Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31

of shock at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. r. G. Hall. Funeral services
were held May % in the M. E. church, of
which she was devoted member and an
efficient worker.
East Hardwick.
Rev. Joseph Torrey made us flying
visit last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney have retu rned to
their home in New Jersey.
Mrs. Newton of Cambridge is in town on
visit to her father, Clinton Keith.
Rev. S. Knowlton of Danville supplied
the desk at the Congregational church
last Sabbath.
It is seldom that grass looks as well this
time of the year as it does this spring. In
1856 the fields and forests did not COM
mence to look green till the last of May.
st. JOhnsbury.
County court convenes tomorrow
(Tuesday.)
The Scale Co. reduced time at the shops
to four days in week.
Sousa's big band give concert at the
Music Hall tonight.
The village has voted to purchase site
and will build central fre-station on the
Avenue at a cost, site included. of $12, 900.
There are four well-known and vigorous
men in ST. Johnsbury whose ages exceed
80 years Jacob Ide, 90; Geo. Hubbard, go;
Col. F. Fletcher, SO, and Loren Young, "a.
LyndOnville.
M Lyster of the Dairy Medicine Co.
was in Boston the first of the week on
business.
Miss Temperance Reed has returned
from Washington, D. c., and will spend
the summer at her residence near the
SpeedwelI Farms.
Eugune Campbell has started for SWitz-
erland as representative of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars.
Underwood & Brown, dealers in boots
and shoes, have closed their shop and
gone out of business. They hope to pay
their creditors in full. A. w. Scott of
ST. Johnsbury has bought out and will
sell their stock at 10 per cent of.cost.
Lyndon.
FIRE AT LYNDON CoRNER.-Fire broke
Corner last Monday morning and before
it could be subdued the hotel,J. c. Eatons'
tin-shop, the Ryan dwelling house and
Pattersen's drug store went, all buildings
being attached. Word was sent to Lyn-
donville and the fire company there with
a ire-engine and 900 feet of hose was on
the ground in about half an hour. At
this time everything on the west side of
the street was in a blaze and the larger
buildings on the east side were smoking
from the heat and just ready to go off in
larger conflagration than that on the west
side. The engine got water to the jets and
roofs of the exposed buildings and by the
united effort of that and the pail brigade
prevented the destruction on that side of
the street and much larger loss. The
buildings were all old but well served the
purpose for which they were used. The
hotel was built about ninety years ago,
having received additions and repairs
from time to time. The other buildings
had been built forty or fifty years. The
Union estimates the losses as follows
Geo. Warner, owner of the hotel building,
$1,000; Mrs. Sturgeon $500; Mr.. Hoyt $500;
Mr.. Ryan on dwelling 1900 to $685. other
losses suffered above insurance in all ST.
900. It is estimated that the cost of build
ings to serve the purpose of those destroy
ed would be about $4,000. No decision MS
known in regard to rebuilding. 1t is pre-
sumed that buildings will be erected on
the burned site, but not at once The
growth of the Vile and some other
things have operated against the old vii
lage and it will feel this blow. It is re-
the work of last week.
WheelOck.
Abbie Taylor and Clint. Gray was home
over Sunday.
Thomas Crowley is putting an ell on his
house and otherwise repairing it.
Travellers are finding a good home with
our genial landlord at the hotel.
: The road machine has not run the past
week on account of the slight moisture in
the ground.
&c. II. Kenaston has bought the Tim
othy Hill farm; price, 81, 100.
Rev. E. S. Hatch has been engaged to
preach in the Baptist church at the village
and the south part of the town.
Mrs. Suburbs-W What did you do
with the flower seeds? Suburbs-Fed
them to the chickens this morning.
I thought I would save the poor
things the trouble of scratching them
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