Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-06
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

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| LyndOnVille.
Rev. Alling has taken possession of the
Episcopal rectory.
Harrison Hoyt, an aged and much re-
spected citizen, is i'll with slight chances
for recovery.
The Methodist people expect to have their
new church in readiness to occupy in sea-
| son for Christmas.
Town Agent Collision lately received a
cask of what was purchased for IS gallon
| brandy which contained nothing but a
| block of wood. The authorities are trying
to ascertain who got the brandy.
President Mckinley has pardoned Steph-
en- M. Folsom, once president OF bank at
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, and who was
sentenced to five years. term insthe penl-
tertiary for alleged Irregularities in the
bank records. Mr.. Folsom really commit
ted no crime save possibly q technical one,
as what he did. done to try and save
the bank from wreck and in doing so he
lost every dollar he had in the crash.
There was strong feeling at the time OF
his conviction by an ignorant Mexican
jury, that it was a miscarriage OF justice
and could never have been accomplished.
in a more civilized country. The many
friends of Mr.. Folsom in Vermont, and
particularly at his old home in Lyndon,
rejoice at his liberation and hope to see
him vet prosperous bushes man.-Ne1U-
port Express. 50
West Burke.
The Silsby Bros. are building dry
house at their dressing table.
Miss Annette Silsby has gone to Hard
ford, Conn.,, on a few weeks visit.
A. P Silas has given up his lease on the
Bartlett place and moved to Lyndonville.
Hardwick.
Mrs James Collier died on the evening
of Dec. 1st
A large crowd listened to the lecture by
Col. Balm last Thursday evening.
The ladies of the F. B. church will give
an oyster supper on the evening of Dec.
9th in their church parlors.
Miss Marion Thomas of this place and
George Slayton of Morrisville, were mar
ried at Morrisville Nov. 18th.
The Christmas Crusaders have finished
their labors at the M. E. church and are
now holding meetings at the Cong. house
The Hardwick correspondent of the
Burlington Free Press is evidently a
having used without credit your
Judevine library building which were
correspondents remarks in regard to the
st. j OhnSbury.
Hon. II. G. Belden of Minneapolis, Mimi.
was in town recently.
Judge Ross has sat upon the bench of |
the Supreme Court 81 years with much |
credit to himself and honor to the Court. |
Uncle Loren w. Young, the welI-known +
army veteran, will be "a years old tomor-
row, Dec. and the event will be celebrat-
ed by the G.. A. r. and other friends.
J. w. Titcomb recently put large num-
Der of land-1ocked salmon in WilIoughby
Lake. The fish are supposed TO be large |,
enough to care for themselves.
Congressman Grout has had the matter of
5he post offices at Greensboro, also of
dardWick on his hands of late and had
nearing here last week in regard to both.
The last reports in regard to the news
papers of this town is that L. ?. Thayer has
purchased the Republican. His reported
purchase of that paper some two years
ince having been in behalf of the First :!
National Bank, which had claim on that
,aper. Mr.. Thayer is an active business
nan and he will make the paper all it can
'e. Mr.. Sault, who has been running the
aper of late, will retire, much to the re- .
ret of the people here and the editors of {
he state. s