Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-01-16


Springfield, Mase., where he went on bus
mess, he bought some of the ammunition
which has been in use in Spain.
James Martin has been engaged as jani-
tor for the Cong. church in the place
made vacant by the sickness and death of
Charles Ide, who had served several years
in that capacity.
Miss Addie Lou circuit has gone to
Whitley, Ontario, to spdnd few months
in college there.-W. W. Hutchins and
wife have gone to New York. They in
tend to go to Florida for the remainder
of the winter-Miss Lucia Hamilton is at
work for E. Lane & Co.
Newport Center.
While o. M. Griffin was helping G. w.
Rogers saw wood recently log struck his
feet, njuring them quite severely.
School in district No. u, taught by Miss
Mabel Rogers, closed last Friday. Miss
Rogers gave excellent satisfaction.
Last Tuesday while G. G. Estelle was
saving at G. w. Rogers the horses went
to crowding while in the horse power,
cutting one horse quite badly
There will be a donation visit and oyster
supper at the G. A. r. hall Thursday eve
ming, Jan. 49, for the benefit of Rev. j. F.
Thurston, pastor of the F. B. church. ALI
are cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Geo. Kelley has finished work at
the Peerless at Barton and spent last week
with her mother, Mrs. Fronia Blake. She
will soon go to Massachusetts to live
Mrs. Nettie Perkins and son have gone to
Boston to spend the winter.
While Fred Estelle was running ice on
the slide which reaches from the dam to
the ice house, at the creamery, the slide
gave way letting him through, one of the
bolts of the penstock striking his face and
leaving him with several bruises but moth
ing serious.
The officers for the M. E. Sunday school
for the ensuing year are as follows: Supt.9
AFRO Tracy; Asst. Supt., Mrs. f. D. Tay-
Tor; Treas, F. D. Taylor; Sec., Luna Grit
fin; Asst, Sec, Abbie Coburn; librarian,
Fred Estelle; organist, Bertha Stickney;
Asst. organist, Abbie Coburn.
Mrs F. s. Hildreth has returned home
from Plymouth, n. H.-John Wiley has
Aid met with Mrs. J. G. Stickney last Fri
day afternoon Bert Scott ofBarton Land
ing was here helping cut ice for j. G.
Turmbull's creamery last week.-Mrs.. Ruez
Rice has returned from her visit to Colora-
do.-About 1900 cakes Of ice were placed
in the creamery last week.-Laura Beadle
and Eda Bailey have gone to Barton to
work in the Peerless.
WestfieId, st\
At the annual organization of the M.
E. Sunday School, Rev. F. M Barnes was
chosen Supt., Wallace Miller, assistant and
Carrie Miller, Sec. and Treasurer.
Judge n. g. Hoyt is in very poor health.
M. w. Farman supplied the Cong pulpit
at Coventry again, Sunday, the 18th. The
G. E. Society expect to observe c. F. with
appropriate exercises.
WestmOre.
The following item was clipped from the
Express and Standard and gives a good
account of the affair:
One of the finest Fox hunts and round
ups took place Tuesday evening, Jan. 3rd.
There has for the past few weeks been a
great disturbance among the fowls in this
vicinity and it has been suggested that
something must be done and that a stop
be put to the shrinkage of our feathery
ed and all turned out, old and young, even
women and children, all armed and equip
ped as such occasions require. 1t was sug-
gested that they should all try and come
together on the hill just south of the lake
where it had been known that there had
been burrough of Foxes for severalyyears,
although it has never been known that |
they had disturbed any of the poultry in
town. Mr.. Calkins, as he has a large hen |
house, had charge of the north and east
battalion and our representative, George |
Nutting, had charge of the south wing, as |
he was one that helped to get a bounty of |
sixty cents on foxes. They mustered their
forces in good shape and the round up was |
a fine one and they gathered in two bur-
roughs of Foxes. There was some excit
ment but they found there was no use
squeaIing for they were handsomely caught
but when they counted heads it was found
that there was one of the Mother Foxes still
at large and must be caught at all hazards.
One of the young foxes feared that if
his mother was caught it might go hard
with her, SO he said if they would not cut
off his mothers ears for bounty he would
try and find her. This made Nutting look
rather sober as he was counting on the
bounty. Off started the young Fox, and
Of course she was found near CaII<ins' hen
house. All were watching; soon they
heard the youns Fox barking, and it
sounded like this: "Get up the hill, you
Did corpse;" they knew his bark as it was
familiar sound. The guards spread out
so that when they arrived at the burrough
ihev closed in and she Was nicely snr-