Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-11-13

MIS- IIAld NClsOn goes 10 barton TINS
week to work at o. II. Mossman's.
Mr.. Darling is visiting at Mr.. Abbott's.
Mr.. Abbott is thought to be failing.
Two young men joined the Congrega-
tional church at the last communion.
Reuben Stevens is quite sick.-Mrs. Lii
ian Mcqueen has been on the sick list the
past week.
The Home Missionary society have pack
ed barrel which is to be sent to a school
in the state of Georgia.
Mrs. Mary Boswell, Familiarity known as
"Aunt Mary" was visited by nine OF her
nieces on Thursday last, il being her sew
enty-ninth birthday. They tackled COM
forter which contained many pieces of her
work, nicely done,
1t may be interesting to the residents OF
the town to know that #. w. Newbomb,
the Bible agent, found the population the
same as in 1890, and of 227 families that he
visited, there was only one family that
was not provided with a Bible, $50 in
habitants in town.
Greensboro.
The Ladies' Aid society met at Mrs. l.. II.
Goodrich's last Tuesday.
Miss Sadie Labay of Lynn, Mass, is Wis
iting her uncle, Chas. Fisher.
Norwood Drown is making repairs on
the machinery i'm his sawmill.
DIR. II. G. Williams, of Cabot is adver-
tised to be in Greensboro this week.
Mrs. Geo. Cuthbertson has returned
after an absence of several weeks.
Reuben Curtis has commenced cutting
the lumber which he purchased OF Hiram
Jordan some weeks ago.
Mr.. Howison has taken the Job TO cut
and skid the lumber recently sold TO Ste
vens q Graham, on the NJ j. Simpson lot.
Rev. j. w. Harris and wife took a car
rage drive to Barnet last Thursday and
intend to remain there and in Ryegate
about two weeks.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Taylor
gave them pleasant surprise one week ago
Friday evening, and left with them a nice
present as well as many good wishes for
their future happiness and prosperity.
The Boston excursionists all report a
good time, but'those who visited the farm
of @. l. Hood about three miles from the
nothing more they would have been well
paid for the trip. The stock on this farm
at present consists of 200 cows and 100
head of young stock, all thoroughbred
Jerseys, about forty horses and colts, and
300 Berkshire pigs. The milk from the
dairy is separated on the farm. A certain
amount of the cream is sold in the city of
Lowell at 80 cents per pint. The balance
is made into butter and sold in Boston at
80 cents per Id. About fifty men are em-
ployed on and about the farm. The
stables are large, light, well-ventilated,
warmed by steam and lighted by cleo
tricity. There are seven large silos with n
capacity of $50 tons each. The COWS are
fed daily ration of early cut hay, dried
green oats and ensilage, and grain night
and morning consisting OF equal weight OF
oats, corn, wheat bran and cotton-seed
meal, from four to six pounds at a feed,
varying as to the age of the animal. WISH
tors are welcome and cordially received at
the farm.
Greensboro Bend.
Mrs. Martel, who has been a great suf-
ferer for long time passed away Wednes-
day night and was buried from the Catho-
lie church, Father Turcot of Barton officiat-
ing.
While threshing at j. III. Clark's last
Wednesday, Harvey Youngman OF STAN
nard was quite badly hurt by the large
wheel on the power breaking and portion
of it striking him in the head.
Alanson Coles death occurred last Nom
day. The funeral services were held at the
M. Z. church Wednesday at 10 o'clock Rev.
Ross officiating. Mr.. Cole was born I'm
Walden June 18th, 1923, and spent nearly
all of his useful life in the towns OF Wal
den and Stannard. He was a member OF
A. T.. Burnside Post of this place. He was
in Co. II. LIST VT. Cavalry during the Civil
War. Mr.. Cole leaves a wife and adopted
son, one sister, Mrs. John Lang, of North
Monroe, N. H., and two brothers, III.
A. Cole of Melby, p. O., and Geo. OF this
place.
Holland.
A very pleasant evening was passed by
those who attended the album social at y.
r. FIetcher's la st Friday evening. Over
eighty were present and went with Rev.
Mr.. McDougall's assistance to the old
and back several times, even
calling on "John Bull" Sandwiches,
cakes and coffee were served, after which
went home feeling well paid for
the few spatters of mud that they found
on their clothing next day. 1t is praise
enough to say that everybody did well.
Proceeds $1,000.
IraSburgh.
Mrs. w. ID. Tyler has been quite i'll the
past week.