Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-06-14
Local News.

oOOD l. EBtfLAhS CNlON.-- hS W. &
'emplars' Union of Orleans County !
net at Lowell on Tuesday last. The {
My thing lacking to make the meet
no a success was the speakers who
we're appointed to address the public
n the afternoon. Many of the lodges
If the county were represented and
he reports of delegates show that the
,ause of temperance is to advance
Reports from the lodges at Eden and
were cheering. A mem
Der of the order from Iowa gave some
very hopeful accounts of the temper
ance movements in the western states.
Plans of operation were discussed and
fixed upon, Of which more will be
heard hereafter when the movements
are made. Temperance is the talk
and temperance is the business in
these meetings. The time allowed
was fully occupied, and much more
could have been used proftably. The
meeting was a very full one. The
public meeting in the afternoon filled
the church and Notwithstanding the
absence of the appointees, there were
extemporized speeches that seemed to
answer to keep the audience for two
hours in state Of very comfortable
satisfaction. The next reunion is to
be at Glover, in September. 1t will
be waited for with interest by those
who were at the meeting this week.
REAL ESTATE CHANGEs.-Mr. Chas.
Mcclellan of Glover has sold his farm
to Mr.. Lewis Fisher of Wolcott for
$3.50.
Mr.. Holmes Wiley of Greensboro
has sold his farm to Mr.. Jed Hyde Of
Georgia, for $4,000; and Mr.. Wiley
has purchased Mr.. Nathan Fields
farm ne ar Greensboro village, foI
$4,000.
| COVENTRY Picciola Lodge of
Good Templars, the Oldest lodge ii
the state, and one of the most pros
porous, celebrated its fifth anniversa
ry on Wednesday of last week. The
attendance was great, in fact, greater
than at any previous meeting for two
or three years. After initiating a few
new members the whole assembly sa
down at tables on which the ladies OF
the lodge had spread variety of re
freshments, including a plentiful sup
ply Of the Templars' beverage, COLI
water. After supper. sentiments ant
speeches were the order of the eve
) ming, Rev. A. r. Gray made a cap
tai speech, and others spoke accepta
bly,. Among the interesting incident
of the evening was the presentation
: of an elegant silver butter dish t.
: Rev. Pliny H. White, in acknowledg
ment Of his services to the Order an
to the cause of temperance. TIL
lodge enters upon its sixth year, i
very encouraging circumstances, an
with prospects of increasing usefu
J ness.
CANT DO Tive shall have
back out of our promise made fe'
weeks ago, to build a side walk a
over town. We have found it take
. money to do it. We should be pc
fectly willing to build them if it didn
cost anything.
l. HoMEsICK.-O. V. Percival, forme
lie ly of Glover, but now living at We
- Burke, wants to sell his farm-a goo
E. one. He is mourning for the fes
b. pots" of Orleans County. We kno
1T how to pity him. We sold ont once.
:" HARDwICK. - Mr.. L. Il. Delan
10 who has been in i'll health for son
ly three or four years of paralysis, die
re last week. He had a wide acquair
>, ance in Caledonia and adjoining cou
- ties, and bore an enviable name as
70 benevolent Christian gentleman.
pr "THEIR NAME IS LEGION" may