Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-01

SOLD MS harness Snop Dullulng ana Darn
to David ellis.
At the annual school meeting at the
Landing. the district voted to build
new school house with a public hall in
the upper story.
Some folks who tapped their sugar
places last Thursday and Friday, went
out this morning and found some of the
buckets running orer-with snow
Almost an April fool.
The school meeting in the village
district last Tuesday evening was adj
iourned two weeks in order to give the
trustees of the Academy the privilege
of selecting some one for committee, to
be confirmed by the district at the next
meeting, DR.. Skinner, their previous
nominee, declining to serve.
ILLUSTRATED SIGNs.-Lewis R Wood,
Jr., of this town, is doing prosperous
business in the way of sign painting
We are glad of it, for he is steady, hon
est, upright and industrious, and is a
qentuS, no mistake. He has lately paint
ed sign for F. P. Cheney, of St. Johns
bury, plcturing out the Domestic Sewing
Machine so perfectly that some, as they
saw it at little distance, as it passed
through the streets, supposed it to be
genuine machine. He also put up one
last Saturday for E. E. Rawson, illus
trated with 'gold watch and chain
The letters are of the Old English style,
and taking the whole thing together, it
is a beauty and an ornament to the build
ing. 1t also signifies that the jewelry
business at Rawson's shop is growing
better instead of being on the decline
Lewis signs never fail to attract the at
tention of the passer-by. He Is fast
gaining popularity as an ornamental sign
painter, and he has more orders on hand
than he can fill in the next three months,
which is owing partly to the fact that he
advertises in the MONITOR.
THE LEoTURE.-The lecture at the
brick church last Wednesday evening,
on the life of Robert Burns, by General
Circuit, was much better than we expect
ed 1t was the whole life and character
of Burns in a nutshell, put in a plain
and comprehensive manner. The lectur-
er found him in little mud hut on the
banks of the river Doom, in Scotland,
where he was born in 1859, and went
along through his life as a farmer. flax
dresser and poet, giving occasionally a
scrap of poetry to illustrate more fully
the spirit of enthusiasm that filled his
soul with poetry, and sympathy for his
fellow-man He was born, lived and
died poor; had not, like Byron, the adj
vantages of an education. His poetry
was born in him; he was genius, a reg
ular spontaneous combustion. Farming
was what he loved best, but with this
his love of poetry interfered and he was
unsuccessful. A great lover of nature
so much so that every blade of grass,
bird, pebble Or insect had for him song.
He died at the age of 81, leaving his
family without means of support. Had
we time and space we would be glad to
60 on and give fuller account of the
lecture, but we have not. All that
heard it were highly pleased and happily
disappointed, and those who staid away
don't know what they lost. We did
think we would print few abstracts,
but the Gen. would ma let us have them
GRAND BANoUET.-The members Of
Mignonette Family No SO, together
with quite a number of invited guests,
met at Masonic Hail. in this village, on
Thursday evening of last week, for the
purpose of celebrating their yearly ban
quet and festival. About l25 persons
were present. Upon entering the hall
their attention was attracted by two
long tables running parallel to each 9th
er and reaching its entire length, loaded
with bountiful supply of refreshments
with seats sufficient to accommodate
nearly 100 persons. After the supper
was disposed of, and pronounced a gooc
one,-for the preparing of which mucl
credit is due the ladies of the Famil,
and their worthy Patron, DR.. +. NJ. Per
ry-a few remarks were listened to from
Rev. J. W. Malcolm and VIM. w. Grou
of Barton Josiah Circuit of Newport. an,
Messrs. E. B. Simonds and Emery Cool
Of Glover; toasts offered by the ladie
and gentlemen of the Family songs ant
music by the choir, &c. Put Me il
Ny Little Bed" by Lola and Myr
Dwinell, Minnie Brown and Carl Jewell
is worthy of note The exercises close,
by singing the appropriate song, NV
Meet upon the Level and Part upon tn