Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-15

articles Of food for the table. as will lie
convenient for them and send the same
IN carly, Wednesday afternoon
BAR7ON LANDING.
Rev. Mr. lIcaley will lecture here
next Friday evening.
Upwards of two hundred thousand of
shusle were sawed at Gullup's mill,
last week
Shipments from this station last week.
consisted Of % ears of lumber. wood,
etc, sos pounds of butter and 6,445
pounds merchandise
Information is wanted in regard to
the whereabouts Of John Desmond, who
was member Of Company l., 10th VT
Regiment. Address james L. Clark,
West Randolph Vermont
The friends of Carlos B. Merrill, for
merly Of Barton Landing. have just
learned of bis death in Iowa, which
occurred on the 9Th inst. Mr.. Merrill
went to Iowa three or four years ago,
and has been actively engaged in bust
ness in that state. He was taken i'll
sometime since but was not considered
in dangerous condition till within a
few DAYS of his death.
DEDICATION OF THE New CHURCH,
The new Methodist Episcopal church was
dedicated on Thursday last. At an ear
ly hour in the afternoon the seats of the
house were filled. and before services
commenced the whole seating room of
the house was occupied. The choir be-
gan the services by singing The Lord
is my Shepherd" Several ministers
present, assisted in the opening ceremo-
mics. Rev 4. A. Smith of the Congre-
gatioualist church of Irashurgh, offered
an effective prayer, after which the ded-
icatory sermon was preached by Rev. l..
G. Bidwcl of Boston, from Rev. 22:l3,
81 am Alpha and Omega. the beginning
| and the end, the first and the last" For
more than an hour the eloquent preacher
held the audience in rapt attention as
he spoke Of Christ as the Alpha and
Omega. Many persons remarked that
the sermon was the best they ever heard
Before the ceremonies closed. the fact
was made known that something over
three hundred dollars was needed to pay
the remaining indebtedness of the church
and it WAS quickly raised by the contri.
buttons of those present. The ceremony
of passing the church over into the
hands of church officials was performed
and the exercises were closed by singing
the doxoogy The choir performed theil
part very aeceptably; the beauty of tn,
music selected. as we'll as the manner il
which it was rendered were subjects o
comment During the evening, services
were continued. Rev. Mr.. Lewis preach
ell an effective sermon, after which tn,
Sacrament was administered. The ser
vices Of the whole day were very i'm
pressive. The Lord was in his holy TEN
pie, and many hearts rejoiced in the com
pletion Of so suitable house of worship
The house, so appropriately dedicated
has been built at n cost of some
thing more than $4,000, which wa
made Of contributions, from the widow
mite Of two dollars, to the generous sun
Of nearly $500 paid by others. Amon
the contributions worthy of special men
ton. arc those Of Rev. Mr.. Hopkins o
St. Johnsbury. who gave $50; of Mrs
Cotton of Lyndon, formerly of this place
who gave like sum; the communion
service. given by S. Il. Jenkins and hi
friends in Boston the labor and gift
, of the ladies who furnished the audienc
room and the beautiful floral tribut
presented by Mrs Sartlc to be used o
the day Of dedication. The coutribr
tious have been generous, and all hav
done nobly in their effort to erect
church that shall be q credit to tn
place and shall fully supply the want
Of the church. going community. Th
church and its friends have great reaso
to praise God for having so signal
blessed them in their laudable undertal
, ing. Having decided to erect a churcl
Messrs. David ellis, VIM. 2. Dodg
! and VIM. Twombly were chosen as builC
ing committee The character of I'll
Committee was such as to ensure ii
success of the enterprise MIR. Gill
10 built the foundation whereon the builC
ing should stand, Mr.. Dodge gave a
tcntion to building and furnishing, viii
Mr.. Twombly looked after the finance
a suitable and convenient site was pr,
. cured and the work was begun SON
Z months since f. A. Stafford, the Ell
, tcrprisiug and reliable contractor, bui
tic church by the job. The exterior
10 the building j, neat and plain, the pr
portion of size and height is good. Il
C tower is in the front center of the hou
y and The belfry and spire are such as
n add to tic architectural beauty of Il
u structure. A large vestry will soon
It finished below By two flights of staiI
10 tic vestibulc Of the audience room
d reached The audience room is amp