Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-06-21

was ueclueu III ldfOr Vi tue pldiHtlu.
WeStfieId.
Edwin Boynton and E. Miller are re-
pairing their barns.
Rev. Mr.. Durham is going to Maine
on a vacation, and it is confidently ex-
pected that he will bring fair partner
with him when he returns.
The Orleans county Sunday School
Convention meets here on Wednesday |
and Thursday of next week. 1t is ex-
pected that the meetings will be of great
interest. See programme in another
column.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. j ohnsbury.
Canker rash still prevails in town.
N. P. Bowman has gone to the Gin
cinnati convention.
W. R. Laird was recently installed
over the Presbyterian church.
The county court is still in session,
criminal cases being now tried.
Col. John W. Forney of Philadelphia
has been spending week in st. Johns
bury.
The State VS.. A. Q. Evans for adul-
terry was decided against Evans, and he
gets term at Windsor.
The audience hall of the St. Johns
bury academy was filled to overlooking
on Thursday morning last, to witness
the closing exercises of the class of 80.
The programme was full of interest and
the class acquitted itself with honor,
and compared favorably with their
predecessors.
The valedictory address was delivered
by Jason Human of West Charleston,
and was a very meritorious production.
The class chronicles by Miss Helen E.
Ross of St Johnsbury, was character
istic of the writer, full of life and hu-
morous comments on the mishaps and
misdemeanors of the class of 80. The
original poems by Messrs. Turner aud
Spencer showed remarkable degree of
poetic talent for young writers, while
the Grafton by Pliny Moody of Albany,
Stafford of st. Johnsbury and the essays
by Miss Flora Gale and Miss Jennie
Thompson. are worthy of special men,
ton, while all were good and thoroughly
committed. The excellent music by the
St. Johnsbury Orchestral Club added
much to the enjoyment of the occasion.
At the meeting of the alumni association
at 2:3O p. M, collation. of ice-cream
and cake with other goodies was served
and brief remarks were made by the
representatives of the various classes
for the last % years, concluding with
the usual business. The planting of
the class tree took place at 4:30 p. M,
on the grounds between the academy
and the old south church. The grafton
was delivered by Joseph T. Herrick, of
India, and the prophecies by Miss Carrie
Root, of Craftsbury, Vt, both we're
clean-cut and we'll rendered. The ad-
dress in the evening by the Rev. George
H. lde, of Lawrence, Mass, from the
celebrated maxim, "Know thyself," was
a mastery argument in favor of the
adoption of mental science in our high
schools and academies. He urged that,
as mind was the director and controller
of matter and all material things were
subservient to 1t, so the study of meta
phyics should supersede the study Of
physical science. No one present could
fail to perceive the great and good work
which this institution is doing in the
state and in all New England.
East TIardwicIx.
Fanny Bailey, daughter of Harvey
Bailey is very low from protracted
disease of the bowels.
The Danville association of Baptist:
held meetings here last week which
were of much interest.
Neil Mcneil was badly injured few
, days since by being damned against i;
fence by yoke of oxen.
, Deacon J. NJ. Stevens is in critica
condition from the effects of gun-sho
wound lately received, erysipelas ant
pneumonia.
Sutton.
A large number of witnesses wer
summoned from this town last week OF
the A. @. Evans case tried at st. Johns
; bury.
William Densmore, man rs year
of age, was recently badly cut on tn
: head with an axe while going to tn
woods chopplng.
E. II. Butter6eld has left town fo
parts unknown, leaving quite sum Q
money unpaid to his creditors, Ed. ha
had good reputation for honesty, Blu
he is liable to lose it.
LyndOnville.
Rev. H. P. Cushing will preach fo
e the M. E. Church the remainder of th
. year.
The horse trot, wrestle, hose race an
and other amusements will come off 6