Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-22

responsible SUBSCRIBERS.
We hope our citizens will turn out
to attend the teachers meeting to be
held Thursday, and the lecture of
Mr.. Dart in the evening. Certainly
the great expense of our schools and
their power for good is such that
every body ought to have an interest
in them. 1t would be an act of
courtesy on our part if we could
throw open our doors to teachers and
others who are here, giving them free
entertainment. Will our neighbors
lay an extra plate or two on their ia
BILE on that day?
This is the week of the Carnival to
be held at Montreal. Great prepare
tious are being made for the merri-
ments and revelries common to this
occasion in Catholic countries. They
are to have an immense ice palace, huge
sliding places, skating Kinks, games
and snow-shoe races, etc. The rail-
roads carry for low fare. The fare
from Barton and return will be $3.50,
tickets good to return till Jan. 80.
The meetings at the Methodist
church are to be continued for the
present, each evening, except this
evening and Thursday evening, when
the educational meeting will be held.
1t is expected that preachers from
abroad will be present each evening.
The religious interest has been very
good. The thanks of the church and
attendants are due to the Rev. Mr..
Ford for his earnest work during the
past week.
Barton Landing.
Hon. H. S. Jones has purchased
the Captain Joslyn place, and the
Captain buys Judge Austin's resid-
ence; the Judge is to build new
set of buildings in the spring. Carl
Gay having taken the job.
The donation for Rev. C.. H. Sweat
was largely attended and the net pro-
ceeds were about $40. The exercises
were made interesting by vocal and
instrumental music. Rev. E. S.
Locke, who was present, made some
very felicitous remarks and sang
several songs to the edification of all
present. Mrs. Locke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brockway and Mr.. johnson all con-
tributed much to the pleasure by
assisting in the music. The supper,
at least in quantity, was not the
smallest part Of the entertainment.
An cold folks concert" will be
given at the Congregational church
on Wednesday evening next, Jan.
"a. This concert is arranged for, in
the regular lecture course, so that
those holding season or family tickets
for the lecture course will have adj
mission to the concert. To others
the admission will be fifteen cents
for adults and five for children. Fol
lowing the concert the ladies will
provide an oyster supper at which the
bill will be twenty-five cents each for
adults, children half price. The con-
cert given by the "old folks" in the
fall, was so we'll received, that we
shall expect large audience to greet
them Wednesday evening.
Bloomington.
Some of our farmers are getting in
their ice. 1t has been a good time
to make it.
Sthephen Priest, whose sickness
has been mentioned, died Sunday
morning. His funeral will be attend
ed on Tuesday, at II o'clock at the
house, and at the church at the Cen.
ter, at l o'clock.
There have been some cases OF
diphtheria in different parts of the
town. Thus far DIR. Young, who has
treated most of the cases, has beer
able to subdue the disease withou
serious difficulty.
A lady in our village recently hat
for visitors her grandmother, he
mother, her daughter and her grand
daughter. There were five genera
tons and she was both granddaughter
and a grandmother to some of he
guests.
OBITUARY.-Some time since one d.
Colley octave" they call him) promise
our agent, Mr.. King, that if he liued h
would pay his arrears due on the Mon
TOR, previous to the 9th day Of January
Not having received our pay we conclud
"Dave" is dead, and as he has been
reader Of oar paper, having subscribe
some years ago but not having paid
cent for it, we think it is his due that
should have fair obituary notice. Cooley
probably, had some good qualities, thong
we have not the details so we can enlarg
upon them. He was remarkable for tn
promptness with which he paid all hi
debts-in promises; in his family he wa
kind-but not that particular kind whic
made him model husband or a father
his animals never died from over-feed {
the want of exercise; in the use of h
l muscles he was remarkably temperate:
society his place cannot be filled-real
| there are very few just such creature
and nobody seems to be advertising fl
them. If the community feels that it he
5 sustained heavy loss, Colley's creditor
Y will loan few tears and utter word
? sympathy Living or dead his commur
. ty is to be pitied.
P. S.-Since the above was prepare
we have received letter from Colley,
his spirit, in answer to a letter Of cond
~ lenca we wrote his afflicted wife viii