Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-28

better and better every year. We wish
all our Young friends could have the priv
ilere of seeing the January number If
parents wish to furnish their children
with that which is pleasing and beneficial |
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olqs. We furnish it to our clubbers. (See |
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Christmas is becoming more and |
more holiday, if not a holy day in
this section. In almost every church
in the county on Christmas eve there
was meeting, suitable and appro-
pirate exercises, and the distribution
of presents to children and older
people. In this village there were gath
inos at the M. E. church Thursday
evening with singing, scripture read
ings, speaking, Christmas cantata
and two trees, heavily laden; on Fri
day evening the Cong'l church was
we'll filed with people to hear speak
ing by the children, and singing by
the little and the larger people. Many
presents were distributed.
We desire to express our thanks to our
subscribers and friends for their very
generous support of the MONITOR during
the past, and for their readiness to re-
spond to our invitations to renew their
hard times, the MONITOR has had iarg-
er list the year through than ever before,
and will enter the new year with pros
poets of increased prosperity. We feel
that this is due in part to our effort to
publish a clean and useful paper, and in
no small degree to the friendship of in
fluental men in the limits of our circula-
ton, who have volunteered to say word
in favor of the paper. We appreciate the
kindness. We hope to be able 30 give our
readers better paper in the future than
in the past, and seek cooperation in the
effort. The local paper is considered
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and local advertising, notices and other
matter that make it necessary. If the
patrons of paper could understand that
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usefulness by sending the editor such
items of interest as come to their knowl-
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give US the facts and we will publish
them. We want plain, truthful state
ments in regard to to all matters that
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South Albany.
Mrs. Amy Ames has a nice Ken
sington stamping outfit.
Rev. J. F. Wright has gone to
Brandon to be gone two weeks, and
Rev. G.. w. Ellis breaches for him
in his absence.
Some members of Co. f, Sd
regiment of Vt. Vols. held a reunion
meeting at A. P. Cutters recently,
and formed an organization with
reference to holding future meetings.
J. L. Holmes was made president.
The gathering was very pleasant
ole.
Barton Landing.
Remember the Battle of Gettys.
burgh tonight, (Monday) at
o'clock.
| B. N. Curtis and family started
for California last week, and expec
to make q permanent home in tina
state.
Rev. j. ID. Beeman, president o
Methodist Seminary at Montpelier
delivered an able discourse at M. f
church yesterday.
The recent lecture by Rev. J. EdwarC
Wright of Montpelier, on the subject
sis seeing, believlng?" was clear
scholarly and exhaustive analysis of TIL
errors which arise from an unquestione'
acceptance of the impressions received
through the medium Of the scenes. jug
glery, ventriloquism, and various familia
illustrations from daily life, were cite
to show that 'thngs are not what the
SEEM" BY means of electricity the sensa
ton of sight, hearing, taste, smell an
pain may all be produced in person a
the same time, without the reality. Ye
these false impressions are not the faul
of the senses, but the instantaneou
judgment formed from the impressio
which the senses convey to the minC
The high tribunal in which to decide be
tween the true and false, is found in tina
sterling faculty, common sense. TIL
materialist, who ridicules the idea {
religious faith, of believing what can
be proved, bases his own position on at
solute assumption, and of things equal
incapable of proof. The words of Hum
, were given, in which he confessed ho
cold and unsatisfactory to himself wei
his own speculations. The conclusio
drawn, was that willingly or unwillingl
'sall men live by faith" The lecture
: showed much thought and deep research
, BrONvnins:tOn
Mrs. S. r. Jenking is slowly rt