Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-20
Fast HardWick.

lightning, the electric current entered
the sitting room where six ladies were
sitting, tearing off casing, plasterlng,
&c, doing some damage to other parts
of the house No one was injured. On
Tuesday, "a storm passed over the south
part of the town, tearing up trees in
several sugar orchards, and moving
buildings. Mr.. Albert Norcross had
COW killed by tree, and Abe Parker
had a horse killed in his barn by light
ming.
LyndOnville.
John Dunton of Lyndonville and
Davis Smith of Usage, Iowa, who were
both born in Townsend, VT, met re-
Gently at Newport by arrangement Of
friends, and had a pleasant chat to-
gether, recalling earlier days. They
had not seen each other before for 60
years.
Lyndon.
At 10 O'Clock last Wednesday morn
ing Albert Allard took poison at his
home near Red Village and died at
O'Clock Thursday morning. Allard had
been a cripple, unable to step for four
wears. He was in his chair when he
swallowed the dose, and his wife was
in the buttery. Calling her to him he
told her what he had done andrequest-
ed her to send his boy for Silas Tay-
lor, who was at Henry Powers work
shop few rods above. The little boy
ran up and called Taylor land the wife,
after getting her husband on a bed i'll
the adjoining room, ran down to the
school house to call Walter, Allard's
year old boy, whom he also request
ed to be called. Taylor arrived in a
few minutes. Allard handed him
fifty cent morphine bottle and told
! him he had just swallowed the entire
contents in glass of liquor. In reply
to the question why he did it, Allard
said he had lived long enough and
didn't want to live any longer. Tay-
lor proposed sending for doctor, but
| Allard protested and said he should
take nothing as he had thought the
matter all over for some time and did
not want to live. After his boy arrived
he spoke to him once or twice, but
sleep was pressing his eyelids together
and he was soon in his last browse. DR..
Blake arrived before II O'Clock, but
was unable to vomit the patient or to
arouse him to consciousness. Allard
has been troubled with rheumatism
for 20 years. He told Mr.. Taylor his
trouble but requested him to make no
mention of it till after he was buried.
He assured him, however, that rum
had nothing to do with it. Allard was
Al years old and leaves a wife and
three small children.-U Union.
st. JOhnsbury Center.
The ST. Johnsbury District Ministe-
rial Association and Epworth League
convention will be held at ST. Johns
bury Center, June 27-29. The follow
ing programme has been arranged:
Monday, 1880 p. M, sermon, G. O.
Howe.
Tuesday, $3.50 a. M, prayer meeting,
led by A Gregory; 9, business follow
ed by discussion of topics. Presiding
Elders motto: GA thousand souls con-
verified on this district this year!'' /.
Revival: Cd Necessity, Cooper, Eddy;
az Prospect, Worthen, Johnson; 90
Methods, Hurlbert, Allen; (4) Reports
from charges. 5. Training of Proba-'
TONERS, Currier, Langford. District
Stewards meeting at 1870 p. M; 2:30,
continuation of Topics; 3d. How to
make the most of our camp meeting,
Granger, Morse; 4. The general con-
ference of 1872, Wilder, Thurston; 5.
Present aspect of the temperance
question, Lewis, Dodd; 6. What aid
can be given the weaker charges?
Farrow, Morse. Sermon at 1870 p. M,
by G. w. Bradlee.
Wednesday, Second Annual Conven-
ton of the Epworth League; $3.50 a.
M, devotional meeting, led by j. B.
j. Morse; response by president. The
Duty of the Pastor to the Epworth
League, Irasburgh Chapter; Duties Of
the Cabinet, J. Hamilton; Duty Of the
LIST vice president, Barton Chapter;
music, Westfeld Chapter; The Last
Member of Our League for Christ,
, West Burke Chapter; The Response
bility of Christian, Lowell Chapter;
Model Epworth League Prayer Meet
!. ing, Peacham Chapter; The League in
, Revival work, ST. Johnsbury Chapter;
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit Requi-
site for League Work, Coventry Chap
ter; Duties of the I'd vice President,
Hardwick Chapter; Opportunities, So.
+. Troy Chapter; Why? Westfeld Chap
ter; The League in Temperance Work,