Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-12-10

FL. F. Pillsbury and family and j. M.
Pillsbury have come to this village to
spend the winter months.
The Congregational Ladies' Society
is invited to meet with Mrs. Amos
Tower, Wednesday, Dec. u.
Mrs. A. L Twombly arrived here
| from California last week. She is in
very poor state of health.
The M E. Sunday school will give
the cantata, entitled GA Christmas
Gift.n on the evening of Dec. %.
The boys have made travelling on
the highways and sidewalks danger
Gus and the trustees are compelled to
go for them. .,c
The annual meeting of the 10th Ma
sonic district will be held with Orleans
Lodge, Wednesday, Dec. 10Th, COM
mencing at 2 p. N.
Regular convocation Of Orient
Chapter, No. 10, o. E. S., at Masonic
Hall, Friday evening, Dec. IA. A col
lation will be served at O'Clock.
JIG. Boswell has returned from a
visit to his son, DR.. Arthur Boswell,
whom he finds very pleasantly situated
with a fine home and good business.
Mrs. E. L. Barstow's Christmas ad.
was too late to appear in this issue,
but che has the goods and will be
pleased to show them. See ad. next
week.
The annual meeting of Quimby Post
will be held Wednesday, Dec. u, at
O'Clock p. m. Members are requested
to be present for the election Of offic-
ers for the ensuing year.
Joseph Perry, while working around
machinery recently, was caught by
set screw and had leather coat
completely torn off his body. If the
coat had held there would have been
another ending to this story.
Remember that obituaries, resolu-
tons, cards of thanks and that sort Of
matter must be paid for at the rate Of
cents a printed line. About seven
words make a line. IF these things
are worth printing, pay the printer
for doing the work.
Annie Brown, the little girl who
has been living with Mrs. A. @. Jewell
the past year or two, has returned
from ST. Louis, where she went re-
Gently on a visit to her mother, MAX
ING the trip from Detroit alone.
The Vermont Wotchnoan is publish
ing the laws of the last legislature in
pamphlet (pocket) edition form, and
they will be sold at a low rate. We
shall issue the laws as soon as the
State edition is out in supplemental
form, meantime furnishing the Watch
man edition at Is cents.
The lecture by Rev. f. g. Healey
on danger Ahead" was we'll attend
ed and of much interest. The speak
er gave facts and statistics to show
the condition of affairs relative to the
power, influence and encro chmehts
Of the Catholic church as he consid-
cred it in this country. He stated
that most of his matter was compiled
from Catholic authorities and that he
stood ready to prove his statements.
Mr.. Healey is an able speaker.
The effort to establish a good lee
ture course in this place and to put it
on to solid financial basis has been
a gratifying success SO far. The sale
of tickets has been much larger than
was expected and the interest in the
matter has surprised all. At the lee
ture of Mr.. Horn on Friday night the
hall was filed, almost 600 seats being
occupied. The excellent lecture and
the good send off it will give will in
sure large attendance through the
course. Each lecture and entertain
ment is expected to be as good as the |
first.
The announcement that Roswell G. |
Horn was to open the lecture course |
in this village was sufficient in itself |
to call out crowd. People were here
from the surrounding towns in good
numbers. Two ladies drove fifteen |
miles and returned after the lecture.
We are sure no one was disappointed.
Mr.. Horr is host, and although suf-
fering from great Affections caused by
the loss of family friends and by Sc
we're sickness, he was enough like
himself to keep his audience interest
ed and boisterously happy. While his
announced subject was "Labor and
Dy7%% I,
most of the time treating the labor
question which is agitating the coun-
try. His arguments were sensible,