Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-17

cent utteranceS of the Queen and of the
/ British Parliament look toward an arbi
tration and peaceful settlement.
Mr.. Gonzenbach prepared a telephone
attachment to the wires leading to CLYDE
Falls and himself and others at that place
had the pleasure of hearing every word OF
the Vending lecture on Tuesday evening
| last The distance is fourteen miles. and
| the telephone is the new one put up in con-
nection with the electric light works.
The masquerade promenade at Sewers
| Opera hall, Friday evening, was success
in every respect. There was a large com
pany present and all seemed to enioy
| themselves. After the promenade there
was dancing for time. Stones orchestra
furnished good music during the evening.
The prizes for elaborate costumes were won
by Miss Kate Bruce and Martin Drumming.
some Of the public works at ''Plunlzett''
were lighted up with electricity last week,
the current having been sent over on the
new wires from the Peerless dynamo in
this place. We understand that. the last
lot Of delays are somewhere on the road,
and when they are received and set up the
long lool1ed-for current will be running
this way.
The old American House is still open for
business, though the new part is not in use
at present. For the Information of those
who come here to attend lectures, etc. who
wish to put up teams in the stables, we
state that the price is % cents for single
team. It will be the intention of the man
agement to keep prices down to the low
est paying rates.
The band musicians are trying to get the
band reorganized and in working order
again. There is a prospect that j. w.
BatcheIder will return and lead the band
again. If he comes there will be no diff
Guilty in starting at once as there are
quite large number of musicians ready to
take hold of It. There will be no trouble
in getting assistance outside to help pay
the bills if they ask for it.
The w. @. T. q. public meeting, held at
M. E. church last evening" was well attend
ed and very interesting, the exercises con-
sisting of music, solos, quartets, singing
and speaking by the children, prayer by
Rev. Ward of ST. Johnsbury, a short adj
dress by Rev. w. e. Douglass, paper by
Tower, Scripture reading by Mrs. o. D.
Owen, a talk on w. c. t. U. work by Mrs.
A. B. Owen, president of the Barton Union.
Ed. Holtham was taken sick about
week ago and his sickness has developed
into insanity. The neighbors and friends
have been looking after him, but it will be
necessary to send him to an asylum if
he does not get better soon. He is in |
condition to make it very unsafe for him
self and family and requires constant care.
j. W. HeEard has been laid up of late
with asthma Hezekiah Bickford contin-
les to fail mentally and is a great care to
MS family.
There was quite a gathering of friends
md neigh bors, mostly members of Quinn
oy Post and Relief Corps, at j C. Pages on
Thursday evening last, when they met for
belated house warming and friendly
;all. The time was chiefly spent in visit
ng, music and an examination of the new
house. A pleasant thing in the evening
vas the presentation of a pretty and COM
ortale easy chair to Mr.. and Mrs. Page.
Remarks of friendship and congratulation
we're made, to which Mr.. Page happily re-
ponded. Mr.. Page built his house on the
owen purchase on the High street road
Turing the past season. 1t is a goodsized,
wo-story house, with ell part. He laid
leavy granite foundation for the building
nd built thoroughly throughout. His
ooms are conveniently arranged, both
bOve and below. The lower story is fin
shed in hardwood, the upper in soft
wood. All the rooms are large and pleas
mt. The house is heated by furnace in
he basement, hot air being used.
GEO. r. WEDDINGS LECTURE. The
ecture given on Tuesday evening last,
While entirely unlike any that has pre-
eded it in the courses of the last two
ears, was the most polished, the finest in
rhetorical sense, and to many the
most interesting in the whole. To
he few who cared nothing about ''The
nan of Galilee," which was the theme land
o those whose only pleasure is in some
hing that finds expression in hand clap
ing and noisy applause, it was not enjoy
BILE. But to- the larger number, who re-
ere and love the subject of the theme, it
vas wonderfully interesting. The speaker
graceful, logical, eloquent. Every word
xactly fits it's place; every sentence was
olished and the whole address was aImas-
erpiece Of finished work. To select and
ondense from the whole anything that
will do justice to it and not exceed
ur limits will be a very difficult task.
Ifter a few words of introduction, the
peaker said that the world seeks a
ing, and in further explanation some
hing that is great and kingly. He briefly
eferred to- the great kings who at some
ime have controlled the world Spoke of
he great kingdoms of the past and pro-
eeded to call attention to the great en-
ire of Rome twenty ceturies ago. Galilee