Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-12-06

! this section are intending to go to New
port Wednesday evening to hear Sam
/ Jones' lecture. There is a great curiosity
manifested to hear this noted preacher and
lecturer. He has the reputation of being
one of the most interesting men in the
country and the oddity of his expression
and the originality of his thought are such
as to make him popular and to draw great
crowds to hear him.
The Odd Girls will give their A. B. G..
sale and chicken pie supper at M. p.
church parlors on Friday afternoon and
evening of this week. They have made
great preparations for this sale and sup
per. Sale commences at 3 p. NJ; supper
from 30 to o'clock. A very cordial in
vitation is extended to all. The royal
way these ladies serve their suppers is
guarantee that none will go empty away.
Children Is cents; adults %.
The Express and Standard of Newport
has been sold by Theo. circuit to D. w.
Hildreth of Barton Landing. Mr.. circuit,
since he purchased the paper has greatly
enlarged it, has issued it twice week, and
has striven to make it very accepta bic to
his town and his readers. We are sorry
to lose him from the newspaper craft of
the State. Mr.. .Hildreth is well-known by
his writings under the oubriquet, ''David
Hin.' He has literary taste, is an easy
and interesting writer, and will make
frst-class newspaper man. We extend to
him cordial greeting aud wish him sue
cess in his new sphere and enterprise.
e. Ell. Webster, the well-known and
1 ,oIo into hn
post office, Jan. 1, has rented his job
printing Office to Geo. II. Blake & Co.,
who will run the business in the MONITOR
office where it has heretofore been run.
Mr.. Webster had a good line Of customers
| whose patronage is solicited. Mr.. Burt
Hall, who learned his trade in G. T. Ran
| ney's office at Newport, and who OF late
has been in st. Johnsbury job offices, has
been hired to superintend the business of
this office. He will be able to do first
class work. Carroll Webster, for some
time in the office of his father, will be en-
ployed when his assistance is needed.
The lecture by Gen. j. B. Gordon, at
opera hall last Friday evening, as had
been anticipated, proved Of much interest.
The speaker is a man of talent and
natural orator. His theme, the fact that
he participated in the scenes he pictur
ed, and his style all tended to rivet at
tention. His story, series of incidents
from the war, was interspersed with
anecdotes and the mind was relieved of
the horrors of the bloody scenes by the
ludicrous things that were related The
remarks in regard to the present feelings
of the old Confederate soldiers and of the
South toward the North and their love
for the old flag were touching and patriotic.
He paid high tribute to the valor of the
soldiery on both sides, and most highly
generals, including Lee, Jackson, Ewall,
eulogized both Union and Confederate
Grant, Hooker, Chamberlin and others.
He spoke of causes which led to the in
vasion of the North in 1868, and among
these was the necessity of food and forage
for the rebel army. He acknowledged
that the defeat at Gettysburg and the
fall OF Vicks burg cast the deepest gloom
over the army and the leaders of the
South. Gettysburg really marked shigh
water mark'' of the rebellion. Among
the causes which led to the abandonment
of the works in front of Richmond was
hunger and the fact that the rebel army
could not be recruited. He spoke of the
estimate Gen. Lee made of Gen. Grant,
after the battle of the Wilderness, and in
this connection gave brief account of the
battles in and about Spottsylvania. His
story of the effort made to escape from
Richmond and the account of the sur
render of Lee and the magnanimous treat
ment of Gen. Grant toward him, his Of
ficers and men was grand tribute to the
victor and his army. No American can
listen to this lecture without having a
higher appreciation of American character
and better love of his country.
Mention was made last week of the
death of Mr.. j. Harvey Corey, who for the
last dozen years or more has been a well
come summer visitor in this village. Mr..
Corey, by his geniality, kindness and
helpfulness endeared himself to many He
will be greatly missed in the community,
and in the church where he worked with
zeal worthy of the noble man that he was.
The following, condensed from the Daily
Journal, Elizabeth, N. j., will be of in
terest to many:
''Mr. Corey died his home in this city
Oh O11O ONO4i1hS VI WV. AOa dSCo q JCd1o,
after an illness of about a week. He first
learned the masons' trade but soon chose
another business in which he was sue
cessful. He married Sarah A. Davis, a
lady of amiable character and from an ex-
cellent family. Their married life has
been very happy one. Mr.. Corey was
in the painters supply business with a
cousin for some years, also a hardware
dealer. In his day he erected several build
ings in the city and owned others. He
was great lover of art, music and Literal
ture. and took much delight in books.