Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-31
Geo. I'll. Phelps, 1s3s-1s6a.

How few of all the PEBBLES cast
Upon the tiny streamlets' breast,
Do more than make a moments splash!
On goes the river without rest.
How few of all the pearly drops
That fall upon the garden plot,
Do more than freshen for the hour;
The sturdy oak remembers not.
Far up among the mountain rills
A youth straying, and he cast
Into little rivulet-a pebble; then he
passed.
The rivulet changing in its course,
Now to the right bounds full of glee;
1t had been lost in sandy plains,
But now it finds the deep, blue sea.
Thus to our kinsman, teacher, friend
Whose unreturning feet went forth
In answer to our Country's call,
We bring our tribute of his WORTH;
His was the hand the streamlet felt,
The insight his; the lucid mind,
In which we saw so graciously,
With truth and love, as light, enshrined.
No wreath of laurel have we won,
But we have seen where laurel grows;
No mighty stream. our rivulet,
But to the deep blue sea it flows,
And his the sacred altar flame
At which our youthful torch took fire;
His was the animating voice
Our young ambition to inspire.
Hence those poor fiowerless myrtle sprays
On his Green Mountain grave we lay,
In gratitude that he was ours,
And still is ours in deathless sway;
To FINER issues ne lives on;
To grander vistas lifts his eyes.
Not far away-not longer wait,
We almost touch the vaulted skies.
LAURA E. HovEY.
East Albany.
j. A. Smith is preparing to shingle his
house.
Farmers are pretty blue about their
crops.
VIM. e. KimbaI from Piermont, n. H.,
has hired the blacksmith shop and boards
with R. w. Collins.
Mrs. Hannant, Mrs. Amos Gould's
mother, is in very poor health-Mrs. Pat
Ruin and Mrs. Bagley who have been sick
are improving.
James Simon commences work on his
barn today. Reuben Brooks has the job of
putting it up; he will also do the work on
Alfred Daniels new barn.
Amos Gould, who sold his farm a year
ago decided to remain in Albany. He
bought the F. w. B. parsonage buildings,
and has painted and put them in good re-
pair.
The people of this place are much pleas
ed with the new blacksmith, Mr.. Kim ball,
who came here from N. H. He seems to be
man of good habits and a first class
sheer. 1t is hoped he will receive good
patronage. ts
S. A. Newton and wife of Plymouth, N.
H., visited friends and relatives in this
place a few days recently. They are now
visiting in Newport and vicinity. Although
both are over 20 years old they drove
with their team, distance of 80
miles.
South Albany.
F. G. Anderson is failing. Inv
There were seven baptized the 23d in the
M. E. society.
S. D. Graves and wife were here last
week from Winchester, Mass.
There will be a social and literary en-
tertainment under the auspices of the Ep-
worth League at the M. E. church Tues
day evening; refreshments will be served.
Bloomington Center.
o. A. Denison has gone to st. Johnsbury
to visit his sister.
N. w. Brown has set fine monument
on his lot in the cemetery.
Geo. Dwyer is very sick at Manchester
His mother, Mrs. John Dwyer, has gone to
care for him.
Mrs. Jennie Robinson is home from
Stanstead, where she has been visiting
friends.
Among the events of the week is the
marriage of Mr.. Ernest Cross and Miss
Jennie Alexander. Congratulations.
The patriotic exercises held by the Cen
ter school were very interesting and were
by good number of visitors.
VIM. Bruce has moved on to the place
which he rents of S. Burrows.-Stephen
Burrows has moved to the house purchas-
ed of Mrs. Nellie Burrows, on which he
has made quite extensive repairs.
East Charleston.
w. E. Trip has been putting down some
iron pipe to bring water to his house.
The wet weather of late has made the
farmers, who happen to have wet farms
feel little blue.
Mrs. g. B. Stoddard has gone to Lowell,
Mass, where she has two sons, two sisters
and other relatives.