Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-01

from this State to attend the Presidents in
auguration at the expense of that paper.
Rev. Mr.. Douglass of st. Johnsbury gave
lecture at the NJ. e. church last Tuesday
evening on 'Good Citizenship" The COM
pany present was rather small, but all of
them enjoyed it very much; the lecture
was deserving of far more hearers than
were present.
The holder sale was held at the M. E.
church last Friday evening. There were
fair number present, 81 being realized
| from the sale. Cake and coffee were served
and literary entertainment was furnished
by the children. Potter's orchestra was
present and furnished music.
The program at the NJ. e. church Sun
| day, March 9TH. will be as follows: 10 :45
a. M, Communion service; reception of
members and baptism. In the evening,
church rally and social service. It is hoped
that all members of the church, leagues,
and congregation will be present at both
services.
| DR.. Pearson has finished taking the CEN
sus of the village and finds that there have
| been twenty births and only nine deaths
during the last year. There has been
quite an increase in the population since
the census was taken two years ago; there
| is also quite an increase in the number of
school children.
The Sons of Temperance from Glover
will present their play, ssThe Yankee De-
tective," in Seaver's Opera Hall next
Thursday eve. They will be assisted by
pntfQr,c OrohQCtro This Qr,to tai inn emf
was given in Glover to a crowded house
and reported as fine thing. There will
be promenade and dance after the play.
Tickets now on sale at Pierce's drug store.
The Methodist people are proposing to
hold an anniversary meeting at their
church March 10th, this being the tenth
anniversary of the present church dedlca-
ton. 1t is proposed to invite all former
presiding elders and pastors, now living,
and all former and present members of the
church, who can be reached with sinvita-
tions. There will be church "reminiscences
from former pastors and from members,
brief address, a historical paper, supper,
and meeting which it is hoped will be
very pleasing to all. The present society
and congregation are all invited, and it is
uOD0Q all Will luCSISSU GuGIuSSlVGS LII Ildk-
ing the gathering success.
Many of our readers who have personal
acquaintance with the writer, Rev. Moses
G. Henderson of ST. Johnsbury, will be
interested in an article, under the caption,
Funeral "Reminiscences which he has
kindly prepared for the MONITOR. The
article is very modest. Mr.. Henderson,
greatly esteemed for the excellence of his
character, as well as his ability, possesses
qualities of heart as well as head, which
adapt him specially to the work of the
burial of the dead. He grasps the situa-
ton, adapts himself to the occasion, and
always SO breaches that his words are
consolation to the mourning friends and
help to all his hearers. a. eslts
Town meeting day tomorrow. If there
is any day in the year when level heads
and good feeling needed it is March
meeting day. It is always wise to retain
one or more of those who have been select
men, listers, auditors, etc., and to keep
every good officer in Office as long as he is |
efficient. The smallest sum of money con-
sistent with a fair administration of things |
ought to be raised this year. Taxes are
high in this town, and especially in the |
corporations. This hurts the reputation
of the town and pinches most people Sc
verely when Iax-paying season comes. |
How would it do to try economy this year? |
This is the week when the administra-
tion changes and, whether much little |
occurs, we must expect the most. Listen, |
early Thursday morning, for the singing |
of the birds; look out for double-yolked |
eggs and twin lambs; expect little better |
prices for your produce; start that lone |
five dollar bill, which has been kept in the |
wallet SO long, out on debt paying mis- |
sion; watch the sun rise little earlier |
every morning and linger little longer |
every day before dropping below the hori- |
zon; predict the advent of good times and |
help them along by earning something |
and by spending something; strive, fight,
do something, do anything to keep the |
procession going, and the better things |
will come.
AS was expected large crowd was on
on hand to listen to DR.. Gunsaulus at Sea- |
vers hall last Thursday evening. The |
committee could not have put in better
man to give the last lecture of the course, |
and his lecture on, "a Chapter in the His
tory of Liberty will long be remembered |
here. His remarks were based on the con-
dition of things in Italy during the 18th |
century. and his hero was Savonarola,
whom he follows from his early childhood
to the time of his death, CHASING him as
one of the greatest reformers that ever
lived. He was more to Florence than De-
mosthenes was to Athens; he was a great /
statesman, and a great orator. When a
boy he failed in showing the reverence for
the aristocracy which his parents wished
him to, he was always refusing to do hon.