Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24


evening very much.
L. Nj. Hubbard of this place and A.
Walcott of Glover attended the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows at Montpelier last
Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. l.. M.
Hubbard and Mrs. Will Heath attended
the Rebekah assembly Friday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Heath drove through to Montpelier
with their team.
H. Town and wife of Southern Cali
fornia was in this village few days last
week. Mr.. Town will be well remem ber-
ed he was formerly in business here, run
Ling grocery store where Ed. Robinson
now is His father lives in MorrisviIle,
and he is on to visit him, calling on his
old friends in this village.
w. B. Strong of Wisconsin, formerly of
Orleans county, was here last week with
his wife, looking up his old home in Iras-
burgh. Mr.. Strong is man well-known
through the Central states and was at one
time president of the Atchison, Topeka &
Sante Fe railroad. They both spoke very
highly of this village and expressed a wish
to return here for summer outing.
w. E. Randall of Cam bridgeport, Mass,
who well remembered there, is Wis
iting friends in this village and vicinity.
He is travelling salesman for large curry
comb company of Wisconsin and is doing
a little business for them here. He in
tends to secure agents for them in every
town and city in the State. His ad.
''Agents Wanted will be seen in this pa
per-
The Boston & Maine railroad will give
excursion rates for the benefit of those
who wish to attend the grand concert by
Sousa and his famous band at Lanes
opera house Monday afternoon, May 81.
Those who wish to attend can go on noon
train and the afternoon train will be held
till after the concert. Tickets may be or
dered by mail or telephone of E. Lane &
Son.
The Beckwith family, who have occu-
pied the Cong. parsonage, are expecting to
move out of the village because they can
not find suita bic tenement to reside in.
One of the daughters is teaching in SUIT
ton, while Henry Beckwith and his father
are both on the road as commercial travel
ers. They are very excellent people and
it is a pity to loose them from the commu-
nifty.
G. A r. Memorial and Decoration Day
services will be held here on Saturday
next. The band will lead a procession at
1 o'clock, p. M, which will be composed
of the patriotic and civic societies, citizens,
children of the day and Sunday schools,
which will proceed to the cemetery where
the decoration services will be held. Re-
turning the people will assemble at Sea-
ver's hall, where there will be ritual SER
vices, music, and an address by Rev.,W.
E. Douglass. Efforts are being made to
make the services worthy the day and it
is hoped that the public will participate as
far as possible in the ceremonies of the
occasion.
Union Sunday memorial services were
held at the Congregational church yes
terday. The church was appropriately
decorated for the occasion. The choir
finely rendered selections. and hymns suit
able to the day, and Rev. Mr.. Sheaff, pas )
tor, preached discourse very appropriate
for the service. His theme was the Aprice
and value of freedom and liberty He
spoke of the long struggle humanity had
endured in emancipating itself from the
5hraldom of tyranny and slavery, and
showed that the time had come when
kings and presidents were not as formerly,
supreme rulers, but they were servants,
5he people being the sovereigns. He told
how Christ ianity had helped to bring
about the result. The sermon was useful
!
On Friday afternoon thet community
was shocked by the sudden death of iona
Than E.. Dow, who, with his wife, has
been stopping at the home of Mrs. Martha
E. Nelson the past six months. Mr.. Dow
vas fifty-three years of age. When a
young man he married Amy A. r., sister
IF the late B. M. r. Nelson, and of Ethan
Nelson of this place. Mrs. Dow, accom-
panied by her brother Ethan, has taken
MS remains to Minneapolis, Minn.,. to be
placed by the side of Arthur L., their only
,hild, who died ten years ago. Mrs. Dow
has the sympathy of the whole commu-
1ity in her sad bereavement, which, adj
led to loss of an aged father and devot-
ID brother within the last year, seems to
De more than she is able to bear. Services
we're held at the house on Saturday p. M,
Elder Henderson of st. ohnsbury, assist
ID by Mr.. Douglass of this place, officiat-
ng.
Landing.
Mrs. ]. FL. Rosebrook is visiting friends
n Island Pond.
The schools will close next Friday. An
exhibition will be held in the evening.
Mrs. Barrows, an elderly lady, who lives 4
n one of E. L. Chambers tenements, is
very sick.
Come with your wheels Decoration Day
md be prepared to join the bicycle parade