Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-12-12

from West Charleston, their work at present
being somew hat broken up and the MEM
bers disheartened. The report of Junior
work gave four societies, the one at Barton
Landing being the most vigorous.
The G. E. use of the Bible was discussed
by Rev. J. G. Langford and Rev. S. L. Vim
cent.
At the beginning of the afternoon ses-
sion the committee on nominations re-
ported the following names as officers for
th@ansuing year:
IS President, John r. Aiken, Newport
Nice President. Will Dustin, North Crafts
bury; Seq and Treas, Mrs. G. w. Tenney,
Bar{sn.*5 i.
!, ESscutste committee, Rev. R. L. Shear,
LIE Porter ia ennie Locke.
lookout sAa1ittee, Rev. H. W. Hildreth,
TIC. Holt Kate g. Ferrin.
Junior sGpt. ,aJennie M. Locke, Assistant,
Mrs. Keitfa
The report was accepted and officers
elected: The committee on place Of next
meeting suggested Albany and the report
was accepted
After an interesting paper by Miss Mary
Taylor on 'EWhat good comes to us from
praising God.' Miss Virginia Do1 told
the story of Marcus Whitman. She spoke
for nearly an hour and held the closest at
tention of the audience. It is to be hoped
that it may lead the societies Of the Union
to give Whitman College an important
place on their list of benevolences for the
coming year.
The leading feature of the closing session
on Wednesday evening was an address by
Rev. James Alexander of Newport, n. FL.
One needed to hear this to appreciate it.
Mr.. Alexander is a Scotchman drought
up.an aatmeal and the Westminster Cate
ch7sa and is noble example Of manIi-
ness, strong in body, mind and character.
His subieetqwas '.Manliness," l Cor. 1913,
EEQuit you 1ite men, We can give only
the attributes which the speaker consider
ed essential to true manliness: courage,
physical and mora intelligence, unselfsh-
ness, self denial sincerity and honesty.
It is undeniable that one of the worst sins
Of our lives, is deception. There is temp
tation to make life unreal, faith in its
broadcast sense; some great truths are to be
taken for granted; love, not a thing of
sentiment only, love Ibegotten in us by
God; love working in our desires, our
thought and actions, that is to convert US
into men. No person can attain these
qualities without an effort, we cannot be
men by wishing ourselves manly. Listen
to nature, the voice of God. Into man
hood we must grow; no man can be strong
in character by merely wishing himself so
TO be. Will must be exerted. II viii do
We wish more young men
could have heard the address. Mr.. c. w.
Tenney conducted the singing during the
convention in very creditaole manner.
= artOn LstIlsllnS.
It is proposed to have two or three first
class lectures during the winter. -Addison
Fletcher has completed a years work at
Lowelltown, Ne. and returned home.-Mr.
Newton will move to Morrisville this week.
Mr. Mitchell is at home from Maine
The high and grammar schools closed last
Friday. All the schools will open Nom i
lay, Dec ga Sunday School convention
will be held in the NJ. E. church Dec. Got h.
several excellent speakers will deliver ad-
lresses.
Albany.
The MONITOR agent will be at the post
flee in this village Wednesday, of this
week from 9 o'clock in the morning until
o'clock in the evening. See him and get
our club papers.
Mrs. o. NJ. Delano is seriously il.-Wal-
ace SartweI was taken to the asylum at
last Tuesday.-Guy Courser is
school at Irasburgh.-Th La
les society will meet with Mrs. T. j. New
on tomorrow (Tuesday), instead of Mrs. I
Watson, who has been sick |
Nth pneumonia, is improving.
Mr. TurnbuIl Of Barton Landing has
made arrangements to build a butter fac
DRY here next spring.-A pleasant gather
ny of relatives and neighbors met at A II.
)arling's Saturday evening to celebrate
1r. Darling's 18th birthday. A chair was
resented to him with the best wishes of |
he company and as a token of their friend
hip and affection.-The sash drill will be
epeated with Tennyson's poem, 1.-THE Lo-
os EATERS" illustrated by tableaux and
1usic at the Cong'l church, Dec. Goth at
AS %. M. Admission, adults 20 cents,
hildren 10 cents.-At the semi-annual
netting of the Christian Endeavor society
he following officers were elected: Pres,
M. George; vice Pres, Mrs. RIM .COwles;
&C., Alice Hitchcock; Treas, III. w. Hill
reth.-On the evening of Dec. 9th, the
!. e. society gave Pink Tea at the home
f Mrs. G. E. Rogers. The house and ia
les were beautifully decorated and the
hole entertainment was very fine. Pro-
eeds of the evening, $500.
Cast Albany.
The MONITOR agent will be at the post
flee in this village Thursday of this week
rom p. m. until 3 80 p. m. See him and
ct your club papers.