Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-12-26


energy which resulted in overtaxing her
strength, she was a great sufferer. Her
courage and faith were invincible, her pa
thence and fortitude were remarkable.
With wonderful tenacity of life, under
skiHful treatment she repeatedly recovered
/! from severe sickness when it. seemed. inn
/ possible Hers was a, great soul in a frail
! body.ui Her. life work was by no means
| small In entering upon a married life Of
more than fifty years she assumed and
most truly filled the place of mother to
three young children. The daughter of a
physician, she inherited a Taste for med
ical science and was skilled in the care and
treatment of the sick. She possessed a
very bright, active, critical mind, pas
sionate lover of nature, of flowers, poetry,
oratory, genealogy, and the best in litera-
ture. She filled many books with choice
selections gathered in her extensive read
ing. Till her last sickness she eagerly read
the daily papers, and when brought low in
WEAKNESS and pain she asked for the news
of the day. Shut In for many years she
had little taste for general society, but in
innate friends were ''grappled to her heart
with hooks of STEEL" Her religion was not
of creeds but of the heart. She believed
that the power, wisdom and goodness of
God could not be measured or limited by
mans device. Kindness, charity and love
filled her breast. Never idle, the work of
her hands and the sympathy of her heart
went out to those in sorrow and in need.
Unseifsh, her great care and thoughtful
ness for others continued to the end; and
she, in turn, was for many years the recip
lent of the most tender and devoted care.
1t would seem fitting could she have gone
home when the birds were singing and the
flowers she loved so fondly were in bloom,
but from the perpetual melody and bloom
of the eternal shore it matters little to her
today. And it is a joy to believe that her
freed spirit, unhampered by earthly wear
mess, may now in full measure enjoy the
activities and attachments of the great
beyond. A former pastor writes; ga brief
talk with her always did me good-made
me wish to live better life. 1t must be a
benediction to witness the close of such
pure, sweet, noble, genuinely Christian
life. How can one looking upon such a
scene doubt the reality of things eternal?''
Albany.
Frank Miles is on the sick list.
We are to have a creamery in our village.
The farmers will be benefited by patron
iZ1ng it.
Matte Johnson is spending his vacation
visiting in Salem, Mass.-Dora Gates of
Newport is visiting at E. j. Chaffee's
through the holidays.
The friends and acquaintance of Henry
Mcclure will be pleased to have him liv-
ing On this side of the town, and it will be
more convenient as he is the cream gath
erer for the new crea merry. He will live in
w. Sargent's house.
South Albany.
There will be a donation at the NJ. e.
church Friday evening, Dec. 30th. Oysters
viii be served. All are invited.
ksro.s s,t5l@t"n.
There are quite number in this place
the sick list.
Allen Grant is stopping with his broth
erin law, Henry Leland.
Mitchell Leonard has taken job of Ium-
boring of S. s. Tinkham.
Christmas tree and exercises were held at
the Cong. church last Saturday
Miss Jones, evangelist from ST. johns
bury, has been sent here to help Miss Gale
in her work.
One of the late interesting events in
town was wedding at j. B. Flint's when
his eldest daughter, Miss Mabel, and Frank
Seavey were married. Congratulations.
Miss Myrtle Campbell has returned from
Florence, Mass, where she spent several
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Minnie Bur-
dick. Mrs. Sarah Campbell will spend a
part of the winter in Florence.
East Charleston.
Colby Stoddard is home from Boston
University to spend the holidays with his
parents.
The Ladies' Aid viii meet with Mrs.
Frank Trip next Wednesday. All are cor
daily invited.
Miss Nora Morse has gone to Manches-
ter, n. FL. to live with her aunt, Mrs.
Charles Rollins.
John Bly,, who has been taking a bust
ness course at Burlington. University, has
finished his work there, and is now at
home.
Miss Edith Hudson, teacher in the viii
lage school, had Christmas tree and ap-
propriate exercises at the school house
Dec. %, which were much enjoyed by the
scholars and parents.
The reading circle will meet at the yes
try next Wednesday cordial invitation is
extended to all. At this meeting it is ex-
pected that arrangements will be made for
\ 81, 70 ho Wi
S. G. Streeter, who is spending the win
ter in Lowell, Mass, writes that he is still
in very poor health and suffering much