Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-06-13

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was devoted to the business of the confer
ence and the report of the church register;
the scribe then called the rolI~xofs the
j churches and there were verbal reports by
! the delegates The reports indicated a
very prosperous condition among@uhe
churches of the county. Deacon G..-eF
Ranney of Newport read paper on ssthe
needs of the Sunday school, He pointed
out the following needs: Greater atten-
dance; up-to- date teachers; systematic in
| struction; an estimate of the dignity of
| the work. This paper was fully discussed
by the conference. The last hour of Tues
| day afternoon was devoted to the Woman IS
Missionary meeting. Tuesday evening,
after praise service led by Rev. Fl. O.
Cries Der of Island Pond, the conference
sermon was preached by Rev. G. E. Fay OF
Newport, from the text Luke SIS. Sub
! iect of the sermon, ''The kind Of hearers
that I want'' He mentioned a prepared
hearer, responsive hearer; a truth loving
hearer and an enthusiastic nearer. The
sermon was very thong htful one and was
much enjoyed by the conference. The
communion was then administered by
Rev. L. P. Atwood of Westield and Rev.
j. c. Langford of Coventry. Wednesday
morning praise service was conducted by
Rev. M. P. Davenport of North Troy. The
leading feature of this session was an adj
dress by Rev. Geo. w. Moore, field mis-
sionary of the A. M. A. Mr.. Moore began
life as slave, and was about ten years Of
age at the time of the emancipation act.
He is very schorlarly and eloquent man
for Of o-ah n
in Washington, D. G. He spoke particu-
larly of the educational work among the
colored people of the South and the work
that is being done through the efforts of
the A. NJ. A. Rev. HI. w. H1dreth of AL
bany gave very interesting talk on Chow
to arouse more general interest in mis-
sionary work" The closing words were
spoken by Rev. r. L. Sheaff. The confer
ence was we'll attended and was pronounc
ed very profitable meeting by everyone.
In an interview with one of our citizens
who has recently made trip through the
West we learned many things which we
think win be of interest, and so make
brief mention Of them: Leaving Barton he
went direct to st. Paul, Mimi. In making
the last of this trip he learned that two
trains Just ahead and two immediately fol-
lowing the one he was on, were loaded
with troops going to San Francisco to
embark for the Philippine Islands. Going
from ST. Paul to Omaha, Neb., he took a
look over the grounds being prepared for
the Trans Mississippi and international
Exposition, which opened June list and is
to continue five months. AT the time he
was there the buildings were just nearing
completion, and they looked very fine in
deed. The grounds were laid out after the
plan of the grounds at the Chicago Expo
sition, although on smaller scale. The
Exposition is controlled by a corporation
with capital of S1,O90,OO0 and it is said to
be a very interesting as well as educational
fair to attend. From there he went to
Hot Springs, So. Dakota. This is favOrite
summer resort; there is large bath house
there 50x3O0 feet where one will find large
crowds of people bathing. The water comes
out of the ground at a temperature of 80
degrees. Going from there to Billings,
Montana, he passed through the Crow
Indian reservation and over the Gus
ter battle field and saw the Custer monu-
ment. Passing on from there he arrived
the city BY w. C. Ufford, who is well
known here. This IS a great mining terri
tory. one mine having been recently sold
to an English syndicate for 100000.
Some of the cities in that section were
among those doomed some years ago and
when the hard times came they suffered
from the crash, but are now recovering
slowly. He spoke of the beautiful resi-
dences to be seen in Spokane. At Tacoma,
Wash, which is a terminus of, the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad, ne went through the
fine park there. That this city has suf-
fered from the effects of the boom could be
seen by the number of vacant dwelling
houses and business blocks. He also Wis
tied Seattle, from which port many of the
steamers are clearing fer Alaska. At every
store outfits were advertised for those
going to the gold fields. His trip down
Puget Sound was very interesting. He
could see Mount Hood, which is over
1900 feet high, and other high peaks,
which are covered with snow the year
round. Passing on to Portland, Oregon,
he spoke of the power plant which fur
nishes this city with electricity for it's
street cars and lights. The plant is stu
ated twenty miles from the city, but as
they have an abundance of power this is
no hindrance. Perhaps the most interest
ing part of the trip was the ride from Port
land to San Francisco down the Shasta Val
ley In making this trip the railroad at one
point reaches an elevation of 1000 feet,
with grade of 175 feet to the mile. At
one point one can see the track in three
different places below. The country all
through this section is a mining district.
Going into San Francisco from Oakland
they were taken over on the largest ferry
boat in the world. The train, consisting