Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-03

late husband, and with her spent Christ
mas week with Mrs. A. 3. MatheWson of
Maiden, Mass. They found Mrs. M. very
pleasantly situated. She sends Kind re-
CARDS to her many friends in Barton.
a public meeting of the united order of
the Golden Cross, will be held in Masonic
hall, Monday evening, Jan. 10, at 7-30
o'clock. Installation of officers and an
address by L. M. Cragin, grand command
er, on the "Objects and Benefits of the
Order.' This will be a good opportunity
for any who wish to learn something of
this fraternaI insurance order.
An accident occurred on the 3. & M.
road about two miles north Of this vii
lage last Friday. A freight train was
passing when a car wheel broke and three
cars were derailed, one Of them going to
pieces as it went over the bank and allow
ing good lot of flour to be distributed in
the vicinity. The wreclSing train was on
hand in a short time and the roa was
soon cleared and ready for traffic.
Some papers, on which there is stop
mark for Jan. /, '98, are sent out this
week as we have not completed corrections
on our list, but no subscriber will be ask
ed to pay for single issue after his order
ed time expires. On the other hand we
must not be expected to stop papers on
which there are arrearages, small or
great. We invite all to remain on our list
for the year to come, and welcome new
subscribers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Dutton and Mr.. and
Mrs J. N Webster start this week on
California and Western trip TO be gone
until April or later if all are well. They
will go by way Of Washington, Chatta-
nooga. New Orleans, thence by the south
ern route to Lower California. On their
return they will take the central or north
ern route, visiting friends and important
places in the West Their many frien ds
wish them safe and happy journey
Rev J. Hamilton, the Presiding Elder
of st. Johnsbury district for the past six
years, preached an able sermon at the NJ.
e. church yesterday morning. His term
of service expires with the present con-
ference year. Mr.. Hamilton has displayed
much ability as a conference official and
his successor will find things in excellent
shape all over the district.-Rev. G. w.
a union service at the NJ. e. church last
evening.
Among the many noted and excellent
lecturers who have spoken in the lectu re
courses in this village, no one has been as
popular as Russell FL. Conwell. No matter
what is said of others, everybody likes
him. He has been here and in the coUnt y
several times and his popularity does not
wane. He comes here on Wednesday
evening of next week, and we predict one
OF the largest audiences ever seen in the
opera house. Tickets on sale at Pierce's
after JAM 5. Price % and 35 cents.
The Congregational Society are to pub
lish monthly church paper, called Our
Church Work, the first number of which
was issued from the MONITOR Office, Jan. i,
1898. Rev. Mr.. Sheaff is to edit the paper,
which will contain the names of chur ch
officers, notices of church services and Y.
P. S. G. E. topics, together with much
original end selected matter, useful and
to all. This number will COM
mend itself to all. The public ought to
give it generous subscription patronage.
The post office in this village changed
hands on New Years Day, Mr.. Jenness
the Office to his successor, Mr.. |
Webster Mr.. Jenness has held the Office
for little over four years and his admin
stration has been more than satisfactory
to all. He has been in his Office almost
every working hour since he took it; has |
been accommodating prompt and efficient.
Mr.. Webster has had four years expert
ence heretofore and has been at work of /
late getting his hand in ready for his new
service. If he serves the public as well
this time as he did before there viii be no
cause for complaint.
The following clipped from a recent is
sue of a trade journal seems apt just at
his season of the year:
Chow dear to our heart is the old silver
dollar, when some kind subscriber pre-
'ents it to view; the liberty head without
1eclStie or collar, and all the strange
Kings which to US seem SO new; the wide
spreading eagle, the arrows below it, the
stars and the words with the strange
Kings they tell; the coin of our fathers,
we're glad that we know it, for some time
n other it will come in right well; the
pread-eagle dollar, the star-spangled dol
ar, the old silver dollar we all love SO
vell.''
o. A. White kept the past season dairy
If cows consisting of 35 animals, thirteen
# which were two-year- heifers. From
hese he made during the year 5000
pounds of butter, an average of over 257
pounds to the COW. The years product
letted him little over p cents pound.
lis COWS are Jerseys and grade Jerseys;
heir feed is plenty of good hay, silage and
,rass in its season, together with mix
ure of commercial feed, consisting Of
,ran, gluten, cotton seed meal and corn