Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-01-24
hear evangelist Smith.

Subject, "Drlvlng like Jehu."
The ministers of the Congregational de-
nomination of the county held a meeting
in the Cong. church of this place last Tues
day. Dinner was served in the vestry and
profitable meeting is reported.
CraftSDury.
Chas. Humphrey from Wolcott is clerk
ing for Uric 81 Sawyer.
James Alliston has moved with his fam
lily from Mill Village to Hardwick.
Fannie Stratton has gone to North
Hampton to work in the insane asylum.
Mrs. Eta Wright from Enosburg is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Libby.
M. Winslow Farman finished a series of
six lectures in this town last Tuesday
night. These lectures have drawn out
good audiences and have been very inter
esting and instructive.
The friends of Miss Clara Collier, who
left here last spring for mission in China,
received a letter some time since stating
that she reached there after a tedious voy-
age of over four months, almost losing her
life as she thought in voyage up one of
the rivers to her inland destination. She
wrote that she expected to leave the place
where she was stationed for a point 600
miles distant, where there were but three
English speaking people. The missionary
life is one of great hardship and sacrifice.
North Craftsbury.
r. V. n. Burke of Montpelier is stop
ping at the Orleans House.
Mrs. A. Paddock has returned from her
visit to New York and other places.
The school in the Hayden district,
taught by Miss Sadie Lyon, closed Friday.
Mrs. Branin is very sick; also her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Crowley, who came to care for
her, is sick with the grip.
Derby.
Harry Richard is having a siege with
quinsy sores.
Mr.. Edward Hastings was called to
Glover last week by the death of his
brother.
b. Rev. Chase expects to go to Coventry
"Wednesday to deliver lecture in the M.
E. church.
Miss Ella Taylor, who has been in New
Hampshire since last fall, teaching school,
has returned home.
Miss Harriet Flanders of Barton attend
ed the play Friday night and spent Sun
day with Mrs. Edwards.
Rev. Holman of Charleston occupied the
pulpit in the M. E. church very accept
ably the 10Th, in exchange with Rev.
Chase.
The Young Peoples night at the Derby
House was very enjoyable affair, nearly
all the students and younger citizens, to
the number of about 200 being present.
ID. Emerson of Boston was in town
Friday to perform a very complicated
operation for Mrs. Alma Heath. At pres
ent she is doing as well as can be expect
ed.
The play, "Down in Dixie" came off
Friday night. Music was furnished by
the West Derby band The play was very
good, and everyone appeared to enjoy the
farce which followed.
Some very fine ice is being taken from
Derby pond just now. 1t is rumored that
an ice cart will be run in the village next
summer. All hope il is SO for it would be
greatly appreciated by those having no
cOnVen1enceS
The saddest accident that has occurred
here for years happened Thursday night,
when Fred Bodette, a blacksmith who
formerly lived here, and his brother in
law, Zuel Burnard Of Norton, were drown
ed in Sawyer's brook at the foot of what is
called Sawyer's hill on the Newport road.
The men, who were much the worse for
liquor, were seen driving through the |
street in the afternoon, calling at Moses |
Blay's, where. they made up bed on the
floor for one of them. Between five and |
six they started for Newport, where they |
were to join some of their family and at
tend funeral. On reaching Geo. Ritchie's |
mill yard they got into some difficulty, |
but were at last started ON the right road. |
The next. morning Marvin Moran found a |
horse hitched to tree in his yard and |
later learning from Mr. Nilsson that there |
was the wreck of sleigh down by Frank
Sawyer's, he discovered the bodies of the
two men wedged into the narrow brook of
about two feet in width, usually rupning |
about six inches of water. The bodies
were in such position to dam up the
brook, making the water about IS inches
deep. 1t is supposed that they were trying
to turn on to the Derby Line road, and
turning too quickly went off the steep
EN- bankment of about IS feet, falling
headlong into the brook, breaking Bo-
dettes neck and throwing him on top of
the other man, holding him under water
where he evidently drowned; the bodies
were so covered by the fur robe and light
snow that had fallen during the night
that they were hardly noticea BILE from the
road. Let this be a lesson to our young
men, for it is only one of many sad illus
trations of the effects of liquor.