Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-02-21

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and quickly Mr.. French could make few
hastily drawn lines develop into a picture
which anyone would quickly recognize.
His witty remarks kept people laughing
and all wenthepe apparently well pleased
with the entertainfierit. The next lecture
in the course will be given March 10th, by
Robert j. Burdette, on 1.-THE Rise and Fall
| of the Monstache."
| The report of the town auditors is in the
| hands of the printer and will be out this
week. Every voter ought toIstudy it care
| fully The expenses of this town are large
and the taxes are heavy. There ought to
be some cutting down this year. When
the rate bill runs up toward or above the
200 per cent line, in town or corporation,
it reaches point where the reputation Of
the town is injured and the pocket rebels.
The selectmen think that there will be
much less bridge building next year than
last and that some other expenses may be
lighter. While there seems to have been
no needless expenditures on the roads, it is
possible that less sum would keep them
in comfortable condition. Let's cut
down little somewhere. The state tax
will be five per cent less than last year.
Mrs. G. G.. w. Heath died last Wednes-
day evening from paralysis of the heart.
She had been sick but a short time and it
was not thought that she was in dan
gerous condition till shortly before her
death. Mrs. Heath was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Uric of Glover. She
had lived in this village nearly ten years
and during thatItime made many of friends
who will mourn her loss. The funeral was
held at the NJ E. church, Friday afternoon Il
the Daughters of Rebekah, of which Or
ganization she was menlb Der, attending in
a body. Mrs. Heath was 81 years of age.
Mr.. Heath and little son, Clyde, have the
sympathy of the community in their great
loss.
CARD-To the numerous friends and
neigh bOrs who so kindly assisted us in our
affection we would extend our sincere
thanks. We would especially thank the
which our loved one was mem Der, for
their kind attention, and also the quartette
for their services. @. G. w. HEATH, -
CLYDE HEATH.
The LymdomUiUe Journal pays the fol-
lowing handsome compliment to Rev. w.
G. Johnson, former pastor and we'll
known citizen of this county:
eve cannot refrain closing this descrip-
tiOn Of the new church and its dedication
without saying word for its pastor, who
has la bored SO hard and consclent1OuSly
here the past four years. According to the
laws of the conference only one more year
is allowed Mr.. Johnson on this charge, a
fact which every man, woman and child
who has ever been brought in contact
with him sincerely regrets, for he is be-
loved by his parishioners and respected
and admired by all others. on hlh' 1t can
be truly said, che practices what he,preach
es," and kindly word or helping hand is |
never asked of him in vain. Public spirit
ed to the extent of allowing himself to be |
loaded down with the superintendent of /
schools he faithfully endeavors to carry on |
that work with his other labors. It is.a |
proverb that cit is hard to speak anything |
but good of the dead" but it might also
be proverb that it would be Harder to |
speak ill of the living, as represented by |
Mr.. johnson, for during all his pastOrate |
here no ILL word against him has ever come |
to our ears"
Barton Landing. I
Mrs. Todd is sick with pneumonia.
Carlyle Wiley has completed his winter
term of school at Coventry.
Rev. Mr.. Harris conducted al Episeopal |
service at the Cong church Sunday evening
Rev. Mr.. Douglass of Barton preached |
an excellent sermon at the M. E. church /
afternoon.
A letter has been received from w. w.
Foster, who is at hospital in Boston,
stating that his eye is gradually improving.
Whipple, French q, Co. will largely in
crease their line of furniture and will use
the large room in their store which has
formerly been devoted to hardware.
Geo. Smith moves this week to Connect
icut, where he has purchased place about
fourteen miles from New Haven. Mr.
Smith is good neighbor and citizen, and
we are sorry to lose him.
The Farmers meeting held here was well
the weather considered, and was
a very interesting and useful one. A de-
tailed report of the meeting will appear in
The next issue of the MONITOR.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Hall have the sympa-
Thy of the community in 1.-THE loss of their
eight months old boy who died lastThurs-
day from spinal meningitis. The child
was sick only four days.
The lecture last Saturday evening by Col.
Balm was one of the finest. lectures ever
heard here. 1t was replete with eloquence
from beginning to end, and was much APP
preciated.. Everyone will want to hear
Mr.. Balm again.
The fourth and last quarterly conference
will be held at the M. E. church Tuesday
at 10 80 am. ALI officials of the church and
members are requested to attend as matters
Of much importance will be brought be-
lore the meeting.
Rev. B. F. Rowland, of Barton Landing,
VT, received the degrees of d. D., on ex-
from the National University