Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-05-29
extended to them to take part in the exer-
cises. Let there be good attendance.

extended to them to take part in the exer-
cises. Let there be good attendance.
The May number of Our Church Work is
out and being distributed. The editor, af-
which meets at Albany, treats on the ques-
ton, ssIs religious interest on the decline
in your vicinity?" He goes on to point out
that it is not, citing instances to show the
splendid work being done by the churches
throughout the country. There is an ar
ticle from the pen of M. w. Farnum en-
titled 'sThe Theistic Argument" which
should be read by all. stSabbath Morning
Musings is the title of an article written
by Mr.. P. S. Hitchcock, which will be
found of interest. The program for the G.
E. convention will also be found in this
number.
We are in receipt of clipping from a
Los Angeles, Cal. paper stating that Rev.
and Mrs. w. M. Sterling of that place have
recently celebrated their twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary. The house was
decorated in beautiful manner and Mrs.
Sterling wore her old fashioned wedding
gown. Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling were mar
l.
residence of the brides father, Mr.. I. K.
Drew, who lived in the house now occupied
by Ell. T. Seaver. Two of the guests who
were present at the late celebration, Mrs. A.
w. Jones and Mrs. Gilbert Ellis, were also
present at the wedding here. Mr.. Sterl-
ing is now presiding elder of his district
and has a beautiful homeIin Los Angeles,
where Mrs Sterlings parents reside with
them.
The legal voters of the incorporated vii
Iage of Barton are warned and notified to
meet at the Barton Academy, room No. 8,
on Monday, June 9Th, at 1880 o'clock p.
NJ, to see if the village will vote to in
struct the trustees to purchase four iIlu-
minating glass dials and fixtures, and put
the same on the village clock. Also to see
if the village will vote tax, and if so how
much, upon the grand list to defray the
expenses. 1t will be remembered that at
the regular village meeting this year Mr..
Geo. w. Jenness, who was instrumental in
getting the town clock, brought up the
subject of the Illuminating dials and
committee was appointed to investigate
the matter and the committee will be ready
with the information gained at this time.
This method seems to be the only practical
way of furnishing a well lighted dial,
and it seems as if it could be put up
without necessarily increasing the tax to
any appreciable extent
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class of the Barton academy
will be delivered next Sunday evening by
Rev. j. M. Dutton of Newport. On We'd
nesday evening, June 18th, the graduating
exercises of the grammar school will be
held in the Good Templars' hall. These
exercises are always good and should be
well attended. On Thursday evening, June
9Th, the graduating exercises of the Senior
class are to be held. The class is to- fur
nish music, which with the expense of the
hall, obliges them to charge small adj
mission fee. All seats will be reserved and
will be placed on sale at the drugstore next
Saturday morning. price 10 cents. each.
The graduating class contains fourteen
members and is the largest in the history
of the school. The honors fall toS0lin
Webster, valedictorian, and Rollo Vincent,
salutatorian. The other members of the
class are as follows: Grace Elliott, Edith
Pattee, Matte Hubbard and Henry Suitor of
Glover; Verne Miles, Howard Baker, Roy
Buchanan of West Glover; Annie Wright
and Wright Kendall of Newport; and ga
die Smith of Evansville. The Alumni
banquet will be held at Hotel Barton on
Friday evening, June 8. The usual good
time is anticipated and the alumni should
all attend. ~--e--
We have been asked to call attention to
the worms which are playing such havoc
with the trees in some sections of the |
state. 1t is reported that they have reached |
this vicinity and if this is so, immediate |
action should be taken to stop their rava-
ges. Those who have not seen their work |
may not understand what pest they are.
We happened to be in the part of the state
where they did the most harm last year and
saw their work. On the street in one town
we visited it was sight to see the trees,
and the walks under them, they were fair /
Iy covered with worms, and we have been
told that in some places great number of
the trees in the sugar orchards were bereft |
of foliage. In the farmers Column of this |
paper will be found an article given out by |
the experiment station at Burlington rela-
tive to the worms. In this they advocate |
the use of spray made up of one pound of
paris green mixed with $50 gallons of wa
ter. In the towns we visited last year we
found that they were protecting the shade |
trees where the worms had not reached |
them by placing some obstruction around
the trunk of the tree, some using fly pa
per, others stringing a coil of wire and /
covering it with greece or tar. careful
investigation should be made to know if
the worms are here and if this is found to
be so every possible means should be used |