Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-26

inha bitants or more were reported in 1890,
it must be completed within two weeks
and in all other districts on or before the
| first day of July.
We have engaged large supply of wood
| from some of our subscribers, but it does
| not materialize as fast as we would like to
see it. Kindly bring it in as soon las pos
| sible. Also we have room for a still larger
| supply and if some of our delinquents
would settle in this way we should be
pleased and they would certainly feel bet
| ter to see the bel on their paper brought
| up to date. In the last few months the
cost of stock used in getting out a news
| paper has greatly advanced, thus costing
much more to make paper than hereto
fore. We do not propose to use a cheaper
grade of stock, but we have no way of
| getting our extra cost back as does the
| merchant. When the prices advance on
| his goods he advances his price. This can
| not be done in newspaper Office as the
| paper must be sold at the same price and
| the price of advertising must remain the
same. This leaves but one thing for the
publisher to do, and that is to insist that
| UuS pCOp1O pay AOA UhO1I PoPOA' hC1O 10
no reason why he should furnish it to a
part of the people free. We shall insist
that those who are in arrears on this paper
pay it as soon as it is convenient for them
| to do so. This does not mean another
year, but some time during the present
one. We shall send statements to all of
| our subscribers who are in arrears and
shall expect to hear from them. If there
is any reason why they cannot pay they
they should say so and if there is not we
shall expect the money.
The lecture given by DR.. James He'd
ley of Cleveland, Ohio, at Seaver's Opera
hall last Monday evening was we'll at
tended, and proved to be not only enter
tanning but full of practical suggestions.
His subject, 1.-THE Sunny Side of Life,''
was one calculated to please and interest
an audience, and DR.. Hedley has the
happy faculty of not only holding the close
attention of his listeners, but also gets
them thoroughly in sympathy with his
subject. His lecture teaches that happi-
ness is a personal condition, and depends
largely ones nature; it comes from
within, not from without. That wealth,
while it can do much to promote happi-
ness, is often the cause of misery and strife.
Cultivate an appreciation of the best in
everything and do not be afraid to laugh
when it is right for one to laugh. Laugh
ter is the balancew wheel in the metaphysi-
cal structure, and is a promoter of health
as we'll as cheerfulness. Happiness can
and should be cultivated by all, and while
there will always be sorrow and misery in
in the world, it is our duty to try in every
| possible way to brighten the lives and
Tighten the burdens of those around US.
We may sometimes blunder, but it is far
better to blunder than never make an eff
fort to do good. Earnestness of purpose,
| honesty, contentment, and above all, faith
IN God and our fellow men, is necessary to
promote happiness in its best and truest
sense. DR.. Hedley's mode of expression is
forcible and eloquent, his arguments log
ical, and he has wonderful ability as an
| impersonator. He possesses a seemingly
| inexhaustible fund of anecdotes, both hu-
morous and pathetic. which he uses with
| good effect in illustrating the points he
desires to bring out. This lecture has been
delivered nearly seven hundred times, and
after hearing it, one can easily understand
why it is so popular.
Barton Landing.
Fred Blakes youngest child is very sick
Miss Laura Gay was at home from St.
JOhnsbury over Sunday. ..g- To-.
Mrs. Fred Twombly of Albany spent last
week with her parents here.
Rev. Mr.. Barnard has so far recovered as
to occrpy the pulpit yesterday.
/, Do1
Mr.. Bole of Coventry next Sunday.
teachers examination is in progress
here, lasting to-day and to morrow.
John Hovey, student of the Business
College at st. Johnsbury, spent Sunday
with friends in this place.
The address by Rev. Mr.. Sykes, at the
anniversary of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety was an excellent one.
The Ladies' Reading Club has begun to
meet again. They meet with Mrs. Ernest
Carpenter next Thursday evening.
Rev. G. w. Hunt of ST. Johnsbury will
lecture at the M. e. church next Friday
evening. Subject, ''Other Mems Shoes"
There was no session of the school last
Friday, the teachers and scholars taking
that day in place of Washington's birthday.
South Barton.
Orrin Gray, who was badly hurt by
falling limb, is gaining slowly.
Almost every one has hard colds. G. w.
Abbott is confined to the bed again at this
writing.
The lumbermen are busy drawing timber
these fine days. 1t makes business for Mr..
Wheeler, the blacksmith.
Mr.and Mrs. Burgin, who have been Wis
ting at Melvin Drown's have returned to