Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05

| The fourth entertainment of the lecture
course will be given next Thursday even
ing by Prof. John B. Denote, who re-
ceived the second largest number of votes
last year. His subject will be ELECTRICITY
and Civilization" By the aid of
the stereopticon views, electrical ap-
pliances, diagrams and other illustra
tions, Prof DeMotte will lead his audience
into the depth of electrical science, but he
is said to express himself in language
which can be understood by all. He will
trace electricity from its earliest discovery
to the x rays and wireless telegraphy of
the present day. The seats are already on
sale, and should be secured as early as
possible.
We are in receipt of the following in
terestsng letter from a subscriber who
writes US from Savannah, Ga:
Mr. EDITOR.-Enclosed you will find
$780, my subscription for the MONITOR
for the current year. L note through your
paper Barton's continued prosperity, in
which am always interested, especially
that it's growth seems of the substantial
kind. The extreme south has had an
early taste of full grown winter; during
Christmas week from four to six inches of
snow fell in Georgia, extending as far
south as this city, and in the northern
| section of the state there was ice that in
places was firm enough SO the ''young
crackers ventured skating but the sport
was limited to but few hours. On my way
to this state I stopped at Florence, S. c.,
and while there visited the National Gem
etery; like all the U. S. burial sites it is
enclosed with a substantial brick wall Of
| sufficient height to protect it from being
! invaded by roaming stock. 1t is clearly
kept and beautified with rare shrubbery
and evergreen trees, cedar, live oak, holly
and magnolia are numerous. 1t is located
a short distance from the town, near an
oak grove; a fine macadamized road passes
it, so it can be approached at any time
without difficulty. [ always take pleasure
in visiting these sacred spots. Seventy
four have been dedicated repositories
for the nations honored dead, most of
them located in the south, and what i'm
presses the visitor as he marvels over the
many thousand of precious lives sacrificed
and the multitude of homes bereft of loved
ones, that SO many are sleeping in graves
marked unknown" Of three thousand
and seventeen Union soldiers who persisted
in the war Of the rebellion and are buried
in Florence, only two hundred and thirteen
are known, two thousand eight hundred
and four are marked unknown" The ma
iority of those inferred here are on the
roster as having died in Florence prison.
I found among the known the names of
eight Vermont soldier boys, but through
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organization, each recurring Memorial
day beautiful flowers are spread on the
resting places of each patriot and the I'M
known are honored like the known.
I learned from the superintendent, Maj.
Bradford, that last Memorial day, 1899, the
Camp of Confederate Veterans, with a
goodIy number of the white citizens at
tended for the first time and participated
in the memorial exercises, assisting i'll
decorating the graves. Years before only
the colored people came out. The register
showed marked increase in the number
of residents of Florence and vicinity who
had visited the cemetery the past two
years.
1.-The world she would be better,
If folks would only let her,
If they didn't sorter stop her on the way;
In summer time snowin',
There'd be sweeter roses CROWN,
While birds made sweeter music night |
and day.
Barton Landing.
Scott & Grow will cut ice again this |
week on Crystal Lake.
George Hoyt and wife have moved into |
their new tenement in the Austin block.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard have closed the |
parsonage and gone to the hotel to board.
The ladies will give a sugar supper at
the Cong. church Tuesday evening, Feb. 6.
Several from here attended the conven-
tion at Newport, large number going up
to the concerts.
Mrs. Chandler and Miss Eaton have re-
turned from Boston.-Miss Roweu has
returned from Newport.
A union service was held at the Cong
church last evening. A series of meetings
will be held, beginning next week.
Business is lively about the saw-mill.
A much larger amount of lumber than
usual, especially hard wood, is being put
in.
Last Wednesday, Mrs Mary Badger of
this place was married to George Fletcher
of Bloomington. They will reside at
A large number of horses We're sold here
last week and twenty were taken to Lyn-
donville where they will be sold at auction
Tuesday.
Miss Zaida Wiley was at home from
Lyndon over Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs Har-
riman and Mrs. Joseph Bartlett visited in
Craftsbury last week.
Miss Ethelyn Gould will give a dramatic
recital at the Methodist church next Thurs