Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-02-25

nOnDlace about it from beginning to end
He showed profound knowledge and eX-
pressed his thoughts in the most exquisite
diction. His words fell upon the audience
like showers of light, and his sudden and
abrupt flashes of wit relieved his hearers
from the nervous strain which his elo-
quence inspired. ''The Puritan" was a
great subject, but this theme Yves treated
in mastery manner, and his cIimaxes
| were masterpieces of OratOry. The Puritan
was not an accident, There are no acct
dents either in this world Or the next. All
things are governed by laws, fixed and i'm
mutable. DR.. Cadman clot ned the rugged
| figure Ofthe Puritan with new grace show
ing that out of the stern eZigencies Of t ne
| times sprung his rigid nature and narrow
as we are wont to term them-views.
The Puritan may be traced in America by
the schoolhouse and the church. You will
find him on the prairies and in the noun
tains Of the West. The Bible was his only
| book. The drama and the novel had
sunk in his day to level that merited
justly his scorn. The speaker showed
a prodigious memory, being able to
quote from the great poets, the Scrip
lures, history, the speeches OF historic
illustrate his thought or give force to his
argument. His eulogy on Oliver Cromwell
was about as ublime passage of eloquence
SIS one ever hears in a lifetime. His COM
! leo pathetic description Of the last sickness
of Queen Elizabeth, her lying on the floor
| and refusing to be carried to her bed, one
of her counselors insisting that she must
! be put to bed, and her retOrt, ''NO man
| ever said mast TO me BEFORE, and the flash
! of wit which the speaker could not resist,
| eff she had lived at the present time she
might have been a great help to Mrs.
Nation " which cOnvuIsed the hall with
Iaug liter, all this shows what resources the
man has at his command. He has the
wonderful faculty Of making his auditors
see the facts which he presents like pic
lures, in fact, his lecture was picture gal
lery from beginning to the end. We saw
the blowing upOf the ''Maine' in the night
by the Spaniards and the blowing up of
Cervera's feet by Sampson and Schley in
the dag time. Occasionally to rest bis
hearers he presented comic pictures,
thrown II for diversion, but most of his
scenes were sublime, something which one
might expect as he looked upon the paint
ings Of Raphael and Michael Angelo. /
Sometimes in his intellectual flashes and I
inspirations he carried Us TO dizzy heights /
where we got some grand OutIOoks. It was
a lecture long to be remembered and if DIR. .
Cadman ever comes here again the people .
will give him an audience so be proud of. /
Barton Landing.
Bartlett e. Goodnough is at home on a .
vacation.
There was 40 school last Friday, it being
a legal holiday.
Marshall Clement has sold his house to
Jerry Marshall.
Wesley Basset5 made a visit to his par
ents last week.
Bert Smith of Newport Center visited
friends here last week.
Maynard Skinner and wife CT Newport
were in town Sunday.
The town reports are out and may be OBJ
tanned at the post office.
Mrs. George Adams entertained rela-
tiyes from Cabot last week.
Miss Zaida Wiley, who is teaching at
Lyndon, is at home on a vacation.
NJ. Hyland, who enlisted for the Span
4oh wall HIS 1GcS1FeU d peHS4On Will phctA
pay.
Quite large number from this place at
tended the calico ball at Barton Friday
evening.
Alison Marshall has closed his work for
the Z. L. Chandler Co. and will work in
Lothrop & Badgers livery stable.
No work has been done at the sawmDI
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yet been completed.
The primary and intermediate schools
will close this week. The grammar and
high schools have one week after this.
The young people will hold a sociabIe at
the Cong. parsonage next Tuesday even
ing 30 which every one is cordially invited.
a little daughter of George Rollins is
very sick with doubts as to her recovery
Most Of the other sick people are on the :
gain.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 3. Winget started Fri
day morning for Ascot Corner, 2. O.,
where they will visit friends for a week or
ten days. /
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gay go to Washing
on this week to visit their daughter and
De present at the Inauguration of Presi- S
lent Mckinley.
The regular meeting Of the Rathbone
Sisters will be held Tuesday evening. It !
S hoped that every member will make a
special effort to be present.
G. E. Gay has moved a large amount of a
granite on to his lot opposite j. &. Win
gets shop where he is to erect a set of L
another spring.
Whipple, French & Co., have employed f
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