Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-06-24

left on bases, Barton 9; HardWick 4; UNI
pire. Laline: scorers, Tower and Baldwin.
Yesterday was Children's Day at the
Congregational church. At the morning
service Rev. r. L. Sheaf preached on the
relation of children to the church, taking
for his text, Acts 2:30, ''The Promise is to
YOU and your Children Before the SER
mon there was a beautiful conservation
service and two children, namely, William
Walter Bowman, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Wallace Bowman, and Burt Nelson Lewis
son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. NJ. Lewis, were
christened. In the evening the regular
children's Day exercises were held. The
house was tastefully decorated with potted
plants in full blossom all about the altar
and everything had a cheerful look. It
was a very pleasing sight to see twenty
seven little children dressed in thei,
neatest attire standing on the platform
and hear them singing the sweet songs of
Jesus and his love. Everything passed
off very pleasantly; the children spoke
and sang in a manner which showed
effectual training and unt1ring work on
the part of those who drilled them. A
very large audience was in attendance.
| One of the enjoyable events of the occa-
sion was the song by G. w. Tenney en-
titled 'My Mothers Prayer" Rev. r. L.
Sheaff made remarks which were very fit
ting to the children emphasizing the idea
that Jesus is the children's friend. The
exercises closed with a song by the chill
dren and the benediction by the pastor.
W. W. Miles was in Orange County re-
Gently, assisting Mr.. Conant, States attor-
against Nelson. 1t appears that on the 8th
of last September about 2:30 a. m. one
Bostock, an Englis of Wells River,
was found dead in a room in a building
owned by Robert Nelson, which room his
son, Burns Nelson, occupied at that time.
1t appears that Bostock had until the 9Th
of September occupied part of the same
| building as a grocery and fruit store, but
sold out on that day receiving between two
and three hundred dollars. He !gave i'm
mediate possession and on the 18th, in COM
pany with respondent started out to have
a good time. They went to WoodsvilIe
where they procured a quantity of whiskey.
The espondent invited BOstOck to dine
with him. After dinner the two went
about from place to place and took supper
a Woodsville, n. II. They came back to
re pondent's room about 900 p. N. and
stayed there until about 1000, then went
out again and came to the Wells River
depot b u. 1870. 4 'akena employed
on freight train knew the parties and
seeing them intoxicated undertook to get
them home. He went with them to re-
spondent's room and while there Bostock
undressed and went to bed. He left them
and was lighted to the door by the respond
ent. About 2:30 Il. m. VIM. Johnson,
deputy sheriff at Wells River, was notified
by Robert Nelson that Bostock was dead
in his sons room. He took two doctors
and the police and went to the room and
found BOstOck deadrWitha gunshOt wound
in his head. The gun was standing beside
the bed, and the respondent claims that
BostOck shot himself. We are indebted
to w. w. Miles for the facts in the case, |
and it is complimentary to Mr.. Miles that
he is called to Orange county as counsel in
this case.
The lecture Wednesday evening by Rev.
G. w. Morrow, superintendent of the state
Anti-SaIoon League was given in the
Congregational church as previously an
nounced and was of much interest. While
IuSIS were Llduy WOLuSA anu CAIIuISu
present we noticed there was lack OF men.
Mr.. Morrow is a forceful speaker and
showed up the license side of the temper
ance question in a manner which would
make those who believe in license uneasy
because of the facts, figures and pictures
representing the results of license-the
poverty, misery and distress which follow
in its trail. He showed that the prohibit
ton law could be and is being enforced,
and there are many in Rutland polishing
marble-Working out their fines for break |
ing this law. He compared the two prohi- |
bition states, Maine and Vermont with
two license states, Ohio and Illinois. He
showed that Vermont has Sis per capita
in the savings banks while Illinois has only
IS per capita. He complimented Hon. F.
w. Baldwin, our county senator and NJ. NJ.
Taplin, our town representative for their
very efficient service at Montpelier at the
last legislature working against license.
He advocated agitation of the license ques-
ton, and gave some insight into the work
of the Anti-Saloon League and what it is
accomplishing in the different states. The
League is organized and doing work in
thirty-five different states of the Union.
Nine men were to speak at different towns
yesterday, Sunday, and large numbers
had volunteered to answer the call of the
league who were among the best speakers
inl the state. Some of his pictures were
very impressive, showing the methods en-
ployed by the rumseller to entice young
men into the saloons. On the whole it was
just such lecture as is needed often to stir
people up to the danger of the situation
when there are SO many trying to change
the prohibition law of the state and take
away the safeguards of our young men, by |