Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-06-02
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.

A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dean Gochee last Wednesday EVENING"
The memorial exercises in Magoon's hall,
given by pupils OF our graded school, were
largely attended, and very good.
A large number attended the auction sale
of the Persis Patch property, and very
good prices were obtained.
Irving Hastings died last Thursday night
after a weeks illness with typhoid pneu-
monia. He died on the threshold of what
promised to be long and useful life. He
graduated from Derby academy this spring.
Much sympathy is felt for the mother and
two sisters here, and also for the father
and two brothers away in the Canadian
northwest.
Glover. lIoIol
Carl Abbott, of Attleboro, Mass, is Wis
iting his parents.
Geo. Drew is sick with typhoid fever at
the home of Geo. Walcott.
The Mothers Club will meet with Mrs.
Dan Gray Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock.
The Rev. John Kimball will preach at
the South church next Sunday at one
o'clock.
Children's day exercises will be held at
the Congregational church next Sunday at
2 M, in place of the Sunday school.
All ladies interested in cleaning the
Universalist church parlors are requested
to meet at the church Tuesday morning at
s o'clock.
Company of the 18th Vermont VoIun-
teers will hold their annual reunion at
this place on the 18th OF June. ALI mem
bers OF the company, and all veterans are
invited to be present on that occasion.
The Earnest Workers will hold their an =
nual meeting at the M. E. vestry next
Wednesday afternoon. Ice-cream and
other good things will be served from five
o'clock until seven. Everybody invited.
The male members of the Grange served
very fine dinner for the society on
''gentleman's day." They did the cooking,
prepared the dinner, and tidied up in a
manner which would have done credit to
ladies who are accustomed to do such
things.
Probably the largest caucus ever held in
town passed off quietly Saturday night.
The meeting organized by electing w. F.
Clark chairman and Chaplin leonard Sec
rotary. A committee consisting of S.N
Clark, CA. Davis and III. N. Davis were
appointed to decide on challenges. The
cheek list was used. There was only one
ballot takan which rauultad l., +bo oIoot;o,.
OF II. N. Davis, F. H. Bean, G.. A. Dow,
Mccullough delegates. The vote stood,
Mccullough 123, Proctor 70. 8. N. Clark,
Chaplin Leonard, and Lyman Barber were
Proctor delegates. await.
The Decoration Day exercises were we'll
rendered and very appropriate. The pro-
gram began with the marching to the
cemetery of a procession headed by a
group OF young ladies in appropriate cos
tune representing states, followed by the
Post and others. Arriving at the cemetery
the company centered about the monu-
ment Of Capt. Mason, where the estate
ladies" sang patriotic songs and the band
played a dirge, after which the children
and detail of the Post placed flowers,
wreaths, and flags upon the soldiers
graves, of which there are forty-s six in the
cemetery. Rev. George Mcdonald offer ed
prayer and Comrade E. FL. Nye ma de few
touching remarks ia memory of Capt.
Mason aud other fallen comrades
On the return to the village a bountiful
dinner was served by the w. r. G. A fter
dinner the children went through their
beautiful flag drill and line of march
was formed to the church, which was
beautifully decorated with bunting, 1ags
and flowers. There were several selections
by the young people, all we'll rendered
The services of the day concluded with a
very able address by E. A. Cook of N ew-
port, who gave an earnest plea for the
development Of the individual as an in
dividual, pointing out that our great
heros and statesmen have all been men OF
a marked personality, not machine made
in common mold.
Pre- Memorial exercises were held in
Institute Hall last Thursday p. m. There
was good audience present and very in
teresting entertainment enjoyed. The
children did themselves great credit, both
in their singing and speaking. Mrs. B. u
Wells presided at the piano very acceptab bly,
One of the most beautiful exercis es was
the flag drill by thirteen young ladies
This was accompanied by music and
showed skill which could not have been
acquired without much drill. The orator
of the day was E. FL. Nye of Bradford, for
merly resident of this place. Mr.. Nye
referred to the scenes which had occurred
in that hall years before when he with his
associates had performed the parts assigned
to them in like manner to the children
and youth before him-the foundation o.
education laid by the teachers that had
taught in the same place-the many who
had gone out of the Glover academy who
had made their mark in the world. He
gave some very interesting incidents which
came under his observation in. the war OF
the Rebellion. He eulogized the old flag
exhorted the children to carry out the