Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-29


tion for Mr.. Noodle last Wednesday eve-
ming.
Miss Mary Simpson entertained a num-
Der Of her friends last Tuesday evening,
Feb. %.
Several OF the young people attended a
surprise house-warming given to Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Young at East Hardwick.
NORTH CRAFTSBURY.
Miss Abbie Pike is gaining slowly.
Miss Della Robbins is visiting in Albany.
Mr.. Cy Chandler is very sick at Mr..
Chasse's.
Miss Maud Anderson visited friends in
town last week.
Miss Lenore Sheehsn attended the
musical convention at Barton Landing.
Mrs. Margaret Lewis who has been work.
ing for Mr.. Lincoln Miller has returned
home.
The Sunday school OF the Cong. church
has rented library consisting of fifty
BOOKS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rawson of Des
Moines, Iowa, visited at Emma Aliens two
days last week.
Last Monday while driving past Charles
Roots, Manser Reeds horse became fright
ened and threw him from the sleigh, cut
ting his face badly.
Mrs. Henry Hayden died Monday morn
ing, Feb. %, after short illness. The
funeral was held Wednesday, Mr.. Upper
ofhc1ating. Much sympathy is felt for the
family.
The friends of Rev. Royal c. Noodle and
wife to the mum Der of about two hundred
met at the Congregational church on We'd
nesday evening to give expression to their
apprec alton of the services of these two
Wnlie Mr.. Noodle was pastor here and to
their love and sympathy for them now. 1t
was not merely local gathering, but was
practically spontaneous movement of the
people of the township and vicinity, all
the churches being well represented. At
supper which was spread in the vestry of
the church, subscription paper was passed
around and the proceeds of this together
with what was sent by absent friends.
amounted to over two hundred dollars
which was sent to Mr.. and Mr.. Noodle
with the greetings of their friends. Mr..
Noodle is pastor of the Congregational
church OF West Tisbury, Mass. where he
Is still preaching in spite of his poor health.
His life is practical Illustration OF
the truth OF t b g Masters saying
That whatsoever will save his life shall
lose 1t; and whatsoever will lose his life for
my sake shall find it," as all his people will
testify. The following article written by
Mr.. Il. F. Graham was read at the meeting:
We have met here this evening as friends
and neighbors, to pay some slight tribute
to Royal Corbin Noodle. To show that
though he is not longer one of us in name,
he is still with us in spirit and that we
recall this evening,
THAT best portion OF good mans life
His little, nameless, unremem bered acts
OF Kindness and Of love-"
When Mr.. Noodle came here, the highway
about this Common was a sea Of mud. both
spring and fall. The church had fallen
badly to decay. The school was at it's
lowest ebb. We had no library. We had
no system of running water ManfuIIv he
went to work and though his ideas in
many instances met with disfavor (the
fate OF every reformer) he kept the even
tenor OF his way and with moderation
1.-The s1Iken string running through the
pearl chain of all virtues,' he carried his
point and with the resistless energy of his |
race, accomplished his purpose. He fol- |
lowed the town fathers In season and ont |
OF season until the road was drained. He |
followed the good deacons (both now
gone, the one SO kind and genial, the other.
man OF cheerful yesterdays and conf |
dent tomorrows," always ready to "wel- |
come the coming and speed the parting |
guest" who made US feel that
THE quality of mercy is not strand,
1t droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven |
Upon the place beneath.")
until the church was built I'D in its mem-
oersn1p and rebuilt in its house of worship.
He followed the citizens until the library
was built, the school rescued from it's
downfall and the water system put in. We
most OF US remember that gathering at the
village when we paid him what little
tribute we could, after his year in both the
pulpit and the school. Again tonight we
Will try once more, In his affection, to
smooth his path and to US all it is q labor
Of love. or good old Scotch ancestry.
born among you, reared among you, mar
ried to one of your daughters, you owe it
10 him and though you do him honor. in
so doing, you do more honor to yourselves.
AS he lived among US we learned to love
him and to respect him and for one shall
always have an abiding faith in his good
ness, his loving character, his true man
hood. He has left us. He has met with
misfortune but his spirit is the same and
he touch of his work among us remains
Ind will remain, as long as those institu-
ions he loved SO well, the church. the
school shall be part of our social fabric.
When they shall lose their influence this
great nation shall be no more. We
brought them with us from ec~oss Tho