Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-18

sition. The first service stree completing
the repairs of the church was held Thurs
day evening.
A party of Grangers, including State
Master Z. j. Bell, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, who is conducting
meetings throughout the county, went to
Moses Burbank's Thursday evening, and
passed very pleasant social time.
Gus Bennett has commenced harvesting
ice on the pond. The ice is % inches thick
Upon cutting through the ice in the usual
loca ton, they found the water was so low
that the ground and grass had trozen into
the ice; therefore the gang had to choose
new place for cutting.
The Book and Thimble Club met with
Mrs F. E. Wheeler on Thursday. There
were fifteen members present. Mrs:
Lyman read "How Vermont was Made
from Collins History, and Mrs. French
read Stoddard's Lecture on Japan. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. French,
Jan. II.
There was large attendance at the
union service at the M. E. chu rch on Sun
day evening the 18th. Rev. Mr.. Lyman
preached an excellent sermon upon the
topic of the evening, "The Power of the
Gospel" followed by remarks by Rev. Mr..
Lewis and others. Good music was rem
dered by the choir and congregation.
Join the Choral Union, ye singers! Fred
Lothrop and Ii. B. Rood are endeavoring
to get enough musicians interested to form
a choral union and rehearse for a musical
festival. With this in view they have call
ed meeting for next Thursday night to
consider the matter and make arrange
ments. Mr.. Will Sargent will be the di-
rector and it is planned to have about four
rehear sails and then musical convention
as in former years. It's urged that there
be full attendance at the meeting and
first rehearsal next Thursday evening. 1t
Is hoped that all townspeople interested in
music Will be present on that evening and
thus ensure a successful convention.
l. M. Conner has been in the habit of
getting up at midnight to turn off the
street lig hts. During the cold weather he
decided 1t would b. more comfortable to
remain in bed and have the work done by
machinery. On looking into the matter
he found that there was nothing on the
market guaranteed to do this work. After
getting ont a few more cold nights Mr..
Connor went to work with a will to pro-
duce the required mechanism. He sue
ceeded and now has time switch which
| will tur.a the lights off at any time of mig bit
required. He can now sleep in peace with
every assurance that his work will be per-
formed on time and in the proper manner.
Mrs. P. B. Bailey received "wonder
bag" as Christmas present. In the bag
is present from every relative on her
1 mothers side. The packages are all dated
when to be opened, one to be opened every
Friday in the year, and the bag looks as il
it contained sufficient number of pack
ages for the year. Mrs. Bailey is very
much pleased with the present as it gives
l4-le'r something to look forward to each
"eek and helps to pass the time away.
This is greatly appreciated as she is con-
fined to the house, and has been out but
littlefor fifteen years. Miss Jessie Grandy
| ofBurl1ngton, formerly of Barton Land
| ing, cousin of Mrs. Bailey's, originated
the plan, and Mrs. Bailey feels very CRATE
full to Miss Grandy as we'll as to those who
assisted her.
The services at the M. E. church yester-
day were held in the audience room for the
first time since the repairs on the church
were commenced, about three months ago.
Instead of the regular preaching service
there were six baptized and received into
the church on probation, and fifteen were
also taken into full connection with the
church, six who had been on probation the
usual time, and nine by letters from other
churches. About eighty went forward and
took part in the communion service, after
which the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Lewis, in few
well chosen words urged upon the mem
bers OF his church the necessity of right
living and the setting of right examples
for the sake OF the young, and all who
were looking to them for help in the way
of Christian living, closing with the
thought that the services of the day would
help and strengthen all in this way.
SOUTH BARTON.
/
Elbridge Forrest has finished work at the
mill.
Fl. Kimball has finished work at the
Lang mill.
} Mrs. VIM. Brooks visited her sister in
Burke last week.
John Forrest and Fred Friend have fin
} ished work for Mr.. Marcy.
Freeman Kimball and family are board
ing at Frank Kimbau's.
Mrs. n. J. Brooks and children visited q
few days in Evansville recently.
A. bennett has returned from the hospi-
. tai and seems much improved.
James Forrest, who went to st. Johns
bury hospital some weeks ago, is not able
to return home yet.
D ALBANY.