Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14


fair. The article to see about installing an
electric fire alarm was passed over. The
rum of 900 was appropriated for the band.
1t was voted to collect the taxes according
to the Vermont statutes.
Mrs. Catherine Jones Barnard, widow OF
the late Ed Ward Barnard, died at Barton
Landing, February 2Sth, 1904, at the age OF
S6 years. Mrs. Barnard was born at Waits
field Dec. 81, 1917. Her youth was spent
in Waitsfield. When sixteen years OF age
she. went to Lowell, Mass, to work in
cotton factory. While there she became
Christian and united with the Copgrega-
tional church, from which she brought
letter to the church in Barton in 1874. She
continued her education in the academy at
Bloomington under the teaching OF Rev.
A. L. Twilight, using her earnings in the
factory to defray expenses. For several
years she taught in the schools n Brown
iugton and Barton. November 29Sh, 1912,
she was married to Mr.. Edward Barnard,
of Barton, who was for many years
teacher and superinten dent of schools in
the town. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard
taught in the village schools after their
marriage. Their married life was all spent
in Barton, their golden wedding being
celebrated in 1892. After the death OF her
husband she went to Barton Landing to
live. She was one OF large family of chill
dren. Her Oldest brother, Rev. Ezra Jones,
was Congregational minister, preaching
in this state, and later in Presbyterian
churches in New York, where he died IN
1888, at Phelps, aged over 83 years. Another
brother was Hon. Horace 8. Jones OF
Barton Landing well-known in this
county, who died in 1895, at the age OF 50
years. Her Oldest sister, Mrs. Esther j.
Manley of Dorset, VT, is still liviD g, at the
advanced age of SO years. Mrs. Fishe
with whom Mrs. Barnard spent the last
i've years of her life so happily at Barton
Landing, still survives her at the age of
a. The following is part of the memorial
address:
She, "being dead, yet speaketh." These
words, spoken of Abel, the first on the roll
of the great witnesses to the faith, are true
of her. She still speaks to us. Her life has
been taken up and become part of the
eternal gospel. 1t was living illustration
of the Scripture, "For We died and your life
Is hid with Christ in God" She had died
to all that was selfish and earthly; her
mind was set on the things that are above.
Her life bad its sources and springs in
Christ. She lived in communion with Him,
in daily fellowship, in love for His work
and devotion to His king dom. She was a
pillar and stay of strength to the church at
Barton and as long as that church endures
her life will be one of it's foundation stones.
Until 40 years of age she was one of the
leading singers in the choir. She had an
unusually sweet, clear voice and a soul
harmonious and full OF music. She was al
ways a teacher in the Sunday school as
long as her health would pc: NIT. AS a
school teacher, her influence was deep
and lasting. The most potent influences
are those that are least seen; they are
merge 4 in the great life of the world, "hid
with Christ in God" Here is the witness
| of one of the lives which she touched to
| uplift and inspire. They are the words OF
Rev. James w. Strong, then president
OF Carleton College, Northfeld, Minnesota,
| in baccalaureate sermon, "The Power oi
Consecrated Personality" delivered at
| that institution in June, 1896: "The power
| of the worlds great teachers, from Socra-
tes and Plato to Arnold and Hopkins, hai
been the power of personality. Every
teacher called and equipped for this work
however humble or obscure he may be, Ii
one of Gods own evangels. The educativs
power of great soul outweighs all endow'
ment and all apparatus. Not brick ant
mortar, but personality tells. Nearly sixty
years ago, in a little brick schoolhouse
among the Green Mountains, it was th'
privilege of little timid, sensitive boy tt
be taught by Catherine Jones, typica
Vermont schoolmistress. He remember
not single leeson she ever taught him
nor precept she ever laid down, but a
she prayed each morning with and TO
her pupils, as throughout each day sh
sought with true self devotion to inspir
them with right motives and noble aims
she became to him, by virtue of what sh
herself was, the ideal Of consecrated WON
anhood, ever blessing, with no though
OF reward, ever uplifting, with no selfi.l
motive, into purer realm OF thought an
being. She was to him as Gods angel, re
fecting the radiant light OF heaven. Tha
ideal of unselfish devotion, of consecrate
personality, has been one OF the potent fac
tors of his whole life. 1t abides in hi
memory as the brig htest star, distinct fror
motherhood, in his childhood's horizon
Can he ever forget that plain, earnest face
radiant with the love which yearns to bles!
or fail to reverence one, the sunshine c
whose humble, beautiful life still linger
in its evening twilight"
II all who have been inspired, strength
ened, encouraged and blessed by her lii
! and influence could bear their witness,
would be large company. In the com
!, munity she was general favorite with oil
!. and young. Kind, genial, mirthful, spark
e ling, courteous, dignified, she was a fir
( lady of the old school. The desire to hel
: others never left her, but existed long aft
s she had lost the power of mind and bod
= to carry out the wish. IL was most beaut