Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-03

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Mrs. Fl. L. Doyle has been spending a
few days with relatives in town.
Clark Kimbar of Henniker, n. h, has
been IL town the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert E. orcutt went to
Willoughby Saturday for the summer.
Captain Preston Chamberlin and wife
Of Bradford visited at George Powers last
week.
Eugene LaBoeuf has moved from the Coe
tenement into the one vacated by William
Rattray.
Miss Edith Smith started last Thursday
for Ludlow, where she viii engage in dea-
coness work.
Miss Alice Townsend came from New
York City Thursday to spend the summer
at her home here.
The infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. C.
D. Nichols is in very critical condition,
and probably cannot live many days.
Mrs. Hattie Fairbrother and daughter
Lillian OF St Johnsbury have been visit
ing at Mrs. Emma Ways and also at H. N.
Powers
Rev. G. G. Whidden attended the St.
Johnsbury district preachers meeting held
at Lyndon Tuesday and Wednesday of
last week.
1t is expected that Mrs. Emily Bishop,
who has been SO i'll for many weeks. will
enter the st. Johnsbury hospital sometime
this week for treatment.
Sherman Rowland of Burke was married
to Miss Belva Owen Saturday, June "a, at
Barton. Mr.. Rowland has many friends
who wish him happy useful life.
The village schools closed Friday and on
Tuesday of this week the teachers are
planning to take their pupils to WilIough-
by to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The New England Telephone exchange
opened for regular business July first. It
will be two months before the work is
completed, but the company are pushing
things as rapidly as possible.
The music at the M E. church last Sun
day morning was unusually good. The
anthem was we'll rendered, and the duet,
zone Sweetly Solemn Thought" sung by
| N11os A1O1bAd AdN1O4SCtC dnQ N1Is w H.
Fairbanks was very much enjoyed by all
who heard it.
Mrs. Mary E. Masters and daughter
Beatrice, of Berkeley, CAL, visited their
cousin, Mrs. w. w. Coe, last week. They
have been in st. Johnsbury the past year.
They sail from Montreal on the s'Atheni-
am July 9th and will spend several
months with relatives in England and
IScotland before returning to California.
HARDWICK.
A meeting of the st. Johnsbury District
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was
held in the Bethany M. E. church at
Hardwick, VT, Wednesday, June Il, 1905.
The corresponding secretary, Mrs. Eliza
beth Wiles Dixon of HardwicK, acted as
chairman of the convention. The morning
session opened with conservation service
conducted by Mrs. A. W. Dawson of Hard
wick. It was then voted that district
/ organization be formed and that the
necessary committees be appointed by the
chair. W ords of greeting were given for
the auxiliary by Miss Cora Philips, and for
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| A response was given by the conference
secretary, Mrs. Mary P. Donaldson of
Sheldon. Mrs. Bailey, former correspond
ing secretary, was also asked to make a
few remarks. After the roll call and the
report of the delegates, Miss Mary DAN
forth, a missionary to Japan, was intro
duced to the convention, also the confer
ence superintendent of Y. WIS work,
Miss Mabel Foster of St. Adams. After
the appointing of the committees the
, morning service closed with prayer.
The afternoon session of the convention
: | opened with a praise service followed py
: the report of the forenoon session. After
an interesting paper by Mrs. K. j. Chrystle
| on 'sThe Value of Prescribed Study and
| Monthly Meetings." the Question Box
was conducted by Mrs. Donaldson. At
: this time there was a song by the Standard
g Bearers of Hardwick, after which Mrs. {.
t. 5. Nutter of st. Adams gave an interesting
1 paper on ssOur Young People" After this
came an address to the children by Miss
T Mary Danforth, which was enjoyed by
r all. The reports of the different COM
: mittees were then given and after the
election of officers the convention
+ adjourned for social hour.
At 7:30 the evening session opened with
r devotional service conducted by Mrs. a
N Turner of st. Johnsbury, followed by 6
; vocal duet by Misses Mack and Donald
: Miss Mary Danforth then gave an addres:
on t<The Japan of Tomorrow" This was
:, the crowning feature of the convention
and was very much enjoyed by all who
were present. After the offering and solo
y by Mrs. George Bickford the convention
y closed with benediction.
: ST. JoHNSBURY.
At the largest attended village meeting
y in the history ofSt. Johnsbury Friday
e the trustees recommended that the villagi
10 go six miles to Halls pond in Concord
It for new water supply, estimating tina
the installing of such system would cos