Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-05-31

Moody acted as organist. A double quar-
tette consisting of Mrs. II. w. Barrows,
Mrs. Horton Shackett, Mrs. N. ". Kaiser
and Miss Mabel Carr and the Messrs.
Cheney, Riley, Burnham and Moody
sang two anthems, "If I Forget Thee"
and praise the Lord" II tho congrega-
ton Joined in singing two hymns. Nearer
My God to Thee and America" II.
T.. Shaw also played a cornet solo. The
music was praised by all, Tho subject of
Mr.. Abbott's sermon was THE Vision Of
Peace After giving n strong sketch of
Isaiah. the grandest of the prophets. the
speaker proceeded with the line of
thought that Isaiah saw far ahead. and
that. although more than 1900 years have
elapsed since the prophet beheld the
vision of peace. 1t must surely yet he real
lied. Much progress has already been
made and we may be sure that the time
Of universal peace will yet come. The
sermon was full of inspiring suggestions
and closed with the thought that the vic
tories OF peace arc much finer and grand
or than those of war and that Jesus came
as the prince of peace. 1t was listened to
with market attention. The church was
tastefully decorated with potted plants
and cut fowers.-Mrs II N. Eddy and
a'A' bitA rs ~ -
the funeral of a brother in Jonesville
on SaturdaY.-Mrs. c. +. Eddy is visit
ing friends in Washington county.-E. s.
Edison left Stowe on Friday afternoon for
Denver, Colo. Mr. Edison expects to bring
his daughter, Mrs. II. J. McAllister. and
son home with him.-At the regular
meeting Of Mansfield Mountain Grange
on Saturday. the literary exercises in
cluded a discussion OF the most profitable
crop raised. which proved interesting.
Grass was the crop most favored and corn
was second. A bright and interesting pa
per on How Far Are We Justified In
Following the Fashions in Dress and
Actions was read by Mrs. VI. q. Fuller.
The question Does the Present System
Of Schools Increase Farm Values Great
cd a good dcal of interest, both sides
finding warm advocates.
The pre-Memorial exercises given by the
graded school on Tuesday afternoon were
carried out in a very Crcditahle manner.
The wreath drill was a charming spectacle.
There was q large and interested audi
oncc. Another interesting exercise was n
march Tho Blue and the Gray" by the
second Intermediate department, Uncle
Sam was inpersonated by Carroll Ploof
and Columbia by Ruby Ploof. Half of the
boys were dressed in blue and half in
gray. The address by ". q, Thomas dealt
with the object and aim of tho q. A. r.
and the proper observance of pre-
Memorial day by the schools. The music by
tho school band was we'll received.
Miss Maud Clark recently went to
Holdernoss. y. H.. whore she will be ON
ployod during tho summer at the
Anisquam II~ouSc.-Staploy e. lfickok of
Boston. Mass, was a recent guest of his
grandmother, the Rev. r.. 81. II. Abbott
Miss Nellie Mayo Is at home from Hard
wick, where she has been assisting nj the
central telephone officc.-Mr. Partlow of
T.. n. Nancor's telephone force was in
Stowe on Monday making some necessary
Improvements on the Forks line.-At Unity
Church the Rev. +. " n. Abbott. the
pastor. will preach Sunday morning ut
1o:45. Subject of sermon Tho Life And
tho L~ight."-Tho Y. +. +. society meet
ing will he omitted next sunday evening.
on account of high school exercises in
Unity Church.-The Rev. T.. NJ. II.
Abbott will preach the baccalaureate SER
mon in Unity Church next Sunday oven
ING. \. Abbott is in southern Vermont
this week.
Orrln Moody. who died in Morris
NV WI May - = 'lltI ~ lhDE III1cSS
Of bronchial consumption. was born in
stowe, January %, 1924. and was So
years Of age. He was tho son OF Will
liam and Prudence Wells Moody, and
was one Of seven children all of whom
are now dead. In 1850. Mr.. Moody,
who was then in Illinois. where he
had some business interests. went TO
California by the overland route, trav-
41fnp~ -, s, 80. On. .t. %,
other gold eekcrs. He returned to
Vermont in the spring of 1882, and
went again to California in the fail Of
the same year remaining there a year.
IN his return voyage he contracted
Panama fever which disabled him for
the most of the following winter In
the following spring, being again in
Illinois. he again went to California re-
naming a year and meeting with on
siderable success in gold mining. AZ
tor HIS return to Vtowe in 1853. Mr..
Moody resided here until 1900, when
he moved to Worthwhile. For many
years his home was on the farm on
West Branch, now occupied by s. u.
Poor. Mr., Moody was married in 1857
to Caroline Elizabeth Sanborn, who
survives him and is left peculiarly
alone, she, like Mr., Moody, being the
last OF a large family. Funeral SER
vices were held at Mr. Moody's home
in Morrisvllle, May "a, conducted by
Rev. NJ. s. Eddy of Swanton, assisted
by Rev. r. A Smith OF Morrisvillc.
The bearers were A. C. Slayton. A. II.
SlavtOn and f. NJ. Mears of Stowe and
Charles Cheney of Craftsbury. The
remains were brought to the West
Branch cemetery for interment. Mr..
Moody had many friends In Stowe
Some Of the birds observed In Stowe
during the month or May are hermit
thrush. chimney swift, bobolinks. Bal
timore oriole, white crowned sparrow,
rubythroated hummlng bird, night
hawk, rose-hreasted grosbeak. yellow
warbler, veesy, warbling Vireo. black
billed cuckoo. red-eyed vireo, cat Bird,
Savannah sparrow, Maryland yellow
throat, oven bird There was a frost
here Wednesday morning.
The people of Stowe are always loyal
to the observance of Memorial day and
this years celebration proved no excep-
tion. The weather was favorable and
there was a general turnout. At West
Branch cemetery at ten n. m. the mem
bors Of II. II. Smith post were met by
who, conducted by Mrs. G.. w. Adams
and Miss Mary Gale, escorted the soldiers
to their places at each grave and at the
lowering of flags laid their flowers there
on, There are about 20 soldiers graves