Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-01
VICINITY ITEMS
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for this derailment. They say they
have studied the matter and can dis
cover no adequate cause. The out
side rail of this curve had an eleva-
ton OF three and one hall inches.
The engineer and firemen and other
railroad employees on the train testify /
that il was not running TO exceed .
Is miles an hour But after careful I
consideration Of all evidence before |
US. including an inspection of the /
scene Of the accident, we are satisfied /
that the derailment was due to the I
combined resuts of n speed which I
was excessive for such sharp curve /
at that season of the year, and the ,
fact that the ties were so badly de-
caved that they did not serve to hold |
the spikes and rails under the pres
sure of the train rounding the curve.
Other possible contributing causes
NAV have been the fact that the road
bed had little il any shoulder" along
the margin of the road bed settled
because Of the frost leaving the
ground by reason of a severe snow
storm the night before, so that the
outside rail did not have the proper
elevation"
Willoughby District Association Meets.
The Wiloughby District Sunday
school association held a meeting in
the NJ. +. church at Barton Thursday
afternoon and evf ming. This district
includes the schools inBarton, Glover,
Bloomington and Westmore. Geo.
b. Stoddard of Barton Landing,
president of the organization, pre-
sided. "The Mission of our Sunday
School to the People of Our Town"
was discussed by a paper by Mrs.
j. y. Webster and an open discus
sion. In Mrs. WebsLer's paper she
said she had sometimes thought COM
puslory attendance at the Sunday
schools would be agood thing. The pres
ident appointed a committee on nom
nations as follows: Rev. A. B. Blake,
Rev. Mr.. Howard and S. A. Hunt, and
n committee on resolutions, +. w.
Baldwin, f.. Q. Cook and Mrs. a. X.
Cowles, both committees reported at
the evening session. The nomination
committee reported as follows; Presl-
dent, Geo. B. Stoddard, of Barton
Landing; vice president, Mrs. VIM
Dutton of Bloomington; secretary
and treasurer, Wallace II. Gilpin, OF
Barton; superintendent of home de-
partment, Rev. w. b. Dukeshire of
Barton. The committee on resolu-
lions reported in favor of prohibition
law, and the resolution was adopted
The papers on the discussion of how
to do the best work along the differ
ent lines of Sunday school work were
also very helpful. F. w. Baldwin
spoke on how to teach to best adj
vantage and Rev. Mr.. Howard on
how TO get those outside the Sunday
school interested. He spoke of keep
ing the Sunday school before the
public, in other words keeping alive
Miss Edith Balch, state worker
spoke on modern methods in the
Sunday school and made helpful sug
gestions. She spoke especially of the
home department and the organized
class work. The evening session
opened with praise service led b.
Rev. A. B. Blake and followed by
prayer by Rev. w. B. Dukeshire
Educational Results of Bible Study
was the subject of very able an
eloquent address by Rev. W. F
Davenport of Barton Landing. II
said the Bible was the foundation {
all knowledge and no really educate
man was unfamiliar with it. Fl
spoke of great literary geniuses an
of their familiarity with the Bibl
of art and its connection with til
Bible. Mr. Davenport is very alb
speaker. Miss BalCh with an appe
for more enthusiasm in the work, an
a collection for the county wor
closed the program, which all az
mitted was a successful and helpf
conference.