Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-11-04

Berwick viii take up the work beginning
With next week. Mr.. Berwick has had
sJne experiences vita this work and our
patrons may feel assured that he will
serve them TO the best of his ability.
Join the Four Per Cent Class.
In their advertisement on page eight the
Barton Savings bank OF Barton announce
that after January they will pay four per
cent on deposits in their bank. The irton
Savings bank is always in the front rank
with savings institutions and is among the
leaders in raising from three and on e. hal
per cent to four per cent.
o. o. F. District Meeting
The annual district meeting of District
No. ), Independent Otdet of Odd Fellows,
was held with Crescent Lodge, No. Al, at
Barton Tuesday evening, Ost. 29. This
was one OF the best attended and most en-
thusiastic district meetings ever held in
this district, there being large nu N Der OF
grand officers and grand representative
present, also representati res from the New
Hampshire grand lodge The iniiistory
degree was worked by Evening Star Lodge
OF Newport in most impressive msnnsr
The report of lodges in the district showed
a good increase in memh hip during the
past year. After the work and speaking
by the grand officers and others a banquet
was served by ths Rebekah lodge to all
present.
Seymour Lake Sunday School Associa-
ton Meet.
The Seymour Lake Sunday School asso-
citation met at East Charleston Friday fore
noon, afternoon and evening. The pro-
gram was we'll worked up by the president,
Rev. s. T. AcheDbsch of East Charleston,
with the lsymen we'll represented. In the
| program there was q study os ideals: the
ideal Sunday school equipment, the iceal
son and the ideal session. There wss
also study OF homes how to increase at
tendance, the extension work, how to de-
velop socisbiIity the school and how to
| increase missionary interest. Rev. Thomas
Hall OF Island Pond spoke in the eve ing
on "The Bible and Character;" and Rev.
Mr.. Lance, also of Island Pond, spoke Hon
''The Child, the Parent and the Sunday
School" Rev. X Barton of Greensboro
was present and in the afternoon present.
ed scme points on the teachers general
preparation for their work, and made some
suggestions on lesson preparation illustra-
tions, especially from the lessons of Oct. n
aud Nov 3. The attendance was good; be-
tween thirty and forty in the forenoon and
one hundred twenty or more in the eve
ming. The convention was enthusiastic
and was excellently entertained by the la
lies OF the Christian Endeavor society.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Scott's Golden
Wedding.
Mention was made last week of the gold
en- wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. n. NJ. Scott o.
Barton on Monday, the particulars of tbs
occasion are as follows: On Monday at
p m. thirty-seven of Mr.. and MIS-. SCOTS o
immediate family convened at Hoiel Bartor
where banquet was served to celebrate
the event. 1t had been forty one year
since ali the members OF the Bean tamil!
Mrs. Scott's family had met togethe
and several years since the Scott fami!,
had been together, and it was a most en-
i joysble occasion for all. Here was tn
7 mother, Mrs. a. 2 Bean S., niuety-oa
yelcs old, looking as fair and your as al
m st any lady of sixty, with faculties un
impaired, il the best conditi IN to erjoy /
o tle utmost the gathering of SO many c
). her kir. Keen, alert, beautiful in her oil
a
7. pleasant sight not only TO her Own rel5
tiyes but to all who witnessed her or cor
r veIssd with one so intelligent and who's
memory reaches so far back into the pas
- Ia the evening the reception was held
- Odd Fellows hall. Invitations had bee
) sent out to large number of the frienC
Of the family, and though it stormed q
Al day, about 160 of the people responded an
= c'me together to enjoy one of the mo
g pleasant events ever witnessed in the con
muuity. To add to the pleasure of Il
= OCCASION, Ned Youug's orchestra of s
} Johnsbury was present and rendered fl
Dr music Also a short program had be,
D. prepared. An Introduction committt
- Curtis Johnson and Adds Knight, escorts
=
:, ed Mr.. and Mrs. Scott AMI Ne. IL
q, and Mrs. F. A. Scott to greet the brioe a,
groom of fifty years. Pages looked aft
y the wants OF the friends, and a bevy
he girls in white dresses did the servip
20 Considerable OF the evening was spent
social conversation, friend meeting frie
lg In pleasant co nmunion. The 10 Iowi
program was rendered: A song was su
ne by Mrs. Mabelle Blake, "Adoration,r y q
s's she sang for an encore, "5ing Sweet Birc
1;e Solo by LindoI Scott, "The Sword OF f,
II rarra," and for an enoo-ea a bsEa1.
mt presentation of the presents by the frieI
,.A of the family was made by f. w. Bsldv
- aud The response for the recipients by
81 A b. Blake. a soug followed by 3
cir MsbeIe Blake, 'Let Me Dream" and
me original poem by request of the family
am Rev. A. b. Blake. Mr.. Bald then
-, felicitous manner presented the of ri