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TICKLEs sLEEPERs TO DEATH.
Filipinos and Foreigners Ask War
Department to Stop Raids.

Washington, D. C.-Military and
civil authorities in the province of
Antique, Island of Panay, Philippine
Islands, have received appeals from
natives and foreigners to suppress a
band of night maurauders the mem-
Ders of which prod lances through
cracks in the floors of the houses and
tickle people while they sleep.
In a number of instance the click
ling" has been fatal, and, according to
the advices received at the War De-
partment, the residents of the prov
inces have become panic stricken.
They have been advised to stuff up
the cracks in the floors or to sleep
high. The authorities are doing
everything in. their power to capture
the band.
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OUR ADOPTED IsLANDs.

At San Juan, Porto Rico, Governor
Post made known a plan to COLOMBO
the poorer classes of the population
in small settlements throughout the
island. The colonists will be en-
ployed on roadways.
The officers and men of the United
States cruiser Raleigh complain of
having had no shore leave at Honolu-
lu, Hawaii, for the past two months,
and as a result there has almost been
a mutiny on board and the eoaling of
the cruiser has been delayed.
The appearance of five new fever
cases in Cuba frightened the officials.
1t cost $2~,554,970, in addition to
regular expenses, to keep the United
States army of pacification in Cuba
for the fiscal year 1907.
An electric laboratory for the teach.
ing of electric science has been estab.
lished in Manila by the Jesuit fathers.
Two earth shocks were felt in Porto
Rico, but no damage was reported
from any part of the island.
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SEVEN DEAD IN WRECK.
Seventeen Injured When Chesapeake
and Ohio Train is Derailed.

Charleston, West Va. A Chesa-
peake and Ohio local passenger train,
No. 6, was derailed a mile below Kan
awha Falls, and as a result seven are
dead and seventeen injured.
A coach, the combination express
and mail car, and the baggage car
overturned, rolling toward the Kan
awha River.
Among the dead are:
Allen Loving, a law student at
West Virginia University, serving as
express agent during the summer.
C. S. Campbell, a telegraph opera.
tor.
Spreading OF rails is supposed to
have caused the accident.
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Boys Betrayed by Quarrel.

While William E. Lieber, a junk
dealer, of Hammonton, "a in the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, IN
dergoing an operation his store on
Passmore avenue was broken into
and robbed of a lot Of old rubber and
other junk. Detective Keyser heard
a crowd of small boys Quarreling
over some money they were dividing,
and learned from them that George
Dayton and Sullivan Guargelia, both
under nine years Of age, were the rob-
bers. When arrested they confessed
and told where they had sold the
goods in the town.
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Crosses Ocean to Wed.

Hiss Anna Schaaf has arrived in
Trenton, after crossing the ocean
from Germany to become the bride
of George Heilmeir, of Philadelphia,
her s%choolday lover. She is now a
guest of Mrs. j. R. Bayer, an aunt of
her prospective husband, preparing
for her wedding. The couple were
lovers in childhood, and -plighted
their troth before the young man
came to- America to seek fame and
fortune. When he was able to keep
a wife he sent for his sweetheart.
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FOREIGN.

An English company has purchased
the Paracas coal mines, in Peru, for
$1,500,O0O.
The peers forced the British House
of Commons to accept the amend
ments to the Irish evicted tenants
bill, which was passed in an emascu-
lated form.
Colonel Ivanhoff, governor of the
political prison at Wiborg, Russia,
was assassinated while walking in St.
Petersburg.
While Kaiser Wilhelm was review
ing veterans at Hanover his horse
slipped and fell, throwing His Males
ty, who arose uninjured and at once
mounted another horse.
1t is officially announced that the
French Cabinet is in complete accord
on the policy of France as affecting
Morocco.
Thousands of Japanese in the cen
trail districts are reported to be starv-
ing, owing to the recent floods.
The Governor Of British Guiana
has a~pologized to President Castro
for the recent seizure of balata on
Venezuelan territory.
The military dir1gible balloon and
the Parseval airship assembled from
legal, Germany, six miles from Ber-
lin, and sailed some distance apart
toward Spandau.
The lockout of dock laborers at
Antwerp, Belgium, ended, the men
voting to go back to work at the old
wages, 81 a day.
The London Times says the Brazil
ian Government has placed orders in
England for three new battleships at
an approximate cost of $9,000,0 900
each, and for two cruisers costing
$~1,650,000 each.
The Russian spy scare at Yokoha-
ma continues to be the rage in the
irresponsible section of the Japanese
press.
War Secretary Haldane, at London,
confirms the report that an order for
100000 sets of ~horseshoes has been
placed in the United States.
The British Parliament was pro-
rngued with the customary cerefaen-
ial,
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BalIoonist Hits Live Wires.

Frank Woodruff, of Nutley, who
made a balloon ascension at Hillside
Park, nearly lost his life in descend
ing by coming in contact with live
wires along Academy street, Belle
vile. The parachute caught in the
wires, and Woodruff hung in the air
until forced by the pain of the shock
to let go his hold, falling to the
ground, a distance of twenty feet.
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Wed Under Favorite Tree.

Under an old chestnut tree in the
front yard of his childhood home near
Watsontown, Cornelius Cheeseman
led his blushing bride, Miss Ada Simp-
kins, and they were married as the
chestnut blossoms dropped about
them. Both bride and groom live in
Glassboro, but the dearest spot on
earth to Mr.. Cheeseman is the old
chestnut tree, where he played when
a boy, and he wished to be married
there. After the ceremony a delicious
repast was served and the couple
started on an extended tour.
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The ouietness Of Power.

One of the impressive things about
the greatest engines is the silence
with which they do their work. The
stars rushing through space with a
force we cannot even imagine, do so
in silence.
The same thing may be observed
in regard to the work which is done
in the world. The most powerful is
always very quiet. The great spirit
ual ministry of the Christian Church
is carried forward with very little
noise. Noise is not the same as work;
frenzy is not power. Friendly
Greetings.
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The Field of Labor.

The Provision Trades Council, OF
Chicago, ILL.,, and vicinity, represents
more than $4,000 individuals en-
ployed producing or handling pro-
visions.
The Amalgamated Society of Brit
ish Engineers will, after this year,
cease attending the Trades Union
Congress, and absent itself for at
least four years.
Suit was begun in the Supreme
Court, of the District of Columbia, to
restrain the American Federation of
Labor from carrying on a boycott
against D panufaeturer,
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FINES IF THEY WON'T WORK.
New Zealand Court of Appeals De
cides Against Strikers.

Wellington, New Zealand. - The
Court of Appeals has finally declared
that the strike of the slaughterhouse
men and their sympathizers is illegal.
The workingmen who are partici.
pating in it, the court holds, are vio-
lating the award of the court of arbi.
tration and may be fined, and in case
of non-payment of the fine may be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding
one year.
All the partakers in the slaughter.
mems strike r liable to fine or i'm
p~risonment.
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THREE CAUGHT IN QUICKsAND.

Drowned in River at Peoria, ILL.,, in
Standing Position.
Peoria, Ill.-Quicksand in the IL.
1inois River caused the drowning OF
Charles McEnlee, Keeling Wilson and
William Singer, of Lacon, Ill. The
bodies were found upright in the
river, all three held firmly by the
quicksand, which reached above the
knees.
1t is thought the mems boat was
overturned, and they were caught by
the Quicksand in their attempt to
wade to shore. The water was barely
above their heads when they were
found.
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BURNED MONEY, SHOT HIMSELF
Actor Threw Jewels Away at Webste.
City, Iowa.

Webster City, Iowa.-In sight of an
astonished crowd, Carl Presley, an
actor, made a bonfire in the street of
his paper money, threw his jewelry
in a sewer, and then announced to
a group of friends that he was going
to kill himself.
He drew a revolver from his pocket
walked across the street, and, calling
to a number of persons in the vicinity
to watch him die, fred a bullet into
his brain.
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Parsons Matrimonial MONOPOLY.

With all the other preachers in
Burlington off on their vacations,
Rev. John F. Lynch, pastor of the
Union M. E. Church, became Burling-
toms marrying parson." He has
had six weddings in less than two
weeks, and finds business booming"
so that he may defer his vacation un-
til after the crop of summer girls has
been harvested,
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Precaution.

"Why do you telegraph your con-
gratulations on their marriage? A
letter would do as we'll"
"Oh, no. They may be divorced
before a letter can reach them
Cleveland Leader.
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Judge Lands an Ohio Man.

Kenesaw Mountain Lands, the
Judge who imposed the S29,000,00e
fine on the Oil Trust, was born il
Ohio in 1866, educated in Indiana,
and was graduated from the Union
College of Law in Chicago in 1890.
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Among Women of the World.

"Tell me, Fanny, how much would
you give to have blonde hair like
mine?"
Il do not know. How much did
you give?"-Translated for Transat-
lantic Tales from Megenper Ridere.
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AGED CLERGYMAN A SUICIDE.
Rev. DR.. Jewett, of Los Angeles,
Brooded Over the Osler Theory,

Los Angeles, Cal.-The Rev. DR..
Edward Hunt Jewett, an aged Epis-
copal clergyman, cut his throat at
Manhattan Beach and bled to death.
He was a graduate of Hobart Theo.
logical Seminary and held for years
the chair of theology at the General
Theological Seminary, New York.
He vas a friend of Bishop Potter
and held his position in the seminary
till four years ago.
He was respondent and often dwell
on the Osler theory that the super.
animated should be removed.
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The Heart is Known.

Lord of mercy. most loving, at
whose coming men live, at whose
goodness gods and men rejoicei Sow
ereign of life, health, and strength.
The heart of man is no secret to Him
that made it. He is present with
thee, though thou be alone.-From
E~gyDtian Records.
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Give Preacher Paving Contract.

The M. E. Church at Elmer, having
raised $500 for cement walks around
the edifice and parsonage, concluded
a preacher could do a better job than
a worldly man, and gave the contract
to Rev. William H.. Pomelear, of Clay
ton, much to the chagrin of local con-
tractors who had put in bids.
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Workers Object to Foreigners.

There promises to be trouble at the
canning houses in Glassboro. I'm
able to procure enough help to peel
the tomatoes coming in great quanti-
ties, the proprietors engaged twenty
five Italian women. The girls who
live in Glassboro object, and even if a
strike is averted many of them will
0uit.
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His Secret.

The Man in the Iron Mask ex-
planned.
Il was in an auto smashup and so
won't give my name" he said.
Then they saw it was. nothing out
of the usual.-New York Sun.
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Jumpers Hear the Konk.

"How's things in Lonelyyille?"
asked the first farmer.
"Everybody's on the jump replied
the second farmer, proudly.
Then the automobiles have struck
your town too, have tbey?'-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Still III Practice.

Doctors bleed people, now,
do they?"
Great Scott, man! did you eve
have one of them send you a bill?"
Baltimore American.
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TRYING to Obey Her.

Tommy-"Ma, let me tie this ham
kercher over your eyes"
Mother-"What for?"
Tommy-"Well, you told me eve
to let you see me stealth jam again. I"
Philadelphia Press.
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Ship Guns to Philippines.

Several large guns intended for the
American Army in the Philippines
were loaded on the British freight
ship Indrani in South Brooklyn, N. Y.
The vessel is taking a cargo for the
Far East.
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No Use.

She-"I hope, dear, that You are
not going to Worry about my exceed
ing my allowance this time"
He (brightcning up}-"You don't
mean to tell me, derrest, that there
isn't any necessity for it."
She-sCertainly net. What's the
use OF worrying abeat somsthins ssx
can't help. n-Life
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She Had Other Fish to Fry.

Observation-Disclosures ley dress!
Where do you suppose I shall get the
money from to pay for it,"
Wife-"You must excuse me. /
didn't marry you to give yoY financial
advice. Chicago Journal.
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Yes. Yes.

Yeast-"If it was not for irrigation
l don't suppose we would have heard
so much about California;"
Crimsonbeak-"That's right. And
the Same thing may be said of Mil
waukee. "-Yonkers Statesman.
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She Can, Too.

He-~A woman can't keep a Sc
cret."
She-"She never tells the name of
her pet dressmaker New York
Sun.
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TORNADO BLOWS AWAY CHILD
Kills Baby and Causes Much Property
Loss in West Virginia.

Wheeling, w. Wa tornado
struck the town of Woodsfeld and
New Castle, Ohio, wrecking a num-
Der of buildings and doing other dam
age. The home of Samuel Bartemus,
near Woodsfeld, was destroyed. A
child was torn from its mothers arms
carried nearly a quarter of a mile
and killed.
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The Sub-Freshman.

When I see a youth with his pants turned
up and his beautiful socks on view,
And over one eye perched a little, round
hat, with a ribbon of mauve or blue,
And the fourteen rings and the seven pins
that he got at his dear prep. school,
Why, it strikes a chord, and 1 say: "Oh,
Lord, was 1 ever that big a fool?"
When I see a youth with his gloves turned
down and a cigarette stuck in his
face,
And a loud check coat and a horse-cloth
vest and a half an inch wide shoe
lace,
And a bunch of hair that hides his ears
and a line of senseless drool,
Then l paw the sward as / say: "Oh, Lord,
was l ever that big a fool?"
Daily Princetonian.
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Deceived.

"He married money, didn't he?"
"No; he thought he was marry.
ing money, but he merely married
something else that talks. '-Phila-
delphia Press.
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ODpOrtune.

mine thousand Japanese soldiers
are said to be massed in Mexico ready
to rush on our middle west"
Good! Well make 'em harvest
the wheat. "-Pittsburg Post.
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A Gay Lothario.

Benedict-"Not married, Ell? III
bet you're fond of q girl, though"
Batcheller-"O! yes, indeed"
Benedict-"Who is she?"
Batcheller-"Her name is Legion.
Philadelphia Press.
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Like Deadheads.

Hotel Manager-"Have the Bar
kers found fault again to-day?"
Hotel Clerk-"Yes, sir. They COM
plain as much as if they were getting
their board free."-HarpeF's Weekly.
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Force of Habit.

"Yessis, here are your collars. You
need a shirt very badly, sir"
What dye mean?"
please excuse John" Interrupted
the proprietor; "he used to be a bar
ber."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Negroes, LEGS Ont OF.

BY the sidewiping of a sleeping car
of a work train near Yazoo City,
Miss, seven negroes had their legs
cut off. Four of them died soon
after the accident,
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HALLWAY Books DESTROYED.

The secretary of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company, New York
City, admitted that its books had been
destroyed.
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Accounting For It.

First Legislator-"There is some
thing funny about that BILL"
Lobbyist guess it's the joker
in baltimore American.
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Not One of Them.

az suppose" said Mrs. Tartleigh,
when you die you expect to meet all
your husbands"
"You are very rude retorted Mrs.
Muchwedde. when I die l expect
to go to heayeu."-Young's Mage
zine.
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In the Image Of God.

In the starry armament God shows
Himself a Being infinitely above me;
in my conscience God shows Himself
az 0Re wnan ( can resemble.
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Franciscan Fathers Visit.

On a world tour, the Rev. Father
Denis Schiller, the first Franciscan
general to visit America, arrived at
New York.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14

Troy apd has carried on that business
since. He was born in Troy in January,
1850. and spent most OF his life IN that
town. he was the son of Henry and Mary
Goodro. and his father being dead, he has
made his home with his mother for
several years. he was genial, kind hearted
and friendly to all, and his cheerful air
and bearing won him friends wherever he
was known. His sudden death was a shock
to his relatives and many friends. He
leaves TO mourn him, his mother, his five
brothers, Alfred of Newport, Frank of
West Burke, Bert of North Troy, and
George and Walter OF this town, also, his
five sisters, Mrs. Mary Gilman of Burling-
ton, Mrs. Emma CLARK of Woodsville, n.
II , Mrs. Eta Ciapper of North Troy, Mrs.
Lizzie Stone of 8allington, Wis, and Mrs.
MiIlie Austin OF this town. Short funeral
services were held at the house, and tie
remains were taken to Troy and services
were held in the Baptist church there on
Friday, Rev. W. c. Johnson of this place
officiating and Rev. J. E Berry of Troy
assisting. The floral offerings were
,autiful, and the remarks very appropr:-
ate The remains were inferred in the
village cemetery in Troy.
CARD-We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends who have so
kindly assisted and sympathized with us
In our great affiiction, wherein our son and
| brother WAS taken to the Setter Land. IG
is our prayer that when sorrow comes to
you, others may be equally kind, and SC
mitigate your trouble that you may bear il
with Christian resignation.
MRS. MARY GoODRo.
ALFRED GOODRO,
FRANK GOODRO.
GEORGE GOODRO,
| WALTER GOODRO,
| BERT GOODRO,
MRS MARY GILMAN,
| MRS EMMA CLARK,
| MRS. LIZZIE STONE,
| MRS. ETA CLAPPER,
| MRS. MIILIE AUSTIN.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14
Methodist Church Notes.

Mid-week prayer meeting on Friday.
This is an occasion of Importance, and the
attendance should be general.
Arthur tonight. The attendance last
Monday night was the largest for several
weeks.
1he ladies of the church are requested
to meet with Mrs. W. c. Twombly on Tues
day afternoon to consult with reference to
the coming donation.
The Epworth League will hold its meet
ing on Tuesday night under the leadership
of Mrs Eta Porter, the subject being
"Prayer." The attendance last week was 81,
high water mark for the con ference year.
The annual donation" visit by the con-
| gregation and friends will be held Tuesday
evening, Jan. 22,--next week Tuesday. 1t
will be at the church, and will include the
serving of supper at the regular time.
All are invited and urged to be present.
Twenty-eight persons entered into new
relations with the church at the morning
service yesterday. Nineteen were received
on proDaIlon, BLK iIoAu pIoDaeioH lHto tuii
membership, and three by certificate
Fourteen were also baptised. Following
this reception of members came the ad-
mimistration of the Eucharist, which hai
been postponed for one week. This is ths
largest number received en- probation II
this church for q years. In October, 1SSi
the Rev. Leonard Dodd received q, among
whom Supt. John Bartlett and wife
| CIema Matthews. now the wife of the Rev
NJ B. Parounagian. who is a successful
{ member of one of the western conferences
and Miss May Wiley.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14
VICINITY ITEMS.
Cleaned from Towns in Our Territory,
of Interest to All Readers.

Congregational Ministerial Association.
The regular m mseting OF the Orleans
Ministerial Association (Congrega-
&ionaI) will bs held with Rev. G. l..
bhaeffer, all day and evening session,
january 29.
Child Ate Strychnine Tablets.
child of Ge). Bruso of Lowell took
|soms strychnine tablets from the table one
day last week and sts them, but the
prompt summoning of a doctor probably
saved the child, who is now all right. Why
are poople so careless?
Resolution of Thanks to Chaplain
Farman.
10 one Of the clio ing days OF the recent
session OF the ltgs aturs sen ,tor Mosely &
Washington County intro iuced In
senate the following resolution, which
a standing vote was unanimously adopted
ResolUed, That the hearty thanks of the
senate are justly due and are hereby ten
dered to the Reverend NJ. Winslow Far
man, for the earnest devotions and his un-
failing courtesy ana kindly belring which
have at all times marked the discharge of
Orleans County Fair, September 9, 10,
ii and IL, 1907,
The annual meeting Of the members Of
Orleans County Fair association was held
at Hotel Barton, Barton, Tuesday. The
n officers elected were as follows: President
II. II. Somers OF Irssburg; 1st Vice Presi'
dent, r. K. Alfred of Newport; I'd Vics
Fl President, John Mcclellan OF Barton; Sec
retary, G. A. Barrows OF Barton; Treasurer
r. ID. Pierce OF Barton; superintendent
II. T. Seaver OF Barton. Tho director
elected were: H. II. Somsrs, F. s. Alfred
John Mcclellan, e. A. Barrows and o.
Owen. Auditors, @. II. Davis and H. I
seaver. A dividend OF per cent was de
clared and tbs dates OF the next annua
fair voted as ssptem Der 9, 10, II and L
1907.
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
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Methodist Church Notes.

Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7:3O O'clock
Junior League at the parsonage Friday,
at 4:00 O'Clock p. m.
Epworth League Tuesday evening" Z 80
Leader, Mrs. A. R. Cowles.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet at the
church psrlors Thursday afternoon. large
attendance Is desired as officers will b'
elected.
The ONd Girls will meet at the church
parlors Friday, Jan. IS, at 400 p. m. Al
members please attend. The annual elec
tion 81 officers will be held. Supper at six
Ali cordially invited.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-01-14
Con aresationaI Church Notes.

Regulai midweek prayer meeting viii be
omitted this week.
Christian Endeavor topic for Sunday eve
ming, more than Conquerors. The Victory
over Temptation" Leader, Mrs. c. w.
Tenney.
The annual meeting and roll call of the
church will be held in the vestry on We'd
nesday, Jan. Is. at 80 p. M. Members of
the church who are unable to be present
are requested to send a response for the
roll cali. Supper will be served to members
OF the church and their families by the La
dies society at $50 p. m.