Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-23

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B. q. SMITH, Prop.
next Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
p. m. in the vestry of the church. Let
there be good attendance.
The usual Christmas service will be
observed in the Methodist church on
Thursday evening. The service rem
| dered will be 1.-The Messiah, with
the representation of Father Time."
A cordial invitation extended.
Prayer service in the Congregational
vestry on Wednesday evening at
:45. Subject, 1.-THE Christmas Spirit
| and the Christmas Gift" Chorus re-
hearsal Immediately after the prayer
service. Let there be good attend
ance at both services.
A Christmas service will be rem
dered by the Congregational Sunday
| school in the church on Thursday even
| ing at z 80. There will be the usual
Christmas tree with a Santa Claus.
The service rendered is the Christmas
| cantata entitled ''Santa Claus Shad-
ow." Everybody is cordially invited.
Prof. H. w. Huntley of Cokeshire,
P. O.. who supplied the Methodist pull
pit last summer. will preach in that
church Sunday morning. The Christ
mas exercises of the Methodist church
| will be held tomorrow Thursday
evening and will include Christmas
| trees and a concert by the Sunday
| school.
Albert Cole is circulating subscrip-
| ton paper for the relief of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Blay. the distressed par
/ ents of the drowned boy. 1t will be
sad Christmas for them indeed. Mr..
| Blay is hard working man and must
| support very large family. Be pitt
| full, b.. kind, and be friend in this
hour of distress and extend helping
hand. The sympathy of the entire
community is theirs.
Mrs. w. S. Dubois has gone'home
on two weeks vacation. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Dubois was
hurt some time ago in railroad &C.
cident. His hurt seemed insignificant
at the time, but it is more serious now
than supposed. His own physicians say
! he must be very careful or neurltis
NAV set in. The company's doctors
| told him he must be very careful for
| three or TOUR monCnS. hazax
| CARD OF THANKS We would
| like to express our thanks to the
neighbors and friends who showed US
| so much kindness during the sickness
and death of our little one. -
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lacross.
81 watched DER my little one's-cradle
Till his blue eyes closed in ssleep'
And / knew my baby's soul had flown
Beyond a mothers reach.
"I'll kiss my sweet, white flower.
NV stainless little one,
Then give him back to him who gave,
/ THY will, Oh God be done"
Don't forget that the best way to
fully realize Christmas joy is to bring
| little of he gladness and sunshine
into some other heart and life. DR..
Henry Van Dyke of Princeton univer-
sity breaches this gospel of labor in
the following couplet and it is truly
Significant:
This is the Gospel of labor, 1 -
| Ring it, We bells of the kirk, -
The Lord ofLove came down from above
4 To live with the men who work."
And DR.. John Watson, now of sainted
memory, said: "Be pitiful, for every
man is fighting hard battle
BROWNINCTON.
Orvin Marsh still remains very ILL.,
4 Nellie Canning has gone to ST.
Johnsbury.
Alice Grow is visiting relatives il
Lennoxvil|e, p. @. >.# ~
4 Mrs. Nellie Going visited relatives in
Barton the past week.
Miss Isabel Caron from Barton visit
| ed at E. j. Caron's the past week. L
Miss Sarah Bryant is very i'll witt
heart trouble. Mrs. Bell Aiken j
caring for her.
Il There will be Christmas tree an,
! exercises at the Congregational churcl
+ Christmas night. 49, ~
4 Mrs. Cass and son BERTHE from Mas
sachusetts are helping to care for Mrs
. Cass's father, Orvin Marsh.
The young people gave Mr.. and Mrs
8 Geo. Burroughs and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
8 Virgins reception Tuesday evening
: Dec. Is, and report pleasant time
BRoWNINcToN CENTER.
n Lillian White is working for Der
) Seavey.
!. Miss Blanche Gallup is working a
: Frank Seavey's.
Mr.. Peck is here wiring the house
i for electric lights.
k Christmas exercises and a tree
]. the church on Friday night, Gee. q
t Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Leonal
visited at Elmer Watson's over Sunda,
re Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Smith have r
y turned home after few weeks sts
% in Keene. N. H.
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