Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-09-22

At firemen's meeting last evening
! it was vcLed to meet next Tuesday
evening to decide upon the date of
their proposed outing.
Repairs on real estate seem to be
quite in order of late. O. A. White
is adding dormer window to the front
Of his house and shingling the roof.
c. A. Barrows and DIR. j. A. Pearson
are treating their houses to coats of
paint. FIR. Leblanc has added a wide
piazza to the front and north end Of
his house. This is finished entirely in
the natural wood and adds much to
the appearance of the house. R. P.
! Webster has painted the tenement
house belonging to him across the riv-
er from his feed store and the Tower
company are painting their feed store
block.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gational church society was held Mon
day evening at the church parlors.
! +. w. Baldwin was elected president );
George r. Scott, secretary; S. A.
Hunt, treasurer; F. W. Baldwin, A.
P. Underwood and Hugh Campbell
were elected executive committee and
! II. P. Cook and j. A. Pearson. audi
tors. The report of the committee on
repairs was read and showed an ex-
penditure of S737. 40 on recent repairs
This with the repairs made by the La
dies and G. E. societies in the vestry
and the purchase of new cushions will
amount to fully $1,000. All bills were
reported paid. The treasurer's report
showed small balance on hand, with
some unpaid pledges. The total funds,
In trust and otherwise amount to about
$500. With repairs all made and paid
for, the society is in good circum-
| stances.
The first meeting for the season of
the W. c. T. U. was held with Mrs. O.
FL. Mossman, Tuesday Sept. 18th.
Topic: Individual Temperance Work.
Meeting opened as usual with prayer
and singing. letter was read from
Mrs. Guild, Superintendent of Rescue
Home asking for contributions of
clothing, provisions, canned goods etc !.
and It was voted to send box in re-
sponse to the call Also voted to tax
each member 10 cents to pay expenses
of Mrs. Dawson as delegate to Nation
al convention. Mrs. Geo. Lang and
Mrs. Cowles were appointed to act as
music committee for the year. A
round table talk under the leadership
of Mrs. 6. Fl. Davis developed some
helpful ideas, but owing to lack of
time the reading by Mrs. John McLel.
Ian was omitted. Eight members of
the Union were present also one visi-
i tor.
through an inadvertence we failed
in our report of the home talent enter
tainments at the opera hall during fair
week to make special mention of the
work of Mrs Clara Burrows. Mrs.
Burrows gave two long and difficult
readings, in one of them being accom-
panied by strains from the Prison
Song" either sung by Harry Perley or
at times softly played on the piano by
Mrs. Pillsbury. This was very tax
ing number but both selections were
listened to with closest attention and
heartily applauded. In response to an
encore Mrs. Burrows gave a short
humorous selection. On Thursday
night Mrs. Burrows read "Rock me
to Sleep in the rendering of which
she was assisted by seven young ladies
whom she had given careful training
the effect Of the reading thus illus
trated being most pleasing. Mrs.
/ Burrors who is graduate of En-.
ersoa school Of oratory, has often read
to appreciative audiences in this her
native town, but never has she done
better work than on the two evenings
: of which we speak.
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