Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-09-01

post graduate course at the academy.
Mrs. c. P. Jenness, Mrs. P. T.
Hanscom and Miss Isabelle Hoppman
took the trip down Lake Memphrema-
cog yesterday returning last evening
by automobile.
Mrs. W. w. Hartwell has been seri-
ously i'll during the past week, but
her condition is somewhat more favor
able at this time. Miss Harriet Aus
tin is caring for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Morton and son
of Maiden, Mass, visited at G. E.
Kings last week. Mr.. Morton re-
uurned home Monday and Mrs. Morton
will remain for a time.
| 1t is reported that wood and slabs
are being stolen from the Congrega-
/ tional church. The janitor says he
knows pretty near who is burning the
wood and they want to watch out.
Master Alvin Jewell swan across
the lake and part way back not long
ago. covering good mile without
stopping. This is pretty good swim
ming for boy only 13 years old.
Merle Gaskell and Gerald Plunklett
are exhibiting their poultry at Sher-
brooke this week. Ernest Freeman
also has poultry there and expects to
be in Sherbrooke the latter part of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Leckner of Little
ton, N. H.. visited Mrs. Leckner's s
aunt, Mrs. Joseph Brooks and Mrs. J.
W. Scott last week, returning home
Monday. They made the trip in their
automobile.
C. w. Tenney is to hold an auction
sale of his home on Prospect street
Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. A
building lot and also a quantity of
furniture will be sold at the same time
and place.
MIR. and Mrs. A. r. Campbell of
Morrisville, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. c. Lang recently. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lang and son Slayton accom-
panied them on an auto trip to Island
Pond Sunday.
Misses Helen Nye and Sadie Corley
:. returned last week from Plymouth
where they have been attending the
normal school during the summer.
Miss Nye will teach in Lyndon this fall
and Miss Corley at West Derby.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Kendall move
this week into Mrs. Walter McFar.
} lanes tenement. Mrs. McFarlane
goes to Woodstock this week, where
she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Dunn.
nett, before going to Waterbury
where she will make her home.
Ten ladies of Mr. Dukeshire' s parish
gathered at the parsonage Thursday
evening to welcome Mrs. Dukeshire
home from her trip to Peaks Island
Me. The house had been put in readi
ness for her return and the friends lef
generous supply of eatables to serve
as reminders of their visit.
The many friends of Mrs. Min;
, (Kiernan) Davidson will be saddenet
, to learn of her death which occurred
at her home in Moore's Forks, N. Y.
on August 8. Miss Herman will %,
remem bered here as an employee il
the Peerless where she won a host O.
friends. She had been suffering from
tuberculosis trouble for some time
, which was the cause of her death
She leaves to mourn her death a hus
band, father and mother, and severa
brothers and sisters. Mrs. 3. S. Ken
dali of this town was cousin and ver7
intimate friend of Miss Herman dur
ing her early life.
The Sunday evening lecture at th
? congregational church on Health ant
! Efficiency" by DR.. A. T. Buswelt, drew
large and appreciative audience, sew
I eral of the Methodist church and ou
: of town people being present. Th
lecturer quoted largely from the writ
ings of Horace Fletcher and othe
health reformers in support of his sub
ject and made strong plea for rea
sonable treatment of mans ''bes
friend" the stomach, emphasizing
especially the vital Importance of {;
sane and happy state of mind especiall.
at meal time, and explained the in
f1uence of strenuous work, worry, ange.
a..d other passions upon the digestion
recently as revealed by scientific re
search with the X-Ray, examination!
of stained food while in the process o
digestion in the cat and dog, showing
also the need of repose during and fol
! short time after meals. Miss Kara
, Abbott, secretary of the Psyche
Physical Society of America, who is {
guest at DR.. Buswell's made some
interesting remarks on the inseparabls
relation of mind and body and the pos
sibilityt of controlling the bodily func
tions and moral nature by careful
training of the appetites and menta
! faculties.
, The following is taken from the
+. White Mountain Echo. Bethlehem N.
H., of August 81, 1909, and will be OF
interest to our readers.
+ The Sunday night concert was the
finest of the season and the guests
were loud in their praises of the pro
gram, and it's variety gave chance
q to show the artists of the orchestr;
t individually. The flute solo by Mr.
!. Batchelder was full of exquisite
arpeggios, and bird-like trills, and it
: airy fittings seemed like bird songs
. the thrush's ease and brillisncy of ton,
= is very nearly copied by the flute
Mr.. Batchelder's technique is splendi,
: and the wonderful echoing runs AM
J, trills he produced as bird answers
;, bird and the distant reply came s
e softly and clear, it made one feel tha
!. thav were in the forest reallv listnnin