Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-12-15
Newport News Page
Important Happenings and Local
Notes from the Cnunty Seat.
l. B. WEILMAN, Local Editor
At the Churches.
L. B. WELLMAN, Local Editor


Interest at the Episcopal church
appearing both morning and evening
to greet the new pastor Rev. A. c.
Larned.
CONGREGATIONAL
The pastors Sunday morning sermon
was from Luke 4:16. "Jesus at
Church" and emphasized the need of
church attendance, citing the example
of the Master in this respect. The
sermon to boys and girls was very in
teresting. dealing with ''By Words. -
In the evening the theme was. 1.-The
Truth in Christian Science. There was
a good attendance both morning and
evening.
Thursday. evening, at 7.3O o'clock
regular mid-week prayer meeting will
be held. Subject: ''Paul's Last
Words" Scripture, 2 Timothy 4. 1-l8.
Friday afternoon, The Women's
Missionary society for Foreign work
will meet with Mrs. Harry Hunter,
at three o'clock.
METHODIST
1.-THE DEVILS Prayer" was the sub
ject of an interesting discourse by
the pastor at the morning service.
"Was Jesus Christ More than Man"
was the question for the PASTORS dis
cussion for Sunday evening. This is
the most vital question yet discussed
terest in every life. This series of
evening discussions will conclude next
Sunday evening with the question,
"Shall We Know our Friends in the
Future Life?"
The Epworth League meeting at 6
p. m. was led by Lee 0. Drew.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7:3o.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society will meet with Mrs. c. H..
Loveland, SO Main street, this Wednes
day evening ats 80 Mrs. P. w. Law
son and Mrs. A. J. Magoon will have
charge of the program. All interest.
ed ladies are invited. A special
Christmas offering will be taken.
DERBY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kimball re-
turned from Boston Sunday night.
Mrs. Ed. Perry of Barnston visited
her sister, Mrs. Geo. Aulis, over Sun
day.
The winter term of Derby Academy
hogan yesterday with good attend
ance.
N. T. Rowell, formerly of this pace
now of Fairlee, was caller in toWr
: last week.
Mrs. Helen (Hunt) Edmunds of Troy
visited her aunt, Mrs. L. P. Jenne
: last week.
Mrs. dr. Colby, who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. F. N. Aldrich
for several weeks, mas returned home
Omar Searles has moved to his new
house on the Newport road. Georg,
Aulis has moved his harness shop int
the tenement vacated by Mr.. Searles
r Arrangements are being made il
the three Sunday schools for separat
trees on Friiay evening and a unio
concert on Su aday evening, Dec. 26th
H H. Will r has sold his drug bust
o ness to Arthur Kimball, who too
y possession Monday the 18th. Mr.. WILD
er will continue in the post Office an
attend to the prescription department
: for some time.
Ward Colby, who has been in poo
health for some time. died very SUI
=. denly on Monday Of last week. H
n was able to be at the village ju
y Saturday previous. He leaves
mourn his early death a wife ar
= baby daughter and his mother, who
l. in very poor health and spending tt
# winter in California.
While DR.. Aldrich and Fl. H. Wild
a were out on little jaunt in the WOO
l. near Salem pond last Wednesday thu
" came across hole that appeared
be the entrance to a skunk's whit
quarters and just for the fun of tt
y, ~ thing they decided to investigate,
70 they borrowed shovel at nearl
III farmers and began operations a
much to their surprise they captur
at twelve skunks from the hole. A sic
s, der tree was cut down and the skun
or strung by their hind legs to the pc
oy were brought TO the village on t
shoulders of the two proud hunter
r. WE ST DERBY.
he Mrs. Winnie Bisbee is improvi
ry very slowly.
Ralph Aubin is spending few wee
VI in Nashua and other places.
sr. There will be an oyster supper
ed the vestry of the F. 3. church Frid
evening, Dec. 18th.
ell Mrs. George Bryant has been qui
=. sick for week Threatened with NM
us monia.
ed Frank Hayward had Peoples tie
phone installed in his house last we
lex Mrs. ]. T. Buzzell is not as we'll
on present writing as she was. havi
al had another very sick spell.
a Rev. Henry Squares preached in
A. C. church Sunday in exchal
with Rev. Daniel Gregory who W
aer to Holland.