Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-03-14
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
COVENTRY
Continued from Page One)

Original poem by A. j. H.
Friends and nefghbors here assembled,
Listen, and / will explain
The reason why the people
Have gathered here again.
Twas twenty-five years ago this couple
Gathered friends and neighbOrS round
1t was whispered that a wedding
Was in progress in our town.
The wedding day dawned bright and fair,
The friends and neighbOrS gathered there,
Pastor Chase, the knot he tied,
And they to the station were ready to ride.
Upstairs Hattie was bustling about,
Trying the pins of her gown to get out.
The gown wasn't ready when the wedding
day came,
So Emeline pinned it, for pinning she was
famed.
While Hattie and AL their farewells were
Then into the sleigh he tucked her with care,
Picked up the reins and said, Get up there
old mare"
And then the horse started on her way
They turned, turned about and said, Good
day!n
When they found to their dismay
That the horse had surely walked away.
surely Al must have been taking nap,
Not to have known that those friends SO
dear
Wanted them to miss their train, it is clear.
Twenty years of golden promise,
Hand in hand and heart to heart,
They have travelled on together
Shared their joys, as at the start.
Storms have sometimes been their lot,
But amid all kinds of weather
Happiness has blessed their cot.
Years ago their kindred natures
To affection did incline,
AS each true heart seeks another
When it's tendrilS are entWined.
AS you saw and loved each other,
Chose life's journey hand in hand,
May you travel on together
Toward that promised better land.
You have a son who is spared to bless you
AS you go down life's decline,
May he make it pleasant for you
To the very end OF time.
May many golden years be spared you,
AS you wander up and down,
And may Gods mercy be upon you,
May you wear the golden crown.
Mr.. Bryant that when he climbs that
the tree Mr.. Thurber is evidently GO
ing to climb. G. E. P.
Mrs. Charles Bergoine, who was
threatened with pneumonia, is gain
ing.
Carroll Brooks of Newport spent
Sunday at the home of his father,
w. G. Brooks.
William Rollins and daughter of
Greensboro were guests at Ira
Wheelock's the last of the week.
Mrs. G.. G.. Claris taught school the
last of the week for Miss Myra
Douglass, who was i'll. Miss Doug
lass was able to resume her duties
this week.
The Unity club will meet Wednes-
gregational vestry. In the evening
cial Circle, a supper will be served
from 6 to 8, after which short lit
erary program will be given, fol
lowed by a social hour. Hostesses
Mrs Helen Barrows and Mrs. A. A
Morrill,. All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Carl King, who has been very
| i'll for some time, died at her home
| March 7th. She was a great suffer
err, but bore her sufferings very pa
tiently. The funeral was held at hel
home Friday forenoon at 10 o'clock
Rev. C. C. Claris officiating. Music
was furnished by quartet consist
ing of Mrs. w. R. Thurber, W. E
! Cleveland and Mr.. and Mrs. A. d
Thurber. C. H. Green had charge OF
the funeral. Mrs. King leaves to
mourn her loss a husband and five
young boys, who have the sympathy
of the community in their sad be
| reavement. The interment was in
the Irasburg cemetery.