Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-08-12

ing soprano in New England. Prof. Eb-
en- Tourjee. the celebrated Chorus Lead
er, and who organized and had full con-
troll of the Chorus at the Coliseum. The
"Globe Theatre Orchestra from Boston,
whose rendering of Strauss Waltz re-
ceived the compliments of the great
composer himself, on his recent visit to
this country. We have no doubt but
that this will be one of the grandest
musical entertainments that has been
held in this vicinity for long time.
RHYMES OF YANKEE Landry Aella
Green; l6 no., 81 pages, tinted paper ;
bound in cloth and gilt Mechanically
the book is model of taste and neat
ness. Lee & Shepherd, Boston, Lee,
Shepherd & Dillingham;, N. Y, publish
ers. Of the writer of the poems contain
ed in this little volume, it is modest to
say that they are living coruscations OF
the mind of poet, and not of a newspa-
per rhymster. They are little gems
which have sung themselves out before
the world, and they need not trem-
BILE before Sage or King, for they bear
the marks of genius. They bear nc
marks of mere art, OF hard labor, or Ian.
guage far-fetched to break the rythm
they are bits of poetry that break upor
the soul like gentle ripplets upon a shore
as the following stanza which we happier
upon will show:
We count above our common good,
Selectest of our joys,
What people did in sunny times,
When you and were boys.
Tuesday evening last, about 8 o'clock
DIR. E. G.. Stevens shot crane with g
shotgun, fifteen rods off,-across The
river-which measured 6 feet from til
to tip of wings. The DR.. is going to stuff
him, put him over his dental chair, be-
side his loon and keep him till thanks
giving. The DR.. will keep on pulling
teeth, all the same.
Col. Eaton has our thanks for some o
the largest and incest looking cucumber
we have seen this year. Two varieties
ono kind he calls "Whigs.'' Thes
are fat and chubby and have full stom
ach. The other variety is lean and long
He calls these Greeley cucumbers,
their great length signifying that it vii
be long time before Greeley will b
elected.
CRAFTSBURY.
One of our fellow citizens was arraigr
ed before Justice Doty by the Tow
Grand Juror. S. Roberts, on complain
for obtaining liquor under false pretence
Fine and cost, $l3.06.
COF LIN Il M.
S. Ordway has an old account book {
English manufacture, one-half the leave
of which have the English coat of arms
with the inscription "Honi Lott qut me
Hpense; y the remaining pages, crow
encircled with the letters sc. R." in ii
center, all in water colors. Accom-
dated "ApriLe 1862" are found on i
pages. Values are reckoned in the O
English style.
CLOVER.
We have just received from J..
Miles, a half bushel of new, early-ro
potatoes, a sample of 400 bushels while
he has for sale. They look almost got
enough to eat without cooking.
IRASBURGH.
DR.. Adgate has sold his house al
land for twenty four hundred dollars,
E Jesse Barrows.
| Dysentery is prevailing to consider
y BILE extent in this town. Mr.. E. Will
has very sick family. His wife is We
= low with fever and her mother with {
ysipelas, and two of his children ha
r had the cankerrash in the mean time
: LOWELL.
Mr.. HI. Brown, the proprietor of t
hotel in this place. was, on Thursd
last, brought before Judge Hardin
charged with violation of the law pl
hibitiEg the sale of intoxicatig liquo
and upon his own admission of gui
was fined for six separate offenses. t
t dollars each, in all, sixty dollars a
costs. Mr.. Brown has declared his
termination to continue selling. which
/, course can only be regulated by the
p spectacle portion of the community, a
4 declaration of war against all the b
< interests of the place and there is a g
Il eral and very decided expression of
termination to test thoroughly the gu
ton, whether those who desire qui
" industrious, and peaceable communi
: have any rights which rumsellers
bound to respect.
: NEWPORT.
ID On Thursday of last week man
t. his wife were crossing the bridge so
of Newport when the train approac
or from the south. They ran for the nc
T. side, the man getting across, but
re woman failed and dropped off hang