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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

korrekt the spelin in that ralerode let
ter. THAR now, doant no as ortter
told you this. hoap haint maid yu
pheel bad, yure young & yule outgro it.
as for me it doant make no difrence i
amt ashamed to dispose my Ignorance.
& haint got mulch reputashun to looze.
We mint compromise with our phrends
beyond the mountins this WISE sinse
the narrer gage rode can be lade on
angle of 80 to 40 degrees elevashun,
pint the rode from montpelier direck to
the sumit ov elmoar hills, the assent on
the montpelier sighed bin very gradooal.
Then from north troy steer straight for
the Ri ov the mountins & foller along
this Ri to that pint opozit the elmoar
hill depo. By this arranjment trans
mountin & cismountin rejuns wood be
ekally accumulated. P'raps you ask how
we air to conect acrost lamoile vally;
by line ov aerial navigashun ov coarse.
i heer also the report ov little yung
ralerode gun over in Culver. Now we
cant have ralerode thru evry pharm in
orleans county. that is matter beyond
CONTROVERSY. The matter seems to rest
then on thease 2 pints, viz, which is
the moast phesible rout, & hoo moast de-
fires the rode 3? these queschuns will
not attempt to anser, but on l pint i
will publickly expires my privit opinyun
if black vally ever wants raleroad,
she had better waid in for it this spring.
montpelier now stands with arms out
strecht to welcum us to her buzum, but
her spirit will not alus strive with us.
Teller citizens, let us walk up, turn
out, give everlastin yawn, then git up
& dres ourselves for bizness remember
it is now or never. Let evry man strain
hisself to the uttermoast. Let US not
cast depresheashun on our property, or
slur on our name by bindin the town.
Let us eet plane fodder & wair plane
cloze-if kneed be-cowhide boots &
blu drilin trowserloons & cotes & dis
pense with paper golfers & cuffs & chilled
Shirts & awl sutch onnessiary fxins, &
ye fairer sec, pardon me if appel to
WI on this momentuous occayshun, yu
now have operchunity to cum 4th & lib
it yure PATRIOTISM, yu can push on this
enterprise amazingly if yu air inclined.
How? why, jess la assigned evry kneed-
les luxshury that yu doant kneed, & al
low the saim amt to be applide to the
rode nobody admire "a hansum woman
or butiful dres moar II do, but tel
yu we must false this matter boaldly &
la assigned awl our vanity, & pich wright
in for this rode. For the present jest
sa good by to silks, & satins, & ribins.
& chignons, & gresham bend, & laise,
g. jewelry, & wair jist old fashuned cali
ker cloze, & do up yure haire in mise
old fashuned Gu. Let yure hankerchifs
be of plane coffin, & not over As eenches
squair. doant go to eny phase WHARF yu
vii hat to spend cent foolishly, or be
apt to git yure mind divirted from this
ralerode queschun; doant 60 to musick
convenshun, to dance, or to lasis
pull doant go ennywhair only to church,
to work, or to ralerode meetin. awl
this ov coarse viii cost an effort & humil-
iait our vanity, but We shall be amply
repade when we see the old iurn boss
pransin g. kickin up his heels thru black
river vally. yurs with due respect.
QUINTUS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

The Chicago Post says: .'If Noah
had been Democrat he would have
asked the dove to bring him anybody to
beat Grant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

How little do poor people know
What we poor posts do undergo;
Through winds and storms stem the tide
And 60 on foot when We can't ride!
To him who would his conscience free.
Woul give his host dish Of tea;
Now and then glass of sling"
To make his horn more clearly ring
Our story of Mr. Prescott would be
incomplete did we not here mention an
incident in his life which has been hand
ed down from father to son until its au-
thenticity is undoubted History con-
meets his name with remarkable adven-
ture with a bear on the steep bluff south
of the Plain. just above the p & o. gray
ell pit He had been burning off the
timber on the fat above, when one
day just at night he was surprised to
meet bear near the edge of the bluff.
The bear was unusually friendly, and
proceeded at once to embraced his new
acquaintance. In the aldency of the
hug" which Immediately followed, they
Numbered over the bank and rolled over
and over down the steep bluff to Sleep
er's river. The bear was somewhat be-
wildered by this movement, and Tres
colt. who was unh,Tt. took an early OPP
portunity to insert his jack knife into
bruins most vital part. which h d The
effect to prevent amy further familiarity
on the part of the bear.
The history of St. Johnsbury. by Rev
Edward T. Fairbanks. informs us that
! William Prescott died in Il kind of sub
terranean habitation. near Joe's Pond
His brother. iona Prescott. died at the
age of 81. and was buried in the St
.Iohnsbury cemetery the stone thai
marks his resting place being inscribed
'He was one of the first settlers in town
being the seventh inhabitant Tru-
man Prescott the present mail-carriel
of St. Johnsbury, is a lineal defendant
of this famous family.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

The deserved reputation which Weeks
Magic Compound is every day gaining
as cough medicine is due in great
measure, to its speedy action in all cases
where used. but more especially in Sc
we're colds and consequent cough.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
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~ Observe the following symptoms resulting from
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Fulne Weight in the Stomach Sour Eruaions Sinking
Futteng the Pit Of the Stomach Swimming of the Head
Hurried and Difficult Breathing Futteng the Heart Choking
Suocatng Sensations when in Lying Posture Diness
Vision Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dali Pain in
the Head Deficiency Of Precipitation, Yelowness Of the Skin
and Eyes Pain in the Side, Chest Limbs and sudden Fushes
Heat Burning in the Flesh.
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York. Information worth thousands win be sent you.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

REMARKs.-The receipts of butter for the past week
amount to about $500 packages There lis a scarcity
of good sweet but abundance yet of inferior grades
prices are firm good article while holders of ord-
nary are anxious to sell; cheese has gone about ano
er step and is firm at 20 eggs plenty and lower
Hour IS scacey as firm; pork lard and hams steady
dressed hogs are higher; beans irmer dried al-
pie IS in improved demand; poultry is doing better
hay is quiet and steady hops steady and firm: po
tato starch is quiet is in moderate demand; oats
are selling freely potatoes are in good supply and
prices are easier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
BARTON.

BARI ON.
GooD NEws.-The sun is out again,
and it looks SOME like Spring.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. = Grandy,
Skinner & Parker. Barton Landing; D.
McDougall, Barton; Homesteads for ex-
soldiers, E. NJ. Brown, Montpelier.
Horatio Nye lately drew into this VII
lage spruce logs, each l6 feet in length,
cut from one tree. The smallest end of
the top log measured s inches in diam
eter and the butt 80 inches.
The members of Mignonette Family
No. 80 are requested to meet at Masonic
Hall in Barton, Thursday evening, March
2Sth, for the purpose of celebrating their
yearly banquet or festival.
T. NJ. PERRY, Patron.
Our friend, Moses Hubbard, who was
burned out here at our Christmas fire,
and has since that time been without a
place to keep his tools, has taken out the
partition in the ell part of his house and
finished off a large and eommodious shop.
Mr.. Hubbard is good citizen and we'll
deserves the patronage of all who want
anything done in the line of painting
granting, paper-hanging, &c.
We have received through the p o.,
from an unknown person, well written
communication in answer to Vox Populi's
of last week. We should be glad to
please the writer by giving it place in
our columns, if we thought by SO doing
it would produce greater degree of har-
mony in the community than at present
exists. But we fear it would be other
wise, and perhaps the less said on
the subject at present the better.
NJ. NJ. Whitney. an experienced joiner
from Barre. has moved into this village,
and we understand intends to stop here
this summer and hold himself in readi
ness to attend to anything that may be
required of him il his line. He has
shown us drawing of J. G. French
store. Montpelier, and also design Of
the inside of Bellows store in French
Block. Barre. finished by him, from
(which we should judge that he under
stands his business. He has also hac
considerable experience in raising up tn,
roof of low buildings and putting on an
other story. This he says he does witt
very little expense. and in most cases
in such manner as to save the entir
jet and its connections. There is quit
a chance for improvements in this direc
ton in our village. Suppose some on
} give Mr.. Whitney job, and see wit
how little expense he can enlarge you
' accommodations.
S On account of the inclemency of tn
t weather last Wednesday evening, it wa
t decided to put off the lecture on Robel
o Burns, by Gen. Grout, one week. Thi
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
|, ST JoHysBURy "REMINISCENCES

A ST. JoHNsBURY REMINIscENoE.-
Some Of the readers of the Caledonian
can remember William Prescott, the mail
carrier for this section ofcountry as long
ago as lSO0-1Sl6 He used to travel
on horseback. carrying with him tin
horn, by blast from which he announced
his advent into habitable sections. The
arrival of a mail was such an event in
those early days that loot from Tres
colts horn would put whole neighbor-
hood on the alert. A friend now living
in Concord, who we'll remembered those
early days, has transcribed the follow
ing doggerel with which Mr.. Prescott
used to while away the lonesomeness of
his regular rounds:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

Stafford Farman has traded his farms
with the widow Clark, or what is better
known as the Brady farm. Mr. Far
man gives his home farm and the Che
ney & Brown farm and lot of wild
land in Lowell and $500 in money
Each party keeps its own stock. Mr..
Farman takes possession Immediately.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
BORN.
MARRIED.

In Barton, March a5th, Mrs. E. G. Collision Of SC
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
Look :!

Quantity Seed Barley for sale by J.
W. HALL.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25
WON MSs-The only known and sure Remedy
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TumOr of ~ Years Growth
Cured by RadWay'S ReSOIVent.

BEVERLY Mass, July Is, 1859.
DIR. RAILWAY II have had Ovarian Tumor in the
bowels All the Doctors said there help it
every thing that recommended but nothing helped
Resovent and thought would try but had faith
in IT, because had suffered for twelve took six bottle,
Of the Resoven and box Of Railways Pills. and bot
ties Of Ready Relief and there of be
felt and feel BETTER smarter and happier thsn have
for twelve The the left side of the
bowels the groin write this you for The benefit Of
others. You can publish 1t If you choose
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-25

The select school under the care of
Charles Rowell, has commenced. Owing
to the very rough weather, the attend
ance is not so large as it would other
wise be.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23
MOUNT PLEASANT OUTRAGE.
From tho Salt Lake News, Aug. 2l.]

From the Salt Lake News, Aug. 2.l
MOUNT PHEASANT, Aug. 20.-On Sat
urday evening suspicious rested on
Richard Smith as being the person
who had assailed Il telegraph opera
tor OIL the 18th. He was arrested, but
on account of unavoidable clrcumstan-
ces he was held over until to-day at 10
o'clock, A. NJ. when the investigation
took place. The prisoner was asked
guilty, or not guilty" and plead
guilty of committing the horrible deed,
amer which he was committed to u
higher court. =,
The operator says he was telegraph
Ing q message to the operators In the
county, and while so engaged thought
he observed Smith 60 into an adjoin-
ing room and return and place himself
behind him. He stood for about half
nh hour. As quick as the operator
had finished the message and closed
the key, he was struck down and knew
nothing more until he found himself
living on a lounge In the aboye-named
adjoining room, with his head all man.
gled and himself soaked in blood, Rich
ard Smith pacing to and fro with a
Ratchet In his hands. He continued to
walk back and forth along side the
lounge, making remarks concerning
the deed he had done. After making
q pause of some duration, he said.
Jeremiah, hold up your hands! !
cannot spare your life any longer!
Your head IS all chopped to pieces,
.,,l yo,r hrotna ora oil runninO 0Iit.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23
HON. JAMES n. DOOLIrTLK.

The New York Times prefers
charges against this gentleman, but
has not yet substantiated them. II
says that it has letters In Its possession,
written in the hadwritlng OF James
r. Doolittle, which compromise him
very much. II the New York Times
has such letters why does 1t not
publish them? Until 1t shall prove
It's charges all fair-minded men will
not credit them. The writer Of this
article has known Mr.. Doolittle for
more than twenty years. Take him
In all the relations Of life, as q IA
Their, husband, neiShbor and friend,
anu he has no peer. His character Is
beyond reproach. In Wisconsin he Is
honored and esteemed by his political
opponents. Should any ons there dare
to cast any ~aspersions on him, he
would be treated with contempt BY
the entire community. After serving
In the United States Senate twelve
| years, with honor to himself and credit
to Wisconsin, he returned to private
life poorer in purse than he was when
he entered that body. While | be-
lieve in the liberty OF the press. l can
but deprecate the license which per-
mits such foul charges to DO made
against gentlemen who are above re.
proach. 1t 1t be done for political
purposes, 1t Is a great mistake, for no
party In this country can succeed by
making charges against distinguished
men which they are not able to prove.
Such a charge as this against MI.
Doolittle may cost US a thousand votes.
Fair play is justly valued by, the
American people, and they will not
countenance wanton and malicious at
tacks on good e Prove that Mr.;
| Doolittle Is n corrupt man n l Will
never more have faith In mans honor
or woman's purity. JUSTICE.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23

SrRANdLED IN BED.-A young man
about q years of age came TO the New
Wisconsin Hotel about S o'clock yes
terday morning, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, and complained Of be-
ing destitute and sick. lie took q bed,
and last evening his room btiig found
locked. the door was forced aud he was
found dead in the bed. Appearances
about the o and the disposition Of
his clothes. indicated that he retired
for the purpose of sleep, but tile Coro-
ner discovered a white handkerchief
so tightly about his neck rs 10 lead to
the supposition that he committed sui.
eide by strangulation. He gave his
name as John Thomas. late Of Salt
Lake and Nevada, when asked by the
Clerk yesterday morning. His body
was taken to the Morgue to await iden.
tihcation, when an inquest will be
held.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23
IVORY,

When the whalers come from the
North in the Fall. they usually have
slowed In the holds Of their vessels a
good stock of walrus ivory. The con-
sumers of the article, who consist prin-
cipally of the cutters, make their pur-
chases ut this season and lay In the
years stock. The wair,Is ivory aver
ages from forty to sixty, cents per
pound. Another species of ivory
which the whalers bring hlther from
Alaska Is the mammoth ivory. the re-
mains Of the extinct giants Of the early
years of the creation. This sells at
about q dollar and fifty cents per
pound. The elephant tusks are the
rarest and command the highest prices
from the ivory dealers. They range
In the neighborhood of three dollars
and. fifty to sixty cents per pound.
The walIus tusks are only badly dam
aged from cracks, 10 much so. indeed.
that a great portion has to be pared
of before the ivory Is fit for use. In
some the cracks are merely on the sur
face and do not interfere with tile
workers.. F. Bulletin. go
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23

The Mace aud O'Bsldwin prize
fight, so much talked Of lately, turns
out to be a worse fizzle than the Mace
and Coburn affair. According to the
telegraph those indonitable bruisers
have been travelling about the country
for some days past seeking a place to
fight, but lack Of bottle.ho!ders, or a
suitable spot for the terrible C?l conflict
prevents them from the contamination
of their ardent wishes. That fight will
not take place. for both men will soon
DO so worn out with travelling as to be
unable to fight at all. even should they
ever "come to the scratch" They
don't want to fight very bad. In fact
the latest telegraphic rumor was that
they were on their way East, and no
fight would take place.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23

ANOTHER RIcu SrRIxE.-A dispatch
from Elko, dated yesterday, gives the
following:
Advices received here today from
responsible parties at Mountain City,
Cope District, state that the richest
discovery made since White Pine was
discovered was made there last Sun
day. The ledge Is about twenty-five
inches thick, eight inches Of 1t being a
solid mass Of horn silver, the remain
der being black sulphurets, intermin-
gled with gold, and being entirely free
from base metal. The ledge is situa-
ted about half q mile west of Sugar
Loaf Mountain, on the head Of Gran
lie Creek. aud has unqucstionably pro-
duced the gold found In the grass at
Hopper Gulch. The widest excite
ment prevails, and men are pouring
in from all parts.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23

IT Is . fact, we'll worth knowing,
that the death rate In Europe Is nearly
double what It Is In the United States,
averaging yearly m out Of every for
ty-three Inhabitants, while hero 1t IL
one out Of every elghty-one. or the
leading countries OF Europe, France
leads In Its mortality, the average be-
Ing one death to every t~hirty-two peo-
ple; and England appears to DO the
healthiest, the deaths being one to
every forty-six. In the United States
there Is a wide range Of difference. In
Arkansas, for instance, the annual
deaths are one to every forty-nlne in
habitants, while In Oregon the rate Is
only one to every two hundred and
nine. 1t appears that the Northwes-
tern States average the h%ealthiesh and
the Gulf States the sickliest.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23
FOR GRANT,

The chivalrous feeling which prompts
a soldier to admire and respect an hon.
orable and m~agnanimous conqueror IL
prompting quite a number Of Grants
old opponents on the battle field to
declare themselves now In favor OF
his reelection as against the choice Of
Mr.. Greeley. First we have Colonel
Benjamin 5. Ewell, Adjutant General
Of General Joseph f. Johnston during
the rebellion. brother OF the late Gem
eral Ewell, and now President Of the
College OF William aud Mary, at Will
liamsburg. Va. who has published n
long letter urging the Southern people
to vote for the reelection Of General
Grant. He not only believes that the
Administration Of Grant has been, in
the main, highly successful, but that
the South herself owes to him largely
whatever Of peace and prosperity she
has attained since the war, aud that
her best Interests demand his re.elec-
tIon. Then We have General Henry
C. Wayne, Of Savannah, son OF tho
late Judge Wayne Of the United
States Supreme Court, and during the
rebellion AdjutantG General ofthe State
Of Georgia, and a prominent man In
the Southern administration. He Is
equally pronounced, and closes his let
ter with this emphatic declaration :
The only hope the country has, as 1t
seems to many Of US here, to secure
good order and stability, lies in the
election Of a regular Republican can
didate."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-23
A SECOND DANIEL.

Afew days since. the Virginia Cnroa-
tese came out with a highly sensational
article, In which 1t attributed the with
drawal Of Mr.. Sharon, as a candidate
for the United States Se~natorship, to
Its attacks upon that gentleman. The
article was wonderfully and fearfully
written, and sent a thrill through the
entire community. 1t called upon the
toiling millions to bear witness how
persistently and ably It had comhatted
the bank ring. and Mr. Sharon, till,
finally. that distinguished gentleman
becoming fully conscious that he could
not succeed In his political aspirations
with the Chronicle opposed to him. and
knowing that wonderful and vigorous
sheet was viciously incorruptible that
all his immense wealth could not pur-
chase its support, he concluded to with
draw. Ere the people Of Nevada had
time to properly digest this article,
they were almost thrown into conyul-
sions by another, In which Mr.. Sha-
ron's withdrawal was attributed to the
pressure which this same bank ring tof
which Mr.. ). was supposed to be part
brought to bear upon him. In 1t. Is
sue Of yesterday It has another sensa-
tional article, In which 1t says that the
Bank Of California, and stockholders
IL, the mines, set themselves to work
to force Sharon and Jones out Of tho
political arena, for tho purpose Of ef-
tec,ing a compromise between the con-
fiicting Interests OH the Comstock, and
that Sharon gave up his political aspir-
stions very reluctantly when he found
chat the whole strength Of the Central
Pacific would be used to defeat him.
This Is simply bosh. No one but Mr..
Sharon Is competent to give the reasons
which prompted him to withdraw ;
he says 1t Is i'll health, aud we have no
disposition to doubt 1t. Not satisfied
with compelling Mr.. s. to decline, the
Bank Of California, and the Central
Pacific are COW determined, as we
learn from the ~veracious Chronicle,
to compel Mr.. Jones to do the same.
"~Insatiate archer, would not one SUI
fice?" Good God! must another vic
tim be offered lis as a sacrifice to ap-
pease the names Of the terrible bank
and railroad ring? Tho programme
of tho Central Pacific and tho bank
ring, as we learn from this wonderful
writer, Is this II it be found that Nye
cannot win, the Hon. F. A. Trltle Is
to be put upon the course. The ex-
tent of the information Of our cotem-
porary Is really wonderful; but what
reliance can we place on Its predlc-
tious? One day It says one thing and
on the next another. In its attempts
to speculate as to the future, 1t has
nothing to 60 on. Consistency Is said
to be a jewel II so, that jewel is not
possessed by the Chronicle. We do not
pretend to know what other candidates
tor tho United States Senate may be
brought out, and we believe that our
sources Of information are - good ~
those of our contemporary. although
1t would like to have the public think
It Is a second Daniel. or the writer Of
the Chronicle it might be- said as Of
Goldsmith's village schoolmaster:
And still they gazed, and stil tho wonder
That one .mall head could carry all no
knew"