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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08
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To MAKE LITTLE MUcH.-A null
titude of weary people, nearly fanish-
ed with hunger, were assembled
around our Lord. The disciples had
but seven loaves and two small fishes.
"What is that" they said, "among so
many?" Jesus answered: "Bring
them hither to me-" (Matt. 14:13.)
There is Il multitude of weary peo-
pie around us, mass of misery and
sin, of poor people, of doubling and
broken hearts, of untaught, unfed, and
naked little children. Earnest and
able laborers are needed; for the devil
and his angels are snatching up many
souls. The Lord needs laborers to do
his work.
"But, Lord" some one may say, 81
have so little to give! My body is
weak; my capacities are small; my
time is limited. Alas! | am such a
feeble and unworthy child! What
can do among so many! What can
/ l give to them % ''Whatever thou
hast bring it hither to me-" says Je-
sus; and if we bring him the little we
have who can tell what it may be-
come to others, when it is given in
his spirit p Wdtchmdn and Reflector.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08
2aelisiouo Department.
Rev. ). W. MALCOLM, Elitor.


NEARER CHRIsT.-One of the most
cheering thoughts to the humble chris
tian, is that Jesus is ever present.
When trials and temptations lure him
from the path of rectitude; when fierce
storms arise, and clouds of doubt, af-
fictions, or despair almost hide from
his longing eyes the blessed Sun of
Righteousness, voice comes from
the gathering gloom, "Fear not, for |
am with thee; be not dismayed, for
am thy God" Then by faith and
prayer drawing nearer the Divine
One, he is led to exclaim, as light
CLEANS through the murky folds, "The
Lord is my strength" And if day by
day he lives near Him,-so near in
deed that his thoughts and desires
are in accordance with Divine will
many temptations will be avoided;
many dark clouds will vanish ere they
cast their shadows DER him. God
grant that soon, very soon, the day
may come when every protested fol-
lower of Christ shall demonstrate by
holy living and correct example, that
theirs is d JOY and peace unknown to
the gay votaries of pleasure and fash
ion. What though it cost an effort,
much pain, WEAKNESS, and many tears,
sweet VIII be the recompense, rich the
reward for aft We abide in me, and
my words abide in you, we shall ask
what We will and it shall be done UNI
to YOU" Blessed promise. Surely,
it ought to encourage all to draw
nearer the throne of grace, whence
rich supplies of heavenly wisdom are
vouchsafed the fainting soul.
ELGIA ELsToN.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

DURABILITY oE DIFFERENT WOODS
Experiments have been lately made by
driving sticks, made of different woods.
each two feet long and one and half
inches square, into the ground, only half
an inch projecting outward. 1t was
found that in five years all those made
of oak, elm, ash, fir, soft mahogany, and
nearly every variety of pine, were total
ly rotten. Larch, hard pine and teak
wood were decayed on the outside only:
while acacia, with the exception of being
also slightly attacted on the exterior,
was otherwise sound. Hard mahogany
and cedar of Lebanon were in tolerably
good condition. But only Virginia &C.
dar was found as good as when put in
the ground. This is of some Importance
to builders, showing what woods should
be avoided and what others used by pref
erence in underground work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

CALVIN ON CHURCH MUsIc.-"If
the singing" he said, ais such as BELTS
the reverence which we ought to feel
when we sing before God and the an
gels, it is an ornament which bestows
grace and dignity upon onr worship !;
and it is an excellent method of kim
ding the heart, and making it burn
with great ardor in prayer. But we
must at all times take heed lest the
ear should be more attentive to the
harmony of the sound than the soul
to the hidden meaning of the words"
-Guizot.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

The VALUE OF Coon STooK.-A farm
er in Tennessee writes the Department
Of Agriculture that he has lately sold
twenty head of horses, at from $500 to
S3,366 a head and adds: eff all the
stock of the country were the best of its
kind, how much wealth would be adj
ded,' etc. 1t is precisely because all
the stock of the country is not of the
best kind that these high prices are OBJ
tanned. 1t is not"in this direction that
we are to look for profit, but in the in
creased usefulness Of our stock. If all
the cows were of the best kind, their
money value would be no higher than
that of our present poor ones; but how
much more profit there would be in
their produce Hearth and Home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

TREATMENT OF Cows-The Scottish
Farmer has the following rules for gov
erning cows, and the owners of milch
cows should see that they are invariably
obeyed by their employees -
''Gentle words and kind treatment
are enjoined. Striking cows with stools,
clubs, or heavy sticks will under no cir
cumstances be allowed.
In driving cows to and from pasture,
great pains must be taken not to hurry
them.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

BURNING CHIMNEY.-If it be desired
to extinguish the fire in chimney
which has been lighted by fire in the
fireplace. shut all the doors in the apart
ment, SO as to prevent any current Of
air up the chimney, and throw few
handfuls of common salt upon the fire,
which will Immediately extinguish the
same. The philosophy of this is that in
the process of burning the salt, muriatic
acid gass is evolved, which is the prompt
extinguisher Of fire.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

THE BELIEVERS PEAcE.-Does
your little child, for whom you have
ever cared tenderly, and who has per-
feet trust in your love and wisdom,
distress himself with the thought that
perhaps tomorrow you will not pro
vide for him, or will suddenly desert
him i'll some hour of great need? No.
the thought never for an instant oc-
ours to him. He has ever found you
faithful, and can you not learn a
lesson from your child? Has your
Heavenly Father ever been less low
ing to you than you have been to your
child? You instantly Danish the
thought as unworthy. = Christian
Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

TREATMENT OF WHETsToNEs.- When
first putting new milestone into use,
try water upon it, and If this keeps the
surface from being glazed or FURNISHED,
oil will not be needed. Some stones
work better with water than oil. A dry
stone is very apt to give wire edge.
1t has been said that little carbolic
acid added to water will increase the
friction on either milestone or grind
stone.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

The Canada Farmer mentions 500,
as having been realized by a person near
Catham, as the proceeds of hay and clo-
yer seed, raised from fourteen acres of
land.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

WHAT ARE You Are you &C.
dars planted in the house of the Lord,
casting grateful shadow on those
around you; Are you palm trees, fat
and ffourishing, yielding bounteous
fruit, and making all who know you
bless you? Are you so useful that
were you once away it would not be
easy to fill your place again, but peo-
pie, as they pointed to the void In the
plantation, the pit in the ground,
would say: at was here that that old
palm tree diffused bis familiar shadow,
and showered his mellow clusters %
Or are you peg, pin, a rootless,
branchless, fruitless thing, that may
be pulled up any day, and no one ever
care to ask what has become of it
What are you doing? What are you
contributing to the worlds happiness.
or the churcl.'s glory? What is your
business DIR. Hamilton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

GARDENING IN THE EVENING OF LIFE.
i would recommend to evey man, es-
pecially in the autumn of life, to take
to gardening, if he has not already ex-
perienced its pleasures. Of all occupa-
tions in the world it is the one which
btsu UUmbiues repusc anu activity. 1t
is not idleness; it is not stagnation !;
and yet it is perfect quietude. Like all
things mortal it has its failures and its
disappointments and there are some
things hard to understand But it is
never without its rewards, and perhaps
if there were nothing but successful Gull
tivation, the aggregate enjoyment would
be less. 1t is better for the occasional
shadows that come over the scene. The
discipline too is most salutary. 1t tries
our patience and it tries our faith. But
even in the worst or seasons, there is
far more to reward and encourage, than
to dishearten and disappoint. There is
no day of the year without something to
afford tranquil pleasure to the cultivator
of flowers, something on which the mind
may rest-rest with profit and delight.
-CornhtU Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

God governs the world and we
have only to do our duty wisely, and
leave the issue to HIM.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

The strawberry season at Santa Bar
bara, CAL, opened January "A.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08
CALL I'D AND GET A POUND,

send by your neghbors, and you may be happy yet
Barton, RebruaryS, 1872.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

BEGINNING AT THE WRONG END.-in
colonial agriculture generally the nat
ural tendency seems to begin at the
wrong end. Instead of starting from
grass and the depasturing of stock, the
production of grain is made the starting
point By the continued production of
grain alone, the land becomes exhausted
and thereby unable to produce grass ex
cepf of the most worthless and innutri-
tious description. Now the rational
course would be to start from grass as a
basis, and in conjunction with this,
through green crops stock, and manure,
advance to grain then IA the course of
any rotation, back again 10 grass. The
laying down of cultivated land To- grass,
after coarse of cropping, may be kken-
ed to putting it to bed; of course the
more comfortable we make it the better
it will rest, and consigning it for time
to Natures sweet restorer, balmy
Sleep which, if | may be allowed a
slight liberty with poetic diction,-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

Swiftly on dewy pinion flies from fields
OF woe. too often cropped with golden grain,
And lights on slopes unruffied by plough.
The bare fallow is like poking up the
fire to make it burn away all the faster
But green crop put in with plenty of
muck, and fed off on the land, is the true
''roast beef of old England" and will
be followed by plenty of bread, and
cheese, and beer.-Joamol of CHEMISTRY
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-08

The Freewill Baptists of Maine
have organized State Mission Socie-
ty, obtained a charter from the Legis-
lature, and are ready to 60 to work
aiding feeble and destitute churches
and establishing new churches.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
WHAT NEWARK WANTS.
Free Roads, Free Bridges and Free Fountains
In Public Perks.

Free Roads, Free Bridges and Free Fountains
in Public Parks.
The live, enJerprlsing and progressive merchants
aud manufacturers OF Newark have at last come 10
the conclusion that free roads and free bridges be.
tween there and New York would be OF immense
value to the commerce of Newark. The HERALD
and the local press moved in the matter years ago.
but 1t Is only that the business men In Newark
nave fairly aroused from their lethargy. They held
a meeting at the Board Of Trade room on Friday
night, and re-echoed in speeches and resolutions
Just what has been dinned into their ears by the
press for q long time past. There Is now before the
Legislature bill providing for free road such as
Is wanted, but the railroad influence In that body
has not looked favoraDy on the matter for the
that this same railroad influence holds In It's
grasp the toll bridges and turnpkes which now unite
Hudson aud Essex counties. The most important
resolution passed by the meeting is setting forth
its approval or the bill alluded TO; ''Dut In our
opinion should be SO amended that the Commits
siOners named therein may purchase any or all OF
the present rOais, provided they can do on bet
ter terms than new road can be constructed"
At q meeting OF the Common Council 90, 900 was
appropriated towards the placing OF fountains In
the public parks provided citizens subscribed las
much MORGAN odd way OF doing business, con-
sderng that the cizens will have TO foot the entire
bill any case. f.. y
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17

sons translation carefully with the original or with
the work OF his English predecessors In the same
field. His hope that ne has added something to the
literature Of the country Is not presumptuous one.
But our translator is simply not well informed when
he says that his first draft was completed when az
yet no classical author had found o translator IN
this country" Horace was translated and pub
lished at Philadelphia before the beginning OF the
present century by an American. And the Had
OF Homer BY William Munford. was printed a.
cary as 1S46.
The LAND OF DEsOLArIoN: Being Personal Mar.
rative OF observation and Adventure In Greenland.
BY Isaac !. Hayes, M. ID. Illustrated New YORK:
Harper Brothers, 1872. 12m0, PIP. S57 '
Another OF Dr. Hayes excellent and entertaining
volumes OF Northern travel and adventure. Besides
his own experiences OF cold munger and fatigue,
with spice OF danger and excitement our author
gives us Q condensed chronicle OF Greenland
derived from earlier writer's. The literature Of
that frozen region, although not very copious. 10
authentic and highly Interesting. The continent
Of Greenland" as DR.. Hayes more than once calls
1t. contains nearly seventy thousand cubic miles Of
Ice. and is the property Of Denmark. II Mr.. Sew
ards pet project Of annexing the Danish West In
dies 10 our republic had not miscarried the next
objective point would probably have been Green
land. Whether this would have been for US a desira-
BILE acquisition not leave to the readers Of Dr.
Hayes 70 determine. a1eu'H go .laUl
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

"Thoughts on Paper Currency and Lending on IN
terest as Affecting the Prosperity Of Labor Com
merce and Manufactures" by William Brown
'Israe Mort, Overman: A Story of the Mine,n by
John saunders.
From Lee q Shepard, B0ston-"Northern Lands;
or, Young America IN Russia and Prussia" by VIII
liam L. Adams COnver' optic; "A slaver's Adven-
lures on Land and Sea" by william H. Thomas.
From CHM Brothers, Observation-Disclosures HIS
Life, Art and Characters with Historical Sketch
OF the origin and Growth OF the Drama in Eng
land" two volumes, by Rev. II. n Hudson.
From Roberts Brothers. Boston-'sThe THIEF I'm
the Night" by Mrs. Harriet Prescott sponord.
From D. Ogilvy, London, England-.'Talk and
Travel; or. Two strings TO Your Bow.n BY Biceps
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
A DOUBLE BURGLARY.

A Horse and 800 Worth OF silver stolen.
On last Wednesday evening the stable OF Abraham
Levy No. 400 West Twenty-seventh street. was
broken into, and q horse worth $3.50, belonging to
Abraham wormslock, Of 34s Seventh avenue was
stolen therefrom. Mr.. Levy yesterday went to the
Slxty-sixth street horse market, and there found
Peter DE Baum In the act OF selling the horse which
had been stolen from his staole DE Baum was
arrested AID arraigned al the Yorkve Police Court
where he was committed In default OF $500 bail.
On the same evening tnat Mr. LEWIS stable was
broken open and the horse stolen, his house was
entered and robbed OF several articles OF silver
valued at about one hundred dollars, but he does
not suspect De Baum OF this ROBBERY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
FIRE IN MARION STREET.

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the second
floor of the ave story building 40 Marion street. &C.
cupied by " Gathered b scheevoy as q heater man.
uactory. The third, fourth and fifth floors were
occupied by Ananson b Co., paper collar manufac-
turers The building was damaged 10 the extent
of $1,000; insured for $1,000. Goods to the
stock was insured for $780, 100 In various
companies. During the fire William Woods, fire.
n natchway. Inlurang nImself severely. He was
taken TO his nome By the men belonging to the en-
glue company. in'erra v.f tila.r .n Hct
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17

OF this dictionary were not reduced from sterling
TO United states currency. 1t is, OF course, some
satisfaction to the reader to learn that the tael OF
China Is worth &c. 3d., that the Russian roube
spelled ruble IN the "COin Book') ID valued at 49,,
and that the reicnsthaler Of Germany is worth 2s.
I'D. But 1t would be much more satisfactory to
have these amounts stated In dollars and cents,
which, IN book intended for American circulation,
should have Deen done. In the twenty-five pages
devoted to the Mint Of the United States, instead OF
giving the reader succinct history OF the estab.
lishment and It's branches, with an account OF pro-
cesses we are treated TO UerbdtDl reprint OF the
acts OF Congress regulating the Mint, from Bright
ly's "Dlgest Of the Laws Of the United States"
This is very dry bones indeed to the reader who
would lain hear the chink OF the dollars through O
graphic description OF that wonderful institution,
the United states Mint at Philadelphia. The plates
of coins are well chosen and well executed and the
work Is printed on the finest and heaviest paper
precisely adapted to the character OF the book.
LUcRBrrus ON THE NATURE OF THINGS. Translated
into English verse by Charles Frederick Johnson
with Introduction and notes. New York: DE witt
Q. Lent Il Co., 1872 12mo, PIP. 33a .s.'lJ
In this elegantly printed volume Mr.. Johnson
presents us with the first American rendering Of the
great poet OF the materialistic philosophy. At an
epoch when, more than IN any former age. the at
tentiOn OF thinking men and even Of the masses Is
directed TO the physical laws the translation OF
Lucretius may be regarded as opporIune. Distin.
gulsned by his accurate observation OF facts his
elevation OF sentiment and his contempt for super.
sttIOn the work OF the Roman poet may be regarded
protest against the religious errors OF antiquity
Scaiger pronounced him one OF the greatest II not
the greatest, OF Roman poets He has singular
depth and fervor Of thought, united to style Of
force and beauty. or ,rloe- isdsiurnlf
Leisure 10 wanting TO " 70 compare NJ. John
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
ANOTHER HoLD CATHOL1Cs
The French Able Michaud Interviewed
Hoiualiby a Herald Correspondent.

The Priests Views Of Infallibility and Ulramon.
tanism-Moving in Harmony with the Dollin-
ger Plan Of Reform-Alarmsd at the Power
Of the Pope-No New Church Rs-Estab-
hsh the Old One in All Its Purity
Numerous sympathissrs in the
Present Movement Within the
Church Who Keep Silent
for Certain Reasons
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
o Id L a v A q X.
Istcliurd Ada rms.


Captain Richard Adams o well-known mariner
and commander in the mercantile sailing and
steamship lines TO and from the port OF New York,
died at Havana on the night OF the 14th instant.
Few American travellers, none, we believe, OF our
more arstocratc tourists, but have been acquainted
with the bluf open spoken largo hearted and faiLn.
iul sailor at some time other during their Jour-
neyings, ana none VINO knew him In life but will
regret his removal by death. He was about sixty
four years OF age and suffered from sickness during
the past six months, the effects OF former attack
OF Chaeres fever asserting its mastery over his once
powerful frame with fatal effect
Captain Adams entered tue service OF Messrs
Spoford Tileston ship OF this city, In the
year 1883. He had previously sailed in the ship
India with Captain Garcia, whose monument now
adorns Greenwood Cemetery, and prOited vastly in
the requirement of practical professional expert
ence under his instruction. Messrs spoford Il
Company commissioned Mr. Adams first TO the
command OF the brig Dromi0 engaged in trading
between Havana aud New YORK. He was soon pro-
m oted to the deck Of the ship Adelaide and suDsc-
que tly TO that OF the steamship Union, plying be-
tween New York ana Charleston. He became very
popular on this route. lie had command next III
vessels OF the New York and Chagres steamship
hne and IN mail and passenger steamships OF the
New YORK and Havre mes. Captain Adams de-
lvered TO the Austrian Lloyd's at Trieste the ship
Cornell Leaving this vessel, he maze TWO trips 10
the East Indies as the special agent Of Spo1ord &c
Tlleston, and was thus engaged actively during q
space OF two years. During this time the Captain
had in his custody letters OF credit covering money
TO an amount which Is entrusted very seldom to an
individual agent going abroad. lie was rewarded
for his fidelity II the administration OF his mission
by being complimented highly and IN special terms
his return by the firm and owners on the manner
in which he discharged his peculiar duties In
reference thereto. AT this era IN his career the
Captain gave ample evidence OF the fact that he
possessed great mercantile capacity and shrewd-
ness business, along with his excellent qualities
as sailor. Returning TO New York from India
IN ufat In N
Havana, from which port she Is still running. He
retired from command OF the trading steamer
Eagle IN order to superintend the construction Of
the MOTTO Castle for the same firm. He COM
manded this vessel, with the exception
OF the last four or five voyages, TO the
lime OF his death; the MORO Castle having mean
while been sold TO the Atlantic Mail Steamship
Company engaged In the same trade Captain
Adams was at times very grun and blunt with his
friends and passengers, but none that ever once
sailed with hlm-and these were many OF our first
cuzens-Dut alterward sought the vessels under his
control. He was indeed, diamond IN the rough,
and possessed the most kindly feelings, ana his loss
Is regretted by q very wide circle OF friends the
Old World as well us the New.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17
Henry j. Howard.

This gentleman died at his late residence. No. g.
Clinton place, on Thursday 9Th Inst, in the 5Stn year
OF his age As q merchant he was very successful,
and his business transactions were marked by the
strictest integrity In the social circle mis- generous
nature and cnecrful disposition endeared him to q
large circle OF friends VINO mourn hls loss with ..
sincerity not often witnessed.