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

speakable.
Ewes droppings-fruit from the for
hidden tree
They say female compositors get
through their copy very rapidly, being
anxious to get the last word +
The Chicago Times says: The diffe-
erence is just this: st Louis is brick
city, but is settled by wooden men p
Chicago is wooden city, but its inhab-
itant's are ssbricks"
Some idea of the vastness of st. Pauls
Cathedral, London, is had in the fact
that no fewer than $4,000 persons were
under its roof on the occasion of the row.
al thanksgiving.
A negro on trial for murder in Ken
lucky, sharing the general belief that he
would be hung, sold his body to some
medical students, who waxed very wroth
when their fondly anticipated subject
was sentenced to six years imprison-
ment.
A LITTLE waif that was picked up in
Baxter street, Chicago, the other morn
ing was asked if he had mother, and
replied; Il dunno, but guess not, for
when | run away this morning the old
'uns Was quarrelin, and father had the
Ratchet
The Mississippi Legislature adjourned |
in order to allow the members to attend
the carnival in New Orleans, which re-
minds us that Judge Nutall of Frank
fort, KY, once adjourned his court in
order to allow the honorable members
to see the elephant Hannibal swim across
the Kentucky river. = Msutreesboro
| (Tenm.) Monitor
There was always something irresisti-
bly, comic in the story they used to tell
about a foppish passenger on a Missis-
sippi boat, who, ':just to have little
fun, jumped on shore at a landing, and,
drawing bowie knife, rushed up to a
gawky- Hooking fellow at wood pile, ex-
claiming. I've found you at last-you're
the man I've been looking for The
gawky, looking at him curiously half
second, then Strengthened out his arm
like jib-boom, and knocked the fellow
overheard into ten feet of water. Re-
suming his position against the wood
pile, he looked up at the deck of the
steamboat and drawled out, SIS there
anybody else on this boat looking for
me?
A HORRIBLE DEATH-On Thursday
evening, man named Robert Willard
started from Council Bluffs. Iowa, with
his team toward his home, few miles
in the country Missing his way in the
darkness, he drove over an embankment
eleven feet high, overturning the wagon
and disabling the horses. He was thrown
headforemost into hole about two feet
deep formed by the water, and the wag-
ON falling over him he could not extri-
cate himself. The wagon and horses
were Immediately almost covered by a
sand slide. Incredible as it may seem
he lived until morning, standing on his
head and suffering the most horrible
agony for nine hours. He was formerly
a man of large property, but now leaves
his family in destitute circumstances.
, While Lincoln Post was playing 1.-The
Drummer Boy in Washington last win
, ter, Gen. Logan, his wife, and several
friends occupied one of the private boxes.
In one scene, which presented the suffer-
ings of onr soldiers In a vivid manner,
Mrs. l.. was seen to put her handkerchief
; to her eyes in very suspicious manner.
The Senator rallied her little, remind
} ing her that it was only play, and
: nothing to cry about A little further
along, one of the battle scenes brought
the soldier to his feet, and, climbing
| half way out of the box on to the stage.
} the General forgot it was '.only play,
and, striking his cane violently on the
stage, he ripped out, $50 at them boys
Pitch into them! Gre EN- hell boys
r D-n EN-, Gre EN- He'll! %
; Our next royal visitor, according to
= the latest European mails, will be Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia man in
the prime of life, whose splendid militia
ry career invests him with an interest
which outweighs his title, and gives him
at home almost a warmer place in the
;. hearts of the German people than is held
,, by his cousin, Frederick William. the
crown prince. 1t is said the emperor
has often expressed to our minister his
wish to send over to US member of his
household He himself is now so old
that manifestly his son will not deem il
! safe to make long journeys from the
throne to which he may be called at any
moment. We hope the prince will bring
his wife along, too. for she is the fines
: looking dame of the German court; bu
probably he will come for pleasure
Hotchmon.
o BAD HABITs.-Understand clearly the
e reasons and all the reasons, why any
, habit is injurious. Study the subject til
e there is no lingering doubt in your mind.
Avoid the places, the persons, and the
thoughts that lead to temptation. Ere
quent the places, associate with the per
u sons indulge the thoughts, that lead
; away from temptation. Keep busy; =
: idleness is the strength of bad habits
d Do not give up the struggle when yor
5 have broken your resolution once, twice
ten times. or thousand times. Thai
: shows how much need there is for you t.
u strive When you have broken your res
: olution, just think the matter over, and
l. endeavor to understand why it was thai
> you failed so that you may be upor
6 your guard against a recurrence of the
: same circumstances Do not think it &
e little or an easy thing that you have un
u dertaken. 1t is folly to expect to break
; off bad habits in day. which have beer
) gathering strength in you for years.
il In Boston, many years ago, there lived