Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-02
MIR. STANLEY'S NILE.

geous visions raised by a poetical trav-
eler. Mr.. Stanley, the idol Of Ann
street, the eminent African traveller, the
discoverer Of faded navy cap and the |
sources of the Nile, is being subjected |
to q most cruel ordeal, to which the red
hot ploughshares of olden times are a
trife. After journeying thousands Of
miles, after enduring unheard-of imag-
inary) hardships, after escaping from
intermittent fever, poisoned arrows, sun
stroke and gorillas, the Herald explorer
only returns to the lands of civilization
to be doubted and sneered at. His very
name has been torn to pieces, and the
romantic Henry Stanley stands before
the world as plain John Rowland. Mr..
Stanley Rowland, however, should not
be disheartened. Although La Figaro
positively asserts that "Mr. Stanley has
not found DR.. Livingstone : although
M. Kiessert says that Mr.. Rowland's
story is ga lie from beginning to end y
although certain Lewis H. Noe calls
him a chief and ..forger;" Mr..
Stanley Rowland has advanced the well
fare of the New York Herald too disin-
terestedly to allow him to sink beneath
these weighty doubts.
After all, where is the great differ
ence whether African rivers arise in a
lake or in the imagination of the Ann
street explorer The Nile has proved
itself to be particularly treacherous in
these respects since the time of Herodo-
tus; and if our modern Munchausen by
the aid of Herald passport and an in
ventlve genius, have solved the difficult
ty, even at the expense of truth, such
newspaper enterprise" should be CON-
mended and not condemned There
cannot be the slightest doubt but that
European saOans are animated by the
most petty jealousies. They are anger
ed because the laurel wreath has been
snatched from their brows to adorn the
temple of a New World genius. The
objections of these antiquated maligncrs
are of the most trivial character thus,
according to Mr.. Rowland, many Afri-
can rivers run up hill in spite of the
laws of gravitation, and this assertion
is seized as a. pretext to dispute the cor
rectness of Henry Stanley's description.
The most uncalled for assertion. how
ever, is that the Livingstone letters are
a forgery, that the enthusiastic account
of African bellies with their straight
noses and pulpy lips is fiction, and
s that the earnest expostulations against
, the slave trade emanated in another
brain than that of the great English
missionary. 1t is further contended
: that DIR. Livingstone is neither an idiot
nor novelist, as his Herald letters
would prove him to be; that had tht
bona fide Livingstone spoken he woult
have told us more of his discoveries ant
less about Stanley Rowland and tn,
7 New York Herald that he would hav,
sent a few affectionate words to hi
; grieving relatives that had the rea
Livingstone forwarded the farrago o
nonsense to New York he would ais
have sent some communication to tn
"Royal Geographical Society" AS i
: is, DR.. Livingstone has not advanced
d single fact which may not be found eli
ther in his own works or those of Spek
and Burton; and the meagre account h
has forwarded is remarkable only fo
. its errors and school-boyish ignorance
d AS to Mr.. Stanley Rowland, if his al
). legged former companion may be believed
/ there is the most positive evidence c
) double-dealing against him. 1t is chare
ed that he forged the signature of hi
. superior officer that he stole from th
o Turks and then attempted to slay h
victims that he threatened his compar
e ion with death, and boasted of his ski
is in lying and knavery. These are SON
: of the charges boldly advanced by M
Noe of New Jersey. Meanwhile tt
n grand old Nile flows calmly in its bec
e. carrying great mystery in its ever
4. ripple. AS far as absolute knowleds
l. is concerned, we are doubtless as ign
le rant of its source as were the restle
. Greeks. We heartily wish that tt
! question were settled definitely. Egy1
20 and its sacred rivers are becoming rat
d, er tiresome; even the approaching Pre-
r idential election cannot keep them fro
our sight; but, for the present, ez
'h Mr.. Stanley Rowland. Boston Globe.
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OTAR OPANGLED DANNEh-I HIS IdVl
IL lite family paper for July has been /
ceived, and we are doing our readers
as service by calling their attention to
ur With the beginning of 1872 it was e
I'M larged to the same size as N. 7. Ledge
en- and appeared in an entire new dress.
egant new heading. border, type etc.
Is contains one-half more reading than fl
iff merly. and is greatly improved in eve
ny respect. This number contains sever
en- splendid stories, poetry, wit and wisdo
we sketches, knowledge in a nut shell, me
ey makers mirror. children S departme
health department, farm and farm
>" cooks corner, ladies boudoir. pen a
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