Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-12
A late advertisement. in an Irish pa

Jane O'Foggerty; she had in her arms
two babies and Guernsey cow, all black,
with red hair, and tortoise-shell combs
behind her ears, and large black spots
all down her back, which squints awful
ly.'
A singular case of larceny is report
ed as having occurred at a house on
Ann street, Newport, R. l.. where a ton
of coal was taken from the cellar, the
''man of the house" fearing to interfere,
lest he should get dose Of cold lead or
a touch of cold steel; nor did he dare
leave the house to notify the police, lest
he should compromise the safety of the
women folks.
Carroll county claims to have the big
gest man in Tennessee, in the person of
William B. Shaver. According to re-
cent measurement he measures around
the wrist eight and one-half inches;
around the arm, eighteen inches; around
the calf of leg, nineteen inches; around
the thigh, midway above the knee, thirty
three inches around the chest, five
feet; and around the waist, six feet
His height is six feet five and one-half
inches.
Throw away your cigar, sir, said a
porter the other day to gentleman who
was just entering one of the public
buildings with freshly lighted cigar in
his mouth but | have always smoked
here, was the reply. ''No smoking al
lowed you will have to throw away
your cigar The demand was grumb-
lingly complied with, and five minutes
after the gentleman coming out saw the
porter complacentlv finishing the fine
Havana which he had been compelled to
throw away.
A Wisconsin paper tells of young
couple bent so eagerly on matrimony
that they drove twenty-three miles in an
open wagon with the thermometer seven
teen degrees below zero, to get a certif-
cate Their hands, feet, noses and ears
were all more or less frostbitten, but
they got thawed out and united. They
then started to drive back again, and
have not since been heard of.
A gentleman of color working ON one
of the boats was asked the other day
whether he was best off now or before he
was set free. He scratched his wool
and said, 'Well, when l tumbled over
board before, the captain he stopped the
ship, and put back and picked me up !;
and then gave me glass of hot whisky
and water, and then gave me twenty
lashes for falling overheard. But now
if | tumble overheard, the captain he'd
say, What's dat Oh, only that darned
niger, go ahead. F"
A few days since the Omaha city ply
sician ordered red flag put upon a
house on Sixteenth street to indicate that
one of the inmates had the smallpox
Immediately thereafter a large crowd
collected in front of the house and was
being rapidly augmented, when a gentle.
man passing had his curiosity excited
sufficiently to inquire what the gather
, ing was for. The reply was that they
were waiting for the auction to com
mence. When the real significance O
the flag was understood, the crowd dis
persed much more quickly than it had
6 assembled.
7 Few people really realize how man,
, acres are unoccupied in the great West
l There are eleven Territories, two or thre,
e of which are twice or three times a
, large as all New England and it is !;
: small territory that is not at least tel
t times as large as Massachusetts,. Colo
d RADIO is thirteen times as large as Massa
chusetts, while Dakota and Arizona ar
, half as large again as Colorado. TIL
n eleven Territories contain over one bill
It lion and quarter acres, exceeding b
d nearly two hundred thousand squar
II miles the aggregate territory of all pres
= ent admitted States of the Union. Th
d territory of Alaska contains 500, 629,60
is acres.
4 CURE FOR FELoN.-Of all paint
It things can there be any so excrutiating
d ly painful as bone felon? We kno
,e of none that flesh is heir to, and as til
v malady is quite frequent and the subje'
" of much consideration we give the late'
d recipe for its cure, which is good autho
e. ity, the London Lancet:
i GAS soon as the disease is felt, put d
ic rectly over the spot fly blister, abo,
" the size of your thumb nail, and let
: remain for six hours, at the expiratic
to of which time, directly under the su
face of the blister, may be seen the fe
S. on, which can instantly be taken o.
r, with the point of a needle or lancet
IF A penniless young lawyer asked
n millionaire for his daughters hand
~ 81 shall give my child hundr,
. thousand dollars on her wedding day
. answered the merchant cit is pref
at At little sum; enough to provide brea
ID fasts for the family. Now will you ha
- the kindness to tell me how you propo
- to furnish the dinners 90
7 ''Oh, for that matter" returned t
Va unabashed youth, ''those who ha
- breakfasted so we'll will not need al
:; dinner at ALL"
MS Old Pacific coasters will remember t
jolly ride Hank Monk gave Hora
Ut Greeley over the Placerville road, at t
IN time the white-hatted philosopher ma
d his celebrated overland trip to Californi
81 some twelve years ago. The Cars
de Register, in describing beautiful Ian
&C. scape painting, says: ''In the foregrom
an is stage headed for Placerville, al
10 drawn by six horses under full trc
Ire with Hank Monk on the box, and He
.err ace Greeley with his bald head out
ed the window of the coach, and look
ed terror, mingled with supplication. on
e. countenance. =" Hank Monk cut out t
ue article and enclosed it to Greeley, wi
OF the following marginal note: