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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

How 1T Is ACCOMPLISHED
item is now pervading the American
press describing the wonderful doings
of ''Herr Holtum, the Prussian Her
cules," now exhibiting in England.
A cannon is drawn into the hall where
he exhibits by two horses; he takes
his stand twenty or thirty feet from
the muzzle; it is fred. The concus-
sion shakes the building; when it
clears away he is found unhurt, hold
ING the marked cannon ball III his
hands. 1t would seem at first that
this heroic performer should be en-
gagged as catcher by professional
base ball club, but his feat is, unfortu-
nately for his reputation, neither nov
ell nor difficult. 1t was certainly per-
formed in Englad i'll 1916, and this is
the naodus operaaadi: About two
ounces of powder are placed in the
gun, then the ball is rammed home
then the balance of the charge is put
in. When the gun Is fired all the
powder is ignited, and the flash, smoke
and report are orthodox, but the bal
receives repulsion only from the small
quantity of powder behind 1t, and il
thrown but very few feet. So &C
'curately could the force be estimated
that at an experiment in England il
1916, twelve-pound ball was thrown
against board fence so as to leave 4;
slight dent on it without knocking i
down.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

CHRISTIAN AssOCIATION.-The Young
Ladies Christian Association of the City
of New York has been established two
years. TWAS formed by a number of mar
ried and single ladies, whose purpose
was to assist their sisters who are not
so fortunate in life as themselves. The
class which this Association endeavors
to reach is composed of women, many of
them of refinement and culture, who
have suddenly been reduced from affiu-
ence to poverty, and find difficulty in
obtaining honorable occupation. sur
rounded as they are by the numberless
temptations of this metropolis. The As
ISOLATION already has a library, a sew
ing-school and an employment bureau
for the benefit of these women. There
are $4,000 more women in New York
than men, and there are tens of thous-
ands of women who have to labor hard
to support themselves and children; and
when one knows 1.-THE of the Difficult
ties usually met with in finding honora-
BILE employment for women, it is hardly
necessary to say that this society COM
mends itself to every Christian and
claims the sympathy and cooperation of
all good people.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
LIVE AND LEARN.

Among old farmers, as well as all
other old people, there is feeling of
being too old to learn. Some object to
reading papers and books on improved
modes of agriculture; they refuse to try
experiments in new things or old, be-
cause forsooth they are too old to learn;
they give no thought to the light of the
age, to improvements in crops, stock,
implements, because they fancy they are
too old to learn they seem to think it
is task to learn after one has seen the
sun of life at its zenith. Now all this
see-saw about being too old to learn is
mere twaddle While the lamp holds
out to burn one should always strive to
learn. Learning should be the business
of life, and nowhere more so than among
farmers. Some old men have had right
views of living and learning: Socrates
when very old learned to play on mu-
steal instrument: Cato at eighty learned
the Greek language: Plutarch when
nearly eighty commenced the study of
Latin Boccacio at thirty-fve commenc-
ed the study of polite literature Sir
Henry Spelman commenced the study of
sciences when nearly sixty; Ludovice
when lis wrote the memories of his own
time; Ogilby, the translator of Homer
and Virgil, was unacquainted with Lat
in and Greek till he was past fifty /;
Franklin did not commences his philo-
sophical pursuits till he was about fifty !;
Accorso, an eminent lawyer, being asked
why he commenced the study of law so
late, answered that indeed he began it
late, but therefore he could master it
the sooner Dryden at nearly seventy
commenced the translation of the Hid,
and his most pleasing productions were
written in his old age; Milton wrote his
grandest works when quite old +; and our
own Benton acquired his literary fame
after spending thirty years in congress,
and just on the eve of his election to the
great congress above. History is full of
such instances, and yet the impression
everywhere prevails that what is learned
must be learned when young. This is
a mistake; live and learn should be the
motto of every one, and most especially
SO in this learning age. Fathers and
mothers should set examples of learning
to their children. We write especially
now for farmers ; they have need to live
and learn, and in order to learn while
they live, they should secure and read
the best papers and books ON their pro-
fess;on. Agriculture is becoming sci
ence as well as an art; it is knowledge
as well as labor; it requires mind as
well as muscle to prosecute it. The
farmer in times to come is to be the gen.
ius of intelligent labor, by which the
fields are to wave their golden harvests,
and human life be Afforded and honored.
-Rurai World.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

JEFFERsoN's TEN RULEs.-Jeffer-
sons ten rules are good yet, especial
" so for those who have the training
of the pupils in our public schools
They are so short and concise, and
embody so much of value, that it
would be well if they were clipped
and put where we could see them of
ten. They read as follows:
1. Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do to-day.
2. Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before
you have it.
4. Never buy what you don't want
because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs more than hunger,
thirst and cold
6. We seldom repent Of having eat
en- too little.
I. Nothing is troublesome that we
do willingly.
s. How much pain the evils have
cost us that have never happened.
8. Take things always by the
smooth handle.
10. When angry, count ten before
you speak; if very angry, count ;
hundred.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

~ man in Robertson county Texas.
has farty-on living children. Sixteen
of them served in the same company in
confederate regiment during the war
He is now living with his eighth wife,
and is sixty-fve years old
Biologists affirm that the eastern shore
OF the United States is sinking into the
ocean at the rate of about one-sixth of
an inch per annum, or sixteen inches
every hundred years. The Island of
Manhattan goes under at the rate of sew
enteen inches per year.
A well-known saloon keeper in Cohoos
made a bet one day last week that he
could eat mouse which some parties
had just caught in his saloon. The bet
was So. To the utter astonishment of
all present the man ate the mouse, body,
tail, and all, and that, too, before life
had become entirely extinct
A minister at colored wedding, who
wished to be humorous, said: ''On such
occasions it is customary to kiss the bride,
but in this case we will omit it" To
which ungallant remark the bridegroom
pertinently replied: .'On such occasions
it is customary to pay the minister $40,
but in this case we will omit it.
The other day crazy chap got into
the gallery of the House of Representa-
tives at Washington, during debate ON
the tariff, and was taken out by the Ser
geant-at- Arms, who told him that he
was out of his place in that gallery.
''That's so, said the lunatic, Il ought
to be down there among the free traders :"
Not so crazy as he seemed
An editor out in Cicero, Indiana, on
taking charge of the New Era, greets his
readers with this salutatory: at is the
fashion of an editor to write long in
PRODUCTION on taking charge of paper
but as we are well acquainted with near
ly every man in the county, it Is only
necessary to say that we intend to do as
we please, and announce that our motto
is two almighty dollars year, in add
vance.
At one of our churches, Sunday, while
the organ was playing vociferously, a
good lady whispering to her neighbor in
the pew, had to raise her voice quite
high in order to be heard. Suddenly
the organ changed from loud to soft,
when the lady, not taking note of the
organ, was heard to say to her friend,
1--WE fry ours in butter. Perhaps the
congregation didn't smoker !-Lewisto,a
(lKe.) Journal.
Two newsboys were standing before a
cigar store, when one asked the other
"Have you got three cents 2" "Yes. ;
well, | have got two cents; give me
your three and will buy 'fve-center. .
'All right says No. 2, handing out
the money. No. l enters the store. pro-
cures the cigar, lights it, and puffs with
great deal of satisfaction. Come
now, give US pull" says No. 2; q
furnished more than half the money
81 know that says the smoker, ''bu
then I'm president, and you being only
stakeholder, yost can spit"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

OF all the love affairs in the world,
none can surpass the true love of big
boy for his mother. 1t is a love pure
and noble, honorable in the highest de-
gree to both. do not mean merely a
dutiful affection. | mean a love which
makes a boy gallant and courteous to
his mother, saying to everybody plainly
that he is fairly in love with her. Next
to the love of her husband, nothing so
crowns woman's life with honor as this
second love, this devotion of the son to
her. And never yet knew boy to
turn out" bad who began by falling in
love with his mother. Any man may
fall in love with fresh-faced girl, and
the man who is gallant to the girl may
cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the boy who is a lover to his moth
er in her middle age is a true knight
who will love his wife as much in the
sere .leafed autumn as he did in the
daised spring-time.-"An Old Boy" IN
Hearth and Home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

There is absolutely no bottom to
the pit Of degradation INTO which men
voluntarily throw themselves. A sa-
loon keeper named Holmes, in Galva,
ILL.,, was on a continuous drunk for
ten days, during which time his horses
were left to starve in a barn we'll fill
ed with hay. The furnished animals
devouring their manager, stalls, and
each others mains and tails, until
they had not strength to gnaw, and
sank down and died. The relative
position of such man and his horses
is not unfairly depicted in the life of
Yahoos and Houyhnmyhums by the
terrible satirist who wrote the 'sAdven-
lures of CULVER"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

AN EXTRAORDINARY ABDUCTIoN.-Mr
Strong, last season, made several hun
bred ascensions, some of which were
fraught with narrow escapes. In the
ascension which Mr.. Strong made from
Shellbiar, Mo-, he met with a peculiar
adventure. All was ready for the aerial
trip, and just as he was about to step
into the basket, some of the ropes let 90,
tripping him up, and he hung by his
legs. tangled in the cords. For mo-
ment the balloon swayed to and fro, and
Mr.. Strong grasped at the first object
that came within reach, and that was a
lady, catching her about the waist, just
as the balloon leaped into the air. Up
they went in this strange position, with
the crowd looking on in breathless hor-
ror. The lady thus unwillingly taken
up tainted and hung dead weight in
his arms, but Mr.. Strong kept his pres
ence Of mind, and at last made the de-
scent, landing the lady safely amid the
cheers of the assembled throng.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
IMMENSELY OF CRE,T1oS-Astrop

IMMENSELY OF CREATIoN.-Astron-
omers have computed that there are
no less than 75,000,000 suns III the
universe. The fixed stars are all SIMS,
and have, like oAr sun, numerous III :
cts revolving around them. The so
lar system, or that to which We ',elong,
has about thirty planets, primary and
secondary, belonging to if. The cir
cular field Of space which it occupies
is in diameter 3,6a0,n00 of miles, and
that which it controls is much great
er. That sun which is nearest neigh
Dor to ours is called Sirius, distant
from our sun 22,000,000,000 of miles.
Now if all the fixed stars are as distant
from each other as Sirins is from our
sun, and if the solar system be the av-
erage magnitude of all the systems of
the 100000 of suns, what magma
ton can grasp the immensely of crea-
tion
Every sun of the 100000 con-
trolls a field of space of about 10000
900 of miles in diameter. Who can
survey plantation containing 10000
600 circular fields, each of then 10000
600 miles III diameter? Such how
ever, is one of the plantations of Him
who has measured the water in the
hollow of his hand, and melted our
heaven with span, and comprehen-
ded the dust of the earth in a meas
ure, weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in balance Him who,
sitting upon the orbit of the earth,
stretches out the heavens as curtain
and spreadets them out as a tent to
dwell in!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
2fericmlfural Department
I. d. R. COLLINS Editor.
UTILITY OF RECORDING EXPERT.
MENTS.

Progress is the result of many fail
ures, with partial successes. obtained
only by slow and persistent effort. Moth
ing of all that makes up the sum of hu-
man comfort, however complete it may
seem, is incapable of improvement. This
is true of the steam engine, the telegraph,
the printing press, the loom and the
pillow. 1t is sad to think that mankind
loose more than they retain, because sue
cessful experiments were unrecorded,
occasioned by poverty, carlessness or
selfishness of the discoverer, or his Sc
cret dying with him; sometimes from
other and various reasons.
With farmers nearly everything is of
the nature of an experiment, either as a
science or an art. In consequence of
the uncertainty of the season, it may
never be otherwise. But as something's
are determined, it is reasonable to sup
pose that others may be. Some of the
most common operations of husbandry
are undecided. Take that of pruning
apple trees, for instance There is only
one agreement as to when 1t should not
be done, About blowing there is a great
diversity of opinion, particularly as re-
CARDS depth for different soils and plows
to be used. When to cut grass is an
other mooted question, presenting a
great variety of views; one thing only
being settled-that hay must be made
when the sun shines. When to cut tim
Der has been discussed time out of mind,
yet who knows anything positive about
it? This topic, like others, remaining
as undecided as ever. So illustrations
might be multiplied almost indefinitely.
At first thought it may seem strange
that there need be diversity of opinion
upon subjects with which every one is
supposed to be familiar. The difficulty
is just here What too often passes fol
opinion is prejudice, guess work, tradi-
ton or heresy. By repetition, a guess
becomes opinion, based on worthless
foundation, and for this reason tenacious.
ly held to. If farmers would keep &C
curate records of their work, they would
be benefited, and ultimately the commu
nifty likewise. If a record is made o.
the time for pruning trees and the result
of the same, of blowing time, condition
of the soil and weather, the telling O.
timber and for what purpose used, the
cutting of grass, time and kind, and fec
how; all this would involve but littl,
labor, and the results would be of tn
| greatest value.
Taking these several records for data
something of real utility could be deter
mined To limited extent this is be
ing done-an encouraging fact-but tn
advancement is slower than if the inter
est were general. For lack of systemat
ic action, farmers grope in the dark, n
wiser in many respects than their ances
tors; for in some branches of agricul
ture, knowledge is at stand still. n
other department of industry is so lag
gard. Facts, not theories, are wanted
and if all could see it and do his part
ere long results would be obtained SET
Ting many vexed questions, which ca
never be done by hap-hazard guess-worl
Boston Cultiuat0r.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

S. J. Bestor. an eccentric gentleman
of Hartford, Conn, regularly stamps all
letters held for postage in that city, at
taching to the envelope printed state
ment of the fact The responses he has
received would fill large volume. A
resident of Elizabeth, N. J., writes that
Marcus l.. Ward became Governor Of
that State through that course. A Bos-
ton burglar says: 'Bestor, you're gen.
tleman; | am, no matter what, but |
got a letter you stamped just in time to
dodge the beaks and be off Here's a
stamp, and, if | ever happen in Hart
ford in a professional way. shan
crack your bin if | know myself"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
A Manhattan, Kan..) paper sa,


A Manhattan, (Kan.,) paper says
A few days ago an eagle descended
upon the head of little Swede boy,
about ten years old, who lives near
the head of the Wild Cat, and under
took to carry him off. He fastened
his talons i'll the boys cap, but the
youngster instead Of rising in mid air,
caught the eagle, and, after long
and severe struggle, succeeded in kill
ing him. He measured eight feet from
tip to tip. When the lad reached
home he was taken to task for not
bringing in his assailant alive, but re-
piled. q was not going to let him
eat me up"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

CARE OF Stock IN WINTER.-The
farmer who stints the feed of his stock,
or fails to provide proper shelter during
the winter months in order to save some
thing to carry to market, is foolish; the
farmer who feeds his stock well through
the winter months, is WISE One makes
his stock bring price far more than the
cost of the extra feed given the other
has the pleasure of seeing his neighbor' S
stock sell readily at the highest market,
while his own is slow of sale, and at a
reduced price.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

ARENAS Ward was on a slow Califor-
MIA train, and he went to the conductor
and suggested that the cow ketcher was
on the wrong end of the train; for, said
he, "You will never overtake COW, you
know, but if you'd put it on the other
end, it might be useful, for now there's
nothin' on earth to hinder a COW from
walkin' right in and bitin' the folks y
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

PASTURES. WooD.-How many are
ready to accept the proposition of Horace
Greeley, that pasture third part
covered with wood, will afford more feed,
than the same land without trees ? Ours
is an excessive climate, and our lands
require much protection from summers
heat and winters cold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

A Yankee in England, being annoyed
by the constant Boosting as to the supe-
riority of English girls, finally silenced
laudation by declaring ''that he had a
gal in Boston, only eleven years old, who
could chew gum in seven different Ian
guages with her eyes shut
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

The Roman Catholics of Chicago, says
the Chicago Pulpit, are preparing to re-
build their churches and schools DESTROY
ed by fire. Their losses were very Sc
we're, and it will require Bishop Foley
best energies and prudence to make them
good again. 1t is rumored that but for
his urgent duties there, Bishop Foley
could have had the Archbishopric made
vacant by the death of Archbishop
Spaulding, of Baltimore.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
WANTED.

100000 feet of sIce Spruce lumber, cut 10
feet long IA inches thick without regard to width
and 100 600 feet of Hard Wood Lumber. same length
and one inch thick Also quantity of Eastwood, by
c. H. OWN ELL,
Dealer in all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood Lumber
Office in Skinner IL Drew sbuding, Barton, VT.
Barton, January 4. 1872 1T
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

A friend who did the Colorado noun
tains last fall has informed us that he
got as ravenous as a raven among the
ravines, and sat down in one of the gor-
geous gorges and gorged himself.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

A feeble reed becomes in the hand of
omnipotence rod Of iron, with which
the mountains may be threshed, or the
nations dashed in pieces,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
THE BURDEN BEARER.
BY REV. c. W. DESIsoN

Come, my soul, forget thy sadness, =.
Pine with grief and care no more;
Wake thy grateful song of gladness,
Caught from yonder happy shore.
Though thy day be lone and weary,
There shall come the rest of night;
Anthems. sweet, and pure, and CHEEKY,
Greet thee from the world Of light.
Saints have gone where thou art going;
All thy path their feet have trod;
AMI their footprints still are glowing
With the radiant smile Of God.
Look to Jesusi See him languish
Through life of burdened years!
See his garden-cup of anguish
See his cross Of blood and tears
See him in the grave OF mortals,
Buried, shrouded, all aonei
See Him burst deaths rocky portals
See Him on his Fathers throne!
o my soul with Jesus near thee,
Pine not, sigh not, nor despair;
In all sorrow never fear thee
Christ shall every burden bear.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

Josh Billings says: 'Praze and abuse
are both good in their place, but if |
can't have but one give me the abuse. +"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

To SHAVE SCIENTIFIcALLY.-As men
continue to shave and to be shaved, we
transfer to our columns the following
brief essay upon shaving, which is from
the pen of celebrated author:
Never fail to well wash your beard
with soap and water and to rub it dry
Immediately before you apply the lather,
of which the more you use, and the
thicker it is, the easier you will shave
Never use warm water, which makes
a tender face In cold weather place
your closed razor in your pocket or I'M
der your arm to warm it. The moment
you leave your bed (or bath) is the best
time to shave.
always wipe your razor clean, and
strop it before putting it away; and al
ways put your shaving brush away with
the lather on it.
THE razor (being only very fine
saw should be moved In sloping or
saving direction, and held nearly fat to
your face, care being taken to draw the
skin as tight as possible with the left
hand, so as TO present an even surface.
and to throw out the beard
THE practice Of pressing on the edge
of a razor in stropping soon rounds it
the pressure should be directed to the
back, which should never be raised from
the strop. If you shave from heel to
point of the razor, strop it from point to
heel; but if you begin with the point in
shaving, then strop it from heel to point.
''If you only once put away your
razor without stropping it, or otherwise
perfectly cleaning the edge, you must
no longer expect to shave we'll and easy,
the soap and damp so soon rust the fine
teeth and edge.
"A piece of soft plate-leather should
always be kept with razors, to wipe them
with.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11

AN ENGINEER S ExpERIENoE.-Accord-
ing to the Niagra Falls Gazette one of
the night engineers in the New York Cen
trail yards at Suspension Bridge expe-
rienced two radically different sensations
in very brief period of time a few nights
ago. While running his engine he OBJ
served man on the track in the imme-
diate front, but too late to give the sig
nal of warning before passing the spot.
The ponderous machine was stopped as
soon as possible and the trembling engi-
neer took the back track with gloomy fore
bodings to look up the corpse. His feel
ings can probably be better imagined
than expressed when he met the object
of his search coming to meet him with
fists doubled up, and other indications
not favorable to the bodily comfort of
the engineer. A speedily executed right
about-face movement was made, and the
engineer understanding his wrathful pur-
suer, reached his engine and fled lnglo-
riously from the scene.