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TOMORROW.

Dreaming in the golden twilight,
Sits maiden young and fair,
While the shadows slowly lengthen,
Building castles in the air,
Dreaming of the coming morrow,
Brightest day in her bright life
All her love and trust rewarding
With the holy tltle-wife.
Dreaming, sits widowed mother,
Aged not by time but care.
Like the maiden. she Is busy
Building castles in the air,
Dreaming of the coming morrow,
Day long looked for, now so near
And she murmurs, "Ere another
Sunset, Charlie will be here"
Dreaming, sits student lonely,
In i,i- attic mean and bare,
Though man, ne, too, Ia ,r.,ilding-
Building castles in the air,
Dreaming of the coming morrow,
And the contest for the prize
What, though others strive, care not
Mine it is" he proudly cries.
Dreaming sits soldier youthful,
In his hand tress Of hair,
Gazing on it, he is building
Building castles in the air,
Dreaming OF the coming morrow,
WHEN, the din of battle DER,
Victor-crowned, to her who gave 1t.
He'll return, to part no more.
Tomorrow cometh, and the maiden,
Lonely, for false love weeps,
While the widowed mothers darling
Meath the blue wave soundly sleeps,
The student, disappointed, sees
The prize snatched by anothers hand,
The soldier, in the battle slain,
Fills grave in far off land.
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ALEXANDER JAMEsoN's ESTATE.
ATE OF VERMONT
GrIeans District. So

STATE OF VERMONT
= Orleans District, SO
In Probate Court held at Irasburgh, within and for
said district, the 18th day of April A. D. 1872:
William L. Jameson, administrator of the estate
of Alexander Jameson, late of Irasburgh in said dis
rc deceased makes application to said court together
with the consent appreciation othe widow and heirs
and guardian of minor heirs residing in this state, for
license sell all the real estate Of said deceased stua
ted in said Irasburgh described follows, to witt The
westerly half of lot No. l45 and all that part of lot No.
3S owned by said Jameson lying southery of the creek
and westerly of the center Of the adeadng from lras
burgh common to West Albany; also pews in the
Methodist church, representing that sale thereof
would be beneficial to all interested therein
whereupon, it is ordered by said court that said ap
plication be referred to session thereof to be held al
the Probate Office in Irasburgh, in said district the
sth day of May, A. D. 1872, for hearing and decision
thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication Of the same
three weeks successfully in the Orleans County Moni
tor newspaper printed at Barton, in said district
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place. and show cause,
any they may have why said license should not be
granted.
By the Court-Attest,
1917 L. S. THOMPSON, Register.
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NO. II.
GOOD ON BUTLER.

A rather amusing story is in circula-
tion at the expense of the gentleman
from Massachusetts, commonly called
''Old Strabismus." At the Presidents
levee the other evening. which was
pretty densely crowded, an old lady
from the interior somewhere, in faint
ing condition, requested her husband to
get her an ice.
Cant be did, responded her "hub.
with some irritation !; "there amt no re-
freshments here
"Don't believe it. Didn't we get.
plenty at BeIknap's the other night %
Il ----~4-a rraman said angrily: s.now 90
and get me an ice and some lemonade.
Il tell you now don't be fool there
amt no refreshments, everybody says
so,'' grunted the lord and master.
''You art mistaken, SIR said the
Hon. S. Cox, who happened to be near,
and who never loses an opportunity to
put in joke. "The President always
provides substantially. There is his
butler, whose business it is to show la
dies to the supper room, and the Hon.
little jester pointed to Gen. Butler
you'll find him little stuck up and
cross, but you mustn't mind that; tell
| I,,,1 o,of r-o,, ,;
This was so gravely said that the two
struggled through to where Gen. Butler
was talking with some ladies.
81 say, mister. I am told you are the
butler said the man.
II am Gen. Butler replied Old Sta
bismus pleasantly, thinking the two
country people filled with admiration
of his greatness.
81 don't care whether you are the gen.
eral butler or not, but my wife wants
some terrapins and lemonade
Sir snorted Old B. in amazement
and disgust.
'.Oh don't take on airs, old cock
Come, now, hurry up those terrapins. )"
"You must be drunk sir! you must
be drunk
'.No he amt" screamed the wife.
"He's Good Templar; he amt drunk,
but l guess you are.
Roars of laughter greeted this, in
which S. S. Cox was forced to join
General Butler Redeemed in the face
and began putting his cheeks out in a
IIIIrIIIIUI
| don't understand this extraordinary
conduct. What do you want sir, what
, do you want?''
: ''Terrapins, l tell you"
t "What do you take me for, you Cd
fool ?''
, "You call me a Cd fool and I'll
hit you on the snout," screamed the
man.
At this juncture an officer of the 20
lice seized the belligerent husband and
led him away amid much laughter
Butler, turning suddenly, saw the mis-
chief-maker.
|, 81 say, Cox, did you do that p
"Well, yes, I'm afraid | did.
= "Well, l owe you terrapins, and III
pay you, mind that-I'll pay you"
And the two walked lovingly away
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THE BLOODLESS DUEL.
BY TOM HOOD.

Now first they found a friend apiece,
This pleasant thought TO give,
That when they both were dead, they'd have
Two seconds yet to live,
To measure out the ground, not long
The seconds yet forbore;
And having taken one false step,
They took dozen more,
They next prepared each pistol pan,
Against the deadly strife;
By putting in the prime Of death,
Against the prime Of life.
Now, all was ready for the foes;
But when they took their stands.
Fear made them tremble so. they found
They both were shaking hands
Said Mr.. D. to Mr.. B.,
Here one of US may fall,
And, like st Paurs Cathedral now,
Be doomed to have ball.
do confess did attach
Misconduct to your name!
If withdraw the charge, will then
Your ramrod do the same?
Said Mr.. B., l do agree
But think of Honor's courts
II we be off without shot,
There will be strange reports.
But look the morning now is bright,
Though cloudy it begun;
Why can't we aim above, as if
We had called ont the sun!
SO up INTO the harmless air
Their bullets they did send
And may all other duels have
That upshot IN the end.
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pass.

FIRE WITHOUT FLAME.-An expert
menting Detroit chemist took piece of
threadbare cotton cloth, smeared it with
boiled linceed oil, and placed it in the
centre of chest filled with paper rags.
Although the room was not tight and
the weather was cold, there was a smell
of fire about the room in eight days
Unpacking it, the experimenter found
the rags half charred. In April he made
a similar experiment with a pair of
painters overalls, which he rolled up in
pine shavings and crowded in next to
the roof boards of house. In week
the smell of smoke alarmed a workman
in the next room, and the overalls were
found to be on fire. And during the
hottest weather handful of old cotton
rags, not smeared with oil, became hot
enough when hung up in a tin box in
the sun to light matches which had been
placed among them. These facts show
the necessity of caution when putting
away rags, especially when they may be
saturated with oil
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ney Rock, and between Julesburg and
Fort Laramie.
TILE SCENE OF THE TR AGEnY

Fort Laramie.
THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.
Here they paused to rest, and here,
in deep canon. walled by lofty rocks,
and lonely in immemorial, gloomy soli-
tude, the doomed man was persuaded to
take a monday sleep, from which the
waking was to be more terrible than the
most guilty dream. Drugged by liquor
which the other had given him in SEEM
ing convivial banter before he slept, the
doomed traitor awoke to find himself
SECURELY CHAINED, HAND, FOOT AND
NECK. TO A GREAT ROCK.
while before him, with eyes afame with
rage, stood the nro.norwrv 1rou "oFrsvS.-
so long and patiently for this atonement.
cat first, relates Western correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Press, repeating
the story 1.-the bound wretch thought it
was some rough joke practicing upon
his courage, and returned the glare of
his partners eye with a CHASTITY smile
but when the partner produced from his
pocket the midwinter letter, and read it
deliberately word by word to the hollow
echoes of the gloomy canon. the smile
disappeared in look of death S despair.
He confessed ALL and asked to be shot,
but the brother had another fate in store
for his victim. Coolly encamping by
the rock. he sat down
TO SEE HIS PARTNER sTARvE TO-DEATH.
On the third day the ill-fated man
signed the deed bequeathing all his prop
erty to the injured girl, and the brother
attached a fictitious name as witness of
the instrument, by the terms of which
he was made the executor of his part
ner's estate He then wrote letters say
ing he had fallen very i'll of fever on the
plains, and if he did not recover these
letters would be delivered by his beloved
partner. All this the infuriated brother
compelled the man to do, and then quiet
ly awaited the end.
DAY BY DAY THE PARTNER GREW WEAKER,
and the brother gloated over his misery
often reading to him the letter" So
chained to the rock. suffering untold
tortures of hunger and thirst, and with
the mocking cries of his executioner anc
the words of that letter ringing alternate
ly in his ears, this modern Prometheus
who had profaned the divine fire of friend
ship, dwindled to skeleton in his fet
tiers, and on the nlnun uay
DIED IN DELICIOUS TORRENTS.
1.-The avenger," concludes this strik
ing story, latter burying his victim
corpse in the sand, directed his journe,
to St Louis. There he gave out tha
his partner had died while on his wa,
through the Rocky Mountains. and i
, proof of the assertion delivered the let
tiers. The will was also proved, and tn
girl became the dead mans heir. Tw
, years afterward the brother was shot b
, Indians, and before he died
CONFESSED WHAT HE HAD DONE.
Some hunters visited the place an
| dug up the skeleton, around the nee
of which still was found the chain b
r which the man when living had bee
a fastened to the fatal rock. The spot
: still pointed out to travellers, and th
q tale told of how the brother day aftt
o day ate his meals in the presence of b
5 wretched prisoner, but would not giy
$ him so much as crumb. or cup of W;
r ter to quench his thirst"
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Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling Of an eye.
Water shall still more wonders do
Now strange-shall yet be true.
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at root of tree.
Through hills men shall ride,
And no horse, or ass be at his side.
Under water men shall walk
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen,
In white. in black, in green.
Iron in the water shall float,
AS easy as wooden boat.
Gold shall be found-and found
In land that's not now known.
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England shall at last admit Jew.
The world to an end shall come,
In eighteen hundred eighty one.
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A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.

The following, which is known as
Mother Shipton's Prophecy" was first
published in 1888, and re-published in
l641. 1t will be noticed that all the
events predicted in it, except that men,
toned in the last two llnes-which is
still in the future-have alread come to
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An army chaplain relates the follow
ing funny story: Seeing a dirty-faced
butternut urchin at the fence in front of
house, the preacher stopped. and said:
'.Is your father at home p
''No; he's gone to church.
''ls your mother in? 90
"No; she's gone too"
''Then you are all by yourself?"
"No; Sans in thar, huggin' the mig
ger gal"
That's bad p
''Yes, it's bad, but it's the best he can
dol"
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Four Coon HABITs.-Punctuality,
accuracy, steadiness and dispatch. With
out the first, time is wasted; without
the second, mistakes, the most hurtful
to our own credits and interest and that
of others, may be committed; without
the third, nothing can be done well !;
without the fourth opportunities or ad-
vantages are lost which it is impossible
to recall.
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A q RORINSON.
WII. w. CIRCUIT.

VXTHOLESALE dealer in Flour GRAIN w. 1. Goods
w Groceries, Lime, Plaster, Oil, Fish, Salt Iron
Steel, Nails, Glass; &C., Depot Store, Barton, Vt.
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VXYHOLESALE ana retail dealers in Flour, Corn,
w Pork and Lard, Pants and Oils, Hardware,
West India Goods Groceries, Butter and Cheese. Also
VIM L. Bradey's l. X. L. Phosphate and Sea Fowl Gu
ano
AARON TwoNBLY. j. L. TwoMBLY.
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A JOURNEY TO DEATH.

The idea seemed so plausible to the
younger msn that he approved it with
out hesitation, and started Immediately
with the protector on the overland jour
ney, accompanied only by a pack-mule
bearing provisions for the way. Trav-
cling many days in this style-the one
wholly unsuspicious of the others dark
purpose-the two men finally reached
the banks of the Platte, down which
they followed the overland trail to a
place called Bernard's Rancho, ON the
north fork of the stream, near the Chims
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w. w EATON.

A TTORNEY and Counseorat Law and Claim Agent
N Win attend the courts in Orleans and Caledonia
counties. Barton, VT
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THE MEMORABLE MONTH.-Apr. 1865,
will stand memorable in our history
above all other like periods of time
Here are the dates of the leading events:
April 1-Sheridan's victory at Five
Forks.
April 2-The grand assault at Peters,
burg.
April 3-Occupation of Richmond
6-Sheridan routes Lees forces.
9-Lee surrenders to Grant.
l2-Our forces occupy Mobile.
l4-Assassination of President
Lincoln:
April l5-Andrew johnson becomes
President
April 26-Death of the assassin Booth.
+" Surrender of Gen. John
ston's army.
April 29-Funeral of the President at
Washington.
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DEALER IN BOOTS SHOES, and findings ofthe
- best kind and quality. offered cheap for cash.
Store over A. & J. L. Twomby's.
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A TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chancery.
N Will attend courts in Orleans and Caledonia
counties Prompt attention given to collections
Greensboro, Vt.
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j, E. DWINELL.

UTHEELWRIGHT Carriage Maker and General
w Job Worker. Open and Top Buggies, and va
rious styles OF carriages always on hand. Glover Vt
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NKANUFACTURER and dealer in Furniture Of all
WI kinds and descriptions Carpets, Room Paper.
Curtains and fixtures also Cons and Caskes, Picture
frames Spring Beds &C. Glover Vt.
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A ell TwONIRLV.

MRS. GEO. G. DAVIS,
DANT AND VEST MAKER,
Barton Vermont
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j. IL. HOLTON, 81 co.

Kanufactures and Dealers in all kinds Of Harness
wi es Also Whips, Curycombs, Cards, Brushes
&c. Vacuum oil Backing, for SALE Barton, Vt. 7-3S
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MARTIN ARROTT.

j. NJ. CURRAN,
ID Barton, Vermont
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The Portland Star has plan for COM
pleting the Washington Monument. 1t
is that every applicant for Office under
the national Government be required to
lay one stone on that pile until it is
completed, and that no application can
be considered until it is endorsed by
the superintendent of that heap of stones.
Then the monument would be a truly
representative structure and would be
finished forthwith"
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DALE & ROBINSON,
II. WOOUDIAN

UAIIE N INUDINSVLN,
A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law, Barton, VT
"A GEO. DALE. j. B. ROBINSON
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Quantity Seed Barley for sale by J
w. HALL.
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MISS A. j. CUTLER,
M Barton, VT.
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DAINTER. Painting, Glazing, Graining. White
washing and Paper Hanging. All work done in
the best style and satisfaction guaranteed Saws filed
10 order.
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vi. j. SMITH,
PROPRIETOR of the Orleans County Marble Works
i Foreign and American Marble, Gravestones'
Monuments, &c.
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H. G.. STEVENS,
CURGEON DENTIST Barton Landing, VT.
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24
WHOLE NO. 992

BANKING ON THE WHITE Folks PLAN
Sam johnson, of New Orleans was a great
authority on the levee, and one day he called
his satellites together and addressed them on
the Importance Of adopting fiscal policy more
nearly resembling that which had raised to
opuience their Caucasian neighbOrs Mig
gers, said he, 'if you want to get rich, YOU
must save your money. You must have a
bank. Dat de way the de white folks does"
Ihese words Tell on a prOpitious soil. The
PROJECT went into swift execution, and the earn
ng: il!:. OF the week were promptly forthcoming.
'NlGgers, says Sam, "I'll be the de cashier:
you must post de money wild me, and when
you want any you must draw onto it. OATS
de way yde white folks does" All went merrily
for while, and the depoSitors were highly
elated about de bank" But by and by there
began to be trOuble-not with the deposits but
the drafts. 1t was found easier to get funds
into this model institution than to get them
out again. and Sam was compelled to face.the
angry customers and explain. Its all right"
! says he; de banks only suspended. and in
few days she will again resume: dat's de wav
de white folks does" This expedient lasted
but little while, however; suspicious of foul
play day by day increased, and the storm was
about to burst on the head of the great opera.
tor, when he found it expedent to gather once
Eore his iniuriated depositors, and face the
music frankly. "Niggers," said he, "dar
amt no use monin about it, De money's
spent, and de bank s broke and dats dc wav
de white folks does -
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24

DECISION REVERSED. Supreme Court
of the United States, in February, 1870,
decided, in the celebrated Hepburn case from
the Kentucky Court of Appeals, that the
Legal-Tender act was invalid in respect to debts
contracted prior to the date of the act-Feb
%, 1862. In this decision five of the Justices
concurred. and three dssented, the Court then
being composed of eight Justices. Since that
ii ne the Court has been practically re e1rganiz ID;
it now consists of nine Justices, and of the five
who in 1870 united in the decision one has
since died. The new members of the Court,
therefore, added to those who were previously
in minority. are now able to overruIe the
previous decision. and the Court on Monday
reversed that of 1870. Five Justices of the
nine concur in decision that the Legal Ten
der act does apply to preexisting debts. The
four Justices who agreed in the original opin-
ion adhere thereto, but are out-voted in conse.
Qucnce of the reorganization of the Bench.
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24

AN ADRoIT REPRooF.-A presiding elder
of the United Brethren Church was preaching
IN Minnesota, and was much annoyed by per.
sons talking and laughing. He paused, looked
at the disturbers, and said : am aIwavs
afraid to reprOve those who misbehave in
church In the early part OF ny ministry I
made great mistake. As was preaching, a
young man who sat before me was constantly
laughing, talking, aud almost continually
making uncouth grimaces. | paused and ad-
mlnlstered a severe rebuke. After the close
OF the service, one of the official members came
and said to me: Brother you made a great
mistake That young man whom you reproved
is an idiot. Since then have always been
afraid to reprove those who misbehave in
church, lest should repeat the mistake, and
reprove another idiot" During the rest or the
service, at least, there was good order.
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24

AN INDEPENDENT BEGGAR,-Tn a country
place in France the lady of one ofthe neighbcr-
ing chateaus was accustomed. as most French
ladies' are, to have what might be called her
beggars in ordinary" One of these was
waiting, few months ago, at the door of the
chateau at an early hour of the day. Having
gone to bed late the night before, the lady had
not risen betimes, and the beggar waxed impa-
tient. At last, turning to the footman, he said,
" How long dye suppose she'll be before she
comes p
Really, [ can't say" answered the servant:
maybe ten minutes, may be an hour and a
halt"
"Then I'll tell ye what it is" retorted the
mendicant she may provide herself with
another beggar Tell her that for me-
And so saying, away he went.
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24
If there be anything thoroughly childish, it


IF there be anything thoroughly childish, it
is the grief Of Southern man over the loss of
his two legged chattels. The Richmond Whjg
walls thus: We had property amounting to
$l50,0O0,000, hedged about by the sacred
guarantees of the Constitution, confscated by
the best Government the world ever saw. "
Now, nobody ever claimed that property in
slaves was anything more than a creation of
the law, l. c., the STAKEHOLDER had no natural
property in his men and women; Mr.. Clay
always argued the question upon this ground
That is property" he said, (which the law
makes property" To be sure, he argued that
the law creating such property was irrepeala-
BILE, but the event has shown that he was
mistaken. The law has been repealed, and
with its disappearance the slaves also have dis.
appeared The emancipation is the result of a
higher law; bot then it was precisely to this
higher law that the shareholders appealed
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24

A CONSCIENTIOUS DRUNKARD. .-Histo
records SO far as | am aware, but one person
who drank until intoxicated, upon pious princi-
ples and he was sturdy German baron, who,
when his wife demonstrated in whisper with
him at his own table. refused to listen to her
admonitioRs, for his guests might notice that
he passed the wine at his own board. At last
the good lady overturned all the lights.
" Throw your wine upon the floor" she again
whispered, mo one will see you" Nay"
he replied, God sees mel" Calling for lights,
he continued drinking until in glorously mel
low state he was carried to his bed.
Smyrna times., 1872-01-24
A man named VIM. Cullinscn, was senten

A man named VIM. CuIinscn, was sentenced
kerosine on ladies' dresses, at the corner OF
Broadway and Fourteenth ST., after night-fall.
Before passing sentence, Judge Bowling said
that there were over one hundred complaints
Of similar character against him, and in an
swer to the question if he had anything to say
in explanation of his conduct, he replied that
his only motive was dislike of woman. .His
Honor remarked, that he should suppose it
was the woman's dresses he disliked, rather
than the women themselves, whereat the
prisoner shook his head.