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Down at the beginning of the long
street was black, ow-browed house, like
many others here, with a shop in the
lower story, or, more properly, two, since
one window was occupied by watch
maker, and the other displayed pins,
needles, spools of cotton, and such small
wares. Above were two or three rooms
with slanting sides, where a deformed
girl--a pitiful object to look at-lived
with her mother, earning enough by sew
ing to put bread into their mouths and
scanty covering upon their backs-no
more. Vesey employed them; from pity
mostly, since her work could have been
better done elsewhere. She stepped out
of the sleigh here at dusk one night, and
ran up the stairs, roll of work in her
hand. She had to wait a moment, so she
sat and talked with the girl, who was
young like herself and yet not like her.
self at ALL 1t made her happier in the
happy lot that had sometimes wearied
her. 1t made her thankful for her strong
young life, which she had never named
among her blessings, and it shot CLEAN
of pleasure through the girls dark days.
1t was poor room, with paper torn
and soiled, and of many patterns upon
the walls with the bare boards of the
floor yawning, rising and falling uneasily;
with the dim light struggling thro' uncur-
tanned windows that peered from under
thieves like eyes from overhanging brows.
In one of these windows forlorn canary
in broken cage--a brown little bird
with rufled, unkempt chirrup-
ed feebly, like moan. A low voice, in
a continuous murmur, fell upon Vesey S
ear. 1t seemed to come from the next
room.
''What is that %
"That' The girls pale face grew
bright. '.It's the minister, Mr.. Hayes.
He comes and prayes with mother, now
she's sick" The light died down again
The room became all at once like q
church, solemn and still, as the low voice
rolled on and on, like river far away
The girl laid down her work. Even the
bird forgot its moan.
The voice ceased. She heard his steI
upon the stair. 1t was but second ht
could not have reached the street, when
shrek came from the room he had left
The girl sat like one paralized, Vesey
threw opened the door. A swift line o
light ran all adown the bead. It burs
into fame. in the midst of which tn,
sick woman struggled. The overturned
candle at her head told the story. I
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08
WHAT JIMMY GOT FROM THE TOP
OF A TREE.

1t was at watering place. country
hotel, where there was spring of horri-
BILE water. which tasted like-well [ can't
think of anything disagreeable enough
to compare it to-where all this hap
pened. 1t was at the end of the season,
and the fall winds were beginning to
blow, and most of the ladies and gentle
men who had been spending the summer
enjoying the pure air and making believe
to enjoy the horrible water, were expect
ing to depart in day or two. On the
particular afternoon of which am writ
ing, a large portion of the company were
out on lawn, and several of them had
croquet mallets in their hands. But they
were not playing They were all gathered
around a tall pine tree, which stood in
one corner of the lawn. This tree had a
very long, slender trunk, with a few
branches, almost at the very top. And
on one of these branches there hung a
lady's hat-a pretty little hat trimmed
with flowers and lace, with blue veil,
which was now wrapped around and
around the branch. This hat had just
been whirled from the head of the young
lady who owned it, by sudden gust of
wind This lady was very much annoyed
by the accident.
It's too bad," said She Il am going
home tomorrow, and this is the only hat
| have to travel in. And l can't wait
here until can send to the city for an
other
No said she. 4 don't want to travel
in bonnet, OF a straw hat, either Can't
somebody get my hat down.?
Look here. boys, cried one of the gen
tlemen, to some of the walters who were
just coming out of the house, III give a
dollar to any one who will get that hat :
The walters then came down to the
tree and one of them started to climb it.
But he found it hard job. The bark
was smooth, for pine tree, and by the
time he had gone up fifteen or twenty
feet he was glad to slide down again.
The gentleman now doubled his offer,
and another tried, and another, but nei-
ther climbed as high as the first man.
Then another gentleman added two dol
lars to the prize, and more walters came,
and also boys from the hotel and the
neighborhood, and they all tried and all
failed. By this time there was quite a
lively crowd around the tree and a young
man in a red necktie said it was real jol-
ly-ever so much better than croquet
Then three more gentlemen added tw,
dollars each to the prize, and the excite
-ment became intense. Evrybody who
could climb at all tried the tree, but nc
one got one-third of the way up. Then
as it was necessary to keep up the fun
and his money seemed very safe, the
young man in the red nec-tie offered five
dollars more. And just at this moment
Jimmy Clark came running down to sex
what was the matter. Jimmy was about
eleven years old, bright, smart fellow
and as active as cat. His mother wa,
! a widow,w lived on a very little farm
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at cools your eyes, you see, and rests
you some way" vouchsafed one man, by
way of explanation.
The evening was half over. Darrell
had been her shadow. She was tired
tired of his eyes that followed her which
ever way she turned; tired of his hatter-
ing words; tired Of HIM. He moved
away at last Then, and not until then,
she saw Paul All the maidens plumed
their gay feathers as he walked down the
hall. But he came straight to her.
care you we'll enough to be here p
without word of greeting, as though
they had not parted ''You frightened
me with your white face just now.
Il was tired. 1 wanted to go home. :"
/. 'Will you go now % he asked, quick
ly. care you strong enough to walk %
go yes
"Then come"
1t was strangely pleasant to be bidden
to follow meekly.
They had reached the stairs descend
ing to the street when they met Darrell
Winslow.
''Vesey! where are you going?" He
scowled and nodded at Paul.
"Home.'
But it is beginning to rain, and you
have no cloak Go back, and I'll get the
carriage" He laid his hand upon the
wrap over Paul's arm. Paul looked at
Vesey. What did he read in her face
'Let Miss Welles decide" he said, in
hard. strange voice. He was trying to
be calm-to keep his hands from this
man who had suddenly come between
them. He turned to Vesey again. His
face was very pale; his eyes were full Of
pleading. "Think moment. VIII you
ride with him, or will you walk with me p
She did not speak. She only smiled
and laid her hand within his arm.
He would have been more than human
to have kept back the triumph in his
eyes.
Darrell stared; then wheeled and left
them, with an oath upon his lips.
but think moment" Paul's voice
grew more gentle now. 'It will be 6
long, long road-a road that has no turn. ,
But she still smiled.
ga rough way perhaps, and your fee
are tender"
Il will walk with you," she said
Sc'smer's Monthly.
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The Spring and early Summer wore
away, One letter came from Darrell.
A letter such as he might have sent to
any chance acquaintance, full of hints of
gay doings here and there-nothing
more. One little note Vesey wrote his
mother, to say she could not make the
promised visit. Darrell had said nothing
in his letter of coming for her. '.And
tell Darrell at the close of her note
'that ! am saving any amount of gossip
against writing him some day." But
the ''some day never came. Absence,
like strong light, brings out hidden de-
fects, and Vesey knew now that he was
man selfish and vain, who had played
with her heart He had held it in his
hand, weighed and measured it and her,
and had cast both aside as worthless.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

Fifteen additional dismissals have been
recommended by the committee investi-
eating the hazing practices at the An
napolis Naval Academy. A sample of
the ..harmless pleasantries" practiced
was compelling one of the cadets to drink
mug of mixture composed of castor-oil,
ink, mucilage, tOothpOwder, and quinine.
Another cadet was held out of a window
in the fifth story until he was nearly
dead. 1t is surely time for law to do
away with such deeds.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08
VIII she Walk or. Ride.

The centre of the city is like the palm
of hand From it the long fingers
stretch out one over the mill-dam an
other along the flats; the longest of all
bridges the river, and then going on and
on, the straight wide streets steadily
rising until it overlooks the bay, suddenly
bends like the crook of finger, until its
tip touches the water.
1t is ladder hill of difficulty-to
the dwellers at this end of the town,
most of whom began life at its foot, in
the dingy shops and tenement-houses
there, and have slowly struggled up;
some to the long blocks of comfortable
dwellings; others, going on still farther,
have reached the most pretentious point
of all-that lying close down to the water
upon the other side.
There is an air of newness, a flavor of
Jonah's gourd about the Italio- Chinese
pagodas with French roofs here. They
seemed; indeed, to have sprung up in a
night, the dampness of the mould still
clinging to them. There pa straining
after pinnacles and towers and top-knots
in rchitecture-after effects quite dis
proportioned to means in landscape
gardening, and, in fact, an evident at
tempt to crowd to their utmost capacity
the present limited space and time
This is the foundation built upon the
rock--gold. Another generation will
develop the fine arts, and possibly the
sciences.
In the meantime will tell my little
story.
Paul Hayes was sent here to preach
the Gospel, for there are churches. Some
of them, even so soon, are beginning to
pride themselves, not upon their sanctity,
but upon the high social position of their
members in other words, upon the dis
tance at which they live from the foot of
the street, which is their social scale.
Fortunately Paul's church was not
among these If one has to deal with
ignorant people, it is better to take them
in the rough. Iron in it's natural state
holds wonderful possibilities, But iron
spoiled in the smelting-what can one do
with it?
His church was only mission chapel,
supported by richer society of the same
denomination his people-the men and
women to whom one goes with ungloved
hands. But he was young and strong,
and believed himself called of God, which
is the best preparation for any work.
He threw aside his books and read men.
There are few exceptions to the
houses | have described in the more aris
tocratic part of the town. One will suf
flee to prove the rule. 1t stands away
from the street, just below the staring
white hotel that crowns its rise. 1t is
square, of stone, and painted white
Upon one side is a pleasant garden
Possibly it was built in colonial times
when the salt, salt wind swept in here
, from the sea, unbroken by anything save
these walls and scattered remnants O
| forest trees. It has so far caught tn,
spirit of modern times as to don a man
sard roof but the tall Corinthian pillar
still remain, as well as the wide ston,
: steps, with lion couchant upon eithe
side
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

\ A Hoss AS Is Hoss.-The most
h'iking advertisement of horse for sale
Dat we ever saw is the following, which
;ppears in a Wisconsin paper; Jim Fisk
Aould have this noble animal for a war
deed.
Thou canst trust thy labor to him, for
lis strength is great.
Thou canst bind him with his band
ii the furrow; he will harrow the val
lys after thee.
He will gather thy seed in the barn.
His strength is terrible, in which he
1ejoiceth.
He paweth the valley, and waxeth
proud in his speed. He mocketh at fear,
rGther turneth his back to the hobgob-
lib.
hLo! how he moveth his tail like a ce-
dar his sinews are like cable.
His bones are like strong pieces of
brass; yea, like bars of iron.
He eateth like an OK; behold, he
drihketh up ariver, and trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan in his mouth.
Who can approach the door of his face
Yet thou canst approach him with bri-
die. His teeth are terrible round about.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his
lonely proportions,
~ He is gentle, he Is kind
And his tail sticks out behind.
| want to sell him for something l can
jay my debts with.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

She thought Of it with burning cheeks.
Among the mountains, in the summer,
she gathered strength and life again; for
both had seemed to fail. Perhaps it was
the heat. The summer had opened like
the tropics. With another winter came
the Winslows. If she had dreaded it, if
she had feared for herself, would it have
been strange? But the spell was broken.
Looking back, she wondered.
Outwardly the old intimacy was re-
sumed. Darrell came and went as he had
come and gone the year before. But, to
Fesey, it was only shell-a hollow,
heartless thing that never had been
friendship, and could never now be love.
Paul, plodding along day after day
in the round of his duties, saw-as
though great way of-Vesey and Oar
rel flying up and down the icy streets, to
the tinkle of silver bells.
One night, Vesey, glowing in crimson,
with white chrysanthemums in her hair,
passed through the hall. The outer door
was open wide. Paul stood outside. The
wind, raw and wet with the breath of the
sea, caught at her hair-at the silken
ruff1es of her dress.
30, is it you? But you are coming
in ?'
She little knew how her words tempted
him, as she paused with clasped hands
under. the gaslight, and with the warm,
bright room beyond.
Il cannot, am waiting for your IA
ther. There is family at the lower end
| of the town starv-"
The words choked him. Thank you
not tonight" he said He had longed
to meet her again, like this-alone, and
face to face. But her light manner, hel
dainty dress angered him to night. He
had come from such different scene
Only a woman of the world, after all, h,
thought. And yet SO sweet, so bitterly
sweet he owned, when he had turned
away and plunged into the cold anC
darkness. Darrell was waiting for her il
the drawing room.
You're like poem, tonight, in al
that ruby-red-like an Eastern song"
Thank you," Vesey said, dreamily
Il couldn't imagine you in gray" h
went on, half to himself, cor in anything
sombre OF worn, or poor" He had be
gun to study the girl in earnest now
"Yes, you are made for the rarest an,
best, Vesey; to shine in satin and dia
monds.
Satin and diamonds Vesey remem
bered the man she had left at the door
He was out in the winter night amonI
the hungry and naked now, she knew
She had caught his half-uttered sentence
And she was made for satin AM
diamonds
''Is that aU?" she asked, wistfully.
"All? Is not that enough? Itwoul
satisfy most women"
| But tonight it did not satisfy her.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

NRAND ARMY.-The annual meeting
the Department of Vermont, Grand
rlny of the Republic, will be held in
r eall Of Post Stannard, in Burlington,
January IL, 1872, commenc-
90 ~ Q" a. m. Each Post is enti-
= ~ ueiega0'S in the ratio of one for
Eery nfty membe'S in good standing
pc number of POstsiu the State is tbir-
-Sl1' and the Army isveported to be
fourishing condition.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

g4srRRFBBLE AFFAIR IN NEBRAsKA-SEv-
TEEN PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH
gentleman who arrived in Kansas City
Saturday informed the Times that on
L Sunday previous IA terrible affair oc-
rred in Saline county, Nebraska. A
srty of emigrants were passing through
C country westward, when, the cold
Instantly increasing, they concluded -
mp. They were on a piece of high
.airie, several miles from any house,
I1t three miles from them was a piece
timber land. After unhitching thei1
ans the men started to procure fuel
lot returning for several hours, the wo.
en left the children, and started tc
WIT them up. The next day the bod
OF seventeen persons who persisted
% the intense cold were found. Tht
ldren left in the wagons were the on
Survivors.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-08

When old Carlo sits in Sally's chair,
Oh! don't I wish that l were there?
When her fairy fingers pat his head,
Oh! don't l wish twas me ins$ead'
When Sally's arms his neck imprison,
Oh! don't I wish my neck was his'n?
When Sally kisses Carlos nose,
OH don't | wish that l were those?
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01
Manifest Destiny.
BY Il. II. STODDARD.

Nothing is as it was of ola.
Where cities stood the cattle browse;
Weeds strike their roots through royal
mould;
The lizards bask in Caesars house.
What CheOps built the Pyramid?
&Fhose dust, if any, there is hid;
If these, the master-races fell.
Much more the tribes whom they Ger
threw.
From whence they Came, no man can tell.
NOr whittier vanished like the dew.
The same destruction now, as tlfen,
Makes obsolete these OutwOrn men.
The red man, whom our hardy sires
Found in possession of the land;
Who built in woods his wigyam fires,
And smoked his pipe; or, bow in hand,
Crept on the wild deer, or the beaH-
Or tracked the panther to his lair;
Who, grim, and hard of heart at best,
Daubed inohis war-paint, stole away.
With twenty deyils in his breast,
To where his hated tOeman lay:
Whom, if asleep he could not lind,
And his Strong arms in piniOns bind.
To burn him at the dreadful stake
He would devote to sudden death =
As suddenly his scalp wOdld takes
And mock the rattle in his breath;
Then, if pappOOse ana SquaW he saw.
Would massacre pappoose and Sqaw
These bronze barbarians Ofthe past,
Cast III the mOulds of hell, are gone;
Their world was wanted; far and fast
We drove them towards the setting sun.
Ay,-and if future need should be,
Wen drown them in the western sea-!
With iron nets we hold theiE trail;
They find us WhereSO'cr they go;
Though fierce, they cannot make us quail,
Nor match the rifle with the bow.
Wen give them graves, and let them try
The happy hunting grOands on high!
THE ALDINE for Fa6rUosV.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01

The Association, in all respects was
one of the most successful in its history.
The hospitality of the citizens of Mid
bury was cordial, and nothing occurred
to mar its harmony. TIE topics and
papers presented were of more than or
binary interest, and the addresses of a
high order. Such gathering is an en-
couraging sign in the cause of education
and does much to elevate and improve
the methods of instruction. Nearly ali
the prominent teachers of the State, in
GLIDING the professors in our colleges
were present, all of whom manifested
an earnest interest in the proceedings.
We shall endeavor to give in. future
issue abstracts of the principal discus
sions and addresses.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01
Capture Of the - EIcaing Battery y
AT henson.

For several weeks there has been a
small building, six by eight feet, on run
ners, moving about on the ice on Lake
Champlain opposite of Benson, with this
inscription painted.on it "fIoat5ng Bat
terry. Of the Number OF guns it carried
l am'uninformed, but | understand they
used the rtlest kind Of 3rhjsbfy for aH2il-
milton, and for the time it has been afoat
has done great execution. The battery
has been in command Of Canadian by
the name OF David Wells, who has shot
his guns at every one who has in any
way attempted to talle-a drink. But
very few stomachs have proved to be
sufficiently iron-clad to resist the power
full effects of this destructive kind Of
ammunition.
Like Mcclellan on the Chickahominy,
Commodore Wells has changed his base
from time to time, for the purpose Of
raising, in case of prosecution. the cues
ton If ;,,ris5;c+io,, Tho r,o..,>1o Of D.,
" -, ~
SOIL .! some "I our .CIll l'e'eHce oliiceI7'
several days ago decided to make an as
sault on this Hi1lerattnq FLOATING Bat
ferry and occordinoI,- ,,,dartool- -
hr;no .ho Ton,s of I-aT,,}o,+ 49, Loor -
-,
inc sIiohg hoIu OF 'ne. enemy otale
A''oIn'J OIll'S'9' u D'""''on' came
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01
Port Henry.


\ donation VISIT was heId tor the
/ hcheh' OF ii'N. MI Nhahch OF the Meth
"dlst church on edncsday evening last.
r. ". loo'y' ESQ the member OF
the Assembly, has been appointed on
the important committee OF the Jn-
dietary.
y young man. . ltalah b} name,
While carrying pail 81 water 10 the
house, slipped and fell heavily 20 the
had to be set with medical aid the
operation often quite painful, in this IL
stance was attended with uo great diff
Guilty.
Quite serious accident happened
on the 18th inst, at the Cheycr Mine
While shot was fired and the men had
as usual placed themselves behind the
adjoining pillar for safety, a piece OF
ore not over ten lbs struck the board and
glanced off sideways among the men,
hitting John Antlor on the side of the
face with such trcmenduous force that
it fractured the lower law and knocked
the teeth out of the upper, decorating
and wounding the face very seriously.
There was considerable loss Of blood,
before the poor man could be removed
and medical aid be procured. Dr.
Nichols. who was called to attend. IN
forms us that there is imminent danger
Of fatal ending of the case which
would be all the more unfortunate. as
the man has a large family.
--
Two FILLAINs.-Two men are III Gus
tody at the present moment in New
4ork-two yillains-but OF different
phases of rascality, who appear to have
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01

A VERY SUDDEN DEATH. = Lyman
Woodland of Greenwich, n. Y, arose
from the supper table recently, put his
hand to his heart, hurriedly exclaimed,
"Oh, my !" and fell dead Heart dis
ease
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able church must have whether or no.
Now, must say, madame, wonder
that you dismissed Armitage." He lean
ed against the piano as he spoke, and
looked as if prepared to enter into long
argument.
Il don't" she replied with spirit.
t'Just you help me to prove what know
is the fact, that there are voices, not
many, perhaps, but one or two, at least,
quite equal to his in quality and eulti-
walton.
How well that was said, while shehad
her back to him, and was drawing off
her gloves and arranging her music, and,
apparently, as far from an intent to fiat
ter him into her service as the sun is
from such intent when he makes the
wayside flower blush into its best beauty.
Well now-was the battle fought, the
victory won, because next day one-half
of the worshippers in st. James did not
know whence came the oF'superb tenor"
who sang instead of Mr.. Armitage p
Because Pierce Rogers stayed home that
Saturday night and became sober, and
really seemed to forget his engagement
at the club?
w liC W III DCIlCkC II lIldt N1lOFfS any
thing of human flesh and blood? Mon
day night, Louisa might as well have
undertaken to control Niagara as Pierce;
and for three days this ''superb tenor
was speeches. as the dead. Neverthe-
less, he has never, since his first Sunday,
lost a service in the church where first
class music is q foremost necessity; and
l am certain that, as my friend the or
ganist never did a drawer thing than to
dismiss Mr.. Armitage, so also she never
performed an act for which all Chris
tians worshiping in st. James have so
great cause to rejoice, as that which led
falling man in among them to exalt
1.-The Lords song" in what was, to him.
"a strange land, indeed.
If you haG not this woman to help
you, Louisa, would cry aloud to Chris
tendon for prayers in your behalf. But
| remember that che prayeth best who
loveth best; :" so, ten to one, you and the
organist will give back to the world yet,
if not Sir Christopher Wren, a man
who has repaired his own foundations,
and gone on with the erection Of at least
one notable structure.