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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30
LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.

[ have been particularly impressed
with the different modes of opening
farms and building homes in the west,
especially by the poorer class of people.
Many, / think, who live in the old east
ern states and never saw any of the pi-
oneers' life, have an incorrect idea of
the amount of labor impended, and the
many inconvenience it is necessary for
one to put up with, to get a home in a
new and unsettled country, although it
has been cleared by nature of the wood
and stone.
You have newspaper accounts of the
many who are building homes in the
west and thus accumulating wealth in
an incredibly short time. Pamphlets
are circulated, putting forth the unpar-
alleled inducements offered by the far
acest to those who wish to get homes ca
sy but seldom do the writer's mention
the many who come west, with ideas
gathered from these resources, expect
ing to find farms all ready to plow and
put in their grain, which will afford
enough to meet all expenses, pay for
the land in its wild state, and build a
house to live in.
Now propose to present the subject
as nearly as possible, in the same light
] see it in.
First, let us look at the length Of
time necessary to reduce the soil and
prepare it for the first crop. A person
taking claim in the spring, or early
summer, can spend the breaking season
in turning the wild sod, which will cost
him three dollars per acre on smooth
prairie, and more in proportion to tf'
number of grubs (roots Of small bushes,
in the soil. This season lasts until th'
middle of July when the grass gets to-
tough to rot readily.
From this time until cold weathe
he can work out for from sixteen t
twenty dollars per month or from one t
, three dollars per day. Through tn
, winter he can work at odd jobs unit
spring when he can back-set his break
f ing and put in his first crop, which wi
f be ready to harvest in July and Angus
: and generally yields from twenty to fol
Y ty bushels to the acre. Thus he spenc
d sixteen months to get the first crol
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

four to six months of the time being
spent entirely on the land and in har-
vesting, stacking and thrashing his grain.
The remaining time being the poorest
working months of the year. t}}
As return for this labor, he gets
for his grain from fifty to ninety cents
bushel and pays the expenses of thrash
ing, storing, and drawing the grain to
market. 81 I.4... ~
Now if a poor man come here, as ma
ny do, without the means of buying a
team or hiring his breaking done, and
hires the money to get this done, pay
ing from twelve to twenty-four per cent
interest; gets trusted for his fencing
material or spends his time keeping cat
The same TOT MS ueDJs, NOW MUCH VIII
remain of this first crop after paying
the expenses :?
The second crop is generally spent to
get family provisions, and build a house
to live in. Machinery and tools for
tilling the soil and securing the crops
will take two or more crops, and if the
land be preemption, another crop is
used, thus taking five years at least to
secure farm which, under favorable
circumstances, will bring from one to
three thousand dollars. -.
To be sure, some clear their farms
and become independent at the close of
five years but many have to work an
extra two years to prove up on home
stead OF pre-emption
Trying to get too much land and pay
ing the high interest allowed in this
state are the means of more discomfort
and failures than any other cause.
A person who can command from five
to ten hundred dollars to make begin
ming with and put the improvements
on, necessary to comfort, and to render
the cultivation of his land easy, can
take homestead and at the close of
five years will be Independent of debt
and well situated to carry on his farm
on profitable scale. But most people
who have this amount of money, buy
land that has been improved, paying
, from one to two thirds down and mort
gaging the land for the balance at
twelve percent, thus starting in debt
: and working on the short arm of the
5 lever,-many soon become disguised
r and curse the country or 60 back to tel
| their sad tale to their eastern cotempo
: raries.
: G. III. Dewing.
q ShelbVyille Aup ri 1870
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

by more generous harvests. | hold that
Vermont may wisely proffer to many of
her industrious sons inducements to
stay at home which should outweigh their
inducements to seek homes elsewhere.
But these propositions I barely suggest,
leaving their consideration to the intel
ligent and forehanded yeomanry of this
State. Should they respectively decide
that they can afford to drain bogs and
plant trees, and subsoil, and fertilize as
vigorously as I have on my own little
farm, she will have at least half mil
lion people at the taking of the next
federal census in 1880. For though she
may never grow grain so luxuriantly or
make meat so eheaply as some of her
attanua ages and attractions which those
who, after once enjoying them, have
pitched their tents elsewhere, and per-
haps better trained to appreciate than
the sons who have never abandoned her
soil. No hills are greener, no skies are
brighter. no waters purer, no air more
brac1ng than hers: and l do not know
that any other State affords better COM
mon school education to the great body
of her sons and daughters than she does J;
and gratefully proclaim my indebted
ness to her schools for the better part of
whatever training in letters and the rud-
iments of science [ received. One of
the most eminent of her sons, the late
Stephen A. Douglass borrowing an ex-
preston of Daniel Webster's remarked
that "Vt. was noble state to emigrate
from y and this if rightly considered is
no slender praise. A philosopher reck-
oned it among the chief blessings which
attended our earthly pilgrimage to be
we'll born; and he is, in an important
sense, well-born, who has reason to be
proud of the land in which his eyes first
opened to the light. And surely no son
even by adoption. of Vermont, ever re.
garded her history without glow Of
pride in her renown.
Foremost in the war for independence
she had probably more men and boys il
the army which compelled the surrende
of Burgoyne, than she had left at hom'
} with strength to raise and aim musket
and she never faltered in the darkes
hour of any subsequent struggle fo
! freedom and right. She had no torie
1 in the revolution, and no slave hunte
: ever tracked his quarry to her soil an
: failed to be sent home bahied and defeat
: Uu Irer PasG gives assurance and ju.
| titles confidence as to her future. Will
4 our country maintains her liberty an
e her greatness, the virtues OF -,
), will be precious portion of the natior
1 al heritage; and if this country is de'
S tined, in the providence of God, to illus
e trate the frailty of all things earthl
n and material-if corruption shall d.
d bauch her legislation and palsy her maj
S ly strength-let US never doubt that th
S last struggle of expiring liberty will
i made among these green hills-that fro
e their SUBMITS the eagle; will take figl
/ to some land beyond the ocean whel
e justice is not bought and sold as me
Is chandise, and man disdains to traffic
i the rights of his fellow men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

A sentimental and spoony youth hav-
ing in transport of ardor told his love
that "a hundred million years of eoerni-
ty might pass away and still better
would he love her," the young lady
naively remarked that at the end of
eternity she would reciprocate his at
tachment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

What agonies must that poet have en-,
dured who, writing of his love, asserted
in his manuscript that he kissed her
under the silent stars" and found that
the compositor had made him declare
that he ..kicked her under the cellar
stairs"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

An American made himself famous in
London on Monday by saving a drown
ing person in the Thames, under circum-
stances of great risk and danger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30
N. Nv. EATON.

A ITORNEY and Counselora at Law and Claim Agent
"A viii attend the courts in Orleans and Caledonia
ounties Bdrtun Vt.
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A. G.. ROBINSON,
WNI. w. GROUT.

VITHoLESALE dealer in Flour, Grain, W. 1. Coco
w Groceries, Lime, Plaster, OIL Fish, Salt, Iro
Steel Nails Glass &C.. Depot Store, Barton, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chancery.
~ Will attend courts in Orleans and Caledonia
counties. Prompt attention given to collections
|Greensboro, Vt.
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A green sort of chap seeing sights
in New York, one day, and coming across
to bank, he stepped in and began to
gawk around.
"Well, what do you want?" gruffiy
inquired stuck-up clerk, who happened
to be alone in the bank.
"Wal, l Dunno drawled he, "What
dew you sell %
Calves heads" replied the clerk.
"Pshaw you don't say SO p and then
looking around, he said:
'.Ntust be goll dang good trade"
"Why so ?"
.'Cause I see you amt got but one
head left
He shot out of the door of that bank
just in time to dodge an ink-bottle that
the clerk started after him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30

NXTHOLESALE ana retail dealers in Flour, Corn
ivy Pork and Lard, Paints and Oils, Hardware,
Nest India Goods Groceries Butter and Cheese. Also
MN L. Bradeys l. X L. Phosphate and Sea Fowl Gu
Ano.
AARoY TwoMBLY J. L. TwoMBLY.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30
Bonfres blaze anu 071l1n


What, what's the matter?
Waves the good old flag once more.
What, what's the matter?
We rally round the brave and true
Freedoms battle-ery renew, o
Hurrah for Grant and Wilson, too,
That's what's the matter.
Grants what's the matter now,
Grants what's the matter
To victory we're marching now,
That's what's the matter.
Listen to the peoples voice,
What, what's the matter?
Grant and Wilson is the choice,
That's what's the matter;
On to Richmond, long ago,
Grant marched, and laid rebellion low,
Again to Washington he'll 60,
That's what's the matter.
Grants what's the matter now,
Grants what's the matter;
To victory we're marching now,
That's what's the matter.
Blow the bugle, beat the drum,
What, what's the matter?
The year of Jubilee has come,
That's what's the matter;
Grant and Wilson here we greet,
All foes before them must retreat,
For they're team that can't be beat.
That's what's the matter.
Grants what's the matter now,
Grants what's the matter;
To victory we're marching now,
That's what's the matter
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-30
MARTIN ABBOTT,

|NXTHEELWRIGHT, Carriage Maker and Genera
w Job Worker. Open and Top Buggies, and va
ous styles of carriages always on hand. Glover Vt
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j. NJ. CURRAN,
lis Barton, Vermont
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nAINTER. Painting, Glazing, Graining. White
III washing and Paper Hanging. All work done In
be best style and satisfaction guaranteed. Saws filed
ID order.
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]. Il. DWINELL.

J.E. DWINELL.
"A MANUFACTURER and dealer in Furniture of all
sINl kinds and descriptions, Carpets, Room Paper
curtains and fixtures, also Cofns and Caskets Picture
Lanes Sprng Beds &C. Glover Vt.
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MISS A. j. CUTLER,
"A TILLINERY, DRESS MAKING and pattern rooms
|M Barton, Vt
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REALER IN BOOTS SHOES and findings ofth'
~ best kind and quality. offered cheap for cash
atore over A. & J. L. Twomblys.
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Grants What's the Matter! i!

Shelbyville, Aug. 81, 1872.
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CUTLER 81 GOSS,
a MANUFACTURERS Of Carriages and Sleighs.
NI Greensboro, VT.
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E.G. STEVENS,
C,URGEoN DENTIST Barton Landing, Vt
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DALE 81 ROBINSON,
A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law, Barton, VT
IN GEO. n DALE. j. D. ROBINSON
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A. &J.L. TWOHIBLY,

MRS. GEO. &. DAVIS,
Barton, Vermont
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OLD PICTURES COPIED
90 PER CENT. LESS

for the same quality of work. than any such parties.
AFT j. N. WEBSTER,
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FRED. ii. MORSE,

j. N. WEBSTER,
DHOTOGRAPHER. Dealer in Stereoscopes, Views
oval square, and rustic Frames Of all kinds
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
IHrimhttu! Scenes.

No more fatal explosion ever occur
red ON the waters Of the Mississippi
than that Of the steamer OccNmu,, forty
miles above Cairo. last week. Between
sixty and seventy persons are reported
lost by the terrible casualty, the details
Of which are heart -ronding. Fisher, the
carpenter Of the hoat,who escaped, says
The river around the wreck was COW
cred with debris Of BAGGAGE. bed cloth
na. beds, etc. much OF it burning. The
cabin aud about half of the deck had
hoatcd of and was burning. The cap
tain was in ,hc midst of the fire Scrcam-
ing for help. Men and women in the
water were throwing up their hands
and sinking TO rise no more. SiY or
EIGHT person, were on the lOrcca~tlC,
aud Fisher rot out = stage plank. and all
except himself cot upon IT, but rs soon
~ it struck the water the plank carccn-
cd aud all upon il persisted.
These sort Of accidents are of terrible
frequency; hundred, Of valuable live,
are lost by them every wear; the travel
ling public pau,r~ moment 20 read the
details. and then leap aboard the next
floating volcano that comes along
thuugli;ips- ~ thc turbid wave that rolls
above The victims ofthc last catastrophe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
Comparing Polls.

AT the extra session adjourned last
week, the Legislature changed the old
law in reference to comparing polls in
llLtcrial and Senatorial districts. The
new law requires the shcrIl- within
ten days after each election lorRcprc,cn.
tatvc, and Senators TO forward to the
Secretary of State, a copy Of the poll
books. and it Is made the duty Of the
Governor and Secretary to compare the
polls and issue certificates of election.
But in counties simgly clccling one or
more Representatives, the poll shall be
compared and certificates Of election is
sued, a, now. by the sheriff.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
GubernatOriaI.

The Memphis papers Of the lllh inst,
contain thc following Card from Gen.
n , r.,
d. J. ,n'''"".n
10 '"' r'op,''' 'e""e>'e''
take this method OF announcing my
self candidate lor Governor at the en-
suing November election inns step is
not taken without reflection, | have
never sought any po'tlcnI position and
now 90 so only I'D oor,0Irnrr to the
demands OF my friends, having always
acted upon the prlhcipIe ,hat we should
never seek ordecline PubIir stations, nc
companicd rs They AWAY are with I'M
poriant trusts andfSpoh'ibiIltlc'. Ont
SIDE OF my dlslncllhaNoh ior poIl'lcS'
have IN the past believed That the Nupc-
orcIaims OF manSd'-tIn.pi-h sons
OF ftNa ''94 tIrfh@' iI"hG't'" 1t u't
han"' 0, generous pope over my
sell ana hcHce h.Vo 'e''i more l'ah
content Wi,h 4 private station 40
ho' now c'aIlil Tor h'N'o'i any superior
ineFit or qunlIhcatI"h Tor the once OUT
SIMPLY \lr'd my consent TO serve l'r
pcopie 10 'h' n''erlhoNt OF my rApArliE'
ihl'hIulIy ana honr>tlN. II should he
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
The knights Of PythiaS.

An explanation Of the principles OF
thi, Order, which is rapidly growing
aud expanding, will be found below:
The Order Of the Knights Of Pythias
is founded unon uaught but the purc-t
aud Succrcst Of motives IT. aim ], TO
! 'hlleyatc the sutltrng' Of Il lrolhcr
-uccOr the unfortunate, 2cnlOu,N watch
AT the bed side Of the sick. soo'hc the
pillow Of the dying, perform the last
,ad rites nj the grave Of u brother, of.
'oring consolation TO The afflicted, aud
caring, with all a brother, love, for the
widow and orphan.
No human institution is better cnlru-
lated to promote the happiness and we'll
being Of man. II invites 10 its lodges
the sons of virtue. of love. and Of
peace. that they mnv he connected bv
vows Of eternal amily in holy alliance,
and unite their best culpovrr, tor Inu-
tluI and general pdvInta.c. Il hriug-
'ogcthcrmou c,'rpuacd from cnrh other
hv climate. lHnguq9e and cdurgiiOu.
and teaches them that they are children
Of one Almighty Father: and that,
therefore, they should love -, hrcthrru
It teaches no creed in religion but 'hnt
Of dependence uuon and accountability
10 the One Eternal and Almi.hty God
It embraces in its communion ,hr good
and true of AL >cctS aud opinions. Men
Of all crccdS and polite, meet together
in it, Lodge, and find a common refuge
from dis-cnsicnS that too often mar The
harmony of social intercourse. 1t !, a
society whose principle, are to do ius-
Iirc 70 all mnnkud--to render 70 cypry
man his 0Urs-to cherish feelings Of
bcncvolcncc and Kindness to our fellow
beings, and to extend the hand Of char
itv to the oppressed and distressed aud
unfortunate of our race. HrO'hor,v
love and charity are the pillars on which
II rests, aud friendship aud truth the
bond and surety Of it, preservation.
Having these principles in view, they
win cndcnvor to cVcmpliV tlrm by
practical tests. and If. bv the Grace of
God, the Order Shall successfully carry
ont these, they win lcc that thuir mis-
sion has no. been in vaiu
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19

A dispatch from Springfield says -
AN AnimmcnscLibcral Republican move
mcnt is on foot in this city. and in a few
DAYS call will be issued convoking II
State Convention to select delegates to
attend the Cincinnati Convention. The
names to the call will embrace about all
the prominent Republicans in the State.
Some OF the names to this document
are already with the regular Radical
call for the State Convention Of May
%" If something is not done pretty
soon TO check this Liberal Republican
movement North and West, we are APP
prehcnsivc the Radical party will be
ruined beyond hope.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
<il,OStly.

a bucolic who was in Athens last
week attending Court, and who was de-
tanned until after dark, has a fearful cx-
pcricnce to relate of what he saw and
endured in the vicinity of the Old Gum
Tree, Just beyond the Lowry Bridge
over the EaStanrlcc. We would print
it. except that il is too incredible for or
dinary belief aud dwarf, the horrors of
the second death which one occasional
" hears Numbered from the orthodox
pulpit. It's sufficient that we admon-
ish all who have occasion to pass the
spot to do so before it is thoroughly en-
vclopcd in the shadows and darkness of
night. especially if they have had nip
or two at the cheap article of whisky
which is rctailcd somewhere about the
town.
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miscellaneous.

Observation-Disclosures who expect
to make money without advertising.
II i. a mistake To ~uppo>" that the
sun is supported in the heaven, by il,
beams.
What should clergyman preach
about: About quarter OF an hour.
In the Ohio Legislature apriliou was
presented p,kin" tor law making it a
pcnitcntiary ollcu-c TO get drunk.
A man who was told by clergyman
10 remember Lots wife, replied that he
had trouble enough with hi, own, with
out remembering" other mems wives.
A Connecticut goose laid an cgg the
other day measuring twelve inches by
nine, aud died in the success:
How can goose die better
Than IL ftriu- fearful odds,
For rthc ashes vt her father,
And the temples II her gods;
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19

Dr.. LcPlongcou, n learned gentleman
maintains, after long study Of Peru.
yian antiquities, that civilization and
population originated on thi, continent
and that the arts, customs. manners and
religions of the Chinese. the IIindooS
the A>syrianS and EgvptanS are only
developed limitations Of Peruvian origj.
mails It is well known that nccorlim" tC
Agaseiz and other eminent gcoIoeists
this continent was the first land lhA'
rose above the orcnn that rormcr, GOV,
cred the whole surface OF the earth
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
S hOol Direc ory.

CANE CREEK ACADEMIC LorntioR. Coghill,
in full view oi Chihowcr Mountains. Build
ing, sixty by Forty feet, two stories. Library.
New, hut growing. ~ volUmn.. Boarding
House. In care OF MIR. J. :. Knox and lady. three
stories. very convenient. Tcachcrs.J. II. Brlln-
ncr, Principal: Assistants. Miss NJ. VI. Mayiicld,
Miss SurC. Carlork. Ms, y. j. Nauahan.-
iupl-, Present session li3-in - months .l3.
Charges, lower than at any other Institution of
same grade. 80 far aS SHOWN. Course of study,
Modcrnizcd but thorough. \ Collegiate De-
partmcnt will beaded ut close of present term.
EAST TENN. WESLEYAN tNIVERSITY:- :
Location. Athens, on the line of the Il. ]. Va.
n Ga. Railroad. half way between knoxville
and Chattanooga. Building, seventy by Fifty
feet. three stories. Library. over 1000 volumes.
Board. in private families, including room,
fuel. lights and washing, $500 per week.
Teachers, y T.. C0hlcigh. PrcSldrnt; Assist
ants, W. T.. +. MiIburn, J. j. Mankcr T.. \.
Atler. Mis- NJ. NJ. IIuu.chiId. Mis- Mary Ma.
son. Mis- Helen Bo,wor,h. Pupils. % in rcgu-
lar daily attendance. Charge. moderate
Course of study thorough.
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TLr DinnrCncc.

The victim Of newspaper abuse. in
nine time, out Of ten. has some rcdrc-,
through the same channel in which the
injury was done: but man publicly
mrligncd by an inscriptions lawyer,
under the protection Of a Court, is de-
icnsclcss. He can only grin and bear
it," Would it not be wcIl--say> CO.
tcmporary-for journalists to advocate
the enactment Of "A law for the protcc-
ton of Witnesses: and in the mean
while applaud, a, schoolmastcrs of the
bar, those who hold lawyers response
bic outside ofthc Court-Ilou,c for what
they have said within it?
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T { R M s ::
THE POST Is PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
~ Two Dollars u Wear. Payable
in Advance.

II no attention paid to orders for the pa
per unless accompanied by the Cash.
Advertisements will be charged Sl.jO per
square of ten lines, or less, for the first inser-
ton and - cents for each continuance A
LIBERAL deduction madct0 parties who advcr-
use bv the year.
r Person, sending advertisements ShoulC
mark the number If time, they desire them
Inserted. or they will be continued until fOr-
bid and charged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid for
It the time Of insertion.
Announcing names Of candidates for Office,
$500. Cash. in all eases,
Obituary notices over live lines charged at
regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promOtcthe
private ends or interests Of Corporations, So
'irtir.. or Individuals, will be charged as ad-
vertiscmcn;s.
jon WORK. such as Pamphlets, Circulars,
Cards. Blanks, .Iandbils. etc., will be exc
cuttcd in good style and ut reasonable rates.
All letters addressed TO the Proprietor will
be promptly attended to.
Communications, to SrruOc insertion, must
be accompanied by the name Of the authors.