Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-03


| On meadow and glen and glade.
| Now lonely and sad are the hearts glad
| Though the cuckoo now calls to her mate,
| For our sparkling gem in Gods diadem.
| Sits and shines by the Beautiful Gate.
| CHoRus.-By the brooket she sleeps, &C.
And she sleeps-yes, sleeps, where tn wild willow
weeps
| And its arms clasp the cold messy stone
Where the song birds sing glad welcome to spring,
! Till the song and the sunlight are one.
HoRUs.-By the brooklet she sleeps, &c.
An echo, know, is this streamlet's flow,
| OF the waves of that Golden River,
| By whose sunlit marge floats an angel barge,
| And her soul dweleth there forever -
CHoRus.-By the brooklet she sleeps. dc.
CHARLESTON.
James Bullock lost cow few days
ago of dropsy.
Jonathan Page lost horse short
time since of Inflammation. This makes
fifty weight horses Mr.. Page has lost since
he has lived in the town of Charleston,
and yet he has plenty of them left.
Gilbert Eastman, while drawing hay
to Newport. had horse drop down
dead in the harness. Disease The
horse refused to 60.
Mr.. Oliver Warren is closing up his
business and is going West to live with
his daughter. He sells his personal
property and real estate at auction une8.
We find the following in the Boston
Globe of May 10. relating to the artif-
cial stone from which Mr.. E. G. Merrill,
of West Charleston, manufactures mis-
Cosmopolitan Emery Wheels" Mr..
Merrill has spent years in studying and
experimenting with this stone. TRY,
try Again." has been his motto. until
at last he has everything ''all right, "
and scientific men find his invention
worthy of their attention. Mr.. Merrill,
we believe, is ''on the road to fortune"
, which is the reward of patience, perse-
verance, hard labor and hard study.
A new artificial stone was the topic of
discussion at the Institute of Technology
last evening, Professor Runkle presiding.
The inventor, Mr.. E. G. Merrill Of West
Charleston, VT, was present with a
large number of specimens of the new
article. The cement with which the
material is mixed is combination of
t oxide and chloride of zinc and carbonate
t of baryta. In the specimens exhibited,
various materials had been used, among
others common salt, sawdust, pulverized
marble, granite, brass filings, common
sand, etc. The strength of the different
e articles was tested by striking them with
D a hammer. The force required to break
, articles made of different materials var
led considerably. As well as could be
judged the artificial granite and marble
" required as heavy blow to break them
o as natural granite or marble would,
o while the pieces formed of sawdust, brass
! filings, salt and sand were only broken
by very heavy blows. An examination
of the fragments in cases where the par.
ticles used were coarse enough so as tt
} be readily seen, showed that the frac.
e ture was through the particles instead Of
4 their pulling out from the cement, dem
IS onstrating the strength of the cement and
its adhesive power. Mr.. Merrill said
he did not claim that it was absolutely
=" impervious to water, nor that it would
: stand fire better than natural rock The
s time required for the hardening of the
v material is about month, though i
- ''sets' in few hours. The greater the
- age the stronger the material. 1t cal
T. readily be pressed into moulds for TIT
lie formation of ornamental work of al
Il kinds, and any color desired can be OBJ
N tanned. Letters were read from DIR
- Nichols, who wrote that the materia
- was as hard as American sandstone
'e from DR.. Jackson, who had tested it an(
a. found that it would stand frost as vel
h. as granite, and that it did not Absorb
o. water when immersed; and from DR.
Hayes, who spoke of its great value il
. making all kinds of stone ornaments
A. The exhibition excited quite an interes
n, among those present. Further expert
lie ments will probably be made at the In
70 stitute by way of testing the value o
= the Cosmopolitan as compared wit
III other artificial stone.
10 CRAF7,SBURK.
The Orleans County Union Sabbat
School Convention will hold its fifth ses
L. sion at this place Tuesday and Wednes
nd day., June 25th and Goth, 1872 Tn
St people here extend cordial invitatio
i'm to all. The exercises will be as fo
IS lows:
ry 10 A. M. Devotional exercises COZ
II Quoted by J. Mcdonald.
rot 10. 80. Appointment of committee
he followed by address by William P. Wild
I'd general business
ed II M. Adjournment,
I'd l. SOP. N. Prayer Meeting.
/. As. Discussion, What is the dut
of parents to the Sunday School? Oper
ror ed by l. D. R. Collins,
or 2. 10. What should be the relatic
ng of the church to the Sabbath Schoo
Eek morally, religiously and financially ?
OF Opened by l.. H. Thompson.
lge 8 90. Singing under the direction
'ox J. E. Chamberlin.
ner 3. IA. What is the best method
at securing an efficient corps of Saba
ST School teachers ? Opened by Moses Roc
I'M 4. 90. Question drawer and genel
vas business.
NY 800. Adjournment
na' Z. 90. Prayer Meeting.
ed' Z. 80. Confession of failures of S.