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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-12
Barton, IT., Feb. l 1872.
TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT OF A
Roy.

Saturday afternoon boy, about eleven
years of age, while crawling along the
leads of house on Third street, uear
Bryant, for the purpose of clearing the
obstruction in the water pipe, stepped and
rolled over the edge of the roof. In his
desperate efforts to save himself he sue
ceeded in grasping the raised edge Of
wood and tin that boarded the roof, and
so hung. suspended by his hands forty
feet above the street, utterly unable to
regain his footing. The accident was
witnessed by a woman on the opposite
sidewalk; and her screams brought at
once to her side three men who saw, with
horror and amazement, the predicament
of the poor boy, who, without a cry or
struggle, was hanging over certain death,
with only the frail grip ofhis weak hands.
They ran across the street into the house
and up stairs toward the attic when as
they reached the second story, a sudden
thought struck the last man, and he let
his companion go up without him.
Underneath where the boy was hang
ing is small, old fashioned porch which
projects out about three feet from under
the center window Of the second story,
and out of this window the woman on
the opposite side of the street, and those
with her, saw man step on the porch
and look up. AS he stood he was i'm
mediately under the boy, but too close to
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the house for his apparent purpose, the
boy hanging just over the railing: he
stepped over the latter, and with his feet
resting on the edge of the platform of
the porch and one hand grasping an iron
support, he waited. In the meantime
the other two men had reached the roof,
and were descending. when they discover
ed the impossibility of reaching the boy
in safety, and one of them called for
rope.
Before any one could move to the aid
of the exhausted boy, he with shrill
cry let go his hold and fell. As he ap-
preached the man on the porch, the lat
ter was seen to reach out his free arm
under him. and then the boy was grasp
ed by him. A cry of horror went up
from the crowd as the man was seen to
stagger and swing around the end of
the porch with his load but his hand
held its grip on the iron, and moment
afterwards he carried the boy through
the window and turned him over to his
mother, who had only just realized that
something was wrong. The name of the
man whose presence of mind enabled
him to save life, and whose courage
made him forget the risk of his own, is
Campbell Williams.-Ch. Bulletin.
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SCENE IN STREET-CAR.-An old
gentleman, with several suspiciously red
spots on his face, entered Boston ''Neck"
street-car, few days since, and quietly
took the only seat which was vacant.
An inquisitive chap asked him if he had
had the smallpox, and he said Eyes. "
There was general scramble among the
passengers, all of whom wanted to get
out right there, and in about a minute
the old fellow had the car to himself.
The conductor cautiously peeping in, de-
manded how long it was since the affiict-
ed individual had recovered. "Well,
sir, replied the victim of the disease,
Il cannot say exactly, but as near as |
can recollect it was about thirty-five
years ago"
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If an editor omits anything, he is lazy.
If he speaks of things as they are, people
are mad. If he CLOSES over-smooths
down the rough points-he is bribed.
If he calls things by their proper names,
he is unfit to be an editor. If he does
not furnish his readers with jokes, he is
mullet. If he does, he is rattlehead
lacking stability. If he condemns the
wrong, he is good fellow; but lacks
discretion. If he lets wrongs and inju-
ries 60 unmentioned he is a coward. If
he fails to uphold public man, he does
it to crafty spite-is tool of a clique,
or belongs to the ''outs.' If he indulg-
es in personalities, he is a blackguard !;
if he does not, his paper is dull and in
sipid
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Warden Brennan calls me the Suns
patient.
Haven't heard from Canmmann lately.
Very nervous
DEAD
Other letters were received, all speak
ing in the kindest terms of Warden
Brennan and his attendants.
Yesterday Tom Woodward died. To
morrow his brother printer will bury him.
Such is the story of the life of young
printer who came to New York city ff-
teen years ago with as bright a future as
ever dawned upon a young man. Forty
years ago last August one Horace Gree
ley, green young printer from YER
mont entered this city with not one
tenth so good an opening before him.
What difference hetween the careers of
Themas c. Woodward of Virginia and
Horace Greeley of Vermont
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A CAPITAL HIT.-The fallacy of the
one term dogma was incidentally ex-
posed in forcible light, by Senator
Carpenter, in his recent speech on civil
service reform Taking up the ideas ad-
vanced by Senator Conkling, that if the
President is to be limited to one term.
why not Senators and other officers, he
said:
As part of this reform scheme, the
Senator from Massachusetts (Sumner)
had proposed a constitutional amendment
rendering President who has served
one term Ineligible for reelection. This
would be treating General Grant more
severely than Jefferson Davis, because,
although the latter is disqualified by the
Fourteenth Amendment, it is still with
In the power of Congress to remove his
disabilities, while President Grant would
have no means of relief from his
| Laughter. If the doctrine was true
that one term of service was enough to
demoralize public officer, then the Sen
ator from Massachusetts must be him.
self very thoroughly demoralized by this
time, and being man who sets princi-
Piles above all personal considerations,
he would of course take his hat and
leave the Senate forever Immediately up
on the adoption of his amendment.
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A
HoG.-As William Kane, a young
man in the employ of Zenas D. Riggs,
ESQ.,, at Port Jarvis, near Warwick,
was endeavoring to drive a savage
boar into a pen, the animal turned
upon him and drove him into a corner
near high board fence. The boar
leaped at him with the ferocity of a
tiger, but Kane kept him at bay for
some ten minutes with pole, which
was his only weapon. Finally, by a
tremendous leap, the animal came so
near that the pole was useless. As he
made the spring, Kane jumped over
him, but in doing so the boar drove his
tusk through a thick kip boot, end al
most completely through Kane's foot,
throwing him back into the corner
Before the beast could persue the adj
vantage he had gained, Kane was up
and running for Gear life. The boar
followed him to the door of the yard
striking him once above the knee, cut
ting cash six inches long and an
inch deep at one end. The ferocious
animal was subsequently secured in
his pen.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-12

A story is told of a man in Connecti-
cut who fell from the roof of a fve-story
building to the sidewalk; but as he struck
on the thick soles of his rubber shoes he
bounded back within a quarter of an
inch of the roof, and so continued to
bounce, the distance decreasing by only
quarter Of an inch each journey. He
subs1sted on hash, inclosed in rubber
balls, which he managed to catch on the
bound, and at the end of a month was
restored to his family.
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THE FATE OF A PRINTER.

Died yesterday IN BeUecase hospital,
7Hos. Woodsoard. TIE Morning Of
Lite.-Gripped By Vice.-Death
Treating aloon his Heels.-7he Fog
gy Christmas Nigt.-7He Good John
Keyser's Hospital al-7He Wardeaa's S
Dead Patient.
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A gentleman in Elmira, N. Y, who
wanted to appear liberal, bought 81
castor, marked it sl2, and took it to his
ministers donation party. The next day
the minister called at his store with the
sl2 castor, stating that he could not af-
ford so expensive an article and would be
pleased to exchange it for its marked
value in other needed goods. And soon
the minister was seen vending his way
homeward, with beaming countenance,
and loaded down with dozen dollars
worth of selected groceries.
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GRIPPED BY VICE.

Within two years he was again ''sub-
bing'' on the Tribune. The days of
type-setting had returned, and with
them days of gloom. The gay silk neck
tie, the glossy beaver, the frilled shirt
bosom, the velvet broadcloth
coat, the patent leather boots gradually
faded away. The bright eye swan in
intoxication, the face was no more clean
shaven, badness appeared, and the gay,
fascinating conversationalist became a
moody human wreck. His associates
were men whom he had formerly reviled
Vice had gripped him for his own. And
death was fast treading on his heels.
"Wel I'll see if [ can't get you into
Bellevue Hospital, % said the Sun report
er on that foggy Christmas night.
PRINTERS HORROR OF BELLEVUE.
"No, no." Tom answered, clutching
his thin coat collar about his neck
Don't send me to Bellevue. My God,
| always had horror of Bellevue. You
know whep Ben Glasby went there what
he said about the way they treated men
there. I've heard Joe Havens, and Tom
Ga pause)-what's his name-that big
fellow that used to sub for Pete Whit
lock-tell fearful stories about Bellevue
[ don't want to go there. But | thought
you might get me into St. Luke's, or
some one of those religious hospitals,
where the Episcopals and Presbyterians
run the hospital, and would take good
care Of fellow-keep him warm until
he died. Somebody was telling me of a
printer that died up in St. Luke's Hos
pital, and he was treated just as though
he was at home-good, kind motherly
women took care of him. That's the
kind of hospital want to get into
"Where are you stopping now ?" asked
the reporter.
Cup on the top floor of the New Eng
land Hotel, was the answer '.They IRE
very kind to me. I told them I didn't
have any money, but they said it didn't
make any difference But the room is
cold and chilly. You've no idea how
cold it is" coughing violently. q
maven Decn warm III d m0nJn.
This is an awful night for man IL
your condition to be out of DOORS said
the reporter
"Well, the doctor, you know, he's
very good, and | haven't got anything
to pay him. He said there was no ust
OF talking; that I'm gone up anyway
and that I'd better get into a hospita
right away, so as not to die at the hotel
Ii I've got to peg out, why | might a
well die at the hospital as at the hotel
and save the hotel folks all that trouble
for they've been very kind, you know
THE BOWL OF CHICKEN sour.
Reporter-Can't you eat something,
bowl Of beef tea, calves foot Jelly, chick
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Last Christmas night Sun reporter
was clutched by the arm in Chatham
street. The night was rainy, and there
was heavy fog. you are just the
one l want to see,' said white-faced
man in hollow voice. His cheeks were
sunken, his hands were thin, and his
eyes were blazing with the fervor of
consumption. He wore dirty Canton
flannel undershirt, a thin, rusty sack
coat and trowsers, leaky shoes, and an
old black felt hat. He had no vest,
shirt, or overcoat
81 am dying with consumption" he
said, ''and | want you to get me into a
hospital. l can't eat anything. Moth
ing will stay on my stomach. And |
am cold all the time. It seems as
though I never could get warm. The
doctors say it's of no use-I never can
get we'll. I'm gone and he added,
with a feeble attempt at a SMILE "all [
want is to lay down in some hospital
where can get warm, keep warm, pass
in my checks, and die. It won't be
long"
THE MORNING. OF LIFE.
The sick man was Thomas c. Wood
ward, familiarly known among the print
ers of New York as Tom Woodward. =
He was born in Suffolk, Va, and learn
ed the printing business in Nansemond
county. He began life as a journeyman
printer in the Office of the Christian Sun,
weekly newspaper published in Suf-
folk by the Rev. W. B. Wellons. He
had a good school education, and i'm
proved it wonderfully while in this
country printing office. With general
literary matters he became thoroughly
conversant. The news of the day was
always at his fingers ends. He was a
brilliant conversationalist, handsome in
face and figure, and dressed in exquisite
taste. AS his intellect gradually de-
veloped he wished to see more of the
world. He came to New York in 1857,
and soon secured sitnation in the Trib-
une office. He came here an honest,
hard working, good -natured country boy.
A splendid type-setter he made plenty
of money. Everything was new to him.
He visited the theatres and operas, and
within a year conversed on theatrical
and musical matters like a veteran New
Yorker. Clearing from twenty-five tc
thirty dollars in four or five days on the
Tribune, the remainder of the week he
spent in making himself man about
town. By 1860 he was an accomplished
billiard player, and was we'll known il
the gaudiest drinking saloons, He be
came al fait in dress, and was probably
the best-dressed printer in the city. HI
saved no money. All his wages were
spent in improving himself in the mos
fashionable vices. He was of an impe
rious nature, and despised all printer
addicted to intoxication. The write
lost sight of him during the war. Jus
after Lees surrender he met him on Parl
row. Tom was apparently rich. HI
was dressed even more elegantly thai
usual. When asked how he was gettin,
along, he drew $4,000 in greenback
from his pocket, saying, Bully" H
declared that he had made his thousand
in the bounty and substitute business
mo more type-setting for me- he ex
claimed ''rhose days are gone 70
good"
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A MARVEL OF INGENUITY.-Mr. D. A.
A. Buck, Worcester (Mass.) jeweler,
has constructed a miniature steam engine,
which is probably the tiniest thing in
the world of the kind. The machinery
is gold and silver, comprising 48 pieces,
fastened together with screws, the largest
of which is one-eighth of an inch in size
The engine, boiler, governor and pumps
stand in space seven-sixteenths of an
inch square, and are fve-eighths of an
inch high. The engine alone weighs but
fifteen grains, and yet every part is COM
plete, and may be set in motion by fill
ing the boiler with water and applying
heat, being supplied with all valves, &c.
to be found in an upright engine. It is
marvel of mechanical ingenuity.
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The following curious combination of poetc terlni-
ations was taken from an old paper. 1t may afford
ONE pleasure to lovers OF the carious
THE PROPOSAL.
Most worthy of estimation,
After long consideration,
And much meditation
On the great reputation
I've a strong inclination
To become your relation
On your appreciation
OF this declaration,
shall make preparation
To remove my situation
To more agreeable station,
And if such oblatiOn
Is worthy of observation,
And can obtain commiseraton,
1t will be aggrandiZation
Beyond all calculation
OF the joy and exultaton
OF yours,
SANS DIssIMULATIoN.
THE REPLY.
SIR,
/ perused your ovation
With much deliberatOn,
And little CONSERVATION
OF the great infatuation
OF your weak imagination,
To show such veneration
On so slight foundation;
But after examination,
And serious contemplation
suppose your animation
Was the fruits of recreation,
Or had sprung from ostentatIon,
TO show your education,
BY all odd enumeration,
Or rather multiplication,
OF words Of the same termination.
Now without disputation
Your laborious application
To so tedious an occupation
Deserves cOmmemOratiOn;
And thinking imitation
sufficient qualification,
l am, without hesitation,
Yours
MARY MODERATIoN.
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President Grant is reported as saying
in regard to the alleged Irregularities in
the New York Custom House: "My mind
is clear upon one point. Every officer
under the Administration, who has in
any way been connected with the irregu-
larities in New York, will be dismissed
at once. 1t makes no difference if every
man now holding Office in New York
should be dismissed | shall not wait
for any report or resolution of the Senate,
nor even for absolute proof of overt acts
The fact that officers have so demeaned
themselves as to be open to suspicion, or
to bring scandal on the service, or to
dissatisfy the large mercantile classes,
is enough to justify a change. These
Senators are no more anxious than | am
to purify the service, and l shall be glad
to do my share in the work. -
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In a Texan town, the other day, a
legislator of African lineage was seen
with roll Of greenbacks in his hand,
over which he was cackling loudly. A
bystander inquired: "What are you
laughing at jim % Jim replied: "You
see dat money?'' Yes "Well, boss,
Jus got dat for my vote. Use been bought
four or FIVE times in my life, but dis is
de fust time ever got the cash myself
Ibid Julias Caesar found Rome 2
Certainly be found it in Italy"
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THE REPLY.

A lady in town not 1000 miles away
was considerably annoyed by hens who
pecked the loose plastering from the wall.
So one morning, while washing dishes,
she thought she heard her fowls pecking
as usual, and, dishcloth in hand, she
fastened to open the door, and giving
her rag war-like flourish she uttered a
tremendous ''shoo-o-o." Imagine her
dismay at beholding, not the hens, but a
stranger, who, after wiping from his face
the drops Of diSh-water with which he
had been sprinkled, said in perfectly
calm voice, ''Well mum, if you've got
any more spare rags, should like to sell
you some tin ware for EN-" CONNER
c5M (MaSS) AdUertiSer.
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QUICK WoRK.-A young man in Co
lumbia County, Ohio, cOurted a girl for
week. Knowing that procrastination
was the thief of time, he got can of
oysters and a license and invited the
Justice to his house at o'clock, and then
popped the question, was accepted, pulled
out the document, and informed the
maiden that the squire would be there
at s o'clock. She pleaded delay, he
couldn't see it. Her silk dress wasn't
made, he couldn't see it. There was no
stove in the west parlor, off coat and in
ten minutes there was a fire roaring.
The squire came, the job was fixed, and
the new made wife cooked the oysters.
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WHAT ADVERTISING DID.-Millaud,
the banker and newspaper speculator,
who died recently in Paris, and who
founded the Paris Petite Journal,
which at one time had daily circula-
ton of nearly half q million copies,
was an enthusiastic believer in the ad-
vantages of liberal advertising. One
day he had at his table nearly ali the
proprietors Of the leading Paris dailies
They conversed about advertising
Millaud asserted the most worthless
articles could be sold is vast quanti-
ties, If literally advertised. Emil de
Glrardln, OF La PresSe, who was pres
ent, took isue with him on the subject.
"What will you bet," exclaimed Mill
aud, ''that | cannot sell in one week
one hundred thousand frances worth
of the most common cabbage seed
under the pretext that it will produce
mammoth cabbage-heads? Ali I have
to do is to advertise it at once in a
whole page insertion of the daily pa
pers Of this city" Girardin replied
that he would give him a page in his
paper for nothing if he should win his
wager. The other newspaper publish
ers agreed to do the same thing. Al
the expiration of the week they in
quired of Millaud how the cabbage
seed had fourished. He showed them
his books triumphantly, and satisfied
them that he had sold nearly twice as
much as he promised, while orders
were still pouring in; but he said the
joke must stop there; and no more OF
ders be filed.
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A TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chancery.
IN Will attend courts in Orleans and Caledonia
counties Prompt attention given to collections
Greensboro, vt.
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REMEMBRANCE THE following sto-
ry comes from Kentucky: About 25
years ago young man from Kentucky
took a horseback ride to Virginia,
where his father came from, and on
his way he met a man and his family
removing West, who were so poor as
to be almost reduced to starvation.
He had compassion on the wretched
group and gave them a twenty dollar
bill with which to reach their jour
ney's end. In about fifteen years the
young man received a letter from the
man he had befriended, saying he was
a prosperous merchant in Southern
Kentucky, and enclosing a twenty
dollar bill to pay his loan. After an
other ten years, which included the
great rebellion and its termination, he
was elected to the lower house of
the Kentucky Legislator, and being a
man or talent and influence, was
chosen Speaker, in the contest for
which he had noticed that a stranger,
and one of the other party was his
strongest supporter. His curiosity
was aroused by this and he asked the
mans motive, as he never had, to his
knowledge, seen him before, "Sir,"
replied the member, "you will recall,
when I mention it, little scene that
occurred when you were boy on
your way to Virginia. 1t was you
who saved my wife from starvation.
She told me time and again, that new
er did a morsel of food taste so sweet,
so unutterably delicious, as that you
gave them. She was just SIX years
old at that time, but when she saw
your name during the late canvass,
among the prominent probable candi
dates for the Speakership, she laid
down the law as to how | was to vote.
This is ALL Neither she, nor her faith
er and mother, brother and sisters,
nor myself, can ever forget you"
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j. DWINELT.
n MANUFACTURER and dealer in Furniture Of all
w kinds and descriptions Carpets, Room Paper
Curtains and fixtures also Collins and Caskets Picture
frames, Spring Beds &c. Glover Vt.
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MARTIN ARROTT.

i. N. CURRAN,
ID DARBER AND HAIR DRESSER,
ID Barton, Vermont
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NTHEELWRIGHT, 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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4 TAVbTINt1EII'9
XNTHOLESALE dealer in Flour Grain, W. !. Goods,
w Groceries, Lime. Plaster, Oil, Fish, Salt Iron
Steel Nails, Glass &c, Depot Store, Barton, Vt.
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WAKNEE BROTHEKSs
HNTNSMITHS. All kinds Of iobbng executed with
Il neatness and despatch. PeddleIs wanted. Look
atour assortment Of Sugar Tools before purchasing
elsewhere.
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MISS 4. ;. CUTLER,
WI Barton, Vt.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY. /

CUTLER 81 GOSS,
MANUFACTURERS of Carriages and sleighs,
NA Greensboro Vt.
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WIN. w. CIRCUIT,
A TTORNEY and COunceOTa at Law and Claim Agent.
N VIII attend the courts in Orleans and Caledonia
counties. Barton, Vt.