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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

AN ICICLE Two THOUSAND MILES
LoNG.-According to letter from st.
Johns, n. f, in the New York Post, the
Artic regions have this year thrown off
an ice spur of an unprecedented magni-
tudc. which is drifting down into the
Gulf Stream and chilling its tropical
temperature. The writer says that since
early January enormous fields of ice,
sometimes 200 miles In breadth, have
been passing the chores of Newfoundland
in almost continuous stream. The
thickness of this field of ice is from
twenty to thirty feet. The distance be-
tween Bafin's Bay, where the ice fields
are formed, and the waters of the Gulf
Stream, where the masses are dissolved,
is from 1900 to 1000 miles. 1t may be
affirmed, without any exaggeration, that
river of ice, varying from so to 200
miles in breadth and 20O0 miles in
length, has been for months pouring in
cessantly its contents into the tepid wa
ters of the Gulf Stream. The winter
has been fearfully severe, and the guam
tity and thickness of the ice is unprece-
dented. The irruption of this immense
mass of ice into our latitude may account
for the cold and backward season we are
experiencing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

How TO SLEEP.-We are often asked
for a prescription for preternaturally
wakeful persons. The ''high pressure
principle on which many of our business
men work their brains and abuse their
bodies, begets an irritable condition of
the nerves, and a morbid state of mind,
very antagonistic to quiet and refreshing
sleep. Such persons will often 60 to bed
weary and exhausted, but cannot sleep;
or sleep dreamily and ftfully; or lie
awake for hours, unable to sleep at all.
We have tried many expedients to in
duce sleep with more or less success, and
have read many recipes which proved
better in theory than in practice. The
very best method we have yet discovered
is that of counting. Breathe deeply and
slowly (without any straining effor)
and, with every expiration. count one,
two, three. etc up to hundred. Some
persons will be asleep before they can
count fifty in this manner. Others will
count ten, twenty, or thirty, and then
forget themselves and cease counting.
In such cases always commence again at
once. Very few persons can count a.
hundred and find themselves awake;
but should this happen repeat the dose
until cured.-Scieace of Health.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17
LAWYERS SIT NEAREST THE FIRE.

LAWYERS SIT NEAREST THE FIRE. -
During the sitting of court in Connec-
ticut not long ago, on very cold even
ing a crowd of lawyers had collected
around the fire that blazed cheerfully on
the hearth in the bar-room, when tray-
eler entered. benumbed with cold, but no
one moved to give him room to warm
his shins, so he leaned back against the
wall in the back part of the room.
Presently, smart, young limb of the
law addressed him, when the following
dialogue took place:
"You look like a traveller p
"Wal, [ suppose | am; came all the
way from Wisconsin foot, at any rate. y
From Wisconsin What a distance
to come on one pair of legs"
"Wal, I done it anyhow
Did you ever pass through hell in
any of your travels %
"Yes, sir. I've passed through the
outskirts.
Il thought likely. Well, how are
manners and customs there? Some o!
us would like to know"
"Oh! you'll find them much the same
as in this place-lawyers sit nearest the
fire p
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CONN. & PASS. RIVERS R.R.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS

rssi5z555s-s57 The Pullman Palace Sleeping and Day
s.ss---i51s Cars are now running Express Trains
Between Newport and Boston lowell depot)
O. Leave Newport at 7.l3 P. NJ, Lyndonville S.55 p NJ
81 JohnsDury 9.l9 p NJ, Wells River lOl7 p NJ ar
Iae a mhte River Junction 1914 A. NJ Arrive Concord
2;-g @ A a. NJ; Manchester clio A. NJ, Lowell 7.3O A. NJ
NJ ,;p LA press leaves Boston lowell depot 600 p
w. arriving at White River Junction 10 25 A M
Leave W, Il. junction next morning at $50 A. NJ.
rassehseIs can at their option, remain undisturbed
III STEPPING Car until next morning breakfast M w r
junction ana arrive at Wells River 10 A. M. St Johns
bury Illus A NJ, Newport Los p NJ Sherbrooke 2 IN
p NJ ''e' oiooAe o'oo
On Saturdays, Night Express with sleepno Car Will
leave w. r. Jrlction at l.30 A. NJ and r d;ooi
through to Ne Tport arriving early SUNDAY m,rnino,
On Mondays Express Tram, VIII leave " r. In
ton on regular time without Palace Car
Price for berths in Sleeping from any Station on
Passumpsic r.. r. 10 Boston 81 OO-Seats in dav n,
night car (when not wanted for berths about 10 cen
per mile-No charge less than 25 cents
Boston Agency 81 Washington ST.
L.. w. PALMER,
IS-Z superintendent.
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A DANGEROUS Nj AN.
BY CORPORAL BUMP.

Mr.. Sumner says that Grant is oold, Dad, danSer-
Gus man.-NctcSpdper
"a bold bad man is Gen. Grant,
Said Floyd one gloomy night
As out from Donaldson he crept.
And took his hasty fight. fs%
From Pillows trembling lips there came isss
An echo sounding much the same -4a-
And Buckner thought this chief was right.
Nor longer burst maintain the fight;
And then came down the rebel bars
And from the fort hung stripes and stars
THAT Grants dangerous man!' said they;
And doubtless think the same to-day.
"a bold. bad man is Gen. Grant, .s.-sy vi
Said Beauregard one morn,
AS from the naughty traitors brow
The victor's wreath was torn;
And from the field his legions went,
By orders Gen. Grant had sent.
Then Shoh's field was ours again,
Despite the host OF rebel men,,
Who came army bOastlng loud,
But went panic-stricken crowd; .-t-.. ,-f-.. 81
For Beauregard and all his men,
Perhaps thought Grant was dangerous then.
"A bold, bad man is Gen, Grant" -
Said Pemberton one day; -
"Entreaties are of no avail.
He will not go away.
stubborn, mulish, dangerous man!
He wants our rebel hides to tam"
And still Grants cannon raked the town,
Until the rebel flags came down: ..,,
And then our banners rent and torn
Were through the streets Of Vcksburg borne
The bold, bad man." that glorious Fourth
Sent gladsome tidings to the North.
IA bold, bad man is Gen. Grant p
And poor Braggs eyes were dim
With tears; said he, II know - = - 2
'Tis useless fighting him" - { E8aE ! 8
And soon the cheers from Grants brave men
On Lookout's crest told where and when
The rebel general had to run,
And what that ''bold, bad man. had done.
THAT Grants dangerous man !" he said a
AS from the field his army fled. ta-a
"A bold bad man is Gen. Grant,
Said Lee, that's plain to see;
he must be very bold, indeed, .5o .-7~...- a..
To think of whipping me-" <'e
Then Petersburg and Richmond fell;
Then ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
At last our heroes work was done;
The final victory was won.
Perhaps the people may forget
These things but then, they haven't yet.
They need then, such dangerous" men,
And think, perhaps, they may again.
"a bold bad, dangerous man is Grant;
jeff Davis thought the same,
When running off in crinolne,
He to the ''ast ditch came p BE- =
Kuklux's gentle voice was heard, -.-.sF
And-"Grant is dangerous" averred.
1t needs must be that this is so,
For all these rebels ought to know.
Then Hall and Tweed-gOod honest men-
Say Grant is bold and bad" and when
Such men declare it, then, forsOoth,
Folks know that Sumner tells the truth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

How THE COLISEUM CAME TO FALL.
"A report is going the rounds in Bos-
ton, that on the night the truss to the
proposed Coliseum fell, the building
committee, master builders, and some
others interested in the enterprise, felt
that the remaining nineteen trusses could
not be raised and the building finished
in time for the opening concert on the
seventeenth of June. 1t had cost al
ready three week time and $4,000 of
machinery to raise truss number one to
the position it occupied that evening" =
The truss was not in its proper position,
and the immense weight of the structure
FORTY tous) had spread the towers and
threatened to displace them entirely
whenever it was brought to its place and
relieved of the guys that supported it.
Here was dilemma The world must
not be disappointed. The builder was
asked how long it would take him to
lower and remove the truss +? He replied
three weeks This waste of time would
not do, something must be done at once,
and it was decided to let the truss drop.
The night was propitious, the wind was
blowing strongly in the right direction
the grounds were clear THE GUYS WE'RE
LoosENED, and the next morning the pa
pers were busy publishing a full account
of the mishap giving due credit to the
wind as the cause of the catastrophe
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

The Lord sees one man, out of accu-
mulated millions, building a church,
sumptnous in its magnifcence another
endowing college; another creating
hospital and he hears the applause law
ished upon their authors. Then he sees
the seamstress giving half dollar from
the scanty earnings of her busy needle !;
he sees the mechanic taking an hour
out of working day, in order to have
the time for religious labor; he sees the
tolls, the privations, unheralded, un-
known, of the missionary in Burmah, in
Nestoria, in Nebraska; and he estimates
all these according to the love they ex-
press and the sacrifice they involve.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

A FIRST CLASS RECoMMENDATICN.-
The following recommendation was actu-
ally written by New Hampshire law
yer to Q. S. Senator in favor of
young lady who proposed to teach in the
far West:
Hon., My dear sir:
Miss, New Hampshire lady, and
very accomplished and successful teach
er, full of faith, courage and energy,
who can run a school, lead prayer
meeting, break colt, fight grizzly or
shine in drawing room, wants to try
her hand at her profession in your far
off State of Nevada, and teach the young
idea there how to shoot something be-
sides Indians and sage hens. / know
her we'll and can vouch that she is every
thing that woman ought to be, to wit
plucky. clever, amiable and good.
Signed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17
LIGHTNING.

Sometimes lightning produces COM
plete and instantaneous paralysis. The
suppression of movements in the victim
in these circumstances is SO rapid that
those who have witnessed it might have
thought they suffered from some illusion.
Who would not think he was dreaming
if he saw an unfortunate creature, full
of life and activity, petrifed and motion
less as rock in less time than it requir-
ed to witness the phenomenon? Jerome
Cardan relates that eight reapers, who
were eating their dinner under an oak
tree, were all struck by the same fash
of lightning, the explosion of which was
heard far away. When some people
passing by approached to see what had
happened, they found the reapers to all
appearances continuing their repast;
one still held his glass in his hand, and
another was in the act of putting piece
of bread into his mouth, third had his
hand in the dish. Death had come up
on them suddenly while in these posi-
tions, when the thunder-bolt fell Azrael
had seized upon them with SO much yio-
lence that he had impressed upon the
entire surface of their bodies the mourn
full tint of his black wings. One might
have taken them for statues sculptured
out of black marble. The catastrophe
was so rapid that the faces of the victims
had not had time to take any expression
of pain life was suppressed SO instan-
taneously that the muscles remained un-
moved. The eyes and the mouths were
open as in life and had not the color
of the skin been so much changed the
illusion would have been complete. 1t
has been remarked also that the features
of persons struck by lightning, instead
of being contracted, usually assume
calm, happy expression; and the con-
cfusion has been drawn that they enter
without shock or pain into the presence
of the Infinite Being. 1t has even been
assumed that death by lightning is the
prelude to glory and happiness.-Appte-
! ton S Jduradt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

'One-eyed Winston was, (and proba-
bly, is now a negro preacher in Virginia.
and his ideas of theology and human
nature were often very original, as the
following anecdote may prove. A gen.
tleman thus accosted the old preacher
one Sunday: Winston, [ understand
you believe every woman has seven dev-
lis. Now how can you prove it "
"Well, sab, did you never read in de
bible how de seben debbels were cast
outer Mary Magdalene !" "Oh yes;
I've read that" did you ebber hear of
'em bein' cast out of any odder woman,
sab % "No, l never did. "Well,
den all de odders got 'em yet.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

A MINIATURE DEAD SEA.-A minia-
ture Dead Sea has been discovered in
Nevada. 1t lies in an oval basin, l50
feet below the surface of the plain, the
banks shelving down with as much SYM
metry as if fashioned by art. The wa
ter of this lake is impregnated with SOL
liable substance, mostly borax, soda and
salt, to degree that renders it almost
ropy with slime, and so dense that per-
son can float on it without effort. This
lake has no visible outlet or inlet, but
being of great depth is thought to be fed
by springs far down in the earth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

ANEeDoTE OF RATs.-The following
curious anecdote furnishes another in
stance of the occasional confidence of
animals in others which they are sup
posed to regard generally as their natur-
al enemies some years since | lived
in the village of Ickelton, in Cambridge
shire. After my shooting excursions
the dogs were fed in their kennels, the
food being placed in a long trough. To
this duty l generally attended myself
Upon one occasion, after feeding the
dogs, / looked into the kennel through
a hole in the door, and was somewhat
astonished, not at perceiving number
of rats there, but to see them in the
trough, quietly and fearlessly partaking
of bread and milk with the dogs, who
seemed to pay no attention to such small
deer. | doomed the rats to destruction,
and the next day placed the trough in
such a position, that gun pointed
through the hole would rake it from one
end to the other. At the usual hour the
food was placed as a lure-but the dogs
were kept out-in vain. l could see the
head of sagacious old rat peering out
at more than one hole, and from under
the manger, for the purpose of reconnoi-
tering; but none descended. Having
waited half hour to no purpose, I let
in thesdogs, and in a few minutes they
were again feeding cheek by jowl. Had
l not ascertained this, l might have sup.
posed that altering the position of the
trough, or some other trifing disarrange.
ment of the economy of the kennel, had
aroused the suspicious of the little
creatures. They seemed, however, to be
aware that their safety was connected
with the presence of the dogs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

6 A GREENHoRN IN BosToN.-Benjamin
Franklin Aver, a young man about 25,
arrived in this city Saturday morning
from the quiet Village of Canterbury,
N. H. During his perigrinations through
the hub, Benjamin wandered into log
er beer saloon at the South End, where
he made the acquaintance of, as he ex-
pressed it, three very fine looking gen.
tlemen. After few glasses of logger had
paved the way to make the young man
rather confidential he informed them
that he was tired of that shaker way
Of living" and had come down to 'sBos-
ting to get good job. One of the fine
gentlemen desired to know if Benjamin
would like position on the Boston po-
lice force. Now that was just what the
young man most desired, and he inform
ed his friends that if he could get it, his
folks would be delighted. A petition
was drawn up by one of the worthless
setting forth that B. F. Aver was a
young man from New Hampshire, fully
qualified to perform police or any other
uncomfortable duty and that he was Ca
pable of much encouragement. The pc.
tition purported to have been signed by
Daniel Pratt. Thomas Rowan, d. Fisk
Collins and other we'll known citizens.
This document, after receiving other
signatures approving and pretending to
grant the appointment, was given to
Aver about 8 o'clock Saturday night, and
he was provided with tin badge and
conducted by one of the jokers to the
common, where he was told to patrol
certain paths until s o'clock Sunday
morning, when he would be relieved
About two o'clock yesterday morning
officer Adams of the fourth police sta
tion found the young man patrolling the
grounds with all the vigilence of vet
eran. Mr.. Adams soon learned the true
state of affairs and took the poor fellow
to the station house, where purse was
made up to enable him to return home,
which he intends doing this morning.
Aver says ''they would fool a deacon in
this internal town" "-Boston Post
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

THE LOWEST TYPE OF HUMANITY
On the Island of Borneo has been found
a certain race of wild creatures, of which
kindred varieties have been discovered
in the Philippine Islands, in Terra del
Fuego. and in South America. They
walked usually, almost erect on two legs
and in that attitude measure about four
feet in height. They are dark, wrinkled
and hairy. They construct no habita-
tions, form no families, scarcely asso-
ciate together, sleep in caves and trees,
feed on snakes and vermin, on ants, eggs
and on each other. They cannot be
tanned or forced to any labor, and are
hunted and shot among the trees like
the great gorilla, of which they are a
stunted copy. When they are captured
alive, one finds with surprise that their
uncouth jabbering sounds like articulate
language. They turn up human face
to gaze at their captofs, and females
show instincts of modesty and, in fine,
these wretched beings are men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-17

A SNAKE-SToRY.-On Wednesday of
last week, menagerie which exhibited
in Bellows Falls, lost a raisin- box off
from one of its wagons, which contained
two rattlesnakes, about six feet long
On Friday, boy named Cray, ten or a
dozen years old, found the box contain
ing the snakes, with the glass partly
broken. He took up the box and with
stick raped the snakes back into it,
whenever they attempted to get out
through the opening, and conveyed it to
his home, where he procured lath, and
securely fastened them in. He noticed
that they made a peculiar noise, but did
not know the dangerous character of the
reptiles he was conveying, or he might
not have been quite so plucky.
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A DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.-There is a
charming tradition connected with the
site on which the Temple of Solomon
was erected. 1t is said to have been
occupied in common by two brothers,
one of whom had family-the other
had none. On this spot was sown a
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of the world, or susceptible to batteries
from a smooth tongue, is great. We
know of no help for this evil but in the
watchfulness of parents, in the virtuous
against the vile, and the discretion of
those who are subjected TO these annoy
ances and insults. 1t is safe for young
woman to repel the advances of smiling
and offcious strangers at any time. If
on the road any help is required, there
are public officials to whom it is always
proper and safe to make application.
A TOUCHING SToRY.-In the cemetery
of Nashville, Tenn, a stranger was seen
planting flower over a soldiers grave.
When asked:
WAS your son buried there %
mo" was the answer.
"Your son-in-law?"
"No."
"a brother?''
"No."
"Any relation %
mo-
After a moments pause, the stranger
laid down a small board, which-he held
in his hand, and said:
"Well, will tell you. When the
war broke out, was farmer in Illinois
| wanted to enlist, but / was poor.
had wife and seven children | was
drafted. had no money to get sub
stitute, SO l made up my mind that
must leave my poor sickly wife and lit
tie children, and 60 and fight the enemy
After I had got all ready to 60, young
man whom [ knew, came to me and said
"You have big family, which you can
not take care of; 1 will go for YOU
He did 60 in my place, and in the bat
tie of Chickamagua, he was wounded
and taken to the Nashville hospital
But, after long sickness, he died, ant
was buried here, and ever since, | have
wanted to come to Nashville and see hi
grave. So l saved up all the spare mon
ey l could, and yesterday l came on
and to-day l found my friends grave.
With tears of gratitude running dowI
his cheeks, he took up the small boar(
and pressed it down into the ground, il
the place of a tombstone. Under tn,
soldiers name were written only thes
words: ''He died for me-"
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j. f. DWINELL.

XXTHEELwRIGHT, Carriage Maker and Genera
wv Job Worker. Open and Top Duggies, and va
fious styles OF carriages always hand. Glover Vt
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AMUSING SCENE ON A STREET
t e CAR.

street cars laughed some yesterday morn
ing at scene between the conductor and
a well dressed young man from George
town. AS the car was passing down the
avenue, the young man at the time stand
ing on the platform taking it easy, with
one foot on a trunk, he was approached
by the conductor and his fare demanded.
He quietly passed over his five cents.
Conductor.-I demand twenty-five
cents for that trunk.
Young Man (hesitatingly) Twenty
nvo cents ? Well think will not pay
it. .,a q.-......
Conductor. | shall put the
trunk off.
Young Man.-You had better not. or
you may be sorry for it.
Conductor pulls strap, stops car
dumps trunk on the avenue, starts car,
and after going some two squares, ap-
proaches the young man, who was still
as calm as a summer morning, and in
an angry mood says: CHOW | have put
your trunk off, what are you going to do
about it %
Young man (coollO.-Well 7 don't
propose to do anything about it /; it's no
concern of mine ; it wasn't my trunk.
Conductor (fercely).-Then why did
MT you tell me so?
Young Man.-Because you did not
ask me,-I told you you'd be sorry for it.
Conductor (furious) Then go inside
the car.
Young Man.-Oh no you're good
enough company for me out here.
At this juncture portly German
emerges from the car, and angrily says:
"Here, you feller, where ish mine
drunk %
Young Manly friend, think that
is your trunk down on the avenue there.
German.-Who puts him off ? have
the monish to pay him. will see aboot
dot.
The car was stopped, and shortly af-
forwards the conductor was seen to come
sweating up with the trunk on his back
"a part of the performance he did not
enjoy half as well as did the passengers.
= Washington Star.
AN EBBING AND FLOWING SPRING
A gentleman of this city, on recent
visit to Rockingham county, had his at
tention called to remarkable spring, or
series of springs, located about twelve
miles from Harrisonburgh, near the
base of the Shenandoah mountains. In
a secluded valley, not more than fifty
yards wide, through red clay soil, at
regular intervals, the water spouts up in
hundred different jets, and for fifteen
minutes the aggregate volume of water
poured forth is enough to run an ordina-
ry mill, when the jets begin to diminish
till they entirely cease, leaving deposits
of sand which become perfectly dry be-
fore the water flows again. One pecul-
iarity about the quality of the water is
that it is kind known as freestone wa
ter, while all the other springs, &C., of
that region uniformly yield only lime.
stone water. Previous to every flow from
the jets subterranean rumbling is
heard for some minutes in the vicinity
giving notice for considerable distance
around.
This spring, or series of springs, has
been known to exist for many years by
the residents in its vicinity, but its fame
seems never to have got abroad. There
are not many ebbing and flowing spring:
in America, and this one in Rockingham
county will attract many visitors wher
its existence is generally made known
-Rschmond Wing