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LEARN TO KEEP HOUSE.

Whatever position in society a young
lady occupies, she needs practical
knowledge of household duties. She
may be placed in such circumstances
that it will not be necessary for her to
perform domestic labor; but on this ac-
count she needs no less knowledge than
if she were obliged to preside personally
over the cooking stove and pantry. In
deed, we have often thought that 1T IS
more difficult to direct others, and re-
quires more experience, than to do the
same work with our own hands. Girls
should early be taught the art of cook
ing we'll, and indulged in the disposition
which they often display. even as chill
dren, to experiment in hread-pastry bak-
ing. 1t is often but troublesome help
that they afford, still it is great advan-
tage to them. Some mothers give their
daughters the care of housekeeping,
each week by turns. 1t seems to us
good arrangement, and most useful
part of their education Domestic labor
is by no means incompatible with the
highest degree of refinement and mental
culture. Many of the most elegant and
accomplished we have ever known, have
looked well to their household duties,
and have honored themselves and their
households by SO doing. Economy, taste
and skill in cooking, and neatness In the
kitchen, have a great deal to do in max
ing life happy and prosperous. The
charm of good housekeeping is in the
order, economy, and taste displayed IN
the attention to little things. and these
little things have wonderful influence
a dirty kitchen and bad cooking have
driven many man from home to seek
comfort and happiness somewhere else.
None of our excellent girls are tit to be
married until they are thoroughly edu-
Gated in the deep and profound myster-
les of the kitchen.
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HERE, THERE AND ERY-
WHERE.

Man invests and Congress investigates.
James Fox, of New York, on his Sec
ond trial for bigamy. has been convicted
John Van Syckle. tried last week in
Brooklyn for the alleged poisoning of
his wife, has been acquitted. There is
great dissatisfaction in the public mind
at the result.
A Chinaman grabbed bag full of
gold coin, worth So, out of an ex-
press wagon in San Francisco, few
days ago, but did not get away with it,
and now knows what "Melican mans
iailee" is like.
An Ohio woman who claimed $1,000
damages from bar-keeper who sold liq
uor to her husband, has obtained YER
dict of ten cents, which the said hus-
band resents as equivalent to an insinu-
alton that he is good for nothing.
A duel between an Opellka, Ga, edi-
tor and .another citizen" did not take
place last week, because the other citi
zen recollected at the last moment that
he had another appointment which he
couldn't possibly postpone.
Two little children named O'Day, one
four years and the other eighteen months
old. were burned alive in San Francisco.
the other day. The frame shanty in
which they lived took fire when there
was no one about to help them.
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"a good square meal, 81; a perfect
gorge. Sl.5O. SIGN in Michigan.

"a good square meal, 81 a perfect
gorge. sl.50. Sign in Michigan
A young husband handed his wife a
dozen buttons, the other day, and asked
her to put shirt to them.
What is it we all frequently say we
will do. and no one has yet done? Stop
minute.
An unfortunate calf has been born in
Indiana without tail and is as yet all
unconscious of the horrors of fly time"
A post office has just been establish
ed at jamestown, in Virginia. the first
it has ever known, and exactly eight gen.
erations after the place was founded.
Mr. James Smith, an Austrian Jour-
nalist, has received a spiritual commu-
nication that the world is to be burned
black as forgotten toast by a wave of
fire, within year.
News was sent to Barnum, written on
the back cf a card, by the elephant
trainer and read as follows: MIR
Barnum one of the elephants is ded
He dyed uf information
The following choice bit of poetry re-
Gently appeared in Philadelphia paper: j:
'Our little Sallie did to heaven 90,
Baby life 50 fleet is, She was afflicted
with the cerebro-spinal- al-meningitis."
A St. Louis reporter spent three days
in hunting up missing man who was
! crpnocad to howe oo,opo;ttod e,,;o;Io o,l
finally found him in bed with a mild at
tack of chills and fever. The wrath of
the man If news was unspeakable.
A poor blind beggar had his eyesight
suddenly restored in East Saginaw, the
other day, by being pushed head over
heels into mud puddle, but showed his
ingratitude by chasing the man who did
it round half the blocks in the city.
indianapolis police officers find pistols
in the street and then the indianapolis
./oaa7ul advertises the fact, at the same
time making the statement in regard tc
the weapon that 'any one claiming il
will be prosecuted for carrying concealed
weapons +" OF course no one inquiries
for the pistol under such circumstances
and so the officer sells it, and then goe
off and gets drunk on the proceeds will
the Journal man.
The Fitchburg. Mass Sentinel, an ex
cellent paper, is going to start daily
We are glad of it We started dali,
once. We ian it nearly four months
and then paused. Since then we take
lively interest in such enterprises W
have no doubt the Sentinel people viii
make the daily work. and We are quit
positive 1T will make them work.
man who goes through life without hay
4 ing started daily paper, misses rar
= and valuable experience. Falling dow
stairs with a cook stove will hardly CON
pensate him.-Dom6rssy Nesos.
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THE NEGRO.

| have pointed out over a hundred
specific differences between the bunal and
nervous systems of the white man and
negro Their frames are alike in no
particular. There is no bone in the ne
gros body which is relatively of the
same shape, size. articulation, or chemi-
cally Of the same composition as that of
white man. The negro's bones con-
tain a far greater proportion of calcar-
eous salts than those of white man.
Even the negro's blood is chemically a
very different fluid from that which
courses in the veins of the white man.
The whole physical organization of the
negro differs quite as much from that of
the white man as it does from that of
the chimpanzee-that is, in his bones,
muscles. nerves, and fbers, the Chin
panzee has not much further to progress
to become white man. This fact sci
ence inexorably demonstrates.
Climate has no more to do with the
difference between the white man and
the negro than it has with that between
the horse and the ass, or the eagle and
the owl. Each is distinct and sepa-
rate creature. The negro and the white
man were created as specifically differ.
ent as the owl and the eagle They
were designed to fill different places in
the system of nature. The negro is nc
more negro by accident or misfortune
than the owl is the kind of bird he i;
by accident or misfortune. The Negro
is no more the white mans brother thar
the owl is the sister of the eagle, or tn,
ass the brother of the horse. How stu
pendous. and yet how simple is the doc
trine that the Almighty maker of tn
universe has created different species o
the lower animals, to fill different place
and offices in the grand machinery of ma
ture.-Agossie.
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THE YOUNG WIDOW.

She is modest, she is bashful,
Free and easy. but not bold
Like an apple ripe and mellow,
Not too young, and not too old,
Half inviting, half repulsive,
Now advancing. and now shy:
There is mischief iu her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature,
She is schooled in all her arts,
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile,
oh maid is sometimes charming,
But a widow all the while
You are sadl How very serious
VIII her handsome face become.
Are you angry7 She is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, fearful dumb
Are you mirthful? How her laughter
Silver sounding will ring out.
She can lure and catch and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
All old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bold and wise,
Ye Adonises of twenty,
With your love-looks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by cupid since the fail;
But know little widow
Who can win and fool you all.
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A MILLION, ALL IN GOLD!
By J. W. WATSON.


The gallant ship went down at sea,
Went down in the shrieking wind
Went down with hundred souls on board,
And left no trace behind.
She was distinguishing grandly on
Where the storm-swept waters rolled;
Her freight was hundred beating hearts,
And million-al III gold!
The night was dark as a soul condemned,
And the scream of the gale, despair.
The shivering crowds that clung to the shrouds
Were raising their voices in prayer.
She rolled in the dreadful trough of the sea,
And their grip desperate hold
AS the ship went down with a trembling moan,
And million-all in gold
The darkness closed on their one wild dirge,
And the lightning gave glare
On the spot where group of ghostlike eyes
We're fixed i'll q deathly starei
But the morrow's shall kiss the place
Where lie in the waters cold,
hundred corses, stark and stiff
And million-all in gold
thousand weary miles away
Is a man with silvery hair
Who bends DER the desk in his counting room,
With pale and frightened air.
He grasps the sheet that brought the news
In a strong, convulsive hold,
And groans, 80 God, the ship is lost,
With milion-all in goldp
Where flash the jewels in the light,
And the music's master-tone,
With its rich, voluptuous, softening phrase,
Makes heart and soul its own,
woman sits superby fair,
And hears the story told
She heaves a sigh for the glorious ship,
And the million-all in gold
mother grOpes at her daily toll
Till her fingers cramp with pain,
But she knows that her days of care will cease,
When her boy shall again;
But now her task will never be done
Till she lies in the churchyard mould:
Her heart went down with the gallant ship,
And the million-all in gold
The mariners wife has kissed her babe
And hushed it with song
song of hope and the coming time
She has taught her heart so long.
She never will sing that song again,
For the sailor stout and bold
Went downin the sea, with the foundered ship,
And the milliOn-all in gold
And twice ten Thousand careless eyes
Shall read of the missing SAIL
And twice ten thousand careless ears
Shall listen to the tale
And all that careless listening crowd
The young, the gay, the old,
Shall speak of the fate of the gallant ship,
And the million-all in gold
There are other eyes and other ears
Than that careless, listening crowd
Eyes that are weeping endless tears,
And hearts that cry aloud!
Hearts that shall cry forevermore,
While the bells of life are tolled.
For the glorious ship that went to sea,
With million-all in gold
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-05-26

Lafayette Cady. who has been report
ed by several of the State papers as hav-
ing been.murdered and robbed in Ne
braska, is still alive and is keeping ho-
tel, and attending to the duties of Judge,
which position he holds in that State
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-05-26
A Collier Tragedy.

On the 9th of October, 1885, in a re.
mote part of the coal mine of Kilgram-
mie. near Daley, John Brown, the hero
of this tragedy, was atwork alone. Six
ty six years old, but hale in body and
full of fun and joke, he had long been a
favorite among his fellow-workmen, more
especially with the younger colliers.
whom his humor and storytelling used
to bring to his side when their own term
of work was done. Many time would
they take his pick from him and finish
his remaining task, while he sat on the
floor of the mine. and gave them his ra-
cy chat in return. On the day in ques-
ton, he was apart from the others, at
the far end of railway. While there,
an empty wagon came rumbling along
the rails, and stopped within foot of
the edge of the hole in which his work
lay. Had it gone a few inches further.
it would have fallen on him, and de-
prived him either Of limb or life. There
seemed something so thoughtless in such
an act, that he came up to see which of
his fellow workmen could be guilty of 1t.
But nobody was there. He shouted
along the dark mine but no sound came
back, save the echo of his own voice.
That evening when the men had gath
cred round the village fires, the incident
of the wagon was matter of earnest
talk Everybody scorned the imputa-
tion of having, even in mere thoughtless-
ness, risked life in the pit Besides
nobody had been in that part of the
workings except Brown himself. He
fully acquitted them. having an expla
nation of his own to account for the
movement of the wagon. He had knowr
such things to happen before, he said
and was persuaded that it could only bt
the devil. who seemed much more ready
to push along empty hutches, and so en-
danger peoples lives. than to give any
miner help in pushing them when full
In truth, this story of the wagon came
in the end to have significance little
dreampt of at the time. 1t proved t.
have been the first indication of a crush
in the pit-that is, falling in of tn,
roof.
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Peter Fox, of New York, has been
sentenced to the Penitentiary for two
years, for mauslaughter in the fourth
degree. He had simply kicked to death,
on the 4th of February last. his little
son who was unwilling to go cut to buy
him rum.
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Benjamin I. Camp has sued the New
York Tribune for $4,000 for calling
him a chronic dead head
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Brigham Young is credited with say
ing that with all his wives he cannot
keep his buttons sewed on.
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NEALER IN BOOTS. SHOES, and findings ofthe
~ best kind and quality. Offered cheap for cash.
re over A. Il J. L. Twombly's.
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PAINTER. Painting. Glazing, Graining. White
washing and Paper Hanging All work done in
best style and satisfaction guaranteed. Saws filed
brdpr
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j. e. DWINELL.

MANUFACTURER and dealer in Furniture of all
IA kinds and descriptions, Carpets, Room Paper
pains aud fixtures also Coflins and Caskets, Picture
hes, Spring Beds &c. Glover Vt.
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A. G.. ROBINSON,
MARTIN ARROTV

NTHOLESALE dealer in Flour, Grain, w. l. Goods,
IV Groceries, Lime, Plaster, Oil, Fish, Salt, Iron,
lei, Nails, Glass, &C., Depot Store, Barton, Vt.
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Carriage Maker and General
" job Worker. Open and Top Buggies and va
Is styles Of carriages always on hand. Glover VT
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PROPRIETOR of the Orleans County Marble Works
Foreign and American Marble, GravestOnes
huments, &c.
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Erred. Ill. MORSE.

Dealer in Stereoscopes, View
oval square, aud rustic Frames of all kinds.
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r ~ NNRRGTER

j. n. WEBSTER,
IRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Barton, Verm mt
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DALE & ROBINSON
J,L. WOODNIAN,

TTORNEYS and Counseors at Law, Barton, VT
GEO. DALE. j. Il. ROBINSON
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On the 9th of October the final crash
came suddenly and violently. The huge
weight of rock under which the galleries
ran settled down solidly on them with
noise and shock which, spreading for
mile or two up and down the quiet
vale of the Girvan, were set down at the
time as the passing of an earthquake.
Over the site of the mine itself, the
ground was split open into huge rents
for space of several acres, the dam of
a pond gave way and the waters rushed
off, while the horses at the mouth of the
pit took fright, and came scampering.
masterless and III terror, into the little
village, the Inhabitants of which rushed
out of doors, and were standing in won
derment as to what had happened.
But the disasters above ground were
ouly feeble indication of the terrors
underneath. Constant exposure to risk
hardens man against an appreciation
of his dangers, and even makes him. it
may be, foolhardy. The Kilgrammie
colliers had continued their work with
reckless disregard of consequences, until
at last the cry arose among them that
the roof was settling down. First they
made rush to the bottom of the shaft,
in hopes of being pulled up by the en-
gine. But by this time the shaft had
become involved in the ruin of the roof.
A second shaft stood at a little distance ::
but this too they found to be closed
Every avenue Of escape cut off, and amid
the hideous groanings and grindings of
the sunken ground. the colliers had re-
treated to part of the workings where
the pillars yet stood firm. Fortunately.
one of them remembered an old tunnel.
or 'day level running from the mine
for more than half a mile to the Bruins
ton Holm, on the banks of the Girvan,
and made originally to carry off the un-
derground water. They were starting to
find the entrance to this tunnel when
they noticed for the first time that John
Brown was not among them. Two OF
the younger men Zone of whom has told
me the story started back through the
fallen part of the workings, and found
the old man at his post. working as un
concernedly as if he had been digging
potatoes in his own garden. With some
difficulty they persuaded him to return
with them, and were in the act af hur
rying him along, when he remem bereo
that in the haste he had left his JACKIE
behind. In vain they tried to drag hin
, along. .'The jacket was new one,
he said land as for the pit. he hat
| been at crush before now. and woult
win through it this time too - So, witt
a spring backwards, he tore himsel
, away from them, and dived into tn
darkness of the mine in search of hi
: valued garment. Hardly. however. ba
!. he separated himself from them. whe
J the roof between himself and them cam
y down with crash. They managed t
. rejoin their comrades John Brown wa
i sealed up within the mine. most probs
e bly, crushed to death between the run
Of the roof and floor.
: Those who have ever by any chanc
n peeped into the sombre mouth of the da,
J. level of a coal pit will realize what tI
scolieTs had now 10 do to make good the
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ACTION AND REST OF THE BRAIN.-
The brain, the organ of the highest man
ifestations of life performs its action like
the spinal cord, and an elaborated net
work of blood vessels distributes the nu-
tritive fluid throughout all its parts.
Yet, the mass of the brain does not
keep its functional activity constantly at
work. The whole organism rests after
the days labor; the brain, when not
waking, preserves only its life nutri
ton; therefore, the religions of ancient
Greece not without reason. regarded
sleep as the brother of death. The
quantity of blood transfused into that
organ during these two conditions, so
different, of sleep and wakefulness, is
not the same. DR.. Pierquin had the op-
portunity of making observations upon
a woman in whom disease had destroyed
large part of the bones of the skull,
and deprived the brain of It's membra-
nous covering; the nerve mass, quite ex-
posed, shone with that brilliant lustre
observed in all living tissue. While at
rest in sleep, the substance of the brain
was pink, almost pale; it was depress-
ed, not protruding beyond its bony case.
At once, when all the organs were qui-
ct, the patient uttered few words in a
low voice; she was dreaming and in a
few seconds the appearance of the brain
completely changed; the nerve-mass
was lifted and prominent externally +;
the blood-vessels, grown turgid, were
doubled in size; the wbitish tinge no
longer prevails; the eye sees an intense
| ly red surface. The tide OF blood in
creases or lessons in its flow. according
to the vividness of the dream. When
the whole organism returns to quiet. the
lively colors of the infused blood fade
away by degrees. and the former pale
ness of the organ is observed again.
The succession of these phenomena per-
mitted the conclusion that increased ac-
tion of the cerebral cells attracts a con-
siderable quantity of blood to them
Popular Science Nonthty
!
STRAY THoUGHTs Religion of the
heart is the heart of religion.
He is rich who has God for his friend.
Be active in every good cause.
Words cannot heal the wounds that
words can make
Let reason go before enterprise and
counsel before action.
A good word is an easy obligation
but not to speak i'll requires only silence
that costs nothing.
10 be dextrous in danger is virtue
but to court danger is weakness.
He who can suppress moments an
ger may prevent days of sorrow.
Real glory springs from the silent
conquest of ourselves.
They who respect themselves are hon
ored but they who do not care abou
their character will be despised.
Many troubles, like waves of th.
ocean, will if we wait calmly, only
break at our feet and disappear.
The gamblers of Virginia City, Neva
da. are greatly exercised over the unac
countable ringing of their call bells
which they believe is done by the ghos
of one of their fraternity who ran agains
pistol bullet and quit living not lons
since
Peter Fox, of New York, has beer
sentenced to the Penitentiary for two
years, for manslaughter in the fourth
degree. He had simply kicked to death
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tSTNESS DIRECTORY.
GEORGE :. BOOTH,

AINTER. GLAZIER, GRAINER AND PAPER
Hanger. All work warranted. Saws filed and
Barton, Vermont. 2-l5 lyo
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MI. i. SMITH.

E.G. STEVENS,
CRGEoN DENTIST Barton Landing, Vt
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CIRCUIT & BALDWIN,
FToRNEYs, CoUNsELoRs & SOLICITORS.
". w. CIRCUIT. Il. w. BALDWIN.
Barton, VT,
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Miss A. j. CUTLER,
Millinery DRESS MAKING and patternrooms
Barton, Vt
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The gamblers of Virginia City, Neva-
da. are greatly exercised over the unac-
countable ringing of their call bells,
which they believe is done by the ghost
of one of their fraternity who ran against
pistol bullet and quit living not long
since
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l.. III. THOMPSON,
TToRNEY. COUNSELLOR AND SOLICITOR.
{ Also Bounty and Pension Agent, Irasburgh, Vt
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CUTLER 81 GOSS,
ofCarrlages and Sleighs.
Greensboro, VT.
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w. B. CRITCuETT

j. j. HILL,
CCCESSOR To Il. P. CHENEY. will continue to
sell a Large Variety of Sewing and Knitting Ma
Ies. Orders solicited. Barton, Vt.
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j. Z. WRIGHT,
.hysician and Surgeon. Office at his residence,
CPL Barton Landing, VT.