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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
A Irate Story

From home that had two darlipgs,
One was called and went away
Baby Ralph; and little Willie
Missed him sorely at his play.
AS one day he talked about him,
Wondering much where he had gone,
Wishing much he would not tarry,
Brother Willie was so lone
Said the mother so beguiling
Something of her secret pain,
"What would Willie give if only
Baby Ralph could come again? p
Dropped his little head in silence.
Thinking hard twas plain to see;
Then he spoke out, strong and tender,
Mamma, i would give God me p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

ALL FOR LovE-A young lawyer OF
Chicago. disappointed in love, demanded
poison from druggist. but was consid
erately given several delicate little pow
ders of prepared chalk instead. He
then went to the residence of the VAL
paraiso, Ind. He again offered his hand
which she Internationally refused, where
upon he cried, ..At your door is my
death and swallowed the powders
The family doctor was sent for, but
after tasting one of the powders, ne
calmly awaited the result. The young
man laid down and longed for the drOws-
mess which precedes death. Nothing
came. Then, they sent him back to Ms
| mosher.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

LoAFING.-We quote the following
from an exchange, and we recommend it
to all our readers:
Young man, pay attention. Don't
be a loafer; don keep loafer's COM
pany /; don't hang about loaing places.
Better work than to sit around day after
day. or stand about corners with your
hands in your pockets-better for Your
own health and prospects. Bustle about
fyou have anything to hustle about for.
Many a poor physician has obtained a
real patient by riding after an imagina-
ry one. A quire of bank paper tied
with red tape, carried under lawyers
arm. may procure him his first case and
make his fortune. Such is the word
to him that hath shall be given. Quit
dreaming and complaining; keep busy
and mind your chances .
Take the above advice and then all
will 60 we'll. Idleness is the mother Of
misth1ef
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
n Lesson IN HistOTy-4. ID.
1900,

1t was summer evening,
Old Mr.. Smith had come
From San Francisco by balloon
To his suburban home
Where, by the shore of Klamath lake,
His pleasure he was won't to take.
He saw his grandchi,d. Colfaxine,
While playing at croquet,
Roll something large and smooth and
round
To her brother Henry Clay,
Aud ask the young sport if he knew
Where that queer plaeozoic grew.
The old man Smith stepped up and took
The relic in his hand.
And shook it till it ratified out
A gill or two of sand.
.''Iis some squaw Modoc's skull, quoth
he,
"Who fell in the great victory.
Nov tell us what twas all about
Young Henry Clay inquired
While on her mallet Colfaxine
Leaned with look inspired.
"Come tell us who the warriors were,
And why they killed each other here"
ut was the Yankees said old Smith,
ssWho made the Modoc's run,
Because they coveted the lands
The red men hunted on.
It's somewhat mixed, but all agree
That twas famous victory.
.'Men, babies, and women, fifty three,
Followed the Indian chief;
One hundred times as many whites
Brought Mr.. Lo to grief;
And every red was killed. said he.
''ln the great Modoc victory"
'.But what good came of it at last?
Asked gentle Colfaxine.
-"Good ? Why, we got their land, you bet
The home you're living in;
And many heather scalp won We
In that brave Christian victory.
"Great praise our Col. Killem gained.
And exc our flag, ween;"
'.But did they read the Bible then?
Said plying Colfaxine.
"Why, that | cannot say" quoth he;
"But twas a glorious victory"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
NO. SO.
Public opinion will fully approve tt

Public opinion will fully approve the
findings of the military commission in
the case of Capt Jack and his associates,
and the action of President Grant In
ordering the execution of the sentence.
These Modocs having committed mur-
der in killing Gen. Candy and Commiss-
ioner Thomas. it is fitting that they had
been turned loose without any punish
ment at all. as some morbid humaniar-
ians demanded, every savage in the land
would have been encouraged to repeat
their crime. If they had been sentenced
to be shot instead of hanged, the Indians
would have seen in their doom only the
natural result of unsuccessful war. But
when they die by the halter, there is no
Indian who will not understand that
they die as felons, not as warriors. For
this reason the sentence of the Commiss-
ion, which has been approved by the
President. is in the interests of peace
and humanity. The savages will be
much less likely to repeat the atrocities
of Capt. Jack now that they can see an
ignominious death as their consequence.
This Modoc affair has been throughout
one of the most difficult and dishearten-
ing Indian problems ever presented to
the Government, but it has been conclud-
ed without damage to the best interests
of the country.-N 7. Times.
UNITED STATES sSENAToRs.-The terms
of the following United States Senator'S
expire on the 4th OF March, 1875; Eu-
gene Casserly, democrat, California !;
William A. Buckingham, republican.
Connecticut; Thomas F. Bayard, demo-
crat, Delaware /; Abijah Gilbert, repub-
lican. Florida; Daniel D. Pratt, repub-
lican Indiana; Hannibal Hamlin, re-
| publican, Maine; Chas Samuels, repub-
lican, Massachusetts,; William 7. Ham
llton, democrat, Maryland; Zachariah
Chandler, republican. Michigan: Min
nesota; Adelbert Ames, republican,
Mississippi Carl schurz, republican,
Missouri; Thomas W. Upton, republican
Nebraska William NJ. Stuart republi.
can, Nevada; John P. Stockton, demo.
crat, New Jersey; Reuben E. Fenton
republican, New York; Allen G. Thur.
man, democrat. Ohio; John Scott
republican, Pennsylvania; William
Sprague, republican, Rhode Island
William G. Brownlow, republican, Ten
nessee; Joseph w. Flanagan. republican
Texas; George F. Edmunds, republican
Vermont Arthur l. Boreman, republi
can West Virginia; Matthew Fl
Carpenter, republican. Wisconsin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

Greek poet and orator. A prodigious
abnormal development of muscle of long.
continued, special, intense training de
stroys the balance between mind and
body. and while it produces splendid
animal, leaves the brain with less than
its share of power. Plato says, Excess
of bodily exercise may render us wild
and unmanageable, but excess of art,
science and music makes us faddled and
effemlnate. Only the right combination
makes us wise and manly
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
WHAT JOSH HAS SEEN.

kno ov people who, when they do
yu favor, do it just az an old bull tar
rier lets you pass in front ov hiz mas
ter's door-with growl
1t IL only the hily cddikated, and the
very best bred people, that kan be famil-
lar with each other, familiarity breeds
kontempt," amung the haff breeds.
The wheel ov Fortune IL alwuss on
the move, and we often lose tomorrow
what we win to-day.
l hav alwuss notissed that thar il a
CRATE deal ov good lux inSindustry, and
a CRATE deal ov bad LUX in lazyness.
1t IL az rare tew find trew friend as
it IL dimond that has no flaw, and
isn't oph cutler.
He who il every boddy's friend haint
got time tew be emmy boddys.
Thare IL no trew friendship amung
loafers and skalawags, thare IL only in.
timlcys.
Thare il no man living now days thai
kan tell the world emmy thing new the
very best that modern writer kan du
il tew shine up old things.
Solomon, seven thousand years ago
after plundering from those who had
written before him, laments that s'tha-t
il nothing nu under the sum-
When | hear man say that "he has
got no friends" I kun tew the konklu
sion rite oph that he don't deserve emmy
Don't tri tew make friend out ov i;
weak man, it IL like trieing tew carr,
water in sieve.
| One recon viii happiness is SO skars
in this world IL bekause most peopl
mistake plezzure for happiness.
Trew generosity konsist in givinI
what you kan afford to thoze who de
serve it.
Mi ynnp friend lnnl nl,t far thar
men who shut up one eye, and talk t
you with the other.
Happiness seems to consist in-want
ing nothing.
Health will bring mummy, but MUM
won't health.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

SAD EFFECT OF HALLUCINATI0N.-
The failure of any attempt to dispel
what appeared to be singular hullucin-
alton of the mind of a young man resid-
ing in Davenport, Iowa, is reported in
local journal A prominent citizen of
that place had an only daughter, was be-
trothed to a young man of excellent
promise, clerk in leading CONNER
cial house at Dubuque. His visits to
the city were regular, and arrangements
had been made for an immediate union,
when the young lady was stricken with
typhoid fever and died. The young
man was seized with nervous fever,
and peculiar hallucination seized him
that his lost one was present in the
room draped in the same garb which
had enyeloped her clay. He minutely
described her dress, her appearance and
her position in his chamber. Even
when his parents OF friends would sit or
OF stand where he declared her to be,
he saw her glide away and take another
place. This went on for weeks. and the
patient was gradually sinking under
the physical and nervous excitement,
when friendly ruse was tried to cure
him of his ecstasy. His mother procur-
ed material for funeral garments, had
1t made up, and young lady as neal
in height and appearance as could bt
found was dressed to resemble the de
ceased love, and during one of his fever
ed slumbers was introduced into th'
room, taking her seat in a shaded cor
ner. His awakening was anxiousl,
watched, and sanguine hopes of remov
| ing his halluncination were indulget
in. He awoke at length, and stare'
with fixed eyes for few seconds, thel
raising himself almost upright in hi
bed. flung his arms aloft, and shrlekinl
in an unearthly voice: "My God. ther
are two of theml p fell back and explr
ed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
RATTLESNAKES IN MlNN ESOTA-.
A DOUBLE-HEADE

son in some of the old settled counties
than ever before At Elba, on the line
between Winona and Olmsted counties,
young man who was holding break
ing-pTow saw his plow-colter cut rat
tlesnake in two. A few minutes after
he stopped the plow to clear the Golfer
from brush and weeds which had clogged
before it. and as he was pulling the
stuff away, he felt sharp sting on his
arm, and saw the snakes head and about
six inches of its body. 1t struck him
second time close to the second bite, and
he plainly saw its fangs as it struck
Instantly putting the wound to his mouth
and sucking it, he started for the farm
house, sixty yards away, which he reach
ed with difficulty. Whisky was given
him freely, and physician was at onee
sent for. When the physician arrived,
some hours after, the arm was badly
swollen and nearly black in color; but
at last accounts the man was recovering.
At Joe's mill, in the same town, a
Mrs. Jones stepped into the front door
of her house just in time to see large
snake crawling into the rear door. Her
screams brought her boy, lad of twelve
| ,,oore xubo soor E,1Iod thn ;pfr,,do,
which carried eleven rattles. The same
day one was killed in an adjoining yard
and another at house half mile away.
| In Fillmore county Mrs. Cosgrove, Of
Lanesboro, found rattlesnake four feet
long, coiled IN kitchen wood box, and
killed it. Mrs. Hefty, of Rushford, was
rocking and singing, when thirteer
ratified monster crawled into her sitting
room and stretched himself in the SUI
across the doorway. The lady was nev
er before able to reach so high on tn,
musical scale as she did when she dis
covered her unwelcome visitor. But sht
boldly attacked the reptile with tong
and chairs, and soon killed it. Ant
two young men of Fillmore village th
other day brought in the body Of anoth
er inhabitant, a twelve-rattler, they ha,
killed in Pleasant Grove.
A few years ago the people of thos
counties supposed there were no rattle
snakes left there, though they were plen
ty enough when the whites moved II
because the Sioux counted them as ''cra
kon' (sacred), and would not kill then
, 1t is supposed the heavy rains Of th
season have flooded the holes and roc
crevlces and driven the snakes out
Here are two more snake items for whic
| judge it wise to give my authority
The Pierce County (W1s.) Herald say
rattlesnake was killed in Rush Vale
in that county last week which ha
thirty-one rattles. The NeUs of El
River, in Sherburne county, says tn;
. Mr.. Jones, of Battle Brook, in that coul
ty, captured upon his farm a snake wit
= two heads, one upon each end of its bod
: The heads were exactly alike, and it W;
- impossible to tell which way the thir
= would move until it was in motion.
= kept it for several days. and exhibite
> it to many who had the curiosity to ca
- and see it. but at last let it escape al
= has been unable to find it since.-s
= Paul Cor. Neac York World.
II
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

TRAINING OF THE BoDY.-President
FELTON,. in discussing physical training,
said that among the Greeks, people SO
wise in all which concerns the physical
man. there were two widely different
systems Of training, one adapted to the
athlete. the other to the gentleman and
man of learning The former resulted
in immense development of muscle and
crude strength, while the latter resulted
in wonderful grace, agility and beau
ty. The former produced the great
wrestlers, but was deemed unfavorable
to Intellectual genius, while the latter
was resorted to as the surest means OF
securing the delicate susceptibility and
eAstfc vigur which characterized tbs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
A CORNERED LEGISLATOR.

A gentleman who occupied seat in
the upper branch of the New York Leg
lslature, but at the time was a member
Of the Assembly, relates the following
Perkins was as honest man as ever
set foot in Albany. Money wouldn't
buy him, and | knew it, but I thought
/ would have little fun, so | went
down to his room one evening and said,
/ Perkins, what do you think of that un-
derground railroad bill? Are you go
ing to vote for it?''
.sWell," said Perkins, Il haven't
made up my mind yet, exactly. | am
inclined to think it is a good bill; but
why do you ask p
Il thought you were in favor of it, !"
said |. land as long as you have con-
cluded to vote for it, | just wanted to
say to you that the men interested in
it are paying five hundred dollars for
votes, and as it is coming up on its final
passage tomorrow, you can just as well
have the money as not; you'll vote for
the bill anyway"
"Vote for the bill I'll be hanged
first" cried the irate Perkins. mo
sir. If improper means are being taken
to pass this thing. as you say, for ont
will vote against it every time. Yor
can put me down no >.
| 80, don't care anything about The
bill" said |. Il was only trying to d.
you favor. and | think | can yet, for
to tell the truth, the rival companie
are here in full force and are movin,
heaven and earth to defeat it. The,
are paying the same amount for noses,
and as long as you are bound to vot
that way, I'll get you the five hundre'
dollars all the same. -
"Can such things be- exclaimed Per
kns, rising IRON lis seat and tearing u
and down the room in whirlwind Q
righteous wrath and virtuous indigns
tion. "What a state of things this is
A plague on both of your houses, won
vote at all !"
"All right said |, 'I'll get you tn
five hundred dollars for being absent.
And as the jolly Senator brought I
mind the horror of perplexity in whic
this last proposition involved old PEI
kins, he roared with laughter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08
A SNAKE STORY.

Mr.. Elisha Martin. who lives in the
valley beyond lockwood, in East Ten
nessee, met with an adventure the other
day, which merits more than passing
notice. Mr.. Martin states that while
at work few days ago, in his field, feel
ing tired, concluded to rest himself. and
with that view. sought large log near
by. After comfortably seating himself,
and while engaged in wiping perspira-
tion from his face, he felt something
moving under him. After getting the
perspiration out of his eyes, and looking
down, he saw the tail end of snake
protruding from beneath his leg-a rat
tlesnake, too, for there were number
of rattles on the protruding tail, which
was wriggling violently, and at the same
time realized the appalling fact that he
was actually seated on huge and veno-
nous rattlesnake.
Most men under such circumstances
would have been paralyzed and unable
to move. Not so Mr.. M. Had he sud-
denly and Unexpectedly been perforated
with a keen-pointed pin, or shot out of a
cannon. he could not have gotten off that
log quicker Indeed, the remarkable
agility, for man weighing $50 to 200
pounds. which he displayed in getting
up. surprised no one more than it did
himself. There is diversity of opin-
ion in regard to the altitude reached at
the first spring, the distance being vari-
ously estimated from five feet all the way
to twenty-five feet. He was very quick
indeed, and yet not too quick. for the
venomous reptile, being released from
the ponderous weight of Mr.. Martin
was proceeding to coil itself preparatory
to strike the person who had the temer.
| ity to make cushion of his body, a
least before it had shufled off its NOR
tai coil, but one cut with his hoe, which
he fortunately had in his hand, severed
its head from its body.
Mr.. Martin states that the log upol
which he essayed to rest, and so hur
riedly vacated, was lying in a swamp.
place, and pretty much enveloped in tai
grass, which prevented his noticing tn
snake. when seating himself upon th
log, or rather upon the snake.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

tnls iast proposition lnvolyed old Fer
kins, he roared with laughter.
An HISTORICAL House IN KNOXVILLE.
"A Knoxville, Tenn, correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says the house
of Col. Armstrong, near that city, is his
torical. During part of the siege of
Knoxville it was occupied by rebel
sharpshooters, and only escaped being
battered down because Burnside had but
few cannon balls or shells. Neverthe-
less, one of the latter, a twenty FOUNDER,
crushed through the walls, and several
smaller ones marked it in different pla-
ces. The side next Fort Sanders is
dented and flecked and spotted with
hundreds of bullet marks. Several
musket balls may be seen partially en-
bedded IN the window sills and frames.
In the parlor stands large piano. ex-
actly where it stood during the fight.
Two balls came through the windows
and lodged in the wood of the instru-
ment, where they are yet visible. The
tones of the piano are still as beautiful
as though the casing did not contain
those grim evidences of a day when NO
music was heard save that awful kind
which accompanies, upon the field Of
battle, the messenger of death. In the
tower there is a more frightful trace Of
the fray.
The tower is perhaps six feet square
with three long and very narrow win.
dows. Among the enemy's sharpshooters
when they held the house, was young
South Carolinian, who, with several 9th
ers, occupied the tower. Peeping from
one of the windows, a bullet, which
must have come three-quarters of mile
crashed into his brain, and passed en-
tirely through his head. The bloot
poured out in two sanguinary streams
as his comrades dragged him below
and from the spot where he fell to th
very bottom of the stairs, the tw
streams, now running parallel, now mo
mentarily coinciding, and, anon, cross
ing each other, are still distinctly visi
:. BILE. The round hole in the glas
through which the bullet penetrated
also seen. With great good taste Col
onel Armstrong has preserved, so far a
possible. the traces of the conflict abou
, his house. It is true, several vigorou
efforts have been made to wash away th
! blood, but it had been too thorough
soaked into the wood before Colont
; Armstrong; family returned to the res
dence. and now it will remain there :
) long as the mansion endures, fearf,
: reminder of the consequences of war.
The confirmation by the President
: the sentence OF death pronounced @
g Captain Ja.k and other Modoc chic
J. will, We hope, prevent any more ill-time
e appeals for the pardon of these bloot
d thirsty wretches This severe but me
n tied punishment is needed to prevel
n the commission Of atrocities similar
u that perpetrated in the murder Of Cant
II and Thomas. and the attempted murd
'e of our Peace Commissioners. and wi
l. inspire wholesome fear among the /
Y dians of the power and determinati'
rs of the white man. Philanthropy m;
le very properly be enlisted in behalf of t
TO red men who are swindled by our agent
if but it has no place in attempting
mitigate the punishment Of assassins.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

The NEwsPAPER.-The unconscious
ness of its influence on the reader is one
of the secrets Of the power of the press.
By consequence the chief art of the sue
cessful writer lies in his skill of attrac-
tion to the eyes that open upon his pro-
ductions. Now in this respect, the
newspaper has distinguished advantages.
Its very name and design are attractive
for who does not wish to know the pass
ing news, and who is not interested in
the great variety of topics that are pre-
sented? Who will not drop book Of
magazine, for the paper that comes fresh
from the press with the latest record oi
the current events ? For this, if for ne
other reason, the newspaper is become
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

L. R. WOOD, JR,
ICNIGN WRITER, SIGNS, BANNERS, ORNAMENTAL
- Painting and Designing. Glass Signs speciality.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-08

j. WEBSTER,
DEALER IN STEREOSCOPES,
|I Views, Oval Square, and Rustic Frames.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-07

500 bottles of Green's An.u,t
Fioser has been sold in this State in III "a
months. We only ask you to 60 to the
drug Store oil Robert Parham, Leavenworh,
Kanszs. and &c, . bottle free of charge, Or a
regular size al Is cent?. Every bottle war
santed To cure Dyspepsia or Liver Com
plant, Sickheadache. Cosiivenea, Heart
burn, Waierbraah, Sour Stomach. Indlges-
tion. Impure Blood, or Desanged Stomach
and Liver. Try il. d&weov
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-07
A. laem Worth Noatsv.

Al this season Of the yesr, whether from
the accidents OF the climate, the weather or
the location, the human system i, more u
less exposed 10 mxlaIi ,us disease Of one form
or another, acrordin, 10 the constitutional
pre-disposition oi the individual. IL mss
come on suddenly or the pr.monito-y symp-
toms, - Is generally the es-e, may develop
themselves with central feeling oi indispo.
sitiou or lasaitude au.d eventually eliminate
in Q regular psroxy>n. Numerous RENE
dies have been employed in its treatment,
such - arsenic, sulphat- of iron, calOmel,
s:rychnine, qninine, -.c., (most patent
medicine coutaining one or tie
other, the consequences Of which
have been in many cs-es more die.
tressing than the disea-e they we're Intended
20 prevent or remove. A r-meiv WAS needed
that would prevent ar r@rmanesflS cnre ii
disease without the injurious Ell -c.s alluded
TO, exlel the morbid material from the
blood and restore the system 20 4 hedl,hy
condition, and We are happy Z" FAY IL hiss
been found in ";'hristi~'s Ague l.aium"
This remedy il gisrsn' eed in Gases Of fever
and ague, dumb sgus. ard other iniernit-
tent, ren,iftent and billion. hyr,s, and while
We do not Lera a il rs an ipf,,linie remedy
in every caee, IA. there are none snehl W
nevertheless clsim that the proportion of
cases it will no; cure, will lie cnlhinrsiiyely
few. All We ask TOR il is a trial and . Sricf
Observance Of the directions, after which il
found Intellectual . word 10 tie proprietor
will insure prompt return OF the money.
The price = but one de!lar, and it is ior saie
by all druggists. sug7wSm