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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR.

The fair held at ST. Johnsbury during
the past week, was very successful in re-
gard to the amount and character of the |
stock and articles on exhibition, as we'll
as the receipts. The first day was rainy |
but large amount of stock came in, and |
made grand display. The second day |
opened rainy, but the sky frightened up
early, and it became a beautiful day.
From six to eight thousand people were |
present. The balloon went up at IL |
o'clock, and was one of the best ascen-
sions ever witnessed in this vicinity. It
rose about 5000 feet, moved off toward |
the south east, and remained in
sight nearly an hour. Prof. Allen, the
balloonist, brought it down safely in the
town Of Lyman, N. H., about six o'clock
in the evening. The third day was de-
voted to s'the races" and several grand
trots were made. The horse, Gen. F.
Harris, won in the leading contest.
Much of the stock was fine. We no.
ticed few Devons, aud are pleased that
this beautiful kind of cattle has not all
been superseded by the s.ring, streaked
and speckled," Durham, Attorney and
Dutch, that are now being introduced.
Waterford was represented by six yokes
of oxen in one string that weighed al
most 1000 pounds to the yoke. Messrs.
Fairbanks had pair of fat cattle weigh
ing over 5000 pounds, and many other
good animals from their herd. We were
| surprised at the variety and excellence
of the fruit exhibited. IF such rare
apples, grapes, peaches and pears, can
be produced in this vicinity, we need
not 60 south or west for our.fruit. Flo
raj Hall was a perfect museum of the
useful and the ornamental. We cannot
particularize, butseverything that inge-
nuity could invent, skill could perfect
and taste could suggest to make the ex-
hibition attractive had been carried there,
and the very large crowd that constantly
filed this hall. showed that this part of
| the exhibition was very attractive
1 The good order and good regulations
always maintained at st. Johnsbury,
| = r..
prevented any disturbances or anything
to mar the occasion; the shutting up of
the liquor saloons, and tIs rompt arrest
of all boisterous persons tended to this
result.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
RECEIPTS FOR THE MONITOR.
3 MARRIED.

In Barton, Sept Gath, by Rev. S. V. McDuffee, Mr..
H. W. Baldwin and Miss Susan MGroutboth of Barton.
In Bloomington, at the residence of the BRIDE Sept
%, by Rev. E. w. Culver Mr.. Benjamin c. Boden of
Coventry, and Mrs H. Annette s. Norris of Browning
ton.
In Morrisye, Sept. 10th, at the residence OF the
brides father, by Rev. e. W. Bailey. Dr. Charles A.
Jackman and Miss Edna f.. only daughter of William
B. Cutting all of Morrisvlle
In Coventry. Sept. 10, by Rev. J. Gibson, Mr. Asa R.
Gregory of Holland, and Miss Mary J. Burrows OF
Coventry,
At Newport, Sept Is by Rev. R. v. Hall, Frank p
Hunt of Barton, and Emma Wiley of Greensboro.
At Westfeld. Sept % by Rev. D. Connell, Mr.. Grin
Ward of Westheld, and Miss Lette NJ Wood of Troy
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of.VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are. q gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter ritant, Sudorific, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
r. H. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts., San francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., n. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
ARTHUR W. WILLIAMS ESTATE. !.

The subscribers having been appointed by the Hon.
orable Probate Court for the District of Orleans Com
mssioners. to receive examine. and adjust all claims
and demands of all persons against the estate of
Arthur w. Williams late of Craftsbury in said District
deceased. represented nsovent and the term of six
months from the 10th day of Sept 1873, being allowed
by said Court to the creditors of said deceased to
hib and prove their respective claims before u.s. Give
notice that we win attend to the duties of appoint
ment at the dwelling house Of Eliza Ann Williams in
Craftsbury in said District the third Wednesdays
of October and March next at 10 O'clock in the fore
noon, on each of said days.
W 4; r nas WYITE Commissioners.
Craftsbury September 10TH A. d. 1873. 3S-40
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

The Methogist Recorder suggests that
where the churches are investigating
the merits of candidate, and inquiring
whether he is smart" whether he can
e'draw,' it might be we'll to press an
other question, viz: SIS he religious p
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

MAINE ELEcTIoN.-The returns of
the Maine election show that the ma
jority for Mr.. Dingley in total vote
of 1886 is l0,51s. The republicans
have elected thirty of the thirty-one
senators. and ninety-six republicans
have been elected to the House to thirty
five democrats and five Independents
fifteen representative districts have not
fully reported.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
PASSENGER TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
PASSENGER TRAINS GOING NORTH.
NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Local News.

sarles Pomeroy Button, Burlington, VT, New Paper
benezer scribner. Sheffield, Liberation Notice
Rs J. p Sartle, Barton Landing, Ladies Take Notice
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

If a man wants Bottle Of Whiskey,
let him buy it and take it home like a
man. and not sneak home with bottle
of "Bitters, or Cordial" and pretend
that it is medicine. if he wants tonic
that is something better than Temporal
ry stimulant, he should get bottle Of
Peruvian Syrup, Gan Iron Tonic,) that
will vitalize the blood and give durable
strength to the system.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
DIED.

re- All notices of deaths inserted free obituary
notices and poetry fue cents per line
In Albany, Sept 25th Benjamin Farwell aged So
years, months and day.
In Lowell August T. of a cancer, Mr. Harry Coolbeth
aged So years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

LAURAETTE WILLIAMS ESTATE.
Commissioners Notice.
The subscribers having been appointed by the Hon.
orable Probate Court for the district of Orleans
missoners to receive, examine and adjust all claims
and demands of all persons against the estate of Lau-
rette Williams late of Crafsbury, in said district de-
ceased represented the term of six mos
from the 10th day of Sept 1873 being allowed by said
court to the creditors of said deceased exhibit and
prove their respective claims before u.s. give notice
that will attend to the duties of appointment
at the dwelling house of Eliza Ann Williams, in
Crasbury in said district the third Wednesdays of
October and March next at 10 O'clock in the forenoon
each of said days.
E. L. HASTINGS. ocon,n,;ss;o,,ors
WYRAM WYLIE. commissioners i
Craftsbury Sept. 16, A. D. 1873.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

Paris JUsr1FIeAr1oN. While on the
Peninsula, during the war, came across
a private belonging to- one of the most
predatory companies of the Irish Brig
ade, with the lifeless bodies of goose
and hen. tied together by the legs, dang
ling from his musket. "Where did you
steal those, you rascal ?'' Faith, I
was marching along with Color Sergeant
Mcguire. and the goose-bad cess to it |!
came out and Kissed the American
flag" but the hen, sir-how about the
hen ?" '.The hin, bless We, was in bad
company, and laying eggs for the RIB
bels.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
j. p. DINSMORE, Proprietor,
No. SO DEY ST., NEW YORK.
Sold by Druggists generally.
Farm for Sale.


On account of poor health wish to sell my farm
situated half mile east of he main road from Iras
burgh Coventry and l-2 miles from each village.
Said farm comprises about 225. acres, and will be
sold entire with stock tools and crops or in separate
parts to suit purchasers. The half lot upen which the
buildings is nearly all tilage land; excellent for
grass and grain, quite level slightly and pleasant
very desirable small farm The buildings are IN good
repair. Another half lot is pastuTing and woodland,
and whole lot of ITO is nearly all covered with
heavy growth of trees. Hemlock enough to yield
bark of more value than the land 10 acres yield
bark that sold for over $780, Naples are abundant
and sugar house well situated contains 100 buckets,
sap holders and boiling apparatus to match
corner of the wood land comes to the Black River
logs be loated to mill. The proposed Montpe-
Ter. Hardwick Black River Railroad will pass near
the wood lot and this is of the best wood lots
the line of the road
cut about 40 tons of hay, and have gooddaIry of
cows. Altogether presenting one of the best chances
to make money farming numbering and sugar making
in Northern Vermont.
For further particulars enquire of the owner.
Irasburgh Vt, July 2S, 1873. Soft
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.

Making 2 per cent for the
year ending August 1873; to be paid to the Treas
urer. at his office in Montpelier before the 18th
day of October 1873
Members will find in the hands of agents of the Com
pany schedule showing the amount of assessments
due from each respectively and they are particularly
desired to see that their assessments are paid when
due. Those who fail to thus pay ought to expect
to be paid if their property is destroyed by fire.
little attention to this the part of members of the
Company, at the proper time will them expense
and trouble See Section Sth, Act of Incorporation
on your policy, which will be enforced
j. TTHURSTON, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Office. Montpelier, Sept. l. 1878. 3T-Se
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BALLOON TRIp.-Professor King. in

BALLOON TRIp.-Professor King, in
his balloon, with four companions. left
Buffalo on Tuesday afternoon of week
before last at quarter to three o'clock,
and in the evening they landed in Horn
by township, Steuben county. where, af-
ter anchoring the balloon, they sought
other lodgings, aud remained for the
night. In the morning Mr.. King set
out again alone, and in the evening he
came down in the country, near Oxford,
Chenango county, where again anchoring
his balloon, he remained over night. and
in the morning, returned to his basket,
he was .towed into Oxfcrd by atriumph-
al procession of citizens.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

VIM. Bruce has purchased the VIM.
Twombly farm in Bloomington for
$500, and intends moving on to it this
fall. Warner Fogg has moved his fam
lily back into town and is going to farm
ing. E. G. Merrill is doing a good
business in his nickle mine, and it prom
ises to paw handsomely.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

Irasburgh. Vt, July 2s. 1878. Soft
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-09-29

Mr.. Ira G. Taylor of East Charleston
has purchased the Fuller farm of Joseph
Gray, and Mr.. Taylor in company with
Mr.. Maplesden. has bought the starch
factory of Mr.. Moses Fuller.
Last Saturday as Clarence Cobb was
passing through his cornfeld, near the
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12
willow whistles.
bf 0LivE 4. wADswourH.

The world Is wide awake TO day.
The --LATEST drOnes are busiling,
The brooks slip by the winds are gay.
And every leaf ls rustling;
This shady bank meath beech and oak,
With lancc.like grasses brisles,
Aud you and ], two idle folks,
Sit making willow whistles
On. heavenly sunshine Of The May,
Succc, ding winter hoary,
What shade can shut It's light away,
Whnt gloom rtsist It's glory
Down through our lrafy canopy
Dart myriad golden missiles,
And gild the brook, the bank, the tree,
And cen the the willow whistles.
Such wealth Of leafl such worlds of green
Such balm. no words can utter
And all the birds that eer were seen
Have gathered here to futter;
They pcrtly perch, with heads awry,
Upon the swayng lhisiles,
And evidently wonder why
We're making willow whistles,
How dare you, comrade, trihe so,
In these grand forest temples,
And laugh, and beat your sappy bough,
And SET me bad examples
Such songs of praise here arise
AS ne',r were found in Missals,
And we should hearkrn, were We wise,
Instead of making whistles.
They say the worlds vale Of tears,
And man is horn TO trouble
The words sound idly in my ears
Beside the brooklets bubble;
Friends change, hear, and hopes grow pale
The iair,st project fizzles-
Tn glad there's no such word as fail
In making willow whistles.
The brook shows back two heads of brown
Though ones a prtttirr color
A Titan hue-nO need to frown,
I've said not which is duller;
They'll be the same, both yours and mine,
When time their brownies grizzlies.
And then we'll laugh at Aud Lang Syne,
When we made willow whistles.
.Ccyibner far Man
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The Altitude at which Men can Live.

There has been great deal Of discu =
beings can exist, aud Mr.. Glaisher him.
self can tell as much about il as anybody.
In July, 1862, he and Mr.. Coxwell as.
cended in a balloon TO the enormous
elevation of $4,000 feet. Previous to
the start Mr.. GlaIsher's pulse stood at
seventy-six beats a minute; Coxwelps
at "a. AT 10000 feet the pulse of the
former was at "a; that of the latter al
100. AT 10000 feet Glaisher's hands
and lips were quite blue, but not his
face. AT 81 900 feet lie heard his heart
beating, and his breathing became OPP
pressed. AT 10000 feet he became
senseless, notwithstanding the aeronaut
IN the interest of science, went up anOih
er 5000 feet, till he could no longer use
his hands, and had to pull the strings OF
the valve with his teeth. Aerostats, who
havs made no exertions, have, of course,
great advantages over members of the
Alpine Club, and those who trust the 7
legs even at $4,000 feet these climbers
feel very uncomfortable, more so in ;be
Alps it seems, than elsewhere. AT the
monastery of St. Bernard, 8,ll7 feet
high, the monks become as.imatic, and
are compelled frequently to descend into
the valley of the Rhone tor-anything
but "brealh of fresh air." and at the
end of ten years service are obliged Ia
give up their high living and descend to
the usual level. At the same time
there are towns in 3ou'h America, sucl
Potosi nlacpA az hiUh as the ION al
Mont Blanc, the inhabitants of which
teel no Inconvenience. The highest in
habited spot in the world is, however
the Buddhist coister of lIanle, in Thib,t t.
where twenty-one priest live at an alti
tude of $500 feet. The Brothers Seq
lagintweit, when they explored the gla
ciers of the lbi Gamin in the same coun
try, encamped at 2l 900 feet, the highes,
altitude at which European ever passed
the night. Even at the top of Mont
Blanc, Prof Tyndall's guides found j,
very unpleasant, to do this, though the
Professor did not himself, confess to feel
ing so bad as they. The highest noun
tain in the world is Mount Everest Him
alaya) 10000 feet, and the condor ha
been seen "winging the blue air." 5Ot
feet higher. The air, by the by, is no
"blue," or else as De Sausure pointed out
"the distant mountains, which are GOV
cred with snow, would appear blue also;'
lis appaI ent color being due to the re
Election of light. What light can do, il
marvellous; and not the least is its pow
er of attraction to humanity.
Chambers Journal
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12

REvENGE-An Iowa editor, last
week, to keep up with his style, ran
away with another mans wife. He did
not get off SO easily, however, as he
imagined he would. The man followe |
him and overlook the truant pair. The
editor got behind the woman, and de-
termined to sell his life as dearly as pos
sible. He was uncertain as to whether
the outraged husband would shoot him
or murder him with carving knife. He
stood there like the boy on the burning
deck, and awaited the result. The out
ragged husband came up within two feet
of the editor and said: 'Cuss your i'm
pudence. Iioant you to stop my paper. =
That was all. The editor recovered
himself and said he would have the mat
ter attended to at once. During all the
trying scene the woman stuck to the
editor like bedbug to girls stocking.
Some people get mad and stop their pa
per for nothing.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1927.

And a like injustice is done TO the
country press by the abolition of the
privilege of free exchange of news
papers-a privilege which they have al
ways enjoyed with the full consent of
the people. This, too, is in the interest
of the city, and against that Of the
country press. The large exchange list
of the city papers are burdensome to
them, and, with some honorable excep-
tions, they are glad to curtail them,
while country papers must of necessity
be largely dependent upon their city ex-
changes for generel news, and yet un-
able to pay the full subscription there
for
If it be said that there is no good req
son why any class of matter should be
exempt from the payment of postage,
we answer that this is a subject in which
the people, who bear all the burdens of
the government, are the most interest
ed, and that, so long as they do not
complain of these privileges, but regard
them with favor, it does not become
their representatives to abridge them. 1t
is the policy of every wise government
to lay as few restrictions upon the diffu-
sion of intelligence among the people as
possible, and it is with shame that, at
this late day, we witness an attempt un-
der Republican rule, to reverse policy
so well established and time-honorcd.
There are ways enough in which to eff
feet economy and reform without stCop-
ing quite so low. The path of duty leads
in another direction, and if our Repub-
lican Representatives consult their own
interests as well as those of their con-
stituents, they will seek to find it. Let
the few inexpensive privileges the peo-
pie have always enjoyed remain undisT
turbed, and let the growing tendency to
avarice and extravaganza in high places
be checked. Let the smaller positions
of trust and labor, which are notorious
ly inadequately salaried, be better pro-
vided for, and let the larger ones no
longer be made sources of great pro. I
and corruption. Restore the franking
privilege, in accordance with its original
intent, in the interests of the people, re-
stricting and guarding it within legiti-.
mate and proper bounds. Repeal the
law making the increase of salaries for
the highest offices, which has so shocked
the moral sense of the people, and re-
adjust them on a more just and equita-
BILE basis. In short, give us Reform,
and give it speedily, for the people de-
mand it, and no party can safely resist
| them.
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ERIE RAILWAY.

Abstract Of Time Table ADOPTED Nay 26A, 1872
DULLMAN'S best Drawing-room and
Il Sleeping Coaches, combining all modern I'M
provemcns, through all trains from Buffalo,
Suspension Bridge. Niagara Falls Cleveland and Gin
cinnati to New York, making direct connection with
all lines of foreign and coastwisc steamers, and also
with sound Steamers and railway lines fer Boston and
other New England cities. -...
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No matter how we fopnd it out, but
il was ascertained that Prince Carleton
was the guilty party.
He confessed il when we had him snug
aud safe. and said that because he wanted
Earl Rogers out Of the way, and because
he hated the whole conccrn,-mcanirg
the road aud corporation-he bad formed
this plaa Of diabolioal revenge.
His father was millionaire, aud
bought up our silence handsomely.
Prince went to California, aud | do
not know what became of him.
Old Demain proved himself trump,
after all, and gave in gracefully.
He is dead now, and Earl and Laura
live at the old place, as happy a couple
as | ever saw.
As for Earl's warning, you may believe
what you like about it. I have no ex
PLANTATION To offer.
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"Trains stop only on Signal. xTlans do not Stop
zTclcgraph Stations. Cleveland Time.
The Way Fici@hi nains NiOp ut jefferson in going
West. AZ p A.. and going East i:5 A NJ. These
trains carry rI' >cD@cTs. #.. Z. ...
Passenger The rate OF per mile; TO way
stations, counted in even half dimes.
HARBOH BRANCH-A. ,. a. II. II. H.
Lv. Ashtabula l150A. NJ. Lv, liarbor 1890 T. N.
Ar At Harbor 10. l0P Nj. Ar. at Ashtabula IL 45
Sundays excepted .-...... ..
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A Vegetable Off

Writing to the Minneapolis Tribune, a
tourist describes the acquisition of that
wonder in the vegetable world, the Di-
dR@a M,sipuld, or Venus's Fly trap. 1t
was only dried specimen, for the plant
is native of but single locality on the
face of the globe--the low, sandy sa-
vannas near Wilmington, n. c. 1t be-
longs to the small but remarkable class
of plants which have the habit of feed
ing upon animals. In short, it is that
phenomenon in nature, a carniverous
vegetable which will not flourish unless
nurtured upon meat diet. The peculiar
ingenuity of the contrivance by which
it captures its prey is the Distinguishing
characteristic of this species. Each leaf
is tipped with an appendage shaped like
the open covers of book with the cor
ners rounded and the edges fringed
with stiff bristles. This proves deadly
trap to every insect that alights on
it, for instantly, on feeling irritation, it
shuts together as if by spring along
the nidrib, and, interlacing the bristles
holds the luckless victim tight until his
struggles and life cease together But
this trick of fly-catching is not practise1
tor wantonness merely. Strangest part
of all the proceeding, as soon as the in
sect is enclosed in this living prison
from numerous minute glands Immersed
in the texture of the walls, the saliva
like liquid, sort Of gastric juice, is Civ
en- out that moiftens and dissolves all il
soft parts, which are then taken into th'
system of the plant by absorption
when the nutri,ive portions of the insec
have thus been consumed, the trap slow
ly uncloses and is ready for another ac
tiOn.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12

The chief clerk OF III Treasury Depart
ment has made an estimate that il would
require 1915 tons and $50 pound. &c
gold to pay off the public deb ot ,ha
Tniled States, '"0
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12

A Danbnry bride received among her
wedding gifts, receipted- bill OF eight
dollars for gate hinges for her father.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12

A country maiden lately drove an OK
team into Ind annapolis, hauling load of
wood. She said she cut the wood, and
with he wood she bought highly
trimmed hat, and with the hat shell cut
A country swell