Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-09

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figures. of Paul and Virginia, costly on
account of their coloring, have not been
improved by the application of soap and
water. There are but four of our last
dozen of thin tumblers left, for Winnie
insists that they fall to pieces while she
is wiping them. | am afraid that Win
ME sometimes knocks them against the
soapstone sink or marble slab in the pas
sage, two innovations upon the old wood
en- sinks which are supposed to have
been invented by the founder of the
Sandwich Glass Company. With
soapstone sink and marble slab in the
house, and an energetic Winnie, it is
possible to have very respectable bill
with your crockery and glass ware deal
er.
A few days since my partner said to
me: Suppose you and | 60 to work and
wipe things up" The suggestion gave
me shock. looked at him with sur
prise. 81 mean," he continued, seeing
my astonished air, s.that we take ac-
count of stock and see whether we have
accumulated much DUST
asked him not to be so confounded
poetlcal in his allusions. AS our stock
does not require many pages to enumer-
ate, and as it is fortunately quite low at
this dull season of the year, we thought
we would take it ourselves and not dis
turb the clerks, who are mainly occupied
just now in looking at each other, or
finding excuses to 60 down on to the
wharf or up to the reading room to see
if any of our ships are in sight or tele-
graphed. AS we have none due for two
months the occupation is likely to con-
tinue. My partner called off the stock
in store and put it down on set of
new erasible tablets which bought ex-
pressly for the purpose. 1t took us per-
haps three hours to 60 throug III the store
and one or two lofts where we had goods
stored. l carried the tablets home with
the intention of figuring up the result,
leaving them upon my writing table in
the back parlor | had laid out the job
as occupation for the evening, but John
and his wife came in, and the programme
was varied.
The next day my partner entered,
and with his usual CHEEKY smile exclaim-
ed: "Well, Smilax, how does it wash %
1 have demonstrated with him so many
times upon the use of such slang express
sions that have abandoned all attempts
at reforming him. | had to confess that
I had not touched the figures, and | alst
felt little guilty that l had left my
tablets at home.
There's no hurry about it, remark
ed my partner, who is never in hurry
about anything except insurance. [ de
termined to devote that evening t,
drawing off the invoices and producing
the result of our stock taking. After
looking at the evening paper | went tx
my desk to look after my tablets. Th'
desk was polished so bright that coulc
see my face in it. My inkstand wa
stainless, my pens were clean. knew
that my wife had been there.
You've polished things up prett.
smartly," | remarked.
Your writing table was sight t
behold responded Mrs. S., ''and
thought l would give it good cleaning
You know l hate dust"
"Yes," I replied, 81 am aware Q
that; but did you see my tablets any
where?"
"Oh, yes; 1 put them in your secon
right hand drawer" replied Mrs. Smi
lax.
l opened the drawer and took ther
out. | glanced at them.
"You see," continued Mrs. Smilaz
s.that | washed them all Clean
Did I tear round and get angry? Di
I use words not soothing to the femal
mind? Some men under like circun
stances would have done so s! 1t woul
have broken the heart of Mrs. Smilax
l had intimated that her love of cleanl
ness had imposed upon me days labor
I confessed the truth to my partner, an
we went at it again. The damage is rt
paired, but when my partner intimate
that had better not carry my busine'
matter home with me, | thought he il
: tended the remark as a moral lesso
3 rather than a rebuke.
Yours, as ever, SAMUEL SMILAx.
Death from lightning is thought to
quite painless. Owing to the velocit
y with which the electric current moves,
is believed that person struck by ligh
ming has no premonition of the bio
which he receives. The nervous syste
requires a certain interval of time to b
! come conscious of pain. The time of ;
electric discharge is but a small fracti'
of this interval hence, as a sentine
: apparatus. the nervous system is de
troyed before consciousness can set 1T.
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! port, N. H., in 1866, one of the Garlic
settlers He built barn about tn
dota which ia ctill cta ndiuD on the nrel