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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

A FAITHFUL DOG Among number
of section-men at work, on the day of
the storm, near St James, was ole who
lived number of miles away. He was
unable to reach home, and his wife be-
came alarmed for his safety, and he was
uneasy about his family. Imagine his
joy, on Thursday, when a shepherd dog
belonging to him came bounding into St.
James with little leather bag attached
to his collar. in which was. a letter from
his wife, containing the joyful intelli-
gence that they were "all we'll at home, :"
and asking news of her husband. Another
letter was written informing the wife
that the husband was safe and would
return home as soon as he could reach
there. This letter was placed in the bag
and the faithful animal told to ego
home.' Away started the animal
through the storm and snow drifts, and
arrived safely at home, with the pre-
cious news so anxiously looked for by
the waiting wife and mother. The
next day the husband reached home.
The same dog was also sent with a let
ter to a sick neighbor and brought back
an answer. In the slang of out West,
she is not for sale"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03


The New York Independent says that
Senator Edmunds, chairman of the iu-
dietary committee of TIE Senate. has re-
ported adversely to the bill which pro-
poses to grant to women the ght to vote
and hold offices in the territories of the
United States, not on the ground of a
want of power in Congress to grant the
right-not as necessarily expressing the
sentiments of the committee on the gen
eral question involved in the bill, but
mainly because the people themselves in
the territories, including women, have
not applied to Congress for this privilege.
The principles of woman suffrage is not
rejected by the committee but, rather,
RENTED to the people in the several
territories for their consideration. This
seems to us very reasonable disposition
of the question-at least for the present
so far as Congress is concerned.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03
ITEMS OF NEWS.

A case in Hartford, Conn.,, is reported
of lady giving birth to one child on
the 18th and another on the 10th of the
same month.
William Lawn, a sewing machine
agent, was murdered by Thomas Stoley,
saloon keeper, at Cincinnati. Ohio last
Wednesday evening, because he refused
to pay for drinks.
Providence, R. L., Jan. 80. George
Hazelhurst a teamster, was frozen to
death about ] | o'clock in dray near
his barn. He was too much intoxicated
to 90 into the barn.
Cincinnati, Jan. 20. A Sidney, Ohio
dispatch says at o'clock, this morning
the mercury stood at 20 degrees below
Zero All the trains are behind time.
A freight train on the Bee Line road ac
tually froze to the rails at Versailles,
Indiana, and could not ue moved until
assisted by second engine.
London, Jan. 80. 1t is rumored that
the differences between Great Britain
aud Russia on the Khivan question. in
stead of being in fair way for a mutu-
ally satisfactory adjustment, are increas-
ing, and that the governments of France,
Austria, Italy, Turkey, Denmark and
| Sweden have determined to support the
British government in the position as
sumed.
Aver, Mass, Jan. Is. A boy thirteen
years of age, named Edison Hunt, of
Concord, Mass, while walking on the
railroad track on his way to school this
morning, was picked up by the cow
catcher and thrown up in front of the
boiler of the engine, and was not dis
covered until the train reached Aver
junction, when he was found dead. The
back of his head was badly smashed and
his hands frozen.
Dover, N. H., Jan. 20. The Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention for the
lst District was held at the City Hall
to-day. Hon Ellery A. Hibbard, of La
coma, was, by reclamation, renominated
for member of Congress. After spirited
speeches, the Convention adjourned with
three rouslng cheers for the nominee.
Mr.. Hubbard is an upright, honest man,
and deserves re election, which, owing
to the color of his politics, we fear he
will not get.
London, England, Jan. 80. Daniel
Redding, who was convicted and impris
; oned for participating in the Fenian raid
in Manchester, Eng, in 1867, and who
has just been released from custoday. ha;
prosecuted the prison doctors for gros;
cruelties which he alleges were practiceG
{ upon him. Redding has made an affda
Wit in support of his complaint, in which
, he charges that while he was suffering
, from a paralytic stroke, the doctor
pricked his flesh with hot needles ant
also burnt him with hot irons.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03
THE FRAMING PRIVILEGE.

The action of the United States House
of Representatives in abolishing the
ranking privilege was scarcely expect
ed. Last session the House passed the
bill, but with certain provisions attach
ed which provided for the issuing of
stamps to cover official correspondence
or public documents. The bill stuck in
the Senate, and it was the general i'm
preston that the House had nearly pas
sed it for 'Buncombe," relying upon the
Senate to defeat it. AT any rate, tie
Senate was very stiff about it. and treat
ed the popular demand with much In
dignity But several things have oc
Cured since the last session. The pres
idential campaign indicated that good
many of the better class of Republicans
were becoming dissatisfied with the
rules Of the party, and that something
must be done to reassure them that it
is still the party of great moral ideas.
Then came the Credit Mobilier investi-
cation, walking through these same NOR
al ideas like wolf through sheepfold.
1t became evident that something must
be done by the faithful and true. There
was the old evil of the franking privi-
lege. first branded by Horace Greeley
twenty-five years ago, when he was in
Congress, and discussed with more or
less interest ever since. The Senate
took it up in a virtuous moment, wiped
away the House provisions and passed
the bill, repeating the privilege without
any saving clause whatever The House
thus challenged, accepted the Senate
amendments and passed the bill in con-
currence by large vote. The course
adopted is the best one. The franking
privilege became an evil through abuses.
If it were only matter of free cores
pondence for Government officials it
would be of small consequence, but the
privilege has been more and more abused
for political purposes, for circulating
worthless documents which only burden
ed the mails and increased the cost OF
public printing, and by actual forgeries
Without the franking privilege the cost
of public printing should and probably
will be cut down one-half at once, which
will save million dollars, and if any
one wants public document enough to
send for it he can still have it at the
cost of postage. We thank Congress anc
think the better of it for this repeal o
an abusive privilege.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Some of Stokes friends, it seems,
have at last made up their minds that
he will not live much longer; but are
very much against having the news go
abroad that he died at the end of rope,
and are wracking their brains for con-
trivance by which he may die suddenly
before the day of hanging comes. Last
Monday, letter reached the tombs,
which from its bulk, excited suspisions.
On being opened it was found to con-
tain a number of powders done up in
packages. The letter, signed "a friend, "
directed him to take the powders and
he would mot be hanged After this
his cell was searched and another letter
found which said that the paper on which
it was written had been saturated with
a powerful poison, and that mere ap-
plication of the tongue to the prepared
sheet would cause instant death. But
for some reason or other-a faith that
he should yet be spared from the hang
man or fear of the effects of the poison,
and the hereafter-he had not quite
made up his mind to commit suicide
and now close watch will be kept over
him so that he will not have another
chance. The dread of being hung has
by this time probably made Stokes think
that shooting men in broad day light,
even in New York, does not always turn
out to be such funny joke. Wepresume
he has lost some sleep, felt bad, and
said "Oh, dear" good many times,
and really we pity the poor man, but still
think he may as we'll be hung now as ever
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Jackson is the name of the Chatta-
nooga desperate who killed citizen
named Colwell and also two policemen
who tried in vain to prevent his escape.
As a sample of how the Chattanooga MUIR
derer does his work we give the words of
a witness, who said: Il saw Mr.. lol-
well lying on tie ground with Jackson
sitting on him, pipe in mouth. jabbing
the knife into the PROSTATE mans bosly.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03
DOMESTIC
Combines all the needed improvements
in Sewing Machines, in a degree
wholly unattained by any 9TH
er yet in market.

1t sews all your muslins. your silks and delaines
The lightest goods furnished in city or town,
Sews the thickest and hardest without taking rains,
With common cheap Holyoke thread, white, black
or brown.
1t sews with one bobbin, of seventy thread
Full eighty times stitching across yard wide,
You do not believe it we'll then, enor Oh said
just try it. and then your own eyes can decide.
With needle set quarter way round left or right.
With needle set high. OF with needle set low,
With needle and tension in most any plight
The DOMESTIC is ready and willing to sew.
1t sews what the other machines cannot sew,
With the coarsest of cotton. or ball linen thread
Just try it yourself and then you will know
Cowhide, patent leather, and shingles and lead.
It's light-running movements so quietly glide
Like the flow of the river and ebb of the tide,
That when once set in motion effort will need
But to manage your sewing and govern the speed.
Away with your patented two-motion bubble
That continuance where each foot alternate trot
Called The Walking Moton-as relief for theiI
trovbles
The "old-liners'' may need it, the Domestic does not
Just place one foot forward, the other one back,
If change of position you happen to want,
And you get it, "a point which the two pedals lack)
For with each foot confined to its pedal you can't
In its beauty and majesty nothing can vie
With the new style Domestic improved and enlarged
And betwiXt you and me- all the rest would be HIGH
Although We might buy them at half the price charg
ed.
1t combines many needed improvements you see
Buy one for your daughter. your WIFE your niece
present of value untold it would be;
We sell them for sxty-five dollars apiece.
FP CHENEY.
Glover VT, Jan. 90, 1873
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

THE ALABAMA AwARD.-It is going
to be nice little piece of work to dis
tribute the fifteen and a half millions
which John Bull is to pay on account of
the Alabama claims. 1t is pretty safe
to say that good many people who had
losses which they felt keenly will not
get dollar, and it is almost as certain
that many will recover who only made
technical losses, and who perhaps made
lots of money during the war; Some
general principles should be decided up
on in regard to the distribution, and per-
haps the bill reported by the House Ju-
dietary Committee will do this as we'll
as any. A good many losers recovered
a part or all their losses by insurance.
On the other hand. the insurance officers
were reimbursed by the war rates they
charged. 1t is going to involve great
deal of labor to ascertain how much
the owner of vessel lost by increased
rates and above the amount of his policy,
and how much the underwriters lost
over and above their extra receipts. By
this bill the underwriters can only re-
ceive the actual difference, and the
amount when fixed upon must be dis
tributed among those who were stock
holders at the time. The bill purposed
to take five millions of the award at
once for the national treasury, and if
five millions more is not required for
litigation we shall be mistaken. On
the whole, perhaps it would be better
to leave the whole question to the courts,
ouly specifying what losers are entitled
to recover, or to commission of fair
men without any hampering instructions.
1t is believed by many that Napoleon
died from the effects of chloroform adj
ministered to him while undergoing the
surgical operation which preceded his
1aat RI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Mrs. Malone, of Macon, Ca, threw
one of her children into the fire, and fiat
tened another by sitting upon it. A doc
tor attempted to interfere, but the terri
bic woman showed fight, and. not being
spiritually prepared to be roasted or
sat upcn he iucontinently fed
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Children Cry-fOr Pitchers Casio
ria. 1t regulates the stomach, cures wind
collie and causes natural sleep. 1t is a
substitute for castor oil.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

A better knowledge of county can
be obtained by reading the advertise
ments of its local paper than in any 9TH
er way. One Can see at a glance who
the live business men are, and those who
do the greater part of what is DONE
And if the advertising is changed fire.
quently, as it should he, there is al
ways freshness about it that will at
tract the attention and excite the inter-
est of constant reader as much as any
portion of the paper Union
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.-A substi |
tute for Castor OIL 1t assimates the food cures Wind
Cholc, and natural sleep. 1t DIES not couta
morphine is pleasant to take never gTpes and neve
fails. The best physic known.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

Florida Good Templars are allowed to
fill up with egg-nogg, under the pretence
that it is not a beverage but "spoon
victuals"
A servant girl at Dubuque lately cow
hided her employer because he failed to
pay her promptly, and then carried off
his nat aad overcoat
Life Reviver and Oleum Baunsche-
idtn'' is the name of a new patent med
icine The second name implies the
first. the very sight of it is enough to
bring man up from his death bed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

How SHE NIGHT Do IT.-A young
lady has written song in which she
asks: "How can | tell him love him
no more ?" There are several ways in
which the information may be impaired.
For instance. if the young lady lives in
Montpelier, and the young man whom
she doesn't love any more resides on the
Eagle Ledge road, she might telegraph
to him. charges to be collected or, if
she is not in dreadful hurry for him
to hear the sad words, she might leave
it until she visits Eagle Ledge or she
could write; or she might employ her
big brother to 90 and tell him or, if
both live in the same town, she might
call round after tea and bride his sister
to tell him or-but there are so many
ways that doubtless some of them have
occurred to her ere this 1t doesn't
make so much difference after all it
hardly ever kills EN- to hear it nova
day Montpelier argus.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

During the late war. it was the mis-
fortune of a promising young man, then
living in Cambridge, VT, to find him
self 'called upon to fill the place of
one Of Uncle Sans raw recruits from
the country town. He was rough and
hardy specimen of pioneer life, but,
withal, not little tender of himself =
Securing an enormous plaster, and hav-
ing the same spread broadcast over his
back, and, after careful practice. placing
himself in the most deformed and pita-
BILE position possible, he reported for ex-
animation The DR.. appreciated the
sad condition of his subject; but when
he had prepared for the final test, the
plaster revealed itself in all it's huge pro-
portions. The appeal was too much,
even for the heart of the DIR. He ex-
claimed: "My-, a man that can
bear up under such plaster, is able to
carry knapsack. My dear sir, you
are accepted"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

When Dumb Animals-cry out their
gladness,-when cripples take up their
beds and walk,-when rheumatism isl
banisbed, stiff joints made Timber and
swellings disappear as if by magic. we'll
may we enquire into the secret of the
wonderful Centaur Liniment. There
has never been anything like it. 1t has
performed more cures of flesh, bone and
muscle ailments upon man and beast I'M
the past three months than all other ar
ticles have in three hundred years / 8
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03

THE NEW LIGHT RUNNING
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-02-03
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

The old unfinished ship OF the line, Vir.
ginia, at the Charlostown navy yard Is to be
at once demolished. She has been on tue
stocks In one Of the ship houses In the lower
part Of the yard for half q century, her keel
having been laid in 1921. Her keel Is 1856
feet long, her spar deck 2l0 feet and her ex-
IRENE breadth 81 feet. She Is built Of live oak
She was intended to be frst-class ship, and
TO carry o. guns aud 1000 men. The ship
house which she occupies was built for her,
but Is now wanted as place for the oOnstruc.
ton Of one Of the frigates recently ordered
by Congress. The old ship was to he built
under an appropriation for the gradual In
after the cessation Of hOstilitles In 1912. The
Vermont, the Cumberland, sunk by the rebel
ram Merrimac during the rebellion, the Sa-
blne and Potomac, sister ships Of the Vir-
ginia, were built under the same appropria-
ton. The Virginia Is sonnd In every respect
and Is copper bolted up to the water mark.
There Is no document at the navy yard show
ing her cost. The estimated cost Of putting
her In readiness to launch Is $4,000. The
estimated cost Of her demolition Is ESQ, 600.
A number OF old navy officers at the station
regret that she Is to be torn TO pieces, being
OF the opinion that she would make hne re-
celying ship, TO take the place OF the Ohio,
which Is quite out Of repair. Others hold
that she Is unit for service, and should be
put out OF the way to make room for the con.
struction Of modern friyates. There are still
others who think that her demolition Is q
political dodge, aud done TO have more men
employed In the navy. The order for her
destruction vas received ut II o'clock Wednes-
day forenoon, and at l O'Clock a small gang
Of men were at work upon hor.-BosI0H
Herald,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27
TuE LIBERALS AND THE DEMO
I'm ATA

IT., ihoral u ,nuhltc n IN In Al nnu, hahn,
L,.Loa .nd o,a.I hv ,hc,r ,,te norocr,,I,
.....I.,s, T., a,,o.v 1910, q, a., ,,,,,,,.,,
tn I.,ss, ,rs,,noa L,s oocn,rod in NY orS
A tsw a.. a,a ,n,, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 70.
$500 ~ C,,,h.,no nro,rrnd a. chair
nan o1 ,ho J,hor,I Ron,hIican commIt,ee IN
.ddr0.. a no,s ~ Hon Allan a Reech chair
80 =, ,,a o~oan,,,o nomn,,,oo ~ ,ha nan,o-
.-.,,o s,a,s onr,n,i,,oo invI,in, ,,a, oroarI-
yat,o, 10 mite viii ,he Iib,raI RenphIic,ns
IN . cali for a state copvcn,ion ThIs I.,,.r
has nrovoked from the World n aercc and
h,,,.r a.nnncia,ion of John Cnchrane and h,s
.o-ca,led marty
Tia nrinc,naI ory,p of tbe Dsmocracv
,,aInIv ,o,Is ham 4, does NOT want IN hav.
snv,hi,g IN do win them. that whether thew
al, . .o,von,,on or NOT does not matter a
,s..,,.,. a., ,,,. n,no,roc,. Tho, ,,,h.y noyor
1900 In ',hIs s,a,o "a an orra,izatioo ex-
60, IN n.nsr or in ysrv fer,iIe im,gipations
Th,. 4. axrosdI,gIv rongh an the liberal. of
Ne VI nn, IL !. ,he ,rn,h Ths Worid
h.. rory oxceI,ont opnrorIa,lon of This
who,o gany as wines. The following extract
S..or,n,,vo NJ ,ho ,mm,cuIate Cocbrane. ~
~, ,o,po-.ooIor I,lso John Cochranc shopId
81 ~, nansn.ra,,o nar,v "a , sImnle indl-
L., ho I'D Inv. ~ t,re bIs chances with
,ha o,ho, ,ndI,,du.I uemhers of the marty.
m, ~ bo can snccccd in making credulous
,,.onI. ho,;.ve that hc has A body of followers
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

The DEATH Of the late James Brooks had
most extraordinary effect upon the Hon. s.
8 Cox. While Mr.. Brooks was alive Mr.. Cox
was quite funny over the back pay, and face
tlously announced that he would give 1t to a
couple of orphans. Mr.. Brooks dies, and
Mr.. Cox becomes quite serious, and finally or
ders 1t to be sent back to the Treasury. Again,
while Mr.. Brooks was alive Mr.. Cox was tired
Of politics and Of Congress. He wanted to
write book or go abroad. Mr.. Brooks dead,
Mr.. Coxs love for literature vanlshes he has
no desire to go abroad, and Congress and pol
tiles again present irresistible charms. s. s.
c. Is as fine aspeclmcu Of a ilrst-class trim
mer as there Is to be found In or out Of Con-
gress.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

The ENGLISH CAPITAL Is beginning to be
excited over the expected arrival Of the Sui
tan Of Zanzibar, who, q short time ago,
signed treaty looking to the suppression Of
the slaye-trado under the persuasion Of the
guns Of British squadron. The sultan's
nervous system, we arc told, Is badly shat
tered, and his visit Is merely for the purpose
Of recuperatiou. What business has Sultan
Of Zanzibar with nerves anyhow
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

Mr.. JOIN VI. LASssToS does not think
that the Equal Rights League are organizing
for tho purpose Of founding party here ex-
clusively on colcr. Then what Is their objecti
The complaint that In proportion to their
numbers the colorcd people have not their
lnua
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

GOVERNOR PARKER, of New Jersey, dips
into the future and announces that In his
opinion the future capital Of America will be
in that State, along the west side Of the IIud-
son. We would not advise holders Of real
estate to wait for rise on the strength Of the
expectation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

wAsHIsGros, d. u. August IS, ls7a !
Information has been received at this De-
partment from Mr., Charles o. Shepard, the
consul of the United States at Kanagawa,
Japan, Of the death, on the lith Of July, 1873,
at Kanagawa, of BRowS EMERSON, a citizen
Of the United States.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

FPrsons bdoing he city during ne rdU-
cling season can haze he Republican maiied
20 neir address for any length Of time d,ey
may designate, al % cents per month, payable
in adpdnce, by ordering the same at he office.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

From tho Cincinnati Commercially
Senator Morton, who was IN the city over Sun
day, leaves for Indianapolis this morning. While
In good physical health his voice Ia not In .
condition to warrant much public speaking.
The appointments made for him In various
towns and cities OF Ohio by the State Republican
executive committee have been or will be with
drawn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-27

~ THE Equal RIoHrs LEAeuKis not what
We have stated II to be, what Is it7 Why does
not some one Of the persons who have boon
holding secret midnight meetings tell the OBJ
iect of them?