Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-23

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HARpER's MAGAZINE for July opens
with timely paper by W. H. Rideing,
entitled "Jack Ashor," exposing the pc
culiar temptations and demoralizing in
fuence to which sailors are subject in our
metropolis. The article on National
Standards and Emblems," by H.K. W.
Wilcox, is novel and interesting, and es-
pecially timely opropos of the Fourth.
A similar consideration renders seasonal
bic also the paper on the "Signers of the
Declaration" which contains twenty
three fac SMILES of the signers' hand
writing, the selection being made from
Characteristic letters, suggestions from
which form the basis of a very entertain
ing article by Mr.. Losing. This SUBJ
ject will be concluded in the August
Number
A seris of illustrated papers descriptive
of General Shermans recent tour in the
East, written by the Generals aid-de-
camp, Colonel J. G. Audenried, is begun
in this Number. That part of the first
article which relates to Sicily is very ably
supplemented by Mr. Junius Henri
Browns beautifully illustrated paper on
"Sicily and the Sicilians.' %
Emilio Castelar, the Spanish Republican
leader, continues in this Number his in
structive and eloquent exposition of the
Republican movement in Europe He
commences a series of papers on the place
occupied by the German races in modern
revolutions, and a large portion of this
first article relates to the philosophical
systems of Kant ard Fichte.
The progress of Russian fight in Cen
trail Asia, the peculiar features of the pol
icy carried out in this brilliant career Of
conquest, and the commercial aspect Of
the Asian question, constitute the subject
matter of a brilliant and ably considered
contribution by Thomas W. Knox, emit
tied Russian Policy in Asia.
The"Old Stage" continues his interest
ing recollections, dealing this month
mainly with examples of extemporaneou
forensic effort in Congress.
D.R.Castleton contributes very inter
esting character-sketch, entitled, eva
it failure?' and Mrs. Frank M'Carth,
gives us a very humorous story, 9TH
Rev. Gabriel M'Murray's Conversion.
Charles Reade, in this Number, bring
to his senses the hero of his story, 81
Simpleton," and introduces him to Afri
can diamonds, while he re-introduce
Lord Tadcaster as the sutton of Rosa, thu
holding within his readers bewildere,
vision the prospect of an Enoch Ardel
denouement of the most interesting an,
pathetic character.
The poetry of the No. is contribute
by Bayard Taylor, Kate Putnam Osgood
Mrs. M. D. Brine. Tracy Robinson, Mis-
Constance Woolson, and Miss Fannie
R. Robinson. Mrs. Brine's poem, 'Dow
by the Brook" is accompanied by a yer
beautiful illustration. The Editoria
Departments are excellent as usual. il
Guiding contribution from Dr. Samut
Osgood for the Easy Char, an exhaust
i've summary of scientific progress, a yer
complete Historscal Record and an enter
tanning Editors Draver
f F, THE STRAWBERRY SEAsoN.-The straw
berry season is now at its height and til
+ supply is abundant. In Boston, TIL
delicious fruit sells for from twentv-fy
to forty cents per box. At Baltimor
strawberries averaging nearly an inch
. diameter sold, on Saturday last, f
: twelve and half cents per box, viii
the inferior berries sold down to Fl,
: cents per quart. The growers complai
: that they are losing money! as the prit
y which they are obliged to sell them
four cents per box-leaves, after payir
. expenses, only one and "a quarter cent
1t is evident from this that the tran
portation companies and the ..middl
:. men, make all the money in the stga,
berry trade.