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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-03

The Clothing Trade has. within the
last thirty days, undergone n regular revolution,
by Flshel & Roberts having opened a first-class
Clothing establishment, corner OF First and
washington streets, where Men and Boys can
oe ntted 10 perfection in every kind of Clothes.
Ihey are manufacturing on e large scale, and
can make anything for Men and Boys wear to
order IN the very best style, at extreme low
in quality. \ call to their establishments corner
FlrSt and Washington streets, viii convince all
Of the fact. ap26-tf
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-03

DROF CARDINELL'S DANCING ACAD-
Il emy cor Front and Ash streets, is open on
Monday and Thursday evenings 1910,
Saturday Afternoons for children anu i-hulrs
Exclusively. , ca,
rs- Soiree every Saturday evening ~
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-03
DANCING ACADEMY.

s5- Box Office open from 10 a. II. to 4P. n. for
Reserved Seats. 5-2
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
Done at the Monitor Office.
THE SUN.
WEEKLY. sEMI-WEEKLY. AND DAILl

SEMl-W EEhL1, AND DA1L1.
THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known to require
any extended recommendation; but the which
have already given it fifty thousand subscribers and
which WILL we hope give it many thousands more, are
briefly follows:
1t is first-cass newspaper. All the news of the
day will be found in it, condensed when unmportapt
at full length when of moment and always presented
in clear, inteigibe, and interesting manner.
1t is rst-rate family payer full Of entertaining and
instructive reading of every kind but containing moth
ing that offend the most delicate and scrupulous
taste.
1t is frst-rate story paper The best tales and
of current literature carefully selected and
legibly printed in its pages.
1t IS rst-cass agricultural paper The most fresh
and instructive articles agricultural topics regularly
appear in this department
1t is independent political paper belonging to
party and wearing collar. 1t fights for principle
and for the election of the best men to office. 1t
pecay devoes its energies to The exposure of the great
corruptions that now weaken and disgrace our coun-
try and threaten to undermine republican institutions
altogether 1t has fear of knaves and asks vors
| from their supporters.
reports the fashions for the ladies and the markets
for the men, especially the catemarkets to which il
| pays particular attention.
Finally, it is the cheapest paper published. One
dollar year will it for any subscriber. 1t is
not necessary to get up club in order to have THE
| WEEKLY SUN at this rate. Any one who sends
single dollar will gel the paper for year.
THE WEEKLY SUNLIGHT pages. fifty-siz
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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUN.-Same size al
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| cent. to clubs of 10 or
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

An Iowa paper took fifteen pounds of
dried apple to pay for publishing mar
riage notice.
Advice is like snow, the softer it falls,
the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper
it sinks into the mind.
The building of the New York State
Capitol at Albany has been suspended
for want of funds.
1t is estimated that Texas cattle deal
ers have taken $8,OOO,OoO into their
State from cattle transactions in Kansas
this year.
1t is now settled that Satan's address
to the fallen angels, after being driven
out of heaven, was IN German. He COM
menced by saying, 'Nicks, come, arouse" :"
A tanners shop was recently excavat-
ed at Pompeii. with many of the tools
used by the workmen, which are almost
the same as those in use at the present
time
The orange crop in Florida promises
to be large the coming season. Reports
from the Indian river country speak of
the prospects as unusually good. Early
grown fruit is, already coming in.
Divorces are hardly known in Spain,
for the reason that the husband can find
some one to shoot his wife for twenty
five cents when he gets tired of matri-
mony.
An old negro woman was heard to ex-
claim: Thomas Jefferson, you and
James Madison come into the house and
bring Abe Lincoln along with you, OF
I'll reach for you, shuh!''
A Western girl sold her piano on he,
wedding day and bought sewing ma
chine with which she made her husband
a new suit of clothes. The husband
proclaimed the industry and frugality o.
his wife, and her three sisters found hus
bands in a fortnight.
An enthusiastic angler writes tha
some of the hot springs of the Yellow
stone region are situated SO near the mar
gin of the Yellowstone lake that per
son might stand on the rim of the spring
extend his fishing rod into the lake, catcl
trout weighing from one to two pounds
and cook them in the boiling sprin,
without removing the fish from the hook
A German peddler sold a man liqul,
for exterminating bugs. .And how d
you use it % inquired the man after h
had bought it. '.Ketch te bug un dro,
Won little drop into his mouth, answer
ed the peddler. "Pshawl" exclaime,
the purchaser, 81 could kill it in hal
the time, by stamping on it, "Vell,
e explained the German, "dat ish goo
way, too.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

A PARABLE.-A certain man going up
from youth to manhood, fell among grog-
shops, where he was stripped of his mon
ey, his character and his friends, and
left poor and half dead with disease.
And by chance there came down a mod
crate drinker that way, and when he
saw him he passed by on the other side,
and likewise friend of Temperance
came where he was, and when he saw
him he passed by on the other side.
But a Temperance man, as he journey
ed, came to where he was, and when he
saw him he had compassion on him, and
wept over him, and besought him with
tears to repent and reform. And he per-
suaded him to sit upon his own beast,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

NoAH's ARK.-A scientific writer
gives it as his opinion, founded on GER
tain Biblical facts, that the ark was
smaller than the Great Eastern. 1t had
three decks, and was divided into nu-
merous compartments by longitudinal
and transverse bulkheads, for the safety
and order of its occupants. 1t was built
of gopher wood, species of evergreen
timber resembling the pine in length
and strength of trunk, and the white ce-
dar in lightness. In model, it was all
that great carrier could be, chest-like,
with lines straight and angles square,
but the bottom and top were elliptical
in outline, presenting convexity to the
earth and sky. After giving the dimen-
sions and the model of construction Of
the several parts, this authority tells US,
as if he was equally certain on this
point, that the ark sis now in a good
state of preservation, but lying under
an eternal mantle of snow, hundreds Of
feet deep, at an altitude of seventeen
thousand five hundred feet above the lev
ell of the sea. Ever since the food dried
up, the climate of Armenia has beer
colder, and snow always covers the toI
of Ararat, rendering it impossible fol
any of Noah's descendants to 60 up anC
| find the ark.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

order to knock the pistol from his hand,
but Jack seized me, saying:
'.Let it alone Charley Jim's got his
match this time!''
therefore remained standing where
Twas.
"You had better put up that pistol, at
present (! If you want satisfaction you
can have it just, here and now, although
do not wish to stain my hands with
such worthless villain as yourself :?
"Big Jim" as you are called, | know
you we'll. Five years ago I-met you at
New Orleans. 1 was then young and un-
suspecting. You enticed me into one of
your vile dens. l played and lost.
Hundreds, thousands passed from my
hands into yours. | was nearly ruined
through your villainy, for you cheated
went to my home a saddened man.
Two years ago a young man came to the
same city. He met you. You ruined
him He went to his hotel, and blew
out his brains His wife died broken
hearted, leaving sweet little girl to my
care That man was my sisters hus-
band and you murdered him p
you're liar !'' shouted Jim, spring
ing forward and firing.
Springing to his feet, Clarence Milroy,
for that was the strangers name, drew
from his pocket a beautiful little weap.
on, but, before he could use it, the gam.
bier fired again.
This time the ball, grazing Milroy's
temple. left penciling Of crimson.
Muttering an oath, Jim threw his pis
tol from him, and drawing a bowie from
its sheath, was about to spring upon his
antagonist, when, with firm hand, the
Georgian raised his arm. For one sec
ond the light flashed along the barrel o
the polished weapon-the next, a sharp
quick report broke upon the warm ali
of the saloon, and the gambler, claspins
both hands over his heart, fell to th'
floor, the crimson tide flowing from
small hole in his breast.
Milroy coolly replaced the pistol il
his pocket, and walked away, receivin
the congratulations of many, who wer
glad to be rid of the pest of the Mississ
ippi, and leader of the gamblers, "Bi
Jim Sanders"
Jack and | turned to our state-rooms
feeling relieved that it was all over.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

The local of a Cedar Rapids paper
has written an account of ball in that
city, and will probably have to resign.
Here is specimen of his work: 1.-The
Misses Holcomb whirled the air like
fairies, the younger in her fesh-colored,
high-heeled boots, and the elder, in her
blue silk. white overskirt, her hair braid
ed and hanging down her back, was a
scene which pleased all, and tickled
their papa into smiles as he adm ired his
daughters making such favorable i'm
pressions.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

RoBB1NG H1MsE1F--The Manchester
Mirror tells the following amusing story
Of the barefaced conduct Of hog-stealers
in the town of Chichester, N. H., "In
one instance the thieves woke up man
in his own farm house, told him that
one of their hogs had got out of the wag-
on into the road, and asked his assist
ance to put him back. The farmer got
up. dressed himself, and readily COM
piled, and the next morning, when he
went to feed his hog, on looking into
the pen found him missing. He had
assisted the thieves to steal his own
porker. At another house the farmer
heard a squealing in the road late in
the night, and going to the door, saw a
man struggling with a porker. The
same story was repeated, and assistance
given as at the other house, and the
same scene was enacted at the pen in
the morning
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
The WiII0sCs.
By Bret Harte,-Aiser the style Of Edgar A. Pc


The skies they were ashen and sober,
The streets they were dirty and drear ;
It was night in the month Of October,
In my most immemorial year
Like the skies [ was perfectly sober,
AS | stopped at the mansion of Shear,
At the Nightingale perfectly sober,
And the willowy woodland, down here.
Here. once in an alley Titanic
Of ten-pins,-l roamed with my soul,
Of ten-pins, Mary, my soul;
They were days when my heart was VOL
canic,
And impelled me to frequently roll
And made me resistlessly roll,
Till my ten-strikes created panic
In the realms of the Boreal pole,
Till my ten-strikes created q panic
With the monkey atop of his pole.
I repeat, was perfectly sober,
But my thoughts they were palsied
and scar
My thoughts we're decidedly queer;
IOT hueW HUI CnC luoHtH Wdo OCtoOOI, :,
And I marked not the night of the year;
| forgot the sweet moroccan of Auber
That the band oft performed down here
And mixed the sweet music of Auber
With the Nightingale's music by Shear.
And now as the night was senescent,
And star-dials pointed to morn,
III oo, Jr.uorc b,nfod Of Y,,or.o
At the end of the path liquescent
And bibulous lustre was born;
twas made by the bar-keeper present,
Who mixed duplicate horn,-
His two hands describing a crescent
Distinct with duplicate horn.
And I said: This looks perfectly regal,
For it's warm, and | know l feel dry,
am confident that feel dry;
We have come past the emeu and eagle,
And watched the gay monkey on high
Let us drink to the emeu and eagle,
To the swan and the monkey on high
To the eagle and monkey on high;
For this bar-keeper will not inveigle,-
Bully boy with vitreous eye;
He surely would never inveigle,-
Sweet youth with a crystalline eye"
But Mary, uplifting her finger,
Said, "Sadly this bar l mlstrust,-
l fear that this bar does not trust.
o hasten o let US not lirger
o fy,-let US fly, ere we must p
In terror she cried, letting sink her
Parasol till it trailed in the dust.
In agony sobbed, letting sink her
Parasol till it trailed in the DUST
Till it sorrowfully trailed in the dust
Then I pacifed Mary and kissed her,
And tempted her into the room,
And conquered her scruples and gloom
And we passed to the end of the vista,
But were stopped by the warning O
DOOM
By some words that were warning q
DOOM
And 1 said, "What is written, sweet sis
ter,
At the opposite end of the rcom?"
She sobbed, as she answered, 'sAll liquor
Must be paid for ere leaving the room.
Then my heart it grew ashen and sober
3 AS the streets were deserted and dreal
For my pockets were empty and drear
And cried, cit was surely October,
On this very night of last year,
That [ journeyed-I journeyed dow
here
That [ brought fair maiden dow
here,
On this night of all nights in the yea
;; All to me that inscription is clear
Well | know now, I'm perfectly sober,
! Why no longer they credit me here,-
Well [ know now that music of Auber
And this Nightingale kept hy one Shea
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
THE ENGLISH-ASHANTEE
QUARREL.

The quarrel between the English and
the Ashantees is not a very Ineligible
one. The English have long held por-
tion of the Gold Coast, other sections of
which were possessed by the Danes and
the Dutch. The latter have now also
been acquired by the English, whose set
Elements, defended by Cape Coast Castle
and other forts, stretch along the shores
between Liberia and Dahomey. North
ward of these possessions are the peace
full and submissive tribes of the Fantees,
Assins, and Ahantas, which are "pro-
tected'' by the British Government; and
beyond them, to the north, are the unde-
fined dominions of Kofee Kalkalli. The
immediate cause of the war was series
of fierce incursions of King Kofee against
the Fantees, whom he drove to Cape
Coast, and whose villages he burned ;
but the remote cause is alleged to be the
resentment felt by this potentate at not
having access to the sea-coast and at be-
ing deprived of the annual stipend which
used to be granted to him by the Dutch.
Whatever the grounds of the quarrel, it
is certain that the English cabinet has
entered upon determined war. Nor is
the struggle likely to be a very easy one,
nor are the costs of it capable of easy
reckoning. When Sir Robert Napier
set out for Magdala, it was estimated
that the war would cost England four
millions sterling for it; she has actually
had to pay nine. The Ashantee war is
calculated at two millions; it is not un-
likely to cost five, Koffee has been max
ing, it is supposed, important alliances
with many interior tribes that he and
his generals are skilled warriors, they
have already betrayed; the English
know nothing either Of the numbers Of
his army. the manner of their equip.
ment, or of the typographical features Of
the country they are about to invade
they do know that the resistance of AS.
hantee armies is not the only danger
they have to face, but wild beasts also
and most treacherous climate ; and be.
fore they reach the promised El Dorado
Of the river Barra, and the capital, with
its suspected golden stores. they must
probably endure a long, weary, and un.
certain campaign, in which they car
scarcely hope to do more than to tempo
rarily put an end to Ashantee excursions
eastward.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
Nea0 Advertisements.
LAURAETTE WILLIAMS ESTATE.
CSTATE OF VERMONTl
sof

At Probate Court, held at lrasburgh in said Dis
trlct, on the 10th day of Nov. A. D. 1878.
Job W. Allen, administrator of the estate of Laura
ette Williams late of Craftsbury, in said district de-
ceased, makes application to said court with the
of the heirs residing in this state, for license
to sell all Of the real estate of said deceased the
consisting of house and lot adjoining Nelson Rand's
store in the village of Crasbury in said district, rep
reseEtng that said sale would be beneficial to all
interested therein.
Whereupon 1t is ordered by said court that said
application be referred to the 18th day of December
A. D. lS73 at the probate Office in said lrasburgh, for
hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the
three weeks successfully in the Monitor newspaper
published at Barton, previous to said time appointed
for hearing that they may appear at said time and
place. and show cause if any they may have, why said
license should not be granted.
By the court-Attest.
47-49 f. A. STEWART, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

Petty smuggling FROM Canada is brisk.
A letter from ogdensburgh says that
several Watertown ladies were searched
at the Custom House recently on coming
from Prescott, and had their goods taken
away from them. Thirty three women
were searched, and all but four were
trying to smuggle something over.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

Total Abstinence, and then brought him
to his family, and they took care of him.
And in the morning he spoke kindly to
him and offered up prayers for him, and
departed.
Which of these was neighbor to him
that fell among the grog-shops ?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

An action against dentist for pull
ing the wrong tooth came before Keene
court the other day. The plaintiff, Mrs.
Alice Lowell, being unavoidably absent
by reason of having died, her interests
were represented by her husband, who
asserted that his wife gave the dentist,
DIR. I. W. Russell, special directions to
pull certain teeth, and not to molest
certain other teeth but he made clean
sweep of one jaw, and was rapidly har-
vesting the crop in the other, when Mrs.
Lowell recovered from the an@sthetic and
shut her mouth The suit was for So
600 damages, but the jury, considering
that it might have been mere misun-
derstanding on the dentists part, and
that the plaintiff was dead, thought $40
about right.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

Begin early, the winters work. Sleigh
ing is already here, and it is quite like
ly the snow may accumulate SO as to
render ordinary travelling and work in
the woods very difficult before the spring
arrives. Most farmers have some little
jobs for the winter already planned. Let
them be at once begun. The wood pile,
early drawn, will be sure to be at the
door for leisure hours attention. The
timber cut and drawn for the mill-tke
wood carried to market early will be
in the right spot, when bad roads would
prevent all attempts to enter the forests.
This is the time to begin. Thanksgiv-
ing festivities past, the more is done
towards executing winter plans before
Christmas and New Years the better.
If you have any teeming to do. be at it,
as soon as possible. All that is done
before mid-winter will be double gain
for the season. Windsor Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
GUARDIANS LICENSE.
CTATE OF vERNIONT,l

- 1Orleans District ,ss
In probate court held at Irasburgh in said district
on the goth day Of November, A D. 1875.
VIM. Twombly guardian unto George R. Richards,
an insane person, residing in Bloomington, in said
district, makes application to said court for license to
sell his said wards real estate in said Bloomington,
described follows part of lot No. 63, being the
premises decided by Job Drown to said Richard,
April 9th, A. ID. 1857 and representing that sale of
said real estate is necessary to provide means to sup
port the said Richard and would be beneficial to him
for the purpose of putting the proceeds at interest
investing the same in stocks or in other real estate
Whereupon is ordered by said court that said ap-
plication be referred to the 1lth day Of December A.
D. 1873 at the probate Office in Irasburgh for hearing
and decision thereon And it is further ordered that
notice be given to all persons interested by publication
of notice of this application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the Orleans County Monitor a
newspaper published at Barton in said district before
said time of hearing that they may appear at said time
and place. and show cause, if any they may have, why
said license should not be granted.
By the Court-Attes I.
47-49 E. A. STEWART. Judge
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08
BEECHER's UNLUCKY BROTHER.

"My brother Charles and 1 were
twins" said Mr.. Beecher, in his last
evenings lecture, ''or at least we would
have been if he hadn't waited couple
of years. We were twins in everything
but birth, and yet we were very unlike.
He had apparently better head than I,
and promised to make shrewder man.
If an accident happened to anybody, it
was sure to be to Charles. It was Charles
that broke his leg, that had white
swelling on his knee, that was blown up
with gunpowder, that fell down stairs
and cut a cash in his cheek, and then,
as if symmetry was needed, fell down
and cut the other one. He grew up and
had a lovely family. His oldest son was
shot in the rebellion. hobbled back and
was shot again, and then went into the
regular army. On the border he was
surrounded by Indians, and killed, and
the judgment day will have to search all
over the plains for his bones. Now, my
boy went through the war, and came
out with only a bruise. My brother
Charles had two daughters. They went
sailing on lake in the very sight of his
house. and were drowned. Why is my
brother thus dealt with, and not me |
haven't the slightest doubt but that it
will all come out very plain by and by,
but | cannot understand it now. 1t is
only left for me to believe blindly, i'm
plicitly in the overruling wisdom and
justice of divine providence.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

Times are unusually easy and money
plenty in South Carolina.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

j. +. WRIGHT,
physician and Surgeon. Office at his residence.
a Inaal al.....
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

MRS. ]. P. SARTLE
HAS RECENTLY OPENED A FANCY GOODS
A1 Store at Barton Landing in Austin & Joslyn s
the latest and most approved styles For further notice
see bills.
o3-l3 Barton Landing Sept 25, 1878.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

DIR. d. A. BE3IIS,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND srRcFoN
II 10 Craftsburv Varp,ont