Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-04-28
THE EMPEROR WILLIAM ON A BRo1

The EMPEROR WILLIAM ON A BROKEN
curious story has just
cropped up in Caesel, Germany, touch
ing a bet made between two officers there.
One Of the gentlemen. who was Count
and Adjutant, laid down the proposition
that man of rank and title, could, |
whenever he chose, mary a rich heiress
He proposed bet, indeed, that within
eight days he could get himself engaged
to certain young lady who possessed
the highly desirable qualification de-
scribed. The bet was accepted. This
young lady was the daughter of the wild
ow of man who had been the proprietor
of gambling house, and she was said
to have half million at her dowery. The
Count set to work to win the girls affec-
tions and succeeded. An engagement in
Germany is solemn affair, and is al
ways published in the newspapers
However, as soon as the engagement was
arrived at the Count claimed his bet,a
then wrote to the girl to say that on ac-
count of her having been a gambler, it
was impossible for him to marry her.
The engagement was annulled and the
final results, it was thought, of this hui
morous affair were large quantity of
champagne and a broken heart. But
the Emperor William heard of the little
romance and did not like the looks of it
at all. Probably before the large guam
tity of champagne had been drunk, both
the officers in question found themselves
under an arrest. At present, according
to the commands of the Emperor, they
await their trial by court martial; and
it is highly probable that they may find
serious cause to repent of having engag-
ed in that merry jest.
A TOO SHARP CUsToM's OFFICIAL
Ladies travelling through Canada by rail
are often greatly annoyed by having
their luggage unnecessarily searched,
but one of the officials recently got his
deserts. 1t happened that a yankee
school teacher on her was from Kansas
to Vermont passed through the Domin-
ion, with her trunk packed to bursting
with nothing contraband When the
officer demanded her key she begged him
not to open it assuring him it had come
through from Kansas, containing simply
clothes and books, and was so full that
it would be very troublesome to repack
it. But he sternly demanded the key
and maliciously pulled everything out tc
the very bottom; then-fnding her as.
sertions true-he returned the key, and
advised her to ''hurry up and get the
traps back as the train would soon move .
"What is it to me- said the quick-wit
ted woman, 81 have a check for thai
trunk, and hold the Grand Trunk rail
way responsible for its delivery. | viii
not take the key, and you may do as you
please with the trunk Report say
{ that official was very weary and red il
| the face, and rather profane ere he fin
ished packing that trunk
Let every blade of grass in the north
west be watered with the blood of .thes
treacherous fends, and the rivers as the,
flow down to the ocean carry with then
r the scarlet tidings of nations vengenc
and may it be mingled with the gor,
stream that flows in the veins of the va
cillating shriekers for peace, to whom
E principally due the preparation of tn
4 late horrible butchery. Let there be n
wavering. no pity, no remorse. TIL
names of the slaughtered cry aloud fo
| blood, and blood alone will give thel
: peace beyond the grave ! Western Pt
per.
The murder of Gen. Candy and D.
Thomas by the Modocs, is what ails tn
f sanguinary fellow. "Much learnin
h hath made him mad" If he will tax
d little mild sassafras tea and soak h
G feet in lard, we think he would care le'
! about "the names of the slaughtered.
n Those western fellows are terrible
is their wrath. We had rather encount,
IS a cemetery than one of them !-Morri
/ vaUe Citizen.
is AN INCIDENT OF THE RICHMON
l. SwITCU DJS ASTER That bravo ono