Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


An Italian woman named Batocini,
living in East Newark, n j., was hug
ged to death by bear which her hus-
band used for exhibitions.
A New Orleansian has written off
whole column of the Herald on a postal
card, and the editor thinks he has done
something grand.
Washington, Nov. s. The Widow of
the late Gen. Robert Z. Lee died Nov.
4, in Virginia. She was the grand
daughter of the wife of Gen. George
Washington.
Gen. SAM Houston is said to have
always kept conspicuous placard on
his mantle-piece, notifying all visitors
that he invarlbly retired at o'clock.
A widower at Lexington, No., was
dumped into the Missouri the other night
for marrying the next day after his first
wife was buried
In some of the Western Oranges, it
is said that the members are pledged
never to 60 to law with each other, but
to settle all their disputes by arbitra-
tion.
John c. Heenan, the pugilist, died
on Sunday of consumption, in Wyoming
Territory, where he went several weeks
ago for his health.
Ben. Butler and Jefferson Davis lately
arrived at Washington in the same car.
Neither recognized the other Ofcourse,
Mr. Davis would not notice such a scala
wag.
The editor of the Baltimore American,
who has just returned from an extensive
European tour, says he did not see a
drunken person in either Austria, Prus-
sia or France, during his whole stay.
Henry Taylor. A. 7. Stewards famous
hat and bonnet designer, was once he
milliner in Paris, Kentucky His art
istic head-gear are sold all over this
country and Great Britain.
A Massachusetts editor is inclined to
approve an English teachers plan in ex-
amining schools to pass newspaper
about among the children. and require
each to read from it and to explain the
illusions to events, institutions and
persons.
The power of love is again illustrated
in the case of Miss Catherine Oates of
Cornwall, England, who travelled all the
way to Toulumme County, CAL, to we'd
the lover she hadn't seen for eight years,
and found him married to a Mexican
ranchero's daughter, and the father Of
vui vv-vlrildror1.
A Connecticut boy insisted on know
ing what was meant by the slang phrase
"a gone sucker" and was overheard
praying soon after, ON being sent off to
bed; 'God bless papa and mama and
baby, but I've been such bad boy, /
rather guess I'm gone sucker.
Critics complain that Nilsson is more
careless in the use of her voice than be-
fore her marriage-lets it out with reck.
les freedom and volume, as it were
Her husband is reported as saying that
he noticed the fact before the critics
spoke of it.
Augusta has romance of long-lost
brother, who walked into the photograph
saloon of the brother who wasn't lost al
all, and sat for his picture twelve times
Then the artist grew impatient, and the
subject" revealed himself
Stokes journeyed to Sing Sing as
cheerfully as the peoples favorite goes
to the White House. He seemed to take
his sentence as good joke, and, as his
duties will be light and his stay short
no wonder that he feels hopeful and
happy.
A wealthy farmer of Fulton, N. Y.
has this notice posted up in his field
''If any mans or womean's cows or oxer
gifts in these air oats, his or her heac
will be cut off, as the case may be. A
man eye um, and pay mi taxes, but con
foozilation to man who lets his critters
rub loose said eye"
It used to be considered a beautiful
exhibition of the fitness of things tina
worms were created for birds to eat, ant
birds created to eat worms The intro
duction of firearms, and the spread o
Young Americanlsm. however, hav
wrought change in respect to thes
matters the bird has declined, ant
boys, guns, and worms increase rapid,
year by year.
The first chapter in western move
has the following: call of a sudden tn
fair girl continued to sit on the sand
gazing on the briny deep, on whose heav
ing bosom the tall ships went merrill
by, freighted --ah who can tell wit
how much of joy and sorrow and pin
lumber and emigrants and hopes an
salt fish p
The reporter of a Nashville paper who
mentioning young lady's deceast
touchingly alluded to her as zone of th
brightest jewels that ever glittered i
the diadem of an earthly home: one {
the purest stars that ever cleaned upo
the frontlet of our social sky: one {
the sweetest flowers that ever bloome
in the garden of earliest association,
has had his salary increased to fou
; dollars month half cash and half core
J wood
The following strong figure of speec
was used to illustrate the great size {
America to Pat who could not max
up his mind about emigrating:
"Where did the 'baccy come from
Why from Meriky! where else? tn;
sent us the first petaty. Long life to
for both. says ! p
'sWhat sort of place is that, l wol
der?"
, s.Meriky! They tell me it's might
sizable. I'm tould that you might 70
, England through it, an it would hard
make a dent in the ground. There's
: fresh water ocean inside of it that yt
might dhrown Ireland in. an save Faith