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A HUMOROUS SCENE.

A young man from one of the suburbs
appeared from store on West street, on
Saturday noon, in quest of the family
team, but not discerning it, stepped
quickly to the corner of Main street, and
looked up the avenue just in time to de-
tect the familiar establishment Just turn
ing into White street on the homeward
course. Then he took his hat in hand
and struck out on the chase at speed
that was wonderful. A clerk in a store
that he shot by, ran out to see what was
the matter, and finding man fleeing
for dear life, he put after him. This
created a curiosity in a man who was
digging out a gutter, and he forthwith
dropped his shovel and joined in with
commendable alacrity. And then a
milkman who was just getting into his
cart suddenly changed his mind, and
went Logging up the street in the rear Of
the others. Two merchants talking
about materialism dropped the subject
and picked up their heels in the same
direction. Then five boys instinctively
took leg in. These were followed by a
number of elderly people, and before the
suburban youth reached White street he
became painfully aware that he was pur.
sued. This led him to redouble his ex.
ertions, but the increase communicated
itself to the surging mass behind. Anc
when he turned into White street, his
eyes stood out like billiard balls, anG
his hair stood heavenward On this av
enue he found himself SO sorely pressed
that he jumped into the first hatchwa,
and disappeared in the darkness of th'
cellar. The painting and eager crowt
shot up to the entrance, and almost int
it, and after peering into the darkness
without seeing anything, commenced t.
look at each other. Then the silenc
was broken. "Who was he ?" said one
81 don't know" said another. "Wha
had he been doing?" asked the third
81 don't KNOW" said the fourth. The
they stared at each other again, and tn
first man said, "Don't anybody knoy
who he is" No answer and then tn
first man who appeared to be burning u
with curiosity, added: "What in thun
der did you run for, then ?" "Becaus
| saw the others rum" "What did yo
run for p "Well that's the reason
run" This seemed to exhaust the tor
ic, and the crowd gravely dispersed
Danbury Meacs.
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For the Monitor.
THE DEPENDENCE OF THE SEXES
UPON EACH OTHER.

We are created social, sympathetic,
and appreciative beings, and these God
given qualities of the mind, are the
fountain of the joys of life. OBJ
struct or destroy them, and social dis
grace, moral turpitude, and blight of
life follows. The characteristics of hu-
man nature are differently manifested
in the two sexes. Man possesses the
stronger, sturdier nature, like the ma
jestic oak Of the forest-woman is more
like the clinging, dependent ivy, that
twines itself around the oak. Man, to
combat successfully in the contests, tri-
ais, and tolls of life, needs the sympa-
thy and support of woman. Deprive
him of these, and he is Incomplete
ship at sea without rudder, driven at
the mercy of the winds and waves. His
life is objectless, his mind unstable; he
can not enter into the common expert
ence of life, with that zest and feeling
which characterize the social, sympathet-
ic being. His better nature seems stul-
tefed, and he does not drink in the soul
joy that pertains to reciprocal affection
True mating of soul with soul, is the on
ly foundation upon which to build the
structure of home happiness. Matches
of convenience, and those brought about
by extraneous influences, where there Il
no affection, not only deprive the unfor
tunate parties of all knowledge and ap
probation of the exalted happiness tina
exists where the match is heaven-made
but they crush ambition, wither the heart
dwarf the soul, and render them unf
for life OF death. Providence has pro
vided a fitness of things in this regard
and wherever there is soul that long
for sympathy, it may rest assured tha
somewhere there is an answering sou
that will be tenderly touched by its ap
peals. If the soul is attuned to love
the Master hand has provided kindre'
soul, and mutual affections may blen
together in unison. In future article
l may give my reasons why so few al
tain to social harmony in life.
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How TO BE NOBoDY.-The following
rules are full of the severe irony of truth.
Strictly obeyed, they will secure to any
young man the bitterest failure that
his worst enemy could wish i:
Spend your leisure time on whisky
barrel. Drink as much as you can pay
for, or get others to pay for, or get on
credit. Smoke cigars in the same ratio.
Master the intricacies of dominoes, bill
iards and checkers; above all things,
make yourself an adept at card playing.
Chess, the game Of an intelligent young
man who foolishly desires to be some
body, you should eschew.
Don't read anything except the dime
novels of the day. Cultivate the i'm
preston that all women like to be in
suited and all men are thieves. If you
should ever become conscious of de-
cent emotion-to which weakness, alas
the most of us are liable at odd mo.
ments-crush it out with a little i'm.
promptu blackguardism, or drown it il
horn of whisky.
Make fun of your mother behind hel
back, and never think-because think
ing is dangerous-of how much she hai
done for you. Cheat your father, and
borrow your sisters little savings. =
Do these things, and whatever els
vile and worthless that shall suggest it
self to you, and your ambition will b
sated. You shall stagger and swagge
through life, too insignificant to be de
spised, and tumble into your grave al
most too loathsome to be pltied.
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A man in neighboring town having
heard that the ague could be cured by
crawling head first down stairs when the
chill is coming on, tried it Friday. He
felt the dreaded approach of the shake,
and dropping on his hands and knees,
started down the front stairs. Two
old ladies came up on the stoop to con-
suit his wife in regard to shipping seven
hundred neek-ties to the poor of New
York, and it so happened that the mo-
ment they opened the door he lost his
balance and came down upon them like
an avalanche with spokes in it, and before
they could even think of saving them
selves the enemy was among them, and
the next instant horrible mixture of
humanity and cloth went revolving
across the sidewalk and into the street.
to the unmixed astonishment of the
neighbors. and to the unconcealed dis
gust of the participants. But it cured
him. Dmabouy Neacs.
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How TO BREAK OFF BAD HABITS. =
Understand the reasons why the habit
is injurious. Study . the subject till
there is no lingering doubt in your mind.
Avoid the places, the persons, and the
thoughts that lead to temptation. Ere
quent the places, associate with the per-
sons, indulge the thoughts that lead from
temptation. Keep busy idleness is the
strength of bad habits. Do not give up
the struggle when you have broken your
resolution once, twice, a thousand times.
That only shows how much need there
is for you to strive. When you have
broken your resolution just think the
matter over, and endeavor to understand
why it is you failed, so that you may
be on your guard against a recurrence
of the same circumstances. Do not
think it is an easy thing that you have
undertaken. 1t is folly to expect TO
break off habit in day which has
been gathering strength in you for years
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miraculous AGILITY.-In the after
noon exhibition of the International
Circus, in the Exposition building, April
I'd, and while Leslie brothers. were in
the progress of their daring trapeze per-
formance, mischance occurred, which,
but for an extraordinary display of pres
ence of mind, might have resulted fatal
ly. The three brothers were forty or
fifty feet above the floor, on the trapeze,
one of them hanging by his feet to the
bar and holding the hands Of another
brother, who had suspended by them
The latter was to turn somersault In
the air while in this position, throwing
his feet upward, which he in turn was
to seize, and most extraordinary feat
would have been accomplished. But
Lew Leslie, the one in question, miscal-
culated the distance, or the other mis-
sed his hold, and only one foot was
caught. Unable to hold by one hand
alone, the brother next to the trapeze
was obliged to relinquish his grasp, and
young Leslie fell headlong almost to the
floor. but not quite-for when with
in less than dozen feet of the hard
flooring, by an almost superhuman effort
he turned somersault in the air and
reached the floor unharmed. The audi
ence had held their breath in dreadful
suspense, and rose almost as one man to
greet the successful issue of the danger
Gus fall with rapturous applause.
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The PERILs OF LETTERs.-Of all
things on earth to make trouble, COM
mend me to letter You write as you
would say it, but it goes to your friend
without the grace of voice, the infec-
tion, the gesture. the laugh that would
make joke of it. There are just the
hard, cold words,-he can only see what
is said, and he is deeply grieved and an
gered.-lost to you, perhaps. forever,
The thing you write in one mood finds
your friend in another-may be in the
very one which of all others is least
hospitable TO your message. [ have
seen whole family cast down by some
piece of written pleasantly on the par
of an absent member of it. And if ther,
is this danger when you know the writ
er's ways and phrases SO well, hov
much greater the peril in the case o
mere acquaintance
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FILL NO GLASS FOR ME.

Oh, comrades, fill no glass for me,
To drown my soulin liquid flame;
For if drink, the toast should be-
To blighted fortune, health and fame;
Yet. though long to quell the strife
That passion holds against my life,
Still boon companions you may be,
But, comrades, fill no glass for me!
l know breast that once was light,
Whose patient sufierings need my care,
know heart that once was bright.
But dropping hopes have nestled there,
Then while the tear-drops nightly steal,
From wounded hearts that l should heal,
Though boon companions you may be,
Oh, comrades, fill no glass for me!
When was young felt the tide
OF aspirations undefled;
But manhood's years is still the pride,
My parents centered in their child.
Then by mothers sacred tear,
By all that memory should revere,
Though boon companions you may be,
Oh, comrades fill no glass for me.
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A solicitor who had recently been en-
gagged by prominent life insurance firm,
returned to the Office of his employers,
the other day, and complained that he
had been snubbed by gentleman on
whom he had called. "Snubbed, cried
the manager, "snubbed Why, what
did you do that he should have snubbed
you? I, have solicited life insurance
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi,
and have never yet been snubbed.
have been kicked down stairs, beaten
over the head with chairs, and thrown
out of the window, but snubbed I have
never been.''
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A THRILLING INCIDENT.-The Detroit
Free Press chronicles one of those hero
ic incidents with which lives of most
railroad engineers abound, as happen
ing recently to Frank Dolan, an engi-
neer on the Lansing Road. He was
coming in on wet track with heavy
train, and soon after leaving a station,
put on more steam to make up for lost
time. The train was running at the
rate of about twenty-fv miles an hour
when Dolan caught sight of a man on
the track about half mile ahead. He
was certain that the man was deaf from
the way he walked, but he opened the
whistle and rang the bell. The man
paid no attention to the sounds, and
Dolan whistled for brakes. They did
not take well. and, although the engine
was reversed, it was plain that the ped
estrian would be run down unless some
thing was done promptly. Dolan ran
forward over the engine and down on
the cow-catcher. By this time the ped
estrian was not three hundred feet away,
and was trying to walk one of the rails,
swaying this way and that, but appar-
emily not feeling the rumble of the train
as it would naturally be expected he
would. Dolan, leaning forward, reach
ed foot beyond the cow-catcher. and,
as the train came close upon the man S
heels, struck him in the back with both
fists. The victim was not on the rail at
that moment, and he caught it with his
feet as he went over, so that he was
whirled around lengthwise of the track,
and was cut in the scalp by some por-
tion of the first pair of trucks. He was
houndering in the ditch when the train
stopped, and when he found out what
the fuss was about, he squared off and
wanted to whip somebody. He was sc
deaf that the railroad employees had tc
scream IN his ears, and so mad that he
would not let them examine his wounc
or do anything for him. He was recog
nized as farmer living near there, bu
would not even accept free ride home
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AUSTRA ALA.

Australia, long the special exponent
of absolutism, the sworn enemy of liber-
alism, and foe of everything looking like
popular representation, has recently
changed the basis of her government,
sweeping away the vested interests which
constituted the Reichsrath or Legisla-
lure. Heretofore this body has been Sc
lected by the diets of the several prov
inces, the members of which were GER
tain privileged classes. The body had
none of the elements of popular repre-
sentation, the members being two re-
moves from the people. This exclusive
system is set aside, and in its stead is
to be popular Assembly, the members
chosen by the people directly, though
the suffrage is somewhat restricted, but
not more so than it is in Rhode Island.
The change is important and will be
followed by far reaching results. The
wealthy land owners and priests who
have been the directors of legislation will
be shorn of their power. Though the
reform was SO sweeping, there was but
two votes in opposition. The conserva-
tives absented themselves, leaving the
field to the reformers. Austria therefore
has ceased to be a government based on
classes the will Of the people is to be
the law, producing parliamentary sys.
tenn nearly as free and elastic as that Of
| England.
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WHY PEOPLE ARE POOR.

What doth hinder any man from earn
ing his own living? Illness may come;
sudden calamity may fall. Against
these even energy may be powerless
but, apart from this, it is to be assumed
that he who fails, fails because he lacks
wisdom, and not opportunity. And the
same weakness which prevents him from
grasping the opportunity prevents him
from keeping hold of it after it is put
into his hand. Once in a while, once
in a great while, a timely succor avails
in a moment of temporary weakness or
averts the consequence of a mistake. and
the man starts ahead at swinging pace.
But oftener the results seem to indicate
that it is very little use to try to help
people who cannot help themselves. The
kingdom Of pauperism is within them.
The very causes that make them poor
keep them poor. 1t is not that society
bears down hard upon them. 1t is that
they are self indulgent. If you see a
widow and five children shivering over
few embers you pity them, and you
must send them coal; but you cannot
help feeling wrathful contempt at know
ing that they all went to the photog-
rapher's yesterday and had their pict-
ures taken, after buying a couple of
twenty-five cent breaches to adorn them
| selves withal. The very things that you
yourself would hesitate to do, on account
Of the expense, people who are partially
dependent on your charity will do with
out hesitation. Where you practice a
natural, cheerful, unthinking self-deni-
al, they will practice an equally cheer
full and unthinking self-indulgence. The
remnants of bread that you dry in the
oven and save for future use they throw
away. The fragmentary vest-sheve that
you fashion into a fat-iron holder they
put into the bag and buy new cloth
for their holders. Where you rise at
six, they lie till half-past seven. Where
you walk they ride. Where you pray
and watch and strive to do your work
thoroughly, they are content with any
thing that will answer. That is the rea-
son Whv peoDle are door.
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LOST.

Have you seen my dainty darling?
Ring lilly bells, ring!
She has vanished from my sight
AS the day is lost in night;
Ring, lilly bells, ring
Have you heard my darling singing?
Sing nightingale, sing
In the melody you make,
She may join for sweet loves sake
Sing, nightingale, singl
Have you felt my darlings footsteps?
Rise, rose leaves risei
Swing your censers in the air,
She may seek your petals fair;
Rise rose leaves, rise!
Have you seen my dainty darling?
Shine, fountain, shine
In your silver mirror deep,
Pictured fair her face may sleep;
Shine, fountain, shine
Have you seen my long-lost darling?
Call, Nature, call
Send your vassals far and near,
She your loving voice will hear;
Call, Nature, call
MARIE LIE BARo
Washington, ApriL, 1873.
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WHAT THE WINDS SAY.

Listen, Alice, my darling!
Here by the fireside bright
Do you know what the winds are saying,
Abroad in the gusty night?
Moaning under the windows,
Like the voice of a child that grleves,
Making the naples shiver
And creak at the cottage caves!
Listen, Alice, my darling
The winds are singing song
Of the Spring that is softly stealing
From SUMMER lands along;
The snow-drops smile as they hear it
A smile for Springs sweet sake;
And the shy little violets whisper
1--WE hear-we are broad awake
No matter, Alice, my darllngl
Though the March winds drearily blow,
l am sure the daisies are stirring
Down under the sheltering snow.
In spite of the clustering weather,
The crocus is budding again;
And the daffodils whisper together,
And wait for April rain
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blocks of ice nearly fifty different spe-
cies have been discovered. At a depth
of the sea which exceeds the height of
the loftiest mountain, Humbolt asserts
that there are to be found an innumera-
BILE phalanx Of animals, imperceptible
to the human eye.-LYMAN ABBOTT, in
Harper's Monthly.
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stitutions near home for others more dis
tant and no better.
Admission of women. The attitude
which the University takes toward this
question is this: without putting itself
forward as the champion of the doctrine
of co education or urging young women
to join its classes, the University simply
announces its willingness to do its part
toward giving this experiment fair tri-
al We bespeak from the public that
unprejudiced and generous interest in
our undertaking which its gravity and
our good faith are entitled to claim.
Very respectfully yours,
NJ. HI. BUcKHAM, President.
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CATCHING REINDEER.-In many bleak

CATCHING REINDEER many bleak
Northern regions these animals are the
sole support of the people. When lib
Grated from the harness they go directly
in pursuit of food-a peculiar species of
nutritious moss, which their instinct en-
ables them to find deeply covered with
snow. Sometimes as many as one hun
dred start off foraging, there being moth
ing provided for them by their exacting
masters. Like camels under similar
circumstances, when unladen, they stroll
off miles in different directions. When
they are wanted again, their seal-skin
clad drivers get behind them in several
directions, and by hallooing, throwing
snowballs, and making considerable up
roar, the deer are gradually driven into
a smaller circle. The herd is then en-
circled by a small chord, the men draw
ing in nearer, until it strikes against
their long legs. They neither try to
leap over nor break it, but huddle as
close as possible. Finally, the two ends
meet, held by one person, while the 9TH
ers enter under the line and select the
animals they want, seizing them by their
horns, bringing them outside, and tying
them to something strong enough to hold
them till harnessed to the sledge. The
remainder again scatter in pursuit OF
moss. Strong, tall and feet though the
reindeer are-able, with a sweep of theil
antlers, to NOW down score of sturdy
Mortimer, they cover at the voice of 9
man. Their masters are rude, harsh anG
unkind toward them. Under no circum
stance of oppression or hardship do they
evince the slightest resentment They
are so timid that the sound of thei
drivers voice sets them running at sucl
speed that they will die before halting
if the driver continues to urge them.
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The city of San. Salvador, in Central
America was lately destroyed by an
earthquake. Eight hundred lives were
lost, and property valued at twelve mil
lion dollars was destroyed. The loss Of
life by earthquakes, tornadoes, and cas-
ualities upon sea and land. the last
month has been fearful.
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ITALIAN PRovERBs.-To trust is well,
to trust nobody is better.
The deed once done, there is an end.
The shroud is made without pockets ;
what is put in the sleeves can't go in
the skirt.
The bitches are full of clever after
thoughts.
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There is an honest man in San Fran
cisco. He is tobacconist who has put
out sign reading "Imported cigars Of
our own manufacture.
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A secondhand furniture dealer in
Detroit hung out card inscribed, bug
gy For Sale p and inadvertently hung
It upon secondhand bedstead on the
sidewalk, where it attracted much atten-
tinn
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$50 to America and lecture" is, in
London, equivalent to the New York
phrase, "Go West and dig
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VI. j. SMITH
FRED. H. MORSE.

|AINTER. Painting Glazing, Graining. White
washing and Paper-Hanging. All work done In
pest style and satisfaction guaranteed. Saws nled
tder.
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ESTNESS DIRECTORY
GEORGE :. BOOTH,

ENTER, GLAZIER, GRAINER AND PAPER
Hanger. All work warranted. Saws filed and
Barton, Vermont 2-15 lyo
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MARTIN ABBOTT.
L. E. DWINEJI.

Carriage Maker and General
Job Worker. Open and Top Buggies, and va
styles of carriages always on hand. Glover Vt
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NOVEL USE OF THE GALvANIC BAT
TERY.-lt has been proposed. heretofore,
to use the gal7anic battery in British
prisons as an instrument of torture. It
now appears that galvanism is at the
present time in use, in the Partisan JAR
din des Plantes, as means Of tanning
wild animals. An ingenious French
man has harnessed the zebra and the
wild ass to light wagon, which con-
tains in addition to himself, galvanic
battery, with wires leading to the re-
spectiVe noses Of the team. No sooner
does the zebra or the ass manifest any
signs of insubordination than galyanic
shock is administered to the unruly beast
The result is thath he is instantly brought
to condition of absolute immobility,
while the unpleasant nature of the pun
ishment produces q wholesome dread OF
its repetition, which the severest appli-
cation of the whip would fail to excite
A New York dry goods merchant re
ports among the items of sales, last week
twenty camel 's-hair shawls at $4,000
each, five of which were disposed of tx
one family.
|
Reputation lives forever.
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CIRCUIT & BALDWIN,
rToRNEYs, CoUNsELoRs q SOLICITORS.
N w. GRoUT. +. W. BALDWIN.
Barton, VT,