Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-11-16
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

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yellow-fever.
The stakes won by occident in the
great race at San Francisco. Oct 81,
were given to Bud Doble. his driver.
The Bonapartists are growing in
strength aud influence in France. Its
almost time for another revolution.
i A man in Knox county, KY, Killed
ten rattlesnakes the other day right at
his own door \ pleasant place to live
in.
The crusaders have broken out again,
in an alarming form, in Cincinnati.
Beer-keg bulwarks tremble before the
coming shock.
The Washington Chronicle, not to be
outdone in wild political speculation.
calculates the prospect of jeff Davis
being elected President by the next
house of representatives
Heroine is perhaps as peculiar a
word as any in our language the first
two letters of it are male. the first three
female, the first four brave man, and
the whole word a brave woman.
VIM Cullen Bryant was so years old
Nov md, and as IA token of their vener-
alton and esteem. his friends presented
him piece of crockery- ware-a 90 cent
slop- bowl. or $500 vase. or something
of the kind.
Good advice. When you use postal
card, always write the address the first
thing. Tons of pos tai cards without
any address are destroyed in the Dead
Letter Office, because people write their
message first, and then forget to address
the card.
If the Republicans are defeated in six
or seven of the Massachusetts, districts,
it is comfort to decent men to know
that one of the slaughtered candidates
is Mr.. B. F. Butler. Happily the Sc
verest floods carry away the most offen-
sive matter.-N Y. Times.
The demand for postal cards at the
/ Springfield mandatory is now larger
than ever before since the offices received
their first supplies. During the first
thirteen days of the present quarter s.
347, 900 cards were shipped to fill orders.
The postal card presses are run day and
night.
The Republicans have only themselves
and their party leaders to thank for this
defeat. Had they put forward only their
best men for congress, the delegation
would probably have been unbroken.
The nomination of Mr. Talbot on the
! prohibitory issue was grave mistake
Boston Globe
According to statistics, nine cities
stand above New York in matter of pop
ulation: London, 3,254.26O; Sutchau
/ China, 100000; Paris, l,S5l.792;
Pekin. 100000; Tschantschau-su l.
| 100000; Hangtschau-fu, 100000;
/ Siangtan, 100000; Singnan-fu, 1000
i 600; Canton. 100000.
The semi barbarous tribes along the
Amoor river, in Asia, are said to have
curious mode Of performing capital exc
cutions. They give the culprit Chinese
brandy until he becomes unconscious.
and then they bury him alive. Before.
he RECEIVERS consciousness he is, of course.
smothered by the earth.
Matt Carpenters fate in Wisconsin,
they say, depends upon the course Of the
Nashburn Republicans in the Legisla-
ture. Those who desire to see a man of
brilliant parts and sterling integrity go
/ to the Senate from Wisconsin will hope
that somehow or other the wheels will
turn out ticket for Ex-Governor Fair
child
Butler, 1t is reported from New York.
has written to friend that he is pre-
pairing letter for publication to show
the causes of his defeat He claims that
he was betrayed by men protesting to be
his friends, and promises uncomfortable
/ revelations. He moreover theatens to
form new party in Massachusetts,.
He Is by no means dead yet.
General Butler engaged sectien of
artillery, in anticipation of his election,
to leave Boston on Wednesday on plat
form car; it was to accompany him to
Gloucester, TO fire gun at each stopping
station between Boston and Gloucester,
and hundred guns upon reaching the
latter place. The Post says his expert
enee at Fort Fisher induced him finally
not to waste powder.
At recent wedding, according to
report. "the jellles upon the bridal sup
per tables were pure amber masses Of
quverlng translucence, catching the
wine colored prisms of perfumed light,
and holding them in tremulous mirrors
OF rosy beauty. That's enough to send
a man off to propose to the ugliest woman
he knows, on the bare chance of having
such things as that for supper.
Americans travelling in Europe will
90 well to avoid whistling in presence Of
Scotch provost. A man named Nc
watt, who was guilty of this indiscretion
the other day in the streets near where
the provost of Musselburgh was walking.
was arrested by order of that functiona.
ry and locked up. The bailie ultimately
discharged him with caution that in
future delinquents might not escape SO
easily.
Here is straightforward expression
Oh opinion that got into the Senatorial
poll box at Memphis. last week:
Through thick and thin Pm for United
states Senator. the pride of our nation
andrew Johnson and this is my prima.
~ vote l want recorded for him as the
nrst choice of the Big Fat Oysterman Of
Memphis. My desire is to award him
one more chance with his shears. and
one more time to thread his needle. 10
sEPH FARRELL ~
- one was country girl, who came to
70 rafiS with her betrothed to get married
They took a cab ar tha -