Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-11-02
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Better live well than long.


n. H.. and diptheria at portsm outh.
Look out for oounterfeits--lots of it
round. The e. S. mill don't begin with
the New York private one.
Congressman Cannon. of Utah, has
been indicted for lewd and lasciyious
cohabitation-that is poligamy.
The Anti Buzzing Society of Boston,
propose to build large new hall. Flip |
me up aud throw me into the gutter.
Boston Express.
Beechers church is every Sunday
LITERALLY strewn with flowers. and his
congregations are larger than the house
can accommodate.
Mrs. Lizzie Sinclair, wife of John
Sinclair. of Lowell. Mass, who was
killed on the railroad about a fortnight
since. died of grief. Monday Oct. 20
Miss Anna Thompson. 1.-The accom-
plished daughter" "a wealthy and in
luential citizen" of Bucks county. Penn
sylvania, recently eloped with Joe Palm
err, q niger man-of, all-work.
Mrs. Sprague. wife of the busted SEN
ator and former owner of the other half
of Rhode Island that the Anthonys
didn't own, sails in short time for
Europe. to remain several years.
Louisville. KY, is discussing slowly
the propriety of erecting Sl5 slab to
the memory of George D. Prentice. the
most illustrious man that ever lived and
died within her corporate limits.
There is not country bank in New
| England but can be robbed. either by
night or day. as the Milford bank was
a week ago Monday night. The only
reliable safe for bank is a stout, two
legged watchman at all times of night
or day.
i A short-horn steer was butchered in
Detroit recently which weighed 44l0
pounds alive, and yielded 5000 pounds
of dressed beef This is believed to be
the largest animal ever slaughtered for
beef on this continent.
In North Coventry. Chester county,
Pennsylvania, reside two bachelors,
Messrs. John and Frederick Hamilton.
who are now between sixty and seventy
years of age. They keep separate ia.
bles, do their own cooking. washing and
mendiug, make their own beds. and dc
all necessary work that is done about q
well regulated household.
A Tennessee lawyer who resorted tt
the insanity dodge in behalf of his mig
: ger client, and expatiated at some length
e upon the absolute idiocy of the poo
= fellow. met with some opposition from
the darkey himself, who exclaimed, 'lol
can hang me or send me to the peniten
e cherry or say Use rascal; but mister
). please don't say Use fool agen. s
d Wanted-by the deaeons of the Parl
= Street Congregational Church, minis
!. ter must be strictly orthodox !: a youn
, man preferred. # he is not addicted t
\ the use of tobacco and horses and tn
e frequenting of lecture halls and othe
D. places Of low resort, as the deacons hav
L had enough of that sort of thing. Salar
$1,000 per annum.-Boston Express.
1t is estimated that the people VII
{ have fallen victims to the famine in Asi
y Minor number over 100000. AS a
is instance of the terrible devastation anon
is the cattle and focks. it is stated that
i one village out of more than 1000 shee
and goats. just one sheep and one go;
&c remain. In another flock, from foe
IS of l,20o sheep and goats, eight are r
1 re
700 were mohalr goats, the same numbe
:. eight, is reported.
There is not much reason to credit Il
" alarmist dispatches about anticipate
us trouble between Russia and German
to The condition Of the German PROVING
nd of the Gar has long been such as to e
mt cite fears for the future, but there is
7 good reason to believe that Bismar
lof eontemplates laying claim to them. Wi
m France longing for an opportunity
as humble her eonquerer it would be t
IN. height of folly to afford her such faei
,er ties for accomplishing her purpose. 7
Germans won't give the Gallo cock Il
chance of Growing over an offensive
&c, lance with the Russian bear.gaa geI
led A young girl in Paris named Ma
the guerite Belief who had. been unfortuna
er in love affair, resolved to commit s.
:. eide. Before going to bed she filed
chamber with the most odorous fowe
ISL and having completely closed the roo
the covered up her head and went to sic.
ON She was found In an unconscious st;
an about noon the next day, and althou
by great medical skill she was recalled
ieu life, her reason had fed. She imagi
and that she has been transported to
off kingdom Of flowers and has become
ton marlgold- Il remember that lovee
18th butterfly" she mnrmurs, "but he /
gone away. A
The body of Lady Dixie, who d
recently in London, was burnt Oct.
IN at Dresden. The ceremony was I
formed in the furnace recently inren
:, for burial purposes by Herr Siemens, .
Ihe the relatives of the deceased lady I
who hitting strangers to be present, a la
coal number of scientific men attended
bo;r experiment. When the company
, complied with Herr Siemens' requ,
ney to offer up mental prayer, the co
e OF was placed in the chamber Of the
lent mace; six minutes later the coffin bur
, be. i've minutes more and the flesh begai
melt away; ten minutes more and
skeleton was laid bare; another
lpo- minutes and the bones began to crum
title Seventy live minutes after the introt
lder ton Of the coffin into the furnace
mass that remained Of Lady Dixie and
CONN We're six pounds of dust places
~ an urn.
PARIS AT MoosLIeHT.-I walked
a'ed my quarters from meeting Of Americ