Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-08-17
EXTRACTS FROM N. Y. HERALD.

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from which we extract the following:
The Great Spirit has informed a Com
anche prophet that his nation can only
become great by going to war and kill
ing all the whites he can. The Great
Father at Washington might not i'm.
properly inform General Sheridan that
the best thing for the Comanches would
be for them to kin the prophet
One Feature of the recent Southern
elections which is unwelcome is the eyi-
dence of increasing animosity between
the whites and blacks. The riots in
various parts of North Carolina and the
bloodshed in Louisville, KY, have q sin
lister look. Whisky may have been the
occasion of these disturbances, but il
was certainly not tie cause.
From Paris it is Reported that the
German government has notified its rep
resentatives abroad that the time has ar
rived for recognizing the Spanish gov
ernment. Well. why not? The Queen
of England, in her speech from the
throne, regrets the disturbed condition
of Spain. but thinks the best aid to peace
is non-interference. Germany, If the
report is correct thinks differently; but
governments may differ as well as doe
tors.
The QUEENS SPEEcH.-The British
Parliament was prorouged Aug. Z, with
the usual speech from the throne Her
Majesty refers to the Canada Reciprocity
Treaty, and hopes for increased CONNER
cial intercourse between that country
and the United States and considers non-
interference in Spanish affairs most con-
ducive to peace. This is an official an
swer to Earl Russell's appeal for the
recognition of the Republic.
Grasshoppers have disposition to
eat up things in Algeria also; but there
nature has provided remedy against
them in the form of natural enemy"
This is an insect apparently indigenous
there and never classified by the entom-
ologists. 1t deposits its eggs in the
same hole in which the grasshoppers
have deposited theirs, thus taking adj
vantage of their labor. The eggs of the
natural enemy" hatch first and his
young either live on the grasshopper
eggs or destroy the coming grasshopper
early in life. This natural enemy does
no harm to the crops. Now, then, In
Gle Sam. what's the use of your Agricul-
tural Department if it cannot import
and naturalize this fellow.
OBLIGED TO WoRK.-"Formerly they
were in the enjoyment of great wealth,
and now, in consequence of the war, they
are reduced 10 the actual necessity of
working for a living. Two of the
daughters have opened school, and
work like slaves"
The condition of the family thus
brought to our notice is not peculiar,
and it touches our sympathy only as it
is followed up by the statement that it
is very hard to find work to do, and the
young ladies cannot secure scholars
enough to make their labor profitable.
We know hundreds, and there are
hundreds of thousands of families who
aoork for living, as we do, and do not
find it irksome, or a hardship, or an
evil Ill-requited labor is very hard to
bear. But it is better for the body and
the soul, for the family and the State,
that all should have work TO do, and do
it. Life is more enjoyable +; even the
sleep Of the laboring man is sweeter
than that Of the idle, and play is more
delightful that follows upon work. So
that "being obliged to work" is not such
dreadful thing after all. Thank God
for something to do. Do it with viii.
And great will be your reward
SUPERFICIAL AooUIREaEsTs.--Aw writ
er says: The boy or girl who can give
the name OF every river and the height
Of every mountain in Asia, the age Of
every reigning sovereign in Europe, the
date Of every battle in America, can
hardly be as we'll of for all this burden
some knowledge as ono who knows the
elements Of human physiology and an
atomy, who is taught more Of the knowl-
edge useful in after life, and can tell
how 10 help himself or another in case
Of accident or emergency. The boy
who i % 20 into active life and the girl
who il TO become head Of household,
will have little occasion and less oppor-
tunity 10 use the greater part Of the
.scrammedf lessons 30 industriously ac-
cumulated during their school years.
A fair knowledge Of the rules that arc
at the bottom Of sll healthful activity,
a general acquaintance with anatomy
and we'll grounded taste for natural
sciences, will all grow into and become
part Of their daily lives, and such things
are far less likely 10 make pretentions
men or women than that kind Of smat-
tering '.m6morized" facts and dates and
words, which is TOO often the penalty Of
superficial study.
4 SIMPLE kEHgDY Fog DfPTHgETA.-
A gentleman Of Troy, who had a severe
attack Of diptheria. says that when the
choking sensation Was the greatest, some
pulyerized bayberry root happening TO
eone 10 the vicinity Of his Eose proyok-
ed . sneeze. This vas of course painful
bat the powder penetrated and had the
effect 81 clearing this throat thorough