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ALCOHOL IN BITTERs.

The State Assayer of Rhode Island
has made report which shows of what
ordinary bitters are composed. His re-
port is as follows:
DEAR SIR:-I herewith submit to
you my report on the various bitters sold
in this market giving as you desired,
their percentages Of alcohol.
Per Cent.
Hostetter's Stomach Bittersi. -. $40
Bakers Stomach Bitters ...... .44.57
brakes Plantation Bitters -. 1921
Sol. Franks Panacea Bitters. 1920
Misheler's Herb Bitters. ..... $3.50
DR.. R. F. Hibbard's Wild Cherry
Bitters ...........,.... S5.oS
Rush's Bitters for the "Stomach's
Sake ............. $3.50
DIR. Fisch's Bitters .25.T0
Travellers Peruvian Bitters. .22.40
California Wine Bitters. s....... 1920
Atwoods Tonic Bitters s...... 1000
DR.. Holmes Golden Seal Bitters. .s4.2
DR.. Job Sweets Strengthening
oAttSEc. -<V.Ss
Webber's Strengthening Bitters. .3l.4l
Luther's Temperance Bitters. =. l6.s6
Richardson's Bitters. 59.14
Armington's Bitters. ........SS 1926
Flint's Quaker Bitters. ... POSI-
Davis Bitters. 5000
Colton's Nervine Bitters 1850
Hartshorn Bitters. ........2I35
Puritan Bitters. ... ... .25.6O
oxygenated Bitters. 1928
DIR. Walkers Vinegar Bitters. :. 1928
Very respectfully,
IL. w. WALKER, State Assayer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07
PassIIngpsic Railroad.
EXCUR S ION S
Montreal and Quebec!

New Route via. South Eastern Z r.
Aauls 4 MoarTsaI VIA Passunllsie and South East
srn Railway.
aluas g Ngu-rsaI and Quebec VIA P1szumpsc
>dUlh Eastern Eicheiieu Line 81 Steamers and
Grlld Trunk Railway
Alu1z c Quebec Va PassUupsbe and Grand Trunk
Railway
Ehe sale uf ExetIrziou Tickets VII euuue1cs July
-, and c1urinue during .he m01shs cf A1g1zt and
esp5sulber. good % rseu-z U1zI November l. At he
AlQxl1E lricss. VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

A citizen Of Connecticut recently in
trodnced 70 a newly married man. con-
graduated him warmly. and said "Ah,
these Litch6eld county girls make clever
wives: I've had three Of 'em."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07


GoD Is NEAR.-Beautiful thought
that God Is ever near. He is every
where, hence, where we are He must be
also. Many seem to think Of God as 3
personal being who has bis throne some
where above the ethereal blue, and from
there looks down On the world and gov
erns It's affairs. Bat no, be is cmnipo-
tent. lou need not seek only in the sol
itude Of your chamber.
Look over the vast plain before you,
stretching onward like sea, with the
suns golden light resting 50 peacefully
upon it, and the great blue vault bend
ing oyer its not God there 2 In the
solitude Of the grand old forest. listen-
ing to the wind playing strange. sweet
music upon the many leaves in the deep
stiffness of the night. when myriads 81
worlds twinkle like faint lights in the
heavens, have you not felt the presence
Of the Deity7 You cannot be dumb q
the sweet influences around you. Have
yeu not heard bis voice speaking 10 yoai
heart. and making there 3 strong yearn
ing for q parer and better life ? Il va,
not only in the tempest's roar you heard
bis voice, but in Jour lonely ramblss b
spoke to Jon through the vsysIde flower,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07
THE EFFECT OF IMAGINATION.


That the Imagination viii kill Is GER
tain Many Of our readers will remem-
Der the case Of the gardner at either
Heidleburg or Gottingen- This man
was working in the garden on fresh
spring morning, in the very prime Of
health A student passed him with
the words:
"Ah. Fritz passed bad night. eh p
No. sir Never felt better"
''rm glad to hear it. Thought you
looked pale. Your garden looks beauti-
ful. Fritz"
Thank you. sir
Comes along another student.
GOOD morning, Fritz"
'sGood morning, siir"
System little out Of order -
NO, sirI''
You look bad. heavy eyed. and pale -
Didn't know it 81"
"a mere spring debility, 1 suppose.
Good morning"
Fritz (sot,ssl-I do feel a sort Of queer
Ike"
Comes along professor.
We'll. Fritz. how are the violets ?''
Beautiful. sir; beautiful. sir
You don't look very beautiful
What's the matter with yOu7 Let mt
see your tongue Your forehead clam
ny, too 1 think you'd better go hons
to bed, Fritz"
Il DO feel queer, sir
Il should think you would Go t,
bed Keep quiet for few days
Il believe l viii, Sir
Il see DR.. BFoeek coming this way
ask him Coed day. Fritz, 1 an sorr,
to see you in this state"
Good day, sir
| Up comes the doctor
Doctor, what's the matter with ne {?
..SpringOl1ans, Fritz. evidently. Ge
to bed. ny man And here send this t
the dispensary, and tzke Tablespoonful
every hour. Don't eat until l see 70
again I'll call after the lecture IS owe
however. Be very careful III briu
Doctor Wolf with ne to see you 1t
q curious case
Fritz went to bed The doctors cam
They walked On tiptoe spoke IN viii
Pers. They darkened the ron The
gave him medieine-i =, spoonsfuls
: pure water. and pills made Of bread
They left him That night, Fri
grew weaker and weaker. And IN Il
. morning the students and the facult
were shocked with terror and horrife-
in the midst Of their laughter 1t 20,
Fritz's fears, when his weeping daught
came to tell them that her stout. stror
father Of so odd years lay dead at hon
dead Of 4 phantasy. There IS no ca
better authenticated
Another case Is that Of the Freua
criminal condemned to death, and givt
to the doctors 10 experiment upon
: pleaded for an easy death. and they "a
Z it TO him IN this wise: They stretch
him, naked. on table, bffindfolded I
eyes. placed basins Of water at his ar
and knees, prieked him with pin. I
= drawing blood even They dropp
n from four viaIs little drops into the
: sins. so that the unfortunate man eog
hear eouinuou drip. caused he 81
;, posed, BY the triekling Of his own bloe
, The doctors held their watches
Another half hour and It viii be
y eE You don't feel any pain. do you
NO. doctor. but feel ny strens
guing-"
s. '-Of course: ofeourse- Itis like e
ing into sleep
nj In an hour and : quarter the D
uk fellow was dead
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

If you cannot be great river bearing
great vessels Of blessing into the world,
you can be little spring By the dusty
wayside Of life. singing merrily all day
and all night, and giving cup Of cold
water 10 every weary, thirsty one who
passes By.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

They say that ifyou want a free fight
while travelling in the Far West, you
must find Granger whose fields have
been devastated by grasshoppers and
congratulate him on having disposed Of
bis crop without the Intervention Of a
middleman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

The Galaxy has > searching reyieT
of the life and character Of the present
lead of the French governuent. Marshal
MeMahon. by L. RecI1s. IN which the
following passage oceus-
MeNzhon i responsible for Sedan as
Bazaine Is for Metz TIE two disasters.
alike IN their results, should be placed
% the zeooaut Of these who we're guilty
Ct causing them, though the crime vas
not equal IN both cases. These anlGcky
nea BETRAYED their country. the one de-
Hberztely ard Systematically, the ether
by his weakness and eoEzrdIy seIszLness-
We are obliged 70 keep IN or minds
the old adzge- Those Ekon the gods
wish 70 destroy they first make mad. .
% incredIble seems the levIty. the In
prudence, tie want Of foresight of those
Who plunged into this great war with
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

BAD FLOUR Cause OF DISEASE
Petersburg. Mich, has for some time
past been afflicted BY an epidemic Of
eerebro-spinal meningitis, and an inves-
tieatIon into the cause has been made,
from which itapPears that the prevail
enee of the disease i due 70 the presence
ef sone poison IN the food Of the people
In eonneetion with this matter It Is stat
Cd that experiments eondacted many
years ago showed that grain affected
With smut was capable of rrodueing vie-
lent illness. ergot Of wheat proving even
more active than ergot ef rye The
erop Of wheat raised IN the vicinity af
Petersburg last year contained much
more smut than usual. and It i possible
that bad four has been the c.ase of the
prevalent sickness
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

A Detroit husband is in trouble for
whipping his wife because the baby did
not take the first class prize at baby
show.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

An IMPORTANT INTESFIOS--Ae CORES
pendent Of the Vieksburg Herald gives
an account Of new invention now in
practical operation IN the Mountain Cot
ton Mills, near Bolton Station. on the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, which
If it proves to be all that Is represented,
must have more important effect upon
the production and manufacture Of cot
ton than even Whitney's cotton gin has
had It does away with the ordinary
process Of ginning. converting the cotton
Just as it Is taken from the field into
thread Of superior quality. 1t costs
only $3.50, and is attached to the or,li-
nary card stand. It Is said that speci-
mems Of thread made BY this machine
have been sent TO nearly all the North
ern manufacturers, and have been pro-
/ nouneed stronger and more lustTous than
that spun by the ordinary method 1t
Is claimed that thread spun BY this
means viii sustain fully one-third more
weight than thread Of equal size made
Of cotton that has passed through the
processes OF compression and the eompG-
eatsd machinery Of eommon cotton mills.
The great Importance Of the invention,
however, consists in the fact that BY its
eheapness and simplicity it may be in
trodUeed into common use. the natural
results Of which viii be 70 transfer the
whole work Of cotton spinning from
manufactures TO the eatten fields, thus
/ efeeting . great saving IN the cost Of
packing and transportation. and in other
expenses
LEssoS N ADgEcrryEA-Well. my
son. you have got into grammar. have
you? said q proud sire to his thickest
chip the other night sIet me hear you
compare some adjectives-
/ Chip"An right. dad Little. less,
least; big, beast: NOV, more. most
Proud sire-'.hold On. Sir: that's not
right; you
Chip-..Toe. tore. toast; STOW suore,
suout; 20. gore, gout; row, roar, root
Proud sire-astop. I say, those adj
C.-ADrink, drank. drunk; stink,
stank, ssunk: chink, chznk. chunk"
P. S-"You internal little fool
WhatTn thunder-
Good, better. best wood, vet.
. Ter. vet; bad. Eusser. worst; bile, bill
| e. bilerbusts sew. sewer, sup; pew,
. door. pupoueh: Oh. geninii dad
o-o-0-Wi"
. The outraged parent had broken int
the recitation with bsotj&ck-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

In the Atdautic, Professor Shaler has
an article on The Moon." from which
we take the following:
Few Of those who have only seen the
moon with the naked eye have an idea
of the extent and accuracy of the infor-
nation which has been gained cocerning
its physical character. 1t is not too
much to say that we know the general
topography of this side of the moon
much batter than we know that of any
of the great land masses of the earth ex-
eept Europe There is not one crater
over mile in diameter, nor a single
hill Thousand feet high, which has not
been seen again and again by the many
observers who are now studying its sur
face. Mountains might be made or un-
made even in the centre of our oldest
and most peopled continents, and the
scientific world would know nothing of
it but it is hardly possible for any con-
siderable change to take place on the
hither side of that world quarter of a
million miles away. without being OBJ
served before single month elapses.
We may see more clearly just what the
observing powers are, if We conceive the
astronomer placed in the moon and look
ing down upon the surface Of North
America with the same powers that the
observer can apply to our satellite. By
the naked eye, with the earth full lit By
the sun. the twin continents Of North
and South America could be seen for
their whole length at once. In the twelve
hours in which they would swing up
from the darkness, and back into il
again. as the earth made its daily revo.
luton. every part Of this ten thousand
miles Of land would be easily looked
over The mountains and deserts would
show on the greenish. verdure-clad con
tinents; the enyironing sea would throu
back varied tints according 10 It's stat
of agitation or repose. Though the grea
features Of land and sea would be yisi
bic, all detail would be wanting.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

The Plague OF L0CUsTs.-An army
was once Iaboriously marching through
Z defIe. when uen and horses were sud-
denly brought 70 . halt, swarm Of ID
Gusts being Preeipitated from thick
cloud which intercepted the light of the
sun The coming Of the I0eustz vas
herslded By . Ehizlng sound Ike that
which preeedes storm Of wind and the
noise of their wings and their bodies as
they elazhed tngether was greater than
the rgar of breakers On the =ea-zh7re-
In Algeria was once seen : cloud q
loeQzts from 20 TO % miles IN length.
which, when Il descended 10 the earth,
formed = layer over an inch IN thickness
Toward the elose Of the year 1864 the
cotton plantations of Senegal we're de-
stroye1. and living cloud was seen 70
pass over the country from maruing TIL
night: the rate at which It moved show
ed that il was about so miles long and
this was only the vanguard. for when
the sun went dawn = still denser cloud
WIS moving ou-
An English traveller states that 4
South Africa IN 1877, these insects
covered the ground 70 the extent Ct tEe
square niles. and that having been driv-
en b. the wind t0xard the sea. theJ
formed drift near the eoast nearly f0ul
feet in depth and fifty miles long At
ter the wind changed. the stencil O
their p1triffying earcasses was recognIz
/ Cd as the distance Of $50 miles
I The swzrns Of grzszboppers II Win
nesosa and Sebrzskz are fearful pest
but they cannot compare Jet with Il
loszsss Ct Africa ard Asa
Al the great Powers of Europe- WIsl
the exeepsi0n Of Russia. have united i
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

C,-CCESSOR TOFP. CHENEY. WILL CONTINUE
- % sci Large Variety u Sewing and Knitting
Machines Orders solicited
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

C,rrCFSSOR TO wM JOSETS SONS DEALEE
IN Drugs Mesficines. Dye StUts. Pants. Ofls, jap
m Turuentne. V1rnishes. Brushes. WIas50H Glass.
Futgv Books. Stationery and Fancy Goods.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

DEALER N BOOTS. Shoes. AND FINDINGS
q the best kind and qualify. offered cheap f5r
-ash. Store 0pposi1s the Drug Store
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

Al the great Powers of Europe WITH
the exception Ct Russia. have united II
the recognition Of the Republic ofsFain-
The reason assigned fo- REssia's refusal
i her opposition 10 the encouragement
Of Repzblicznisn IN Europe
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07
NRs SNITF.

UrOCLD ANNOUNCE To TIE PEOPLE o.
W Burton and vicinity that she 3 now prepared
n ID Al kinds oT Plain Family Sewing, such as shirts.
Pants Vests. Dress Making e. Please give her 4
izL House over Wgo6ulan's beos and shoe ssare3
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

M. SMITH.
DEOPRIETOR OF THE ORLEANS COUNTY
Marble WORKS Foreign ana American Marble.
lT-a7es51ues Monuments. &c
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L z. WOOD R.

L z. WOOD. gR-r
CFACTUREE OF WOOD, METAL GLASS.
ii CanvIss and Paper SieHs- Banner. Scene
Ornamental Printing &c. Pruprietor Of woods star
BUSINESS Directories.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

Consistency i ; jewel
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

GEO. A. MERRILL Szp,L-
-gu'tauvl1s. July Is. Is-4 sS-58
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-09-07

IN WEBSTER
I'VE. FIRE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-07-02
A DELAWARE SNAKE STORY.

The following description Qfa strange
and deadly reptile found in Sussex Co.,
Del, is given by the SeafoA Citizen:
"a curious and dangerous snake, the
only one of the kind that has ever been
found in this Fart of the coantry, was
killed by some workmen on the farm of
Francis lnsley, near Wetipdnin, Sussex
county 1t measured twe<ty-eight in-
ches in length and two inches in cir
conference. Its color is glaok, striped
with white, which, .when~ exposed to
the rays OF sun, shine wirtthe brillian-
cy of polished silver: It-%as provided
with two rows of teeth, twenty.six on
each side, very sharp, yet are different
from those of the snake common in this
country.
about FIVE iiiches from its tail are
two thick grisly protu5erance, about
one inch in length, and on each side of
the body. Each protuberance contains
eighteen horns, about one-eighth of an
inch in length. They are hollow, and
the poison is supplied to them by means
OF small duct connecting with thin,
transparent bag, about one inch below
the protuberances. We ale told that
some years ago a snake supposed to be
a horned snake, attacked man in the
same vicinity, and in order to escape he
jumped behind a tree, and the snake
striking with such force buried its horn
into the trunk about one-eighth of an
Inch. In thirty minutes thereafter a
dallness in the leaves was --perceptible.
and strange to say, in another hour they
commenced falling off, and to day it is
nothing but withered, naked trunk
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-07-02
LIVELY BUTTER.

There is an old goat owned in De
troit which has received a great deal
of training from boys. Last Fourth of
July they discovered that if they stuck
fire cracker in the end of cain and
held it at William, he would low er his
head and go for them; and they had
practiced the trick SO much that the
goat will tackle any human being who
points stick at him. A few days ago
he was loafng near the corner of Third
and Lewis streets, when corpulent
citizen came up and stopped to talk
with a friend. They happened to
speak of side walks, when the corpu-
lent citizen pointed his cain just to the
left of the goat, and said;-
"Ihat's the worst piece of sidewalk
in this town
The goat had been eyeing the cane,
and the moment it came up he lowered
his head, made six or eight jumps, and
his head struck the corpulent citizen
just on ''the belt" The man went
over into a mass of old tin, dllapidated
butter kegs and abandoned hoop skirts,
and the goat turned somersault the
other way, while slim citizen threw
stones at boy seated on a doorstep,
who was laughing tears as big as
chesnuts, and crying out
ooh, it's huff to kill feller y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-07-02
HOW MUCH WAS He WORTH?

There is terrible significance in the
questions we sometimes ask upon the
death of wealthy citizen, if we only
understood the real significance of the
questions. GLOW much was he WORTH
we ask. And the angels might reply,
"Worth he wasn't worth anything.
His money was worth something. His
body is also worth something as a
source of fertility to the soil. But he
not anything" So we vary the guess
ton: yes, but how mucl did he leave?
ooh, leave" it might be answered:
eyes, will tell you. He had houses,
lots, bonds, stocks, gold, notes, mer-
chandise, and farms. And he left
Great God! he left them ALL He car
ried nothing with him. Naked and des-
titute he came to the world, and as ma
ked and destitute did he go the way
whence he came. He carried nothing ;
neither land nor money, moi yet did he
carry with him the blessing Of the poor.
He left all-he carried nothing with
him. But his neigEbor has died man
who was not known on Change nor in
the tax list ''And what has he left ?"
we may, perhaps, curiously ask. cleft?
he has left nothing; but has taken much
with him. He has gone to heaven la
den with the blessings and the graft
tude of the poor, of the helpless, OF the
young, of the aged, of the widow, of the
! friendless; OF those whom he. by his
counsels, and his acts, and his prayers,
had blessed; of those whose poverty he
had relieved, whose ignorance he had
enlighte ned, whose darkness he had
dispelled, whose be dies and whose souls
he had fed When Wherefore died,
Daniel O'Connell said: 'SHe has gone up
to heaven bearing a million broken fet
ters in his hand" Happy be, whatever
he may leave, Or may not leave, in this
world, who goes thus freighted into the
other world. II Good Words
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-07-02
GEN. BUFFERS $4,000 TEE.I


Some years ago a cotton broker
named G. B. Lemar sued the Govern
ment for 100000 worth Of cotton
which he claimed was confscated DUR
ing the war. Mr.. Lcmar employed as
his counsel Mr.. X. Herbert, of this CITY
agreeing to give him, in case the suit
was successful, $4,000. Mr.. Herbert
employed General B. F. Butler. and
the latter pushed the case with such
energy that judgement in favor of
Lemar was granted about three months
ago for S579, 00O.-Gencral Butler de-
Quoted $4,000 from the above sum and
RENTED the remainder to Lemar, leav-
ing thus M. Herbert out in the cold
The latter applied to Butler for fair
share of the $4,000, but was met bv a
blunt refusal to give up cent of it.
Now Herbert has commenced suit
against Lemar to recover the fee for
which he stipulated in case the suit was
successful, and Wednesday made ap-
plication before Judge Tappen, in the
Brooklyn branch of the Supreme Court,
for a commission to take the testimony
of General Butler at Washington. The
application was opposed, but after some
argument, the Court granted the APP
plication to take the testimony of Gen
eral Butler at his home in Massachusetts.
if he cannot be found in New York
within the next two weeks.-Neao York
Times.