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The country for forty miles around Norfolk Is
q great vegetable, iruit and market garden. II
would astonish some Of your readers to 70 down
on the docks during the season and see what
enormous amounts of vegetables and fruits are
brought TO this market OF q single morning and
reshipped to all parts Of the country. Here you
will see one man putting up garden stuff" as IL
is called, for Boston, New York, Chicago. Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. This garden stun" is an
important feature Of the carrying trade. The
light warm, sandy soil and the genial climate
are favorable TO the early production Of these
vegetables and fruits. The vegetable season be-
gins IN early April In early May the straWber-
ries are in season. AS many as two hundred
thousand quart baskets OF strawberries have
been shipped from Norfolk in q single day. The
poor people who raise these fruits and vegetables
complain bitterly about the small prices they get
for them, and the almOst imp0ssibility oil making
O living at the business. MIddlemen have, in
short, monopoliLed the business, some Of them
being quite wealthy. r. q. A.
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THE COURTS.

Auxiliary Law Court-Judge Macarthur.
This court was engaged on Saturday with the
case Of Shoemaker vs.. Paul. Adjourned.
Circuit Court-Chief Justice Cartier.
This court was engaged on Saturday with cases
not requiring jury.
Ballard Paving Company VS.. District Of Co.
lumbia. This was an action for 400 900 damages
for violation Of contract. The court sustained
the demurrer to the declaration and granted
leave 10 plead over.
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NTuLEE .;SaECB OF GHRISTlAESFOR EACH OTHER

ORGANIZATION OF A NEW DIVISION,
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LEGAL.

~ONON~NON~N~NNONOCOOCC ~CI0|0~N~CONNOONONSOOC-
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, THAT THE
Il subscI iber having obtained from the Supreme
Court Of the District OF Columbia, holding spe-
ciGl term, letters Of administration v. a. on the
Of Columbia, deceased. All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned to eX-
hibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber, or before the 81 day o. April next:
they may otherwise by law be excluded from al
benefit Of said estate.
Given under my hand, this Sd day of April, ISIS.
SARAH SLOWS,
ap5-MSW" AdmiaistratriN ". a.
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=" MONDAY, April T. every night and Wedness
day and 'turday Matinees. Variety and drama
Pr, ductiOn on Monday, Tuesday and We,!nesdIT
nights OF tie great Irish drama THE EaiT OF Mu.
lingaT. - Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
and Saturday matinee, the thrilling se1,9LI0nsl
drama, The Golden tarmer.'' FIRST appearance
of the aCrUbatic gymnasts, the Snow EFOthrrs:
also, their troupe OF Ptrinr'uiTg Dogs. First aP-
peaTance Of Inc dashirg vocalist, Miss Jennie
SOthern. Last week If Paby Bindley, Nj BlanCha
Se!wyn, Prof. Bindley, C. E. Charles. apI2-6t
THE IEFFFRSON LITERARY Ann
L DEBATING SOCIETY celebrate their thfrt
anuiyers airy by Literary aud Musical entertain.
meEt at
JEFFERSON SCHOOL BUILDING,
TUESDAY pTil Is. At 1870 o'clock. Proceeds -
be sed for an Increa So Of the library Admission.
.bCEnts. TStar
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CURRENTEEWS OF 1HE CITY

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST YELLOW JACK,
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HENRY r SEARLE.

ARCHITECT,
no = Street, Opposite Post once Ne
pBrtment.
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HUBER and GLIDDEN, original oyster-ean
mokeS and musical speciality artists. GEO. B,
RADCLlFFE, the well Known actor and cOmedIans
Mile HENRlETGA, champion song and dancf8
lady. Miss MINNIE BAKER, in her heauIirul
songs and dances. Miss MATTE GRAY, the be-
witehlng dan: euese and yersatiIeIsrtlstc. Miss
week of THE FOUR PROPHETS.
lie Jardin Mabille, illuminated, Introducing fresB
novelties, the BUyal FLYING Scuds. The wonder.
fCl ClOdOehe GrJupe OF Cuadriiles, tie slOrlOuL
Partisan CAN-CAN. aDl2
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READY-MADE CLOTHING AND FUR
NISHlNG GOODS.
PRICES Low AS THE LOWEST ELSE
WHERE
NOAH WALKER Co,
625 Pennsylvania avenue.
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under two heads; how Jesuit Christianity super
ceded Buddhism in Japan in the sixteenth Gen.
fury; how Buddhism again won the ascendency
after Roman Catholicism had triumphed for my
years, and how Protestant Christianity was intro
-duced some twenty years ago. Jesuitism In
Japan was the result Of accident and OF crime.
Some three hundred years age, three Portuguese
were wrecked on the Southern coast. The For
tuguese previously had established extensive
commercial relations In China, India and Persia:
The Prince Of Bungo received the three wrecked
Portuguese and treated them most hospitaoiy.
They made o treaty, that q ship loaded with
foreign goods should visit Japan once year, ana
this was the original foundation Of the Japanese
foreign trade. A japanese nobleman VINO mad
committed murder was exiled, and he found
nome at last in Cher.
There he met Francis Xavier. monk OF won
dertcI power and learning. and was Dy MIN con-
verted to the Roman Catholic faith. The
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04
FANih Tue nome JohFi
The Lady Merle.

A beautiful truth told in beautiful
ballad
A formal and lone a statue Of stone
That stood on his terraced wall,
Was the noble Earl tin the Lady Merle
Moved mistress Of heart and hall:
TIL he met the Lady Merle
TIL he met. and loved, and wooed and won
And married the Lady Merle.
As grave and as cold as the portraits old
That hung on his panels Of oak
Did the lines Of his oershadow his face
That never with laughter broke;
TIN he met the Lady Merle
TIL he met, and loved, and wooed and won,
And married the Lady Merle.
A. silent and dark as his untrodden park,
Lived the Earl from year to year
And his naughty pride fell far and wide,
Chilling the land with fear;
'rll he met the Lady Merle
TIL he met and loved and wooed, and won,
And married the Lady Merle.
But beamiugly bright as the morning light
ON statue and pictured wall.
Did the light Of her love through his fortunes move
And over his manhood fall:
when he met the Lady Merle
When he met. and loved, and wOOed, and won,
And married the Lady Merle.
And never, they SAY, farer day
Than that when the grave-faeed Earl,
His nature forsook for the kindly look
And the heart Of the Lady Merle:
When he met the Lady Merle
When he met, and loved, aud wooed, and won.
And married the Lady Merle.
o Is Il not strange how natures viii change
In a woman's holy control,
] And how the strong grace OF lovely face
| Win conquer and fashion the soul,
/ When meet our Lady Merles-
When we meet. and love, and WOO, and win,
And marry our Lady Merlesl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04
A MAN WHO DIDN'T ovER-ESTI-
MATE HIMSELF.

A Hebrew merchant from western
city went into one of our large whole
sale houses, the other day, and said he
wished to buy about $500 worth of
goods. He was willing to pay $1,000
cash, and give his note for 90 days for
the rest of the bill. The firm looked up
the house which the customer represent
ed. and came to the conclusion that his
note wouldn't be of much value. They
concluded, however, to sell him the
goods he desired, making a sufficient
advance on the usual price to cover the
amount on the note. The sale was
made, and the bill amounted to Sl45o.
The purchaser paid $1,000 and drew his
note for the remainder
Now, mine vriends," said he, II
want you to gif me Won present. l al
ways has present after SO big BILL"
"Well," replied the merchant, 1--WE
can't give you much of present but
you can pick out neck-tie for yourself,
if you wish.
"No, no. / wants no neck-ties. |
wants silk dress for my frau.
20, we can't do that p said the mer-
chant "but I'll tell you what we will
do. We will give you your note"
my note No, py gracious l take
re neck-tie l''
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"MODERATELY GOOD STEP
PERS.''

A good joke is told of wealthy New
Yorker with an eye to a good horse, who,
shortly after betaking himself to his
summer residence on Long Island, in
April last, was sitting on his piazza one
fine morning, and noticing a pair of fine
steppers that were being driven on the
road in front of his house. The team
consisted of bay and gray mare, and
the driver was an unassuming, quiet
well-behaved young man. The New
Yorker noticed them again on the fol-
lowing day and was more than ever i'm
pressed with their fine style and grace
full step, and decided at once to buy
them. Accordingly, on the next day he
stationed himself at the gate, and when
the tf,:: t team q came Jogging by he signalled
That's a pretty fair team you drive
said he.
"Yes, they are moderately good step
pers," was the response.
"Are they for sale 2" asked the New
Yorker.
"Well, yes, would sell them" was
the rather hesitating reply.
"Send them along down the road and
back, so / can see how they move" says
the New Yorker.
Up and down they were sent a few
times, and at length the gentleman
seemed satisfied, and signalled the dri-
yer to pull up.
Il like them pretty well" said he,
"and will buy them, if the price is not
too high what do you ask for them p
"Sixty-fve thousand dollars" was
the reply, very coOlly given.
The gentleman opened his eyes and
mouth in establishment, and Charley
Green drove off with Lulu and Eleety
GOlddust at 2:25 gait, leaving the
old gentleman to wonder at the higf
price Of good fair roadsters.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04

A ScoTCH GIRLS ANswER.-A coun-
try lass was driving donkey to fair
in Kenfrewshire one fine morning. The
donkey was laggard, and was more in
tent on cropping the roadside herbage
than on going to the fair but the girl
did not put herself about. Pleasant
thoughts Of her sweetheart were passing
through her mind, and she sang gaily
to herself. An Irish labOrer overlook
her, aud as he passed. he said, my
darling. you'er as lively this morning al
if you had been newly kissed. The
happy girl at once answered. "If u
think. Pat. that kiss makes ane lively
| wish ye wad kiss my cuddy, for he'I
unco stiff this morning"
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is very slow; and if you have to put it
out, that is very expensive. And then
there is so much sewing to be done. |
did hope we should find time to make
up your new linen before | left, but it
is not cut out yet, and Lucy will never
get through a dozen of shirts alone. Poor
girl the parish and the baby make such
heavy demands upon her time. | think
she will have to put your shirts out to
be made" And with few pleasant
remarks about the parish and the wealth
er, she smilingly withdrew.
But the good seed had been carefully
sown. The parson, though not other
wise in general, was sharp and shrewd
where money was in question, and knew
the full value of dollars and cents. He
took the matter into consideration. and
nicely balanced the pros and cons. He
knew that Mrs. Briant, in her quiet, la
dy-like way, had been very efficient IN
his family she superintended the cook
ing, and under her direction were pre-
pared the savory meats that his soul lov-
ed. He knew, too, that since her ad-
vent among them his weekly expenses
had been lessened, not increased. He
knew that the liberal board which she
had insisted on paying ever since she
had been with them amounted to half as
much as his salary, while her generous
gifts supplied many needs of the little
household. He knew that she relieved
his wife of much care and labor, and
that her experience during the baby's
troubles in the ivory business, upon
which he had just entered, had already
saved him the fatigue and expense of
many visit to the doctor and all these
loving services were freely given. On
the other hand, if she left, all this must
stop. An additional servant would cost
him So week to begin with; and how
much more in waste and discomfort
And as to putting out washing and sew
ing, those were bugbears of unknown
expense, which he could not estimate.
The parson drew his conclusion-he was
used to that business ''in conclusion"
was his favorite portion of his sermons
so in conclusion, he requested Lucy
to invite her mother to become perma-
nent member of the family; and Lucy,
who in her unselfshness thought dear
Bozzy did it all for her sake, could not
express her JOY and gratitude.
And now you know in what respect
the Rev. Boswell Holland resembled St
Peter. Don't you sec? He had q
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04


A BEAUTIFUL TREE.-All who have
ever travelled the road from st. Johns
bury to st. Johnsbury East, must have
been impressed with the beauty of an
elm tree which stands near the Works
barn, beyond Mr.. Jacob G. HOvey's.-
Perhaps there is no tree its equal in
symmetry and general beauty, in the
entire country. But all may not know
its age and history, and we are glad to
put on record the following facts rela-
tive to it; Nearly seventy years ago
there was raising bee at this spot, and
the frame Of house was put up there.
which, however was never finished. At
this time this magnificent elm was
little sapling, smaller than man. arm.
and perhaps four or FIVE years old from
the seed. In the hurry and hustle at
tendant upon the raising, there was
great danger that this little tree would
be injured if not ruined. Knowing
this, some one said, let US be careful
aud not hurt this little sapling, and
sometime it may become a large and
beautiful tree. Mr. David w. Lee Of
this place was then little boy at the
raising" He remembers the converse
ton we'll. and he has lived to see this
tree grow to its present magnihcence.-
| Caiedonidn.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04
Dancers on the green-GrasshOppers

Dancers on the green-6rasshopper
A Western settler-The contents of a
six shooter.
Josh Billings says he will take the
stage this winter; also the railroad cars,
when they run his way.
Not all our ex-Presidents are gone,
our young friend There's JEFF Davis,
for instance.-ROcheSter Democrat.
A Kansas girl says nothing makes her
so mad as to have grasshopper crawl
up and down her back just as her lover
has come to the proposing point.
Shoe dealer-"I find VIC have no num-
Der twelve shoes. sir; but here's pair
of large mines" Customer-"Nines
Der yer take me for Cindereller?'
This conversation was overheard in a
BARRIERS shop: Thin out your hair a
bit, Sir ?" "NO, never mind. Ny wife
attends to that. But just oil it we'll"
When freedom from her mountain
height, unfurled her standard to the
air, her skirts, pinned back so very
tight, made her appear exceeding spare.
A Missouri man tried to ride a mule
across a creek thirty feet deep. The
man was drowned but the mule crossed
in safety, walking on the bottom and
breathing through his ears.
The following is a copy of letter re-
Gently sent to a gentleman in England
by an insurance agent "Dear Sir
hope to give you a call tomorrow ol
Wednesday, on my way to Chard. and
shall be delighted to take your life. ."
"Oh, my dear" reads private lettel
recently received by a grass widowel
from his wife at Saratoga, IL love yoI
Just as much as ever-I want you Il
send me fifty dollars by next mail
yours my darling-send check and no
bills"
When Pennsylvania farmer sold hi
farm to an oil company he vent to tow
the day he got his cash, and bought hi
wife two hundred dozen clothes pins an,
twenty-five clothes lines He said he
had growing and jawing enough abou
that house.
Two Irishmen were recently lookin
at people stretching a rope across th
street from one house-top TO another fo
the purpose of suspending q bannel
"Shure and what will they be afther Z
doin' at the tops of thin houses there ?
'.Faith an its a submarine telegrap
they're afther putin up, ! suppose"
Talk about adding insult to Injury
. Wait till you have been treated as thi
bald-headed man from Fort Wayne wa
out in Missouri. the other day. Fir
they took away his watch and all b
money, then. to come a joke on Il
night train, they rubbed his head wi
phosphorus and tied him down on Il
track with a label attached to bis cOa
--latest danger signal-patent apple
for" HaL
In Scotland they have narrow op
bitches which they call sheep draiI
A man was riding a donkey across
sheep pasture, but when the animal cal
to a sheep drain he would not 90 over
So the man rode him back short d
tance. turned him round and app
ed the whip. thinking. of course, Il
y. the donkey. when going at the top
his speed, would jump the drain bef'
he knew it. But not so. When
donkey got to the drain he stopped
en- of sudden, and the man went over
I%g Neddy's head. No sooner had he tOucl
Id the ground than he got up. and look
O. the beast straight in the face. he sa
"Verra weel pitched but then hoo
a. We gaun tae get over yersel -
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THE ROMANCE OF THE GRAND DUKE
ALEx1s.-The young wife of the Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia, son of the Gar,
has just been divorced by the Tribunal
of St. Petersburg. She was Hessian,
and in that quality had been accepted
by the Empress Maria Alexandrowna as
maid of honor. Her Majesty was rap
idly captivated by her young country
woman, who speedily became her favor
ite. Another conquest of still greater
Importance awaited the young lady in
the Muscovite Empire. Not absolutely
pretty, but endowed with that grace
which bewitches more than beauty, pos
sessing charming figure and an incOm-
parable elegance, she inspired the young
Grand Duke with an irresistible passion.
One evening the Empress saw enter her
apartment the maid of honor bathed In
tears, who, throwing herself at her Maj
esty's feet, avowed her love, and sought
the Czarina's consent to the marriage.
That same night the young lady was put
into a railway carriage, and, under good
escort, conducted to the frontier, while
the Grand Duke Alexis received orders
to rejoin his ship. But the Gar had
reckoned without the determination of
the two lovers. The Prince escaped, re.
Joined his fancee beyond the Rhine and
married her in German territory, not
withstanding the paternal fulminations
and then left with her for America. The
romance lasted two years, and nothing
could bend the determination of the En-
peror nor restore the son to his favor
when the influence of the Empress, be
ing brought to bear on the son, deter
mined the latter to accept his father
conditions. 1t was decided that tn
Grand Duke should consent to divorce
resume his situation in the Russian IA
; Wy, and that an annuity should be set
tied on the heroine of the romance.
! was Immediately after that the Prime
was in London with the Gar The for
: malitles of the divorce were complete
week before last
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Sold AGAIN.

We had fingered out the season
Far into the cooler days
And the votaries OF fashion
All had flown their different ways.
Ours had been no light Irritation.
Such as watering places know
But an earnest love creation,
Laying every barrier low.
had felt my pulses beating,
Al the warm touch Of her hand:
! had followed in her footsteps
Dreamed was in fairy land
She had hung upon my accents.
With her lovely violet eyes
Glist'ning at the words whispered.
Beaming with a glad surprise.
We had wandered down the seabeach
with the moonlight Ger us straving;
Listened 90 the night winds whisper.
Wondering what the waves were saving.
And again stood together
Near the oceans ebb and flowing
While the bushes OF the sunset
On the waves were really glowing
Dearest % said she hesitating,
And too long we both have tarried:
Tomorrow we must part forever;
For. my darling, am marriedr
Married." exclaimed. upstarting;
Married" murmured with a sigh
Then this is indeed parting.
For-my darling-so amIr'
Tableaul
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wife retrieve the fortunes of a family
when her husband pulled at the other
end of the rope.
/ have seen young man who despis-
ed the counsels of the wise, and advice
of the good, and his career end in pow
erty and wretchedness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04

A lady asked her little boy. "Haye
you called your grandma TO tea p "Yes.
When / went 10 call her she was asleep,
and / didn't wish to hallOo at grandma,
nor shake her 20 kissed her check,
and that woke her very softly. Then !
went into the hall and said, pretty loud.
Grandma. tea is ready. And she never
knew what woke her up"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04
THE SLOW TIMES.

We do not look for sudden revival
of business any longer. If our diagno-
sis of the case is correct, there can be no
sudden cure. We of this generation viii
hardly live to see the country genuinely
prosperous. Great masses of property
are to be abandoned. The capital stock
of multitudes of corporations will be
sunk, and their property will pass into
the hands of bondholders and creditors,
at such price that they may possibly
be made remuneratively useful. Humid
reds of millions of invested funds will
practically cease to exist. The things
in which these funds have been invested
cannot be used, and they might just as
well have been thrown into the FIRE.
Thus the means of living have been enor-
mously reduced among capitalists, and
more men need work to do than used to
need it. With this fact on one side, we
find set over against it the other fact,
that, of the multitude who had adjusted
their industry to the conditions of war,
only part are needed under the condi-
tions of peace. Tens, twenties, ffties
are to be counted out of the mills, the
factories, the shops, and sent either into
idleness, or into some other field of in
dustry. In other words, our national
industry is to be rc-adjusted.
The cities and centers which have
grown so rapidly will naturally cease to
grow. The larger cities will grow, per-
haps, as London grows, by the attraction
of men of wealth, but the men of enter
prise will not crowd into places where
there is no work or reward for them.
The boys will stand by their fathers
farms better than they have done. and
hundreds of thousands of men and wom-
en- who have left the farm and the farm
| house must return to them. 1t is pleas
ant to reflect that living can be won
from the ground, and that agriculture
holds certain cure for all our troubles.
Mr.. Greeley's old advice, $50 west,
young man, was based upon philOso-
ply whose soundness the people of this
time cannot question. The tendency in
his time was to overdo business. and
that tendency went on, to the distressing
results of which all of us are the wit
nesses and victims.
1t is pitiful to see men and women ly-
ing idle. 1t is pitiful to see them in
great masses thrown out of employment.
We wish they could be made to under
stand how hopeless the situation is for
| - A~---~ -" +" - --- Low y,aoaeearvr "
is that they should seek employment in
agricultural pursuits, in lives Of industry
adapted to the present circumstances Of
the country-in anything and any place
except that which has proved to be In
sufficient for their needs. The change
must come, and the quicker it comes the
better for them and the better for the
country. Let us leave nothing to The
political doctors. They cannot help u
with any of their schemes, except b.
giving us an honest financial system
Even this cannot work the miracle o
making people consume more than the
want, and of supplying work where it
not needed. The American people ar
not lacking in shrewdness, patience
adaptiveness, and industry, and the goo
time will come, though it is likely to b
long delayed.-Dr. j. G. Holland
Scribner for October.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-10-04

Nearly complete returns Of the recent
election in New Mexico indicate the
election Of S. B. Elkins. republican del
egate to Congress, BY about 1900 major
ity.