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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21
The Wedding Fee.
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one morning. Esty years asO.
When apple trees wsrv white with snow
" fragrant blossoms. and the atr
Was spsI-hound With the perfume rare,
Upon Arm horse. large and kan
And Lszy With its d0ubls had
sun-br0wued youth and maid were seen
Jo-zIug si0nE the winding rad
B,ue wrre the archss Of the skies.
But bluer we're that u,aiten's ewes
The deWdrOps on the grass we're bright.
Eut brighter vas the IovinE Esht
hat spa-kicd 'neath the lonE-frinsed Id.
wberv tho~e Drt-ht eyes oF blue we're HID
Atovu the shoulders hrOuu and bare
Boiled the soft waves q -uldsn hair
Where. Alu-ost ssranEied ~ith the spray.
Tie sun a wiling sussrsF. hy-
Il vas the sIiress sight. weeu.
That the youuE nan had ever seem
And With his features an a-isu
ne hsppv ssIis- ssid her 50
An.i she without tie least surp-ise
Looked on him With those heavenly ewes
saw und-rreath that SHADE q tan
ne handsome features % a uau:
And With joy but rarely known
she drvu that dear tlcs 10 her oEu.
And By her bridal bonnet hid
cannot tell y0a vhas she didt
-. on they rv,le until among
The newborn Ieavss With dew drOps hung.
The parsouAze. arrayed in white.
Peers uut-a mere than geieous siEht.
Theu. with eio1d upon his ace
What shall NE do be turned 70 say.
'-Should he refuse % take his paw
FE0u vhas i in the piloE-ease p
And EiaueIn- down his eye surveyed
The piiiow-case before hin laid.
whose contents reaching 70 its hem
Might puzchass eui'ess jOy s0r them
The maiien answers. Let Is wait.
To borrow trOubis vhere's the need p
Thea At the Parsou-s sgusekizg gate
Halted the mere than wiling steed
Doun frOm the horse the brides -rvoua sprung
The ia,ehiess gate behind hiu swung;
The knoeksr q that startled door.
struck IS &c never was before.
Brought the Whole household pale with fright.
And there With bushes ou his cheek.
So bashflI he could hardly speak.
The farmer met their wo1derin- sight.
The groom -0ss IN. his srrand tells.
And as the parso1 mods. he IzAus
Par Ger the viudov-slr and yeus.
Tome I'm He SAYS he'll take the bans
Lord, How she jumped With 0ae -lad bound.
She and the b~au-bag reached the grOaHd-
Then, elaspinE With each dimpied arm
The precious product o. the farm.
She bears it through the open door;
AMI down upon the pari0r 5oor.
Dumps the best beans. vines ever bore
AL happy we're their songs that day
When man and wife they rode away:
But happier this chorus stil
Which echoed through the woodland scenes.
God bless the priest 0f whitinzvillel
God bless the man vh0 took the beans
-NEw TOsz TzrErSE-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

A man from one Of the rural districts
recently went to Washington to see the
sights. A member Of the House. whose
constituent he was, said: Come up to-
morrow. and l will give you a seat en-
the floor Of the House No you DON'T =
replied Jonathan; 4 always manage to
have cheer TO set on at home. and / bet
hain't come to Washington to set on
the foor; Injuns may do that when they
come. if they like. but !, that am civil
Ized, won't do IT,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

IEcIDESTs or THE HoLYoKE DISASTER.
The body of one woman was discover
ed sitting in the seat she had occupied,
her clothing entirely burned of. A
feshy woman. weighing some l6O
pounds. was dragged screening from the
ruins. She was carried a short distance
from the church aud placed on the grass.
while the flesh actually peeled off her
back. In moment she fell over dead.
Louis Desjsrdia, "a years old. whose
wife and daughter were both burned to
death, became insane from grief,
aud cried continually in agOnizing tones,
''Oh, my Julie my Julie -
Some we're taken out alive. who were
under Others who we're dead. and owed
10 this fact their own salvation. At the
same time many women lost their lives
by being trampled under foot.
The scene in the school house base
ment, where the dead were carried, was
heartrending 10 the extreme. Stumps
Of limbs burned 70 a crisp prOtrnded
from under the sheets, and as the face
cloth was lifted from the heads the scar
red and blackened remains we're dis
closed.
In some instances the features we're
distorted a. though extreme agony had
been suffered before death ensued. but
many looked calm. a. though smothered,
yet they all were all biackened witA
smoke some we're burned beyond >
possibility Of Identification, nothing Fe-
naming but the trunk Of the body.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

That carpet. said the dealer to an old
farmer the other day. that carpet is one
dollar and thirty-fve cents per yard /;
but seeing it's you, you can have it for
one dollar twenty. While be was cut
ting it of. the farmer proudly said to
his wife: / never met him before but
you see be takes me for some big man.
Now. then, Mariar. see what It's to have
a man who looks smartish.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

A Keokuk man held a neighbor's wife
in his lap while she did his hair in curl
papers. The husband attended the fun
eral, and when the minister finished
speaking he stepped up to the holy man,
and said. in low. sweet voice: Il didn't
mind him so much, because there wasn't
no harm in him nohow; but / thought
as things was gettin' from bad to worse,
and-well, wanted to give them
preacher chaps a varnin'."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

While riding in a stage coach from
Kinderhook to Albany, New York. many
wears since, John Van Buren. who was
smoking. asked stranges in the stage
if smoking was agreeable to nim- The
stranger answered, "Ycs. it is agreeable.
Smoke away. have often thought If
ever was rich enough. 1 would hire
some loafer to smoke in my face" Mr..
Van Buren threw his cigar out Of the
window.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21
THE PUBLIC ROBBERS.

Fresh interest has been awakened du-
ring the past week in the case of the
frauds upon the city by the Tweed gang.
When Ingersoll was pardoned out of
prison several weeks since, the act was
regarded by some as of questionable pro-
priety and policy; but it was stated
that he had consented 70 make full
confession of the enormous frauds. This
he has now done. He has furnished
additional information. by which it APP
pears that the theft of public money
was carried on in the most systematic
manner. ; Tweed receiving twenty-five
per cent. of the plunder, which he used
1t part for bribery; Sweeny, ten per
cent and Connolly, Woodward, Wat
son, and after Watson's death, William
E. King, regular percentage. This
information will now be used for the re-
covery of the funds, and the prosecutions
will be pressed. The Tribune makes
the following reflections upon this new
illustration of the truth of the Scrip
lures, "The way of transgressors is
hard :" +
"What picture of justice. human
and divine, does the fate of all these
men present to-day. Tweed, gray and
broken. wears out his heart behind the
bars of the penitentiary, struggling vain
ly for release which probably will nev-
er come till it comes with death. Sweeny,
solitary exile in the French capital,
shuns the face of those whom he may
never more call his countrymen. and
awaits in shame and fear the issue Of
the suits by which the plundered city of
New York attempts to seize his ill-got-
ten property. Connally, after squan-
dering large share Of his money. sits
every day on the piazza Of an African
hotel, Stunned by everybody, with trem-
bling hands and vacant eyes Prince
Harry Genet. wanders about Spain oc-
casionally attempting suicide. Fields
is not only fugitive but pauper. Of
the meaner associates of the fallen Di-
rectory, many have sunk into a happy
oblivion, and several are dead. We
published yesterday an account of some
of the supply men who used to put up
bills for the joint benefit of themselves
and the city officers. One died in the
insane asylum. Another is still con-
fined as lunatic. Nearly all are gone
in one way or another. Not dollar of
the stolen money has prOfted its pos
SCISSOR, and we doubt whether there is
man of the whole band who would not
willingly change places to-day with an
honest laborer, on the New York parks"
To this it should be added that Wat
son was thrown from his carriage in
this city and killed. II was this vista
ton by the hand Of God that was the
means Of bringing to light the iniqui-
ties of the ring; and dispatch from
Paris now states that Sweeny's brother,
who shared with him in the plunder,
died suddenly. on Sunday last, in Paris.
"yerily he is God that judgeth in the
earth. ~ Y. Observer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

An almost ridiculous use of steam is
found on Duck River. Tenn. on which
placid stream steamboat. drawing only
twelve inches Of water, and having a
grist mill on board. wanders up and
down, stopping where she is wanted to
grind bushel or two Of corn for the
farmers Of the territory.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

''Ish der some ledder here for NE ?"
inquired q German at the general deliv-
cry window Of a post Office. None. ="
was the reply. "Vheil. dot ish queer, "
ne continued. my neighbOr gets some
times dree ledders in one day. and get
none. l bays more daxes as he does.
und haf never got one ledder yet"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

Jekyll tells Of q man who had said
his eating cost almost nothing. for 'On
Sunday" said he. Il always dine with
an old friend. aud then eat so much
that it lasts until Wednesday. when l
buy some tripe, which hate ike the
old boy. and which accordingly makes
me so sick that cannot eat any more
until Sunday again"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

Old Deacon Roberts was worked up to
high state Of enthusiasm in . revival.
He was exhorting the uncOnverted to
fee from the wrath TO come before it
was too late; for, said he, 1.-The Lord is
here now, and he may not be here again
for twenty years"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

The relation Of . door-mat to the
dOOr-step-A step father.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21
MISCELLANEOUS,


CAS BE FOUND At J. z DwISELL's SHOP
X q good stock q Furniture u AL kinds; also
I,I and vel selected stock u Carpets, Room Paper,
F-.rrs Francs Pain and 6iit-E-e Curtains. and fx-
t-res 90 match nice lot q Baby Cahs With Canopy
Top o. ycu ike Coed stock q Cc1lns an1 Caskets,
an VII BE- sold low f5r cash OF approved credit lie
uil ngi be beat on Pricss. Glover, Nt. +250
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

H. H. WNA.-Is
TANUFACTUREE OF WOOD. INITIAL GLASS.
vi Canvass AMI Paper signs. Banner. scsne.
Oruansutal Painting. a. Proprietor % woods STAR
Buslusss u.rectories.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

SUCCESSOR To WI. JOSLYN SONS DEALER
= .1 pru-s Medicines. Dye Sgl-is Pants, Ols, jay
on. rurgeuii1e. V4rnishss, Brushes Wintow Glass,
rrs.F Elgks. stationery and F1ucy Goods.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

= DWELL. VI AGENT FOR THE CHAMPLAIL
i Mutual FIre Insurance CoupIny Burning
u Insure Dwellings. Earn Properly Household
gsrr1.ure etc and Mercantile Risks fJr the term q
three Ur Ave years. All homes; losses equit2oly
1.l.e..sI art promptly paid. "A -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-06-21

BY the superintendent marched around
to the entrance of the church and up the
bread aisle, dividing at the altar and
going out the side aisles met again at
the entrance and marched to their seats.
They were loaded with flowers and each
class carried On appropriate banner.
singing as they marched that beautiful
song. 20 Paradise" At the front of
the ohaneel stood a large gilt cross. and
in passing. each child threw a bOquet at
the foot of the cross.
After taking their seats. the services
were opened with prayer and the recital
of the creed by the children. after which
they sang the hymn. Angels roll the
rock away" Then came the presenta-
tion of the offerings. the money all being
placed in one envelope and carried up
to the minister by the child entitled to
carry the banner. and that was the one
having the most perfect marks in a year.
The second best carried the flowers.
which were hung upon the cross, until
it was completely embowered
After this the classes again formed in
procession and marched out in the order
in which they entered, singing as they
went:
The day Of resurrection,
Earth tell il Il Il abroad;
The passover Of gladness
The passover of God!
From death 10 life eternal.
From this world 70 the sky,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
A Beautiful Answer.

When the Emperor of Germany was
lately on visit in distant portion of
his dominions, he was Welcomed by the
school children of the village, After
their speaker had made speech for
theu he thanked them. Then taking
an orange from plate, asked:
''To what kingdom does this be-
long?"
':To the vegetable kingdom, sire, %
replied the little girl.
The Emperor took gold coin from
his pocket, and holding il up, asked
''And to what kingdom does this be-
long p
s. To the mineral kingdom, sire, !" re-
piled the little girl.
ssAnd to what kingdom do I belong,
then ?" asked the Emperor.
The little girl colored deeply, for she
did not like to say sthe animal king
dom" as he thought she would, lest his
Majesty should be offended, when a
bright thought came, andshe said, with
radiant eyes
To Gods kingdom. SIRE"
The Emperor was deeply moved. A
tear stood in his eye. He placed his
hand on the child's head and said, most
devoutly
"Grant that I may be accounted
worthy of that kingdom"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
Thus it appears that the Commission

Thus it appears that the Commission
ers of Emigration have handled, so to
speak, more than six times as N any
people as the census of 1870 gave for
the total population of our city.
As usual for several years past, the
arrivals at New York for 1874 show an
increasing proportion of German and
Scandinavian blood, and decrease es-
pecially of natives of Ireland. From
Germany, Austria, Belgium. Bohemia.
Hungary, Holland, Luxembourg, and
Switzerland we have 81, ,423, and from
Scandinavia 10, ,8S7, making 62, $40 forthe
Teutonic element, not counting the En-
glish, which, with other kindred blood,
make, nearly rs, 5,000I or more than one
half of all for the year of Protestant
inclination and Teutonic origin From
Ireland the number (41, ,179) is the
smallest since the war, and smaller than
any peace year except 1859 and 1860.
The greatest number in any one year
from Ireland was in 1851, when 163, ,306
were landed at Castle Garden the
smallest was d, O75, in 1853. The arriv-
ais in 1874 may be grouped as follows j:
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
IrSsh and Lntin.
MninEu Tetkto1lic
Where and How Pins Are Made.

A correspondent OF the Hartford
Times describes large pin-factory and
it's operations as follows
The main building is of brick, loo
feet long by 40 feet wide and four sto-
ries high. Then there is another build
ing two stories high and 40 feet long
by 80 wide. They employ about sixty
hands, which is less than half the num-
ber employed in . driving season. Last
week they turned out two and one half
teos of pins. They have capacity fer
eating up twenty tons of wire in a week;
Each machine is complete in itself. All
end of acol of wire into its greedy nav,
and it will bite off the wire the proper
length, point it, swedge up the head,
and spit out the pins at the rate of It's
q minute. Now a slight knowledge of
multiplication will enable us to get at
the capacity of the concern, supposing
they were, &driven to the utmost, with
two sets of hands day and night. They
have seventy-fv machines, each ma
chine capable of turning out 175 pins q
minute. What do we see !? For one
machine, 10, 500 pins an hour; for ten
hours ten times as many, or ZOE, 900.
Now the night hands come along, and
before daylight the busy. never -tiring
UEhS6-06b0E uAS u1ssuc INC AuAUcE u
21O. 600. Then let us see what the
seventy-five machines have been doing
in the same time. Seventy FIVE times
21O, 900 is 10, 750, 900. Now that is the
sum total for single day. Multiply
it by six, the number of working days
in the week. and you have 81, SOC, O00
pins week. If you have any curiosity
TO fellow it further, you can multiply It
by the npmber of weeks in year, and
the grand total will be 4, 914, 900, 600.
Whew Enough to take ones breath
away. That beats the national debt.
They actually have the capacity to make
more pins in year than the United
States owes dollars. The principal
manufactures for making pins in this
country are at Waterbury, Birmingham
and Winsted, of this State. No wonder
all the pins go 7''
For sticking them in paper the pins
are fed into hollow revolving cylinder,
are taken mp in the compartments of
longitudinal ribs which extend along
the inner surface of the cylinder, and
drop upon an inclined plane, down
which they slide and are caught in the
links of an endless chain. Each link is
notched for as many pins as make
row, and each notch receives its pin
hanging to it by the head. The whole
is then left together in the paper. The
only attention the machine requires is
to supply it with paper and pins. The
this country was made soon after the
war of 1872, when pins sold for 81 q
paper.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19


out briskly, turning his head back every
now and then. The doctor engaged
the man until Grant was around the
corner on I street. Then he went bold
" up to the man, and quickly placing
his right finger under his nose, throw
ing his head back, the athletic physi-
sporting phrase goes, and the man tum-
b1ed to the ground. He also lost his
revolver in the fall. The doctor picked
it up, and then said to the man s' It
would be q good thing for You to get
out of this town as quick as you can.
It will not be good place for you after
this"
The man at this ran away, and the
doctor never saw him afterward. The
revolver he still retains as a souvenir
of the attempt upon the life of Gen.
Grant Washington Letter to the
Pittsburgh Leader.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
Dusky washington Bellies.

There are some very beautiful colored
girls just OF that cafe-au-lait color 80
exquisite when accompanied by fine
feakures. One pretty Creole married an
officer of the Freedman's Bank, q col
ored man who formerly played the
piano for private Germans, etc. He
built her o fine house and took her to
Niagara on the bridal trip. She with
married in . white satin dress, was
orange blossoms and tulle veil. AM
other girl, SO nearly white that the At
rican blood would never be suspected
was highly educated, with eyes large
and lustr.ously black, like those OF the
Spanish women her hair as purple as
the ravens wings; her complexion
Dreamy, with the faintest suspicion of
couleur de rose her lips full and scar
let 4; her hands and feet wonderously
tiny. Her father intended to take her
abroad. where his pedigree was nm
known, for, If discovered, foreigners
would not show the horror of negro
blood evinced by the Americans /; then
he hoped his daughters beauty, 40
and wealth, might at
tract Caucasian wooers. But, alas for
his fond hopes true to her race, she
married black man, son of restau-
rateur, and broke her fathers heart an
we'll as his pride. Correspondent Gin
cSssssGti Gazette.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19
a LOng.C0ncealed Story About an At
tempt to Assassinate Gen. Grant.

/ was related very interesting Incl
dent yesterday, which has never been
made public through any of the jour-
nails of the day. If at the time of its
occurrence it had been published it
would have furnished one of the sensa-
tions of the time. Double loaded =
type and display headlines would have
been called into play to do honor to the
Importance of the news. This, then, is
nothing more nor less than the history
OF an attempted assassination of Presi-
dent Grant. The attempt was so very
near a success that, had it not been for
the pluck and personal bravery of one
man, Gen. Grant would long ago have
been gathered to his fathers, and per-
haps the third term question would
never have come up for discussion.
The truth of the incident admits of no
question, and it is great wonder to me
how such bit of news never became
known at the time. However, circum-
stances explain this in measure.
The attempted assassination was
made when Grant was General of the
Army, short time before he was
elected President of the United States.
as the time he occupied the house lately
used by Gen. Sherman, on I street, be-
tween Second and Third streets.
one day unaccompanied. The neigh
borhood of Massachusetts avenue and
Sixth street, where the attack was made,
is one of the quietest and most retired
portions of the city. AS the General
came along to cross Sixth street, DIR.
Charles 81. Bowen, a well. known physi-
clan of this city, was standing in front
OF his Office on Massachusetts, avenue.
As DIR. Bowen was looking at the
General pass by, he saw man dart ont
from behind the bow-window with
revolver in his hand, shouting out to
Grant terrible Impressions, and then
he said. Hold on, you Yankee son of
a ~" With this he raised his re-
volver, and was about to fire, when DR..
Bowen, who is q very large and po wer-
full man, placed himself between the
would d-be-assassin and the future Presi-
dent.
The Doctor cried out to the man.
g What are you about there 2"
The man replied, 81 am after that
Yankee son of Al am going to
blow his brains out. "
The Doctor, cool ol-blooded man, who
his seen four years of service in the
late war, said !: g In order to shoot him,
you will have to shoot me. Come, now,
put up that pistol"
The man replied in frenzy Stand
out OF the way, or will kill you, too.
am an Alabamian. The war has
robbed me of every cent had IN the
world. am going 60 get even with
that man there. and then don't care
what becomes of me. -
During thus parley Gen. Grant slipped