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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

Earle, of the Citizen, met with mis-
hap, the other day, that injured him Sc
verely, but which promises to be an ad-
vantage to his readers, as it makes it
impossible for him to write for his pa
per. He slipped on the Ice, sprained
an ankle, and finally sat down with
great violence upon solid ice. The injury
done his brain was such as ordinary men
would receive by heavy blow upon the
head.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11
SOUTHERN TROUBLES.

The Southern sky is dark. Political
troubles exist in Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Alabama, and to such a
pass have they come in Louisiana that
the State Militia, and the L. S. govern
ment troops are used to quell or create
the petty rebellions, 1t Is difficult to
tell what effect the employment of troops
will have as there is great partisan feel
ing all over the country. Congress had
a stormy debate of the matter, during
last week, and one recognizes the spirit
of old rebellion times in the proceedings
of that body. The President is under
taking to quell disturbances, by sending
Sheridan into the disturbed districts,
but there Is much objection to this move
on his part, by members of congress, a
part Of the press and the democratic par
ty. How the fuss will be ended, no one
can fOrtell, but it is Of very serious
nature.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The following Letters Patent were Is
sued to citizens Of the State Of YER
mont during the week ending Dec. %,
1874: Set work for saw mills, L. Dur
kee. stockbridge. Clothes washing ma
chine GoOdnough. Norden & Luce.
Brandon. Stump and stone puller, 1.
j. House. Salem. Lead Pencil. /. Spen-
Ger St. Johnsbury. Reported BY Fitch
& Fitch, solicitors Of patents. No. p
Park Row. New York. through /. II.
Thompson. counselor at law. correspond.
ing solicitor in IrasbuFgh,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

LONDON, Dec. ga terrible niece
OF intelligence has just come to hand. Ii
Is reported that the emigrant ship Cos
patrick. while on her passage from this
port 70 Ne" Zealand has been burned
IN lAld-ocean' ana all her Passengers and
crew. numbering 400 souls. have been
drowned or burned. No detailed par
ueuiars have been received. although
Is hoped that some arrival at this port.
or at Liverpool may bring tidings to
show that the report Of the terrible dis
aster has been exaggerated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The ''grardees of Spain, on the 28th
of November the birthday of Alfonso.
sent an address 10 that youth, informing
him that he was exalted in their eyes,
"by the innocence Of youth and the
saeredness Of misfortune, and that he
had reason to be thankful for the bless.
ing OF royal birth and an exile's edu.
cation. They moreover uttered a PRAYER
mat ne might become "a Prince worthy
OF the name you bear. the country in
which you live and the country in which
you were born" Now Alfonso has q
chance, and to make himself worthy the
name OF Bourbon and a country like
SPAN ought not to be a difficult matter.
-BOStOn Globe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The fashion just now is to sheer at
the virtue Of Congressman, but | believe
1t IS unjust. l have been here a locker
on for nearly twenty years. and be-
lleVe that at no time has there been a
congress. on the whole, as honest as tbs
one Is; that Is, ia the matter of Ieeisla.
ton. 1t may be very bad politically.
but there are hot dozen men in it
verify believe. whom a lobbyist would
dare approach with bribe.-.yAs.'
"a the Springfield Republican.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

Three very impo rtant investigation
by Congressional Committees are pro-
ceeding at remote places One Commit
tee has been in session first at Washing
ton and then in this city. inquiring into
the expenditure Of nearly a million of
dollars BY the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, to obtain the Government sub
sidy two years ago. A part Of the mon
ey has been traced to such a source as
to indicate that gross bribery has been
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

How to deal with wet boots: When
they are taken off, Eli them quite full
with dry oats, which will rapidly absorb
the least vestige of dampness from the
wet leather. As it takes up the mois-
ture 1t swells and fills the boot with a
tightly fitting last, keeping its form good
and drying the leather without harden
ing 1t. In the morning, shake out the
oats and hang them in a bag near the
fire to dry, ready for the next wet night.
draw on the boots and 60 happily about
the days work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11
TIE BIG BOSTON TEA KETTLE.

According to agreement the proprie-
tors Of the Oriental Tea Company, of
Boston, had their kettle filled by Mr..
Reed, sealer of weights and measurers
for the city of Boston, New Years day,
at noon.
For an hour previous to the measure
ment, the streets in the vicinity of the
store began to be filed with anxious
spectators, and at y o'clock there was
in the neighborhOod of $4,000 people
waiting for the result.
The store was crowded all the morn
ing with purchasers, and the number Of
people that had deposited their Guess
es" up to u o'clock, at which time the
polls were closed, was over $4,000.
Previous to the filing of the kettle, to
the surprise of the spectators man
measuring 6 feet > inches, by actual
measurement, mounted the platform and
Immediately disappeared into the kettle,
followed by eight boys, who also disap.
peared from sight, to the establishment
of the now excited crowd The BOYS
were about IA years Of age, being in the
employ Of the firm, and acting as cash
boys.
Shortly after y, Mr.. Reed commenced
filling the kettle, using a FIVE gallon
measure, until the kettle held 225 gal
Ions, and then using smaller measure
until filed.
Judge Burnham of the Brighton Mum
cipal Court, assisted by two tally keep
ers, kept count of the measurement
which was announced from time to tim,
from large blackboard on the platform
until the figures announced 227 gallons
2 quarts, pint and 9 gills, and it wa.
declared full. The nearest estimate t.
the capacity of the kettle was 227 gal
Ions, 2 quarts and l pint, or within
gills Of the exact quantity, made By
eight persons, each of whom will receiv,
their proportionate share of the chest o
tea five pounds each) offered for tn,
nearest guess. The second nearest esti
mate was 227 gallons, 3 quarts and
pint, or within gallons of the correc
figures, and was made by seven parties
who will share the second prize Q
twenty-five pounds of Java coffee.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

Congress resumed its labors. gafter the
holiday recess, last Tuesday. and the
spirlts Of combativeness manifested in
both branches. showed that the Christ
mas turkeyVhad not assuaged party feel
Ing or made uuanimity Of opinions in
regard to the important measures now
pending.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

H. c., Of Glover, has written letter
to the ArguS. He says: Feed your
ROSTERS well, so they will crow for New
Hampshire and Connecticut next spring
The time is coming when we are to have
honest men to administer the govern
ment.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

SHOCKING CASE OF LYNcHING.-A
horrible case Of lynching occurred at
Wallace, Kan, on the night Of the 3Oth
ult. Joseph B. North, alias Buffalo Joe.
who murdered George Jones on Christ
mas eve, year ago, was hanged to a
telegraph pole by a mob The knot of
the rope caught under the chin and did
not choke him, and he hung in this way
long time talking to the mob and in
plorlng them to release him. He reeeiy-
ed only Jeers in return. He did not die
Tor over four hours, and finally froze to
death. The sheriff Of Ellis county is af-
ter the mob. and the leaders will soon
be captured.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

We are indebted to Wild & Stevens,
manufacturers of printers rollers, and
u superior article of roller composition,
% Hawley street, Boston, for neatly
gotten up Perpetual Calender.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

A writer in the Woman's Journal.
published in London. says: There is
growing up in England large class of
women who dc not marry; who appar-
emily do not wish to marry" There is
also large class of women in this
country who do not marry, but we
wouldn't like to say it is because they
apparently don't wish to.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11
CLUBBING RATES.

We offer the MONITOR and Walton S
Vermont Register to all new subscribers
who pay $500 in advance for the year
1875. and will also give the Register to
all old subscribers who will pay arrears
and one year in advance. We shall pay
the postage on all papers, except on those
sent out in single wrappers, on which
ten cents will be required.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The Danville North Star the oldest
democratic paper in the State, was So
years old New Years day. The Star
is a good paper and chung to by many
of the first settlers Of the state.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11
NOTICE

3 Whereas Anna, my wife, has left my bed and board
without just cause or prOvercatiOn I hereby forbid
all persons harboring or trusting her on nv account
as ! shall pay debts of her contracting after this
date. HIS
THOMAS TX CORC0RAN
Attest-STEPHEN ROBERTS. MARK
Craftsbury, VT. Dec. 81, 1874. IS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

We have received a handsome book,
written by George NJ Baker, author of
many admirable little comedies, entitled
Cumming to Waste" or "The story of
a TombOy." published by Lee e. Shep-
ard, Boston, which is well printed and
illustrated, and will do good in a quiet.
sober. old-fashioned way. No effort is
made at sensation. Each act in the
story is natural and domestic. and the
end is such as to make the good lesson
sought to be inculcated all the more
forcible and steadfast. 10 any person
who will se0d the MONITOR three new
subscribers and six dollars. we will send
a copy of this book, and Vt Register
to each of the subscribers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

If any of our readers should ever have
occasion to stop at Springfield, Mass,
and doubtless many will, if you will
stop at the Bates House, 3l2 Main street,
we will guarantee that you will be as
well used there as at any other house in
the city. The house is pleasantly stu
ated, the accommodations frst-class,
and the gentlemanly proprietor and
clerks as obliging as any you will find.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The Democrats of New Hampshire
have nominated their candidates and an
nounced their principles. Judge Roberts
Of RollinsfOrd, who is nominated for
Governor, does not appear to be strong
candidate. His past career seems to have
been one of quiet responsibility, undis-
turbed by important achievements of
any kind, and is not calculated to excite
enthusiasm. The platform is of course
very virtpOus, as platforms generally
are, and the declarations in favor of a
revenue tariff, against liquor prohibi-
ton, and in favor of the party and its
candidates, are the only ones founded
on the slightest differences Of opinion
among the people Of the State.-Glo6e.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

A we'll known Investigator claims that
any one employing the following method
can manipulate table as successfully
as the most skillful medium. Take two
slender bars of strong wood or iron, COW
cred on the end with plush, and slip up
the arm on the under surface. and con-
ceal them beneath the sleeve they are
buckled on the arm by two straps near
the elbow, and allowed to project slight
distance beyond the cuff. He has fire.
quently dined in large company with
these appliances on his arms, and they
have never been observed. As the hands
of the medium are placed on the table
the bars of wood naturally slip under the
edge and extend far enough toward the
centre He raises the table as he elevates
his arms He has performed this trick
hundreds of times and has never been
detected. This is one of the manifesto
tons most relied on by Spiritualists, and
he has shown how easily it can be ac-
complished, even by novice at the bust
ness.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The New Hampshire Democratic NOM
inee for Governor. Hiram r. Roberts,
is a native of Rollinsford. that State,
and is 67 years of age. He is farmer
by occupation. but has filled various po-
litical, judicial, and financial positions
He was at one time President of the
Rollinsford Bank, and afterwards Presi-
dent of the Salmon Falls Bank. He
was for many years Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas, and afterwards Judge
of Probate, and has been prominently
identified with agricultural associations.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

carried on, and that some government
officials have had their pockets lined
with gold that will never profit them IN
the long run. 1t is sad revelation, so
far as made. but the whole truth has not
yet come to light The other two Com
mittees are at Vicksburgh and New Or
leans. inqniring into the origin Of the
late troubles in those cities. and the re-
sponsibility for them. 1t is to be hoped
that they may be probed to the bottom !;
but it is almost too much to hope that
they can be speedily settled Congress
has a great responsibility to discharge
in the matter as well as the President.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

The Hartford Courdnt says: "In a
gentleman's house in this city, there is
now lying very sick an old servant wo-
man, sixty years or more of age, who
has worked all her life for a dollar a
week and her board. She has spent al
most nothing of her earnings. and her
savings. put into the bank, amount now
to between $4,000 and $1,000. She
has always refused to make will. al
leging that she would be sure to die if
she should make such evident prcpara-
tions for death. So matters have run
on, her savings increasing as her remain
ing years diminished, until now she is
apparently about at the end Ct the lat
ter, while her funds are more abundant
than ever. The question is, what will
become of the money? She has no heirs
whatever, not one in the world and
has made no will nor provision for dis
bursting it. AS an evidence of what can
be done by saving, she is a great success,
but as an exponent Of the advantages of
economy, she must be confessed failure.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-01-11

A new swindling wrinkle for raising
the wind" on huge scale has just come
to light in Brooklyn. n. Y. One j.
Nelson bought of Silas &. Herring q
block of land for s45,0 but obtained
Mr.. Herring's assent to having the deed
made out with the consideration placed
at 100000. With the duly recorded
deed and the additional testimony of a
careless appriser of Knickerbocker life
insurance company as to the value of the
land, he obtained from the Knickerbock-
er company q loan Of $4,000, secured
by mortgage on the supposed $780,
600 worth of real estate. The result
Is clear profit to Nelson of S25, 900, as
of course the loan will not be paid, and
the company will be left to foreclose and
satisfy themselves with the property.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28
A MICHIGAN GEYSER.

Mr.. Joseph Hahn, who lives some three
or four miles west of Marine City, has been
for some time engaged in sinking an arte-
sian well. On Monday night the auger
had penetrated to depth of 1875 feet, and
the next morning an air OF gas chamber
was reached. Then occurred phenome-
non which the by-standers will not be
likely soon to forget. In the twinkling of
an eye, upon the removal of the auger, the
wooden tubing shot out of the we'll like a
stone driven from catapult, followed by a
volume of gas, water, gravel and mud that
rose full two hundred feet into the air,
while the trembling earth, the roaring tor
rent and the descending debris made Mr..
Hahn and his co-labofers think they had
struck the regions Internal. Stones weigh
ing from ten to twenty pounds were pro-
jected into the air, and some of them fell
crashing through the roof of NJ. Hahn's
house, near by; in fact, the family were
obliged to seek shelter at a neighbours, for
human life was not safe a moment in the
farm house. In the neighborhood of Mr..
Hahn's farm a stone, large or small, was
rarely found, but now they can be taken
away by the cart load. The heavy log
chain binding the derrick was cut by the
flying missiles into dozens of pieces, and
one of the timbers was blown away as by
the breath of cyclone. The discharge of
mud and water soon began to overflow the
fields and bear ruin upon the poor mans
crops; it was as if water-spout had burst
and the floods of Heaven let loose. For
eight or ten hours this extraordinary we'll
kept emitting mud, water, gas and stones;
all around, on field, barn and house had
settled leaden hue; the corn was broken
off and uprooted by the flood; the house
and barn were riddled by falling stones;
destruction was visible on every side. 1t
was then noticed that the subterranean
monster was pretty well blown, and al
though it still kept up furious bowling,
its force was spent. 1t is estimated that
some eight hundred cubic yards of clay
and boulders were cast out of the well.
Hundreds have been out to see it, and hun
dreds more will probably 60. The damage
to Mr.. Hahn's property is very great.
Marine City (Nieh.) Gazette.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28
THE KNIFE REMEDY.

We can only regard it as an illustration
of the power of popular prejudice that
people, who find nothing to condemn in
the determination of individuals whose
murderous nature seems incompatible with
public safety, are ready to hold up their
hands in horror at the most guarded sug-
gestion of the advisability of making it
impossible for lusty savages to inflict upon
the community brood of Unbalanced Or
ganisms, destined to swell the ranks of
vice and crime. Yet society may be driven
to adopt just such radical measures in self
defense, driven to make sterility one of
the penalties for the grosser forms of Grim
inality.
The effect on the criminal statistics of
New York for the next hundred years would
be something marvellous, we fancy, were
the worst offenders against public peace
and morality sent to the island-not as
now to recuperate their wasted forces and
return in few weeks to enter more Justify
than ever upon their evil courses-but to
be made perfectly harmless as regards the
future. In this way only, can the stream
of tendency which makes for unrighteous-
ness BIO dried up at its source.
1t has been objected that tho subjects
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28
EXPLORING THE UPPER NILE.

AT the meeting of the Geographical So
ciety, now holding in Paris, Col. Chaille
Long Bey, of the Egyptian army, gave an
account of his perilous explorations in the
regions of the Upper Nile. The narrator,
who is young man of French origin, pene
trated as far as the country of Mann MAN,
the tribes who people those regions being
for the most part cannibals. In one, where
neither white man nor a horse had ever
been seen, no was the cause of immense
astonishment, mingled with superstitious
fear, and was, in fact, taken for centaur.
By aid of his interpreter he removed the
apprehensions of the natives by asking for
an interview with their chief. The latter,
being informed of the presence of this
stranger, received him in the royal hut,
and the traveller had the signal honor of
sitting by the side of the negro King
Whilst the Colonel and his Majesty ex
changed words of friendship, loud cries
were heard outside. These proceeded from
thirty poor wretches who had been ordered
to be decapitated in honor of the visitor.
In rejecting that he was the cause of the
death Of so many victims, the young trav-
eler's feelings revolted against the barbar-
GUS custom, but as he was among savages
his own safety depended on not showing
his indignation even in his countenance.
The black King offered him dozen women,
whom he refused. Nevertheless, wishing
to have some proof of his visit, he selected
youth of dozen years of age, whom he
persuaded to follow him, and made the
same proposition to young girl. 81 want
very much to 60 with you," she said, "but
it must be on condition that you will not
eat mel" Col. Chaille Long Bey was at
tackled at Urooli by the tribe, which, in
1872, had fought against Sir Samuel Baker,
causing him serious loss. The intrepid
voyager was in canoe, accompanied by
two soldiers and some servants. A f1otilla
composed of boats of rude form, in which
the negroes were packed like behring's, ad-
vanced to the encounter. The cheftain
was at the head with lance in his hand.
As soon as they were within range the Col
onel, armed with revolvers, as were also
his men, gave orders to fire. The negro
leader, struck by an explosive bullet, fell
dead. Each projectle made victim among
the assailants, who finally decided to re-
treat, after having lost eighty two of their
number. When at the extreme limit of
his explorations, Col. Chaille Long Bey
perceived curtain of smoke, which ap-
peared to indicate that the country beyond
is peopled By other tribes, but all is yet
mystery concerning those une1plored re-
which was listened to with intense interest,
warm and sympathetic applause came from
all parts of the hall.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28

A CHANCE ADVERTISING HIT.--Mr.
Orange Judd, proprietor of Hearth and
Home, has written to the Nep York Tribune
an account of successful advertising by
him. Twenty years ago, when he was
young as a newspaper proprietor, he re-
solved to advertise, and went to the Tri-
5une Office, intending to put a forty-line
announcement in that paper. He spent
some time writing out his ideas, purposing
to condense them afterwards. But sud-
denly he noticed that the Tribune clock
had stopped, and, to avoid long walk
home, he threw his copy to the clerk as it
was, and rushed off for his conveyance.
Next day his advertisement measured one
hundred and ninety-six instead of forty
lines, and its cost was great tax upon
him. But the reward was speedy. A
sensation was caused. By p. N. two
hundred and twenty-six new subscribers
had been entered on his books! Since that
time Orange Judd has advertised extern
sively. His outlay on advertising account
has been quite half a million dollars; and
it has paid and is paying him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28
NJ EN- 10 III
LOCAL MATTER 10 capts , linz e. 900.

One Column, $500 per inch for year. Three changes
allowed to yearly advertisers without additional charge
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-28

would be spoiled as human workers,
through loss of ambition and energy; but
the objection scarcely holds in view of the
fact that their representatives in the East
have from the earliest times been priced
for their serviceableness. Besides they
are of little worth as workers as they are,
and the change would rather tend to d.
minish their rampant beastliness and make
them moro amenable to civilization. Many
an unmanageable human brute might thus
be converted into quiet toiler, as useful
and harmless as the placid creature whose
patience under the yoke of labor is pro-
verbal. At any rate, his higher potency
for evil would be eliminated. The opera
ton is not an uncommon one for the saving
of individual health: How much more
justifiable, then, for the protection of the
moral health of the communication the
prevention of that worst of social distem-
pers, hereditary crime?
Scientific American,