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

Cauuth, the Vineland, n. j., editor,
who was shot in the head by a rival ed
itor, Chas. h Lands, founder of Vine
land, died, last week, from the effects
Of the wound. Lands, according to the
law Of that state, is guilty of murder in
the first degree, and will hang for it un-
less some loop-hole in the law lets him
up. The post norton examination re-
vealed the fact that the victim died from
the effects Of the wound The bullet
was found in the lower part of the brain
The gray part Of the brain had closed
firmly around the wound. The bullet.
which had penetrated to the depth of an
inch and a half from the opening, had
nearly preserved its original shape.
There was considerable congestion of
the blood vessels of the organ and the
nerves, and the vessels Of the eyes were
also affected. Landis's counsel, unable
to disprove the fact Of the shooting. will
endeavor to prove that the wounded man
did not have proper medical or surgical
treatment, and to impeach the homo
pathic system. They will probably take
advantage Of an expression let fall a
the inquest, and insist that Carruth dice
from assesses from the wound. and no
from the wound itself. Carruth leave
a wife very i'll and not expected to live
and five children. with comparativel,
no means Of support.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

economy ought to induce them to do so.
The extra feed required to keep animals
in cold barns would far more than pay
for the expense Of warm stables. The
cruelty of lazy and shiftless men who al
low their animals to suffer the winter
long, ought to be punishable by law, so
that there should be a way to force them
to treat their bru.es with non-brutish
treatment We know a man who does
not work fourth part of the time, that
allows the stable where he keeps his
horse to 60, year after year. in such a
condition that dog might be thrown
through the broken doors. and with
cracks in the side of the stall large
enough to put the fingers through the
barn stands on the side hill, and the
winds from the north howl under and
through it, so that it would be difficult
to keep lantern burning in 1t, on a
still dag. Another notorious instance of
shiftlessness and cruelty, is the case of
a farmer. whose barns have been without
doors for years, and the boards of which
have been removed about the bays, so
that the cattle can help themselves to
hay without trouble to the owner The
shivering creatures stable, fodder and
take care of themselves as best they can
from November to May.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
A PROCLAMATION.

In accordance with practice at once
wise and beautiful we have been accus-
toned as the year is drawing to close
to devote an occasion to a humble ex-
preston of our thanks to Almighty God
for the ceaseless and distinguished ben
efits bestowed upon us as a nation and
for His mercies and protection during
the closing year. Amid the rich and
free enjoyment of all our advantages,
we should not forget the source from
which they are derived and the extent
of our obligations to the Father of all
mercies We have full reason to renew
our thanks to Almighty God for favors
bestowed upon US during the past year.
BY his continuing mercy. civil and re-
ligious liberty have been maintained,
peace has reigned within our borders,
labor and enterprise have produced their
merited rewards and to His watchful
providence we are indebted for security
from pestllence and other national ca
lamity. Apart from national blessings.
each individual among US has occasion
to thoughtfully recall and devoutly rec
ognize the favOrs and protection which
he has enjoyed.
Now, therefore, /, Z. S. Grant, Pres
ident of the United States, do recon-
mend that on Thursday, the 18th of
November, the people of the United
States, abstaining from all secular pur-
suits and from their accustomed avoca
tions, do assemble in their respective
places of worship, and in such form as
may seem most appropriate in their own
hearts offer to the Almighty God their
acknowledgement and thanks for all
His mercies, and their humble prayers
for a continuance of His Divine favor.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington this
twenty seventh day of October. in the
year of Our Lord 1875, and of the in
dependence of the United States, the
one hundredth.
(Signed) L. S. Grant.
BY the President.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

Virginia City, the most important
mining town in Nevada, was destroyed
by fire, on Tuesday last, and ten thou
sand persons we're rendered homeless.
Beside the loss of nearly all the blocks
and buildings in the city, the great min
ing companies lost heavily, on account
Of the destruction of their mining works.
Comstock lode and the big bonanza is
situated beneath this town, and much of
the expensive machinery and hosting
apparatus is burned Loss estimated at
S4,OOO,OOO
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

Moody and Sankey, assisted by the
Brooklyn clergy, opened series Of
meetings in that city, one week ago.
The large building used for their accom-
mediation, and holding 5000 people, has
been filled most Of the time, and on some
occasions a very large number have been
turned away for want Of room. The
meetings are thought to open very aus
piciously, and large number Of anx
ious enquirers are coming forward for
urayers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

President Grant has been obliged to
appoint a Secretary Of the Interior, on
account Of the resignation Of the former
secretary, and the opposition press walls
bitterly because Zach. Chandler Of Mich
igan has been appointed. Just what
the matter is with Zach, they do not
say, but the president Is abused for ap.
pointing him. Wouldn't it be we'll for
those who scold the president and say
that Mr.. Chandler is unfit for the posi-
ton, to tell just what the matter is with
him .
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01


TwEED's FAITHFUL WIFE.-They
were married when the man was chair
maker, and they might have had hap
Ply career had the former remained hon
est. They lived in plain manner, min
gled with mechanics society, and were
the parents of two boys and two girls.
good looking and healthy children. The
era of meretricious splendor has come
and gone like a dream. The girls are
married. Each had a diamond wedding
and each has sunk into obscurity and
poverty. The two sons once held fine
appointments in the service of the ring,
but they are now only lounging around
the city hall. The mother is in widow S
desolatiOn. The ill-gotten wealth is al
most all gone. A million and half
has passed into the hands of her law
yers, and her husband is still prison
err A seedy and corpulent old man, in
habiting a pair of rooms in Ludlow
street Jail, is all that is left of one who
has been alderman, ehair-maker and
lawyer, commissioner of parks, public
buildings and docks. state senator, and
for seven years the autocrat of this city
The only redeeming feature is the faith
full wife, who is reducing herself to pow
erty in hope of obtaining her husband
release.-N. Z. Letter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

The narrowing accounts of murders
and other crimes. and the frequency of
depredatiOns from tramps has greatly
alarmed the feminine portion of society.
Women are more timid than ever before,
and when travelling alone in the evening,
they move at a surprisingly rapid rate.
The past season has been noted for deeds
Of violence, but there is really not much
more danger now than there always has
been. The renewed vigilance on the
part Of the public, and the fact, known
to the thieves, that almost everybody is
armed, tend to drive them away or into
other occupations. The cold weather
will soon drive the vagabOnds now Turk
ing about the country. back into the CIT
les, and there will be little to fear from
them then.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

States and Spain would doubtless lose
the island to Spain. The United States
will provoke no war, but humanity de-
mands that this or other governments
interfere to put an end to the inhuman
and uncivilizcd warfare that Spain is
waging with Cuba: and when this is
done, Spain will be likely to lose Cuba.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01
''Stone walls do not a prison make
Nor iron bars a cage"

For here languisheth. not in solitary
confinement, subject t. the rules and
stern regulations of prison life, but in
all the luxury that modern times can af-
ford, the ex-collector of internal revenue,
Crane, who lives, moves and has his
freedom to go and come when he choos-
es. He is allowed the privilege of leav-
ing the Jail and to stroll through the
streets unguarded, returning when he
gets ready. His room is furnished with
all the luxuries of life; pots of flowers
adjoining the windows. and he has every
thing necessary to promote his comfort,
and no doubt believes in the Latin prov
erb, "dum riUimus ricanauS."
After a pleasant walk through the
principal streets, we returned to the de.
pot and found the train in readiness tC
return, and leaving Woodstock at l0:45
1AAifOO OF W litC IltNeE JuQCL1Ou a
l:45, in season for dinner, before tax
ing the train north over the Contra
road, and feeling that our trip was ont
calculated to instruct as we'll as amuse.
This road, in length, is nearly l.
miles, and the track is in good condition
and we'll ballasted. The business is in
creasing. side-track room being hardl,
adequate for their cars. New cars an,
an engine are soon to be put on the roa,
IN place of those now rented from othe
roads, and under the immediate supe,
vision of Mr.. Porter, manager, who's
experience eminently fits him for th
place, and under whose charge the roa
will be success. NJ s
st. Atbdns, Oct. %, 1875.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

In Ceylon large apes are now regular
ly employed to pull cOcoanuts. These
animals are imported from Acheen in
patches, and are marched round the plan
tations BY their owners. who let them
out on hire. A line is first attached to
these peculiar laborers. and be is then
sent up tree. and is said to select suit
able fruit with great discrimination and
to twist the nut round and round till it
falls to the ground. Each successive fall
of nut Is hailed by the hairy worker
with sort of grim chuckle of satisfac-
ton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

There remains about a month before
the usual setting in" of winter, and
the preparations for that long and Sc
we're period ought to be made at once.
To defend ourselves and our animals
from the cold should be an important
consideration. Warm houses. warm
clothing and little severe exposure will
enable US to 90 through the winter in
safety while undue exposure to cold
will plant the seeds of fevers, rheuma-
tism, consumption and kindred diseases
in the system. Warm clothing can be
obtained eheaply at present. Houses
can be made tolerably warm by thorough
banking and by some extra care when
they otherwise would be cold A day
or two spent now in stopping out the
cold, will make every winters day les
severe in our houses. Then the boo
animals Without FIRE, without mean
to tell Of their suffering. How they ar
allowed to suffer Open barns, stable
that are colder than out of doors. an,
freezing water running in the most ex
posed places. IL is very easy to clos
the cracks in the stable, to bank u
around the barn so that the wind vii
not blow up through the stable floor,
and 70 build shelter over and aroun
the water that animals must drink. Til
much done would protect thousands
dumb creatures from the cold.
If the feeling Of humanity is not 81
heient to induce men and farmers
keep their animals protected from col,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

A dark house is always an unhealthy
house, always an i'll aired house, ALWAYS
dirty house. Want of light stops
growth and promotes serofula. ricketts,,
etc, among the children. People lose
their health in dark house, and if they
become i'll, they cannot get we'll in it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01


They are talking in Baltimore of Civ.
ing pensions to teachers In the public
schools who have served for thirty years
or more, and have become incapacitated
for further service. If any class of pub
lie servants deserve pension it is un-
doubtedly the faithful teachers who have
become worn out in the service. The
pay usually given is too small to secure
a competency for old age, and the work
Is very exhausting. The Baltimore
movement is worthy of serious consider
alton as is also the reform in Tennessee.
by which teachers salaries are hereafter
to be regulated without distinction of
sex Man or woman should be paid
what he or she earns without regard to
the fact of their being man or woman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

INcENDIARIEs.-The people of Graf
ton county, n. H.-just across the YER
mont line-are greatly excited over
series of incendiary fires which they are
experiencing. In the first place the
buildings on the county poor farm were
destroyed, involving a loss of about
$4,000. Since then, repeated fires and
attempts at incendiarism have followed.
The greatest excitement prevails, and
extra watchmen are put on. The gen.
eral belief is that the incendiarism was
committed by gang who intended to
break into the National Bank of New
bury, at Wells River, while the large
part of the men were away at the fire.
as it is we'll known that Mr.. Leslie. the
cashier of the bank, is one of the first
men at fires. The bank, however, is
secured by time-lock. A large reward
will be offered for the arrest and con-
viction of the parties. Asa Chase, a
boy twelve years old, was subsequently
arrested, and confessed setting fire to
SOuthard's barns, Friday night. Two
years ago, he was caught putting OBJ
structions on the track of the Concord
& Montreal railroad The boy Chase
was promptly arraigned, and sentenced
to the Reform School for the remainder
Of his minority-nine years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

A robins nest was recently taken
from pear tree in the garden of W. F.
Draper, in AndOver, Mass, the material
of which it was constructed having been
selected with great taste. 1t included a
ladys collar with cambria center and
lace edging. and several yards of lace,
two and four inches wide. The nest had
evidently been abandoned by the Oocu-
pant, whose income was not sufficient tc
justify living in such style as would b
required in such costly residence.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

One Of the best compliments paid to
President Grant and his administration.
is the third term scare and nonsense got
ten up by the opposition. 1t shows that
they believe be would be a formidable
candidate if nominated for the next
nrnsidnncv.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-11-01

Particular attention gigeH to trimming nice Coffin
and C0shets n good supply GGacoys on hand.
Barton, April 9th. S15.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19
MEMPHIS TENN: WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1s, 1875

rect from the Siavonian or from the Ori.
entail languages, which have the peculiar
disadvantage, for Spelling Bee" Of
being spelled, often quite legitimately,
in a great many different ways. The
English Foreign Office, (probably on the
recommendation Of lately retired Sec
retary in the British Embassy at St. Pc
tersburg) has adopted a regular and ra-
tiopal system Of writing Russian words
In English. But any one who at
Spelling Bee spelt Gear" (the Hunga.
rian form of the word) "Tsar," or
"ukase" German mode Of spelling)
"ukaz," or trouble" French style) "ru-
bel, = would be defeated, though he alone
would have spelled these words correctly.
In case any English visitor to the United
States, too, should wish to take part in a
"SpelliHg Bee,n it will be we'll for him TO
remember that the textbook adopted,
from which there is no appeal, is the
large edition Of Webster. In accord
ance with this authority, traveller, ""lev-
eller, ETC., must be spelled traveller,
'1eveler;" defence, Offence" and so
on, defense" "offense."
As evidence Of education up to "a Ger.
tain point the spelling test is undoubt-
edly good ones II is accurate as far
as it goes. The same, Of course, may be
said OF arithmetic; and when the nov.
city of the spelling bees has little worn
of we may expect to see ciphering Tor
is it cyphering" y bees introduced. In
the end, however, there must be q reac-
tion against such trying forms Of mental
exercise. The sages of the spelling bees
will at last discover that there are more
things in heaven aud earth than are
! dreamed of in their photography, and
that the sum of human existence is not
made up Of srithmetical figures. Then
the leaves Of the unabridged edition of
Webster's Dictionary will be cast to the
winds; and the pale students Of the
spelling books will be asked by the
ghosts Of their youths for an account of
their wasted lives.
One word, one look from you, is more to me
Than all the teachings Of philosophy,
said Faust to Margaret when the inno-
cent, uniformed girl thought the
learned gentleman could take but little
interest in her conversation; and after
time New England Gretchen express
ing to Yankee Faust who had spelled
himself almost to death her fears lest
man Of such vast attainments may find
her unworthy Of him will doubtless re-
ceive similar, though perhaps a less
poetical reply. If, however, spelling
bees have the effect of correcting the
popular taste for grotesque spelling, on
which the success Of many.of the humor.
lists Of America is based such entertain
ments will not have been introduced in
vain, and the rich will profit by them as
well as the poor. ..im
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19
CelentiaI Halp.

The San Francisco Bulletin says that
family in the southern part of that
city recently engaged the services of
Celestial domestic, whose intelligence
and industry we're highly recommended.
He was reformed heathen. he was a
sleek fellow, forty years of age, and
when he smiled, which he always did on
the slightest provocation, bis face was
the personi6cation of innocence. Such
was the cheerfulness of his disposition
that he was deemed valuable acquisi-
ton to the household. He was gentle
with the children, and partook Of their
childish glee over innocent sports. he
was kind to the kitten and other family
pets. The Chinese have Justly earned
wide notoriety for cruelty. But this
Chinaman was a notable exception.
Why, he not only rebuked the big boy Of
the family when he detected him in the
act Of dropping fine stream of boiling
water on rat which had been caught in
the family trap, but he actually released
the rat and was nearly overcome with
emotion. Last Saturday the lady Of
the house decided that the mating
on the floor of the spacious kitchen
needed renewing. The old mating,
having been patched, was a sorry sight;
in fact it appeared to be made up Of
dozen irregular pieces. The bright new
mating was sent to the house, and John
was requested to substitute it for the
frayed and patched stuff. The family
accepted an invitation to visit the in
terror, and left clear field for his opera
tiors. They returned TO find that the
new mating had been laid within me.
thodical precision. There was the new
mating to show for itself. But what a
show John had cut it into irregular
pieces, patched it, and frayed the edges,
until it was a counterpart OF the old
mating in everything but age.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19
Life and It's Vanitfes.

We will be obliged to stop the Courier.
journal if Watterson goes on like this.
just hear him:
Sweep private desks and secret draw
ers of all these memorials of love and
testimonies of guilt, and you would hear
wall Of agony louder and deeper than
that which rose from Bethlehem when
Herod swept its nurseries of infants.
This would be rebellion compared with
which our great war was a mere picket
skirmish. There are women who may
be nnd at every party looking beauti-
full and happy, and in whose lives you
would think there never was shadow.
but who would die before surrendering
these secret testimonials Of an old love.
If you will watch one on q gloomy day
you will see her go quietly and stealthily
like guilty thing, 10 her chamber lock
the door, unlock trunk, take out
casket, unlock that and withdraw a
little bundle tied with blue ribbon, at the
sight Of which her heart softens; and
when she has read one or two Of the
letters it contains her eyes begin to fill,
and after while the great tears begin
to run down her cheeks all unconscious to
herself. The memory Of the absent one,
whether he is false or true, alive or dead,
will crowd upon her Imagination and
overcome her. If she knows he has
proved false she will still be affected at
these lying symbols of his love. If she
knows that he is in his grave and be.
lieyes that his last thought was for her,
that his spirit ysarned for one more fond
adieu before its everlasting flight from
earth to that bourne where there is no
marrying nor giving in marriage, she
will treasure every memorial of that
spirit
Each scrap Of paper on which he
wrote a word will be preserved, and
every token Of tender remembrance
treasured as part-and the most vital
part-of her life. Long brooding over
these paltry scraps has impaired to them
pathos far more tender than any words
of the living, and instead Of impairiug
their mournful eloquence it has exag.
gerated and given it new power. The
little bundle has become the object in
which life is garnered up, and who will
say that any stern officer OF the law
could take the one without the other2
Or, let those who diseredit the possibil-
ity of such enduring devotion in young
woman lake the case where there has
been a mutual alienation between those
who once really loved. The letters writ.
ten during the period Of confidence still
possesses a bitter interest, which each
would, but dare not, annihilate. Every
vehement protest Of dead affection,
and each false epitaph that is written
over the corpse Of love, rise up to mock
and rebuke you and to furnish, as the
cynic says, dark, cruel comments upon
life and its vanities; yet you would not
commit them to ashes, ft symbol Of the
impulse that inspired them"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19

Of c.tton and little roast onion is the
usual adOrnment at home. Pearl powder
is applied TO the shoulders for full dress,
but camphorated oil and hartshorn lini-
ment are considered very pretty also by
the sufferers. Silk stockings, with col
ored clockings, are the things for low
slsshed shoes, but pals Of hot mustard
water and warm bricks are also much
worn on the feet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19
BOSTON Fashions.

Boston Post
The ladies have all got the neuralgia
in their shoulders from wearing spring
clothes, and many new dresses are sup
plemented across the back by porous
plasters, and next to vest front mus
tard poultice is generally most worn.
Young ladies alternate between a neck
lace for street wear and flannel rag for
the house. Diamonds are worn in the
ears With much effect abroad, but lock
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-19

The Chicago Post and Mail is of the
opinion that, although the Marquis de
CAux is not dead, when he reads in the
obituaries that he is a mere pendant to
PATHS skirts, and lives by virtue Of her
voice and favor, he will wish he was.