Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-12-27

jury to his four-legged proteges, a great
lack Of humanity. to say the least. has
here gone hitherto unFebuked. The
laws Of the State have long Forbidden
the abuse or overtaxing of horse, but,
till now. strange to say, nobody has
seemed to think it necessary to fix any
limit to the endurance of working wo-
man.
The society referred to aim at reform
in the unreasonable hours prescribed by
employers. and still more in the barbar-
Gus rules now generally enforced, which
forbid the saleswomen from sitting down
to rest moment while on duty, even
when unoccupied. 1t is hoped and be-
lieved. that these efforts, supported as
they are by the press and public opin-
ion, will not only succeed here. but will
cause n similar movement in other cities.
The long looked-for appearance on the
stage of ex-mayor Hall has at last tran
spired, and, as was expected. created
quite sensation. Seats for the opening
night, brought extraordinary prices, and
the house was full of notables-political,
literary and dramatic-who gave the IL
lustrious debutant very warm recep-
ton The estimates Of his abilities as an
actor, which came out the next morning,
presented ludicrous variety, but the f.
nanoial success of his undertaking thus
far is undeniable, and that is after all
the great point
Curiosity respecting his play, 1.-THE
Crucible," had been wrought up to a
high pitch by the popular belief that
it would be mirror of Tammany do
ings but if such were the intentions of
its author. they were too heavily yelled
to be easily discernible.
All the other theatres are doing large
business, as is natural to the season /;
but there is nothing on the boards of
special interest.
Miss Bateman's injunction on Mr..
Augustin DAILY, which forced him to
withdraw his New Leah" almost at the
beginning of its run, remains undissolv-
ed /; and Miss Clara Morris genius is
consequently under a temporary extin-
guisher. 1t will probably not be long,
however, before we shall hear from her.
A new chess lion from England. Mr..
Bird. is attracting much attention
among the devotees of the game here,
for the ease and rapidity with which he
slaughters his opponents.
A mandate has come down from Al
bany which disbands four regiments Of
military in which Gotham delights
These noble "Home Guards plead hard
for existence, but Gov. Tilden having
made up his mind that their valuable
services are hardly worth the numerous
thousands which they annually cost The
State, is memorable, and insists tina
they must hereafter find some othe
amusement than playing soldier.
The New York Herald, which would
surely die without its little sensation, i
now devoting its double-leaded column
to a grand expose of new and terrible
secret society which it claims to hav
discovered This dreadful band of know
nothings is called the Order of United
Americans, and is SAID to have for it
object the total exclusion of Roman
Catholics from Office, and the advocac,
of third term. But then the HeraL
is rather given to drawing the long bow
and till further developments, it is hard
ly worth while to allow our holiday Sc
renity to be shaken by its startling dis
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