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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

DANcING.-This dancing business has
become madness in this city. Think
of young people of native intellect, capa-
BILE of becoming the best scholars, the
best orators, the best writer's, the best
thinkers, and thus as we'll as otherwise
the most useful and important citizens,
satisfying their ambition by becoming
the best dancers Such an ambition
looks contemplate to persons Of intellect
ual character and attainments I; and per-
sons jealous for such low honors render
themselves contemplate to those possess
ed of real intellect. Nor should such low
aims be encouraged by the public prints
going into family circles. The time
spent in becoming the best dancers
would go far toward making young
man Of natural intelligence the best his
torian, the best geOgrapher, the best lin
guist, the best poet, speaker. or the best
statesman Of his locality; and any one
Of these would be distinction worth
possessing, while the dancing honor Is
sure to be despised by all thinking peo-
ple.-Bangor Paper
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

BLUE GLASS AND SUNLIGHT.-General
PIeasanton says, Sunlight passes thro'
plain, transparent glass with very slight
obstruction, as it does through the at
mosphere and ether of space tproduces
no heat, for the glass remains as cool as
the outside atmosphere while the sun
light passes through it. When, however,
the adjoining sunlight falls nnnn. the
blue panes of glass, six of the seven pri-
mary rays of sunlight are suddenly ar
rested by it, only the blue ray being
permitted to pass through it into the
apartment. The sudden stoppage Of
these SIX rays of light, with this enor'
nous velocity, produces friction; this
friction evolves negative electricity,
which is the electricity of sunlight pass
ing through the cold ether space and oul
cold atmosphere, both of which being
negatively electrified impart their elec
tricity by induction to the rays Of sun
light as they pass. The blue glass i
oppositely electrified. When these op
posite electricities are thus brought to
gether, meet at the surface of the glass
this conjunction evolves heat and mag
netism. The heat expands the molecule
of the glass. and current of electro
magnetism passes into the room. impart
ing vitality and strength to any anim'
or vegetable life within il"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
garbs of every description, added great

garbs of every description, added great
variety to the thronging mass.
This last sabbath in January, while
SHOWS and frosts enveloped you, l was
enjoying the verdure and temperature of
June. Plants which you were endeav-
oring to nurse through the winter, were
here blooming in the open borders. The
gray old castle on the eastern point was
garlanded nearly to its summit with
green of strangely varied hues. Bunch
es of wall flower and snap dragon bloom
ed everywhere on the heavy forti6ca-
tions which encompass the city. The
narrow blue sea, with here and there a
sail, lay below and beyond, the rocky
shores and snow-clad mountains of AL
bania. Greece. Westward were glimpses
of villas, hidden in groves of orange,
cypress, lex and olive. Corfu, as / saw
it that day. is hardly second to Florence
in its beauty.
Early, Monday, our party started
again, the second day sailing like Paul
under Crete, but towards Alexandria
rather than from it. February 1st, about
noon, we sighted the low, sandy coast of
Egypt, and by the middle of the after
noon were in Alexandria, and "new
world" The next day we rode to Cairo,
130 miles. Twenty days, beginning
with the 9th, were spent in ascending
the Nile by steamboat to the First Cata-
race, 5S5 miles from Cairo, stopping at
eight places to visit the ruins of Feyrs
and rot--4.:4g 20 cairo.
Tomorrow, with three others, 90 by
rail to Suez, and thence to Mt. Sinai and
Jerusalem-a journey of twenty-five
days on camels. From Jerusalem very
likely you may have another letter. Of
Egypt | can say nothing-the theme is
too great The present Government is
filling the country with railroads, canals
and palaces, but doing nothing for the
direct elevation Of an unspeakably op-
pressed people. Tie hope of Egypt is
that she may fall into the hands of Eng
land, md I think the day of this re-
demption is near. Our American mis-
sionaries say that every heart in the
land hopes for it. The Khedive is bank
rupt After thousands of years of op-
preston, shall not day of liberty and
all blessing come to these patient mil.
lions =? See Isaiah 10: "a, 25.
VIM. P. ALcoTT.
Cairo, Morch l, 1877.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
CRITICAL PERIODS IN LIFE.

From some elaborate tables drawn up
by DIR. Farr, it would seem, as far as
can be made out, there are certain very
critical periods in our career. A baby,
for instance, has very small chance in-
deed of growing up. But. on the other
hand, the period between the tenth and
fifteenth years incluslvely is that in
which the death average is the smallest.
At about thirty-fve we must begin to
take care Of ourselves. At this period
constitutional changes set in; our hair
and teeth begin to fail US our digestion
is no longer what it used to be; we lose
the vigor of youth, and neglect outdoor
exercise; above all, the cares of life be-
gin to make themselves perceptibly felt.
1t is at this time that deaths from sui
eide take marked place in the returns
Of mortality, and there is also consider
able reason to believe that habits of in
temperance are apt to develop them
selves. The picture, however, has its
sunshiny side. 1t would take, of course,
a professed actuary to deduce from DIR.
Farr's tables their exact result. 1t ap-
pears, however, that if man tides over
his fiftieth year, he may make tolerably
certain of living to seventy while if he
reaches his seventy fifth year, there is a
very strong presumption that he will ell
ther turn his ninetieth birthday or very
near it. A still more interesting 4HOs-s
sivn Is opened by the series of tables
which show the average mortality in
different professions and pursuits. Game
keepers are, for obvious reasons. the
healthiest class of our whole population
clergymen and agricultural laborers
come next, and are followed by barris-
ters /; solicitors and business men are less
fortunate while at the extreme end of
the scale come unhealthy pursuits, such
as printing and 6le-grinding.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

A PUNCTUATION PUzzLE.-The follow
ing article forcibly illustrates the neces-
sity of punctuation. 1t can be read in
two wOyD, making it a bad or good man,
the result depending upon the manner
in which it is punctuated. 1t is we'll
worthy the study of teachers and pupils:
"He is an old and experienced man
in vice and wickedness he is never found
in opposing the works of iniquity he
takes delight in the downfall of his
neighbors he never rejoices in the pros
perity Of any of his fellow creatures he
is always ready to assist in destroying
the peace of society he takes no pleasure
diIigent in sowing ddfsc6ru anN5nganlls
friends and acquaintance he takes no
pride in laboring to promote the cause
of Christianity he has not been negligent
in endeavoring to stigmatize all public
teachers he makes no effort to subdue
his evil passions he tries hard to build
up Satan's kingdom he lends no aid to
the support of the gospel among the
heathen he contributes largely to the
evil adversity he pays great heed to the
devil he will never 60 to heaven he must
60 where he will receive the just recon-
pense of reward"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

The oldest sort of fire escape on re-
cord is the fond husband who lies abed
mornings.
Those who come to you to talk about
others are the ones who 60 to others to
talk about you
A parrot is said to live about 200
years. A barber does not live so long
but talks more.
Two sisters-twins-have to be told
everything together, because they are so
exactly alike they can't be told apart.
A Pittsburg paper speaks of young
man who shot. himself in the West End
one evening last week There is moth
ing like being explicit.
A grocer had a pound of sugar re
turned with note saying: "Too
much sand for table use, and not enough
for building purposes.
David Dudley Field having been
unsuccessful in his efforts to get Tilden
in, can now return to New York and re-
sumo his efforts to get Tweed out
The secret of the blue-glass cure is
the simplest in the world. 1t is the
rapeutic action of the actinic rays on the
! cerebro-spinal nervous system that does
the business
"Piety," remarked an Arkansas
preacher to his congregation the other
day. 'does not consist in noise. The
d Lord can see you give to the needy just
Il as easily as he can hear you pray the
roof off.
ID 1t was popular notion of the an.
m clients, said Snowman, that this ere
'O animal, as we call a leopard, can't
70 change his spots but it's now known
g that he sleeps in one spot one night,
and is continually changin' his spots.
Y AS stern-wheel steamboat was pass
ing up the Ohio River, some time ago, 9
little girl who was standing on the ho
!. tel-stoop, ran into the house to hel
s. mother, calling out mother, mother
E, come and see the steamboat-it's got /;
eS hustle on p
nd Second class in grammar stand up =
ed said the schoolmaster. John is bat
boy who does John correspond with p
: IL know" said little boy at the foot
holding up his hand, 'if you mea
John Smithers, he certainly correspond
with my sister Susan here's letter h
just gi' me to carry home to her.
) Connecticut papers are telling a stor
3 of Stratford old lady who had neve
5 been on the cars before. and who recen
8 ly rode by rail to New Haven. On ht
$ return, being asked what she thought {
Q it she exclaimed: "Why. faint notl
. in at all It's the most monotonOl
o thing imaginable ! Why, / belle,
% . coming back they went through Il
% identical places they did when the
20 went DOWN." :"
50 Old Mr.. Thorp went into the parl
" the other night at the witching hour
% % ll.45 and found the room unlighted, al
50 his daughter and a dear friend, o
90 % of the dual form of garmenture variet
80 occupying the tete-a-tete in the corn,
90 90 'Evangeline," the old man said ster
ly, 'this is scandalous.'' "Yes, papa
she answered sweetly, lit is candlel,
g 90 90 because times are so hard and light c.
6 or so much that Ferdinand and | said
e of would try and get along with the st
~ light" And the old man turned abb
: in speechless amazement and tried
- walk out of the room through panel
ilson. the wall paper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

NEWSPAPER MEMS TRIALs.-One of
the great trials of the newspaper pro-
fession is, that its members are compelled
to ssa more of the shams of the world
than any other profession Through
every newspaper office, day after day, gO-
all the weaknesses of the world-all the
vanities that want to be puffed, all the
revenges that want to be reaped, all the
mistakes that want to be corrected, all
the dull speakers who want to be thought
eloquent, all the meanness that wants to
get its wares noticed gratis in the edi-
torial column in order to save the tax of
the advertising column, all the men who
want to be set right who were never
right, all the cracked Drained philoso-
pliers with stories as long as their hair
and as gloomy as their finger nails in
mourning because bereft of soap-all the
bores who come to stay five minutes, but
talk five hours. Through the editorial
and reportorial rooms all the follies and
shams of the world are seen day after
I-5-, e-,a A. t~--r r:- t-.:--
| neither in God, man nor woman. 1t is
no surprise to me that in this profession
there are some skeptical men, only
wonder that journalists believe anything.
DE Witt I'olm0ge
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
A country editor received the follow

A country editor received the follow
ing: Dear Sir: have looked carefully
and patiently over your paper for months
for the death of some individual l was
acquainted with, but as yet not single
soul l care anything about has dropped
off; you will please have my name
erased"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
Written for the MONITOR.
BEHIND THE CLOUD.
BY PAUL PAsTNoR.

Behind the cloud know are depthless skies
Where sunshine on such snowy submits lies,
That, were the mist inverted, there would fall
White fakes OF glory from the shaken pail
Our eyes, now filed with sadness. would be dazed.
As though the veil Of heaven had been raised.
From height to height the cleaning tlnts would hy
UntIl ralnbow-trail had spanncd the sky.
So may dream. that all these clouds Of pain
Hide coming sunbeams in a shroud OF rain.
Soon shall the gloomy pail inverted be.
And showers Of snowy rapture dazzle me
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

ENEMIEs.-Have you enemies? Go
straight on, and mind them not. If
they block your path. walk around them
and do your duty regardless of their
spite. A man who has no enemies is
seldom good for anything; he is made
of that kind of material which is so ca
silly worked, that every one has hand
in it. A sterling character-one who
thinks for himself, and speaks what he
thinks-is always sure to have enemies.
They are as necessary to him as fresh
air; they keep him alive and active. A
celebrated character. who was surround
ed with enemies, used to remark, "They
are sparks which. if you do not blow,
Twill go out of themselves. !" Let this be
your feeling while endeavoring to live
dswn the scandal of those who are bitter
against you. If yon stop to dispute. you
do but as they desire, and open the way
for more abuse. Let the poor fellows
talk there will be reaction you per.
form Iut your duty, and hundreds whC
were ,nce alienated from you, will focf
to you and acknowledge their error.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
GOD KNOWS.


IAN immigrant ship recently foundered in a storm.
and OF the two hundred and twenty who went down,
only One-a little child-drfted ashore. When the
~af was laid at rest from her troubled baptism.
one asked the question: "What name p and the re-
ply was: God knows" A gentleman present. who
was touched by the words. caused headstone TO be
erected bearing only this: Con KSows.l
An immigrant ship with a world aboard
Went down by the head on the KentIsh coast,
No latter OF bunting at halfmast lowered.
No cannon to toll for the creatures lost.
Two hundred and twenty their souls lot slip,
Two hundred and twenty with speechess lip
Went staggering down in the foundered shlp
Nobody can tell it-not you nor /,
The frenzy Of fright when lightning thought
Wove like n shuttle the far and the nigh,
Shot quiyering CLEANS through the long forgot
And lighted the years with CHASTITY glare.
second year. and a second to sparei
Mid surges Of water and gasps of prayer.
The heavens were doom and the Lord was dumb.
The cloud and the breaker we're blent in one,
No angel in sight-not any to comet
God pardon their sins for the Christ His sonI
The tempest died down as the tempest will
As tame as the moon on the window sill.
The roses were red on the rugged hill
The roses that blow in the early light
And die into gray in the msts Of night.
Then drifted ashore in night-gown dressed,
waif OF girl with her sanded hair.
And hands like prayer on her cold blue breast.
And smile on her lips that not despair.
No stitch on the garment ever to tell
Who bore her, who lost her, who loved her well,
Unnamed as a rose-was IL Norah or Nell?
The coasters and wreckers around her stood
And gazed on the treasure trove upward cast,
As round a dead robin the sturdy wood,
It's plumage all rent and the whirlwind past.
They laid white cross on her home made vest,
The coffin was rude a red breasts nest.
And poor was the shroud. but perfect rest
Fell down on the child like dew in the west.
ripple OF sod just covered her over.
Nobody to bid her good night my br''
Spring waited to weave a du'I.Sa red clover
Nobody allve had Aor pet name heard
What p.--.gr asked the preacher. God knowsI they
Nor waited nor wept they made her bed, said.
But sculptured God knows on the slate at her head
The legend be ours when the night runs wild
The road out Of sight and the stars gone home.
Lost hope or lost heart, lost Peiad or lost child
Remember the words at the nameless tomb2
Bewildered and blind the soul finds repose
Whether cypress or laurel blossoms and blows,
Whatever betides for the good God knowsI
God knows all the while. our blindness His sight,
Our darkness his day. our weakness His might
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

Lifelong discomfort and sudden death,
writes medical man, often come to chill
dren through the inattention or careless
ness If the mothers or nurses. A child
should never be allowed to go to bed
with cold feet; the thing to be last at
tended to is to see that the feet are dry
and warm. Neglect of this has often re-
suited in dangerous attacks of Group,
diphtheria, or fatal sore throat. Always
on coming from school, on entering the
house from an errand or visit in rainy
muddy, or damp weather, the child
should remove its shoes, and the mother
herself should ascertain whether th'
stockings are in the least damp. Ii the.
are, they should be taken off, and tn
feet laid before the fire, and rubbed witt
the hands until perfectly dry, and an
other pair of stockings and another pal
of shoes put on. The reserve shoes an
stockings should be kept ready for us
at moments notice.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

that Bettine had not the least fear that
she would accuse her of stealing the
bracelet.
81 have found your bracelet, ma am, y
she said, "You dropped it when you
got into the carriage - and she drew the
bracelet from her pocket and put it into
the lady's hand, and was moving toward
the door, but Miss Faulkner detained
her.
ii want you to tell me all about your
SELF" she said, "and how you knew
where to bring the bracelet. ?
Then Bettine told her little story as
meekly and uncomplainingly as possible.
She did not mean to tell any of their
troubles; but, some way, Miss Faulkner
asked her so many questions, and was
SO kind and sympathizing, that she could
not help it. And when she told about
Karl, the tears would come into her eyes
and she felt very much ashamed, until
she looked at Miss Faulkner, and saw
her eyes full of tears, too.
Then the lady left the room, and came
back in few minutes with a gentleman
"a benevolent looking old gentleman
and Bettine had to tell her story over
again tc him. Then they sent for Karl
to come in; and then, after the gentle
man had talked long time with him,
they were taken to another room and
had the nisest dinner they had either of
them eaten in their lives. Afterward,
General Faulkner sent them homo in a
carriage, telling them he would come
and see them the next day.
Bettine had to rub her eyes every ss~.
or three minutes after she got home, to
be sure she wasn't dreaming, and by the
next morning she had to feel quite sure
that it Could have been nothing but a
dream, when she saw that same elegant
carriage rolling into the little, dirty,
narrow street where they lived; and
then such store of good fortune began
to look IN upon them that Bettine began
to fancy, rather, that the old, dreary
days had been dream, and her present
happiness the only reality.
uenefal Faulkner got Karl situation
IN warehouse, where he earns what
seems tc Bettine an unheard-of sum of
money, and hired for them three of the
cosest little rooms you ever saw, in a
cottage. little way out of town, where
a Geiman woman lives, who seems ever
SO much like Bettine's mother; and Bet
tine has nothing to do but keep house
er herself and Karl and you may be
e''re Ss.-. -hn is the nicast. tiaiest little
housekeeper imaginable.
The hand organ is put up in corner
of the little kitchen, with Bettine's tam
BOURNE hung over it; and sometimes,
when Karl comes home at night, he
takes the organ out of the corner, and
plays "Home, sweet home" on it; and,
though the old grenadier's joints have
grown little stiff BIZ age and inaction
he hobbies up and holds out his cooked
hat still, and the gay lady and the sol
dier begin their hornpipe. and the dairy
maid carries her eggs and milk to mar
ket. and the snuff-taking old lady is a.
persevering as ever; and. though some
| of the tones are harsh and out of tune
the melody is still very sweet and plain
tive. and brings tears to Bettine's eyes
But they are happy tears, now that sh'
knows what "sweet home" is.
ENrMIEs Won enemieSQ O.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

The Japanese are manufacturing
waterproof boots of paper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
|OrIeanS County
MARBLE
AND
6RANITE WORKS.

4 have now on hand large lot OF Monuments and
avestones which propose to sell at very low figures.
you want cemetery work Of Marble or Granite ior-
I'd or domestic this is the place 70 from ten TO
teen per cent Persons sending their address TO me
n be called At their residence, with monumental
signs and samples OF Foreign and American Granite,
avehug.
! have made arrangements with the manufacturers
Aberdeen. aud other parts Of Scotland, to furnish
stock and hrst class work at the lowest wholesale
ce for cash.
am confident that can give you perfect satisfaction
every respect. Order rom any part Of this country
hpectfully solicited and promptly attended TO. Please
Ne me a call and get my prices before you purchase
remain your obodient servant.
Nj. =. Smith.
Barton, w. Jan &C., 1871. ole
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02
DEATH OF THE APOSTLES,

Cairo, March l, 1877.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-04-02

JOHN ARkLEY
TACHINIsT AND CUSTOM BLACKSMITH.
Special attention given to Horse shoeing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01

Again We call the attention of ou"
readers to the advertisement OF Dan
iel F. Beatty, Esq, of Washington,
n. j., of his Pianos and Organs. The
reputation of Mr. Beatty as a manu-
facturer of instruments is very sub,
stantial; he takes great pains with
their construction, selection of mater
ial, and efficient and trustworthy en-
ployees, their various departments be-
ing arranged for service, and not fer
artificial purpose. They contain not
the slightest intrigue, but are sub
stantially and perfectly arranged in
their various departments, he having
for his fundamental aim, Durability,
and perfect richness of tone. See his
advertisement in another column.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-03-01
RAILROAD ITEMS.

Strangers will always find the best
the market affords at Conway's res
tIurant.
The Directors of the Tennessee
Central road are to meet here next
Wednesday.
Charles Lockhardt, conductor on
the L. IL n. road, was killed in a
railroad accident at Richmond Sta
tion Saturday night.
Gen. Nicely having proved to be 50
successful as receiver for the Missis
sippi Central, would it not be good
idea to place the Tennessee Central
under his control?
Gen. Nccly paid into the State
Treasury ten thousand dollars more
last week, as receiver of the Central
road. This makes one hundred thou
sand he has paid since becoming re,
cciver.
II is said that Bclk, the conductor
who shot Skilly, the hotel keeper at
Fulton, some time since, has forfeited
his bond and skipped out. lie was
under bond for $1,000 to appear last
Friday, but failel to come to time.
The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road company has petitioned the
State of Tennessee, through the legis-
lature, for restoration of the money
collected from the company, or at
least to allow the company to estab-
lish it MS credit in the settlement
with the State.
\ change of schedule goes into eff
feet on both our roads next Sunday.
We have not vet learned the exact
running of the trains, but are inform-
ed that two more trains will be put
on the Central road, and that the Ac
commodation train on the Louisville
road will run to Mckenzie. We will
publish time tables next week. In
the meantime, inquire of the ticket
agents at the depot.