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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
CONGRESS-.
memory.

DOM houses OF congress nave agreed |
to take holiday recess from Saturday
of this week to the 10 of January. On
Friday the Senate made the silver re-
bill the special order for
Tuesday of this week, when the debate
on the subject began in that body The
bill will take precedence of all other
business until finally disposed of. The
friends of the scheme hope to force it to
vote this week, but its opponents will
try to stave off final action until after
the recess.
On Monday the last contested cleo
ton case in the Senate was settled by
the seating of Mr.. Eustis, Democrat, of
louisiana. His admission had become
a foregone conclusion, and there was no
extended debate on the subject. The
Senate is now, full for the first time
since the resignation of Mr.. Kellogg in
1873. Mr.. Eustis's term will expire
March 4, 1879. On the same day,
Monday, the Mexican question came up
incidentally in the House. and after a
full discussion of it, the committee on
foreign affairs was instructed to take
into immediate consideration the best
means Of removing the existing and i'm
pending causes of difficulty between
Mexico and the United States
President Hayes has returned to the
Senate the names of nearly all of his
former appointees, which the Senate at
the extra session failed to act upon, and
which therefore became void. The list
includes the nominations for collector of
customs, naval officer and appraiser, at
New York. These nominations are not
approved by Senator Conkling, whose
friends it is thus proposed to remove to
make room for the new officers. 1t is
believed that Conkling's committee on
commerce will probably report against
these nominations, or not act upon them
at all. which would be equivalent to
their rejection, unless the Senate should
vote to discharge the committee from
further service in the matter, and thus
bring the nominations directly before
the full body for action. What the re-
suit would be in such case can only b,
conjectured, but it is not impossible,
that enough Democrats would vote will
the administration Republicans to secur,
confirmation Of the nominations. On,
thing at least, is evident, and that il
that the President intends to show hi
'amiable stubbornness" by making sucl
nominations as seem to him good ant
fit, without dictations from the Senate
and then leave to that honorable bod
the sole responsibility of their con6rma
: ton or rejection.
Later.-The Senate in executive SCI
sion on Wednesday rejected Roosevelt
and Prince of the New York nomina
tions by vote of % to 80. The sessio
lasted from half after till after
Conkling and Blaine both made speecl
es for rejection. The only Republican
voting with the President were Dave
Hoar, Burnside, Christiancy, Mathew
= and Conover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
vEGETINE
HAS ENTIRELY CURED NE.
Boston, Oct, 1876.

Boston, Oct, 1876.
Mr.. H. r. STEVENS -
Dear Sir,-My daughter, after having a severe at
tack of Whooping Cough, left in feeble state of
health. Being advised by friend she tried the VEGE-
and after using few bottles fully restored
to health.
l have been great sufferer from rheumatism.
have taken several bottles of the VEeETINE for this
complaint and am happy to say it has entirely cured
me. / have recommended the VEGETINE to others
with the good results. 1t is great cleanser and
purifier of the blood; it is pleasant to take and can
cheerfully recommend it.
JAMES MORSE, 364 Athens street.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17

WEBsTERs UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.
1t has now stood the test of time. and
received in approval not only that popu-
la verdict which in the United States
has called for over fifty million copies
of the Webster series, but the thorough
endorsement of our best scholars, as put
forth individually, and in the pages of
the authoritive periodicals. 1t is not
only, to quote Professor Stowe, sin
many respects the greatest literary work
which America has ever produced, )" but
1t Is many respects the greatest literary
work produced in any nation VI ~se.-
Ne1c York Mail
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
RHEUMATISM is Disease of the BLOOD.

The blood in this disease, is found to contain an
excess of fbrin. VEGETINE acts by converting the
blood from its diseased condition to healthy circua
ton. VEGETINE regulates the bowels which is very
important in this complaint One bottle of VEGETINE
will give relief but to effect permanent cure it must
be taken regularly and may take several bottles es
pecially in cases of long standing. VEGETINE is sold
by all druggists. Try it. and your verdict will be the
same that of thousands before you, who say, al
never found much relief from the use Of VEGE-
TINE" which is composed exclusively Of Banks Roots
and Herbs.
"VEGETINE." says Boston physician, ''has no equal
as blood purifier. Hearing of its many wonderful
cures after all other remedies had failed visited the
laboratory and convinced myself of its genuine merit
1t is prepared from banks, roots and herbs; each OF
which Is highly effective, and they compounded in
such manner as to produce astonishing results
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
A New Orleans paper tells us Tia

A New Orleans paper tells us that
Puritanical wave has lately passed over
Louisiana, some half a dozen towns in
the State having refused to allow drop
Of liquor to be sold; and dozen or
more parishes have ranged themselves
under the Sunday-law banner and pro-
bibit work of any kind upon the Sabbath.
1t is quite natural that New Orleans
should be as much shocked as any part
of the country by the threat of Sabbath
arian influences, but il is likewise prob
able that few restraints would not
make society any worse in the Crescent
City.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
Mr.. Jefferson has just closed what was,
| believe, the most successful season he
has ever had in New York. RApIx.

The LIoUeR TRAFFIc.-Congressman
Joyce of this State has introduced bill
in the House of Representatives which
provides for the establishment of COM
mission oc five members on the subject
of the liquor traffic The bill provides
cit shall be their duty to investigate the
subject in its economical, criminal, NOR
al and scientific aspect, in connection
with pauperism, crime, social vice, the
public health, and general welfare of the
people and also to inquire and take
testimony as to the practical results of
license and restrictive legislation for the
prevention of intemperance in the sever
al States. The bill provides that the
commission shall ascertain for the infor-
nation of Congress, as near as may be,
the number of gallons of wine, beer, or
distilled liquors annually consumed in
different countries, including the United
States, the number of deaths annually
from alcoholism the number and char
acter of crimes caused by drinking; the
diseases caused by drinking. mental as
we'll as physical; the number of arrests
for drunkenness the amount of pauper.
ism produced by liquor drinking; the
amount of revenue received by the gov
eminent from liquor traffic and liquor
making; the amount of food transformed
into alchohol; the cost of alehohol zbp
sumed the cost of caring for the Grim
inals and paupers made by such drinking
the amount of capital employed in tn
liquor making and traffic in it; tn
quantity of spirituous liquors imported.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
VEGETINE
PREPARED BY
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists
HIRAM BLAsDELL's ESTATE.

HIRAM BLASDELL'S ESTATE.
Commissioners Notice.
The subscribers. having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Orleans
commissioners receive examine and adjust all claims
and demands of all persons against the estate Of Hiram
Basde late of Barton in said District deceased rep
resented nsolvent and the term OF calender months
from the Goth day Of 0ct A d. 1871 being allowed by
said Court the creditors Of said deceased to exhibit
and prove their respective claims before us: Give
notice. that will attend to the duties Of appoint
ment at the dwelling house Of VIM. H. Basdel in
Barton Landing in said District, the Sd day OF
January and the 18th day Of June next at ten o'clock
in the forenoon on each of said days.
/. N. CUSHMAN, I c-;..,.,
A. D. MATTHEW'S, Commissioners.
December 10th, A. d. 1877 o52
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17

Diphtheria prevails to an alarming
extent in Kent County, New Brunswick,
principally among the French portion of
the population.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17
vEGETINE.
NOTHING EQUAL TO IT.

SOUTH SALEM, MASS Nov. IA, 1876.
Mr.. II. R. STEVENS -
Dear .Sir,-I have been troubled with Scrofula,
Canker and Liver Complaint for three years. nothing
ever did me any good until commenced using the
VEGETINE. / getting along first rate, and still
using the VEGETINE. / consider there is nothing
equal to it for such complaints Can heartily
mend it to everybody Yours truly.
MRS. LIZZIE NJ. PACKARD,
No lie Lagrange street, South Salem Mass.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-17

JACKSON'S BEST
SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO
was awarded the highest prize at Centennial Expos
for its fine chewing qualities the excellence and la
character of its sweetening and fiavoring. II you
the best tobacco ever made ask your grocerfor this
see that each plug bears our blue strip trade mark
words Jackson's Best on it. Sold wholesale by b
and Portland Jobbers Send for sample to q
JACKSON & CO., Manufacturers, Petersburg, Va.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
Incidents Of sleep.w.lkins.

A case is related of an English cler-
gyman who used to get up in the night,
light his candle, write sermons, correct
them with interlineations, and retire to
bed again; being all the time asleep.
The Archbishop of Bordeaux mentions
a similar case Of student, who got up
to compose sermon while asleep, wrote
it correctly, read it over from one end
to the Other, or at least appeared to read
it, made corrections in it, scratched out
lines, and substituted others, put in its
place . word which had been omitted,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
The Enormous Cost Of War In the
-. World.

The New York Division Of the Univer-
sal Peace Union celebrated its fourth an
niversary last evening at 238 West Four
teenth Street. II. S. Carr was elected
President for the ensuing year, and
Charles Underhill, Secretary. Mr.. Carr,
in his address, said that there never was
war whose cause was worthy the sacri-
fee of battle. In 1873 20 per cent. of
the expenditures of France were for
military uses; of Russia, "a per cent.
of Great Britain, 81 per cent. of the
United States, Is per cent. and of Ger
many, 81 per cent. In Great Britain
the expenditures for education were
per cent. Europe has spent this year
over 500, 000, 900 in war preparations,
and win spend altogether this year over
&3, 600, OO0, 600. Fifteen million men
are under arms, awaiting the order to
march. The Franco Prussian war cost
France 81, 5O0, 900 English pounds.
The late rebellion caused the death of
1,750, 900 men, and the expenditure of
5000, 000, 00o.-Neo York sam.
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ticls Of dit. Dog soup and cofIes fol-
lowed, N mixed and taken from the
same dish. At the close Of the fGast tbs
prayer or beneGiction was pronounced,
and the assembly adjourned In excellent
spirits. Hundreds Of squaws md chill
dren crowded around during council
and feast, but were not allowed admit
lance.
A striking evidence Of generosity was
exhibited during the feast. An old In
dian, ragged, wrinkled, and fdiflt tot
tering in his weakness, entered the cir
Gle, introduced by q fiery young warrior.
The latter said that his aged companion
should be fed and otherwise cared for,
and that it was shame that such feast
ing should be indulged in BY the young
and strong, while the old were suffering.
Little Wound pulled off his fine new
blanket and presented it to the old man.
Others divesfed themselves Of their only
nantes and did likewise, while the
stolid and relentless Crazy Horse gave
the. venerable visitor i pony, blanket
and other garments.-Denref NssDs.
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He kept . tavern in the vicinity cf the
Academy from the beginning Of Tho
present century until some eighteen
years ago, when he became involved in
trouble with the Government, and gave
up the busincss There were many con-
vivial times Ut Benny's, where the %.
diets used to steal after parade. It was
in his honor that the famous song was
composed and sung:
Come M your glasses fellows. and stand UP
To singing sentimentauy we're going for to
gOj
In the army there's sobriety. promotions
very slow,
So well sing our "reminiscences of Benny
Ravens, oh!
There were about q dozen verses in
all when the song was written, some
fifty years ago. The author of it was
Lieut.. O'Brien, of the Eighth Infantry,
who died afterwards in Florida.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

GMatk SHAfs.-1 cup 6f molasses,
cup Of suEat, 4 cup Of butter or lifa,
l cup of warm water, teaspoonful OF
soda, l tablespoonful Of ginger. Knead
hard; roll quite thin; cut in squares,
and bake in = moderately heated oven.
Cur CAKH.-S cups Of flour, l Of but
ter, 2 Of brown sugar, 8 eggs, cup Of
English currants or raisins chopped fine,
2 tablesp0onfuls of cream, l cup Of
cider or wine, l teaspoonful of soda;
cinnamon and nutmeg for seasoning.
P0TATo CoNEs.-Take mashed pota-
toes, season with pepper and salt and
little minced shaliot; beat into 1t a suf-
ficient quantity of butter to bind it, d.
vide and form into cones or crOquettes,
and place them with roast beef or NUT
ton to brown; sprinkle them slightly
with the gravy and they will be found
very good.
GINGER BEER. Take tablespoonful
of ginger, of creahi-tartar, l pint of
yeast, pint of molasses and 6 QUARTS
of water. Stir well together and set in
q warm place. When it begins to fer
ment, bottle it up, and in eight hours it
will be good to use, and will keep good
several days.
HOE CAkE.-Pour enough scalding
water or milk on corn-meal (salted, to
make it rather moist. Let it stand an
hour or longer. Put or 8 heaping ia
blespoonfuls on a hot griddle creased
with pork or lard. Smooth over the
surface, making the cake about inch
thick and round in shape. When
Drowned on one side turn and brown on
the other. Serve hot. These are very
nice breakfast cakes, with a savory
crust.
ITALIAN CREAM.-Set quart of milk,
sweetened with white sugar, on the fire
to boil break the whites of eggs into
one bowl and the yelks into another;
beat up the whites to high froth, and
as soon as the milk bOils take with a
fish-knife large flakes and lay them light
ly on the boiling milk. After letting
them boil few minutes, repeat the
operation with the remainder of the
whites, and pile it high in the center of
a glass dish. Make q custard of the
yelks and milk, and pour around the
whites. Touch the top flakes with
cochineal essence.
GREEN GOOsEBERRY Preserves
Prepare the fruit as for simple stewing.
Weigh, andto each pound of berries al
low II pounds of white sugar. Put the
sugar into q stewing-pan, with pint of
water to each pound, and stew until a
thick rich sirup is formed, which skim
clear. Meanwhile put the gooseberries
into kettle of scalding water, and let |
them simmer until clear but not broken. |
Then transfer them, by means of per-
forated ladle, to the hot strip, and in Is |
minutes the preserves will be sufficiently
cooked, and make a most ornamental |
to the tea-table or dessert.
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Consumption Cured.

An old Physician; retired ffoti dctive
practice; having had placed in his hands by an
East India Missionary the formula of sim
pie Vegetable Remedy for the speedy and
permanent Cure Of Consumption, Brochitis,
Catarrh, Asthiaa, and all Throat and Lung
Affections, also q Positive and Radical Cure
for Nervous Debility and all nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
cases; feels 1t his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo-
tive, and o conscientious desire to relieve
human suffering, he will send Gree Of charged
to all who desire 1t, this recipe, with full di-
rections for preparing and successfully using.
stamp, naming this paper, DIR. W. c..
sTEvENs, 126 Powers's Block, Rochester,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
An Arist0cratic Female Forger in
Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, KY, June ia start
ling sensation has just been sprung in
Louisville. Mrs. T. T. Hawkins, daugh-
ter of the late Col. Weir, of Lexington,
and of Mrs. G. w. Merriwether, whose
second husband was, before his death, a
prominent banker of this city, has been
implicated in heavy forgeries of the
names of ex-United States Senator
Stevenson, the Hon. George H. Pendle-
ton, of Ohio; Col. James Taylor, and
Henry Undertake, of Newport, KY.
During the last few years Mrs. Hawkins
at various times obtained money from
her mother, aggregating $4O, 900, for
the purpose, as she said, of engaging in
tobacco speculations with the gentlemen
named. She promised the profits to be
enormously large. Last winter Mrs.
Merriwether demanded her share of the
proceeds. Mr.. Hawkins said the book
keeper of the Syndicate had absconded
with the money, but his father, who was
a wealthy Boston merchant, would re-
imburse. Ry this ruse she succeeded
in gaining time. A few days ago Mrs.
Merriwether, who was growing anxious,
but not suspicious, persisted in her de-
sire to realize on the investment. Her
daughter produced two notes of $50, 600
each, and two of $26, 900 each, APP
parently made by James Taylor in be-
half of the Syndicate. Mr.. Hawkins
accompanied his mother to the
Louisville Savings Bank. where the
notes were presented. The Cashier,
Mr.. Rohrer, perceived that they were
irregular, and declined to discount
them. Rohrer at once made investiga-
ton, and ascertained that Stevenson
and others had no knowledge of Mrs.
Hawkins's tobacco speculatiOns. The
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

WHEN o Newark lover leaves the
house of his adored one at q late hour in
the evening, and walks musingly home
ward beneath the twinkling stars, his
fond fancy pictures her, clothed in white
samite, resting sweetly upon her pillow,
with her unbound hair tossed about her
sleeping face, and angels bending over
her couch whispering heavenly dreams.
Perhaps at that very moment though she
is in the pantry gnawing hungrily on a
ham bOne.-NesOarE Call. = ~
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
epsras's,' y ,,. : lt..isss''a.i Rat

Richard Toner, I professional rat
CATCHER Of considerable notoriety In New
York City, arrived in St. Louis yester-
day and e stopping 1t the Lindell, hav-
ing taken . contract to rid the hotel of
rats. HI IL accompanied by ONE as
sistant and has with HIM thoroughly
trained ferret. Mr.. Toner has followed
the avocation of rat-catcher for many
years and has made himself familiar
He says that rats begin to breed at the
age Of three months, and once every
month thereafter produce . litter of thir-
teen; that the number of the litter new
er varies, and is always composed of
twelve males and one female; that If the
number of females were as great as
males rats would become a plague that
all the terriers and rat-catchers in the
country could not keep down.
He began operations at the Lindell
last night in the presence of half dozen
persons. He armed himself with dark
lantern, gunny-bag and a peculiarly
constructed pair of tongs or nippers.
The tongs are about two and half feet
long, and have handles like shears. Mr..
Toner gave the bag to his assistant and
took the dark lantern in his left hand
and the tongs in his right. Equipped in
this manner he crept about the cellars
among barrels, boxes, etc., and every
now and then would seize rat with the
tongs. The assistant, who kept right at
his heels, would instantly open the
mouth of the bag and the rat was drop
ped into it, the process of capture not
occupying over ten seconds. He says
that when he throws the strong light
from the lantern on q rat it does not run,
but simply turns so as to prevent the
light from shining in its eyes. As it turns
there is no difficulty in Selling it with
the tongs.
Mr.. Toner did not make any use of
his ferret until about l O'Clock, when
every thing was quiet in the house. He
first went all over the premises, exam
lining the rat holes to familiarize himself
with the rats " rtlnaways." He says
the rats have certain holes to run
through when they are frightened, and
that an experienced rat-catcher can soon
learn how these holes lead. After &C
quiring this knowledge he would send
his ferret in q rat hole and station HIM
self at the other end of the hole. For
instance, he would find rat hole in the
pantry and trace its course down into
the cellar, where it would come out in
some corner. He would start the fer
ret in the hole upstairs and station him
self below with his tongs. The ferret
would push his way along the turnings
of the hole and drive the rats ahead of
him. As the rats emerged from the hole
in the cellar Toner would pick them up
with his tongs and drop them in bag.
He says he has caught as many as 100
rats in a single night, and thinks he can
soon rid the Lindell Hotel of them.
Toner owned the largest rat-pit in
New York, and says he proposes to es-
tablish one in St. Louis as soon as he |
can find suitable place, provided the |
laws do not prohibit such sports.-St.
Louis Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

Good Measure II the Wasehword
Of honest trade. When you buy DooLRY's
YEAST POWDER, for sale by all grocers, you
get perfectly full weight, just as marked on
the cans, and beside that an article made of
the very best and purest material, SO that
the strength can always be trusted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

SELL more of Hatch's Universal Cough
Syrup than of all other similar preparations.
have sold it for about six years, and my
customers certainly would not continue to
buy it If it were not valuable remedy.
c. c. HIGGINS, Friendship, All. Co. N. Y.
For sale by Richardson & Co., st. Louis Mo.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

KINGsFoRD's OswKeo PURK STARCH. Wher.
ever placed by US on exhibition in the United
States, has received the highest premium,
and at the Worlds Fair in Europe the Jury
Of Nations awarded It the prize medal in ties.
timony Of the highest grade Of merit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

Hhoum0t16m QU1ck1y Cured
DURANs's RHEUMATIC REMEDY, the great
Internal Medicine, will positively cure any
case of Rheumatism on the face Of the earth,
no MATER Of how long standing. Price 81 Q
bottle: six bottles, IS. Sold by all druggists.
Send for circular to HELPHENsTINE & Bent.
LEI, Druggists, Washington. D. C.
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JACKSON'S BEST

SWEET NAVY CHEWING TOBACCO was
awarded the highest prize at CENTENNIAL Ex-
position for its fine chewing qualities, the excellence
and lasting character Of its sweetening and havorng
II you want the BEST TOBACCO ever made, ash
your grocer for this and that each plug bear
blue strip trade mark with words JacksOn's Best
ON 1t. Sold by all jObbers. Send for sample to c. A.
JACKSON CO., Manufacturers, Petersburg, Va.