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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01
OF AN AMATEUR
PLUMBER.

Any family which has not had the
lumber working about the house some
ime during the past two or three days,
an hardly be said to move in good soci-
ty. The wife of fat Mr.. B. told him
Iesterday morning that the water pipe
ras frozen under the sink. and suggest
d sending for plumber Fat Mr.. B.
riticised the stupidity of women in gen.
raj, cursed the plumbing fraternity in
ne print, expatiated upon the necessity
t retrenchment and reform, and, taking
dipper of hot water proceeded to place
is corporosity under the sink. a feat
'hich he accomplished with difficulty,
wing to the narrow size of the door.
hd-a moment later all of him that was
iscernihla
lime CATERS. Mrs. B. family remarked
lat the application of hot water might
irst the pipe. The only answer was
pud of steam which came oozing out
ound the Hersomes and series of gut
raj grunts. This was followed by a
pid movement of the Hersomes, like
e walking beam of side wheel steam
,at. Mrs B. inclined her head to lis
o, and concluded from the smothered
marks of the entumbed fat man that
wanted the tea kettle. She brought
to Mr.. B., who, in trying to reach out
d take it, found he was immovably
idged in the doorway. Just then there
IS pop, the water pipe burst and sent
high-pressure stream OF cold water in
his right ear. The action of the Her.
pcs became vigf0''s' 's''u -'7i 8 Dr. Venu-
g down to see what the trouble was,
outed Il told you So" without MOTTO
g that in changing her position she
d tipped up the tea kettle, and a
ream of boiling water was running
bm its nose on to one of Mr.. BIS fat
Ives. Her attention was however call
to the latter fact by desperate move
ent of one of the Hersomes which
locked the kettle out of her hand. Then
bothered sounds from under the sink
formed Mrs B. that her lord and mas
couldn't live out half his days unless
e went into the cellar for the crowbar
ID pried off piece of the doorway.
RS. B. hastened to comply with the re.
lest, and sticking the point of the bar
= to Mr.. BIS ribs for a purchase, she
on pried off board at the side of the
orway. Mr. B. backed out like tur.
E. and as soon as he recovered his
eath, yelled Shut her off - Il can't. ,
piled Mrs. B., 1.-THE pipe is burst below
here the water shuts off. and you will
I've to send for the plumber" Fat Mr.
saw the point. A plumber came anC
= on stopped the leak, while Mrs. B
+ niled and sang snatches of popular
ngs IN low voice. and Mr.. B. appear
to be meditating.-Sprimqfeld Onion
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01

utes relating to jailers' fees, is hereby
amended by striking out the words
''three dollars and fifty cents per week. :"
and inserting in lien thereof the words
forty two cents for each twenty -four
hours"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from the first day of December, 1876.
Approved November %, 1866.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01

No 1l.-An act authorizing the keep
ing of Jail register.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
Sec |. 1t shall be the duty of the
sheriff to provide the Jail in his county
with a bound book at the expense of
the State. suitable for convenient reg
lister. and he shall cause to be entered
in such register the names of all prison.
ers committed to the Jail under his
charge. the place of their abode. time
of their commitment. for what cause
and by what authority. and particular
description of the person, giving age,
occupation if any, place of birth. height,
color of eyes. color of hair, complexion,
with any further and other description
that may tend to identify the prisoners.
and he shall also register in said book
the time when and the authority by
which any prisoner is discharged, and
the time and manner of any prisoners
escape.
Sec. 2. The Jail register shall at all
proper times be subject to the inspection
of the courts of this State and all other
interested therein.
Sec. 8. If the sheriff in any county
shall refuse or neglect to provide and
keep a register as provided for by section
one of this act for a period of thirty
days from and after the first day of
January, A D. 1877. be shall pay a
! fine of not less than FIVE dollars to the
treasurer of this State.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved November %, 1875.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01

No. l2.-An act relating to ]ailers'
fees.
1t is hereby enacted. etc.;
Sec. l. An act approved November
18th 1866. entitled an act in amendment
of section forty-four chapter one hun
dred and twenty-six of the general stat
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01
J. H. DwINELL

@. J. ROwELL,
A TToRNEY At LAW,
n 44I Barton anding Vermont.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-01
MISCELLAN EOUS,
aa
DRs. A. p. BROWN ar c. LEoNARD,

TNCLECTIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Of
IL Aces at Barton Landing and West Charleston
". A. p. Brown at VIM. TwOmblys. Barton Landing;
T. c. Leonard at Frances Chase's. West Charleston.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

During q recent debate in the House of
Representatives, upon the admission of one of
the two contestants from the new State of
Colorado for q seat in Congress, Mr. Harrison,
Democrat of Illinois), made faoetious
speech in advocacy of the right of the Demo
cratic member, Mr.. Patterson. He described
the last Presidential election as game in
which the Republicans held four kings,
kneye, and q bowie knife. He referred to
Sena ator Edmunds as the st. jerome of the
Green Mountains, who, by the aid of dliunde
bad thrnst through the back window of the
White House a man who bad been rejected
by the people. Bat he (Mr. Harrson) thanked
God that, like Oliver Twist, when boosted
Through window by thieves, Mr.. Hayes had
barred the doors after he got in. and had
kept out most of the thieves. Laughter
II Mr Hayes only listened to the voice of the
3S 900 Demooratio majority in Ohio, he would
drive ont of his Cabinet the lean and hungry
Cassius at the head of the Treasury: As leng
as Mr.. Hayes conducted his Administration
on the principles of the great Demooratio
party, that party would help him and stand
by him, regardless of the barking of Tray,
Blanche, and Sweetheart, and all the little
dogs at the other END of the Capital. Mr..
Harrison ridiculed the outcry made on the
Republican side, because of the vacuum in the
representation of the far-of State of Colorado,
when the State of Louisiana had been left out
for six years unrepresente6 or misrepreeented
3 in the Senate, and for two years in the House.
He urged the reference of the whole subject to
tbe Committee on Elections, and he promised
that the Democratic side of the House would
vote honestly and not as partisans.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
DOGS.

The South Carolina Netcs figures up the dog
Drop of South Carolina and gives the follow
ang as the total result: " 1t is said there are
l60 900 dogs in the State of Missouri. Each of
fhese dogs annually consumes what would
make two hundred pounds of hog meat, and
hence the rearing of that many dogs deprives
fhe State of growing % 00O, 900 pounds of hog
neat, which, at six cents a pound, would be
worth S5 500, 600, nearly twice the value of all
.the school houses in The State and more than
twice the amount expended annually for school
purposes throughout the State. That dog is q
Strange piece of property. He has an owner
always, aud that owner prizes him highly,
3but, like a patriotic act, he cannot be valued
in dollars and cents. We cannot valoe him to
goats, and even chickens, have an appreciable
value but what is q dog worth in money J
No one can tell. There are over 100000 of
them in South Caroline, and the majority are
owned by those who pay the least taxes. but
who are extremely solicitous upon the question
of going to oschool-gettiug an education. We
think 1t would be wise in the Legislature to
put q per capita tax, say of fifty cents each,
npon every dog in the State and appropriate
tle change in the figures this calculation will
do quite as we'll for Pennsylvania, with this
difference, that theoretically the Pennsylvania
1og is taxed but practically it amounts to but
little. A tax of one dollar per head collected
or each and every dog in the State would be
Ample to insure sheep raisers against all loss
from dogs, but even where it is AominRlly as
owners; the very dogs which usually do the
damsge entirely escape the tax collector. If it
vas not for the damage and danger from dogs
our farmers might readily double the number
pf sheep, furnishing us with the most whole
some and cheapest of meats.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
MOUNTAIN And BALLOON ASCENTS
Nature.

In our number for August 9, we briefly
noticed the ascent made by Mons Wiener,
of the mountain 1llimani, one of the highest
if not the highest-of the Bolivian Andes,
which forms a noble object from the city of
La Paz, and was formerly reputed to have
an altitude of no less than "a 200 feet. Mr..
Wiener, however, makes it's height only
20, ,1l2 feet, while Mr.. Minchin, as we have
already observed, places its altitude at
81 ,224 feet. If the latter estimate be cor
rect, Mons. Wiener has, we believe, not
only made the highest ascent which has
been made in the Andes, but has attained
a greater altitude than has been reached on
the earth out of Asia, and in Asia has only
been beaten by Mr. johnson, who some
years ago got to height of % 300 feet in
Cashmere. AS the recorded ascents to the
height of 81 ,000 feet are extremely few, we
shall be glad to here further particulars
respectug Mons. Wiener's exploit, and
more especially whether he experienced
much exhaustion through the rarefaction
of the air. Practised mountaineers who
have climbed to a height of IL 600 or IL 600
feet have been of opinion that even at such
attitudes there 10 very important and
perceptible diminution of the bodily pow
ers, and think it probable that the height
of 25, 600 or 26, 900 feet will be found to be
about the limit which will ever be reached
on foot. AS a set-off to this opinion we
may mention the facts that hunters in the
dlm0l6y8S puLouO OuOtA Sa"O 0I
heights exceeding 90, 1000 feet without ex
periencing any notable Inconvenience from
the low barometric pressure; and that
natives living on the base of Demavend,
near Teheran, often ascend to its summit
| to gather sulphur from it's crater without
auy great difficulty. The height of this
mountain, there is reason to believe, also
exceeds 90, 900 feet, although it has never
been accurately determined. If, therefore,
| severe work can be done with impunity at
such elevations, it seems not unreasonable
to suppose that much greater heights
might be attained by men who had pre-
viously accustomed themselves to life at
high attitudes. Aeronauts, anyhow, have
proved that life can exist at 10000 feet
above the level of the sea, and that at
25 OOO feet and upwards, one may posi-
tiyely be comfortable If sufficiently warmly
clad, That such is the case is sufficiently
remarkable, for "travelers in the air" have
to sustain incomparably more rapid varia-
| tiops of pressure and temperature than
mountain climbers. Mr.. Glaieher,. on his
memorable ascent on September 5, 1862,
| left the earth OF p. NJ and IN less than an
hour shot up to height of 10000 feet. AT
starting the temperature of the air was 50
deg, and at it's greatest altitude 1T was oil
deg lower! MountSineers experience no
such extreme variations as these. They
rarely ascend more rapidly than 600 feet
per hour, never so much as 10 600 feet in
day, and become to some extent acclima'
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
NATURAL F0R HEB TO COMPOSE.

The Sweet Singer" of Michigan has como
out in little volume, price twenty five cents.
" Dear friends," says the sweet singer, " this
little book is composed of truthful pieces"
The sweet singer further announces that she
wrote all the "pomes" herself, and that she
lives one mile west of Egerton. Her leading
poem is entitled "The Authors Early Life"
In the early days of my childhood
Kent county was quito wild
Especially the towns lived in
When was q little child.
She was born of poor but respectable parents,
being the eldest daughter. Nothing could pos
sibly exceed the buoyaucy of her nature at this
period, for thus she sings:
Ny heart gay and happy,
This was ever in my mind,
There is better times . coming
And hope some day to fno
Myself capable OF composing.
1t was my hearts delight
To compose n sentimental subject,
If it came in nay mind just right.
Her natural poetic bent may be distinguished
in the following:
1t was natural for me to compose,
And put words into rhyme,
And the success of my hrst work
Is this little song-book Of mine.
After pausing to remark that youth will
never come around her way again, she adds,
pathetically:
And now, kind friends what have wrote
hope you will pass Ger,
And not critictBe some have done
Hitherto, heretofore.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

TEN THOUSAND TOO MUcH.-some time
since the Common Council of Brooklyn.
passed O resolution Offering q reward of 900
for the production of suoh evidence as would
convict any person of having paid or offered
10 pay o bribe to member of that body for
the purpose of influencing his official eaction.
Mayor Schroeder thereupon sent in veto of
the resolution. He said in his letter:
The amount is too large. For $10,O 900 suffi-
scient false evidence might be manufactured
member OF your honorable body of orime. 10.
deed, 1 believe that some could be found will
ing, for the consideration of oonple Of
victed of having attempted to bribe an
Alderman. doubt the propriety of noticing
vague newspaper reports at all; but il your
honorable body insists on Offering q reward
would recommend that the sum offered shall
not exceed 81 900, and that you designate the
fund from whioh the money is to be taken.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
Had His Name in the Paper.

Oh, no man don't like to have his name
in printf 1t never flatters his vanity at
all The other day, while man from
Norwalk was doing up come Commercials,
u reporter said
"Ah, my friend, we put your name in
print, did wet"
Then the NprwaIker looked up and az
sumed an important, cynical air, as he
said:
"My name in print! Humph! I'd be q
fool to save paper bacause my name ap-
peared in it. If saved all the papers that
had my name in them l would have
enough to fill a barn. There was an arti-
Gle 10 the paper which pleased me, and l
thought it would interest some of my
friends. That's what l was marking those
papers for, if yon are curious to know, sir.
| don't notice whether OF Dot yuu put IA =
name in the paper, but If you have done 30
l do not thank you for it. I'm tired of this
being published 30 much"
That's what Mr. Jamison, of Norwalk
said, but when he stepped aside moment
| to talk to friend the reporter looked at
| the papers and the article which the
stranger had marked. 1t was very brief,
and was as follows:
Horace Jamison, of Norwalk, is at the
| Burnett House."
On, vanity! thy name is man.-To{edt
| Comm erciaI.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

The following dialogue is reported as having
taken place between q gamekeeper and q
patient looking through the iron gate of q
French lunatio asylum; "Patie1t-Thats q 3
Patient-And what did that gun COST Keep
er-slOO. Patent-And those dogsf Keeper
$50, 1 believe. Pstient-What have you got
in that gamebagi Keeper-A woodcock. Pa
tient-Well, now, you had better hurry on, for
II our governor catches a man who has spent
$3.50 to get a woodcock worth thirty cents.
he'll have him under lock and key in no time,
tell you"
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been as follows :

In addition to the emigrents reported at San
Francisco, We allow 1000 annually for the gain
by emigration to Oregon, Utah, Washington
and Idaho by channels not under supervision
here or 35 600 for seven years. making the
june, 1870, equivalent to nearly 10000 or AZ
per cent annually upon the amount of 1870.
The increase by births is-on account of the
large proportion of unmarried men-not more
than il per cent, equivalent to 12 600 year,
or 81, ,0UO in II years. The total gain from all
sources is 372 600 since the Federal census, and
the total population, so near as we can arrive
at it, by reasonable estimate and calculation,
ia l BOB OOO-Sdn Francisco Monitor.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

J. LINCOLN 44rEs AND
REMOVES ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS,
-Omce, Ils Robin street.
All communications should be Addressed to Box lOS,
lEschanics and TrsdsrS' Exchange, Gnder st. Charlie
Hotel New Orleans.
County orders p-cnptly attended to. SHl TH
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

about nine miles west of town, has success
folly grown tea this year, and has now seed
gathered from the tea plant of his own culture
year. Oar informant tells us that the first ma
tpred seed of this tea have fallen under the
liant and sprung mp in numberless young
plants Cle6UTRe Tribune.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

tized as they progress upwards. On the
whole We are inclined to think that man
will not rest until he has at least attempted
to reach the loftiest summits on the earth,
though We will venture to assert that it
win be long before any one crushes down
the snow on the summit of Mount Everest.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
|ornIng Star and catholic "sssengsr.
!. REQUIEM GTERNAM." !"

h1-R OA41SA -
with his tolls. hath reached tho goal.
And we lift our AiserIs"
For the dear departed soul;
God Of pity and Of Lowell
May he reign with Thee aoove'
By the plea.ures he surrendered,
By the cross 80 meekly borne
Re- each sharp and secret thorn,
And by every holy decd
For our brothers rest we plead!
Mid the thrcng who rest contented,
Rarfh to him was but waste,
And the eweets this life presented,
Were but wormwood 70 hls taete.
Faith had taught him from the hret
FOR the fount of life to thirst.
Faith. the sun that rose to brighten
All his pathway from the font:
Then 10 phantom Ger could frighten,
Nor the sword OF pain or want;
For" he said, Though pain be strong,
Time will ysnquish It ere long"
When he spoke Of things eternal,
How the transient seemed to fade
And we saw the goods supernal
Stand re realed witho shade:
= Surely twas q spirit spoke"
Mas The Thought his Language woke.
Thought prophetic nos q spirit
Speaketh from tne WorIo unseen:
And the faith we, too. inherit
Telleth y hat the tidings mean:
Friend and stranger! oh, prepare
Make the wedding garment fair"
Yet our brothers strength was mortal
Bore he naught OF earthly tainti
Did he pass the guarded portal
In the armor Of saint
Lord of holiness with dread
In this awful ground we tread.
He was merciful and tender
To the erring and the week;
Therefore will thy pity render
Unto him the grace We seek,
Whilst we bring to Mercy's fount
Pledges uttered on the Mount.
He remembered the departed
As we now remember him:
Bright, and true, and simple. hearted,
Till the lamp OF life grew dim;
Friend was he OF youth and age
Now o chiId-and now sage
If those footstepS unreturning
Leave on earth no lasting trace:
If no kindred heart be yearntpg
fearful in his vacant place:
If oblivion be his lot
Here below, we murmur not;
Only let his portion be
Evsrmors, dear Lord, toi.h Thee
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04
PROGRESS OF THE PACIFIC STATES

The following table shows the population of
the American States aud Territories on the
Pacific Slope, rs reported by the last Federal
census of jane, 1870, and as estimated by ns
for October, 1877:
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-04

Since Jone, 1870, the arrivals and departures
of emierants and visitors by the Pacific Rail-
road and by the sea at the port of Ssn Fran
o;n hn.rn hnnr, fnllnrua
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GARDEN SEEDS

GARDEN SEEDS
" - Sent free by mail -
New crop of TURNIP SEED, four best varieties, at
T5c per 10 RUTABAGA SEED, tbree bestvariettes at
9Oo per Id; BLOOD BEET SEED three best varieties
81 per Best sors OF Caulif CaobageS Celery
Lettuce Raddsh Carrots, and other seAsouAble SEEDS
ali fresh and OF recent importation. Prices at such
6gures that will put doubt on their reliability.
Purchasers in quAutItien enjoy liberal discount.
X. MAITRE, Coz Magazine street.
Laudre eth's value and Culture OF the koots &c
by mall D<J ou
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-20
mo. 27O4.l
Nen.Resident Notice.

In the Chancefy Court Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee Geo. Gillham VS.. Aglaee Marguerite
P. d. LSgulry ct al.
TT. APPEARING FROM AFFIDAVIT II
i this cause that the defendants, Agaet
Marguerite P. D. Lagutry and Frances ). P
D'Arusmont, are non-residents Of the Stat
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered tha
they make their appearance herein, a
the Courthouse in the city Of Memphis
Tennessee, on or before the first Mon,
day in November, 1877. and plead. answer
or demur to complainant's bill, or the same
set for hearing ex parte; and that q copy Oi
this order be published once : week fer -four
successive weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 5th day of September, 1877.
A cop7-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. O. and NJ.
By K. ]. BLACK, D. G. and NJ.
T. b. Edgington, Sci. for Complainant.
4-l0.l6 q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-20
LEON GAMBETFA.
The Graat Political Leader whom
MacMahOn has Ordered 10 Prison


The Graat Political Leader whom
Mac MahOn has Ordered 10 PrisOH
Paris Figaro
Less than ten years ago | was
present one morning at one of the
police courts of Paris. M. Vivien,
a gentle spirited, polite man, was
presiding. If he had been stern he
would not have listened to the bold
speech of the then unknown law
yer, Gambetta. When his turn
came to speak, Gambetta arose. l
was struck by the largeness of his
robe. He had selected at the COM
mon vestiary, for ten cents, the
largest one he could find, in order
that he might have the freest action
possible for gesturing. His long
black hair, which had not then be-
gun to turn gray, hung in disorder
about his broad shoulders. 1t was
evident that no barber had touched
his head that morning. His power
full neck rose out Of a shirt collar
which fitted so loosely that his
breast was partly discovered. His
head was thrown forward. His
blind eye was not discernible, but
his profile stood out clearly marked
in strong lines. When be spoke it
was like the roll of thunder His
Southern accent was marked, but
not disagreeable. Ills manner W S
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-20
[lS62.l
Nonresident Notice.

In the Chancery Court of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-City of Memphis vs.. Mrs. e. j.
Carr ct al.
TT APPEARING FROM THE SHERIPF's
4 return in this cause that the defendant, the
Madison National Bank of Madison, Ind, is
not to be found in his county; it is therefore
ordered that Il make its appearance herein,
at the court. house in the city Of Memphis,
Tenn. on OF before the first Monday in 0oto
Der, 1877. and plead, answer or demur 10
cqmplainant's bill, or the same will be taken
fer confessed as to it and set for hearing OK
parte. and that copy of this order be pub
lished once week. for four successive weeks,
In the Public Ledger.
This 18th day Of August, 1877.
A cOpy-Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE, c. and NJ.
By 3. B. MoHENRY, D. G. and NJ.
5 P Walker and W Hampton, Solicitors
for complainant. l58-6-l2 IS