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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
gadiss' Colmiltis.
CONCERNING HOUSE PLANTS.


HINTS AND HELPS.
The best temperature for house-plants
is from 48 deg. at night to 70 deg.
during the day.
Water thoroughly, but not too often.
Give air on every warm, sunny day.
Shower all smooth. leaved plants FREE
quently.
Wash the leaves Of English Ivy with
clean cold water and sponge-nothing
else.
In giving liquid manure heaping
tablespoonful stirred into WATERFALL
full of water is enough.
Fix up all plants neatly.
Clip off all dead or dying leaves.
The Oleander, Gala Lilly, and Hy-
drangea-may have water standing in
the saucers under the pots.
Vines should be watered more fire.
quently than other plants.
To kill the green fly or plant-louse-
smoke the plants with tobacco.
Very weak lime-water will kill worms
in the pots.
Red spiders may be gotten rid of by
frequently wetting the foliage and keep
ing the atmosphere moist.
A pinch of -four of sulphur, sprinkled
now and then on the leaves, will keep
off mildew.
Don't forget to send your flowers to
your sick neighbors. They do a world
of good, and your plants thrive all the
better for having the blossoms picked.
Teach the children to take an interest
in the plants. 1t is a good plan to name
plant for each boy and girl in the
family.
If your plants should at any time gel
nipped with frost, shower them with
very cold water, and keep them in the
shade for day or two.
Furnace heat is the worst for plants
and that from wood stove the best.
Keep the air moist-a pan of water
kept on the stove, or a damp towel hung
on the register will do this.
If you want your plants to bloom well
in winter, don't let them bloom in sum
mer.
All plants need rest after blooming
set them away in the shade.
Use water of the same temperature a
the room.
A few drops of ammonia added to
pail of water. and applied once week
will prevent the earth in the pots fror
getting sour.
If the scaly bug attacks your Callas
Oleanders, and the stems of your ros
bushes, exercise your patience by pick
ing the insects off, and wash the affect
ed parts afterwards with weak soap
suds.
The meally-bug. which looks Xix
little more than a bit of dirt, must, lik
the scaly-bug, be removed by hand
picking.
Fuchsias and Heliotropes should b
repotted as soon as the roots touch th
sides of the pots.
Don't be discouraged at one failure
but keep trying, until your windows ar
a living protest against frost and snow
and your room bower of living greer
that will never let the memory of sun
mer days go out of your heart.-Ol
SerUer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23

God loves to give, and he loves to have
his people give. He does not like to
have them covetous he does not like
to see them hoard so, when we learn to
give, and love to give, we become like
him.
If anybody shirks his daily duties for
the sake of living a Christian life he
will find that he has done that which
tends most efectually from Christian
life. If you would be Chritian, your
must faithfully do the things which you
are called to do to-day.
AS the sun does not wait for prayer and
lamentations that he may rise. but shines
at once. and is greeted by all, SO neither
wait thou for applause and shouts and
eulogies that thou mayst do we'll: bu
be spontaneous benefactor, and thor
shalt be beloved like the sun.
To be of no church is dangerous. Re
ligion, of which the rewards are distan
and which is animated only by faitI
and hope, will glide by degrees out o
be mind, unless it be invigOrated anc
impressed by external ordinances. b.
stated calls of worship, and the salutar
influence Of example.
The best recipe for going thrOug
life in an exquisite way, with beautlfr
manners, is to feel that everybody. D
how rich or how poor, needs all tn
kindness he can get from others in tn
world.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
AarifMlimral 9gpartment.
STICK TO YOUR FARM

Trade in manufactured goods is play
ing some queer pranks nowadays. A
man or company may work hard, ex-
pending much time and money in per-
fecting some article of general use, and
suddenly find that elsewhere some one
has been at the same work and can
sell the results for less money. A few
years ago England was the only couu-
try which manufactured cotton prints for
export, while the idea of any one CON-
peting with her in her home markets
was laughed at as a bit of insanity /;
but to day American prints are being
worn by operatives in English cotton
mills, having been found to be prettier,
better and cheaper. Now we hear that
agents of German cutters have been to
Sheffield, heretofore the acknowledged
centre of the cutlery trade of the world,
and sold their goods at prices which the
home manufacturers could not underbid.
Sheffield will continue to make knives
and scissors, and no American will be
foolish enough to hope that the English
print works will be closed, but the
illustrations which we have given of
the fluctuations of trade will show the
American farmer that business which
he mournfully considers more profitable
than his own are subject to drawbacks
and dangers which the agriculturist
never knows. Breadstuffs and foot
material of every kind are always in de.
mand, and have tolerably uniform
value the world over. No competition
no new farming community that may
be developed, can ever afiict farmer,
with lockout" such as workers il
the trades are constantly experiencing
nor in tremendous failures like thos,
which are constantly startling the com
mercial world. The overstocked manu-
facturer cannot eat his superfuou
knives or prints, nor can the locke'
out operative dine on his tools, but il
the worst season the farmer is sure a
least of a full stomach and roof ovel
his head. Sensible is he if instead o
grumbling at his lot he makes the bes
of it and realizes how in the long rul
he is better off than many whose occa
sional success he envices. -Neao Yor
Herald
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
8sligiuns department.
TRUST In PROVIDENCE.

l have known q timid traveller whose
route lay across the higher Alps. on a
path that, no broader than mules foot
hold, skirted dizzy precipice, where
we saw the fOaming river below dimin-
ished to a silver thread, fud it safest
to shut her eyes; nor attempt to guide
the course, or touch the bride where
a touch we're fatal, throwing steed and
rider over to bound from shelf to shelf
and be dashed to pieces in the valley
below. And there are times and cir
cumstances when to be saved from fall
ing into sinful doubts, and even into
blank despair. the believer must, if we
may SO speak shut his eyes, and COM
hitting his way to God, let the bride
lie on the neck of Providence, and walk
not by sight. but faith. God, however
things may look, has not forgotten to be
gracious, nor is his mercy clean gone
forever and when we are walking in
darkness and have no light, there is
nothing for it but to "trust in the Lord,
stay ourselves on God"
Had Jacob done so, he had not been
80 utterly distracted and crushed by the
loss of Joseph; nor as he chung to
Benjamin, had he turned on his other
sons, like bear on the hunters come to
bereave her of her whelps, with this
doleful angry cry: "Me have ye bercav-
ed of my children; Joseph is not Simeon
is not +; and will ye also take Benjamin
away? All these things are against
me-" Had he done SO, he had borne
himself more erect before the king of
Egypt. a venerable and noble witness
for God in heather palace, instead Of
wailing out this pitful complaint "Few
and evil have been the days of my pill
grimage on earth 70 He lived to unsay
that, and regret that he had walked SC
much by sight, and not by faith living
to see, as all Gods people shall il
another world, if not in this, that all
things-the bitter and the sweet togeth
er, losses as well as gains, collins al
much as cradles-were not against, bu
for him. See him dying Ibis faitl
breaking out in full and bright efful
gence, like the sun at the close of ;
cloudy day. Propped up on pillows
with one hand on Ephraim's and tn
other on Manasseh's head, he raises hi
sightless orbs to heaven, to breathe GU
this grand confession and prayer: 9Th
God which fed me all my life long un
to this day, the angels which redeemed
me from all evil, bless the lads %
With that history, and many sue
before them, never let Gods childrel
yield-no, not in life's darkest hou
to the thought that all things ar
against them. Even when deep an
swereth unto deep at the noise of Hi
water-spOuts, and all Gods pillows an
waves 60 over them, and their bark
with sails torn to ribbons and bulwark
gone by the board, is staggering throug
q sea of troubled, never let them far
cy that they are the sport of winds an
waves. Your Father is at the helm
The Lord reigneth, let His enemie
tremble; the Lord reigneth, let Hi
people rejoice; He will make all thing
work together for good to them who Low
Him, and are the called according
His purpose.-Dr. Guthrie.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23

THE ODD JOBS OF WlNTER.-There
isn't much chance, perhaps, to make
dollar on farm between now and
April; but there are plenty of chances
to save one. and plenty more to learn
how to make an extra one next summer.
Let us suggest a few /: You can save hay
and grain and beef and mutton by max
ing your barn tight and warm. 1t takes
more fodder to keep stock barely alive,
in cold barn, into which the snow
drives, and through which the wind
whistles, than it does to keep it thrifty
and in good flesh in a warm stable,
where the manure will not freeze. Per-
haps you can't afford to clap board your
barn but You can stop the cracks, and
the quicker you do it the better. You
can save manure and contribute to the
comfort and value your stock by keep
ing it we'll bedded. You ought to have
a good stock of bedding on hand when
winter sets in, but, if you haven't got it
you can draw sawdust from some mill,
and that is much better than nothing.
Again, you can fix some place for your
fowls to roost in, so as to save the
dropping and thereby obviate the neces.
sity of buying phosphate next spring.
You can be careful your cellar does not
freeze, and spoil potatoes worth a dol
lar bushel, and turnips, cabbages and
apples which your stock will need next
spring. You can get up years sup
ply Of wood, have it fitted for the stove
and packed In the shed, so the hired
man won't have to leave his planting
prevent row in the family. You can
see that the tools you have used this
summer are stored away where they will
not be spoiled, and if any of them need
mending, yon can do that too, and SC
on through whole chapter of odd jobs
which are really just as important as
planting or hoeing.-Mirror ana
Farmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23

G. B. Lyman of Northampton, Mass.
has grown a crop of sorghum on half
an acre of the town farm, sufficient for
80 gallons of syrup, and it was manu-
featured at the college mill for this
purpose. 1t sells for 90 cents gall
Ion, very fair price, it is said. This
experimenting is in the right direction.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23

Every person who keeps fowls should
see to it that they have supply of earth
to which they can have daily access
during the winter. A pile of sods with
fine gravel should be gathered now and
supplied to the fowls until the depart
ure of the snow next spring. This will
do much to prevent disease and keep the
birds thrifty.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
g. FOREIGN PATENTS,

GILMORE 81 Coz Successors to CHAPMAN.
HoSMER & CO.. Solicitors. Patents procured IN all
countries. NO FEES IN ADVANCE. No charge
unless the patent is granted No for making pre-
limnary examinations. No additional for obtain
ing and conducting rehearing. by recent decision
of the Commissioners ALL rejected applications may
be revived. Special attention gwen Interference
before the Patent Office Extensions before Con
gress Infringement Suits In different states and all
litigation appertaining to Inventions or Patents
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
Special Interest to
the Public!

will sell for the next two
weeks for Cash a lot of Repel-
lents,in colors Grey, Seal Brown,
Black, Knickerbocker Style, at
soc, 9Oc, and $l.OO per yard.
A lot of Flannels, l5, 90, %, and
30 cents per yard.
A lot of Cashmeres, colors Seal
Brown, Plum, Bottle Green,
Navy Blue, all wool, very fine,
for 65c per yd; former price, 75c.
A lot of Wool Scarfs at discount
from cost.
A lot of Balmoral Skirts very low.
Two-strap made Horse Blankets
for 81 90
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-23
LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS
AND SCRIP,

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Private Land Claims. MINING: and PRE.ENIP-
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to. Land Scrip in 40 So and $50 pieces for SALE
This Scrip is assignable, and be located in the
name Of the purchaser upon any Government land
subject to private entry at 1925 per acre. 1t is of
equal value with Bounty Land Warrants. Send
stamp TO Gilmore Sc Co. for pamphlet of In
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structiOn.
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the late their helrs in many entitled
to money from the Government of which they have no
knowledge. Write full history of service and state
amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp
to GILMORE 81 CO., and full reply, after exam
ination, will be given you free.
PENSIONS.
All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS
wounded ruptured, or injured in the late war; howev
er slightly can obtain pension by addressing GILL;
MORE Il CO.
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE & CO. before the Su-
preme Court OF the United States and Court Claims
and the Southern Claims Commission.
Each department of our business is conducted in
separate bureau, under charge of the experience
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secured. We desire to win success by deserve
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~ business you can engage in. S. to $50 per
RA6f day made by any worker of either sex. right
w Yin their own localities. Particulars and
samples worth S. free. Improve your
spare time at this business. Address SrINsoN d Co
Portland, Maine. oil
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28
AMERICAN WATCuS.

The American watch has now OBJ
tanned an almost universal reputation
for superiority over the English watch
and this, in great part, because Of the
less number Of pieces Of which it is
composed Thus the former, of the
key winder class, contains 143
pieces, and the stem winder 155 pieces,
The English watch, on the Other
hand, is composed of 638 more pieces
than the American, the excess being
found in the efusee and chain. According
to the lengthand tineness of the chain
! the English manufacture contains from
sixty-four to seventy pieces to the
inch, the fusee and its attachments
about forty-eight pieces, and this &C
counts for the greater number of
pieces comprised in the English arti-
Gle. So we'll are the advantages of
the American principle in this re-
spect now understood by the English
makers that the manufacturers Of the
celebrated 'Frodsham watches have
for some time past done away with
the fusee and chain, thus reducing th>
number of pieces.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28

method of cookery, and as it resembles a
modern clam-bake or a barbecue, so ia
miliar to the American people, North
and South, we quote Chase on the best
Marquesian method of cooking a man or
woman. The description is calculated to
make mans mouth water-almost. He
says: eff the feast is not of religious
character the victim is simply beaten to
death with war-clubs, and when dead
his body is washed and placed
in large oven dug into the earth.
The hole forming the oven has fire be-
meath, and over this is pile Of round
stones. On the top of the stones mats,
made of strong material, are placed, in
which the body is wrapped up. These
mats are then covered over with great
pile of leaves, and all is again covered
with another layer of mats. The fire
beneath absorbs enough of air to keep it
burning steadily, and soon a volume of
steam is generated This escapes slowly
through the mat and leaves, and grad
ually the body becomes cooked through
this simple but certain steaming process.
The cooks are of superior skill in their
profession, and can tell to the instant
when the body is sufficiently done to
suit the tastes of the guests. When ready
to take it out of the oven all the mate
rial covering it is carefully removed, and
when it comes to the last layers sur
rounding the victim the mats are taken
off with a sensitive touch, lest any Of the
skin on the body should be torn away.
When all is bare and the body looks
brown and beautifully cooked, a shout of
demoniac laughter fills the Cir, and the
cooks are complimenspd in the highest
terms by the llosts of cannibals thirsting
to enI.Jyoy the dreadful luxury" 81.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28

CHLoRoFoRM has become such a pro-
fife agent in the commission of crime
that some legislation regulating its sale
is imperative. Professional criminals,
especially burglars, are utilizing it to
such an extent that the public should be
protected the same as against the free sale
Of the more deadly poisons. 1t is un-
doubtedly true that many women charge
up their lost virtue, as many men do
their lost pocket books Containing other
peoples money! tethe surreptitious appli-
cation of chloroform, without any cause.
But it is equally certain that many
crimes are committed through its instru-
mentality. Its free sale should be pro
hibited by law, and no sale allowed ex,
cepting upon doctors prescription or to
well-known parties, of which due regis
ter should be kept. As an exchange
says: "There is hardly journal which
does not contain accounts of crimes COM
mitted through its use, that in all proba-
bility would never be committed with
out its assistance"
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CANNlBAL TASTES AND COOKERY.

If to love our fellow-man and inculcate
the utmost temperance in their habits
Is an evidence of high order of spiri-
tual life, according to Mr.. Lewis Chase
IA native of Darbury, Connecticut, but
for twenty-five years resident of the
Marquesas Islands), the inhabitants of
that tropical cluster of islands stand a
peg or two higher than the rest of the
world. Mr.. Chase has become familiar
with all the Cannibalistic habits of these
islanders, except the passive sensation of
being roasted and eaten. Had he lent
himself to such a use the world would
never have known what Mr.. Chase has
lately divulged to the public about these
anthropophagi. We learn from him
that the Cannibals have very fastidious
taste, and that it is only in extreme cases
that they will dine off roasted or baked
man who has been in the habit of drink.
ing liquor or smoking tobacco. Sailors are
particularly obnoxious, because they are
quite apC 10 De saCuIatea WIFI gfog
tobacco and salt water. The dish mos
highly priced by the bon vivants or epi
cures of Marquesian high life is bakeG
female African under thirty years of age
that has been submitted to few weeks
fattening process. Such dish is parta
ken of with divine honors. Missionarie;
take to these second rank; for, although
they may be little tough and stringy
they are not apt to be spoilt by the flavor
of spirits and tobacco. Young children
and unmarried women are especially
reserved for the tables of the princes
Ind potentates. So Chase says.
Chase describes the most artistic
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28
The Forgotten Grave.

Out from the eity's giant roar,
You wandered through the open door;
Paused at little pail and spade
Across tiny hillock laid;
Then noted on your dexter side
Some moneyed magnate's love or pride,'
And SO. beyond hawthon-tree,
Showering its rain of rosy bloom
Alike on low and lofty tomb,
You came upon it-suddenly.
How strangel The very grasses GrowtS
Around it seemed forlorn and loath;
The very ivy seemed to turn
Askance that wreathed the neighbor urn:
Sunk was the slab; the head declined;
And left the rails wreck behind,
No name; you traced 90" ~"
Part of "affiiction" and of "heaven;"
And then-o irony austerel-
You read in letters sharp and clear,
"Taodgh lost to Sight, to Memory dear"
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The revenue of the Dominion of Canada

The revenue of the Dominion of Canada
for 1889 is estimated at 1923, 800, 600, and
the expenditures at $500, less, exclu,
sive of 81, 500, 600 needed to meet the Do
minion debentures falling due to England,
and $4,000, 900 which is to be spent on the
Pacific Railway and the enlargement of the
Welland and Lachine Canals The debt o +
Canada is now $3.50, 900, 900, or $40 per
head of the population.
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