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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-09
SHARP EYES.

A man has sharper eye than dog,
or fox, or any of the wild creatures,
but not SO sharp an ear or nose. But in
the bird he finds his match. How quick
ly the old turkey discovers the hawk,
mere speck against the sky, and how
quickly the hawk discovers you if you
happen to be secreted in the bushes, or
behind the fence near which he alights.
| find I see almost without effort,
nearly every bird within sight in the
field or wood I pass through "a fit of
the wing. firt of the tail are enough,
the Pickering leaves do all conspire to
hide them), and that with like ease the
birds see me, though, unquestionably,
the chances are immensely in their fay-
or. The eye sees what it has the means
of seeing, truly. You must have the
bird in your heart, before you can find
it in the bush. The eye must have
purpose and aim. No one ever yet
found the walking fern, who did not
have the walking fern in his mind.
Nevertheless, the habit of observation
is the habit Of clear and decisive gazing /;
not by a casual glance, but by a sturdy
deliberate aim of the eye are the rare
and characteristic things discovered.
You must look intently and hold your
eye firmly to the spot. to see more than
do the rank and file of mankind. The
sharp-shooter picks out his man and
knows him with fatal certainty from a
stump, or a rock, or cap on a pole.
The phrenologists do well to locate not
only form, color, weight, etc., in the
region of the eye, but faculty which
they call individuality-that which sep
arates. dlscriminates, and sees in every
object its essential character. This is
just as necessary to the naturalist as to
the artist or the poet. The sharp eye
notes specific points and diferences,-it
seizes upon and preserves the individ.
uality of the thing.
Persons frequently describe to me
some bird they have seen or heard and
ask me to name it, but in most cases
the bird might be any one of Dozen
or else it is totally unlike any birc
found in this continent. They have
either seen falsely or else vaguely. No
so the farm youth who wrote me on,
winter day that he had seen single
pair of strange birds. which he describes
as follows: ''They were about the siz,
of the 'chippie,' the tops of their head
were red, and the breast of the NAL,
was of the same color, while that of tn,
female was much lighter; their rump
were also family tinged with red. If
have described them so that you woulC
know them, please write me thei
names" There can be little doubt bu
the young observer had seen pair 0
red-polls,-a bird related to the gold
finch. and that occasionally comes dow
to us in the winter from the far north
: Another time, the same youth wrot
that he had seen a strange bird, tn
color of sparrow, that alighted O
| fences and buildings as well as upon tn
, ground and that walked. This las
fact showed the youths discriminatin
, eye and settled the case. 1 knew it t
, be species of lark, and from the tim
size, color, etc., the tit lark. But ho'
r many persons would have observed thu
| the bird walked instead of hoped 2
: John Burroughs, IN Scrsbner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-09

Upon examining the edge of the
sharpest razor with microscope, it will
appear fully as broad as the back of
knife-rough, uneven, and full of notch
es and burrows. An exceedingly small
needle resembles an iron bar. But the
sting of bee, seen through the same
instrument, exhibits everywhere the most
beautiful polish, without a flaw, bIemish,
or inequality, and ends in a point too
fine to be discerned. The threads of
fine lawn are coarser than the yarn which
ropes are made for anchors. But silk
worms web appears smooth and shining,
and everywhere equal. The smallest
dot that is made with a pen appears IT.
regular and uneven. But the little
specks on the wings or bodies of insects
are found to be an accurate circle. How
magnificent are the works of naturel
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-09
TWO PERIODS.

BEFORE MARRIAGE.
She waits and listens. Footsteps fall
She knows they are not his.
She waits and listens for sound
That sweetest music is.
He comes-and with a sudden thrill
And heart-bound loud and clear,
She does not hear she does not see
She feels that he is near.
And coyly lifting to his face
Her eyes Of heavenly blue,
She murmurs, in loves softest tones,
my darl' is it you?"
AFTER MARRIAGE.
Again she listens. Footsteps reach
And footsteps pass her door.
She listens, but her needle flies
More swiftly than before.
She hears at length the tread that time
And cares are making slow,
And with a start that sends her chair
Hard rocking to and fro
Springs to the landing, and with voice
More shrlll than any flutes,
She screams, above the baluster,
Augustus, wipe your bootsr'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-09

Hard water becomes nearly soft by
boiling. A piece of chalk will soften
hard spring water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-09

vicinity last week, making passable
sleighing, which will he Improved by
all, especially lambermen,
Prof Parker, Of Hanover, n, H.,
occupied tho pulpit NJ the Congrega'
tlonal Church in this place last Sab
BATH
Austin Howard who has been
laborlug under a severe attack Of Dip
iberia, Is slowly recovering, aud II Is
thought with the excellent directions
OF Dr. Sperry, that he will soon be
restored to his usual good health,
AN unusual occurrence took place
al the Hotel Saturday night, It being
a Grange Meeting and the Dancing
School, Accommodations were made
tor both, 1t Is suggested that an.
other hall DO built to prevent further
diSappolnlmcnts,
Everyone was anxious TO see that
new paper last week, but 1t did not
"kum. Con,
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Windsor.
The weather has changed for tn
winter fashion since our last week
locals were written. Thursday an(
Friday were very cold days; Sunda!
morning the thermometer in this vii
lage was 100 below zero Monday
morning 25o below zero Tuesday
morning 800 below zero. We heaI
ofseveral persons in this section freez
ing their ears, nozes, faces, hands, and
lower limbs.
Whole namber Of convicts con
fined in the States Prison here was
l65 at last accounts.
No singing school here this WIN
ter. Why don't some good music
teacher start one ? 1t would dc good
business and prove good investment
and benefit to the people.
Surprise parties are all the go
now. If we have any friends and they
are coming to see us we either want
they should come separately, or let us
know if they are coming in droves.
Any way it would not ia Ike a very
large room to hold all of our genuine
friends. We believe that surprise
parties ought to be voted nuisance
and abolished.
Don't forget that The next Lee
ture in the course will be given in the
South Church, next Tuesday evening,
Jan. 18th, by Wallace Bruce. Sub
ject-"W omanhood in Shakespeare"
Charlie Fitch has a nice pile of
hard wood beside the road on Bridge
street. 1t 10 quite convenient for the
people living on that street. This is
a good honest street and no danger OF
his loosing much of his wood by them
unlawfully.
Connecticut River is now cover
cd over with ice which ia so covered
with snow that it affords no skating.
Too bad.
The annual meeting of the As
Quincy Agricultural Association is
advertised to be held in J. B. Farms
worths Office in this village on Mon
day evening next, January 14th, at
Ct o'clock.
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White River JunetiOn.

Aud now We are TO have q new
Church,
Every thing Is now quiet In AM
about "Unele Toms Cabin, although
there has been q general smashing o.
things around his quarters lately,
Clara Louise Kellogg and Annie
Louise Cary the American primi
donnas passed through this place Oh
Wednesday of last week, stopping
long enough to take dinner At the
restaurant,
Prof, Cecil, the great spiritual
medium exposer will give an enter
tainmcOt in thi. ploco on Thursday
eve, Jan, 10Th, The ~, Alban'
Messenger speaks Of his entertainment
very highly,
One day last week carrier
pigeon was brought from East Ran,
dolph to this place aud let looso IL
two hours rom the time II was lei
out, /, flew against the window Of It's
old home, having Travelled at the rate
Of 10 miles per hour,
Quite runaway occurred heic
ately, The engine "Whte River
was standing on u side track when q
freight which was setting oil, backed
against the hind end Of it, the shock
caused the ".hrottle" to fly open, and
away went the "Whitc River" An
engine was Immediately sent in pur
suit, and to the surprise Of all, it re
turned in about 10 minutes, bringing
with il the truant, which had been
captured about two miles below.
BOB,
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l'O,liirct,

POmirct,
NoTIcE, This is TO notify the tax
payers Of tho town Of Pontrct that ]
will be ut East Barnard on Monday
the 2lst inst, at North Pomtret Tues.
day the 22nd, at South Pomfret We'd
ncsday the 23d, at Z. II. Vaughn's
store in Pomiret Thursday the oath,
at &, II. Montague's bookstore in
Woodstock on Saturday the Goth inst,
from 10 till 3 o'clock each Of the
above named days for the purpose OF
receiving taxes and all those paying
on or before the LIST of February next,
will save a discount Of A per cent.
EDWIN ALLEN, Collector.
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HartlaIli.

HartlanR.
Monday morning Jan. 7, at Hart.
land depot, mercury 2So below zero.
Mark Morrison OF West Wind.
sor goes to the front. He cared a
pair Of beautiful we'll matched white
oxen at this depot on Monday the
7tb, weighing forty one hundred and
seventy lbs.
The Sabbath School Concert Civ
en- by the Methodist Society last Sun
day afternoon was really a first. class
entertainment. The society are IN
foursbing circumstances.
The Hartlaud literary circle met
last Monday evening at the house OF
Mrs. Tillson. This is an excellent Or
ganzation.
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South POmfret.

The friends and neighbors to the
number of Is gave Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Perry a surprise on the day and
evening of the LIST inst. it being the
goth anniversary Of their welded life.
They brought with them numerous
valuable presents, the most valuable
of which was a chamber set, and an
easy chair. There was also table
filed with useful and ornamental ar
ticles. The presents are valaed at
about $4,000. An excellent supper
was partaken of, and then both old
anu young enjoyed themselves by
singing and playing games, and it
reminded US of old times when we
heard the smack after smack ! A
good time seemed to be enjoyed by
all.
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South Woodstock,

South Woodstock.
AT the annual meeting Of the off
GERS of the G. NJ. p. Academy, held
on Jan. lst, the following persons
were elected as the executive COM
mittee Henry Walker, E. H. Stay
ton, Z. H. Atwood, f. G. Kendall, |.
II. Thurston. The old board of trus-
tees were elected with the following
additions e. c. Billings, J. M.
Hoadly, Horace Durham, W. Fl.
Wilkins and BENZ. Hathorn. A COM
mittee was elected to solicit subscrip-
tions for the purpose of procuring
Philosophical apparatus for the Acae-
envy. The following are the commit
tee Henry Walker, Horace Dun
ham and Isaac Kendall.
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skuecisee,

Queehee,
We Inadvertently omitted TO no.
liee, N lhe proper time, tho pleasant
surprise tendeled TO Nv aud Mrs
John Dix, Oh Christmas Eve, at their
residence, by their neighbora and
friends, II was q surprise, indeed, 10
John and bis wife but they submitted
with the best grace possible, as the
big crowd unceremoniously filed
into the house, bearing in their ..hands
various articles of wooden ware, from
an elegant extension table 10 a new
broom, The baby was also kindly re-
membered and was made happy with
presents Of an appropriate character
Remarks were made by David XII
bourn IN behalf of the "insurgenls,
which were responded 10 by the
"bridegroom," supper was served
aud several hours were passed IN q
pleasant manner before the party dis
solved
-George Russ is building u house
upon tho flat just north OF Tinkhan's
store, upon land purchased OF Charles
Whitman,
-George BurcA Is building--or
preparing to build-a dwelling house
near the residence Of 4, Short.
The Congro'l Society realized
about $3.50 from the sale Of pews,
which took place ut the church satur'
day evening,
MIR. Charles Shatluck, 1t is said,
is studying medicine, Being Il fsen'
lleman Of great promise and fine bust
ness habits, IL IL not too much, per-
hapS, to predict that he will attain TO
distinction in that profession Mr.. :.
has our sympathy.
How limo thing II is, to be sure,
to be popular with the "iuling minds"
in community and what n fool a
person is, to lave or hold any views,
either personal, political or otherwise,
OF his or her own, views which are
not in strictesl accord or harmony
with those Of the very excellent aud
worthy Mr.. aud Mrs, Snobs. Friend,
ifyou wish Tor happiness, prosperity,
aud case, you should always listen 10
the opinions and wishes Of such-list-
en- allenlively and patiently-and hay
ny discovered the objection OF the
wind set your sails 10 as to DRIFT
along with the current. Silence, even
Is dangerous, Speak out fully and
freely, that they may know beyond n
peradyenlurc that you are in iull SYM
patty aud accord with such opinions
and views. 1t matters not how mer-
cilessly you tread upon the necks OF
your poor neighbor, and, maybe, for.
mer friends if it be necessary to tram
pie them ruthlessly into the dust do
not ALLOW your conscience to prove a
barrier. Denounce, lie about and in.
jure them by any means at your com.
mand, il by SO doing you can halter
the conceit or subserye the wishes OF
your "ruers." 1t matters not if you
are Of so iniinitestimal account that
your hatlery and efforts do not even
elicit the thanks Of them you serve
you will at least have the satisfaction
and joy of feeling and knowing that
you are in full accord with the "mun-
lane powers that be-.
Go to Fogg's and get new
sleigh. They have good assortment
md are selling at prices to suit the
lines. The sleighs are well made
rom the best of timber and are fully
warranted. Call and see EN-.
Elder A. Damon will commence
meetings. in the Town Hall in this
'ilage On Tuesday evening, Jan 18th,
It Z o'clock, and continue every even.
ng through the week and over Sun.
lay the 2Cth.
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Winasoy ca, Ne7ps,

GLOW now-what news i"-SAakespeare'
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Ascutneyville.

"A Spiritualist from another town,
employed in the mill here, was COM
PEELED to leave, as he asserts, the for
mer deceased proprietor, who, when
upon earth the first time, was a kind
disposItioned man, has now become
quite beligerent, and constantly chas-
ed him about, pushing him over, and
disturbing things generally. We
would hardly expect to find spirits of
that lind, but it may be so.
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eve N'fN'ff''''' wv ~ WV ~F'' ''"''
in this place on Wednesday evening,
Jan, 10th, exposing tho trIckery Of
modern spldtuallsm, The Burlington
free Press % Times OF Nov cad, IN
speaking Of his entertainment says -
professor Ceeils entertainment at
the City Hall last evening was attend
cd by large audience, and gave ex-
cellenl satisfaction, Tho Professor
gave various exhibitonso OF the work OF
spirltualist mediums and then explain
cd how the manifestations and mystl'
LEGATIONS were produced including tho
celebrated hand cuff aud plllory tests
Ills exposures were productive OF
much merrlment, aud not q little won
der Those who have M opportunity
should not fail TO witness hs clever
expose Of this gleat humbug and de
iuslon Of the times" General admis,
sion 20 cents Reserved seats 50
cents, for sale at the usual place,
Hugh i, Howe is n happy man
he has only shoyelcd the snow from
the middle bridge side walk twice this
winter, Last season he had 10 do ii
about twenty times befo 10 the first OF
the year,
We are TO DO favored with u course
Of Lectures this Winter for which the
following well.known lecturers have
been engaged Hon. WIN. Parsons
of Dublin, Ireland, Prot, VIM. | Mar
shall, Tor many years resident Of
California, Mrs, Ann Eliza Young and
Mrs, Mary A. Liyermore. Besides
the above We shall have two or more
free Lectures, one Of which by Mrs.
Moloy the great temperance speaker
may be expected at an early day.
Tickets for the above course with re.
served seats, $3.50, The course will
be opened by Hon, VIM. Parsons on
Monday evening. Jan. POST, Tickets
80 cents. Reserved seats, so cts,
Jan. ~ was cold, the thermometer
going down to 22io below zero once
during the month. Jan. list, '7s, at 7
o'clock q. H., 23o below zcro--cold
est during the month. Jan. IA was
very mild, the first Of the month much
rain tell-the last OF the month we
had good slclghing. Jan. - was
G old, the 10th Of the month l.. "A.
Millcr's thermometer registered 800
below zero. Jan. &c was mild wi
but little snow.
The new paper at the Junction
Tile Republican, Obrerrcr, put in an
appearance here last Monday. 1t looks
well editorially and mechanically
Politics, bad.
We sympathizc with Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Bishop in the loss Of their
only child, James W., whose death is
recorded in another column.
G. Fogg, Quechee, advertises
sleighs for sale in another column
Mr.. Fogg gets up first class work.
We are 20 have Course of Lee.
lures. Thank the boys, and give
them "naterial aid.
We have received Walton's Yer
mont Register and Farmers Almanac
for 1878. 1T is published by the
Claremont Manufacturing Co., Clare
mont, N. H., and is for sale here By
c. r. Montague, price 10 cents. Get
one--you can't get along without it.
If there is no devil or hell, as ortho.
dox ministers now state, what will
become of delinquent subscribers to
newspapers -? They will be lett with
out a father, and a home to 90 to
We wind up the religious contro-
versy this week.
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52s pounds ltyland Fletcher one,
eight months old, 800 pounds, aud
Henry Clark one, less than eight
months old, $50 pounds,
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Mouth POInfret.

Mouth POmfret.
One day last week Mr.. Stroog
let his boar into the yard where his
cattle were. it rushed under one of his
best cows, and, with a shake CT its
head, let OUT her entrails with its tusk.
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West Hartford.
News items are not very plenty
in this section at present.
About foot of snow fell in this
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PrOctOrsyflle,

PrOctOrsvflle..
-. d. Foster has just killed pig,
less than ten months old that weighed
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-13
Liver Is King.

Inc Liver is the imperial organ Of
The whole human system, as it controls
t IN. life. health and happiness of man
when it is disturbed in its proper
acton, all kinds of ailments are the
natural result. The digestion Of food,
the movements Of the heart and blood.
the action of the brain and nervous
system, are all Immediately connected
with the workings of the. Liver. II has
oeeh successfully proven that Green's
August Flower is unequalled in curing
all persons afflicted with Dyspepsia or
LAYER Complaint, and all the numerous
symptoms that result from unhealthy
conditions of the Liver and Stomach.
sample bottles to try, 10 cents. Posi-
lively sold in all towns on the Western
Continent. Three doses will prove
that it is just what you want
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A RIsfNG STAR-Annie Pixley is
among the rising star. now on the
American stage. Many of our readers
will remember her as school girl in
Olympia. Soon after she made her
appearance on the stage in minor parts
throughout Oregon and Washington
Territory. Being possessed Of rare
grace and beauty. and having natural
adaptability for the stage. she soon rose
to the more important parts. About
1872 she married promising young
actor. Der present. husband, Mr.. Robt.
Fulford. Soon after they wen. to Cali
fornia and have been playing in some
of the best troops in that city. We
now learn that Annie Pixiey has ac-
cepted the proposition made her by
John McDonougb. and will play the
title role Of Miss the coming season,
in place of Miss Katie Mayhem She
commenced her engagement. in that
play. at the Grand Opera House. in
New York, September 9th. Her sister.
Miss Minnie. lief; the stage q few years
ago. marrying Q worthy gentleman of
Portland and settling down.
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|sIT IyYBLLIGGNelER.
,r;d.y, Sept. 10. 1878.

rc.rrns DISEASE -Ar- NJ.
v'.' = naskilteo write. u.s. under .
fes, . ,,,h, giving q d 'cflpti'n
ed '0e -. unknown cattle disease
/. lrs, ssosen 90. in that neiss s "n.
) b. - s' desire, that if any J. Oh o, CUT y.
- =: .s., ;6sy make the fact pub,
s.s,,, tas. s . he says; A strange
|. of'he. a,' stacked the logging
ssnpefc nr & Whalen, on Whidey
g. T Tts'I e.ttl. were taken with, with
I'D i y heath and slightly loI!ing
.. 20 IL Of The tongue s 81. sSel ers:
sso's sa,ts .D to the throat, which u.
! st' . s,"ost to suffocation. They
- 2 s. ssb,sDce. that is difficult
&. ID ., I'll, and md drink frequently.
= ~! y, .so oxen are alike Effected.
a Iss,, :, ,s w. one mile distant, h.'
isssoo1s ;.s.se. and one Of Jewett's,
! sn' = NcIAne's oxen. some ten
one :, :, alike diseased. Fears
- AVA! a that IL will spread
: s...h the country.
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HoNrc1DE.-Last SATURDAY. n;ob, !.

HoMcIDEs-Last Saturday night, a
week ago three men at Port Blakely,
Jas. Mccoy. Jno. Mcintyre and Ed
ward Bunting. went across the creek to
stay all nigh; a. an Indian ranch.
About five o'clock Sunday morning
gang Of ten Chilenians came along.
and thinking Al avowed enemy Of
theirs by the name Of Dorcy was with
in the walls of the said Indian house.
proceeded, without ceremony. TO knock
the door in, and otherwise demolish the
premises. Of course it soon came tn a
band to hand fight between the white
men ana the natives of Chilli, one of
whom, during the melee that ensued,
received wound from which he soon
after died. The white men were ar
rested. taken to Port Madison and ex-
amined before Justice Hammond. Mr..
John Leary, of this city was attorney
for the defendant. After hearing all
testimony. which tended to bring on.
the facts as stated above. the Justice
acquitted the defendan. on the ground
that he acted in self defense, and the
matter was placed on the records as .
case of jnstifiable homicide.
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fnA A. DESNY.-This fine engine,
|sseine to the Seattle and Walla
His Railroad Co., though large and
|risue, WAS most too top heavy to be
sihby and safely run on our mar
! esuse road, and as she was not
rsulsrly needed was laid up. AS
h demand for another engine became
!. apparent. the Superintendent de-
nd 10 cut the Denny down and fix
i ts The track. A pair Of new cylin-
n have been cast Tor her at White
Tsnny's foundry. They are two IN
n largsr in circumference than her
rss ones. Three new drive wheels
Hs wbeels have also been cast smaller
hh her former ones. She formerly
y but two drive wheels. She will
loxHed about four feet and Que
VI inches, aud viii be, when com.
I'D, by considerable, the most pow
da engine on the road. She will be
|adl to 90 on the track in about q
saiA, when the company will have
ssaginsa In readiness for active ser
n,