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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
CULTURE AND HUMOR IN WEST.
ERN FARM LIFE.

Quite often, in the course of my RAM
bles, | have found Western farm-houses
furnished in exquisite taste from libra
ry to kitchen. Chairs, tables, carpets,
curtains and pictures, in many of our
country homes. have been chosen with a
correctness of Judgment rarely evinced
by large class of most excellent city
folk. In the matter of books, a farmer
of the better class generally selects with
great care and with view to solid
mental food. But taste for light fc-
ton, poetry, music and painting is not
wanting. It is surprising, indeed, to
find how generally the works of the
leading British and American poets and
pyelists are read among the rural class
of the West. The younger American
,oets are as well known, by their writ
ngs, West as East. Even Hawthorne,
ghom to read and appreciate, is high ev-
dence of literary taste and intelligence.
las found very many of his sincerest ad-
nirers inside the homes of the "Hoosier"
ind the Buckeye" Not long since,
While sojourning for fortnight or SO on
he shore of one of our western lakes, /
lad the pleasure of spending several
0enings at farmhouse where, as a
member of the family for the time, l
was allowed to hear one of George Eli
OF novels read aloud by the farmers
daughter. Everywhere in the west the
leaing literary journals, both weekly
an monthly, are subscribed for by
famers, for the pleasure and instruction
oftheir families, while many Of them
tae daily paper. But, despite all that
en- be said to the contrary, the genus
aIsticus, which. has by some one been
rndered into English and made to mean
rusty cuss," still largely asserts itself
| . our rural regions genus of the
Operas breeches, ginger-cake-loving ilk,
% whom we owe the racy, soil-favored
smack of original humor, peculiar to the
Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. Farm
life in the West seems to have developed
broad, comico humorous ways Of speech
and it cannot be denied that much of
this humor, coarse though it is, possess
es the inimitable charm of outrigh home
manufacture. Through certain of our
local Western journals, the world has Of
late caught very distinct glimpses of it.
But am sure that the best Western
humor has never yet been reduced tc
type. 1t is scattered about in rural
neighborhoods, and most of it is finally
lost by being carelessly thrown aside as
"old." Most of what has been given tc
the world, In books and monthly maga
zines, as Western humor, has been first
put through refining process of doubt
full doctoring, by which something more
than mere modicum of the home flavor
has been allowed to exhale. 1t may b.
enunciated as rule that the more igno
rant class of Western farmers discover
far quicker and finer sense of humor
than does the somewhat educated ant
refined class. So soon as smattering o
books and newspapers gets into a clod
the sharp salt of the earth seems to g
out and there comes self-consciousnes
and a straining after unnatural effects
-Maarice Thompson, IN Scribmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
'Craftsbury Academy.
Barton. VI. July 22. 1873.

The Pail term OF this Institution will commence on
|WEDNELDAY, AUGUST 2s. under the charge OF
Gro. W. Henderson, A. B.. the Principal Of the past
academic year. assisted by full corps Of competent
teacheB.
TUITIoE.-Primary Branches. $500; Common Eng
lish 50 90; Higher English, $500; Ancient Language
90, 81 5Oi Modern Languages. $500; Instrumental
Muac. $1,000 Tuition payable At middle OF term. A
competent teacher will give instruction 10 vocal music
for small additional tuition. Rree-hand Drawing will
be taught without charge 70 all who desire IL Pupils
VIII be furnished tctets 70 the Craftsbufy Lecture
Course NJ reduced rates
R0r Information respecting board or rooms applca-
ton may be made 70 AUGUSTUS PADDOCK. Agent
JOS. BUARDMAN. MOSES ROOT. Z. L. HASTINGS,
or w. w. MILES, sccy., North Crpftsbury. VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26


SEED TIME AND HARvEsT.-A man
does not become great criminal at once;
he first undergoes a long and gradual
process of degradation. Had these steps
been arrested, had society condemned
them, had the voice of conscience been
encouraged instead of deadened. never
could he have done the deed which has
at length plunged him into public igno-
miny. Lack of integrity in little things
commences with the very children.
When they hear injustice condemned in
large things and palliated in small ones
when their own childish depredations
are treated with lev1ty. or passed over
with Indifference when deceitful prac-
tices are tolerated, and simply trouble
some habits are punished, it is not
strange that they learn to measure the
guilt of dishonesty only by the material
loss or annoyance entailed. So the young
man, just commencing life in the work.
shop, the store or the office. finds that,
up to certain extent, slippery dealing
is tacitly permitted, and gradually comes
to use the limit of detection as his only
standard of integrity. The manufactur-
er, in like manner, will adulterate his
goods just enough to increase his profits
without lessening his sales; the trades
man will make undue charges when he
expects no Investigation the employer
will deal unfairly with those who have
no redress. It is not strange that such
beginnings should sometimes make such
terrible endings-,Setected
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

1t is interesting to note the num-
Der of important inventions due to the
ingenuity Of persons whose occupation
lay entirely out of the line of mechanic
al pursuits. Whitney, who invented
the cotton gin. was school teacher,
and Fulton of steamboat fame was an
artist painter. as was also Samuel F. B.
Morse, discoyerer of the telegraph.
Brindley, the great civil engineer in
England before the present century. was
totally deficient in scientific training.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26
A SUMMER MORNING.
BY JAMES T. MCKAY.

BY JAMES Il. MCKAY.
Oh, the earth and the airI
Honeysuckle and rose:
Fir-trees tapering high
Into the deep repose
or the fleckless sky:
Hills that climb and are strong:
Basking, contented plain:
Sunlight poured out along
The sea of the grass like rain:
Spice-burdened winds that rise,
Whisper, wander and hush:
And the caroling harmonies
or robin and quail and thrush -
o God. Thy world is fairl
And this but the place Of His feeti
had cried. LET me see; let me hear;
Show me the ways of Thy hand"
For it all was a riddle drear
That tainted to understand.
Canopy, close drawn round,
Part not nor lift from the ground:
Move not your finger tips,
Frs, from the heavens lips.
When this is the place Of His feet,
How should bear to raise
My blasted vision to meet
The incouceivable blaze
or His majesty complete?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

Education is friend at home, an in
PRODUCTION abroad, an..ornamentsto. .socie-
ty, and a solace in.solitude.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

Method is the hinge of business, and
there lis no method without order and
punctuality.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

FISH AND Fowl DYINa.-A despatch
from Hartford, Conn.,, to the New York
Times, says: 1.-The smaller varieties of
fish in the Connecticut river, such as
suckers. carp, young shad, pickerel,
perch, and others, have been behaving
queerly of late, by appearing upon the
surface at first in sort of lifeless way,
and finally dying and drifting into the
shore eddies and inlets. For consid-
erable distance both above and below
Hartford this state of things has existed,
and old fishermen say there was never
anything like it Thousands of dead
fish are lying along the banks for miles.
The most plausible explanation is that
the recent heavy rains which have run
off into the river, the ground being SO
much soaked as not to absorb the water,
have washed the valley farms upon which
Paris green and other destructive agents
have been extensively used to kill the
potato bugs and insect enemies generally
of vegetation, and sufficient poison has
got into the river to kill many fish.
With the Paris green itself, a hard
washing of the land would carry off
millions of dead bugs, killed by the
| poison, and the fish. eating these, would
suffer. Sportsmen have complained of
fatality among birds, the same as fish
ermen do of the fatal effects upon fish.
Quail have been found dead in various
parts of the state, and there is no doubt
that the death of the birds is due to
agricultural poisoning.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

A queer bed-chamber is that of Sara
Bernhardt, the celebrated French act
ress. 1t is thus described by Miss Mary
Anderson, the tragedienne, who was in
troduced to it on the occasion of her re-
cent visit to Paris "The room is draped
as black as night. Opposite the actress
bed is large mirror. and directly in
front of the mirror stands the skeleton
of man who died for love. The skel-
eton was found in Italy. There it for
ever stares and grins CHASTITY at Bern
hardt as she lies in bed. And she loves
the skeleton dearly-so she says. 1t
calls to mind the old Roman custom of
placing such reminder of mortality
at the banquet table. among the gay
jewellers at life's feast, to keep the hilar-
ity within due bounds. And Bernhardt's
skeleton seems to perform this quiet
Office of guard in her chamber. The
idea is very Frenchy and quietly grim.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

He that does good to another man also
does it to himself. not only in the conse-
sequence, but in the very act of doing it,
for the consciousness of well doing is an
ample reward.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-08-26

Young men and green corn always
"pOp" better when they get over being
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

\ foreign paper gives the following as
sure test of the purity of the breed of bulldogs
but who would like To try the test on doubt
full bulldog:
"Althoug Oh bulldogs are generally inotlens-
i've unless the temper be known AS trustwor-
thy they are dangerous dogs But whatever
the disposition be- The pure breed bul dog al
ways shows the following characteristics: lie
always flies stra:gl' at the head OF man or
beast, and at no other part; he attacks without
sound or warnin-. and will remain mute if
beaten to death: !c never lets 90 until killed
or made insensilAn 1t is singular that the
slightest cross rt i!icn blood makes the point
of attack uncer in. Though the bull-tcrrier,
for instance, M b" Of equal courage, he Will
fly ut the lcgsa veil as the head-thc other
bulldogs never
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
CLEAN PEOPLE

builders Painters, remember that keep
iarr stock oi Leads. Paints Oils, yarnishes Psfni
brushes, and all kinds OF material for painting Will
be undersolu. 81 GtuGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
Earth from BorneO.

In the last century merchant vessel came
into London Docks with yellow fever, and the
Captain was suffering severely from it, and no
one would 30 near the sufferers. DR.. Fother
Gill however, went on board, partly out of
com passion and partly from his desire to study
dl case which was new to him, and he re-
moved the Captain to his own house and final
" .fl"cccded in getting him through the fever.
Wi,l the Captain recovered he inquired from
the H1ctor what he was in his debt, but Fother-
gill ,rfused to receive any payment. The Cap
tain then wished to know how he could com
pen ate him for such kindness, upon which
the doctor replied that there was one thing he
could do for him. if he were making voyage
to the East, and would pass through the Straits
of Macassar by Borneo, he should be glad If
he would bring him back two barrels full of
the earth of Borneo, which the Captain prom
iscd To do. However when he reached the
spot on his voyage out, he thought of the ridi-
Guile he must experience from his crew in so
strange an undertaking, and his heart failed
him, and he sailed through the straits without
fulfilling his intention. On his return by the
same route the same thing happened again
through his fear Of the SCOTS of his crew.
However afer he had left the straits 200 or
possibly 300 miles behind him, his conscience
smote him with his ingratitude and the non
lfultillment of his promise and he put the
ships head about, returned to the spot, and
filled the barrels with the earth. On his return
ae sent it TO DIR. Fothcrgill, who had the sur
face of piece Of ground thoroughly burned,
and he then sprinkled the Borneo earth on it,
when it is known fact that here came up all
kinds of new and curious plants, SAID to be
100 different sorts, some geraniums, and new
flowers. which have subsequently spread
throughout the gardens of England.-Ldnd
and U.ff,r
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

Curing AND COOKING PoULTRY.-The great
est precaution ought to be taken to protect
poultry from getting at all tainted before cook
ing. Gnle,s the weather tevery warm it should
be kept for day or two at least, and great
deal longer in winter Pigeons are the better
for being cooked the day they are killed, for
they lose their flavor after hanging short
time Turkeys are both tough and poor eat
Ing il not kept long enough. a goose should
hang up for some days in the winter before it
is cooked. The same rule applies TO ordinary
fowls in the winter. Take great care to cook
your poultry thoroughly, for nothing is more
revolving to the palate than underdone poultry.
-Iinrnnfo Elobt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Correspondence.

We shall be glad to receive, Tor puDilca'ioh
in this department, short and pointed commu-
ncations from farmers, gardeners, stock'rais-
crs and others, on any topic of general inter
est to agricultursts. The name and postoilice
address should accompany each letter, not
necessarily for publication, but as guaranty
of good faith 1t is our purpose TO open this
column to free exchange OF experience and
opinions between its readers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

4 burning chimney, when the SCOT has been
lighted by a fire in the fireplace, can be eXtn-
guishcd by shutting all the doors in the room,
so as to prevent any current Of air up the chin
ney; then, by throwing Il few handiuls of com
mon fine salt upon the ire IN the CRATE, or on
the hearth, the fire in the chimney will be i'm.
mediately extinguiShed. The philosophy of
this is that in the proccss.of burning the salt
muriatic-acid gas is Is evolved, which is IA
prompt cxtinguisher of fire
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

RAIsINc : NOT -ER'Ess COIT.-The best
thing .or mother e, cost is cows milk dilut-
ed with about twen'' five per ccntun of water
and with little =, clr added. The milk, if
POSSIBLE. Should be from 1 newly oalved COW.
In addition. the colt riClt have thin cruel
made of oat meal and linseed meal, equal parts,
the linseed being reduced or increased accord
ing as it is found that the bowels are relaxed
or constipated The addition ola few raw
eggs TO the Cruel will improve it-ToroEto
IL.Ls
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

As to gapcs in chickens, a little spirits of
camphor mixed in their feed will generally
cure them. or lump Of camphor gum tied in
thin cloth and tackled IN The Watering pot viii
do unless the disease i quite severe. have
cured them when GIry vcie I'-t ealing by
forcing them 10 take two or firoc gocd-sized
pieces of corn-meal arl spirits or camphor.-
Cor CORHtrU GeHtieHrIH.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

Domestic GARDENING FOR lAnIEs-Make
up your beds early in the morning; sew GA
buttons on your husbands shirts; 10 noi rake
up any grievances; project The yaurC and tend
er branches of your family: plant smile ol
good hunor 81 your face; carefully roo; out
all angry feelings, and effect good "r'? u
happint-s.--Ec0R0mfsf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

\ gentleman writing to the Planter and Far
1ner gives the following remedy for a choking
COW. 1t will probably act just as well with
other animals, and it will be well to remember
it. He says ii has never failed in tny instance,
and has been tried by him and others hun
dreds of times. The remedy is TO take spoon
1t well back upon the tongue, ~. "a, animal
60, and the obstruction will either go up or
down in very few minutes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12

'Wordsworth." said Charles Lamb, "one
day told me he considered Shakespeare greatly
Oyerra:od. There is an immensely of trick in
all Shakespeare wrote he said, and the peo.
pie are taken by it, Now, il had mind, |
could write exactly like Shakespeare so
Won see. proceeded Charles Lamb, quietly, II
was only the mind that was wanting"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
GOOD BOOKS FOR ALL.

For sale by OsMAN HAPEMAN. 10 La Sale St.. Ottawa,
Ills Any OF these Books will be forwarded BY MALL post
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-22

Edison, the phonograph man, is
wretohed unless he invents half dozen
things every day. He does IL just for
amusement when regular business
isn't pressing. The other day he went
out for q little stroll and he thought out
a plan for walking on one leg, so as TO
rest the other before he had gone
square.
He hailed n milk wagon and told the
driver of a little invention that had
popped through his- ahead Just that mo-
ment for delivering milk without getting
out of his wagon or even stopping his
horses. A simple force pump, with hose
attached, worked by the foot, would do
the business. Milk men who dislike to
halt for anything in their mad career
because IL prevents them running over
as many children as they might other
wise do. would appreciate this improve
ment. Edison isn't sure but that sau-
sage and pigs feet could be delivered in
the same way.
He stepped into hotel Office, and ob.
serving the humiliations which guests
encountered in seeking 10 obtain infor-
nation from the high-toned clerk, he
sat down in the reading-room, aud in
five minutes had invented hotel clerk
to work by machinery, warranted TO
stand behind the counter any length Of
time desired, and answer all questions
with promptness, correctness and suav.
ity-diamond pin on and hair parted in
the middle il desired.
He went through the barber shop of
the hotel, and as he did 80 he sighed TO
think that with all his genius aud crea.
tive imagination, he could never hope
to equal the knight of the razor as n
talking machine This saddened him
so that he went home and invented no
more that day Cincinnati Saturday
Ni0hf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-22
An Interesting Monument.

Among the various churchyards in the
city of Hanover is one which has been
closed for q number of years-the gar
den churchyard. Owing to it's anti
quated monuments and the fact of its
being the resting place of number Of
celebrated characters, it awakens the
liveliest curiosity. Charlotte Kestner
(Werther's Lotta) is buried here. This
is not the only interesting feature which
makes it worthy Of visit. Nature her
self has paid her tribute. A few PAGES
east of the unassuming little church in
the graveyard is a monument tottering
from its foundation. 1t is built in the
form of steps, and the massive stones
are secured by heavy iron clamps. The
monument was erected in the year 1882.
Beside the usual family inscriptions, at
the base of the monument is engraved
these arrogant lines: "This sepulchre,
purchased for all eternity, is not per-
mitted to be opened" Opposed to
this determination of man, beech seed,
perhaps carried by the wind, found its
way into crevice of the foundation. In
the course of years this little seed grew
to be strong, luxuriant tree, mocked
the proud inscription of the monument,
raised the massive stones from their
foundation, and rent the strong iron
clasp asunder.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-22
Words OF Wisdom.

Strive to be the greatest man in your
country and you may be disappointed /;
strive to be the best and you may sue
ceed.
When the blood burns, how prodigal
the soul lends the tongue VOWS.
It is by what we have done, and not
what others have done for us, that we
shall be remembered by after ages.
The great blessings of mankind are
within us and within our reach but we
shut our eyes, and, like the people in
the dark, we fall foul upon the very
thing we search for without finding it.
A man to he a success must not be a
pure idealism, but he must have ideas.
He does not want to be sun-dazzled or
sHn-blind, but he must have glimmer
enough to keep him from knocking his
head against the wall.
This world is not merely rugged
spot on which we are to struggle for a
foothold on ife-to toll for daily bread !;
but bright member of the starry
brotherhood that range the fields Of
space, raising from every corner of the
universe the harmonious anthem of
praise a region of still waters and cool
ing shades, and bright birds, and bless
ed things for the comfort of Gods weary
children. This world is a poem written
in letters of light on the walls of the
azure armament.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-22
French Industrial Exhibitions.

1t is interesting to recall the fact that
Paris has had a great many industrial
exhibitions. The first was organized in
1898, by Francois de Neufchateau, dur
ing the first Republic. Several exhibit
tions followed, the fourth being under
the first empire, in 1906. During the
Restoration there were three, and the
same number graced the reign of Louis
Philippe. There was only one exhibition
during the Republic of February, but
the contributors, 4, 900 in number, made
the largest display ever seen in France.
The first international exhibition in
France was that of 1855, when there
were 200 contributors. At the inter-
national show in the Champ de Mars,
1867, there were over AZ, 900 exhibitors.
1t is curious to note the steady growth
of these expositions. The great exhibi-
tion in Hyde Park, London, required a
space of 88, 900 square yards, but that
of 1862 occupied 119, 994 square yards.
The Paris show of 1866 covered a space
of 1852, 900 metres, and that of 1857 re-
quired an area of 642, 600 metres. The
present exhibition occupies an enormous
space, the main building alone being
twice the size of that of the exposition
of 1867.