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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

truthful, and she had distinctly told
several inquisitive lady friends that she
was not engaged; so there was not even
the spice Of romance in the gossip.
s. knew her not in those three
years, but Mrs. Tollman was the recip-
lent of various hampers of city delica-
eies from her and would acknowledge
the same by letter.
One of these, dated three years after
the beautiful Miss Cameron left s.,
after elaborately thanking that young
lady got hamper of dainties, added
..Do you remember my nephew, john
Furber? He left me the day after you
did, and fretted moro than a little.
But he took turn for good, heaven be
thanked. He worked himself up. and
to-day he writes me he has made friends
with his father again, and is to be taken
partner in a commercial house. His
fathers to buy it, but Johns earned
place too by hard, honest work. Oh,
my dear, I'm happier than 1 ever
thought to be. Perhaps you've heard
of the house in London that John is in.
But III not tire you writing about my
affairs. l wouldn't only I thought per-
haps you'll remember john"
SIN London" Leonie murmured; $50
near me all these years, and yet pever
seeking me. Was | too bold? Did l
drive him away by showing him my
heart too plainly? Well, even so. am
glad. | gave him the first start towards
an honorable manhood. Remember him
Yes, Mrs. Tollman, l do remember
john"
She had folded the letter and was
dressing for the opera, when a visitor
was announced.
"What barbarous hour" she mur-
INJURED, not looking at the card. sin
few moments, Jane"
She was robed in her feecy dress of
white lace over pale blue silk, had
clasped diamonds on throat and wrists
and in the little ears. when as she took
the opera cloak from the maids hand.
she looked at the card
"John Furber."
A great heart throb sent the blood
over brow and neck then it faded leav-
ing only a soft tint upon the fair cheeks
and in the dark eyes light of happi-
ness harmonizing well with the smiling
lips.
She looked like some visitant from
another world, in the radiance of her
beauty, as she came across the wide
drawing-room to the window where he
stood.
He had not heard her light step, but
he turned when she when she was near,
showing the stamp of his better life on
his noble face.
He held out his hand, looking earnest
ly into her face, and seeing she only
spoke a happy truth, as taking it, she
said:
II am SO glad to see you"
"Leonie," he said, "you gave me s
hope three years ago, that has borne mt
above temptation and suffering to a po
sition where l am not ashamed to lool
any man in the face. Leonie, you bad
me-
Blushing brightly, she took up tn
words as he paused
"To be man, John, for my sake"
"And | obeyed you my love, my darl
ing. have come for my reward, Leo
ME, loving you with all my heart, no'
to ask for your love in return"
So, society had ripple of sensatio
in fashionable wedding when job
Furber married Miss Leonie Cameron.
But only you and I, reader. know th
romance of the summer in s., of ho'
John Furber redeemed for Leonie
sake.-Selected
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

For Mr.. Barlow now to accept nom-
ination with the ayowed purpose of de-
feating Gen. Grout, is an act of bad
faith which we do not believe the regu-
lar Republicans Of the District are ready
to endorse. This bolt has no support
from any Republican paper outside the
District-RatIand Herald
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

The internal fever burns up the carbon
in the system faster than the food eaten
can replace it. The disease then preys
on the fatty substance of the body and
destroys the lungs, and eventually the
life. The prescription spoken of has at
least the merit Of simplicity, and can
do no harm.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

The Fall term Of this Institution will commence ON
WEDNELDAY. AUGUST 2S. under the charge or
GEO W HEEDERsoN. A. B.. the Principal OF the past
academic year. assisted by full corps OF competent
teachers.
TUITIoN. Primary branches. $500; Common Eng
hsh 50 90; Higher English, $500 Ancient Languag-
es, s. so; Modern Languages. $500: Instrumental
Music. $1,000. Tuition payable at middle OF term A
competent teacher will give instruction in vocal music
for small additional tuition Rreehand Drawing viii
be taught without charge 10 all who desire H. Pupils
win be furnished tickets TO the Craftsbury Lecture
Course at reduced rates. ttttt'ett
Ror information respecting board OF rooms appl!ca-
tion may be made TO AUGUSTUS PADDOCK, Agent
JOS BOARDMAE. MOSES ROOT. E. l.. HASTINGS
or w. w. MILES. secy., North Craftsbury. Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

Said Brown to Parker, 81 said, Parker,
what's the difference between a ripe wa
termelon and decayed head of cab
bage?" "Give it up; can't tell" Brown
laughed softly as he said, You'd be a
nice man to send to buy watermelon,
you would" a....a.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

The Rutland Herald says Of the st.
Albans call for Republican mass con-
vention: "The result of this attempt to
reconsider the nomination of Gen. Grout
will be bitter disappointment to Mr..
Barlow and his friends. The people
are in favor of Gen. Grout, and this
movement Of the politicians to defeat his
election will fail"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

Any man pays too much for his whis-
tie when he has to wet it fifteen or twen-
ty times day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-09-02

Do you owe for your paper I? Pay.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
Glimnses OF Lincnln.

So much has been written about Lin
coins private life and personal habits,
that it seems unnecessary now to add
more than a word. He was simple in all
his tastes liked old songs and old
poetry. He was always neatly, but not
finically dressed. He disliked gloves,
and once / saw him extract seven or
eight pairs of gloves from an overcoat
pocket, where they had accumulated
after having been furnished him by Mrs.
Lincoln. Usually he drank tea and
coffee at the table, but he preferred milk,
or cold water. Wine was never on the
table at the White House, except when
visitors, other than familiar friends, were
present. The Presidents glass was al
ways filed, and he usually touched it to
his lips. Sometimes he drank q few
swallows, but never whole glass, prob
ably. He was CORDIAL and affable, and
his simple-hearte manners made a
strong impression upon those who met
him for the first time. l have known
impressionable women, touched by his
sad face and his gentle bearing, to go
away in tears. Once l found him sitting
in his chair so collapsed and weary that
he did not look up or speak when 1 ad-
dressed him. He put out his hand, me-
chanically, as if to shake hands, when l
told him had come at his bidding. 1t
was several minutes before he was reused
enough to say that he "had had a
mighty hard day." Once, too, at a re-
ception in the White House, L joined
the long "queue" of people, shook
hands with him, received tie usual
"Glad to see you sir" and passed on.
Later in the evening, meeting me, he
declared that he had not seen me before,
and explained his preoccupation OF man.
ner while the people were shaking hands
with him by saying that he WAS think
ing of man down South" 1t afterward
came out that the man down South"
WAS Sherman. Once, when visitor used
profane language in his presence, he rose
and said, 81 thought Senator G. had
sent me a gentleman. / was mistaken.
There is the door, and / wish you good
night" At another time delegation
from distant State waited on him with
written protest against certain appoint
ments. The paper contained some re-
.hections upon the character of Senator
Baker, Lincoln's old and beloved friend.
With great dignity, the President said
"This is my paper which you have
given me?" Assured that it was. he
added, "To do with as please ?" Ger.
tainly, Mr.. President" Lincoln stopped
to the e.place behind him, laid it on
the burning Goals, turned and said,
"Good day, gentlemen. NOAH Brooks,
az Scri6ner for March.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
Mrs. Pitman's Dust.

The calcined remains of Mrs. Benn
Pitman, when they were taken from the
retort of the furnace of DIR. lie Moyne's 8
crematory, weighed a fraction over four
pounds two ounces. Their appearance
generally, as described by a correspond
ent present, was that of clear white
bone ash, as of a thoroughly burned
bone pulverized by a heavy weight, in
termingled with flakes resembling fish
scales, of an extremely light pearl color.
Mixed with the bone ash were the hardly
distinguishable fibers and shreds of the
cashmere robe in which the body was
wrapped, and of the alum-soaked sheet
with which it was covered, distinguish
able by the difference of texture, and
what were also believed to be the petals
of.the flowers placed upon Mrs. Pitman's s
bosom but all these were reduced to
an impalpable dust in handling the re-
mains, which lay on the bottom of the
retort, distributed in almost exact pro-
portion to the quantity of bones that go
to make up the human skeleton.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
Chinese Money.

Coined money was known among the
Chinese as early as the eleventh century
before Christ, but their inability to com
prehend the principles upon which a
currency should be based has led them
into oil sorts Of extravagances, which
have been attended by disorder, famine,
and bloodshed. Coins came at last to
be made so thin that 1000 of them piled
together were only three inches high;
then gold and silver were Abandoned;
and copper, tin, shells, skins. stones,
and paper were given a fixed value, and
used until, by abuse, all the advantages
to be derived from the use of money
were lost, and there was nothing left for
the people to do but to go back to bar
ter, and this they did more than once.
They cannot be said now to have a coin
age; 1900 years ago they made round
coins with square hole in the middle,
and they have made no advance beyond
that since. The well-known cash is a
cast brass coin of that description, and,
although it is valued at one mill and a
half of our money, and has to be strung
in lots of 1000 to be computed with any
ease, it is the sole measure of value and
legal tender of the country. Spanish,
Mexican, and our new trade dollars are
employed in China; they pass because
they are necessary for larger operations.
Popular Science Monthly for March.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
How the New Dollar will Look.

Two designs have already been made
for the new silver dollar. Both are very
pretty, and the few CONS that have been
struck in the mint for the benefit of the
Congressional committees are exceed
ingly attractive in appearance. The OBJ
verse of one OF the designs, which, with
few alterations. will probably be ac-
cepted, has beautiful head of Liberty,
firm and expressive profile, with luxu-
riant hair, crowned with the traditional
cap and coronet, with shafts of wheat.
Above the head is the motto, "E Pluri-
bus Unum." Below is the date, "187S. y
On the reverse is an eagle with upGfted
wings, two stars, in semi circle the
words United States of America" and
beneath them, "In God We Trust, y
while below the eagle is stamped Zone
Dollar" The other design is similar,
but less artistic.-NeO York Herald.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
The Force OF Example.

Little 4-year-old McCrary, the Young
est son of the Secretary, has quickly
learned the ways OF Washington society.
A yang visitor, Master Tommy Barnes,
came to spend Sunday with him not long
ago. The family went to church and
left the two small boys to amuse each
other. When they returned, Master
Barnes was found to be monopolizing
the playthings, while the little host
looked on with quivering lip. But his
instinct of hospitality kept him quiet
until the visit was over. As the door
closed upon Mr.. Barnes knickerbockers,
little McCrary's righteous Indignation
burst forth with 81 don't like Tommy
Barnes. hate him, and next time he
comes here shall just send down word
that I'm not receiving. "-Neto York
Tribune.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01

old man told me hundred anecdotes of
the people of his time. He had been
a staunch Jacobite, and he told me all
about the young Cavalier, and painted
the " March to Finchley" in words that
did full justice to Hogarths picture.
The statesmen, wits, and soldiers OF the
last century appeared to stand before me
in the flesh, and / never enjoyed drive
better than the one L had with my ghost
ly ancestor.
"As the clock struck one, we pulled
up at the old moss-covered milestone
where first stopped the coach. Once
more thanking me for the inestimable
favor 1 had done him, the old gentleman
signed to the driver to open the carriage
door. / got out, and, as turned round
to bid him good-by, found that tie
whole cavalcade-coach, horIes, driver,
ami old gentleman-had vanished into
thin air; and was alone"
"Alone?" exclaimed his hearers.
EYES," said Uncle Ben; "but the
strange thing was that I became insensi
BILE, and knew nothing more until was
found the next morning lying beside the
milestone with the empty brandy-fasl
in my hands"
I" 1 thought so. You emptied the bot
tie, fell asleep, and dreamed that yor
saw the phantom cortege," said Joe.
"No, sur, it was no dream. When
saw that carriage, and when rode in it
/ was Us much awake as / ana now; anC
when you are as old as / am, and hav,
seen as many wonders, you will be sur
prised at nothing, and will own tha
there are more things in Heaven ant
earth than are dreamed of in your phi
losophy. "-Beigravia.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
DAVID BONHAM's CAREER.
From the GaIlows to the Presidency of
the Missouri state senate.
"a. Il lolsa ne.

From the GaIlows TO the Presidency of
the Missouri state senate.
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.l
The Hon. Fred Horn, one OF the early
settlers of Wisconsin, and who has
served several times as Speaker of the
Assembly of that State, is writing some
interesting letters to Milwaukee paper
about the old settlers. He relates as
follows of well-known citizen OF Mis-
souri,:
"Another tragedy, in which one OF
the old settlers, who could be found
here during the sessions of the Terrific
rial Legislature as an outsider or an Off
Ger, played apart, took place in Wauke-
sha county in the year 1876. David
Bonham was elected by the House OF
Representatives in that year Sergeant
at Arms, and soon after shot and killed
man at or near his homestead in dis
pute about the possession OF saw-mill.
Bonham was standing in the mill armed
with gun, and deliberately waited the
coming of his unsuspecting victim, and,
as soon as the latter was in sight, shot
him down and killed him on the spot,
without warning. The jury 5000 agreed
on verdict of murder in the first de-
gree, and the criminal was sentenced to
be hanged at Racine; the gallows was
erected, the military from Milwaukee
had gone to the former place to keep
order on the day of execution, when,
few hours before it was to take place,
paper arrived from Gov. Dodge COM
muting the sentence. If my old friend,
George p. Delaplaine, the private sec
retary of Gov. Dodge and the special
messenger on that occasion, had delayed
on the road but n few hours, David Bon
ham would never have been President
of the Missouri State Senate, which
place he occupied some twelve years ago,
but would have swung from the gallows
erected for him at Racine.
"Bonham was a good-natured but an
impulsive and easily-excited English
man. He never felt any remorse for
the murder he committed; at any rate L
could detect nothing of the kind in a
long letter written to Mr.. Noonan while
the former was at the height of his glory
in Missouri, and which Mr.. Noonan gave
me for perusal. The letter was full OF
expressions of gratitude to Mr.. Noonan
for having saved his life, and showed at
least that he remembered his friends,
which is virtue not often to be found
in these degenerate days when every
body is filled with selfshness, and is cal
culating on future contingencies by
stepping over the bodies of his slaugh-
tered friends to obtain higher honors. y
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
From a Saloon to a Pulpit.

A little over ten months ago Charles
f. Whitcomb walked into Syracuse
wearing an old straw hat with hole in
the top, pair of shoes with the heels
knocked off. and linen duster. Yes
terday the Rev. Charles +. Whitcomb,
of Ira, Cayuga county, entered the
Standard editorial rooms the straw hat
had given place to silk tile, and the
linen duster mad been multiplied to a
full-dress suit OF black. 1t is but lit
tie over twelve months ago that Mr..
Whitcomb ran a saloon, where the worst
characters of Detroit, Mich, coDgrega-
ted. He went through a small fortune
of $S, 900 or $40, 900; spent the last cent
with boon companions, and then started
on a tramp. At Port Leyden, Lewis
county, he abandoned his former hab-
its, and when he struck Syracuse and
the revival he maintained his desire to
lead better life. He took up one
branch of Mr.. Hammond's labors-work
among the intemperate This he pur-
sued for several months, and was quite
successful. He reached Ira, where he
now is pastor of q church, which has
prospered under his ministratioss.
From a saloon-keeper to preacher in
twelve months. (M. ~
Standard.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
Seventy Million People starving.

There comes from London the as
founding statement that 10000, 900 hu-
man beings in the provinces of North
China are starving to death. In COM
menting on this Iact the London Times
remarks:
1--WE cannot doubt that il the Chinese
have found their way to America from
the comparatively prosperous Eastern
provinces in thousands, they will pour
forth in myriads from the famine-stricken
districts OF the North as soon as way il
opened TO them. The Chinese difficulty
may speedily become greater menace
to the future of the United States than
the negro difficulty was at it's worst. for
negro immigration was never voluntary,
and ceased with the abolition of the
slnve trade, while If the Chinese ti ie
once begins to flow in force. il is ditii-
cult to see where it will stop"
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
Death Of a Pioneer Woman.

Mrs. Julia Whistler, an ancient lady
of 81, died at Newport, Ky, recently.
Her life, as the wife of an army officer IN
active service. was romantic one. Dur
ing the years passed at frontier posts
she had many narrow escapes from death
at the hands of savages. Gems. Taylor,
Jackson, Scott. Jefferson Davis and
Grant are said to have been in the COM
mand of her husband, Col. William
Whistler, who, during the Mexican war,
and after, was at the head of the Fourth
Infantry regiment. She had remark
able memory and powers of conversa-
ton. She was grand-aunt of Mrs.
Philip III. Sheridan.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01
IRISH SONG.
suso.sr.D by LrnIo or sA.nr oo~sw.rl.

Oh the Springs delight
IL the cowsllp bright
As sho laughs 10 the warbin' nnnet'
And whistlin' thrush
ON white May brush,
And his mate in the nest widin II.
Summer she shows
Her rose, her rose
And OIL all the happy night long
The nightingale wooes her;
At dawn the lark sues her
Wild the crystal surprise OF his song.
King Autumn's crown
Is the barley brown,
Red over wild rosy fruit
And the yallow trees,
As they sigh in the breeze,
Are the strings Of his solemn lutte.
Ould Winters breath
Is could as Death,
Wfrra! lonesome he's left the earth -
Yet the thrush he sings
And the rose she springs
From the flame of his fairy hearth,
The Spectator.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01

pr HENRY W. LosoFSLLow.

SLOWLY the hour-hand of the clock moves round;
40 slowly that no human eye hath power
To see IL move slowly In shine or shower
The painted ship above II, homeward bound'
Sails but seems motionless, a. II aground,
Vet both arrive at last and in his tower
The slumbersus watohman wakes and strikes the
hour,
Midnight the outpost of advancing day
Tbe frontier town and citadel OF night!
The watershed Of Time, from which the streams
Of Yesterday and Tomorrow take their way,
yne 10 the hnd of promise and of light,
one 10 the land Of darkness and OF dreams!
q River of Yesterday, with current swift
Through chasms descending, and soon lost 70
lido not care to follow in thy flight
The faded leaves that ON thy bosom drift
q River of Tomorrow. uplift
Mlpe eyes, and thee follow, az the nignt
Wanes into morning, and the dawning hgnt
Broadens, and all the shadows fade and SHIFT!
4 follow, follow, where thy waters run
Through unfrequented, unfamiliar heids, }
Fragrant with flowers and musical with song
Still follow follow; sure to meet the sun,
And confident, that what the future Yields
Will be the right, unless Inyself be wrong.
Yet not in vain, o River of Yesterday,
Through the chasms of darkness to the deep de-
Iheard thee sobbing in the rain, and blending
THY voice with othef voices far away.
Il called 10 thee, ana yet tnOu WOuluht stay,
But turbulent, and with thyself contending,
And torrent-like thy force on pebbles spending,
Tho wouldst not listen TO poets lay
Thou like a loud and sudden rush Of wings,
Reg rts and recolections of things past,
With hints and prophecies of things to be,
And inspirations, which, could TREY be things,
And stay with us, and we could hold them fast,
Were our good angels-these owe to thee.
And thou, o River of Tomorrow, flowing
Between thy narrow adamantine walls
But beautiful and white with waterfalls
And wreaths of mist like hands the pathwa
showing;
near the trumpets OF the morning blowing,
Ihear thy mighty voice, that calls and calls,
And see as Ossian saw in Morven's halls,
Mysterious phantoms, coming, beckoning, going
IL is the mystery of the unknown
That fascinates us we are children stl
Wayward and wistful with one hand we cling
To the familiar things we call our own,
And with the other, resolute of will,
Grope in the dark for what the day will bring.
March Atlantic.
The true northerner., 1878-03-01

and who was the best peruke- maker;
and was still more surprised when L said
that no one wore wigs now, except law
yers and coachmen. He asked if travel
| ing was as dangerous as ever; though he
confessed that he had not been much
troubled lately by the knights OF the
road. He said that one rode up to stop
him twenty-five years before, but the
sight of his headless driver had 80
frightened him that he put spurs to his
horse and disappeared as If he had had
twenty Bow-street runners at his heels.
"Did you not ask what became of
him on the other nights of the year,
when he was not out for his drive.
"He said that, in company with the
innumerable shades who were condemned
to occasionally visit the earth for crimes
committed during their past lives, he
passed his time lowering ronnd his old
haunts, longing TO become visible to his
descendants, and to assist them in times
of trouble, but unable to do so. As we
conversed, the time rapidly slipped
away; and at length the lamps of Lon.
don became visible in the distance. Af-
ter thanking the old man for his cour.
tesy. / suggested that 1 might now
alight, as i had great many friends in
town that should like to visit; but he
shook his head.
"'No, no, said he; we are at the
mercy of my coachman; he has the en-
tire command during our drive, and he
will only stop at the place we picked you
up. See, he is turning the horses round
we are about to return
"If the journey to town seemed short
the journey back was still shorter. The
The true northerner., 1878-03-01

EKLNa through ice is popular sport
down East.