Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-12-15
SLIGHTLY ENLARGED.


ing description, taken from Temples
travels in Peru as an instance of
of travellers Imagination :-"In the
course of the day had an opportunity
of shooting condor; it was so satiated
with its repast on the carcass of dead
horse as to suffer me to approach within
pistol shot before it extended its wings
to take flight, which to me was the sig
nal to fire; and having loaded with an
ample charge of pellets, my aim proved
efectual and fatal. What formidable
monster did behold in the rayine be-
meath me. screaming and Tapping in the
last convulsive struggle of life ] It may
\ hn ai iffienlt to believe that tha most pi-
| gantic animal that inhabits the earth or
the ocean can be equalled by a tenant
of the air; and those persons who have
never seen larger bird than our noun
tain eagle will probably read with as
tonishment of a species of that same
bird in the southern hemisphere, being
SO large and strong as to. seize an OK
with its -talons and to lift it into the
air, whence it lets it fall to the ground
in order to kill and prey upon the car
cass. But this astonishment must in
great measure subside when the dimen-
sions of the bird are taken into consid-
Grafton, and which, incredible as they
may appear, now insert verbatim from
a note taken down with my own hand
when the wings were spread they meas
ured sixteen PAGES forty feeD in ex-
tent, from point to point; the feathers
are eight PAGES Gwenty feet) in length;
and the quill part two palms eight inch
esq in circumference. 1t is said to have
power sufficient to carry off live rhi-
noceros.'
This bird has always been favorite
theme for the pen of adventurers, possi-
bly, because it really is a mammoth
among the feathered members of creation
True measurement of the expanse of
condor's wings rarely exceed eleven feet,
and the average is from eight to nine
feet. But why should not man who
has the enterprise to shoot condor on
his native heig ghts be allowed the privi-
lege of magnifying his feat? Does any
one suppose that when Othello told
Desdemona's father of the autres vast,
and anthropophagi, he made tame
story of it t?-Forrest and Stream.
A UuTNEsE " E0DTNG IN SAN
FRANCISCO MISSION HOUSE.
Yesterday attended Chinese we'd
ding, which took place at the mission
home for Chinese girls. This place Of
refuge is the Occidental branch of the
woman's foreign missionary society of
the Presbyterian church. The bride
was an inmate, and the bridegroom an
attendant at the mems mission school.
They met at the chapel exercises, and
he called at the home, desiring further
acquaintance. The woolng was all done
in the presence of an attendant, who
remained in the room with them, but
conversation was carried on in Chinese.
Rev. Mr.. Loomis, who was missionary
to China for many years, performed the
ceremony in their language, and then
uttered prayer and blessing in English.
after which they all sang some English
hymns. Quite number of guests had
assembled to witness the ceremony, and
among them many Chinese who had
been inmates of the home at different
times. The congratulations over, re-
freshments were passed around, the
cake, which was handsomely frosted and
ornamented, having all been made by
the bridegroom, All Fook. The tables
looked very attractive, trimmed with
vines and flowers, fruit and fancy cakes.
The bride, All Chan, received a few
simple presents. A letter was read that
All Chan had written to the ladies of
the home, thanking them sincerely and
gratefully for the protection, kindness
and help she had received while with
them, saying her heart was full Of
love and her eyes dark with tears that
she must leave the pleasant shelter
where she had received SO much good.
She wept during the ceremony, as did
all the girls with whom she had been
associated, and the ladies told me they
had learned to love her much. she was
80 sweet and gentle.-Erchange.
STRAY BITS OF IMPORTATION
Tumblers that have had milk in them
should never be put in hot water.
, Clean oilcloth with milk and water /;