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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

"Look out for paint! !'' shouted a boy
in the gallery of Chicago theatre when
the hero of the play kissed the heroine.
The old dairyman who asked the
Greenbacker if he could get any more
cheese from his milk by watering it is
still waiting for an answer.
Probably there is nothing in the world
that man resents so quickly and so
deeply as to find you awfully busy when
he is perfectly at leisure.-Haackege.
"All men were created equal" says
the Declaration of independence. but
judging from the size of their feet the
assertion appears to be falsehood.
A bug bites the oyster, and 10 a
pearl begins to grow. A bug bites a
hotel guest, and 10 he leaps out of bed
and wants to knock somebody's eye
brows off.
A Boston man who bought one thous-
and Havana cigars, on being asked what
they were for, replied that they were
tickets to course of lectures to be given
by his wife.
IL curse the hour we were married I"
exclaimed an enraged husband to his
better half To which she mildly re-
Piled. Don't, my dear, for that was the
only happy hour we have ever seen."
An indianapolis clergyman said he
went to hear Colonel Ingersoll lecture on
"Some Mistakes of Moses" and saw
more of his church members there than
he had seen at prayer meeting in six
months.
81 say, Pat" said philosopher, "can
you be doing two things at once %
Cant ?'' answered Pat, "Ill be doing
that any dayp' How" asked the
philosopher. why" said Pat, "I'll be
sleeping and draining, too, at the same
time"
A Georgia man changed his residence
eight times in eleven months. and the
last time his wife said she didn't care
to 60 to heaven, for about the time she
got fixed up and learned where the water
was and everything, her husband would
want to move.
That was good, though rather Sc
we're pun which was made by an Edin
burg student when he asked: "Why ii
Professor W. the best revivalist of the
age p and on all giving it up" said
Because at the end of every sermon
there is great awaking."
Arthur, youngster of five, frescoet
his face and hands with his mamma
paints the other day, and when he me
her soon after she asked: "Why, wha
have you been doing, my child, to ge
your hands in such a state?" "That'
a secret" said Arthur. "You must tel
me how you got your hands SO soiled.
81 can't tell you mamma-it's secret.
arthur" said she, quite in earnest now
'if you don't tell me shall certainl
whip you" The boy hesitated moment
as if balancing his mind between tw
horns of dilemma, and then he sal
plaintively. you'll whip me if I do.
J And he escaped spanking.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

OLD AGE.-The nightingale sings the
sweetest in the evening; the woods as
sumo their gayest and most cheerful as
pect in the autumn of the year the sun
is brightest when it is about to disap-
pear beneath the horizon; it cannot
therefore, be contrary to the analogy of
nature, that the sunset of life should be
even more cheerful and joyous than its
meridian. Everybody believes senility
to be an evil, because he has heard it a
thousand times, but how many have
found that ''the fear of i'll exceeds the
i'll we fear," and that the enjoyment of
life suffers no diminution from the in
crease of years. When Fontinelle, in
extreme old age, was asked what incon-
venience he experienced, he replied
"None, but that of existence.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03


What shall toaeh my child Teach
him that it is better to starve than to
steal that it is better to be a scaVenger
or wood chopper than to be an idler,
dead beat that it is just as criminal,
and more reprehensible. to waste Mon
day than to desecrate Sunday; that
labor is the price of all honest possess
sions; that no one is exempt from the
obligation to labor with head, or hands,
or heart; that ''an honest man is the
noblest work of God - that knowledge
is power; that labor is worship, and
idleness is sin; that it is better to eat
the crust of independent poverty than to
luxuriate amidst the richest as depend
ent Teach him these facts till they are
woven into his being and regulate his
life, and we will insure him success,
though the heavens fall.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

Philosophy fails of its noblest object,
if it does not lead US to God; and what
ever may be its pretensions, that is un-
worthy of the name of science which
processes to trace the sequences of ma
ture. and yet fails to discover, as if
marked by sunbeam, the mighty hand
which arranged them all; which fails
to bow in humble alteration before the
wisdom and power, the harmony and
beauty, which pervade all the works of
Him who is eternal.-A6ercromh'c.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

God has made the whole earth vocal
with sweet sounds. The untraveled
forest echoes the notes of the wild bird
and the habitations of men are made
glad by the song of the feathered min
strel; but above all, the human voice,
that combines the highest charm of
sweet sounds with the inspiration of
thought, is given for no ordinary pur-
pose of earthly pleasure. In its whis-
per of affection, how grateful! In its
whisper of religious devotion, how ex-
alted For its participation in joy, how
unspeakable!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03
THE GOLD THAT WEARS.

We parted on eve at the garden gate,
When the dew is on the heather,
And promised my love to come back to her
Ere the pleasant autumn weather.
That we twain might wed
When the leaves were red,
And live and love together.
She cut a tress from her nutbrown hair,
And kissed her lips of cherry,
And gave her a ring of old time gold,
With stone like the mountain berry
AS clear and blue
As her eyes were true
Sweet eyes, so bright and merryl
"The wealth of my love is all have
To give to you," she said in turning;
'The gold that wears-lke the radiant stars
In yonder blue vault burningr"
And took the trust
As a lover must
Whose soul for love is yearning.
Fate kept US apart for many years.
And the blue sea rolled between u.s.
Though kissed each day the nut-brown tress
And l made fresh vows to Venus
Till sought my bride;
And fate dehed,
That failed from love to wean us.
found my love at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather
And we twain were wed at the little kirk
In the pleasant autumn weather;
And the gold that wears
Now soothes my cares,
As we live and love together.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03
GRAINS OF GOLD.

A year of pleasure passes like fleet
ing breeze, but moment of sorrow
seems an age of pain.
The affection of parents is best shown
to their children by teaching them what
is good and true.
Great souls are always loyalty SUBJ
missive to what is over them; only mean
souls are otherwise.
Courage, the commonest of the vir-
tues, obtains more applause than discre-
tion, the rarest of them.
Love can excuse anything except
meanness but meanness kills love and
cripples natural affection.
Never retire at night without being
wiser than when you rose in the morn
ing, by having learned something use
full during the day.
The man who violently hates or ar
IDENTIFY loves cannot help being in some
degree or sense slave to the person he
detests or adores.
Censure is most effectual when mixed
with praise; so, when fault is discov-
cred, it is we'll to look up virtue to go
in company with it.
The habit of resolving without acting
is worse than not resolving at all, mas
much as it gradually sunders the natural
connection between thought and deed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

Censure, says an ingenious author, is
the tax man pays to the public for
being eminent. 1t is folly for an emf
nent man to think of escaping it, and
weakness to be affected with it. All
the illustrious persons of antiquity, and
indeed of every age in the world, have
passed through this fiery persecution.
There is no defence against reproach
but obscurity; it is kind of commit
ant to greatness, as satires and invec-
tives were an essential part of Roman
triumph.-Addsson.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

A REMEDY FOR SLEEPLEssNEss.-
When ready for bed sit down in an easy
position, relaxing all the muscles of the
body, and let the head drop forward
upon the breast, as low as it will fall
without forcing it. Sit quietly in this
way for few minutes, letting all the
will power off the body. and a restful,
drowsy feeling will ensue, which will if
not disturbed, lead to refreshing sleep.
If the sleepless fit comes on in the night
one can simply sit up in the position
described. Stiffness of any part of the
body must be avoided, and it is well to
bend the body forward after lying down,
rather than keep it straight or thrown
back upon the pillow.
The writer suffered several years of
sleeplessness, caused by severe pain and
nervousness, and was taught the above
by a physician of great experience and
ability, and found through it complete
relief. Many persons similarly afflicted
within the writer's kuowledgeIhave tried
it, and always with good results.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

GooD ADvICE-Never believe, much
less propagate, an i'll report about your
neighbor, without good evidence of its
truth. Never listen to an Infamous story
handed to you by known enemy of the
person DETAINED, or who is himself infa-
nous for defaming his neighbors, or who
is wont to SOW discord among brethren,
and excite disturbances among society.
Never utter the evil which you know or
suspect of another, till you have the op-
portunity to expostulate with him. New
er speak evil of another while under the
influence of envy and malevonence, but
wait till your spirits are cooled down,
that you may better judge whether to
utter or suppress the matter. Never ex-
press the evil you would say of your
neighbor in terms too strong or in lam
guage which would convey an exagger-
ated idea of his conduct. Never throw
out against man broken hints and dark
innuendoes, which would leave the hear
ers to suspect anything and everything
that i'll nature can suggest. Never speak
of your neighbor to his own enemy, who
wishes for an occasion to slander him !;
for he will certainly paint the image
anew and touch it with bolder colors.
In short, never speak evil of man when
you are speaking; it may probably do
much hurt, but cannot possibly do much
good.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

answered Prudence, heartily, "for you
were not above doing the work that lay
at your own doorstep. It is only those
of willing minds, am convinced, whom
the Lord will bless. AS applicable to
labor as to talent are the divine words,
For unto every one that hath shall be
given, but from him that hath not shall
be taken away even that which he
hath - Wrfch7n0n
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

He that embarks on the voyage of
life will always wish to advance rather
by the simple impulse of the wind than
the strokes of the oar, and many found
er in their passage while they are wait
ing for the gale; consequently their
hopes are blighted. their vessel wreck
and their harbor lost.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

When I see leaves drop from the trees
in the beginning of autumn. just such,
think I, is the friendship of the world.
While the sap Of the maintenance lasts,
my friends swarm in abundance but in
the winter of need, they leave me naked.
He is happy man who hath true
friend at his need but he is more truly
happy that hath no need of friend.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03
THE GRANGE AND POLITICS.

The following extracts from the De-
daration of Purpose will indicate the
position of the Order with reference to
politics and also point out some Of the
rights and duties Of members
! We emphatlcally and sincerely assert
the oft-repeated truth taught in our ore
ganic law, that the Grange-National,
State or Subordinate-is not political
or party organization. No Grange, if
true to its obligations, can discuss po-
litical conventions, nor nominate candi-
dates, nor even discuss their merits in
theii meetings.
Yet the principles we teach underlie
all true politics, all true craftsmanship,
and il carried out will tend to purify
the Whole political atmosphere of our
country.-For we seek the greatest good
to the greatest number.
We must always bear in mind that no
one, by becoming Patron of Husband
ry, gives up that inahenable right and
duty which belongs to every American
citizen to take proper interest in the
politics of his country.
On the contrary, it is right for every
member to Go all in his power to infu-
ence for good the action of any political
party to which he belongs. 1t is his
duty to do all he can in his own party
to put down bribery, corruption, and
trickery; to see that none but competent
faithful and honest men. who will un.
finchlngly stand by our industrial in
terests, are nominated for all positions
of trust; and to have carried out the
principle which should characterize ev-
cry Patron, that the office should seek the
man, not the man the office.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

All that can be granted to the painter
or the author, in the representations of
his fancies is, that he may play the
part of the suns rays, which. without
changing the individuality of an object,
gives to all its coloring a more brilliant
glow, makes the points of light sparkle
like diamonds, and with its clear brill
fancy enlightens the sandy bottom Of
the brook itself.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

The lessons of adversity are often the
most benignant when they seem the
most severe. The depression of vanity
sometimes ennobles the feelings. The
mind that does not wholly sink under
misfortune. rises above it more lofty than
before, and is strengthened by affiiction,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

II am the most fortunate man, -
wrote, in confidential letter, king,
who yet bears upon his brow one of the
noblest crowns of Europe-"and you
will not find many who, like me, after
twenty years acquaintance, and nine
teen years marriage, finds now the heart
of his wife as divine, her eyes as heaV-
enly, as in the first days Of his love"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

it Her greeting was hearty and cor
dial, and the dear motherly face, en-
shrined by the antediluvian bonnet, fair
ly beamed. If she had not been pressed
on by the tide she would in five minutes
have told Mrs. Hayes her grievances
and her joys! She would not for some
time go into the East Room, but stood
watching and commenting on the face,
head and figure of the first lady in the
land. Mrs. Hayes gave the woman of
culture and refinement such greeting
as cultivated women extend to each
other"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

BEST PROTECTION AGAINST RUsTING.
For farm implements of all kinds,
having metal surfaces exposed, for knives
and forks and other household appara-
tus. indeed for all metals likely to be
injured by oxidation or trusting" we
know of no simpler or more effective
application than that furnished to the
american Agricultarsst by the late
Prof. Olmsted, author of "Olmsted's
Natural Philosophy" etc. He used it
on air-pumps, telescopes, and various
other apparatus. Take any quantity of
good lard, and to every half pound or SO
add of common resin ('rosin'') an
amount about equal to half the size of
an egg or less-a little more or less is
of no consequence. Melt them slowly
together. stirring as they cool. Apply
this with thin coating to the metal
surface to be protected. 1t can be wiped
nearly clean from surface where it will
be undesirable, as in the case of knives
and forks, etc. The resin prevents ran
cidity, and the mixture excludes the
ready access of air and moisture. A
fresh application may be needed when
the coating is washed off by the friction
of beating storms or otherwise. This
single recipe will be worth many dollars
to any one in the long run. There was
talk of patenting it at one one time,
but Prof. Olmsted gave it to us to be
published for the general public good
american AQrIcuitm9St.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03

Talking at table is one of the very
best digesters there is no tonic known
to equal it, if it is the kind calculated
to promote hilarity and good feeling gen.
orally. Most parents are prone to pro-
hibit their children from laughing at the
table IL is nnnhvsinlnriral If is
cruelty. Joyousness promotes the circu-
lation of the blood, enlivens it, invigor-
ates it, sends it tinkliDg to the remotest
part of the system, carrying with it ami
nation, vigor and life. The louder the
little ones laugh the better; the faster
they talk the better, for then they eat
less in given time, consequently chew
their food more thoroughly.
Discard controversy from the dining
table. Discourage all subjects which
invite political or religious rancor. Let
every topic introduced be calculated to
instruct, to interest, or amuse. Do not
let the mind run on business or previous
mishaps or past disappointment. Never
tell bad news at the table, nor for an
hour before. Let everything you have
to communicate be, if possible, of glad
some, joyous, hilarious character, calcu-
lated to bring out pleasanter remarks or
agreeable associations. On the other
hand, never administer reproof at the
social board of either servant or child;
find fault with nothing; speak unkindly
to no one. If remarks are made of the
absent, let them contain some word of
commendation, which, if repeated in their
hearing afterward would kindle kindly
feelings, and thus will thoughts of the
family table come across the memory in
after years, where we have been scatter
ed and some laid in their last resting
place. bringing with them a sweetness
of emotion which makes it a pleasure to
dwell upon them.
How A WOMAN TRIES ON NEW SHOES.
When woman has new pair Of
shoes sent home she performs altogether
differently from man. She never
shoves her toes into them and yanks
until she is red in the face and all out
of breath, and then goes stamping and
kicking around, but carefully pulls
them on part way, twitches them off
again to take last look and see if she
has got the right one, pulls them on
again, looks at them dreamily, says they
are just right, then takes another look,
stoops suddenly to smooth out wrinkle,
twists around and surveys them side
ways, exclaims, "Mercy, how loose they
are !" looks at them again square in
front, works her foot around so they
won't hurt her quite so much, takes
them off, looks at the heel, the toe, the
bottom and the inside, puts them on
again, walks up and down the room
once or twice, remarks to her better
half that she won't have them at any
price, tilts down the mirror so she can
see low they look, turns in every posi-
BILE direction and nearly dislocates her
neck trying to see how they look from
that way, backs off steps up again, takes
thirty or forty farewell looks, says they
make her feet look awful big and never
will do in the world, puts them off and
on three or four times more, asks her
husband what he thinks about it and
then pays no attention to what he says,
goes over it all again. and finally says
she will take them. It's very simple
matter, indeed bridgeport Standard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03
OUR OWN.

II I had known In the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
l said when went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain:
But we vex "our own"
With look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in the qniet evening
l may give you the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain at the heart should ceasei
How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night!
And hearts have been broken,
BY harsh words spoken,
That sorrow ne'er can set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for "our own"
The bitter tone,
Though we love sour own" the best.
All! lips with curse inpatient
All blow with that look of scornI
'Twere cruel fate.
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-02-03
The "Monitor,"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLAKE,
BARTON, VT

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WATCHWORDS OF LIFE.

Hope,
While there's a hand to strike!
Dare,
While there's young heart brave!
Toll,
While there's task unwrought!
Trust,
While there's a God to saVei
Learn,
That there's a work for each!
Feel,
That there's strength in GodI
Know,
That there's a crown reserved!
Wait,
Though meath cloud and sodI
Love,
When there's foe that wrongsl
Help,
When there's brothers needl
Watch,
When there's tempter nearI
Pray,
Both in word and deedl
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24

political offender. If such division has
indeed occurred in the ranks of the
Nihilists, it must be acknowledged as a
most important fact, as it will bring
about very serious consequences. The
new party may strengthen the Govern
ment-that is, if the Government is dis
posed to follow the advice of the Czaro-
witz and introduce wholesale reforms
indicative of coming constitution, but
if the Emperor adheres to his former
policy of delay, restrictions and halt
measures, then there is no doubt but the
new party of Moderate Republicans
will be able to enlist great numbers OF
recruits from all classes of the Russian
people-anywhere, indeed, where discon,
tented people are to be found, and Of
those there is surely no lack in Russia al
present.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
Hon. John Cessna,

Under date March 3D., rs, writes:
"In the space of twelve hours my rheu-
matism was gone, having taken three doses
of Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. Ny broth
er, J. B. Cessna, of Bedford Pennsylvania,
was cured by similar amount.
JOHN CESSNA,
Member of Congress from Pennsylvania. "
1t cures the worst case in the shortest
time. Sold by all retail and wholesale
druggists in Cincinnati. Write to R. K.
Helphenstine, Washington, D. c., for his
40 page pamphlet.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24

W. II. BRILL & Co., Fifth Avenue Pharmacy.
Pittsburg, Pa, says: 1--WE have sold preparations
for the hair for upwards oftwenty years, but have
never had one to sell vel OR give such uniyer-
sol satisfaction as CARBOLINR. We therefore rec.
ommend it with confidence 10 our friends and the
general public" r..
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
year that could neither read nor write,
OCCUPATION.

163.
OCCUPATION.
Farmers, 116; merchants, 3; mechan-
les, 126; ministers, 2; lawyers, 2; doctors,
2; laborers, 1O5; teachers, l; manufac-
turers, 2; railroaders, 80; housekeepers,
5; seamstresses, 4; other occupations, SOSi
no occupation,
The number of convicts received from
fifteen to twenty years of age, 25i
twenty to twenty-five years, 8; twenty
five to thirty years, 81; thirty to thirty
five years, 275; thirty-five to forty years,
1888; forty to forty-five years, 70; forty
five to fifty years, 5; ffty-fve to sixty
years, l.
To the above aggregation Ohio con.
tributed 265, other States 268, with 'Se
from foreign countries. F. N. Il.