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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

The grimy, vast petroleum district of
Pennsylvania has busy life of its own,
little understood by those who have not
passed some time in it. The oil-wells
and serpent-like pipelines; the clacking
pumps and gaunt derricks; the foundries
blazing night and days. the mines new
and disused; the variety added by the
changeful seasons, whiting summer, and
bitter, biting winter; the rough hillsides
sown with small dwellings; the queer
mixture of races, tongues, costumes and
manners among the laboring population;
all these make district teeming with
unique interest. A stirring incident of
life in this part of the country is graph
icly described in the illustrated story of
ssWhy the Black Cat Winked," printed
in the August st. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
MOTHERS WAY.

on within our little cottage
As the shadows gently fall.
While the sunlight touches softly
One sweet face upon the wall,
Do we gather close together,
And in hushed and tender tone,
Ask each others full forgiveness
For the wrong that each has done.
Should you wonder why this custom
At the ending Of the day.
Eye and voice would quickly answer,
at was once our mothers wayl"
If our home be bright and CHEEKY,
ut hold a welcome true,
Opening wide its doors of greeting
To the many, not the few;
If we share our Fathers bounty
With the needy day by day,
'Tis because our hearts remember
This was ever mothers way.
Sometimes, when our hands grow weary
Or our tasks seem very long,
When our burdens look too heavy,
And we deem the right all wrong.
Then we gain new, fresh courage,
AS we rise to proudly say:
LET us do our duty bravely,
This was our dear mothers way"
Thus we keep her memory precious,
While we never cease to pray
That at last, when lengthening shadows
Mark the evening of our day,
They may find us waiting calmly,
To go home our mothers way!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
ROBERT BURNS.
BY HENRY W. LoNFFELLoW.

see amid the fields of Ayr
A ploughman, who, in foulpr fair,
Sings at his task,
So clear we know not if it is
The laverock's song we hear or his,
Nor care to ask.
For HIM the ploughing of those fields
A more ethereal harvest yields
Than sheaves of grain:
Songs flush with purple bloom the rye;
The plover's call. the curlews's cry,
Sing in his brain.
Touched by his hand the way-side weed
Becomes flower; the lowliest reed
Beside the stream
Is clothed with beauty; gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem.
He sings of love, whose fame illumes,
The darkness of lone cottage rooms;
He feels the force,
@AN eASeShOAOho uuuGl-lOW anu bLTe6S,
OF wayward passion, and no less
The keen remorse.
AT moments, wrestling with his fate,
His voice Is harsh, but not with hate;
The brush-wood hung
Above the tavern door lets fall
Its bitter leaf its drop ofgall,
Upon his tongue.
But still the burden of his song
Is love Of right, disdain of wrong;
Its master-chords
Are Manhood, Freedom, Brotherhood;
Its dlscords but an interlude
Between the words.
And then to die so young, and leave
Unfinished what he might achieved
Yet better sure
Is this than wandering up and down,
An old man, in a country town,
Inflrm and poor.
For now he haunts his native land
AS an immortal youth his hand
Guides every plough;
He sits beside each ingle-nook;
His voice is in each rushing brook,
Each rustling bough.
His presence haunts this room tonight,
A form of mingled mist and light,
From that far coast.
Welcome beneath this roof of mine!
Welcome this vacant chair is thine,
Dear guest and ghost!
-HdTper's Magazine for Auo,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
THE DEATH OF ALBERT
SIDNEY JOHNSTON.

On Sunday, the 9th day OF April
1862, Johnston, with his eager army,
began his fateful fight. He handled
his ardent army with brilliant skill and
impetuosity. Whenever there was a
pause in the onward movement he led
the charge in person. To those who
saw him that day, as the writer did, in
all the glorious fever Of that delirlous
success, mounted upon magnificent
steed, his massive figure seeming to en-
large to gigantic size with the ardor of
battle, his face afame with his indomit-
able spirit of fight, he was the ideal
embodiment of the fiery essence of war.
He threw himself with reckless indifer-
ence into danger. And the last charge
that broke the Federal position was led
by him IN person under a perfect blaze
of fame and hail, his horse shot in four
places, his clothes pierced, his boot-sole
cut by mimic, but his person untouch-
ed. 1t was in this supreme moment of
victorious onset, decisive triumph
seemingly and surely in his eager grasp
that fatal bullet struck him, small
wound under the knee, severing the
popliteal artery.
Governor Harris. of Tennessee, who
was on his staff, rode up to him, seeing
him reel in his saddle, and holding him
steady, asked him: General, are you
wounded % He replied deliberately and
with emphasis: eyes, and I fear Sc
riously." He was lifted to the ground.
His boot was full of blood, and the life
current pouring out beyond recall. He
never spoke again. General Preston
knelt by him, and asked him passionate
iy: Johnston, do you know me? %
General Johnston smiled family. Ly-
lug in ravine out of the merciless bull
! lets, he was dead in a twinkling.
Could General Johnston have had i'm
mediate medical attention he would
have survived. His staff surgeon was
DIR. David W. Yandell, of Kentucky,
and he was away from him under Cir
cumstances that constitute the most
touching and beautiful feature of this
romantic death. The Federals, in re-
treating, left, of course, their wounded
behind. In riding forward General
Johnston came across squad of wound
ed Federal officers and soldiers. Stop
ping, he kindly addressed them, and
asked if any were badly wounded. Then
turning to his staff, he remarked: ''It
nearly breaks my heart to see men in
that uniform suffering. Doctor ad-
dressing Yandell, "do stop and see if
you can do something for these poor
fellows"
DR.. Yandell stopped on this humane
mission, and General Johnston owed his
death to the absence of skill and instru-
ments, and this absence was due to his
tender humanity for the wounded foe
humanity the more striking because it
was exhibited in all the excitement of
battle.-A Georgia Colonel IN THE
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
John w. Murkland,
Barton, vt.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Now is your time TO buy CULTIvAToRs and
eHURNs. We make and sell the best made-most
nnbstantial-and we think the best Churn in the
United States. It's the Improved Box-no leaking
no packing with cloths-no putting down-butter
all comes even-all clean and neat. Put together
with bolts-iron frames-will last so years. SOLD
on TRlAL-you will perceive there can not be any
humbug about them. If you want churn, please
try one aud oblge,
JOHN w. MURKLAND,
Machinist and Founder,
Barton, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

Glen Sutton, P. O., was visited the
other day by about the liveliest and
most versatile streak of lightning we
ever heard of. During heavy shower
there, the lightning struck house own
ed, We believe. by man named Larock,
and occupied by Mr.. Odette. At the
time of the shower Odette was sitting at
the dinner table, and there were five or
six persons besides in the house. The
lightning struck the chimney first, tear
ing it away down to the first floor and
scattering the bricks and plastering in
all directions it disjointed all the raf-
ters on one side of the roof, struck
clock in the room, tore the insides all
out Of it, melted the link connections of
a watch-chain which hung, with the
watch, under the clock threw the watch
into another room, knocked a saucer
from Odette's hand and burned hole
in the table-cloth just in front of him,
took prop-stick from an upstairs win
dow and carried it through downstairs
room, tore big stone out of the cellar
wall, and knocked pork barrel into
splinters, besides making itself conspic-
uous in other ways. Strange as it may
seem, no one in the house was hurt,
though Odette was considerably aston
ished, and school teacher who was
there at the time was so shocked that
she tainted after the lightning had fin
ished its capers and withdrawn. Alto
gether, it was wonderful performance,
such as occurs very seldom atla.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
PLOW POINTS.

We own the right to manufacture the "Smith
Patent Plow Point" They cast steel tips or points,
and can be sharpenedan hardened by any blacksmith
We furnish the point for any kind Of land plow point
that we have patterns for. Names and numbers OF
plOw points always on hand.
LAND PLoWs.-Wooley, l, l 1-2. 2; Morrill, Wool
ey, |, 2P. aud road plOw Barnet, l, g. g. Vermonter
], 2, 3; Planters Friend, 2l Bristol, g l.2 g. g. s.
Bnzzell, 2B @; Double board point, l Clipper l. q
Eagle, q 90; Doe, e. Concord IN. H., 2, 34; j.
Nourse. |, "a; John Rich and others.
sIDE-HlLL.-Holbrook, FH5A, PH2A, FH2, 8, 4, s.,
g. Sanborn, !, q Charter Oak. $50, l6O 10; Buz-
zel, 2; Patrick, 2; Rich, 2; Murkland /; wooley,
Hinesburgh Strickland, 2; Bradford, Gold Digger,
2: Eureka, (Morrisville) and Eureka 4, 8; (Tun-
bridge Lufkn, o; J. Nourse, 50. Bl; Centennial 8
bpringheld, Hakes, 28; Lebanon, 1 b. B. Hawes
md nLhnra-nm constantly Adding now nntinrns
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

The PRICE OF GRAIN.-The ST. Paul
Pioneer Press, which treats matters of
great local interest with commendable
candor. tells the farmers of that State
that they must not expect fancy prices
for wheat the ensuing season. There
will be good crop all over the world
with rare exceptions, SO that it becomes
question of the ability of this or that
wheat-growing country to fill the con-
stant and regular demand at the low
est price. The highest estimate of the
deficiency in Europe is l0O,OOO,OOC
bushels, third less than last year.
Other countries will compete for this
market, so that the only hope of selling
freely is in the policy of placing it up
on the market at reasonable figure
and the continuation of low rates O.
transportation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

on about eight times as much of the
mass to be in the water as we see out
of it, we shall be nearly right. AS
some of these floating masses are at
least one hundred and fifty feet out of
water, we may have some notion of
what monstrous mass the whole thing
is, and no longer wonder that if a ship
has the misfortune to be squeezed be-
tween two of them, it is mere nut
shell compared with the enormous force
they exert.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

A Cleveland clergyman was deposed
because he made such racket in preach
ing that the congregation couldn't sleep.
The Boston Post says when people sit up
six nights in week to play keno they
want chance to sleep Sunday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
FARMERS MECHANICS
We wish to call your attention
to what we manufacture and
have for sale at the
Barton Foundry and Machine Shop.


We make the famous wooley Plow Is sizes). The
No is his famous premium plow, and all sizes are
ust as he made them. and all work we'll and better
than when made by Mr.. Wooley for the reason they
are all ground smooth before leaving the shop. We
also make sde-hl plows, and we satisfied that we
can and will give you better pillow for your money
than can be bought elsewhere in Vermont. We have
on hand few second hand blows OF other make.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

The quantity of vapor present in the
air about US during the hot days of
summer has very considerable infu-
ence upon our physical comfort. In
dry atmosphere evaporation from our
bodies takes place very rapidly, and a
large amount of heat being conducted
away by the exhaled moisture, an agree
able sensation of GOODNESS is maintained
at a temperature which would seem op-
pressively hot in an atmosphere already
surcharged with moist vapor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
HOODS
SARSAPARILLA

Has decided" claims upon the public. This
Is positively proven by the immense good it
has done to those who have been cured of
diseases from which they have suffered in
tensely for years, as verified by the publish
Cd testimonials, every one of which Is pos
tive fact
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
PATENTS.

]. William Mister, Solicitor OF Patents eI7 Seventh
St., or Box 229, Washington, d. @. No fee required
unless Patent is obtained. Send for crcularI giving
terms, &C. Established 1870
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

"What is the worst thing about
riches ?" asked the superintendent. And
the new boy in the bad class
under the gallery, who Ouly came
in last Sunday. stood up and said,
Their scarcity" And in his confus-
ion the superintendent told the school
to rise and sing. Don't be weary chill
dren."-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26
CHELSEA. VT. Feb. "a. 1870

CHELSEA, VT, Feb. "a, 1879.
MEssRs. G. j. HOOP & Co., Lowell Mass:
The 9th day of last June / was taken sick
with swelling on my right foot, and with an
awful pain. The swelling went all over me.
My face was sweled so that ! could with diff
ficulty see out of my eyes, and / broke out
over the whole surface Of my body; my right
foot up to my knee was one raw, itching
mass, and my ankle and foot so lame and
sore could not step on II, and il would run
so as TO wet bandage through in an hour
In this condition Mr. w. F. Hood (of the firm
of A. X. Hood & Son, druggists Of this town.,
handed me bottle Of HOODS SARsAPARII1
LA, and told me to take It. did so, and by
the time had taken one bottle found that
IL was doing me good. have since taken
five bottles more. After i had taken three
have been growing better every day, so
that to-day / can walk without going lame.
! nave no soreness in my ankle and 1t has
healed all up, and does not run at all. owe
my recovery to your Sarsaparilla. write
this to let you know that think it deserves
the confidence OF the public, especially those
who are troubled with humors.
Yours most truly,
JOSIAH PITKIN.
p. s. Every person that saw me said that
never would get over my lameness without
thank God have. JP.
Mother Sarsaparillaha has such a sharpening
effect upon the appetite. No other prepa-
ration tones and strengthens the digestive
organs like HOODS SARsAPARILLA.
Price one dollar, or six bottles for FIVE dol
lars. Prepared only by G. l. HOOD & CO..
ApothecaIies, Lowell, Mass
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Orleans County @unitur,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLAKE.
BARTON, VT.

TERMs-Strictiy IN ddUdnee, Sl.50 per annum. II
OF paid in advance, S2.00 year. Subscribers living
utsde Of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra
pr postage. For convenience in remittng we will
i've credit for year and four months for co. to
ubscrbers In the county and year and three for
tTtctly ia Advance.
RATES oF ADVERTISING made known on application.
Remit by p. o. Money order. Registered Letter or
PRATT Watch the label on your paper and notice
fhen your subscription expires and see that your
ayments are kept In advance. When money is sent
we shall give you the credit the label at once
the label Is not advanced within two weeks, notify
s by postal card
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-07-26

of her guilty kinsman we'll knowing
that he would carry with him, wherever
he went, sharper punishment than any
lady could inhict.-Nesc York Ledger.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13
Highland County News.
From the Recorder. !


The Rev. Mr.. See is now conducting a very
interesting meeting in this place.
Weare sorry to hear OF The severe illness OF
Mr.. Adam L. Gum, of Meadow Dale.
We understand our nelghbor above town, Mr..
HeVener. has opened his sugar trees.
Mr.. James Burns, ST., who is nearl y SO years
OF ago, tells US he has shueked about $50 shocks
of corn this fall. How is that for four-score?
We called at the Spectator Office and with
much interest watched the modus operdndi of
it's steam press. We found the proprietors and
workmen all courteous gentlemen.
Misses Matte Campbell and Clara Fleming
left the county last Wednesday to spend the
winter the former with friends in the old Bay
State, and the latter with kinspeople in st.
Louis-we wish them both pleasant visit.
Rev. A. F. Laird and wife, we understand,
were well pounded in the new AIanse near
Beulah church, Tuesday night, by the good peo-
pie of that congregation who seem to be much
attached to their pastor and his wife,
Young Waggoner, son of Mr.. John Waggoner
near this place, came lear losing his life a few
days ago from the careless handling of a loaded
pistol. The pistol from some cause or other was
discharged, the ball passing through the wrist
and entering the thigh above the knee, The
wounds though painful are not dangerous.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13
StauntOn Debating Society.

A very good audience was again in attend
ance at the Debating Society last Saturday
night.
The question debated was -
''Should civilization be propagated by force .
AS Messrs. Bones and Brennaman, who had
been appointed to advocate the affirmative
were both absent, there was some difficulty in
opening the debate, till Mr.. Samuel H. Cole
man volunteered to speak in the affirmative
The speakers appointed to debate the mega
tve-Messrs. Harry Frazier and Ed. Echols-
were both present, armed cap-a-pie for the en-
counter
After Mr.. Coleman had chivalrousy thrown
a few random shots to draw the fire of the OPP.
posing force, Harry Frazier lost no time in
pouring in shot and shell, and acquitted him.
self quite handsomely.
Then Mr.. c. T. Jordan, seeing that the affirm
alive needed support, generously volunteered
to aid 1t, and made a brief and sensible speech
which furnished occasion for the use of the
heavy ordnance held in reserve by the negative
and which was delivered in Gettysburg sly le
by Ed. Echols, who made speech of consider
able length of character to do honor to him
self and credit to the Society. The arguments
being able and handsomely adorned with po
etc imagery, the speech, like an ivy-uantled
tower, combined massive strength with en-
chanting beauty.
At the close of this speech, the affirmative
being then in erirenis, call was made on that
Ajax Telemon of debate-W. T. Rush. ESD
who is always prepared to deliver heavy blows
to WELD his ponderous battle-axe in behalf OF
the Affirmative. With the promptness and
courage of his heroic prototype, he responded
to the call, rushed into the conflict, and put i'll
to stem the impetuous tide of victory, and the
vote stood, 4 for the affirmative and IS for the
negative.
The question chosen for debate next Satur-
| day night is -
SHOULD the Bible be used in the public
schools"
| The following are appointed to debate It'll
the affirmative, G.. +. Firth and Randolph
| Harrison-in the negative, j. Yost and Charles
| Nelson.
| The question for next Saturday night a weef
is
"Are the effects of homestead and stay-law:
| beneficial to society,""
| The following are the speakers appointed t
debate it I'm the affirmative, S. H. Coleman
and A. Gordon--in the negative, C. A. Richard
son and H st. Geo. Tucker.
| Thousands of the most prominent and intel
ligent persons throughout the land have testi
| fed to the true merits of DR.. Bulls Cough Syr
up. We advise sufferers to use it. Price 2
| cents
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13
MARRIAGES,

WHITNoRE-FREY.-Oh Dec. 25th. by the Rev
Alex. Sprunt near New Hope, Mr.. VIM. F
Whitmore TO Miss Clara II. Frey, all of Au
gusta.
CLARK-SELDoMRTDGE.- the town Of Hills.
bOro, Pocahontas county, on the 3lst ultimo
by Rev. V. w. Wheeler Mr.. George L. Clark
and Miss Jennie SeldoInridge--all Of Pocahon.
-tas county, ". Va.
PARE-BRIGHT,-Attn the residence OF the brides
father, Me-. Jesse Bright near Lewisburg, on
the 9th instant, by Rev. NJ. l.. Lacy, Mr.. Thos
II. Pare and Miss Katie Brght-both of Lew
isburg, w. Va.
SHERWOOD-ECHOLs.-On December 3lst at
Mountain House, Va. by Rev. David W
Shanls, Arthur E. Sherwood, ofCliftoa FORGE
Va, and Miss Molie Echc.g, daughter CT tbs
late Capt. Edward Echois, OF Rock bridge CO.
MOoRE-tARRoW.-Qn January LIST, 1880, al the
residence CT the brides parents, on Kerr's
Greek, Rock bridge county, by Rev. D. a.
fenick, Mr.. Jas. Scott Moore and Miss Matte
j. Farr0w. formerly OF Augusta co.
kIEEY-ROH ERTaOS.-Dn December 9th, near
ErOwnsburg, Rev. A. II. Hamilton Mr. w. f.
Kirby aud Miss Sarah Ann Robertson, 81! q
Rockbrldge co.
BALTHIS-KING.-On Tuesday evening, lee 80
at the residence of Mr.. Cooper, OF SIr&sburg
by Rev. G. W. Lose, Mr.. Geo. W. Halthis ans
Mrs. Jane King, beth OF Strasburg, Va
PfrrNAN-ERoWN.-On the 18th uit. at Raleigh
&. f., W. Va, by the Rev. Il. Il. Sadler, John
Pittnan, aged G2 years, TO Mary F. Brown
aged - years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13
A rather doubtful story of the man

A rather doubtful story of the man
ner of the death of Aaron Burr's only
daughter, revealing "a long-concealed
crime" is told in special from Michi-
gan. Her name, it will be remembered,
was Iheodosia ATrr Aston, and she
called from Charleston, December 80,
1912. on voyage to New York, the ves-
sci, the Patriot, never being heard from
afterwards. An old sailor, Benjamin f.
Burdick, lately deceased, in the poor
house at Cassopolis, Mich, confessed on
his deathhed to having been one of d
piratieal crew who overlook the Patriot
January 9. 1913. The captain, crew,
and passengers were made to walk p
plank overheard. Mrs. Aston was
among them. She arranged herself in
white and made the fatal walk, with a
bible in her hand, without q tremor 1t
was the dying sailors lot to pull the
plank from beneath her. Her face
haunted him ever afterWaTds.-T
State
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.


BAKERS BITTERS.-Baker's Premium
ID Bitte2s are row known wherever the fell
hand OF Disease has laid its whitening touch
Their remedial powers are universally recog-
nized and acknowledged, and the preference is
given them over all other remedies compound
ed for the cure of dyspepsia, cholera morbus,
cramp cholic, and all other diseases incl
dent to impaired digestion. The Bitters are
truly valuable remedy, as many who have
felt their beneficial effects will testify, ana
should he found in every household. Captain
Elijah Baker, the proprietor of these Btters, is
d well known and highly respected citizen of
Richmond. whose character is unassailable
and therefore his preparation may be consid-
cred genuine. Wa recommend the Bitters for
theabove named complaints. feeling convinced
that treat benefit will folioT q trial.-Ianches-
ics' Courier.
BAKERS PRs3I.tM B1rTERS were awarded a
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SO, f,f they are standard medicine and we are
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effected by thcm.-Richmond Commercial.
IS NOrICE.-Baker's Premium Bitters are
exempted by the u S. Internal Revenue De-
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Sold by al! druggists aud country merchants
everywhere. z. RAk Eks. Proprietor.
Richmond. Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-01-13

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure 70,
Consumption, Bronchitis, CGtarrh. E,Ct..i1a
and all Throat and Lung AffeI--.ors, also a pc,.
all Nerv,-.s In5iaints, after having tested its
, .tonderiIl curative powers in thousands O
/ cases, has felt it his duty to make = iinoWn tt
and desire 70 rolie,e human SUFFERING, vii
send fYeS CT Garage to all who d3sire it, this re
cire, IN German. French, or English, with fui
directions FOR preparing and using. Sent bl
mail by addressing with stamp, naming thi
paper, W. W. SHEAR, lI3 Poa0e''s' Block, 10
chester, N. J. oct7-aoiT-..t