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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

BUTTER AND OLEoMARGARINE.-There
is a movement on foot to discriminate
between the butter and the oleomarga
rine which the United States ships to
Europe. There was time when butter
was plentiful everywhere. for the agri-
cultural and working classes never
thought of using any except on festive
days. The English peasant still eats
bread and dripping, or bread and lard,
when he can get it. But the dwellers
in the towns, down to the very poorest,
insist upon having bread and butter,
and the street children begin to con-
slider this staple article of food. The
yearly consumption of butter in Lou
don has been estimated at 10 pounds
per head of the population, or 100000
600 pounds per year. without includ-
ing some 5000 tons necessary for viet-
ualing ships leaving port. Keeping in
view that the price of all other provis7
ions has been steadily enhanced and
that meat has doubled in price within
the last % years. while butter has
made but small advance, it becomes
evident that some substitute has taken
the place of real butter
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
LEARN TO BE EXACT.

A model wife and mother whom we
know used to say that of all common
phrases, she disliked most the one which
declared half done work to be "near
enough" 1t is, she declared, the gos-
pei Of the shiftless, and strenuously did
she teach and practice that nothing was
ever smear enough" right that could be
made better. A writer in the EUening
Post deplores a kindred lack in women's
training-the lack of exactness. She
says: "One of the greatest difficulties
had when beginning to keep house
was the utter impossibility of getting
definite directions. How often an earn
est, almost despairing question was met
with this reply, ooh, about-this-you
must use your judgment |" How seldom
in the country. at least, can dress
maker be found whom you may reasoa-
ably hope will make both sides of your
dress waist alike and both sleeves Of
the same length In every department
of life we meet with it, and are annoy
ed by it. How many notifications
would woman be spared did she but
cultivate the habit of seeing what she
looks at; have known women of more
than ordinary intelligence in certain d.
rections who when lamp chimneys are
held in place by a screw, very simple
arrangement. never even attempted to
put chimney on the lamp. If think
ing without words were possible, l
should say they thought-without words
that it was something quite beyond
them, and they always took lamp and
chimney to some male member of the
household to be adjusted. 1t is often
said that the excess of imagination, up
on which some women seem to pride
themselves accounts for the tendency to
inaccuracy. For my part am asham-
ed of it, if it is this SO often causes a
wife and mother to be looked upon even
by those who love her as an amiable
sort of incapable, whom they are fond
of without being able to respect much
There is terrible mistake somewhere
in the education of women, both at home
and in school. We are not taught thai
one of the most important things in tht
world to us is the ability to observe
with something like accuracy. i
strikes me that about the poorest prep
aration girl can have>for the grave re
sponsibilities which sooner or later ar
certain to rest upon her shoulders. what
ever her position and surroundings ma.
be. is a smattering of ancient and mod
ern languages, little music and tn
discipline to be derived from these.
have often thought if more attention
were paid by her to any of the natura
} sciences there would be some hop
of her acquiring habits of close am
, correct observation. and that teDdenc
, toward exactness and truthfulness 0
mind would be produced. But wha
can be done by those of US whose edu
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

Peterson's Magasime for December
more than maintains its unrivalled char
acter. There are two beautiful engrav-
ings, one of them title page. with
portraits of the principal contributors.
Its regular contributors are Ann S.
Stephens, Jane G.. Austin, Frank Lee
Benedict. Rebecca Harding Davis, and
that unrivalled humorist, the author of
Josiah Aliens Wife," besides hosts of
others. The price of the magazine is
but two dollars year. To clubs it is
astonishingly low. Specimens are sent
gratis to persons wishing to get up clubs.
Address Chas. j. Peterson, 500 Chestnut
St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
"ovER-PRoDUCTIoN."

We have heard great deal of wise
talk about our past hard times being
the result of over-production. 1t often
happens that there is an over-production
of some particular commodity, but the
assertion which we hear SO often, that
our past hard times have been caused
by over-production is so absurd as to
hardly deserve serious notice, but mas
much as it is part of the rubbish
which has been heaped upon us by op-
ponents, it is necessary to answer it.
If the proposition is true. that our hard
times have been the result of over-pro-
duction, then it is logical to assume that
destruction or prevention of such
surplus product would remedy the evil.
Let US see, By the great fires IN Chi
gago in 1871, in Boston in 1872, and
in Chicago again in 1874, upwards of
OO,O0O.O00 worth of surplus was
destroyed. Did it help the matter any I?
Again when the swarms of grasshoppers
swept over the grain fields of some of
the western states. reducing this pre-
tended over-production to an almost
starvation degree, did it have tendency
to bring about good times? Talk about
'over-production," and then 60 into our
cities and ask the multitudes of bare
footed and ragged women and children
if there has been an over-production
of shoes and clothing; 60 this coming
winter when you will find them shiver-
ing around freless hearths, and ask
them if there has been an oVer-produc-
tion of coal and wood. Go into the
large cities and seek out the thousands
who are living on one meal a day, and
who are looking forward with fear and
trembling lest a day may come when
they may not get even that much, take
their bony hands in yours. look into
their thin, pinched faces, look into theil
glaring eyes, SO terribly indicative Of
the cravings of hunger, and ask them
if they think there is an over-productior
of meat and bread. The closing o.
the thousands of manufactures during
the last few years whereby this over
production ceased, ought by this time
to have brought US all the blessings o
prosperity. The ''over-production'
which we suffering from just now is al
over-production of bond-holders who pa.
no taxes. of Shylock money loaners, 0
dishonest officials, of high rates of in
terest, and of corrupt legislation ant
wealthy corporations. O.-V. P.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

"Truth crushed to earth will rise
again" and so will barrel hoop if you
step on it just right.
"You can't play that on me!' said the
piano to the amateur who broke down in
a difficult piece of music.
Female economy-buying half dollar
straw hat, and putting eleven and a half
dollars worth of trimming on it.
''Anty, vat makes the little baby cry so?
Do it want its mudder?" "Yes dear, and
its fodder, too"
A young lady never wastes a second
look ON man with a lirhpsy collar and a
soiled shirt front. She knows he is
married.
Mankind is like board. One side may
be planed off nice and pretty, but you get
on the wrong side and you'll find lots OF
slivers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
EXHAUSTION FROM BRAIN
WORK.

Few of our business or professional men
reach the age of forty-fiye without brain
and nervous exhaustiOn-Often to an eX-
tent that forces them to relax effort, or
abandon work for time, if not altogeth-
er An occasional use of that vitalizing
agent, now so widely known as ''Com-
pound Oxygen would give nature the
power to restore these wasted forces in Il
large number of cases. Rev. ID. ID. Reed,
of South Amboy, who was greatly run
down by over-work, and consequent waste
of nervous energy, after being restored
to health through the use of this agent,
gives it this voluntary and strong endorse
ment: "After most thorough and con-
tinued trial of its worth as a remedial and
restorative agent, l pronounce its value
to be above that of gold and silver. l
freely and voluntarily commend it to all
brain-workers as the best thing they can
use to secure restoration of exhausted
energies. Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1l09
and I'LL Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
send their treaties on compound OXy-
gen. free to all who write for it. 1t con-
tains a record of many remarkable cures.
Nutrition improved. strength restored and dteIse
arrest ed ly Malt Bitters.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

WHAT TO EAT TO GET Sugar,
syrup. fresh cheese, wheaton grits. hom-
my, juicy meats, are the food to make
flesh. Almost any woman will get
plump on brown bread and wheaton
grits, or oatmeal eaten twice day with
plenty of meat and vegetables at break
fast and supper of brown biscuit. with
sweet meats, cheese and cream, or coffee
drank with plenty of sugar and cream.
1t is not necessary to eat largely if the
appetite does not call for it, but the
food must be tempting, and if hunger is
keen. one who would be plump and
spirited should not be afraid to indulge
it. Unrelishing. distasteful food. will
not stimulate like what is piquant, and
savOry and changed in variety day by
day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
THE LUCKY HORSESHOE.

farmer travelling with his load s..t
Picked up horseshoe in the road .
And nailed it fast to his barn door.
That Luck might down upon him pour.
That every blessing known in life
Night crown his homestead and his wife.
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire ill-fortuhe soon began
To visit the astounded man.
His hens declined to lay their eggs;
His bacon tumbled from the pegs.
And rats devoured the fallen legs;
His corn, that never failed before,
Mildewed and rotted on the floor;
His grass refused to end in hay;
His cattle died, or went as tray:
In short, all moved the crooked way, .ft
Next spring great drought baked the sod,
And roasted every pea in pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
So long as nature acted so
Redundant insects reared their brood
To starve for Jack ofjuicy food:
The slaves from barrel sides went off
As if they had the hooping-cough,
And nothing of the useful kind
To hold together felt inclined f..
In short, it was no use to try
While all the land was in fry.
One morn, demoralized with grief
The farmer clamored for relief;
And prayed right hard to understand
What witchcraft now possessed his land;
Why house and farm in misery grew
Since he nailed up that "lucky" shoe.
While thus dismayed o'er matters wrong
An old man chanced to trudge along,
To whom he told, with wormwood tears, T..
How his affairs were in arrears,
And what desperate state Of things
A picked-up horseshoe sometimes brings.
The stranger asked to see the shoe,
The farmer brought it into view;
But when the old man raised his head,
He laughed outright, and quickly said.
''No wonder skies upon you frown-
You've nailed the horseshoe upside downI
just turn it round, and soon you'll see
How you and Fortune will agree"
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began to swell the ground;
The sunshine laughed among the grain.
And heaps on heaps piled up the wain
The loft his hay could bai ely hold,
His cattle did as they were told;
His fruit trees needed sturdy props
To hold the gathering apple crops;
His turnip and potato fields
Astonished all men by their yields;
Folks never saw such ears OF corn
AS in his smiling hills were born;
His barn was full of bursting bins
His wife presented him with twins;
His neighbors marvelled more ard more
To see the increase in his store.
And now the merry farmer sings
'There are two ways of doing things;
And when for good luck you would pray.
Nail up your horseshoe the right way"
james 7. Fields in Hdrper's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
A BROKEN WING.

/ walked in the woodland meadows,
Where sweet thrushes sing,
And found on bed of MOSES
bird with broken wing.
/ healed the wound. and each morning
1t sang its old sweet strain;
But the bird with broken pinion
Never scared as high again.
found youths life broken
By sins seductive art,
And, touched with Christ-like pity,
took him to my heart.
He lived with noble purpose,
And struggled not in vain;
But the soul with broken pinion
Never scared as high again.
But the bird with broken pinion
Kept another from the snare,
And his life tn at sin had stricken
Raised another from despair.
Each loss had its compensation,
There are healings for each pain;
But bird with broken pinion
Never scars as high again.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

cation so far as the schools are concern
ed is indeed finished II Only by study
ing our failures can we hope to find out
why they were not successes, and so cor
rect bad habits. We may help our
selves by cultivating a taste for con-
quering difficulties, not because any
body is ever to know anything about it,
but because it is good to overcome.
Above all other help, is that which
comes from the intense conviction that
whatever in any way ministers to the,
health and happiness of the home,
whether it is great or small, is worthy
Of our earnest thought. | have often
gained grace and strength by saying
over to myself that bit from holy George
Herbert aa .scsl5a. as lsas
"who sweeps room for Gods law.
Makes that and the action fne."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
LINES ON THE DEATH OF AN
AGED FATHER.


Shall tell you, sister Emma,
OF the messenger to-day,
Who was sent to take dear father,
From our hearts and home away?
For he came with steps 80 silent,
We knew not that he was nigh;
And the message was SO urgent
We had no time to say goodbye"
When l went TO call our father,
The immortal part had fed:
Only just the empty casket
That was lying on the bed.
And like marble was the forehead,
Closed the eyes from earthly sight,
And the lips were sealed forever;
They had spoke the last goodnight.
The pale cold hands were lying
Folded on the pulseless breast.
Yesl at last dear patient father,
You have entered into rest.
Dying, and no one with him,
None beside his bed to stand.
To receive his dying message.
Or in love to clasp his hand.
All alone? No, not moment,
Gods dear children cannot be,
Though thou walkest through the valley,
My rod and staff shall comfort thee.
Though thou passeth through the waters
They shall never thee o'erfow;
If the billows deep surround thee
1, with thee, through them will go.
And, perhaps, the very angels.
Though their forms we cannot see,
Bore our father through the Jordan
And are watching you and me.
Don't you, Emma. hear them whisper.
Though their voice is still and small,
My dear child 'be also ready"
For soon for you shall call.
Ties that bind US here are breaking:
Father mother, now are gone,
And the dear ones that are left us
Must cross the river one by one. t.+
Sister, fast the tears are falling,
And could not bear the pain;
But know if we are faithful,
We shall meet them all again.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

A HARD HIT-A lawyer who was
badgering colored witness in Dis
trict of Columbia court, by asking him
if he had been convicted of larceny. as
sault and arson. receiving negative
reply in every case. finally inquired
"Have you ever been in the peniten-
tiary ?" a9 tlE5 aaa
''Yes, sab u I.. ISL
The attorney smiled complacently,
and resumed:
"How many times have you been in
the penitentiary p
"Twice, sab"
"Where ?"
"In Baltimore, sah."
"How long were you there the first
time ?" @tA
"About two hours, sah.''
"How long the second time 2" asked
the attorney. rather crestfallen.
"An hour, sab. l went there to
white-wash cell for lawyer who had
robbed his client |"
The attorney sat down amid the
laughter of the spectators. ,se
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

Bishop Simpson, who has been on an
extended trip to the West, says the land,
the railroads, the steamships and the
capital of California are all in very few
hands; that the masses of the people
are poor, and that it possesses fewer
homes for workingmen than perhaps
any other part of the country.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
ltans County @umitnr,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ny
GEO. II. BLAKE,
BARTON, VT.

sMs.-Strieiiy in Advance $3.50 per annum. If
lid In advance, S2.0O year. Subscribers living
||1e Of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra
pbstage. For convenience In remitting, we will
eTedt for one year and four months for ZOO TO
'aiibers In the county, and one year and three for
'o to subscribers without the county, when sent
~ in ddvaHce.
A. Ks OF ADyERrBtEG made known on application.
.1hit by p. o. Money order, Reg stored Letter, or
- Watch the label on your paper and notice
neuts are kept In advance. When money is sent
10 shall give you the credit on the label at once
- label Is not advanced within two weeks, notify
postal card.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

Nutrition improved. strength restored and ditelse
arrested by Malt Bitters.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

CHARLES u. BRANCH,
HYsICIAN AND SURGEON. COVENTRY, VT.
Office at residence Of Mr.. Joseph Stevens.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-11-22

"who sweeps room for Gods law.
Makes that and the action fine."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02
A Newspaper Above Many.

The New York World stands
without o peer in the newspaper
world. A few weeks ago it donned
n new dress, and it is now the
handsomcst rs well rs the best
political newspaper in America. II
is democratic, but not partisan. Its
clear-ringing editorials give forth ne
uncertain sound; it is able and
conservative; itadvocatcs democratic
principles but does not sanction
democratic abuses. Upon the fl
nancial question, The World has
stood firm as the rock, and has put
forth and advocated the true doc
trine of coin money. The World
is the leading democratic newspaper
Of the United States, and it should
be in the hands of every democrat.
The Weekly World will be sent
from now until March, 1881, for
one dollar.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02

- sAannnln.11nl.-n--zs. sn.z1sr.s.u-1.s
cans consider themselves wronged,
and, as our readers know the
World believes that they have been
wronged. But the courts are open,
and Governor Garcelon has not
refused the proposition of Senator
Morrill, TO submit the case to them.
So far from exhausting their legal
and peaceable remedies, the Repub-
licans of Maine have not even be-
gun to invoke them. Their first
remonstrance is threat of rebel
lion, and they have followed it up
with an NEGOTIATE act Of rebellion.
The men ofsubstance and standing
in Maine are by the net ofthc Blaine
rioters in Bangor forced TO uphold
the law, unless they are willing to
countenancc the beginning of a
course which ends in sack and
pillage. 1t will not do even for
the Republican politicians Of Maine
TO have it understood that the only
alternative Of anarchy i'll that com
munity is the rule of the Strong
man" for we are not aware that
Mr.. Blaine is posing in the capac-
ity of a strong man. lie is, indeed
engaged in waving the bloody shirt,
though of quite new pattern. If
he had an authentic account OF
such an outrage in Southern
town as that which has just been
perpetrated by his followers in
Bangor--if the people of South
ern town had risen against the
constituted authorities and pre-
vented the execution Of an unqucs-
tionably lawful ordcr--the incident
would have given the Senator from
Maine an amount Of political cap
ital which, judiciously "watcrcd, =
might havU carried him with
drums and trumpets into the Re
publican convontin. Let the poo
pie of Maine remember and en-
ulate the law-abiding spirit Of the
people of Louisiana, displayed in
circumstances much more cxas-
porating. The Republicans OF
Maine think they are deprived
unjustly and illegally Of the polit-
ical control of the State. They arc
not oppressed or outraged or plum
dered, as were the people of Louis
lana, to whom Republican control
meant the subjugation of the com
munity by its most igdorant and
depraved classes. We are slow to
believe the people of Maine less
civilized or less capable Of self-eon-
troll than the people of Louisiana;
and we arc confident, therefore,
that they will promptly and em-
phatically strenthen the hand of
their State Executive against the
rioters of Bangor.-N. Y. World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02

Bangor, in Maine, yesterday
came very near being the scene Of
d riot, which would have disgraced
the city and the State. Governor
Garcelon's power to distribute the
arms Of the State is clear and UNI
questionable. Resistance to it by
mob is u revolt against law and
order. II is the first step towards
anarchy. Yet this resistance seems
to have been directly encouraged
by the violent and inhammatory
language which some public men
of Maine who ought to know better
have permitted themselves to use.
The Portland Advertiser, u Rcpub-
lican paper, III an article which we
copy, prints a selection from the
harangues Of the agitators, Blaine,
Hamlin and others, aud follows il
with some very sensible advice 4
the Republicans. The Republi.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02

Stalwarts all over the country are
advising the Republicans of Maine
to resist the powers that be, and to
seat the representatives claimed to
be elected. What is the import OF
that word, INSTRUMENTATION, that
these same stalwarts hurled at us
Democrats, not many moons ago
when we simply asked for an in.
vestigation, to see how badly VIC
had been defrauded in the count Of
1876?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-02
Legal N Offices.
State az Observation-Disclosures Coun

State Of Wisconsin-lowa Coun.
" Court. --ss.--In Probate.
In the matter Of tho Rs,atr of Richard How.
den. deceased
Letters testamentary having been issued 10
William Bowdon, W said county, aud twelve
months from the date hereof bclng allowed and
limited creditors to piceont their claims against
said deceased for examination and allowance.
II IL ordered that all claims aud dem ands
against the estate uf said deceased be received
and adjusted before tho Jnago of this Court /;
and for that purpose he will BIO AZ his office in
the village OF Dodgcvlllc ON tho fret Tuesday
OF each month during the term above limited.
And II he furthcr ordered aud directed that
the times and places for examining and allow
ing elaine, anu aud the limo limited to crodi
tors to present their claims, hu given Ivy pnhlt-
cation for four successive weeks in the Iowa
County Democrat, n weekly newspaper pub
lishcd In hts county.
dated Dodgcyille, Via, November 18th, isIl
Ky the Court.
1874 JOHN a. JONES, Judge