Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-01-31


riddled and their contents ruined, while
the plate-glass windows of the dry goods
establishment where the affairs occurred
were reduced to fine powder. The en-
everything in perfect order. He has an
excellent record in every way The men
of science have all come forward in a
hurry with theories. / have reserved
been the cat.
The obelisk will be on its pins, or rath-
er it's four crabs-two antique of the days
of Rameses and two modern of Brooklyn
Navy Yard construction-by the time you
get this, or at least we all hope SO. It.
Commander Gorringe has proved himself
a wonderful master Of transportation, a
mathematician, and inventor of immense
capacity. He is a ponderous parsonage,
but as brisk as a kitten. Some years ago
when in command of the despatch boat
Pinta, sent with a message to our little
fleet at Santiago de Cuba, he gathered the
news of the release of the surviving pris-
oners, taken by the Spaniards from the
Virginians, and was off in ten minutes
homeward. I was there, and was quite
impressed by the liveliness of so very
stout parsonage. De Long, the latest
Arctic explorer, was executive officer of
the Juniata, the senior ship of our squad
ron, and great friend of our Egypto-
logical celebrity. Long may our navy
boast such nervy and brainy fellows!
The great steamer Faraday, which, bar
| ring few ironclad men-of-war, ranks
next to the Great Eastern for carrying
| capacity, is here now. Her regular bust
| ness is laying ocean cables, but when
| work is slack in that line she goes into
| the cattle-trade. The Atlantic companies
are all building enormous vessels, and il
| is confidently asserted that any one OF
| the three or four new marine monitors
| will be able to cross the herring-pond in
less than six days; and then, l suppose
| they'll get it down to four, some day
To accommodate these salt water DeX
| tiers, some of our capitalists have started
to build a dry dock, capable of hoisting
up vessel 600 feet long as easily as {
carriage smith jack-screws farm wagon
With rather dampening effect on thi.
costly enterprise comes the publication O
an ingenious plan of the popular manage
of the National Line, Mr. F. w. J. Hurst
who by means of caisson, fitted in on
instance to the bow of a damaged vessel
and in another to the stern of a secon,
ship in like condition, managed to repai
them both with accuracy and despatch a
about half the cost of a single days US
of dry-dock. Mr.. Hurst, who designe
and for time owned that wonderful fly
er, the yacht Active, is as modest as
is skilful and energetic, and says Their
is nothing new in the idea. Perhaps not
but then everybody else happened not t
think of the practical application of il
He is reputed to be smart by those VIII
ever had anything to do with him, an
deserves his reputation. A very larg
, | pAoPOi ClOh vi Vic CuoiHiOuS iIHintSI delO
to this country is due directly to his pei
sonal efforts and generalship, and til
way he has stirred up the railroads t
move his freight and passengers, has il
. creased the aggregate wealth of the coul
try by millions, as well as that of tt
company he represents. He is a Napo
con of Quartermastership by sea al
land. RADIX