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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02
STATEMENT MADE UNDER OATH.

To WHOM IT MAY CoNCERN.-In the year 1878
treated with Kendall's SPAWN Cure, bone SPAWN
several munths' growth, nearly half large
hens egg, and completely stopped the lameness a
removed the enlargement. have worked the hor
ever since very hard, ard he has never been Ian
nor could ever see any difference in the size of 4
hook joints since treated him with Kendall's Spay
Cure. K. A. GAINES.I
Enosburg Falls. VT. Feb. IS, 1879.
Sworn and subscribed 20 before me this 25th ii
of Feb A D. 1879.
JOHN G. JENNIE Justice OF the Peace
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02
belOar.
FROM REV. P. N. GRANGER, PRESIDING ELDEH
OF THEST. Adams DISTRICT.

st. Adams, VT, Jan. 90 1891
DR.. B. J. Kendall & Co., Gents: In reply to yOs
letter l will say that my experience with Kenda
SPAWN Cure has been very satisfactory inde4
agent, and with it cured horse of lameness caus
by SPAWN. Last season my horse became ve|
lame and turned him out for few weeks when
became better, but when l put him on the road
grew worse, when discovered that ring-bOne VI
forming. procured bottle of Kendall's SPAWN ca
and with less than a bottle cured him so that he.
not lame neither can the bunch be found.
Respectfully yours, P. n. GRANGER
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02

AS that prisoner whom the French
Revolution liberated from the Bastile
and who hung UP his letters in his Eng
lish home, that looking on them he
might bless the bitter dicipline that had
taught him the sweetness of liberty !;
even so We, looking down and back on
the quarries where we were hewn and
sculptured, will thank God for every
wound, and will bless Him for the
sharp tools and stern blows that cut
loose from US those coarse and selfish
organisations of the life of sense.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02

There possibly may be reasons which
originally made it fit that many things
should be concealed from US which we
have perhaps natural capacities of un-
Outstanding, many things concerning the
design, methods, and ends of Divine
Providence in the government of the
world There is no manner of absurdity
in supposing a veil on purpose drawn
over some scenes of infinite power, wis
dom, and goodness, the sight of which
might some way or other strike US too
strongly; or that better ends are de-
signed and served by their being con-
cealed, than could be by their being
exposed to our neutrality-suspicious.
Butler.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02
kendaII's Spawn Cur
ON HUMAN FLESH.

Patterns Mills Washington Co.. N Z. Feb 81 1878.
BJ Kendall NJ. D. Dear Sir: The particular cal
on which used your SPAWN Cure" maligna
ankle sprain of sixteen months standing. l h;
tried many things, but in vain. Your SPAWN CUE
put the foot to the ground again. and for the fir
time sluce hnrt. in a natural position. For fami
linment it excels anything we ever used.
Yours truly, Rev. NJ. P. BELL.
Pastor NJ. E. Church Patterns Mills n.
Send for illustrated circular giving Positive Pro
Price 81. All druggists have it or can get tfor 70
Dr. -. KENDALL & CO., Proprietors.
Enosburg Falls, Vermont
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02

Experience is a school where a man
learns what big fool he has been.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-05-02

PULLMAN PALACE CARS are II
COUNCIL IsLUFF4. KANSAS CET 4,
Tickets via this Line, known as INC
eli Ticket Agents in the United states
Tor Information not obtainable &C y
r. II. CABLE,
Vico President and Gell Ganagsr.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
A Clergrmnn,s Night Dance.

-
81 have had" said well knoyA
clergyman, "some very droll expe&
ences. Among the most exciting vi
the one that l will now relate. a Va
known merchant was very sick-sofFa
thought nigh unto death. He would y
no pastor, nor allow any one to speate
him on the subject of religion. CEa
day he mentioned my name, though he
was no acquaintance of mine. He
named me two or three times. Al
length his wife asked him if he wanted
me to call. He hesitated for some tia
and then asked his family to sends4
me. He added "Tell him to COG
right away" l obeyed the summN
was ushered into the sick chamber. "a
at once recognized the gentleman as -
who had been an occasional heareS&S
my church. He greeted me with 80
cordiality, and asked that all shEfTR
leave the room. He wanted to speaETsG
me privately. His wife left with ~
dent reluctance. The man was so weak
that he could with difficulty turn in bed
AS soon as the door was closed the pa
tent sprung from his bed, turned the
key in the lock, seized upon me with the
strength of giant, and said: Now
we will have nice dance, clasping me
about the body, and he, in his night
shirt, commenced to caper and prance
about the room, humming in a low
voice | and my Father are one, equal
in power and glory He kept his pace
for an hour, until was nearly dead
from exhaustion and fright. He was
wild maniac. Once l attempted to
scream. He seized me by the throat
His eyes flashed fire. He said he would
brain me if l was not quiet Round sAd
round he turned, keeping up the resssn,
1 and my Father are one, equal in
power and glory Pretending to be
pleased, l suggested that he call in some
of the family to join us. He caught at
the idea He opened the door to call
the household mp, and 1 instantly flew
down stairs pursued by the mailman.
He was arrested, taken to the mad
house, and in twenty-four hours died a
raving maniac. l have never since heard
these words repeated without being
thrown into a cold sweat. / had dance
enough that night to last me the balance
of my life. p"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
RrTIER AND THE SPOON.
The Alleged True story OF His Dis
position of the silver.


What purports to be n trustworthy ex-
PLANTATION of the manner in which Gen.
BENJAMIN F. Butler acquired tie I'M
happy fame of being a purlolner OF sill
yer spoons is given by a Washington
correspondent: A lady went to Gen.
Garfield, some months ago, and nitro
duced herself as the daughter OF Gen.
David E. Twiggs, who left our army,
where he had gained the rank OF MAJOR
General, to Join the secesslOnlsts at the
opening of the Rebellion She stated
her object to be the recovery OF her
fathers two swords, captured by Butter
when he entered New Orleans IN the
spring of 1862. One sword had been
voted to Twiggs by Congress IN reco9-
milton of his services during the MeXl-
can war : the other was the weapon he
had drawn in behalf of the COnfederacy.
She was particularly anxious to secure
the latter. because her father had priced
it far above its fellow Garfield referred
her to Butler, whom she feared to meet
on account of the terrible reputation he
had gained in the South. Having been
assured that he was not nearly 50 black
as he had been painted, she sought hlm
ont, and, TO her surprise, was very po-
litely received. He informed her that
he had sent the swords to Washington,
with the request that one be given to
the Annapolis Academy and the other TO
West Point, as trophies of the civil war
His request was not complied with.
They were, instead, locked up IN the
vaults of the treasury for safe keeping,
and one of the duplicate keys was de
livered to him. He then added You
have not, my dear madam, asked me
about your family plate, which l have
of g4f n tn u
crate my own table with. You no doubt,
in common with many Southerners,
think the charge true. As soon as l had
occupied your fathers deserted house,
one of your servants came TO me with
load of silver, saying that your father
had buried il in the garden to keep 1t
from the hated Yankees, but that, now
he had gone, the servant, having seen
the act, dug it up, and was DESTROYS TO
hand it over to the proper authorities.
! nsed the silver while l had my head
quarters at your fathers place; but after
| ward turned every piece-spoons, forks,
/ sllyers and dishes-over to the Quar-
/ ter1naster's Department. Here, madam,
4 are the vouchers for every article brought
/ me by your colored servant. And
1 Butler opened his desk and took out a
/ neatly-arranged packet of papers, each
/ of which was regularly and formally
signed and credited, relieving Butler
/ from all responsibility in the much
f vexed matter. This viii not, Of course,
prevent most Of the Southerners and
/ many of the Northerners from swearing
! that Butler did steal Twiggs silver, and
/ never returned it and never accounted
/ for it. There are faIsehoods which no
amount of truth or disproval viii or can
/ extinguish and Butler and the spoons
/ is a conspicuous example thereof.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
AntinnitY of the Earth.

Theologians of every sect and creed
had persistently taught that only some
5000 years had elapsed since the earth
sprang into being. The suggestion of
its greater antiquity was received with
a storm of theological opposition, which
underwent little abatement during half
a century, and of which even yet the
ground-swell may occasionally be felt IN
some of the dark recesses OF ignorant
minds. The majority of those who
raised the storm were the social or pro-
fessional ancestors of these who now,
in like manner, oppose the doctrine of
evolution but the change which has
come over the latter races OF combatants
is itself some proof evolution affects the
minds of men, whatever 1t may do TO
their bodies. Fifty years ago the full
force of an matchmaking Odiltnl HeO-
I0gicunl burst upon the heads of the
assailed biologists, with a violence hap
PLY unknown among the opponents OF
evolution. Then, as now, the represen-
tatives of geological science explained
to the world the great facts upon which
their conclusions were based Then,
as now, myriads Of men were IN doubt
whether to resign themselves to the
leadership of biologists or of the theo-
logians. But those who ranged them
selves under the banner of Culver, Lyell
and Sedgwick ultimately found them
selves on the victorious side. One by
one the theologians laid down their vitu-
peratiye weapons. The late DR.. Chal-
mers early accepted the geological creed.
DIR. Pye Smith received the fellowship
of the Royal Society for his well-meant
endeavor to reconcile the Mosaic nara
tive with the writings of the biologists,
earning some hard names from the de-
tenders of the orthodox camp for his sup
posed abandonment of their holy cause
Meanwhile, the geological batteries made
sad breaches in the defenses of that camp
A late Dean of York vahantly confronted
the assailing hosts when assembled in
his cathedral city. Singly he faced his
fell beneath the sharp arrows of Sedg-
wick's biting eloquence. The last Hy-
patian geologist who strove to restore the
dying faith was Young, the clerical au-
thor of the Geological Survey of the
Yorkshire Coast. He, like the Dean,
lifted up his warning voice in a geologi-
cal section of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science, but IN
vain. Even Julian could not have re-
stored the ancient belief, and Young was
not Julian. Truth proved too much
for error and, though occasionally a
theologian may still be found so ignorant
of what is going on around him as to
uphold the exploded doctrine, the race
has almost become extinct. CoHtenLO
rayy ReUie1O.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Got q Home.

We would have every true man build
for himself home, be il ever so humble
in its beginning. Industry and frugality
and good judgment viii make of it the
most lovely spot of earth The man
without home is like sojourner with
ont country The richest, happiest,
and the best man II the wide world Is he
who has pretty, comfortable home of
his own, family, good health, and owes
no man a cent, even though his entire
worldly possessions would not sell for a
Thousand dollars, and though he has
never held so high an office as town con
stable or rOadmaster.
We sometimes feel constrained to
doubt whether man without a home
can at best be but an Indifferent citizen
and more Indifferent patriot He can
not feel that interest iii other peoples
real prosperity that he feels in his own,
and without such prosperity We could
have no country worthy name He
would scarcely care to risk h life in de-
Tense of the heartnstone of his landlord.
but let that hearthstone be his own aud
woe to the invader who should threaten
it with desecration. The homes of the
people are the strength of the State.
Build them, heautify them, own them
p-and be happy. This j. the fair deduc-
ton from hosts of instances and Is the
true philosophy of home making and
home owning.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
A Curious Instance.

A few days ago a most singular case
was heard in one of the Paris law courts.
4 stone mason, named Jean Jeanzac 30
years of age, was charged with trying TO
make a prostitute of young girl, Paul
Inc Vilette, born in 1865. The girl, it
seems, had run away from home and
went to live with Jeanzac, but when they
were arrested both declared that she was
as pure as when she was born In court
the girl made a statement which created
the greatest sensation. She said ii was
n voluntary act on her part, going away
from home to live with Jean They had
great affection for each other, for he was
kind to her when her mothers husband.
who was not her father, abused her.
They had slept together for weeks, but
never had Jean attempted to dishonor
her person, and she was still a virgin. In
proof of what she said she demanded
that medical experts should be sent for
and an examination held The Judge
sent for two prominent doctors, who
pronounced her worthy of the Montyon
prize-a reward given yearly by the
French academy to the most virtuous girl
In France. OF course Jean was acquitted
Paris Cor Kansas CjtU Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

He was coming down street with a
"crick'' in his back, a wobble in his
knees and a thumb tied up in a rag.
Precipitation had wilted his collar and
made his hannels crawl up, and each
knee carried the marks of dust He
halted a pedestrian, got his aching
back against the lamp-post, and asked
"Sir, do you suppose that George
Washington ever fell down stairs with a
bureau after him and on top of him p
don't think so.
" Did Daniel Webster ever turnS AN
old ingram carpet t'other side up, Vhd
haul it around, and pull his blamed 4 ms
off, and pound his thumbs to a mash in
lacking it DOWN."
81 never heard that he did"
"And, sir, do you believe that Henry
Clay ever lugged burned old bedstead
all over the house, papered bedrooms,
daubed around with paint, and hf..ed
stoves until his eyes stuck out like q D.
ons on a Greeley hat p ~
never heard that Henry was by
such man.
"No, of course you didn't, and Get
Won and the rest of the world wo +
why 1 don't get up and perorate,
philosophize and theorize and q
der around like an earthquake. Loo {
me. Feel of me Go ache as 1 aSye,
wilt as wilt, and then tell me what
earthly chance a man of moderate means
has in this world for securing the laurels
of fame Yes, sir, and be hanged to
you, sir, and even now I'm on my way
down town to buy whitewash brush,
two pounds of putty, peck of lime and
four more papers of tacks.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
Allan pinkertOn.

Major Allan Pinkerton was born in
Gorbals, city of Glasgow, Scotland,
August 40, 1919, and came to this coun-
try in 1871. After short residence in
this city he went to Dundee, Kane
County, ILL.,, and ran a cooper shop
there for several years. He was APP
pointed Deputy Sheriff, and, having
good success, was induced in 1S49 to
accept the same position under William
L. Church, then sheriff of Cook County.
In 1851 he was appointed detective, the
first Chicago ever had, by Mayor Cur
ney. In 1853 he organized his detec-
tive agency, which has been in operation
ever since, and is now famous the world
over. He was called upon by Presi-
dent Lincoln to organize the secret ser
vice of the United States for the Army
and Treasury departments. He re-
manned in charge of the government de-
tectives at Washington and with the
Army of the Potomac, under the Secre-
tery of War and Generals Burnside,
Mcclellan, and Hooker At his own re.
quest, in 1868, he was transferred to the
Military Division of the Southwest under
Major General Candy, and remained
there till the close of the war, with
headquarters at New Orleans. In the
meantime his Chicago agency had been
run 10y Edward Bucker, and, when the
chief returned, the agency was imme-
diately reorganized. In 1865 he started
an office in New York, of which Robert
AZ. Pinkerton is now superintendent and
in 1866 he opened another in Phila-
delphia, OF which Robert J. Linden is
the present superintendent. There are
$50 employees in the different agencies,
all drawing salaries, and none of them
are permitted to receive rewards or
gratitudes of any kind. The Chicago
office is the headquarters, and there
Allen himself, with his 81 years, can
daily be found, being on hand early in
the morning, and always attentive to
his duties
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
AnlaZOng.

Three nations of Amazons have been
mentioned by the ancients. First. the
Asiatic Amazons, from whom the others
branched off. These dwelt on the shores
of the Black sea, and among the mount
aims OF the Caucasus, especially in the
neighborhood of the modern Trebisond,
ON the river Tpermodon (now Termoh).
They are said to have at one time sub
dued the whole of Asia. and to have
built Smyrna, Ephesus. C!ume and
other cities. Their Queen. Hjppolyte. or.
according to others, Antoine, was killed
by Hercules, as the ninth OF the Iabors
imposed on him by Eurystheus consisted
IN taking from her the shoulder-belt be-
slowed on her by Mars. On one of their
expeditions. the Amazons came to Attica.
In the time of Theseus. They also
marched under the command of their
Queen, Penthesilea, TO assist Priam
against the Greeks. They even appear
upon the scene in the time of Alexander
the Great, when their Queen. Thalestris.
paid him a visit, in order to become a
mother by the conqueror of Asia.
Second, the Scythian Amazon. who in
after times. married among the neigh
boring Scythians, and withdrew further
into Sarmatia. Third. the African Anna
IONS, who, under the command of their
Queen, Myrina, subdued the Gorgons
and Atlantes, marched through Egypt
and Arabia, and founded the capital of
Lake Tritonis, but were then annihilated
by Hercules.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19
How the Government Paws Bills.

A great part of the work in the de-
partment is necessarily in the line. of
keeping accounts, and presents httlA n-
terest to people who are not excepti u
~ fond of figuring.
The general principle which gOTfis
the whole system of auditing and2st-
thing accounts against the GoyernJfnt
is to provide every safeguard ag&lst
fraud, and this is so successfully acS I'm
plished that a dollar could not beV ot
out o, the treasury illegitimstely wis 'ut
the collision of so many persons that 1t
may be set down as a practical impos-
sibility.
Suppose a man has a bill against the
Government. The head of the depart
ment or bureau to which the matter
properly belongs makes requisitiontfor
the amount upon the Secretary of the
Treasury, using a prepared blank wt.ch
asks him to cause a warrant for the
amount In question to be issued in favor
of the party, the same 10 be charged to
the particular appropriation by Congress
out of which the sum ought to come.
But before this requisition reaches
the Secretary il must pass under the eye
of the proper Auditor and Comptroller
and receive their countersign, the Audi
tor at the same time charging the
amount to the account of the disbursing
officer in whose favor it is issued. If
all goes well so far. the Secretary ISSUES
q warrant to the Treasurer, directing
him to pay over the money, which he
does 10y issuing a draft for the amount in
favor of the Governments creditor, but
not until after the warrant has zen
countersigned by the proper Comptroller
and registered by the Register. INsed,
the draft itself must go the Regsi -
comparison and registry bTr
finally passed over. There seemspSe
a good deal of red tape in all this pro-
cess, but it is a sort of red tape that
saves the country money IN the long
run. GOOD C0HlpaHY.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-19

l called on the editor Of a high-class
periodical. He Is a great man, a really
great man, therefore excessively courte-
Gus; he can afford to be ; he has left
itinerant anxieties behind he is in the
elevated railway of letters He looks at
me much as a blue-bottle does at a gnat.
as who should say: q can buzz and
buzz without stinging why can't you p
He Is lordly; his editorial chair is
leather-lined, his den has two windows,
light, air, and every brain assistance
conceivable; he Is ever so little ponp-
Gus he has no desire so to be, but he
Is /; he devOtes five minutes by the clock
to me /; he is sure 1 shall sttcceed. 1
have excellent testimonials have any
thing to offer?'
Yes, / have" I am trembling nerv-
ously and open my budget. Here is a
manuscript, an article on the Byways OF
Life"
\ smile steals over his face tit appears
smile of encouragement to the deluded
hack, he becomes impressive, begs that
L will leave 1t for perusal, and bows me
out
L go, feeling that the sun is shining.
the breeze-ohl how delightful the
world a mine of inexpressible pleasure.
L proceed to number two.
He il also the purveyor of high-class
magazine, but he is of quite another
mold. He is a younger man, his timer
ant days are not so far behind his edi-
torial age, so to speak, IS yet young; he
has not yet reached the full blown stage
of number one. His den is very small
his chair is cane, his territory so CON
fined that when he sits at the editorial
shrine TO write, his throne fills up the
entire space between his desk and book
case. He is not in the least like blue
bottle he resembles Gagged eagle
His eyes are bright and piercing. his
hair so tossed that it would seem as if
his thoughts came bouncing through his
scalp to play at hide and seek; he is too
occupied to be excessively polite.
cigarette between his teeth tells little
tale. He gives a nod of resigned recog-
milton as | enter, turns his chair on its
pivot, and proceeds to read me, proba-
bly, as closely as he does his contribu-
lions. He stops my mouth by declaring
that there is absolutely no opening on
his paper, then reads pay testimonials.
and with keen look which would be
hard but for the glance of kindly humor
that accompanies it, tells me that if |
like to write upon an almost impossible
subject on the chance of approval 1 NAV.
-N'et0 York lIdH.