Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-01-23

banded, and the way in which>they
behaved was the best possible exem-
plifcation of the reason for the meas
ure. The disgraceful fellows insult
ed the mastering officers and acted in
a way that in war time would have
brought down upon them dose or
two of grape and canister. One lu-
dicrous Dutch battery, which has
made every one laugh, for years, at
its street parades, was especially and
obnoxiously demonstrative. Figure
to yourself, as the French would say,
slouchy gang of very fat, beer-soak-
ed Teutons in dirty uniforms, rusty
swords and harness, mounted on brew
cry horses and dragging around an
old-fashioned cannon. Their ex-cap-
tain sought and obtained the unani-
nous opinion of these numerous Fall
stats that the Inspector-G General
didn't how to inspect battery. He
happened to be West Pointer, Lieu
tenant Colonel in the regulars with as
clear record for ability and gallan-
try as any officer we can boast of.
Another Dutch command is in trib-
ulation because their chaplain can't
find any minister willing to lend him
a church to preach an annual sermon
to the ludicrous crowd. They are re-
ported to be chiefly composed of So
cialists and Freethinkers, but are at
present in highly edifying condition
as seekers after a public devotional
appearance.
They hanged murderer over in
Jersey the other day-at least the jury
found him to be one and | dare say
he was-and he was duly buried, but
the remains were speedily dug up
again and sent to Potter's Field. 1t
appears the lot owners of the Gene
terry objected to the supposed desc
Grafton of the soil which encased their
aristocratic deceased relatives. Some
folks don't seem, in this nineteenth
Christian century, to be very far
ahead of the pious courtiers who
booted or boosted CromwelFs bones
from Westminster Abbey.
A rare tale has been unfolded about
Mrs. Heddy, also somewhere in our
Jersey suburbs. Queer people some
of our Jersey friends The old lady
is helpless and destitute. Her child
rem are comfortably off. Each is
willing to chip in to support her, but
they can't agree on terms, and in con-
sequence of the quarrel new indus
try has been developed. One son
pays couple of men So apiece to
carry the old lady in chair and
dump her in front of another ones
door. When discovered, she is forth
with removed to another and dumped
there, and passed on in due form.
The old lady has spent her days and
nights in the streets for sometime,
and the manifesters of this filial af-
lection have each spent more money
in trying to carry their point than
would suffice to maintain her till the
end of her life and then bury her de-
Gently. Again let us observe, this is
the Nineteenth Century
The Governor message has been
the cause of some talk. He has
seemingly talked about everything in
general and particular as well, and
he has made some good points. He
has something to say about oleomarg-
airline, which your Radix thinks a very
wholesome preparation of fat, but is
rather too costly when considered as
fat. AS imitation butter it is cheap
and good imitation, but-er-er-
don't you think-eh-it's just lit
tie trife too-too-eh. Can'st thou
make taffy oleo, etc.? wot not.
About the great immigration question
the Governor strikes an old note. but
it's good one. Mostly all the i'm
migrants come here. They don't all
stay here, by large majority. New
York pays all the expenses of receiv-
ing them and caring for them, while
here, even feeding those unable to
find work, and providing for them
when sick for space of five years
after arrival.
Not dime is contributed from any
other source. Once the emigrants
were taxed 81 a head, or rather the
the steamship companies were, and
they took it out of the emigrants, and
this money enabled the work to go
on without our people being assessed
a cent. But even this extra 81 check
ed immigration, 81 being emphatical-
~ 81 among the poor of most other
countries, and the steamship men
fought hard against the tax. 1t was
declared unconstitutional, and is now
repealed. Now the Empire State
stands the racket, and as 100000 in
round numbers came over last year,
the bills to pay weren't small. Much
of the bone and sinew goes West.
Most of the least valuable stays here,
and broken down adventures con-
stantly return to fill our hospitals and
prisons. Why should not the burden