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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27

A large fire at Milford, Mass, last
Wednesday, totally destroyed the
building of Estabrooke, Wires & Co.,
manufacturers of clinching screw
nails for boots and shoes. Loss es-
timated at $50, 900; partially insured.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27

Revtalizing the blood is absolutely necessary for
the cure of general debility weakness lassItude etc.
The best enrcher of the blood is Browns Iron Bters
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27
Gen. ID. B. Warner of Ohio who

Gen. ID. B. Warner of Ohio who
was removed from the United States
consulship at St. John, n. B., the
day before Garfield was shot, at Mr..
Blaine's request, to make room for
one of the secretary's political friends,
has been reinstated by President Ar
thur, and resumed his duties last
week. Gen. Warner has been re-
garded as one of the best officers in
the consular service, and most of the
merchants at st. John were opposed
to the change that was made last
summer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27
Irasburgh Academy.
The Spring Term of Irasburgh Academy will begin
Wednesday, March l, 'S2,
And continue eleven weeks. under the direction of
J.F. SHATTUCK, A. B.
COOLEY CREAMERS.

Instruction will be given in common English. higher
English and Languages For further particulars in
qure of the Principal Irasburgh, VT. 10
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27

We are bound to close out these goods and shall do
it, even if we give them away. and we do almost
We wont beat by any live merchant in this county,
word to the wise Is sufficient. Do you care to
your moneys if you do, look before YOU leap.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-27

people for their
e to merit a CO
S, good goods, h
it.
L / S e B {
{. Feb, g. 1882.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
"a Natnal Parl,.l ranoa

ne prickiy pear, that UGLY. reshy lit
Tie cactus. with IFS Sudden summer glo-
res ofcrinlson antl gssleen blossoms, ful-
Miss says the Wox2ti, Il strange purpose in
the animal economy Of the prairies. In
Itself it appears to be one of the yer.
lest outcasts among vegetables. execrat-
ca by man and refused as food by beast
let II It were not for this plant the herds
ofprairle antelope would have Jared bad
u enough. For the antelope, whenever
they found themselves in straits from
wolves or from dogs. made straight for
the prickly pear patches and belts, and
there, standing right out on the barren,
open plain, defied their swift but tender
footed pursuers to come near them
For the small thick p:fds of the cactus,
though they lie SO flat and insignificant
~ upon the ground, are studded with
tufts OF strong, fierce spines, and wo to
the wolf or the dog that treads upon
them The antelope's hoofs, however,
are proof against the spines, and one
leap across the belt sufiices to place the
horned folk in safety. These patches
and belts, then, SO trivial to the eye and
in some places almost invisible to the
cursory glance, are in reality towers of
refuge to the great edible division of the
wild prairie nations, and as unpassable
to the eaters as was that girdie of fire
and steel which Won Moltke buckled so
close round the city of the Napoleons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
A starr 6lout Lincoln.

While officially resident in Washing
ton during the late war, says Ex-Goy-
errlor Rice, j once had occasion TO call
t,pon President Lincoln with the late
Senator Henry Wilson upon an errand
of a public nature in which we were
mutually interested. In the recognized
order Of precedent member OF the
House of Representatives. as then was,
could not in times of pressure Tor audi
ence with the President gain abundance
so long as there wore Cabinet Ministers,
members of the Diplomatic Corps, Sen
ators or Justices of the Supreme Court,
desiring audience with him. and all ci-
Whites must wait their opportunity I'M
ill after members OF Congress and OLD
GERS of Tie .iteTav and E;sFy, end Ct the
Civil Sers is,,.. and of 'icrss, lad had their
Turns respectively. Having a joint err
rand will senator Wilson, could avail
Of lis privilege of earlier admission; but
we s-sra obliged to wait some time IN
tie ailte-roonl before we could be re-
eeised. and when at length the door was
.a,,ened TO AS. /. small lad. perhaps ten
a.. twelve wears old, WHO had been watt
intr for admission several days without
success, slipped in between Us, anu APP
preached The President in advance. ! sle
latter gave the Senator and myseH y
cordial but brief salutation, ana lurn-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
A Good End.

About year ago young man named
Conover had dream that a large lump
of gold could be found in a certain place
on the farm then occupied by his father
in Lima township, but took no notice of
the circumstance further than TO tell his
father of it; but about week ago this
young man again had the same dream,
and in the morning again told his faith
er. The young man remembered the
exact location which he saw while
dreaming, and the father proposed to
the son that they investigate. They
proceeded to the spot, and after stick
ing the pick into the ground several
times, struck what they supposed to be
rock. They dug it out. and sure enough
it looked like a huge lump of gold, and
when examined by those who protested
to know, was declared to be solid gold.
The find weighed nine pounds, and con-
tains 81 1928 worth of the precious met
al 1t is probably some Indian relic, as
the shape of it is similar to the stone
hatchets found in the mounds in this
vicinity. The lump has been seen by a
number of people living in Lima town.
ship, and this find is particularly accep-
table to Mr.. Conover's family, as they
are said to be poor people. Quincy
TRbf0
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
Sleeping THE Back-Side.n

A plenty of brcdthlRg-spdc round ones
bed (remarks the Christian J7eio9a) can
be only an advantage and benefit; aad
it is suggested that some of the s'Morn-
ing dulness' and actual headache so of
ten complained of may be traceable to
sleeping close to the side of the room,
and breathing all night the air reflected
from the wall.
A physician was lately called TO pre-
scribe for young lady. There was
nothing the matter with her, she de-
clared, nothing but terrible head
ache" Every morning she walked with
a headache and it lasted nearly half the
day. 1t had been going on for months
ever since they moved into their new
house. The doctor tried all the old rem
edies and they all failed Riding and
archery were faithfully tested, study
and practice were cheerfully given up.
Nothing did any good.
t'Will you let me see your bedroompn
asked the doctor one day, and he was
shown up into the prettiest little nest
imaginable.
Nothing wrong about the ventilation.
The windows were high and broad, and
were left open every night, the patient
said. The bed stood in one corner
against the wall.
.'How do you sleep?>' says the doc
tor.
.'On my right side, at the back of the
bed, with my face to the wall. Lou
likes the front best"
.'She doesr' says the doctor. $50 do
L VIII you do me the favor to wheel
that bed into the middle of the room
and sleep so for a weekP Then let me
know about the headache
The middle of the room, indeed And
there were the windows on one side,
and the two doors on the other sides,
and the mantel with its Macrame lam
brequin on the fourth side. There was
no place for the bed but just where it
stood, in the corner.
..Never mind, sacrifice your lambre-
quin,'' urged the doctor; lust for a
week, you know"
The lambrequin was sacrificed, the
bed moved where it had free air on both
sides, the headaches disappeared.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
NaTuaE's rEsuMPK.
rraaaar.a Root R,rtara.

=
II you are weak, or languid, use
Frazer's Bifters
If your flesh is habby and your com.
plexion salIow, use Frazer's Bitters.
If you live in a malarial district, use
frazer's Ritter's
If worn down with the care of chill
dren, use Frazel's Bitters.
If You have got the blues, use Fraz
er's Bitters.
If you kept late hours and lived con-
trary to the laws OF health, use Fraz-
er's Root Bitters.
IF you need toning up, take Frazer's
Root Bitters.
Ii you have abused instead of used
natures gifts, use Frazers Bitters.
Ifyou feel old before your time, use
Frazer's Bitters.
Iflife has become burden and you
have gloomy forbodings, use Frazer's
Bitters.
If your hands tremble and yo1r eyes
have grown dim, Frazer's Root Bit
tiers viii make you feel young again.
Sold by all druggists everywhere at
the low price $1.nd per bottle. f. S.
Henry Co., Sole Proprictog, Cleveland
Ohio.
For sale by McCabe s. wheaton, Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
What Americans Buy in Europe.

recently accompanied an American
on shopping expedition, his object be-
ing to purchase some presents to take
with him back to his native land. AT
ter securing several parcels, consisting
of trinkets and newly invented articles,
the shopkeeper handed him a pin, say
ing
This eelluloid jewelry sells well, as
do most articles which come from Amer
ica.''
But" returned the gentleman, II am
from America myself, and do otthink
it viii pay 10 purchase articles to carry
back to Ameiict which are made
there
why. sir." exclaimed the tender, ''six
of the eight articles which you have gust
purchased were made in America, and 1
can sell YOU twenty-six more from the
same country with pleasure, Il yen
choose to buy"
The gentleman left the establishment
under the impression that our export
trade is in fiourishing condition. So
is every one else impressed who has
noticed the shop windows and market
places of Europe within the past year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
The First Advertisement.

It might be supposed that these an
nouncements of births, marriages, and
deaths. so interesting and valuable as
we have found them to be, would early
have found place in our newspapers.
Such however, was not the case until
they had reached pretty mature age,
although the earliest representative of
our newspaper, the Actd Diuy.sa of the
Romans, contained such lists. The first
paper in Britain published at stated in
tervals for the dissemination of intelli-
gence was the Weekly Nca0es, the first
number of which was published in Lon
don on the 23d of May, 1922. 1t was
destitute of advertisements, and, indeed,
contained very little news. The first
advertisement appeared on the I'd of
April. 1G47, in No. ID of a weekly paper
called Perfect Occurrences of EUery Dase
Journal an Parliament and Other Mooley--
ate IsteLligeasce-a name that would
make our newsboys frantic-and relates
TO "a book applauded by the clergy of
England, called The due Right of
Church Government For several
years booksellers were the only adver-
Users, but as the newspapers began to
circulate more among the less educated
classes, other kinds of advertisements
appeared. and the columns gradually
assumed more business-like aspect
Tie Mercustus Politsests, of Sept. 30,
1869, contained the first trade advertise
ment. which relates the charms of the
new .sdrink called by the Chineans Tcha.
by other nations thy, alias tee. all
the Year Round.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
a Sunday Shooting Permit.

Some men are born paralyzers. We
have in mind now young board of
trade man who was out to club house
last fall shooting ducks. He is dry
joker, and his face never betrays him,
always maintaining serious expression
when he wants it to. He was introduced
to a preacher, who, when he heard
that the gentleman was from Milwaukee.
said:
You must be acquainted with our
Bishop there
20, yes. said the man, as though he
wished he had as many dollars as he
knew the Bishop, and feeling in his
coat pocket among some letters, Il have
got a permit from the Bishop to shoot
ducks on Sunday, but l suppose I shall
have to divide with him" And he
looked as solemn AS statue and looked
through his pockets as though anxious
to find the permit to show to the local
preacher. so there need not be any mis-
understanding. The minister sighed
and went away as though his heart was
burdened. Peck's san.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
Pauper Baronets.

have always wondered why people
are so anxious 10 become baronets. A
peera@e secures n seat in the upper
house. and this, one can imagine, is an
object of ambition to some. The knight
hood of an order is personal distinc-
ton. But what can it benefit any one
to know that his son and his grandson
will be called STRIP This title, If there
be no wealth to support it is an incum-
bl-ance, and not unfrequently an alb
.sIlrlity. The late Sir Harry Wraxall,
Bart, was pauper in the Wandsworth
lunatic asylum, and the present baronet
was educated at a work-house school.
and is apprenticed to a pawnbroker. If
balonetcics are 10 be continued, itmight
be well to allow their sale. The ''Sir"
is of no use to the pawnbroker' assist
ant, but if he were permitted to put it
up To auction many a vulgar idiot OF
rifv acquaintance would be ready. to pay
seser;lf thousand pounds for it--Lo'1do's
Truth
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
IInhralla % n MSS

Dr. Jeffries, the ot...isst, has discover
ed thousands of cases OF blindness.
Should he extend his observations, he
would find scores Of persons afflicted
with the singular disease of umbrella
blindness. They are SO diln-sighted as
to select another mans umbrella for
their own. The following is case in
point:
A Boston man on recent rainy day
saw gentleman ahead of him with a
handsome silk umbrella. Recognizing
him as friend, he rushed up, elapped
a hand on his shoulder and shouted, by
way of joke:
'.rlltake that umbrella, if you please.n
The individual addressed looked
around and disclosed an entire stranger,
but before the other could apologize he
said, hurriedly, ..Oh, it's yours, is it?
Well, | didn't know that Here, YOU
can have it, and broke away, leaving
the umbrella in his hand.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07

ing Immediately to the lad, said, And
who is the little boy?''
During their conference the Senator
and myself were apparently forgotten.
The boy soon told his story, which was
in substance that he had come to Wash
ington seeking employment as page in
the House Of Representatives, and he
wished the President to give him such
an appointments. To this the President
replied that such appointments were
not at his disposal, and that application
must be made to the doorkeeper of the
House at the Capitol. '.But, SIR said
the lad, still undaunted, Il am good
boy, and have letter from my mother,
and one from the Supervisors of my
town. and one from my Sunday-school
teacher, and they all told me that
could earn enough in one session of
Congress to keep my mother and the
rest of us comfortable all the remainder
of the year,
The President took the lads papers,
and ran his eye over them with that
penetrating and absorbent look so fami-
liar to all who knew him, and then took
his pen and wrote upon the back of one
of them: eff Captain Goodnow can give
q place to this good little boy, shall be
gratifed,n and signed it "A. Lincoln
The boys face became radiant with
hope, and he walked out of the room
with step as light as though all the
angels We're whispering their congratu-
lations.
Only after the lad had gone did the
President seem to realize that Sena-
tor and another person had been some
time waiting to see him.
Think for moment of the President
of great nation, and that nation en-
gagged in one of the most terrible wars
ever waged among men, himself worn
down with anxiety and labor, subjected
to the alterations of success and de-
feat, racked by complaints of the en-
vious, the disloyal, and the unreasona-
BILE, pressed TO the decision of grave
questions of public policy, and encum-
bered by the numberless and nameless
incidents of civil and martial response
bility, yet able so far to forget them all
as to give himself up for the time being
to the errand of a little boy who had
braved an interview unlimited, and of
whom he knew nothing but that he had
q story to tell of his widowed mother,
and of his ambition to serve her!
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
Snanish Reanties.

Twas asked by one of the dark-eyed,
fascinating, graceful and stately dear
ones of Madrid if Iwould ride out to see
her friends, who were arranging cos
tunes for the coming .fetes. 1 readily
assented. How far do you think was
the ride or drive? Merely round the cor
ner. But to walk it with that flowing
robe, graceful mantilla and tiny feet of
the deep and dark-eyed beauty would
be painful piece of pedestrianism-
What she lacks in walking she makes
up in talking. Whewi Steam and cleo
trio conversation is nothing to a Madrid
bellies tongue, on topics of costume, at
least. The brilliant way in which she
criticized Senior Americana and Senior
Juan Ingles, as she styled her previous
John Bull guest, was, in the spasmodic
language of Walt Whitman, "a caution
to snakes
docs Senior Americana live on the
Pilgrims Rock when at homer
| reply, in all simplicity, that l do not,
and ask why she puts such a puritanical
question.
ooh, senior is so cold and rigid in say
ing but one yes and one no, when at
least we want Dozen"
Has any one ever seen Spanish belle
sew? / never have; even $3.50. OF the
of them could put thread through the
eye of a needle half as easy as the Bibli-
cal camel could proceed through it.
Not one of them ever stitched in all
their lives. Two only knew how crochet
work was done, but never did it. /
know a man in the legal profession that
could beat them all at needle and thread
and herring and backstitching,
etc. They toll not, neither do they
spin, and yet Solomon in all his glory is
mott trust never will be-equal to one
or dozen of them. What lilies of the
valley! What daffy downdilliesl Yet,
not one would refuse to be housewifei
Young man, don't come here for a help
mate. You can do better at home.
They can sing after fashion; they can
play the piano fairly well, and strum
the guitar like angels, but to patch your
pantaloons they would struggle and Idle
in the BREACH" absolutely defeated fail
ures. They can paint in water colors
all the s.still-life' your imagination may
desire, but to boil dish of sweet pota-
toes would be a case of .shot water and
no food,'' as was the event with Brett
mans belle. A Madrid beauty is not a
joy forever, and if she keeps on as she
is she never will be.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07

An ingenious method of arriving at
an estimate of the numbers of children
who succeeded in eyading the compul-
sorry bylaw of the School Board has
been adopted by the Ragged School
Union of Liverpool. A band of music
was hired to play for two hours day
during school hours in different parts of
the city, and record kept of ali the ju-
veniles who were attracted by the mu-
sic. In four days they counted no fewer
than 5000 children of school age. for
the NEST part squalid and ill-fed, stand
ing round the band at time when they
ought 10 have been at school.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
A Million Dollars a Second.

There are periods in mems lives when
time seems worth about 81 1000. 600 a
second. One such instance is when a
man arrives at railway crossing one
and one-quarter seconds ahead of the
lightning express. At such times five
men out of ten will stand up in the
wagon and rain fifteen-pound blows up
ca the outlying districts of their horses
back in their awful eagerness to save
that precious bit of time which the train
would occupy in passing. 1t matters not
If the hind wheels and tail-board are
torn off and q $500 wagon forever ruin
ed, SO long as his life is spared the man
is supremacy contented and happy
This popularity of man was illustrated
at the Naugatuck station this morning.
A red hair would have been fiattened
between the locomotive and wagon
wheels, SO close was the shave. But
the man wasn't killed and has probably
chuckled a hundred times to-day to
think of the time which he saved Va
ter6atry Anaer-ica,s.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
The Parable of the PUMPKIN.

The storyis told of an excellent Ameri-
can minister who, happening one day
to pass by the door Of q room where his
daughters and some other young friends
were assembled. thought, from what
he overheard, that they were making
too free with the character of their neigh
bors: and after their visitors had depart
ed he rave his children lecture on the
sinfuIIess of scandal. They answered:
..But. father, what shall we talk-about?'
IF you can't do anything else. replied
he. s.get pumpkin and roll il about;
that viii be at least innocent diversion.
a short time after, an association OF
ministers met at his house, and during
the evening some discussions on points
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07

A lady who had tickets to sell for a
church concert met a bright little boy
on the street day or two ago and in
quired if his mother were at home, as
she wanted to sell her some tickets for
a concert and readings at one of the
churches. With beanline face the lad
said: I'm buy one myself .sWhere
win you get your money, Freddie?" He
lifted up his large brown eyes to her
face, and standing on tiptoe, replied:
eve plenty of money in the bank for
the church; come home with me and
I'll get the money" The young banker
not only bought the ticket. but loaned
his mother money to buy second.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
Mothers. psotnsa = y nrorhers,,,

Are you disturbed at nleht and bro
ken of your restby sick child suffering
and crying with the e,scrucia,ing pain
of cutting teeth? If 50 goat once and
get a bottle of Mrs. WiEslow's .,ooth-
lug Syrup. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately depend
npon it; there is no mistake about it..
There is not a mother on earth who
has ever used it, who viii not tell you
at once that it viii regulate the bowels.
and give rest to the mother, and relief
and health TO the child operating like
magic. 1t is perfectly safa to use in all
cases, and pleasant TO tn, taste and is
the prescr f the eldest
and best { and nurses
in the U..~- ...s-s sold every
whore * cents q horr.s
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
PgLEsi PILEsli aTLEsiil

sufEar.
nHlre cure for the Blind Dleed
+ Itcniag and liberated Piles has been
discovered By. Or. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DIR. Williams Indian
Olntrnent A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of rs and 80
years standing. No one need suffer
i've minutes after applying this won
derEui soothing medicine. Lotions,
InsErnments and Etleefuaries do more
harm than good & iliam Ointment
aDsorbs the tumors, aliays the intense
itching particularly at night after
getting warm III bed). acts as & poal-
tice: gives instant and painless relief
and IS prepared only for Piles, itching
OF the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. J. M. Coffin
berry, of Cleveland, says about DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: /
have used scores of pile cures and it
affords me pleasure TO say that [ have
never found anything which gave such
Immediate and permanent relic as DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
Fer sale by all druggists, or mail
on receipt of price 81 90.
s. +. Henry q Co.. Props,
Cleveland. Ohio
For sale by Mccabe & Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-07
The Enemy of the OYSTER.

Naturalists tell us that the stingy-ray,
star-fish, prawns, boring Wrinkle and
gryphea are the deadliest enemies of
the oyster That's all the naturalists
know about it. The worst enemy the
oyster has is the spirituelle woman of
1877 pounds, when she declares, after
the theatre. that she cannot eat single
morsel, oh, indeed no. Well, if She
must, then you may bring her very
small bit of cracker and just one tiny
oyster. When the oyster ceases to exist,
and joins the innumerable caravan,
that's where it viii he gone to-. Hasok-