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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The mail carrier between MiddleburY
makes the second female mail carrier in
Addison county, the other one carrying
the mails between Vergennes and Adj
Olson.
The Governor reported the first bills
approved and signed Saturday, viz:
Four house bills of minor Importance and
one senate bill, which makes keeping for
sale or selling toy pistols a criminal
offence.
While descending the stairs in Walton
block, Montpelier, Mrs. Lydia Billiard,
an aged lady, fell from the top to the bot
tom of the stairs. She was picked up
senseless and lies in critical condition,
fracture of the skull being feared.
1t is yet little early for seal-skin
sacques-especially if they are bought In
Montreal and worn across the border.
Two ladies were compelled to pay duty
on cloaks by the customs officials at St.
Adams last week, despite the fact that
they wore them on their persons.
Ex-Governor Hiland Hall of Benning-
ton will go to Springfield, Mass, to
spend the winter with his son, Charles
Hall. Governor Hall, in his eighty-eighth
year, is still an active man, having been
| busily engaged during the summer in his
! torical research and other literary Occu-
/ pations.
The name of Prof. Collier is respected
by the farmers of Vermont as that of 9
man who knew what he was talking
about. These farmers will be glad te
know that the sorghum sugar works al
Rio Grande, N. j., are a grand success
They have already produced over 100000
pounds of first-rate sugar, and confident
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

records show preponderance of
those admitted to be between 20 and
As years of age. Herein is warn
ing to the young against fast living
and all vicious practices. The final
table in the report illustrates the fact
that insanity is not inconsistent with
long life. OF the deaths during the
two years, GA per cent were past 40
years old and Ii were past 20. One
had been an inmate for Al years and
another for SO years Ii had been
residents in the institution from 20 to
% years. The report makes suitable
mention of the important improve
ments which have been in progress
for 10 years past, and OF the new
park of so acres which has been laid
out and is now in progress of i'm
proyement.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

ly expect to make this season over $780,
600 pounds.
We hope the sentence of Meaker will
not be committed; you might as well
commute the sentence of wife who was
a confederate with her husband in MUIR
der. This young Meaker clearly compre-
hended that his mother asked him to do
wrong; he refused the starvation scheme,
but he consented to the strychnine scheme
"a mere matter of taste. They ought to
swing together This confession is so
coherent that it damns his appeal for COM
mutation. Herald.
Capt. Horace X. Ide of st. Johnsbury,
who will undoubtedly be elected quarter
master-general, General Kingsley having
declined TO be again candidate, is about
forty years of age, and is the junior men,
Der of the firm of E. T. & II. X. Ide, flour
and grain dealers in st. Johnsbury. He
has brilliant record as soldier En-
listing as private in the FIRST Vermont
cavalry in September, 1861, he served I'M
til the regiment was mustered out on the
21st of June, 1866. He rose from the
ranks to be captain of Co. d Of his regi-
.ment, and was breveted major for gallant
conduct on the field of battle. He par
ticipated in all the great battles Of the
east; was twice wounded seriously and
passed a number of months as a prisoner
in Libby prison. He will fill the office of
quarter-master-g general with energy and
ability.
In the wrestling tournament at Bethel,
George w. Flagg of Braintree, won the
belt and. championship for heavy weight
wrestling and purse of $500 in gold
w. w. Montgomery Of Fairfield, won
the belt and championship for light
weight wrestling and purse of $3.50 in
gold. The matches were holly contested
throughout. The entries were as follows /;
Heavy weights-G. w. Flagg of Braintree,
Duncan G.. Ross of Kentucky, J. G. Hal
ley of New York, w. A. Burbank of
Cleveland, O., f. r. Wheeler of Croydon,
N. H. Light weights-N. E. Hutchins,
Marlboro, Mass; w. w. Montgomery,
| Fairfield, James O'Donald, Montreal.
| f. E. Martell of Boston acted as referee.
| At the close of the contest HutchinS chal-
| lenged Montgomery to wrestle for the
belt and any sum Of money named by
Montgomery to wrestle for the belt and
any sum of money named by Montgomery
H. M. Dufur also challenged Flagg Oh
the same terms, the place and time to be
named.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
THE VERMONT ASYLUM.

The report of the officers of the
Vermont asylum for the insane at
Brattleboro, for the biennial period
ending July 81, 1882, states the av-
erage number of patients under care
to have been 443. The receipts for
the two years aggregated S180,381,-
43 and the expenditures S179, 1912.
The cost per week per capita was
$3.50 1t appears that the institu-
ton has become exclusively devoted
to the treatment of patients from
Vermont, there being only five in
mates from outside the state. The
mortality was greater during this Pc
Rod than during the last biennial Pc
Rod, but this was not by reason OF
any epidemic or other special cause
OF the AL inmates at the date of the
report, 240 were men and POI were
women. DIR. Draper notes as an un.
favorable augury the fact that the
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
SENATE COMMITTEES.

The committees of the senate are
as follows:
On rules-Senators Dart, Barber
and Crane.
On finance Senators Jones, Col
burn and Esty.
Our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Walker,
Burnap, Crane, Ide, Hogan, Boyden
and Bingham.
On claims-Senators Burnap, Wall,
Fletcher, Kelton and Cutting.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Boyden,
Howard, Dart, Page and Chamber
lin.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Childs,
Cutting and Read.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Brain
erd of Franklin, Estey and Good
win.
On election-Senators Page, Per-
kins and Barber.
On military affairs-Senators Els
tey, Brainerd of Caledonia, and
Walker.
On NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ide, Bing-
ham, Dart, Templeton, Colburn,
Read and Gilmore.
On highways and bridges-Sena-
tors Martin, Perkins and Burnap.
On banks-Senators Fletcher
Howard and Jones.
On land taxes-Senators Cham
berlin, Childs and Martin.
On printing Senators Brainerd O
Caledonia, Templeton and Wall.
General committee-Senators Ho
gan, Whitcomb and Mcintosh.
On Federal relations
Howard, Whitcomb and Brainerd O
Caledonia.
On State prison-Senators Good
win, Kelton and Bingham.
On insane administrators TEN
pleton, Gilmore and Brainerd O
Franklin.
On grand list-Senators Crane
Mcintosh and Walker.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

A horrible shooting affair occurred
in st. Louis recently. Col. A. w.
Slayback, a well known politician,
formerly Confederate officer, was
excited at something in the Post
Dispatch, and started for the office
to chastise the editor. On the way
he said to friend who accompanied
him that he should strike Mr.. Cock
rell in the face before he would &C
cept an apology. Entering the office
he saw a pistol on the table, and
drew his own and cooked it to fire
but he was prevented by others.
Mr.. Cockrell thinking he was to be
shot, fired his pistol and killed Mr..
Slayback instantly. He was greatly
excited and overcome when he found
what he had done, and gave himself
up to the authorities. The shooting
caused intense feeling in the city
where both men were well known
The funeral of Col. A. W. Slaybacl
was one of the largest ever witness
ed in st. Louis.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
FARM FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale his farm situated on
the east shore OF Seymour Lake, consisting Of l60
acres suitably divided into tillage, moving and pas
ture There is good sugar orchard of 500 trees-the
best in that locality The buildings consist of large
good house. with milk-room three good BARNS with
sheds attached Excellent soft and neverfailiHg water
at house and barns Cuts this year As tons hay. and
has ten acres in other crops Is In an excellent state
of cultivation. There is sufficient amount of timber
for use on the farm, with surplus of saw timber.
Only half mile to school. mile and half to mills
postofce and church, and four miles from the railroad
on stage road Terms and payments easy. Inquire
OF r.. d. Mapesden the premises, Geo. II. Blake Of
Barton or the subscriber at West Charleston
37R H. MAPLESDES,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

1t appears by the newspapers that
the annual squirrel hunts are begin
ming in various parts of the state. A
more wicked and ineXcusable pas
time, if such it is, could not be de-
vised. This wholesale slaughter for
no purpose, or none worth naming
as such, ought to be condemned in
the strongest terms the vocabulary
furnishes, and not only that but the
Legislature now in session ought to
enact law with stringent provisions
to prohibit all such ''sport. " When
lamenting the scarcity of game in
our forests, bear in mind that moth
ing contributes to its depletion more
than an organized onslaught of
brutes in pants, simply to see who
can Stay the most, and to make an
excuse for supper for which some
body else must pay WoodstocE
Standard
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23


There is no subject of more practi-
cal Importance to the public then the
enactment of good road law the old
law was open to gross abuse F.; the new
law creates dissatisfaction, and it
does seem as if the practical intel
lects of the Legislature might give us
a better law than we have hitherto
had. We understand that the town
repairs of our highways outside the
village of Rutland have cost over
$4,000 the past year. Men of prac-
tical intelligence in these matters say
that these repairs could be equally
well maintained for 5000; that our
multitude of petty highway survey
ors really costs us 81 900 more than
it is necessary. There ought to be
some simpler, less complicated way
of caring for some of our roads.
Probably two efficient, practical men,
who were placed in charge of our
town roads, would give us a deal bet
ter service at half our present ex-
pense. These men should be well
paid for their time spent in superin-
tendence and should be held to strict
business responsibilities for the exc
cution of their work and the expend.
lures incurred for it. The subject
is worth discussion. Nobody likes
the present road law, and yet no
body wants to return to the old law
Rutland Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

CHAIRMAN NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE.
CTATE OF VERMONT
y Orleans District, SIS,
In Probate Court, held at Barton Landing, within
and for SAID District, the 18th day of October A.
u. 1882.
Lewis R. Bridges, guardian Of his minor children,
Clvtv MAY and John Henry, makes application to said
Court for license sell the following described real
estate of his said wards to w.t. their interest as heirs
of Ann Bridges. deeeasdd in twenty-five acres of land
in Albany SAID district of which the said Ann died.
seized and possessed representing that the sale there
Of for the purpose putting the proceeds 70 such sale
at interest investing the same in stocks or real e
tate would be beneficial to said wards:
Whereupon it is ordered by sad Court that said
application be referred to session thereof to be held
at O. II. Austn's Office in said Barton
Landing in said district, the 3th day OF October
A. D. 1882, for hearing and decision thereon: And 1t
is further ordered that all persons interested be not-
fed hereof by publication OF notice OF said application
and order thereon. three weeks successfully In the
Orleans County Monitor, newspaper published at
Barton previous to said time for hearing that they
appear at said time and place. and if they see cause,
object thereto. By the Court-Attest,
OH. AUSTIN. Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

The annual meeting of the Ver-
mont historical society was held at
Montpelier on Tuesday. Hon. He
man Carpenter of Mortified presided.
The following officers were elected:
Hon. E. P. Walton of Montpelier,
president; Hon. James Barrett of
Rutland, Rev VIM. S. Hazer of
Mortified, Hon. Edward A. Sowles
of St. Adams, vice presidents re-
cording secretary, Charles W. Porter
of Montpelier; corresponding secre-
taries, Hon. G.. G. Benedict of Bur-
lington and S. S. Stanton of Roxbu-
ry; treasurer, Hiram Carleton of
Montpelier curators, Hon. R. S.
Taft of Burlington, DR.. II. A. Cut
ting of Lunenburg, FL. A. Huse OF
Montpelier, Hon. G.. A. Davis OF
Windsor, Fred butcher of st. AL
bans. Quite number of contribu-
lions have been received during the
past year. The annual address is tc
be delivered on the evening of Octo
Der 26, by Hon. Edward j. Phelps Of
Burlington, on the life of the late
Judge Prentice. Hon. Hiland Hal
of Bennington wrote a feeling lette
of warm sympathy, being unable t.
attend because of his advanced age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
BUTTER MARKET.

The tendency of the butter market |
is to still higher prices. While trade |
has been rather slow here most of |
the week, owing to the wet weather,
prices. have gained strength, in SYM
pathy with an advance in the coun-
try, and buyers may expect to pay
at least one cent pound more than
last week for the finest fresh made
butter. For the best northern
creameries dealers are now asking
"a to 80 cents pound, in large lots,
and we suppose will want sc or 81
cents in a jobbing way, but it is
doubtful if they can obtain these fig
ures very readily. Fine dairy selec-
tons are about one cent higher in
the county, and should realize "a
cents here in order to get over 33
cents from the trade. In fact, prices
in the country for all kinds are high
er than here, and the butter business
at present is in anything but salts
factory condition, so far as our mark
Ell is concerned. Good ice-house
stock is moving fairly, and we hear
of some sales of summer creamery
at 80 to 80 cents a pound. But for
most of the held stock % to 20 cents
is still full range, and straight dali
ries held in the country would be
hard to sell here for % cents
pound. The demand is mainly for
finest September and October made
butter, and as the production is now
falling off, we should not be surpris-
ed to see some of the fancy creamer-
les selling at a still higher figure, but
the prevailing opinion is that prices
are now as high as the market will
bear. After this week retailers will
not be able to sell choice butter I'M
der 40 cents pound, and their prof
it's will be small at that. There must
be liberal stock of butter still in
the country, as receipts both here
and in New York are much smaller
than last year, and it will probably
come forward by and by. AS an off
set to this, however, we are assured
that the stock in the West is com
paratively small, and that the con-
sumption has increased far beyond
our conceptions. Parties here who
control Iowa creameries say thai
their production is engaged largely
ahead and that they can sell every
pound in the West at l to 2 cents
more than they can get here. Ii
Chicago, according to letter jus
received, dealers were paying 3;
cents a pound for such creameries a
were Offering here last week at 3.
cents, and at -Elgin, Illinois, Their
was an active market at 50 to 3
cents a pound on Monday. Accord
ing to these reports the West is ia
ahead of us, and will use up all th
fine butter they can get. The Ne'
York market is also ahead of ours
the best creameries being quote
there yesterday at 80 to 36 cents
pound. So that while we may a
grllmble about the high price of bu
8 ter, we must submit or go withor
the article.-Boston Journals "a
article, Oct. Is.
y Good news may be told at any TIM
q but i'll in the morning.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

The North american ReUieoo for Novem
Der presents an unusually diversified Ia
BILE of Contents. English views of Free
Trade" by the Hon. John Welsh of Phil
adelphia, is a clear and forcible exposi-
ton of the difference between the econ
omic situation of England and that of the
United States, and of the considerations
which mske Free Trade imperative for
the former country, if she would retain
her present position as the worlds work
shop. Joseph Nelson, chief justice of
brooklyn court, writes of Disorder in
Court Rooms" subject of profound in
terest to good citizens at all times, and
more especially now in view of certain
recent occurrences. The obiter dictd of
the learned author touching the Guiteau
trial and the Lawson-Gray incident at
Dublin, are characterized by the best jul
dicial temper DR.. VIM. A. Hammond,
ex-surgeon-general Of the U. S. Army,
offers ga Problem for Socioloeists," the
problem being to determine the degree of
responsibility before the criminal law, of
persons affected by certain forms of in
sanity. 'sThe Industrial Value of Wom-
an" by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, is a very
able reply to an article recently publish
ed on 'sWoman's Work and .Woman's
Wages" advantages Of the Jury Sys-
tem,' by Dwight Foster, formerly JUS
tice of the Massachusetts supreme court,
will command the attention of every
thoughtful citizen, being a grave and
learned defense of an institution which
it is becoming the fashion to belittle and
decry. The remaining articles are ''Safe-
ty in Theatres" by Steele Mackaye, the
distinguished actor and theatrical mana
ger; ssThe Pretensions of journalism, -
by Rev. Geo. T. Rider; and symposium
on ''The Suppression of Vice." by Antho-
ny Comstock, o. B. rockingham and
| Rev. Dr. J. nj. Buckley.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

The tenth reuion of the First Regi-
ment Vermont cavalry will be held at
Montpelier, Wednesday, November
1st. All members of the regiment
are cordially invited to be present.
Business meeting at 6 80 p. M, at
the state house, after which ban
uuet will be served at the Pavilion
hotel. The address will be delivered
by Lieutenant Willard harrington OF
st. Adams. Members should be
sure and call for tickets to Montpe-
lier and return, which is the only
way to secure fare over the Central
Vermont, Passumpsic and Wells Riv-
er railroads.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
NoTTCE

Whereas my wife, Mrs. A. NJ. Goodrich, has left my
bed and board without just or provocaton this
is to forbid all persons trusting harborng her
my account. G.. K. GOODRICH.
Cfa1tsOury, l., Oct. y, 1882. 4l-43
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

bridges of certain span. This law,
while it cuts off some fraud, really
compels every man who travels the
highways to take his own chances ON
life and limb, no matter how negli-
gent the town chooses to be in keep
ing the roads. Broken and danger
Gus bridges and culverts, unprotected
banks and chasms, roads made al
most impossible by SHOWS or by
freshets, must be endured or travelled
over with no redress, except the
roundabout and expensive method Of
getting out road commissioners.
Under this law selectmen and survey
ors, feeling that the town cannot be
amerced in damages, are in no special
hurry to mend broken bridges, repair
dangerous gulles, or to erect ratings
where they are needed to protect
everybody who travels. There is no
particular responsibility on any one,
and the condition of the highways
becomes dangerous and bad. These
are some of the arguments against
the Judevine law. Something which
is not so open to fraud as the old
law, and which is not so open to
danger as the new, seems to be need
ed, and the Legislature is liable to
strike mean between the two, which
promises to be better than either.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

THIS PAPER Pax gKD@ s COS S Ses 81
Advertising Bureau QOSpruce ST. where adyer1ls1ng
contracts may be made for IL IN NE" Ao~sAs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23

The present comet in the eastern
sky, which can be distinctly seen by
everyone at early morning, is certain
~ the most remarkable one of all the
modern comets Prof. Lewis Swift,
director of the Warner Observatory,
Rochester, n. Y, states that the
comet grazed the sun so closely as
to cause great disturbance, so that it
has divided into no less than eight
separate parts, all of which can be
distinctly seen by good telescope.
There is only one other instance on
record where a comet has divided,
that one being Biella's comet of 1916,
which separated into two parts. APP
plications have been made on Mr..
FL. FL. Warner by parties who have
noted these cometary offshoots, claim
ing the 5000 prize for each one of
them. Whether the great comet will
continue to produce a brood of small
er comets remains to be seen.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-23
IT'S ACRE FARM FOR SALE,

We offer our farm for sale in Sheffield fifteen min
ues' drive to village of churches stores saw-miII
grst-mill blacksmith repair, paint shop, DC. Cut this
year 80 tons hav, mostly cut with machine; three
good pastures Two good sugar orchards 1000 trees
each, with saphouse and fixtures very convenient and
near the buildings. Apple Orchard-raised leo bush
els last year; some grated fruit also pums and cher
ries in abundance Large muck bed also good chance
for fish pond. Buildings consist of large cottage house
and ell well finished, with milk and wash rooms;
wood-hOuse, barns, COW barn 44x64, with basement
completely finished in modern style-built in 1879
Horse barn with pgery underneath nearly new, also
barn. Never-faIlng water Running at house and
barn. We VIII sell together with sugar tools, moving
machine nearly new, horse rake one years stock of
wood at house and sugar house, and all farming TOOLS
for $780, onehalf down, the rest to suit purchaser
We have 10 acres in crops we would be pleased to
SHOW any one-one field of common 8rowed corn which
stood feet high August IA.
For further particulars enquire of L. W. Simpson
of Barton Landing, B. Z. Taylor of Wheelock or H. P
King of Sheffield
S. KENDALL & SON.
Sheffield, Ft4 Aug. q, 1882. 34tf