Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-13


played by others than this dusky
American-whose fate, let us hope,
will be in happier lines than boot
blacking-by men and women, and
noble self-denial under the most try
ing terror. In fact, one spirit SEEM
ed to animate every one. Brave per-
sons in peril were saved by brave
rescuers and the roars of cheering
showed the sympathy of kindred
hearts.
There is a renewed cry, in view of
the undoubted scanty supply of wa
ter, for the use of salt water from
our North and East River boundries
to put out fires and clean the streets.
Our aqueduct is tapped so severely
to supply the ever increasing blocks
of residences and factories up town
that decent pressure can't be got
for big fire, and it is time to do
something to remedy this.
The availability of unlimited salt
water would be a boon to the new
street cleaning contractors, who have
just begun work most theoretically.
They got snow storm the first day,
and have done what was never done
but once before in Gotham, and then
on Broadway alone, on the occasion
of the funeral of a politician, cleaned
off the principal streets in splendid
style. One of them is Walton, of
the st. James Hotel, the famous
american plunger," who won so
much money from the ''blawsted
Britishers, you know" on horse
races. He is very energetic, and
it's a caution to see the stalwart fell
lows he employs shoveling snow into
carts stationed within a few yards of
each other, which, when filled, are
hurried off to the dump and replaced
by others. The contrast to the old
style of decrepid old voters languid-
ly leaning on their brooms, as they
lighted their old pipes is uery shock
ing. Walton has put ginger in the
business, and his colleagues are run
ming him close in activity. Let us
hope these new brooms will continue
to sweep clean.
If there was one thing supposed to
be superlatively harmless, your
Radix always supposed it was mo-
lasses candy. But a child has just
died of it, and suspected traces of
poisoning, by its possibly being boil
ed in an imperfectly cleaned brass OF
copper kettle, were not found ON in
vestigation. 1t was decided that il
was the candy alone which, taken in
excess, had developed injurious
gases. In fact it won't do to make
ones self hog with anything, and
temperance is as desirable with can.
dy, cold water or dinner as with gil
or the mldest lager beer.
AS the news boys were crying the
extras on the occasion of the whole
sale roast of girls at Potter's fire, thu
bellies of upper tendon were getting
their hair fixed for the Charity Ball
and a few hours later on, the Acade
my of Music was gay with youth
mirth, elegance and material evi
dences of wealth, The ball was
grand success, as always, as demon
strating the charity that begins a
home.
A very illused or a very delude,
woman has been claiming a wealth
furniture dealer as her long lost hus
band. The man has been Marie
here, and declares he never saw he
before. On the contrary, she pro
duces certificates and the sworn test
mony of her son and others to til
alleged facts she relies on. She ha
been locked up three times as luns
tic in consequence of her persister
efforts to obtain her supposed right
by hurried police justices, but seem
at last to have secured a hearing
and the case seems a very interes
, ing one.
Gen. Mcclellan is the president {
! new association for spreading tt
f knowledge of what to do in cases {
| accident or sudden illness broadca
among the people. They don't il
4 tend to confne themselves to Il
I distribution of pamphlets, but to ha7
b free and frequent lectures by Il
: ablest professors procurable. Phi
0 sicians are not always at hand, al
). even when they are not far off, it
e always well to know what to do if
e leg is broken, or cup of poist
+ swallowed, or hand scalded, or
q hundred other miseries occur. 1t
), evidently going to be very pnpul
e movement, and is infuentially tax,
v up.
o The one night this winter VIII
Il sleighing was practicable, was certai
: ly the most beautiful that ever temp
ed the speeding of cutter behil
the bells. A brilliant moon, Gle
# sky, air fresh as nectar, and stir
Re by too faint zephyr to chill, ever
!, thing went to assure a perfect til
y to all who ventured out, and th
y had it.
lie The murderer of the poor Frepf
:, e man, Hanier, and his accomplish
lie has been found, after an unusua
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