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The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

ed just below the fruit. This was done
between July 10 and August l, and an
account of the labor and proceeds from
the girdled fruit, which before the main
crop ripened, was kept. The cost of la
Dor was $3.50 about one-half more than
it ought 10 have BEEN and the fruit sold
for S36.1S above the price from the same
amount of fruit from the main crop.
Girdling produces superior punches
and an earlier ripening, both important
points if the vineyard is near a city mar
ket. No injury TO the vines has been
noticed from this practice.
or course at the succeeding year the
old canes are discarded and new ones
bear the fruit, and the girdling may be
repeated.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09
Girdllng Grape Vines.

An interesting and successful expert
mcnt was conducted last year at the vine
yard of the Massachusetts, Agricultural
college. Prof Maynard. who is in charge
selected twelve rows Of grape vines, and
on these all the surplus canes-those not
needed for the formation of next seasons
fruit spurs, were girdled.
A small revolving knife is employed,
which does the work rapidly. A ring of
bark one-fourth of an inch wide is remov.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

mingling with the thunder of the water
fall as he vanished into the cloud Of nist
that overhung the precipice.
As for me, it was late enough that night
before got home, and found my poor
wife in fine fright about me, so | thought
it just as well, on the whole, to keep my
adventure TO myself, and it wasn't till
nearly a year later that she heard a
word about my strange fellow-voyager.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

According to accounts from Austrian
Poland and South Russia, the winter has
already set in there, and the weather is
unseasonably cold. In Eastern Gallicia
there have been heavy snow-falls. At
Podaice three peasants have been frozen
to death. At wilma laborer met with
the same fate.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09
Humbugged Again.

| saw so much said about the merits
o Hop Bitters, and my wife, who was
always doctoring, and never well, teased
me so urgently to get her some, / conclu-
ded to be humbugged again; and am
glad did, for in less than two months
use of the Bitters, my wife was cured, and
she has remained so for eighteen months
since. like such humbugging.-H. T.,
st. Paul-Pioneer Press.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

Some Frenchmen are about establish
ing beet sugar factory in Minnesota.
The yield of beets is about Is or 20 tons
an acre, and crop of $4,000 or 10000
tons will, it is estimated, give return of
500 900 profit to the manufacturer.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

A band of Indian hunters composed of
Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Wild Bill, Mer-
ciless Ben and California Joe started for
the plains from Ithaca, Mich. Tbeir ages
ranged from l2 to IA years. They were
overtaken and captured by the pale faces
before they had gone far, and taken back
home for castigation.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The State of Wisconsin paid during the
last fis,al year ssl,622 for the scalps of
wild animals, of which tits alleged $3,375
was paid TO persons who rear wolves for
the sole puprose of securing the bounty
on their scalps.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09
HALLOWEEN CHARMS.
Poetry and superstitions Associated with
the Last Night of October.

The host of time-honored superstitions
that cling around October's last night are
too venerable TO be even assigned a cor.
rect starting-point. That they are relic
of heather customs is beyond dispute,
yet while gradually losing their mystic
and unhallowed significance they still
retain their hold upon the popular mind
and serve TO link the prosaic and we'll
informed present with the picturesque
ignorance Of the past. In common with
many other superstitious practices they
may be traced directly back to the Druids
whose two great yearly festivals were the
"Beltane," or Fire of God" celebrated
on the first of May, and the "Samh'in,"
or Fire of Peace" which took place on
the first Of November 1t was at this
time that those early law-givers assem-
bled in solemn conclave to discharge the
judicial functions of their order, and at
this time also were kindled the sacred
fires, from which the darkened hearths
all over the country were carefully relit.
Indeed the custom of kindling fires on
Halloweve fingered in the British islands
long after the introduction of Christian
ity, and many other practices but recent
ly in vogue were as purely heather in
their origin.
With most Of these the object was to
gain some glimpse into the future, or to
decide on coming marital relations; for
the witches and fairies, who were sup
posed TO select this night for their earth
ly rambles, were as accommodating as a
modern fortune-tcller in the selection
of husbands and wives to suit all appli-
cants. The girl in Tam Glen" who hangs
the wet shirt-sloeve by the fire to dry
doubts not that her own true love really
came in spirit and turned 1t for her, but
relates the fact with cheerful confidence:
The last Halloween was wauken
Ny druuket saIk sleeve, as YOU ken;
aaYn an tb..b ,l..,,
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The aged mother of Thomas Hughes
lives at Rugby, and is hopeful that the
colony will yet be success. She writes
to friends in praise of the productiveness
of the soil and the salubrity Of the cli-
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The head of Clan Scott, the Duke OF
Buccleugh, being anxious to preserve
Melrose Abbey and grounds, sacred to
the memory of the last of the great min
strels, free from the desecration of the
stranger, has been purchasing a large
amount Of property in the vicinity of the
historic ruin, to make assurance doubly
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

DR.. Bliss went to the Garfield Claims
Commission room in Washington and
asked when his bill would be paid. ut
will be- the next century before your bill
is paid" said friend standing by. ut
looks that way" said the doctor, stroking
hia eyrov whiakprs
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09
years.

Prof. Vim. Wagner, aged SO, and too
feeble to address an audience, is lecturing
in Philadelphia by proxy. He sits on
the platform in an easy chair, while an
elocutionist reads the manuscript.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

King Humbert, perceiving the impos-
sibihty of the emperor Francis Joseph
visiting Rome, has written to the latter
thanking him for his courteous intention
and assuring him that he considered the
visit as Maid,
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The widow of ex-governor Z. Z. wash
burne is said to be in fair way to re-
cover her mind. She has been in the
Wisconsin asylum for the insane for 80
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

William Schroeder drank ten whisky
cocktails in five minutes. to win wager,
at Denver, and his life was only saved by
the use of stomach pump and galvanic
battery
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.

The physicians of Louisa NJ. Alcott
the poetess, have forbidden her to put
pen TO paper.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

"Just like the horrid menp said Mrs.
Lozier, the noted woman-suffragist, when
she heard of the failure Of the women's
suffrage amendment in Nebraska.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

A remarkably large aerolite, weighing
more than half ton, has fallen at AK,
in the department of the Haute Garonne,
Erunce
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The skillful class of flatteren praise
the discourse Of an ignorant friend and
the face of deforlned one.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

Miss Thompson, Of Indianapolis was
,orpiqden by her parents to encourage
an morn as a suitor, because he was
,arunkard. She not only would not give
hln up, but she eloped with him. He
got drunk on the night of their marriage
at Columbus hotel, and he took a Train
lor home, convinced that the old folks
were right.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

The last Halloween | was waukeu
My druuket saIk sleeve, as you ken;
His likeness cam up the house stauken
In the very grey breeks o. Tam Glen.
The Osceola times., 1882-12-09

thought OF being carried over those
tremendous precipices made my very
blood run cold. Yet being devoured by
lion would hardly be much of an i'm
provement, and as hadn't the ghost of
a chance being able to swim ashore,
there really seemed TO be no other alter
native.
Faster and faster we went-'ouder and
louder grew the roar of the cataract. The
lion seemed to have given himself up for
lost. and crouched down among the
leaves, only uttering moaning whine
every now and then. was fairly at my
wits end what to do, when all Of a sud-
den | caught sight of something that
gave me hope.
A little way ahead of us the river mar
rowed suddenly, and rocky headland
thrust itself out good way into the
stream. On one of the lowest points of
it grew a thick clump of trees whose
boughs overhung the water; and il struck
me that if we only passed near enough
might manage to catch hold of one of the
branches and swing myself up on to the
rock.
No sooner said than done. / started
up, hardly caring whether the lion at
tackled me or not, and planted myself
firmly on one of the biggest roots, where
| could take good spring when the time
came. knew that this would be my last
chance, for by this time we were 80 near
the precipice that could see quite plain
ly, a little way ahead, the great cloud of
spray and vapor that hovered over the
great waterfall. Even at the best it was
desperate adventure, and | can tell you
that felt my heart beginning to thrimp
like sledgehammer rs we came closer
and closer 10 the point, and thought
what would happen if | missed my leap.
Now or never. ! made one spring Il
don't think ever made such another be-
fore or since and just clutched the lowest
bough; and as dragged myself on TO it
heard the last roar Of the doomed lion
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
THE OLD HOME.

A large portion of our girls who
read this will some day love and mar
ry. 1t is well it is right; but do
not be in hurry to be grown up and
away from home. Life will never
give you anything sweeter, better,
happier, than you have now. No
love purer than your mothers; no
care more kindly than fathers; no
companionship like that of your
brothers and sisters. Even to the
man who loves you you will not be
the Lily who was baby once; who
learned to walk and prattle, and was
prettier than any other baby ever
was !; nor the little girl who was so
wonderful a genius when she played
her first tune on the piano or worked
her first book-mark. He who falls
in love with you may have known
twenty other pretty girls, and have
been perhaps at sometime, in love
with half of them. In some things
you will fall short of some one he
has known. Your eyes will not
be so fine as those of Miss Lavina,
and you will never make cake as his
mother does. Here at the old home
you have been perfection; even if
prudence kept your parents from
saying so, they cannot believe any
one quite so nice as ''our Lily
Then linger little here, where some
one else shoulders the burdens and
shields you from life's worry where
the love is a love that does not
change because of a new face where
the innocent days of childhood have
been passed-your first and best
home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
GEO. I'll. BLAKE, Publisher.

mestic mechanical skill. Still she
wasn't miser, for she fed herself
and her companions generously and
gave quite literally for charitable OBJ
jects. But she forgot her relatives
an objectionable sin, you see, only
to be condoned by Cash-and they
propose to twist aside her wishes in
behalf of good objects that she did
remember, because of her alleged de-
fective memory. Perhaps her mind
abstracted in contemplations of high
er things than dinners OF greedy
kinsfolk. Some of the wisest men
in this world have been very absent
minded in such small matters. Was
Sir Isaac Newton insane, for in
stance? RADIx.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
BROTHER GARDNER ON
CHAMPIONS.

''Am Construction White in de hall
dis evenin'?' softly inquired the pres
ident, as the hush came.
Eyes, sab, answered a voice from
the back end of the room, and Broth
er White made his way to the plat
form with look of puzzled wonder
on his face.
Construction White" continued
the president, after drawing long
breath, Il understan' dat you have
become champion"
"I-I-I dunno, sah,' stammered
the brother.
Il understan' dat you claim to be
able to lift mo- wild your teef dan any
odder man in America. One of de
local papers says dat you kin lift 280
pounds wild your jaws, and dat you
kin sustain your own weight seben
minits by cotchin' a strap in your
mouf.
IL 'spects dats so, sah.'
''Brudder White, dis club doan' go
cent on champions. Champion
rowers are simply crooks. Champion
wrestlers are only loafer wild clean
shirts on. De champion runner am,
sooner or later, an inmate of de work
house. De champion walker walks
away from his bod bill. Show me
so-called champion, and I'll show you
bad citizen. Brudder White, you
am man wild an iron jaw ~
Eyes, sah.''
Use dat jaw properly an men will
bress you. You have wide field
befo' you. You can help to tear
down houses wild that jaw. You can
tow schooners up an down de ribber
wild profit to yerself an pleasure to
commerce. You kin help de fremen
You can aid de police need
have no fear of bitin' off mo- dan you
kin chaw. Do dis quietly an mod
estly, an widout any blowin' of hons.
Bite honestly when You strike a rail
road spike, an chaw on de squar'
when you get hold of a piece of sheet
iron. Do dis, an we shall be glad
dat you are among us. Start out as
a champion, an off goes your name
from our books. You can now re-
turn to your seat an analyze yer
thoughts, an decide what course you
will adopt
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

BRILLIANT REsULTs.-There can not be
found, in the journals of any school of
medicine, an account of such brilliant
cures as have been made, during the past
ten years, in a wide range of chronic dis
eases, by the new Compound Oxygen
Treatment. In a single number of our
quarterly journal, Health and Life. will be
found record of cures, some of which
would make the reputation of any medical
practitioner. Not day in which our large
correspondence with patients does not
bring US new reports of cures, or ameli-
orations of distressing symptoms, or ex-
pressions of thankfulness and gratitude
for relief from pains which have tortured
! for years, and for which no treatment had
hitherto availed anything. Our treaties
on Compound Oxygen, containing large
reports of cases and full information sent
free. Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1l09 and IL IL
Girard street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
GEN. HOWARD PRAYING BY
THE BED OF A DYING
SOLDIER.
An .Old Private" writing to

An ''Old Private" writing to the
Belfast Journal, says:
II once sat on the picket line at
the Rappanhanock with a large
squad of soldiers who were members
of different regiments and hailed
from different states. General How
ard was being discussed. Some of
the soldiers, with much profanity,
were abusing him. After many re-
marks had been made, one man,
a tall, muscular fellow, hailing from
Ohio, spoke: Boys, will tell you
what I know sof General Howard.
Just before Charlottesville my only
brother, mere boy, was sick and
dying. We were together in little
tent. Jimmy knew that he must
soon be mustered out, and one dark,
stormy night [ sat down by his side
and took hold of his thin hands. He
talked of home. He sent little mes
sages of love to the old folks and to
the girls, gave me some good advice,
but | saw he was uneasy. Something
seemed to trouble him. After awhile
he told me he was sort of uneasy
about the future. He kind of thought
there was to be a general inspection
over there, and he was not ready for
it. He never took much stock in
those things, but he looked so pitt
full like, made up my mind that l
would find some one to help the poor
fellow prepare for the future. SO
through the rain and mud | ran. 1t
was awful dark, but | soon found
the chaplain's tent, but the chaplain
was sick and not able to 90 out.
What to do | didn't know. | never
could 90 back to the poor boy alone.
l happened to think of Howard. [
had heard the officers laugh about his
prayers, and without stopping to
think what | was doing, ran across
the field half a mile to his headquar-
ters. The guard had been removed,
and | knocked at the door of the
Generals tent; when he came /
blurted out my errand. He caught
up his hat and hurried with me to my
tent. Poor Jimmy was very low and
breathing hard, but he knew me, and
when l told him who the General was
his pale cheeks flushed with joy.
Howard got down by the poor boy S
side, and how he prayed! My own
eyes were so dim that | could not
see much for a few moments. When
did look Jimmy had passed away.
He had one hand on the Generals s
shoulder, and there was a sweet
smile on his face. Howard spoke
lots of encouraging words to me be-
fore he left, and when Jimmy was
buried General Howard came down
to the grave, spoke a few words OF
sympathy and kindly shook my hand
Now, boys, you had better change
the subject"
1t is needless for me to write thai
there was no more abuse of Genera
Howard on that picket post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
GOOD HUMOR.

Good humor is rightly reckoned
most valuable aid to happy home
life. An equally good and useful
faculty is a sense Of humor, or the
capacity to have a little fun along
with the humdrum cares and works
of life. We all know how it bright
ems up things generally to have a
lively, witty companion, who sees the
ridiculous points of things, and can
turn an annoyance into an occasion
for laughter. 1t does a great deal
better to laugh over some domestic
mishaps than to cry or seold about
them. Many homes and lives are
dull because they are allowed to be-
come to deeply impressed with the
cares and responsibilities of life to
recognize its bright, and especially
its mirthful side. In such a house
hold. good, but dull, the advent of a
witty, humorous friend is like sun
shine on cloudy day. While it is
always oppressive to hear persons
constantly striving to say witty or
funny things, it is comfortable, see
ing what a brightener little fun is,
to make an effort to make some at
home. 1t is well to turn off an i'm
patient question sometimes and to
regard it from humorous point in
stead of being irritated by it. 'Wife
what is the reason | never can find
clean shirt?" exclaimed a good, but
rather impatient husband after look
ing all through the wrong drawer.
His wife looked at him steadily for
moment, half inclined to be provok-
ed; then, with comical look, she
said, II never guess conundrums, l
give it up" Then he laughed, and
the both laughed, and she went
and got his shirt, and he felt asham-
ed of himself and kissed her; and
then she felt happy, and so what
might have been the occasion for
harsh words and unkind feelings, be-
came just the contrary, all thro' the
little vein of humor that cropped out
to the surface. Some people have a
peculiar faculty for giving humor-
Gus turn to things when they are re-
proved. 1t does just as well often
times to laugh things off as to scold
them off. Laughter is better than
tears. Let us have little more of
it at home.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

A GREAT BLESSING TO MOTHERS AND NURSES
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

burying ground where his forefathers
slept.
''Louie, this is why l refused to
play even with Howard, last even
ing, | have never touched cards since
and | never can again"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

A REMARKABLE CoINcIpENoF.-Il is = matter CT
journalistic record that years since schaener
Sc, sail from Baltimore having on board a crew Of
thirteen men. By most singular freak of nature,
the entire fnice attacked is skin disease which
manifested itself in large uleeiated sores on the aims
and hands, Wholly nealaei'a,ing the men from duty.
The result that the vessel toued back to the
city where the we're placed in the hospital
Morali Had swaynes Ointment for skin diseases
been used in the frst PLACE. the CROW would have re-
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29

nj 94 Great chance to make money. Those
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Expensive outfit furnished free, No who engages
fails to make money rapidly You devote your
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Full information and all that is needed sent free.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
A LOVE SONG.

Addressed to his Wife, by Rev. G. H. Spurgeon.]
Over the space that parts Us, my wife,
I'll cast me bridge of song;
Our hearts shall meet o joy of my lfe
On its arch, unseen but strong.
Fen as the stream forgets not the sea,
But hastes to the oceans breast,
My yconstant soul flows onward to thee,
And finds in thy love its rest.
The swallows must plume their wings to greet
New summers to lands afar,
But, dwelling at home with thee, I meet
No winter my year to mar
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29
A TROUTING IDYL.

A line,
A hook,
rod
brook,
A man absorbed in fishing:
A cast,
A bite,
"a trout?"
you're right:
For this have been wishing
In camp
To lie.
With trout
To fry,
Farewell to cares and sadnessi
No care,
No strife
In such
A life,
What health and rest and gladness!
Then come
With me,
Away
Wen flee,
And spend a month together.
By stream
And lake
Sly trout
Well take,
And sleep in stormy weather.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-05-29


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