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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-12-18

No. 127.-An act making provision for the sup
port of government.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC. l. The sum of sixty thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1882 and
1888 for the purpose of paying the debentures of
the lieutenant governor, the senate and the house
of representatives and the contingent expenses of
the general assembly.
SEC q The sum of three hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for
the fiscal year 1882 and 1888, aud the sum OF three
hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year 1888
and 1884 for the purpose OF paying such demands
against the state may be allowed by the auditor
of accounts
Sec g. The sum of ten thousand dollars is
1882 and 1888, and 1888 and 1884 for the purpose
of paying the interest on the bonds aud other
debts of the state.
Sec 4. The sum of fifty thousand dollars is
hereby appropriated fer each OF the fiscal years
1882 and 1883, and 1888 and 1884 for the purpose
of paying the expenses of the penal institutions
of the state.
SEC. S. The treasurer of the state is hereby
authorized to borrow the credit of the state a
sum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars
for the purpose of defraying the expense OF gov
ernment and paying such appropriations as are or
may be made.
SEC. 6. ALI acts parts of acts heretofore
passed and still in force, authorizing the treasurer
to borrow money on the credit OF the state, are
hereby repealed.
SEC. z. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November 30, 1882
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-12-18
STATE OF VERMONT.
orr1oE OF sEoRETARY OF ST.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
NoRTHFfELD, November 90, 1852.
| hereby certify that the fore going IA numbers,
ions of section four thousand, tive hundred and
eighty of the revised laws true copies of
the original acts, as appears from the files and
records of this Office.
GEORGE NICHOLS, Sec. of Stats.
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scented TO contain TIVE or more ingredients men
toned in section three of this act, but shall not
Iure the same when sold IN their pure condtion, or
to bone meal, land plaster, lime or any substance
the product OF nature which has not been COM
SEC. I. A person who sells or keeps for sale a
commercial fertilizer, the manufacturers or inn
porters whereof have not complied with the proyl-
sions of sections ami two OF this act, ami the
barrels, bags packages, whereof, are not marked
.Ith iegibly prlnte labels purporting to specify
labels by sectionslhree of this act, shall be fined
two hundred dollars.
turers or importers of commercial fertilizer may
sell any commercial fertilizers in their possession
in this state at the time of the passage OF this act
although the same labeled in conformity
with the PROVISIONS of section two of this act.
mont and state agricultural college shall be ex-
oiliclo state chemist Tor the purposes named In
this act
SEQ l., 1t shall be the duty of the secretary OF
the state boar,i of agriculture by himself, or by
some suitable person. to be appointed for that pur-
pose, to draw least three samples III each year OF
each brand of fertilizer kept for sale in the state
from stock the hud5 of the agents or dealers In
the same, winch drawings shall be made in the
presence of at least two witnesses, and without y
previous notice information OF such uIaWlng tn
the manufacturer or agent, or dealer In sucn Ter
tiiiZer.
Each sample so drawn shall be divided into three
parts aud placed IN Tin glass vessels and care
fully sealed which shall each have label placed
thereon, stating the name OF The manufacturer oil
said sample, and the brand or trade mark under
winch III Is sold, from WHAT agent OF u dicfs anu
when where the was drawn which label
shall be signed by the secretary or other person
drawing,the same AMI by the witnesses present at
said drawing and sealing ap OF SAID samples :,
One of SAID vessels containing said samples snaii
be kept by the agent or dealer one shall be Kept by
the secretary Of the board of agriculture, and one
shall be sent TO the state chemist who shall properly
analyse the same and duly report TO the secretary
OF the board agriculture, the result OF said anaiy-
SIS, stating the methods used by him to determine
the amounts of potash, nitrogen, Soluble reyerte
aud insoubie phosphoric acid, and such amounts
said secretary the board Of agriculture shall
such reports to be published giving the name
of the chemist making, the same
sEC H. If the secretary OF the state board OF
agriculture or the state chemist making the analy
sis, shall violate or knowingly fail to perform his
duty, as prescribed section, shall collide
with any manufacturer of, or agent or dealer In,
any fertilizer to evade the provisions of said sec
tons; so as to injure any manufacturer OF, agent
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-12-18

No. 79.-An act to prevent over crowding of public
buildings, and to facilitate egress therefrom in
cases OF fire or accident.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC l. In all theatres, public halls and other
buildings used for purposes of amusement. the
halls, doorways, stalrways, alsles and passages
thereof when situate above the ground floor shall
distractions during any public entertainment or
assemblage therein.
be put any portable seat or other obstruction In
any of the places herein before designated to be
Rsps free ami by n NJ sha For
dollars and not more than one hundred dollars.
Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurs-
dicli6n, with the county court, of ofenses under
Approved Nov. Il, 1882.
No. so--An act to repeal sections 1912, 43l3 and
4314 of the revised laws, relating illegal shows
SEC. '' l. sections ssla, 4s1a and 1914 of the
| revised laws are hereby repealed
SEC.2 This act shall take eject from its passage
Approved November 8. 1892.
No. Sian act to punish frauds upon hotels.
| 1t ia hereby enacted. etc.
SIC /. Any person who shall obtain food o,
lodging for himself others at hotel, with nten
or price of such food lodging, stall be fined no
more than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not more
4 SEc 2 This act shall take effect from It's passage
Approved November z, 1852.
| No 50. An act to preserve human life
1t is hereby enacted, etc.
SEC. l. A person who has in his possession a toy
pistol for the explosion of percussion caps bani
cartridges with intent to sell the same sells, Of
offers t. sell, give away the same, shall be fnet
not less than five, more than dollars; ant
shall be liable for all damages resulting from sucl
selling or giving away, to be recovered In actor
on the case.
i Approved October 81, 1882.
No. SAN act 80 amend section 4oe4. of chapte
II lS9 OF the revised laws.
It Is hereby enacted, etc.
4 SEC. l. Section 4094 of the revised laws
amended so as to read follows: A person VIII,
mIngIes poison with food, drink or medicine witt
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pal judge. And the municipal judge shall have
power to appoint all officers OF the municipal court
with power to empanel, draw and summon jurors.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect December l,
1882.
Approved November %, 1882.
No s3.-An act relating to the time of holding the
supreme Court Tor the county of Caledonia.
SEC. L. The stated term of the supreme court for
the county OF Caledonia shall be held the second
Tuesday in May of each year.
SEC 2. All acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repeated.
Approved November %, 1882
No. 9l-An act relating to the time of holding the
supreme court for the county OF Orleans.
1t Is hereby enacted, ETC.:
sEc.l. The stated terms of the supreme couri
for the county oil Orleans shall be held the fourth
src.2 All acts Inconsistent with this act are
Approved November 30, 1882.
No 95-An act relating to the time of holding the
supreme court Tor the county of Washington.
1t Is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC /. The stated terms of the supreme cour
for the county OF Washington shall be held on the
third Tuesday of May each year.
SEC :. All acts inconsistent with the act are
hereby repealed.
Approved November 20, 1882.
No 96.-An act relating 10 the duties OF town
clerks.
1t is hereby enacted etc.:
vised laws requiring the Vermont reports of town
to be kept IN The town clerks not to be solo
or disposed OIL Dy Salu Town, are EXTENDED anu maus
applicable to all books and manuscripts which ar
| the properly OF the town.
Approved November 20, 1892
No. 97-An act in amendment of section s51 of tn,
revised laws of Vermont relating to the jurisdic
ton OF constables in suing process.
| 1t Is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEQ. L. Section s51 OIL the revised laws of Yer
MOTT is hereby amended 80 as to read as follows
A constable may serve any process either civil o
CRIMINAL anywhere within the state, returnable t.
any court In this state, when the town in which
such constable is elected, at its annual meet
/ ing to give him such Jurisdiction.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect on the frs
Monday of March, A. ID. 1883.
Approved November 2, 1887
No. sS.-An act extending the jurisdiction of jus
tices of the peace
| 1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SIC. l. Justices OF the peace shall have concur
rent jurisdiction with the county court of ofense
| under section 4033 of the revised laws.
SEC 3. This act shall take effect from its pas
! sage.
No. ss-An act in relation to the duties of count
clerks.
| It Is hereby enacted, ETC..
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|
No. 60 An act in addition chapter nnety-nine of
the revised laws relating to the discharge of
property mortgages
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
discharged by the mortg gee his assignee, ahminisra
tor, executor, agent or attorney, in the
| as mort cages on real estate.
| SEC. If any mortgage, his assignee, executor
or administrator. after Performance of the conditions
or after tender performance of said condition
after the time fixed for the performance of the in
said mortgage. shall not within days after being
thereto requested by person entitled redeem,
discharge said mortgage the record thereof, such
whose duty it discharge The same dollars for
such neglect and all damages occasoned thereby, in
SEC. >. The officer selling mortgaged property.
under the provisions OF section 1877 OF the revised
sale which he shall file the clerks Office where
the mortgage is recorded; and the clerk shall
describe the articles sold and the received
for EACH and shan operate discharge of the lien
officer for selling such properly shall be onehalf Of
the amount which such officer receives by law for
sale upon execution
!. Approved November aS, r8sa.
No An act to amend section 1868 of the revised
laws relating to corporations
r 1t is hereby enacted etc::
,r osod so as to read as follows:
e When corporation is party to such mortgage
director, trustee. cashier thereof BY
aperson authorized the part OF such corporation
y . make receive such mortgage
SEC This act shall take effect from its passage.
: Approved November "a, 1882
No. 7o-An act concerning associations and join
stock companies
d 1t is hereby enacted, etc.
SEC. 1. Any association or joint stock company
consisting of FIVE or more members, may sue or D
y sued in its associate company name and al suit
or proceedings prosecuted by or against such asso
citation joint stock company, and the service OF al
papers in such suits proceedings thu
president clerk for the time being OF suci
r association joint stock company, shall have tn
same force and effect regards the joint rights prop
erty effects Of such association or joint stock com
,t many as if such suits were prosecuted in the names
n all the associates shareholders in the manner nov
| provided by law. And ANY partnership composed o
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No. sr.-Au act relating to burial grounds
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. L. When lots walks in public burial
ground which under the control of the selectmen
any tQwn, become from neglect dshgured with weeds
or monuments have become displaced, or when said
grounds have become unsightly from any other cause
and there IS no person residing in the town Oh
vicinity whose duty it would naturally be to care fol
such lots walks who is of sufficient means 50 to do
the seiectmen shall on written request of any three
taxpayers Oh sucn town, and within days from the
time of such request such lots and walks to be
cleared of weeds the grass thereon to be cut thu
headstones or monuments to be replaced or other dis
agreements to be removed and NAV draw orders oy
the town treasury for the expense incurred Rut tbt
amount drawn from the treasury of town for sncf
purpose any year shall not exceed ffty dollars
SEC. a Ii the selectmen of town do NOT comnl,
with the provisions OF The preceding section each select
dollars.
Approved November ~, 1881.
No. gam act relating to sidewalks park. and com
mons.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC. 1. person who unnecessarily leads or drive
any animal upon sidewalk in any Incorporated vii
age whereby such sidewalk is injured or the use theeo
by loot passengers IS nerfered with or who unneces
sarty obsructs any such sidewalk by permitting an
animal owned or used by him stand across or upon IN
same or unnecessarily drives or leads any or ami
NAL across or through public park common or gree
N any Incorporated village, except in the paths
roads provided for such ise, whereby such park :
green Is injured or made less attractive or who Der
mits any cattle horses swine at large in an
such park, common or green without consent of II
selectmen shall be fined not less than five dollars an
not more than twenty-five dollars
a. Justices OF the county shall have jurisdictc
of offenses under this act One-half of the penal,
shall go to the person who makes the complaint an
the other half to the town in which the oense is CON
mitted.
Approved November as, 1882.
No. s,.-An act to amend section four thousand ar
seventy-four of the revised laws
Ii is hereby enacted, etcft
SEC L. Section 4o74 of the revised laws Is heret
amended so as to read as follows:
The owner or keeper of public billiard tabl
pool table or bowling alley who permits minor
guardian OF such minor the principal of any inco
Porated or private school of which such minor is
pupil has requested in writing such owner or keep
not to permit such minor so 10 do shall be fined n
less than ten dollars for each time he allows SUI
minor to play upon such table or alley.
Approved November az, 1852.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
A Narrow Escape.

A singular accident, which might easily have been serious one, recently befell Robert Welch, farmer living near Dover, Del. He was rolling a piece of plowed land, when he slipped and fell. Before he could rise the roller passed up his legs and rested in the hollow of his back, At this point the oxen, which were supplying the motive power, becoming conscious of an un- usual resistance and feeling no special inducement to move on, came to halt and began to chew their cud in placid en- joyment of an unexpected rest. Mani festly it would not do for MT. Welch to start them, for in that case the roller would inevitably pass over his head, to the great detriment of that valuable organ. He accordingly began to dig him. self out as noiselessly as possible, and he had almost succeeded, when the oxen advanced step and drew the roller across his shoulders. Thus pinioned. his only resource was to wave his legs silently in the air in the hope that some passer-by would be attracted by the unusual spectacle. This tedious ma. neuvre was unsuccessful, bat at the end of an hour some men at work in an .ad- joining field, wondering why the oxen should stand so long in one spot and unattended, approached to ascertain, and the farmer was rescued, out of breath, very dusty, but uninjured.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
How to Sell Clocks.

A travelling clock-maker made cir cult, having hundred clocks when he started. They were all very bad, which he we'll knew, but "by soft sawdor and human natur'," as Sam Slick says, he contrived to sell ninety-nine of them, and reserved the last for his intended ruse. He went to the house where he had sold the first clock and said |: "Well, now, how does your clock go |? Very we'll, guess" The answer was as he anticipated. ''No, very bad." "Indeed Well, I've found it out at last. You see, had one clock which was, know, bad one; and said to my boy: You put that clock aside, for it won't do to sell such an article.' Well, the boy didn't mind, and left the clock with the others, and found out afterward that it had been sold some- where. Mighty mad was, can tell you, for I'm not little particular about my credit. So have asked here and there, everywhere almost, how my clocks went, and they all said they actually regulated the sum- But I was determined to find out who had the bad clock, and ara most particularly glad that have done it at last. Now, you see, I have but one clock left, very superior article, worth matter of ten shillings more than the other, and must give it to you in exchange, and I will only charge you five shillings diff ference, as you have been annoyed with the bad article" The man who had the bad article thought it better to pay five shillings more to have good one. So the exchange was made, and then the Yankee, proceeding with the clock, re- turned to the next house. "Well, now, how does your clock go? Very we'll, guess" The same answer, the same story repeated, and another five shillings received in exchange. And thus did he go round exchanging clock for clock until he had received an extra five shillings for every one he had sold.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
Theories of the Earth's Surface.

Professor Charles s. Hastings, in @ recent lecture at the Johns Hopkins University, gave an outline of the lead ing theories in regard to the physical character of the earth. Although there are great many theories, they may be reduced to two distinctive ones. Ac- coraing to the first, the interior of the earth is @ fluid covered with a thin crust, about thirty miles or whereabouts in thickness. The advocates of the second theory hold that the earth is practically solid sphere, Among the reasons given for sustaining the first theory, the following are, perhaps, the principal, namely: AS we go down in mines, wells, and other under. ground caverns, it has been ascertained that the heat increases in ratio of one de- gree for every 100 feet of descent below the suns influence. This theory is also supported by the occurrence of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and the existence of hot springs. Those who put forth the second theory also sup. port it by two arguments. They hold that if the center of the earth were a liquid and the outer surface solid, the heavier portion would go to the center. Again, the weight of the crust of the earth is about two and one-half times that of water the weight of the whole earth is known. From this, it may be deduced that, in order to make up the entire weight, it must be seven times as heavy as water at the center. The lecturer briefly discussed the two theo- ries, and said that, if the two theories were modified, they could be reconciled, and that this mean would probably be the true theory. The interior of the earth is most probably 8 fluid of the consistency of tar.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
The Highest Types.
BOB BURDETT Els ADVICE TO BOYS WHO TALK ABOUT "MERE BUTTERFLIES OF
 FASHION,"

FASHION,"
 "You say you demand the noblest type of womanhood in your wife. If that is the sort of woman you want, marry Nora Mulligan, your laundress' daughter. She wears cowhide shoes, is guiltless of corsets, never had sick day in her life, takes in washing, goes out ouse-cleaning, and cooks for a family of seven children, her mother and three section men, who board with her. don't think she would marry you, because Con. Began, the track walker, IS her style of man. Let us just examIne into your qualifications as model husband after your own matri- monial ideas, my boy. Gan you shoul- der barrel of four and carry it down to the cellar :? Gan you saw and split ten cords of hickory wood in the fall so as to have ready fuel all winter? Gan you spade up half an acre of ground for kitchen garden?.- Do you know what will take the limey taste out of the new cistern, and can you patch the little leak in the kitchen roof? Gan you bring homo pane of glass and wad of putty to repair the damages in the sitting room window? Gan you hang some cheap paper on the kitchen |? Gan you fix the front gate so that it will not sag2 Can you do anything about the house that Con. Began can? My dear boy you see why Nora Mulligan will have none of you; she wants a'higher type of true manhood. You expect to hire men to do all mans work about the house, but you want your wife to do everything that any woman can do. Believe me, my dear son, nine .tenths of the girls who play the piano and sing so charmingly, whom you in your lim- tied knowledge set down as mere but terf1les of fashion, are better fitted for wives than you are for husband. If you want to marry irst-class cook and experienced housekeeper, do your courting in the intelligence ofice. But If you want wife, marry the girl you love, with dimpled hands and face like the sunlight, and her love will teach her all these things, my boy, long before you have learned one-half of your own lesson"
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
Rats at Sea.

Rats greatly infest ships, and are by them conveyed to every part of the world. So industriously do they make homes for themselves in the numerous crannies and corners in the hull of @ ship, that it is impossible to get rid of them. Ships take out rats as we'll as passengers and cargo every voyage; whether the former remain in the ship at port is best known to themselves. When the East India Company had ships of their own they employed a rat catcher, who sometimes captured 500 rats Ill one ship just returned from the Calcutta. The ship rat is often the black species. Sometimes black and bro own inhabit the same vessel, and unless they carry op perpetual hostilities the one party will keep in the head of tue v3ss and the other to the stern. Inc ship Tat is very anxious that his supply of fresh water shall not fail; he will come on deck when it rains, and climb up to the wet sails to suck them. Sometimes he mistakes spirit cask for water cask, and he gets drunk. A captain on an American ship Is credited tor discredited) with an ingenious bit of sharp practice as a means of clearing his ship from rats. Having discharged a cargo at port in Holland, he found his ship in juxtaposition to another which had just taken in cargo of Dutch cheese. He laid plank at night from one vessel to the other; the rats, tempted by the odor, dropped along the plank and began the feast. He took care that the plank should not be there to serve them as pathway back again, and 50 the cheese laden ship had cruel addi- tion to it's outward cargo.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-14
Still Here.

First boy-"A-e you going off to be a.pirate this summer?"
 Second boy-"I dunno"
 ''I knew you wouldn't. You hain't got any grit"
 ''I hain't, eh? I've got just as much as you have, but when fellers mother is willing to buy him goat and pair of roller-skates and a fish-line, what's the need of his turning pirate ? You said you was going to fight Injuns, but you haint gone."
 "I know hain't. You don't expect me to go till I get big enough 10 sleep alone, do you?"
 "Pooh r
 ''Pooh! P
 And they rub along the fence in op- posite directions.