davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

[The following beautiful lines were found in the
Bible of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Skinner who died ir
Barton about year ago. Whether original or select
ed we are unable to tell 4
Deal gently with me, 0, my friends, when this fra
life hath fed
When ye shall gather in my home and whisper, "she
is dead"
Let not word of idle praise be breathed DER my
repose,
And for blame. however just, oh, leave it to my
foes
Bend DER my couch with cheerful SMILE and saw she
Is at rest;"
We loved her well. We miss her much but God knows
what is best
And when We robe for the grave let no cold shroud
To send shudder to the heart as from Deaths lev
air,
But wrap me in some simple garb that speaks Of
warmth and rest.
And lay fair blossoms o'er my brow and on my silent
breast.
Put nothing in my folded hands, but let them empty
To show that life and all its cares are henceforth
naught to me;
And toll no bell and chant no dirge DER nv unburied
dust,
But utter words of earnest prayer and sing sweet
hymns of trust.
Then lay me gently down to rest, where sleep my
loved and lost,
And think of me one whose barque is no more
tempesttossed;
And when We go back to the world, Oh do not quite
forget
That one whose heart was warm and true would fain
be cherished yet.
But do not mourn that gone. nor cast vail of
gloom
Above my lonely vacant place in each familiar room
But bring the flowers loved the best, and let their
fragrance be
pleasant incense in the house to waken thoughts
ofme;
And sometimes place upon my grave the blossoms
fair and sweet,
That shall be pledges of love until the hour we
meet.
1 ask no more; for thus to liz in hearts call nv
own,
Were better than the sounding praise of monumental
stone
1 crave no gucrdon of the world. ask no boon of
fame,
If ye but cherish, year by year. my we-remembered
name.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

lawyer proposed to client to under
take case on the following terms: eff I
lose," said he, II get nothing. If win,
you get nothing
In religion, talk is brass, action is
gold. The old darkey said, g Pears like
l could say more in five minutes than I
could live in five years"
a German who was lately married
says: 'It vas easier for needle to walk
out Of camel eye than for mans to
get der lasht word nit a vomans.''
If you think yourself a genius You
will probably die poor, but if you regard
yourself as an ordinary man, with deal
Of tough work before you, you will prob
ably live happily and die well off.
Il trust you are putting few pennies
aside in your savings bank" said a fond
father to his son, who was beginning to
earn money by doing errands and odd
jobs. ''Not any, pa. Ever since l saw
you shaking out dime from it, 1 have
regarded it as blind pool I have no
faith in it," That ended the boys cate
chism for that day.
A McTammany self-acting organ was
recently put in a church. The sexton
learned how to start but not how to stop
it. The music went well with the first
hymn. 1t stopped then, but just as the
clergyman said "Let US pray the
organ clicked and started a fresh tune.
The congregation and minister sat it out
patiently, while the unhappy sexton grew
red in the face trying to find how to stop
it. At the end of the fifth verse of the
second tune the minister got up again
and said, ''Let us pray!" when "click'
went the machine, and off it started or
another tune. So four of the stoutest
men in the congregation carried the thing
out into the church-yard, where it con
tinued to click and to play away the rest
OF the day, getting to the fortieth tune
and the end of the rope toward evening.
''Sam," said an old colored man dow1
at the postoffice to another old codger
''what's the meanin' of versa versa?'
''1t means tother from which," answered
Sam with great dignity. 81 dunno,
said the first one; ''I think it means up
side down" NO. retorted his friend
'Pse done suah it means hind side de
| foah. A third old fellow came by ius
then and they appealed the question t,
| him. II cannot desplain pezactly," h.
said, $50 to meet with your comprede
hension, but wiser versa am a propria
tion from de Latin and means wuss an,
| wusS and mo- of it. | members stumblir
ober it at colledge. 1t am a hard wor,
to pronounce. He ambled along wit
his buck saw, and the two who had re
ferred to him looked after him with re
spect and admiration, wondering tina
zone small head could carry all h
know"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

DIFFERENCE IN THINGs.-Tenny-
son can take a worthless sheet of
paper, and by writing a poem on it
make it worth $50. That's genius.
Mr.. Vanderbilt can write a fewer
words on a similar sheet and make it
worth S50,OOO,000. That's capital.
And the United States government
can take an ounce and a quarter of
gold and stamp upon it an ''eagle
bird and s'twenty dollars" That s
money. The mechanic can take the
material worth $50, and make it into
a watch worth 500. That's skill.
The merchant can take an article
worth twenty-five cents and sell it to
you for 81. That's business. A
lady can purchase comfortable bon
net for $40, but perfers to pay 500
for one because it is more stylish.
That's foolishness. The ditch Dig
ger works ten hours day, and SHOW
els out three OF -four tons of earth
for 81. That's labor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

Perhaps no medicine is SO universally required as
good eathartc. Swaynes Pills prepared expressly
to meet this necessity being composed of purely veg
etabe ingredients, Of which podophy;n or mandrake
sarsaparilla, yellow dock and other concentrated
Juices enter largely into their compostion the whole
strength OF which is extracted on entirely new
principle They are mild in their operation and are
truly valuable aperient and ant-bilious medicine
They stimulate the liver to healthy action, cleanse
the stomach and bowels of all impurities Curing
sick and nervous headache dyspepsia or Indigestion
blousness, fevers, dlowsiness. colds, aching palms.
slight ehs. with flashes of heat and female irregu-
larities For bilious and costiye habit no medicine
IS SC prompt and eectua. Mailed on receipt Of price
lin postage stamps) 25 cents, or FIVE boxes for 81.
Address Dr. swayne d Son. Philadelphia, Pa. Ask
your druggist for them
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13
THE BEST LOVE.

Home love is the best love. The
love that you are born to is the
sweetest you will ever have on earth.
You, are so anxious to escape from
the home-nest, pause moment and
remember this is so. 1t is right
that the hour should come when you,
in your turn, should become a wife
and mother, and give the best love
to others; but that will be just it.
Nobody will ever be so tender or SO
true as your mother or father. You
NAV not know it now, but you will
know it some day. Whomsoever
YOU marry, true and good though he
may be, will, after the love days are
over and the honeymoon has waned,
give you only what you deserve of
love and sympathy-and usually
much less, never more. You must
watch and be wary lest you lose that
love which came in through the eye,
because the one who looked thought
YOU beautiful. But those who bore
you, who loved you when you were
that dreadful little object, a small
baby, and thought you exquisitely
beautiful-they do not care for faces
that ale fairer than yours. You are
their very own, and so much better
to them always than others.-1he
Sdtchel.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

"What is this" he cried dumb
founded, as he recognized his own
handwriting and the letter which he
had just written for the colonel.
The reader can guess the sequel
and the connection.
True, there existed a Col. Green
who had served in India and the
Crimea and been wounded at Balak-
lava, who had rented the house in
Leicester square, and who possessed
considerable fortune; but, alas
he was not the Col. Green who had
ordered the service. Heaven knows
by what means the sharpers had
gained knowledge of all the facts
and circumstances upon which they
constructed their admirably ingenious
plan.
The man personating the groom,
OF course, was an accomplice, and
the letter which James Green had
penned for the pseudo Col. Green
was delivered by him to the jewelers.
wife, who did not hesitate a minute
to deliver to him the fl 800, because
she recognized her husbands hand
writing upon the paper stamped with
the name of the jewelry firm. Who
the sly rogues were never came to
light.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

DEATH.-Addison on this subject
said: "'When l look back upon the
tombs of the great, every emotion of
envy dies in me; when / read the
epitaphs of the beautiful, every inor-
dinate desire goes out when | meet
with the grief of parents upon the
tombstone, my heart melts with COM
passion when | see the tomb of
parents themselves | consider the
vanity of grieving for those whom
we must quickly follow. When 1
see kings lying by those who depos-
ed them, when / consider rival wits
placed side by side, or holy men that
divided the world, | reflect with sor-
row and astonishment on the little
competitions, factions, and debates
of mankind. When read the sew
eral dates of the tombs, of some that
died yesterday and some six hundred
years ago, l consider that great day
when we shall all of US be contem-
poraries, and make our appearance
together"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13
SHORT REMARKS,

Powder and paint plastered on the
face do not constitute true beauty,
but little of the best brand in the
market administered judiciously,
adds to the appearance no little, and
in some instances is like an overcoat
covers up numerous defects.
There is vast difference between
the natural and artificial, in this that
when the former is exhausted the
latter is disappointing.
Gentlemen should never proma-
enade the streets after dark with la
dies without offering them their arms
never take the lady's arm, as it
looks too much as if she and not
yourself was acting the part of gal
liant, or that she had taken you to
raise.
Ladies who appreciate courtesy
and Difference from gentlemen alone
merit it. Ladies neglectful of such
appreciations are either ill-natured or
ill-bred, and don't deserve a gentle
mans polite attention.
1t may not be particularly vulgar
to smoke cigars on the street rwhen
in the company of lady, but it is
an exhibition of superiority not at all
attractive. Should she smoke at the
same time the difference would not
be apparent. Should she smoke
alone no gentleman would gallant
her.
Young men should not be afraid
of the ladies they are entirely harm
less, gentle creatures as a rule, and
you can never find better or more ell
evating company. And they are
most happy and feel grandest when
you are with them. Young ladies
without beaux are like vegetables
without rain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

A POWERFUL CoNTRAsT.-When the soldiers of the
dark ages were attacked with letter. they could do
naught but suffer- Medical science had not yet devel
oped cure. This labor of love and humane duty was
left for DR.. swayne whose Ointment for skin diseases
is nallibe in its results the inspiring po-
tency Of Patrick Henry's memorable words. "6ive me
liberty or give me DEATH"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

Clear head and voice. easy breathing, sweet breath.
perfect SMELL and hearing, no cough no distress.
These are conditions brought about in catarh by the
use of Sanford's Radical Cure. Complete treatment
for ST.
Terrible itching and scaly humors. ulcers, and
scrofulous swellings by the Cutcura and Cuti
cura Soap he great skin curesl externally. and Cuti
cura Resolvent q ood purier) internally Ask about
them at your druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

Dr. Perce's "Favorite Prescription" is a most pow
eru restorative tonic also combining the most vau-
able nervine properties. especially adapted to the
wants of debilitated ladies suffering from weak back
inward fever, congestion, Inflammation or liberation
or from nervousness neuralgic palms. By druggists
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

WHY SHOULD THEY.-No woman can do
satisfactory work when the brain is dull the nerves
unsteady the system relaxed and they feel generally
wretched. Why should anybody drag through their
work in this condition. when bottle of Parkers Gin
ger Tonic will moderate give them the strength
and will perform their duties satisfactorily.-Ed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

Everybody is using, and everybody is recommend
ing to everybodys friends Browns Iron Bitters as
reliable iron medicine, true tonic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13
Barton Foundry and
Machine Shop.
LIST OF PL0WS MANUFACTURER

We make the best and cheapest Side-Hl Plow in
Vermont and we think the best plows for the money
in the United States.
Murkland sde-Hlll Plow. No. l. Sl2 90
No.2, IL 90
Huo6ell, No. g., IA 90
Wooley Land Plow, No. premium Is 90
No. Il, IL 90
No.2, ii 90
Cultivators, S. 90 and 90
Spade Cultivators, 90
Ine Wooley Plow, made by u.s. is as made by Mr..
Wooley not the improved (Which every one says was
not an improAement) but the old plow Just as he
made it, only we make it better by grinding the mold
hnardS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

In the use of Hatchs Mandrake Pills all obstruction
to the free action of the organs of the body will be
moved and you will be delighted to find how strong
and vigorous you will feel They drive away the blues
and everything VIII look favorable.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13
A Lady Cured of Rheumatism.
Kidney Disease Cured.
Heart Disease.

Vine ST., Harrisburg, Pa.
Dec. 2, 1881.
After trying different physicians
and many remedies for palpitation
of the heart without receiving any
benefit, l was advised to try Browns
Iron Bitters. l have used two bot
ties and never found anything that
gave me SO much relief
Mrs JENNIE HISS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13

For the peculiar troubles to which
ladies are subject, Browns IRON
BITTERs is invaluable. Try it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-11-13
LAST WORDS.

THE following beautiful lines found in the
Bible of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Skinner who died in
Barton about year ago. Whether original or select
ed we are unable to tell 4
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
The Hedgehog's Mode OF Defense.

The hedgehog is one of the best protec-
ted of living animals " Marching Sc
cureIy under the guardianship of its
thorn-spiked armor, it recks little of any
foe save man. The formidable
back IS more or felsss ls Covered ere = offeriss s'i
checdE-de- frise of sharp spikes toward
any animal that may present itself as an
enemy. Another popularity is the power
possessed by these creatures of rolling
themselves into round ball. by placing
the head on the breast, drawing up the
legs, and curling the body firmly round
the members. BY this posture the hedge
hogs render themselves Invulnerable to
almost any animal that may attack them.
When in this curious attitude.
the hedgehog cannot be unrolled by
main force, as long as any life remains
in the body, for there is an enormously
developed muscle, with a very thick
margin. which spreads over the back
and round TIE sides, and which, when
contracted, holds the creature in so firm
an embrace that it will be torn in pieces
rather than yield its point.
The spines of this animal are about an
inch long, and naturally lie flat on the
back, directed toward the tail But by
a peculiar arrangement they are erected
when the owner coils himself. In shape
the spine :. is not unlike a large pin,
being sharply pointed at one extremity,
and furnished at the other with a round,
bead-like head. and rather abruptly bent
near the head. If the skin be removed
from the hedgehog. the quills are seen
to be pinned, as it were, through the
skin, being retained by their round heads,
which are acted upon by the peculiar
muscle which has already been mem
toned
Protected by this defense, the hedge
hog is enabled to throw itself from con-
siderable heights, to curl itself into a
ball as it descends, and to reach the
ground without suffering any harm from
its fall. A hedgehog has been seen re-
peatedly to throw itself from wall
some twelve or fourteen feet in height,
and to fallupon the hard ground without
appearing to be even Inconvenience by
its tumble On reaching the ground, it
would unrol itself and trot off with per-
feet .unconcern. IL L. Fairchila, IN
Popular Science Monthly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
Whitclaw Reid as Presidential Ad-
visor


Star Route Dorsey is being hauled
over the Goals for his presumption in
addressing a letter to Mr. Garfield after
the latter's election to the Presidency.
but before his Inauguration, i'll which
he gave him advice as to the compost
tion of his Cabinet. or, as Dorsey put it,
''presented some frozen facts. 1t was,
no doubt, presumptuous on the part of
Dorsey TO assume the Office of Presi-
Dental adviser, yet if copy has been
kept of all the letters which Mr. Gar
field received from the lime of his cleo
tion IN November nnt.l his inaugura-
ton in the March following, no doubt
hundreds of similar epistles from other
Republicans than Dorsey can be found.
Republicans of all breeds and all de-
seriptions volunteered advice, maie
suggestions and warned the President
elect against this or that ''snake in the
grass. Most of them had far less
claim to have their views considered by
the President than Dorsey had. Zine
latter stood inswith Brady and she Star
Route crowd. He was an eff sent coll
Iector and an equally e!lieienf stistribu-
tor of money where .itsswVuld do the
Republican Darty and Garfield the most
good. He visited Indiapa IN the interest
OF the ..grand old parry" and did not
60 there empty .hisuded- His. services
were recognized by a banquet in New
York City, at which Yice-Pre ,idept Ar
thur made ..fhe greatest effort of his
life,' and alluded in terms of pleasant
ry 70 the purchase OF State election.
Dorsey was one of The leading instru-
ments in the election of Garfield, and
as such he felt that hewas entitled to be
heard. .
Among the men who assumed the of
tice of Presidential adviser with more
impudepee than was displayed By Dor
sey, was Whitelaw Reid. of the New
York Irtba'ae. who constitute himself
a midnight adviser by telegraph. of the
Administration. 1t IS something of a
coincidence that asEi dorsey was ~ tired
of this blathering talk' about James to
90 into the Cabinet from New York, so
Reid cautioned his CORE espontlent TO
:. .beware of James' set. insinuating
way'' Each, from sdifferent motives
dreaded james, and each wanted to be
a Presidential adviser.
The truth is that thespoiis system has
developed an impudenees on the part of
prominent Republicans which would be
simply astounding We're it not so COM
mon. They regasd the offices in the
Gift of the Presidency much as if por-
tion of them were their own property.
and take liberties with a President-elect
which would be regarded as downright
insolence if the unfortunate Ch eff Mag
istrate did not feel that he was under
obligations to them and dislike1 to Of
fend thems Dorsey is properly con-
demned for the gall which he exhib-
tied; but, as we have said, he did not
do any more than hosts OF Republicans
who now w-set.themselFessu as q great
deal better than he. 1t is pure affec-
tion on the part of the Republican press
to assume that the Dorsey letter is a
unique Republican production If Dor
sey had to hang for ita great many 9th
er Republican leaders would feel as If
they were under sentence of death. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
English Hunting.

The value of shooting properties or
.'moors,' as they are called, have risen
in value enormously of late years Game
preserving in the Highlands has become
not only an amusement but 4 lucrative
industry, at least to the landlords. To
the unfortunate tenants and small farmer
1t has become just the reverse. They
have literally in many districts been eaten
out of house and home by ground game,
sheep runs have been depopulated to
make room for deer, while in not few
districts of Sutherlandshire and other
counties the human inhabitants have
been dispossessed in order that the land
might return to state of nature. The
grouse noors and deer forests are, in
deed, almost the only source of wealth
in the on-manufacturing portion OF
Scotland.
An American. Mr.. Winans, owns c''
rents one of the largest deer forests i
Great Britain. 1t extends from the At
lantic to the German Ocean. right across
Scotland for a dislance of seventy mixes.
Blackwood is another of these huge
shooting moors of some $4,000 acres.
1t was rented to the Earl of Dud
ley for $4,000 year, and last year
was tenanted by the great brewer, Sir
Henry Allsopp. As the grouse shooting
season lasts only some six weeks. an
idea may be formed of the immense
amount of money spent on this amuse-
ment by wealthy Englishinen. The
mere rent is only a small item inscnm-
parison with the cost of entertaining the
large parties of guests, who, like New
Workers. flock North as summer advan-
ces. What with guests, dogs. gillies,
rent and a host of other expenses; every
bird shot is calculated to cost at least
five dollars. Some of the s'bags'' made
are, however, enormous On a we'll
known moor in Y Yorkshfre, Sir Frederick
Aiilbank shot, not long ago, 19I grouse
in twenty-eight minufes On the same
moor, in one day, six guns Killed 2.070
grouse. While the. total for the season
was l7,064.
These tremendous bags came into
fashion with breech-loading guns, for
of course, it would be quite impossible
to load and fire fast enough with the
old-fashioned fowling piece. Nothing
more unlike real sport can be conceived
than modern English battue. The
birds are, as 4 rule, quite tame, having
been fed by hand by the keepers for
months previously. They are at the ap-
pointed time driven in great flocks over
certain spots where the sportsmen lie in
wait. Each man has two game keepers
behind him, who load his guns and hand
them to him. He simply fires as quickly
as he can pull the trigger into the mass
of birds rs they fly over and past him.
The whole thing lasts but a few minutes
The dead are then picked up, and the
same evening are sent off to London to
the poulterers' shop. -PhtIadelplIld Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-08
A Historical Coincidence.

1t is very striking illustration of the
traditional forms of Eastern warfare that
the lying bulletin in which Arab Pasha
announced to his followers the destruc-
ton or capture of the whole English feet
in the recent action before Alexandria.
is an almost literal copy of that with
which Mana Sahib, in July, 1857, en-
deavoured to sustain the failing courage
of his Sepoys when the news of Have
locks advance upon Cawnpore to avenge
the massacre began 70 spread among
them. q. The Queen of the English,
wrote the Arab Pasha of the Ganges.
. gathered mighty host to fight against
us, and put her soldiers upon many ships,
and sent them as far as Egypt But the
Padishah (Sultan) heard Of their coming.
and he sent and babe the Pasha of
Egypt destroy them all. Then the Pasha
of Egypt gathered his ships-of-war and
poured the thunder of his cannon upon
the fleet of the unbeheyers until all their
vessels were taken or destroyed and the
yellowfaced English were sunk to the
bottom of the sea. "-Lendop Standard.