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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
OUR NEW DISTRICTS.

1t turns out that the Legislature of |
1880 did a sensible thing, in anticipa
ting the apportionment bill and pro-
viding for a redistricting of this state.
1t is interesting at this time to note
the provisions of the act then passed
It divides the state into two congress
sional districts-the first made up of
Bennington, Rutland, Addison, Chit
tenden, Franklin, Grand Isle and La
noble counties and the second,
Windham, Windsor, Orange, Wash
ington, Caledonia, Orleans and Es-
sex counties. The act also provides
that if before the first Tuesday of
July, 1882, congress shall make such
an apportionment as gives Vermont
but two representatives, the governor
shall as soon as may be issue a proc
lamation stating such action of con-
gress and reciting this act; and the
act is to take effect on that day.
This act was passed in this way to
save the expense of an extra session
of the Legislature to redistrict the
state. This, however, would not
have been necessary as there is a
clause in the aDDOrtiOnment bill to
the effect that in states where the new
representation will be smaller than
the old, all the congressman shall be
elected on a general ticket, unless
the legislature, in regular or special
session, shall redistrict the state in
season for congressman to be elect
ed by districts.
The dividing line Between the new
districts is the great political bound
airy of Vermont, the first district ~
ing on the. west and the second on
the east side of the Green Mountains.
The districts are nearly equal in pop
ulation and wealth, the first having g
population or l67, $50 and an assess
ed valuation of S83 1897 ,0G0, and the
second population of 164, 435 an6
an assessed valuation of S80.412,.
600.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT QUEEN
VICTORIA.

As the Queen was entering her
carriage Thursday evening man in
the station yard deliberately fired a
pistol at her. The man, who was a
miserable looking object, was imme-
diately seized by several policemen
and taken to the Windsor Police Sta
ton. No one was hurt. The man
who fred at the Queen gives his name
as Roderick Mclean. The Queen
drove off to the Castle Immediately
after she was fired at. The miscreant
was followed to the police station by
a large crowd of people.
The world rejoices in the failure of
the attempt which was made to take
the life of Queen Victoria, and in
America, where her womanly SYM
pathy has been SO recently and so
tenderly bestowed, joy is supplement-
ed by an emotion very near to affec-
ton for the intended victim of the
assassin. The attack bears no re-
semblance either in motive, or, for
tunately, in result, to that which ter
minated Garfield career: Mclean is
no Guiteau, and Victoria is not a rul-
er whose removal could in any posi-
bility result in a change of political
conditions. The wretch who aimed
at destroying her life, although at
this writing little concerning him is
known, appears to belong to that
class recently denominated "cranks'
in this country. His insanity seems
to have been the result of brooding
over poverty, which diseased mind
construed into a wrong done him by
his sovereign. Whatever the cause.
not only the British public but the
people of all enlightened lands have
profound reason for gratitude that
the life and reign of so wise and gooC
a ruler are prolonged, and that the
dreadful catalogue of assassinations
is not reopened to record the name
| of Victoria.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

ling, even if he so willed it, could
make his peace with his foes and
again take his place at the head of
the table. The uncertainty when his
enforced exile from party politics
might end might go far to persuade
Conkling to make different choice
to-day than he did under Grant.
The place is honorable; the great
man to whom the president has ten
dered it stands high in his profession
as a very able. industrious and hon
orable lawyer: he would bring to the
bench fine legal abilities and a stain
less private character. No man less
deserves the insulting charge of SEN
ator Hoar, when he conceded the
Websterian powers of intellect pos
sessed by Mr.. Conkling, but insisted
that he had used them for bad pur-
poses and for dishonest ends. Mr..
Conkling is proud man, sometimes
on irascible man, sometimes despotic
in his temper; but our own Senator
Edmunds always takes pleasure in
describing him as a man entirely
truthful, honorable, pure and patri-
otto. Even the democratic press of
New York State have always conced-
ed that Roscoe Conkling's hands
were always clean beyond the faint
est suspicion of any tenderness fol-
jobbery of any sort.-Ruttdnd
| Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
A NOBLE EULOGY.

The voice of detraction is hushed.
From one end of the land to the 9th
er come only words of praise of the
eulogy pronounced by James q.
Blaine upon James A. Garfield. 1t
is indeed a noble eulogy noble in its
strength, in its simplicity, and in its
felicity The Grafton on Lincoln
pronounced before congress by Mr..
Bancroft was more critical, more phil
osophic, but not more chaste, more
eloquent, OF more BETTING the sub
iect and the occasion. The art and
skill of the cOnsummate orator are
employed to present General Garfield
as the complete and exalted charac-
ter that he was, and no one of the
hundreds of eulogists who have pre-
coded him has so well succeeded.
The perfect taste and superior sense
of the orator are supplemented by a
fervor that touches and captiyates.
Reflected from the noble portrait of
grand and heroic character is the
great and consummate character of
the artist himself.
There are two points in the Grafton
of c,oooio1 ;ptorac+ Wbi1a ooptrovar-
sy is studiously avoided, as the pro-
prieties demanded, Mr.. Blaine does
refer to the political event which
''disturbed the presidents serenity
| for many weeks before that Hateful
day in July" Referring to that I'M
fortunate chapter of political history,
Mr.. Blaine states, with startling force
what he believes in health, and what
in his suffering and prostration. If
history can settle anything, this must
be regarded as settled, and neither
malignity nor deceit can disturb it.
The foreign policy of President
Garfeld's administration, whether
the work of the president and his
secretary, or of both, has been much
ridiculed and criticised. Mr.. Blaine
does not defend it. That would have
been introducing a controversial
point. What the orator does say il
this, that ''the president believed
that renewed and closer attention
should be given to questions affect
ing the material interests and CONNER
cial prospects of 50,O00,O00 people
He believed that our continental re
lations, extensive and undevelope(
as they are, involved responsibility
and could be cultivated into proftabl
friendship or be abandoned to harm
full indifference or lasting enmity.
This was enough, because it is con
clusive.-Teleqrdph.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
CONKLING AND THE SU-
PREME COURT.

The nomination of Roscoe Conk-
ling to the vacancy in the United
States Supreme court caused by the
resignation of Judge Ward Hunt nat
urally excited good deal of surprise,
as Mr.. Conkling had once declined
the place of chief justice, offered him
by President Grant.
Circumstances are different with
Mr.. Conkling now, however, than
they were when Grant offered to
place him at the head of the supreme
court. During Grants term Conk-
ling was the leader of the republican
party, if it could he said to have had
any leader at that time; he was Unit
ed States senator and in the full
flush of his fame and influence. To-
day he is in a state of politicaIretire-
ment that it would not be easy tc
emerge from SO long as the present
fractional bitterness holds its life
There is no present sign that Conk
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

The inquiry of the senate relative
to the general nature of the frauds
perpetrated upon the pension bureau
is answered by a report of Commits
sioner Dudley, which shows that since
July l, 1876, there have been inves-
tigated 9,708 cases, out of which the
names of 2,188 pensioners were drop
ped from the rolls and 1915 pending
claims were rejected. There grew
out of these investigations 5S1 crimi-
nal prosecutions, which resulted in
DOG indictments and 1863 convictions.
In this period 295 attorneys were sus-
pended from practice before the de-
partment, GA debarred, 113 disbarred
and 1863 dropped. Taking up 500
cases in which the evidence of fraud
seemed strongest, 232 being cases of
invalids and 268 of widows or de-
pendent relatives, it is shown that in
these cases 2,53S false affidavits were
made by civilians, 252 by comrades
and $50 by officers. In these cases
there were 113 forgeries.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

In refusing to commute the SEN
tence of st. Louis murderer, the
governor of Missouri says: II have
not one particle of sympathy for the
murderers of women, who, after the
cowardly deed, shrink behind the
towards plea of insanity and plead
for mercy. They should remember
that the law was not made for mercy,
but punishment, and that, having had
no mercy toward their victims, they
have no right to ask such from the
executors of the law
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

The triumph of the reform element
in the Philadelphia election is very
significant. 1t is warning to all
rings, bosses and machines that there
is a point beyond which they cannot
go with impunity. They must keep
at least within bounds. Last fall
there were $4,000 independent votes
cast in the state of Pennsylvania be-
cause that number of republican
electors were unwilling to be annual
ly snubbed by the machine master
of the state. And now over 40, 900
independent votes were cast in the
single city of Philadelphia because
the people thought it was high time
that the "ring'' thieves were super
seeded by honest men. From all of
which the inference is legitimate that
party ties are not as strong as
they used to be, and that political
leaders must handle their forces de-
Gently or the rank and file will turn
and rend them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

A GREAT BLESSING To MOTHERS AND NURSES
.Swayne's Teethng Cure" for infants. This new
theory and nfallibe remedy has saved the lives of
thousands of children When the child IS in pain.
restless with its teeth shooting in its gums simply
rub the gums for two three minutes with the
Cure" What little it may swallow will relieve the
collie pain and fatulence, prevent fever. and avoid
that PAINFUL operation of lancing the gums, which
always makes the tooth harder TO come through
and sometimes death Depend upon it, moth
it viii give to yourselves and immediate relief
aud health to your infants. A very able medical
writer who enjoys large and lucrative practice,
rubbing the gums with soothing lotion. is the only
true method for children teethng, poisonous drugs
should be introduced into their delicate stom-
achs. "Swaynes Teething Cure" is prepared only by
Dr. Swayne Son, Philadelphia. and sold by all lead
1 ing apothecaries at 25 cents bottle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

The widow of Daniel Webster, the
American statesman, died at the
Leroy house, New Rochelle, N. Y.
She was Mr.. Webster's second wife.
His first wife, Grace Fletcher Web
ster, died in January, 1928. In De-
cember, 1929, Mr.. Webster was mar
ried to Miss Caroline Leroy, second
daughter of Jacob Leroy, a rich mer-
chant, descended from one of the
oldest families of Manhattan. This
lady was then little more than thir-
ty years of age which would make
her over eighty-two at the time OF
her death.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

The nomination of Roscoe Conk-
ling as justice of the supreme court
of the United States is precisely one
of those outrages upon popular feel
ing which the republican did not an
ticipate at the outset of President
Arthur's administration, but did APP
prehend that he might commit after
time had dulled the decorous grief
and loosened the prudent restraint of
the moment. 1t is none the less an
outrage, a distribution of the fruits
of the assassination to the man whose
revolt against the constitutional ex-
ercise of the appointing power by
President Garfield led Guiteau to his
tragic purpose. We do not charge
the responsibility of that crime upon
Conkling, but we do charge him with
a degree of heat, of vanity and OF
selishness in his pursuit and use OF
power which completely unhinged his
own judgement, which led him out OF
the senate in absolute blindness as tC
the state of popular feeling, anC
which compelled him and the present
president to make mendicant can
vass for his reelection to the senate
When Guitean murdered Garfield. hi
showed the effect upon weaker an(
less arranged mind of the sam,
passions which had induced acts O
almost equal desperation in Conklin.
himself. As a LAWYER Mr.
Conkling's abilities are respectable
In these respects, however
he would not compare with Justic
Gray or Senator Edmunds.
But it is the absence of the judicia
poise, the tremendous element whic
bias and self-interest make in hi
character, which detracts fatally fro1
his fitness for judicial life Spring
field Republican.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
LAND GRANTS.

OF several important questions be-
fore the present Congress, not the
least important, is that of the lapsed
railway grants. For number of
years it was the policy of Congress
to aid projected railways by the
grant of land. 1t was thought to be
wise to aid railways in order to open
up new sections to settlement. The
benefit expected was an indirect one
so far as the Government was con-
cerned. The end sought by the Con-
gressmen who voted away millions of
acres of lands, was an increase of the
national wealth through a speedier
augmentation of population in unde-
veloped agricultural and mining dis
tricts. A proper condition in all
these grants, was, that they were to
be forfeited if the lines should not be
completed within specified times.
The joint resolution now before Con-
gress places the number of acres in
volved by the lapse of grants made
to twenty-three railways at the enor-
nous number of 27,247,0 53. On
the basis of only one dollar and a
quarter per acre the value of these
lands is S155, 058,S13. But there is
no doubt that a fair average price
for all this land would be at least
$3.50 per acre, making the total
value s348, 117,626. Ought Congress
to revive these lapsed grants? There
is a number of strong reasons why
they ought not to be revived. In the
first place, subsidies are no longer
necessary for the construction OF
railways. There is an abundance OF
capital ready for good railway
schemes. The annual growth in the
mileage Of completed railways in the
United States is wonderful. This
increase has mainly been wholly in
dependent of any aid from the Gov
eminent. In the next place, the
lands now owned by the Government
including the lapsed grants, will al
be needed for actual settlers. Abou
seven hundred thousand Immigrant
arrived in the United States las
year. The public lands should b.
reserved for the settler of moderate
means, and not turned over to ricl
corporations which will be sure t.
raise the prices to purchasers. LIE
the people rather than the monopo
lies have the benefit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
That unsavorv Peruvian Company

That unsavOry PefuVlah Company
business. together with several other
unsayory matters, is to be investi-
gated by the Judiciary committee of
the Senate. Senator Window has
offered resolutions to this effect, and
they will undoubtly be adopted.
Whether the investigation will be
thorough or superficial remains to be
seen
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

BIG RESULTS FROM LITTLE CAUsEs-"Do you
know ?" remarked Chestnut street. day or
two SINCE 81 believe both Conkling and Platt had a
bad case of skin disease when they resignedi" What
makes you think so ?" inquired the listener in aston
ishment. We'll you they acted in such an eIup-
tire manner-so rash--ly as it were. save?" "Ohi
yes, save" replied the other, they We're boiling
over and merely resigned to hunaor themselves,
suppose" II such be the case. the national difficulty
might have been averted by applying swayne's 0int-
ment for skin diseases
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

The Census Bureau has just COM
pleted its report on the population of
Utah. The inhabitants are classified
as Mormons, Gent1les, Apostles, Jo-
sephites, and Doubtful. Of the Nor
mons there are 12O,283 about 49,
900 of whom are over twenty-one
years of age, while 10000 are less
than nine years old. The number of
Gentlies is given at IA, 1876, of whom
a little more than one-half are over
twenty-one. There are 1888 Apos-
tie Mormons, $50 Josephites, and
1,716 persons classified as doubtful.
OF the whole number of Mormons
$4,000 are Of foreign birth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06

Bradlaugh having been allowed to
take the oath in the House of Com
mons, was, upon objection being
made, not permitted to take his seat,
but was ordered below the bar by the
speaker. Later motion was intro
duced and carried, expelling him
from the House, and his seat was de-
clared vacant. In this disfranchise-
ment of his constituents, the question
arises whether parliament is not
bound to accept such representatives
as the people choose. The objection
to Bradlaugh is principally his religi-
GUS views, or rather negation of faith
in the Christian religion, and his adj
yocacy of socialistic views. After
all, shall Legislature arrogate the
powers of dication to a constituency
of a religious test in electing theil
representative?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-06
Furnaces & Base Heaters.

We make the best House Furnaces made IN YER
mont, good heavy plates, and are putting them
where Boston Furnaces have given out We make
them from the small size for small houses up to large
size fol stores and churches. Largest size will take
in g. foot wood.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CANDIDATES.
ALL announcements for candidates within
half an inch space 85.
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Ordering Two Oomns.

fnllau0ipnla nccOru. 81
On Saturday morning last Mrs. A. B.
Evens, Of Tower City, Pennsylvania, died.
Mr.. Evens began making arrangements for
the funeral of his wife, and visited the estab-
lishment of Undeataker Dreisigacker to select
kets on hand, both of rosewood. Mr.. Evans
examined the caskets for few minutes.
Finally, pointing to one, he said: "That one
will do for my wife, :" and laying his hand on
the Other, ssthis one for me.h He then re-
turned home to await the arrival of his son
Milton. The young man arrived between 3
and q O'Clock in the afternoon. His father
met him with the intention Of breaking as
gently as possible the news of his mothers
death. Grasping his son by the hand he said:
'sYour mother is -" Without conclud-
ing the sentence he gave convulsive shudder
and fell back dead.
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CINGING AND PIANO, LESSONS by the
OPrima Donna ANNA ROsETTI GERHARDT.
Residence No. 4S North street. N-2-lm.
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Ayertising Directory.

~ ERALD GRIFFIN, Attorney and Counselor at
I Flaw, Office No! a. French building, S. p. Cor,
ner Main plaza. Will attend promptly to all legal
business satrustsd to my care in the State and Fed
sral Courts.
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A Pathetic Marriage.


From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Washington, October IA marriage was
solemnized at the residence of Rear Admiral
Jenkins, under the most romantic and pathetic
circumstances. .,a,
It win be remembered that Lieut. Converse,
u. S. A., son Of Representative Converse, of
the Columbus, (Ohio) district, was shot in
the head by the Apaches, in hand-to-hand
fight some months ago. The ball was too
near the brain to be extracted without fear Of
danger to the brain. In consequence Of the
wound he has lost one eye, and may lose the
other. The surgeons hoped to save it by a
hazardous operation. Lieut.. Converse in
sisted that the operation should not be per-
formed until he was married, lest he should
die during its progress. The wedding was,
of course, very quiet one, none being present
but the immediate relatives of the bride and
groom. r,
The latter have the sympathy of a large cir
Gle of friends in Washington. Representative
Converse came on from Columbus to-day to
be present at the wedding. -.f
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Souls Apart.

go Souls Apart.
Thought is deeper than Ill speech,
Feeling deeper than al thought;
Souls to souls can never teach
What unto themselves was taught.
We are spirits clad in wells;
Man by man was never seen;
All our deep communing fails a
To remove the shadowy screen.
Heart to heart was never known;
Mind with mind did never meet; r.,
We are columns left alone
Of a temple once complete.
Like the stars that gem the sky,
Far apart though seeming near;
In our light we scattered lie;
All is thus but starlight here.
What is social company
But babbing. summer stream!
What our wise philosophy
But the glancing of dream?
Only when the sun Of love ...y
az Melts the scattered stars of thought.
Only when we live above
-, What the dim-eyed world hath taught.
Only when our souls are fed
By the fount which gave them birth,
And by inspiration led 49,.
Which they never drew from earth.
We, like parted drops of rain,
Swelling till they meet and run,
Shall be all absorbed again,
Meeting, flowing into me.
&. Christopher Pearse Cranch.
1t is the "good old custom" of the Piutes,
who believe in the survival of the fittest only,
to kill off all children that are deformed or
idiotic. a
Senator Brown, of Georgia, says he would
not exchange the position of United States
senator for that of vice president of the United
States.
1t seems rather strange to read in Kansas
paper that "cotton picking has commenced,
and the prospects are very good for a large
CROP"
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~ ORN'S, Bunions and Ingrowing N ais extracted
u. without pain, BY A. FREY, Chiropodis. Of
flee at L. Browdowski's barber shop, s3I Commerce
street.
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e.
Don't Take It To Heart.
There's many a trouble
Would break like bubble,
And into the waters of Lethe depart,
Did not we rehearse,it,F
And tenderly nurse it,
And give it permanent place in the heart.
There's many a sorrow
Would vanish tomorrow,
Were we not unwilling to furnish the wings;
So sadly intruding
And quietly brooding,
II matches out all sorts of horrible things.
How welcome the seeming
OF looks that are beaming,
Whether ones wealthy or whether ones poor;
Eyes bright as berry,
Cheeks red as cherry,
The groan and the curse Of the headache can
cure.
Resolved to be merry,
All worry to ferry
Across the fame waters that bid US forgot it;
And no longer fearful,
But happy and cheerful,
We feel life has much that's worth living for
yet ssS %