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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02
OUR VISITOR, THE COMET.

Astronomers are decidedly puzzled
over the appearance of the comet OBJ
served from the Naval Observatory
at Washington, on the 10Th inst. If
comets in general were not such lum-
nous objects, and this one in partic-
ular so brilliant that he has been
seen in broad daylight, the knights
of the telescope might be said to be
completely in the dark over the mis-
sion of this strange visitor. g At first
it was not known whether he intend
ed to pay his respects to US or to the
sun, but lately it appears his course
is directed toward the latter.
This decision of the comet will af-
ford relief to all those who afflicted
with loss of appetite and sleepless-
ness and fall to computing the length
of time which will probably elapse
UclOlo JIG uoSlIuCGlOu VI Guc WOrlu,
whenever one of these eccentric Wis
itors is discovered lowering in the
outskirts of the solar system.
That our new visitor is intellectual
is proved beyond the shadow of
doubt-if comets cast shadows-for
a Washington correspondent says:
''He exhibits short tail with head
of great extent" We learn also
that he is provided with the most APP
proved ethereal apparatus, for we
read, that 'swhile the nucleus is very
condensed and stellar in character,
the wings curve outward and down
ward, the whole presenting the ap-
pearance of a bird in flight
The pedigree of the visitor is what
gives the astronomers the greatest
trouble. He may be far older than
he appears to be, and 1S43 is men
toned as his first appearance in these
parts. If this theory is true, the
question which will at once occur to
the unscientifc mind is, how has our
friend been spending his time during
his absence of thirty-nine years !?
Has he been quietly paying a round
of visits to respectable consultations
or has he been on a will goose chase
after some swifter or more lasting
specimens of his own race; or has
he been paying foolish tricks, fright
ening satellites out of their senses !?
These questions we will leave for the
astronomers to answer. Some of
them appear to have grudge against
him, as they predict for him horri-
BILE fate. Professor Boss, of Wash
ington, man whose name carries
great weight with it, describes the
catastophy in these words:
II believe, before the close of the
present century, the comet, on some
one of its recurring approaches to
the sun. will meet low down in the
solar atmosphere an objection too
great to be resisted. 1t will then
fall headlong into the sun, and van
ish from the catalogue of comets for
ever"
For comet who has so far borne
a perfectly exemplary character, and
committed no act of violence land
fair-minded persons will admit there
is not SO far particle of evidence
to the contrary, this unjust fate is
too melancholy to anticipate. We
perfer to believe that the astronom-
ers are mistaken.
p. S.-The latest dispatches from
Washington, state that on the
22d the comet passed at dis
lance of 791 900 miles from the sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

If reports are true, Arab Pasha
appears like anything but a hero
since Gen. Wolsely wiped out his lit
tie rebellion one fine morning about
fortnight ago. He has not the spirit
to stand up like man and take the
consequences of his acts, but says he
is sorry; that he did not know the
English had so large an army, or he
would not have gone to war-and so
on. A sorry figure for hero worship.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02
PIANOS.

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A large stock of
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A New and Large Stock of
WATCHES, RINGS, JEWEL
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Come and be fitted to a pair of
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or the beautiful
FRAMELESS EYE GLASSES,
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who travel about selling these
goods al enormous prices, and bet
ter than most of them can do, and
sell you goods at fair price. I
keep no cheap goods in this line.
Also a full stock of the best
SILVER & PLATED WARE
in the world. This ware is made
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est and best solid silver ware man
ufacturers in this country, is all
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OF being the best.
It is for your interest to call
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References My Old Customers /!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

A collision occurred between the
ocean steamers Lepanto and Edam
on Thursday, September %, about
$50 miles from New York. The
Edam was sunk and her third and
fifth engineers were drowned. The
Lepanto brought the passengers and
crew of the Edam to New York
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

Gov. Murray of Utah, has just
appointed officers to fill the positions
held to be vacant from the failure to
elect IN August. The Mormons
deny that the offices were so vacated.
the present Mormon officers consider
that they have the right to hold over
until the next election, notwithstand-
ing the act of congress which gave
the governor the power to appoint of
fcers to those positions. The old
Mormon officers will therefore at
tempt to stay in, and the new Gen
tile officers will attempt to get in.
and for short time the territory will
have two sets of local officers. A
test case will no doubt be brought
before the courts Immediately, and
the proper persons will then be given
full possession. In the meantime the
Gentle Salt Lake Tribune says that
the Mormons will undoubtedly carry
the election by from $4,000 to 10
900 majority.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

The laws of South Carolina for
biding the marriage of blacks with
whites, yet there are a good many
white men, who hold very respecta-
BILE positions in society, who have
been living with colored women as
their wives for many years. They
have lived happily together, and in
many instances have children. The
woman would like to be married. but
the men are afraid of thevolaw, and
are forced to live in what must be
technically, though not morally, be
called adultery. The matter occa-
sionally gets into the churches and
causes some questions which are
hard to answer. A Methodist min
lister, who would like to admit some
of these people to his church, writes
that he cannot advise these good
women to leave their husbands and
homes, and wants to know whether
he shall accept or object their appli-
cation to join the church, if in every
other respect but this their lives are
pure and exemplary.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

THE INCONSISTENCY OF MAN.-Scheming, diverse
and manifold advertisements of worthless goods will
never attract profitable customers, only meritorous
articles such Swaynes Ointment for skin diseases
are recognized and sought after by the people, Real
worth always receives ITS just merit. man may
profit for while by imposing upon the public. but 1t
is only question of time when he will reach the end
of his rope Man has dared to donbt the efficacy
of this great vegetable ointment
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

There is sharp drop in the price
of corn in Chicago, and one ring of
spectators is said to have lost $780,
900. Nobody outside the specula-
tors will go into mourning for such a
loss.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

HIGHLY EsTEEMED.-The youthful color and rich
ustre are restored to faded gray hair by the use of
Parker's Hair Balsam. harmless dressing highly es-
teemed for Its perfume and purity
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

The Boston Traveller says: The
most encouraging reports come from
the republican headquarters in North
Carolina as to the republican pros
poets at the approaching election.
The liberal movement has evidently
taken the democracy completely by
surprise, and careful politicians
prophesy republican legislature and
a majority for the state ticket of at
least 10000. 1t looks now as if the
republicans had excellent prospects
of redeeming Delaware at the APP
preaching election. In the event of
their success they will secure United
States senator in the place of Sena-
tor Salisbury, a consummation most
devoutly to be wished.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

A friend to the rich and poor. A medicine that
strengthens and heals, is Browns Iron Bitters.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-02

The nomination of Secretary Fol-
ger to be governor of New York is a
decided victory for the administra-
ton of President Arthur. The pre-
liminary contest was waged with
considerable acrimony on the part of
Governor Cornell's friends, and
every effort was made on the part of
the observation-disclosures to pre-
Judice the case against any oppon-
ent of the governor. The nomina-
ton of Judge Folger is charged by
the New York Times as a Could
Conkling combination but the fact that
the winning faction, by having the
most votes in the convention has sue
ceeded in nominating a man of such
character as Judge Folger, does not
look as if the so called stalwarts of
New York, were altogether going to
the bad. Judge Folger is a man of
great political legislative and Judi
clal experance, and his work as Sec
rotary of the United States treasury.
has shown him to be man of broad
views and good common sense.
, 1882-07-08
vi ! $ c e N G o u 8.
From the Spectator

The long-dreaded catastrophe in
Egypt has occurred, though its pro-
portions have not been cataclysmal.
On Sunday II June, the lower Arab
population of Alexandria took advan-
taae of a chance encounter between an
Arab and a Mrltese to rise against the
Europeans. The soldiers did not
interfere, the police, as we Judge up
on the balance Of evidence, assisted
the rioters, and, before order was
restored, four Englishmen had been
killed, the British Consul, Mr.. Cook
son, and the Italian and Greek Con-
suls severely wounded with clubs,
and about 250 Europeans" chiefly
Maltese and Greeks, murdered, and
either carried to the hospital or
thrown into the water. Order was at
last restored by the soldiers, under
orders from Cairo, and Alexandria
has been heavily garrisoned; but the
soldiers have informed the European
Admirals that they must not land
armed parties, even to hurry the dead,
who were accordingly buried at sea
Order has not since been disturbed,
but all confidence is gone, and the
wealthier Europeans in Cairo and
Alexandria have fed to the steamers,
, 1882-07-08

cluded representatives of all the three
great Russian parties-the Old Russian,
the PanSlaviSt, and the Liberal. Bus
practically it was soon found impossible
to work an involuntary coalition of this
kind, and the appearance of the abSolutist
UkaSe of last year was promptly followed
by the ill health and consequent re-
tirement of Count Loris Melikotf and his
friends. When NJ. de Giers was chosen as
Prince GOrtchakoff7S successor it was uni
v~ersally felt that Count Ignatieff could
not long continue in office, for though he
was but Minister of the Interior, a Pan
SlayiSt Minister must by the necessity of
the case haVe one eye across the frontier;
and if he is radically opposed to his col
league at the Foreign Office, there-is no
room for him to remain. The scandal and
the ruin caused by the persecution of the
Jews, which Count lgnatietf has done
much to encourage, have contributed to
his fall. His successor, Count TOlstOy.
has no very brilliant record. He counts
a. one of the narrOwest and bigoted of the
Old Russian party-the party of Moscow,
OF NJ. Katkotf and the RUSS newspaper
and when, two years ago, he ceased to be
Minister of Education, it was said that
people &" embraced one another in the
Streets. DUU DOlu dU nome dIlu dDTOdu
the removal Of Count Ignatietf from power
is thought a gain sufficient to outweigh
any faults III his successor. The opinion
OF that important organ the Stock EX-
change was promptly declared and, in
spite of Egyptian alarms, Russian stock
rose one and ~three-QuarterS the moment
the news arrived. The Count has, indeed
come to be regarded as a dangerous man,
nul E1uO,Na hpno t1,nS mona Fra,I- u~ho, ha
is set to employ his great abilities in a
private station. Austria and Germany
may especially begin to feel more comfor-
table, and may regard the ara of Skobeletf
CruSadeS as definitely closed by the fall
of Skobeletf9S great inSpirer. The dan
ger of an AuStrO- Russian imbrOgliO,
which has not lately been prominently
before the world, becomes infinitely lees;
and the renewal Of some kind of Three
Emperor'S Alliance, and with it the as
surance of European peace, becomes
stronger. In Russia itself it seems TO be
generally thought that the emancipation
of the Emperor from the influence of his
late Minister will be accompanied by a
return to a more healthy kind of existence
in all directions. They talk of a rGprOche-
meat between the Gar and the nation
of less absolute secluSion Of some display
of confidence; Of a definite prospect of the
coronation. If these results are really to
follow they will have been cheaply pur-
chased by the disappearance of a man
whose talents, indeed, are unquestionable,
but whose presence always inspired III.
eaSineSS, and about whom it was never
possible to state at any moment what he
intended to do next or what subtle cOmbi-
binationS were forming in his active brain.
He may return to power, though that is
not altogether probable; but it is sufficient
for the present to enjoy the relief of his
withdrawal.
, 1882-07-08

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Clayed Havana, No. u. e As Oh.
afoat.
Demerara Rum p gallon, Is. 9d.
Trinidad Cocoa p cyt. "a. OS. Cd.
ConSols 99B to :.
Bank of England Rate IF Discount 3 pct.
Liverpool Cotton Niddling Upland ~ ID 6
3 per cent. RpnteS in Paris. 80.95
, 1882-07-08
Austria, Bosnia, and Russia.
From the TimeS.)

horizon of Europe of which Prince
Bismarck spoke on Monday-that is,
towards the troubles in Egypt
events have lately been occurring in
other quarters which ought not to
pass u~Dobserved. Russia and Aus
tria have just been going through
Ministerial changes, different in their
degree of Importance, but likely in
both cases to have far-reaching re-
suits. The retirement of Count
Ignatief relegates into private life
IN of the most prominent of Cont
mental statesmen. The appointment
of Herr Won KaIIay to the post Of
Finance Minister of the Austrian
Empire-a somewhat misleading
title, for it is really the administra-
ton of Bosnia with which he will be
concerned-is seemingly a MINOR
matter but it is Of real interest in
its bearings on the settlement of
that difficult region, the nursery Of
many revolutions. simultaneously
with Herr Won Kallay's assumption
of,his duties, we hear Of the with
drawaI Of General J~ovanovics to the
seat Of his new government. The
General has left Ragusa for cara, the
seat of administration of the Pro
vince of Dalmatia; and his departure
may be regarded as marking the
close of the hopeless struggle
which the highlander~ Of the Criyos-
Gle and Southern Herzegovina have
been waging against their Austrian
masters, General Jovanovics in his
farewell Order Of the Day expresses,
as he well may, the Emperor's thanks
to a body of troops who have per-
formed a most arduous task with
admirable courage and skill but
does not think 1t safe to recon-
mend that they should as yet be
be Withdrawn from the disturbed
country. The picture given Of the
state Of Crivoscie is truly distress
sing. The country is left absolute
ly empty; all the inhabitants have
fed across the Montenegrin frontier,
and will not return without con
ditions which the Austrian authorities
as yet refuse to grant. It is to be hop
ed that whether by yielding on these
points or by showing an example Of
benefcent rule under the Ief0ra ed
admins tration which is promised, the
Government may soon induce the
hardly used inhabitants to come back
to their homes,
Foreign observers have all along
seen and said that the system which
Austria introduced Immediately after
her occupation of the provinces was
harsh, unwise, and likely to prove
intolerable. Events justified the
severest criticisms the revolt was
only what had been foreseen.
Another striking justification has
lately been given in Il speech deliver
ed in the Upper House of the Hun
garian Parliament by Count Desscf1y,
who was for three years chief Civilad-
ministrator Of the district of Seraje-
vo, and who retired some little time
before the outbreak of the insurrec-
ton. The revelations and argu-
ments of this very capable official
had a marked effect upon his audi
ence. He showed how costly was
, 1882-07-08

dlI laws anu AItH ~ tIltSt are d'u-
ed CONSUMPTION laws and the Cath0-
lie propaganda of the Austrian ecole-
Sia>tic~, no further explanation OF
the popular dislike to Austrian rule
is required. The Government could
make no more than a show of rests,
lance to the arguments Of Count DeS-
seffy, Herr Won Ti>za, the Hulgari-
an Premier, admitting thar the i}os-
MAN bureaucracy required a thor
ou9h publication. 1t is with Il view
of carrying u this publication Mat
Herr Won Nallay has been appointe ted
to the difficult and tharkIe<s post,
a post which is already beginning TO
be looked upon in AuStrO-!,ungHry
much as the Irish NccrctaryShip is
looked upon among ourselves. 1t is
commonly thought in Germany and
Austria that, although he has under
taken a heavy piece of work, he is
strong enough to carry it through.
To foreigners tie is CHI, fy known as
having had temporary charge Of the
Foreign Office between the death ct
BaronlIuymerl and the appointment
Of Count kaInoEy, but at home he
has long had a reputation second to
none among the men OF his a@e. He
ome of noble Magyar family, and
has been all his life in the public
service. AS Consul-G General at
Belgrade he gathered the materials
for his "IEi>lory OF the Serbs, while
at the same time he was using all
bis influence at home in suppor} of
a very daf1ite foreign policy for
Austria. Though a Hungarian, he
was aud is no enemy to The SIay>
be is ONLY an enemy to PanslaNi>m.
lie has ALWAYS fought against both
the formation OF Il great SIavonlc
State on the south OF the danube,
and against The ABSORPTION, virtual or
actual, OF the Southern ~lavs in
Pus~ia. What he has always adj
Jocated is MOI panSIavism, bat Aus
tro-SIa,i m, which may be described
as a liberal >Iayonic policy within
the composite Empire, and an en-
drayour to c0nclIIatp the Slays out
side ana 10 draw them away from
dep ndence upon Russia TO depen-
dence upon Austro Hungary. Soon
er or later this policy is likely to
bring Herr Won Kallay into collision
with his ccun'rymen, the Magyar
party; but undoubtedly it is the poll
cy which, in the present con~itlon
Of Eastern Europe, has the best
chance of success. The appoint
ment OF It's most prominent repre>en-
tative to the supreme control OF the
occupied pro,inceS-provincrs which
before long will surely become de
.jwe as well as de facto AUSTRIAN
highly significant. 1t means no doubt
as Herr Won TiSza has said, no relax
alton of Austria's hol for Bosnia
and Htrze4uvina are to look upon
themselves as defnitiycly Austrian
but it mans thai these Sllv0Alt pro-
vinceS are hcncpfOrth 10 b. governed
more by Slavonjc than by Hungarian
or German M thOus, such as have
prevailed since The beginning of the
occupation, Every one who cares
for the peace Of Europe and the
welfare of these distracted regions
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-06

state Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association und churches.

II has already been announced that the
sixteenth annual State convention of the
Young Mems Christian Associations andEvan-
gclcal churches Of Vermont, will be held in
this city, beginning Tuesday evening, oct.
10Th, and closing Thursday noon, October
l2th. The circular of the State executive
committee has been issued and the commit
tee Of the local association are doing what
they can to make the convention the best
ever held in the State. a welcome meeting
will be held the first evening in the Winooski
avenue Congregational church, and the meet
ing on Wednesday evening, will he held in
the Methodist church. The day sessions will
be held in the y. NJ. G. A. Hall. All the
sessions will be open to the public, and those
who attend will certainly find much of inter
est in them.
The following topics among others will be
considered The boys who are soon to be-
come young men-what can we do for them
Association work in educational institutions
The importance of meetings exclusively for
Young men How can the ladies help us
Why are Young Mems Christian AssoCia-
tions needed in Vermont towns AsSOciu-
lion meetings for Bible study How to
awaken and retain the interest of the public
in our work.
In addition 10 the leading association mcr
of the State, II prominent part will he taken
by Mr.. Il. W. Watkins, secretary of the In
tcrnatiOnal committee, md James McCor
mick, Esq, of llarrisburgh Pa, who is ,
member Of the International committee ant
chairman of the Pennsylvania State commit