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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17

Lake George Cor. Chicago Tribune.
AT the sycamore | noticed at a little
distance, a girl apparently eighteen
who had half a dozen admirers about
her, and they had physical cause, at
least, for admiration. She was decid-
edly pretty, having golden hair with
warm red shade (it was unmistakably
her own, scft brown eyes, gracefully
turned up nose that lent piquancy to
her face, aud plump figure which
hardly escaped vOluptuousness. She
had a sweet voice, too, and a winning
manner. She was talking freely, and
her talk seemed to be fully apprecia.
ted by her masculine friends, who may
have been prejudiced in her favor. |
did not hear what she said; | did not
wish to, for | was afraid she might be
affected, or commonplace, or silly,
as pretty girls of her age are apt to
be. 1t was, | am aware, nothing to
me, and yet | darkly suspected that
her words, if audible, would dispel an
illusion. Nature seems unwilling to
put a fine brain into 6ne body, mig.
gardly jade that she is.
While | was rejecting on this a
very stout woman, she must have
weighed 200 pounds, waddled along
the piazza and addressed the girl as
ELLA dear, with the information that
her father wished to see her. That,
then, was her mother; a likeness
dimmed by years and overladen with
flesh disclosed the unhappy truth. |
supposed the sentimental swains would
be startled by the vision and cease to
adore. But they did not, not one of
them, which shows that they were ter
ribly in earnest, Had | been one |
should have been cured of my amor
Gus fever, In thirty years, Ella dear,
would be what ponderous mamma
was: every vestige of grace, elegance
and beauty would have vanished for
ever.
When young men are connubially
drawn to a pretty, plump girl, they
should abstain from any rash step un-
til they Lave seen her mother and
learned her avoirdupois. If they are
not deferred then from further prose-
oution Of their suit, nothing will heal
them except matrimony, Desperate
diseases require desperate remedies.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
Died From a Fractured skull

SAN FRANCISCO, September l6.-A
dispatch from Yokohama states that
Lieutenant .Noyes, of the United
States flagship Richmond, died from
the effect Of an accident which frac-
tured bis skull.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
How He Gets a Lower Berth,
Philadelphia Press.


ut would take day in the recital,
and then ell a big book to tell of the
incidents that enter into the daily life
of Pullman car" said j. W. Smitt-
ley, the resident Superintendent Of the
company in Philadelphia, "and then
it would take another and q larger
book to obtain what hadn't been
told" "Are any Of these stories true
of fat men telling horrible tales about
crashing through upper berths in
order to secure lower berthsP" was
asked.
1T is true that facetious heavy
weights tell the stories in the hearing
OF timid persons" was the reply,
"and it is equally untrue that any
upper berths ever break down. A
we'll known New York journalist
who tips the beam at three hundred
pounds-suppose you know him
can be credited with being the
originator of that yarn. He loves a
joke, and he is known to almost every
palace car porter in the country, man
ages to carry out the sell very success.
fully whenever necessary. In case the
gentleman reaches the train late and
finds the lower berths occupied, he
hunts around until he finds q nervous
traveller in place where no would
like to be himself. Then he calls the
colored porter, and asks him if he has
heard any further news Of Rev. Mr..
Smith. The porter, who is posted,
replies, You mean de po' gemman
what you mashed dat night you fell
froo de berth2' Yes, replies the
pondercus traveller, I've often thought
Of that poor man, Jim. | think
broke one Of hisribs and one Of his
arms, didn't ~ Two ribs and boiC
arms, sar, replies Jim solemnly
And it was somewhere about
this part Of the car, wasn't il, Jim2
asks the heavy man loudly. NO
sab, says the porter, 'you'se thinkin
OBJ de two orphans what you fell OF
dat night when we was near Buffalo
II you remember, sab, one OBJ de boy
died and do oder had his eyes squasheC
out He wouldn't get Outen de lowe
berth, sah.' Unfortunate fellow
sighs the fat passenger, and | WASH
as heavy by fifty pounds as | am nov
either.
"By this time you can depend thS
the nervous traveller is getting his pant
aloons on. Usually he peeps ou
and when he sees the mountain {
aesh that is talking he is more tina
willing to take the upper bert
than TO run the risk Of bein
crushed to death in the middle Of h
night. It's q pretty good scheme, an
generallyworka to the fat mans sati
faction. As soon as the other follO
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
, ADDITIONAL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, September Il, l30 p.m.-
Cotton frm at unchanged prices. Up.
lands, 8 l3-l6d; orleans, 8 l5-l6d. Sales
to-day, 1900 bales. Receipts, 1000 bales
all American. Futures opened steady
and advanced q fraction.
NEW YORK, Septemberl7, 1888 pm
Cotton firm and holders ask higher prices
Ordinary, 7 l5-l6c; good ordinary, o 3-l6c
low middling, l0G middling, l02sc; good
middling, l0ssc; middling fair, IL kci fair
l2Hc. Futures are barely steady at 2 X
8 points above Saturdays closing prices
NEW ORLEABs,September II, 1880 a m
Cotton firm. Middling, l0hc. Sales
to-day, 400 bales. Receipts to-day, at
Galveston, 6Si4 bales, against ABB SAINT
day last year; at New Orleans, 1921
against 2252 Norfolk 555, 5,against 979; Sa.
vannah 270O, against 1916; Charleston
8726, against 27l7i Mobile 65l, againsi
1901
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Sunday NIghI's DisDatohes.

Evansville, September l6.-Depart.
ed: Mabel Comeaux, for New Orleans
$3.50 am. Business dull. The Ellis
is hard aground at Three Mile bar.
Cairo, September l6.-Arrived: Ells
Kimbrough, St, Louis, pm. Depart,
ed: j. II. Hillsman, Evansville, City
Baton Rouge, New Orleans am.
Arkansas City, st. Louis, Gam; j
N. McCOmb, south, 1 pm; Oakland
New Orleans, 3 pm. River 6 feet
inches, and falling. The Greenvill,
wharfboat, which left here last Wed
nesday, is aground at Island 80 ant
out Of the channel-it will have tc b,
lighted.
St. Louis, September 16.-Arrived
Far West, Missouri river; Grand Pa
cific, Keokuk, Departed, none. Rive
fell inch, now 8 feet by the gauge
clear and cooler.
New Orleans, September 16.-Ar
rived: City St. Louis, st. Louis, ant
returns tomorrow.
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finds that joke has been played upon
him, he forms the joker's acquaintance
and, in almost every instance I've
heard, the friendship 30 strangely
made is lasting, because the fat man
is one Of those jolly good fellows that
nobody could stay angry at for more
than ten miutes. There are lots oi
other incidents that, if strung to-
gether, might make a good story, but
as life is so short and time precious,
think we had better leave the best ones
fol another day."
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
THE COMMISSIONERS OUsTED
A Good Deal Of Merriment Caused
by tie Action Of a Dakota
Judge.
His Decision Of No Effect, as
They VIII Continue 10 Act as
Before.

BISMARCK, D. t., September H.
A dispatch from YanktoR received
at Bismarck, asserting that Judge
EdgertOn had Ousted the Capital Com
missioners forever and awarded the
cost against them, has caused more
merriment than anything else here.
The fact pending the decision of the
Judge, or even the full bench Of the
Territory up to the final decision Of
the Supreme Court Of the United
States, where the Capital Removal
Bill will surely be taken by one side
or the other, that the commissioners
will continue to act and will have full
force and effect, leaves Bismarck en-
tirely tranquil. The law passed by the
last Legislature absolutely repeating
the chapter of one of the political
codes which fixed the seat Of governs
ment at Yankton, is in no way affected
by Judge Edgerton's decision, and
leaves the Governor by analogy in the
same position as that of the FIRST Gov
ernor Of the Territory, who was au-
thorized by an ordinance or act to
designate a seat Of government, and
continue there until the Governor and
Legislative Assembly shall jointly fix
permanent location. 1t is therefore
plain that Yankton is no longer the
seat Of government, and that the Gov
erDor will designate Bismarck as the
capital, where it must remain until
the Governor and Legislative Assem-
bly, jointly select some other place.
With two such safeguards in the
United States and Territorial laws,
and as the building fund and lands
have been donated, lots will be sold
and capitol building pushed to com
pletiOn before the Christmas holidays,
and the business will receive no shock
from the rumOred decision Of single
Judge. The contractors Of the capi-
tol building called on the Commission
ers and assured them that they we're
ready 70 60 on with the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
DIED.

WHELAN-Monday, September II, 1883,
Sarah S. Whe'an, aged 81 years.
Funeral will take place ftom her late resi-
denee, Exchange street, between Main and
Front, ,T0. MORROW TUESDAY AFTERN0 DON
at 8 o'clock. Services at St. Peters church
atsh o'clock. Friends are invited to attend
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
The Markets.

CLEVELAND, o., September H.
Petroleum firm and unchanged; s. ".
81 10.
LIVERPOOL, September l4-Bacon
Short clear, dull, BE; long clear
dull, 36s; short rib, dull, Abs. Lard
Prime western, dull, AS Cd. Cheese
American choice, dull BIS Cd. Wheat
Spring No. 2 old, dull, IS I'd; No
2 new, dull, IS I'D; new No. l white
dull, 8s 3D. new western winter, dull
Ss Sd. Pork: Prime mess, eastern
dull, Sos. Shoulders, dull,32s. Beef
Extra India mess, dull, S5s; prim,
mess, dull, 74s. Ham; Long cut
dull, sos. Corn: New mixed, steady
5s 3D.. Turpentine spirits, steady, 81
Sd; at London, steady ,30s cd.
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@. w. DALTON.

A HEAP Of work for a little money. eheap
n for cash. Parties Contemplating build
ing or making Improvements will find II to
y ~ interest TO give me a call. All work,
.stistaction guaranteed. He ,dquarters 236
Main street, Set warzenberg, Nay a Co, ls3g
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-17
SAVED BY AN ALARM CLOCK
Marrow Escape OF the Inmates
OF a Maryland Monastery
From Fire,
A Baltimore special saws.

- 0eANAAaSAS hHSNAAA
The monks who escaped from the
burning Passiouist Monastery of st
Joseph, on the Frederick turnpike
near this city the other night, attrib-
ute their escape to direct interposi-
tion Of Providence. The monks were
all asleep when, about 10 o'clock, the
alarm clock in the room of Father
Bernardine, which went off regularly
at 2 O'Clock in the morning, at which
time the Fathers arose for prayer,
suddenly sounded. Father Bernard
ine arose, and was astonished to find
the time only 10 o'clock. He was
about retiring again, when he smelled
smoke. Opening the door he heard
the roar and cracking Of flames over
his head. He grasped the bell rope
and sounded one peal on the big bells
in the cupola, when the rope parted,
1t had been burned in two. The
work o. waking the inmates took but
a few minutes, and attempts to check
the fire were at once made.
The FIRE had broken out evidently
on the roof, in corner where the
monastery adioins its lately erected
church. Timers had been at work
there that day, and the FIRE is supposed
to have caught from one Of their fire
pots.
Had Che FIRE gained much further
hesdway the escape Of the inmates
would have been impossible. Alarmi
we're sent TO the city and county fire
departments. Numbers Of engines
finally arrived. They we're too late Il
save the monastery, but managed t
save the handsome church. News o
the disaster did not reach this city
until after ! o'clock this morning.
The building was Of stone, 10 fee
long and 81 wide. and was original,
built in 1877 at cost Of $4,000. I'm
provements costing $4,000 have sine
been made, which, with the valuabl
contents Of the monastery, make tn
total loss more than 100000. Their
is only $40, 900 insurance on the whole
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
CENSUS OF WOODS.

The latest forestry bulletin from
the Census Bureau gives the specific
gravity, the percentage of ash and
the weight of a cubic foot in pounds
of each one of our native woods.
Added to this is the approximate
fuel value of each species calculat-
ed from the specific gravity and the
ash. These fuel estimates are APP
proximately correction non-resinous
woodruff the actual fuel value of
some coniferous species like pitch
pine may be 20 per cent greater than
| that given in the table. In another
| bulletin the exact fuel value of fifty
five of the more important woods. as
determined by chemical analysis, was
tabled. At least two determinations
of specific gravity were made fol
each species studied, and in woods
of commercial Importance specimens
were taken from many trees grow
in widely different parts of the coun
try and under different conditions o
soil and climate. Altogether this i
the most comprehensive work of th
kind ever undertaken. incidental
this bulletin is valuable as ftlrnishin
! the most complete catalogue of na
, tive trees yet published. The tabl
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15


contains 425 species, grouped ac-
cording to their botanical affinities
with their scientific and common
names, and the region where they
are found. The distinction between
tees and shrubs is of course an
arbitrary one, and in degree unsat-
isfactory, but the separation needed
to be made, and probably no safer
line could be drawn. Every plant
growing with single alborescent
stem is called a tree. Many species
are admitted into the tree-list which
are smaller than others which, from
their habit of growth, are shut out
among the shrubs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15

'sGood morning, John"
''Good morning, Frank. What makes
you look so smiling this morning.
sob, nothing, only | have been over
to Preston's and bought one of his boss
&c Cigars, called Preston's Spoonies,
and it beats any thing ever saw"
Eyes, they all say he keeps the best
Cigars in Orleans County He sells at
wholesale and retail. and as he buys
direct of the manufacturer, and the
largest in New England, of course he
can beat them all He sells the famous
Trump Cigar (the best | DC Cigar ais,
Olden Times and about forty othe
kinds
'sYes, and be has got the larges
stock of Stationery, Blank Books an,
Papetries IN town, ami sells at loves
prices. He also has good stock Q
Groceries and says he will not be bea
In prices.
Iguess thatissoa; | boughta poun
of his 65c Uncolored Jap Tea the otht
day, and it was the boss
''Yes, and he has Coffee for 81
that he sells stacks of. He also b;
Teas for so and 6Oc, and a good Golf,
for 26c. Also. Lard, Tripe, Suga
Canned Goods, Spices, Tobacco, Co
fectionerY. &c. &c''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
PURE-BRED STOCK.

As rule pure-bred stock is not
the most profitable for farmers to
keep.-Many who have tried to breed
a herd of pure blood animals have
failed. The cost to begin with is
lsrge. The writer recently visited a
herd of Jersey cattle, some of the
COWS in which had cost many hundred
dollars. The product in flesh and
milk in these animals is not so much
over that of the grade cow as to war;
rant the prices paid. The manage
ment that such close bred stock re-
quires is much greater than that Of
grade stock that is, crosses between
the pure blood and the native stock.
Pure blood animals and herds, like
the one above mentioned, are of val
he as breeding centres, from which
the great mass of common stock can
be built up. At low estimate the
value of the great product can be
raised So or 500 each, the first sea-
son. 1t may be that farmer with
a large herd of grades thus produced
can afford to keep two or three pure
blood animals for further improve.
ment of the herd, but in many cases
it will be better to replenish the pure
blood from one of the centers of such
stock. 1t is a national blessing that
''fancy farmers" as they are some
times called, are pleased to make
such large investments in pure blood
stock, for by this means the supply
of any breed is kept up. 1t would
be calamity if from any cause these
carefully managed herds should al
be broken up and scattered. 1t is
through them that the whole live
stock of the country is to be improved
by gradual process of grading. Ii
this important work the less fortune
favored stock-raisers may find prof
liable field of labor. Agri
culturiSt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
BREAKING COLTS.

Losing ones temper in so impor-
tant a work is very hurtful. If you
think it will not matter, that it will
be forgotten, you are sadly mistaken;
it will not be forgotten, but will con-
stantly act as a reminder of the I'M
trustworthiness of the man. Begin
early with your colt, and never con-
tradict yourself to him. What you
do in the way of teaching or breaking,
do it mildly, of course
and with confidence; this will inspire
confidence in return. Thus get him
used to the harness, saddle, etc., by
degrees: first, by part of the har-
ness, and so on. By and by he will
he will hardly know how, only that
he is to abide by it; it will be seen
as matter of course. But if vi
cious fit takes hin while training,
you must hold him as wise, and let
him know that resistance is entirely
useless. Finch once and he will
want you to finch again, and he will
endeavor, and harder than before,
to have it so; but if he have no ex-
cuse, the way will soon be clear to
you.
Make your colt what you want of
him as horse. He is an instrument,
and you are to fashion him as you
want him. If for farm work, you
| do not want him for a trotter, or q
racer. If you want him for heavy
farm work alone, he must be treated
somewhat differently from what is
necessary for mere roadster, and
vice versa. For a saddle horse or 6
lady's horse, you want something
different still. If he is high temper
ed. you must treat him differently
from horse with mild disposition
and so on. You must know YOU
horse, and know what you want hin
for; then make him snch shape tn,
instrument to your purpose. Begin
early; at birth is not too early; hint
and signs have an effect-and thes
90 through life. 1t takes time ant
patience to do it. 1t must be grad
ual, growing work. The colt mus
grow in its training, as in his years
it will be nature with him then, an
he will want to do that only; in fact
he knows only to do that-this make
him reliable. The man who is hu
man and intelligent man has mad
him so and he will treat him wit
discretion, work him what he ca
really bear, and what, mainly, b
loves to do. He will therefore wes
, at least third longer. He will q
good service to a ripe old age, viii
others, by hard treatment, are wol
out at what should be their prime
+ Indiana Farmer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
agricultural department
WHAT GOES WITH THE FARM.

Mr.. FL. A. Haigh of the Detroit
bar, gives the following valuable in
formation in the american 4gricultu-
rist: When farm is bought OF sold
questions often arise as to what goes
with it, and disputes may often be
avoided if farmers know just what
their farm deeds include. In brief,
where no reservations are made in
the deed, the conveyance includes
the land, the buildings upon it and
all such chattels or articles as have
become so attached or fixed to the
soil or to the buildings as to become
what is known in law as ''fxtures."
What constitutes ''fiXture" depends
largely on the intention of the owner
in putting it there, and also upon the
manner in which it is affixed. Any
thing so fixed to the soil or the build
ings that it cannot be moved without
injury, nearly always goes with the
farm; and anything of permanent
nature, fitted for permanent use, and
annexed thereto by the owner with
that intention, generally goes with
the land, though it might be severed
without any injury, as the following
example will illustrate. All fences
with the farm go with it, but not
fencing materials, as rails, ETC., if
bought elsewhere and piled upon the
farm and not yet built into fence;
they have never yet been annexed"
But rails cut from timber standing on
the farm and piled up for the future
use, go with it; their original annex
alton is not severed by being chang
ed from standing trees to rails. If,
however, they were cut with the in
tention of using them elsewhere than
on the farm, they would then be per-
sonal property, and would not pass.
The bare intention in the mind of the
owner in this instance makes the diff
ference between real estate and per-
sonal property. Hop poles, if they
have been once used upon the farm,
are regarded as part of it, though
at the time of sale they are stored
away for future use. Loose scaffold
poles have been held to be part of
the realty. Standing trees, of course,
are part of the farm; so are trees cut
or blown down, if left where they
fall, but if corded up for sale. the
wood has then become personal prop
erty.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
NEUTRALIZED.
In what way n Prevalent Evil may be ShOr
"a. Daxxar L m v-,,,

Malaria is broad name for many Gseases-all orig
mating in blood poisoning Bilious fever, the typhus
and typhoid feves and chlls and fever prominent
members of the family Malaria defes alike the build
ers the plumbers and the physicians. Despairing Of
ordinary treatment, the latter almost unanimously
recommend BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLAS-
TER the greatest anti-malaria specific of the age
kidneys.
Worn over the region of the liver. and upon the
back over the kidneys they ward eff malaria like
armor No other plasters do this. sftt
When you purchase, satisfy yourself that the word
CAPCINE is cut in the center of the plaster.
Seabury & Johnson. Chemists. New York Highest
awards at International Expositions.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15

THE PERPETUTTY OF FAME.-As the name of the i'm.
mortal Washington has been most sacredly perpetual
ted that of hero and statesman SO also has the
fame of Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases descend
ed into perpetuity the only reliable remedy in the
market for every character of skin disorders and
the reward of welldeservng merit. Worth and merit
60 handin hand. 1t is useless contradict the worth
of this article,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15

An exchange tells show leather scraps
are utilized" 1t was not necessary to
tell how leather straps are utilized. Near
ly every boy in the land is painfully IA
mliar with the process.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-01-15
Hair Work !!

Switches. Curls. Puffs and frzZes made to order in
L neat and workmanlike manner. Also Gents Guard
Chains and variety Of Hair Flowers. single formed
In wreath. Give a call All orders by mai
promptly attended to.
MRS j. N SMITH Park 81 Burton VI