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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
could be expected, and that they
have strong hopes of his recovery.
WHAT SHALL I READ?

A very able writer has said, "You
may read all the books in the British
Museum Gf you could live long
enough), and remain an utterly lllit-
crate, uneducated person, but if you
read ten pages of a good book, letter
by letter-that is to say with real ac-
curacy-you are evermore an educa-
ted person"
A great many people have as little
understanding of what they should
read as the student who went to the
librarian and asked at what end of
the college library he should COM
mence to read.
Not far back in the past there were
not many works to select from. The
man who had acquired a taste for
reading had to read whatever the
press furnished, and this was read
and re-read many times. Daniel
Webster said of his boyhood: In
those days ''we had so few books
that to read once or twice was moth
ing we thought that they were all to
be got by heart" This is what made
the man of one book so powerful in
the past. He had read it many
times, and knew it thoroughly.
But we cannot, in the same sense,
be men of one book to-day. We are
forced to be men of many books.
And out of that multitude we must
select those which shall have our
greatest attention.
''Few," says John Foster, "have
been sufficiently sensible of the i'm
portance of that economy in reading
which selects, almost exclusively, the
first order of books. Why should a
man, except for special reasons,
read an inferior book at the very time
that he might be reading one of the
highest order? A man of ability, for
the chief of his reading, shonld Sc
lect such works as he feels beyond
his own power to have produced.
What can other books do for him
but waste his time and augment his
vanity?"
The books of real worth are like
men of real worth, they do not 1e-
main long in obscurity. They are
read and appreciated by great mnl-
titude. Says Ruskin, "No book is
worth anything that is not worth
much, nor is it serviceable until it
has been read and re-read, and loved
and loved again, and marked so that
you can refer to the passages you
want in it, as a soldier can seize the
weapon he needs in the armory, or a
housewife bring the spice she needs
from ner store.
Time is to be taken into considera-
ton, even by the one who gives his
days to literature how much more
by the man who can give only the
odd moments of busy life to the ac-
QUESTION of knowledge. When we
do our best we can read only very
small part of what is issuing from
the press. For this reason we ought
to read the best books. "Great works
and full works. says Stanley, mot
small works and short works, are in
the end the best economy of time as
well as of everything else"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
BACKBONE.

When you see fellow mortal
Without fixed and fearless views.
Hanging on the skirts OF others
Walking in their castrof shoes,
Bowling low to wealth and favor,
With abject. uncovered head.
Ready to retract or waver.
Willing to be turned or lead
Walk yourself with frmer bearing.
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
When you see theologian
Huggirg close some ugly creed.
Fearing to reject or question
Dogmas which his priest may read;
Holding back all noble feeling;
Choking down each manly view
Caring more for forms and symbols
Than to know the good and true;
Walk yourself with hrmer bearing.
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than ths-back bone.
When you see politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position
In the house or at the polls;
With no sterling manhood in him
Nothing stable. broad or sound;
Destitute of pluck or ballast;
Double-sided all around;
Walk yourself with firmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back;
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the thing which his must lack.
A stronger word
Was never heard
Than this-backbone.
A modest song, and plainly told
The text is worth mine of gold;
For many men most sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
THE LILIES OF THE FIELD

The Savour's f1owersI How pure and fair
Those simple Lilies of the Field;"
How sweet as incense to the air.
Their fragrant snow. white blossoms yieldI
Not Solomon in glory bright,
In gorgeous and in gold array,
Was such fair and wondrous sight
As in their modest beauty, they!
They weave not the white robes they wear;
They toll not neither do they spin;
No burden like fral man they bear,
For-unlike him-they know not sin.
o emblems fair, o emblems sweet,
OF Christian humbleness of hearti
May we, pure. at Heavens feet
Sit low, and choose the better part"
That to the "meek in heart alone
Is by the great redeemer given;
That brings US kneeling to His Throne,
Throws wide the Golden Gate of Heaven.
Chambers Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
A QUEER RACE.

Ancient ruins have recently been
discovered in Sonora, which, if re-
ports are true, surpass anything of
the kind yet found on the continent.
Sonora is the northwestern state of
Mexico, and is bordered by Ari-
Zona on the north and the Gulf of
California on the west. The ruins
are said to be four leagues southeast
of Magdalena. There is one pyra-
mid which has base of 1850 feet,
and rises to height of $50 feet !;
there is a winding roadway from the
bottom leading up an easy grade to
the top, wide enough for carriages to
pass over, which is said to be twen-
ty-three miles in length; the outer
walls of the roadway are laid in solid
masonry from huge blocks of gran
ite in rlbbls work, and the circles
are as uniform and the grade as reg
ular as they could be made at this
date by our best engineers. The wall
however, is occasionally exposed,
beng covered over with debris and
earth, and in many places the sahua-
70 and other indigenous plants and
trees have grown up, giving the pyr-
amid the appearance of mountain.
To the east of the pyramid a short
distance is a small mountain about
the same size, which rises to about
the same height, and, if reports are
true, will prove more interesting to
the archaologist than the pyramid.
There seems to be heavy layer of
species of gypsum about half way
up the mountain, which is as white
as snow, and may be cut into any
conceivable shape, yet sufficiently
hard to retain its shape after being
cut. In this layer of stone people
of an unknown age have cut hum
dreds upon hundreds of rooms, from
6x30 to 16 or Is feet square. These
rooms are cut out of solid stone, and
so even and true are the walls, floor
and ceiling to plumb and level as to
defy variation. There are no win
| dows in the rooms and but one en-
trance, which is always from the top.
The rooms are about eight feet high
from floor to ceiling the stone is SO
white that it seems almost transpar-
ent, and the rooms are not at all
dark. On the walls of these rooms
are numerous heiroglyphics and rep
resentations of human beings cut in
the stone IN different places. But
STANCE to say, all the hands have five
fingers and one thumb and the fee
have six toes. Charcoal is found or
the floors of many of the rooms
which would indicate that they bull
fires in their houses. Stone imple
ments of every description are to b'
found in great numbers in and abou
the rooms. The houses or rooms art
one above the other to three or NOR,
stories high; but between each stor,
there is a jog or recess the full widtl
of the room below, so that they pre-
sent the appearance of large step
leading up the mountain. Who thes'
people were, and what age they liveC
in, are problems. Some say the,
were the ancestors of Mayos, rae
of Indians who still inhabit Southern
Sonora, who have blue eyes, fai
skin, and light hair, and are said t.
be moral, Industrious and fruga
race of people, who have a writer
language and know something o
mathematics.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

"Well, SIR" said an engineer, as
he took a doughnut, sail these acci-
dents occur just by people trying to
be smart. | have seen hundreds of
farmers who would stop their teams
far enough away from a train so
there would be no danger, but about
one in ten acts as though he owned
the earth, and if he gets the hind end
of his wagon over, he thinks he has
achieved something remarkable. /
expect to kill woman out here
about 100 miles one of these days.
She drives an old black mare and /
think she lays for train. She sees
the train coming and slaps the old
mare with the lines and hurries on
the track and the old mare stops as
though she was going to eat grass,
and the old lady looks at Inc in the
cab window through her spectacles,
slaps the old mare some more, and
she meanders off the track just before
1 hit her, and the old lady looks back
at me just as the engine whirls past,
and my heart is in my mouth, and
she looks just as though she thought
1 was running that way for fun, and
that I am an impolite thing, because
| don't slack up for her. Some day
the marsh out there is going to have
shower of black mare and buggy
wheels and spectacles, and there will
be Grape on the old lady's door, and
instead of verdict of suicide the
coroner's jury will blame the engln-
eer, and her relatives will sue the
company for damages. ."-PecEs Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

No, Wentworth did not marry the
spy-glass girl. If this was a made
up story that is the way it would
end but it is not a made-up story
at all. 1t is simply true account
of something that actually happened,
though | have changed the names of
the persons somewhat. Wentworth
was the hero of the college and the
town, of course, and when it was
known how poor he was, an effort
was made to raise some money for
him. There were wealthy men who
wanted to subscribe literally to fund
for his benefit, but the proud fellow
refused to receive a cent, saying,
when the matter was mentioned to
him: Il am not an object of charity.
Give your money to the poor
And so Wentworth went on work.
ing like slave and living like pau
per-" but in truth being a self re-
specting gentleman. He made his
way through college, and, as a mat
ter of course, such young man
made a place for himself among men.
If were to mention his real name
here many of my readers would rec
ognize it as that of a distinguish
ed clergyman and scholar, who, in
spite of his added years, is still
strong for doing his duty.-Ha,per's
! Young People.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

Our PROGRESS As stages quickly abandoned
with the completion of railroads. the huge. drastic
cathartic pills, composed OF crude and bulky medi
cines, quickly abandoned with the introduction
of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Hurgatiye Pellets" which
are sugarcoated and little larger than mustard seeds.
but composed of highly concentrated vegetable ex-
tracts. By druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

A bat factory at Hastings, Mich.
turns out half million bats per year
for the base ball service.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

among the mad waves, daring death
in an effort to save the lives of 9TH
ers.
After while the paying out of the
line stopped. The cord hung limp in
Thorpe's hands, and even began to
drift back on the beach. Five min
utes. which seemed like hours, pass
ed away. Then the line stretched
again, and the paying out was resum-
ed. Not for long, however. The
intervals of rest increased In frequen-
cy and length, while tie spurts of
swimming grew steadily briefer.
He was still alive, however, and
that was something. After a while
the swimmer seemed to recover his
strength, for the line drew out slowly
and steadily for long time, and by
the amount of cord left it was judg-
ed that he must be within a hundred
yards of the ship. Then he ceased
to draw the line. Minute after min
ute passed without sign. That long
swim, they felt sure, had been last
desperate effort to reach the ship,
and when that failed the swimmer
had sunk to the bottom.
There was a low murmur among
the people as this thought was fore
ed upon them. Then there was
twitch of the line in Thorpe's hand
and moment later it began again to
run out.
"We give Thee thanks,'' said the
president, barring his head and look
ing upward, and not another word
was spoken by the people on the
shore. There was no need of speech.
The line still drew. Wentworth
was still swimming.
The young woman On the spring
board had not lowered her glass for
a moment. She had stood there like
statue, scarcely moving a muscle.
Now she changed her attitude a lit
tie, and in a voice quivering with ex-
citement, she said: ''They see him
and are getting line ready" Then
after a pause: ''They are throwing
the line. he has caught-no, he has
missed it. He is drifting past the
ship and out of reach He has caught
line thrown from the bow! They
are hauling him up He is on deck
Hurrah hurrah hurrah p
And the girl. wild with joy, threw
down her spy-glass and waved her
arms as she shouted.
A larger cord was now attached
and drawn on board. Then a cable
was carried out, and a little after
noon the first load of passengers
women and children-was brought
ashore. When all the women and
children were saved the men follow
ed, and with the last carful came
Wentworth and the captain. The
youth was greatly exhausted, and
much bruised from being hauled
aboard the ship, but no bones were
broken, and a days rest in bed was
all that ne needed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

good Baptist clergyman OF Bergen N. Y, a
strong temperance man, suffered with kidney trouble,
neura gia aud dizziness almost TO blindness Two
years after he was told that Hop Btters would cure
him. ecause he was afraid of and prcja,iced against
"Bitters" Since his cure he rays need fear but
trust in Hop Bittess.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
Continued from last ,ueek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

Continued from, last ,rcek)
How Watch Cases are Made.
Imitation always follows a successful
article, and imitation is one of the best
proofs of real honest merit; and thus it is
that the James Boss Gold Watch Case has
its imitators. Buyers can always tell the
genuine by the trademark of crown, from
which is suspended pair of ,e ~ v,,x
scales. Be sure BOTH crown and & 4
scales are stamped in the cap of the watch
case. jewelers. are very cautious about en-
dorsing an article unless they not only know
that it is good, but that the character of
the manufacturers is such that the quality
of the goods will be kept fully up to standard.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Feb 13 1888
The James Boss Gold Watch Cases go like hot
cakes Each one sell sells another. Don't need
to recommend them; they sell themselves. One Of
my customers has had James Boss GoldWatch Case
In use for 20 years and it is good With this
case do not hesitate to give my guarantee, es
pecially with the new and improved cases. which
seem to be everlasting. JESSE T. LITTLE, Jeaoeler.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Nj Jan 8, 1888
This gold case, No. 1856, known the James Boss
Gold Watch Case, came into my possession about 1853
condition. The movements the one which was in the
case when bought it, and its condition shows that
the case has really outworn the movement which is
playedout MARTIN A. HOWELL,
Of Board Of Directors N. J. r. r. d Trans Co.
Send cent stamp Keystone Factories. PhiIs
depha Pa for handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss and Keystone Watch Cases made.
ITO be Continued.)
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AUCTIoNEER.

The undersigned gives notice
that he will attend auction sales
in any part of this state. Having
had many years successful exper-
ience as an auctioneer. I guaran-
tee satisfaction in each sale, or
require no compensation, [ will
sell either by the day or for per
cent. Address,
w. L. Barrows, Coventry, Vt,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

Mr.. A. B. jones' President College at Huntsville
AIa says: 81 have used Browns Iron Bitters in my
family with great benefit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10

Dr.. H. L. Battle. Jr.. WadIey. Ga. says: Browns
Iron Biters very popular in this section and give
entire satisfaction
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-09-10
MRS. II, F. PRIME

Teacher of Piano and Vocal Music. Thorough In
struction given on reasonable terms Glass Teaching
if desired.
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0rleans County Mpnitor,
PUBLISHED wEEKLYBY
GEO. HI. BLAKE.
BARTON, VT.

Enthusiastically in advance, $l.50 perannum. II
not paid in advance, $500 year. Subscribers living
outside of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra
for postage. For convenience in renting, we will
give credit for year and four months for S2OO to
subscribers in the county and year and three for
$500 to subscribers without the county when sent
strictly in ddudnce.
RATES OF ADVERTISING made known onapplca-
tion All cuts must have metal body.
Remit by P o. Money Order, Registered Letter, or
Draft. Watch the label on your paper and notice
when your subscription expires and see that your
payments are kept in advance. When money is sent
us we shall give you the credit the label at once,
the label is not advanced within two weeks, notify
US by postal card.
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A modest song, and plainly told
The text is worth mine of gold;
For many men most sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-08-30

The liquor law of the State, was, on
Monday, arrested by Sheriff Knepper
on three warrants issued by I. S.
Commissioner Small, charging him
with selling liquor without the nee
essary U. S. license. He was brought
before the Commissioner on Monday
night and held in $1,000 security for
his appearance tomorrow for hear
ing, Messrs. Jacob Welty and Samuel
Carver becoming his securities, Hoo.
yer, it is said, was selling milk at SO
much per glass and giving whiskey
away, thus attempting to evade the
law. There are already several cases
pending in the u S. Courts against
Hoover, for other violations of law
odd FELLOW.
***"It is easier to convince a man
against his senses than against his
will When q sick man has given
Kidney-Wort thorough trial, both
will and senses Join in unqualified
approval of its curative qualities in
all diseases of the liver, kidneys and
bowels.
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Ordinance No. IG.

Be il eno'ttd dad ordain,d By the Prexidcm
and Commissioners Of tie Coryoratton q
.HecAaaicSto.rn, 3D.,
! That the curb and gravel ordinance w
extended on the south side of West Main
street from the northwest corner of VIM
Damu,h's lot. to the northwest corner ot
Cornelius Duhcrs garden.
All persons owning property on the
south side of said street within SAID limits
shall before the first day of October, 1883
trade or cause to he Graded the walks
fronting their lots ; they shall also plant
curb stones and gravel said walks 50 as tu
make good iootways, all of which shall he
done according TO the width and grade
prescribed by the Commissioners Of Cor
poration Of Mcchancstown and the said
grading, curhin@, and crawling shall be
done at the expense Of the said owner or
owners Of said properties
II any owner or owners of said proper
ties shall refuse or neglect to comply with
the requirements of this ordinance within
the time specified, then the Commission
crS OF sad Corporation may ordcrthc same
to he done at the expense of the owner or
owners of said properties, and the same
shall re a lien on the said property, and
may lee collected in the same manner as
other debts.
Passed and approved August Q, 1898.
j. II. COVER,
aug IS 4; President.
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CDU:N'Z,Y News.
lettings from our Exchanges.

Mr.. Philip M. GLENN, of Lewistown,
on Saturday last, in turning a log which
he was hewing was caught under it and
sustained a fracture ola jaw bone. AT
last accounts he was doing as well as
could be expected. Times.
In New CoLoRs.-The mepbcrs of the
"American Band Of this place, came out
last Saturday morning in new blue cloth
pants having broad red stripe down the
seam of each leg, and with coats with red
collars and cuffs. -Regtster
Last Saturday Mr.. D. G. Winebrenner
met with painful accident while passing
down West Church street He was walk
ing along in front Of "A vacant lot adjoin-
ing the Reformed Church, and a workman
engaged trimming trees, threw heavy
piece of wood over the fence. The flying
piece struck Mr.. W. in the face, Telling him
to the ground His cheek, nose and fore
head were considerably bruised, which
caused him much pain-Unaon.
The Frederick Daily Times of Saturday
last says -
"The Circuit Court, Chief Judge Richie,
Yesterday issued 703 attachments, cuch
against John Wilson, ex-Justice of the
Peace, of Woifsville, and constable VIM.
II. Krantz, of Adamstown, for contempt
of court, the former for issuing writs
against the Adams Express Company, and
citizens of this county, as noted in TIE
TIMES, Of yesterday, and the latter for
serving the same The attachments were
placed in the hands Of deputy shcritls Ben
ncr and Steiner who succeeded in arrest
ing both at their respective homes. They
were brought to this city last night, and
placed in charge of Sheriff Barrick, until
| 10 O'Clock to-day, when they will be given
a hearing before the Court"
The telephone line will be completed to
the following places in a few days: Buck,
cystown, Greenfield Mills, Middctown,
NJ Pleasant, Liberty, New Market, Plane
No. 4and Araby.- Ecammsr.
New POSTAL NOTEs-Thc new postal
notes will be ready for circulation Scptcm-
Der 3ri They are now being received in
books of five hundred each from the print
crs, and are being distributed through the
rerisiratvc division of the New York
postotiicc to the postmasters of the cour-
try.
WILL NEVER BE KNOWN. The last
number of the Scientific Amrrtcan states
that the limit of magniiying power in the
microscope has been attained. Too bad
We have always relied upon this inSiru
mcnl to find the area Of the cross-scclion
of the soul of the man who takes n news
paper regularly, hnt who slightingly says
that he scarcely ever reads it and who
never pays for it.
Ii is Just possible, however that chcmi-
cal analysis or the spccirOscopr may yet
measure il, or give it pcrcept!blc existence
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General News.

On Wednesday afternoon Of last
week between 2 and 3 o'clock, the
barn of Mr.. Israel Utz, about two
and one-half miles from Westmins-
ter, near the Manchester road, was
burne to the ground. Mr.. Cyrus
Gchweigart was threshing with his
steamer and separator Mr.. Utz's
wheat, and spark from the engine,
it is supposed, set fire to the barn.
MOUNTAIN MILK PUNCHES --Jno
o. Hoover, who has in the past &C
uuired notorietv for Ais violations OF
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MECHANICSTOWN
FEMALE
SeERafn ar
The next session will open
September II. 1883,
and continue to
June q. 1851.

The course of instruction is adapted to
carry pupils from the most elementary
studies TO the Highest Standard of gradu-
alton including music and the ornamental
branches