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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
DON'T BREAK UP A SCHOOL.

1t was given out in church Sunday
that school would open on Monday
morning. After the evening service
the boys got together and talked it
over, and decided to give the new
teacher just a week. 1t had been
thawing for day or two, and the
boys were tired of skating, SO they
thought they could afford to spend
week educating themselves in the art
of breaking up school. On the
evening we were duly elected men,
ber of the class of hard citizens, we
were to open the ball and do some
thing. get the teacher to lick us, and
then the boys were to jump in and
help. Monday morning the school
began, and the teacher proved to be
sickly-looking, slim sort of a fell
low. timid, nervous man, with a
hand and face like girl. Every
time he looked at one of the boys
there seemed to be an expression on
his face as though he would say, II
hope you will be good"
When he had anything to say to
the scholars he said "please," and
gave other evidences of being soft,
we all thought. That morning the
weather changed, and it froze hard,
at recess the boys got together and
said we would wind up the school
before noon and 60 out on the ice.
It was our turn to be bad, and it be-
gan right off. The big boys had to
carry in the wood and lay it down
quietly by the stove. We took in an
armful and dropped it on the floor so
that it shook the building and loosen
ed the stove-pipe. The pipe came
out of the chimney and filled the
room with smoke, but it was put
back, and the slim teacher only rep
rimanded us, and said that it must
not occur again. We just ached to
90 after some more wood, but there
was no opportunity. Pretty soon
the teacher said we might go and get
pail of water, and while at the well
we decided to stumble on entering
the school-room and spill the water
all over the floor, and thus give the
sickly-looking teacher chance to
show what he was made of.
The teacher was near the stove,
and we stumbled, and the water went
all over everything, wetting his boots
and making him pretty mad. In siz-
ing him up we had not noticed before
that his eyes were as black as Goals,
and that he seemed to be about eight
feet high, but as he looked at us, we
could see it plainly. He seemed to
read our thoughts and know that it
was done on purpose, and we have
always thought he heard the boys
talking it over at recess. Anyway
he jumped clear across the room.
grabbed US by the neck and sat us
down in the water, then he lifted us
up and shook us so the teeth ratified
then he seemed to grab US all ovel
and just maui us. We got chance
once, or twice, to look around to the
back seats, as he was revolving us
around on our axis, to see if the 9th
er boys were coming to help us pu
him out of doors. but they were th'
most studious lot of big boys we eve
saw.
They had their heads down i'll thei
books, and their lips were moving IL
silent prayer. After the teacher haC
mopped the floor with US, he took III
by the slack of the pants, just as 1
dog would carry duck and went t.
| his desk and got a hickory ruler
and proceeded to dry our pants
Well. IT was the meanest way to dr.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

take this means to notify the taxpayers OF this
town that they must settle their taxes previous TO
February g. after which shall collect them as the
law directs will be at Wheelers at the Center
on Feb Iath and at my house at all other times.
S. S. BARTLETT.
Brownington Jan. 90. 1888. 81
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
WHAT A VOLCANO CAN DO.

CotopaXi in 1888, threw its fiery
rockets 5000 feet above its crater.
while in 1854 the blazing mass, strug-
CLING for an outlet, roared so that
its awful voice was heard at a dis
tance of more than 600 miles. In
1897 the crater Tuangurangua, one
of the great peaks of the Andes.
flung out torrents of mud which
damned up the rivers, opened new
lakes, and in valleys 1000 feet wide
made deposits 600 feet deep. The
stream from Vesuvious, which in 1887
passed through Tore del Greco,
contained $4,000 cubic feet of solid
matter, and in 1908. when Tore del
Greco was destroyed a second time,
the mass of lava amounted to A.
100000 cubic feet. In 1850 Etna
poured forth a food which covered
eighty-four square miles of surface.
and measured nearly 1000, 100000
cubic feet. On this occasion the sand
and scoria formed the Monte Rosini.
near Nicholsa, cone of two miles
in circumference and 1000 feet high.
The stream thrown out by Etna in
1916 was in motion at the rate of a
yard day for nine months after the
eruption and it is on record that
the lava of the same mountain, after
terrible eruption was not thorough
ly cool, and consolidated for ten
years after the event. In the erup-
ton of Vesuvius, A. d. 20, the
scoria and ashes vomited forth far
exceeded the entire bulk of the noun
tain; while in 1860 Etna disgorged
twenty times its own mass. Vesuvl-
us has sent its ashes as far as Con-
stantinople, Syria and Egypt; it
hurled stones eight pounds in weight
to Pompeii, distance of six miles,
while similar masses were tossed up
1000 feet above the summit. Coto-
paxi has projected block of 100
cubic yards in volume a distance of
nine miles, and Sumbawa in 1915,
during the most terrible eruption on
record, sent It's ashes as far as Java,
distance of 800 miles.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

pants that ever was. ndol,while it
dried them well enough, itg1eft great
ridges inside of them that made a
corrugated chair almost necessity.
The boys did not fulfil their. part of
the programme, and when the teach
er got through drying our pants, and
said, "Please return to your seat, "
we felt as though politeness was
perfect sham. We looked at the
boys as we went to our seat, but
they never looked up. We have
witnessed contested seats in the leg
islature since, but we never saw one
so exciting as that one in the old
white school house at the foot of the
hill.
The teacher never spoke during
the proceedings, and when it was
over he looked even paler and more
sickly than when he had one hand
-in-the hairthat once grew where we
are now bald, while the other was at
work in the vineyard. But none of
the boys seemed to care to pitch on
to sick man, and he taught that
school two terms, and never had to
whip another boy. That was the
last school we ever broke up. The
slim, sickly teacher is an old man now,
living quietly in this state, with chill
dren as old as we are, and we occa-
sionally see him and ask him if he
remembers how we broke up the
school. He is feeble now, and walks
with cane. but if we had to have a
fight with him even now, we would
| hire a man to do it.-HdoCkeye.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
II. f. HARRIS,

NRYSTAL LAKE HOTEL BARTON, VT. HAV-
" ing leased this hotel for term Of years, would
to the public that he intends keep hotel
which shall deSerre respect and patronage. He has
had many years experience IN the business, and with
Mr.. Owen Delaney very popular and efficient clerk,
hopes to retain all former customers and to win
The hotel will be Tefurnlshed and put the best
possible condition.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

How TO BECOME INDEPENDENT
Large savings invariably originate in
in small sums, just as money embar-
rassment arises from little extrava-
gances. Very few persons of ordi-
nary honesty deliberately set to work
to make large purchases which they
cannot afford, and yet numbers spend
just as much in the long run in little
things that they scarcely think are
worthy'of notice. 1t is very difficult
to fully realize the value of small
sums. Little savings, if made at all,
must be made in personal expendi-
ture. What is spent upon the house
hold is generally needed, but the
small personal luxuries which cost
so little, are not. And when any
saving is made in this way, the mon
ey should be put aside and saved, in
stead of being mixed with the spend
ing fund, and additions made to it
as frequently as possible; that will
make you understand as soon as any
thing, what small economies amount
to. When money is put aside to be
saved, it should be put in some place
where it cannot be directly got at
the savings bank for instance. The
very fact that little trouble and
formula has to be gone through with
before it can be obtained many
time prevents it being spent when it
certainly would have been were it
close at hand. To secure independ-
ence to ourselves is really worth
some self denial.
A farmers wife hustled into a
store in town up the Hudson the
other day, and went for the proprie-
tor with:
"Mr. Davis, bought six pounds
of sugar here a few days ago. and
when / got home l found a stone
weighing three pounds in the pack
age
"Yes ma'am."
'.Can you explain such swindle,
sir?'
i think 1 can,' he plaeidly re-
piled. "When l weighed your eight
pounds of butter the other day l
found the three pound stone in the
crock, and when weighed the sugar
the stone must have slipped into the
scales. We are both growing old,
Mrs. Jones, and presume our eye
sight has become more or less af
! fected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

The golden bloom Of youth" may be retained by
using Or. Pierce's "Favore Prescription" specific
for .female complaints" By druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

The Chicago fire, October 8, 1871, con-
sumed $500, 600, 900 worth of property.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

The publishers of The Richmond Va, Enquirer
heartily recommend DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup and say
at has been well tried in Office and composing
room and has cured city editor Of very bad
of hronchitis"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
Orleans County Monitor,
PUBLISHED wEEKLYBY
GEO. H. BL "A f.
BARTON, VT.

TRRMs.-Strictly in adUance, Sl.50 per aunum. If
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 81 CO. to
subscribers in the county and year and three for
$500 to subscribers without the county, when sent
strictly in ddpdnce.
RATES ADVERTISING made known on applca-
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 shall give you the credit the label at once:
If the label is advanced within two weeks, notify
us by postal card.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
l.. u. THOMPSON
J. E. DWINELL

MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN FURNI-
Vi ture, Collins and Caskets Carpets Room Pa
per etc, Glover, VT. Ill
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
j. A. PEARSON,

DENrIST.BARTON VT. OFFICE IN ROBIN
sons Block over Ellis store. Consultation free
Gas and Ether eradministcredfOrthe painless extraction
Ofteeth. NabOlused to prevent pain in filling teeth
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12

There is man in New Jersey so mean
that he talks through his nose in order to
save the wear and tear on his teeth.
A Tennessee town had 10 dog fights in
one day, and prominent citizen had TO
leave the table seven times before he fin
icbn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20

$500, 900 net increase az compared with last
year, and for the first six months the net ln-
crease will amount TO about ST. $4,000
1t is stated that The Pennsylvania road will
have to pay 50 000, 600 for the right of way for
Its Schuylkill Valley branch, in addition to the
sum Incurred for construction,
The Northern Pacific is carrying tourists to
Yellowstone Park. Az present there a short
distance to be trHyersed by stage, but the road
TO the park is TO be finished this fall.
A parl0r car with wooden wheels is to be used
on the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad
The wheels are made of teak wood, aud in APP
pearanee said to be similar to the paper
wheels so generally in use, and are one-fOurth
cheaper.
Arrangements have lately been concluded for
the speedy completion of the Fargo & Southern
railway, and II is expected that will be
running over the road to Fargo in connection
with the trunk lines from Chicago about Novem-
Der l. Grading was completed to Fort Aber
crOmbie, thirty five mee south OF Fargo and
fifteen miles nor:h of WaDpeton, last year. VIII IN
operations ceased for the time. Work will now
ne carried on with energy until the road is CON-
pied, 1t is stated officially.
Quite gorgeous railroad cars are run between
Paris and Bucharest. They are carpeted with
smyrna rugs two inches thick, and the sides of
the compartments covered partly with EN-
DOssed Japanese leather paper and partly with
Gobelin tapestry The dining-roo cars, IN
are supplied with handsome clocks, damask cur
talns and Venetian mirrors. Breakfast consists
of five courses, and dinner of eight. the sleep
ing cars are spendidly furnished, and have hot
as well as cod water. The average speed Is
forty uiles an hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
THEDAY'S RAILWAY NEWS
The Talk that Vanderbilt VIII Ex-
tend His System Westward.
The Men Who Own the Big Four Stock
The Proposed Advance of Dressed
Beef Rates.
OCEAN TO OCEAN.

Vanderbilt to Build a Road From st. Louis
to the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe.
There seems to be some ground for the state
ment that Vanderbilt intends to build road TO
connect the Indianapolis IL ST. Louis road with
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, but net to
Kansas City, as has been stated, but TO point
further South on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, greatly shortening the distance. Ungues-
tionably the parties who now control the Bee
line and Indianapolis & 81. Louis road have plans
which. when developed, will make them much
more important links OF the through lines than
they now are, and that time Is not far dis
tant. The New York Mail says "there is good au-
thority for saying that large amount of money
has been pledged by the Vanderbilt people, who
virtually control the Decline system, to build a
Western exteXtiOn" The Lavish man
ner money is being expended on
the Decline system in improving roadbed and in
creasing equipments is ample evidence that in
the near fnture ID heavier business is anti
clDated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
.PETTIS, BASSETT & CO..
THE CITY IN BRIEF.


The Republican city committee will meet TO-
morrow evening at 7;45 O'Clock, at room Bates
block
Charles Oliver. who arrested for stealing
surgical Instruments is not Charles Olver the
painter.
George Kern, whose home is at No. 126 sonth
Tennessee street. fell from a swing yesterday
afternoon and broke his left arm.
Mrs. F. s. Newly, 81 College avenue, has pre-
scented to the when store beautiful ulght-bloonl-
ing cereus, which will be in bloom in three or
four days.
Ambrose Denny. living at 222 East Louisiana
street, was Knocked down by one OF Kingan's
wagons on Virginia avenue Yesterday, and suf-
fered broken rib and fractured breasr-Done.
Arrangements are being made for holding a
dre-company tournament at the Exposition
grounds in this city, during the first week of
September, but an effort will be made by the
executive committee of the State Board of Aerl-
culture, at its meeting next Tuesday, to have
the exhibition made one of the attractions OF
the State fair.
The W G. I. u met in regular session yester-
terday afternoon. the report from the lawn
festival for the benefit of the mission school was
quite gratifying. An invitation to attend
social this evening at the residence of Mrs.
Kelly. on North Meridian street was accepted.
Mrs. Kelly gave qnite an Interesting report of
the yonng peoples meeting. ana expressed the
wish that so netting night he done TO secure a
larger and more attractive room Tor the meet
ings of all the unions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
AN EXCITING GAME.
The Home Club Defeated in a Twelve-In-
ming Struggle with the Grand Rapids.

The most exciting game of base ball played in
this city this season was that between the In
dlauapolis and Grand Rapids clubs yesterday
afternoon, twelve innings being played before
either club could gain and maintain the supreui-
acy. The run-getting was begun in the first
inning, when the visitors scored on hits by
Jones and Kearns, sacrifice by Caruthers and
an error by Peoples, which ended the scoring
until the eighth, when Nolan and McKeon placed
two runs to the credit of Indianapolis, the
former getting his base on balls and scoring on
a splendid three-ba hit by McKeon, who, in
turn, was brought i'll by Peltz's sacrifice. In the
ninth the score was tied by Kearns who went
to first on McKeons error, aud scored on hits by
Meinke ana Bell. The tenth inning unpro.
ductive of results but both sides added two
runs to their credit in the eleventh. After
Kerins had gone to his first by forcing out Muir
ply, and to second on Keenan's hit to middle
field, Dorsan raped the ball for two bases,
bringing IN both men, but losing his own life in
attempting to make third. For the visitors the
runs were made on singles by Kearns and Bell
and two-baser by SGockweu. In the twelfth,
Indianapolis went out in one, two, three order,
and Geitzen was retired by People to Kerins,
bringing Eden TO the bat, who stopped further
proceeding by resorting to distressing habit
or his OF knocking the ball over the right field
fence for home run. If the game had to be
lost It is at least "A consolation to know that an
Indianapolis boy WON'T Murphy did well in
the pitchers box and will, no doubt, make
pitcher. The features of the game were the
batting Of Dorgan and the first base playing of
Kerins Peoples was badly off and had four
errors charged to his account Nolan, the new
man, played in OLeary's place and while he
mad little opportunity yesterday, he acts like a
ball blayer. Foowingis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
Miscellaneous Notes.

An effort is being made to adopt a uniform
classification of freight in the Dominion of Can
ada
1t is said tina: the New York Central company
will retire ten engines on its division on
account or a decrease OF traffic.
The Erie company owns about 81, 900 acres of
coal lands IN Elk, McKeen and Jefferson coun-
ties, Pennsylvania, and proposes TO extend its
road thither.
The Grand Trunk has twenty five new locomo-
lives ready for work. This road ia evidently
getting into shape to hold competitors on the
anxious seat.
The roads west from Chicago, it is understood,
are not in favor of new pooling arrangement.
Statistics for the proposed new pools cannot be
ready before Sept, l.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is reported a heavy purchaser
of Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and the
leasing of this road to The Michigan Central on a
guarantee OF 10 per cent. is rumored.
The northwestern lines are reported to be do
ing q good business for summer months. 1t ia
stated that the Chicago. Burlington s. Quincy
statement OF earnings for June viii show over
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
THE BIG FOUR STOCKHOLDERS.

A List of the Larger Holders of the c., l.,
st. L. s. c. Stock.
In running over the list of stockholders OF the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis st. Louis q Chicago
road We find that George Bliss, of New York, is
the largest stockhOlder, he having 10000
shares. Next comes c. p Huntington. president
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio road, he holding 5000
shares. NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the road,
comes third, he holding 5000 shares. B. Cum
ningham anG r. Springer. of Cincinnati each hold
5000 shares, Judge Hoadly, 1000 shares
There are several parties in this city who have
more or less of tile stock, but the largest holders
are Thomas Sharpe, who has 1900 shares and
Thomas Morris, who has 1000 shares 1t is
stated that so much confidence have the above
parties in the future of the road that neither are
ready TO sell their stock at par.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20

The convention to be held by the colored peo-
pie of Indiana, in this city, on next Tuesday,
promises to be great success, respon SEES having
been received from all quarters indicating a
very large ATTENDANCE. Delegates to the pro-
posed national convention will be chosen, and
the following subjects will be considered: First,
the commercial interests of the colored people
of the States second, the agricultural interests;
third, the mechanical interests; fourth, the pro-
fessional interests fifth, the intellectual cOntl-
uon; sixth, the moral condition; seventh, the
social condition: eighth, to discuss the means
by which to open up the way to every avenue Of
trade, employment or profession; ninth, to fos-
ter union by which to obtain all the rights,
privileges and immunities guaranteed to us by
the constitution and cvil-rights legislation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-20
GENERAL NEWS.
Commissioner FInk's Suggestion to Advance
Rates on Dressed Beef.

Commissioner FInt1s Suggestion to Advance
Rates on Dressed Beet:
The ground that Commissioner Fink takes as
regards the shipments of dressed beef rather
surprises railroad men, who are unbiased as re-
CARDS the enterprise, and the efforts of ship
pers of dressed beef to prevent the establishing
OF rates high as to put a check upon shipments
is looked upon with much favor. The rate pro-
posed by Commissioner Fink, which is based on
n cents per 100 pounds from Chicago to New
York, against 81 cents, the present rare, exor-
hnaEt and unjust. The dressed beef shippers
| are now preparing new statistics regarding the
| matter, which will show more forcibly than
those submitted heretofore the unjust discrmi-
| nation the trunk lines are trying to perpetuate.
The roads prominently interested in the dressed
beef business are also getting mp new arguments
to he laid before Commissioner Fink, protesting
against the attempted ruiuation of the dressed
beef industry. 1t is generally conceded that the
present rate Is a fair one, and the roads doug
the business state that they make more profit on
| it than they can on live stock at 40 cents per
100 pounds. The report of Commissioner Fink
on the relative cost of transporting i've stock nd
dressed beef furnishes curious Illustration of
| the principle ny which freight charges are regu-
| lated 1t takes no account of the actual cost
of Transporting other live cattle dressed beef
over the railroads, but II undertakes TO neutral
| and selling the meat in New York. in order that
| the shipment of live cattle for slaughter In New
matter To Commissioner Fink at what rates
| dressed beef can be shipped from Chicago or st.
| louis to New York. or whether it would be llore
profitable to ship it in that form than in the
shape of live cattle He simply suggests that the
| dressedbeef rates be made high enough, so that
| there snail lie no advantage Iii slaughtering the
cattle at the West. The present mode of ship
| ping live stock is really barbarous. Cattle are
| crowded as closely together as they stand
in car, On a not summer day their tongues
| out, gssping for breath. Frequently they
become ex hausted, lie down aud are trampled
10 death. In this way they often hauled 900
miles or more and when at their journeys end
they are IN anything hut tit condition to slaugh-
| ter aud he eaten by human beings Killing cattle
| in the West, thea shipping them in refrigerator
cars, is certainly the more preferable The
efforts OF the livestock and roads not
equipped with refrigerator may for the time
being hold sway, but he more decent method of
transporting beef will finally be adopted, un-
doubiedly.