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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

+, large and select line of address cards
just received at the Job Office OF
<NzE}2E -: i SIMMONS Is NEAL.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Ladies' and Gents fur caps and ladies'
and children's fur, sets can be bought a,
very dow prices at RICHARD Bros
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

A new brand Of whiskey, pure Ken.
lucky Snow Flake, at SPRANDEL's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Stationery and books Of all kinds at
FUTILE s. CHURCHILL's,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Don't forget that a selection from The
celebrated line of"Gariand Stolvs and
Ranges" is sure to bring more centent-
ment and happiness into your family
than any other purchase you can make.
J W RERc
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House and i. OF for Sale.

wish - eel my house and lot ii the
sonth east corner Of the block north ot
court house square il Little Falls. N Inn.
Forsterns inquirsof & q the premises
n Ra n BRIsas.s
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s"Immense and splendid IS what
everybody says of Richard Bros stock
this fall ST. *n-S.s J..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Clothing for "old men" of three years,
down to young men Of 80 summers can
be found in Richard Bros large stock.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Il CLOTHINGs! Z +: :.
=" y: Mems ] suits 81 i Is, 1915
to $3i. Complete and
ready made Ia, suits Vi is OF
Coat. Pants I; and Y est.
Call and see them at
81 d. FOIsY Bros. !. !.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

The handsomest and largest assert
nent OF wall paper ever brought to town
FUTILE & CHURCHILL.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

A large assortment of Mattresses an
Spring Beds at ,v.:,s.
a.5f> TurrLR & CHuRcH1LL's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

s-When NATURES green mantle is fast
disappearing, and trees are losing their
brilliant foliage, it is a pretty sure sign
that winter is closing on US, and would
greatly tend to depress our spirits was it
not for the assurance that at Richard
Bros can be found complete stock of
fall and winter goods for young and old,
at exceedingly low prices. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19
GREEN APPLES {!
A car load to ar
rive this W " eek at >. :,
A. TANNER S.

tw-Go to Closes for pure drugs.
Ge to r. J. Richardson & Cas-, for
fine busgies md carriages.
Delicious and l1eahhEu] mineral vater
at SPRANDEL's,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Get your job work done at the Trans
sript Office. 49, ~. H.: -:
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Pay Up.

>" Pay Up.
All persons indebted to the under.
signed are requested to call at the Platte
House In. Royalton, MINI, and settle
their ACCOUNTS within thirty days, or the
accounts will be placed in the hands OF
an attorney for collection.
? - =; BoYCE s. DETwILER.
Roya1ton, Mimi, Sept. "a, 1888.
- Bavarian Beer at CHARLEY's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Oats, corn, potatoes and
all kinds Of farm produce
wanted by Simmons &
Steele, for which we will
pay the following prices
i'm trade
OATS, 80 cents per bus
CORN, 80 cents per bus
POTOTOES, % cents per bus
ONIONS, IS cents per bus
EGGS, 20 cents Der dozen
BUTTER, is to 20 cts per lib
CABBAGE, 4 to 6 cts per head
Potatoes must be sound and we'll assert
ed. SIMMONS & STEELE.
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49,. WANTED. Ii
+ To exchange pictures for dry wood.
Call at our gallery over Tu,tle & Church
ills. s'.~t T NEAL SIMMONS.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

Sheub- Wau-W au-Gun at
SPRAEDEL's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

<..>>', Money to Europe. st." ,
Persons sending money to friends in
Eur >pe should use Bank-post Money Or
der "; , CO, SIMMONS. Aren't.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

/. The Wilson sewing machine Is sold .,
II :yts 81 H., r. J. RIcHARDsoH d CO..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19
For a good over
coat 60 to
SIMMONS & STEEL s

Green Apples at the Little Falls Meat
Market
Milk sales and cupbOards very cheap
at TUTrTE & CHURCHlLL's
Phi. Best's Milwaukee export keg
beerat
STRANDED
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-19

= Musical Instruments. -
!. We intend to keep. full line of all
kinds of musical instruments. Or.
ders for any instrument not kept in
stc:k will he taken and filleA promptly.
-. f.. Turtle & CHuRcHILL's.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
BIRDS ON A FARM.

The utility of birds in agriculture,
particularly the utility of certain
species of birds, has been the subject
of much discussion for many years.
Audubon and perhaps other of the
earlier naturalists did not always
have the means with which to publish
the knowledge they gained concern
ing the habits of the birds and ami
mails which they watched, and some
of the latter ornithologists have found
the field of discovery so large that
they have had little time to do more
than describe the distinguishing feat
ures of the numerous species. The
farmer has formed opinions concern
ing the good and evil done by the
birds which inhabit his fields and
find protection about his buildings,
but often these opinions formed with
out that careful method of observa-
ton required to determine fact or
settle question beyond dispute.
The variety of opinions held by
different persons concerning the real
value of the English sparrow brought
to this country some years ago, and
the crow and robin so common in our
fields. is an illustration of the diff
Guilty ordinary observers experience in
coming to a unanimous conclusion.
| Prof. w. A. Stearns, of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, in his
recent address before the Connecti-
cut State Board of Agriculture, dis
cussed the bird question from the
standpoint of an educated observer
who has given many years of study
to his subject, and yet he was fal
from claiming that he knew all thai
ought to be known even about some
of our commonest species.
Hawks are strictly birds of pre-.
and they are injurious when they
catch our chickens and the young o.
our useful small birds; beneficial
when they destroy mice or other ami
mails which are our enemies. Th'
crow is also bird that is both use
full and injurious to the farmer. H
is a grain-eating bird. though whel
driven to it he will catch chickens
eat eggs and destroy young birds il
their nests, and pick up insects
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26

When corn is within easy reach he
will take little else. The belief that
crows pull up the feeble corn plants
to get the worm gnawing at the loots
is fallacy. Nor do they destroy
the cut worm which does so much
mischief in our corn fields, for this
worm works only by night and the
crow only by day after the cut worm
has buried himself out of sight in the
earth.
The robin also accommodates itself
to mixed diet, taking fruit in its
season. but living almost wholly upon
worms in the earlier and later por-
tions of the year, and feeding its
young almost exclusively upon insect
food. If the robin gets too mischiev-
GUS he recommends taking a number
of them for a pot pie, as he is a
very good game bird when fat 1t
is probable, however, that the fruit
eaten by the robin in not in excess of
what would be destroyed by the in
sects he eats early in the spring, if
they were left to do their work,
The swallow he pronounced useful
as it lives on minute winged insects
which in their larva state destroy our
grain. A single nest of swallows
will require about 100000 insects
during the three weeks of their
growth. The blue bird clears our
lawns, but sometimes may drive
away other birds that might do still
more good. The king bird nesting
near our dwellings will sometimes
protect the cherries from being taken
by robins, not on its own ac-
count, but because he will let no 9TH
er birds come near his domicile
The blue jay does some mischief de-
stroying eggs and young birds, but
helps US very much by planting for
est tree seeds everywhere. The pret-
ty little chickadee is fighter and de-
stroyer of birds eggs, but does much
good by eating insects and insects
eggs, which he hunts for most indus
triously.
Of the eighteen insect-eating birds
common in Massachusetts,, thirteen
stay with US all the year round, while
many of the migratory species come
and go as their food is plenty or
scarce. The migatory birds are al
ways hungry in spring, busy catching
insects for their young in summer
and getting thin in flesh while feed
ing their young; they are good feed
ers in the autumn.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
VOTE NAME in Rubber Stump with INK
u As u -E-e and pad box. 80 cts. :; for 81. post
paid. H. h HOWARD d CO., Burlington VT. Il
DIALOGUE ] :
Between two Young Men who buy their
Cigars az PrcstoH's, (lIcDOugall BIGcit).
Barton, Vermont.

Between Two OuHs N1en VINO DES THSIr
Cigars Preston's. (iIcisougan Blecls).
Barton, Vermont.
"Good morning, John"
s'Good morning, Frank. What makes
you look so smiling this morning?'
"Oh, nothing, only have been over
to Preston's and bought one of his boss
DC 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 be
can beat them all He sells the famous
Trump Cigar (the best DC Cigar also
Olden Times and about forty other
kinds"
"Yes, and he has got the largest
stock of Stationery, Blank Books anG
| Papetries In town, and sells at loves
prices. He also has good stock o
Groceries and says he will not be bea
In prices"
81 guess that is SO | bought u pouu'
of his Csc Uncolored Jap Tea the othe
day, and it was the boss
"Yes, and he has Coffee for 81
that he sells stacks of. He also ha
Teas for so and 60c, and good COTE
for 26c. ALEC, Lard, Tripe. Sugar
Canned Goods, Spices, Tobacco, Cor
! fectionery, &c, &c.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
WHY A KEROSENE LAMP
BURSTS.

A great many fatal accidents hap
pen from trying to pour a lit
tie kerosene on the fire to make it
kindle better, also by pouring oilinto
a lamp while it is lighted. Most
persons suppose that it is the kero-
sene itself which explodes, and that,
if they are very careful to keep the
oil itself from being touched by the
fire OF the light, there will be no dam
ger. But this is not so. IL can or
a lamp is left about full of kerosene
oil, the oil will dry up-that is,
''evaporate''-a little, and will form,
by mingling with the air in the upper
part, a very explosive gas. You
cannot see this gas any more than
you can see air. But if it is disturb
ed and driven out, and blaze reaches
it, there will be terrible explosion,
although the blaze did not touch the
oil. There are several other liquids
used in houses and workshops which
will produce an explosive vaper in
in this way. Benzine is one, burning
fluid is another; naptha, alcohol,
ether, or choroform may do the same
thing.
In New York workshop lately,
there was can of benzine, or gaso-
line, standing on the floor. A boy
sixteen years old lighted cigarette,
and threw the burning match on the
floor close to the can. He did not
dream there was any danger, because
the liquid ives corked up in the can.
But there was a great explosion, and
he was badly hurt. This seems very
mysterious. The probability is that
the can had been standing there a
good while, and a good deal of vapor
had formed. some of which had leak
ed around the stopper, and was hang
ing in sort of invisible cloud over
and around the can and this clnndr
| when the match struck it exploded.
Suppose girl tries to fill a kero-
sene lamp without first blowing it
out. Of course the lamp is nearly
empty, OF she would not care to fill
it. This empty space is filled with a
cloud of explosive yapor arising from
the oil in the lamp. When she pushes
| the nozzle of the can into the lamp
at the top and begins to pour, the
oil, running into the lamp, fills the
empty space and pushes the cloud
up; the vapor is obliged to pour out
over the edge of the lamp, at the top,
into the room outside. Of course it
strikes against the blazing wick,
which the girl is holding down by one
| side. The blaze of the wick sets the
invisible cloud of vapor afre, and
there is an explosion which ignites the
oil and scatters it over her clothes
and over the furniture of the room.
This is the way in which kerosene
lamp bursts. The same thing may
happen when girl pours the oil over
the fire in the range or stove, If there
is a cloud of explosive vapor IN the
upper part of the can, or if the stove
is hot enough to yaporize quickly some
of the oil as it falls. Remember that
| it is not the oil bat the invisible va
por which explodes. Taking care OF
the oil will not protect you. There
is no safety except in the rule; New
er pour oil on lighted fire or into a
! lighted lamp.-Christian Union.
1
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
WHAT WAS HIS CREED p

Religion relates life and the life of religion is to
do good.-Sicedenborg.
He left load of anthracite
In front of poor woman's door,
When the deep snow frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain and moor,
That was his deed;
He did 1t well.
What was his creed?
l cannot tell.
Bless d sin his basket and his store"
In sitting down and rising up;
The more he got, and gave the more.
Withholding not the crust and cup.
lie took the lead
In each good task.
What was his creed?
do not ask.
His charity was like the
Soft white. and silent its fall.
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shiverng trees the leaves-a pail
For flowers and weed
Dropping below.
What was his creed?
The poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people, young and old.
Hope he inspired; kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold
For we should feed
As well pray.
What was his creed9
cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust;
His faith in words he never writ;
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it,
In time of need
A friend was he,
What his creed?
He told not me.
He put his trust in Heaven, and he
Worked well with hand and head,
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread
Let us take heed,
For life is brief
What was his creed?
What his belief?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26

''The end of the season." rel narked
Johnny, holding up the empty pepp,.r-box.
81 tell you'll" exclaimed Brown, 'that
Charlie is wholly unselfsh in his affec-
ton; he loves the very ground she walks
on" ''Yes," replied Fogg, ''when she is
walking on her fathers estate"
An old negro woman praying for GER
tain slanderer said: ''Oh Lord, wont you
be kind enough to take the door of his
mouth off, and when you put it ON again,
just hang it on the gospel hinges of peace
on earth and good will toward men,"
the Hub tells us that the intellectually of
the Boston girl begins at the breakfast
table and lasts until the old folks go to
bed. After that, if the right fellow is in
the parlor and the light is turned down
low, she ''acts just like any other girl"
Mary Cross of Covington, KY. became
enraged at the son of her employer, Rob-
ert Hemmingway, d,-as the Cincinnati
Gazette said, 'sShot at him five times, but
failed to hit him, for which she was sem
fenced to 5000 fine and a years imprison-
ment." The failing to hit appears to be
a serious offence in Kentucky.
One of our Mexican exchanges says ::
''To make railways at all remunerative in
Mexico they must be constructed and run
with the closest economy and system.
| There will be no margin for extravaganza
| or swindling.'' If that is the case, we
! presume it cuts off another field that we
+! had thought was open to American enter
| prise.
A passage from a Chicago speech by
/ Emory M. Storrs: eve must put the
/ city of our soul where it belongs-away
| upon those shining eminences where,
| robed in white and throned above the
| clouds, it shall be bathed in the perpet-
ual sunshine of an eternal fame" Imag-
| inc Chicago with it's so, 900 saloons, stuck
on hill and all painted white.
| Ex-Congressman Bill Slemmons tells
of pair of feet that must have been OBJ
jects of great regard in their day. Ont
day a party of men including jackson
the man of big feet, were preparing t.
attend political barbecue. 1t was sool
ascertained that there was no way @
conveying Jackson as all the vehicles
were full. s'Let me ride that mule owe
there" said Jackson. ''There isn't
man in the world who can ride that mule
He'll work to buggy or plow, but n
man can stay on his back. 'sI'Il try hir
anyway" And the determined man in
structed several negroes to catch tn
mule and hold him. The mule plunge
and kicked but finally jackson secured
seat in the saddle. Every one expecte
| to see him dashed to the ground, but th
mule looked around, saw the mans fee
and walked peacefully away. He though
s he was between pair of shafts.
Cods yieIi 10 onions like niapic lint DR. Rn
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
THREE LONG WORDS.

When was about eight years old,
my sister Mamie and / had a swing,
which used to keep us busy good
deal of the time. One day, just after
dinner, we went out to the swing as
still as we could, for, to tell you the
truth, we did not want to help our
mamma wash the dishes. Did you
ever see such girls?
Well, Mamie got in the swing first
and swung out so far and high that
it just seemed to me / could not wait
for my turn another minute, and so
| tried to think of some way to get
her out. In our spelling book we
had just come to long words with
definitions, SO I pretty soon thought
of way.
sob Mamie," said I, as animated
as I could, sWouldn't you like to
know how to osciltate? %
eyes," she answered, wondering
what that long word could mean.
''Well, hop down. said /, in a
most important manner, "and I can
show you."
SO down she got. and / seated my
self and began to swing carelessly
to and fro.
"Why don't you oscillate ?" in
quired Mamie.
II am oscillating," I replied, tri-
umphantly, keeping on with my
swinging.
Mamie stood by, thoughtfully, a
few minutes, but after a while she
innocently asked:
''Did you ever vacillate any?"
''No," l answered, very foolishly.
s'Well, / can show you how to do
that and it is real fun, too," sweetly
replied she.
Now Mamie was always such a
good, forgiving, kind little girl, that
l could not suspect her of harboring
any desire for revenge in her gentle
heart, so / jumped out of the swing
in hurry. Mamie climbed in and
went to swinging again.
"Why don't you vacillate p said [
Il am vacillating.' said she.
So l thought [ would 60 in and
wipe the dishes for mamma, while
my big brother stood by and laughed
at me.
The next day my big brother was
at work with his carpenters tools,
and we stood beside him, intent on
seeing and handling all his work.
He was busy inventing a wooden
sewing machine. which was to be a
marvel for cheapness and strength,
too, so he didn't like to have us
meddle very well.
ssOh, Say, girls,'' said he ssdnn't
you want to know how to perambu-
late?''
"Why, yes" we replied, thinking
it was something we could do with
the saw or jack-plane.
"Well, then, I'll tell you. Now,
both of you turn right around, with
your backs to me, and when | say
'one, two, three, noac,' you start and
walk straight ahead till | say stop"
So we turned our backs to him.
"One, two, three, nOoo," and off
we started and walked off quite a
ways, and he didn't say ''stop,' so
l finally turned round and he was
laughing at us as hard as ne could.
Then we knew he had been making
fun of us, and we were so provoked
we would not 90 near him again for
some time.
Now, weren't we silly girls? But
we always remembered the meaning
of those three words, oscillate, vacil-
late, and perambulate. Did we have
them right?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26

A young blood who was about to
enter into the holy estate of matri-
mony goes to seek the advice of an
old friend, his family doctor. "The
girl, you see" says the young man
with engaging frankness, ''has not
got any tin now, but she has a rich
uncle with heart disease" Il don't
know about that said the doctor
refectively, "a man with heart dis
ease is apt to live much longer
than ssBut it is serious case.
Only this morning they called in your
eminent colleague, DR.. x" '.Then
if they have, marry her, sir; you
haven't minute to lose"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-26
For the Monitor.
THEY TOLD ME THOU VAST
DEAD.

They told me thou vast dead;
Alasi too true i-for now,
Beside thy drear, unwelcome bier,
stoop and kiss thy brow;
I stoop and press one burning kiss
Upon thy pallid brow9
And then cry, Death
Thou ghastly thing fear.
Why didst thou dare to snatch so fair
And rich gem from here;
So radIent, and so rare gem,
And leave the casket here.
o Godi / loved thee, sweet,
How deep i-how wildly well!
This aching smart within my heart
And falling tears will tell,
This wild, impassioned cry Of mine,
And blasted hopes will tell. =;
But fervent words are vain;
And tears of no avail;
The funeral bell will toll its knell,
And may weep and wall
For Edudeuie, not for thee,
This side that hollow vale.
For this before me now, ss-zs.szzsz .ssis-.-.s
Though shrouded flesh and bone,
Is like some face and form we trace
In chiseled, Parian stone.
perfect form-yet, cold and Dead
As statuetts of stone.
So words speak will fall
As on dull marble ears.
Those lips are mute as stringess lutte,
Unused untouched for wears
While eyes, once bright, yet. tender orbs,
Are now unmoved by tears
thou, who Iowly lies
Upon this rigid bier,
Give me some sgn-one look divine
To tell me thou art near.
One moan to prove that sanity soul
Is with me-even here.
Alas cry, alas!
That which is dead-Is dead
And when that Death has robbed the breath,
All earthly hope fed.
Alcestls, once, the shackles broke
But she, likewise is dead.
So fervent words are vain;
And tears of no avail;
The funeral bell will toll its knell,
And may weep and wall,
For Eudevie is not for thee,
This side that hollow vale.