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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-04-11

The sad news reaches US Of the
drowning Of Henry Kramer, in-the
Little Kanawha at Parkersburg, last
Saturday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-04-11

Mr.. G. W. Maupin wasin our Office
Monday. He was on his way to
Philadelphia, to buy hisspriug stock
of goods. He viii have his new
goods in his store in about a week
Our readers up that way would do
well to await their arrival.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-04-11

F, W. sisson, Surveyor, P. s. Couch
and Wm. H. Poffenbarger appointed
viewers to view and report on a pro
posed change in the public road lead
ing up the Kanswha River, on the
South side, extending from the lands
Of the Campbell's Creek Coal and Oil
Company, to a point near the res
idence Of Isaac Long.
Application Of Anthony Eli and
Daniel Vansickles TO be relieved o.
taxes on 7S3 acres in Robinson Dis
trict, for 1882. Released from pay.
ment of excess Of taxes and land re
duced to26s acres:
Application Of James Gardner Il
be released from taxes on 1874 acres
in Clendenin District, for 1882. Re
leased and land changed from 1857 tc
1923 acres.
Application of ]. B. Flowers To be
released from taxes on lots in Hart
ford City. Released and valuation Of
lots changed,
The following persons were grant
ed license to sell at retail wine, por,
ter, ale and beer, &C., to commence
on May LIST, 1888 and expires April
Goth, 1884: Anna M. Gress, in Ma.
son City; Elizabeth Mason, in Cliff
ton. The following were granetd Ii.
cense to sell at retail spirituous
liquors, wine, ale, beer, g., TO CON
tinue during same time: John R
selbe, Jos. Helm and l. W. Gibbs, in
Point Pleasant, and John Troegel
and Timothy Shay, in Clifton. Bond
of 5000 given in each case.
G. lille and others, petition fol
public road in Graham District
Viewers report confirmed and land
owners ordered " be summoned in.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

James Gilfillan, who has just re-
signed the position of treasurer of the
United States, is too valuable man
for the government to lose. 1t is
said that his cash balanced every
night before he went home, or he did
not 90. He carried the six combina-
tons to the great vaults in his head,
and had them also secreted some
where in case anything happened to
him. To one person. the secretary
of the treasury, the place where these
combinations were secreted was re-
vealed. No one person knew the
combinations-all of them-and no
one but himself and the secretary
knew where they could be found. His
office has been rigidly run on business
principles. Once secretary of the
treasury tried to introduce politics
there and wrote peremptory demand
for the appointment of person.
Gilfillan marched into the secretary
room and said he would not have the
man there, and that was the end OF
it. Said he, II am the guardian OF
all this money, and | propose to have
nobody in that office whom / can't
control. That's all I've got to say, -
and that is all that was said.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19
WEATHER PROPHECIES.

The MONITOR does not believe any
thing in advance weather prophecies,
and holds almost in contempt Vennor,
Virgins, the almanac makers and
those weather wise people in almost
every community, who attempt to
give any definite statements as to
what the weather is to be three days,
month, or year hence. In the
first place these kind of people have
no theories which are based on phil
osophic principles, or facts gathered
from experience. They shoot entire
ly at random, and while they occa-
sionally hit the mark, it is only nee
essary to follow their predictions to
prove the worthlessness of all this
kind of business. We venture to
say that there is not person who
will read these lines that can give
even an intelligent guess as to what
the weather will be three days hence,
and yet somebody may guess right.
There are no philosophers or meteor
ologists of any standing who risk
their reputation on weather predict
ions, and if these men with all they
know of weatherology and other
things dare not prognosticate, how
utterly foolish for smaller men, who
know nothing about the matter, to
talk weather with the assumed wis
dom of savants :! The winter of one
year ago was as different from this
as possible, and yet, who knew any
thing about it? What the next sea.
son is to be will not be known until
day by day, it shall be unfolded
The signal service is able by tele-
graphic communications with its nu-
merous stations to know the condition
of the weather, the weight of the
atmosphere, the force and direction
of the winds and the present locality
of storms and to tell with tolerable
exactness the condition of things to.
| morrow, but ''Old Probs." does moi
venture out into the future beyond
at most, two days, and very eau
tiously on the second day, at that.
There is one thing which ought tc
be learned in this great Virgins
failure and in Vennor's wild guesses,
and that is to let this advance wealth.
er nonsense alone. Vennor anC
Virgins are almanac makers anC
seek such reputation as will sci
their goods; the medical almanac
makers 90 on the principle that The
world is still pretty we'll stocked will
fools, and that they relish an alma
nae, if not the medicine it advertises
better, if it has weather predictions
1t is strange that Virgins was abb
to scare so many people as he did b,
his prediction of a remarkable storm
last week. The fools are not al
dead.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19
STATE NEWS ITEMS,

Rev. Eli Ballou, d. D., died in Bethel,
March II, aged IA.
Guy C. Noble of st. Adams is recover
ing and is able to ride out.
J. o. Seaver, the long time postal clerk
on the Essex junction and Boston route,
has resigned his position.
Eek. Governor Proctor has presented to
the people of Center Rutland a library of
over twelve hundred volumes.
Daniel Wakefield of Danville has to
draw his water for thirty head of cattle
and four horses mile and half
James Battle, accused of liquor selling,
forfeited his bail in 81 900, not appearing
before Justice Weeks at West Rutland.
Ex-Governor Smith of St. Adams has a
Guernsey COW which has had five calves
within twelve months -triplets and twins.
Post Henry of the Grand Army was or
ganised at Chester Wednesday, Hugh
Henry commander and A. d. Herrick adj
jutant.
The st. Adams free hospital will prob
ably stand on the large grounds of Ed
ward H. Smith. The property originally
cost $2S, 900.
At Bristol recently Mrs. Varney of
Lincoln was thrown from sleigh and very
badly stunned with severe cut across
the forehead.
The class of the Burlington Medical
college now numbers nearly one hundred
and fifty, and accessions are being receiv-
ed almost daily.
j. w. Twigg, formerly of ST. Adams,
! lately master mechanic of the Michigan
| Central railroad shops, has been made as
| sistant to the general master mechanic of
/ the road.
| Killington Mountain in Rutland county
| is 1928 feet high. About 800 feet below
the summit is never-failing spring. suf-
ficiently cold in the hottest days of sum-
mer for use without ice.
T. M. Howard and wife, Gilbert Spen-
Ger and wife and c.. NJ. Stone, wife and
son, OF st. Johnsbury, started Wednes-
day afternoon for a trip to Florida. They
expect to be absent several weeks.
S. w. Dorsey, now on trial for compile
| ity in star-route frauds, made an unpro-
| voked attack upon an old man named Lii
ley, a lawyer, and badly injured him. Lii
ley has sued Dorsey for damages.
The case of the Bradley Fertilizer COM
pany against DR.. III. A. Cutting, secretary
of the Vermont board of agriculture, fol
libel has been continued until the next
term of the United States district court.
Some friend of Middlebury college has
established four prizes, $50 in all, to be
competed for by eight sophomores al
commencement. The Parkerian prizes
will hereafter be given to the Freshman
class.
Ex-Governor William Sprague oil
Rhode Island was married recently in
Stanton, Virginia, to Miss Dora Inez Cal
vert of Greenbrier county, West Virgin
ia. The bride is native of Connecticut
but has been living in West Virgins
fourteen years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

succeed. He has no enemies that /
am aware of. and many thousands
who never saw him wish him well.
As he makes newspaper which is
exceptionally worth reading, good
wishes naturally take the practical
form of subscriptions and advertising.
He has already made name. Fame
and fortune will follow.
A very disgusting quack religionist
with the startling name of Pentecost,
who has taken sundry ecclesiastical
fipfaps among various denomina-
tons, who is pastor of prominent
Brooklyn conventicle, a day or two
ago travestied the rite of holy mat
rimony on a public stage in variety
show between two "midgets." The
place was crammed with vulgar spec
tators and the wedding cake, in small
fragments, distributed by the bride
and the bearded lady and other mon
strosities, brought considerably more
than its weight in gold.
Handling men with kid gloves is
the latest fashion in pugilism and
several cheerful combats have been
fought right under the noses of the
police. There seems to be plenty of
money floating about to encourage
this revival of the manly art of self
defense, and the Clancy are throng-
ing hitherward in swarms. The fnal
disposition of the remains of the
murdered Elliott was the occasion OF
tremendous gathering of ''sports. :"
RADIX.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

little freestone building with wood
en- dome. outside of which wooden
staircase ran to the top. Clay, Cal
houn, and Webster were invoking
the Goddess of Liberty in the old
senate hall (now the Supreme Court
Chamber), and a slave auctioneer
was selling women and children to
the highest bidder at the slave pen
on Eighth and B Streets, south west.
Dingy oil lamps were the only illum-
nation for the muddy streets, and
palace cars, telegraph poles, daily
newspapers, telephone stations, and
electric lights existed only in the
dreams of cranks. Nothing of those
days is recognizable here now, except
the smoky old columns of the Treas
ury cast portico. When the little
struggling village of half century
ago is compared with the beautiful
brilliant Capital of to-day, the future
possibilities of Washington can be
partially realized. Wealthy people
from every quarter of the United
States have chosen Washington fol-
their winter resort. and | should not
| pooloot to ,aoptiop that EvSapoto,
Tabor of Colorado has signifed his
intention of spending his winters here
in the future. He proposes to build
palace in the fashionable quarter
regardless of cost, and will contribute
to the cosmopolitan character of the
city by transplanting his frontier
manners to Washington soil.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

In regard to. the case of Mrs.
Meaker who is sentenced to be exc
cuted, March 80, the Burlington
Free Press says Mrs. Meaker is too
tough case for even the sloppiest
sentimentalists Governor Barstow
has not yet been applied to for a
reprieve in her case"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

The two principal hotels at Burlington,
the American and the Van Ness, have
been consolidated under one manage
ment, Lemuel S: Drew, now of the Amer
lean, having entire charge.
A collar and elbow wrestling match be-
tween W. W. Montgomery of Fairfield,
and R. B. Thomas of Manchester for $50
"a side and light weight championship of
New England at Manchester, N. H., was
won by Montgomery in the last two falls.
Rev. E. w. Parker and wife, mission
aries in India, are on their way to Amer
lea and are expected here in the month
of April. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker have been
in India for quite number of years, and
will probably remain in and about st.
Johnsbury, their old home, for year OF
more.
Rutland proposes to do a very sensible
thing in memory of its dead soldiers. A
building is to be erected with a central
memorial hail. besides reading-room, q
library-room and military museum. The
material of the structure will be blue
marble, and the dimensions 20 by So feet
Such a memorial is the best possible that
can be erected.
Mrs. Danville of Fairhaven, possessed
with the insane idea that she was about
to die, at the time appointed dressed her
self in thin white garments and went to
the graveyard in order to save hearse
hire. Death, however, had forgotten his
appointment and she was rescued by her
friends in time to prevent her from freez-
ing to death. She has been taken to an
insane asylum.
Mr.. w. F. Bowman, one of the propri-
etors of the Van Ness house, Burlington,
will assume the management of the Mem
| phremagog house at Newport the coming
season. Mr.. Bowman has high reputa-
ton as hotel manager, and was for sew
en- years host at this popular summer re-
rort on Lake Memphremagog. This ho-
tel has been thoroughly repaired and rem
ovated, and with Mr.. Bowman in charge
the house will be first class in every re-
| spect.
A very sad affair is reported from
Fletcher. Carlos I'll. Farnsworth of Fair
fax, deputy sheriff, started for Bing-
hamville, in Fletcher, to summons wit
ness, after which he started back home
going somewhat out of direct course to
summon another witness. About seven
O'Clock he was found in the road, dead
with cut across one eye. From appear.
ances it is supposed that his horse had
| got out of the road into the deep snow
breaking one of the shafts of the sleigh
| Farnsworth had unhitched the horse fol-
the purpose of getting him out of the diff
ficulty more easily. In his efforts to dc
so he had been struck in some way, anC
the effects of the blow, with the stinging
cold weather, rendered him helpless anG
he persisted. When he was found he was
only about fifty rods from a house, anc
had been dead but a short time, as only
portions of the body were much frozen
Mr.. Farnsworth, besides being deputy
sheriff, was engaged to some extent il
insurance business, and was also pros
porous farmer, paying particular atten
ton to the breeding of Jersey cattle. Fl,
was about sixty years old, and leaves
wife and one son.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

In speaking of Governor Barstow's
order closing the state offices, and
displaying the flag at half mast, to
honor the memory of the late Alex
ander HI. Stephens; the Atlanta, Ga,
Constitution says; 1.-The Governor
of Vermont has done a graceful act,
which honors our late Governor, and
will be appreciated by Georgia. The
people of the Green Mountain State
have given many people to Georgia,
not the least of whom is our present
Governor, who comes of Vermont
family"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

General Grout, who now has be-
come one of us-a private citizen
can be credited with minding his own
business during his brief congression-
al career, and of doing his duty by
his constituents, as he understood it
Possibly the General may be can
didate for governor Clipper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

For the first time within the mem
ory of the oldest inhabitant, naviga-
ton on Lake Michigan is completely
closed. In many places the surface
of the lake is covered with ice several
feet thick as far out as twenty-five
miles from shore. Along the east
shore ice has piled up in many places
to depth of thirty or forty feet,
and the amount crowded far on the
shore is simply wonderful.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

The temperance question, which
took such a prominent part in the
last Ohio state election, is likely to
assume still more conspicuous and
exciting phase. The legislature has
prepared an amendment to the consti-
tuition, giving the people the alterna-
tive of tax or prohibition, and it will
be voted upon at the next election.
A lively contest is looked forward to.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

After the new tariff bill goes into
effect the only internal revenue taxes
will be those on liquor and tobacco,
and the tobacco taxes will be cut
down one-half. This will reduce the
annual collections in Maine from
$4,000 to about $4,000, and in
Vermont from $50, 1000 to less than
$4,000. The reduction in New
Hampshire will be about $15, 900,
but this will be more than offset by
the increase in the production Of the
breweries, so that the receipts will
exceed S350,000, as now. In other
words, the collections in New Hamp-
shire will be about nine times as large
as those in Vermont, and more than
six times those in Maine. The cost
of collection in this state is less than
one-third of one per cent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

Congressman Hewitt thinks that
the organization of the next House
must be in the hands of the revenue
reformers if the democratic party is
in earnest in this business, and if it
is not in earnest it had better dissolve
in the same general chaos which has
overtaken the republican party. By
revenue reform he does mean free
trade, for which the country is not
yet ready, but ''the freeing of raw
materials from duty, which can be
done without injury to any existing
interest, and the reduction of all tax
es which enabled favored industries
to prey on the rest of the community
when the demand happens to exceed
the domestic supply" This utterance
of Congressman Hewitt expresses
exactly the views of every honest,
intelligent American citizen in this
country, as defining the difference
between tariff reformer and sfree
trader.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

The vote on the constitutional
amendment, which was taken at the
recent election in Vermont, is to be
hpted by the Governor and Secre-
S AN State on the second Tuesday
of April.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

1t appears that the reduction of
letter postage to two cents was not
the only advance step taken by the
47th Congress. The cost of postal
money orders was reduced, and a
new postal order, for sums not ex-
ceeding S., was provided for, at a
cost of three cents, which will be
very convenient for the payment OF
subscriptions to the MONITOR by
mail, and for all similar purposes.
The cost of these notes, which will
be nicely engraved, though small
will be enough to prevent their use
as currency, and thus an element OF
imitation will be avoided.
Annual school meeting, Tuesday
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

We advise every farmer who has not seen the Brad.
leys Fertilizer Companys pamphlet for 1883, TO send
for at 10 their nearest local agent, the
office of the company 81 Kilby Street, Boston. II
contains many facts of importance and interest TO all
engaged in farming.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

There are 90,000,000 gallons of
whiskey in the bonded warehouses of
this country, which has remained in
bond from one to three years. AS
all liquors must be removed, and the
tax paid upon them at the expiration
of three years from the time when
they are made, the tax of ninety
cents gallon on this great amount
will soon become due. The bonded
whiskey bill, which the whiskey in
terest made such desperate effort
to pass, was to extend this three
years period to five. AS it was beat
en-, the distillers have devised anoth-
er scheme to postpone the payment
export liquor without paying any
tax upon it. and to bring it back by
paying ninety cents gallon. So
they propose to ship what they have
on hand abroad and store 1t, recalling
and paying the tax upon it as it may
be needed to meet the demand. By
this method, they. will save the inter-
est on very large sum, and the tax
on what shrinkage there may be while
their firewater is across the seas,
which they calculate will much more
than offset the cost of transporta-
ton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19
SETTLE UP AND PAY.

Those nersons indebted to me for -four and grain
must call at the glst.miil and settle at once 10 save
further trouble and expense.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

A few figures show very clearly the
magnitude of the farming interest of
this country and its enormous growth.
From 1870 to 1880 the total number
of farms nearly doubled. having in
creased from 1868 ,985 to 4,00S,907.
Very little of this increase is found
in the farms under 100 acres. while
the number of those of less than fifty
acres is actually smaller. Farms
between 100 and 500 acres, which
includes the homestead department
have increased threefold. Those be-
tween 800 and 1000 acres have in
creased fiyefold; and those of more
than 1000 acres have increased nearl,
ninefold. These large farms arr
not all in the new Northwest. 70
1884 of them are located in the cot
ton States and Virginia. The tota
acreage of farms in 1880 was $50,
081 ,835, against 407, 735 ,041 in 1870
The value in 1870 was given at SO,
265, 1903, 861, against Si0,197 ,096,
776 ia 1880-the comparatively smal
increase ia value being due to th
gold premium of 1870, the low yalu
of the new land brought into cultiva
ton, and greater care to asses
farms at a low rate. The increas
of live stock has been very grea
within the period mentioned, that c
horses, COWS and other cattle bein
from so to 100 per cent. The valu
of farm products was over S2,392
100000, besides that of the cattle
sheep and hogs sold for meat.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

Annual school meeting, Tuesday
March 26.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

Also, Tapping Bits, Bit Stocks. Hammers Sap and
Syrup Strainers, Butter Cloths, &c.
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From Kauai por q II bishop, May
97--A ppoler, RW 4 puwls, q NJ
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LOWS, Mr.. AIluano, A u Warrlnor,
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Bollos, = Ghlncso aud ~ dock,
From Sun franelsco por Forest
Quooon, Mny 20--Mr. Bates, Mr..
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For SNn FrancIsco por w q irwin,
Mny 9s--A Dillon.
From SIM i'ranclsco por LILLY
Grace, May as--Mrs. NJ johnson.
FOR Kahului, por Kilauca llou
May .e--W N Mckay, 7 II Hob.
ron, W Larsen, A N Gilman, and
40 dock,
For Kauai per Jas Makoo, May ~
MIR Il Mrs j W Bush, pc Jones,
II y Glade, Col W y Allen, 9 l,or-
toman, Mr. Lindsay, an,l 30 deck.
For MolokaI and Maui por Lohua,
May 26--4b dock.
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limited 10 4 hour. per day

from q iosh NJ, and from 10 Gpm.
until further notice. fei
CIiAB. u. WlLl.ON,
Approved Sup't Water Works.
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For Sale,
nNN pnpplo.groy Horse, strong and
~ healthy trll!iad for !adies' !!so.
" KEltlpB STABLE,
All King street.
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A BOUT 10 visit The Const 0r tIIe EisL
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General gent Tor tle Pacific goaI ~
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MlliIes In iIio way NJ ilCkei.. and bng'
gage CHECKS Any desired information
about routes, stopping plaees, hotels,
places NJ Interest, charges ana fnfcs, can
DO ObiaiDo1 on application ~
D. WILLIAMS,
401 Fort street,
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