Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-03-19

he UfSU IRE mas DeIallen one OF
those private French fat houses
which have of late years been SO
popular and, as might have been ex-
pected with such lofty buildings,
built with narrow frontages and with
light and air-shafts of about the size
of big chimneys, as if purposely to
conduct flames, burnt out in no time,
claiming two victims as first fruits,
the wife and heroic daughter of ex-
Postmaster Abram Wakeman, one
of Lincoln's intimate friends, The
girl had saved an aged female attend
ant on her mother. who was an in
valid, and might easily have saved
herself, but persisted nobly in the
effort to help her parent to place of
safety. Sixteen lives were saved by
a one-armcd Waterman, who trans
formed himself into ladder to re-
place one which belonged to the fire.
escape, but had been removed lest
thieves should use 1t to enter the
building.
Among the outdoor sports, which,
by the way, it is nearly time to think
about, none seems to be more popu-
lar, and deservedly so, than lawn
tennis. AS it is played by both SEX
es, it is always means or bringing
together a pleasant and congenial
company. Sitting by and looking at
a well-contested match is about as
exciting and enjoyable as actual
participation, and the sight of such
gathering on bright day, with the
ladies in gay-colored costumes, is
always a beautiful one. So popular
has the game become that ingenuity
has been brought into play to add to
the attractiveness of it, and in this
connection Lord & Taylor have just
brought out new style of fan, made
the shape of racket. Its material
is dark colored satin, with gold
threads crossing each oIher as the
strings in the racket do. 1t is really
a convenient shape for fan and is
destined to become very fashionable.
This house, somehow, seems to lead
the fashion in everything in the dry
| goods line. There must be something
intrinsically good in lawn tennis fol
it is growing more popular every day
while the old favorite croquet' to say
nothing of polo, lacrosse and a hun.
dred other games which came in will
a great flourish of trumpets, have
fallen off tremendously. Cricket
that scientific prince of outdoor sport:
as chess is of sports indoors, in spite
of earnest pushing by its advocates
stands no chance against the nationa
game of baseball, which certainly
has been improved of late years t.
wonderful degree. The League
by the way, have just got through
their annual convention and settled
on a gorgeous programme for ever,
weekday in the season, so that thu
experts will be quite heavy customer
for the railway lines. Billiards ar,
booming, owing to the return, oil
victory bent, of the large but can
tankerous Vignaux, the French cham
pion. There is an old proverb abou
going out for wool, etc., which h
may ponder over after in the societ,
of our cue-eSmpellers.
The memory of the great Irisl
patriot, Emmett, freshened by th
recent consignment to the grave o
the last survivor of his nieces, ha
occupied the attention of all native
and descendants of natives of tn
Green Isle. Some most eloquent
spirit-stirring and pathetic speeche
have been delivered, one in particu
lar, worthy of Curran, Grattan, Phil
pott or Meagher, by Thomas Kin
sella, who by the way, got the bes
of his recalcitant fellow stakeholder
and remains in charge of the Brook
Ign Eagle. 1t is strange, however
that in all the mention of the virtue
of the members of the distinguish
family not a word has so far bee
, said of the gallant young Emme
brothers who fought most gallant
in the Civil War in the Irish Brigade
and Welded their lives for the Unior
, Temple Emmett, the Adjutant of til
; 99th n. 7. v, was a poet of u
. mean order, and all the young gel
> tlemen were splendid soldiers.
The Brooklyn Union, which Kel
sella bought and relinquished, hs
been bought by John Foord, for SON
years editor of the Neac York Time
a young looking Scotchman of gre:
talent, perseverance and modest,
: coupled with marked firmness ar
administrative ability. The pap
has hitherto been a failure and TO
tunes have been sunk in it. Foord
:. salary has been, it is said, 5000
year, and to give that up and p
J his savings where SO many have 10
:, money shows him to be man of Il
:, stamp that is bound to make a spoc
: without the traditional alternative
:. spelling horn. He burns his shi]
behind him and like the historic cha
acters who have been recorded
!. having, after due consideration, pc
formed that feat, he will undoubted