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A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

An old man living in Marshall
county was walking down the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad, says the
Wheeling, w. Va, Intelligencer,
about mile beyond Moundsville and
near Higgins mill, late in the evc-
ming, when he heard a train coming
in the distance. A few yards below
was bridge, which the old man
thought he could cross before the ap-
preaching train reached it. He start
ed rapidly, but as he stepped upou
the ties the train appeared in sight.
1t was still some distance away, and
he increased his speed, in hopes that
he could clear the bridge Suddenly
his foot slipped on one of the ties,
and he was thrown on his knees be-
tween the rails. As he rose he glanc-
ed toward the train, and his blood
must have turned cold when he saw
it coming into the covered bridge with
speed which quick as thought an
initiated the short distance between
it and the trembling man. At the
same time the engineer saw a dark
form in the headlights glaze, realiz-
ed the perilous situation, and four
sharp, shrill screams from the whis-
tie and the wheezlng of the air-brakes
showed at once that he was doing his
best to stop the train. In the mo-
ment of time which this occupied the
old man seized his only hope to safe
ty. A position where he had one
chance in a million for his life sug-
gested itself, and, without hesitation,
he lay down upen the ends of the
ties. His action was watched by the
engineer and fireman, and it's almost
utter hopelessness was seen. They
turned away with an involuntary ex-
clamation of horror, expecting the
next instant to feel the jar of the
wheels as they mangled his body to
shreds. The man had scarcely lain
down when the train was on him, and
the cow-catcher ploughed him from
his narrow shelf. In his fall the
man struck upon one of the cross
beams which pass several feet below
the track from side to side of the
bridge. He clasped this with the
strength of desperation, and clung to
it until the train had reached the 9TH
er side. Then, with weak and trem-
bling clutch, he drew himself up to
the track, and crawled rather than
walked back to the shore. There he
sat t-down scarcely bruised by his
rough contact with the engine or his
fall, but sick with fright. AS soon
as the train could be brought to a
standstill the conductor sent his
brakeman back to see if the man was
dead. What was their surprise to
find him sitting by the track unhurt,
and, except for his scare, no worse
for his fearful experience-an exper-
fence probably without precedent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
THE OLD READING CLASS.

can not tell you, Geneyieye. how oft it comes to me-
That rather young old reading class in District Num-
Der Three.
That row of elecutionists who stood so straight in
line,
And charged at standard literature with amable de-
We did not spare the energy in which our words were
clad;
We gave the meaning of the text by all the light
had;
But still fear the ones who wrote the lines read
so free
Would scarce have recognized their work in District
Number Three.
Outside the snow was smooth and elean-the winters
thick-aid dust;
The storm it made the windows speak at every sudden
gust;
Bright seigh-bells threw pleasant words when
travellers would pass;
The maple trees along the road stood shivering in
their class;
Beyond. the white bruwed cottages nesting cold
and dumb.
And far away the mighty world seemed beckoning US
to come
The wondrous world, of which conned what had
been, and might be,
In that old-fashoned reading class of District Number
We took a hand at History-its alters, spires, and
And uniformly mispronounced the most important
Names
We wandered through biography. and gave our fancy
play,
And with some subjects fell in love-"good only for
day.
In Romance and Philosophy settled many point,
And made what poems We assaled to creak at every
joint;
And many authors that We love, you will with me
agree,
Were first time introduced to US in District Number
Three.
You recoect susannah Smith, the teachers dis.
tress,
Who never stopped at any pause-a sort of day ex'
press?
And tmid young Sylvester JONES' of inconsistent
sight,
Who stumbled on the easy words, and read the hard
ones right?
And Jennie Green, whose doleful voice always
clothed in black?
And Samuel Hicks. whose tones induced the plaster
ing all to crack?
Andrew Tubbs, whose various mouths were quite a
show to see?
Alas2 we can not ind them now in District Number
Three
And Jasper Jenckes, whose tears would flow at each
pathetic word
(Hes in the prizefght business now, and hits them
hard. I've heardl;
And Benny Bayne, whose every tone he murmured as
in fear
(His tongue is tmid he is an aucto neer)
And Lanty Wood whose voice was just endeavoring
hard to change.
And leaped from hoarse to feIcey shrill with most
surprising range;
Also his sister, Mary Jane, full of prudish glee.
Alas they're both in higher schools than District
Number Three.
So back these various voices come, though long the
years have grown,
And sound uncommonly distinct through memory's
telephone;
And some are full of melody. and bring sense o
cheer,
And some smite the rock of time, and summon
forth a tear;
But one sweet voice back to me, whenever sad
grieve
And sings a song and that is yours. peerless Gene
1t brightens up the olden times, and throws smile
silver star amid the clouds of District Number
Three
Vii Carleton in Harper's Magazine
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

she hardly waited to wipe the flour
from her hands before tearing the
missive open. 1t was from Mr..
Beck, prominent lawyer in the city,
who briefly informed her that Mrs.
Darby was no more, and chad the
honor to enclose copy of the will
for Miss Marsh's perusal."
''How can Mrs. Darby's will inter-
est me?'' murmured Helen. "Poor
creature, she could not have had
much to leave. Perhaps she has left
me that antiquated jewelry of hers as
a token of her love-
AS she unfolded the legal docu-
ment letter fell from it to the floor.
Helen stopped and picked it up, rec
ognizing Mrs. Darby's peculiar, crab
bed handwriting in the address which
was to herself. Opening it, she
read:
''I have tested all my relatives as 1
have tested you, and found you alone not
wanting in respect and kindness to an
eccentric old woman whom you believed
penniless. You have richly earned your
reward, and it is given as much for loves
sake as because it is justly due you.
EMMA MARSH DARBY.
Dumb with amazement, Helen
stood gazing for several minutes at
the name written at the bottom of
the sheet-then she tore open the
will, and found herself heiress to
eighty thousand dollars.
"How spiteful p said Fannie,
when she heard the news. "She
might have left us twenty thousand
apiece, instead of leaving it all to
one. 1t isn't fair
"And snch hypocrisy'' cried Lou
lisa. ''Think how she palmed herself
off on us for stranger?'
"Our own aunt, and we never
guessed it !" said Josie. "And so
she didn't die in Europe an old maid,
after all? If [ had only known, how
differently I would have acted"
Tom was of the opinion that
Helen had deserved the good fortune
which had befallen her, and since
there was nothing to fear from pow
erty now. the long-deferred wedding
took place on Christmas day, and
gentle, patient Helen become at last
! the wife of the man to whom she had
been so constant and true.
To Louisa fell the task of manag-
ing the household affairs of the old
home, but she was spared the neces-
sity of practising such rigid economy
as had been the rule in the past, for.
as'we may suppose, Helen was toe
unselfish not to share with her sisters
their Aunt Emma's fortune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
Beats all-the tramp.
A tailor's goose-the dude.

u GdllOI SOOSC-Gut uuuc
The lawyers usual garment-Long.
Jack Oldstock: ssWe're very proud of
our ancestry, you know" Tom Parve-
nue.: eyes, know, but how would your
ancestors feel about your"
One of the most trying moments in a
mans life is when he is getting his pic
ture taken to send to his best girl, and is
just assuming his most angelic express
sion, and a fly alights on his nose.
A man asked for admission to show
for half-price, as he had but one eye.
But the manager told him it would take
him twice as long to see the show as it
would anybody else, and charged him
double.
She tenderly pushed him from her as
they stood in a bay window with the soft
moonlight falling upon them, and said:
"Willie, dear, think you had better try
some other hairdye; your moustache
tastes like tnrpentine."
The sky was full of small feecy clouds
when the little girl returned from school
at noon on washing day and found her
mother engaged with the weeks washing.
''Ain't you done yet, mother?" she ask
ed: Goods got done and has 'em all hung
out"
A little boy visited his uncle on his
birthday, and congratulated him. He
then asked his uncle if he had washed
himself. "Why so?'' asked the uncle,
patting the innocent prattler on the head
Because papa said if you did the clean
thing you would give me at least dol
lar
Two young city ladies in the country
were standing by the side of a wide ditch
which they didn't know how to cross.
They appealed to boy who was coming
along the road for help, whereupon he
pointed behind them with startled air
and yelled 'ssnakes!'' The young ladies
crossed the ditch with single bound.
She was in the dimly lighted reception
room of a city dry goods store and walk
ing up to tall mirror placed against the
wall, remarked: 'sWhy, how came you
here?" then, observing some surprise
not to say amusement, on the faces of the
other occupants of the room, she saw hel
mistake and explained in great confusion
"I thought it was my sister; We're
twins"
Speak gently; especially to the big
man with a round head and a square necl
and two big fists like ancient stone ham
mers. Speak gently to him. You ma.
touch some long hidden chord of sympa
thy in his hardened breast that may caus
him to pass you by uncrushed. But tn
little white faced man on crutches-oh
you may sass him all the way round tn
block.
CPpFR Reh. IS80-Geuts-I hay
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

Talking against time is common in
congress, but praying against time is
the device of clever Brooklyn child,
who will know how to get her rights
when she comes in sight of them.
The fire burned low in the Frank
lin stove, the cat was asleep on the
rug, and not mouse stirred behind
the wainscot as the mother wrote by
a shaded lamp with noiseless pen.
All the house put on slippers of vel
vet when little Rose went to bed, for
sleep and she were enemies, and she
fought him to the last eyelash. Her
voice came from the bedroom now
with no sound of surrender in it. 1t
was better to be at prayer than to be
asleep, and of course no one could
reprove her for praying.
80 Lord" said she, ''make me
good, and let me go IN the omnibus
to Aunt Margaret and all the aunts
and nieces and mothers. Keep me
safe, for [ want to go to see Aunt
Margaret, and see what l can see.
Don't let it hail, or snow, or ram,
for | want to 90 in the omnibus to
see Aunt Margaret very much indeed,
and all the aunts and nleces and
mothers. Make me well so that |
can go in the omnibus; please do.
Bless grandpa and grandma, Aunt
Kate and Aunt Sophia and Mr..
Charles Swan. Bless papa and
mamma, and make us all good, so
that we can go to heaven at last, for
Jesus sake. Amen.
There was a short pause, and then
the wide-awake, defiant voice went
on:
"Keep grandma from dying before
she gets here. Don't let anything
happen to her. Don't let any bears
or wild beasts eat me up. Bless
grandpa and grandma and Mr..
Charles Swan, and Aunt Kate and
Aunt Sophia"
Another pause, little longer than
the first, and the unconquered began
again:
81 long for apples. / long for
milk. | long for pie. | long to be
good. I wish I had not that cold.
long for some water. | long for
some wine. l long for some brown
bread. / long for some molasses.
/ long for some white bread. | long
to be a woman. / thank Thee that
it did not rain or snow. Give me a
clean spirit. Let me be good when
papa is here, for it grieves him to
have me naughty. and he buys me
things-playthings. l have prayed
that [ should go to sleep. That
makes three prayers
A yawn, a long-drawn breath, and
then silence presently announced
that the last prayer was answered
and sleep reigned.-Haaper's Moga-
zine for September.
! fba hafbC ipnna fiant unnuo
: man walked up to the door of one OF
the compartments and knocking OF
e the door of the same testify inquired,
"When in blazes are you going te
r get those trousers on?" There wa:
: a faint giggle and silvery voice re
p piled: s'When l get married, | sup
pose." He had mistaken the door
I | Il IL III
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

CHOLERA MoRBUs.-Cholera NOR
bus is about the meanest thing man
can have and the easiest thing
he can get. 1t lies around loose and
jumps on person without any pre-
vious warning, and once on it rides
until it gets tired. 1t comes like a
thief in the night, and steals mans
sleep and his peace of mind at the
same time. 1t falls on the just and
unjust, and no one knows at what
hour of the night he will have to get
up and hustle around after Jamaica
ginger to pour on the troubled ice
water he had drank during the day.
Verify, all is vanity and vexation of
spirit, but the cholera morbus is more
than this. There is nothing on earth
to equal it for genuine misery; and
we doubt if Hannibal could produce
anything worse. It starts from
anywhere and travels alone, but it
gets its work in as effectually as if
there was crowd. 1t is not citi-
zen of the United States, but it sum-
mers here with all the regularity of a
poor relation. 1t is the sworn enemy
of temperance, and the bosom friend
of the devil. The man who can
wrestle with a healthy cholera NOR
bus and retain his piety is entitled to
the finest harp on the golden shore
and a reserved seat in the celestial
circle. His price is far above rubies,
and he is a correspondingly rare arti-
Gle. This is about all we know about
cholera morbus.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
PRAYER FOR THE NIGHT

Slowly now the day is dying,
Dark-wing'd night is lowering near;
See the sombre shadows lying
Where the sun5eams lent their cheer.
Father. heed our supplication,
Shield us now from every care,
And from every dark temptation
Hear, or hear our evening prayer.
Night shall bring no added sorrow,
If our thoughts are turned above.
Father, while we wait the morrow,
Guard US by Thy perfect love.
And when evening shades shall gather
Nevermore upon our sight,
Take us to Thy home, o Father,
There to dwell IN endless light.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

BETTER TO BE LAWYER THAN LITI-
GANT.-s'Is it true that the case of
Zabriskie against Van Ripper is set
tled?" asked reported of Lawyer
l.. NJ. Ward of Paterson, n. J.
This case had been in the court for
long time.
''Yes," replied Mr.. Ward, ''the
case is settled
"And it is said, Mr.. Ward, that
you have come into possession of the
farm"
''That's so,' said Mr.. Ward,
laughing. "Pve got the farm, and
Garry Ackerson, of Hackensack, the
lawyer on the other side, has got all
the money. | got a mortgage on the
farm, and then | paid the balance
and became the owner. The money
1 paid went to Ackerson."
0And what have the two farmers
got, Mr.. Ward"
"Nothing. When we began the
case there were two well-off farmers
and two poor lawyers. Now there
are two poor farmers and two we'll
off lawyers"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

''Jimmy, throw that jug into the
pig pen. Smash it first, and be sure
you don't taste drop of the vile
stuff said an misunderstanding woman
as she handed her little son the brown
jug which she had just found hidden
in the shed.
"Father won't like it, began the
boy, eying the ugly thing with look
of fear and hate; for it made mother
miserable and father brute.
81 said / would make way with it
the next time / found it, and l will ]
It's full, and | don't feel as if l could
live through another dreadful time
like the last. If we put it out of
sight may be father will keep sober
for another month. Go quick, before
he comes home" And the poor
woman pushed the boy to the door
as if she could not wait minute till
the curse of her life was destroyed.
Glad to comfort her, and have the
fun of smashing anything, Jimmy ran
off, and gave the jug smash.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
HINTS TO TRAVELLERS.

Always keep your head and arms
inside the car window.
Remember that it is not necessary
to be intrusive in order to be polite.
Take your time in getting on or
off the cars; nothing is gained by
haste.
Avoid being boisterous, and do
not try to make yourself conspicu-
Gus.
Never disclose your business to
the stranger in whose company You
happen to be-
Bear in mind that the comfort of
others should be taken into consider
alton when you travel.
Your open window may be source
of great annoyance and discomfort
to your neighbors.
Do not litter the seat you occupy
with boxes and bundles, to exclude
other passengers from sharing with
you the accommodation it affords.
Respectfully decline any and all
invitations, extended by strangers
with whom you are brought in con-
tact, to indulge in social games of
cards.
Do not ask the conductor foolish
questions about the route; remember
that he is not familiar with the run
ming time of all the roads in the
United States.
Here is good story, and all the
better because it is true one. Two
men stood at the same table in
large factory in Philadelphia, work
ing at the same trade. Having an
hour for their nooning every day,
each undertook to use it in accom-
plishing definite purpose; each
persevered for about the same num-
Der of months, and each won success
at last. One of these two mechanics
used his daily leisure hour in work
ing out the invention of a machine
for saving a block of wood into al
most any desired shape. When his
invention was complete he sold the
patent for fortune, changed his
workman's apron for broadcloth
suit, and moved out of a tenement
house into a brown-stone mansion.
The other man-what did he do?
Well, he spent an hour each day dur
ing most of year in the very diff
cult undertaking of teaching a little
dog to stand on his hind feet and
dance jig, while he played the tune
AT last accounts he was working ten
hours a day at the same trade and at
his old wages, and finding fault with
the fate that made his fellow work
men rich while leaving him poor.
Leisure minutes may bring golden
grain to mind as well as purse, if
| one harvests wheat insterd of chaff.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

We are told that one of the first
things demanded of the young man
who goes into training for a boat
race is, stop smoking. Thoughtful
young men ought to find in this
lesson for life. If the oarsman's
success depends on his rigid absti-
nence from everything which weakens
the nerves, does not theIsuccess in the
vocations of life depend on equal alb
stinence? The work of to-day calls
for sound bodies and clear minds.
Tobacco ministers neither to sound
ness of body nor clearness of brain.
And young men who mean to sue
ceed in life can i'll afford to hamper
themselves by indulgence in so doubt
full a pleasure. Golden Rule.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
THE FOLLY OF THE DAY.

There is dreadful ambition abroad
for being "genteel." We keep up
appearances too often at the expense
of honesty; and though we may not
be rich, yet we must seem "respecta-
BILE, though in the meanest sense
in mere vulgar show. We have not
the courage to go patiently onward
in the condition of life in which it
has pleased God to call rs; but we
must live in some fashionable state,
to which we ridiculously please to
call ourselves, and all to crafty that
unsubstantial, genteel world of
which we form a part. There is a
constant struggle and pressure for
the front seats in the social amphi-
theatre; in the midst of which all
noble, self-denying resolve is trodden
down, and many fine natures are in
evitably crushed to death.
What waste, what misery, what
bankruptcy come from all this ambi-
ton to dazzle others with the glare
of apparent worldly success we need
not describe. The mischievous re-
suits show themselves in a thousand
ways,-in the rank frauds committed
by men who dare to be dishonest,
but do not dare to be poor; and in
the desperate dashes at fortune, in
which the pity is not near SO much
for those who fall as FOR the hundreds
of innocent families who are so Otter
involved in the ruin.-Home Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

SILVER CRREK. y. Y, Feb. g. lsS0-Gents-I have
be very low, and have tried everything to adj
vantage. | heard your Hop Btess recommended by
SO many concluded to give them trial. l did. and
now am around, and constantly improving. and am
nearly as strong as ever w. H. Weller.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20

Being entirely vegetable. particular care is re-
quired while using DIR. Pierces '.I1easant Purgative
Pellets" They operate without disturbance to the
constitution, diet. occupation. For sick headache
constipation impure blood dizziness eIuctaons
from the stomach bad mouth. bilious attacks
pain in region kidney internal fever boated feeling
about stomach rush of blood TO the head. take DR..
Pierce's "pellets." By druggists
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-08-20
Fl. E. HARRIS.
DIR. PRIME,
G. H. GREEN,

E. NJ. PERRY,
THEOLD DENTIST, MAIN STREET, BAkIoN'
/ Vt. All work done IN best manneranu war
ranted Gasand Ether used whendesred
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PRAYING AGAINST TIME.

their Aunt Emma's fortune.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

A.C. PARKER,
A POST oFFICE, BARTON LANDING, w.
N Fireau Acciden tInsurance Agent
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-11-24
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1883.
The Aftermath Society.

Gave the people, tat the Opera House.
on Tuesday evening last, brilliant en-
tertainment. The whole affair gave
pleasure, and in an artistic style, was a
success. We wish we could say the same
of it financially, for the crowd was
small, but the weather, that insuperable
tyrant to some, put in his shadow.
THE OVERTURE
was by nj. H. Barbour, his own COM
posing, and the music was of the very
sweetest. Misses Summers and Vorce,
Messrs. Fax and ROilO made themselves
delightful in the quartette, The Echoing
Horn. Of the vocal talent Of Messrs.
Fax and Lent little need be said. as it is
well known and appreciated. Misses
Summers and Vorce. in the duet, The
Cousins, was given in a gossippy flavor.
all its own, and so agreeable.
Misses Elliott and Durham, of Duncan
City, in the famous duet Of the Ladies
of Seville, struck some Of its best chords.
The piece ever has been favOrite, and
the ladies in selecting it showed their
taste. and they showed their skill in
giving form to its may strains:
Miss Marion Paddock, in the Mexican
Nightingale, was never finer. The song
is delicately tender. Italian in form.
The verse sweet and winsOme. The ear
soon gives way to fancy, but in every
note refined. The spirit of it is the love
which the warbles of the bird teaches.
Miss Paddock has no small gifts. Natu-
raj and graceful, her voice is equally so.
She always surprises, and those surprises
are delightful.
Profs. Barbour and Barnhardt made all
the interludes, full of enjoyment by the
best of music on the piano and violin.
The entertainment was excellent,
without exceptions. Messrs. Fax, Lent,
Frost, Rollo, and the ladies in the pro-
gramme deserve the the thanks of all who
interest themselves in the loye Of taste
and culture. But Mr.. James j. Brown
we must show how he is appreciated by
giving him rousing benefit. In the
French patois he has no rival, the whole
house is splitting its sides in laughter.
but he has the self-possession to raise a
storm. and calm as polished steel him
self.