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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11

Without is heard the hum of machinery as
the farmer gathers the rich harvest of golden
grain. Within, the whirling brain, that won
derful machine, keeps time with the busy
harvesters
These garnered sheaves speak of great
law of nature, which the husbandman was
bound to regard There was the breaking OF
the soil, the planting of the seed, the tllllng
of the crops, the growth of the grain, the
gathering of the harvest. Here is the pro-
clamation of natures gospel, Whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap" No
man need expect to plant potatoes and gather
wheat
The Word of God declares this truth in re-
lation to moral and spiritual life: 'Whatso-
ever man soweth, that shall he also reap"
The liquor system affords an awful illus
tration of this principle-that prematurely
old man, with bent form, palsied limbs and
bleared eyes, has gathered the fearful harvest
from seed sown in youthful dissipation Yon
tumble-down shanty with broken windows,
scanty furniture, starving children and
heart-broken wife and mother, is the sad
fruitage of seed sown in drunkenness and de-
bauchery.
All over our land to-day, in jails and aims
houses, in pauperism and crime, in want and
wretchedness, in rioting and lawlessness are
we reaping the harvest sown by legalized
traffic in beer and whiskey.
AS we look out on these wide fields and
face the years yet to come we can but ex-
claim, o God, 'What shall the harvest be !"
Shall this nation continue to COW this seed
of destruction Shall we continue to gather
this harvest of death? Shall we roll this
blasting flood on down to curse the genera
tions yet to be? As American citizens is it
not time to make war upon this monster and
drive him from our midst?
Good seed grows and bears fruit, as well as
evil seed. In these years of the past the
seeds of temperance have been sown and have
not been unfruitful Some seed may have
persisted, but some has grown abundantly.
We have pretty vigorous temperance SEN
timent all over this land to-day, the sure out
come of the blowing and sowing of those be-
fore US.
Let us nurture this germ that it may grow
in strength and power. Let us sow the good
seed it will not die The storms may beat
upon it, the frosts may smite it, enemies may
seek to destroy it, but it will not die
1t is said great reforms move slowly"
that all sturdy things are slow of growth.
The great cause of temperance has grown un-
til its power is felt and is even now bursting
out into the beautiful flower of prohibition.
Toll on, earnest worker, and ere long you
may thrust in your SICKLE and gather many
precious sheaves and shout the harvest home.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11
CHURCH NOTES.

SERVICES at the Methodist church next
Sabbath, conducted by the PASTOR Rev. N. J..
Wright. Subjects as follows; Ten AM i,
1.-THE Great Co-partnership 7.45 PM,
Grumblers' Seats free. All welcome.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11

1t is only by labor that thought can be
made healthy; and it is only by thought
that labor can be made happy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11

The Fourth of July this year was celebrat-
ed in every county of Iowa as Temperance
Jubilee
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-07-11

The School Superintendent Question.
The following letter, which appeared in last
weeks Sunbeam, attracted such general at
tention that we publish it entire:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
MIR. HENDRICKS SPEAKS.

Thomas A. Hendricks, the candi-
date for the vice-presidency on the
Democratic ticket, tacitly admits that
the charges of gross immortality which
have been made against Grover Cleve-
land, the head of the ticket, are true.
Starting out with the assumption that
the truth has been told, Mr.. Hend-
ricks proceeds upon the high moral
CO plane of the Springfield Repab-
Icdn, Boston Herald and Boston
Transcript to make excuses, gloss
over and white-wash the fgure-head
of the ticket. In a word he sinks
Thomas A. Hendricks to the moral
level of Grover Cleveland. The fol-
lowing is his letter:
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 81, 1884.
/ have your letter of the 10Th inst.
/ cannot consider with favor your
suggestions of change in the Ma
tional ticket. The action of the con-
vention cannot now be reconsidered,
must stand, and / think it ought to
stand. / do not agree with you in
respect to the probable result. [
think the probabilities are favorable
to the success of our ticket. The
Cleveland scandal will not have weight
with the people, and ought not to have
weight. 1t is unworthy the national
test. Three times Grover Cleveland
has stood the test of popular canvas
once for office of mayor in his own
city-and each time be received the
Endorsement of his neighbors by a
vote largely above his party strength.
Whatever there may have been exist
ing of the scandal before, it is not
| just either to him or the people now
to revive it. The public welfare re-
quire that he be judged by his public
record, by his capability and fitness
for the discharge of responsible and
important public duties, and not by
old and exploded private ISLANDERS.
very respectfully, yours, etc.,
| " T. A. HENDRICKS.
| Now that Mr.. Hendricks has con-
| descended to crawl in the mud, and
become an apologist for the worse
crime man can commit against So
ciety, the Boston AdUertiser, and
1
those sheets that have persisted in
declaring the "Terrible Tale a re-
publican lie. will discover the moral
turpitude of the position they have
taken, and, acknowledging the un-
cleanness of their candidate, proceed
to inform the public that the sin of
libertinism is positive virtue in a
democratic candidate for the presi-
dency. Speak up, gentlemen.-Tel.
egraph.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08

At the republican meeting at Bur
lington, last week, Senator Edmunds
presided, and, on taking the chair,
read the following address:
s'Gentlen,en II thank you for the
compliment implied in selecting me
to preside on this interesting occa-
sion. AS you have come here to lis
ten to distinguished gentlemen who
have not the felicity of residing in
Burlington, and some of them not
even the comfort and safety of liv-
ing in Vermont-the pole star of
sound politics-it would be both I'M
gracious and cruel for me to occupy
the time that has been devoted to
our guests. | must say, however,
that a very close study and observa-
ton of the professions and practices
of the democratic party in congress
and in the country, that the gener-
Gus confidence of my fellow-citizens
has enabled me to make for long
period, has demonstrated, to my
mind, that the safety and welfare OF
the people of the United States con-
tinue to demand its exclusion from
power. Whatever doubts or Difficult.
ties may embarrass our countrymen
here or elsewhere in the United
States, it seems to me that in the
present attitude of political affair!
the defeat of the democratic part,
is need fairly paramount to an,
other ! recognize fully the libert,
of belief, of opinion, and of actor
that belong to citizenship; it is
fundamental part of. our creed, ant
none of us can fail to feel the respon
sibility that results from that free
dom. Under such responsibility an
looking at every aspect of the publ
veal, the people of the state Of Vel
mont are to express their opinions G
the principles, the methods and th
purposes of the democratic party
1t has been wrong for more than
quarter Of century, and, / fea
will continue SO for great length {
time to come. In the recent period.
when it has had the control of one
the other CT the houses of congress
it demonstrated its unfitness for go
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08

had business relations with him, tell
ing the man all about the damnable
crime he was contemplating. You
would at once say he was a fool, for
this business man would tell his en-
ployer as an honest man should. Not
so, however; but this business man
repeated to others, under promise
of secresy, the story of the crime that
was afterward consummated. and al
most week before it was an accom-
plished fact, The business man who
did this is regarded as honest. Would
you trust him without his bond? We
think not. We relate these facts to
set business men to thinking. If
business men can be awakened TO
these evils, they will soon right
them. -ObseyVer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The legislature win convene. Wednes-
day Oct. lst.
A st. JOHN and Daniel flag has been
raised at Greensboro Bend.
About forty persons were naturalized
by the United States court at Burlington
on Friday.
The St. Johnsbury academy opened
Sept. End with two hundred and fifty pu-
pills and a promise of three hundred.
During republican rally at Putney the
Blaine and Logan flag was cut down by
some miscreant and dragged in the mud.
The fifteenth anniversary Of the mar
| rage of Deacon Phineas Walker and wife
of Stanford was celebrated in that vii
lage on the 10Th ult.
A postoffice has been established at
Lanesboro, on the line of the Montpelier
! & Wells River railroad, four miles east of
| Marshfield. Edwin Lane has been APP
| pointed postmaster.
One of the first voters on hand at the
Fifth Ward polls was Senator Edmunds.
| 1t is not necessary to add that he voted
the straight republican ticket.-Burling-
| ton Free Press
Notice is given of an application to the
Legislature to establish two half shires in
Orange county instead of the present
/ shire, one at Bradford and one at West
Randolph
Col. John B. Mead of West Randolph
has been elected vice president for Yer
mont, and c. w. Wyman as member Of
the executive committee, of the national
law and order leagne.
| The annual meeting of the Vermont
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will occur at Middlebury, September 16,
II and Is. Mrs. HI. W. Smith OF Phila-
delphia and Mrs. E. Mclaughlin of Bos-
ton are expected to be present and adj
dress the meeting. Half fare upon the
principal railroads.
During the past week the lines of the
Montpelier Telephone Exchange have
| oCSu cAtcHueu iIOui CdDOt 10 DdufIlc.
This connects the Montpelier and st.
Johnsbury exchanges, and opens commu-
nication with East Cabot, West Danville,
Danville, st. Johnsbury, Lyndon, Lyndon
vile, Wheelock, and other towns in Cal
edonia county.
At North Bennington, recently, Walter
Fenner and Irving Wright, two lads,
were playing with what was supposed to
be an empty revolver. Young Fenner
pointed the weapon at his companion and
snapped it. The revolver, of course,
proved to be loaded and the ball lodged
in the forehead, above the right eye.
Wright is said to be in i critical condi
ton.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
THE STATE ELECTION.


ly in all sections of the state, except
in localities where local issues called
out the voters. The total vote was
light and the republican majority
was somewhat reduced, though the
relative majority held up to a graft
flying point. In a very few localities
there appears to have been a slight
falling off on the republican side,
while in all rural districts the MAORI
ty holds up to the old standard. In
Burlington and other places where
the foreign vote is large, the demo-
Gratis make some gains In Montpe-
lier the republicans gain heavily. If
it can be said that there is any mani
tested dissatisfaction among the re-
publicans, it can with much more
show OF, truth be asserted that there
is lukewarmness and dissatisfaction
among the democracy. 50 far as we
have observed this is trle. The re-
publican majority is about $4,000
q very large majority, the day consd-
cred. In this locality the falling off
in the total vote was very heavy.
This is accounted for in the fact that
the farmers had large quantity of
grain out, which had been caught in
showery weather, and which they
chose to put under cover, even if
they lost election privileges. There
is only one town in Orleans county
which sends democratic representa-
tive and gives democratic majority,
Holland. In Caledonia, county ev-
cry town has republican majority,
though Danville 81 and Ryegate
send democratic representatives. In
some of the counties the democrats
have done a little better than this,
and in Franklin county they get three
senators on account of a bitter local
quarrel, though Pingree carries the
county by a large majority. The
legislature will contain little
over thirty democrats in total of
about 280 members. Among the
more prominent men elected to the
senate we mention Ell. G. Ide of ST..
Johnsbury; Warren Gibbs of Bur-
lington; H. c. MeDuffey of Brad
ford; l., H. Thompson of Irasburgh ;
Norman Paul of Woodstock and III.
Field of Rutland. The House will
contain quite large number OF
gentlemen of reputation, among
whom we mention James X. Batchel-
der, w. p. Dillingham;, Hugh Henry
Josiah Grout-all eligible to the
speakership-A. B. Franklin, w. P
Fairbanks, John Bailey, f. S. Stran
nahan.l Neither the senate or house
will contain as many prominent mel
as the average senate and house fo
the last fifteen years. The two lead
ing men of the senate will be Mr.
Thompson of Orleans and Mr.. Idle o
Gale donia counties. The argus pre-
diets that MIR. Batchelder will be
leading candidate for the speakership
and the Watcltmd1o has very com
plimentary word for Mr.. Dillingham;
and we take pleasure in mentionin
Maj. Circuit of Derby, as eminentl
fit forlthat1 position. In 1874, afte
H. HI. Powers, the speaker, was chos
ell judge, Maj. GrOut was chose
spe aker and did the dnties admirabl
we'll. We are sure he will have
strong support if he is in the fielt
The result of the election is O
the whole very satisfactory to II
publicans and will have tellin
effect on the national issue in man
localities. .g.I2ua1 @if
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
AT
G. H. NEWLAND'S,
lRASBURGH,
You can find
Pure Drugs & Medicines,

Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Rogers Bros. Plated
Ware, all kinds of Spectacles and Eye Glasses,
Pocket Knives, Razors, Shears and Scissors, Per-
fumery, Soaps and Toilet Articles. Also full line
of Fancy Goods and Druggists Sundries.
We can also sell for CASH, the HOUSEHOLD,
HARTFORD. NEW HOME, WHITE and WEED
Sewing Machine at the lowest price. A first class
machine for S25. warranted for five years.
CALL AND GET PRICES.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08

ing bombshel from the White
House at Washington in the shape
of proclamation, which landed in
the center of the city of Charleston
where it exploded and SO frightened
the conspirators that they did not
recover from their fear until 1860,
when they and their offspring recon-
menced operations, unmolested by
President Buchanan.
O. v. PERCIyAL.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08

eminent in respect to nearly all the
important measures it proposed or
resisted, and every succeeding year
seems TO decorate it with a new folly"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
CALEDONIA COUNTY


Barnet, H. A. Gilfillan, R.
Burke, j. F. Ruggles, R.
Danyille, J. B. Mattock, D.
Groton, Ell. G. Glover, R.
Hardwick, j. w. Hovey, R.
Kirby, H. L. Wetherbee, R.
Lyndon, w. L. Densmore, r.
Newark, j. A. Woodward, r.
Peacham, Jacob Trussell, r.
Ryegate, Geo. Cochran, D.
Sheffield, Geo. Giffin, r.
ST. Johnsbury, W. P. Fairbanks,
Stannard, NJ. F. Aver, R.
Sutton, Ell. w. Easterbrooks. r.
Walden, Harvey Foster, R.
Waterford, H. M. Parks, R.
Wheelock, D. S Jones, r.
Fairlee, FL. A. Albar, D.
Thetford, Roger Howard, d.
Bethel, w. B. c. Stickey, R.
Hartford, Allen L. Pease, r.
Newbury, j. Bailey, r.
Waterbury, W. 2. Dillingham;, R.
Chelsea, j. P. Tracy, R.
Springfield, II. NJ. Arms, R.
Rockingham, ]. Robertson, r.
Lunenburg, F. B. Hale, r.
Richford, r. Combs, r.
Barre, H. Fl. Wetmore, R.
Newfane, A. B. Franklin, r.
Grafton, HI. A. Thomson, R.
Cavendish, M. B. Piper, R.
Sharon, A. G. Sherwin, R.
johnson, S. A. Andrews, r.
Gilmore, S. N. Olmstead, r.
Burlington, C. A. Hibbard, D.
Rutland, lockwood Barrett, R.
Morristown, Frank Kenfield, r.
Hyde Park, w. H. H. Kenfeld, r
Bennington, John R. Pilling, R.
Brighton, N. E. Bonney, R.
Montpelier, James w. Brock, r.
Berlin, A. T.. Hewitt, d.
Windsor, Marsh O. Perkins, R.
Wallingford, R. G. Sherman, r.
Richmond, G.. W. Green, R.
Arlington, j. X. Batchelder, R.
Northfeld, w. P. May, R.
Leicester, L. c. Needham, R.
Fairfax, j. Fairmsn, R.
Concord, R. J. johnson, R.
Victory, A. J. Shaw, R.
Underhill, A. c. Humphrey, R.
Roxbury, A. C. Stanton, R.
Ludlow, W. H. Walker, R.
Wolcott, P. Davis, r.
Castleton, Fl. L. Clark, d.
Wrgennes, D. H. Lewis, r.
Hartland, A. r. A. Weed. r.
Swanton, f. j. HawleY, r.
Royalton, George Ellis, R.
Brattleboro, d. G. Conlan, d.
West Fairlee, F. w. Farnham, d
Brookfeld, c. E. Clafin, r.
Bradford, Barron Hay, d.
Randolph, A. A. Storrs, R.
Georgia, 0. j. Johnson, r.
Poultney, w. H. Wroland, R.
Middlebury, H. F. Deane, r.
Addison, G. French, R.
Enosburg, L. Gilbert, R.
: Fairlee, w. E. Albee, d.
Chester, II. Henry, R.
Alburgh, H. L. Reynolds, R.
. Middlesex, 0. G.. Leland, r.
Shelburne, B. F. Van Vliet, r.
Waitsfield, L. D. Savage, r.
: Moretown, G.. B. Evans, d.
ST. Adams, F. S. Stranahan. r.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
JUSTICES.

SHEFFIELD,-Alfred Gray, 0. w.
Chesley, c. B. Simpson. VIM. Dex-
ter, Aaron Gray, John Ferguson.
NEwARK.-W. G.. Cheney, d. F.
johnson, d. D. Fairbanks, S.B. Cor
lis, A. j. Woodland.
BURKE.-C. L. A. Humphrey, The
ron Bell, M. w. Stoddard, Jesse
MARSHALL, J. A. Humphrey, Wendell
Silsby, G. A. Harris.
KIRBY.-E. w. Church, P. Fl.
Graves, Austin Barney, Alden Rus
sell, Henry Ranney. 4
WHEELocK.-C. Rogers, J. Patch,
D. S. Jones, B. F. Taylor, Ferdinand
Darling.
SUTToN.-J. E. Willard, J.B. Cor
don, Reuben Ellis, Geo. E. Powers,
A. B. Curtis.
HARDwIcK.-J. B. Livingston, ].
S. Duncan, Henry Perley, L. D.
/ Leavitt, w. D. Bronson, j. r. Aims
worth, z. R. Huntley.
WALDEN.-Harvey Foster, Serene
Montgomery. j. C. Stafford, S.. V.
Meader, Orvis Fits.
STANNARD. John n. Sawtell, Egg
bert w. Clark, Erwin H. Patch, An.
/ drew J. Weed, Hiram O. Mills.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
WHAT THE SOUTH DID FIT
TY-TWO YEARS AGO.


The NulIiiers of South Carolina, in
1888, had the framework for South
ern Crofederacy cut, hewn, fitted and
ready to put together; and If Gen.
Jackson had not destroyed it, u few
months would have sufficed to have
given the fabric proper proportions.
The following we're to have been the
officers OF proyisioned government !:
President, John G. Calhoun; Vice
President, VIM. G. Preston; Secre-
tary of State, Geo. McDutfie; Secre-
tary of Treasury, Thomas Cooper
Secretary of War, James Hamilton
Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, H. &.
Pinckney; Postmaster General, Rob
ert TurnbulI Attorney General
Robert e. Hayne. The Southern
confederacy was to have been inaug
urated, and the above named gentle
/ men duly installed in their respective
offices by South Carolina conven
ton, which had been called to NEE
on the 1st day of March, 1888; Blu
President jackson spoiled their ful
on the 18th of December by discharg
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
REPRESENTATIVES, ELECTED
ORLEANS COUNTY.

WILLIAMS SOON11.
Albany, j. E. Chamberlin, r.
Barton, B. B. d. Carpenter, R.
Bloomington, Willard Aldrich, r.
Charleston, E. G. Dunton, r.
Coventry, F. G. Williams, r.
Craftsbury, S. R. Renfrew, R.
Derby, Josiah Circuit, R.
Glover, E. O. Randall, r.
Greensboro. James Young, r.
Holland, Geo. Ell. Tice, d.
Irasburgh, E. W. Powell, R.
Jay, L. o. Sargent, R.
Lowell
Morgan, VIM. p. Bartlett, r.
Newport, J. A. Prouty, R.
Troy, Geo. III. Parker, r.
Westfield, E. S. Miller, R.
Westmore, E. nj. Beck, r.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-08
LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS
AGAIN.

LUctOF 1HONttOF L HOIiCc III Il
recent issue of your paper
very interesting effusion from the
pen of David Hill, upon Life In
surance agents. Will you permit
me word in reply?
1t was really cruel for Mr.. Hill,
with his wit and sarcasm, almost as
fresh and thrilling as the average cir
Gus joke, to utterly destroy the occu-
patton of such men as Rev. Drs.
Swing, Church Chadbourne and Prof.
Colt, who have recently left their pull
pits and colleges to engage in the
business, persuaded by the indefa
tlgable Life Insurance Agent" If
either of these gentlemen chance to
read Mr.. Hills letter, fear they
will be driven to suicide, or the worse
alternative of engaging in business
that defes and breaks the laws of the
state daily.
1t was an old adage in law, "that
with no defence, you must abuse the
plaintiffs attorney" David seems
to bave acted somewhat on this prin-
ciple, and l suppose faneies "that
the real animus" of his unprecedented
antipathy is not apparent.
| There is nothing more amusing to
the experienced Life Insurance agent
than the labored attempts to make
excuses for not insuring, by men who
have had the good luck to inherit Oh
marry little money, and thus by
one stroke, become such able finan-
ciers that they do not need to dc
what nearly every man who has the
brains to earn his money, feels to be
a pleasure as well as duty. | have
i met great many of this type Of
men in my experience of ms. work
and, while never supposed / looked
s'too ministerial to be treated il
! such manner, have never had :
man "bring the dog into requisition.
OF attempt 'scatapult expulsion
whatever that may beg but I fatte
myself I have guessed the true in
wardness of their objections, ant
not only talked them into 'slamblik
docility' but made them look a
: mean to themselves as they did t
t me.
e 1t is true that personally feel sol
r ry that David should think US such
nuisance, as i have no imlnediat
o prospect of securing an income eS
9 cept by earning it, (being alread
j married) and unless the present
y quor laws are repealed, shall not dal
g engage in that traffic for the U. s
y marshals are a terror to me; so
lie fear that / shall be obliged to contir
l. ne to prey upon such weak minde
r men as bankers, merchants, man
TO facturers and others, who do not b.
Is long to the class that are sst(
il smart" TO insure their lives, neith
i: do they try to build up an excuse f
is not doing SO through the newspape
" and by attempting to cast slur II
Id on men engaged in an honorable al
be legitimate business.
n Respectfully,
y SAM. HILL.
no Life Insurance agent.
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