Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-08-04

tuously. in fact.
eff you choose to adopt all Clar-
ence Hyde's poor relations, why, |
can only wonder at your taste," she
said loftily.
But Lizzy only smiled and doubted
to herself whether Rosa could really
ever have loved Clarence.
"No, no, no." echoed her heart.
The day of the wedding drew near.
Lizzy's white dress was nearly fin
ished, and modest little presents were
beginning to be sent in from friends
and neighbors.
''Heres my present" said Uncle
Cuthbert, walking in one day and
tossing little box of carved wood
into Lizzy's lap. II cut out those
wooden flowers myself when / was in
California.
ssOh, uncle, what dear little box, .
said Lizzy, smiling her bright thanks,
while Rosa elevated her nose rather
scornfully.
s!Well, but open it; it's lined beau
tifully," said the old man.
"Why, there's parchment chart
in it, uncle,' cried the astonished
Clarence, who was leaning over Liz
zy's shoulder.
ssOf course there is-a deed MAX
ing over fifty thousand dollars to
Lizzy Eldon the day of her marriage, y
answered Uncle Cuthbert, dryly,
land I've got just another one for
you at home, Clarence, my boy
Aha The old uncle was not so pow
erty stricken, after all. You must
not think, my young lady, he add
ed, turning abruptly to Rosa, ''that
gold isn't gold because it's a trife
tarnished and rusty. Appearances
aren't anything in this world!'
And so Clarence and Lizzy began
in the world with the fairest of pros
poets, and true love enough to float
the bark of life into the sweetest ha-
ven.
Rosa Eldon was somewhat cha
grined in her secret soul, but she
wisely kept her feelings to herself,
and old Uncle Cuthbert was quite
satisfied with the choice his nephew
had made.
"She's worth twice a hundred
thousand dollars in her own self
Clarence he said confidently, 10 Mr.
Hyde, junior.
The fickleness of the weather OIL
Mt. Washington is thus written oi
by Boston Globe correspondent
The weather of Mt. Washington is 8
law unto itself. The summit is sc
much above the world below that the
ordinary rules of the lower region dc
not apply, and this is the creates
field in the world for guessing. Th'
usually astute signal-service observ
ers even can only tell what is-no
what is to be. Take the day through
clear and distant views are the excep
tion rather than the rule; yet excep
when storm is in progress there art
hours in the early part or at the clos
of the day when all the SUBMITS ant
valleys of northen New England ar
revealed in such distinctness that on,
seems to have discovered a new coun
try as he looks down upon them
Whoever ascends Mt. Washington
should be prepared to accept the sit
uation, and not make himself miser
able because nature does not put Oh
her best charms at short notice
Patience has its perfect work here a
elsewhere. The best travellers az
those who make business of it. |
it storms, they wait till it clears off
If the sky is clear they go forth tt
enjoy the scenery as presented in it
best aspects. With rare exceptions
/ have never known time when, in
side of three days, there were no
views of exquisite beauty and grand
eur, lasting perhaps not more than
few hours, but in themselves such a
could not be lad in any other locality
AN EARLY WRITING-PAPER.-
centuries before Christ, Numa lef
writings upon the papyrus, whenc
our name, paper, is derived. Thi
plant, which was revered as sacret
by the old Egyptians, grows abun
dainty in shallow streams and marshe
in upper Egypt and Syra. Bruc
! found it growing in the River Jordan
and noticed curious fact, that it al
ways presented the sharp, angula
pear-shaped stem to the swift current
the stem is eight or ten feet high, tw
inches in diameter, and crowned wit
a fringe of hair-like leaves, whic
circle blossom of slender spiklets
Beneath the brown sheath which en-
velops the root-stalk of this dark
green plant lie other sheaths whic
are very transparent. These, whe
split into thin leaves and dried in th
sun, were glued together, and forme'
the roll of papyrus, on which man.
of the ancient Writings have com
down to us. This paper was bot
fexiple and durable. Specimen
from Pompeii can be seen in the mus
cum at Naples. In the fifth centur
papyrus ,paper of which manw va
rieties existed, was largely manufac
tured at alexandria, and ranked hig
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