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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

ideas; whereas, if the matter be Civ
en no further consideration at all, the
impressions you have received will
fade away so entirely that within
few weeks you will be totally unable
to remember more than a dim outline
of them.
Form the habit, then, of always re-
viewing what has just been read. 1t
exercises and disciplines the mental
faculties, strengthens the memory,
and teaches concentration of
thought.
You will soon learn, in this way !,
to think and reason inteIligently, to
separate and classify different kinds
of information and in time the mind,
instead of being a lumber-room in
which the various contents are thrown
together in careless confusion and
disorder, will become a store-house
where each special class or item of
knowledge, neatly labelled, has its
own particular place and is ready for
use the instant there is need of it.
! st. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
A WAY TO GROW WISE.

After reading book, or an article,
or an item of information from any
reliable source, before turning your
attention to other things, give two
OF three minutes quiet thought to the
subject that has just been presented
to your mind see how much you can
remember concerning it; and if there
were any new ideas, instructive facts,
OF points of special interest that i'm
pressed you as you read, force your
self te recall them. 1t may be little
troublesome at first until your mind
gets under control and learns to obey
your will, but the very effort to think
it all out will engrave the facts deep
ly upon the memory, so deeply that
they will not be effaced by the rush
ing in of new and different set of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
vANDERBILT'S STRONG BOX

| stood the other day in the vault
of the formidable fortress af iron and
masonry on Forty-Second street,
where last year the richest nabob in
the world locked up his $200,000,0 900
in stocks, bonds and other securities.
1t is one of the most redoubtable
works of defense on the American
continent, though you may not be
entirely certain of that by surveying
the building from the outside. Its
foundations were blasted out OF the
rock; the front wall is five feet in
thickness, and the side and rear wall
are three feet, the materials used be-
ing pressed brick with brown stone
trimmings. The beams. girders and
the main pillars are iron, incased in
freproof material. The doors, win
dow-frames, minor partitions are iron,
marble and glass. No wood is to be
found in the structure. The great
vault is SO by ~ feet, of steel,
wrought iron and Franklinite iron, is
imposing in strength and proportions,
and is situated on the ground floor.
It's four outer doors weigh 5000
pounds each, and have every effective
and known improvement in defensive
devices. A massive wall of mason
ry surrounds the homework. The
vault, which is burglar, fire and
water proof, constitutes a distinct
building in itself. The armed watch
mel who guard the building day and
night are under the strictest discipline,
their hourly movements being record
ed by an electric clock connecting
with various points on each floor of
the structure, and there are also wires
running to the police headquarters
and the office of the district telegraph.
In one corner of this great vault, be-
hind heavy iron bars, are the heavier
iron doors of the works containing
the Vanderbilt's securities, which can
be opened ouly by skeleton keys held
by the owner alone. / suppose that
a hundred men in this building, with
Gatling guns, could easily defend it
against mob of 100000 assailants
1t could be reduced by nothing less
than the continued play of heavy az
| tillery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
ssThey are as the Angels"

have seen vision of angels,
AS walked this earth of ours,
They had neither crowns, nor snowy wings
Not so much as wreath of flowers.
There is nothing about them glorious
That the common eye might see,
But faiths keen eye can look ON high,
And discern what they shall be.
The grub has nothing of beauty,
But we know that enfolded there
Is the butterfly bright, that on wings of light
Will float on the summer air.
One is a poor blind woman,
Her life is a long, dark night,
But God gives her grace, with smile on her face
To sing "The Lord is my Light"
And one is wife and mother,
Toiling without break;
But her cross and her cares she cheerfully bears
All for the dear Lords sake.
Her cross is drunken husband,
Her cares are her children small,
Too busy to weep, or scarcely to sleep,
She works and she prays for all.
And one is youthful sufferer
In the hospitals quiet ward
He would fain share the strife and the battle of fe
But wise and loving Lord
Has chosen it thus-so he lies content
To suffer and not to do;
But he little conceives of the golden sheaves
J He shall reap when he winneth through.
All-all-the blind and the toiling,
The suffering, fevered brow,
Shall one day shine with glory divine;
They have some of that beauty now.
The beauty of trustful patience,
Of selfforgetting love-
His beauty divine in Whom they shall shine,
With undimmed glory above!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

CHARCoAL.-Cha is valuable
as fuel, but it has other uses which
make it one of the most serviceable
of articles. When laid fiat, while
cold, on burn, it cause the pain to
abate; by leaving it on for an hour
the burn seems almost healed when
the wound is superficial.
Tainted meat, covered with it, is
sweetened. Strewn over heaps of
decomposed pelts or over dead ami
mels, charcoal prevents unpleasant
odor. Foul water is purified by it.
1t is a great disinfectant, and sweet
ems offensive air if placed in shallow
trays around apartments.
1t is so very porous that it absorbs
and condenses gases rapidly. One
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will alb
sorb nearly one hundred inches of
gaseous mmOnld.-CnarCOal lOFlHS
an excellent poultice for malignant
wounds and sores. In cases of what
is called proud flesh it is invaluable.
1t gives no disagreable odor, oor-
rodes no metal, hurts no texture, in
jures no colors, is safe and simple
disinfectant.
A teaspoonful of charcoal in half a
glass of water often relieves a sick
headache. 1t absorbs the gases and
relieves the distended stomach press
against the nerves that extend from
the stomach to the head.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
CONsuAIPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice, hsying
had placed in his hands by an East India mission
AIRY the formula of simple vegetable remedy
for the speedy and permanent cure of Consusxption
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat anss Iuno
Affections, also positive and radical cure for Ner
vous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative powers in thou
sands of eases, has felt it his duty to make it known
to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire 10 relieve human suffering. viii send
free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe in
German French or English. with fun directions for
preparing AMI using Sent by mail by addressing
Powers Block, Rochester, n. Y. octl5eow1y
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L
said he would have finished Saturday.
A noiseless roller skate Las been in
vented but the bumps on the floor sound
as loud as ever.
mo, I'm not drunk, +" said the delegate,
''but I've had a political breakfast this
morning-three cocktails and cigar"
Dancing is said to increase the size OF
the feet. 1t is very evident that Chicago
is the wickedest and most dissipated city
in the country.
At Denver dinner party an English
man asked if General Sherman marched
through Georgia to the sea ''to take his
annual bawth.'
Now is the time of year when the new
ly f1edged graduate hesitates between be-
coming an editor right off or going as
waiter in a summer hotel.
Boston ladies call their husbands ''hub.
by" not as a term of endearment, but be.
| cause it seems to remind them of the re
lation of Boston to the rest of the uni
| verse.
About as mad man as ever came ou
of an opera house was young man who
had just started his moustache. He go
wrathy because someone shouted "Dowl
'front.'
"Seyen women in Georgia recently mad
quilt without speaking a word durin!
the whole operation" Great Scott, wha
ali! Oh! "they were inmates of
deaf and dumb asylum"
Fifteen Massachusetts girls are t.
tramp three hundred miles through tn
Adirondacks this summer. Youn
| sportsmen will be glad to know there
no close season on this kind of dear.
''Papa, what is the tariff" asked
congressman's little boy. Gazing com
passionately at the youthful knowledg
seeker and sadly shaking his head, tn
father replied; ''My son, I cannot tell
lie; do not know"
My son, whisper it not to the marines
but bear it in mind yourself, that ma
never gets half seas over unless he sail
with the crew. What crew? Cork
crew my son, cork's crew. Bottle tina
up in your scrap heap; it may work i
handy some day.
'Does your head ever swim, Mr.. Sni
kins?'' asked little Tom Popinjay of hi
sisters beau. eyes, Tommy, suffe
occasionally from dizziness" replied th
slim. 81 thought so, said Tommy. ''P
said he'd pitch you into the horse pon(
only your head would keep you froi
sinking"
II can't pay that bill just now; yo
will have to wait for the money" ga
right, sir" cheerfully responded the boy
as he seated himself and unfolded a cop
of the morning paper. ''Them's the Of
ders of the boss" ssWhat are the order
of the boss?' demanded the gentlema
sternly. sPm to wait for the money"
A bright little miss of three summer
was seated beside her father at the din
ner table. She was full of mischief, an
her father finally said to her; "Dotty,
you don't behave better I shall have /
spank you." The little one remained j
deep thought for few moments and the
answered with saucy twinkle in ht
eyes: 800 tant, pa; I's sittin' on it,.
ssSuppose we walk over into the GEM
terry" said friend to his companion
stNo, believe not" "Come on. It's
pleasant place, for the flowers are bloom
ing" "You'll have to excuse me. To-
Bessman is buried over there ssWh.
difference does that make?" ssWell, yo
see, owe little balance and 1 don
care to hang around where he is. N,
superstitious, you know, but Tom was
terrible hand to dun fellow
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

quiet smoke heard the housekeeper
addressing the housemaid : ssMary,
do you run with all your might now
and tell the cook the majors home
again. Yes, | gave him the message.
Surprised? Well, you never know
whether e is or e isn't. Lawd, Mary,
think o tellin' i'm, the major, not to
seek out 'er, which as gone to be
governess !"
can, after 'er packing off Mr..
Reginald, the stuck-up piece" said
Mary, who had a sweetheart of her
own she thought the world Of
The weeks slipped into months,
and the months numbered eighteen
before / saw Josepha again.
She was i'll and wrote me to come
to her. No. 6 Beverly square was
the address, and the neighborhood
was most arlstocratic No. 6 was
an imposing stone house of the mau-
soleum type. In answer to my ring
there appeared an understood foot
man, whose gravity of demeanor car
ried out the funeral idea suggested
| by the house itself. Untold millions
could not have tempted him to smile.
He went off with my card and by
and-bye Josepha-or her ghost
trailed down the stairs. To give you
an idea how weak she was, let me
tell you that there were two tears in
her eyes when l took her hands.
Josepha, and Josepha reduced to
womanly tears. 1t was difficult to
reconcile the two.
/ saw my chance and took advan-
tage of it. Now, while she was unfit
for work, homesick and needing
change, she must make Deerwood a
visit. Mrs. Harwood knew how to
make my guests comfortable, and
nothing would suit me better.
| listened to no remonstrances,
and when she had consented I put
an end to the last ''but" with a sly
hint that she better improve the pres
ent opportunity to visit her old home,
for the old gentleman who bought it
intended to dispose of it soon.
l bore Josepha away on the 8
o'clock train, much to the disgust of
my lady, who was losing a governess
such as Beverly square should not
soon again see.
The quiet and the change did work
a wonderful change. Josepha in 3
fortnight was almost herself, an6
queened it over me in her own de.
} lightful way.
She began to talk of going back te
London again, and one afternoon
asked for the keys to the place.
1 had my plans to head her off
but this time 1 sent no telegrams.
simply waited until the afternoon SUI
/ was low, and then | followed her.
! found her, as | knew / should
4 before her fathers portrait. He
E. head was thrown back, her face up
S lifted, her hands thrown behind her
= "Josepha," I said, speaking a
p naturally as l could had a mos
: exasperatlng lump in my throat
: ''the wedding for which this hous
!: was designed gift never came of
d The old fellow doesn't know what t
+ do with it, and, in fine, says if yo
k will take it k-and-hlmself int
d the bargain, he'll be no end obliged.
n Her eyes lit up; the loveliest colo
/ came to her cheek. | kissed her, fo
l. l saw might. And when the frs
h stars came out we walked togetht
e through the fields, and our troth ws
;e plighted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
TRADES FOR YOUNG MEN.

The fact that apprentices are be-
coming fewer each year has for some
time been fruitful topic of discus
sion. Some ascribe this state of af-
fairs to the policy of the trades un-
ions and others to the unwillingness
of the rising generation to engage in
any occupation less ''genteel" than
that of a dry goods clerk, or book
keeper, or bank clerk, or vender
of drugs and toilet articles. Parents
are largely responsible fer the increas-
ing lack of interest in the various
trades. They fail to study the char
ac.er of their boys, and, above all,
fail to inculcate in their minds prop
er respect for the dignity of labor.
Some people think they have done
their whole duty when they furnish
their children with the necessary
books and send them to school. In
truth their duty has hardly begun.
In the first place the every day life
of the lad should be thoroughly fa-
miliar to his parents. If he shows
any special aptitude the parent should
be on hand to see that it is developed.
AS it is, the average boy becomes in
a great measure his own master the
moment he enters school. In time
his ideas become inflated and at the
| time when he should be wearing the
apron of an artisan he eschews trades
and becomes little better than mere
looker-on in the world. Unless par
ents assume the responsibility that
rightfully attaches to them, the skill
ed mechanic will be missing one of
these days, and in his place will be
found a foreigner. The bare thought
of such state of affairs should be
sufficient to create decided change
IN the present methods of rearing the
youth of the land.
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0tlraus County @Onitar,
PUBLIsHEDwEEKLYBY
nn GEO. H. BLAKE,
BARTON VT.

TERMS.-TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
Strictly in advance S1.50. Subscribers living out
side of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra for
postage. For convenience in remitting, we VIII
give credit for year and four months for $780, TO
subscribers in the county, and one year and three
for s2.OO TO subscribers without the county, when
ent strictly ddvance.
Rates of Advertising made known on apphca-
tion. Ali cuts must have metal body.
Remit by p o. Money Order Registered Let'eT' OF
Draft Watch the label on your paper ana no"ce
ghen your subscription expires and see that yoT pay
uents are kept in Advance. When money IS sent US
zoe shall give you the credit on the label at once ne
label is not adranced ion ttUo aoeeks, notify us b
postal card. fEte
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HOME TOPICS.

The thinest veil or silk handkerchief
thrown over the face while riding or
walking against a cold wind is are
markahly comfortable protection.
Never sit or stand with the wind
blowing on you for single moment,
for it speedily produces chill, to be
followed with fever and then bad
cold.
Exercise to the extent of great fa-
tigue does more harm than good.
A hearty meal taken while excess
lively fatigued has often destroyed
life.
Chilliness of body dampens the
spirits, sours the temper and renders
the whole man unlovely.
Cleanliness in all the surroundings
of family mansion pays richly in
many ways, In good health, moral
elevation, personal comfort, and dol
lars and cents besides.
Life is warmth, growth, repair, and
power to labor, and all these are de-
rived from the flood we eat and the
fluids we drink, and these should do
good.
At every period of life at all sea-
sons of the year, and from the trop-
les to the poles, in every cline and
country, the temperature of the hu-
man body in health is the same to a
degree, that is, ninety-eight of Fab
renheit, hence we should eat in win
ter mainly of warming foods, such as
meats, fats, oils, sugar and all the
grains, farinas and starches in sum-
mer, the fruits and berries and mel
ons and vegetables of the field, the
garden and the orchard, which cool
and open and ventilate the system.
Nine-tenths of the inmates of in
sane asylums who recover are those
who are sent within year after the
first manifestation of their infrmity
The best anodyne in all nature is
moderate, steady and continuous ex,
ercise in the open air.
The worst cold may be promptly
cured if, within twenty-four hours af
ter it has been taken, the patient will
keep warm in bed and eat little Of
nothing for day or two.
In going out into colder air keeE
the mouth resolutely closed, and wall
briskly for a few minutes. thus pre-
venting chilliness, which is Away
| the precursor of a cold.
The portion of the body whicl
most requires protection against coli
} and wind is that between the shoul
! der-blades behind as it is at thi
point the lungs are attached to tn
, body, and the blood is easily chilled
To spend two OF three moments, o
n rising and retiring, in rapid friction
of the whole surface of the bod
!, with the hand is more rational treat
7 ment of the skin and a mole healt
: promoting operation for most person
;. than a cold water bath.
S A good cleansing of the entire bod
IT with soap and warm water once
: week is all the bathing the huma
e system requires for purposes {
t. health in ordinary circumstances
o Halls Journal of Health.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

Can't Say Enough-"I cannot speak too highly
of Bnrdock Blood Bitters.; they have been great
blessing to me- Cured me of biliousnes and dys-
pepsia from which had suffered for years" Mr..
j. Marsh, Bank of Toronto, Ont.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07
THE USELESSNESS OF PRO
FAMILY.

"Suppose you are given to hab
it of profanity" said Prof. Swing
''you enter into conversation with a
man who never swears in other
words a gentleman. By and by you
begin to perceive that he is the supe-
rIor man. Your remarks have tame,
fat, feeble sound to your own ears.
Your cheeks begin to burn with a
sense of your friends excellence.
Your pert little oaths sound rough
and coarse and vulgar, as they are.
They begin to drop out of your SEN
tences, ashamed to remain in the
company of good, honest English
words, until, as you discover that
you are carrying on your part of the
conversation without swearing you
feel easier, and your intellectual stat
ue is increased by foot. Just OBJ
serve this, my boy, and see if l am
not right.
But you will rip out some time
oh, yes, in some way you will.
know some good men-some of the
best in the worldwide will 'confound
it, and in New England even dea-
con has been known, under terrible
strain, to condemn it, But as rule,
my son, don't do it. 1t isn't an evi-
dence of smartness OF worldly wis
dom. Any fool can swear. And q
great many fools do. |, my son
All, if [ could only gather up all the
useless, uncalled for, ineffective
swears l dropped along the pathway
of my life l know / would remove
stumbling-blocks from many inexpe
rienced feet, and my own heart would
be lighter by ton than it is to-day
But if you are going to be a fool jus
because other men have been, oh
my son, my son, what an awful, wha
colossal, what a hopeless fool yor
| will be-"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

If / could choose what of all things
would be at the same time the most
delightful and useful to me, l should
prefer firm religious belief to every
other blessings for this makes life a
discipline of goodness; creates new
hopes when all earthly ones vanish;
throws over the decay OF existence
the most gorgeous of all lights ava
kens life even in death makes even
torture and shame the ladder of as
cent to Paradise and far above all
combinations of earthly hopes, calls
up the most delightful visions of the
future, the security of everlasting
joys, where the sensualist and the
skeptic view only gloom, decay, an
Inhalation and despair. ii. Dscy-
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The Worn Doorstep.

The naples are bleaching with crimson;
The elms, arched high overhead,
Are showing their first downy blossoms
In the glow of the calm evenings red:
The robin pipes clear from the meadow,
As he calls to his mate ON the hill;
And the song of the bluebird is sweeter
When all else around me is still.
just here is the tottering gate-post;
The rusty hinged gate is ajar;
The family traced pathway is shorter
Than it seemed to my feet in the far,
Long vanished days when trod it,
The days of my free happy youth,
When life's path looked shining and endless,
And fiction was brighter than truth.
And here is the worn slab of sandstone
Coarse grained, hewn long years ago.
Once followed by feet that now wander
On plains beyond evenings bright glow;
Alas there is no joyful welcome
No Threshold no wde-opened door;
But grass-grown and mouldering ruins
A shelter for home-love no more.
The red-breast's sweet note sounds no longer,
He has flown to his mate on the hill;
The blue birds soft twtter is silent
The grass drinks the dew to its fill;
In the cleaning bright spirits are near me,
They whisper of comfort alone;
On the pathway their footsteps fall noiseless-
Now, care free, they wear not the stone.
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WISE WORDS.

There is always a spot in our sun
shine; it is the shadow of ourselves.
Nothing present is so barren but
that there are fertile fields beyond.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and propriety to fashion in all things.
OF all things that man possesses,
woman alone takes pleasure in being
possessed.
There are no persons more solicl-
tous about the preservation of rank
than those who have no rank at all.
To look forward proftably we must
look back. Experience of the past
is the best light for the future.
Silence never shows itself to so
great an advantage as when it is
made to reply to calumny and defa-
nation.
If we did but know how little some
enjoy the things they possess, there
would not be much envy in the world.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-07

~HARLES GRAVES, Agent for Connecticr
" General Life Insurance Co., Barton, VT.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ID ARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
IOUours from 9, a. M, TO u, III. From to 4, p.
m. HIRAM MCCLELLAN, Pres't, III. X. DEWEY,
Cashier.