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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
CALEDONIA COUNTY

tween Hardwick and Walden was
burned during Monday night, caus
ing loss of 5000, which is covered
by insurance.
| At the Caledonia fair Sept. 16tl
there will probably be exhibited tn,
finest show of blooded cattle eve
seen together in Vermont; also th,
heaviest yoke of oxen ever exhibited
in this county.
There are SO telephone subscriber
in St. Johnsbury, at Lyndonvill'
and IL at Lyndon. There are tol
stations at St. Johnsbury Center
East St. Joh.nsbury, Passumpsic
Danville, West DanviIle, North Con
cord, West Concord, Wheelock, Shelf
field. East Burke, Miles Pond, Victo
ry and CRANKY. Glover, Bartol
Landing, Barton, Irasburgh, Coven
try and Newport will be c,3nnecte,
in September. There is also connec
ton with Montpelier, Burlington an,
st. Adams.
St. Johnsbu1-y.
On Monday morning last Mis-
Cynthia Lamb, half sister of Mrs
Henry Fairbanks, went into the base
ment of the house to build fire 70
washing. In few minutes a screar
was heard, and as the hired girl ra
into the basement, she found Mrs
Lamb enveloped in the flames Of be
burning clothes. The girl ,caugh
some clothes from the washtulo an
succeeded in extinguishing the flames
but not until the woman was fatall
burned. She lived in great agony til
| four o'clock that afternoon when sh
died.
East HaI.dwick.
c. G. Montgomery's COW was kill
ed by the train the 18th.
Barnet.
John Aiken lost 800 cords of cor.
wood last week by fire which caugh
from smoking.
The church has called Rev -Josepl
Boardman of Seabrook, N. H.. t
become their acting pastor
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

NOTICE.-The MONITOR sDiI
sent to any address from this time
lota January L, 1885, for fifty cents.
He desire to put 1t into as many
.tnds as possible during the cam
kign. Regular price, $3.50 q gear
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts will be held on the first Tuesday
eh month at the Probate Office, Irasburgh; on the
III Wednesday of each month at my office Barton
hiding on the last Friday OF each month at
butts office Newport. o. H. AUSTIN, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

Notice is hereby given that an application will be
made at the next session of the Legislature of Yer
mont, to change the shire of Orleans County from
its present location in Irasburgh point with
in said County, on the line the Connecticut and
Passumpsic River Railroad.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
Speeial gntiees.

FITS. All Fits stopped free by DIR. Hines
IL Ill sGreat Nerve Restorer. No Fits after
first days Marvellous cures. Treatise and
$500 trial bottle free to Fit Send to Dr.
Kline, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Found! At well known druggists, porous
plaster, that not only relieves, but Cures. 1t is
Kean's Kidney and Back Plaster. The best porous
plaster ever known.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
How Many Murdercrs Escape.

1t appears that from 1860 to 1882 q
hundred and seventy persons were tried
in Massachusetts for murder in the first
degree. OF this number only twenty
nine were convicted and only sixteen
paid the extreme penalty of the law. Of
those convicted one committed suicide
and twelve got their sentences commut-
ed. Here, then, during period of little
more than twenty years were hundred
and seventy murders in one State and
only sixteen executions.
In Connecticut during period of
thirty years, from 1850 to 1880, ninety
seven persons were tried for murder in
the first degree. Of these only thirteen
were convicted of that crime and not
more than seven were hanged.
The statistics for other States would
doubtless show similar results. In New
York city there were hundred and
eighty.fve homicides during the four
years ending with 1877. There was an
average of nearly one homicide a week.
During the same period there were four
executions, or just one year. The
number of persons tried for murder in
the first degree in the city is shout
twenty-five every year, the number
hanged does not exceed on the average
one or two year.
These figures are full or significance.
They show that either through the fault
of the law itself or its administration by
juries the statute imposing the death
penalty for murder is in the vast MAORI
ty of cases dead letter. They further
show that while murder isl common
crime the murderer in great many IN.
stances succeeds in escaping punishment
entirely.-M. Y. Herald.
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and ran like an electric shock to my
brain. That was but momentary, but it
was terrible. When the Indian tore my
scalp from my head it seemed as if it
must have been connected with cords to
every part of my body. The pain that
followed the cutting around the scalp
had been frightful, but it was ecstacy
compared with the torture that followed
the tearing of it from my head. Streaks
of pain shot in every nerve. My knees
were drawn up almost to my chin, and
my fingers closed convulsively together
in the snow, and that was all ! remem-
bered. When I came to / was ir tent.
The cavalry had come up in the mean
time, and the Indians were routed.
Only few escaped, but Black Kettle
was among them. A comrade told me
that he had shot and killed the Indian
who scalpcl me, but the scalp was not
recovered at any rate. I, with the rest
of the wounded, was sent to the nearest
agency, and I lay helpless and suffering
untold misery for weeks, and when l re-
covered concluded that had seen
enough of Indian fighting, and asked for
my discharge. The nature of my wounds
were such that received my discharge
at once. General Custer jocul arly re-
marked to me afterward that I made =
mistake in leaving the service. Think"
said he, chow surprised and disgusted
some red devil of an Indian might be if
you should stay with US aud happen to
fall in his hands when he went to raise
your hair to find that some one has been
there before him."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
Weather Troubles.

We must remember that this is large
country, and that our troubles from bad
weather are really almost always com.
paratively local. With our railroads
uniting all parts of the country, bringing
the farmers of the extremes as near each
other as residents of q county used to be,
there is far less cause for melancholy
foreboding than in the days of our grand.
fathers, when single snow storm or cold
snap might cut off all traffic and commu-
nication between comparatively near
neighbors for whole weeks at time.
Now, if the hay crop is short, or our corn
is frozen, we can fad plenty of either
waiting for market almost at our very
doors. To the farmer who lives from
"hand to mouth" who uses up each year
what each year produces, short crop
means degree of want, possibly hunger
and cold, but this is not the character of
the farmers generally. We believe that
there is no considerable class of working
people in the community who from year
to year suffer less from actual want than
the farmers. Their very occupation
teaches them to look ahead and provide
for the future. Tradesmen and manu-
facturers have their poor years, and far
mers must not expect to be exempt. AS
one extreme is expected to follow another
We may hope for an exceptionally pro,
ductiye season next year.-Neao England
Farmer.
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FOnr Blind Brothers.

The four blind musical brothers Of
Uniontown reads more like the caption
to tale in the arabian Nights" than a
simple statement of facts. A family of
this singular description have, however,
been living in suburb of Washington.
Uniontown is little settlement that has
grown up across the East branch of the
Potomac, within easy reach of the navy
yard. 1t is sleepy, tumble down vii
lage, whose chief claim to aristocracy is
the nomenclature of the streets, which
bear the name of every President to
Buchanan. It's chief citizen is, perhaps,
Frederick Douglass, who owns fine
country place near the rivers bank.
Some years ago family moved into
this village from Baltimore of the COM
mon name of Smith, but of q very extra
ordinary family make up. There were
or had been twelve or fifteen children,
every one of whom, in regular process
sion, had been born blind Of this nu-
merous and singular progeny all who
were born with sight died but one, girl,
and at present only FIVE children are left,
this girl and four blind brothers, named
James, Ignatius, George and Alfred.
They are all smart and happy, all are
masters of some trade, and all are musi-
cal.
When in q frolicsome mood each in
turn will play on the family fiddle while
the Others dance. Que of the brothers
is quite an accomplished musician, and
supports himself by giving lessons on the
piano. The others play merely for re-
creation. Two are broom makers by
trade, and make broom which is
famous through the neighborhood for its
excellence. The remaining brother is a
cabinet maker, with special knack at
coffins:
The oldest of the brothers has high
reputation in Uniontown. Not only does
he make the best broom in all the region
and make the violin sing, but he is en-.
dowed with wonderfully acute sense of
touch. It is said, for instance, that he
can tell FIVE from ten dollar bill by
feeling the two notes.
One of the two brothers is married aud
has large family. The sister is the wife
of an elderly carpenter. They all live
together with their widowed mother aud
seem to be an afectionate and happy
household. Recently they have moved
rom the settlement some five miles into
the country, but they frequent the village
still to sell their brooms or provide cof-
fn.- Washington Special.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
JEWELS OF THE LOST CAUSE.
The Hidden Treasure Box Of tho Confed
eracy Accidentally Found in Georgia.

ATLANTA, GA, December 29.-Wilkea
County, this State, is il great excitement
over the discovery of large quantity OF
Confederate treasure, about which so
much has been said and written. During
storm this week small oak tree was
blown down nine miles from Washington.
John Frank, while riding by, saw some
thing shining, and examined the roots
of the tree. He found almost peck of
gold, and large quantity of jewels and
precious stones. Among the latter were
diamonds; rubies and pearls and many
pieces of exquisite workmanship, the
value of which has been placed by sever
al connoisseurs at $4,000.
The belief expressed by all who have
seen the treasure is that it is part of that
lost by the Confederate Cabinet during
its flight through this section. The road
upon which the treasure was found is the
same over which the Confederates re-
treated. It is supposed that the person
who secured this part of the treasure,
being unable to carry it off in safety, hid
it and either died natural death or was
killed soon after, and consequently tho
treasure was never unearthed.
The. great quantity of jewelry and
precious stones suggest that they must be
the contents of the mysterious iewelry
box intrusted to Mrs. Moss, and taken
from her shortly atterward by stranger
while. retreating through the country.
President Davis and his Cabinet, together
with other distinguished Confederates,
stopped at the residence of Mrs. Moss, an
aged widow, where it is believed the last
counsel of the Confederacy was held.
When the meeting was about over,
General John O. Breckenridge called in
Mrs. Moss, and, handing her box Of
quaint device, told her it was Of great
value, containing rare jewelry which had
been pawned by ladies of the Confederacy
for the benefit of the cause, and desired
her to ecrete it until some one with
proper authority should come to claim
it.
When the party resumed its retreat
Mrs. Moss examined the contents OF the
box, and was dazzled by the brilliance
which met her gaze. For several weeks
she kept her trust profound secret, and
garded it from hundreds of men who were
searching the country for remnants of
the robbed treasure train. One night
horseman rode up to her residence.
Alighting, be called Mrs Moss aside, and,
in whispered words, told her he was the
accredited agent of the persons who had
left the jewelry box in her possession,
and that he had been instructed to call
for it. Completely deceived by the
mans assurance and appearance of hon.
esty, she placed the box in his hands, to
see him disappear in the darkness, and to
realize the next day that she had been
cruelty imposed upon. She died month
later. The fact that the jewels just found
correspond so we'll with the contents of
the mysterious box, lends color to the
supposition that they are the same.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
Beast Tanning.

Falmali, the celebrated tanner of wild
beasts, declares that there is no empiri-
cal receipt for beast-taming, and that the
great secret is, fear nothing. No doubt,
it is to a great extent matter of nervous
organization; but the animals are prob
ably also subdued by deprivation of
sleep, no food, and by the administration
of lowering drugs. And herein, in our
opinion, constitutes the difference be.
tween the sportsman who boldly seeks
his carnivorous opponent in its native
haunts, and him who seeks to further
subiugate an already half-broken-in ami
NAL. It seems that the hyepa is the
least intelligent and most irreclaimable
of all the carnivora; the leopard, the
most affectionate and tractable; while
the Cape lion is in this respect superior
to his congenor of the Sahara and Sene-
gal. individuals of the same species,
however, show great differences in dispo.
sition. The lion is most easily tanned
between three and four years old, while
his character is, so to speak, in process of
development. The young lion retains
his infantine sportiveness, enjoying
game or roll on the floor up to six years
old, but after that age becomes serious
and saturine.
Care as to ventilation and cleanliness
is much required for the health of the
animals, which are more liable to suffer
from heat than from cold. The lion re.
fuses mutton, goats flesh, cat and dog,
prefers veal and beef, but will accept
fowl, rabbit and horse. The tiger, wolf
and hyena are less fastidious, and the
latter prefers its meat "high;" black
bears eat bread, meat and fruit, and can
fast for week without inconvenience.
All the great carnivora have passion
for milk.
Though the wild animals will breed
pretty freely in captivity, Falmali's e1.
perience was that the young are never
vigorous or healthy and of eighty lion
whelps born in his menagerie, We are
surprised to learn that one survived its
third or fourth year. In most of the
feline tribe, the maternal instinct requires
to be assisted by curious precaution-
the total exclusion of light from the
mother and cubs during the first nine or
ten days of their existence; otherwise
these fierce matrons would reverse the
order of nature, by devouring instead of
nourishing their young.
According to the authority quoted, an
adult tiger is the most expensive of the
carnivora, costing six thousand francs,
but as much or more may be given for 9
chimpanzee. The lion costs an equal
sum; but the lioness may be had from
twelve hundred to fifteen hundred francs.
The price Of jaguars varies from one to
two thousand francs; that of Java pan
theirs, from two thousand to three thou
sand and of lynxes, from six to eight
hundred; while leopards are sold for
twelve hundred francs per pair. Wolves
may be had at much cheaper rate; and
hyenas from sixty to one hondred francs
but in Africa the latter may be purchased
as low as franc.-Cham6er', Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
Advice to a Young Man.

You will perceive, my boy, that every
time man undertakes to manufacture a
little Bible on his own account, he makes
a notifying failure of it. He is caught
at it, and in one-tenth of the time it took
him to conceive his fraud, in as many
hours as it took him months to prepare
it, he is exposed, and his handmade
addition to the Bible is swept away in
the other rubbish of other counterfeit
ers. You see, my son, the Bible dosen't
need any Of these nineteenth
century proofs of its truth; it leeds
the word of no man to establish its gen.
uineness it has stood by itself, IAN
anvil that has worn out many hammers, i"
through century, after century, unchnng-
ed and Interchangeable. Every time a
man manufactures new verse or new
chapter we know it is not genuine,
we detect the counterfeit. The Bible
has no need of the supporting prop of q
fraudulent ark or q leather Deuteronomy.
There was complete Bible centuries
before Shapiro happened, and there will
be the same Bible ages after Shapiro and
MS puteus OtIleIOuOuJ uof0 1o6otooi
crumbled into indistinguishable dust.
The Bible doesn't need our help, our
testimony, our Endorsement. And if
there had never been discovered in all
the world bit of parchment, piece Of
broken pottery or scratched stone, the
Bible would be just as strong as it is to.
day, and men would believe just as firmly
and trustfully in its truth. Don't you
worry, my, boy, because Shapira's ancient
manuscript was written with London ink,
and don't fret because the ark in the g Ia
cier turns out to be put together with
Pittsburgh nails. That all the frauds on
the Bible and its history are so quickly
and easily detected should only convince Z:
you how impossible it is to counterfeit
the work of God. Wait until some man
fools us with an artificial moon; and
until some philosopher stores away the
sunlight in parlor lamps, before you be-
lieye that man can successfully initiate
what man never made.-Burslctte.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-10
LOSING A PRISONER.
How the Guard Escaped csnsure.

Thomas B. Love, of Hill County, Tex.
was Confederate Soldier under Brig.
Gen. Lyons, and while the command
was on the march in Western Kentucky
in the Winter of 1865, Federal, who
turned out to be a notorious spy and
bushwhacker, was captured. After the
command went into camp for the night
the prisoner was sentenced to die ne1t
morning. Love came on guard at
o'clock, and the rest of the story is given
in his own words:
BY this time all were sound asleep, IS
the men were thoroughly worn out. The
prisoner and I sat on opposite sides Of
the fire. An hour passed and not a word
was spoken between US. He seemed all
the while thinking of the morrow, know
ing full we'll that if be ever saw the sun
rise prisoner it would be his last day
on earth. I was only II years old and q
little reckless, but strict to obey orders.
had no pity for him, and perhaps be
realized this and was silent. The pris.
oner sat beside 8 post or stump, some.
times leaning against it, and the distance
between US was not over eight feet.
About 9 o'clock q comrade, who had
been out foraging, returned and emptied
bag of apples just behind me. /
turned partly around to pick up ono
and as I turned back did not look d.
rectly at the prisoner, for I WAS certain
he was all right, having heard no sound
to arouse my suspicious to the contrary.
.ls my eide was to him when I picked
up the apples, he must have stolen away
as noiselessly ~ a shadow, az soon as he
caught my eyes off of him. I can now
imagine that he went on 2:4O gait. |
went on eating my apples, certain that
the post he was sitting by Was the pris'
oner himself and all right.
suppose fifteen minutes had passed
whilst eating apples. About this time
our captain had occasion to get up. He
noticed that the prisoner was not there
and asked me where he was. almost
jumped out of my boots-mute with as.
tonishment- when 1 realized what had
happened, and my tongue almost became
psralyzed. The captain motioned me to
be still. / finally asked him what on
earth I would do, knowing full we'll what
a stern general we had when duty called
for it, notwithstanding he carried . great
big heart and none of us but would have
died for him in moment. The captain
was satisfied that had not purposely let
the prisoner escape, so he told me to take
out pair of my pistols and go up 3
creek that run through the lot and away
from the house, and FIRE as fast as I
could, yelling halt haiti haiti You
may believe I obeyed orders promptly
that time. The prisoner had been gone,
I suppose, at least twenty minutes. The
firing raised Old Harry all were up and
in arms in an instant, thinking the Fed
erals were in camp. The general came
out half dressed, and when [ came back
he asked me if I thought / hit him. !!
told him was almost sure had filled
him with pistol shots, and while he looked
a bit doubtful I escaped censure.
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said "We'must take them," at the same
time drawing, .for the first time that day,
his Colts navy pistol. | said: "Stay
there, I'll take them" By this time we
were in twenty yards of the two behind
the tree and getting closer every moment
I shouted "If you fire, you'll be swept
to hell Our men are here-surrender"
When Gen. Hill was at my side calling
Surrender" now within, yards of the
men covering us with their muskets (the
upper one the general, ,..the lower one my.
self, J the lower soldier let the stock of
his gun down from his sholder, but recov-
cred quickly rs his comrade spoke to him
(I'only,saw his. lips move and both fired.
Throwing out my right hand (he was on
that side) toward the General, l caug ght
the bride of his horse, and wheeling.sto
the left, turned in the saddle and saw my
General on the ground, with ibis limbs
extended motionless.
REPORTING TO GEN..LEE.
Instantly retracing the ground, leading
his horse, which gave me no trouble, !
entered the woods again where we had
left them, and realizing the Importance,
and of all things most desirous of obey
ing my Generals last order, "to report to
Gen. Lee" I changed to his horse, q very
superior one and quite fresh, and letting
mine free kept on as fast as the nature Of
the ground would permit. But after
sighting and avoiding several parties of
Federal stragglers and skirmishers, I felt
that it would be best to take to the open
country and run for it. After some dis
tance Of this I made for the Malone di-
vision log hut winter quarters, which
were still full of the enemy, upon the
principle of greater safety in running
through its narrow streets than taking
their leisurely fire in the open. Emerg-
ing thence down hill 10 the branch, along
the north side of which Gen. Hill had
30 shortly ridden in his most earnest en-
deaver to reach our separated and shat
tered right, and in q straight line for Gen.
Lees headquarters, came in sight of
mounted party of our own people, who.
when the branch was crossed and the hill
risen, proved to be Lieut.. Gen. Long
street and staff, just arrived from north
of the Appomattox. Meanwhile, meet
ing Coils. Palmer and Wingate and 9th:
ers of Gen. Hills staff andlcouriers, and
halting moment to answer the kindly
expressed inquiries of Gen. Longstreet,
we rode on and found Gen. Lee mounted
at the Cox road in front of army head.
quarters. I reported to him Gen. Hill's
last order to me. Gen. Lee then asked
for details, receiving which and express
ing his sorrow, he directed me to accom-
pany Col. Palmer to Mrs. Hill. Gen.
Lee said: "Colonel, break the news to
her as gently as possible"