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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
Eight miles of Frogs.

t717I1 Vossc1 zIEus
Tom Barry yesterday morning took
ride to Almaden, and when Just past
the Sycamore Grove Exchange he saw
something that made his eyes open In
wonderment, and for long time
could not credit his senses, for the
road was perfectly lined with frogs.
averaging the size of large cherry.
He supposed that they would last only
for little way. but for eight miles he
saw nothing but frogs, and to make
sure that he was not dreaming, got
out of his wagon, caught awhole box
fun and brought them to town to
prove the credibility of his story. He
says that there were millions upon
millions of them, and where they al
came from no one can tell.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
Assignment of Pittsburg Deal
erS in Live Stock.

PITTsBURG,PA August 8.-HoImes,
Lofferty & Co., the Oldest and one
of the largest firms dealing in live
stock in this city, made an individual
and firm assignment, to-day, to [. W.
Brainard and Julius Voetter, for the
benefit of creditors. Liabilities about
100000, with assets sufficient to pay
dollar for dollar.
The failure was caused by compli-
cations growing out of the Penn
bank suspension. The firm were
heavy depositors in that defunct lnsti-
tuition, and also had notes out aggre-
eating $4,000, which assignee War
ner, of the Penn bank, had notified
them not to pay until it was decided
by court who were the proper parties
to receive the money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
Gone to Meet His Wife.


New YORK, August Slogan left
for West Point, to-day, to meet his
wife.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
CHICAGO.
DISSATISFACTION AMONG LIVE
STOCK DEALERS-ACTION OF THE
EYNH ANGE

DISSATISFACTION AMONG LIVE
STOCK DEALERs-ACTION OF THE
EXCHANGE.
CHICAGO, August 8.-There has
been much dissatisfaction among the
commission dealers at the stock yards
for long time over the operator
shrinkage system in the sale of hogs
Under it packers could contract for
drove of hogs, and then send in man
who would arbitrarily decide that so
many were what is known as piggy
sows" and "stags," from whose aggre-
gate about forty pounds each was
shrunk or ''docked," and there was no
appeal and the loss was charged
to the farmer. A short time ago
the live stock exchange passed a
rule that hogs should be sold on their
merits, and that these throw outs"
must be selected in advance of sales,
and taken out of the herd to be sold
separately on their merits; also entire
ly doing away with shrinkage, in or
der to give time for negotiations with
packers who had not then put the rule
into force. AS no agreement was
reached the commission men, this af-
ternoon, resolved to put the rule in
force, beginning tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14

The Big Chief Smiles from Ear to Ear
From the New York Star, John Kelly's Organ-
There is still democratic party il
this country and at least one demo
cratic candidate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14

,, The best smoking tobacco is Little
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
EXPEDITION TO KHARToUM.

LONDON, August 9.-The govern
ment has decided to limit the Soudan
relief expedition, by way of the Nile,
to Khartoum, to $500 men, including
a party of English and a party Of
Egyptians and seven r. ri river n boats the
-mand of. Gen. Stephenson. On reach
ing Dongola paid contingents from
the tribes of Western Soudan, will
join the expedition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
CHINA.

CAIRO, August 8.-The Nile
risen six feet in three days.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

New actions are the only apologies
and explanations of old ones which
the noble can bear to offer or to re-
ceive.
Public discussions are an intellect
ual stamping mill, where the worth
less quartz is crushed and the pure
gold set free.
Be not penny-wise; riches soEe-
times fly away of themselves some
times they must be sent flying to
bring in more.
There is no policy like politeness
and good manner is the best thing
in the world, either to get good
name or supply the want of it.
We ought not to look back unless
it is to derive useful lessons from
past errors and for the purpose of
profting by dear-bought experience.
Religion can no more be learnt out
of books than seamanship, or soldier
ship, or engineering, or any practl-
cal trade whatsoever.
So quickly sometimes has the
wheel turned round that many man
has lived to enjoy the benefit of that
charity which his own piety projected.
Employment, which can be called
''Nature's physician" is so essential
to human happiness that Incidence is
Justly considered the mother to mis-
cry.
Religion gives part of its own re-
ward in hand, the present comfort of
having done our duty; and for the
rest, it offers the best security that
heaven can give.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

When dentists have convention they
ought to pull together.
A man in Milwaukee has written a
poultry book of twelve hundred pages-a
regular hencyclopedia, as it were.
Kansas City boasts of having woman
who can speak eight languages. 1t is
needless to remark that she's widow.
A paper has this advertisement: ''Two
sisters want washing" We fear thous-
ands of brothers are in the same predica-
ment.
''The oldest inhabitant is usually a
man." says an exchange. But it needn't
be so, if women would only stand up to
their ages.
''But," said the serenaded man, 81
must go out and make speech. Some
thing must be done to stop the playing of
that band.'
1t is said that the song, "I'm weary to-
night, love, without thee" was composed
by man whose wife had left him to take
care of the children while she went to the
theatre with one of the neighbors.
''Did you give Johnny the medicine,
Mrs. Brown?" asked the doctor. "Oh
yes, DOCTOR" replied the loving mother;
and then she added, innocently: Sand it
don't seem to have done him the least
HARM"
We would not strike a woman under
any circumstances, but we must acknowl-
edge that when we see a girl wearing one
of those horrible garments known as
"Mother Hubbards" we feel inclined to
give her belt.
A would-be wit once said, speaking of
the fair sex: stAh! it's woman's mission
to make fools of men," 'And how vexed
we are, )" said bright-eyed feminine pres
ent, 'to find that nature has so often
forestalled us!
"Ain't you ashamed to set such an ex-
ample to your chlldren?" said scolding
wife to her partially intoxicated lord.
''No, I aint,' was the defiant answer
''The children have no excuse for imitat-
ing me. They amt married"
''Just to think" said Vassar gradu-
ate, "here's an account of train being
thrown from the track by misplaced
switch. How utterly careless some wom-
en- are about leaving their hair around
And she went on reading and eating car
amels.
A little girl meeting a countryman with
load of slaughtered swine, dropped a
courtesy. The rustic laughted, without
returning the civillty. "What!" said he,
do you courtesy to dead hogs?" 'sNo,
sir;" promptly responded the little miss,
1 courtesied to the liue one
A tramp stopped at house on Main
street the other day and asked for some
thing to eat. (Which do you like best?'
asked the hired girl-'ssteak or chop?''
The tramp meditated minute and then
replied, "Chop." 'Step right this way"
said the hired girl; "here's the axe and
there's the woodpile."
A physician undertook to explain to his
little daughter the difference between the
two schools of medicine, and informed
her that the difference consisted in this
that homeopathy" meant small quanti-
ties, and ssallopathy' meant large quanti-
ties. His daughter, catching the idea,
promptly exclaimed: ''Then know what
old Mrs. Barker meant when she said Sis
ter Mary was out of proportion She's
got homeopathic nose and allopathic
feet"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
USEFUL 10 KNOW.

One of the best remedies for sun
burn is cream mixed with vinegar.
The cream is first rubbed on the skin,
the vinegar is applied and then comes
another coating of cream. These are
left on over night, and in the morn
ing with little warm water. the face
will regain its tint. If this cosmetic
is applied often it will make the skin
soft and whittier.
To cool and harden the soles of
the feet rub every evening with arnl-
ca and water. This also hardens the
tips of the fingers for either, guitar,
harp or violin playing.
The teeth should be well cleaned
just before retiring if at no other
time. If this is not done regularly
particles of food will lodge in them
and thus cause them to decay, and
the breath will not be sweet. The
tongue should be washed both MORN
ing and evening with a little soft
sponge and CASTLE soap. Those who
have not tried washing the tongue
should do so; it gives a sweet, clean
feeling to the n outh that washing the
teeth does not.
Finger-nails should not be cut into
decided ovals or the sides of the nails
will grow into the flesh. It is best
to cut them straight and slightly
rounded at the edge.
A person who has weak eyes that
cross now and then should close
them for few moments every time
they begin to be painful. Such a
simple remedy will work wonders in
a short time, and is worthy of trying.
Eyes that are infamed from over
use should be bathed in water MORN
ing and night. Rain water is best,
and it should be warm or cold which
ever is most agreeable.
An ice cold cloth laid on the back
of the neck is oftentimes a relief for
severe pain in the head.
A pain in the small of the back Is
sometimes cured by swinging the
arms and folding them behind.
Rose leaves dried and STEPPED in
water make cool and pleasant wash
for the face and eyes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
YOU AND I.

There is one little word which is
sadly overworked in most families
and communities. 1t consists of only
one letter. It is the pronoun /. We
hear it constantly: 81 was the one
who thought of that; nobody else
would ever have thought of it." 81
have walked so many, many miles,
and was the first one to reach the
top of the hill, etc. And SO it goes
on all day until one really feels sorry
for poor little l, and quite sure he is
sadly in want of rest; and if he does
not need 1t, other people are tired of
hearing about him. We once heard
of man who was so in love with
himself, that whenever he said, 81
did SO and So" he took off his hat
and made low bow; sometimes he
went SO far as to speak of s'his maj
esty myself" And there was anoth-
er man who wrote book, and in 1t
he talked so much about himself and
what he had done, that the printer
said he could not print it, for he had
not so many of the letter | in his
cases of type. But there is another
small word which may be used con-
stantly without danger. This word
is you. and can be used very often
to attract attention to what others
have DONE. For instance: "You have
been very kind; you have thought
of everybody; you look tired" This
is on the same principle: ssLook not
every man on his own things, but on
the things of Others
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by East India mission
airy the formula of simple vegetable remedy
for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung
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 cases, has felt it his duty make it known
to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and desire relieve human suffering. Twill send
free of charge, all who desire it, this recipe in
German, French English, with full directions for
preparing anil using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp. naming this paper: w. A. NoYEs, 149
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
Poor Tired Mother.

They were talking of the glory of the land beyond
the skies,
Of the light and of the gadness to be found in par
adise,
Of the flowers ever blooming, of the never-ceasing
songs,
Of the wand'rin through the golden streets of
happy white -robed throngs;
And said father, leaning cozily back in his easy
chair
Father always was master hand for comfort every.
where)
ssWhat joyful thing 'twoud be to know that when
this life is DER
One would straightway hear welcome from the
blessed shining shore!"
And Isabel, our eldest GIRL glanced upward from
the reed
She painting on water jug, and murmured,
''Yes, indeed"
And Marian, the next in age, a moment droppedher
book,
And eyes, ndeed!" repeated, with most ecstatic
look.
But mother, gray haired mother, who had come to
sweep the room,
With patient smile on her thin face, leaned lightly
Poor mother no one ever thought how much she
had to do
And said, ST hope it is not wrong not to agree with
You,
But seems to me that when I die, before join the
blest,
I'd like just for little while to lie in my grave and
rest"
-Maryaret Es tinge in Harper's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01


wise and is in strait. The young
man who arrives in city without any
friends, registers at the best hotel,
and has his mail from home address,
ed there, taking his board out of his
prospects forgetting work, will be
very likely to get his name into the
papers as hotel beat, and be obliged
to have his letters addressed to the
Jail. The young man who starts out
In life with the idea that in few
years he will own the whole earth and
few acres of the next field, may
have to come round at the last min
ute and beg for so much as seat on
the fence. ''Make haste slowly" is
a wise proverb its wisdom is proved
by the best of experience. Rome
was not built in a day, nor even a
great many other towns of lesser inn
portance in history. The only thing
that ever was built in a day is q
young mans air-castle, and we all
know of its durability.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

A RULE OF AcTIoN.-If every one
would accept as rule of action, nev-
er to grleve over what they cannot
help, they would be much better off.
In the presence of death it is alto
gether useless for us to say
that we do not wish to die. We
might just as well say, and had bet
ter say: I must die and I will make
the best of it. All of Gods laws are
as immutable as the one that says he
must die. We cannot change them
one lot or title. But there are al
WAYS to be found men who are wear
ing their lives away mourning over
split milk. If we split it ourselves,
so much more reason for finding
fault. This sitting on the fence and
mourning over the dead past, will
never pay one cent. 1t is the most
profitless business imaginable. The
present and the future claim our at
tention. Our hope is centered in the
present moment and the next. The
past is gone the record is made up
and cannot be changed. Hence the
futility of lingering among the tomb
stones.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
IF They Knew.

If the rosebud knew how much fairer
1t is than the falrest rose,
Would it haste to unfold the petals
That never again may close!
If the birding knew how much safer
Is its nest than the world outside,
Would it be so eager to plume its wing,
So restless till they are tried?
If the boy knew how very pleasant
Seems the first feeting years of life,
To the men who, weary and careworn,
Mid the worlds ever-changing strife,
Look back with tender, regretful thoughts,
To a boyhood's home and friends,
Would he chide the years for passing slow,
Or rejoice when each one ends?
Nay! the beauty of things unfinished
Lies not in themselves alone,
But in promise of strength or sweetness,
In the future to be their own;
For the rose must bloom if it ever knows
Gifts short, sweet life the best;
And the bird that once has tried its wings,
Is never content in its nest.
And the boy must grid on his armor,
And claim his place in Life's fray:
He who would at the end be crowned victor
Dare not linger or faint by the way,
But what of the blighted rosebuds,
And the birds that die in the nest,
And the souls to whom this life gives not
Fame-honor-or even-rest?
Failures" we say each of these,
Aye-but yet, if my faith be true,
Out in Gods infinite-somewhere
In the soul-life strange and new,
The hopes that find not fruition here,
The joys that vanish away,
The love that fails to possess its own,
Shall find their crowning day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
AMBITION, sELFISHNESS AND
FALSE PRIDE.

Ambition is a very good thing TO
have if you don't have too much of it.
1t is like quinine-good in small
doses if too much is taken it is apt
to have bad effect upon the head.
Ambition is difficult thing to define ;
cruelty, selfshness and false pride
are its first cousins. Ambition in i'll
balanced natures, makes them cruel /;
the possessor will step to the prize
over the quivering bodies of his COM
petitors-physlcally speaking, in by
gone ages; figuratively, in this nine
teenth century-without qualm of
regret, except that the guerdon is
not greater than it is, and without
compassion for those who have fallen
in the struggles. OF selfishness there
are many kinds; the common, every
day, won't-give-up-my-seat-kind of
SeluSnneSS, anu Tie OJuef klHu-Inc
rendering of small favors in expect
alton of return at usury-this is the
pure, double-distilled, bottled-and-
corked- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. kind. OF
false pride there is only one kind
but that is the meanest kind manu-
factured. False pride will tell young
man to steal rather than to beg; to
lie concerning his prospects rather
than tell his friends he has been un-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
Dutcher's Fly Killer

; .cezds. The cheapest and best exterminator
known-has stood the test for 80 years and comes
ont ahesd.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
@rleuas County @unitor,
PuBLIsHEDwEEKLYBY
GEO. H. BLAKE,
BARTON VT.

TERMS.-TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
Strictly in Advance 3 I.5O. Subscribers living out
side of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra for
postage. For convenience in remitting, we VIII
give credit for one year and four months for 2oo to
subscribers in the county, and one year and @ree
or 200 to subscribers without the county, when
ent strictly in Advance
Rates of Advertising made known on appllca-
tion. Ali cuts must have metal body
Remit By p. o. Money Order, Registered Le''eT' OF
Draft Watch the label on your paper ana "0''oe
schen your subscription expires and see hdt yor pay
ments are kept in adudnce. Wien money IS se"t us
zee shall sire you the credit on the label at once me
label is not ddrdnced tCitn tOO 'oeeks, notify us by
postal card.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
A FEW HINTS
FOR THE USE OF

DOSE. To more the boac-
els gently, 2 to 4 Pills;
thoroughly, 4 to 6 Pills.
Experience ,cill decide the
proper dose IN each case.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01
WHEN

you are overworked in body or mind and feel
"run down |" or "tired OUT then is the time to
use Vegetne. 1t is just the thing to restore your
strength,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

Receverso OF Butter Cheese Eggs. Beans Potatoes
Hay, etc. Our facilities for the disposal of Country
Producers unsurpassed Our motto will be In all
cases to make prompt treturDs.
As to financial standing refer you to the
following we'll known gentlemen: T. W. Drew, ESQ.,,
Barton, VT; II X. Dewey. Esq cashier Barton Ma.
Pacific National Bank. Lawrence. Mass; NJ Burnham,
ESQ.,, Woburn Center Mas
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-09-01

Notice IS hereby given than an application will be
made at the next session of the Legislature to Law
tax upon the County Of Orleans for the purpose of
building new Court House and Jail at I,asburpb
or some other point within said County
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16
Every Man Els Own Carpenter.

In my opinion every professional man
should keep a chest of carpenters tools in
his barn or shop and busy himself at odd
hours with them in constructing the varied
articles that are always needed about the
house. There is q great deal of pleasure in
feeling your own independence of other
trades and most especially of the carpen-
ter. Every now and then your wife will
want bracket put up in some corner OF
other, and with your new, bright saw and
glittering hammer You can put up one upon
which she can hang a cast-iron horse
blanket or lambrequin, with inflcxiblc
water lilies sewcd in it.
| made a very handsome bracket last
week, and | was naturally proud of it. In
fastening it together, if | hadn't inadver-
tently nailed ii to the barn floor ! guess
could have used it very well, but in tearing
it loose from the barn, so that the two could
be used separately, | ruined a bracket that
was intended to serve As the base, as it were
of lambrequin which cost -, aside from
the time expended on II.
During the month of March ! built an
ice-cheSt for this summer. TWAS not hand
some, but 1t was roomy, and would be very
nice for the season of 1854, | thought. II
worked pretty well through March and
April, but as the weather begins 10 warm
up that icc-chcst is about the warmest place
around the house. There is actually glow
of heat around that ice-chest that / don't
notice elsewhere. I've shown it to several
personal friends. They seem 10 think it is
not built tightly enough for an ice-chest.
My brother looked nj it yesterday, and said
that his idea of an ice-chest was that it
ought to be tight enough at least TO hold
the larger chunks of ice so they would not
escape through the pores of the ice-box
He said he never built one but that it
stood to reason that refrigerator like that
ought to be constructed so that it would
keep the cows out You don't want re-
frigerator that the cows can get through
the cracks of and eat up your Strawberries
on ice, he says.
A neighbor Of mine who once built hen
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

RECREATION FOR PUPILs.-A boy who at
tends school five days week shouldn't be
set to splitting wood or hoeing corn on the
sixth The labor of going to school is just
as hard for growing boy as showing ajack-
plane is for man. Saturday ought to be his
own day, and so acknowledged. twenty-five
years ago the father who couldn't find other
work for his boy would throw down fence
and set him to rebuilding. The idea was
to work him. No thought was given to
the anatomy of boy. Nobody seemed to
realize that his bones were soft, his joints
easily put out of order, and his muscles in
such condition that too much work must
use him up. Find me a stiff-legged man,
a bow backed man, lop-shouldered man.
a man whose spinafcolumn is out of plumb,
and I'll prove to you nine times out of ten
that he was overworked as a boy Ex-
change.