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AN INDIAN GIRL.

She was not too tall, and was fine
ly formed, though want of food had
marred the once rounded contour of
her young and shapely limbs. Her
eyes were large and lustrous, full of
natures fire and brightness. Her
eyebrows were as dark as her hair,
and perfectly arched. Her lips were
full, and of vivid red. Her teeth
like those of most Indians-were
beautifully regular and brilliantly
white, though toothbrush had never
touched them. They seemed, like all
Indian teeth. to be made to eat raw
flesh. | cannot better describe In
dian teeth Her cheeks and her fore
head were touched with the vermillion
dye the squaws use for the purpose
of personal adornment; for they, too,
like too many of their white sisters,
endeavor to improve on nature. Her
matted hair hung in long, elf locks
and inextricable tangles; it was vir-
gin of comb. She looked like saw
age edition of head / have seen
among Julian's crayon studies. Her
dusky arms were bare. A few brass
rings ornamented her wrists. Her
dress was composed of two rectangu-
lar pieces of dark and coarse WOOL
en- stuff and bordered with red; the
latter is favorite color with Indians.
The pieces were joined at one end,
a place being left open for the head
to 60 through. A piece of buckskin
bound them about the waist. Her
feet were small and well-formed, but
truth compels me to state that they
were incrusted with the yellow mud
of the Omega. The nearest approach
to washing they ever got was when
her pSth lay across a brook which
shz was compelled to ford. Her
hands, alas were covered with dirt
or clay, for it was a part of my little
no-heroine's daily labor to dig the
papa, or Navajo potato, with her
young fingers. / should have hesi-
tated to lend her my cloak or shawl
if l intended to wear it again. And
if 1 were compelled to don it again
after she had worn it, | would cause
it to do duty some days as horse
cloth first. This, have learned from
old frontiers-men, from Mexican
scouts, guides, etc., removes the un-
pleasant consequences of Indian wear.
The perfume of the wild rose was
not particularly agreeable. Judging
from dancing school point of view
her step was not graceful. Like all
Indians and other untutored children
of nature, she turned out her heels
and turned in her toes.-U United Ser
vice.
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My Old Canteen.

1 bring you out, my old canteen.
Near twenty years have passed between
The time L saw you last, old friend.
1 love to think that at my end
You may be present, generous one,
That gave until your all was gone,
And filled again your good quart pouch
For march, for battle, for the couch.
Of all the friends I've known or seen,
None was our better, old canteen.
Dost recollect, when we held the bridge,
When Hayniman crept Ger the ridge.
Crushed by sword blow in the head?
How kind you were, for when he said
That he was thirsty, all you had
You gave in welcome, and were glad
That you could ease his thirst. We sighed
At his misfortune. Well, he died.
Much of the wars grief have we seen,
You and myself, my old canteen.
well know when 1 saw you first;
had not then been much athirst;
You were respectable looking then.
know was much younger when
grasped you in my hand, and slung
You o'er my shoulder; we were young.
Moth eaten now's your dusty coat,
And partly rusty is your throat;
But no new one shall come between
Our old-time love, my good canteen.
You know the men who kissed your lips,
Some died in battle; some in ships
Have ventuand far from port; and some
Still wear the uniform, hear the drum.
Some turned from the good drink you gave
One fills L know Il drunkard's grave.
Some in the fight for daily bread.
Are quite successful; some are dead.
Few better men were ever seen
Than shared your love, my old canteen.
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Doubt.


Though faith may hold the binding rope,
Like tempest-beaten ship
My reason breaks away from hope,
And all my anchors slip.
On chartless seas, with doubling mind,
I float without an oar,
And helpless drift where underlined
There lies an unknown shore.
No star is fixed to guiCe our ships
On spirits mystic sea,
Where voyagers pass with silent lips,
Obeying deaths decree.
And, like bird storm-driven out
Far o'er the treach'rous sea,
That foaming crests of wav ring doubt
Can give no rest to me.
Rebuild your towers, We men of facts,
And let your beacon shine,
And show how mind through matter acts,
Displaying true design.
A. d. Marckres.
Jraftsbury, Vt.
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friend be disturbed at this difference
of opinion; let no enemy be rejoiced
thereby; we shall keep ''the unity of
the spirit in the bonds of peace"
and in the final victory shall rejoice
together. Yours sincerely,
j. ELLEN FOSTER.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
THE RAINY DAY.
''My heart leaps up when behold
A rainbow in the sky,
So was it when my life began,
So is it now, / am man
So let it be when l shall grow old,

90 IS IL now, L am Hldlf-
So let it be when 1 shall grow old,
So let me die.''
What has become of the good old
fashioned, rainy day of our child
hood, when we got up and found the
windows of Heaven opened, and
sheets of sweet, fresh-smelling soft
water pouring down like benediction
upon the earth when we knew we
could stay home from school, and
hunt into all the old corners, and lie
on our stomachs to read books too
large to hold, and have warm bread
with apple jam on it, and stand un-
der the caves to grow when it rain
ed in steady, business-like way all
day, with no let-up, and little pools
of water were on the kitchen hearth,
and mother set by the west window
and cut carpet rags, and told us
about the deluge in a way that al
ways convinced us she must have
been there.
That rainy day, which never failed
to come just SO often, when we were
allowed to follow her into the spare
room where sister Cynthia was "laid
out" and which smelled of sweet law
ender and rose leaves. There moth
Ell would tell us of the one little sis
ter dead before we were born, how
pretty and smart she was, how she
knew al. the catechism by heart, and
could say chapters and chapters from
the bible without ever looking on.
And we saw her picture and her
clothes, and subdued and half sad
dened we stole up to the attic to
watch the little nimble bright-eyed
mice come out and play. And when
at sunset long, bright strip of sky
shone out from a great, gray moving
panorama of cloud, we were more
than happy. 1t was like the resur-
rection of new world. And there
was always rainbow and mother
would tell us its significance, and ex-
plain its seven primary colors, and
always add, Il had scarf once just
| like the rainbow. Father brought it
to me from the West Indies" We
thought our mother a queen then, for
having had such a treasure.
But there are no such days now.
Don't tell us we are getting .old !
The weather has changed-not we.
There are cyclones and rain spoAts,
and other revolutions in nature, but
the dear, dreamy, old-fashioned rainy
day, with its remembered spells and
charms, is among the things that are
gone. But there are gains for all
our losses, and some day we shall
find them all again in the land where
our dreams come true.-Mrs. N. L.
/ Rau7ae-
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Orleans County @onitor,
PUBLIsHEDwEEKLYBY
GEO. H. BLA H,
BARTON VT.

TERAES.-TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR
Strictly in adUance $I.30. Subscribers living out
side of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra Tor
postage. For convenience in remittng, we VIII
give credit for year and four months for SZOo 10
subscribers in the county, and one year and three
or $500 to subscribers without the county, when
ent strictly in ddUdnce.
Rates of Advertising made known on apPnca-
ton. Ali cuts must have metal body.
Remit by p. o. Money Order, Registered Letter, or
Draft. Watch the label on your paper and notice
1Ohen your subscription expires and see that yoor pay
paests are kept in adudnce. When money is sent as
zoe shall give you the credit on the label at once, if III
label is not adranced ,uiin t,Oo aoesks, notify us by
postal card.
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Drew, WheeIock & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

No. 169 Broadaoay, corner Of LoaoeH St.,
Laurence, Mass.
Receivers OF Butter Cheese Eggs, Beans Potatoes
Hay etc. Our facilities for the disposal of Country
Produce is unsurpassed. Our motto will be in all
cases to make prompt returns
AS to our financial standing refer you to the
following we'll known gentlemen: T. W. Drew, Rsq
Barton. VT. ii. K. Dewey, Esq. cashier Barton Ma
tonal Bank Barton, W.; W. II Jaquith ESQ., cashier
Pacific National Bank. Lawrence Mass; NJ Burnham
Esq. Woburn Center Mas
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Evening.

Bright is the sunbeam smiling after showers,
And sweet the pleasures of the rural bowers,
When dewy morn with pearls unnumbered shine,
And all, save mans harsh spirit, seems divine.
But dearer far, I deem the evening hour
When silence throws around her magic power,
And pensive solitude delights to rove
Der fragrant fields, or through the dusky grove,
Or sunk in raptures trance, delighted hears
Natures soft harp, the music of the spheres.
Dark night with deepening gloom draws on apace
The towering elm no trembling zephyr moves;
In majesty ascends with rarest grace
Nights brilliant queen, and air the russet groves,
And verdant fields the lengthening shades extend
And Natures voices with each other blend.
No harsh dscordant sounds now greet the ear,
No vulgar passion fills the glowing mind;
And thought dismissing every care and fear,
Unconscious mounts on wings we can not bind
And through the vista of departed years,
By contemplation led, she swiftly bears
The childhood's face all wreathed in smiles appears
Unknown to sorrow and undimmed by tears.
Around collected seem each youthful band
Each childish voice we almost seem to hear;
We grasp each loving playmate by the hand,
And lingering friendship drops the silent tear
For those dear ones with whom in life we started,
But who from us have since, for aye departed.
No, not for aye, for now wonderous vision
Of glowing beauty meets enraptured eyes;
Bright fountains. howery groves, and fields elysiar
O'er canopied by more resplendent skies
Now meet the view, and now in joy we greet
Those dearly loved ones that we used to meet
And now the soul attuncd to Natures LAYS,
While softly round the evening zephyr plays.
On thoughts fair pinion loves to wing its flight
Through the deep azure of the vaulted night
From star to star, from sun to sun to fly,
And lose itself in Gods immensty.
Our Father dear, we thank Thee for this hour,
And for the sweet repose our bosoms feel;
In storms and earthquakes dost Thou show Thy
power,
But now Thy dearest love Thou dost reveal.
With thankful hearts we reyerently knecl
AT Natures holy shrine, and joyful raise
Our thoughts tn Thee, in gratitude and praise,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
Group. A Mothers Tribute.


"While in the country last winter my little
boy, three years old, was taken i'll with croup;
1t seemed as if he would die from stranuu-
Iatlon. One of the family suggested the use
OF AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, n bottle of
which was always kept in the house. THIS
was tried in small and frequent doses, and
to our delight i'll less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the CHERRY PECToRAL had
saved my darlng's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours
Mrs. EMMA GEDNEY."
159 West 12Sth St., New York, May 1G, 1882.
81 have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. j. CRANE"
Lake Crystal, NIinn., March Is, 1882.
suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess, l was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
RY PEcToRAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April 5, 1882.
81 cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL believing as 1 do that
but for its use should long since have died
from lung troubles. E. BRAGDoN."
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
and it will al1cays cure when the disease Is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. C.Ayer& Co, !, Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06

Strong minds, like hardy ever
greens, are most verdant in winter
when feeble ones. like tender sum-
mer plants, are leafess.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06

No woman can be handsome by
the force of features alone, any more
than she can be witty only by the
help of speech.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
NOTICE.

Interest win be stopped on all orders against the
Town of Albany not presented for payment en- or
before October8, 1854.
b. N. MOORE, Treas.
Albany, Sept. p, 1884. 3s-4O
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
ElUours from 9, a. M, to II, IN. From to 4, p.
m. HIRAM MCCLELLAN, Pres't, III. X. DEWEY,
Cashier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06

OHARLES GRAVES, Agent for Connectieu
" General Life Insurance Co., Barton, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints areeso insidious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so trifed with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from a trifling or unconscious cx-
posure, is often but the beginning of a fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PEcToRAL has
well proven its efficacy in a forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all cases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
In 1857 took severe cold, which affected
my lungs. l had terrible cough and passed
night after night without sleep. The doctors
gave me up. / tried AYERS CHERRY Pee
ToRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
for the recovery of my strength. By the
continued use of the PECToRAL a perma-
nent cure was effected. am now 62 years
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PECTORAL saved me.
HORACE FAIRBEoTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July 15 1882.
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butchers Extract of Roots

Dutcher's Extract oil h0Ots
makes gallons or 10 of most excellet Root Beer.
All other material in the house. Tryit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06

CF. .PERCIVAL,
NEALER IN FURNITURE, COFFlNF AND
~ CIskets, B arton vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-10-06
HO, FOR THE WEST /!

The Subscriber offers for sale his farm in Dakota
containing 160 Acres Good Land, New House, Good
Well with large under cultivation. This farm
is situated on the jamestown and Northern II. r.
"a miles from the City of jamestown, county seat
and one-haf mile from the town of ssEdmunds''
which has been laid out this summer and named
after 'Vermont's Senator" The subscriber also
has the right to 160 acres of Government land, ad-
joining this iarm which he will relinquish to party
purchasing for his homestead or pre-emption, max
ing the cost of the whole very small sum, with
improvements, so that the purchaser commence
business at once. If desired will trade this for
property here, To one wishing TO make their home
in the West this Is fine opportunity.
For maps and information call on or address
+. w. Baldwin.
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FBARFULLY COMMON,

Kidney Complaint Among both Sexes and
Ages.-A Brilliant Recovery.
There is something startling in the rapid increase
OF Kidney diseases among the American people
within few years past. Many causes peculiar to
certain classes tend to produce and aggravate these
troubles-as, for example, careless living, overwork
and exposure. DIR. David Kennedy of Rondout
cess of his medicine called FAVORITE REMEDY
in arresting and radically curing these most painful
and dangerous disorders. Proofs of this, like the
following, constantly brought to his attention
and arc published by him for the sake of thousands
of thousands of other sufferers whom he desires to
reach and benefit. The letter, therefore NAV be of
vital Importance to you or to some one whom YOU
know. 1t is from one of the best known and popu-
lar druggists in the fine and growing city from
which he writes-and doubtless where those NAV
find Mr.. Crawford at his place of business on the
corner of Main and Union Streets:
Springfield, Mass, March %, 1884.
DIR. David Kennedy, Rondout, n. Y.-Dear Sir: :
For ten years had been afflicted with kidney dis
ease IN its most acute form, What suffered must
be left to the imagnation-for no one can appreci-
TO many physicians and to many different kinds of
treatment and spent great deal of money, only to
ind myself Older and worse than ever. NAV saw
that used 20 bottles of preparation widely adj
vertised as specific for this precise sort of troub
les and found it entirely useess-at least in nv case
Your FAVORITE REMEDY-I say it with a
perfect recollection of all that done for me be-
sides Is the only thing that did me the slightest
good; and am happy to admit that it gave me
permanent relief. l have recommended Fayorite
Remedy to many people for Kidney disease and
they all agree with me in saving that DR. David
edual in the wide world for this distressing and oft
en- fatal plaint.-Use this letter as you deem
best for the benefit of others.
Yours, ETC., LYMAN CRAWFORD.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

ITO what cause do you attribute
corns?n was asked of noted ehiropo-
dist.
Friction is the one and only cause.
1t is loose and not tight shoe, as is
generally supposed, that makes corns.
If the boot fits snugly and is not too mar
row about the toes, it will not engender
cOrns or bunions. Bunions are the
same as corns. except in location, and
both are formed by friction on an in
famed foot. AT the place of contact a
blisters is formed, which is filled with a
watery liquid. The outer skin becomes
callOus, a new blister forms under the
old one, and gradually layer after layer of
the corn is made, building down further
into the flesh each time The pressing
of this callous into the flesh by the shoe
is what causes pain"
"Who are most afflicted with such af-
fections of the feet?"
1.-The ladies by all means, and just for
this simple reason. They wear very
tight fitting shoes upon the street, and
returning home lay them off to relieve
the pressure, putting on loose shoes or
slipshod shoes. The friction of the loose
shoe upon the inflamed foot does the
work, and eventually sends the lady to
me-"
Excuse me, but do you ever meet
with offensive feet?''
Not as much as YOU would expect. A
patient generally makes preparations in
the way of cleansing before coming to
me to be operated upon. One trouble is
that some persons bathe the feet toe
often. The feet should not be washed
any oftenerthan the body, for if they are
the pores are stimulated and the feet per.
spire unequally with other parts Of the
body. thus rendering them far more Of,
fensiye than if they had not been washed
so often. A person affected in this way
will find relief by sponging the feet
slightly with bay rum, for it both puri
fies and hardens the skin.
"Yes. The street fakirs bother me
good deal. Every year a new corn rem
edy is introduced by them. They geI
some oil OF lavender, coal-oll, flax-se~
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Sometimes pIsasterous.

A welI-knOwn farmer who lives in
one of the "back" counties, came to
Little Rock several days ago with a
drove of cattle en- route for Memphis.
When the cattle had been loaded on a
train, the old gentleman said to the
conductor:
"Ain't it customary for a man that
ships a carload of cattle to get free
ride?"
"Yes."
"W'all, want to go over with these
cattle"
''Climb up into the caboose."
"No, I'd rather ride in the car with
the cattle. When we stop at station
somebody might steal some of the
steers"
mo danger of that, but you may ride
any place you choose"
The old fellow climbed into the cat
tle-car, and seating himself at one end,
lighted his pipe and proceeded to enjoy
himself. The train did not start till
after dark. Rain began to fall and the
wind roared among the cypress trees.
The conductor thought that he heard a
wall louucl ludu luc Cll VI luc SlOILl.
but deciding that it was only fancy or
the shrek of night bird, he arrested
not the wild course of the tram. When
the train stopped at station, the con-
ductor heard some one say ''amen. 7"
Going to the catlle-car, he held up his
lantern and asked:
"Ail right in there2"
! The man was climbing around on the
backs of the steers.
/ ''All right, thunderationl I'm dead.
These things have tramped me nearly
to death. Let me out of here and III
ride on top"
/ The train proceeded. \ brakeman,
coming along, said:
"What are you doing up here?"
"I've got right TO be here. I've
got charge of them cattle"
That's too attenuated, cap'n. The
cattle mans inside. Can't steal ride
over this road. Climb down, or 1'n
throw you off,"
lie jumped off, thinking that he could
catch the cabooSe as it passed. He did
not. Alone in a swamp he spent the
ireary night. a free ride is sometimes
disastrous.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-23

At the International Health Exhibi-
tion, in London. the section allotted to
boots and shoes has been highly success
full in exhibition of its special hygienic
points. One exhibitor sends children's
shoes sensibly cut, with sufficient room
for the tender little toes to grow COM
fortably without pushing them over on
each other. The "elastic waist" Is
said to be great improvement on the
ordinary stiff sole, which Is prone to in
duce cramp and fatigue. Between the
extremes of ugly and exaggerated foot
covers and the old-fashioned narrow
sole and high heel, it is possible to OBJ
tain a fair medium. For walking boots,
the sensible and fashionable rule is low,
broad heel, and sufficient width of sole.
A neat, well shaped boot is possible
with comfort. Another exhibitor shows
an invention for the benefit of those
who do not tread straight and cOnSe-
quently get their boots worn down at
the side. The remedy for these is what
is called ''straights;" they can be worn
on either foot, like stocking, thus
counteracting the evil tendency. An
Ingenious arrangement of buttons and
tabs provides for buttoning on either
side. Other exhibits claim their special
points of lightness, weather proof quail.
tiles, etcetera. With these new ''chaus.
sures" are also exhibited certain cur
iosities-among them shoe said tC
have belonged to Queen Elizabeth,
whose shape goes far to establish the
supposItion that Queen Bess dispensed
with toes altogether.