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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
HE KNEW THE STORY.

A business man on the third floor
of building on Griswold street
bought ton of coal the other day,
and when a boy came up to ask him
for the job of elevating the chestnut,
he asked the youth to take q chair,
and then said:
"My boy, you should start right
in entering upon the path of life'
"Yes, sir-that's what NAV says. .
81 was poor boyz-a very poor
boy myself at your age"
eyes, sir-I don't doubt it; you
wore ragged clothes and didn't have
enough to eat"
aAhem-y-e-s. l felt that
would have my own future, and
decided to start out right. In the
town where / lived there was a five
story building"
.:Yes, sir, and there was offices
way up on the top floor, and no ele-
vator,"
"Just SO, my boy
"And a man had an office on the
top floor bought ton of coal, and
you asked him for the job of backing
it up"
"Exactly.''
cit was worth fifty cents, but he
offered you quarter and rather than
lose the job you accepted it. The
man took notion to you, secured
you a place in an office. and you are
to-day rich, respected, and likely to
be sent to Washington as a United
States senator. / know the story
like book"
'You do! Why, where did you
ever hear it before? p
s'Twenty times over, right on this
very street. l tumbled to it after
carrying up two tons, and you fellars
can't wallop me again
.sWhy, my son, l."
''S all right. mister but my
terms are fifty cents spot cash or no
Juggling. Powerful funny thing that
all yon chaps who have been poor
and worked up 10 riches want poor
penniless cub to work for half cash
and half taffy!'
The occupant of the office said
that he would reserve the job for
some boy with meek and humble
disposition.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

in the street or the home. The keen
suffering given to a sensitive person
and all persons with noticeable
deformity, may well be supposed to
be sensitive on that subjects such
as one who has felt it can alone un-
derstand to the full. Of course it is
the most natural thing for the eye to
fall upon that which is marked or
unusual; but that is a poor excuse
for unkindness. We ought deliber-
ately to school ourselves not to add
by look or by word to the unhappi-
ness of those who have already
enough to. bear.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
A SoliloQuy on Divorce.

Divorced, and now when published with nv name
The lines run out, like finger-points of shame.
And now meet the icy cleaning eye,
That leaves a creeping chill to petrify
"The flaming blood,' that DER my face will rush
Like flashing northern lights, to paint an arctic blush
Divorced, and by the laws of man, set free
Y ct higher laws, have drawn a stern decree,
And sealed the bond, with such shining mark,
1t seintillates in jest, and whisperings dark
When malice slips between the words that show,
The painted paradise from which go.
Divorced, to live and eat in trembling fear,
The fruit of selfish will that brought me here,
Where envy taints the poison air 1 breathe,
And SANDERS boiling caldrons hiss and seethe,
Preparing food for glutton birds that wait
10 fill their carrion sacks from off my lost estate
A. d. MuckTes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
UPSETTING MOSES.

Jim Manly began to talk: 81 say,
deacon, Darwin's theory of evolu-
tion is very hard on the first chapter
of Genesis. OF course we don't know
how it will turn out, but it looks
little as though, they were going to
upset Moses. - The deacon made no
answer. He surely must have heard
Jim's remark. Presently he was OBJ
served to be counting his fingers
slowly, and with pause for thought
between each enumeration. After
while Jim ventured to ask. ''Count-
ing up your saw-logs, deacon, aren't
you" ''No:" said the deacon, "I'll
tell you. Your remark set me think
ng. | was just counting up how
many times in the course of human
history somebody has upset Moses.
First of all, two old jugglers named
James and ,Jambres undertook this,
but they failed. Then certain king
named Pharaoh went at the work of
upsetting. He must have found it
more of work than he anticipated,
for he has not reached home yet.
Then three leaders of liberal thought
-korah, Dathan and Abiram-went
at the job. They failed in the upset
ting part, bnt they secured bit of
ranch for themselves, which they and
their children have held in quiet pos
session until this day. Later on
king named Nebuchadnezzar entered
upon the upsetting business. He did
not succeed either. He spent seven
years eating grass like beast, and
when he had served out his time he
had changed his mind, and was q sad
der and wiser man. His successor
met with still greater disaster, and
In similar attempt. Since that time
there has been no end of persons who
have tried to upset Moses. Some an
cient heather, CELSIUS and Porphyry
and Julian the apostate. and latteHy
these German critics and scientists,
so-called, are at the same thing.
Years ago, when / was in Boston, /
heard of meeting of free thinkers
at place called Chapman Hall.
could not resist the temptation to 90
just once and hear what they said. l
found about twenty persons there;
three OF four of them were women,
all the rest men. And what do you
think they were engaged in? The old
enterprise of upsetting Moses. And
yet Moses has to-day in the syna-
gogues of Boston more people that
preach him than he ever had before.
1t is astonishing how much upsetting
it takes to upset Moses. 1t is like
upsetting granite cube. Turn it
on which face you wilt, there it stands
as solid as ever. The cube is used
to beng upset and does not mind it.
1t always amuses me when | hear Il
ffesh cay from some new quarter,
averring that some man whom no.
body has ever heard of has found out
a sure way of doing what others have
failed in. And now here comes Jim
Manly, and Moses has to be upset
again. All, we'll !' and the deacon
sighed. There was roar Of laugh
ter that made tae rufters of the old
sawaia ring, and all joined in ex-
cept Lim.-Nutiondt Baptist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
The Old Home.
"Return, RETURN" the voices cried,
''To your old valley, far away;

s'Return, return,'' the voices cried,
''To your old valley, far away;
For softly on the river tide
The tender lights and shadows play;
And all the banks are gay with flowers,
And all the hills are sweet with thyme;
You cannot find such bloom as ours
In yon bright foreign clime!''
For me. I thought, the olives grow,
The sun lies warm upon the vines;
And yet, will arise and go,
To that dear valley dim with pines!
Old loves are dwelling there, said,
Untouched by years of change and pain;
Old faiths, that had counted dead
Shall rise, and live again.
And still Return, return" they sung,
''With us abides eternal calm;
In these old fields, where you were young,
We culled the hearts ease and the balm;
For us the focks and herds increase,
And the children play around our feet;
At eve the sun COOS down in peace
Return for rest is sweet
Then arose, and crossed the sea,
And sought that home of younger days;
No love of old was left to me
(For love has wings and seldom stays);
But there were graves upon the hill,
And sunbeams shining on the sod,
And low winds breathing, ssPeace, be still;
Lost things are found in God.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
The Home Circle.

Far back in early years
had gentle woman for my guide,
Whose influence still, what ever else betide,
Counsels, restrains and cheers
So pure and sweet her face,
often see it through mist of tears;
1t wears the look of dear, departed years,
calm, angelic grace.
There are no other eyes
That ever looked so calm and pure and true,
That were so softly, radiantly blue,
The color of the skies.
No hair was ever quite
So bright and brown as hers; no voice so low
No cheeks so like the pinke est flowers that grew
No hands so soft ahd white
My mother, though the years
Have borne me far away from home and thee,
In shadowed hours thy sympathy to me,
Life's dearest gift appears.
No one can ever love
So constantly and faithfully as thou;
know thy holy prayers rising now
For me, to God above.
. mother, true and fair,
Whatever good my feeble hands may do,
Howr'er rise, 1 owe it all unto
Thy watchfulness and care,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
BARTON VERMONT MONDAY DECEMBER H. 1885.
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA

Mr.. Editor, Numerous inquiries
have been sent me regarding this
California section, which I will ans
wer through the columns of your pa
per,hoping in this way, my letter may
reach all the dear home friends.
This Napa Valley is one of the
loyeliest, best improved and most
fruitful sections of the state. 1t is
enclosed between two ridges of the
Coast Range, one of which separates
it from the Sacramento, and the other
from the Souvina Valley, and at the
head of it, just above Calistoga,
stands Mt. st. Helena. The soil is
among the best in the state, and
fruit-growing is extensively and sue
cessfully practiced. Peaches, pears,
figs, apricots, olives, pomegranates,
cherries, apples and grapes are the
pr,ncipal fruits, the last being of the
finest quality, and raised in the great
est abundance here of any portion of
California, consequently the valley
ranks first in the production of wine.
A visit to one of the wine cellars
and there are hundreds of them here
-impresses one alarmingly with the
magnitude of the wine interests of
this country.
The climate is mild and healthful.
An unusual amount of rain has al
ready fallen this month, and indica-
tions are for an exceedingly wet win
ter. A fire in the open CRATE these
damp days is luxury, but on sun
| ny day to sit out of doors with COM
fort, we seek the shade of these beau
tiful cacia trees. The grass is spring
ing up fresh and green and every
thing in nature indicates an eastern
spring. A curiosity, even to Califor-
mans, was seen last week-a pear
tree laden with fruit, and cherry
tree in full bloom, standing side by
side.
Napa City, 46 miles north of San
Francisco, has population of 5, 900.
The beautiful gardens of fruit and
flowers attached to nearly every
home, make this town of great love-
illness. 1t is connected with San
Francisco by steamer down the
Napa River, as we'll as by rail. Near
it is located the new Branch Insane
Asylum, erected at cost of more
than million dollars, and containing
at the present time fifteen hundred
patients. There is a college and la
dies seminary, also public schools of
high rank. The Presbyterians have
here the largest and most convenient
place of worship outside of San
Francisco and Oakland. The Meth
odists, Baptists and Roman Catho-
lies have also good houses.
To an Easterner many expectations
regarding California are not fulfilled:
Every tree is not sufficiently large
to drive a horse and carriage
through" or "to build a dance hall
on the stump" Only the Yosemite
furnishes such wonders-here the
redwoods, cacias, gum-trees and
palms are of ordinary size.
Fortunes made in a week or month,
are not common occurrences, though
wages are so high one can do well
here.
Society over on this Pacific coast
Is not of the frontier type, but is as
intelligent, cultured, and stable as
eastern cities can furnish and for
my sister friends l may add. Dame
Fashion rules here with desperate
sway. This much | have observed
since my arrival. | came for climate
and find it. To-day we have eighty
degrees of it. H. w. H.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

The verdict of the coroner's Jury on
the dead baseball umpire was "He tried
to please both nines." 1t covered the
ground.
"Mother, there was dead mouse in
the milk-pail." Well, didn't you take it
ont?" asked his mother ''No," said Carl,
81 threw the cat in!''
Gone spirituelle GIRL says seaside
landlord, twill eat up, waste, aud muss
over more food than any two meu who
sit at my tables. I'd rather board a
bear"
Joseph Taylor offers to let the current
carry him over Niagara Falls for $40, 900.
Mr.. Taylor is extravagant. 1t is believed
the current will undertake the job for
much less sum.
GLOW charmingly you sing, Miss Guse-
berry" ''Do you think so?'' 'sOh, yes
indeed, l never listen to you without
wishing you were where my cousin out
in Colorado could hear you.
"What are you about?" angrily ex-
claimed country editor the other day of
his wife, who was touching up her CON-
plexion before the mirror. sOnly getting
up my patent outside,' DEAR" was the
reply.
"What do they do when they install n
minister" inquired small boy; ''do
they put him in a stall and feed him?'
''Not Bit" said the father; ''they har-
ness him to the church and expect him
to draw it alone
Kentucky girl was struck by light
ping While dressing for her wedding.
Without turning around or taking the
hairpins out of her mouth she simply re-
marked: "You girls had better stop
flinging your shoes till we get started. -
A woman recently entered store in
Connecticut, and sat down in front of an
iron safe to warm her feet. After sitting
there some twenty or thirty minutes, she
remarked thus: 81 never did like them
kind of stoves. They don't throw out
scarcely bit of heat, those gas-bprners
don't"
Boston reporter asked the Superin-
tendent of schools the other day, ssHow
does it happen that there are so many
old maids among school-teachers?" and
he replied: Because school-teachers
are as a rule women of sense, and no sem
sible woman will give UP q thirty dollar
position for forty dollar man."
A little squint-eyed Chicago boy pranc-
ed up to his mother and said "Ma, hain't
l been real good since I've begun goin' to
Sunday-school?" eyes, my lamb ans
wered the maternal, fondly. "And you
trust me now, don't you, MAJ" eyes,
my darling," answered his mother.
''Then," spoke the little innocent, "what
makes you keep the cookies locked up in
the pantry the same as ever?"
Says the Philadelphia Enquirer: 81
heard good story about Gen. Sherman
the other day. Some one wrote him
letter requesting lock of his hair and
his autograph. In reply the general said,
regret to say that as my orderly is
bald, and the man who formerly wrote
my autographs has been discharged, 1
cannot comply with your request This
was mailed without a signature
A little boy was told that he must new
er ask for anything at the table, as it was
not good manners to do so. The conse-
quence was he was frequently overlook
ed. One day his father said: Johnny,
get me clean plate for my lettuce. :"
'.Take mine, pa; it's elean,n and he
added with sigh: 'sThere hasn't been
anything put on it yet"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

A PoINT OF CoURTEsY.-There is
one little piece of kindness which al
most every one, old and young, have
opportunities to perform, and by the
practice of which they can very ma
terially add to the comfort and hap
piness OF less fortunate persons. 1t
is to avoid looking at deformities or
marks of disease when they are met
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
CHINESE EDITORS.

The life of Chinese journalist is
a happy one. He is free from care
and thought, and allows all the work
of the establishment to be done by
the pressman. The Chinese compos-
itor has not yet arrived. The Chi
nese editor, like the rest of his coun-
trymen, is initiative. He does not
depend upon his brain for editorials,
but translates them from all the con-
temporaneous American papers he
can get. There is no humorous de-
partment in the Chinese newspaper.
The newspaper office has no exchang-
cs scattered over the floor, and i'm
nearly all Other things it differs from
the American establishment. The
editorial room is connected by a lad
der with hunks in loft above, where
the managing editor sleeps, and next
to it is, invariably, room fitted with
an opium bunk and lay out. Evi-
dences of domestic life are about the
place-pots, kettles and dishes TAX
ing up about as much room as the
press. If an editor finds that jour-
nalisrn does not pay, he gets job at
washing dishes or chopping wood,
and he does not think he has descend
ed far, either,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

have suffered with the rheumatism for the last
four years, and now from the use of Athlophoros
am comparatively free from it. / consider Athlo-
phoros wonderful medicine, and have recommend
ed it to every one. Mrs. L. F. Jones, Barnstabie,
Mass.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

Don't try to get along with less
than eight or nine hours sleep.
Don't use your voice for loud
speaking or singing while hoarse.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
Petition for Divorce.
SSTATE OF VERMONT, I FEBRUARY TERM
- ORLEANS COUNTY Court, a. D. 1886.
EsTELLA 5. HEATH,
CAARLEs d. HEATH.

CAARLEs d. HEATH.
WHEREAS, Estca :. Heath of Morgan, in the
County of Orleans and State aforesaid has filed in
the clerks Office Ofsaid County Court her libel for d-
vOrce setting forth in substance that she was legal
y married to the said Charles D. Heath on the 25th
day of May, A. ID. l84T and that she has in all
things kept her marriage VOWS, but the said Charles
D. Heath has not kept the same, but on the contra
ry has wlfully and without just cause deserted the
Petitioner, and represents that said Charles d.
Heath, since said rriage has committed the
crime of adultery, and has never provided for her
their children though of sufficient ability and
praying that for the causes aforesaid, the mar
riage bonds contracted aforesaid NAV be dssolv-
cd and that the court viii grant her Il bill of di-
vorce from the said Charles d.. and praying for the
custody Of the minor children and for leave to re-
sumo her maiden name.
And il being made to appear that the said Charles
d.. resides without this State so that a cita-
ton cannot be served upon hm, Therefore, it is or
dercd that the substance of said Libel and this or
der be published in the Orleans County Monitor, a
newspaper printed at Barton in the County of Or
leans, three weeks spccessiyey, the last of which
publications. shall be az least six weeks previOns to
to the first day of the Term which said petition is
preferred, which shall be deemed sufficient notice
TO the said Charles ID. to appear before said
county Court next to be held at Irasburgh within
ana Tor the County Of Orleans on the ID day OF Feb
rHary, \ ID. 1855, and show cause If any he may
nave why the prayer Of said petition should not be
granted.
Given under lny hand at Irasbnrgh, this 2lst day
OF November, A. ID. 1881.
II. B. CUSHMAN, Clerk.
y. L. siiEAFE, Attorney for Petitioner. 30
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

If the gentleman whose lips pressed the lady's
snowy brow and thus caught a severe cold had but
used DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, no doctors bill would
have been necessary.
Some genius proposes to introduce paper shirts
Wearing paper shirts means bearing rheumatism
With Salvation Oil, however, paper shirts might
still be a success. Price 25 cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

A nJrmSend 10 cents postage. and we will mail
n iii II yOn FREE royal. valuable sample box
Of goods that viii pnt you IN the way Of
making M IRE money at once than anything else in
America. Both sexes of ali ages live at home
and work in spare time, all the time Capital not
required. We viii start you. Immense pay sure
Ior those who start at once. SrINsoS & CO., Port.
land Maine. 4T-4s
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

Ossifeation or bony formation of the heart, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, Sprains, Palpitation, and in
tact every form of Heart Disease, readily yield to
the use of DIR. Graves Heart Regulator 500 per
bottle at druggists. Send to T. E. ingalls,, Cam
BRIDGE Mass, for free pamphlet.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
Orleans County Monitor,
PUBLIsHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLA KE.
BARTON, VT.
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Strfcnytn Advance $i.5O. Subscribers living out
side of Orleans County must remit 10 cents extra for
postage. For convenience in remitting, we will
give credit for one year and four months for So co.
subscribers in the county, and one year and three
or $500 to subscribers without the county, when
sent strictly in adUance.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

Don't toast your feet by the fire
but try light friction instead.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
Cure YOUESEIF.

CURE YOURSELF.
Don't pay large doctors bills. The best medical
book published one hundred pages. elegant colored
plates receipt of three 2-cent stamps pay the
postage. Address A. p. Ordway & Co., Boston.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

1t is delightful way to pass the
long winter evenings, when the chill
dren are old enough for it, for the
family to take up the plays of Shake
speare, assigning the various parts
to different members of the family.
If your own circle be not sufficiently
large, call in your neighbors. Let
the young people be made to read
correctly, intelllgently and well thus
you are able to accomplish several
things. An ease of manner of read
ing is acquired, correct ear,
knowledge of the best use of words,
and naturally follows love of the
highest literature. Then when it be-
comes possible for the children to
see some one of these familiar plays
on the stage, take them yourselves.
Thus they will easily see that the the
atre is to You place where some-
thing good may be seen and heard;
possibly you may be able to form so
correct taste IN early life as to pre-
clude all desire for inferior actors and
plays. Set your intellectual stand
ard high and try to keep yourself in
sympathy with the children in every
way, and they will have no desire to
conceal anything; the book, the
amusement, the friend, will be all
the more enjoyable because of the
presence of the father and mother in
their inner life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14

The LIME KILN CLUB.-There was
an unusually large turnout at the
regular Saturday night meeting, and
the half dozen Chinese lanterns which
Giveadam Jones had purchased at
his own expense and hung up around
the hall producing what Samuel Shin
teEmed ga spectacled effect of the
widest disorder"
"Gem'len,' said the President, as
he softly rose up and calmly looked
down on the shining pates of Sir
Isaac Walpole and Elder Toots, 'Sdar
are some few things it would he well
fur you TO disreckolect:
Industry may make de back ache,
but she fills de stomach an klvers de
feet.
De man who wants satisfaxshun
by law will satisfy de lawyers sooner
dan hisself.
Knocking man down bekase he
differs wild you doen't prove the truf
of your own posishun.
De less Il man knows de mo- anx-
ious he seems 10 be to make de pub
lie believe he am statesman.
Let us now attack the regular pro-
granny and destroy de bizness which
has called us togeder.'
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BOSTON WEEKLY JOURNAL.


One dollar per annum, including postage. a
weekly newspaper of thirty long columns, filled
with news and information and adapted to the
varied wants of
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CURRENT POLITICAL EVENTS.

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL has been award cd til,
credit of being the BEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER pub
lIshed in Boston. 1t is not story paper but i
carries into the families of New England the lates
intelligence upon all topics that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-14
NEW ENGLAND READERS,
HEwsY, ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE.

THE Boston JOURNAL is Il Republican newspi
per, but it gives the of all the political phase
of the times and secs that its readers are kept we
posted upon