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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26
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DROPS.

Looking out of a window during a
rain-storm / was led TO mediate on
the Importance of drops. Tiny
things when taken singly, or by twos
and threes but watch the accumula-
ton of thousands, falling gently at
times, and again with just enough
force to make themselves heard
against the window-pane, and ere
long you will see small streams
coursing through lanes and streets,
vending their way down, down,
down, until they have reached the
lowest reservoir, where they are
whilled along by the rush of those
that follow after, to join in the roar,
perhaps of the millions already gath
cred in this immense basin, soon to
be forgotten.
1t seemed to me the human family
might easily be compared to these
drops. Coming at first sparkling
and bright, but in mingling with 9TH
ers becoming tainted, some more,
others less, with that which clouds
and befogs the better nature, unless
taught to avoid all that is impure.
But some will say that "such a one
was brought up under religious influ-
ences, having pious parents, and yet
he or she would go astray." If such
is the case, there has been a mistake
somewhere. Perhaps the child has
been allowed to have its own way
too often, or the parental govern
ment been so rigid that the child has
taken liberties at the earliest oppor-
tunity, dabbling into one vice after
another, until wholly submerged in
error, and finally swept down, down,
down, with the stream of human be-
lngs, soon to be lost sight of forever.
We are, each one, drop in Gods
great reservoir: and the greatest of
care is necessary to keep ourselves a
clear drop. We cannot expect to
keep ourselves without some dregs,
any more than the water is, but we
can keep more filth from accumulat-
ing. Patience and perseverance for
the right must be daily companions.
Always be courageous enough to use
the little word ''No,' when it is re-
CURED. Keep good company, when
it is to be found. If you seem to be
isolated from that, keep no company
save your own, and instructive and
good reading matter. In this way
you will acquire knowledge. which
will admit you, with good morals,
into society agreeable and uplifting.
Then you will realize what consti-
tutes true man or true woman. See
to it that the spirit life is cultivated,
and the animal nature checked, sub
dued. God designed this and leaves
it for you to fulfil. Disappoint Him
not, and yours is the reward. Mrs.
j. T. Leach IN Christian at Work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26
THE UNREASONABLEN ESS OF
THE PEW.

Many good man in the pulpit is
saddened and discouraged by the
fault-finding of the pew. This carp
ing of the nearer sometimes extends
to almost everything connected with
the pastor. His sermons are usually
first attacked. They are didactic
and uninterestng in matter and cold
in delivery. This petulancy of
speech never takes into consideration
the drain made upon the mental re-
sources, by the preparation each
week of two discourses, the numer-
Gus drafts each week upon his time
and sympathies by the multiplicity
of matters that require his attention
not only among his own flock, but in
his relation to the church at large
and so the world. Comparatively
few hearers seem to comprehend that
the rush and pressure of the present
age affect the minister in his sphere
of labor quite as much as the occu-
pant of any pew in the scenes of his
daily life. 1t requires time for read
ing, study, research. meditation
away from worldly care and hustle to
| formulate even one sermon a week,
| that will meet the demands of this
exacling age. But to find a few
hours for this preparation work for a
sermon every week is often a prob
lem whose solution puzzles the inge-
nuity of many pastor. How much
more difficult the question when two
sermons must be in readiness for
every Sabbath, and several address
es must be delivered during the
week. The imposslbility of accom-
plishing such task has been felt by
men of great ability in an age
when the cxactions of the pew were
comparatively gentle, and the quiet
ude of the study was comparatively
lengthy and uninterrupted. Bishop
Andrews, no weakling in intellect
and no idler in the vineyard, was ac-
customed to say, when speaking OF
these trials of the ministry: ''When
/ preach twice on Sunday, | have to
pirate once" Brethren of the pew,
be considerable. Your pastors godly
life is his best sermon.-Pulpil
Treasury.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26
WHO HATH WOUNDS?

"How is he getting along?'' I was
startled by the answer, ellis autopsy
was held yesterday" Recently a
man was brought into our hospital
theater suffering from fracture of the
skull, broken nose and jaw, and
from other injuries received, while
intoxicated. from falling down stairs.
The surgeon while operating, drop
ped an ominous remark. Referring
to the method of treating the wounds
as related to the horizontal position,
he said, "He may never have any
other position" So it proved. The
following Monday found him about his
business, and Thursday in his grave.
All this from the curse of drink by
licenced vender sold How long are
we to lie passively under the burden
of this wrong and outrage? We are
like the superstitious Hindus who
build hospitals for those injured by
the sacred tigers, but do not cage
the tigers. We build hospitals and
prisons; we support police and snr-
geons to care for the victims of in
temperance, yet tolerate the sale of
liquor that robs our land of thou
sands of lives and millions of money.
AS l saw this bleeding creature,
bruised and battered, the text came
to mind: "Who hath wounds with
out cause? Who hath woe? Who
hath sorrow I" As | thought of that
new-made grave the other query,
Gam l my brothel's keeper?' comes
to mind with special emphasis. May
God rouse us more fully to the re-
sponsibility of this curse of intemper-
ance that is desolating the land
Medicus.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Every true christian life needs its
daily "silent time when all shall
be still, when the busy activities of
other hours shall cease, and when
the heart, in holy hush, shall com
mune with God. One of the great
est needs of christian life to-day is
the revival of devotion. Ours is not
an age of prayer SO much as of work.
The tendency is to action rather than
to worshlp-to busy toll rather than
to quiet sitting at the Saviour's feet
to commune with him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26
MODERATE DRINKING.

know much is said about the pru-
dent use of ardent spirits; but we
might as we'll speak of the prudent
use of the plague-of fire handed
prudently around among powder-of
poison taken prudently every day-or
of vipers and serpents introduced
prudently into our dwellings, to glide
about as a matter of courtesy to Wis
itors, and of amusement to our chill
dren.
First or last, in spite of your prl-
dence, the contagion will take-the
fatal spark will fall upon the train
the deleterious poison will tell upon
the system-and the fangs of the
serpent will infict death. There is
no prudent use of ardent spirits, but
| when it is used as n medicine. All
who receive it into the system are
not destroyed by it. But if any veg
etable were poisonous to as many.
as the use of ardent spirits proves,
it would be banished from the table !;
it would not he prudent to use it at
all. If in attempting to cross riv-
er upon an elastic beam, as many
| should fall in and be drowned, as
attempt to use ardent spirits prudent
ly and fail, the attempt to cross in
that way would be abandoned-there
would be no prudent use of that
mode of crossing. The effect of at
tempting to use ardent spirits pru-
IDENTIFY, is destructive to such multi
tudes, as precludes the possibility of
prudence in the use of it. When we
consider the deceitful nature of this
sin, and its irresistible power when
it has obtained an ascendency, nc
man can use it prudently, or without
mocking God can pray while he uses
it, sslead us not into temptation
, There is no necessity for using it al
all, and it is presumptuous to do so
f A wakeful recollection should BIZ
maintained of the distinction between
intemperance and drunkenness. 81
long as men suppose that there Il
t neither CRIME nor danger in drinking
? short of what they denominat
: drunkenness, they will cast off fea
: and move onward TO iuin by silent
certain course, until destruction
comes upon them, and they cannu
a. escape. 1t should be known there
fore and admitted. that to drin
daily, at stated times, any quantit
a of ardent spirits, Is intemperance, c
q, to drink periodically as often as day
ne and times, and seasons, may ful
" nish temptation and opportunity,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

THE ROYAL BAKER AND PASTRY Cook.
A Royal addition to the kitchen library.
1t contains over seven hundred receipts
pertaining to every branch of the culli-
merry department, including baking,
roasting, preserving, soups, cakes, jel
lies, pastry, and all kind of: sweetmeats,
with receipts for the most delicious can
dies, cordials, beverages, and all other
necessary knowledge for the chef de
cuisine of the most eXacting epicure, as
well as for the more modest housewife,
who desires to prepare for her lord and
master repast that shall be both whole
some and economical. With each receipt
is given full and explicit directions for
putting together, manipulating, shaping
baking, and kind of utensil to be used, so
that a novice can go through the opera
ton with success While Il special and
important feature is made of the mode of
preparing all kinds of food and delicacies
for the sick. The book has been prepar-
ed under the direction of Prof. Rudmont,
late chef of the New York Cooking School
and is the most valuable of recent edi-
lions upon the subject of cookery that
has come to out notice. 1t is gotten up
in the highest style of the printers art
on illuminated covers, etc. We are as
sIred that every can of the 'Royal Bak
ing Powder" contains an order for one OF
these valuable books.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

OvERFEEDING.-Overfeeding is the
most common and most injurious
mistake made in the management of
all kinds of stock. We even over
feed, and so greetly harm ourselves
and children. A large proportion of
the exceedingly numerous deaths
among infants and young children is
due to overlooking, and if we cram
our children to death it is no wonder
we make the same fatal mistake with
young chickens, calves and pigs. 1t
is quite safe to say that ninety per
cent. of all disorders of these young
animals results from overlooking. A
shepherd will easily raise ninety per.
cent. of his lambs than farmer will
reer fifty per cent. of his Matched
chicks. and the reason is that the
lambs feed themselves while the
chickens are fed and crammed as
long as their little crops will hold
one more grain of food. Then the
fatal diarrhea comes on, the chicks
are weak and puny and fall a prey
to the cape worms, OF they become
paralyzed or NOPE about until they
die
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Every farmer who keeps herd of
mich COWS should not fail to put in
a few acres of rye every year; then
if feed in the spring is short, or the
hay crop does not promise we'll he
can cut and feed out his rye crop in
the green state, or he can cut it and
make 1t into hay to help out the
stock of hay next winter. Although
not us good to feed to mich cows,
either green or when made into hay,
as barley, it is very good when cut
early, before it becomes woody; and
comes in so much earlier in the
spring than barley that it fills place
that barley cannot.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Two laborers were trying to place
a stone ID position on the foundation
wall of new building. A crowd
was standing around looking on, and
each one offering his criticism and
counsel freely and loudly, but not
one lifting a finger so much as to
help. "That reminds me of church
work. said a passer-hy to another
1.-TWO men are doing the work and
twenty are doing the talking"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Salvation OIL the greatest cure on earth for pain,
has made most brilliant debut. Price 25 cts.
Philosophers say that affairs should always be
conducted with view to the greatest good of the
greatest number. DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup does the
greatest good to the greatest number % cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

We hope every farm house in this
country is we'll supplied with pop
corn for the coming winter. The
cold weather is coming now and
"Home, Sweet Home" seems more
reality as the members of the family
gather around the fire. The best and
happiest families are the eating fam
lilies. Where some light lunch can
be served so that all can have a
hand at preparing and eating it, the
very best of feeling will be brought
out. There is nothing better for
this purpose than popcorn. The
American corn-popper stands be-
tween many home and the saloon.
Intemperance rarely pushes its way
into pleasant and attractive coun-
try home. The long winter evenings
filled with reading, games, and the
ever-necessary popcorn, will give
the boys a ''home feeling that will
stay through life, and, aside from its
social powers, popcorn as medi-
cine should not be overlooked. Many
physicians recommend it as a cure
for dyspepsia. 1t is certain that one
can eat an immense quantity of it
without experiencing any ill effects.
Served with milk in the place of
bread it makes q dish ''fit for a
king" The possibilities of the pop
corn are great. Every farmer should
aid in developing them.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26
agricultural department.
RURAL AND DOMESTIC BREW.
titles.

The trotting horse is indisputably
an American product.
No COW can make milk when she
is half-starved and half-frozen.
All wool markets report firmness
and an advancing tendency.
1t is better for all concerned that
wool should be shorn unwashen.
To obtain the best results in breed
ing, use the best stations available.
Treat the COW gently and she will
repay your kindness by being gentle.
Feed literally; that is, feed all
that the cows will eat and thoroughly
digest.
Growth IN the garden should be
checked now, by pinching out the
terminal buds.
The best farmers do not spread
the manure and work necessary for
one acre over two.
The sheep business is only under
temporary cloud, which already
seems to be breaking.
An eastern authority on the wool
question says there seems no doubt
that the advance will be sustained.
Keep only the best sheep procura-
bic, and you may find some profit
from such animals, even in these
times.
A good many farmers repair their
fences in the spring and then pay no
more attention to them during the
year.
The rotation of crops adopted by
Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uni
versity farm, is clover, corn, oats,
wheat and clover.
In shipping stock it is poor econo-
my to crowd too many animals in a
car. especially if they are to go
long distance.
Sow different varieties of grass
and plenty of them on the field which
are to be seeded down to perma-
nent pasture.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

For any disorders OF babyhood give the little
sufferer at once DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup Price CSC.
BY giving your COWS Days Horse Powder, you
can increase the flow of milk from 10 to 20 per cent
Use DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pill for the distress and
discomfort resulting from indigestion, and be re-
lieyed at once. Do not delay. Price % cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Catarrh is a very prevalent and exceedingly disl-
greeable disease; liable, If neglected, to develop
into serious consumption. Hoods Sarsaparia,
acting through the blood reaches every part of the
system, efecting a radical and permanent cure of
,catarrh. 100 doses 81.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

''duck of Il girl" must be very close
ly watched, or ten to one she will 90 off
and marry some quack.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

Issues Definite and Liberal contracts at Def
mite rates. That pOn-fOrfeitabIe by their
of the whole Insurance in case oflapse.
In ratio of Assets to Liabilities the Connecticut
New York report $40 for each 800 required by
law
Its Officers and Directors are men of acknowledge
ed ability and experience, in the business.
Its record is one of steady growth and honorable
dealing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

The proper dress-goods for a
farmers wife-Gros-grain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-10-26

G. HI. - Nj A l. l. Il Y 4.
Special Agent, LyndOnvilJe, VT.
CHAS. GRAVES, Agent, Barton, VT.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25

The corset we sell at 50 cents is possibly
better than you can find elsewhere for the
money. We also have them at higherprices.
so, IS aud 90 cents. f. b. Humphreys &
90
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
YOUNG MEN WHO ARE PROMOTED.

Many young men in this country are
continually complaining of ill-luck, and
say they are treated unfairly by their
employers, who advance over their heads
men who are very inferior to them in
their peculiar line; and it will be observ-
ed in nine cases out Of ten that these
grumblers at the unkindness of fate, are
responsible for their own lack of promo
ton.
The Scientific american, in alluding to
this very question, makes some apt sug-
g~estions which it will be we'll for the class
of men alluded to to ponder over. 1t says
that the young men who receive promo
ton are the young men who do not drink
on the sly. They are not men who are
always at the front whenever there is a
strike, nor are they the men who watch for
the clock to strike twelve, and leave their
picks hanging in the air. They are not
the men who growl if they are required to
attend to some duty a few minutes after
the whistle has sounded. They are the
men usually who pay the closest attention
20 the details of their business, who act as
if they were trying to work for their EN-
ployer's interest instead of trying to beat
him at every crook and turn. They are
men who give the closest attention to every
practical detail, and who look continually
to see whether they can do better or not,
This class of men are never out of a job.
They are scarce. They never strike, they
never loaf, and they do not ask for their
pay two or three weeks before it is due.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
NEVER WAS KNOWN TO FAIL.

They had been enemies for three long
years. They had passed each other ON the
street with stern faces, their wives made
fun o. each others dresses, and the children
climbed up on the back fences and called
each other shoddy aristocrats.
Oh, no., there was no dove of peace around
there, and lots of people predicted that Il
case of assassination would grow out of it.
Last evening a whole neighborhood was
astonished beyond measure. These two
families who had thirsted for each others
scalps were seen in sweet conversation on
the lawn. The men exchanged cigars, the
women admired each others latest pur-
chase, and the blessed little children
Rugged each other all oyerthe grass. How
did the change come about? Well, neither
mar owned a horse in his life, and neither
kenw a case of SPAWN from a blooming
instance of poll.evil. Jones decided, how
ever, to buy a horse. lie was looking one
over at the hitching post when Smith came
along. In a moment of forgetfulness,
Jones remarked Say, Smith, o know
all about a horse. How old isthis animal?"
In the jerk of a comets tail rancor and
bitterness were forgotten. The flattery
hit Smith plumb-centre, and ripped all the
buttons off his pent-up soul. He obeyed
the request, pointed out all of the ring
bones, stiff knees and splints, and advised
Jones not to buy. They went off arm in
arm, and the doveof peace now sits on the
housetops and MARBLES his joyous little soul
up to high G.-Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
A wOMAN's OPINION OF MAN.

AS a rule man is not overpoweringly
brilliant. When | hear of any bright per-
Torrance | am more than eager to place it
to his limited credit. Man deserves some
praise for trying to shine. Naturally he
can never attain the witty heights of wom-
an, but he gets more than even. He al
ways has his own way, which no woman
ever does. He can spend all the money he
wants to, which no woman ever can. He
stays out till all hours, which no woman is
allowed to do. He can buy a hat or coat
without being compelled co account strictly
for each cent, which no woman is ever per-
mitted to do. He can spend So. 80 for a
lunch, and growl at a quart of ice cream
bought for the family use, and he can
spend $25 for a lark, while she stays home
with the children and burns one gas jet,
and eats the scraps. Yes, there are times
all times-when a man has the best of it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
TIE M ONIT0R
HINTS.

A German writer gives this as a remedy
for ~infiammatory rheumatism, of winch
malady he was cured i'll two days time:
Make a soup of the stalks and roots OF
celery. Cut the celery into bits, boil 1t III
water till soft, then serve warm on pieces
of toasted bread; drink the celery water.
In Germany the roots and stalks are boiled
and eaten as a salad with oil and vinegar.
Do not eat fruit skins or seeds. The
skin of an apple is as bad for your child as
a bit of your kid glove would be; that OF a
grape more indigestible than sole-leather.
A polish for delicate cabinet work can be
made as follows: Half a pint linseed oil,
h~alf-pint of old ale, the white of an egg,
one ounce spirits Of wine. one ounce spirits
of salts. Shake we'll before using. \ lit
tie to be applied to the face of a soft linen
pad and lightly rubbed for a minute over
the article to be polished.
dry, dark closet. If one hasn't such a
closet the fruit may be kept covered with
paper or cloth and the light be excluded
from it. Light seems to have an influence
on canned fruit u~nfavorable and injurious
to its flavor. Have any of our readers
tried painting the outside of their glass
jars to exclude light from them?
1t is stated by a dietetic publication that
baked milk possesses extraordinary prop
critics of nourishment for c~onsumptives.
and invalids generally. This is the way
to prepare it: Put a quart of good milk
into a stone jar; cover with writing paper,
and tie it down. Leave in a moderately
hot oven for eight to ten hours, until it
has the consistency of cream. Administer
ed ad libitum.
Prof. Brinton says that the best thing
for a sprain is to put the limb into a vessel
of very hot water Immediately. then add
boiling water as it can be borne. Keep
the part immersed for twenty minutes, or
until the pain subsidies; then apply a tight
bandage, and order rest. Sometimes the
joint can be used in twelve hours. If
necessary, use a s~ilicate of sodium dress
ing.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25

See our 45 cent hip-gore corsets in white
and colorod, silk embroidered and silk
stitched, the incest goods for the money
we ever had. L. b. Humphreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
ORGANS ON EASY lNSTALLMENTS.

MIA more money than at anything else by
WIN taking an agency for the best selling
book out. Beginners succeed grandly. None
fail. Terms free. IIALLET Book CO., Portland,
Maine 47ly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-09-25
MEDICINES

Webrvb0se to KEEP a Slork Of
aHMe oa,7ons R'9b17eha,y MchI-
zines that there Is any dcuaua
for, and 7mH from time to time,
add to orr stock all sufh that may
be e1qn71pa fo1,. Ne annex a
Price list, and ran furnish any
byoc7uuM articles in this line
at about the same acreage eIb,7le
as beloaV.