Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-02

forever, ne SAID.
And Lillian never coveted the prize
of his heart; perhaps because she
was engaged to rising young cler-
gyman, near Philadelphia,
''If l only had Lily's opportunl-
ties! !'' said Miss Morton. s'But /
wrecked my chances when l spoke
out my mind SO freely before the
-and-dumb gentleman. 7"
The speed of the antelope is prob
ably not excelled by any other ami
NAL in the country, wild or domestic,
except the greyhound, and in fact it
is only the finest and feetest of these
that can pull down an antelope in q
fair race.
In the little village of Garfield,
Kan, there lived man some years
ago-the proprietor of hotel-who
had two pet antelopes. The village
dogs had several times chased them,
but had always been distanced. One
day Mexican came TO town who
had with him two large, handsome
| greyhounds. Immediately on riding
up to the hotel he saw the antelopes
in the yard, and told the proprietor
gruffiy that he had better put ''them
critters in the corral, OF his dogs
would kill them. The proprietor
said he guessed the ''critters' would
take care of themselves, especially
if the dogs did not spring upon them
unawares. This aroused the Mexi-
cams ire, and he promptly offered to
wager goodly sum that his dogs
would pull down both of the antelopes
within a mile. The challenge was
accepted, the stakes deposited, and
the antelopes turned into the street,
and the ''greaser' told his dogs to
s'take 'em."
The dogs sprung at the antelopes,
but the latter had soon reached va
cant lot across the street. They
started off down the river. For a
distance of four miles the river bot
tom was an open prairie, and as level
as floor. As the quartet sped over
this grand, natural race-course, the
whole populace of the town turned
out ell masse to see the race. Men
and boys shouted, ladies waved their
handkerchiefs. Betting was rife, the
natives were betting two to one on
the antelopes, the Mexican and the
few other strangers in town being ca
ger takers. 1t was nip and tuck, nel-
ther animal gaining or losing percept-
IDLY, and when at last the four went
round a bend in the river four miles
away and were hidden by bluff, the
game was, as near as could be seen,
by the aid of good field glasses, just
about the same distance ahead of the
dogs as they were when they left
town.
Some hours later the dogs returned,
so tired they could scarcely walk. The
Mexican eagerly looked for hair in
their teeth, and although he could
find none, was confident that his dogs
had killed the antelopes. A mount
ed expedition to search for the car
casses and settle the question was
agreed upon, but as it was too near
night when the dogs returned, it was
arranged to go in the morning.
But when the parties got up the
next morning they found the ante
lopes quietly grazing in the hotel
yard. The Mexican left town in dis
gust, followed by his lame, sore-foot-
ed dogs, and muttering that he s'nev-
er seed no varmlnts run like them
things did. .''-Ha,per's Magazine.
BAD TEMPER-It is martyrdom to
be obliged to live with one of a COM
planning temper. To hear the eter-
nal round of complaint and mourn
ing, to have every pleasant thought
scared away by this evil spirit, in
time becomes a sore trial. 1t may
seem nothing, but it is a perpetual
nettle, rubbing against you and irri-
tating and annoying you more than
the severest injuries. Worst of all
is bad temper in the house. Its
influence is irresistibly diffused
through all its members. The SUM-
niest temper is by degrees soured by
the presence of such person. You
may say that one ought not to feel
the bad temper of another; but 1t
would be equally reasonable to lay a
plaster of Spanish flies upon the skin,
and not expect it to draw. One
string out of tune will destroy the
music of an instrument otherwise
perfect. One uncomfortable temper
in family will, like raw northeast
wind, chill the whole family circle,
and seems To have power to pene-
trate into every room in the house.