Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-21

work rapidly, and the present rules
afford every facility for confusion
and killing time. Including eight
delegates FROM the territories, the
house consists of three hundred and
thirty-three members, and most of
them think it their duty to make
speech on every possible occasion.
The senate. too, likes to hear it.
self talk. There is Senator Morgan
for instance, the orator from Ala
bama. who never knows when to
shut off his eloquence when it has
once started. | have often seen
him clear the galleries and floor of
the senate chamber, and recte his
eloquent periods, in finished Tdiction,
to the presiding officer, with proba-
bly, lone senator here and there who
dozed on sofa in the corner. or at
his desk pored over newspaper
Strangers in the galleries are as
tonished often at the disrespect
shown TO each other by senators alb
senting themselves while speeches
are in progress. The long winded
orators are those who lack attention,
however If they had the eloquence
of angels they could not hold the
ears of the senate if they insisted on
talking often or long at a time.
The richest man in the house of
representative this session is Mr..
Scott, a democrat from Erie, Pa.
He is coal king, and is said to be
worth SIP 100000. In his boyhood
he served in the house as a page
while Henry Clay was still in the
senate.
The richest man in the senate is
Stanford, the junior senator from
California, whose wealth is estimat-
ed at $40, 100000. Senator Stanford
is great railroad builder, and a
public benefactor. as shown by his
recent gift of SIS, 100000 to the
California university. Before he
came to the senate, Senator Fair, OF
Nevada was the wealthiest senator.
Nearly the entire far west is now
represented in the senate by million.
aires. 1t is matter of notoriety
that some Of the seats were bought
with money.
In department circles there il
much satisfaction just now. Tit
disbursing officers have consulted
together, and have decided not t
pay off the day before Christmas thi
year. There will be the usual hal
month pay day this week, and theI
there will be no further payment o
salaries until the end of the month
| The reason is, that if they were pai'
off for Christmas there would be al
advance TO each einploye of the pa
for seven or eight days. If any o
the clerks should die or any othe
contingency arise to make the none
not due them, the disbursing clerk
would be held responsible, and woul
. have to reimburse the treasury
These officers think there is to niue
risk in paying out money before it
earned.
An interesting auction sale wi
take place tomorrow at the post
: office department. 1t will consist O
years accumulation of articles i
the dead letter office. The sal
usually takes place in Washingto
) just before the holidays. At it ca
be bought almost Anything from
toad or snake in alcohol to pair c
bracelets or lace collar, which show
, the unlawful use that is made @
Uncle Sans mails. The letters tha
r go astray, and are lost at the dea
l letter office ale burned if they cor
tain sentiment only, but package
and letters containing valuables al
kept and in due time the janitc
c!asslfies them, and they are put u
at auction.