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The Universality of Inventions.

We do not often stop to think how
little man has or enjoys that is not the
fruit of invention. Things which man
has long had we cease to think of as in
ventions, and we are apt to apply that
term only to modern things-to things
the origin of which we know. Yet it
will be hard for any of us to name any
thing which we use or enjoy which is
not an invention, or the subject of an
invention, in its adaptation to our use.
The air we breathe and the water we
drink are provided by Nature. But we
drink but very little water except from
cup or vessel of some kind, which is
human invention. Even if we drink
from the shell of gourd, we are using
a thing which, in the shape we use it, is
human cOntrivance. and the contriv-
ances which man has devised for obtain
ing water and distributing it have been
among the most wonderful and ingeni-
Gus of any which have occupied the hu-
man mind. Bountifully as Nature has
provided water and placed it within the
reach of man, yet we do in fact get or
use but little of it except by the aid of
inventions.
and we cannot help using it if we
would but, if we want it either hotter or
colder than we find it, we must resort to
some invention to crafty our want. If
we want it to blow upon us when it is
still, we must set it in motion by some
contrivance, and fans among other
things have been invented for that pur-
pose. A large amount of human in
genuity has been expended upon devices
for moving air when we want it moved,
upon fans, blowers. and ventilators.
How small a part of our food do we
take as animals do, in the form provided
by Nature, and how very large share
in some form contrived by man! We
drink infusions of tea or coffee without
thinking that the compounds are human
inventions. How large place the milk
of the cow has in the food of man, but
how little of it could we have but for
multitude of contrivancesi We think
of butter as we do of milk, that it is a
production of Nature; and so it is, but
its separation from milk is an invention
which has been followed by host of in
ventions to effect the separation easier
or better.
sugar Is pIouuctdon vi NdIufe, uuI
little known few hundred years ago.
Separated form the plants in which it is
| formed, it is an invention of man. The
savage who first crushed some kernels
| of wheat between two stones, and separ-
ated the mealy interior from the outer
| skin, invented flour, and the human
mind has not yet ceased to be exercised
on the subject of improvements Chdun-
cey Smith, IN Popular Science Monthly
| for February.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26

the heart is calm, serene, unruffied.
The heart in secret often gives vent
to SORROWS that the world knows not
of. To-day she is in secret. There
fore, let her weep, for tears are balm
TO a troubled soul.
Why does she weep?
Why do you ask? Are not the
dead in there-her dead? Are not
their once uttered thoughts, her
thoughts? Can she not remember
each form, each feature, each look
and action as we'll as when they min
gled together? All, those reminiscenc-
es, those retrospections, those silent,
passive pictures of the past How
they stand out before our eyes, and
follow us. even in our dreams !! Yes,
even in our dreams we behold fields
of blue sky, and many clouds, min
gled with sunshine. Poor old wo-
man! Relief is found in tears; there
fore, let her weep, and disturb her
not.
Alone? Yes, she is alone, All,
all alone. Can you realize the depth
of that one word, alone? Just think
of it. Alone in the world, with ev-
cry one she ever loved, or that ever
loved her, now dead and under the
sod. Over all their graves she has
wept; but where are they who will
weep DER hers? She realizes this as
she turns away from the picket fence
Soon, and quickly, too, as that tot
tering frame denotes, she will joir
the silent few. Another grave will
mark the place of her repose. An
other stone will mark the grave, anC
name the sleeper. The growing
grasses will heal the broken mound
and the picket fence will be lief
alone.
Then what? Over the tombstones
faded and grim, the willows ant
poplars will wave. The wild birt
will twitter in the branches overhead
and the crickets will chirrup in tn
grass beneath. The drone of tn
bee will be heard among the flowers
and the leaves of the trees will rustl
in the winds of afternoon. All ma
ture will be joyous and gay; bu
the little old woman will know it not
DAVID HILL.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26
Don't be in a Hurry.

Don't be in hurry to answer yes no;
Nothing's lost by being reasonably slow.
In hasty moment you may give consent,
And through years of torment leisurely repent.
If a lover seeks YOU to become his wife,
Happiness or misery may be yours for life;
Don't be in hurry your feelings to confess,
But think the matter over before you answer yes.
Should one ask forgiveness for grave ofense,
Honest tears betraying earnest penitence,
Pity and console him, and his fears allay,
And don't be in a hurry to drive the child away.
Hurry brings us worry; worry wears us out.
Easy going people know what they are about.
Needless haste will bring surely to the ditch,
And trouble overwhelms us if we hurry TO be rich
Don't be in hurry to throw yourself away;
By the side of wisdom for a while delay.
Make your life worth living; nobly act your part;
And don't be in hurry to spoil it at the start.
Don't be in hurry to speak an angry word
Don't be in hurry to spread the tale you've heard
Don't be in hurry with evil ones to go;
And don't be in hurry to answer yes or no.
Anonuqnous
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26
The Farmers Wife.

Up with the birds in the early morning
The dewdrop glows like precious gem;
Beautiful tints in the sky dawning,
But she's never a moment to took at them.
The men are wanting their breakfast early;
She must not lnger, she must not wait;
For words that are short and looks that are surly
Are what men give when meals are late.
Oh, glorious colors the clouds are turning,
If she would but look over hills and trees;
But here are the dishes and here is the churnlng,
Those things always must yield to these.
The world is filled with the line of fbeauty,
If she could but pause and drink it in:
But pleasure, she says, must wait for duty
Neglected work is committed SIM
The day grows hot, and her hands grow weary
Oh for an hour to cool her aching head,
Out with the birds and winds so CHEEKY!
But she must get her dinner and bake her bread
The busy men in the bayfield, working,
If they saw her sitting with idle hand,
Would think her lazy and call it shirkng,
And she could never make them understand.
They do not know that the heart within her
Hungers for beauty and things sublime;
They only know that they want their dinner
Plenty of it, and just "on time''
And after the sweeping, churning, and baking,
And dinner dishes are all put by,
She sits and sews though her head is aching
Till time for supper and ''chores'' draws nigh.
Her boys at school must look like others,
She says she patches their frocks and hose,
For the world is quick to censure mothers
For the least neglect of their childrens clothes.
Her husband comes from his field of labor
He gives no praise to his weary wife;
She's done no more than has her neighbor;
"Tis the lot of all in country life.
But after the strife and weary tussle-
When life is done, and she lies at rest;
The nations brain and heart and muscle
Her sons and daughters-shall call her blest.
And think the sweetest joy of heaven,
| The rarest bliss of eternal life,
And the fairest crown of all will be given
Unto the way-wOn farmers wife.
\
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RICH GIRLS 'DIsADvANTAGE.-Rich
girls do not really stand in Chicago
first rate chance of getting first rate
husbands. There are not enough
rich manageable young men even
if the rich get them all and they do
not. Old Walter Newberry on his
death settled on his three daughters
Wholesome, good-looking and SEN
sihle girls all of them-S5O0, 900
apiece. which should 60 to them and
their husbands absolutely whenever
they married, providing the husbands
would take the name of Newberry.
All of them died spinsters. There
was not in all Chicago selfle
specting NAH, worthy of the girls,
who would sell themselves out fOl
100000. A man who is consider
ate does not often ask girl to be-
come his wife when the station Of the
girl is financially better than his. That
is why it is that rich girls very often
get very mediocre husbands. Rich
girls are not fought over by the desir-
able men. The scrambllng Is al
done by the ne'er-do- wells Chicago
Mail.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26

During the middle ages such thing
as bedroom on the second floor was
unknown. All the rooms of the house,
such as the hall, the chapel, the sleeping
rooms against the walls, the offices,
were on the ground floor. After time
a bedroom was built above the hall.
called the solar. a chamber which ad-
mitted the sun freely, and had occasion
ally gallery or terrace on which to
take the air. 1t was approached by
outside steps, and the terrace WAS pro-
badly long landing place or open-air
passage.
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KILLED BY A FORCED BALL

1.-The narrowest escape ever had,"
said a well-known lieutenant of po-
lice the other night, twas in front |
of Petersburg.
NV regiment was in Pickett's di-
vision of Longstreet's corps" he
continued, land another fellow and
| were IN a trench together. We
were at the front of the line. The
other fellow went by his first name,
Dick. The trench was about six feet
deep and there was groove cut in
the top of the front, through which
we did our shooting at the Yankees.
When we wanted to pop away we'd
lay the gun-barrel along that groove.
get quick sight on the enemy, pull
the trigger and then jump down. Dick
was p;g-headed sort of a chap. l
had told him dozen times he didn't
have sense enough to hold his head
on his shoulders.
There war lot of Yankee sharp
shooters in front of us, and | caution
ed Dick to look out how he exposed
himself. | tell you it was dangerous
for even so much as mans ear to
get in sight of those fellows. / heard
the bullets whisting lively over our
trench, and knew by the sound that
they were forced halls A forced
ball, you know, is a bullet from a
! breech-loader. 1t is little bigger
than the diameter of the gun-harrel,
and consequently it goes out with
greater force than the ball from a
muzzle-loader. The way we could
distinguish between the two kinds of
guns was that, if it was a breech-
loader, the bullet got to you before
the report, but if it was muzzle-
loader the report got to you before
the ball. Most all of the Yanks
used the breech-loaders, and you can
just bet your boots we were mighty
careful how we got in their way.
AS | was saying, the bullets were
whistling pretty lively over our
trench. | was loaded and was about
to put my gun in the groove and try
to pick off a blue coat. Dick was
standing front of the groove putting
in charge. He had his eye at the
breech of his gun examining it, and
the side of his head was turned to-
ward the groove. While he was
standing there-it was not more than
half minute altogether-one of the
forced balls came singing through
. the groove and bored a hole clear
) through his head as big as walnut.
He fell dead. | stepped across to
him, and IN doing SO passed in front
VI tue StOO'c. ouot do SOl Ou tic
) other side of the trench another bull
ct passed through the groove and
!; buried itself in the rear wall of the
J trench. Two other balls followed II
and buried themselves in the identi-
} cal hole made by the first bullet.
, The sharpshooter who did that neat
) job was half mile away.
+ Pretty good shooting suggested
| one of the listeners.
: L should say So, said the lieuten-
t ant, with an expressive shrug of the
!. shoulders. Some of those Yankee
sharpshooters were marvellous. They
had little telescopes on their rifles
. that would fetch man up close un-
3 til he seemed to be only 100 yards
I; away from the muzzle. I've seen
them pick man off who was mile
: away. They could hit so far you
$ couldn't hear the report of the gun
e You wouldn't have any idea anybody
s was IN sight of you, and all of sud
: den, with everything as silent as the
t grave and not sound of a gun, berf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26
THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN.

Over the tombstones, faded and
grim, the willows and poplars wave.
The wild birds twitter in the branches
overhead, and the crickets chirrup in
the grass beneath. The drone of
the bee is heard among the flowers,
and the leaves of the trees rustic in
the winds of afternoon.
See A little old woman, wrinkled
and grey. She has toiled along the
cemeterlal path, and now stands
gazing at few lone graves just over
the picket fence. She has stood
here before, this little old woman,
as the beaten path, and the tfodden
grass denote. The dead in there be-
long to her; and here it is, silent
| and alone, she often wanders to
mourn and weep. Would she enter
the family plot? She would, no doubt,
but the gate is bolted and barred.
The rusty hinges turn hard, and she
is frail and weak. SO she grasps the
Stats with her trembling hands, and
is satisfied to look IN upon the graves
beyond.
Hush! There are names that fall
from her lips. Names of loved ones
who have long since passed away.
She reads them upon the marble slabs
just over the picket fence. We read
them, too, as we idly pass; but it is
only to read, and forget. They are
not our dead; therefore, why should
we weep. How different with the
little old woman peering through the
picket fence! Way down in hel
troubled heart are memories connect
ed with those graves-memories
as green as the grass that grows
above them. We know not what
| those memories are-We care not
but to her they are as sacred as the
altar at which she often kneels. We
smile, perhaps, as we idly pass. She
marks that smile, and wonders how
others can be SO gay, when she il
sad. Sometime we shall weep ovel
the graves of our dead. Then, ano
not till then, can we fully appreciate
the sorrow of that poor heart. as i
aches over The dead forms lying be
meath the sod-just over the picket
fence.
She weeps. What Can an old
old woman weep? Are not the hearts
of the old unmoved by sorrow! No
years have only sealed the lips, ane
taught the heart the power of self
control. That heart is as tender al
when it beat in the breast of th'
child. and that child stood at it
mothers knee. 1t is only to the out
er world the lips are sealed. Tha
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26
THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system regulator ever
placed within the reach of suffering humanity truly
is Electric Bitters Inactivity of the Liver. Bill
lousness, Jaundlee, lonstipaton. Weak Kidneys,
or any disease OF the urinary organs, or whoever
requires an appetizer tonic or mild stimuant will
always find Electric Bitters the best and only GER
tain cure known. They act surely and quickly, ev-
cry bottle guaranteed to give satisfaction or money
refunded. Sold at fifty cents bottle by HI. c.
Pierce.
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BE CAREFUL!

No matter what disease you may have. Be sure
that the medicine you take is rsliabe. Such med
icine you will always find Sulphur Bitters. They
are not cheap drink but are made of the
choicest roots and herbs to be found in rhe yegeta-
BILE kingdom.- Daily Argus.
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leased me, and / was allowed to wan
der about the camp in the mountains.
l was a slave, and was made to car
ry water and wood, and do all sorts
of menial and disgusting work. l
was fed upon scraps, and at night
had only ragged blanket to protect
me from the cold. How I lived
through it know not. One day the
chief pulled me into his wigwam, and
gave me to understand that | was to
be his squaw. There was no help
for it; my degradation became COM
plete. As the chiefs squaw my lot
was not so hard, as | was no longer
a slave for the tribe. Then, too, not
being compelled to labor and wander
about half-starved and bruised and
sore, as before, my mind became
clearss and l thought once again of
my children and husband. While
my Indian husband was away would
sit and weep as | thought and lived
over again that awful night near
White Water we'll. The chief, seeing
my red eyes, always beat me and
used hard language. All / prayed
for was death, but it did not come,
and l would not take my own life.
My final escape happened in this
way: The Indians moved from their
mountain camp very suddenly and
started through the hills, which
there are called Organs on account
of their looking like organ pipes,
across what is called the bad lands.
From all that understood they knew
that some troops were after them.
Upon hearing of this strange long
ing for liberty came over me, and l
determined to escape or perish with
my child, for / now was the mother
of an Indian girl. 1 loved it though
Taking my baby in my arms, | one
night secured one of the camp mus
tangs and escaped without being OBJ
served. for the Indians were holding
an orgle over some liquor which they
had stolen from a station house OF
the stage road. My wandering
lasted two days, and both baby ano
l were well nigh dead from expos
ure. l at last found the stage-roat
and went along it. I was SO weak
could hardly hold the baby in M.
arms and keep my place on tn
horse. How overjoyed | was yo'
can imagine when | heard wagol
rolling along the road behind US. |
was the stage, | was taken in. and
oh, how kindly cared for. The goo
people IN it could not do enough 10
me and baby. The passengers mad
up some money and gave it to me
At Santa Fe / was also kindly care
for, and from there l came to Sa
Francisco to live with my sister. Sh
is all l have to live for now. Bah
died at Santa Fe. 1t never survive
the exposure on the plain. l do nc
expect to live long myself. | have
severe cough, which has settled o
my lungs, and the horrors which
have just passed through have mad
me a nervous wreck. l cannot slee
at night. | see before me the bleacl
ing bones of my husband and chi
dren lying beside the dreary Viii
Water we'll. San Francisco Cal
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-26

Clcdl tHiOuSu JOo'
How we used to lay for these
sharpshooters, though" he said.
chuckling at the remembrance. "We
would keep lookout for every little
puff of smoke. The sharpshooters,
you know, mostly climbed trees and
hid themselves in the branches. So,
every time they'd shoot there'd be a
tell-tale puff of smoke come out of
the tree. just as soon as we'd see
one of those little puffs of smoke the
entire battery would rain shot and
shell into that tree, and we'd make
it so hot for the sharpshooter that he
would either tumble or crawl ont,
dead or alive. The best shooters
were in the Union army. Most of
them came from the west, and many
of them had been scouts in the In-
dian country. They rarely missed
man at the distance of a mile. In
deed they could hit any object as
big as a pie-plate that far away
Baltimore Herald.
HOW LENT is TIMED.
Why does Lent happen this year
later than 1t has happened since 1874
or will happen again until 1943?
Ptolemy was great astronomer in
his day and generation, but he be-
leved the world stood still. Copper
nicus and Galileo asserted that it
moved. We are fully convinced of
the truth of their theory, and most
people would stare if told that the
old Ptolemic system is still in force
in this country, and that calculations
based on those theories pass unnotic-
ed before our eyes every year. Yet
such is the fact. The church never
knew the date of Christ's resurrection
further than is stated in the Bible
that it happened on Sunday, but
there is legend that 1t occurred
about the time Of the vernal equinox,
and soon after full moon. In the
fourth century the Council of Nice
established the regulation that ''the
feast of Easter should be celebrated
every year on the Sunday following
the day of the first full moon after
the goth of March" The moon was
supposed at that time to move around
the earth in circular instead of an
elliptlcal orbit, and was not known
to be carried with the earth around
the sun. These disturbing influences
have made so much difference tha,
. the date of Easter must now be cal
culated by purely fictitious ant
J conventional moon, which has NJ
; existence in the sky; it is called th'
Paschal moon, and the calculation
t concerning it are made by means o
! the golden number, the epact, th'
1 dominical letter, and various cum
bersome contrivances. Thus Easte
is sometimes celebrated a week earli
er or later than it would be if gov
| erned by the actual revolutions o
( the moon. The date varies all tn
[ way from the 22d of March to tn
t 25th of April. This year it is tn
latest possible limit.
The other movable feasts are al
: affected in the same way, as the
: depend upon the date of Easter
Il For instance, the Ascension, fort
S days after Easter; and Whitsuntide
o fifty days after Easter; also tn
q Lenten Fast, which begins fort
+ days before Easter. There is an oil
Il superstition that the sun dances o
q Easter morning. One would thin
a Old Sol might sometimes fail to re
II member the imaginary satellites an
!, chance to dance on the wrong Sur
II day.
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|0rleans County @unitnr,
PUBLIsHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLAK KE,
BARTON, VT.

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1t Is at Los Angeles. Cal, that wo-
man gives up all her time to forty cats.
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A CAPTAINS FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.

4 CAPTAINS FORTUNATE DISCOVERY. y {.
Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, plying between
Atlantic City and n. =. had been troubled with a
cough so that he unable to Sleep and was in
dueed to try Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. 1t not only gave him instant relief, but
aayed the extreme soreness in his breast. His
children similarly affected and single dose
had the same happy effect. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery is the standard remedy in the Coleman
household and on board the schooner.
Free trial bottles of this Standard Remedy at ii.
G.. Perce's Drug Store.
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COMMON METRE.-He (meetine
her AT the church door TO escort her
hume) e)-That was Il beautiful hymn
the service closed with.
She-Yes.
He-Arc you fond of hymns?
She-Weli, there. one | may say
Pm particularly fond Of
He-Indecd What kind of metre
is it in?
She-It is come an meet-er him.
Then they linked arms and strolled
away with their heads close together.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
DHours from 9, a. m, to u, IN. From to 4, p.
IN. AMoRY DAWSON, Prest, IL. X. DEWEY,
Cashier.