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The examiner., 1886-07-17
ATLANTIC CITY.
A Connecticut Pilgrims VInyv of yhi
City by the Sea.

Connecticut Pilgrims View OF vkat
City by the Sea.
At the Junction, small collection OF
wooden shanties, where the travellers wait
ed an honr, they heard much of the glor.
les of Atlantic City from the postmis-
tress, who was awaiting for IN excursion
some time to go there (the passion for ex-
cursions seems to be growing onel and
they made the acquaintance of o cow tied
in the room next the ticket Office probably
also awaiting for o passage TO the city by
the sea,
And a city it is. If many houses end.
less avenues, sand, paint make city, the
artist confessed this was one. Everything
Is on a large scale. 1t covers a large
territory. the streets run at right angles,
the avenues to the ocean take the names
of the States. II the town had been made
to order and sawed out by one man, 1t
could not be more beautifully regular and
more satisfactorily monotonous. There is
nothing about II to gi,e the L o com
monplaoe mind in the world a throb OF
disturbance. The hotels, the cheap shops,
the cottages are all of wood, and with
three or four exceptions in the thousands
they are all practically alike, all orna-
mented with scroll work, as if cut out by
the jig-saw. all wildly painted, all appeal
ing to a primitive taste just awakening to
the appreciation of the gaudy chrome and
the illuminated and consoling household
motto. Most Of the hotels are In the town
at considerable distance from the ocean,
and the majestic old sea, which can be
monotonous but never vulgar, is barlicad-
ed from the town by five or six miles of
stark-naked plank walk, rows on rows OF
bath closets, leagues of fiimsy carpentry
work in the way of Cheap John shops,
tin-type booths, peep-shows, go-rounds,
shooting galleries, pop beer and cigar
shops, restaurants, barber shops, photo.
graph galleries. summer theatres. Some
times the plank walk runs for mile or
two, on Its piles, between rows of these
shops and booths and again it drops off
down by the waves. Here and there Is
gayly. painted wooden canopy by the
shore, with chairs where idlers can sit and
watch the frolicking of the water, or a
space rallied off where the select of the
hotels lie or lounge in the sand under red
umbrellas. The circulating mind won
ders how many million feet of lumber
there are in this unpicturesque barricade
and what gigantic forests have fallen to
this timber front of the sea. But there is
one thing man cannot do, He has made
this show to suit himself, and he has
pushed out several iron piers into the sea
and erected, of course, a skating rink on
the end Of one of them. But the sea It.
self, untamed restless, shining, dancing,
raging, rolls in from the southwark, tos-
sing the white sails on its vast expanse,
green, blue, leaden, white-capped, many
colored, never two minutes the same.
sounding with its eternal voice I know
not what Rebuke to man. Charles bud.
lev Warner in Harper'S
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Twas relating to little Mamie, the other
day, that had lovely doll, with per
feet outfit, when little girl myself. Ma
mie listened with intense interest and
then naiyely exclaimed: 20 Mamma, why
didn't you keep those beautiful things for
uneS"
The examiner., 1886-07-17
An Unfortunate Rain storm.

Minister ito farmer)-You and your
good wife don't get in for Sunday services
as often as l would like to see you.
IL was going to hitch up and drive in
last Sabbath, but it rained. What did
you preach about"
"My text was Feed my lambs I at
tempted"
ais that so? I'd like to have heerj that
sermon. A farmer what keeps sheep can't
know too much bout feedin' lambs.''
The examiner., 1886-07-17
HIGH CHAIR PHILOSOPHY.
Babyhood,)


A little girl Of three years noticing the
lightning for the first time, came rushing
to her mamma crying, 80 mammal did
yon see the sun flying by?"
The same little girl asked for some pluns
for luncheon; on being told there were
none, she stopped moment, then said !;
''Ohi yes there are, for the plumbers Were
here yesterday"
A little boy of four had seen bis mamma
presented by his auntie with little porce-
liam ornament consisting of O rabbit and
q couple of wee Dummies In q nest. Not
long afterwards auntie was going to Bos-
ton for a days shopping, and mamma
sent by her for a book she wanted. Frank
thought she meant to ask it,as gift; and,
with wide-open eyes and tone of astonish-
ment, he said; "Why, mammal auntie
gave you that wabbit. I s'ould tink you
might be chatis6ed with thatp'
When mamma was going to tie him in
a chair for some piece Of mischief he sug-
gested that he should be. tied Gin auntie's
wap" Qap(
mamma, are you going to shut me upa"
he asked one day. Not word had been
said about it. but his childish conscience
was a little uneasy. sSay, mamma, are
you" And In very deliberate, grand
fatherly way he added: 81 wouldn't shut
my boys up. observation-disclosures"
When four-year-old Johnny said his
prayers one night, and had asked God to
bless papa and mamma, and to bless
Johnny and make HIM good boy, no sur
prised mamma by saying; Sand please,
God, bless Mr.. Perry and make him a
good man." sWhat do you mean by thatp"
his mamma asked Why" said Johnny,
'syou don't s'pose I want to be a little
boy all my life, do your"
Our little three-year-old is very fond of
oranges. One day when he had eaten a
large one he came to mamma and wanted
more. CHOW many are there in the dish2''
said mamma. He counted them .'Just
three" he said. 'sVery WE'LL" was tho
reply sthere is one for papa, and one for
mamma, and one for you. You can have
one" He ate 1t and wanted another.
s.How many are left?" said mamma.
"Just two" he replied, ssone for papa and
one for me-" "But where is nine?' said
the astenished mother. s.Oh," he replied
quickly, ave eaten It."
AT breakfast: s.Now, Johnnie, you may
have this one egg, and don't ask for
another" After eating the egg, Johnnie
asked for some salt" Mother: s.What do
you want of salt?" Johnnie: 81 want to
put an egg on It,"
Little Mary at five years was enjoying
her first ride on the railroad. A hoy
with basket of cakes passed through
the car, and in response TO the demands Of
the children some Of them were purchased.
They were large, round cakes dotted on
the top with dried currants. Mary looked
at hers little doubtfully at first but
finally ate 1t with a relish, and when
another one was offered her she replied,
with heroic determination 81 guess
will; they're pretty, if there are flies on
Them"
was relating to little Mamie, the other
day, that had lovely doll, with q per.
feet outfit, when little girl myself. Ma
mie listened with intense interest and
then naiyely exclaimed: 30 Mamma, why
didn't You keen those heanfiful things for
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He Ought TO go A broad.

The Kansas City Times says that Col.
Jacob 7. Child, the new minister to Siam,
never played but one game of draw poker,
and then drew upon himself the just
scorn of posterity by calling a 6o-cent pot
on four kingsl
The examiner., 1886-07-17
Interesting Perso nal Statistics

The New York Nation give some in
teresting figures showing the age at which
men of real ability are likely to manifest
teeir force. When the civil war broke
out in 1851, Lincoln, HamlIn, and Andrew
johnson were each SO years old Fremont
and Douglas were each 4s; Seward was
90; Chase, 50; Cameron. go; Stanton. 46
Greeley and Summer, each so; Wilson,
40; Fessenden, So; Trumbull, AZ; Wade
81; "Thad" Stevens, 90; Banks, 45; Hen
bricks, AZ; Curtin, A; John Sherman,
Morton, and Colfax, each So; Grant, 80
Tecumseh Sherman, Al; Mcclellan, 81
Hancock. 81; Sheridan, 30; Seymour. 81
Tilden. Al; Hayes, 80; Garfield, 90
Logan, IS; Lamar, SO. Here are thirty.
three men, then prominent In politics o,
destined to prominence in the field, OF
whom full third had completed their
5Oth year. Even cutting down the figures
by Introduction In the list of the few
younger men who did not become promin.
emit at once, the average is about 40 years.
In America from 46 to, say go, is the lime
when most men make their record.
The examiner., 1886-07-17
Knights Of Labor Coffee.

Try the knights of Labor Coffee u
per cent of the Gross Sales Given to Sup
port Free Press by the Bridgeport.
Coffee Co. For Sale by all Grocers
Price 25 cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

will be an indication that she sympa-
thizes with Chinese immigration, and
the laboring men, in consequence,
will boycott her husband in his polit-
ical aspirations.
The way in which Lent is being
kept here is shown by the butcher S
lament. Lent" said he, sis very
hard on us. Our sales have dropped
off terribly. And l never knew it
to be worse than it is this year. The
rich and poor alike are keeping
Lent" | asked him if he thought
the people were getting more re-
ligious? NO." he replied, ssit's the
change of administration" "Change
of administration p Eyes" ssWhy,
how can that effect Lenten sales ?
Do democrats eat less meat 90 cit
amt the democrats, nor religion.
Folks are saving. The clerks have
been cutting down on meat ever
since the new administration came in
and in Lent they are cutting still
lower. Whenever folks want TO
economist they start on meat. When
they have spent too much money
during the social season they try to
make up for it on meat
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19
THE ENGLISH CRISIS.

The great event of the past week,
has been the long-expected speech in
Parliament of Premier Gladstone.
Not within the history of the present
generation has there been such an in
terested gathering in the Westmln-
ster Palace as on Wednesday. AT
this hour Mr.. Gladstone has no peer
in the civilized world as a parliament
tary orator and this is the more
marvellous in view of his advanced
age. He evidently rose to the full
height of the great occasion. The
effort was a mastery one. There
were no forid or bombastic utter
ances. The speech was grave, sub
stantial land, at times, even solemn.
The eloquence was in the thought,
the clearness and aptness of its ex-
preston, the manifest sincerity and
earnestness of the speaker, and in the
gravity of the occasion. 1t is too
early to prophesy the result. The
London papers, and, of course, all
the Tory in the land, are loud in their
denunciations of it. Some of the
Liberal sheets are hesitating; but it
is evident that profound impress
sion has been made upon the English
mind. If, in the present hour, Mr..
Gladstone's administration is not sus-
tanned, it will be impossible for any
less generous and righteous policy to
prevail for any length of time. Ire
land will never be satisfied with any
thing short of it., and the sense of
Justice among the English people will
be sure to rise to it. OF course the
plan which gives Ireland home rule
in its Internal affairs, and still fully
preserves the union and the sover,
eighty of Great Britain, may require
some notifications, made manifest
in it's discussion f.; but in substance
it must Ultimately become the fina
solution of the protracted and bite
Irish question.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19
VERMONT METHODIST CON-
FERENCE.

The forty-second session of the
Vermont annual conference will be
held at Chelsea, commencing April
20, which will be the third Methodist
conference session in that town-the
first having occurred in July, 1910,
when the New Hampshire and Yer
mont conference held its eleventh
annual session there, and the second
being the twenty-eighth of the Yer
mont conference, in 1872-says a
correspondent of the Boston Journal
The present membership of the con-
ference is one hundred twenty-four,
of which Lightweight are pastors of
churches, four are presiding elders,
one is the president of the Confer
ence Seminary at Montpelier. four
teen are on the supernumeraly list
and seventeen are superanuated
One member has died during the
year. Nineteen local preachers, no
members of the conference, are also
employed in pastoral work within it.
bounds, who with the eighty-eigh
above mentioned and the four presid
ing elders make total of one hun
dred eleven men who will be subiec
to the action of the presiding bishol
and his appointing power. Of this
number, all the presiding elders an,
twenty-eight of the pastors will hav
reached the full term of service i
their respective positions and mus
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

1t is Enthusiastically unfair in
Messrs. Morrison and Hewitt to say
that the present rate of duty on d.
table goods is AZ per cent, or "high-
er than during the highest period of
the war; and yet suppress the fact
that one-third of all imports are now
free of all duty whatever. The mag
nitude of the free list is very i'm
portant point in determining the Sc
verify of a tariff. During the wal
very little was admitted free. The
average rate on all imported goods
is at present 80 per cent; on all du-
table goods between 46 and AZ per
cent. The tariff bill they propose
has no chance of passing the Senate,
and is therefore purely political
move. They will chalk it up and
take to their heels. as the democrats
have never yet dared to discuss tariff
reform in a political canvass. There
is splendid opportunity for it. The
country wants the free raw materials
of which Morrison and Hewitt speak
in their report, but from lack of
brains or courage the democrats as a
rule never stand up squarely on the
tariff issue on the stump.-Spring.
field Republican. (mugaUump).
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

Makers Of brooms report an extraor-
binary scarcity of broom corn, which
now brings an extremely high price in the
wholesale market, and they predict that
the price of brooms will soon be doubled.
The pension bureau during the year
ended March 3lst issued S6,S47 new pen
sion certificates; an increase over any
previous year of S411. During March
1895 new certificates were issued.
A fire at Key West, Florida, destroyed
the principal buildings and large part
of the city. Loss $I,5OO,OOO. Nineteen
persons were injured. Five thousand
persons are thrown out of employment
and the people are threatened with fam
inc.
The New York daily Commercial Bulle-
tin estimates the March fire loss in the
United States and Canada at $40, 500, 900,
or $3,500,0OO more than the average in
March for the past ten years, and great
er than any known precedent in that
month.
Bishop Warren states that 100, 900 new
members have been added to the Method
list Episcopal Church North during the
last three months. These figures have
no reference to the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, which has also had large
additions.
A terrific storm visited the locality of
| Waterford, Ont, April 9th. The snow
was from two to five feet deep. The
| large reaper and mower mandatory was
almost destroyed, being partially unroof-
ed and the walls being blown in. Bust
ness was entirely suspended.
The masses are at length being reached
| to large extent in France. 1t is esti.
mated that more than 100000 persons at
tended the NEAL Mission in Paris alone
last year; while Mr.. Gibson reports So,
900, and Miss De Broen, in her Belleville
Mission, counts 1000 year.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

The growth in membership in the
prohibitory clubs of Rhode Island is
said to be unprecedented in the po-
litical history of the state. These
organizations are composed of men
of all parties, and their sole object
is to see that only men who are in
favor of the laws on the liquor ques-
ton are selected for state, city or
town officials. Thousands have thus
far enrolled, and it is estimated that
within sixty days two-thirds of all
the voters in the state will be pledg-
ed in this work. The movement is
managed by some of the shrewdest
and ablest politicians in the state,
and all politicians in the old par
ties will do we'll to make a note of
the fact.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

therefore, be changed, while there
are thirty-five who have served two
years and forty-four who are closing
their first year of service in their
present appointment. The changes
which must occur are very likely to
be supplemented in number by other
changes which will seem expedient,
as well as by some which will result
from complications attending the en-
tire change in the board of presiding
elders. The conference will also
take action upon proposition SUBJ
mitted at the last session to reduce
the number of presiding elder dis
trlcts to three, involving, of course,
a corresponding decrease in the num-
Der of presiding elders. No other
conference in New England except
the New England conference has
more than three presiding elders,
and as that maintains two hundred
twenty-four pastoral appointments,
while the Vermont conference has
one hundred twenty, it is argued
that the proportion in Vermont is
excessive. The time seems opportune
for whatever change in this respect
may be advisable, in view of the
entire reorganization Of the cabinet,
which must occur IN any event. The
Vermont conference has accepted,
without any disposition to rebel, the
decision of the general conference
to retrocede the Burlington district
to the Troy conference, although the
feeling is unanimous that gross in
justice has been done by this action.
The conference is loyal, however, to
the spirit of Methodism, and will
continue to bear the injustice with
out any recourse to complaints OF
threatenlngs of rebellion or seces-
sion. The year now closing has
been one of general encouragement
| to the Methodist churches in Yer
mont, and marked revival spirit
has prevailed during the winter, will
some instances of remarkable de
velopment in this regard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

Tit wholesale arrest of eX-alder-
men made sensation in New York
city last week, as we'll ii might. The
authorities may mean business, or
they may desire to close up the Sen
ate committees Investigations, which
are said to threaten worse trouble for
certain Albany Legislators. How
ever these things may be, round
dozen of aldermen were arrested on
indictments found by the grand jury,
charging them with receiving brides
to vote for the Broadway surface
railroad. The record now stands as
follows: OF the "a members of the
board of '84, 16 are under arrest on
indictments, namely, President VIM.
P. Kirk, Henry w. Jaehne, VIM.
Pearson. William H. Miller, Thomas
Cleary, John O'Neil, Patrick Farley,
Louis Wendell, Thomas Shiels, Ar
thur j. McQuade, Henry L. Sayles,
Michael Duffy, Ludolph FL. Full
graft, Charles H. Reilly, Francis
McCabe, Frederick Finck. Three
are fugitives, Caspar Rothman
Charles Dempsey and R. De Lacy
Charles B. Waite is states evidence
Kenny and Mclaughlin are dead
but are implicated in the charges o
Waite; Hugh j. Grant, now sheriff
of the county, and O'Conner vote
against the bill, and are of cours
not involved with the rest. Thre,
of the men arrested, Jaehne, ONE
and Cleary, are members of the pres
ent board of aldermen. 1t is a pre-
ty record as it stands.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19

The Bangor (Me.) Wing, in re-
ferring recently to some current
newspaper discussions touching Mr..
Edmund's course in 1884, takes oc-
casion to make the following emphat-
&c and judicious remarks:
''The Republican papers of Maine
have preferred no complaints, have
uttered no reproaches against Sena-
ator Edmunds on account of his
course during the Presidential can
vass of 1884. Nor have they inter-
meddled in the slightest degree by
suggestion, or even by hint, in the
Senatorial election in Vermont.
They have with one accord regarded
that election as a matter belonging
to the Republicans of Vermont and
to them alone. In this respect the
Republican papers of Maine have
pursued the same course steadily adj
hered to by Mr.. Blaine. No word
has ever been heard from him refer
ing directly or indirectly to the course
of Mr. Edmunds in 1884 or to his re.
election to the Senate in 1887. The
Republicans of Maine unanimously
believe that it is wise for the party
to look forward and not backward
to forget in the duties of the future
all the unpleasant incidents of the
past"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-19
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The loss by floods at Rome, Ga, will ex
coed 100000
The reduction in the public debt for
March was $14,25O, 900.
The final canvass Of the house on the
bankruptcy bill is favorable.
From four to fifteen inches of snow fell
The President has appointed Caleb w.
West of Kentucky to be governor Of
Utah.
b Although Secretary Manning is better,
it is probable that he will retire from the
cabinet.
Great fears are felt in Arkansas City,
Ark, on account of the threatened cav
ing in of the Cypress bend levee.
Senator Colquitt of Georgia denies that
real estate in Atlanta has taken tumble
since the city voted prohibition.
A fire in the Planters House, ST. Louis,
Mo-, caused the death of four servant
girls who slept in an upper story.
The Mexican Pension bill passed the
House on Monday. It is estimated that
it will call for O,OOO,O 900 for next year.
Thirty millions of logs are said to be
ready to be foated down the Connecticut.
They will be sawed at the foot of Mount
Tom.
Congressman Randall is reported as be-
ing more of an invalid than is generally
supposed and his friends are very anxious
about him.
Reports from all parts of the country
give favorable accounts of the prospects
of the wheat, corn and other cereal crops
of the country.
The Union Cattle company ofCheyenne
wy, have barn at Omaha that cover.
five acres, cost $l25,000 and accommo
dates $3.50 head of cattle.
The richest young lady in Chicago i
Miss Louise De Koven, her fortune be
ing estimated at $40, 100000. She is en-
, gagged to New Yorker.
: The subscription list for $40, OOO, 900 /
| Canadian Pacific railway bonds close
Tuesday and it is reported that the az
plications reached 100000, 900.
The subscriptions to the Hancock Fun
amount to $4,000 The President ha
! signed the bill passed by Congress grant
ing Mrs. Hancock pension of 81, 900
t year.