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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
the privilege of proving my worthi

the privilege of proving my worthi-
ness"
"Ah," she answered, laying her
other hand over his, 81 do not need
any further proof. l see that l
wronged you. l had no right to
judge from my first impression. But,
at the same time, dear, you must ac-
knowledge that you had no right to
make that first impression so pain
full"
NO." he said quite humbly; 81
know / hadn't"
/, the writer, of this story, have
just been to St. Mark Church to see
them married. Such wedding as 1t
was, too %
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
NOT AFRAID OF BURGLARS.

"Its joke on me, of course, but
I'll give 1t to you fellows" said
Cass farm man to little group in the
city hall. 60 l have a great fear of
burglars. When 60 to bed I want to
know that every door and window is
securely fastened. About month
ago we changed hired girls, and the
newcomer was very careless about
the doors o'nights. On two or three
occasions | came down stairs at mid
night to find a window mp or the back
door unlocked. ! therefore deter
mined TO put up job on her. / got
some old false whiskers and an old
rig. And one night about eleven
o'clock [ crept up the back stairs to
her room. She was snoring away
like trooper, but the minute | struck
a match she awoke. | expected a
great yelling and screaming, but
nothing of the kind took place. She
bounced out of bed with a You vii
liam ? on her lips, seized chair by
the back, and before / had made
move she knocked me to my knees.
Before l could get out of the room
she struck me again, and it was only
after | had tumbled down the back
stairs that she gave the alarm. Then
she went through to my room, raped
on the door and cody announced /:
Mr.. Blank, please get up. I've
killed burglar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
NO UPPER OR LOWER CLASS
The blatherskite who howls about

The blatherskite who howls about
the oppression of capital is fool.
He should save his wind for the up
hill struggle to wealth and fame.
Nine-tenths of the business men of
to-day in all walks, mercantile, man
ufacturing, professional and literary,
sprang from the working level. Facts
show this statement to be true.
Walk down any business street and
ask every business man you meet if
his wealth was inherited or earned,
and the answer, will give you the
proof of our statement. Socialism
may fit Europe or Asia, but in Amer
lea wealth is football, kicked back
and forth by sturdy endeavor. Wav-
ing red flags and rending the atmos-
phere with cries or curses will amass
no dollars. There is no upper or
lower class here. Run your eye
over the list of Presidents for the last
twenty-five years, and you will see
that we need no socialism here.
Every one of them sprang from the
lowest ranks of toll. Not one of
them split his throat in mobs or
waved red flags. They all knew
better than that. They hung their
coats on fence stake and went to
work. Some may think that Amer
leans would smash bake-shops and
rifle jewelry stores, as socialists have
done in London; they might if we
had hereditary Dukes and Earls to
cucumber the land, but we do not
have them. We could not
have them if we wanted them,
but we have done so we'll without
them that they are not in favor here.
l-AlbGnu Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
MY FAMILY DOCTOR

For the last two years has been Sulphur Bitters has
until began using them in my family, we had
more or less sickness, and doctors bill has
been very large. Since we began their use, We
have had no doctor to pay, and three dollars invest
ed in Sulphur Bitters has kept health in our family
e Knott, Postmaster, Wayerly, Iowa.
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AN END TO BONE SCRAPING.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.. says
"Having received much benefit from Electric
Bitters, ieel it my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had running sore on my leg for
eight years my doctors told me | would have to
have the bone scraped or leg amputated. l used
instead three bottles of Electric Bitters and
boxes of Bucklen's Arnca Save, and my leg is
now sound and WELL"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents bottle and
Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by FL. c.
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
Summer.

Proudly the golden summer glows;
Her radiant smile is where
The rippled water gently flows,
Her breath steals from the scented rose,
Upon the balmy air.
The gifts she bears are scattered free;
The tall grain ripens well,
The heavy grass waves DER the lea,
She lends robe to every tree,
A flower to every dell.
The song of birds, the hum of bees,
The sunshine and the shower,
The passing of the cooling breeze,
That fans the brow of labor, these
Still cheer the summer hour.
Almighty! since the seasons rolled
Their rounds beneath Thy feet,
Thy praises they have ever told,
Alike in winters Arctic cold,
And summers tropic heat.
Thy hand directs their mystic dance,
Nor do they ever stay,
Guided by Thy unerring glance,
And by no wild, ungoverned chance,
AS ages roll away.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

Timothy says that the first time he
went a courting, he felt as if pink
angel had hauled him down rain
bow with piece of ehain-lightning
smack into a pile of down.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
Out of Tribulatiou.

Dost thou feel the sings and arrows
BY outrageous fortune cast?
Do they cloud thy sky with sorrows,
And embitter all thy past?
Art thou growing weary hearted
With the strife that will not cease?
Dost thou think thy soul hath parted,
For all time, with joy and peace?
Think not thus. Though tolls enviren,
Others have the same withstood;
'Tis by constant blows that iron
Grows more powerful for good.
Every tree is fuller fruited
For the wound of pruning shears;
Every tree is frmer rooted,
For the tempest of the years.
If the fire that burns thee sorely,
Be indeed fiery cross,
1t refnes thee, slowly, surely,
Cleansing all thy gold of dross.
And the perfect man is builded
Faster in the evil day;
Every loss cornice gilded,
Every care stronger stay.
So that, though the world grows colder,
And thy bosom friends be less,
Thou to every true beholder
Shalt increase in comeliness.
So that, out of tribulation,
Thou shalt have more perfect light,
And fuller compensation
For the darkness of the night.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14

have sold during the past year about two gross
of your preparation, Athlophoros gives great
satisfaction fer rheumatism. Many of my custom
ers say that they will always keep it against time
of need II. A. Powers, druggist, Wilton, New
Hampshire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
THE CRUISE OF THE SHIP
"HAPPY.

By THE LATE HELEN JACKSON IN. H."
The craft had the air of something foreign,
As she lay at the wharf among the rest
The Care the strive the Watch, y
and the Labor
Familiar names that had stood long tests
Their ropes we're all taut, their sheets set
fun,
Sailors in line all ready to pull
The Happy had not a man on her deck;
What was to hinder her going to wrecki
They we're laughing at her OIL. over the
tswn;
they said she'd not even an anchor down
No captain, no crew, no anything,
Save foolish, shining banner to fling,
Silken aud bright and fit for a king,
The Happy No line of date, or place;
She seemed TO belong To all time and space
With her subtle magic charm and grace.
As if magnet-drawn, some steps drew near
No power it seemed that they had to chooses
Breathless they went, first one then anoth
"Ha', We had not a moment to losep'
Cried one, as he leaped on the snowy deck,
What was to hinder her going 10 wreck.
10 was all so strange. Dear love, are we
deadt'
A trembling girl looked round and said.
"Hush no cried her lover. beginning to
live"
AS he spoke, they ind the anchor give,
And the silken banner fiuttering out,
High over head rang a laughing shout
Invisible hands brought the ship about.
While the rest were tuggfng with hands
and knees,
To get under way, the Happy" with ease,
Sailed past them into the sunny seas.
Into sunny seas; but they cannot reckon,
Nor reckon or gless how long ago;
For logs are not kept on board of the Hap
py,N
And the names of years they no longer
know.
One thing is sure When they sailed away
Their hair was brown ana now il is gray
So they think if the truth were known and
told
They've been cruising long, and are getting
old.
And the harbor must be near at hand,
Where the "Happy's' passen. erS will land.
Some storms they have had that swept the
decks:
The sea all around was strewn with wrecks
The strive the Labor the Watch -
and The Care
They'd not so much as time for prayer,
Twas piteous sight to see them there
But steady and safe, they know not why,
Her banner tightening the darkest sky,
rhe Happy" sailed triumphautly by;
The Happy with no line of date or place /:
Her orders cover all time and space.
Thanks be TO God for this gift of His grace.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
What Puzzled Her.

There are villages in the interior Of
California where the people do not
know everything. A young lady who
mas lived in an inland county all her
life. where no railroad has reached.
paid her first visit To- San Francisco a
few weeks ago. She knew that she
would necessarily come across some
very strange and new things. and she
had sealed her lips and made up her
mind firmly not 10 be surprised at any
thing. She was conveyed uptown. and
with her friends got ON the cable ear.
She did not show any interest in the
novelty She was apparently quite ac-
custOmed to dummies and things. con-
ductOrs. engineers and impOlite passen-
gers. All was well until the starter
blew his whistle. the conductor rang
the bell and the car went of with a
jerk She clutched madly at the seat.
gave a healthy interior-countrys scream,
and. quite losing control of her iguo-
rance. cried out. ..Jerusha, Where :
the team
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
Making # Hard TO Mind.

DR. Mary A. Alien, in the Christian
Union relates the following:
A little girl was sent on an errand f.;
she found the family just sitting down
to tea, aud was invited to share in the
meal.
mo, thank you" said she, my
mamma don't like me to eat away
from home without her permission"
"Oh, she won't care said the hos
pitable hostess: IN take the response
bilitv, and if she must whip somebody,
tell her to whip me. Overcome by
persuasion, the. child sat down and ate
with the family. Returning home, she
refused to eat her supper, saying she
was not hungry. Mamma knew that
her children were not troubled with
loss of appetite without cause. and with
some tender anxiety, asked, "Why are
YOU not hungry? Don't you feel well?'
Then her experienced eye read in the
child's expressive face that this ques-
ton was a temptation to subterfuge,
and She hastened to ask another, which
should lead her to tell the truth:
What did YOU do at Mrs. Ellis SPY
At once the fiimsy veil of deceit was
blown away from before the little girl 5
vision, and she answered bravely
''Why, mamma, they asked me to stay
TO supper, and leased me. and Mrs.
Ellis said you should whip her. and,
mamma, l had hot biscuit, and two
kinds of cake. and cheese. and-and
Mrs. Ellis asked me if liked tea. and
said yes, but you did not want me to
drink it, ..and she fixed some tea, and
said | should drink it,and you wouldn I
know it; but | didn't do that, mamma,
and / think folks have no business to
make it so hard for little girls 10 mind
/ their mothers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
An Old Mans Story

There were half a-dozen old fellows
sitting on a bench in Il public park
talking upon various subjects, and fl
nally they began to tell stories as to
the wonderful feats and presence of
mind they had witnessed. One old
gentleman told of the building of a
mill down in York State, where a num-
Der of upright posts had to be put into
ABOUT six feet of water, with the end
resting on the rocky bottom. In low
ering one of these posts, the end be-
came entangled in the cOat-tail of a
man in boat, who was stcadying it,
and took him to the bottom; but be-
fore he could get untangled, he was
pinned fast under nearly six feet of
water
with wonderful presence of mind, ;"
said the story teller, che slipped out
of his coat and came up. His coat re-
manned under the post.
A lean lank looking fellow who had
been listening came up, SAYING
That's a remarkable incident, but
nothing to what | saw right here in
Milwaukee Bay about thirty years
ago.
What was it? Toll us!n exclaimed
all the party at once.
well, YOU see the end of the pier
over there? | was out there in a boat
with a friend We had started out for
fish, and had taken our guns along
to shoot ducks, if any should happen
-. ,nb n -,
those days. Well, we hadn' been there
long before |, in some way, lost my
powder-horn overheard, and it sunk in
thirty feet of water. There it lay on
the bottom in plain sight. My friend
said he would dive for it. | tried to
persuade him not to, but he was deter
mined / noticed he didn't take off
his powder-horn. and before I could
call attention to it he was in the water.
| waited about twenty minutes
Twenty minutes!" they all ex-
claimed.
That's the exact time. my friends.
held my watch in my hand, and
timed him. After twenty minutes
began TO get a little nervous, and
4 looked over the side of the boat, and
what do you think | saw?"
Il suppose your friend laid on the
bottom of the lake, drowned ven
tured one.
mo; you are wrong. Here is
where he showed his presence of mind
and dirty, thieving disposition. There
he sat on the bottom of the lake, pour
ing the power out of my horn into his
horn and whistling. That's what
consider remarkable incident of a
mans presence of mind"
/ No reply was made by any of his
listeners, out each one quietly got up,
looking suspiciously at the story teller,
aud left him alone, master of the sit
uation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
Lananese Sentiment.

At 4 recent japanese wed ling the
most prominent gift was a mountain
formed of rolls of white and red floss
silk. the ends of each roll being tied
with parti-cOlored Irvine in hard knots.
cmblematic of the indissOlubility of the
marriage tie. The floss silk typified
gentle but enduring constancy, the
strength of the skeins contrasting with
ihei- softness and ilexibilitv. Round
the base of the mountain were orna-
menis of fresh rice straw, plated into
the forms of storks and tortOises of
longevity. and the pine bamboo and
plum Of perpetual bloom. while into
the loops OF the plants We're thrust
pieces of the dried bonito fish. a favor
tie accompaniment of wedding presents
its name, "kti>u-wO-bOShi.' being a
homOuym for the three Chinese char
acter~. -ignifying victorious, manly aud
brave.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

The oldest newspaper in the world,
the Pekiu Gazette. has lately taken a
new lease of life. says the London Pail
Mall Gazette. This venerable journal
alone almost in changeless land. has
changed its form. Established in the
year GIL, the Pekin Gazette has been
published regularly since 1851. Under
the new arrangement three editions
are published: the first. the King-Paou,
printed upon yellow paper, constitutes
the official gazette of the Middle King
dom; the second, the Hsing- Paou(c om-
mercial journaD, also printed upon
yellow sheets. contains information in
teresting to the trading community,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

You will notice how quickly thor
Oughly successful article is initiated,
and also that the limitations are without
merit. a. they are gotten up by I'M
Scrupuluu, parties Beware of imita-
tiOns Of DIR. Jones Red Glover Tonic.
The genuine i sold by druggists, and
promptly cures dyspepsia. cOstiveness.
bad breath, piles, pimp!eS, ague and
malaria diseases, poor appetite. low
spirits. headache. or diseases of the
kidneys, stomach and liver. Price
fifty cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

y Russian observer. Dir. Kobe. states
with regard TO the fatigue occasioned
to the ewes by paper of various colors,
that red and green papers produce
more fatigue than blue and yellow,
and these again more than gray and
white of the same degree of brightness.
Altogether. ne does not think that a
cOiorei paper for printed books pre-
SCENTS any advantage. As far as the eve
sight Is concerned. over white paper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

\ resident in RonkonEoma. i. l.,
possesses a quaint gold watch which it
is claimed once belonged to Marie An
toinette. 1t is almost the size of a
trade dollar, aud also open-faced.
On the back is her device. cupid on a
cloud wrought in gold and silver. The
disk is surrounded by wreaths of Gre
clan and Roman gold. The hours on
the dial are marked in Arabic aum-
bers. The silver hands, black with
age, are studded with diamonds. The
porcelain shows small cracks al the
edges. 1t is itself a curiosity, and its
pedigree, it is said, is clearl 2 traced.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Nothing makes man SO in love with
purity as purity. Many = man has
been lifted ont of debasing sins. against
which he has vainly struggled, by COM
ing to know pure, swec' woman. 1t
is the sight of embodied goodness that
makes us want to be good Many a
mother, by the quiet usefulness Of her
life, fills her children with the desire to
be like her that makes them IN turn
unselfish. There are obscure men and
women who hardly in their own lives
utter a word of consci Gus teaching.
who. by their example, do more to
make people around them gentle and
truthful and Christ-like than any
preacher can do 1t is rot those who
talk about goodness. but those who are
good. that are the light Of the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

while the third, the Titani-Paou (pro-
vincial gazette,) printed upon red
paper. consists of extracts from the
other two editions. The total circula-
ton of the three issues is $4,000 copies.
The editorship is confined To com
mittee of six members of the Academy
Of Han-Lin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Throat-ail seldom gets well of itself,
but deepens until it undermines the
constitution, wastes away health,
strength. and flesh, and finally fastens
itself on the lungs, completing the
wreck ard ruin of the whole man. Dr.
Bigelow's Positive cure Il the only safe,
sure and speedy remedy for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung diseases.
Sold by druggists at fifty cents and one
dollar. Pleasant to take and safe for
children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Statistician Dodge of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture says there are
about eighty swine to every one hum
dred Of our population, We hadn't
supposed there We're SO many hogs
among the people as that.-IowcH C0H-
5TCr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

The two-headed eagle or some Of
the foreign flags signify double en-
pire. Thus Austria has one for the
eastern and one for the western en-
pire. She claims to be the successor
of the Caesars of Rome, and also of
Charlemagne. She added the second
eagles head to her standard in S02, TO
her denote the union OF Rome and
Germany. Russia got a double by
ding that of Poland to her own.
Constantine was the first to adopt the
device, to intimate that the empire had
two heads or kings. but was neverthe-
less one body or empire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

You did not dare speak to me in
that manner before married you. sir"
she Indignantly exclaimed. mo; nor
You didn't dare come cavorting
around me in curl papers and carpet
slippers. before married YOU. ma ami"
he retorted. Then she cried and he
profanitied.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

MANY Pooh SUFFERER has expended
hundreds OF dollars ia the purchase of cost
~ medicines put up in prescription" form
for the cure of rheumatism or govt. and
without any benefit Ii all such wouli but
drop drugs and attack blood impurities
with VINEGAR BITTERs they would ilnd that
nature has provided AT least one remedy for
these terrible Affections
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

A mill in the north of England starts
war on bangs with this notice: "Ail youna
girls employed here must cease 10 wear IA
fringe over the forehead after the prevail
ing fashion, aud must part their hair down
the center. Failure to comply will be
punished with dismissal"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

The New York Morning Journal says that
Mrs. F. G.. Kellogg, 20 f. seth Street, in
that city, was paralyzei and lay for seven
days IN commissions. Seven doctors failed
To cure her, and her case was given up as
hopeless Then st. Jacobs Oil was used.
She began TO improve, and in short time
was cured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

bridget, II Mr.. Wilkins comes admit him
Mr.. Johnson may come. It's not his night,
but he has been afiectionate lately, and
he's Just in the state of mind TO make a
mistake Mr.. johnson rings the bell.
1get-"Misses is very sorry, sir but she
says as how it amt your night.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
VINEGAR BirrERs

e. the great blood Purifier and Ilfe-giy-
Inc Principle: a Gentle Purgative ard Tonic 3
perfect Ren0vstor and Invigorator o. the system.
in vinegar Bitters there is vitality but
90 alcoholic or mineral poison.
OiSeases of the skin. Of whatever name
or nature are literally dug upAyc carried out OF
me system in a short time BY thu Bites
vinegar Bitters ailays feyefishness, IL
,-.iieves ana IN time CURES rheumatism, Neu-
rslria Ciout, and similar painful diseases
Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and
prevents DiarrhFa.
uounded possessilv the power Of NINEGAR Bir'
rKRs to heal the SICK.
send for either OF our valuable reference
oo<s for ladies' for farmers, for mere lanfs- our
Ne.iicsi Treatise on Diseases, OF our afec-isin
on Iutemperance and Tobacco which las- should
~ resd ty every child and youth IN the if.ad-
receipt Of four cents for registration fees
RH NeDon.ld nrueCo.. So Washington s.. ny
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Il have tried Athlophoros in my family
and il has worked like a charm / have
kept il for the last two months" writes
druggist'L- j kimball, OF Norway, Mich.
giving his experience with the great rheu-
matism and neuralgia cure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Madame, said shiveriug tramp, wv
will y-yOu give p-pOor fellow a ch-chance
TO get warm Certainly" replied the
woman, kindly, ''you can carry in that ton
of coal, but don't burn yourself
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Will begin a series Of "reminiscences of the
war in the National TIibuue, Washington,
d. G., with the issues of April .. sub
scriptions should be sent in at once to Sc
cure the first number. Price Si0O per au-
mum.
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Positively Popular; Provoke Praise Prove
Priceless. Peculiarly Prompt; PerCephbiy
Potent; Producing Permanent Profit, Pre-
Guiding Pimples and Pustules; Promoting
Purity and Peace. Purchase. Price, Petty.
Pharmacists Patronizing Pierce Procure
Plenty.