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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-01

HOUSE AND LAND
FOR SALE.

II
Having decided to move out of town offer for
sale my house and land very pleasantly located in
the thriving village of Barton. Buildings nearly
new, and in best repair inside and out. Excellent
spring of never failing water in cellar This is :.
rare chance to gat beautiful home in one of the
peasantest villages in northern Vermont at a mod
crate cost. A part of purchase money can lay on
mortgage if desired. For further particulars III
quire of F. A. SCOTT, St bloomsbury.
Or n. NJ. SCOTT, Barton 3tf
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NJ AIR fsIED.

At Barton Landing, Jan. 20, by Rev. l.. Dodd,
Erwin II. Alexander and Nette Z. Berry, both OF
Bloomington.
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Spiral gntiees.

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilbains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, no pay
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by III. c. Pierce.
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FOR SAL

The building opposite the Drug Store, in Barton
Village. Wen located for business. For particu-
lars inquire of j. l.. WOODMAN.
Barton, Aug. "a. sttf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-01

FITS All Fits stopped free by DR.. Klne's
Il IL ~ sGreat Nerve Restorer. No Fits after
first days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
$40 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send to DIR.
Kline 1881 Arch ST., Phila. Pa.
Hair Vine stimulates the growth of the hair and
prevents it from falling out, itching of the
scalp and removes dandruff. Try it for headache
and neuralgia. Sold by E. f. button, d. l.. OWN
oil, and all druggists.
News of the Week.-From every direction comes
approving words for Kean's Kidney and Back
Plasters. If you wish to be relieved from the
twinges of Rheumatism, Lumbago, Back Ache, &c
Apply one at once. Speedy relief will follow.
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NOTICE.

aThis is to certify that my wife, Hattie c. Walker,
has left my bed and board without any just
provocation whatever, hereby forbid any persons
trusting or harboring her my account, as shall
pay no debts of her contracting after this date.
q. d. WALKER
Albany, Jan. Is. ga
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-01

9hehkeeIu.
Independent Grange will hold its
next meeting at B. ingalls,, Feb. 9th.
DR.. Campbell Of Albany, came here last
Saturday and performed an operation on
A. d. Draker, who has been afflicted
with the kidney trouble for quite a num-
Der of years. The doctor thinks it will
ha narmanant pura
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

Never before in history. It may be
safely said. did the conquered even in a
civil war administer upon the rewards
paid for the services Of the c~onquerors.
This unique spectacle is afforded BY the
presence Of Secretary Lamar At the
head Of the Department Of the Interior,
and consequently the arbitrator Of Union
pensions. Never before in history did
the conquered speak with enthusiasm
OF these rewards paid to the men who
conquered him; or declare that they
might we'll be greater, and that they
were the most sacred obligations OF the
Nation. Never before in history was
20 frank and generous n sentiment dis
torted and mutilatcd by political OPP
ponents who never shed anything more
terrible than ink in such = conquest.
This has been done by some Of the
Republican organs. one Of which says
+ Of this defense Of the pension system
by an exc Confederate, that lit CLOVIS
with all the ardor Of an enthusiast who
| would like 10 see it extended 10 the fell
| lows who fought on the other side.
There Is not a line or q word or a hint
in Secretary Lamar's report. suggest.
| ing that he wishes pensions extended
70 .the fellows who fought on the Other
| side. He knows o well-if the Phil
adelphia Press. the author Of these
words, does not-that even II he die
wish 1t the Constitution absolutely for
bids it.-Dcfrol Free Press.
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4 Ola pounre - Deosoo . vals ma1eon
urom Dsneh ~ opoun1oo 0suoreee =
~ oeoa Oad-Doshhone1 Way--A -
nsaee nsgan = o1noeo - - Ceossn-
mnee1 - A1eogs
erAsrDn PAM. \. =. January To-
Early IN NE spring there win b . we'd
ding 10 Beach Haven, where The father o.
the promised bride d IN old end prosper
ous resident. The bridegroom win b
Charles Apologize, who 70 ticket agent
q the Pennsylvania Railroad Il this
place. Apologize u Z handsome young
fellow and q good swimmer. Among
those who skinned the freshly frozen
surface Of the inlet last Friday afternoon,
two Young people attracted marked 3D.
miration. One IVES young Applegate
ana the other was : very daring young
Iady clad IN : fur trimmed skat-
Ing suit. Apologize had often
sold tickets 10 the young
lady and WA { silent but fervid worship-
o. a. her brunette beauty. His en.
chantress had no escort and seemed bent
on exploit ag places On b Ice MARKED
ssdaneereGs." Apologize kept . : re-
spectable distance, but kept sight q her
she evidently recognized him and noted
his admiration. but Of course, gave him
10 encouragement, y they were sociai
strangers. Suddenly, In the midst Of me
sport, there was : noise OF splitting Ice,
and the young lady from Beach Haven
was seen 20 disappear. The cold, dark
blue water closed over her pretty lace.
Apologize slipped his skates on and with
out hesitate on dropped into the widening
| cleft In the Ice. When he r~eappeareo
he had his arm about the waist o.
the unconscious girl and with some -
distance both were soon sheltered IN the
hotel. Two hours later they met In tne
parlor, fully recovered from their peril.
Gus adventure. When they were ief'
alone Apologize proclaimed hts love foI
the girl whose life he had saved. He say!
she asked him his name, blushed, smiled
and then told him she was engaged q
marry another. The ardent sutton, nm
disnayed, besought her 70 give up IN
| other man and prove the gratitude she
earnestly declared. What they said FUR
/ ther d, Of course not known, but they
were seen kissing each other by the hotcl
| proprietor, who came In fifteen minutes
later. II 10 supposed she softly mur
INJURED "yes.r
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80 9vaas nssalls osns - ~ Eav1y -.
pssisnsss 4 : oss.sry Prlaslns ones--
A O'es 4rne Tale-
Nuw Ycnx. January so.-At the diunsr
q The Typothetic Society q Delmonico's
Monday night . large number % Old
printers ana pubnshers attended. Mark
Twain, after : complimentary speech o.
J. n. Bailey, said; II am staggered BY
the compliments 90 lavishly poured out
upon me, and ] am proud - well - stag
gercd. II Il the drst time that any
has stood up In The presence Of : large
and respectable audience, such - this v,
and coniessed that l have told the truth
once. II could return the compliments
I'd do Il. The historical "reminiscences
a the President have cast me
into The reminiscent mood, for also,
IN nv small way, am an antiquity. IL
NAV be I am among Stranger, y that
The printer OF to-day u not the printer Of
thirty-nve years ago. knew him. ht
his 6rcs. busted his ONCE and drew
his water from the village pump. ! pick
ed the type from under his stand In the
mornings, and II he was there 10 Sec !
put the good type back In the case q
the bad ones ID the hell-box; and II he
was not there I dumped the lot with the
Cpl" used 10 carry around the papers,
and was the enduring target OF all the
dogs In the village. l wish ! had . nickel
for every dog bite l have got on me. !
could keep NJ. Pasteur In business for .
. The subscribers for our paper paid
II groceries, and the country ones paid ID
cnbbages or cord-wood-that was, when
they did. When they did we always men.
toned Il In the paper and gave them Z
pu6. II We failed To do this they stopped
their paper. They all directed the policy
OF the paper. One man paid In cash, and
he owned Us body and soul. He changed
our politics every which way, and
changed our religion four times. II We
attempted 70 reason he threatened TO stop
his paper and that closed the discussion.
We used to take out the telegraphic items
and Law them on q galley. Then we'd
change the dates and shove them into the
paper day after day, until public interest
in them was worn to the bone. have
seen 4 (. a. advertisement Of . Sheri6's
sale booming along serenely two years
after the sale had taken place. Our
yearly sads'' were patent medicine
electrotypes and we used to fence
with them when the column rules
were worn out. When We pied a
form We suspended until next week. We
| always suspended when fishing was good
The editor was apoet. When his intel
| lects suppurated and discharged a poem
he would read II to the printers and ash
them what they thought Of Il. They a.
ways scraped their rules on their boxes
| while he was reading and when he wa
done they always said II was hog-wash
They were very frank and candid people
can look back now and see that old Of
fice with its candle in the K box. Blu
perhaps I sing the glories Of . forgot tel
age to unfamiliar ears and l will STOP"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

President Cleveland deserves the
thanks OF all sensible mothers In the
United States. Al q married man the
President, Il u acknowledged, would
te q model. In setting the fashion Of
early hours at the White House the
Executive has declared Val against
pallid compilations, sunken eyes and
pr~ematurely shattered nervous systems
Turning night into day Is . modern
idea. Even in the Wild times Of the
Restoration, when Nell Gwynnc was
the reigning star, people attended
Drury Lane Thcater by daylight. A
hundred years ago society went home
in pattcns not later than eleven or 81
latest twelve o'clock. Under the pres
emit unnatural system beauty sleep Il
impossible, and the shadow Of prema'
ture old age stands grinning behind the
orchestra. The President . . man Of
healthy, old-fashioncd, rational ideas
and the man or woman who desires q
! ret the best Of him must rise ahead d
| De lark.-M y. Journol.
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WHO


A Common Occurrences Described n Tssss
Paragraphs.
He sat in the parlor.
She was similarly indulging.
They had been doing this similarly 20
Tour mortal hours
IL WAS eleven thirty p. n
He was happy.
She was tired.
He asked Il he might sing.
She said the patrol wagon didnt come
out after eleven o'clock.
Then he tuned up his voice and started
Ever Of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming ne
warbled. y,
"why don't you wake up and 60 homer
che quericd, q~uerulously.
He walked up
He vent home.
He never came back.
But another young nan took his place
They burn the paternal coal and gas ssv'
en- nights per week.
Possibly IL is better hus.
Who knowsg-Merthanf Traveller.
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49, - -c>o,c~-S~nss osnes - -
usona UD>> omasnass - = - .eyeoo-
$500 Woc1 - ueuuoapee > 49,.
$3.50 - - oeon1s ~. ~ wu =
NV YonE, January ia novel -
s>l,o. whlcA y Intended not only % -
~ Enthusiastically. buo . corsect a e.
~ oo1oro ~ w. = - has been -
vunes1 b stsnographer Of Tile city,
- poasn,s havo been Issued % cover
~ ~ vnoal princlples- he machines
hIthsr>o made 10 81 type have ~ had :
~ board before which ne operator 81,
- b toachlng he keys caused the type
- drop . vented iron reservoirs
ohrourh guiding Tubes Into The stick
- rallsy uads % hold them. thus set-
~ he matter n . continur
- line. which q assistant broke ~
no short lluss . a. the newspaper COZ
umn ~ book page. = desired. In ne
OVERWHELMINGLY machine The operator pre-
1870 : tspe which y run through . -
ehlne uhlcA sets ehe typo. In preparing
- toDe ne operator oots q . key board
S-hich can b arranged like the key board
~ either a the common type writers.
when 3 key representing : letter 70
oooched he act punches three holes In .
me across TIE tape. The three holes
Sre slwavn IL : line with each other, but
6Roy ~ n diGerent places
. ~ line. according % ne
lc1tsr % b rprcsented- Every
olme 3 letter y ponched The tepets moved
olonR Z certain distance before another
loe>sr b punched. This distance depends
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on 70 THER RACKET.

A brace % Robbers who Thought Ihey
HAD . SON snap FolIed ~ Young and
Plucky Telegraph Operator who was 'Os
20 Their Little Racket"
PLYMOUTH, Mass, January ls.-Lass
Saturday Baggagemaster John r. Ken
nedy drew . large sum Of money from the
bank and temporarily deposited It in The
safe Of Herbert Bates, station agent Of
the Old Colony Railroad and also local
manager Of the Western Telegraph Com
any Only one man was in the station
1t the time and he seemed to be buried
in 4 newspaper. Saturday night Bates
was absent leaving Benjamin b.
Hatcn, a young operator In charge.
At 10 80 D. ID. . man called At several
places IN an effort 70 ind Hatch, for the
alleged purpose Of getting . message
sent Hatch Wa finally found and went
70 the depot, where he found two men
waiting for him. He unlocked the door
and went in, followed BY the two men.
He lighted Z lamp in his telegraph ONCE,
and then turned 20 the visitors only TO
face 1 cooked revolver and TO hear the re
mark:
aHands upi It's no use, pass over the
money"
For IN instant Hatch was nonplussed
Then he quickly whipped ont . revolver
thrust Il into the robbers face AND reso
lutely said:
aI'm on TO your little racket"
The robber dropped his revolver and
hurriedly backed out Of the ONCE. HI
| companion had remained In the waiting
| room near the stove. Covering the pal
With his revolver, Hatch proceeded TO IN
depot door, cut Oh their exit and de
| handed 70 know what they wanted. Tn
| spokesman said he wanted to telegraph
IAN right" said Hatch, 'sit down O
that chair and write your message"
III don't want to telegraph" reptile
the rascal, and SELLING the opportunity 2
Hatch moved away from the door D
threw IL open and dashed out, followe
BY his companion. Hatch ran 70 n
door and fired after them - they disaI
reared In the darkness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

A lady in the South End last week who
happened 70 be in the kitchen about sup
per-timc handed n dish TO the new domestic
with the remark: That goes TO the dumb
waiter The girl was gone some time ous
finally returned painting for breath ana
with the dish stil ia her hand.
.'Sure,'' she said, II have been AZ oves
the house, mum, from cellar TO atus' ~,
the dickens 81 4 dumb waiter could ! find,
or one that could talk aither. Bedad !
think he's rome out."-Boston Budgct.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

Precedent Olovelan1's OeseeeDeneenee u1en
: ns~hss - ne ossna AruAys 9 ~ -
pub1ke.
Elsewhere appears n interesting
correspondence between the President
and General Ross. N officer q The
Grand Army and the publisher Of The
Maryland Veteran. . journal which
~sealously looks after the rights and
needs Of the old soldiers. General
Ross believed that injustice had
been done in the dropping Of . mem.
Der Of the Grand Army In che course OF
rctrenchment and lessening the force
In the Baltimore Custom House: ne.
accordingly, very properly addressed
the President on the matter. We
wonder that Mr.. Cleycland's predeces-
sors were not similarly admonished BY
the heads Of the Grand Army. for We
notice in General Ross second letter .
complaint that 1.-THE statutes made and
provided In our interests have been 80
long disregarded that our soldiers'
homes are filled with competent, EN-
cient and honorable men. who have
been driven there because their phys
ical disabilities are Of . character that
prevents them from battling with the
world In business competition with
those who were well housed and fed
during four years Of what was 70 us
exposure and privations."
This could scarcely be the case 4 MI.
Cleveland's Republican predecessors
had been careful to do what the laws
| required and what their party 20 SON
tinuously promised TO do for the veto
| rams OF the Union. These will read
with pleasure General Ross statement
that Mr.. Cleveland has given '.paticnt
| hearing 70 every petition sent him, and
| prompt action In many deserving
| cases..
II have adopted the theory" Mr..
| Cleveland writes, THAT the spirit Of
| the law requires that the same prefer
| ence should be applied to the retention
Of soldiers when q reduction Is neces.
sary As to their appointment. And
he adds: 1T is well that associations
should exist such As you represent, Or
ganized for the purpose Of protecting
and enforcing the right thus guaran-
teed by law. The statute Is based upon
Justice and a proper and generous ap-
probation OF the services Of those who
risked their lives for the safety Of their
country in her time Of need. The let.
ter and spirit Of it, provisions should
be fairly and in good faith observed:
But the soldiers will not complain
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

a Sudden Scattering Of the row-Boet
Modoc ~ Pittsburgh. Pa. ~ the Burst-
Ing Of Her Bot~Icr--Joscph Dsvery. shs
pilot. MISSING. and the Rest 81 \ Crew
Injured.
PrrrsBURaH, Pa, January le.-At
about q quarter to eight this morning the
tow-boat Modoc left her wharf In the
Allegheny River, at the foot Of Sixteenth
street, having an empty coal barge In
tow. she had proceeded but a short dis
lance when q sharp defamation was heard
and the cir in the vicinity was filed with
clouds OF steam and flying debris. When
this had cleared away nothing could be
seen Of the Modoc except her wheel,
which had been blown into shallow
water. Large sections Of the Modoc's
mud-drum were strewn on the beach.
A number Of skins put out 70 the scene
and succeeded in rescuing all Of the crew
from the Icy river except the pilot, 10.
seph Davcry, who Is still missing, and
thought to be on the wreck. Captain
James Evans had sustained severe In
iures about the head. Jack Evans, q son
a. the Captain. and engineer Of the boat
Vac badlv bruised, burned and cut, a.
W. also Kinney Mccormick, . deck
| hand. 4 fireman named Higgins was ter
ribly injured 10 the back, and Will PROB
ably die.
The victims, aside from their injuries,
suffered Greatly from exposure, and were
almost frozen before they reached The
shore. All were promptly removed TO the
residence Of Captain Evans, and every
thing possible done for their comfort
The boat wa Z complete wreck. II VA
valued q about $4,000, On which there 4
no insurance. Captain Evans ID unable
10 1--we any cause for the explosion. The
boilers had been In use for ten years, bu'
"a ham noconfix fckfcd And lnanectcd.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

Boggs lat the clearinghouse table,
Another cup Of tea. II you p'ease' ~
Famine. W.
Mrs. r. (scvcrcly)-Mr. Boggs. Che tea"
exhausted. !.
Boqgs-T should think IL would De- y
has been growing gradually weaker w.
since | made its acquaintance n""
bier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

CALsRA, Ala, January 2o.-At : dance
given q Mrs. Witley's, Monday night,
one Blake, . painter. got drunk and drove
The ladies' from the room. G. y. Burk-
ct remained in the room, and remon-
strated with Blake. An alteration en-
sued, In which Blakc's head was frac-
tured bJea pitcher hurled BY Burkett,
while the latter was stabbed deeply In
the bowels. Both men will probably die
No one was In the room during the fight,
ana Il IL not known exactly how the fight
began. Both men anne hers recent!
from indianapolis.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

The practical politicians who con-
gregatc at Washington find President
Cleveland more and more Of An enigma
every day, and confess themselves ut
terly unable after the observation and
experience Of nine months, to make
out what manner OF a man he Is. One
Of them, a Republican Senator, trained
In the school Of the spoilsman-says
that the President Il sseither a very
big man or a very little one. he q
not quite sure which. but the former
opinion Is evidently gaining ground
among Congressman, however careful
they may be about giving Il expression.
Certainly Mr.. Cleveland has thus faI
proved entirely too big" . man fol
any Senatorial syndicate or iunta 81
members 70 manage. and the success
with which he has resisted the tremen'
dous pressure brought to bear 70 swervs
him from the line Of policy announced
IN his inaugural address . not have
failed 70 inspire The politicians, - 4
has the country 1t large, with . pro
found respect for his ability, his cour
age and his force Of character. Chicag'
Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

Little Bcss-Tommy, do you th'nk roS"
cook bees into the ark? w,
Master Tommy-Why, 81 course ~ u'o.
But wouldn't they have stung Nonn ~"
ne animals? Where did be keep emf.
~ don't know. In The archives, guess
.~-PhHadclphja CsM
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

wAsHrxorox, d. c., January 49,
Secretary whitney yesterday transmitted
20 Secretary Manning The report Of Com
mander Harrington Of the United States
steamer Juniata In regard 20 the alleged
seizure b. customs ofAcials a articles on
hoard which were subjecs - customs
duties. The report states thal
ne o6nccrs and men had trInkets for AeiI
families, and did not attempt 20 avoid
psyment. The crew consisted Of twenty
one ofBcers and t~wenty-four men, and
duty % The amount Of ol,40O was paid o.
ehe srticles liable % customs does.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-01-29

RAU CzArnn, Wrs., Jsnuary le.-Jacoo
Torgsson, : young farmer residing -
Drommen Township, was arraigned u
Court this morning On The charge Of kill
~ III father. The murder y alleged %
hsvs occurred about the middle d let
Access, when father and con, both In
toxIcased, were On their way home snd
eos % nGhting, The father being thrown
% u ths wagon end receiving fatal y.
lures. ne facts were not known urtl
afsW days 80, when he chairman q -
Gown sWore out : warrant Tor youno
!ZoEEsson's asEest-
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Next day
my briny tears
Dot shocking took
q shrink;
/ counted out twelve
hundred In
Der cleanest kind O.
chink.
IND later. b. two
DAYS or more.
Dot viddcr shlopcs
~
Und leaves 4 tote BE-
hindt for me.
In which dot vidder
oy:
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The King Of Siam il eager to con
meet his capital with the Chinese from
tier BY rail. and has promised to build
q road II the Indian Government Will
build a road through Burmah 70 meet
The Siamese system Il the frontier
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DEAR SHAKE:
Scr rose vos rcdt.
Der violet blue
You see I've left
N. Y. Sun
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-08

being pamphlet Of such email konse-
kence as not to Benefit my family by
takin' of it. What you need in your
shete is branes and someone to russell up
news an rite eddytoryals on live topicks.
No menshun has been made in your
shete of me butcherin' pollard chiny
pig weighin' 369 pounds, or of the gaps
in the chickens out this way. You
steujusly ignore the fact that the tater
bug is eatin' things up out here, an say
nothin' bout Hi Simpsons durham bull
calf breskin' its legg fallin' down well,
or of grandma Sipes having the sore leges.
Two important weddin's here has been
utterly ignored by your columns and
two kolumn obitehuary, writ by me on
the deth OF grandpa Henry, was left out
of your shete, to say pothin' of alfabet-
ica poem beginnin' with "a is for Andy
and also for Ark" writ by my darter
This is why your shete is uDpopler here
If you don't want eddytoryals from this
place and ain goin' to put 30 news in
your shete we don't want said shete
Yours in disgust, HIRAM DOAKs
?, S.-Iftyou print That obitchuary in
your next isoo / may'sign agin for your
rshete. II. d.