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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

A significant sign of the preva-
lent apprehension of coming danger
from the compulsory coinage of the
silver dollar is seen in the action Of
several New York financial lnstitu-
lions which do large business in
western and southern mortgages.
They are inserting clause in all
new deeds as a means of providing
against the danger of further demon
citation; whether the loans are on
mortgages or on miscellaneous Sc
curity, payment in gold coin is stip-
ulated, both of principal anu inter-
est. A large number of merchants
recently joined in a letter to Senator
Evarts, asking him to use his infu
ence in the senate to secure a sus-
pension of the coinage.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

There was a heavy snow.storm in
Mississippi Tuesday night and We'd
nesday morning extending as far
south as Grenada, Miss. Ali the
trains on the Illinois Central were
delayed. Eight inches of snow fell
at Richmond, Va, Wednesday, the
heaviest storm in years. A snow
storm lasting "a hours prevailed
throughout Tennessee, and the turn
pixies are impossible. In various
parts of west Tennessee the snow is
% to 80 inches deep. Railroad
trains are snow-bound throughout
the state for the first time in the his
tory of the Tennessee roads.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08
OUR CLUBBING LIST.

We give below our Clubbing List which
embraces almost every periodical that
our patrons subscribe for. Should any
desire two or more of the periodicals
named, they can have the advantage of
the low rates. To ascertain the cost of
any particular paper, subtract $3.50
from the total cost of that paper and
MONITOR, and that will be the cost Of
the single periodical.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WUshin0tOn. Feb. ISt.

Washington, Feb. Ist.
The weeks work ID congress can
be easily summarized. Both houses
devoted one day to funeral orations.
The senate honored the memory of
the late vice-president, and the
late Representative Ellwood, of Illi-
nois. The senate discussed Dakota's
claims to statehood, and the house
listened to an unimportant debate on
the subject of the alleged DETACHMENT
of monuments in the Norfolk navy
yard, and passed fifty pension bills
after listening to speech from Mr..
Crisp of Georgia, against extrava-
giant pensions. Mr.. Crisp quoted
statistics to show that if the proposed
legislation in regard to pensions were
to prevail, the treasury would be left
bankrupt. He said the people whom
he represented were willing to con-
tribute even of their poverty to
whatever was necessary for the gran
deur, glory and progress of the
country. They were willing to act
in good faith and literally with the
soldiers, but he thought it was not
right to tax them farther than that.
He would not be parsimonious, he
would be just and liberal, but he did
think there ought to be stopping
place somewhere.
The issue between the president
aud senate is the chief subject of
discussion in and about the capitol
The issue was joined squarely when
the administration refused to furnish
the papers bearing upon the official
character of a certain district attor-
ney of Southern Alabama. There
are many indications of bitter con-
test over this matter, and unless re-
markable skill is exercised some
where, controversy of thoroughly
partisan character will develop.
The administration has taken the
ground that the only supervision tina
the senate can exercise over remov
ais from Office is of a legislativ,
character, and it holds that the in
, formation now sought has only to d,
, with the personal fitness of incum
bents. 1t claims also that the sen
ate can only deal with the conduc
t of an office IN open legislative ses
i, sion. 1t holds. therefore, that tn
call for documents which bear o
official changes do not come With
the province of the senate, sitting i
= executive session, and the papers ar
d for that reason, to be withheld.
X x The senate has no direct way G
forcing its demands short of In
parchment, but it can retaliate b
I'd refusing to confirm all nomination
a. until the president explains his re;
h sons for making changes. You n
q member we had deadlock of tn
:. kind during Johnson's administr.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08
FLORIDA LETTER.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. Cd.

Jacksonville, Fa., Feb. I'd.
Ed. Monitor, The cold wave
which visited Florida the 9Th of jan
uary, and lasted four days without
the slightest break, in fact, increas-
ing in intensity toward the end, was,
no doubt, the coolest ever known in
this section. 1t has been the main
topic of conversation the past three
weeks. A few were so disguised that
they returned home, to shiver over
their stoves for the next three
months, in a climate where the warm
est winter day, is far worse than any
one experinced here during the cold
snap. A cake of ice two inches
thick, frozen in a tub in Jackson
vile, was hung up in one of the
principal streets and labeled the
Sunny South. The oranges upon
the trees, and all the early vegetables
IN the vicinity of Jacksonville, were
badly frozen and most of the BAN
anas, plne-apples and guavas
throughout the entire state, were Sc
riously damaged. Every one you
met for several days, would remark,
''This settles the frost line in Flori-
da." Dire and doleful were the stor-
les brought in of the ruin and de-
vastation wrought by the freeze-out
and the general feeling of the whole
community was one of profound de-
preston. Almost every one felt
that Florida had received a set
back from which it would take years
to recover. But it is now stated,
upon good authority, that the reports
were greatly exaggerated, and that
the damage, aside from the oranges
hanging upon the trees, and the
young buds, will be very light; the
old trees will shed all their leaves,
but will suffer very little damage,
and many think the prospect good
for the next crop. There is certain
ly no cause for panic. The cold
will prove a great blessing, as far
as killing out malaria, and many in
sects that infest warm climate like
this. A good sign for the future of
the south is seen in the anxiety of
the people here, for the investment
of northern capital. The natural
resources of the south are immense :;
but there is not sufficient capital to
develope these resources. The north
has plenty OF capital, but are shy
about new investments, more partic-
ularly investments in q country
where the laws do not guarantee per-
feet protection to property. The
people of the south must wake up
on this subject and the legislatures
must pass and enforce laws that will
render investments made in southern
states, positively secure, then the
required capital will surely come, if
proper inducements are extended.
What Florida needs most is business
men with capital; the negroes fill
the market for common laborers.
But men with trades, such as tin
men, masons, carpenters, saw-mill
men, and all men with business ca
pacities can do well in Florida. The
merchant in particular is not
ground down by the sharp competi.
tons of the north. Such as are
easily discouraged and are inclined
to be homesick among strangers, OF
in other words, lack pluck, or have
wife and family that would pine
for the home comforts and society
of the north,-to all such, l would
say, don't come here, for Florida
like all new countries, will only
bring disappointment. H. F. P.
|
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

Trees :! Trees /! Trees !
Headquarters for all kinds of Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees Small Fruits, Grapes, Roses and
Shrubs speciality All the novelties. Nothing but
frstc class stock furnished. Send in your list for
on want for spring setting, and get our pric-
es. Prices and catalogues on application. No
charge for packing. Goods delivered at freight or
express office free.
Il. b. WOODWORTH & CO.,
10 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.
Suffolk Market, near Haymarket Square. Aft
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08
n WILL, NEVER

ALLOW myself TO suffer again what have suffered
for the last year. That vile disease, Dyspepsia,
gave me no comfort. 1 could not eat nor enjoy
anything. The doctors amounted to nothing; moth
ing seemed to relieve me, until used bottle of
Sulphur Bitters. -Four bottles made me well.-Jo
seph Bachelor, Master of Schooner c. A. Baker
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

Fishing is hereby prohibited in Stone Pond, so
called, in the town of Glover, VT, for three years
from August lst, 1885,
HIRAM inaaa A. CUrrING. Fish comm,rs.
Glover, W., JAM ., 1856. 2-9m
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08

Melvin, son of Ira Ayers, residing In
Brandon, was arrested recently, charged
with assault with intent to kill, his aged
mother being the victim. He had struck
her with crow-bar, breaking her arm
and inficting other serious injuries.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
Precautions Against Burglars.

Inspector Byrnes, of the New York
police, said to Sun reporter: An ounce
of prevention to any man who has safe
may we'll be worn pound of cure, and
that ounce may very readily be applied.
Raise your safe upon a solid brick
foundation on the floor to height of
two or two and half feet, and place it
where it is exposed to good light, be-
fore o window, where it can be clearly.
seen from the street, and there it will he
about as near to absolute safety as it is
in the nature of things to be. 1t is al
most impossible for burglars to obtain
the time necessary to open any decent
safe if it be exposed in that way. And
if you run bank have somebody sleep
in the building A watchman sleeping
in the building will not be of much ac-
count in preventing q robbery if the
burglars get in before he wakes, but his
having a lodging there will materially
affect the putting away of the burglars
when they are caught, as they probably
will be. Breaking into an uninhabited
building is only punishable by ten years
Imprisonment but if the building is in
habited the penalty is twenty years, and
the interests of the community demand
that nothing shall be overlooked that
will put the burglar away for the longest
time possible That is where the use
fuIness of the somnolent Waterman comes
in. His presence makes the building IT,
habited."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
The worlds blind are computed to

The worlds blind are computed to
number about 100000 or about one
sightless person to every 1,4oO inhabi'
tants. In Austria, one person in every
1,7s5 is blind; in Sweden, one in every
1,41s; in France, one in every 1,191; in
Prussia, one in every I, III; in England,
one IN every 1887. The proportion is
greatest in Egypt, where, in Cairo, there
is one blind person to every twenty in
habitants; while in New Zealand it falls
to one in every $3.50 inhabitants. Ger.
many has the greatest number of Insti
tutes for the blind, thirty-fve; England
has sixteen; France, thirteen; Austria.
Hungary, ten; Italy nine; Belgium, six
Australia, two, while America, Asia and
Africa together are said to possess only
civ
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
Making Mexican Bread.

At certain hours of the day o sound Of
slapping is heard in every house: says
letter from Ell Paso del Norte, Mexico, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is made by
the wife at her daily task of manufactur-
ing tortillas, the IIexican staff of life,
which an ancient author designated as
"buckskin victuals." Like her cousins
on the Nile, the Ganges and the Eu-
pirates, she feeds her family on an
leavened bread. 1t is made by simply
soaking the corn in lime water and crush
ing it into paste on stone metate with
a Stone roller; then small Jumps of this
putty-like mixture are nodded into thin
cakes by patting them between the
hands, after which they are baked quick
ly on heated stone or griddle. The
Ikitclen' of the low-class Mexican
woman is the most primitive that can be
imagined, any convenient spot-gener-
ally out of doors-answering for the
purpose.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
What is known as the Great Souther

What is known as the Great Southern
Cross Pearl is one of the curious things
exhibited at the Colinderies, or Colonial
Exhibition in London. This object is
one of the most remarkable freaks of
nature as it is also one of the most beau.
tiful and valuable. The jewel consists
of nine pearls naturally joined together
in the form of cross, and was found at
Roeburn, Western Australia, in 1884, by
q man belonging to the schooner Ethel.
The owner, "Shiner Kelly" and Clark,
the man who found the pearl, were filled
with amazement, and, thinking it was
some heaven wrought miracle and with
q certain amount of superstitious dread,
buried it for some time. 1t is valued at
10000, and is now the property of a
syndicate OF gentlemen of position in
Western Australia, at whose solicitation
Mr.. Streeter was induced to bring it to
England. 1t has changed hands many
times and each time it has done so the
seller has made 100 per cent. profit or
the price paid. 1t naturally attracts
great attention at the Exposition.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

Captain Lawton, of the United States
Army, gives it as his opinion that the
Apache Chief Geronimo is fifty years of
age, though the old reprobate will con-
ess to but forty-fve. He is purely a
self-made man. That is, he is an accom-
plished murderer and a crafty cut
throat, and is not hereditary chief.
The Captain says he is bright, intelli-
gent, good talker, crafty, cruel and
treacherous to a wonderful degree.
During the past eighteen months Gero-
nimo and his followers are credited with
having murdered no less than 400 per-
sons. majority of whom were Mexicans,
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.
Captain Lawton has himself seen four
teen of the victims after death.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

Bson with lots of time to spare
hNgsured that most of the events OF
President Cleveland's life turn upon the
figures seven, or multiple Of seven. In
which respect his career is a parallel
with that of Rienzi, 'the last of the
Roman Tribunes," who claimed that his
luck turned always upon the same num-
ber. Grover Cleveland was seven times
seven years of age when married; his
bride, Frances Folsom, three times seven
years of age, making difference in their
ages of four times seven years; the
brides age and the differences in their
ages added makes seven times seven
the Presidents age. The brides birth
occurred seven years after the President
attained to his majority. Their ages
added make ten times seven, three score
and ten, the number of years allotted to
the age of man. Multiply the number Of
their added ages by seven, it makes
twenty times seven, the number of times
the Saviour commanded to forgive an
erring brother if he repents. The Presi-
dents official title. President of the
United States of America, contains five
times seven letters. The brides official
relation, the White House mistress, con.
tains three times seven letters.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

The statistics sharp has been investi-
eating the Connecticut rivers. He dis
covers that the rivers and tributaries
furnish power to 2,2Os mills, which uses
s,026 horse power. Aliller's River and
its branches supply 21s mills, with 1872
horse power; Chicopee River, 1872 mills,
with IA, 1904 horse power, and Farming
ton River, IT'S mills, with $3.50 horse
power. The Connecticut itself has fewer
mills-ninety -eight-but supplies %, 936
horse power.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

A most remarkable freak of nature has
been secured by Mr.. William Holland
for exhibition at the Albert Palace, in
London, in the form of an infant boy, aged
twelve months, who weighs upward OF
ifty-eight pounds, and stands three feet
high. This phenomenal child, Ernest
Middleton by name, is the offspring OF
healthy parents living in Porlock, a vii.
lage in Somersetshire. The child is we'll
formed, and although fat, is not abnor.
mally so when his size is considered.
His chest measures thirty inches round,
his arms eleven and one-half inches at
the elbow, and his legs span no less than
twenty inches. There is nothing what
ever repulsivc about this gigantic baby,
and Mr.. Holland is to be congratulated
on his latest acquisition, which will
doubtless add to the already numerous
attractions of the Albert Palace. Mr..
Hollands baby was born on August II,
1885, and he is exhibited by his mother,
who vonches for the child's age by the
production of his certificate of birth.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
A HOOSIER'S VIEW OF AN EARTH
QUAKE.

kin hump my back and take the rain,
And don't keer how she pours;
kin keep kind O. CAIN in thunderstorm,
No matter how loud she roars;
haint much skeered O. the lightnin',
Ner haint sich awful shakes
Afeard O. cyclones-but don't want none
o. yer dad-burned old earthquakes.
As long as my legs keep stiddy,
And long as my head keeps plumb,
And the buildin' stays in the front lot
I still kin whistle somel
But about the time the old clock
Flops off'n the mantle-shelf,
And the buro skoots for the kitchen,
I'm a-goin' to skoot myself!
Plague take! eff you keep me stabbed
While any earthquakes is round!
I'm jist like the stock-Tll beller,
And break for the open groundl
And low you'd be as nervous,
And in jist about my fix,
When yer whole farm slides from in under
you,
And on'y the mortgage sticks.
Now cars haint agoin' to kill you
Eff you don't drive crost the track;
Creditors never'n jerk you up
Eff you go and pay 'em back;
You kin stand all moral and mundane
storms
Eff you'll on'y jest behave
But a earthquake-well, eff it wanted you,
1t 'ud husk you out O. yer grave!
j. W. Riley, in Indianapolis Journal.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

1t is said that person $50 disposed"
can be killed by the shock of good news
as surely as by evil tidings. A very Gu
rious case occurred recently of journey
man in the employment of large firm
in London being unexpectedly made
manager and thereupon committing sui
eide. The disturbing cause seems to
have been the fear Of responsibility, and
a sense of incompetency to fulfill the du-
ties of q new and important Office. A
catastrophe of even more painful kind
took place in another great house in the
same city some years ago. One of the
clerks, after many years. faithful service,
was offered partnership, which he de.
clined upon the ground of not possessing
the minimum sum requisite for invest.
ment in the concern. "That shall be nc
obstacle" said the principal, ''for I will
advance it to you myself" and so the
matter was arranged. But on the very
first day of the new partner taking pos
session of his desk, he blew his. brains
out at it. leaving a few written words
behind him to say why. He had been
embezzling money from the firm for
years, though in such small sums that the
whole amount was trifing, and there was
no chance of the defalcation being dis.
covered. Remorse and the sense of ben
efits undeserred had been, however, too
much for his tender conscience.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

In the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea
a curious phenomenon is in progress.
The Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly
separate from the main body of the sea
by bank through which there is an in
let. The evaporation from this gulf is
so great that current continually sets
in from the Caspian; and as there is no
return current, the water of the gulf be-
comes more and more saliferous, and q
deposit of salt is in course of formation.
In time this gulf will be cut off from the
Caspian, and will then be dried up and
become an extensive salt-bed.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28

A sling at beauty means a
LoaoeU Citizen.
A double-shell race-Clams and
ters.-Hargord Times.
BARRIERS, like editors, dot considerable
amount of head work.-Pro1idence 1sle-
gram.
The man who goes around the streets
with scythe is looking for mower work.
Merchant IraceIer.
An exchange asks: ''Where are we to-
look for our rising young men9' Not in
the street car, anyhow.-PailadeEphaa
Gall.
"TIamp-T have lost an arm, sir;
will" Passer.by Gn great haste)-
"Sorry, but I haven't seen anything of
it."-New York. Sun.
"Pitch your voice in low key" says
writer on etiquette. But how about,
when ore is shouting to stop the last car
at ht,-Boston Courier.
By some remarkable oversight the,
views of MIR. John l.. Sullivan on the
proper management of mills has not yet
been eported.-BOston Post.
It is very strenge that boys hands.
blister so much sooner when he is WELD
ing hoe than they do when he swings
a baseball bat.-Teras SJtinos.
'Papn," asked little Johnny, HRhat
does embodiment of unmitigated asinin-
ity mean2' at means the other fellow"
replied his pa, who is politician. Mr.
chant Trareter. 4
ga cucumber four feet long is on ef~
hibition at Waterloo, Iowa" The man
who undertakes to knock out this verdant
esculent in dozen rounds will meet his
"Waterloo. ."-Norristow Herald.
Observation-Disclosures can I do for
you, MADAME on lady displaying q
pendulum of a clockj-"This pesky
thing won't 60, an I thought Id bring
it around an have ye fix lt."-NeD York
Sun.
"Come with me, little maid,"
Said dude on parade.
"We'n have love in cot
am very fond of tea,
And that sort Of thing, you sea"
81 will not,
...... Sir" said she,
''Fly with thee;
You're too much Of poodle for mes"
-Ne,o forE Jour1t1L
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-10-28
Eelfare.

Lady Campbell saysjn her work, Book
of the Running Brook: The greater
number of eels visit the. sea, and the
passing up" river Of the young eels is
one of the most curious sights of natual
history. In the Thames this eelfare
takes place in spring, in other rivers in
the summer, and some idea OF the num-
Der OF these young eels, each about three
inches long, may be gathered from the
record of DR.. William Root, who lived
at Kingston in 1882. He calculated
that from sixteen to eighteen hundred
passed o given point in the space of 8
minute Of time. In large and deep
rivers, where they probably find the
current strong, they form themselves
into a closely compacted company, "a
narrow, but long extended, column"
The perseverance, Of these little crea.
lures in overcoming any obstruction
they may encounter is quite extraordi-
nary. The large food gates, sometimes
twenty feet high, to be met with in the
Thames, might be supposed sufficient to
bar the progress of fish the size OF a
darning needle, but nothing can stop
them. AS one writer says, speaking Of
the way they ascend flood gates and
such like barriers: "Tho:e which die
stick to the posts; others which get
little higher meet the same fate, until at
last a sufficient layer of them is formed
to enable the rest to overcome the diff.
Guilty of the passage" The mortality
resulting from such 'forlorn hopes"
greatly helps to account for the differ
ence in the number of young eels on
their upward migration, and of those
who return down stream in autumn.