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gadies' Column.
Spring Bonnets and Round Hats.

AS the season advances and milli-
ners bring out more and more of their
new shapes, it does not seem as tho
the spring bonnet was so very much
lower after all, in spite of all predic-
tions; but it has decidedly more brim,
and the trimmings are arranged in
rather broader style, so that the effect
of the whole is not so high as it has
| been. In the brim too lie most of the
variations, lone projecting like scoop,
another being closed to point, while
a third turns up coquettishly on one
side and fourth is thrown directly
up in front like a shovel. The hollow
thus formed above the forehead re-
quire5 cross-band of velvet, and is
filled in with an inside trimming of
small flowers, or of many loops of
ribbon tied in bow with two ends
standing pertly uprig t. This face
trimming is also used on the new
turban- bOnnets, which are worn with
out strings and are compromise be-
tween the old capote and the youthful
round hat.
The Neapolitan and fancy open
work bonnets are pretty and youthful
looking for Young ladies, when lined
with some delicate color, as shell pink
or sea foam green, and trimmed with
ribbon to match and a dainty bunch
of heather or lilies-of- the-vallev.
With the fashionable grays there is
fad for combining ribbon of black |
and white check, put on in wide |
standing loops or an Alsacian bow.
The English walking hat is always
liked for early spring, and is useful
for travelling, excursions, and gener-
al morning wear all summer. Like |
the bonnet it has it's variations, but |
the shape most preferred shows a |
tapering crown with an indentation
on the top. The brim is faced with
velvet or not, according to the taste
of the wearer, but the trimming is
much more elaborate and less mascu-
line than it has been. This consists
of multitudinous loops and ends of
two kinds of ribbons-one generally
being white-arranged up the front,
left side and back of the crown. The
white, however, only shows along the
edges of the contrasting color.
Quaint little pokes, rounded or
pointed over the forehead, are faced
with a puff of some thin material,
have a fiat trimming around the
crown, and long ribbon streamers be-
hind. Large, low-crowned hats for
summer, are either pointed on the
right side, or else project straight out
in front and are cut off close at the
back. Some of them are most fanci-
fully trimmed with a scarf of Brus-
sells net yard and a half long,
doubled together and bound with
narrow ribbon. This scarf starts by
forming a bunch of loops on the front
of the hat and passes to the back of
the crown on the right side, from
which it is brought down, wound
around the neck, and carried from
the right shoulder, to the left side of
the corsage, at the waist, where it is
fastened with a bow. Masses of
flowers fill in the space on the left
side and beneath the brim on the
right. The style is picturesque but
almost too pronounced to be a favor
lite, and most ladies will prefer folds
of ribbon or gauze about the crown
and tufts of curled ostrich tips
Exchange.
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Wednesday & Thursday,
SEPTEMBER : 4 6. 1880.

The Association offers the following stakes aud
stake No I, for foals Of 1857. Entrance si5. i'm
iust.dmeuts of So q and 81 sum equal 20 huy per
cent. of the entrance aided bN the Assuclatiun
STAKE No. ,, for foas of 1850. Entrance go, Boz
Instruments OF 80 % aud sl0; 500 added by the
st,ke No 3, for foas Of 1855 Entrance. s2Y.
payable g. IS and Sl2, slo0 added by the A-so-
citation.
Stake No. 4. for foal- Of 1885, Entrance s8o
payable -, $40 aud slb, sleo added by the Asso-
stake No S, for s'aIious that have never eaten
80. Entrance $40, payable Slu, go and go;
500 add Il by the Association.
Stake No. q, for mares that have never beaten
three minutes Entrance $40, payable SlO, els and
Sl5; so added by The Association.
STAKE No John ". Cnruer, STAKE opened TO
am horse owned by member Of the Associafi ion
Entrance $40, PAYABLE so, so and s2l; 500 ud-
ded To the entrance money
Nos. l and to be halfmilr heats. best two la
three No mile heat, best Two iu three; four To
seven inclusive mile heats three in i've, entrance
MONEY in each stake be sent TO treasurer iu three
payments of June IS, July 10 aud August !. Ilorsc
or colt entered TO be named az time OF second pay
mcnt.
In addition to the foregoing stakes the Associa.
ton offers the following premiums:
No. I, for matched pairs, SRi, divided &l2 90
FIRST, IS to second and Si 20 third.
No. 2, gcntlcmens roadsters that have never been
aud g. to third.
No 3. loadsters that have been in race; sl5, al.
vidcd Sl2 10 FIRST, IS % second aud % 10 third.
MOI presidents premium for brood mares with
colt at foot; so, divided S25, Sl5 aud go.
No. 3, year-old gcldngs AN, flies; Ss5, divided
Sl2 to first, as TO second aud IS 60 third.
No q, two year old geldings and niles; Sl5, d.
vidcd 81 TO first, IS TO second aud Is 90 third.
No. 7, three ycar-old geldiugs and hies; S25.
divided Sl2 10 irst, Is 10 second and IS 90 third.
NO. s. year old stations; SO, divided S2 10 fret,
IS To second IS IN third.
No g. twO-N ear-old stations; ~21, divided sl2 20
first, 2 TO second and 50 TO third.
No 10, three year-Old stations, $50, divided els,
$40 and -.
Entries for premiums TO close August !, lssS.
Horses eligible in only stake or premium
class except that no hor l. barred from stake
No. 10y reason of having been emit red for other
stak es or premiums.
Entries for both stakes aud premiums 20 bc made
TO =. III. HOFFMAN, Secretary, Lyndon, VI
Entries for premiums free for stock owned by
members, o got bv stallion owned by % member.
Membership limited TO Orleans, Caledonia aud
Essex counties.
Membership fee 81 per year.
Arrangements will be made for the transportas
ton OF stock free or al nominal rates.
Hay and bedding furnished.
The ttAbles and stalls will be in charge OF j. ID.
Gould ana all intending 10 exhibit should apply
seasonahly for accommodations. Post Office ud
dress, Passumpsie, Vt
w. S. 3 AILEY, President,
EAST HARDWtCK, VT.
o. H. M0SSMAN, Treasurer,
II p BARTON, Vt
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The Hired Man.

This is the day when the ''hired
man" who is engaged to work on a
farm for the season reports for duty,
provided, of course, that there is
somewhere a farm on which such a
relic of bygone age as the hired
man is to be found this year. What
an institution he used to be in the
days when we were young! A
thoroughbred Yankee; not a drop
of imported blood in his veins
strong and 1.-THE and active and tire
less-intelligent, fairly well educa-
ted, skilled in his business, and as
rule, industrious beyond the be-
lief of this ten-hour generation.
From the time he drove his ak into
the woodpile in the door-yard on the
first of April until the close of the
season, after harvesting, he expect
ed to work, and he did work, not
from sun to sun, but from dawn to
darkness, and then did the milking
and fed the pigs afterwards. HIS
day was fourteen, fifteen, even six
teen hours long, and it never occur
red to him that it should be shorter.
He was no specialist. He could do
anything. He was smart with a
scythe, handy with hoe, cute with
a cradle, and experienced with an
ak. He knew how much grain and
grass seed were It quired to the acre,
when grass was fit to cut, ana when
it was hayed enough to Ego in, and
he did not need to be told when to
drop turnip seed in the corn field,
or how to put corn in the shock.
He could build wall, make cider,
shingle the barn, make a hayrack,
or doctor a sick hog. 1t was safe
to leave him to work alone. And he
got for his services ten, twelve, pos
sibly fifteen dollars a month for
eight months, and saved three-fOurths
of it. Then, when he had worked
eight or ten seasons and accumu-
lated few hundred dollars, he prob
ably married ''the hired girl, who
had been at work for dollar a week,
and saved half of that, bought a
farm, got out of debt little by little,
educated his children and sent them
to the city to preach or to prac ice
law or work in the store or shop
while he stays on the old homestead
and sees it grow up to bushes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

Mayor Hewitt, of New York city
says: 81 know there is in some
quarters a disposition to the excise
cases and to regard them as of less
consequence than cases of felony
affecting life and property. This is
an error. A visit to the great char
liable institutions maintained by the
city, containing population of over
IA 1000 persons, will convince the
most skeptical observer that the
chief cause of crime, sickness, and
poverty which fill these institutions
is to be found in the excessive in
diligence of Intoxicating liquors"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
Agriealtnral department.
Cut Flowers.

Tobacco smoke kills the green fly
water the red spider.
Use liquid manure only for plants
that are in actual grow til or in bloom.
The gardner who trenches deeply
and manures heavily is sure to come
off best.
Asters are desirable because they
come into bloom after the greater
! share of garden flowers have passed
1 their prime.
/ Given a we'll drained, sweet, rich
soil where grass gives firm sod
and plants thrive, no local disease
can make its way.
A florist who grows the flowers
strictly for trade purposes, can wor-
ry along on about 20 characteristic
chrvsanthemums, but amateurs who
have the craze badly will run it into
hundreds.
Variation to "a limited extent,
among seeding plants, gives rise
to great diversity found in Guilt
walton and allows US to modify the
qualities more or less in accordance
with our desires.
The love of flowers grows with us
as we are initiated into the myster-
les of their culture and habits, in
watching the generation of seeds,
and the formation of tiny rootlets to
cuttings in the sand.
To grow roses well, a good clean
loan of yellow nature is one of
the first requisites. The more fibre
from dead roots of grass there is in
this the better; as besides keeping
the soil open and porous.
Rough or littery manure is cap
most anything where there are no
field mice, but where these rodents
abound, strawy manure should not
be used for outdoor mulching.
There are simple and effective
remedies which, applied in time,
will not fail to exterminate many
troublesome pests, but it is often
the case that insects are allowed to
increase before their depredations
are noticed.
If you have a corner that you have
but little use for, put your winter
Towering bulbs into it at the coming
of spring, and give them a chance
to recover from the effect of being
brought into bloom out of educ
time"
By the DEGREES of fashion, the
rose is at present the flower of all
flowers, and is most Profitable of all
to the florist. 1t is pretty safe to
say that two-thirds of all greenhouse
room is now occupied by roses alone.
1t is no strange thing for chrys-
anthemums to lose their leaves when
grown in pots. 1t is caused by be-
ginning to feed them too late or feed
ing too strongly. Some growers
recommend little top-dressing with
some artificial manure.
Growing flowers as some do for
the pleasure they afford, mixed bor-
ders, even though in a measure they
may be untidv, as compared with the
formal geometric beds, give me the
largest measure of satisfaction. In
them Nature has her own way large
ly, and Nature seldom fails to satisfy |
the mind.
Keeping geraniums dry in the
celllr during the winter is an old |
fashioned idea, and one which has
long since gone out practice. No
one can expect to have fine, healthy |
plants in the spring by keeping them
in this manner during the winter.
By so doing they are robbed of vi |
tality, and are nothing more than
unhealthy, spindling plants, which
will require great labor in preparing
for summer blooming,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
Temperance.
sNever since I was a Child"

These words affected me deeply
They came to me through the CRATE
of prison-door from a young mar
about twenty five years of age, OF
good form, intelligent countenance.
but quivering and trembling from
the effects of intemperance. 'sWhen
were you brought in here?" Eyes
terday." son what CHARGE" 'sDrunk-
enness and disorderly conduct. .
''Where are you from? 2" ''Philadel-
phia." tWhat was your occupa-
ton there?' p ''Some years | had a
very good place in Diapers st re,
but / fell into bad habits and lost
my place. Then l tried peddling
books. Yesterday | came here and
became intoxicated and was taken
up and put in jail ssWere you re-
ligiously brought up?" ''Not by
my parents; but had religious in
struction in the Sunday-school. ,"
"Then you have attended Sunday
SCHOOL, eyes, sir" ssWhat were
your first steps astray?'' ''Going
about in the evening and taking
walks out into the country on Sun
day" ''Did you drink when you went
on these excursions 7" 'sSometimes
we did, and sometimes we didn't"
"Have you been in the habit of
praying to God?" ssNever since l
was child
There is then a way which leads
from the Sunday-school to the Jail.
But it does not lie through the clos
ct nor the sanctuary. Street-walk-
ing at night, Sunday excursions, the
companionship of careless and wick
ed men, the neglect of God, these
will soon lead from the Sunday-school
to the Jail.
'tNever since | was child -
What a dreary waste did the retro
spect of those years present to the
eye of that unhappy young man
Prayer, first occasionally omi ted
then deliberately neglected, and at
last utterly abandoned and forgot
ten! How fearful the work of those
prayerless years Place character,
business habits, health, peace of
mind, all lost, and the habits of
vagrunt and the burning thirst of a
drukard incurred. Mark the grad
ual sinking down in his employment
and position. The respectable mer-
chants clerk becomes a peddler-
the peddler degenerates into riot
er and disturbtr of the public peace,
and presently finds himself the ten
ant of Jail. The progress of sin
is downward, downward, even to the
abode of endless sorrow and lamen-
tation, "where their worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched.
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I O o
BLACK WORSTED SUITS

In sacks aud frpcks, just opened ull linr of
these goods always on hand.
We ordered large line of chdrcnf Suits from
sample, eory In the spring these goods hro lust
opened, and You will dnd some Of tho beet patterns
in this Dot shown Do town, and prIccs nrr iRht
Corduroy Caps, Cloth Caps made irDm mhc}
suiung@, and six Caps Of all kinds,
We have few Corduroy and tlotn windsor Cape
which will close ~ Is GENTS.
son Hats la the new shapes and shades,
shn Hats ~ all prices from o. 2' up.
White and Fancy Dress shins, Cotton Work
shirts. Flannel Shirts. Medium nud iAgh weight
underwrar. Cnas, Collars, Nrrhucsi oY'rlIai
Frocks. odd Psnts, odd Ncstsi Spring oNrohisi
and n fact you wili aud everything boo Hents luru.
lshtng Goods here
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

Orchid velvet is a recent addition
to the list of rich materials, and re-
fleets all the colors of the remarkable
flowers from which it takes its name.
The velvets are shot, but SO skilfully
that it is almost impossible to detect
the secret of the blending of colors
and shades.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

RAISED DoUGHNUTs. little less
than one-half cup of melted lard
rubbed into one cup of sugar, one
cup of warm sweet milk, one-half
cup of yeast, one egg, one-half
teaspoonful of baking soda, a little
salt, and nutmeg or cinnamon let
it rise till light, then turn on warm
dough board, hutsdo not roll at all
let it rise till light, then fry.
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$1O,3s2 90
$4,849 90

For the benefit of those whose attention has not
formation is published 1t is the oldest Company
in the United States 1t is the largest Company in
the world, its assets amounting than
hundred and fifteen millions. 1t is the most profit
able Company, having paid in dividends alone over
seventy-two millions. Its total payments to policy
holders since organization aggregate two
hundred and forty millions of dollars, or
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
noIg N1Yi,,n HIDES,
4 iii \KIUV AND
aInll ,NkIIIA SH EEP
OuAA On1AA'1PELTS!
CARROLL :. PAGE,
HYDE PARK, VT.

He will furnish you tn" money 20 buy with IL You
can give good guarsnty thar you wont use BE- tor
any other purpose. White Tor price list and iull
Inflammation, which will be cheerfully given.
The Ssos Il leather n porter If New York Cin
and the Shoe q Leater Revie0 OF Chicago, the lead
ing trad" papers OF the L. 3, in the Hide and
Leather line, have both sent their representatives
to inv stigate 20 Mr. Pages business and after
thorough examination and comparison the Reporter
gives him tins endorsement: I'VE believe tnat in
extent of ltght-weieht raw material, collected and
carried, MIR Page holds the lead any competitor,
house in this country" Aud the n Uiew says
"Attcr a most thorough investigation 90 Mr.. Pages
business, as compared with others n th same line,
we have beromr fully satisfied that in his pccialtg
ight-we ght stock he j. unquestonably the lnfPest
dealer in this country, while la superiority OF quail
ity he is confcssedly at the head"
QUERY II Mr. Pages business t. the largest In
its line in the United States is &c the best posi-
Bile indication of his ability pay highest prices?
II be did not do so, would he 'urally got
than any OF Lis rompetItors IN The same linof
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Richly

Dsnh Ixr Rewarded are those who read this
RISilfy and then act; they viii find honorable
employment that will not take them from their
homes and tam lies. The profits are large and sure
for every industrious person, many have made and
now making several hundred dollars month.
1t is easy for any to make - md upwards per
day, who is Hing to work. Either sex, young or
old capital not needed; we start you. verything
new No special ability required; you, reader, can
do as well as any one. Write to us for full particn
lars, which we mail free. Address Scinson Co.,
Portland Maine,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

Ribbon Wire Poultry NJ.
sheathing Paper Wool q
Sheep Shears, Garden
Hoes, Forks, Carbon p
Boys shovol8 and Hoo
Nails, Wire Male Crow
Picks, Rope, Butter Tub.
Kettles, Ok Bows o. N.
Axle Grease, Harnoaa UT
Flower Pots,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07

The bleat of the disowned lamb
accuses, not its dam, but an incom-
petent or carless shepherd.
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Four Hundred Tons of Gold

Watch this column for "Scraps from the Current
History of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
Scraps from the Current History Of
the MutuaI'Life Insurance Co.
of New York.
-:WONDERS In FINANCE =

POLICY No. ,932 issued on the life of a prom-
nent Brooklyn merchant, became "A claim in Febru-
airy, 1857. The insured always paid his premium i'll
cash, and the result thoroughly demonstrates the
visibility OF leaving the dividends in the hands
of the Company.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
She BlusilPd

awfuly when told her what to do for those horrid
pimples with which her face covered. She
row says if on want pink and white complexion
with nice clear smooth skim you must that
best of all blood purifiers, Sulphur Bitters.
''Woman feels where thinks,' says an uni
Identified writer. ''Yes, and that's what makes
him bad' says the experienced Richmond Bee.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
Policy No. 1881.

Age 43. Life. June is, 1860. Premium, SO so
Semi-Annually.
Face ofPOlicy, $4,000 90
Additions at Various Dividend Periods
tor six years, to 1885, 1892 80
Cash Value of same, 1924 So
Additions for last Term of 20 years, 4,O59 so
Cash Value of same, -, 49I 10.
Total Value of Policy and Additions
when Paid at Death. in 1851, $1o,Ss2 90
Total Cost in Cash to Insured, $4,S49 20
This policy yielded 30 per cent of its original
amount.
The sun., 1888-12-30
MRS. srRAsAHAN's REFUSAL.

The Movement 10 have women Repzc-
seated oa the BrookRJn Sehoea Beard
1t is not generally known among Brooklyn
on tho Board Of Education that one woman
has had the tender Of q place on the Board and
refused it
Tho petitions circulated in behalf Of the
movement were so numerously signed that
Mayor Chaplin felt compelled to take some
notice OF the matter. and after eonferrinG with
the Rev. Dr.. Richard S. Storrs, Park Commis-
sioner. who presided At the large meeting held
In Brooklyn to inauGurate the movement, and.
with Postmaster Hendrix. President Of the
Board OF Education. i was decided TO offer an
]. s. T. Stranahan- Her name was one OF the
number submitted by the committee OF ladies'
to the Mayor and as she was the wife OF one OF
ture and q former school teacher. IL was
Der Of the Board.
Mrs. Stranahan refused to accept tho place.
eriy perform its duties. To her friends she eI-
planned that she was unwilling 10 meet tho
publicity that would follow her Official acts.
A. S. Barnes. which was submitted BY the
ladies to the Mayor. but the President of tho
Board Of Education objected to her appoint
identtiea with text books that b;ecsions would
be raised In the Board. Personally Mrs Barnes
was entirely acceptable. and rs she. too. had
been teacher. her services would have been
The Mayor. after the refusal Of Mrs. strana-
han and the objection to Mrs Barnes. decided
TO drop the matter for the present. The women
course. and arc preparing another campaign.
feeling encouraged to do so BY Mayor Hevitts
recent action in appointing Mrs. Powell
The sun., 1888-12-30
NOTES OF MUsIC EEEsIs.

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der Ohe-
AT AAiea ss.drs orchestral concert .Aies = e ss
& .ssss Essa:,siss - b.Is.ss n s. s5n1ssas % g ). =.
orchestra number
Ihs sale q seats for single performances q series
Monday morning and eouril throakhoai the week
S, With NINE Fur,ea Mad the solol.t The full pro
Eramms arranset for this sysnt y As felovs; fss
IbCvsn orshssus: Iniredsetan Essita;iys and AHA
S@ Fs1sea ssas ana sssSssrs csass.se s n iaar Tor
yoin celia and orehsstra crst .imsI RIAhnA hesSE
aad Dshls Dirt tilasl saint sAsa. I1a Flrsek
nsdi and efshss.ra: Ihrss slasoaAe eAnes@ ssrtAI
With Is a.sstales q sEnorinA We're soprano Miss
ssa.r 1i y ne S
eta Alskr5 horid aria from NE xAnbsrdJts and
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SsiS"Sm,S "ss;irsai%" Nv 70 rrOaSssa With soSS
II y.sasa farce ss,s sit be sEssp IN the faar ssr
slonI Oi the music asa@s the nss, sac sing q, 1spLs
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