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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
How the Bears Tail Came to be
Short.
A FABLE.

Bruin and Reynard met one day,
AS cold day could wish;
Bruin was FAINT, and by the way,
Reynard had quite IA string of fish.
''Friend," said the bear, ''excuse my rudeness,
am no beggar, it is true,
Though nearly starved; but have the goodness
To tell me where such luck you drew
81 angled for it, Reynard said,
"But how?" returned the famshed brother,
'fThe fords frozen hard as lead,''
81 know it, blandly spake the other
s'But listen, while 1 make it clear,
just now, by patience you can get
The jolliest meal you've had this year
The best, indeed, you ever ate.
Well, over yonder, in the ice,
There's fresh hole-'tis one [ made;
Co. slip your tail in, in trice,
And sit right down-don't be afraid.
The fish will find they've extra bait,
And bite and bte-dont mind the pain;
The longer you endure to wait,
The greater in the end your gain
AT length, all ready, quick jump up,
Pull out your caudal with jerk
And, trust me, royalty you'll sup,
And long remember this days work.
Now Bruin fastened to comply
With Reynard's kind and wise suggestion,
He bade his friend brief good-by,
Nor stopped to ask another question.
Meekly he sat, and keener grew
The frosty air while thus he waited;
And fierce and strong the north wind blew
But hunger craved a tail full-freighted.
The pale moon shivered in.the East,
Shivered the stars in Charles Vain;
He gathered up his bulk, poor beast
Sprang up with all his might and main.
Alas that day in bleak December!
My story's told-the hour grows late
But never more his caudal member
viii luckless Bruin use for bait. ei
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

Alexander parI,es, an Eug.0ahmnH.
invented cclluloid n 1900. md mHd.
q hne display of 10 at thc rnaa g.pa.
sition la 1867 American palpH.. 81.
1870 and 1874 arc substantially .H0H
tical with those now lu uae In .H.
land. lu France There b. uH.E u.
factory, and there are none elsewhere
on the continent, ,oue u Hanover Hat
ing been given mp on account rI 0H.
explosive nature of theamn IuiH.
country puca colIulosr b. r8mHuHIt
obtained from paper makers, lu IH.
form of tissue paper. iu Wide m..H
this, after being ntmtrd by missed
bath Of nitrate and sulphwIc ar.d.. +.
thoroughly washed and partially HfIaI
Camphor b. then nddcd,nnd thp uhuI.
Is ground together and thoroughly
mixed 40 this stage roI0ina mrt
ter may be- put in. a Hu.p H.eHHa.
increases the plactioity of Jhr mH.a.
which h then ucated zoe somu Hm.
90 powerful hydraulic pressure Ihw
comes breaking up thr mko. mI
feeding the fragments between HDHI.
ed rolls, by which the uuaIwmHU0H
of The whole Is completed lD u.
feet Elasticity allows 90 OPP bp nH..si
into sheets drawn Into luhrs,ar mu.I.
ed into amy desired shape.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

life. Those advanced in life wHtr
the stimulating effects of tca. Hut
the young should abstain from i.
use entirely. n Is better for aII .HH
the appetite for tea be NOT auaIo1eI
la early lie, as great injury maI
thereby result.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
CoN.UsrpTiON cURED.

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by an Fast India missionary
the formula of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and pernane Mt cure of consumption, bron-
chitis catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung af
fections also positive and radical cure for nervous
complaints after having tested its wonderful cura-
tive powers in thousands of cases has felt it his
duty TO make il kAo*p 70 bis suffering fellows
Actpated by this motive and desiFf 20 reliege
human suffering, | viii send free of charge, TO all
vino desire it, this recipe, in German. French or
English, with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, W. A. Noyes, 149 Powers
Block, Rochester, n. Y
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERs.- s.-Bottles
may bs easily cleaned with hot water
and fine cinders.
Pastry should never enter into the
bill of fare of dyspeptic.
Fish is made more digestible and
has its flavor brought out by few
drops of lemon juice squeezed over
it.
Oilcloth may be kept bright for
years if properly vanished each
season with good varnish.
For a cough, boil one ounce of
fiaxseed in pint of water, strain
and add little honey, one ounce of
rock candy, and the juice of three
lemons; mix and boil well. Drink
as hot as possible.
The season is reached when every
one should wear thick woolen stock
ings, The custom may necessitate
a slightly larger boot, but if adhered
to, by far fewer colds will be suf-
fered from.
If a cellar has damp smell and
cannot be thoroughly ventilated, a
few trays of charcoal set around on
the floor, shelves and lodges will
make the air pure and sweet. If a
large baskeaful of charcoal be placed
in a damp cellar where milk is kept
there will be no danger of it becom-
ing tainted
1t is claimed that zinc is best
cleansed with hot soapy water then
polished with kerosene.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
The Little King.

A little face to look at,
A little face to kiss,
Is there anything, wonder,
That's half as sweet as this?
A little cheek to dimple
When smiles begin TO grow,
A little mouth betraying
Which way the kisses go.
A slender little ringlet,
A rosy little ear,
A little chm to quiver,
While falls the little tear
a little hand so fragile,
All through the night to hold,
Two little feet so tender,
To tuck in from the cold.
Two eyes to watch the sunb am
That with the shadow plays
A darling little baby
To kiss and love always.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

DsLI Revarded aresthose who read tn
hlClliy aud eilen act; they Wi find honorable
employment thar viii not take them from their
lhosaes and families fIe profits are large and sure
for every industrious perseg, many hsye made and
saEe nov making several hundre< dollars a MONTH
IL is easy for any one to make - ASS upwards per
day who IL willing to work Either sex, -oung
old; capital not needed; start you. Everything
new. No special ability required; you, reader can
do well as any one. Write 10 us for ui partleu-
lars which we mail free. Address S1inson & Co.,
PoElAnd, Maine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
Our Mother.

Wise is the mother who dresses
herself prettily for the sake OF ap.
pearing well in the eyes Of her chill
dren. Who does not remember the
pretty things that "mother" wore
Her dainty laces and pale lilac dress
es, the scent Of violets, the rose tuck
ed under the lace on her breast, seem
half divine when they become but
memories To us. "Mother" n "moth-
er," be she gentle or rough, but what
a different ideal we have when we re-
call how proud we were when we
brought our friends home from school
and surprised them with her graceful,
pretty ways. Her hair was 30 soft,
her eyes SO tender, she talked So well,
and knew how Co make a boy feel at
home. 1t was not necessary 30 make
excuses for her and say she was 50
busy. The other boys themselves
4iulNth Htls anu w lflA SUI y fNl
them, because we knew they must
feel how much sweeter and prettier
she was than their mothers. Moth
ers can hardly do too much for the
sake of making themselves and home
attractive 10 the little ones 20 read
for their sake, To learn to talk well
and to live in to-day. The circle the
mother draws round her is more
wholesome for the child than the one
he has made for himself, and she is
for his social surround
ings. II is not easy 10 be the child's
most interesting companion and Co
make his home the strongest magnet,
but the mothers who have done this
have been the mothers OF good men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
ed Into IN deaIrod .hanl

d. .ure to prf Hoods sasaraI.H 10000 aHU. #
honest, reliable mrdlriur. n0 HHI Hl. H. .".
which b. allrnrl fa hr "aH1uI IH. .aH.. .. #+H..
good Inset upon ha,Inr tUnH# t..H..H.
whirh u peculiar to ltsrt enu Hf HH H.H..
Try t.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

/
would stand it,"
1t was almost a quarrel, and each
party finished the meal in silence.
Mrs. Jones tried to be even more
careful with her housekeeping the
next day than ever before, but all in
vain. Mr.. Jones came into the house
and gave his orders as usual.
''It is my turn now,'' said Mrs.
Jones, as she tied on her bonnet and
followed her husband out doors early
the next morning.
She paused before the wood-pile,
where he had stopped to saw few
! armfuls of wood.
"Jedediah,'' she said, ''you are
saving that wood entirely too short
"a perfect waste of time"
Mr.. Jones looked up and scowled.
Mrs. Jones walked on. and entering
the barn, began to pitch more hay
down to the horses.
"What are you doing there?'' he
called out angrily, his eyes having
followed her.
"Mr. Jones, you don't give your
horses half enough to eat, they're
as poor as snakes"
"The thunder they are!' shouted
r.,
mind your own business"
81 am going over to Joe Browns
first to see when he is coming after
that corn in the south crib. The
'varmints' are eating it all up
"The deuce you are" said Mr..
Jones, throwing down his saw and
striding after her.
But she was far down the road, al
most beyond shouting distance, and
he feared attracting the attention of
milk wagon that was just passing.
At quarter before twelve she came
up the walk and found her husband
sitting moodily on the front porch.
"Well," she said sweetly," Mr..
Brown is coming after the corn this
afternoon"
'Where is my dinner?" growled
Jedediah.
81 have been so busy all the morn
ing with your affairs that am think
ing we will both be obliged to put up
with a cold bite"
"I'll break your ugly neck if you
don't leave my business alone"
'There is a law against that" said
Mrs. Jones coolly.
"Then I'll have divorce, the SOON
er the BETTER" said he, as he strobe
out to gear up horse to 60 in search
of a lawyer.
But when that learned man was
found, he advised Mr.. Jones to let
his wife alone in the house and he
would come out all right, for divorces
were not being granted in the state
of New jersey for such trivial causes,
and so Jedediah paid the lawyer five
dollars and went home sadder but a
wiser man.
''Let her have her own way and be
hanged" he muttered early the next
morning, and from that day hence he
never went into the house to direct or
order, and to his surprise things soon
began to wear a better aspect on the
farm. He now had more time to tend
to his own affairs, and Sarah Ann,
left to herself, soon began to develop
a wonderful capacity for saving.
Mr.. Jones, more to his surprise than
ever, soon found that they were
growing rich, while his wife grew
roster and rounder every day. Mr..
Jones is now of the opinion that wo-
men are just as capable as men, es-
pecially in their own spheres, and
that every sensible man ought to
leave them alone.
And this is the way Mrs. Jones
her husband.
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.- Bottles (
may bs easily cleaned with hot water
and fine cinders
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

=. 4. Banum ia always ul "a ..a.
ries, and here is one he toII .u al.
dressing "a New Nork school Ht I.
member an old darsey proacho. who
had a good deal of scripture In h.m
bat he was always mimpp.y.n4 H.
quotations. ne told b.a conar.na.
ton one day that at Vert erH
gathering in church once 81 eam..
fell out of the gallery ,eh HoH
into 1000 pieces, ho .ats and lHW
drawing on his acspiurc supply ndd.
ed, 'and og ahe. fragments WI h.
they gathfred up twelve hh.h''#.
ap,k nnnired, 'Whoae wiic abai' ..
4 bo nt the resurrection
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
The First SYMPTOMS


OF all Lung diseases are much the same:
feverishness. loss of appetite, sore
throat. pains in The chest and back,
headache, etc. In 3, few days you may
be well. or, on the other hand. you may
be down with Pneumonia or 50 galloping
Consumption. Run no risks. but begin
Immediately to take Ayers Cherry
PectOral.
Several years ago. James Birchard, of
Darien, Conn, was severely ILL., The
doctors said he was in Consumption,
and that they could do nothing for him,
but advised him. as last resort, to try
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. After taking
this medicine, two or three months. he
was pronounced a well man. His health
remains good 10 the present day.
!. S. Bradley. Maiden. Mass, writes
which ranidly devcloned into Bronchitis
ami Consumption. l was so weak that
/ yould no. sit mp. was much emaciated,
a.I ,.our'Ied inceSSantly. [ consulted
s....r~:ii dortorS. hut they were power
s..;s. anl all agreed that ! was in Con-
sumption. y last. friend brought me
= bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
From the first dose. L found relief
Two bottles cured me- and my health
has since been perfect
Ayers Cherry PeCtoral,
PREPARED BY
D.. j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81 six bottles, S5.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

salvation ON fhc greatest rafe 0a nafIh 'H. HH#
has no cqunl Persons suffering lom IHrHH...H.
neuralgia, of from cufs hfu.se.t aII#HI.. ..H...I
not boz Withouf t. rFlrr only fHrnH Ut. 0.H..
aWhai H. thc whole dutf oI ua.E.I H..
asks ihe new coniuRa cHterhIsm fn h. H......|.
Co his wifc and ksop Dr HaIa tuu.H sfIuH 4. .a.
house for uto chldfen ahrn fHrI .n #.I
roursp. Ash al something hlfl.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
PROBATE OF WILL OF JAMES B. EDDY
STATE FvERMoNT, o, n,s..;.+ :.

In Probate Court held at Barton Landing, with
in and for said District tn 18th day of january
A. d. 1885,
An instrument purporting to b. the last Will and
Tes aInent of James b. Eddy, late of Brownington,
in said District deceased, being presented to Court
by &. III. Jones, the .castodian,
for Probate 1t is ordered by said Court that
all persons concerned therein be nonhed 80 appear
Office in said Barton Landing on the 4t day of Feb
rnary A. ID. 1883, and show cause If any they may
have against the Probate Of said Viii; for which
purpose it is further ordered, that a copy OF che
record Of this order be published three weeks
succ ssivelv in the Monitor printed at Barton, pre-
vious TO said time appointed for hearing
as - y G. II. JONES, Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

NOTES On FLOWERS IN WINTER
Most house plants do well in a light
kitchen window.
The Gala lily needs plenty Of wa
ter now, and if quite warm all the
better.
"Light, more lightw is the CON
slant cry Of the house-plant in Jan
uary.
If you want bloom, use small pots ;
if you desire luxuriant foliage, use
large ones.
Look out and prepare for sudden
extreme cold waves. Stop up the
cracks in the greenhouse, replace
all the broken lights, etc.
Young plants grown from healthy
cuttings often give better satisfac-
ton than the old overgrown stock.
Single varieties Of hyaeinths are
most satisfactory for lowering la
glasses. A few drops Of ammonia
placed in each hyacinth glass when
changing the water is very beneficial.
For the aphis and other green
house pests, prevention Is better
than cure. Burning tobacco stems
once a week regularly is one Of the
best preventives, the application Of
slug shot one Of the best cures.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
Orleans County Munitor,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLAKE,
BARTON, VT.

TERMs-WHEH PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
~. 80 A YEAR. If not paid in advance 81 90 a
year. Subscribers living outside Orleans or
Caledonia counties, SI.T5 per year.
Keep subscription in Advance Remit by P. o..
Order, Registered Letter, or Draft
Watch the label on your paper, and see that your
credit il right. If correct send the money to
make il so, or notify of error by postal card.
Rates orAdverIising made known on applica-
ton. Al cuts must have metal body.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

Ii is rather the abuse of tea than
It's use that causes serious physical
evils. -Four o, six cups ~ tea taken
during each twenty-four hours will
In time produce tea-poisoning and
greater or less evil results. Tea Is
well enough, when its use h kept
under absolute, intelligent qontrol
but, If it becomes Qaster In any case
than it Russ be promptly abandoned
for danger attends the intemperate
tea-drinker every hour Of his or her
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesomeness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in COM
petition with the multitude of low short weight
alum or phosphate powders. Sold Only in Cans.
Royal Baking Powder Co., log Wall St, N. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

have the largest and best assortmentof Holiday
Goods that I nave shown. Dol ., Banks, Tin
Horns, Tops, &c. for the little ones Writing
Desks Work Boxes, Hand Mirrors, Photograph
Albums "a good assOrtment), Hand Bags --latest
styles) Portmonies, Box Papers, Autograph Al
buns, Books of all descriptions from the Linen A.
b. G. to Gilt Edge Poems
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DR.. F. s. AUTCHINSON'S
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FOUND

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
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Fancy Perfumery.

Perfumery IN Bulk. Silk Handkerchief, Linen
and Cotton Handkerchiefs-big line. Gentleme"'s
Cashmere Scarfs, Fur Top Kid Gloves and Mittens
old aud young mems Fur Caps-remember these
things make nice Christmas and New Y ear Pres
ents- ] wish to word about
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
SCOTCH CAPS, GLOVES & MITTENS

an Of these goods pleased 70 show and quote
prices aud if satisfactory will not urge you To
buy. Call, and if you do not see what you want,
ask for il.
Thanking all for past liberal patronage, soliciting
your future favOrs, wi hing YOU Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year, am
Your Humble Servant,
" - Too-o-J
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
CHRISTMAS Cards
FROM &c TO 81 EACH.

Ny line of Plush Goods cannot be beat by any
one; Plush Mirrors, Cuff, Collar and Handkerchief
Box Combined, Cuff and Collar Boxes Odor Boxes;
Shaving Cases Work Boxes, Infants Case, and
lots of others too numerous to mention.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

LUmbeTInan'S Footwear Of All Kinds

BOYS Pontiac Stockings and Ruhbers, Rubber
Boots, &c, &C. All sizes Chidren's Underw,
in Cotton and Scarlet, Ladies Vests and Pants-a
sizes from 2s TO 40. Gents Underwear, sizes from
30 10 ~ Drawers and Shirts foI Boys
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23

j. c. CAMPBELL.
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ALBANY. VI
III Office hours to 9, a. m, and to 9, p m
Specially made of treating diseases the eye,
throat and kidneys. 1876
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-03-17
HABITS OF AUTHORS.

Hawthorne waited for moods, and mounted
his tower stairs for composition only when
the fit wason him. Dusky professions con.
piny hilltop, but his characters rarely spoke
to him until he had locked his study door and
shut out all ingress from the world of living
beings, Anthony Trollope, whose novels
Hawthorne greatly delighted in, wrote every
day regularly when he was engaged on new
story, given number Of manuscript pages
before twelve O'Clock, and smiled at the idea
Of waiting until he "felt like writing" Thack.
cray was constantly studying character, and
his observation was unceasing. His eyes
were on the alert in the street, in the club, in
society, everywhere. ] remember him whis
pering to me in 8 brilliant drawing room:
"How envy you fellows who are not in my
place, and are not obliged to utilize profes
sionally all these fine. creatures for our next
novel" Dickens was at one time 80 taken
possession of by the characters of whom he
was writing that they followed him every.
where, and would not let him be alone for a
moment He told me that when he was wri.
ting the cold Curoity Shop" the creatures
Of his imagination so haunted him that they
would neither allow him to sleep nor eat in
peace; that Little Nell was constantly at his
elbow, no matter where he might be- claiming
his attention and sympathy, as if jealous
when he spoke to any one else. When he was
writing Martin ChuZzlewit" Mrs. Camp kept
him in such paroxysms of laughter by whs
pering to him in the most inopportune places
sometimes even in church - that he was
compelled to fight her off by main force when
he did not want her company.-[The Earth.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-03-17

Thumb in the fairy tale by the white stones
he dropped behind him. Poor Barber, who
ministered to passion for novels that de.
manded twenty volumes day, was at his wits
end. He tried to foist on the emperor the 70.
mances of the year before last; but these Ma
poleon had generally read, and he refused,
with imperial scorn, to look at them again.
Poor man! he had not Dickens, and Thack
cray, and Bulwer, and Eliot, and Cooper, and
Poe, and Hawthorne and numberless lesser
lights to minister unto him. How he would
have relished Victor Hugos account of Water.
loo in Les Mserables," and what short work
he would have made of Howels and James,
standard of the Cross.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-03-17
NAPOLEON AS A NOVEL READER.

Napoleon was greedy novel reader. An.
drew Lang, the essayist, says he was one Of
the most voracious readers Of novels that ever
lived He was always asking for the newest
of the new, and, unfortunately, even the new
romances of his period were hopelessly bad,
Barber, his librarian, had orders to send par.
GELS of fresh fiction to his majesty wherever
he might happen to be, and great loads Of
novels followed Napoleon to Germany, Spain,
Italy, Russia. The conqueror was very hard
to please. He read in his travelling carriage,
and after skimming few pages would throw
volume that bored him out of the window
into the highway. He might have been tracked
by his trail of romsnces, as was Hop.o' my.