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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
GEO. ii. BLAKE, Publisher.

The next day but one after the par
ty Mabel strongly expected her moth
or and father. The fortnight was
not quite out, but they were due by
any train after ten days had gone by.
Therefore, las she drove out that morn
ing with her cousins, she stopped nc
the different stores and collected her
bills, which she put unopened into
her pocket.
Two hours later Ruth said to Con-
stance, "Where's Mab"
"In her room. I'm afraid some
thing is the matter. called her and
she didn't answer, and then knock.
ed, but / believe she heard me. The
door was locked"
Ruth flew up stairs. "Mab, Nab,
she cried, 'let me in right away"
"Are you alone?"
eyes"
The door was unbarred and Mabel,
with eyes red and swollen, drew her
sister into the room and bolted the
door again.
Ten minutes afterward there was a
sound of wheels on the drive. A car
riage stopped. Mr.. and Mrs. Brin-
ley arrived. Ruth flew to meet them.
She was warmly greeted and Con-
stance and her brother were made
welcome. Then Mr.. Brinley cried
"But where's Nab"
Ruth drew him aside cautiously.
"Hush papa" she cried. Snow
promise you won't be angry with her.
It's about the money. We've been
adding up the bills and, oh papa,
they are one hundred and forty-nine
dollars and eighty-seven cents, and
we can't make 'em any less, and Nab
can't imagine how it happened"
"Bills?" cried Mr.. Brinley.
eyes, papa. Dear Nab was so
very, very careful of that one hum
dred dollars she would never break
it for fear it would go too fast"
And Ruth explained her sisters meth
cd. "And / don't see about this"
she added, "and she's just found il
out''-and Ruth gave a sympathetic
sob-"but she has been awfully love-
ly, and we've had, oh, just the very
jol-best of times, and, papa, you
won't be angry, will your" And
Ruth held her fathers hand fast and
looked into his eyes. There was
something restraining in their glance
as Mr.. Brinley answered:
81 won't be angry long"
After he had explained to Mabel
the dangers of her financial system
and givenA u ps-money TO clear up
her debit gnded her another hun
dred dollars aAS UOId ner ulat ns he 4
did not appS hove of people giving up
beaten, heV sautsd to try her another
fortnight 0 M cash system.
Nab looS1Q at him with tears Of |
gratitude.
"Oh, papa, I'll do well, she said.
And she did.
Mr.. Brinley afterward apologized |
to his wife for his temporary usurpa-
tion Of her place.
81 couldn't stand the poor little /
wounded pride," he said.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
Interesting Facts.

How many miles of railway in the
United States? One hundred and if-
ty thousand six hundred miles, about
half the mileage of the world.
How much have they cost? Nine
billion dollars.
How many people are employed by
them? More than 100000.
What is the fastest time made by
train Ninety-two miles in ninety
three minutes, one mile being made
in forty-six seconds, on the Philadel-
phia & Reading Railroad.
What is the cost of a high-class
eight-wheel passenger locomotive? !?
About $500.
What is the longest mileage oper-
ated by single system? Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fee system, about
5000 miles.
What is the cost of a palace sleep
ing car? About s15, 900 or $4,000
if "vestibuled."
What is the longest railway bridge
span in the United States? Cantilever
span in Poughkeepsie bridge, 54S
feet.
What is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States? Kinzua viaduct
on the Erie road, 305 feet high.
Who built the first locomotive in
the United States? Peter Cooper.
What road carries the largest num-
ber of passengers! Manhattan Ele-
waited Railroad, New York, 525, 900
a day, or 19l ,625 900 yearly.
What is the longest American rail-
way tunnel? Hoosac Tunnel, on the
Fitchburg Railway a 3-4 miles).
What is the highest railroad in the
United States? Denver & Rio Grande
and Marshall Pass, 1882 feet.
What are the chances of fatal ac-
cident in railway travel? One killed !
in 100000. Statistics show more
are killed by falling out of windows
of windows than in railway accidents.
What line of railway extends far
thest east and west? Canadian Pacific /
Railway, running from Quebec TO the
Pacific Ocean.
How long does a steel rail last with
average wear? About eighteen years.
What is the fastest time made be-
tween Jersey City and San Franciscos
Three days, seven hours, thirty-nine
minutes and sixteen seconds. Spec
lal theatrical train, June, 1886.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
Gems OfThought

IL never was la Che power Of any
man or any community, 30 call the
arts into being. They come 90 serve
his actual wants, never Co plcaac his
fancy. These arts have their origin
always ia some enthusiasm, as love,
patriotism on religion.
The sword OF his spirit bad been
forged and beaten by poverty. No
was not broken, not even bluntcd, but
rather strengthened and sharpened
by the blows it gave and received.
The humble and contonlcd mnn
pleases himself nnocenuy aud easily,
while the ambitious man attempts 10
please Others sinfully and dincultly,
and perhaps unsuccessfully Too.
Absence, what the poet calls death
in love, has given occasion 30 beauti-
ful complaints in those authors who
have treated Of this passion in verse.
A bene6cent person Is like a foun-
tain, watering the earth and spread
ng fertilityj il Is therefore delight
ful and more honorable 10 give than
10 receive.
Multitudes Of jealousics, and lack
of some predominant desire that They
should marshal and put la order all
the rest, maketh any mans heart
hard TO find or sound.
The character Of coyctousneaa Ia
what "A man generally acquires, more
through some niRgaidlinoss or ill
grace in little and uncomfortable
things than in expenses OF any cone
sequence. A very few pounds year
would ease that man Of the scandal
Of avarice.
Cunning leads TO knaveryi it is
but a step from one 10 Che other, and
that is very slippery lying only
makes the difference add chat %
cunning, and il is knayery.
Despair is the thought OF unattain-
ableness Of any good, which works
differently in mems minds some
times producing uneasiness on pain,
sometimes rest and indoloncy
BE not diverted from your duty by
any idle reflections the silly world
may make upon you, for their Gene
sures are not in your power, and con-
sequently should not be any part of
your concern.
The force Of education is ao great
that we may mould tho minds aud
manners Of the young into what shape
we please, and give them The impress
sions Of such habits as shall ever af-
ter remain.
Love is the most easy and aRroea-
bic, and gratitude tne NOES ,-."'..
ing affection Of the mind We never
reflect on the mca we love without
exulting IN our choice, while ho who
has bound as TO him by benefits alone,
rises TO our ideas as a person to whom
we have la some measure forfeited
our freedom.
lie that does not secure himself of
a stock Of reputation in bis greatness
shall most certainly fall unpiticd in
his adversely.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

What becomes of the old moons, pa?
The old moons, my son? Why they die of
new-moonia, to be sure.
A Vermont minister has preached 12I
barrels of apples anu and hsh q
A pig would seem the best subject for
medical students to experiment on, as
ward.
Now that the captain of the Pittsburg
Baseball club has had his jaw broken he
has nothing but his hands and feet left
to play ball with.
A little girl who was i'll the other even
ing called her mother to her bedside and
said piteously Mamma, am awful sick.
l just swallowed upward.
One of the Indian children drilling at
Carlisle for exhibition, expressed his ner-
vousness in this way to his teacher: TOO
many eyes look at me. 1 scare, 1 scare Y
s'This is going to be the hottest July
this country has seen for many years.
This is the confident prediction of a sum-
mer hotel landlord who has few more
rooms to let.
Customer (to Mr.. Mr.Isaacstein)-Th coat
is about three sizes too big. Mr.. Isaac
stein (impressively)-M trent, dat
coat makes you SO proud dat you will
grow into it.
Surprised dame-What? And you have
refused Mr.. De Goode? l thought you
liked him. Lovely daughter-I did, but
none of the other girls seemed to care a
snap for him.
An umbrella twenty-one feet in diane
ter, with staff twenty-one feet long has
been made in Glasgow. 1t will be used
by king of East Africa, if it is not stol-
en- before it reaches him.
A young gentleman who had written to
a nice girl offering her his heart and
hand, but who had not received a reply,
pensively remarked that he was living ''in
one of the doubtful states.
Smithers-Miss Parker sings much bet
ter than she used to. Her course at the
Conservatory has improved her consider
ably. Wilkins-Improved Well, | should
say so! She knows when to stop.
An Allentown tailoring firm employs
young woman to collect from the swell
customers who are inclined to shirk pay
ing honest debts. This seems to explode
the old saying that 'swoman's work is
never dun
ssWhy, Miss Howjames,' said the Chi
cago girl, ssyou don't mean it is all over
between you and Mr.. Grimshaw?" what
I have told you,' replied the Boston
young lady, haughtily, sis the-the un-
draped actuality.''
Richmond (Va) paper gives speci-
men answers to letters of inquiry sent to
leading bachelors of the city, asking why
they never married. But one answered
and to the point: II have
never been properly urged"
A California widow had plans for a
$50, 900 monument for her late departed,
but when the lawyers got thro' fighting
over the estate the widow was doing
housework at So per week for the man
who designed the monument.
Boatswain of an ocean steamer to sea-
man, who seems to be hunting for some
what are you looking for?"
For pail ssWhat do you want of
pail?" II want to wash my face. !" "Oh,
open your mouth and you won't have any
face to wash
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
Man is What Woman Has Mndo
Him

Prof G. v. Riley, formerly state
entomologist for Missouri, and now
entomologist OF the Department of
Agriculture, created "a sensation nt
the meeting Of the six O'Clock club
on a recent evening. Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady stanton, Miss Phebo Couzins
and Belya Lockwood were among
the ladies present. The subject of
discussion was sexual equality from
a scientific standpoint. Prof Riley
showed how the male, 40 lrst insig-
aihcant and apparently a latter crca-
ton, had developed and grown 10 "a
position OF equality by the side of his
female partner; how this had result
ed from natural and especially from
sexual selection, the female always
choosing for her companion the hand
soonest and strongest how the to-
male Of some species is 10000 times
larger than the male, and how, Ina
other cases, he Is a mere minute pare
asite, whom she carries about as "a
part of her baggage how some fc-
male spiders are hundred times
larger than the males, and how my
lady Archnidan kills her myriads OFF
successive husbands, beats them aud
fiings their carcassos out la the back
yard how under the influence OF
preference, the males of mammals
and birds have arisen 10 physical au-
periority 10 the females, till Che lion
Is finer and stronger than the lioneas,
the bull larger than the COW, Che pea
cock adorned with gorgeous tail with
which 10 excite the admiration OF Che
heather, and the turkey cock gifted
with self-important strut and arro-
CANT gobble. The inferonce was that
whatever man f. he has been made
through millions Of years Of sexual
preference by the female 81 hIs own
species, and the anthropoid and other
species from which hc has sprung,
and that Il would be unfair for him
to kick down the ladder By which ho
has climbed
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

A WARNING.-The modes of deaths approach
are various, and statistics show conclusvely that
more persons die from diseases of the throat and
lungs than any other. 1t is probable that every
one, without exception, receives vast numbers of
tubercle germs into the system and where these
germs fall upon suitable soil they start into life and
develop, at first slowly and is shown by slight
tickling sensation i'll the throat and If allowed to
continue their rayages they extend to the lungs
producing consumption and the head, causing
catarrh Now all this is dangerous and if allowed
to proceed will in time cause death. At the onset
you must act with promptness; allowing cold to
go without attention is dangerous may lose
you your life. As you feel that something
is wrong with your thro lungs nostrils, obtain
a bottle of Boschecs German Syrup. 1t will give
J ou immediate relief
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
THEY'D ~.
Wont of SIeeD


Is sending thousands annually to s.-
trouble is alarmingly on the increase.
The usual remedies, while they may
give temporary relief, are likely to do
more harm than good. What is needed
is an Alternative and Blood-purifier.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is incomparably
the best. 1t corrects those disturbances
in the circulation which cause sleepless-
ness, gives increased vitality, and re-
stores the nervous system to healthful
condition.
Rev. T. G. A. Cote, agent of the Mass.
Home Missionary Society, writes that
his stomach was out of order, his sleep
very often disturbed, and some i'm
purity of the blood manifest but that
a perfect cure was obtained by the use
of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Frederick W. Pratt, 424 Washington
street, Boston, writes: "My daughter
was prostrated with nervous debility.
Ayers Sarsaparilla restored her to
health.''
William F. Bowker, Erie, Pa, was
cured of nervousness and sleeplessness
by taking Ayers Sarsaparilla for about
two months, during which time his
weight increased over twenty pounds.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

Road the following Mr q a. Morris NoHafli
Ark. says "Was down with aber.s 0i luura. aul
friends and physicians pronounced me an lufufAh'r
comsumptive, Began taking nf hinH.H heW DI..
covory for Consumption. au pow on rly ihIrd bottle
ana able to oversee tlo wofh on my farm. no bel thu
hnest medicine ever mmdoth
Jesse Middlrwaft, Decatur, OhiDi sage "liHl Ii
not been for Dr. Kings Sow Discovery iof Con.
SUMPTION would have died VT lung tFnuhlra Woe
given up by doctora. Am nos b beet oi hfa'Ni..
Try IL. sample botilca frce at m. a. flcfer'a hfhH
sturY
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
A Maine paper reylyoa an old tImo

A Maine paper revivcs an old Time
story. Cony Foster Of Orono was
sick. lie had made all arrangements
for his death and burial when hc be-
gan TO gain. One day ho remarked
TO his wife, tnat as he felt better hc
thought Il likely that be- might ro-
cover. sCony," said his wife, seas
You are prepared and am resigned,
| think you had better 30 now"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
AR {:

You sufferer from any of this list of symptoms,
some OF which warn you that you are liable to an
attack of Apoplexy Dizziness Pressure In the
Head, Spots Before Eyes, Pain Around or Palpita-
tion OF Heart Pain Region of Heart with Feeling
of Sunocation, Ringing Sound in Ears, Numbness or
Prickly Sensation of Limbs, especially the Arm,
Pain between Shoulders and in Side, Pain in Small
of Back or Hip, Dry Cough, Flatu1ence, Sour
Stomach, General Debility, Loss of Appetite, &C.,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
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be cured by purchasing bottle Of ANTI
APOPLECTINE and taking it according to
directions. 1t is strongly endorsed by the leading
physicians of Montreal "the only Apoplexy Pre-
ventive, and is everywhere regarded sure cure
for Paralysis, Heart Disease, Rheumatism,
Angina Pectoris, Chronic Bronchitis,
Liver Complaint, Kidney and Bladder
Troubles, Sciatica, Dyspepsia, &C., &c.
For sale by all druggists Price 81 90 bottle, six
bottles for $500. Send to DR. F. s. HUTCHINSON
& CO., Enosburgh Falls, Vt, q. S. A, for circulars
and testimonials. 100 Emergencies" price Is cts.
Mailed free to readers OF this paper. Tells what to
do in case of accident and what may result from
he'll
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung 10 Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them castoria,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-07-23
The Dukes Jest.

His Grace, the Duke of Noodledom-
A man of mighty name,
Commander, Conqueror, Sovereign Lord,
Omnipotent, to praise or blame
Of honor rightly his, made light,
And yearned to win different fame.
His Grace, the Duke of Noodledom,
A noted wit would be.
Who praised his realm must also praise
His skill at puns and repartee;
And woe to him with eyes too dim
His Grace's famous jokes to see!
His friends and followers, and the rest,
Who sought his smiles to win,
Hung on his lips, when pleased my Lord
Some pleasant drollery to begin,
And met each pause with loud applause,
Exactly where the laugh came in.
A stranger at the Court, one day,
A man obtuse though wise,
Walked with the Duke, who-thinkng thus
The grave Yacomo to surprise
Cracked for his guest his favorite jest
A thing to melt the sternest eyes.
"Your pardon, Duke,'' Yacomo said,
.'What did your Grace remark?'
The Duke, amazed, rehearsed the joke,
His brow with gathering fury dark.
Yacomo frowned, gazed on the ground,
And thoughtful, scanned the distant park.
'I fear your meaning still miss
With suave regret he said.
The gentlemen who stood about,
Shook in their silken shoes with dread,
While once again, in rage and pain,
The hapless joke was hazarded.
Then, when Yacomo silent stood,
Out stormed his angry Grace
"What! Not smile? Dull fool your life
Is yours but for moments space!
Down, wretch, and pray Your head shall pay
For what is lacking in your face!''
Yacomo fell upon the ground;
"My doom is justl' said he.
''But ere am forever dumb,
One boon beg ON bended knee;
pray that /, before I die,
May have the joke explained to me!''
&c IT'S wel,'' the softened Duke replied,
''I grant your last request.
Go you, my learned ministers,
Elucidate to him the jest,
The executioner, when you
Have made it clear, will do the rest.'
They talked all day, explained all night,
The next day and the next;
Expostulated, argued, urged,
Until their very souls were vexed,
And still he gazed like amazed
His brow with anxious thought perplexed.
The weeks went by; the months, the years,
His counselors grew gray.
The man who could not see joke
Was marked by children at their play,
The Duke was to his promise true,
And waiting, spared him day by day,
And when at last, His Grace had made
a final joke and died,
And Noodedom had quite forgot
The wit which once had been his pride,
Still in his cell, alive and well,
Yacomo rested satisfied.
The life we know, our earth-born life,
A wall of pain, to be strife.
The love we know, light for the way
Through which we grope from night to day.
The death we know, an upturned sod
The earth-life sleep, to wake with God.
Baptized in tears of joy pain,
Life, love and death, then life again.
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

EAGLE Rock REGISTER: On Tues
day morning of last week Mr.. Riches
and his brother started with a team
to 90 to the ranch of Jonathan Davis,
father-in-law of MIR. Riches, who lives
on the opposite side of Willow creek,
which runs close by Mr.. Riches house.
They drove into the creek and one of
the horses baked. Riches got out
into the water to make him go. The
supposition is that the horses struck
him and he was carried down the
stream by the current. A few rods
below he caught onto some willows
and called to his wife, who was on
the bank, that he was drowning. She
fastened to his assistance, but before
she or his brother could get to him
he let go and sank. Up to the pres
ent time nothing has been seen OF
bis body, although from fifty to one
hundred men have been dragging the
creek since that time. Deceased
leaves a wife and three little children
who have the sympathy of the entire
community in their bereavement.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

ED. STANLEY, Charley Curtis and
Andrew Bloom, one of the carpenters
employed in the construction of the
mill at Graham, came in from that
place yesterday. Ed. informs US that
the middle foundation wall of the mill
tumbled down a short time after the
upper one fell. The upper one is
now rebuilt to the height of eight
feet. Before it fell it was twelve or
fourteen feet high. The men are now
at work rebuilding the middle wall.
1t will require about two months to
complete the two. The rock was
quarried and put up when frozen,
and as soon as it thawed the walls
came down with quash. A team
ster went to the head of Crooked
river a few days ago with a wagon.
Ed. thinks teams can run through to
Graham in about three weeks. Five
men are at work on the road, three
cleaning out grades where the ground
has slid in, and two scattering char
coal along where the snow is deepest
The company's saw mill was started
up again four or FIVE days ago.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

SAx'L WHITE left here last No
vember for his old home in OHIO,
but contentment abided not with him
in his native State for the reason that
time had worked such changes that
the place did not seem like home, SO
after remaining there short time
Sam struck out for California, where
he dug for gold during the early ex-
citement in that State. He was down
below Los Angeles, but put in most
of his time in Butte county, in the
northern part of the state. Not find
ing any place that suited him SO we'll
as Idaho, he made the circle and is
again here, to stay. Sam says Cali
fornia is dry and parched, and that
when he reached this Territory he no.
ticed a marked change in natures
appearance. Farmers of Idaho COM
plain of the dryness of the season,
and the prospects for crops of all
kinds not so promising as last year,
but by comparison with the hard lot
of the farmers of California and other
States, they have cause for congratu-
lating themselves on the fact that
Idaho is more favored than most Sec
tiOns
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

BOISE REPUBLICAN: Strawberries
are ripe. Col. Green, formerly
commander of Boise Barracks has
Oeen assigned to Fort Walla Walla,
IN ashington Territory. John
Mdenbaugh shot pelican near
o0lse last Thursday which measured
nearly nine feet from tip to tip. DR..
" L. Moar is taxadermist and will
nave the bird mounted in fine style.
Inc pelican is a rare bird in this SEQ
uon'....lt is reported that Cy. Ja-
coos contemplates putting up quartz
mil In Boise this season. We think
Will be a good investment for ia
COOS and be of material benefit to the
'own. There is sufficient ore in haul
ing IN distance to keep the mill running
the year round.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

Ir is reported that big army of
Utah and Nevada prospectors will
head for Silver district soon. They
have learned of the immense area of
the quartz belt out there, and that
the district has been but little pros
pected. 1t is silver belt, and has
been simply run over, and pieces
knocked from the groupings here and
there tested by assays. No real pros
pecting has been done outside OF the
Julia. This vein grew richer as depth
was attained. This is the rule in silver
veins, and as the Julia has proven nc
exception with development it is
reasonable to conclude that this rule
will hold good throughout the district
1t is a very inviting field for the pros
pector.