Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07


And since that day, wedlock joined,
The window shutter brings to mind,
''Remember love, remember"
The Little Old Mill.
There's lite rl
AT the foot of the hill,
And little dam
And il little old mill,
Shabby and still;
And the little miller who once was there,
With snow-white clothes and powdered hair,
Who measured the grain,
And took the toll,
He is now as silent and still
AS the moveless wheels in the little mill,
And he sleeps in the churchyard cold and lOrn,
Near the little mill where he ground the corn.
Long years ago,
In the summers glow,
And the autumn's blow,
AMI the winters snow,
1t was full of life;
! The waters rushed through the narrow bav,
And the tick-'ack song was heard all day,
Grinding the grain
That daily
| Down the crooked lane
To the old mill's door.
| BOYS and men-men and boys
| Chatted amid the old mills noise,
Related their sorrows, spoke of their joys,
Joked and laughed tor many an hour
While the miller turned the grists to flour.
Where are they
| To be found to-day?
| They are silent and still
Like the miller and mill.
| All tt" h"ir grists of life have been ground;
! All of them sleep beneath the mound
For, like the mill
| At the foot of the hill,
They had their day and passed away.
! Some were weak and others strong;
! Some died young, while others lived long
One by one they dropped by the way,
And not survivor lives to-day.
But the riil runs along
With the old song
And the sane fresh glow
| OF years ago.
| Warm and cold, it never grows old;
And its banks still bloom with crimson and gold,
just it did when the miller was there
| With snowy garb and powdered hair;
And The life stream fl 1ws
Through joys and woes;
And others ride
o. the lifelong tide
just those did that W. Mt to that mill,
just those who follow US will,
Till the wheels of time shall stand as still
As the rattling wheels of that old mill.
''Nothing is ever lost" sings Wall
Whitman. Wonder if the venerable poe
ever owned such thing as an umbrella
What is the difference between ii tube
and foolish Dutchman? One is a hollow
cylinder, and the other is a silly Holland
er.
''YOu never saw my hands as dirty as
yours" said a mother to her little girl
mo, but grandmother did," was the re
ply.
1t is a mistake to think Volapuk is &
new language. The brakemen on passen
! ger trains in this country have used it fol
years, to call out the names of stations.
A physician has discovered that the
older man grows the smaller his brain
becomes. This explains why the young
men know everything and the old mer
know nothing.
An exchange says that invention has
not yet interfered with bricklaying
Bricks are laid one by one to-day, as they
We're in Egypt 1000 years ago" The same
may be said of eggs and carpets.
Solemn man-No, sir; 1 never fish.
think it decidedly wrong. Chipinone-
Don't like to be SO cruel to the fish? Sol
emn man-No, 1 don't mind hurting the
fish, but l think it is wrong to lie.
Sales Gentleman-Stockings Yes
ma'am; what number do you wear? Gus
tomer-What number? Why, two, OF
course! Dyou take me for centerpede
or one-legged veteran of the war?
Book Agent-How do you do, madam
Will your dog bite? Madam-Waal,
reckon he will. Book Agent-W ould
you have the goodness to speak to him!
Madam-Certanly. Sick i'm, Tige; sick
i'm!
A lady who had had her photograph
taken was showing it to her husband.
''Do you think it looks like me?" she
asked. Yes he said after a critical ex-
animation, lit looks like you, only ii
seems very quiet"
The Way Now-Young American
have called, sir, to ask for the hand OF
your daughter. The Girls Father
Humph! Has my daughter consented
''Of course not. If she'd consent of her
own accord l wouldn't bother about you
Teacher-So you can't do simple sum
in arithmetic? Now let me explain it to
you. Suppose eight of you have togeth-
er forty-eight apples, thirty-two peaches
and sixteen melons, what would each OF
you get? Cholera morbus, replied John
ny.
Grace-Isn't that your fancee, Katei
Kate-Yes. Why? Grace-Isn't he awful
ly dark, dear? Kate-Quite; but old gold,
with the accent on the gold being the
contrasting color, the combination is an
agreeable one and quite harmonious.
See? Judge.
Ibid you call on the Shiftlesses? I
hear they are to leave the neighborhood .
''Well, no, didn't. The fact is, L never
took much interest in that family "They
have recently inherited fortune. and will
move into the ari>tocratic part of the
CITY," Then we will call this afternoon. .
Parent-Who is the LATEST boy in your
class, JOHNNY? JOHNNY dunno. Par
ent-I should think you would know.
When all the others are industriously