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A few more ladies' Cloaks to close out
very cheap at J. s. W. Harkers.
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Apples SO a barrel a j, & w. Hnr-
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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-12-28

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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-12-28

GROUP. WIIOOPIEG COUGH and Bronchitis
Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure. For sale
by 4. II. Miller.
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Pure Maple Syrup at l.. ID. Bardin &
Co.'S.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
Queer Customs in Holland.

just as Our little breakfast was
ended Jacqueline called to me: Look,
there is the aanspreker. Do you re-
member himP | wonder who is dead!'
/ saw a strange figure going swiftly to
the servants side door. A tall man
dressed in lugubrious black small
clothes, and silver-buckled shoes, black
deep-fapped coat and waistcoat, his
head crowned by a three-cornered
hat and long weepers. He carried
some papers, for his duty is to go
around the neighborhood and an
nounce all deaths. This time it was
no one of importance. Another Curl
Gus old custom relates to births, and
the towns of HARLEM and Medembik
alone own with pride its right. In
1873, when the Spaniards took Haarlem
after it's famous siege, they sent notice
that all houses wherein lay mother
and newborn babe should have their
knockers muffied in white for month,
and so escape sacking, Thenceforth
births in HARLEM are celebrated by
what has now become an ornament on
the doors, called a Hopper. Hugo
brought forth their family one to show
me. A square of lace with his coat-of-
arms finely embroidered and edged
with exquisite old Mechlin. This Is
lined white for girl, half in pink for
a boy. Fastened over wood, it was
hung out by day and carefully goifered
again at night. The Jews-the plague
here of all curio-fanciers-scen out
every bit of old silver, lace, china or
carving in cottage or family seat
came shifting around his Hopper with
vainly largo offers for the mechlin
when last it was hung out. -Engttsh
Illustrated MdgdziRe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
Makes the Mouth Water.

Here is the receipt for the famous
milk punch which George ". drank
with his dinner for several years, and
which his majesty declared to be bene-
fetal both to the digestion and to the
faculties. Lord Seton, the renowned
gourmet, thought he had achieved a
great triumph when he managed to get
hold of this recipe by bribing the Carl
ton house employees after his first
quarrel with 1.-THE first gentleman in
Europe" ''Put two quarts of really
fine old rum in a basin, with the thinly
cut peels of twenty-four lemons and
six Seville oranges Cor twelve ordinary
oranges) and two thick slices of ripe
pineapple English for choice cut into
small pieces. Cover the basin up and
leave it for twelve hours. Then turn
the above into a tub or other suitable
vessel Add a pint of lemon Juice, half
pint OF orange juice, two bottles of
rum, four quarts of green tea in which
two pounds of loaf sugar have been
dissolved, bottle of Madeira, a pint of
maraschino, half pint of dry curacao,
two grated nutmegs, and finally, after
the above materials have been briskly
stirred pour slowly in two quarts of
hot milk. Cover up the tub and let il
stand six hours, giving it an occasional
stir. Then it must be slowly and care
fully strained three times through
flannel jelly-bags and at once bottled.
Let the bottles be thoroughly corked."
This punch ought to be kept for at
least month, and the longer il is
kept the better it will be. 1t should
be iced before being consumed
The ArgOnGut.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
Philadelphia Girls.


1.-The Chicago and ST. Louis girls
have been quizzed rather thoroughly
in the last half dozen years, re-
marked a frequenter of summer re-
sorts to New York Sun man, "and
why shouldn't the Philadelphia girls
have chance? ! have been to Long
Branch, Saratoga, Lake George, and
the Thousand Islands in the last month,
and 80 per cent of the Philadelphia
girls at these places disregarded the
fashionable and Incorporating corset.
| don't mean that they should be
quizzed on this, but perhaps attention
should be called to the fact. Perhaps
these Philadelphia girls didn't present
as trim figures to the critical eye as
some others, but they certainly ap-
peared to be more healthful 1t was
seldom that they had to be excused
from an afternoon party on the plea of
sick headache.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
ODera-GIasses.

Everybody buys opera-giasses,
said dealer in response to an inquiry,
''church members, ministers. lawyers
and mechanics. Although a luxury,
they are daily coming into more gen
eral use. One reason is the great de-
crease in price since gold came down to
a level with other money, or other
money rose to a level with gold. For
instance, an Opera-glass that costs
about So now, during the war would
have cost $12 or more"
''How is that?"
EtThe main reason is that all opera
glasses are made abroad, in France or
Vienna, by workmen who grind lenses
for from 80 cents to 81 a day Ameri-
can workmen in the optical line would
not do the same work under IS to 81
a day. The European labor is so
cheap that it practically debars Ameri-
can competition"
''But where does the tariff come
imp"
1.-THE tariff imposes a duty of As per
cent. on opera-glasses. Practically
this means so per cent, for the com
mission at each end is about per cent.
and boxing and freight are about
5 per cent. more. But even that
is not sufficient to promote competition
with the 30 cents n day skilled labor
of Franco and the Austrian capital
Our workmen would have to come
down to 81 a day at least to justify
competition with Europe, and that of
course they won't do"
''What would be the effect of raising
the tariff so as to virtually prohibit
foreign mportations?'
EEEnT' % of /,
10 abolish the trade in opera-glasses.
"Who purchase opera-glasses most
women or men?"
|'Women, of course. The opera
glass is a luxury, and is used to crafty
curiosity, and women are usually
credited with the possession of an ex-
ira share of curiosity. All sorts of
women buy opera-glasses. With men,
the elders are in the majority, although
a, good many young men buy to give to
their friends"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
Some Hints About Bedrooms.

The care of a bedroom is some
times neglected because of the ap-
parent simplicity of the work. The
style in which it is usually accomplish
ed is known to every one.
The coverings are thrown back
over the foot of the bed, permitting
them to drag on the dusty floor, and
the window is left open five or ten
minutes, length of time popularity
considered quite sufficient to air the
room. The bed-maker may possibly
turn the mattress, but in seven cases
out Of ten the bed-clothes are spread
up without going through this form,
and tucked in snugly at the sides
and foot, to prevent the fresh air
getting in OF the stale in escaping.
The right way of performing this
work is not so difficult that one need
shrink from it. The coverings should
first be stripped back oyer two chairs
set at the foot of the bed. The
mattress should be doubled so that
the air may get to all parts of it and
left so from half an hour to an hour.
In very severe winter weather the
time may be lessened. Each piece
of bed clothing should be well shak-
en- before it is restored to its place,
and the pillows beaten and patted
into shape. The white spread, that
should have been removed at bed
time the night before and neatly fold
ell, is now fresh and smooth. If
pillow shams are not used, the creas-
ed night slips may be exchanged for
fresh day cases and the former laid
aside until the evening.
The bed is not all that needs close
care in the sleeping-room. The dust
ing is far more important than many
suspect. Accommodations of fluff and
dust form favorite nesting place
for disease germs and unsavory
smells. On this account, many or
naments are not to be commended in
bed chamber. The bits of drapery
the brackets, the gay japanese fans,
the photographs and the pieces of
bric-a-brac that are admirable in
other parts of the house, are out of
place here. Whatever furniture there
is should be carefully wiped off each
day with a soft cloth and this shaken
out of the window afterwards.
The room should receive a thor
ough sweeping at least once week,
and at this time every article in it
should be moved and no nook nor
corner left unbrushed. If there are
curtains at the windows they should
be we'll shaken that no dust may
linger in their folds.
The receptacles for waste wafer
should be washed out every day and
scaided three times a week. In hot
weather the scalding should take
place every day, and the utensils be
summed, if possible. Wash cloths
should be wrung out in boiling water
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19

every other day. Without this they
soon become offensive. Shoes aud
other articles of apparel should not
be left lying about the room to gath
er dust and look unlidy. They con-
taminate the atmosphere.
When all these precautions are
closely followed, there will b. no
trouble with the close, unpleasant
odor that one finds often in even
handsome and apparently well kept
bedrooms. Such malodors are not
only disagreeable, but positively un-
wholesome, especially, for delicate
persons and children.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
1aaiea' Column.
Fashion Notes.

Buttons as q garniture are in high
favor.
Chinchilla is still the favorite for
children's wear.
Persian and Oriental designs are
+ conspicuous in both silks and wool
+ ems.
Fancy ornaments of jet are used
in profusion upon the winter mill
linery.
Heavy tinsel cord is effectually
used to edge the brims of felt hats
and bonnets.
The newest silk umbrellas for Ia
! dies have handles four and Az feet
in length.
/ Gainsborough and Directoire hats
of dark velvets are receiving large
share of popular favor.
Separate skirts are oftenest worn
with polonaises or with draperies ar
ranged in polonaise effects.
The newest fur collars are deep
and pointed, forming V at the
back, and coming to point at the
waist-line in front.
Muffs are larger than for several
seasons past, and are in soft. round
shapes, none of the lining showing
on the outside.
Tinsel effects are now. introduced
into all classes of brocades, and both
dark and light grounds are figured
with tinsel.
A most exquisite combination cos
tune recently noted was composed
of 6ois de rose satin, black velvet
and light blue MORE.
With exception of the strictly
tailor-made costumes, two, and some
times three and four, materials are
the rule for the new gowns.
Black bear fur promises to be the
popular all-purpose fur the coming
season. 1t is beautiful, silky fur,
and generally becoming.
The fancy for green does not abate
in the least, and it will doubtless
continue to be the reigning color
throughout the entire winter.
The now favorite arrangement for
straight garnitures is in two. rows
slightly apart, set vertically upon
the front of the skirt. redingote or
polonaise.
Trimming fur is seldom used about
the bottom of fur or cloth cloaks,
but silk brocade pelisses are some-
times trimmed all around with fur.
The prevailing fancy for the use
of black with any color permits the
wearing of black skirt with any
medium Or dark shades, and with
some light colors.
Notwithstanding all predictions to
the contrary, nearly all of the velvet
bonnets have ''made" strings and
bows of which they are composed.
Ostrich feather boas, from one to
two yards in length, are utilized as
hat garnitures. They are wound
about the low crown, cross at the
back, and are tied careiessly in front.
Braid is still the accepted garni
ture for wooden dresses. The braids
most frequently seen are the fiat,
ribbon-like varieties in black or col
ored silk or worsted, or gilt or silver
tinsel.
1t is puzzling to many to discover
the dividing line between the capote
and turhan. Many of the new head
coverings are decided combination
of the two, and are extremely taste
full and becoming.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
Isolation of Plumbing Fixtures.

All sanitary appliances should, as
far as possible, be isolated from the
living portion of the dwelling. In
England il is recommended to locate
such fixtures in tower or extension
cut off from the rest of the house by
double doors; and where this can be
done without risk of freezing, il is to
be recommended.
One of the most frequent faults to
be found in American houses is the
multiplication of plumbing fixtures
for the convenience of the inmates,
scattered without consideration and
without sufficient reason all about the
house. 1t is difficult 10 render such
arrangements safe without large out
lay in safeguards, and even then an
unnecessary risk is incurred by lack
of simplicity. Basins may be very
convenient in sleeping-rOoms, but they
are eXtra-hazardous. Better walk Il
few steps further to obtain running
water than to invite odOrs into sleep
ing rooms by pipes connected with the
sewer or cess-pOOl.
All plumbing pipe should be in plain
view and readily accessible. They
should be exposed to light and air,
both for the sake of ventilation and
that defects can be qdlckly noted ana
removed. As steam-pipes are rendered
ornamental by gliding or bronzing,
and are fully exposed to view, there is
no reason why other pipes should be
hidden. If pipes are enameled Of
nickel-plated there can be no objection
made to their exposure. In parlors or
drawing-rooms they can be hidden be-
hind movable panels or carried within
closets.
Where this arrangement is termed
unsightly it is best to carry all soil
pipes in recesses in the walls, which
should be made sufficiently large for
convenient calking of joints. These
recesses should be closed at the cellar
ceiling, so as thoroughly to exclude
any odors from that source. Col.
Warning also advises closing them at
each floor as an additional precaution.
%. T.. Wjngate IN the ChautauQuan.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19

The Refrigerator.

During the summer months the
refrigerator occupies a prominent
position in the majority of homes.
/ No good housewife should ever think
of doing without one of these useful
articles during the warm weather,
/ for they save their original cost in a
short time. A woman possessing a
refrigerator can, unless her family
Is very large, do her weeks baking
in the same time that she would
take in cold weather, while her neigh
Dor, not possessing the above arti-
Gle, can bake but little at one time,
consequently the hardest part of the
homework, the cooking is increased,
keeping the housewife almost con-
tinually over the stove, which is not
the most agreeable task during the
hot days of summer. In the coun-
try there are, usually, cool earthen
cellars that answer the purpose of a
refrigerator, but in the city OF many
of its suburbs these convenient
places are very rare. Some women
object to refrigerators, using as, an
argument that they are hard to keep
sweet and clean. This idea is very
foolish, for there are very few arti-
Giles of the household furniture as
easily cared for. To be sure, there
are some that are more difficult than
others to keep sweet, but even the
hardest is an easy task to any house
wife, considering the amount of heat
and exertion it is sure to save her
during the summer in regard to the
family cooking.
To clean a refrigerator always take
cool day, and when the ice is low.
Take out all articles of food, place
in cool place and cover. Remove
the ice and roll it in a wooden cloth
(if you have piece of an old blan
ket it will be just the thing and
place aside. Now, take out the
chambers, shelves and ice rack, and
wash thoroughly in hot soap suds to
which has been added a few drops
of ammonia to soften the water.
Wipe well and put out in the open
air to dry. Wash the inside of the
refrigerator with ammonia water, US
ing a pointed stick to go into the
creyices. Wipe with a dry cloth,
then leave top lid and doors open
until the inside is perfectly dry. If
the zinc is stained, providing it is
not too much so, wash in strong vim
egar and the spots will usually dis
appear. Sometimes, owing to the
ice giving out sooner than expected,
food is apt to turn, and should be
removed as soon as possible. Food
that has the least tendency to spoil,
should never be put in the refriger-
ator, as it will surely faint the rest
of the food. Butter and milk are
peculiarly susceptible to influences
of this kind. Washing the inside in
the ammonia water cleanses it won
derfully, as the ammonia is a good
disinfectant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by East India missionary
the formula of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of consumption, bron-
chits, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung af
fectons 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 it known to his suffering fellows
Actuated by this motive and desire to relieve
human suffering, will send free of charge, to all
who desire it, this recipe, in German, French OF
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, 1888-11-19
A Bunch of Bananas.

''Stop a minute and count the ba-
nanas in this bunch for me, please,
said genial dealer in fruit the other
day to an Indianapolis NeaOS writer.
The reporter stopped, wondering at
such a request, and proceeded to count.
He first counted all those hanging on
the outside in plain sight, and then
lifting them up or pushing them aside
counted the hidden ones below.
There are exactly 163," said he. The
dealer smiled plying smile, and re-
marked modestly that ''he had sup
posed even a newspaper man could
count" Then the reporter proposed
to count them again to prove his ac-
curacy. This time he observed that,
they were arranged in circles or
tiers about the stalk, and he num-
bered them carefully, tier by tier.
Alas for his boosted accuracy! He
found they were la bananas in the
bunch. Fully aroused now to the pre-
carous situation in which his mathe-
NAUTICAL ability was placed, he began
again, while the dealer stood by with
his arms akimbo, occasionally emitting
an audible chuckle. The final count
gave 1870 as the result, and the news
paper man was attempting to SINK
away unObServed when the dealer told
him to wait minute. Said he: ~ on
are not inflated with pride in your
numerical ability now, are youP" Then
the reporter meekly signitied that he
was not. ''Well, then, I'll tell you
that not one man in hundred can
count bananas correctly as they hang
in bunch, So" ''How, then, do you
find how many are in a bunchP" 1--WE
use strategy, We take a paper of pins
and count just how many are in it.
They are arranged in rows, and We
can count them, and we know we are
right. Then we go through the bunch
of bananas and stick a pin in each
one, going over them several times to
make sure that each one has its pin.
Then, by counting how many pins are
left, and performing little problem
in subtraction, we learn what we are
working after. There are exactly 155
bananas in that bunch"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19
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Wonderful Feats with a Saw.

[ have often read of the wonderful
feats performed by skilled workmen
with tools, such as engraving the
Lords Prayer on the back of silver
three-cent piece, or making a steam
engine that would stand on a silver
quarter, but | saw some wonders per-
formed the other night that surpassed
them all All the minute articles
manufactured heretofore have been
made with small tools, and in some
cases with the aid of a microscope, but
there is man in the Sea Beach Pal
ace Exposition on Coney Island who
works out the most delicate articles
with a hand-saw nineteen feet long
and revolving at the rate of over
mile minute. Upon this immense
machine the skilled operator in my
presence sawed out four chairs, all
complete with legs and backs, but so
small that the four were placed on the
end Of q lead pencil at one time.
Then dozen knives and forks of the
most diminutiye size were made and
placed around tho lead pencil. So
small were they that although the en-
tire dozen were placed around the pen
Gil not one of them touched the other.
Then the operator trimmed his finger
nallS OH CHe huSe saw as cIeNef1y anu
easily as one could do it with pen
knife. Wetting his thumb, he pressed
the ball of it into some sawdust and
then sawed the sawdust off the thumb
without scratching the skin, yet a sim
gle nervous twtch of the arm would
have cost him his hand. All sorts of
curious puzzles are turned out with
astonishing rapidly from all sorts of
misshapen blocks OF wood. Even arti-
eles of clothing, as thin and flexible as
cloth. are worked out by this clever
magician from little pieces of wood
with his big saw. The cap he works
in was sawed out of over 1000 pieces
of wood, no two of whic!i are the same
size or shape.-BrookiyR Eagle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19

With every exertion the best of
men can do but moderate amount
of good but it seems in the power
of the most contemplate individual
to do incalculable mischief.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-11-19

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