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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
President Harrison's Lesson

None who heard or read the adj
dresses of President Harrison at the
Centennial celebration in New York
could fail to observe how naturally
and surely his mind turned from the
merely material grandeur of our ma
ton to the duties and obligations
which Gods providence has put upon
US as a people. There was in both
of his addresses at that time NOR
al uplift which may be said to have
given a tone to the whole celebration,
turning our minds upward, and aside
from the display of military force
and mercantile wealth to the princi-
pies that underlie and must preserve
our institutions.
The same characteristic appears in
the Presidents short impromptu ad-
dress at Woodstock. He referred to
the fact that we are so situated on
the continent, separated by oceans
from other nations, and powerful in
our own numbers and wealth, that
we are absolutely safe from foreign
attack. He then continued:
''We do not say this in any spirit
of boastfulness, but rather in ,one of
thankfulness for that Divine Provi-
dence which has given us such loca-
tion and assignment among the ma
tions of the earth, that no people of
great power touches us on any side.
All the more, exempt from thoughts
of foreign assault, ought our thoughts
to turn to dangers which are internal
and from which alone we can have
serious harm. All the more should
every thoughtful citizen consider
how he may promote the public veal
how he may hold up our institutions
in honor among ourselves, securing
and promoting both in state and ma
tional legislation those measures
which have best promoted, not indi-
vidual, not special but the general
good of all the people,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
The coroner's jury, sitting on I'll

The coroner's jury, sitting on the
case of the persons killed in the
Johnstown disaster, have agreed upon
a verdict which squarely puts the
whole burden of the disaster and the
loss of all those thousands of lives
and millions of property on the own
ers of South Fork Dam. They de-
clare there was not sufficient waste
weir, and that the dam was neither
constructed sufficiently strong nor of
the proper material to withstand the
overflow; and that, therefore 'the
owners are responsible for the fear
full loss of life and property resulting
from the breaking of the DAM" This
is terrible arraignment. We have
had in this country before many cas-
es of loss of life resulting from greed
and haste to be rich, but this is the
first notable case, we believe, in
which the luxurious pleasures of rich
men have had so sad a fruitage. 1t
is proper that the utmost instruction
should be got out of the lesson of
this selfish heedlessness of the safety
of the public if one can only keep
his own fishing preserves maintained.
The men who owned that dam can
never be the needless men they were
before. Henceforth they are marked
men, They carry a burden of desc
lated homes and stricken hearts. On
their forehead is mark like that of
Cain. And all this was wrought by
want of thought, and also by very
serious want of heart.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Chauncey M. Depew has happy
faculty of saying bright things, but
he never told more truth in the same
space than in the following short ex-
tract from his address to the Yale law
students: SIT is infinitely better for
the community that 20, 900 tradesmen
should each make a clear yearly profit
of 81 800 than that one tradesman
should acquire S5 10000 as the prof
its of year. 1t is upon the men
whose incomes range between l,0OO
and 5000 that the great burdens of
/ taxation fall: it Is from them that
( the most ardent recruits are gathered
when politics, religion, charity, or
4 patriotism demand excessive activity
in peace or war. 1t is among them
that the publishers of books and
newspapers find their largest and
most profitable client age. 1t IS from
them that the retailers gain their
chief support. They are, in fact, at
once the most conservative and the
most progressive force of the nation,
and it is the most vulgar of vulgar
isms which sets the mere possessor OF
a million or any number of millions
of dollars above any one of them"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

soon have fall weather upon US
weather which will be common to the
northern ATTITUDES; and the presump-
ton is that war will be STAYED off un-
til at least the spring of another year.
In the meantime it is to be lament
ed that, in consequence of these
great and increasing ornaments, mill
itary and naval, peace should be as
expensive, and, in some respects,
as ruinous as war. The people are
oppressed by taxation; the able
bodied youths are taken away from
active industrial pursuits /; consumers
are multiplied, while producers are
lessened in number, and generally
the future is darkened by the con-
slant fear of open war. The Ameri-
can people have much cause for graf
itude, in that they are free from all
the Inconvenience arising from war,
present or prospective.-MaH and
ETDresS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

The efforts of Mr.. Herbert Rad
clyffe, secretary of the Home Market
Club, to make use of his paid work in
the campaign to secure office, have
reused the Indignation of the business
men who have paid Mr.. Radcliffe a
handsome salary, and his disposition
is now in order. Mr.. Radcliffe has
been over Jealous in looking after
himself and has not used the best
judgment in looking after the club.
For his successor a man is named of
the highest integrity and of great
ability whom all Vermonters will be
glad to see placed in position that
will give him so much scope-Col.
Albert Clarke, formerly manager of
the Rutland Herald. Col. Clarke will
honor his state and the club in the
position and the Times hopes he will
be elected.
The secretaryship of the Home
Market Club is a very active execu-
tive position, the secretary being the
working officer and representative of
the club. 1t requires to some degree
talents best developed in capable
Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
On the Retrograde.

Not only has Pennsylvania refused
by large majority to adopt constitu-
tional prohibition, but now decision
of the Supreme Court destroys the
efficiency of the present high license
law as a restrictive measure. This
is very discouraging to temperance
people. The high license law of
Pennsylvania as enforced in the past
has been more acceptable to the tenn
perance element than such laws usu-
ally are. In many counties it has
resulted practically in prohibition.
By the decision of the Supreme
Court, license courts have no right to
refuse licenses to brewers, wholesale
liquor sellers and bottlers, when
American citizens of good moral char
acter. With the loose definition of
Egood moral character" now in vogue
it is inevitable that this decision will
greatly increase the number of licens-
ed places. The law permits bottlers
to sell liquor in quantities of a quart
or more not to be drank on the prem
ises. 1t is thought that many will
procure wholesale licenses for the
purpose of doing retail business
surreptltiously, which, it is alleged,
it would be difficult to detect. The
liquor men are rejoicing over the
court decision, and are preparing to
utilize every advantage accruing to
them under it. It is lamentable
fact that the temperance cause is re-
ceiving setback in a number of
states. 1t is pertinent to inquire into
the cause and remedy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
ndulged in a brutal prize fight in
Monday. Seventy-fve
POUNDS were fought and still Kilrain
was not satisfied, but his second be-
ing convinced that there was no pos
sible hope of his beating his big an
tagonist threw up the sponge. Kill
rain is evidently the more scientific
Fighter but could not overcome the
great strength of Sullivan. 1t was a
most brutal affair, but of course ev-
erybody wishes to know which beat.
A great deal of money was put up on
the event, the odds being three to one
on Sullivan. Cultured Boston can
boast over her big prize fighter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Slowly the work of distributing re-
lief at Johnstown, Penn, is proceed
ing, although the sum of 100000
has thus far been expended by the
flood commission. The extent of the
distress caused by the Pennsylvania
floods is wildly portrayed by the
statement that the maximum number
of persons provided with board was
.51 $50, while the regular commissary
roll is now 1000. All immediate ne
cessities have been provided for, and
considerable payments have already
been made on account of actual prop
erty losses. To determine these fully
will require thorough Investigation,
but no just claim, it is safe to say,
will be disregarded.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

There is no longer any reasonable
'oubt that there is to be a session of
he next Congress before the usual
me of meeting in December. The
|nly point which may be said to be
undetermined is the time of the meet
bg. The Presidents private secre-
bry incidentally said that he believ-
ii that an extra session has practic-
lily been determined upon. The day
Ixed by several Senators who have
with the President as the
most probable day for convening
congress is the last Monday in Oc-
ober or the first Monday in Novem-
per.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

strongly enumerated by the republi-
can national convention of 1888, and
especially to the principal of protec-
tion in its two-fold meaning and op-
eration-protection to every American
citizen at home in all parts of our
country; to every American citizen
abroad. in every land, on every sea ;
protection to every American citizen
in the exercise of all his political
rights and privileges protection to
American industry and labor against
the industry and labor of the world.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

OF the S215, ,5O9, POI collected in
duties upon goods imported into the
United States during 1888, $60,000,-
900, or within S11 100000 of one
third of the whole amount collected
was excluded for the benefit of South
ern farm products, such as tobacco,
sugar, molasses and rice. This does
not include the great and rapidly eX-
tending interests of the South in pro-
tected industries, which it now has
in common with the North. 1t is es-
timated that the pig iron production
in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
amounts to 56,O82 tons, and that of
Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland
to 80, ,543 tons. The total Southern
iron production is now about ,067,-
900 tons, while that of Pennsylvania
was last year 3,5S9, 900 tons. The
South must soon begin to realize that
protection is not a sectional benefit
in which it does not share, and when
ever it does it will no longer uphold
the enemies of that policy, as it
has in the past.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

A disaster of like character to that
which overwhelmed Johnstown, Pa. g,
seems to have stricken the town of
the same name in New York, forty
eight miles from Albany. 1t is a
manufacturing village of 5000 inhab-
itants, near Gloversville, which is
the center of glove manufacturing,
and if first reports are correct, has
been inundated by the bursting of
three dams. The disaster will be a
serious one if these reports are cor
roborated. When Johnstown, Pa,
was suffering the town of Johnstown,
n. Y, sent them a thousand dollars
for relief, little thinking of the pos
sibility that similar trouble awaited
its own citizens.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Hows THIS I'VE offer one hundred dollars re.
ward for any of catarrh that cannot he cured
by taking Hafs Catarrh Cure. F. j. Cheney &
Co., proprietors, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by their
firm. West 6 Truax, wholesale druggists, Toledo,
o. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale drug
gists. Toledo. o. E. III. Van Hosen, cashier Tole-
do National Bank, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and macus surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price lac. per
bottle Sold by all druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
COACH BOY.


Foalcd In the spring of 1882; H. rich dapple
chestnut, perfect form aud action, stands 10 hands
high and weighs 1860 pounds. Sire, the imported
English cart horse, "Chestnut Tom," formerly own.
ed by Harrison House, of Gnlin's Corner, T.. q.
has since been sold for large sum and taken %
the West; a breed combining Size, beauty, action
and endurance.
Dam. a strong. well bred Morgan mare, noted for
her beauty and fine road qualities.
His colts are large, well formed, of good courage
and promise well.
We have registered the above Stations us requir'
cd by law Act iO3 of the Acts Of the Legislature
OF Vermont, lSsS, and do hereby declare our inten.
ton 20 take advantage Of the provisions OF said Act
relating 20 liens upon colts.
The above stations viii stand At the stable oi
JOHN w. MATHIE, AT GLOVER, Monday Wcdnes.
days and Frdays,-thc remaining time ht the stable
NEAR THE CHAIR FACTORY, AT BARTON VILLAGE.
Terms, TO WARRANT.-for Qua Quechec, SO.
For Coach Boy, Si0.
Bills payable when mares ioal. Mares kept ai
fts fesst- oi e-sapcr 6at IS iatGiisisa saA.s
For further particulars address or call on
JOHN w. MATIilE, Glover, W.
24tf O. IL. MOSSAAk, Barton, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

OA
tenure of office under the spoils sys-
tenn, he does not allude to the exam
pie of white-haired George Bartle
who was appointed from Virginia as
clerk in the state department forty
four years ago. For more years than
he cares to remember, Mr.. Bartle
has had his desk in the room of
Commissioners and Bardows," and
has acted as keeper of the great seal.
The seal cost over $1,000. 1t is a
mammoth affair and has table of
its own. The pressure is applied by
turning long steel bar with heavy
ball on either end, which movement
screws down the hammer with great
force. The design of the seal face
is fully designated by law enacted
June 20, 1882.
There have been four seals in use
since the foundation of the govern
ment, and these are preserved in the
state department. All were intended
to conform TO the law, but one failed
in important particulars. When Dan
iel Webster was made secretary of
state he found the old seal badly
worn and he ordered a new one. By
some mischance the eagle on the new
seal held only six, instead of thirteen,
arrows in his sinister talon, and the
red stripes, or pales as they are call
ed in heraldry, were twice the width
of the white, instead of being of
equal width. These inaccuracies
were not corrected for many years,
and indeed were not objected to by
such lucky gentlemen as happened
from time to time to find the impress
on their commissions. The last and
correct seal was made by Tiffany,
and no effort was spared to improve
the picture of the eagle, so that now
no American need feel ashamed of
the picture of the proud bird of free
dom on his pardon or his commission,
as the case may be.
The Washington Post has applied
severe test to the public school sys-
tenn of the capital, and in its issue of
yesterday gave its readers the fruits
of the investigation. Twenty-Five
thousand pupils of the various grades
engaged in a contest for eleven gold
medals and eleven honorable men
tions." The successful compositions,
as published are so unfortunately
weak, that one shrinks from the
thought of what drivel the unsuccess-
full ones must contain. Even after
weeks of preparation, latter downright
aid at home and friendly criticism
from teachers, only three of the ef-
forts deserve even honorable mention.
The lesson is as Senator Ingalls, says,
an easy. one. If the public schools
fail to teach rsss.eiIs tho use of lucid
English, and do not develop in 22,-
900 scholars twenty-five fairly good
writer's, the system is failure as it
exists in Washington.
The post-office, latter hunting every
where for a place of residence, has
about decided upon leasing the First
Presbyterian Church, which is quite
far enough out of the lines of travel
to secure the clerks immunity from
the public. The church is situated
on Four-and-half street, which has
long been abandoned as thorough
fare, being too far down town. In
this church Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
worshipped, and its present pastor,
Rev. Byron Sunderland, performed
their marriage ceremony at the White
House, The late Schuyler Colfax,
when he was vice-president, belonged
70 tho oOnUreUatiOn
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

1t looks as if Hippolyte is the COM
ing man in Hayti. At any rate he is
coming down to Port au Prince with
$4,000 men. He expected to have
them drawn up before the city on
July 6. The South, it is stated, has
risen in his support and will join him
on the march, provided arms and
ammunition shall be furnished them.
Meanwhile Frederick Douglas. our
newly appointed minister to Hayti, is
watching the contest with unusual in
terest. AS the United States will
recognize whichever government ex
lists on the arrival of it's minister,
Douglas is in no haste to take up his
residence there, hoping matters may
quiet down. He says the climate of
Hayti is very warm for Americans.
1t would seem to be very warm for
Haytians just now.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
Electric HifIers

This remedy is becoming so well known and so
popular to need no special mention. All who
have used Electric Btters sing the same song OF
praise. A purer medicine does not exist and 1t is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bit
ters will cure all diseases of the liver and kidneys,
will remove pimples, hoils, salt rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood. Will drive ma
laria from the system and prevent as well as cure
all malaria fevers For of headache, constipa-
ton and indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, money refunded. Price
soc. and 81 per bottle III. c. Pierce's drug store
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

General Butler, in his recent adj
|ess at the Colby University,
|.ongly advocated the political an
xation of Canada to the United
|ates. 1t will be time enough for
|e American people to consider
is question when the people of
|lnada desire such annexation,
lich is not the fact at present.
|reat Britain would be likely to have
|mething to say on the subject.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15
RLBANS COUNTY MONITOR
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
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ARTON, VT.

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Says Fred Douglass in letter to
e Washington Post "While l nei-
er asked, sought, nor expected to
Z appointed Minister to this impor-
MT country, 1 have no sympathy
ith those who endeavor to belittle
(e appointment or question the mo-
yes of President Harrison in max
|g it. l know of no place on the
n lobe where l could be more usefully
|nployed than in the discharge of
e duties which will naturally de-
blve npon me should / reach Port
b Prince"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

The course of Secretary Proctor,
directing a reorganization of the
visions of the War Department
tn a view to attaining higher effici-
ley, taken in connection with Secre-
ry Tracy's action in effecting like
form in the Navy Department, in
Gates that one of the distinctions of
|e Harrison Administration will be
[e introduction of improved busi-
ess methods in the Government
ork.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

The protection plank in the plat
form of the Buckeye republicans has
the right sort of ring in it: 1.-The
republican party of Ohio, in conven-
tion assembled, hereby announces
the following platform of principles !:
First. We renew our adherence to
all the principles so clearly and
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Sullivan, the big bruiser who
'lght the successful battle with Kill
! n, was arrested in Nashville, Tenn,
II nIIraIn IS also in Ine tolls of the
". These fellows may be very sue
|ssful pugilists, but they are not
art enough or large enongh to re-
1t the laws of the States. Sullivan
III be tried in Mississippi.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Minister Lincoln received in Lon
y on the Fourth and made a good
eech besides. The named of Lin
n stands for something in England
well as for good deal on this side.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Il. q. SHAW,
VyIOLIN MAKER, Barton, VI Repairing Nio-
v Inns a speciality. Violin strings and trimmings.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-15

Nj TANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN FUR
vi niture, collins, caskets, carpets, room paper
etc., Glover, VT. lbl
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-06
THE GREAT
e e S e ~ a ito ~,
AND
MIX RIVER VALLEY
OF MON TANA
THE GREAT

Have just been opened for Settle
ment to the Homeseeker. You
have a right to a Homestead under
your government rights. Why
not use it before 1t is too late !?
Land all free to settlers, and is the
only part Of the United States
where free land suitable for stock
and grain raising can be taken at
or near stations on the line Of a
railroad. You can take your choice
from level valley lands or gently
rolling bench land. Soil very
rich. and produces all grains and
vegetables without irrigation. Gil
mate delightful, being made very
mild in winter by warm Chinooks
from the Pacific ocean, Timber,
water and coal in abundance.
Cheap land seekers and settlers
tickets. Buy tickets to Glasgow.
Chinook Dawes, Benton, Great
Falls, Helena and Butte. Plenty
government land near those points
For further information see the
new pamphlet, ''The Great Reser-
yation' maps, ETC., apply to F. 1.
WHITNEY, General Pass. and Tick
ct Agent, St. P, M. & M. R'y,
St. Paul, Mimi.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-06
DAWES BILL.

AB Through the repeated requests of many
OF our friends and patrons, and the further
fact that in the coming negotiations between
the U. s. Commission, now among us, and
our people, regarding the ''seyeralty' land
question, and Of which this bill was the issue,
the many features Of the measure will occri-
Ply considerable attention. We therefore repub
lish the bill in full.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-06

A G ,orgia newspaper tells Of a
slender. delicate, and SWEET young
woman who went to = '.sllgar boiling
the other day She remained twenty
four hours during whic she ate four
teen stalks Of sugar cane and drank
6fty-seven glasses Of cane juice.