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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
Chinese Economy.

An example of careful, calculating
economy is the construction of the
cooking pots and boilers, the bottoms
of which are as thin as possible, that
the contents may boil all the sooner,
for fuel is scarce and dear, and con-
sists generally of nothing but the
stalks and roots of the crops, which
make rapid blaze and disappear.
The business of gathering fuel is
committed to children, for one who
can do nothing else can at least pick
up straws and leaves and weeds. In
autumn and winter a vast army of
fuel-gatherers spread over the land.
Boys ascend trees and beat them with
clubs to shake off the leaves the
very straws get no time to show
which way the wind blows before
they are annexed by some enterpris-
ing collector. Similarly professional
manure collectors swarm over all the
roads of the country. Chinese wo-
men carry this minute economy into
their dress; nothing comes amiss to
them; if it is not used in one place it
is in another, where it appears a
thing Of beauty. Foreign residents
who give their cast-off clothes away
to the Chinese may be assured that
the career of usefulness of these gar
ments is at last about to commence.
Chinese wheelbarrows squeak for the
want of a few drops of oil but to
people who have no nerves the squeak
is cheaper than the oil. Similarly
dirt is cheaper than hot water, and
so, as a rule, the people do not wash.
The motto, 'Cheaper than dirt, that
the soap dealer puts in his window,
could not be made Ineligible to the
Chinese. To them the average for
eigners are mere soap-wasters.
Scarcely any tool can be got ready
made; it is so much cheaper to buy
the parts, and put them together for
yourself, and as almost everybody
takes this view, ready-made tools are
not to be got. Two rooms are dimly
lighted with single lamp deftly
placed in a hole in the dividing wall.
Chinese, in fact, seem to be capable
of doing almost anything by means of
almost nothing. They will give you
an iron foundry on minute scale of
completeness in back yard, and will
make in an hour cooking range, of
strong and perfect draught, out of a
pile of mud bricks, lasting indefinite
ly, operating perfectly and costing
nothing. The old woman who in her
last moments hobbled as near as pos
sible to the family graveyard in order
to die so as to avoid the expense of
coffin bearers was Chinese. North
China Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

money, the value of which is often
equivalent to the power of knowl-
edge.
Reason and consciousness of du-
ty is what suggests to the mind of
man what is right. Hence if man
withholds his honest convictions to
satisfy his greed and love of power,
the more knowledge he possesses, the
more unjust he can be toward his
fellowmen.
Good and evil are in constant strife,
and so nearly balanced that the ac-
tivity of life is possible. 1t is no Sc
cret that perfect balance is inaction,
and also a predominant element will
effect the same result. Good always
prevails over evil by the protecting
favor of Nature, and evil is only pos
sible by the desire in man to obtain
knowledge, hence the progress and
civilization of mankind is not due to
any desire of man to treat his fellow
men justly.
Men grind each other from natur-
al desire to elevate and get glory
for themselves, but a thief would not
be justified in stealing the spectacles
from blind man, and, therefore, the
only good the individual man can do
another is to act his honest coDvic-
tions in accord with the golden rule,
thus becoming possible example to
encourage others.
The common people have always
fought for their rights unaided. The
right to'vote is but a compromise with
their aristocratic rulers; it will some
day expose the insincerity of the rich
mans sympathy for the poor man,
whom he is dependent upon for his
wealth. On the other hand Nature
is the only friend of the poor man,
for those educated are striving to pro-
tect their power by monopolizing
what is termed ethical training.
Therefore, man can show no right,
with reason, to use his power to teach
or restrain the very source of his own
greatness, which was the liberty to
exist without being compelled to ac-
knowledge a superior right in any
other man.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
Splinters.

To bear wealth is more difficult than
TO obtain it.
The man who was born tired will
never be unhappy.
The less a man feels his greatness
the greater he is.
The man who talks for others ex-
hibits personal neglect.
The means of obtaining the truth
is common property.
Before trying to make others hon
est be honest yourself.
Everybody could succeed at mind
ing their own business.
A rare man is he who is uncooked
by the power of conceit.
1t is better to be too sensitive than
to be deficient in sense.
Compulsory society destroys the
object for which society exists.
There would be none to reform if
the reformers were all reformed.
The most lonesome man is he who
is seeking for some one to lean upon.
The man who succeeds in initiating
another will be an original failure.
A man needs to be we'll educated
before he can be dishonest successful
ly.
The wheels of justice grind slow,
but never stop their ceaseless revo-
lutions.
A question seems to be settled
in some peoples minds, if a popular
man says so.
''Book knowledge" is the imitation,
for the real can only be obtained by
experience.
Success in life is as much due to
self confidence as failure is to the
confidence in others.
Popularity or money will serve a
man, but he who has neither can be
independent and serve himself.
A real truth can only be known by
the strict sensing of it, therefore in
formation is always doubtful.
The real sense of knowledge is to
learn something, instead of initiating
the knowledge of others.
Aristocratic people are those who
will not associate with the people they
are dependent on for support.
The real is always initiated, for
that reason a man may even look and
sound as if he was really cultured.
The reason there are so many fol-
lowers in the world is because they
have been trained to be obedient.
The reason some people never
prosper is because they are waiting
to be told what they are best fitted
for.
There is virtue in ignorance if one
must first possess knowledge before
they can be dishonest successfully.
If all people sat in judgment
against their neighbor, such unselfish
conduct would destroy the human
race.
If mind-reading becomes a success,
lies will be impossible, and lawyers
will have to look around for some
other business.
Life is motion, motion is the result
OF force, force is heat, and heat is
sunshine; thus with material the
philosophy of life is complete in this
splinter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
Individuality of the Horse.

One thing curious and interesting
about the horse is it's individuality.
This is characteristic common to all
animals, undoubtedly to greater or
less degree, bat surprisingly so, we
think, in the case of horse. How
| this characteristic varies in horses is
well known by any one who has ever
intelligently drawn rein over a good
roadster. The individuality of horses
varies as much as that of men. Every
one has a different mental as well as
physical makeup. Some horses seem
to possess brains, to have some sense.
are quick to understand and obey the
least sign, motion or word of their
master. Some men drive and use
horses for years and yet never real
ize that they know anything, or that
there is any more difference between
them than there is between so many
barrels or saw logs. Other men who
handle horses a great deal, who buy
and sell frequently and study much
their general characteristics, will tell
you how wonderful horses are, how
much they will sometimes teach even
their drivers. Between a nervous,
sensitive, intelligent horse and his
considerate owner how large a union
of fellowship and sympathy exists.
In the stable, on the road, if overtak-
en- by an accident, the cool, sensible
man is sure to have quick sympathy
from his faithful horse. He trusts
his master as his master trusts him.
If the master is quiet the horse will
be equally SO, knowing that every
thing is safe. If the master busters
or becomes anxious or exhibits fear,
the horse knows it at once and be-
comes FESTIVE likewise. Oh, that
men only knew that horses know
much more than they give them cred
it for, and that they would not use
them more humanely than they do
now. Horses are not brutes-they
are noble, intelligent, sensible crea
lures, and most useful animal SER
wants which Divine goodness has Civ
en- to man.
If horse shows signs of stubborn
ness or contrariness, just get mad
yourself, and you can rest assured |
you are fixed for the rest of the day
as long as you want to keep it up.
Horses, like men. are generally set in
their ways, and when a horse with |
only moderate sense gets into trouble
with a man with only moderate sense |
the two generally have ''monkey
and parrot time" from morning till |
night. Well-bred horses are seldom
stubborn rnd unruly, and in this re-
spect there is striking analogy be-
tween horses and men. Horses do
Gle, obedient and tractable in the |
hands of one man, are vicious and |
unruly in the hands of another. The |
reason is. the one knows how to man
age them, the other does not. Bad
dispositions are the result of bad |
handling. A few slaps and jerks,ac
companied by little sharp talk or a
few fierce yells, get the most gentle
horse clear beside himself and ready |
to worry and fret the remainder of |
the day. The more quiet and steady
YOU keep your horses the better it will |
be for them, for yourself and all con-
cerned.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
The Conflict Between Good and
Evil.

Ballot reform is secondary to the
injustice that is perpetrated upon the
common people by those who elect
themselves to exclusive privileges, by
reason of the knowledge of how to
do it. To claim right to impose up
on the defenceless people is injustice
that should be exposed by every sim
cere reformer, it should be the test of
his sincerity. 1t is absurd for linn
tied number of people by reason of
superior knowledge, to pretend that
the peoples rights are in danger of
bribery at the polls. The common
peoples rights have never been rec
ognized by the exclusive few. What
possible danger can there be to rights
that are not acknowledged, land prac-
tically do not exist? First, acknowl-
edge those rights, gentlemen,to those
who are ignorant of the deception,
that none but educated people are ca
pable of, and the matter of bribery
will be settled without so much TOM
foolery about ballot reform.
The very object of voting is to de-
stroy the affected quality of class
of people who are determined to rule
while they possess the power, regard
less of right OF wrong. A free gov
eminent signifies numerical MAORI
ty of the whole people; it does not
admit,in principle, of superior class.
Hence for class to assume the right
TO adopt a form of politics that prac-
tically controls the system of govern
ment. is TO leave the common people
unprotected. They being ignorant
of it, will not excuse the wrong in
men, who, if educated, cannot be ig-
norant of the injustice. This evil
will surely be exposed or history is
only noted for its lies. The people
will take what belongs to them as
soon as a simple knowledge of their
wrongs becomes general. The exclu-
siYe class will be called to account
for the method by which they could
deceive a great nation and rule it as
absolutely as if it had been styled a
monarchy To proclaim a right makes
it no more a fact than the humbug
that majority of the people of the
United States are the government.
The recognized privilege of going
through the form of voting is in the
right direction, but this advance in
civil liZation was not conferred upon
the common people by any exclusive
class, iE was fought for by people
who may be styled ignorant and illit-
crate, but they possessed the inspira.
tion of liberty in common with al
living creatures. Such is the spirit
of progress, however oppressive the
result may be.
All history shows plainly that op
preston, injustice, and wickedness Of
every character is confined to thu
class of people in possession of ad
vanced knowledge. The reason il
obvious. for no one can do evil with
out first possessing knowledge how t.
do it. 1t is the unrestrained libert
to obtain knowledge that civilizes th
people of the earth, for man grasp
knowledge as greedily as he doe
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
My Home Beyond.

I have Il home, tits bright and fair;
Beyond old oceans stormy breast,
Far, far removed in upper air,
Away above the mountain crest,
And there my soul doth oft repair,
In sweet communion with the blcst,
For in that peaceful home no care
Can enter. lis the place of rest.
Euroclydon with blast of death,
Can never touch my glorious Home,
But soft and sweet heavenly breath
Pervades it to the highest dome.
Sweet seraph voices float beneath
A canopy of shining gold,
Upon their brows a glttering wreath,
It's brilliancy can ne'er be told.
Outlines l seem to dwell away
From busy haunts of dreary earth;
And calmly wait the future day,
My soul shall have its glorious birth
Its birth of freedom from this clay,
VIII ich holds it as heavy clod,
And longs to join the bright array
That stands before Eternal God.
The path is narrow, long and steep,
And bounding floods obstruct the way;
Caverns lie, so dark and deep,
That he who falls is lost for aye;
Then come, my friend, and take my hand,
Together let us upward roam,
The way is long; Time will not stand,
We must hasten to our far-off Home,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

CTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT, ~.
y la Probate Court, held No Barton Landing, lu
said District the 22nd day of March, A. ID. 1850
w. T.. Locke, administrator oftho estate of Wm
l.. Locke, late Of irasburPh, in said district dr.
ceased, presents his administration account iui
examination and allowance, and makes application
for decree OF distribution and partition Of tht
estate OF said deceased
Whercupon, it is ordered by sand Court, that said
account aud said application BE- referred 90 spH
sion thereof Co be held at the Probate Office boo fHd
Barton Landing, On the lith dAy 81 April, A. ID
1850, Tor hearing and decision thereon And, it b.
further ordered, that notice hereof be- given 40 H
persons Interested, by publication OF tho three
weeks successfully in the Monitor, H newspaper
published at Barton previous 90 said time appoint
ed for hearing, that they may appear nt faid timt
and place, and show cause, n amy fhpy may have
why said account should not bo allowed, und surl
decree made.
BY the Couu-Attcst,
1915 q. n. JONES, Register,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

IIofiiers :

There upon the skin of every human oelhg'
child and adult alike, 100000 pores. Through
these pores in the form of nsensable perspiration Is
expelled more than one-quarter of the nourishment
taken into the system. The Importance of keeping
open these Precipitation valves upon childs BODY
is second only that of properly digestng the food
eaten 1t was to open the pores of the skin and TO
assimilate the food that DIR. Pitcher formulated
Castoria. Loose bowels, constipation fevers and
eruptions which constant among infants ana
children and which kill one-third of all children
before they five years old, arise principally
from these two causes. 1t is from the wonderful
results attendant upon the use of Castoria IN regu
lating the stomach and bowels and keeping open
the pores of the skin that Castoria acquired its
worldwide reputation. With plenty of water for
the body pure air for the lungs and Castoria to as
simulate the food, there need be no unaccounted for
sickness among children. Castoria j. vegetable
prescription without morphine or other narcotic
property Thirty years extensive use has given
il a history never attained by another medicine,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

Success is obtained only by ear
nest effort and this implies hard
work of some kind; and, when a
man is doing hard work, he certainly
can not be considered as having found
an easy place 1t is those who do
not make a success that are always
on the lookout for an easy place and
after they find themselves in positions
where a little earnest effort would
considerably improve their condition.
rather than make the effort they al
low themselves to make an easy place
for their individual comfort, and let
their chances slip. Many young
mani an effort to find an easy place,
has allowed opportunities to pass by
which, if he would have taken the m
up and added few years of hard,
directed labor, would have plac-
ed him in a condition where, if he de-
sired, he might take upon himself an
easy place.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
Their Business Booming.

Probably one thing has caused such general
revival of trade at II. c. Pierces drug store his
giving away to his customers of many free trial
bottles of DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton. His trade is simply enormous in this very
valuable article from the fact that it always
and never disappoints. Coughs, colds, asthma,
bronchitis Group, and all throat and lung diseases
quickly cured. You can test it before buying by
getting trial bottle free, large size 81. Every
bottle warranted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

This is the best time of the whole year to purify
your blood, because now you are more susceptible
to benefit from medicine than at any other season
Hoods Sarsaparlla is the best medicine to land
IT is the most economical-I00 Doses One Dollar
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

Old Mrs. Bentley-Did you hear how
Deacon Brown is getting on? Old Mr..
Bentley heard that he took relaps
this mornin'. Old Mrs. Bentley with a
sigh)-Wel, / hope it will do the poor
soul good, but L hain't much faith in
them new-fangled medicines.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

GIeeUsTINe DRuGs.-Blue-mass for torpid liver,
castor oil for constipation. other disgusting drugs
for piles, dyspepsia, and sick-headache, are being
surely banished frum by the sweet, fruit-like
Hamburg Figs. rs cents. Dose, one Fig. Mack
Drug Co., y. Y. For sale by all druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
ne of WordSwOrth'S

volume of Wordsworth's poetry,
opened it at the code on Immortali-
ty," and spread it out on the arm of
/ the chair by her fathers side. He
rubbed his eyes and drawled his way
through the poem everlastingly. /
thought to myself if that was the way
Wordsworth read, they were fortu-
nate who never heard him.
As he closed the book a strange
light seemed to glow through his
eyes and illuminate his face. He be-
gan to talk with a voice that seemed
to flow out of the unknown-low,
mellifiuous, ceaseless, filling one with
awe. We listened almost breathless
and soon found ourselves sitting on
the floor at his feet, looking into his
TRANSPORTED face like entranced chill
dren. On, on, he discoursed, as /
have never heard mortal discourse be-
fore or since. If one could imagine
all the wisdom, sentiment and learn
ing to be crushed from DeQulncey's
many volumes of printed books, and
to be poured out,a continuous stream,
he might form some conception of
that long discourse-how long we
know not. When the monologue
ceased l looked at my watch. and
found it was three o'clock in the
morning.-FTom "a Winding Jour-
neg around the World," by O. W.
Wight.
Are you going to travel? If so You must be very
careful of your health, or your doctors bills will
cost you more than your travelling expenses A
bottle of Sulphur Btters will protect you fronf all
sickness incident to a change of misunderstanding
Telegram.
Envelopes were first used in 1889.
Anesthesia was discovered in 1914.
The first air-pump was made in
1854.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
Mohammed was born at Mecca
about $40.
The first lucifer match was made
in 1898.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
The first balloon ascent was made
in 1898.
Gold was discov cred in California
in 1S4S.
The first steel plate was discovered
in 1880.
Coaches were first used in England
in 1869.
The Franciscans arrived in England
in 1924.
The first steamboat piled the Hud-
son 1907.
The entire Hebrew Bible was print
ed in 1888.
The first horse railroad was built
in 1926-'27.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

FIVE WAYS TO STOP Cold
CD Battle the feet in hot water
and drink pint of hot lemonade.
Then sponge with salt water and re-
main in a warm room. (2) Battle
the face in very hot water every five
minutes for an hour. (3) Snuff up
the nostrils hot salt water every three
hours. (4) Inhale ammonia or men,
thol. (5) Take four hours active
exercise in the open hour. A ten
grain dose of quinine will usually
break up cold in the beginning.
Anything that will set the blood ac-
lively in circulation will do it, wheth-
er it be drugs or buck-saw. But
better than all, if your cold is invet-
crate or serious, consult.your family
physician, and at once.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08
The Wedding.

Not sigh was heard, not funeral tone,
As the man to his bridal he hurried;
Not a woman discharged her farewell groan
On the spot where the fellow was married.
We married him just about eight at night
Our faces paler turning,
By the strug Cling moonbeam's misty light,
And the gas lamps steady burning.
No useless watch chain adorned his vest,
Nor over-dressed we found him,
But he looked like gentleman wearing his BEST
With few of his friends around him.
Few and short the things he said,
And spoke not a word of sorrow,
And bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought as we quietly stood about
With spite and anger dying,
How the meanest stranger cut us out,
With only half our trying.
Lightly wen talk of the fellow that's gone,
And oft of the past upbraid him,
But little he'll care if we let him live on
In the house where his wife conveyed him.
But our heavy task at length was done,
When the clock struck the hour for retiring,
And we heard the spiteful squib and pun
The girls were sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we turned to go;
We struggled and we were human,
We shed not tear and spoke not our woe,
But we left him alone with his woman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

They had been talking for long
time. Arabella's chair was tired and
just for change she sat upon John S
lap. There was a good deal of ST.
lenee for few minutes.
s'What are you thinking of, John,
dear?' asked Arabella.
''Just what you are, sweet" replied
John.
so, you horrid, horrid man." ex-
claimed the sweet one, springing to
her feet. eff | haze known you were
thinking of kissing | wouldn't have
sat there one minute. And you won't
catch me sitting there again, sir, you
may depend"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-08

The "Charlcs Downing" grown In the cold north
east by George w. T. Jerrard, Carbon, Me. The
extra early minister" Price, per bushel, IS; 4
bu., -; PIX. $3.50; To-, soc. "New Queen" bbl I,
will outyieid any other potato Eariy "Puritan,"
Dbl IS; bu., 81; PIX. sl.25 Genuine EARLY
Rose" DBL, 50, Of $50 lbs net add Soc per Dbl.
prepaid freight to Boston: two kinds in Dbl. with
out extra charge. Join the club which will close
April 10. Address,