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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

A novice should always commence
with a cow which is easy to milk,
and requires but little pressure on the
teat. The cow must also be a quiet
one, or the mixer, with his pail, may
be upset. All things being ready,
the COW being tied, if possible the
mixer takes his pail or bucket in the
right hand and his stool in the left.
He then quietly approaches the right
side of the COW, and sits down near
her udder as gently as possible. He
then takes hold of one teat with his
right hand and another with his left,
and in turn, presses each q little.
This causes the milk to flow, and
this continues until the whole is eX-
tracted. The student should remem-
Der that the two teats are not pressed
together, but one, two, one, two,
one, two, must be the order of the
day. After a minute or two at the
first two teats, the other two should
be relieved a little the mixer then
returns TO the first pair, and strives
to extract the milk as fast as possible.
The last drop or two cannot usually
be drawn by the clasp of the hand,
but the eat is passed once or twice
between the forefinger and thumb,
and leaves the udder clean" of milk.
The finger and thumb process is
known as "stripping,' and a really
good mixer s'strips" but very little.
-Fdrm and Home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
w hat Rum Costs.

Judge Gildersleeve, of New York,
tried the case Of James ONeil, who
committed a theft while drunk. The
young man bore a good character,
and, as this was his first ~offense, his
employer offered to take him back if
his sentence was suspended. The
sentence was suspended, and the
Judge said:
"Your trouble is due to rnm, the
cause of nine tenths of crime. When
we have prohibition, if we ever do,
then we would have one judge here
Gin the court of general sessions) ,
while the district attorney, with, per-
haps, two or three assistants, could
do all the work. That would save
the court of general sessions from
$4,000 to $780, 900, and the people
throughout the country millions of
dollars, while it would make happy
thousands of families which are now
miserable"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
geligioms department.
What One Needs.

Finally, there are certain funda-
mental principles of character from
which, as roots, all excellences spring !;
all fruits and vices, also and to these
we may direct especial attention at
this time of the division of the years.
We often little think how much in us
depends on the fundamental princi-
Pile. If we should examine a barren
field of sand and stones, overrun with
thorns and Improbable weeds. we
should say: "Little use in blowing
there, hoeing, sowing, reaping there"
We need to create new soil. In
character our fundamental principle
will certainly develop itself in certain
ways, and it will develop itself in no
other. We may resolve, and be Wig
liant and lab~orious, and yet, without
some fundamental newness, the old
life will 60 on in it's uninterrupted
course. The man habitually lazy,for
example, remiss in all his affairs, and
careless in all his ways of living, will
not find it an easy thing to rise from
his bed at a profitable hour, and his
work will always lag. He may re-
proach himself as much as he will
he may see his affairs continually in
a bad state but he needs a thorough
renovation, early rising is as easy to
him as eating his meals. One reason
why iDtemperance is so difficult of
cure is that the attempt is made to
cure that single evil, while all the
rest of the character is allowed to re-
main untouched. If a man thinks
there is but just one evil in him he
will find that under such a mistaken
view of himself he can do little or
nothing for a reformation. Those
persons, it may be said, have the best
ucces in elevating their lives and
characters who go the deepest, who
work the widest, who elevate their
standard and accept a loftier view of
duty and of life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
Agriemltmral department.
The Usefulness of the Crow.

The crow is a much abused bird,
being misrepresented and slandered
to a shocking degree. The mischief
he does to the corn fields in spring is
known to all, while his usefulness in
destroying grubs, worms and other
injurious insects, besides multitudes
of mischievous mice is known to only
a few. Insects have increased to
such an alarming extent that farmers
should be exceedingly cautious how
they allow themselves unwittingly to
promote their still farther increase
by destroying any of the birds that
destroy large numbers of these inju-
rious insects. The injuries which the
crow inficts upon the corn field can
be easily prevented by care in string
ing the field, or tarring or sulphuring
the seed corr or sowing a surplus
of corn on the surface for the crows
to eat instead of pulling up that
which has been planted. Usually a
few quarts then sown on the surface
will abundantly supply all the crows
need to eat, besides the numerous
grubs and worms which they pick up.
A close observer of the habits of
the crow declares that he must re-
quire at least half a pound of animal
food, or its equivalent, daily, to keep
him from starving, but they seem to
keep in good condition in winter as
we'll as in SUMMER. The crow is an
industrious bird, and when he has
more than he can eat he hides away
the surplus in places of safety for
future use, and still keeps himself
busy hunting for mice, squirrels or
insects. The crow is a knowing bird,
and generally manages to supply
himself with all the needed stores of
food, and shows himself skillful in
capturing his prey. Evidently he
does not prefer seed corr to other
food, but takes a little of it as a rel
ish along with his diet of grubs and
worms. A large part of the crows
diet is composed of grubs, worms,
and mice, and it requires quite a
large number of these to make the
half-pound needed daily by the crow.
A flock Of fifteen or twenty crows
raiding upon the insect hordes and
field mice daily would cause a great
destruction in the course of a whole
summer, and it must be considered
that every insect destroyed is arrested
in his power to increase his kind, so
that if all the insects destroyed by a
single crow in one summer were al
lowed to go on increasing their kind,
their numbers would be greatly in
creased. A single insect will some
times, in one summer, cause an in
crease of thousands of it's kinds. The
destruction of the one prevents the
increase from it, and a bird that de-
stroys hundreds of the insects daily
prevents the production of vast
hordes of such insects.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
The Mocking Bird.

The popular ballad, "Listen to the
Mocking Bird" was written and first
published in 1855 by Septimus Win
ner of Philadelphia, under the nom de
plume of "Alice Hawthorne" his
mothers maiden name. 1t was sug-
gested incidentally by listening to a
colored man, Dick MiIburn, known as
"Whistling Dick" who wandered
about the city whistling an imitation
of the mocking bird, at the same time
stunning an accompaniment upon
the guitar. Struck by his remarkable
performance as a warbler, Mr.. w.
said to him one day, half in jest,
"Dick, I'll write you a song for your
mocking Bird The compass of the
negro's voice was hardly an octave,
and, as will be observed, the melody
was made very simple, so as not to be
beyond his reach. The words, ellis
ten to the hooking Bird" which run
higher, were to be spoken by him, not
sung, except where they came within
his compass, followed by the whist
ler's marvellous imitation of the bird.
The nan vas a very good-natured
fellow, but of so little intellectual ca
pacity that, though he came to Mr..
Winners music store night after night
to learn the words of the song, he
was never able to master more than
one verse of it. Such, however, was
his sense of the comic, and such his
facility in improvising lines to the
music, suggesting ridiculous fancies
to attract the laughing crowd, that
his Unlocking Bird" soon added great
ly to Dicks local reputation. The
song was published in ballad form,
and at once became very popular !;
and such is its hold upon the public
fancy that, although it has been sung
and whistled and played the country
owe for an average lifetime, it still
retains its place as a song of national
reputation. 1t was sold by Mr.. Win
ner to the firm of Lee & Walker for
a trif1ing sum.
The profits from its sale have ex-
ceeded 500, 900, perhaps the largest
amount ever realized from any musi-
cal composition of its class. There
have been published upward of fifty
different arrangements, with vari-
atoms, each differing from every
other in some,,musical popularity, max
ing it one of the most widely known
of all airs and ballads and yet the
composer, during the twenty-eight
years of the first copyright, never
received upon the song anything be-
yond the price at which it was origin
ally sold.-Harper's Franklin Square
Soma Collection.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

Little Miss Muffett
SAT- on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
There came a black spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffett away"
But she need not have been fright
ened, because, if she had done as lit
tie Miss Gussie did, and her brother,
cousin, and the two mammas, she
would have been very we'll pleased to
make Mr.. Spiders acquaintance.
There was, however, a difference.
Little Miss Gussie was on one side of
the window, and Mr.. Spider was On
the other. So | joined the group,
and we watched to see what he did.
He had spun a wonderfully pretty
web, outside of the window just under
the upper sash, without as much as
saying, "By your l%eave,' to the lady
of the house :; and one stormy morn-
ing, when we were all busily engaged
in the room, some one called atten-
ton to Mr.. Spider.
The wind and rain came or his
fairy house, and the rain made strings
of bubbles, like bright beads, all up
and down the web; and Mr.. Spider
was hauling in his sails, running up
and down the web hand over hand
like a sailor, winding up the silken
threads as fast as he hauled them in,
and every little while putting his little
hands up to his mouth as if to hold
the threads, which he really did, till
they were rolled into a little round
ball about as large as a dried garden
pea. This he carried in his mouth
until he had finished.
He worked away till all the threads
were taken up, except the bare frame
work of the web: that seemed to be
strong enough to outlast the storm.
At last, when all was secured from
the storm, this "JOlly Jack Tar" re-
tired into his den, under the upper
sash, safe from the wind and rain.
The next morning the sun shone
brightly and, when we looked, Mr..
Spider had built his house anew, and
made ready his table ''to dine upon
the fV."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
F'aithfulness to Obligations.

But above all things in religious
view of the work and business one
does in the world, we are to consider
whether we have paid during the last
year the debts we owed. Have we
been faithful to our promises in bust
ness transactions? never making a
promise just to cajole a creditor, but
only in circumstances wherein we
could see our way clearly to keep the
promise we made? Have people of
whom we have borrowed, or of whom
we have bought on credit, been able
to trust our word to the last degree,
and found US perfect in truthfulness
There is as much opportunity for re-
ligion in the transactions of business
as in visiting the fatherless and wild
ows in their affection and keeping ones
self unspotted from the world so
that | enlarge upon the idea just pre-
scented, and say: The prayers of a
good man are no more devout than
his borrowing or lending; and Sun
day and the church no more a time
and place for devoutness than Mon
day, the street, and the counting
room. Certainly, among the most
sacred duties of life are those relating
to the acquisition and the appropria-
ton of money by us. And what a
blessing to each worried, or each care
less man, if he could say on the last
of December: | have paid something
of my debts and on the first of jan
uary | have begun, or l continne. in
my business a life which my con-
science approves
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
The Greece of To-Day.
Ancient Greece may we'll be S

Ancient Greece may well be said
to have magnetized the world. Mod
ern Greece is exhibiting signs of re-
gaining the glory of the past. Crush
ed to the very dust by nearly four
centuries of Turkish rule, her re-
| sources exhausted, her national life
all but extinct, upon emerging in
1929 from an eight years war for lib
erty, Greece faced the herculean work
of resusitation from ruin and death.
Soil, public works, population, gov
eminent, everything had to be re-cre-
ated. But true to the old Greek
spirit and prestige, the new nation is
doing it. To-day Greece has over
800 factories, a government similar
to our own, a commerce floating on
every sea, and a national passion for
education. Greece is destined again
to be a nation of ideas.
R~eligiously there is great danger.
Heathenism is gone. The Greek
church has not a strong hold upon
the people. AS a result, the Greek
nina, acute and educated, with no
pure religion to grasp, will tend tow
ard inidelity. "Greece is a maya
zine of literary and intellectual thun-
derbolts. If sanctified to God she
may soon be next to England as an
evangelizer; if not she will supple
ment German rationalism and French
infidelity. What missionary field de-
mands such haste? What is the duty
of the Christian church? Who will
60 and preach on Mars Hip"
r. j. C..
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

A burglar in Wheeling, West Vir-
ginia, who awoke one of the sleepers
in a house which he vas ransacklng,
wasn't unnerved in the least by the
query, "Who's there: He replied,
Never mind, you've been dreaming
and thea continued his search for
valuables.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
The Invisible Friend.

A dissipated young man was con-
verted at one of Mr.. Moody's meet
ings, and subsequently joined DR..
Tyng's church in New York. Some
time afterwards he met in the city
n of his former associates, who was
overjoyed to see him, and asked him
to celebrate their meeting with a drink
in one of the neighboring bar-rooms.
But the young Christian refused,
saying, Il have a Friend with me-"
81 don't see any one with you"
"You can't see him, but he is here"
"Bring himin with you"
mo; he never goes into bar
rooms"
"Then let him wait outside"
"No,no," was the final answer
"My Friend is Jesus Christ and if l
go in with you He'll not wait outside
for me-"
How many temptations would a
Christian be saved from if he only
considered whether Christ would 90
into certain places which are consid-
cred innocent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
CONSUMPTION CURED

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had placed in his hands by an East India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of consumption, bronr
chitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung af
f~ections. also a positive and radical cure for nervous
complaints, after having tested its wonderful cura
duty to make it known to his suffering fellows
Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve
human suffering, L will send free of charge, to al
who desire it, this recipe, in German, French OF
English, with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing With stamp,
Block, Rochester, n. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

The protesting Christian should
adorn his profession by living a god
ly life. He should follow at all times
the pattern example of Christ as
shown by his life while on earth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

You never saw an unsuccessful
man who did not abuse others who
outstripped him. You never saw a
successful man who was not charita-
BILE to the unsuccessful.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

cit has been shown by census fig
ures that if prohibition were the law
of the land, the capital now invested
in the manufacture of liquor, and
which must then be diverted into other
channels, would afford employment
for from three to nine times as many
labOrers as now. The result of this
comparison is another re~futation of
the claim of liquor defenders that the
destruction of the traffic would de-
crease the demand for labor"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

The United States supports three
rum sellers to one minister. "What
will the harvest be-" What would
we think of a farmer who sowed three
times as many tares as wheat? Nat
urally a harvest of tares would be the
result. Let US as an enlightened
people consider this matter, and
henceforth cease to legalize the rum
traffic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

The assurance m from the
office of the Commissioner-Genera of
the United States Exhibit at the
Worlds Exposition to be held at
Paris next year that no bar or restau-
rant for the sale of liquor will be al
lowed in the United States section.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
ALL SORTS .

Paris still holds the monopoly for the production
of designs IN calico printing in Europe, especially
of those of a better class.
FOUND DEAD IN BRB.-How often we hear or
read of some one that has retired in apparent good
health that has been found dead in bed on the fol-
lowing morning. i-Apoplectine, is the only
a%pOplexy preventive and paralysis cure. Should
you suffer from dizziness or pressure in the head,
pain around and palpitation of heart, numbness or
prickly sensations of limbs, procure a bottle and
you will get relief. Send st amp to DIR. S. Hutch
insof & Co., Enosburgh Falls, VT, for testimonials.
A young married couple at South Easton, Pa.
have separated because the husband insisted on a
cooked breakfast every morning.
Could not keep shop without them. 1 consider
your Sulphur Bitters a remarkable blood purifier.
1 know of several people, whose cases were consid-
cred hopeless, that have been entirely cured bv
your medicine. The sale of Sulphur Bitters is so
large here that 1 could not keep shop without them.
E. S. Yates, Pharmacist, 80 Essex street, Law
renee, Mass.
A recent count showed that in 81 hours Ill $40
foot passengers and 4a,OO0 vehicles, containing an
average of three persons each, crossed London
bridge,
Consumption surely Cnred.
To THE EDIToR-Please inform your readers
that L have a positive remedy for the above named
disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless
cases have been permanently cured. 1 shall be
glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any
of your readers who have consumption, if they will
send me their express and post office address. Re.
specially, ia. slocum. n. G., ISL Pearl street,
Jew YorE.
A young dandy recently appeared in PiccadilIy,
London, in a costume of lavender t~onses, patent
leather shoes and a short jacket of seal skin. The
effect was striking.
ECZEMA, ITCHY, ScALY SKIN roRTUREs-Tb
simple application of Swayne's Ointment. without
salt rheuIn, ringw0rm, piles, itch. snrcs. pimnles
eczema, all scaly, itchy skin eruptions, no matter
how obstinate or long standing. 1t is potent. effect.
We anu costs out trlne- o18-22
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
Good House for Sale

ohor "a yefy reasonable trImH mf UUI.IH.
House situated DO Barton Village. HI.I N.... n
1h iiiHl et' convenient tp SCHOOL, UHHI..H II. u..
pot Anh poet ufIrr. ~ hHs fHFrr IHUIm.U|H #H f
and is nl rented d. t good fHfta. NHH IIrl.II #I
in thorough repair Having removed uUm Gown 7
hn willing to dispose of thr uIQIrIII 90 |au II.
and go m1at favorable iJrm.. 'NuuI. ID. .HI#I.
MosSMAN, Barton.
aal LEVI IAlnme. No. --I.L.--- NJ IL
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
aConstantIy Ea.sking nnd spittine.,l

Damchy 81 Co.'S. Adv'ts
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04

IloL EGdAALc II DTl2uL q
ceptive. the most hOr-
rible malady the world
has ever known. 1t has
no settled symptoms, but
assumes every imaginable
form. l had no idea that
il was Bright's disease that
was undermining me until
i began TO bloat, and
now that / am well and
enjoying life, 1 feel like
telling everybody about
my miraculous escape.
Is il any o der this
[ wn is arou sed
over my reSurrec-
tiOn -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
HE WAS NEAR THE BRINK.
This Graphic Account of n Most Won
derfuI Occurrence which Took Place
in Kingston, n. n.
Especial Correspondence Boston Papsr.)

and then in a day or two !
would be unnaturally wide
a a k e. Strange pains
would come in different
parts of my body. My
head did not ache much
but it usually felt heavy.
u was sometimes hungry
and sometimes / hated
food, while my sleep was
very irregular. l could
not understand what il
meant, but thought it
might pass away after a
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-04
Nomth's Column.
Mr.. Black Spider.

Little Miss Muffett
SAT on a %tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
There came a black spider
And sat down beside her,
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-15
how Elwnrd arItchell Mo. IIn.,

Edward Mitchell, a freight handler for
Wells. Fargo & Co. 3 Express. was found
on the morning Of September in the
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-15
A LONG HUNT FOR A PATIENT,
Dogs on the Track of Victim of De
lirfum Tremens.

lirfum Tremens
George Gibbons gave the City HOSPITAL
staff long hunt this morning. He be-
longs in Brooklyn, and while visiting a
friend on Fourteenth street had a yiolena
attack of delirium tremens. He was put
into strait jacket, and leather handouts
were secured about his wrists.
He was thought to be asleep when the
body OF O'Brien. the murdered man. was
being removed from the morgue to the
dead house. AS the physician and nurses
left the room with the body,
Gibbons slipped the strait
jacket and jumped from the
window. The patients gave the alarm
and the police were notified. There could
be no difficulty IN Identifying the patient
as he had only his night garments on.
Three hours after his escape he was dis
covered in pasture lot almost opposite
the hospital. He had alarmed the in
mates of the house adjoining, who called
to the hospital attaches.
Gibbons made no resistance. He had
not removed his handouts. When asked
by Warden Osborn what he was doing he
replied:-'T was looking for birds nests, y
He is calm today and will probably re-
cover. The amusing feature of the hunt
was that the Warden borrowed the dogs
of nei2hbor and started them on the
trail. Gibbons says the dogs were
friendly. They came up, and he fondled
them.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-15
Tho state Fair Races.

Special to the Sunday Morning News
WAvERLY, Sept. II, 1SS9.-The follow
ing entries have been made for the State
Fair races, in addition to those published
In the official list already sent OUT
Hurdle race--Purse, $3.50; one and q
quarter mile, over six hurdles. Edward
Kelley, Jersey City. b. 6. Sagwa; Harry
Howard, Orange, b. G. Glenban; Thomas
Harris, Merchantsville, blk. C. Vancluse;
T. Flanagan, Coney Island, b. g. Essex;
j. Smith, Coney Island b. &. Response;
S. Green, Coney Island, b. g. Wellington.
Free-for-all Race Purse 5000; Thursday.
H. G. Smith, Brooklyn, b. 6. Honesty; j.
III. Stewart, Sandy Hill. N. Y, CHI. m.
Lady Hill; Jesse Yearance, New York
city, blk. e. Rudy B; John Minchin, Jr.
Goshen, N. Y, CHI. m. Virginia; L. A.
Davies, Albany, N. X, br. 8. Roy Wilkes;
w. H. Mccarthy, New York city, b. m.
Lillian.
r. a. Haggerty, Chief of the New Jersey
Detective Bureau, will have charge of all
the police and detective arrangements at
the fair. He viii be assisted by skilled
datectives from New York and Philadel-
p<ifa. Persons having valuable goods on
Exhibition should inform the Chief, so
THAT he can notify his officers.