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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
---S1.25 in Advance; $1.5O after Three Months
NO. 48.
FUN.

Electricity is mighty dangerous force,
but some people make light of it.-Eye.
The grave digger is always finding
himself in a hole in the. pursuit of 'hisAoc-
cupation.
Speaking of classic lore the employment
of a Latin professor is an instance of
classic hire
How happy our neighbors might sbe:if
they would only do as we think they
ought todo!
Love is blind, and that's why lovers
think lighting the gas is unnecessary.
Boston Courier.
Old Maid-"Dont tell such blood
curdling stories; you make my teeth
chatter" Old Beau-t'Look out they
don't fall out. "-Epoch.
''The brave Dame Fortunes smiles
command" which brings this fact to
view, that It's the man who has the sand
who gets the sugar, TOO.
Education without experience is of
about as much use to man as lace pet
ticoat would be to the wife of an Eskimo
fisherman. Boston Courier.
The following contradictory inscrip-
tion is on the door of one of our public
offices: Positively no admittance.
Please close the door. life.
Lady (who has just missed her train,
to porter)-''Porter, how long will the
next train be-" Pbrter-"Oh, er, six
teen carriages and van, mum. Pick
Ne Up.
Mrs. Struckitt (who recently enter
tanned Count -''Have you ever had
any foreign noblemen as gu8ts?" Mrs.
Manorborn (quietly)-"No; only as SER
wants"
Low Comedfan-''Ah,ol old friend, have
you seen De Ranter in his new play2"
Como Villain-"No, by all things malt,
l have not. Do the gods look kindly on
him?" Low Comedian-"Well, he
doesn't have much to do in the first or
second act; it's in the third where hewins
his laurels and the public heart" Comic
Villain-''Ah, some happy stroke of gen
ius." Low Comedian--(with touch of
nature)-"Yes, he don't come on at ALL,
Time. - .;.s.s:>s. =. .....,,..,'.j
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
VOL. VII.
LIFE IS ALL RIGHT.

The summer winds is sniffin's round, the
bloomin' locus srees,
And the clover in1the pastur7is 9. big dayfor
the bees,
And they been 'a-swiggin' 'honey, above
board and, ontthe sly,
Till they stutterlin;their buzzin 'sandSstagger
as the fly.
Thev'e been a a.heaptof rain, but theEsun'snut
to-day,
And the clouds of theAwetaspel is all clear i
away,
And the woods is all Athe greener, and the
grass isgreener.sbH;
It may rain again to4morry, but I.don't
think it will.
Some say the crops is ruined, ,7andst corn's
drownded out,
And propha-sy the wheattwill be q failure
without doubt;
But the kind ProvidenceS thata has never
failed us yet,
Will be on hand onc't smore at.thei Eleventh
hour, l bet
Does the medder-lark 1complain,pas hesswims
high and dry,
Through the waves of theswind ands the blue,
of the sky?
Does the quail set I'D and 'whistlesin=a disap->
pinted way,
Er hang his head in silence and rsorrow all
the day?
Is the chipmuck's health failure?i Does he
walk, or does he run?
Don't the buzzards ooze aroundfup thare,
ju& like they've allus done?
Is there anything the matter with tho roos-
ter's lungs or voice?
Ort mortal be complainin'twhen dumb ami
mails rejoice?
Then let US, one and all, be contented with
our lot;
The June is here this morning and the sun is.
shining hot.
Oh, let us fill our hearts with the glory OF
the day,
And Danish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow,
far away
Whatever be our station, with Providence
for guide
Such fine circumstances ort to make us satis-4
fed;
For the world is full of roses, and the roses
full of dew,
And the dew is full of heavenly love that
drips for me and you.
James Witcon6 Riley.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
Two "ScoOps." /"

Two Scoops"
When the Prince of Wales visited
America, the New York Hera1 man got
u scoop on all his esteemed contempora-
rics by holding q wire against all corners.
This was at Niagara Falls, and there was
but one wire at that time to New York.
The Herald reporter started sending in
his messages, and until he had finished
none of the other men could send in
theirs. He telegraphed every mortal
thing that he could think of, described
all the suits the Prince of Wales wore
and what the Duke of Newcastle said and
did, and what every member of the suite
thought and were likely to think about,
and finally he had to fall back on the only
book available, a copy of the New Testa-
ment, most Of which was telegraphed to
the Herald in New York. BY the time he
had finished with the volume it was then
too late for any Of the other newspaper
men to send in special. If the men in
the Herald office read all the dispatches
that came in from the New Testament,
the big sum of money paid for the tele-
graph bill would not have been alto
gether wasted.
In America the only trouble that CORE
spondents have is to get the news. Once
they have that, there is no doubt about
its being autographed. In Europe the
correspondents have another difficulty to
contend with, and that is, even after they
have their special information, and after
they hand it in to the telegraph office, it
IS ssometimes not sent. During the trouble
some times in Spain while ago, news
paper correspondent found that no matter
what information he managed to get it
was never forwarded from the Spanish
telegraph Office. The Government of the
day took care that no news that it did not
wish to go abroad should be sent. This
correspondent then wrote to his friend in
London that when he received the next
dispatch he was to count every fifth word
and cable only every fifth word to New
York. He wrote his dispatches after that
on this principle. Whenever he got a
good piece of news he telegraphed a long
rigmarole to his friend in London, which
when read as it was sent appeared to be
long talk of financial and domestic
troubles which were bothering him at that
ime, but when every fifth word was taken
out it gave the news he wanted to send.
This the Spanish people never got son to, !"
and so the correspondent secured many
scoops for his aper.-Detroit Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
LAPORTE pa FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6. 1889.

of his ''plucky little girl, who was worth
two boys
He forgave me for stopping his clock
for the first timo in his memory, and was
gradually won to sort of surly good
nature to my mother, and more liberal ex
penditure in housekeeping. Indeed, it
was. soon remarked that ''could do any
thing with the old gentleman, and was
his favorite until he breathed his last in
my arms, leaving me his fortune, includ-
ing his clock -New York Lcd9er.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
A Sun Dial Formed of Flowers

Probably nowhere in New England, and
are there more wonderful floral designs
than on the grounds of the State Lunatic
Hospital, in Danvers, Mass. The Italian
florist and landscape gardener, Ettore
Jassinari, has completed his designs for
the season, and shows over one hundred
different beds, of which three large ones
attract great attention.
The main one is about seventy feet in
circumference at the base, and the foun-
dation is nuge mound, eight feet high.
In each side is a grotto, with back and
sides of masonry. From the top of each
grotto stream of water is forcibly driven
and distributed in trickling flow to
pool beneath, from which another foun-
tain sends a tiny stream into the air. In
each interstice, also, are numerous plants
-lobelia, century plant, palm, nirem-
bergia, geranium, vinca, ivy and many
other suitable varieties. On the front is
a calendar, the year hcmmed in by
scroll, and the day of week and month
in an oval frame. The top of the mound
is fiat and on it rests great vase, made
wholly of plants. The vase is five and
one-half feet high and six and one-hali
feet in diameter and contains about three
carloads of loan. The vase is filed with
choice tall plants, so that the whole mar.
velous design has quite an altitude.
''Sol's Clock" are the words on another
design at one corner of the principal
driveway. A pole of growing houseleek,
placed at the proper angle and toward the
north star, casts shadow on Roman
numerals of ST. Helena set in horseshoe
of althernanthera, the center of which is
a bed of blue lobelia.
Another design is in the shape of
mound, surmounted by a handsomely
formed turret of houseleek, supporting
neat weather vane. In the bed beneath
are letters of growing plants which mark
the points of the compass. On the front
the weather predictions are given daily.
The word weather" is permanent, and
over it is placed each morning the word
''fair, cloudy" or ''rainy," according
to the forecast in the morning papers, the
boxes containing the words being porta
BILE, as are those used in arranging the
calendar on the main design. In thi.
bed the moons phases are also given. A
true-colored moon of proper shape repose
in a dark bed, and over it appears the
appropriate description: "New moon,'
''first quarter" etc.-Neo York Nail a.
Er,,l'noe
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
GRANDFAiIHER'S CLOCK
BY CoRNELIA NEPoS.


was coming up the street to-day,
hurrying home to dinner, when a brass
band struck up "My Grandtathers
Clock" I was in haste, but L stopped
to hear it, not because particularly ad-
mire the air, but because there came be-
fore my mental vision a most distinct
memory of childish adventure of my
own, connected with my grandfather
clock. In recalling it, l am well aware
that much of the story must have been
told me by older people, but my own
share will never leave my memory.
I was six years old when my father
died, and my grandfather offered home
to my widowed mother and myself.
know now that poverty alone would
not have driven my mother to accept this
offer, but she knew that she had an in
curable internal disease that might spare
her life for years, but would make it diff
cult for her to earn living. She could
take charge of my grandfather's house
keeping, but was often compelled to re-
main Tor several days together in her own
room.
To say that my grandfather was an i'll
tempered tyrant gives but faint idea of
his utterly unreasonable demands and
love Of power. Sometimes he would not
speak TO any member of the whole house
hold for week; he would refuse to come
to the table when meals were served, and
give way to furious rage when, two
hours later, the food was set before him
utterly ruined by delay. Only the ex-
treme gentleness of my mothers disposi-
tion made her life endurable, and she was
happy only when alone with me, direct
ing me to sew and knit, and allowing me
to help her when she was able to make
delicacies for the table.
Our sitting room was on the first floor,
and was a combination of study, library,
sewing and school-room, for in the
cold weather it was the only place in the
house, excepting the kitchen, where we
were allowed TO have fire. The dining
room between sitting-room and kitchen
shared the warmth of each. In one corner
Of this sitting-room, where every article
was of the fashion of century before,
was the clock that governed the household
movements. 1t was ten feet high, and
four wide, with a mahogany case and
two partitions as the sides where the
weights hung. The pendulum swung
by itself in the central division, and
above was the big white face with the
dial. There was no mechanism about it,
excepting the clockwork to record the
time and strike the hour, but il was a
reliable time-keeper and the especial OBJ
ject OF pride to my grandfather. think
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
POPULAR: SCIENCE.

The comet discovered by Professor
Barnard in September, 1883, has lost its
tail.
DIR. Cyrus Edison, of New York, de-
clares that tea is Intoxicating and ex-
plains why.
The great geological map of France,
commenced IN 1852, has just been COM
pleted, making AS pages.
A4iSamaden, Germany, a'hotelproprfe-
tor utili2eshis electric light -plant'in the
daytime for cooking
Since, 1880 encouraging progress has
been made, under an efficient superin-
tendent, toward restoring the forests OF
Cape Colony.
BY new method of cementing iron
the parts cemented are SO effectually
Joined as to resist the blows even with
sledge hammer.
An analytical balance of variable sensi-
tiveness, adapting it to ordinary weigh
ings or delicate determinations, has been
brought out in Germany.
Nitric acid, compound of nitrogen
and oxygen, formerly'called aqua-fortis,
was first obtained in a separate state by
Raymond Sully, an alchemist, about 1887.
Wheatstone concluded that electricity
travelled at the rate of 2SS, 900 miles per
second, and Maxwell considered it to
travel at that or about the same speed as
that of light.
The British have built an ironclad of 12,-
900 tons, about twice the displacement of
our heaviest cruisers, which has developed
speed of between seventeen and
eighteen knots an hour.
Paraguay is in the path of the mon
soons, which blow from the northeast,in
the dry season, from December to the
end of April, and from the southwest
from July to the end of October.
Saws have been discovered in Germany
and Denmark which belonged to the
bronze age. The metal of which they
were composed was cast into thin sheets
and serrated by breaking the edge.
The regal red poppy" has recently
been found to have the valuable power
of binding with its roots the soil which
it grows in such a manner that it will
prove most valuable in supporting en-
banllments.
A large darning needle was found in
the liver of a deer recently killed in the
presence of nobleman near Vienna. A
Viennese microscopic, who examined'the
liver, found it to be sound save in the
immediate proximity of the needle.
A Vienna man of science has published
statistics showing that one smoker con-
tracts diphtherla to three non-smokers.
His theory is that tobacco smoke pro-
tects the throat against microbes very
much as it destroyes parasites on rose
buds.
The British Museum authorities have
secured from South Kensington, at
cost of $500, section Of the finest
meteorite known. No other specimen
has been found to contain such large
crystals of Divine and other constituent
matters. The main mass fell in Eagle
County, Oregon, year or two ago, and
is now in the Vienna Museum. Except
ing the latter collection, the show OF
neteorites at South Kensington is the
mos, complete in the world.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
Parchment.

The use OF parchment was known at q
very early period. The invention is ac-
credited by some historians to Eumenes
H., King Of Pergamos, who reigned 1877
159 B. c., but according to Herodotus
the Indians wrote on skins before that
time, and it is certain that parchment was
made and used il Egypt centuries before
Eumenes lived. Parchment that in color
and delicacy might well compare with
modern paper was manufactured in Syria
and Arabia. The ancient processes of
making parchment did not differ essenti-
ally, probably, from those now in use.
For certain purposes to which parchment
is applied no substitute for it has ever
been found The finer sorts are called
vellum, and are prepared from the skins
of calves, kids and lambs. The skin is
first freed from hair, then put in lime
pit to cleanse it from fat. The pelt is
then stretched on frame where it is
first scraped with flesh knife, then care
fully rubbed down with pumice stone.
Lastly it is polished with finely powdered
chalk or fresh Stacked lime and then
dried gradually, being stretched occa-
sionally to prevent its wrinkling. A
green color is given to the parchment
with solution of crystalized verdegris,
to which little cream of tartar and nitric
acid have been added and a blue color
with solution of indigo. The heavier
parchment that is used for drum heads is
made from the skins of older calves, he
goats and wolves; that for battledores is
from the skins of asses The kind of
vellum sometimes used in binding is
made from pig skins. All of these are
prepared by essentially the same process
used in making vellum. - Chicago Inter
0cean.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06
A Big Trout Farm.

Pennsylvania has big trout farm neal
Emans station, on the East Pennsylvania
Railroad. There are eight ponds at the
farm, (which number by actual count
"a, 700 brook trout and $500 Californis
trout from one to four years of age
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-06

Aluminium for dental purposes is said
to be coming into favor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-20

Having secured the services of a first
class dress-maker, I would say to the
ladies of Barton and vicinity that we will
endeavor to do dress-making in a way to
give perfect satisfaction. Please call.
Mrs j. ~ Smith, Park street
N. M. Scott is paying cash for maple
sugar Will take it any day. 2Otf
Lumber and shingle for sale by Harvey
Lewis, West Glover.
This is strengthening time. No bet
ter proof Of the fact is needed than the
throngs of housekeepers who are seen
every day in the busy warerooms of
Paine's Furniture Co., 4S Canal street.
Boston, making their selection of such
new article as are needed to replace the
old furniture which has had its day.
Get old newspapers for carpet Innings
and shelve purposes at MONITOR office at
4 cents pound.
The William Deering Moving and
Reaping Machine Co., which has stood so
high in the great West for over twenty
years, are DOW shipping machines to New
England and will this season have agents
in this county. They request those hay
ing friends In the West to make INQUIRY
in regard to these mowers and Irvine har-
vesters- They claim to make five-foot
mower which is as light draft as any 9TH
er four-foot mower, and will prove it.
Their machines are coming to stay and
please all who buy them.
Call at the MONITOR Office and see q
new and first class sewing machine, made
by the New Home Company, which will be
sold several dollars cheaper than can be
bought elsewhere. It is warranted In
every respect.
Cash paid for wool, Barton Wooler
Mill. o1.f
For SALE.-One nice Holstein bull, one
good White Chester breeding SOW, also
one or two good cheap cows. =. s
Hagar, Barton, VT.
WANTED.-Capable houseworker fol
general homework. Chas. H Hopkins
LYndonville, VT
Z. w. Merrill's Jersey bull, No. 1853
will be at David ellis barn for the mex
four weeks for the convenience of Bartor
Landing patrons.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-20

The Association offers the following stakes and
premiums r.
stake No 1, for foais OF Isss. Entrance si5, ln
instruments Of R3, &5, aud cal equal % hny per
cent. 81 Che entrance added by thc Association.
Hotel Stake No. q. for foaia ~ 1857. Entfnnco
eco, In instaimcnts Of o.. DO and ti0i go added.
No. 3, Highland Stock Farm Stake ior ioas of
1886. Entrance s26. payable 90, o. aud tizi eco
added.
No. 4. st. Johnsbury Stake for ioals Of 1885. En.
trance ESQ. payable 50. so and ti5, ESQ added.
No. s, Maplowood Stock Farm stake for stations
that have never beaten 2.sO. Entrance slo payn.
BILE slo. eIo and t2o; sioo added.
No. q. w. w. Circuit Stake for mares and neldirEs
that have never beaten 40. Entrance sto. paya
BILE enc. sI5 and els; el0o added
No. 7. John w. Cunicr stake open % any horse
owned by a member Of me Association. EHlranco
s4o, payable sio. eio and s2oi tioo added e. en-.
trance money
No I 70 be half mile heats, boot two lu three.
Nos. and g. mile heats, beet two in three, four to
seven inclusive mile hcats three la nvci entrance
money In each stake 20 be sent 10 treasurer n three
payments Of Jnnc A., July 10 and Aug 4. Horse
or colt entered 20 be- named 40 time Of second pay.
ment.
10 addition 90 the foregoing stakes che Associa.
ton offers the following premiums open ~ mem.
bcrs only;
No. l. for matched pairs. e25, divided tl2 b FIRST,
8 TO second and e. 10 third.
No. ?. gentemen's roadattrs that have not been
in a race; s2s. divided ei2 hrst. o. 90 second and
s5 to third.
No. 8, roadsters that have been In raooi t26 30.
vIdcd sl2 20 nrst es 10 second and o. 30 thfd.
No. 4. best brood mare with stock. t25. divided
sI2, o. and &s.
No. 3, best smoking colt. tas. divided en-, es.es
No. q, ycar-old rcldings and hIies 8a5. divided
sl2 20 nrst, o. 20 second and o. 10 third.
No. 2, two-year.old geldings and hiosi s25, divl.
ded sI2 20 FIRST, - 20 second and O. b third
No. s, thrcc-ycar-old goldings and hlios, t2s, al
vided tla. IS. Is.
No. To- two year.old siailionsi s2s, divided ca,
g. Is.
No. H. Tires. year-old stations; tso divided go,
sl0. Is.
No. a., n. w. Goodrich premium, as. divided
el2, as, o.. For best representative Morgan two
years old and over. Form and action g. decide,
pedigree not 20 be considered.
Entries for premiums tirec b. nembefs) elose
August ], 1850.
Horses eligible 20 only one stake o. premium
class except that horse Il barred iroa stake Ao
by reason Of having been entered Cor other stakes
or premiums. Entries for stakes 10 be- made 30 %.
IL. Mossman. treasurer. Barton, VI.
Entries for premiums made % -. "a. Hoffman,
secretary. Lyndon, w. The stables and stalls sill
be IN charge 81 j. ID. Gould, ana ail intendine 90
exhibit should apply scasonably Or accommodn-
lions, Post once address passumptc, Va.
Blanks furnished on application.
W. s. BAILEY. President. East IIardwick. VI
o2a O. II. MossMAN, Treasurer, Barton, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-20

SPECIAL ANNoUNcEMENT.-We have made ar
engagements with DIR. y, j. Kendall Co., publishers
of "a Treaties the Horse and his Diseases"
which will enable all our subscribers to obtain
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same) to Dr. B. j. Kendall Co., Enosburgh Falls,
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thority upon all diseases of the horse, as its phe-
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preciate the work, and be glad TO avail themselves
of this opportunity of obtaining valuable book
1t is necessary that you mention this paper in
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open for only short time l9-2z
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-05-20
ST. /. 81. C. r.. r.
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts viii be held on the second and
fourth Fridays of each month at the Probate Office
IN Newport; and on each Thursday preceding the
Office in Barton Landing, and at r. W. Baldwinis
office in Barton, the Second Monday Of each
month. o. H ATTSTTN Jndga