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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
The upper suspension bridge at Nj

The upper suspension bridge at Nj
agara Falls was destroyed by the
hurricane at 3 o'clock on Thursday
morning. 1t was cut off clean be-
tween the towers. Not an inch of
the bridge proper remains. A por-
ton lies on either slope of the bank,
while the greater part is in the bot
tom of the river. From tower to
tower there stretch the cables, from
which hang the short guys which sus-
tanned the bridge. This bridge was
completed on January 4, 1869. The
loss is 100000. The destruction all
about Niagara is very great.
Dispatches from many points in
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri indicate that the storm was
general throughout the Northwest, al
though more severe in northern Wis
consin and Michigan. In upper Mich
igan the fall of snow ranges from
eight inches to foot in depth. In
Wisconsin the snowfall was from four
inches to three feet.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
The Party of Incompetence.

A large majority of the democrats
of the House of Representatives have
flibustered against the rule which is
intended to facilitate the public busl-
ness. Twenty-Five or thirty men have
voted openly against the report Of
the committee, and about seventy
have refrained from voting, thereby
breaking a quorum and making it i'm
possible for the House to attend to
its duties. The rule, as has been
stated in these columns, provides that
bills shall not be introduced. for the
remainder of the session, on suspen-
sion days. 1t does not put stop to
the introduction of bills, for there
still remain opportunities to present
measures for reference on the second
and fourth Mondays of each month,
and by unanimous consent. Consld-
ering that there is not the slightest
probability Of the passage. of any
measure introduced at this late day,
these opportunities seem to be suffi-
cient, and the fact is that the only
end to be gained by presenting meas
ures now is the making of individual
records. The reputation of many
congressman for craftsmanship rests
entirely upon monument OF bills
that have never been acted upon, and
many of which were never intended
to be reported by the committees to
which they were referred. They have
simply gone into the lumber Of the
document rooms, having cost the
government hundreds of thousands
of dollars for printing and the House
many hours of valuable time.
The recent and sad experience of
the committee on rules in its efforts
to facilitate the transaction Of busl-
ness is fresh illustration of the in
capacity of the democrats for the task
of legislation. There is no hope for
the interests that depend upon con-
gress so long as the democrats retain
the majority of the house of represent
atives. In this instance the speaker,
who is as good a democrat as anybody,
is with the republicans, but he is too
intelligent to please his past associ-
ates, who are afraid to legislate be-
cause they suspect deception, and re-
alize that they do not understand the
measures that come before them.
The more bony is the structure of
democratic mind the more influence it
has in the present house of represent
atives.-MdI DC EGpress.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

DOES IT PAY?-Three -fourths OF our people are
troubled with dyspepsia and liver complaint in
some form other, which by nature of the disease
has a depressing influence the mind ga cody,
preventing them from thinking ~ aetAs clearly in
any matter ofimporppee. Indigestion, coming up
of food AFTER eating, dyspepsia, sick headache,
apiclity OF the stomach any arrangement Of the
atasrach liver (upon which the whole action Of
system depends) speedily and efiectually
overcome by the use Of Green's August Flower.
The most stubborn cases have yielded to its inhu-
ence. thousands Of letters received will testify.
The immense sale of this medicine is another guar
of its merits (over million and ban. botles
sold last year). So ask, viii IL pay to- suffer
from any of shc above diseases when you can have
immediate relief in the August Flower. Three
doses will prove its worth II Is sold by AL drug
gists and general dealers in all parts Of the world
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
DR.. BENTON TREATS
Nervous Diseases, Liver,
Kidney, Blood, Heart,
Rheumatism, Old
Sores. &C.. &c.

Call on or address Or. BontoR, Coventry, Nt.
All letters Of inquiries shoald contain stamp. The
following are solno os the numerous testimonials la
my possession;
This Is TO certih-That we, the undersigned,
have been treated by DR.. Benton ior physical dis
eases, and that we have received help ana cures
Mr. ana Mrs paul Bnskey, MIR. and AIrs. LouI.
Fashett, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Lumbrn, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Lcpper, Mr.. aud Mrs, Edward NeWcltyi
Mr.. aud Mrs. II. Newelty, John sinclair, Loren
Sinclair, B. waid, Justice Of Peace, - n. Dis, Mf.
Campbell, Old MIR. Rowley, Mr.. aud Mrs, william
Russell, Montgomery Center, VI. Phlp Brennan,
ford, VI. Mrs. n. E. BekeE, NJ. Il. Ladd, (curod
of chronic Inflammation 81 throat after all others
had failed, A. LsdS' Attorney i' Mt Milo barber,
Mrs. Nielsen Aiiard, Mrs - feRehy, tcurea of
onasamption), Enosburgh Falls, W.
Doctors failed TO help my case 81 nervous pros-
traticn and female weakness, which was very had.
DIR. Benton oared me in a short time aud I osn az
tend 10 school teaching as usual, Miss iiauie
Drown, Montgomery Center Y,
DIR. Benton, Dear SIR The bottle OF medicine
which you preaossssd loi a.y s,.s. ai,a M
gezsofa atiop Of my physical health. % theftiore
heaEtiy and honestly recommend it 20 aA who are
recommend Il. 10 the pubic ! would say Dr.
Benton is a Christian tnasn and prnctcinR physi.
clan Rev r. N Cn0k, Pastor lst Baptist Church,
Montgomery Center, Vt, formerly ~ sharon, VI
This ccrtihcs that having received the advice Of
Or. Benton Of Montgomery Centcr, We, nave sak
en- his medicie iortofpia ana 'us'lA, N., -, ~ H.
overworkcd brain, prodsssig strange md aiNkf
sensations aud in every instance have experienced
a remarka1ie benefit Therefore comin.hu hlin
e public p pitron ge modern, wei informed
christian physician. Rev = ". 'owch Newpou
Center, VI,
Ihave located ~ Coventry % do general practice
and have located 70 stay. by Ec4uest. Examination
free. Find me a. thc Hotel
DIR. BentOn. Coventry, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Mercury about seven degrees north
of the point where the sun went
down. The planet is beautiful
enough to repay the trouble required
to obtain glimpse of him. Some
times he displays a rosy or golden
tint, and sometimes he twinkles. He
has, however, usually a brilliant
white light, resembling that of Sirius
if he were as near the sun. 1t is
well to find his position with the aid
of an opera glass, and when thus
found the unaided eye can easily fol-
low his course"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14


The astronomical writer Of the
Providence Journal gives the follow
ing directions for locating the planet
Mercury: ''Mercury is evening star.
He reaches his greatest eastern elong-
alton on the 30th, at seven O'Clock
A: NJ, being eighteen degrees and
twenty-five minutes east of the sun.
He is then at his period of greatest
hrillfancy, is farther north than the
sun, and is approaching the earth.
These conditions are all favorable fog
observation, and he will be visible 10
the naked eye on the aoth and for a
week before and after. He sets on
the 30th an hour and a half after the
sun. The careful observer, if the
evening be exceptionally clear, must
note the sunset point, and three quar-
ters of an hour after sunset will find
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
The Great Storm.

The tail end of the cyclone which
struck western Ontario Wednesday
night, reached Montreal about mid
night, Jan. TO-, and whipped Chin
neys and telegraph poles and wires
through the air as easily as if they
were paper. In its full strength 1t
passed, about 80 miles north of here,
out to Labrador and the Atlantic, land
left a swarth of debris behind it.
From Lower Ontario the only news to
be had is from incoming passenger
trains, the wires being so badly dam
aged that it will take two weeks to
open communication. At Moulinette,
on the Cornwall Canal, four houses
were unroofed and Oscar Barwick,
Jr., killed by falling chimney: At
Renfrew, above Ottawa, there is not
barn left, and thirty or forty head
of cattle and dozen horses were
killed. A party of lumbermen had
their hut swept away, and two of
them were so badly injured by fall
ing trees and limbs that their lives
are despaired of. At Trenton, Gill
mours Mills were damaged to the ex-
tent of 1000, and the roof of the
Queens Hotel was taken off. The
bridge from Trenton to Gilmour's was
carried away, and Alexander Allen
drowned The wind blew seventy
miles an hour all night, and the day
before never fell below forty miles.
The lines of the Grand Trunk and
Central Pacific railroads are Uttered
with remains of barns and houses
blown down during the night. Not
a ton of freight can be moved on Ell
ther line because of the danger, and
passenger trains run only with the
greatest difficulty. There was fall
of forty degrees in the thermometer
in ten hours. Everything is iced up,
business is at standstill, and there
is desolation everywhere, caused by
the unprecedented storm. George
Simpson, brakeman on the King
ston and Pembroke railway, was
blown off his train near Smiths Falls
and will die from his injuries. 1t is
estimated that in Ontario and Que
bee the damage will amount to over
81 100000. No communication what
ever, can be had with the back copn-
ties. 1t is feared that the loss of life
and property has been very large. 1t
will take two weeks to restore COM
munication. Whole forests were up
rooted on the Upper Ottawa, and it
Is feared that many lumbermen's S
camps have been destroyed and the
men killed or injured by the falling
trees.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Jan. 10,
says: "The number Of the dead as
the result of the collapse yesterday
of ]. C. Wiliey's seyen-story build
ing, is now fourteen. Altogether six
ty-seven persons were either injured
or killed. Eight are fatally injured,
twenty-four seriously, fifteen slightly,
and five are missing. The mangled
corpses Of three Workmen are still
supposed to be buried ten feet deep
in the ruins of the Wiley building.
Fully 10000 people from Reading,
Penn, visited the ruin wrought by
the storm of Jan. 8. The loss of
lives from the blowing down OF the
six mil is estimated at from thirty
five to forty. while the injured
are nearly 100.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Now that the Chinese have been
unscrupulously and effectually shut
out, California employers begin to
find an undesirable crisis approaching
in the labor market, and to doubt the
wisdom, after all, of the Exclusion
act. The Caucasian will neither
work so cheaply nor so honestly as
the Mongolian; and in many inster-
ests, Californian competition with
the East, which was possible and sue
cessful under the old regime, must
now be given up. Not only did the
Chinese make economic navvies, and
leave the record of their patient toll
on great public works, they were also
the most efficient of farm laborers,
aad the agricultural interests of the
Pacific States will suffer seriously
when :sJohn' ceases to till the fields.
Much that has been said against
Cinnamon is doubtless true: They do
not readily assimilate with our popu-
lation they do not come to stay !;
they are clannish and congregate
densly and filthy in great cities !;
they gamble, smoke opium, furnish
prostitutes, cheaper labor; but, on
the other hand, when distributed
over the country, they mind their
own business they are doclle, lndus=
trious, trustworthy ; they are rarely
found in saloons, and are not easily
convertible into anarchists or corrupt
ionists. When properly treated, they
show themselves amenable to good
influences. A great wrong is yet to
be undone by this nation = its latest
official action towards country that
trusted to our honor and found itself
deceived and treated with shameful
indignity. And it would not be at
all surprising if the first steps towards
the rectification of this Injustice
should be taken py tue very states
Which clamored for its perpetration.
.-ZiOn's Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
The Boston Market,

The butter market continues in n very
quiet condition, and on account of the
dull trade prioes are easy and i'm some
cases lower. The weather continues
very unfavorabte 20 the market and
choice fresh made creameries are offer
ing at less money. No sales of choice
are reported at over 2Sc and that Is the
top, while most of the best butter is of
fered at 26 and 27c.
The poultry market is very steady
The demand is very moderate. but the
cooler weather has had some effect upon
the market, There is plenty of poultry
ofering and large lots of turkeys are
hard to place at l3 and l4c. Good chick
ems continue in demand while fowls are
dull and easy. Beans are quiet. Pea
and medium are steady, with yellow eyes
firm. Peas are in light demand at un-
changed prices. Hay continues quiet,
with prices in buyers favor, although
there is no great pressure to SELL Rye
straw is easier Seeds are quiet, with
prices nominally about the same. Pota-
toes are steady. The receipts aud sup
ply continue very liberal. bat under the
influence of a good, fair demand the
market is held steady. Sweets continue
plenty and sell slowly. Tallow is firm.
BUTTER.-West extra creamery, 2Sc /;
firsts, % and &c; extra imitation cream
cry, 81 and 22c; seconds, 10 and 20c !;
factory, II and 2Oc; n. Y. and VI, extra
creamery, 2Sc; extra Iirsts, 20 and &c !;
n. Y. and VT, dairy good to choice, 20
and 24cl fair to good, 2S. and l9c; East
creamery, good to choice, &c,
CHEESE. Il34 and ~; sage,
lac. Jobbing prices &c higher.
EGGs.-EXtra, 90 and 22c; fancy nearby
stock higher; firsts, 19c; extra Vt. and
n. IL. PIC.
HAY.-Choice prime hay, SIS so and
$l9 50 fair TO good, Sl7 and SIS.
POTATOES. Rose, 5S and Coo
Hebrons, GOc; Aroostook Hehrons, SO
and 55c; Rose, 55i y, Y. Hebrons, 40
and 42c.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Judge Barrett of New York has
sat right square down on the sugar
trust, and in way that will please
every honest man. He has decided
to forfeit the charter of the North
River Co. of this city, on the ground
that it had virtually gone out of ex-
istance by selling out all its stock to
the sugar trust combinations and
closing up all its works. The stern
Judge noted for his high charicter
strikes straight at the veto power
In commenting on the method of di-
vision of profits, he points out that
dividends were not distributed on the
aggregate capital stock of the corpo-
rations forming the trust, but on allot-
ments of trust certificates, which
may not inaptly be termed the 'strust
boards capital stock" Thus we
have, as he says, ga series of corpo-
rations existing and transacting bus
mess under the forms of law, with
out real membership, or genuinely
qualified direction-mere abstract
fragments of statutory creation
without life in the concrete or under
living associations. Every share of
stock has been practically surrender
ed and vital membership resigned" :"
This is distinctly not American, and
the people will hail the rebuke with
delight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
The Question of Currency.

The amount of money in circulation
outside the treasury was 81 ,405, ,453,-
942 January 1, having but receded
but little since the maximum was
reached November but of this large
supply nearly two-thirds is paper
which is practically redeemable in
gold. The bank notes, 1925, ,591,-
9S1, in circulation are nominally re-
deemable in legal tenders, but the le-
gal tenders can be at once presented
for the gold they promise. The sill
yer certificates are nominally redeem
able only in silver, out no one pre-
sents them for redemption in that
form; they are practically redeema-
bic through the custom houses and
other offices at which taxes are paid.
Being thus received, they take the
place of gold or the representatives. of
gold which would otherwise be paid.
Practically, 1912, ,5O5 ,584 of gold
and silver certificates, legal tenders
and their certificates and bank notes
are in circulation, all rebeemable in
gold alone. The treasury holds in
gold about quarter of this amount /:
January l only S227.854,213. No
apprehension is felt, no disorder is
feared, simply because the expansion
of paper currency has for years gone
on without disturbance. But the
time when there is no trouble or
alarm is the only safe time in which
to take precautions against possible
mischief.
There is no longer any silver ques-
ton in the old sense. The coinage
has nothing whatever to do with the
currency; of actual silver dollars the
amount in use outside of the treasury
is less than it was year ago, and
the amount of subsidiary silver but
little greater. The continued piling
up of standard dollars serves no use
full purpose, ,and the silver certificates
which are practically redeemable only
in gold continue to go into circula-
ton in place of other forms of money,
and are generally received as equiva-
lent to and practically representing
the old which they do not promise.
Circumstances have for years made
it easy to maintain this representative
currency without disturbance. Many
have come to think it a law of nature
that nobody should ever want any
thing other or better than the paper
in use. Yet it is entirely possible
that money in large amounts may be
drawn from the country at any time
by foreign creditors and investors,
who have placed here with the hope
of large returns no less than $780,
100000 in a single half year, If
money is taken abroad in any form
gold must go. Should there be any
serious pressure in the money mark
cts abroad, or any distrust regarding
the immediate future of American in
vestments, the withdrawal of funds
would far exceed the amount of gold
which the country can spare without
commercial disturbance.
The possibility that this large part
of the paper in circulation may at
any time come to be distrusted is one
for which a republican administration
will find it necessary to make provi-
sion as early as Praoticabie.-1rid-
une.
How TO GAIN FLESH STRENGTH.-Use after
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

The MONITOR finds itself consider
ably burdened by the size of its ex-
change list, and while all of its ex-
changes are priced for their intrinsic
merits, and all the publishers esteem
ed for their abilities and good char
acter, we nevertheless find some pa
pers that we make no use of, either
Ia accredited or appropriately arti-
tles, some of these we reluctantly
mark off our list. To such of our es-
feemed contemporaries as find the
pIoNIroR a burden on their tables or
Useless for exchange purposes, we
theerfully accord the right to drop
the same from their list at their
pleasure always.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Action has been taken by the Mon
treal, Portland and Boston railway
company against the Passumpsic rail-
way company to recover the value of
railway stock to the amount of S175,-
600, which the plaintiff claims was ap-
priated by the defendant at the time
of the transfer of the roads.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Some of the guessers in the cabin
ct show good cabinet work if not
good guessing. A prominent Iowa
man in Washington thinks this will
be the slate Secretary of state, james
G. Blaine of Maine; secretary of the
treasury, John Sherman of Ohio !;
secretary of war. Lew Wallace of
Indiana; secretary of the navy Judge
Estee of California secretary of the
interior, j. B. Clarkson of Iowa :;
post-master-general, John Wanamak-
PR of Pennsylvania encouragement,
Judge Emory Speer of Georgia.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Probably no one thing has caused such a general
revival of trade at H. c. Pierce's drug store his
giving away his customers of many free tria
bottles of DIR. Kings New Discovery 3or lsns amp
ton. His trade il simply enormous this very
,laa..le article from the fact that IL always
and never disapponts. 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, 1889-01-14

The Boston Journal of last Satur-
day contained a very interesting let
ter upon the growth of the material
Interests of Vermontin the year 1888.
1t estimates the total value of all
farm productions in 1888 at S23 ,O00,-
600, and also shows at length the
rapid growth of the numerous indus
tries including the marble and gran
ite industry. The aggregate value
of the manufactured products for
1888 is about $50, 100000.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
John @. Dow,s Eatato.

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far = decree 81 dlafahuHan bod pariIIuH Ht I.#
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

How GAIN FLESH AND STRENGTH.-Use after
each meal Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites.
1t is paatable milk, and easily digested. The
rapidity with which delicate people improve with
its use is wonderful, Use it and try your weight.
AS remedy for consumption, throat affections land
bronchitis, 1t is unequaed Please read:
81 used Scott's Emulsion in IA child eight months
old with good results. He gained four pounds in a
very short time. Tho. Prim, NJ. D., Alabama.
81 gave Scott's Emulsion to a gentleman 65 years
old, troubled with chronic bronchitis, with the most
excellent results."-J. C. Carson, Broken Arrow,
Alabama.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-01-14

Canada continues to add to its
public debt, having added over ST.
600, 900 last year. The debt of the
Dominion now is 100000, or
double the debt per capita of the
United States. If Canada keeps on
increasing her debt she will hardly
be worth taking as a gift by Uncle
II Sam.
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