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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

Justice is always represented as being
blind. To our thinking she is One-eyed
mink. and the eye she has left is crooked.
and rolls around in her head in manner
at once grotesQue and beyond her vOlition.
Else why is it that in some obscure corner
in the paper we occasionally find postponed
the trial for embezzement of hoary old
sinner. who. although he has left the slime
of his crime smeared DER him and his,
and all that belong to him reeking in the
state prison As accurately as a drunkard
avoids breaking his neck. -Chicago Sunday
National.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

ton and found it very useful. !
think You will not find many revoly-
ers that will do better service for you
than mine did for mel pawned it
for few nights lodging. / have
ever since entertained a feeling of
gratitude for the inventor of revolv-
ers. My young friend seems to have
an idea that | have met with numer-
Gus adventures, hair-breadth escapes
and all that sort Of thing. Well, |
have been on the great cattle ranges
in cold weather, and had to run
around camp at night to keep myself
warm | have been on the gold STAN
pede, land have been stuck in the alkali
mud plain without tent or fire,
while the rain came steadily down for
three days; / have been financially
''busted'' on several occasions, wet,
cold, lost, hungry, generally miserable,
homesick, and have been licked a
few times. If these are considered
''hair- breadth escapes" why, yes,
have had them. Believe me, my
friend, these are the kind of hair
breadth escapes and thrilling excite
ment you will find in your search for
adventure.
For a perfectly grievous life of
misery, hardship, discomfort and toll,
commend me to the life of sailor
before the mast in a 'wind-jammer."
/ have met with many sailors, but
never found one who would recon-
mend seafaring life, fact which
in itself is conclusive, without my
personal experience.
Life, according to your present
standard, wears roseate and lambent
colors. The surface colors will dis
appear and the serious side will pre-
sent itself when you leave home and
begin your struggle for existence. A
little roughing it and hardship in the
Gear Vest will not hurt you. When
you get West and begin to strive for
a living, you will find your time so
fully occupied that you will have no
leisure to hunt Indians and buffaloes.
Besides, the buffaloes no longer ex-
ist-a fact that close attention to
your country's history will teach you,
but one that has been omitted, thro'
an oversight, no doubt, in the history
of 'Mohawk Joseph, the Boy Indian
Slayer And after You have resided
in the Far West a few months it will
be matter of perfect indifference to
you whether the Indian follows the
buffalo or not. Romance is all on
paper. There is none in reality. This
is the first lesson you will learn, and
your thoughts will very often dwell
on and long for the home comfort Of
New England homestead.
Faithfully yours,
VERMONT.
Hong Kong, China, Mar. s, 80.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
Handling Fire.

A governess residing at Lee, Eng
land, died from burns resulting from
an explosion caused by blowing-Aown
the chimney of an oil lamp for the
purpose of extinguishing the light.
The occurrence is such q common one
that it would not be worth noticing
except for the purpose of impressing
upon persons who use the the ordin
airy petroleum lamps the extreme dan
ger of this habit. 1t is so quick and
apparently easy way to extinguish
light that nine persons out of ten
resort to it, although it is fraught
with danger. When the reservoir is
full there is comparatively little risk
of an explosion; but when the oil is
nearly exhausted the reservoir be-
comes filled with gas, and as the
flame was blown downward an eXplo-
sion at once results.
The carelessness with which petro-
leum is used is absolutely astounding.
People who would be filled with
alarm did they know that a canister
of gunpowder was in the room, will
place petroleum lamp upon the Ia
BILE that the slightest touch will over
turn, or in position where it can be
upset by children, although the con-
sequences of fall are nearly as dis
astrous as those of the explosion of
gunpowder. Careless housewives
will even pour petroleum upon al,
expiring fire, regardless of the fact
that they are endangering their own
lives and risking the confagration of
the house. 1t is difficult to see how
such reckless conduct as this can be
made penal but something might be
done at least were the teachers in
board schools to instruct children as
to the dangerous properties of petro-
leum and the risks incurred by the
reckless handling of it, or by the
habit of extinguishing the light by
blowing down the chimney of lamp,
/ Don't give up because you feel blue and troubled
with that tired and all-gone feeling. Do as 1 did
use Il bottle of Sulphur Bitters, it will make you
! feel like person; it did me.-Jennie Holmes
254 fremont street, Boston.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
In April Days.

When first the blush of the sweet earth, because
the sun has turned erway,
Sufuses light and lofty skies, and hides in wells of
rosy gray;
When winds blowing out of heaven, faint
with breath of unknown bliss,
The bloom of shores the soul has known in some far
other morn than this;
When life is gushing everywhere in pulses from
the primal source,
And all the answering planet thrills and trembles
to the quickening force;
When silver showers rent in twain by sunbeams
in their arrowy drive,
And grassing all the woody ways, the dark mould
fain would be alive;
When down the happy orchard aisles the apple
trees begin to blow,
And wrap their rugged being round with broodin e
wings of blushing snow;
When children wild with laughter snatch the first
born violets of the year,
And smouldering, flashing, beauty breaks flame
of blossom far and near;
When bees are humming, swallows darting, leaves
rustling, brooks foam white;
When birds to music shake the air, and just to
breathe in sheer delight
oh, then the poet feels him part of all the lovesome
stirring thing,
Thrills, the mi ghty mother thrills TO the great
impulse of the spring,
Wild joyous motions bubbled where the pool lay
dark and silent long,
The ount of singing overflows his soul is nothing
but a song!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
A Singular Incident.

A very singular anecdote is narrat
ed now of gallant soldier who car
/ ried pieces of bullet with him for
twenty-seven years.
Mr.. Charles Dunlap was first Lieu
tenant of Company I, Fifth Maine
Infantry, in the recent war, land while
serving CALAMITY at Antietam, Sept.
II, 1862, was struck by rebel ball
in his left arm above the wrist, and
after breaking both bones the ball
entered his left side under his arm,
passed through his chest, and finally
lodged just beneath the skin under
the right shoulder. The surgeon re-
moved the ball easily and Mr.. Dun
lap has long kept it as cherished
souvenir. The report goes on to say
that after the four-fold wound he
bled profusely, and was for long
time in an alarming and almost dy-
ing condition. But he gradually re-
sponded to good surgical attention
and slowly recovered. He was har-
raised by distressing cough, as the
ball had plowed track directly thro'
his lungs. In about nine months af-
ter the injury he coughed up frag-
ment of his wooden shirt, piece
oh 10 II oh
been pushed into his lungs by the
ball when it tore its way into his
chest. Still his cough continued, and
about year afterward he coughed
up two pieces of bone, one about an
inch long and the other about three
fourths of an inch. These were of
course fragments of his broken rib,
which the ball had driven in. Ever
since that time, now more than TWEEN
ty-five years, he has been harrassed
with continuous cough, and would
probably have died years ago had he
shut himself up and called himself
sick, as he often was. But the won
der is that few days ago, in cough
ing violently, he brought up still an
other bit of bone, and, strangely
enough, little spherule of lead. The
bone from his broken rib had been
much eaten and rounded in its stay
of twenty-seven years. The round
globule of lead must have been chip
ped from the ball by sharp edge of
the broken rib, and, though it was
then undoubtedly quite irregular IN
shape, it must have been slowly
rounded and smoothed by the long
process of agitation and slow corro-
sion in his lungs. In no other way
can the roundness of the little glob-
ule be explained.
He is now better than for many
years, and thinks that he has finally
recovered from the effects of the war.
He believes that he owes his recovery
largely to his open air activity
and great courage. He has been en-
ployed for many years 10 the quarries
at Rockport. He values his lead SOU
venirs beyond price, and intends al
WAYS to preserve them.-MaSsdchu-
sets Ploughman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
The Baby's Bead.
l am only a bit of amber

l am only bit of amber
That dazzles the baby's eyes;
But the light in my innermost chamber
Is the light of the pristine skies.
For ages ago, and ages,
When, far in the upper air,
Vast frs, like old archmages,
Shed incense everywhere,
And, all in the wild gray weather
Which wrapped the whole round world,
Solemnly waved together
As the thick warm vapors curled,
In the sunshine's sudden bursting
1 oozed from topmost bough,
And drank that splendor thirsting,-
There is no such sunshine now
And the wings that came round me flashing
None like them are futtering here
1 caught in my heavy FLASHING
And sealed in my shining sphere.
Oh, life that was wild and glorious
When the elements wrought for man.
And wave over fire victorious
Shaped the earth to her ancient plan
Then the tides, in the great world changes,
Rose in their mighty turn,
Rolled over the fr-tree's ranges,
And the plume of the giant fern.
And ages had past, and ages,
When the winds scooped the deep sea-hoor,
And the seas in their storm-b blown RACES
Tossed me to light once more.
And now, half jest, it may be,
Half a charm, you hang in your mrth,
Round the throat of the newborn baby,
The oldest thing on earth!
ST. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

Aroused by the example of Oak
ota, Montana and Washington, Ida
no is taking steps in the direction of
statehood. The governor has issued
a call for constitutional convention
to be held next July. In the fall the
people will pass upon its work, be-
sides, probably, electing two United
States senators. Whether the terri
tory should be admitted into the cir
Gle of the states or not will depend
largely upon how much power the
Mormons are likely to exercise. Their
strength is by no means insignificant
in Idaho, and so far as they 90 they
furnish an argument for keeping that
region a territory, the same as obtains
in the case of Utah. But the rapid
immigration of gentiles thither is
likely soon to place Idaho beyond
any serious manipqlations by the
polygamous church.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
Is Consumption Incurabie {

Read the following Mr.. C. II. Morris, Newark
Ark. says "Was down with abcess of lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced me an incurable
comsumptive. Began taking DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle
and able to oversee the work on my farm. 1t is the
finest medicine made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says "Had 1t
not been for DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption would have died of lung troubles. Was
given up by doctors. Am in best Of health"
Try it. Sample bottles free at III. c. Perce's drug
store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
Hong Kong, China, Mar. s, 80.
Faithfully yours,

TICKLING THE PALATE.-The only trouble with
Hamburg Figs is that they pleasant to the
palate that children are apt to eat them when not
absolutely necessary, if they can get hold of them
surreptitlously. They will injure one, but med
cine should not be taken unless needed. rs cents.
Dose, one Fig. Mack Drug Co., n. Y. Sold by
all druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
]. A. Seavey's Estate.

CsTATE or VERMONT, OuLrAss Dfarnier, s..
- In Probate Court held a. Barton Landing Dob
said District the 9th daY 81 April A. D. lHHH.
Geo. ". Jenncss, administrator 81 che estate of
j. A. Eeavey, latc Of Baton in said district df.
ceased, presents his administration n count for
examination aud allowance aud makes application
for 4 decree of distribution aud partition ui fHr
estate OF said deceased.
Whrrrupon 10 b. ordered hy said court, chat eald
account and said application o. referred secession
thereof, co be- held az thn Probate Nflrr Gao saId
Barton Landing on tho 2bth day nf April Al ID.
1883. for hearing Hnd decision thereon And BE- Dr.
further ordered, that notice hereof hr given fu Hl
persons interested by publication ct The samo three
weeks succrssiYely ln The Monitor, % new pepper
published Hf Barton, previous 90 said time Huunlnf
ed for hearing, that they may appear at nald nmD
and place, and show cause III amy they may have
why said account should not be allowed, and Hneh
decree made. by the COurt-~Attrai,
1911 g. n. JOINS, Register
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
Good House for Sale !

offer at very reasonable terms my Dwelling
House situated in Barton Village. Said h0ufn lH
on Ufuh 81, convenient o. school fhurrht ffr de-
Dot aud post office. lt has three tcuemrutH iu it
and 4 an rented at good rates. Wee recently put
in thorough repair. Having removed ifum town
am willing 90 dispose ~ the properly &C low lniea
and on most favorable terms, Apply o. HEhdi
MOs@MAN, Barton.
ss.tf LEVI JACOBS, no. stfntford, -. lf.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

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, 1889-04-22

For nearly half a century Ayers Cherry Pectoral
has been the most popular cough remedy in the
world. The constantly increasing demand for this
remedy proves it to be the very best specific for
colds, coughs, and all diseases of the throat and
lungs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Percheron Stallion Foaled in
1880; Sixteen Hands High;
Weight, 1900 lbs. /; Hand
some Dapple Gray.

Sired by Guizot; Dam a Percheron mare purchas-
ed in Illinois color. gray; weight, 1850 lbs tulzot
is gray; weight, 1900 lbs; was imported In 1878 by
Geo. A. Pierce of Sunny Side stock Farm, stan
stead, T.. @. Owned and bred by u.
Win make the season Of 1889 as follows Com
mencng Monday, May -, at Morgani Tuesday,
Holland; "Wednesday aud Thursday 40 Derby Linei !
Friday, Derby Centre; Saturday, West Charles
ton. Monday, May 2T, Brownington village
Tuesday, Barton Landing; "Wednesday browning
ton Centre; Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of sec
ond week at home, and 50 continuing through the
season, visiting the above named places once IA
two weeks.
We have recorded the pedigree Of this horse as
required by Act 1913 OF session laws OF vermont,
lSss, and shall take advantage Of the Act relatlyo
70 liens on colts. TERMS TO WARRANT, tlO..
:. ID. HOBSON a Sons.
East Brighton. VT. April S. 1882 1877
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

o. against hH applied n. hMEI.E
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"a romedy fur tIU.a |IH.H.. "H.. ..
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

s'Let your light SO shine,' said the
minister, as the plates were passed
about the church. John said Mrs.
Fairfax, what made you put So on the
plate 2" sold Jones, the gas man
threw down 81, and my electric light
is twice as good as his gas any day"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22
Marriage is q Failure.

When either of the parties marry
for money.
When the lord of creation pays
more for cigars than his better half
does for hosiery, boots and bonnets.
When one of the parties engages
in business that is not approved by
the other.
When both parties persist in argu-
ing over a subject upon which they
never have and never can think alike.
When neither husband nor wife
takes a vacation.
When the vacations are taken by
one side of the house only.
When a man attempts to tell his
wife what style of bonnet she must
wear.
When a mans Christmas presents
to his wife consist of bootjacks, shirts
and gloves for himself.
When the watchword is each for
himself
When dinner is not ready at dinner
time.
When "he"snores the loudest while
s'she" kindles the fire.
When 'sfather" takes half the pie
and leaves the other half for the one
that made it and her eight children.
When the children are given the
neck and back of the chicken.
When children are obliged to clam
or for their rights.
When the money that should go
for book goes for what only one
side of the house knows anything
about.
When there is too much latch-key.
When politeness, fine manners and
kindly attentions are reserved for
company or visits abroad.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

A good appetite is essential to good health, and
loss of appetite indicates something wrong. Hoods
SarsaparIa creates and sharpens the appetite, as
ssts the digestive organs and regulates the kidneys
and liver. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla this season.
Sold by druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

Among the personal effects of a
fakir arrested the other day on COM
plant of a hotel for non-payment of
board was a wheel of fortune. and
while detectives were examining this
with a great deal of curiosity one of
them found hidden spring which
was worked by pressing a button.
''What is this for" he innocently
asked.
ITO stop the wheel at any desired
point" was the answer.
''But why should you desirs to
stop it at any certain point?''
s'Why should L? Suppose that a
John Henry has laid his dollar on the
figure seven. The pointer stops at
that figure and he wins %
''But do you stop it there?'
Certainly"
$50 let him VIM"
ssOf course
.I-I-.''
'sNo, of course you don't, but |
do. Next time there are from four
to eight John HeRrys with their
dollars at - and the pointer stops
at 8. Sorry for you, gentlemen, but
if YOU haven't travelled it's not my
fault .''-DetrOi Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

Don't give up because you feel blue and troubled
with that tired and all gone feeling. Do as 1 did
use Il bottle of Sulphur Bitters, it will make you
feel like a person; it did me.-Jennie Holmes
254 fremont street. Boston.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

will virtually be at home. [ went West
once with the firm intention of
slaughtering about a million ''injuns, .
and occupying the remainder of my
time in trapping beavers and shooting
buffaloes. [ managed in the course
of my career to amass horse, sad
die, rife and other fighting parapher-
MALTA. [ found the Indians safe
enough, but they didn't want to fight,
much to my relief. They looked Sc
miserable, and poor and dirty that
nv former exalted ideas of the noble
red man took a tumble from which
they never recovered. On one occa-
sion, in my search for adventure, a
nomadic red man stole a camp kettle
full of beans. | gave chase, and be-
ing unincumbered, was fast overhaul
ing the dusky thief, when he deliber-
ately smashed the kettle on a rock
and got away. Our little party OF
three felt very melancholy over this
sad event for there were no more
beans in the outfit. 1t was the only
dish of any Importance we had fol
dinner that day; we were hungry.
and hundred odd miles from any
settlement, hence our detected feel
ings. Poor Lo'' was remembered
that night-yearningly remembered
but not in our prayers. This was
the most thrilling adventure with saw
ages | ever experienced.
And you have good revolver?
am very glad of that. Be sure and
take it with you, for it may come
handy. / had one-a Smith & Yves
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-04-22

re H0HH 1YEc Color Esathers and Ribbons,
sfs.G"fsO DFES Easyi Elegant Econ0miodB
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-22

pork, s1s so. Choice leaf lard 50. Sugar cured
ST.. LOUIS. March 21.-F1our firm and I'M
changed. Wheat higher, closing firm; No =
red cash 9ltS191S4c: May delivery G0Ss6n a2c,
Corn firm aud 1z@ssc higher but slow; No. 2,
livery S014@ 30ssc. Oats very quiet; No 9, cash
nominally at 24c; May delivery 26c. Whisky
steady at 81 03. Bagging firm at sIsA101sc.
Iron cotton ties 81 TO- Provisions very Quiet:
Pork, jobbing SIC so. Lard-prime steam nomi-
nal at So TO- Hams S10@1s.
NEW ORLEANS, March 21.-Coffee quiet but
frm Rio l7020c. Sugar quiet and weak
yellow clarified &c, prime 1916 G61sc Molasses
steady and firm; open kettle, strictly prime $50
good prime 310S3c; centrifugals, strictly prime
25426c.
NAVAL sroRxs
NEW YoRx, March q ,noon.-Spirits turpentins
steady at b2I5G5sszc. Rosin strong at 81 171S9
l 20.
500 D. m.-Rosin quiet but steady; common to
good strained 81 15@1 20. Turpentine quiet at
52l6c.
CHARLESTON, March 2i.-Turpentine steady at
Soc. Rosn steady; good strained 81 02lS
WILMINGTON. \. c., March 21-Spirits turpentine
nominal Rosin firm; strained e71Sc; good
strained 90c. Tar firm at 81 40. crude tur-
pentine firm; hard VI 80. yellow dip So IS,
virgin 81 IS,
NEW YORK. March 21.-Rice in fair demand
and steady; domestic 4k663Sc.
NEW ORLEANS, March 21.-Rice unchanged
PETROLEUM.
NEW YORK March q. The petroleum market
opened firm at 9116c. but after first sales be-
came heavy and declined to 909sc. Market
then turned sharply and advanced to 921sc, but
reacted and closed weak at 91c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-22
Fruit and Vegetable Market.

Reported by g. s. Palmer, 1865 Redde ST., NJ Y.
New York, March 19.-F'lorida oranges con-
tinue only in moderate supply, and fruit in the
hands of the commission merchants is held at
firm prices. Several thousand boxes to-day,
principally SPECTATORS fruit, were sold in the
auction room at lower prices generally than at
private sale, which has had depressing effect
on prices to-day, but trust, however. it is only
temper a-y. as the offerings even at auction can
only be small from this time Fancy Indian
River selling to-day at SO 500D4 90 per box; in
ssets woTfS S5aep % ger box 0T Ss %
ceipts Of beans and peas to-day, when choice,
sold for So 90 per crate; inferior, 81 00M3 co..
Tomatoes, 81 50@3 co. Egg plant, 81 5OO5 90.
Strawberries continue in light supply. and
fancy, well colored berries bringing 60@75c per
quart inferio 20(130c.