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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
A pair of sizzers-Two pancakes.

a pair of sizzers-Two pancakes.
Epitaph for a photographer - Don't
move?
The recent Cleveland banquet cost Sl2
a plate on account of the "Jellersohian
simplicity"
When young doctor gets his first case
people are always glad for him, but they
are sorry for the patient.
How did you like the sermon to-day
Well, it was such nod discourse that l
slept through the whole of it.
Mr. Frille-What were you when
married you? Nobody! Mrs Frille-Well,
that's good point; you're nobody's fool.
Every man is the architect of his own
fortune. And it's lucky for most Of us
that there's no building inspector around
\ man in a West Virginia city goes
about with hand cart, distributing daily
newspapers. He must be the wheeling
Intellgencer.
First little girl-Do you live in a fiat?
L thought they didn't take children i'm
flats? How did you get in? Second little
girl was horned in.
If strong drink is a mocker what is
weak tea? About five cents cup, we be-
lieve. Come to think about it, weak cof=
fee may be a mocha, too.
Young Skipjack-Ah, L would like to
cross that field; do you think-ah that
cow would hurt me? Farmer-Did you
ever hear of a cow hurtin calf?
Massachusetts must be a highly rclig-
ious state. a prominent civil engineer
has been able to find only - dams in the
state which are liable to break loose.
Old maids find themselves treated by
the world very much like ordinary second
hand books. They are old enough to be
rare and not new enough TO be dear
Dangerous Dog-I had, once a dog
that was so clever that he could easily
distinguish rQgues from honest people,
but had to give him away, for one day
he bit me.
Connecticut man who died the other
day left nearly all his property to widow
who had refused to marry him. This
was very substantial way of showing
his gratitude.
The M. ID. who remarked that it is not
healthy to sleep in the day time was re-
buked by the DID. Who says that people
who attend church generally have excel
lent health.
1 know my defects declared Jones POM
pously, and as the bystanders looked ut
him admiringly one of them whispered
softly to the other. What an awful LOB
that man must know.
How did you feel when you were sail.
ing through the air? was asked of a man
who had been blown up in a stone quarry.
AS near as L can describe it, felt like
blasted fool, was his comprehensive reply.
HOY cid are you, Tommy" "Nne
when when 7 am ON ny feef,and six when
| stand on my head" "That's funny
How do you make it?" "Why, if you
stand on its head, it's o, isn't itF'
at doesn't take me long to make up
my mind, l can tell you" said a cOnceited
fop. cts always so where the stock of
material to make up is SMALL" quietly re-
marked young lady.
"Well, Johnny, L shall forgive you this
time; and it YVES very pretty of you to
write letter to say you are sorry" ''Yes,
ma but don't tear it up please" "Why,
johnny" Because it win do for next
time
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Growing Old Gracefully.

Only a knowledge of hygienic
rules and a continual mental activity
and interest i'm the affairs of life can
produce the condition so much desir-
ed, of growing old gracefully. A
well-known physician has given these
physical signs of old age: "The ac-
ton of the heart becomes weaker
and less frequent, the respiration
slower, the digestion weaker, the
muscles thinner, the skin shrunken,
the joints stiff, the teeth fall out, the
hair becomes gray the arteries become
ossifed, and the entire form loses its
elasticity and becomes less erect than
in adult age" 1t is suggested that
these alterations may be obviated by
strict attention to hygienic rules, and
the historian Bancroft and others il
lustrate how valuable exercise is in
re5ardipg the disagreeable effects of
age. Some German authors of
work on home exercise recommend
gymnastics for old age. They say in
comment: 'sEyen after old age has
set in, bodily exercise is still desirable
in order to preserve as much as pos
sible a large amount of strength. The
exercise should, however, be in har-
mony with the age and its attendant
circumstances it should have quiet
and mild effect; consequently violent
or sudden exercise, or that which
calls for great exertion, ought to be
entirely avoided" Quite as import
ant as exercise in old age are cheer
fitness and activity of the mind. In
terest in the affairs of the young is
valuable elixir of youth. as selfish
ness is one af the most marked feat
ures of old age, forgetfnlness of self
in the matters of young people I'M
@opbtedly assists in the maintenance
of mental yigor. The happiest peo-
pie among the aged are those who
live with the youngs who share their
hopes and ambitions, and who yet
are not so absorbed in worldly life
that they are not thoughtful of the
other and higher world whose bounds
they have never touched.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Jim.

Out in fogbank we went down.
Four-and-twenty men full told,
Fishermen all from Providence,
None of 'em more than thirty year old.
We'd cleared the banks and were homeward bound
With such load rs you never saw
Cod and mackerel fine and sound,
Twelve hundred weight without flaw.
The wind was west and the sky was clear
When we set our sails that night for home;
Nobody had thought of fear
An hour before the end had come.
Jim was whistlin'-a way he had
A theater-tune he'd heard somewhere;
1 can hear it now, and see the lad,
With his handsome shoulders broad and square.
He stood at the helm and he knew his place,
Nobody knew it better than he.
One miunte the moon lit up his face,
The next, swear couldn't
Half foot before me therel
just sudden that, it fell,
That white fog bank-a DEVILS snare
1t seemed to me from the pit of hell
ur-dnd-twenty men full told,
And never one of 'em saved but me.
None of 'em more than thirty year old,
As likely lads as ever you
Fisherman's luck, perhaps you say,
The parson said pretty nigh the same,
Though he fixed it up by another name.
Well, it's five-and- thirty years tonight
Since we parted company, Jim and me
Since him there in that March moonlight,
His hand to the helm, his face to the sea.
Five-and-thirty years, and Jim
He's ii Young still s'pose while L,
My hair is white and my eyes are DIM.
But, mate, I've notion, when die
He'll be at the helm and steer me through
The shoaling tide to my journeys end:
For Jim and newell never knew
Such fellow as Jim to stick to friend.
And I've had Il thought I've never told
InEall these years beforc-that Jim
Would never have lost his grip and hold,
AS somehow 1 lost my grip on him.
We went down in the fog together;
He was hurt from the first, but had him fast
In clutch like death thought, but whether
My strength courage failed at the last
L never could tell-but only know
That all at 1 found my hand
Loose and empty-God what blow!
Then L crifted alone to empty land.
But haven't much time here now to spend;
My hearings dull and my eyes are dim.
What's that you ask, "afraid of the end?''
Afraid! Why the end is-Jim!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Their business Booming.

Probably no one thing has cansed such general
revival of trade at III. c. Perce's drug store as his
giving away to his customers of so many free trial
bottles of Dr. Kings NewsDiscovery for Consump
tion His trade is simply enormous i'm this very
valuable article from the fact that it always
and never disappoipfs. Coughs, colds, asthma,
bronchitis Group andi all throat and lung diseases
quickly cured. You test it before buying by
getting trial bottle free, large size 81. Every
bottle warranted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
"The Grand Army of the Republic

"The Grand Army of the Republic
had q fair last year, to raise money
for their charitable work among sol
ders' widows and orphans. | was
not able to help; but I gave dollar
from the box. In our neighborhood
is little boy who could not attend
Sunday-school because he lacked suit
able apparel. Last Christmas the
school gave him a nice new suit of
clothes on their tree. Dear little
white-faced laddie, how pleased he
was! My quarter came from the
wooden box. [ took Sarah Blount
to Nantasket one day last summer,
and her expenses were paid from the
Fund. How she enjoyed the ocean
trip She had not seen the sea for
years, and only ten miles from it.
Zone night at Sunday-school fes
tival, Arnold saw a sweet-faced girl
wistfully watching her mates regal
ing themselves with cream and cake.
Her mother had no money for her.
That child was soon happy, thanks
to our Charity box.
"You can do SO many things you
are accustomed to think you cannot
afford, if you have fund like this.
If no small calls come, you have
considerable sum to devote to larger
work, such as helping to put on a
solid basis the kindergarten for the
Blind at Roxbury, sending some tired
soul off into the country for a week,
or aiding the Helping Hand Societies.
Even outside of these, you can find
uses for that money by keeping eyes
and ears open for needs near at hand.
A very respectable woman, whose
shiftless husband lily clothed her, re-
joiced one Thanksgiving in double
set of warm fanneis, never knowing
the source of their coming. Our box
pau GL6 Jill anu AIhOi0 olhply
heard some men gossiping over what
their wives told them as to the wo-
mans lack of protection from the
cold"
g Mrs. Burroughs mean to start
a fund right off exclaimed Elsie.
And l shall tell the girls, too! What
good we can do, if we only try!'
''This is why | told you, dear. I've
been spreading what Arnold calls my
reform ever since | began myself to
see its benefits. | have met with
some success but [ wish everybody
could see its help, and what pleasure
you can give and receive by a little
system comparatively Insignificant as
this. We can not spare at a time five
dollars, but we can five cents; and
this bank pays interest seventy-fold,
does it not, Arnold?'
"Yea, seventy times sevenl' came
in Arnold's bass voice. 'Elsie,-
'This thought give you TO keep:
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap.
The year grows rich as it groweth old,
And life'S latest sands its sands of gold.'"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Laura BrIdgman.

Ill is not probable that any deatl
in recent years has touched the pub.
lie heart with more peculiar emotions
than that of Laura Bridgman. Her
whole life has been known to the
world, land from it can be drawn MANY
lessons that ought to make life rich
er and more complete to all that had
them. Robbed in early childhood by
pitiless disease, of the sense of sight,
sound and speech, of those active
senses by which humanity gain prom
inence, this woman fought her way to
development and power that makes
her death public loss. Years ago
Whittier wrote that
! "' Mid thorns ofJudgment
Roses bloom in sweet relief"
and it was granted to this noble soul
against terrible limitations to live q
life that won her the honor and love
of mankind. We who possessed of
every faculty are SO prone to lead
aimless lives, pass by so many oppor-
tunities of helpfulness, murmur at
our lot and sigh for opportunities of
development, find in the life of this
afflicted yet glorious woman lesson
that cuts deep and makes us ashamed.
Under words Of inspiration how often
we resolve to go into the highways
and byways of life and do helpful
work, to lend a hand to the distress
ed, to help the needy and console
with those touched with sorrow.
And how soon our zeal cools off and
the material world absorbs us and we
grow weary in well-doing. Through
years and years of patient toll, led
by the skill and genius of DR.. Howe,
this woman cultivated the sense of
touch, until it let one single ray of
intelligent light into her mind, and
to that light she was faithful to the
uttermost. Her sense of gratitude
for this one active sense, by which
she was related to the intelligent
world, was ever active and expressed
in the sweetest and kindest ways,
and her whole life was monument
of thanks and praise to her illustri-
Gus deliverer. No act of kindness
could be done for her that did not
find approximation and gratitude
manifest in her expressive face-and
never was human face more radiant
than hers, when she was made to I'M
derstand that she had blessed and
helped others. Faithful in life, pa
tient in sickness, and when at last
the end came she passed away, try
ing by her own peculiar alphabet to
spell "mother." Lessons are here for
those that will read them; wisdom
and power and honor for such as will
study and read Alright. Opportuni
ties are about us on every side and in
every direction to develop the powers
we possess, if only to us, as to this
afflicted and faithful saint, shall come |
the conviction that endures. IT'S |
well to resolve and purpose, It's bet
ter to let resolve and purpose bud
and blossom and bear the fruit of |
practical and faithful work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

When Baby sick, we gave her Castoria,
when she 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, 1889-07-01

A PosEEl-Why will you suffer with indigestion,
constipation piles, torpid liver and sick-headache,
when few cents will buy Hamburg Figs enough to
relieve your distress at once and effect cure in
few days? 25 cents. Dose, one Fig. Mack Drug
Co. N Y For sale by drno0ists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Ayers Cherry PoGiora1,
PREPARED DY
Or. J. c. Aver e Co, Lowell Mae
Sold by all Druggista Price 81 ; niy hani .e.t
Good House for Sale

/ offer ut very reasonable terms my Dwelling
House situated in Barton Village. Said house q
on High ST., convenient To school, church, the de-
pot and post office. 1t has three tenements In IL
and is all rented at good rates. Was recently put
in thorough repair. Having removed from town
willing TO dispose of the property at low rates
and on most favorable terms. Apply TO BENZ.
MOSSMAN, Barton.
3s-n LEVI JACOBS, No. Stratford, n. IL.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

1t takes four years for college to
turn out a good student. But it fire.
quently turns out bad student In
less than three months.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

Unique advertisement: eff John
Jones, who, twenty years ago, de-
serted his poor wife and babe, will re-
turp, said babe will lick the stuffin
out of him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

Until the blood is cleansed of impurities it is
less to attempt the cure of any disease. Rheuma.
tsm which is traoeable TO acid in the blood, has
been cured, in numerous cases, by the Ese of Ayers
Sarsaparilla external treatment being of no avail
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

If you wish to enjoy good health, and prevent the
seeds of disease rpenng in your system, you should
use the best medicine in the world, Sulphur Biters
which will prevent your system from being all run
down by making it strong and vigorous.-Rev w.
r Snow.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

when 1 grow up" said six-year-old,
f'shan't feel strange for day or two?"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
FoF &AT,"

1 would like sell my residence in Coventry
Village, place that will make desirable village
home for any family. L will sell nc low price, or
n TOWER
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

sit is fact that Hoods Sarsapara does cure
scrofla, salt rheum, and other diseases affections
arising from impure state or low condition of tn G
blood, overcomes that tired feeling, creates good
appetite, and gives strength to every part of the
TrH,i
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
E z C U r S 10 N
AND OTHER TICKETS.

Get your tickets for the West Of j. II. RATII-
GAN, Station gent, at Barton, VT. He has facil-
tiles for furnishing theIa ~ lowest rates. Core
spOndence promptly answered. 1S-l5n
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01
Coughing


S Natures effort TO eXpel foreign sub
stances from the bronchial passages.
Frequently, this causes inflammation
and the need OF an anodyne. No other
expectorant or anodyne is equal TO
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t assists
Nature in ejecting the mucus, allays
irritation, induces repose, and is the
most popular of all cough cures.
COT the many preparations before tho
public for the cure of colds, coughs,
bronchitis and kindred diseases, there
is none, within the range of my expert
ence, so reliable as Ayers Cherry Pee.
toral. For wears | was subject TO colds.
followed by terrible coughs. About four
years ago, when so afflicted, / was adj
vised to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral aud
to lay all other remedies aside / did
so, and within a week was well Of my
cold and cough. Since then / have
always kept this preparation i'm the
house, and feel comparatively secure
Mrs. l.. l.. Brown, Denmark, Miss.
GA few years ago took a severe cold
which affected my lungs. 7 had a ter
rible cough, and passed NIGHT after
night without sleep. The doctors gave
me up / tried Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
which relieved my lungs, induced sleep
and afforded the rest necessary for thH
recovery of my strength. BY the cou-
tinual use of the PectOral, a permanent
cure was effected. Horace FairbrothcG,
Rockingham, VT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01

"This thought give you TO keep:
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap.
The year grows rich as it groweth old,
And life's latest sands are its sands of gold.'"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-07-01


debt, perhaps had been refused cred
it. People were so incensed at her
husbands dishonesty they would re-
fuse to contribute one cent to help
them. I knew our own affairs look
ed dark; but 'It'g a mighty mean
man that won't divide with a poorer
brother | thought.
"We took the money from the
box, and seop Mary received five
dollar bill in a kind little note; and
then we had heart-rending reply,
full of gratitude and love. We had
indeed found a fitting need. Small
as it was, the five dollars tided them
over a hard place. Her husband soon
found work that brought in little
money; and, although his debts were
many and expenses not small, he
conquered them, and has done better
these last few years.
"We never regretted giving the
money although our own pocket-book
became very fiat indeed. Helping
some one else seemed to spur Arnold
to recovery. Soon Uncle John offer
ed him place on his paper: and,
although his salary is still small, the
very first week after receiving it, we
doubled our contributions to the Char
ity Fund. Always some one has
needed the money. To-day you had
a fraction. Yesterday came a cirou-
lar letter, 'in His name,' calling fol
help for an infant asylum. 1t was
only ten cents: but it went from the
fund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-05
Local Weather Repor,
General Weather Conditions.

WEDNESDAY. Sept. 8, JPN.
PREsSURE.-The low area over Nebraska,
last night has moved rapidly northeast
ward. 1t was central over Minnesota and
Lake Superior, this morning. and tonight
1T is northeast from the latter. It's south
ern curve extends from st. Paul, MIMI, to
Grand Haven. Mich. A corresponding low
Joined by narrow trough. The western
western part of Lake Ontario southwark
over Cincinnati, o., Louisville, KY; Nash
Vile. Tenn; Montgomery. Ala, to the gulf.
The front edge of the high area west of the
Rocky mountains has extended east of the
mountains to Kansas and Nebraska.
TEMPERATURE.-Eight and above is re-
ported from stations along the Gulf coast
and southwestern Texas. The warmest
temperature, at p. NJ, was 92, at Abilene,
Tex, while at Fort Sill, short distance
from Abilene, the temperature had fallen
from 90 to 60. Temperatures below 90 are
reported west of the Mississippi and the
lakes westward, and from Missouri, Kan
sas and Colorado northward. The lowest
Gu Appellee. b. A. East of the Mississippi
20 and above is reported. "a
PRECIPITATION.-Light rains fell at Buffa-
10, N, T., Pittsburg Pa; Parkersburg,
Va; in Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, and west of Lake Michigan and the
Mississippi from Lake Superior and Mime
|. sofa southwark to the gulf. Heavy rains
are reported from Kansas City, Mo-, LBS;
Milwaukee, during last night, Ito, and
during to-day, 1; Chicago. O.94; Fl. Smith,
Ark, LOG, ana Pensacola, 0.S0.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-05
The Umpire Meets His Fate at Last.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. A terrible
tragedy was enacted on the baseball
grounds. in the little town of Darlington,
s. G. VIM. Marshall was killed, his slayer
being Leon Dargan, seventeen years old,
the son of George w. Dargan, Congressman
from the Sixth congressional district of
South Carolina. The game was being
played by the Darlington team against the
Wadesboro team, and was umpired by VIM.
Marshall, of WadesborO. At the end of the
eighth inning Wadesboro was in the lead
by score of eight to four: One of the Oar,
lington men, in attempting to steal third
base, ran over and was put out, and it was
SO decided by the Wadesboro umpire. A
dispute followed. and during the excite
ment young Dargan, Darlington,s short
stop, rushed up with a heavy bat in his
hand and, with mighty blow on the side of
the head, felled umpire Marshall to the
ground like log. Pistols, knives and bats
were drawn, and a general riot seemed i'm
minent. Young Marshall lay senseless on
the ground with blood freely Oozing from
his mouth, nostrils and ears. Only by the
greatest exertion was a bloody riot pre-
vented. Marshall was carried home and
every attention given him, but he died.
Dargan has been arrested.