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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28
Words of Wisdom

When one suffers he is not bored.
Loving is a congenial exercise of
the imagination.
1t is not wickedness that does the
most harm; it is stupidity.
1t is the singleness of motive, not
of action, that makes true simplicity
of life.
The most weeds are to be found in
the field of the man who talks the
loudest about the field of labor.
Do not talk about the lantern that
holds the lamp; but make haste, I'M
cover the light and let it shine.
The difference between those who
are bright and those who only think
they are is one Of degree. not of kind.
One ought never to speak of the
faults of ones friends; it mutilates
them. They can never be the same
afterward.
This world is simply the threshold
of our vast life; the first stepping
stones from nonentity into the bound
less expanse of possibility. 1t is the
infant school of the soul.
Vestryman-Doctor, we have de-
cided in the church that you are not
paid according to your merits, and
we have concluded to raise your sala-
~ from five hundred to thousand.
The Reverend Doctor = My dear
brother, | hope you will do nothing
of the kind, | have hard enough time
to collect the five hundred, and !
don't want the trouble looking after
collecting another five hundred.
amt very strong.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28

The engineer of the Wakefield, Mass, Rattan
Works, c. N. Young, says In all cases of bilious
ness accompanied with those terrible sick headaches
L have found no other medicine that seems to take
hold and do the good that your Sulphur Bitters
docs 1t Is the best familY medicine made.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28

Weak lungs strengthened by Johnson's Ano-
dyne Linment, as directed with each bottle
1t is best to use rock salt for ami
mails keeping a piece under shelter
where they can lick it any time they
choose. Salt given once week In
the field is mainly wasted. 1t is eat
Ell in such quantities that it acts as
a purgative by irritating the stomach
and this gets the animal out of sorts.
With free access to a lump of rock
salt, stock will lick it nearly every
day, taking this necessary condiment
as much as men have learned to do
in the quantities daily required 10y
them when eating various kinds of
food.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28

Weak lungs are strengthened by Johnson's Ano
dyne Liniment, as directed with each bottle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28
Gaining a Situation.

S. S. Prentiss, who became the
greatest orator in the South gener-
alton ago, was a poor, lame Maine
boy. But, nothing daunted, he set
out for Natchez, Miss, to obtain a
tutorship. Hearing of Shields,
who lived fifteen miles back in the
country, and who wished tutor for
her three sons, he concluded to 60 to
her. But he had not dollar in his
pocket. This is the way he did, as a
writer in a Philadelphia paper tells
the story.
There was a fellow by the name of
Foote, of fifty years, who kept liv-
erv stable in the city. Prentiss was
without dollar, but not deferred by
his condition, he went directly to
Foote, who was in his shirt sleeves,
occupying a stool at the door of his
stables.
ssYou have horses to let,I suppose =
asked Prentiss. Foote eyed the lame
H. Loeo.o IL 40 l,of4-.e
replying. when in Yankee style he
did so by asking another question:
''Do you want to hire horse?"
81 do; / am from Maine and in
search of a school. | understand a
Mrs. Shields, few miles from here
wishes a teacher, and it's there pro-
pose going. I have no money, am a
stranger here, and propose to run my
face for the hire of horse to carry
me there, as / am too lame to walk. :"
81 know Mrs. Shields, and she
will want recommendations, young
man. Got any?'
"Only my face" was the reply.
Foote looked into his face, then at
the shrunken limb, threw out his to-
bacco, and calling his hackman, said !:
''Bring the bald face mare," and
turning to Prentiss, said: eff your
face is not sufficient security, your
impudence is, and will carry you
through this world"
There was a resident in the neigh
| borhood of Mrs. Shields, DR.. Nc
Gruder, very learned man. To him
Mrs. Shields referred Mr.. Prentiss,
that he might examine him. The
note written by the doctor to the lady
read thus:
Engage this young prodigy at
once, for he is the brightest and best
educated young man [ have ever met,
and much better qualified to ex-
anime me than l him.
Mrs. Shields was a reserved and
polished lady. She read the note
carefully. When she had finished
she carefully removed her glasses and
remarked:
s'You are acquainted, / suppose,
Mr.. Prentiss, with the contents of
this note -
81 am not, madam" was the re-
ply.
CIVIL you read it, if you please =
1 did read it, Prentiss was wont to
say, and feel to-day it was the turn
ing point in my life.
I looked up in the face of the meek
but most elegant matron who sat be-
fore me. She was looking calmly
and steadily upon my features, and
was astonished when she asked, "Mr.
Prentiss, have you a mother"
My heart broke. Oh, how dear
mother and far away home rose uE
to nv view! | answered, and my
tears told the rest. She rose up,wip
ed her eyes and said quietly, ''Yor
shall have the situation, Mr.. Prentiss
When will it suit you to come and
commence your SCHOOL,"
There was not word said as tc
salary. My reply was, tomorrow
madam Here l was to be domicil
ed, how long did not know, ant
with lady who could, if any on'
could. sunnlv the place of a mother
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28
The Old Apple-Tree Blossoms.

| have always felt that one of the
sweetest and best influences IN a home
was that of grandmother. 1t was
so in our house; and now, when |
look at the straight back, cherry-fra-
med old rocking-chair in which
through all my youth "the grandmoth-
n"'' cot am strengthened and DOM
forted by the memories that crowd
my thought. l see her quiet digni-
ty of bearing amid all the tumults of
nursery uproar and childhood griev-
ances. [ see her gracious smile, and
wait to hear her calm pacifications
and adjustments of difficulties; and
recall the experiences of this loved
one, who had learned from her long
life to entertain hope amid all dis
comfitures, and whose cheerfulness
was but the continuous manifestation
upon all about her of the peace of
God which comforted and sustained
her heart. And [ am inspired by the
recollections that grandmother was
equal spiritually to every emergency.
She never lost courage she never
faltered in the daily duty she was
never loud-spoken nor was she any
thing but call things lovely" And
[ ask myself, How could this have
been?
All acknowledged the benign in
fuence of grandmother's authority !;
all obeyed her; all perferred to be
in her presence, if in JOY or in sorrow
for we all loved her, and all felt to
be with his disciple was again to be
with the Master; and it was good to
be there, for grandmother was like
him.
A few years since, | learned lesson
from nature that explained to me its
analogy, the reason why old age had
left in our home memories such a
sweet aroma.
Friends were gathering apple-blos-
SONS, and all the trees in the orchard
were being robbed of part Of their
beauty, to crafty our love of the
fragrant flowers. One of the bunch
es of blossoms seemed far more fra
grant than did the others; and yet
the buds had been gathered from the
same orchard, and the fruit-tree was
not different from that of the others
in it's vicinity. "Why are these APP
pie blossoms so much sweeter than
all the rest" was asked Of the friend
who presented the bouquet.
$ Oh, don't you know?" she said.
ssThese are the flowers from the old
| tree: there will be but few, if any,
apples upon its branches this year or
ever again; and the sweetness and
ripeness and glory of the fruitage
that it has in former years yielded,
now are displayed in the beauty and
loneliness of it's flowers"
What tribute to mature years
The days of our fruit-bearing in ac'
tive service may have waned; but
our genial, blessed, concentrated in
fuence may continue to adorn ano
gladden. the earth.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28

With a concrete floor in base
ment here horses or cows are sta
bled all the liquid manure may be
easily saved. The floor under the
animals may be made of pine or hem
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-04-28

| got an elegant idea from my wife
this morning.
Did it come by mail?
No, she expressed it.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18

The Parnell scandal is looked upon as
sure death to Parnell's political power by
those who would like to see him over
thrown. But it is not probable that he
will Give mn vet
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
Dollar per Year. (tn Advance.
Single Copies cents.
COMPULsORY VOTING.

OVNA1 " ASV1k
Ballot reform has made great progress
in this country. In many States there
has been great improvement in the man
ner of voting. But there has been no
serious attempt to make men vote. In
the Province of Quebec, however, an i'm
portant step toward compulsory voting
has been taken, the draft of an act having
been made for introduction in the legisla.
tive council. It appears from its pro
visions tn at qualified voters are to be pu,
upon the voting lists without any applica
ton on their part, as there is nothing said
about compulsory registration, but
those who are on the lists are
required by the bill to vote. A
list of those failing to do sc
would be published, with the opportunity
for revision during the period of sixty
days, after which the names must b
stricken from the voting list. This, which
involves a loss of the franchise, is the di
rect penalty, but as thename of any person
can be restored on payment of $50 the pen
atty may be practically committed to a fin
of that amount. It is assumed by tn
Trainer of this measure that it will put
stop to bribery at elections and reduc
election expenses, and that is its avowe'
purpose. How it would do this is not q
all plain. If it should become law an,
be strictly enforced it might reduce tn
number of voters.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
The Right of Way.

lfTOul tne OniCaSo Afiounc.J
''Say, you let go of that" shouted the
driver.
"Don't you try to run over mel" retorted
the pedestrian.
The conversation took place at a Muddy
crossing on Western avenue between the
red whiskered driver of delivery wagon
and raw-boned man with basket on his
arm. The latter, to avoid being run over,
had seized the horse by the bride and
stopped the animal with a suddenness that
nearly threw the driver off his seat.
s.Keep out of the way if you don't want
to get run overl" yelled the red-whiskered
jehu.
"My friend,n answered the man on the
crossing, still holding the horse by the bits,
to the people of Chicago!"
'sYou let go that horsel"
''Now be reasonable, my dear sir This
crossing is merely continuation of the
sidewalk. 1t belongs to the pedestrians.
l have the right of way, and"
sIf you don't let go of that I'll"
Hold ON a moment Don't get excited
my friend The law is perfectly clear on
this point The courts have decided time
and again that a person who is on street
"Yo1 let go of that horse or IN breal
your head"
s.Be calm, my friend. Preserve YOU
equilibrium. 1t is the case of Warner vs
Nebergall, 44th H., page"
''Take that" roared the infuriated
driver, striking at him with his whip.
"Once more 1 ask you not to get ex
4 cited, !" answered the man on the crossing
i lodging the whip. ssYou viii find b,
referring to the we'll known case O
Skean VS.. Dockrush, 47th ILL.,, pag
24-"
Whackl
The red-whiskered driver landed hi
whip this time squarely on the shoulder
of the argumentative citizen.
.Now win you let go of that horse" h
fiercely demanded.
Certainly" was the answer. sIf yol
have no respect for precedents and won
listen to the law in the case shall have +
try some other kind of argument"
The next instant the fery-hued drive
found himself jerked out of the wagon an
rolling over and over in the street. Hewa
dragged through q mud puddle on hi
back, turned over and pulled through
again on his face, and when he was pei
mitted to get up his most intimate credito
would not have known him. His feature
had disappeared and his once magnificent
ly lurid hair and beard had turned to
sober but sticky slate color.
sYou may climb in and drive on again
my FRIEND" observed the raw-boned cit
zen, picking up his basket and trudgin
along. "You don't look quite so handsom
as you did, but you know a good deal MOI
about the law than you ever knew before.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
AN rNTRRNATIoNAL AFFAIR

AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR.
/ The contest among the Democrats for
the nomination for mayor of New Haven
is one of the most interesting and pictur-
esque that has. ever been known here.
Months ago Mr.. Driscoll began in his quiet
way to get enough Democrats together to
make his calling and election sure. Every
body supposed that he had succeeded, and
all was quiet and serene. Then Mr.. Sar-
gent appeared, fresh from trip around
the world and as full of energy and ideas
as ever. He was pitched upon as the man
to seknock Driscon out" and he was re-
quested to become a candidate with such
gentlemen who made the request forgot
themselves and ate meat on Friday. He
modestly accepted. Then his opponents
began to say that his own workmen
met by parade the other night
in which enough of his work
men to people a good sized town took
part Music and red fire lent their charms
W tuo auulT, auu ~ DcSduio iihpoiatlNe
that Mr.. Driscoll do something to show
that he was not overwhelmed. Accord.
ingly he has announced that he will
'stump" the city and have a parade too
Much interest is felt in this performance
and his procession will be critically exam
ined by the politicians on the sidewalk.
While these spectacular displays are 60
ing on two or three silent Democrats are
hard at work trying to slip in under cover
of the noise and smoke of the more con-
spicuous contest. 1t will be lively weel
and memorable one, but there will be nc
bloodshed unless some adherent of one oi
the candidates happens to become enraged
enough to hit the adherent of some othel
candidate on the nose. It will be thor
oughly international affair. Irish, En-
glish, Italians, Russian Jews and few
Yankees will participate in it.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
DIFFERENT.

s'Has. your wife gone shoppingr Tim
afraid not. Pm afraid she's gone buying"
-Harper's Bazaar.
Isn't it strange that the better a man
gets on in this world the better he is Off
Yonkers Statesman.
SIS this old latch key a relic of your
grandfather's daysi' ssNo, of his nights"
Indianapolis Journal.
The s's" on the end of politics doesn't
prevent it being very singular institu-
tion.-Washingto Post
Tommy-Paw, what is pig leadi Mr..
Figg-There is no pig led. He has to be
tolled. Journal
When man goes upstairs late at night
and skips every other stair in an endeayor
TO keep quiet he always seems to skip the
steps that don't creak.-Elmira Gazette.
Willie n1.y tx5o xoh has sea eaten his aPpsnaRs
and I'll be Adam Mabel-An right.
| Welll Wilie-Now you tempt me to eat
your apple, and I'll succumb.-The Bos-
| tonian.
When the average man says frankly,
81 can't afford it," you viii usually find
on investigation that it is something his
| wife wants, and not something that he
/ wants himself. f.-SomerviIle Journal
s'Papa," said little Johnny Pokerdeck,
| "my book says that some kinds of ivory
| are more expensive than others Which
kinds are they" "Um, er, oh yes. The
blue kind, Johnny, cost ten, the reds five
and the whites one. Boston Traveller.
"Ah, Rosalie," sighed her friend, 'tyou
don't know what you miss by not caring
to Dance, ''Don't IF' replied the girl
ssthat's all right, I've had five PROPOSAL
II al 4
in the conservatory. Weekly
| Clerk-'Mr. Brown, / can't make on
the signature of this letter. II you woull
be so good as to see If you can" Mr.
l B. (angrily)-'I wish you wouldn't both el
me with your business. Just write to tn
man and say that you can't read his name.
l-Fiegende Blatter.
Mrs. Brown-Don't you think Johnni
could make enough noise with the drum
without throwing in a tin whistler Brow
I-Pshaw! You women never think. III
| won't have them an hoar before he'll pu
| the whistle through the head of the drum
| and then he'll break the whistle for spite
Epoch.
Il Where the Difference Lay.-One da,
last summer gentleman at Plainield, n
J., had notice served on him by his cook
"Why do you leaver he asked. '1t's to-
hot here for Christian in summer.
'Its no hotter for you than It is for me,
, observed the employer; yet Ihave
stay" 'sThat's the difference between yo
and me" returned the cook. 81 haven't.
Life.
| Made Him Sick.--St. Paul man ION raj
: way trainNIt makes me sick to see th
| cheap wit that's gotten off about st. Par
and Minneapolis, just as il there was
. deadly rivalry between them. Stranger
Well, isn't there anyl st. Paul man
Bless your heart, no; not a particle
Each place is contributory to the othel
: and we all recognize it. No feeling ON II
= subject at all, sir-never was. Couldn
be, of conrse, among sensible people, yo
: know. You are on your way to st. Paul,
l presumed Stranger-No; 1 am going
: Minneapolis, to settle there. st. Pa
|. man-To Minneapolisi What do you wal
a to bury yourself in that miserable ftt
hole fors-New York Weekly.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
COSTLY CUES.
Expert Bnnardfsts Pay Handsomely
for Their Sticks.

for Their Sticks.
[From the Clncinnatt rimes-Star.l
eyes, there is more in a cue than most
people suppose, said Henry Bowman, the
billiard player to a reporter, as he chalked
his cue after having made brilliant play.
Snow look at this tip" he continued.
s'You see, rubbed down to sort of point.
And then it is not half as large as the
old style of tip. Its seems strange how
players were against small tips years ago.
1 remember myself used to want the big
gest attainable Twas under the ,impres-
sion that the bigger the tip the fuller the
blow that could be given the ball. Now !
know better. Look here. You see that,
owing to. the pyramidal shape of this tip, q
blow can be given to the side of a ball and
strike more surface than could be
touched by the old style, which is perfectly
| fiat. When direct blow is given, only q
point can be touched with either"
"What are the tips made off'queried the
| reporter.
1sThe best are made in France. They
consist of two bits of leather. The foun-
| dation is solid and of dark color, and
adaptable to be glued to the wood. The
| other is white, and of a softer texture, that
| will take chalk and that can be shaped a!
desired. No, they are not sent from tn,
shops ready for use, unless ordered %
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
HAVEN. conn. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 49, 1890

prises on the London market amounted to
e18s, 100, ,3as; for the whole of 1887 they
were ELS, ,4S6, ,287, and for 1888 EGO, 49,
600, making the total engagements of
fresh capital for less than three years
East, ,775, 500, or nearly s2,4O0,0Oo, 900,
against total for the entire years 1885,
1885, and 1887 of e277, ,112, 900, or little
more than 81 ,350, ,OO0, 900.
Another of the idols of the past has been
shattered. J. Guthrie Watson an English
man, denies the beauty of Circassian
women. They have long been traditional
" the most beautiful women of the world,
but their beauty, he declares, from long
acquaintance with their land, to be only
for the native eye. What are called Cir
cassian beauties are to be found not far
from Batoum, in the small towns and vii
lagos and in the north of the Caucasus, but
they are not beauties at all, and nine men
out of ten would travel through those dis
tricts without noticing them. They are
mostly poor peasant girls. They have
lovely eyes, but without expression. Up
to the age of fourteen they have nice
features, but after that age they become
very coarse looking.
In an article in Blackwood, DR.. Boyd,
the moderator of the Scotch Presbyterian
church, gives some interesting facts which
show how popular hturgical worship is
becoming in the Scotch Presbyterian
church He gives few speci-
mems of extemporaneous prayers, which
largely explain this action in favor OF
liturgy. For instance, one good minister
recently prayed, "We know there ar
blessings going tonight, and we put in to-
our share" Another remarked, Ell
PEASANT, s1t must be- acknowledged tina
hitherto Thy people have been in sat
minority; but we look forward to the da.
when they shall be in an Overwhelming
majority" And another thus remind
the Divine Being of well known Scrip
tural statement: "For, as Thou knowest
men do not gather grapes of thorns, no
| figs of the national emblem"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
She Runs a Road Engine I'm Califor.

- From the oroviIle Mercury.l
Miss Nellie Tetreau, who resides in
Lumpkin, has proved herself an expert at
handling the lever of one of the immense
road engines used in hauling logs into the
sawmills. Miss Tetreau is not more than
fourteen years Of age, and her courage in
the line mentioned is something remark
able. One day last week she steered the
mammoth engine and wagon through the
woods and mp and down the hills with a
dexterous hand She surprised the men
at the mill with her aptness, and conduct
ed the engine as well as any man could.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18

No wonder there is financial trouble in
England. Up to November of the our
rent year the new subscriptions TO enter
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18

unique volume. In the closing chapter ars
aphorisms which express modern thought
as to atoms and force, mind and matter
No. x is as follows: "Atoms are indie
structible. Force, which moves atoms
and rules the universe, is indestructible
The human soul is indestructible No
XVIII says: "The universe is a unity
No. XIII. declares s'Nature is perpetu
al becoming. Progress is the law. Pro
gression is eternal"
'In the Riding School; Chats with Es
meralda, by Theodore Stephenson Bronze
We two will ride,
Lady mine.
At your pleasure, side by side,
Laugh and chat,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Vermont Supreme court has decided
that the State law by which taxes are i'm
posed on the gross earnings ofrailroads de-
rived from interstate traffic is unconstitu-
tional