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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM w. CIRCUIT,
OF BARTON.

A veteran woodsman says that the
Adirondack lakes and streams are
full of trout and the wood full of
deer. ''Talk about fishing," says
this enthusiast, "what would you
think of coming to halt for dinner
on the banks of a stream, and in tif-
teen minutes from the time your fire
was started having enough fresh
caught brook trout to feed party of
six hungry tramps." 1t makes one
hungry to think of it. Trout fishing
in all the large streams is now said
to be at it's best.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

Try Gold Medal Sars paria combined with red
cloFeF,) the popular blood remedy
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
STANSTEAD PLAIN,
August 9th, 2sth, 1890.
Over $1,000 In Prizes & Purses,

The high character this exhibition attained last
wear will be fully maintained this year. Arrange.
mcnts have been made for entirely new and special
exhibitions for each day Of the show. THIS Co.
gether with the racing on the associations splendid
haf.mle track will make tan enjoyable occasion
for everybody. Visitors may Dc assured ot hudlng
on the grounds everything necessary 90 their com-
fort and enjoyment. First-cuss music will De pro-
vided during the two days. The exhibition viii De
complete in all departments on the morning Of The
first day.
Entries for stock close Monday, August 25th.
Entries in races close Tuesday, August 10th. Low
rates for passengers and exhibits being afang-
ged for on all railroads. For further particulars
see bills and catalogues issued by the Association.
B. n. KNIGHT Pres, q. T. MOUI.TON see.
II. w. MORRILL,, vice President.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

DARTON NATIONAL NAhA. Hl"IHI...
Dliours from q, u n,i tU ~, m. ITHm "a IH a. F.
n. Amoni nAyHoHi ffta'l 40. Is. NIHItF
fHnhfpr I.I
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

Open to the world, win be held at
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
A KENTUCKY PRINCESS.

derburst was just the time Tor steaIln3
corn to roast at the quarters in the even
ing. So Peachy erept on all tours down
narrow avenues to avoid agitating the
corntops, such tell tales are the tassel
fingers. His sack already bulged behind
one elbow, but unexpectedly he came
against man stretched out in the dirt,
face downward-Miss Ma'ky's Mist Ross
Carr.
Peachy backed away from the specta-
Gle. He could hear grinding of teeth
and see veins ON the mans neck swell.
Not until many cornstalks screened
him had Peachy the courage to burst
rccklessly down slim alley, spillin5 his
stolen ears, while the corn leaves slashed
his face with their edged sabers. The
childish African mind, without pausing
to sort out causes, instinctively fed from
the sight Of anguish so dumb and dread
full.
While the county was shocked by
America Peyton's adoption of Ross
Carr's child, her beauty as bride soft
ened all critics. She went to live with
her husband on her plantation, and there
the baby grew into robust and happy
boyhood. Reticence on the subject of
Becky Inchbald was diffused through her
small world. At that date asmal world
held all the acts of many lives. Even
Miss Sally Vandewater, swelling her
visiting list with another house, grew
into complete harmony with the judges
wife on the subject of Becky Inchbald.
Becky Inchbald went on long visit to
Tennessee. News came that she had
married there, and in the course of
years that she had died.
So far as human knowledge goes, Ross
Carr's wife took no shrewish revenge,
though woman of her nature must
nave suffered from the blot. She always
spoke of his son as "our eldest boy" and
ne grew up among brothers and sisters
without noting that he was part alien
until neighbors dropped the fact in his
ear. Personally he was much like his
father, whose wrong matured its bitter
est fruit when that child threw himself
on the ground to sob in secret agony be-
cause the beautiful and tender woman
he loved with such devotion was really
not his mother.-Mary Hartwell Gather
wood in Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

answered. Have no call for them. Ladies
generally order them where they get their
riding habits.
{" Riding habitsr said, in establishment.
oh, don't mean long boots. l mean just
boots, ike those l see there, plenty of them.
"'Them's Shoes he answered, mot boots.
"'Oh, you call them shoes, do youl And
what then do YOU call theseP and / put my
hand on a pair of what had always called
Shoes
"'Them's low cut shoes he said, Oxford
ties
Then comprehended that what called
long boots Americans call boots, what called
boots they called shoes, and what called
shoes they called low necked-no, low cut
shoes, or Oxford ties.
CRINKLED NOTIONS
81 must have some hairpins, now / said
with resignation; perhaps you don't call
them by that name, but l could draw you a
diagram of the article if you think you could
recognize it
HE did not take my suggestion in the
spirit in which 1t was made, but snappishly
informed me that Notions is over there
'Notions,' l said to myself, quite pleased
at my rapid accumulation of American store
language, 'hairpins are to be notions hereafter
with you Approaching the girls at this
counter, which was heaped up with miscel-
laneous assortment of small wares, said
Give me a paper of notions, please, assorted
sizes, of the wavy or crinkled variety
A look of surprise appeared in the girls
eyes and then a smoker ran along their tired
faces, and ! knew had betrayed my ignor-
ance again. To my establishment and delight
discovered that hairpins were hairpins still.
They seemed like old friends in strange
land, and l bought enough to last me year
Notions l discovered embraced everything
ON that counter, though why no one could
explain.
Finally, when / came to give my addres:
in order to have the goods sent home, spelled
out my name to the clerk Hazard. When
I came to the third letter, which had al
ways been taught to pronounce 'zed,' he
stopped and asked to have it repeated.
"'Zed, reiterated.
"'Zedr he queried, in puzzled way.
Certainly Isaid, Titled nettled. Don't
you know your letters3 Zed, the last letter
of them all
"'Oh, zee,' he laughed That's what you
mean, is itr
Have it zee if you like answered
weakly, with groan; i will go home, buy
me an American A B book and begin my
education again at the beginning. '"-New
York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

Boots and Low Necked Shoes-Cotton in
Killed. Notions''-Need of Barber shop
RuIes-An Argument for Annexation.
Il will never forget" said Canadian wo-
man who lives in this city, my first efforts
ut shopping in this city. l went alone, be-
cause my husband was busy at his Office, and
| had as yet made no acquaintance. You
know in that raw country, which really is so
vast and yet seems so small, we have many
different names for things from those the
people caged Americans have, though why
everybody on the western hemisphere is not
called an American is hard to understand.
well, soon found myself in a big store,
not any bigger, however, than one or two of
those in Montreal or Toronto that l was &C
custOmed to. l wanted material to make
sheets of, not linen but cotton sheets. Cana
dians call the material cotton. | asked floor
walker where to get it, and he directed me to
a certain counter. Two or three people were
being waited on at the counter, and Iawaited
my turn, expecting that when the clerk had
served those who came before me he would
ask me what l wanted. / found, however
that several people who came after ma called
out to him what they wanted while he was
vet waiting on others, and when he was able
he handed down the articles required, so that
the rudest and most pushing shoppers were
first served.
q Canada it is the custom, just as it is
here in barber shops and the like, for the
clerk to keep his eye on the order in which
his customers arrive and serve first the first
corners. Thus a modest woman is relieved of
much embarrassment and rude women gain
nothing by their rudeness.
COTTON OR MUSLIN.
"When l succeeded in getting the clerks
attention asked to sec some cotton.
"'What number' he asked.
"'No number that know of, replied.
4 want white cotton, reasonably fine'
Forty is medium fine he said, pulling
out a drawer of spools and selecting one
for me.
81 don't want thread | said, i want
cotton, cotton! Don't you know what cot
ton is' Steam loomp ! queried in despair,
remembering another word we had for it.
"'This is cotton he said rudely. Il guess
you want muslin with patronizing grim.
Now muslin with us is the fine material
called dress muslin or lawn here, and l GER
tainly did not want that, and it took the
combined efforts of the floor walker, two or
three clerks (clarks, l pronounced it,, and
sundry cash girls to convince me that muslin
was the American store name shop 1 used to
call it in my provincialismI for cotton and
cotton for thread.
when these patronizing people had suffi-
GENTLY Inundated me, and had stared at me
and discussed me with winks, grins, mods and
giggles to their hearts content, and had evil
deLtly set me down as some very recent ar
rival from lunatic asylum, asked to see a
pair of boots.
For a boyr asked the clerk.
For myself said l.
we don't keep ladies' boots. ma'am.' he
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
An Overcoat a Day.

Ore Of the large clothing establishments In
Broadway was selling off large stock OF
wiEter overcoats at 81 apiece, and was hav.
ing run on them, for they were easily worth
$40. The day the sale opened a bright and
well looking young man entered the store
and purchased one of the cheap garments.
On the following day he came back and
bought another He kept this up every day
for a week, and then, his strange act becom
ing noticeable to the clerks, it was decided
that no more overcoats should be sold to him.
One morning the young man came into the
store for his ninth overcoat and was politely
informed that he could have no more for the
low prices at which he had been buying
them.
"By the way" said the clerk, "what in the
world did you want so many overcoats fori
Were you selling them in another store at a
better figurep
mo, indeed" said the young man, smiling.
''I'm not in trade. l don't mind telling you
however, what did with your coats. When
saw the advertisement in the newspapers
was inspired at once with novel plan for
making little money, the needNof which had
been bothering me for some hme raised
81 and bought one Of your coats. Then
went to the nearest pawn shop, walked care
lessly in, threw off the coat was wearing,
remarking lightly to the pawnbroker as did
so: Just let me have $40 on that till to-
morrow 1 look like gentleman, you see,
and the pawnbroker no doubt thought the
coat worth $40 or more, SO the $40 we're in
stantly Forthcoming. | performed this same
act for a week, patronizing different pawn
shop each day. In thatway have been able
to make So day. Now that you've stopped
will have to find another lay. But there
are plenty of them in New York. Any bright
man can live here without working, and not
be so very dishonest in doing it, either. New
York Letter.
Ants as Miners.
1t is said by experts in the west that prob
ably the most laborious as well as the most
regular mining for gem is done by the ants
in Arizona and Colorado. Either because
the ants want the pebbles as an outer cover
ing for their hills, or because they object to
them inside, they frequently make about
their dwellings gliItering spread of stones
of all sorts, among them amethysts, topazes
and other valuable jewels. People in the
neighborhoods where such ant works are car
ried on take the hint very often and, collect
ing the stones, send them to the east, especi-
ally to New York city, where they are often
sold at good prices.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
KNEELlNG ~ THE THRESHOLD.

KNEEliNG "a THE THRESHOLD.
I'm kneeling at the threshold, weary, faint and
SORE
Waiting for the dawning, for the opening Of the
door
Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and come
To the glory of his presence, to the gladness Of
his home.
A weary path I've travelled mid darkness, storm
and strife
Bearing many burden, struggling for my life;
But now the morn is breaking; my toll will soon
be DER;
I'm kneeling at the threshold; my hand is on the
door.
Methinks hear the voices of the blessed as they
Singing in the sunshine Of the far of sness land
o would that were with them, amid the shining
throng, r#
Mingling in their worship, joining in their song.
The friends that started with me have entered
long ago;
One by one they left me struggling with the foe;
Their pilgrimage wsS shorter, their triumph
sooner won;
How lovingly they'll hail me when all my toll is
done
With them the blessed angels, that know no grief
or sin;
see them by the portals prepared to let me in.
o Lord, l want thy pleasure; thy time and way
are best;
But I'm wasted, worn and weary; o Father bid
me rest!
w L. Alexander in Christian at Work.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
THE WHIMS OF DIALECT.
A CANADIAN WOMAN OUT SHOPPING
IN AN AMERICAN CITY.

Boots and Low Necked Shoes-Cotton in
Bolts and on Spools-A Paper of Grin
Killed. Notions''-Need of Barber Shop
Rules-An Argument for Annexation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

Austria pensions ballet girls of the Vienna
opera. Before they can secure a pension,
however, they must be pronounced by exam
liners as neither young enough, beautiful
enough nor graceful enough to take even the
most insignificant part 1t is further stated
that as a consequence the pension list re-
mains uncrowded.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

The information which celebrated writer
on fashion conveys, that hot curling irons
more frequently bring on grayness of hair
than any other cause, is information worth
spreading. A great many women are abso-
iutely reckless in their haste to curl their
hair, and they might undergo the more la
borious process of putting it up in papers over
night if they were assured that the hot tongs
really turn the hair white before its time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

Grape fruit is served as a preliminary
course at Philadelphia dinners The large
yellow globes are cooled ON ice, cut in two,
sprinkied with sugar and served on a dessert
plate, a half to each cover. The juice is
scooped out with teaspoon. 1t is excellent
as an appetizer. The grape fruit is really one
of the most excellent of all the citrus fruits.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
I. d. G. N. RAILROAD.

I. d G. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES.
For. ST. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or M, K. & t.: "a. m.
For St. Louis, via Iron Noun
tain route. ............:... 5:oO p H.
For Laredo. .............. ..iu d. ILL.,
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and M, X. e. T............. 1O;55 a. m.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, K. & I. routes. 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. .................. $3.50 p. M.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
i and Galveston. -. 900 p. m. and 1925 a. m.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
Q ton and Galveston 6:40a.m and 4:lO pm.
THROUGH WEST.
Leave for San Francisco, Flo
Paso and Eagle Pass. 4:40lp. m.
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
Paso and Eagle Pass. 9:25 a. m
THE s. A. & A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for Kerrvllle, daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at. ......:.... 5:OO p. m.
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
and Cuero, daily, except Sun
day, att. .......... .....sS:45 a. m.
Leaves for CorpusChristi, Rock
port and Beeville daily, ex-
cept Sunday, at.............. las p. m.
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily, except
Sunday, at ................... $50 a. m.
From Corpus Christi, Rockport
and Beeville, daily, except
Sunday, t.................... LAS p. m.
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily, except Sunday,
acknowledgements. 6:45 p. m.
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamers sail and arrive at Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

Their are stated to be 81 women black.
smiths in England, who swing heavy ham
merS, and nearly l0.0O0 "niployed in nail fac
torres
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

WANTED, WOOL-HAVING AN UN-
limited order for WOOL, we will pay the
highest market price, delivered at any
depot or wharf, thereby saving the ship
pers freight, drayage, and commissions.
Remittances always on day wool is re-
ceiYed. Sacks furnished free of rent.
c. MILES +. MASON'S SON,
No S. 18th Street, Richmond, Va.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03
The Plain Truth.

father written after visit to a pawn
brokers':
DEAR FATHER: am glad to be able
10 say that at present fairly live on ed
Ucation. My books, so to speak, are
meat and drink to me. "-Fliegende Blaet-
'er.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-03

To BE CONTINUED
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
A Little Gem.

In crlticising the Republican
administration the other day in
the House Of Representatives
John Allen, of Mississippi, the
acknowledged humorist of the
American Congress, tersely and
beautifully described it as fol-
lows:
"Wanny runs tho Sunday school,
Levi runs the bar,
Baby runs the White House
And--damn there we are. =
The Memphis Commercial makes
the following appendix to Con-
gresham Aliens fancy flight,
which fits admirably:
They come too strong for lingo Jim,
Too rough by far for Quay,
And oven dudley weskens too,
And damned If be will stay.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02

We are glad to see IN the Mon.
roe La. Telegraph-Bu Bulletin that
some thought in that locality is
being bestowed upon the memory
OF Solomon W. Downs, with a pur-
pose of some suitable disposition
of his honored remains, which
rest in a neglected condition in a
"lonely grave on a plantation
near that place. Soon after We
went to Louisiana from this State.
In lS4S, and settled at Minden.
we became TO know Gen. Downs.
whe was tten or soon after in the
Senate of the United States, and
can testify to his chivalric and
patriotic character. He was in.
deed a patriot aud a statesman.
And we mention as an incidental
and somewhat remarkable item in
his personal history, that he long
survived and finally thoroughly
recovered from the peril of being
shot squarely through and through
the body in a duel. He was able,
brave, and true to country and to
friends; aud we commend the peo-
pie of Monroe for thar present
thought and contemplated action
in behaIfof his sacred remains
and unsullled memory.-Little
Rock Republican.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
Silver and Wheat.

! Not only will the passage of the
silver bill, Of which there seems
little doubt, have an Initiating eff.
feet on the security market, but
the resulting depression in the
exports, Henry Clews thinks, will
have tendency to transfer the
control of the silver market from
London to New York.
This will certainly be favorable
to American interests, for the rim,
of England is invariably to de-
press silver in order to cheaper
The cost OF making the rupee,
which, whether composed of silver
bought at 4Od or God, buys in
India the same amount of wheat
and other products. Consequent
Iy the dearerthe rupee, the less
grain India is likely to export and
the better the foreign demand for
American wheat, which has suffer-
ed so much from the competition
of India.
In this connection it is interest.
ing to note how widely silver is
used in coinage. China, with q
population ofover 400, 900, 900, and
India, with population of nearly
3OO,0O0,OOO, use silver as their
principal basis of coinage. Of
the Great Powers, only Great
Britain and Germany cling to the
single standard, while all the re.
malnder, including the United
States, use bothes silver and gold
City Item.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
Rich, Red Blood.

With rich, red blood coursing through
the veins and the hearts action never
obstrncted by single particle of blood
poison or impurity, mankind ought to
live out their full allotted time in ease,
in comfort and In perfect health. Old
mother earth has furnished herbs Of
healing and strengthening viltue that
wonderfully assist nature in keeping
the blood pure and clean. Science re-
vealed these herbs to that eminent
physician DR.. John Bull, of Louisville,
Ky, and they are happily blended in
his meritorious compound called DR..
John Bulls Sarsaparilla- Syphilis and
scrofula yield readily to its magic in
fuence, and other symptoms of impure
blood, such as pimples, sores, aches,
pains, indigestion, weak kidneys, ETC.,
vanish like snow before the noon day
sun. 1t is the only compound that is
absolutely safe to use in cases of bad
blood. II never leaves any unpleasant
after-fects, aud 1t stimulates the whole
system beginning with tho very first
dose taken.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
She Scared too High.

A young fellow was inquiring
of Officer Button at the Third
street depot about the train for
the North, when the officer queried
in return:
"Didn't you come ia this morn.
ing?"
"Yes."
"With young woman2"
EYES,"
81 thought so. l took you for a
bridal couple"
Eyes, so we WERE"
"And you are going back homer"
''That's what's the matter. We
were married day before yesterday
and came here on a tour. She
was all right when we got here.
but in about an hour we had Z
fuss. She wanted a diamond
ring, and l couldn't buy 1t. Dia.
monds! Just think OF It! I've got
$25 in cash and twenty acres of
land, and expect to have to live
on beans for the next SIX months
to pull through"
"And where Is she now?"
"Over at the hotel. l left her
money to pay her bill and get
home, and she can stay or come.
Better have this thing decided at
the start, you know. Some folks
are built to wear diamonds, and
some to eat Johnny-cake. I'm =
Johnny.cakist. There's my train.
II she comes in to take the next
just see her aboard, but don't en-
courage her any. It's row to gee
who shall boss, and the best man
is going . win" Detroit Free
Press.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02

"Sir!" he said to the proprietor
Of a dry goods store, II have
called to notify you not to trust
my wife on my account, as She
''Don't worry, Sir; it has boon ten
years since you had any credit at
this store!"- Detroit Free Press.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02
MONROE, La, Feb. LIST, 1890.

MONROE, La, Feb. ISt, 1871.
Dear Sirs: Please allow me to ex.
press my gratitude for the relief you
gave me yesterday. Ihad been suffer
ing severely for several hours with
headache and in fifteen minutes after
taking the first dose of Preston's HE'D
AXE" / was clear of it and have ever
since felt first rate. l unhesitatingly
recommend to all sufferers of headache
this valuable remedy.
L. G. J0pston.
Prosten's "Hed Axe" cures any kind
of headache, but nothing else. All
druggist sell it.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02

The quality OF the blood depends
much upon good or bad digestion
and assimilation. To make the
blood rich in life and strength
giving constituents use Dr.. j. H.
McLean's Sarsaparilia. 1t will
nourish tle properties ofthe blood,
from which the elements Of vitality
are drawn. Sold by Gill.
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02

An Expose: Rev. Mr.. Wink
wunk-"My hearers, l shall have
to ask your indulgence for a few
moments, I forgot my manu-
script and have sent my little boy
for it." His son looming IN:
"Marm couldn't find the writin,'
but here's the book you copied 1t
FROM
Homer guardian. (Homer, La.) 1888-1890, 1890-05-02

DR.. Bulls Worm Destroyer is won.
derfully efficacious. l prescribed it in
several instances and it never failed in
q single case to have the desire effect.
l know Of no ether worm remedy 30
certain and speedy in it's effect.-j, P.
Clement, NJ. D., Villanow, Ga,