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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
A Hermit in a New York Hotel.

The census has brought out the fact
that a man can live in New York
hotel for ten years and never speak to
any one or enter into any communica-
ton with any one except as to the
commonplace affairs of eating and
drinking. This champion hermit lives
at the Grand Union hotel, and is
known as Bailey. That is all that is
known about him. There was a state
ment printed that the census man had
skipped that hotel, and in writing to
the supervisor to say that the story
was untrue, and that the enumeration,
with the assistance of the clerks, had
made every effort to secure the proper
information as to all permanent resi-
dents in the house, the proprietor, Mr..
Garrison, added that there was one
man called Bailey who, to the best of
his knowledge, had not spoken word
to living soul since he first came to
live at the hotel, ten years ago, and
from whom it had been impossible to
obtain any answers to the questions.
There has been a story told of another
similar hermit who used to live at a
large down town hotel, but that one
did talk occasionally.-New York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
Advantages of a Trip to Europe.


1 have found that if 1 stay in Amer
toga, Newport, Long Branch or Bar
Harbor, and 1 have tried them all, 1
am in constant receipt of my mail and
kilograms and am consequently kept
with my nose to the grindstone all the
time. If 1 didn't get my mail while at
any of these resorts | would worry and
fret just because it was possible to have
my correspondence delivered promptly.
1t has been my experience that these
daily waves of letters and kilograms
compel me to do twice as much work
as | am called upon to do in my Office
here, because l am deprived of the as
sistance of stenographers, typewriters
and secretaries, those necessary con-
veniences to a busy man of business.
So you see that instead of my getting
rid of work for time my labor is act
ualIy doubled and 1 get no material
benefit from my outing
But by jumping on an ocean steamer
I am comparatively out of reach, and
the leisure L thus obtain gives me the
rest need. Yes, know people think
am very busy while am abroad, and
it is true [ run about a great deal and
see a great many people, but it is a
break from the monotony of my daily
life, and L enjoy the change immensely.
1t is being shut out from Office cares
that gives a man like me the mental
rest required, and, no matter how much
galIop about, always come back re-
freshed and invigorated. Different
scenes and different people are among
the principal charms and benefits of
foreign travel. They rub off the rust
and sharpen the intellect and restore
the equilibrium of mans mental
capacities -Chauncey M. Depew Inter
xrinrr
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21

cept in full armor. Tt became the GUS
tom, however, for knight, upon en-
tering an assembly of friends, to remove
his helmet, signifying, II am safe in
the presence of my friends"
Prairie SchOoners.
A common sight in Texas is the prai-
RE schooner bound west. The prairie
schooner of today is a little more yacht
like in its build than the typical wagon
in which the earlier emigrants navigat-
ed the west. The modern manufact-
urer who turns them out by the thou
sand makes the lines little finer, and
while they may not sail any closer to
the wind or any faster than the old
time schooners did they look trimmer
and more in keeping with the times. Ina
growing state like Texas dealers In farm
implements keep wagons on hand just
as they do plows, and it is not unusual
to see packed alongside a store in a
small town where there is plenty of
room outdoors forty or fifty wagons,
comprising half dozen different styles,
each as well known to wagon buyers
by the brand of its maker as sewing
machines are known by their names.
Prairie schooners under sail in Texas
are seen sometimes singly and some
times in small fleets, showing that four
or five families in a neighborhood had
come to the same conclusion at the
same time and had decided to move in
company. IN such a climate there is
no great discomfort in this kind of NOV
ing in dry weather. Of course stores
and cooking utensils are taken along,
and the camp at night is made if pos
sible on running water, and running
water is at all times a refreshing Incl
dent of the travel to the horses.
You may see feet of perhaps four
schooners in procession, with men, wo-
men, children and dogs alongside or be-
hind the wagons. On the march, when
a stream is approached, the men, wo-
men and children Chamber into the
wagons. You see the horses of
the leading schooner when the cool
water washes their feet bend their
heads and drink deep. Then they tug
the schooner up the opposite bank and
move on. Each following team does
CI0 Ho'iiAo '@hu clOoeS up aSoAh Oh AUo
leader.
Some of these schooners carry the
household effects of immigrants from
other states moving into Texas More
of them carry the goods of farmers
who are moving from the more thickly
settled parts of Texas into the western
and northwestern parts of the state,
where they can get more acres for their
money. Still, in keeping with the gen.
eral advance of modern comforts, many
of these outfits carry small tents. The
tent will serve as dwelling place until
the house is built at the new home,
and if the family is large it adds to the
graph.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
sick room into those portals.

Not as long as a minute will elaDSe
between your departure and your ar
rival there Not half SO long as the
twinkling of an eye. Not the millionth
part of an instant. There is no STUN
bling into darkness There is no plung-
ing down into mysterious depths The
door is open. This instant you are
here the next you are there When a
vessel struck the rocks of the French
coast while the crew were clambering
up the beach a cage of birds in the
ships cabin, awakened, began to sing
most sweetly, and when the last man
left the vessel they were singing yet
Even so in the last hour of our dissolu-
ton, when driven on the coast of the
other world, may our Decentralization
from this rough, tossing life be amid
the eternal singing of thousand prom
ises of deliverance and victoryl
NO BELIEVING ONE WILL BE TURNED
AWAY.
For all repenting and believing souls
the door of heaven is now wide open,
the door of mercy, the door of comfort,
for the poorest as well as the wealth.
lest. for the outlaw as well as for the
moralist, for Chinese coolie as well as
his emperor, for the Russian boor as
well as the czar, for the Turk as well
as the sultan. Richer than all wealth,
more refreshing than all fountains,
deeper than all depths, higher than all
heights and broader than all breadths
is the salvation of Jesus Christ which
[ press upon your consideration. Come,
all We travellers of the desert, under
these palm trees. Oh, if [ could gather
before you that tremendous future upon
which you are invited to enter-domin-
ions and principaities, day without
night, martyrs under the throne, and
the four-and- elders falling before
it, stretching off in great distances
the hundred and forty and four thou
sand, and thousands of thousands,
host beside host. rank beyond rank, in
infinite distance nations of the saved
beyond nations of the saved, until an
gelic visions cease to catch anything
more than the faint outline of whole
empires yet outstretching beyond the
capacity ofany vision save the eye of
God Almighty. Then, after had fin
ished the sketch, [ would like to ask
you if that place is not grand enough
and high enough and if anything could
be added, any purity to the whiteness
of the robes, any power to the &C
claiming thunders of its worship. And
all that may be yours.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
A sEPTuAeENARlAN HERo.
A Man Over Seventy Years ola Saves
Boy from Droyrnin.-.


Tuesday night, about . o'cloc,S, the
guests at the Avery house Mo;:..t Glenn
ems, who thronged the pleasant veran-
das of that hotel, were startled by cries
that proceeded from the ban.ss of the
Clinton river, about 800 feet distant.
Instantly there was rush toward the
river, and it was found that two boys
were floundering in the water. One,
who seemed to be about ~ yIars of
age, managed to scramble out, but the
. other, apparently s years old, was un-
able to get ashore and seemed in dan
ger of drowning. A crowd of men stood
on the dock watching the boys efforts,
but none appeared to know what to
do in the emergency, and it was evil
dent that none knew how to swim, as
no move to jump after the boy was
made The little fellow was becoming
exhausted and was just on the point of
sinking when white haired man
pushed his way through the crowd,
asking what was the matter.
1.-THE boy is drowning" replied one
of the ratified onlookers
The newcomer took i'm the situation
at a glance. His glossy silk hat came
off and found a resting place in the
dust without the observance of the
broadcloth coat was flung in heap.
Then the tall, well knit form shot up
in the air and came down in the dark
water with a splash The boy had
sunk from view and it was feared he
was lost The white haired old man
dived like a pearl fisher. Every second
of his disappearance seemed an hour,
and the spectators feared that both had
sunk to rise no more
Just at the height of their anxiety
the water parted and the rescuer and
rescued appeared on the surface. With
a few sturdy strokes the life saver
brought the boy to the shore and both
were pulled out. The brave old man
was none the worse except for a
thorough wetting, and the boy, after
getting the water out of his mouth,
began to bawl loudly and started on
run for home. 1t appears that the
boys were brothers, and that the older
had been teasing the younger by push
ing Kim toward the water. He had
pushed little too much, and the child
had slipped in, but pulled his tor
mentor In also
The hero of the affair was as modest
as brave, and simply laughed when
congratulated on his feat. 1t was
learned that his name is Robert Gun
yon and that he is wealthy business
man of Milwaukee. The surprising
feature of the whole affair is that Mr..
Gunyon is 70 years of age. That fact
makes his accomplishment a wonderful
one. Although he has reached that
ripe age, he is still hale, hearty and
vigorous, and will no doubt live to save
more lives. He is an expert swimmer.
Cor Detroit Free Press
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
ALL SORTS

The valedictorian of the Scranton High School
convinced her hearers that call liars"
The breath ola chronic catarrh patient is often
so offensive that he becomes object of disgust.
After time liberation sets in, the spongy bones
are attacked and frequently entirely destroyed. A
constant source of discomfort the dripping Of the
purulent secretons into the throat, sometimes pro
ducing nveterate bronchitis which in its turn has
been the exciting cause of pulmonary disease. The
brilliant results which have attended its use for
years past properly designate Ely's Cream Balm
by far the best and only cure.
To change ones mind is not always a sign of
weakness, it is often supposed; il may show
that have seen our and have manhood
enough to acknowledge it.
Doctors of all the different schools in the country,
have thousands die every year Of Brighfs disease
of the kidneys, who could be living to-day il they
had used Sulphur Bitters. They unequalled
in the world tor all diseases of the kidneys-Nst0
Haven UniOn
The love of earthly things is only expelled by a
certain sweet experience OF the things eternal.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. HABIF.-In all the world
there is but one cure, DIR. Hanes Golden Specific.
1t be given IN cup of tea or coffee without the
knowledge ofthe person taking IL, eifecing speedy
and permanent cure, whether the patient Is mod
crate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands OF
Golden Specific in their coffee without their knowl
edge and to-day believe they quit drinking of their
own free will. No harmful effect results rom It's
administration. Cures guaranteed. Send for cir
cular and full particulars. Address in confidence,
Golden Specific Co., 1855 Race Street, Cincinnati, o.
A colored woman in Virginia, who is in her Tooth
year, calls herself Daisy. We should call her
century plant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21

In the forests of Washington and
British Columbia I have frequently
seen the trees dripping copiously during
clear, bright days, when no dew was
visible elsewhere. The dripping was so
profuse that the ground underneath
the trees was almost saturated. The
phenomenon in this case was caused by
the remarkable condensing power of
the fir, and it occurred only when the
native humidity was near the dew
point. The dripping ceases after 10 or
II o'clock in the morning, but resumes
at or near sunset. In Hakluyts ''Voy-
ages" there is an account of Hawkins
second voyage to Africa and America,
written by a gentleman who sailed with
Hawkins, in which we are told that in
the island of Ferro there is a weeping
tree which supplies all the men and
beasts of the island with drink, there
being no other available water supply.
Further, he states that in Guinea he
saw many weeping trees, but of spe-
cies different from that at Ferro.-
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21

In 1888 there were in Germany 376,
654 marriages, 1928, S79 births and
1,2O9, 798 deaths; in France, 276, S4S
marriages, Ss2, $50 births and 8S7, S67
deaths. The increase of Germany's
population was therefore 618,58 in
1888, against COS, 155 in 1887. Frances
increase of population A, 772 in 1888,
against Sc, $50 in 1887.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment.

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter. Salt Rheum, Scald Head. Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed.
r. is put up in 25 and 80 cent boxes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
Doctor. to Gilbert laged FOUR

Doctor, to Gilbert (aged FOUR :
Put your tongue out, dear. Sick little
Gilbert feebly protruded the tip of
his tongue. Doctor No, no; put it
right out. The fellow shook his
head weakly, and the tears gathered
in his eyes. l can't doctor; it's fast
ened on To me-"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
STANSTEAD PLAIN,

The high character this eNhlhluon htttneu lhet
wear will he fully maintained this year. Arrange
ments have been made for entirely new and special
exhibitions for each day Of the show lhls to.
halfmile track will make 10 an cnlolahle occhtlhh
for everybody. Visitors may be assured OF hndhH
on the grounds everything necessary % Their CONF
fort and enjoyment. Firsi-class music VIII hr pro
vided during the two days, The eNmbtion VIII ~
complete In ali departments on the morning "l ihh
first day.
Entries for stock close Monday, August 4ath.
Entries in races close TuesdaYi August -oth. Low
rates for passengers and exhibits are being nrrnnR
ged for on al railroads For further particular
bills and catalogues issued by tho Association
u. ". KNIGHT Pres. G. ., MoULToN sec.
E.w. MORRILL,, Vice President
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21

The undersigned wishes to sell his homestead on
PARK street, Barton village, near tie Playground,
about y acres Of land, under high state Of cult
vatiOn- cut four tons of hay the last season. be-
sides having large garden. Buildings new and
in good repair and with good water a part Of
purchase money remain on mortgage if dc sired.
Barton, May 10 2Gtf J. F. GOULD
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21

The custom of lifting the hat had it's
origin when it was customary for
knights never to appear in public ex-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
Charming Away Disease.

A ludicrous custom is still followed
in Hindoo households of Bengal The
last day of Falgoon, that fell on March
10, was observed in worshiping Ghantoo,
the god of itches and the diseases of
the skin which affiict the natives. Very
early on the morning of this day the
mistresses of the families, changing
their nocturnal attire, put n useless
black earthen vessel outside the TIRES
hold of their back doors with hand
full of rice and masoor dial, four cowries
and piece of rag smeared with tune
ric. Wild flowers appearing in this
season-called Ghantoo fool-are of
cred in worship. The young boys of
the families stand in a semicircle be-
fore the mistresses with cudgels in their
hands.
When the conches are sounded by
the female worshipers, as the signal
of the poojah being over, the boys
break the vessel into atoms The
mirthful children, in their anxiety to
strike the first blow, sometimes bruise
the fingers and hands of the matrosA
The piece of rag is pressed over tho
doors of the houses in Zenana. In thu
evening of the day the boys of the
lower order of the villages sing the
songs of the occasion in chorus from
H~or to door for pie.-Bengal Letter.
Mr.. Van Pelt, Editor of the Craig, Mo-, Meteor
went to a drug store at Hilsdale, Iowa, and asked
the physician in attendance TO give him dose Of
something for choldra morbus and loosness of the
bowels. He says: 81 felt so much better the next
morning that concluded to call on the physician
and get him to fix me up supply of the medicine.
was surprised, when he handed me a bottle Of
Chamoerlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy.
He said he prescribed it regularly in his practice
and found it the best he could get prepare.
can testify to its efficiency in my at all events"
For sale by II c. Pierce, druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-21
Horace l.. Rawson,s Will

Horace J.. RaWson's VIII,
CsTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT ss
OIn Probate Court held az Barton Landing iu and
for said District on the ith day 0fJulyl q. ID lbN0
An instrument purporting to be the ust VIII and
Testament Of Horace l.. Rawson, late OF Grafsbuif
in said district, deceased being presented tu che
Court by Ell. Hastings, the Executor named there.
m for Probate
1t Is ordered by said Court, that all persons con.
said Court 10 be held al the Probate Office in said
Barton Landing the oath day of July a,
ID. $780, and show cause, III any they may hhYei
against the Probate of said wills Tor which purpose
il is further ordered that copy 81 the record ~ this
order be published three weeks excessively in tho
MONITOR printed AZ Barton, previous Co said time
appointed for hearing.
27-2e 4. N. JONES, Register.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20

The LIGHT, some time since, called
attention to the necessity of organiz-
ing a general committee and estab-
fishing headquarters with large
fund to encourage all manufacturing
and other enterprises of public
character which If successfully plant
ed! would materially add to our bust
ness. increase our laboring populs-
ton one hundred percent and in
every way improve the trade of cur
city. Were such an institution in ex-
istence, as live board of trade, or
otherwise, it could do a good and
necessary work just now by arrang-
ing with the Leslie publication COM
pany for such special presentation Of
San Antonio as a winter resort as she
can justly claim to be her due. The
private enterprise of San Antonio has
provided for a much more liberal
presentation of its individual and
corporate interests than any other
city in the state, but public enterprise
should supplement this with wise
and liberal arrangements for a gener-
al presentation, in more specific
form than is now assured, of all the
Incompatible advantages that the
city possesses.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20

General Henry g. Thomas, United
States army, in his address in Port
land, Me, on Decoration day, thus
told in an unpretentious way his inn
pressiOns of Lincoln as he appeared
on two visits to the Union army:
Until yesterday | intended to adj
dress you in the usual form, and pass
some sort of brief eulOgy on Abraham
Lincoln, but l felt that the other
speakers would do full justice
in that direction, and that, as
l had enjoyed his personal
acquaintance when he visited
tue Army of the James and at Rich
mond just after our victory, anything
! actually saw OF our martyred Presi-
dent, however trivial or simply told,
would interest you more than any
panegyric that would fall from my
unframed lips. The Presidents COM
ing created furry among all, from
private to the general commanding.
The news flew about. We learned
Mrs. Lincoln was with him. They
were quartered at General Ord's.
Somebody had seen Capt. Bob Lin
coin, of Grants staff, riding up from
City Point. One young staff officer
came in breathless with the news
that Lee had surrendered. We'll,
I'm glad your empty heads stuffed
full for once, grOwled a grizzly old
quartermaster, and the young aid re-
tired, hating himself, despite his
handsome drill jacket.
"Then we got something positive.
viz an order that the president would
review US at 10 a. m. on the morrow
But where's a horse fit for him to
ride?' said one OF the group. Say,
| Thomas, your Don Platt stallion is
the toppiest thing about here, said a
third. Yes, you lead him up there,
said another. He'll please Old Abe
so he'll make you major general on
| the spot, was the sarcasm of a fourth,
whose own promotion had not been
satisfactory, at least to himself. No
use,' chirped another, Sam Elders
got chestnut giraffe hand taller
than Thomas morse, and old Ord
knows all about him. And SO it
proved. Capt. Elder of the famous
| battery had the honor of supplying
the presidents mount that day.
First the morning bugles and
| flies began to twitter like a thousand
| birds in a forest little dark blue dots
or specks began to move and CONSOLE
date into companies, and then these
| began to melt Into large lines, with
the regimeHtal colors flying and field
and staff on horseback. Then these
began to rendezvous, into brigades
bands began to sound, and the noise
of bugles, flies and drums to cease
| just as the artillery succeeds musket-
ry IN battle. Then the two crops Of
this Army of the James, the Twenty.
fourth and Twenty-tifth, each stretch.
ed out their two miles apiece OF line
and began to play into columns on
! their right TANKS. The cavalry came
pranclng up and the field artillery
thunders out a gallOp and takes its
appointed place.
"At 10 a. m. the president appears,
Gen. WeitzeI riding on his left. l had
command of the First Division, 26th
Corps, that day, and the first to be
reviewed, and as the president halted
to receive the salute his eye lighted
for the first on that uniformed mass
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20

D. Ouasso the Southern Tailor.
Has now received fine stock OF
spring and summer goods, and with
first-class wcrkmen will turn out only
the best work at reasonable prices;
22l Commerce street. lO-ll-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20

The reductions in the steel schedule
as presented in the Mckinley bill
surrenders the steel trade largely in
to the hands of Belgian'firms who
are undertaking American steel
makers and offering,to take contracts
twenty-five per cent below American
prices.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-20

THE Farmers Alliances in the
southern states are not regarded with
a friendly eye by the democracy, and
the distrust and dislike seem to be
mutual. In this thing there is great
hope for the Alliances.