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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
Simon's Wife's Mother.

A countryman was in New York a
few years since on an August Sun
day, and crossed the Brooklyn ferry
III the morning for the purpose of
hearing Beecher. But, lol the Ply
mouth pulpit was occupied By a
stranger, who delivered a tedious,
/ commonplace sermon from the text
'sAnd behold Simon's wife's mother
lay sick of a fever Mr.. Beecher
was away taking his vacation.
In the afternoon the man sought to
console himself for his mornings dis
appointment by listening to E. H.
Chaplin. He was shown to front
seat by the sexton of E. FL. Chapin's
church, and in due time was Mortified
to see the minister of the morning APP
pear in the pulpit. The poor victim
heard for the second time, the SER
mon from the text: ssAnd behold ST.
mons wife's mother lay sick of fe-
ver," and went out of the sacred
place very discouraged. Mr.. Chaplin
was taking his summer vacation.
In the evening the man, thinking
to redeem in a measure the defeat Of
the day, accepted a choice sitting in
the Reformed Dutch church, for the
sake of hearing the genial, eloquent
and scholarly Bethune. But his heart
was quite broken when the evil spirit
that had possessed him all day, got
up and gave out hymn. And when
the text was announced ssAnd behold
Simon's wife's mother lay sick-of a
fever" the party who knew all about
the subject, rushed wildly from the
overdose, and ran to his hotel. DR..
Bethune was taking his summer vaca-
ton.
The next morning the man took
the first train for home, and, step
ping into the car, there was his min
isterial friend of the day before, with
his sermon under his arm. The New
York bells were ringing fire alarm,
and says the minister to his lay broth
er:
"Friend, do you know what those
bells are tolling for?"
Says the countryman, looking hard
at the sermon, 81 don't know; but /
shouldn't wonder if Simon's wife's
mother was dead. I heard three
times yesterday that she was down
with fever"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
Some Origins.

Envelopes were first used in 1929.
The first steel pen was made in
1880.
The first air pump was made in
1850.
The first lucifer match, was made
in 1929.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Ships were first copper-bottomed
in 1888.
The first steamship piled the Hud-
son in 1907.
The first horse-railroad was built
in l826-27.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1862.
The first watches were made in
Nuremburg in 1477.
The first use of a locomotive in
this country was in 1919.
lie HFSG saw udk0f duVll was
brought to America in 1919.
Capt w. A ALBEIT, who has long been with
Messrs. Perciyal & Hatton, Real Estate and Insur-
ance brokers, Des Moines Iowa, and is one of the
best known and most respected business men in
that city, says: 81 testify to the good qualities
of Chamberain's Cough Remedy. Having used it
in my family for the past eight years. can safely
say it has no equal for either colds eroup.n SO
cent bottles for sale by H. G. Pierce, druggist,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08

which, by rapid ascent, the noun
tains loom up in almost complete
circle. On the mountain sides, here
and there, are old ruins, for what
purpose erected no one can tell. No
trace of any kind of an image could
be found, showing that those who
dwelt here worshipped an unknown
/ god, spirit or creature of which we
/ have no record or trace.
From the lowlands there is but one
ascent or pass by which this silent
city can be reached. This is by way
of the little canon through which the
waters of the spring gurgle. Along
the side of this, hewn or worn out of
the stone, is a single foot pathway,
which in many places is covered by
brush and fallen timber. On the
sides of the mountains which tower
above the city, are also well beaten
paths, hewn or worn out of the rock,
WnClC dSCCuL ucSCGuU vi ehS
mountains was wont to be made.
How the inhabitants of this ancient
little fortress lived we can only sur
mise. Perhaps they tended focks in
the mountain wiIds, or were mighty
hunters, like unto those we read of
in Holy Writ. And it would not be
strange if these people were a rem
nant of the ten lost tribes of Israel,
as arch@ologists tell us there is strong
ground for believing some of them,
in travelling southeastward, crossed
Behring's straits and peopled the sun
ny plains bordering on the great
southwestern rivers. At any rate, if
their ancestry were of these, their
propensity for a nomadic life must
have died within them when they de-
cided to build their rocky homes amid
the storm beaten Businesses of the
Sangre de Cristo mountains.
Where are they gone, those who
builded here ages ago? Were they
overpowered and massacred, or were
they driven southwark by the fierce
onslaught of stranger race? And if
the latter, into what tribe were their
descendants merged? If not, into
whose hands was their history COM
mitted for keeping ?-THe Great Di-
eide.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
The Monitor and Merrimac.

Forth from Northern cty's bay,
Mid the lowering clouds of a rainy day,
Crept craft, the like ween
On the oceans crest has ne'er been seen
Since Noah's ark, that ancient bark,
Cleft the waters deep and dark.
No raking masts, no clouds of sail
Bent to the breeze or braved he gale;
No towering chimneys, no reaves of smoke
Told of the engines mighty stroke,
But low and dark, like the crafty shark,
Moved in the waters this novel bark.
Forth from Southern city's bay,
In the early morn of an April day,
Crept monster of iron build,
The work of crslftsmen's hand well skilled;
The old Nferrimac, with an iron back
That wooden ships find hard TO crack.
And straight to where the Union fleet lay
This ironclad monster made her way;
Her deadly bow strikes deep and sure,
And the good ship Cumberland's days are DER.
But they tell this tale, and tell it true,
That the Cumberland men fought like demons too
With desperate effort to win the day,
And defeat the foe that before them lay,
Their flag up with the last fired gun
Told to the world that duty was done.
Like a hungry lion DER its prey
The Merrimac rioted ali that day;
She smote and burned and drove ashore
Till the sea was red with heroes gore,
Then rests at night to prepare for fight
With the Minnesota at morning light.
Then down like a spider captured fly
At the break of morn does the monster HE
To where, fast locked on clinging sands,
The good ship Minnesota stands,
With blows well planned and guns well manned
To fight the foeman hand to hand.
But seel Round yonder point appearing
With a saucy air, no danger fearing,
A pigmy craft that seems 10 be
To the monster grim that encumbers the sea,
Like David of old to Goliath, the bold,
The giant and boy in Scriptures told.
Hurrah for the Monitor, trusty and tried,
A tower of strength on the Union side,
And bravely strikes till the day Is won
And the monster back to her den hath run,
With broken sides aud bleeding jaws
That tell of defeat in an unholy cause.
Hurrah! for the chief! Brave Worden's name
Shall blaze the brightest page of fame,
Whose blood alone of that noble crew
Stained the turret a crimson hue.
Hurrah! for the few there hid from view,
Hurrah for the Monitors gallant crew.
Hurrahl for the masters spirit that wrought
With iron hand this iron thought.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
How They Make Wooden Shoes.

One of the most interesting places
in Holland village is the "kEompe'a' y
makers shop, where klompen OF
wooden shoes, are made.
Not far from Rotterdam, surround
ed by high dikes, lies the little vii
lage of Rijsoord in that village, be-
side the Skalkydijk River, is shop
in which an old man and his son work
early and late, supplying the peasants
(who never go barefoot) with shoes.
These are first roughly shaped from
blocks of willow wood as a statue is
first rudely outlined by chipping the
marble block, and afterward the
shoes are finished with sand-paper
and pumice-stone.
The willow trees are grown for this
purpose, and when they attain the re-
quired size, they are cut down, the
branches are trimmed off and only
the trunk is used, being divided into
blocks, each one of which is the
length of the longest shoe.
The work goes on without inter
ruption through the morning, unless
some friendly neighbor looks in over
the half-open Dutch door; and this
is one occasion seized upon by two
men for reflling and lighting their
pipes, and drawing a few long whiffs
while they listen to a little village
gossip.
At eleven o'clock the good vrouao
appears at the door with sko6j jon
gems Coffee, boys), and they fol-
low her into the adjoining room. 1t
has low, matched roof of deep-yel-
low reeds, and contains the great fire.
place, where in damp weather the
newly made shoes are placed before
the fire to dry.
All their food is cooked in the
same Fireplace, excepting the bread,
which in every peasants home is sup
piled by the baker.
The shoes are piled round the
smouldering embers, often with the
tea-kettle simmering among them
and while the sap dries out, they
give little groans, and signs, as if
they knew the hard fate awaiting
them when the time shall come for
them to cover the feet of some stur-
dy D utch peasant or workman and
to CHATTER over the pavements of the
town.
After this mornings refreshment,
which all the peasants enjoy, they re-
turn to work.-lSt. Nicholas.
HAPPY HosIERs.-Wm. Timmons, postmaster OF
Idavie. Ind, writes Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicine combined. for
that bad feeling arising from kidney and liver
trouble.'' John Leslie. farmer and stockman of
same place, SAYS: s'Find Electric Bitters to be
the best kidney and liver medicine, made me feel
like a new man." j. w. Gardner, hardware mer-
chant, same town, says: Electric Bitters is just
the thing for a man who is all down and don't
care whether he lives dies; he found
strength, good appetite and felt just like he had
a new lease of life. Only soc. bottle at H. C.
Pierce's drug store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08

Our national game without Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, to rub the heroes? Impossible!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08
To Fancy.

From what mystery of space
Come you, miracle of grace!
Shy, elusive, like a star
Shot across the night you are,
Lighting up the realm of dream
With transitory CLEAN?
Phantom of the poets brain,
From what shadowy domain
Come you secretly, unsought,
Making music ofhis thought,
Bringing him the gift of rhyme
At an unexpected time?
Is there any magic lure
That will win you quick and sure?
Is there any fetter strong
That viii hold you, soul of song?
Tell me, Fancy, so thatI
May not let you slip me by!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08


Liniment, to rub the heroes? Impossible!
A traveller who spent some time in
Turkey, relates a beautiful parable
which was told HIM by dervish, and
which seemed more beautiful than
Sterne's celebrated figure of the ac-
cusing spirit and recording angel:
"Every man." said the dervish,
'shas two angels, one on his right
shoulder and one on his left. When
he does anything good, the angel on
the right shoulder writes it down and
seals it, because what has been we'll
done is done forever. When he does
evil, the angel on the left writes it
down, and he waits till midnight. If
before that time the man bows his
head and exclaims, Gracious Allah
/ have sinned forgive me = the an
gel rubs out the record but if not,
at midnight he seals it, and the be-
loved angel on the right shoulder
weeps.''
For many years Mr.. B. f. Thompson, of Des
Moines, Iowa, was severely afflicted with chronic
dIarrhea. He says: cat times it was very severe;
much so, that 1 feared it would end my life.
About seven years ago L CHANGED to procure
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhGa Remedy. 1t gave me prompt relief, and
believe cured me permanently, as 1 now eat or
drink without harm anything please" 1 have
also used it in my family with the best results.
For sale by II. C. Pierce, druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-09-08

Some people will never go to heay-
en-, because they think heaven ought
to come to them.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
BOOT & SHOE
DEPARTMENT.

Special attention is given TO this
branch of our business. We have
Just received from the Eastern
manufacturers, some of the great
est bargains that has ever been Of
fered in the village. We have
25 different styles in mems and
boys fine shoes at 81 and upwards.
These goods have 10 equal for
style, quality and price.
We also have as many styles In
ladies' French kid, bright dongola,
glove grain fine shoes, at t1.25, l.50,
l.55, 200, 2.25, $50, 2.75, 800 and
$50. Our $3.50 bright dongola
is equal to any $500 shoe in town.
We have the largest line of wo-
mems walking shoes. both in russet
and kid hand turned. And last but
not least, we have an elegant line
of children's fine and school shoes.
Also a complete stock of infants
fine shoes.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
YALE BANK,
of IL. X. NOBLE.
Responsibility $4,000,

Conservative. Responsible and Reliable.
All Business Strictly Confidential. Good Notes
discounted. Certificates of Deposit issued and
per cent. interestalOwed where money remains
3mOnths. Money to loan on Real Estate at
and Der cent. interest.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18
Are You With Us :?
If not you are certainly missing
some great
B AR Gal N s +!
Vol. TX. No. 10.

We have a large stock of goods
and attractive prices that tell their
own tale of cheapness. Bargains
bound to please everybody.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-07-18

We take July would the cash than
earth goods Then early and of the best
bargains yet offered outside of the large cities.
We great
The Globe-republican., 1890-07-16

elsewhere. sleepy watchman. grum'
bling immOderately, showing him to q
tiny chamber on the top floor. When
he came downstairs in the morning tc
pay his bill the clerk politely requested
him to register, formality that had
been neglected. Certainly he would
comply, and with a determination,
formed in fash, to sail under true col
ors, he wrote his name and address with
bold, legible hand. Then he stood be-
fore the window, apparently gazing idly
into the street, really absorbed in form.
ulating plan of action. just as Mr..
Drane was registering shrewd-looking
young man with notebook in one hand
and pencil in the other entered the Of
fee. He waited until Lawrence had
withdrawn from the counter and then
began industriously to copy the names
and addresses from the big book. The
clerk greeted him jocularly:
"Well, Jimmy, what's the news to
day?"
''Read the Evening Dispatch and find
out" was the smart reply.
This brilliant repartee had done serv.
ice for opening the conversation be.
tween the clerk and the shrewd young
man daily for many months, and it is
probably so serving still. There is moth
ing like having a witty retort that is
warranted not to wear out.
The young man copied rapidly down
the page until he came to the last page.
Then he paused and scowled an instant,
after which he wrote Lawrence Drane,
Kansas City, Mo-, No. 3i6, pd.." very
slowly, and turned about slyly to scru-
tinize the broad back of the gentleman
at the window.
ANY thing up, Jimmy?" asked the
clerk, observing this action.
Jimmy winked and nodded mysteri-
ously, and began to search among the
newspapers lying on the writing table.
Presently he found New York paper
Of the day before and turned to the ac-
count of Mr.. Drane's escape and the re-
ward offered for his capture.
81 thought sou he said, with tri.
umphant grin, while the clerk looked
on in undisguised curiosity. Jimmy
gave him no comfort. Instead, he
heightened the clerks emotion by sit
ting down where he could see Mr..
Drane's face and scanning the paper
again with frequent glances upward for
comparison.
"Mustache gone and clothes differ.
ent," he muttered; ''but il must be the
man. l wonder whether he'll become
violent and murder me if l speak to
him. Perhaps can inveigle him to a
police station
While Jimmy was still debating whai
to do to SCOOP" the boys on a big piece
of news and gain a humping reward.
Lawrence decided upon his own course
and started to leave the hotel. Jimmy
was on his feet instantly and inter
cepted him.
'Mr. Drane, 1 believer" he said, in
terrogatively.
"Yes," replied Lawrence, with start
of surprise.
Lawrence Drano, of Kansas City?''
continued Jimmy.
"Yes; what can do for you?"
81 want to ask you some questions
about the condition of affairs in the
West" said Jimmy, glibly, 1.-The crops
you know, farm mortgages and their ef.
feet on industry, and all that sort OF
thing. If you're going out will walk
along with you so as not to waste your
time.''
TO BE Continued
The Globe-republican., 1890-07-16
Eyes, yes" exclaimed Mr.. Drane.

"Yes, yes" exclaimed Mr.. Drane,
eagerly. "Wbat then?"
"Why, you see, the fellow she married
was laundering rich, and he went of
and got killed just after the ceremony
and left all his money to her. Haw!
haw! haw! And then, you know. told
her that had got rich, too. / made q
good bluff at it with your money and
your clothes and she believed me. So
we got married that very day."
"You married her?" gasped Lawrence.
"Yep. Married her as fast and hard
as . parson could tie the knot. We went
up to New Haven and tho ceremony was
performed there. AS soon as it was
over I left her there to come down to
New York, pretending l had business.
So I had. 1 intended to work a fine
racket on your money, you know, tel
egraph to Kansas City for some more,
but you spoiled that. My rich wife is
waiting for me, suppose, in the Beaver
Hotel where I left her. You just put
me in the way of getting to New Haven
and I'll be hunk and don't you forget
it,
Lawrence was overwhelmed with
amazement. He felt rather than saw
the inconsistencies of the story, but it
was circumstantiale enough to alarm him
terribly. What! his Bessie, SO good
and pure, marry this fellow so suddenly,
and yet remain in New York, go to
court with Mrs. Bowers-it was impos-
sible on the face of it. And yet He
would have pursued the inquiry further,
but that he feared to arouse the tramp's
suspicious. So they walked on talking
of other things until they came to Jen-
kins' Retreat.
''Now I'm going to work a big scheme
here" said Mr.. Drane. 'You just keep
your head and don't get frightened bit
and remember that whatever happens
I'll take care of you. I'm rich enough,
as you know"
"Blaze away, Gully, I'm wild ye,'' re-
sponded the tramp.
Mr.. Drane rang the bell. The door
was opened at once by an attendant
whom Lawrence had not seen before.
''Tell Mr.. Jenkins friend would like
to see him." said Lawrence, winking
mysteriously at the attendant. The
wink was understood, and both men
The Globe-republican., 1890-07-16
DOLL FlRE-CRACKERS.

How the Children of Mexico ode th(
Miserable Judas.
All American boys and girls know
what fire-crackers are, but few have
ever seen them made in tho shape of Z
doll. The people of Mexico use thai
kind, but not on the Fourth of July
That day is nothing to them, nor dc
they use this style of fireworks at any
other time except the Saturday before
Easter. During Lent these queer-look.
ing things are made each in the shape
of person, with heads, arms and feet
and each with fuse inside.
These efigies, little and big, are all
alike ugly in the face, and are ali
named Judas. On the day before Easte.
Sunday the balconies that run around
the open court, or patio, which is inside
of every Mexican house, are adorned
with string of limp-looking Judasea
hung by the neck. Everywhere ON the
street they dangle from the iron railings
of the window balconies, and even in
front Of the churches.
They hang forlornly behind the carts
as they rattle by, and even depend from
tho ears and noses Of the donkeys that
draw the carts. They are loosely
dressed and of all sizes, from the length
of a finger to the height of the ten-foof
giant that hangs from the beam of the
great scaffold in the open square of the
city.
What does it all mean? On this day
the people commemorate the infamous
end of the wretched Judas, who be
trayed our Lord for paltry sum Of
money. They think it is fine fun, only
instead of banging all day, as boys in
the United States do. they fire of all
the Judases at the same moment
Hark! 1t is ten o'clock in the morn
ing. and the great silver-toned bells Of
the cathedral ill the crystal air. and tell
men and boys that the moment has come
fo- the execution. Then a tearing,
splitting and banging, and few minutes
after pieces Of Judas and Of his clothes
can be picked up by the barrelful all
over the city. There is only left enough
Of him dangling in the moose on the
square-his ugly head jerked to one
side-to tell where he was hung.
The miserable Judas Is thoroughly
exploded; but how about the sin for
which his memory is odious? Do those
who enjoy tearing his figure into .
thousand bits hate his treachery the
more? do not know that they do As
q people, they are not famous for faith.
fulness, though they have exploded
Judas every Easter for hundreds OF
years. 1t seems to be to them merely
lively game, and conscience is dulled
rather than quickened by a familiar
burlesque Of evil things Com
panion.
The Globe-republican., 1890-07-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A wash OF equal parts OF glycerine
ana Tactic acid will remove moth and
freckles from the face
"A spatula or palette knife Is the
best thing for scraping batter, porridge,
ETC., from the sides of bowls or pots; it
IS not expensive, and soon saves its cost
by preventing waste.
TO mend a very large hole in socks
or woven underwear, tack a piece Of
strong net over the aperture and darn
over it. Thus mended the garment will
be stronger than when new, and look
far neater than when darned in the or.
dinary way.
OK Gall SOap.-Take one pint Of
beef gall. cut into it two pounds of hard
soap and add one pint of boiling water.
When cold cut in bars. This soap is ex-
cellent for delicate fabrics of uncertain
colors, laces, silk stockings and under
wear.-The Home.
A strawberry cream is made by
bruising box of strawberries with a
wooden spoon in \ basin with six ounces
OF sugar, rub this through clean hair
sieve. add pint of whipped cream and
two ounces gelatine which has previ-
ously been dissolved in little water;
mix with the strained strawberries, put
in mold and set on ice.-The Home.
In restoring draperies or curtains of
art needle-work on muslin, they should
first be well-shaken to get out the dust.
and then soaked in cold water to remove
the worst of the dirt; they are then
washed in tepid water with good white
soap rinsed through cold water with
little salt in it, and dried quickly in the
shade. They should be folded before
getting quite dry, and ironed lightly
with a not too hot iron.
-Fasten one Of the cheap. three-fold
towel-racks securely to the kitchen-wall
near the stove and it will serve to hang
your jellY-bag. which should be provided
with four loops of strong tape in place
of the usual string. Slip the two loops
opposite each other on the outer arms
of the rail and the alternate ones on the
middle arm. You will find it far more
convenient than tying the bag to the
backs or legs of chairs.-GoOd House
keeping