Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-05-18
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. n. BLAKE,
TON, VT.

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GEO. n. BLAKE,
RARTON, VT.
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Rates Of Advertising made known on ap-
plication. All cuts must have metal body.
Everybody who is worth counting,
in the Old World or the New, is glad
Gladstone is getting better. The
world cannot afford to spare the
Grand Old Man yet.
Destructive forest fires have been
raging of late in Wisconsin, Michigan
and Pennsylvania and elsewhere
throughout the country. Forests, ham
lets and villages have been swept
away with some loss of life.
Closely following the report that the
Pope has lost heavily in speculation,
comes the statement that the King of
Greece has made Sc, 900, GOO by specu-
lating on the London exchange. At
this rate the King of Greece will soon
be King of Finance.
The long trip of President Harrison
draws to close, and his friends, per-
sonal and partisan, like the people of
the land at large, are pleased to re
call that with one silly exception he
has received no insult, met no unpleas-
ant incident, encountered no discour-
tesy.
Weu-informed persons in Washing
ton think that Senator Edmunds will
shortly succeed Justice Bradley on
the United States supreme court bench.
Mr. Edmunds would be a credit to the
bench, and is probably the only man
living who has twice declined such a
position.
There is no partisanship in the So
icitude which the people feel con-
cerning the illness of Mr.. Blaine. Re
gardless of political lines, the nation
hopes to see the Secretary of State
speedily able to give his attention to
the grave affairs with which his de-
partment has to deal. 1t is gratify-
ing to know that he is improving.
1t is worthy of note that the nickel
steel armor plates which lately came
out victorious in the severe tests at
Annapolis were a new American in
vention. Who will dare say that our
Navy Department is not wise in slim
ulating American ingenuity and Amer
lean enterprise instead of following
free trade plan and blindly relying
upon foreign leadership?
One of the shameful lies with which
the BOurbOns sought to prejudice the
people against the Mckinley tariff
was that under it it would be impos-
sible to export manufactured goods.
In March, 1890, under the old tariff,
our manufactured products shipped
to foreign lands were valued at s11,-
O3O,379 In March, 1891, under the
Mckinley tariff, such exports were
valued at S14, 1926, 71S.
Hon. Victor 1. Spear says that two
hundred towns have reported about
$50 unOccupied farms for sale,-or
about one to each town in the state.
Reports of some 500 occupied farms
for sale have been made. In its forth
coming circular the board proposes to
advertise occupied real estate for
sale, whether farms, mills or houses,
at the rate of - for fifty words and
many are accepting this proposal.
A very fast trip has just been made
from Japan to Liverpool. The "Em-
press of India,' one of the Canadian
Pacific railroads new steamers, left
Japan on April 13, bound for Vancou-
yer, B. G. Two weeks later Montreal
was reached, and two weeks ago Sat-
urday a Cunard steamer was taken at
New York, so that Liverpool was
reached in twenty -one days after leav-
ing Japan. This trip has taken here
tofore about thirty-five days
The passenger business of the Bos-
ton & Maine for the months of Octo-
Der, November, December, 1890, and
January and February, 1891, it is said,
shows net increase of over 5000, 900,
an average net gain of over $40, 900
per month. The Portsmouth Times.
the official organ of the corporation,
says that the Boston and Maine is to-
day carrying more passengers than
any other railroad system in this coun-
try, with the possible exception OF the
Pennsylvania railroad
1t Is interesting to observe the fate
that has attended the endowment or
ders in Philadelphia during the last
few weeks. Eleven of them have col
laPsed and gone to pieces. This is
what might be expected from mere
paper enterprises of this sort, set in
motion by speculative wind, with just
enough of the semblance of worth in
them to cheat the unwary. The la
boring man who earns his money by
hard knocks seems to be the very one
most readily led astray by these de-
lusive schemes for making large piles
with very little effort.
The United States consul at Vancou-
yer, B. c., is to be sent home, so it is
said, because he refuses to sing ''God
Save the Queen and to drink the
queens health at banquets, etc. His
refusal to do these courtesies has
something of patriotic air about it.
but the British officials by whom he
was entertained can hardly be blamed
for regarding the act as in bad taste.
As far as diplomatic relations are con
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