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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
THE FRIGATE- BIRD.

I see a small blue point in the heaV-
en-. Happy and serene region, which
has rested in peace far above the hur-
ricane! In that blue point, and at an
elevation of ten thousand feet, royal
lv floats a little bird with enormous
pens. A gull? No; its wings are black
An eagle? No; the bird is toe small
1t is the little ocean eagle, first and
chief of the winged race, the daring
navigator who never furls his sails,
the lord of the tempest, the scorner OF
all peril-the man of-war or frigate
bird.
We have reached the eliminating
point of the series commenced by the
wingless bird. Here we have bird
which is virtually nothing more than
wings: scarcely any body, barely as
large as that of domestic cock
while his prodigious pinions are tif-
teen feet in span. The storm bursts;
he mounts to lofty heights, where he
finds tranquility. The poetic meta
phor, untrue when applied to any 9th
er bird, is no exaggeration when ap-
piled to him: literally, he sleeps upon
the storm.
| When he chooses to oar his way ser1-
ousIy, all distance vanishes: he break
fasts at the Senegal; he dimes in Amer
|
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
"THE PRETTY CREOLE"

A bay divides Trois Islets from the
town of Fort de France, and we can
fancy the little Creole maiden crossing
the deep water on her way to the con-
vent school in the larger town. Here
she learned the accomplishments that
she afterward brought to grace the
palaces of the Luxembourg and the
Tnileries. From the sugar-min of
West Indian plantation to the throne
of France is a sudden transition, yet
.Josephine seems to have left in both
her widely differing spheres affection
ate memories that time has not wholly
quenched.
In Martinique the simple folk speak
of her with reverence and tenderness
even to this day. In her childhood
she was called by her fathers slaves
'sthe pretty creole" and on her birth
daysi it is said that M. de la Pagerie gave
each of his negroes day of rest, and
provided an entertainment for them
while ssFifine'' distributed aims to the
sick and poor.
On going to make her first visit to
France, at the age of fifteen, the beau
tiful eyes of Josephine were dimmed
with tears as Trois Islets faded from
her view Even after she became the
wife of M. de Beauharnis her thoughts
were ever turning back to her we'll
loved home.
When troubles assaulted her, she
sought again her island home, bring
ing her little daughter Hortense. While
in Martinique she resumed her Creole
dress; and when brighter days arrived
and she returned to France, the pleas
ATTEST surprise she could arrange for
NJ. de Beauharnais was to present to
him the small Hortense clad in full
Martinique costume.
In after years when, as wife of
Napoleon, she had riches and power at
command, she filed her beautiful gar
dens at MaImaison with choice exotics
from her native isle. One of these, a
most rare and beautiful plant, the Ane-
dryIIis gigantea, the only one in France,
was visited and admired by throngs OF
people.-.St. Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
The "Fresh dir" Fund.


Regrimmed with dirt, in the scanty shade
OF the tenements baby played,
There was hunger in the eyes OF blue,
And the cheeks were Of pallid hue,
But it knew no more, and laughed in play
A. one Of Gods servants passed that way
eve win take her to the country air,
where she will grow to be bright and fair"
Tbus the good man said; and so, ere long,
She was numbered with the"Fresh Air 'throne
And IL seemed to be another world
Before the wondering eyes unfurled
At the place they stopped a woman stood
In the sombre garb of widowhoodi
She thought of husband and baby laid
At rest in the graveyard's solemn shade,
And ut that moment two bright blue eyes
Lacked mn in hers with strange surprise
Then she bent and kissed the baby face,
which was beautiful with childish grace
The little one touched her gentle brow,
And whispered, SIS 90 my mamma nowT"
And the mother gave another kiss,
saving: Goods mercy has sent me this"
That night a woman with Bonded head
Knelt by the side of baby's bed,
And praved: - will keep her for my own,
She came that might not be alone,
She is mine forever, and mine to keep
mamma. the little one said in her sleep.
Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
MYSTERIES OF SOUND.

Edison is finding out some new Sc
crets about sound vibrations every
month. His phonic inventions are
the utilization of sound vibrations
one to communicate them, another to
impress them on a wax cylinder. 1t
is highly probable that the deaf can
throw some light upon the mysteries.
Their experiences are altogether diff
ferent from those of persons who can
hear. They detect the presence of
sounds in the air through the nerves,
but the degree in which they feel the
vibrations depends upon where they
stand or sit. Awooden building or
wooden floor echoes with sound. A
stone floor viii not communicate sound
to them.
Again, in the silent street they know
when a wagon is passing, and some
times can tell what sort of a wagon it
is. But in a crowded street. where
many vehicles are passing, they are
not able to distinguish the sound of
one or all of them. They can not dis
tinguish the roar of the traffic in low
er Broadway, or streets like it, for in
stance. The heavy stone pavements
are perfect nom conductors. And yet
everybody knows that a policeman
summons assistance by rapping his
club on the pavement. How do you
explain it? l know a deaf man who
can recognize and distinguish individ-
uals by the vibrations of their footballs
on the floor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE.

In a recent lecture delivered In
Washington, D. c., DIR. Talmage said:
seThat the nineteenth century has not
absorbed all the wonders of the ages.
Jerusalem was a wonderful city, with
wonderful architecture nothing like
If in all the ages. The reservoirs OF
Jerusalem were built with cement, as
perfect to-day as it was when the
trowel laid it 1, 200 years before Christ
That dentistry has reached an advanc-
ed stage was shown by the filing OF
the teeth of the mummleS at CAIRO.
Solomon knew all about the crcula-
ton of the blood. Job knew all about
the refraction of light. Isaiah knew
that the world was round When ne
said. THE Lord is seated on the circle
of the earth Ancient art exceled
the modern. Tyrian purple couldn't
be made now. Phny describes NAL
leable glass that one could tie around
his wrist. The nineteenth century
couldn't produce Damascus blade
We have great cities, but Babylon was
five times larger than London. L be-
Gin to wonder if the world has not for
gotten more than it knows. But what
this world does excel in is its morah-
tv. There never were so many good
men and women as now. 1t is the re-
suit of the influence of Christianity ."
1t is doubtless true that there never
were so many good men and women
as now. 1t is the result of the 1nt1u-
ence of Christianity"
1t is doubtless true that there never
were so many really good men IN the
world as now; but it is equally true
that there never were so many really
bad men in it as now. The proportion
of good to the bad in the sight Of Coo
is no greater to-day than III former
times. The badness of to-day has t(
be bad under and in spite of the hgh
of God concentrated uponth century
from all past ages; hence the augment
ed outlines of these "last days" L
Judgment overlook the age of Noah
will it not soon overtake this ag'
which abounds in all the wickednes
and corruption of that, and wlthou
excuse? 1t impendeth; sinner, ice.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

The following remarkable account
has been culled from the writings of
Joaquin Miller, and has reference TO
the volcano of Muna Loz, in the Sand
wich Islands:
After visiting the American consul
at Honolulu, we started for the volca-
no. and after hard, hot climb, reach
ed the edge of precipice overhang-
ing a lake of molten fire 10 miles in
circumference and 100 feet below US.
This is called by the natives Kilianea,
or god of fire.
1t is the largest active volcano IN the
world, and is 5000 feet above the sea
level. This molten mass went dashlng
against the cliffs on the opposite SIDE
with a noise like the deep and mighty
surges of stormy ocean. Waves OF
blood-red fiery liquid lava hurled bill
lows on the iron-bound headland and
then rushed up the face of the Gill TO
toss their CORY spray high up into the
air. This restless, heaving lake OF ire
boiled and dubbed, never remaining
silent for a single instant. There is
an island on one side ofthe lake which
the fiery waves attack increasingly
and with relentless fury, as if bent on
hurting it from its base.
On the other side there was large
cavity into which this burning mass
rushed with a loud roar, breaking
down in its impetuous, headlong ca
reer the gigantic stalactites that over
hung the mouth of this cavern, and
fiinging up the liquid material for the
formation of new ones. 1t is terribly
grand, magnifcently sublime, but no
words can adequately describe such
scene, and no power but the Omnlpo-
tent produce it.
| Cure For Cramp.-Use Dr. Thomas, Eclectrlc
! Oil according to directions. 1t is the best
| raD,edv for all sudden attacks of colds, pam
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

liberate determination. To no man is
the world so new, and the future SO
fresh as to him who has spent the ear
" wears of his manhood in striving to
understand the deeper problems of
science and life, and who has made
some Roadway toward comprehend
ing them. To him the commonest
things are rare and wonderful, ooOn
in themselves and parts of beautiful
and intelligent whole. Such a thlng
as staleness in life and its duties he
can not understand. knowledge IS
always opening out before him in wild
er expanses and more commanding
heights. The pleasure of growing
knowledge and increasing power
makes every year of his life happier
and more hopeful than the last.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
THE "BLANKET MAN.n

The Hblanket MANI is known only in
California. In the east he would prob
ably be called tramp; for it is by
tramping that he makes his way from
place to place, and at night he seeks
shelter and lodging in the most con-
yenient place to be had without charge.
But he is not really a tramp. He is
one of those Woodworking fellows that
the conditions of agricultural life in
California have called into existence.
Such person as ''hired man" in the
sense that is meant in New England is
not to be found in that state. The
farm laborers there areEblanket men"
They do not sleep in their employers
house, nor eat at his table as in the
east. Bunk houses of the rudest char
acter are provided for them, and here
on the ground, or on boards spread
with their blankets, they pass the
night. Here too, they are obliged TO
eat the coarsest and sometimes most
unpalatable food. When they have fin
ished the work for which they were
employed, they pack up their blankets
and seek occupation elsewhere. Their
pay is, however, somewhat better than
that of the 'thired man." During the
busy season they earn from one hum
dred and fifty to three hundred dol
lars -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

VERY VALUABLE, But COSTS NOTHING.-The
best example of getting something for moth
ing which has come to our knowledge, is the
decision of the great specialist, DR.. Greene,
"a Temple Place, Boston, Mass, to give to the
sick and suffering consultation and advice
free. Enormous fees are charged by physici-
ans of the great skill and wonderful power
to cure disease possessed by DR.. Greene, and
the fact that he now be consulted, person
ally, or by letter, free, is a matter of
graduation for every community. DR.. Greene
is the discoverer of that great nerve remedy,
Dr. Greene's Nervura, and all his wonderful
medicines purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless Our people will be especially in
terested in the fact that this eminent physici-
an has made a speciality of treating the sick
through letter correspondence If you write
him description of your case, he VIII return
a carefully considered letter, giving you a
perfect understanding, of your disease, advice,
etc, without charge. Sufferers who have fail
ed to get relief cannot afford to neglect this
great opportunity, but should write to DR..
Greene at once. Be sure and send for his
symptom blank to fill out,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

One day, when this parrots mistress
was very busy, and did not care to see
callers, she happened to look out OF
the window, and saw an acquaintance
approaching the house.
E'There comes Mrs. B. Dear, dear!'
she cried with impatience.
A moment later Mrs. B. was ushered
in. On the instant Polly exclaimed,
with a remarkable imitation of her
mistress tone and emphasis, ''There
comes Mrs. B. Dear, dear!"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

ABOUT THE NAILs.-A white mark on
the nails bespeaks misfortune.
Pale or lead colored nails indicate
melancholy people.
Broad nails indicate gentle, timid
and bashful nature.
Lovers of knowledge and liberal
sentiment have round nails.
People with narrow nails are amb1-
tious and quarrelsome.
Small nails indicate littleness of
mind, obstinacy and conceit.
Cheleric, martial men, delightlng IN
war, have red and spotted nails.
Nails growing into the flesh at the
points and sides indicate luxurious
tastes.
People with very pale nails are sub
iect to much infirmity of the flesh and
persecution by neighbors and friends.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Bobby struggled with the problem
for an hour, and then presented for
his mothers inspection the following
truthful but unconventional effusion:
ssMr. Robert Cathart declines with
pleasure Miss Bessie Smiths invitation
for the 18th, and thanks her extreme
" for having given him the opportu-
nifty for doing so.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

LIFE AFTER FoRTY.-The best half
life is in front of the man of 40, if he
be anything of a man. The work he
will do viii be done with the hand of
a master, and not of a raw apprentice.
The trained intellect does not see
&'men as trees walking" but sees ey-
erything clearly and in just measure.
The trained temper does not rush at
work like blind bull at hay stack,
but advances with the calm and or
dered pace of conscious power and de-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

CURE FOR CHRONIC DIARRHGA.-Mrs H.
Gleason, of Salem, Dent Co., Mo-, writes as
follows: -'Chamberlain.s Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhcea Remedy after years OF standing
when it seemed l could live no longer, L was
growing so weak. I had tried several doctors
in this State and several in Iowa, but they
could do nothing for me. was finally lnduc-
ed to try bottle of your medicine. Alter
using three bottles of it 1 was entirely cured
cannot say enough in it's praise. I wish that
every family knew the worth Of it as do, and
am sure they would never do without it.
For sale by H. c. Pierce Druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

A SAFE INvEsrMENT.-Is one which is guar
anteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in
case of failure a return of purchase price On
this safe plan you can buy from our advertised
Druggist a bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed TO BRING
relief in every case, when used for any affec-
ton of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Con-
sumption Inflammation of the Lungs, Bron-
chitis Asthma, WhoOping Cough, Group, ETC.,
etc. 1t is pleasant and agreeable to taste, per-
fectly safe and trial bottles free at H. e.
Pierce's Drug Store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

SKELETON LEAVES. = Take tea
spoonful of chloride of lime in liquid
form, mix with a quart Of pure spring
water. The leaves must be soaked IN
this mixture for four hours (mOre or
less according to the delicacy or
coarseness of the leaf structure; then
taken out and we'll washed in large
basin filed with water, after which
they should be left to dry, with free
exposure to light and air.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Mr.. flasher: s'I'm going to ask my
friend Jackson to come here to board.
He is looking for a nice, quiet place.
The poor fellow works like beaver"
Mrs. flasher: "Wen, don't want him
here. Beavers do all their work with
their teeth.u
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

The meanest man we have yet heard
OF is the one who told his mother-ln
law that he wanted her to occupy the
place of his own dear mother. she
discovered later that his mother was
enjoying her eternal rest beyond the
confines of this world.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

TITS GOOD WORK TO GIVE HEALTH.-The only
remedy for the blood dis orders IS one that
will expel the germs of disease, and make the
blood pure and rich. That is best enecteo by
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorlte Kennedy, OF
Randout, n. Y, medicine OF great value III
the treatment of all blood disorders and dis
eases of the kidneys. 1t tones the system and
helps to do good work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

II pray you, o excellent wife! not
to cumber yourself and me to get
rich dinner for this man or this woman
who has alighted at our gate, nor a
bedchamber made ready at too great
cost. These things, if they are curious
in, they can get for dollar at the vii
lage. But let this man see, if he will,
in your looks, in your accent and be
havior, your heart and earnestness,
your thought and will, what he cannot
buy at any village or city, and which
he may well travel fifty miles and dine
sparingly and work hard to behold.
Certainly let the board be spread and
the bed be dressed for the traveller,
but let not the emphasis of hospitality
be in these things. Honor to the
house where they are simple to the
verge Of hardship, so that the intellect
is awake and sees the laws of the uni
verse, the soul worships truth and love,
honor and courtesy flow into all
deeds"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

STAND Your GRoUND.-When you make up your
mind to take Hoods Sarsapaarla, do not be IN
duced to buy some other preparation instead
Clerks may claim that "ours is as good as HOODS
and all that but the peculiar merits OF Hood's Sar-
saparila cannot be equalled. Therefore have noth-
ing to DO with substitutes and insist upon having
Hoods Sarsapara, the best blood purlher ana
building up medicine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Permit me, said a man in trade, Ito
give YOU the real motive that the wo-
man had when she asked for glass
cups in which to rest her brass bed
stead. I am sure that it was not in
order to prevent the bed from robbing
her of her electricity, but simply be-
cause glass is anonconductor, and ev-
cry woman believes that lightning
won't strike anything that rests in
glass cups.
I have seen highly respected rela-
tive of mine run to the pantry on the
approach of a thunder storm and
secure four glass preserve dishes, rest
the four legs of the chair therin and
sit serenely, while the rest of the fem
mime household climbed under the
bed or got into the closets. 1t is sup
posed that when lightning comes in a
window and sees a woman with her
heels on the rounds of her chair, the
legs of which (the chair, not the wo-
mani are in custard cups, that it turns
around and goes back again.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

When you desire pleasant physic, one that
will cleanse your system and give you the
clear medicines and buoyancy of youth, try
ST. Patrick's Pills. They are the most pleas
ant cathartic and liver pills in use, and after
having once tried them, we confident that
YOU will never be satisfied with any other
Kind Is cents per box. For sale by H. G.
Pierce, Druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

The ''Seven Modern Engineering
Wonders OF the World,' according to
Mr.. Arthur V. Abbott, are: The new
Forth Bridge, Scotland; the Eiffel
Tower, Paris; the new Croton Aque-
duct, New York; the blowing up of the
Hell Gate distractions, New York;
the Eads Jetties at the mouth of the
mississippi; the ST. Gothard Tunnel,
Switzerland; and the East River
Bridge, New York.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

MY FAMILY Decorator the last two years
has been Sulphur Bitters, and until 1 began
using them in my family, we had more or less
sickness, and our doctors bill has been very
large. Since we began their use, we have had
no doctor to pay, and three dollars invested
in Sulphur Bitters has kept health in our
familv.-E Mott, Postmaster, WGverty, Ioa0d.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castcria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
N5ue uovSood lin hotel dining-room

Mrs. Hayseed Gin hotel dining ROOM
'sWhat bright light those lamps
give!" Mr.. Hayseed, whispering: ''say
gas jets, 'Marier: them amt lamps"
Mrs. Hayseed londly: eyes as | was
saving, what a bright light the gas jets
give! Guess they're freshly trim
med'1
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

CHOW no (rrRE ALL SKIN DIsEAsEs.''-Simply
apply ..Swayne's Ointment No internal medicine
required. Cures letter, eczema, itch, all erup-
tions on the face hands, nose, &c, leaving the SKIN
clear white and healthy. Its great healing and
curative powers possessed by no other remedy
ASK your druggist Tor SwaYne's Ointment
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Thousands walk the earth to-day who would
be sleeping in it's bosom but for the timely
use of Downs Elixir.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Livery stable keepers should always keep
Arnica & Oil Liniment in the stable, nothing
like it for horses.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

You cannot be too particular about the
medicines you use. When you need blood
purifier, be sure you get Ayers Sarsaparilla,
and no other. 1t viii mingle with purify,
and vitalize every drop of blood in your body
IT makes the weak strong.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21
LAKE OF MOLTEN FIRE.

Soreness in body or limbs, promptly relleV-
ed by Johnson's Anodyne Imminent USED eA-
ternal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-09-21

Cure For Cramp.-Use DR.. Thomas, Eclectrlc
Oil according to directions. 1t is the best
remedy for all sudden attacks of colds, pam
and inflammation, and injuries.