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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
A Golden Riddle.

The husbandman one golden morn
A white seed dropped among the corn.
Beneath the summers mystic spell
II burst erelong the prisoning shell,
And 'twixt the brown loam's rifted crust
Its emerald leaflets upward thrust.
Through Iengthening days of rain and shine
Fast grew and thrived the generous vine,
And meath the changing skies held up
For sun and dew its golden cup,
Till in its veins these forces fine
Had wrought a mystery divine,
And given to the world boon
Fair as the golden-hearted moon.
The ruddy globe against the mould
Outvied the fabled crock of gold.
Each day ripper hue is gained,
And, while the season waxed and waned,
Tall knights with cleaning lance and sword
Guarded with ceaseless watch and ward
Through midnight hush and MONDAY heat
The golden treasure at their feet.
And when the crops were garnered in,
And granary and barn and bin
With wealth of goodlier gold were stored
Than that which greedy misers hoard.
When glad lips sang the harvest-home
Meath lowly roof and lordly dome,
And kith and kin, from great to least,
Had gathered for the harvest feast,
All, richer than the rarest wine
This yellow fruitage of the vine,
Transmitted by the housewives skill
To golden disks with fiaky frill.
No falrer fruit the fields afford,
No choicer Wand decks the board,
And grateful hearts their praises lift
To Him who gives the golden gift.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
I Would Not.

| wouldn't turn my head to look
after fine frocks, or impertinent men.
| wouldn't forget to sew the braid
around the bottom of my skirt, or the
button on my shoe.
wouldn't conclude that every man
who said something pleasant to me
had fallen In love with me.
wouldn't feel that | was an ILL
treated parsonage because, though L
could play pleasantly. my friends
didn't count me modern Mozart.
Iwould not, when l could only have
one frock, choose a conspicuous one
that would mark me as the girl in the
red plaid.
would not, because | was tired
and nervous give snappy, lll-natured
replies to questions asked me by
those who really cared for me.
[ would not get in the habit OF
speaking in familiar way of the men
l know; when you make them Tom,
Dick or Harry, they are apt to con-
slider you as Kate, Nell or Molly.
l would not permit any girl friend
to complain to me of her mother-it
is like listening to blasphemy.
[ would not when brush the dust
off my hat forget the cobwebs of dis
trust and suspicion in my brain.
would not tell my private affairs
to my most intimate girl friend, no.
would l ask her impertinent questions
| would not write silly letters t.
young men, or permit them to be ia
miliar with me.
would not grow weary in we'll do
ng-instead, l would keep on en-
couraging myself by trying to live vi
to nv ideal of woman, and the yer.
fact of my trying so hard would max
me achieve that which L wished
Ladies' Home Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

The Prince of Wales was about to
visit the blind asylum in London, of
which DIR. Campbell is the famous
head. Some of the directors, in an
ticipation of this visit said to him,
''You will have to lay aside your
American prejudices, doctor, on this
occasion, and furnish your guests
with wine" The doctor endeavOred
to excuse himself. SIT won't do"
was the reply. "The Prince would
think himself insulted if he came here
and no wine were offered him." The
doctor made no further argument. but
when the Prince arrived he introduce
ed the subject himself. 81 am aware,
your highness,'' he said, "that it is
usual to have wine provided on such
an occasion as this, but it is against
my PRINCIPLES and those of this insti-
tuition. | can only offer you the best
tea and coffee | could obtain" The
Prince not only thanked him at the
time for his consistent adherence to
his principles but is reported as say
ing everywhere in London society,
81 am glad to know that we have
one institution in London which is
consistent, and will not lay aside its
principles even for Prince.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
W, G. 7, U, COLUMN,
MoTTo :-"God and Home, and
Native Land"

The annual meeting of the Barton
Union was held at their hall on Tues
day, Feb. 10. After the usual read
ings and discussions. the following
officers were chosen for the ensuing
year: Pres, Mrs. A. B. Owen 1st
vice Pres, Mrs. O. D. Owen I'd vice
Pres, Mrs. j. P. Baldwin Rec. Sec.
and Treas, Mrs. A. B. Shaw; Cor.
Sec, Mrs. P. L. Webster; Supt.
Health, Mrs. G. E. Bickford Supt.
Social Purity, Mrs. P. L. Webster !;
Supt. Press Work, Mrs. L. f. Rand !;
Supt. S. S. Work, Mrs. E. @. Collis-
ton; Supt Juvenile Department,
Mrs. c.. E. Bickford; assistant in
Juvenile work, Mrs. j. n. Webster.
Our Union now has 20 members, and
we are trying to ''Hold the Fort"
Mrs. Il. w. DREW, Sec. pro tenn.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
Take 1t Now.

Ifyou're waiting for day
In the future far away
When, with gold enough to spare,
You will rest from toll and care,
And enjoyment find supreme,
Let me tell you-'tis dream
Ifyou're shaving all for wealth
At the cost of life and health,
And the present you reject
For future you expect;
If your joys are yet to be
Pain, not pleasure, YOU will see.
Ifyou are waiting to be old
Ere you take the good of gold
And enjoy your rightful due
OF life's pleasures, sweet and true
You will find, alas, too late,
Woful disappointment great.
Live life's journey by the way;
While the sun shines make your hay;
Now-now only you are sure
OF the pleasures that endure,
Pleasures that make memory bright
When life's noon has turned to night.
O, the heart grows hard and cold
Piling up the yellow gold,
Throwing present good away,
Dreaming that future day
Never coming may bestOw
joys you now or never know.
Wait not till life is spent
Ere You know its sweet content;
Take its pleasures good and true,
While they still belong to you
Then upon u future day,
They, and more with you VIII stay.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
Amusements for Young Men.

Young men everywhere should be
encouraged to invent harmless amuse-
ments for themselves, and ways to
get the exercise and excitement they
crave without going to the saloon,
the gambling hall, or the low theatre.
If one-half the money some young
men spend on cigars and drink, were
spent in hiring rooms, in groups OF
tours and skies, and furnishing them
to their one tastes, they would have
places to spend their evenings where
they could have just as much fun as
in the saloon and that, too, in per-
fectly harmless way.
| do not encourage the club, be-
cause the club is a crowd, and the
club room loses its home feeling.
Four young men of congenial tastes
can have a better time together than
twenty-five young men, part OF
whom are uncongenial, possibly can.
Last, not least, appeal to the he
roic in young men. Do not for a
moment insinuate that they are so
weak that they cannot help going to
saloons simply because they have no
pleasant place to spend their eve
nings. Every young man is capable
of moral heroism, and that heroism
once aroused will carry him through
the most scorching temptations, no
matter how unpleasant his surround
ings may be.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
Impediments to Progress.

There are some men SO constituted
that they can not help planting them
selves squarely in the way of all pro-
gress. They discourage improve
ments, stifie enterprise, choke public
spirit, frown upon all questions of
change for the better, land grOpe along
in the old way. They are magnets,
many of them, and attract gold, and
when it reaches them, it ''sinks far
into their venal souls" so deep that
no one ever sees it again. They are
money-getters, not because of supe-
rior ability, but because the fates
cast them into money-making groove
and they lack the versatility to get
out of it. They are the absorbents
that lick up the "life-blood of com
merce.' They have only one idea
on mad passion-and that is lust
for money. And this money must be
maQ6 WITHOUT Gu6 lloh VI q NOIi''i
Anything that necessitates the invest
ment of money, is tabooed. They
produce nothing, help nothing, are
of no benefit to society, but sit around
watching opportunities, getting fell
bowman Sin a tight then they crush
him. Such men never die, because
they never have lived. Some day
they will lie down and forget to get
up and collect rents and interest, and
then they will be laid away out of
sight. The sun will shine brighter
when they are gone. Their names
shall be unsyllabled, their deeds I'M
SUMO
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

All the Unions in the county that
are anx ious to see our w. G.. L. Z.
column we'll sustained must send in
their articles in good time. We wish
for reports of public meetings, lee
lures and entertainments given by the
w. 7. c. T., Us and L. I. L. We
want to know what you are doing so
as to encourage each other in the
best way of doing the best things.
Mrs. A. B. OWEN, Co. Supt. Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Atlanta, Ca, is said to have a
queer way of furnishing profanity in
the public schools. The boys caught
at using bad language are made to
wash their mouths with water infused
with quassia. The bitter stuff is con-
sidered cure; at least it is not so
easily forgotten as a licking or a
scolding. Is it not an invention
worth more general use? Generally
family discipline is poverty-strick-
en- affair-mostly made up of scold-
ing and thrashing. Why not have a
family quassia cup, with say another
containing salt, and a third with rici-
nus communis, that is to say, castor
oil?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
Little Things That Count.

In every line of business, no mat
ter whether conducted upon a large
or a small scale, it is the little things
that count. The little expenses, the
little wastes, the little economies,
are the ones that turn the balance of
accounts, either for profit or loss,
and it is these little things that need
the closest attention. Nor is it alone
in the large concerns of llfe-ln the
factory, the workshop, the manage
ment of the big farm or other great
business enterprises-thatt the neces-
sity of looking after these little
things makes itself apparent The
workingman of to-day, with his wag-
es scarcely sufficient to provide for
the comforts and necessities of life,
has the most need to practice econo-
my in small things, and it is surpris-
ing to note what an amount of waste
is made by those who have the most
need to practice economy. A few
cents here and few there seem mere
trifes, and are not regarded as of
any particular consequence, or as
having any material relation to the
annual expenses, but if careful ac-
count were kept for single year, the
result would be astonishing, and just
here is where the difference lies be-
tween individuals and corporations.
The latter have learned by compar-
isou of the strict accounts which are
an absolute necessity with them, the
lesson of economy in small things.
Everything is put down and can be
looked over and studied ,and its affect
upon the total noted, and this is
lesson which should be learned by in
dividuals, land workingmen especially.
By them, as a rule, no account of
daily expenses, or even any expense,
is kept. They receive their money,
and it is spent. At the end of the
wear not one of them can tell where
his money has gone, or for what pur-
pose, whether he has made profit
from the time and labor expenped, or
not: and for this reason, as we'll as
that he NAV see where and how he
may economic and save something,
even if only a small amount, the
workmen should keep a strict and
careful account of daily expenditures
and receipts.
Such a course would not only re-
suit beneficially to him personally,
but would make him a more careful,
painstaking and valuable employe.
Carelessness at home or of ones per-
sonal interests breeds carelessness of
others interests, and there is nothing
which an employer notices more
quickly, and is more willing and
ready to appreciate and reward, than
the display of care and interest in the
little details by workman.
1t cannot be expected that man
who is careless of his own welfare
and interests will exercise any more
care than he is obliged to do under
the watchful eye of the foreman or
proprietor, or care for those of his
employer.
1t is, then, all-important that every
individual exercise this watchfulness
of the small things in business aud
in private life. The employer must
guard himself against loss by the
carelessness and wastefulness of his
employees. The employe should be
equally vigilant in his own personal
interests, and all should remember
that it is the little things that count.
Manufacturers Gazette.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

LA GRIPPE AGAIN-During the epidemic OLA
Grippe last season, DIR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds, proved to be the
best remedy. Reports from the many who used it
confirm this statement. They were not only quick
ly relieved but the disease left bad after results
We ask you to give this remedy a trial and we
guarantee that you will be satisfied with results,
or the purchase price will be refunded. 1t has no
equal in la grippe, any throat, chest or lung
trouble Trial bottles free at II. C. Pierce's drug
store Large bottles, soc and $1o0
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
To Tommy Jones! Why, he has
parents and books and clothes and
everything he needs.
Yes, but he can't whistle.

Crying is the child's only methord of indicating
that it suffeas with pain. Mothers alleviate
such pain and sooth the little sufferer by giving Dr.
Bulls Baby syrup safe and reliable remedy.
One of the newly discovered 'forces' in nature IS
Old Saul's Catarrh Cure Its potency lies In Its
ability to arrest and expel from the system that
painful and loathsome disease nasal catarrh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

When a man tells you he is per-
fectly contented he means, in nine
cases out of ten, that after thinking
the matter all over he does not see
how he can get anything more.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Charles Cosgrove who has not been able to at
tend to his business for years. was interviewed by
our reporter yesterday, and says: For years was
troubled with Bright's disease of the kidneys The
doctors gave me up. Through an Eastern friend
L obtained a bottle of sulphur Bftters. took five
bottles and now 1 am almost well. Keith sells
them-San Francisco Call.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
James w. SIMPSONS Estate.

SyTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT, 50.
- In Probate Court, held at Barton Landing, in
said District on the 18th day of Feb, A. ID. 1891
E. l.. Hastings and John w. Simpson, admins.
traitors of the estate of James w. Simpson, late of
Craitsbbry in said District deceased, present their
administration account for examination and allow
ance, and make application for decree Of distri-
button and partition of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court, that said
account and said application be referred Ia session
thereof TO be held ut the Probate Office in said Bar
ton, Landing on the 4th day OF March, A. d.
1891 for hearing and decision thereon And, II -
further ordered that notice hereof be given to All
nersons interested by publication of the same three
weeks suceessively in the Monitor, n newspaper
published at Barton, previous TO said time appoint
ed for hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and show cause, If any they may have,
why said account should not be allowed, and such
decree made. BY the Court-Attest,
10 %. IL. AOS1iN, JuoBe'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Don't feel well, and yet You are not sick enough
to consult DOCTOR you refrain from so doing for
fear you will alarm yourself and friends-we will
tell you just what you need. 1t is Hoods Sarsa-
para which will lift you ont of that uncertain I'M
comfortable dangerous condition, into state OF
good health, confidence and cheerfulness. You've
no idea how potent this peculiar medicine is in cas-
eS like
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

$50 your wife has left you p "She
has" "What were her last words on
leaving you, sir?'' SIS my hat on
straight"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Very superior for catarrt and bronchitis, is the
verdict for Johnson's Anodyne Iiniment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
Read This, YG SCeptiCS!

GEO. w. BOULTER, of Belfast, Me-,
for three years a member of the city
government, and also member of Thos.
II. Marshall Post, No. ~, G. A. r., is
well and favorably known as thor
Oughly reliable man. He says under
date Of March 81, 1890 =
For some years L have been afflicted
with Dyspepsia, BitiouSneSs, Muscular
Rheumatism and LGmeneSS across KID
meys. Added to all this, was, for two
years, daily attacked with q
deathIy sickness at pit of stOm-
ach, followed by copious flow of water
from my mouth; then l would vomit,
which would relieve me for the time, only
to be repeated the next day. | commenced
taking DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, and
before had taken one bottle the deathly
sickness departed and for over four
months have not had the slightest symp-
tom of a return. My STOMACH FEELS AS
WELL AS EVER IN MY LIFE. My BILIOUS
NESS Is ALL GONE, and my bowels are regu-
lar. My DYSPEPSIA IS a THING OF THE
PAST, AND / CAN EAT ANY KIND OF FOOD
AND DIGEST IT.
Ny wife has also taken DANA'S SAR-
SAPARILLA for Biliousness and Neural
gia, and has been helped by it more than
by any other medicine she ever took. l
consider it a aoonde7Juk remedy"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

The antagonisms between the Irish
leaders are getting worse and less
reconcilable.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23
worthy of earnest consideration.

Gilbert Haven spoke tie me once of
his great interest in the question of
lay representation in the General
Conference, and how he was baffied
in his efforts to carry it. "But," said
he, cheerily, sit is bound to come,
and women will yet be sent to this
highest legislative and judicial assem-
bly, of the Methodist Church, and wo-
men will yet be ordained bishops.
You will live to see i'll shall not"
[ expect to see his prediction fulfilled,
as many others have been.
Never was Bishop Haven more
needed than to-day How splendidly
he would have espoused the cause of
women delegates to the general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church How his clarion tones would
have rung out in behalf of this great
advance How he would have turned
back the tide of vilifcatiOn that, for
a while, surged around the beloved
Frances willard, who, recognized as
the coming leader of the women of
the world, becomes the shining target
of those who seek to perpetuate eX-
elusive masculine domination Pro-
life as has been the great church of
the people in clear-headed, large
hearted and brave apostles of the
right and the true, only once in a
century can she give us man like
the rare and unique Haven, who re-
turned, alas for us, too early to
heaven. Mrs. MARY A.LIvERMORE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Knocked out at last : Mrs. Stanley
will you kindly hand me my hand
kerchief from my dress pocket, Hen
ry?
Mr.. Stanley CATER long pause)
i can't find your pocket.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

HAPPY MEETING OF Two FRIENDs-John Nj
Allen, of Charlotte, n. Y. said to his FRIEND Par-
sons, am about dead with the gravel and cannot
find help" Mr.. Parsons induced MIR. Allen to
give DIR. David Kennedy's Favoriie Remedy, OF
Rondout, n. Y, a trial. Weeks went by and the
friends met. Mr.. Allen said, CDR. David kenne-
dy's Favorite Remedy has saved my life. 1t is q
sure cure for gravel
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Il have carefully watched the
effect of drink upon the wage earn
ing portion of our fellow citizens,
and unhesitatingly say that alcohol
is too strong for Christianity. Until
we can get the drink out of the way,
our efforts to Christianize and uplift
the mass of people will be in great
measure abortive. 1t is strong
statement to make, but years of
temperance work has convinced me
that, in England, at least, CHRISTIAN
ity goes doaom before alcohol. Beer
and spirits are too strong for the BIZ
ble." This statement from one of
England's prominent Band Of Hope
and Sunday-school workers-Mr.
Samuel Watson-is a strong one and
worthy of earnest consideration.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Here are the eight longest words
in the English language at the pres
ent writing:
Suticonstitutionalis
Philoprogentiveness.
Observation-Disclosures
Incomprehensibleness.
Disproportionableness.
Velocipedestrainistical.
tionsubstantionist.
Unconstitutional
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

A gentleman in Union County, Mo-, who is too
modest man TO have his name mentioned in the
newspapers, was cured of rheumatism by Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, after trying other medicines
and treatment for thirteen years. For sale by H.
c. Pierce, druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Mother-Well, Johnnie, did you
dispose of the 10 pennies l gave you
for charity?
Johnnie-Yes, ma, | gave two pen
MES to a boy who had no parents,
three to boy with only one leg, and
the other five to Tommy ones.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Clumsy troubled me for twenty years, Since L
started using DR.. Thomas Electric Oil have not
had an attack. The Oil cures sore throat at once
Mrs Letta Conrad, Standish, Mich, Oct. Is, 49,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Chow TO CURE ALL SKIN DISEASES. Simply
apply "Swayne's Ointment No internal medicine
required. Cures letter, eczema, itch, all erup-
clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and
curative powers are possessed by no other remedy.
Ask Your druggist for Swayne's ointment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

Costiveness be permanently cured by the
use of Baxter's Mandrake Bitters,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-02-23

1t does what we claim or costs
you nothing. Could we make
you a fairer offer? Try a