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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
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A PLAIN, EVERYDAY MILLIONAIRE.
Jay Gou1d's Lack of Style Surprises tho
Observers at the Hot Springs.

Jay GouId's Lack of Style Surprises the
Observers at the Hot Springs.
One of the shabbiest hacks in Hot
Springs bumped and ratified along the
road III front of the Park hotel just as
the small band of baseball cranks were
returning with hoarse voices and per
spring hands from the field where the
St. Paul team had snatched victory
from the Cincinnatis. The hack was
open, and on the back seat sat a little
man with n great many wrinkles in his
face and gray hairs in his dark beard.
Beside him sat a very pretty girl with
a sailor hat and a jaunty air to match.
Then Wis-a-vis was a young man of
very small Importance if appearances
were to be trusted. The dust raised by
the shuffling horses and rickety rig had
not subsidized before a New Yorker
among the baseball cranks said irrever-
emily, There goes old JAY"
Everybody turned at once, and as if
to crafty the curiosity of some of his
subjects Mr.. Gould hooked his umbrella
into the hacknan's neck and signaled
passed we all had a good look at the
Little Wizard, " and the Jew Yorker
further identified the pretty girl and
the commonplace young man as George
Gould and his young wife, about whom
thousands of young men raved when
she adorned the stage as Edith King
don
Another hack of equally plebeian as
pect--the climate will be colder here
when the supply of motheaten chariots
and spawned steeds runs out-followed
in the wake of Jay GOuld's, containing
Miss Helen Gould and DR. John p.
Mum, of New York, the physician who
accompanies the railroad magnate on all
his Journeys The Gould party arrived
on their special car, and they got into
the hackman's hands of course Even
the wonderful strategic skill of Mr..
Gould could not save him from the
common fate of all who get out at the
Hot Springs terminus.
1t is my belief that Mr. Gould visits
Hot Springs from time to time to study
the hackmen, the druggists, the hotel
keepers and the rest of the financiers
here. Anyhow he drove all over the
town and looked at the new hotels the
building boom, of which many new
stores are the result. and paid the
hackmen without a protest, which as
tOnished them no Oubt.-Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
They are the Best Pant for the
Money in Vermont!

Also a large lot Of all wool pant,
and vests, including all wool grey
and fancy patterns. ! furnish peico
free for mending with every pair OF
pants sold.
| have nearly 300 yards of those
handsome remnants, all perfect
goods, including a lot of cloak pat
terms, at As cents per yard.
We manufacture the cloth and
save the extra profits for our Gus
toners. Our pants are custom
made, no shop work. Call and see
for yourself, or send for samples OF
the cloth.
Big stock of home spun yarns as
usual. a good variety of hannels,
over and under wear, rolls, small
wares, dc.
Can furnish work for lot of
spinners and knitters to spin and
knit double mittens at once. No
YARN LET OUT TO KNIT. Carding
season has commenced.
HENRY GAY, Barton Wooden Mill.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

II have u curiosity here, " remarked
a down town restaurateur the first of
the kind seen in this country for long
time" pointing to a red backed non
descript that looked like a cross be-
tween a lobster and a Gulf crab The
shell was ten inches long, the claws
black at the tips, and large enough to
hold in a wise q quarter of lamb. II
was passing up Park row the other day
when my attention was drawn to a
sailor who was offering this fellow for
three dollars to a crowd that had gath
cred around him. The sailor said he
had brought it from Liverpool, as no
doubt he had. 1t is an English sea
crab, found only in deep water in or
near the English channel
"Only once in a great while does one
get so far from home as New York.
This one is little more than a baby for
it weighs but eight pounds The aver
age for full grown crabs is at least
double that l had not had this fellow
a day when an English customer of
mine offered me twenty dollars for it,
with the privilege of keeping it on
exhibition until he called for it. A
choice company of his friends will get
a rare crab salad treat from it Sunday
afternoon. New York Times
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
Rode ashore on an Elephant.

Years ago there was tragic ship
wreck on the Maine coast near Mount
Desert. The vessel was transporting
Van Amburg's caravan. This yarn of
a drowned circus was related to me in
Wiscaaset by an ancient mariner in that
salty port. According to his recollec-
tions, the lions and the tigers and the
monkeys and nearly all the crew were
drowned The one who came out of
the disaster easiest was the elephant
keeper He mounted his huge charge,
prodded the animal behind the ear and
rode the bulky swimmer triunphantly
tc the rock bound coast of Maine. -
Holman L. Day in Lewiston Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
Coach Boy.

Foaled i'm the spring Of 1882 a. rich dap
pie chestnut, perfect form and action, stands
10 hands high and weighs 1ao0 pounds. Sire
the imported English cart horse Chestnut
Tom" formerly owned by Harrison House. Of
Grifin's Corner, =. O., has since been sold FOR
large sum and taken 90 the Vests a breed
combining size, beauty, action aud endurance
Dam, strong, well bred Morgan mare mo-
ted for her beauty and fine road qualities.
His colts are large, well-formed, OF good
courage and promise well.
have registered the above stallion az re-
CURED by law in Act 1903 Of the Acts OF the
Legislature OF Vermont, 1883, and do hereby
declare my intention 20 take advantage Of the
provisions OF said Act relating 20 liens upon
colts.
Coach Boy will be al Lowell Tuesdays al
lrasburgh, Mondays from ~ ~. 60 ] 80 D. ms nt
Barton village, Saturdays the remainder Of
the time at my stables three miles East Of the
village.
TERMS, TO WARRANT. SO.
Bills payable when mares foal. Mares kept
at lowest price Every care taken 20 prevent
accidents or escapes, hut no liabilities taken
whatever. For further particulars address or
call PETER IHpErE
Barton. May IS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
The Barton Pant !

| have on hand nearly 300 pairs
Of those pants, the same as | have
sold so many Of for the last year,
at the same prices, Sl,60, S1.S5 and
$500; also lot Of vests to match
at $l.10 and Sl.25 each.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
Erasmus P. Spencer Will

CTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
= IS. In Probate Court, held at Barton
day of June A. ID. 1891.
An instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Erasmus p. Spencer late
of Westmore in said district, deceased, being
presented to the Court by Orange G. Spencer
the executor therein named, for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at "A
session of said Court TO be held at the Probate
Office in Barton Landing, on the 18th day OF
July, A. ID. 1891, and show cause, if any they
may have, against the Probate of said will:
For which purpose il is further ordered, that
a copy of the record of this order be publish
ed three weeks successfully in the Monitor,
printed at Barton, previous to said time APP
pointed for hearing.
BY the Court-Attest,
26-2S O. II. AUSTIN. Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
GODS MYSTERIOUS RULE
THE Rain USED BY DR.. TALMAGE
AS A COMMON ILLUSTRATION.

God Is InGnity in Infinitesimais Much
as in Things Infinitely Great, in Our
Everyday sorrows as in the World IS
Erection.
BROOKLYN, July 5.-Dr Talmage's
sermon today is on kind of gospel in
which few people believe. The weather
is a common object of complaint and
fault finding, but Dr. Talmage finds Il
gospel III it, which today he proclaims
from the text, Hath the rain a IA
therT Job xxxviii, IS.
This Book of Job has been the sub
ject of unbounded theological wrangle.
Men have made it the ring in which to
display their ecclesiastical pugilism.
Some say that the Book of Job is true
history; others, that it is an allegOry;
Others chat it is an epic poem; Others
that it is a drama. Some say that Job
lived eighteen hundred years before
Christ; others say that he never lived
at ALL Some say that the author of
this book was job others, David;
others. Solomon. The discussion has
landed some in blank infdelity. Now
l have no trouble with the books of
Job or RevelatiOn-the two most mys-
teriOus books in the Bible-because of
a rule adopted some years ago.
l wade down into Il Scripture pas
sage as long as | can touch bottom, and
when | cannot. then | wade out.
used to wade in until it was over my
head, and then got drowned. | study
a passage of Scripture SO long as it is a
comfort and help to my soul; but when
it becomes q perpIexity and a spiritual
upturning, l quit. In other words, we
ought to wade in up to our heart, but
never wade in until it is over our head.
No man should ever expect to swim
across this great ocean of divine truth.
l go down into that ocean as go down
into the Atlantic ocean at East Hamp-
ton, Long Island, just far enough to
battle, then | come out. I never had
any idea that with my weak hand and
foot I could strike my way clear over to
Liverpool
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

1t is not very often that dining rooms
are visited by wild animals of their own
accord, but on Sunday large, fat
woodchuck made his way into the din
ing room of Mrs. Foster, on Front
street, where he was captured, and he
is now in a cage in their yard.-Lewis-
ton Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

The Tax Payers ofthe Village Of Barton are
hereby notified that the tax Bills for 1891 81
the incorporated Village and school District
No. have been delivered 60 me for objection,
under the provisions of Sees. 3s2 TO 3ss lncluH-
i've OF the Revised Laws of this State. And
said tax payers are requested 20 pay their acN=
eral taxes on or before 90 DAYS from the date
hereof. BY so doing they viii be entitled to "a
s Icuuctloh OF per cent OF az taAea thuh palu'
of said 80 days, will be delivered over to the
Collector of said Village aid school District,
TO be by him forthwith collected by process OF
law.
The 80 days expire on the 18th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1891.
II. c. PIERCE, Village and school Treas.
Barton, Vt, June 10, 1891.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

The man who was convulsed with
laughter at a woman trying to sharp
en- pencil, was soon after discovered
trying to cut paper pattern by the
united efforts OF a pair of scissors, his
right hand, lower jaw and two thirds
Of his tongue.
Raising grain and selling it is only
robbery to the land, and IL is only a
question of time when it will yield no
more. Raising of stock allows the
fertility to be maintained, and it is
the only way it can be done.
81 wonder what 1 must do to appear
rich?'
"Quite simple; drop a a threepenny
bit on the floor and don't stoop to
pick it up"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

God Is Iniinity in Infinitesimais Much
tn Things Infinitely Great, in Our
d Everyday sorrows as in the Worlds
Erection.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

81 wonder what 1 must do to appear
1.ich211
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

Again, my text makes me think thai
the rain of tears is of divine origin
Great clouds of trouble sometimes
hover over us. They are black, and
they are gorged and they are thunder
GUS They are more portentous than
Salvador or Claude ever painted
clouds Of poverty or persecution or be-
reavement. They hover over as. and
get darker and blaclzer and after I.
while a tear starts, and we think by an
extra pressure Of the eyeIid TO stop it.
Others follow, and after a while there is
a shower of fearful emotion Yea,
there is a rain of tears Hath that
rain q father2'
''Oh " you say. "a tear is nothing but
a drop of Hn1pid fluid secreted by the
lachrymal glands only sign of weak
eyes" Great mistuke 1t is one of the
Lord richest benedicJiols to the world
There are people ii Biackwell's island
insane asylum, and OF Utica, ard at ali
the asylums OF this land, who were de-
mented by the fact thai they could not
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06
Randall Il Crane.
Notice to Tax Payers.

Grecnsboro.vt., Apr. 6, 1891.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-06

THE GREAT KING PARDONS.
The king of Carthage was deUhrOned
His people rebelled against him He
was driven into Punishment. His wife
and children were Outrageously abused.
Years went by, and the king of Garth
age made many friends He gathered
up a great army. He marched again
toward Carthage. Reaching the gates
of Carthage the best men of the place
came out barefooted and bareheaded,
and with ropes around their necks, cry
ing for mercy. They said, I'VE abused
you and we abused your family but
we cry for mercy" The king of Garth
age looked down upon the people from
his chariot and said: II came to bless,
I didn't come to destroy You drove
me out. but this day pronounce par
don for all the people. Open the gate
and let the army come in" The
king marched in and took the throne,
and the people all sounded Long live
the kingr'
My friends, you have driven the Lord
Jesus Christ, the king of the church,
away from your heart; you have been
maltreating him all these years; but he
comes back today. He stands in front
of the gates of your soul. If you will
only pray for his pardon, he will meet
you with his gracious spirit and he will
say: THY sins and thine iniquities l
will remember no more. Open wide
the gate; will take the throne. My
peace ! give unto you" And then, all
through the audience, from the young
and from the old, there will be a rain
of tears, and God viii be the father of
that rain
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03
g ARCADE"
Tho Practical Man and the seisntlss.

The Practical Man and the Scientist
For the sake Of illustrating the differ
ence between the practical man and the
orist, let us suppose two persons TO yisis
the northern peninsula Of Michigan
seeking for iron. The one runs along
blindly, takes up with every good show,
and mines. The result is, no either
makes a happy strike by mere accident
or spends thousands of dollars ia uselssG
search.
The other has studied the laws Of cleo
tricfty, and knows that certain ores Of
iron are magnetic. he understands also
that these ores viii exert their influences
through any amount VI superintendent
earth. Consequently he provides him
self with dipping needle and compass.
and BY the operation Of these tells where
bed is located. its approximate depth
and probable amount Of material. To
prevent being deceived by the magnetic
schists in that region, by means Of his
dipping needle and compass he traces up
the bed until he finds an outcrop.
Thus have been located, az little ex-
pense, many Of the mining regions q
that locality. What an achievement 10
this. and how much better than the
blind guesses Of the 20 called practical
msn.--W. H. Smith, u. d. in PspulAs
Science Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03
occupations in Hearen.

A little Vermont friend aged -four
stood by the window as the family ply
stefan drove by with a smile and bow
for his little favorite. A moment later
she turned from the window with sigh
and said, Mamma, isn't it too bad that
DR.. Blank can't 90 to heaven" "Why,
JESSIE" said mamma in surprise. "What
makes you INK he can't go to heavenf"
''Why, of urse he won't go" said Jes-
sic. The nobody sick there, and
they won't ed any doctors"
Little Jessie's original idea was told to
the clergyman. who called day or two
later, who said that he should consider
that "a knock down argument" against
the theory that we are to continue our
present occupations in the future life. A
popular physician en- hearing the above
said that he did not see why the doctors
had not as good chance az the minis
tiers, for surely there would be no souls
TO save in the better land.-Rocheste
Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03
a TALK ABOUT THE GREAT FAIR.

To th Editor Of the Eagle
have been looking over the premium
list of the Southern Kansas fair for the
years 1899, 1890 and the present wear
1891, and | find that in October 1889 was
the first fair held under the present asso-
citation, and for lack of interest taken bv
the county and city and some of its Of
ficers, it almost proved a failure. Not
one special premium by the city was
offered and some of the officers never at
tended the fair that year. But the Off
GERS that did attend were men of brains
They seeing that it would not do to let
the fair die for want of courage set about
to make the next fair in 1890 a success.
dropping those officers that took no in
terest and placing men in their places
that were willing to spend time and
money, if needed, rather than fail. A
good, true Wichita man, knows no such
thing as fail. They got some of the bust
ness men of the city to offer twenty
special premiums and raising all other
premiums, and especially the speed ring,
thousands attended that fair from far
and near and ali premiums were promptly
paid. 1t was a perfect success and gave
good satisfaction TO all. With the en-
couragement the officers got last wear
they set about TO double their energy
and to make the fair of 1891 the best fair
ever held in the west, and under the
management of the present officers it
will be. Every one that will look over
the premium list of 1889, 1880 and 1891,
will see that there has been
a good deal of time and good judgment
used by the officers. The special pre-
MUM list has been raised from nothing
IN 1889 to seventy-one this year, and the
speed ring is to be second to none in the
state. \ contract has been closed with
eastern parties at a great expense to be
here with twenty horses, and a ten mile
race has been agreed upoE, aud many
other performances which will be very
Seeing that thu present fair
grounds would be too small TO accomo- !
date the crowd that will he here, they
have added ten acres more so that all
shall have room and be satisfied. There |
has been lack of interest taken in our
fair IN years gone by, ] myself for one, I
but we must let bygoRes be bygones, /
for It is to the interest of all that this /
fair, and all fairs in the future here, /
shall be a success. The buSfness men Of /
Wichita have done their part nobly, 1
now LET the farmers TURK out and do 4
heir part and show the thousands of 4
strangers that viii be here that we have /
4 united people. both in country and +
;Ity, as we have nothing 20 lose 'by It, /
)ut all 70 gain. Yours respectfully.
j Is BRgNIFry-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03
THE RETURN OF Mr.. SIMPSON.

From the Chicago News.
Chicago is soon to have within Its
borders great mantle Hon. Jerry
Simpson of Kansas He will deliver a
speech on labor day, and he promises
that it shall be one of his Irregular old
cornfeld speeches" In honor of the
occasion he may be expected to add to
his apparel pair of chaste striped hose.
But whether he does this or not he is
sure to receive hearty welcome
Before Mr.. Simpson went west and
took TO farming and to sitting up nights
to write speeches to deliver before the
Alliance lodge down in the schoolhouse
at the cross roads, he made his head
quarters in Chicago. In those days he
was an able seaman and sailed the
stormy lakes on a lumber hooker both
feet and stanch. From the Rush
street bridge to Muskegon he sped
and then bore back with him
many fat bundle OF pine
shingles in manner bold and blithe
He was skipper of parts, aud the lum-
Der interests of the northwest had bad
quarter of an hour when they learned
that tickle Jerry was TO leave them In
the lurch.
Men are deceivers ever,
One foot on sea and one On shore,
To one thing constant never"
Now the gallant skipper returns 10
Chicago a statesman, with the light Of
genius In his eve and with an extra col
lar in his travelling bag. 1t is but natur-
al that Chicago should be prepared TO
greet him with considerable enthusiasm.
Dir. Armour and the other prominent
farmers of the Chicago board of trade
viii no doubt make things pleasant for
him at the local lodge-rOoms and every
lumber hooker in the river will dip its
cOlOrs IN a merry greeting TO Jerry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03

One of the directors of the Bank of
England is quoted as saying that it is
quite within bounds to estimate that at
least 10000, 900 will be sent in actual
gold from Europe to the United States
before Christmastide. "Much of the
gold which has come from America the
past six months, he says, ''has come as
sort of insurance investment. 1t has
not been needed in actual business
transactions. An unreasouing appre-
hensiOn of disaster to come necessitated
the presence here Of gold, and the money
loaned by America for this purpose has
succeeded. as it was intended TO. in
allaying all fears for the future" This
confirms the opinion heretofore ex-
pressed by the EAGLE that the large ship
menus of gold made from the states to
Europe was only meant as a temporary
expedient; a sort OF hedging against con
unsencies incident to crop failures over
there that were anticipated there some
time before they were known here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-03

of July. 'Old Crow also visited Walk
er's Lake, Nevada. at which place he saw
myriads OF fairies. who were the
recognized and acknowledged children Of
Christ. All day the fairies danced on the
waters of the lake, and at night they came
ashore and joined the Indians in their
ghost dances He reports all the Indians
In that region as dancing. and that he will
return to Walkers lake IN week or two
and persuade Christ TO come home with
him. His influence with the Indians here
Is rapidly increasing. and be Row has 60
or 200 followers But, while Old Crow is
decidedly lame from 8 religious stand
point, he is a model 6aancier. and his fol-
lowers profit by his teachings Instead of
drawing their per capita money. they al
low it TO remain at the agency for the
present. Meanwhile, they are selling
horses aud cattle TO the other Indians a5
very high prices. and as soon as the pur-
chasers get hard up" they viii sell the
animals back to them at less than half
price. Old Crow SAYS that be and his band
will take their money in seventeen days
from the present Eims.