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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-25


A rather amusing story comes from
Boston of a Harvard graduate work
ing as a street car conductor and a
society girl who had known him in
better days. The girl was aboard
his car, and though he had been often
snubbed by his former acquaintance,
he put on a bold front and appealed
to her recognition. ~ am afraid you
don not remember me, Miss Blank"
he said. The girl drew herself up
with offended dignity, all the frgidity
of frozen Boston in her air. ri GER
tainly do not" she said coldly. Gun
less" she added, as if in afterthought,
'tyou are our old coachman Henry"
The red rushed into the face of the
conductor, and it is to be supposed
that he wished himself anywhere rath-
er than there; but there was certain
brutal wit and not little spunk in
the fellow, and he held himself up
wonderfully. II am not your old
coachman Henry" he said, loudly
enough TO be heard by everybody in
the car, all the passengers being by
this time thoroughly interested in the
conversation; ''but perhaps it is not
strange that you should confound me
with him, because that night you in
vited me to the leap year ball at the
Hightops' you may remember that he
was drunk and that / had to drive
you home. Fare pleased" And he
rung that fare in with snap that to
the spectators sounded almost vicious.
was a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes. L
used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying re-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-25

l was a sufferer from catarrh for fifteen
years, with distressing pain over my eyes. L
used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying re-
suits. Am apparently cured.-Z. G. Warren
Rutland. Vt.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
Carlisle the Coming Man.

A washington correspondent
says: with Cleveland's election
the star of John G.. Carlisle rose
again, and the people who know
much about inside politics realize
that the chance of Senator Car
isles life has come. He is des-
tined TO be one of the greatest fig
ures in the Cleveland administers
ton. Carlisle's position will be
more prominent than that of cab
met officers, except in the case Of
emergencies, in which some one
portfolio might chance to secure
temporary fame. Carlisle has
reached the stage in his career
where he is ripe for honors. His
wonderful acumen and ability is
conceded by every one, and his
prominence as the great constitu-
ton defender and Mr.. Cloveland's
personal friend will give him the
greatest opportunity be has ever
had, There are said to be two pol
iticians for whom Mr.. Cleveland
has a genuine liking; one is Car
Isle, in whose sagacity he has con-
fidence, the other il Russell, the
Massachusetts, governor, for whom
Mr.. Cleveland has n fondness as he
entertains for few men. Mr., Rus
sell is not a cabinet probability on
account of the lieutenant govern
orship of his state being in Repub-
lican hands. Three great figures
of the Cleveland congress will be
Carlisle, German and Cochran"
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
Best Stock Pays Best.

One of the largest droves of
choice beeves ever received here
was brought in on Wednesday last
by J. Evans, from his Emerson,
Ia, farm. There were seventeen
car loads, and every animal was as
near perfection IA they make them.
They were polled Angus, averaged
l,490 lbs, and brought SO. Had
they been divided up into smaller
lots undoubtedly they would have
brought better figures. Mr.. Evans
has about 1000 head of young cat
tie on his Emerson farm, 400 of
which are Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
Dictator was an old horse when
II. G. Mcdowell, his present owner,
gave $4,000 for him, but he has
earned in stud fees and produce
$150,000 for the proprietor of Ash
land, and is now celebrated as the
sire of the wonderful Jay-Eye-See,
and the grand-sire Of Nancy Hanks,
Directum and Direct, besides the
progenitor of hundreds of other
fnst horses.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
A Fiuht for Place.

Mr.. Bascom, of Bath county, ex-
representative and prominent
Democrat in that section, is an ap-
plicant for collector in the Lexing-
ton district. Three members of
congress, Breckenridge, Paynter and
Lisle have counties in the district,
and all of them will pull for the
collectorshipwhich carries SO much
patronage with it. Senator Black
burn also lives in the district, and
he and Col. Breckenridge are said
to be looking fiercely Mt each other
with the other eye on the bone.
Col. Thomas Shelby and State Sem
ator Mulligan, of Lexington, are
doing their level best TO get tho
collectorship. Senator Blackburn
j. said TO want it for his brother.
The eighth congressional district
may have m applicant for COM
missioner of internal revenue--the
place whence all the collectorships
radiate.-Danville Advocate.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
The Road Convention.

The road convention held at Lex
ington last week, was not as we'll
attended as it should have been.
A permanent organization was eff
fected, however, by the election of
X. II. Gray, of Woodford county,
as president, and w. j. Thomas, of
Shelby county, secretary. The
road bill, now pending in the legis-
lature was discussed mt length.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
Resolved, First--That this organiza-
ton I've made permanent, and that It's oh
ject is tn impress the people of the state
with the Importance of improving our
public roads and institutng road sys
tenn that will produce better results and
distribute more equtably and fairly the
burdens of making and keeping the pub
lie roads in repair.
Second--1hat the county judges he
urgently requested TO appoint delegates
10 its meeting To be held ut Lexington,
January l7th, 1898
Third--That the newspapers of the
state be requested to present the matt r
to their readers, and use their best en-
deavors to awaken them 20 the import
ance Of the subject, aud to the material
benefits that would accrue 10 them aud
to the public from more enlightened
and efficient system.
Fourth-That all persons who are in.
tercstcd in the improvement OF the roads
Of the State be earnestly requested 10
cooperate with the convention in enlist
ing interests and creating public scnti'
meut upon this most important subject.
Fifth-That the legislature is earnest
" requested To enact rs soon as possible
law that will cure the rninous effect Of
our present miserable system, and pro-
mote the material improvement of pub
lie roads.
The convention adjourned 20
meet at Lexington, January 18th,
1893, and it is hoped that every
county i'm the state VIII he repre-
scented. and much good be- done.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

Why should not the Democratic
party advocate the proposed con-
stitutional change providing for
the election of president by the
direct vote of the people? Ii is
the most honest way of getting at
the will of the people II places
the selection of chief magistrate in
the hands of the people instead of
in the hands of the politicians. IL
prevents the Capitalization of cor
ruption funds in doubtful states
1t prevents partisan returning
boards in certain states from re-
versing the will of the people. It
makes the voter of every state
equal. 1t prevents dictation at
party conventions by doubtful
states.
That the change would be of inn
mense advantage to the Democrats,
it is but necessary to glance at the
following figures TO have il demon-
strated. The large majority of
the voters in the country are Demo-
Gratis, and the Democrats have
cast n majority of the votes at
every election since ID except in
1880. The followingis the table Of
pluralities.
Cleveland's plurality in 1892 ..".43l sos
Cleveland's plurality in lSSS.......0S,5 4i
Cleveland's plurality in lSSi......26, 5S4
Gariield's plurality in 1880 ........mS,S34
Tidens plurality in lS76..........25O, 9lS
1t is evident that the Democrats
have everything to gain and nothing
TO lose by the change. They escape
from the dictations of New York
and they almost certainly elect ov-
cry president for many years to
come. The people have everything
to gain and nothing to lose, for the
election is placed in their hands
and political manipulation will be
of little avail.-Louisville Post.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
]. Kennedy Tod and the K. U.

The case of j. Kenneday Tod IL
Co. against the X. L. Railroad Co,
after a litigation of nearly two
years. was decided in their favor
by the United, States court last
week. The court ordered that UNI
less the second mortgage bond
holders ply the debt of the road
within four months from January
list. 1898, that the road be sold,
with one million az n starter. The
road will remain in the hands OF
Receiver Kean until that time. The
lines of the X. L. have certainly
fallen in hard places, but we hope
will come out all right, as It's ben
eft 10 the mountains can not be
calculated.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
Undesirable Citizens.

An exchange gives us list Of
nine classes of people who do II
town no good. First, those who go
out of town TO do their trading.
Second, those opposing improve
ments. Third, those who prefer u
quiet town TO one of push and bust
ness. Fourth, those who imagine
they own the town. Fifth, those
whe think business can be done
slyly without advertising. Sixth,
those who deride public spirited
men. Seventh, those opposing ev-
cry movement that does not orig
inato with themselves. Eighth,
those who oppose every enterprise
that does not appear to benefit
them. Ninth, those who seek to
injure the credit of individuals.
--a-----~-------.------@-
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

ihclO 10 pil pciuilS III thc
house reported by the revisory COM
mission entitled "roads and pass
ways" that ought to and probably
will become a law. II provides
that the county court with the aid
and advice of the road supervisor
shall classify the roads in the sew
eral counties of the state in 1894
into first, second and third class
roads. Those of first-class shall
be not more than sixty nor less
than thirty feet wide; those of
second-class not more than thirty
nor less than twenty feet wide, and
of third-class not more than twenty
nor less than fifteen feet wide, with
road beds of at least twenty, six
teen and twelve feet respectively,
and broken stones or gravel shall be
used to form surface when it is
necessary or convenient. When
condition of any road requires it
tile draining must be made. The
fiscal court of the county shall at
the April term, 1894, elect Il super
visor of roads for n term of two
years, who shall be n citizen of the
county and if the court desires n
civil engineer. The supervisor shall
receive an annual salary of not
more than $1,000 payable out of
thp county trpDSurV
The fiscal court shall prescribe
period in each year within which
the levying and grading of roads
shall be done; but said periods
shall not extend beyond the first
of October in any year. 1t shall be
the duty of the supervisor to report
in writing to the judge of the coun-
" court all failures of contractors
to comply with their contracts in
regard to roads or bridges, and to
appear and prosecute in all pro-
cecdings against such delinquents
SO returned to him. The supervi-
sor. with the consent of the county
Judge, may designate certain roads
or parts of roads that are not TO be-
let out as hereinbefore required,
but which are to be worked and
kept in repair, either by special
contracts privately made, or by
hands and teams hired by him, or
by delinquent tax payers, or by
persons sentenced to labor, or who,
by law, may be liable to work out
fines imposed by juries or courts.
Such overseers and persons hired
as herein provided are 10 be paid
out of the road and bridge fund.
Delinquent tax payers shall be wor-
ked on roads in their justices dis
tricts, and as convenient rs may
be to their places of residence, and
shall he allowed credit on taxes
due by them at the rate of one dol
lar for each full days work.
All male persons confined IN
county iails or warehouses, either
under sentence of court for mis-
demeanors or imprisoned for non
pavment Of fines and costs, shall
he available to the supervisor for
the purpose of working them ON
the public highways. In counties
having warehouses, the prisoners
may be obtained by the supervisor
from the board of commissioners
and the superintendent of the work
house. upon such terms as may be
agreed upon between them. These
are few points OF the proposed
| law which if put into effect would
add incidentally to convenience
of travel and the value of lands.
| Then the lines
"When this way you travel
Pray bring your own gravel,
would no longer apply in Kentucky.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

A bill increasing the pension OF
the Mexican soldiers, has passed
the house at Washington.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30
Give Tom a Place.

Thos. Fitzpatrick, Of Prestons-
burg, will be an applicant for coli
hector of internal revenue in his
district. Tom Fitzpatrick has n
heart in proportion to his body,
and when the Democrats need holp
he il sure 10 be in the thickest Of
the fight. Such men deserve the
spoils of Observation-Disclosures DEM
ocrat.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

Pay your account to-day.
II. +. PIEaATT 4 Go.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

Believe not in malicious gossip.
BE helpful toward all those in need.
Be kind, sympathetic in actions,
charitable in opinions and gener-
Gus to faults, and remember that
good manners, good morals and u
good heart is the way to lasting
love and true happiness.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-30

There are thirty towns in Ameri-
n called Washington.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21

Warden Spooner, of the Sioux Falls Is. d.
penitentiary. visited this place day last week.
Mr.. Spoener has just lately become warden. and
he is now tour of inspection. among the pris.
ons Of the country, gathering information for
home After spending day here inspecting
the routine. he started for Waupun where he
will acquaint himself with the workings of Wis.
consn's state prison.
The boss washee man is cultivating the &C.
quaintance of large spider that has spread its
net for fies waterroaches and other toothsome
insects that infest his washery. This spider has
gh forehead and is quick 10 profit by expert.
ence. One day a waterroach was put in the net
and Mr.. Spider gathered it in and sat down for
feast. While he was supping another roach was
put in, but he paid no attention to it, which ap-
parent ingratitude SO enraged the washee man
that he destroyed the net. Mr. Spider wove
new net, and the next day the performance of the
day before was repe ated. Again the net was re.
paired and on the third day Mr.. Spider left the
roach, upon which he feeding. and hurried
after the second one, which he securely bound.
by wrapping it around and around with webbing
and then returned to his dinner. Since that
whenever the second roach is put into the net Mr..
Spider instantly leaves the first to 1t. Who
will dare to assert that this spider has no reason
ing powers? There are thousands Of men who
show less sense in their conduct than this spider
has shown.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21

Candidate Harrison will be in the Goth
year of his age next month. Candidate
Cleveland is in his seth year. Candidate
Weaver Peoples partly is in his Goth year.
Candidate Bidwell (Prohibitionist will be
in his Gath year next month. All of the
four candidates are gray haired. Three of
them are full bearded. and the other two
wear moustaches only. Two of them. Har-
risOn and Weaver were born in Ohio, both
in the same year. Cleveland was born IN
New jersey. Bidwel was born in the State
of New York, up in Chautauqua. Two of
them, Harrison and Weaver, served in the
Union army during the war; Bdwell was
a soldier in our war with Mexico. The
lightest weight among them all is the Omaha
candidate, and the heaviest is the Chicago
candidate. Three of the candidates, Har-
risOn, Cleveland, and Weaver, are lawyers.
Bidwell has been distiller. Two of them,
Weaver and Bidwell. were once members of
the House of Representatives; Harrison was
once a member of the United States Senate.
All four of the candidates are we'll looking
enough. but not any one OF them can be
correctly described as truly beautiful. Har-
rison has been twice Presidential can
didate and once elected to the Presidency.
Cleveland has been thrice a Presidential
been twice Presidential candidate. with.
out any chance of election. Bdwell has
never until this year been Presidential
candidate. Bdwell is the wealthlest of the
four candidates; Cleveland and Harrison are
less wealthy; Weaver is the least wealthy.
easily the least. AS candidates. Cleveland
halls from New York, Harrison from Ohio.
Weaver from Iowa. and Bidwel from Cali
fornia-an Eastern candidate, trans Allie
ghany candidate a trans Mississippi candi-
date, and Pacific coast candidate ALI
the candidates are rather dark cOmpleXioned
and are of medium height What sized
shoes they respectively wear cannot yet be
stated. though Cleveland has unquestiOnally
the smallest and handsOmest feet All four
of them can make speeches. but Harrison
and Weaver are more vOluble speakers than
Cleveland or Bidwell. A quadrilateral de-
bate between the four of them upon the pub
lie issues of the day in the amphitheatre Of
Madison Square Garden would be pleasant
entertainment for New Workers of all par
ties: each of the speakers limited to one
hours time. and each entitled to half hour,
after the main speeches, to reply to all
OtherS,-N. Y. Sun.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21

The following from the pen of an ola
soldier who was stationed long time in
Texas. says the Minneapolis Journal. re-
minds one of the story of a noted general
who had also lived in the Lone Star state
for longer time than he liked. When
asked, on his return to the North, how he
liked Texas, he CURLY replied that if he
owned both hell and Texas, he would live
in hell and rent Texas. Those who have
been in Texas will appreciate the illusions,
and will find that the verse is hot enough to
suit the place.
The devil in hell we're told was chained
And thousand years he there remaned
He neither complained, nor did he groan,
But determined to start bell of his own
Where he could torment the souls of men
Without beng chained in a PRISON cell.
So he asked the Lord # he had on hand
Anything left when he made the land
The Lo d said Yes, had plenty on hand,
But left it down on the RIO Grande.
The fact is old boy, the stuff is poor,
don't think you can used IT in hell any more.'
But the devil went down to look at the truck.
And said if it came gift he stuck;
For after examining it carefully and well.
He concluded the place was too dry for hell.
So in order to get it off his hand
The Lord promised the devil to water the land;
For he had some water. orrather some dregs,
A regular cathartic and smeled like bad eggs.
Hence the trade was closed the deed was gwen,
And the Lord went back to his home in heaven.
And the devil then said I've all that is needed
To make good hell and hence he succeeded.
He began to put thorns on all the trees.
And mixed up the sand with millions of feas.
He scattered tarantulas along all the roads.
Put thorns on the cactus. and horns on the toads.
He heightened the horns of the Texas steers,
And put an addition on the rabbits
He put a little devil in the broncho steed.
And poisoned the feet of the centipede.
The rattlesnake bites you, the scorpion stings.
The musquito delights you with his buzzing wings.
The sand burrs prevail and so do the ants,
And those who sit down need half soles on their
pants.
The devil then said that throughout the land,
He'd manage to keep up the devils own brand.
And all would be ''mavercks'' unless they bore.
Marks of scratches and bites and thorns by the
score
The heat in the summer is hundred and ten.
Too hot for the devil and too hot for men.
The wild boar roams through the black chaparral,
IT'S a hell of a place he has for a hell.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21
A Bit of Diplomacy.

Bridget applying for situation): On, Wis.
Mum! Oi lived in me last place tree weeks.
Mrs. Van Nobbs: And why did YOU
leave?
Bridget: Oh couldn't git along wild her;
she was old an cranky.
Mrs. Van hobbs: But l may be old and
cranky, too.
Bridget: Cranky We may be, Mum. fer
faces is sometimes decavin'; but owld!-
Niver!
land Bridget got the place. Puck.
Sharp Notwithstanding
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21
From an EX.SalOOnkeeD

Jackson. April 25. 1899. Rev. Mr.. Nun.
hall: Dear SRI attended your meeting
last night and think you were, to say the
least. unfair in your denunciation of the
saloonkeeper. differ with you as to their
having no conscience. l am an eX saloon
keeper. l kept respectable place." be-
sides that l rented my place of deacon
in Baptist church. my bOndSmen were
one Methodist. the other PRESBYTERIAN.
l he officers whose signatures were fixed to
the document, which gave me the right to
sell both belonged to my church." On
the day of election. Baptist, Methodsts.
Presbyterians. Congregatonalists. Episco
polians. Lutherans, Catholics, Spritualsts,
Universalists. inidels, atheists. saloOnkeep
ers, and highway robbers all voted for Ii
cense to grant me the privilege to damn
the souls you are trying to save. and let me
prophesy now. that many who arose last
night to be counted member of some evan
gelical church will this fall cast their vote
for license to sell liquid damnatiOn.
1t is strange that the evaDgelists are whip
ping the salOonkeeper with lash that
ought to be used upon the backs of the
prOfessed Christians. who use their prayers
to mock God. and their votes to build the
kingdom of the devil. You quoted script
ure last night to prove that the SalOOnkeep-
ers inherit the abode of the damned. but no
reference was made to the final summing
up of the hypOcrite.
Let me give you few quotations from
the scripture: "Woe unto you hypocrites.
who. under the cloak of the church, sell
your principle for price, who pave your
streets with human souls and paint your
asvlums with the blood of the innocent vic
tins of your legalized rum;" Woe unto you
who stand in the synagogues and pray God
to drive intemperance from our land and
stand at the exit with your vote to drive it
back. For in the last day you will be cast
into the lake of whisky set on fire by the
demons of hell:
A saloonkeeper is not hypocrite. a
Christian man of brains who votes for IL
cense is, and if l understand the Bible
right. God hates hypocrite worse than the
devil hates saint. Deal fairly with all
and we sinners will find no fault.
AN Elk SALOONKEEPER.
P. 81 am so ashamed that | was ever
engaged in the satanic business of selling
the devils tea. l will not give my name.
Hoping the church may be converted and
salOonkeepers driven from their legallzed
dens. quit.--JacksOn Patriot.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-07-21

A freak of nature has come to light in
the county jail at Forth Worth, Texas
His name is Jesse Lee aged Is years.
Turn the boys face so that a strong light
may shine into his eyes. and phenomenon
is seen. Around the pupils of the eyes in
the iris are the &c letters of the alphabet,
arranged symmetrically. There are Is let
tiers in each eye. those up to I'M" being in
the left eve and the remaining ones in the
right. He says his father and four brothers
are similarly affected.--Ex.