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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
4 MODERN MIRACLE.

Some time ago Roman Catholic
curate of excellent character, but
weak intellect, was suspended because
of mental incapacity for the exercise
of his office. AS he had no private
means, and was a man of very benev
olent disposition, he was generally
penniless. While in this state of
impecuniosity, he was invited to stay
with a brother priest, and got up ear
ly one morning to take stroll before
breakfast On the road near the pres
bytery he met troop of little chill
dren, who, in pious and pathetic Ian
guage, asked his charity: edo, yere
Reverence, for the honor of God and
the Blessed Vargin, do give us little
hand reach, for we're starving wild
the hunger" "My poor woman, Pm
sorry to refuse you; but, if We only
knew it, Pm as bare as yerself," said
the good priest. But these denials,
however true, are never accepted as
true in Ireland; and the appeal was
renewed. "Do, father dear, try in yer
pocket for wan little six pence" In
stinctively, the priest plunged his
hand into his trousers pocket, whence
to his great amazement, he pulled out
half-sovereign. "Glory be to God
an the Vargin!" said the mendicant.
GA meracle, meracle, father!" The
piece of gold was handed over to her,
and the donor hurried back to the
presbytery. He found his host still
asleep, in the condition of the slug
gard, >
Gas the door on it's hinges, SO he on his bed,
Turns his side and his shoulder and his
heavy head"
''Wake up, wake up, Father Tom,
till you hear about the miracle!" At
length drowsy, uncurious voice re-
Piled: GA miracle! What miracle,
what miracle?" But, as the tale un
folded itself, the interest of the listen
er visibly increased until, at last, the
truth having dawned on him, he sat
up in bed, and exclaimed, swell,
Pm blessed if the poor innocent hasn't
put on my trousers by mistake, and
given the 'sbuccaugh' my half sover
eign!'.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08

Real Estate to be Sold for Taxes

GsTATE OF VERMONT. ORLEANS COUNTY, 81
- At Westmore this 18th day of Januarl
A. ID. 1892.
The following described real estate taken OF
warrants for the collection of taxes Ina sale
town, viz:
One hundred acres of lot No. % in the frs
division of lots IN Westmorc, the Original
right of Joseph morrill,, described as the mid
die hundred acres of said right, and known al
the home farm OF John B. King.
Also one hundred acres of lot No. % In thu
first division OF lots i'm said town, the Original
right of Joseph Morrill,, described ns one hun
dred acres at the soatherly end of said right
The same land that was decided J. b. King and
NJ. Ambrose by +. NJ. Stoddard the 4th day o.
September, A. ID. 1855.
And so much of said lands will be sold nj
public auction at the Willoughby Hous,
(Gilman's Hotel i'm Westmorc the 2B day 81
February next, at two O'Clock Ina the afternoon
is requisite 20 discharge said taxes viii
costs unless previously paid.
4-6 $. A. III UNIT, Col. of Town Taxes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
Oar Old Home.

We could far glander houses see
If down the road chance to roam,
But none to us were half so fair
AS own small dainty home.
just to the right sturdy oak,
And on its left willow grew;
There summer breezes softly sighed,
And there the blasts of winter blew;
But whether skies were blue gray
The dear OLD home hearts were true Away.
Our simple and yet lovely garden
In spring with music gay did ring,
For birds in freedoms widest joy
Their sweetest songs came there to sing
How sweet they sang We meier can know
who lives within a citys hem,
For birds that dwelIin gilded cages,
0, never, never, sing like them
Our home flowers, too, were wondrous fair,
Like them I've meier seen elsewhere.
yet can see the little brook
Where 1 and brother loved to wade,
And n the lane the old board swing,
Where oft we swung down in the shade;
/ yet can see our red barn
The smoke-h ouse, too, behind the spring;
still can hear at morn and eve
The tinkling cow-bells family ring
by heart oft rings with weary pain
To be a child at home again.
For if our home was fair by day,
Oh. fairer still was it at night
There our sweet-fac mother sat,
Her dark eyes filled with tender light,
And there our father, kind and good,
Bestowed on each word of praise;
But fat her, mother, all are gone,
And with them all those happy days;
a stranger now doth claim our home,
And we far, far, away must roam.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08

that handsome does" 1 really had
not much to complain Of But my
lounge pillow was a great eyesore to
Becky, whose morning remark was s,
as she carried it down stairs, Cora
cious, Lemuel, do wish you wouldn't
use that horrid old chintz cushion!"
Meanwhile, night after night she
resolutely propped herself up upon
her own pillow, though the prOphe-
sled wearing down" was still imper-
ceptible to either sight of feeling.
At last there came a night when
Becky went to bed with headache.
She had lain upon the lounge with
my pillow under her head all the ev-
ening, and when we retired I took it
with me, as usual.
S'Take the lounge pillow, Becky; I
can get along very we'll without it,"
said I, compassiOnately.
"Indeed, [ WON'T" was her answer.
No further sugge stiops occurring to
me, I was obliged to let her bear her
own burdens, though | could not my
self sleep while knew from her rest
lessness the pain and discomfort she
was enduring.
About half an hour after we had
gone to bed, Becky's pillow alighted
upon the floor with emphasis, and
very emphatic expression issued from
her long enduring lips.
Repeating the experiment 1 had
made before her, she tried for some
time, by doubling the bolster, to OBJ
tain the comfort she desired, and-as
I also had done-she found the exper-
iment a failure. At last she rose from
her bed and, taking the lamp with
her, left the room. I heard her going
up the cold stairs into the still colder
attic.
A little later she returned, the OBJ
ject of her journey in her ha nd; lit
tie, fabby, discolored, half-yard-
square pillow, that had lain unused
for long, long years in the cradle it
was made for. 1t was soft and COM
poor fastidious Becky placed it be-
meath her aching head, and at last fell
placidly to sleep.
The next day, when 1 came home to
dinner, 1 found her making pillow
cases to fit the lounge pillow and the
cradle pillow. eff we have to sleep
on old pillows they shall be white and
clean ones anyhow" she SAID with
emphasis.
"Why don't you alter the bed pill
lows-take few of the feathers out
again?' [ suggested; and without a
smiiel
"Do you think I'll take a carpet up
again this winter to fuss with feath-
ers?" she replied, sternly.
''Then why don't you buy pair Of
small pillows that will be handy and
comfortable?"
And Becky replied again, ''Do you
think Pm going to spend any more
money on pillows, when 1 have three
pair now that can't use?''
So the case stands. Night after
night / carry up my lounge pillow, land
Be cky draws forth from some secret
hiding place her cradle pillow; and
we repose upon those which, aiming
not at style, are content to fulfill the
purpose for which pillows were con-
tructed.-HousehoId.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
Mike DOuShtGry.

The well known Democratic orator, In th
lights of eloquence, once said "Fancuil Hal
is full, Faneuil Hall is full TO overlooking,
repeat Faneuil Hall is full TO OVERLOOKING.
$50 is Mike Doughtery," cries n boy In tn
crowd. Now the boy told the truth and N an.
boy or man should say that the
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08

aNothing else can equal Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment for any form of sore throat. Try it
once.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08

The English Dessicdted Soups can b'
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liam ST., Nel0 York for quarter pound
tin, making from 2 TO 3 quarts deltctou'
soup. Postpaid, 25c. A good Investment
for small outlay.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
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S. JOHNSON 81 CO.. % Custom House ST., Boston, Mass
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-02-08
Had the Desired Effect! Ii

HaO the DeSHPeu ESuecbS Ii
MANvILLE, r. l., March 3, 1891.
I, the undersigned, suffered from epilepsy fo7
years, had no appetite and could do no work
whatever consulted a number of doctors, but
all said there was no remedy for my disease.
/ then took Pastor Koenigs Nerve Tonic, and
am now il perfect health and work all the time.
Thousand thanks to your remedy.
PHILIP MONGEON.
95 PROSPECT ST., NEWARK, N. j.. March2, 1891.
got some of Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic
for nervousness and sleeplessness and IL
helped me; the first time 1 took it 1 had the
best sleep 1 had had for several months. L
also know friends of mine who used it acd say
it is the best nerve tonic they ever Used. L
write this that some sufferer may use your
medicine and be helped by it.
MRS. j. MURPHY
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05

reuisree OF BostOn's ''Four Hundred,
Every chap in Boston has been rnn-
ming for pedigree lately" said good
natured son of the Emerald Isle yester-
day Mt the North End mission. "and
some o them fellers up there on Bacon's
Hill, as have been putting their names
IN the Foor Hundred lately. ought to be
ashamed of themselves for trying to de-
save people Sure, one Of them that goes
strutting about with his eyeglass came
from just the same stock as meself and
has nearly blinded his two eyes looking
for his name in the book of martyrs.
Ills grandfather and mine came over
from tho ould country in the ship Mari
anne about fifty years ago, wild the same
intention of making home.
"Eagorra, there was no aristocracy on
board ,hc Marianne, for he washed the
dishes AID me grandfather did chores
around the vessel.
And yc should see them now. Know
ne: Faith, if there wasn't anybody else
in the city to know. they wouldn't
know Tim Doherty.
Its nothing but the ancientness of
their families you hear of these days.
But we'll all be dead some time and
then the families of all of us will be
ancient enough to put in the Four
Hundred. Boston Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05
How an Elephant Eats.

How an Elephant Eats.
Elephants digestive functions are
rapid, and the animal therefore
les daily a large amount Of fodder
pounds at least. In its wild state
ephant feeds heartily, but waste
1t is careful in selecting the few
trees which it likes for their bark
plage. But it will tear down
hes and leave half Of them I'M
led. II will strip off the bark from
trees and throw away a large por-
tits a nocturnal animal, it selects
ees by the senses of touch and
Its sense of smell is so delicate
wild elephant can scent an enemy
distance of 1000 yards, and the
y Of its trunk are SO sensitive
the smallest substance can be dis
Jed and picked up by its tiny pro-
b
elephants palate is very delicate,
the animal is whimsical in selecting
sjecting morsels of food.-Youth's
panion.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05

pinarlan TO be very popular. bnt - ;s
only TAR to say that the majority of ma.
1,onai guard officers, especially in some
81 our crack commands, have Just as
'norongh an understanding of military
re4nireinents as regular army officers.
everything else being equal. therefore
Tue popularity of the men may be COM
pared as that of a man among EMPLOYEES
o. among his club equals. | mention
.nese laets TO show how easily regular
army oiiicer could fail to succeed in the
g'aro' and vice versa, how impossible it
woi'ld be for guard officer, whose easv
gong society ways are an essential part
Oh his success in his rank, to make a
name Tor himself in the army. Brook
lyn Eagle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05

An Onicer IN TAO sliiitia.
10 it ever occur to you, said a West
graduate and a national guards
The other day, "what it means to be
pular officer in the national guard?
ething quite different, assure you,
being popular officer in the regu-
my. Why? For this reason: In
afmy, If an officer takes care of his
sees that they get their clothing
pay promptly, looks out for their in
In case they are so unfortunate
90 locked up in the guardhouse,
after how strict a disciplinarian he
%, or how he may make the men
around, he will be popular with
But here in the guard the rela-
up between officer and men is en-
changed. The rank and file, who
usn that need no supervision of their
uai affairs, expect their officers to
0d fellows socially.
= officer need not be a strict disci-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05

A lawyer went to Robert Tcombs and
asked what he should charge client in
Il case to which Mr.. Toombs had just
listened in the court house. well, said
Toombs, Il should charge 81 900, but
you ought to have So 900, for you did a
great many things ,hat would not have
done. "-Exchange.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05
Teachers Examination.

The May examination of the teachers
OF Chehalis county will be held in the
court house at Montesano beginning at 8
a. M, May IL, 1892, and continuing three
days. +. A. WHITE,
County Sup't.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-05-05
NESS HEREDITARY.


irdresser In a Learned Dis
rsc on the Subject.
Id heads, now" said a hair
professed to know all about
iency and its causes, "they
ch due to heredity as are
black heads, curly heads
hat are not curly. And
hen so commonly bald and
ID so uncommonly? There
and men Of science who
lat fact to strengthen their
high hat theory of bald
affect to believe, and in
ir belief, that the high silk
hard felt hat are responsible
the baldheaded men, the I'M
assure of such headgear con-
e blood vessels which nour-
bulbs, and thus destroying
properties, the result being
1.-The roots and unavoidable
cantiness. Women, say these
REGULATORS, do not injure the
Seir hair by such means, and
brely chemically bald.
they are right, but l don't be-
Everybody knows that man,
b Of the family, has to go to
Ind stay there in the capacity
adwinner. The strain of life
{most severe on the man in
b. He it is who suffers the
Ind battles against the disap-
S Of business, speaking of life
]. What makes men prema-
i? Just these anxieties and
If prematurely old, why not
,ly bald, which is a natural &C
lent of untimely age? Woman
rain stress. Her sympathies
man in his struggle may be
usually are, but they do not
demands on her organization
D severely on the system of the
int for much badness among
lis theory Of nervous exhaus-
hen what will explain its prev
ong men whose circumstances
uire them either to indulge in
nxieties or undergo business
Thus we see the easy
/ about town, not yet in his
to years, with no haunting
( tomorrow, yet as bald as his
er was at seventy. We see the
child of fortune. son of a mil
who tolls not. neither
i'm, yet Elijah, whom the bad
red, at the same time the she
ne out of the wilderness and
IN them, was not arrayed in
han one Of these. Some might
lis by the sweeping charge Of
q, but it will not do. have
7 patrons youth Of this kind
models of sobriety, propriety
Q living. and yet they are as
,orknobs.
ity is the only explanation that
ade Of this mysterious depar-
le hair in early life, although
Eaton, an English scientific
10 has made investigation on
,taspecialty for years, does not
and stoutly declares that the
'aldness is no nearer discovery
ls a hundred years ago.
neither l am right or wrong in
es | know | am right in this,
8 when q man is once bald he
bald, unless his hair has fallen
the effects Of fever. In that
i generally return in time Of
accord. But a head that has
lost its hair while the owner
good physical condition has
good. If it wasn't SO do you
lere would be SO many bald
octors and barbers?" - New
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
Truly vir,uous

Mr.. Kipling, the father Of the young
English writer who has stepped so
suddenly into prominence, is u man
of an observing and humorous turn
of mind. He proves, moreover, to be
the discoverer OF an Oriental who
must have been OF Irish descent, so
quick was he in Selling the opportu.
nifty for "blarney."
Travelling in Kashmere, Mr.. Kiping
was urging upon a native the advant-
age of treating animals kindly. The
man was a Mohammedan, and so, by
way ofillustration, Mr.. Kipling told
how the Prophet had once cut off the
flap of his coat rather than disturb
his pet, a sleeping cat.
eyes," said the porter, "the sahib
speaks the words Of truth; it is wrong
to ill-use creatures which God has
made. Once before it was my fortune
to listen to similar talk from sahib
who also knew of the Prophet. That
sahib was a model of virtue. He
would not allow mules or ponies to
be beaten, and his regard for men was
such that he insisted on paying them
double the usual rate, while to me-
such was the virtue OF that sahib-he
gave a handsome present."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
FrugaIity Rewarded,

We have all heard OF the ruling pas
sion strong as death" but in the life
OF most women there is another mo
ment which supplies almost as severe
test of the dominant purpose.
The New York Sun says that a
farmer entered a telegraph office in
central New York, and sent this mes.
sage to a woman in Canada:
"Will you be my wife? Please an.
swer at once by telegraph"
Then he sat down and waited. No
answer came. He waited till late in
the evening; still no answer.
Early the next morning he came in
again, and was handed a despatch
an affirmative reply.
The operator expressed his svm-
pathy. ''Twas little rough to keep
you so long in suspense"
"Look here, young feller," said the
farmer, "I'll stand all the suspense.
A woman that'll hold back her an
swer to proposal of marriage all
day so as to send it by night rates is
just the economical woman that I've
been a-waitin' for"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
The Right to Fresh Milk on Sunday

The Right to Fresh Milk on Sunday
A great religious question has just
been decided in the island of Arran,
where Robert Kelso, a farmer and au
elder in the Free Kirk, was admonish-
ed by his church session for supplying
fresh milk to the Duchess OF Hamilton
on a Sunday. The minister held that
as the Jews OF old only received fresh
mama six days in the week, the Ouch
ess had no right to expect fresh milk
on seven. But the elder was contu-
macious, and appealed to the presby-
terry. He argued that his milk was
not mama, or miraculous, and per-
versely refused to remain fresh for
twenty-four hours, The presbytery
took this view of the case, and order
ed the admonition to be withdrawn
London Letter.
Still Ahead!-Mrs. Belle Cole, the singer,
has made a favorable impression as 8
concert singer in London. The celebrated
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup made favorable
impression in London several years ago.
The proposed democratic gerrymaD.
der of Missouri creates fourteen demo.
cratic congressional districts and one re.
publican district.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
HE NEVER LIES DOWN.
Strange Old Negro Who Has Some
Very Peculiar Traits

very Peculiar Traits.
A few days ago an Athens man
wrote to his brother, in the W.sterr
part OF Georgia, says a special to the
Constitution, requesting him to pro.
cure photograph of an old family
servant. The old man is seventy-fve
years old, and has never lived out o;
the family.
He has never been scolded even,
and no complaint was ever made
against him for any cause. He never
seemed to take any interest in religion
or funerals, and yet has always
been honest, truthful, and NOR
al.
He has never been known to lie
down, always taking his sleep sitting
up i'll @ straight-back chair He nevei.
cost his owners one cent doctors bill
in all his life.
The brother wrote: al will see Bell
to-day and have him sit for the picl
ture, provided he can muster his mod.
esty. He is getting on very we'll. /
have gwen him in good hom", with
in seventy-live yards OF a good spring,
and Very near the public school and
colored church. However, the church
and school do not add very much to
his happiness. He has no aptitude
Tor letters, and don't think he ever
had any sort OF grip on spiritual mat
tiers. Amid all the storms OF lie he
Il
water stream on an unruilled sea-. IN
some respects he is the wisest man OF
the age-that is, if the holding on to
ones equanimity at all times. and
taking things serenely as they come
are evidences OF wisdcm.
'While he never straddled hobby
in all his life, he was so far from
objecting to his neighbor riding one
that he took real pleasure in holding
the stirrups while he mounted"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
SIAM PROGRESSES.
1t Is Rich and Fertile Country With
Able Rulers,

Siam, has been until lately, a terra
incognita, country whose only pro-
duct so far as was known to Ameri-
cans and Englishmen, was the fa-
nous Siamese twins. The first
treaty of commerce was made by the
Siamese Government with England in
1857, since which a little has been
added to our knowledge of the coun-
try and it's people. The area of Siam
is twice that OF Great Britain and Ire
land. The population is said to be
about six million.
The Siamese sovereigns have usu-
ally been of considerable ability and
in energy and enlightenment are SUI
perior to most Asiatic potentates.
The late King of Siam and his success
or have done what they could to in
troduce the rms of Western civiliza-
ton. Bangkok the capital, has the
electric light. tram cars, and govern
ment Offices If European architecture,
and the present King has also shown
himself reformer of abuses, especial
ly of the worst OF Siamese social evils,
the universally OF serfdom and the
prevalence of slavery.
Further and much-needed reforms
are expected from him, but even were
the political and fiscal administration
of the kingdom very much better than
it is, the Siamese, lieht-hearted ma
ton of Buddhists, fond of amusement
and accustomed to frequent holidays,
are little fitted to develop the great
resources of their country. Its inter
nal trade is chiefly in the hands OF
Chinese, who, with the Malays, add
some millions more to the estimated
population already stated. Railways
are being constructed, and Europeans
have been encouraged by the policy OF
Slamese royalty to settle at Bangkok,
and to develop the external trade OF
Siam.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
ONE FINE MORNING.

Inc fine morning he and she
Met as people often do;
Nav 80 your way?' sai' he;
Yes" aud like rose she grew.
Long this chance I've sought" he said,
Long my love for you I've hid.
DO you like me, pretty maid?"
And she answered that she did.
One fine morning them they met,
Eyes in temper were cast down;
l.a>hes with teardrops wet,
Smiles had fled before the frown!
Both were right, and both were wrong!
Neither the fault would admit!
So they quarreled, and, ere long,
Parted and the rest of it!
One fine morning-such is life
Meeting, they forgot the past!
Only tender words were rife,
Only loving looks were cast;
Neer again did tempers rise,
Sweetness held its reign instead!
And, it may not cause SURPRISE
Que fine morning they were wed.
-EDwARD OxENFoRD.