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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17
HARD TINES AT WASHINGTON.

Tt is no wonder that the men who
live by politics complain that times
are hard. A Washington special dis
patch which the Mail and Express prints
shows that within the past four years
the Presidents patronage has been
reduced nearly one half by the opera
tions'of the Civil Service law. Mr..
cleveland has $4,000 fewer offices
within his gift than he had during his
first term. Nearly 43, 900 of the 100, 900
federal Offices are now filed by COM
netitive examinations under the civil
service rules, so hateful to politicians.
Every year the number of places
that may be filled by merit instead of
by influence increases under the pro-
visions of the law, and, besides, the
Presidents have lately adopted the
habit of relieving themselves and
serving the people by voluntarily
making additions to the number OF
Offices that must be filed according to
the rules of the Civil Service Commis-
sion. President Cleveland added 7,259
and President Harrison $3.50 such
places.
Civil service reform has come to
stay, and the politicians must recog-
nize that fact.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17
PRICE LIST OF GOODS AT
c. w. MCGAFFEYS
Glover, VT.

Best Jap Tea, soc, End best, 25c, Uncolored,
45c, best Black, soc, Chase & Sanborn's Java
and Mocha Coffee in 2 1b. cans, 371Sc, (the best
Coffee in the u. s., or Canada,) whole Java, ,35c,
Cocoa Coffee, 32c, Breakfast Cocoa in x 1b.
cans, 22c, Cocoa Shells, SC, American Soda, Sc,
Red, 80, Cassia, 20, Al1spice, If, Mustard, "a,
Pure Cream Tarter, a. Compound, %, Corned
Beef, 2lb. Cans, 20, canned Oysters, Is, Salmon,
Is, Large Picked Salmon, 1019, Chicken Soup,
qt. cans, %, Tomatoes, 121&, Corn, 121@, Peach
es, 20, Pears, 20, Pine Apple, 16. Wells & Rich
ardson's Butter Color, Small, 20, Large, 40,
Thatcher's, 20 and 40, Dutehers, 20 and 40,
shall have this in bulk in afew days,) Bakers
Chocolate, 35, Sweet, SC a cake, Dess1cated
Cocoanut, 20, Rice, 616, Tapioca, 6,Rolled Oats,
31-2, Graham Flour, 1-2, Rye Meal,3, Cheese,
H. Dairy Salt Sc h. bags, So, 10 h. bags, II, ID
bags, z, Cattle Salt, 35c bu Steel Wire Nails,
$500 per hundred, New Garden Seeds, I-Zc'
/ also sell Tinware, Drugs, Medicines, Hoes
Shovels, Manure Forks, Potato D1ggers'
Overal1s and Jumpers, Ladies ana Gehts
Hose, Gloves and Mittens, and over 6oo artl-
cles not enumerated, and shall continue the
list next week
I have second hand Lumbe wagon for
sale. Both Pole and Shafts with it, Will De
sold cheap.
Glover, April 18th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

Mr.. Henry Watterson caused the
adoption of the Democratic National
platform on the tariff question. I'm
der his leadership halting and equiv
ocal resolution reported by the COM
mittee was defeated, and the declara-
ton that Protection is unconstitution-
al was carried against the efforts of
President Cleveland's friends. Now
Mr. Watterson interprets the platform,
and declares that it means a purely
revenue tariff on all the manufactured
articles, abolition of the sugar bounty,
restoration of the tax on sugar, and
imposition of taxes on coffee and tea.
He warns President Cleveland that
he must stand sswhere the party placed
him-on a Free Trade platform. !"
This is programme which has logic
in it, if it could only be carried out.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

Hon. B. B. Smalley is actively en-
Eed in trying to break the record
''firing out" Vermont republican
Ice holders. In 35 minutes he Sc
red the removal of 21 postmasters
b wasn't particularly in hurry
her. At this rate, one day will suf-
L to make a clean sweep, so our re-
|blican friends who hold commits
ms from Uncle Samuel had better
|ck their grips.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

The new ones for Spring and
Summer wear are here for your in
spection, Cloak dept at Gilman's.
BLACK DRESS Goods
SPECIAL value. A dollar quality
for 69c. A seventy-fve cent quality
for 59c. These are bargains for any
one in pursuit of Black Dress Goods.
CoLoRED DRESS GOoDs.-
If you want the right goods, at the
right prices, you'll find them here, if
they are to be found in the county.
SILKS AND VELvETs,
And all the other trimmings you'll
find to match the goods.
BLACK SILKS
You can buy here for less money
than you can if you send to the city
stores. The silks you get here will
wear well.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

Robert Blaine, the only surviving
bther of the late James G. Blaine,
S removed last week from the
Ice in the agricultural department
Washington which he has held for
years. Since the present admins
ltion come in two former private
Eretaries of Mr.. Blaine have also
In removed for foreign positions to
[ich they were appointed by Mr..
rrison. The friends of Mr.. Blaine
bear to be marked"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

1t the present price of silver, the
bount of that metal contained in a
yer dollar is worth only 81 cents
S than two third its face value; and
|ly the option of redeeming it with
hd from the United States treasury
cps its purchasing value above "a
hts. Who wants "free coinage" of
Ter on that basis? In foreign coun-
Uncle Sans sixty four cent coins
hit pass for dollars.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

The Montpelier Wdtchnldn says:
hat was not bad idea of Gov. Full
directing Superintendent Fay
of the house of correction to buy
keral cords of four foot wood and a
" buck saws. The number of ftramps
htering at Rutland at the expense
the state is about one third less
In during any former winter. That
kd-wood was a good investment"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

A late Census bulletin gives the for
eign- bo.rn population of Vermont as
44,08S, Of whom 25,oo4 we're born in
tha Dominion Of Canada and $50 in
ireland, while the rest include repre-
sentatives Of every country on the
earth. AS the population of Vermont
is in round numbers $4,000, it will be
seen that nearly one person in every
seven is of foreign birth; but this is
smaller proportion than is found in a
number of other Northern States.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

Following Mr.. Howells' lead, appa-
htlv, both Frank r. Stockton and
Is. Frances Hodgson Burnett have
ne over to The Ladies' Home Journal,
d the most important works by
bse authors upon which they are
Nv engaged, will shortly see publ
lion in this magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

President Cleveland and Speaker
SD are agreed upon one thing
ey do not want Mr.. Springer at the
bd of the ways and means commit
of the fifty third congress. This
ing the fact, Mr.. Springer might as
IN consider himself deposed. If
Esp is not reelected speaker his
ecessor will be a Cleveland man, who
ll be still less favorable to the re-
b+ion of the Illinois gymnast at the
hd of ways and means.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17
LEANS COUNTY MONITOR
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
iE %. H. BL A K E.
BARTON, VT.

PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
10 A YEAR. If not paid in advance $500 a
II. Subscribers living outside of Orleans
caledonia Counties, S1.75 per year.
feep subscriptions in advance. Remit by
MI Office Order, Registered Letter, or Draft
0htch the label on your paper, and see that
Il credit is right. IF not correct send the
hey to make it so, or notify us of error by
Nal card.
N asking for a change of address, always
te where your paper is sent.
kates of Advertising made known on ap-
cation. All cuts musthave metal body.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

\ lThe Mormons of Utah have just COM
lted at Salt Lake City, one of the
lest buildings on the continent.
ey have been forty years building
eir new temple. 1t is built of white
bnite, and is one of the largest
tIdings in the United States Lit was
Elt by the tithes paid Into the church
Latter Day Saiuts, as they call
emselves, the poorer classes paying
labor. A description of it publish
in the Century Magazine indicates
kobIe and magnificent building, rich
decoration, with room for large
|hcourse of people.
Il r,CSw,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

buring period of evolution extend
4 over several months, the North
M Neaus has developed from a ''pa-
bt inside" newspaper to a neat
|hrto, pasted and trimmed, all print
in its own office. Editor Johnson
i oreached his goal" and is to be
hgratulated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17
G.. w. McGafey.
Glover, April 13t

An excellent opportunity is offered to en-
gage as salesman in a light, congen1al and
profitable business by addressing T. " Cnase
tisement in another column-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

rhe election in Rhode Island proves
be uncommonly close, the demo-
tic candidate for governor having
'lurality of 1S5 over his republican
npetitor, but lacking more than
DO of the necessary majority. The
kSIatI1re is in doubt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

d Democrats played with the bear
of free trade,
hat the people his PAGES might see;
now he is loose, and looms up like
the deuce,
md has driven them all up tree.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17
GEO. III. BLAKE, PUBLISHER.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

DARTON NATIONAL BANK. BUSINESS
ID Hours from a. M, ~, m. From to
4, p. Amory Dawson, Pres't; III. K. Dewey.
Cashier.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

|heum atism is. quickly cured by using Ar
Ia Oil Liniment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

CHARLES GRAVES,
SPECIAL AGENT FOR CONNECTICUT
- General Life Insurance Co., Barton, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

JOSIAH A. PEARSON.
nENTIST, BARTON, VT. OFFICE IN
~ Owens Block.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-17

A. G. PARKER.
q T POST-OFFICE, BARTON LANDING
IA VT Fire and Accident Insurance Agent
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Rude Business Women.

A man, complaining of the rudeness of a
woman employed in one of the central tele
phone offices, brings out with fresh force
the fact that surliness and impertinence Of
some women in business situations are
often very troublesome and offensive to
men. There are unmannerly and cross men
in such situations too but there is GER
tain quality about feminine impertinence
that is sometimes encountered which is
more calling and exasperating than that of
a man. The fact, too, that it cannot be re-
sented In the same way rs a mans would
be makes it harder to put up with The
business woman is learning that at best
she is considerably handicapped in the race
with her commercial brother, and she Is
learning that in every way possible she
needs to tighten this cloggy weight. For
tunately for the chances of her better man.
nered sisters in the struggle, the saucy
business woman is the execution and not
the Philadelphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
The Last Spoon.

The last time that spoons were wildly
recalled to General Butler was on the occa-
sion of his last lecture at Cincinnati 1t
was in Pixies Opera House before that
handsome place of amusement became the
home of the chamber of commerce. Some
practical jokers bored hole in the prosce-
mum arch, and as the general was ap-
preaching the climax of his speech lowered
a large spoon on string till it hung within
a foot of him. The generals eye had not
been operated on then, and he could not see
very we'll
The indistinct vision of something in the
air caused him to step back a pace or two
and strike at with his hand. He probably
thought it was fly, The spoon descended
another foot, and he then recognized it,.
The spectators were watching the scene in
speechless amazement, wondering what
would happen next. The lecturer paused
moment, then quietly extended his hand
and grasped the spoon.
All" he said, there's one didn't get "
With that he put the spoon in his pocket,
and when the laughter and wild shouting
of the spectators had ceased continued his
speech as if nothing had happened.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Actors Are Generally Clean Shavers.

one class, however, in every civilized
country has in the great majority of in
stances, and throughout It's history adjured
both boards and mustaches. The actor has
usually been a perfectly clean shaver gen
tleman, and If we take the long roll of
famous English histrions, from Betterton,
to Garrick, from Macklin to Kemble, from
Kean to Macready and from Phelps to
Henry Irving, it will be found that not one
of these distinguished professors of dra-
matte art has worn the slightest vestige of
beard or mustache. Modern comedians
of the newest school,, especially those who
enact the part of walking gentlemen, not
infrequently patronize n mustache, which,
when they appear behind the footlights,
can be effectually concealed by judicious
application Of wig" paste to the face, but
no actor who really respected the require
ments of his art would wear a bushy beard,
and low comedian who was not clean
shaver should be as rare as a blue diamond.
London Telegrdph
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Three Followers.

The wise old Hassan sat in his door,
when three young men pres sed eagerly
by. Are we following after any one,
my sons2" he said. 81 follow after Pleas
ure," said the oldest. "And | after
Riches" said the second Pleasure
is only to be found with Riches" And
you, little one?" he asked of the third.
II follow after Duty" he modestly
said. And each went his way. The
aged Hassan in his journey came upon
three men. "My son." he said to the
eldest, methinks thou vert the youth
who was following after Pleasure
Did'st thou overtake her?" "No,
father" answered the man. "Pleas-
ure is but phantom that flies as one
approaches" "Thou did'st not follow
the right way, my son." elbow did'st
thou fare?" he asked of the second.
" Pleasure is not with Riches" he
answered. "And thou?" continued
Hassau, addressing the youngest. AS
l walked with Duty" he replied,
pleasure walked ever by my side"
1T is always thus" said the old man.
" Pleasure pursued is not overtaken.
Only her shadow is caught by him who
pursues. She herself goes hand in
hand with Duty, and they who make
Duty their companion have also the
companionship of Pleasure" - ET-
chunQe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
AT the bar.

"who speaks for this MANI" From the great white
throne,
Yelled in its roseate clouds, the voice came forth
Before IT stood parted soul alone.
And rolling east and west, and south, and north,
The mighty accents summoned quick and dead;
" Who speaks for this man, ere his doom be said?"
Shiverng, he listened, for his early life
Had passed in dull, unnoted calm away;
He brought no glory to his early strife,
No wreath Of fame, or genius fiery ray;
Weak, lone, ungifted quiet and obscure
Born in shadow, dying mid the poor.
10, from the solemn concourse, hushed and dim,
The widows prayer the orphans blessing rose
The struggler told of trouble shared by him,
The lonely of cheered hours and softened woes
And like chorus spake the crushed and sad,
d" He gave us all he could and what he had"
And little words of loving kindness said,
And tender thoughts, and help in time of need,
Sprang up, like leaves by soft spring showers fed,
In some waste corner, sown by chance flung seed
In grateful wonder heard the modest SOUL
Such trifes gathered to so blest whole.
o ye, by circumstances strong letters bound,
The store so little, and the hand so frail,
DO but the best ye can for all around;
Let sympathy be true. courage fall
Winning among your nelghbors, poor and weak,
Some witness at your trial hour to speak
ANN Fear Round.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Why the Surf ROars Angrlly.

A family at Long Branch owns dog
with a musical fancy. He is fox terrier
and still a pup, but he has developed love
for music that amounts almost to a pas
sion. The family in addition to owning
this rare dog is blessed with an 1s-year- old
daughter who sings. Whenever the daugh-
ter seats herself at the piano, the dog
dances around with delight and prepares
to join in the singing. Putting his nose
as high in the air as possible, he waits for
a high note When the right pitch is
reached, he blends his voice with that of
the singer, taking good care to stop when
she does. He will not sing when the notes
are not high, as his voice is light and he
seems to think it best adapted to carrying
high G. The dog will also raise his voice
in tune with harmonica if it is of the
right pitch. The girl, seeing his evident
musical talent, has begun to give him les
sons, and in another ye4r if he fulfills her
hopes, he will be put into some show as
THE wonderful fox terrier soprano. ~
NelU York Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Life Among the japanese.

"lhe secret, perhaps" says the traveller
"of the sweet expression and habitual Sc
renity of the Japanese women can be found
in their freedom from small worries. The
fashion of dress never varying saves the
wear of mind on that subject, and the bare
ness of the houses and simplicity of diet
make housekeeping a mere bagatelle
Everything is exquisitey clean and
easily kept so. There is no paint. no drap
cry, no crowd of little ornaments. no com
ing into the houses with the footgear worn
in the dusty streets. And there is the
peaceful feeling of living in rooms that can
be turned into balconies and verandas at
moments notice. of having walls that slide
away as freely as do the scenes on the stage
and let in all out of doors or change the
suites of rooms TO the shape and size that
the whim of the day or the hour requires :"
Ne,C York Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Items OF Interest.

OF British birds, the cuckoo has the
smallest egg in proportion to its size.
AT the present day about ninety-'ix
per cent of all vessels built are of steel.
THE harvests in Ireland this year
are fully month earlier than any be-
fore recorded, and the most abundant
that country has been blessed with for
twenty-five years.
IT is said that the original autograph
of Beethoven's so-called Moonlight :"
sonata has been found at Berlin, and
that it shows some variations from the
piece as now published,
THE Dakotas have always had reason
to boast of their wheat crops, and now
apparently South Dakota Justly can be
proud of its corn crop. The state has
corn belt" of twenty-six counties.
In the reign of Queen Mary square,
toed shoes were the fashion. Men took
to wearing them so broad that proc
lamation was issued restricting their
breadth to six inches square at the
toes.
THE Japanese eat more fish than any
other people in the world. With Them
meat eating is foreign innovation,
confined to the rich, or ra thor to those
rich people who pre- Ter it to the national
diet.
AT Warwick castle there is a Shake
spearean garden tended by Lady Brooke.
In it grow aud blossom every flower
and shrub named by the poet. The
first specimen in it was planted by the
Prince of Wales.
In the fifteenth century the first
glass mirrors were made in Germany
by blowpipe and were convex. The
first mandatory of glass mirrors for
sale was established in Venice early in
the sixteenth century.
IN 1886, when the entire Dutch ma
ton was crazy upon the subject of
tulips, single bulb was sold for 50 200.
At such prices 1t would pay better to
raise tulips than to own the most valu-
able gold mine in the world.
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOU
SAND DOLLARS has been offered and
refused for Hebrew Bible now in the
library of the Vatican at Rome. This
makes it the most valuable book in the
world, so far as dollars and cents go.
THE most singular ship in the world
is the Polyphemus of the British navy.
1t is simply long steel tube, deeply
buried in the water, the deck rising only
four feet above the sea. 1t carries nc
mast or sails, and is used as ram and
torpedo boat.
THE most valuable of modern paint.
ings is Meissonier's 1874" which was
bought by Frenchman for $170,000
The same gentleman paid $500 fol-
"The Angelus," by Milet, of which
you all have doubtless seen photograph;
or other reproductions.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Rheumatism Second Hand.

well, exclaimed Mr.. Queercase, you
can talk as you like about physical af1lic-
ton, but the largest that ever struck me
was when / had the rheumatism in my
brother"
rheumatism in your brother!" excaim-
ed his auditors in concert. "What are you
telling us?'
Pm just giving you case of stalwart
affection that ought to bring your sympathy
out by the ROOTS" was the reply.
1.-THE kind of rheumatism that he had
was the kind that hangs over the edges and
treads on the adjacent martyrs. Why, the
way he'll yell and keep me awake at nights
and have me tying on bandages and rub
bling joints and smelling all sorts of lotions,
and the way he would kick me out of bed
when his other leg hurt him too much was
energizing. Primary rheumatics is bad
enough, but to have to take it in a second
airy form is petrifying .-London It'd Bits.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
Balance.

fear no more the coming years
What they may bring.
Days will be Sunless nights bereft of stars;
Mayhap the brightest blossoms of the spring
Shall first be bound with winters icy bars
But still beyond the cloud is always light,
The stars are in the sky all night,
end deepest SHOWS are they which hide the
bright
Green heart of spring
Not all of life is dreamed away
In summer skies.
Time holds a loss, a loneliness for me,
But hope is strong, and faith dare not be weak,
And love abides the greatest of the three.
Enough of sweet tomorrow will repay
The disappointment of today.
Light follows dark; sun, rain; seas ebb away
Again to rise.
And if the rugged road of life
Doth wind around
The mountainside where heavy clouds hang
low,
And as climb the pilgrim staff be changed
Into cross still onward would go!
The peaks of only highest mountains rise
Above the clouds to bluest skies,
And round the heaviest cross is hung the prize
The brightest crown.
Amy .Serile Wolfe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
The Work of a Millionaire.

We were coming south on the Sante Fe
from Denver few nights before Christmas.
At about 2 in the morning, somewhere
north of Colorado Springs, we went over an
embankment. The papers were full of it,
and / won't go into details, but nobody
knows how a mil ionaire saved the lives of
a dozen people that awful morning, AS
soon as we came to our senses we all tried
to get out of the sleeping cur. When we
did we found the forward end was afire.
Just then Bill Yankee, a millionaire mine
owner, who has property all over the state
of Colorado, grabbed up an armful Of
blankets, and jumping across the flames
landed in a deep snowdrift.
He was barefooted and clad only in his
underclothes, but he didn't seem to mind
that a bit. He spread out blanket, piled
it full ~. snow and threw it over the
flames 1his he did time and time again
until he had the blaze completely smoth
cred. There wasn't another man in the car
who would have thought of that but
Yankee, and tell you, it was a plucley
thing to do don't know whether I'd like
to roast or freeze to death. 1t looked as
though it would have to be one or the other
there for awhile, but Yankees nerve saved
us.-St. Louis Globe-Democrdt.