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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
Painted White Pine Floors.

Paint often peels from white pine
floors on account Of the battering which
the soft wood gets from boot heels, etc.
One such has been treated in a way that,
so far, promises to be a cure. Remove
all the loose paint and clean the floor,
being careful to rinse off all the soap.
When very dry, apply linseed oil, smok-
ing hot-hot enough to turn a white
feather little brown. 1t is then thin
and penetrates the wood. This will spoil
a brush Of briStles, but it is easily done
with an imitation brush of cotton cloth
rolled on fat stick and tackled. Let
the oil dry and harden three or four
days, the longer the better.
Then paint the bare portions with
paint made largely Of red lead, one or
two coats. When well dried, paint the
whole floor for uniform color. Do not
let the dealer make you believe his ready
mixed is ''the thing" You will get only
ocher, and that is earth and ''dirt cheap"
The metal pigments are far better. The
points to insist on are: Hot oil and thor
ough drying to harden the wood and the
red lead paint.-BaltiInore American.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
Buy Good Goods.
alteration

Already a cry arises from many quar-
tiers that some Of the new dress mate
rails will slip in the seams, which tend
ency is hated by every woman making
or wearing a gown. Hop sackings have
been spoken of. also serges and sleazy
cheviots.
In many cases the complaints are
just, but only where the shopper buys
inferior goods. IF merchants would
keep and women buy goods of merit
only, they would never complain of
seams slipping This does not mean the
most expensive goods, but a trustworthy
quality, of which there are many among
the domestic and foreign dress goods.
An open sleazy weave of wooden or
silk goods will, from its very nature, slip
or pull in the seams if it is of a poor,
cheap quality. Buy reliable goods of
medium quality, and no matter how
sleazy the weave they will prove suffi-
GENTLY firm to hold the stitching of the
seams It is not necessary to decry GER
tain weaves for this tendency, as the
remedy lies with the merchant and the
shopper, who should refuse them in
the cheapest grades. Unfortunately in
these days successful materials are often
brought out in cheaper and cheaper
qualities, until they are at last driven
from the Il trket.-Dry Goods Econo-
mis-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
LADIES' COLUMN.
FIFTY YEARS YOUNG.

If you want to keep from growing
old, if yon want to look young and
charming, see that there come no
wrinkles on your heart. Be as merry
and as happy as you possibly can, lind
ing good in everything and loneliness
everywhere. Be very certain that
your face will show what is in your
heart, and that being only sixteen
there, with no knowledge of the WICK
edness of the world, you will show
face free from unbelief, eyes as clear
as if they were wells of truth, and ev-
erybody will forget that you are fifty
years old, but will delightfully."- tell
you that you are fifty years young.
If for no other reason, the mothers
of daughters and the wives of hus-
bands should keep themselves young
in heart and pretty in dress, for they
have some one to give the word of ap-
probation to them. The daughter
who takes pride in her mothers ap-
pearance will, you may be sure, make
a good mother herself. [ remember
the pride that woman once took-a
woman who had many woes and wor-
ries-in the fact that at a diplomatic
reception her mother looked younger
than she did, and that some gallant
Frenchman positively refused to be-
lieve that the pair were not sisters,
and the daughter the older of TIE two.
For once this woman was absolutely
happy, and while [ do not want our
daughters to grow tired and old in ap-
pearance, still I do wish that our
mothers would look younger. Dress
so that your boys will be proud to take
YOU out with them : LADIES' Home
Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
LEANS TRUST COMPANY
commenced business March 10, 1891,
[tGmGnt at Close OF Business
Mar. 81, 1892.

hESOORCES,
ms on Vermont Mortgages, $55,S99. "A
" Mortgages elsewhere, 24,952.86
4 with Mortgages as Collateral, 8,3O4.57
on Personal Security, 47,1S3.5 so
N ks and Bonds, 17,5l6.O0
n Dol Order, 45.O5
&ificate of Deposit, 5O438
~ ON Denosit Books 1880
q National Bank stock, 3,O45.00
. other Collateral Security, 2,727.O0
HI on hand 18,S18.68
Sis, OS
LIABILITIES.
nital Stock paid in, $50 100000
4 Depositors, l26, ITO
State of Vermont, Taxes, 17O8S
Barped Discounts 570.81
Is PAYABLE 27.50
divided Profits, l,o43.l3
S179, O67. Os
dollar and upward, upon which it agrees
ay interest at the rate of 4 per cent. annual
4 which will be compounded semi-annually
7Dt called for.
his rate of interest is guaranteed by the
kkholders who are holden in double the
'bunt Of their stock for the payment of all
N osits.
his is u chartered savings bank and all
hs deposited with it to an amount not ex-
hing q, 800. each are exempt from tax alton
|he depOsitOr.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
The Inauenca OF Limitation.

About one third of the world conforms
TO what another one-third does, thinks
or wishes. You see it on every hand
People go to church because So-and-so
is going and it will not look well to stay
away. They go to the theaters for the
same reason. They do thousand and
one things which are useless and unnec-
essary simply because friends and rela-
tives do them. That expression, 'sWhen
in Rome, do as the Romans do IS con-
sidered very wise, an excellent policy,
but what mean, trivial, degraded world
it makes after all! How unsatisfactory
it is!-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22
SECURED
Savings Investments
Sand 8 per cent Interest.

We acish to call attention TO persons
qOishing to deposit or inUest their M oney
ats and per cent. EDery p erson
1Uantsds mach interest for money as can
be hddGnd haze ii safe and secure. We
haze and offer TO those 1DhO irish, secur-
ed certificates of deposit, of the Vermont
SaUings Investment Co. dCith office fR
Montpelier, Vt. bearing 5 per cent inter
est forsir months or longer, per cent
intere per dnnunl for tfUe gers or lon
ger, interest payable May and NoUem-
Der Ist by check, interest and principal
payable at the WoodsUilIe Loan and
Banking Co. of WoodsUilLe, ~. III.
The certificates are issued an eUen
hundred dollars and are doubly secured
by the capital Of the company and Sc
curities placed an the hands Of the
WoodsUiIte Loan and Banking Co., to
guarantee the payment Of eUery certif-
cate issued and haze control Of the Sc
curities untH the certificates certified to
are paid. Any person l0isbtngG strictly
safe Investment or deposit at 5 and o per
cent interest should inquire or lCrtte for
q Secured Certificate Of Deposit Of The
Vermont SdUings Investment Co. You
can send check TO the WoodsCtlle Loan
and Banking Co. aCho act as Trustee
and If the certificate is not satisfactory
aUherl receiUed the money aCiU be return
ed. For further particulars inquire Of
r.. A. Horner Treas, WOodsUille, N. IL.
or The Vermont SdUings Investment Co.
Montpelier, Vt. or III. X. De1oey, Barton,
VI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22

ODDS AND ENDS.

England has 100000 union men.
Childish wonder is the first step in hJl-
man wisdom.
England has recently put her new
coinage in circulation.
Hamden, Conn, has offered bounty
of 81 for each mad dog killed.
Woolwich in 1912 first applied mag
neto-e1ectricity to electroplating metals.
There is no genius in life like the gen.
Jus of energy and activity.-D. G.. Mitch
ell.
An elective course in swimming has
recently been opened to the juniors at
Vassar.
The coolest place in the United States
is the interior of Alaska-S0 degrees be-
low zero.
Vinegar bottles can be thoroughly
cleansed with a few tacks, pearline and
hot water.
A woman may be crowned with
praise and yet possess herself in hum
BILE bearing.
The people of this country pay annu-
ally S4OO, O00, 900 for shoes and $500, 000,-
900 for hats.
During the time Of the old Roman en-
pire the dead bodies of all except suicides
were buried.
The year 1898 began on a Sunday and
will finish on a Sunday, SO that it will
contain SO Sundays.
''Bull oak, 'Wedgenock park, England,
was in ''full growth at the time when
the cOno11erO1. came
A woman's love for strong, chival-
rous man moves and controls him more
than does his love for her.
There are less than 1000 Spaniards,
! Greeks and Portuguese in any one Of the
| chief cities of the country.
"Women always tell the truth, but
not the whole TRUTH" somewhat vaguely
repeats provincial adage.
The earliest library was that of Nebu-
chadnezzar. Every book was brick en-
graved with cuneiform characters.
Senator Lane Of Kansas, the famous
jim Lane of antebellum days, died in
1866 by his own hand in a fit of mental
/ alteration,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22

Elder S. S. Beaver, of McA1listerville, Juni-
alta Co., Pa, says his wife is subject to cramp
in the stomach. Last summer she tired
Chamber1ain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy for it. and much pleased with
the speedy relief it afforded. She has since
used it whenever necessary and found that 1t
never fails. For sale by n. G. Pierce, druggist
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22

Fatal neglect is little short of suicide. The
consequences of neglected cough are too we'll
known to need repeating. DR.. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup cures a cough promptly. Sold
by all dealers on a guarantee of satisfaction.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-22

The essential 1ung-healing principle of the
pine tree has finally been successfully sepa-
rated and refined into perfect cough medi-
cine. DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup. Sold
by all dealers on a guarantee of satisfaction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19

Many anecdotes are being related Of
the hardshps and prosecutions Lucy
Stone was obliged 10 undergo in the be-
ginning Of her long struggle for the
rights Of her sex. on one occasion she
was 10 speak at an anti-slavery meeting
in the public han OF a suburb OF Boston.
together with William Lloyd Garrison and
others. 1t had been requested that nOtl-
ces Of the meeting should be given from
the Church pulpits on sunday morning,
and the minister of the Orthodox Church.
fn announcing that she was 20 speak.
held up Che paper on which the notice was
written and said In a loud voice.
"A hen will attempt 20 crow like q
cock IN the town hall al 4 o'clock Ibis
afternoon. Those who enjoy that kind
Of music will attend the meeting"
In spite OF her enthusiasm and interest
in behalf of woman suffrage Mrs
stone was never permitted 10 vote. Af-
ter women were granted the privilege of
voting on the school question She went
70 register her name, looking forward
with much pleasure 10 casting her first
vote ir accordance with che customary
routine she read 70 the clerk, gave the
required history, showed her tax bill,
and just as She was about % sign her
name word was sent UP from the regis
trars office that she must use the name
OF her husband Or. Blackwell. for she
had always retained her maiden name
Lucy stone. She told them she would
sign her name as she had always done
or ~0t at an. saying that in the country
If q man had used a cartpath for twenty
years II became his own, and as she had
used the name of Lucy Stone Tor over
sixty years she saw no reason why she
should not continue TO do so. They were
persistent. however. and she went away
without signing, and was consequently
never able TO vote.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
F0oLED BY + TURTLE.
The Dwell that Made the Mistake OF j Lie
and was captured.

A few days ago ]. +. Pahord ana
Marty Of friends went to the Big Sandy
n large sluggish stream ~ Benton Couh-
" Tennessee, on a fishing excursion
saws a writer ia the Globe DethocIe''
They carried a wagon, tent ana tie Va"
al carnp eouipage. The river Is Iull o.
Io,,s and britsb and cannot be seined read
iIv. and & abounds in very me hsh ot
every variety found in that secnoh' anu
esnecially in the Tennessee, OF Whlch u
&c a tributary. Friday night Panord was
sitting sleepily on the bank, about one
hundred wards below the camp hIe'
watching his lines. The moon cast d
silver light on the placid stream mace
brighter by the foliage on elther pahN'
Opposite TO where he lay, ABOUT my
wards distant, a large tree had lalieh lhlo
the water on the body OF TINS the 'uI
lie would lazily watch the manoeuNeIs u
tho fisherman when not otherwise en-,
Gagged I'm stealing their bait. An oi9
gelioyy probably a foot III diameter, mao
cr,-yled upon the log, prepared 10 speHu
a.. night when suddenly a large oNi
M on a limb that projected from the
Trunk inst above the turtle. The latter
sIinued noiselessly into the water HIS
ov,lship merely turned his head' Keep
ing his position.
After a few moments the tuIue re-
turned. The owl watched him tuliy nVe
minutes. and then commenced edsHs ms
Wv down the limb. The movement
could moi he detected except by locating
IN position with some fixed object be-
vord. Presently IL came 10 the pody Oh
The tree, and then commenced moNihB
sideways by the same slow motion To-
wards the turtle, whose side IL soon
reached. The turtle drew out It's lohs
neck 10 the uttermost, TOOK a look al
it's owlship, and resumed It's previous po-
sjtion OF rest. The owl resumed MS sac
movement. forcing the turtle slowly up
~ los The turtle would move two
ar three inches at a time and settle
dovon. The owl approached slowly uh.
III its bodv came in contact with That OF
tho turtle. when the latter would move
mis- was continued until the owl had
nuehed the turtle about four Feet ana
ia the end Of the log, which was aooNe
the water about four feet. ne oDJecl
of the owl was evidently 10 force 'he
turtle TO drop to the water ana as ~
descended TO grab and carry nm UII
as he is wont to do with chicken on the
roost. At the end of the log the turtle
manifested a disposition to remain where
a. MS and turned itself around win lts
bead facing the owl. The latter ralseu
it's wings just a little and let them down own
suddenly. but the turtle didn't frighteh
,,,o~th cent. presently the owl out
stretched its monstrous wings over the
turtle. In a second there was scream scream
NJ main from the owl. The bra arose
from the log to height OF thirIy tee.,
then darted across the stream, 81 ~
~ e,round with a. thud that was hearu
tist IDS above. Pafford rushed to the
~ ana caught them. The turtle had
spua hin, by the wing. close to the body
$50 sn6 held on with a tenacity worthy Of a
AIM The turtle measured eleven
49, .lt,.e across the back, and the owl three
ecet from tip to tip. The latter was OF
the horned variety
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
The onrcc Of Power.

The body loses not only matter but also
energy. which must be constantly replac-
ed. There is "A loss of energy in moving
external objects. IN giving up heat, in IA
diatl0n and conducuon 90 surrounding
objects. ia evaporation from the lungs
and skin, etc. Again the body must get
"a supply OF energy from without. But is
not this true ol tho spir.tusl MANI There
Il a constant loss of spiritual energy
which must Doc replaced in order that the
spirit may not cool down FRA IT'S fervency
and weaken SO as Ca hc Incapable Of work
for God While conflicts with evil I'm one
sense Strengthen. in another sense they
exhaust. 'Niriue goes out" of the Chris
tain who gives of his power 40 others
How noticeable this is after special re-
Vival efforts The -ss in spiritual power
s. very apparent 3ust thcn especially one
needs "A fresh supply 81 spiritual energy.
This energy may ho obtained by GONG
u God m prayer. AS there Is continual
loss Of cnefes thcro is "a continual need
OF getting q fresh supply from the source
that never fails. This Is one reason why
we are told 20 be iagtanl IN prayer. Christ
recognized this need. and So he often with
drew from the multitude 10 solitary
place to commune Nith God. II he 10
whom was given the spirit without mea-
sure needed tcus 10 rc.cw his spiritual
life. how much more o. sc? Dr. "A. Cas-
uers has well gsld. "ihis remains the
law Of lie, daily renewal. '-Cnristaln al
work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19

ana then. While he was readlng II an-
other person entt red. The ether person
was 4 portly lady of very middie-ase1
appearance. with an alert eye ana
general effect OF trying TO be coy She
glanced srapiciously at th' little, elderly
man and myself. picked up a picture paper
on the counter and appeared TO be read
ing n. while the proprietor disappeared
behind his little partition. When the
nronrietor reappearing he conveyed n let
ter 10 the very middle-aged lady with the
utrr,oet stealth. / don't think the httie.
eidcriv uers9n noticed her nj all, so hD-
.-,,rnod vas ne in his letter. but as she
turned. she dropped one OF the letters. AZ
,his no lfttle. elaarly man sprung Forward,
ard her bonnet brushed his hat as they
both tried % pick up the letter az the
same time. The man got IT, and. as ne
handed it to her, l heard him gasp
Are you Lovely Stranger
lie mad seen his own handwriting on the
envelope. ..,o
The mutual horror OF the TWO people
as / saw it IN that instant was one Oh we
most comic pictures 1 ever raw-ner nor
ror al being discovered by correspond
ent she hoped to dupe. his at the con-
trast between the woman before him ana
the lovely vision called up by the desig-
nation and the wording Of the decoy
letters he had received.
Women who start a correspondence
through a private letter-boN Whelher
through an agency OF an advertisement
or otherwise. often exchange many letters
before getting up courage 10 have meet
ing. Even at the last minute, after max
ing the appointment, they are apt 70
back out and stand up their partner IN
the correspondence.
g. do hnrInpgQ Tor
a. pure woman, and many who start in
perhaps on the theory OF seeing the tolly
Of things for themselves, never consent 70
a meeting, leaving the man whom their
letters have driven wild with curiosity 10
write letters giving description Of him
self and then TO haunt the vicinity Of the
store In hopes That the fair one may
decide. upon seeing that he has the OUT
ward and visible signs OF gentleman,
10 speak to him, and thus make her
identity known.
Unquestionably, private letter-boxes are
often used 10y INSCRIPTIONS persons Tor
reasons that are made public, but the
same may be said of the mails In gen
eraL Those who rent out boxes naturally
try 20 prevent the use OF the boxes by
wicked people: some OF them print on
their receipts for the months rent of that
box: "It is distinctly understood that this
box shall not be used for any Illegal or
immoral purposes"
The fact that these boxes sometimes are
used for illegal and immoral purposes has
let at various times to severe criticism OF
the system, and il is possible that at
some time they may be forbidden by law.
Possibly they would have been forbidden
long ago but for the fact that as a general
thing they are not used with any oftense
% frI 10 D. IN
that they are innocentIy useful to a large
number OF people. Fools and knaVes
abuse their opportunities, but investigation
seems TO prove that the general support
to the system comes from people who are
reputable.-Exchange
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
Regarding the General News In we
tCburches.

A le,,er from the University Of Virginia,
ur,,tcn bv Rev, j. VIM Jones, ID. ID,
which was published I'm both the Cent?"
pvesbyterlan" and the Christian AdFo-
cate" OF last week. gives the following
Interesting statistics regarding the haur
culates up to the date OF the Ie''e''
October 2'th. -,,,,,..es
We have, up TO to-day Jos matIlcuiates'
and I think that the number viii ieaOn
at least $50 during the session. or TINS
number go are Church members, uisu'p
uted az follows: EplscOpalans' ei' 80
byterians 5S Baptists. AZ; Methoaisls' 20
f'ufberaus. 6: and Disciples. 2. IheEe ~
aJso * catholics and Z Hebrews VIM"
would make 245 Church members W evu.'s
ing these last. OF the rest OF lle So -
~, renort themselves as having prefer
go. ar affiliations as follows. bplscopa-
,isns AZ Presbyterians. 81, Bapusts, o.
Methodists. 81 Luthcrans, - anu D''N'
pies, 9. ,,e
q.ne first general convention OF the
protberhood Of Andrew and PhHhp "aS
hold In New York last week. mo - o.
mathematician organization ia "44.s
the Reformed Dutch ana "erIh""' "a
Isreebvterians. the CongreSauOhdl anu
49,. noI,es are represented. DR.. Edward
81 zoe. president Of the local couhDH
- Ney york. delivered an address OF "ei-
come. During the sessions OF fIlldy
number of papers with reference 10 ths
yoyk Of the brotherhood were READ anu
ltiscnsqad and the annual meeting ciosed
Vim communion and a conservation
service.
cable dispatch from Rome states that
m Richard =. BurtseU whose sympathy
Win DR.. McGlynn caused him some trou-
bile in the archdiocese Of New ork, mas
been cordially received by Cardinal ram,
DoIia the Papal Secretary Of state, ana
CardinaI Ledochowski, Project OF the
Propaganda. lie is soon 10 nave an au-
dience with the Pope, who desires the Iuii-
~, Information with respect to catholic
affoirs fin New York and the ieeilhs To-
ward Monsignor Satolh.
According to the Lutheran Church Az
,,anac for 1894 there are now IN this
country SO Lutheran synods, 9,2'5 MINIS
ters. 9Ol8 congregations and si4oo COM ON
municants. The Lutherans MAINTAIN Wv
narochial schools with 1885 pupils. me
largest Lutheran branch is the Synoaical
Co1ference. which reports 4h,l@ members
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
yrSrERs FoR HE TONGUE.
saw These over ns Fast rs You Can and
Hear Your Friends Laugh.

Read the following aloud, repeating the
shorter ones quickly half dozen times
IN succession;
six thick thistle sticks.
Flesh of freshly fried FISH.
The sea ceaseth and it sutiiceth us
Hicn roller. low roller. rover
= box of mixed biscuits, mixed DIS
cult box.
Strict. strong stephen Stringer. shared
Sticky six sickly silky snakes
Swan swan over the sea; swim swan
swim: swan swan back again, we'll swum
swan.
II is a shame sam these are the same.
sam. 'Tfs all a sham, Sam, and shame
1t is to sham So sam
A glowing CLEAN glowing green
The bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms.
Susan shines shoes and socks, socks
ana shoes shines Susan. She ceaseth
shining shoes and socks, for shoes ana
socks shock Susan.
Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round
a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round
Where rolled the round roll Robert Row
ley rolled roundg
Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl and oys-
ter Did oliver Oglthorp ogle an owl
and OYSTER IL Oliver Oglethorp ogled an
owl ana oyster, where are the owl and
SISTER oliver Oglethorp ogled?
Hobbs meets Snobbs and Nobbs; Hobbs
hobs 10 Snobbs and Nob0s: Hobbs nobs
with Snobbs and robs Nobbs' fob. That
Is" says hobbs, 'the worse for Hobbs
Jobs" and Snobbs sobs.
Sammy Shoesmith saw shrieking song
ster Did Sammy Shoesmith see shrek
ing songster2 II Sammy Shoesmith saw
a shrieking songster where's the shriekine
songster Sammy Shoesmith saw?
/ went into the garden 10 gather some
blades and there / saw two pretty babes.
IAN, babes, is that YOU babes, braiding of
blades, babes2 II YOU braid any blades
at all. babes. braid broad blades, babes
or braid no blades at all, babes.
You snuff shop snuff, l snuff box snun