Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-05-28

the sides OF the canyon. Homes?
Some lived in tents; some beneath
camps of boards; some in houses
built out of logs and stone; some in
dugouts; and some in the caves in the
rocks Hundreds of men lived in
that way, and all Of them delving,
toiling, sweating, eager, hungry and
thirstng for gold.
Gold! gold! gold!
[ learned curious names in the
mountains-names that were applied
. to mines. There was the sForlorn
Kope;" the ''Holy Moses" the "Last
Chance" the "Little Maid,' the ''Mol-
ly Gibson" the ''Come Up" and ''My
Stars.'' Some are suggestive of sur
prise, and others of years of loborious
toll and suspense. There were curl
Gus words, too; words used in the
mountains that, to an Fastener,
sounded new and strange. They talk
ed of''bird' eye porphyry, "ryolito,''
''trachyte, "carbonates, '"s ilicates,"
"oxides and sulphurets," of quartz,
lodes, veins and fissure- veins. They
Oe1ANOO VI HOO, " AooEAA W eSAASA OoA CIV
as; float or slide minerals, chambers,
punches, pockets and kettles. I heard
Of assayists, prospectors, surveyors
and metallurgists. There were crush
ing mills, stamping mills, milling
mills and smelters. 1t was bullion, ra
tics, standards, commercial values,
carets and alloys. All through |
the Rockies and Sierras these terms
were as familiar to miners as switch
es, frogs and side tracks to an engin |
eer. And they all pointed to one
thing - gold. Gold, and-silver. I |
had forgotten that. Silver was too |
prominent a feature in the mineral |
districts to be left out. It had built up
new party and made familiar COM
paratively new word. Populists and
bimetallism. TWAS sylvanite ore that
[ saw taken from the mines; that is,
ore containing a combination of gold
and silver and other metals. 1t is
these two metals that have built up
the villages and large towns among
the canyons of the mountains. Men
are as eager for them to- day as yes
terday; and as eager yesterday as
forty years ago. They rush for it,
hustle for it, scramble for it, Weather
can not stop them. Though the Their
mometer," as one has said, "should
be down on the sidewalk rustling for
grub" they never stop. It is work
on, toll on, day in and day out, sum-
mer and winter, through sunshine
and storm, hoping, trusting, expect
ing that, at some time, like the mi
nority behind them, they may have
the glorious fortune to ''strike it big"
Gold! gold! gold!-Silver! silver!
silver
One of the many travelling statesmen
who live in Rutherford, n. Y, tells a
story Of what happened a few days
ago on train running from Portland |
Me-, to Portsmouth n. H, on which
was man whose repeated applica-
tions to black bottle attracted gene
raj attention. Those nearest to him |
noticed that he murmured the name
of "Cleveland" even more frequently |
than he took drink Finally a gen
tleman sitting opposite leaned over
and said
'EWhy do you mention that name so
much ? Are you an admirer of Presi-
dent Cleveland -
The man with the bottle straighten-
ed up, looked around in a dazed way
and remarked in emphatic tones that
he was not an admirer of Cleveland, |
who was responsible for him being
out of work and near starvation.
'sMy FRIEND" said the questioner,
"you are wrong. Mr.. Cleveland does
not run this Government. He has a
Cabinet, a House of Representatives
and Senate. You should not hold
Mr. Cleveland responsible for running
the Government"
''That'sh all right said the man;
zone man don't run thish train it
takesh a CONDUCTOR, two brakeman, a
baggagemashter, fireman and
engineer. But one man can wreck it!'
-Neao York Tribune.
Whatever one may think regarding
the "grand opportunity" one cannot
blame the Democrats of the country
for feeling that they have been be-
trayed. If the majority in congress
truly represents the Democratic party
then the Democratic party stands for
nothing in particular, only for per-
sonal greed and and the UNDERMINING