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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Catherine McDougall

The undersigned, having been appointe
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District
Orleans, Commissioners, TO receive, eKamin
and adjust all claims and demands of an poI
sons against the estateof Catherine MoDouga
late of Barton. in said District, deceased. at
all claims exhibited in Offset thereto, heroI
give notice that we vii meet for the purpoI
es Aforesaid, at Office OF n. q. PleroI
on the nth day of September aud nth day
Febr 1ary next, from I o'clock d M, until
o'clock, p m, each OF said days, and that 4
months from the nth day of Sept A. ~, 1894
the time limited by said Court for said cred
tors to present their claims TO us for cXnmi
alton and allowance.
Dated at Barton this 18th day OF Aug. A.
PIERCE. ct-,-
1857 j. y. BATCHELDER, Nom"lhhlohe
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
Common Sense and Food.

The doctors, in truth, have accumu.
lated great stock Of knowledge as ia
food. They know what ought to be
eaten and drunk. They know what
ought to be refused, and they know,
within the limits fixed by climate and
labor, what are the beneficial quantities
to be consumed, but they have entirely
failed to make their knowledge perme-
ate the world. The educated have only
glimmering ideas as to what their chill
dren should eat Half of them, till a
few years ago, had sort of horror Of
sugar, one of the most nourishing of all
substances-and the uneducated have
positively no ideas ON the subject. They
just eat and give their children what
they can get. 1t may be said that this is
inevitable, because the majority in all
countries are too poor TO do anything
else, but is that true?
We are not pretending to be experts,
but if we understand what professionals
say much of the best food produced in
the world is also the cheapest. Oatmeal,
for example, is very much better than
wheat bread and infinitely better than
rye bread, and it is cheaper than either
Hardly anything in the world is az
nourishing as lentils, which might be
sold much cheaper than bread, and
eaten, too with dripping, AN invaluable
combination. Millet, on which the big
races of India grow so tall and strong,
might, if there were a demand for it in
Europe, be far cheaper than wheat ana
SO might ''corn flour, - ON which Ken
tuckians. the strongest race in America,
are bred, though that requires mixtures
with a less heterogeneous diet.-LondoD
Spectator
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

In the court yard of the Artiller y
Barracks, Port Louis Mauritius, there
is large tortoise which was coded to
Great Britain along with the island in
1910. 1t has never abandoned it's form
err haunt since then; and, as it had
been there long time before the ces-
sion, it is now believed to be over 200
years old. Nevertheless, it is hale,
and, though we cannot say lively, it is
still able to carry two men on it's back.
This grand old crustacean stands
about 2 feet high, measures 81 feet
across the carapace, and weighs $50
lbs. 1t is evidently the last of the gi-
gantic tortoises of the Indian Ocean,
which linger still in the Aldabra Is
lands, north west of Madagascar
Casseps Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

CtTATE OF VERMONT, DI-rRIor or
- LEANS, 81. In Probate Court, he'll
Newport. ia and for said District, on the
day of August, A. y. 1924.
An instrument purporting 10 hc the
Will and Testament of Cha les Crosby lal
q over, in said district, deceased. being
scented to the Court by Dora NJ. Phillips,
custodian, thereof for PROT
It is ordered by said Court, that all pert
concerned therein be notified 60 appear
session OF said Court 90 be held az the II
of r. W. Baldwin. In Barton, an the l4th
Of September, A. ID. 1891. and show ca
IL any they may have, against the probatl
said will: For which purpose IL is turtle /
dered. that copy Of the record OF this n
be published three weeks successfully IN
Orleans County Monitor, printed al Hn \
previous TO said time appointed for hca
BY the Court-Attest.
30 81 Il. ~. Alfred, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

1t is an old saying that continued
dropping will wash away a stone"
but is often forgotten that to make i t
a true one the dropping must be in the
same spot. In other words, to win sue
cess you must not only be capable of
long sustained effort, but you must
exert it steadily in one direction.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
Electric Bitters.

EleCCf1C b1CLorS.
| ELEcTRIcT BITTERs.-This remedy is becom-
| ing so well known and popular as to need
| no special mention. All who have used E1ec-
| trio Bitters sing the same song of praise
| A surer medicine does not exist and it is guar
| anteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bit
! tiers will cure all diseases of the Liver and
| kidneys, will remove Pimples, Bo1ls, Salt
| Rheum and other affections caused by impure
| blood.-Wi1l drive Malarial fevers.-For cure
| of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
| try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
| guaranteed, or money refunded.-Price 80 cts,
and $1.OO per bottle at H. G. Pierce's Drug
store.
It's a good thing people are not
treated nova days as Annanias was
for lying Why? Why? If we were,
Albert, nobody'd be left alive but you
and I, and you'd be paralyzed.
There is one thing about my first
husband I shall always respect him
for, she said with a culver in her
voice. What is that? He paid all the
expenses of our divorce like perfect
gentleman.
Bride Exchanging bridal costume
for travelling suit)-Did [ appear ner-
vous at all during the ceremony, Cla-
ra? Bridesmaid (enviously)-A little
at first, dear; but not any after George
had said yes.
Just look at the color of the water.
Why, it's not fit to drink! said an in
dignant guest to the waiter at no.
tel in Seguin, Tex, ''Dat's whar you
is foolin' yourself. Hits the glass
what's dirty"
Teacher Why was Solomon the
wisest man in the world? Boyle
had so many wives to advise him.
Teacher ca strong minded female)-
Well, that's not the answer in the
book, but you may go up head.
What did you learn at Sunday
schoc,, Harry, said his mother, after
his visit to that institution. Nothing.
What did the teacher talk about?
Only that they put dandelions in the
lions den, and he wouldn't eat 'em.
Little Boy-Mayn't be preacher
when I grow up? "Of course you may,
my petit you want to-" Little Boy
Yes, I do. Is'pose Pve got to go to
church all my life, anyhow, and it's
good deal harder to sit still than to
walk around and boiler.
Mrs. Ludlow-Please say Pm not at
home. By the way, Marie, are you
quite sure that the water is the right
temperature for baby's bath? Marie
Oh, yes; sure, always know, ma'am.
If it's too hot, he'll turn red; and, if
too cold, he'll turn blue.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
It Should Be in Every House.

j. B. Wilson, 81 Clay St., Sharpsburgh, Pa.
says he will not be without DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, that it cured his wife who was threat
ened with Pneumonia after attack of 'tLa
Grippe when various other remedies and
several physicians had done her no good.
Robert Barber, of Cooksport, Pa, claims DR..
Kings New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free Trial
Bottles at II. C. Pierce's Drug Store. Large
bottles. SOC. and $1.00.
In the midst of battle the gener-
al saw man running from a very
close situation. "What are you run
ming for?" demanded the disguised
general, in a stern voice. "Sure,
general" said the feeting man, "I'm
running because I can't fly"
The subject of conversation for the
evening entertainment was the intel
ligence of animals, particularly dogs.
''There are dogs that have more sense
than their masters" said Robinson.
"Just So" responded Jones, ssI've got
one of that kind of dogs myself"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
JUST FOR FUN.

Travers = Look here, those shoes
you made for me squeak. Shoemak-
er-They always squeak at the end of
thirty days, sir, if the bill isn't paid.
Judge Guffey-Whatp passed between
yourself and the complainant? O'Brian
7 think, sor, half dozen bricks and
piece Of PAWN stone.
He-It goes without saying. She
What does? He-A deaf mute's con-
versation.
Squilding- Do you have any diff
Guilty in meeting your bills? McSwilli-
gan-No, indeed; my great difficulty
is in avoiding them.
Caller (to minister's wife, is not
that your husbands voice | hear?
Wife-Yes; he is in his study ,practic-
ing what he is going to preach.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

The immigration to the United
States from the Old World has great
ly fallen off during the past year, and
the immigrants now landing upon our
shores are vast Improvement upon
those who have been swapping the
American labor market for the last
decade. There is marked difference,
in the quality. The new corners are
largely skilled mechanics and are sup
piled with means, and not the pauper
class which has so long been finding
refuge and support here at the ex-
pense of the public. To such class as
is now arriving there is warm greet
ings extended, and ample room is Of
fered for future homes and citizen
ship.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

Once used, DR.. Pierce's Pellets are always
n favor. Specific for constipation, piles
bi1lousness, and headaches.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

1t is the regular thing for certain
Europeans to sheer at the packing"
of juries and legislative bodies in the
United States, as if the old world had
never known how to be tricky in such
matters, while though generally un-
heralded by the old world press, there
is quite as much of that sort of thing
going on there as here. A case is fur
nished by Alexander Dumas manage
ment of the campain for academy
honors for his friend lola, the writer
of naturalistic fiction. Dumas and 70
la both realize that the latter's cleo
ton to the academy now or in the
near future cannot be comprised, but
unless lola shall die too soon it will
certainly be in time, for, thanks to
Dumas adroitness of energy, it has
been rendered impossible for any one
to be elected who will not vote for
lola when the right time shall arrive.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
ESCA PED HIS WHIPPING.

Not long since a certain mother in
this town thought that she had oc-
casion to whip her boy. No doubt she
was conscientious in the matter, but
there is little question in my mind
that if justice prevailed the boy would
have been the one to chastise his
mother. Nevertheless we will let that
point pass until another time.
"May go up stairs a minute?" ask
ed the little fellow as the mother who
loved him produced the riding whip
she kept for such offices of love. The
permission was granted, and the boy
left the room. Failing to come back
promptly, his mother thought best to
follow him aud find out the cause of
his delay. She stopped at his bedroom
door, and through an open crack be-
held her small son on his knees.
80 God" he prayed, if you ever
helped fellow, come now!"
The prayer took effect, and the Gull
prit got off without a whipping. Now,
that story may make you laugh, but
it had just the opposite effect upon
me. The tears sprang to my eyes at
the first hearing and have laid to the
lids very close ever since. Such boy
as that to be whipped like a donkey!
Reason and justice, and above all,
love, can guide and control where
blows only harden and make liars out
of sensitive natures Chicago Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

When Baby was SICK we gave her Castoria.
When she Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03
ALL SORTS.

ALL SORTS.
An awful story tel1er-Zo1a.
Tapley's BREAD Winner 'outwears all other
shoes.
In vial business-Druggists.
Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure
rheumatism & neuralgia. Entirely vegeta-
BILE. Safe.
Not given bit to eat-Horses.
Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at cEce
We1I-preseryed men-Mummies.
Children Cry for
Pitchers CastoFia.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-09-03

Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cure
Rheumatism & Neuralgia. Entirely vegeta-
BILE. Safe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
lie nldn.t Like Coons.

A northern visitor in Florida recent
" asked native negro as to the char
acter of the sub-tropical raccoon, and
this was the reply: "Coons is mighty
curious leetle animal, but All doan' lax
coons, an All tell yo' why. Onct All
ketcht leetle coon an All TUX i'm
home, All did All lef' i'm in de house
whal All went aout in de ya'd, an
Wen All come back dat leetle coon had
foun de m'lasses jug. All watcht i'm,
an dere he sat a-puttin' his leetle han
daown in de jug, an a-drawin' it M,
an a-swipin it acrost his mouf Den
he'd lick off his whiskers, an he'd put
his leetle han down in de jug, an he'd
draw it up agin, an he'd swipe it
acrost his mouf agin He KEEP dat up
twel he had all de m'lasses he wanted.
Den he jes' jump upon de baad an he
walk right acrost de pillows, he did.
No, All doan' lax coons, All doan' !"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
Hazel Green

J. II Cox & Son. cur professional
nqlnters, are beautifyjnE the M. E.
Church
A. and Mrs micSae O'Brien. of
Dubuque, are yisiii, z at tbo home of
Mrs j O'Bri,n.
Mrs Richard Eus ace received a Sc
we're electrical shock Sunday evening.
lightning struck post Near Ter.
John Birkett went To milwaukee, last
Monday as represent, tive to the Grand
Lodge OF A. F. & a. NJ.
Edward Williams, formerly one of
our town BOYS. but now graduate
pharmacist employed in Maids on
drug store, Was married Wednesday of
last week 1T Benton to Miss Hannah
Wilkinson. rheir home will be in
Madison.
A large number of orr people, both
Young and Id went over to Dubuque
SatuI day evening to see the great fire.
Il was terrific sight.
The high school commencement ex-
ercises held in the opera house last
Friday evening, were pleasing sue
cess. The graduates are Richard PEN
gilly, Robert Harrison. Blanche With
erbpe. Florence Chandler. Harry
Lightcap and Josephine O'Brien. Hon.
w d. Jones present ID the diplomas.
Richard Scadden is building new
residence right in lie heart of tie city.
c. Andrews hiss purchased the resi-
dcnce formerly owned hy Rev. John
Williams.
Mr.. and Mfs. Chris Mccain spent
Sunday with friends at Cuba City.
Miss Annie Cayanaugh lett Wednes-
dap to visit her sister, Mrs. d. O'Brien
a. Independence. Iowa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21

fculty. Suddenly 1 noticed lighted
fuse projecting from near the front
end of the she'll l dared not let 90
with either hand, but 1 was not ready
10 become a nebulous bit of star dust.
There was but one thing to do I leaned
over. pulled out the fuse with my
teeth. and began smoking it like Gig
arctic. A dozen yards before the shell
struck the ground dismounted- 1t
tore on through the ranks of the en-
envy. and l shouted, ran forward, and
began laying about with my sword
held my own for five minutes, when
my men came up. and we cut the lire
to pieces and won the battle"
Robinson seemed TO be the only hear
er left with the power of speech. "You
must have been highly commended for
your action" he said
The newspapers spoke favorably OF
it, yes; but came near getting court
martialed for pulling the fuse out Of
the she'll, thus impairing it's efficiency
1t was expensive 70 me financially, too.
as acquired the habit of smoking fuse
in place of cigars, and it cost me ten
dollars week for the stuff till wa
mustered out "-Harper's Weekly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
THE TINE TO TRAVEL.

durs ce Grpely txeitet much ina0e
aughler among certaiu class of co
PIE twenty years sgo, bs his declara-
non. 'ihs wa, Ia rrsume is tolesume."
The true way t. do aryihmg is TO do it
whenever you feel the time is come.
David DuClry Field. WI at ninety is
the wonder Of the world az lawyers.
attributs his hale cd age TO eating
what ne wants and letting the rest
slone. and sleeping WREN he was weary.
Similarly. the Nay TO tukt. "a vocation is
tO--take a vacation. Ii seems almo-t
impos ,ible To pound il into some pt ople
ihst business. Soti, tg ul politics. can
spare their indi> pensable aid for week
or two, and So they go on in a tread
mil. until sOme day they drop OUT for
ever. aud the world m 4chine goes
tight on The time To Irave. is right
now. and 10 pleasanter sc ,son can be
found than his. The crest states of
Wisconsin. Illinois. Iowa. Missouri,
Kansas. Nebrasks, Colorado, WyCm-
ing and South Dakota don their gayest
dress now, and in none of them is the
summer vet advanced enough To cause
discomfort. Break swsy from your
store. office. whestfield or pine forest,
and seq what aTe the cor.tields snd
orchards If ILLINOIS aud Nebraska, the
gold and silver miner of Colorado. the
healing springs and tin mines of South
Dakota, find out what is just over
your horiz ID. To all these states there
il the one hest wsv.-travel via The
Burlington Route Your home ticket
agent will give you All necessary irfor-
nation, or YOU can write 10 w. j G.
Kenyon, Ger. Pass. Agent, ST Paul,
Minnesota.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
A'Mohave superstition.

The Mohave Indians Of the far west
have one curious superstition that is
supposed to be of comparatively recent
origin. They refuse to eat the flesh of
the beaver, and declare that = so
eats beavers flesh will have a sv Zen
neck. An agent who has lived for
some time among the Iohaves conjec-
lures that some of the Indians must
have eaten the flesh of beavers poi
soned for their skins, and died with
swollen necks. The memory has been
handed down through the tribe, and
no Mohaye eats beavers flesh since
that day
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
CAN THE SEVERED HEAD THINK
Il Would Seem Not from These ExperE-
ments


Does the head of a decapitated per-
son have any of the sensations of life
after being severed from the body?
You may or may not have thought of
this before; at any rate it is without
doubt the most interesting question a
the whole range of physiology. says
the ST. Louis Republic. From the very
nature of such cases we viii probably
never know whether there is the least
ray of memory, reflection or real sensi-
bility surviving in the brain of man
after the head falls from the block. but
it is only natural that we should inves-
tigate the matter as fully as the cir
cumstances viii permit
Some may remember curious arti-
Gle printed in the latter part of
1889 entitled "A Dead Eye That
Winked." In it were given the
details of a remarkable expert
ment made by Surgeon Velpeau, the
Paris prison physician. on one DR..
de la Pommerais, who suffered death
by the guillotine. Just before his ex-
ecution he arranged with Velpeau that
if the latter would pick up his severed
head, he (Pommerais) would, if it
should be possible for him to do so,
wink three times at tAe surgeon as a
sign that. although he could not speak,
the faculties of thought, feeling and
sight were still in active operation.
The account gives a picture of the
scene when Surgeon Velpeau grasped
the bleeding head and shouted in the
ear: "Pommerais, can you thrice close
your right eye while the left remains
open?" The stolid surgeon, familiar as
he was with blood-curdling sights. was
almost frozen with horror when he
saw the right lid slowly fall, while the
left eye looked fixedly at him. Again.
he cried, but the lid only luivered, all
sensibility having left the head for
ever.
The above and s,lailar stories have
excited the minds Investigators and
much attention has been given the
matter during tie last Ave years. Dr.
Loye, another Paris sayant, has been
at the head OF the French experiment.
ers. They have decapitated hundreds
of poor dumb brutes. mostly dogs, and
the net result Of their Investigations
seems to be that consciousness disap-
pears Immediately after decapitation.
In the language OF the learned scien-
fists, both portions of the animal or
man so decapitated are instantly put
in a state of rapid asphyxia. =" This
seems altogether likely but the ques-
ton now arises: rs consciousness in
such cases only suspended and would
it be revived if it were possible to re-
place the head so that it would occupy
the same physiological position which
it did before being separated from the
hndr.o',
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21

me lead them to victory. ! waved my
sword, with some laconic remarks,
which, had they been my last words,
would have gone laundering down the
corridors of time, inspiring soldiers yet
unborn, and we were off We were
superbly mounted, and rode like tho
wind. clapped spurs to my horse,
and dashed down little declivity. GER
tainIy faster than had ever ridden be-
fore. Suddenly my horse plunged a
forward foot into hole in the ground,
and went down like a fash. My mo-
mentum was so terrific that ] rose from
the saddle and shot forward / did not
strike the ground, as / expected, but
instantly felt myself riding on even
more rapidly than before The noble
animal had risen under me, apparently,
and was carrying me on to victory
faster than ever. Still was not going
fast enough to sa aisfy me / waved my
sword, shouted to my men, and again
applied the spurs furiously What was
my surprise when my heels dashed to-
gether! looked down, gentlemen. and
was dumfounde& to find myself astride
twelve-inch conical she'll from the
New York battery, and riding it across
the valley for the eu emy's center, thirty
feet from the ground.
MY first thought was to dismount,
but could not dsappoint my gallant
men. knew they were coming. Once
more waved my sword, and again
shouted. The speed was awful. The
air cut my face like knife-points. The
shell was two feet long, and gave
me good seat, but held on with dIt-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21
THE PEST or FLIES.
Mans Life Rendered Miserable by the
Troublesome insects.

Mans Life rendered Miserable by the
Troublesome Insects.
The bee is but one of several plaques
that have to be set off per contra in
the ledger of Terai joys. The fly is
another-that common nuisance which
infests the Terai country as an en-
tomological anomaly. e.. house fly
where houses there are none.
Wherever in those regions the camp
of man is pitched, there do these
dipterous insects-these minimized
harpies-swarm
At night they are only moderately
active, but when the day has warmed
a little they FIJI the air with their dis
cordant buzzing, and every teacup,
milk Jug or other possible receptacle
with their bodies. The only way of
eating breakfast in their company,
says Blackwood's Magazine, is to take
that meal in an inclosure of mosquito
netting, and even then hundreds of
them contrive to effect an entrance,
and, being inside, dispute each
rnouthful between the plate or cup and
lip.
Then there are sand flies, whose di-
mansions are such as preclude seelu-
sion by any material that will admit
the air, and whose stings are as ag-
gravating as those of mosquitoes.
And, finally, there is an insect that, as
an amateur entomologist, l call the
eye-fy-an insect that attacks one dur
ing the heat of the day, ald particu
larly when one is open-eyed for tiger,
with the set purpose of getting into
ones eye.
That villainous insect does not
sting; it is satisfied with committing
suicide, when the consequence is in
flammation to the eye that brushes out
its useless life, and it persists, in spite
of frequent repulse, in finding a grave
there. It is nuisance when it lodges
about within a foot Of ones face, him
ing now at one eye, now at the other.
1t is painfully so when it perishes tri-
umDhant