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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03

question IS what can we do in orr
church; how can we reach all the
families in our parish and town? Our
methods should be prayerful, positive.
aggressive. We should be active.
social, Christlike.
Rev. A. L. Cooper, Charles Carpen-
ter and Rev. A. HI. McHale were an
pointed a committee on nominations.
The following statistics were pre-
scented by the secretary, j. B. Holton,
who succeeded in obtaining a very
full and accurate report:
Whole number of teachers 41S.
&C &C scholars 4847.
Average attendance for 1895 PISA.
Making a net gain for 1895 of 1859.
Number of scholars under IL years
of age 1885,
Number of scholars between II and
20 years of age 1882.
Number of scholars above 20 years
of age 2191.
Amount raised for School expen-
ses $140O 90.
Amount raised for benevolent pur-
poses $515. 28
No. of admi ssions to the churches
from the Sunday Schools AL.
Two Schools report a Home De-
partment, Westmore and Greensboro
Cong'l. Only five schools hold teach
ers' meetings. Two schools, the
Albany and Troy M. E., report a
Normal class. The largest average
gains were in the Barton Landing M.
E., IS; Barton M. E., 1873; Newport
M. E., Is; E. Craftsbury Presb., 10.
Seventeen schools report slight aver
age gains. A very few schools report
losses, and some of these were on ac-
count of sickness.
The schools reporting the largest
average attendance were the New
port Cong'l, 129; West Derby F. B.,
116; Barton Landing Cong'l, 951s
Barton M. E., 911s; Newport Ctr. M.
E., rs; Craftsbury M. E., "A; No. Troy
Cong'l, II; Coventry Cong'l, rs; Bar
ton Cong'l, 70; Newport Baptist, IS.
The schools having the largest
number of scholars enrolled are
Newport Cong'l, 200; West Derby F.
B., 200; Barton Cong'l, 172; Crafts
buay M. E., 145; Irasburgh M. E. ,139;
Coventry Cong'l, 125. No. Craftsbury
Cong'l, 100; Newport Baptist, 116;
No. Troy Cong'l 115; Newport M. E.,
lis.
Afternoon service was opened by a
song and testimony meeting led by
Rev. A. j. Cameron. This was fol-
lowed by business session in which
the special committee on the district
ing and canvass of the county report
ed by resolution introduced by Mr..
Camp, which provided for the i'm
mediate organization of each town
as an auxiliary and the canvass of
the whole territory. The matter of
dividing up the count into districts
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03

FREE INFoRMATIoN.-Me ssrs. O. A.
Snow & Co., of Washington, ID. O.,
lawyers and agents for procuring
patents, will send free to any address
pamphlets with information about
home and foreign patents, caveats,
copyrights, marks, infringe
ments, design patents, abstracts OF
decisions, ETC., as we'll as the cost OF
patents in United States and foreign
countries.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03

Within the scope of a magazine ar
ticle it is impossible to describe the
steps which France, Germany, and
Italy and England severally took. A
sufficient idea, however, may be gain
ed by the casual reader of what has
been done when say that within the
last ten years France has acquired OF
Equatorial Africa about 3OO,O 900 square
miles, in which there are now 300
Europeans; Germany, 100000 square
miles; Italy, 547, 900 square miles; and
Portugal has now a defined territory
extending over 10000 square miles.
France, moreover, has been active
farther north, in the Sahara and I'm
west Africa, and claims rights over
100000 square miles; while Germany
in southwest Africa and the Came
rooms, asserts her rule over 100000
square miles.-Henry IA. Stanley, in
the February Century.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03
GEO. II. DAVIS,
NELSON Block, Barton, VT.

Our guarantee is like a Bank
J Check-if your purchase does
\ not suit you, bring back the
lgoods and draw your money.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03

Beecham's pills for consti-
patton roS and 25f. Get the
book at your druggists and
go by it.
Annual sales more than 6OO0Oo0 bores
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-02-03
Goods to
Give Away !

Our annual stock inventory conpleted The result
of our past years business is SatiStac-
tory. Our ambition the people, and by
doing make money for ourseIVes viii be
greater in fiuuzp in the past. We first
introduce and practice the one Price
and Positively No Credit System
foHoWed.' is hi2hIv katherine
be leaders, and disgrace 10
low u.s. We hare special VaZueS
offer in Ladies' Jackets: Your choice 01e-thHa
OF regular price; choice one-haLfOf; R1E
next Mzee-fouths off, and give away; If any
lady who is worthy and destitute viii
call, will gladly give her jacket.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16
POETRY
THE BLACKSMITH.

Cling clang, cling clang
Went the blacksmith 8 hammer
while his brazen voice outrang
High DER all the clamor,
In his forge from break of day.
when he pealed his roundelay.
so terce he seemed, the neighbors round
Quaked with terror at the sound.
Loudly ring, my anvil true,
LII nave De'er bride but YOU:
In my black abode, thy beat
Inan love song Is more sweet
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
Cling clang, cling clangl
softly rang the hammerl
Roger 9 heart instead went bang,
With a violent clamor.
lie the pretty Rose had seen,
Flower half blown of sweet fifteen,
EuC on gloves, was wed full soon,
Changed was then the blacksmith 3 tune
Soft, my anvil, ring to-day
In the name OF love I pray;
Softly, softly sound the blows.
Not to drown the voice Of Rose.
La, la, Ia. Ia, la, la, la, la, la. la.
Cling clang, cling clangl
Rose was very trying;
Three times, bark a slap outrang.
Into silence dying.
All. poor Rose, sure all is o'erI
came the watch and burst the door.
Lo, the man of noise and strife
On his knees before his wife!
Rose, in love s dear name pray.
Beat me, beat me all the day,
For thy pretty hand will be
Soft as satin still to me.
La, la, la, Ia, Ia, la, la, Ia, la, la.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16
Mistaken Sacrifices.

A certain woman, with q small in.
come.and large heart, has family
OF impecunious cousins--mostly girls,
OF the type that cannot earn their
own living, and let themselves help
lessly down upon the nearest avail
able benefactor, according to Har-
pers Bazaar. She worried over
them last winter considerably, be-
cause she was sure the necessaries of
life were running low in their little
house, and she finally gave up her
Christmas presents to her own family
and sent the cousins a check instead
Two weeks later she met two of the
girls at a tea-they always go to
eVerything-and to her amazement
each wore handsome gold buckle
at her waist. Dear Cousin Jane"
one of them said effusively, I've
were 80 grateful for your gift! We
have wanted buckles for a year, and
now we have gotten them through
your kindness !" Cousin James feel
lngs, as she thought of her home
Christmas sacrificed for these adorn-
ments-butcheredt to make Roman
holiday, as it were-can be imag.
ined.
Sheicould sympathize with another
friend In New York, who gave up
going to hear Patti, with her son and
daughter. In order that she might
send the money for the three tickets
fifteen dollars-to relatives who.
she knew, were much straitened by
the business crisis, and in acual need
OF ready money. What was her sur
prise TO hear, next day, that three of
the family had treated themselves
promptly to Patti on receiving the
check. "It was just in the nick of
time !" one of them said, apprecia.
lively, but, of course, Mrs. - could
not feel 1t as providentiala happening
as they seemed to.
Ihree gentlemen none of them
wealthy, meeting at the seashore
last summer, happened to discuss the
needs of an old classmate, and each
pledged himself to aid toward gen.
erous gift. The recipient, when last
heard from, was enjoying the Atlanta
Exposition on the proceeds, while
his three benefactors were a trifie
sore over the affair, which had cost
them some troublesome economies.
We all know such cases. They
are both absurd and disheartening,
and yet, since true charity is more
blessed to the giver than to the re-
ceiver, and since it takes all sorts of
people to make world, generous
minds will go on giving to the end
OF the chapter, and will not lose by it
after all.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

PRESIDENT McCosH's PRAYER
President McCosh, of Princeton, was
accustomed to lead the morning ex.
ercises In the chapel every day, and
during the exercises he gave out the
notices to the students. The closing
exercise was fervent prayer by the
doctor. One morning, after he read
the notices, student came up with
notice that Professor Karge's
French class would be at nine O'Clock
that day instead of nine-thirty as
usual. DR.. McCosh said 1t was too
late, but the student insisted that
Professor Karge would be much
disappointed if the notice were not
read.
The exercises went on, and the
doctor forgot all about the notice.
He started to make the final PRAYER.
He prayed for the President Of the
United States, the members of the
Cabinet, the senator's and representa-.
tives, the Governor of New Jersey,
the mayor and other officials of
Princeton, and then came to the
professors and instructors in the col.
lege. Then Professor Karge's notice
came into his mind, and the assem-
bled students were astonished to hear
the venerable president say; "And.
. Lord, bless Professor Karge, whose
French class will be held at nine
O'Clock instead of at nine-thirty as
| uSual.o
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

THE ADMIRAL's RETORT.-The
Washington correspondent of the At
lanta Journal tells story of o we'll
known naval dignitary who has a
beautiful daughter. A certain young
ensign, with no resource but his
slender salary, fell in love with her,
and asked the old gentleman for her
hand. The father taxed him with
the fact that he had only his salary
hardly enough to keep him In
white gloves and to burnish his brass
buttons.
Well, Mr.. Admiral, what you say
Is true. But when you married YOU
were only mldshipman, with even
smaller salary then mine. How
did you get along?" asked the ensign,
who believed he had made the most
diplomatic of defenses. But not so.
The crafty old sea.dog thundered
forth:
81 lived on my father -in-law for
the first ten years, hut I'll be id If
you are going to do it."
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An Old-Time AuctiOneer.

John Tyler, the elder, or "Ol,
john" as the boys would irreventl,
call him at times, was the character
istic mercantile auctioneer of his da,
in Boston, writes Franklin in tn
| Saturday Evening Gazette. No pei
is competent to do full justice to hi
memory or his peculiarities, and We
he filled space in the mercantile
history of Boston that few mer
have. He was sui generis-no othe,
man was ever like him.
He was a man of commandinp
presence. He had will, a temper
and a way of his own. His Judge
ment on all mercantile matters wa.
respected. There were merchan
princes in those days, like the Per
kinses, the Lymans, the Bradlees
the Austins, and the Hoopers, and
few of them ever ventured to oppose
mercantile opinion once expressed
by John Tyler.
He had the keenest wit and keenest
satire. He was no respecter of per.
sons, and woe to the man of what.
ever standing who ventured to mea.
sure weapons with him when the red
flag was before him and he welded
the hammer.
will give one instance, which
l think many older readers will re-
member. Tyler had advertised 8
ship for sale at auction, the sale tc
take place on the end ofLong wharf
She was fine ship, and the atten.
dance was large. Tyler had sort
of slbbilant echo to his voice when
he raised it. He read the terms OF
the sale, the description of the ship,
and then proceeded to ask for bids.
Among the merchants assembled
was well-known ship owner by the
name of As. He was rich in every.
thing but brains. Tyler had reached
an offer of five thousand dollars,
when As interrupted him with
" Mr.. Tyler did you say the ship
was coppered ?"
Yes, SIR"
cooper fastened ?"
Yes, sir.'
"Thoroughly copper fastened ?"
Here Tyler's patience gave way,
and rising he addressed the crowd
thus:
"Gentlemen, you see Mr.. As
there. If you asked me if he was a
scholar, 1 should say yes. If you
should ask me if he was an educated
scholar, I should say yes" Then
pausing for moment, he resumed,
in his shrillest tones: eff you
should ask me if he was a tho,lrqtlv
educated scholar, should say look
at him and see-and I am offered
tifty-fve hundred dollars" etc.
That ended that scene. At times,
however, Tyler was vindictive, over
bearing, and unjust, a fact which
very much initiated against him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

CUIOsITIEs OF PATENTs.-The
number of patents that have been
issued for variations or improve
ments of the same thing is astonish-
ing. Covering so small a thing as
wood screw, there are over one
hundred different patents; in the
class of lanterns nearly one thousand
patents, and wash boilers something
like five hundred. For tobacco pipes
and mouthpieces, four hundred and
seventy-iVe patents have been is-
sued, and for bottle-stoppers upward
Of six hundred. These are of the
simplest devices; bnt coming to the
more important classes, there have
been up to the last year 6,O48 patents
granted for sewing machines and
their various attachments; for fire.
arms, not including heavy ordnance,
torpedo nor machine guns, 1856
patents; for car couplings, 6, $50, and
for weaving and knitting machines
5,312. For agricultural i'm plements,
including planters, ,harvesters, thrash
ers, and the whole range of ma
chimes and appliances, the total
number of patents Is 36,575, of
which 10,122 relate to ploughs alone.
In the class of electric lighting, 8, ,346
patents have been issued previous to
the current fiscal year, and in that of
carriages and wagons the total num-
Der is twenty thousand. These are
fair illustrations. In the line of
toys there Is an almost endless array,
including two hundred toy banks,
some of which are exceedingly inge-
NOUS and unique, and dolls without
number. Many of these are among
the most profitable patents issued.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

The TWO-O'CLOCK TRAIN.-It
was very small Western town, and
the only train out of it that night
left at two O'Clock. The travelling
man had impressed upon the night
porter of the hotel the Importance of
calling him in time for this train.
Promptly at 1.3O a:prodigious. knock
reused the sleeper.
"Say be yez the man that wants
the two-o'clock thrain ?n
"Yes," came the sleepy reply from
within.
Well, yez can shape an hour
longer, fer she's so much late"
The heavy feet shuffied off down
the hall, and silence ensued. An
other hour had passed when Pat
again knocked.
"Say be yez the felly what said
he wanted to ketch the two-o'clock
thrain?"
Yes |" and there was a sound of
the man hastily springing from his
bed.
Well," drawled Pat, "yez can
go back to bed again, fer she's an.
other hour late"
A forcible remark or two proceeded
from the travelling mans room, and
were audible to his awakened neigh.
bors, as was the departure of Pat
but soon all was quiet again, and the
few occupants Of the hotel were left
for some time to undisturbed repose.
Just as the first faint streaks of dawn
were tinging the sky Pat once more
made his presence known, and, in
tones giving unmistakable evidence
of recent and heavy slumber re.
marked:
Say! if yez was the felIy what
wanted to ketch the two-o'clock
thrain, yez can shape till mornin',
fer. bedad, the blame things gone ri
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

A LITTLE girl in Boston wrote q
composition on boys. Here it is ::
"The boy Is not an animal, yet they
can be heard to a considerable dis
tance. When boy hollers he opens
his big mouth like frogs, but girls
hold their tongue till they are spoken
to, and then they answer respectable
and tell just how 1t was. A boy
thinks himself clever because he can
wade where 1t is deep, but God made
the dry land for every living thing
and rested on the seventh day. When
the boy grows up he is called hus-
band, and then he stops wading and
stays out nights, but the grew up
girl is q widow and keeps house."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

A LYNN ARIsToCRAT IN MAINE,
Some of the Maine girls who go of
into the world to shoe their own
row." often put the old folks at home
in fiutter by writing home that they
have got big" beau, and are com.
ing home with him on a visit, &C.
cording to the Lewiston Journal
The parents of so promising q
daughter were apt to think they've
got to make great show, whether
they are used to it or not, in order
to help along the girls chances. In
trying to do this of course they usu.
ally make a mess of it.
In Maine village, the owners OF
one OF the best residences in town,
who were to be absent for a few
weeks, were astonished beyond mea.
sure to receive an application from
the Village cobbler, who lived in q
very plain way, for the use of Their
house and its furniture for a short
time. They were in no mood tc
agree to the proposal, but out O,
curiosity inquired the reason
The occasion was that Betty Ann was
coming home from Lynn and hel
beau was coming, too. He belonged
to one of the I" first families the
cobbler said, and they wanted to be
living in style to suit him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

AN ANCEsToR.-Abraham Hay.
ward, the famous Quarterly Re.
viewer, once thought he would like to
have some ancestors, so he walked to
a picture-dealer, says the american.
Selecting a portrait of q cavalier in
half armor, with features not quite
unlike his own, Mr.. Hayward made
a bid for 1t; but, deeming the price
asked too high he went his way. A
few days later Mr.. Hayward went to
dine with Lord Houghton, and was
astonished to find the picture In the
dining-room. Seeing that 1t at.
tracted his guests attention, Lord
Houghton said:
"Very good picture that Come
into my hands in a very courious
way. Portrait of a Mines of the
Commonwealth period-an ancesto,
Of mine.',
"Ah. indeed =" said Mr.. Hayward
He was very near being an ancestor
Of mine."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16
POETRY.
THE PICTURE IN MY WATCH,

The watch is rather old, sir,
And not of modern make,
But ne'er shall it be sold, sir.
Though not for it's own sake.
1t often tells me lies, sir,
About the time Of day;
It's really not prize, sir
At least, so dealers say.
But memories surround it
That make it dear to me,
And l have eyer found 1t
All that I'd have it be.
L d hardly recommend it
AT any time or place,
And yet l must contend it
Reveals charming face.
For, when / look within it,
I'm always sure to see
While it ticks out the minute.
A face that smiles at me.
The pictures somewhat faded,
The lines are dim and faint
For dust has here invaded,
And left its woeful faint.
But still the watch prize, sir,
Just for the pictures sake,
Though it may tell me lies, sir.
And be of ancient make
And it shall ne'er he sold, sir,
At any time or place,
No matter if it's old, sir,
While " she" is in the case.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16
Notice..

HAVE returned home to remain
L this fall and winter. Ihaye located
IN DIR. s. III. Austin's office, op Main
street, to work at my trade. Work
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
Also still continue my oculist business.
WIN call on any parties who desire
"lasses, IL they will let me know.
have also added to my line of busi-
ness repairing of all kinds of Sewing
Machines. Also all kinds of material
Tor them on hand. All work guaran-
iced. Bring on your machines.
Very respectfully.
j. A. LOWE,
Oct. 24-tf. Jeweler & Opticlan,
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MISS NEwwoMAN-I don't ask
special privileges, Mr.. Jones. What
do ask Is that you, for instance, a
man, should treat me exactly as you
should another man. Instead Of talk
ing small talk, and treating me like
thing to be protected, and all that,
assume toward me the attitude you
do to Jack Cashly. Treat me like q
good fellow Mr.. Jones (quickly)
Why, certainly, old chap. Lend
me ten doilars-will your
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

1 TELL you, sor, joostice in Marin
County Ia all a hoomboog and a
sham," declared the little Irishman
who had just lost a suit involving the
ownership of consumptive dairy
cow. "D'ye see them massive
Corinthian pillars there in front of
the coort house? Well, they're
nothin' but wooden Stats painted. =.
Dye see those big stones in the build
ing? They're nothing but brick and
wood. Dye see that joodge sittin'
oop there on the bench? Well, he's
nothin' but IA Presbyterian, be
gobp
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-07-16

IF 1 were a child again I would
look on the the cheerful side of
everything, for almost everything
has a cheerful side. Life is very
much like a mirror; if you smile
upon 1t, 1t smiles again on you but if
you frown and look doubtful upon
it, you will get similar look in re-
turn. once heard 1t said of q
grumbling unthankful person, He
would have made an uncommonly
fine sour apple, If he had happened
to be born in that station of life I"
Inner sunshine warns not only the
heart of the owner but all who come
In contact with it. Indifference be-
gets indifference. "Who shuts out
love, In turn shall be shut out from
loye.D
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LEwIsBURa, WEST VIRGINIA.

an increase of numbers, and became
largely Gods means for preserving
religious liberty, and promulgating
true doctrine of equality amongst
men. There, where the strongholds
ofspiritual oppression were building,
were formed among the humble
laborers among them Gods means
for bringing the devices of the
oppressors to naught. There where
the truth of God was about to be
shut out from the light of heaven,
God placed upon the altars of
masonry His word as one ofits great
lights, and from that hidden place
1t has come forth to blaze brightly
In the face of all men,
There, where the doctrine was
tanght that men were born in higher
and lower spheres, and that the low
er should submit to the oppression
OF the higher, was place where
the prince was compelled to recog-
nize an equality with his humblest
brother.
When the question is asked why
was John Huss burned and was
Luther able to live and preach the
truth? what historian knows enough
to answer, it was largely through
the growth of Free Masonry and the
wide promulgation of its teachings.
All honor to the bold and intrepid
Luther; but if through the order to
which we belong God had not form
ed rock for the feet of the humble
monk he would have been quickly
swallowed up.
Who thinks, when searching for
the growth of the sentiment that all
men should be equal in the eyes of
the law, to ask about the condition
of masonry. And yet, brethren, we
who have been brought from dark
ness to light, have some conception
of our order as potent factor in
this growth.
What a social power for good ma
sonry has been in upholding and
teaching the principals enunciated
in the Psalm upon which we have
been discoursing. Our order has
been working secretly and quietly
for good, has been content to let
others reap her rewards of praise,
but when the light of Gods judp.
ment brings all secrets before the
eyes of men, outside of His church,
nothing will shine forth more splen-
didly than the Masonic organization.
We have a work, brethren, still to
do. We have to keep in existence
what we have been in the proyi-
dences of God largely instrumental
in creating. You will best do this
by remembering the lessons I have
drawn from what l have always
thought of, since / first heard it in
our halls, as the Masonic Psalm.