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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-21
North Troy.


A. Morey was quite in with rheumatic
fever last week, but is some better now.
Aaron Johnson, formerly of this town,
has opened a harness shop at Greensboro.
Rev. NJ. b. Davenport of Albany will
begin his pastorate OF the Cong church
next Sunday.
Mitchell Hunt has captured ~ foxes this
fall. OF this number his dog has run
down and caught z, run into their holes,
digging out of the five. The other 8 OF
the II Mr.. Hunt has shot. He injured his
ankle while hunting i'm New Hampshire
some weeks ago. Mr.. Hunt is Go years OF
age and has hunted foxes I'm the fall sea-
son 43 years, and has shot more than 1913
OF them. He has owned more than 200
hounds and he thinks the dog he now has
is the best of the lot.-Pdtadium.
WestfieId.
Miss Emma Goddard is visiting In Bar
ton.
The Misses Mary and Elsie Root have re-
turned from Mass.
Mrs. Bell has been sick-Mrs. u. y.
Miller and Lillian Wright have been sick
with colds.
o. Aiken and wife OF Albany were I'm
town recently, also Russell Hitchcock OF
Albany was i'm town last week.
1t is thought that Dea. +. +. Ryder who
has been sick over year cannot recover.
His younger daughter Winnie, who has
been sick nearly year and a half Is i'm
proved slightly. On Sunday the 13th
inst, at the close of the service In the
Cong. church the pastor and several of the
members repaired TO the home OF Dea.
Ryder, where the invalid daughter was
baptized and received into the church on
confession OF faith, after which the sacra-
ment was administered to the company.
The reporter recently visited Mr.. viii
lard Farman's house, which has been com
pleted only few weeks. II IL a fine two
story wooden structure, standing ON a
slight eminence on the east side OF the
road and a little back from IL. The house
fronts on the road but sides to the south.
The house part Is 26x32 and In finished In
hard wood birch ash, and black cherry.
The ell which is two story and also 26x32,
Is continuation toward the east, but iuts
by the house few feet toward the north.
leaving place for the veranda on the
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The man who eats because he is hunrgy
is, thus far, on level with the brutes. Tht
man who stops eating the moment hi.
hunger is appeased is the wise man. Nature
needs no more food than she calls for. Con.
tinued excess brings about Indigestion OF
dyspepsia, with loss of flesh, strength
sleep, ambition and mental power; and an
accumulation of aches, pains and man y
dangerous local maladies.
The stomach now can do nothing alone,
Ne must appeal to some artifcially diges-
ted food which can also digest other foods.
That is to say. we must use the Shaker Di
gestive Cordial. The effect is prompt and
cheering. The chronic pain and distress
ceases. Appetite presently revives. Flesh
and yiger gradually come back. and the
sufferer RECEIVERS. But he must be careful
in future. A trial bottle for 10 cents.
Laxol is the best medicine for children.
Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil.
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Origin of .John Bull -

The origin of the term John
Bull" is thus explained by the Lon
don Golden Penny: DR.. John Bull
was the first Gresham professor of
music, organist of Hereford cathe-
dral and composer to Queen Eliza
beth. John. like true Englishman,
travelled for improvement, and hav-
ing heard Of famous musician at
St Omer he placed himself under
him as novice, but q circumstance
very soon convinced the master that
he was inferior to the scholar. The
musician showed John a song which
he had composed in 40 parts. telling
him at the same time that he defied
all the world to produce a person
capable of adding another part to
his composition. Bull desired to be
left alone and to be INDUCED for
short time with pen and ink. In less
than three hours he added 40 parts
more to the song, upon which the
Frenohman was so much surprised
that he swore in great ecstasy he
must be either the devil or John
Bull, which has ever since been pro-
verbal in England.
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Castles In the Air.

OttSLl0S lu the Air
"Amid the myriad troubles that meet us day
by day,
VINO would not from the conflict moment
turn away,
And in far-of fairyland, where men no
burdens bear,
Forget while our tears and toll, in Castles
in the Air.
So writes Jacob Cough, and he goes on to
suggest that this sort of castle building is q
proper relief for weary folks. How many q
man Is sick and miserable who dreams of
health and happiness. In this matter he had
better be doing than dreaming. 'What shall
he do, you ask: Why teke DIR, Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery to be sure. 1t cures
affections Of throat and lungs, incipient con
disordered liver, sore throat, bron-
chitis, asthma, catarrh, ulcers, scrofulous tu-
mors and swellings, bad blood. fever and
ague and dropsy. sssues
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You Can Belreva

The testimonials published in behalf OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla. They are written by
honest people. who have actually found in
their own experience that Hoods Earsapa-
riila puri6es the blood, creates an appetite
strengthens the system and absolutely and
permanently cures all diseases caused By
impure Or deficient blood.
Hood's Pills fof the Iivsr ana bowels. II
premptlS easIly md elIsotiyely. 81
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LITERARY NOTES.

autoDiOgfapnlcal paper Dy Eliza
| beth Stuart Phelps in McClure's Maya
zine for February will give a pictur
of Emerson as the anthor saw him
and heard him talk in her fathers hous
at Andover in the days before the war
It will also describe life in o girls
school of that period, and the author.
despair over Mathematics with a big
M'' and contrasting pleasure in studies
not in the prescribed curriculum.
Henry M. Stanley, in an article on
the Development of Africa" which is
to appear in the February Century, re-
calls the fact that troubles with the
Beers in southern Africa first induced
David Livingstone to travel to the
north, and SO led the way to the OPEN
ing of Equatorial Africa. Livingstone,
who was a missionary at Kolobengy
accused his Boer neighbors of cruelty
to the natives. They resented his in
reference, and threatened to drive
him from the country. He published
their misdeeds in the Cape newspapers,
and his house was burned in revenge.
This led to his leaving southern Africa
| and going to region where he could
follow in peace his vocation as mis-
sionary, unmolested by the Boer far
mers.
Letters to Boy" by Robert Louis
Stevenson, which were begun in the
December number of st. Nicholas, and
concluded in the February number,
form very delightful collection in
which is revealed current of the boy
nature, SO strong in the great writer.
Some of the letters give an account of
the peculiarities of the native servants
of Samora and any other interesting
topics are discussed. Another nota-
bic article this month is ssThe Gibson
Boy" in which Christine Terhune Her
rick gives "reminiscences of the boy
hood of Charles Dana Gibson, the we'll
known illustrator who developed re-
markable gift in the way of cutting
silhouettes from paper, when he
was only eight or ten years old.
Among the articles of special inter-
est in the Century for February, are
-@Pope Leo. XIII. and his Household''
as given by Marion Crawford in per-
sonal account; 1.-THE Story of the De-
velopemsnt of Africa" by Stanley; and
some of the "Worthies and Danes Of
Old Maryland. There are several
pleasing short stories besides the Ser
ials which are attracting attention.
The midswinter Century has fine
range of literature and holds its own
with the best.
The readers OF Demorest's are intro
duced to number of noted persons
this month. The "stars" of the Grand |
Opera are shown at their best In the |
portrait gallery which embellishs this
and artists, poets and novel,
lists cuuie IN for liberal showing III the
literary feast spr ad before its readers.
A Tea with Du Maurier," gives this
novelist and artist in
very pleasant mood. Hall Cain is also
shown to an advantage in 1.-The Isle of
Man:'' 'The Education of Our Girlso
discussed by able writer's and the
various Departments offer their usual
attractions. Demorests is a family
in every sense. and is only
q year.
Middletown transcript., 1896-02-01
For Over Fifty Years.

An Old and well tried remedy.-1frs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for over fifty years by millions of mothers
or their children while teething, with pc
feet success. 1t soothes the child, softens
he gums, allays all pains, cures wind collie
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by Druggists
in every part of the world. 25 cents bot
tie. Its value is incalcuable Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
and get no other kind.
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Weary of Self Made Mems Brar.

"NoAJ Va tSOAA AAAssAC 1AACAA ASAo8s
Mr.. Moody has popular and very
telling way of hitting" the errors
which are so rife in the theological
thinking of many persons today.
Speaking of salvation by grace, he
says: "It is well that a man can't
save himself, for if a man could only
work his own way to heaven you
never would hear the last of it.
Why, down here in this world, if a
man happens to get little ahead Of
his fellows and scrapes a few thou
sand dollars together. you'll hear
him Dragging about his being "a self
made man. and telling how he began
as poor boy and worked his way
up in the world. I've heard SO much
of this sort of thing that I'm sick
and tired of the whole business, and
I'm glad we shan't have men bragg
ging through all eternity how they
worked their way into heaven. -"
st. Louis Mid Continent.
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Three little maids from school are we.
Free from pains OF all description;
But once we were sick as sick could be-
Cured by the AFayorfte Prescription"
1t is a certain panacea
For all the Ills of womanhood,
Try bottle with good cheer;
We know that it wilfdo you good.
DR.. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir-My daughter
had been sick all her life, and the older she
grew, the worse she was until she was the
picture Of death; the physicians could not do
her any good. I heard of your "Favorite
Prescription" for women, and I gave her
three bottles Bnd now she is perfectly
healthy girl, Have recommended it to a
great many sufferers from i.female com
plants" and it has cured them, think it is
the greatest medicine in the world, and I
have never found anything to compare with
1T. Mrs. NJ. J. Lloyd.
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WASTED HIS ELooUENcE.
A Southern Congressman Who Raked BiDx-
ham as q Stay ct Homo.

~
ham as q Stay ct Home.
Here is a story which Stallings OF
Alabama tells in the Washington
Post on himself:
ut happened in tho Fifty second
congress, when ] was q new man in
the house, not SO experienced as /
am now. Bingham of Pennsylvania
was making a bloody shirt speech
on some subject or other. Near me
sat old Judge Culberson. He listened
awhile, and then beckoned to me.
I say, Stallings, said he in his
slow, lazy way, get up and answer
that fellow. The idea of his abusing
the southern cavaliers like thati He
never smelt gunpowder. He never
was in the war. He skulked while
we were out fighting Yankees.
Il didn't know Bingham, - con-
tinued Stallings. ''I felt fattered
that Culberson should call on me to
speak for our side and got the floor
as soon as could when Bingham
had concluded.
well, sir, ] lit into Bingham. !
threw all the eloquence of my
tongue into that effort to annihilate
him. ] pictured the northern soldier
shouldering his musket and kissing
his wife and children farewell at the
front gate. Ipiotured the battlefield,
where he fought and bled for the
Union. I pictured the southern SOL
dier, departing from his thatohed
cottage home, where dwelt his loved
ones, going out to fight for what he
believed his right, and his return,
to find his house in ashes and his
dear ones dead or scattered. And
then I denounced the skulking stay
at homes in the north, men like the
gentleman who had just preceded
me. who had never seen a battlefield,
never smelt gunpowder except on
the Fourth of July or at a ratifca-
ton meeting, and who, 30 years aft
er, would get up in congress and
denounce the southern men who
had gone out to lay down their lives
for their cause, right or wrong.
ITO my SURPRISE" said Stallings,
Bingham took it in the best Of hu-
NOR. He even laughed. Some of the
Republicans smiled and looked in
an amused way at Bingham and
then at me, and next thing I knew
some on our side were smiling and
laughing, and when I turned about
there was Mr.. Culberson doubled up
in his seat, laughing to himself as
though he had a fit. Tt began to
dawn on me about this time that
Culberson had just put up a job ON
me. I wasn't through with my re-
marks, but I cut off short and sat
down.
Presently Bingham walked over
to me, holding out his hand in
pleasant sort of way, and said:
I" This is Mr.. Stallings, ! believe.
I'm sure you have been made the
victim of practical joke. I was in
ihe Union army and was wounded
It Gettysburg. Spottsylvania and
Farmville and was mustered out as
,rigadier general. It's all right.
Only hate to see young man like
1ou imposed upon.
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Eczema Isn't
A Nice Disease.

It is painful, irritating,
disgusting offensive alike to the
sufferer and his friends. The little
watery, blistery eruptions itch and
tingle. Scratching doesn't help.
You may scratch to the bone and
only make it worse, but it can be
cured by using
Middletown transcript., 1896-02-01
No Necessity For It.

"Charleyl" called the blind man
10 the deaf and dumb man, II want
10 see you. "
Well, !" replied tho deaf and
dumb man, you needn't speak 40
iOud. New York Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1896-02-01

was able to knit together the raveled
threads Of her business connection and
in time she again attained an honorabl
success.
Verify, with Laurence Sterne, we
say: s.They do these thing better in
Francel'- Woman's Edition P hiladel
phia Press.
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Prof. Waldeyer of Berlin. whose re-
searches cover years. told the recent
anthro biological congress in Germany
that the muscles Of the tongue were
much more highly developed in the
women than in the men.
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WOMEN AND KEYS.

/ WOMEN AND KEYS.
| It's beneath woman's dignity to
keep track of keys.
1 A girl who has been br idesmaid
four times aud thereby cut herself off
from all prosp Cts of niatriinunv, sass
rhis is what llapp4us al every wedding !:
/ The bride gives minute and particular
directions about the packing of her
trunk. She knows TO within the 10Oth
of an inch the exact location of eyery
frill and furbelow aud looks on while
various members of the family assist
in crammiug the trays in and forcing
the lid down. Methods of ACCOMPLISH
ing this differ-someiimes it closes
easily and sometimes it is necessary to
jump up and down or sit OH it, Then
the bride-to-be orders some one to put a
strap around it, but one person leaves
it to another until the moment for de-
parture arrives. At this juncture the
discovery is made that the trunk is not
locked, the keys are missing and every
body wonders where the strap can be.
TWen'y minutes until train time.
where's your trunk key?" some
one asked the groom.
my dear, they are asking for the |
key to your trunk. Where is ila''
"The key? Tin some perplexity.) |
Why-why, on my keyring, of course;
the little silver one you gave me that |
time; don't you remember, dear2n
"Certainly-on the keyring.n To
the anxious searchers: aYou'll find
the trunk key on small, heart-shaped
keyring, my wife says.n replies the
happy young man. fsss'ss
But where is thai? - comes in chorus.
I'm sure I don't know" falters the
bride almost in tears.
"Oh, never mind. There. there:
bother the trunk: what do we carePn
says the groom. Il
The bride has a happy thought.
..Georgs, ! have two keys to that
"Well, you're wise little woman. !,
in tones OF pride from the young hus-
band, while che aunts and cousins say:
isle has another Key. !"
But they ara b,.Ii on the sam key
ring, 2 continues The bride, and the
general anxiety Is redulibIed.
The girl who las beeIi 1 bridesmafd
four times says The brat time Ills hap-
pened the 10y turned Up pt the lat
minute inside 0f the trunk and nffer
t1ot ~ elN&y> locked f13ef6 fh6 dit
E11z Mox1e I66 IA m 81
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Sarah Grand received ten per cent.
royalty for the sale of her book, s.The
Heavenly Twins, /" from her American
publishers. ItLetted her about SIC, 900.
Middletown transcript., 1896-02-01
Washington
......Letter

INATOR Allison
has ret u r n 9 d
from Iowa and is
receiving the con-
gratnlations of
his friends and
colleagues on his
reelection to the
Senate just as
modestly as he
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.or | firmly believe

Il ~ this insisted or
for firmly believ
that no house is large enough to hol
two families." The air of worldlywi.
dom that emphasized these remarks sc
very prettily on the youthful fiancee
and we are forced to admit that he
views as far as our knowledge of lif,
went were eminently proper and cor
rect.
Mothers, the dearest and bes. crea
tiors of God, never quite recover from
the surprise that overtakes them wher
their daughters (whom they nurtured
tenderly for nineteen, twenty or twenty
one years, giving them everything tha
was in their power, devoting ever,
thought, every muscle to attain theil
happiness) suddenly meet one who is {
comparative stranger. and, apparently
forgetting all about the love that has
been theirs in the past, trustingly hap.
PLY walk out in the future, content
in an Election as yet untested, love
practically unknown.
Under such circumstances it is not
to be marveled at that the mother is
ever on the alert to note some deficiency
in the devotion that her sol.-in-laW
gives to the precious daughter. She
doesn 'tmeanto be disagreeable, but the
man, not understanding the wealth:and
tenderness of mothers love, feels
the espionage, chafes under the kindly
criticism, and finally a fare-up of a
serious nature is the result, and the
mother-in-law is naturally condemned
and made to bear the brunt of the whole
estrangement.
Of course there are mothers-in-law
and mothersin- law, but as rule the
family dissensions arise only from over
jealous motherly solici tude, rather than
from any innate desire to mag and
pester," as one unfortunate described
the methods of his mother-in-law. Un-
der the same roof this state affairs is
aggravated; in separate establishments
the little tempers of the daughter, the
daughters, the peccadillos of the hus-
band are patched up by the two most
concerned. Their menage is rtn to-
suit themselves. 1t may not as moth
er did, but it is their way, and they
are the ones to be suited. II John
slams the door and goes off to his club,
leaving weeping wife to spoil the best
sofa cushions with great salt tears, the
relatives of the pair will never
dream of anything but calm and bliss
full billing and cooling when the hus-
band and wife go home for Sunday
dinner, or to join the family in some
some special festivity or sorrow. The
little wife may threaten to go home to
mother a dozen times day, but she
won't 70 unless bubbles actions are too
1agrant and unbearable. Under their
,wn roof-tree they will weather 1t out
ogether, and in the years to come he
will be quoted as model husband and
bit of conmendation |
hat might not have been bestowed up-
IN him if the mother of his wife had |
all their little tiffs, and the
,ride had been in position to pour
Ter woes into the ears of mother, SIS
ers and aunts, who were near at hand
when the mood for fearful condolences
vas upon her.
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FOSTER MEDICINE CO..
BALTIMORE, MD.

FOSTERS GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY
cATARRii CURE will relieve all infamma-
ton of the nasal passages and will cure the
stores.
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Our WOnan'S
Column

I'D a young en-
gagged girl to us
the orther day :
I've are going
st straight into our
own house as
soon as we re-
turn from the
wedding t o u r;
this I insisted on,
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Eczema shows itself in other
ways, but when little 6listers, or
scaly, watery patches appear, this
ointment should be used at once.
It cures quickly and permanently.
1t cures other skin diseases, too
tetter, ring worm, itch, salt rheum,
dandruff, pimples, blotches and
scald head. Numerous cases of
itching piles, which are caused by
an Inflammation of the mucous lin
ing Of the rectum, have been per-
manently cured by this potent and
soothing emollient.
Middletown transcript., 1896-02-01

Briggs You knew Cadets, don't
youW Braggs-"Ob, Illave listen ing
acquaintance with him.
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o cents. Druggists,
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to all new subscribers or old subscribers re-
newing and paying in advance for q year or
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way and Chase forming the motive for
murder. He reviewed the evidence
making in his judgment a complete
chain and fixing the guilt upon the
respondent.
Miles addressed the jury quite at
length upon the responsibility of their
duty-the life of human being rest
ing upon each individual of the panel.
He claimed the State must prove be-
yond all reasonable doubt that the
death of Holloway did not result from
accident or by his own hand. This
they had not done, neither had they
shown, If death occurred from poison
who administered the fatal dose.
There was no proof that Chase did 1T.
There was no force in the argument
of State as to the motive. If Chase
had committed adultery with Mrs.
Holloway there was no reason why he
should be tried for murder. He also
reviewed the testimony and endeavor-
ed to convince the jury that there was
no proof connecting Chase with the
commission of the crime.
Prouty spoke for an hour. He touch
ed upon only few points of the evil
dence, those which he considered the
most important but impressed strong
ly upon the jury the fact that on all
these points of evidence they should
be convinced beyond all reasonable
doubt. The question for them to de-
termine was had the p osecution es-
tablished the evidence on these points
beyond question in their minds. He
wildly sketched the parties present
at that memorable dance and thought
evidence from such parties should be
made sure without reasonable doubt
before it was accepted.
Young closed in an exhaustive re-
view Of the evidence and wove an un-
broken chain connecting Chase with
the commission of the crime charged,
following the line marked out by his
associate in the opening argument.
The Judge, on Wednesday morning,
gave the charge to the jury. 1t took
an hour and a half and was plain,
comprehensive and impartial. The
Jury got the case at 1920 a. m.
The jury had the case two full days,
coming in at different times with the
statement that they could not agree.
They finally brought in a verdict of
manslaughter. This seems to have
been compromise verdict.
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DIED..

In Irasburgh, Feb. %, Mrs. Fanny Gray,
aged So years and IL months.
In Westfeld, Feb. IL, Lucinda Hitchcock,
widow of the late Aaron Bur ba. aged 81 years,
% days.
In Browningto n Jan. II, Eunice K. Stewart
wife of Geo. d. White, aged SO years.
She sleeps! her smile has passed away,
AS does the wave upon the sea.
The voice is hushed that used to speak
Fond words. now dear in memory.
And when she heard the summon come
To turn from earth and haste away,
She said, "be reconciled. Pm going home
To dwell henceforth with G cd on high"
For stern affection on her way
Had planted many a sharpencd thorn,
Till weary grew her feeble clay,
With sufferings heavy to he bornt.
We would not call her back again.
To tread this weary vale of ears,
Or link again the golden chain
That bound us close for many years.
Dear mother. take thy we'll earned rest,
Where pains and partings never come.
O, may we find among the blest,
With thee our bright eternal home.