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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
The Vanderbilt House.

The handsome home of Cornelius
Vanderbilt on Fifth avenue is receiving
new decorations. Groups of classic fig
ures are being carved upon the porte
cochere.
The driveway reaches the house by
dipping under the massive porte cochere.
About the columns which support
the roof of this are now scaffolds upon
which are models of classic groups of
men, women and children. Stonecut-
ters under the direction of a sculptor,
are copying the figures with chisel and
mallet upon the sides of the great pedes-
tails which support the columns.
The groups when finished will cover
the sides of the pedestals, except on
those nearest the house. They are six in
number and will be in bas-relief. Mu-
sic, literature and art are some of the
pleasures which the groups symbolic.
Each group will be an art gem in itself.
The house has long been regarded as
one of the handsomsst in America and
is artistic within and without. Even
the massive iron fence which surrounds
the grounds in which the house sits is
work of art and cost thousands of dol
lars.-New York World.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
SEVEN NILES OF SOLDIERS.
The Impressiveness of the Recent Review
at Goerlitz.

The Impressiveness of the Recent Review
at Goerlitz.
The Germans know how to make "a
good show with troops. At the maneu-
vers on Thursday at Goerlitz $4,000
men, z, eco horses and. 400 guna were
in action. The line was seven miles
long These soldiers are trained TO the
highest point, and the spectacle was a
brilliant ore. It was intended to i'm
press the people at home with the
strength of the government, and those
outside are supposed to learn from it the
sort of enemies they would meet if war
should arise. Germany is on splendid
war footing. The young emperor is
soldier. BY his energy and restless NOV
ing all over the empire he shows his
subjects what deep interest he takes
IN the army, as we'll as in other branches
of his government. The czar, Of course,
kept his eyes open during his trip
through Germany.
From our point Of view the with
drawing of over 400, 900 men from pro-
ductive operations might seem a,useless
tax on the people, but standing army
is, of course, necessity for Germany.
There is not the slightest hope that the
dream of those who are anxious that the
great nations of Europe shall break up
their armed camps and sell their ships
of-war Will ever be realized. The ambi-
tion of the rulers and tie jealousy of
the people are too powerful forces for
that to take place. There is far more
probability that the ornaments of the
nations that are likely to come into col
lision will be increased rather than re-
duced.
Germany in reality seems not to suf-
fer greatly from the heavy charge of
sustaining so many men. Germany is
no longer an agricultural nation. She
has become q very important factor in
the manufacturing world-so impor-
tant, indeed, as a study Of her exports
will show, that England is watching
her progress in manufacturing with
jealous eyes. Germany's foreign trade
is steadily increasing, and in some i'm
portant branches she has q monopoly.
German workmen lack some of the
quickness and the inventive skill that
characterize the American skilled me-
chanic, but they make up for these in
thoroughnesS and exactness in their
work. They may exhibit some slowness
in reaching their point, but they accom-
plish4 in their way what they undertake.
The love Of country is very strong among
the Germans. The nation is welded to-
gether today as powerfully as it ever
was. If a war should arise, the people
would stand together as solidly as they
have ever done. But there is no indica-
ton that war is near. Baltimore Amer
lean
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
Salvation Army Music.

The last thing we should desire to do
would be to criticise in al unfriendly
manner the excellent Salvation Army.
We have always recognized its sincere
and useful work. But perhaps after SO
many years word might properly be
said as to their street parade, which is
SO frequent as to compel great deal of
attention-as in fact their object is. 1t
has not been generally understood that
they aimed at musical effect in their
bass drum solos with cornet obligatos
and occasional singing. The purpose
has been felt to be the attraction of the
populace. But from recent number of
The War Cry it would appear that they
think they are producing music. 1t this
is their idea, then the Salvation Army
ought to establish a school for the study
of the cornet and for the voice. SO that
the street corps should actually furnish
music instead of discord. Music is a
good thing and doesn't ruin the flower
Of our youth or even brush the bloom off
that flower 1t would amaze the trou-
badours to find themselves called in evil
dence about a Salvation Army parade.
Be reasonable, brothers of humanity,
and since you really think music is val
liable if consecrated to holy cause,
give US little of Springfield Re-
publican.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
is ENGLAND DISAPPEARING /?
Five Miles OF Coast In Kent Swallowed
Up by the Sea.


Five Miles OF Coast In Kent Swallowed
Up by the Sea.
This is q serious question, Is England
disappearing? Readers may puoker up
their lips and calculate 'Absurd!' but
facts. nevertheless, remain and show
pretty clearly that England is positively
disappearing, and may in years to
come be marked on the map as a van
ished isle.
On the coast the sea is encroachlng
upon the land at an astonishing rate
Seaside towns and villages. holiday re-
sorts, are gradually being eaten up ana
the inhabitants driven inland. In many
parts the sea runs up Oh beach which
was once far inland. In other cases
churches which were at one time far
from the sea now stand at the edge OF
cliffs and have the sea tapping almost
at their doors.
The Goodwin sands, about five miles
off the coast of Kent, were at one time
q portion of the mainland itself and the
property Of Earl Goodwin. But the sea
has swallowed them up.
The coast of Norfolk is minus three
villages which it once possessed-Ship-
den, Eccles and Wimpwell-a Of which
have been taken into the arms of the
encroaching ocean. The Cromer of to-
day stands miles inland Of the Original
Cromer.
Auburn and Harlburn, two Yorkshire
villages, once promised to develop into
seaport towns of considerable impor
tance; but, like the will of Canute, the
will of the inhabitants of these villages
was ignored by the rising sea, and Au-
burn and Harlburn now exist in mere
names and sand banks.
Dunwich, on the coast of Suffolk, is
gradually being swallowed up. Every
now and then the inhabitants move a
distance inland, rebuild their houses
and shops and wait patiently and phil
osophically for the next notice to quit
from the sea. Many other seaside places
have suffered or are suffering similar
fate.
It may be aruged, on the other hand,
that some seaside towns are gradually
becoming inland towns by the failure of
the sea to ''come up to the mark, - and
running out only to run in for a shorter
distance. Winchelsea, Sandwich, Rye
and Southport are all suffering in this
way. Winchelsea and Rye were origi-
nally two of our cinque ports, but the
sea has left them standing high and
dry. Sandwich was once highly i'm
portant seaport town. 1t now stands
two OF three miles inland.
The sea is leaving Southport quite in
the lurch-so much SO indeed that the
inhabitants have had TO sink extensive
lakes down on the beach to keep the sea
from running off altogether and leaving
merely an ordinary inland town.
But the extension of our island in this
way is very much less than the en-
croachment of the sea at other points,
and while our land is certainly becom-
ing more extensive in one direction it
is contracting, and with much greater
rapidity in some other. And the ulti-
mate effect may be that our mountain
peaks may form small islands, and even
tually be pointed out by posterity as
"the position in which Great Britain is
reputed TO have stood. London Tit
Bits.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
Where Monroe Died.

President Monroe died in this city, in
the house still standing at 63 Prince
street. He had come north on a visit to
his youngest daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Gouverneur, and passed away while
there. The death of bis wife a few
months previous and some financial en-
barrassment and debt were probably in
a measure responsible for his loss Of
health.
1t was his intention when he came
north to sell his old home at Loudoun,
Va, rent house near the Gouverneur
mansion and spend the remainder of his
life there with his Oldest daughter,
Mrs. Hay.
His body was placed in the Marble
cemetery, Second street, near Second
avenue, but in 1868 it was removed to
his native state, Virginia, and buried liz
Hollywood cemetery, in Richmond.
President Monroe married Elizabeth
Kortwright, a reigning belle of New
York at the time of her marriage. Dur
ing his ministry to France she was in
strumental in accomplishing the release
of Nine. De la Fayette, who had been
some time a prisoner in the prison of
La Force awaiting execution. At that
time his daughter Eliza was a pupil
of the celebrated Nine. Campau, with
Hortense Beauharnais, afterward queen
of Holland. The former, who married
Mr.. Hay, named her daughter after
Queen Hortense, and at the death of the
queen it was found that her American
namesake had been remembered in her
will New York Recorder
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
Won the Bet.
lean.

As she walked past the large plate
glass windows of the - club the other
afternoon every member in sight popped
up and watched her as she disappeared
around the corner.
Then there was prolonged whistle
in various keys.
"Well, WE'LL"
elbows that?"
"By George!'
''She looked at you, Jack"
''No. | think she looked at Wilton. |"
''Well, she's beautyl'
Then one Of the members rose and
seized his hat.
"Whcre you going, Marcus?''
"Well, boys, she looked at me, and
think she's an old acquaintance Of mine
from San Francisco. -
There was a groan of derision, but
Marcus was gone.
He fastened around the corner and
saw the divinity walking ahead Of him
down Broadway.
Ali She stopped to gaze into picture
shop window.
He was beside her in an instant and
touched his hat
81 beg your pardon" he said, "but
didn't / know you in Frisco?"
The girl looked at him in cold disap-
prevail.
"You did not,'' she replied.
81 beg your pardon if | have offended
you,'' said the gallant clubman.
''Oh, excuse you'll was her reply.
81 wagered So with friend that some
fool would come out of that club and
follow me the first time went by it,
and I've won. .
Then she took a car-alone. Polly
Pry in New York Recorder
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
Delicious Orange Dessert.

Shred half dozen juicy oranges,
leaving all the pulp. Pile these small
pieces up in china bowl. Make a rich
strip by boiling pound of cut sugar
in water and little lemon juice. Pour
this strip over the oranges and set away
in a cool place. Before serving spread
over the top small quantity of whipped
cream. This makes delicious dessert
for either luncheon or dinner. Ladies'
Home Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

Charley Chumpleigh-"Ah, Miss
Nightingale, that 'Winter Song was
charming. 1t carried me back to the
days of my childhood"
Miss Nightingale am so glad
you like it.''
Charley Chumpleigh -"Why, j
could actually hear the cattle below
ing, the old windmill creaking and
the discordaut winds bowling about
the door,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
Bucklens' Arnica Salve.

The Best Sa1ve in the world for cuts, bruis-
es, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chilb1ains, corns, and all
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction or moneylrefunded. Price
Is cents per box. For sale by II. G. Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
There is no fertilizer as cheap tod a

There is no fertilizer as cheap tod ay
as phosphate. Forty years ago phos
plate mostly from bones) sold at $50
per ton, and farmers used it with
profit. For the same amount of
money farmers can, at the present.
time, buy from three to five times AS
much phosphate, according TO it's
quality and solubility.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02


''Pat, pwhat the divil is the naming
of is to 1927
''Shure Moike, and don't yez know
that were politics"
eff l did wud l axed YEP"
"Ah, Moike its ashamed of yer eddi-
cation I am. would loike to know if
yez know which av the two, gold or
silver, yez will vote for?u
"Shure Pat, yez know OHM DEM
ocrat, av coorse I'll vote for silver"
''Yez will, will yez? Thin We are no
friend of mine. Don't yez know that
voting 16 to / and voting silver is the
same blamed thing-yez idiot, DIM
tell ye pwhat Is TO 1 Names"
''All roight, If yez will"
"Well now-take the letter A, that's
the first letter of the alphabet, that's
l, thin chase the alphabet till yez git
ter the 10th letter, that's p, thin come
back to again that's A, see, A. p. A.
you son of a gun, if We vote that ticket
DIN disown ye."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

Chronic constipation is painful, disagree
able and life shortening difficulty. 1t derang-
breath, and poisons the blood. 1t can be read
lily overcome by DeWitt's Little Early Rlsers.
These little pills are great regulators. H Z.
Pierce, Barton; D. W. Hildreth, Barton Land
ing; R. E. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

Many political speakers, clergymen, singers
and others who use the voice excessively re
ly upon One Minute Cough Cure to prevent
huskiness and laryngitis. It's value as IRE.
ventive is only equaled by its power to afford
instantaneous relief. I'll. G. Pierce, Barto,.
D. ". Hildreth, Barton Landing; r. p
French. Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

what II does II assists, digestion oy slim
ulating the secretion Of digestive Guilds, so
promoting assimilation and nutrition puri.
fees and enTiches the blood and so supplies
the tissues with the food they need. II
builds UP strong. healthy flesh and puts the
whole body into disease resisting state.
Send II cne-cent stamps 20 cover cost Of mail
ing only snd get hs great hook, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser. ABSOLUTELY FREE.
Address. World s DispenEary Medical Associa-
ton, NO. Goa Main Street. Buffalo. n.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
CROPS AND PRICES.

The fifth biennial report Of the Blu
reau Of Labor of the state Of Mime
sofa, compiled by Commissioner OF
Labor Z. G.. Powers, is most ex-
haustiye document, bristling with
facts and figures, which effectually
disproves the truth of the argument
that silver or its lack has had any in
f1uence upon the prices Of the grain
crops Of the West. AS a result of the
recent great increase of interest in
the subject Of price changes, the Min
nesota Bureau Of Labor has for two
years been giving attention thereto.
The results attained are presented in
Mr.. Powers report.
The report points out with great
clearness the effect upon prices of
the varying cost Of producing and
transporting to the markets Of the
world the articles of exchange; and
the changes in the supply Of and de-
mand for those articles; and the
changes in the relative supply Of gold
and silver, and the amount of those
metals contained in or represented by
the unit exchange. Tt is shown that
all changes in the cost Of production,
however brought about, and all this
modern decrease in the cost Of trans
portation effect prices and SO the
purchasing power of money. The
nub Of the whole deceit in the free
silver argument is exposed to view in
the statement Of the fact that few
persons ever stop to think that when
in any given year the price of pota-
toes is doubled by short crop, that
for that staple the purchasing power
of gold or money, is for the time be-
ing deprecated one-half So, also,
when potatoes fall in selling price by
reason of oversupply, as they did in
1895, that fall in selling price records
an appreciation or rise in the purchas-
ing price of gold or money with re-
ference to potatoes. 1t is the same
with all the other articles of com
merce. The undertaking of Mr.. Pow
ers has been to ascertain the exact
effect of changed supply and demand
and of varying cost Of production and
transportation upon a single article.
For the articles or group of articles
invests gated, the factors named are
eliminated, and the price movement
that remains measures the effect Of
currency changes, including that Of
the worlds silver legislation of 1878
and since that year.
It is easy, says the report, by the
use of the metaphysical or psychol-
ogical method of the textbooks on
money to prove that prices have
fallen as the result of the silver legis-
lation Of 1873. But that method of
proof cannot stand before exact facts
showing the stability of prices such
as have prevailed for corn, the most
important staple of the American
farm, since 1862. Facts, and not theo-
ries, are the determining features in
solving vexing financial problems,
and these facts, as presented in the
Minnesota report, demonstrate most
clearly that silver has had no share in
the decrease of the price of grain
stuffs-IraUeler.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

A farmer said at an institute that
his yield of corn last year, runnin e
from 120 bushels per acre down to
80, was exactly proportional to
the time the manure had laid on the
surface before being turned under
and his experience with last years
crop was the same.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
SELECTION OF A WIFE.

The strangest system of selecting n
wife known to civilized countries ex-
lists in Russia. 1t is called game, but
it is very serious one.
Some one of prominence in a VIII
lage announces that the annual mer-
rymaking will be held ia his house.
On the appointed day the young men
and women hasten in excitement
to the meeting place. There are
songs ana games and dances, but they
are simply prelude to the more i'm
portant business of the day.
When the time comes the hostess
leads all the girls into one room,
where they seat themselves on the
benches. Laughing and chattering
they are each promptly muffied in
winding sheets by the hostess. The
head and hair and figure are com
pletely covered, and when this
is done the girls resemble mum
mics.
The young men draw lots, and one
by one they enter the room where
the muffied girls sit. Helpless SO far
as sight or touch goes, the puzzled
lover tries to find his favorite. Final
ly, he chooses one, and then he may
unveil her.
1t is the law of custom that the man
shall marry the girl he has picked out,
and if either back out heavy forfeit
must be paid. 1t is said this matri
monial lottery is productive of many
happy marriages.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02
TO RENT!

o0xS5 feet, fitted for steam heat and
e lights. Best of locations. Grand
Lg for Hardware Store Address,
BOX IS, MORRISVILLE, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02


INSULTS" says modern phil
osoper, fare like counterfeit money.
We cannot prevent their being offer
ed, but we are not obliged to take
them.n
No man is a gentleman who, with
out provocation, would insult the
humblest of his species. It is a vul-
garity for which no accomplishment
can atone.
We learn wisdom from failure more
than from success; we often discover
what will do by finding out what will
not do, and he who never made a
mistake never made a discovery
The surest road to success in life is
that of persistent and thorough work.
Spectators who make money rapid
ly generally lose it with equal rapid
ty. It is the patient, steady plodders
who gain and keep fortunes.
Customer-ssHow much is this new
anthem?''
Music Dealer Twenty five dol
lars.''
Customer (astonished at the price,
ssTwenty five dollars?"
Music Dealer-ssYes, sir; it's the
meter that makes it so EXPENSIVE
Customer-"Whatk kind of meter is
it?''
Music Dealer-s'Well, sir, it's a very
difficult com bination of long and short
meter.'
Customer 81 thought, perhaps, the
author had employed the gas meter.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-11-02

Tcalt, and strength carry as
through daugcrs AID make as safe
II The presence Of peril A per-
fcc.iy strong maE with rich. pure
blood. la nothing 20 fear from
germs. He Ilay breathe IN the
baciii Of consumption with i'm.
purity II .hcre Is 4 weak spot
where The germs may aa5 an en-
trance 20 the tissues. gEcu the
trouble begins. Disease germs
propagate with lightning like ra-
pidity O2ce In the blood, the
only way 20 get rid Of them is
20 kill them. This is what Or.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
crv Is for = pGrifes TIE blood.
That means that il kills the
germs, but shat is only part Of
The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-10
TRACTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Incorporation Bill Passed for the Line
to East Washington Heights


The Senate yesterday passed the bill
Incorporating the East Washington Heights
Traction hallway Company Of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The route To be followed by the proposed
new line is as follows: Beginning at the
south building line of East Capitol street,
on Eighth street east; thence south on
Eighth street east TO PennS ylyania avenue;
thence easterly ON Pennsylvania avenue to
a point to be fixed by the Commissioners
OF the District of Columbia north OF TIE
Pennsylvania avenue bridge; thence across
the Anacostia or Eastern Branch of the
Potomac river, on Il bridge or trestle to
be built by the said railroad company III
accordance with plans To be approved by
the Secretary of War; thence on Pennsyl-
Vania avenue extended to Branch avenue;
thence along Branch avenue to the Bowen
road or Albany street; thence along and
wholly outside he driveway on the Bowen
road to a point to be fixed by the Com
misSloners of the District OF Columbia at
or near the settlement known as Garfield;
also, beginning a { either Bliss avenue or
Thirty-fourth street, at the District line,
thence along either the said avenue or the
said street, to the Bowen road.
The measure requires that when the
route comedies with that of a county roaa
of less width than sixty-six feet the rail
way shall he constructed outside the road.
The measure further provides the usual
restrictions placed around new roads
1t further provides that the said com
pany shall run its cars by the underground
system on that portion OF it's routes sit
uated west of the Anac0stia or Eastern
Branch Of the Potomac river.