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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
SURE 1T WAS RIGHT.

eff 1 only was sure that is right"
whispered Sam to himself, after he
had finished his sum and was about to
take it up to the teacher.
"Pooh!" whispered Dick over his
shoulder; ''take it up. She's too busy
to look at it closely, and won't know
whether it is right or not"
"What did you tell me that for2"
Sam demanded of Dick when they
went out to recess.
"That's the way to get along easy,n
answered Dick.
"But it isn't getting along easy that
Pm after; it's being and doing right.
If my work isn't done right, it won't
do me any good to have it passed by
the teacher. want to be sure Pm
right"
A great man once said, 81 would ra-
Their be right than President" A
SMALL mean in spirit-would have
said, 81 would rather get along easy
than be right" The boy who looks
at getting through more closely than
he does at being exactly right is apt
to make a small mean man in charac-
ter, however much money or success
he may gain.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

When the keys of a piano have be-
come permanent yellow, it is said
nothing will bleach them but strong
sunlight. Following is advice from
the NeaU York Tribune:
Leave the piano open and allow the
bright sunshine to fall upon it for
considerable time, being careful to
protect all parts of the vanished
case. 1t is a good plan to rub the
keys thoroughly with cloth dampen-
ed with half alcohol and half water
before exposing them to the sun. If
this treatment is of no avail, it is
probable that the keys are perma-
nently discolored. No piano should
be kept shut all the time, but should
be frequently opened and aired dur
ing the day, when it is not in daily
use. The piano should stand in cor
ner of the room we'll isolated from
the stove or register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
JUST FOR FUN.

Willie Washington, said the friend,
is one of those people who tell every
thing they know. Yes, replied Miss
CAYENNE, YEARLY, and he doesn't
talk very much either.
Mary, go into the sitting-room and
tell me how the thermometer stands.
1t stands on the mantelpiece, just
ag'in the wall, sir.
She-Our minister does not jump
at conclusions. He-I should say not.
[ never knew him to reach a conclu-
sion in less than hour
Eiderberry- What! Giving your
minister three months vacation? I
shouldn't think he would need rest
this time of. year. Deaconspat-He
doesn't, but we do.
Dollie-I took off my hat at the
theatre last night. You don't mean
1t? Yes, [ do. Whatever possessed
you? What was the use of keeping if
on? | was in the very back seat?
Glauders-It is said that paper can
be used effectively in keeping a per-
son warm. Gazley-That is yerv
true. remember a 80 days note of
mine once kept me in a sweat for a.
month
Maglstrate-Do you mean to saw
such physical wreck as he Isl gave
you that black eye? Complaining
wlfe-Sure, yer honor, he wasn't a
physical wreck till after he gave me
the black eye.
Good bye, wiley; if I am detained
by business and not able to get home
to dinner, I'll send telegram. Wife
(frg1dly) You needn't take that
trouble. Here it is. Took it out of
your pocket while ago.
Papa, said the darling daughter of
the household, how did you propose
to mamma? Don't ask me, answered
the old man. I don't remember a
thing about it. Go and ask your
mother. She managed the whole af
fair.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Every experienced farmer knows
we'll enough that corn should be put
into the ground as soon as possibl e
after it has been plowed, SO that it
may get good start before the weeds
come, yet hundreds will pillow for a
week or ten days before planting. The
result is that corn and weeds come
together and the work of cultivation
is much more difficult and laborious.
We all know how much better it is
how much easier-to cultivate corn
that is six or ten inches higher than
the weeds, than to go poking along
with your nose almost on the ground,
hunting a row almost hidden in
weeds. The man who tries to farm
twice as much land as he is able to, is
the one that is often caught in this
snap, He begins blowing before the
soil is in fit condition, shower runs
it together and packs it, the young
corn plants are strangled at the out
set, the weeds come up, and the
prospect for full crop is gone glim-
mering. 1t costs some farmers more
than twice as much to grow a light
crop of corn as it does others to grow
a full one, simply because their man
agement is poor and shortsighte d
from start to finish. One truism
every farmer should paste in his hat
is, the best methods in farming are
always the easiest.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
clones is greatly surprising me. He

"Jones is greatly surprising me. He
hasn't touched drop of strong drink
since the first day of the year,
"Indeed? He must have sworn off
good and hard this time.''
Indeed? He must have sworn off
good and hard this time.u
''No; he tells me that he didn't
swear off at all. In fact, he says that
is the reason why he has succeeded so
we'll in keeping straight. You see
there was nothing to tempt him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

81 don't know" remarked Senator
Sorghum, "when / was more Impress
ed with the fact that there is fire.
quently a valuable lesson to be drawn
from the most trivial circumstance
than was at dinner the other day.
One of the children got the wish
bone"
"Oh, yes. One takes one end and
another takes the opposite, and the
one who gets the longest is supposed
to get his wish.'
Exactly. And / took occasion here
and there to impress upon their
youthful minds how much in this life
depends on having a good pull"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
BucklenS' Arnica SaIve.

The Best Sa1ve in the world for cuts, bruis-
es, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chiib1ains, corns, and all
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by H. G. Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Mrs. Housewife (sternly)-Bridget,
how do you explain the fact that four
times L have come upon you unawares
in the kitchen and found you kissing
a policeman? Bridget-Well, ma'am,
it must be on account of your felt
slippers, ma'am.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Do you believe, Mr.. Jones, that the
glad Easter festival we are celebrat-
ing was really suggested by the hea-
then customs? Believe it? / know it.
Tho heather are alive yet, too, most
of 'em, making out bills for Easter
bonnets.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Mr.. Hiland- Wasn't it singular that
Canton, Ohio, should go Democratic
at the municipal election? Mr.. Halt
Not at all. The Canton Republicans
were all at Washington trying to get
Office
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

L hardly think, said the solicitor
that you can get separation from
your wife on account of her making a
practice of throwing things at the
dog. But, my dear sir, said the man
with the haggard look and the black
eye, almost every time she throws at
the dog she hits me!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Terrible Accidental is a terrible accident
to be burned or sca1ded; but the pain and
agony and the frightfu1 disfgurements can
be quickly overcome without leaving a scar
by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalVe. H. q.
Pierce, Barton; ID. w. Hildreth, Barton Land
ing; r. e. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Don't neglect cough because the weather
is pleasant; before the next storm rolls
around it may develop into a serious difficult
ty beyond repair. One Minute Cough Cure is
plies. II. G. Pierce, Barton; ID. w Hildreth
Barton Landing; R. e. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Housekeeper-And now, Bridget, is
there anything more that you require
to become my cook? Bridget-Yes,
mum, there's wan thing L forgot,
mum. I'll expect the use of your BIZ
cycle on me afternoons out. I've a
pair of knickerbockers ov ne own.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Clerk Gas the carrier, after an in
terminable time, comes back from
the cashiers desk Here's your
change, sir. Did you think you'd
never get it? Victim-Oh, no. I've
merely been wondering whether I'd
get four or six per cent for my money.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Not only piles of the very worst kind can
be cured by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, but
eczema, scalds, burns, bruises boils, ulcers
and all other skin troubles can be instantly
relieved by the same remedy. H. @. Pierce,
Barton; d. w. HiIdreth, Barton Landing; R.
e. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Describe briefly the way a woman
gets off a street car, said the superin
tendent to the applicant for a position
as conductor. The wrong way, was
the answer. Correct, said the super
intendent. And the applicant was
straightWay engaged.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

TIL ere is a class of people who are injured
by the use of coffee. Recently there has
been placed in all the grocery stores a new
preparation called Grain o, made sf pure
grains, that takes the place of coffee, The
delicate stomach receives it without dis
tress and but few can tell il from coffee. IL
does not cost over "a as much. Children may
drink it with great benefit. l5c. and Csc. per
package. Try it. Ask for Grain-O.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

Sick headache can be quickly and COM
p1etely overcome by using those famous little
pills known as 'DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
III. G. Pierce, Barton; D. w. Hildreth, Barton
Landing; r. E. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
Piles +. Piles Itching Piles.

Observation-Disclosures; intense itching and
singing; most at night; worse by scratching.
If allowed TO continue tumors form, which
often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swaynes Ointment stops the Itching and
bleeding, heals liberation, aud in most cases
removes the tumors. At druggists, or by mail,
for so cents. DR.. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia
The dairyman's net income may be
estimated by the clubs scattered
about the COW stable or yard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

"They are dandies" said Thos. Bowers, of
the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while writing
about DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the ia
nous little pills for sick headache and disoI
ders of the stomach and liver. II. Q. Pierce,
Barton; D. ". Hildreth, Barton Landing; r.
e. French Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
"How to Cure All Skin Diseases

Simply apply Swayne's Ointment. No In
ternal medicine required. Cures letter, ecz-
ma, itch, all eruptions on the face, hands,
nose, ETC., leaving the skin clear, white and
healthy. It's great healing and curative pow
possessed by no other remedy. Ask
your druggist for Swayne's Ointment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24
DON'T FISH {!

Green or Todd brook in Derby, also Albany
Greek and Ames Pond and brook in Albany
in Orleans County together with their tribu-
taries have been stocked by the State. Fish
ing in any part of these waters for three
years from May /, 1897, is hereby prohibited
under the penalties $4,000 prescribed in
Section 456s of the Vermont Statutes. This
closes waters named in Albany-only in town
of Albany. JOHN w. TITCOMB,
HORACE w. BAILEY,
o22 Fish and Game Comm'rs for Vermont.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

DeWitt'S Collie & Cholera Cure.
Pleasant, quick results, safe to use.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-24

One MlnGCe NOugn Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-28
four cents per pound.-American Ag-
riculturist.
Varieties of Potatoes.

To the immense genus of sOldnatna,
consisting of some nine hundred spe-
cies, belongs our common potato. The
plants of probably no other genus COW
er greater range of uses and have
such immense commercial value. So
ldnuno indigoferum is cultivated in Bra
I'll for indigo dye; the fruit of soldnWn,
saponGceun, is used in Peru to whiten
linen in place of soap; s0ldnun1 mar
ginatum is used in Abyssinia for tan
ming leather; the fruit of other varie-
ties is used in Peru and the Canary
Isles by ladies for tinting their cheeks.
Many of the s0ldnatnas are useful for
sub-tropical effects in decoration,
holding their bright and attractive
fruit for a long time. The climbing
s0lanun,s are rapid growers and very
free and constant boomers. They can
be grown in bush form by nipping the
buds so as to keep them back. A
globe formed of wire and placed over
the pot makes snowy and convenient
way of training them. S0Idnom sea-
fOrthidnun1 bears bright lilac-blue
flowers in clusters similar to the wis
terra, followed by a dark-red fruit.
So1anun jasminiodes JrGndjt1OrG bears
white, star-shaped flowers in clusters.
S01dnuna aUendIdndi has large Hlac-blue
flowers produced in clusters. SOldaatno
capsicdstrum has white flowers follow
ed by bright-scarlet fruit about the
size of hazel-nut. The plant is about
foot high and very ornamental
when in fruit. SOIGnuno moGrgindtNno
has a white flower with a small pur-
pie center followed by bright-yellow
oblong fruit. The plant grows to be
about two feet high. Sozamaan pseudo
cdpsicdstratn1, known as Jerusalem
cherry, resembles sOldnWm cGpsicGs-
truan, but is a more vigorous and
strong growing plant. These two va
rieties may be grown from Seed
Delineator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-28
FLORIDA!!

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and finely
located tract of land for
A Colony in Florida
Is located in Polk county, on the line
of
Plant System,
North of Barrow, west of Gordonsville
from the railroad to Lake Hancock,
which is two miles distant, and it's area
is about five miles long by two miles
wide, having beautiful lake fronts for
residences and hotel purposes. The fish
ing is excellent and all kinds of game
abound in it's immediate vicinity The
soil is adapted to the growth of all kinds
of fruits, vegetables, nuts, sugar cane,
tobacco, etc.
rrice of land-$5.OO to $1,000 per
acre, in tracts of 20 and so acres
each, one-fourth cash, balance in
three years.
We also have large and small
tracts of good agricultural lands in
almost every county in the state of
Florida, which can be had at 80 to S;
per acre on easy payments.
Our town site lots are 1 acre each-$5t
each.
For fine lithograpt maps and full in
formation address
Florida Homestead Co.,
202 franklin ST.,
TAMPA. FLA.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-28
How to Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours; a sediment or settling indi-
Gates an unhealthy condition of the
kidneys. When urine stains linen it is
evidence of kidney trouble. Too fire.
quent desire to urinate or pain in the
back, is also convincing proof that
the kidneys and bladder are out of or
der.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
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the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
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or beer, and overcomes that unpleas-
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up many times during the night to uri-
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feet of Swamp-Root is soon realized:
1t stands the highest for it's wonder
full cures of the most distressing cases
If you need medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists,
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may have a sample bottle and pamph-
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the Agriculturist and send your adj
dress to DR.. Kilmer e. Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y. The proprietors of this
paper guarantee the genuiness of
this offer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-28
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L u
but estimates place the acreage one
year with another at about 100000
acres, furnishing about 53O,OOO.OOO
pounds fiber, practically all OF which
is exported, and 22,275,OOO bushels
seed, the greater part of which is ex-
ported. The construction of an inn
mense reservoir in upper Egypt is
contemplated, which will be gradually
filled during high Nile, subsequently
to be used in irrigation during the
summer. Cotton is generally sown 10y
March 20, it occupies the land eigh
or nine months, and is finally remov'
ed from soil in November. The young
plants appear above the ground in tho
latter half of March or the beginning
of April, undergoing gradual in
crease of temperature during the lat
ter part of July. The midday tenn
perature in the shade rises from an
average of 70.4 degrees in March 10 an
average maximum of 94.5 in July. Ii
is believed the climatic conditions
under which the crop is grown, in
Guiding hot, moist atmosphere dur
ing the ripening months, has much TIC
do with the product of that fiber fol-
which the country is famous.
Another fact of Importance is that
the quantity of water which the
plants receive is under perfect con
troll. on account of the excellent man
ner in which irrigation is managed
1t is extremely likely that the moist
atmosphere caused by the rapid evap-
Grafton at the time of the Nile flood
has a more important effect upon the
production of the long, strong fibers
than has been generally supposed
During August, September and Octo
Der, months in which fiber develop
ment is very active, the whole OF TIN
great cotton growing country OF
Egypt (the delta of the Nile) is very
moist. A large area is flooded and al
lands are more or less wet some dis
lance below the surface from evapo-
rated water Such conditions, accom-
panied by high temperature, must be
described as forcing. When the river
floods, the atmosphere becomes coole
and the opening of the bolls proceeds
more slowly.
Two insect pests causing great dam
age to the cotton crop of Egypt are
the cotton worm and the boil worm
the latter particularly. The first pick
ing of the ripened cotton is supposed
to begin by September 10. Boys are
provided with small baskets and re-
move the fiber from the bolls which
are fully opened, mere touch being
sufficient. The price paid is abou
20 cents per 100 pounds for fiber ano
seed, one boy gathering from 80 to A
pounds daily After the first picking
the land is watered and another gath
ering takes place about the first Oh
October. These two pickings get the
best fiber, the last crop being small
in quantity, poor in quality and sole
separately. The third or last picking
is obtained in November, the land hav
ing received watering after the pre-
ceding picking. About IL or Is days
y1,o1o
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29
A FINE START.

President Mckinley has made a fine begin
ming by selecting Senator Sherman as his
secretary Of tate.-Republican.
Yes, the president-elect has
made a fine start in selecting Sena-
tor Sherman as secretary of state.
1t is entirely in line with the plat
form on which Mckinley was elect
ed. Sherman has done more to
enslave the American people than
any other one man and it is fitting
that he should be the right hand
man for the champion of a policy
which means a moneyed oligarchy
and privation and suffering for the
masses. Sherman is about the
only man who ever bartered away
the freedom and welfare of his
fellow countrymen and then dared
look them in the face and pose as
a champion of the downtrodden.
Andstoo, if history tells the truth
this man Sherman figured pro
ninently in saddling the nationa
b ank act onto the country, forming
9 systematic robbery Of those who
toll. There are other interesting
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29

bits of history that might be given
in connection with this modern
Benedict Arnold, but these will do
for the present.
Yes, the president-elect has made
a fine start, just as Bro. Wallace
says. 1t is fitting that his cabinet
be made of just such material as
this, in order that the bea utiful
gold standard be maintained and
the ''honor' of the nation pre-
served.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29

The management of the Illinois
Steel Co., of Chicago voted its
1900 employees for mckinley and
prosperity" last November. The
article is m~aterializing in stipend
Gus chunks there now. On Feb
ruary 1st. a reduction in wages
from 20 to 40 per cent takes place IN
the works. A lot of poor devils
who were whipped into line will
have little to eat or wear from
now on except republican "conh
dence.'