davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1897-09-17

Sir Josiah Mason was, according to
his biography. walking in Bull street,
Birmingham, in the year 1928. when
he IA some steel pens. price three and
iixpence each. Josiah was a hard up
maker of split rings. No sooner had he
seen the pens than he went home, made
some better than those in the shop. sent
them up to London and got a large or
der by return At 30 years OF age Ma
sons capital was 80 shillings. AT 60 he
had given away fi00, 600.
, 1897-09-17

Paris. Tex, Sept. 16.-Details OF a
schocking murder that occurred in the
northwestern portion of Cass county. on
the liise of Bowie. a few days since have
reached here. Rev. r. M. Williams.
who had been conducting a protracted
meeting at Mount Airy, in Cass
ty, started to go to near Buchanan, in
Bowie county. to hold a meeting there.
He failed to reach his destination and
a party was organized to search for
him. They traced him to a point near
Wilson's Ferry. IN the Sulphur, where
he disappeared. The ferryman's wife
gave an accurate description OF Rev.
Williams and his horse. and said he had
come to their house and that her hus>
band, Jerry Wilson. a negro. went of
with him to put him over the ferry.
Wilson denied his wife's story. About
fifty armed men took him in custody,
and after repeatedly hanging and 9TH
erwise %torturing and threatening him,
extorted a confession from him. He
edAo tHpt hC uIu nv ~ ~ PhSuShSA
himself, but that two other negroes did,
and IL they would spare his life he
would take them to where the body had
been thrown in the Sulphur. This was
at night. The next day he declared that
he had made a false statement to save
his life. The sheriff OF Bowie county by
this time had arrived and took charge
Of the prisoner. and with great difficulty
managed to save him from the mob and
succeeded in getting him In Jail. Search
for Williams body was continued, and
1t was found two miles below
the ferry, with the head split open and
entirely nude. Two negroes were seen
driving the preachers horse and one Of
them wearing his clothes. A strong par
ty went in pursuit, breathing vengeance.
II they are caught a lynching will Inn
mediately follow.
, 1897-09-17

The through car service to Denver.
Kansas City. Omaha. Chicago. st. Louis
and other eastern cities, via the UNION
PACIFIC and connections. Is unexcelled
by any other line.
The equipment consists Of Pullman
and Tourist sleepers, Chair Cars. Din
ing Cars, Buffet, Library and Smoking
Carr.
For tickets. time tables and nt' Y in
formation call Do
q. CLARK. Agent.
, 1897-09-17

The first use of N~iaGara's power was
made in I725, u primitive sawmill be-
ing operated. Nothing mere was done in
this line until 1912. when Augustus
Porter conceived the plan Of hydraulic
canals, aud in 1861 Que was completed
The Cataract Construction company,
from whose plant power has Just beer
delivered in Buffalo. was incorporated
10 1889
, 1897-09-17
PROMPT REFORM OF BODILY
EETIS

The prompt reform of those bodily
evils. e%nfeebled digestion, incomplete as
simila.iCn. inactivity Of the liver. kid
neys and bladder. as well as OF thu
nervous symptoms which these ailments
are especially prone to beget, is always
accomplished by the use OF Hostetter's
Stomach Bilters. a medicine accredited
by physicians, pronounced pure by anal
ysis, and eminently wholesome and
agreeable. Surely such a restorative is
preferable 10 unpalatable and indigesti-
BILE mineral drugs and unsanctioned
nostrums. The nation at large assur-
eddy thinks so. judging by the UMPIRE
cedented demand for the article from
Maine to the Pacific. a demand now sup
piemenIed by immense orders for it re-
ce;ved from tropical America. Mexico.
the British and Spanish Colonial pos
sessions. and elsewhere. Both at home
and abroad it is recognized as a sand
ard remedy and preventive. the dacisive~
ness Of its effects recommending it ev-
erywhere.
, 1897-09-17
USEFDL And POPULAR BOOKS
WORKS OF INTEREST AND VALUE TO PEOPLE
OF L CLASSES AND fastest
Column exSes. Neatly Bound in an Attractive Paper Cove

cover a wter range of mhp- rs. tho object being to PLEASE all um- md requirements. Each = . CON
pLe tHtb mA Lpn. tho Iml theme Of vhnht tt- and they are m red upon such trms s 70
Ph" them within the reach ofn n man or woman can fail rhHp ntM by tn poaesdono of hSs
books; no Tome shnhih be" without them Each book cnnhNsof III hsni@meo octave volume a. NJ
hGh@CnWnnnp page. nicely printed and bolni IN attractive ppT covers My Oft Lem AAh hand
, 1897-09-17

Little Miss Muffet-"I DIM thuppithe
| ought to go awound all alone with a
gentleman like you, Mr.. Donkey Boy.
but | gueth its all right. The donkey
is as good as most chaperons."-Bazar
, 1897-09-17

Mrs. Tenspot-''I am 50 glad that you
are engaged 10 Harold WilGu,hby. Was
1t a long c~ourtship?" Miss Skidmore-
"%ut very. My c~yclometer registered
about 100 miles" Judge.
, 1897-09-17

THESE BLANKS are all printed
on fine linen paper, with an at
tractivc border. and are dupli-
Gates OF the most approved forms
now in use in this state. The
price of these blanks is very low.
quality considered, and anyone in
need OF anything in the above
list will do we'll by examining the
stock or writing for samples.
, 1897-09-17
GREAT BOOKS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS !
The Best Standard Works Of Fiction Within the Reach Of All
Each Book Consists of a Handsome Octave Volume If 81 Large Double Column
Pages, Neatly Bound in an Attractive Paper Cover

Som eofh hen most famous works ever published are hnrici in the list Each book cmMsso a and
some octave volume of Ga large utlecolrnnl a@. nicely printed rom clear readable type on good
paper neatly bound in attractive paper covers. BEAR mind THAT tmma are not cheap iGIus
pamphlets but large and nndome books in attractive overs. In hsf form the books are not cy
handy and convenient for reading out they have u permanent value The following is 4 It of the
boho 6ed;
, 1897-09-17

Water right olanks At this One.
, 1897-09-17

Daily Republican roc Ter month.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Betting With a Judge.

There is evidently certain laxity of
demeanor allowed in the proceedings
of courts of justice in the up country
districts of some of the colonies, if the
following case may be taken as an ex-
ample:
1t happened at Gala, little place in
the Queenstown district of the cape.
The trial was for sheep stealing-a
probably not unusual occurrence in that
part of the worId-the stealing of sheep
being for some occult reason crime to
which every new district is peculiarly
susceptible.
All of a sudden the court was startled
by the prisoner in the dock, who was
evidently of sporting tendency, lean
ing forward and offering to bet the
judge half sovereign that the view he
was taking of the case was not a cor
rect one.
Order having been restored, the judge
went on with his charge. The jury re-
tired and subsequently returned into
court with verdict of not guilty.
Instead Of hastily leaving the court
the prisoner remained i'll the dock,
busily engaged in searching his pockets.
''What are you waiting for?'' asked
the judge.
FTrying to find that half sovereign"
returned the erstwhile prisoner.
'Half sovereign" queried the judge.
eyes, " was the answer, ''you were
right after all in your view of the law.
lost that bet I wanted to make, and
now want to pay up. STRAND Maya
zine
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Before Vaccination.

Before the introduction of vaocina-
ton, now admirably supplemented by
isolation, smallpox was never localized,
and it was always with us. No one was
safe from it, and there was German
proverb to the effect that love and
smallpox were the two things from
which no one could hope to escape.
Trustworthy estimates fix the annual
death rate from smallpox in England
during the latter part Of the eighteenth
century at the proportion of 5000 TO
every 1000, 600 persons living, which
would mean, with our present popula-
ton, a death rate from this cause alone
approaching 100, 600 a year. Even if
this estimate is much too large there
can be no question as to the enormous
difference between then and now. 1t is
going too far to say with Mr.. Hutton
that smallpox, in spite of all the fuss
made about it, is pretty nearly as ex-
tinct as the plague, =" for though pre-
ventive measures keep it within an ex-
tremely narrow compass we have seen
how readily it may revive. In the year
1890 there were only 16 deaths from
this disease registered in the whole of
England. Westminster Review.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
crock OF AGES"
A Sketch of the Author of That Widely
Popular Hymn.

fOpular hymn.
The recent proposal to celebrate the
association of Augustus Montague Top
lady with Trinity college, Dublin, has
placed the author of Crock of Ages
once more on the borders of the living
land, says the London Sunday Maya
zine. In truth, there is some need to
have the name of Toplady recalled to
us, for, although everybody knows his
famous hymn, the man himself is all
but forgotten. Yet Toplady was a nOta-
BILE character in the theological circles
of his time. Toplady was the son of a
major in the army and was born in
Y740 at Farnham, in Surrey. His IA
ther was killed at the siege of Cartha-
gena, before the boy was a year old,
and the future preacher was thus left
solely to the care of his widowed mother
"a sister, by the way, of Rev. Mr..
Bate, the rector of st. Paul's, Deptford.
Like Charles Wesley, he was a pupil at
Westminster school, from which he
passed in due time to Trinity college,
Dublin, his mother having removed to
Ireland. According to Toplady's own
account, his conversion was brought
about when he was only Is by hearing
a wOrklngman preacher named Morris
in barn at a place called Codymain.
He died of consumption in 1878.
Toplady, besides being a laborious
student, had early employed himself in
the diversion of versemaking. Indeed,
he printed little volume in Dublin in
1859, when he was only g. Later on,
while at Broad Hembury, he issued a
collection of no fewer than 419 PSALMS
and Hymns For Public and Private
Worship considerable number of
which were from his own pen. There
are something like 1873 hymns attrib
uted to Toplady, but only very few
of these have attained to anything like
popularity. Indeed, if we except Crock
of Ages, - Your Harps, Ye Trembling
Saints" and perhaps "Object of My
First Desire, - we shall be safe in say
ing that Toplady's hymns have quite
passed into oblivion, or at least are re-
membered only by the curious in such
matters,
Curiously enough this faverite hymn
was written by Toplady for contro-
versial purpose, and it was the Wesleys
against whose doctrine the author de-
sired to protest.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Sabrina r. N. Barrows' Will.

CtTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
- SIS. In Probate Court, held at Barton
Landing. in said district, on the 10th day
of July, A. ID. 1897.
An instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament OF Sabrina II. N. Barrows,
late OF Barton, in said district, deceased
being presented TO the Court by Hamlet w
Barrows, the executor therein named, for
probate.
IL is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified TO appear at
session of said Court to be held at the b, +. ID.
Carpenters office at Barton Landing, on the
goth day of August, A. ID. 1897, and show
cause, IL any they may have, against the
probate OF SAID WIFE Tor when purpose ~ ~
this order be published three weeks sue
cessively in the Orleans County Monitor,
printed at Barton, VT, previous TO said time
appointed for hearing.
BY the Court. Attest,
1913 II. T.. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
CURRENT MISCELLANY.

Kind fate having taken me TO Paris,
I sat in corner of the Cafe de la PaiX
with native Partisan. We took coffee
and discussed creation. The afternoon
was fine. All Paris was in the streets.
I think I saw La Belle Oterc drive past.
Soon q cohort of ragamuffins invaded
the boulevards with the last edition of
LIE Jour- My friend staid a painting
gamin, produced a French penny and
took his 8 confines change. l stared
bit, for the boy was so poorly clad that
profit OH the paper might have been
looked for. "We are very different from
you Londoners, remarked my friend,
guessing my unspolzen thought. "Our
poor have a code of honor-they work
for their living If / had offered that
paper boy the change, he would have
told ire that he worked for his living
and did not beg. | should haze insulted
him with the gratuity." [ said nothing,
but thought great deal.
Some half hour later the same boy
repassed. / bought copy of his paper
and gave him 20 confines so ostenta-
tiously that my friend could not fail to
see me. There was a grin, the first syl-
liable of merci and the last of monsieur,
and the gamin turned the corner, prob
ably rushing to invest the fortune before
the banks closed. L looked round to my
companion, anticipating remark.
"You will see,' he said, turning to LIE
Jour, after a moments silence that
might have been felt, "that Greece is
now suffering the penalties of her rash
ness and folly. ''-London Sketch.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Wagner q Fiend For Work.

NJ Roche, the French musician who
undertook to adapt the Hbretto of
"Tannhauser' for French opera, tells of
the trouble he had with Wagner. "He
came at O'Clock in the morning. We
were at work without rest until mid
day. was bent over my desk, writing
and erasing. He was erect, pacing to
and fro, bright of eye, vehement of
gesture, striking the piano, shouting,
singing, forever bidding me Go on, go
on An hour or even two hours after
noon, hungry and exhausted, I let fall
my pen. | was in a fainting state.
What's the matter?' he asked. L am
hungry True, I had forgotten all
about that. Let us have hurried snack
and go on again.
might came and found us still at
work I was shattered, stupefed. My
head burned My temples throbbed. 1
was half mad with my wild search
after strange words to fit the strange
music. He was erect, still vigorous and
fresh as when we began our toll, walk
ing up and down, striking his Internal
piano, terrifying me at last as l per-
ceived dancing about me on every side
his eccentric shadow cast by the fantas-
tic reflection Of the lamp, and crying
to me ever like one of Hoffman's crea-
tions, 60 on, go onP while trumpet
ing in my ears cabalistic words and
supernatural music. And, after all, the
work failed, partly because the French
language was unsuited to its peculiar
character.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Nancy o. Eastman's Will.

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT or OR-
- LEANS, IS. In Probate Court, held at
Newport, in and for said District, on the 18th
day of June, A. ID. 1897.
An instrumen Mt purporting TO be the last will
and testament of Nancy q. Eastman, late Of
Greensboro, in said district, deceased, being
presented to the Court by II. Il. Graham, cus-
todian thereof, for Probate.
IL is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified TO appear at al
session of said Court to be held at the Office OF
+. w. Baldwin, in Barton, in said District, on
the 18th day of Aug. A. ID. 1897, and show cause \
if any they may have, against the Probate OF
said will: For which purpose IL is further orr
dered, that a copy of the record OF this order
be published three weeks successfully I'm the
Orleans County Monitor, printed at Barton
previous to said time appointed for hearing
1922 r. Il. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
EDWARD w. HILE.


EDWARD w. HILE.
Whereas, Emma V. lille, of Greensboro, In
the County of Orleans and State aforesaid,
has filed in the Clerks Office of said County
Court her libel for divorce against Edward w.
Hile, setting forth in substance that she was
legally married TO the said Edward w. on the
Gath day of September, A. ID. 1896.
That since the said marriage she on her
part hath duly keLt and observed the mar
not kept the same; on the contrary, he hath
wilfully deserted the petitioner, and has,
without just cause, refused and neglected 20
provide suitable maintenance for her, and
praying that for the causes aforesaid, the
marriage bonds contracted as aforesaid may
be dissolved, and that the Court will grant
her bill of divorce from the said Edward
the minor child, Oren j., during his minority.
And il being made 10 appear that the said
Edward w. resides without this state so that
a citation cannot be served upon himf There
fore it is ordered that the substance OF said
Libel and this order be published In the Or.
leans County Monitor, a newspaper printed
at Barton in the County OF Orleans three
cations shall be at least three weeks previous
to the first day OF the term TO which said pc.
tition is preferred, which shall be deemed
sufficient notice TO the said Edward W. Hile
to appear before said County Court next TO
be held at Newport within and for the County
of Orleans, on the sth day of September, A,
ID. 1897, and show cause. ~ any he may have,
Why the prayer OF said petition should not
Given under my hand at Newport, this 29th
LAFORREsT III. THOMPSON,
Judge of Supreme Court
N. A. NORTON, Attorney for Petitioner OBJ
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Not Yet Letter Perfect.

They were talking of golf and she
grew enthusiastic.
"Ah," he said, st infer that you
play"
'Oh, yes," she replied, 81 play the
game, but 7 must confess that I don't
speak the language very fiuently yet -
Chicago Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Convenient.

"What are those waterproof gloves
for, Mr.. O'Patrick?"
Mr.. Particularly, me jewel. sure
and they're for the convenience of thin
folks as wants to wash their hands wild
out wetting their skin at all, at ALL
London Tit-Bits.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of T.. S. Gage.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per
sons against the estate OF ". s. GAGE
ceased, and all claims exhibited i'm Offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the resi-
dence of the late y. s. Gage, in said
Craftsbury, on the 18th day OF August,
and 18th day of December next, from 1
O'Clock, p. m. until O'Clock, y. m, each OF
said days, and that six months from the 18th
day of June, A. ID. 1897, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors 20 present
their claims to us for examination and allow
ance.
d. ted at Craftsbury, VT, this 2sth day OF
July, a. ID. 1897.
a. NJ. HARTMAN. lcommissioners
o33 r. NJ. GALLAGH ER. i~'iinni"'''''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Dakota Sheep Ranch.

If you will write to II. II. Hull OF Sterlingt
ILL.,. 21S Av., he will tell you what he knows
about South Dakota and about sheep ranch
he has for sale with $50 sheep, horse and
cows, and any other information you wish.
Send 2-cent stamp for reply. 3i3
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
An Efficient Salesman.

Imagine a clerk trying to sell an arti-
Gle to his own "boss" and actually ac-
complishing it and winning an increase
of salary as reward! That is what
happened recently in one of the branch
stores of Upton, the great English gro
Ger and provision dealer. He has so
many clerks that some OF them do not
know him by sight. 1t was one of these
latter who called Mr.. Lipton's attention
to fine specimen of poultry as he was
walking through one of his stores, and
the clerk was so earnest and adroit in
extolling his wares that finally the GUS
toner ordered it to be sent TO his resi-
dence.
When the address was given the en-
ergetic clerk and he found that he had
been pressing the goods upon his own
employer, he nearly had fit, but soon
recovered upon being informed that his
assiduity had earned him an increase
of pay. -Merchants' Review.
To living Christians the forms and
ceremonies are of less Importance
than the interior life. The husk is
put aside for the kernel of nutritive
truth within. The form does not
make the Christian, but the spiritual
life has a tendency to improve the
form. A church made up of spiritual
members is active and effective. 1t
is in the world to do the work assign
ed by Providence. The new view of
Christianity as an interior life was an
important preparation for a century
of missions and revivals. The Metho-
dist revival began in the retouching
of the inner experience of the
founder. The strange warning he
felt in Aldersgate Street has been re-
peated and extended in every revi-
val and mission field on the globe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Horace G. Brewster

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Orleans, Commissioners, TO receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per.
sons against the estate OF Horace q. Brewster
late of Brownin gton, in said district, deceas-
ed, and all claims exhibited In Offset thereto.
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid, at b. +. ID. Carpenters
office at Barton Landing, VT, on the 18th day
August and goth day OF January next, from
one o'clock p. m. until four O'Clock, p, m,
each of said days, and that six months
from the goth day of July A. d., 1897, IL
the time limited by said Court for said credi-
tors to present their claims to us for eKamin-
alton and allowance.
Dated at Barton Landing, VT, this 27th day
day of July, A. ID. 1897,
A. ID. MATHEWS, ,,,,...,t a.s.,.o
o33 g. Il. JOSLYN, 'i'9''"Ni7'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Even
WaSh=tubS Shrink

from using cheap, adulter-
ated laundry soap. Just look
at your hands, too, = all
eaten and sore.
WY 40 yOm 40 1t?
Welcome Soap-free from
corrosive alkali-is pure soap
and only SOAP. 1t washes
clothes clean, but never rots
them. 1t leaves things pure
because it is pure itself.
Don't be Auns6ugeed into
believing prizes and low
prices pay for rotten clothes
or poisoned hands, but insist
on having the standard
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
For Sale.

fine Sl25 Monument made OF the best darl
Barre granite. Medium height, cottage style
all ready to be lettered. Must be sold bcior,
July LIST, and can be bong hit very low. Can D.,
seen by calling at M. j. Smiths shop i'm Bar
ton Village.
2stf CHAs. w. DUKE. SO. Barton, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-08-09
Petition for Divorce.

! CTATE OF VERMONT, September Term
| OORLEANs COUNTY COURT. A. ID. 1897.
EMMA V. HILE,