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 A Surprise Party.

Last week young man, of thls city, got up q surprise party and is- sued invitations for Friday night, the party to be given at the resi- denee of Mir. Doe Harris, on South Cherry street. When the crowd ar rived they found the house locked up and the family gone. Evidently they had got wind of this surprise. The crowd was not to be outdone. so they all repaired to the residence of Mir. and Mrs. Parker on Lakeside and there met with u most hearty welcome. The evening was pleasant ly spent in playing games and social converse and all declared it splen- did surprise on both sides. Those present were Misses Nettie Hamil- ton, D. Hamilton; Viola Nix, Bertha Nix and Mrs. Luna Caldwell; Messrs. Walton Seymour, Chas. Everett, Oscar Keeler.
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The society season for the young society people was opened by a ger man given by the young men at the Bluff City Club rooms last Tuesday night. The german was conducted in the spirited manner characteristic of our social circles. The fayors were unusually pretty and tasteful. The evening was one of keen enjoy ment to all those attending.
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Rritlsl, Flags.

All the flags for British ships of war, except the royal standards, are made in the government dockyards, and tho enormous number required may be judged from the fact that in the color loft at Chatham alone about IS, 900 flags are made in year.
 14 rrencnman was convicted of kill. ing his mother in- law. When asked fl he had anything to say for himself bA. fore taking sentence. he said, Moth. ing, excepting lived with her ? years and never did if before "
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- : Innpportnne shcl1in..

The troops were storning a tenIrle or a palace and O'Shaughnessy stopped before T mirror and stood twirline his mustaehe and adairing himself. thouah the bullets were whistling round him
 Bedad, shaugh, he said to him. sen With grin, we're fine figure of
 Crash came a bit of lead, which starred the said mirror into thousand cracks quite obliterating shauah < features. .
 "Bedad, said he coolly we va SD lied 2 foine view that I had of me. self. '-London Mail. 'e
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A Eailnre.

New Servant-I found this coin upon your desk, sir
 Master-I'm glad you are honest. I put it there purposely to test your hon. esty.
 New servant--That's what thought. Pick Mo Up.
 The Courts Decision. ''Ycu remember Howforth, who mar ried the woman who kept house for him so longI'
 ''Yep
 Well, tae court granted her a di. vorce last week. !"
 'Alimony2's
 Not in cash The decision was that she could keep the house n--Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Rice IS the most important of all Japanese crops The cultivation takes up more than half of the conntry's 8 total k~rface of nrable laad
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The Entre Nous Card Club was pleasantly entertained Wednesday evening by Mrs. E. Aaronson at the residence of Mrs. t. II. Franklin. The first prize was won by Mrs. Gus Waterman and the second by Mrs. E. Aaronson. Refreshments were served and the evening was highly enjoyed by all.
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Ire Diamond Whist Club was re- organized Thursday afternoon. The initial meeting was held at Mrs. ". 0. Taggart's. when q most enjoyable time was spent by the members of the club.
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The Ministers mis,al..

In a rural parish in the Msarns an Aberdeen divine. who bau driven over n m hired vehicle, occupied the pniuit
 ohly one person attended service md 'ise minister apologized for the lenpth . or ms discourse. His audience gignifed ms approval of his preaching, and tbe munster continued. Guess his coaster. nation when he discovered his audience consisted of his driver, who had heen patch. q ''is-
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No Need to Crv.

Don't cry, Buster, " said Jimmieboy after the catastrophe Napoleon didn t cry every time his brother hit him acci. dentally on the eye.
 ''I know that, retorted Buster. Ma. poleon did all the hittin on the eye his. self. ''-Harper's s Bazar.
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Beware ointments for catarrh that
 Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys- tenn when enteringit 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used sioiaiis as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ]. CheLey & Co. Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and is taken internally. acting directly upon the bloom and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Halls cattarh cure be sure you get the genuine It Is taken internally, ana made in Toledo. O., by F. J Cheney 2 Co Testimonials ire,
 Sold by druggists 76c per bottle.
 Halls Family Pills arc the best.
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On account Of the attraction at the Merrill Institute next Monday night, the regular session of the Ora torieal Association will be post poned to Tuesday night. November ?, at s o'clock. Everybody Is in- yited. Admission is free.
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Barrie,s Can,lor.

J. M. Barrie is more conscious of bic limitations than are some of his fellcw workers of the period. At the repeated solicitation of his journalist friends he consented some time ago to write the life of the late Alexander Russell of The scotsman, but he immediately relin- quished the task when he perceived that typographical writing lay altogether out slde his particular sphere of work.
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Bummell, Hamilton & Sells united shows gave two satisfactory performances to fair sized au diences yesterday. The bare backed riding, the trapeze and acrobatic per formances and the juggling were especially good. while the performing dogs were wonder. The show Is well worth the price of admission.
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Now that cold weather has come. people having trees along their side walks should see that the lower branches are kept trimmed. Low hanging branches and tin singns are a mennnce to umbrellas, and many are destroyed thereby.
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Miss Mne Quilting left Saturday for her home at Pendleton, after a visit to her friends, the Misses De- woody. of this city.
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The stockholders of the Home Building and Loan Association will meet at the office Of the Secretary Monday afternoon at o'clock 10 elect officers and directors for the ensuing year.
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Rare Felicity.

She-such lovely bargains as there gre at that new placei He-Ah? She-Yes. silks at IS cents, and in a store so small that a hundred persons crowd it to suffocation !--D Detroit Jour. nal.
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The Lines of tho Hand.

They were out driving and had como upon e fine stretch of shady country road
 Do you believe in palmistry, he Asked-'.t the aing of one's fortune by the line;J in une's hand?"
 T believe, she said, that if sould see the lines in only one of your hands I could foretell that We would have a very pleasant drive. '
 He immediately caught on ana grasped ths reins with ono hand and the situation with the other. Comic Cuts
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Miss Fay Taylor left yesterday for Cincinnati where she goes to attend a conservatory of music. She will be accompanied as far as St. Louis by her father, Capt. F. L. Taylor,
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The Rev. J. H. Green is at Warren today, where he has been sent to in stall the lately ordained minister the Rev. Mir. Lawson.
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Mir. George B. Wright left Saturday morning for points south on the Valley road. He goes to buy cotton seed for the Pine Bluff oil Mill.
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Mir. Oliver Galbraith was the lucky winner of the elegant pearl handle manicureset disposed of by S. A. Rosenberg last night.
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Mir. and Mrs. J. NJ. Anderson re- turned yesterday morning from their bridal tour spent in Missouri. They are "at home" to their friends at the residence of Capt. J. B. York.
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LOOK FOR Tnl FACTS demonstrated by experience. Thousands and thousands of people suffering from effects of impure blood have been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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Pat Dresman was fined S by the Police Judge, Saturday, for being drunk and dlsorderly.
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The proyerb Necessity is the mother or invention" can hardly be tracsd 10 one independent source. The idsa WAS expressed by Persius, the Roman sssirisr about Go A. D., and is found, ia the preclse form now quoted, in Risas.d franck's Northern Memoirs (priRtsa III London, l694), and in various .strS English writers
 The Dwarf Elephants of MaisN
 The island of Malta is the only knows spoe where the remains of dwarf eis- pnants are found. There are several piaces on tho island where the homes os lnese miniature pachyderms have basn uhearthed, and hundreds of skeistoas i1aNe been secured, in whole or in Dare 9he ol these, whose teeth and bona showed sa was full grown specimen. uas .'s .ess snan 21a feet in height and oenld nos nave weighed oyer 800 poladn M
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$. ". Pullum was fined $l0 Satur- urday by Judge Brown for being drunk and disorderly. This was his second offense recently.
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Mir. l.. l.. Blackwood, of Pine Bluff, visited relatives in the city Sunday. Ed. Is an old Jonesboro boy and his many friends here are always glad to see him and pleased to know that Dame Fortune smiles on him in a kindly manner in our neighboring city.-1onesboro Enterprise.
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Rev. c. r. J. Tate will deliver an address at the Merrill Institute this afternoon at o'clock. Subject, "The Dollar Trap All men are invited.
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Miss Letha Hemmingway is spend ing Sunday with her father, at New Gascony.
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Mfr. Will Clayton win return to his home at Little Rock Monday, after making two weeks visit to his sister, Mrs. W. D. Jones.
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A meeting of the Jefferson County Fair Association Is called for Mon- day afternoon at ] o'clock at the Citizens han:s for the purpose of electing officers and directors for the next year. Let there be q full turn out of stockholders.
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Rev. Oliver ". Jennings. brother of Mrs. J. c. Taylor, left for Rlves Saturday on q hunting expedition.
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Testing His Conair1on.

Your wife is literary, isn't she?'
 should ay so. When come home late at nig she makes me say, Re- view of Rey4Sws, fivc times. as fast as can get it off '-Chicago Record.
 Counting all classes of reserves. Ger many can in 24 hours raise an army of {. 900. 900 disciplined men.
 Cleyerness is seryiceable for every fhfnR, nnfficlrnt for nothing --Amieh
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Mir. Will McMullen, of Pine Bluff, spent Sunday and Monday here, the guest of his brother-in-law. Edgar A. Peterson.-J onesboro Enterprise.
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The people of the Upited States rsad p,'l., ana support as manys newspapers as bined. A'sny cons
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From Saturdays Daily,

Mrs. Y. A. Jones is visiting at Altheimer today.
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BoRN-To MT. and Mrs. R. NJ Atchley, of ElDorado, daughter, Oct. 9, 1897.
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Mrs. R. D. welch, accompanied by her daughter. Miss Maud, left last night for Pine Bluff, where they will be the guest of Mrs. Cook.-Jones- boro Enterprise.
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J.C. O'Brlan and his pal, who were arrested Saturday for stealing Chief Stewards gold star, were fined $10 and costs this morning by Squire Vance. ,Fhe joke they were going to have on Pine Bluff and her officers costs the two men $60. Our people are not so grecl as these show " people would think.
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Hoods Pills act easily and promptly on the bowels. Cure sick headache. 25c.
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The GRAPHIC WIS in error Friday in stating that Mir. Phil trutcher was sick with dengue. We are in- formed by physician that 1t Is not dengue, but merely slight Indispo- sition caused from catarrh of the ductus communis choledieus.
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Mir. Ed. Goodwin. of Camden, was in the city Saturday on business.
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M.r E. A. Kline, of Wabbaseka, is registered at the Arlington.
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The I5-months-uld child of MT. Jno. Matthews, a Cotton Belt employe, died Saturday of consumption. Mir. Matthews has the sympathy of the GRAPHIC in the loss Of his child.
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Mir. r. M. Cox, of Medford, is regis tered at the Truloek.
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Mr. L..W. Pugh, of Harlow, was n Pine Bluff visitor Sunday,
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TeAlBIEFGQ dL tUG AsltDBIOHs
 Mir. r. M. Cox, of Medford, is regis tered at the Trulock.
 MT. L.. w. Pugh, of Harlow, was a Pine Bluff visitor Sunday.
 Mir. c. T. Wright, of Little Rock, is a Pine Bluff visitor.
 MT. J. W. Paup. of Texarkana, is at the Trulock.
 The Chancer Court meets at Dumas today.
 Mr. C. P. Crutcher is out again after a spell f sickness.
 Mr. Fl. Bernath is conhed to his room with a spell of sickness.
 Col. J. ". Corcoran is in the city today.
 Mrs. F. A. Jarvis, of Noble Lake, is in the city shopping, today.
 Candy Jones is under arrest for violating the stray law.
 Mr. Ben. J. Altheimeris at Toronto on business visit.
 Mrs. ". I. Banks, of Nashville, is visiting the family of Dr. P. H. Pendleton.
 MT. John F. Sennett, of New Cas- eony, was a Pine Bluff visitor Sun day.
 Dr. c. W. Roman came down from Little Rock Sunday and is registered at the Trulock.
 Jno. Dukes was fined $l and costs this morning by Justice Vance for disturbing the peace.
 Dora Butler was arrested and placed in jail by Policeman J. T. Culpepper today charged with mak- ing an aggravated assault. |
 Mir. George L. Madding was q vis- itor to the city today and renewed his stock in the Semi-Weekly GRAPH Ic for another year,
 Clarence Jackson was placed under arrest this morning for violating the stray law.
 The coal dealers and stove dealers are wearing broad and happy smiles today. The change in the weather is giving them rush in business.
 Little Ethen schloss. daughter of MT. J. c. schloss, was the fortunate winner of the stove given away by Smith and Owen Saturday night.
 Mr. J. B. Fitzhugh came down from Batesville, Ark, to see his wife, who is in the intirmary at this place. Mir. Fitzhugh is the guest of Dr. z. Orto while in the city. ---------
 The 15-months-uldc child of Mir. Jno. Matthews, a Cotton Belt employe, died Saturday of consumption. Mir. Matthews has the sympathy of the GRAPHIC in the loss of his child. 
 J. C. O'Brian and his pal, who were arrested Saturday for stealing Chief Stewards gold star, were fined $l0 and costs this morning by Squire Vance. 'rhe joke they were going to have on Pine Bluff and her officers costs the two men $6O. Our people are not so greel as these show people would think.
 LOOK FOR TnR FACTS demonstrated 1 by experience. Thousands and 1 thousands Of people suffering from effects of impure blood have been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
 Hoods Pills act easily and i promptly on the bowels. Cure sick headache. 25c.
 Miss Fay Taylor left yesterday for Cincinnati where she goes to attend a conservatory of music. She will be accompanied as far as St. L0ais by her father, Capt. F. L. Taylor,
 Now that cold weather has come. | l.. l.. AL. IL.
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tFrom Mondays Daily3

Mir. z. T. Wood, of Monticello, spent Sunday in the city.
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Mir. c. T. Wright, of Little Rock, is a Pine Bluff visitor.
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Candy Jones is under arrest for violating the stray law.
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Mr. Ben. J. Altheimeris at Toronto on a business visit.
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Mrs. ". I. Banks, of Nashville, is visiting the family of Dr. P. H. Pendleton.
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Dora Butler was arrested and placed in jail by Policeman J. T. Culpepper today charged with mak- ing an aggrivated assault.
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Mir. George L. Madding was q vis- itor to the city today and renewed his stock in the Semi-Weekly GRAPH Ic for another year.
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Mr. John F. Sennett, of New Gas cony, was q Pine Bluff visitor Sun day.
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Jno. Dukes was fined Sl and costs this morning by Justice Vance for disturbing the peace.
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Mr. J. B. Fitzhugh came down from Baskerville, Ark, to see his wife, who is in the intirmary at this place. Mir. Fitzhugh is the guest of Dr. z. Orto while in the city.
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MT. J. ". Paup, of Texarkana, is at the Trulock.
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Clarence Jackson was placed under arrest this morning for violating the stray law.
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Mrs. F. A. Jarvis, of Noble Lake,is in the city shopping, today
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The coal dealers and stove dealers are wearing broad and happy smiles today. The change in the weather is giving them rush in business.
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Dr. c. W. Roman came down from Little Rock Sunday and is registered at the Trulock.
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Little Ethell schloss, daughter of MT. J. C. Sehloss, was the fortunate winner of the stove given away by Smith and Owen Saturday night.
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Col. J. ". Coreoran is in the city today.
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Mir. H Bernath is conied to his room with spell of sickness.
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Mr. C. P. Crutcher is out again after a spell sickness.
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The Chancer ourt meets at Dumas today.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
The Decay of Animal Matter.

A great many proofs now more or
less familiar to most people show quite
clearly that the decay of animal or veg
etable matter is not a simple chemical
change, inevitable in the nature of
things. but violent interference with
the natural course ON the part of hos
tile organisms. The bacteria which
produce decomposition are very minute
plants, which grow, like mushrooms or
molds, upon organic matter, and which
reproduce their like with incredible ra-
pidity.
Tyndall showed long ago that the
spores of these plants exist in myriads
in the air, floating everywhere around
us; that they occupy all crannies and
empty places on the surface of the earth,
and that they swarm in their millions
in all ponds and puddles. An easy way
of proving that these spores alone and
the plant colonies which spring from
them are the cause of putrefaction
may be obtained by boiling beef tea il
test tube, SO as to kill the bacteria, and
then. while the liquid is still steaming,
closing up the mouth of the tube with
plug of cotton wool, which admits the
air but strains out the germs of the pu-
trefactive organisms. Under these con-
ditions the beef tea will keep good for
years, but if you remove the plug it
will begin at once to putrefy. Grant
Allen in Longman
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
O. Printers Devil" and Editorial Es-
sence"-Those Alien Transfers.
A Little Too Local.

Printers jokes are odd. Here is the
way veteran editor describes an expe-
tience of his salad days:
81 started to work as devil Monday
morning and worried through the day
without special adventure. The follow
ing morning, however, the foreman sent
me to the drug store with instructions
to buy 8 cents worth of editorial es-
sence 1 felt little pulled up that
was regularly installed in the printing
Office on a salary and walked briskly
into the apothecary shop and up to the
proprietor and called for 8 cents worth
of editorial essence what kind of es-
sence?' said he. Editorial essence, 1
repeated. The druggist said, 'Ohl' but
never cracked a smile. He evidently di-
vined I was being victimized and
thought he would take a hand in the
fun. Five minutes later he appeared
with large mouthed pint bottle, about
one-third filled with a brownish fluid,
and admonished me not to remove the
cork until / reached the Office.
'When I gave the bottle to the fore
man, he took it rather suspiciously, as
though the usual programme were not
being followed, and pulled out the cork.
He carried the bottle to his nose and
suddenly set it down upon the imposing
stone so hard that the vial was broken
and the fluid poured out upon the stone
and floor. Instantly every man in the
Office, foreman included, bolted for the
door. The odor from that bottle was
simply beyond compare. The air was
thick with the vilest smells that ever
greeted mortal nostrils. A couple Of
hours later the foreman opened the
door, but the stencil nearly knocked
him down. Finally he paid man 81
to scrub off the the stone and floor and
open the windows, and shortly after the
force got to work. The druggist had
filled the bottle with decoction of de-
cayed angleworms and was never called
upon for a second prescription. Chi
cago Times Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Those Alien Transfers.

Not long ago a larky crowd Of girls
invaded Chicago cable car, and after
handing their transfer tickets TO the
conductor began giggling concert that
was as infectious as it was ridiculous.
The conductor, "a ruddy faced Teuton,
Joined in and beamed on the young
people with fatherly interest. AS no one
seemed to know why they laughed the
question was asked by a curious passen-
ger.
"You won't tell until we leave the
car, will your" asked merry girl.
Certainly not. J."
Honor bright"
"Cross my heart.
"WelI-oh. it's too funny-but we
gave that old conductor a lot Of trans
fers week old, and-oh, isn't it rich
ON another road. He just took them
like a mice"
Hes coming-we'd better skip, /"
suggested one of the party.
''No, he's laughing yet" and they
went into fresh commissions of laughter
over the mistake of the conductor, who
would be expected to account for those
alien transfers. Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
An AQUARIUM Romance.


A sea bass sang in his own deep voice
In the new aquarium:
sob, lady lobster of my choice,
To thee a song / humi
A song L sing of long ago
Ere we became, alas,
"A part of tank drama show
On the damp side of this glass.
"Dost remember, love, how sought thy
hand,
Or, rather, thy antenne,
AS we wandered above the oceans sand
In those times so far awayY
Dost recall the dear old coral grove,
So dark and cool and wet,
Where, claw in in, we were wont to rove,
With never a thought of a metz
"Ah, lady, vert thou but my summer girl
In those dear days in the sea,
And can it be that the city's whirl
Has turned thy love from meP
OF the city's SWANS, dear one beware,
For their hearts are filed with guile.
Though they say that they love thee, lady
fair,
Twill be but in the Newburg STYLE"
New Orleans Times Democrat
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
Imnnaterial.

Dakota Lawyer-What cause for di-
vorce do you wish me TO allege, madam
CIient-I leave that entirely to you,
nr.-Town Topics.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
C6IIdIHIy HUI.
Honor bright"
"Cross my heart. |"
Not Quiet.

Do1lie-Was it a quiet spot where you
kissed Mollie?
Chollie-No; it was ON the mouth. =
Yonkers Statesman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
For Sale.

A fine SIPS Monument made OF the best dark
Barre granite. Medium height, cottage style,
all ready to be lettered. Must be sold before
July LIST, and can be bought very low. Can be
ton Village.
23tf CHAS w. DUKE. So Rarton Vi
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
ESTRAY.

Came into my enclosure on or about June
IL, one brown Jersey Heifer; the owner IN
hereby requested to prove property, pay
charges and take her away.
THOMAS TELLER.
Glover, VT, June Is, 1897. 1927