Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-04-04
BURIED BY SAND.

other large bodies of water, especially
IN the region of the estuaries of large
rivers, there are usually immense
masses Of shifting sand. It is no
within the scope of this article to de
scribe the formation of these sane
banks It is sufficient to say, there
fore, that they usually begin as LONG
sand bars, behind which there are
sheets of still water. These shallow
bays in the course OF time fill up with
mud, becoming salt marshes inter
sected by thoroughfares, salt ponds
and winding creeks. In the mean
time the long, fat sand bars have de-
veloped into sea islands or beaches
When the tide falls, the sand of the
shore, ground into powder by the
waves and dried by the sun and wind,
is blown in the direction Of the pre-
vailing winds, usually inland The
sand moves like snow until it meets
an obstruction, when dune or sand
Hill forms, equal in height to the OBJ
struction. A section through a dune
shows a beautiful qualification, the
sand having been deposited in thin
layers, always varying, however, with
the nature of the sand, the velocity of
the wind and the distractions, large
or small, which it encounters These
dunes are not hurled bodily by the
breezes, but little by little, forming
and reforming, forward and back
ward, changing, in fact, with every
caprice Of the wind, gentle and almost
imperceptible during a light sea
breeze, but singing, blinking sand
blast in times of gale. In spite, how
| ever, Of all these minor changes, the
sand mass is generally moving, per-
haps only a few inches year, in the
direction of prev ailing winds. A great
deal depends upon the day winds, in
that at night the sand is damp and
tirmer. And SO mountains of sand
are formed which are often held tenn
porarily by hardy plants which have
gained precarious footing, but which
sooner or later, unless watched and
fixed, begin to shift, engulfing mead
in fact anything unable to check it's
course.
There are several instances where
lighthouses have been increased in
height because of the sand which had
engulfed them. In one place on the
New Jersey coast [ once stumbled
upon the corner of an old rail fence
which had been buried and exposed
again on the ocean side. It marked
the site of an old field. On the North
Carolina dunes, chimneys projecting
above the sand belong to the houses
of an old fishing village. In France
and other parts of Europe villages
have been buried. At Soulac, in Gas
cony, n cross was discovered project
ing above the sand. Further investi-
cation showed that it was attached to
a steeple, and later a we'll preserved
church of the thirteenth century was
excavated. The church is now in use.
II had eczema which troubled SOL could
not sleep owing to the itching and burning.
1 tried eve ything that was suggested with |
Hoods Sarsapar1la. This me iicine gave IN e |
relief and the itching aud burning was |
cured" Mrs. Levi Lawrence, Proctorsville |
Vermont.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Mailed for |
Csc by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Says New York daily paper: GA |
gentleman died at his residence on |
one of our fashionable streets, leav-
ing eleven millions of dollars He |
was member of the Presbyterian
church, in excellent standing, a good |
husband and father, and a thrifty
citizen. On his death bed he suffered |
great agony of mind and gave con-
tlnuai expression to his remorse for
what his conscience told him had |
been an ill spent life. "Oh" he ex-
claimed, eff [ could only live my
years over again! Oh, ii I could only
be spared for a few years, I would
give all the wealth [ have amassed in !;
a life time. 1t is life devoted to
money getting that I regret. 1t is
this which weighs mo down, and
makes me despair of the life here
after
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