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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03

Millions will be spent in politics this year.
We can't keep the ca paign going without
money any more than we can keep the body
vigorous without food. Dyspeptics used to
starve themselves Now Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat and allows you to
eat all the good food you want. 1t radically
cures stomach troubles.
q. =. Pierce, Barton; r. e. French, Glover;
n. S Webster, Barton Landing; CIV Russell,
JraSburgh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03
JUST FOR FUN.

Twenty five cents was the fouuda-
ton of my fortune. Who gave it to
you? Nobody. I tried to borrow it
and couldn't
She-Just thir K, Dearest, only two
more days and we shall be one. He
Yes and l want you to understand
right now that I intend to be the one.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03
An Investment That Paws.

The Citizens Drug and Su pply Co., of Mont
pelter, VT, is to Incorporate aud move 20 n
new and larger sore on Lapgdon street in
July. The business has grown IDLY during
the past year. wholesale and retail bust.
ness viii be done as IL is one Of the best locm-
tlons ia the state. The Drug business pays
good Interest on the investment. 10 YOU
want good interest on your money, write for
particulars.
CITIZENS DRUG AND SUPPLY CO.,
Il Montpelier, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-09-03
Farm for Sale.

Situated the river road about half way
between Barton Village and Barton Landing,
containing los acres all in good state of
cultivation, pastures well watered, running
water at house and barn from never failing
spring, sugar place consisting OF HOO. trees,
buildings all in first class repair. said farm
will keep twenty COWS and team. For further
particulars enquire or address the subscriber
at Barton, VT,
If NELSON H. LYMAN.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
LOcusts Good 10 Emf.

All native African races eat Iocusts.
With many it takes, and has to take,
the place of the British workman's
beef and mutton. In q good many vii
lagos sun dried locusts are an article of
commerce. The Sudanese are particu-
IarIy fond Of them.
Before they are eaten they are toast
ed. The wings and legs having first
been torn off, the long, soft body and
the crisp head form the delicacy
L determined not to let my European
prejudices influence me, but to give
the dish of grilled locusts a fair trial.
I thought how John the Baptist had
enjoyed them plus wild honey.
The one 1 was eating was rather
nice. 1 agreed with my Arab servant
that, should the meat supply fall short,
a dish of locUsts would be a very good
substitute.
By the time I was eating the sec
Ond locust it seemed to me absurd
why one should have q sort Of lurking
pity for John the Baptist's daily menu
unless it be for its monotony, and
felt convinced that I should get tired
of honey sooner than l should Of 10
cuStS.-Current Literature
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

If the home decorator would only
save her pieces of silk, she might
make variety Of pretty little things
with them to beautify her home and
to save her pocket. Very many
women happen to have by them a
pair Of big full sleeves taken from a
silk blouse, now discarded as shabby
or old-fashioned. The upper parts of
these sleeves can be made into head
rests, and if soiled or faded, they can
be covered with some black lace, the
pattern of which can be outlined with
gilt cord. Lovely pincushions can be
made with white net or machine
made lace over pretty colored silks,
even if it is little faded, while rib
bons that have been washed or dyed,
and are no longer smart enough for
wearing, often make dainty tie backs
for muslin or lace curtains Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
Freaks of EXnlnsinns

Gunpowder explosions have one re-
markable feature. The bodies of per-
sons killed in such an accident are
always found without clothing, but
frequently one foot will have the shoe
on. This is true of horses also. If
one of the feet is in the air and an
other on the ground, the shoe will be
found torn from the foot that was on
the ground and not from the other
When men are killed in powder ex-
plosions, the foot that happens to be
in the air when the shock came will
be found wearing the shoe, while the
other foot will be bare.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
The Song of the Yukon River.

''There is something peculiar about
the Yukon river that 1 have never
heard of in connection with any other
stream" said Captain Gray, who has
been running boats on the big Alaska
artery. From the mouth of the Yukon
UP as far as there is any navigable
water the stream is constantly sing
ing No matter where you are, there
IS a sound like that made by escaping
steam. At first L used to think that
maybe it came from the boiler or en-
gines. But when we were tied up at
night, with everything cold, the sound
was the same. L have puzzled my
brain to find an explanation of the
phenomenon, but without avail. The
singing goes on day and night.
when you get up stream some dis
lance, you can also hear the rocks
rolling over the bed Of the river, and
this produces a most peculiar sound.''-
Portland Telegram.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

The Rev. DR.. d. z. Sheffield. Presi-
dent Of the North China College and
mission at Tung- chaunear Pekin, was
in America when the Boxer riots be-
gan, but Immediately prepared to re-
turn to bis post. Before sailing from
San Francisco, late in June, he learned
of thes burning of his college. DR..
Sheffield left behind him the manu-
cript Of an article which will appear
in the September Century under the
title of "The Influence of the Western
World on China.' AS a result of the
authors thirty years. experience as a
missionary, he is said to argue strong
II against the dismemberment of the
Middle Kingdom. Equally timely will
be paper by K. Van Bergen in the
same number, on 'The Revolution in
China and its Causes" The fiction of
the September magazine will include
characteristic story of 20, 900 words
by John Luther Long-''The Prince of
Illusion"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

A practical article on the laundry
in the Romans Home Companion gives
the following process for that most
difficult work, the getting up Of fine
table cloths, test of an ironcr's skill.
They must have just enough body
not to seem limp, the pattern must be
drought out" and there should be a
satin finished surface. The right body
may be given to table linen by adding
a quart of starch to the last rinsing
water-a good tubful. Whether that
is done or not they must be made
very wet in the sprinkling and ironed
until perfectly dry. No matter how
smoothly they are ironed, if they are
moist when hung on the bars they
will acquire a rough dry appearance.
A special cloth for best occasions may
be dried after rinsing without starch
in the water, then wet entirely and
run through the wringer, then laid
on sheet Cor two run together), and
rolled up tightly over night. It will
take long time to iron that cloth I'M
til perfectly dry, but it will be like
new, only handsomer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
How He Dealt With Covvards.

In appearance Osman Pasha, the
lion of Plevna, was handsome and pre-
possessing, looking a born leader Of
men. Like Napoleon, he was always
distinguished by the plainness of -
uniform. He bad a queer habit of al
ways, even in battle, carrying a pen
Gil behind his ear, butt end foremost
He was taciturn, grave, abrupt and
disdainful of forms and etiquette. He
hated all foreigners, especially Ger
mans, Russians and English. AS for
war correspondents, he entertained the
utmost detestation of them, whence
the deeds of his army were never
chronicled as they shouI have been.
he had strange meth of dealing
with towards. He VIC send for
them and publicly box their ears.
When really angry, his rage was terri
BILE.
After the sOrtie and the surrender he
was seen to be weeping tears of rage
and shame. He was, it may be, a
little touched by the Gar Alexander
II, who came up to him and said:
Il congratulate you on your superb
defense. 1t is one Of the finest feats
of military history"
And that is the judgment of posteri-
fy.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

In small rooms it is a mistake to
have cupboards in the little recesses
so often found. If shelves are really
wanted have them by all means but
cover them with a pretty curtain.
This should be hung from a pole in
side the recess, SO as to take as little
space as possible from the room. The
effect Of a pretty piece of drapery
will be decidedly pleasant to the eye,
and on cleaning days the contents of
the shelves may be protected by hav-
ing cotton busting sheet fastened
over them so that even then the cup
board doors will not be missed. Of
course, on these special occasions the
curtain should be taken down and
thoroughly shaken.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
They Changed,

AT a dinner party the other day a
we'll known and deservedly popular
dramatist took lady down to dinner,
neither knowing who the other was
As subject the theater was started,
as it is so often under similar circum-
stances.
4 can't think why they have reviv-
ed that piece at the Kings the lady
said. 81 never liked it, and it's so
worn that L should have done better
than that?"
YES" the dramatist replied, ''per-
haps so. 1t was one of my first pieces,
however, and L had not had much ex-
perience when 1 wrote it. Let's change
the subject"
The lady was quite ready to do so
and wished, no doubt, that she had
known who her neighbor was. He
presently said:
''Are you interested in the Fenton
case" speaking Of a cause celebre
that was in progress.
Yes. I've read all the evidence"
was the reply.
Hell lose it, of course" the drama
fist went on. "He never could have
had the faintest chance from the first.
It's a marvel to me how any lawyer
could have been idiot enough to allow
such a case to go into court!''
well" answered the lady quietly,
my husband was the idiot Let's
change the subject"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
Il SOURCE OF FOREIGN FLAVORS
IN BUTTER

Neglected pastures are the cause Of
a great deal of bad favored butter at
this season. Nothing is more sus
ceptible to foreign favors and odors
coming through the feed than milk.
These favors descend to the cream
and resulting butter as natural hertz
ages. The cause is bitter and noxious
heritage and fungous growth falling
in the way of the grazing COW. Such
heritage is often most prominent in
the middle and late summer, when
grass is on the wane, and COWS eat
promiscuously what they would pass
by earlier in the season.
Poisonous fungi, like toodstools,
found springing up about old logs and
stumps, are often eaten by COWS, and
result in a pernicious form of tactical
faint that is absolutely ruinous to the
butter flavor. The tender shoots of
the black cherry when eaten by mich
animals I have known to impart their
characteristic bitter taste to milk and
butter.
No matter how nicely butter may
be made, how crisp and fine of texture,
ifit does not possess sweeter, natural
taste its chief value is gone. Let moth
ing come in the way of the COW that
is not welcome grass of some variety.
1t will pay to begin now by going
through the pastures and cutting and
destroying all noxious weeds; also old
logs and stumps that might harbor
the growth of fungi should be piled
up and burned.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
LADIES' COLUMN.
4 Boys MANNERS.

That the little girl, or the older girl
should be able to acquit herself with
credit when her parents are absent,
to take her mothers place as hostess,
to entertain a visitor, pour a cup of
tea, or do whatever the moment calls
for, is taken for granted, and from
babyhood pains are taken with the
department of the little lady. In a
less degree is careful social training
bestowed upon our sons, and for this
reason, and this only, many young
men suffer from awkwardness, are
Ill at ease Or clownish in society
Why should not a young gentleman
enter room with the same ease, the
same Difference and courtesy, the
same urbanlty, which distinguish
young lady when she welcomes
guests, or is herself guest? We are
too prone to excuse our boys from
tactful attentions to older people, and
from kindness to visitors and inva-
lids, on the plea that they are boys,
and it does not matter what they do
Or how they appear. But matter it
does, and we are very short sighted
in so bringing them up that they
must all their lives be at disadvant-
age in business as in social circles
Good Housekeeping.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
OUR FARMERS.
THE SHADE PROBLEM.

What does look so scorching on a
hot summer day as farmhouse that
is treeless, vineless and porchless?
Moments that could be taken for rest,
when teams are feeding or given
needed rest are most uncOmfortably
spent by their owners, because no
shade of tree or vine affords protec
ton from the burning sun. Where
houses are small and wood Or coal is
the fuel provided for cooking, the
house does not afford many comfort
able resting spots. Then, too, the
| farmer, being accustomed to outdoor
| life, the heated air of the house is sti-
fling and but little, if any, reliefifrom
excessive heat is found in the house.
When actively engaged in any labor,
| we are not SO markedly concious of
bodily discomforts, though their eff
fects are telling, and unless the phys
ical man is properly recuperated dur
ing cessation from labor disastrous
results will follow.
Trees and vines cost more in the
care and labor expended in their
planting and after culture than they
vicinity will furnish trees and vines
that will give abundant shade for any
home, if one feels that he has not the
means to spend for nursery grown
stock.
Then, too, a farm home that has at
s,,+0 L.
Gated has q greater financial value.
Purchasers Of farm houses will pay
more for farm that has we'll grown
trees and handsome vines, even if the
buildings are not so fine, than for one
with a finer house and a larger barn
if the trees are lacking. These latter
mean time, and this factor in home
making is not to be purchased; the
valuable result it brings must be pa
tiently waited for. Houses and barns |
are only questions of money, he who |
has it can soon erect them, but the |
graceful elms, the magnificent rock |
naples and the like are the product |
only Of time and patient care. Hence {
the Importance Of giving the shade !
question businesslike attention. Farm
ers simply cannot afford to ignore
shade trees.
Pleasing resting places, when the
Iabors of the day have cesased where
the family may congregate, and where
lighter tasks can be performed, bring
a satisfaction that means so much in
life's success. We saw recently a yard
containing a number of large trees in
which we're number of very old
wooedn chairs and several swings, all
painted white. The effect was
cool Sand refreshing. We almost
wanted to invite ourselves in. We
have seen chairs Of the same style
discarded and used for kindling be-
cause they needed a little repairing.
We now realize that this waste was,
if not wanton destruction, at least
want of wisdom in knowing how to
make the best use Of what seemed
useless. View your own stores and
see if what is regarded as no longer
usuable in the house can't add to your
comfort under the trees, but above
all, resolve that another season shade
trees shall have the needed attention.
-RuraI World.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

Don't think, because you have good
eyes, they will bear all kinds of abuse.
Don't use the eyes continuously at
close work, without occasionally
resting them by looking off into the
distance.
Don't hold the book nearer than is
necessary for clear, sharp vision.
Don't make practice of reading a
type too small to be seen readily at
eighteen inches.
Don't attempt to read in a car or
other jolting vehicle. 1t is strain on
the directing muscles of the eye.
Don't read while lying down. It
causes an unusual strain on some of
the external or directing muscles.
Don't read when very sleepy, as the
accommodation and conveyance are
naturally relaxed and the extra eff
forts necessary to force the unruly
members to work may be shown by
congestion of the blood vessels of the
eyeball.
Don't read facing the light.
Don't read in the twilight or in bad
ly lighted rooms.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

There is time in every mans edu-
cation when he arrives at the convic-
ton that envy is ignorance; that i'm
itatlon is suicide; that he must take
himself for better, for worse, as his
portion; that though the wide uni
verse is full Of good, no kernel of
nourishing corn can come to him but
through his toll bestowed on that
plot Of ground which is given to him
to till.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

The wolf in the fable put on sleeps cloth
ing because if he travelled on his own reputa-
tion he couldn't accomplish his purpose.
Counterfeiters of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve couldn't sell their worthless sa1ves on
their merits, so they put them in boxes and
wrappers like DeWitt's. Look out for them
Take only DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve It
cures piles and all skin diseases.
81. c. Pierce, Barton; R. E. French, Glover;
H.S.Webster, Barton Landing; CIV. Russell !,
Irasburgh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

You assume no risk when you buy Cham
berlaln's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea REM
edy. +. W. Barron will refund your money if
you are not satisfied after using it. 1t is
everywhere admitted to be the most success
full remedy in use for bowel complaints and
the only one that never fails. It is pleasant
safe and reliable.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
TO SAVE HER CHILD

From frightfu1 Disagreement, Mrs. Mamie
Gal1eger, OF LAGRANGE, Ga.,applied Buck1en's
Arnica Salve, to great sores on her head and
face, and writes it's quick cure exceeded all
her hopes. 1t works wonders in sores,
bruises, skin eruptions. cuts, burns, scalds
andI piles. Csc. Cure guaranteed by H. c.
Pierce, druggiSt,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
Making 1t Clear.

A newly appointed French mayor
inaugurated his regime by a notice to
the following effect:
''On the feast Of our patron saint
the fire brigade will be reviewed in
the afternoon if it rains in the morning
and in the morning if it rains in the
afternoon"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

Through the months of June and July our
ba by was teething and took a running off of
the bowels and sickness of the stomach ,,
says o. P. III. Holiday, of Deming, Ind. His
bowels would move from five to eight times a
day had bottle of Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholery and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house
and gave four drops in a teaspoonfu1 of water
and he got better at once" Sold by E. W.
aBrron, Druggist.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20
WHAT A TALE 1T TELLS.

If that mirror of yours shows wretched,
sallow complexion, jaundiced look, moth
patches and bloches on the skin, it's liver
trouble; but DR.. Kings New Life Pills regu
late the liver, purify the blood, give clear
skin, rosy cheeks, rich com plexion. Only 25
cts. at II c Pierce's drug store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20


GeneSsee Pure Food Co., Leroy, ". Y:
Gentlemen:-Our family realize so much
from the use of GRAIN-O that feel must
say word to induce others to use it. Ifpeo-
pie are Interested in their health ana the
welfare Of their children they will drink no
other beverage. I have used them ALL but
GRAIN-O have found superior to any, for
the reason that it is solid.grain.
Yours for health, G. F. MYERS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

He-Look here, Matilde, I'm not
quite such an idiot as l look.
She (scothinglyl-No, dear; I'm sure
you're not,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

You will never find any other pills s.
prompt and so pleasant as DeWitt's Littl
Early Risers. II. G.. Pierce, Barton; R. E
French, Glover; H. S. Webster, Barton Land
ing; G. w. Russell, Irasburgh.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-20

OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. c.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-27

Few items of news from the other
side of the Atlantic are more likely
to please American readers than the
tidings that Mr.. Clemens mark Twain)
is no longer in financial straits. 1t is
we'll known that some years ago the
failure of a publishing house in which
he vas a partner left him saddled with
heavy obligations. He undertook to
pay his debts and regain a competence
by work more speedily lucrative than
the production of books. He signed a
contract to lecture, and, n~otwithstand-
ing occasional attacks of illhealth, he
has fulfilled his agreement, in the
course of which he has made a tour
around a large part of the globe. We
are now told that his lectures have
come to an end, for the reason that
the profits already acquired will en-
able him to restrict himself hence
forth to writing. This means that we
may 500 look for a new book from
the pen of the author of "Innocents
Abroad."-Collier's Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-01-27
A Tramp with Nerve.

Princeton Qnd.) Special to Indian
apolis Sentinel: The other night a
Congregational meeting was held at
the First Methodist church and a Grip
pied tramp is richer by reason Of the
fact. The business meeting was well
started when, walking on crutches.
he looked in at the front door of the
auditorium. Evidently he liked the
looks of the situation. He quietly en-
tered, took off his tattered hat and
started down the aisle. Reaching the
front of the aisle he turned and began
taking a systematic collection. None
was sighted and all were given a
chance to donate to his benefit. The
chairman of the meeting suggested to
the visitor that he take a seat until
the meeting was over, then he could
resume. The tramp failed to heed the
request, but continued on his mission
of collecting funds. When he had
given all a chance to contribute he
quietly left the churcr without hsv.-~
said a word,