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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19


Congressman Grout has been espe
cially interested in the problem of
suppressing fraudulent competition in
the sale of butter, and has devoted
deal of hard work during several years
past in promoting a sentiment favor
able to the law which he now proposes.
Of late the farmers of the country
have been formally endorsing Mr..
CIRCUITS bill through their state organ
izations, and have aroused themselves
to exert some pressure upon the con-
gressmen of their respective states
for the purpose of insuring their
support of the measure. Mr.. Grout
was very confident last fall that such
a bill could be passed by the present
congress, and he lost no time in start
ing the thing along after congress had
assembled. Several Washington cor
respondents have reported within the
past few weeks that the prospects for
passage of Mr.. CIRCUITS bill seemed
especially good. Undoubtedly the
manufacturers OF oleomargarine are
spending more money in opposition
to the bill than the farmers have raised
to help it along with, and it is perfect
ly apparent that if the bill does
become law Mr.. Grout will deserve
the lasting gratitude of the dairymen
of this country for his large part in its
plishment.-W WoOdstOck Stand
ard
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19

At a recent meeting President
Kruger of the South African Republic
and President Steyn of the Orange
Free State decided to ask for the me-
diation of the United States or of some
European government. The govern
ments of Europe refused to interfere
in any way knowing full we'll that
such interference would not be accept
able to England and might cause
further trouble. Immediately upon
the receipt of the notice from Consul
Hay, President Mckinley rendered to
England the good offices of this
country in the interests of peace but
his advances were politely but firmly
refused. This will be likely to end
the matter as far as this country is
concerned. The position taken by
England was what might have been
and was the same as this
government would have pursued
under like circumstances.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19
PROHIBITION.

The demand for license comes
mainly from those who want to sell
liquor. They have no care for the
morals of society.-D. @. Babcock in
Barton Monitor.
This hoary falsehood is a great
pedestrian Rutland Herald.
Mr.. Babcock should have included
in his statement those who wish for
the stuff to drink. Even this state
ment of the case we believe only ap
plies where the prohibition law is we'll
enforced. In such places the people
who desire prohibition appear as a
rule satisfied with the law. Yet we
believe that in the sections where it is
scarcely needed at all there are men
who honestly desire prohibition but
who have become disgusted with the
law for it's lack of enforcement and
believe that license could be no
worse. These men are making great
mistake. They should take hold and
devote every energy to enforcing the
present law and they will be surprised
to see what the effect will be. AS long
as rum is manufactured it will be used
to certain extent by those who have
an appetite for it, and no law can he
made which will prohibit it entirely.
But because it's use cannot be entirely
prohibited is no reason why people
should be licensed to sell it. Even if
the law is not enforced as it should be
the harm which will be done from
selling it as it must be sold under
present conditions will not be nearly
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19

! lug T0dCuluS up 10 IIl6 UTdCkOU ABOVE,
ready to take it from the building
when the nut was turned off the bolt
by the defendant, who was inside at
tending to that part Of the operation.
Instead Of unfastening the bolt to the
bracket which the plaintiff had hold
Of ready to take down, the defend
ant deliberately unscrewed the nut
to the bolt holding the bracket
over which the plaintiff was standing,
which Of course Immediately gave way
causing the plaintiff to fall about
| fifteen feet which resulted in
fractured leg that has crippled the
plaintiff ever since.
Your reporter was called away and
did not hear the defence, but the jury
evidently did not think it sufficient
excuse for unfastening the wrong
bracket and returned verdict for the
plaintiff to recover $500 damages. j.
w. Redmond appeared as counsel for
plaintiff, Cook and Williams for the
defendant.
Wednesday began with the trial Of
the case Fl. B. Parker VS.. William
Brock. The substance of this case is
as follows; the defendant sold out his
wood business at North Troy, to the
plaintiff. In the contract of sale was
a stipulation providing that the de-
fendant should not again engage
in the wood business in that locality,
under penalty of $500. It appeared
that the defendant had furnished
wood to same of his te nants off his
farm: this the defendant claims he
had right to do inasmuch as it was
farm product. After argument by
the parties the court took the matter
into his hands and directed the jury
to find verdict for the plaintiff.
Verdict $500, for plaintiff. C.S. Annis
and w. W. Miles appeared as counsel
for the plaintiff, F. S. Rogers and j.
w. Redmond for the defendant.
The next case on which jury was,
drawn was F. III. Wheeler VS.. Darling
& Son. This is an action on the case
for injuries received by Wheelers
horse in collision between Wheelers |
team and Darlings. 1t appeared that |
about dark one night last November,
Wheelers team was on the east side |
of the railroad crossing at Newport |
waiting for an opportunity to drive |
over the track. Darlings team was |
likewise situated on the other side of |
the track. Upon the gates being |
raised both teams started, Wheelers |
team was some ways from the track
in front of the Lake House. After
crossing the track Darlings team
road. Wheelers team going directly
toward the crossing. When Darlings
team had nearly reached the sidewalk
between Sherman & Bradys store
and the Lake House the teams ran
into each other, owing to cloud of
standing near by which drifted be-
tween the teams, and tho drivers
were unable to see each other until
just before the collided; one of the
thills on Darlings wagon was driven
about eight inches into the breast of
Wheelers horse causing an injury
from which the horse has not vet re-
covered. The horse was valued at
5000. The evidence in this case was
closed Saturday at eleven O'Clock.
Court then took a recess until Mon
lay at two O'Clock, at which time the
will be made. J. w. Red
mond appeared as counsel for the
f. E. Miles and w. w. Miles
for defendant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19

A deserved recognition of the pop
ularity of Gen. w. W. Grout was his
appointment by Speaker Henderson
as chairman of the visitors of the
naval academy. General Grout stands
high in the estimation of the distin-
guis ned members of both house and
senate and this last recognition Of his
popularity is received with pleasure
by his admirers at home.-Essec Sgn-
dictate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19

as great as it would be under the
license law when the children would
be brought up to look upon the open
saloon as being legalized by their
parents and consequently a fit place
for them to visit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-19
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO, I'll. BLAKE & CO.,
BARTON. VT.
w. L. JACOBS, Editor.

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SI.50 Y ear.
Keep your subscriptions in advance. Re-
NIT by Post Office Order, Registered Letter
or Draft.
Watch the label on your paper to see u
proper credits are made, and Keep yomr sab
scriptions an advGnce.
In asking for change of address,, always
state where your paper is noao sent.
Rates of Advertising made known on ap-
pIication. All cuts must have metal body.
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gan shooting. When a carbine was
empty, it was thrown away and a re-
yolver used in its place. When the re
volver was empty, it was cast aside for
the saber. Extended from bank to
bank, we swept up the ravine, and we
had nothing to do but kill. Taken by
surprise, the Cheyennes thought only
of getting away. We had scarcely got
to work when the eight men who had
been cooped up in the dugout sailed
out to take a hand in, and it was made
the saddest sunrise the Cheyenne tribe
had ever seen. Not pony could es-
cape out of that trap Numbers Of the
warriors scrambled up the banks and
got safely away, but nearly every one
left his weapons behind The fight did
net last above 80 minutes, and our loss
was only three men wounded.
Down in that ravine we harvested 70
dead Indians, and on the banks above
the stage men counted up % more. We
got upward of a hundred rifles, about
so pistols, 1870 ponies and a wagon load
of miscellaneous stuff. Every Indian
lying there was a dead one. Custer
had said, "Shoot to KILL" and there
were no wounded or prisoners. Among
the killed were Spotted Horse, Big
Moon and White Bird, and that fight
broke the backbone of the Cheyenne
nation. Their part in the war was to
capture all the stations west of Burn
ing Hill, but they had only taken Paw
nee Flat. They never rode to war
again. Within week they were SUI
ing for peace, and they were the first
to be gathered on reservation.
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A SILENT ESSENTIAL.

Oh the man who pays the taxes-he's the poOE
forgotten elf
Whose biography must linger on oblivion's dusty
shelf
There are pomp and celebration, there are poetry
and song,
But the man who pays the taxes fingers out
among the throng.
Nobody asks about him, and nobody prints his
name;
He never gets blast when people sound the
trump of fame.
There's glitter and there's glory, plaudits echo
ing far and near,
But the who pays the taxes never gets SIN
gle cheer
There's big, resounding whistle on the engine
when it tolls;
None thinks about the water as it bubbles and 1t
boils
There is buzz, and there is hustle, and the people
love to gaze
As the prodigy goes onward in its unresistsd
ways
We quite forget, while watching all the beauty Of
the scheme,
That somewhere out of sight is pent the mighty
force of steam;
But despite this lack of splendor tits agreed by
men OF wit
That If the steam were wanting the machinery
would quit.
Washington Star.
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Laurel Crowns.

The laurel crown used to decorate
the brow of the victor in the old
Olympian games or the head of some
triumphant general was composed of
bay leaves. The bay is Taurus nobilis,
and thus the wreath or crown has
been called laurel or bay, according
to the within of the writer. The bay
was considered by the. aneients to be
an antidote against poison and a Sc
curity against lightning. Its leaves
were used to provide a pleasing in
cense, and spray Of bay was carried
In the garments Of all superstitious
persons as a guard against all dangers.
1t is interesting to note how the
laurel or bay has passed down to these
more prosaic times. The heads on
medals, coins, ETC., are almost always
crowned with laurel. Then we have
poet laureate, or the poet crowned
with laurel-that is to say, the chief
poet of the times. Again, the title of
bachelor, won by exceptional skill in
connection with art or science, takes
us back to the middle ages, when
young doctors were crowned with
laurel and received the title of bacca
Gardeners Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
AdmiraIty WEAK ON Geography,


During the Boer war of 1880 the ad-
miralty was hopelessly ignorant of the
geography of South Africa.
The admiral in charge of the fleet at
Cape Town received strict orders that
he was not on any account to lombard
the town of PotchefstroOm. Now, as
Potchefstroom is good many hun
dred miles from the seacoast and lies
on the Moot river, which is barely 200
yards across and dry for three parts
of the year. this order was superfiu-
Gus.
During the same period the fleet was
at Port Elizabeth, and the admiral
headed dispatches to the admiralty
from that seaport BY the next mail
he again sent dispatches, but happened
to head them Algoa bay.
The admiralty cabled out asking him
what business he had to change the
location Of the fleet without instrue-
lions, sublimely ignorant of the fact
that Port Elizabeth and Algoa bay are
one and the same place.
By the way, the names Algoa bay
and Delagoa bay are derived from the
outward and homeward voyages of the
old East Indiamen who, on their voy-
ages to Goa, in India, were wont to
call at Port Elizabeth on the outward
voyage and at Lourenco Marques on
the homeward voyage. Hence the
names Algoa Ito Goa) and Delagoa
(from Coal Stray Stories.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
Two widow. and a sa1ted Mine

Two Widows and a Satfed m1n0s
A good story is told about how two
prospectors had sailed a mine In the
Galena district in order to rob c0u-
pie of rich widows, which resulted In
the aforesaid widows becoming much
Weather.
The prospectors had spent their last
cent in digging hole In the ground to
the extent of go feet without striking
anything but yellow clay. But one of
them knew of two rich widows who
were just spelling to have their money
sunk in mine. Accordingly they
spent two nights in sailing their mine.
They hadn't sufficient money to buy
some paying dirt, but they stole this
from a neighboring mine and hauled
lot of it over to dump into their mine.
When several tons of this paying dirt
had accumulated In the bottom of their
mine, the widows were sent for, and
while one was talking about the in
creasing value of the district the other
was dumping out all kinds of lead and
zinc ore before their astonished eyes.
The widows bought half interest in
that hole in the ground for $500. The
next day there was no more ore In the
shaft, and the fellows declared they
would dig no longer. Then the widows
bought the other half interest at total
cost of $4,000, and the men hiked out
for Missouri, laughing in their sleeves
But the women, blindly believing that
there must be more ore continued
with the digging and at a depth of ten
additional feet struck the richest vein
of the whole belt, realizing $4,000 in
less than one years time.-Kansas City
Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
put,e. of a missionary In Africa.

He is a teacher, but he must also be
builder, for houses, cattle pens, stores
and outhouses have to be constructed
by the missionary. He must also be a
doctor of medicine and dentist. He
must dose the sick natives, who will
trust him implicitly to cure them of
even leprosy, and he must be able to
draw the most solidly rooted molar
that ever grew in the skull of black
man. More than this, he must be his
own cobbler, and when his boots wear
out he must be able to resole them
with good understandings and must be
content sometimes with nothing but a
few French nails and piece of cow
hide with which to accomplish it. His
own socks he must darn and keep his
temper while he does it. He must be
his own carpenter and house decorator
as we'll as furniture maker.
But he must also be his own lawyer,
accountant and bookkeeper, and when
the currency takes the form of cowrie
shells, as it does in Uganda, where 300
tiny cowries make a shilling, it is not
easy to Keep the accounts right. He
must marry and divorce, give judg-
ments and baptize. He must be gar
dener, cook and dairy maid, grow his
own food and look after his live stock.
In addition to all this he is the parish
minister to help and comfort all who
come to him.--From "In Dwarf Land
and Cannibal Country" A. B. Lloyd.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
He Was Very Accommodating.

Apropos of the ready comprehension
and native wit attributed to the sons
of Erin, Patrick's compliance with the
customers wish stands out in bold APP
position. Patrick was clerk In a sub
urban grocery store. 1t was a busy
season and the grocer was waiting up
on two or three customers at the same
time. He was in a hurry, and every
thing had to be where he could get 1t
without much trouble or he would be
delayed and probably lose money, so
when he found that the pound weight
was gone he was bothered.
Patrick he called out, where's the
pound weightY
"The pound weight, is itT' said Pat
rick complacently. "Sure, an it's Mis-
Their Jones has the pound weight"
"Mr. Jones has it? What do you mean
by saying that Mr.. Jones has the pound
weight? I thought the pound weight
said in the store. How did Mr.. Jones
get it"
can shure, didn't yez tell me to be
perlite to the regular customersT
"Of course"
"Well, thin, Misther Jones comes into
the store for a pound of tay. An, says
he, whin l asked him what quality OF
tay he would have, WHATEVER yez give
me, says he, give me the weight So
/ put the pound weight in the package
with the tay, perlite like, an it's him.
self that's gone with it."-Chicago
POST
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
An1nterrnnted Eeast.

There dwell in one Of the handsome
residences of Tioga an elderly lady and
her daughter The mother recently
went out of the city for a few days
stay On the day she left the daughter
informed the colored cook early in the
morning that she would visit friend
and would not return until 8 o'clock at
night.
But the friend was not at home, and
the daughter came to the city to shop
and returned home at o'clock instead
of three hours later. She found ten
colored couples in the parlor, and the
table in the dining room was set for 20
persons, with the silver pieces and best
china In evidence. In the kitchen the
cook was busy preparing feast. When
her eyes fell upon her young mistress,
the servant exclaimed in horror: Good
gracious, you done come home SO soonl
Why. Use invited nah friends to din
nah. Deed didn't expect you"
The young woman said she was sure
of that. Result: Colored friends left the
house hungry; cook too; girl Invited
neighbors in, and all enjoyed the feast;
new cook next day. Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-19
do his duty without 'sparlng himself In
the coming fight.


"Look ERE, old chap, we amt going
to call you White Feather no moreF'
said Trumpeter Pipes as they lay to-
gether behind the shelter of large
bowlder, against the face of which the
Boer bullets were pattering like a
heavy rain.
In full sight of the whole army their
squadron had crossed the Boer front
amid hail of bullets which had
brought 20 men to earth.
White Feathers horse had been shot
under him, and, at the risk of his life,
he had carried the wounded trumpeter
into the shelter of the powders. He
was unhurt, but trembled in every
limb from fear and great exertion.
From between two powders he peep
ed out and saw, amid the bodies of men
and horses that Uttered the plain,
wounded man crawling on his hands
and knees amid spatter of bullets
that were kicking puffs of dust from
the dry earth all around him.
1t was his captain.
White Feather watched him for a
moment; then he saw him stop and lie
down on his side despairingly. He
could crawl no more.
81 will, for her sakep' he murmured
between his clinched teeth, and, rising
from the shelter of the rock, he faced
the hail of death that battered to the
earth around him.
AS he walked into the open a faint
cheer reached his ears from the Brit
ish troops half mile behind him. The
Royal artillery backed him with a
shrieking fight of shrapnel, which
whistled for moment overhead, then
burst over the Boer lines quarter of
a mile away in a shower of bullets that
for a moment quelled the storm around
him.
He reached the wounded man, lifted
him on his back and returned step-by
step to where Trumpeter Pipes lay hid
den.
The trumpeter gave him a faint
s'BravoH' as he staggered and fell with
his burden into the kindly shelter Of
the rock.
That was White Feathers reward.
vi tltSlduL I'LL llC 49lillc4 COAAl-
mander shut his ieldglasses with a
snap.
Tell the general to keep down the
fire on the right there and to get those
men in from behind those bowlders,'
he said to his aid, "and bring me that
mans name. If he is alive, tell him
that | saw it all and that I'm going to
recommend him for the cross.
Never saw a finer show of fire disci-
pline in my life!7 added the command
err to himself as his aid galloped off.
White Feathers eyes glistened as he
received the message and heard the
cheer that swept along the lines as he
was carried in
Perhaps shall get that commission
after ALL" he said to himself; "then
she win think more of mel"
Perhaps it was just as well that he
died five minutes later-this faithful
worshiper of a goddess of clay.-Penny
Pictorial Magazine.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Tie Standard Railroad of 1Ameyiea. Pro
tected throughout BY Block Signals
and Inteylocking SscitcAes.
IN EFFEcr MAY -. 1900.

For Philadelphia, $50. 800, 6.bS, 10. 7.49
$50 81 ill7 4 NJ i l25 81 3 2s, $40 saturdays
For Pemberton, 7.36. 9.8, A. n, l4o 49,, AT
sos, 727, P. M.
For BordenIown. Trenton and New York, Sc
TAO, 9.l9, 1000, 1l.05. A. M 1890, 300, 400, 40
On Sundays. 9.ss A. M, 2o5. 62OPM
For East Burlington, 6.2s, 7.25, TAO. 822. s59
919, 1000 ll.05 A. NJ, 1890, Il. 10 Saturday only
On sundays TBS, $50, s.3s A. NJ, 1900, 2.05, go
3.l5. 81, 40. 800. 5.a5, e2o $50. 70o, $50
For Lewistown, Columbus, Kinkora. etc.,
Las. 3. 80 p. II.
On Sundays, 6.00P. n.
For LumDertOn, Medford, Marion ana dau-
donfeld. 9.S5 A. N.
For yincentown, 1875, O6 P. n.
Eor Toms s; River g sse pa,n NJ p 5sarn
For Asbury Park and Long Branch, 9.26, A. n.
zratns Ieave for Mount Holly as Jottos0s:
From Philadelphia, $50, 750, $50, 1000. IL 20
A. NJ, 1910. Il 80. Saturdays only, 2.S0, 400,
430, $40, $40, $3.50, 500, 1890. II. 40 ?. M
From New YORK. via Trenton and Burlington,
s o@ ssS 1 m To- aso se0 o00
From Trenton, GAS. TAO. 80, l1.23 A. M, 2.55.
4.27, 4.30. $40, ZOO. 800 P. M.
From East burlington. 100. 500, s26. s4s, 8 %.
Ss 4 Is o 90 satssd 1o Spl y
On Sundays 1iU s. 500. 800. 1880 4 NJ 1880 2ss.
SO5, S45 40, 455. $50, 500 655, 7.2b 500, s.55,
l0.00P.M.
From Toms River, 7.57 A. M, 4.0OP. M.
From AsDury Park. 2.33 P. NJ.
From Medford, 1l.55A. NJ.
From Long Branch, 2.l5 P. M.
From Pemberton, (north) 6.SS, 7.2S, s.Sl, s.46
"A. NJ, 1887, 4.07, 6.22P. N.
On Sundays, 500 A. NJ, 90, p M.
From Pemberton (south), S37 A. M, 4.44 ?. M.
From Vfncentown. $50 A. M. 142 P. M
Medford, Marlton and Philadelphia.
Leave Medford for Philadelphia at 200. 1907
M, 2l3 GA, Pm.
On Sundays 7.45 A. M, 40S P. M.
Leave Marion for Philadelphia at TIA, 1910
A. NJ, 2.35, $3.50, Pm.
On Sundays, 1853 A. NJ, 4.15 P. M.
Leave Philadelphia, Market Street, for MEG 90
ford and Marion at 700 1880, A. NJ, 3.lO. o5O,
Pm.
On Sundays 6.l5 A. NJ, $50 P. n.
Leave Marion tor Medtord, Sl5. lbs A. NJ,
4.O2, $40. P. M.
On Sundays 9.05 A. NJ, 62l Pm.
For further particulars apply to the ucKe,
agent at the station.
j. B. HUTCHINSON, j. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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81 was recently party to a discus
sion," said a doctor, where the ques
ton of the nature of happiness arose
and certain wise head present was
asked to define it. His reply was sc
satisfactory that trust you will allow
me to repeat it for the benefit of those
interested.
"He said: Happiness is a state OF
mind-more active than contentment
less pronounced and more abiding than
joyfulness; whose principal and per
manent source is ina temperament dis
posed to make the best Of what is
whose immediate occasion is in con
seriousness which, pleased with the
present, is without acute regret or I'M
due apprehension
what better definition could one
have than thisY '-New York Sun.