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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12

| 1 was given a front corner room,
| facing the street and James River.
There were three windows in the
room, destitute however of sash, glass
or blinds, but heavily guarded by huge
iron CRATES tolerably we'll curtained
with spider and cobwebs. The room
was about twenty feet wide by thirty
five feetlong. For rooommat I had
one hundred and ninety nine others,
giving about three square feet of
space to a man. 1t was the most filthy
place 1 ever saw inside building,
aside from hog-pen or COW stable.
My vocabulary of words is not long
Or loud enough to describe it.
"We counted two and seventy stenches,
All we1l-defned, and several stinks."
Fleas and bugs of various kinds had
taken possession before US. The
''graybacks," great body lice, came
out of the cracks in the floor and made
faces at us and during the night crawl
ed through our clothing; rats ratified
and squeaked behind the partitions
until after dark and then marched
in in batallions and walked across
our bodies and sometimes would jump
on our faces.
Tired and nearly famished we lay
down for the night, wormed and dove
tailed together like fish in BASKET.
1t was fearfully hot and the boys were
constantly moving around, going as
near the windows as they dared for
air and necessarily stirring up the
dust on the floor until it seemed as
though we should suffocate. Twice
ventured to window, stepping on
and falling over my comrades in the
darkness, each time receiving a dozen
curses and several requests to visit
hotter place, for my carelessness, after
which I determined to stick to my
place "sink Or swim, live or die, sur
vive or perish" 'sFew and short were
the prayers we said," but had the
chaplain been with us he would have
been furnished with an abundance of
material for a sermon under the head
of profanity. Somebody has said that
cloak; and that it is meat for the hun.
cry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the
cold and cold for the hot" Another
somebody also said, "Stone walls do
not a prison make, nor iron bars a
cage" Had we the authors of the
above with US that night we conld
have shown them the inconsistency
of such poetry as that. The kind of
sleep we INDUCED in was of the inter-
mittent, nightmare sort, that neither
covered us, fed US, watered us or kept
us cool, and that obtained only in the
cooler hours of the morning, after the
rats had gone away.
TO BE CONTINUED.
E H WEBSTER.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12

contested by his republican opponent
and contest was one of the most
memorable of the session. He leaves
wife and three children.
An effort will be made by the New
England Granite Manufacturers asso-
citation to settle the difference between
the manufacturers and the union re-
garding the new regula tions to govern
the prices of labor, hours. etc., after
March 1. The meeting of the associ-
alton will be held in Boston Tuesday,
Feb. 13 and the whole question will
be considered. 1t is expected that
manufacturers from Concord, Barre,
Montpelier, Hollowell, Me-, Westerly,
r. l., and other places will be repre-
sented. 1t is said that the association
will agree to a settlement along the
line of the old bill of prices and allow
the eight-hour day. The men demand
a minimum of three days of eight
hours
A very interesting case in modern
surgery and skill in the grating and
the transplanting of skin is that at
the Mary Fletcher hospital Of Duffee
Levee. He is a middle aged man, re-
siding at Burlington, and was seri-
Ously Injured some months ago by a
premature explosion. His face was
torn away and half cupful of pebbles
and powder were taken out of the
wound. The lids of one eye were
severed, but strange as it may seem
the eye-ball was not injured. To fill
up this cavity in his face and render
his eye Of use, pieces of flesh were
taken from the mans arm and grated
to his cheek. The skin on the fore
head was cut and drawn to replace
the missing lid. Operation after op-
GRAFTON was successfully performed
and the injured man bids fair to pre-
serve his sight and at least the larger
portion of his face. He is much en-
couraged.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12

contested by his republican opponent
and contest was one of the most
memorable of the session. He leaves
q wife and three children.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12

| TABLE LINENS.
It's pleasure for most ladies to buy
table linens here-there's such a va
riety of choice styles and patterns to
select from. The prices of bleached
damasks will give you a good idea of
what to expect. 27c, 32c, 35c, 39c, 49c,
63c, 75c, SIC, soc, 99c, 1.O9, 1.19, 1.49,
1.79, 1.S9, 1.9S per yard.
There are also good assortments of
cream and turkey red damasks here
at special February prices.
NAPKINS AND DOILIES.
There are napkins 70 match nearly
all the best damasks. There are
styles and qualities enough to please
everyone. The prices per dozen, 49c,
69c, 79c, soc, 99c, LOO, 1.19, 1.29, Lac,
1.59, 1.69, 1.s9, 1.9S, 2.19, 2.29, 2.39, 2.49,
2.s9, 2.9s, 3.19, 3.39 and up.
Tray CLOTHS.
Three specials for this sale at 14c,
25c, and 29c each.
FRINGED TABLE CLOTHS.
White and colored at special prices.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12
E . H WEBSTER

The recent speech in the United
States on the nations relations to it's
island possessions, by Senator Ross of
Vermont is receiving much merited
praise from the press. The Senator
has made thorough study of the
subject and his views are worthy of
careful consideration.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
GEO. H. BLAKE & CO.,
BARTON. VT.
w. l.. JACOBS, Editor.

Terms-WHEN PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
e1.50 a Y ear.
Keen vour subscriptions in advance. Re-
NIT by Post Office Order, Registered Letter
or Draft.
Watch the label on yottr paper to see IL
proper credits are made, and keep your sub
scriptions an adUance.
In asking for a change of address, always
state where your paper is noa0 sent.
Rates of Advertising made known on ap-
plication. All cuts must have metal body.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12

Yes, all kinds here, from Age TO
LOO each. Big and heavy huck tow
els at 25c per pair. A fine hemstitched
huck towel with damask patterns at
29c, worth SOC. Heavy, all linen
fringed huck towels at 27c per pair
You'll pay 25 per cent. more to match
them. This towel stock will please
you, so will the money. saving prices.
CRASHES.
6, Z, s, and yards for 25c. Better
Others are 6, z, 8, and yards for LOO.
The best stock of crashes in the
County.
BEDDING.
Sheets and sheetings, many kinds of
sheeting are here at retail for less
than same kinds can be bought of the
mills in bale or case lots.
BLANKETS AND CoMFoRTABLEs.
You can buy here this month at
saving money prices. The blankets
you buy here now at 3.9s per pair are
as good as you'll buy next fall at 800
per pair.
BED SPREADS.
You can expect to see excellent
values in bed spreads here this month.
CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS,
PORTIEREs, RUGS, AND
UPHOLSTERY GOODS,
All at special prices for February
buyers.
1t will mean dollars saved if you
buy what goods you may need
through the season-and buy here
now.
Gilman Accompany,
NEWPORT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12
GEO. III. BLAKE & Co.
The Gilman Store.
>~
The February Sale
Housekeeping Goods

Is bigger and better than ever be-
fore. 1t is bigger, because so far the
sales have been larger-and it's better,
because of greater variety of goods
offered, and at prices that will aver
age as low as any February sale
prices.
Everyone seems to know that goods
now are much higher in the whole
sale market. That means that you
will save more than usual for most of
the housekeeping goods you may buy
after February. Now you buy at a
good big saving from the regular
prices.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-12
SUTTON, VT, Feb. IL, 90C.

P. M. SHARPLEs,
West Chester, Pa,
DEAR SIR:
1 purchased one of your Dairy Separators
of .. J Orne of Westmore. recently, and am
much pleased with it The week before it
came we made ten pounds of butter; the fol-
lowing week by usi ing the Separator, mad
fourteen and one-half pounds. L have used
the DeLaval and the U. S. Separators, but
prefer the Sharples, it is much easier to
clean. Truly,
G. M. TWOMBLY. r
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
mi MISSING n
II Il. Dug Up on a Farm In Western


Tacoma, Wash, Nov. g. on the
farm OF George Cochran, at Tangent,
Or. ]. c. Crawford and a man nanea
Beam dug UP a skeleton which the
think may be that of the missing
link" All the bones were secured anu
will be a~rticulated as soon as pos
sible in order TO show what KIND OF
a creature they were once the frame
of. They indicate a man of -four teet
eight inches. of large bones. The sKuh
lacks the usual sutures. It Is eighteen
inches In circumference. -four lnches
smaller than that Of the average skul
OF the white man. The jaws are large
and protruding and the teeth perfect.
The vertebrae ave an addltlohai
bone and socket for a missing bone.
The bones of the legs n feet are
normal like those Of a man, but IN the
arms the radius and ulna bones are
two inches longer than the numerous
bone, where they are generally n
siderable shorter, indicating an arm
that reached below the knee. the
bones of the fingers are longer than
those of a man. The skeleton is not
that OF an Indian, being distinctly dlt-
ferent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08

The coast and geodetic survey has
recently completed some very careful
leveling operations which show that
the surface of the Gulf of Mexico lies
perceptibly higher than that Of the At
lantic ocean Btween the surface OF
the ocean at st. Augustine, on the east
ern snore of Florida, and the surface
of the gulf at Cedar Keys, on the west
ern shore, there is a mean difference
in level of nine-tenths of a foot. This
is considered to be sufficient to account
for the outpouring current OF the gulf
stream, which in the narrower part OF
the Strait of Florida touches bottom.
The surplus of water which raises the
gulf above the level Of the ocean is
apparently received through the Yu-
catan channel, being driven In by the
prevailing equatorial currents from the
east.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
Killed an AIIigtor in Iowa.

Clinton, Iowa, Nov. 6.-John Hamil-
ton, a young man, killed a good sized
alligator in Jones county, which is
supposed to have come up the Mis-
sissippi river. The animal was dis
covered near a creek some distance
from the river. When Hamilton first
saw the alligator he vas badly fright
ened, as it opened it's mouth and
showed fight. Hamilton secured a long
pole and, after considerable hard work
succeeded in killing the alligator,
which he dragged to his homa after
much difficulty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
TWELVE LIVES LOST.
Terrible Disaster i'm n e Sfr-
ginia Mine.

Philippi, w. Va. Nov. 6.-One or the
greatest caIamities In the history or
Barbour county occurred at the mines
of the Southern Coal and Transporta-
ton at Berrysburg. six miles
from this place. AS a result these are
dead:
Ole Marks. pit boss; Andrew Black
well. Albert Brown. Lawrence Duncan,
Pack Adams and seven others whose
names are o obtainable. VIII Marks
and James Jackson were injured n
both viii die.
The explosion was so great hat
mules were killed at the mouth OF the
mine and cars were blown forty feet
from the track. One man was blown
in w at the loins and his body
thrown against a pile Of lumber at the
mouth OF the mine.
The night shift went on duty at z
o'clock. Everything went on smoothly
until about midnight, when the ex-
plosion occurred. The dead are mu-
tilated beyond description. The ex-
plosion was probably the result of an
accidental discharge OF dynamite,
caused, perhaps, by the conclusion or
a blast. The property loss is light.
No blame can be attached to the Of
fcials of the company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08

New York, Nov. e-The steamship
St Paul, of the American line, Capt.
Roberts in command. arrived in port
t~weEty-four hours late. with her star
board propeller zone and her engine
room badly damaged. Statements Of
different officers vary as TO the cause
OF the accident. but the damage sus
tanned by the steamship will probably
amount to several thousand dollars.
The st. Paul left Southampton and
Cherbourg on Oct. q, with a full cargo,
go cabin passengers and 245 in the
steerage. About 5 o'clock in the even
ing OF Wednesday last, while some OF
the saloon passengers were still at
dinner and other passengers prone
nading, a sudden shock was felt all
over the ship, although it was not suf-
hciently severe to u a panic. The
engines were stopped a few seconds
after the shock, but Ii is said that dur
ing that brief time the whirling ma
chincry, free Of the weight OF the pro-
peller, wrought havoc in the engine
room. The officials of the steamship
refuse to allow any n to enter the
engine room. James A. Wright. sec
NAlN ~ pAESiAtAlA vi ~ 1lAACA haAAcAAG
Navigation company, which controls
the American line, a a passenger on
the steamship. having gone abroad in
October to bring back his family. He
said:
Il was smoking in my state
when / felt a slight tremor through
out the ship. ! thought that probably
her head had fallen away a few points
and that she had in consequence
shipped a big sea. The shock was so
slight that the average passenger did
not a%pprebend that anything unusual
had occurred. / went below to find
out what was the matter. 1 found
hat the ship had lost her starboard
propeller, together with part of her
tail shaft and had otherwise damaged
her machinery. Capt. Roberts and
Chief Engineer John Hunter are un-
der the impression. that we struck a
derelict. We were running at full
speed at the time. but were not over
taxing the engines or driving the YES
sci. Chief Engineer Hunter at the
moment of the accident happened to
he passing through the pantry and i'm
mediately turned the emergency valve,
thus shutting off the steam. About the
same time the assistant engineer hap
pened to be in the vicinity of the tail
shaft when the propeller struck some
thing and dropped off, carrying with
1t 2 portion of the tail shaft, which
broke just inside the stern of the
ship. The governing machinery
worked ~splendidly and the engines
were brought to a full stop in ten sec
onds. The st. Paul will leave on
Tuesday for the Cramps ship yard, in
| Philadelphia, where the necessary re-
pairs win be made. Meanwhile the
Friesland. which sails on Wednesday
for Antwerp, will take the st. Paurs
passengers. mails and freight to
Southampton"
1t will take about five months to re-
paid the damage which Is said TO
amount to about $500 0 or $500, 600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08

Mansfield. o., had its usual relaxa-
ton with a Dowie elder the other day,
when a mob attacked Homer Kessler,
advertising manager of "The Coming
City" and stoned him and the deputy
sheriffs who had taken him in charge.
In the exchange of stone compliments
the deputies and a cabman seem to
have fored worse than the Dowieite. 1t
now seems reasonably certain that
Mansneld does not want the Dowie-
ties, but IL is also certain it is taking
the most effective steps ~inspreading
the humbug cult. Dawieism has plenty
of converts, who are glad to achieve
the cheap m%artyrdom Mansfield seems
willing TO bestow upon them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
ACTIVE
Several Minor engagements Are Re
ported From the Philippines.

Manila, Nov. 6.-Last week was de-
voted to active scouting. The insur-
gents having failed TO crush a single
garrison are now experiencing a re-
action. Lieutenants Wilson n Dori-
~. of the Forty-fifth volunteer in
fantry, destroyed large stores of rice,
four granaries and a barracks near
Bato. Capt. Atkinson, with "a men OF
the Thirty-seventh volur teer infantry,
attacked 100 insurgents under Col.
Valencia, recovering two American
prisoners and capturing a considerable
quantity of ammunition and supplies.
A native orchestra lured the United
States troops from their quarters near
Dagupan. while the insurgents at
tackled the rear, killing two Americans
and wounding three. To-day Senior
Buencamino. representing the princi-
pal ex-insurgents in Manila, request
ed Judge Taft TO forward to Washing
ton a signed expression Of their loyal
~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
RUSH TO THE CLAM BEDS.
Activity of Pearl Hunters on the
Upper Mississippi

Prairie du Chen, Wis, Nov. 6.-Dis-
covery of pearls in the Upper Missis-
sippi has caused a tremendous rush to
the clam beds. House boats are now
crowding the river and more thar a
thousand persons are encamped along
the river bank. The finding of a few
thousand dollars worth of pearls by
the Iiggers has started a raid on the
river. One of the pearls recently
found, the Allen pearl, weighed 100
grains and is said to be the largest
perfect pearl yet taken from the river.
1t was purchased by William Moore OF
Comanche, Iowa. who paid $4,000 for it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
ASBESTOS MINING.
Redwood County Discovery to lie
Soon DeyeIoDed.

Redwood Falls, Mimi, Nov. 6. A
ninety-nine-year lease to forty acres
in section 20. Swede's Forest, his
county. given by the owner, Leo Knut-
son Eide, to Charles Hohmann. Joseph
]. Holman and Peter Eischen, has
beer filed here. The lease Is for the
purpose of allowing the men to carry
on mining operations for asbestos.
John J.. Hohmann is an experienced
mirer and has been over the tract in
question, and as a result is showing
some magnificent specimens of min
eral asbestos, the fiber being long and
fireproof. The company is required to
he actively engaged in mining the pro-
duct inside Of three months or the
lease becomes void. The tract in
question lies about eighteen miles
northwest of Redwood Falls.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
GoPHERs WIN BY A POINT.
Wisconsin, Loses by a Failure TO
Kick n Goal.

Minneapolis, Nov. 6. - Wisconsins
failure TO kick an easy goal was re-
sponsible for its defeat by Minnesota
Saturday. Each team scored a touch
down early in h game. n the
Gophers kicked a goal from theirs.
giving them the victory by a score or
6 to 5. The weather. was as fine as
ever frightened a big football match.
Both teams were confident of winning,
and both looked for bigger scores
than were made. Phil King of Wis
consin believed his team could not
lose. DR.. Williams of Minnesota was
even more confident, and he thought
Minnesota ought TO score eighteen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
NEWS in RRlEr
Overflow From the w,
densed Ea. IN

Overflow From H.. W.,
den.ea F @lrs' IN . 4
the officers attached to n.
YORK, which is about = cruz
out OF commission for 70 be
been assigned to other depaifs, d
yard. ave" York NJ
George Burton Hill oro
most prominent banta.. y
at ms home of brain fever 1
illness of three weeks. Mr. after
born in Wheeling, w. Va hil !
years ago. '"'' htty-thI
Tommy Sullivan OF Rro.,,
given the decision over yomyn Y
att of Chicago at the end Jung No
at Chicago. The fighting ga f'Gl
even all through, but suI1,va vas V
clear lead on points. had
In spite of official dsn,.,.,
the st. Petersburg corresnoH g
the London Daily Mail, "tbana eli
doubt that an inadequata Is
produce a famine in the goast
OF kherson and Bessarabia" niAe'
j. Pierpont Morgan has dor.,.,
the Metropolitan Museum =
New York a collection ~ AT
Greek ornaments valued =, sne'
The collection was purchases 4'
London art dealer. Inscrin,,a non
some of the ornaments show ,sOa ),
were made about $50 B. q ' y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
A TIMELY HINT.

Winter is close at manu- ,hsr|
readers should remember cor|
homes may be kept warm ans tb,e|
Portable by putting storm sasn " - Il
windows. The Union LUMBER b
Winona, Mimi, have suo ani,e Of TIE
keeping down the price IN sps storsl'
glass trust. They are selii aan sfdti
sash so cheap that no one times y
to do without them. In tnes will peI
high priced coal, storm sasn by 10
for themselves In one s ead keep
amount of fuel they save peomfortabs
ing the house much more 90 WlponI
Send to the Union Lumber v .Ss Luubd
Mimi, for prices. This Is 4 whdf
Co. that sell direct to farmers u
sale prices.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
RsMoR SETS A WEDDING DAY.

Reported In New York That Miss
R.skefeller VIII Becom Mrs.
on Nov. ~.
New York, Nov. 6. - 1t is reported
here thai the date for the marriage
of Miss Rockefeller to Parmalee Prem
tice OF Chicago has been set for'Tues-
day. Nov. "a. in this city. The Rookie
Teller family declines to make formal
announcement of the date, but 1t Is
generally understood hat Nov. q is
the day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
Acquired by the n, u,

Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 6.-The North
ern Pacific has acquired all the tide
lands of the Tacoma Land and I'm
provement company and all h I'M
plated acreage of land on the tide
flats and a large number of unsold
lots of the land company for a con
sideration of S474, 900. The railway
company exchanges all Of it's bonds
and stocks of the land company for the
property and will hold no further in
terest in the land company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
AGENT SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Soon After the Arrival of COmpnny's
Representative to Inspect Books.

Fargo, y. D., Nov. 6-Winiam Glenn
ems agent for the Great Western Ele-
vator company and the White Lum-
Der company at Leonard. in the south
western part of the county, committed
suicide by shooting. He was at the
depot when Messrs. Mitchell and Com
RE. two representatives Of the elevator
company, arrived. He walked with
them to the postoff1ce and later ex-
cused himself to go to his home. He
rushed to ms of the upstairs rooms
and shot himself. He left a note to
his wife, the contents of which We're
not divulged. An examination of his
accounts is in progress. and il is ru-
mored he was short with the elevator
people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08

After carrying a Union bullet in his
body for thirty-eight years, General
X. N. Richbourg Of Montgomery. s. c..
has got rid of it. He commanded the
fourth brigade, South Carolina militia,
was twice wounded at the battle Of
Frazier's farm, June Z, 1862, and while
charging the breastworks a bullet
struck him full in the breast. The
other day at Montgomery he felt a
pain in his back, and that night he
placed a drawing plaster to the spot
where there was inflammation. The
next morning the pain was relieved,
and taking off the plaster, he found the
bullet sticking to it.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-11-08
NEWFOUNDLAND CAMPAIGN HOT.
Appronch of Election Day Causes
Activity I'm Party ank

st. Johns, N. F.. Nov. 6.-The cam
paign for the general election to be
held next Thursday is the fereest in
the colony's history. Both sldas are
working most theoretically and strain
every nerve. Mr.. Morine, the Con-
sentative leader. is canvassing the
northern bays with Contractor Reid
and his son on Mr.. Reds steamer. II
is expected Mr.. Reds influence will
sway a large vote in Mr.. Morine's fa-
vor. though the success of the Bond
government is regarded as highly
probable.