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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
NOT dead BUT SLEEPETH.

We had heard from the Barton Furniture Store for three
weeks and in to what meant. We found Mr.. Jen
very busy unpackng goods His whole line of Furniture
Carpets Mattng Crockery Curtains and Draperes have
nearly doubled. His all Drummers is "If you
find place for the goods in my store will take Them He
informs that while the wholesale price has advanced about
20 per cent that he placed his orders last fall and able
to furnish house nearly last fall prices On his first floor
found nearly hundred styles of Odd Chairs ranging in
price from $500 to $4,000 These very attractive chairs
and should sell we'll. We particularly attracted 10y his
fine line of Morris Chairs and Couches His line of Rugs and
Carpets large and surprised to learn
that he is selling his all wool carpets at the old prices and
that the has about twenty patterns to select from
He had 1000 rolls of Wall Paper which he promised he
would have ready for exhibition this week. this with the 5000
rolls already for inspection makes immense display
He has also just purchased large line of beautiful Jardnier
In Crockery he has twenty patterns to select from He has
line of Iron Beds with Tables and Washsands in white
enamel to match His Sdeboards Desks and Bookcases
all worth examining if does wish to purchase
Up stairs he has everything the line of Beds and Bedding
and excellent Tables which he is selling very
able prices. AS cannot tell the people of but small part
of what there, will suggest that they call and in
spect the for themselves Mr. enness outside trade
increasing He showed where he had been filing orders
for parties living Morve and for others Wolco
OBSERVER
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26

few words from a recent address de-
liyered by Prof. j. M. Barker of the
sociological department of the Boston
University, at the second annual
meeting of the Anti Saloon League
at Montpelier. DIR. Barker said,
among other things:
"Vermont is the banner state in
temperance work. She has the best
temperance laws in the United States,
and it is her duty and high privilege
to enforce these laws as far as posi-
BILE and teach the United States what
can be done in temperance legislation.
Ohio is ten years behind Vermont,
improving as fast as she is, and we
are all looking to Vermont as to an
IDEAL" A. 81.
Essex; VT, March, 1900.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
LADIES' COLUMN.
THE CHILDREN'S LUNCH BASKET.

In every household where there are
school children, the filing of the
lunch basket becomes a duty to be
perform ed each morning by some
member of the family.
There is no difficulty in finding the
things they like-cookies, cake
doughnuts. Pastry and confection-
cry appeal strongly to most children
and this is what they would select il
given the choice, and this is what
they should not have for meal be-
tween breakfast and dinner, for ma
ture demands wholesome, nourishing,
if not hearty food, when the brain is
working.
Plain bread and butter alone may
be made to look delicious if the slices
are thinly cut, with crusts removed
and placed together as sandwich.
Not the commonplace sandwich made
with large slices, bat dainty little ones
cut into rounds and triangles or the
long finger sandwiches are satisfac-
tory looking.
One of the incest filings for sand
wiches is made of eggs. Boil two
eggs hard, letting them remain in
water below the boiling point from
half to three quarters of an hour. This
can be done the night before. Re-
move the shells and chop, adding a
little olive oil, vinegar, salt and
f0
spread. This egg filling is very easily
digested, and will be found very sat-
isfying to child, and if nut or an
olive, a lump of sugar, or bit of
candy is occasionally slipped into the
lunch basket it will be delight.
A little wicker lunch basket is very
convenient for school lunches,-t
open wicker work allowing circula-
ton of air to the food inside.
Clean doilies for these baskets are
an item in the family washing, and it
will be a wise precaution to save all
the white tissue paper that comes
into the house and keep it in a box
ready for the lunch basket.
Besides the egg sandwiches, there
are those made from bits of cold
steak, finely chopped, seasoned, and
sprinkled between the slices. A bit
of minced fish makes a good filling.
So does minced chicken Or turkey.
Often few bits left from the dinner
table, while not sufficient for made
over dish, will form material for
several sandwiches.
Meat and fowl should always be
minced before making into sand
wiches, and nuts, dates, or few figs
will be relished as much as cake, and
are far more healthful. Strong
jellied bouillon will be found great
help to frail, anaemic girls.-Rouse-
hold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26

I suppose there's no doubt about
the signature being genuine, said the
paying teller affably to the man who
was cashing a check in his favor.
Look here, was the answer. You are
not going to pin me down. I served
on a jury once, and you've got to stick
up blackboard and go to work with
a piece of chalk before you get me to
say a word about anybody's hand
writing. Pm a natural stickler for
the formalities.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
A RARE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

If you had asked her about her ac
complishments, she would have told
you that she had none. and would
have been quite sincere in her answer.
She did not know how to playa piano,
and she had never tried her hand at
watercolors, Or crayon sketc ching.
She had never found time for en-
broidery. She got off the key when
she tried to sing. In fact, one might
run through the list of what are
called accomplishment without nam
ing one at which she was expert.
Yet this sunny faced, sweet-voiced
girl had one accomplishment which
outweighed all those she lacked.
Wherever she went, gloomy faces
grew cheerful. You have seen droop-
ing plants freshen at the touch of the
summer rain, and it seemed as if her
presence revived dropping hearts in
very much the same manner. She
was a happiness maker. Children
stopped fretting when she came near.
Old people came back from dreams of
the past and found the present sweet.
Without being wise or witty or beau
tiful, there was the atmosphere Of
peace about her like the fragrance of
a flower. Her smile had the comfort
ing warmth of sunshine. The tones of
her glad young voice stirred the heart
like song.
You girls who are fitting yourselves
for life, and to adorn life, will do we'll
to take into account this rare and
valuable accomplishment. You have
missed part of your preparation, I'M
less you have mastered the art of
making happiness.-Selected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
REMARKABLE CURES OF RHEUMATISM.

From the Vindicator, RuthertordtOn, n. C.:
The editor of the Vindicator has had occasion to
test the eff cacy of Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice
with the most remarkable results in each case.
First, with rheumatism in the shoulder from which
he suffered excrucatng pain for ten days, which
was relieved with two applications of Pain Balm,
rubbing the parts afflicted and realizing instant
benefit and entire relief in very short time.
Second, in rheumatism in thigh joint, almost pros
trating him with severe pain, which relieved
by two applications, rubbing with the liniment on
retiring at night, and getting up free from pain.
For sale by Barron & Hamblet
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
There is a Glass of People

Who are injured by the of coffee. Recently
there has been placed in all the grocery stores a
new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure
grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives it without distress, and
but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost
over one-fourth as much Children may drink it
with great benefit. 15c. and Csc. per package.
Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH
THAT CONTAIN MERCURY

BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH
THAT CONTAIN MERCURY
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such ar
ticles should never be used except prescriptions
from reputable physicians, the damage they wi
do is ten fold the good you possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
J. Cheney and Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine 1t is taken internally, and is made in
Toledo, Ohio, by T. j. Cheney 6 Co. Testimon-
Ials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26

Rev. w. E. Sitter, w. Cation, n. Y, writes, 81
had dyspepsia over twenty years, and tried doctors
and medicines without benefit. was persuaded
to use Kndol Dyspepsia Cure and it helped me
rom the start. believe it to be panacea for all
orms of indigestion" 1t digests what you eat.
II Pierce, Barton; r E French. Glover; II 8
Webster, Barton Landing; w Russell, Iras.
burg.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
The woman who is always we'll and

| The woman who is always we'll and
| neatly dressed is able to exercise
greater influence for good than one
| who is the reverse. The neatly
| dressed woman is more attractive to
! the eye, and the eye is one of the
main avenues to the heart. Other
things being equal, her influence is
more potent than her neighbours,
whose reputation of dressing 'sjust as
it happens" at home, in some indie
Enable way casts shade over what
ever virtues she may possess. A
woman neatly dressed is ready for
emergencies. The chance caller and
unexpected guest find her ready to
receive them. But perhaps the great
est necessity for looking we'll at home
of our own family circle do we owe
the first duty. Neatly dressed does
not mean richly dressed. A cheap,
plainly made gown may be the per-
lection of neatness, and take only a
few minutes to assume after the din
u0 WOEk Is OuU vi Iu0 way
A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN.
81 have no hesitancy in recommending Cham
berIain's Cough Remedy" says f. P. Moran,
well-known and popular baker, of Petersburg, Va.
eve have given it to children when troubled
with bad coughs, also whooping, cough, and it has
always given perfect satisfaction. 1t recon-
mended to by druggist the best cough
medicine for children as it contained opium
other harmful drug Sold by Barron 81 Hamblet.
Headache almost always yields to
the simultaneous application of hot
water to the feet and back of the
neck.
A towel folded, dipped in hot water,
wrung out quickly and applied over
the stomach, acts like magic in cases
of collie.
There is no domestic remedy that SO
promptly cuts short congestion of
the lungs, sore throat or rheumatism,
as will hot water, when applied
promptly and thoroughly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-03-26
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

cured Them III always
relieves painful periods
and no woman who Suf-
fes:S should be without
this knowledge.
Nearly all the ills of
women result from some
derangemenf of the
female organism. Mrs.
Pfs,lkl5azs,,s great 7sedI-
cine m axes WON q N
healthy of this Ns0re Is
overwhelming proof.
Don't experiment. IF
you suffer get this zs,edE-
cine and get Mrs. Pink
hams free advice. Her
address is Lynn, Mass
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
PAINTING BUILDINGS.
Eastern Farmer Tells How to Treat
Old Walls Before Applying
the Finishing Coat.

The painting of an old building pre-
sents some difficulties that are not en-
countered in a. new one. The wood
has become so dry that an unreason-
able amount of oil is required to fill it.
Further, the rough surface is excep-
tionally hard on brushes. To over
come this, a painter would size the
surface-that is, go over it with hot
glue water. I painted building once,
two sides of which were new siding
and the third very old siding. The
new work got two coats Of lead and
oil, and the third was first gone over
with a sizing of glue water and whit
ing, and then one coat of lead and
oil; and to-day, probably 20 years
later, the third side is in the best state
of preservation. As to the quantity Of
glue used, I couldn't say, but know
that the glue water was very thin, and
enough whiting added to give it the
consistency Of paint. I applied it with
a whitewash brush. I believe the siz-
ing sometimes peels, but that was my
first and only experience and it
worked all right. If the wood is dry
to begin with, and the sizing is APP
piled hot, I think no trouble will be
experienc Richard H. Mitchell, in
Country Gentleman.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10

is to fit exactly the six-inch hole in the
dry goods box. 1t may be made so as
to work little freely and is to be hung
on pivot is such way that the end out
side the box is slightly heavier. Put the
bait (c) at the inner end of the pivoted
box. It does not take much to induce
a rabbit to enter hole. Once inside
this the animal crawls along until past
the middle, when it's weight overbal-
ances the box, which tips up sud-
denly, and the animal slides out into
the larger box. The pivoted box then
falls back to it's original position and is
ready for another rabbit. The trap is
easily constructed, simple and has the
advantage of being always set. There
can be two entrances, as. shown in the
illustration. The top and sides of the
box exposed above ground can be COW
cred with leaves, snow or anything to
disguise it. The trap door (a) is for
removing the captured rabbits.-Farm
and LONE.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
POULTRY HOUSE FLOOR & 8


One of the mcst important things
about henhouse is the floor, and all
things being considered, to mother earth
for p floor, there is very serious OBJ
jection. Some people tell us it is .sna-
lures floor. ;" However, as we all
know, natures floor" is clean floor,
as fowls when wild in their native
land roam far and wide, and the
ground over which they go (nature's
foor) does not become soiled and
filthy, as an earth floor "a thousand
times smaller than natures foor'')
is bound to become, unless a great
amount of unnecessary hard work is
given it. OF course it can be kept rea-
sonably clean by taking out. four
inches or more of the dirt once or
twice a month, and replacing with
new; but as the droppings cannot be
removed without SO doing we surmise
they will not be removed as often as
they hit, writes E. E. Banks, in the
Poultry Advocate.
1t is said an earth floor furnishes a
dust bath, and that the grain can be
scattered on the ground, thus giving
the fowls the much needed exercise.
Just think of it! "A mixture of dust
bath, feed, litter and droppings, and
we might as well say disease. A nice
''mess," is it not? This is not all; an
earth floor is a conductor of moisture
and will draw moisture from the out
side ground, thus making it more or
less damp.
The best and the nearest to natu.
raj floor is board floor, covered with
sand or fine gravel and litter on top
of this. Having the dust bath in a
shallow box by itself, this kind OF a
floor can be easily kept clean, and the
grain can be scattered in the clean lit.
ter, thus giving the fowls exercise just
the same, besides adding a great deal
more to their health and comfort than
a filthy piece of earth. A cement
floor, although great improvement
over mother earth, is not just the
thing, as it is a conductor of both cold
and moisture and is much colder and
damper than wood, which is a non-
ductor of cold and moisture; there
fore a good, tight board floor is the
ideal floor.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
HE WANTED THE TROUSERS,
Which Accounted for His Inability
to Remove the Grease
SPOT.

A young fellow on the South side has a
negro valet, an old-fashioned southern
darky.
"Here, JEFF; want those trousers cleaned
and pressed today" he said, pointing to a
rather loud-striped garment that JEFF has
long had his eyes on.
"All right, sah," said JEFF, with sigh.
Next morning JEFF brought the trousers
back with big grease spot still prominent
on one knee.
"Can't you get that spot out?" said the
owner of the trousers. '-t- TX ~t,ss : - Z
"No, sah." -
stDid you try turpentine?"
".'Fo' de Lawd, done sacchurated 'em
wild turpentine."
"Did you try coal oil?"
"Yes, sab; po'ed quart oh lie on EN-"
'Did you try hot iron?"
"Puty nigh bu'n't 'em up!"
did you try benzine?"
"Done tried benzine an kerosene, and all
de other zines, an faint tech dat grease
spot"
"Well, did you try 'em on?" queried the
master with twinkle in his eye.
<< Eyes, !sah," replied JEFF, with alacrity,
"an' dey's a puffect fit; grease spot an all,
sab. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
Horse. WIN Not D,.appear.

!. The automobile still continues to
forge ahead, to the displacement of the
horse-on paper but nobody who is in
terested in the horse seems to be at all
disturbed. The horse has been relegated
to the shades 50 often BY the railroads,
the bicycle and electricit ty-and has so
steadily refused to disappear and be-
come memory that people are not
moved q by prophecies Of the animals dis
appearance. The horse will be with us
long after the man who is riding across
the continent in horseless carriage,
except when he is walking while his
carriage is being repaired, has been for
gotten:-Agricultural Epit
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
SHEEP VERSUS COWS.
The Contrast Between Them IL So
Great That the Difference Is
; Simply 9nmeasurable. -

The average value Of cows on the
Brighton (Mass.) market, of late has
averaged about $40; a good-sized herd,
say 80 head, would be valued at $1,000
at the above rate. For 81, 200, about 300
good, serviceable ewes for breeding hot
house lambs can be bought. Cow sta
bles are just the thing, for sheep, of
course with partitions, etc, removed.
The food that will keep one cow will
keep ten sheep, so the expense of keep
ing 30 cows and 300 sheep is about
equal. At moderate estimate the
lamb and wool of each eve will bring
So, or $50 for 10 ewes. This is far bet
ter than the returns from the average
New England cow. AS to the labor
part Of sheep rearing, there is no milk
ing, milk peddling or can cleaning.
Sheep are put in the fold in Decem-
ber. One man can look after 300 and at
tend to Is cows, too, and lie down or
rest in an easy chair in the fold half the
time and read papers, with lambs
skipping all about him, for the fold is
always warm, kept so by heat eman-
ating from the sheep, it being more
trouble to keep the fold cool enough
than warm enough, even in zero wealth
er. In going to and returning from
my country seat, and seeing dairymen
driving cows to or from pasture, then
returning home and looking across
one field from my desk window and
seeing peaceful flock Of sheep grazing
or lying in the shade, which had grown
hothouse lambs last winter, their own
er at home on general farm business,
with no thought Of the sheep only to
salt them once week, the con ntrast is
so great the difference is immeasur-
able, says DR.. Galen Wilson in an
exchanpa - '' =
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
.a anR;fngs,

HanEings.
The number of legal executions in 1899
was 131, as compared with 1O9 in 1888, 1928 in
1897 1922 in 1885, 1872 in 1895, 1872 in 1884, 126 in
in the south and 81 in the north, of whom
IS were whites, IL blacks and Indian. The
crimes for which they were executed were:
Murder. 11S: rape. II: highway robbery, 1.
s~s9 Lynchings.
It is gratifying to note that the criminal
work Of the mob murderers, notwithstand-
ing some instances of special barbarity in
Georgia, Louisiana and Kentucky, has de-
creased during 1899, being much smaller
than in any year since 1885, Judge Lynch
executed 107 persons during the year. OF
these lynchings 1O3 occurred in the south
and in the north. OF the total number "a
were negroes and % whites. 5&
Embexxlements.
The record of embezzling, forgery. de-
faulting and bank wreckage for 1899 is the
smallest ever known in any year in the
history Of business since statistics were
kept which embraces period Of q years.
The total is but $2,21S, S73, as compared with
IS, ,S51 1868 in 1898 and s11,24S,084 in 1897. The
losses are distributed as follows: ss#
Stolen by public officials .s534,457
From banks 640 S0O
BY agents 253, 2y6
ForgerleS LUZ wv
From loan associat tiohs 3.345
BY pOstmasters J. & "a, ,734
Miscellaneous stealings ....... 653,241
S Fire Losses.
The losses by fire in the United States
during 1899 aggregate $15O, ,5s7, 1865, as COM
pared with $133 467 in 1885, $12O. .O01 ,7s7 in
1897, s111S56. .067 In 1896 and in 1885
Those where the loss in each case was
slOO, 600 and upwards amounted to s7l,212.- 2
600 and the losses by smaller fires to $S4.-
725, go. !. Z. 81. .$Es &.
Among all the records Of the year 1899
NOT one stands out so conspicuously as that
Of the dona tions and bequests made for re-
ligion, educationa institutions, charity. Ii
braries, museums and galleries and to
cities for popular bene etit and entertain
ment. No year In the history OF the coun-
Try has sysreaualed The thug ,,e:
as compared with $23984 800 In 1898, $$333S,
S14 In 1881 $33 In 1896, 328 $40 In 1866
and $19,367 ,116 In 6Ss4. OF the total amount
stated above there, has been given to ednca-
Of S55, ,S5i SD Is charities, dS, S,aoe. .S7s; is Is
churches, s, ,992. 59s to museums and art
galleries. .6S6 800. and to ltbr aries. 81 0l2.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
IMPROVED sCALDING VAT.

should be used, which will cost about
$1.75 or So. It should be nailed on
with steel roofing nails. The iron ex-
tends up the sides six inches. The
ends are rounded and the iron extends
nearly to the top of the vat at the end
The handles are six inches long, three
inches wide, and are just extensions Of
the sides. Two bands of iron are need
ed across the bottom. These are fas-
tened on the sides. Old wagon tires are
used to good advantage. The vat is
used at end of sled the same as the
barrel is generally used. Two or
three armfuls of wood will be all that
is needed to scald six or eight hogs. A
trench is dug 1S inches wide and IL
inches deep under the vat the entire
length. An elbow and joint of stove
pipe are used at the end of the trench
to carry the smoke and produce a
draught. There are four hooks, two on
each side "a inches apart. Two chains
are usedto turn and lift the hogs out
of the vat by hooking one end of each
chain to the hooks on the side where
the sled is placed. Four hooks are need
ed so you can set the sled on either side
of the pan. Two men can handle the
largest hogs in this pan, and in one
half hour after you start the fire under
the pan you may begin scalding. You
need not stop to heat the water, as you
can replenish your fire under the pan
and keep the water hot as long as want
ed. Not having seen anything of this
kind in any of the farm journals I sub.
nit this so that those who wish to make
the work of butchering much shorter
may make and use one Of these at very
small cost.-E. c. Dray, in National
Stockman. II
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10

Hon. W. N Roah United States Senator From North Dakota
Hon. N Roach United States Senator North
Medicine Company written Washington
Senator Roach
aaded by friend lhape used Peruna tonic, andl am GLAD
to testify that has greatly helped in strength and appetite.
haze been advised that remarkably ecacon
the almost universal complaint of catarh.' -
Senator is
having
Address Ohio
book catarrh, written
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Noah was the original weather prognosti
Gator.
The older : man grows the less he think,
he knows. s5s
Grown people tire. Of their toys just like
children do. 3 s$s
. When = man has ! boil he IS apt to keer
his wife in hot water. So
An earthly angel is q woman that other
women never gossip about. sss.S'
Said the scleaver TO the beef: 8. 'Tis bui
meat that II should cut you. 2 s.
Woman, grammatic tically speaking, Il moi
of speech shes simply the Who'll,
GRAFTON. s.s sssSs