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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Z. II. Thompson.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Orleans, Commissioners, to receive,
of all persons against the estate of L. III.
Thompson, late of Irasburg, in said District,
deceased and all claims exhibited in Offset
thereto hereby give notice that we will meet
for the purposes aforesaid, at the Office Of
the late L. H. Thompson, in Irasburg on the
DIST dav of August, 1900, and 9Th day of Janu-
ary 1901, from O'Clock p. m. until O'Clock
D. M, each of said days, and that six months
from the 18th day of July, A. D., 1900, is the
time limited by said Court for said creditors
to present their claims to US for examina-
ton and allowance.
Dated at Irasburg, this 3Ist day OF
July, A. D., 1900.
II. F. GRAHAM. lcou,.s
1921 G. w. WHEELER, coAH =
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
The Atm Osnheric Ocean

The atmospheric ocean surrounding
the earth is frequently disturbed by
gigantic waves, which are invisible ex-
cept when they carry parts of the air
charged with moisture up into colder
atmospheric stratum, where sudden
condensation occurs In this manner
long, parallel lines of clouds some
times make their appearance at great
height, marking the crests of ripple
of air waves running miles above our
heads
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13

The japanese is a born lover of ma
ture. Whatever he produces. from the
most painstaking work of art to the
simplest household utensil, is after nat
ural models. In the representation of
figures and scenes the Japanese dis
play a perception which is astonish-
ing. With a couple of strokes of the
brush they reproduce what they see
with a truth to life which is almost
incredible.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
BIO chanan, Mich, Nav %.

GenesSee Pure Food Co.:
Gentlemen:-My mamma has been great
coffee drinker and has found it very iniuri-
Gus. Having used several packages OF your
GRAIN the drink that takes the place of
coffee, she finds it much better for herself
and for US children to drink. She has given
up coffee drinking entirely We use pack
age every week. am ten years old.
Yours respectfully, FANNIE WILLIAMS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
you WILL NEVER BE SORRY.

For living white life.
For doing your level best.
For your faith in humanity.
For being kind to the poor.
For looking before leaping.
For hearing before judging.
For being candid and frank
For thinking before speaking.
For harboring clean thoughts.
For discounting the tale bearer.
For being loyal to the preacher.
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For asking pardon when in error.
For the Influence Of high motives.
For being as courteous as duke.
For bridling slanderous tongue.
For being generous with an enemy.
For being square in business deals.
For sympathizing with the OPP
pressed.
For giving an unfortunate fellow a
lift
For being patient with cranky
neighbors.
For promptness in keeping your
promises.
For the money you have given to
missions
For putting the best possible con-
struction upon the doings of others
The Church Adcocdte.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
Serious View of 1t.

Mr.. Gaswell-I dropped a cent in the
gutter, and it has reduced me to pow
erty.
Me-. Dukane-How could you be re-
duced to poverty by the loss of a sin
gle cent?
Mr.. GasweIl-Don't you see that it
makes me Il penny-less man?-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
Pres. Censorship In China.

In Cain" tie press censorship is very
effective. Instead Of bothering about
killing an Objectionable article they kill
the editor-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
His OnIv Fear

The undaunted Corporal Caithness,
so conspicuously daring in a pinch
at the battle Of Waterloo, was asked if
he did not fear they should lose the
day.
"NO, no." said he Il knew we could
not do that. My only fear was that we
should all be killed before we had
time to win it,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
Avn Investment That Paws,

The Citizens Drug and Supply CO.. Of Mont
pelier, VT, is TO incorporate and move TO a
new and larger sore on L,ngdon street In
July. The business has grown rapidly during
the past year. a wholesale aud retail bust
ness will be done as IL is one "f the best loca-
tions in the State. The Drug business pays
good interest on the investment. n YOU
want good interest on your money, write for
particu lars.
CITIZENS DRUG AND SUPPLY CO.,
Il Montpelier, We.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
An Aspiration.

There is woe and whoa, and if woe
would only obey our whoa it would be
worth while driving = Milwaukee
Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
a Famous SUuare

These is said to be no equal in the
world to the grand and imposing
square Of Paris, the Place de la Con-
corde. On one side of it is the Tuile-
ries on the opposite side the Champs
Elysees and on third the river Seine.
In the center stands the obelisk of
Luxon, magnificent monolith of red
Egyptian granite, "A feet high and
weighing 100000 pounds. This obelisk
was one of two of the same shape and
size, erected in 1850 B. c., by Rame-
ses the Great at the entrance Of the
temple of Thebes. Mohammed Ali,
pasta of Egypt, presented it to the
French government, and in 1886 it
was removed to its present position in
the Place de Ia Concorde. The re-
mOval and erection on the new site re-
quired an outlay of 100000 and the
employment of 800 men, the obelisk
being transported to France in a YES
sci built especially for the purpose.
The Place de la COncorde is rich in
historic interest. 1t was there that the
guillotine was erected in the 'reign
of terror" after the death of Louis
XVI, and it was there that the signal
was given for the attack on the Bastille
in 1889. Louis XVI and Marie An
toinette were beheaded there in 1893,
and it was the scene Of great rejOic-
ing in 1913, when France was pro-
claimed a republic. The Place de la
Concorde has also been termed the
Place Louis XIV and Place de la Revo-
luton.
RattIesnake Poison.
''Years ago, when | was a boy at
home" said a southern man, 'an I'M
Gle Of mine, who lived near Mont
gomery, was out on his plantation one
day when he saw an enormous rattle
snake stretched in furrow of a cot
ton field. He seized a hoe lying near
by and made a pass at the monster.
At the same time it struck out at him
and broke off one Of its fangs on the
edge of the hoe blade. My uncle dis
patched the snake and then picked up
the fang and brought it to the house
as a curiosity. 1t was sharp as q
needle, and a faint yellow stain at the
tip showed where some of the virus
had exuded.
''The bit of bone lay for at least three
or four years in an ebony box on my
uncle's writing table in his study,
when one day stupid negro servant
girl, not knowing what it was, used
it to extract splinter from her thumb.
In less than an hour her whole lower
arm was swollen. and she exhibited
all the characteristic symptoms of
snake poison.
"NIy uncle had studied medicine and
by prompt measures saved the girls
life, but for some mysterious reason
gangrene subsequently appeared in her
arm, and amputation was necessary.
My uncle lost no time in burning his
murderous relic"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-13
Imported Arabian Stallion
VICTOR.

This beautiful horse stands 10 hands high
and weighs nearly 1900 pounds, His disposi-
ton is perfect and he is a fine roadster.
Foaled in June, 1892. He will be found az my
stable one mile from Glover Village.
TERMS. 500 payable when the mare
proves in foal.
Lien on colts for service fees. Mares dis
posed OF before foaling considered in foal.
2Stf w. N. ALDRICH, Glover, VT.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
WIT AVERTED A STORM.
The Capital Device of Congress-
man to Cool His Wife's
Anger.

In the seclusion of the house cloakrooms
a story is being told on western member.
There are 357 men in the house. Three hum
dred and fifty-six are hereby released from
any connection with the story. The other
man-and the other mans wife-will recog.
niZe the truth Of what is here recorded
The western member went home at a very
early hour in the morning He had made a
night of it with some friends. He knew that
his conduct would be considered reprehens-
bic by his better half and so as he ascended
the steps of his modest home he racked his
brain for some plan to avert the lady S
wrath. As he entered the hall he saw an
umbrella. Instantly it occurred to him that
the umbrella might be his salvation.
He carried the umbrella upstairs. Seating
himself on a chair IN the corner of the bed
room, he raised the rain guard over his head
and then coughed loudly. His wife awoke
and saw in the dim gasight her liege lord
sitting solemnly under the raised umbrella.
What are you doing?" she asked in nat
ural surprise.
"It is three o'clock, my dear" said he,
"and ] am waiting for the storm"
The congressman's ready wit saved him
from a Caudle lecture. He is worrying now,
however, to find an equally effective act for
the next time he stays out late.-Washing-
ton Post
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
SENATOR GEORGE G. VEST.

the republican party and its individ-
ual leaders in a vehement manner.
After his speech was concluded he
was in the senate restaurant with Sem
ator Davis of Minnesota, who said:
west, you spoke so earnestly that |
rather expected YOU to bring on "A regi-
ment of confederate veterans and whip
all the Yankees on earth" Senator
Vest smiled and replied: Il think
at all the Yankees on earth ought
have been whipped, but you we're
many for u.s."
In the course of his speech, Senator
Vest said: Because / was a member
of the confederate congress | have
held my tongue during all these wears
while extravagant pension appropria-
tons have been made, and | can hold
my peace no longer. You are taking
money out of the treasury to catch the
soldier vote, and il is not right. | am
ready to vote pensions to all union
soldiers who were wounded or who
suffer from disease because of their
ser -ce for their country, but | am
opposed to indiscciminate pension leg
islation for the purpose of politically
catching the soldier vote, and | shall
vote against this bill"
Senator ingalls, of Kansas, referred
to above, originally came to congress
with credentials which were regarded
as questionable. Considerable money
had been used in the Kansas legisla-
ture to promote the reelection of Sen
ator Pomeroy, who was defeated. and
ingalls, elected to his place. Senator
Vest knew this, and he used the fact
with telling effect one day. Senator
Vest knew facts covering so many in
cidcnts, and was 50 ready to use them,
that other debaters were chary of
wrangling with him. On one occa-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
WHAT A FORMER AMERICAN
SAYS.
Doubled Their Cultivated Lands and
More Than Doubled Their
Stock.

The following letter written by Mr.
John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, Al
berta, Canada, formerly of Washing
ton, to a friend in the United States is
only one of a hundred similar cases,
and what was done by Mr.. Cummings
can more easily be done to-day by any
good, sober and industrious farmer who
chooses to make his home in the Do
minion.
Dear Sir:
You want to know how got along
since | came into Northern Alberta.
am happy to inform you that am not
ashamed to tell.
We located five mites northeast of
Wetaskiwin; left Pennington, Wash
ington, on the goth of May, driving all
the way.
We had time to build our log house
the first fall and to make US comfort
able for the family and stock. We then
built four stables 1SX20 inside, so that
we could put everything inside them
when the cold got down to the fifties,
and worked hard getting up the stable
and got through clubbing on the 1st
December, but to our surprise we had
no use for the stables only for the milk
COW and two span of horses. The bal
ance of the horses lived on the prai-
rie all winter and took care of them
selves. The doors of two stables were
left open for them to go into in a cold
time, but they would not do it, but
stayed out on the prairie the coolest
night we had, and looked as spry as
crickets.
l can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. / know all of
their circumstances. Every one of
them have doubled their cultivated land
and doubled their animals, and great
deal more. All of us are comparative
ly out of debt and an unusually big
crop to thresh and prospects of fair
price, and l expect we are as well con-
tented lot of people as there are from
Florida to the Klondilie.
My son bought two pounds of twine
to the acre, and when we started to bind
some barley, we found that instead of
taking two pounds to the acre, it was
taking nearly five pounds. Then you
ought to have seen him hitch up team
and make for town for 100 lbs. more.
L cannot say how it will thresh. All I
can say is that it is well headed and
takes an enormous amount of twine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
VEST WILL RETIRE.
Senior Senator from Missouri Not
Candidate for Reelection.
He Has Served the Nation Faithfully
and Well, and Has Made Many
Friends Among His PoIit-
icaI Opponents.
Especial Washington Letter.l


1t is better to give flowers to the
living than to strew them upon
the graves of the dead. 1t is bet
ter to build monuments of love
and appreciation in the hearts OF
the living than to erect monuments to
the dead. Therefore it is not improp-
er, while Senator George Graham Vest
temptation of his life brings to mem
ory the words of Longfellow:
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
Senator Vest is now in his SEVENTEEN
year, and has publicly announced that
he will retire from public life at the
conclusion of his present term in the
senate, which will expire on March 3,
1903. His career has been wonderful
and fully warrants the use of the lines
of Longfellow just quoted. lie has
been a great lawyer, a great orator,
a great legislator, a brilliant dcbater,
and will leave upon the congressional
records the impress of genius and
wonderful intellectual requirements.
W lNi AO'hhtOl iiS VI iN'i''"'
was regarded as the most capable de-
batter and orator on the republican
side OF the senate, he said to the mar
rator: q have perfect self-contidence
and am ready to meet any senator in
debate, believing that | can hold my
own. But | do not intend to seek any
controversy with Vest. There is a
man who is so fully equipped upon
all subjects that he would keep any
antagonist busy keeping track of his
interrogation points y
Senator Vest is a small man, physic-
ally, being only five feet four inches in
height. His neck is short, and his
head is so close to his shoulders that
he always had the appearance of be-
ing slightly stoop shouldered. His
health has failed during the past year,
and hence he is rather slender, al
though formerly ne was rather heavy
for man of his weight. His voice is
pitched in the upper register, and if
he had been a singer tenor would have
been his part. In uttering vehement
ly his views on national affairs his
voice is sometimes exceedingly shrill,
and yet not unpleasant.
The friendships of public men would
surprise the plain people of the land
who seldom have opportunity to see
their distinguished representatives
and senator's gathered together in the
national capital. Although Senator
Vest has been one of the most sareas-
tic and drastic orators on the demo-
cratic side of the senate chamber for
well-nigh a quarter of century, some
OF his warmest personal friends have
been republicans. Senators Conkling
of New York, Blaine of Maine. Malone
of Virginia, Quay of Pennsylvania, AL
lison of Iowa, SPConer of Wisconsin,
Davis of Minnesota, and Hanna of
Ohio, have enjoyed social intimacy
with Senator Vest, and all of them
hold him in affectionate regard.
During the spring of 1892. just be-
fore the national conventions were
held, it was the good fortune of the
writer to hear an eXtemporaneous
speech from Senator Vest on pend
ing pension bill. in which he attacked
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15

| 1t must and shall be preserved in all
! its beauty, just as it was placed there
! by the hand of God; and one day ii will
be a health resort where valuable lives
may be prolonged. No vandal hands
shall mar it for commercial purposes"
The great congressional library
! building had in Senator Vest one of its
original and answering champions.
| Senators Voorhees,, of Indiana, and
! Morrill, of Vermont, also champiored
the congressional library bill. Both of
! them have gone before, and Senator
| Vest gave them credit for their work
| in this regard in delivering eulogies
upon them in the senate chamber. Sem
ator Morrill, lived to be s5 years old, and
il alluding to that fact Senator Vest
quoted these lines of Shakespeare:
Let me not live
| After my flame lacks oil, to be the snufr
OF younger spirits whose apprehensive
senses
All but new things disdain."
lie will have his wish unless his
health shall mend, and when his time
shall come there will pass from the po-
ltical arena and from the forum of leg
islation one of the abIest and noblest
of them all. Although gifted with
superior talents, Senator Vest pos
sessed eminently the genius of labor.
During his entire career, even in young
manhood, he was a student, a close in
quirer into details of law and fact. He
possessed concentration, or oneness of
aim. He always believed that the tai
ent of success consisted in doing well
whatever was undertaken, without
thought of fame. lie never believed
in good or bad luck, but said: 1.-The
lucky dog is the one that hunts for the
bones; and hunts till he gets them
Personally honest, Senator Vest al
ways believed in honesty by the gov
ernment in all of it's dealings. He once
said: sour people take pride in the
fact that the national debt was paid
after the civil war. As a matter of
fact the national debt has never been
paid, and never will be. The rich men
who loaned money to the government
have received their money back again,
and with interest. But the poor peo-
pie who have claims against the govern
ment cannot get justice. Year after
year they come to the congress begging
that bills may be passed, giving them
their just dues. But their bills are
never passed. They hope on and hope
ever until they die in poverty because
the government will not be honest with
them. If all of the just claims against
the government were paid, it would
take $500,000,O00, and maybe $1,000
600"
Patience is a virtue possessed by few
public men after they have once firm
ly secured exalted position. But until
this day, while he is aging and some
what feeble, Senator Vest has the pa
thence to listen to the cause of every
man who requires his attention or be-
ieves that he can give him aid He
has always claimed that a public serv-
ant should be a willing servant of the
public, and that every citizen has a
right to expect willing service from
every senator, representative or other |
officer of the government.
Senator Vest has been a superior leg
islator, a typical senator and a typical
American citizen. SMITH d. FRY. |
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
HOw,s This{

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, ard believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15

| sion Senator ingalls, sarcastically al.
luded to the former service of Senator
! Vest in the confederate congress, and
the little MissourIan instantly retort-
ed: But it never happened to me to
have my credentials questioned in this
or any other body"
In the senate corridor one day last
week the senator said to the corre-
spondent: II am the sole surviving
member of the confederate senate. All
of the Others have died, one after an
other. There are only eight members
of the United States senate who served
in this body when | came here, who
are now living. Death works with en-
ergy and pertinacity. The grim reap
er will soon claim me also; and | am
ready to meet him at any moment"
During the past 20 years numerous
corporations have insistently endeav-
ored to secure rights of way for rail-
roads in the Yellowstone national
park, and Senator Vest has been the
most faithful guardian of that won
dcrful reservation. On one occasion,
when urged to permit an electric line
to be run across the northeastern cor
ner of the park, Senator Vest said:
''While | live not a single mile of
rails shall be laid in that park, because
a precedent would be formed, and the
park would be destroyed in genera
ton. People go to Europe to see the
well advertised beauties of nature
there. But the Yellowstone national
park is the greatest and most wonder
full creation on the face of this earth.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
Called II Down.

"You want a decollete shave, presume"
remarked the funny barber, as the dudelet
climbed into the chair.
"Aw-beg pardon" said the youth, "but
weally, | aw-fal to comprehend"
That's French for cutting down." an
swered the knight of the razor, with grin
on his mug.-Chicago Evening News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
NOVELTIES FOR SMOKERS.

A handsome pipe Of meerschaum is
mounted in gold and set with small
precious stones. The stem Is of ivory
and the tip of amber.
An appropriate gift for a gentleman
is combination tobacco box and match
safe. 1t is of silver, gilt, and the lid is
enameled and set with semiprecious
stones.
A handsome cigar case of silver gilt
has a finish which resembles pigskin.
The case is slightly curved so as to fit
the pocket snugly. Rubies are freely
used In ting the case.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15

to grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long desired sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
and appearance of the best coffee at the
price. 1t is a genuine and scientific article
and is come to stay 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain.O.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15

Mrs. Gillian-Now, Mrs. Wyckoff, we
really must say good-by. Dear, while
you put your overcoat on want to tell
Mrs. Wyclloff a secret.
Mr.. Gillian-All right. I'll just GO
and get my hair cut and meet you at
the corner.-N. Y. Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15
a Side Show,

The gentlemen engaged in spreading a
knowledge of the Pan-American exposition
In Buffalo in the year 1901 have certainly
sufficient idea of its importance. They speak
OF the cataract of Niagara falls as an "acces.
aory attraction .'-Western Elcctrician
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-02-15

At the fork of the road, before choosing his
track,
He will question and daily and wonder;
Bat when once in the wrong way. beyond
going back,
H. chafes to have made such a blunder
At rne hour of decision his cleverness flies,
But his next days wisdom is always SO
wise.
-IudRa