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Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
Free Rural Delivery.

A vigorous plea for rural free de-
livery Is made In the first annual re-
port of First Assistant Postmaster
General Perry s. Heath, which was
made public recently.
Mr. Heath says the service 10 far
has resulted In increased postal re-
celpts, enhancement OF the value OF
hrm lands reached by rural free de-
livery OF from 81 to SO an acre, a gen.
eral Improvement Of the condition OF
the roads traversed by the rural car
riers, better prices for farm products,
the producers being brought into daily
touch with the state OF the markets;
besides educational benefits conferred
by relieving the monotony Of farm life
through ready access to wholesome lit
erature and knowledge Of current
events.
On Nov. rural free delivery was In
successful operation over 1888 circuits,
radlatlng over forty states and ono
territory, Idaho, Wyoming Mississippi
and Montana being the only states un-
represented
Between the beginning Of the new
fiscal year, July /, 1899, and Nov, !,
at an additional expenditure OF Sl50,000,
rural free delivery has been extended
to nearly 10000 persons at an annual
cost OF about 81 cents per capita,
against an average per capita cost Of
$3.50 in small towns Of 5000 popula-
ton. \
1T Is small matter to q resident
Of town." says the report, ITO bo
saved a walk Of a few hundred yards
to the postofIicc, while, on the con-
trary, 1t is n great accommodation to
the farmer to be spared drive Of Ave
or ten miles over country roads to get
his mail. In n recent public discussion
advocates of the system, who placed
the value OF the time thus lost In tho
busy farming season at only 80 cents
per head, found that their figures ran
up into many millions OF dollars lost
to the agricultural interests through
being obliged to send to the village
for the malls"
Rural carriers are shortly to be au"
thorlzed to receive and receipt for let
ters for registration as city carriers
now do.
The report recommends the adop-
ton OF some uniform style Of mall
box for the rural free delivery service.
These boxes are to be put up and kept
In repair by the postoflce department.
for rental at moderate prices WHICH
would not only pay the government in-
terest on Its investment, but yield q
revenue. The rural mail boxes would
thus have thrown around them the un-
disputed protection Of the United
States laws.
BY illustration It Is shown that the
rural service at West Chester, Pa, not
only paid for itself, but left In the nine
months Of Its operation up to Sept 80
a balance Of $593, after delivering
155,SO5 pieces Of mail matter at the
doors Of the farmers. The reports Of
hostility Of postmasters and from star
route contractors is dismissed as hav-
ing no substantial grounds. A modin-
cation of the postal laws is recon-
mended to permit star route messen-
gers under special appointment and
oath to perform rural free delivery SER
vice.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

Captain, what do you thlnk?" I asked,
"oi the part your soldiers playT
The captain answered: Il do not
think
do not thlnk-I obey"
DO you think you should shoot q
patriot down
And help tyrant slay?"
The captain answered: II do not
think
do not think-I obey"
DO you think that your conscience
was meant to die
And your brains to rot away "
The captain answered: II do not
think
do not think l obey"
"Then, II this Is your soldiers CODE"
cried,
you're q mean, unmanly crew,
And with all your feathers and gil. and
braid
lam more OF a man than you.
For whatever my lot on earth may
be,
And whether I swim or sink,
I can say with pride, do not obey
| do not obey-I think!"
Ernest II. Crosby In Conservator.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
How Sho nMenrA.

The charming little daughter OF .
Washington newspaper man, In COM
mon with the majority Of attractive
children, has a very healthy temper
of her own, and occasionally feels
deeply the need Of words strong
enough to express her feelings when
things 90 awry. The father OF this
small maiden never uses Improper
language"--at least not In the pres
ence OF his cherished daughter--and
so, while the baby possesses an extra
ordinarily extensive vocabulary for ono
of her years, she has found 1t neces-
sary to originate for herself expletlves
sufficiently emphatic to do justice to
her state of mind in certain cases.
These anathemas she has arranged In
a carefully graded scale which seldom
varies. When trying occasion ar
rlves she flies to a secluded spot, pref
erably tho sheltered corner created BY
the nearest open door, and there sho
stamps her tiny foot and calculates,
Bugs! Worms!" When her soul II
tried to an unusual degree she adds,
"Snalls!" But her most frightful male
dictlon Is reserved for seasons OF ex-
ceptional aggravation, and Is accom-
panied by several energetic stamps OF
her foot, with especial emphasis, she
pronounces the horrld word "Caterpil-
lars!"-than which this mite OF n
woman can conceive of nothing more
horrible. Washington Post
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

It is averred that the Beers are
chiefly responsible for the threatened
extinction of the giraffe In South
Africa. The giraffe is hunted for its
skin, which is extraordinarily thick
and tough. Specimens are sometimes
an inch thick, and bullets often fail to
penetrate 1t. Owing to the toughness
of its skin, the giraffe can break Its
way through thorny thickets which
hunters with horses are unable to
penetrate The giraffe was formerly
very abundant In South Africa, but
now It has become very scarce there,
and efforts are being made to protect
1t by legislation. The Beers have also
practically exterminated the lion In
their country. 1t is said they killed
5000 lions during the settlement Of the
Transvaal.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

tiles. There was seldom a rush about
anything, because the facilities for
rushing were not 80 numerous as they
are today. There were no railroads
when l was a boy, no telegraph, no
telephone, no sIx-day ocean steamers
Everything necessarily was on slow
er scale. Mems nerves were not con-
stantly strainlng, and the anxieties OF
a week were, not so great as the anxi-
etIes OF q day are now.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
ADVANCE IN PRICES.

The following communication from
a stove concern of Chicago to Its Gus
toners explains Itself "Since the last
advance In prices Of stoves there has
been n continual Increase in the cost
of all materials, including about five
dollars per ton on pig iron, and corre-
spending advances on other raw mate
rials. There has also been q shorten
ing OF terms on most Of the staples to
thirty days, with either one per cent
or no discount for cash, Materials we
use largely have advanced since last
summer as follows:
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

Army and Sugar Mules,-A good
mule suitable for the army or to meet
the demand for sugar mules will al
ways bring good price. To do such
work as the mere hard hauling Of
army supplies, or to labor in the fields
under the direction Of plantation
negro who don't know enough to take
care OF a horse, he has his advantages.
Anywhere else, however, the horse is
preferable. In the hands Of an in
telligent farmer a good horse ought to
be good brood mare rather than a
non-producing mule. While the good
mule will bring a good price, a good
draft horse, equally excellent of his
kind, will bring better figure. On
the farms managed by intelligent
farmers, therefore, there is scarcely
a question about which Of the two
should be kept.-Live Stock Indicator.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

Gates He was like the people who de-
termined to kill off all chickens as be-
Ing troublesome and to use eggs in
their place as q food.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

Hanna. These combinations are mo-
nopolies in the fullest sense. They
hold the producers Of raw materials,
the laborers and the consumers by tho
throat Their purpose Is to fleece the
people to swell their Golfers. The only
thing about them that Is experimental
is to what extent the American people
will stand abuse before they will re-
volt and strangle these MONSTERS
National Watchman.
Our government may be "the best on
earth;" but perhaps 1t will be admit
ted that the government Of heaven Is
quite as good, yet there is no record
that God ever deemed 1t expedlent or
right to force heavens government on
any people who didn't want 1t. But
possibly commencing the example Of
God to our rulers Is treason, and II so
1t is hoped that this paragraph will be
regarded as not having been written
Farm. Stock and Home.
Now / understand It ALL" said the
farmer. "By our industry we have pro-
duced more than we could consume,
and by our extravaganza we have con-
sumed more than we could produce.
No wonder we are In q pickle. ."-Hu-
manlty.
A nation wealthy enough to con-
tribute to the running expenses OF a
harem In the Orient should not permit
starvation wages to be paid at home.
This sentiment of a coal miner Ia
justified. While hard coal Is selling
at 80 per ton the miner has to strike
In order to obtain seventy-fve cents
for digging 1t. There Is no sign OF any
prosperity in that. There may be any
amount Of 1t for the corporation which
receives so for each ton dug up at an
expense Of seventy-five cent?, but there
is none for the numerous and hard
worked diggers.- Post.
Mr.. John Bull may find solace in the
fact that he is not the only ono who
Is suffering from cramps In his benevo-
lent assimilation department.-Worlu-
Herald, Omaha,
The horseless carriage. the brainless
man, the Goddess world, and wireless
telegraphy are startling contempo-
raries.-E'laming Sword.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
OUR SOUND MONEY" q"
A PANIC TRAP 10 ALWAYS
eE'r.

Secretary of the TreaIury Gage EmptleS
the United statos Treasury Into Wall
Btrest at tho Command OF tho Panic
AIOngera.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

The rise In price Of beef has stimu-
lated the breeding Of that kind Of
stock, and has at the same time cut
of part OF the supply for the slaugh-
ter houses.
One dram, or sixty drops, makes q
teaspoonful.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04
Per cent

"These advances in stove materials
average over 100 per cent There seems
to be no possibility Of reductions for
some time to come; therefore we find
1t necessary at this time to make an
other advance Of five per cent In prices
Of stoves, and tho changing OF terms
to those usual In other lines Of trade,
viz: Sixty days, 2 per cent discount
for cash, ten days. These changes take
effect Immediately. We take this OPP
portunity to thank our customers for
the large volume of trade with which
they have favored us this year, and
we hope to merit your continued good
will by giving you the most salable
goods at reasonable prices and a con-
tinuance OF our liberal advertising
methods. With best wishes for pros
porous year, we beg to remain, yours
very respectfully"
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-04

But Gage headed of the panic last
week. VIII he do so after the next
election II he and his chief should be
elected for another term? What a
condition for great people to vote
upon themselves! And those gold-only
'dupes are seriously and anxiously de-
batting their latest Issue. ARE the Fill
ipinos capable of selr-government?"
JOHN H. CHERRY,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
PRESENCE OF MIND.
1t Saved q Life and Trapped the
Would Be Assassin.

A writer on Klondike customs and
dangers says in The Independent that
there is here, as everywhere, a class of
eX-criminals whom the lone voyager
must guard against.
Last year, he says, the man who
went out with the first mail, after the
closing of the river, fell in with trav-
eler, hungry and cold stumbling along
the unbroken trail. The messenger
took pity on him, shared his food with
him, made a fire and warmed his half
frozen body.
All day they travelled over the ice,
and at night the messenger made the
man lie down to sleep, while he watch
ed, to scare the wolves away and keep
the fire burning. 1t was long past mid
night when he woke the sleeper and
asked him to watch, so that he himself
might snatch a nap before setting out
again on the long journey.
The messenger was sleeping soundly
when he was startled by blow on the
head. He leaped up and was terrified
to find that his companion was stand
ing over him, striking at him with an
ak.
The messenger dropped to one side
and threw off his sleeping robe and the
fur cap that had saved his life. Then
the would be murderer was plainly en-
barrassed. To be sure, he had the ak,
but it is not so easy to kill a man when
he is looking. He hesitated, and in
that second the messenger conceived
brilliant thought.
"Ah, poor old chapv' said he pathet-
ically as one conciliates a snarling dog.
"Cold and hunger have driven him era
Typ
The man let the ak fall. He almost
smiled. It was so we'll to be out of
nasty job! Yes; he would be crazy.
Appearing to forget the matter, he left
the ak where it had fallen and began
to rummage in the grub sack. The
dogs awoke, and the two men break
tasted and started hong before the
dawn. That day the messenger car
ried the AK and insisted that the mad
man should walk in front.
At the next mounted police station
the man, much to his surprise, was
handed over to the officer in charge.
Now his efforts to play crazy were a
sad failure. He was taken to Dawson,
tried and sentenced to IA years impris-
Onment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Administrators Sale.

Auction Sale of all the Real Estate owned by
the late II. M. Walker, In the town OF She field
in the County of Caledonia, consisting of two
lots OF land situated on the road leading from
Road, IL Being mostly pasture ianu-two
pastures, one of 65 acres and one OF $50 acres,
also one dwelling house and p acres OF land
in the town of Glover, in Orleans County,
situated on said above described road, and
now occupied by w. Basford, and said prop
bidder, at the house occupied by the said
Basford, on Tuesday, May IS, 1900 at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Also Brood Mare years old, known as
the Ray Mare, unless sold before, weight
1000 pounds; stands l6l6; color, chestnut.
TERMS made known on day OF sale.
E.A. NORTON, Administrator,
1920 Glover, VI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Joseph Owens Will.

CTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
- SIS. In Probate Court, held at Newport
in said District on the 18th day of April,
A. D. 1900.
An instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Joseph Owen, late
of Barton, in said District, deceased, being
presented to the Court by e. +. Dutton,
the Executor therein named for Probate:
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons
concerned therein be notified to appear at a
session of said Court, to be held at B. f. ID.
Carpenter Office at Barron Landing, in said
District, the 18th day of May "A. D., 1900 and
show cause, if any they may have, against
the Probate of said Will:
For which purpose, it is further ordered
that a copy of this record of this order be pub
lished three weeks successfully in the Or
leans County Monitor, printed at said Bar
ton, previous to said time appointed for
hearing.
By the Court-Attest,
1920 R. w. SPEAR, Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
JOAQUIN MILLER.
Explanation of Some Queer Ways of
the Poet of the Sierras.

Explanation of Some Queer Ways of
the Poet of the Sierras.
Joaquin Miller, being a real poet, is
privileged to be unique if he pleases,
and he has always pleased to cultivate
as many harmless idiosyncrasies as he
had time for, aside from dashing off a
gem of poetry now and then. He in
sists that there is method in most of
his madneSS-for instance, his long hair
and flowing beard hide ugly scars made
by a red mans arrow long ago. He
has always been noted for handwriting
more illegible even than that of Hor-
ace Greeley. He started for the Klon-
dixie with the first of 1897 in the capac
ity of correspondent for a San Fran
cisco newspaper and a number of east
ern periodicals.
This last detail seems to be partly
confirmed by a story that has reached
Don Francisco Moreno, the director Of
the Plata museum, of the fresh foot
prints of a bearlike animal recently OBJ
served in the forests of southern Pata-
gonia whose feet were evidently web
bed.
The most curious part of the story is
that which connects the jemisch with
the fossil remains of the grypotherium
recently found and taken to England.
The Indians showed to Don Carlos
Ameghino what they said was a piece
of the skin of the jemisch. In it were
imbedded little "ossicles'' similar to
those that occur on the hide of the fos-
sill grypotherium. If the water tiger
carries a horny armor over its hide, no
wonder IL he is invulnerable to the
attacks of the Indians.
Don Francisco Moreno declares that
the fossil hide he found is like that of
the hide of the jemisch, according to
the stories of the natives. The ques-
ton remains, What is the jemisch? Is
it sloth, bear, a water tiger or mere
ly an Indian bogie beast, and did the
piece of skin shown to Don Carlos real
ly belong to a monster of the glacial
epoch or to a modern animal? Here is
a chance for a zOologist to make some
interesting researches.-New York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
John G.. Pages Estate.

CTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
- IS. In Probate Court, held at Newport
in said District, on the 26th day OF April
A. D., 1910.
E. G.. Collision, Administrator of the
estate of John &. Page, late of Barton, in
said district deceased, makes application for
license to sell the real estate of said deceased,
described follows. to wit:
Being two Building Lots in the o. d. Owen
addition, known as Lots Nos and IA in the
village of Barton in said town of Barton, in
Guiding the rights of the widow of said de-
ceased, therein repr ssenting that a sale would
be beneficial to the heirs and all persons in
terested therein to sell and convert said es-
tate into money.
whereupon, it is ordered by said Court,
that said accoun It and said application be re-
ferred to a session thereof, to be held at the
Probate Office in said Newport, on the 10th
day of May, A. D., 1900, for hearing and decis-
ion thereon.
And, it is further ordered that notice hereof
be given to all persons interested, by publi-
cation of the same three wee ks successfully
in the Orleans County Monitor, a newspaper
published at Barton, VC..previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause, IL any
they may have, why said license should not
be granted.
By the Court-Attest,
10 20 F. e. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Eliza III. Merrill's Will.

OSTATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
- SIS. In Probate Court, held at Barton,
in said District, on the 10th day of April,
A. d. 1900, an instrument purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of Eliza IL. Merrill,
being presented toiathe Court by George
Merrill, the custod n thereof for Pro-
bate: 1t is ordered by said Court, that
all persons concerned therein be notified to
appear at a session of said Court, to be
held at B. F. d. arpenter's Office at Barton
Landing, on the 18th day of May, A. D.. 1900,
and show cause, if any they may have,
against the Probate of said Will:
For which purpose, it is further ordered that
a copy of this record of this order be published
three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, printed at Barton, VT, pre-
vious to said time appointed for hearing.
BY the Court-Attest,
1920 f. e. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Estate of James A. Grove,
of Glover.

STATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT,
- SIS. In Probate Court, held at Newport,
in said District, on the 1st day of May,
A. D., 1900.
N. A. Norton, administrator of the es-
tate of James A. Grove, late of Glover,
in said district, deceased, presents his
administration account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for de-
of distribution and partition of the
estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court,
that said account and said application be
referred to a session thereof, to be held at
the Probate Office in said Newport, on the
23rd day of May, A. D., 1900, at 1 O'Clock
p. m, for hearing and decision thereon.
And, it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons inter
ested, by publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the Orleans County Monitor,
a newspaper published at Barton, previous to
said time appointed for hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause, if any they may have, why said
account should not be allowed, and such de-
cree made.
By - Court Attest,
1921 F. E. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Thomas J. Ruins Estate.

CTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ORLEANS
Sss. In Probate Court, held at Newport, in
said District, on the 26th day of April, A. D.,
800
w. w. Rowell, administrator of the estate
of Thomas j. Ruin, late of Albany in said
district deceased, makes application for Ii
cense to sell the real estate of said deceased,
described follows, to wit:
Being the late home farm OF said deceased.
occupied by said deceased as his homestead
at his decease, situated in said Albany, rep
resenting that q sale thereof is necessary to
pay the debts proved against said estate and
administration expenses.
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court that
said application be referred to a session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in
Newport, on the 18th day OF May, A. D., 1900,
for hearing and decision theTeon:
And, it is further ordered that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks success
lively in the Orleans County Monitor, news
paper published at Barton, previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at saio time and place, and show
cause, If any they may have, why said license
should not be granted.
By the Court Attest,
1920 F. e. ALFRED, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
Easily Removed.

The courtier Frustrated himself be-
fore the dowager empress.
"What have you learned concerning
this reformer Ting Foo Ping?" inquir-
ed the grand old woman.
81 have learned, your imperial inef-
liability, that he is a man of dangerous
popularity whom it would be well to
let alone"
''You think it safer, Ell? And why?"
Because, madam, he has a wise
young head ON his shoulders
The empress laughed contemptuous-
ly.
''Bahv' she said. 81 can easily re-
move that objectionv'
And. turning slightly, she beckoned
to the imperial MISUNDERSTANDING
Plain Dealer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of Charles Marston.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate of Iharles Marston,
late of Barton, in said district deceased, and
all claims exhibited in Offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet for the purpos-
es aforesaid at b. ID. Carpenters Office,
on the 18th day of May and oath day of
October next, from 1 O'Clock p. m. until 4
O'Clock p. M, each of said days, and that 8
months from the 18th day of April,
A. D., 1900, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Barton Landing, VT, this 26th
day of April, A. D., 1900.
@. N. LEONARD, lCo,,r,s
1920 L. M. CLEMENT, Nomrs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14

The venerable Judge Jackson of the
United States circuit cort at Wheeling
expressed a pessimistic view of the
state of the public morals in charging
a jury the other day. "My experience
on the bench" he said, "has not been
limited one, and regret to say that
crime in this country is on the increase.
I am unable to determine whether it is
a result of increasing population or of
the lowering Of the standard of public
morality"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-05-14

Registered. Standard. Foaled May "a, 1850
Will make the season of 1900 al
VIM. III. FARR's STABLE,
One half nm file West NJ Craftsburv VaTIag,