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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-27

on California st. in a palace large
enough for a New York hotel; the
bronze fence around this mansion is
said to bave cost $40, 900. In all the
history of sudden wealth there is
none to equal the story of these four
Bonanza Kings" They were all
poor men and without educat ion, but
that they had brains has been proven
by the mastery manner in which they
cared for the immense fortunes SO
suddenly made.
Respectfully Yours,
Fl. F. PILLsBURY.
South Barton, Vt, Mag 18th, 1901.
The above letter is the last we shall
receive from Mr.. Pillsbury and we
believe that every reader of the Mon
ITOR will Join with US in extending
thanks to him for his kindness in
sending these letters which have been
followed with great interest by the
patrons of the paper. We have heard
many words of appreciation on every
side and one reader who was follow
ing the letters very closely suggested
that the patrons of the MONITOR
would be pleased to meet all expenses
if Mr.. Pillsbury would continue his
travels and also the interesting de-
scriptions of the same. The MONITOR
readers will be pleased to know that
Mr.. Pillsbury, who was suffering from
the effects of the grip when he reach
ed Barton, is now feeling much better,
and all will wish him happy time at
his pleasant summer home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-05-27
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
w l. JACOBS,
BARTON. VT.

Terms-wHEN PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
I.50 ear.
Keep your subscriptions in advance. Re-
init by Post Office Order, Registered Letter
or Draft.
Watch the label on yottr paper to see u
proper credits are made, and keep your sub
scriptions in Advance.
state where your paper is nOt0 sent.
Rates of Advertising made known on ap-
1ication. All cuts must have metal body.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

IL j. Il weil-kaown fact that some
farmers grow twice as many bushels
per acre. or twice a. many pounds.
or tons a. the eas- may b.. as many
Others do Is IL luck that enables
them TO do this Don't you believe IL.
or If you do. believe also that the man
who knows how to do this Is lucky
in his knowledge 1t Is all in know
ing how and doing IT, Would il not
he good idea TO set about finding oct
the true secret of good crops and
adopt the same general PLAN No
farmer should permit a neighbor 70
make better crops that he does with
out having an Investigation While
our representatives are developing /.
mania for investigating every chip
under which possible bug NAV be in
hiding. let farmers start a general in
veStigstion of the methods of tho~e
who persist in making better erops
than the average. and keep IL up wear
after year. as if merely to humiliate
heir less successful neighborx-
Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

II is gratifying fact that our
farmers are giving more and more
attention to reading and study.
Book Farming i not derided as
formerly This IS hopeful sign Ii is
encouraging and pleasant to known
that thought and intelligence direct
and control orr country people more
than ever before Farmers sons and
daughters have scceSs to more read
ing m=tter than their parents had
when young. and people who form the
reading and investigating habit make
more intelligent and better citizens
and are better prepared for life's du-
tie and conflict than Markham-s
stupid Man with the Hoe whom he
describes a brother to the OK Not
long ago cur farmers. in too large
numbers. failed to subscribe for. and
TO read their local county papers. and
depended Upon hear-say. not reading.
TO learn the price for their cotton,
butter poultry, vegetables. and other
farm products \ purely agricultural
paper was too seldom seen on the
farmers table and he farmed by ira
dition. as his father did, with no as
piration to improve. to do better.
County newspapers are now clubbed
with good farm papers. and Georgia
farms are rarely found that have an
owner 50 close or 50 misguided a. 10
have no papers TO read and discuss
when the days work Is done. or al
the noontime rest. The farmers who
love their children are willing "a
brighten their homes and cheer and
improve their wives and ehiIderu-s
minds by subscribing for one OF
more papers Those farmers who sail
to provide reading matter are rust.
ing out and sacrificing the intelli.
genee and happiness of their families
The monotonoCs. grinding routine oil
daily duties on the part of farmers
wives requires and deserves rest and
relaxation mental change and i'm
proxemenf. I.ooks and papers ars
what they need Let them keep post
I'd on passing events. and in toucf
with current thought They must i'm
prove. grow. progress. or they vii
rust and degenerate We hail with JOY
the sight Of books and newspapers il
our farmers homeS--Kobert Z Park
in Dixie Farmer
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

The genuine deliberations Of the
stamps of the Ionian isles consist of
Corfu at the top between two lines
Of double circle. france in an oval
with sharp ends. and pen strokes
The highly-colored labels of various
Central AID South American republics,
known in the phiIatelic world as See
beckx. add no value to q collection
These stamps are ciassed among the
speculative issues
The stamps of Cuba used PROVISIONAL
" in the Philippines during the first
quarter oi 1850 can be distinguished
from those used in Cuba only BY the
cancellation IL was the Cuban issue
of ISIS that was impressed for this
service
The frs; considerations for . beausi-
full Philztelie collection is the sfamps
themselves. and the second is their ar
rsngement in the album Badly en-
tered. forn or heavily cancelled stamps
should by all means b. avoided Be
sides being practically worthless. they
spoil the beauty Of any collection
The beginner who tries TO get as
many stamps as possible without re-
gard 10 their arrangement in sets
makes a great mistake In selling a
collection a complete set of stamps
would sell for third or half as much
more than the same catalogue value OF
single stamps To have one complete
set OF each of ten different countries
Is much mere desirable than 10 ovn
800 stamps with oniy two or three to .
country
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
RAILWAY RUMBLE

Denmark has . government r1il.
road system of l,i67 miles and S.
miles Of private railroads
Another 100000 is to be expended
in Chicago in elevafing = railroad.
the Chicago & Western Indiana
Railroad companies in Mexico have
paid agents instructing Mexicznx how
to Use agricultural implements
The railroads are unable 10 supply
cars fast enough at Lake Erie ports
to prevent iron ore accommodating
Ihe Austrian government railroad
has to-day n net mileage OF almost
ga miles; that OF Hungary about
ala
German experts have aseertzined
that railway rails 6eteriorz-e sooner
IN tunnels than elsewhere because oil
the effect of inJarssz< gases
Belgium in ISIS. throaxh the pur
chase Of the Grz,6 Central Beige and
some minor private reads. b<eznne the
Posses>or of the whole Belgian rail
rad system
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

lures living Organisms Of the vers-
table and animal world and in apply
ing the scientific principles of breed
ing TO them What can be . more in
spring sight than fields of waving
grain or trees and vines blooming.
and then bearing. first the embryotic,
and finally the mature fruit? Then
there are the domestic animals TO
care for. and their mute but salts
factory companionship q constant
source of inspiration to higher
achievements. There is scope on a
farm for the exercise of every intel
lectuai faculty and every laudsble
emotion God never intended tia,
man should live in dirty. smoky. filthy
cities and carry on q perpetual war
over little gold and silver uou.v
and piles of brick and mortar. that
contain no nutriment. no pleasant
taste. no aPpetizing havor-not one
element that can support life or cause
single pleasureable sensation Man
was created a farmer and placed in q
garden and left to hoe his own row.
The d. then got in his work. cities
were built and Satan and his dis
eiples quit the farm and moved 20
town. snd then the strife began. and
Is kept mp. As We write these lines.
across the street the police court il
busy assessing fines for drunkenness
and di>orSieriy conduct. and in the
higher courts lawyers arr xtraining /
their Ingenuity and lung power in the 1
effort 20 clear the guilty or convict /
the innocent. sha-perx are plotting /
new and plausible schemes to fie~c- 1
the unwary. ard vice. thinIy yelled |
and Ia siShly bedizened. walks the
streets without blush. and as the 1
ears rstile DER the stony streets
one has TO Shou, TO be heard. while
smoke ard dust effend the lungs and
obstrurt every organ of the body. he
who wants peace and quietness to re-
store the energy lost in the fierce
chase For the mighty dollar must
seek it in the eountry.-Texas Farm
n nd In ,s.h
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
CoNSTANcX.


i love IRE joke. tSs dear Cd Joke.
The joke ~ long ago.
That Eihe the wandering minstrel spoke
When first I saw show.
Al. % rot chide me though SIT
Ir Silence mid the chat.
NJ feelings are. amid this wit.
Too revtrent for a laugh
Ny Ersnssire told Il years assrs
With venerable rise.
HIS xranssire u=to him made known
That gsatl- pleasantly.
II was NJ fathers favorft. firE.
Whenever thst Jest he'd tell
NJ mother ba6s us dane ard sing
Because he felt 50 well
And some time. -hsr the day Is cone.
That quip I may rrcite
To cheer cherished cherub soa
Ere be rstires at rixft
For an sure that sally has
The qualities 10 last
A. far irt0 the future as
It's Travelled through the past
Ard that l. Why at ana sigh
Md the applaueirE throrx.
I greet IL With a tear-Cimmsd eye
That Joke I've loved 50 long
Ard plays may come. ard plays nay 60.
I stlu attend With xest.
For there IL always meet. I know.
That ever welcome Jest
-Wsshirgtoz star.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
HERE AND THERE.

Seed corn should ALWAYS be Sc
lected in the field That in the crib
should be fed to the stock
Potato sesb is serious disease of
the tuber. but these days even the
scabe will bring a good price
Every cattle raiser who uses good
bulls and Is constantly improving his
cattle is making progress, is lettering
his condition
The profits in raising cattle do not
consist alone in the cash revenue re-
eeived. but in the gradual improve
ment in the blood, together with the
increase from year to year in number.
Don't allow the cattle to walk OF
their flesh and tramp out the grass
going TO and from water Save all
this unnecessary loss by distributing
the water AT convenient distances ali
over the pasture
With all our great cane planfa-
tons and beet farms, this country
only produces $4,000 tons of sugar.
of which $4,000 tons is cane sugar of
the south. and about 100, 900 tons made
from beets in the far west and Mich
igzn-
The telephone is not appreciated
by farmers in clo<ely-settled COM
munities as much as il should be. But
il IS rapidly coming into favor. and
the lines are being extended farther
and farther out into farming dis
tricfs-
-EvzPorated eggs is said to be q
new product on the market The eryx
are broken, ehurned until the diner
emit parts are thoroughly mixed. and
then dried on steam-heated revolving
cylinders Salt is added, and the prod
net is said to be very durable
Nitrogen is the most expensive OF
all fertilizers, and. the eow-pea is the
cheapest source from which nitrogen
can be obtained II is a wzsseful
method to pillow the entire vines UNI
der. because they are more valuable
~ hay. aud Iaoss of the nitrogen con
tsiasd 10 The plant Is In the soosA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
HOUSEWIFE SUGGESTIONS.

II the thin white curtains are apt
to blow into the gas and catch ere
sew small lead weights into the
seems
II the gelatin IN IN earthe1 mold
does not come out readily a. fzs
set it in a dish of hot water for .
minute or wet q dish towel and set
the dish on it. Be careful that 10
doesn't stay too long.
An excellent furniture cream ID
made thus: Finely shred ore ounce
of ordinary beeswzx. half an ounce
of white wax. half an ounce of CASTLE
soap Mix gradually with half = pint
of turpentine and half . pint of boil
ing rainwater-
\ chamois skin dyed in any Of the
rich dark tints- red. green or a GER
tain deep peacock blue. makes the
best sort of lamp mat for a polished
table If the lamp is of some Egyp-
Gan or Indian design the piece of
eolored leather suits ii particularly
we'll
Gril.ed oysters are considered Q
delicacy at many tables Drain and
dry large oysters Butter a large
frying pan or griddle plentifuIly,
heat it hot and cover its surface with
the oysters When they are brown
on one side turn. and when done
serve at once on . hot dish.
A woman who has lived where
pineap2les grow advises that in buy
ing the fruit those of small to me-
dunn size should be chosen as likely
TO have the best favor. Never take
one that has not both stem and
crown The same authority saws
that the two white heart leaves of
the crown hold the very quintesxence
of the fruit and also that If the fruit
be dipped in a drop of tabasco sauce
the favor viii long inger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
HER HOUR OF TRIUMPH.
The Isrtd~st showed That He, H.,
band Was Also Liable to Make
>~riess Mistakes.

some nsighbOrs and friends of ours
had 4 horse called Alcace. saws Hor.
ace Naehell in his interesting 6escrip-
tiou Of California life, and thereuDou
he goes on 20 relate an incident in
which the horse played an important
part
Aeade Wa most respectable
horse. but Ike al Of u he had hi,
failing. be would flick his tail over
he rrins- 80 one Gay my friend. wher
about % take his wife out for a drive.
lied down AlezGe's tail so tightly and
securely that Tot q vigyle was left
in IL
Nov u happened that sniy TIA.
morning my friends wife had turned
on The wster-Sst=r. you must anGer-
stand i a very precious article on a
ranch in southern Czlifornia-and
alas. she had neglected 70 turn il Of:
a The wafer had flowed away. Iezvins
The family tank empty and e-zekisv
h~usath the arGezs rays Of he sua-
Conceive i yea ear the w-afh % .
husband condemned by his wife-sear-.
l~s<ueSs 70 pump many hHzareEs o.
gallons Of sater. You nav b~ sur.
thar he-h~ Vas an Engiishnaa-tols
h unhappy wife that So lad corn,
miftee ne unParloazsl- siz. azG xA-.
poor soal- approaching the maxaisnS.
90 her off-nse. I'D h~r pexe-wA5rk
Is remarkable beczzSe sh@ Vas Z
daughter Of the ~ess
Perhaps The hzxbzss was ssrrv .ha.
h had sPoken 80 AarsAiy- azz fhauzh,
that drive b~kinz a faxs frerr.s
woulG establish happier r-l4tzons =,
tween The two who should - oze. 3.
that a. il nay, after tAe drive wzx ave,
~ b~gzz 70 unhsrz<ss AlrzS~. his-if.
standing By and ta,kia< 20 ki=--
Th- traces we're unhnak~a. n.
brserhin< strap unosrki~S- zzz taer
-tie@de ~ss comm&nE~E 70 i~zv- n.
shafts. bot Alcat-. ~iss as E1l4ami
a.. never stirred. for b. kzew ska
as tail was STIR fast - the b-zwv
I ThsreuPoa ny friend rook ts- 81,
ard appIe1 Il xnzrtly 20 AIcz5-ss IN
quarters
Meade Who had 5sGh-lrsx h~-i
nursing his wron=S al the zfternoor
and who BOW ssS his oPPorrazify, /.
/ the lawyers say. 70 sho- cause. r.sz )
sred By kicking the buggy izto . hexl
of kin6ling-wood-
I Ny friends wife watched this Per
formanee with Interest. ard -h-a j
was over she turned TO her hu<bazi
and said:
Ay dear. after this I shah turn o.
the water and let il run Is oft-n an
/ Is loug a. / pl~ase
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

hARKNEsS and tn. customary
IL crowd Of camp loafers greeted
the stage coach on its arrivals at
Monarch.
The first passenger 20 descend was
woman Of about - years or more
Though apparently about that age
her gait was light. her every move
ment graceful and easy. but vigorous.
She was OF medium stature. and was
dressed for travelling even TO a SLOUGH
fedora. She disdained the hotel por-
tiers movement TO relieve her of her
valises. and gave the stage driver a
coin from her pocket where il
seemed TO have reposed loosely. Up
on the whole she bore herself man
nishly-
Less than a fortnight later n newly
gilt-l-ttered sign protrudin- from a
window above the Palace drug store
became the talk of the camp. The
sign read:
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

To arm rho knows 10. usere 70 70. therr
can b- no better place suggested fasa the
foeo1o ncgntaEns. HI7< n the rorsaez<-,
e-S AT o. Psa1ssisznss- ziong the beazrl-
i1a Delaware rsser- Watcher yoz 70 fos
as.lsh or sF>o-t- ycz ezz hardly exp<r<nee
the latter -lthcG. Acquiring tie former
Iae elevation Of the rouara.ns varses iron
$50 70 -soe feet- and are o1e dense xrowri
Of pine and fr trees Deer, bear and o.h<-
Large game are pleatifzl. and thccxa tie
rexson u VISITED b. thousands Of s2crtsren
ever year. there seems to be no aotic<ahle
.ee-e2-e IN the atf-7ctSons offered Tie
foeo7o nozn-asn hoteis. camps s7d game
lAekzranna Ra7rcst. the great trz-k L.
between New York and the Great Lakes
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

Experiments are being conducted
by the department OF agriculture
with view to ase-rtsining the cause
of the failure of European grapes. Of
the Malaga Tckay. Rhin-iand and
burgundy types. 10 thrive in the
United States east of the Rocky
mountains Vines of the varieties
above mentioned are being grated on
Concord. Niagara and other native
stocks. and these are now being cul-
tirated under various conditions of
shelter and humidity with . view 70
obtaining the best results and dis
covering what factor is inimical ia
their existence in the eastern part Of
the United States
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31
TIE LIFE OF TIE FARMER.
IA 10 Csoally ~ the Farmer
Uf1oelf Makes H.

Farm life has been extolIed by the
~isest men in al ages Only during
the dark ages. and in lands perpetual
~ dark. has farming been considered
= Mt occupation for slaves In ancient
Egypt. Assyria and Rome. when each
in turn led the civilization of the
world. agriculture was esteemed the
~nohlest occupation of man During
modern times the farmer has ranked
high among the useful citizenship of
all civilized nations. until nowlearn-
ing the science. in all their branches,
have been called into reguisition to
add interest and pleasure to the OPP
erstions of the farm There can be no
greater or more rational pleasure
than that Of planting. nurturing. car
Ing far end sajeyiag tas t<vit vt ~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

\ railroad engine is now nearing
completion in the North Pacific Coast
Railroad eompany's machine shops at
Sausalito. Cal, which. if il half accom-
phshes the ssuguine hopes and predic-
tions Of its inventor, viii result in .
radical revolution in the eonstruetion
of locomotives. This new mechanical
prodigy differs from other engines in
that j; has the engineers and hreman,s
cabs out in front, instead of the rear
Of the boiler, thus afording the men
in the cab an unohstsacsed view Of tbs
tsssk sbes6
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

TIE expense II maintaining schc-o,s n
Porto Rico "a very Aixh Il re consider tae
amount spert for tie snail number Of pu7Ils
enrolled- Ed1czfson. however. = zrays e.
seafial to Success In our couzfry the peo-
pie are k~i-x ednezted 70 the fact thai there
j. sure cure for ind ixest,on. dyspepsia eoa-
stipafioa. rervozsne-s and MALARIA. fever
sn1 age, and that medicine Is Hcstette-is
Stousc1 Bitterx- Try It, OR Private De
Stamp i over the neck Ct the bottle
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

We IA, -ili over the Furnishings Of q
hou-es lie furniture. carpets, k.r<sz<x. 20
tzres and mnssc. and always fc-rxt o. neg
le-t the most inpo--zn. requisite Soue-
thing there Should Be Always o. the shelf
20 provide s<sins. sudden easzaiss<s or az
tecss Of pain Szch come Ike . fhief IN
tae uixht; ! sprasn. strain sudden baek,ehe.
tcotnsrae or nezrzixic attack Tn<-r Is
nothing e1sier 70 Get than q bottle Of St
Jacobs o. ani nothing szrer to ere qzirk-
" s1y forz Of paE7- The house : ineo--
plete -ithozt IL Complete j: Mt, . eood
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

II was a subject Of common -
mark that DR.. Adams only apoar-ns
enemy was Mrs Gerson, who con-
Quoted millinery store. Mr. Ger
son was the only woman who had
not assisted in the reception tc Dr.
Adams She had not even Al anv
time called on her She had started
70 do 50 once, going over With h.s
young daughter. on a eay wher Dr.
Adams Office was Sled with callers
but II was noticed that she turned
quiekly away after sppraisinx n.
room and its occupant. She excused
herself 10 those who later qu-ssion.d
her that she was suddenly taken WITH
. spell of dizziness
But il was known fact and mY~h
commented upon that this v~rri~o
had not lasted all the time since then
aud yet IN the course of two wears
she had not even 30 much as passed
She time of day with the doctor. Sh.
had, furthermore. declined to attend
the New Years ball to which all the
camp turned out II naturally oe-
CURED to Mrs Gerson-s friends thar
Dr. Adams promised presence might
have tended 10 keep her away. she
had shown such 4 pronounced aver
sion for the doctor They went so
far as to question DR.. Adams wheth-
er she knew Mrs Gerson- The doc
tor Professed not TO. though she said
the face was familiar and all that.
All Mrs Gerson would permit herself
to say was: Il don't believe in wom-
an doctors nohow"
IT was plainly apparent that this
was not altogether the cause of neg
intense aIersicn for DIR. Adams IL
was in the nature of things to the
orize that another reason existed, OF
which DR. Adams probably knew
nothing.
The observing women of Monarch
could not help noticing how rapidly
Mrs Gerson had area in the past two
or three years While IL was true
that she suffered from a chronic all
ment before the excitement of DR.
Adams arrival, her general health
heretofore had been good In this
intervening short time in appearance
she had aged fully . dozen years,
and now was growing siekly and
emaciated- No one seemed able to
account for IT.
Nothing of her anteeedents prior
TO her residence in Monarch was
Known She had removed to Monarch
from . camp near by. Her husband
Was miner. He had met his death
vaiis blasting assx Monarch. some
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

he na,iousi game 10 freqsensly prs9ss.
tive Of home rans." ssd one Of the nose
Interesting Of this variety Of TALES was
He hit the bail sqzarely. and drove IL over
the rieht field fence- 1t entered the wiadow
/. tie Second stcry Of house.. relied down
the back stairs into the kitchen a,A lodged
in pan Of dough under the stove Tie nat-
ursl inference q that the family rartcok the
next day Of ban-be.ring b-vs3.-Yesth's
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-10-31

The difficulty Of railway conssruc-
ton in some paris Of Africa is Illus
trsted by the fact that on the rree-
fown-Naftru line in Sierra Leone n
steel bridges had to he built in . dis
tance of only % kilcmererx.