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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Christmas Card Evolution.

The Christmas card dates back to
1912, in which year the idea of such
device occurred to Sir Henry Cole,
who employed the famous artist, j..
c. Horsley, to make the design for
him. Sir Henry gave his idea and
design to London publisher, who
printed and sold about thousand
cards. They were Autographed and
then colored by hand. Such was the
small beginning of what is now an
immense business. Every Christ
mas cards were put on the market,
but they did not seem to be popular
until 1862, when they came sudden
ly into favor in England and soon
began to be used to a considerable
extent on this side of the water. 1t
was some gears, however, before the
Christmas card achieved in the
United States the great popularity
which it now enjoys. The first
Christmas cards were simple af-
fairs, those of the early sixties be-
ing mostly plain cards bearing the
words "Merry Christmas" or clap
Ply New Year" only. They soon be-
gan to grow in ornateness, however,
and finally arrived at their present
state.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
A Veteran Danseuse

Probably the professional life of
no class is so short as that of the
ladies who dance for our delight in
the season of pantomime, and none
nowadays can be said to dance
through two generations. What a
surprise the present public would
experience at such an announce
ment as appeared in the London
Weekly Journal of Jan. &c, 1928,
that a veteran danseuse, aged sew
enty-one, would on a certain date
perform a series of dances. The Gel
ebrated Peggy Fryar, therein adver-
tised, had publicly danced in the
early years of the reign of Charles
III. and made her final appearance
in the time of George II. Her
dancing in her seventy-second year
drew crowds to the New theater in
the Haymarket in 1923, but the
charm was probably the novelty
rather than the excellence of her
performance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Don't Talk Your Aches and Pains.

AS soon as possible dismiss from
the mind every suggestion that has
to do with Illness If you have had
an operation and it is over, let it
glide into the shadowy background
Of memory. Do not dwell upon it.
Do not talk about it. Cultivate
thought about others, about the
great round world, about its heroes
and its martyrs, its battles and it's
victories, its happy homes and low
ing hearts, but utterly turn from
the night side of suffering, except as
you may relieve it, and dwell in the
blessed sunshine. There is no sweet
er thing on earth than to be one of
Gods light bringers and to make
those about you stronger because
you are accomplishing. = Ladies'
Home Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
THERMOMETER TUBES.
Process of Their Manufacture mt
Jena. In Germany.

A most interesting account is given
in The Idler of the wonderful state
aided industry at Jena where glass and
lenses are made for scientists. The in
dustry has been built up by Professor
Able and Dr. Schott, and has through
out been conducted by scientists whose
efforts have made Jena famous among
scientific men the world over One Of
the most picturesque features of the
Jena glassworks is the great corridor
where the thermometer tubes are
blown and drawn says correspondent
We saw this glass in process of man.
ufacture. A boy workman caught a
bit of molten glass from the furnace on
the end of a blowppe. 1t was hardly
larger than walnut, but by twirlng
and blowing and holding it grew to the
size OF an orange. with the shape of an
orange. More glass was then added,
and there was more rolling and blow
ing, anil when the proper stage was
reached the blowpipe was passed
quickly to the brawny master work
man.
He. in his turn. added glass, blowing
from time to time with cheeks out
pulled until it seemed as though they
must burst. and then rolling the great
ball of glass on his iron kneading board
until it looked like huge yellow gourd
Faster and faster he worked, keeping
the ball always symmetrical and yet
white hot. At length he lifted the
glowing mass quickly in the air. and a
second workman attached the blowpipe
at the bottom. Then the two men ran
in opposite directions, twirling the
pipes and blowing Justify from time to
time. From a thick, partly yellow
globe the glass thinned out quickly as
tue men ran apart, until it became a
dull red tube not larger than a mans
little finger and nearly 800 feet long
Sometimes in drawing these tubes one
Of the blowers would not only run the
length of the corridor, but far outsid.
on the hill.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Sanitation In the Middle Aqes.

The Greeks and Romans paid spe-
cial attention to the physical culture
of their youth, to public water sup
plies and baths, and Athens and
Rome were provided with sewers
early in their history.
During the middle ages sanitation
received a decided check, and this
was the most insanitary period in
history. Most European towns were
built compactly and surrounded by
walls. The streets were narrow and
winding, and light and air were ex-
cluded. The accumulation of filth
was frightful. Stables and houses
were close neighbors. The dead were
buried within the churchyards or in
the churches. Wells were fed with
polluted water
All conditions were favorable for
the spread of infectious diseases,
and in the fourteenth century alone
the oriental or bubonic plague, the
black death of recent historians, car
ried off fourth of the population
of Europe. The birth rate was much
less than the death rate normally.
The cities had to be continually re-
populated from the country.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Application of Guardian to
sell Real Estate.

cTATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ORLEANS
)ss. In Probate Court, held at Newport,
said District, on the 18th day of September,
|. D.. 1902.
Nettte F. Chandler of Greens oro, Guardian
John N. Chandler, an Insane person,
Greensboro, in said District,
|akes application to said Court
|r license to sell the real estate Of
! i'd ward, to wit: The home place of said
|ard, situated in said Greensboro;
presenting that the sale there
for the purpose Of putting the proceeds OF
CHI sale at interest, or investing the same
BIRD.
sWhereupon, IL is ordered by said Court,
at said application be referred to q ses.
pm thereof. to be held at the Probate
lice in said Newport, on the End
". OF October, A. D., 1902, for hearing and
cision thereon.
And 1t is further ordered that all persons
terested be notified hereof by publication
notice OF said application and order
ereon three weeks successfully in
Orleans County Monitor, q newspaper
blished at Barton, VT, previous to sal I
ne appointed for hearing, that they may
pear sG said time and place, and, IL they see
use, object thereto.
BY the Court. Attest,
30 Il. r. ALFRED, Judge
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
THE HUMAN EAR.
Il Is Delicate Organ and Should Be
Treated Carefully.

The human ear is a much more
delicate organ than most people
suppose. 1t is extremely dangerous
to interfere with it by use of ear
picks or any of the various instru-
ments used for the purpose of clean
ing it from wax. The wax is nat
ural secretion, and unless the ear
becomes diseased it does not accu-
mulate any faster than is necessary
to protect the passage from the en-
trance of insects and various par
ticles which might otherwise be
forced in and tend to interfere per-
manently with the hearing.
The greatest care is necessary in
washing the ears of little children.
They should be washed outside, but
on the inside only so far as the fin
ger wrapped in soft towel will 60.
The practice of forcing hairpin or
any other hard instrument into the
ear passage is fraught with danger
of injuring the membrane, causing
permanent deafness. Earache is a
malady of childhood and causes
most distressing pain. The simplest
remedy for it is to take a little cot
ton dipped in warm sweet oil and
put it in the ear passage.
A danger that may arise from do
ing so simple thing as this is that
minute particles of the cotton may
be left in the ear. To prevent this
some physicians advise making a
little wad of the cotton and wrap
ping it in the finest and thinnest
linen cambria that can be found and
dipping this in warm sweet oil. In
case of intense pain few drops Of
hot laudanum or camphor may be
used with the oil.
When foreign bodies get into, the
car, they should be removed by
Swinging them out with warm wa
ter. To attempt to remove anything
from the ear passage by forcing an
instrument in is a rash thing for
any one except an aurist to under
take. The best medical practition-
ers refuse to treat affections of'the
ear or eye, but send their patients
to specialists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
A Clever Retort.

An old lady brought up as a wit
ness before bench of magistrates
when asked to take off her bonnet
refused to do so, saying, ''There's no
law compelling a woman to take off
her bonnet" "Oh," said one of the
magistrates, ''you know the law, do
you? Perhaps you would like to
come up and sit here and teach us ?"
mo, | thank you, sir" replied
the old lady; "there are old women
enough there already"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
The Angels Came Too Readily.

A Georgia darby went out to an
old field to .''seek and pray"
1t was dusk, and he knelt down
and put up long petition that the
angels would come and minister
unto him.
Presently he heard a Tapping of
wings behind him, and in a second
ne was making race horse time on
tie home road, where he jumped
into bed and covered his head.
Suddenly there was loud knock
ing at the door, and his startled
wife cried:
"John, git up dar, fer de Lawd
sake! De angels you been seekin' is
come fer youp'
"Le'm stay dar," was the trem-
bling answer. '"Tell 'em thoo' de
keyhole dat l amt got no wing ter
fly wild, en- l too heavy ter tote !"-
Atlanta Constitution.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29

FATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
IS: In Probate Court, held at Newport,
said District, on the 18th day OF Sept.
p, 1862.
instrument purporting to be the last will
testament of Anna M. Stone, late OF
ensboro, in said district, deceased, being
tented to the Court by g. M. Cuthbertson,
custodian thereof for probate:
Perned therein be notified to appear at
ssion OF said Court, to be held ~ F. w.
wins Ohice at Barton, in said
riot, on the 10th day of Oct, A. D., 1902
snow cause, IL any they may have, against
Probate Of said Will.
which purpose, ii is further ordered,
a copy OF this record of this order
published three weeks successfully in the
ans County Monitor, newspaper printed
ted for hearing.
BY the Court. Attest
40 r. w. SPEAR, Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
ppllcation of Guardian TO Sell
Real Estate.

TATE OF VERMONT, ORLEANS DISTRICT
IS. In Probate Court held at Bafton
hding, In said district, on the 10th day
Sept, A. D., 1902.
Robert Anderson OF Craftsbury. guardian of
lena Coburn of Craftsbury, in said Dis
'ct, insane, makes application to said Court
license to sell all the real estate of said
.rd, to wit: An undivided half interest in
arm. with buildings thereon, containing
acres, situated in said Craftsbury, The
err undivided half Of said farm being own
i by Phila Coburn; representing that the
p thereof, for the purpose OF putting the
Rceeds OF such sale at interest or Investing
same in safe securities, will be beneficial
aid ward
fhereupon it is ordered by said Court that
/ application be referred to session
reof, to be held at +. W. Baldwin's office
Barton. In said District, on the 10th day of
ober, A. d. 1902, for hearing land decision
reou.
nd IL is further ordered, that all persons
erested be notified hereof, by publication
office of said application and order there
three weeks successfully in the Orleans
nty Monitor, a newspaper printed at
ton, VT, before said time OF hearing, that
may appear at said time and place, and,
1ev see cause. object thereto.
By the Court-Attest,
40 r. w. SPEAR, Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
A UNIQUE BIBLE.
bne of the Art Treasures of the Con.
gressional Library.

Perhaps the most beautiful vol
ume among the 100000 in the Con-
gressional library at Washington is
a Bible which was transcribed by a
monk in the sixteenth century. It
could not be matched today in the
best printing office in the world.
The parchment is in perfect preser-
walton. Every one of its 900 pages
is a study. The general lettering is
in German text, each letter perfect
and every one of them in coal black
ink, without scratch or blot from
lid to lid.
At the beginning of each chapter
the first letter is very large, usually
two or three inches long, and is
brightly Illuminated in blue or red
ink. Within each of these initials
there is drawn the figure of some
saint, or some incident of which the
following chapter tells is illustrated.
There are two columns on page,
and nowhere is traceable the slight
est irregularity of line, space OF for
nation of the letters. Even under
a magnifying glass they seem flaw
less. The precious volume is kept
under a glass case, which is some
times lifted to show that all the
pages are as perfect as the two
which lie open.
A legend relates that young man
who had sinned deeply became a
monk and resolved to do penance
for his misdeeds. He determined to
copy the Bible, that he might learn
every letter of the divine commands
he had violated. Every day for
years he patiently pursued his task.
Each letter was wrought with rev.
erence and love, and the penitent
soul found it's only companionship
in the sanity faces which were por-
trayed on these pages.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Potatoes.

To test the quality of potatoes
cut one in half and rub the two
pieces together. If it is nice and
mealy, they will stick together, and
there will be a show of froth at the
edges and on the surfaces, but wa
ter should not run out even under
pressure. The color of the meat
should be white or of a yellowish
tinge. The opinion that entirely
yellow potatoes do not boil well is
not well founded, for there are some
yellow varieties that leave nothing
10 be desired in this respect.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
ENGLISH OF THE ENGLISH.
~LondOn Is q Nice Place If You
Know the Language"

LOnoOn as q Nice Place II You
Know the Language"
That hackneyed American maiden
who said London was a nice place if
you knew the language was not a bit
absurd. We speak English. but we
have built up our forms of English ex-
preston upon the English of a few
shires of the old country as it was
spoken between two and three centu-
ries ago. while they have been blending
and changing the speech of all their
home peoples during the same period.
The result is that an American can
hardly utter a sentence in England
without calling attention to the differ
ence between his speech and that of
the people about him.
Only yesterday. after Is months resi-
dence in England. rushed up to con-
ductor in Charing Cross station and
asked. Which car for Bromley" He
stared at me. and knew | had spoken
a foreign tongue to him, because street
vehicles like omnibuses and horse cars
are called road cars and tram cars. and
there are no other cars in England.
If you ask a guest at your home in
England whether he likes his meat
rare. he asks what you said because he
does not understand you. He calls
meat UNDERGONE when it is not thor
ougEly cooked. If you tell him you
fear the asparagus is canned. he is at
a loss again. because he would have
said it was timed. To ask him to pass
the powdered sugar will again set him
to wondering. for he calls it icing sugar
generally. though he knows that it is
sometimes called caster or sifted sugar
And if you have candy on the table
you may not call it so without betray-
ing your foreign origin. for be calls
candy sweets" abbreviated from
"sweetmeats," and used to designate
all preserves. buildings. pies. candies
AMI jams.
To go further alcng the eccentricities
OF EnglisA at the dining table most
persons know. | suppose that the beet
Is called beet root, cornstarch is corn
flour. corned beef Tor particular cut
OF I'D is called silver sides of beef and
napkins are serviettes-Julian Ralph
in Harper's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Accommodating.

There is point to this story: A
burglar whose night entry into the
parsonage awakened the sleeping
pastor said to his helpless victim:
IF you stir, you're a dead mani I'm
hunting for money!
Gust let me get up and strike a
light" pleasantly replied the DOM
inie, "and / shall be glad to assist
you N the search. Boston Watch
man
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Estate Of Hamlet w. Barrows
of Irasburgh.

STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF ORLEANS, I So
NJ N PROBATE COURT, held at Newport, in
~ said district, on the 8th day of Sept , A.
1902, Jerre MaTston, administrator of the
state OF Hamlet w .Barrows, late of Irasburg,
Ia said district, d. ceased, presents his admin
|stratfon account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for a de-
free OF distribution and partition of the es-
late OF said deceased.
Whereupon, 1t is ordered by said
Court, that said account and said appli-
|atiou be referred to session thereof, to be
cid at the Probate Office in said Newport, o q
|he End day of Oct, A. ID. 1902. at O'Clock in
Pie forenoon, for hearing and decision there
n. And 1t is further ordered, that notice
|ereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks success
lively in the Orleans County Monitor, q news
aper published at Barton, VT, previous to
aid time appointed for hearing, that they
bay appear at said time and place, and show
ause, II any they may have, why said &C.
punt should not be allowed, and such decree
babe. BY the Court
80 Attest. r. w. SPEAR, Register
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29

MRS PINKHAM:-I have life
would call testimonial before
feel called upon this unsolicited acknowledgement of
ra a value Of Lydia E. Pnhams Vegetable Cons
and other complications During that
ana not much for anything Four agoI noticed
book hall telling of the
became interested bought vegetable,
compound and helped decided
months uficed to and since that time per-
1ect health Thanks dear Mrs 1mkham
31st St. Chicago ILL
Surely such endorsement
OF all hesitating
woman is willing is
fault and
ODonne1 her.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
Mrs. G. s. DODGE.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate Of Matthew Marshall.
BARTON LANDING. VT.

4 The undersigned, having been appointed by
Die Honorable Probate Court for the District
u Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, exam
be and adjust all claims and demands of all
nersons against the Est. of Matthew Marshall
|hte of Greensboro, in said district, deceased, ,
hereby give notice that we will meet for the
purposes aforesaid, at dwelling house of said
Harshall, on the 10th day of October, 1902,
md the 18th day Of January, next, from
aid days, and that six months from the 30th
ay OF July, A. d., 1902, is the time linn
ted by said Court for said creditors to pre-
ent their claims to us for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Greensboro this SOth day of Aug,
N. D., 1902.
CHAS. B CALDERWOOD, Ic
1873 JAMES YOUNG, JOINT
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-29
MRS. J. {. O'D0NNELL.'
PRESIDENT Oakland WOman's Riding:
Club, Chicago, Sends an Unsolic-
tied Letter to Mrs. Pinkham, and
Wants It Published.
SICK light Years with Female Trouble and Finally
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

800 already enabe record of Mrs Pinkhams medicine
women from the Atlantic the Pacific
every % to which because of their
and unsett the
Lydl f. Vegetable Compound
% not to DO had for considerations
~ she health
MRS. fnkham invites all who ill for
auvlce. Address Lynn, Mass. giving full particularS
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-01-22
Children Especially Liable.

Burns, bruises and cuts are
extremely painful and if neglect
ed often result in blood poison
ing. Children are especially
liable to such mishaps because
not so careful. AS a remedy
DoWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is
unequalled. Draws out the fire,
stops the pain, soon heals the
wound. Beware of counterfeits.
Sure cure for piles. 'DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured my
baby Of eczema after two physi.
clans gave her up, writes James
Mock, N. Webster, Ind. This
sores were so bad she soiled two
to five dresses a day j W
Harris 81 Bros.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-01-22

We have a lot of old newspa'
pers for sale at 20c per hundred.
O, A. Mason dropped in to
square himself with the PRESS
people Friday.
C. C. Culwell, a Miles mer'
chant. was doing business in
San Angelo Friday.
Mrs. II. A. Flanagan and
two children returned Saturday
morning from an extended visit
to relatives in Mississippi.
Phone up no 244 and give them
a trial order for job work. They
are new managers but not new
printers--in the Press office.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-01-22
Child Worth Millions.

my child is worth millions to
me-" says Mrs. Mary Bird, o.
Harrisburg, Pa, "yet l would
have lost her by Group had l
not purchased bottle of one
Minute Cough Cure" One Min
ute Cough Cure is sure cure for
coughs, Group and throat and
lung troubles. An absolutely
safe cough cure which acts i'm.
n.ediately. The youngest child
can take it with entire safety.
The little ones like the taste and
remember how often it helped
them. Every family should
have q bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure handy. AT this
season especially it may be
needed suddenly. }. w. Harris
& Bros.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-01-22
San Angelo Gains, Ballnqer
Loses,

The friends of r. A. Hall, of
Ballinger, in San Angelo, will be
pleased to learn of his decision
10 cast his fortune with the Con-
cho city on the first of next
month.
Since the death Of Col. De.
Berry, cashier of the San Ange'
10 National Bank, the directors
of that popular institution have
been negotiating with Mr.. Hall
to take The place made vacant
by the death of Col. DeBerry.
Finally, the inducements offer.
ed we're of such a tempting ma.
ture that Mr.. Hall could not,
with Justice to himself and fami.
", afford to refuse, and on Sat
urday of last week the arrange.
ment was cousummated whereby
Ballinger loses this excellent
citizen and progressive business
man, while San Angelo is SO
much the gamer.
Il. A. Hall has been closely
identified with the interests OF
Ballinger since it's birth. First,
us manager of VIM. Cameron q
Co.'S great lumber business from
sc 10 SO, when he entered the
hardware trade which he fol
lowed with marked success until
the organization of the Hal
Hardware Co. last spring, .whel
he formed a connection with the
~. G. Parks Banking Co, since
which time he has been identi
fed with that popular institu
ton.
Mr.. Hall and the Press people
have been the best of friends fol
years and it is needless to say
this paper is more than pleased
to welcome him as a citizen D
San Angelo.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-01-22
A Profitable Investment.

Il was troubled for about
seven years with my stomach
and in bed half my time" say S
T.. Demick, Somerville, Ind. ~
spent about $1,000 and never
could get anything to help me
until 1 tried Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. | have taken a few bot
ties and am entirely we'll" You
don't live by what you eat, but
by what you digest and assim'
ilate. If your stomach doesn't
digest your food you are really
starving. Kodol DyspepsiaCure
does the stomach's work by
digesting the food. You dom
have to diet. Eat all you want
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures al
stomach troubles. j. W. Harris
g. Bros.