Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-05-02

eating 4
blackbirds Fastening thither ere the 9
eventide should be upon them. Inc r
hIackbirds came. chartered. gossiped. 6
CuarreIed and beat each other with :
their wings above the smoker sitting G
ON the top fence rail.
put no had remembered. A thousand ,
miles TO the east it was commencement
dav seven years to day from his
own commencement.
Five wears ago, on another June art
ernoon. a young man from the east had
aIipbted on the platform Of the station
north of Plattville and, entering the
rickety omnibus that fingered there
seeking whom 1t might rattle to dear
ness demanded to be driven 10 the
uaraId building. 1t did not strike the
driver that the newcomer was pre-
c,seIv a gay young man when he CLIMB
Oh into the omnibus, but an hour later
"a he stood in the doorway or the eul-
ece no had indicated as his destination,
depression seemed to have settled INTO
tbe marrow of his bones.
pIattville was instantly alert TO the
s+ronper's presence, and interesting con-
iactures were hazarded all day long at |
tho hack door of Martins Dry Goods |
| Emporium this was the CLUB curing
tbe day), and at supper the new ar
| rival and his probable purposes were
discussed over every table in the town.
| Irnon inquiry he had Informed judd
Bennett. the driver of the omnibus,
tbo+ no had come to stay. Naturally
such a declaration caused sensatloh'
"a neople did not come to Plattville TO
live except through the inadvertency or
heino horn there In addition the young
mans aDpearance and attire were re-
norted TO be extraordinary. Many or
tho curious. among them most of the
marriageable females of the place, took
occasion to pass ana repass tue sign VI
tbe Carlow County Herald during the
evening.
Meanwhile the stranger was seated
in the dingy office upstairs with MS
head bowed low on his arms. Twilight
stole through the dirty window panes
and faded into darkness Night hlleo
the room. He did not move. The young
man from the east had bought the Her
aid from an agent-had bought it with
: ont ever having been within hundred
| miles of Plattville. The Herald was
? on alleged weekly which had some
r times appeared within five days or us
e declared date of publication and some
times missed fire altogether. 1t was a
|. thorn i'm the side Of every patriot OF
l. Carlow county, and Carlow people, ait
e or supporting the paper Loyalty ano
e long. had at last given it up and SUB
scribed for the Gazette, published IL
+ the neighboring county of Amo. LIE
1T former proprietor of the Herald,
N surreptitious gentleman with goatee
De had taken the precaution Of leaving
e. Plattyille forever on the afternoon pre-
le ceding his successors arrival. LIZ
lie young man from the east had vastly
re oyerpaid for his purchase Moreover
n the price he had paid for 1t was all lh'
es money he had in the world.
N The next morning he went bitterly u
to work He hired a compositor from
pc Rouen. a young man named Parker
TX who set type all night long and helpe'
nd him pursue advertisements all gay
es The citizens shook their heads pess
ot mistically. They had about given u
IN. the idea that the Herald could eve
or amount to anything, and they betraye
err an innocent but caustic doubt OF adj
&c, ity in any stranger.
nd One day the new editor left note O
Mt, his door: "Will return in fifteen mil
pa uteS."
ow Mr.. Rodney McCune. politician FRO
lge the neighboring county of Gaines, ha
lse, pening to be in Plattville on an erraI
the to his henchmen, found the note al
the wrote beneath the message the scat
'ter ing inquiry, Why
When he discovered this addendul
lille, the editor smiled for the first time sin
cal his advent and reported the incident
con- his next issue. using the rubric wv
in Has the Herald Returned to Life?'
'oht a text for a rousing editorial on nc
nelr esty in politics, subject OF wnlcn
OF already knew something. The polite
TICK district to which Carlow belonged
ldu! governed by a limited number or g
pry tlemen whose wealth was ever on
lru- increase. and honesty in politics
uly startling conception to the minds
the the passive and resigned voters, "
'oOu- talked the editorial over on the SUI
L az corners and in the stores. Inc
d go 49, - ,,-os ono+bar editorial. 7
: the 80, - ,oaoI IN tic annIication. ;
the pl'l'l '-i $3.50 evident that the I
[ the 49,! - 80 tro uorold was q theo
Idged 80 tN.I3a.oa in GENERAL that a DO
W in - sho,1Id NOT no merely
ia'eu that middling healthy species kn(
lesul- as honor among politicians" ano
nl"n particular that Rodney McCune sh'
'ly oe not receive the nomination of his p;
for congress Now, Mr.. McCune
and , ~ ea,,o,1-orS launched at the st
after --I Us lto,tio opsot. bu+ the editor
ed the -. - ,,ri+r +be word of print.
finger. 49, ,,a,.so ond rode about the C
ted it So :" ~ ,,;s own SUNRISE, prove
little an So,+ahlo voung man who
ery in an ~-;.t . ,,;+cbfork r.