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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14
CRAFTSBURY.


Mrs. Lola Allen is better.
Carrie Crowley is at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Chamberlin are I'LL.
Will Kirkpatrick is working for ]. Keir.
Frank Glidden visited in Newport re-
Gently.
Ernest Sabin is at work for Walter
Aston.
Fred Warner is working for Delbert
Spaulding.
Lyman Kingdom has been in town the
past week.
The Boston Minstrels failed to appear as
advertised.
John Patterson is seriously ill with
pneumonia.
Eben bishop is .out after an attack of
chicken pox.
Carrie Weimnann from Jacksonville is
visiting her mother.
Mrs. c. c. Stratton, who suffered stroke
OF paralysis Is slightly improved.
Mrs. E. C. stratton went to Waterbury
isst Friday for medical treatment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14
EAST COVENTRY.

Mrs. John Wells is sick with the grip.
Miss May Boden is sick with the grip.
Willie Boynton is at work for Ralph
Ware.
Win Tibbetts is at work for Alvah
Brooks.
Mrs. Marion Brooks is boarding at Ezra
Knapp's.
Mrs. Ira Sessions has not been as well
the past week.
Miss Ethel GLADDEN. has been quite sick
the past few days.
Mrs. s. E. Standish visited in West New
port one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Dunn of Smiths Mills
visited at S. E. Standish's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Powers of West
Derby are stopping with Mrs. Powers
father, Ezra Knapp.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14
RASBURC.

Rollin J. Dodd who committed suI
in his room in Boston, Mass, last Vi
was son of Rev. L. Dodd, formerl|
Lyndon and Irasbnrg.
There will be a social promenade
dance at the court house hall next FIR
evening. Good music will be in att,
ance and pleasant evening is guarant
Hall bill fifty cents; supper at hotel se
ty five cents per couple. 1t is yhoped
there will be large attendance.
JAY.
Mrs. Henry E. West is sick with ne,
gia.
Mrs. Mary A. Sargent, who has been
SICK, Is slowly recovering.
A. M. Wakeman has gone to Worce
Mass, with carload of potatoes.
William M. Macomber died Fride
the home of his SOD, A. A. Macon
His age was seventy years and nine NOR
John Chase visited his son in Ba
Landing last week. His granddaugt
Mildred Chase, came home with him
urday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14
GREENSBORO.

George King visited in Barre recently.
ID. B. Hunter, who has been seriously
i'll, is better.
George and Beth Cook were in st. Johns
bury last Friday.
Rev. R. ]. Barton was in Burlington a
part of last week.
Miss Mary Smith of Glover is working
for Geo. NJ. Cuthbertson.
Hon. Henry s. Tolman and Mrs. French
are both slowly improving.
E. o. Randall has sold the stock on his
farm to @. Fl. Hanson of Craftsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Melvin and Miss
Bertha went last Friday to Stowe for few
days. visit.
Rev. John Hood has been engaged as
pastor of the u. p. church for another
year, beginning April LIST.
Irwin Wilson is recovering from humps,
and Charlie Miller is quarantined at B. M.
WilIey's with the same disease.
The many friends of Mrs. Henry Miller
will be pleased to know that she is much
improved in health and strength. She has
been spending the past week with her
aunt, Mrs. John Goss.
Word was received here last week that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fay of v
were the proud and happy parents
pound baby boy, born to them Ms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
THE JAPANESE HOUSE.

From Queer Things About Japan
 A Japanese house is the simplest thing in the world. It consists of post at each corner and roof. One may say 1t is all on one floor. And in the daytime 1t is all one room, if it IS a small house. The number of rooms in it depends on the number of bedrooms the owner requires. They are divided by night by paper shut ters fixed in grooves like the divisions of an old-fashoned worKpox. There are no doors or passages. Your bedroom acts as passage and when you want door you slide back the nearest panel. Two sets of shutters go around the outside. These outside shutters cannot be slid in the same promiscuous fashion as the other. Each is held in it's place by the next and the last one is secured with d bolt of wood. There are plenty of Japanese houses which when secured for the night would hardly stand drunken man lean- ing against them. An Englishman's house may be his castle--a Japanese's house is his bedroom, and his bedroom passage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Birminuham's Vulcan.

Before section of the vast figure of our Iron Man has been cast, before even the plaster model has been com pleted, our colossus is attracting the attention of the country. The big statue will certainly be the most strik- ing exhibit in the mines palace at St. Louis, and it may prove to be the most impressive sight in the entire exhibi- ton, especially if it prove, as no doubt 1t will, to be work of art.
 The idea of thus representing in part mineral district by the largest cast statue in the world, and work of art at that, is considered as happy as it is unique, and the interest taken in it is shown in the fact that the New York world of last Sunday devotes an entire page to it, employing both illustrations and text.
 Vulcan was the god of fire and metals, and this district presents a figure of him to show alike the magni. tude of its own mineral resources, as well as the development of the great commercial metal. Nothing more typI- cal or telling could have been devised,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Valentines.

Most people know that St. Valentine day comes on February IA. but few know the origin of the graceful custom of send ing out love billets on that day." said a student Tn fact, it Is doubtful if any one knows how St. Valentines day ever came to be set aside expressly for lov- CTS. History tells us, however, that Febru- ary fl IS relgiously observed as the ann'- versary of the death of St. Valentine a Christian martyr who was decapitated in 270 a. D., during the Claudian persecu' ton at Rome.
 "The custom of sending valentines is very ancient one, and it's origin is shroud- ed in some obscurity. Certain historians say that the birds mate on this day and hence came the sending of love missives among young people. Others tell us that the custom dates from the Roman Luper- calia, February 15, when similar prac- tices were observed.
 However, traces of this custom have been discovered among the pagan races of Europe, and 1t may be that our observ- ance of Valentino day has been handed down through the ages from some of our early forefathers in northern Europe. 1t is quite possible that valentines are not q tribute to the loving and charitable dis position of the Roman saint from whom they have taken their name."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Japan Strikes Effective Blow.

The Japanese, true to their reputation as naval fighters, struck the first blow in the Russian-Japanese war Monday night. It was a fight in the dark be- tween Japanese torpedo boats and Russian battleships and cruisers. The Japanese, with their spider torpeco fleet, slipped in under cover of dark. ness and launched torpedo after tor pedo beneath the hulls of the great marine fighting engines of Russia, blowing great holes in their bottoms and causing the Russians to beach their two greatest battleships and one of their prize armored cruisers. The Japanese made their torpedo fight here just as they did with the Chinese fleet in 1894, running in under the cover of darkness, and blowing their opponents ships out of the water.
 This is the second time the Japan csc have demonstrated the virtue and value of torpedo boats in naval war fare. Japan is, indeed, the only na- tion which has ever been able to make practical use of the torpedo boat. This is probably due to two facts First, that the Japanese are the most expert sailors in the world; and, second, that they are totally devoid of any sense of fear. Indeed, the Japanese sailor will not hesitate to go to certain death if he feels that there is chance of inflict- ing any injury upon his enemy.
 The remarkable thing about Mon day nights battle in the harbor of Port Arthur is that everyone of the Japanese torpedo boats escaped un. harmed, while the Russian fleet was seriously damaged. It is probable that the three great Russian warships which were beached cannot possibly be made available during the continuation of the war If Japan continues fight ing as she has begun the war will be of short duration With Russia's east ern fleet destroyed Japan will be in position to demand and enforce all her contentious which resulted in the bringing about O. the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Rose Melville.

Miss Rose Melville, who appeared In Birmingham Monday and Tuesday nights and Tuesday matinee, Is one of the lew women on the American stage who have made a success in the role of an awkward country girl. It is an extremely difficult part to play, and probably on that account few have assayed it with success" sad a theatregoer. "As you have no doubt ob- served it is very easy to overdo such an impersonation and render what might have been an amusing performance coarse and vulgar
 Simply because a rural characterization appears so easy numbers of players make the mistake of attempting it when they are not talented enough and the result is that they experience a complete failure. Miss Melville gives a portrayal Of country gawk that is deliciously natural and refreshing. She does not seem cul- tured woman impersonatlng ignorance, but ignorance in all it's bliss, unadulter- ated by city airs and yet seasoned by natural philosophy. pathos> and humor. Miss Melville occupies rather unique position in the dramatic world, inasmuch as she Is star of recognized ability who appears successfully in a part that is usually associated with second rate comedies and transformers playing small towns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Worlds Fair Police.

"st. Louis Is making extensive prepar- ations to preserve order on the exposition grounds during the fair, said travel ing man at the Hillman "It has been found necessary to greatly increase the police department, since hundreds of crooks and rascals of every degree will flock to town in the hope of finding ready victims among the visitors. Police officers will also be in demand to preserve or der on crowded thoroughfares and pre- vent crusbes.
 Tt is we'll known fact that no mat ter how great the precautions taken and DO matter how large the force of police and guards may be, there are always people in a crowd who are not able to take care of themselves and need some one else to look after their safety. AL though the system of guards and guides in force at Chicago was very creditable to the Worlds fair management it was impossible to prevent a number of people from falling victims to sharpers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10

and MT. MacKnight deserves much credit for the happy idea.
 But the Big Man cannot be in St. Louis unless the worlds fair fund be made up. Much additional money is needed, and it is needed soon. The Age-Herald urges every interest in this district to give the subject due atten- tion. It is unjust in any corporation or interest to push it's share of the bur den on others while it will necessarily share in the common benefits of the exhibit. This would be neither fair nor just. Let each person and each corpor- ation do his or it's part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Aid for Baltimore.

The map of Baltimore published yes terday by The Age-Herald was com forting in the fact that 1t displayed in black business blocks only. The great residence districts of 100000 people were untouched. It is still wintry weather in Baltimore, and the fact that few or none were rendered home less by the fire is comfort not only to the people of Baltimore, but to all other persons who possess a spark of human sympathy.
 But thousands and thousands of em- ployes were robbed of employment by the sweep of the flames, and some scheme of relief extending to warm weather should be devised for their benefit. Any broad scheme planned by citizens of Baltimore for the benefit of the employees who need assistance would be backed up by every city in the land.
 The nature of the fire does not seem to call for any other form of aid The insurance companies will meet to a great extent other losses, and the lots remain unimpaired Scarcely any deaths or wounds were inflicted by the fire. The one class that will suf- fer severely from the fire until the spring season comes consists of em- ployes, and if Baltimore gives the word subscriptions will be opened m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
From the New orleans PIcayune.

N OL. HENRY PATTERSON, the V distinguished editor and states O man. who reached New Orleans featuring tour, spent the most of yes terday at the Hotel de la Louisiane. re- ceving his friends in this city, many of whom called to pay their respects before he left last night
 On the evening" of his arrival. Colonel Watterson refused to discuss politics, but yesterday he went over the whole ground, discussing the chances of the different prospective democratic candidates, the re- publican situation and the democratic platform.
 'fWho will be the democratic nominee for the presidency?" Colonel Watterson was asked.
 '"There are no indications that can be celled decisive" he replied. Not a single delegate has yet been elected, nor state convention assembled. One mans guess is as good as anothers. I am personally in favor of the nomination of MT. Cor man. but any good democrat of character and standing will suit me. I do not ex- pect to be a member of the nominating convention
 what of Mr. Hearst's candidacy?'
 MT. Hearst is an enterprising newspa- per owner, and master of the art of ad- vertising his properties. I take it that his candidacy has no other serious meaning"
 '.Mr. Hearst's supporters claim Ken lucky for him?'
 ."Kentucky has yet to hold its state convention" replied Colonel Watterson. 'and there is not the slightest ground to assume that its democracy is for or against any particular candidate. There has not been the slightest manifestation of any preference for MT. Hearst or MT. Bryan or anybody else. I have an i'm pression that if poll were taken Mir. German would be very far in the lead. hut there has been no expression of opin- ion that could be predominant"
 MT. Hearst's supporters claim that he is the only man who can arouse any en- tbpsiasm among democratic voters?'
 MT. Hearst is an unknown quantity. replied Colonel Watterson. in his famous trenchant style of speech. He may be fairly described as figure of speech. He is personally unknown to any constitu- ency. He has never had the least train ing or experience in public affairs. He is A rich man, able to employ others, but no one knows whether he can write or speak himself Though he has seat in congress he is a stranger to the house. and will probably remain starnger, the very tones of his voice unknown to his colleagues. The Hearst boom, as 1t is called. is simply barrel with dollar mark at one end and the picture of MT. Bryan at the other. Of course. it Is like ly to make a great noise. Money makes organization, and organization is an un- doubted element in modern politics, yet nothing could be more preposterous than such a nomination. do not think that it will cut any real figure in the national convention, when that convention gets down to ballot"
 .what chances of election will the democratic nominee have?"
 ''If the democrats nominate strong, conservative man-there are many such
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10

from the Norwegian "Saa Laenge." com mon form of farewell in that land. and having a meaning very similar to au revoir." The pronunciation of the two words is also very much like the English
 'so long" As there were number oi Norwegian settlers among the American pioneers, it may be possible that the phrase was picked up at that time and has been handed down to today. It is in general use among the Dutch in South Africa. However, all this Is mere conjec- ture, and ..so long, may have no history at all In fact, 1t is quite likely that the phrase was hit upon unexpectedly by some versatile talker who little thought what a valuable legacy he was handing down to future generations.
 Alfred Russel Wallace now considered Englan's greatest living scientist, has advanced some remarkable theories for man at the advanced age of 80 years, which are utterly at variance with all accepted notions of the worlds scientists. In short he says that the world was created for earthly beings and there Is
 
 the universe. The stellar universe is of limited area and in it's approximate cen ter the earth is situated These inter- esting ideas are fully elaborated in book written by MT Wallace and issued under the title of Mans Place in the Uni verse"
 As was to be expected, fellow scientists have rushed to the fray and Mir. Wal lace has been attacked on all sides. but says he has no intention of retractins since he has been able to meet every ad- verse argument and theory advanced If his ideas concerning man, the world and space. should gain general credence there would be sad disarray of present scien- tific teachings since 1t is now generally believed that there are other beings in space that the earth is a mere atom of a stupendous whole, and that starry space is iimitless.
 MT. Wallace has led a distinguished life and has won many honors in the scientific world which entitle him to hearing, but he will hardly have time to make much headway with his new be- lief unless he discovers some way to pro- long his days, which have already ex- ceeded mans allotment of three score years and ten.
 It Is announced that Richard Mansfield will appear in an elaborate dramatized version of Parsifal next season. In view of the stupendous scale on which the opera has already been presented In New York 1t would seem a difficult task for an actor to make a success of play based on the same theme while the coun- try yet remembers the magnihcance of Conried's production. However the play has already been written by dramatist who does not care to have his name dis closed and there can be no question that Mir. Mansfield really intends to make the attempt At any rate Mansfield Is one of the few actors who could undertake to appear in such play, and there Is no doubt that, with his talents, he will be able to make the production success, both from spectacular and historic point of view. It may be remarked that this looks like more sacrilege toward the sa- cred drama of Bayreut and it may afford topic for much discussion. s.f PC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
HENRY WATTERSONTALKS
 ON NDEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK

MT. German, Judge Gray, Judge Parker, MT. Olney-nor should the two young Mayors of Chicago and New York, Car ter H. Harrison and George B. McClel- Ian, be left out of the accounting-he will have a strong show of election"
 What of the respective chances of President Roosevelt and MT. Hanna at the republican convention?"
 There has never been in my mind the slightest doubt about the nomination of MT. Roosevelt by acclamation.'
 What do you think about the demo- cratic platform"
 The democrats should turn their. backs upon the past and their faces to the present and to the future, making a plat form to meet the present exigencies of public affairs"
 Should the platforms of 1896 and 1900 be indorsed?'
 There is no more reason for repeating the platforms of 1896 and 1900, on which the party went to defeat, than those of 1884 and 1892. on which the party went to victory. Each campaign should stand on its own bottom"
 Regarding the eastern situation, Col- onel Watterson said that 1t had been obvious to intelligent people for quite while that war was inevitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
A LUCKY MAN.

W. E. P. French, in Life. In the good old times lived lucky man Who boarded himself on A simple plan, At least in his salad days. His meals were ready, foul weather or
 fine; And when he was hungry he went to dine, Untroub1ed by means or ways. He'd never been told of the microbes
 small That wriggle and wiggle and creep and
 crawl
 In all things consumed by man. He never had learned that bacilli bold Are pining to fasten with bulldog hold On our vitals when they can. No doctor had warned him of ptomaines. The bacteria vile that swarm galore In the cup that merely cheers. Nobody had told him. what drinks to shun, That coffees snare of the evil one, And that bugs infest all beers. No rumor had reached him that meats
 a fad, That fish is a danger and fowls as bad, That pie should be draped with crepe. No hint had he that the juice of the COW Is alive with beasties that don't allow A guilty man to escape. He never had dreamed of the grewsome
 things With teeth. beaks, claws and most poison-
 ous stings
 That dwell in the deadly ham; Nor had he surmised that the typhoid
 germ In the oysters innards delights to squirm, Or that death turks in the clam. No journals of health and no "pure food"
 ads Ever scared him silly and took his scads, Or told him. "Uneeda bite Of shredded thistles and fiaked baled
 hay" Stop the grazing habit" Take Anti-
 Bray"
 "Try Balaams bran mash-it's light" Poor, ignorant, unhygienic lad! You didn't know what an escape you'd
 had
 When you dined with OK and ass. And. Nebuchadnezzar. be glad inside That sterilized health foods you never
 tried
 Nor ate predigested Erass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10

Dr. Herr of Leipsic, Germany, is in Washington and will make a study of American reform schools and reformato- ries.
 King Edward of England devotes a part of his time every day to keeping a diary of the weather although a, multitude of engagements claim his attention.
 
 The midget Admiral Dot. has been sworn in as deputy sheriff at White Plains, N Y. He is just forty-eight inches tall and is the smallest deputy in the United States.
 Under the title of "A Woman's Talks" Lady Colin Campbell has collected the papers she wrote for the London World when 1t was edited by Edmund Yates, and has published them in book form.
 Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Mississip- pi, has accepted the invitation of Booker T. Washington to deliver an address dur Ing the commencement exercises of the Tuskegee institute.
 
 purchased the historic structure erected in 17sS for General Patterson, revolu- tionary officer. and will rage the land mark to the ground in order to erect a $So,OOo cottage on the site.
 J. D. Law, an American, Is visiting the home of Robert Burns in Scotland to get up "Burnsiana" for, the feplica of the cottage at Ayr which will be reproduced at the St. Louis fair Mir Law Is also getting date concerning all the seats of learning in Europe
 It is said that Sir Graham Berry, who died recently in England, was the insrirer of Tennysons poem The Fleet' In 1886 he read a paper before the Colonial institute pleading for stronger imperial navy and a short time afterward Tenny- sons poem appeared.
 After an absence from metropolitan play houses of managers Minnie Maddern Flske, the High Priestess of Ibsen," is slowly working her way back to the scenes of her former triumphs. The noted actress has been kept out of many large cities by the theatrical trust but the es- tablshment of independent theatres has afforded her opportunity to appear again in the leading cities of the east where she has not been forgotten by the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-10
Spring Trade.

"The retail merchants are prepared for large spring trade,' said a Second ave- nue man. "They have laid In varied and ample stocks and it is safe to say that in no city in the south outside of New Orleans will such beautiful goods be found.
 Birmingham has come to be the shop ping center for large part of Alabama, Mississippi and quite an important con tengent comes from other states. There Is every promise of an early spring and 1 think business will be unusually brisk before the end of February"