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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
Rules for Using Gasoline Stoves,


LIST. They should not be used at all.
End. If used they should be allowed
only in open lots.
3rd. If used in the house, the
family should 60 out and wait the
results.
4th. If they stay in the house they
!: should be near the door.
9Th. No gasoline should be in the
stove.
9th. If they do put it in, it shouldn't
be lighted.
7th. If they fill the stove, the
balance of the filler should be kept in
openlot.
9Th. IF they keep the filler in the
house, the family should gather
around it and all go to heaven at
once.
Where gasoline stoves are COM
monty used, whole families disappear
in that way. No doubt it is an ex-
peditious way of preparing for an
inexpensive funeral, but not so
fashionable in this section. Only a
blamed fool would ever think of
fooling with gasoline. Fools are born
every day, statisticians say. We
know it is true because gasoline
stoves sell, and the results are coming
in all the time.
If stoves could act on first trial as
on the last, the question of using
gasoline could be discussed and
cussed on their arrival in the better
land, and they would have a little
more time than eternity gives.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
FROM THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY
PASTOR.

LOCATION. Not a hustling town in
the west, but New England village,
so quiet that it is considered nearly
dead
SCENE. A pleasant and spacious
parsonage, with a sidehill farm of
about four acres.
TINE. The week after returning
from vacation. An accumulation of
miscellaneous cares and a funeral on
Wednesday put off all pulpit prepar-
alton until Thursday morning.
THURSDAY. After hurried break
fast drove out to get a household
helper. Received mail which reused
a train of thoughts and called for
prompt action, A short forenoon in
study. AFTERNOON. Drove to the
neighboring village to do family err
rands, making a pastoral call on the
way. Conferred with my brother
minister in regard to an incipient VIII
lage Improvement Society. Received
an important letter in regard to a
church matter, and made two calls in
the evening to confer about it.
FRIDAY. Worked in the garden in
the morning. Hired man to hoe all
day. Went to my study about 30
Interrupted by teacher who called
upon school business: postponed it
Interrupted by Sunday School Mis-
sionary, making visitation of the
state. Invited him to dinner. Made
an unsuccessful attempt by telephone
to secure a 81 = appointment for
lin. Sent my 10 take him to
the train. selsd ms for Sunday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
Another Eclipse.

The August eclipse of the sun will
occur on Wednesday, August 80,
quite early in the morning. AS seen
well northward it will be total, but il
can be viewed as partial eclipse all
over the eastern part of the United
States. The intervening moon being
so near the earth will more or less
remove the moon from a position
rectly in front of the sun. Were
the moon very large, it would totally
eclipse the sun for the entire hemi-
sphere; but it is so small that it's
conical shadow, in traversing the
earth's surface, describes path not
over $50 miles wide, aud from that
down to nothing. For there are
times when the latter's shadow ter
before reaching the earth;
then we have what is called an
"annular eclipse" named from the
Latin word "annulus,"a ring, because
a ring of the SUMS brilliant face is
then observed completely surround
ing the superimpose dark body of the
moon. Such an eclipse will be visi-
BILE in Florida, June IS, 1908.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
FOR SALB Or To RENT

Good Blacksmith Shop with Tenement over
head and small amount of land. This is the
best location In Troy and one of the best in
the county. Is doing large business, but
owner must leave shop on account of poor
health. No better bargain in the black
smiths business can be had at anv price.
Inquire of
b. S. GOODRO, North Troy, vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

The following brilliant comment re-
Gently appeared in Harper's Weekly
on the recent scare that part of Yer
mont was in Canada.
There came from the n orth an ON
1nous sound of whetting scythes when
1t was announced the other day that
as result of the new survey fixing
the border-line, Vermont might have
to give to Canada a slics of her terri
tory and some of her few remaining
people. Stern experience conveyed a
warning to that free and independent
republic, at present somewhat often
sively and defensively allied with the
United States of America. 1t was
not the first time her ally had 1ndica-
ted wlllingne SIS to deprive her of
territory and population. AS early as
1881 the churlish Congress proposed a
considerable curtailment of her boun-
daries at condition of her admission
to the Union. The offer was rejected
with scorD, the muskets were oiled,
the scythes were ground, the powder
horn was placed by the anvil. Yer
mont and Ethan Allen were ready.
After ten years, during which time
the Congress was stunned more than
once by rumors of an alliance between
the Green Mountain republic and
Great Britain, the bars were let down,
and Vermont walked proudly into the
Union upon her own terms, with col
ors flying in the very fac es of the de-
tested Workers.
The mere suggestion of possible
necessity of making that fight all over
again at this late day was enough to
infuse life into the fine bronze statue
overlooking Lake Champlain. But we
think and hope and pray that the
danger is past. The great and good
: father out camping had his ear to the
round one night and caught the mu-
#lc of the milestone. Whereupon
Ghere promptly came out of Washing
ton statement that the matter would
be adjusted without permitting the
lion to bite off a mountain or two or
lave it's chops with purling streams.
The latest reports indicate that the
patriots await with serene courage
the definite determination of the mis-
understanding. They believe in the |
great and good father; they think he
means we'll; they voted for him al
most to man. But preparedness, as !
he himself has said, is half the battle
and the oil is upon the fiintlock, the
grindstone is in the woodshed, the
horn is by the anvil, the canoe is on
the Onion. Vermont again is ready.
But what a lucky thing it was for the
United States that the President hap
pened to be caught in a peacemaking
mood! Talk about indemnitiesl Saw!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

Attended a committee meeting to
consider a church matter. In the
meantime a call came to attend a
funeral: 10 the evening called to ar
range details for the funeral, and later
attended a lawn party of the Sunshine
Society.
SATURDAY. Aroused by the door
bell at five o'clock. Attended to po-
tato bugs before breakfast. Men and
team came to do haying. Forenoon
study cut short by the arrival of a
load of coel and by attention to the
haying. AFTERNOON. Wrote letter
ordering long-discussed article of
church furnishing. Internationally
attended an auction in a neighbours
YARD, meditated under tree and kept
an eye on the bayfield,. Finally rode
the horse rake in order to have the
field cleared. Partook of ice-crsam
and cake lie. supper at Grange Hall
by invitation. Abont 7.30 went up
stairs to arrange chaos of papers in
my study and chaos of thoughts in
my brain.
SUNDAY. In the morning preached
my annual sermon on foreign missions.
At O'Clock attended funeral, return
ing from the cemetery at 4.30. At
7 attended evening service and
preached a sermon (?)
MONDAY. Found exercise" and
Diversion" at the washing machine
and sundry chores about the barn
Summoned by telephone to attend
meeting of the executive committee
at the county seat to arrange program
for County Sunday School Conven-
ton. Walked to the afternoon train,
The evening was given to letter writ
ing.-St. Johnsbury Caledonian.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

THE CHRISTIAN churches at CONSTANT.
nople, Turkey, and Yokohama, Japan, have
long used the Longman & Martinez Paints for
painting their churches.
Liberal contributions of L. & NJ. Paint will
be given for such purpose wherever q church
is located.
F. M. Scofeld. Harris Springs, S. c., writes,
i painted our old homestead with L. & M
wenty-six years ago. Not painted since;
looks better than houses painted in the last
four years.
w. b. Barr, Charleston, w Va, writes,
Painted Frankenburg Block with L. & M.
SHOWS better than any buildings here have
ever done; stands out as though vanished
and actual cost of paint was less than sl.20
per gallon. Wears and covers like gold"
These Celebrated Paints are sold by q. G..
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
BEWARE OF OINTMENrS FOR CATARRH
THAT CONTAIN MERCURY

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous.
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you possibly derive from
them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
f. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucuos surfaces
of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
and made in Toledo, Ohio, byFJ
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
sold by Druggists, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

The MONITOR S serial story was com
pleted last week and in many ways
was one of the most successful stories
ever run serially. The call for a
continued story is heard from so
many of our readers that we shall
soon start another story and hope to
be able to obtain as good a one as
"Uucle Terry" has been.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

People throughout this vicinity are
looking forward to the coming Orleans
County Fair here and we know they
will not be disappointed in the exhibit
If hard and conscientious work on the
part of officials will make the fair
worth going to.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
COMING EVENTS.
OF Interest to orleans County and vicini,

OF Interest to orleans County and Vicinity
September 6. Opening of Orleans
County Court, NEWPORT.
September 81. County Sunday
School convention, Barton Landing.
September 12-15. Orleans county
f ir, Barton.
September 1921. Caledonia county
fair, st. Johnsbury.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28
GENERAL NEWS,
Fifty Negroes Drowned at Norfolk.

Fifty Negroes Drowned at Norfolk.
Near Norfolk, Va, Thursday. a
negro excursion train plunged through
an open draw and fifty were drowned
besides many injured.
| Sulu Sultan Wants Alice to Wed.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, who is tour.
ing in the PHILIPPINES with a party.
was received by the sultan of Sulu
with an offer of marriage. He agreed
to place her above his other six wives
This was the sultan's way of
of extending greeting.
Little Change in Yellow Fever.
The number of new cases of yellow
fever in New Orleans reported dailv
is somewhat less than last weekly
was Tuesdays record, with nine
deaths; whole number, 1903, with
214 deaths in all. The fever is spread
ing somewhat outside New Orleans
and even a few cases reported in
Mississippi.
Peace Situation.
The outlook for pc ace at this writ
ing is not at all hopeful. Russia by
the last report says through Count
Lamsdroff, officially, that she will paw
no contribution to Japan, direct or in
direct, or make any cession of terri
DRY whatsoever.
President Roosevelt's moves to
save the peace conference from ship
wreck are following each other in
quick succession. He is now believed
to have taken new step, possibly
the final one, in the shape of last an
peal to both sides to leave the cues
ton of the purchase price of the
northern half of the island of Sakba-
tin to the arbitrament of board or
commission.
Vermont Launched Tbursdt
Ina Vermont, one of the largest
and most powerful battleships vet
laid down for the navy, is to be
launched on the 31st at the Fore River
works at Quincy, Mass. Miss Bell.
daughter of the governor of Vermont
will christen the big fighting ma
chine. Governor Bell will be present
at the launching. Some facts about
the plan of the battleship follow.
Length of load water line, $50 feet.
The hull is to be of steel throughout.
Armament: main battery: four 12-
inch breech loading rifles; eight
S-inch breech-l loading rifles; II Finch
breech-loading rifles. The hull is
protected at the water line bv a
complete belt of armor feet 8 inches
wide, having maximum thickness
of II inches for about 200 feet amid
ships. There will be fitted all the
usual means of interior communica-
lions, such as telephones, voice
pipes, call bells, buyers, gongs
and annunciators, engine and steer
ing telegraphs, revolution and rudder
indicators, heeling indicators, auto
matte fire alarm, warning signals.
alarm signals, etc. The vessel is
designed as a flagship, and the
of quarters providing
ample accommodations for the fol-
owing complement: flag officer. a
chief of staff, 10 ward room officers.
10 junior officers, 10 warrant officers
md not less than 761 men, including
10 marines.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-28

Terms:-wHES PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
also YEAR.
In asking for change OF address, always
state where your paper is nor sent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
GOES INTO W|LDS
 ID STUDY MOOSE St. Paul Man Learns Many Things About Big Game HUNTER FOR THIRTY YEARS He Comments on Amazing Accuracy With Which They Estimate Dis
 tance Between the Trees and
 Rarely Hit Their AntIers.
HUNTER FOR THIRTY YEARS

St. Paul, Minn.-A wealth of new in-
 formation concerning the nature and
 habits of the moose, the largest of Amer
 ican game, is furnished by J. A. Turn
 bull, who has just returned from a, so-
 journ of two and half months in the wlds of northern Minnesota. on the Cana dain boundary, where he explored the ter
 ritory and studied the habits of the
 moose, which may be characterized truly
 as the king of the northern forests.
 MT. Turnbull has been hunting and liv-
 ing in the woods a large part of his time
 for thirty years. In his latest trip he was
 accompanied by his 15-year-old son.
 Few people have conception of the
 astuteness of these animals" said MT.
 Turnbull in speaking of the moose. "They
 possess a keenness of scent and hearing that Is almost beyond belief and an intel
 ligence that is seldom credited to them
 by any one except those who have devoted
 considerable time to studying them and their ways.
 'In the section of the country where we
 were the larger part of our stay, moose
 were exceedingly plentiful. and we had the finest opportunity to observe their ac- tions We followed them from one place to another, endeavoring not to frighten
 them, and all the while noticing them very closely. I have made them my par ticular hobby for many years, and my
 recent experiences tend to show me that the majority of my former conclusions have been correct.
 Must Be Studied Closely. "It is difficult proposition to give any one clear understanding of their habits unless that person has been in the woods and has had some former knowledge of them During the mating season, which commenc around September 20 and ends about the middle of October, the bulls are l exceedingly vicious, while the cows are | timid and seek the deepest forests, being i easily frightened It Is my opinion that l the males practically kill many of their | mates at this time.
 "The cows soon betaken themselves to i some island in order that they may not be | disturbed by wolves or other wild anil 1 mals The moose calves are about as i homely and unsightly as anything have ever seen Their heads are nearly as 1 long as their bodies. and when they are !, three or four weeks old they weigh about I one hundred pounds
 When calf and its mother leave the island the latter invariably taxes the i windward side. for the purpose of pro- , tecting the former. Then they remain ! together for about nine months. the mother, of course, providing food and
 shelter for the younger animals. But after that length of time has elapsed she | will try to get away. In order to do this ! they will often travel miles upstream. so as to leave no scent. and. as a rule. they
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 Which might mean Perhaps John Thom- as. or Perhaps Joe Tyler" Here MT. Grewgious lived There Is mourning memory attaching itself to this house in Staple inn. It was the last of many Lon don houses immortalized by Charles Dickens. It is the only such house now remaining
 Adjacent to Staple inn is Barnards 8 inn, which Pip described as "the dingiest col lection of shabby buildings ever squeezed together in rank corner as club for tomcats." In those days Barnard was disembodied spirit or a fiction. and even now 1t Is very much the same. There Is not much of Barnard left. he is incorporated with school and his inn is no more.
 There is still another inn left off Holborn-Thavies inn, from which Mrs. Jellyby addressed long epistles to the world on the subject of Borriolobooda- Cha, leaving her children in general to themselves, and little Peepy in particular to get his head fixed between ahe area railings Thavies inn is still "a narrow street of high houses like an oblong cis- tern to hold the fog" and there are area
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
SHIP YOUR GOODS
 BY THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY

This Company operates on 5000 miles of first-class routes. and has connections with other responsible Express Companies for all points accessible by express.
 An shipments of merchandise packages, valuabes, etc. are constantly In the care of special messengers selected for the pur- pose. and forwarded on the fast passenger trains.
 Special attention Is given to
 the hsndiing OfperishabIes. LOW RATES AND COURTEOUS TREATMEN1s
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and where a few feet of garden mold and a few yards of gravel enable them to do that refreshing violence to their tiny understandings. Moreover 1t is one of those hooks which are legal hooks, and 1t contains a little hall, with lit- tie lantern in it's roof, to what ob- structive purpose devoted, and at whose expense, this history knoweth not"
 Passing from the outer quadrangle, passing the tree and the birds. we reach the inner quadrangle, where in the left hand corner. we find the set of cham bers presenting in black and white over it's ugly portals" the mysterious inscrip- tion:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
Facts You Ought to Know.

From London Punch.
 The early Babylonians were unacqualnt- ed with the use of the telephone.
 It is not generally known that by substracting the number of wet days in year from 365 you can ascertain ap- proxinately the number of fine days.
 Columbus discovered America toward the end of the fifteenth century, and was very properly punished by a long term of Imprisonment.
 There is no phrase in the Thfbetan language which will exactly express the English term 'Nonconformist" con science"
 1t is not actually libellous to call a man a newspaper interviewer" Be- fore damages can be recovered 1t must be proved that the term was used mali ciously.
 Though 1t has often been pointed out that the devil was the first Radical, yet many intelligent people are unaware that Adam was the first labor leader.
 While England possesses 5000 daily and weekly newspapers, still she has only sixty jails. It is even more remark able, if possible. to find that we have
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railings galore for the little Peepys of to- day to come to grief upon.
 The Golden Cross' at Charing Cross has undergone many changes since May 13, 1927, when MT. Pickwick and his friends started on their memorable journey: the low archway through which the coach passed calling forth the warning of MT Jingle, Heads, heads; take care of your heads" has been put to more modern uses. Hungerford stairs have gone, and the blacking factor, too. We are not far off the abbey now where Charles Dickens sleeps his last sleep in the com panionship of our immortal dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
The SpoIIs of War.

From Harper's Weekly
 Benevolent Old Lady (to little boy In streeD- Why, why, little boy, how did you ever get such a black eye?
 Small Boy-Me and Sammy Jones was fightin' for a apple in school. an he smashed me.
 Benevolent Old Lady-Dear, dear! and which glutton got the apple?
 Small Boy-Teacher, ma am.
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succeed in accomplishing their purpose
 "The bulls have a peculiar grunting sound. whereby they call to the cows. A man can initiate the female call after long practice, but not so perfectly as to deceive them. The only way in which this ruse can be successfully carried out is to mix the human call with that of the moose. At the same time that they make their noise mingle your call with theirs. In this manner l have called them under the branches of the very tree in which I have been sitting from dis tances as great as a mile or more.
 Males Have Old Habit.
 ..The males also have an old habit of striking their antlers against trees, mak- ing a sound that rings clear as bell, after which they below long and loud. On a quiet night they can be heard miles away. l believe this Is their method of expressing defiance and challenging rival to contest.
 'They begin to grow their antlers in May, and by July they have attained their full size They are then covered with a kind of valvet, which disappears about September 1. They lose their antlers any where from the middle of January to the last of February.
 Tt Is astonishing to see them go through the woods while bearing these immense branching projections upon their heads. They calculate the ulStdnCe DtlWttn tiic trees to a nicety and hardly ever strike them against a single branch. But per haps xne strangest part of this perform ance is that this does not seem to retard their speed in the slightest.
 .'1n the summer they seek the water. where they will not be pestered by flies, and stay there during most of the warm weather As they are not built to reach the grass with their jaws, being very high in the forequarters they feed on lily pads. roots. watercress and moose maple dur ing the summer. The watercress grows chiefly in deep water. and to reach 1t have seen moose dive in water from ten to fifteen feet in depth leaving only their heels visible. They stay under from a minute to minute and a half, and usual ly do their diving at night When the lake has been quiet I have heard the noise made by the bubbles they cause while do- ing this at least a mile away. When they have filled their large jaws to the limit they proceed to sort out such parts as they want and eat them leisurely. "When autumn approaches they take tc the rocks and high places where they live on yellow birch and white willow tops. have seen them stand on their hind legs reach the top of birch tree fifteen feet above the ground, snap 1t off and ther pull off the young shoots. In the winter they sustain themselves on lichens, ground hemlock and white cedar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
MOBILE, JACKSON AND
 KANSAS CITY RAILROAD TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS:
 Account Yellow Fever. All Agents and Others Interested Effective Sunday, August 18th. 1905, 12:01 a. m., trains and 2 on main line. and Hattiesburg Branch trains and $ and "A and 25, G. & c. Division trains 1 and 2, will be annulled for Sunday service until further notice. Until further advised above trains will run daily.
 w. L. o'DWYER,
 General Passenger Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-22
How to Make Euqnou,

T-.ere are many ways to make 1t and many kinds of whisky. Green River beats 'em all. sss
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THE CURL HOTEL
 York, Ala. A. A. CURL, Proprietor Rates: $2.OO Per Day Special Attention 10 Commercial Men.

only 1000 cemeteries for our 70,0O0 doo- tors to work in.
 Fishmongers never advertise sales of old and soiled stock.
 Nearly all the inhabitants of the great Sahara are total abtainers.