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Monitor.
VOL. 3.
BARTOX, VERMONT, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1874.
NO. 19.
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il USIXESS JJIllECTOllY.
KAUTON,
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C. A. ROBINSON A CO.,
EALER9 IN CHOICE BRANDS 0 FLOUR.
I)i iot Store.
M
D. McDOUGALL.
ERCHANT TAILOR, AND DEALER IN GENTS'
furnishing Goods.
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EALER IN
General Merchandise
O. D. OWEN,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
AND
A. J. CUTLER,
1LLINERY. DRESSMAKING AND FATTKI;
Rooms, Barton, Barton Landtns Newport.
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M. HURRAED,
oUSE PAINTER. PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER
and Imitator tr ood ana Marble.
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A. B. ELAKE,
ANUFACTURER OF FLOUR.
Dealer in all kinds of Grain.
MEAL t EEED,
JOHN ARKLEY.
AND CUSTOM
ELACKSMITH.
T-ifHINIST
.1 Hix:ial attention given to Horse Shoeing.
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IFK. FIRE
A-'ent.
J. N. WEBSTER.
AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
A
GROUT & BALDWIN,
TTORNEY 8, COUNSELORS A SOLICITORS.
D
PERCIVAL A FOR3AIT1I.
EALER IN FURNITURE, COFFINS A CASKETS
C. V. Peecival.
F. T. Fobsaith.
J. N. WEBSTER,
PHOTOGRAPHER. DEALER IN STEREOSCOPES,
A
Views, oval, Square, and Rustic Frames.
DALE A ROBINSON.
TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.
C. J. ROBINSON,
-VilACTlCAL MILLWRIGHT. WILL DO MILL
I Jobs or Furuisli Plans for Mills. Agent for the
ai t Waterwbeel, and all Mill Machinery.
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LOUIS YOUNG.
ARNESS MAKER AND TRIMMER.
done neatly and promptly.
Works.
REPAIR-
fchop next door
M. SARGENT,
MANUFACTURER OF CUSTOM MADE BOOTS
an l Shoes. Repairing promptly attended to at
I- .tenable rates.
F. W. BALDWIN,
4 GENT FOR THE CHAMPLAIN MUTUAL FIRE
Insurance Co, Rurlinsrton, Vu Insurance of all
S placed in the beat Stock aud Mutual Companies.
J. W. HALL A CO..
EALER IN DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, HATS
I Caps. W. I. Good. Groceries ana General
1)
Jh-ivh Millie.
Will take Produce in exchance.
W. F. ROEINSON,
k EALER IN DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. FLOUR,
ait. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Beady .Made
tiviiiiiip:.
If
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WH1TCUER A CLARK,
EALER IN STOVES, TIN. JAPAN
WOOD
and Hollow ware ana Afc-ncuuurai jinpit?-
A'.l kinds of Barter taken in exchanse.
J. B. CASSIDY,
"'HAVING AND HAIR DRESSING. SPECIAL
attention paid to cutting Ladies' ami Children s
li.tr.
M. J. SMITH,
TyV'lT.IETOR OK THE ORLEANS COUNTY
' Marble Works. Foreitm ana American Marble,
Onvtft'iuts, MonumeiiW, Ac.
J. L. WOODMAN,
F.AI.F.R IN ROOTS. SHuES, AND F1N1J1NGS
of the best kind and quality, ottered cheap for
Store opposite the Drug Store.
W. B. CRITCnETT.
1 A1NTER AND GLAZIER. GRAINING, WEITE-
washinu aud Paper Hanging done in the best
n and Mtti:tuction gunrnnieeu. t'rucrs miieku.
J. J. HILL,
SUCCESSOR TO F. P. CHENEY, WILL CONTINUE
k to sel a Larue Variety of Sewing and Knitting
Machines. Orders solicited.
E. F. DUTTON,
L " UCCESSOR TO WM. JOSLYN A SONS. DEALER
O i Drucs Medicine. I've Stutl's. Paints. Oils. Jap
nri. Terpentine. Varnishes. Brushes. Window Glass,
Putty. Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods.
L. R. WOOD. JR.,
'ANUFACTURER OF WOOD. METAL. GLASS
Canvass and Paoer Slims. Banner, Scene,
oinameutal Painting, Ac Proprietor of Wood's Star
Lii?!ne3 Directories.
OUR ELMER.
A little eon a bonncins boy have ire ;
(tiod bless the lad. and keen him niL'ht and dav.
And lead him softly o'er this stony way !)
in- ia mue-eyea, ami naxen nair nas ne,
(Such loni auo. mine own tu wont to be
And people say be much resembles me.)
I've never heard a bird or runlet mug
So sweetly an he talks. His words are small
Sweet words oh ! bow delicionsly they fall !
Much like the sound of silver bells they ring.
And till the hnnse with music Beauty lies
As naturally upon his cheek as bloom
Vpnn a peaeh. Like niommu vapor, flies
Before bis smile my mind's infrequent gloom.
A joennd chihl Is be. and full of fun :
He laticbs with happv heartiness : and he
His hali-elneed. eyelids twinkles roimishlv.
Till from their lashes tears start up and run.
The drops art? bright as diamonds. When they Toll
Ailnwn his ebeek. they seem to he the o'erriowintr
Of the deep well of love within his sonl
The humau tenderness of his nature showing.
Tia pleasant to look on him while he sleeps:
His plump and rliunliv arms, and delicate nugers.
The half-l'nrm'd smile that round his red hps creeps;
The intellectual clow tliat faintly lingers
Vpon his eonntenance. as if he talks
With some bright angel on his nightly walks.
We tremble when we think that many a storm
May beat upon him in the time to eome,
That his now lienutiful and fragile form
May bear a bnrdon sore and wearisome.
Vet. so that stain of guiltiness and shame
Be never plaeed upon his soul and name,
So lie preserve his virtue though lie die,
And to his God, his race, aud country prove
a luumiti itiuii, wiium praise uor goiu CMll unit ,
Jfor threats of vile. deiguing ueu ean move,
" e ask no more. W e trast that he who leads
The footsteps of the feeble lamb, will hold
1 his lamb ot ours lit mercv s rtastnre-lold.
Where every inmate near the loving Shepherd feeds.
THE GOUTY MERCHANT AND THE
STRANGER.
In Broad-street building (on a winter night),
Sung by his narlor tire, a goutv wiiiht
Sat all alone, with one haud rubbing
His feet, rolled up in neeey hose.
With t'other he'd beneath bis nose
Tile Pubhe Ledger, in whose columns grubbing.
He noted all the sales of hops,
Shins, shores, and slops:
Gum. galls, and groceries; ginger, gin,
1 ar. tallow, turpentine, and tin: .
When lo f a deeent personage iu black,
Entered and most politely said
lour tootman, sir. has gone ins nigntly track
To the King's Head.
And left vonr door niar. which I
Observed in passing by ;
And thought it neighborly to give von notice."
Ten thousand thanks V the gouty man replied ;
You see, good sir. how to my chair I'm tied ;
Ten thousand thanks: howrerv few do fret
In time of danger.
Such kind attentions from a stranger!
Assuredly, that tellow'a throat is
Doomed to a final drop at Kewgate :
He knows, too. (the unconscious elf.)
That there's no sonl at home except myself."
lnoeea." replied the stranger (looking grave,)
Then he's a double knave :
He knows that rogues and thieves by scores
Nightly beset unguarded doors ;
And see. bow easily might one
Of these domestic foes.
Even beneath vonr very nose.
Perform his knavish tricks ;
Enter your room as I have done.
Blow out your candles thns and thns
Pocket your silver candlesticks :
And walk otT thus"
So said, so done : he made no more remark,
fror waited for renhea.
But marched off with his prize.
Leaving the gouty merchant in the dark.
John Stevens' Pericardium.
GLOVER.
C. L. FRENCH. M. D.,
IHYSICLVN AND SURGEON.
E. E. FOSTER,
STAGE LEAVES
T-UOPP.lETOR UNION HOCSE.
X fir Montpelief Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
ca . and for Barton twice a day.
D. L. DWINELL.
i EALER IN DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
Cai'S and General Merchandise. The celebrated
bi. Leon Water on hand and for sale.
D1
N. M. SCOTT,
PROPRIETOR GLOVER FLOURING MILLS.
L Lert Brands Family Flour always on hand. Also
turn and other feed. N. B. Particular attention paid
to Custom Grinding. 03-4
J. W. SCOTT,
DEALER IN HARNESSES, RIDING BRIDLES.
Collars aud Horse Clothing. Blankets, Ac. All
"'is of trimming. Rubber and Leather Covered,
1'ieJ. Tinned, Japanned and Gold. Plate. Repairing
i'Tomptly attended to.
J.E. DWINELL.
f ANUFACTURER and dealer in Furniture of all
AL kinds and descriptions. Carpets, Room Paper
uriains and fixtures. also Coffins and Caskets, Picture
.acs, Spring Beds Ac. Glover Vt
IKASUUKGH.
II. OIINE,
DEALER IN FURNITURE. COFFINS AND
CASKETS. pTtsburgh. Vu 2-24
V. 1. TYLER,
TTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AND 60LIC1T0R
j. Also lusntanca Agent. Lrasunrgh. Vt. 2-24
I II. THOMPSON,
TTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AND SOLICITOR
Also Bounty and Pennon Agent, lrasburgh, t
E. V. POWELL,
PP.OPRIETOR IRASBURGH HOUSE, lrasburgh,
Vt. A srood Liverv in connection with the
A
House.
i day.
Stage leaves for Barton Landing Depot twice
. W. I- ItlELL,
DEALER IN DRUGS, Medicines. Dye Btufis, Sta
tionery. Blank Books. Candies. Cigars, Tobacco,
Toilet Naj., fancy Articles, and all the PopularPateni
Medicines, lrasburgh, U
2-24
Si. STANFORD,
rPHE SAME OLD CHAP AS EVER, always on
-L Hand at his Post of Trade where Every man
Loves to Trade for G Aula in hia line, loch a Harnness
es and Tinware, Livery Stable and Groceries, Victoalses
t hu House, and Cliuoer Scvthes, with other Eatables,
B i a good place for travelers horses at bis barn.
lrasburgh, VU 2"24
MISCELLANEOUS,
h. A C. S. SKINNER,
1EP0T STORE. ( SUCCESSORS TO GRAND Y,
X J Skinner t Parker.) Dealers in Fkrar, Corn. Gro
rivs. Hardware. Paints and Oils. Barton Landing, VU
UASIBL gUVSZE. . 4-14 C. 8. SISWU
Anything lliiias touched turned to
gold. In these days, touch a man with
gold, and he'll turn into anything.
A Georgia clergyman has thirty chil
dren, and his parishioners object to his
having four pews without paying for
them.
A Yankee watched the Bridge of Sighs
pointed out to him, and then offered to
bet that America had several bridges
twice the size.
Thought for a schoolboy's theme.
Beauty and bashfulness are often united ;
yet the loveliest maiden is admired for
her cheek.
vant, called out, "Where's that block
head of mine ?" 0n your shoulders,
sir," said a lady.
A "Western member of Congress who
interpreted 31. C. to mean More Cur
rency, was made to understand that it
meant Mighty Corrupt.
Brave men can term fair women
The "apple of their eye."
But when it comes to office,
Xo ladies need apply !"
EH Love, of Wayne county, Ohio,
climbed a tree to shake out a coon. The
dogs heard something drop and went for
it, but it was not the coon. It was Lh.
A stranger who threw a ten dollar
bill into the contribution box of a Savan
nah church got trusted for five hundred
dollars worth of goods next day on the
strength of it.
A small boy in New Haven made a
sensation for a short time by quietly
transferring a card bearing the words
"Take one," from a lot of handbills in
front of a store to a basket of oranges.
A politician in writing a letter of con
dolence to a widow of a deceased mem
ber of the Legislature, says : "I cannot
tell you how pained I was to hear that
your husband had gone to heaven. We
were bosom fnend3 ; but now we snail
never meet again." .
A painting called "Jacob's Dream,"
is now exhibited, in which angels with
yellow hair and Llue wing3 are traveling
up and down aJadder, while Jacob slum
bers in full continental uniform except
the boots, which are confederate caval
ry style, and on a convenient rock.there
ies a hununs flask. It would make a
fine chromo. .
A man went into ; a butcher's shop,
and, finding the owner's wife in attend
ance, m the absence of her husband,
thought he would have a joke at her ex
pense, . and said : "Madame, can you
supply me with a yard of pork! "ies,
sir," said Bhe, and then turning to a boy,
she added : "James, give that gentle
man three pig s feet
Chicago eives her Dancers but two
meals a day ; no vegetables are given
them but turnips : their tea looks like
the sweepings of a grocery , floor ; and
their soup is made of meat from which
all the strength has been previously ex
tracted. The grand jury pronounce such
treatment of the poor most disgraceful,
and to that sentiment all the world will
respond "amen."
In one of the eastern towns of Massa
chusetts lived, some years ago, Uncle
Bill , a hard working 6tone mason,
llllON CtlWLES.
TriLL EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL
ft Hi. Wtt t.U, nf rvulsnsilA OlAluK. Csi4eU.
kirial Rsbes and Trimmings ef every description.
i':ru,s reasonable. Wet Albany, u
rii i A
P. R. KENDALL,
TTORNEY. BARTON" LANDING, VERMONT.
XV. W. MILES.
A TTORNEY AT LAW
2-24
North Craftsbnry, Vu
UOBCK.T tilLLlS,
I EALER IN HARNESSES, blankets, mbips, curry
---' comus, Ac, Barton Landin
, VU
J. F.
viti(;iiT,
ii'iysician and8uraon. Office at his residence,
oj-l Barton Lauding. VU
Dtt, O. A. IIEMl!,
UOMCEUPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON
IS Craftsbury, Vermont.
CUTLER A: IJOSsi
f A X UFAC'TUR ERS of Carnages and Sleigh .
4'-- Greensboro, Vt.
K.iJ. STEVENS,
VJCRG EON DENTIST. At Little's Hotel in Barton
J Village every Wednesday. Barton Landing, VU
a man of ready wit, but, unfortunately.
too much addicted to drink. Regularly
each morning at an early hour he made
a visit to the crocerv store to lav m a
Btock of the ardent for the day's con
sumption. With the same regularity the
Rev. Dr. C , a kindly natured ortho
dox clergyman, in quest of Lis morning
chop or midday roast, sought the village
butcher shop. After meeting often in
their morning walks, Dr. C at last
felt it his duty mildly to reprove Uncle
Bill for Lis easily besetting sin- So one
morning, after their usual hearty saluta
tions, the ffood dominie began :
"You and I walk out early, Uncle
Bill ; but do you ever reflect how differ
ent are our errands ?"
Well, for that matter." said Uuele
Bill, "if we bring the thing down to
Scripter test, my errand will come out
ahead."
"How so f asked Dr. C .
"Why, you walk after the flesh, but
I walk after the spirit !."
"Xow I am going to tell you just
what my husband said to me this morn
ing, Doctor, word for word," and the in
valid, Mrs. Stevens, lay back on the so
fa pillow, the very picture of misery.
The familv physician, who was called
on an average to the Stevens mansion j
three hundred and sixty times a year,
drew a chair close to the couch, and
waited quietly for his patient to open
her book of complaints.
"Last night, you see, Doctor, I had
an ill turn, and he wanted to come for
you ,- but when I got so he dared to
leave me, he concluded then we'd better
let you sleep."
"Much obliged to him," said the Doc
tor sarcastic emphasis on the personal
pronoun. "Last night was the first un
disturbed night's rest I have enjoyed for
a week."
Mrs. Stevens continued :
"This spell is the same as I had the
last time you were sent for, Doctor "
"A slight nervous attack," broke in
the physician, "nothing more."
"Well, it don't make any difference
what you call it, it was mighty hard to
bear ; but let me tell you what my hus
band said first, Doctor, before we go in
to symptoms. When he was going down
to breakfast, he says to me, 'Kate, what
shall I send you up ?' "
"Says I, I don't want anything in
the world but a good strong cup of tea
Tell Bridget to send it up in the little
tea pot' I saw, Doctor, that he didn't
move after I said this, so I turned and
looked up at him, and such a picture of
rage and isgust I never saw in my life.
Finally, says he, 'Tea ! tea ! tea ! it's
nothing but tea from morning till night,
Kate,' says he, you are the color of a
Chinaman now. Why don't you order
a good piece of beefsteak, and a slice of
brown bread, and a cup of chocolate ;
that would be a sensible breakfast !'
"But John," says I. "you forget that
I am sick and have no appetite." I was
all ready to cry, but I was determined
that he shouldn't have the satisfaction
of seeing the tears fall.
"forget," says he, "forget ? I wish
to Heaven I could forget ! -It's nothing
but grunt and groan from one year's end
with you," says he. "When we lived in
a part of a house, and you did your own
housework, you were as well and happy
as anybody, and no man ever had a
pleasanter little home than John Ste
vens ; but what have I now to love, or
to come back to ?' and this, Doctor, is
what he ended up with
"Kate," says he, "you are nothing
more nor less than a drunkard, and in
the sight of God, more culpable than
most of the men who stagger through
the streets : because the majority of
those poor devils have some sort of an
excuse for their conduct, and you have
not the slightest. You have a luxurious
home, a husband doing his level best to
make you happy everything under the
light of the sun to please you, and yet
you will persist in swilling tea.' Yes,
Doctor, swilling was the word he .used
boo ! hoo ! hoo ! Oh dear me ! to
think I should ever have lived to have
heard such dreadful language out of my
husband's mouth ; -and then he says
'and making me as miserable a wretch
as walks the earth.' "
Pretty plain talk," interrupted the
Doctor, with a shrug of his broad shoulders.
Oh, ye3," sobbed the victim, "and
so awfully coarse and unkind. If I had
had a Bpell, and died there belore his
very face, I don't believe he would have
cared a snap of his finger. I tell you,
Doctor Ellis, there is such a thins a3 a
man's getting hardened."
'Evidently," replied the physician,
with a laconism absolutely painful.
'But my husband has nothing in the
wprld to trouble him but just my poor
health ; and I am sure I can not help
that." This remark was more in answer
to her companion's tone and manner,
than the one single word that had acci
dentally escaped his lips, and this the
Doctor felt
'Anybody would think by the way
he goes on," continued the irate woman,
"that I enjoyed myself with 6pasms,
and cramps, and fainting fits. Anybody
would think it was a pleasure to me to
feel, every time I see a funeral proces
sion, as if the hearse was going to stop
at our door next. Oh, yes ! such a life
i3 very enjoyable, very, indeed."
Doctor Ellis took no notice of these
last word3 ; the man's eyes grew lumin
ous, and hi3 whole face declared that he
considered himself master of the situa
tion : and if Mrs. Stevens had not been
bo entirely taken up with her own ail
ments, mental and physical, that honest
countenance would have betrayed him.
"You say he began, settling him
self in the large easy chair, and assum
ing a strictlv nrofessional air, -that
o y l
I your husband has nothing to trouble
him bu your health ; how do you know
that, Mrs. Stevens ?"
"How ? W by how do 1 know any
thing ? By the evidences of my senses,
Don't I know that John Stevens has i
splendid business that look3 after itself,
a magnificent income, and money enough
to live on the bare" interest, as well as a
family need to live, if he never entered
! his office again while he has breath ?"
"But money isn't everything, Mrs.
Stevens," proceeded the physician, with
a calmness almost Mephistophelian.
"There are other troubles besides money
troubles. How about health, madame ?"
"Health ?" repeated the lady with a
smile she intended to be sarcastic to the
last degree.
"Health ? Doctor Ellis ! Why, there
isn't a healthier or a sounder man than
my husband in the United States. He
eats more in one meal than I do in three
months."
"Thete is nothing the matter With
your husband's stomach, Mrs. Stevens."
Doctor Ellis shaded his face with his
hand, and waited further developments.
Mrs. Stevens mistook this attempt at
forced concealment for emotion, and im
mediately assuming a sitting posture,
brushed her eyes, and looked piercingly
into her companion's face.
"Why do you accent the word 'stom
ach,' so strongly, Doctor Ellis ?" she in
quired in anxious tones. Mrs. Stevens
was forgetting herself, and this the Doc
tor hailed as an excellent omen.
"Only that I might make you under
stand that a man's digestion could be
most unexceptionable, and yet, he be far
from sound in other directions."
"Then you mean to tell me that my
husband is sick."
"I do."
"Perhaps you will go still further,
and say dangerously?"
"If you do desire it."
"Uh, uoctor iLixis, how cold and un
feeling you are ! I should think you
ought to know by this time " and just
here Mrs. Stevens broke down entirely,
and sobbed at if her heart would break.
"Ought to know what, Mrs. Stevens ?"
inquired the Doctor, with uncalled-for
deliberation.
"You ought to know to know that
my my husband's health and life are
of a good deal more consequence to me
than my own."
"Ah indeed,' interrupted the physi
cian, with an elevation of the bushy eye
brows, immensely suggestive of a con
trary opinion, as well as several very ex
cellent reasons for said opinion.
uwwr iius, win juu uemiiueuuugu
to tell me what is the matter with my
husband ?"
Mrs. Stevens was now on her teet
tears all wiped away, eyes flashing with
resentful spirit, and only the little quiv
er of her lip, to show how deep a wound
the kind heart in her bosom had sus
tained. There she stood, reproachful,
defiant determined, womanly. The Doc
tor was delighted, and such an honest
face it was, that he carried around with
him from door to door, from sunrise to
sunset, every day in the year, that it
was a mighty hard matter to keep it
from an immediate betrayal of the whole
purpose.
"Mrs. Stevens," said he, "you have
no cause to be alarmed. If I can only
get your co-operation in this business, I
feel certain I shall be able to make a
well man of your husband in a few
months, at the longest ; but as true as
I sit here before you, I cannot do this
alone."
"Why have I not been informed of
this before ?" broke in Mrs. Stevens im
periously.
-Who was there to inform you, mad
am ? Your husband doe3 not know his
condition, and I should really like to be
told when you have been sufficiently
calm to hear all that was necessary for
you to know ?"'
"But, Doctor Ellis, 1 should think
you ought to have understood that my
own health and comfort are nothing,
compared to my husband's." Mrs. Ste
vens was weeping again. "There is no
sacrifice that I would not make for him."
'Curious creatures !" muttered the
doctor : "delightful bundles of contradic
tions ! How the mischief should I know,
Mrs. Stevens, how much you care for
your husband ? I am sure you have
spent the last hour complaining about
him. Is that the way women generally
testify their regard for their husbands ?"
"O don't, Doctor Ellis, please don't
1 will never complain again never if
you will only let me know what .1. can
do for him. Do you know. Doctor, I had
begun to think lately that something
must be amiss with him, he was grow
ing so irritable. Poor dear ! how wick
ed and thoughtless I have treated him."
"This, then, is the trouble. I shall
take it for granted, madam, that you
know something about physiology, and
can follow me without difficulty i"
"O ye3, for mercy's sake, go on-"
"Very well ; I find that the pericar
dium "
"The pericardium ?" repeated Mrs.
Stevens.
You know What that is, I suppose?"
Evidently Mrs. Stevens' anatomical
knowledge wa3 limited. She shook her
head in despair. "Something about the
heart is it not T she asked at last
"Yes, the pericardium is the membra
neous sac that holds the heart Well,
sometimes this sac it is no matter
about particulars, JUrs. otevens, and
Dr. Ellis suddenly came to a standstill.
"It is enough, though, tor me to say
that we are both passably anxious that
hi heart should remain where it be
longs. Mr. Stevens must be amused.
He. wants the opera, the lecture, the so
cial tircle, entertaining books a happy
home music. You play, and sing, do
yori not, Mrs. Stevens ?"
tOh yes I used to," and Mrs. Ste
vens' tones were so pitiful now that big
Dri Illis really and truly was obliged
to wipe both his eyes and his nose. Be
forfe "ae was aware, the lachrymal duct
had gotten the upper hand.
f Tcli, try it again ; get a teacher
aud fo to practicing."
"Jut how am I going to manage my
Ispassas ?" sobbed the lady.
AVell, perhaps between us both
you using your will power, and thinking
of your kusband, going out with him,
and takhg care of him and I doing
my best ;n my way we may be able to
subdue tiem ; but you must remember
this, macam do not let Mr. Stevens
have tht faintest suspicion that you
think anything is the matter with him ;
and above all, do not treat him like an
inva'id. Just amuse him, and all that,
you know, just as you used to when you
were first married."
Another series of sobs from Mrs. Ste
vens.
The Doctor arose to go. His patient
had entirely forgotten that he had left
no pescription.
"About tea. Doctor ?" she asked, as
he prepared to leave. Do you think it
very hurtful,?"
"As an occasional tonic, I have no
objection to tea ; but as a daily bever
age, madam, it is an invention of the
devil. Good morning."
John Stevens sought his home that
evening with a heavy heart His wife
he believed a confirmed invalid, or hyp
ochondriac it mattered little which ;
one was as bad as the other. His re
monstrances were of no avail, he was
doubtful even whether his wife loved
him. He opened the door softly with
his latch key. This had become habit
ual ; seldom did the gentleman show
himself to hi3 beloved wife until after
the dining bell had summoned the fam
ily to the dining room.
A strain of music met and transfixed
him on the very threshold. Abt's beau-
wife was the musician. He was just in
time to hear
"The eyes that cannot weep.
Are the saddest eyes of aU."
Eor a full year this charming voice
had been as silent as the grave.
"Company, perhaps," he muttered.
Curiosity overcame him. He opened the
parlor door and stepped in. There was
Mrs. John Stevens, becomingly attired,
all alone, as enthusiastic over the fine
ULLMAN'S EDUCATED DOG.
There are few travelers on the Har
lem Railroad who have not heard of the
educated dog at Searsdale. depot His
name is Knapp. He is the property of
Mr. George Ullman, the station master.
Knapp is a shepherd dog, and about two
feet high, and is covered with a dark
brown coat of fine hair. He was born
in the Scotch Highlands nearly four
years ago. In his infancy Knapp was
imported at considerable trouble by a
gentleman of Searsdale, who, being sud
denly called to Europe shortly after
wards gave him to Mr. Ullman. Notic
ing genius and intelligence in Knapp,
Mr. Ullman began to train him.
Now Knapp can perform many won
derful feats. He has been taught to as
sist his master in the performance of his
duties around the depot. Jvnapp has
learned to tell by the clock when a train
is due ; and at night when the hands
point to the proper hour, Knapp takes a
lantern in his mouth and stands on the
platform with the light, guiding the en
gineer to the stopping place. Knapp
knows an express train from a mail
train, and a mail train from a way train.
In the day time when an express train
approaches the station and the track is
clear, Knapp shows a white flag which
signifies all is well.
Not many days ago Knapp appeared
with the white flag as an express train
hove in sight, but seeing two small chil
dren going down the wagon road igno
rant of the approaching train, he saw
that the children would reach the cross
ing simultaneously with the train.
Knapp dropped the white flag and seiz
ing a red flag in his mouth, he darted
toward the crossing! The engineer saw
the flag and shut off steam before the
animal reached the children. Arriving
at the crossing, he stood there and pre
vented the train from passing until the
children were safely across the track ;
then he laid the flag down and the train
went on.
On another occasion Knapp snatched
a child from in front of a way train just
as it was stopping at the depot The
child's clothing was torn by the wheels
of the locomotive so narrowly had it es
caped death.
Knair consults thft nloclr p.vrv rjav
for the arnvalof the mail train. A few
moments before the mail train is due
Knapp stations himself at the mail rack
and when the bag is thrown from the
car, he carries it to the post-office, and
if it contains any letters for his master
he takes them back to him.
When freight trains begin to switch
cars at the depot, Knapp always takes a
red flag and trots up or down the track,
as the case may be, and flags any train
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rendition of a piece of music as he had
ever seen her.
What does this mean, Kate ?" he
asked, with outstretched arms.
"That I have given up tea, and am
going to try hard to be well. I guess
my voice will all come back, John."
"I guess so," he replied, folding her
tight to his heart
Three months after this the cure was
so radical, that Doctor Ellis made a
clean breast of the whole thing ; and
there is no word or set of words that
can provoke so hearty a laugh in the
happy home of the Stevens as this phy
siologically scientific one Pericardium.
Have Courage. It conduces much
to our content, if we pass by those things
which happen to our trouble, and con
sider what is pleasing and prosperous,
that, by the representation of the better,
the worst may be blotted out If I be
overthrow! in my suit at law, yet home
is left me still, and my land, or I have
a virtuous wife, hopeful children, kind
"riends, and good hope3. If I have lost
one child, it may be I have two or three
still left me. Enjoy the present what
soever it may be, and do not be over so
licitous for the future, for if you take
your foot from the present standing and
thrust it forward . towards to-morrow's
event, you are in a restless condition ;
it ia like refusing to quench your pres
ent thirst by fearing you shall want
drink the next day. If to-morrow you
should want your sorrow would come
time enough, though you do not hasten
to meet it Let your trouble tarry till
its own day comes. Enjoy the blessings
of this day, if God 6end them, and the
evik of it bear patiently and sweetly,
for this day is ours. We are dead to
yesterday, and not yet born to-morrow.
Consolation: A lady under great
affliction, which 6he did not bear in a
very angelic way, once said to ber f riend,
"Oh, my dear,what should I have done
in all this without religion?" "I am
sure I cannot tell," was the answer;
"but you could not have done much
worse than you have with -religion."
Another heiress I Ninety-nine years ago
the father of Dr. Mark, who is the fath
er of a young "milliner now in St Joseph,
Mo., leased eighty acres of land in New
York City for ninety-nine years. The
lease has expired, Dr. Mark is dead, and
the milliner is the only living heir.
The property i3 worth $17.000,000.
'Pennsylvania stands first in the lut
of coal producing states, .Ohio second
and Illinois third.
that heaves in sight. Knapp always
keeps his position faithfully until called
in by signals, just as any other flagman
is. Engineers all know Knapp, and
faithfully act upon his signals. After
the departure of freight trains Knapp
often walks down the track and careful
ly examines the switches to see that the
breakmen have left them right Satis
fied that no blunders have been made,
he walks back to the depot, and if the
clock shows that he has a few leisure
moments he signifies to his master his
desire for a pipe. Mr. Ullman has
taught him to smoke, and he always
keeps Knapp's pipe ready for lighting
when he calls for it. The pipe being
lighted the animal sits on a chair and
smokes with as much apparent ease and
comfort a3 hi3 master.
Mr. Ullman is a good musician. He
has a piano in the ladies' room of the
depot, and he often performs on it.
Knapp has been taught to sing or whine
the tunes which he plays. The dog of
ten perches himself on achair beside his
master with his fore foct on the piano
frame, aud accurately turns the sheets
of music with hi3 tongue. Knapp can
waltz, dance a schottish or a polka as
well a3 anything can on four legs.
Of late some of the mischievous brake
men have thrown snow-balls at Knapp
just as the train started, or have made
ugly faces or stamped their feet at him.
He seemingly took no notice of these in
sults, but on one Monday one of the
brakemen went into the depot to get a
drink of water. When he started out
Knapp stood in the door and would not
allow him to move. Ho made a move
ment as though about to administer a
kick, and Knapp opened his mouth and
uttered a growl, which convinced the
brakeman that such a proceeding would
be dangerous. Knapp kept his prisoner
in the room until the train had gone so
far that the brakeman could not catch
it, and then releasing him, Knapp walk
ed away as unconcernedly as though
nothing unusual had occurred.
Since that time the brakemen have
been exceedingly civil to Knapp, but he
treats them with lofty indifference.
A local paper says that at a Missouri
revival in Jamestown, a short time ago,
one of the brethren got the "power,'
and made a very impressive prayer, a
part of which was the following: "O
j Lord, I feel like giving every poor man
in this place a barrel of flour, and a bar
rel of pork, and a barrel ot salt and a
barrel of pepper oh, but that's too
much pepper '"
Alarmists living in terror of future
war with America should find some com
fort in the fact that England is the best
customer of the United States. Our trans
atlantic cousins are supnoscd to have
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rather an unduo regard for their own
interests, and this will cause them to
hesitate before declaring war against
the nation to which they export about
one-half of their produce. We take
three-quarters of their manufactured
leather, about one-third of their tobacco
and a large quantitv of mineral oils.
both crude and refined. But it is chiefly
ws a jjurvliaaei vt America's gram Btwres
that England excels all other countries.
Of the total wheat exports from the
United States, ninety-six and a half
per cent are bought by us and our colo
nies, of flour fifty-eight per cent and of
Indian corn ninety-six per cent In
raw cotton also we are their best custom
er, importing about three-quarters of the
total produce, at a cost of over thirty
millions sterling. The provision trade
is equally brisk between the two coun
tries. Great Britain and her colonies
consume sixty-three per cent, of hams
and bacon, eighty per cent of beef, sev
enty per cent of pork, fifty per cent, of
butter, and ninety per cent, of cheese
annually produced in the United States.
On a Tough calculation, we annually
purchase in the aggregate about 65,
000,000 worth of the United States
gross produce, the net profit on which,
at 10 per cent amounts to .6,500,000
sterling, .but this only represents a
portion of the surety entered into by the
United States to keep the peace towards
England. All her other channels of
export could certainly be closed by our
cruisers, while her merchants would
lose the profits they now make on imports
from the United Kingdom and the Con
tinent Of course, England might suff
er to a certain extent, but not in propor
tion. Our commerce with America
would cease, but no interruption need
take place in that with the Continent,
while our possession of ports and arsen
als all over the world would place our
oceanic trade at a great advantage. Al
together, it may be safely assumed that
a war with England would cause infi
mieiy more loss to the united Dtat.es
than to us, in this fact, perhaps, exists
a main guarantee for the continuance of
peace. English paper.
UNDERGROUND LONDON.
Underground, the city of London is
certainly the most wonderful in the
world. It is a labyrinth of drain pipes,
water pipes, gas pipes and underground
railways. There are points in the soil
of London where it would be extremely
difficult to find room for another pipe
One company alone the Gas Light &
Coke Company supplies two districts
with nearly 400 miles of pipes, varying
in diameter from three inches to four
feet. These are the main pipes merely
and from them every house and street
lamp receives on an average six or eight
feet of small piping. In addition to
these, and the underground telegraph
wires, there are no less than 2500 miles
of drain pipes of various dimensions!
Less familiar to us. but no less impor
tant, are the lead and iron tubes lead
en pipes with outer castings of iron
along which written messages, packed
in little felt and gutta percha cases, are
blown from station to station. The
convenience of these messages is immense
A steam engine forces in a blast of air,
and in about a minute it travels a dis
tance of 980 yards. There are at pres
ent thirteen stations on the underground
railway ; and as the people walk upon
the streets of London, electricity is flash
ing messages above their heads, and
little missives are whizzing and darting
just under their feet As many as 1500
messages pass to and fro in a day. The
drainage system of London presents a
world of underground streets, some two
or three thousand miles in extent. All
the drains empty into three great sew
ers running parallel with the Thames,
which sewers connect in the neighbor
hood of Victoria Park, and through
Barking Creek discharge into the river.
Men are constantly employed keeping
these drains in repair. Londoners never
pour a pail of water down a drain but
at the depths of that mysterious par-
ture somebody is making way for rt A
stranger, properly costumed, can explore
these -depths, which resemble vaulted
galleries in the sides of which are traps
forming various small channels. When
the storm waters come, as they some
times do during a thunder-plump, the
torrent is fearful so much so that on
several occasions men have lost their
lives. -
Among the Solomon group of islands
in the South Sea, the cannibal in all his
unsophisticated perfection still abides.
To render midnight surprises from ene
mies difficult, these ferocious savages
Bleep in huts built in the tops of tall
trees. The only means of approach to
these houses is by a ladder made of a
Bleeper suspended from a post within
the house, and which of course, can be
hauled up at will. The houses are most
ingeniously built, and arc very firm and
strong. Each house will contain from
ten to twelve natives, and an ample store
of stone is kept, which they throw, both
with slings and with tne nanay witn
great force and precision. At the foot
of these trees is another hut, in which
the family usually reside, the tree-house
being only resorted to at night and du
ring times of expected danger. In fact,
however, they are never safe from sur
prise, notwithstanding all their precau
tions, as the great object in life among
the people is to get each other's heads.
Captain Simpson, of a British ship, re
cently visited a chiefs house on the
beach, and found a row of twenty-five
human heads, captured in a recent raid,
fastened up across the entrance like ver
min at a barn door. It was acknowl
edged that the object of the raid was to
get heads and eat the bodies, which is
always done. The heads of men, women
and children are all taken, and the won
der is that the whole island does not be
come depopulated.
Last evening a laborer, with his wife
and six children, entered the Mulberry-
street station and asked Captain Clinchy
for shelter. The kind officer put them
in a cell, when the woman asked him to
be allowed to go out and get food for the
children. Seeing how weak she was,
Captain Clinchy told her to give him
the money and he would send. The wo
man handed the Captain four cents.
"What kind of a supper do you in
tend to get with this ?"
"Bread, sir."
"Well you won't get enough foryour-
self for four cents."
"That's so ; but I and my husband
can do without"
Captain
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During a thunder storm in Yuba Co.,
California, a large number of wild geese
were killed. The storm came up late in
the afternoon. First a little snow, then
hail and rain and thunder and light
ning ; the birds rose from the marsh
when the hail began to fall j then it was
dark but the next morning the country
about wai strewn with dead geese, some
with their heads badly torn and their
beaks split, others with their feathers
on their backs crisp and singed and their
bodies burst open.
Handing her the four cents,
with three loaves, some ham and fish,
and a subscription was raised among the
men, all of whom gave their mite to as
sist the poor family.
That night at the Academy of Music
there was an opera seats four dollars
crowded with people clad in silk, satins,
velvets and furs, and the air redolent
with perfumes. Jn the gorgeous man
sions up town, society was holding high
carnival, each vying with the other in
recklessness of expenditures. What ex
tremes ! A family living on $100,000
a year another trying to make a supper
on four cents ! And all descended from
Adam ! Excltanae.
Sticking Peas. A correspondent of
a London paper makes a suggestion as
to sticking peas which is worthy of tri
al. He thinks that "to those who have
to procure stakes at a great cost the fol
lowing method will prove advantageous,
being very cheap, simple, and easily
performed. A few rough stakes should
be obtained and driven into the ground
on either side of the row, about twelve
feet apart. These stakes should be of
a corresponding height to that of the
peas, and when the required number for
a line is inserted, some tar twine or oth
er strong cord may be tied to the end
stake, and passed along the line of
stakes, making a turn on each within a
few inches of the ground, and as growth.
progresses, raise the next turn a little
higher, advancing in succession until the
plants attain their full height. These
lines being run on at the right time, the
tendrils of the peas will clasp firmly
round them and support the plants quite
equal to the well-known plan of sticking.
Some imagine an advantage to be ob
tained in this way of training, as the
vines get a better circulation of air, and
pods can be gathered at all times with
out injuring the haulm."
The old notion prevails in some parts
of France that when two marriages take
palce at the same time, the bride who
first leaves the church will have a boy
for Ler first child. Not long ago two
weddings were celebrated simultaneous
ly at Archies. As soon as the ceremony
was over, the two couples aDd their
friends made all haste to reach the church
door, aDd, to use a sporting phrase,
made a dead-heat of it Neither party
were inclined to yield precedence, defi
ant looks were exchanged, and thing
wore a threatening aspect, when the
mayor, stepping to the front, solved the
difficulty by giving an arm to each of
the brides, and taking them out together,
to the immense relief of their respective
friends.
A land agent in Colorado remarked
to au inquring emigrant that all that
was needed to make the place a paradise,
was a comfortable climate, water and
gjod society. "That is all that is lack
ing in hell," was the reply.
See advertisement of "Hair Vine" on
lvcal page, of this paper.
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