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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
Parties for the PLAY.

A writer gives this account of how
New York fashionables are reviving an
old theatrical custom of society: ga
lady invites a party to early dinner, and
then off they go to the theatre, after
dining, in full dress, making the usual
sombre-clad audience fairly brilliant
with their silks and jewels, and heads
which are the pride Of the hair-dressers
and the marvel of the uninitiated, who
regard with wonder and awe the mys-
terious structure of hair, flowers, and
feathers that adorns the head feminine
when the wearer is in full dress. Or
else, if the dinner party is dispensed
with, the theatre comes first, and after
that jolly supper and plenty of fun
until ever so much o'clock in the morn
ing. That is the way fashionable New
York is amusing itself nowadays, or
rather nowanights, and the new fashion
is success. At the Grand Opera last
night there were no less than six of
these parties, the largest of them num-
bering about fifty. They were in din
ner toilettes, and occupied seats in the
centre of the house. These are the
first really large parties of the kind
that have been given, but SO successful
were they that they may be set down as
an established fashion"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
New French Religious Sect.

The existence of religious sect call
ed "Derbists," whose adherents are
mootly recruited in thetwo departments
of the Drome and the Ardeche. was
scarcely known to the great majority of
Frenchmen until a soldier belonging to
this body was tried by court martial
few days ago for insubordination.
The tenets of this sect are principally
embodied in the doctrine that human
life is absolutely sacred, and that the
profession of arms is in itself crime.
In obedience to this teaching, young
man who had been sent to Join his regi-
ment refused to carry arms, declaring
that he was ready to submit to any
punishment, even that of death, rather
than repudiate his principles. The
Colonel had no alternative but to send
him before court-martial for breach
of discipline; and in the course of the
trial the schoolmaster, who had been
called as awitness, stated that, though
he had done all in his power to eradi-
cate these ideas, the prisoner had held
fast to his original purpose. When he
told him that, in the event of a battle,
he would always be able to fire in the
air, the young man declared that he
would not do that because it would be
an act of treachery towards the govern
ment, and he preferred stating the case
to his superiors when called upon to
join the army. On similar grounds he
refuses to purchase substitute, and in
reply to the warning of his schoolmaster
that he would render himself liable to
be shot for insubordination, he avowed
his readiness "to add another to the
three millions of martyrs who have
already died for their faith" His be-
havior at the trial was most exemplary,
and when questioned by the president
of the court, he confessed that he had
disobeyed the military laws, but had
acted in conformity with those of the
Gospel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
Thoughts for the Nemlr.Married.

Amongst our readers, may no doubt
be found many a newly-wedded pair,
Just entering upon an entirely new and
untried series of duties, to be found
solely in the cares of housekeeping.
To all such we would whisper an en-
couraeing Heaven speed you !" for we
know that in thus early forming a sweet
home of your own, you will meet with
many pleasures never 10 be enjoyed
elsewhere. ~
There is a quiet dignity clustering
around the Young matron, as she seats
herself ct the head of her own neatly
arranged table an Importance apparent
to herself, and to others, as she enters
upon a regular routine of wifely home
duties, nowhere to be found but in the
shadow Of well regulated household.
There is also smile Of genuine con-
tentment and heartfest to be seen upon
the countenance of the voting married
man, as be enters the door of his own
house, and finds that home frightened
by the efforts of his chosen one, and
made beautiful by the refinementof her
affection and her womanly tastes.
But in assuming Tie cares of domestic
life, we would beseech the voting house
keeper never to neglect the accomplish
ments that gave 80 much pleasure to her
husband in the days 0f their eourtship,
Had music for him charm then, &c he
visited you in the home of your child
hoodP Did those songs that issued from
your girlish lips, and those sweet notes
that arose beneath the touch of your
fingers, seem to link his heart TO yours,
by chords of purest sympathy ? Bring
that music with you now, into your o*d
home, and make your room gay with
the voice and the songs that will never,
though years roll on, cease to have for
him q charm.
Was painting d source of pleasure be-
fore marriage? Bring your box and
yotr brushes into brighte1 studio let
some of your leisure moments find you
bending over your card-bCaraj with
your husband watching the progress Of
your picture, and his enjoyment will
surely speed your fingers, while his
eyes will rest fondly upon the dfa~ings
thai fill your portfolio, if they owe
their beauty to the artistic skill of his
cherished wife. .....,
Had poetry and flowers, birds and
books, charm while watched and read,
with lover beside you? Leave them
not outside of your own dwelling, but
ornament your home-neat, with all
these charming companions-that your
husband may ever recognize in the
wife the same refined tastes that he
admired in the bright and blooming
maiden,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
4 Lapp Encampment.

No sign OF life was visible in the camp
when we entered, and all that gave token
of the presence of man was a faint
column of blue-gray smoke, curling
from the top of one of the tents or kataS,,
of which there we're two. No reindeer,
no cattle, no horseS, no dogs even, were
visible; the only moving thing being
the steady rain, which fell with as much
perseverance as if no moisture had been
known in the lahd for long age.
The site of the camp was barren
enough, few stunted birch trees beng
the sole representatives 81 vegetable
life, unless one includes the few patches
of bta-6ar and the scraps of moss, which
had been trodden as nearly as possible
to theconditiou of the meagte soil which
afforded them their existence.
This, scene of d66olation and unmiti-
gated dampness was the actual home of
the Laplander, and now were we to
make acquaintance with a family of
these quaint and interesting people.
They are true Mongolianb, We are told,
and much Of the poetical is often con-
nected with their names. The Arabs of
the north, the dwellers in tents, the
proud and ingenious people who are
vainglorious Of their isolated life and
contented with their peacefulness, who
have never known war with their neigh
bors nor feuds among themselves, and
rbpe lo -,,4,,ro1
of the country they inhabit that it
seems TO them the fairest the world can
boast.
The VdgUisare lifts the. flap which
serves as an entrance to the tent, and
announces our arrival to the family
within, II is an ordinary hata, perhaps
eight feet in diameter, with fire in its
centre, above which is hole in the
roof, to serve as a means of exit for the
smoke. We conjecture that such b tent
might accommodate two, three, per-
chance four persons, and we wait to see
how many shall emerge.
One comes forth, a man, dressed in o
garment of skin, brown and rusty, with
tall cap, also brown and rusty, which
has long projecting peak Spangles
of brass and other barbarous ornaments
adorn his person, and knife hangs at
his side. His face is tanned to the color
of his dress of skins his expression is
one of low cunning and arrant knavery,
and his bleared eyes, that are watering
from the smoky atmosphere in which he
has been sitting, lend to his hang-dog
face an appearance of dissipation that
is melancholy to see. Is there anything
of poetry about sais creature? Poetry
there is nothing but dirt.
But he is followed by another animal
of the same type-an old woman, who
grins, and smirks, and chatters an I'M
desirable, filthy old hag. Then follows
younger woman, another man, third
woman, two more men and there are
still an old man and two women in the
tent. We have been deceived by the
chroniclers of Lappish traditions, if
these are fair specimens of the people.
They are low and filthy herd, who are
not inodorous. Dirt is the only thing
remarkable about them, and that one
sees in perfection. Their clothes are
plastered with dirt, their faces are
smeared with dirt, their hands are
caked with dirt; and they are the princes
of dirt, the very personifcation Of dirt.
-1hOS. Sharp. r.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
Indian Village Life.

During the grass season, says Gen.
Custer, nearly all Indian villages are
migratory, seldom remaining longer
than few weeks at most in any one
locality, depending entirely upoh the
supply of grass; when this becomes ex-
hausted the lodges are taken down, and
the entire tribe or band moves to some
other point, chosen with reference to
the supply of grass, water, wood and
game. The distance to the new lOea-
tion is usually but d few miles. During
the fall, when the bufa1oes are in the
best condition to furnish food, and
the hides are suitable to be dressed
as robes, or to furnish covering for the
lodges, the grand annual hunts of the
tribes take place, by which the supply
of meat for the winter is procured.
This being done, the chiefs determine
upon the points at which the village
shall be located if the tribe is large
one, the village is often sdbdivided,
one portion or band remaining at one
point, other portions choosing localities
within circuit of thirty or forty miles
Except during seasons of the most per-
feet peace, and when it is the firm in
tention of the chiefs to remain on friend
ly terms with the whites at least during
the winter and early spring months, the
localities selected for their winter re-
sorts are remote from the military posts
and frontier settlements, and the knowl-
edge which might lead to them carefully
withheld from every white man. Even
during moderate winter season. it is
barely possible for the Indians to OBJ
tain sufficient food for their ponies to
keep the latter in anything above a
starving condition. Many of the ponies
actually die from want of forage, while
the remaining ones become so weak
and attenuated that it requires several
weeks of good grazing in the spring to
fit them for service-particularly such
service as is required from the war
ponies. ....
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31

awed the criminal, said. ''Yon are one
whose life has been a tissue of false
hood end crime. You must prove what
you have said, or I'll not believe it.
''Be it so, replied the prisoner. 81
saw the whole transaction, and heard
all your testimony at the trial for ]
was there, too. I'll now tell you what
occurred at the spot of the murder,
which You did not mention, but which
] saw. When you rode up, the man
with you jumped off his horse, and
seized Blake by the collar your hat
fell off on the pommel of your saddle,
but you caught it before it reached the
ground. You then sprang off your
horse, and, while Walton held Blake, you
examined the body. You attempted to
pull the knife from his breast, but it
was covered with blood, and slipped
through your fingers. You rubbed your
hands on the ground, and, going to a
bush on the roadside, broke off some
leaves, and wiped your hands upon
them, and afterwards the handle of the
knife. n..
"You then drew it out, and washed it
in small puddle Of water at the foot of
the sumach bush. AS you did so, you
looked at Blake, who was standing with
his arms folded, and who said, Don't
be uneasy about me, Caleb I didn't
kill Wickliffe, and don't intend to es-
cape At one time you were within six
feet of where I was. It's lucky you did
not And me, for I was ready at that mo-
ment to send you to keep company with
Wickliffe but saw all, even when you
stumbled end dropped your gloves, as
yod mounted your horse" - ..,...4
+ "God have mercy on me ~ calculated
Grayson. "This is all true. But one
word more. I heard Wicklife, as we
rode up, shrek out, Mercy, mercy,
Harry T" ts.#E|# HE' tt IT
"He was begging for his life-1ny
first name is Harry"
The old man clasped his hands across
his face, and fell senseless on the floor.
It is needless to go into the details of
the Prisoners confession, which was so
full and clear that it left no doubt on
the mind of the judge that he was guilty
of Wickliffe's murder, and that Harry
Blake WIS another of those who had
gone to swell the list of victims of cir
cumstantial evidence, es r 50 T,. D.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
A VentrilOquist's Joke.

We recently took walk, says a wri-
ter in New Orleans paper, on the
wharf with friend, who is a good ven
triloquist.
Two hands of one of our steamers
were engaged In rolling Off a eask, when,
to the CONSERVATION and surprise of the
persons engaged in performing that
opereticnj voice was heard within the
cask:
"Roll it easy; these plaguey nails
hurt. I'd rather pay my passage than
stand all this.
Holding up their hands, their visuals
expanded to the size of two saucers, the
laborers exclaimed
"That beats the dickens ~
The mate coming tip at this moment,
and unaware of the cause of delay,
commenced cursing them for their ,dila-
toriness, when from within the cask the
voice came forth
"You're nobody let me out of this
cask.'", 49,.
"What's that y seia the mate,
"Why, it's me-" said the voice I
want to get out won't stand it any
longer"
6Up-end the cask, ssia the mate.
"Oh, don't! You'll kill me-" said
the voice. "Oh, how those nails prick
Look out-don't r. again said the cased-
up individual, as the men were turning
it over. ....-.y... ... ......
"Codpet;" said the mate, "head the
cask and take that man out
AS the adj sundered the hoops and
the head was coming out, the voice
again broke forth
" Be, easy now is there any one
about I? I don't want TO be caught"
Quite q crowd had now gathered
around the scene of action, when loud
gutteral laugh broke forth, which made
our hair stand on end; as the cask was
filed with bacon.
"What does it mean p says one.
cit beats my time," said the mate.
We enjoyed the, joke too well to
elbow" as we walked off arm-in-arm
with the ventriloquist and magician.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
An Incident.

Romance in real life is by no means
rare, and a story is told of pair of
lovers which owes its chief interest to
tbe fact that it is strictly true. Years
ago, beautiful young Boston girl was
sent to the Vermont hills, to arrest, if
possible, the indications of approaching
consumption. She recovered her health,
and meantime inflicted cureless wound
upon the heart of an intelligent and
well-educated young farmers son. I'm
like Lady We're de We're, she did not
scorn his affection, but returned it
heartily, referring him to her father.
That traditionally unromantic parsonage
wouldn't hoar of it, having, as is Gus
tomary in such cases, selected more
suitable partner for his child. The
young man retired, went West, and
made large fortune, and the young
waman married the man prescribed by
her father. She went to live in France;
her husband died in two years, and, her
parents also dying, she remained abroad.
The memory of her first romance faded
with her as with it's object, who, though
unmarried, was too busy in making
money for tender thoughts. Last year
his business took him to Europe, and
one night found him on a little steamer
plying between Marseilles and Leghorn.
A storm came up, and lady, who had
risen from her seat on deck to go below,
was thrown overheard by a sudden lurch
of the vessel. The sometime farmer
jumped after her, and, though in the
dark the steamer drifted away from
them, they clutcheda a providential plank
and foated until morning, when they
were picked up by another vessel. Du-
ring that night, in the cold and the
darkness, they discovered in each other
the loved and lost of earlier years. The
old feeling came back in that fearful
hour, and on their arrival at Malta they
were married. End of the poetry. The
rest is prose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
The Value of a Receipt.

A case recently came before the Judge
of Probate in Milwaukee, which was
more than usually interesting and inn
portant. A certain gentleman, whose
name we will not mention! died about
FIVE years ago. He left considerable,
though not extensive estate, which was
not administered until certain parties
filed claims against 1t. which would
have expired by limitation at the end of
six years. The estate was brought into
court, and the claims were taken ND in
reeulae order. They were quite numer-
ous, and embraced a'large variety of in
terests, workingmen, trades people, and
professional men. The individual
amounts of the claims ranged from s15
up. to 5000.
The $4,000 elsim was sled BY a man
who asserted that he had been interest
ed in certain real estate transactions
with the deceased; that a considerable
amount of money was made, but that
he (the claimant) had not received his
share. A number Of witnesses were
sworn and great deal of evidence was
taken which went to .substantiate the
validity of the claim against the estate.
1t was generally known that the gentle
men had been associated together in
real estate speculations, and that they
had made money.
The attorney for the heirs, after hav-
ing listened to oil the Evidence that was
brotght to prove the claim, came for
ward and produced q receipt, which,
though not for $5, 900, was proved to be
a receipt in full for the actual share of
the claimant. This was brief defense,
but it was effective Of the other
claims we willmake no mention, as they
were smaller and less important than
the one detailed. Suffice to say that of
claims to the amount of $1,000 which
were pitt forward, only $35 aOaS alIoaOed.
The estate of the deceased was found
to be in excellent order; he had re-
ceipts for all expenditures, and the
property was saved to the heirs. We
have recited this case for the purpose
of illustrating two things, viz: first,
the advisability, in fact the duty,
which o man owes to his family of
taking a receipt for every cent Laid out,
and, secondly, the necessity for having
none but All honorable and upright
Judge, whose conscience is not as q
coin, and whose fidelity is character
istic not less prominent than his ability.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
The Pope of ROme's Life.

John Mastai Ferretti-Pope Plus TX.
was born on the 18th of May, in the
year 1892, at Sinigaglia, near Ancona.
He received minor orders in the church
on the 9TH of January, 1877; subdeacon's
order, Goth of December, 1878; deacon's,
9th of March, 1919 and was ordained
priest on Holy Saturday, the same year,
at the hands of Monsignor Caprana.
He celebrated his first mass on the 10th
of April, 1919. In early life he served
in the Guard of Mobiles, during the
Pontifcate of Plus VII. When young
priest he was engaged on special mis-
sion to Chill. He was subsequently
Archbishop of Spoleta and of Imola
He was proclaimed Cardinal on the 14th
of December, 1910, and was created
Pope on the 10th, and crowned on the
21st of June, 1916. His crosses and
trials have been many and severe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
A Song Of Spring.


Behold, it is the time of birth,
The glad renewal of the earth,
The glorious resurrection day
OF every germ of life that lay
In the still darkness wrapped away
To the blue zenith of the skies
Behold sun of promise rise;
Look down upon the naked earth,
Crying unto the dead, Come forth,
And work the miracle of birth
Lo! up from every hidden place
They come before his shining face;
Not in that body which was sown-
Yet every body may be known,
And every seed may claim his own.
For all that seemingly had died
Are only changed and glorifed; u
For God hath given unto item
a body as it pleased him, ......
And that is bright which was grown dim
90 shall we stslld forth, every one,
New-risen Before the risen Son,
Ano in the body shall be known:
Eot in that body which was sown-
Yet every seed shall claim his own.
Ner shall the old within the ground
Long moulder ere the new be found
Here seed upon the earth we fling; z
Through the drear winter wait for spring
In heaven it is always spring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
Joined Twins,

Persons who have seen from time to
time the well-known Siamese twins, or
the two young colored girls joined from
the shoulders to the hip, that have been
exhibited in this country and Europe
since our late civil war, have found it
difficult to refrain from disagreeable
speculations as to what may be the cir
cumstances of the one or the other OF
the pairs when the final dissolution of
death of either shall come. There is an
instance on record in the every Day
Book of Home" which shows the fate
of what were known as the Biddenden
maids, born at Biddenden, England, in
the year 100, and who were joined at
the hips and shoulders. They thus
lived 81 years, when one of them died.
The other was advised to be separated
from her at once, but answered, "As
we came together, we will also go to-
gether," and was taken i'll and died six
hours after. Their names were Eliza
beth and Mary Chulkhurst.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31
Thirty Years of Litigation.

The suit of Marie Louise Mason
against Henry A. Cram, involving prop
erty valued at probably 81, 200, 900, has
just been decided by Judge Van Brunt
in the Special Term of the New York
Supreme Court in favor of the defend
ant. The foundation of this litigation
goes back to 1885, and continued to
1868, at which period the husband of
Mrs. Mason entered into an agreement
whereby Mr.. Cram, who was his law
agent, was to receive some valuable real
estate, in consideration among other
things of the payment of sum of
money. taH..,...
The deed, which was acknowledged
by Mrs. Mason, was executed November
26, 1866, and Mr.. Gram paid $50, 900.
The stamps he placed on the deed re-
presented a value of 100000. James
Mason died July 20, 1869, and his
widow as sole legatee, after rendering
$100, 600 to Mr.. Cram for his expenses,
outlay, ETC., brought suit to set aside
the previous agreement and the deed of
November, 1856, on the ground that
they were unfair and unjust, and made
while the relation of client and attorney
existed betweeno the parties, or while
the influence growing out OF that rela-
tion still existed.
Judge Van Brunt in his opinion holds
that the wife, having made regular
acknowledgment to the deed, cannot
now set up any mental reservation to
avoid it. For these reasons he holds
that the deed cannot be assailed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-05-31

FAaNs.-There are Fagins even in
America. In Cleveland last week q
man, bearing the extremely appropriate
name of Wolf, was brought before the
Police Court charged with receiving
stolen property. Several children, from
eight to ten years of age, testified that
Wolf had taught them to steal iron and
brass from the car-shops, and that they
obeyed him. The old scoundrel, in
stead of being sent to prison for life as
he should have been, was merely fined
$50 and costs. The Judge observed
that the offense of the prisoner was be
coming common one, and that il
should be severely dealt with.