Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-01
Facts and Faneias.

Rev. Henry Austin of Texas, prea-
ches with his hat on to cover the place
where his scalp once was.
II has been frequently proved
that cattle to be kept sleek and healthy
must have a regular weekly allowance
of salt.
In one house in Pubnico, Yarmouth
County, Nova Scotia, there have been
seventeen cases of smallpox, of which
six were fatal.
An American Colonel at Raden-Ba-
deY having lost his money lately,
thought he had no use for brains and 50
blew them out.
A novel idea at the funeral of North
field, Vt, man who died the other day
was the taking up of collection for his
wife and six children.
A Chicago paper says the women of
Utah have recently altered the ortho-
graphy of their creed. They now spell
it Moremen instead of Mormon.
There are not scafolds enough in the
State of New York to hang at one time
the persons charged with murder now
in confinement in New York City.
Bret Harte denies that he is the Ia
ziest man in the world, but admits that
he don't see the use of rushing around
when his boarding house isn't on fire.
John p. Hale is confirmed paralytic
and has softening of the brain. He
can not leave his room, and will not
probably live o great while. He is
nearly sixty-seven years old.
An eminent statistician has calculated
that California will produce wheat flour
enough this year to make 5O,15S miles
of French loayes, or more than suf1i-
cient to girdle the earth twice.
A good method of keeping potatoes
for family use is topack them in barrels
with sun-dried sand, covering the tops
with turf, and keeping the m in q dry
and cool atmosphere. Then they will
neither shrivel nor shrink to any real
extent.
A physician, on presenting his bill to
the executor of the estate of deceased
patient, asked, "Do you wish to have
my bill sworn to ?"---"No," replied the
executor; "the death of t.e deceased is
evidence that you attended him profess
sionally."
To cure a smoky chimney, initiate
arge OK bladder with air, and tie it by
.he neck to a stick, and place it across
| the inside about two feet from the top.
The buoyance of the air keeps the blad-
der in q circular motion, and thus pre-
vents the down rush of air.
Josephine Mansfield, through coun-
| oc1 hos oftoohaI +bo TN,onai,tJ7 NJ Nathan
Appleton, of Newport, R. l., to the
amount of $4,000, for loss of $500,
which she deposited with Bowles Bros.
Just before their failure. A hearing Of
the case will be had in April.
The inconvenience of frozen cisterns
and gas meters may be obviated by put
ting a lump of salt into the water once
week, and into the closet trap the last
thing at night. The explanation is that
water holding salt in solution requires
% degrees of cold more than pure water
to freeze it.
The Presidential vote for 1872 is
Grant 1892, $40; Greeley, 2,8852, $50.
In 1868, Grant, 3,013, 1873; Seymour, O.
! 703, 800. 1t will be seen that Mr.. Gree
ley received about $50, 900 more votes
than Mr.. Seymour. OF Gen. Grants
increase, DAT, 900 came from States dis
franchised in 1868, and of Mr., Greeley's,
| 244 ZOO.
The following we clip from iIr.
Punchs Almanac for this year; Doctor
-"I am pleased to say, Mrs. Fitz-
browne, that shall be able tS vaccinate
your baby from a very healthy child of
your neighbor, Mrs. Jones'" Mrs.
Fitzbrowne-" Oh! dear, doctor, I could
not permit that. We do not care to be
mized up with the Joneses in any way"
A party of swindlers from the East
have taken advantage of the fact thai
there is no law in Nebraska against lot
teries to advertise extensively the Omaha
lottery, in aid of the State Orphan Asy-
lum. The scheme has no connection
whatever with the Asylum, is not under
charge of State officers, and those who
buy tickets in it can expect to lose their
money.
There are nineteen large tanneries in
Maine, which use annually 10, 900 cords
of bark. This bark tans 10000 to H.
900 tons of leather The average cost
of bark is $3.50 per cord, and aggregat-
ing $715,0 900 annually. The leather Is
generally tanned by the hundred or ton,
for which $40 per ton is paid, and this
costs over 100000 The freight on
hides and leather costs $50 per ton, and
aggregates 100000.
A correspondent commends onions as
specific against epidemics-not as an
esculent, but sliced and kept in a sick
room, where they will absorb any at
mospheric poison. They should be re-
placed by fresh ones every hour. 1t is
noticed that in the room of smallpox
patient they will blister and decompose
very rapidly, but will prevent the
spread of the disease. Their applica.
ton has also proved effective in the case
of snake bites.
If your horse should accidentally
stumble, never raise your voice-the
creature breads its masters chiding ;
never jog the reins-the mouth of the
horse is far more sensitive than the hu-
man lips never use the lash-the horse
is SO timid that the slightest correction
overpowers its reasoning faculties.
speak to the creature reassure the pal
pitating frame seek to restore those
perceptions which will form the best
guard against any repetition of the faulty
action.
The Rev. John Allen, well known as
, Camp Meeting John," opened late
term of court, as follows 80 Lord,
let us pray for the lawyers, for thou
knowest they have abundant use for
prayer. They too often try to make a
good case out of bad one, and bad
case out of n rood one. o Lord, help