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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
A Seasick Bride.
Horrors Of tho Bridal Tour.

d. ... HofrOrs OF the Bf1oal Tour.
Donn Piatt writes 1t is a grand
thing to read in popular journal that
the newly-married pair embarked for
a bridal tour in Europe" But really it
is not so grand. We have a bride on
board, and if the engaged could see her
we doubt their retaining a wish to
the same. Don't know, however any
thing fashionable will at least be en-
dured. We saw this delicate creature
come on board, surrounded by loving
friends and fairly sheltered in flowers
and tender leave-takings. She be-
longed to the extensive family of
blondes, and her get-up was exceedingly
beautiful. What a travelling dress that
was, what panier, what trail while
her little hat sat on the dizzy pinnacle
of blonde hair like birds nest sway
ing on tree top. Look at her now
to what favor has she come so suddenly
and think of the process Think, if
you can, of lover husband, sick him
self, trying to hold the loved head of
his bride and a bowl at the same time,
while pitching, tossing vessel tumbles
him over and spills the contents of that
bowl into the bosom of his beloved.
We happened to pass the stateroom
of the pair making their European
bridal tour. The door was open for air.
Sea sickness destroys the proprieties.
The most difident, shrinking creature
in the whole world will defy the eyes of
all Delaware when in a paroxyism of
that deathly sickness. We have seen
delicate young lady In the arms of the
first officer, begging to be thrown over
board between attacks, and clinging to
the rough sailor good looking, how
ever regardless of appearances. We
saw the young husband, in his shirt and
drawers, trying to hold the head of his
beloved over a bowl. And, o heavens,
such head The lofty structure of
blonde hair had disappeared, and in its
place was q diminutive knot and little
skull hid under an arrangement that re-
sembled hair sofa in its close smooth
ness. .... ........
We did not want to look; but the
motion of the vessel was such that we
hdu w ClluS w VIC uOOI. Auu WhuU
spectacle, what q tableau to be made up
by the said bridal party The poor
fellow, sick himself, was trying to hold
head and bowl in the same effort, and
sometimes he ducked the beloved coun-
tenance in the bowl, and then he would,
as the vessel gave a sudden lurch, sup
port himself by clinging to the head
which he had vowed to cherish and pro-
tect, and the head shrieked dismally.
Then when the fair bride appeared
on deck. feeble and half sick, unfeeling
comments and criticisms would provoke
any true Christian gentleman to pro-
fame language. Doubtless the announce
ment in the fashionable journals of the
bridal tour to Europe compensates all
this. But we have our fears, and are
inclined to believe that the many I'M
happy marriages terminating in elope-
ments and divorces may be traced to
the disgust created by the first three
days at sea.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
Good for Mrs. s,

Smudgkins got taken down wonder
fully a few mornings since; but we
shouldn't have known it if he hadn't
told the story himself. You must un-
derstand that Smudgkins is great on
his dignity, and that Propriety is his
hobby. He has been very careful in
bringing his wife to his own proper
standard. Truth and honor are dear
to him. Lately, however, Smudgkins
has been little loose in a single par
ticular. His wife objected to his join
ing the club, but Smudgkins assured
her that he had strength of mind enough
to withstand all possible evil influences.
Many of his best friends belonged to
the club, and it would be decidedly for
his interest to join. He joined three
months ago.
One evening-or rather, one night,
Smudgkins came home very late from
the club, where they had been enter
tanning celebrated guests. On the fol-
lowing morning Mrs. S. said to him.
"Do you really think, Augustus, that
a man and his wife are truly one, as you
often say they are meant to be?"
"They are one, my dear. Or, at least,
they should be"
"And are eOe one, Augustus?
Yes, my dear, think I may say
that you and are one."
"Then my dear Augustus" said the
pretty wife, looking meekly up into his
face, and resting her hand upon his
shoulder, "I wish to express to you my
deep regret, and ask your forgiveness
for my imprudence last night. Pardon
me this once, and I promise you that 1
will never get drunk again.
Smudgkins says the shot was effec-
tual. He doesn't believe his wife will
ever have occasion to fire another like
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23

ow o. that, Dimpsey,' says she. Blur
an'-agers why didn't ye tell me We
wor Misther Brookley, and I'd have
reused the griddle for ye, sir, an no
mistake" --,.'--,-.-g
1 could have taken Phil Dempsey to
my arms and cherished him.
"Be9orra there's the crossroads,
and there's Miss Kitty in her basket
shandhradan like a ipitayteel creel.
Didn't l tell We, sir, how it wud be ?"
1t is scarcely necessary to observe
that I experienced that sinking sensa-
tion of the heart which the immediate
prospect of meeting with the adored
one now fails to create; that 1 pretended
to be looking the other way, and not to
have perceived her that I bounded
from my pearch with the agility of an
acrobat, and that clipped" Phil Demp-
sey to he utmost limit of his satisfac-
tion.
81 TUX good care av him, miss" OBJ
served that worthy in tone known as
a pigs whisper, "but he was as wild as
young coult in me hands; but he's a
nice man, an a nice-mannered man, an
[ wish yez JOY"
"Stupid creature never can under
stand him." said Kitty Blake, with a
saucy toss of her head; "I'm afraid he
has been taking the mountain dew as he
came along"
At this crisis we were joined by Mr.
Blake pere, a splendid specimen of pa
tertanliLiaS, who welcomed me to Con-
nemara con anaore; my portmanteau
was placed in the basket-ca1riage, and
Kitty ratified away with it, leaving me
to walk across the mountain to the Hall
And such mountain, bear and bleak
and precipitous; and for any step I made
in advance made two In the opposite
direction; but pushed bravely on, and
sacrificed a brand-new pair of patent
leather buttoned boots during the ex-
cruciating process. But what cared L
for boots, or mountain, or physical an
guish? Was there not love-light in the
eye of Kitty Blake ?-was [ not ap-
preaching the Mecca of my hopes
1 remained month at Boljoldrun
Hall, I held the stereotyped interview
with Blake perc in his study, which
terminated most satisfactorily
And ..H
Well, yes
[ am to return to Connemara before
Valentines Day, and claim the hand of
the sweet little Irish girl who called me
an English boor. rnw n E.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
The Fair Circassian.

Circassian women are not always beau
tiful, and their dress does not heighten
their charms. They usually wear loose
Turkish trousers, made of white cotton,
and peculiarly frightful upper gar
ment of some dark cloth, made pre-
cisely like the coats worn by High
Church clergymen-tight and straight,
and buttoned from the throat to the
feet A striped shawl is sometimes
twisted round them like an apron. A
blue gauze veil is thrown over the head,
and their hair, which is generally long
and thick, is worn in two heavy plaits
that hang down behind. The beauties
who obtain such great reputation in
Constantinople and the West almost in.
variably come from Georgia and the
valleys near Ell Berouz. In those dis
tricts the women have magnificent ewes
and fair complexions. They are gener-
ally sold early in the year, when the
traders arrive, and Circassian parents
do not object to dispose of their daugh-
ters for a consideration; they only do
it with more candor and less cant than
Belgravian parents. 1t is said that the
moon-eyed" beauties themselves, far
from making things unpleasant, are de-
lighted to escape from the tedium of
house-life, and to take their chance of
being purchased by rich pacha.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
Vermont Cattle Law.

The last Vermont Legislature passed
the following law: "Any person who
shall suffer any cattle, horses, sheep or
swine to run at large in thepublic high
way, or yard belonging to any public
building, except on his own premises,
shall, for every offence wilfully or know
ingly committed, forfeit and pay o fine
of not less than SO nor more than $40
for each and every offence SO COM
mitted, with full cost of prosecution, to
be recovered before any justice of the
peace of the county, whether residing
in said town or not where such offence
is committed, on complaint of any
grand juror of the town in which such
offence is committed, or the States at
torney of the county; and it shall be
the duty of town grand jurors and State
attorneys to prosecute violations of this
act"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
What to Drink.

As our climate at this season engen-
ders considerable thirst, the people in
general need some refreshing drink.
At the present day no thirst allayer is
as popular as soda water when favored
with the many delicious syrups now in
general use. This popular beverage,
cannot prove injurious when the gas is
generated in the improved apparatus
for evolving it, and the soda water held
in tin-lined fountains. Copper foun-
tains were first used, but the soda ac-
ting upon the copper made a liquid that
was far from heathful The quantity
sold during the heated term in New
York is about five thousand gallons
daily. As a glass of soda, with the
syrup, costs the dealer only two and
one-half cents, and sells for ten cents,
where any considerable quantity is dis
posed of, the profits of the business
can be readily seen. One popular soda
fountain on crowded thoroughfare in
the same city the nets proprietors the
large sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars a day from another fountain
soda to the value of two hundred dollars
per diem is frequently drawn. Many
druggists receive, some days, one hun
dred and fifty dollars for such sales,
when their location is favorable for the
business.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
YOUNG WAnwoRrH's IMPRISONMENT =

Young WALwoRTH's IMPRISONMENT. -
The Albany Journal gives the following
statement of the facts concerning the
petition for pardon for young Wal
worth, who shot and killed his father,
saying it is derived from the Executive
Department GA short time since, a
letter, signed by o single individual,
asking for Walworth's pardon, was sent
to the Governor, and, as is the custom
in all cases for application for pardon,
whether from the penitentiary, State
prison, or gallows, the evidence in this
case was sent for. But there has been
no other action, and no such expression
of opinion as would justify the Cover
nor in taking up the case with view to
its serious examination.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23

The ALLIGAToR.-The alligator is
rather smart about some things. He
knows as much about strategy as a ma
jor-general of militia. He will poise
himself on a Ii g, open his mouth wide
by elevating his upper jaw, and remain
perfectly quiet. In short time his
mouth will fill with mosquitoes and
flies, when down will come his jaw, TAX
ing every mosquito and fly prisoner
He swallows them, lcks his chops, and
elevates his jaw to catch another floor
full. This dish is regarded by the alli-
gator as the most delicious that the
country affords.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23

A MAN WITH NEEDLE IN HIS HEART.
William Repadan, a shoemaker by
trade, but of late employed in lumber
yard, went to his boarding house, on
First street, Hunters Point, N. Y, and
lay upon the stoop. He fell asleep, and
in rolling over, needle which had been
inserted in the lapel of his coat pierc-
ed his left breast and penetrated his
heart. He attempted to withdraw it,
but broke the needle, leaving the point
in his heart. Physicians were immedi-
ately summoned, but they could do
nothing. To make an incision to re-
cover the needles point would be GER
tain death. They gave the unfortunate
man chloroform, under the influence of
which he has since been. ButSthe ply
siclans had little hope of his recovery.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23

VENIsoN. -Venison, says Pierre Blot,
has better taste when somewhat sea-
soned than if too fresh. It is much
improved by keeping it two or three
days in the following mixture, especially
leg or haunch Put in a bowl two or
three bay leaves, two or three cloves,
two onions sliced, two or three stalks of
parsley, same of thyme, tablespoon
full of whole peppers, gill of sweet
oil, and two of claret wine. Have the
leg or haunch in crockery vessel, and
turn the mixture over it. Turn the leg
over two or three times o day, wettinP
it all over by means of a spoon. When
in hurry-that is, when you cannot
wait so long-put it in the same mix
ture for few hours, turning it over
every hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-23
Enough.

troH "a cleft in rock harebel grew,
An8 gathered of sunshine and rain and dew
ltsn leasurs of life, in its cup of blue.
In cabin, out in western wild,
A m alden bent over her work and smiled
For "the old, old story" J .r - -, -,
. "iue D 1t bit of its earth
In IN . cleft OF ro sk gaze Beauty birth
IT, lifting its own sweet worth.
The world is wtdeI but the n,idon vail
knew, -'"''0N "en
NJ neaF' IN II all was more fond and true
'AAh 'i'e o Ie that her troth was plighted to.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-18
Rational HOrSe-ShOeing,

Foot lameness in horses is an evil so
common, and against which tie horse
owner struggles SO Intellectually, that
the world is waiting for some one who
will teach more excellent way of nail
ing iron to the organic structure of the
animal, to increase his usefulness with
out destroying his powers of action.
1t is claimed that this desired result
is obtained by the shoe, and the sys-
tenn of applying it, invented by Mr..
Goodenough, which has been in use in
some parts of this country and Europe
for several years. The object of this
system is to protect the hoof from
wearing away by attrition, but at the
same time to, allow to the horse it's
natural use and action. The motto of
this system is, ''No frog, no foot; no
foot, no horse" a saying abundantly
significant, and evidently the keynote
to the whole method. From his first to
his last page, "Wildair" enforces the
truth, that without the action of the
frog on the ground there can be no
healthful condition of the foot. We
cannot do better, perhaps, than to
quote from page II of the book on this
point:
"The world is for the most part lin
horse-shoeing) just where it was a
thousand years ago, possibly worse off,
for the original purpose of shoeing was
only to protect the Foot from attrition
or chipping, and but little iron was
used; but, as the utility of the opera.
ton became apparent, the smith bold
ly took the responsibility of altering
the form of the hoof to suit his own I'M
reasoning views, cutting away, as SUI
perfuous, the sole and bars, pairing the
frog to a shapely smoothness, and then
mailing on broad, heavy piece of iron,
covering not only the wall, but a por.
ton of the sole also, thus putting it out
of the power of the horse to take q ma.
tural, elastic step.
In short time the hoof, embraced
by the sole and bars, begins to contract
the action of the frog upon the ground
which in the natural foot is three-fold
acting as a cushion to receive the force
of the blow, and thus relieve the nerves
and joints of the leg from conclusion
opening and expanding the hoof by it,
upward pressure, quickening the cir
culation, and thereby stimulating til,
natural secretions-this all-importan
part of the organization, without which
there is no foot and no horse, becomes
hard, dry, and useless. Then follows
the whole train of direful conse
quences.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-18
Then and Now;

While there is much instruction In
this resurrection of a dead past, says
the New York Herald, and some points
of similitude in the general conse-
quencss produced in 1897 and 1857 with
those now current, there is more of en-
couragement and confidence in COM
pairing the different conditions existing
in this year of grace 1873, this latest
historic epoch in the world of finance,
In 1897 we were dependent upon Europe
for our supply of breadstuffsj now
Europe looks TO ms for both breadstuffs,
and, in spite of all experiments, full
supply of cotton. In 1887 we had q
currency depending wholly upon the
credit of individual corporations, elias
tic, it is true, but too much so for the
security it offered as permitting unlim-
tied expansion, the real currency of the
country, gold, being locked up in the
vaults of the Treasury as surplus rev.
enue. What wonder the infant giant
grew weak and staggered under such a
regimen.
In 1857 the same evil of an unlimited
paper circulation upon a limited gold
basis brought about crash in CONNER
cial values, over-stimulated by redun-
dant bank issues which the banks were
unable to redeem. Europe shared in
this revulsion through excessive specu-
lation, and in reality suffered more than
our new country.
How changed all this now ! Our cur
rency ($700, 900, 000), uniformly resting
upon the credit of the country, one
half in direct legal tender notes of the
United States, the other half national
bank notes, secured by the deposit in
the United States Treasury of bonds of
the United States, the property of the
banks. In the matter of breadstuffs
and cotton we control the markets of
Europe owing to the hort crop there.
Our imports and exports for the last
year show gradual reverse movement
in trade, the former being below and
the latter above the respective amounts
of the previous year. Iron is just en-
tering into our commerce as an article
of export, inspiring full expectation
that it will ere long turn this balance in
our favor.
Such are some of the great results
we have achieved since 1867, and in the
experience of the past week, an expert
ence that has also its lesson for us, we
find how much we have gained, and,
while stimulated to go forward and COM
plete the work of bringing confidence
into monetary dealings, which we lost
when we substituted the complete Sc
curity of the national credit for that of
mere local corporations, we may be
proud of the record, that in all this
great revulsion in Wall street, there has
not been one banking or commercial
failure caused by insolvency. The
banks, instead of precipitating disaster
as in former periods of financial dis
tress, have stood firmly in the breach
occasioned by the smash-up of some
weak railroad enterprises.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-18
A Marvel OutdOne.

Mr.. Finlayson, town-clerk of Stirling,
Scotland, in the latter part of the sew
enteenth century, was noted for the
marvellous in conversation. He was on
visit to the Earl of Menteith and Airth
in his castle of Taha, in the Loeb of
Menteith /; and was about taking leave,
when he was asked by the earl whether
he had seen the SaiIi'tg cIterr:y-t,'ee.
"No," said Finlayson "what sort
of a thing is it?"
cit is" replied the earl, "a tree that
has grown out at goose's mouth from
a stone the bird had swallowed, and
which she bears about with her in her
voyages round the loch. It is now in
full fruit of the most exquisite flavor.
Now, Finlayson," he added, "can you,
with all your powers of memory and
fancy, match the story of the cherry
tree ?"
Perhaps I can," said Finlayson,
clearing his throat, and adding: "When
Oliver Cromwell was at Airth, one of the
cannon sent ball to Stirling, and lodg.
ed it in the mouth of trumpet which
one of the troops in the castle was in
the act of sounding"
"Was the trumpeter killed ?" sale
the earl.
"No, my lord" replied Finlayson
"he blew the ball back, and killed the
artileryman who had fred it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-18
Sir Edwin LandSeer,

A special despatch from London an
nounces the death of the celebrated
painter, Sir Edwin Landseer, at the age
OF seventy-one years. Sir Edwin was
the third and youngest son of the late
John Landseer, A. R. A. and F. s. A.
born in London in 1902. He excelled
IN painting animals while a boy. and
became student of the Royal Academy
In 1916. He began to exhibit his pic
lures when but little over fourteen years
OF age, and his earliest productions at
tracted attention and gave great prom
Use OF future excellence.
The majority of his compositions
have become popular engravings. His
bronze figure of the "Stag at Bay .
was in the Royal Academy Exhibition
OF 1866, and the four lions in bronze
Tor the base of the Nelson column,
Trafalgar square, for which he received
the commission from the British gov
eminent in 1859, were placed on the
pedestals and uncovered January 81,
1867.
He became an associate of the ROYAL
Academy in 1927 became Royal
Academican in 1880. He was knighted
by the Queen of Great Britain in 1850.
AS member of the Atheneum Club he
was greatly sought after, being of g
cheerful and communicative dispo.
SltlOIl..s#Hs-s.s-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-18
The Ashantee Nnf.

The English reverse met in the
Ashantee war was as follows Five
boats manned and armed, started for
Chamah to hold a palaver with the
King and chiefs of the Chanaah people.
The object sought was to obtain the
assistance of this tribe against the
Ashantees. The interview was very
unsatisfactory, however, as the Chamah
chiefs said they would act neither for
nor against the British Government,
and refused to send chiefs to accompany
the expedition into the river Prah.
The demeanor of the Uhamah men, not
withstahdihg, was so peaceful that
Commodore Commerell apprehended
no danger from them, and decided to
proceed up the river, keeping near the
Chamah side of the stream.
The Commodore says "The river is
about seventy or eighty yards broad,
and we were proceeding satisfactorily
until about q mile and q half up the
river, when, without any warning or
without seeing any natives, we were
fred upon from the dense bush on the
Ohenah side, and found that we had
passed an ambuscade of the natives,
who were pouring heavy and murder
GUS fire upon our boats.
/ Immediately gave orders to open
fire with the small.arm men, but the
rockets could not be fred, as the steam
cutter was towing the boats.
" AT the first discharge 1 was shot
down, severely wounded in the right
side, and at the same moment Com
mander Luxmore'and Capt. Holden were
severely hit. then ordered the boats
to repair to mid-stream, and, finding
a number of our men wounded, 1 gave
orders for the expedition to return to
the Rattlesnake.
"We reached the Rattlesnake about
6 P. NJ, where the wounded were at
once attended to,
"The Rattlesnake was cleared for
action, and in less than two hours time
the town of Chamah was a heap of
burning ruins, and every exertion had
been made to avenge treachery so foul.
"It is not possible many natives
were killed by these measures but the
lesson will be severely felt, and those
who have gone to the bush will spread
far and wide the punishment their dis
loyalty and treachery have so deeply
merited. The English lost four killed
and twenty wounded in the action.