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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

OXFORD. ss:-At a Court Of Probate Gc.f 90
Paris within aud fOr the COunty Of uAiofe
on The third Ius.ds, OF September A. ID. ~.
hANIEL u. GRAHAM AdmuIatl1t9f u tihl Ne
WIN annexed on IN, estate OF William " Iu.
Am late OF Hebron in sau County deceased, having
presented hi- hrst account Of administrator NJ
the estate OF said deCcas eel for dliO" a.cer a ALSO
hi private account against said estate;
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

ONfoHp. S-:-N Court OF PROBATE hrli a.
Pai, Nijiuu aud Zoo said County oi OAiOid
CA the thiui Iuvs.iaJ ui september, 4 ID. 1915,
IVAN SIIJKTLEFF Administrator % thu
~ estate 81 Albert G.. Barbour late Ol Pam 100
-III I ouutt deceased, having prevented h. az.
count of dminl,tTAtOu oI the estate oi '-Ii
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

Ordered, Thstth said Administrator give notice
10 all prrsoas Interested by causing copy OF tbs
order 10 b. published three weeks succefsitey 10 tho
ONf nd Democrat printed ut Paris, that they MAJ
appear nc a Probate Court 10 b. held 81 PaTis
la .ad County on the third Tuesday ~ oct next
at O'Clock la the forenoon aud shcw c.n'e ~ hly
th., have why a.. same should hOi br allowed.
A n. WALKER, Judsc.
A TIN. canA-Aii..l. o. q. DAyls. ksa-,leI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07
A true copy-mte.I II. c. DAVE, Resis'sr.

OXFORD, - At JOuU OF Probate hsld a.
Paris WITHIN and Tor the Jthtg OF 'Nly'"
on the third Tu--day OF September. 4. -. 50
hANlD > CRAM named Executor D" certain
~ Instrument purpOrting 30 he the ldst ul ahd
Testament OF James traul iatr ct hruNhhtlu Ih
said County deceased, having presented the sams
for probate
Ordered. That the said Executor give notes
to all persons int,r,,t, by causiu- copy Oi tE.'
oret 4, D.. pubs lied three week ruCcr--srly t tH7
Oxford DrmOc lat printed a. fars, that the. sl'l
appear AZ q Probate Court Co tc held At ffJ~tur-
In aid Cuuaty on the twsny third day Oi Ott. ur ~
at . O'Clock in the forenoon and snrs cause 90 Any
they have WIZ the same should not be proved ap.
prvyrd and allow p, a. thu la,t WIIl aud Testament
of said decreased. 4 n MAIhEk Judge.
\ true cOpy-Attsst IA. &. DAVIS X gIstsr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

account Of admin, tratiOn uI ihs estate OF sa.l
ieceA sci Tor allowance:
tlfdr red That the said Executor si'ssolco
10 ALI persons tnterr.ted by causing copy ut ths
order 10 he published three .LrcsssIssiJ 10 is
Oxford DesOcrat pfinteI At fari., thai they may
appear at 4 Probate Court ~ be Lvld az l'hrs
la ,aid County on the Third tuesday oi oct' next
AT O'Clock ia the fore OOu Auu shvw cause " an!
they have ~ lay the same should not De- allowed.
A. n. WALkEti, Jusgs.
A Lruc copy-aitesl. u. q. DIVE. kesI.lsr-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

OXFORD ~ AT a Court % lrobAit H'ii ~
Pan. within aud Tor the County Of pA'ofI
on the third Tue,day Of september. \. u. it.a
IkENA -. WnITNAN named ESecutr' 10
i certain Instrument PurpOrtnT u DE- lhr i'-'
" ~ and Testament of Jacob Whitman, late &c
Hebron ia sand County deceased, having i'.cs'".'i
tile anne for probate
Ordered, That tie said ENrrutfiN give uoiI-.
10 all persons interested D. cau'iu- copy ol -t-
order a. b. publ thT,v week, success'rl 10 he
oxford Democrat puutrd 80 Paris, thtt th'j mHt
appear at a Probate Court TO De- head 20 Paris
Ia said County on the tuird TUESDAY OF oct urNi
al o'rtjck iu the forenoon and show rlu.. 90 90.
they have Why thc same should hot be- proved. Hp
pros ra aud allowed a.. the last " M aud itsiaiutu
of sAiI dtc,4,,d. Al WALhER, JII-r.
a tfur cop Attrst: N. 4. DAVIS. k'Ei-ivr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

! .aiu County, On tie third luvsdAl Of or'. ntHs
o'clock la the forenoon aud Stew cause Il any
-. MI
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

Ordered, inAt DO, .aid AluIuisti atur give ue;ict
L. az persons iut,5,sted o., causi1g copy 90 ihs
Ordc-to De- pUblI'rG thru ~vrs' suects.ssIy I'D tH'
Oxtvru Drinscfat pruteu ~ FstiA thst they may
zpp-ai al y proDst, Court go % Hsld ~ Tam
la laid County 90 TIE third tus .day Oi Oct. lvNt
AZ = ciuoA iu TIE forenoon Hno 'he~ cause u AhJ
rh., h.ve al, tl, same should not be SLOWED.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-10-07

4 true copy-atte.t: Ii. .. DAVIS, Reg.tsr.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Climatic Effects.

A well-known writer advances some
novel ideas concerning the effect Of
climate on the habits of life. He finds
a curious relation between the dryness
and the climate-not that less rain falls
in the United States than elsewhere,
but that the atmosphere is less saturat-
ed with humidity-and the prevalent
feverish activity and hurry to and fro
of the typical American. He traces the
American length of neck, the slender
ness of form, the intensely cephalic
organization, the lack OF. glandular sys-
tenn, to the one cause of atmospheric
aridity. He says that the people i'll the
United States are always in hurry. If
two friends meet in the street, they con-
tent themselves with a shake-hands,
but, as a general thing, cannot stop to
talk. 1t is true that something like
this can be seen in the seaports and
large towns of England; only the ac-
tivity appears to be more Intentional,
while that of the Yankee is more in
stinctive-the result of habit and q
natural impatience rather than of neces-
sity. According to this new theory,
critics in manners must take new ele-
ment into account in the study of the
forms Of etiquette, if, indeed, with a
people SO nervous, restless and precipi-
tate, forms are endurable on any terms.
Thus, if O man rudely colhdes with you
in the street, thereby causing consid-
erable shock to your nervous system,
you must impute his rudeness solely to
the weather, and sweetly forgive the
offense. Whenever the atmosphere is
excessively dry, dry and scant is the
courtesy to be expected, for the national
nervousness is ct its height. When, on
the contrary, humidity is indicted, the
poor, weather-governed, business-bur-
dened man is his quietest and most pla-
cid--a creature to be taken at his mode,
which may be at its worst again to-mor-
row
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Anneclote Of Lola MOntez'

Cons Miller, the river editor of the
CINCINNATI Commercial, was the pub
Usher of newspaper called the Non
11ueH in Cincinnati, twenty years ago.
An annecdote is told in connection with
his paper that is worth relating. AT
that time Lola Montez was acting at the
old National Theatre, and criticism
appearing in one of the papers that did
not suit her, she wrote reply, and car
ried it herself to the NonpareU Office,
and obtaining permission from the pub
Usher, made her way to the composition
room, and going to a cease, set the
article up with her own hands, placed
it upon a galley, took the proof, correct.
ed it, and thanking Mr.. Miller, walked
out. Subsequently she presented Mr.
Miller with a ring, which he still had
when our informant last met him. The
article referred to was written in reply
to one written by Mr.. Mccormick o.
the Sun. --Men,phis appeal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Caught in u Tunnel.

Sunday evening four workmen in the
employ o. Richmond's mandatory,
Boston, entered the tu1Rel which car
ries the water from the Holly tunnel TO
drive the wheel for propelling the cable
which is used for the Union office, and
for other mechanical purposes, to clear
the passage of distractions which have
been long accommodating. and interfere
materially with the passage of the water
to the wheel. A man was left ut the
outside of the tunnel, to keep the gate
way clear Of the debris, which constant
ly was carried down as the men were
at work. There was about foot of
water III the tunnel at the time, flowing
through from the canal. The man in
charge Of the gateway. after staying
there upward Of an hour, found it lons-
some, and, thinking no harm would en-
sue, started for his home, whore after
smoking his pipe he turned into bed.
In the meantime his companions kept
hard ut work in the dark recesses of the
tunnel, the dark gloom being only re-
heved by the light Of single lantern.
They were at work III q row, with their
back toward the outlet, those in front
passing the ice and rubbish to those be-
hind, Suddenly, Steiner felt the water
rising; looking behind him, the light
revealed moving wall Of water and ice
barring the return to the outlet and
moving slowly but surely onward.
WhNt was to be done Before them
escape was impossible. Behind them
surged that awful food chilling them to
their hearts core with its icy rush.
Now the water reached to their waists.
! The laatern was swept from Steiner
. grasp, and 10 add to the horror Of their
situation, they found themselves in to-
tai darkness. The nearer they advanced
to the outlet the deeper they found the
water. Still this was their only hope.
Steiner was leading. They came to-
gether to the end Of the tusnel. Con
fused, they could not find the ladder.
The water is up even with their chins,
can this be the chill of death that comes
over them? A moment more and it will
! be too late, when suddenly Steiner bub
bles forth cry Of joy. He has found
the steps; he ascends, is followed 10y
his comrades, and another moment they
! lind themselves safe, tfeadlnS the eaftL
breathing the cool night air. They
were chilled to the marrow, but n few
steps brought them before roaring
coal fire, where their drenched garments
were soon dried and their frigid limbs
returned to consciousness. This wal
indeed narrow escape from what might
have been most terrible death. Theil
adventure in the tunnel will never bt
effaced from the memories of the par
ties, and they will often turn back will
a shudder to those few moments wheI
they stood, as it were, upon the confines
of eternity. . .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Drinking Water.

Drink in : wine is habit f; 50 is drink
ing spiri ts, ale, cider, coffee and water.
The last is thought necessity; but to
drink much is habit. Some people
drink little, not because their constitu-
tions require less than others it is
their habit These people never per-
spire so much as those who drink more
The more that is drunk the more water
passes away or the system would suffer.
1t is the strain affects it. The skin,
the kidneys, bowels, lungs, all are
drawn upon. The result is, as may be
naturally expected, exhaustion. For
this reason the man who drinks much
water. particularly during the Summer
and in the hottest weather, is less able
to endure fatigue. The water is no
benefit to him-that is, the excess. 1t
must pass away, and this requires an
effort of the system, which is the sweat
ing process. Had he not used the eX-
Gees of water he would not have per-
spired SO it would not have been there
for the system to expel. 1t is a habit
to drink water so much false thirst
is created. We should drink only what
is needed. The habit of drinking more
will soon be overcome, and the person
will feel much stronger and more capa
BILE of being fatigue. In Winter little
fluid is wanted beyond what our fooo
furnishes in Summer some more, bu
not much. Country Gentleman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
fsaiFti Afrie0.


There is but one part of the habitable
globe----though very large part it must
be admitted--that is very closely shut
against the trade and the ideas of Eu-
rope and America. China is not thor,
oughly open, hut is opening; Central
Asia is no longer the terra inedgnita that
ii was; but the interior of Africa, long
hefmetieally sealeh, viii spaedily have
Nie light and air of Europe let into it.
A little chink has been pierced in the
wall by DIR. Livingstone and other ar
dent explorers. The chink will widen
into cleft, and the great mysterious
door of the long-closed eaptineut win he
swung wi1e up6h, that ali who will may
enter. Then will another highway
be added to the great village in which
We all live, along which the busy wheels
of the chariot of trade will rattle, bear
ing along with them the thoughts, man.
ners, aua the material wealth of these
festless times. ..
Australia, New Zealand, and the
South African colonies, which combiaed
if not separately, will rival North
America in population, will also speak
English, In fact English has already
beeome the great metropolitan Language
of the world. Language, as well as dis
tance, has hitherto kept people strang-
ers to each other. Strangeuess has led
to estrangement, and estrangrmea., aid-
ed by ignorance and prejudice, has
/ been the cause of innumerable wars,
which might never have broken out if
the peoples of the world had had the
opportunities which they NOT. possess OF
making acquaintance with each other.
In view Of the fact, however, that Ger
many is vast camp, and that every
man is compelled to serve as q soldier
during some of the best years of his
life /; that Russia Reeps more thai d
liiillidh OF men under arms that Aus
tria strives to keep as many; that
France burns with the desire of revenge
against her recent conqueror; and that
the whole Continent, in fact, is little
better than a vast parade ground fol
the evolutions of horse, foot and artil-
lery, it seems over sanguine, if not Uto,
plan, to imagine that the day is perhaps
not far distant when nations will cease
to make wnr tip5il one another for so.
called principles of nationality, or fol
enlarged frontier, or for petty offences
against the self-esteem of king or az
ambassador, or for the crazy ambition
of head of q dynasty, who wishes tc
strengthen himself at home by picking
a quarrel with some other potentatt
abroad. Nevertheless, no student Of
contemporary history, no clear-sighted
traveller, ne ,tlispassionate 0bserter d
the world and its ways, can fail to per
ceive that the tendency of increased in
tercourse is towards peace If there be
violence, there is power enough latent
somewhere to put stop to it by the
strong arm of the law; and if the whole
world be but village as regards prGxi
nifty of man to man, or shop to shop
within its boundaries, it is not very un
reasonable to hope and believe, thai
public opinion may ultimately become
so strong, 50. decided, and so unanimous
as to declare a peace-breaker public
nuisance, and put him down according
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
The BOatDlan.

The bridegroom smiled a happy smile,
The bride was sweetly blushing,
And DER the waters tranquil breast
A sound of bells came gushing.
The bridesmaids laugh'd, or watched the ligh
Upon the ripple culver;
But shadows dimm'd the boatmans face
That row'd them DER the river.
low fell his oars his thoughts were sad
"'Tis eighteen years in Summer
Since DER the stream row'd the bride,
Newborn, fairy conner.
The bells rang gayly, as to-day, ....
As to tho font they brough her;
And sire and mother wept for joy,
At christning of their daughter.
And-n0w once more across the stream
May all kind thoughts possess her =
row the BRIDE and bridal guests,
And pray that Heaven may bless her.
The sun shines bright, each heart is light,
The laugh rings loud and merry,
And shouts of welcome from the shore
Come booming DER the ferry.
A third time she must cross the flood,
With Death, our lord and master;
May ne'er see that mournful day ~
Row, boatman, row us faster!
Row boatman, row; your oars are slow,
Time flies, and Love is pressing,
And you shall earn double fee,
Besides your lady's blessing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Russia's Advance Into Asia.

Russia's Advance into Central Asia,
under the cover of her current quarrel
with the Khanate of Khiva, is just now
the subject of much anxious solicitude
to the authorities in Downing street.
The British lion so far has contented
himself with q growl merely at this in
sidious approach to England's India
possessions; but after awhile we may
expect to hear one of those substantial
roars which never fails to proceed from
him when the English "honer" is threat
ened. There is something almost of
the inexorableness of fate in the quiet,
secret, and persistent efforts of Russia
to establish herself somewhere in the
heart of Asia, so that i'll the chapter of
chances she may some day plant her
flag, beyond the mountains and steppes
of Central Asia, over against the coyet-
ed land of Iadia The crawl of its az
mics in this respect may be likened to
the slow, dragging approach across the
mountains of great serpent cautiously
feeling its way and seeking with it's
head ingress at all favorable points (;
baffied hither and yon, it withdraws to
patiently await some other coign of van
tage. It is evident that the day is ap-
preaching when England must face the
responsibility that Russia seems deter
mined to force upon her, and perhaps
the first immediate dawn OF this day
will be when Khiva shall have yielded =
as she shortly must yield-to the supe-
riority of the Russian arms. "a.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
Strange Suicide.

The Oshkosh (Wis.) Northeastern,
says: On last Friday, the little village
Of Eureka was startled by the report
that a young girl, the daughter of most
respectable parents, had committed sui
eide by taking strychnine. The par
ticulars of the affair are substantially
these: There was a festival at Wau-
kau on the evening of the tragedy, to
which the young lady, Miss Mary At
kins, had accepted the escort of young
man named Rounds, cousin of Mr.,
Horace Rounds, of this city. AS Mary
had been quite i'll few days before the
festival, her mother forbade her going
out that evening. Disappointed and
vexed at this, she swallowed a large
dose of strychnine, which had been
kept in the house to kill rats with. Her
sister saw her drink the poison from a
cup, but supposed it was water or cold
tea. She then sat down and wrote a
note and took up her knitting. For a
time she sat knitting and singing and
seemed very contented. Shortly after
ward however, she was taken violently
sick and lived but two hours. A few
moments after she was taken down,
Rounds called for her, but was inform
ed that she was i'll and could not CO.
Her mother did not know at this time
that her daughter had taken poison.
After two hours of great agony she
died. Everything was done for her that
could be done; physicians were sum
moned but too late. The note which
she had written was subsequently open
ed. and found to be last farewell to
her parents and sister. The exact con-
tents of the note have not yet transpir-
ed outside the family circle. The young
lady was sixteen years of age, and
was universally respected by all
who knew her. Her sudden and un-
timely death falls heavily upon her re-
lations and the numerous friends of the
afflicted family. aH -a.@. % f
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25
A Fatal Rat Bite.

A story is told by the Preston ENG
land) Guardian, which is, to say, the
least, quite as unpleasant as sensation
al. Anumber of persons being congre-
gated in the kitchen of an inn in that
town, the conversation turned on rats
and rat-killing. One of the company
having boasted that he was in posses
sion of "the largest rat that those pres
ent had ever seen," man named Bar
on, rendered foolhardy by drink, "
declared he could kill the biggest rat
that could be produced. An immense
old rat was accordingly withdrawn from
It's cage with much difficulty, and, hay
ing been secured to nail in the table
by piece of string passed through its
thigh. Baron set about his task, and,
contriving to get hold of the rat with
his teeth "about the middle of his
back" killed it, but not before the in
furiated creature had bitten him severe
ly on the cheek. He thought little OF
the wound at the time, but in week
or ten days it gave him intense pain,
and he is now in Blackburn Infirmary,
suffering from hydrophobia, ....,.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25

PIE EATING. Evidently we are pie
eating people; otherwise it could never
be true, as it now is, that one great es-
tablishment in New York city manufac-
lures daily $4,000 pies, and in an emerg-
ency can supply 10, 600 additional ones.
Everything has to be on huge scale to
make up such quantity of pies; ten
immense ovens, one Of which-if it can
be called an oven--will bake 900 pies an
hour; range big enough to cook ten
barrels of fruit at once; and $50, ZOO
pie-plates in constant use.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25

New CATTLE DISEASE. Avery strange
and fatal disease is prevailing among
the cattle in Franklin township, Ohio,
the symptoms of which are spasns and
general weakness. No cattle thus at
tackled have recovered. They generally
die in very few hours after the first
attack,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25

STARTLED HM.--A French merchant
was walking quietly on the Boulevard
Menilmontant. Paris, when respect
ably dressed young woman rushed to-
wards him, and, joining her hands,
exclaimed in tone of supplication,
"Oh, Charles do give me back my
child y AT first dumb with surprise,
he looked at the woman and said, F'You
make a mistake, madame, you take me
for somebody else" "Giye me back
the child you stole from me' rejoined
the woman. In vain he repeated that
she was deceived she continued to
overwhelm him with prayers and re-
proaches he attempted to proceed in
bis walk, but the frantic mother clung
to him, uttering piercing cries, till at
last he lost patience, and, in the hope of
getting rid of hen. struck her. This
strange scene hadattracted crowd of
spectators, who in their sympathy for
the poor woman, whose grief was really
distressing, became indignant at his
harsh conduct, and were proceeding to
beat him when he was saved by the
police, who took them both to the Com
missary of the Rue des Panoyaux. The
merchants innocence was easily proved,
and it was ascertained that the woman,
whose name was Madame Charles, had
become insane on the death OF her
child.
BROOKLYN. Iowa, has a nine year old
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25

Fifty-nine fishermen were drowned
in the recent gale at Yarmouth, Eng
land.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-25

Brooklyn, Iowa, has nine year old
thief who was educated on dime novels.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-16
Uses OF RaWhide.

The skin of an animal, whether cow,
calf, colt, or horse that dies on the farm,
is worth more at home than at the tan.
ner's. Cut it into narrow strips, and
shave off the hair with sharp knife
before the kitchen fire, or in your work
shop, 0p stormy days and evenings. You
may make them soft by rubbing. A
rawhide halter-strap an inch wide, will
hold horse better, and last longer, than
an inch rope. 1t is stronger than hoop
iron and more durable, and may be
used to hoop dry casks and boxes, and
for hinges.
Try it on broken thill, or any wood
word that has been split. Put it on wet
and nail fast. Thin skins make the best
bag-strings in the world. A rawhide
rope is a good substitute for chain, 1t
is valuable to mend broken link IN a
trace-chain. For some purposes it is best
to use il in its natural state. For other
purposes it may be dressed soft.-Jour.
nal Of Chemistry.