Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-01-18
NO. 2.
Fncts and Fancies.


81. 200 600.
The man who will invent mild blast
ing powder for snew-drifts will die
rich.
From 5000, 900 to 10000 900 sheep
are boiled down for their tallow annually
in Buenos Ayres.
A body of over $40, 900 acres of land
has been secured for colony in DiOkin-
son County, Kan.
A ship has arrived in the Thames
freighted with manure from Australia
for trial in England.
The name grass widow " is of French
origin. It is derived from the French
"grace," and originally means widow
by courtesy.
A recent decision in the courts would
seem to prove that lamb becomes a
sheep legally when it has its first per-
manent teeth.
A foolish youth in Girard, Kan. lately
paid 1913 express charges on box of
sawdust which he supposed contained
the queer"
A calf from a native COW, sired by
thoroughbred Durham, will be two
thirds Durham, so much preponderence
is there in the breeding qualities of high
bred stock.
The city of Watertown, Wis, is in
bad financial way It's assessed proper
ty of all kinds is set sown at 81 $50, 900,
and its bonded railroad debt, interest
included, at $4,000.
The force exercised by growing
seed is able to raise q weight of 200
pounds. This has been shown by en-
closing a seed within ball requiring
that force to burst it.
The Boston Herald says if the clerk
of ward two can establish the fact that
he was very drunk at the time of the
late city election, he will do good
thing for his reputation.
There are ffty-six savings banks in
the State of Maine, whose total invest
ments for 1872 reach $24, SOC, ,000-an in
crease of more than two millions over
the investments of 1871.
There were two astonished families
in Bangor, Me-, recently. The milkman
delivered a can of pure milk to one, and
pure water to the other, by reason of
mistake in filling the cans.
Life is like roll of costly material
passing swiftly through our hands, and
we must embroider our pattern on it as
it goes. We cannot wait to pick up a
false stitch, or pause too long before We
set another.
The Western Farmer in some remarks
regarding the "decline and fall of" Of
the New York Farmers Club, says eff
it should expire we suspect Coroner,s
Jury would find verdict of "Death
from too much ax-grinding, complicated
with other disorders.
A correspondent of the Poultry
World says he kept flock each of csm-
mon fows and of dark Brahmas "same
age, same feed, house and runs precisely
alike" with result two to one in favor
of the latter, not only in respect to eggs,
but as regards care and feed.
An old German while on his way from
Indianapolis to Lafayette froze his nose.
While thawing the frost out of that very
necessary member he remarked: "By
tam [ no understand dis ting. l haf
carry dat nose forty-ssven years and he
never freezed hisself before"
A Yankee farmer in Ohio adopts a
novel way of disposing of his pork. He
puts up a hog and asks his assembled
neighbors to guess on the weight, charg-
ing them 81 apiece for the privilege, the
person coming nearest the notch indi-
Gated by the steelyards being declared
owner.
Much has been said about the sale of
dead persons hair, and at one time this
created quite sensation. Of course,
some is always in the market, but it is
not the best quality, and is very easily
detected. 1t is quite dry and brittle,
and does not keep in curl, so that the
dealers do not care to buy it.
The Great Eastern Circus was sold at
auction in Selma, Ala, few days ago.
The elephant was bought by Mr.. De-
Haven for $4,000 Six bay horses
brought $3,40O. The den containing
the lioness and cubs, $5,085. The Ben
gal tiger and leopards, $4,000 The
buffaloes, $4O0 each. The ring horses
sold at from $500 to 81, 900 each.
Tt is asserted that an ice house in
LYONS Falls, New York, has not been
empty for 20 years, nor has pound of
ice ever been put into it. The building
is constructed after the ordinary method
and when it is designed to fill it, rose
Jet is placed over the water pipe, and as
the water comes through it is chilled
and drops into the house, where it forms
q solid mass.
The eighth annual convention of the
American Dairymen's Association Will
be held at Utica, New York, on January
14th, 10Th and 10th. L. B. Arnold, of
Ithica, N. Y, will deliver the annual
address, and several other addresses and
papers on subjects interesting to dairy
men are expected from other gentlemen.
Admission to the sessions of the conven-
ton will be by ticket, costing one dol
lar ladies are admitted free.
"Stop mi papper," says an indignant
"Pike" to the editor of q country paper.
" It's rong for folkes to layout munney
bin pappers. Mi daddy diddent. My
dadd was asmartt man: All the naboors
all around the knaborhood sed he's the
most intelligantist man in the hole kun
try. Our domany that usto preched in
our toun sed dadds faniler was the
smartist of boiz and galz that he knode
on amy whar abought. SO Misterr Ed
altar stop mi paper. I kno anuff tow
once.
When three Irishmen dug ditch,
for which they were to receive four
dollars, the trouble was how to divide
four among three and have it equal.
One of them remained quiet and the
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