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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
Decay Of Eggs,

OF eggs that have not -besn shaken,
and which have been exposed to the
air, at q mean temperature of twenty
five degrees centigrade, some were
found to change and putrify, while
others showed no perceptible alteration.
Where the experiment was made with
eggs that had been shaken or boiled,
some purified, others remained unal-
tered even for several months. In all
cases where the eggs did not decay, it
was impossible to discover the least
trace of any microscopic organism,
while, on the other hand, in every case
where eggs purified, the indubitable
presence of numerous microscopic or
ganisms of the family of vibriones were
manifested, and some traces of mold
were also found. These facts, as will be
seen, contradict some results previously
obtained, but their constancy and clear
ness leave no doubt in the mind of the
experimenter that the putrifaction of
eggs, like other putrifactions, so called,
is accompanied by the presence and the
multiplication of microscopic organic
beings, Mons. NJ. u. Guyo', in Les
MondeS. s@0t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
Insanity from the Chicago Fire.

Since the great fire in Chicago, be-
tween 200 and 300 persons have been
adiudged insane in the courts of Cook
County, Illinois. Commenting upon
one class of patients, the Chicago
Tribune says "The great fire is
responsible for the dethroned reason of
eleven persons. In one instance it was
downright fright, and consequent ex-
haustion, mental and physical in
another it was exposure to cold and
damp; in another it was loss of
property, and inevitable destitution;
in another it was loss of relatives; and
so on. Yet the number is not so great
as one would suppose who on the morn
ing succeeding the great calamity
watched those helpless women and
children upon the dismal prairies, in
the lake, in the graveyards, hiding be-
hind the friendly tombstones, or
crouched imploringly on church steps,
awaiting for the bread the world sent
them to place in the eager mouths of
their starving little ones. Not so great,
one would suppose, who watched for an
entire week after the confagration the
wild faces of men with great robust
frames, afraid to meet the eyes of their
wives and children because they had
no homes to which to bring them. Not
so great, indeed, when wealth gave
place to poverty, and luxury to utter
want when palaces we're turned into a
nook in q row of barracks-a spot, for
the matter of that, beneath an indulgent
sidewalk, or suit of rooms in stray
-four barrel"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
A Fish that swallowed a Hand.

The Pail Mall Gazette finds a subject
for speculative inquiry, or for poem, in
an incident mentioned by the Shetland
Times. On Saturday, July 5th, fish
ing-boat's crew brought to land large
draught of fish at the deep-sea fishing
station called Fathhaland, in Shetland
Among them was large ling, which,
when opened, was found to contain a
human left hand, perfectly entire. De
composition had not set in, and it is
therefore thought that the hand cannot
have been long swallowed by the fish,
and from its rather small size and the
absence of all traces of hard work, it is
supposed to be that of a lady. The
hand has been carefully buried, and the
fish was destroyed, (which seems a
mistake, says the Gazette, F" in a COM
mercial point of view, for if stuffed
and exhibited in London as the ling
in whose nav a mysterious hand had
been found, hundreds of persons would
doubtless have visited the exhibition,
and the voracious fish would have be-
come almost as great lion as the Shah.
In the meantime the story is well worth
the attention of the sensation news
papers, which might fill column most
agreeably by surmises as to the owner
of the hand. Perhaps fortnight ago
it may have been clasped in.that of q
lover, or it may have been the hand of
the Great Coram street murderer IN
fact, there is no saying what the hand
may have been. 1t may be as well to
mention that the ling belongs to the
Gladide, an important family of mala-
copterous fishes, and until the disagree
able circumstance is explained the
Gladide, and indeed all malacopterous
fishes, must not be surprised if they
are rather coldly received at the dinner
tnhIa y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
Tragic End of a Wedding.

A sad and lamentable incident of a
wedding in Louisville, KY, is thus de-
scribed by the Courier Journal. :. son
Monday night last Mr.. William Horan
was married to Miss Fanny Akers, at
the residence of her father, Mr.. Abra-
ham Akers. Among the invited guests
was Mr.. John Horan, brother of the
groom, and it seems that on some ac-
count he was an unwelcome visitor. On
this point two versions are given. On
the one hand it is said that the brothers
were rivals for the affections of the
young lady, and that John Horan at
tended his brothers wedding with
malicious intent. Another statement is
that the brothers are Catholics, and
the young lady being Protestant, the
marriage was bitterly opposed by
Horan's people. The bride was aware
of this antagonism between the families,
and the presence of the brother was on
this account offensive to her. While
the wedding party was In the midst of
the festivities of the occasion, q diff
Guilty arose between the brothers, and
they left the house together and passed
out of the front gate to the sidewalk.
Here some angry words passed between
them, and a fight ensued. During the
struggle the groom drew a knife and
plunged the blade into his brothers
side, then, Withdrawing the weapon,
he made another thrust, striking his
ear and almost severing it from the
face. The wounded brother broke
away and ran up the street. Whether or
not the man was dangerously wounded
could not be ascertained.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
Not Ready TO Die,

The following is no fabrication of an
irreverent secular journal, but from the
orthodox Memphis Presbyterian =
Travelling in his buggy alone, not
long ago, in going to one of his ap-
pointments, one of our good brethren
in the Presbytery of Memphis overlook
foot-pad,' with carpet, bag in his
hand. The roads were muddy, and he
was just at the time about entering q
miry bottom. With the politeness for
which he is noted, he asked the pedes-
trian Gan entire strangely if he would
not take a seat in the buggy, until, at
least, they had crossed the mud and the
mire. The invitation was readily ac-
cepted, and the conversation for time
was free and easy, about things ordina-
ry and general. Presently, however,
the good brother, with view to make
conversation profitable, asked the
stranger if he was ready to die? Not
knowing the character of the person
who had invited him to seat with him.
and misapprehending his meaning and
suspecting foul play, he waited not to
reply, but sprang from the buggy i'm
mediately, and ran for life through slush
and water. The clerical brother, wish
ing to assurethe stranger that he meant
no harm, called to him, at the top of his
voice, to stop But this only hastened
his speed, and, like a scared hare, he
ran until beyond hearing and sight. In
his hasty flight he left his carpet-sack,
which our brother now has in his pos
session, being the richer for his faith
fulness by the addition of coarse shirt,
pair of thread bare trowsers and q
little 'backer.'" >.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

I owe my success in life to one fact,
said Henry Clay. At the age of twenty
seven 1 commenced and continued for
years, the practice of daily reading and
speaking upon the contents of some his
torical or scientific book. These off
hand or scientific efforts were made
sometimes in corn field, at others in
the forest, and not unfrequently in some
distant barn, with the OK and horse for
my auditors. 1t is to this early prac-
tice in the great art of arts that 1 am
indebted for the primary and leading
impulse that stimulated me forward,
and shaped and nodded my entire
subsequent destiny. Improve, then,
young gentlemen, the superior advan-
tages you here enjoy. Let no day pass
without exercising the power of speech.
There is no power like oratory. Caesar
controlled men by exciting their fears,
Cicero by captivating their affections
and swaying their passions. The infu-
ence of the one died with the author
that of the other continues to this day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

Portland, Me-, narrowly escaped a
disaster equal to that which has just
befallen the Oregon city of the same
name. As it is, the calamity is sufff-
GENTLY serious, three large steamers,
two wharves, a grain elevator, contain
ing 40, 900 bushels of grain, and much
other valuable property having been
destroyed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

The firm of Call and Tuttle was
well-known clothing house on Washing
ton street, Boston, some years ago. One
day a quizzical looking stranger of
rather rural air stalked into the store,
and, addressing one of the clerks, re-
marked, 81 want to futile" "What,
sirP calculated the startled clerk. 81
want to futile, replied the stranger, in
somewhat raised tone and with in
creased emphasis. 81 don't understand
you, sir" said the mystifed clerk.
"Why, look here, said the stranger,
cit says on your sign Call and Tuttle.
Now I've called, asd l want to futile"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30
A Noble Woman.

"She is saint; she is heroinew
This exclamation was made respecting
lady, a Mrs. -, resident in Nash
vile during the gloomy days of June,
when large numbers of persons little
way beyond her residence were sick
and dying of cholera. The woman,
moved by the goodness and sustained
by the heroism of her noble heart,
devoted her days and nights to the
sick, the dying, and the dead. She
went in the darkness of the night, in
the rain and mud, when the air was
loaded with pestilence, to the houses
of the sick. And she went not only to
speak words of cheer, but to do with her
own hands whatever could be done to stay
the progress of the disease, to relieve
the distressed, and to prepare the dead
for decent interment. When told that
she ought not to leave her comfortable
home and family, and expose health,
especially in going to the novels of
the poor, her reply was: 81 think it
would be wrong to neglect the sick and
dead at such a time as this" On the
night after the day when SO many
deaths occurred in the city we saw this
heroic woman at midnight preparing a
corpse for burial, She did the hard
work thoroughly. She washed and
dressed the dead, carried out the in
fected bedding and clothing, disinfected
the room, and quieted the bereaved
children. The world lauds the courage
of great men who risk their lives on the
battlefield but do not those Nashville
ladies, who, like the one to whom we
now refer, braved the perils of the pesti-
lence in the performance of duties to
the sick, dying, and dead, deserve even
q HIGHER need Of praise
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

Sashes of China Grape are the fash
ion. India embroidery, such as is seen
on the borders of can el's hair shawls,
is now used for trimming redingotes.
polonaises and jackets. u.4.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

Mrs. Ellen Dunn, wifeof John Dunn,
q newly married couple who had lived in
Woodbridge only two or three weeks,
in preparing the MONDAY meal, sought
to hasten the fire by pouring oil upon
it. AS she held the oil can in her hand,
the flames communicated with its con-
tents, and report like that of gun
attracted her husbands attention. He
rushed into the house and found
his wife enveloped in flames. Every
particle of clothing was burned off her
before the fire could be put out, and
her body was one indistinguishable
mass of charred and blackened flesh.
Death, Of course, speedily followed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

The guests of a Green Bay hotel sit
in the windows and fish.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-08-30

iere the rocks are gray and the shore is
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06
A Serious Young Bourbon.

The Biddeford Times publishes the open let
ter of Ferguson Haines, Esq, to W, II. Cliff
ord, ESQ.,. of this city, relative to the speech
of Mr.. Clifford in the Democratic County Con-
vention, which has occasiened more stir
among the dry bones of the Democracy than
anything that has occurred the present season.
Mr. Ferguson Haines is a serious-minded
young Bourbon, who actually believes that
there is a Democratic party yet in existence.
Mr.. Clifford does not; and if he did, does not
hold one idea in common with the old organi-
cation. The serious Mr.. Harris first tells
Mr.. Clifford that he is not surprised at his
speech. In fact it is just what he expected
from the frank young man who stood up in
the Convention that nominated him, and
shocked the gray-headed Bourbons with dec
larations not complimentary to the character
of the deceased. 1t was this frankness that
caused many good party men to shrink from
his support Speaking further of the cam
pagn of last year, the serious Mr.. Haines
SAYS:
You proclaimed throughout this district the
demise OF the Democratic party, and placed
yourself at the head of the mournful procession.
Fifty thousand good men and true, in the State
of Maine to-day, do not agree with you, or be-
lieve the time has yet come for the abandon-
mnnt of an organization that has done good
service in maintaining and administering the
laws of our government. l believe with them
that that day has not yet come, even though we
may be entering upon our eighteenth successive
defeat.
There is tinge of melancholy about this
that should teach the hear. of the bold Mr.
Clifford, not so much because he has been
whstling at funeral, as that fifty thousand
men in Maine do not yet heed the logic of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06

ALEXANDER DELMAR, who once made
some remarkable calculations for Andy John.
son respecting the national finances, has been
to st. Petersburg as delegate to the statis-
tical Congress, and as the result of his tray
els and observation, writes letter to the
New York Times in which he announces
that the world at large is producing more
bread than it can eat. Half century ago
this was not so; but the general introduction
OF railways and steam navigation, and other
changes in the pursuits Of the civilized world
have had tendency to stimulate the crops
of grain in nearly every country except Great
Britain. Dir. Delmar estimates that the ca
pacity of population to consume grain in
the form of food is eight to ten bushels
per capita per annum, and for all purposes
cannot exceed sixteen bushels per annum,
while the country is producing twenty BUSH
els per capita. In conclusion Mr.. Delmar
says:
The plain question is. rs the world pre-
ducing too much food? If SO, where shall
we sell our breadstuffs profLably? And if we
can sell them nowhere, and must utilize
them deleteriously or uneconomcally by con-
verting them into bad whiskey and bad fuel.
had we not better bestow a greater part of
our attention than now upon other indus
tries?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06
News and Other Items

A man with wart on his nose has recovered
$500 in Baltimore court against the brute who
reminded him of his protuberance by calling
him "Warty."
Mr.. CHARLES Wentworth of Clinton has this
season picked and forwarded to the Boston
market $500 pounds or "a tons of raspber-
ries.
A man in Yates county, N Y, who has been
an inveterate smoker for fifty years, has sud-
denly and permanently given it up. He knock
ed the ashes out of his pipe into a key of blast
ing powder.
The very incest young man at Prospect Park
Hotel, in the Catskills, was arrested for forgery
last week and carried off to New York, forget
ing to return three diamond rings that had
been loaned him by as many young ladies.
The rumor that the Erie Railway Company
has been secretly importing engineers from
England to supersede those belonging to the
brotherhood now in the service OF the company
is contradicted, having no other foundation
than the fact that one Engiishman has been
recently employed as engineer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06

OUR Democratic reformers who strain at
gnats and swallow camels. are making some
ado because the House of 1871 took mileage
both going to and returning from the Legis-
latures. As our Democratic friends are great
sticklers for observing the letter of theConsti-
tuition, we refer them to article 4, part third,
section 7 of the State Constitution, which
reads as follows:
''Senators and Representatives shall receive
such compensation as shall be established by
law: but no law increasing their compensa-
ton shall take effect during the existence OF
the Legislature which enacted it. The ex-
penses of the House Of Representatives in
travelling to the Legislature and returning
therefrom, once in each session and no more,
shall be paid by the State, etc.
We believe that the man who made this dis
covery was Democrat, and equally certain
that no hickory backed Democrat opposed it.
During the war, and once since. DEMOCRATS
have made attempts to increase their pay as
mem bers, by Introducing orders to have their
salary paid in specie, when it required $1.5O
or $500 in national currency to purchase a
dollar in gold The most persistent fellow we
ever knew in the Legislature, was Demo-
crat in earnest to secure the passage of re
solve, granting members $40 worth of postage
stamps.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06
A Word of Warning to Cape Elizabeth.

a NVAQ VI W OdYC
Upon the Republicans of Cape Elizabeth
devolves ON Monday next, special and I'M
perative duty. They havea majority OF the
town when everybody is out and Can easily
elect their representative by going and voting
for him. The off years are harvest time
for the Democracy. They take advantage of
the general lull in politics aud the absence of
effort to get out Republican voters. to bring
out their full force and then steal victory.
Year before last they did this in Cape Eliza
beth: care should be taken that no repetition
of that result occur. 1t is much easier to
keep district than to recover it wheu it is
once lost.
Apart from political consideration there is
every reason why citizens of Cape Elizabeth,
irrespective of party, should vote for Mr.. At
wood the Republican nominee. Questions
are likely to arise largely affecting the inter-
ests of the town. Roads, bridges, harbor i'm
provements and the numerous other matters
of importance to aSarge and widely scattered
town require the best possible representation.
Born and bred farmer, but in later years
connected Win large MISUNDERSTANDING ohtOi
prises, Mr. Atwood combines all the training
requisite to fifty represent the varied indus
tries of his constituency. His experience of
last winter in the House will add infinitely to
his effectiveness, aid his relations with the
dominant party in both branches OF the Leg
isat1re will give him practical influence
which no member of the opposition could
have. Ansupright, straightforward, capable
man of business, of good appearance, charac-
ter and standing, ne is a representative Of
whom any constituency could fifty be proud.
His opponent, Mr. Haskell is young man
of good reputation and correct department,
who lives at home with his father and has no
experience except in farming and in one
years service as selectman.
There is ne, reason for Democratic victory
in Cape Elizabeth this year,and there is every
inducement to make Republican success Sc
cure. The only chance for loss is that our
people may stay at home in lazy confidence.
Every man should come out and bring his
neighbors. One day is not much to give for
the public good. 1t will be disgrace, if we
fail to win this year, as well as a substantial
loss to the town.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06
ASIATIC CHOLERA In CHINA!
ALMOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH
p A [ N K ILL E RI

DEAR Substituting residence of some ten
years in Siam and China, as missionary, found
your Vegetable Pain-Killer a most valuable remedy
iorS nat fearful seopfge The cholera In administer
teaspoonful of Pain Killer in a gill of hot water
sweetened with sugars then, after about fifteen min
uteS begin to give about tablespoonful of the same
mixture every minute until reliet obtaiued. APP
ply hot applications to the extremites Battle the
stomach with the Pan-kiler clear and rub the
took the medicine faithfully in the way stated above
eight out of ten recovered.
Rev. R. TELFORD, Missionary in China.
DEAR Substituting long residence in China,
have used your valuable Pain Killer both in my own
family and among the Chinese and have found it
most excellent medicine. In the summer of 1862 and
almost certain cure for cholera if used in time. In
deed, using it in great many instances, do not
member falling in a single case. For three years
have been residing in this place. more that fifty miles
from physician and have been obliged often to fall
upon my own resources in cases of sickness The
Chinese come to us in great numbers for medicine
and advice. Though without medical know ledge
ourselves, the few simple remedies we can command
are 50 much in advance even Of their physicians that
to come because it brings in contact with them
and opens COR Of usefulness In drrhoea, collie,
vomiting, cholera, coughs etc. your Pain Killer has
has been my chief medicine. Yours. very truly
Rev. I. P. CRAWFORD, Tungchow. China
Those using Pain-killer should strickly observe
the following directions: At the commencement of
the disease take a teaspoonful of Pain-Kier in
sugar and water, and then battle freely across the
stomach ana bowels with the Pa1n-killer, clear.
Should the diarrhoea and cramp continue repeat the
dose every fifteen minutes. In this way the dreadful
scourge may be checked and the patient relieved in
the course of few hours
N. B.-Be sure and get the genuine article; and it
is recommended by those who have used the PAIN
Killer for the cholera that in extreme cases the pa
tent take two Tor more) teaspoonfus instead of one.
We invite the attention of the public to this well
tested and unrivaled family medicine.
The PAlN-kILLER is sold by all Druggists and
Dealers inFamily Medicines.
~ Price % and 90 cents and 81.
PERRY DAVIS d SON,
Manufacturers and Proprietors,
1856 High street. Providence, R. l.
277 st. Paul street. Montreal.
II Southampton street, London, England.
au90 D.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06

the success of the Independent or Anti-Rail-
road ticket The election was for members of
the Legislature and local officers. The indi-
cations are that the Anti-Railroad ticket has
been generally successful. The State has suf-
fered long time by the exactions of the I'm
ion Pacific, aud are resolved not to have an
other Senator in Congress who will represent
the interests of the railroad monopoly, rather
than those of the people of California. Con-
sequently it looks as though Gov. Booth. and
not George C. Gorham, Secretary of the Sen
ate, will succeed Mr.. Casserly ifhe is not re-
elected.