Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-01
Items Of Interest.

Feather trimming, it is said, will be
in fashion again this winter.
Colorado now has nine daily, one
semi-weekly, and thirty-two weekly
newspapers.
We can always tell when an exchange
is stuck on job Of printing, by the
wrappers it uses.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce
whittles mp bunch of pine shingles
every three days.
According to the revised list of the
canvassers there are 164, $40 male quail
fed voters in Philadelphia.
It has now become question as to
whether phrenologist can tell what
barrel contains by examining its head.
Our market reporter says that nails
are seldom sold by auction, though they
are often brought to the hammer.
Collections are so slow now that
absent-minded people find it more diff
ficut than usual to collect their
thoughts.
Out of the 10000 Americans whom
the last census of Paris gives as per-
manent residents, 5000 are from the
Southern States.
One of the best directions to follow
for success in society is this Talk to
the young ones, and listen when tae old
ones talk to you.
A woman stated to London magis-
trate recently that during her FIVE years
of married life her husband had knock
ed her down lis times.
Miehigan's Constitutional Convention
has adopted clause prohibiting railway
companies from giving free passes to any
but railway operatives.
The Chief of the Boston Fire Depart
ment has signed the pledge, and issued
an order for every man in the depart
ment to do the same or resign.
A pensioner of the Second Connec
ticut Artillery drew S162 pension
money, and being distrustful OF savings
banks, deposited it in faro bank inside
of three hours. ..t
Denver is to have q new hotel, and
the public are assured that the walls
will be bullet proof, so that the guests
WON run any Iloh Ou uCCOuLlO VA hh
affair in the next room.
A boy at Menasha, Wis, took drink
of carbolic acid the other day in his
curiosity to find out the contents of a
bottle, aud he was dead almost before
he could get the bottle down.
The American Minister sends home
stating that many Americans (travelers,
walters, and laborers) are now i'll Vienna
in destitute circumstances, and asking
that means be provided for their return
home.
An open winter is predicted, because
corn -husks are thin. Per contra, other
prophets assure us that we shall have
very severe one, because corn-husks are
thick. There can be no doubt about
the accuracy of these predictions.
The fastest trains on the English rail-
ways is the Great Western Express be-
tween the Paddington depot in London
and Exeter. Its average rate of speed
is As 64-100 miles per hour; but between
Paddington and Swindon it travels at
the rate of 50 62100 miles per hour, in
Guiding the stopping.
You can tell when o printing office
has vacated building by the number
of blood spots, pieces of skin, and
finger nails on the floor. And another
sure indication of move is the num-
Der of crippled individuals who call at
the new Office in the following week and
ask, care you settled yet?
Among the documents read at the
trial of Marshal Bazaine in Paris was
one showing that there were 100000
cartridges in the arsenal of Metz, of
which only !, 900, 900 had been used when
the place capitulated and that when
Bazaine said he had no ammunition, the
fact was he had no intention of fight
ing.
A colony of wasps built their nest
few weeks ago in church, Extensively
near the choir. The sexton being ap
pealed to, said, "I'll fix the rascals y
and proceeded to burn the wasps
out. The next day while gazing at the
ruins of thu church, the sexton was
heard to remark: I" l knew could fix
the rascals but I'm sorry the church
went along with 'em incidentally"
Ex-Gov. John w. Palmer, of Illinois,
has written letter to say that in his
opinion questions like that of the mode
of observance of the Sabbath are be-
yond the rightfnl domain of legislation,
and that every person should be per-
mitted without legal hindrance to de-
termine for himself on that, as on all
other days, how he will employ his
time, only that he shall not in any sense
invade the liberties of others.