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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-26

A Boston commercial traveller was arrested in
Springfield, on Tuesday, by State constable for
selling pair of shoulder braces to a clerk in q
store where he was negotiating for orders, and
compelled to pay a fine of $54.20 for "peddling
without license" before he could regain hts lib
erty. In the meanwhile he spent some tinle IA
the lookup before justice could be summoned
and his trial take place. The Republican justly
denounces the occurrence as an outrage.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-05-26

There i some talk Of starting anew Republican
morning daily in New York city. Propositions
have, it is said, been made to Mr. Erastus Brooks,
with view to purchasing the Express and turn.
ing it into a Republican sheet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
A Lost Patient.

A foreign scientific periodical relates
this suggestive story: Some time since
lady called upon celebrated occulist,
in order to consult him on account of
her eyes, complaining that their power
of vision had of late considerably di-
minished. AT glance the doctor saw
that she was lady of rank and wealth.
He looked at her eyes, shook his head,
and thought the treatment would re-
quire much time, as there were reasons
to fear amaurosis in her case. He must
advise her, first of all that, as she had
informed him she was residing a con-
siderable distance in the country, she
must move into the city at once, and
thus enable him to see her frequently,
if possible daily.
The lady then rented an elegant man.
sion moved into the city, and the
physician was punctual in his attend
ance. He prescribed this and that, and
thus days run into weeks and weeks into
months. The cure, however, was still
coming. Thephysieian tried to console
her. ...4.
One day the patient hit upon a Curl
GUS scheme, and she waited not long to
carry it into effect. '-
She procured for herself very old
and poor attire, put hood of tremend-
GUS size hood upon her head, took an
old umbrella and market basket in
her hand, and in these habiliments she
visited her physician, selecting for the
purpose a very rainy day. She had so
well succeeded in distorting and dis
guising herself that the eye of lover
could scarcely have recognized her.
She was obliged to wait long time in
the ante-room of the physician, with
many others, who, like her, were seek
ing relief. At last her turn came.
"Well, my good woman, what have
you to complain OFF,"
every bad eyes, DOCTOR" she answer
ed. F." t
He took her to the light, looked
into her eyes, but failed to recognize
his patient. Struggling his shoulders,
he said: ''
"Your eyes are well enough"
"Well ?" she said.
a eyes I know what am saying"
But 1 have been told that L was
getting the a-a-a forget how it is
called" -. ~ tt-fI... aa g.
"Amaurosis?" .r-.
eyes, that is it, DOCTOR"
"Don't youlet them makeyou believe
any such nonsense. Your eyes are a
little weak, but that is all. Your ply
stefan is an ass p
"An-?"
eyes, an ass Tell him boldly that
1 said So"
The lady now arose, and IN her GUS
tomary voice, said: Sir, you are my
physician don't you know me ?"
The face the sage counselor made is
easier to imagine than to describe.
Gracious, madame" he commenced
to stammer an apology, but the lady
would not listen to him, and left him
Indignantly. She never saw the gentle
man any more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Send for Mother.

"Dear me it wasn't enough for me
to nurse and raise family of my own,
but now, when I'm old and expect to
have little comfort here, it is all the
time, Send for mother ?'"-and the
dear old soul growls and grumbles, but
dresses herself as fast as she can not
withstanding. After you have trotted
her off and got her safely in your home,
and she flies around administering re-
Dukes and remedies by turns, you feel
easier. It's right now or soon will be
-mother's come. r..-.sf
In sickness, no matter who is there
or how many doctors quarrel over your
case, everything goes wrong, somehow,
till you send for mother. In trouble,
the first thing you think of is to send
for mother. tls 81 w-rTT LII
But this has its ludicrous as we'll as
its touching aspects. The verdant
young couples to whom baby's extraor-
binary grimaces and alarming yawns,
which threaten the dislocation of it's
chin it's wonderful sleep which it &C
complishes with its eyes half open and
no perceptible futter of breath on it's
lips, causing the young mother to i'm
agine it is dead this time, and to shrek
out, "send for mother p in tones of
anguish-this young couple, in the
light of the experience which three or
four babies bring, find that they have
been ridiculous, and given mother a
good many trots for nothing. 2
Did any one ever send for motherand
did she fail to come, unless sickness or
the infirmities of age prevented her
AS when in your childhood, those will
ling feet responded.to your call, SO they
still do and will continue to do as long
as they are able. And when the sum-
mons come which none yet disregarded,
though it will be very dark and sad
one for you, then God too, will send for
mother .rersE 1884 #-Et
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
The Presidential Household.

From the official rooms, which are
often seen by gentlemen who have bust
ness with the President, we pass into
what are known as the private apart
ments. First, we entered the library,
which is fitted up with mahogany book
cases, tolerably well filed, and oak
furniture. This was the reception room
of Mrs. John Adams, for in her day
none of the down stairs parlors were
either finished or furnished, and she
used to have her Mondays washing
hung out to dry on lines stretched in
the east room. Next to the library is
the Presidents room, plainly furnished,
and opening into Mrs. Grants sitting
room, on the other side of which is Miss
Nellie's room. The sitting-room has
blue curtains and the furniture is cover
ed with blue, while pictures and books
give it homelike appearance. Oppo-
site Miss Nellie's room is that of Mas
ter Jesse, the especial favorite of his
parents, who has just gone to California
with his play-fellow and school-mate, a
son of ex-senator Cole. The state bed
room is the most elegantly furnished
room on the second story, and beyond
it is the chamber of Mrs. Grants IA
ther, Mr.. Dent, now in his S8th year.
The family life at the White House is
very simple. All rise about 7, and a
substantial breakfast is served at s, the
President bringing his favorite news
papers to the table and reading them as
he enjoys his coffee and toast. After
breakfast the President takes short
walk, returning to his Office at 10, and
remaining there until 4, when he takes
another walk, or perhaps a short drive.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Grant and Miss Nellie
have attended to theirhousehold duties,
received the calls of friends, and per-
haps made few. At 5-sharp-dinner
is served, a plain repast, of which dish
of hominy is always part. After din
ner there is an informal reception in the
blue parlor, with an occasional confer
ence on political subjects in the Presi-
dents Office up stairs Such is the daily
life of our Chief Magistrate and his
family, says a newspaper letter from
Washington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
The Coal Yields.

An interesting paper by M. Strauss,
the Belgian Consul in Japan, gives a
glowing account of the mineral wealth
of that country and of China. 1t appears
certain, though native estimates must
be relied upon in the matter, that a coal
basin of more or less depth reaches
from the north to the south of China,
and comprises the eighteen provinces of
the empire. This, with the coal-bed in
the Island of Formosa, would give 1917
900 square miles as the extent of the
Chinese coal field. The following COM
parative statement will give an idea of
the wealth of coal represented by those
figures In the United States the coal
area comprises 10000 square miles !;
in England, 1900; France, 1000 !;
Belgium, 200; Germany, 5000; Spain,
5000 Japan, 5000 in the British Pos
sessions in North America the coal area
comprises $4,000. square miles.
There evidently need be little fear Of
a scarcity of coal for some years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14

The important part played by jockeys
in racing has given rise to a special code
of regulations. Jockeys are expressly
forbidden to foul their opponents-that
is, place themselves Immediately in
front of them-unless there is at least
length between them, in order not to
impede them at all. They are likewise
forbidden to take any unfair advantage.
The penalty in such a case consists in
fine or suspension-that is, prohibition
from riding for longer orshorter term.
This latter punishment is the most eff
fective, since it touches the jockey him
self, preventing him from gaining his
livelihood all the while the prohibition
is in force. The fine is nearly always a
sham, since tits generally paid by the
owner Of the horse. In certain cases of
exceptional gravity, such as fraud, pull
ing horse Intentionally, &C., the sus-
pension may be unlimited, in which
case his career ig over. 1t is principally
at the start that these penalties have
most frequently to be inflicted, since all
the jockeys have some difficulty in re-
sisting the temptation of.getting an ad-
vantageous start. q I@NTrH
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
The Formation Of Eggs.

1 will now state, says Prof. Agassiz,
as far as it is known, what an egg is
and how it is formed. As the egg grows
steadily until it has completed its trans
formation, it is difficult to give a de-
scription of it which will answer for all
these stages, since at every successive
stage, while growing, the egg differs
from what it was before and from what
it is to be. All eggs, however, arise in
what are called ovaries. These are
clusters of cells, forming punches of
somewhat glandular character in appear
ance. Between these cells the eggs are
formed and in such way as at first to
be hardly distinguished from the cells
themselves. The same is true of sperm
cells, which arise in organs of the same
character as the ovary, and are formed
in manner perfectly similar to that of
the egg. So we have these two spheres
of growth which characterize sex in the
animal kingdom, arising in conditions
so very similar that the essence of the
two is hardly to be determined by OBJ
servation. 1t is only by the process of
growth, by the influences produced by
the one upon the other, and by the con-
sequences of these influences, that we
recognize the essential difference which
distinguishes them.
In order fully to appreciate what
eggs are, we must remember-what has
been known about half century only
that all organized bodies are composed
ed of little bags which are called cells,
and which are formed and multiplied
in various ways. Most of these cells
are so small that they can only be per-
coived by the aid of high magnifying
powers. There are, it is true, a few cell
structures large enough to be seen with
the naked eye, as for instance the cells
of common elder pith, or the coarse cells
of the orange. 1t is one of the great
problems of modern research to ascer-
tain how these cells are formed and
what is their mode of reproduction.
For it does not seem that cells are form
ed in the same way under all circum-
stances. Some naturalists assume that
in the animal substance secreted by a
living body, such as milk which is Sc
creted by the mammary glands or SINH
lar substances secreted by other organs,
certain particles become centers of ac-
ton, around which otherparticles crowd;
and when little collection of this kind,
microscopically small, has been formed,
an envelope arises around it, and we
have the utricle or cell. Others believe
that minute, imperceptible particles of
animal substance swell and enlarge, and
become hollow, so that little bag is
formed, a cell envelope in short, which
fills as it enlarges into fluid substance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Acknowledged 1t.

Many years ago, when the teetotal
advocates were raging through Eng
land, and terrifying the people about
the effects of alcohol, they stirred the
excitement to q high pitch by saying
that in even the bread there was alco-
hol, which alcohol came from the yeast
used by the bakers. OF course, the
bakers protested fercely that there was
no alcohol in their bread, and denied
the stories of the teetotallers but, ct
the same time, some of them found it
safest to give up the use of yeast and
raise their bread by other means.
Finally, when things were at their
worst, one bold baker raised over his
shop big sign-board, " Bread with
the alcohol in it," and scattered hand
bills all around, announcing that he
was the man who sold this bread. The
tide was at once turnedby the audacious
act of this jolly baker; people rushed
to his place from far and near to get
bread with the alcohol in it, and he
found himself the most popular baker
in all London. This baker took the bull
by the horns, and when men and women
were terrified by the word alcohol, u
he raised it as a cry of triumph, and
found profit in his audacity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
What to Do in Emergency.

Here is a useful hint on the best
method of action when the clothing Of
any friend is on fre-an accident which
all are liable to. Seize shawl, or
blanket, or any wooden fabric, hold the
corners as far apart as you cal, stretch
them out higher than your head, and
running boldly to the person, make q
motion of clasping in his arms, mostly
about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves the face.
The next instant throw the person on
the floor. This is an additional safety
to the face and breath, and any remnant
of flame can be put out more quickly.
The next instant immerse the burntpart
in cold water, and all pain will cease
with the rapidity of lightning. Next get
some common flour, remove from the
water, and cover the burnt parts with
an inch of flour, if possible put the
patient to bed, and do all that is posi-
BILE to soothe until the physician an
rives. Let -four remain until it falls off
itself, when beautiful new skin can be
found. Unless the burns are deep, no
other application is needed. The dry
flour for burns is the most admirable
remedy ever proposed, and the informa-
ton ought to be impaired to all. The
principle of this action is, that like the
water, it causes instant and perfect re-
lief from pain by totally excluding all
the air from the injured parts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
The Average PickDOcket.

It is generally presumed by a MAORI
ty of our citizens, that pickpockets pos
sess some indiscribable popularity, in
their personal appearance, by which
they can readily be distinguished from
honest folks. Many people entertain
the idea that this kind of thieves must
necessarily have low forehead, vii
famous countenance, and wear large
cloak to conceal false-hands, and kit
of pickpockets' instruments. This mis-
taken supposition accounts, in large
measure, for the ease with which so
many robberies are committed. In
many cases the caution of the victims
assists the operation of the thieves.
While the over-cautious are engaged in
casting suspicious chances around, with
the intention of avoiding some one who
corresponds with their mental picture
of rascal, some genteelly appearing
parsonage, whom they do not for mo-
ment suspect, relieves them of their
valuables. The appearance of taste
fully attired lady, with the modest
countenance and delicately formed
hands, who apologies so gracefully for
her rudeness and haste in leaving a car,
does not suggest the fact that she has
just picked a pocket. The plain,
honest-looking old gentleman, who wears
an expression as benignant as Beecher's
and assists an old lady across the street
with solicitude that excites admira-
ton, does not conform with the general
impression of English Bill, the notori-
Gus English pickpocket. There are
some suspicious looking faces among
these people, just as there are among
lawyers, doctors, merchants, or any
other class of the community, but they
will compare favorably in personal APP
pearance with any body of honest citi-
zens, phren ologists to the contrary not
withstanding.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Are Advertisements Ever Read I

In the course of spicy article, an
swering this question, a Mobile paper
says IF any man affects to believe
that advertisements are not read, let
him advertise that he wants to buy q
dog, for instance. If he is not fur
nished with every variety Of animated
sausage that morning before breakfast
and, besides, with. one or two sound
grounds for suits against him for
assault, we will break our golden rule
-deadhead his advertisement. And
it is fair to infer that any man who
wants to sell a dog, also wishes to buy
something with the proceeds of his
canine venture. And SO up to the man
who wishes to sell his cargo of coffee,
that he may buy a cargo of Western
produce"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Adulteration of Green Tea.

DR.. Letheby, of London, the we'll
known sanitary statist, has just reported
as to the adulteration of green tea in
that city. He discovered, it appears,
that some tea on sale in Mincing lane
required looking after, and he succeed
ed in getting authentic samples from
the bonded warehouses in which the ar
ticle was stored. On examination twas
found that this so-called tea contained
from forty to forty three per cent. of
iron filings and nineteen per cent. of
silica, in the form of fine sand, which
had been cleverly mixed with and added
to the leaves before curling, with view
to increase their weight and bulk. At
ter the leaves were curled they had been
thickly covered with green pigment.
When it was infused in boiling water it
produced very turbid solution, often
sive to the smell and nauseous to the
taste.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
Laura Fair as q Lecturer.

A correspondent, speaking Of Mrs.
Laura Fair, says sherecently attempted
to lecture in Sacramento, on "The
Wolves in the Fold" and, being unable
to hire hall, took the best she could
get, which was q beer-cellar. An audi
ence of not more than half-dozen
greeted her, and thesewere the ha6itueS
of beer-cellars. Not caring to speak to
so slim an audience, she directed the
doors to be thrown open, when the
room was soon filed by an unseemly
rabble, and the utmost efforts of the
police were required to keep order.
Mrs. Fairs little daughter is growing
to be sweet and beautiful girl. Sheis
now about twelve years old. Wherever
seen, her lovely countenance excites adj
miration and pity. She is quite retir-
ing; the bitter experience through
which she has passed has made her
already womanin thought and feeling.
Many kind family would be glad to
take the tender and crushed little flower
to it's own bosom, and many a regret is
expressed that the girl must grow up
under the influence of her mother and
grandmother. She is rarely seen, ex-
cept in the company of one or the other.
She looks SO pure and sweet that one
would think evil influences could hard
ly touch her.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
A Mothers Home.

g The most perfect home L ever saw,
says writer, was in little house into
the sweet incense of whose fires went
no costly things. A thousand dollars
served for o years living of father,
mother and three children. But the
mother was creator of home; her re-
lations with her children were the most
beautiful have ever seen; even q dull
and commonplace man was lifted up
and enabled to do work for souls, by the
atmosphere which this woman created;
every inmate of her house involuntarily
looked into her face for the keynote of
the day; and it was always rang clear.
From the rose bud or clover leaf which,
in spite of her hard Homework, she al
ways found time to put by our plates at
breakfast, down to the essay or story
she has on hand to be read or discussed
in the evening, there was no intermis-
sion of her influence. She has always
been and always will be my ideal of
mother, wife, home maker. If to her
quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite
tact had been added the appliance of
wealth and the engagements of wider
culture, hers would have been absolute
ly the ideal home. AS it was, it is the
best I have seen. It is more than TWEEN
ty years since 1 crossed it's threshold.
I do not know whether she is living or
not. But, as [ see house after house in
which fathers and mothers and children
are dragging out their lives in haphaz-
ard alienation of listless routine and
unpleasant collision, I always think with
a sigh of that poor little cottage by the
sea shore, and of the woman who was
the " light thereof" and I find in the
faces of many men and children, as
in the newspaper columns of Person
ais" Wanted-a home"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-14
ANo1rNr LIQUOR LAWN nm old vol.

ANCIENT Liquor LAWN an old vol
ume printed in 1888, is to be found the
following: SIN 1857 there were notmany
houses in the town of Boston, among
which were two houses of entertainment,
called ordinariers, into which, if a
stranger went, he was presently fol-
lowed by one appointed to that Office,
who would thrust himself into his COM
pany unlimited, and if he called for
more drink than the officer thought in
his Judgment he could possibly bear
away, he would presently countermand
it and appoint the proportion, beyond
which he could not get one drop"