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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
At the Custom House.

Kate Field writes to the american
Register, of Paris, in the following
sprightly strain Arriving at the Gus
tom House we climbed to it by way of
poll, or some equally convenient
means, and then sat down in gloom and
emptiness to await the transportation
of our luggage. Tradition asserts patti
ence on a monument smiling at grief to
be the acme of cheerful resignation.
Tradition, as usual, is wrong. Patience
in a Custom House, leaning on an UNI
brella and smiling at two porters, sole
transporters of thirty passengers lug
gage and much freight, the latter COM
ing first, is as much more virtuous than
monumental grief, as grief is more
wretched than melancholy. I smiled,
and smiled, and made no more observa-
tions about the slowness of the old
country than was compatible with sere-
nifty. kept myself alive by studying
the number of poses that could be taken
in connection with an umbrella. Inever
before realized how much there was in
al umDrella. Inc neXG Il1e you are
left in a station to wait for your lug
gage, fall back on your umbrella, and
remark its many companionable quail
ties. You pose with it, you walk with
it, you poke with it, you express your
feelings with it, you write your name
with it on floors and walls, you knock
imaginary brigands down with it, and
finally you point out the trunks dear to
your pocket with it. Couldn't I bear off
my property without examination? No,
[ must have one trunk opened for the
sake of appearances, and I must swear
that 1 had not therein concealed tobac-
co, wine, spirits, or silverware. I asked
an obliging young man, who was in
clined to do the handsome thing by me,
whether looked capable of tobacco,
wine, spirits, or silyerware. He replied
by writing hieroglyphics on my several
trunks and my banjo-case, over which L
took the necessary oath, while assuring
the obliging young man that said banjo
contained the very best of spirits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
st. Cecilia,

Can you tell me who st. Cecilia
is p asks correspondent, and adds
81 have an engraving of her, and would
like to know. She is represented as
playing on a musical instrument. What
books tell of her ?" All books on N.Y.
thology give her history. She is sup
posed to have lived in the third century,
and the honor paid to her can be traced
to that'time. She was the daughter of
noble Roman, who, with his wife, had
secretly become Christians. Cecilia
was in childhood remarkably serious
and pious. She early made VOW to
chastity, and devoted herself to religi
GUS life. She always carried copy of
the gospel in her robe. She especially
excelled in music, and composed and
sung hymns so sweetly that angels came
to listen to her. But the instruments
employed in secular music were INSULT
cient to express the music of her soul,
and she invented the organ, and conse-
Grated it to the divine service. Hei
body lies in tho Church of St. Cecilia
in-Travestere. She is the patronoss c1
music and musicians. Her proper at.
tribute is the organ and a roll of music.
She is richly dressed, often has Jewels,
crown of roses, and an attendant
angel,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Massachusetts, GrnngeS.

Mr.. Abbott stated to q meeting in
Boston that he appeared in the capacity
of farmer, and to represent the evils
under which this class had long suffer
ed, and which it was the purpose of the
organization he represented to remove.
He had established these subordinate
oranges in Western Massachusetts, and
hoped to organize a grange in Boston.
He would welcome to the order not
only farmers, but those in sympathy
with the effort to properly regulate the
great transportation questions now fire.
quently agitating the public mind. AT
the conclusion of these remarks the
meeting was closed, the speaker invi-
ting those interested in forming q
grange to retire into the ante-room to
consult with him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Easy Puzzles.

1t is remarkably easy to puzzle people
if you show by your words OF manner
that you expect them to be puzzled.
We once propounded the following to
company of gentlemen A owes B $500,
and admits the debt. AS father dies
intestate, and BIS father takes the bene-
fit of the bankrupt act. Does this dis
charge AS obligation to B? After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did It seemed to the friend with
whom we were arguing perfectly easy
for any intelligent person to throw out
all the latter items of the statement as
having no possible connection with the
first but the test established the point
for which we were contending, that this
could only be done by q mental effort to
which some men were not equal at the
moment the question was asked. If we
had not witnessed such exhibitions, we
should suppose that question proposed
by our friend at Morris, New York, was
designed as quiz. He supposes the
case of q hunter pursuing q squirrel,
which lodges around tree. and as the
man with the gun follows around to get
shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the all
important query Has the gunner, hav-
ing thus gone around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
A Little Game in the Trunk Line.

Smashing trunks is not the only pas
time of depot attendants, it seems, nor
is smashing the only ill-fate to which
the "Saratoga" is liable. There is an
other way of making the traveller misera-
BILE. Probably it is not necessary to say
that a hack driver has been arrested for
it, and it is therefore q shrewd trick.
The person in the game takes short
trip, and takes his trunk with him. 1t
is we'll known that trunks have no legs,
and cannot run away; so, trusting in
this fact, the baggage-masters in the
smaller places are very apt to leave the
trunks all in heap until the cars ar
rive. This is the opportunity that the
designing traveller has in view. He
steps up to see if his trunk is all right.
In looking it over he takes its check off,
and puts It on the best looking trunk in
the lot, and puts that trunks check
upon his piece of baggage. Then he
wanders away satisfied. On reaching
his destination he takes the trunk to
which his check entities him, and
drives off with it. There are, of course,
all sorts of chances in the matter, but
experiment always pays, since the piece
disposed of is only ballasted, and utter
| ly valueless.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Learned q Secret.

I have learned the secret of how the
high ruffs are kept up, says Watering
place correspondent. There is q wire
to sustain their altitude. These ruffs
are now made of silk lined with con-
trasting color, very high and full.
They can be worn with any dress that
the colors suit, just as neckties have
been worn. There are cuffs to match.
Some dresses that are made with the
rolling collar have the collar standing
up at the back, just as gentlemen turn
the collars of their coats up when they
go out in snow-storm. [ saw deli
cate blue silk made this way, and the
front of the dress was open over a low
neck white silk vest. Valenciennes
lace was worn as tucker with this
vest. One lady's ruff remains pro-
found mystery as to how she gets in it,
for it opens nowhere. Her chin nestles
in it, as it comes quite up to her lips
without any droop, and neither back nor
sides give any evidence that it is fast
ened there. She certainly cannot get it
over her head. If I ever find out how
she does it, 1 will inform your readers.
Cor. Louisville Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
A Centennial Cheese.

Among the many suggestions that
have been made in regard to the Phila-
delphia celebration of '76, that from
New Hampshire man who proposes to
make a centennial cheese is the most
remarkable. His letter to the commits
sioners, with the exception of some
details which are unliminated, reads as
follows
Dear Sirs I speak of cheese
cheese in the grandest and most
sublime sense of the term cheese
such as the world has never seen !;
cheese - hundreds of thousands of
pounds of it. 1t shall be an immense
plain, the consolidated efforts of every
cheese manufacturer in the United
States, and will be capable, when laid
down upon its side, of accommoda-
ting many hundreds of people. Such a
cheese as the one [ speak of would
certainly create astonishment, and
would gain for our manufacturers the
admiration of the world. L desire space
for such cheese. Can 1 have it ?
Answer"
1t has been suggested that the cheese
would answer a variety of purposes;
that it would make an admirable race
course, for it's circumference would GER
tainly exceed half a mile. It's surface
would be even and free from dust, and
when it had worn through, the interior
might be scraped out, leaving only its
shell, so that windows and entrances
might be inserted and the whole thing
might serve the requirements of a res
taurant more wonderful than any of
those farmed out by the commissioner
at Vienna Worcester (Ma$S.) Spy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Ridiculous Mess.

A Keokuk lady, while engaged in the
pursuit of her domestic duties, en-
countered a mouse in the -four barrel.
Now, most ladies under similar circum-
stances would have uttered a few femi-
nine shrieks and then sought safety in
the garret. But this one possesses
more than the ordinary degree of female
courage. She summoned the hired
man and told him to get the shotgun,
call the bulldog, and station himself
at q convenient distance. She then
climbed half way up the stairs and COM
menced to punch the flour barrel vigor-
ously with pole. Presently the mouse
made it's appearance and started across
the floor. The bulldog at once went
in pursuit The man fired and the dog
dropped dead. The lady tainted and
fell down stairs, and the hired man,
thinking that she was killed, and fear
ing that he would be arrested for muir
der, lit out, and has not been Sc en-
since. The mouse escaped.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06

In THE WArER-It is important for
every one who ever ventures into or up
on the water, to remember that when a
person falls into deep water he will rise
to the surface, and continue there, if he
does not elevate his hands. If he moves
his hands under water, in any way he
pleases, his head will rise so high as to
give him free liberty to breathe; and if
he will use his legs as in the act tofwalk-
ing upstairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use the
less exertion with his hands, or apply
them to other purposes. Those who
have never learned to swim should bear
in mind these simple directions,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06

AN INDIAN WAR.-Advices from the
Pawnee reservation, in Nebraska, say
the Pawnees are preparing for war with
the Sioux, in retaliation for the attack
on them some days ago. They are said
to have about six hundred warriors
among themselves, and have invited the
Otoes, Omahas, Yanktons and Poncas
to join them, nearly all of whom have
accepted the invitation, and at last ac-
counts the braves of these tribes were
either at or on the way to the Pawnee
reservation. The Pawnees expect to
must sixteen hundred warriors, and pro-
pose to prosecute relentless war
against the Sioux.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Do not be Fooled.

Uusophisticated persons who banker
after chances to get rich on $400 capital,
may learn lesson from the experience
of Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy dur
ing an indefinite period, and then paid
it over to q New York advertiser of
"business opportunities, who guaran-
teed half interest in profitable busi-
ness. The trouble was, the business
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire $400and didn't give
his victim even q half interest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
The Canary at Church.

They were singing good old London,
As the evening, cool and sweet,
Drifted with purple shadows
Adown the city street.
Round every churchly window
The lusty ivy clung;
The red, faint sunshine flicl1ered
Its matchless leaves among.
The dim nave, with its arches
And clustered pillars rare,
Had echoed to the cadence
OF the pale Rector's prayer.
And now through tender silence
The thrilling flute-notes rang,
And sweet as angels voices
The rare old tune they sang.
When sudden, 10 appearing
On carving quaint and old,
Like fair estray from heaven,
Fluttereda speck of gold.
On to the lecturn flying
Up to the Bishops chair,
With clear notes soaring, chanting
His wondrous vespers there.
Full rolled the singing voices
Yet sweeter, richer, higher,
Gods silvor-throGted chorister
Outsang the trained choir.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06
Some Facts About the Oyster.

The oyster when spawning does not
cast its eggs like other fish, but dis
solves, as it were, part of it's own
body, which passes off in long, slender
threads, as fine as a spiders web, upon
which are congregated millions of little
eggs, not visible to The naked eye, but
which, when put under powerful
magnifying-glass astonish the beholder
by their number. It is estimated that
about seventy per cent. of the spawn is
destroyed by fish, and about ten per cent
from other causes, leaving twenty per
cent. to find their way into market.
These little "seed" cling to whatever
they touch, generally old oysters and
the many little shells one often sees
clinging to large oysters are but the
growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in clear place, and free
from their fish enemies, their growth is
very rapid until they attain the size of
quarter of dollar and it is at this
period of their existence that the oyster
men take them for transplanting.
The shells are very thin, and the in
side meat scarcely larger than a shirt
button, and having the rest of the shell
filed with milky fluid, which in time
forms the body of the fish. Oysters,
after they are transplanted, are, with
few exceptions, not fit to eat under
three years. 1t might besupposed that
the oyster, with its hard shell, was free
from all danger, but such is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies
the star fish and the borer. Theformer
will fasten on the mouth. of an oyster,
and in short time suck the life out of
him. The latter, with his little saw
and gimlet bill, bores through his shell,
and, once through, the oyster is soon
DESTROYED
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06

L strolled out after supper into the
oak grove east of the town and noted
the changes of scenery and vegetation
from that | had seen few days before.
l heard suddenly from the depths of the
woods the long, quivering cry of the
wild turkey. 1t was repeated again and
again, but each time growing longer
and more unlike any sound made by the
turkey, till by almost imperceptible de-
grees 1t changed to the cooling of dove;
then it broke suddenly into the lively,
rattlihg tones of the brown thrush, and
again slowly died away to the melan-
choly cry of the catbird, from which,
after few preliminary tweets and
fourishes, it turned to O strain which
might pass for an imitation, with a
lengthy dwelling on the vowel sounds
of the melancholy repeat =
I'm dre-e-eaming now of Halli-e-e,
Swe-e-et Hallie swe-e-et Halli-ee.
Again the sounds became longer and
longer, turning to mere wall, which
ended in quick chuckle, and turned
again to the soft cooling Of the dove. 1t
was the Texas mocking bird. They
abound at this season in all the groves
along the Trinity, and I am told that
iocks of the birds known to the north
ern summer pass the winter there
Teas Correspondence Cincinnati Com
mercidL.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-06

Being shown some very fat cattle at
the Home Farms at Windsor, and un-
derstanding that they had been fed up
on oil-cake, the Shah grew quite ami
mated, and said to the interpreter,
"Ask if oil-cpke is good for wives."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22
DRoPosALs FOR TRANSPORTATION.
PROPOSALS FOR CLOTHING.


NAVY DEPARTMENT.
BUREAU OF pRovIsIoSs AND CLOTHING, !
Sealed proposals., indorsed ''Proposals Tor Cloth.
ing" will be received at this Bureau until 2oclOck
~ m, on the 18TH day OF May next for the supply Of
hive thousand tbOu0j pairs Of BlAnkete to be deliy
cred At the Brooklyn and Mare Island navy yards
PASS the usual naval inspection.
Four thousand pairs Of the blankets TO be deliy
cred at the navy yard. brooklyn. NJ n, and the 70
navy yard. Mare Island, California,
The blankets must conform and be equal to the
STANDARD Navy sample, aud must weigh siK and one
half pounds per pair, and each blanket must meas,
pairs must weigh three hundred and twenty Ave
pounds and pair shall weigh lcsa than six pounds
| and I'VE ounces They must be made Of clean wool.
aud each blanket must be marked United States
Samples Of the Navy standard blankets can DO
seen Al the various navy yards aud a. this bureau
Bonds, with approved security will be required in
| and twenty per cent in addition will be withheld
from the amount Of each payment a. collateral Sc
which reservation win not be paid until the contract
Every otier must be accompanied by written
sous that the bidder or bidders win II his or their
days with good and suficlent Suretios, to furnish
| No proposal will be considered unless accom-
panied BY such guarantee, nor from parties rho
IN tie articles they oFr p Jarnfh, In conformity with
the second section Of the Joint resolution approved
The Department reserves the right to reject any
IA oartlhed TO by the Assessor Of Internal Revenue
for the district In which they reside as well as to 70
let any propo.al not considered sdysptsSgS2n5s Il
| .ri paymaster iisneral N IA n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22
PROPOSALS.


san fllNoisoo, CAIa, March NS,isitSt
Sealed pIoposr. N i5iPliscsts MI Be Tsesiysd y
dfayase "a publs st2res IN the city q san Fran.
I'd MedesI slofe.' eiothine, camp and safPson
equipare, loose and compressed hay and oficerA'
baggage will be taken By measurement; wagons and
smbuIances by the number; lumber per one thou.
sand feet, and ali other freights, including ord:
every description per ton OF two thousand pounds
The same guarantee a. in case Of bids for stores
will be required before they can be entertained.
Bids from Irresponsible parties will not be enter
tained 0Oycrnment will reserve the right TO reject
any and all bids. Each proposal must be in sepa.
rate sealed envelope and plainly indoued on the
outside Proposals for Drayage," and addressed TO
the undersigned. a. H. EDDY,
apiH DepOt Ouartermaater,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22

blEbs
BHIRAS.--On the 7ist instant, In this city At IL,
residence OF his brother General A. Y. Hhiraa d. r.
4, Mr.. JAMES H. bninAs, Of Mount Holly, New
Jersey
RARI.-on the. morning Of the 10th instant,
HANNAH. wife OF the late Richard Earl, In the for.
ueth year Of her age
funeral from No 1874 II street northwest, at 3
O'clock Monday, The sist. Relatives and friends
FowKR.-In Washington city. wednesday, 18th
Instant OF small poX, in the hfy fourth year 81 his
AZ, Captain SAMUEL. fQwHE, only son Of the late
Virginia
JoHNsON.--April %, is5a, at Langley, FairfaS
county, Va, FRANCIS ANTONIO JoHNsOS, In the
hirtyssecond year Of hts age.
0io O'Clock Tuesday, the ma instant.
LYNCH.-On the 9oth instant, 1t $50 a. M, Mrs
kNSiE LrsoI, wife Of Daniel Lynch. in the forty
sixth year Of her age
ThsrsIatiyes and frieg.ds q the family, are 70
o'clock Tuesday morning, from her late residence
and d street southeast
BALLoCH.-1n this city, April 49, HERBRRr wKB
sTHR BALLocH, youngest son Of Gen. Geo. W. ant
MaIthA J. Balioch. aged fourteen years and nin'
,.FfSS1srsl On Esdns.dsy nsI.; =. ? 3 M from N,
boundary. az
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22
DRoPosALs FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
OLCOTT HARBOR. NEW YORK.
USiTEp sILTgg gSeIrIEh 0ysIcE'
pRoPosAALss, , For :, THE IMPROVEMENT .,E! OF

'Nf fJ Mn pA AZ kIps EsSiHtsa Uyy1cEJ
OswEgo, ~ ", March ~, lea I go
Healed proposals will be received at this Office until
II O'Clock A. m, TUESDAY, April v, igs, Tor open.
Ing a channel between the piers At QAk Orchard
on application. JOHN ~, WILSON.
mh3I Major Of Engineers, United states Army.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22

DROPOSALS FOR ARMY SUPPLIES.
PORK, BACON, HAMS AND LARD.

OFFICE CaIET CoNMIssAhY OF suBsIsTENcE,l
DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA,
Sealed gSSP9;s y, e iSiss.s sisP ~ 5l Of n;
saTy u su5sssnsS q sas w winch sSpPss
lSsSSa sa.IY y IF mghspA Nay " ,sS
' PRIME MESS PORK.
LhpwGl. L n, q barrels.
Camp Can s Hi1Tnsyi Oregon, Y RIP RHis
caps pisSPPSin!nsat, ". t. IS bblS
Camp San Juan Leland, W T.. Is bbls.
E ESnt6 SH1;s bs t. = v VIZ T. leo Ssl.
EXTRA CLEAR BACON.
AtFoFt klamath, Oregon, Sts pounds net,
Camp as sHnsy 6 Il sas asn pOuR RSs n,
Fort sssssbb 2TssSpi s PS'rdi Sft b net
Camp an juan IslsPd. " T.i.s rT POUNDS net.
ES PcG gS;s bepSt PonRRf.ss T pound. net
sgdARoURED HAMS.
Fort kfT% 1as, 9E'f0n Sd RSHaEd n1 net
oRP 3sSSn pSTPS SSaad ne net
SSEs SSiIs, W SSaSd,. 4 Ss ;S''ua, no,'
pat n ssn 'hHh is1h Pounds NJ n.I POUNDS net
Vancouver Depot ", T., Iie5 pounds net
Fort hiff$ sSss of'fof I'D SIss SSdRas ns net
fsRP sia Snsy 2sS8n PSSaad So net
~ Cape disappointment, ". r., So lbs. net
Coltille, W, T., 81 pounds net
| Camp San Juan Island, W, T., 50 pounds net
| Fort Boise, l. T., ~ pOunds net
| Vancouver Depot, W. T., 36'b pounds net.
| Proposals will be received for one any number
Of posts Prices In United States currency writer
as we'll as expressed In figures; the United State
reserying the right to reject any or all bids,
| ALSO,
At the same time and places, separate proposals Il
triplicate for the delivery at Subsistence Depot
Portland, Oregon, Of
l. y95 barrels Prime Mess Pork.
94,n6 pounds net Extra Clear Bacon.
1895 pounds net Sugar. Cured Hams.
| lO,Iof pounds net pute Leaf Lard,
Deliveries Of tho above articles TO be made IN
tween september and October l, ls7a
Further Information a. to conditions, form Q
proposals., kind Of packages, payments, &c, can
obtained by application 70 the Commiasaries at sa
Francisco, Cal, ~. Louis, Mo, Chicago, ILL.,, eAc
Acting CommiasAry q Subsistence Of the post col
cerned aud At this Office. Bidders are invited TO
present at the opening OF the bids, EnVelOpt
, should be indorSed PROPOSALS for M T At~1y,,
CAPTAIN md GSmpiss;%sEy e sHSsisencO u &
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-04-22

Bids for any part OF the supplies will be received.
All necessary. information IN regard 70 bidding,
describing the kind and quality Of Forage aud
stray win be furnished on Application 70 this once;
| nifty thereto will not be considered.
| propoAala to be addressed to the undersigned, OF
| TO any Of the Acting Assistant QuArtermAsters al
sAid posts, and marked Proposals. for Forage"
| WILLIAM ID. HUGHES,
| NH nhiaf