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paper, until at last curious faneiies
seemed to creep into his brain, and he
began to indulge in glowing dreams Of
how wonderfully such little woman as
that would brighten up his lonely and
cheerless home. Ia- - 90 'F--ists,z
But he determined to proceed eau.
tiously. He had it. His housekeeper
was about to leave; he would offer Miss
Gardner the place-and then.
Having formed this resolution, his
next step was to request the young lady 5
presence in his private Office. summens
that was promptly obeyed. r. q
"Miss Gardner, don't you think the
situation of housekeeping in a quiet
home, like mine, for instance, would be
preferable to your situation here ?"
Ut" Perhaps, in merespects, it might, 4"
said Georgiana, coloring at this abrupt
inquiry, and the look which aceompa-
MED it. 1l'',l .lt .tF '.' .7. ~
Was the old gentleman about to make
her an offer2 ,al IL '5l,. ...,.f '.,.i.'i =, :
But his next words relieved her, of this
apprehension. --aaa ea9.r
!. My housekeeper is about to leave
me. and should be glad to have you
supply her place. a..+a" aF 'i,'-
Georgiana's face grew very red, and
her mouth; dimpled with the smiles she
strore vainly to suppress, %, .+t 10 ''',.
You are very kind, sir. but the fact
is, Mr.. Jenkins has spoken to me first.
"Mr. Jenkins q i -, ,-..,, - ~. Z
Yes, sir. He asked me to be his
housekeeper. and I said I would. ." -
4"But, my child, Mr.. Jenkins is a
young man; it would not be proper for
you to keep house for him. Now with
me it is different" 4e ,. ,,y.l.-
Il And Georgiana inwardly agreed with
him. In fact, there was all the difference
in the world for her. 70 as.e. ~ /
"But he asked me to be his wife as
well as housekeeper." .
"O-o-o-h Q. ......- --.9 ,
Smiths FIRST feeling was that of intense
astonishment, his next of quite as strong
chagrin. But it all ended in an emotion
of thankfulness that he had not com.
mitted himself. e TIA 5..a 4
His disappointment, however, could
not have rankled very deeply, for he at
tended the wedding with smiling tran
quilhty, the ceremony that transformed
his new clerk into the happy wife of his
fortunate partner. Jenkins.
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Z G@ILiI'l .lyTfi;tI. u yyab -ZI.- 3
"a FoHMIDABtg WEAPON

A TENNESSEE 62dh tanned James Pat,
ten Taylor has invented q new and for.
miaabfs Iihittailleuse, which, as an en-.
gine Of destruction, promises TO eclipse
the celebrated French wsspphs Mr..
Taylor's contrivance has been undergo'
ing series Of experiments on Long
Island, previous to being exhibited at
Vieniia. This novel instrument Of war
fare resembles in appeafssse q short
short brass cylinder containing twenty.
four barrels, to which is attached lot
Of apparently complicated mechanism,
consisting of circular plates OF steel,
screws, springs, rstchets, and cylinder
pms, With lever afda crank the whole
tHtanted on m ordinary gtin-eatriase9
The weight of the giiI Is 100 pytihds.
and with the carriage 1,W5 foaaaf'ts.
The mechanism of the gun, when ex-
planned IL simple enough. 1t is
about twenty-eight inches long from
breech to muzzle, and contains twenty-
four barrels. A lever, which slides on
the breech-plate, sets in motion re-
volving chamber-plate, cleaning appa-
fattis,, etc, .st,d executes three, and
sometimes four, distinct offices. It
elects the cartridges from, discharged
chambers, forces the. brushes at the
breech to clean them, brings forward
the cartridges from the feeder, and dis
charges q volley Of twenty-four shots
~henia small spting il touched. The
whole Of t1fis work il accomplished by
aa upward and downward motion Of the
lever. A small, steel crank, in form and
size like that which grinds out discord-
ant sounds from barrel organ, is used
IL make fusilading fire. The swift
succession III shots depends upon the
rapidity with which this crank ia turned
When the twenty-four chambers ars ex-
hausted, the further turning of the
crank is prevented by apiece Of mechan-
ism. In this way it discharges ], 200 shots
per minute, which are thrown over q
space i'll the form of an ellipse, having
long diameter OF twenty four feet at the
distance of three hundred yards, and,
Of course, increasing with the, increase
in distance. The special. advantage
which it possesses over the French gun,
aside from the larger area over which it
scatters it's FIRE, il that it does not so
soon become heated. This Is secnred by
a chamber which surrounds the barrels,
and #ltish is kept full of water. aoiis.if
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-25
ABOUT RATTLESNAEEs

In, the April number Of the Galary,
Mr.. Morley. chief surveyor of some
railroads Id Colorado and New Mexico,
| has oh Interesting article on the habits,
ETC., Of rattlenakes and ether venomous
reptiles, in which be oorrects seTeral
popular delusions in regard to them,
and confirms some of the articles of
t0pniaf faith. He denies the current
belief Of the rattiesBnks's ability to
launch itself through The air to the dis
tance of two or three times its length in
making the deadly spring. Mr.. Morley
says it throws itself forward about
three -fourths of its length, supporting
its weight entirely upon the remaining
fourth. In order to strike it must lie in
a elose coil, with its head and neck
erect, its venom is not, as has been
universally asserted, inserted into the
wound through a hollow fang; the
fangs are hollow for part of their
length, but the tip is never pierced. The
poison-sac, the position Of which may
be roughly indicated by comparing it to
a gum.boil, is in such relation with the
base of the fang that when the animal
strikes, pressure j. e1erted upon the
sac, which causes a drop Of venom to
run down outside, the, tooth into the
puncture. Thus it happens that rattle
snakes bites are sometimes harmless
when the creature attempts to strike
through cloth, the poison being absorbed
by the material. AS for the rattle, it is
of little value, for the striking is almost
simultaneous with the. sound, and is
done with electric quiekness- sometimes
is done twice, contrary to the opinion
that venomous snakes do not bite twice
in immediate succession. But il the
warning is Of little yalue, the bite, on
the, other hand, is reported by Mr.
Morley to be less i venomouss than
be had supposed. The best cure for the
disease, according to Mr. NJ, is whisky.
The peculiar offensive odor of these
snakes is vouched for by the author,
who says that il one is rirritated and
made TO bite the rake or hoe with which
it is intended to kill him, the implement
will retain the same unpleasant odor for
1months. The part of the United States
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LATE English papers record the par
.ticulars of an extraordinary case of self
destruction near Manchester. Three
young men were practising blank firing
at chandeliers, with rifles, as was their
daily custom, when one of them, named
Alfred Roberts, passed his rifle to a fell
low-clerk, and requested him to aim at
his. heart. The friend did as desired,
and, to his horror, Roberts fell dead at
his feet, pierced by bullet, the suicide
having, unperceived by his companion,
loaded the gun with ball cartridge. In
his hand WAS found the following letter:
&C. am very glad you have saved me the
trouble Of shooting myself. ! know
you are anxious to become a markshan'
in the corps perhaps I will be Of 7serv-
ice to You by making = target of myself.
Wishing success to your first shot, I re-
main yours respectfully, Alfred Roberts."
Z SAssAFRAs TEA is becoming a fashion
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-25

Thus in Massachusetts one person in
every 577 is criminal, while in Geor-
gia there is only one criminal in every
1,6O6. This can hardly be taken as q
fair test of the amount of crime in the
respective States for it is well known
that in Georgia murderers and other
criminals escape with the greatest
ease after committing q crime, and that
when arrested it is difficult to secure
conviction; while in Massachusetts, the
case is different, evil-doers being relent-
lessly pursued until they are lodged in
the State prison or gibbeted, as the oese
may be. H.
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THERE is NO DEATH.
By BULwER LYTToN.

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
~ They shine forevermors. rEW
X There is no death! The dust we tread
9 Shall change beneath the summer showers
y To golden grain or mellow fruit,
as Or rainbow-tinted flowers. ..r. r.
I. The granite rocks disorganize
q To feed the hungry moss they bear,
: : The forest leaves drink daily life
"a From out the viewless air.
S There is no death The leaves may fall,
o > The foxers may fade and pass away;
y They only wait through wintry hours
q Z The coming of the May. .ra.
-
. oThere il, ,ao death! An angel form
:, = Walks ser the earth with silent tread;
=, He bears our best-loved things away,
10 e And then we call them dead -
la He leaves our hearts all desolate, ..f
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers,
:, Transplsnied into bliss, they now
D. t. Adorr. immortal bowers. -r. -s3 --,e.
B. The hird-like voice, with joyous tones
u Made glad these scenes of sin and strife,
y Sings now an everlasting song
. - Amid the tree of life. -....
~ J..r .. .... y..-.
- And where he sees q smile too bright,
" Or hearts too pure for taint and vice,
=. He bears'it to that word Of light,
Il T.. To dwell in Paradise.
: Born unto that undying life, .ra.t ..ra-.
: They leave us but to come again; Hi. r'
4 /, With soy we welcome them-the same,
. Except in sin and pain. .7-usfc, -.
: And ever near US, though unseen, no i-'
The dear, immortal spirits tread; THl'
: For all the boundless universe ..s VI.
I y Is hfe-there is no dead. 4,g..ts H
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This shows that (assuming all in pris-
! on to be criminds) there is at least one
criminal in every 1,l72 of our whole
population, one in every LIZA of onr ma
tive white population, one in every 637
of our foreign-born population, and one
in every 6O5 of our negro population.
The relative number of population
and of criminals in the respective States
shows the following curious result as to
Massachusetts and Georgia repre-
sentative Eastern and representative
Sontherp State.
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A BILL has passed the Texas Legisla-
ture appronriating one.half the public
domain for school purposes.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-25

Sir has recently been proved that
great scarcity Of horses existed in En-
gland, but accounts from Russia show
very different state Of things "a that en-
pir4 The number of horses IN Euro
pean Russia alone, according to an
enumeration lately made, was 19, 1885,
667. There are four, imperial studs
where many blood horses are breds ten
other Government depots distributed
over the country with from 6otD $50
stations each, and 2, $50 private studs.
I, The annual production Of horses is esti-
mated at $1,000. 600 There arc !, ,O73
horse fairs severy year, held at 356 DIFF
ferent places, at which about. 400, 600
horses are sold, at an average rate of 60.
roubles head.
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FAAETIES,


.H' 4BT
--a, rsJ-- FAA4ETIES..qd sgrt m
A Bown'D undeIsaking-Making atsu-
strike. '3 bnoos1 1isEt bnc ,Goiji>oq
STATES eyidence-A wretch fyhoidis
pardoned for being bassr than his !comr
rades., l3iu.'iir4s rs5.H bng vbe4c-
BARGAN-A ludicrous transaction, in
which each party tinnkS- he cheated the
other. ga n.e..it .feE' yEii1uirs o -
.a LAwrER-A learned gentleman who
rescues your estate from your e1smy and
keeps it himself.
o" WHY are books your best friends p
Because you can shut them up without
offending them. = .,.,r-,cE
some people cannot see the difference
between sounding the gospel trumpet
and blowing their own horn. -d,,s.,
The first ingredient in conversation is
truth !; the next, good sense; the thiIFd,
good humor and the fourth, wit. brs
4 A PHYSICIAN advised q patient 70 take
walk on an empty stomach. Whose
stomach p feebly asked the invalid, go
" IRIS forty years, John, since weEare
Young together" "Hush not 80 loud.
There's asoung woman in the next
room" 49,. -
The graye-An ugly. hole in the
grottnd which lovers and poesf wish they
we're in. but take uncommon means: to
keep ont OF. .,..f ''i. -; =;
The defense of gentleman who had
deprived his neighbor of his turkey and
roasted it was that he found it on his
fence, nd seized it in payment Of rent
of the fence. ..u.F TEh.
THE gentleman so often spoken of in
novels, who riveted people with his gaze.
has obtained employment in boiler
with extra pay, on account
of his peculiar faculty. q,jan
A NERVOUS gentleman residing In a
for vehicles says he viii
give $50 for mocking- bird that can
initiate the creaking of cart-wheel He
wants to wiring tM creatures hesd,oA
al COULD kill you for two cents, ,"said
an enraged individual to a neighbor.
+" Great heavens /! can it be possible ?
cried the neighbor. knew you were
avaricious, but I could not think that
you would stain your hands with Blood,
and your soul with the awful crime of
murder, for such a paltry, sum. 1t is
TERRIBLE The enraged individaalstared
quite hard at him for minute and then
withdrew perfectly lisgusted. -
A STORY told lately is Of a,weathy a,
New York German and q Hartford livery
stable keeper, who was 10Th to- letI his
best rig to a stranger. The German was
bound to have his ride, ard agreed to
buy the horse and -slsigh, and when he
the stable.keeper might refund
the money This was dones, and the
team returned andt the money refunded,
when the German started to 60, ri'' Hold
on, said the man of horses, s.you have
not paid your horse-hire. /" "Why, my
dear sir, said the New YORKER, coolly,
81 have been drying my own team this
-, ss;.,. 1.,i..,5 ,9'',s, -,
q IT has recently been proved that q
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-25
PRIS0N STATESrIf,s

+ ACCORDING to the census of 1870,
there were in prison in the United
States on June, I of that year, 80, ,9Ol
persons. distributed rs follows -.-.-
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The stock Of Nha1ebone in the coun-
try is less than $50, 900 pounds.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-04-25

( SAssAFRAs TEA is becoming a fashion
able beverage in Pittsburgh.
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.oi FouR hundred and fifty million feet
Of logs have been cnt in Maine this last
winter. 49,, ,l,,... "a ,..s. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
COOS COUNTY, n. II.
LANCASTER.

The hour Of evening service at the
different churches of the place have
been changed to Z o'clock instead of
6 80 as hitherto.
The school in Dist. No. 2 closed on
the 18th inst. Of the twenty schol-
ars, four were perfect in attendance,
viz, John w Weeks. Willie G Weeks,
George + Stevens and Mabel Dodge,
neither of them being absent or tardy
during the term of ten weeks. Several
were tardy but once Or twice; Hubert
Guernsey, Leona, Clara and Carrie
Hibbard and Matte Bracket among
the number. Severe colds prevailed
and there were number of cases of
chicken pox, otherwise the number OF
absences aud instances of hardness
would have been very small.
Fifteen or twenty men, and nearly
"a many horses and oxen, are en-
ployed in drawing stone and building
the piers for the boom at South Lam
caster. 1t is well for the proprietors
to hurry up, for their lease of ice, il
is predicted, is not very long. The
whole of that lot of corn-l9, 000bush-
els-has been sold, thorough clean
ing out having been effected. Several
bushels are consumed in this vicinity
in the course Of a year!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22

Alexander Garland, a workman in
Bucks sawmill. at Hyde Park, was
struck by a board which flew from the
saw, and so severely injured in the
abdomen that he died on Saturday.
He was a hard working man and
leaves a small family. Another work.
man was injured last summer by the
same saw in the same way
The town system OF schools is
working finely in Corinth.
Hon. B. w. Bartholomew died at
Barre on Sunday, Feb, 2nd, 1878.
He had been quite a prominent man
in public and business matters, having
represented the town Of Washington
for ten or twelve terms in the Legisla-
ture and served ore or two terms as
Senator from this county.
A National Bank IS soon to go into
operation at Barre, with I capital of
100000. The Orange County Ma
tional Bank at Chelsea is to be closed
up; so we understand.
At the meeting of the Missisquoi
and Clyde River railroad company,
held at North Troy, last week, Lucius
Robinson, of Newport, was elected
president and o. N. Elkins, OF
North Troy, secretary and treasurer.
The old board Of directors was
chosen.
DR.. VIM. B. Hazard formely oil
Ferrisburgh, has received the appoint.
ment of Resident Physician and first
Superintendent of the st. Louis Co.
Insane Asylum, Mo-, with salary
of $4,000 and household expenses.
Mr.. d. II. Camp, of the Newport
EGpreSS, is secretary of the Orleans
County Temperance Society, and in
other ways is professedly an ardent
temperance man. A while ago his
paper took turn at urging the au
thoritles to close up the rum holes
but when the closing process was com
menced it appeared that ID. N. him
self was frequent patron of one OF
them, and that to make the joke com
plete, he owed the concern quite ar
amount for strong drink had and re
ceived. The st, Johnsbury Farmer, ever
ready to spy Il weakness in that quar-
ter, commented upon the matter in al
impressive way, admonishing Mr.
Camp to either quit drinking rum OF
preaching temperance. And now
comes the Richford Sentinel, gravelJ
opposing the Farmer, and urging thai
the practical knowledge Of the evi
gained by Mr.. Camp during hi
hours Of intoXication does especially
and properly and indlsputably qualify
him for the apostle line Of temper
ance business. But Mr.. Camp vii
probably hereafter pay for his tod. =
W0OdStock Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
Mrs. Sally Walling's Estate.

State Of Vermont ! In Probate Court held at
ESser District, IS. the Probate ONCE IN Guild
hall, in said District, on the Goth day of Febru,
AIRY, A. d. 1873.
Rev. Jacob Evans, Administrator on the
estate of Mrs Sally Waling, late of Bloom.
field, in said District, deceased. presents his
administration accoun It for examination and
allowance, and makes Application for a
decree of distribution and partition of the es-
tate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court,
that said account and said application be re-
ferred to session of said Court to be held at
the Probate Office in Guildhall, on the Sth day
of March, A. ID. 1873. tor hearing and decision
thereon. And it is farther ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by
publication of the same three weeks success.
sively in the Essex County Herald ne Tspa-
per published at GuildhaH, previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear At said time and place and show cause,
# any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed, and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest
WIN. II. HARTSIORS, Judge.
true copy of the Record, Attest.
6 VIM. II. HARTSHORN Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
Matthew I. Richardson's Estate.

State Of Yerm0nt, In Probate Court held at
ESSEX District. SIS. the Probate ONCE in Guild
hall, in said District, on the 18th day of Feb =
ruary. A, D., 1873.
Mrs. Nancy Richardson, Administrative on
the estate of Matthew T. Richardson, late of
Concord. in said District, deceased, presents
her administration account for examination
and allowance, and makes application for IL
decree of distribution and partition of the
estate of said deceased.
WhereupOn it is ordered by said Court that
said account and said application be referred
to u session of said Court, to be held at the
Probate Office in Guildhall, on the oth day of
March, A. d., 1873, for hearing and decision
thereon. And IL is further ordered, that no
tice hereof be given 10 II persons Interested
by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively in the Essex County Herald, q news
paper published at Guildhtl, previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that taey may
appear at said time and place. and show cause
If any they may have, why said account should
not be allowed, and such decree made.
WIN. Ii. HARTSHORN, Judge.
A tue copy of record, attest
WIN. IL. HARrSHORN, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22
STRATFORD.

Died, in Stratford, Feb. 4th, 1873,
Widow Nancy Brown, relict of Isaac
Brown, aged SO years, lacking one week.
Her maiden name was Nancy Gle,
born in Maidstone, Vt, Feb. 18th, 1884.
She leaves 9 children, Is grand-chil-
dren, and IA great grandchildren.
She was one of the very few whose
birth dates back to so early Period
Of the settlement of this region OF
country, and as she possessed a re-
tentive memory of events and dates,
doubtless the knowledge of many UNI
recorded facts and incidents relating
to the early settlement, progress, and
development of this locality, of inter-
est and Importance as matters of his
tory, has persisted with her. She re-
tanned her faculties in a remarkable
degree to the close of life and the
same indomitable firmness which was
one of her leading characteristics in
life. Peace to her memory. Conn.
Mass. N. Y. and Cal. papers please
notice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-22


We understand that H.H. May, who
has taught the singing school at this
place with entire acceptability, con-
templates giving a concert here soon,
of which due notice will be given.
The next meeting of the Farmers
Club, will be holden next Monday
evening. when the subject assigned
for last Monday evening, will be dis
cussed.
The new instruments purchased by
the Lancaster Cornet Band, have ar
rived. They are German Silver and
elegant in design.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Society
will hold a festival at the Lancaster
House, this wednesday, evening.
Fancy articles will be for sale, and
refreshments furnished as usual. An
enjoyable occasion may be expected.
Masonic Festival. North Star
Lodge. f. & A. NJ. are to hold a
levee next Tuesday, the 25th. Prof.
A. c. Hardy will deliver an address
at the Town Hall, at 2 p. NJ, and a
social gathering Of members and their
ladies at the Lancaster House in the
evening. Supper at half past seven
o'clock. The members of North Star
Commandery. are to have a ball the
same evening at the American House
Hall, The arrangements for both the
levee and dance are in the hands of
efficient committees of the respective
bodies, and we bespeak successful
festival.
Macfariand's Comedy Company
presented three entertainments at the
Town Hall, last week, which were
we'll attended, and gave entire salts
faction to our theatre-going public.
We have no hesitehcy in pronouncing
this company one the best that
travels.
Mr.. P. J. Noyes, the druggist has
added to the already large list of his
own standard preparations DR..
Hoyt's compound Cherry Balsam, de-
signed for all diseases of the throat
and lungs. This is one of the oldest
and undoubtedly one Of the best
cough remedies in use. That this IA
vorite preparation will be kept up to
the standard which has gained for it
its enviable reputation, is fully
guaranteed by Mr.. Noyes' we'll known
scientific attainments and the scrupu.
lous exactness with which all of his
chemical manipulations are conduct.
ed. We say to all who are needing
such medicine, use DR.. Hoyt's COM
pound Cherry Balsam.