Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-10-25
Items of Interest.

A farmer, who has a fine patch of
melons by the roadside, has this ad-
monitory sign chalked out and put up
conspicuously in the patch: "Boys,
don't take these melons, for they are
green, and God sees you"
On Sept. 20 the county magistrate at
Dorchester, England, fined three agri-
cultural laborers-whose wages were 9s.
weekly with perquisites-e1 each and
costs for quitting without due notice
the service of Mr.. Lovelace, a farmer.
In view of the present iron scarcity
in England some of the papers are COM
planning of the absurdity of wasting it,
as is done in tea. 1t is stated that a
very large percentage of iron and steel
filings is mixed with various grades of
teas, especially in those coming from
Canton.
"Does your arm pain you ?" asked q
! lady of a gentleman who, in mixed
assembly, had thrown. his arm across
the back of her chair and touched her
neck. "No, Miss, it DON'T but why
do YOU ask ?'' 81 noticed that it was
out of its place, sir, that's all" The
arm was removed.
A gentleman was warmly eulogizing
the constancy of an absent husband in
the presence of his loving wife. eyes,
yes," assented she. " He writes letters
full of the agony of affection, but he
never RENTS me any money" can
conceive that" said the other, for I
know his love to be unremitting."
1t is said of a Western editor that he
is fearful penman, the style of his
hand being q cross between twisted
wire clothes-Iine and Virginia worm
fence. One editorial does for several
days, the compositor deciphering it
from the head down the first day, then
tail up the next, and crossways on Sun
day.
In a railroad crash, if you can be
quick enough, put one hand on the
back of the seat before you, and the
other hand on that of your own seat,
and swing clear of the floor, and as
high as you can. Most of the damage
to limb, which is not fatal, comes from
the iamming of seats and what is under
them.
It is said that shortly after Hon.
John Hickmans recent illness. z 10
Washington Townsend called o l,
and wishing to encourage him, .
cd: "Well, Hickman, 1 can't see
YOUR appearance need trouble you.
"No, Townsend" quickly replied the
invalid statesman, cit doesn't; it is my
disappearance that troubles me-"
Somebody has discovered down in
Maine, among the Shakers at Alfred,
an old lady named Lucy Langdon
Novel;, who, as alleged, was born on
the 4th of July, 1776. "She has never
been in railroad car, and is in perfect
health !" and it is proposed to send
her, in palace car, should she live, to
Philadelphia on the occasion of the
centennial celebration.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin has been
received in Baltimore in the person Of
genius who offers to capture and ban
ish from any premises all rats. His
weapons of determination are three
black -and-tans, six ferrets, net, and a
small boy. He visits house, sets his
net in chosen locality, sets out on a
foraging expedition around and through
the house, and when he gets back to the
point of departure, he has the satisfac-
tion of seeing the small boy gazing with
rapture on the ensnared victims Of the
search. His price is from five to ten
dollars, and he warrants the place free
for one year.
The oldest church building now
standing in the United States is at
bingham, twelve miles from Boston.
Three "godlyfamilies " from Plymouth
made a settlement here in 1888, and in
1851 the town had grown strong enough
to build this great church, which now
stands precisely as it was built, except
that two years ago, unfortunately. the
old square pews were taken out and
slips substituted. The old pulpit, gal
leries, immense timbers and beams, six
by eight window panes, the bell rope in
the middle of the broad aisle, remain.
An organ has taken the place of the
bass-viol and violin and tuning fork.