Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-03-01
NO. 8.
Items Of Interest.


that would ridicule that which they
dare not perform. V a-I
Indiana tobacconist got conscience
stricken lately and burned up his entire
stock of the weed. '~'"'
Exercise, if efficiently applied, viii GO
more for the health of men and women
than all the medicine in the world.
True liberty consists in the privilege
of enjoying our own rights-nOt in the
destruction Of the rights of others.
1t will never pay to start business in
the belief that everybody will know who
you are and what you sell, without being
advertised thereof.
"We're in a pickle now, said man
in a crowd. a regular jam" said
another. "Heaven preserve us y ex-
claimed an old lady.
A man in Wisconsin forest was late
ly attacked by three wolves, and after
long fight killed one and drove the
others off with pole. ...
The Duluth Herald claims that there
are more iron safes in that city, and
less money in them, than in any other
city of similar size in the Union.
A woman will make as long and as
patient tug in life as camel, if you
give her kind word now and then and
show her q bit of green comfort at the
end.
Among the Garos, Hindoo tribe, wo-
man may leave her husband when she
pleases, marry another man, and con-
vey to him all the property Of her for
mer husband.
There is a man in Savannah who, the
other night, went out and paid for
twelve bottles of wine, and then went
and scolded his wife because the milk
bill was so large.
Wit loses its respect with the good
when seen in company with malice, and
to smile at the Jest which plants thorn
in another's breast is to become prin-
cipal in the mischief. .. ....
There was q general illumination in
Madrid and public reioicings at the es-
tablishment of republic. Don Carlos
has entered Spain and his followers are
as active and defiant as ever.
The most terrific snow-storm known
in years buried Great Britain complete
ly up lately. The snow fell to such a
depth in London that travel and bus
mess were wholly suspended; and yet it
was only six inches deep on level
It is stated that King Victor EN-
manuel, being opposed to his sons alb
dication, at first refused to consent to
the return of Amadeus to Italy, but
sent word afterward that on reflection
he had relented and would be glad to
receive his son again.
The Franco German commission for
marking out the new frontier between
France and Germany has terminated its
labors. The stones, standing about
four feet out of ground, are placed 100
metres apart from each other. Except
in two instances, it has been found pos
sible to avoid dividing any commune.
Recently, lady had to be conveyed
out of London ballroom in a COM
plete state of prostration, which turned
out to have been caused by the poison
GUS particles emanating from the green
robe she wore. Powerful antidotes had
to be employed to recover her. The
most powerful was whisper, by a
friend, that her false hair was coming
off. a
When McNulty was hanged at Peoria,
Ill, the Sheriff was arranging the rope
around his neck, and asked the doomed
man: "Isnt that little too tight ?"
McNulty said: 1T is little too tight.
The Sheriff was trying to loosen it q
little, when McNulty said: "Never
mind, Sheriff, it will be tighter than
that in less than half minute. So
saying, he shot through the trap. r.
The following conversation between
two clever lawyers was overheard:
" How does your client like it ?" " Not
overmuch ; begins to complain of
the expense" Mine is all right;
bound to fight it out. Can we manage
to get the jury to disagree again ?"
"Don't know; we must work for it"
" You'll get beat, of course, in the end,
but you'll appeal, of se? "Of
course"
A report has been made by General
Babcock, as engineer in charge of pub
lie buildings at Washington, to the eff
feet that the Executive Mansion is
damp and unwholesome, and needs con-
stant repair 1t is also destitute OF
what is termed modern improvements,
and is insufficient for it's uses. The
first floor is used almost exclusively for
public purposes, and on the second floor
there are several business offices. Gen.
Babcock asserts that there are hundreds
of private residences in Washington
more commodious and suitable for a
gentleman's family than the White
House.
In the New Sweden settlement, in
Maine, there are now one hundred good
houses and eighty-eight barns, and all
the lots have from five to twenty acres
cleared. The colony has two steam
mills for the manufacture of shingles,
and saw-mill on Caribou stream. The
expense to the State has been $40, ,30S,
and the colony has repaid $4,278 by
work on roads, leaving the expense of
the settlement to the State at SIG, ,030,
which the settlers will steadily repay
in work on the State roads. Thirty
miles of roads have been cut through
the woods and made passable. The
Swedes are priced in all parts of the
State as faithful and intelligent workers.
At the annual meeting of the Con-
necticut Board of Agriculture, there
was discussion on the improvement
of rocky, sandy, and barren lands, in
the course of which it was mentioned
that the farmers of the State, notwith-
standing the abundance of stones which
cucumber their fields, contrive to make
money sufficient for their own neces-
stiles, and have some left to loan to the
farmers of Illinois to assist them to
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