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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05

Bloomfield.
The exceedingly mysterious box
found under the floor of the house Of
Mr.. Rowland, in Oxford, with "bones
and buttons in it," has caused quite
an excitement. There are some cir
cumstanCes of mysterious character
connected with it. The house is sit
uated OH what is known Us the Indian
Pond Road, about one mile from the
River Road, about East and West.
Under the East part is good Gel
lar. and under the West part, about
the center Of the house, was found
the box. The lower floor had been
cut out and sleepers hewn away
enough to let in box about three
feet square, the floor put back AID
nailed with forty penny nails, twice
rs large as the rest of the nails used.
The upper fosr, which was of whole
boards the whole width Of tue room,
was nailed down over all. Talking
with some friends our minds ran back
to the time of the great flood, when u
MIR. Thomas Allen and his wife lived
there. The wife bore disreputable
character, and as her husband was
away ceiling gravestones, her conduct
was SO bad that Mr.. Powell, then at
work for Mr.. Allen, entered a COM
plant and Mrs. A. was taken to Hav-
erhih. Her father, Samuel Davis,
gave Powell horse if he would leave
the country, which he did, and the
suit ceased. after which Mr.. Fitch, a
peddler, made some statements in re-
gard to Mrs. A. S chara ter, and she,
hearing oft, swore Vengeance on him.
Some days after he was seen to go in
to the house, but was never seen to
come out, and what was wondered at
more, his horse was taken on to the
farm and worked out there, and the
peddler never heard of. Allen and
his wife, few years after, moved to
Bloomfield, VT, where they took the
farm and property of a Mr..
wife and wife's sister to support them
through life, for the property. These
three died so very suddenly, that the
public were aroused, had the bodies
taken up and their stomach's were
sent TO Boston, examined, and poison
found in them. Mrs. Allen was then
tried for murder, but the evidence was
not sufficient to convict her, and Mr..
Davis, her father. said it cost him
and Allen over $1,000 to havo her
character established. Putting these
things together, character and all, maay
thiak if this mysterious box could
speak we should hear from this tomb
the dolefnl sound, "Here lies the re-
mains of Fitch, the peddler."
The above from the Statesman will
no doubt recall to our readers in this
town md the Northern part Of Coos
and Essex counties, the trial of Mrs
Allen several years since for the mur.
der of Mrs. Lervey above referred TO-
and who escaped conviction at that
time. The remains of some Of hei
supposed victims were exhumed am
sent to Boston for analysis to A. A
Hayes, State Assayer for Massachu
setts, who we believe discovered
traces Of rat-poison in some of til.
stomachs that were examined by hin
at that tlme.-Republicon. .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05
Married.


In Gorhaln, Nov 80, by M. A. Hastings, $50,
Geo. L. Cole, of Gorham, and Miss Rosetta
Wentworth. of Drummer.
In Bloomfeld,Vt., July 12,by Rev. r. Pritty,
Edwin W. Spencer, of Bloomfield and Miss
Nettie c. Peck, of StratforS, n. II.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05
Bloomfield.

WM. CUTLER, ! Aonrs
WIN. BAsSETT, APP'''
Guildhall, Dec. 10, 1910.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05

Two hundred acres OF land VITA the
bulldiugs thereon, after dSductins -.
out the ilfth part, ti-JS ~
Two 5.pail kettles, W
Cow, sll; one 2-pail IRON pot. Sl, 10 %
One dish kettle. SI.J1; tea kettle,$l.I 81
One spider, %; fatiroS. .9j. "
One shovel and tonys, cas-: crane,
trowels, s., p
Two pewter platters, 9 plates. I basins, l-si
One case knives. 2 forks, rs; pair
sheep shears, Sc, "
One feather bed and clothes for two, ~ 90
Half barrel meat, Ella; I gun, e5. IL 90
One linen wheel aud wooden wEesl, W
One plough, harrow, chains, iron
bar. IL 20
TwoaIes, sickles. pillow, l shave, 81
One scythG and tackle, 10
Five chairs and pals, ~
One hundred bushels potatoes, about, ~ W
One looking glass,
OHe pr. chissls, inch and half auger, 90
One three-fOurths inch anger, "a
Three bedstezds and cords, sheet, D "
One tea canister, arithmetic and
Bible, ~
One salt mortar and three tubs. %
Three trays, 5 tin PANS l sieve, "
One collar. brIchband and Rled yoke, OO
One saddle, brake, pr. snow shoes, 90
Twelve tons ha.', OIL %
Sixty.four bunGles fax, $425; chest
drawers, also. 3 Is
One pig, 81; table cloths, $780, } 50
sl4Is Sc
Mn Nm S Rss,:TT Apps.
Guildhall, Dec. 10, 1910.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05
AND STATE NEWS.
GuiIdhalI.

Below we give an inventory of an
estate in Guildhail some seveuty-tive
years ago. 1t is of interest as show
ing the difference of prices of articles
then and now.
"Ia0cntOry Of M. Amy's estate
The property shown to us, the sub
scribers, by Calvin Perkins, Esq, is
rs follows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-05

Lancaster,
Thermometer "a below this Tues
day. morning.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
RECOLLECTIONS OF 4 DENTISTS

REC0LLECTIUNS OF 4 DENTISTS
SHOP.
Mark Twain, in his new book about
England, tells how he had the tooth
ache one night in London, and gives
some pleasing r~ecollectioRs Of the den
lists shop which he was wont to patron
ize when he lived in Elmira. He says
Zone night that tooth did jump, and
every time it jumped it raised my head
right off the pillow. How / did lie awake
and think about that dentists shop in
Elmira, where / had been under torture
so many times-of those pretty dental
Instruments, SO polished and SO cold
How / did long to lay my cheek against
one-one of those short, thick, heavy
twisted chaps, with the bow-legged,
fiuted, and curved handles, and short
hawksbili Jaws How j reveled III de-
light at the thought Of having such l.
thing clutch my refractory tooth and
'yank it a" With what p~leasurable
emotions came ~crowding INTO my mind
the recoliections of that dentist and his
room and its tixtures-his big, easy
chair, with the pretty differentiated
window before il, and the nice, big red
glass spittoon to the left, with TIE hole
in the bottom, and the bits of wet cot
ton and the bright pieces Of gold and
streams of blood-stained saliva on the
sides. And then, the pretty little bE-
reau with the bottles on the top and the
little yellow drawers which he Jerks out
so gently when seeking for some new
ana more delicate instrument of tort
ure. And then, that beautiful little
round v~elvet-covered stand on the gas
fixture, covered with the nice drills, and
pretty files, and the lovely little crow
bars with the stained ivory handles. and
the long steel crochet needles with which
he hunts for new cavities, and the little
round ~pasteboard box full of gold
plugs and the dirty little napkin, and
the rubber ball syringe, and the Singh
lar smell of his thumb, aud ali that
| Oh, how nice !"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
Lofty Language

You should have heard the children
laugh! They were all going to the
brook for crosses, and little maggie
Palmer was telling them about the
negro man that her mother had en-
gagged during housekeeping time. 1t
appears he had once been a servant to
a learned professor, and SO had picked
up any number of big words.
ooh, girls!" said Maggie: "you
Just ought to have heard him! When
mamma proposed to him to yellow-wash
the kitchen-walls, he stood up just like
a dandy and said:
"sMiss Palmer, marin, if you'll al
low me to speak differentially about dis
matter, white-wash would be appropri'
ator. as discoioration Of smoke and null
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
ORIGIN Of THE FAN.

Since the fan has come 10 be re-
garded AS an almost Indispensable nd
iunct to the feminine toilet a history of
it's origin may not prove ulinGresting
to the sex who handle it so airoitly.
The Chinese say that kan-si, the beau
tiful daughter of one of the mandarins,
found the mask which Celestial etiquette
requires to be worn in public by ladies,
very oppressive as the evening was
warm, but her ingenuity was equal to
the occasion. She united her mask and
moved it so rapidly back and forth be-
fore her face that it was impossible to
distinguish her features, while her
beauty was enhanced in the eye OF all
the beholders by the tantalizing glimpses
afforded by the coquettish maneuver.
In a moment a thousand fair Celestials,
approaching her courage and coquetry,
initiated her example, and a thousand
masks were put in motion before a thou
sand pretty faces, by a thousand pretty
hands. The ingenious Chinese caugh'
the idea, and by the next Feast OF Ian
| terms fans were substituted for masks
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24

THuRLow WEED found an old portrait
of Horace Greeley, which he called an
excellent portrait. After gazing at it
for some minutes, with so much emo
ton that the tears came to his eyes and
ran down his cheeks, the veteran said,
with a broken voice "That is exactly
his look as it was when l knew him
thirty years age. If l had not forgiven
him in my heart and asked to be for
given before he died, L should forget
all the differences that have been be-
tween us, as l look on this sweet, hon
est, noble face of the man whom l i have
so sincerely honored and truly loved.
The face calls back all the past and
makes me see, as l have never seen be-
fore, that a genuine friendship for a
good and true man is worth all the
empty glory the world can give"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24

two little ones still spared to think of
and remember with q kind of loving
ave-.
Do You not think Harry would give
all he owns to forget the day when he
pushed that baby sister away from him,
when it was yet in his power to love
and be kind to her? But it is after all
very hard to realize the fact that the
child, who only a short time ago stood
smilingly to have her likeness sketched,
is no longer on this glad, bright earth.
What a sad, sad difference a few days
made, did they not, between then and
now! How eagerly little May looked
forward to seeing herself Gin de date
bid paper " as she used to call Hearth
and Home. She WAS so willing to stand
perfectly still, because the artist prom
Used to show her the picture when it
was printed, and now all the world may
look at 1t, save the sweet original of the
little figure. All ! well. May is with
Jesus now, and Harry and Maggie will
remember how suddenly death can rob
them of each other, and be careful
never to do or say an unkind thing to
wound each others hearts, while it is
still in their power to be happy and
glad together. Old Dinah looks at this
| picture, and while she smiles at her
own likeness, the tears will come as
| she sees the aforementioned little
figure beside her lap, and thinks of the
merry voice hushed forever on earth.-
Hearth and Home.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
4 WIFE.
BIZ JOHN G.. SAKE.

When deeply in love with Miss Emily Payne,
1 vowed, if the lady would only be mine,
would always endeayor to please her
She blushed her consent, though the suffering lass
Said never a word, except You're an ass
An Assam ase-iduous teaser.,
But when we were married, I found my Ruth
The stammering lady had spoken the truth;
For often, in oblivious d~udgeon.
She'd say, if 1 v~entured to give her a jog,
In the way OF reproof. "Youre = dog--dog-dog-:
Adog-a dog-matic curmudgeon."
And once, when / said, " v can hardly afford
This e1.ravagant style with our moderate board
And limited We ought to be wiser,
She looked, l assure you, exceedingly blue,
And fretfully cried, "You're o Jew-Jew-Jew-
A very ju-dicious adviser.
Out of temper, at last, with this insolent dame,
And feeling the woman was greatly to blame,
To scold me instead of caressing.
l mimicked her speech, like q ehurl that l am,
And angrily said, You're a dam-dam-
Adam-age instead of a blessing"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
Over Seventy Years Ago.

1t was such an old newspaper all
creased and torn and yellow, and yet
the minister, as he unfolded, it, handled
it as though it were precious gold. He
had finished his Sunday sermon, and
was walking home from the meeting
house with his wife across lots. They
came close by me, and stood still to
look at the paper, talking about its
being such a treasure, and how Sally
should have it and take care of it after
they were gone, and reading v e the
name and the date just as if it was a
verse of poetry Washington Federal
ist, Monday, May 24th, 1902. They
were not young folk but as nobody ex-
cept ME was around, he put his arm
about her neck while she read one of
its notices:
DIED.-At Mount Vernon, on Saturday
evening laft, Mrs. MARTHA WASHINGTON.
widow Of the late illuftrious GEN. GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
To thofe smiable and Chriftian virtues which
adorn the female character she added dignity
of manners superiority Of understanding, a
mind intelligent and elevated.
The silence of respectful grief is our Def.
eulogy.
From "Jack-ia-the-Puipit st.
Nicholas for Jtly.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
Shutting Doors.

Don't look SO cross Edward, whenI
call you back to shut the doors ; grand
pas old bones feel the March wind, and
besides, you have got TO spend your
life shutting doors, and might as well
begin to learn now"
"Do forgive nae, gran'pa I ought to
be ashamed to be cross to you. But
what do you mean Fl ant going to be
sexton. 1 am going TO college, and
then / am going to be a lawyer"
"Well, admitting all that, 1 imagine
Squire Edward c., viii have a good
many doors to shut, if he ever makes
much of a man."
"What kind of doors? Do tell me
~gran'pa."
"Sit down a minute, and I will give
you a list"
sin the first place, the door of your
ear must be closed against the bad lan-
guage and evil counsel of the boys and
young men YOU will meet at school and
college, or you viii be undone. Let
them once get possession Of that door,
and I would not give much for Edward
c. future prospects"
1.-THE door OF your eyes, too must be
| shut against bad books, idle novels, and
low, wicked newspapers, or your studies
will he neglected, and you will grow up
a useless, ignorant man. lou will nave
to close them sometimes against those
fine things exposed for sale i'll the store
windows, or you will never learn to
lay up money, or have any left to give
away.
"The doors of your will need special
care for they guard an unruly member,
which makes great use of the bad COM
pany let in at the eyes and ears. This
door is very apt to blow open and If
not constantly watched, will let out an
cry, trihing, or vulgar words. 1t will
kackbite sometimes worse than March
wind, if it is left open too long. 1 would
advise you to keep it shut much Of the
time, till you have laid up a store OF
knowledge, or at least till you have
something valuable to say.
1.-THE inner door of your heart must
be shut against temptation, for con
science, the doorkeeper, grows very
Indifferent if you disregard his call and
sometimes drops asleep at his post
and when you may think you are doing
very well, you are fast goingsrdown .to
ruin.
eff you carefully guard the outside
doors of the eyes and ears and lips, you
will keep ont many cold blasts OF sin,
which get in before you think. -
"This 'shuttingdoors, you see, Eddy
will be a serious business, one on which
your well doing in this life and the mex
depends. = Christian Union.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24

The trade of England exhibits a very
serious decline the exports for the first
five months of last year having been
$500, 900, 600, while for the same period
this year they have amounted to only
$3.50, 900, 900, a recession of some S.
900, 900 Il month. No wonder that that
country is anxious for the adoption OF
the Canadian reciprocity treaty.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24

tifarious kitchen gases is more ~conspicu-
ouser on yellow-wash, marm.' And
when mamma asked him what he would
charge for white-washing the hall cell
ing, he made such a bow, and said:
Cant say Enthusiastically, marm.
The altitude of my charge, marin, will
depend on the elevation of the wallis"
from "Jack-in-the-Pulp 81.
Nicholas for July.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Twn MOrds.

Thee are two words, dear children,
That properly used
VII make you true heroes;
But crossed and abused.
Will warp your whole natures;
Then watch well your tongue,
And say yes to the right,
And ..uo" TO the wrong.
When tempter. lead with you,
And ask you to take
A cigar, or some liquor,
And say it will make
Aman of You, answe them
Firmly, and say
vorr nc so twill frighten
The rascals away,
When brothers plead wish you
To relieve their distress,
b ready and willing
Te answer them yes"
Now don'tiget them crossed
And say 70" TO that call,
and "yes" 80 the patrons
of old alcohol.
There are many grown people
wao make tins mistake,
And / pray you take care,
For your own honor's saks;
And half the worlds sorrow,
And folly. and woe,
Come from using Eyes"
II place of q mo-"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
FiSCIyA TED BY PARIS.

Countess d'Eu, daughter of the En-
peror of Brazil, and wife of Count dEu,
Duke Nemours son, was SO fascinated
by Paris that she positively refused to
90 to Rio de Janeiro to be confined.
Now. the law Of that Empire provides
that no person shall be considered &
Prince of the royal blood and eligible
to inherit the crown unless he be born
ON Brazilian soil. Her refusal was SO
pertinacious hat the Rio Government
sent out here a commission empowered
to declare the house in which she was
confined to be Brazilian territory. Her
family, fearing that her child's title to
the throne might be considered imper-
feet, or at all events give rise to unde-
sirable discussions. continued to press
her to return to Brazil. She has ut the
last moment acceded to their wishes.
She carries with her two midwives and
two nurses.-Paris letter.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24

VARIETIES.
An era unknown to women-the mid
die ages.
A BREAD-BAKING match at Hartford,
Conn, was undoubtedly much a dough
about nothing.
WHAT are the most ~unsociaple things
in the world? Mile-stones. You never
see two Of them together.
THE fool seeketh to pick a fly from q
mules hind leg. The wise man letteth
out the job to the lowest bidder.
FEE simple-giving a waiter ten
cents and expecting to have a good din
ner.
An exchange speaks of a captious
man who growled because a powder
factory was to be established next door,"
A PIoUA girl who had a quarrel with
a lover remarked to a friend that "she
wasn't on squeezing terms with that
fraud any more
ALADY lecturer says women ought to
retain their own names when they get
married. She has not had a chance to
change hers thus far.
A LITTLE boy heard his mother tell of
eighteen head of cattle being burnt the
other night. Weren't their tails burnt
also?" inquired the verdant youth.
SHERIDAN, at a public dinner, was I'M
expectedly called upon to say grace
when he acquitted himself as follows:
What No clergyman present?
Thank God for all things"
HARRY, after looking on while his new
little sister cried at being washed and
dressed, turned away, saying, eff she
screamed like that up in heaven, 1 don't
wonder they sent her off,"
A PEpDLER calling on an old lady to
dispose of some goods, inquired OF her
if she could tell him of any road on
which no peddler had travelled. "Yes,"
replied she, " / know of one, and that's
the road to heaven"
THE National Baptist knows a man
who is boasting that he has never given
his wife a cross word in the twenty
years they have been married. Those
who know the family best, give the true
reason "He doesn't dare to-"
On, woman, in our hours Of ease, you
know we'll do whate'er you please
we'll promise to the sin Of
Bourbon, brandy, rum and gin, and go
so far as to refrain Except when
tempted) from champagne /; but have
some mercy, do, my dear, and leave,
oh leave my lager bcer.-Louisrille
Courier.
E. O. STANARD, member of Congress
from the first district of Missouri, sports
the most scrumptious equipage In
Washington. The buttons Oh his
drivers coat are as large as soup plates,
and the cockade on his hat about the
size of a turkeys wing, while three
wards of blue ribbon float from the
Observation-Disclosures E~nsanaerciaL.
YF riG.
Ye pig &c he Is n pretty i've
And wondrous good Co ssl
". t... d. NnJ lvhauuan hrn fowl,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-24
VI PIG.

Ye pirge he Is n pretty f'Cs
And wondrous good Co eel
Hys ham is good, lykewyse hys jowfa,
And exc hys little feete.
But though you try a thousand years,
throw you still Will fayle.
To make a silk purse Of hys care,
or wissel of hys SRyle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-06-01
Young Lambert .

By Daniel Lambert, by Ethan Allen, by Black
Hawk dam by st. Lawrence Record, 234
Relatives to POcahontas, PIX; Ethan Allen 2 10,
double; Honest Allen 49, Sensation, :204 Hot
Spur, :234 Billy Barr, "a; Major Allen, %
Gomez. 2;27; Nonesuch, 23: Fanny Allen, = ;26
Warwick, years old IS; and host OF others
who can beat ? 80. Lambertis four this summer,
and can speed in 40 gait; finely formed, beautiful
ly gated, and as near perfect as horses can be
made by careful study of the of all trotting
blood from which the best of trotters have sprung.
1t will be seen that the animals offered are each
of the very best trotting blood, and especially to
cross with Knox mares They are put at very low
figures TO induce persons to breed from something
that will pay. Gentlemen, give us visit.
Mares sent in will receive the best OF at
tention. We will lake few promising colts to
handle and inn rove, sell, &c. Horses and colts
kept by year at low rates. For further particulars
address
mar2s-t INV &S&wtf +. A. F. ADAMS,
Bowdonham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-06-01
KENNEBEC B BOSTON
.xpr g SIS GO
HNHE proprietors of this Express give notice tina
/ on and after MONDAY, APRIL Goth, the.
shall run messenger
On the Kennebec Boat

from AUGUSTA, HALLOWELL, GARDINER
RICHMOND and BATH, for Boston every Monday
and Thursday returning leave Boston every Tues
day and Friday.
Mr. j. s. LITTLE, senior proprietor ofhis line, will
act as messenger; he having had six years exper
fence in the business, feels confident that he can at
tend to all business entrusted to his care, and viii
serve the public generally TO the best of his ability
Orders for Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, &c, and any
petty order that could not otherwise be filled, at
tended to by us without extra charge. This Ia the
oldest accommodation express on the Kennebec.
We shall also continue TO run by rail daily.
AGENTS.. S. Little, Augusta; A. X. Simmons
Sturtevant, Richmond; E. II. Turner Bath. Bos
ton Office 81 Kilby St., and 81 Kingston St; Port
land Office s. Exchange st.
aprl4=ttf LITTLE & BEANIE, Projectors.