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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Rochefort's Reception in ireland.

When the steamer Parthia arrived at
Qeenstown large and unruly mob had
gathered on the dock, awaiting the APP
pearance of NJ. Henri Rochefort, who
was generally known to be board. As
Rochefort passed down the gangway he
was Immediately recognized by the
crowd, who received him with hootings
and execrations, and made q rush for
him as he landed. The police sur
rounded Rochefort, who, it is feared,
would have been lynched but for their
protection. The intensely excited mob
pressing forward, hooting and yelling,
followed the Frenchman to Queens
Hotel. From that place the police es-
corted him to the depot, where only
passengers were admitted, His arrival
at Cork was not expected; he therefore
passed through the city unnoticed, and
took the train for Dublin, whence he
will proceed to London.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
The Real Gentleman.

He is above mean thing. He can
not stoop to mean fraud. He invades
no secret in the keeping of another.
He betrays no secret confded to his
keeping. He never struts in borrowed
plumage. He never takes selfish ad-
vantages OF our mistakes. He uses no
ignoble weapons in controversy. He
never stabs in the dark. He is ashamed
Of innuendoes. He is not one thing to
a mans face and another behind, his
back. Ii by accident he comes in pos
session OF his neighbor's counsels he
passes upon them an act of instant OBJ
ivion. He bears sealed packages with
out tampering with the wax. Papers
not meant for his eye, whether they
futter at the windows or lie open be-
fore him in unguarded exposure, are
sacred to him. He invades no privacy
of others, however the sentry sleeps.
Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hedges
and pickets, bonds and securities, no.
tices to trespassers, are none of them
for him. He may be trusted alone out
of sight, near the thinnest PARTITION
anywhere. He buys no offices, he sells
none, he intrigues for none. He would
rather fail of his rights than win them
through dishonor. He will eat honest
bread. He tramples on no sensitive
feeling. He insults no man. If he
has rebuke for another, he is straight
forward, open, manly 4; he cannot de-
scend to scurrility. In short, whatever
he judges honorable he practices to-
wards every man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Story Of a Tombstone Agent.

Gibbs is tombstone agent. He finds
it to his advantage to work upon the
feelings in making sale. The other
day he happened to be in a strange Sec
ton and was sent to call upon a Mrs.
Brown, who had lately lost her hus-
band. He introduced himself and was
invited to sit down spoke OF the wealth
er, and then getting around to busi-
ness, said, rather tenderly: $50 you
have lost your husband ?" She wept,
and said that it had that resemblance,
He said he sympathized with her in her
hour of afliction; that the best of
friends were doomed to part, and but
few knew any more whose turn would
be next. He had not the honor of be-
ing acquainted with Mr.. Brown, but
he had heard him spoken of all over the
country in the highest terms of praise
(this was his usual style, whether he
had or not); everybody considered him
an honorable man, and an affectionate
husband, and they mourned his loss
with the most tender affection, and he
deserved fitting memorial to his mem
ory, and as it was the last sad rite she
could do, he begged her to look over
some excellent monumental designs in
Italian and American marble, which he
was prepared to sell at the lowest terms.
Said she, "Lookey here, Mister; you
said he was an honorable man, and an
affectionate husband, when you know
you lie; be wasn't no such thing. It's
true I've lost him, but he amt dead !;
he amt the kind that dies. He run off
last Wednesday with another woman
and doesn't need tombstone, I'm sorry
to say and I'd be much obleeged to
you if you'd light out and not come
back here until you have an occasion,
Mister" He faded away from there,
and staid in that neighborhood two
days endeavoring to cultivate an ac-
quaintance with the man who sent him
thnrA-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Flowers in Ancient Times.

Flowers played no unimportant part
in the public and private life of the
Greeks and Romans. at weddings and
funerals, at their feasts and festivals,
upon state occasions, in their divina-
tions and incantations, and in the wor-
ship of the gods, flowers were used
with lavish hand. At a marriage the
bride and her attendants were crowned
with garlands. Tue dead were decora-
ted with them, and flowers were placed
upon the tomb. all are familiar with
the story of the Greek lover who placed
upon the grave of his mistress q basket
OF acanthus flowers, the leaves of which
being pressed down by a tile, grew
gracefully over the sides of the basket,
and gave rise to the first idea of the
ornate Corinthian capital. 1t was Gus
tomary for the guests at feasts to ap-
pear with crowns of flowers upon their
heads; flowers decked the walls and
tables, and were profusely strewn over
the floors of apartments. Victors in
the Olympic and other games were
crowned with chaplets of flowers no
religious ceremony was complete with
out them while each god had his ap-
prepEiate aoYal emblem. .,.u.{ .r.t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Did Not Forget.

Mr.. Larimer, lately of Costello coun-
ty, Colorado, was a fast young man--so
came to Washington to get an office.
Like many dissipated young men, he
did not succeed. So he went to the
bad. While on his way to the latter
end, and just as he was about to fuish
up, he was accidentally encountered by
Mr.. Waldo A. Blossom, gentleman Of
means and good social position, who
saw in the young fellow some good
traits, and after brief chat took him
to his own house, treated him kindly,
put him on bis self-respect, and finally
succeeded in bringing him back to ways
that were good. He took the course of
empire. Soon afterward Mr.. Blossom
removed to Jacksonville, Florida, and
heard no more of Larimer for twenty
years. But last winter some one sent
him Colorado advertisement, signed
Larimer," calling for information of
Blossom. Result: Larimer had died.
He had settled in Colorado, and 'ap
piled himself necessarily to business,
never married, got very rich, and be-
uueathed the whole-nearly million
of dollars-to the benefactor who was
so good to him in Washington. ALI
true. Mr.. Blossom takes legal pos
session of his new fortune during the
present month. H.r H
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
The Prosecuted Dog.

The most prosecuted animal in the
metropolis at this season OF the year is
the dog. The muzzle panic has been
raging in New York since theordinance
requiring all dogs to be muzzled came
in force. A reward of fifty cents each
was offered for dogs brought to the
pound without muzzles consequently
bootblacks, beggars and disreputable
boys began hunting down the poor ami
mails wherever they could be found. If
they were muzzled, pincers and dexter
GUS hands quickly removed the screens,
aud hundreds of people were robbed of
their pets. A city dog leads hard
life. Often crowd of dissolute BOYS
torment the most peaceable animal un-
til he tries to escape. Others follow,
throwing sticks and stones. The rabble
increases, and, tired and frightened, he
begins to foam at his mouth, when the
cry "mad dog - is heard, and women
and children flee for their lives. Finally
policeman comes to the rescue with a
revolver, and shoots the, exhausted
animal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Looking Back.

may live long, but some old days
OF dear, deep Joy akin to pain
Some suns that set on woodland ways
Will never rise for me again:
BY shining sea, and glad, green shore
That frolic waves ran home to kiss,
Some words heard that nevermors
viii thrill me with their mystic bliss.
o love! still throbs your living heart
You have not crossed deaths sullen tide,
A deeper deep holds us apart: a.
We were more near if you had died,
If you had died in those old days
When light was ON the shining sea,
And all the fragrant woodland ways
Were paths Of hope for you and me.
Dead leaves are in those woodland ways,
Cold are the lips that usek to kiss
'Twere idle to recall those days,
Or sigh for all that vanished bliss
Do you still wear your old-time grace,
And charm new loves with ancient wiles
Gould but watch your faithless face,
I'd know the meaning Of your smiles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04
Cremation.

After stating the advantages and dis
advantages of burning the bodies of our
dead, contemporary suggests burial
in the deep sea, which, for the want of
better word, we will call thallataphy.
Let steamer for the purpose-a float
ing .hearse-transport the dead at least
hundred miles from land and commit
them to the depths. The coffin, wheth-
er of metal or wood, should be perfor-
ated with small holes and weighted.
Is any one shocked2 We doubt if he
can tell why. Danish the idea of
sharks they belong to the coast. The
deep sea fauna is made up of low and
harmless forms of life sponges, rhizo-
pods, diminutive molluscs, and the
like. The dead would never pollute
anthing of which the living partake.
Do you prefer to commit the relics of
your departed friends to their "kin-
dred elements ?" It is far more appro-
PIRATE to lay them in the bosom of the
ocean than to inter them in the land
dust with dust for the average man
consists of eighty-eight pounds of wa
ter to sixty-six of solid matter. Then
away with the idea of patent furnaces,
and accept the unlimited burial place
provided by Nature.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04

ioiced at his good fortune-for his sake
and said:
"You were poor, Sidney, when I mar
ried you; so, you see, [ loved you for
yourself alone"
His rich friends would have come
back to him, but they found no vel
come. He had tried them, and they
were found wanting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04

DREssMAKNa. Last fall Miss lisa.
bella Commings opened sewing classes
in the Boston public schools. The first
lessons were given in the Winthrop
School, on fremont street. Two hours
a week were devoted to each class. The
children brought their work from their
homes, and it was found, notwithstand-
ing the time taken from their regular
studies, their lessons were recited bet
ter than before. sBy the aid of dia-
grams on the blackboard the pupils are
taught the elementary principles of
cutting, and in q few months are able to
make garments with surprising fa-
cility. 't''''. l1a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached
the Bacalaureate sermon before the
Glass Of 1874 and large audience, COM
posed principally of tho pupils friends,
in the chapel attached to the Packer
Collegiate Institute, on Joralemon
street. Mr.. Beechsr took his text from
Romans xvi, 81, and his sermon was
filled with facts going to show that
modern methods OF education made the
women of our day infinitely superior to
the women Of olden tiaess
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-04

Ns.-The popular superstition re-
garding the days on which it is lucky
or unlucky to trim the finger nails is
expressed in an old rhyme thus
Gut them ON Tuesday, cut them for health;
Cut them ON Wednesday, cut them for news
Cut them ON Thursday, a new pair of shoes
Cut them on Friday, you'll cut them for woe !;
Cut them on Saturday, journey to go;
Cut them on Sunday, you'll cut them for evil,
For oil the next week you'll be ruled BY the
devil, 'ia
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

The citizens of Williamsburg held town
meeting Saturday evening and appointed
committees to raise subscriptions, TO look
after the destitute and organize a search for
the missing. Northampton and adjoining
towns have been sending in supplies Of
food, clothing and money, since the disas-
ter, and contributions were taken mp for
the sufferers in churches throughout West
ern Massachusetts, to-day. Collections in
the churches of Springfield amounted TO
about $4,000, and subscription papers will
swell this amount to about $4,000. All
large towns and cities are organizing relief
associations
FUNERAL OF MISE VICTIMS
of the disaster took place in front Of the
Congregational church at Williamsburg ut
3 o'clock this afternoon. Seats were ar
ranged in the yard, and the presiding
minister had chairs on the steps. The
premises were crowded. Clergymen from
surrounding towns conducted the services.
THE SCENE PRESENTED.
reporter OF the Springfield Republican
describes the scenes afterward as follows:
All through the centre nothing remains of
the high wall Of stone and earth which
rose to the height of forty feet in the bed of
the stream save the stone work running at
right angles with the dam at the bottom
which enclosed the gateway in the very
bed of the stream
Below the reservoir the sight is most i'm
pressve. Vast masses Of water suddenly
let loose and dashing down the narrow val
ley, has wrought such devastation as one
would not have believed possible. without
seeing it in the very bed of the stream has
been cut in places many feet below its
original course, and for n long distance the
valley is dotted and some times covered
with rocks, torn from the wall of the res
crvOir.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

Witness in the Sanb0rn Case.

WAsHNGToN, May lG.
Mr. Prescott, the attorney for Sanborn,
appeared before the ways and means com
mi,tec to-day and in reply to Il question by
the committee declined to answer specific
ally the dealings between him and his
client and himself, on the ground Of privi-
lege.
lie stated that he had been employed by
Sanbom professionally since 1869. His
Office in Boston was in the same building
with General Buffers. About two months
after SanLorn had entered into contracts
with the treasury department he employed
him to attend to certain matters connected
with those contracts.
lie had received from Sanborn some
twenty-six or thirty thousand dollars, and
had paid out large portion of it to differ
ent individuals, but declines to name any
of them without first obtaining the consent
Of Sanborn.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
Fatal Accident to IL former citizen
Of HEraudOn.

On Saturday Mr.. John Nichols passed
through Rutland accompanying the re-
mains to Brandon for burial of his brother
r. p. Nichols, who was killed at Cleveland,
Ohio, on Thursday by falling from five
story building Thomas and John were at
work on the new Worthington block, cor
ner of st, Claire and Washington streets.
About three o'clock on Thursday last they
were laying rafters for the roofing of the
building, which was five stories high,
Thomas was standing on six inch timber
when he made a misstep, falling through
the space left open for the stairway. strik.
ing upon the ground in the cellar, killing
him instantly. He fell backward. and
when his brother saw him in an instant
after he fell, his face was TUNED upward
and he looked up towards John with {
smile upon his face. He struck upon hi,
face or was lying upon his face whei
found lie was probably killed instantly
Mr.. Nichols was 33 years of age and leave
wife but no children lie was carpen
ter by trade, and was hard working, in
'dustrious man. He had lived in Pittsfor
and Brandon. He worked in 1873 at Won
cester, Mass, and removed to Ceavelan
last fail. He was buried at Brandon YES
terday,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
Fire and Loss of Life Mt Bloomfield

GROvEToN, n. H., May 1G
The dwelling house and barns of Wallace
Stevens, in Bloomfield, Essex county, Vt. =,
were burned at Il little past noon yesterday
Two adopted daughters of Mr.. Stevens,
aged three and five respectively, were asleep
III the room where the fire originated and
persisted in the flames.
Mrs. Stevens was the only person, be-
sides the children, in the house at the time.
Hearing one Of them cry out, she opened
the door TO the stairway, but was met by
the smoke and flames and compelled to turn
back. -Four oxen. two horses, and two
hogs were burned in the barns. Loss about
- 800 small insurance
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
Financial.
STOCK MARKET.
NEW Nnl,

New York. May Il.
On Saturday the general stock market
opened steady and lirmer. hut afterwards
became dull and lower. Gold opened at
112i@ll3s. Sterling exchange opened
steady at 4Ssl and 49ll. Toward noon
stocks were dull and weak. Union Pacific
was especially depressed AT 81.
Stock continued dull during the day.
DreXel Morgan and company We're steady
buyers Of Western Union which WAS the
strongest feature of the market on Satur-
day, but without any particular bouyancy
or extraordinary demand
Money was quoted at Bat Sterling ex-
change rates remain firm owing to con-
siderable demand for European tourists
who are buying letters of credit.
a Washington dispatch says the legal
tender circulation outstanding remains at
$3.50 600 900
BANK STATEMENTS.
The bank statements for the past week
shows an increase of the legal reserve of
Sl,25S, 900 loans decreased 81 9lG, geo :;
legal tenders increased i 1862, 900; depos-
its increased Sl5s, 900 circulation IN re as
ed $1,000.
WESTERN Union.
1t is rumored in the stock market that
leading English capitalists inteleste in the
cable companies are heavy buyers Of
Western Union, and one prominent foreign
house has purchased 100000 shares.
UNION PACIFIC
The Jay Gould clique are said to be buy
ing Union Pacific shares again. On the
opening of the Stock Exchange Saturday
morning, they were pressed for sale on the
published statement that Judge Lowell of
Massachusetts Las granted an order to
show cause why the road shall not be de-
clared bankrupt, and warrant issued to
take possession of its property and affairs.
DRY GOODS MARKET.
The dry goo Is market trade is still char
acterizcd by extreme quiet in all depart
ments, with a slight improvement in the
home trade and fair number of small or
| ders from the west and northwest, but the
aggregate distribution is light and unsatis.
factory.
1t is thought that prices in cotton goods
are low enough TO encourage speculation
Prints are dull and goods acc lmulating
Some of the print works are about sus
pending production.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
The President ON the New Currency
Bill.


A Washington dispatch to the Herald
states that the President yesterday I'M
equivocally condemned the currency bill
as passed by the senate. The bill as origin
ally reported he would have endorsed as
compromise with the south and west. He
looks on the amount of issue rs wrong
step, and an attempt by initiation senators
to overcome his veto. He urges leading
men in the house to have the bill SO amend
ed as to make il consistent for him to sign,
in the event of the senate c0ncurTng in
the amendments and he also desires some
thing done to give effect to the redlstribu-
ton act Either this or the original SEN
ate bill will receive his approval, otherwise
his veto can be relied upon. A Times dis
patch says that while the President has not
told anybody whether he will or will not
sign the bill, his views have been so freely
expressed rs to leave no room to doubt that
he will veto the bill as passed 1t is proba-
ble the required amendments will be made
IN the house.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

born had indicated to them that he could
tell how twcnty-cigln thousand dollars
were dsburscd, and it was for that purpose
that he had been summoned He said he
must decline until he had the consent Of
Sanborn.
Without finishing the examination the
committee adjourned until Monday. In
the meantime the committee requested him
to see Sanbon and get his consent in order
that the information asked for may be oh
tainpl
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE MONDAY MORNING. MAY 18 1874

The duet by Messrs. d. G. and Rhodolpb
Hall, was one of the very best il not tie
best treat of the evening. The solo by
Rhodolph Hall was splendid and loudly
encored. The gold cornet was made to
give forth smatchess echoes, surprising,
in that particular, that of any we ever
heard. The flute solo, by Danu, was
charming in execution and effect and heart
lily npplauded.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
Railroad Contractor Missing.

LOWELL, Mass, May l6.
Alonzo w. Baker, formerly of Vermont,
subcontractor on the Lowell Il Andoycr
railroad, just before abandoning his Job,
asked an advance of S1,S00, from Mr..
Rice, the general contractor, ostenslbly TO
pay his men on Saturday forenoon. How
ever, the workmen applied to Mr.. Rice for
their wages and he acceded to their de
mand. Mr. Barker is missinm.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
DON'T BE nIscouRAGEn.

Suppose you have "tried nfty remedies ana
received no bcnent, is there therefore, mo
balm I'm Giead?" Verify there Is. Your liver
may bc Congestcd, your stomach ia paral-
wed your nerves quiNerlng. your muscles knot
ted with torture, your bowels CONSTRUCTED your
lungs diseased, your blood full OF impurtieS--
yet in one week after commencing course OF
Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bttcrs you Will feel like
new creature. apr2sd&NiW
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

THE STATE CONVENTION call for
the Republican State Convention, with the
official apportionment of delegates, was
published in The GLOBE on Saturday, and
it will be found in the local columns to-day
We are requested to say that blanks for
credentials of delegates will be sent to the
republican town committees, throughout
the state, in due season,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, May lisp. m.
PROBABILITIES.
For New England and middle states gen
orally clear weather and southeast to south
west winds will prevail, with but slight
change of temperature stationary TO ris.
ing barometer and light rain in the north
crn nOItOn of ihese districis
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18
HELD FOR EMBEzzLEMETr.

James lIazen, Jr. employed as runner
III the police court, Concord. n. H., on
Friday afternoon, charged with embezzling
money to the amount of $500 from that
firm. lie pleaded guilty and was bound
over in the sum of $4,000 for appearance at
the supreme court lie formerly lived in
Manchester and has II wife and two chill
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-18

A paper read before the American
Geographical Society, Friday, promises
that the dangerous experiment of mountain
climbing is to he revived by American
travellers. Lieutenant Cochlanc Of the
Marine Corps recently from Peru, gave Il
graphic description of the ascent of the eN'
tinct volcano, the Misti OF Arequipa). by
Dr.. Cotes, who reached the summit at an
attitude Of IS, 5000 feet without eNpcrienc-
ing the slightest prostration. while his poem
attendants We're overcome
The doctor emboldened by his success.
will now attempt the ascent Of Chimborazo
(21 800 feet high) for the American Geo
graphical Society. The summit of CHM
borazo has never been reached Ivy a human
being Humbolt tried it in 1892, but his
giant constitution had not the necessary en-
durancc. DIR. Hayes, the artic explorer.
will also undertake the ascent of licca for
the Geographical Society. This. the "a
nous volcano Of Iceland remains Of the
virgins Of geography.