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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
Useful Newspapers,

Newspapers are beginning to be ap-
preciated. 1t is found that they are
better than cedar chests for keeping
woolen clothing in, over summer; the
moths don't like to tackle the newspa-
pers; they know better. Whip the
coats, shawls, etc., thoroughly-par-
ticularly about the seams then fold
snugly in large printed sheet, and
paste the paper tight-gum-arabic
mucilage is best. Then fasten it all
tightly in linen or cotton sheet. This,
we are assured by those who have had
years of experience at all kinds of pre-
ventives, is the most effectual protec-
tion of woolen clothing from the raw
ages of moths.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
A TALENTED SWINDLER.
An Able Effort to Revive the Savdust
Counterfeit Money Game.

An Able Effort to Revive the Savdust
Counterfeit Money Game.
One of the rogues who operated the
famous "sawdust swindle" in New
York, the Sun, says is now endevor-
ing to revive that once profitable
business. He has sent through the
mails circulars SO seductively written,
and so marked in improvement on those
which inaugurated the game, that the
fools are certain to respond numerously.
Prefacing his offer to send counterfeit
money by express for ten cents on
dollar, he says r.- i-.. .a--s.
"I hope that after have placed con-
fidence enough in you to send to you a
circular of this kind relating the nature
of my business, that you would not be
so treacherous as to even breathe the
contents of this document to a living
being should you betray me [ will
find means to be avenged in way per-
haps you would not dream Of"
Further along he drops into confden-
tial advice about how to be successful
in passing counterfeit money, and
especially insists
A person in business of this char
acter must be true to themselves and as
true as steel to the person they are
doing business with. You should al
ways abstain from the use of strong
drink, for in that there in great danger,
as person knows not what he might
say when drunk. You should also
keep the secret of the business as still
as the grave, not even hint it to your re-
lations or breathe it to your second
self"
Then he tells how he was once an
engraver in the Government employ,
and so was enabled to produce duplicate
plates of greenbacks. From these he
can print bogus money that the best
experts pronounce genuine. To quiet
wondorment as to why he wishes to sell
counterfeits for ten cents on dollar
that will so readily pass at par he ex-
plains thus
az deposited few days since large
amount of my money in six different
banks in New York they all accepted
it without saying a word. My money
being all new thought it would not be
advisable to deposit any more for fear
they might think something wrong.
When it is deposited in banks there
should be other money that has been in
use mixed with it, then there will be no
suspicion. now need only few true
men to assist me for six months, then
we will secure a fortune that will enable
US to enjoy all the pleasures.
He says he will send any amount of
the counterfeits carefully packed in
boxes-which the fools will of course
find filled with nothing but sawdust or
paper-and the express company will
collect on delivery. He signs himself
&C. R. Wilbur, 682 Broadway, New
York Post Office, New York" The
East River National Bank is at 682
Broadway, and no G. R. Wilbur is
known to. anybody in the building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
Gigantic Strike in England.

The most serious strike ever remem-
bered in the North of England is now
in progress at the Durham pits, where
by nine .tenths of the collieries of South
Durham are laid idle. The gigantic
character of this strike, and the blight
ing effects which, if it continues,
it will exercise upon the great
coal and iron industries of the
North, will be best realized when it is
stated that South Durham is the largest
coal producing district in England,
the total annual production approach
ing 100000 tons. These pits em-
ploy from 35, 900 to 10000 persons. De-
pending upon the coal and coke from
these collieries is the great iron indus
try of Cleveland, South Durham, and
largely that of Barrow and Cumberland.
The chief centers of the trade are in the
neighborhood of Middlesbrough and
Darlington, and if the collieries remain
idle great number of men will be
thrown out of work in the iron trade.
The leading colliery Offices of South
Durham are situated aJ Darlington.
Of Pease's eleven pits only one is at
work, whilst there is scarcely an excep-
ton amongst the fourteen pits of
Bolckow, Vaughan & Go. Other small
er colliery proprietors have closed their
pits. At the large collieries of the
Weardale Iron Company, at Consett,
and also at some at New Copley be-
longing to Fryer, Grieveson & Co.,
the men are at work, as notices of the
reduction have not yet expired.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
On the BrIny.

The Danbury Ne'Os man details the
incidents of his temporary soiourn on
the briny wave. He says: "We
shipped the first sea on the fourth day.
An elderly gentleman with eyeglasses
had his starboard end to the intruder
at the time, busily engaged peering at
the horizon from beneath one of the
lifeboats. 1t struck him on the beam,
and filed his coat-tail pockets with salt
water. Helen Blazes,' said he, and
stepped down stairs to see her. The
fearful and continuous rolling of the
vessel was the cause of painful and
ludicrous accidents, OF course. The
intellectual man with long brown over
coat that touched his heels, and sharp,
inquiring eye that seemed to reach into
everything, was knocked off his feet by
a wave, and besides being drenched to
the skin, was driven out of sight under
a life-boat. I enjoyed that trip better
than ha daA. One of the stewards-a
bald NQkzSB gentleman-was 'teeter.
ing along the deck with a plate of
highly-seasoned beef in one hand and
II cup VI uOb Ged Ill bllo OOuSE, Wu6u u
sudden 1urch of the vessel lifted him
into the air, and drove him with great
violence against the guards. The spiced
beef and fork were never heard of
again, but the tea he saved by catching
it under his collar. One lady was cut
in the head, and one gentleman broke a
number of his legs, but was ont again
in an hour, eating Welsh rarebit."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
Items OF Interest.


A Massachusetts State constable has
closed 240 rum shops.
In a recent trial in San Francisco
witness testifed.that it was a common
thing for the settlers to drink forty or
fifty times before breakfast. ... ...-
An unreasonable resident of Roches-
ter refused to pay the gas company's
bill for $18, on the trivial bubble
that there are no gas burners in his
house. .
A man in Newark has a singing
cat 1t is a cato -nine-tails, and sings
every time he swings it on his boys
back, while the boy comes in on the
chorus. " -''~s''
It was stated in the Senate of Mas
sachusetts that conductors of the East
ern Railroad had confessed that in
series of years they had stolen $l50,00
to 100000 annually from the COM
pany. ..
Staying and Going Mrs. Stumpy:
"That is the almond tree, my lady. It
always flowers before it leaves it
leaves directly after it flowers and
through Just as you see it.
An ostentatious undertaken of Troy,
having charge of an aristocratic funeral
lately, mounted the altar steps and de-
livered the following address "Ladies
and gentlemen will please keep their
seats till the corpse passes out"
AS the season for putting away fur
| bo ~ NAV ba wall tn mention
that in Russia furriers are said to pre-.
serve skins from moths by the simple
expedient of wrapping among the skins
quills containing quicksilver loosely
corked.
There is woman living in Pencader
Hundred, New Castle county, Della
ware, who has been married twenty
four years, and who last week gave
birth to her twenty-third child, which
makes her record one child per year
since her marriage.
Gov. Baxter has highly mplimented,
in general orders, Miss Allie r, Stew
art, of Little Rock, for acts of courage
and daring performed during the late
unpleasantness in Arkansas. Brig.
Gen. Barton recommended her appoint
ment as Major and Aide-de-C Camp.
A divorce suit in Georgia has result
ed tragically. Mrs. Brinkley of New
nan, applied for a divorce from her
husband, Stephen B. Brinkley. AS
she was likely to win, the husband
stabbed her to the heart, killing her
almost instantly. She leaves two
little girls and baby.
It is complained in Canada that
skilled mechanics come out by assisted
passages from England, and are there
given free ticket from Point Lewis to
London, Hamilton, Toronto, etc, who
have no idea of remaining a day IN On
tario, but get through to the United
States as quickly as possible.
Two young girls in Pottsville, Penn,
disguised themselves a few days ago,
and went on a begging expedition
among their self-proclaimed charitable
neighbors, in the fashionable quarter
of the city. The result did not COM
pensate them, unless in learning the
hollowness OF many loud professions
of liberallty.
A Delaware Court has deSided that a
railroad ticket in possession of rail-
road company, and before being stamp
ed for issue, is not property. Joseph
Hill took ticket from the Office of the
Philadelphia and Wilmington Com
pany at Harrington and walked to the
next station to take the cars. He was
indicted and acquitted under the above
ruling of the court.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
The RenderS.

After all the arrests that have been
made of persons supposed to belong to
the Bender family, who committed SO
many murders in Kansas, all OF that
family are still at large. The person
arrested in Utah recently as the elder
Bender, and who, it was reported, had
been satisfactorily identified, proves to
be demented old man of the name OF
Koch. The county attorney for Labette
county, Kansas, publishes description
of the senior Bender, in which the
criminal is described as man having
an intelligent countenance and resem-
bling in no wise the vagrants SO fre'
quently taken for members of the Benz
der family. He adds that all of the
Benders, Notwithstanding their fiendish
nature, appear agreeable and pleasant
in their manners, and, as they are sup
piled with money, it is not likely that
they will be found acting the part OF
of fools or vagrants.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13
Pew Talk and Church Scandal.

rev Ink ana Cnurcn scandal,
That tall young fellows here to-day,
Iwender what's his name ?
His eyes are fixed upon our pew
Do look at Sally Dame. OIL.
Who is that lady dressed in green
1t can't be Mrs. Leach
There's Mrs. Jones with Deacon Giles,
Iwonder if he'll preach2
Lend me your fan, it is so warm,
We both will sit to prayers;
Mourning becomes the Widow Ames-
How Mary's bonnet flares.
Do look at Nancy Shoppers veil
It's full a baeadth too wide;
wonder now if Susan Ayers
Appears to-day bride?
Lsrd what voice Jane Rice has got;
Oh, now that organ roars
I'm glad we've left the singers seat
How hard Miss johnson snores.
What ugly shawls are those in front7
Did you observe Ann Wild?
Her new straw bonnet's trimmed with black
guess she's lost child.
I'm half asleep-that Mr.. Jonesl
His sermons are so lon
This afternoon wa'll stay at homo
And practice our new song.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13

THAT LETTER. Jackson Wing
and Tribune says In q case now
pending in the Supreme Court, in
which $2, 900 is involved, the sole ques-
tion to be determined is whether GER
tain letter on a promisory note is "I"
or 81" In type the difference between
the letters are plain enough, but when
written they are identical. Was the
note executed to J. Blanckensee or /
Blanckensee-to julius Blanckensee or
Isaac Blanckensee. The representa-
tives of both parties claim the money.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13

DECLINES Ir.-Congressman Sawyer,
of Wisconsin, declines to be a candidate
for another term. He says: At the
expiration of my present term I shall
have served ten years in Congress, and
L cannot but think that if it is q good
thing to have been there I ought not TO
have it any longer, and if it is tax to
have it, then I ought not to be asked
to be q candidate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13

THINK OF Ir.-Think before you speak
what you shall speak, why you should
speak, to whom you shall speak, about
whom you are to speak, what will come
from what you may speak, what may be
the benefit from what you may speak,
and lastly, who may be listening to
what you may speak. Turn your speech
seven ways, and there will never come
any harm from what you have spoken.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-06-13

A Massachusetts State constable has
closed 240 rum shops.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
Texas Grand Prize Concert
Postponed to October u. 1874

The Hon. James T. D. Wilson
Mayor Of Houston, and the City
Council, endorses the enterprise as
follows:
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10

from the fields of travel, has il
store for IFS a practical treat which
cannot be otherwise than entertain.
ing and appreciated by this iutelii.
gent and cite audience. And nov
ladies' and gentlemen. let me pre-
sent to ,ou the lecturer of the even.
;us, Judge Sloanaker, the subject Of
whose lecture will be IAN overland
til? to California or "The big
things OF The Pacific coast" To your
indulgence and kind consideration
do l now commit tie lecturer, for
il weoll be a thankless task to
l''orably introduce one whose long
public and private career in our
midst, is so we'll known and appre-
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
~ 3 ORLEANS WEEKLY LoUIsIAN1AY:

: cal contest. These voters, after thei
J gifts, established the presen: admins
: trat,on, and in the public press an,
, otherwise are held to strict account 70
all the ills brought upon the State b,
either the incompetency or dishonest,
ut the men who have reached oticia
position through their ballots. Yet
really their responsibility, us IL matter
OF TACT, is very Indirect and limited.
we have elevated men to power, very
generally not of our class, and not I'LL.
frequently with ont devotion to either
our Interests Or the interests Of Tie
State, hut here our functions ceass.
We share, neither, TO any considerable
extent, in the CONTROL of the govern
ment which We have created, nor par
ticipate i'll the patronage resulting
from political Victories we have won.
We are held responsible Tor tae blum
ders, abuses and crimes OF the Repub-
iican administrations Of Louisiana, but
are not permitted either to avoid, cor
rect OF repair the same, by the con-
cession to us of any appreciable power
and influence III the conduct OF
public affairs.
Now, in all charity to our white po- !
litical associates, ana all respect to
our political o%ppeaeats, we ask not
only such all administration OF law as
viii guarantee our personal and poll
teal right in these entirely, out such Il
con'rolin the infringement ola govern.
ment for whose mistakes and faults We
are Nude SO largely responsible, as that
may become, not agents ior other
mems vices, nor tools for other mems
purposes. but potential for good-and
DO furnished m opportunity to contri-
oute our proportion of influence and
in common with the honest
White citizens Of Louisiana, in further
Ince OF the thorough reforms so
'arDestly deexed by the people, and SO
.mperatively demanded by the St.3e
nd 1 say, in behalf of my people, that
are competent to e~xor.jse, justly
nd effectively, the functions We claim.
there is, apart from any partisan feel
ng. and aside frem any personal am
'ition or discomfort, not only dis ,,ti:-
with the present condition of
bings; but q hearty disapproval among {
of the vicious and ques-
meth IDS by which our present.
arrassments and dlstresses have
zen brought upon u Iheve favored :
unsultation among leading citizens,
to such action and such ex- -
of views as would correct the r
6ensive abuses herein referred to and \
ri.
Demanding nothing but what ia
,asonable aud equitable, and fsilin:
instead Of indorsin8 the ad.
lstment made by the conference CON-
I should favor on the part Ct
,e colored citizens, as most conducive
the success of Republioanism, State
I'd national and also the permanent G.
nblic interest and public content,
'ch independent action, by standing
oof in the present campaign or .
;herwise, as would show the party l.
anagers on either side that We dol
1t propose to be intimldated by the
c class or used by the other.
ARISTIDE MARY.
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10

parents md friends North, "War-
WICK, III common with. his many
1flends here, extends his sympathy.
and coincidence, and begs them to
remember that
"4'eaths but q path that must be trol
TX men would evernass to God"
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10

The Hon. James T. D. Wilson.
Mayor Of Houston, and the City
Council, endorses the enterprise as
follows:
Houston, Ttxa,, April q. 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the
Real Estate Distribution, which j.
E. Foster proposes to make on the
I'D Of O::,ter next, in this city,
AS calculated to promote improve
ments, and placing within the
reach Of many, who otherwise
would be unable, q chance to secure
a home for them aud their families;
and having from our long scquaint-
ance with him, every confidence
in his integrity, We feel justified in
saying that we believe that be will
carry~out his Distribution honestly
and fairly, according to his adver-
tised plan.
Signed by the Mayor, the Hon.
Jas. T. D. Wilson, and City Coun-
Gil.
Capital Prize, 5000 Gold; ton
Residences in Houston; (Popula-
ton 10000. and the railroad centre
of tho Stately $50 tracts Of land in
different portions Of the State.
Value Of prizss, $146,ooo; 10000
tickets At 3. each. The manage
ment are 10 we'll convinced OF: the
success Of tho enterprise, that they
feel justified in promising to REFUND
EVERY CENT OF mosrz, il the drawing
does not take place on 22d Of Octo-
her. EvxsY Pkzzz PAID in full,
whether Ill the tickets are sold or
not
J. E. FOSTER,
Manager,
Houston. Texas.
7. ". HorBE, Treasurer.
Ustobsg ~
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
DNlBCTOpY



f,o,n 1870. .-a.. a.. :--,.s.~..--
the sub-Comnit.ss of danaeunsat IN
America. BY Authority Of he Conmit.co
of Mansaementin ENGLAND.
AMOS ronnr n. ,..y
odd Fano,.' MN IRA G.ro,A.,.& ~..A
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10

ests d both races lie ia Just and hssmoni.
ous adjustment Of the relations Of race, labo,
and capital, and the united efforts Of MI good
men to promote the common interests, and
we believe that with such peace andharmon,
and such uniod e11hEta, the return d = high
dasrse ofprospesity toIanisiaaA vii M b
long delayed.
II. That Ne approve ana indorse the civil
rights bin now psading before Congress.
II. That Ne ~eynpathise with Tie patriotic
men In Cuba who fight for liberty, and thai
~ uzgs upoa The. national Congress The
early recognition Of the independence d
Cub, and hereby instruct our Representa-.
tivss In Congress TO use their best efforts and
influence 70 this end.
Resolved, that committee, 70 consist d
fifteen members, BE- appointed b" the chat,
10 DO knownas ''ths Committee oaReaes ,pd
Order" and whose duty it sAall be to corec,
II information Conserving tho organization
and objects Of the Whtts Ieaese and hin
bred organisations: tAe pnaty advucased b,
said Leasue throasA pilie speeches, and 70
report IN w1A& nannsr and to what extent
ost1ihim iminiidaa4ion and vio1eacc has been
s1eru1Bedb By rid e~sgsntsstions.
OF rRAc4 AND oanER.
oantt, u 81. Landry, ehannao: echoeton,
Il Bston Rosss; Dunn, d Norehosss: Brook.
shin, oe Vssmilioa;; Wells, of R1pidss; Green.
a ozssans; Twitchs1', Il Red River; stasps,
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

9 approximations Of $500 each for the
nine remaining units Of the same
ten Of the number drawing the
1000 prize are. .....:....... $2,7O|
9 approximations Of $500 each for the
lime remaining units Of the same
ten OF the number drawing the
sio, go prize ale.::.....::::.::.. 1,sot
9 approximations Of 500 each for the
nine remaining units Of the Same
ten Of the number drawing tho
5000 prize are. sot
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
EXPLANATION or APpROxIMATI0
PRIZER

The 9 remaining units Of the same ten Of
numbers drawing the d1st ; full prizes win
be entisasd to tho n Approximation Rsisss.
For example: II Ticket No. 124s draws the
. 1000 prize, those tickets numbered 1911,
1919, 124s, 1874, 1915, LAT, 174s, 1919 and
1850 viii each be entitled 10 1so0. II Ticket
No. ISL draws The $4,000 prise, those tickets
numbered "a, ~, "a, IS. 49, ~, 40,
80 and9t0 will be entitled 10 49o0. HT5eket
No. 40 draws the 5000 Prize, those tickets
numbered III, ~, ~, M, ~, ~. A7,
As and ~ win be each entitled to S1Oo.
Whole Tickets, 80; Halves, @5;
ouartsrs,532 50; Eigt,ths, d Is.
PRIZES PAYABLE IN FULL WITHOUT
DEDUCTION.
~orders to be addressed TO
Louisiana State Lottery Company"
Lock Box CD, p. O.,
New Orleans,
Wrssnd P o. Mops. Order, OF Register
Your 1ss.s<- 5eas'N
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10

"A tSA%2V AAI4Nt va <Os
1t will be Of incalculable benefit to
Us in Frightening our ideas of that
healthfu' ettenticn which comes
from these delightful gatherings
AND interchange Of thought; and
when in the course Of events, the
wave Of years shall have left jte
trace on heart and brain. and
times ruthless finger shall have
whltened our hair with the frost
OF gathering winters, we will
look back over the past, and
among the bright spots that still
Reap cool. fresh and green, amidst
!he sands Of LIES unattained hopes
And manhoods many failures, to our
Social and Literary reunions will
VIC turn as to thoss things which
Ne most dearly cherished. We will
FIX Of these to our children as
lungs for them to copy and de-
Ashsan ind We wilt bear our testi-
moay that the time We thu spent
was not only invested with charms
UNKNOWN to other gatherings, but
was most profitable to all who had
the good fortune to be partakers.
10 carry: out these great purpos-
q 1t was essential to have funds so
ID to execute the necessary pro-
Sra!n1ne, and need I tell you ladies'
sac gentlemen, that among the
frst OF our kind patrons who Offer
S":' helping hand to this infant
e:uo was ta distinguished lecturer
81 the csv0inSS, who being fresh
The weekly Louisianian., 1874-10-10
UNIVERSITY
A.
PHILADELPHIA

This Coa)ess holds thse> sessions ncn
ysar. The first session conmeness Oaba%
bex Sd, and continues until TIE ende
(DscsRbsr; Tie second session oonnnencss,
JananEy -, 1876, and ~oontinass untilA
the end Il March; he third session com-,
neness April In, and continues until the
end Of Jana.
Nhasan able esspeof tvelxe Pfolessors.
and s~esy Depasnsnk & Medicine and
Surgery i hopaGhlE Aaeh
Every Asik.y II mustn&ioaa,
morbid spsanseis, hs1haxtun, ohsmioal
and philosophical apparatus, microscopes.
instruments q tAs> latest ihvsotion for.
Physical examination and diagnosis VIII
b provided. ....
splsndkA Hospital and Clinical Instruc-
ton N adosaaa; Free Tnkets to all our
City Hespstah no provided; Dissacting;
Mahss1ka absndAnt at . nsasf,A1 sas
Perpetual seAohrships a,s sold for 500:
which payz fos IL the R1nAssonis Tickets
upel e1adaA&iA Na{ricnh6oa Eee, IS:
Demonstrators Ticket Is; Diploma.
Fee, 90!
~ For Circular and A3ditionn. pa1-
.ticulass, address
Prof. JOHN BUCHANAN, Nd.
DEAN, 514 Pine Htsest..
June g. - P~hsAaslpAia, p,