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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
A Faithful Agent.

The present Duke of Hamilton, Will
liam Alexander Louis Stephen, is the
twelfth. He was born in 1888, and is
now consequently in his forty-first
year. His father married in 1923 the
Princess Marie of Baden, cousin of
Napoleon III. At the early age of
eighteen, the present duke succeeded
to the great possessions which consti-
tute the inheritance of the house of
Hamilton, Hamilton palace with it's
associations and traditions of centuries,
crowded with the treasures of art, of
luxury and taste, standing in its mag
nifcent domain of $4,000 acres Brod-
rick Castle, on the island of Arran, with
the fee of almost the entire soil of that
romantic and beautiful island; extern
sive pro oerty in Linlithgowshire, Stir.
lingshire and Butte F.; the English estate
of Easton Park, in the county of SUI
folk, with their enormous revenue, with
the care of their management, and the
responsibility of their administration,
fell into the hands of the young heir at
an age when by law he was incapable of
making binding contract. The young
duke was very soon surrounded by asso-
ciates who themselves ruined, fattered
and cajoled him, lured him to the race
course and betting-room, and before he
obtained his majority had borrowed
his name for thousands money lenders
and usurers hunted him. and the losses
and nytra no M rf Otboro iYxyalxrnl
him in liabilities which seriously en-
barrassed even his colossal fortune. 1t
was little to be wondered at that in the
course of very few years the pecuni-
ary affairs of the Duke of Hamilton
were known to be in inextricable con-
fusion. Actions and judgments in
England, sequestrations in Scotland,
followed in rapid succession. The rent
roll was insufficient to meet accumula-
ting emergencies, and the owner of
these vast possessions was without an
income adequate to support his posi-
tion. Affairs were at dead lock. The
trustees appointed by the dukes father
to administer the estate, men of honor
and high position, were incompetent to
deal with the financial pressure of the
moment. At this overwhelming crisis,
by the wish of the duke and the consent
Of all parties interested, the trusteeship
was resigned, and the means of extrica-
tion from the then almost hopeless
state of affairs were confded to an agent
of great financial resources and ex-
perience. To him also was intrusted
the exclusive management and control
of the property, and it is but justice to
Henry Padwick to state that by his
faithful and judicious stewardship of
these princely estates, he has 50 i'm
proved them, by developing their min
eral and other resources, that the in
cumbrances have been entirely ex-
tinguished that all the personal en-
gagements of the duke, whether his
own or for others, have been honorably
discharged; that a rental of G140,00 a
year has been secured and the result
of his seven years personal admins
tration has been to place the possessions
of the duke in the foremost rank of the
richest inheritance of England.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
No Place for Him.

A very singular present has been
made to the aquarium of the Jardin
d'Acclimitization at Paris. 1t is me-
dusa polyp, which, on the day after its
entry into the pool assigned it, had
created void around it, and skillfully
got rid of all it's neighbors. How
This was mystery until the water OF
the pool was analysed. The water was
found to be converted into q solution OF
vinegar, and it was apparent that it was
one of those very rare mollusks, the
vinegar polyp, whose body, upon its
being immersed in pure water, pres.
emily gives forth strongly character.
lied acetic solution. The working OF
this animal is very curious. 1t pro-
duces alcohol, which it transforms into
vinegar. The poisonous mollusk was,
of course, quickly withdrawn, and
placed in clarified vinegar in a closed
jar, where it will pursue undisturbed
! the economical manufacture of vinegar,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
Brutal Massacre.

A brutal massacre of Chinese has re-
Gently taken place in Costa Rica. some
of the men employed on the railroad
had offended the chief of the camp, an
irascible Frenchman named Lafeychine,
in consequence of which he thrashed
them with whip. The Chinese re-
sented this treatment, and drove all
the white men out of their camp,
whereupon one of the contractors named
Meyers, in his fright, telegraphed to
Cartago for troops. A force of thirty
five drunken soldiers consequently ar
rived in the middle of the night, and at
once proceeded to fire into body of
800 Chinese, as they lay asleep in their
tents. Six were killed and nine others
mortally wounded. The officer in
charge is now to be tried by court
martial, and the residents are regret
ting this episode in the history of the
Costa Rica Railroad. But there is no
redress for the Chinese.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
A Touching Incident.

The Cincinnati Commercial, speak
ing of the closing scenes in the ad
ministration of Governor Noyes, of
Ohio, and of the Inauguration of Gov
ernor Allen, says:
Hundreds of guests had called, and
scores were calling, to say their good.
bys to Governor Noyes. Among those
who entered the chamber, however, was
an old man, thin, wrinkled, pale, and
gray-haired, and much bent by age and
manifest suffering. He timidly asked
to see the Governor, who stepped aside
to window with him. The old man
said he would have called before, but
had been sick. He came at that late
hour to make an appeal for the pardon
of an erring son who had been confined
in the Penitentiary for seven years, and
who had three more to serve.
"What is the name of your son?''
asked the Governor. The old man gave
it. Governor Noyes then, without
making him any definite reply, re.
quested him to step into his private
room and wait till he was at leisure.
The fact was, the pardon had been
granted early that morning, and the old
mans daughter had already gone to
carry the pardon to her brother and ac-
company him from the Penitentiary to
the Governors office. In few min
utes the liberated man arrived with his
| sister neither eyDectinp to find the
other there, and the father not dream
ing that the pardon had already been
granted. One can readily imagine the
scene as the Governor conducted the
two to his private room. The son flew
to his father and embraced him, and
then, finging his arms around the Gov
ernor's neck, covered his face with
kisses. The old man, overcome by the
great happiness of the moment, sank
into his char, sobbing like child.
There were no dry eyes in that room,
and those who, few minutes later,
were talking and chatting with the re-
firing Governor in the reception room,
little imagined in what touchingly
pathetic scene he had been a partici-
pant. The liberated man has wife,
and child eight years old, a sister, and
aged parents. 1t will be pleasant re-
Election during his lifetime to General
Noyes that it was one of the last acts
of his executive power to fill one house.
hold with the sunshine of happiness,
and restore the beloved one long sepa.
rated from them, who had fearfully
condoled for his crime.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
GUILDHALL, VERMONT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

"Then you and ] must GO round and
explain matters to every body, that's
all" said the farmer.
And Mrs. Peckington began to cry.
"Poor Cora" she sobbed, "poor
motherless child I could bite out my
tongue when think what wicked things
1 have spoken with it. But I'll go right
over there and beg her pardon, and
Georges too"
Cora Merrilton forgave Mrs. Pecking-
ton much more sweetly and readily
than her husband could bring himself
to do-and she even came over to help
the widow make wedding cake for her
own matrimonial benefit.
For, of course, [ knew it would all
be set right sooner or later" said Cora,
cheerfully, "and we'll let by-gones be
by-gones.
And the widow soIaced her conscience
by presenting Mrs. Cora with just half
the contents of the mischievous leather
bag for wedding present.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
Duration Of Criminal Trials.

In ancient times trials never lasted
beyond day. Mr.. Burke said trial by
jury was unfit for cases which did not
lie within the compass of day and it
was not until modern times that they
lasted longer. In the case of Lord
George Gordon, in 1881, Lord Mansfield
sat from eight in the morning until five
next morning, and, as long as he and
the jury were able to sit, he felt himself
bound i'll law to do so. Butwhen trials
came to last several days, it was physi-
cally impossible.
In the case of Elizabeth Canning,
tried for perjury, and which excited
immense interest, the trial lasted fifteen
days. In the State trials for treason in
1894, Thelwall's lasted four days, Horne
Tooke's six, and Hardy's nine days.
OF course in such cases it was physi-
cally impossible to sit on without inter
mission, and accordingly Lord Kenyon
and the Judges resolved that they had
power to adjourn, but only, as Lord
Kenyon stated, on the ground of actual
physical necessity This was laid down
in 1896, and in 1919 Lord Tenterden
applied the same rule to trials for mis-
demeanor.
Until the Tichborne case, no one had
ever conceived that there was power to
adjourn criminal trial for any other
cause; and a long train of judges
Gurney, Cresswell, Wightman, Willes,
and Watson-held that it was inadmis-
sible to adjourn for purposes of evil
dence, though it might be admissible
to suspend the trial for short time for
the attendance of witnesses in conse-
quence of some unavoidable accident.
Even in civil cases adjournment is only
allowed by a statute passed in 1854, and
that statute does not apply to criminal
cases. The adjournment in the Itch
borne case for the purposes of evidence
are therefore unprecedented in British
law, especially the first adjournment,
which was not for the attendance of
witnesses, but for the discovery of new
evidence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
A New Hampshire Hero.

There is a true hero living at North
Boscawen, N. H., and his name is
Jonathan Plummer. 1t will be remem-
bered that in the summer of 1871 an
old building at that place suddenly
settled, and one corner of it swayed
over on the railroad track. The pas
senger train was due in few minutes,
and this Mr.. Plummer, young and ac-
tive trackman, discovering the danger,
promptly seized an axe and cut off a
post of the building in order to swing
the structure from the track. He ac-
complished his purpose, and endeavored
to leap from his dangerous position,
but was crushed and mangled in the
ruins. In a moment the train, behind
time, swept by with its passengers in
safety. The brave section man was
found to have been terribly injured in
his spinal column and lower limbs, and
to this day has never been able to leave
his bed. The railroad company has
furnished a cottage at North Boscawen
for himself and wife, and continue him
at half pay upon the section-roll. Mr..
Plummer is free from pain only a
small part of the time, but in his mis-
fortune he exhibits a patience and
cheerfulness that stamp him with the
highest nobility Boston Journal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
Remarkable Longevity.

During the year 1878 fifty-two per-
sons over ninety years old died in New
Hampshire. OF these one was one hun
dred and two years, one month, and
twenty days; one was one hundred
years, one month, and nineteen days !;
one was ninety-nine years and ten
months three were over ninety-eight,
one over ninety-seven, one over ninety
six, four were more than ninety-fve,
eight were more than ninety-four, four
over ninety-three, ten over ninety-two,
five over ninety -one, and the remainder
were in their ninety first year Twenty
one of these were females. The united
ages of the fifty-two amounted to four
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four
years, ten months, and ten days, making
an average of more than ninety-three
years. No record is made of any one
even one day short of ninety.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
When Water Is Good.

An English technical periodicalpoints
out an easy way of testing whether wa
ter is good and fit for general use. 1t
says:
"Good water should be free from
color, unpleasant odor and taste, and
should quickly afford lather with a
small portion of soap. If half pint of
the water beplaced in perfectly clean,
colorless, glass-stoppered bottle, few
grains of the best white lump sugar
added, and the bottle freely exposed to
the daylight in the window of warm
room, the liquid should not become tur-
bid, even after exposure for a week or
ten days. If the water becomes turbid
it is open to the grave suspicion of
sewage contamination, but if it remain
clear it is almost certainly safe. We
owe to Heisch this simple, valuable, but
hitherto strangely neglected test"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
WOmen's Wages.

The New York Sta,, noting the fact
that the highest average wages paid to
women in the better class of employ
ments into which they are crowded is
81 a week, admits that upon this sum a
woman with no one depending upon
her, and with health and strength, can
find home, wholesome food, and have
enough left for modest clothing.
But she must be attractively clothed,
and economies, therefore, where it
will least show.
She goes without clothing sufficient
for decency or warmth, the editor says;
she wears altered underclothes or none,
ragged stockings or worn out shoes.
She does not do this without shame and
concealment, at least at first but in
every struggle which enables her to do
it she loses that which she never can
regain.
A widow with children, on the same
c,,r,, oho-,ao--9 ~ tl.v o,.t,oI u-oIy ) GiIIng
beyond mere existence, and home in
a dark, greasy tenement house, sur
rounded by low and vicious inmates.
The extra penny on pail of coal,
a frozen potato in the measure, brings
tears to her eyes. She is not clothed
she is only covered. If she has hus-
band and he at home idle, her fate is
only so much the worse there is an.
other mouth to feed-that of a strong
though helpless man. To keep ones
faith in God, to hold ones self-respect,
to be true to the better instincts of true
womanhood is all that the strongest
can do. He who helps the widow and
the fatherless in times like these, says
the Star, takes the place of the Divine
Master; he who lays straw in the
path of any serves we'll and faithfully
the devil himself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
A Comma that Cost $4,000, 900.

The Importance of correct punctua-
tion was strongly illustrated at meet
ing of the Ways and Means Committee
of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, when it was shown that q
comma in one place was worth $2, ,000,-
900. In the tariff bill which
went into effect August 1, 1872,
the free list was extended by
the addition of several hundred ar
ticles. Among the number was "fruit
plants, tropical and semi.tropical," for
the purpose of propagation and cultiva-
tion. In engrossing the bill, or in the
process of copying it for official print
ing, comma was inserted after
''fruit," and all fruit was thereby
placed upon the free list. The customs
officers, however, not noticing the
change, continued to collect duties on
fruit until the error was discovered.
The Ways and Means Committee have
now agreed to report bill to remove
the comma, in accordance with the in
tent of the law of 1872. The amount of
tax illegally collected is not far from
81, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-28
Cost of Living in Boston.
Items taken from the husbands diar
for the week:
m @o'i
Total expenses for subsistence and shell
ter for one year ear.................S $3.50

WI ANA OHS gNeA sROOO ~
Note by OUe.-Our fuel is burned in
two stoves, our coal hods are filled
every morning and must last through
each day. To regulate the consump-
tion, we have two sticks of unequal
lengths these are used to measure the
emptiness of the coal hods. When
noon comes the first stick must just
reach the level of the coal in each hod.
The second stick is to adjust the
amount to be burned from noon until
four o'clock in the afternoon. The
quantity remaining in each hod after
that must last until we retire.
On Thursday by inadvertence the
drafts in the stoves were kept open too
long, and evening found us without
coal in the hods, and as our family is
regulated by perfect system, it was
not allowable to take more coal from
the bin (all defalcations result from
Thursday taking part of Fridays
coaD, consequently the baby ught
cold. By Friday bad case of Group
was developed, and on Saturday morn
ing our little darling passed on. AS
the head of the family was returning
homeward on Friday evening he not
ticed piece of paper suitable for
kindling in the gutter, and stopping to
pick it up he slipped and irremediably
tore his panlaloons. So that our
1. Expenses for the week as shown be-
fore are. re........................... So 95
2. Expenses for new pantaloons. .... 90
3. Funeral expenses and expenses of
last sickness of infant. .......... 80 90
$44 35
Or at the rate for one year of 50, 906 20.
My husband claims the second item
to be the result of an accident, and the
third item he considers as one of the
mysterious dispensations of Providence
which mortals may not investigate.
For my part, and confdentially, Mr..
Editor, 1 do wish you would publish
some plan of life which would give us a
little more variety for our bill of fare
and also, if you can consistently do so,
advise the fathers of families not to ad-
here too strictly to preconceived sys-
tenn of living, and thus save for many
fond mother the presence of little ones,
who are darling treasuses, even if they
know naught about the harmonies of a
perfect code of domestic economy
Boston Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01

seam ~; keg 8s@si. Bulk meats steady.
shoulders blGptB spot. Bacon better de-
msnd.
CnoAo1, February 2s.--Flour duh and
unchanged. Wheat stcady and higher,
Eo2 spring Ie cash, l lG} March,
1919 April; NOEL ". Corn irm, NJ 2
mixed 53I Oats firm, No ?, 42l@i2s
cash cash. d3l@i3s April. Rye scarce
and firm, No 2 fresh 5sGpjs3. Barley dull
and dropping, no 2, ] j9@l 60. Lard
steady, 80 cash or March, 8, April
Pork steady, H. sOMl3 IS cash or farc n,
"a 20 April. Bulk meats fair demand and
advanced, ! higher; shoulders D.; $ Il ~
so "a lose spot; bacon steady and AN
changed. Whisky firm %.
Sr. Loufs, February 2s.- Hemp dun
and unchanged. Flour dull and weak,
buyers con.ending for concession. Wheat
dull and nominal No spring offered
for cash in car lots at ! 19i to l6 bid T;
| % bid for No red fall sellers March.
Corn dali, lower and unsettled; No mix
cd 6gl. Oats dull, weak and lower to
sell mixed 476A79. Barley dull No Z
spring 57@l 20. Rye 93M05. Pork in
good jobbing and order demand at "a "a
@lj %. Dry salt meats dull; loose shlds
81 spot sellcrs' March, Quincy, . clear
sides, selers' April, Z! clear rib, jobbinp
and order lots, "a in cars AZ Shoulders
free in cars o.. Bacon quiet and easy fol
buyers; shlds %; clear sides 8l@si Lard
quiet. whisky dull ut %.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01
A BOY FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE
DIES FROM THE EFFECTS OF
WHISKY DRINKING.
New York Herald.

One Of the most shocking Ceases of in.
| temperance and death ever revealed has
| boon brought under tho observation of
Coroner Whitehill, and will furnish for.
| chile text for tho crusade against King
| Alcohol which IL now being waged
| throughout tho country. Tho official
| named was summoned tho other day to
| hold an inquest ovor the body of John
kelcher, aged fourteen years, the son Of
n widow, of irish nativity, who
died very suddenly in tho shsnty
Number III Butler street {" Oar
by's Patch'), Tenth Ward. The coroner,
on entering tho abode, which was ono OF
squalor and misery, was struck with the
strong, nauseating odor of bad whisky
that permeated tho atmosphere. lIo found
the body OF the boy on broken down
bedstcsd in the rear OF tho shanty. Tho
place was devoid of furniture save
broken table and chair the floor being
bare The unfortunate mother of tho de-
ceased sat in II state Of stupor heside the
body, and when questioned by the coro-
ncr Whitehil muttered something
about bis being beaten by boy at
Crs time, and having complained Of
hiE iIigries ever since. The wagon was
sent .foir The Mo-eus - convey tha BODY
10 LA; place Cor the purpose OF having a
post .fism examination made, In order
- tGiily the coroner ~ to the real cause of
death. The mother admitted that johnny
took drop sometimes, and ! took n liz
tie rnyseli and gave him ,ome' People
living IN tho vicinity said they had seen
the boy drink, hnd at times suffering from
delirium uemons. 1t wGs only after as
sis,srce bad been obtained from Captain
Ferry's police officers that the woman
would permit the removal of the body.
a pOst-mortem was held by Drs. A. W.
Shepard and Raymond. They found the
most striking evidence of death having
been caused by tho continual and excess
i've drinking of the vilost rum. The or
gans Of tho body wero entirely eaton away
by the horrible compound. Tho liver
bad tho appearance OF case in which
liquor had been drunk without intermis-
sion for fifty years. Tho kidneys were
enlarged and fatted by tho liquor, and tho
mucous membranes Of tho stomach were
covered with red b'otches produced by al
cohol. Tho mother stated that tho boy
could do nothing but drink. Death, in
the opinion of the doctors, was caused
from drinking bad spirits to excess.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01
DIR. j. II. MILLER'S
UNIVERSAL
MAGNETIC BALM.

This medicine may with prorriety be
called an 'uniyersal Remedy" rs it is fast
superseding all Others as u general family
medicine. IL cures, as ii by AGNETIC
INFLUENCE, Neuralgia and all pain, and l.
therefore very properly termed "Magnetic
lialn.' 1t Is purely u vegetable preparati On.
II has no equal as u remedy for Cholera,
Cholera Morbus, DiarrhuN, Dyscntary Collie
and all Bowel Complaints.
us timely use win cure Colds, CrOup,
l,iphtheria, Quinsy, and all Throat alice
tions.
When properly used, Fever and Ague and
other complaints incident to our western
and southern climates are easily broken up.
Nervous Pain, Headache, and Rheu-
matism are cured by this medicine when all
others have failed. Toothache, Earache,
Burns, Chilbains and Bruises are relieved
at once by its use.
The genuine has ID. Ransom Il Co.'s pY-
yaie Revenue Stamp ON the outside and DR..
j. X. Miler's Magnetic Balm blown in the
bottle.
Examine closely and buy none but the
genuine.
sold by all Druggists. Price % cents per
bottle.
u. RANSOM, Son n Co., Propr's, Buffalo,
n. \. Jan. 2S-w-6t.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-01
Above Changes.
FBelow nigh water mark,
EDWIN BooTu,
Observer Sig. Ser. 4. :. A

VIcEsBUEG, February 2S.--Up: Glcn-
coe, Louisvile Frank Pargoud, Capitol
City, Katie, Selma.
CISCINNATi, February 2S.-Rivor 40
feet and falling. Departed: Mollo Ebert,
Pittsburg; Arlington, Memphis; Charles
Bodman, Now Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, February 27--Ar-
rived --Sherlock, Cincinnati; Howard, st.
Louis. Departed--Shanon aud Exported,
Cincinnati; Susie Silver, 81. Louis; Ash
land, Arkansas ryor. Weather clear and
warm.
NALuviLLr. February %. River fall
ing with - feet . inches on the shoals.
Weather cloudy and rainy Arrived
Laura Davis, st. Louie; Silverthorn,
Evansville. DopGrted-Braraford and
Silyerthorn.
LITTLE Rock, February est has
boon rainiug hero for tho past twenty
four hours. Tho small streams are all
full. River still declining, but another
rise is looked for; it now stands fourteen
and half feet by gusgc.
NASHVILLE, February 2S.-Cloudy
raining lightly. River risen = inches; 80
feet inches by mark; mercury 30 to 4G.
Up: Arkansas Belle, Fayotte and Rob-
crts, Charmer, Mnnoola, Mary Ament,
Down, wild Duck and bgrges, q b
Church and Parker, Grey Eagle, Bust
ness active,
LOUISVILLE, February 27.--The river
has fallen thrco feet in the last - hours,
with 10 feet in tho canal and II feet in
Indian Pass ut g p IN. Arrived--Thomas
and barges, st. Lons; Anna, Cincinnati.