Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
Items OF Interest.

Iowa boasts of three newspapers
edited by ladies.
"Letting off Sleep" is little boys
definition of snoring. .rE
A school boys aspiration-"I wish l
we're fountain, that I might be always
playing"
When is sugar most profitable to gro
GERS PAT the bottom of their molosses
measures.
"I'm having a change of air." as Mr..
Jenkins, the city broker, said, when he
put on new wig. ...f f..
Tulle berthas are fashionable for
evening dress. They should invariably
be made over foundation of stiff lace,
neatly faced. -s.r#I 4
It is said that the Illinois State
militia consists of fourteen brigadier,
and forty superannuated muskets, with
nobody to carry them.
A Western agricultural editor says 1t
makes ."good garden sass" to let your
hens and chickens into your neighbours
grounds to take an Easter holiday.
Canine reasoning powers are favor
ite topic with Naturalists, but there is
no denying that nine-tenths of the dogs
one sees, are miserable poor thin-curs.
Sleeveless jackets of velvet and silk,
in fine satln-stitch embroidery, seeded
with beads, are still worn, and will con"
tinue fashionable for some time to
come.
A barber, having very intemperate
man to shave on Sunday, begged him
to keep his mouth shut, as it was
punishable offense to open rum shop
on The Sabbath.
"None knew him but to trust him,
nor named him but to dun," IS the
pathetic sentence with which a Della
ware merchant closes an advertisement
for missing customer.
A Plattsburg paper speaks of q gen
tleman of that vicinity who recently
sold his wife and children to one of his
neighbors for coat, a pair of second
hand pants, and S. in cash.
A story is told of person asking
another one whether he would advise
him to lend certain friend money.
"What lend him money You might
lend him an emetic, and he wouldn't
return it.
It is the solemn thought connected
with middle life that life's last business
is begun in earnest, and it is when mid
way between the cradle and the grave
that O man begins to marvel that he let
the days of youth go by SO half en-
ioyed.
The fellow who declared he could
name any liquid blindfold gave it up"
when he was handed sip from the
pump. eft reminds me-" he said, Z" of
something I have tasted In my youth,
but for the life of me 1 can't now tell
what it is"
On the last trip Of the steamer Sibe-
ria to Boston, among the steerage pas
sengers was family of Italians aged as
follows Father, At mother, 43, with
fifteen children, aged as follows: %,
%, 20, 10, II, 16, Is, IA, IL, IL, 10, 9,
8, 7, 6. Twelve were boys and three
girls.
Every mans past life should be his
critic, his censor, his guide. He who
lives and is done with life the moment
it drops hour by hour from his hands,
is not half man. He is like plucked
plant that stands in water without roots
of it's own, and can have no growth, and
soon fades and passes away.
"Linger not, darling" she said to
him, as he stood on the porch pressing
her hand before he bade her farewell for
the evening. He did not linger. He
saw the old man coming up the street
at rapid gait. He fingered only long
enough to pull his hat down over his
eyes, spit on his hands, and bound ac-
lively for the sidewalk"