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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

The following are the County Com
missioners elect, so far as heard from
Addison, Cyrus W. Wicker, Ferrlsburch
Bennington, A. j. Gray, Manchester
Caledonia, b. Ii. Stone. ST. Johnsbury
Chittenden, Jares Squicr, Charlotte
Franklin. Rodney Whiitemore, ST. AL
bans; Orleans, s. s. Tinkham, Browning
ton; Rutland, y. w. Marshall. Rutland
Windsor. S A. Weston. Chester; Wash.
ington. Geo. 0. Bqyce, Fayston; 6 and
Isle. Abel Brown, Grand Isle LamoilIe
|. l.. Pearl, johnson.
About three o'clock Friday afternoon,
as Mr.. VIM. Weaver. superintendent, of
the extensive planning mill Of Bronsops
Weston, Greene d Co.. in Burlington was
gnaglng one OF the largest plannp ma.
chimes in tho mill, his right arm was
caught in the cogs and drawn through to
Ihid-clbow, before the man in CHARGE
whose back was turued al the moment.
could stop the machine. Mr.. Weaver's
arm was then cxtrcated from the cops,
and ne was taken to his residence. on
Union street where the arm was ampu.
tated just below the elbow.
Truman Lane Of South Starksboro.
met with an accident which resulted in the
loss OF a horse and some injury TO hlm.
self, Thursday Of week before last. He
was coming through the Drake woods with
heavy load when the sleds slipped over
an embarkmcnt, carrying team and all
iewn about twenty or thirty feet, one
horse striking his head against tree with
such force as to kill it instantly. The 9th. |
y lorsc escaped, and so did Mr.. Lame |
win the exception Of o few bruises.
Willis Beeman, Jed. Lemal sh, and
hrec other young fellows were arrested
n Milton, charged with an assault with
lnsavory eggs upon Rev. j. d. Beenau
~ examination, young Beeman turned
'tate's evidence, and Lemarsh was fined
40 and costs.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

Moro than 50 years elapsed slna
dnoiine Liniment was first nyenla
which time hundreds Of thousands haNl
eiitted by it, asS. Prshably no artCI,ui
so universally popular with all cIassesG
Indodine Imminent.
Pij which con tain antimuny, qunH
mel. should ne avoided, as severe .tF
would 20 their only result. The safest 4
best pulls are Pdrson's Puqeatire Pills.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25
Literary n

=" summers GapI -,
Mack NJ comes to u. fpon a, a.
Walker PnilAdelpai, E d
to the memory If the cb,,'''
efly' and a coy shoull /.
The IN land land 1t eau b,h,la..
~ cents, or will be u,iI.ls
amount BY the publisher
The April nanbcr Il g.
another generous in.,,r
Great South, the subi..
Virginia, from Bristol ~
tra,iOn'' as usual are pr,,'..
table features Of til, nani ,.''
of Jules verne's serial, Inv
augustus Blm,s
articles on Modern Skgp,i,ia,
Resurrection scicnia,ry c..
timely paper, by Nil, B,J,
and a. Physical Habit, Of Erg ;'' f.
Women The numCeropsp., rs,
Cd poem BY Benj'min F Ta,I.,
The current humber d s,
r with an article on the inv,nar
Donald g. Mitchell, and ilIas'.
engraving Of Gutenberg. STAN.
a" ,a article entitled Llfe-.,,i,,r.
BY william II. Rideing, givg,'.
" interesting account, Of how ~.
sailors and passengers arc ,I ~ a.
'n'o ,. upon our coast; for it,n
nearly always saved. -Four ,,,.
''ons accompany this arti,l,
paper is that upon 'wood..,.,;
by working designs. T.B.lns'
count of the infant yiolini,, l..
which is full of pathetic in.,rr
-Iiarrer's Mig zine for AM.
its two novels, which are tn. =.
now for that monthly, but they =,
the most attractive portion Off,
readers turn frs, to Mr.. Curtis
says always good and often +,
others follow Mrs. Conway in Ih
learned itinerary of Ensland: VIZ
Mr.. NoFdhofl's american ,ra,,,,
illustrated articles. This uoDs
writes knowingly about the,t,i.;
Mr.. Nordhoif describe. the P,,,r,,
Conway the Yorkshire region aha,
Towle the life of Oliver GoGl,,a
these articles are illustrated G.
begins a series Of papers, useful. a.
ganlzItion.' and there are other M,
or less merit, on Carlyle, The Dsst
The Law of Chrom.tic COntns
two or three short stories, and th.y
ance of verse.
The Galaxy for April has an u
good list of contributors, incIaiip.
Albert Rhodes, B,yad Tn
James, jr., Richard Grant White. Jd
Browne, and other wcll-known w,its
Linguistic Notes and Queries N
Grant White, after paying a hands,
to Mr.. Bristed, considers the Dro,u
Latin, and the true meaning and n
81 FESTIVE and 'jcwelry.' Mr. Jss
Browne, who has occupied himselfing
he fair sex during the past year, ah,
he most hidden depths OF their n,tri
lily completed his studies and iA9h
presents the concluding article of ihsl
Ter the title Of Women as Women
'artmentS Of Literature, Silence and
ire well sustained, and the April nun
whole, is quite up to the usual high
4 the magazine.
Peters Musical Monthly for APP
3 usual with chCiac new music, voc
trumcntal, and of different dcgrecso'
be subscription price is So per Vt
ubscribeis can make a saving BY
rough this office.
g la Crane de Ia Grams" is the id,
Musical Monthly issued by PETE
Election Of music for more adyancs
ne price of this is $500 pr year CT
II single number.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

Mr.. Dawes, it is claimed leads in
the Massachusetts, Senatorial contest and
Judge Hoar stands second best. Proba.
bly, a third man will be elected on com.
promise. Speaker Sanford, Gov. Bull.
lock, Chas. Francis Adams and State Sen.
ators Banks and Lsarnard all are spoken
of as being liable to win the prize.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25
Business Notices

Caution to Purchasers of tie Peruria
protected solution Of tho pruIide u nj
ware Of holm: deceived by any Of the ps
Of Peruvian Bark, or Bark aud Iron !.
he offered Ia yoh. Every hottie ei ~
nrt Pesuv al Bart 'l"wn N tl,- !lag
(THE BOTTLE BEFORE PURCHASING,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

The next annual meeting of the NJ.
Il, Church will be held at Danville, com.
meneing on the 22d of April. Bishop
Peck will preside.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25
WANTED TO BE HEARD FNl

u any iody Las ever used the th0Tuu;il
entihc course Of treatment reooHasOuiH
| Proprietor Of DIR. Sa !c's CatarIh ktuw!
cure OF catarrh. aud has not been peTlrV9
the proprietor, DIR. n. V. Pierce. why
near frOm that per:on, ana Ivy adfIesui,
thc Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, ME-" ME-
There he nne will hear If snlnelOlns :,
her advantage. rs the Doctor Is 70 tfht" =,
oHers $500 reward for a cas-. OF Catl'la
cannot cure, and is perfectly alltD "!
ia'is IN single case. as any may aNs .'r
inquiry. The through course OF tr'aVyn'sI
W and recommended by DR.. Pierce G al
winch II the only means by which tac Ias,
carried high up and applied to a.. u p"r
nashi passages and the chambers conIv,
win IN which ulcers exist III d fronl N'S "
charge proceeds In addition = ths .W,,
piicatiOu of the Remedy. which sh9 sli'i n h
used warm. DIR. Pierce's GOldah Meovs' ,, \
shou'd be taken earnestly MS conslilu .n,s
ment. without which icN eases can oess,i
ulsoaso Is always constitutional ana nu aoD
"a accordingIv, This treatment mas WV
features about Il. and has the nhVan'a.'
dTiying the disease To the lungs as tlh Is
OF doing by the use of strong, irrltaun'
poisonous solusions
PLAIN FACTS. ,OA
Frankfort, Mich. Sssb nv issil
hyear ago Ihai hay cough u y '" Soi
which hal got In my throat triea
things bnt got nothing to do me any Yin
used your Golden Medica Discovery MIA MIA
Catarrh Remedy. They cured me ID '"''
for which ain very thank fil.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

The town OF Berkshire held meet.
ing Friday to see if they would aid the
lamoil'e Valley Junction Railroad to the
amount Of 81 1900. A motion was made
to pass over the article. and carried by q
unanimous vote.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25

"A big basket fa,tory is soou to be
built at Burlington.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-25
A COMMON FORM OF INDIG

fsoDpression after eating, or deprsi
Of the spirits; with liatulence, Of . leIl
wind aim st always follows Co'itrtHtp,I
SONS PERIsIALIIC LICENCES give qud
mansnt relief. They ale pleasant. pI
not require increase Of dose, never gTlF
Cost p zion Of the 8owsks, Pics, hsahi4,,
irrsg ainiffes, and other tomGis WeeEtw
Incompatible. Trial hex. -octs. Las
and mailed free for this last price.
DIR. HARRISON'S ICELAND nal
Q splen lid cure Tor Cou /, hs. Hoarsents
Throat aud Lung complaints. For at
HARRISON d. co, PioprictOrs, No..
Temple, Boston, and all Druggists,
Immediate Relief from Coughs, coIa
ness, whooping cough andail distre@ls'
Of the throat ard lungs may be I md %
of Weeks Magic c, mpouad. No olhT
seems to reach the scat If disease Like ~
itate 10 try 1t when all others Tail. It 10
sesses magic power in the cure ofall Iua'
Sold by al druggists.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
The Riderless War.HOrse.

In almost the last letter written by
Lieutenant Colonel Pemberton from
seat of war before his untimely death,
there was passage describing one of
the most pathetic OF all incidents of the
Franco-German war, though the pathos
of it relates, not to the human belliger-
ents, but to their only active ally in the
animal world, the horse. A Prussian
huzzar, who had got on his horse to
carry water to the wounded and dying
comrades, was killed, with the poor
soldiers he was relieving, by shell, in
the very act of pouring the water down
the throat of one of them and just
then his regiment moved off, his empty
horse following in the ranks where
upon Lieutenant Colonel Pemberton
remarked: "Only those who have seen
a battlefield can form a notion of the
extraordinary way in which the horses,
as long as they have leg to crawl on,
will follow the regiment to which they
belong. saw what evidently had been
sergeant's horses keeping their position
in rear of their squadron, wheeling with
it, and halting exactly as if their riders
were on their backs, and all the time
streaming with blood. Poor creatures
they are indeed to be pitied for they
have neither Vaterland, promotion, nor
the coveted medal to think of, whatever
may be the issue and few indeed are
there. who have not some honorable
scars to show" Again, The German
Post relates "that after the slaughter
at Vionville, on the 18th of August, a
strange and touching spectacle was pre-
sented. On the evening call being
sounded. for the First Regiment OF
Dragons of the Guard, 6O2 riderless
horses answered to the summons, iaded
and in many cases manned. The noble
animals still retained their disciplined
habits"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
The Bodies Of the Siamese Twins.

What the proposed final disposion OF
the bodies of the Siamese Twins is to
be, says correspondent, I am not in
formed, but report here says that they
are to be embalmed and disposed of at
an enormous price to some museum OF
medical college, or placed on exhibi-
tion at sum equivalent to the value
set upon them by the Mount Airy man
ayers, who, of course, will realize a
handsome percentage out of the trans
action. All of this, however, is to be
subject to the decision of the members
of the families, who have been notified
of the death of their parents, and are
expected home at an early day.
No effort whatever was made to per-
form an operation on the lgament with
regard to ascertaining whether there was
an artery passing through it or not. as
that would have materially interfered
with prospective greenbacks, and pres
ent speculations would have been nip
ped in the bud. Embalmed and pre-
served as they are, the bodies of the
twins will have market value from
which money can always be realized by
those having possession of them. The
ligament cut in the interest of science,
the curiosity would be destroyed, and
consequently the separate dead bodies
would be of no value.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
Catching Cattle.

One can see in Texas, says writer,
an adroit horseman lassoing the stupid
beef creature which he has decided to
slaughter. He drives it little apart
from the herd; it turns upon him-a
twirl of his sharp wrist, and he has
thrown the deadly moose about its neck;
a rapid gallop of few seconds, and he
has tghtened the long rope. The horse
seems to enjoy the sport; he braces
himself as the animal makes few
angry struggles; the rider once more
gallops away. The poor beef is now in
the terrible tortures of suffocation; be
falls upon his knees, uttering hoarse
believing; he staggers blindly toward
his adversary, brandishing his horns;
he falls again headlong, and once more
piteously bellows as much as his
choked throat will permit. The other
cattle walk slowly and mournfully
away, huddling together as if for pro-
lection. At last the horseman, loosen,
ing little the dreadful Moose, forces
the subdued creature to follow him
wherever he wishes, and SO takes him tc
the slaughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
Rats as an Article of Food.

The utilization of rats as an article of
human food having been suggested by
a writer, there promises to be an inter-
esting discussion of the qualities of the
too familiar rodent as an article of diet.
An old United States naval officer gives
his experience in China. He first tasted
rat at Canton, and found it a decided
relish, and one of his brother officers
who tested it at the same time with him
became so enthusiastic over his first rat
meal that ever after, when ashore, he
invariably had his rat stew, with curry
sauce. Apropos Of this subject, we
may say here that Canton and New
York are not the only places where sa.
worry rats can be found. In the West
Indies, in the old slavery time, that
variety of the rodentia known as the
cane-piece rat so called from its
feeding principally upon the sugar cane
was very generally eaten by the Afri.
cans, who brought the taste for it with
them from their native land; and an
aged planter who had once been induced
to share in rat broil assured the writer
of these lines that it was as nice NOR.
sci as he had ever tasted, the flesh
being remarkably tender, with the
piquant flavor of game. Unlike oul
naval friend, however, he never asked
for "more." Perhaps he was not such
an epicure. e.--E.Cch0nge
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
Beauty and Dress.

A clever writer says: Providence
meant woman to make the world beau
tiful as much as flowers and butterflies,
and there is no sin in tasteful dress, but
only in deyoting to it too much money
or too much time" This is most
sensible view, and is the true medium
between the one extreme of straight
and rigid simplicity and the devotion
of the best energies of a lifetime to
vanity and frivolity. But, after all,
what is this rage fol dress but an effort
after the beautiful? The reason why
the beautiful is not always the result, is
because SO many women are ignorant
or merely initiative. They have no
sense of fitness. The short wears what
belongs to the tall, and brunettes sac
rifce their natural beauty to look like
blondes, and well they may, for blondes
seem generally preferable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
A Savage Waste.

The voyage from San Francisco to
Oregon is almost all the way in sight of
land; and as you skirt the mountainous
coast of Oregon you see long stretches
of forest, miles of tall frs killed by
forest fires, and rearing their bear
heads toward the sky like a vast as
semblage of bean -poles-a barren view,
which you owe to the noble red man,
who, it is said, sets fire to these great
woods in order to produce for himself
good crop of blueberries.
When, some years ago, Walk-in-the-
Water, or Red Cloud, or some other
Colorado chief, asserted in Washington
the right of the Indian to hunt Buffalo,
on the familiar ground that he must
live, journalist given to figures de-
molished the Indian position by demon.
strating that race which insisted on
living on buffalo meat required about
10000 acres of land per head for it's
subsistence, which is more than even
we can spare. One wonders, remem.
bering these figures, how many millions
of feet of first-class lumber are sacri-
feed to provide an Indian rancheria
with huckleberries.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
A GOssip's Punishment.

In small society like that of Edin-
burgh there was good deal of scandal
and gossip; every ones character and
conduct were freely criticised, and by
none more than by my aunt and her
friends. She used to sit at window
embroidering, where she not only could
see every one that passed, but with a
small telescope could look into the
dressing-room of lady. A spinster
lady of good family, cousin of ours.
carried her gossip SO far, that she was
tried for defamation, and condemned to
months imprisonment, which she
actually underwent in the Tolbooth.
She was let out just before the kings
birthday, to celebrate which, besides
the guns fred at the Castle, the boys
let off squibs and crackers in all the
streets. AS the lady in question was
walking up the High street, some lads
in q wynd, or narrow street, fred
small cannon, and one of the slugs
with which it was loaded hit her mouth
and wounded her tongue. This raised
a universal laugh; and no one enjoyed
1t more than my uncle William, who dis
liked this somewhat masculine woman.
Mrs Somerville's Autobiography.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
His Reasons.

Soon after the first Inauguration OF
Governor Seward as Chief Magistrate
of New York State, says Hurper's,
Virus W. Smith, then and for many
years afterward potential man in the
Wing party of Onondaga county, wrote
to Mr.. Thurlow Weed, requesting him
to call upon the Governor, and ask him
to appoint certain man as Indian
Agent for the Onondaga tribe of
Indians. The person recommended by
Mr.. Smith was we'll known to Mr.. Weed
as one of those fussy, meddlesome,
mal-adroit, pestilent fellows, nuisances
TO any party, whose only power is
power for mischief. He was therefore
SUI prised at Mr.. Smiths urging him
for the position, and thought it could
only have been done through ignorance
of his character or Misrepresentation on
the part of others. Mr.. Weed accord
ingly replied, expressing regret at Mr..
Smiths request, in view of the objec-
tionable character of the candidate,
and begging him to suggest more ac-
ceptable name. Next day Mr.. Weed
mentioned the matter to the Governor
(who was equally cognizant of the mans
character), and remarked that he had
answered the letter, and that action for
the present would be delayed. 1t was
thought that this would bring Mr..
Smith to Albany to look after the mat
ter, as it did. On arriving he promptly
called upon Mr.. Weed, who expostula-
ted with him as to the character of his
candidate. Nevertheless" said he,
"if you make it point that he must
have the place, why, have it he must. I"
"Well, Mr.. Weed, I am very anxious
about it,"
"But you know what bad fellow
he is"
"Can't help it he's my man."
"But can't you give some reason for
your urgency ?"
"Ne," replied Mr.. Smith ct do
not care to do that"
"But the Governor thinks bad of
this fellow, and certainly some explana-
tion is due to him."
"Well, it's something I don't wish to
talk about"
"Why 2"
"Do you really want to know 2"
Certainly"
"Then, if you insist upon it, I'll tell
you. You know there are among the
Onondagas two parties, the Christians
and the pagans p
am aware of it."
"Well, my man is leetie in favor of
the Christians. The pagans have found
that out, and what is more, they have
agreed among themselves that the mo-
ment he comes among them they'll kill
hin1F
Virus" as he was populary called
in Onondaga, finally concluded, in
the interest Of humanity, to withdraw
his candidate, and there was no assas-
sination by the pagans of Ononlaga.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
A Contented Farmer.

The Merrimack County On. II. } Agri-
cultural Society celebrated its semi
centennial anniversary, and at one of its
meetings Gen. McCutchins said that
thirty-two years ago he bought farm
of Gov. Colby for 2,15O. 1t was situ-
ated on that cold ridge of land which
was as famous for cold as any except
those farmed by DR.. Kane. He had
titled the farm since, and it had paid.
He was surprised to hear such gloomy
talk as he had heard from men who had
made fortunes on farm. Such state
ments as were made by them needed
analyzing. They might be truth, but
they were not the whole truth. 1t is
of no benefit to the farmer to always
talk about oppression, for people know
it is not true. There may be inequali-
ties in taxation, but there is no oppres-
sion, and when he heard such talk, he
asked himself, Would these same farm
ers change places with merchants or
bankers, or The men shut up in the
shopsp He thought not. Why,
gentlemen" said the General, "I
would not quit farming to be made
Governor of New Hampshire. He
once got uneasy and went West to Kan
sas He found there unharvested crops
late in November, lack of barns, and
almost of houses. He thought it q
lazy, shiftless country. The men who
emigrated thither from the East were
workers, but their children were lazy.
They would ride into the towns from
their farms, and sit, as if they were too
lazy to dismount. Let grumblers go
West but, as for him, he never loved
New Hampshire Hills so we'll as when
he returned from that Western journey,
and he felt like singing, "Give me
back my native hills, rough and rugged
though they be. " "Cheer up, farmers, y
he said {; "get out from under the
clouds. If you can't get living here,
come up to New London hills you Can
flourish there. We shall never get our
rights by grumbling." The General,
in reply to a question, said that when
he bought his farm it cut fifteen tons Of
hay, and now fifty yearly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-02-14
Different Kinds of Eyes,

No branch of science has been more
thoroughly mastered than optics. The
principle of vision must be essentially
the same in all eyes, but they defer
remarkably, according to the habits of
the animal. Birds of lofty Eight, as
the condor, eagles, vultures, and car
rion-seeking providers of the feathered
race, have telescope vision, and thus
they are enabled to look down and dis
cover their unsuspecting victims. AS
they approach noiselessly from above,
the axis of vision changes-shorteuing
so that they can see as distinctly within
one foot of The ground as when at an
elevation of one mile in the air.
This fact explains the balancing of a
fish-hawk on its pinions, half mile
above still pond watching for fish.
When one is selected, down the savage
hunter plunges, the focal axis varying
always to the square view of his intend
ed prey. As they ascend, the axis is
elongated by curious muscular ar
rangement, so as to see far off again.
Snails have their keen eyes at the ex-
tremity of flexible horns, which they
can protrude or draw in at pleasure.
By winding the instrument around the
edge of leaf or stalk, they can see
how matters stand on the opposite
side.
The hammer-headed shark has its
wicked-looking eyes nearly two feet
apart. By will effort they can bend
the thin edges of the head, on which
the organs are located, SO as to examine
the two sides of an object the size of a
full-sized Goldfish.
Flies have immovable eyes. They
stand out from the head like half an
apple, exceedingly prominent. Instead
of smooth hemispheres, they have an
immense number of facets, resembling
old-fashioned glass watch seals, each
one directing the light directly to the
optic retina. That explains why they
cannot be approached in any direction
without seeing what is coming.