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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
A Coffee Corner.

The remarkable rise in the price of
coffee, in the face of the abolition of the
tariff ON that article, now turns out to
have been the result Of vast specula.
tive combination, having it's centre in
Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg.
From these cities the most elaborate
and ingenious calculations were circu-
lated, alleging short crops and increas-
ed consumption. Meanwhile the ring
kept on buying, and holding for high
prices. Late reports are to the effect
that 5000 bags are stored at Antwerp,
with more to arrive, and that the yield
everywhere the present year will be
enormous. Most of the spectators are
already ruined, having staked their en-
tire capital on the risk.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Murder In Turin.

A Turin correspondent writes: A
horrible series of murders occurred in
Turin at No. Is Via San Maurizio. A
man of the name of Valesina, aged fifty
five years, said to be retired captain
of the army, actuated by some unknown
motive, most probably by misery, but
who has always borne bad character,
killed in q barbarous manner with his
own hand, his wife aged thirty-six, his
son aged fifteen, and two daughters
aged thirteen and eight years respec-
lively. After the preparation of the
horrid deed he took to fight. A large
crowd, strangely actuated by terror
mingled with natural curiosity, gather
ed about the scene of the crime to such
an extent that the utmost efforts of the
authorities, seconded by strong fierce,
wese Eeqxiged TO restrain ito fury,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Two Husbands Claiming One Wife.

Mrs. Catharine Kolb, the wife Of Mr..
Frank Kolb, of Brooklyn, N. Y, was
arrested some time ago on the affidavit
of Benjamin Christman, from Auburn
Placer, California, who had followed
her to Brooklyn, and who claimed that
on the afternoon of Dec. Is, 1873, at
his home, he married Kate Kolb, and
believed her to be unmarried. Both
husbands appeared before Justice Riley,
and both claimed the woman, who is
well built and good looking. She
boldly denied the California marriage,
and said that Christman had married
her sister, who looked very much like
her, but that he had been divorced from
her. She said she went through bogus
ceremony with Christman once, and
that gentleman who acted as clergy.
man Joined their hands and said they
were husband and wife. 1t was all in
fun, though, and she never thought
anything more of it. She was admitted
to $500 bail, and Justice Riley decided
that as the ofense was committed in
California, it was not punishable in
New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Personal Preaching,

On one occasion Lorenzo Dow took
the liberty of denouncing rich man in
the community recently deceased. The
result was an arrest, trial for slander,
and Imprisonment in the county Jail.
After Lorenzo got out of his limbo, I"
he announced that, in spite of this Tin
his opinion) unjust punishment, he
should deliver sermon about another
rich man. :" The populace were greatly
excited, and crowed audience greeted
his appearance. With great solemnity
he opened the Bible, and read, "and
there was another rich man who died
and went to-, then stopped short, and
seemed to be suddenly impressed.
=" Brethren, 1 shall not mention the
place this rich man went to, for I feel
that he has some relatives in the con-
gregation that will sue me for defama-
tion of character |" The effect on the
assembled multitude was irresistible,
ans they never alluded to the subject
again,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11

A BRIDE SHoT.-Mr. Casper Fisher,
who lives on the mountain near Ellen
Vile, N. Y, having taken young wife,
was visited by what local paper styles
q " skimmelton party. They kept up
a lively din with tin horns and pans,
shot guns, ETC., until the bride at last
put her head out of window above
and inquired if they hadn't made
racket enough" At this one of the
party, stepping under the window, shst
point blank at the bride. Then they
fed. The lady, who was nearly killed,
was shot in the mouth. Six of her
teeth were carried away, and they, with
the wad, were driven into her tongue.
She lost at least tive quarts of blood.
The whole front of the house is Scared
with gun ahot,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
LET ICE ALONE.
A Hint for tn. Heated Term.

There is, says an exchange, a great
deal of needless suffering every year
while the hot days of midsummer last.
People will violate the plainest and
simplest laws of health. The well-to-
do merchant or broker drinks ice-water
at breakfast, and by the time he gets
down town he is hankering for the
refrigerator or Office water-cooler. Per-
haps before lunch time he will meet a
friend and with him take a brandy
smash or mint iulep. When lunch
time comes, if he drinks wine or beer,
he wants them ice-eold. If he drinks
water he wants lump of ice in each
goblet. He will barely have reached
his Office before he will want another
ice-cold drink. And all this time he
feels as if he were ready to melt, not
withstanding the cooling" drinks,
and his thirst is never satisfied. He
goes uptown with his hat in his hand,
perspiring more than ever, and the sight
of the thermometers that hang outside
the druggists doors almost makes him
go mad. In the case of the Iaboring
man matters are, if possible, still worse.
He also has begun by drinking ice.cold
water in the morning, and his craving
for that agreeable but delusive beverage
is nevsr over. Being a comparatively
cheap one, he can indulge his appetite
for it to an extent. Now, in default of
the doctors, we have a word of advice
for both rich and poor. There is no
need for all this perspiration and conse-
quent vexation. Danish ice from the
breakfast table. Drink as much water
as you like, or even as much as you
can before breakfast, and let this be fol-
lowed by light repast, including not
more than one small cup of coffee. Al
ter this the suns rays can be endured
without discomfort until twelve or one
o'clock. Then a moderate lunch with
one or two glasses of wine or beer will
last until the days work is over. AT
the evening meal pure water can be
Gdheu UU CtOtttHJ. DuG curing all Gl1S
time ice should be kept out of sight.
The water may be moderately cooled
with ice, but neither should be taken
ice-cold in summer. It might be a
blessing if the price of ice were
twice as exorbitant as it Is. That COM
modify is great benefit, but it should
be devoted only to its legitimate uses,
such as preserving meats and vegeta-
bles. 1t is customary in the hotels and
restaurants to set goblet of ice-water
before customer as soon as he takes
his seat at the table, as if ice were the
real staff of life. A goblet of water
with lump of ice in it placed before
person who sits down to order his
breakfast ought to be rejected as
promptly as if it were glass of tepid
dish-water. The "ice-cold" drinks
advertised at the various places of re-
freshment during the hot season con.
stitute great danger, and a woman's
crusade against this evil would receive
secret support from all sensible persons.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Serenade.

Sleep sweet, beloved one, sleep sweet
Without here night is growing;
The dead leaf falls, the dark boughs meet,
And a chill wind is blowing.
Strange shapes are stirring in the night
To the deep breezes' wailing,
And slow, with wistful CLEANS OF light,
The storm-tossed moon is sailing.
Sleep sweet, beloved one, sleep sweet
Fold thy white hands, my blossom
Thy warm limbs in thy lily sheet,
Thy hands upon thy bosom.
Though evil thoughts may walk the dark,
Not one shall near thy chamber,
But dreams divine shall pause to mark
Singing to lutes of amber.
Sleep sweet, beloved one, sleep sweet
Though, on thy bosom creeping,
Gods hand is laid to feel the beat
OF thy soft heart in sleeping.
The brother angels, Sleep and Death,
stoop by thy couch and eye thee;
And Sleep stoops down to drink thy breatl
While Death goes softly by thee!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Came to Grief.

The directors of a school district in
Preble county, o., recently discharged
their teacher, in the midst of his term,
for repeating to one of his pupils the
following verse
Over the hills great way off,
The woodchuck died with the whooping coughs
The prettiest girl ever saw
Was sucking cider through straw.
And at the June term of the county
court jury, in q suit brought by the
teacher to recover his salary, decided
that the directors were legally justified
in what they had done.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11

A Chicago paper is urging the Mayor
OF that city to take holiday for the
rest Of hie term,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11

foolish ; but we laugh at our folly when
we see it, and throw it off-we do not
nurse it till it becomes a burden"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
Deafne,. Caused by co,.rrh.

Catarrh not ~unfrequcnily produces deafness.
Mr.. LEVI SPRINGER, Of Nettle Lake. (P. o.,
Williams Co.. o., formerly Of Durban's Cor
ners, o.. has been cured OF deafness OF four
,een wears standing, by using DIR. Saga's
Catarri Remedy. He was SO deaf he could
not hear a person talk when seated by lis side.
and can now hear he church bells ring two
miles dIstant--so no writes.
A NiREED CASE OF DEAFNESS CURED.
DIcKEksoSvILLE Mag. Co., y. Y. Feb. 81, 1871.
About one year ago l caught . severe cold
in the head. which terminated in asevere form
Of Catarrh. During the time alterations oc-
Cured n the nasal passages. and ] became
wholly deaf III one ear, with partial deafness
in the other. The Inflammation had involved
all the delicate structures Of tina ears, and /
was in immediate danger of permanent deaf
ness. The discharge became profuse and
fetid. both into my throat and from my ears.
In tlIis condition / called on DR.. Pierce for
aid, WHO prescribed his Golden Medical Dis
covery and Cstsrrh Kennedy. and under their
use have rapidly recovered. My hearing is
restored, and my CAtarrh Is entirely well.
JoHS SMITH.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
BED-BUGS.

These insects, when they get into par
titions and other hiding places, can only
be exterminated by systematic and pa
tient warfare. Where paper is badly
put on, raised edges offer h~iding-places
tor the bugs, and in rooms finished by
plastering or hard finish, cracks are
often left that harbor the pests. A mi
mute examination of each room should
be made. Stop every c~revice, if no
wider than a knife-blade, with plaster of
Paris mixed with water to the consisten-
cy of thick cream. Mix only a little at
a time, as it soon "sets." Every crew.
ice in the walls and ceiling being filed,
attention must be given to the floor,
and all cracks filled either by plaster or
calking with oakum or cotton, driven i'll
firm and hard. If the room is papered,
it may be necessary to strip off the old
paper and put on new, or loose edges
may be pasted down. In either case,
mix enough of carbolic acid with the
paste to have it smell strongly of the
acid. Thorough work in stopping one
way or another all hiding places, is the
only course. Bedsteads may be scalded
and the joints treated to a strong solu-
ton of carbolic acid-all that water will
dissolye-or a solution Of an ounce of
corrosive sublimate to a pint each of
alcohol and water. Do not believe that
the bugs can be starved out or frozen
out. There is an authentic experiment
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

PATENT MED1c1NEs.-That there are
some good patent medicines no intelli-
gent man dare for a moment deny; and
pre-eminent is the great California hero
medicine, VINEGAR BITrEEs, discovered
by DR.. ]. WALKER, a prominent physi-
clan of San Francisco. This medicine,
although called Bitters, is not to be
classed among the vile clancy drinks"
recommended and sold over the bar by
rum-venders, but is a combination Of
pure herbalistic extracts, known to pos
sess sterling medicinal qualities, and is
compounded without the use in any
shape of spirits. Its action upon the
internal system is not stimulating to the
extent that alcoholic poison is, but it at
once attacks blood-impurities, and by
removing the original cause destroys
the germs of disease and invites return
ing health. Its action upon the stom-
ach and liver render it an almost GER
tain specific in the most stubborn cases
of dyspepsia, and in truth imparts new
life and vigor to the whole system. 1t
is one of the best medicines ever in
vented. 80
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
AMONG THE MAGAZINES for March

AMONG THE MAGAZINES for March
there comes none brighter or better than the
Milwaukee Monthly. Excellent stories,
sketches and poems. followed by an illustrs-
ted fashion department suggestions on house
furnishing an article Oh the toilet and how
to look pretty and dno editorials, make up
an extremely interesting book. In the April
number will be publishedt the first Of a series OF
articles Of house plans, accompanied witt
careful estimates as TO cost Of building in
brick or wood, and hints on and cost OF fur
nishing. These papers alone will be Of the
greatest value to those contemplating build
ing. Thu price OF this magazine is only 81 a
year, and a local agent Is wanted in this place.
Address with stamp for SPECIMEN copy, FL.
Gilmore, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

Gov. STAFFORD, of Arizona, describing
the class of people that don't get along
in the West, says that "gentlemanly
farmers who commence without means
and have hired all the work done, will
undoubtedly be obliged to quit the
business !; and those who have invested
the largest portion of their crops in poor
whisky, at twenty-five cents per glass,
will hardly be able to meet their obi
cations and inspire sufficient confidence
to obtain credit in the future" And
the same is true of that class Of men
everywhere.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
TEE fLOHER OF LOVE LIES BLEED
BIZ RICHARD HENRY sToDDAgD.


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LIE noNe' Vi ' "eo ~
She tripped across the meade" grass
To where a brook was flowing,
Across the brook Ike ~ino sid pass
Wherever flowers were growing
Lake some oe~lidered chiia sac new,
Whom fairies were misleading:
Whose butterfly, SAID, are your
And what sweet thing do you pursue3
"The flower OF love lies Dieedin8!
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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
ACCUSED.
A THRILLING SKETCH.

1t has been many a long day since
then, yet I remember it all, Just as
though it had occurred but yesterday.
was a carpenter, the foreman of a
large establishment, and as such pos
sessed the entire confidence of my IN
ployer, who, by the way, had been a
schoolmate OF mine.
One day ne called me into his Office
to look ct some rare coins he had just
purchased.
"Here," said he, placing in my hand
a heavy gold piece, ais one which is
worth more than all the rest put to-
gether. It is a great curiosity. 1 paid
two hundred dollars for it, and consid-
cred it cheap at that. 1 could easily
double my money in selling it !; and so
you see, Harvey, it is really a good in
vestment."
"No doubt it is" said I, though it
seems a large sum to have lie idle"
breathed an involuntary sigh as l
laid the coin down on the desk, for two
hundred dollars would have seemed a
fortune to me Just then.
The severe illness of my wife and one
of my children, and the death of an
other, made serious inroads on my
purse, and it had required the exercise
of the utmost economy to keep myself
free from debt nay, L had beenobliged
to Withdraw from the bank the small
sum which, besides my salary, was all l
possessed of worldly treasures. Think
ing of this, [ laid the coin down with a
sigh, and turned away to attend to my
duties.
The next morning I was again sum
moned into the office, but this time 1
met with no such friendly greeting as
usual.
Harvey" said my employer, alb
ruptly, " that coin we we're looking at
has disappeared. have made a thor
ough search, but it is not to be found.
1t has been carried away by some one.
You alone saw or knew of it, and"
He paused and looked significantly
into my face. 1 finished the sentence
for him, the hot blood dyeing my
cheeks and brow as / spoke.
"You mean, therefore. that 1 took
It'll"
What else can 1 think? The coin
was here, you alone saw it. 1 cannot
recall having seen it since it was in
your hands. You are in need of money;
you have told me that yourself. 1t was
a great temptation, and I forgive You
because of our old friendship, but 1
cannot retain you in my employ. Here
is the salary due you"
every well," said L, with forced
calmness, So be it. Since you have so
poor an opinion of me after years of
faithful service, 1 shall not stop to de-
fend myself"
Then | took the money he had laid
upon the desk, and went from his pres
ence a well-nigh broken-hearted man.
But for the tender love for my wife, I
doubt not but that I would have buried
my sorrows in the grave of a suicide.
Supported'by that love, however, and
the consciousness of my wi innocence,
1 took fresh courage, and set resolutely
to work to find a new employer.
Powerful is a breath of SANDER ; turn
which way L might, 1 ever found that
the story of my dismissal for theft had
preceded me, and application for en-
ployment uniformly met with refusal.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

AT this season of the year, when so
many of our people are suffering from colds,
we call attention to AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
as n sure cure not only for coughs and colds,
but all affections Of the lungs and throat.
Having used it in our family for many years.
We can speak from personal knowledge of its
efficiency. There may be other remedies that
are good, but i'll all our experience this has
proved to bs by far the best. It's qualities are
uniform and wholly reliable. 1t is pleasant
to take. and should be kept at command. by
every family, as a protection sgsinst a class
OF complaints which seem harmless in the be-
ginning. but become affecting and dangerous
il neglected.-N. II. Register.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13
THE NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE

The NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF
ISDIASAPIoLIs, Indiana, after fifteen years OF
growth has become the largest Institution of
the kind in America, and has been remarkably
successful in the treatment Of Paralysis, HUI
man deformities. Piles, Catarrh, Fistuta, and
Chronic diseases. We understand they treat
none but durable cases, and that they are rea-
sonable i'll their charges. Send to the Insti-
tute for their new general circular. -[Com.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

sudden reaction, a great shout came
from the people below.
"Come down! come down." called
the architect from the window; "half
the sum shall be yours for the risk you
have run. Don't try it again. Come
down !"
But no more than ever now I wa
determined to succeed. I was not one
to give up after having undertaken a
difficult task.
Coolly but cautiously I commenced
the ascent once more, first seeking in
vain to reach across to the next row of
blocks, for I did not dare to trust my
self again on that which had proved so
treacherous. This I was compelled to
do, however, until the space between
the angles became sufficiently small to
allow me to swing acros Accomplish
ing my purpose at length, I went up
more rapidly, carefully testing each
block rs l proceeded.
Ere long 1 reached the cross, and
there I paused to rest, looking down
from the dizzy height with a GOODNESS
that even then astonished me.
A few strokes with a light Ratchet
that the architect had hung at my back,
and piece by piece the rotten cross fell
to the ground.
My work was done, and, as the last
fragment disappeared, 1 found a sad
pleasure in the thought that, should l
never reach the ground alive, my dear
ones would have ample means to sup
ply their wants until my wife could find
employment.
Steadily and cautiously lowered my
self from block to block, and at length
reached the spire window amidst the
cheers of those assembled in the street.
Inside the steeple the architect placed
a roll of bank notes in my hand.
"You have well earned the money"
he said. eft does me good to see a
man with so much nerve--but-bless
me what is the matter with yonr hair?
1t was black before you made the ascent,
now it is gray"
And so it was! That moment of in
tense agony, while slipping downward,
had blanched my hair, until it appeared
like that of an old man. The work Of
years had been done in all instant.
Entering the bare, cheerless room
which was now all 1 called my home, L
found a visitor awaiting me-my late
employer.
Harvey" said he. extending his
hand, 81 have done a great wrong. 1t
cost me n terrible pang to believe in
your guilt, but circumstances were so
strongly against You that | was forced
to believe it. l have found the coin,
Harvey; it slipped nndcr the secret
drawer in my desk. Can you forgive
me, dear old friend?"
My heart was too full to speak. l
silently pressed his hand.
az will undo the wrong I have done.
All the world shall know how / accused
you uniustly, not through my words
only, but through my actions, too. Yon
must be my partner, Harvey. If you
1 shall feel that you have not
forgiven me-"
/ did not refuse. Instead, I thank
fully accepted the offer which my friend
SO generously made, knowing that no
surer method could have been devised
to silence forever the tongue of SLAM
der and free my name from the unmer-
tied reproach which of late had rested
upon it.
Prosperity has attended my steps
ever since that ~eventful day, but neither
prosperity o wealth a efface men,
DRY from my heart, O restore my with
cred locks to their own raven hue.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

recorded in which the insects have been
kept in a dormant state for thirteen
years, and at the end of that time were
discouragingly lively. We know by sad
experience that energetic measures per-
sistently followed up will rid a house of
these intruders Am. Agriculturist.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

HAVE you infiammatory sore throat,
stiff joints, or lsmeness from any cause what
ever? lave you rheumatic or other pains in
any part Of the body? II so. use Johnson,
AnOdyne Lininment, internally and externally
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

MANY persons suffer with sick head
ache and nervous headache, usually induced
by costiveness, Indigestion, &c. Such persons
will find relief if not cure, by keeping the
bowels open with small doses OF Parsons
PiTgdtiye Pius.-[Com.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

THE New York Weekly Witness at
One Dollar per annum, is the best Weekly
newspaper in America. 1t has increased in
circulation tenfold within a ye~ar.-[Com.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

A PAIR of shoes will cost yeu only 5 cents
more with a SILVER TIP on than without,
aud it will add twice the cost Of the shoe to
their wearing value.-iCom.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-13

THE New York Daily Witness at
Three Dollars, is best for business men. Send
(by postal card for sample copies.-[Com.
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Go TO RIVERSIDE Water Cure, Hamilton. Ill.