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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
Spring Maladies.

In the olden time, as some of our
readers may remember, the opinion
generally prevailed, that as the ther-
mometer rose above the degree marked
temperate and lighter clothing became
comfortable, something must be done
to purify the blood. But, unfortunate
ly, the means then resorted to do not
command the admiration of modern
hygienist. They were bleeding and
salts, calomel and ialap, and pills innu-
merable. There was, however, basic
truth in the idea that the more seden-
tary and indoor habits of the cold
season and the still worse habit of extra
hydro -carbonaceous feeding-butter,
sugar, LARA, pork, gravy, etc.-occa-
stoned distractions of the eXcretory
organs, the liver, skin, kidneys, bow
els and lungs, rendering special atten-
ton to the general depurating function
expedient. But, thanks to the health
educators of the race, the people are
rapidly learning better preventlves of
sonous drugs. Few persons seem to be
aware that the whole range of maladies
which are more prevalent in early spring
are attributable to personal habits; and
very few physicians ever intimate, If
they are aware, that what the people eat
and drink during the winter is the
most efficient cause of what they suffer
in summer. The preventive measures,
therefore, may be all summed up in
the words, wholesome regimen.
But when the spring maladies ap-
pear, whether in the shape of humors,
boils, catarrh, influenza, epizooty,
pneumonia, rheumatism, erysipelas,
sick k-headache, ETC., "Do thyself no
harm" Take no drug stuff. Lose no
blood. Submit to no blistering.
Neither vomit nor purge. Sweat not.
Swallow no hard cider. Do not even
bother with herb tea. But battle daily,
diet abstemiously, exercise moderately,
prefer vegetable food, drink only water,
eschew seasonings, give nature a
chance. These terrible ailments, for
which so many are drugged to death
every spring of every year, are mani
festations of a remedial process-aln
effort of the vital organism TO rid itself
of noxious matters. Do not thwart this
process, nor arrest it, nor suppress it,
nor cure it. But favor it in all possible
ways, that publication may be COM
plete and restoration to health perfect.
-Sctence Of Health.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
Rules for Whist Playing.

The following rules for whist play
ing are for the benefit of the members
of the Anti Calvinistic club:
l. In opening always lead from a
"sneak )" if you have no " sneak, |"
renig.
2. When you have four more trumps,
hold on to them as you would twenty
per cent. bank stock they are too
valuable to be invested in the early part
of the game.
8. Never under any circumstances
whatever return your partners trump
lead. This is called strengthening
play"
4. If, holding the ace, king, queen,
knave and small one of trumps, lead
the small one to keep your king from
being "ketched."
5. Holding king and queen of any
suit, lead queen to force your partners
ace if he holds it.
6. 1t is good rule to inquire every
seventeen seconds, "What's trump ?"
7. If you should by chance hold all
the trumps or nearly all, and your op-
ponent should win the trick, say it was
because you held "curious hand"
s. Think at least seven times before
you make play-say ten to fifteen
minutes to each card this will give
che other ample time to take nap or
anything else that is handy.
8. Hold your cards SO that all the
players can see them, as it assists them
very materially in remembering, and
may give them q hint when in "quan-
dunn"
10. Always claim at least half the
| hOnors
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
Exhaustion of Iron.

As an instance of the effect of heat
and cold in expanding and contracting
the iron of the dome of the national
Capitol, it is stated that the colossal
statue surmounting it inclines four and
a half inches to the west in the fore
noon, and the same distance to the east
in the afternoon. This fact has been
ascertained by fixing plumb line to
the statue and dropping it to the rotun
da below. AS the morning sun upon
the east side of the dome heated the
iron and caused an expansion on the
side of the statue it was thrown west
ward four and q half inches. In the
afternoon, when the sun upon the west
side heated and expanded that part of
the dome, the statue inclined to the
east o similar distance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
r GUMDHALL, VERMONT SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1874.


single hour. At breakfast, all save
myself were in the highest spirits, look
ing forward to their day of pleasure,
and even planning others to be enjoyed
"while this beautiful warm weather
lasted"
1t seemed to me as though the poor
deluded creatures were dancing upon
the brink of their own graves.
At last 1 got them off, and we walked
together to the top of the hill, which
was the nearest spot to which carriage
could be brought, and began our jour
ney. Every mile which we put between
ourselves and the village took load
from my heart, and yet they rallied me
upon my silence. I did my best to
seem like myself, but the effort was be-
yond my power. Every ring of Baba's
laughter went through me like knell,
and feared to speak, lest should ut
terly break down and burst into tears.
At our first halting- place, however,
the long-looked-fo1 opportunity offered
itself of comforting with Frank alone,
and 1 told him all the wretched story.
To my intense horror, when I had
quite done, his only reply was a 1oar of
laughter. At first, thought his fears
for Lucy and the child had driven him
out of his senses.
Be man." said I, "and help me
to do the best we can"
"But, my dear Aunt Sue, it's all a
mistake" cried he ct heard all the
story OF Polly's death this morning,
and what she died of. PoIly'8 cot0 !;
and the foolish woman it belonged to
thought it had died of the cattle plague.
Her husband was too drunk last night
to find that this was not the case but
this morning he has been making merry
with his wife's mistake"
"But, Frank, she said that it was
their bread-winner !"
$50 it was, in sense, because they
supply the milk to our inn and if the
creature had really had the disease, of
course all their other COWS would have
had to be destroyed. AS to the sick
washerwoman, who does not happen to
live in the village at all, was told, at
the little post-ofice this morning,
among other local intelligence, that
she has got hay-fever That's not a
fever to be afraid off,"
I burst into tears, threw myself into
Franks arms, and tainted away.
When [ came to myself, Lucy was
wetting my forehead with eau-de-C Co.
logne, and Baba tanning me assiduous-
ly with the "Guide- book to Nerth
Devon" while my nephew was regard
ing their united efforts with a face in
which concern struggled with very
strong sense of the ridiculous.
Frank, whispered I, implorip ely,
don't tell them that I packed up your
things, or anything about it."
And he never did.
1T was the heat that had overcome
me-" he said : only half dozen times
during the day the rogue would inquire
-"How's Polly ?-I mean Aunt Sue"
Except for that, I never enjoyed a
picnic more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
Smallest and Oldest state.

The smallest and oldest State in
Europe is San Marino, republic in
Northeastern Italy. Its area is twenty
four square miles, but little more than
double that of the District of Columbia
It's population is about 10000. 1t was
settled in 469 by Marinus, Dalmatian
hermit, who established a community
whose independence has remained un-
disturbed through all subsequent
changes in Europe. 1t is surrounded
by former provinces of the Pope, and
its insigniicance has hitherto shielded
it from all aggressions. Popes and
dukes, French viceroys and Austrian
marshals, have alike respected its in
tegrity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16
About a NeMSnaner.

The Louisville Courier Journal has
the following sensible remarks regard
ing the management of newspaper:
Some people estimate the ability of
newspaper and the talent of its editor
by the quantity of original matter. 1t
is comparatively an easy task for a
frothy writer to pour out daily col
umm of words-words upon any and all
subjects. His ideas may flow in one
weak, washy, everlasting food, and the
command of his language may enable
him to string them together like
punches of onions, and yet his paper
may be a meager and poor concern.
Indeed, the mere writing part of
editing paper is but small portion
of the work. The care, the time en-
ployed in selecting, is far more i'm
portant, and the tact of a good editor
is better shown by his selections than
anything else; and that, we know, is
half the battle. But, as we have said,
an editor ought to be estimated and
his labor understood and appreciated
by the general conduct of his paper
it's tone, its uniform consistent course,
its aims, manliness, its dignity and its
propriety. To preserve these as they
should be preserved is enough to oc-
cupy fully the time and attention of
any man. If to this be added the gen.
eral supervision of the newspaper es.
tablishment, which most editors have
to encounter. the wonder is how they
find time to write at all.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16

EMBALMNG. Modern science discov-
ers that the system of embalming, com.
mon to the ancient Egyptians, was a
sanitary measure necessary to the
health of the inhabitants. Unless the
process of converting the dead bodies
(not only of men but of animals) into
mummies had been adopted, it would
have been difficult to prevent putrefac-
tive exhalations from continually poi
soning the air, owing to the impossi-
bility of securing permanent burial
places for the dead in land like that
of Egypt, subject to continual changes
Of the surface of the soil by the annual
overflow Of the Nile.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16

The ONEIDA COMMUNITY. The legal
status of the Oneida community is thus
stated in the last number of the Circu
Tar, in answer to a correspondent :
"The Oneida community is not incor-
porated. Its property is held by four
men, acting as partners, and in effect as
trustees, under suitable provisions for
replacing them as they die, and for ex-
Guiding their heirs. Property might
be willed, or conveyed in any other
way, to those four men,"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-05-16

OF CoURsE.-" And so they go ;" one
of the Portland school committee is re-
ported to have said tour great men
are fast departing-first Greeley, then
Chase, and now Sumner--and ] dent
feel very we'll, myself"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure.

Whereas default has been made in the conditions
Of that certain mortgage dated January A. D. 1874,
wherein Michael Weier is mortgagor and Anna
Maria Langenfeldt is mortgage, duly recorded in
the office OF the Register of Deeds in and for the
County of Stearns and State of Minnesota on said
9th day Of January, A. D. 1874 at II O'Clock A. M in
book &c" Of Mortgage Deeds. on page 514, in which
lowing described premises situate in the aforesaid
County ofStearns towit: The south one-half q of
the south west quarter Of section No. twentyone
ter q dissection No. twenty eight (2S) in township
No. one hundred and twenty-four 124) north Of
range No. thirty-two (s2 vest and which said mort:
gagors note Of even date Herewith for the sum of
$780, payable July oath, 1874, to the order of said
mortgage. And, whereas, the said note and mort
written instrument, date March 16 1874 which was
duly recorded in the aforesaid Office of the Register
July, A. D. 1874. at o'clock r. n. in book 'A1 Of
.nd again duly .old transferred, assigned and
Maurer by written instrument of date Aug. l, 1874
which was duly recorded in the aforesaid Office the
Register Of Deeds, for said Stearns County, on the
book "A" of Assignments and Agreements on pages
434 and 1885, And whereas there is claimed to be dus
and Is due at the date of this notice upon said note
neys fee of 90 stipulated and agreed in said mort
gage to be paid in foreclosure and no pro-
ceedings at law or otherwise having been instituted
to recover any part Of said mortgage debt.
Now therefore, public notice Is hereby given that
by virtue Of power of sale contained in and record
ed with said mortgage and pursuant to the statutes
in such cases provided said mortgage viii be fore
closed by the sale of said mortgaged premises at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder, for cash. at the
front door Of the Court House, in the City Of St.
Cloud in said county, by the Sheriff of said county
on SATURDAY, THE 3D. DAY OF OCTOBER
A. D. 1874 at O'Clock in the afternoon, to satisfy
the amount then due upon said note and mortgage,
with the costs and expenses foreclosure and sale
Guiding said $500 Attorneys fees.
NICHOLAS MAURER,
GEO. GE1SSEL, Assignee of Mortgagee
Sheriff of stearns County, MINI.
L. w. COLLINS Attorney.
Dated August IL, 1874. aug13-7w
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15

No Person can take these Bitsers ac-
eording TO directions, and remain long IN
wen; provided their bones are not destroyed
sfeans wasted beyond the point Of repair. '
DysDepsia or IndigestisH, Headache,
Pain III the Shoulders, Coughs, rghtness OF
the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Fluctuations OF the
Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious
Attacks, Palpitation Of the Heart, Inflammation
Of the Lungs, Pain in the regions Of the Kid
are the onsprings OF Dyspepsia. One bottle
WIN prove better guarantee Of its merits
than q lengthy advertisement.
Fer Female Complaints, in young or
old; married or single, at the dawn Of woman-
hood, or the turn OF life, these Tonic Bitters
display 70 decided an influence that improve
ment is soon perceptible.
Rheumatism and Govt. Bilious, Remittent
and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases Of the Blood,
Liver Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have
no equal Such Diseases are caused by VIII
ated Blood.
They are . gentle ParEatfve n we'll
~ Tonie, possessing the merit OF acting az
q powerful agent In relieving Congestion or
and In Bilious Diseases.
Fer Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter,
Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules,
B0fls, Carbuncles, ing-wOrms, Scald-Head,
Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolora-
tionS OF the Skin, Humors and Diseases Of the
Skin Of whatever name or nature, are liter
ally dug up and carried out Of the system in
short time BY the ose Of these Bitters.
GE0Ieful Th08sands proclaim VEIGAE
BTrER8 the most wonderful Iny1gorant that
ever sustained the sinking system
II. III. MeDONALD Il CO.
i cor. Of Washington and Charlton Sts., n. T.
sold BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15
Execution Sale.

Under and by virtue Of an execution, issued out
Of and under the seal Of the District Court for the
County Of stearns, State of Minnesota, dated Sep
tember 10th, A. D. 1874, upon judgment rendered
and dOcketed in said Court and county on the 9th
day Of September, d. 1874, in an action therein
in which George Gruber Is plaintiff and Ignatz
Reichert is defendant, in favor Of said defendant
and against said plaintiff, for the sum of One Hum
dred and Fifty and 2O-1OO Dollars, which said exc
cution has to me, Sheriff of said Stearns COUNTY
been duly directed and delivered, have levied IN.
on and will self at public auction to the highest cash
bidder at the front door Of the Court House. in the
City of St. Cloud, in said Stearns county, on SAT-
lURDAY, THE 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 4. D,
1874 at O'Clock n. of that day. all the right title
and interest said plaintiff on said 9Th day of Sen
TENDER, A. D. 1874, had in-and u his property
the following described real estate situate and be-
ing in said county Of Stearns, to-wit; The east
oue-half ~ Of the northwest quarter ~ and the
southwest quarterly Of the northwest quarter )
and the northeast quarter az Of the southwest
quarter ~ of section No. two l2) in township one
hundred and twenty-six Q26 of range thirty
four (34); also the north one-haf az Of
the southwest quarter D and the west one-haif az
ofthe northwest quarter, u and the southeast
thirty-one (3i township one hundred and twenty
five Q25) Of range thirty-two l32l
Sheriff Of Stearns Co., MINI.
L. w. COLLINS, and
CHAs WALKER,
Att'ys for Judg't Creditor.
Dated Sept. 10, D. 1874. sepA-7w
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default has been made in the conditions
Of certain indenture of mortgage, bearing date
the ninth day Of February, A; b: 1874 executed
Gowdy, his wife, mortgagors unto Margaret J.
McKelvy, mortgage, whereby the said mortgagors
aid grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
ing described real estate situate and being in the
county of Stearns and State of Minnesota, to-wit
Lot number eight 49, in block lettered "K' in the
81 ST. Of W hs %Gma
recorded In the office Of the Register Of Deeds in
and for said county fstearns together with all the
ing or in anywse appertaining to secure the e pay
ment Of the sum Of SO according to the condi-
lions Of promissory note, Of even date with said
Gowdy, ore Of the said mortgagors, and payable to
said or order on or before the 18th day Of
April, A. D. 1874 with interest at the rate oftwelve
Register of Deeds In and for said county OF stearns
ON the 9Th day q February AID: 1874, q O'clock
wholly unpaid and there is claimed to be duo. and
due the date q St,e sid
$3.50 stipulated and agreed in said mortgage to be
paid asattorneys fees In case of the foreclosure Of
saa and no acson q proceeding h.s been
remaining secured BY said mortgage Or any part
:, Nov, therefore, public notice is hereby given,
recorded with said mortgage, and pursuant to the
statutes In such case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the morgaged
for cash, at the front door of the Court House in
the city Of St. Cloud, in said county of 3tearns,
BY the the Sheriff ofsaid county on FRIDAY, THE
in the forenoon to satisfy the amount then due up
on said note and mortgage with costs and expenses
OF foreclosure and SALE including said $500 attor-
ney's fees.
MARGARET J. McKELvY,
GEORGE GEIss lE5L Mortgage.
Sheriff ofStearns Co., MINI.
D. B. SEARLE,
= Atty for Mortgagee.
|. Dated September 10th, 1874. sep17-7w
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15

lsoltly stole away, feeling thai
out Of the saddest grief good may
come. Long after this, Jane said to
me-
"Cousin William, my husband gave
me his heart in that hour, aud he has
never taken it back again"
"And never will, little Jane; for
if there be a fondly loved wife, you
are that woman"
Jane had the smallpox ; but her
husband nursed her through it, and
she recovered quickly, and was not at
all dis6gured. Happy Jane! I
saw her the other day when called
at the Films on my way to London.
What bright old house it looked,
now that Jane was loved and happy
How proud Mr.. Forbes seemed of
his wife and Of their only child, a
beautiful boy very like him,-need l
say his name is Arthur? Well! Do
you know, fond though she evidently
was of him, doubted if Jane loved
this Arthur quite so much us she had
loved the other one? l told her 50.
"The first Arthur" she replied,
twas the child Of my sorrow the
second Arthur is the child of my hap
piness. Both could not be dear after
the same fashion. Besides, the other
Arthur loved me best, and this one
prefers his father"
"And Anniep I suggested "what
about her?'
II neither know nor care" replied
Jane, with superb Indifference. "The
dead Arthur makes me feel secure in
the past, and with the living Arthur
I can defy dozen Armies"
Dear little Jane! She was just the
same little goose as ever. 1t was like
her to think that her hold on her hus.
band depended on q dead or ona living
child. Mr.. Forbes knew better. In
the fullness of his happiness he told
me the whole story about "Annie," as
he drove me to the station. Of
course, he did not tell me who can
ME" was but he had seen her again
1t party, and he could not help
saying
"Cousin William, you cannot i'm
agine what I felt when l compared
these two women,-my dear, pretty
Jane (pretty Jane! oh, love, love y
and that cold, shallow, frivolous
woman! My darling felt me shudder
as we left, and she thought was cold.
Cold! I was thinking-I might
actually have married that woman p
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it will take to starve them. If a
grain field is near their birth place,
they will set out for it, and having
finished that, will start for the next,
growing as they travel and eat, till
finally they get wings, at which time
they are likely to drop down any
where. This will be about the first
Of July, when late corn, buckwheat,
turnips, vines and some few other
things may be growing, but generally
the farmer is so discouraged he does
not feel like trying; in fact, the
spring season, when men are ambi-
tious to plant, is passed, and every
thing goes by the board.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-10-15
FOR THE LADIES.

High tortoise-shell combs are
fashionable again.
Modern brides affect a penchant
for pearl ornaments.
Feather trimmings will be ex-
tensively used this winter.
Silk stockings are in vogue with
the new and peculiar shoe.
Long earrings are to be revived
this winter. This is what the leading
jewelers. say.
Some ladies wear the sash crossed
on the front of the dress and tied
in q huge bow at the side. "
For all full dress occasions low
. corsage, short sleeves and long double
fold court train will be the rule.
The navy-blue cloth waterproof
cloak continues in high favor. 1t is
one Of the best garments ever intro
duced.
Embroidery promises to be about
as fashionable as ever. The hand.
soonest imported suits are covered
with it.
Powdered hair is entirely and
completely out of fashion. Less false
hair is worn now than for many years
past.
The ladies are wearing punches
of artificial flowers at the breast, as
do the ladies ofMilan on all occasions
Of festivity.
The French silks are uncommon
~ handsome this season, being of a
heavy, rich, and beautiful texture
end quality.
Necklaces of American twenty
dollar gold coins are likely to be
fashionable. Several were DISPLAYED
1T the Saratoga season.
The new bonnets have rather a
stately aspect. They are high, far
ing and large in shape and suscepti-
ble,of considerable artistic trimming.
1t would appear as if the combi-
nation suits were destined to be as
fashionable next winter as last. The
invariable rule is to have the sleeves
of the waist of the same material and
color as the under-skirt.
1t is strange, but nevertheless
true, that the old fashioned cloak
the regular affair reaching to, and
sometimes below, the knee, is to be re.
vived in all it's ancient and modern
glory. They are made of quilted silk,
cashmere, and velvet.