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, 1874-02-25

The following extract is from Messrs. Cossart Gordon & Cos
iinriattention thereto, also offers for sale a few remaining QUAR-
TEEt TYPES and ocTAVEs OF SELECT MADEnNAS' eonslgneu 10
MN 9@D - = y . ". H. HEYLIGER,
Agent.
st. Croix 18th Febry. 1874
This question is frequently asked us-Are
Madeiras really coming into favour again 7
we think we may safely assert it was antici-
pated and answered as far back as in our Cir
culars of 1871 when we stated" the best
proof of the reviving taste for Madeiras lies in
the exports from the Island"-and the latest
statistics prove that in these there has been
a steady increase. Again, our friendly hint
appears to have taken effect, that "the Public
requires educating" to make them alive to the
fact that true MadeiraS are again within their
reach, and at prices favourably comparing IN
cheapness with those of true Sherries"
whatever meaning experts and savants may
have left to that term), and if still acted upon,
we may hope in time to see our Island vintage
reappear from the realms Of fiction and once
more appear, a sober fact, upon the tables or
the middle classes. That the trade will as
sumo the same proportions as in former times,
we do not hope for. The Island then exported
annually some 10000 pipes, and even this
quantity did not satisfy the demands of Eng
land, the Indies, and the States, but had to be
supplemented by the products of the Cape and
T%enerife, which where sold as Madeiras not
to mention the manufactures from Hamburg
and Cette. The Madeira vintage must OF
necessity be limited, and now that the cuItlVa-
ton of Sugar, cane has proved highly remu-
n~erative many Of the former vineyards have
given place to the new industry, and only the
better qualities of Grape, grown on dry stony
soil, pay for labour entailed. The yield of
Wine last year was about equal to the average
of late, viz, from 5000 to 10000 pipes. With
this quantity only, we cannot hope for the
Acknowledgement" of Sherry, and, in fact, a
too rapid increase in the public demand for
Madeiras would prove a calamity rather than
an advantage to the Island. Still, at the pre-
sent prices at which we now offer our Wines,
they should certainly compete with the better
varieties of the Spanish, and we can assure our
friends that what is now produced, so far from
being inferior to The ~favorite brands of our
fathers, is, in reality, far superior, the cultiva-
ton of the Vine being carried on on better
principles, and greater care and attention
being given to the treatment and cleansing of
the Wines.
In conclusion, we appeal to our friends to
continue their valuable assistance in support
ing a r%eviving trade which has had to struggle
against a deadly scourge of nature, and also
against a freak of fashion, but which appears
now to have entered upon a new era of pros
perity.
, 1874-02-25

1868. The purchase sum is to be
paid 6 weeks after the sale, and the
purchaser to give security for the
payment. The expenses of the sale
are to be paid by the purchaser with
out deduction in the purchase sum-.
Christiansted's Vendue Office the
18th February 1874.
Fl. A. JURS.
, 1874-02-25

med alt TiIbeh6r, beliggende i Prind-
sens Kvarter her paa Den No. AZ,
48, 40, so med andre elIer flere
Nummere.
Auctionsconditionerne ere til Eff
tcrsyn paa Christiansteds Skifterets
Contoir.
Frederiksteds Auktionscontoir den
lode Februar 1874.
c.. SARAUW.
, 1874-02-25
Did nv ARD FBilS & co
photographers
will leave here in two weeks.
NOTICE.

THE undersigned having removed
from Estate Spanish Town to
this town, begs leave to acquaint his
friends and customers that he will,
as usual, continue to carry on his
butchcry, and s%olicits a continuance
Of their patronage. Stall at Mr..
J6rgensen's shop gallery, corner of
Company and Church Streets.
Christiansted, February 9Th 1874.
OLE RASMUSSEN.
, 1874-02-25

U31derdOmmer OF SkYiUer
pGG
Oem st. Thomas q Ameriku


p0O
Oen st. Thomas q Amerika
GJ6R vITTERLIGT, at efter Be-
CHEERING af Prokurator G. Miller her
af Stedet som Sagf0rer for Execu-
torres Testament i afd0de Kj0bmand
Caesar Hermann Grasmeyer's Boz
Deherrer A, Julien, her af Stedet,
A. w. Aepli af Hamborg, J. D.. A.
IIingeIberg at K%jobenhayn og JOS
eph Helm at BaranQuilIa,-hviLket
Bo administrators j Staden Hamburg,
hvor den Abode hayde taget BopRl,
indstHynes heryed med lovIigt Varsel
at mode linden dette Steds ordinaire
Bything, som oliver at hoIde paa Diet
ordinaire Thingsted i Ejendommen
No. s N0rregade, kongens Kyarter
heri Byen eller paa hyilket andet
Sted Retten da maatte holdes, Man
dagen den l3de April dctte Aar,
F~ormiddag Xxi. 10 slet, Intestalaryin-
gerne efter nBynte Abode, Caesar
Hermann Grasmeyer, for der og da
at varetage deres Tary og h0re Vid-
ner afgiye edeligt Vidnesbyrd til OPP
lysning ON Gyldigheden af ct af
Abode under 8de Juni 1864 oprettet
Testamente, SAINT tyende paa samme
under lite Mai 1865 og 23de Mai
1867 p~aategnede Codiciller. Til sam
me Ret, lid og Sted at mode
indst@ynes under Faldsmaalstraf De
Herrer: G. MI. Hjardemaal, Fran
cisco Costa, FIR. B0hmer, Carl st.
I'll. PrHtorius, Rud. Elvers, Harald
Feddersen, P. Camps, w. Riede-
mann og Otto Wantzelius, for at
afgive edelig Forklaring ON den af
dem som NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tesla
mentet og CodiciIlerne p~aategnede
AttestatiOn.
Forelag og Lavdag er hevet we'd
Forordningen 3die Juni 1896.
Underdommer og Skriyer-Embe-
Diet. st. Thomas d. 7de Februar
1874.
P. M. ANDERSEN.
IL. 81
E Es5 En- Sl, Dalsr
, 1874-02-25
l. NOTICE, ~

IN accordance with Article 8? of
the Constitution, a general meet
ing of the Shareholders of The st.
Crolx Sanitary and FcrtiIizing Com
pany" is hereby convened to be held
at the Crown Hotel No. Sc and 81,
King Street Christiansted on the
9th March prox. Al | o'clock, P. Nj.
By order OF the directors.
L. j. de SOB0TKER.
, 1874-02-25

NET bekjendtgj0res hervedat Plan
w ter Patrick Stafford Days Dato
har opgiVet sit Bo til ISkiftebehand-
ling.
Frederiksteds Skifteret den Tide
Februar 1874.
C. SARAUW.
, 1874-02-25

6FTER B~egjering af Christian
e steds Skifteret som behandlende
Ill. c. Batclitfes Opbudsbo vii bIive
bortsolgt we'd Ste Auction, som af-
holdes her paa Auktionscontoiret
Onsdagen den 25de Februar d. A.
Eftermiddag XXI. 2 slet,
Observation-Disclosures
, 1874-02-25
a UCTTION.


n 4 the request of Christiansted's
III Dealing Court in behalf of II. G.
Ratclif'e's trustee dealing will be put
up for Sale at a 5th Auction to be
held at the Vendue Office Wednes-
day the 25th February next at 2
o'clock p. m.
THE SUGAR ESTATE
lz!yT!, a. n TT SHAY
with everything thereto belonging,
situate in Princes Quarter in this
Island No. AZ, As, 49& so with other
or more numbers.
The conditions for the Sale may
be seer at Christiansted's Dealing
Court Office.
Frederiksted's Vendue Office the
18th February 1874.
G. SARAUW.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
irish Lace.

1t is in beautiful, delicate needlework,
and in the making of lace of different
kinds, that the Irish Sisters excel. There
are several houses in the South, each of
which is famous for some special kind of
manufacture. Persons who are learned
in such matters can tell instantly, on
looking at piece of work, at what con-
vent it was done. The crochet made I'M
der the superintendent of the Youghal
nuns is exquisite, and so fine that it has,
in many cases, been mistaken for other
kinds of lace. | have heard of a lady
who purchased a quantity of what she
believed to be old Roman point, in Italy,
at a great expense. On bringing it
home she took it to her dressmaker in
Dublin, and gave it to her as trimming
for dress, with many cautions against
waste, and with repeated orders not to
cut it unnecessarily. The woman smiled
when she heard the discolored work
called antique point. She got magni-
fying-glass, and showed her customer
that she had, in reality, bought Irish
crochet lace, which had been dipped in
some yellowing fluid, in order to give it
an appearance of great age. This clever
expert was, was moreover, able to tell
from what part of the country it had
originally been procured. Some ladies
are very fond of purchasing sleeves and
collars of this beautiful work, to wear at
the table d'hote when travelling on the
Continent, as it does not require what is
technically termed doing up; when
soiled, simple washing and drying will
restore it to its pristine daintiness. Be-
sides this, it is quite uniniured by any
amount Of pressing or crumpling. .-Me
ArQOSu.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
A Case of Circumstantial Evidence.

Circumstantial evidence OF crime IS
sometimes so strong as to render proof
of innocence-if the law demanded such
proof-almost impossible. A graduate
of Yale has for years past ministered to a
parish in Haywood, near San Francisco.
Not long ago he joined the Odd Fellows,
and was one of two persons in the lodge
who knew where the key of the safe was
kept. One day the safe was robbed.
On being informed of it the reverend
gentleman examined the room, and found
the false key with which the safe had
been opened, and some of the money
under the safe. Subsequently going to
the room alone, he found the stolen
purse, empty, under the mat. Suddenly
it occurred to him that circumstantlal
evidence had accumulated which would
point to him as the robber, and, actuated
by strange fear, he let the purse remain,
and that night returned privately, intend
ing to destroy it. The room CHANGED to
be watched, and he was caught in the
act. Circumstantial evidence was strong
against him, bat the jury, hearing his
pitiable story of cowardice, acquitted
him, under the conviction that he told
the truth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
Excitement and Short Life.

The deadliest foe to mans longevity is
unnatural and unreasonable excitement.
Every man is born with a certain stock
of vitality, which cannot be increased,
but which may be expended or hus-
banded rapidly, as he deems best. With
III certain limits he has his choice to
move fast or slow, to live abstemiously
or intensely, to draw his little amount of
life over a large space, or condense it
into narrow one but when his stock is
exhausted he has no more. He who lives
abstemiously, who avoids all stimulants,
takes light exercise, never overtasks him
self, indulges in no exhausting passions,
feeds his mind and heart on no exciting
material, has no debilitating pleasure,
let's nothing ruffie his temper, keeps his
accounts with God and man duly
squared up" is sure, barring accidents,
to spin out his life to the longest possible
limit which it is possible to attain while
he who intensely feeds on high seasoned
food, whether material or mental, fa-
tigues his body or brain by hard labor
exposes himself to infammatory disease,
seeks continual excitement, gives loose
rein to his passions, frets at every
trouble, and enjoys little repose, is burn
ing the candle at both ends, and is sure
to shorten his days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
VOL. II.
The Dying Year.

Far, far away there is a CLINT Of crimson in the
west,
a rosCa'e glow, as sparks Of fire, set in the
opals breast;
And myriad isles of purple cloud float in sea
of gold,
Whose shapes each moment, changed anew,
some beauties fresh unfold
Tho red leaves strew the garden walk the
autumn showers fall
Across the path in cleaning gray the whistling
plovers call
Their comrades to the sheltering fen; the
stealthy owl skins by,
What time the white moon gins to show her
crescent in the sky
And rise from riverside the mists, and cattle
cease to Craze,
Aud lay them down beneath the boughs and
in the gathering haze
The marsh-ights show their glittering sparks
of all-delusive fire,
To lure the needless wayfarer into the treach-
erous mire.
Wet are the last few flowers with dew-the
dahlia's gorgeous crown
Bows heavily its petals bright, with glittering
gems bent down;
The crimson fuchia gently mods her purple
lined bells
The frosty nights creep on apace, and the short
daylight tells
or coming winter, when the earth shall robed
be with snow,
And bare shall be the forest trees nor shall
there longer blow
One bloom of all the blossoms fair that bright
ened summer hours,
Till spring shall smile on earth again. and
bring us back the flowers
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
The Meaning of " CAPITAL"

In the real, vital understanding of the
word capital, says Prof. Price, lies
the real secret we are in search of. What
is capital That man who makes the
things you have upon your persons now
had to be fed, had to be clothed, had to
be lodged, had to have raw materials,
had to be supplied with tools. Those
are the five great things out Of which
you have the things in which you are
clothed this evening. Now, what is it
that makes nation rich ? What is it
that makes nation poor? 1t all de
pends upon what happens to this capital.
A nation is stationary when it makes as
much as it destroys. Ifpeople are not pre-
pared to make lot of wheat for the next
harvest to replace that which has been
destroyed, if the clothing destroyed this
year is not replaced by new lot for the
next year, there must be poverty and
there may be starvation-almost GER
tainly will. If a nation makes more than
it destroys, as most modern civilized ma
tions do, it becomes an extremely inter
esting question to ascertain what you do
with that surplus stock. You turn it
into saving. What is the meaning of
the word saving2" A man does not
save by buying gold and locking it up,
as they do in France. He may Btarve
upon his gold. He may have holes in
the roof of his house upon his gold.
Nothing is more useless than gold unless
you wear it or employ it. A nation
grows greater by saving, but the mean
ing of the word saving is to turn that ex
ira stock of things into capital, to turn
it into the power of making larger
stock of things next year. That is the
way nations grow rich. But fine furni-
ture and all sorts of pretty statues are
not capital. If you win q large district
of new fields to grow more wheat, or
build more ships, make docks where
trade will come, make more roads where
the fields were not cultivated because
carts could not reach them, then all
these things are saved, and produce a
larger quantity of things next year, and
the nation has grown richer; there is
more to divide and people are richer.
For reasons / need not dwell upon here,
some will have larger stock and be
wealthy men, but everybody will be bet
ter off, because there are more things
made.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19

and nearer to the open window. Gretch-
en- stands before her. "Dost thou in
deed care for him so much, little onel :"
Ioiiisun does not look tipl Tile words
that she says are not many, and are
broken with sobs. but, lew VI many,
they were to the purpose. More to the
purpose than listening Hans would
dared to hope fdT-inore 10 Tie piiIpose
than he would ever have heard had he
not played eavesdropper in his turn.
Before they are fairly out of her
mouth, there is a rustic of the creeper
outside tie house, leap through the
window, and before Louison can turn to
fly, she is caught, Gagged, held fast, in a
pair of strong, young arms. What need
of more love making when the love was
made already
Louison protests. "Oh ! it was mean,
unfair of thee, Hans / could not have
believed it, she cries.
But she dries her tears, and Hans helps
her.
"But at least thou vert as bad, F." Hans
retorts. 81 never could have believed
it of thee, either.
"Then I suppose we must forgive one
another"
81 suppose we must try"
And 50 they settled it.
And very soon after the wooden we'd
ding comes another, where, we may be
sure, laughing Gretchen acts the part of
bridesmaid
"Twas all my fault" Loltison says to
her, as they walk home
Entirely" echoes Hans. ~ never
should have thought of such thing but
for thee and thy tricks. But forgive
thee"
"And thou, Lortison, " asks the girl.
"Well, will see how Hans behaves
in the future. will tell the on--on the
day of my wooden wedding" But as
she looks up into her husbands young
face she doesn't seem to have much fear
"Ah talking of wooden weddings
thou hast quite forgotten all about pool
Margot and her bracket" says Louison
" [ will give her pair instead of one,
says Hans.
And SO they were all made happy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
Little JOhnny's Composition.
THE BEAR.

A man had tame bear which was fond 1
of sweets, like. they all is, and little boys,
too, but girls like slate pencils, and the
bear gov gov the bung out of a barrel OF
tricxle, and ct, and ct. Wen it had ct
entiff it was sick, and went to bed with
tie triok1e rrinniD all the wile Wen the
trickle was all out, the bear was site to
see, for it had role about in the trickle,
and wen the man come and foun the bear
lie lookt vile and tlten he said were is
your bread! The bear #as I'd sick it
grinned, wich the man thot was cos he
was funny, and went on to say you is so
sweet you must be lick, Sammy, that was
the mans boy, you likes this sort OF
thing, too, come and lick it up. After,
wen the man asst Sammy did lie lick it
up, Sammy said he had lick it a hour
with big stick, but not up; cos it
woudent git up ; and wen the man look
the bear was beat so bad it was ded.
The bear is some thing like hog and
some thing like bufo, but rioro like a
hog Wen it eats. Wen it is vile it lives
on bad little boys and girls that sass
foxes, but them in the menagerie eats
biscuits, and apples, and nuts, cause
little boys and girls that sasses foxes
aint took to the menagerie, but as to
stop to home and git the cat to kiss 'em.
| Billy says if bear ct him Their would
be fite, but whot good woud that do
Billy, Ide like to kno, wen he was ct. He
toks deel about itin, dts Billy, but
I've see him put his he'd under the blan-
kets wen the nurse tole bear story to
make us go to sleep and said boo.
Bears sets up wen they wants to be
fed, and makes a lap, like my sister a
trying to cetch Dol, the okkerd thing.
[ see boy once to the menagerie, wen
the bear made a lap he lit cracker and
tost it in the bears lap. The bear cockt
its he'd and lookt down at the cracker a
smokin in its hair, and then look up at
the boy, and cockt its head the other
way, like sayin I kno wot that is, you
can't fool me- But wen the cracker went
off you nevur see such friten bear.
Uncle Ned says wen he was in Cali
fornia he was in the woods and mon,
stous big bear come jumpin at him, and
he run, but the bear cud ran fasser thar
uncle Ned, and cot up with him. But
just as uncle Ned shut his eyes to be
swoller the bear stopt and set up anG
made lap, and every time it cot up will
him it did the same way, and so uncle
Ned he wasen't ct. Then uncle Ned ht
knew the bear was one which had escape
from show, and had forgot how to catcl
its pray. He says he hasent got an,
doubt but wot that bear tells tile other
wot great thing it is to be civilize.
The poler bear is a kind wich is SO lazv
they has to be stir up with a long pole t.
take their meels, but the black is mor'
frequent.
Bears is all plantygrades, but if yol
was to call 'em that they would think t.
their sells wot does the fool mean
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19
The Old Story Again,

The story of the frugal wife who trades
her husbands old pantaloons for china to
find that he had left well-flled pocket
book in the pockets is not new one,
but Hudson furnishes case with an un-
usual ending. The wife of well-known
grocer there made such sale in July
last, and learned, when she informed her
husband of her "bargain, that the pan
falcons contained a wallet in which were
notes to the amount of 81, ,500 and other
valuable papers. No clew to the peddler
was obtained until few days ago, when
q citizen who had heard the story recog-
nized the secondhand ,vender in the
street. He was taken to the grocer to
whom he at once acknowledged that he
had found q pocket book in his pur-
chased clothing, upon arriving home,
but was not aware of the value or owner
ship of the papers it contained. He said,
however, that they were safe, and that he
would return them if the owner would
send man with him to Albany, where
he resided. This request was complied
with, and the papers are again in the
possession of their owner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19

For DIPHTHERIA.-A gentleman who
has tried it recommends as gargle for
diphtheria the following Take a piece
of red oak bark about the size of the
hand, u large grasp of sage leaves, put
in one pint of water, boil down to half
pint then add one teaspoonful of pull
verized alum and one teaspoonful Of
pulverized borax, then add enough honey
TO make it very sweet, and use rs n
gargle every half hour, swallowing lit
tie at the same time to be sure it reaches
the affected parts,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19

TURKEY AND OYSTERS Detroit
Free Press says GA twelve-year-old
boy, pretty well dressed, entered an
Office on Jefferson avenue the day before
Thanksgiving and begged for twenty
cents. Want it to buy Thanksgiving
dinner with asked the proprietor.
Yes, answered the boy. What'l you
get-a chickenF No, sir, replied the
boy very honestly. We've got turkey,
and we want some oysters to stuff it
with The gentleman put his wallet
back"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-12-19

A New POWDER. Experiments have
lately been made in Sweden with new
explosive compound, which is stated to
embody all the good and none of the
bad qualities of every previous known
explosive, than which it is also said to be
more powerful. This new destructive
agent comes to us under the very ex-
pressive name of "vigorite," but the
nature Of the compound is at present
kept profound secret by its inventor,
who is Swede.