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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
PunctuaIity at Death.

Mr.. Higgins was very punctual
man in all his transactions through life.
He amassed large property by untir-
ing industry and punctuality, and at
the advanced age of ninety years was
resting quietly upon his bed, and
calmly waiting to be called away. He
had deliberately made almost every ar
rangement for his decease and burial.
His pulse grew fainter and the light of
life seemed just fickering in tssockets,
when one of his sons observed:
Father, you will probably live but
q day or two, is it not we'll for you to
name your bearers ?" yl -
TO be sure, my son" said the dying
man, it is well thought of, and I will
do it now."
He gave list of six, the usual num-
ber, and sank back exhausted upon his
pillow. A CLEAN of thought passed
over his withered face like ray of
light, and he rallied once more.
"My son, read me that list. Is the
name of Mr.. Virgins there?"
eft is, my father"
"Then strike it off," said he, en-
phatically, "for he was never punctual
was never anywhere in season-and
he might hinder the procession awhole
hour u .r ..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
A Barren Country.

The region of country between the
Rocky Mountains and the Sierra
Nevadas, stretching from Oregon to the
Gulf of California, has strange geo.
graphical characteristics, says Major
Powell. On the north it is drained by
the southern branches of the Columbia
river, and on the southeast by the Colo
RADIO river of the West. The great CEN
trail portion has no drainage to the sea !;
the waters and streams which come
down from the mountains find their
way into the salt lakes, where their
waters evaporate or are lost in the
sands of the desert. Through the
middle of the country the Wasatch
Mountains extend in a northerly and
southerly direction, and number of
shorter ranges are found throughout
the country, forming what is known as
Cordillera system. In late geological
times it has been the scene of much vol
canic activity-high plateaus carry dead
volcanoes on their back, mesas are
covered with sheets of black basalt,
deeply eroded valleys are beset with
lava beds, and scoria and ashes are
scattered over the land. The few rivers
run in deep gorges, far below the gen.
eral level of the county, and the lakes
are salt and alkaline, and almost des-
titute of life. Away from the noun
tains the vegetation, beset with spinet
and thorns, is sombre gray-not cloth
ing the hills and plains, but dotted over
the country, giving it a curious pepper
and salt appearance. On the mountain
sides and elevated plateaus there are
forests, but the trees are low and gnarl-
ed. Most of the region is high, bold
and arid; but only few of the lower
valleys are fit for cultivation, and in all
the country no acre can be made pro-
ductive without artificial irrigation, and
although this country is as large as all
that embraced in the New England,
Middle and Southern States, Kentucky
alone has a greater number of acres fit
for cultivation.
The streams afford but few fish, the
land but little game. The mountains
are naked rocks the plains are deserts
of sand or deserts of sage, and the
lower lands that in other regions are
waving meadows, are here but naked
flats cleaning with an alkaline effior-
escence and above, the skies are
almost cloudless. The landscape, lack
ing covering of verdure, without
beautiful groves and stately forests, is
still attractive to the eye of the artist
by reason of the wonderful forms of
rock with varied and brilliant colors.
Mountain masses with crags and pima
cles, long lines of cliffs standing
athwart the country, and towering canon
walls that overhang the streams and
rapid rivers that roll and plunge at in
accessible depths below the general
surface, give the country great scenic
grandeur.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
Protection Of Lead Water-Pipes by o
Film of Sulphide.

AS q result of the following expert
ments Willm announces that a film of
sulphide of lead forms an excellent pro-
lection for the metal against the action
of water. Lead pipes were coated in
ternally with sulphide, according to
the method of DR.. Sohwarz, by the ac-
tion of a solution of sulphide of So
dium, and were subjected, at the same
time with others not so treated, to the
action of rain, snow, distilled, and or
dinary Paris city water. After the first
day, lead was detected in all cases in
the water from the ordinary pipes, ex-
cept in the city water, and in il also
after several days. On the other hand,
in no case did the water from the pipes
treated with sulphide afford trace of
lead within three months, and with ac-
cess Of air. VS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
CHOLERA IN 1873.
Some of the Results of DIR. HIcCIeIIand's
Investigations.

DIR. Ely McClelland, of the United
States army, was appointed to investi-
gate the cholera epidemic of 1873. Upon
being detailed for this important work,
DIR. McClelland left Immediately for the
South, and after visiting the States of
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, and Arkansas, returned to his
home. The york has not progressed
far enough to justify any broad gener-
alizations, but few isolated facts de-
rived from a conversation with DR.. Nc
Clelland may be of interest. i
1t is apparent already that the inyes-
tigation will cover a much wider stiei3
than has been anticipated. The num-
Der of points at which cholera occurred
will be much larger than is generally
believed. An impression has prevailed,
for example, that the epidemic leaped
from New Orleans to Vicksburg; in
point of fact, it is found to have dotted
both sides of the river between the
two points, cases occurring on planta-
tions in nearly every parish.
The first recorded case of cholera in
the United States in 1873 occurred in
New Orleans, Feb. 9th. 1t prevailed
in that city during the months of Feb
ruary, March and April. Early in May
it began to travel northward up the
Mississippi. During the month of June
it began occurring in the interior towns
of Alabama and Mississippi, along the
lines of railroads, and spread further
north, step by step, during the months
of June and July, reaching Little Rock,
Ark, early in the latter month.
Montgomery, Ala, by rigid system
of quarantine, escaped with single
case of cholera while at Birmingham,
in the same State, 95 miles distant, and
connected with Montgomery by raj,
over 200 persons, --ostly negroes, fell
victims to the epidemic.
The first case of cholera in Kentucky
last year, so far as ascertained, occurred
at Paducah, May %. I'D.
The investigation indicates that con-
struction hands upon railroads were
among the most active agents in spread
ing the disease. It was introduced into
Memphis by party of laborers on the
Memphis and Paducah railroad thence
it was conveyed to Nashville by convicts
from the penitentiary, that had been
working upon the same road. From
Nashville it spread to Chattanooga and
East Tennessee, to Gallatin, Franklin.
Bowling Greer, etc. The first case in
central Kentucky was that of negro
laborer at Muldrough's Hill, on the
Cumberland and Ohio railroad, who
came from construction party on 6
road in Tennessee. .y-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
What a Blind Man Sees.

Nature struggles hard to make up for
any defects in the senses, and she gives
to the blind acertain power to see when
the eyes give no help. A blind man
says: Whether within house, in
the open air, whether walking or stand
ing still, I can tell, though quite blind,
when I am opposite an object, and can
perceive whether it he tall or short,
slender or bulky. I can also detect
whether it be solitary object or con-
tinuous fence, whether it be close
fence or composed of open rails, and
often whether it be a wooden fence, a
brick or stone wall, or a quick-set
hedge. cannot usually perceive OBJ
iects if much lower than my shoulders,
but sometimes very low objects can be
detected. This may depend on the ma
ture of the objects, or of some abnor-
NAL state of the atmosphere. The cur
rents of air can have nothing to do with
this power, as the state of the wind
does not directly affect it j.; the sense of
hearing has nothing to do with it. as
when snow lies thick on the ground OBJ
jects are more distinct, although the
football cannot be heard. I seem to
perceive objects through the skin of
my face, and to have the impressions
directly transmitted to the brain. The
only part of my body possessing this
power is my face; this l have ascer-
tanned by suitable experiments. Stop
ping my ears does not interfere with it,
but covering my face with thick veil
destroys it altogether. None of the
five senses have anything to do with
the existence of this power, and the
circumstances above named induce me
to call this unrecognized sense by the
name of Facial Perception. ,"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
GUILDHALL, VERMONT, SATURDAY, AUGUST L, 1874.

pointment here, some one said. OF
course his wife will be feted and fiat
tered. I wonder how she would like to
be reminded of that summer in Kent.
How would she look if should stop
her carriage, and remind her of the
time she swore to love me forever, or
how often her bright head has rested
on my shoulder. 1 can feel the thrill
of her soft lips yet on my cheek. There,
that's all. Do you believe in justice ?
/ don't. The cause of evil should be
attacked now, 1T is only the victim.
That woman is more guilty to-day than
I. She drove me mad-and yet she
rides by in her carriage, respected and
admired while I, in my prison dress,
can never be anything but what I am
ALL"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
Before and After.

A linen-suited individual was notlced
wandering around Detroit, having con-
siderable money and being under the
influence of liquor. Apoliceman spoke
to him and warned him that he had
better look out for himself, when the
young man replied; "Look out for
myself You bet 1 will Why, mister,
Tn chain lightning rolled up in a ball
and stuck full of red-hot bowie knives! !
I'm a thunderbolt from the north, L am
"a regular rip-up thunderbolt, and
folks want to let me alone, they do ]!
The next morning the same policeman
found the same individual lying asleep
back of a coal-shed. His eyes were
battered. there was hole in his head,
and his watch and money were gone;
I" Here" said the officer, as he poked
the man with his club, SAY. aren't you!
that thunderboltf from the north woodsT
The man sat up, looked around IN
dogged way, and slowly replied NO,
/ hain't 'zactly thunderbolt, but I'm n,
the burned fool who thought ne was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
Light Without Matches.

To obtain light instantly without the
use of matches and without the danger
of setting things afre, take an oblong
phial of the whitest and clearest glass
put in it piece of phosphorus about the
size of a pea, upon which pour some
olive oil, heated to the boiling point,
filling the phial about one-third full
and then seal the phial hermetically.
10 use it, remove the cork and allow
the air to enter the phial, and then re-
cork it. The empty space in the bottle
will then become luminous, and the
light obtained will be equal to that of q
lamp. AS soon as the light grows weak
its power can he increased by opening
the phial and allowing fresh supply
of air to enter. In winter it is some-
times necessary to heat the phIai Pc
tween the hands to increase the fiuidcity
of the oil. Thus prepared, the phiai
NAV be used for six months. The con-
triyance is now used by the watchm,en
of Paris in all magazines where explo
sive and inAammable materials are used
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
Burnt Wings.

Pw deep life has lovel Three years Of
pain .....
Have not aroused me from my overthrow;
lree summers washed with show'rs of scented
rain .t..
Three winters whitened with the silent snow,
ave left me comfortless, and hike to one
Who stands half conscious in crowded
street, .st#lE T.F..
nd seeking for his mem'ry that is gone,
Forgets the purpose that should guide his
feet. ed ."".t Fft ...t
where is Pity that maid should say
|Reet things unfelt and blight a life in play ?
nd where Is Reason, that man should cling
10 dead dreams and delusions-o of his youth;
life so small that may only sing
One song, anfi die because of one untruth?
10, 1 am yourlg in Gods great wilderness
OF beauties why then faint upon the brink?
will go forward for new happiness,
And ia the search forget the broken link.
|orget? do not forget myself indeed,
70 think that Reason. should have power tc
plead.
Pm such quest how find Promethean sparks
With passions locked up and the gold key
lost ....# -H,.. .
should mistake all weathercocks for larks,
And meadow mist of summer morn for frost
cannot bid one-half my heart be still,
And if could, it is not in nv power.
maid to crafty her own sweet will,
Asked for my love to wear it as flower
P what hope of joy! What need to say
gave it, and she flung the thing away.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
Success in Business.

It is not genius. All with such pc
culiar gifts make bad managers of any
business, and are too erratic for ordi-
nary executive purposes. And it is not
high intellectual attainments. Few
scholarly men will lay aside their devo-
ton to letters for their own sake, and
follow the plodding course by which
success in business is to be attained.
And it lies not in the force of circum-
stances. Some who might otherwise
have been successful in q clear course
have doubtless broken down in the
face of popular obstacles; but the man
who can bend occasions and conditions
to his will can achieve his triumph in
spite of such adverse surroundings.
It is not luck. 1t is true that many
tempt their fate and escape as by a
miracle, but this can form no rule of
life success in business is obedience
to law that can be clearly and dis
tinctly traced throughout the whole of
ones career. This law is based on the
principle that everything has it's price,
and they only who are able and willing
to pay it can acquire what they covet.
Some are prevented through want
nerve or defective Judgment, or other
mental and physical defects, from sue
ceeding in the struggle. But more,
who are able, fail because they are un-
willing to meet the cost. They seek
the end, but will not by patient self
denial employ the means. Present
ease, present qualification, some form
of indulgence not consistent with the
end which has been proposed, offers
a temptation too strong for them tc
resist.
Tomorrow they will begin a sterne,
course next week they turn over an.
other leaf with different reading on the
diverse side, but to-day let the hands
be folded and the old encumbrance re-
main. No man is on the road .te sue
cess who has not already paid part o.
the price, and is not now holding out tt
fortune in full the next installment
that is due.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
The Approaching Fall Trade.

The New York Bulletin remarks that
we have nearly reached the eliminating
point of the dull season, and with the
advent of August preparations for the
fall trade will be in order, which prom
ises to be an unusually brisk one. We
quote: Making due allowance for
the grasshoppers, the locusts, the
chinch- bug, the weevil, and other pests
which Providence would seem to send
down upon us at this season, as if to
check the over-elation that sometimes
come from superabundance, there is
still every reason to expect a plentiful
harvest (; and, with that safe, the pros
perity of all the great collateral COM
mercial interests is also assured"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01
THE NORTHERN INDIANS. -

The NORTHERN INDIANS. -" Do you
expect that a serious Indian war will
ensue before the three indian bands In
the Northwest are subdued ?" reporter
asked of General Sheridan. 81 think
not" replied the General. "The
trouble is that SO much mischief is done
in short time-before we can concen-
trate troops" Is the district in which
the Indians are raiding thickly set
tied ?" "No," responded the General.
eft is but sparsely settled. Many of
the homesteads belong to newly arrived
immigrants, many of whom are Eng
lish. They know nothing of Indian
raids, and are Of course scared"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-08-01

A Maine rogue has been selling kegs
supposed to hold ten gallons of liquor
each. A pint of rum was sealed up in
side each of the kegs and SO placed
that, taking out small cork, the pur-
chaser could test the liquor, but where
there was pint OF liquor there were
nine gallons and seven pints OF water
separated from II. ann. oY q
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06

not appear. Long prosy essays seldom il
ever secure reading, no matter how
meritorious At least we have a wagon
| load uf them which we win dispose 81 -
reasonable rates. If we have "rrs"'
readers viii bear witness, ina. -.
.rreJ on. mercy : side. short e''NP'
~. always more acceptance ''A'' IS
ii. L,ur As the moral law. We prefer
~. publish twenty letters IN three columns
than hrec letters IN twenty columns. We
are nov writing on general principles, and
hnpc that none Of our correspondents Will
think rs the man with the big nose does.
that these remarks are meant exclusive
N for himself When the ADVOCATE Sc
cures circulation Of IUo. no0 coI ics. which
We hope to do ere long, wy shall double,
and If necessary treble m present sue. Ia
the meantime. however. weask our crrrcs-
pondrnts e. put their thoughts into A. lit
tle compass as possible, write t. ia, ruIut,
retain their composurr, ANA rcst assured
that sooner or later W. Wili give ;h,m Il
hearing.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06
LABO6 ITEMS.

INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
ST. LouIs, June l.-The twenty second
annual Convention of the international
Typogral ,hical Union commenced its Sos
SION here to-day. Nearly 100 delegates
were present from all parts Of the country.
After report by the Committee on Gre
dentlals, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year President, " A.
Bodweil, New York First NIce-P resi-
dent, Henry White, Memphis Second
Vice President, W. 4. Rcdteld, Of NJ ASH
ngton Secretary and Treasurer. ". A.
Hutchinson, Chicago Corresponding Sec
rotary, W. :. Pride, Wilmington.
The Convention then AL Journed, and on
invitation Of Charles A. Mauts, one OF the
proprietors, visited the Times office Ill Z
body, where handsome COLLATION. was
spread, toasts drank, and speeches made
New YORK, june 1.-The Labor Union
Benevolent Society has ordered that on
aud after to-day no members shall wurb
under the regular wages - ~ per day
for attending mas"ns, and $50 per day
for attending plastercrs.
The United Order Of American Brick
layers has resolved to enforce the rule iiN
ing days wages at s..
The stage drivers strike ended III IN,
success Of the companies.
The hod-carriers, by orders Of the La
borers' Union Benevolent society. STRUCK
to-day for higher wages. This strike u,ces
sarily prevents the brlcklayers and nIasuni
from working, and is likely to cause mucl
trouble
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06
A WORD IN EXPLANATION

We are in receipt Of number of com
munications from correspondents, who
grumble because We have not given pub
licity to their productions. We are also
ia receipt Of several communications
wherein the writers charge we give too
much prominence to the views Of our cor
respondents. Thus we arr placed between
two fires One class insists on the publica-
ton Of more news of the day another
that all such nonsense" he excluded, aud
the paper devoted solely to labors inter
ests. We leg respectfully to differ from
the opinions Of both parties. We strive
to make the ADVOCATE family journal as
we'll as an exponent Of labor's interests.
The literature that suits one mind will not
suit another, and this important fact must
not he lost sight Of. While We are pleased
10 publish the opinions Of workingmen on
the sues Of the hour, they must renem-
boz We cannot surrender the exclusive use
Of our colun,ns, and must claim the priv
,s0e 81 dscidiisx what shall and what shall
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06
AMEN !

Among the resolutions adopted by the
wprkingincn Of Boston, Massachusetts, ON
the 18th of May last, was the following,
Which We cordially indorse, and trust that
those to whom il is addressed will act on
H. advice gwen:
H,suicef, That We earnestly entrrat the
nottingham oi whatever trade, Ia abstain
from rs,iIstiug into the militia Of their resp,c-
tive localities. because the employing and rul-
iug class only use them and their Weapons on
the least preteNt to put and keep down their
comrades IN other trades
The practice Of invoking and securing
the power Of the military 10 put down At
thu point of the bayonet any and every
protest Of the workingmen against the act
Il a petty tyrant, or an unwarranted re
iuctl"n If wages by corporation, is to
use somewhat vulgar, though expressive
phrase rmphatically piuyed ont
Norkingmen, enlist, or at least the sup
position Is that they enlist, to- do their
oountry's service, but the truth of the
matter IS, they enlist to do the dirty ,rurk
"t their employers, t. crush the honest
demands uf their associates. In Susque-
hanna, Pa. during the recent strike, the
men who pointed their bayonets at the
breasts Of machinists and biacksmiths,
were machnists and blacksmths them
selves, who were brought from Philadelphia
and other portions Of the commonwealth.
AZ the expense Of the State, at the behests
"f the Erie Railroad Company, to shoot
down, if call upon, their fellow craftsmen,
for demanding what they themselves would
have demanded, under similar circum-
stances. Workingtnen, you cannot afford
to pick the chestnuts out of the lire-f for
tins class of men, Let the kid-gloved
gentry handle their own muskets. Tell
your opPress"rs you you decline to serve,
because your weapons have the ugly prac-
tice Of shooting occasionally round the cor
Her.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-06-06
YES, OR NO

When the quondaur Mugul was sum
marty dis'a.isscd by the brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers We entertained the
hope that a more liberal or catholic line
of policy would be iuaugurated. we eX-
pected that the hide bound, selfish, eXclu
sivc harcm style which had characterized
his conduct in the past would be abandoned
ii the future. Ia this We have So far been
disappointed II the programme Of the
Engineers is TO isolate themselves from all
connection ur sympathy with their fellow
toiers, lei them come out like men and
make the declaration II Chief Arthur
thinks ~ can run an iD,cricdn Trades
Union organization Wa this principle, let
INN Announce his intention at least 10 try
H. tie of an men to-day, by fortuitous
circumstances, can lead the van IN a move
nent which seeks tp secure the co-opera-
tion under one banner Of every man who
makes ms living by honest toIl.