Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-07-11
Items of Interest.

The excuse of a young lady to her
minister, who caught her mapping, was,
Don't you think ladies had better be
fast asleep than fast awaken
There is one good thing about those
white gauze wells; a woman who
powders looks as respectable behind
them as a woman who doesn't.
Lady Visitor" My dear, do you
know if your mamma is engaged ?"
Little Girl of the Period" Engaged? ?
Bless you, why, she's married :"
Now that the word "hymeneal" is so
commonly used in reference to we'd
dings, it is suggested that births be
headed " crymeneal," and deaths "aie-
meneal."
1t is not pleasant bit of information
to impart, but we have it from a reliable
naturalist that mosquitoes are to be
larger and more bloodthirsty than ever,
owing to moist spring.
A man in Atlanta claims that while
working in the mines in Hall county,
Ga, many years ago, he found dia-
mond as large as a guinea-egg, and
worth $25, 100000. For a long time
the children played with it as "mid-
die man" in games of marbles, and
finally lost it.
CHOW then," said physician, cheer
lily, to patient, "you have got along
far enough to indulge in little animal
food. and" "No you don't DOCTOR"
interrupted the patient "I've suffered
enough on your Cruel and other slops,
and I'd starve sooner than begin on
hay and oats !"
Now we know where the old hats go.
The Nicobar islanders endeavor to out
vie each other in the accumulation of
old hats, priding themselves on the ex-
tent and variety of their collections as
other people do on their wealth of gold,
Jewels. or works of art. A tall white
hat with black band commands from
fifty five to sixty y-five prime cocoanuts.
AS nice old gentleman in Pottstown
was calmly smoking his meerschaum
the other day, he was startled by loud
report, and at the same time found that
the bowl of his pipe was minus. He
did not know what was up until he be-
gan searching his tobacco pouch and
found a lot of pistol cartridges, and as
certained that those were what he had
been smoking.
Two young gentlemen, while out
riding in buggy, says the Dallas
(Texas) Herald, saw pocketbook ly-
ing in the street, and thinking that it
contained money they both hurriedly
jumped from the buggy to get it. The
hurry broke finger of one of them,
and dislocated the ankle of the other,
and the pocketbook contained nothing
to pay for the cost of their Jump.
Bishop Martin of Paderborn on
June 8 received a notice from the Dis
trict Court dated the 9th inst, requir-
ing him to present himself within eight
days to undergo the six weeks term of
Imprisonment to which he has been
condemned for the illegal appointment
of parish priest. In case he does not
put in an appearance within that time
he,wiIl be forcibly conducted to prison.
It is estimated that of the 10000
clergymen belonging to the Church of
England 10000 are High Churchmen,
5000 Low Churchmen, 1000 Broad
Churchmen, and 5000 colorless or non
deseript Churchmen. In the American
Episcopal Church the High Churchmen
considerably outnumber the Low
Churchmen, and there is also large
body of nondescript clergy but the
Broad Church party has very small
following.
According to local journal the Dis
NAL Swamp is not as dismal as its name
implies. The journal says: Glow
little do people imagine that, instead of
dismal, dreary, foggy wilderness, the
swamp in question is now clothed with
q beautiful foliage. The graceful
cypress, the stately juniper, the yellow
jasmine and clinging woodbine, sweet
honeysuckle, and fragrant laurel are on
every hand, and under a May-day sun
the appearance is more like the poets
dream of Arcadia than dismal swamp.
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