Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-07-31
Items of Interest.


The street car horses in New York
number II, $50. a'.". .a' .lQH
Most people are like gs+Too full of
themselves to hold anything else.
Stage-load after stage-load now can be
seen going up the Catskill road, and the
hotel keepers sing hymns. ,, a.-
Why is drunkard like bad poll
ticianl Because he is always poking his
nose into measures that spoil the consti-
tuition. r. ii
Two dozen frogs, weighing a pound
apiece, have been shipped from this
country to Europe, to be used for breed
ing purposes in the gastronomic inter
ests.
The natives of Alaska have learned
how to make whisky from molasses, and
are very fond of it. They call it "hooch-
noo," and were taught by natives from
Admiralty island. E .s.as
Lessons are conned by deaf mutes
very much as by other students, only in
place of our ip-repetition they use the
fingers beneath the desk, plying them
with astonishing rapidity. a1.t
Cholera infantum is raging among the
children of Baltimore, and the physicians
lay it to the imprudence of mothers in
allowing the little ones to eat too much
green fruit and vegetables, and using
too much ice water.
A large whale got aground in Calves
ton harbor, Texas, and was killed with
out much difficulty. 1t is the first seen
there for twenty-seven years, although
they have frequently been reported in
the Gulf of Mexico. ........ f...
Frozen peaches will be shipped to
Europe this summer in large quantities.
A successful experiment was made last
year, and it was demonstrated that fruit
kept frozen during the ocean voyage
thawed out fresh and fine in flavor upon
arrival in England, where it was sold at
enormous prices. ...... ...t-......,
The New Orleans and Mobile railroad
company have purchased ten thousand
barrels of creosote soil to protect their
bridge timbers and piling from marine
worm known as terelO RaUaISS, which
exist in such numbers in southern waters
that piling is rendered worthless by
them in eighteen months time. The
creosote soil has been used successfully
in Europe. Hi
A young lady in Indianapolis sought
to impart the hue of health to her cheeks
the othor evening when dressing for
party, and found the requisite bloom in
the coloring matter of some cinnamon
candy. During the evening her cheeks
became very much swollen, and the poi
son soon after communicated itself to
her eyes. She is now quite blind, and
there seems to be little hope that she
will ever regain her sight.
A correspondent writing from the
Black Hills to the New York Tribune
doesn't think much of the prospects for
gold, and gives the following as an ac-
tual test from Mr.. Logan's pit, near the
stockade, which was reported the best SO
far; Twenty-four buckets of dirt were
washed, yielding four and one-quarter
grains, troy, of gold, or about sixteen
cents-three-quarters of cent to the
pan. This tells its own story. .I
A London paper tells of countryman
being taken to theater, and when the
lights were down and the play had COM
menced he was offered the use of an
opera glass. Examining it as closely as
the darkness of the place would permit,
he placed it to his mouth and turned it
upwards. Finding that no liquid was
coming out of it, he handed it back in
despair, saying: cts empty, John
there's no single drop int, man."
A record of the professional base ball
clubs up to July 10th, shows that the
5 Bostons won 81 and lost the Athletics
of Philadelphia won 26, lost 4; i. Hart
| fords won 25, lost II ; st. Louis won II.
lost g.; Philadelphias won 16, lost II
/; Mutuals of New York won IA, lost Is
Chicagoes won II, lost II Red Stock
ings won 4, lost 10 /; Washingtons wor
| 3, lost % New Havens won 3, lost 25
: Atlantics of Brooklyn won 2, lost 81.
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D The New York Census.