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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
The Old, Old Homestead.

Ofttimes in memory see the dear old
homestead Oh! how plainly in imag-
ination the old farmhouse comes up be-
fore my mind; and those uncultivated
and rock-crowned hills, the rude plain,
that old maple and apple orchard, in
fancy again see. The violet and for
get-me-not, the messy rocks, and laugh
ing rills, the crystal spring, all these
again I see, and the happy days of child
hood come floating back to me again.
1t seemed but yesterday, that father
smiled, and mother kissed her boy, in
the old homestead! Oh, those sunny
days of childhood, they were all too
bright to last, and as L sadly think Of
the dear ones passed away, mother,
father, sister, brother, all sleeping in
those orchard graves on the old home
stead, and of the thousand happy hours
spent by us together, it seems that death
has taken all my earthly treasures and I
am left alone at last. But voice softly
floating on the evening breeze, tells me
L am not alone, and in Imagination I
ramble over the old homestead, with the
cherished loved of long ago at my side.
And thus it is, the buds of spring, the
summer flowers come and go, with their
beauty teeming, but in memory never
dying. So with fondly cherished ones,
though in the grave we have their forms
so fair, they ever in memory dwell with
us. The days of childhood, the old
homestead, will never forgotten be, the
past to us, by mind and memory, will be
renewed, the trtneful birds with varied
songs, the little brooks that wind along
the stream rejecting a spotless sky, and
"crystal streams more fair" and the
wildwoods around the old homestead
where nature first her charms to me
displayed, eclipsing works of human art,
these to me are more precious in memory
than all the gems of earth and art, rude
though they be.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
Russian LabOrerS.

There has been much written of late
about the trouble, suffering and wretch
edness of the English farm laborers.
Reports fromSt. Petersburg indicate that
Russian laborers would consider the con-
dition of an English workman almost
princely as compared with their own.
The prominent traits of the Russian la
borer are restlessness, laziness, drunk
enness and an utter inability to make
home for his family. He is wandering
from city to city, and from master to
master, without any fixed destination.
Finally making motion to settle down,
he perhaps calls his wife to him, from
great distance, and hires her out as help.
He then, with his fellow workmen, who
have gone and done likewise, or left their
wives at home, joins an association or
club that forms what's called an "artel. !"
How they live is thus described by a
correspondent of London paper:
A certain number of men elect a chief,
called "Starotta," who hires one or
more rooms in a house, pays the rent
with the money they pay him, and
furnishes them with food in the same
way. In most cases wooden benches,
with shelves above, are erected around
the room, and each man has six feet of
bench or shelf-room to himself. Bed
clothes are not necessary, as every man
sleeps in his clothes, which he changes
only after he has been to bath. In the
middle of the room is table surrounded
by forms, and on it the crew eat their
food with wooden spoons from a large
iron crock or clumsy wooden bowl. Cab
bage, soup, boiled buckwheat or millet,
with plenty of black bread and salt, is
the principal food eaten by the workmen.
These "artels" would be very good
were it not that in every instance the
rooms are too small, and are overcrowded
in degree which would shock people
we'll acquainted with the fever dens of
Seven Dials. In winter the warmth from
the stove, with no ventilation whatever,
makes the rooms suffocatingly hot; the
filthy floors and benches, washed only
twice year, the dirty clothing, the
greasy sheepskins, and the toil-stained
"moujiks," emit an odor SO strong that
nobody but the workmen themselves can
stand it. In these novels, where the
men herd like pigs-I know one large
house that contains four hundred men,
and is from top to bottom one vast pig
stye-in these places, when the regular
autumnal cholera sets in, the workmen
die by scores.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
Bathing Children.

Some mothers, writes a physician,
think when their children get beyond
two or three years of age the frequent
entire bath can be dispensed with. If
some of the main facts of physiology
were well known and understood, every
one would perceive that cleanliness Of
the skin is one of the conditions of good
health 1t happens when bathing is dis
regarded that the lungs, kidneys or bow
els have more than their apportionment
of work. If these are stronga and healthy,
they may bear the tax with little appar-
ent injury, but, in most cases, lower
ing of the vitality and tone of the system
ensues. Large bath tubs are pleasant
and convenient, but not indispensable to
the proper cleansing of the skin. A
speedy sponging of the body in pure wa
ter, followed by friction in pure air, isall
that is necessary.
When disinclined to use water find a
thorough application of the flesh brush
to the whole person an admirable substi-
tute especially on retiring, it relieves
nervousness, equalizes the circulation
and induces quiet sleep. Mothers, above
all, should see that their children are
well bathed. If their skins are kept ac-
tive and healthy there will not be half
the danger from fever, cold and eruptive
diseases. If your little one is cross Oh
troublesome, and finds no occupation
that pleases him, try the effect of bath
sometimes it is magical, and, if tired, he
will go to sleep and awaken bright,
cheerful and happy. Do not, though,
as 1 have seen some parents do, plunge
a child into water, when he screams and
shrinks from it, thinking you are doing
a good deed. Nature must be the guide
if your child has nervous constitution
a shock of this kind Is only exhausting
and injurious.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
How to PlOW Well.

The Western Rural gives the follow
ing directions for plowing, which are
as nearly perfect as language without
illustration can give:
There are three principal things neces-
sary to good plowing-tirst, the ability
to properly guide a team; second,
knowledge and tact to arrange the plow
to the work in hand; and, third, an IN
telligence in gauging the furrow slice
and properly turning the furrow. These
being learned, the rest is easy.
The greatest difficulty with plowmen
is in laying out and finishing the lands.
This being properly understood, the act
of plowing becomes simple enough.
Let us give one easy, efficient and ordl-
nary plan: Set line of light stakes
across the field gauge the reins so that,
when placed on the beam handle of the
plow, at the point where it is grasped by
the hand, the team being in motion,
they will just bear kindly on the bits OF
the horses. Place the team SO that the
line of vision will be over the mold
board of the plow and between the horses
to the stakes. Set the plow so that 1t
/ will turn furrow from one-halt to three
quarters the depth the land is to be
| plowed; grasp the lines with two fingers
of the left hand, at the near or left side
Of the handle so that when the rein IS
pulled straight back, there will be lever
age enough against the handle with the
off rein to draw both alike. Thus, pull
ing slightly to the left will swervo the
team to the right, and easing on the
rein will bring them to the lett. a
steady rein will keep them straight; and,
however fresh the team may be, if steady
no trouble will be experienced in keep
ing them in direct line to do good
work. There is no other plan that we
have ever tried by which a team is under
SO good control. Some practice is re-
qllired by the plowman to do good work,
but less than by any other plan, not even
excepting the Irish way of grasping a
rein in each hand while holding the
plow.
Keeping the eye directly along the
stakes, seek to SO plow them down that
they shall fall sideways. Upon reaching
stake, do not stop, but continue to the
end of the furrow. Bringing the team
directly about, gauge the plow to cut the
full depth you wish to work. Turn the
next slice and the previous one into the
furrow already opened, stopping at each
stake to place tnom for the next land;
and thus proceed until you have reached
the starting point. Then go once more
about drawing two more frrrows An
ordinary plowman may then be trusted
to finish two-thirds or three-quarters OF
the land
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
A Sad Joke.

A practical joker has been brought to
his senses in Carlisle, Ontario. a very
intelligent and estimable young lady of
that place was sitting with an intimate
friend in her fathers parlor the other
evening, and while engaged in converse
tion leaned over and rested partly onher
companions lap. The joker entered
from behind, and suddenly pulled her
chair out from under her. In attempt
ing to save herself, the young lady in
jursd her spinal column so severely, that
she went into convulsions and the
family physician has given his opinion
that, even if her life is spared, her
mind will be deranged from the shock,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20

In the beginning Of 1876, year
memorable in the history of table turning
and spirit-rapping, Angelique Coffin
was a girl Of fourteen, living in the vii
lage of Bouvigny, near La Perriere, de-
partment of Orne, France. She was of
low stature, but of robust frame, and
apathetic to an extraordinary degree
both in body and mind. On January Is
of the year named, while the girl was,
with three others, engaged in weaving
silk-thread gloves, the oaken table at
which they worked began to move and
change position. The workwomen were
alarmed; work was for a moment sus-
pended, but was soon resumed. But,
when Angelique again took her place,
the table began anew to move with great
violence; she felt herself attracted to it,
but, so soon as she touched it, it retreat.
ed before her, or was even upset. The
following morning similar phenomenf
were observed; and before long public
opinion was very decided in affirming
that Angelique Coffin was possessed of
devil, and that she should be brought be
fore the parish priest. But the cure was
man of too much common sense tt
heed their request for an exorcism, anc
resolved to see the facts for himself
The girl was brought to the cures house
and there the phenomena were repeated
though not with the same intensity II
before; the table retreated, but was no
overturned, while the chair on whicl
Angelique was seated moved in a con
trary direction, rocking the while, ant
giving Angelique great difficulty in keep
ing her seat. .....
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
In Death as in Life.

Three brothers, named Delafeld,
natives and residents of New York city,
all old men, died in the course of three
days: the first, aged eighty-tive, on
Friday; the second, aged eighty-one, on
Saturday; and the third, aged eighty
three, on Sunday. They all lay dead
together, in one room They had
played together in childhood; they had
grown up together; they had gone
through life together; they had died to-
gether Ono was lawyer; one doc
tor; and one merchant; and they were
all men of distinction.
There is something startling and im-
pressive in the almost simultaneous oc-
currence of these three deaths. 1t is
probably because it makes us realize
more forcibly, not our individual mortal
ity, but the transformers of universal
human life. We know that " friend
after friend departs, and that our turn
is to come; but it is not easy to feel that
a few years will make the change COM
plete and entire, and that not one who
is now living will remain.
In some respects, it seems. a kindness
and favor that friends should be per-
mitted to depart together, inasmuch as
all must go; not that they can benefit
each other in the great change, but be-
cause they are spared the great grief OF
a long separation here.
How incomprehensible it is that man
should be endowed with such wonderful
/ faculties that he can calculate the
motions of the planets, and tell to
second in what part of their orbits they
will be years hence; and yet, that no IN
vention, no discovery can be made to
prolong his life in this world Just as
he has learnt how to live he is cut off
Shall we retain, in future state Of ex-
istence, the knowledge which we acquire
here
If we could live even as long as the
patriarchs of old it would be some salts
faction. Perhaps when like them, we'll
stricken in years, we should be content
to go; but life, in our day, is miserably
short. An elixir of life-something that
would give us few hundred years of
perpetual youth in health and spirits,
combined with the wisdom of mature
manhood-such is the discovery which
is the great demand of the present.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
Calling Pet Names.

The Couwier-Journal publishes an
elaborate account of the marriage of
Miss Mamie J. Rice, of Clarksville.
Miss Bette Humphreys, Miss Lille
Wilkenson, Miss Pattie Warfeld, Miss Sal
lie Mirell, and Miss Bette Ransom were
among the guests. While this vulgar
and silly practice of calling ladies by
their nicknames is in vogue in all parts
of the country, says the New York S'o',
it seems to flourish most luxuriantly in
Kentucky and Tennessee. Now, it is
probably very nice to have nicknames
while the children are in the nursery,
and they may be preserved in the family
circle and among relatives long after the
nursery is Abandoned; but all distinc
tions of propriety are overlooked when
people employ these affectionate and
familiar appellations with total strangers
and in the public prints, 1t is custom
more honored in the breach than in the
observance; and perhaps it will be
abandoned one of these days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
A Dandy.

This is the way an impecunious Par
isian dandy managed: He kept at his
residence costume of q groom. When
Offering an attention to the fair sex he
used to say: Permit me to send you q
bouquet by my black servant" He then
repaired to his garret, took his blacking
bottle, polished his face and hands, put
on his livery, andslanocked at the lady's
door. ttHere," said he, "are some
flowers from master to madame" He
had'spent his last franc in the purchase.
Madame was SO delighted with the pres
ent that she presented the bearer with
louis. This is clever pocketing, ,oI
three dollars, and ladys favor into tbs
bargain. :
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20

HIS JoKE.-Dr. Jasper Main, who
lived in the reign of Jamas I. of Eng
land, was celebrated as scholar and n
wit. He displayed through life a strong
propensity for innocent raillery and
practical Jokes. Just before he expired
he told his. servant, who was sadly adj
dicted to mtemperance, that he had left
him something that would make him
drink. The Servant, as soon rs his
master was dead, impatiently opened the
legacy, expecting, of course, to find a
heap of treasure; but, alas his disap-
pointment was great on finding nothing
but red herring.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
WR1r1Ne LEADS TO FoReETFu1NEss. =

WRIT1Na LEADS TO FoRGETFULNEss.- --
An old king of Thebes said that the in
yention of writing was a calamity to the
human. race, for it would weaken the
memory, and prove in the end the art of
forgetting. There doubtless some
truth in theremark, for the memory Of
the ancients was more tenacious than
that of the 7moderns. Many of the
Greeks carried in memory the whole Of
Homer's HAD and it has come down to
us from their retentive brains, and not
from the manuscript of the anthor,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
The Lash.

Frederick Lloyd, a youth of seven
teen, convicted of robbing with violence
an old gentleman named Charles Frost,
underwent the punishment of the lash
at Newgate jail, in England. The pris-
oner had been convicted of robbery on
several previous occasions, and the re-
corder sentenced him to seven years
penal servitude, and to receive twenty
lashes in addition. The thought of being
fogged appeared to-haye caused.a great
deal Of horror to the prisoner, and even
before he was placed in the stocks he
hogan to below loudly, and turned to
the warder and entreated him to be mer-
. ciful to him The moment he felt the
pain caused by the firstlash he screamed
out lou1ly, and continued to do so until
half the punishment had been inflicted
From that time TO the completion cf the
punishment he merely, groaned within
himself, but he evidently suffered a good
deal. -...R waa seasensf= 4.
Cure FOR TooTHACHE. 1t is said tina
drops prepared as follows viii cure tht
worst tootache'ever known: One ounc,
Of alcohol, two drachms cayenne pepper
oie. ounce kerosene oil; let it stan.
Ftwenty-forr hours after mixing,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20
The General Chorus.


We all keep step to the marching chorus,
Rising from millions of men around.
Millions have marched to the same before us,
Millions come on, with q sea-like sound,
Life, death; life, death
such is the song of the human breath.
What is this multitudinous chorus,
Wild, monotonous, low, and loud
Earth we tread on Heaven that's DER usp
l in the midst of the moving crowd?
Life death life, death;
What is this burden of human breath9
On with the rest, your footsteps timing
e Mystical music flows in the song
(B,ent with it born from it y -loftily chin,
ing,
Tendery soothing, it bears you along.
Life, death life, death
Strange is the chant of human breath
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20

The people at railroad depot in
Boston were astonished by the sight of a
man getting off the cars with his mouth
wide open, and kept so distended to its
utmost capacity in what looked like
permanent yawn. He had while gaping
thrown his jaw out Of Joint, and was on
his way to a hospital to get it repaired
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20

PAPER BARRELS. The invention for
making paper barrelswas patented about
six months ago, and there are two fac
tories now working, one at Winona,
Mime jota, and one at Decorah, Indiana,
the latter turning out 1,600 barrels per
laxr
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-20

A correspondent of Baltimore paper
has found in Florida young girl named
Neuralgia. She was christened after n
bottle Of patent medicine which her
mother esteemed. Another family had
Two sons called Soph and Hip, their full
namssa baips. q Sophocles and Hippo
crates. ..s;' ~'''''"2" "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19
No. 29
Three Famous Singers Coming fe
America.

Three of the most robust singers in
the world are, it is said, about to visit
the United States. Mr.. Adolph Neu-
endorf announces that he has succeed
ed in re-engaging Herr Wacbtel, the
echoes of whose ''Di quella pira" have
lardly yet died out Of the Bowery;
and he has also made a contract witll
Nine Peschka-Leutner, the jubilee
voiced prima donna, for whose voice,
1t will be remembered, the Boston
people erected special and spacious
building, both of these lusty caroller>
we know and appreciate. Watchel
probably created a deeper and more
genuine enthusiasm among the Ger
mans of this country than any singer
who ever visited us, not excepting
MINNIE. Fabbri It was less on ac-
count of his vocal endowment. Like
several other great singers exception
ally gifted with voices, of hom Mario
and Formes are the best remembered
examples of opposite schools, be was
curiously deficient in musical knowI-
edge, depending almost wholly upon
marvellous auricular faculty. His
voice when We last heard it, was re-
markable for its volume, compass and
quality, but it was upon the two first
of these qualities that he oftenest de-
pended TOR his effects, breaking through
cantablle and sentimental passages
with fatal vehemence Nevertheless
he inspired general enthusiasm, and
made more than one man get rich
We are not surprised, therefore, that
in the present dearth our impressaro
turns to him first. The other celebri-
ty is Nine. Tietjens SO long the lyric
queen on the London boards. If, as is
now repeated, this singer should visit
the United States in the fall, We may
expect genuine artist. and although
past the age, and perhaps the condition
10 which she achieved her greatest tri-
umphs, still rt ported to be the most
artistic lyric singer Of her school alive.
She has voice of remarka BILE power
and quality, and it has been steadily
used in the Interpretation of the grand
est roles of the lyric stage. The Sc
lection of Nine. TieJens&to Fill an
American season betrays a significant
change in the tactics of the musical
managers. They have not heretofore
darei to venture an engagement with
anything but the freshest and most
pleasing novelties. If excellence al
most in it's decline should prove capa-
BILE of renewing the youth Of our Ital-
ian opera, We must be near the musi-
cal mi Ilenium indeed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19
business DIRECTORY
DANIEI HALL C. B. SKI NNER
HALL & SKINNER,

A TTORNEYS and Counsellors at Law
"A and Solicitors in Chancery. Have
complete abstract of the records of
all titles and membranes on real es-
tate in Jefferson county. Office over Wis
consin National Bank, at the former office
of Enos 4 Hall
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19

Nearly 600 persons have recently
taken the temperance pledge in the
Catholic church at Delavan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19

JOHN @. BREcKENR1DGE.--LEx-
INGroN, May II The condition of
Gen. john G. Breckenridge has re-
NAMED unchanged during the day.
The surgical operation performed has
laiIed to 40 any good, and is regarded
as the cause Of his present critical con-
dition. lis mind is entirely clear, but
his pulse Is very feeble, which is re-
garded as an indication that his death
may occur at any moment.
A later dispatch says Gen. Brecken,
ridge is still alive, but sinking so rap
idly that death cannot be delayed many
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19
HAMLIN Il FORD,

WATERToWN Lumber Yard. Lumber
wv OF every description +; Lath and
Shingles constantly on hand and for sale at
the Lowest Market Price, at the Milwaukee
Depot, Watertown. Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-19
A. GRITZNER.
AUGUST WIGGENHORN,

VEWELER, has recently opened jew
~ elry Store in Johnson's block, corner
Main and lst street, where he will keep
constantly on hand a large stock of
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Pla-
/ ed Ware. &c Particular attention paid
10 repairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
&c. and warranted to give satisfaction.