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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

APRIL FOOLS DAY. This interesting
anniversary, which will doubtless be fore
ed upon our readers attention this morn
ing in every family where there are chill
drcn who have arrived at the joko-making
capacity, is of very ancient standing, with
it's origin lost in antiquity. One account
makes it of Jewish founding and another
locates it among the Ilindoos 1t has GER
tainly spread among all the civilized ma
tions; and it is pleasant to reflect that tc-
day games are being playedupou each 9TH
cr by our English cousins over the water,
by the shoulder-shrugging Frenchman, by
the Dutchmen High and Low, the Span
iards (who will suspend their operations
for the purpose, prehaps,) the solemn
Turks and the lively Greeks. Thus, the
ties ofnonsense bind the whole human race
together and show then to be of pretty
much the same stock. Wcneed not eau
ton any in this intelligent community to
be on their guard to-day. Partic ularly
attractive announcements in the paper, of
curiositics or novelties may need to be de-
liberated upon, and it is bestnot to believe
everything we hear, especially till the Sec
ond Of April. AS for the standing Jokes OF
the household, give and take is the prop
or rule, with tie commentary of the poet,
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.'
Boston Journal Of April lst.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE

HONE YESTTNONF.

HOhE TENIIMONI.
Boston, Jan LIST, 1875.
PROF. ALrHOSsE HITLER:
Dear sr-I desire to state that for the past three
years have been troubled greatly with rheumatic
pains; severe was the last attack that was
compelled to remain in bel a helpless sufferer,
and this in the most buried season of my bust.
ness, too. A friend brought me two bottles Of
your invaluable medicine, the DIAMOND
RHEUMATIC CURE, and with pleasure state
that those two bottles effected perfect cure upon
me. six months have since passed, and no return
of this terrible disease has troubled me. have,
on various occasions since recommended the
DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE to several Of
my afflicted neighbOrS, and always with uniform
reatllt--a certain and perfect cure in each case.
am willing to be interviewed and verbally satisfy
any fellow.suerer Of the trath Of this statement.
Yours respectfully, 7. SIIEEHAN,
Merchant Tailor, SO Sudbury st.
The dscoverer of this medicine has walked the
aisles of the hospitals of London and Paris for
the last twenty years. making rheumatism a spec.
iaty, and the prescription from which this rem.
edy is compounded is all he ever used in the treat.
ment of this disease, and for the past year it has
been used with perfect success and satisfaction in
the hospitals of Montreal, and is recommended by
the very best medical practitioners in that city as
a Safe speedy and positive cure for either govt or
rheumatism
In simple cases sometimes one or two does
suffice In most chronic cases IL is sure TO give
way by the use Of four or five bottles.
The medicine Is for sale Mt all druggists through.
out Canada and the United States. II II happens
that your druggist has not got it in stock, ask him
to send for it 10 the Wholesale agents, George G,
Goodwin & Co, 81 Hanover street, Boston; W.
w. Whipple 4 Co., Market square, Portland; c.
II. Martin & Co.. los Main St., Concord. y. II;
Smith, Doolittle & Smith. 90 fremont St.. Boston
Bush q Co., Worcester, Mas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

At the spelling m:tch in Manchester
last Thursday night Ex-Governor Smyth
and Mayor Gay chose sides. There were
some fifty on side, composed of school
teachers, scholars and others, from ten
years old and upwards. AT $50 Governor
Weston il troduccd the Rev. Mr.. Rowcll,
who propounded the words. At 10 p. NJ.
there were two ladies and two gentlemen
on Governor Smyth'S side, and one young
lady named Lucy Dmsmore on Mayor
Gays side, who kept up until 0.l5 when
she failed. She was awarded the third
prize, five dollars. The contest was con-
tinued till 1920, between Jam $ NJ Camp
bell, Of the Union and Maurice d. Clark,
of the Mirror. The former failed on the
word hosphorescencc, accidentally leav-
ing out syllable; he was awarded ten
dollars or the second prize. The other
gentleman received fifteen dollars, or first
prize. the judges being McssrS. Edgerly,
DemoreSt and Bennett. John Campbell,
who was the first to go to the rear, was
preseZted with primer highly illumi-
mated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
Samuel B. Hobart's Estate.

STATE or TERMONT. In Probate court
ESSec DiStrict SIS held ut Guil,ihali, in
and for said District, on the 25th day of March, A.
ID. 1875.
a copy Of the last will and testament of Samuel
II. Hobart, late of Boston, in the county of Sui
folk ana state of Massachusetts, deceased, duly
proved ANA allowed in the Probate court for the
said county of Suffolk, being presented to the
court here that the same may be allowed in this
State as the last will and testament of the said de-
ceasei, and that said copy be filed and recorded
in the Probate court for the District of Essex,
aforesaid, agreeably to the Statute in such case
made ana provided
lis hereby ordered that all persons be notified
to appear before sail court Mt session thereof to
be holden at the Probate Office in Guildhal, on
the 10th day of APRIL A. u. 1873, and contest the
allowance of the sail instrument, and the fling
and recording the copy Of said will and the Pro.
bate thereof rs aforesaid, if they see cause, for
which purpose 1t is further ordered that q copy Of
the record of this order be published three weeks
successively in the Essex County Herald, pub.
hshed ,at Guitlhall, previous to said time ap.
pointed for hearing.
WIN. II. HARTSIIORN, Judge.
a true copy OF record, attest,
WM. II. HARTsHoRN, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

The fact that Canada, in advertising for
immigrants in England, can offer to them
more substantial advantages, after max
ing due allowance for eXaggcra ion, than
this country, emphasizes the need OF some
remedy for the artificial evils whica oper-
ate again. t US in the labor market. Our
inflated currency and extrayagant govern =
mental expenditures are the rCa on why
the lower wages of the Dominion have a
greater purchasing power than our own
why rents, food and fuel are so much
cheaper there than here. With the supc-
risr climate and soil possessed by the
United States, Offering variety which is
favorable to great diversity of occupa-
tions, there is no reason why, if we retuln
to Legitimate modes Of administration and
business, we should fear the competition
which seem temporarily to be giving Can.
ada an advantage over US.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

John G. Whittier, in a l.tter acknowl.
edging his invitation to the Centennial an
nivqrsary of the Pennsylvania Society
for promoting the abolition OF slavery"
writes
So far as the abolition of slavery is concerned,
the work of the Society is done. Mainly upon the
colored people themselves, now depends the ques.
ton whether, by patient industry, sobricty and
assiluous sclfculture, they shall overcome the
unchrstian prejudice still existing against them
or by Incidence, thriftlessness and moral and
physical degradation, they shall confirm and
strengthen It,
But there will still be on the part Of all who have
sought their freedom no lack of occasion for labor
in their behalf in accordance with the very spirit
and letter Of the constitution Of the Pennsylvania
Abolition Society, which is pledged TO the relief
of free negroes.
All that can be done, consistent with the con.
stutional right of the States, should be done f, J
their protection by the General Government. and
there il no philanthropic object at the present
/ time more deserving of encouragement than that
Of the education Of the children OF freedmen. ''H
In this point of view there Is still work for the
old parent society, and 1t has legitimate rightto
exist and continue its labors OF love so long as
there Is prejudice to be overcome or ignorance to
! be enlightened go
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
\ nA,:prr,s F,rrwr1I- TiburcIo Va

\ BASpTTs FaKTgE1I- Tiburcio Vas
quez, the outlaw and rObber chief who was
recently executed at San Jose, Cal, for his
crimes, met his fate with a bearing worthy
Of 4 nobler life than the one be lived. .
While denying that he had ever been guilty I
OF murder,h he acknowledged the justice Of
his punishment, and before his death die 1
tsted finely expressed letter "to the IA I
theirs and mothers ofchildren, urging care /
in the oversight OF the young. His own
wretched life, however, he contended was
not the result of want of proper training,
but was owing to his disrespect for the
wishes ofhis parents. The letter also con-
tanned a very affectionatc farewell to his
brothers and sister. In addition to this
letter he wrote the following to his former
associates:
II wish you, who viii doubtless expect
to hear some last word of farewell from
me, whose fortunes and adventures you
have shared, to ponder well the few words
| now deem it proper to say to You. You
must well know that could had been so
disposed have disclosed to the authorities
AMI the world. the perpetrators of many
atrocities and crimes, and thus have
| saved my own life; so you can see, If the
world cannot, that TO certain extent this
explanation is on my part voluntary.
| wish you TO especially understand that
while know have not committed the i'm
mediate crimes of which have been con-
victed and for which am to suffer death.
and have not at any time shed human
blood or taken the life of my fcllow-men,
common sense compelS me to understand
and recognize the business of the law
which holds me responsible for the limo
cent lives lost in the prosecution of my
unlawful calling of robbery. The threats
of revenge which | hear have been made
by some Of my friends-perhaps to retail
ate by outrages on the community ut large,
and by the assassination ofmy captors, the
jury who convicted me- or the officers
who prosecuted me or held me prisoner
ARE foolish and wrong for all these reo-
pie have simply represented the law and
have acted only in the interests of the So
clety. BY the course threatened you
could do me no earthly good, but only
bring yourselves in the end to my own fate
Take warning by my fate and change your
course of life while You may. |, Tibm clio
Vasquez, now about to pay the penalty of
Il misdirected life. say this to you, my
former companions, with tie solemn earn
eStuesS Of a dying man."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

BY despatch from Washington we
learn that the contest between Maine and
Vermont over the treasury regulations.
governing the transportation of freight
from Canada for expectation at Portland
is getting very warm. Senator Morrill,
of Maine, heads the onslaughter in behalf
of Portland, while Senator Edmunds, of
Vermont, insists that the goods to be ex-
ported shall be inspected and entered at
Island Pond while in tranSitH Oh the Grand
Trunk Railway. Under the old regulations
of the treasury as they have existed since
1864, such goods have been carried
through to Portland in sealed cars, with
out delay at Island Pond, but last month
the regulations were changed, and the
treasury officials were directed to exam
inc and enter at Island Pond all goods
sent across from Canada to Portland,
under the treaty of Washington, for ex-
portation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
Notire to Claimants and sale.

The following described property was seized by
Officers of the Customs for violation of the i,ey.
enue Laws of the United States, to wit:
At Canaan, VT, March ?, 1915, 1912 feet har3.
wood lumber.
Any person or persons claiming the property
seized are hereby notified to appear within twenty
days from the first publication h .reof, and file
with the Collector of Customs for the District of
V. mont, claim, stating his or her interest in the
property seizet; also, to execute a bond to the
United states, in accordance with the provisions
Of the l2thSec., Act lsJuy 1866.
Pursuant the provi ions of Section 30T7, Revised
Statutes, Jan.2!, 1874, the above described lumber
will be sold at public auction ut the Custom House
at Canaan, Vt, on saturday. April II, 1878, at one
o'clock, =. NJ, if no legal claim is interposed.
WILLIAM WELLS, Collector of Customs.
Custom House District of Vermont, Collector 5
Oilce, Burlington March 18th, 1915. li.jw
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
Notice to Claimants and Sale.

The following described property was seized by
officers of Customs for violation of the Revenue
Laws of the United States, to wit; At Cara IL,
Vt, March Sth, 1875, one par Red steers.
ANY person or persons claiming the property go
seized are hereby 'otiled toappear within twenty
days from the first publication hereof, and file
with the Collector of Customs for the District of
Vermont, clsm stating his or her interest in the
property seized; also, to execute bond to the
United States, in accordance with the provisions
Of The 18TH Sec, Act Is, July 1866.
Pursuant the provisions Of Section $3.50, Il. S.
june y, 1874, the above described Red Steers will
be sold at pubic auction at the Custom House,
Ctnaan, VI, on SATURDAY, April lOt', 1875, at one
O'clock L. NJ, if no legal claim is interpOsed.
WILLIAM WELLS, Collector.
Custom House, District Of Vermont, Collectors
Olice Burlington, March 2jth 1873 lib
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
CUT THIS OUT,
1t May Save Your Life,

There is 10 person liyin but what suf-
fcrs moe or less with lung disease, colds
or consumption, yet some would die
rather than pay rs cents for bottle of
medicine that would cure them. DR.. A.
Boschee's German Syrup has lately been
introduced into this country from Ger
many, and its wondrous cures astorish
every one that try it. If you doubt what
We say IN print, cut this out aud take it
to your druggists, Il. Savage Lancaster,
or A. X. Towne, Gorham, and get sam
pie bottle for 10 cents and try it, or reg
ular size for rs cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
PHYSICIANS CORNEl.....

suppose there is not in t.. whole of physi.
cian's experience ANYTHING il human suffering
which calls forth his sympathy and pity to such
an extent as to witness the eXCruciatlng pains OF
po!r IN "t'l suffering from that fartul Uisease
r euma ism. r retoiore there has been col {.
sderab iver,i of o. ion among medica
NEIL as to the character OF this disease; some L.
eating it in the ibrous or muscular tissues of thu
system, and Others viewing it as acute nervou.
disorder; but it is now generally admitted to be
disease arising frCm poison circulating in the
blood, and further it is admitted that Rheumatism
can never be thoroughly cured without extermi
ating such poisonous matters from the blood by
constitutional internal remedy. We feel confident
that more will feel better satisfied and rejoice
more than the conscientious physician, who ha,
found out that true cure for III stubborn dis.
ease has been discovered. The following test
mony from a Boston business man cannot fail t.
satisfy all that the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

Highway surveyors should take spe
cial paius TO look after the roads rs
the snow is leaving. bitches, bars and
Sluces are liable to he frozen up or
otherwise obs;ruct!d, throwing large
volume Of water into Il soft road-bel
which in sprin. time is often like por
ridge and is about rs easily carried
away; and often in cold winters the
frost "heaves" the road bed SO Us to
create IN easy passage for the wafer
underneath. And ult-timeS the abut-
ments of bridges are started by the
frost, and if looked after until after
the spring freahct passes away, can be
easily taken care Of. thousands OF
dollars annually are wasted because
the officers placed in authority to loo>
after the 70 us and bridges, fail to DO
their duty. 1t Is the little stream
that begins to gut the rood which if
cared for will save the dollars and will
Only cost n few cents. The commun-
i'y should hold their officers RESPONSE
BILE for all neglect in this direction, as
we'll rs TO hold themselves subservient
to the public good, to care tor and look
after the roads in their own vicinity
and not spen half day to enter a
complaint to the selectm2n about a
road that o%c hours time would repair.
An exchange says that there is some
thing very beautiful and touching in
the fidelity with which Dr.. Living
stones servants chung to him i'll his
travels and sufftrings. Three OF
those with him at the time OF his dca' b,
had followed him for nine years, shar-
ing his sufferln5s, ministering to his
wants il sickness, and rejoicing in his
successes. Nor dill their love cease
at his death. They were hundreds OF
miles from the sea coast. Between
them and Livingstone'S friends were
many mighty river: to he ford I'd, DIES.
erts to he crossed, mountains TO he
climbed, and savage tribes tliirstlng
for blood. They might have been for
given if they had quietly buried him
and his papers. But with a true no
hility, they thought more Of him and
| his wi shes than Of themselves. They
resolved to carry his body back to his
friends for burial, a nd to deliver all his
papers and journals to those who woult
put them to good use. In the face q
difficulties almost inSupcrhle, they
carried out their plan, AMI the world
owes d:bt Of gratitude to those three
noble blacks. AMI thus all the jour
mails, notes, plans and papers of this
great and gool man, have been pre-
served to the world through the f"ith
lulncss of his servants.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
A Chapee at thu South.

a SA~AAAt5o ~ 11lAh4As
The Richmond Wing notices an
anomaly IN the political experience of !
the State of Yirgisia-"it ia without |
party leadership thing before I'M
known" In explanation the editor
says that Leadership is divided
among so many that it has ceased to
be a distinct power" The fact was
not only illustrated in the last Legis-
lature, but il is characteristic Of the
whole community. This, in fact, is
one Of those changes which must he
regarded rs inevitably resulting from
emancipation at the South. There
will DO found no longer there a little
section of cultivated society, raised
into prominence on the "mud-silis' OF
slavery, and given not .ony the leis-
ure to cultivate the arts of leadership,
but the prestige and pride which natu.
rally direct to them the homage Of the
less favored masses. All classes ere
henceforth to come nearer to the same
level, to start in the race Of life with
more nearly the same advantages, so
that, although superior talent will con-
tinue to tell as it always does in free,
enlightened society, it will not have
that obsequious following which OBJ
tains where tie community is broken
up into permanent ranks by servile or
titled distinctions. No mans talent
will be taken for granted, he will have
TO maintain his ground always against
every new conner and lie who shines
on account of come particular quality
will be matchod by host who excel
him in other qualities.
The consolation of this change,
however, is that it comes not so muck
from Opposing genuine leaders rs by
raising the general level Of the mass
Of respectable men. by diffusing edu-
cation, widening the field of COMPETE
ti9n--so that all able men in the DIFF
fcrent pursuits and professions will be
honorel as much as the politicians
alone used to be at thu Southland
developing n more just and general
standard of excellence. The
paper from which we have quo: ID
above perceiyes this truth in its re-
lation3 to politics, saying: 1.-The
concentrated sense Of majority of
the educated masses is, no doubt,
more to be relied on than the talents,
however imposing. Of q single man"
1t is the progress in this direction
that has constituted the strength Of
society at the North, and which re-.
vealcd itself SO wonderfully in the
crisis of the rebellion, when the masses
actually LED those who adpreviously
been called the leaders. 1t is doubt
ful five shall ever again witness such
ascendancy Of individual minds rs
WAS shown in the days Immediately
succeeding the era of the Revolution
and which lasted down to the time of
Webster, Clay and Calhoun at the
North, and TO the close of tie war of
the rebellion at the South. Never
thcless, affairs vii! go on inst as we'll.
The few commanding individual fig
ures will be missed Iy those who fond
~ look back to the old times, but to
those who have regard to the substan-
tial wcll-being OF the community, the
greatdevelopment of the masses in in.
telligence and se!f-reliance will fal
more than make amends for all tina: is
lost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
The Recent Elections.
CONNECTICUT.


The Democrats have carried Con-
aec,icut, re-clecting Gov. Ingcrsoll.
by about 1000 majority. The
Congressional Delegation win stand
three Democrats to one Republican,
the reverse of what it has been for the
past two years. The legislature is
Democratic Ivy aboIt the same major
ity as last year.
MICHIGAN
DErRoIr, Mich, April5.--Thc cleo
ton in this State to day, brought oul a
very light vote, and the returns prom
Use TO give the Republican candidates
for Supreme Court Judges majority
of about $1,000 against Governor
Bagley's 5000 plurality.last fall. The
Republican gains arc very decided over
last falls vote. ..
The returns from Ohio, in which
State municipal election, were held
last Monday are meagre. The Repub.
Leans elect their ticket in Toledo, by
400 majority. The Dem"crotic major
ity in October was 6lj. The Demo
crats carry Columbus by GOO and
Cleveland by 1000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

And SO much of said land will be sold at Pubic
Auction, at the dwelling house of Raymond Fu.
Ter, in Said Bloomfield, on the 10Th day of May
next, at ten o'clock in tie forenoon, ms s,,,l be
requisite to discharge said taxes, with costs, NJ.
less previously paid.
D'tei at Bloomfield this 10th day of March, A.
D., 1873.
RAYMOND FULLER, First Con: table.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
MOTTO II.

This is t. certify that ], A.. j. Frye, Of Concord,
Vermont, have this day given my son, Scion A.
Frye, his time during the remainder of his minor
ltN, ana snail claim none of his earnings nor pay
any debts of his contracting after this date.
A. J. FRYE,
Concord, VT, March II, 1875 1913
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10
Bloomfield Tax List.

The nonresident proprietors of the town OF
Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, are hereby
notified that the taxes assessed by said town
within the two years next preceding this date re.
main either in whole or in part unpaid on the fol.
lowing descrbcd land in said town. to wit:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

A BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM
COURTS, ot ditf rent States for drser.
ton, nc. NJ publicity required. No chartR
until divorce granted. Address
NJ H'h'SE ATTORNEY. 100 broadway. Z. y
&BER SHOT ARlHuR IOwING, Prom
ID Ovtlkent& Grisw aids Store. Iancastt,
\, II. S-t1
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-04-10

More machines TIM. any other Company, Nine
out of ten of sal Singer Machines were for FAM.
~ use-provinS the great popularity Of tie Singer
in the household. Annexed are tn. sales of tn,
different makers