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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
Letter from Kansas.
SABETHA, KAN, I
May 18th, 1875. I


Ar. Editor:
The work of sowing and planting Is
about done with here, for this spring.
There has been an enormous amount Of
land planted to corn this season in this
part of the State, and many fields are now
up and looking nicely. The weather has
been very favorable for the last few weeks
FOR the growth of crops. Spring wheat
is generally looking well where it has not
been visited by the young grasshoppers
which are in some places Matching out in
countless numbers, more particularly on
creeks and low lands where they have
taken the small grain by storm. One gen
tleman told me that a couple Of weeks ago
he had forty acres of as nice looking oats
as he ever saw, which stood about four
inches high, and to-day the ground, he
says, is as bare of anything green as the
main travelled road Winter wheat was
badly damaged in this section by the win
ter, and many pieces have been plowed
up and planted; nearly all the old ground
sowed was killed, but the fresh-broken
prairie looks we'll generally. Your cor
respondent has seventy-fye acres which
looks as though it might yield twenty
bushels per acre, or perhaps more.
Reports from some Of the southern
counties are to the effect that the grass.
hoppcrs are dying off or disappearing
rapidly. 1t is hoped it is true.
Fruit prospect is considered generally
to be good with the exception of peaches
which were mostly winter killed, though
in some sheltered orchards they escaped
In the western part Of the State the
Indians arc quite troublesome of late
stealing cattle and burning ranches. a
despatch from Wallace, Kan, says that
Lieutenant Henley, who made the recent
attack upon the Chcyennes, had arrived
at Fort Wallace with his soldiers, all ir
an exhausted condition, after march OF
400 miles A large body of Indians was
seen about fifty miles from the fort neal
the Kansas Pacific railroad track. 1t Is
understood that Red Cloud, Spotted Tai
and several other Sioux chiefs have gone
to Washington to treat with the govern
ment for the sale Of the Black Hills
which have of late become notorious
There arc several parties about this place
VINO are anxious 10 try their luck in th'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
AsSIGNEE,s SALE.
Saturday, May goth, 1875.

At nine o'clock A. NJ, AZ the Island Pond FIGURING
Mil, Island Pond Village, In the town Of Brighton,
the following described real estate. The encum-
ORANGES on the property so far as known 20 the
assignees are stated after the description OF each
lot. TERMS CASH:
No. LELAND Pond village lots Nos. 3, !, D, o.
7, II, y, Is, as per GoOiwius plan, recorded at
Town Clerks office, Brighton, VT, with the build
ings thereon situated, including saw mills, board.
ing house, barn, blacksmith shop, ana Hre en-
CINE house with the rights 10 q passage way Of ten
feet in width in addition 20 and parallel with, run
ming along the northerly side Of the railroad track,
connecting said mills with the track. OF the At
lantic 81. Lawrence Railroad, across lots Nos.
J, ,, and 3, upon Goodwin's plan aforesaid, also
free ana uninterrupted use in common with Others
Of lot No. l, upon GoOdwm's plan aforesaid.
This property is encountered with two mortgages,
which with accrued interest aggregate about
700 and unpaid taXes.
No. 2 ELI Emo place, with dwelling house
thereon, described a. follows Lots Nos. "a, 2bb,
and 25S, as represented on Barnards extension OF
! GOOdwin's plan OF Island Pond Village, re-
corded at Town Clerks office, Brighton, Vt
| Also piece of land lying back of said lots de-
| 5cribed as follows: Beginning at the northwest.
ery corner of village lot No 2ji, thence nOrh d
degrees west 6S rods, to CLYDE river, thence across
| said river about q rods to the original lot line OF
lot No. 6S, first division of Brighton thence south
eastely ON said original lot line 81 rods To stake
and thence northeaserly and parallel TO the bacE
! line of said village lots, and one hundred ano
fifty feet from the street, 81 rods to the place
/ beginning, except one-hdlf acre out OF the &nt
| last above described, which was decided to Geo
| Cade by Porter Hinman, OF said Brighton Also
| lots No. two hundred and eighty-twO (262) No
| two hundred and eighty -ifgg [2.G, two hundred
eighty-siX (2S6), two hundred lightweight (2So)
two hundred and ninety (290), and the westerl!
| half of lot number two hundred and eighty (2SO
as represented on said Bamard's extension 0
| GoOdwin's plan of said Island Pond Village
| Brighton, Vt. Encountered as follows by mort
gage to secure the payment of the following notes
Ton xVit N y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
Hazen e. Rich,s Estate.

S7,4TE or TERMONT.{ In Probate Court,
ESser District, IS. shield ut Guildhall, in
4. d. 1875, Freedom d. Bcede, administra.
tor on the estate Of Hazen b. Rich, late Of
Maidstone in said district, deceased, presents
his administration account for examination and
allowance and makes applicat0nto said court for
a decree Of distribution and partition Of the es.
tate of said deceased.
Whereupun it is ordered by said court that said
account and application be referred to a session
fsad courto be held at the Probate oice,n Guild.
lal en- the 18th day Of Maya y. 1879, for hearing
and decision thereon. And it IL further ordered
estcd by publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the Essex County Herald, pub
lshed at Gudhall, previous to said time ap.
sand time and place and show cause, il any they
may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
WIN. II. lIARTSUOEN, Judge.
4 true copy of record, attest,
VIM. H. HARTSHORN, JulEe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
Zephaniah y. Frye's Estate.

STATE or VERMONT( In Probate court,
ESSer District IS. held at Guildhal, in
and for said district, on the 10th day of May,
A. d. 1875, John L. Frye, Esq, administrator
on the estate of Zephaniah p. Frye late Of Guild
ball. in said district deceased, makes application
to said court to extend the time heretofore al.
lowed him TO pay the debts due from said estate
and to render his administration account, until
some future day.
Whereupon it is ordered by said court that said
application be heard at the Probate Office, in
Guildhall, on the 9TH day of juno, 1878, and it is
further ordered that notice he given to all per
sOns concerned by the publication Of this order
in the Essex County Herald, published at
Guildhall, three weeks successfully, before said
hearing.
WM. II. HhRTSHORN, Judge.
A true copy Of record, attest,
WIN. ii. HARTSHOBN, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
Fire at Rutland.

Rutland is again the victim of a
disastrous condagration. It's beauti-
full opera house is in ruins, and num-
bar Of the heaviest business firms are
burned out. fire broke out in NC.
Hayes harness mandatory, on the
first floor Of the opera house, about
o'clock Saturday morning, AMI
spread rapidly until the whole build
ing was mass of flame. The falling
wall crushed into the building OF
Champion & Dunn, just north, tai ing
everything to the cellar The building
was constructed in 1868, at cost Of
$4,000, by the Hon. William Y.
Ripley.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
victory Resident Land Sale.

The resident proprietors of the town of Victory,
in the county of Essex, are hereby notified that
the taxes assessed by said town within the three
years next preceding this date, remain either in
whole or in part unpaid on the following described
lands in SAID town, to wit
Lot 10, Range &; Lot y, Ranges now occupied
by William Brooks.
Lot II, Range 4 now occupied by Cyrus Smith
Lot II, Range G.; Lot 10, Range q, known as the
Warren Harrington farm; and so much Of said
land win be sold at public auction, ut the dwell
ling house of Isaac r. Houston, in said town, on
wednesday. the 3Oth day of June next,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite
to discharge said taxes with costs, unless pre-.
yiously paid.
Dated at Victory, this 18th day of May, A. D.
1875. ISAAC X. HOUSTON,
3w2l First Constable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22

Depend upon it, our Henry really means
business. Several Western papers have
already run up the standard: "For Presi-
dent in 1876, Henry Wilson," and he is
moving about among the good people out
there, the lion of the hour. Grant, we arc
told, suspects his motive, and it is now
given out, semi-olficially, that here
afterthe. President must expect ia
exercise no active influence in directing
the White House policy High times
ahead Boston Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22

For village Of about 1000 inhabitants
st. Johnsbury, Vt, doesn't make a very
poor showing as to the number of church
members. The following are about the
figures: Roman Catholic church, 756
members, (about 100 of them non-resi-
dcntsD South Congregational church,
30l, az of them united Sunday, the 9th
inst.) North Congregational church, 26O
resident members; Methodist church,
225; Universalist church, AS; Free Bap-
fist church, 10Y, having more than doub-
led since January; Advent church, AZ;
Calvinist Baptist church, 81. Besides
these there are number of other denom-
nations, including Episcopalans in such
numbers that they talk quite seriously of
building church before long. There are
also the greater part Of the 500 or so who
have recently made a profession but have
not as yet united with any church.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
The Walter MCF arland Farm
s A L Il

Situated on Concord line on the county road
leading from LunenbUrg to St. Johnsbury, con-
tanning $50 acres of good land with timber enough
within one.haf mile of sawmiu to pay the price
OF the farm. Terms, one-third down; balance in
one and two years. J. ". HARTSHORN,
l9.tf Administrator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22
A Fierdish Outrage.

which the perpetrator is now serving
a so years sentence in the State
Prison, is known to our readers, was
the victim of another attempted out
rage last Thursday, 18th inst.
About five o'clock in the afternoon,
while Mrs. George, who is u widow,
was at her home with her children,
coarse, brutal looking man raped at
the door; Mrs. George partially
opened it, and as soon as she saw tie
man she noticed that he was very
much intoxicated, and attempted to
shut the door. Upon this the man
became very much enragcd, broke
open the door, shook his clenChed
fist in Mrs. Georges face and INDUCED
IN savage threats at the rest of the
family if they did not allow him to
enter and do as he pleased, Mrs.
George, fearing for the safety of her
daughter, left the house to alarm her
neighbor, Mr.. Ira Locke.
The man, who proved to be Smith
Sargent, after threa cning the young
er members of the family, went. into
an adjoining room, stepped up to FL
len George, who was sitting in a
chair, ard raised his hand as if to
commit an act of violence. The girl
no sooner saw him approach her than
she threw up her arms and uttering q
wild shrek, fed from the room and
flom the house and disappeared
Soon after, Mrs. George returned
with several of her neighbors, the
nearest of whom lived at quite little
distance from her house. Search was
Immediately commenced for the girl
who, it was learned, had run through
a field and disappeared in the woods
Every effort was made to find her
but it was nearly dark before they 60
any trace of her. Whom first seen she
was in the woods ut a considerable
distance frcm the house, and was wilC
with fear. She ran from those seek
ing her like frightened deer. She
was finally caught, however, and car
ricd back to the house by main force
She was so frenzied that it required
several persons to hold her, and he
body was bleeding from injuries sh'
had received in hor frantic efforts tt
escape. She kept shrieking, He il
coming, save met" She eyidentl,
imagined that Stevens was pursuing
her. Medical aid was summoned
and the people Of the neighborhoot
stayed with the sufferer all night ant
did all in their power to alleviate he
distress. The girl is no better, ant
there is little if any hope Of her re
covery. The mother says that tn
wounds which Stevens inflicted OF
Ithc girls body have opened afresh
The physicians think that if sh
should ever recover physically, sh
will be hopelessly insane. james L
Rand, and Charles Jones, OF Concord
went to London, and by strategy sue
ceedcd in arresting Sargent on his re
turn from Canterbury. lie is wan
dering fellow of bad reputation an
habits. 1t is not supposed that h
had any cnmity toward the Georg
: family, but that he was crazy wit
liquor and reckless. The affair ha
caused great indignation among I'll
people living in the vicinity whel
the outrage occurred, and Sarger
is threatened with summary punisl
ment if found again in that locality
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22

ECONOMICAL New FooD.-50 cents will
buy package of Sea Moss Farine, made
from pure Irish Moss, which will make 80
kinds OF dishes, such as cakes, pies, pud-
dings, etc, or l6 quarts of custards, iel-
lies, creams, Charlotte Ruste, blanc
mango, etc. Sold by all druggists and
grocCrs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-22

Feunessy meadow, including etii'tv aud better
mentE, now occupied hy Geo T.. James subject
z enoumbTanoe OF 1900 aud interest from August
-, 1874, and taxes due.
NO. 30-Lots in Brighton, VI, Ne follows:
Lot ", let Division, except 80 acres Or s. T. side
81, Let
Lots g., md GO in 2d Division,
With buildings and improvements. Encumbered
by a mortgage amounting b. about s2360, Interest
and taxes unpaid
no. sI-Eands in Charleston. Orleans Co,
LOT $ in the srd div. original right Of w9 Harris
4" o. " John Harris
a. "Jebn Wstthsysop
said lots supposed % contain ten and three ourths
acres each. Also about ffty-two tj1l acres on
from lot number ffty-eight ,is In the 2t division
In said town Of Charleston drawn % the original
right Of Nehemiah Kidd, said fry acres lying on
I the north side OF CLYDE river. Subject 90 claim
/ Tor bettements b. one Reynolds, and subject to
unpaid taxes.
/ 40. 32.-Au undivided one-third interest in
/ ulat certsin tract Of land known as "Avery's
! Gore" bounded north 10y Norton, west BY war,
ren Gore south by Wenl0ck, and east by Lewis
/ and Averill, as more Tally described in the orig
I inal grant o. the state OF Vermont % Samuel
Avery, and recorded in the first Book Of Charters
ct bennington, 9th OF January, 1871, afterwards
/ decided by samuel Avery 90 John Atkinson, re
corded in Orange county, Sept 20, 1872 liber 9
/ page 10. Reference is also had TO the deed u
Sidney a. Kent, assignee Of PeytOu e Chandler
/ 10 said Frank X. Chandler, dated June Is, 1873
Court for the Northern Dstictof Illinois, subiec
b all the taxes levied and 10 be assessed for yea
lS734-5. Encountered with a mortgage to pay
several notes as follows:
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-06
Quit Sweariugt

The first step toward getting rid of
profanity Is To cultivate rqlIininIty Oh
temper. 1t is always foolish to get an
cry ut what cannot be helped, and it is
especially silly to fall into II passion over
i'm iilim tie objects, such Us windows chat
Will not 80 up, stOyepipeS that will not
90 together sticks thrt will not split, etc.
The best plan is to take such things
cooily, ami then if they can be helped
YOU will. the sooner ti.hl it out, ami if
they cannot be II lpeh all the swearing
i'm the world will not mend matters.
Tlke commOn-sense view of this sub
jeot. Swearing is not only unIoubted-
Iy wrong. but also obviously foolish !;
every oath You utter, every vulgar word
that passes your lips, ,legrades you and
accomplishes no good whatever. Why
not quit the vile habit ut once? Do you
say that you cannot quit ? tn t You have
tried. but the Oaths come out before you
think? Let your own conduct prove the
falsity of your reasoning. You do not
swear before your wife or your Ii other
or your sister or your sweetheart. no
niatter how great the prOvOcatiOn. Why?
Because you would be ashamed to let
them hear IN IN words pass your lips.
But you a.e always in the company of
your God. No vulgar word escapes YOU
that he does Tot hear it. Are you not
ashamed to be prOf:,ne in his presence ?
When next you are tempted to swear,
remember whose ear will catch the
words and desi-t; or if the oath comes
before you remember, ask his pardon
whose law you have transgressed, and
you will soon find that it is possible for
you to live without swearing.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-06
Ancient Druids in Kentucky.


a correspondent of the Louisville
COurter-JOurrtdl writes: IAN archao-
logical discovery that promises to be of
high interest to the curious was made
short while ago by party of gentle
men from Cincinnati, who had been
sent rs committee of the Board of
Trade to investigate the Feasibility of a
route for railro al through our Ken
lucky mountains. The discovery was
made Fleming County. about six and a
half miles from Flemingsburg. near the
turnpike road leading from that place to
Fox Springs. Under a ledge of sand
stone and partially buried, they came
upon thirteen sandsto bowls or basins,
eighteen inches or more in depth, and an
average O.. six feet in diameter. They
are neatly fashioned AMI finished with a
considerable degree of taste. Each was
supplied with a cone-shaped cover. fitted
to it with great nicely. and bore evilenre
OF once having been sealed These YES
sells, which when fOunl were nearly all
in perfect condition, were arranged in
a mathematical circle, the dis ance be-
tweed them being about seven feet. The
gentlemen who examined them seemed
to be of the opinion, from their general
shape, and from the fact that each had a
narrow outlet at the side, that they may
have been used for some horrid Drudical
rite by the race who vanished ages ago,
and left the surrounding hills and plains
Il wild and untenanted solitude. With
characteristic impudence. they made i'm
mediate preparation to remove them to
the chambers of the Historical Society
at Cincinnati, but tn, gentleman on
whose land they were found fortunately
had the good sense to forbid the removal
AMI consequently they have remained
uildsturhe,l.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-06
What is Paid for BOsh.
From the Atlanta Herald.

run the AGldnta herdiu.
Mrs. Harriet Lewis, the authoress of
1.-The House of Secrets" LADY of Kill
dard." &C., receives a regular salary of
$4,000 a year from Bonner, and her
husband, Leon Lewis, author of the '.Boy
Magician" famous story of two or three
years ago. gets like amount, making an
income of $4,000 for the two. Sylvanus
Cobb, ir., probably the best known of the
story writer's, made i'm one year $4,000
by his pen, he being, however. alarming
ly prolific. He wrote the first story that
gave the Ledger its circulation. 1t was
called 1.-The Gunmaker of Moscow" and
made the fortune of the paper. He is
quite old now, but his income is not less
than $4,000 per annum. Med Buntline y
&c. G. Judson) has made fortune and
rioted it away; but his pen is golden
tipped yet. He has true genius, and is
as bright as new dollar all the time.
His Z" Buffalo Bill " has. it is said, in print
and on the stage. Melted its various
owners over 100000. Mary Kyle Dial
LIS, who is filling the place once occu-
pied by Fan ~ Fern, is said to draw a
salary of $1,000. Mrs. Agnes Fleming,
Mrs. E. d. z. N. Southworth, Horatio
Alger and Mrs. Dupuy "a Southern
writer of note,) each average from 3d.
600 to $4,000 per annum by their literary
work.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-06
a Court in Michigan.
Fsom the Niles Register, ,.ov. 4, 1871.

F.Om the Niles Register, ,.ov. 4, 81.
The papers give an account of Il very
strange proceeding i'm "a late trial before
a court in Pontiac, Michigan.
Benjamin. Irish had sue | George w.
Wisner for the recovery OF bet mule
upon the result OF the election. Among
O:licr witnesses in favor OF the plaintiff
Was samuel N CAN'T. e.litor OF the Il l.
ministration paper in Pontia,., and can
dlda.e for the state legislature. Being
asked by the dcfen lent whether he was
Interested i'm the event of the suit, he re-
piled tina. he hal promised the plaintiff
tn help him to pay the expenses OF the
suit; hal also promised to help five OH rs
t .r and feather the defendant. AMI carry
him ont of the village: knew the ballo :
box hal been robbed, and he did not care
who said il hadn't.
The defendent objected to receive
Gantt's evidence. and commenced max
ing remarks to the court in support OF
the objections. CAN'T rose. drew up his
chair, AMI said, If he (meaning Mr..
Winser) says anything that insinuates
against me, y Ill knock him down.
The defendant TO the court: - do
not intend to insinuate anything against
anybody. 1 only wish to show the court
the imprOpriety of receiving Mr.. Gantt's
testimony. and [ trust the court will
protect me. 1t is a strange state of
things indeed if | must be openly as
saulted with chair in court of JUS
tice." lrhe defendant recommended his
remarks, and CAN'T again arose, drew
his chair, and swore he would knock him
down If he insinuated anything agains
him.
The defendant to the court: Twill tht
court protect me by ordering an officer
to take the fellow i'm custody 2"
Esquire Henderson: mo, l shan't'
lwinking at CAN'T.
The defendant To the court: Very
good. sir; then shall protect myself"
Here the defendant drew from his
pocket pair of small pistols, cooked
them, held one i'm each hand, and pro-
ceeded with his remarks to the court
CAN'T turned pale, and his lips quivered
He dropped his chair and retreated tC
the back part of the court room. Es
quire Henderson then said that the far
Their consideration of the objection wOulC
be postponed at that time, upon which
the defendant cody replaced his pistol:
in his pocket, and took his seat.
The case was at last committed to tht
jury, who could not agreee; and Mr.
Justice Henderson is accused of having
forged q verdict i'm favor of the plaintiff
On this accusation he has been arrested