Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-10-30
Items of Interest,

The kingdom of Spain has popula-
tian of Is, 900, 900, less than /, 600, 600 OF
whom can read and write.
Was gal name Mol had lam,
Fleas all samee white snow
Evly place Mol gal walkee
Ba, Ba, hoppee long, too.
It would be q most happy arrangement
in many cases if, when one person IS
tied to another for life, both of them
could be tongue-tied.
DR.. Mary Walker says some ladies
prefer voluminous dress whilst others
cling to the pull-back skirts, but as for
her, give her the pull-on kind or give
her death.
A merchant, writing to an agent in
Africa, requested him to send him" 1
or 2" monkeys, and, as he wrote care
less hand, he shortly received 1,OO2
monkeys, all alive and in good condition.
"I'm two years older than you" said
a little eight -year-old girl to New Bed
ford boy the other day. "Wel, I don't
care," was the reply "I'm going to
wear trousers soon, and that you'll never
do" ..-
A st. Paul wife explained the furrows
along her husbands nose by the remark
that as man and wife they generally
pulled well together in the domestic har-
ness, but that occasionally he got balky
and then it became her duty to bring
him up to the scratch. fT9r
| Here is communication sent to the
Virginia New Chronicle: "Mrs. -,
on the Devide, after throwing Stand
ing lamp at her Husbands head and
calling him bad names, breaks window
Saches, has Doctor called who trims it
nervous excitement. E. @. W."
A curious anatomical discovery is said
to have been made by doctor in Japan.
He says the cheek-bone of the Japanese
is double in many cases, instead of being
single structure The additional bone
is united to the other by suture, and it
is believed to be peculiar to the Japan
ese race.
"You don't buy bouquets of me as
you used to-" said Madison street flor
ist to a sad-eyed man, yesterday. "No,"
was the pathetic reply, "I'm married
now." And while the florist turned in
to his shop, the young man stepped
down the street toward hardware
store.
A Western editor apologies to hiss
readers somewhat after this fashion:
"We expected to have death and
marriage to publish this week, but a
violent storm prevented the wedding,
and the doctor, being taken sick him
self, the patient recovered, and we are
accordingly cheated out of both. "
A woman called on Troy dentist and
asked the loan of $40 "for old acquaint-
ance sake" She talked familiarly of his
and her own family, and he inquired
MADAM, are you relative of mine ?"
Said she: "Wel, I always felt as if I
was a sort of relative. You know you
pulled teeth for all my children ten
years ago." ~. .s.s.. ..a ..s.a
In Baltimore police court husband
complained that he had been swindled
by his wife, abetted by nurse. The
fraud consisted of making him believe
that a baby procured from founding
asylum was his own offspring. The JUS
tice told him that the law could give
him no redress, but that of course he
need not support the child.
A lady in palace car on the Atlantic
and Great Western railroad some days
ago lost valuable cameo ring set with
four diamonds, which slipped from her
finger and dropped to the track through
the pipe of the washstand, An officer OF
the road walked on the track for dis
tance of two miles, and was fortunate
enough to discover the ring, and it was
returned to the owner. .ss.,.
The soundings for the submarine tun-
mel between England and France are
being carried on actively. They are at
this moment directed to the part of the
straits near the English coast, at few
miles from the shore. Each evening the
vessel which carries the commission re-
turns to Dover, Calais or Boulogne, ard
work is recommended the next day. The
engineers, MN. Larousse and Lavallee,
are perfectly satisfied with the results
obtained, and so far nothing has occurred
to destroy their provisions relative to
the depths.
An incident occurred in the police
court in Calcutta, the other day, which
ought to convince legislators of the ne
cessity of interference in regard to the
marriage law of the Mohammedans. A
Mohammedan being summoned to ap-
pear before the magistrate by his wife,
on the ground that he had refused to
maintain her, on being anaigned, with
great presence of mind Immediately pro-
ceeded to divorce his wife, by repeating
thrice the word Iallak. The result was
that the wife was henceforth divorced,
and that all she was entitled to claim
from her husband, if childless, was main
tenance for three months, at the end OF
which time she would cease to be his
! wife.