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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-13
Items of Interest.

In South Boston a sign adorns the
front of tinsmith's store which reads:
Quart measures sold here of all shapes
and Sizes"
Who can tell what day may bring
forth Thursday she was Mrs. Charles
Moulton; Friday, Madame LIE Cham
bellan de Hegermann Lendenchrone.
To prove that squints are lovely, got
some one to to ask you the question:
"Is there anything lovelier than apple
blossoms2 and then answer: "Yes,
ounce"
In Berlin there are one and one-half
million more women than men. In
Massachusetts there are $4,000 more
women than men, and in New Yolk city
100, 900 more manageable women than
men.
A Boston butcher sent piece of meat
to an old maids cat regularly every day
for four years, and now she leaves him
legacy OF $4,000. Ii butcher is any
way tender hearted and kind he can have
legacies thrown at him by the dozen
every year.
A party of rustic swains at an Ohio
country dance, jealous OF the city bloods,
who had driven out to enjoy the sport,
quietly unscrewed the fastenings of their
buggy wheels and the result was three
break-downs, runaway, and u general
smash up on the road home.
A wedding agency is projected in
Paris. There will be a chapel and a
branch of the mayoralty, SO that civil
and religious weddings can take place
under one roof. Carriages, lawyers,
priests, ballroom, music, and even the
wedding fuery will be furnished.
Boarder-" What large chickens these
are!" Landlady-" Yes, chickens are
larger than they used to be. Ten years
ago we couldn't get chickens as large as
these" Boarder with an innocent air.
-"No, I suppose not these must have
grown great deal in that time" Land
lady looks as though she had been mis-
understood.
The man in Boston who went bare
headed for two years to cure badness OF
the head, recommends the remedy as
successful one. He claims that the
heat of the sun not only promotes the
growth of hair, but also strengthens the
brain. He says to any and all who are
troubled with a lack of hair or weak
brain to try it, as it costs nothing and
saves the expense of hat
Chow much better it would have
been to have shaken hands and allowed it
was all mistake" said Detroit judge.
"Then the lion and the lamb would
have lain down together, and white
robed peace would have famed you with
her wings and elevated you with her
smiles of appreciation. But no; you
went to clawing and biting and rolling in
the mud, and here you are. It's SIS a
piece in"
"And have you no other sons?" asked
curious lady of bronzed old sea cap
tain. "Oh, yes, madam. L had one
that lived in the South Sea islands for
nearly a dozen years !" ''Really !
Was he bred there, and what was his
taste-the sea OF land2 "No, madam,
he wasn't bread, he was meat-leastways
the cannibals ate him-anda as for his taste,
the chief said he tasted of terbaccer. "
The lady walked to another part OF the
ship, and the captain smiled and took
fresh quid of terbaccer" himself.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-13
IN ADVANCE.
Autumn ROndel.

From spring to fall this year makes merry
With days to days that chant and CALI
With hopes to crown and and fears to bury
With crowns of flowers, and flowers for pail,
With bloom, and song, and bird, and berry,
That fills the months with festival,
From spring to fall.
Who knows il ever skies we're dreary
With shower and cloud and MATERIALLY
While yet the worlds good heart is CHEEKY
Who knows if rains will ever brawl?
The storm thinks long, the winds wax weary
Till winter come to wind up all
From spring to fall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-13

A Leavenworth paper says that if tur-
nips were bread, and cabbages were
meat, Kansas could take contract to
winter the paupers of the world at two
cents per head and make enough on the
contract to pay the entire State debt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-11-13

A Maine baby with hinge in his
back is the latest novelty. Circus per-
formers wilt have to take a back seat
when he grows up. His mother folds
him up when bedtime comes.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
Stock Market,
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. g. Il


sj3Ia, sG,d 134N@715 ~ 3S Ps9n s9'a ER B., Sle5H
5-20s 1854 llSK q -:North Penn $ s@5$I
!" ,lS65llSI Oils Phila & Erie lSX@ly/
July 1865 llS1l@1lSk|OC&ARR 9%@lO
July 1867 ll911 sales Lehigh Val e2l@e%
Ss& ). i5$Ss ~ cs{sT,;:s it s;s;s sx
UCo'sofNJis2 @isS1 Hestonvilie SN@s. s
:, Flour and Meal-'The demand for Flouris
limited to the wants o tho homo consum.
ers, whose purchase foot up 800 barrels, In.
clualng snperhne at "a 5O@4 SIX; extras at
$sg5 ~; Wisconsin extra family at $50;
Minnesota de; do. at IS 1907 25; Penna O.,
fancy brand at VI 75@S 50, as to duslity. Rye
sales.
Grain--Whcat Is in steady request, and
1850 bushels prime Penna. red sold, part at
VI ~ and part on private terms some damp
and fair Western do. do. at 81 O5@l Is; and
white at 81 4O@l S.. Rye sells at 75@s5c.
Corn y IN moderatly request; sales Of vel
Oats are selling at SS@4lc. for mixed and
42@5Oc. for white. tgI ~ .L...
bound.
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE MARKET.
Butter quiet. New York and Bradford
county extras, 3S@34c.; do. do, firsts, 3O@2c.
Western extras, &@30c.; do. tlrsts 25@Zc.
Rolls, extras. H@3O.: do firsts, 26a&
Cheese steady. New York fancy, lS22lc.;
DO. prime, l2Z@l3Hc. West ern fine, l2H@
l3c.
Eggs firm. Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
ana M Delaware fresh, 2Sa29c, Western 90.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
sTHE LAST BLUNDE1.

The appointment Of Zach. Chandler a.
Secretary of the Interior has disturbed the
equilibrium ofthe Republican party. He
has proven a nauseating dose to the politi-
cal stomach and must be thrown off before
it can again assume an even tone. It is de-
clared by his warmest friends that in this
appointment, the President has made pal
pable blunder. One that has destroyed
his chances for Imperialism, and created
disafections, that are irremediable. The
cloud has already began to gather, and is
likely at any moment 10 burst and deluge
the Grant faction of the Republican party
in overwhelming confusion and embarass-
ments. Chandler is deemed the most un-
popular man that could have been selected
for the vacancy left by the resignation De-
lano; he hadIost all political influence in his
state, and would have remained in obscur-
ity had not the President come to the rescue
and literally lifted him into prominence.
This the foremost men Of the Republican
party regard as the greatest blunder
Of Grants political career. 1t has
brought out in bitter opposition Vice
President Wilson, who, notwithstand-
ing his assertion that lie is ne candidate for
the position Of President, still has ambi-
tious ideas in that direction and he de-
clares that the appointment if it is allowed
to remain will bring untold disaf1ections to
the ranks of that party to which lie has
ever allied himself since lie gave up shoe
makingin Massachusetts,. 1t has given op-
portunity to many to lay themselves open
to nomination for high Office, who before
this epoch Of tempest in the political tea
kettle had NO reasonable ground for such
declaration. Bristow has kicked over the
traces and it is asserted by the Washington
dispatches, will resign, that he may be a
standing candidate for the nomination Of
the Presidency, while it is almost positively
stated that Postmaster General jewell will
give up his rssition in the Cabinet that he
may be known as Vice-Presldent upon the
Republican ticket. Such stampede as this
would literally break up the Presidents
cabinet, and deal such q blow to his fac
! ion Of the party that he would stand no
\ \hance Of being nominated to the Office Of
IN
4resident again, and thus would perish
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
The Yankee Farmer and his WIZ

But if.hey aresilent they are not surly
give them time and they are amiable
enough, and they are first and last honest.
They do not ask too much for board, and
they show some slow willingness to set upon
boarder's suggestion for his greatest
comfort. But otherwise they remain un-
affected by the contact. They learn no
greater glibness of tongue, or liveliness of
mind,or grace ofmanner, if their city guests
bring with them the vifes of wine or beer
at dinner and tobacco after it, the farmers
keep Themselves uncontaminate. The
only pipe you smell is that of the neigh
boring Irishman as he passes with his
ox-team; the gypsying French Canadi.
dians, as they wander southwark, tipsy by
whole families, in their rickety open
buggies, lend the sole bacchanal charm
to the prospect that it knows. These
are of race whose indomitable light
heartedness,no rigor Of climate has appall-
ed, whereas our Anslo-Saxon stock in
many country neighborhoods of New
England seems weather-beaten in mind as
in face; and this may account for the greater
quick-wittedness Of the omen, whose in.
door life is more protected from the in
clemency of our skies. 1t is certain that
they are fur reader than men, more
intelligent, gracious, and graceful
and with their able connivance
the farmer stays the adversely creeping
upon his class, if he does not retrieve its
old prosperity. In the winter his daugh-
ters teach school, and in the summer they
help their mother through her enterprise
Of taking boarders. The farm feeds them
all, but from the women's labor comes
thrice the ready money that the land ever
yields, and it is they whs keep alive the
sense Of all higher and tiner things, Hea-
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON, OCTOBER 25, 1875.
lHE CONFIsCAN rs' MARCH.

In 1873 gold averaged 112; at one time
during the year, if we remember Alright il
was l07. Elated by the prospect, our am.
bulatory executive, directed the consuma
tion Of an arrangement, to pay small debts
in silver. For month or two, in 1873
small silver coins were current. If oul
statesmen, who are grandly ignorant Of f.
nance, ha let we'll enough alone, We
mig.t have gradually, advanced across the
golden threshold, of equalization. But no;
they mist agitate the question Of specie
payment. A bill regulating finance was
passed, and President Grant in the interest
Of the money lenders, vetoed bill passed
by Congress. His own will, and the ne
cessity Of having party cry, led the lead
ers of the Republicans, to pass the specie
payment act on the last Congress. The
vote upon The question was distinct party
one; both our Senators: Bayard and SAILS
b1ry, with almost every Democrat in
either House, voted against the bill;-
hence we may infer, 1t was obnoxious to
their sense Of justice, and wise policy.
They have not changed opinions, since
then, and we are, conscious, they are as
firmly in favor of right now, as were they
in the spring.
The passa of this act, to our mind.
was a threat Of con6scation, and being
such, gold steadily advanced, business
gradually lessened, values sArunk, and We
now stand face to face with ruin. Are we
right p Statistics with unerring certainty
are present to determine:
In 1872, failures, 3,050 in 1873, 1887;
in 1874, 4,37l in 1875, (nine months),
1894. If the failures average the same
for the next three months they will ag-
gregate 6,6G7 for the year or more than
twice as many as occurred in 1872. Is
hard pau to be reached by general ruin?
It is very true, we have number of
rich PEI pie, who are crying out for honest
money, forcing resumption, so that ,aey
may buy their debtors property for the
cost of p'astering house, or fencing a
farm and worse-we have journals, eth
er through prejudice, pay, or ignorance,
advocating con6scation by act of Congress.
What is an honest dollar? A certificate
whether it be in paper, or gold, of SO much
labor performed, if it be received as such,
it is honest enough to spend. Under the
threat of confiscation, tn chances Of being
the clutches of the Sheriff - have
oubled in a short time.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

At about midnight, Friday night, fire
broke out in the dwelling of Mrs. Susan
Bradley, in the town of Cheshire, Conn.,,
on the New Havea and northampton Rail-
road, distant fifteen miles from this city.
Sixteen persons were in the house at the
time, among them DIR. Chamberlain, a
practising physician; Nillism J. Bento, a
harness maker, with shop in the build
ing; Hattie Baker, young lady; Mrs.
Bradley, already named, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Murray, the latter a daughter Of
Mrs. Bradley, and lately married. Mrs.
Bradley, happening to be awake, was the
first to discover the fire. She gave an
alarm to such of the inmates as it was pos
sible in her haste to reach and shouted in
the street for assistance. Meantime DR..
Chamberlain had arisen and proceeded to
do every possible thing to quench the
flames, which were now spreading through
out tile building. The bell on the village
academy was rung, and the gong at Mon
sons hotel was sounded.
A psompt response by the people was
the result, but owing to the absence of fire
engine apparatus these could do little more
than gaze at the devouring element, power
less to restrain its progress. During the
effort made to procure assistance no one
had thought to arouse Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
ray, who occupied an inner apartment on
the second floor Of the building, and as the
flames flashed from one part of the build
ing to another, it became apparent that
their fate was sealed and that they would
be burned alive. An ago,'ized mother and
intimate friends were subjected to the hor-
rible yet only alternative of gazing at the
fire fiend which was destroying those they
loved 50 well. The building was entirely
with all its contents. The re-
mains Of Mr.. and Mrs. Murray were taken
from the smouldering debris this morn
ing at seven o'clock. They were literally
charred to a crisp and presented horri-
bic appearance to the beholdet. Some
thing of the intense sorrow of the friends
Of the deceased is taken away by the as
'urance of those who profess to knew that
he unfortunate sleepers were not at any
lime conscious Of their danger, but were
overcome and fully suffoca'ed by the heat
md smoke before the flames actually reach
I'd them. The casualty cast a shade of
gloom over the community in Cheshire.
The value Of the building destroyed is
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
The Death OF De Kalb.

Above them all lowered the gallant Ger
man at their head. His sword was stained
deepest, his battle-cry rang clearest; there
was triumph in the keen flash of his eye
if not the victor's triumph, the triumph Of
duty done. Three times he led iswilling
men to the charge. Three times they
were forced back by superior numbers.
Four numbers began to tell. His horse
was shot under him. His head was laid
open by a sabre-stroke. Jaquetee, the
Adjutant of the Delaware Regiment,
bonnd up the wound with his scarf, and
besought him to withdraw from the fight.
Without needing the appeal, De Kalb lid
the charge on foot. Wound followed
wound, but he held his ground desperate
ly. AT last, concentrating his strength in
q final charge, CORVALLIS came on. The
Marylanders broke. De Kalb fell bleed
ing from eleven wounds, still at this su-
prene moment strong enough to cut down
a soldier who was aiming a bayonet at
his breast. 'The rebel General, the rebel
Generalv y shouted the enemy, as they
caught sight Of bis epaulettes. "Spare
the Baron De Kalb," cried his Adjutant
Dubuysson, vainly throwing himself upon
his body and trying to shield it with his
own from the thirsty bayonet. He spoke
to hearts hardened by the fierce spirit Of
battle. The furious English raised the
helpless warrior from the ground, and
leaning him against wagon began ostrip
him. At this moment CORVALLIS and his
suit rode up. They found him already
stripped to his shirt, and with the blood
streaming from eleven wounds "I regret
to see you so badly wounded, but am glad
to have defeated you," said the victorious
General, and Immediately gave ordt rs that
his brave antagonist should be properly
cared for. For three days his strong frame
struggled with death. Dubuysson watched
by his bedside. English officers came to
express their sympathy and regret. SOL
dier to the Last, his thoughts were with the |
brave men who had faced the enemy so
gallantly, at his command, and just before
he expired he charged his faithful Adju.
tant to give them his thanks for their val.
or, and bid them an affectionete farewellu
On the 10th he died, three days after the
battle. The Masons of the British army
took part in his funeral, and buried him
with Masonic rites. Gates announced his
death to Congress in terms of warm admi-
ration, and Congress voted monument to
his memory, which has never been erected
-1M atlantic. ..,.,,... /
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

The Springfield Republican says:-Wha
Messrs. Bristow, Pierrpont and Jewell
think Of their new associate, has not "trans.
pired." The more respectable republican
organs do not display enthusiasm over tho
appointment; perhaps their feelings are
too deep for utterauce. .NVots dat you
say, shonnyf" inquired Mr.. Schmidt
he was correcting his offspring with astnp
4 says nodings, fader." "Yah, but |
knows vot you dinks; you dinks DAM"
Pig-iron Kelley has been intervievd
on the Ohio election. He is reported s
saying that it is a great victory for the
indationists. He regards it as remarkable
and so it is, that in poll of 100000 votes
the majority in favor of honest money
should be only 1000. The result, he says
is encouraging, for all the power Of the
banks as we'll as the moral influence Of The
administration was cast in favor Of re-
sumption. gnA a.rW u' ..'
Judge Alexander s. johnson, Of Utica,
has been rendered the position Of Circuit
Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of the late Judge Woodruff. tie
has not responded whether he will accept
the honor. The Judge, who is tifty'seven
years old, studied law in Utica, where be
practiced his profession until he was elect
ed Judge Of the Court of Appeals 10
1862. He then lived in Albany for eigh'
yean-the time he held that position. ID
In 1873 Governor Dix appointed hin
Commissioner Of Appeals to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Judge Hun1
and the same year he was made Juee
Of the Court Of Appeals in place Of Juq'
Peckham, deceased. His term to the ~
ter position expired Last December.
Her Britannia Aajssty's ship Serap' WV
The Prince Of Wales and Auit d board ~
route for India, has arrived st hFtlsns'
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
The Disappearance of Party Lines.

The Disappearance Of Party Lines
The politics of the United States which
are commonly, and, in sense, j.stly con-
sidered to be absolutely without interest
for Englishmen seem to foreshadow the
condition to which English politics ars
rapidly coming. We are not about to
raise cry Of warning against the
"Americanizing of our institutions" In
the sense which used to be attached to this
phrase, the supposed danger ever existed.
England is not about to become Republic,
or to make the judges elective, or to abol-
ish the peerage and she was no nearer
taking any of these steps before the late
conservative reaction than she is now. The
resemblance between the politics ofthe two
countries relates to matter more funda-
mental than any of these. 1t is easy to
imagine England ruled by Pres
ident, or inhabited by wholly untitled
population, Or submitting lawsuits TO the
decision ofjudges chosen by the rate-pay-
ers, than to imagine Englishmen not di-
vided into liberals and conservatives. Yet,
while there seems no chance Of any of the
first three contingencies occurring, the last
is, in all probability, on. the eve Of being
reduced to fact. The obliteration of polit-
ical landmarks has been already accom-
plished ly America. Republicans and
Democrats are now preparing themselves
for the Presidential canvass, and every
where they are making the discovery that
neither party have anything to unite their
members, among themselves, or to differ
entia:e them from their opponents.-Lom-
don Spectator. ~, 'N ~.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

patience and devoted endeavor
The house shines, through them,
with fresh paper and paint; year by year
they add to those csmforts'and meek as
pirations towards luxury which the sum.
mer guest accepts SO lightly when he
comes, smiling askance at the parlor organ
in the corner, and the black walnut framed
chrome autographs on the wallis Noren.
Der Atlantic.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
WHAT ARE WE TO DO :?

The newspa oers Of the State tell sac
story in their advertising columns. Sber
ifs sales Sheriff's sales strike the eyt
with an ugly and suggestive prominence
upon every page of the papers favored BY
the Sheriffs of our counties as the means o.
their notices to sell. Tie sales have be.
come numerous, and we are informed by
practising lawyers and others in this county
that they are likely to rather increase than
diminish in number, that it has become a
serious question how far it were wise to
agitate the propriety Of Stay Law to
protect the unfortunate debtors of the
State until turn for the better in business
wrHla take place.
". know that much can be said for asd
against the proposed remedy, and will be
glad to hear from our friends upon the sub
ject. One thing is certain, it is always
wise, in the governing power, to protect
the distressed in times of public peril or
commercial disaster. We refrain from adj
ver.ing to the cause, as we believe, of the
present grievious condition of our affairs !;
but earnestly call attentionto the fact that
our freeholding farmers as a class, are
being sold cut and their lands going into
the hands of already rich landowners.
As an instance of the terrible straights
Of our farmers, we give a picture Of
scene which actually took place in this
city, upon last Saturday. .p.
Money lender.-"Good morning, Mr..
Jones'" "Good morning, Sir" "What
can do for you, Jones, you saem dull %
Jones.-"Why the truth is, an execution
has been ordered upon my farm. It is
worth, under ordinary circumstances
$25,o00, but I fear it will be sold for a
debt Of $2,00o,an want to raise it."
Money lender.-Rubbing Ills hands,
"Well Jones, money is money now. !
might raise it for you, but you see have
50 many wanting it, that I can't let you
have it, for less than bonus of ten per
cent, and the ordinary rate interest in ad-
dition."
Mr.. Jones, blanching white, "My God,
would not charge me such arate,
why that will increase my debt to $4,000,
and you may sell me out within year."
Money lender. II can make no promises
collecting my money-as I said before,
money is money, and if you can't pay me
my bonus, l can lend it to twenty other
farmers in the county, who are in the same
box with yourself" Mr.. Jones; "Well itA
terrible, but suppose must take it upon
your terms.'
This we are informed is no uncommon
scene, and in its light, we implore consul
tation to devise remedy. .'a
A stay law would halt the usurous
march over the ruined fortunes Of our free
holders and the acquisitions of these fig
ures for 1.-THE of the value.
The poetic conception of Goldsmith is
painfully appropriate:
Ill fares the land, to fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men
decay.
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

Il" oI1"11''H '11u upon 1so PyEo 11'e s'1e
mighty structure of Democratic govern
ment in 1875. The baked meats of the
Republican funeral will be served up at
the Democratic feast. Grants blunder
will cost him his own head, and usurp the
power Of the party that he has SO long
been at the head Of, and would SO much
like to remain at the head of. .-..
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

The Rau Mall 0asstts has a special dispatch
rom Berlin, which says It is reported that
Count Won Arnim's sentence will be com.
muted to 1 fns. euT,.u .. .,I'-,,
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25
NNANCLL,
WnMINGro,

WHINING TON, Octobe, 90
GOLD AND BOND QUOTATIONS. 49,
Reported BY Craige, johnson h ~
ers and Brokers, 9th and Mark.t 81 Ooaak|
The Morning herald., 1875-10-25

tvery morning. Sundays excepted) and de-
lvered in the city of Wilmington and sur
rounding places for six cents per week
cayable tn the carriars. Mail subscriptions,
postage free, three dollars per annum in
advance.
O'BYRNR BRoS., Publishers,
No. 500 Shipley Street,
Wilmington, Del.