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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
Where has All the Gold Gone {?

An English writer who, of course,
must depend to a great degree upon
guess work, says that not less than five
thousand millions dollars worth of gold
and silver have been taken from the
earth since the days of Noah. Of this
amount he thinks that three billions
two hundred millions have been pro-
duced since the discovery of America.
The Christian world is credited with
having had two thousand millions, most
of which has been disposed of by ship
wrecks, gliding, fire, and various other
ways, as effectually, the Alta California
suggests, as many of our citizens have
disposed of theirs by investing in stocks.
He thinks this loss proceeds at the rate
of sixteen millions annually, which is
undoubtedly too low. One-half of the
balance, three hundred and fifty mil
lions, he thinks is held in the form of
plate and ornaments. OF the balance of
three thousand millions in the anti
Christian world, waste and losses omit
ted, he thinks that over thousand bill
lions have been hidden in Asiatic lands
in different ages of the world, and he
continues that it is we'll known that q
thousand millions were thus hidden in
India and China in the six years sue
ceediug 1851 that is during the time
when wholesale murder and slaughter
and wholesale robbery and despoliation
were the business of the natives and
their enemies. One would think that
China must be carpeted with gold leaf,
paved with silver dollars, glittering with
the precious metals, did he think only
of the vast. sums sent there for hundreds
of years past, little or none of which
ever comes back. But somehow these
metals have fate there as they have else
where-they disappear. Like many other
commodities, they serve theirpurposeand
disappear. What became of all the gold
with which Solomon covered his grand
temple9 What became of all the Span
ish spoils in South America and III
Mexico9 One might ask such questions
forever and be no wiser therefor. Gold
and silver serve their purposes and dis
appear, as do the ehumanr race and old boots
and all other material things, and there
is none 80 wise as can tell us accurately
what has become of them. When the
faucet is turned, where has the gaslight
gone one might ask, and the question
would be as reasonable and perhaps as
difficult to answer. We know pretty
well, the paper significantly adds, where
our little portion of gold and silver has
gone, but tn It knowledge does got give
us any particular qualification.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
The Letter III.

THE following extraordinary lines are worth
repeating. The poem, as mere verse, is very
ine-but as an enigma it is msrvelous.l
Twas whispered in heaven, twas muttered in
hell, a-s..r#.
And echo caught family the sound as it fell !;
On the confines of earth twas permitted to
rest,
And the depths of the ocean its presence con-
fest;
Twill be found in the sphere when It's riven
asunder,
Be seen in the lightning, and heard in the
thunder; -
Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends at his birth, and awaits him at death ;
Presides DER his happiness, honors and health
Is the prop Of his house and the end of his
wealth. .... r. ....... ..
In the heaps of the miser tbs boarded with
care,
But is sure to be lost with his prodigal heir
1t begins every hope, every wish it must
bound;
With the husbandman tolls with the monarch
is crowned.
Without it the soldier, the sailor may roam
But WOO to the wretch who expels it from
homel
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be
found,
Nor cen in the whirlwind of passion be
drowned.
Twill soften the heart; though deaf be the
ear,
Twill make it acutely and instantly hear; ''
But in shade let it rest like delicate flower ;
Oh breathe on it softly-it dies in an hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
Winter In q Canadian Town.

A month of snow to most young peo-
pie, at all events, would be highly en-
joyable. 1t is scarcely enough to reduce
the pleasure and novelty of sleighing to
mere means of transit, or to dull the
ears to the merry tinkling of the bells !;
and perhaps it would hardly give them
an overdose of skating, even though
that pastime had to be carried on in a
damp and unhealthy little rink. But six
months, six long interminable months OF
white chaos, with nothing to relieve the
eye but snow, deep snow There are
dances ad nauseGm all through the
winter, and their merry evenings have
often been held up by Canadians as the
result of, and peculiar to, their hard win
ters; but is it, l ask, necessary to the
success of ball that the thermometer
should stand at thirty below zero, and
that every guest on the way thither
should have periodically to feel his nose
and ears in order to satisfy himself that
he still possesses those organs Get a
sensible Canadian in a corner toward
the end of March, button-hole him. and
he will sing you different song. You
will gather from him that, although he
has never spent winter away from his
native land, he feels the cold more and
more every year, and pines for some
thing that his instincts tell him would be
more natural and more agreeable. Un-
less you are lumberman, exercise is
next to an impossibility, and you conse-
quently suffer, unless you can do with
out it, which few Englishmen can. En-
deavor to walk along country road, and
even if you can manage to stagger on
for mile OF two you will run the risk
of being put into the county lunatic
asylum. Riding, of course, is an i'm
possibility, so there is nothing for it but
to sit in a stove-heated room, or to rush
through the freezing air, muffled up to
the eyes, in a sleigh. At this season OF
the year the farmers, being thrown out
of work, throng the barrooms in great
Newfoundland coats, with hoods and red
scarfs around their waists, and fur caps
of vast extent upon their heads. But q
still "harder looking crowd" are the
lumbermen, or shantymen, who, turned
adrift from the far backwoods, are let
loose on the peaceful inhabitants of Kis
awlee. They may, indeed, be reckoned
among the evils of winterAEnglish,
Irish, Scotch, French and Canadians, al
roughened down to that state of exist
ence which lives only to drink or curse,
The streets present, however, a very gay
appearance, as do also the stores and
hotels. An unceasing stream of sleighs
of every description glides swiftly and
noiselessly through the streets; the
steam from the horses rises up between
the houses, through the cold air, and the
jangling of thousand bells continues
from morning till night. f.. D..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
Strange HallucinatiOn.

One of the most extravagant conceits
peculiar to a deranged mind belongs to
a poor fellow who may, during every
twenty-four hours, be seen at regular
times standing about the railroad depots
in Louisville. For several months past
he has believed himself to be the
general superintendent of the railroads
leading into the city. In his madness
there is method. He has the schedule
of every railroad committed to memory,
and is on time with the arrival and de-
parture of every train at the various de-
pots in the city. At 2:20 p. NJ. Ire is at
the Shortline depot to see that the Gin
cinnati train gets off all right few
minutes later he is at the Jacksonville,
Madison and indianapolis and Ohio and
Mississippi depot, and thence he goes
to the Nashville depot, thus making the
rounds until all the trains have arrived
and departed. .U. s...
As it is above the dignity of so i'm
portant an official to command the sub
ordinates in person, he is never known
to give an order, but contents himself
with standing around the platforms,
Watching every movement of the EN-
ployees. After the arrival or departure
of train the countenance of this queer
creature lights up with an expression of
supreme satisfaction, and without say
ing word to any one, complacently
puts his hands in his pockets and walks
away with an air of indifference and
self-importance. ...e.....f a..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
GUILDHALL, VERMONT, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 1876.

some vague rumor of man having
died suddenly in stage coach while
passing through an obscure village in
Somersetshire, but could never obtain
any clew to his representatives. /. 1t was,
perhaps, as well that I failed. I am
still poor man, but l would rather die
so than accept the possibility of becom-
ing rich at the terrible risk which at
tended the unlucky bequest of the boz
of diamonds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
Won the Money.

"Bet half dollar l shall fall down !
Bet half dollar l shall fall" muir
INJURED an old chap the other evening as,
with too much whisky, he was feeling
his way down the street. g Bet half a
dol"- Just here the old fellows heels
flew SO high into the air that his head
and shoulders beat them back to the
ground. Rising to sitting posture, he
took up his hat, rubbed the back of his
head, and then said: "Won the money,
by thunder / And it is the first bet I've
won this winter |"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29
Itenls of Interest.

From pole to pole-The telegraph
wires.
A good soldier would as soon eat as
fight.
Tight boots show a narrow under
standing. '' '.-- -.
Two Illinois men have patented an
apparatus by which all the lamps in
town can be lit or extinguished at
once. ...=. ..Ht Ir ..s r..
Let us carefully observe those good
qualities wherein our enemies excel us,
and endeavor to excel them by avoiding
what is faulty and initiating what is ex-
cellent in them.
If you don't want your wife to bother
you every day with the remark, Don't
forget that worsted," just mention to
her the pretty girl who tends the worst
ed counter where you got the last.
According to a very ancient English
rhymester, when Christmas falls on Sat
urday the winter shall be full of great
tempests, that shall slay both man and
beast; fruit and corn shall fail greatly,
and many old people perish. ..r.
"The boy at the head of the class
will state what were the dark ages of
the world" Boy hesitates. " Next,
Master Briggs, can you tell me what the
dark ages were3" "I guess they were
the ages before spectacles were invent
ed." SEQ to your seats" .U nw
Chow are you getting on in your new
place ?" asked a lady of girl whom she
had recommended for situation.
every well, thank you," answered the
girl. 81 am glad to hear it," said the
lady. Your employer is a very nice
lady, and you cannot do too much for
her," "I don't mean to, madam" was
the innocent reply. ...r ..-., .
Hot Springs, Ark, keeps up its round
of unique amusements. The local paper
thus advises its readers: Go up to the
park to-day and witness the bear rob the
bee-gum. 1t is worth seeing, and will
be quite treat to those who are not ac-
quainted with the manners and habits of
this interesting bird. There will also
be skating in the evening. .. ....r
An unwilling juryman recently ex-
cused himself from service by letter,
of which the following is literal copy
"Sir-As I am Fauriner and my leng
wich Danich 1 am not ettel compitint Of
the Englich lengwich to be a iewry man
and my contious du not allow me to
geive my openian en- wat I do not ender-
stan. An answer vel oblight."
The roads in some parts of Germany
are lined during the entire distance with
rows of poplars, or of apple trees, the
branches of which latter bend beneath
the weight of the fruit. A fine of three
shillings is the penalty for plucking the
fruit, consequently it is permitted to
ripen, and the owners or the community
reap the benefit of their foresight in
making shade trees at once beautiful
and profitable. ... ....-...
The giving of scholarships at Amherst
College is to be on more critical plan
hereafter. All who apply for them
must give full account of their income,
including what they earn and receive as
gifts, and all their necessary expenses,
such as tuition, fuel, room rent, books,
etc., and all incidental expenses. They
must also pledge themselves not to ex-
pend anything for tobacco, liquors, bill
liards, or dancing lessons.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29

Thirty years ago or more clock in a
neighboring city bore the following ap-
propriate inscription on it
Tim old and worn as my face appears,
For I've walled on time for hundred years
Many have fallen since began,
Many will fall ere my raco I've ran;
I've buried the world with it's hopes and fears
In my long, long march of a hundred years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29

A Pennsylvania man named his first
three boys America, United States and
Christopher Columbus, and q new comet
he has called Centennial. N v-avA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-29

The right to sell popcorn at the
Centennial exposition has been sold for
$4,000. r .st .a
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10
MoNDAY MORN u, 1916.


of this family The Christian name Nathaniel
Is still q faYotite one and inevitably sppears.
The reflection that they afe eofiaterally
connected With the Father Of his Country
|nnay not be an unpleasant one to those irn.
Lplfeated. II It can be estab blished that there
had been no issue 10 John Washington the
|emfgrant prior TO- ibis settlement in the
Colony, In 1857, there appears to be good
ground for the assumption that the two
children mentioned by him as having been
buried on bis plantation with his first wife
were the only issue by her, since he was
already married agsin In January, 1861, and
the maternal ancestress Of General Washing
ton would thrs be positively assumed in
Anne Pope. n Is }isqais.s :..sf 20
Y The following corresponding members
were elected j. Harmed Morris, Esq, edi.
tor OF Potter,s Monthly, Philadslphia, Pa. J;
Colonel ]. Thomas Scharp, baltimore, nd.
The following nominations for member
ship were made by Mr. Brock: Regular,
John OF, Esq. Correspo onding, j. B. Wal.
.ter, Esq., Wilmington, Del; H.H. Morgan,
Esq, St.9Eouis,a Mo. 'sas y s.:-sft4is
/ Adjourned, g
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

TEMPERANCE OFFICERS IssTALLsD.-The
following temperance society officers were
recently installed By District Vice President
John w. Gfbson: S.0newsll Council, Ne.
n, Friends OF TEN perapce: s. Il. Gates,
president John n. BroWB, associate John
81. Gentry, chaplain; John F. Shinberger!
treasurer Charles e, Richardson, dnar elal
secretary; Charles e. Hssker, secretary a.
cMcA. Parker, conductor James @: Hubbard,
assistant conductor; Jonna W.. Med Donsid,
inside sentinel; II. Yeaman, outside sem
tinel. z. s. Valentine. ex-pfeside MS. p
Old Dominion Council, No. 130, Friepos
of Temperance e. D. Starke, president !;
w. Holt Richardson, associate; H. 8. Nor.
ton. chaplain Geo. Gitsop, Jr.. treasurer /;
T, H,7Starke, financial scribe ;3J.; y. Co1neli,
secretary c. q. Cardoz, conductor; l..
vine Darlington, assistant conductor q.
M. Bowers, inside sentinel; Joseph B. AM
derseD, ou.sidg sentines..sJJ. Boyder, ex'
president, rs :g,e
Artisan Council, No. 135, Friends OF Tenn.
peranee: J. 81. Wright, president William
| Thomss Carter, associate james j. Virgin,
| chaIlain William L. Wade, treasurer
Lewis S. Wassamer, finarcisl scribe; /; Thomas
Parker, secretary; Henry Farmer, con
dacter; W. C., Hodge, assistant condnctor
William Freeman, tinside sentinel h. y
Brooks, outside ten:inei. John g. Boyden
ex-president asf5F
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

~
THE SHAPE OF THs WoRaB-THE MAN wHo
WANTS 70 BIT THAT IT Is FLAy:--An Eng.
lishman named Hampden is possessed Of q
fixed belief that the world is flat, and no
scientific evidences Of its sphericity move
him in the least. So sincere Is hiS faith ION
this point that he constantly backs iit with
bets which he OF course always loses. But
with the heartfelt curse of baffled though
stiH mistaken Briton he begins again di-
rectly, looks out for customer, haggles
about the stakeholder and the umpire, and
puts up his money anew with undaunted
pluck and confidence. He bag been engaged
in this business for period 6f years, and it is
possible that his losses begin to tell on his for
tune, as he has just brought suit against the
stakeholder of his last, wager for the re-
eoyery of the money paid over by, that
gentleman to bis antagonist. W bile he re.
jects the conclusion drawn from them be
Ces not impugn, the fairness of the scien.
tifc processes which caused judgment to
be given against him, but basis his suit
upon the plea that he has had no consider
alton for his money. This seemszto simply
that the obstinate pamesake of that great
statesman and patriot who stood outiwith
equal fortitude against the payment of
ship-money intends to abandon his efforts
TO correct the alterations and expose the
pretensions Of science, or at least to spend
no more money In that fruitle,s endeavor.
It cannot be denied that he has backed his
opinion 'manfu!ly. His genealogical theory
has ut least this claim to respect-that 1t is q
very old one, and was the fashion long be-.
fore tie one at present held had been heard
of. Neither HecatBus nor Ptolemy, nor the
geograpber of Rayenna had any doubts of
the fatDess of the world, or that the sun
rose out OF or sunk into the ocean. as it ap-
peared to do. Could Mr.. Hampden have
lived in their time, and got bets enough, he
would have coined money. Sad is the
fate OF the. bard born oat Of time,H as the
poet sipgs, and equally sad, as the plucked
Brifon has found out, Is the fate OF
tho cosmologist who comes into the world
the proportions OF which be would reetify,
aefaw hundred years after all the judicIous
Stockholders have passed away, and q stiff
necked and peryerse generation has come
upon the stage which rejects the plain tes.
timony of appearances, and fashions Its be:
lief GA remote and deluding. forms OF eyt-
deuce. These forms Mr.. Hampden scorns
and sp,ts upon bit as they beat him; every
time he Is perhaps wise -in- giving up the
struggle and suing for the recoYery fof MS
lost money. .-Ne,s Yerk World.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10
Mr.. KBAN's STATEMENT.

jghn T. Slaughter, Esq:
Sr,-I have just seen an article in the
>'0te OF Yesterday, which, in my opinion, ID
sounjust tha. have determined to furnish
you the following statement Of facts without
waiting for you to make any application to
me for it, whether you proposed to do so OF
no., OF which you have given me no indica'
ton: .-
Ny late partner, Mr.. John o. L. Goggin,
was counsel for Mrs. Garlard, the widow ol
Mr.. Samuel Garland, Sr. From October,
1865, Until Mr.. Geggin's death, he and
jointly We're her counsel; and from Mr.. Cog.
gins death, in January, 1869, to this time,
have teen the sole counsel for Mrs. Gar
lard. In this way I have been thoroughly
familiar With all the matters connected
WIN The administration Of the estate OF
MF. Samuel Garland, Sr. The provision
m1de for her by her husbands will was
very inadequate liz view of the amount OF
n's estate, and under tie advice of counsel
t'Le S;e Chisweli Dabney, EsQ.,) she. re-
noInced the will and claimed her legal
dover and distributaole interest. The lat
Ter was Que half Of all the personal estate
a;,eF @ the payment Of debts. Dover was
anVIed 10 her by the Circuit Court of Lynch.
o0Ig, and distribution Of the bonds. stocks,
aAH securities made at an early period after
sour qualification as administrator. in which
A!s' Garland received very large amount
u Sood railroad, State, and city bonds, and,
'ahh anG other stocks, which she has man.
aeto aud controlled herself ever since. 4.
IN The suit Instituted in 1862 by the exc
su!or OF Mr. Garland Il think General
samuel s Gar!and) TO construe the will and
"'od up the estate under the direction OF the
Vaf', You promptly and properly accounted
~. ~. e'e'. dollar with which you were ehargea-
p", aud the estate is now, and for several
sesl> Gas beep. indebted in considerable
amount 20 you. r $50 s3s IsE.
,,l ~ Das eeen uy active professional duty in
sr,. tause 10 ste that you were SO charged,
,uo va ~ 20 account, because out of every
arT rp'&tS 10y client was entitled to oRe,
,hs a you dsd Il. Many exceptions taken to
|.e o.e eom ommi-sioner's reports By a,e have been
So iuleu ty Judge Marshali and Judge
~ susio and State 1t as y fact that both
cn,'s 'uose Judges sustained and approved The
;~', 'se VI your administration no, only as 8
49, srd ?u' as more than usually discreet one.
ri,r -o j.. AZ Llss opinion, both as to your integ
49,! ! ~ tne conduet of that estate and pru-
800 iu !ts management. I, as counsel, OPT
sono ~ interest 10 you throughout, fully
yoneuf. ,on You are at liberty 10 make any use
''u please OF this note.
Respectfully, 80 r. GH. KEix.
@aAy"eA'arg, April Z, 1879.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

A Sacramento gentleman whose premises
were overrun with rats was informed that
T the best way TO get rid of them was 5to give
them feed of yeast. cakes, the idea suggested
being that the rodents, finding The. cakes
palatable, would eat as isag as their stomaehf
The water and Ibhe gastric juice In their
stonachs would Immediately cause the yeast
to act, and, as the ssuggester Of the piau res
marked, " 1t just raises 'esa up The citt-
zen purchased some yeast by way oE
experiment, and next9 9fnOrniDg discovered
some very fat but greatly disposed rats 10
bis yard and dispatch them. Il 80. g..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

CosvBYANcss or REAL ESTATE FOB THs
WsEK ENDING ApRn {, ,1s76.-Lots fronting !:
PA feet on Spring street corner Belyidere
for S4,1e0: So feet Son canal bank corner
Sixth street for $500 ; % feet on Leigh street
near Fourth for 9725; 223 feet on Laurel
street near Spring for 1925; IS feet on
Church street for 1895 80 feet on Broad
street for e2,100; 25 feet on Seventeenth
street between Marshall and Clay, gilt; 30
feet on Federal street near st. Stephen for
s575; % feet on Baker street between 81.
John and St. Paul, gift; 81 liz feet on
Main street corner Fourteenth for S4s025 !;
- feet on Main street corner Fourteenth
for sc. .825. ;.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

+ SALES OF RgKL ESTATE msde by ChaftiB,
Staples & Co., real estate agents Of this city,
In the last iew days.: 730 acres Of land in
Powhatan county 10 Mr.. Joseph Miller, o.
Pennsylvania, for s12 900 a297 acres in Din.
widda county, four miles west of Peters.
burg, to Mr., Jsbn Observation-Disclosures, of-Ale'
ebeny county, Penis for sl2 900; 200 scres
owned by E.: g. Rnfin, three miles east ol
Manchester, on James river, TO Mr.. Thomas
woods, of Pennsylvania, for .S20,O80 Two
OF these gentlemen are fn the city buying
teams snd preparing 10 take immediate pos
-rarcinr, M IN nir nfaceSs - z-1-4s *.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

PERSONAL Colonel William Townes, Jr.,
the n lion of the Sontbside," sojotrneth
himself at the Capitol Hotel, right In view OF
the Executive mansion. The Colonel is not
a candidate for tie reeeiversbip OF the At
lantie,, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, but his
appointment would undoubtedly result In a
strong contrast to General Malone as presi-
dent.
Mr.C. W. Harwood, formerly Of this city,
has been appointed to the freight agency OF
the Piedmont Airline, No. 8 Astor House,
ga position for which his popularity and
experience amply qualify him." a New York
paper says. ..,.
DR.. Arthur Cabell, lately appointed asslst-
ant-surgeoni in the United States army, was
on Saturday ordered to report for duty at
San Francisco. g .ta4, 20
General Henry a. Wise is still quite sick.
The Governor on Saturday heard state
ment of one of Dull's friends urging par
don. The Governor declined to'grant the
pardon at present. ; st.,1-.s,-t. .,,.,, I, =
It is announced that Rev. William E.
Hatcher will preach the annual sermon pe-
fore the Ladies' Missionary Society Of Upper
King and Queen church. OF. "Wednesday.