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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
A Little Domestic UnpIeasantness.

A wretched old horse, blind, spawned
and lame-an old covered vehicle with
every wheel "dished" and every joint
creaking like Chinese machinery
family of five who looked as if they had
been shaking with the ague and wrest-
ling with a whirlwind-that was the
sight in Detroit grove, according to the
Free Press. They had turned off the
street to cook dinner. They sat around
a small fire waiting for the coffee to
boil, and the old horse leaned against
tree and looked longingly at the thistles
across the ditch.
"Whar' we bound for 2" repeated the
father, cutting one of the children for
poking into the coffee with stick.
owe are on the joggle, and if that ere
boss don't fail us We'll land in the Black
Hills sometime next fall. I"
You seem to have hard luck"
"No seem about it, F" replied the wife,
in a shril voice. "We've had the
lankiest luck of any family ever strung
together, and it's all that old fools
fault |" -H
She pointed at her husband, and there
was no question but that she referred to
him.
"She's leetle riled, stranger" ex-
planned the man, "and puts it too
strong. We've been living way off up
North, and times has been hard. 1 tried
to make something catching wildcats
last winter, but we got down to corn
and 'lasses fore spring spite of all 1
could do"
He's brazen liar" shouted the
woman.
"And now, continued the husband,
1--WE are jogging along for the Black
Hills, and it seems to me as if we was
on the road to wealth and happiness.
We are all gittin' fat, feel good, and the
only thing want is dog to run under
the wagon"
"Dick Thurber, you are lying to the
gentleman when you say I'm fat and
happy ~ shouted the wife.
."Oh, we'll, you soon will be-"
"No l WON'T"
ooh, yes you will"
&C. say you are brazen liar |" she re-
piled, heaving firebrand at him.
The children all tnrned around at one
motion, got under the wagon at another,
as if trained to it, and the husband and
father smiled sicl1ly smile and said:
stranger, sass is sass, no matter
whether you find it in the pine woods
or in the city. She aching for a row,
and 'spect you'd better git over thar
by the wagon and kinder see that the
boss doesn't run away and break
things !"
The stranger sought to bridge the
chasm, but it was no use. The wife
took off her breastpiu and dropped il
into the hind end of the wagon, and the
man placed his old plug hat on knoll
far from the fire.
81 hate to do it, Sary," remarked the
husband, "but I can't stand sass when
I'm doing my level best"
81 know what I'm about, she calmly
replied, propping up the coffee pot.
A crowd of women and children came
up at that moment, and after some
hesitation the row was declared off foI
the time being.
Two or three hours won't make ne
difference" remarked the man, as he sa
down, "though when I'm sassed wan
to have the row over with as soon as pos
sible."
"All I ask is one minutes warning Z
she replied, putting on her breastpil
again, and the family sat down to feas
of dry bread and black coffee, finishing
which the joggle was resumed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
VOraciOus Tigers.

Anextract from a Burman missionary
letter reads as follows: When we ar
rived at the village of None the people
there were looking for the governor of
the Shwaygyeen district to see what
could be done to rid them of a fierce
tiger. His haunt was near the path
leading from this village to a Karen
mountain a little to the east. This mon
ster had killed and eaten nine persons,
and now no one dared to go that way.
He was a great fellow, about seventeen
feet from tip to tip, very bold, and
afraid of no body of men. He captured
whoever came near him, whether Karen,
Shan or Burman. If there were several
in the party, he always sprung upon the
last one. He was so heavy and sprung
from so great distance, that he killed
every one the moment he struck him.
The last party he attacked contained
seven men. The last one carried q
spear, and said that he was not afraid OF
the tiger, but before he reached the top
of the hillithe tiger had captured him,
breaking his spear and killing him in
stantly.
A little while after we left this village
man came up behind our train riding
furiously. He was an Englishman, and
wore dagger and a revolver in his belt,
and was rather a formidable looking
man. He was chief of police in Shawy.
gyeen, and, glad to see a white face,
cantered on with him for mile or two,
He had in his pocket the claws of tiger
who had recently killed five Karens
This, too, was an old tiger, but with
very little hair left ON him, and very
large. He came to him in this wise
Two Karens were ascending the noun
tain together; each carried a spear, the
one pointing backward, the other for
ward. The tiger leaped from behind
and came upon one of the spears. HI
was mortally wounded and very soor
died.
There was one very sad story con
nected with the death of these persons
A father and his little girl were going
home from their bazaaring, when the
tiger sprung upon the child and carried
her away. The father, crazed with tn,
sight, pursued the beast, and caught
hold of the child's legs and tried to FIRE,
her from his jaws. The tiger let go hi
hold, and the father placed the dea(
child on his shoulders and started off OF
the run. The tiger came up again, ant
Selling the child carried it off into tn
Jungle. The village was aroused by tn
cries of the man, and came to the place
While they were standing and looking
at the child's blood the tiger came VI
behind them, sprung upon a man am
carried him away. The monster, VIII
has killed nine persons, still lives, not
withstanding the fact that $3.50 is offere,
! for his head.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Kissing the Maid.

A lady in jamestown suspected her
husband was in the habit of kissing
Katy, the cook, and resolved to detect
him in the act. After watching for days
she heard him come in one evening, and
quietly. pass into the kitchen. Now
Katie was out that evening, and the
kitchen was dark. Burning with jealousy,
the wife took some matches in her hand
and hastily placing the shawl over her
head, as Katie sometimes did, entered
the kitchen by the back door and was
almost Immediately seized and embraced
in the most ardent manner. With her
head almost bursting with rage and
jealousy, the injured wife prepared tc
administer a terrible rebuke to her
faithless spouse. Tearing herself from
his fond embrace, she struck a match
and stood face to face with--the hired
man. Her husband says his wife never
treated him so we'll since the first month
they were married as she has for the
past few days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
An Ingenious Piece of Work.

The Colorado State building on the
Centennial grounds is in the form of a
Greek cross, in the center and under the
cupola of which is suspended bell in
geDiously constructed out of grains in
the stalk, grasses, and broomcorn brush,
while the tongue consists of bell
shaped gourd suspended at the end of
an elongated club gourd of over six feet
by about two inches in diameter. The
bell is eight feet nine inches across the
bottom, and eight feet six inches high,
and is in the same proportion, and bears
the same inscription, as the old Revo'
lutionary relic in Independence Hall:
Proclaim Liberty throughout all the
land to all the inhabitants thereof Oev.,
XIV. 10)."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Window Glass.

Window glass are said to have been
used as early as the fifth or sixth cen
fury in some of the churches in Italy,
but it was not until the eleventh century
that glass windows were seen in Eng
land. Previous to that time, shutters
made of wood, strained linen cloth, or
paper soaked in oil, were in fashion,
and continued to be used for two or
three centuries longer by the common
people, glass being luxury that only
the rich could afford. So late as the
year 1867 there is en- account of survey
of Amwick CASTLE, in which the recon-
mendation occurs that the glass windows
should be taken out and laid up when
"lordshippe was not there, because
throwe extream windes the glasses of
the windowes dooth decay and waste,
and the decay thereof shall be very
costlie and chargeable to be repayed."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Reporters.

DR.. Bartol, of Boston, gentleman of
somewhat radical views, has been
preaching a sermon on reporters and re-
porting, and favors the process. "The
reporter" said the doctor, els photo
grapher. But the sun may slur or dis
tort and who of us ever thought his
own picture handsome enough, or his
idea fifty represented But these in
visible observers and listeners have no
personal favor, or personal or sectarian
bias. There is no bride to take or ak
to grind. They pass up the exact re-
cord, nothing added or left ont. They
are but our proxies and servants; for in
all our action and speech we are report
ing ourselves, and, however we wish, are
no more able to question the register
than man to deny his own signature. +"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Where the gong sounds loudest the
supper is smallest.
80 wad some power the giftie gle us,

~ wv NNAIOAC 40 AehCAo nOO ubs
Behold that pale, emaciated figure, with
downcsst eye, like some criminal about to
meet her fate ! See that nervous, distrustful
look, as she walks along with slow and I'M
steady step. The pink has left her cheeks
and the cherry her lips. The once sparkling,
dancing eyes are now dull and expressionless.
The once warm, dimpled hands are now thin
and cold. Her beauty has fed. What has
wrought this wondrous change? What is that
which is lurking beneath the surface Of that
once lovely form? Does she realize her terri
BILE condition? Is she aware OF the woeful APP
pearsnce she makes? Woman, from her very
nature, is subject to a catalogue Of diseases
from which man is entirely exempt. Many OF
these maladies are induced by her own care
lessness. or through ignorance Of the laws OF
her being. Again, many female diseases, il
properly treated, might be arrested in theiI
course, and thereby prove of short duration.
They should not be left to an inexperienced
physician who does not understand their ma
ture, and is, therefore, incompetent to treat
them. The Importance of attending to female
diseases in their earlier stages cannot be toe
strongly urged. For, if neglected, they fire..
quently lead to consumption, chronic debility
and oftentimes to insanity. In all classes Of
female diseases, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is without rival. No medicine hal
ever surpassed it. In " The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" OF which R. Y. Pierce
NJ D., of Buffalo, N. Y, is the author and pub
lsher, is an extended tretise on woman anC
her diseases. Under this head the various
affections to which woman is incident are care
fully considered, accurately portrayed, and
restorative course Of treatment suggested
Every woman, as she values her life anC
| health, should possess copy Of this valuable
book. II she be diseased, this "adviser
will show how she may be restored to health
and also direct her how che may ward OF
many maladies to which she is constantly beinj
exposed. Let every suffering woman hee
this timely advice and see herself as other
see her. Price of adviser" $1,5O postpaid
to any address,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
A Singular Man.

An eccentric man, who died q short
time ago, had left written directions mi
nutely describing how he wished to be
buried. On the hillside above his resi-
dence he had prepared for himself a
sepulcher cut in the solid rock, with a
stone fitted into the opening, that was
to be sealed up with cement. He de-
sired that no sexton, undertaken or
hearse should be employed at his funer-
al. His coffin was made by workman
from blackwalnut which ne had kept in
his house for this purpose. The coffin
was to be sealed up in lead lined box.
The funeral was to take place immedi-
ately after breakfast, and the only SER
vice was to be prayer. His own
horses were to convey him to the tomb,
and he had selected eight pail bearers.
These directions were followed at the
funeral.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
DIR. scHENck's pU1mos1c SYRUP, SEA WEED Ton

DIR. SoHENoKs PULMoNIo SYRUP, SEA WEED TONIC
AND MANDRAKE PuLs-These medicines have un
doubleday performed cures OF Consumption than
any other remedy known to the American public They
compounded of vegetable ingredients and contain
nothing which be injurious to the human constitu
tion Other remedies advertised for Consump-
ton, probably contain opium, which is a somewhat
dangerous drug in all cases. and IL taken freely by
consumpve PATIENTS 1t must do great injury; for Its
tendency is to conne the morbid matter in the system
which, of course must make a cure impossible
Schencks Pumonic Syrup is warranted not to contain
particle of opium. 1t is composed of powerful but
harmless herbs, which act the lungs, liver, stomach
and expe all the diseased matter from the body These
are the only by which Consumption be cured
and as Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills the only medicines which operate in
this way 1t is obvious they the only genuine fol
Pulmonary Consumption. Each bottle of this invalu
able medicine is accompanied by full directions DR.
Schenck professionally at his principal Office,
Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, every Monday
where all letters for advice must be addressed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
How Much Shall We Eat ?

Sir James Clark thought that one of
the most fruitful sources of consump-
tion was excessive eating. He says !;
"By too stimulating diet the stomach
becomes disordered, the secretions i'm
paired, the circulation unbalanced, the
skin dry and harsh; and often, as a con-
sequence, tuberculous disease results. +"
DIR. Johnson offers the following on
this point "Whenever meal is fol-
lowed by an inaptitude for mental or
corporeal exertion, we have transgressed
the rules of health, and are laying the
foundation for disease"
What an immense gain it would prove
to us all if the dessert could be abol-
ished / Ninety nine people in hun
bred get enough, and most of them
too much, before reaching it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

A SINGULAR INoDENT.-An extraor.
binary incident of coal oil accident is
reported at Newport, Ky. A young
lady dropped her lamp, which exploded
and burned her badly. The account
says: After Miss Jones' injuries had
been dressed in oil and cotton, and most
OF the persons had left, Mr.. Ben Britton
picked up what he supposed were her
gloves. As they were very stiff, they
were examined and found to be the skin
OF her hands and wrists, with the nails,
which she had rubbed off in her frantic
attempts to quench the fame.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

If Johnson's Anodyne Lininaent is
half as valuable as people say it is, no family
should be without it. Certainly no person,
other profession, should start on q journey
without it. In fact, it is needed wherever
there is an ache, sprain, cut, bruise, cough OF
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

What are the credentials of GLENN s
SULPHUR SOAP? Firstly, it is indorsed by
medical men as a disinfectant, deodorizer, and
remedy for 10 al diseases of the skin. Second.
ly, it is an admirable article for toilet use
Thirdly, it is inexpensive. Depot, Crittenton's
No. Sixth avenue, New York.
Beautify without risk with Hills Instsn.
taneous Hair Dye.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Desirable Business Opportunity,

A large and we'll known New York house,
about to establish an agency in this town and
county, require the services Of an active and
reliable man or woman. The compensation
will be liberal, while little or no capital is re.
quired. Only an energetic and trustworthy
person will be accepted. Write to G s. Hubert
P. o. Box 1929, N. Y. city, for full particulars.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

Farmers and "horsemen are con-
tinuaily inquiring what we know of the utility
OF Sberiddr'S Oa0dlry Condition POWDERS,
and in reply, we would say, through the columns
Of this paper, that we have heard from hun
dreds who have used them with gratifying re-
suits; that is also our experience.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

Chapped hands, face, pimples, ring
worms, ssltrheum, and other cutaneous affec-
tons cured, and rough skin made soft and
smooth by using JUMPER TAR SOAP Be care
ful to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard
Co., New York, as there are many limitations
made with common tar, all of which are worth
laaa. .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
Imitation Gold Watches. Chains and IawaIrv

1t is said that one side of the body
tends to outwalk the other side. 1t is
not possible, when the eyes are shut, to
walk in a straight line for any length OF
time; and it will be found where per
sons lose their way, that they almost in
variably wander off to the right than to
the left.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

Mean souls, like mean pictures, are
often found in good looking frames.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

Women newspaper correspondents of
Washington who write ball and party
gossip are disrespectfully spoken of as
persons who get their chicken salad for
nothing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24
PRINTER'S ROLLERS

Made from the Patent - EXCELSIOR Composition.
will recast not affected by the weather price, 30 cents
per pound. Is used in printing this paper.
j. X. COLE. ARt.. 30 Ann ST., N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

ILL. CATALOGUE OF ARTICLES FOR A o,o,,4,
Free. ROSTON NOXEI.TY 90. Mass AGenLs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-06-24

1H-n HOWE HOUSE, 9ER
LOO On the Europeans Plan, 10 ~
232O Chestnut Street, Cor gath Street, overlooking
the Schuylkill River PHILADELPHIA, has accomm o.
dations equal to any Hotel in the City, at prices one
hundred per cent, less Terms-75 cents and 81 LOO
per day HOWE h CO., rrOpretors.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-26

States is not party. One of the numer-
GUS investigation committees Of the House
has now before it q man named Seelye,
who is anxious to turn States evidence,
but dare not make full confession until
assured in advance of imm unity from
prosecution. The Attorney General docs
not find such case in the category of
those whom the law department of the
government is permitted to shield by a
nolle prosequi. If the Democrats deem
Seelye's evidence of importance, let them
prepare bill and pass it through the
House. exempting him from prosecution.
If the Senate shall pass and the President
approve such bill, it will then be the law
Of the land. It can be made to extend to
Ferguson and all others who may be
wanting to make clean breast of it.
There is little or no danger that either
Seelye or Ferguson will be molested by
the Attorney General for the testimony
they may give before the Gibson commit
tee; hence there is no necessity for this
great parade of the demand that the ex-
ecutive department shall pledge immu-
nifty in advance for every witness who may
wish to make use of Congressional COM
mittee to shield him from the consequence
of his trausgressions.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-26
ANOTHER LIE NAILED"

As might have been expected Mr..
Swan promptly denies the statement made
in Washington by Guava Jelly Ferguson,
and reported exclusively for the New
Orleans Democrat, to the effect that be,
William Swan, was carried on the rolls of
the New Orleans Customhouse, The
Democrat, commenting on the card of Mr..
Swan, says, with grim good humor, eve
have no doubt that the names of many
honest persons will be found to have been
placed on these fraudulent pay rolls. :"
That does not meet the case in question.
All who know Mr.. Swan know there is
not the shadow Of foundation
for connecting his name with any
government pay roll, and none knew that
fact better than "Bijou, who telegraphed
what Ferguson is reported to have said.
As to the willing witness, Ferguson, this is
not his first ottense. He has testified that
several of our best merchants have been
guilty of bribing Customhouse officers,
and the matter of his evidence looks more
like States prison than joke to parties
implicated. Ferguson should be made to
understand that if he expects to live in
New Orleans and be collector of the port
under Democratic administration, he
must confne his falsehoods exclusively
to the SANDER of the Republican party.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-26
TYRANNY.

Although our government has been
much improved since 1860, in that it re-
cognizes the political rights of all men,
yet we had in fact at the beginning of the
war the same form of government as now.
We had then, it is true, Democratic
President in Mr.. Buchanan. He was a
good man of the kind, but to this day
Southern Democrats have attempted to
justify rebellion. The bowling dervish
of the Biloxi Mirror unbosoms himself
as follows;
But for our part, the Republican at Wash.
ington, and the REPUBLICAN, 1T New Or
leans, may publish any number Of letters
they please, from any Southern statesman,
and they may howl, and they may shrek,
and they may cry, and they may yell and
raise the bloody shirt, and stick it on q
pole, and dance round it like 90 many
drunken Indians-and they are no better
and what then? All of these letters will
show that never was war urged with
greater unanimity by any people since the
creation OF the world than the Confederate
war. What WAS it fog! Why simply to rid
US Of tyranny which was despicable in
itself, and execrable in its influence.
Will this unreconstructed writer pre-
tend to say from his standpoint Of dis
satisfaction that the United States gov
eminent is less tyfannical and despicable
now than it was in 1860? If the govern
ment is as despicable now, then the same
cause for rebellion exists, and the South
ern Dem ocrats at heart are as ripe for
treason now as then. His point is that
the war was fought not for the perpetua-
ton of slavery alone, but to overthrow
the tyrannicai government seated at
Washington. White Line successes may
have turned the heads of Mississippi
editors, as the head of poor Fitzhugh
was turned when he became "a bigger man
than old Grant" but it becomes the duty
of every nan who labored to preserve the
Union to see that the power and strength
Of the Union gained by arms at so much
cost of life is not cheap!y voted away at
the polls.