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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

OF mind. SO, why not make the sitting
room, or play-room, as attractive as the
parloE or more 50 If YOU like. Keep the
parlor for the nominal best ROOM" b
always ready for the door bell, and gfye
she old lady 4 chance. Why noss Who
win be kind enough to knock tAis chip of
my shoulder? / want to tall him what
Mrs. Dabbadge says she knows about it.
The MethodiSts gave Sabbath School
Concert, Sunday evening; after which
Rev. Mr. Eakins, in behalf of Sabbath
school scholars and o. S. Blood's class,
presented to Mr.. Blood an elegant copy
Jameson, Faussett & Browns complete
Commentary on the Bible, and also, Hitch
cocks new and complete Analysis of the
Bible. Mr.. Blood was completely sur
priSed and SO overcome that he was
scarcely able to respond.
Charles LibbCy wants the town to bgil(
/ him a logging road, or give him three
thousand dollars to do it with. 1t open
up an important commercial avenue RICH
into the very heart Of Carroll woods. Rc
it, Mr.. Bond. Don't be partial. Lets al
have good time, while the money il
going.
j. Q. A. Libby has bought the grist-mil
from Mr.. Chase, to whom he sold it Onl
a few months ago. Mr.. Seavey will re
main as miller. Mr.. Chase resumes hi
business connection at Laconia.
Thine,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

Editor Herald -
l see By your excellent papsT that those
old Green Mountains are onse more
Ishrewded in white, aud the mild zaphyrs
Of summer arc changed to wild blasts from
the polar lands, but 1 dare say the good |
people arc much better prepared for the |
frost king, than We in Kansas would be, |
should its coming be delayed 20 much |
later period At the tim0 l write, how
ever, we have but little here to indicate
that winter Is upon us the weather is fine
and the ordipaFy work of the fall is going
on about the same as it was month ago.
The labor of gathering the corn has but
just commenced with many of our large
farmers, the time having been employed
by them during the warm weather plow-
ing and preparing the ground for the
spring crops. Corn. with us this year, i'm
spite of the plague, might be called good;
it is ut least plenty and brings only TWEEN
ty-fye cents per bushel: much of the late
planting is, however, of an inferior quality.
Small grain with us was very near fail
urc. This year your correspondent had
sevnty-fve acres of wheat which yielded
only five bushels per acre and was about
as good piece as could be found in this
neighborhood; the same acreage last year
having given return of twenty-five bush
els per acre
Business Is rather better with US this
winter than it was expected to be. There
has of late been a coal mining company
formed at our city, with cupital Of $4,000,
and work will soon commence; cheap fuel
and steady employment for our idle labor
ers it is hoped will be the result With the
nerve the companys has, and the general
interest Of the citizens to back them, it is
! thought that coal, birthstone or china
will be reached. The return of better
T times brings emigration once more to the
i emigration agent, arrived at this city last
a week with q company of substantial look
I ing farmers from that Stat:, who have
3 come among US toffnd homes, and | alSt
u see from the Atchison Patriot that another
i; band of Mennonites from Russia number
# ing 175 have just settled southwest of us
=, along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc
:, railroad. A farmer living short distance
k from this place lost herd of twenty-foul
g head OF cattle short time since in yer!
d unusual way. He purchased what he sup
posed to be turnip seed, and sowed them
It after they had come up, he turned hi
: stock on them one morning and before
q night they were all dead. Upon cxamina
); ton he found the seed he had sown to b
mustard and the stock had eaten such
/ quantity of the leaves, that their intcs
tines were fairly burned up, causing thci
death in few hours. Some of our farm
tv ers are doing something at raising pea
It. nuts, and with an ordinary season the,
III arc said to pay largely. Two car loads
'e were shipped from Wichita to Chicag
= last week. H. w. j.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
Charlie Ross.

For the past ten days the st. Adams
people have been in a fever of excite
ment over prccocious youth, who
arrived there rSg the Northern IN. H.)
and Vermont Central Railroads, on q
night train, and who maintains that he is
the genuine Charlie Ross. lie was found
on the train without ticket, and on be-
ing questioned by the conductor said
that the man who had charge Of him,
engaged berth for him at Nashua N.
H., and he had not seen him since. He
pretended to tell the story of his abduc-
ton, and travels and experience since
that time. He said that the man who
had charge of him was named Butler,
that he had been learned to say his own
name was Donegan; that he was with the
Milford bank robbers when they robbed
the bank and alss the office of the Revere
Reach Railroad of some tickets had seen
the same gang commit other robberies.
The publication of the above in the daily
papers created great excitement. 1t was
soon asccrtained that one James Blanch-
ard of Milford, who is represented as "a
little ten-year-old rascal and a consum-
mate liar" and who answers to the de-
scription Of the boy found on the cars,
was missing from his home
However, all efforts to establish the
identity of the boy through the medium
of the telegraph, proved unavailing. Mr..
C. X. Ross Of Philadelphia was immedi-
ately telegraphed, and has communicated
ct great length with the st. Adams au-
tharities having the boy in custody. He
does not believe that boy is his Charlie,
and although st. Adams people offered to
pay his expenses he refused to go and see
him. The matter becomes more and
more enveloped In mystery every day
and although, it is not by any means prob
able that it is Charlie Ross, it is equally
certain that it is not the missing Milford
boy. On Wednesday, Colonel Crosby, the
Postmaster Of Milford, went to st. AL
bans to identify the youngster. The two
were brought face to face, and long dia-
logue ensued in which Crosby declared
he knew the boy, that he was Jimmy
blanchard, &C., while on the other hand
the boy asserted unequivocally that lie
knew no such man as Col. Crosby, that he
never lived in Milford, and that his name
was not Jimmy Blanchard, but Charlie
Ross that he did not want to go to Mil
ford, but wanted to go to Philadelphia to
see his father. ...r ..
The result of the interview was so I'M
satisfactory, that it was decided to start
Wednesday night with the boy for Phila.
delphia, but dispatch was received from
Mrs. Blanchard of Milford, saying, sht
would come on the night train, and con
sequently the trip to Philadelphia wa,
postponed, awaiting further Developments
The strongest evidence that the boy IL
custody is not the Ross boy, lies in til,
fact that he is apparently ten years old
while Charlie Ross can not be over six OF
seven.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
Major, the Wilton wife Poisoner,
Convisted.

Major, the Wilton wife Poisoner,
Convisted.
The trial of Edwin W. Major of Wilton
n. H., for the poisoning Of his wife Ida,
which has been in progress at Nashua for
a week past, befor Chief Justice Gushing
and Associate Justice Rand, terminated
on the first inst, by the rendering of a
verdict of guilty. The jury were out
only about two hours before agreeing
upon the verdict, AND it is understood
that ten were for conviction at the outset.
Immediately after the announcement of
the verdict by the foreman of the jury,
Solicitor Barrett moved for the sentence.
After a consultation by counsel the Clerk
said, "Elwin w. Major, have you anything
to say why the sentence of death should
not be passed upon your
Major arose asked permission to consult
his COUNSEL and after consultation, re-
turned to his seat and standing supported
by his chair, said in a trcmulous voice
'There is nothing that desire to say"
Judge Rand then delivered the death SEN
tence as follows:
THE SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Edwin W. Major, after a somewhat protractod
and most careful trial. you have been found guilty
of the most heinOus crime which can be commit
ted in civilized society. The law has been careful
| TO throw around youall its safeguards. You have
had the States process to summons your witness
es, and you have had in your defence most able
and eloquent counsel appointed by the Court
| The good and true men by whom you have been
| trieb, have been selected with great caution; in
deed it may be said to be a tribunal of your owl
choosing, and they thus find no reasonable doubt
of your guilt. And, l ought, perhaps, to say tC
you that the Court has as little doubt as the Jurors
who have tried you. The enormity of your guilt
| has ceased to be questioned. You have not only
destroyed human life, but you have destroyed
that particular life which, beyond all otRer life
it was your duty to cherish with the utmost ten
derness. And yet the law entertains towards you
no malice, and it speaks now through its agent
sorowfully not wrathfully. And it says to you
this: That you be imprisoned in the State Prison
until the fifth day of January of our Lord. 1877
and on that day between the hours of 10 in the
forenoon and , in thG a.ternoon that you be hang
| ed by the neck until you are dead.
| And permit me to admonish you that the days
and the hours are passing swiftly, and you should
abandon the expectations that belong to thii
world, and struggle to bring the remnant of YOU
| lie little more into harmony with the eterna
laws which you have broken, in the hope of the
eternal mercy which may notbe denied you.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
GUILDHALL, Vt, Jan. s. 1878.

Again we have reached the mile stone
that counts the years ana marks the ages.
God has not forgotten the world, and law,
aud system, and adaptation still reign SUI
premc, and harmony i'm all the works of |
creation has brought good and plenty to
us through another year. Like all other
years, waste and destruction has marked
its progress more or less. Death has
come suddenly to many, by fire, wind and
water. Great floods have dealt with the
worm and the human alike; the cabin and
the palace alike have been the play-thingS
of the torrents. Many ships thai have
ed with the product of years and thoN-
sands of warm beating hearts, in which
were conferred the hopes and hove of
other thousands of anxious friends, have
been suddenly entombed, and the great
sea waves have clashed and fought over
their graves, and the spot remains I'M
marked and unknown, save by the Hand
that holds all in being and will again bring
all to view when the. "Sca shall be no
more" Sad indeed are such remem-
brances of the good old dead year of 1875.
And though. great sorrows may have
marked special opochs in the lives of the
comparatively few. Yet the great world
of humanity has been greatly blessed.
The world has been largely spared the de-
vastatiOn of epidemics and pestilences.
There has been an abundance of rain and
sunshine in most parts of the cultivated
earth. The granaries Of our own land
and the world are full. The Hand Of plnn-
teonsness has been opened wide. The
show Of promise" has cheercd the man OF
toll as he read and remembered the sign
in the heavens, and bowed with loyal
faith to his toll, knowing that his labor
would not be in vain, for the promise was
sure.
There has been more Of peace on earth,
the battle fields few, and although there
has been shocking developments of wick
ness and dcplavity as developed in start
ling crimes, yet we believe that humanity
has been uplifted there has been going
out after truth, a search for the pure, the
true and the good in politics and religion
knowledge is increasing, men are growing
wiser. Rapid strides are being made in
arts and sciences, and! commerce is open
ing all nations to civilization. Let us bt
glad and rejoice in these Christmas days
for America huns with peaceful industry
and the future stretches out before us like
a Towering prairie to summer sky
Many dark and ominous thunder clouds
have hung over US and crashed upon us il
all their fury, but now all are passeC
away; and we are stronger, purer ant
better for the terrible discipline. If onl,
the great lesson of the life of Him who's
birth we delight to celebrate in these day.
of joy, could be set forth so as to becom,
the golden rule of individuals and nationa
life. If only it could be made the faith o
our daily conduct, that to serve men leas
is to serve God most. The song that tn
Bethlehem shepherds heard, is the son:
that we all hearin our deepest consciences
that goodwill to men is peace on earth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
The Mystery of Mammoth Cave.

ELhp W hOObs
Down in the cavern's sunless heart
We wandered from the light of day,
Through silence GREATNESS as tomb,
Followed long the winding way;
Weirtl shone each hall and avenue,
AS wound our aaring torches through,
And sparry grot and chamber dim
Flashed like orbs in the nightly vault;
Trembling through the gloom we heard
ringing voice-but one word-"halt"
We gathered there in the lowest cave,
A silent group by Lathe's wave.
For lost in shades of endless night
This dark, PlutOnian river means,
Lonely mid those portals dim,
AS if to mock the wandering gnomes;
We listened while our own hearts beat
To that strange rythm at our feet.
As echo from the hills reversed
Or growing hue of morning flame,
Triumphantly so faint at first,
Wilderng notes of music came;
As if from angel choirs it fell,
Scarcely lisped, we caught the spell.
Those thrilling notes seemed everywhere,
Their gloomy chambers lost among,
Plaintiye as the lone night air,
The cares mysterious SyrenS sung
Or like an organs thrilling note,
Or wayes-we heard theanthem float.
A thousand echoes bore the strain,
Vague, uncertain, as in dreams;
And almost lost the sad refrain,
Gathering force like pent-up streams,
Or thunder from the sacred mount,
Crashed anew from its hidden tount.
That mournful wall like prayer or woe,
Sobbng through the rayless space,
Strangely then to joyous flow
So pure would change, that not q trace
OF earthly grOssness blended there
AS ii mingled with the pulseless ar.
We asked the guide with bated breath;
When hustled that silvery tongue at last
And silence fell like that of death,
Though memory held the cadence past, .
Who could the cavern's songsters be?
"Mat." thus explained the mystery:
"The Mammoth Cave employees band
Only mortals of common mould
Obedient Heaven at whose command,
Enters this satanic hold:
And magnetized by strings and flute
The listener stands. entranced and mnten
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE OF ED
| y MIMI q pANNEEs nrCEA sEl-

NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE OF Ed
IN MUND G. POWERS DECEASED.
STATE OF VERMONT In Probate Court,
District Of ESser, IS. theld in Geildhall, in
and for said district, on the 9th day of December
A. d. 1915.
Lettie Il. Powers and ]. c. Webster Admins
traitors of the estate Of Edmund c. Powers late Of
Lunenburg in said District, deceased, makes APP
pication to said Court, for license to sell all of
the real estate Of said deceased, in said district,
representing that the sale thereofis necessary for
the payment of debts ond charges Of administra
ton and would be conducive to the interest of all
concerned.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that
said application be referred to a session thereof,
to be held at the Probate Olice in said Guiidhall
on the 2jth day of December, A. d. 1875 for hear
ing asd decision thereon; and it is further order
ed, that all persons interested be notified hereof
by publication of notice of said application and
order thereon three weeks successfully in the
Essex County Herald, a newspaper published al
Guildhall and which cirCuaes in the neighbor
hood of those interested, before said time OF hear
ing, that they may appear at said time and place
and, ifthey see cause, object thereto.
WIN. H. HARTSIIORN, Judge,
A true copy of record-Attest
50-St WIN. II. HARTSHORN, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
The Register

Will be out in few days-prehaps is out,
now, while you are reading this. 1t
should be for sale, as soon as out, by
every Bookseller in the State, and, where
there are no booksellers, by the General
Dealers, or perhaps by the Postmaster.
Ifyou cannot find it where you live, it
will be sent by the publishers, on receipt
Of "a cents. Vermont and New-Hamp-
shire Registers, both at once, As cents.
CLAREMONT MFG CO.,
Clarcmont, N. II.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

1t is said that principal reason why
Mr.. Morrison of Illinois, the chairman
of the ways and means committee, has
never made speeches in the house, is
that he received a bullet through the
lungs while an officer in the Union
army, which has incapacitatcd him for
such effort. lie is an answering
hard. money and frce-trade man. On
these points he is in fnll accord with
Speaker Kerr; and it was his influence
and courage which, two or three years
ago induced the Democrats in his State
to place themselves squarly on hard
money and free-trade platform.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF JOHN c. PHILIPS.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Essex
commissioners, to receive examine, and adjust
all claims and demads OF all persons against the
estate Of John G. Philips, late Of Lunenburg, in
said district, deceased, and all claims exhibited in
offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the hall of II,
A. Cutting in Lunenburg, on the 18th day of
January ana nth day of April next, from one
O'Clock p VI. until five o'clock, p NJ, each of said
days, and that six months from the 26th day of
October, A. d. 1873, is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Lunenburg, this 18th day of Decem-
Der, A. d. 1878.
o. J. Y " w WFARRSTSHoRN' Commissioners.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

LYoN's KATHAIRoN prevents the hair
from falling out or turning gray, re-
news its growth, and gives strength
and vigor 1t is delightfully."- perfum-
ed, and makes splendid dressing. 1t
is The cheapest and most desirable
Hair Tonic ever produced. Used by
the elite. Price only so cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
A Good Testimony.
We clip the following from the Ban

We clip the following from the Banner
Of Holiness:
"Jesus can save from tobacco. have used to
bacco for twenty five years, and was complete
slave to 10 The first thing in the morning, even
before dressing, would fill my mouth with it, 1
had used it to such an extent that my life was
wasting away. | tried to leave off by using an
tidotcs, and succeeded for while. But soon re-
turned to my slavery, for became sick when l
did not use'either the antidote or the tobacco. l
gave up all hope of deliverance, never expecting
to be free from it in this life. But the good Lord
delivered me out of all my troubles
In the spring of 1879, during a revival Of relig-
ion in Astoria, Illinois, arose one morning prais-
ing God for his great mercy and goodness to me
and mine. | had first however filed my mouth
with the filthy weed just then the Spirit said to
me, GLOW can you praise that greet and holy
being with such q Gthy mouth?" The convic-
ton was instantaneous; and so was also my de-
termination that by the grace Of God would be
free. Immediately cleansed my mouth, and as
soon as possible, asked the Lord to help me. And
he did help me wonderfully, and totally destroy
ed my tobacco habit. have never experienced
any inconvenience without it, no more SO than if
/ had never used it. | am now looking to and
trusting in him, who is able and willing, and does
save me from all such filthy habits.
would say to all the readers of the Banner,
who use tobacco, and are convinced that it is a
sin in the sight of God, and offensive to many, if
not all those who have ceansed themselves from
all flthiness of the flesh and spirit, in Gods name
be Free be clean, be pure. Never tell it again to
mortal that you must use it; or that Jesus cannot
save YOU from it, But determine to be free, and
obey God. He can save from all the effects OF
the fail. He saves me fully" LEWIS S. POST.
If the reader uses tobacco he will find it bless
ed to initiate this noble example. Stop noW, and
look to the Lord for help. NJ. c.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

Number Of cars over the different roads-Boston
& Lowell, 20, Fitchburg. 81; total, 6S.
Prices of elarket Beef-A few choice, 50 %;
extra $3.50 TO $3.50; first quality, S1V0 TO SS2j;
second quality, S5.o0to So 80 Third quality, 80
TO s5.75.
Prices of Store Cattle--worldng Oxen, per pair,
from 500, $50, Sl7j to $40
Mich Cows and Calves from S35 to S63; extra,
s6j 10 S9j. Farrow cows, $50 10 $40.
learlings $40 TO So; two years old, SIS to S32 (;
three years old S2s to sac.
Prices OF Sheep and Lambs-In lots, s2.0Os2.5O,
50 0s to s32jeach; extra, $3.50 to $3.50 each, or
fran to &c per Id.
Spring Lambs, 5 to s l-2c per ID.
Veal Calves, $500 to 3 100
Prices Of Hides, Tallow and Skins-Brighton
hides, 74c TO 7iperlb; country hides, s. to &c
per ID. Brighton tallow, Ia to &c perlb coun-
try tallow, TO &c per ID.
Pelts 81 to 81 50 each. 0lc skins II to l2lc per
lb.
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE AND SHEEP.
NIB. Beef-Choice grade includes nothing but
stal-fed 100 TO 400 lbs buocks. Extra and first
quality include the hest, large, fat oxen. Second
and third quality includes oxen and two and three
year Old steers.
Sheep-ENtra includes cO5sets, and when those
of inferior quality are thrown out
REMARKS.
| Cattle-Tho lightest supply over the Northern
pOads since last summer. Courage of dealers
| seens 20 have nearly expired Large quantities
| of Chicago Beef being in the city, shipped by
| rail direct, has apparently filed up all the ave
/ MUGS OF trade. The light supply this morning
| is hardly wanted. Trade very dull and not like
| ly TO improve. The chances seem to be against
! quick sales.
Sheep remain at stationary rates The quality
| averages poor; not many likely focks and supply
| light from the North. Butchers manifest con
| siderable indifference.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08

The Messrs. Fairbanks of St. Johns
bury shipped two carloads of scales over
the 7. & o. Railroad ria Portland,
Strange as 1t may appear, it is said they
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
ESTATE OF EpMrNp c. POWERS.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Essex
commissioners, TO receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons against the
estate of Edmund c. Powers late Of Lunenburg
in said District, deceased, and all claims exhibit
ed in offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
dler House in Lunenburg on the first Tuesday of
January and first Tuesday of May next from 10
O'Clock, A. NJ until 4 o'clock, p. NJ, each of said
DAYS, and that six months from the end day OF
December, A. D. 1915 is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Lunenburg, this 9TH day of December,
A. d. 1873.
JOIN W. HARTSHORN, | coo,,,iss;orors
LUTHER A. NICHOLS. 00N'iNi''ioiiei o.
5O-3t
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
ERRORS OF YOUTH,
For Sale Or Rent.

The desirable cottage on North ST., near Indian
brook, owned by Gen. Nelson Cross: For terms
apply to HENRY o. KENT.
Lancaster, Nov, 1875. 46tf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
WATERFOWL UNION LIVE STOCK
MARKET

For the week ending Tuesday, Jan. I, lSIG.
AMOUNT or 1--WE STOCK AZ MARKET.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-08
THE DEATH SENTENCE.

BERT. DARLINGTON.