Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-01-22
facts and Faneies.

He who has health is a rich man, and
does not know it. & r,r fsffg br.
There are II, 1888 blind men and 8,977
blind women in the United States. = '-
The worst thing about january is that
it is the most bilious month in the year.
The hotels of Washington are crowded
with the baggage of disappointed office
seekers who didn't have enough money
left to pay their bills. ...'t.. -.-...
A letter was received at the Norwich
Conn., post7ofice several days before
Christmas, addressed, in child's han d,
to Santa Claus" 1t was held for
postage. 81 2f.sA .B5Hol-asF sT7w s1-.
of An auditor being asked how he liked
the performance of q certain dramatic
club, replied that he should "hardly
like to call it club, but rather collee-
tion of sticks ;" eli aril a7aaH
Kentucky has law that all money
won in betting on elections shall be con-
fscated to the school fund, and the
grand jury at Louisville are rolling up
fearful list of indictments. '.
Now is the time when a man will
write "1875," then rub the "5" out
with his fore finger, suck the finger clean,
tear up the sheet of paper, kick the cat
out of the Office, and begin anew.
M;nnaeo+o 20 Io bovo n Stoto ;,,aL,;o4o
asylum for which the liquor sellers will
have to pay, as the supreme court has
sustained the constitutionality of the
law imposing tax for this purpose.
As old Mr.. - heaved the last scut-
tie of four tons of coal into his cellar, he
was heard to remark: " If they had
been boys instead of girls, it wouldn't
have been thus. One ton would last all
winter" .ar a.#tg tE4lH g1 aga.
Washington Irving's early disappoint-
ment in love was necessary to his sue
cess in after life. Had he not perform
ed the part of "spoony" and been Tilted
he never would have become such
| famous author.
"Why don't men swear when they
are alone4" asks Talmage. ,s /" Did Mr..
Talmage," says the Independent, "ever
lay around the fence corners and see
lone farmer pick up a humble beea
What did that farmer say 2" a< ..r
Joseph Smith, son of the Mormon
prophet, and president of the organiza-
tion called the True Latter-Day Saints,
says the new institution comprises about
$4,000 members scattered throughout
the United States, Europe and the
Sandwich islands.
A rural editor, wishing to be severe
upon an exchange, remarks : "The
subscriber of the - in this place tried,
q few days ago, to carry home some lard
in copy of that paper but, on reach
ing home, found that the concentrated
lie had changed it to soap" .....
1t is affirmed by statistican, of whose
competency thus to affirm we know
nothing, that of the 1900, 600, 900 in
habitants of the globe moro than /, ,0O0,-
100000 use tobacco in one shape or an.
other. And 800 years ago nobody but the
American Indians knew anything about
it. .E'a ''
A lad named James McCulIar was
tossing up penny piece and catching
it in his mouth, at Wolverhampton,
in England, the other day, whom the
coin slipped down his throat. He was
taken to the hospital, and after linger-
ing for two nights the lad died in great
pain. 4.''i. '- 5.4a ven sHf st.'
MEN are like hymns, " remarks an
exchange. o-" There are short-meter
men, sharp, blunt, and hasty; there are
long-meter men, slow, weighty, and
dignifed; there are halleluiah- meter
men, mercurial, fervent, and inspiring;
and there are eights-and- men,
gentle, genial, and delightful. There
are also some peculiar meters. /" ..
1t was in Poland, of an evening.
Three of them we're killing cat. One
of them held a lantern, another held
the cat, and the third iammed pistol
into the cats ear and fred it, shooting
the man who was holding the animal in
the hand and wounding the party with
the lantern in the arm. The cat left as
soon as it saw how matters stood, and
that ill-feeling was being engendered.
The stock of breadstuffs in Philadel-
phia, Dec. 80, 1876, was 1913, 900 barrels
-four, against 119, 900 for 1874; 452,6OO
bushels of wheat, against 225, 900 bush
els for 1874; 347, 900 bushels of corn,
against 225, 300 bushels for 1874; 49,,
800 bushels of oats, against 222,860
bushels for 1874. The stock of wheat in
the millers' hands is $4,000 bushels,
against 45, 300 bushels for 1874.