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w. F. Weeks, Bangor
Me.
H. w. Strang, Elmira, N
Y.
Haskins g. Isbell, Osws
go, N. Y.
Hyde & Bettys, Auburn
| N. Y.
]. A. Clark, Batavia, Ma
H. Cowell & Co. Cleve.
land, D.
10. II. Ford, New Hoveh.
i CT.
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ledo. Ohio.
Geo. Embry, Morrow, o
! g. Bills, Canandaigua, N
Y. lie Grys & Wortn
Cambridge, N. Y.
ID. B Buell. & Co, Hart
ford, CT.
c. Wyman, St. Alban
, VT.
W. Kirk, W Winsteo'
, CT.
John b. Morriss. Ci : Gin
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John w. Tyler, Scranton
= Pa.
|; II. Grant, Troy, N. z.
: N. p. Kilburn, Cory
Pa.
napolis, Ind.
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sher particulars, ask your
, or address
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WATCH BUYERS ATTENTION

bAN puAShoSS VA
Watches to the su
periority of the
Nickel Movement
Watches, made by
the Messrs. PoBEI
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Switzerland. Gents
and Ladies' sizes
in Stem aud Key
w Winders.
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have Equilibrium
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nometer balance,
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pered and har0~-
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Enamelled Pipe.

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, 1T WILL Non
! Rust or crack and costs only triHe more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. haYe the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS
sFsfs stEEss Store IN Star E2Ioct
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!. n. sTuhGEoN. LUCIAH ADAMS
STURGEON & ADAMS.

A ATToRNEYs AND CoUNsELoRs AT LAW.
y Office in Mitchell 6 Lyndes block, Rock Island
III Have complete set of Books Of Abstracts O
Title of Lands in Rock Island County.
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Orleans Street Livery.

A HENRY, LIVERY FEED, SALE AND
IA Boarding Stable. Parties and Funerals spe-
ciality. Orleans Street, between Buffalo and Ea-
- Charges reasonable. 1216d1y
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ed Brequet Hair Springs
combine all modern il
making.
These Watches were az
the Paris Exposition of
ance and greatest accur
further guarantee that tn
annex names of some of
ers III the trade wno have
will vOuch for the accura
Benedict Bros. N. Y,
q. Marks, Troy, N. Y,
j. A,Smlth, Saratoga Sp's
N. Y.
K. b. Booth g. Son. Roch.
ester, N. Y.
II. Botchkiss, Buffalo, N,
Y.
b. K. Chase & Co., Rut
land, Vt,
y. "a. orant, Troy, Pa.
g. W. Luce, Xenla, ohio
A. Lowell, Portland, Me
J, M. Bennett, GAINESVILLE
Ohio.
A. L. Burbank, Worces
ter. Mase.
W. s. Taylor, Utica, New
York.
Evans & Manning, Bing
hamton, N. \.
Dunlap 81 Baker, Man
chester, N. II.
I. E. Dickinson, Buffalo
NY.
George W. Dickinson
AshtabGla. o.
weld Bros, Lockport, \
baillette 6 Weld. Wate,
loo, Iowa.
carpenter & Bro, Bnl
lington, Iowa.
Ferguson a. Clapp. India
And a large humber
United States. For fur
Matchmaker to see them
- OH
Wholesale Agents in the
Maiden Lane, New 70
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CHAS. FTEBTG.

rs PREPARED To DO ALL KINDS OF LoC'
] Work; also to repair Sewing Machines.
All kinds of Safe Work Speciality.
Shop on Market Square west side, south of tn
n1ln
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0olnk MOI b1--1l sAo a. ul lU.So p. m.
Going South-7:30 a. n; s:2s p. m.
Palace Sleeping cars, owned and operated by this
line. accompany all night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
At Darlington with Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw R,y
for Peoria, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Cincinnati;
with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy r. R. for Chi.
cago, Ke0kuk. Quincy and st Louis West to Ottrm-
wa and all points In Kansas and Nebraska and with
Burlington Southwestern R'y. for Pennington
Bloomfield and all points in Missouri and Kansas -
At Columbus junction, with Chicago q South
western Railroad foriW ashfngton andlIeaS enworth
At Nichols. with Muscatine Division b c, II q h.
for Muscatine.
At West Liberty. with Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacine railroad. for Iowa City, Desmoines and
Davenport.
At Cedar Rapids, with Milwaukee Division of B.
z a ID for Independence. West Union, Posfytlle
ano McGregor; with Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way, for Omaha. Council Bluffs and Chicago and
with Dubuque Southwestern R'Y for Dubnaue
At waterloo and Cedar Fails VITA Illinois Cen
trai railroad Tor Independence, Dubuque, Fort
Dodge and Sioux City.
At Shell Rock with Stage for Waverly.
At Nora junction, with Milwaukee q St Paul
Railway for Mason City and Charles City
AtPlymouth with Milwaukee q st Paul Railway
fer all points IN Minnesota
AZ st Paul, for all points on Northern Pacific
railways the great Lake Superior region, and all
points North and Northwest, SE74v'9' .
L. + WINSLOW, Gen,l Manager
.. d IVES, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent,
49,. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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THOMAS YATES.

rs PREPARED TO Do PLUMBING IN ALL IT'S
branches. also, Gas and Steam Fitting.
Call and have eetimatesmade before ordering your
work done by other parties.
THOMAS YATES, (Levee. Rock Island.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
How to Stop Drinking.

A newspaper correspondent, writing
OF strong drink, says: Those physicians
who are not habitual drunkards don't
know anything about the progress of
the disease; they only see the results of
it, and therefore they cannot handle 1t
as they do other diseases. Those who
are habitual drunkards become too
much weakened physically and intellec-
tually by the vice itself to be able to
pronounce cure.
1 am an old drinker. Have drank a
quart of whisky every day for the past
fifteen years, except an occasional day
or two when I have "sworn of. " I am
satisfied that there is no medicine for it.
Social habits are a strong incentive for
one man to drink, thirst for stimulant
for another, although the first may alb
hor the taste and smell of the fluid. The
effect is what the inebriate Of either
class desires and needs. In the interest
of the poor unfortunate inebriate let me
tell him, if he is in earnest in his desire
to break off, to shun all liquor at night.
He will not be able to sleep for night
or two, but he will come all right in
lOb HILL Odp ~ llStlt p1SUn
fast and, should he be nervous a few
hours afterward, let him fight it out,
hide himself, and shake it out. One or
two hours will give him relief. Then
let him take some solid food, and hurry
to his home, avoiding the social com
panionship of men, which is one of his
greatest temptations, and keep himself
to himself as much as possible. All
medicines prescribed to prevent thirst
or nervousness are of no avail. 1t is the
will, and principally the will to stop
drinking at night, and tokeep aloof from
social drinking friends. / have tried it,
and know. The dread horrors OF de-
lirum tremens have never befallen me,
but I have seen them in others, and
have made study of dipsomania, or l
would not offer these hints.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Dairy Ventilation.

A new method of obtaining uniform
temperature and abundant fresh air in
dairies is reported. The dairy is built
of stone, and is placed on the side of a
hill and close to an icehouse, or near
enough to it to bring the drip from the
melting ice into an open tank on the
floor of the dairy. To. secure an even
temperature, the building is sunk 2.13
meters (about seven feet) in the ground,
and the walls, doors and windows are
made alright. To ventilate the place
two pipes, lined with slate, are laid from
the floor of the dairy, underground, in
opposite directions. One extends about
30.50 meters Zone hundred feet) uphill,
and is then brought to the surface. The
other pipe extends au equal distance
downhill, in the opposite direction, and
is then brought to the surface. The
open ends of these pipes are protected
by wooden wings from the influence of
the wind, otherwise they are entirely
open at oil times. In the summer,
when the temperature of the atmos-
phere is higher than the ground, the air
in the upper pipe being cool, settles
down into the dairy, passes through it
and escapes by the lower pipe. The
tank of ice water serves to lower the
temperature to about fifty deg. Fehr.,
and the temperature of the air in the
sunken pipes is about sixty deg. Fahr.,
30 that the dairy is kept sweet and cool
by constant supplies of fresh air at a
comparatively low temperature. In
winter, the ground being warmer than
the atmosphere, reverse current is
maintained through the pipes. The
warm air in the upper pipe rises and
escapes, and draws fresh supplies of air
into the dairy through tho lower pire.
This, in its turn, raises the temperature
of the infowing air, and prevents the
entrance of freezing draughts. This de-
vice is said to work well in practice, and
to keep the dairy we'll ventilated, and at
nearly the same temperature at all sef
sons. - ScrSbner's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Ancient Indian Village.

Parties in from that region report the
existence of an ancient Indian village at
Paragoonah, U. t., distant tabouttwo hun
dred miles from Phoebe, New. The houses,
now covered with trees and brush, were
arranged in uniform rows, and were
about eight feet by nine feet. They
were all two story, built of adobe, the
lower one neatly paved and the upper
one supported by pillars of sandstone
rock. The only entrance discoverable
was sort of man-hole in the top. Bone
needles, rude appliances for grinding
corn and other relics were found in sew
eral of the houses. There is tradition
among the Indians of that region that
long years ago the tribe that inhabited
these houses were almost exterminated
in fierce fight with the Navaioes; that
the remainder of the tribe fed to the
other side of the Colorado and there
built themselves habitations in the
mountains where the Navajoes could not
reach them, and now live there seclud-
ed. Our informant says the structure
and arrangement of the houses give evi-
dence Of rude system Of civilization on
the part of the builders that no longer
exists among the aboriginals now living
in that section.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Statistics Of immigration.

The statistics of immigration of the
port of New York for the current year
indicate a falling off from the dimin-
ished figures of last year, but only a
fraction of the decrease which last year
itself showed in comparison with the
year before. The number of arrivals
has dropped from 100000 in 1874 to
81, 900 in 1875, and then to probably
10000 in 1876. Of these immigrants
Germany furnished 1881; Ireland
9,724; England, 1894; Russia, 5,041; +;
Austria, 4,047; Norway, 2,084; Sweden,
3,505; and every country of the old
world greater or less number. Africa
furnishes thirty one aud China 1T. 1t
is stated that nearly one third of the i'm
migrants remain in New York city and
its vicinity. The remainder are dis
tributed in the West. This year the
majority of immigrants have gone to Il
linois, Kansas and Iowa. The labor
bureau of the immigration commission
has found employment for over 1890
persons. These were chiefly common
laborers and servants. Mechanical labor
was not greatly in demand. Tailors and
SuOSmdh0IS, nOW0SoEy lOuAu Iehuy GILL;
ployment. The number seeking assist
ance from the bureau this year has not
been as large as heretofore. 1t is said
that the fact of the universal hard times
in the United States has been widely
known, and those who have undertaken
to immigrate have generally been pro-
vided with some means with which to
supply their immediate necessities
About 5000 immigrants who were i'll
have been received in the hospital.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Watching a Sick Man.

The Vanderbilt Guard is the name
given to the corps of reporters whose
duty it is to wait for bulletins relative to
the health of Commodore Vanderbilt,
the railroad king. Shortly before ten
O'Clock every evening, the band assem-
BILE near the residence of Mr.. Wander
bilt, and await intelligence. In the
midst of the noise of resounding debate
comes the sound of the opening door.
A sudden rush is made up the stairs.
The bearer of glad tidings gives the
usual announcement "There is no
change, gentlemen" Then follows a
running fire of questions, relevant and
irrelevant, about any incidents of the
day. 1t is the reporters despairiDg
grasp at a straw, anything which will
serve to vary the monotony of the hun
dreds of bulletins, large portion of
which he has already evolved from his
inner consciousness. When their thirst
has been stated with these driblets of
personal gossip, the guard departs as
one man, to meet again at midnight, and
still a third time at the second small
hour of the following morning.
A short time ago room was hired in
the University building, on Washington
square, and the evening was passed by
the guard in singing songs, playing
cards, and telling anecdotes until the
time arrived to go the commodore's
house. After ascertaining his condition
all would return. New acquisitions to
and repeated desertions from the corps
were of such frequent occurrence that
this place of resort was abandoned, and
now the only times that the guard as
semble are at the hours above stated.
The persons who guard the bulletins
are frequently late, and opinions are
freely expressed as to the advisability of
ringing the door bell. Ten minutes
grace is generally given, and then some
impatient reporter takes pull at the
bell and generally succeeds in remind
ing the occupants of the house that some
one is waiting outside. Lately the an
nouncements at the hours of twelve and
two have been made from front window
on the second floor. A head appears,
a thin, small voice pipes out "all right, "
the reporters respond with morning
greetings, and the midnight watch of the
guard is over. 1t has been limited by
some irreverent members that the thing
was growing monotonous, but the loyal
ty of the major portion of the guard is
proof against long watches in the keen
morning air and meager reports hom the
sick-room. Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Exposition Statistics.

Some interesting statistics have been
published i'll regard to the duties which
have been performed by the Centennial
police force during the past six months.
At the opening of the Exhibition there
were about 1000 men on duty; but
as they became skilled in the perfor-
nance of their work, the number was
gradually diminished. About the first
of November the force consisted of 671
men, with six captains, three lieutenants
and forty-three sergeants. The Main
building was guarded by 230 men, and
Machinery Hall by 125. United States
enlisted men took the place of the Cen
tennial police in the Government build
ing. The duties of the police force
have been of the most novel and ardu-
GUS character. Without obtrudinP
themselves unpleasantly or unnecessarily
upon the visitors, they have efficiently
guarded the railway track-a matter re-
quiring skill and care; they have pre-
vented unsafe crowding in any locality !;
watched for thieves, burglars and pick
pockets; guided lost people ; taken care
of lost children gathered up and prop
erly deposited lost articles; discovered
trespassers who, disdaining the ordinary
gates, attempted to scale the fence /;
quietly disposed Of every person who
gave any indication of intoxication
quelled every embryotic quarrel or dis
order and answered thousands of ques-
tions-gensible, useless and silly-with
good humored politeness. One or two
hundred pickpockets have been cap
tured between three and four hundred
lost children have been returned to their
homes, while at the Centennial police
headquarters much larger number of
children have been recovered by their
parents or guardians. Watching the
diamonds has been a special duty in the
Main building. Undoubtedly there has
been considerable quiet purloining, but
the aggregate loss has been very small
compared with the great amount of
valuable articles exposed. In Memorial
Hall the police have guarded the pic
lures and statues from the attacks of
canes and umbrellas beggars, peddlers
and unlicensed venders have been prop
erly dealt with; and scores of other
matters, trivial and important, have
met prompt and careful attention at the
hands of the Centennial police.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Knowing Hogs.

The Commercial Bulletin is reminded
of an adventure at Western country
railroad station where, when the train
stopped, several of the passengers were
astonished to observe soven or eight
swine racing from field near by up to
the railway track, halting beneath the
car windows. Attention was distracted,
however, by the entrance of boy with
" nice fried pies, only five cents
apiece" This really appetizing looking
merchandise was eagerly purchased, es-
pecially by any one who had ever eaten
a fried apple turnover in New England.
But, alas the folly of trusting to ap-
pearance for, no sooner was the first
mouthful beneath the teeth of the pur-
chaser than the flavor of strong butter,
grease and general nastiness met his
taste. causing him to raise the car win
dow and not only eject the mouthful,
but the remainder of the pie from which
1T had been taken-a proceeding which
the hogs waiting beneath were evidently
well acquainted with, as they devoured
the discarded viands with much gusto,
and to the disgust of the passengers,
who thus found that they had become
swine purveyors, as doubtless others
had before them, Judging from the ami
mails actions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Terrible Fight Between Polar Bears.

The Cologne Gazette contains an ac-
count OF q combat which took place in
the geological gardens of that city be-
tween two Polar bears, which, that jour
nal remarks, ga Roman emperor would
assuredly have paid million sestertii to
Witness" These two bears had been
brought from Spitzberg five years ago,
and had been placed in large pit, with
a tank in the center.
Until recently they had remsired upon
excellent terms with each other, but a
quarrel ensued between them, the result
of which was that the female bear took
refuge upon the summit of a large rock
in one corner of the pit. The male did
not attempt to follow her, and she re-
NAMED there three days, when, pressed
by hunger, she descended again. AS
soon as the male bear saw her he imme-
diately rushed at her and attacked her
with his forepaws. The keepers at.
tempted to separate them, and belabor-
ed the male with heavy iron bars, but
the bones in the lead of the Polar bear
are 80 much harder than those of the
ordinary bear that these blows took no
effect. The male bear continued to
wreak his vengeance upon his COM
panion, and, after having almost torn
her body into ribbons, he dragged her
to the bottom of the tank and held her
there until he felt assured that all sign
of life was extinct. He then brought
her body back to the floor of the pit
and dragged it round the tank for near
ly an hour. After this he withdrew into
his sleeping den to rest from his labors,
and the keepers at once closed the iron
bars upon him.
Having examined the body of the
dead bear, they found that it had re-
ceived more than a hundred wounds;
the neck and head were crushed almost
to jelly, and the flesh was hanging in
strips from the back and sides. During
the whole combat neither of the bears
uttered cry or sound of any kind; but,
except in this particular, it must have
borne singular resemblance to what
may sometimes be seen in Lancashire
without paying a million sestertii.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
NO. 40.
Fashion Notes.

The dolman is restored to favor.
Fisher tail sets rank next to sables
Mink sets ere coming in fashion again.
Chenille hair nets are coming in
vogue.
Buckskin underclothing grows in
favor.
No short wraps will be worn this
winter.
Skirt braids are not used on house
dresses.
Stylish boas are two yards long and
round.
Chinchilla is the most serviceable
fur.
Silver fox is still one of the favorite
fancy furs.
Monograms are seen on everything
this season.
Black and red French lynx furs are
serviceable and cheap.
The finest sable sets are made of the
tails of the animal.
The new dolmans have backs that simu-
late French sack.
Ladies of sober tastes still prefer seal
skin sets of muff and boa.
Red kid gloves are called for by few
eccentric young ladies.
Matelassee goods, either silk or wool,
are the fabrics for dolmans.
Fur bands will be worn more this
winter than for several seasons past.
The only trimming for deep or widows
mourning is black English Grape.
Russian " crown sable always heads
the list of costly fashionable furs.
Hudson bay sables are priced for their
beauty, warmth and durability.
The bonnets of this season are Ca
potes, close bonnets, and Gainsboroughs.
The best sable muffs are made OF
three skins, showing three distinct
stripes.
Black or brown cony bands make
pretty fur trimmings for inexpensive
suits.
Rubies and diamonds are the fash
ionable jewels with Parisians at the mo-
ment.
Deep mourning bonnets are made of
Grape only, and trimmed with the same.
Coquettish little bows and dpockets are
seen on the dolmans of very young
ladies'.
Broad elastic bands are better than
strings to "tio back skirt and polo
naise draperies.
Fur Innings, either of squirrel lock or
chinchilla, are used for Sicilienne silk
dolmans.
New velvet turbans are made with
handkerchief crowns, which give an
Oriental effect.
Ladies who have velvet dolmans will
wear them, but few new velvet ones will
be bought.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Fine Place for Women.

An American, writing in Scribner'S of
Turkistan, says the men have as many
wives as they please. The women have
to do all the work, while the men lead q
lazy, shiftless life, devoting themselves
almost entirely to the care of their
horses. AS mark of respect to their
husbands and male relatives, the women
are not allowed to mention their real
names in the presence of others, but
must either call them by some term
adopted for the purpose, or use cir
cumlocution. An incident is related of
Kirghiz woman who wanted to say
that wolf had stolen a sheep and taken
it to the reedy shore of the lake. Un-
fortunately the men of the family bore
names corresponding to most of these
words, and she was obliged to gasp out:
SIN the rustling beyond the wet
growler gnaws one of our woolies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-12-02
Could Not Do II.

A new prison chaplain was recently
appointed in certain town. He was o
man who greatly magnifed his office,
and, entering one of the cells on his first
round of inspection, he with much POM
posity thus addressed the prisoner who
occupied it: "Weu, sir, do you know
who 1 am 2" "No; nor 1 dinna care"
was the nonchalant reply. "Well, I'm
your now chaplain" "Oh, ye are /?
Weel, haze heard o. ye before" "And
what did you hear?" returned the chap
lain, his curiosity getting the better of
his dignity. "Weel, L heard that the
last twa kinks ye we're in ye preached
them bath empty; but I'll be hanged if
ye find it such an easy matter to do the
same wi this ane"