Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-11-11
NO. 46.
Items OF Interest.


Eggs and butter are generally, but
erToleously, regarded as perishable arti-
cles, for they gain in strength as they
grow old.
It has been ascertained that nine hun
dred and sixty women in the United
States professionally practice what they
call sstrology as a means OF livelihood.
A noted philosopher being asked by
friend how he kept from. being involved
in quarrels, replied: "By letting the
angry person having it all to himself"
A white boy met a colored lad the
other day and asked him what he had
such short nose for. 81 spect's 30 it
won't poke itself into other peoples
business"
Young man, if you call on young
lady now, and she doesn't offer to light
the fire which is laid in the CRATE, you
will be safe in calling upon some other
girl the next time.
A Chicago paper contains the adver-
tisement Of a man who says he wants
wife, "vith knowledge of music,
but no 'Maiden's Prayer or Silver
| Threads kind of girl will answer.
Ike has had an irritating skin disease.
Mrs. Partington says "the charlotte
russo broke out all over him, and if he
hadn't wore the Injun beads as an ONE
let, it would doubtless have eliminated
fatally"
Here is model verdict of coroner's
jury: "We do believe, after due
inquiries, and according to our best
knowledge, that we do not know how,
when, and where the said infant came to
its death"
A brave and good little Ohio boy sat
on the fence two hours in the freezing
cold of dead winter, watching broken
rail on the railroad truck, so as to carry
the latest news of the impending ac-
cident to his father, who waslocal editor.
In 1870, not one hundred years ago,
at the sack of Ismail, the Russians were
as atrocious toward the Turks as the lat
ter are toward the Servians and Suwar-
row put 8, 900 persons to death, as a les
son to his soldiers in the art OF mas
sacre.
An old woman who is crossing the
street has a narrow escape from being
run over by hearse. " am not at all
superstitious, she says to her rescuer,
"but it has always seemed to me that it
would be unlucky to be killed by
hearse."
"To have ideas is to gather flowers,
to think is to weave them into gar
lands" says one newspaper. "lt's
rather late in the season, but still not
: too late to advise our neighbor to
gather some flowers" sarcastically adds
another.
A Scotchman being asked by his
minister "What kind of man was
Adam ?" replied "Oh, just like ither
folk" The minister inisted on having
more special description. "Weel,
, naebody got anything by him, and
? many lost"
Prof. Loomis concludes, after compar-
{ ing five hundred case, that storms move
: at the rate of twenty six miles an hour
| on land in this country, and little over
nineteen over the ocean. An express
J train or a first class steamship could
/ easily keep ahead of common storm.
In London 1853 children die annually
out of 1000 before they attain their first
! year in Denmark, 1866; Scotland, l56
,, England, ITO i; Belgium, 1856 Holland,
ali; France, 216; Prussia, 22O; spain.
: 226; Switzerland, 252; Italy, 254 !;
; Austria, 313; Russia, 311 Bavaria,
: 372.
7 Calculations have been published
a showing that over twenty-three millions
:. of animals and birds we're wounded,
r without being captured, by the licensed
: sportsmen and poachers of the British
4 islands during the year ending March
: 81. 1876. The vivisectionists are COM
s pletety eclipsed by this cruelty.
b If you put hot coal in your pocket it
y will burn its way out. Aye, so will o
g bad deed, that is hidden, make itself
J. known. A fault concealed is fault
a doubled and SO you will find it out,
8 all through life. Never hide your
d faults, but confess them, and seek
IS through Gods help to overcome them.
\ 1t seems probable that the elephant
4 will soon become extinct. According TO
- statement made at recent meeting OF
y the Parish Geographical Society, Eng
:. land imports annually 1900, 600 pounds
of ivory, to obtain which it is necessary
to kill 80, 900 elephants. The total an
nual destruction Of these animals is esti-
mated at 100,00
l. A strange story is told of q horseman
10 on white charger, who, in the thick OF
g q battle between the Turks and the Ser
10 vians, rode in front of Servian regi-
le ment, and shouted to them to retire, as
of the Turks were in the rear. The appari-
le tion was not seen again, and proved to
ID have been Turk who had risked his
Q, life in the ruse.
es Two Cossack women have attracted
Ipe p good deal of attention by starting from
is S st. Petersburg to join the Servian army
- - In which they desire to do yoeman ser
- - vice. They are sisters, their family
le name Lukianow, and the elder is only
= . twenty three but they possess unusua
"a "a physical strength, and theyounger is sale
al to have taken part in many bear hunt
le in which she displayed extreme boldnes'
., and endurance.