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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
The Indian Question.

Referring to the war with the Sioux
Indians, the New York Herald says :
We shall have to fight out of this as
best We can-as we have before-with
triumph in the end, but with humilia-
tion all the same, with a loss of money
and, perhaps, of life. But now, when
we are mourning he death of brave
men, and what looks like a reverse to
our arms, why can we not take up the
Indian question again and solve it Can
we not deal justly with the Indian? OF
course Sheridan will reinforce Crook and
of course there will be another battle
and a terrible punishment of the In
dams. But is this all? Why not end
the whole question now2 Why not
make one job of the Indian business ?
Why not march against the Indians
with force enough to make every one q
prisoner Then why not give them
some one place to inhabit and keep
them within it's limits There are not
as many Indians in the whole country
as there are inhabitants in the lower
wards of New York, and we certainly
could handle them without this constant
drain of blood and treasure. We might
take Arizona or New Mexico, or we
might purchase Lower California and
have a territory under military rule
where every Indian could live. 1t is in
consistent with our civilization and with
common sense to allow the Indian to
rove over a country as fine as that
around the Black Hills, preventing its
6evelopement in order that he may
shoot game and scalp his noighbors
That can never be. This region must
be taken from the Indian even as we
took Pennsylvania and Illinois. But
while we build empires on his plains we
should not kill him, we should not rob
him, we should not treat him as a pan
ther or q grizzly bear. If the exciting
news from the Sioux region only
awakens in us a sense of duty neglect
ed, of opportunities wasted, of unnec-
cessary losses in money and life, if it
only compels us to do justice to the In
dian, it will, in the end, be blessing to
him and an honor to ourselves.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

Renewed attention has been called to
the value of the sugar beet, and exten-
sive experiments have been recently
made to test the various methods of
culture employed. Among these, the
experiments of Deherian and Frenzy
throw some light on the question of
fertilizers. Beets were first planted in
sterile sand, and then supplied with va
rious solutions in water, With distilled
water the roots remained in merely
rudimentary state, and with common
water they gained slightly in weight.
With water containing phosphates they
grew much larger, but did not give
roots weighing over one hundred grains
(about three and one-half ounces. An
application of ammonial salts or nitrates
gave better results, but it was only by
combining tire phosphates and nitrates
that roots of even the normal size were
produced. The experiments were con-
tinued in rich garden soils, with a view
to find the cause of the reported loss of
sugar in roots grown on old and highly
manured plantations. These expert
ments are said to point to the fact that
in such soils the excess of heterogeneous
materials tends to give the roots an ex-
cess of nitrogen at the expense of the
sugar. Soils less rich and more equally
supplied with lime, potash and phos-
phorous, are therefore suggested by
these authorities as likely to give roots
having q good proportion of sugar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
Dom PedrO's Father.

Apropos of Dom Pedro's visit to this
country, an interesting story is told. 1t
will be remembered that in 1922 the
Brazilians rebelled against Portugal
under the oppressive acts of the Cortes,
proclaimed their independence, and con-
feTed the imperial crown on Dom Pc
dro, the son of John vi. of Portugal,
then regent during his fathers absence.
This was the father of the present Dom
Pedro. He ruled till 1881, when forced
to it by growing dissatisfaction, which
eliminated in short but violent revo
luton, he abdicated in favor of his son.
Popular feeling against him was bitter,
and his personal safety was threatened
so that he was forced to conceal himself.
1t was at this juncture that Stoning
ton vessel put into Rio Janeiro with q
cargo consigned to the British consul
at that place. Her master was Capt.
Thomas Dunbar, of Stonington, an old
sailor, with the courage of lion and
the heart of child. He lay in port
some days, discharging and receiving
cargo, and was at length ready to sail.
The night before his departure the
British consul sent for him to come to
the consulate, and after long prelimin-
ary conversation, told him that the en-
peror was in hiding in his house, and
asked Capt. Dunbar to aid in his escape.
This the latter at once consented TO do.
The question then arose how it should
be effected. The wharves and water
fronts were lined with police and soldiers,
watching for the royal fugitive, and es-
cape seemed impossible. A plan was
finally agreed upon, and in the end
proved successful.
The ship, which lay at one of the
wharves, was got ready for sea the next
morning, and was on the point of get
ting under way when the captain sud
denly recollected that he had forgotten
to take his ship bread aboard. A mes
senger was accordingly dispatched, and
in some way it was procured at the con
sulate. A wagon load of biscuit in bar
rels was sent down and rolled across the
wharf and into the vessels hold. In
one of them was Pedro l. The ship got
under way, and when safe from pursuit
the cask was opened and he was hber-
ated, nearly exhausted by his position.
The ship came to Stonington, where he
landed unrecognized, and whence he left
for Europe. He made Capt. Dunbar a
present of 5000 for his service, which at
the time was considered munificent
reward. Capt. Dunbar frequently re-
lated the story in later years, and in an
exceedingly graphic manner. He lived
to be over eighty, and died few years
ago at the residence OF his son in law,
Capt. Hall, near Westerly, r. L.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
The OpOssum.

On the table before us, in bottle, are
some strange looking specimens that
ninety-nine persons out of hundred
would pronounce very young field mice.
There are eleven specimens in all, and
they could all be packed away in a re-
ceptacle the size of a walnut.
There are but two opinions as to their
identity mice first, then if the guesser
is bold he will say young rats, only to
take it back, adding that they are hardly
large enough. The truth is that they
are the young Cf the opossum, one of the
strangest animals we have. The bulk of
fifty such infants would not equal in size
one newly born kitten or rabbit, yet the
mothers are nearly equal in size.
When the young opossums are born
they are about as large as a small cherry,
and resemble for all the world young
terrier pup. They are as innocent of
any covering but pinkish white skin
as the palm of an infants hand.
The pouch in the mothers belly con-
tains the teats, and on them stick the
young ones-like wax, would be the Or
thodOx comparison, but really harder
and closer than pup to an old boot.
Care must be taken when they are loos-
ened, or the head will divorce itself from
the body and remain hanging to the ma
ternal fount, SO closely do they adhere.
How they get to the teats is not
known to us, and we doubt very much if
there are many who have ever witnessed
the neoduS operandi of the transfer.
Being q nocturnal animal, and having
passed into proverb for shamming, we
doubt very much if any one ever saw
just how these poor little fellows, with
their bull pup heads and pin tails, got
hold of the teats to hold on so bravely.
1t is probably the case that the mother
places them there. When once fastened
they have to do considerable tumblipg
before being able toshift for themselves.
Where the mother is travelling about
or lying down, her family must l,ok out
for themselves, and they are squarely on
their feet only when she is lying on her
back, from which we infer that they do
not get many diversions of the kind.
The only leading business of the first
of their lives is to get good hold and
then hang on.
When they are large enough to let
loose they are then on their own hook,
which is, in their case, the tail. We
have noticed an old one hanging by her
fore feet from a limb on a summer s
night, with a double handful of well
grown opossums, with their tails twined
around hers, while she was swaying to
and fro, evidently giving the children a
swing.
The opossum is omnivorous, and
though having a decided preference for
birds and their eggs, will take kindly to
] constructing home inside dead horse.
In confinement it will eat anything, and
would sooner be in the dark than not.
Being good digger, an expert climber,
and skillful at playing 'possum when
overtaken by an enemy, the question
might arise as to why we are not over,
run with them when they are so prolific
The answer is, that the woods are full
of them, and they are commoner than
cats, but being of no value as an article
of commerce, nocturnal, and not often
eaten, we do not see much of them.-
Rod and G,n1.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
How to Treat SunstrOke.

Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat,
and especially if the weather is "mug-
gy." 1t is mole apt to occur in the sec
ond, third, or fourth day of a heated
term than on the first. Loss of sleep,
worry, excitement, close sleeping rooms,
debility, and abuse of stimulants pre-
dispose. 1t is much more apt to attack
those working in the sun, and especially
between the hours of eleven o'clock in
the morning and four o'clock in the
afternoon. On hot days wear thin cloth
ing. Have as cool sleeping rooms as
possible. Avoid loss of sleep and all
unnecessary fatigue. If working in
doors and where there is artificial heat,
see that the room is well ventilated.
If working in the san wear n light hat
(not black, as it absorbs heat) and put
inside of it on the head wet cloth or a
large green leaf ; frequently lift the hat
from the head and see that the cloth is
wet. Do not check perspiration, but
drink what water you need to keep it up,
as perspiration prevents the body from
being overheated. Have wherever pos
sible an additional shade, as q thin UNI
brella, when walking, canvas OF board
cover when working in the sun. When
much fatigued do not go to work, or be
excused from work, especially after
eleven O'Clock in the morning on very
hot days, especially if the work is in the
sun. If feeling of fatigue, dizziness,
headache or exhaustion occurs cease
work Immediately, lie down in q shady
and cool place, apply cold cloths to and
pour cold water over head and neck. If
any one is overcome by the heat give
the person cool drinks of water or cold
black tea or cold coffee, if able to swal-
low. If the skin is hot and dry, sponge
with OF pour cold water over the body
and limbs, and apply to the head
pounded ice wrapped in towel or other
cloth. If there is no ice at hand keep a
cold cloth on the head, and pour cold
water on it as well as on the body.
If the person is pale, very faint, and
pulse feeble, let him inhale ammonia fo1
few seconds, or give him teaspoonful
of aromatic spirits of ammonia Charts,
horn) in two tablespoopfuls of water
with little sugar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
Fashion Notes.

Hats for summer wear are large.
Costumes still govern the feminine
toilet.
All toilets are much trimmed with rib
bon bows.
Satin finished ribbons are much used
for dress trimmings.
The fashionable material, bastiste,
comes in all shades.
Ribbons of silk canvas gauze are very
fashionable for summer.
The Revolution hat has high pointed
crown and many feathers.
Foulard and Surah underlinen is
largely patronized in Paris.
Dresses appear to be growing longer
and longer and tighter and tighter.
A fashionable garniture for straw hats
cherries and strawberries with bronze
foliage.
Black kid belts, with aumoniere bags
bearing the monogram of the bearer,
are worn.
A novelty in grenadine dresses are
the green ones, trimmed with gold or
silver braid.
Brocaded grenadine, trimmed with
thread lace, is one of the favorite selec-
tions in grenadine dresses.
With the ltra-fashionables who are
using red carriage parasols, scarfs are
being substituted for other wraps.
White muslin dresses are seen with
out overskirts or polonaises, the skirts
being covered with small founces.
Dresses having the skirt fiat, as re-
quired by fashion, but trimmed tosimu-
late panier, will be the great success of
the season in Paris.
Fashionable modistes are attempting
to again introduce tartans into favor.
The black and white tartans, or shep-
herds plaid, is most popular.
"Soie Centennial "-summer silks of
the national colors sent over by the
Lyons factories. The ground is irtny,
with pencil stripes of blue and rose.
Bonnets are worn according to the
fancy of each individuaI-over the face,
back on the head, or in other of the diff
ferent fashions of the past two or three
years.
Bandoleers, the shoulder belt of the
soldier, but for ladies wear are made of
steel beads and of silver mixed with silk
embroidery; they can bo added to any
| bodice.
Milliners are beginning to trim hats
with rails; they twist them about the
crown, fastening them at one side with a
RIBBON bow or wing, and leave long
end escape to draw over the face when
desired.
Fashionable summer materials fur
uish, for early morning wear, fine wool
en- and all kindred stuffs; for day wear
are taffetas, barege, China crepe, faille
mixed with foulard, soft silk broche and
Louisine; for country wear and excur-
sions the two favorite fabrics are batiste
and Madras, and for evening occasions
gauze muslin, crepe lisse and light fou-
lard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
The Fenian Prisoner.

The long agitation over the imprison-
ment of Edward d. M. Condor by
Great Britain has been brought, SO far
as the United States Congress is con-
cerned, to conclusion. The following
joint resolution, reported by Mr.. Conk-
ling, went to the President for sigma
ture:
Whereas Edward D. M. Condor, a
citizen of the United States, is now and
has been for some time closely confined
in prison under the sentence of British
court, and whereas an earnest and pro-
found desire, evidenced by resolutions
of State legislatures and petitions nu-
merously signed and addressed to Con
gress, is entertained by large and re-
spectacle portion of the people of the
United States that he should be speedily
released; therefore
Resolved, by the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled,
That the President of the United States
be, and he is hereby requested to take
such steps as, in his Judgment, may tend
to obtain the pardon or release of the
said Edward D. M. Condor from impris-
onment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
To Restore Drowning Persons.

l. Lose no time. Garry out these di-
rections on the spot.
2. Remove the froth and mucus from
the mouth and nostrils.
3. Hold the body, for a few seconds
only, with the head hanging down, so
that the water may run out of the lungs
and windpipe.
4. Loosen all tight articles of clothing
about the neck and chest
5. See that the tongue is pulled for
ward if it falls back into the throat. By
taking hold of it with handkerchief it
will not slip.
6. If the breathing has ceased, or
nearly so, it must be stimulated by pres
sure of the chest with the hands, in
imitation of the natural breathing !;
forcibly expelling the air from the lungs,
and allowing it to re-enter and expand
them by the elasticity of the ribs. Re-
member that this is the most important
step of all.
To do it readily, lay the person on his
back, with cushion, pillow, or some
firm substance under the shoulders;
then press with the flat of the hands
over the lower part of the breast bone
and the upper part of the abdomen,
keeping up regular repetition and re-
Taxation of pressure twenty or thirty
times a minute. A pressure of thirty
pounds may be applied with safety to a
grown person.
7. Rub the limbs with the hands, or
with dry cloths, constantly, to aid the
circulation and keep the body warm.
s. AS soon as the person can swallow
give tablespoonful of spirits in hot
water, or some warm tea or coffee.
9. Work deliberately. Do not give up
too quickly. Success has rewarded the
efforts OF hours
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
A Heartrending Disclosure.

Very recently, a gentleman giving a
dinner party was persuaded, much
against his wishes, to allow his young
hopeful, a spoiled child, to join the
company.
Thinking that many of the rich dishes
were not good for the boy, he objected
to his partaking of them, but eventually
gave way on the child threatening 4:
eff | am not allowed to have it, I'll
tell I"
This went on for some time, until the
father made a stand, refusing firmly to
let the boy have any wine, adding:
"And you may tell, if you like"
Amidst roars of laughter, the child at
once called out with glee:
"My new knickerbockers are made
out of pair of mas old curtainsl"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
A " Strike - Question.

A curious and novel point in law affect
ing trade unions has been raised in a
Canadian court A stonecutter at Mon
treal named Valin, who did not belong
to the union, accepted work from firm
at rates less than the union exacted,
whereupon the union, by threatening a
strike, compelled his employers to dis
charge him. He now sues the union, a
regularly incorporated body, for actual
and prospective loss, fixing his damages
at $1,000, and will make very hard
fight for it. The Canadian law is very
stri gent on the subject Of strikes and
sll Tie relations OF labor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
Charitably Inclined.

Between fifty and sixty public insti-
tutions, most of them charitable ones,
have received from Mrs. A. T. Stewart
donations varying from $500 to $4,000
each. The amount thus given already
exceeds $4,000. These charities are
understood to be in accordance with the
expressed wishes of the deceased mer-
chant, which have been executed with a
thoughtful promptness. 1t is said that
the deserving claims of other institutions
are being examined by Mrs. Stewart,
With view to further donations,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
Not Guilty.

Charity toward those who are accused
of crime may well be exercised, even
when guilt is apparently proved. Sew
eral years ago Boston bank teller was
dismissed from his post because of q
discrepancy of ten thousand dollars in
his accounts. There had been a gen
eral confidence in his integrity, but
the money was missing. The unfortu-
nate man has lived under cloud of sus-
picion; but the other day the lost money
was found in q peculiar place behind a
safe door, where it had got pushed out
of sight by accident.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15
VOL. ".
" Rejected"

Her little face is white with woe,
Her downcast eyes are wet;
She had not meant to grieve him 80,
At least-st least-not get;
1t was so pleasant to be wooed,
So hateful to be won
Ali why should many merry mood
End in 60 drear one2
She draws the curtain back, and peers
Into the world beyond;
The garden CLEANS in flowery tiers,
The fish leap in the pond;
Behind there is misty hill
How gray it all has grown
Perhaps it was her fathers will,
Perhaps it is her own.
He turns aside, he pleads no more,
But goes with dropping head;
A man is often wounded sore,
Who dons coat Of red.
And 30 he sadly rides away,
Slowly DER hill and plain;
But, let US hope, some other day
He will ride back again!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

A NICE PRosPEoT. Ga small boy)
-"Oh, so you're going to marry Jack
I wouldn't, not if 1 knowed it, rather p
Betrothed one-"Why not, dear 9''
Algy-" Why, he's an awful bully He
twists me round by the neck and dusts
my jacket, and he'll do the same by you.
Won see 1"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

The actor who got up " complimen-
tary benefit " for himself, and went off
in an unsettled condition, as regards his
relation with the printers, was particu-
lar to have the line: See small bills, 4"
on the bottom of his posters. 1t was
delusive snare; the small bills were the
things he did not see.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

A WoMAN's HoTEL.-The Woman's
Hotel" designed by Mr.. A. T. Stewart
for the accommodation of working girls,
is rapidly approaching completion, and
will probably be opened for occupancy
early next spring. The building has
five hundred rooms which will be neat
ly furnished and supplied with gas and
steam heat. 1t is the intention to have
good meals furnished at cost prices, or
at ahnnk fiftern rents nnieae.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

The INSANE. There are 900 lunatics
in the three State lunatic hospitals of
New York. On the average, each luna
tic costs over SO week. In the three
similar institutions of Massachusetts,
each lunatic costs less than 81 week.
DR.. Earle, of the Northampton Mass
hospital, says that not more than forty
per cent. of the insane recover perma-
nently even when treated at the outset
of their disease.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

When Giardina was asked how long
it would take to learn to play the violin,
he replied: "Twelve hohrs day for
twenty Year.."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-07-15

Truth sometimes tastes like medi.
cine, but that's an evidence that we are
i'll.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-31
Z ANDRIA GAZE7TE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

The names Of the gentlemen in costume
were Mr.. HempstoDe, who personated most
clearly William Penn; Mr.. Dowell appeared IN
an elegant dress of Centennial Costume oflo76;
Mir. Lynch, a most healheD-looklng Chlnee;
MIR. NoIand, as Fra Diavolo, was good; Mr..
Bropaugh, Joan of Arc, sustained his character
quite we'll; Mr.. Carter, as Gen. Washington,
was one ofthe best present. His get-up was quite
frequently spoke of and admired; Mr.; Wild
man was elegantly costumed - Gen. Warren,
in which character he appeared very happy; it
was good. MIR. Osburn made a very ,%natural.
looking Hamlet; Mr.. Lutz, 10 bis Centennial
Costume, was much admired, and for a while,
was made the especial pet of the ladies, as his
engagement card testified; Mr., Frank Carter
made a very fine looking John of France, in
bis elegant costume; Mr.. Bentley, as Claude
Melnotte, occunied an euviable place among
the costumed; Mr.. Henderson, as Sir. Charles
Granville, was one of the most successful per-
sonators..at the ball; the character which he
took seemed specially suited to him; Mr.. W.
Beverley created quite a sensation among the
bellies, by his splendid impersonation of Sir
Walter Raleigh. His tout ensemble was fault
less. ".