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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
"Eat, Drink and be Merry"
Then take d. X. and be o. X.
At Druggists.
Lun0nburg.
At Druggists.

Lunenburg.
The Board of Agriculture met with the
farmers of Essex County at this place, on
Tuesday, p. NJ. Hon. Jonah Brooks gave
the opening address on the better educa
ton of the farmers; spoke of the bene-
fits of farmers clubs and that there ought
to be one in every town. Next Mr.. Chap
man of Middlebury read very interest
ing paper on farm accounts. He showed
the desirability and exceeding value of
tell how much their grain and potatoes
cost them per bushel, how much profit
their COWS netted them. II the fathers
are too old to commence, let the sons and
daughters do this work as an education
al force, This was followed by talk
from Prof Seely on how to double the
work and care, the acres need not be
doubled, but the fertilization and manur-
ing should be doubled on the present
cultivated acres taken as 4 whole; spoke
of the great benefits Of wood ashes and
properly stirring the soil. A large va
riety Of grasses should be raised in YER
mont. The average dairy product, which
is now 40 pounds per COW, can be doub-
led. The comforts OF home should be in
creased to keep the young men from go
ing west, when upon the average they
are rs successful at home
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
At Druggist
Groveton.

Groveton.
HARD TIMEs.-The following true story
is good one for hard times: very
poor man with large family to support,
recently presented an order at one of our
stores for one dollars worth of goods,
which he took up as follows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
At Druggists.

Eat, Drink and be Merry"
Then take d. X. and be o. X.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
r. go. r. r, TIME TABLE.
nnfnog East

Going East
Passenger Trai9s leave johnson at6.O0 and Has
a. m.
Arrive at St. Johnsbury at s.55, a. m. and AS
p. m.
Lunenburg at lO.2s a. nj. and $50 p. m.
Train arriving at Lunenburg at lO.2s, connects
through to Portland and Boston via No Con
dirnri
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
Established 1868,
GILMORE & CO., Attorneys at Law,
Successors to Chapman, HOsmer & Co.,
500 F Street, Washington, D. G.
American and Foreign Patents.

Patents procured in all countries. No FEES IN
ADVANCE. No charge unless the patent is
granted. No fees for making preliminary exami-
nations. Special attention given to Interference
Gases before the Patent Office Extensions be-
fore Congress, Infringement Suits in different
States, and all litigation appertaining to Inven-
tions or Patents. SEND STAMP FOR PAMPHLET
OF SIXTY PAGES.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
EVENING.

First address by B. G. Towne of the
New Hampshire Board of Agriculture,
upon the resources and products of Coos.
county, which from the showing is fast
developing, and is bound to be, if not al
ready the leading agricultural county in
the State The second address was by
j. G. Crawford of Lancaster, upon "Farm-
ing in Kew England for profit" This
was one of MI. C.'s sharp, clean efforts,
showing the shiftless farmer, that was
too lazy to work 'because it wouldn't
pay" and then the profits of the intelli-
gent worker. He pointed to his farm
and buildings, his growing crops, his
every effort bringing profit, the demand
for his products, especially his daughters.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The first paper by DR.. Cutting on
Weather Probabilities. This was a very
interesting and instructive address,
which to be properly understood should
be published entire. This was preceded
by q talk upon the beautiful frost work
this morning, showing one Of natures
grandest displays Of feather frost wofk.
Mi. Mead Of West Rutland read paper
OH sheep husbandry in Vermont; gave
the different breeds and a history of their
Importation; extoled the Merino sheep,
and in the discussion that followed there
were some sharp passages between the
coarse and fine wool farmers, from which
the fact came out that laying aside fancy
prices for blood, the coarse wool paid as
well as the fine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
Arrears Of Paw and Bounty,

Arrears Of Pay and Bounty,
OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS of tho late
war; or their heirs, are in many cases entitled to
money from theGovernmcnt, Of which they have
no knowledge. Write full history of service, and
state amount OF pay aud bounty received En-
close stamp, and II full reply, after examinal zion,
will be ;Siren You free.
Pensions.
All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS wounded
ruptureI, or injured in the lute war, however
slightly, can obtain II pension, many now receiv-
ing pensions are entitled TO an Increase Send
stamp and information will he furnished free
Claimants, whose attorneys have been sus-
pended will be gratutously furnished with fun
information and proper papers on application 10
As we charge no fee unless successful, slnmps
for return postage shonld be sent us.
United States General Land Office.
Contested Land Gases, Private Land Claims
Mining Presumption and llomes cad Gases, prose.
cuted before the General Land Once and Depart.
ment of the Interior
Old Bounty Land Warrants.
Wepay cash for them. Where assignments are
imperfect we give instructions to perfect them.
Mail Contractors and others.
We act as attorneys for such in procuring con.
tracts, making collections, negotiating loans and
attending to all business cOn1ded to u.s.
Liberal arrangements made with attorneys in
all classes OF business
Address GILMORE & CO.,
P o. Box A. Washington. d. O.
WASHINGTON, d. G., November "a, 1878.
lake pleasure in expressing nv en- tire conf.
dence in the responsibility and fdelitv of thu
Law, Patent and Collection House of GILMoRe
Il Co, of this city ~
GEO. H. B. wHITE,0
(odshfer Qfthe National MetroDolitdn Bank)
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
RENIRKABEE CHANGES ~ THE
SINUFICH ISLINDs.

There are now some $4,000 natives and
half-whites in the Sandwich Islands. The
pure natives are dying Off at the rate of
1000 a year in advance of the births, so
that it does not require much figuring to
know how long the lineaI descendants Of
the ancient stock viii last. The Kan
akas have been sadly, terribly decimated
since the introduction of civilization.
The halfwhites are gradually Increasing.
Many of the high-toned white men on the
islands are married to native women, and
in majority Of cases large families have
sprung from the union. Among other
marriages between whites and natives
there is no issue, and this specially ap-
plies to what we call by courtesy the ar
istocracy of Honolulu. Where whites
intermarry with whites, large families
usually follow, and grow up strong and
healthy, but fearfully lazy. A lazy
white man on the islands, and there are
any number of them, can discount ma
tive, take years loafng, night and day,
as test. The natives, with a very few
exceptions, have small families, one, two
or three children being considered large
household. In the families of the chiefs
there is great sterility, majority of tn
late king, and queens having died child
less. The present monarch and his queen
have no child in the palace, although
| married for number of years.
From indications it would seem tha
the Chinaman is destined to become
master of the situation. In numbers be
is more rapidly increasing than all the
other races put together. During the
past year several hundred were shipped
from this scity, and hundreds arrived di
rect from China. The Hawaiian gev-
eminent gives sea captains $50 for every
| Chinaman delivered in the islands, and
regular contracts are entered irtO for
this purpose, based upon legislative en-
actment, which aroused strong oPposi-
ton. There are several thousand Chi
namen on the islands at present. At first,
when brought as coolies, they work pa
tIently on the plantations Tor awhile, pu'
take the first opportunity to set up tor
themselves. Two of the wealthiest mer-
chants in Honolulu were formerly
coolies. The Cinnamon control the re-
tail trade in all its branches, and have
driven small white traders from stands
held by them for years. The Celesliai
gets most of the native trade. They
sometimes marry native women.
The Celestial has introduced some
shocking habits among the Hawaiians
J and brought to Hawaii that curse o.
curses to humanity, the leprosy. Il
predicted that, unless there is a new sup
ply o. merchants and business from oai
| Francisco, the Chinaman will be mor'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24

The West Point foundry i. engaged
now. as for a year or two past, in alter
ing the largest guns used in the navy
from smoothbores to rifles thereby
greatly increasing their projectile force
and extending their range. Their OBJ
iect ia to convert the 10 inch Rodman
gun into S-inch rifles, by first boring
them out and then inserting a wrought
iron tube. the inner surface Of which is
rifed or marked with serpentine
grooves. The tube is "set" INTO its
place simply by the expansive force Of
the ammunition, after one or two dis
charges. This job is a formidable under
taking. as the largest Rodman guns
weigh from fifteen TO twenty tons, and
the tube spoken Of is piece of metal,
some eight feet long, weighing, say 4,8Oe
pounds. Formerly this work was done
bv Armstrong, of England, but Uncle
sam now feels competent 70 alter his own
guns and besides the ability it is claimed
that the Ulster iron, found near Tiyoli,
is superior for this purpose to any other
The saving to the Federal treasury, COM
pared with the cost Of creating an en-
tirelv new arrangement, as was at one
time proposed, is enormous. The West
Point foundry is now engaged in recent
order for twenty-five tubes or Innings for
converted Rodman guns, which are IN
tended for Boston In due time the navy
and fortifca;ions will be entirely
equipped with the improved weapons.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
HINTS FOR BRET HARTB.

Montana has been a territory only thir-
tenn years, but it had historical society
for twelve of them, which has just issued
its first volume. Its chief interest cen
ters in mining adventures, especially Of
the remarkable character, James Stuart.
His journal of the disastrous Yellow
stone expedition of 1868, annotated by
two of his surviving comrades, exceeds
in pioneer romance anything ike " Poker
Flat has produced. Stuart's band was
attacked at night by Indians, and several
were killed outright. One man, who was
fatally shot, blew out his brains. so as not
to be a burden to his retreating comrades,
and another, named Geery, who acciden-
tally shot himself, insisted ON following
his ex ample. Putting the muzzle OF his
pistol to his breast, he was about TO
fire the fatal shot, when Jim said = " For
Gods sake, Geery, don't but, if you will
DO it, don't shoot yourself there; it viii
only prolong YOUR agony. If you must
DO it, place the pistol to your temple.
To which Geery replied; Thanks Jim,
and may God bless you all and take you
safe outot this As he placed the pistol
to his temple, the men, with weeping
eyes and full hearts, turned to walk
away, as they could not bear to see him
fire. lie pressed the trigger, and the cap
only exploded. I then appealed to him,
saying 'Geery, for Gods sake, don't;
this Is warning To which he paid no
attention nor made any reply, but rather
seemed to be soliloquizing, and said
know not what to think of that; it never
snapped before. Cooking his pistol
again, he engaged q few seconds in mental
prayer and again pulled the trigger that
launched him into eternity"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24

An almost fabulous number of fans are
exported from Japan to al parts of the
world. No fewer than 100000, valued
at $50 1000, were, according to Consul
Annesley's commercial report on Hiogo
and Osaka, issued lately, shipped from
these ports in 1875. Osaka is the prin-
cipal city for the manufacture of the
''ogi," or folding fans, which are almost
exclusively those exported, all descrip-
tions OF the bamboo kind being made
there, the figures, writing, etc. being ex-
ecuted in KiyOto. The sale of fans in
the olden time in Japan seldom exceeded
10 600 for the whole country. Times
have changed, however, for the foreigner
has set foot there, and the old days Of Sc
clusion and limited trade are over. The
number of fans ordered for the Philadel
phia exhibition alone amounted to over
500, 600, at a cost of about 10000
CasseLps Magazine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
rnE P0LAR st4 ExPLORHRs.

Capt. Tyson expects to sail from New
London for the Arctic seas as early as
July 30, and says he shall stay there till
he finds the North PoleA The schooner
Florence is now ready fok sea, and will
be manned mainly by Connecticut sail
ors. She may stop at Frobishers straits
upon her course, but her headquarters
will be on Cumberland island, where a
stock of supplies will be collected, and a
score of Esquimaux with dogs and
sledges will be enlisted for the expedition
If congress grants an appropriation for
the Howgate colony, another vessel VIII
sail from New York about July l, 1879,
and join Captain Dyson about August
5. Then they viii strike north.
Capt. Howgate's project of establish
ing a permanent basis of polar discovery
somewhere in the Arctic regions has the
best wishes of every one and the encour-
agement of the government, but the sec
retary of the navy has declined to detail
to accompany the expedition, as he does
not find his authority for so doing; and
for the same reason he regrets that he
cannot comply with the request for a
loan OF instruments to the navy for use
in the expedition.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
INSTRUCTITE FIGURES

The reports from the Agricultural bu
reau bring comfort and cheer at time
when the country would seem to require
all the encouragement it can receive
This year we shall be able TO export not
less than leo .OOO. 900 bushels OF wheat,
or 100000 bushels more than ever
were exported in any previous year.
Already the winter wheat is safely har-
vested, and the spring wheat is in a most
promising condition. For this immense
reasonably-anticipated surplus Of wheat
we shall in all probability have an excel
lent commercial demand. Our chief
competitor ia the British market has
been Russia. Last year the United
States forced Russia to take the second
place in the marts of the void, even
when Russia had had all of her ports
open. and was interested in obtaining
all the money she could for the ap-
preaching war. This year the crop Of
Russia is less than last year, and even
-upposiug the Baltic ports 10 remain
open, she viii be at a great disadvantage
in competing with the United States.
The yield o! cotton IS also estimated to
be about 100000 bales. All this i'm
plies an impetus to industry generally,
unless there is some more of the reck-
lessness and madness practiced which
has so often perverted the good results
which should legitimately flow from nat
ural b0upty
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
THE SACRED TEMPLE.

Mrs. NJ. Adele Hazlett, the we'll
known woman's rights advocate, is en-
gagged in organizing secret society called
the Sacred Temple, the membership of
which is confined to women over eighteen
yems of age. Mrs: Hazlett says: "There
is in this society nothing of a sectarian
or political character. 1t aims to remove
all artificial barriers between women, and
cultivate sense of true, sisterly obliga-
ton; to teach women TO respect each
other for noble qualities of mind and
heart, and not for wealth and consequent
social advantages; TO make them realize
the great influence which they, as q sex,
possess, aud inspire them to make that
influence powerful for good of fevery kind
to make them better wives and mothers
better sisters, truer friends; to give them
self-reliance and decision of character.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24

The war correspondents are not
allowed TO estimate.the number Of troops
and guns, or to write news Of the move
ments of the troops. Furthermore, all
letters from the front are subject
70 srasures. This Is Why inc n-'utv
correspondents remain in London to do
their bloody work
The Saratogian tells the following
{" At the Delaware and Hudson depot
yesterday lady and gentleman climbed
up on either side of the seven-ioet picket
fence that extends through the arcade,
to kiss each other good-by. They had
previously attempted to kiss between the
pickets, but space forbade.
A child charmed by black snake in
Jefferson county, Tenn, fed the snake
dsily for over a week The father dis
covered the snake coiled up in the child's
lap and killed it., whereupon the little
one went into spasms of grief and re-
fused 70 eat food Of any kind. She cries
almost continually, except when asleep
and physicians state that she will live
but a short time
Casabianca, rather than disobey his
father, heroically died upon the burning
deck-but would he have clung 10 a milk
pail when drowning James Halpin,
age eight, Of Waterford, y. Y did that,
and also had sufficient presence Of mind
to wave his left hand. The hand was
the only indication Of young Halpin's
F presence in the canal, but sharp-eyed
iaborer passing saw it, gra-pcd It., and
hauled the boy and milk pail cut Of the
water
They lad quite an excitement at the
Delaware Water Gap the other day. It
seems that an artist who was out in the
woods transferring nature to canvass
fell asleep, and q COW came along and
licked up the scene as well as the paint
on the palette. This so enraged the ar
tist that he kicked the COW, and the COW
returned the compliment. The artist
Is now travelling on crutches, and thirty
seven babies are sick from drinking milk
mixed with al sorts Of paints.
A London correspondent with the
Russian army was lately caught by the
Turks aud hauled before n pasha. On
the way he secured an Interpreter to ex-
plain that lac was a neutral. The pasha,
a stout, cheerful fellow in a fez, like any
other Turk listened calmly a few mo-
ments to the laborious interpreter, and
then observed, as he rolled fresh cigar
cite: Al, now! Spake English. L
was born In Cork, and haven't forgot mo
native tongue"
1t y related Of the late ex-senator
Pratt. that two ladies whom he charita-
bly, assisted TO posts in one Of the depart
ment-, combined 10 make and present to
him q dressing gown as an expression Of
. their gratitude. When they came TO
him, bringing the completed garment,
+ he took down from It's shelf volume
containing a law forbiddiDg a congress
man to receive gifts under such circum-
stances. The donors Of the dressing
gown were abashed but the senator took
+ the gorgeous garment and delicately
intimated that # they would allow him
to pay for it, the matter would be adjus-
ted. and he would be all the same very
much obliged
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
GRINDING THE uILEERs.

A threatened tax on -four of a very
curious kind has come to light. There
Is a process called high grinding in use
in most of the flour mills in the country,
which Is said to be essential to the best
results in reducing wheat to -four. It
has long been in use in Europe, and was
introduced here in 1871, and the ma
chinery in use in all the great mills is
adapted to it. a ring Of spectators in
Washington Is said to have got hold of
an old patent on the process, quieIly had
1t reissued, got up q case in which the
defendant was a man Of straw, carried it
to the supreme court without any real
defence having been made, and got a de-
cision in support of its validity. Now
suits have been brought for infringement
against the leading flour manufacturers
of the country, including the Jewels, of
Brooklyn, the Haxalls, Of Richmond
and c. c. Washburn, OF Minneapolis, and
the holders of the patent propose to
grant licenses to millers for the modest
sum of $4,000 for each run of stone.
This would impose tax Of S36,000,000
on the -four business Of the country,
which would, of course, come out of the
consumers in the end. 1t Is unnecessary
to say that vigorous fight Will be made
against this imposition, and a special act
OF congress cancelling the patent will be
asked for next winter.-B0ston Globe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
TURNING GRAY.

Life's saEds are running fast away;
The buoyant step Of Youth has gone
The falling hair is turning gray,
And Time seems now TO hurry on
Mere Aeetly than in days Of yore-
Before the heart became its prey
Before twas saddened to the core
Before the hair was turning gray.
Yes, turning gray Age comes like snow
As still-and carves each care"orn hhej
Its wrinkles on the brow will grow
The hair with silverF strr7ks VIII SHINE;
The eyes their brightness lose the hand
Grow dry and tremulOus and thln -
For life. alas is quickly spsnued,
And Death its gate soon closes H.
ALI turning gray, we fain would hide
The sign now long with Time we've oeen-
These deepened wrinkles side by sue
Cut by the sorrows we have seen,
For feeble beats the heart as years
More thicklv cluster on our head
As Autumn rain-drops hang, like tears
On some fair flower that's nearly deau'
Like perished petals from the flower,
Our hopes and widest joys are laid
Born only Tor a day or hour,
Sweet gambols by the fancy played
As age comes on, we long for rest,
As saiHts near shrines viii long TO pray
But still we love that time the best
Before the hair is turning gray.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24

Cardinal Manning, writing to a
friend in Dublin on intemperance, says:
"Half the misery of homes arising from
bad temper, sloth, squandering, selfish
ness, debt, neglect of all duty, is caused
by indulgence in wine and the like. The
sure and best cure Of this is to bring up
children in simple habits, and to guard
them against acquiring the liking for in
toxicating drinks. When liking for
the taste is acquired, the temptation is Al
once in existence. Common sense as
well as faith says: Train up children
not to know the taste and they will moi
! be tempted. I urge this on parents
whenever I can, and have before me
I many happy homes in which children
Nave grown up without so much as hav
ing ever tasted anything but water"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-08-24
WHH UYCLE1EwJs mIHEIED.

His old, patched, yeilow-iaundiced
pants were held up by cotton "galluses
over his time bent shoulders, and he
paused, leaning on a gnarled and twisted
stick, as he lifted his hat respectfully.
"Dsre amt no Squire bout yere, is
dere ?" he asked, and then turned to a
simple-fooking mulatto girl who followed
him, Sit down on the do'-sill, Mary an
rest yerselt"
" We'll, yes" replied Constable John,
" there's a Squire here. What do you
want?"
Boss, yer needn't laugh-we wants
somebody to marry us? Yer see, Boss,
knows it looks kinder like diggin' up
de May flows and a-settin' 'em out in de
winter agin, but thinks Pm doin' my
dooty."
Going to marry this girl, old man ~
asked the Squire as he came up.
Yes, sab is, ef you'll do it. She
Is orphan Her old farder and me done
hoed our rows togedderin dem July days
agone. She hes fits, an dere amt nobody
but dis yer old Lewis to look after her.
] Jes' has tooken her ter my ole house, an
l watches ober her. Folks is powerful
ready ter talk, Squire, an ter stop del
tongues made up my mine to marry de
gal You'se willin', amt yer, Mary ?"
But Mary was asleep against the
door.
Well, continued the old mar, ,wipinl
TIE perspiration off with his shirt sleeve
she shan't fall in de fire wid dem fit
while Pse got de pow'r to pull her OUT
The old man gave bis name as Levi
Kemp, and the girls as Mary McGhee
and Constable John took fifty cents ano
procured a license. After the ceremon.
by Squire Egnew, Constable John said
Haven't you got two dollars for tn
Squire, Lewis ?''
He looked troubled. Fore God
dat half-dollar's all Use got in dis ye
world, boss; but, sho's dere's a God i
Heaben, I'll bring yer two dollar fC
long,"
Then he shook hands all around, an
hebbled out, with his newly-made wifi
following after. ."-Memptis Agqlanche