Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-17
Items Of Interest.

In the Sandwich lslands the Ollleso
are called cockroaches.
Why is a beautiful woman like Hoe
printing press Because she makes
good impression.
According to the London Army and
Nayv Gazette recruiting has been 80
brisk, owing to general depression In all
trades, that no fewer than 3O,ooO young
men enlisted last year.
Paris dandy "You always tell me,
madam, that I am dull; pray inform me
what is the difference between dull and
bright I" Answer "The difference is
the same as between a smell and per-
fume." ... .'...
A bill has been introduced in the IL
lnois Legislature to require all owners
of stations kept for breeding purposes
to pay an annual license OF $50, the
object being, of course, to raise the
grade of equine stock.
A few years ago Australia imported a
cargo of rabbits for the purpose Of free
ing the pastures from noxious weeds and
frightening mischievous animals from
the grain fields. 1t is now importing
weasels for the destruction of the rab-
bits.
This spell of political weather recalls
o saying of Fisher Ames': A monarchy,
he said. is merchantmen that sails we'll
until it strikes some rock and goes to
the bottom; a republic is raft that
never sinks" but your feet are always
in the water.
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I make it manifest that from all parties
the Conservatives have carried OF the
prize at the elections to the German
Reichstag. The parties hostile to the
empire represent 1873 votes, while Its de-
tenders and supporters are l94.
The Yankee facility for getting the
best Of circumstances receives an apt IL
lustration in the fact that the captain Of
schooner which was solidly frozen IN
the Mystic river, in Massachusetts, is
now loading her with the ice taken out
in making channel, and will sell 1t at a
good profit in Florida.
"Say, Pat, suppose satan was to come
along now, and see both of MS here,
which do you suppose he would take
you or me % "Oh, faith, yer honor
} he'd take me-" "How sol" "Wel,
sir" said Pat, "he'd take me now, be-
cause he wouldn't be sure OF me when
he came again; but he'd be sure OF you
at any time, and could afford to wait
The farmers, who usually complain
that their class is denied adequate rep
, resentation in legislative bodies and that
the LAWYERS monopolize all power and
honor, have no cause for such complaint
in Maine at least. A majority of the
members are farmers, merchants and
manufacturers. There are only two
lawyers in the Senate and nine in the
House. Seven senators out of the thirty
: one and seventeen representatives out Of
Isl are college graduates.
Some sheep belonging to a farmer
named Reed having been stolen in the
. neighborhood of colliery village III
& Durham, England, while the thief was
= still undiscovered, a local preacher,
. having a collection to make, thought he
would turn the event to a good account
so he said "We have collection tc
= make this morning, and for the glory OF
: God, whichever of you stole Mr.. Reeds
i sheep don't put anything on the plate :
a OF course everybody joined in the col
y lection
!, A native Indian merchant named Ma
e rain Rrmgiah Chiefly, living at Prodahel
+ in the Cuddafah district, has for more
n than two months past been feeding at hi
= own cost upward of 1000 persons daily
n He begun by giving cooked rice, and h'
q speedily had 5000 applicants for hi
:. bounty. After fortnight he discon
e tinued giving rice and substituted sor
Il of dough paste known as &c" kooloo.
> This benevolent Hindoo has no store o
" grain, but purchases at considerable
,s cost all his supplies in Madras, whence
they are carried to him by railroad.
ii When the earl of Carlisle, then Lor,
IL Morpeth, was in 1874 travelling in thi
n country. he called one day upon Mrs
y Abbott Lawrence, wife of the later min
80 lister to England. Mrs. Lawrence
N somewhat moved by so. aristocratic
/ visitation, summoned her two sons Bige
: low Lawrence and Abbott Lawrence
! Jr., in order to present them to he
ID visitor. "Your 1ordship, she salo
W "allow me to present to you my sons
ID Abelow and Bigot then conscious thf
y something was wrong, she added, hast
ey ly: "I beg your pardon, Bigot an
le Abelow !"
Mr.. Thurlow Weed gives in the rem
niscences of Vanderbilt the following
On one occasion gentleman called 0
the commodore to propose for one Of b
daughters, and commenced, by the moi
r. eager and vehement protestations, to a.
ct sert that he was not actuated by any d.
ly sire to obtain her fortune, but was an
n. mated by the sincerest and purest afte
v. ton, and inspired by admiration for HI
90 personal and mental beauty; and whel
40 to emphasize these protestations, he WI
+ about to renew them again, the comm
cb dore stopped him, saying, quite quietly
an 81 did not know she had any fortune