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, 1877-02-24

The oornfeld is lying in bref, deep rest,
While tempest Is sUilen, or sunshine biithe;
Sweet is the scent OF the furrow refreshed
After the raid of the pi;tileSs sryth
Now recks It lttle-eone shower or sun
The harvest Is carried, the work is DONE
The jubilant summer has yielded its sway,
And August has laYished its gold on the year;
Magic moonlight, dazzle OF day,
One long laughter with never tear!
Harvest OF happiness, gathered and stored,
Winds cannot scatter the ample hoard.
Awe of the mountain, and calm o; the lake,
Mirth of the valley, and sigh Of the breeze;
Freedom of upland, and noorelAnd, and brake,
Music of forests, OF torrents, Of seas;
Htrvests of memories, gollen aEl gay;
Fear not for dearth in the winteyy day.
Smooth out the seaweed, and dream DER its spells
Tighten and tie up the salt-laien tresses;
Little ones lay by the basket ami shells,
Put on the shoes again, turn down the dresses,
Harvest of health in its haPPiest euise,
Rosy-brown faces and laughter lit eyes
All. but the woods in their midsummer GreenI
Bright with the flow of the musical river;
Shaiing soft bushes with tenderes. green,
Touched with an echo of voices that culver.
Harvest OF love, Is anything new,
Should Cupid not gather his harvest too
, 1877-02-24

New YORK CRY DEBT.-The Con-
troller of New York has sent to the
Legislature a clear statement Of the
debt of that city. The permanent or
funded debt is about $4,000, ,000,
with a floating debt which varies
from s6,0O0,G00 to SD, 100000. ac>
cording TO the season of the year,
The floating debt is mostly money,
borrowed in anticipation of the eoilec-
ton of taxes. and TO carry on street
and other improvements eventually TO
be paid for by the property benefited.
, 1877-02-24
FREE-i0VE WEDDING.
Marry ing Without Parson or Eq,uirc
A Queer Document.


The new firm of Hull & johnson Is a very
young firm, and has not, as yet. made any
great stir, even in Boston
The senior partner is Mary Florence HILL,
daughter OF the very advanced radical who
edits tie Boston Crt.eiUe Mr.. Hull's hobby is
the abolition of all marriage and divorce
laws. leaving the citizen free 10 make his OF
! her domestic arrangements under general
Law Of contracts; and his preaching of this
new social gospel has borne fruit in his
own household, if nowhere else. Tho Junior
partner is Horace Alvin johnson.
Tusday evening while the Cyufl!e editor
was entertaining some radical friends at his
house, I Bates Place, Mary and Horace came
iuto the room and handed him a paper which
Mary asked him to read aloud. 1t proved TO
be - business and cunjugal contract" ," and
Tan as follows:
"We whose names are heseuutO annexed,
do, on this twen'ysix day of December, in
the year one thousand eight hundred ard
seventy-six of the Christian Era, enter into
business and conjugal contract; the firm to
be known as Hull Il johnson.
" We regard ourselves as, in every sense of
the word, equal partners, promising to strive
as becomes such. We promise that We will
not try in any other way than by advice or
persuasion to control the actions of each other.
" Believing that neither church nor State
have any business with our affairs, we prom
ise to live our own lives without reference to
either, further than, if necessary, to give
security to the commonwealth Of Massachusetts,
that our children, should We be blessed with
offspring, shall be at least, as well cared for
as are & majority of those born in legal we'd
lock.
1--WE further contract that when mutual
love shall no longer justify our eonjugal
union, we shall part, giving the State as ilt-
tie trouble in our parting as we have in com
ing together"
The reading finished, Mary and Horace
asked any one in the company who knew
any Just cause or inpedimeut-or words to
that effect-to speak out then and there, or
forever thereafter hold his peace If the
paper WASH t right, or if they were not right,
they wanted to know it. No one off, ring
any objection, they stepped to the table and
signed the contract.
Mary and Horace are now keeping house
at 80 Hudson street, and Mr.. Hull says they
are " to all appearance enjoying as mach hap
piness as falls to people III this life"
, 1877-02-24

To PREVENT CATCHING CoLD.-The
mistake Is often made of taking great care to
put on extra wraps aud coats when preparing
for outdoor exercise. This Is not at al nee
esssry in robust persons. Sufficient heat to
prevent all risk OF chill is generated in the
body by exercise. The care should be taken
to retain sufficient clothing after exercise and
when at TEST 70 prevent the heat passing out
of the body. Indeed. persons very often
catch chills from throwing Of extra clothing
after exercise, or from sitting abo1t in
garments the material OF which Il not adapted
TO prevent the radiation of heat from the
body. Linen end cotton undercl0thing.
wheE InOistenei with prespiration, parts With
heat very rapidly. whereas flannel and silk,
being non-copductors, prevent the rapid loss
Of heat.
, 1877-02-24


THE WAY TEA Is SERVED WITH DIFF
FERENT FLAvoRS IN MORoCCo.-The tea is
washed before it Is Infused, and a great
quantity of sugar Is placed in the teapot. It
is, in fact, syrup, and it might be suppOs-
ed that people so particular about the
fiavors as are the Moors would fiud such ex-
cessive sweetness Objectionable Yet, what is
more extraordinary still, they endeavor, sp-
parently, to suppress the delicious tea flavor
altogether. There is a regular course of tea
impreguated with different fayors, which are
all more or less disagreeable TO the novice.
The order OF these may vary; bu; from the
numerous opportunities We had Of Judging,
he following seemed the rule in 1.-THE best
circles" First, there was round of plain
green tea, with no other addition bot sngar.
Mix OF cream was never used. Then came a
second course, in which spearmint was infns-
ed-hOrrible compound. Third, an infusion
of tea with worm-wooa, not quite so obieo-
tionable. Fourth, one favored with lemon
yeIbeua. Fifth, one favored with Ci;rOn.
Sixth, and more rarely, as being an expen-
sive luxury, and intended as great compli-
ment, ;ea and a little ambergris scraped into
it, and which could be seen tioiting on the
surface. OF This the flavor, if peculiar. was
cot disagreeable. Each course OF tea was
taken while very warm, and with loud
sn,acking nose Of the lips Nothing mean
while was eaten EyeLaRqe.
, 1877-02-24


The ANGORA IN \ New ROLE.-It seems
as though the time would come when the
Ansora goa. will be valued less fox i:s fleece
than for its other qualities. We have here
tofore mentioned the demand for the pelts of
this animal for robes and the tanned skins for
gloves, lace-leather, etc. We have also
shown that there is money in the Carcass
when properly canned. In addition to this
we have lately ascer.ained that the fat of the
Angora makes an excellent substitute for
lard. We have thoroughly tested this mat
ter, as have quite number OF families IN
this city, and find that the product of the
Angora possesses every quality looked ior IN
the best hogs lard. We have used it as an
ingredient in almost every branch Of cookery,
aud it does its work thoroughly, leaving 10
popularity by which its presence can be de-
tected- The discovery of this new property
10 the Augora will be of immense value TO
this State. Financially it is big thing
Hogs lard, bought at retail at the grocer's,
costs 20 cents per pound, while that from the
Angora can be retailed at S cents. and still
leave margin for handsome profit. The
HABITS of the AugOra are much neater than
that of the hog, and for this reason the pro-
duet of the former is preferable. The expsr-
iments which have led to the developement
Of tbe Angora goat for purposes other ;han
for fleece have been conducted almost ex-
clusively by the Angora robe and glove COM
pany of this city. Their efforts have been
directed to utilizing the wethers of graded
herds, and they have given TO the State at
least three industries which will be Of i'm
mense value to the commonwealth.-SGH J9Ss
-lTgHs.
, 1877-02-24


POPULAR DREAD or VACCINATION We
believe there are comp ,rstively few people,
even among the least instructed class, who
would object 10 vaccination if they were Ger
tain it was properly performed; but on
this point there are widespread suspicious
Whether rightly or wrongly, there is a
common impression that sufficient care Is not
taken to obtain pure lymph; and many
who would otherwise gladly be vaccinated,
if necessary, a second OF a third time, shrink
from the duty, on the ground that they may
perhaps, introduce into the system some dis
ease of a more deadly or loaths1me nature
than that which they are anxious TO avoid.
This is a subject which ought 10 receive
much more careful attention than has hither-
to been given l.. Steps ought TO be taken to
secure that in no case shall impure vaccine
matter be used; and the public ought to
have sound reason for believing that the
measures adopted are successful If this were
done, the doctors woald find nearly all scruples
overcome, and smallpox hospitals would
cease 10 be regarded with the intense dislike
DOW felt for them.
, 1877-02-24


EUCALYPTUS Planting G-The Central
Pacific Railroad CJmpany has arranged to
have 10000 eucalyptus trees set oat along
500 miles of the right of way of the company
This right of way embraces fifty feet each
side of the track, and thus ample room Is
afforded for removing the trees to a proper
distance from the tracks to shield them from
the effects of passing trains. The work OF
setting out these trees is 10 be prosecuted
unGer the supervision of J. Il. Scupham,
formerly Of this city. The first trees will
be placed along the line of the California
Pacific Railroad The species known as the
eucalyptus globulus will be used in the work,
and the trees come from The nursery of q. C..
Baxter, Alameda county The object of this
plan is to note what effect the planting Of
these trees will have upon the climate.
Il is the theory that large numbers Of
them will increase the humidity of the at
mosphere and lessen the liability to droughts.
The denuling Of hills of their timber, and
clearing away OF fOres's has direct effect
upon climate, as is well established, and the
intention now is 10 see how far artificial
means will be effective in restoring the balance
believed TO have been lost by the clearing ont
Of our forests, e. well as the scattered groups
Of valley trees. Ia this connection 1t Is TO b.
noted that TIE Directory Of the Good
TempIars' Home for Orphans at Vslltio has
now in progress the work Of setting out
{, 900 of the eucalyptus globulus upon the
grounds of the home, which will make quite
forests when the trees shall BE- fairly grown.
The very low price at which these trees are
| to be otained, nominal figure indeed, and
the action of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company has stimulated the inquiry anew
why it would not be an excellent stroke Of
policy for this city to secure at least !. 100 or
| 6 OOO of these trees at once, as the time for
| transplan'iug is good. to be placed by the
city or citizens who will care for them until
well rooted. in those districts Of the cry
which are most liable to malarial Influences
Il is established that such experiments have
been highly successful, notably that OF the
Fnglish Government al the Cape Of Good
Hope, and Of the local government OF d
region in Belgiuin--kecoTa- Uhi91
, 1877-02-24

MOTHER AID SoX.-There is no tie
in the world more beautiful than that
which binds mother and 2 son grown
old enough TO be her protector. A
daughter loves her mother, indeed
but she sees all her defects, as one
woman sees those Of another, No
doubt with the unconscious arrogance
of youth she exGggerates them. Bat
the son ioyes his mother with an ideal
loye-He sees her as man sees
woman; that is to say, through GER
tain halo Of mystery. Reverence Is
in his feeling for her, and at the same
lime a sense of her need of his care
ne Is at once her knight and her son.
He Is proud OF her at the same time.
Her image Is sacred in his mind She
NAV not be better than other womenI
but she seems so 10 him.
, 1877-02-24
ABOUT Wlpows. win,er-kept apples,

/ About WIDows. - Winter-kept apples,
old wine, a clouiei meerschaum, vase
around which the scent Of the roses still
hangs, all these have rare, ripe, evanescent
flavor that suggest. but ca, lot express, the
charm of the widow. A young widow is,
perhaps, the most interesting object in nature
or in srt. She represents experience with
out its wrinkles or its gray hairs. she has
matrunly beauty and maidenly freedom COM
bined. She is grief with laughing eye
sorrow in house of festival silver moon
in a sable cloud. She is too sweet fOr auy-
rnIng! Like all good things, she can only
be created at great sacrifice. Mrs. Brown
lag says that a man mnst be pretty thor
oughly spoiled before ho can leave a widow.
This black swan-this mourpful Phonix-
rises. only cut of the funeral urn that holds
the ashes OF d husband heart. Poets, states
men, heroes, and philosophers have each felt
the iudefnable influence of widowhood. Its
quality Is not strained. It falls alike upon
the Just and the unjust. Edward Plantagent
married the widow Elizabeth Grry, though
he knew she brought civil war for her dowry.
Ned Walker, Joe Aiiison, Sam Johnson,
George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte,
John Wesley, Tony Weller, Ben Disraeli,
and all the boys married widows. Henry
VIII was so fond of them that he took two,
and King David was so pleased with Abb
gail, the widow of Mabel, whom he took TO
wife, that he turned Bethsheba into a widow
on purpose TO marry her. When Judith
ceases her cogitatious over the virtues of the
late llmenred Manassas of Be'huIa, puts off
mourning and adorus herself in brave attire
to set out for the camp of Ho!oi- mes, we
feel ius:i;ctively that she will come back
with his heart, his crown, or head, which,
ever she goes for. When the old widow,
Naomi, counsels the young widow, Ruth,
how TO lay snares in the harvest fields of her
kinsm u, and spring her net on the thrash
IN floor We know at once that the wealthy
bachelor, BJaz, might as well order tbs we'd
ding garments Allan Ramsay wrote song
telling how TO Woo "A widow. lie might rs
well have left directions how TO get struck
by lightning.
, 1877-02-24

A CoSvICr in the Illinois Penltenti-
ary has confessed his guilt OF a murder
committed eight years ago. But con-
science doth make towards o. US all.
In this case an innocent man narrow
ly escaped the gailows.
, 1877-02-24
g H MACK
y CARD

l - - htENDs MANY THANKS fr- their
is-r curing tle years have pr.cti,i Dent
a. = ala Maila- having disposed Of nv ~
Co. (. 's,s 70 DR.. c. Z. MACK, who is nv sue
I-r-' - PRACTICE, take pleasure In re.errins, rny
r-5 psiro1s q a gentleman anu dents. - III
-, ,,li1iY kno~a. His eminent nrnf..s;r,,si
---ii s s=Iiacieui guarsln,ee iSi
- 7.t-N hAiLs, November -, 1875.
W r CTOwE
, 1877-02-24
LIVER Y,
reed 81 SAKE Stable F!

IN IiERNEY IS re-estaJEshei
G,.i. E, liz Old .iand, JUST above the .-kN
r., where he wil he happy 70 -
n.,-.s ana aeummoiate his old 2Sa
T., A1i The public generally, On the Live and
'f- 1--we Principle" a-Sn
, 1877-02-24

BLANK DElIe, in lots to suit purchasers, can be
had at the STATEsMiN office.
, 1877-02-24
HARVEST.

Happy il still your fultcriug footsteps tend
Beside its varying currents 10 the end
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
HerOism in the Liie.Saying Service.

Instances of heroism are not wanting
in the history of the life saving service.
The records are full of them. On the
evening Of the first of last March, the
Italian bark Nuova Ottawa was wrecked
on the North Carolina coast. The men
in the station saw her at sunset under
sail, and about five miles from the shore.
The weather was cloudy and the wind
from the southeast. The sea was rough
and the surf high, heavy and winding.
Soon after dark the bark stranded on the
reef with her head to the northwest
before the wind, about 400 yards from
from the station. Her running ashore
was mystery. 1t was evidently not
from stress OF weather, as several of her
sails were left standing, and were still SO
the next day when her masts went over
her sides. The patrol hurried to the
station and reported her ashore. She
was rapidly breaking up, and might be
entirely gone before the life-car appara-
tus could be rugged. The men did not
hesitate a moment, but instantly deter
mined to put off in the life-boat to rescue
her crew, if possible, before she went to
pieces. In their haste they did not even
wait to buckle on the cork jackets. The
boat'was successfully launched through
the heavy surf, and the vessel was
reached. A whip-line was made fast
just forward of the mainmast. Ten
minutes after the boat left the shore
shrek was heard. Half an hour after
ward four oars drifted ashore, and in
short time the boat itself came, bottom
up. The brave seven men who put off
to rescue the perishing crew were all
drowned. Several of their bodies
drifted ashore next morning, but the rest
were never seen. Several of the crew of
the bark drifted ashore, were taken care
of under DIR. Sawtelle's resuscitating
process and their lives were saved.
Some of them remained unconscious for
more than eight hours, but eventually
recovered. The Italian government
afterward gave $408 dollars to the fam
lilies of the lost crew-$78 to the family
of the keeper, and $55 to that of each Of
the others,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29


Nothing has given the writings OF Charles
Dickens so sRong a hold upon the hearts Of
parents rs the well-known excellence of his
portrayal of ch ldren and their interests. These
delineations having received the approval of
read rs OF mature age, the different child
characters have been detached from the large
mass # matter with which they were originally
connected, and presented in the authors own
language, to a new class of readers, to whom
the little volumes will be as attractive as the
larger originals have proven to the general pub
lie. ?. ries of twelve volumes has been pre-
pared, presenting among others, the following
characters: "Smike, from Nicholas Nickleby;
"Little Nell, " from The Old Curiosity Shop /;
"The Child Wife" from David Copperiield (;
The Boy Joe," from Pickwick Paper, etc. +,
etc. A new edition of the first volume of the
series, "Little Paul, from Dombey Il Son, has
just been issued, illustrated by barley, and at
tractiyely bound. The other volumes will
shortly follow. Sent postpaid for 81 90; or any
volume will be sent with yesr's subscription
to the New York Tribune (w3ekly), for $500;
or any two volumes with years subscrip ion
to the Independent, for So 90.
JONI R..ANDKRsoN, Publisher
Hartford, Conn.,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
Torture In India.

A paper published i'll India says The
following facts, elected at the trial at
the recent sessions in North Arcot of
case in which five natives were charged
with having murdered five of their caste
people, show that torture is not yet ex-
tinct in that part of the world The
prisoners fields were robbed of a small
quantity of cumboo and the deceased
and three others being suspected of hay
ing had hand in the robbery, they
were, by the orders of the first prisoner,
who was the village READY (headman),
seized and tied, some to the trunks Of
trees and others to large stones. In the
first case the feet of the unfortunate vic
tins were tied above ground, but the
mode adopted subsequently was even
more cruel, for the men were bound
with their faces exposed to the scorch-
ing rays of the sun, with their hands
tied above their heads. The whole five
having been firmly bound, cold water
was, by the orders of the first prisoner,
poured upon the igatures with the OBJ
ject of tightening the bonds and thereby
increasing the suffering of the suspected
men. After this the first prisoner poured
scalding water over the hands and arms
of the sufferers. The object of this
was to extort confession of their
guilt, and statement duplicating 9TH
ers. After the men had suffered excru-
ciating agony for eight hours, and were
released, it was found that one of them
was dead, while the others were unable
to move. Two.of them.oed in the hospit-
al, whittier they were sent for treatment;
one expired in his village, while the
fifth was able to give his evidence before
the committing magistrate, but never
rallied from the effects of the torture,
and died after the case was committed to
the court of sessions. The medical evil
dence was sickening in it's details, as it
is described how the arms, hands and
lower extremities of the victims had
become gangrenious and how the fingers
had rotted and dropped off. The all.
thority and influence ready usually
has in village went in great measure
to deter the spectators of this wholesale
murder from interfering on behalf of the
tortured men. The court convicted the
first, second, fourth and fifth prisoners,
and sentinced the first to death and the
others to transportation for life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition of 1878 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetters Almanac is now
ready and may be obtained. free of cost, of
druggists and general country dealers in all
parts of the United States and British Amer
lea, and indeed in every civilized portion of the
Western Hemisphere. This Almanac has been
issued regularly at the commencement of every
year for over one-ffth of century. 1t COM
bines, with the soundest practical advice for
the preservation and restoration of health, a
large amount of interesting and amusing light
reading, and the calendar. astronomical calcu-
lations, chronological items, &C., are prepared
with great care, and will be found entirely &C.
curate. The issue Of Ho-tetter's Almanac for
1873 will probably be the largest edition of a
The proprietors, Mossrs. Hostetter & Smith,
Pittsburgh, Pa, on receipt of a two-cent stamp,
will forward copy by mail to any person
who cannot procure one in his neighborhood
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29

The old and reliable piano maDufac-
turers, George Steck & Co., Of New
York, have taken a sensible view of the
hard times by offering TO the public, for
the present, their pianos at prices in
accordance with these times. Considering
that the Stecls pianos have the enviable
reputation of being the best and most
durable instrument made, a good many
being in need of such an addition to a
comfortable home will not be slow in
availing themselves of the rare chance
to procure an absolutely reliable piano
for near the price they would have to
pay in getting so-called cheap class
instrument with fictitious and doubtful
name.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
Estimates and Appropriations.

The book Of estimates which accom-
panies the annual report of the secretary
OF the treasury, and which shows the
estimates in detail for appropriations for
the coming fiscal year, gives the follow
ing recapitulation of estimates by depart
ments for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1879, as compared with the appropria-
tions made for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1878. These figures are pro-
duced below. The column under "1878 :"
represents the amounts appropriated by
Congress for the current fiscal year,
" 1879" represents the amount which
Congress is asked to appropriate at the
the present session for the fiscal year
which will commence July l, 1878.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-12-29
yyistar,s Baisam of wild Cherry,

The great remedy for Consumption. This we'll
known remedy is offered to the public, sane
toned by the experience of over forty years
and when resorted to in season, seldom fails
to effect speedy cure of Coughs, Colds, Group,
Bronchitis. Influenza, Whooping Cough,
Hoarseness Pains or Soreness in the Chest or
Side, Bleeding at the Lungs Liver Complaint
etc. Beware of Counterfeits Remember that
the genuine Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
has on the outside wrapper the signature OF
{" / Butts" and the printed name of the pro
prietors " Seth W. Fowle & Sons. Boston. u
All others are base limitations. Examine the
wrapper carefully before purchasing. so cents
and 81 bottle. Sold by dealers generally.