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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09

Friendship is infinitely better than
kindness.
There have been fewer friends on earth
than kings.
Love is a flame which burns in heaven,
and whose soft reflections radiate on us.
They are generally better satisfied
whom fortune never favored than those
whom she has forsaken.
AS long as love prevails in the house
space of the breadth Of q sword is salts
factory. As soon as it disappears sixty
hand-breadths are not sufficient.
Love teaches cunning even in inno-
cence, and when he gets possession his
first work is to dig deep within heart
and there lie hid, and like miser in the
dark, to feast alone.
Life, whether in this world or any
other, is the sum of cur entertainment,
our existence, our character. The con-
ditions are secondary. In what other
world shall we be more surely than we
are here?
There is not, perhaps, more whimsi-
cal figure in nature than a man of real
modesty who assumes an air Of impu-
dence; who, while his heart beats with
anxiety studies ease and affects good
humor.
What is this life but the circulation of
little actions? We lie down and rise
again, dress and redress, feed and grow
hungry, work and play, and are weary
and then we lie down again and the
circle returns.
With virtue, capacity and good con-
duct one can still be unsupportable.
The manners, which are neglected as
small things, are often those which de.
eide men for or against you. A slight at.
tention to them would have prevented
their i'll judgment.
Manners are the shadows of virtues
the momentary display of those quail
ties which our fellow creatures love an6
respect. If we strive to become, then
what we strive to appear, manners
would often be rendered useful guides
to the performance of our duties.
That politeness which we put on, il
order to keep the presumptuous at {
proper distance, will generally succeed
But it is sometimes that these obtrusiv'
characters ar, on such excellent terms
with themselves that they put down thei
very goodness to the score of their owl
great merits and high pretensions, meet
ing the coldness of our reserve with
ridiculous condescension of familiarity
in order to set us at ease with ourselves
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
Variety of Life in New York.

Howe, the great Tombs lawyer, was
supposed to be doing one of the most
profitable law businesses in New York,
says q correspondent. He defended
nearly all the rogues in New York, and
his fees were supposed to be large; yet
he has been adiudged bankrupt. All
the men of this class go under. The
divorce lawyers. who are reported to
have immense fees, seldom last long.
Nine ont of ten of the liquor men fail,
though the common idea is that the pro-
fits are simply immense. [ was in a
leading restaurant recently, and was told
that the checks showed that four hun
dred and fifty dollars were taken at the
bar the day before. Yet every man who
has kept that hotel has failed except the
present proprietor, who has not bsen
there long enough to give the thing
fair trial. 1t is the same thing with the
politicians who hang around the city
hall. 1t is feast or famine with those
fellows. One of them was distinguished
for his heavy drinks of brandy and for
buying two dollars worth of cigars daily
to give to his followers. He could not
buy an oyster stew to-day. A city Off
cial told me that his Office cost him $780,
900 in clear cash, and he holds 1t only
for two years. met man the other
day whom 1 have known as buyer for
a leading stock house on the street. He
was dressed through clothing and looked
like builder who goes out to days
work. Chow is this ?" said "I am
in another business, was the reply. 81
get $500 year. have a quiet home
I sleep well nights, and have enough to
eat day by day. On the street I made
money one day and lost it the next. I
had to watch my customers nights at the
hotels. 1 had to eat as others ate,
and drank as they drank, or I could not
get any business. 1t cost me all | could
make to keep my place. I'd rather be a
scullion to scour the pantry than to do
the drudgery of the street"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
Barber Shops in Rome.

The Romans wore the beard until the
fifth century, A. U. c., when Publius
Ticinus brought over colony of BARRIERS
from Sicily to exercise their profession on
the Roman chins. Their shops soon be-
came the common resort of loungers and
idlers of every description, until at
length they served to furnish proverbs
expressive of notoriety. There the gos-
siping and inquisitive portion of the
community sought for fashionable news
and information respecting affairs of
state; there the reports of the nights
broil and the last intrigue found tongues
to disseminate them, with all their at
tendant ISLANDERS to the remotest corner
of the city ; there the affluent and the
indolent consumed their time in courtly
chit-chat and there, too, the industrial
classes met for recreation, and discussed
current politics when the hours of toll
were over. Even the poorer citizens,
according to Horace, sought refuge from
their enaaoi by making round of the
barber shops. The barber himself fur
nished an excellent substitute for the
modern newspaper. he was, indeed, &
walking gazette. The shop of the higher
class of BARRIERS formed good apology
for the modern club-room; that of the
humber professor for the tavern OF
lager beer saloon. Hence the barber
shops constituted ON important element
in the social condition and progress 0!
the Roman people. Troy Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
A Polish Manifesto Against Russia.

The Constantinople central committed
of Polish immigrants has issued the fol-
lowing appeal
"To our brothers dispersed in Danish
ment over the whole world
"The foe of our land for centuries,
who has dismembered it and wasted it
with fire and sword, who deprived us OF
our property, nationality, freedom, re-
igion, and even our mother tongue, pre-
sumes, under the hypocritical mask of a
champion of the Christians, to unfold
his war standard and to send his savage
hordes against Turkey. our ally in the
time of our independence and our mag
unanimous protector in the time of our
exile-against Turkey, who alone of all
the powers has refused to the present
day to recognize the partition of Poland.
Shall we remain unconcerned spec
tators in this struggle between despotism
and constitutional institutions, the very
despotism which destroyed our constitu-
ton of the third of May, which would
have reinvigorated Poland? No, our
place is on the side of Turkey, and all
friends of freedom and intelligence will
Uc Wlbll uS. LIZ hIluo ullCu, w ulIlo !
which his majesty the sultan has so mag
unanimously placed at our disposal. All
Europe looks on at this struggle-that
same Europe which has allowed itself to
be entrapped through the deceitful
promises and the intrigues of Muscovite
policy. Let us show it that we are still
alive let us show it that we are able to
do something.
"The thunder of cannon already
reaches our ears. Let us not lose a
minute. Let us rend the chains which fet-
ter our white eagle. The wild hordes of
czardom will not stand before our united
force, and we shall erect our colors at
the mouth of the Vistula and the Memel,
and the mouths of the Dnieper and the
Dniester. Europe will recover its equi-
librium lost hundred years ago, and
will owe it to us. To arms then, broth.
ers, and again to arms !"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
A Man Awaiting Trial Twenty Years.

Lima correspondent says : A curious
instance of the manner in which justice
is exercised in the interior of Peru is
the following Exactly twenty years ago,
poor Indian in Ayacucho, crazy with
drink killed another man in street fight
According to law the penalty for such a
crime is hard labor on one of the guano
islands for five years. The offender was
Immediately seized and committed to
prison, where he has been confined ever
since-twenty years-until three weeks
ago, when his case was called in the
court for trial. Then he was sentenced
to the five years hard labor When the
President heard of this most extraordi-
nary abuse be called for all the papers
of the case. and has submitted it to the
attorney genera. The Indian can at
best get off his five years servitude after
twenty years patient waiting for that
solace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
JOURNALISM.
How They Used TO Run the Business Twenty
Centuries Ago.


The first Roman journal, published
over 1000 years ago, appeared only once
year. This paper, intended to be read
by the public, was known by the title
AnnaLes MaTiDls. The editor of this
paper was the "Pontifex Maximus,"
whose duty it was to chronicle all the
important events of the year. The news
was written on white wooden tablets and
attached to the residence of citizens. 1t
must have been a curious sight to see
the old Romans crowding around these
tablets to get glance at the latest news
But the thirst after knowledge and the
curiosity of the people grew rapidly and
in such a measure that the government,
the only issuer of journal, found itself
obliged to issue daily. tits interesting
to know that some of these journals,
having reached the age of 2,044 years,
are still in existence. The name of the
first daily journal was Acia POpuH
Romani Diurni. 1t appeared daily,
either as Album" !. G., the tablet hung
out in public, or the contents were writ
ten with red chalk on the walls of
the houses. The contents of the journal
comprised what would be classed as daily
news in our modern papers. Doubtless
it would interest some of our readers to
peruse verbal translation from the old
est journal extant, issued 168 years before
the birth of Christ: "Consul Sicinius
was the acting Judge to-day. There was
a heavy thunder storm, and the lightning
split an oak at the foot of the hills of
Veil. In a hostelry at the foot of the Hill
of Janus there was fight in which the
landlord was badly wounded. Sicinius
punished some butchers on account of
their selling meat which had not been
inspected. The money thus paid was
used to erect a chapel to the Goddess
Leverea. The broker Ausidius fled from
town to-day. taking money with him be-
longing to other people. He was caught
and had to refund the money. The brig
and Demiphon, who was captured by
Officer Nerva, has been crucified to-day"
It must be of interest to journalists to
know that julius Ces ar, the greatest of
all Romans, paid special attention to
journalism. He saw the necessity of in
structing the people in everything occur
ring in the State, and we find this quota
ton in Suetonius: "Julius Caesar. as
soon as he had entered his public office,
caused not only to be written but also
spread among the people, proceedings of
the Senate" This was the first political
paper, and, as it contained news about
buildings, births, deaths, executions and
anecdotes, it can be likened very much
to our modern papers. 1t seems incredi-
BILE, but it can be proved, already in the
| Olden times there were StenOoraphers
who took down the speeches made in the
Senate or in public. They were called
notarii, " and we find place in Sue
tonius where Augustus is angry because
the stenographers reported the speech of
Caesar for Mettullus in a very imperfect
manner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
The Loom Of Life.

All day. all night can hear the jar
OF the loom of life, and near and far
1t thrills with its deep and muffled sound,
As the tireless wheels go always round.
Busily, ceaseessly goes the loom,
In the light of day and the midnight's gloom,
The wheels are turning early and late,
And the woof is wound in the warp of fate.
Click, clack there's a thread of lcve wove in 4;
Click, clack another of wrong and sin;
What checkered thing will this life be
When we see it unroled in eternity
Time, with face like mystery,
And hands as busy as hands can be,
Sits at the loom with its arm outspread,
To catch in its meshes each glancing thread.
When shall this wonderful web be done?
In thousand years, perhaps, or one;
Or tomorrow. Who knoweth? Not you or 1,
But the wheels turn on and the shuttles fly.
Ah sad-eyed weaver, the years are slow,
But each one is nearer the end know;
And some day the last thread shall be woven in,
God grant it be love instead of sin.
Are we spinners of wool for this life web-say +?
Do we furnish the weaver thread each day?
1t were better then, oh my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
ROumanian Discretion.

The Roumanian soldiers look SO well
when they are on dress parade at Bucha-
rest that some of the war correspondents
have been beguiled into the notion that
they can fight. An incident which
correspondent of the London News re-
lates shows that they would not have
offered much resistance to the Turks if
an attempt had been made from Rust
chuk or Widdin to forestall the advance
of the Russians. There was corps Of
observation stationed at Giurgevo to
watch the Turks, and it occurred to the
minister of war that it would be good
thing to exercise these troops and accus-
tom them to the sounds of war. SO one
night he ordered the alarm to be sounded.
He has been heard to say that he bitterly
repented having taken 30 bold measure,
for it took him week to get the detach-
ment together again.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
grains daily, continued for a month, is
considered valuable medicine for horses.
Injury 10 Trees by bleeding Sap.

considered valuable medicine for horses.
Injury to Trees by Bleeding Sap.
NJ. A. j., Quakertown, Penn, writes !;
What is the cause of sap running from
apple trees and killing the limbs and
trunks of the trees where it flows. 1
have some trees that have been trimmed,
and where the branches have been'cut
off they are partially healed over, when
a sour water will start out of the center
of the stump and will soon kill the por-
ton of the tree over which it runs.
Sometimes the trunk of the tree will
crack of itself, and this sour water will
start from the crack. Can you tell me
the cause and the remedy?
REPLY.-The mischief is caused by
too late pruning, and by not covering
the wounds with some impervious coat
ing. Sometimes no harm is done, but
when there is an excessive flow of sap it
exudes from the wounded surface, and,
containing considerable sugar, it be-
comes sour and damages the bark over
which it flows. To prevent it the prun-
ing should be done very early in the
spring, and when any branches of con-
blOSIdDIo SlAG are CtlG Oll UICJ SlIOluu DC
cut very smoothly and even with the
bark, and the stump be covered with
common oil and lead paint or q coating
of shellac varnish
How to Apply Paris Green, and also Ashes
to Potatoes.
L. II. M. asks if common plaster is as
good mixed with paris green as flour of
gypsum; also, which is the best way for
using ashes for potatoes, in or on the
hill?
REP1Y.-Common plaster is the flour
of, or finely ground, gypsum that has
been treated to drive off the water OF
crystallization, of which about twenty
one per cent. is contained in it. When
this is freed from water it is used as
plaster, and when mixed with water
again it chemically combines with it and
forms a solid mass. 1t will not answer
to use this with paris green, but instead
of it the raw, finely ground gypsum, ol
agricultural "plaster, " should be used
A very good way to use ashes on pota
toes is to scatter them about the hills
now, and hoe them in when the crop il
hoed, which, by-the-bye, may be done
now very usefully.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
Fashion Notes.

Straw bonnets of the natural color of
the material are most in demand.
A novelty in fans is to have the. paint
ed picture of child or friend in the left
hand corner, with borderof flowers.
Yellow and cardinal bonnet strings are
the latest combination shown.
Brocaded silk handkerchiefs have
either yellow, blue, or cardinal bor-
der. s afaa
Chatelaines are more elaborate than
ever, many having small watches at
tached.
Mousquetaire cuffs of lace, to be worn
outside the sleeves, are fashionable.
Long scarfs for neck wear remain in
favor.
italian Valenciennes laces, with the
figures carried out in colors, either buff,
navy blue or rose, are q novelty for trim
ming summer dresses.
Colored crepe lisse is imported for
plaitings to- be worn inside the neck and
sleeves of dresses. 1t is in the fashion
able yellow shades, mandarin, cream,
buttercup, and the creamy green tllleul.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
General Custer and His Officers.

1t has been definitely determined to
remove the remains of the officers slain
with Custer in the fight on the Rosebud,
and with the exception of the bodies of
General G. A. Custer and Lieutenant
Crittenden, all will be removed to Fort
Leavenworth, and deposited in the
National cemetery. General T. A. Grit
tenden, of Kentucky, has requested that
his sons remains be left on the field
where he fell, and General Custer will be
buried in the National cemetery, at
West Point. It was General Custer
wish, repeatedly expressed during his
campaigns against the Indians, that he
be buried at West Point if he should be
killed in the service.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
A Bows Trim Under d Water.Wbeel.

A little son of James Chapman, aged
five years, had very narrow escape
from death lately, says the New London
Telegram. He was playing ON the en-
bankment at the lower end of Briggs
pond, when he slipped and fell into the
flume of the old oakum mill, and was
carried rapidly down the stream, being
tossed about by the rushing waters like
q chip. 1t was thought that when he
reached the old wheel his brains would
be dashed out against it, as the space
beneath was not large enough to admit
of his passing safely through. But he
shot under it like fish, and went under
the bridge at Cedar street, and into the
trough through which the water is con-
Quoted to Smiths organ factory. Here
he succeeded in clutching ioist fasten-
ed across the trough, where he clung n
til he was rescued. His first words,
after lie had been put in a place of
safety, were where's my top?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
Enitaphs.
Near San Diego, California, tomb

Near San Diego, California, tomb
stone inscription thus reads:
"This we're is sakrid to the memory
of William Henry Skaraken, who cain
to his deth by bein shot by Colts re-
volver-one of the old kind, bras mount
ed, and of sutch is the kingdom of
heaven"
A stone cutter once received, from a
German, the following epitaph, to be en-
graved on the tombstone of his deceased
wife
"My wife Susan is dead if she'd had
lif till next Friday, she'd been dead shust
two weeks. As tree falls SO she must
stand. All things is impossible NIT
God"
From tombstone in Cornwall, Eng
land ... -...
Father and mother and
Lie buried here asunder;
Father and mother lie buried here,
And lie buried off yonder.
A tombstone at Saratoga bears the fol-
lowing: ..
Emma. dau'r of Abraham and Matil-
da c., and wife of Theodore S,
died Aug. 10, 1868, H 26 yrs, leaves five
chlldren--lnarr1ed 100 young aSalusG ueI
fathers will. Single women take warn
ing"
In the churchyard at Childwald, Eng
land, is this stanza
Here lies the body of John Smith,
Buried in the cloisters;
If he don't jump at the last trump,
Call "Oysters!"
Another in the same cemetery reads
''Here lies the remains of Thomas Woodhen,
The most amiable of husbands, and excellent
of men. -
N. B. His real name was Woodeock, but
would not come inrhyme. His widow
On tombstone in South Carolina
Here lies the body of Robert Gordin,
Mouth almighty and teeth accordin'
Stranger, tread lightly over this wonder,
If he opens his mouth you're gone by thunder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
THE RUSSIAN RULERS COURTESY. =

THE RUSSIAN RULER's COURTESY. -
The czar ought to be a popular sovereign
for he knows how to ride and be courte-
ous to his subjects. His horsemanship
is perfect although his face is scanned
and careworn, in the saddle he shows no
sign of age. At Odessa he noticed a
poor woman by the roadside, who saluted
him as he rode by. Turning in the
saddle and looking back, he bowed and
touched his cap to her as politely as
ough she were princess,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09

ga number of docs were shot in the East
Eud last night. ."-Sdturddy Lea Ter. Served
them right. Let them keep their east ends out
of danger. oil Oity Derrick
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-09
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Friendship is infinitely better than
kindness.
There have been fewer friends on earth
than kings.
National Republican., 1877-09-05
II II. WARNER. Auctioneer,
LIE No. pis Y street Northwest

lie No. pis II Street Northwest
TRusTErs. SALE OF A DEsIRABLE BrsI.
Mss nEslpENt'E NO ios = STREET
NM2,,iHTrnTEsT M,,Hln, WI ,r mEiNg slo,A TlrREkrOif
is;h aud duty recorded In lber No Tsi olo 80 one OF
the land records for tile ISirict Of C,,luna and at
the request OF the party secured thereby will SELL
a. public auction. Ia front OF the premisrs, on
THURSDAY, S-ifcmh,r @. A. isTT. al O'Clock pm.,
the m lowing Described real estate situate In the city
OF iwaslingio District ofColunbs, being part VI lot
numbered eleven IA IN Hauare numbered three hun
dte,i and iortyseve,, (5E.) beginning for the same
a. Tie end OF twenty-five ttp Feet six t6 inches nom
The hoiirnst OF said lot and running south
line PARALLEL with the aud west lines OF szd lot
nlety Ave t9s) iest 70 i've 80 fpot rtivae alley.
" kept open foe Tue OF ths aud The prvfr,ty
alley twenty two tfD Rt sptsb lnches, more i-S
10 another alley ten ll I~t WIDE west OF aad avlii-
Ing said lot vlcvcii ihr,ac along the line Of said aey
ninety taj) feet iencs c,>t along the i,nr OF
street twenty Two az irei sS t6D iness
ments sc.
Termsi Que third (l) cash: balance In sI., e.,
twelve, l2) and eiyiren sb noutiIS, with iater.st
al aight ~ psr cent per sni,, secured by decd oi
trust on the prurerty sod, all cst, at opton OF the
purchaser. deposit Of to required at time Of sale
Of sale not complied with Ia seven days the trus
Iisk and cost OF tho dsAuliing purchaser. amer i've
days advertisement.
GHH4Mhs GH3htfs HHRE5, I Glover Trustee.
J. +. CDLDwELt. salesman.
Aul%Tus&ds fsiMl
National Republican., 1877-09-05
Future DAYS,
Il T. C0LDWEiL. Real Estate auctioneer,
os No. 9iJ 4 street northwest


TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE COUNTRY
nESiDLScE ON SEVENTH STREET ROAD,
JusI nkioND BhiuHlwUOn OPPOSITE
BATIiE CEMETERY AND BUILDING SITE
ny virtue OF deed OF trus, dated July a. A. d. is.s
duly recorded n Llbcr No sg folio as et seq oi
the Land records lot the District Of Coiunbln sni al the
request Of the party secured thereby, viii sell At
pnbc auction III front ol hepreniiscs, on MONDAY.
seteinbcr %, ISL. a o'clock n The olioNins de
srlbcd real estate situate Ia the county Of
D. TO VII: Al Tint piece or parcel of lsnd kneyn
nnd descrihed and being part ofa tract called Oris
Portion, Tying seventh street road, directly oppo.
site Battle Cemetery and south Of Mt Lays. ron.
taining nine,ern aj nrres two e, r,c's and ten tc'
pcrchss, more OF les aud being the same property
mentioned and ls- rhssi In critain de~d to Mary C
M'iclIe mn, ~ is',sli. Mtlcheii. dats,i September
-. iS,, aud duly recorded In Iiber No. 49, folio - Of
tbs land rcors for the district OF Columbia toscther
with the improvements. &C. ccnsisiins Of twostory
frame dwelling aud the ncccSsary cutbuililngs-sui.
known at tile time OF sale,
Ter,ne $50 In cash. and The balance In ix. twelve
and eighteen MONTHS with interest Mt eight Per cent
per annun. sccurss l,y deed Of trust deposit Of
tiD required nj the time OF sale and all conyeyancins
ai ptirrha-crs cst Terms to be complied with ID
seven days
BRAINARD II. WARNER 4 rr,,.,o..
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