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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
Pure Milk by the "French Method. "

In the "Home and Society" depart
ment of Scribner's Magazine for July,
Joel Benton describes a new experiment
of dairyman as follows:
These glass bottles, which are sent
from Sweet-clover Farm, in Sharon,
Conn, and from nowhere else in the
world, are made of beautiful clear glass,
and, though of daintier proportions, re-
semble somewhat in shape the larger
champagne bottles. They are supplied
with wired rubber cork, similar to that
which is used for sarsaparilla and beer
bottles, and on the side of the hange OF
the wire, which is to be raised before
the cork can be opened, paper label is
pasted overlapping the wire on the glass
neck, whereon is printed the day and
date on which the bottle was filled. On
the base of the bottle is general label
giving the advertisement OF the farm on
which the method originated, and q
little piece of information of which we
shall presently speak. When twenty of
these bottles are filed they are put into
a box Just large enough to hold them,
separated from each other by rack par
tition.
It is easy to see that milk put up in
this way says to the purchaser at once,
and unmistakabIy: clam the genuine
article" For, it would be utterly i'm.
practicable to try to tamper with it. The
label, which cannot be broken without
detection, gives to the buyer the correct
history of the contents of every bottle;
and when he draws the cork, he knows
that the grass his milk was secreted
from was cropped the day before on the
slopes of lovely pastures in Litchtield
county, Conn. There is no fear of chalk,
of chemicals, or of water. 1t is the same
fluid you find in the pail as it comes
from the country barn.
A sentence printed on the bottles tells
us that the bottling of " Milk from one
Cow" is specially; and to young chill
dren and invalids this news becomes q
pleasant proclamation. For ordinary
use the combination of the milk of twen-
ty to hundred COWS sufices, if the
dairy be we'll kept; but, under special
circumstances it is desirable, and in the
case of delicate infants may save life, to
have the milk which is used drawn reg
ularly from one COW. When the bottles
discriminate in this way an extra label
is used to designate "Cow 25," or "Cow
81, and so on.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
A Palace and No Bread.

Late letters from Constantinople to
the English journals say: The Palace is
in the greatest straits for money, and
cannot even pay its bakers bills. Sadyk
telegraphed to the Vail of SMYRNA, beg
ging for 300, 900 piasters for the house
hold expenses of the Sultan. The Vail
answered that he had not as many paras.
The grocers to whom the palace is in
debt refuse to furnish provisions for
even small amounts. The money raised
by loan is instantly swallowed by debts.
Things are now as bad as ever. Besides
this the Sultan, it is said, has fits OF
madness, in which he amuses himself
by smashing everything in the apart
ments of some of his women whom he
suspects of having had a hand in the
conspiracy. He ordered Murad and
family to be sent into exile, With diff
Guilty Sadyk persuaded him to revoke
the decision, and then the Sultan turned
on him in fury, and ordered him out OF
his presence. He refuses to speak to OF
to see Osman Ghazi, and sees plotters
and enemies on every side,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
A Shetland Dainty.

The luxuries of Shetland, writes q
traveller in the Shetland Isles, are what
most people would never dream of. One
mornfng-I had been in Lerwick about
ten days-our landlady brought up for
breakfast a well-grilled bird. "She
thought we might like scorie by the way
of change" In my ignorance, knew
not then the meaning of a scorie. Upon
asking my friend opposite, he replied,
with much clearness:
"What is a scorie ?-why-just a
scorie." =.
I concluded that it was some kind OF
game peculiar to Shetland-and had al
ready discovered that dainties were rare,
and that nothing must be too rashly de-
spised. 1t was very good; tender and
delicate; and in the end learned that
it was nothing but a young sea:-gull; a
gull of the first year; when its feathers
are yet gray, and it has not long used Its
wings. Most people would dislike the
idea of eating sea-gull; perhaps. l
should have done so in any other place
than Shetland; can only say that re-
turned to the change another day, and
without relutance. 1t is very eatable
bird, without suspicion of fishiness, un-
less cooked when little too old. The
Shetlsnders will not, as rule, eat these
scories. They go further and fare worse
much worse. While despising scories,
which are easily obtained, they will take
great deal of trouble to secure young
cormorant. They cook and eat these
cormorants, which are coarse, impossi-
BILE food to any one but Shetlander.
They also make them into soup, which
they think delicious; strong, unctuous
liquid that, from its appearance, must
possess some of the more wholesome,
though not agreeable qualities of cod
| Ill
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
Going After the Cows,


"Jeznie Jennie Jennie
Where in the world can Jennie be2
She crossed the meadow an hour ago
What sils the girl that she fingers SO ?"
The sun goes down in the crimson west,
The tired day prepares for rest
And the laggard moments slowly pass,
But bring no news Of the truant lass.
"Whst sils the girl1" The sober COWS,
Stopping along the lane to browse,
May look in vain from side to side,
And wait for the voice Of their pretty guide.
For far behind, by the pasture gate,
Jennie and Jamie forget It's late
Forget the cows, and the milking hour,
And every thing else save Loves sweet power.
The lengthening shadows, unheeded fall,
The whip -poor-will with his plaintive CALL
The gathering dews, and the darkening sky
All warn in vain as the minutes fly.
Twice and thrice does mother go
To the farmhouse door ere she hears the low
or the COWS as they trample up the lane,
And the ring of the COW bells clear and plain
But presently come the laggard feet
OF Jennie and Jamie. Oh ! shyly sweet
Are the girls blue eyes as she stands before
The mother who meets her at the door
"Where did you go, my child?" "I?-oh,
Only after the COWS, you know"
Then whispered Jamie, Whatever you do,
Don't tell her that I went after you y
-Hdrper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

OF the many annoyances to which the
travelling public is subject at this par
ticular season sea-sickness is perhaps, the
most distressing. A perfect cure for
this malady would rob ocean travel of
half its terrors. No drug, however,
has been discovered which acts as q
specific. The cause of the sickness is
largely, if not wholly, due to the invol-
untary and unexpected motions to which
the passengers are subjected on board
ship. These cause undue pressure upon
the stomach and liver, and derange the
action of those organs. To prevent this,
attention has recently been called to an
old plan, which is said to be very sue
cessful. 1t consists in regulating the
act of breathing according to the pitch
ing or rolling of the vessel, drawing in
breath as she rises, and breathing out as
she falls into the trough of the waves.
After little experience the practice, it
is said, becomes involuntary. When
sea-sickness has fairly set in, the only
thing to be done is to get rid of the ex-
ira bile thrown into the circulation, aud
to allay the irritation Of the stomach.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
A Singular Woman.

Miss Emma Bartlett, who died in New
York recently, was one of the "queer
creatures of this country. She began
business in New York some years ago,
selling halter-straps which were made
for her by harness maker on the Bow
cry. At first he trusted her with one,
which she told him she could sell.
While standing near livery stable
fronting Union Square, O horse broke
its halter. She asked the stable owner
If he wanted new halter-strap. He
said eyes" Then she asked what he
gave for halter-straps. He told her,
then size ran to harness shop; told the
man she could sell one if she had it.
He trusted her. She sold the strap, re-
turned to the shop with the pay for it.
Then the man trusted her with three
straps to go out and sell. She disposed
of them in one afternoon, and at night
went to his house and paid him for them.
The next day she sold seven halter.
straps, and paid for them as before
The third day she sold nine, and paid
for them. By this time she had made
and saved 81. rs, which sum she invested
in straps, which we're soon sold. She
added to her stock a few halters, and in
time few brides, that she sold at diff
ferent stables she visited. Thus she
worked her way into a good business,
and came to own before her death har-
ness manufactory in which she gave en-
ployment to one hundred persons. She
was a small woman, never weighing to
exceed ninety pounds. Her voice was
neither feminine or masculine, and she
had a light beard, 30 that she shaved
three times week. What was more
singular was the fact that liquor never
affected her brain, though she drank OF
it whenever q customer would drink.
She used to drink with her customers,
and thus drove better bargains with
them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

In 1877, in England, sixty thousand
postage stamps were found loose in let
ter boxes and cars, having been rubbed
off through insufficient clicking and
sticking and five million letters were
consigned to the returned letter Office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

D'Albertis, the italian explorer of
New Guinea, describes the people whom
he saw on his recent journey mp the Fly
river as beautifully dressed with white
feathers, and their bodies painted in
many colors."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
TIMELY TOPICS.

It is estimated that over 300, 200 trees
were planted in Otoe county, Neb.
Arbor day and the day previous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

Two boys started from Rochelle. ILL.,,
in quest of adventure. They walked
along railroad for ten miles, and then,
very tired, they sat down to rest. Very
soon they fell asleep, and one lay with
his head across a rail, 80 that when q
train came along he was beheaded.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

There are sixty-one monasteries for
men, and sventy-one converts for
females; twenty-seven colleges and
fifty-eight schools directed by nuns for
the education of girls.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

There are over 300 Catholic churches
in Rome, independent of st. Peters and
the seven cathedrals. The government
returns show that in 1870 the ecclesias-
tical population of the " Eternal City 3"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

Having been bound up in Paris during
the seige, the editor of the London
Truth ought to know something about
the taste of the meat of the various kinds
of animals which were then used for
human food. A shop for the sale of
horsehesh having been recently opened
in London, he writes apropos of it: GA
contemporary calls upon me to give my
experience in horsehesh. 1t is like third
rate beef. 1t cannot be said to have a
disagreeable taste, for it has no taste at
all. Donkey, ON the other hand, is de-
licious, and infinitely better than beef
or mutton. This the French soon dis
covered during the siege of Paris, for a
portion of donkey cost about six times
as much as portion of horse. Cats
taste exactly like rabbits; it is impossi-
BILE to distinguish between them. The
objection to rats is that when cooked
their flesh is gritty. This objection,
however, is somewhat epicurean, for, ex-
cept for this grittiness, they are a whole
some end excellent article of food. lam
surprised that there is not a society for
the promotion of eating rats"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12
Among the best known Americanisms,

Among the best known Americanisms,
unused and scarcely understood in Eng
land, are locomotive for "engine, rail
road for railway" horse cars for
" tramway," depot for I" station" switch
for shunt," baggage for Luggage, 4"
store for "shop," bureau for "chest of
drawers" clever for "good- -natured, 4"
boards for "deals," calico for "prints, I"
corn for "maize," dry goods for
"drapers' articles or haberdashery, fall
for autumn" dress for "gown, fix
for repair" guess for "think," hard
ware for "iron-mongery," hold on for
"stop," homely for "ugly, " loafer for
"lounger. " mad for "angry," mail for
"post," pantaloons for trousers, vest
for "iacket," quite for every" rooster
for "cock," sick for Gill;" sleigh for
"sledge," stoop for "porch,," suspen-
ders for braces" venison for "deer
meat" and woods for ga wood"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

Some people believe they can think
faster on railroad trains than anywhere
else, the theory being that the rapid
motion quickens the action of the mind.
Some influence of that kind may have
affected a man and woman who met for
the first time while travelling from
Elmira, N. Y, into Pennsylvania. They
sat in the same seat, fell into converse
ton, were irresistibly attracted toward
each otner, and at the end of seven
hours were married.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

An American merchant in Paris has
issued a small blue book of fourteen
pages, on "Three Works of Art, manu-
factured in San Francisco expressly for
the international exhibition. The first
is "a massive and elegant porte-monnaie
and card case made of gold and quartz
from the mines of two States and two
Territories. The second is ladies'
powder-box and puff, surmounted by
grizzly bear in the act of crossing the
great overland railway. The third is
jewel casket, Representing the substan-
tial mines Of the Pacific coast" On the
cover is ga pictorial and historical re-
presentation of buffalo hunt on the
plains, with big trees and railroad
track with two bulls dashing across it to
evade the hunters who are in close pur.
SUIT. The casket contains nearly nine
teen pounds of solid gold and auriferous
quartz, and with the other pieces is
valued at $4,000. The case is made Of
different species of wood grown on the
Pacific coast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

A snake charmer, named Samuel
Helms, of Lackawaxen, Pa, lost legacy
of $5, 900, recently left him under some
what romantic circumstances, by dying
five years too soon. He was divorced,
in 1864, from his wife, who pursued her
matrimonial ventures with such success
that, when she died, recently, she had
outlived two other husbands, and had
accumulated 500, 900 worth of property.
She bequeathed $5, 900 OF it to her first
husband, but, when the executor went
to hunt him up, he found that he had
died five years before in poverty and
want
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

Gen. LIE Due, the commissioner of
agriculture, is experimenting on new
root called chufa. 1t grows in hills like
the potato, is about the size of a walnut
and has the flavor of an almond. 1t is
no trouble to raise, and the experiments
made demonstrate that hogs and chick
ems fed on it are of the most superior
quality, not only in their size, but in the
lucsious sweetness of their flesh. 1t is
predicted that chufa will become staple
crop among farmers in few years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-07-12

udy ub buel Avenue.
Three hours later, Colonel A went
down into the parade ground to inspect
the regiment, and he was surprised to
see both Lord Tellum and Ensign War
bottle amongst the officers who ap-
preached him to give the morning salute.
The latter had his arm in O sling; and to
the stern inquiry of Colonel A as to
whether the duel had yet taken place,
he replied, with forced smile lighting
up his face: Yes, colonel; his lordship
has given me nasty scratch in the
arm."
ga scratch in the arm!" exclaimed
the colonel, contemptuously. "And do
you call that fighting, gentlemen-do
you call that fighting3 And for 80 i'm
portant question as the helmets of His
Majesty's Life Guards BAH it is
nothing This matter must be fought
over again, under pain of instant dismis.
sal from the service if my order be dis
obeyed |"
"But--" began Lord Vellum, at.
tempting to express his satisfaction al
the reparation his wounded honor had
received.
But me no butts, gentlemen" ex
claimed the colonel, angrily. "I have
the Princes instruction on this point
and it is for you to vindicate your owr
honor in proper manner, or retire dis
graced from His Majesty's service"
This alternative was one not to bt
thought of; and it need scarcely be sale
that the young fire-eaters chose rather
to fight again than be cashiered. Tht
duel was fought again, and this timt
Lord Vellum was shot through tht
body--a wound which laid him on {
! sick bed for two months,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-13
How Far II Reaches.

Politicians, as q class. without regard To
the party they belong TO, are pretty gcncr-
ally regarded as incorrgiblc
But the growing spirit Of independence
among voters IL bound to reach the poll
ticians also, and to make them more careful
about the positions they assume.
An Intelligent population. voting under
standingly and Independently, must neccs-
sariy require candidates Of higher type
than many who have heretofore been elected
TO Office by the mere force Of party discipline
and party cohesion.
Young men just entering upon political
life, If they would make certain Of success,
should render themselves masters Of consti-
tutional law and Of political economy, be-
cause they will have TO stand before dis
eliminating tribunals when they go before
the voters in time to come.
Already il ceases to be sufficient that a
candidate is described by q certain general
political namo. What are his principles
What docs he believe in ? What are his
reasons for tho faith that is in him ? Such
are the questions propounded, not by few,
but by the many.
With the rapid growth OF independence
OF the feeling OF solf-ownership-the era Of
small men in high stations is passing away,
and giants begin To be- in demand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-13

MI the calculations and spoculations in
regard to the choice of President deVolving
upon the next House Of Representatives are
vain and useless. IL is n remote possibility,
Of course, and therefore may bo taken into
the general account like any other contln-
Rcncy. But it can now be confidently as
sumcd, from the result OF the recent cleo
tions that there will be no third party
worthy Of the name, in serious sense, in
1880
A faction OF Grcenhackors and other cx-
ucmsts, whose notions about finance and
government are wild and visionary, may
exist; but IL will be utterly powcrcss as n
political factor. OF the eight and half
millions of votes cast in 1875, the Green
hackers pollcd less than cighty-two thou
sand, and the Prohibtionists loss than ten
thousand, or, together, n little over ninety
thousand votes. It is true the Grccnback
craze had not so fully developed at that
time as 1t has recently. But all its Ca
pacity and all its strength We're put forth
In the late elections, to the surprise
not only Of the leaders of that move
mont, but Of both Republicans and DEM
ocrats, who, in Pennsylvania and i'm other
States, had conceded them numbers which
the event showed they did not possess.
Like the grasshoppcrs in the field, they
made q good deal Of noise; but when the
votes came to be counted, there was very
bcggarly reckoning.
The inevitable tendency now, for the dis
affected elements Of the two old parties,
which crystallizcd under these new names,
chiefly on account OF the prevailing distress.
and from q vague idea that cheap money to
be procured in some mysterious way would
relieve it, is to unite with one or the other,
and thus produce material result. When
the official figures in all the States are OBJ
tanned, 1t will be found, rs was seen in the
Ohio election, that very largo reserve vote
exists which the Democratic and Republican
managers will do well to regard as the con-
trolling force in the Presidential election.
The contest in 1850 will be square, front
10 'front.' up and down struggle between the
two old parties for ascendancy. One side
has the Offices, the patronage, the Treasury
and the army, which will all be freely used
for the Republican candidate, no matter who
he may be. The other side has the Senate
and the House Of Representatives by mar
row majority There will be no third
party, except as it may be set up by design
ing politicians in particular localities, 10
draw on votes from their adversaries. Both
Sides are on their good behavior, and the
country will watch with interest their
actions in the next two years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-13

WAITRESS physical beauty, and arc anxious
TO give their eyes treat. The success Of
Mr.. WATERs's lectures on Civil Service Re-
form is therefore largely spectacular, yet
they are Wsthctically Of great value, since
they elevate the standard Of the Beautiful,
and thus promote culture. Several hundred
persons have had the opportunity, for the
nominal sum Of twenty-five cents apiece, Of
inspecting u really remarkable example Of
physical beauty. We hope that Mr.. WArEIS
may be induced to lecture in New York
during the coming winter
We observe with sincere qualification that
Mr.. WAITRESS claim TO bc considered the
handsomcst editor in America is admitted
by most Of our contemporaries. Almost the
only exception is the Washington Post
which, probably with n sinister motive, as
scrts the superior beauty Of A. VI. CLAPP,
MURTAGH's successor in journalism. Per-
haps the Post derives its idea Of Mr..
WAITRESS appearance solely from the can
vas of Mrs FAssET~rs historical painting.
That gives only a faint notion Of his charms.
Anybody who has seen both editors will re-
gard the Posts claim as absurd. CLAPP's
face may be well enough il its way though
of late years IL has become rather too fat, 30
that it lacks perfect ilcxbility and dclicacy
Of cOntour-but you can no more compare
CLAPP's figure with that Of the Hon. f.. +.
WATERS of the Boston ADVERTISER than you
can compare n junk bottle with the APOLLO
of the BelVedcre
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-13

stake, secured the nomination OF Dill.
lie was not "thc man for the OCCASION"
as THE Sun distinctly warned tho
Democrats of Pennsylvania at the
time. His record in the Legislature
pccudcd the possibility of making
under him the only kind Of canvass that
could win. People understood perfectly that
one OF the oldest and stanchcst friends Of
the corporations could not be a proper in
strument to check their excuses and reduce
their arrogance, and that the nominee Of
WILLIAM 4. WALLACE was not the man to
lead charge on the works of Ton SCOTTs
railroads and the CAMERON MACKEY Ring.
From that moment the fate Of the day was
settled. Mr.. MACKEY withdrew from the
outskirts Of the Democratic Convention,
where from the beginning he had been busy
in his peculiar way, satisfied that all was
safe Labor, thrashing about like blind
giant, mad with hunger spent its wild
efforts in vain cxpcdicnts. Business saw no
relief in the triumph of either party, and all
rushed along TO thc inevitable conclusion.
1t was q sham fight, and victory has fallen
where IL was preordained it should fall. In
spite Of the wcll-known opinions Of n great
majority Of the people, the Ring will con-
tinuo to plumber the commonwealth without
hindlancc, the corporations will trample
the Constitution under foot, DoN CAMERON
will - back to the Senate, and WALLACE
will not be troubled with a Democratic col
league. evcn-which is now most improbable
should a Democratic Administration come
to pai the spells in 1881
When the Democrats OF Pennsylvania
shall make their platform in harmony with
their own principles, and discard the treach-
erOus leadership which carries them directly
to the tolls of the enemy, they may take pos
session OF power, but not one hour before.