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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-01-05
Items OF Interest.

Pancakes should neither be blonde
nor brunette, but medium.
Strictly religious people should be
careful to select only upright pianos for
their houses.
A Hartford, Conn, newspaper pro-
poses a bachelor show, the prizes to be
awarded by ladies',
The losses of the Scotch farmers this
year through floods and bad weather are
estimated at $40, ,0O0,OO
This is the season when a man who
wants to remember the poor can sit
down and think of himself the whole day
long.
Thirty Texas papers have died within
the last twelve months, and sixty new
ones sprang into existence during the
same time.
II is a wonder of the day and yet fact oer
true,
That heavy banks are washed away by too
much falling due"
Horne Tooke being asked by George
III, whether he played at cards, replied,
"No, your Majesty; the fact is, L can not
tell king from knave."
That's what call monkey wrencS,'
The witty Snowman said,
When ths big gorilla grabbed his hair
And twisted back his head.
The Philadelphia baby show broke up
in a hand-to-hand fight by the mothers
over the prizes. The police cleared the
hall of exhibits and spectators.
"Speaking of riddles, Mr.. JONES'"
said Chicago landlord, "can you tell
the difference between a beef-steak and
shingle. No? Then I'll broil you
shingle hereafter every morning for
breakfast instead Of beet steak. "
Among the attractions at the Paris
exhibition will be performances by the
Imperial Orchestra from Vienna, in the
month of July. The Viennese artists
will give several concerts during their
fo rtnight's stay in Paris.
WINTER.
Come, o season of mist and rain,
OF damp and dumps and ceaseess painr
OF wild neuralgia writhings
A cold and cough. and slushy street,
Influenza and perished feet,
These, o winter, are thy things
The old gentleman went into the par
lor the other night, at the witching hour
of IL: AS, and found the room unlighted
and his daughter and dear friend oc-
cupying q tete-a-tete in the corner by
window. "Evangeline," the old man
said sternly, "this is scandalous." eyes,
papa" she answered sweetly, sit is
candleless because times are SO hard and
lights costs SO much that Ferdinand and
[ said we should try and get along with
the starlight" And papa turned about
in speechless amazement, and tried to
walk out of the room through a panel
i'll the wall.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
A Model

Our Sister town Meridian had q quar-,
antine officer nam ed Shackelford. who
was employed to travel between Laud,
erdaie and Enterprise on the trains aud
stop all persons from yellow fever dis
tricts from getting off Mt Meridian.
Shackleforl didn't think he was ma
king money enough out of tie corpor-
ate authorities by whom he
was employed, SO he started a new and
novel branch of business, by which he
hoped 10 turn an honest () penny. He
suddenly became q full tedged NJ. D.,
whose residence was at Landertlale, and
procuring pen, ink and paper, soon had
a lot of certificates written and signed
by himself with the W letters NJ. d.
Immediately following his name. These
certificates he sold to passengers on
the tram ut the small sum of fifty cents
each
The authorities in Mobile began to
think it a little strange that so many
people were coming there from Lauder
dale with certificates signed 10y Shack
leford, NJ. D., SO they telegraphed tc
Lauderdale to find out whether Shack
leford, NJ. D., resided there or not, and
received a negative answer
1t is said that he sold certificates to
three persons direct from Memphis,
who went into Mobile, and one of them
on being brought before the mayor &C
knowledged that he had purchased sew
eral certificates from Shackleford. The
Meridian authorities got wind of the
matter, and as Mr.. Shack eford cumt
down on the tram from Lauderdale he
was met at the depot and arrested. We
have Il IT heard what disposition was
made of Shackleford. but imagine he
will receive as severe punishment a.
can be legally inflicted upon him
ENTERPRISE Courier.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
Advice to Citizens.

Editor BrOOkhdUen Ledger.
Desiring to lend my aid in diverting
from our community the dire pestilence
now pervading many of the towns and
villages of our sorely afflicted State,
would beg leave to make a few plain,
practical suggestions to our cltl-
zens.
In the first place keep cool and en-
deavor as much as possible to divest
your minds of the great anxiety and
forebodings that we may have the yell
low fever in our midst. Keep your
premises scrupulously clean. Ii pos
sible let every householder procure
lime and whitewash his trees, fences
and rough out houses. adding TO each
barrel of whitewash half a pint OF car
bolic acid Look we'll to your water
closets and sink holes. Have n box OF
lime near at hand and use daily in your
water closets, and in addition have yon
a CARLOAD of sand or dirt, 30 that all
filth may be thoroughly covered mp.
several times during the day, If n'ces-
sary. and especially do nj leave it ex
posed during the night as at that time
is the greatest danger.
Use no stale vegetables. or fresh
meats that have been long butchered.
Keep your bowels regulated by gentle
apperients;li live moderate and temperate;
avoid the night air as much as posi-
BILE; do not go out early in the morning
without partaking Of a cup of coffee, or
some light nourishment as prophylatic.
1 would advise the daily use of hyr
posulphite or sulphite of soda or lime
one ounce to n quart of distilled or
rain water. Adults one luz of the
solution; children under four years OF
age, one dessertspoonful; over, enc
tablespoonful, ee times II day. after
each regular meal.
Fumigate yonr rooms land out houses
when conveniently at least once a week
with sulphur. You can use the sulphur
by placing one or two inches OF
the roll sulphur on a piece of iron CT
an old oven heated to a red heat. and
closing your rooms tightly for an hour.
Filter all the drinking water you use
through charcoal.
1 helieve if the above suggestions
could be carried ont fully we would mol
have the SO much dreaded fever here.
and if we did, it would be of a mild
type and bui little danger of spreading.
Now let us acquit ourselves like men,
keep up q cheerful, hopeful spirit; don't
let us keep the women and children
frightened half to death. And last.
but not least, if it should come upon
us, trust in God, and do your duty.
Very Respectfully.
j. W. MARTIN.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
The Nationals.

According to previous appointment,
the club met at the court house on FRI
day evening, the 18th inst, and COM
pleted it's organisation by adopting a
platform and full corps Of officers, to
wit: w. H. Vasser, President; =; N.
Simpson, Vice President; W. I. hug
gins. Treasurer, and G. w. Elkin, Sec
retarv.
Col. w. W. Troup made a stirring
and patriotic speech in explanation OF
his reason for declining the presidency.
indorsing the organization heartily III
every particular, and pledging himself
to do all in his power to further its aims
and objects,
Gen. X. Davis then being called upon
for a speech, responded in an effort III
keeping with his acknowledged ability
on all occasions, and doing ample Jns>
tice to the subject, and impresslng h's
auditors with the magnitude and I'M
portance of the canse and the necessity
of laboripo increasingly in the good set
before them. At the close Of the Cen
erals unanswearble argument, opEor-
tunity was offered all IN sympathy with
the organization tc enroll their names.
The names of sixty were added, max
ing in all one hundred and two mem-
bers. Thus braveiy goes on the work
Of promised emancipation from i'm
pending dependency and ultimate en-
slavement of the toiling masses. Res
olutions and platform were then ratified.
The Board of Supervisors. We 'learn,
refuses to make any allowance to defray
quarantine expenses. The citizens then
will have to bear the expenses of pro
tecting life against this scourge, when
1t is the duty of the county-Abe'deeh
Examiner.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
Monticello Guaranteed.
Yours truly.
r. G., PERKINS.


The following quarantine ordinance
was adopted by the Mayor aud Board
of Aldermen, OF the town of Month
cello. Miss, on the 9th inst:
Whereas the Board of Health, of said
town, has this day reported to the un-
dersigned board of Aldermen, that the
immediate establishment of a quaran
tine is advisable and necessary to guard
against the introduction of yellow fever
intosSSid town, and the undersigned
concurring with said Board of Health
1t is therefore
1st. Ordained, that from this date.
no WOODEN goods be allowed to be
brought into said town.
ID. That no boxes, or packages of
dry goods, boots a I'd shoes. or bagg,ng
be allowed to be brought into said town
without a satisfactory certificate from
the place of shipment, or the affidavit
of the consigned that the same do not
come from any place infected with
yellow fever.
Sd. That no person from any place
infected with yellow fever. shall be al
lowed to enter said town. unless he
shall produce satisfactory evidence that
he has been absent from such place for
fifteen DAYS. or more, and that his bag
gage (f any, has been fumigated.
4th. That said town be divided into
three inspectors districts, with one il
spector for each, whose duty shall be
in connection with the marshal to see
that this ordnance is strictly enforced.
5th. That every house holder within
the corporate limits. be required to
thoranghly clean and d%isinfect the
premises of which they have charge.
and to destroy or remove all offensive
garbage.
9th. That drugs, medicine. liquors.
bacon, -four, coffee, sugar, rice. tobacco
aud hardware. be brought in ventilated
casks, packages or boxes, are exempt
from the provisions of this orlance.
7th. That any person willfuliy vic
lating or attempting to violate any OF
the requirements Of this health ordi'
nance. shall be fined by the Mayor
twenty five dollars.
September 9th, 1878.
s W. DALE. Mayor.
G. s. MCMILLAN, ]. NJ. BENSON,
J. NJ, BUTLER. A. COIN.
w. e.. BUTLER,
Aldermen.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
a Female SMiNIIer.

The Atkins pope county, Ark. } News
of q recent date exposes a female of the
dead beat order. 1t says:
Perhaps the most notOrisus imposter
that ever trod Arkansas soil is one Mary
Author. claiming to he tie wife of a
deceased Mason, and hailipg from Law
renca county, Miss. She came to this
place last Saturday, and quite a sum of
money was collected for her. Not be-
ing satisfied with the amount, she be-
gan to heap II TRADE of abuse upon the
heads If ON citizens, and more espec-
cially those of the Masonic fraternity,
n last Monday morning Mayor
M'Collonsh, being satisfied that she
Was an imposter and a fraud. had her
arrested and searched. Upon her per
sou was found twelve dollars and fifty
cents in gold, one hundred and twenty
four dollars in greenbacks, forty-one
dollars and eighty-five cents in silver,
and a note for sixteen hundred and
eighty five dollars on w. and j. ID. Ell
lot the great steamboat men of White
river. She was compelled to return the
several amounts she had collected IN
this place, aud then allowed to proceed
on her journey toward the setting sun.
a telegram being sent in advance, warn
ing people along the road to be on
their guard.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
T>Ipc ERnpr.OnS North.

Since the introduction of fever IN
our Southern towns the northern peo
pie have promptly responded to the APP
peals for help. and have collected and
forwarded to stricken places thousands
npon thousands of dollars. Our south
ern people can never forget such noble
generosity. The following, which does
not include one half the proceeds that
have been contributed, will give some
idea of the hearty generosity of the
north:
New York, Sept. THE Southern
relief committee of the New York
Chamber of Commerce met to-day and
received subscriptions amounting to
S7l9 II, making a grand total Of $66,
800 70.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 9.-Tha COM
mittee has ordered distribution of funds
as follows: For Memphis, $1,000: New
Orleans, for outside points, $4,000; New
| Orleans aud Vicksburg. $1,000 each
The subscription nf this city to-day
amounted 10 $3347. making total to
date $47. 70S.
WASHINGTON, ID. G. Sept. % About
81, 900 have been subscribed TINS fal
by citizens of Washington, for yellow
fever sufferers. Collections will con-
tinue to be made. Public meetings
are to be held to further increase the
fund. and thu prospects are the above
named amount will be doubled.
ST.. LOUIS. Sept. ga serious OF
races between gentlemen's roadsters,
livery stable cracks and other horses,
on the track of the st. Louis
LOUIS Jockey Club for the benefit Of
fever sufferers, which melted about
$1,000, This city has contributed sew
eral thousand dollars besides this.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 9.-Savannah's
contributions to day approximate
$1,000. Additional nurses for Memphis
90 forward to morrow.
ELIZABETH. N. j., Sept, 9.-Two
hundred and ninety>seven dollars were
collected at the churches yesterday, for
fever sufferers.
CHICAGO. Sept. 9.-One hundred and
ninety,fve dollars was collected by the
First Congregational Church, aud fifty
dollars by Michigan Avenue Baptist
Church to day for the benefit of fever
sufferers. Tony Denier's pantomine
troupe gave an entertainment this at
ternoon for sufferers Receips over
5000. Several thousand additional
have been subscribed by Chicago.
LOUISVILLE. Sept. 8-Dr. Stuart
Robinson's Church gave 1885 to the
fever sufferers to day. The fund con
tributed by Louisville Tins far. is over
Sic. 90.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12

Speaking of the dreadful scourge at
Grenada, the Pamela Star says:
We learned that 50 hasty and imper-
feet are the burials that the bodies are
often taken out of the front or rear
door-whicilever they lay nearest o.
wrapped in q sheet or blanket, and de
posted thus uncofinrd (for it is i'm
possible to get Collins for alp two feet
in the ground and covered up. An en-
gineer on the Central road says that the
stencil in the air is 81 intolerabie that
even when coming through at the rate
of eight and ten miles per houi. it is
almost sitting He saw a few days
ago-Rhile speeding along, two negroes
lying dead Immediately beside the road.
while neal them lay another apparently
in the last aeonies. These are part Of
the horrors, and only a part; human
powers are inadequate to the task OF
~delineating the whole.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
rne sconrse =, Holly Spring.

The ScourSt nt Holly Springs.
HOLLY SpRrNas. Sept. 7th, 1873.
Editor BrookhaUen Ledger
Arrived here last night and am 10y
in charge Of express Office in place Of
Mr.. L. B. Mosby, former agent and
telegraph operator, who deserted his
post.
The situation is truely appalling and
beggars of all description. Houses are
NIL closed, except two drug stores, and
no one but doctors, nurses and mem
beers of Relief Committee can be seen
on the now deserted streets. 1t is esti
mated that there is only twelve we'll
white men in the plac', ont OF a popu-
lation OF four thousand, The majority
of t ose remaining are old men, the
young ones having left at first outbreak
of the fever. Ten or twelve negroes
are constantly at work digging graves.
As soen as a patient dies, he is buried
at one and without any ceremony.
The following incident will serve t.
show you with what dispatch they are
removed and Inferred after death:
1 am stopping at the Nuttall House,
which is now managed by the Howard
! Association, and at the breakfast table
this morning I learned that IL of the
proprietors was up stairs prostrated
with the fever. At dinner l inquired
how he was and his nurse informed mt
that he was dead and buried.
Maj. ID. Flaaueiy, Superintendent OF
the Western Union Telegraph Co. is
here in charge of telegraph office, and
has to work night and day. as he has
not been able to procure an assistant
He is an excellent gentleman and is do
ing all in his power to help tbest
people.
Col, Holland, editor of the Reporter,
is a leading spirit here.
Mr.. Ed Cotton, from Beauregard
arrived this morning and is nursing
Howard Falconer, who has a bad cast
of the fever.
Capt. -Tacker and two other gentle
men from Chicago. (whose names / dc
not know are in charge of the supply
depot. and are rendering all the relic
possible to the sick and destitute.
The Southern Express Company are
transporting money ard supplies fol
the sufferers free of charge, and have
put me here to render all assistance III
our power.
The Relief Committee report twenty
new cases and three deaths last night
making about eighty cases now unde'
treatment. So far none have recovered
Among the deaths lase night, was Mr.
B. 8. Crump, the banker, aud the mos
prominent business man of Holl,
Springs,
Am well myself and trust your strio
quarantine will preserve your city from
the terrible scourge.
Yours truly.
R. G. PERKINS.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12

Inquiry is made for the name of the
r.yyand and father ut rr-mpi,is, rho
autographed that his wife and children
we're sick, and came not to their relief.
but sent word to Towards to take care
of my family" It will be learned by
the following from the Appeal Of the
9th. Pass it around:
The fate of Mrs. John Donovan and
her little children has elected much
sympathy, attended with the most out
spoken ceusure OF the husband and
father, who thus tar refuses to return
to his home. Mrs. Donovan and two
of the little ones have already gone to
their grave, and we learn another will
surely die And yet Mr.. Donovan finds
it in his heart TO refuse to return.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
Where are all the Count War


Where are all the Conn ty War
rants?
Editor Brookhavea LEDGER
A specific answer to this question
would be of interest to the tax payers
of the county. According to the register
in the Chancery Clerks office, there we're
S12 341, Al in warrants outstanding and
unpaid on the first day of last February.
the date at which all the property of the
county was assessed. hese warrants
are all taxable property. $3.50. 10 -
these warrants bear interest at eight
per cent. per annum from the first day
Of July. 1877. 1t is safe to say that
ninety per cent. of them are in the
hands of spectators who have bought
them at from fifty to seventy cents on
the dollar, and yet only $3.50 90 OF
these same warrants have been accounts
ed for on the Assessment Roll, leaving
a balance of 50. $685. 40 of this species OF
taxable property unassessed. against
90, $3.50, 90, which yield taxes to the
State and comfy. The people would
like to know If this is a fair sample OF
assessments rendered on all property.
BY the class of taxpayers who hold
the bulk Of these warrants.
Will the Assessor. or the Board OF
Supervisors answer?
TAT PAYER.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
Notice to Brhlge Builders.

In virtue Of an order of the Boa'd OF
Supervisors of lincoln county will on
Saturday the tuenty eighth dny@f Sept one
thousand eight hundred and serenity eight.
at the court house door i, Brookhaven.
let to the lowest responsible bidder or bid
ders the building of the following bridges
to-wit:
A bridge on Bogneclllto, near Bogne
chitto Station, one hundred AMI thirty Ieet
long. A bridge on RoguechItto, near
James Suuon's saw mill, TO .be repaired.
A Bridge on Bayon Pierre. near I h.
Mathews place, to be repaired. a o'idge
on McCaIls ere, k. resr Friendship church.
to be repaired A bridge or Abe Homo
chitto, near J. G. McGee's place, to he re-
paired.
The directions for binding and repairs
of above bridges, to be done in accord
ance with The order of the Board of Super
yisors, of record in the clerks Office.
j. NJ. BUCKLEY,
Clerk of Board Supervisors.
aug % St
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-12
Howard Association of Bro0k.
haven.

haven.
At a meeting of the citizens Of Brook
haven, held at the court house on Sat-
urday evening, Sept. 7th, A. d. 1878.
to adopt some plan or means to insure
the safety of the citizens as far as may
be in the event of yellow fever making
its appearance in our community,
Judge J B Chrlsman was called to the
chair, and J. NJ. Fackley requested to
act as Secretary of the m setting.
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That all citizens who in
tend to remain in Brookhave,h during
the prevalence Of yellow fever. do now
enroll their names, as members of an
Association to be known as the Howard
Association of Brookhaven.
Whereupon the following names were
enrolled to-wit:
Mayor G. Cunning, Fl. F. Johnson.
DR.. Il. 7. Meade. A. Scherck, l.. Levy,
J. I. B. Marshall. r. S. Ricketts,. E. NJ.
Bee. E. l.. Bowen, jr., N. Schwall, $.
Parr, II. N. Schnorrenberg, Willy Young,
(col J Emile Nick, p. Becker, ST., DR..
J.. w. Bennett, John Wossenhaven. DR..
T.. J. Bowen, J. b. Nick, P. Becker. jr.,
J. B Deason, A. e Moreton, B. Hude
nal, T. Il. Lewis, j. j. Clark, e. Henck.
Joe Allen, /. Lawenthale and l.. Miller,
On motion the citizens meeting adj
iourned sine die.
J. B. CHRIsMAN, Chm'n.
J. NJ BUCKLEY, Secy.
On the adjournment of the citizens
maeting. a meeting of those who were
enrolled as "Howards, was called.
w~hereupon, Col. J. B. Deason was call
ed to the chair, and j. NJ. Buckley was
requested to act as Secretary pro tenn
Constitution omitted.
The Association proceeded TO elect by
ballot the officers provided for in the
Constitution, and on the first ballot
Prof. II. F. Johnson was elected Presi
dent. Chas. Heuck, Treasurer, r. s.
Ricketts,, Secretary.
No one received a majority of all the
votes cast for Vice President there was
no election, whereupon, DR.. J. W. Ben
nett was elected by acclamation, Vice
President of the Association.
On motion it was resolved that the
ladies be invited to join the Association.
On motion it was resolved that the
election of an Executive Committee be
postponed to an adjourned meeting to
be held on Tuesday evening, September
the 10th.
By request the President appointed a
committee, consisting of Mr.. c. Cum-
ing, DR.. J. W. Bennett and Capt. A. Z.
Moreton to draft rules and by laws for
the government of the Association.
On motion of Mr.. Marshall, The
LEDGER is requested to publish the
proceedings of the meeting.
Adjourned to Tuesday evening next.
J. NJ. BUCKLEY, Secy.
i EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Rev. H. F. johnson, r. s. ricketts,,
Rev. J. T. Herd, @. Cuming,A A. Scherck,
S. Parr and r. Fl. Lewis.