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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
ND POND, VERMONT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1875

"No," she returned 81 am afraid il
will not make you happy but 1 must
say it all the same. want to ask you
to release me from our engagement,
Colonel Dalton"
Miss Kingston you surprise and
pain me exceedingly. This is very sud.
den."
"Why, yes" said Jennie slowly &"
believe it is sudden"
81 am, perhaps, asking too much,
he continued, "but l am very anxious
to know what has caused this change in
your feelings"
"There has not been any she cried.
81 have not loved you all the time-you
know 1 have never told you so-and 1
have loved Jim all my litei Now he
has asked me to be his, and / cannot
marry you or any one else, You are
not angry with meP"
"No, not angry; and though sorely
grieved at the loss of the treasure Jim
has gained, l think you have acted WISE
ly and brsvely in thus telling me the
whole truth at once. May heaven bless
you, my dear child
He clasped the little hand closely in
his own, lifted it gently to his lips for an
instant; then he was gone.
"Did you find my glove, Jim ?"
Haven't looked for it. Did you tell
him ?"
eyes"
"And he released youP"
"He did,"
{" And suppose that you and I may
consider ourselves actually engaged at
last ?"
81 suppose So"
" Well, then, Jennie, I think 1 have
waited about long enough. Now you
may give me two or three kisses peace
ably. or I'll help myself to as many as I
choose, without your ladyship's per-
mission"
"Jim, I really cannot think it my
duty to encourage you in such foolish
ness"
A low, happy laugh answered her !;
then lively struggle ensued, at the ter
mination of which pair of plump white
arms were wound around Jim's neck,
and his loving salutations were being
returned with interest. Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
Painless Operations.

The new antiseptic method OF surgery
which has but recently been introduced
into this country, has been twice sue
cessfully tried at the Alexian Brothers
hospital, Chicago, during the past two
weeks. In each case leg was ampu-
tated, and the patient rapidly recovered,
experiencing no pain whatever from the
use of the surgical instruments. The
method of operation is as follows: The
surface of the limb to be amputated is
first sponged with solution of one part
carbolic acid to forty of water, into the
wound. This makes the operation per
fectly painless, and does away with the
necessity for using chloroform or ether.
The wound is then dressed with oiled
silk, saturated with sulphate of lead,
which indicates the presence of sulphate
of hydrogen by turning black, and shows
whether the wound is suppurating. Six
layers of medicated gauze are then
placed over the wound, and the whole is
covered with Macintosh cloth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
A GrasshOnner Story.

The discussion was opened under the
head of Grasshoppers.
All the old stories about grasshoppers
eating mules and stopping railroad
trains and bridging over rivers were
related and recorded by the secretary,
and it looked as if nothing new on the
subject was to be advanced, and one
member had even essayed to make mo-
ton to adjourn by saying that the times
were too dull and money too scarce for
good, square, honest lying when Old
Reliable interrupted and said he hoped
the gentleman would withhold his motion
for moment. This request being ac-
quiesced in, Old Reliable cooked his feet
upon the stove, and spoke as follows:
"Mr. President and gentlemen of the
club, what I am about to relate amt no
lie; it's true and actual positive fact.
Once when was in Salt Lake, during
one of the grasshopper years, they had
Drilled chicken marked on the bill of fare
at the restaurant boarded at. I'm sort
of partial to 'yeller-legs, and l told the
waiter to bring me half Drilled chicken,
which he did as soon as the cook had
fixed it up in shape. 1 proceeded to eat
the bird, but noticed kind of peculiar
taste to it, so questioned the waiter
about it and, gentlemen, what do you
suppose I had been eating 2"
"Grasshoppers !" cried the entire club
in chorus.
"Not much it was jest chicken.
"You see it was SO long since / had eat
chicken thvt it tasted kind of peculiar to
me-"
"Sold, by thunder r. was all the
president said - The SazarGo lying
| Cltah
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
Items OF Interest.
A close calculation-The tailor's.


A close calculation-The tailor's.
How do you weigh a fish without
scales
England's note to Afghanistan, "Whoa,
Emir l'
Sleight of Refusing a marriage
proposal.
About this time ladies begin slip
for their friends.
A dromedary is camel that has "got.
his back up" twice. =
He who has no wish to be happ'
the happiest of men.
We may despise the world, b,
cannot do without it.
A wealthy German has purchased
mantel clock for $15, 900.
How is it that none of our singers get
arrested for uttering base notes
Bismarck weighs 243 pounds-a
gain of forty pounds in four years.
Des Moines has four brass bands, and
in some parts of the city all the cats have
left.
Some dentists assert that eight chill
dren out of ten inherit the fathers teeth,
not the mothers.
Wagons carrying loads of iron in the
streets of Paris have to use rags or straw
to deaden the noise.
Consistency, thou art a Jewell" as
the ofice-boy said when he got the
paste the right thickness.
The best thing to go hunting with is
a club. 1t doesn't fill your legs full of
shot or kill any cows grazing in the
next field.
DR.. johnson, once speaking of quar-
relsome fellow, said that if he had two
ideas in his head they would fall out
with each other.
A sentence nearly four pages long oc-
ours in the volume of "Orations and
Addresses " by Rufus Choate, recently
published in Boston.
They were waltzing round the ballroom gay
Made bright with lights and mirrors fine
She turned her face from his away.
"Pray, what's the matter, darling mine2
Has what I've said giv'n thee offense
Has aught I've done estranged thy hearth
Turn not from me your sweet face hence
l can not, can not, from thee part p
How foolish, Fred you know I'm fond;
And as we pass yon pier-glas bright,
I only look from you beyond
To see If my new dress hangs right"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
nofing Their Ancient Dress.

The mikado of Japan having decreed
that all his subjects holding official sit
uations shall dress like Europeans, they
and their wives, the Japanese milliners,
who had not seen fashions change for
thousand years, have consigned to
Paris the thousands and thousands of
native dresses which they had in stock,
and Partisan ladies are now wearing
them as dressing-gowns. They are said
to be very becoming, and the bright
dyes in them-a secret we ought to learn
will stand any amount of washing.
Chinese silken skirts, so fine that you
can pass them through wedding ring.
are also being sold in quantities but
the attempts to introduce Chinese peak
ed straw hats into fasbion has failed
hitherto.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
A Thanksgiving Party.

Banks and his wife consulted
One bright November day,
Planning q splendid dinner
In pleasant, airy way.
"We1l have grand Thanksgiving,
Said Banks and Polly, dear,
You get the guests together,
And III provide the cheer"
Then Banks, with heart o'erfowing,
Said, " Eow's the time, my dear,
To ask ones wife's relations,
So let them all be here.
Yes, ask them all, my darling;
Your husbands not the man
70 stop halfway in making
A pleasant family plan"
So Polly asked her people
And they were not few
Papa, mamma and brothers,
And all her sisters too.
These brought their little children
A laughing, romping crowd
And, In the after-dinner speech,
Banks really felt quite "proud."
Yet through 1t all shadow
Into his bosom stole;
He knew what bills were coming in;
They paralyzed his soull
He knew that Mother Pippling
Was whispering good advice
In Polly's ear, and, somehow,
That wasn't very nice.
He knew the romping children
Had done him damage dire
(For Banks had dainty furniture
AS any could desire);
But still the guests were merry;
The dinner went off WE'LL
In spite of many vexing things
Which one don't care to tell.
And when, at last, twas over,
And every guest gone home,
The tumbled house quite still again,
And resting time was come,
Sweet Mrs. Banks said, cheerily,
"My dear, how kind of them
To come to us Though mother ~
Blanks softly coughed "AhemI0
"Yes mother noticed-bless her =
One slight omission, dear;
She said Thanksgiving dinners
Without one thank were queer.
know you don't say grace, dear;
But don't it seem to you
That to give thanks at such time
Is what one ought to do7n
He fell into reverie:
"You're right!" he sighed at last;
"Thank heaven the thing is over;
They're gone, and all is past! !"
And so, in simple language,
By that good husband Banks
The grand Thanksgiving dinner
Was crowned by hearty thanks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

A Philadelphia man, who is new to
the experience of having baby in his
own household, was left the other day
by his wife in charge of the infant, she
the opportunity to go out
shopping. When she returned she
found her husband playing the garden
hose over baby. He had tried every
thing else, he said, to keep it quiet, and
this seemed to soothe it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

William Andrews, who owns the dory
Nautilus. which crossed the ocean, has
netted $50, 900 by the exhibition of the
little boat at Paris.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
TIMELY TOPICS.

Horatio Seymour offers prize to the
factory in New York that produces a
cheese best fitted for army use.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

Benjamin Swing, of Fairton, N. j.,
has just died Of an excess of fat about
the heart. he weighed 525 pounds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

A Mohametan named Herman Jacob
son was recently sworn in Toronto
court. He took the Koran in his right
hand, and holding it from him, with his
left on his heart, bent down until his
forehead touched the book, remained in
this position for a moment, and then
uttered one word, "Sworn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

The law in the canton of Zurich,
Switzerland, which, until lately, con-
fiscated the property of girls for the
benefit of their brothers, has been
amended. A newspaper there says that
the male peasants consider themselves
ruined because their sisters are now to
share in the family inheritance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29

The Esquimaux of the Mackenzie
river wage the vendetta, but do not con-
slider it manly to kill a relatives mur-
derer in fair fight. The avenger steals
upon him at night, when he is asleep,
and having slain his victim draws two
or three lines of tattooing across his
face, and is thereafter recognized as a
hero.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
Delinquent Tax List.

STATE OF NEVADA, COUNTY OF LYON,
- District Attorneys Ofice.--Notice Of Suit
Commemorative the following named De-
PENDANT and TO all owners Of or claimants to
real estate and Improvements thereon, or i'm
provements when assessed separately, herein
described, known or unknown: You are here
by notified that suit has been commenced In
the Justices Court Of Dayton township. coun-
ty Of Lyon, State of Nevada, u. G. hickey,
Justice, by the State of Nevada, pfaintin,
against the defendant hereinafter named and
the following described tract or parcel OF
land with the Improvements thereon, ana I'M.
provements when separately assessed, and all
owners of or claimants to the same known or
unknown, to recover the tax and delinquency
assessed to said defendant against said prop
erty for the fiscal year d. 1871 and that sum
mons has been duly issued In said case ; ana
you are further notified that unless you sp-
pear and answer the complaint filed in said
case on or before the 18th day Of February,
A. D. 1878, at 10 O'Clock A.. \. Of that day,
judgment will be taken against you and the
real estate aud Improvements herein describ-
ed for the amount Ct Tax and delinquency
specified, I'D for costs Of suit.
DAYTON AND WALKER RIVER TOLL
Road Company aud the real estate described
~ follows, to-wit: Toll Road known - the
DAYTON and Walker River Toll Road, running
the town If Dayton. in said Lyon county, to
point in Mason's Valley on the county line
of Esmeralfs county, State of Nevada and
more particularly described in plat on file
in the office Of the County Recorder of said
Lyon county. Amount, S12 IS.
@. W. KEITH, Dist Atty.
R. A. COOKE, Sheriff Of Lyon County, New.
January IA, A. D. 1878.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
Assessment Notice.

nEL REY SILVER MINING COMPANY
III Location Of principal place Of business,
San Francisco. California location of works.
silver City, Lyon county, State Of Nevads.-
Notice is given that at q meeting of the Board
Of Directors, held on the 18th day Of Decem-
Der, 1877, an assessment (No. p of Three
cents per share was levied upon the capital
stock Of the corporation, payable immedi-
tsry. at the ONCE of the Company, Room
65 Merchants Exchange, San Francisco.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpsid on the 3lst day Of January.
1873, will be delinquent and advertised Tor
made before. will be sold on SATURDAY, the
md day Of March, 1878, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with costs OF adyertis-
ing and expenses Of sale. BY order ofsthe
Board Of Directors.
SAMUEL A. CHAPLIN. Secretary.
onice-Room IS Merchants Exchange, San
Francisco, Cslifs rnts.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
Assessment Notice.

SOUTH END MINING COMPANY.-LOCA-
- ton Of principal place Of business. San
Francisco. California; location Of works,
DEVILS Gate Mining District, Lyon county.
State Of Nevada.--Notice is hereby given
that ct . meeting Of the Board OF Direc-
tors, held on the ninth dav Of January, 1878,
an assessment mo. 81 Of Twenty cents t20c)
per share was levied upon the capital stock
Of the corporation, payable Immediately in
United States gold coin TO the Secretary at the
ONCE Of the Company. as Cslifornis street.
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the l4th day Of February.
1875. win be delinquent, and advertised for sale
At public auction: and unless payment Ia made
before. win be sold on THURSDAY the Seventh
(7th) day Of March, 1878. to pay the delin-
quent assessment. together withcosts Of i'd
vertising and expenses Of sale. BY order of
the Board OF Directors.
]. W. CLARK, Secretary.
Once Room No. 2, AIS California street,
San Francisco, California.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
THE CROSS & THE CRESCENT

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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
WAR! WAR!
so Million Russians Fighting 40
Million Turks!
Christian vs.. Mohammedan

UNHOUSANDs ARE ASKING
Whist Sort Of People are They7
What Different Races are theee to Millions
Of Peoples
What their Hsbits- Customs and Sp0Ftss
What their religious Rites and Peculiarities!
Who their Great Statesmen, Rulers and
Generals,
What their Political Status and Military
power7
What they are Fighting about Now?
What caused the Present WAR
What were the Bulgarian Massscfefs
How are the great Political. Commercial
and Religious interests Of England, Germany
and other Nations involved and endangered
What ie meant by the Balance Of Pswerf'
What kind Of men are Derby. Gladstone,
the Sultan, the Gear. Bismarck, Gortschako6,
&C., kc.f
The answers are fully given in
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26

THIS new and wonderful Instrument
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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
Practical Ge0I0qist

a ND MINERALOGIsT.- - HAVING EN-,
"A joyed unusual facilities during the past
vsaous mining districts in Nsvads and Cali
fornia, the undersigned feels justified in
claiming TO be able to make satisfactory re-
ports upon the geological and meteorological
conditions Of any mine in this country, and
is therefore prepared. at short notice. to make
Surveys, Explorations and Seien.
tific Reports
Upon any mining locality or mineral deposit
west Of the Rocky Mountains.
W. FRANK STEWART.
ma Leave orders with j. W. Shields, Cigar
Dealer, No. A South @ street. Virginia City.
Nevada.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
CAUTION NOTICE.

VUVHE TRUSTEES OF SILVER CITY
II Miners Union hereby caution all boys
from disAguring their hall. by writing on the
wall. cutting the doors, breaking windows.
etc. ANY one caught in the act Of any way
iisfguring said building will be severely
dealt with.
By order Of THE TRUSTEES.
Silver City. Sept. 5, 1877,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
VIRGINIA E. GOLD HILL
13Us LIME.

LEAVING VIRGINIA CITY
Daily ut 80 A. NJ. and every three
quarters OF an hour thereafter until
$50 y. NJ.
LEAVING GOLD HILL
Daily Mt 9j5 A. NJ. and every three
quarters OF an hour thereafter until
7I5 p. NJ.
Making close connection with trains VI the
Virgins l. Truckoe Il. IL.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26

HAVING LATELY ADDED, AND BEING
IL still In receipt, Of New Fonts Of the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-01-26
LYON COUNTY TIMES

The lightning train leaves Virgins Mon
dsys. Wednesdays and Fridays, and leaves San
Frsncisco Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
a FOLLOWS: