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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
Twenty Years Trying to Move.

Twenty years ago a gentleman living
along the Tennessee line, not more than
thirty Eve or forty miles from Glasgow,
con included to move to California. The
proposition met the cordial assent of all
his fam ly. Everything was shaped to-
ward the removal. When the time came
The land was unsold and some bus ness
remained unsettled. 1t was agreed that
the mother and remainder of the family,
except the father, should commence the
move, which in those days consumed
months in making. The father re-
mained to settle up the affairs and sell
the farm, intending to start as soon as
he could wind mp. The gentlemen set
himself to work, but found it an uphill
business to adjust his affairs, and could
find no suitable purchaser for his land.
Two or three years passed in fruitless
efforts to get ready to leave, and eventu-
ally the muttering of war was heard,
and speedily the blaze of civil discord
caused all hope of family reunion to
vanish until the conflict should pass.
The war over things were in no shape
for immigration. Time passed on until
the gentleman has reached an old age,
and infrmities have taken hold of him,
and now the probability of the family
meeting beyond the grave is oil that
lights up the hopes of either wing of
the long separated family. The family
were bound together by the strongest
ties, and the long separation has been q
most painful one. 1t is certainly mos
singular history - Glasgow Ky. } Times
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
The English Channel Tunnel.

Operations connected with the sub
marine tunnel have already been COM
menced on the French side of the chan
mel, several pits having been sunk to a
depth of 110 yards. At the same time
the French and English committees
have definitely drawn up the conditions
OF working for the route. The property
of the tunnel is to be divided in half by
the length that is to say, each company
is to possess half of the line, reckoning
the distance from coast to coast at low
tide. Each company will cover the ex-
penses of its portion. The generul work
of excavation will be done, on the one
hand, by the Great Northern of France,
and on the other by the Chatham and
SoutL eastern companies, the two latter
having each direct route from London
to Dover. All the materials of the
French and English lines will pass
through the tunnel in order to prevent
unnecessary expenses and delay of trans
shipment, as in England and in France
railway companies use each others line,
and goods can pass from one line to
another without changing vans. 1t is
understood that au arrangement will be
established for similar exchange oi
lines between all the English and cont.
mental railway companies when the tun.
mel is completed. The tunnel will be.
long to it's founders. AT the expiration
of thirty years the government will be
able to take possession of the tunnel upor
certain conditions. Mining Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
ISLAND POND, VERMONT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1878

him, too, to give up his courting in the
village all through the cold snap"
"Whats thatp" suddenly exclaimed
the man on snow-shoes, untwisting a
huge fur muftler from his head as he
SPOKE what's that about courting In
the villages"
John Pinner was evidently chilly,
Judging by the way his teeth chattered,
and it was really very cold day; but
Norma Ericson's face was all in bright
warm glow.
:" Paul ~ she exclaimed = Paul
Wood | Come right in nowl Come
and warm yourself by the fire that would
have been out for ever if il hadn't been
for you. Father, John Pinner and the
Judge would have let US freeze and starve.
1t was Paul that saved us. Come in,
Paul. Mr.. Jones, you come too, and
the judge and John may come if they
want to.
"John," dryly remarked the store
keeper, "don't you think we'd better go
home while the sleighing's good? This
is Paul's day. Elected again, sure's you
live |"
There was no doubt about it, Paul
Wood was Norma Ericson's " elected. "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
A FOrgetfnl bridegroom.

An absent-minded gentleman in st.
Paul, Mimi, recently applied to the
county clerk for marriage license.
whats the brides p asked the
official. The bridegroom paused,
coughed, suffered, sneezed, blew his
nose, scratched his head, and finally
stammered: 81 can't recall it, but I'll
go and ask her." Having obtained the
desired information. he returned and
paid the fees for the license. A few
days afterward he took his bride to a
minister's house, and proclaimed his
anxiety to be married on the spot. The
minister said that he would marry them
if they had procured license, The
bridegroom rummaged in his pockets
and found it not. He had forgotten to
bring it with him. "I must have the
warrant" said the minister solemnly.
The bride handed her prospective lord
the keys of his trunk, and he set out for
his house to fetch the document. The
marriage ceremony was finally per-
formed, but the lady was III at ease.
"What comfort can ] have, she mused,
"if he can't remember anything" She
forsook him that very Afternoon, and
hastened home to her mother
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
Reckless Competition.

A couple of stationers living opposite
to each other in seaside resort on tho
south coast of England recently got at
loggerheads. One of them, in order to
draw his neighbor's customers, piled
his window with shilling packets of note
paper marked at elevenpence. People
stared, walked in ana purchased. The
next morning, when the other mans
shutters were taken down, the window
was filled with shilling packets of note
paper marked eightpence. Day by day
this little game went on, one under
selling the other until prices gradually
dropped to sixpence. fvepence, four
pence, threepence and twopence.
By this time the town saw and en-
joyed the Joke; and, notwithstanding
the efforts made to keep the sales down,
by taking at least ten minutes to seal or
tie up every purchase, the two stationers
were heavy sufferers, ana every man,
woman and child in the town was stocked
with enough note paper to last them
half O lifetime. However, the fight
went on, each man devoutly wishing he
had stuck to his Legitimate trade, and
had not tried to undersell his neighbor.
The following morning the cod" day
found the opposite window with the
shilling packets Id. This was too much.
Within ten minutes an enormous Pla-
card obscured the windows OF the other
man, bearing in huge letters, the words:
"Go to the fool opposite. - But the
"fool opposite " had had enough. In
few minutes the penny ticket disap-
peared, and in its place the old price,
one shilling. In twinkling down came
the poster bearing the obnoxious words,
and an exactly similar plaeard appeared,
announcing that "the price of a shilling
packet of note paper is one shilling"
And thus the war of determination
ended.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08

PEELED all their fears.
"Hurrah for old Jan !" exclaimed the
Judge. "Jack Frost didn't catch him
mapping"
Great was the surprise of both and
son, however, when the old man hobbled
out to meet them, to be greeted with
such torrent of what seemed to be
genuine gratitude for the kind attention
they had shown during his illness, and
all they had saved him and Norma from
during the cold snap.
| Just at that moment q man on snow
shoes came plodding down the road, but
nobody thought much about him, and
John Pinner mustered self-possession
enough to answer Ur
"Well, of course, we were anxious
about you and Norma, and we've come
now to see if there's anything else we
can do. How's NornaP"
"Pm pretty well, thank you," said
that young lady herself, from the door
way. Father, you should, thank Mr..
Pinner for the venison and the coffee"
The man on snow-shoes had half
halted within hearing distance, and
could not Lave lost word of Jan Eric
sons thanks, or the dubious protesting
and yet acknowledging acceptance
thereof by the Primers
"Is that you, Mr.. Jones3" again in
terrupted Norma, addressing the "store-
keeper" who still sat mufled up in the
sleigh. "I'm glad you've come. ]
want you to read something for me.
's's Ali right l'' exclaimed the gallant
merchant, springing out into the snow
to take large slip of brown paper from
Norna's extended hand. "Where did
that come from ?"
/ "Read tread it I" said Norma.
L. I" Paul Wood That's plain enough
and it's in my own handwriting. Oh,
remember, did up whole lot of things
that day for one and another, and I pu
the names on 'em, SOS not to git en
: mixed"
a "Oh, that's it, isit ?" said the beauty
81 see now. Father, John Pinner go
Paul Wood to buy the coffee for him ant
| bring it out. Mr.. Pinner, how mucl
: did you pay Paul for working all nigh
/ in the storms Did you tell him not Il
forget about the venison and the rest
! It was real good Of you, Twas good o
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
An Infuriated Monkey.

A tame monkey, belonging to baker
named Hartz, in Atlanta, Ca, iercely
attacked little child, two years old, of
citizen named Harris. A brother, five
years old, was carrying his two-year-old
sister, when the monkey assailed him,
tearing with fearful force the child from
his arms. The alarm was soon given,
and several parties came to the rescue.
The animal seemed terribly enraged, and
was tearing the child's flesh with horrid
ferocity. He was attacked with clubs
aud sticks, but only after severe beat
ing would he relinquish his grip. Tt
was found that the enraged beast had
torn the flesh terribly on her left arm,
and in Aicted very severe wounds. They
were notconsidered fatal. but it is GER
tain that but for prompt aid the child
would have been tom to pieces by the
ipfuriated beast, - s4g
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
A Minnesota Hotel.

A Pennington correspondent of the
Easport Sentinel writes as follows: "I
rode to the frst-class hotel it was a
covered frame ON stills, and barely par
titioned off inside with laths. Every
one washed from the same tin dish, and
wiped upon the same towel the fare
was tough steak and tougher biscuit |;
the beds were mere boxes on legs, and
filled with coarse meadow hay. No
doors to the rooms, nor nails to hang
coat, no stand or even chair to put
lamp on but mine host just dropped
some grease from his dip upon the floor.
into which he inserted his candle, and
bade me make myself comfortable. Now
had hired the "private room at an
extra price, with no understanding that
it was to be all my own for the night,
and, of course, the only safety for the
money was to put it to bed. So you
may imagine my serenity when at twelve
midnight in bounced a straggler in long
boots; the landlord had sent him up, he
said, as mine was the only bed with but
one i'll it. In the morning I
found that about forty persons had
been lying right across the long entry
between the rooms, with only here and
there blanket among them, and they
snored on as walked over them. After
breakfast the landlord told us all to
come out and square the house into
plaee-it had been moved on it's bed in
the night by the wind. Leaning on a
long rail as lever. we all bore our
weight upon it. and the frst-class hotel
came into place again. But now, mark
me, that place is a county seat, has a
court house and other fine buildings,
with churches, two newspapers, and
really more than one " first class hotel.
And this is sample of hundreds OF
places on the prairies.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
The Leecll.

Recent observations on tho compare.
tive anatomy of this little animal, have
made known to us that just within its
mouth it is furnished with three little
jaws, triangularly arranged, on each
side of which are inserted row OF very
minute, sharp pointed teeth, much re-
sembling the teeth of saw. Each jaw
has it's appropriate muscular apparatus
for its peculiar action, and thus is ex.
planned the constant shape of the wound
observed after the application of this
very useful apimal, -Annals Of ohen'ts-
try.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08
Mrs. Lofty and l.

Mrs. Lofty keeps carriage, T
r.r So do l. -..
She has dapple grays to draw it,
-.s None have l; ...I
She's no prouder with her coachman
Than ami, ,.
With my blue-eyed laughing baby,
a.. Trundling by. t..
1 hide his face lest she should see
The cherub boy and envy me.
Her fine husband has white fingers,
Mine has not;
he could give his Bride palace
Mine, cot. -
Hers comes home beneath.the starlight
Ne'er caresses she;,
Mine comes in the purple twilight,
Kisses me, ''.4t7ss.D
And prays that He who turns 1ifes sands
Will hold his loved ones in his hands.
Mrs. Lofty has her jewe's, -..
So have I;
She wears hers upon her bosom,
Inside L;
She vii! leave hers a. deaths portal,
By-and-by;
shall bear my treasure with me,
q q When die, q ..t t...-...
For have love, and she has gold
She counts her wealth. mine can't be told.
She has those who love her-station,
None hageI;
But I've one true heart beside me
Glad am l.
I'd not change it for kingdom,
No, not 1;
God will weigh it in His balance,
By-and-by,
And then the difference He'll define
'TWixt Ms. Lofty's wealth and mine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08

The Empire Of japan Is made Of $500
islands. 49,. .---LL
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-08

Were all the towns and villages of the
State sifted out, the rural increase would
be found to have been much less than
166 per cent. Ohio is a fair average be-
tween the old and the new States. After
scanning all the townships of Ohio, and
separating the village, town and city
population from the grand total of the
State, we have reached the following re-
cultc.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16
COPARTNERSHIPs.

~ have this day formed a copartne ship under
the Arm name Of SHEEHAN & HENDERSON.
for the transaction OF Western Produce and
pQydras street. between Camp and Magazine.
New Orleans, JanuaryB 1873.
THOMAS SHEEHAN.
jas B j. HENDERSOV.
4 IOPARTNFRSHIp-I HAVE THIS DAY AS
" S0CfATED in the Carriage Manufacturing
Business my son-in-law, OWEN SULLIVAN.
The style Of the firm will hereafter be JOSEPH
SCHWARTZ 4 co. ja1 I'm
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16
wANTg.
SITUATIONS wANTED--rEmALEs,

WANTED by A YOUNG GIRL. A sITUA-
w ton to do homework and assist In general
can give eood a s Adarsss Yhs oe tqn
GIRL. Democrat offies, iaJs 8t
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16

EOR SALE-THE ONE-STORY FRAME
- slated Dwell:ng No. liz Dauphine street. be-
tween st. Louis and Toulouse containing six
rooms. with two-story brick Kitchen contain
Ing five rooms will be sold low. Apply to J. j.
BURKHARDT 297 Cont street. de2s I'm
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16
STRAYED.

STRAYED-OAME TO MY PREMISES. COR.
IL ner Anthony and Magazine streets. TWO
HEIK ERS. which the owner can have nv proving
pronerty and paying all costs. w. FREN DEN
STEIN. 900 Magazine street. iaisats
TAME TO Ny PREMIsES- NO, 90 DEIORD
~ street. a YELLOW COW. which the owner
can have by proving property and paying ali
costs b. GORREY, 90 Delord street jaI5 3i*
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16

Clerks ana salesrnev,

WAETED-A. SITUATION In A WHOLE
" sale or rgtaiD grocery store by young man
country @ w aors. ore Wiiing% % to work fSs ving - saa
ary. Address @. r., care this office. ssSotf
WANTED-BY YOUNG MAN OF GOOD
". character O situation In an office or
Wholesale house. Ia not afraid OF hard work.
Best OF references furnished. Address M. II, d..
Democrat Office. se1st
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16
A. CAPTION,
MERCHANT TAILOR.

D.. .CARONDELETS STREET
Near Canal.
Wishes to inform his customers and the pub
lie In general that he has for sale Wedding and
Evening Suits, made In altogether new style
and also Gentiemens' Fashionable Toilette
He has always on hand q nice assortment of
the latest styles of Imported Goods. and does
the best work In the city. at very reasonable
prices and satisfaction guaranteed.
nos Am SuTuThSa
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16
BOARDING.

SELECT PRIVATE BOARDING COMFORT.
- ably fuTnished front rooms can be obtained
with or without board. by the day week or
month. BY applying at the elegant private resi-.
.dence NO, l4s Carondelet street Parties In
search OF home comforts will find this a rare
opportunity. A fine bathroom also attached to
the house. References exchanged. ie2s tt
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16

R1 E0 FOR PLANO TUNINa-BEsT WORK.
YI:CV Gao Magazine. d. LEECH, ,Sofree
Plantst. jy5fv
M H. BlAJCK-kO t42 CAMP STREET, DE-
AK sires her patrons to know she has on hand
some excellent servants, walters. cooks. cham
bermaids; also. two or three A No. 1 laundresses
and an experienced housekeeper. au17 Il
vTTANTED-SUaAH COOLERS, IT SOUND.
w good order and cheap. PLANTER. DEM
ocrat Office. se20n
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16

WANTED-B1 A BOBEH AND INDUSTHI@
W ous young man, q situation TO drive q cor
riags for private family. understands the
care OF horses and 10 not afraid TO work and
make himself generally useful. Good refer
enc given. Address o. r., Democrat Office.
ja1G ut
WANTED-BY A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, A
W situation as private watehDan. or Is COM
petent 10 work In garden, attend to horses,
cows. etc. Good references given. Address H.
H.. Democrat 0ffies. ja1e st
WANTED--A sITUTION AS TRAVELLING
w agent in a Wholesale grocery or 1fauor
house. Bpesks Frsnoh. English. German and
Spanish. Best Of references given If required.
Address H.. this nfflee. ja1s St
tMTANTED-BY A OOLORED VAN. BIT4
rnorn servant. or anything else. Address ,HAR-
HrS. Democrat Office, Good references given Ii
required. jaf5 &c
WANTED-TO PURCHASE OR RENT. A
w corner grt esry Address or caIl ON L..
stating terms, 154 Ut. Joseph street All com
munications and interviews strictly private.
iH13 1t
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-01-16

Clambernaids, Cocks, Nurses, etc.
yHTANTED-A WILLING AND TIDY GIRL
w as nurse. Apply at 500 Canal street.
de29M
WANTED.BY MRS. BLOCK, NO. 142 CAMP
w street. for the country, one Cook, or,
Washer and one Gardener. Has ON hand q
good housekesper. au17 II
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-05
Below their Actual Value for Crossing.

A certain gentleman who is promi-
nently connected with agriculture in
u State, a very practical sort Of man
and one who has had much experience
in stock raising, in ~conversing with us a
few days past, remarked: "Short-horns
are certainly selling at prices below
their value for crossing purposes. | am
not a breeder of that class of cattle, and
have never owned a female of that
strain, but l have used Short-horn bulls
Tor crossing on my common stock for
nearly ten years, and have had ample
opportunity to test their value for cross
ing purposes. While / have opposed
the pedigree mania, and have cautioned
rash investments in fancy cattle by
stock farmers, | think the time has ar
rived when they are actually below their
value for crossing purposes
If there is one single quality in that
mans nature which predominates, it is
caution-closely, calculating caution.
Without arguing the superiority of
any particular breed, for they all have
their particular excellences, it must be
acknowledged that this statement is
quite true. A certain combination of
circumstances, which need not be enum
Grated here (but in which feverish spec
ulation and an abuse Of the credit sys-
tenn play no inconsidcrable part), has
contributed to drag down the price of
Short-horns until they are actually be-
low their value for crossing purposes
land this is their true value). That they
do improve the common stock is IA fact
generally admitted. The only question
is the percentage Of Improvement. The
strenuous supporters of the breed claim
that this percentage is very large. and
argue an increase of 20 per cent, % per
cent, and even 80 per cent; but at the
prices which have ruled for months
past, if the percentage made is a gain Of
three per cent, it would more than cover
the investment.
W. have passed the greater portion Of
our life in handling stock; we do know
there is great gain in using thorough
bred males; we know it from experience.
And while we do not advocate the over
shadowing superiority Of any particular
breed, we think the time has arrived in
the Short-horn market when stock farm
ers should be admonished to watch their
opportunities to obtain practical farm
animals at practical farm prices Vest
ern Stock Journal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-04-05
Farm Rakings.

A farmer should learn lessons from
the foibles and failures of others, as
well as by their wisdom and triumphs.
There are lessons in every passing min
ute or passing zephyr.
A chop-housc in New York imports
regularly from England it's mutton
chops. Its customers say they can get
none such in this country. Our people
breed more for wool than mutton.
Fat little Berkshire pigs are pretty,
and nobby short-horn steers are the de-
light of the eye. But no pigs are pref
ty on the doorstep, o are any breed
of cattle a pleasure to the sight in the
orchard.
\ female friend, just married and
wanting to start with a flower garden,
inquiries of us what to SOW. Get the re-
tables, such as %asters, stocks, balsams,
petunias, etc. Any person can raise
these and they will not disappoint any
one. In the first efforts at a flower gar
den, V be reaching after the won
derful things, which require great care
and scientific skill.-Mote Register.
Often in a fine orchard we find one or
more trees leaning over so far as to de-
stroy the beauty of the whole orchard.
1t is also much more difficult to cult
vate around a leaning tree. This troub-
lie may easily be remedied while the
trees are young, by partly digging up
and replanting them. The roots will be
found smallest on The side from which
the tree leans: therefore, these roots
should be looscncl from the earth, and
the tree set in a perpendicular position.
and carefully fastened by stakes and
guys, and the earth replaced around the
roots. 1t would be well to add some
rich compost 20 promote their growth.
If, as is very probable, the top of the
tree has became "ne-sided, it should be
pruncd 50 as TO restore the balance. In
this way we have righted up pear trees
six inches through the stem: but the
best way is to look after the young
trees, and not permit them to depart
from the way Of uprightness.- Ohio
Earmer.
As farmers are now about employing
help for the season, there are various
questions to be consulted in doing so.
Cheap hands are seldom profitable. An
inefficient, slovenly, careless or vicious
man is not fit to be trusted with bust
ness. Hire men known, OF who come
recommended by men who are compe-
tent by men who are competent to judge
OF their capacity and disposition. Hire
first the good hands in the neighbor-
hood-sons of good parents. Blood is
just as important in a man as in a horse
or hog. Hire all the help that will be
needed for the season, so as not to be
compelled to rely on tramps under any
circumstances. The past seasons are
sufficient caution in the brutal invasions
Of property and persons to warn farm
ers of the necessity of refusing to give
aid or comfort to such men for a week.
or even a day. Let the word go out
from all parts of the State, of the unal-
terable determination to give tramps nc
quarter. Combine by cooperating with
neighbors to do such work as we have
formerly done by hiring temporary re
lief. \ farmer had better work half the
night in harvest to accomplish his work
than to sit up nights to watch his fami-
ly, his horses or his barn,-hwa State
Register.