Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-29


A Mohametan named Herman Jacob
son was recently sworn in a 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."
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.
The Esquimaux of the Mackenzie
river wage the vendetta, but do not con-
slider it manly to kill 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.
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The funds of the city charities in the
city of London exceed $500, 600 year,
and as it is city of offices and not of
residents there are scarcely any poor
to relieve, 80 the funds are spent in fes-
tivities and testimonials, or applied to
the reduction of the poor rate. e.
(the owners of the property being
wealthy, are used in relieving the rich.
Lopez Alvar of Alvar, the first swords.
man of the Carthagena, Spain, bullfghts,
has been accused of plunging his sword
in prussic acid, in order to insure the
immediate death of any bull he might
stab. Alvar Indignantly replies, through
q newspaper, that he has killed 403 bulls
in legitimate manner, and invites his
detractors to enter the ring and furnish
him with sword Of their own.
Bees often make long journeys in
search of food. A bee owner in the
West, thinking that they perhaps visited
the clover field of friend forty miles
away, sprinkled their backs with -four
one morning as they left their hives,
having previously requested the friend
to watch for them. A telegram came
from the latter during the day saying,
"Plenty of your white jacket bees here. "
The begun OF Bhopal, who has placed
her whole force at the disposition of
England should there be an Afghan
war, acts like her mother, the late be-
gum, who gave the queen valuable
assistance during the mutiny, and was
rewarded by an extension of territory
and the decoration of K. G. G. of the
Star OF India. This decoration was also
conferred upon her daughter, whom she
Lad trained carefully to be wise and
sagacious ruler, and when the Prince of
Wales held the grand chapter of the
order at Calcutta the appearance of the
little woman, vailed from head to foot,
amid the throng of great Indian princes,
attracted much attention.
There seems to be no end to bold and
intrepid explorers. A party Of ten per-
sons-so says the Indianapolis Journal
has recently left that city for British
America and the arctic regions, the OBJ
ject being to find out how to reach the
north role-that long-vexed problem.
They are very hopeful, as many others
have been, that they may be able to find
traces of the long-lost explorer Sir John
Franklin. They expect TO push as far
north as eighty degrees before going
into winter quarters. Fifty trained
Esquimaux trappers and fishermen are
engaged to accompany the explorers,
and trained dogs, reindeer, and sledges
are provided for this northern voyage.