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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17

here at this hour, and with whom are
you conversing ?" asked Pastor Lubke.
There he stood behind her, dim and
appalling shape. Hilda shivered-her
voice failed. Erasmus, his courage
rising with the occasion, answered in
her stead
"She was speaking to me, sir-or
rather it was who was speaking to her.
1 was telling Miss Hilda what l should
have come this very evening to tell you,
sir, if this opportunity had not arisen
that 1 have news which makes it needful
for me to go away, and that 1 cannot 90
without saying that love her, and want
her to be my wife, if she will" His
voice faltered and broke.
And pray, sir, who are you9" asked
the pastor, grimly.
o." My name is Erasmus Stockton. My
father was Judge Stockton, of Danbury
all my connections are respectable, +"
replied Erasmus, succinctly. "I can
refer you to people whom you know for
my character and prospects, 1 have a
little money now, and Smith & Petrie, of
New York, have offered $40, 1000 for an
air brake of my invention, which is Just
patented. 1 can afford to keep wife,
Mr.. Lubke."
"And pray where have you learned to
take so great an interest in my daughter
Hilda?"
"Over this fence" answered Eras-
mus, stoutly. Pastor Lubke gave grim
little laugh.
"Such things are not to be settled in
a minute, my young FRIEND" he said.
"Youth is always in hurry. Hilda, you
had better go in. If you will follow me
to my study, Mr.-ahem l-Stockton
we will talk farther of this matter"
"Follow" by way of the gate, was
what the good pastor meant; and he
was by no means prepared for what
happened, namely, his young friends
vaulting the fence like an acrobat, and
gaining the garden at a single bound.
"Rurrah, darling p he whispered to
Hilda as the pastor led the way through
the garden. "The fence is climbed. I
always vowed that 1 would get over some
day or other, and I have"
And so it proved. There were some
bitches, some delays. Erasmus was not
| dllOWeu W udrry hllud uoXG W-ok, dS
was his first wild proposition, or even
next month. Sisters" wheel buzzed
like q great bumble-bee all summer
long, and busy fingers toiled over the
wedding outfit through winter days and
spring days, before Hilda was pro-
nounced by her family "ready" to be-
gin her new life. A years engagement
even seemed a disgracefully short one
to "Sister." Had not their own mother
been betrothed for seven years before she
married papa But at last, spite of de-
lays and scruples, the long waiting
ended, and Erasmus bore away his
| bride. He scandalized his sisters in
law greatly by propcsisg to carry her
over the fence, as the road by which he
himself had come in, but this was over
ruled, and they departed prosaically in
q hack, like other brides and grooms.
And so we leave our little pair, as like
ly, for all 1 can see, to "live happy ever
after" as any prince and princess of
fairy tale. For fairy tales, however fan
ciful, must strike their roots always in
solid basis of everyday contentment,
and, given the contentment, one can
easily dispense with the fairies. --Har-
per's BaSar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
JOhnnY,s Essay On the Ant Eater.

Ant eaters ketches EN- with their
tungs, wich is long like a werm, and
gum on it, same as hop todes tungs.
The eater it finds place where the ants
is to work, and lies down, and pays out
it's tung, and shets up its eyes. Then
ant comes there, and takes look, and
says to the other ants: "This duffer
has over ct hisself, and gone to sleep
without finishing his last werm, lets
take wot is left for our own selfs."
But when they have all got hold they
stick fast, and the eater it opens one ey,
like sayin: "Ime reddy if you are, and
then it touches a spring, and the tung
is drawed in quick, and them ants is as
tonish.
And now Ill tell you story wich aint
true, jest for change.
There was ant eater wich had lain
out his tung that way, and q ant come
up and said: "Hello wots this p
The eater was SO hungry he cudent
wait SO he said: "Why don't you see
That is nice red werm."
But he had to pull in his tung for to
say it, and then the ant said: "I was
jest looking for worm like that, and
if you hadent GRABBED it SO quick l would
have took it my own self"
The eater see he had made mistake,
so he said: "I know where there is a
other worn, same kind. You follower
me and lie sho you."
So the eater went of little way with
his back to the ant, and laid out mis-
tung agin, and wen the ant had cum the
eater winked its i, like saying: "Do be
carefe, or you will friten the werm, an
he might git away, cos you see [ only
got him by the tail"
Wen the ant had looked it said: " You
can't fool me smarty; that's the same
old werm wich you have had in your
mowth. Ime hungry, but 1 don't want
no boddys second hand vittles."
And the eater it dident dare to say
twasent so, cos it wud have to pul in its
tung agin to say it; but after the ant had
went away mad then it said &C. Its nifty
hard to be silent under unjust suspi-
cion, wen natur has give me so much
tongue for to deny it. it.-TheArgonaut.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
Effect of Hard Water upon Animals.

Horses have an instructive love for
soft water, and refuse hard water if they
can possibly get the former. Hard
water produces rough and staring coat
on horses, and renders them liable to
gripes. Pigeons also refuse hard water
II they can obtain access to soft. Cleg-
horn states that hard water in Minorca
causes diseases in the system of certain
animals, especially of sheep. So much
are race horses influenced by the quality
of the water, that it is not unfrequent to
carry q supply of soft water to the
locality in which the race is to take
place, lest there being only hard water,
the horses should lose condition. Mr..
Youatt, in his book called "The Horse"
remarking on the desirableness Of soft
water for the horses, says, Instinct or
experience has made the horse himself
conscious of this, for he will never drink
hard water if he has access to soft he
will leave the most transparent wattr OF
the we'll for river, although the water
may be turbid, and even for the nlul'
diest pool" And again in another place
he says, "Hard water drawn fresh from
the we'll will assuredly make the coat of
horse unaccustomed to it stare, and
will not unfrequeptly grippe or further
iniure him."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
Why He Never Wore A Collar

1t was fact observed by many that
Governor Briggs for several years be-
fore his death never wore collar.
When he was the honored chief magis-
trate of Massachusetts. he appeared at
his levees and on all public occasions
without collar. There we're compare
lively few who knew the reason of this.
But the secret is more interesting and
suggestive. He had neighbor, whom
he very highly esteemed, who had fallen
into the habit of using intoxicating
liquor. He was already the slave of
appetite. Governor Briggs remonstrat-
ed with him. The man replied, 81 will
never drink again, if you will never
again wear collar" agreed" said
the governor. The man gave up the
intoxicating cup, and the governor laid
aside his collar. He never wore it again,
but he saved his neighbor. The adverse
criticisms, to which this seeming lack of
attention to his dress and personal ap-
pearance exposed him never moved him
from his purpose, Chicago Standard,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
A Russian Girl's Revenge.

The recent dismissal by the Emperor
of Russia of his sanguinary Chief of
Police Trepoff recalls the wounds he
received last winter from the pistol of
the young girl, Vera Zasoulitch, who
was triumphantly acquitted after trial
amid frantic applause in the court. Last
June Trepoff visited the prison for
political prisoners in st. Petersburg,
and inspected the inmates, who, accord
ing to the rules, walked about the court
yard without speaking to each other.
Finally, he observed tive men in con-
versation, and shouted to the prison
director, who tremblingly followed him:
"Why do these men enjoy an immun-
ity9' "Seigneur," said one of them,
named Bogolioubof, "we-," "Hold
your tongue, was the reply. "Director,
place this man in a dungeon, Bogo-
liouboff remained immovable, with his
hat upon his head. Trepoff lifted his
stick TO knock it off, but his victim
snatched it from his hand, and threw it
away. 81 do not take off my hat to
tyrants," said he. At this moment two
jailers seized him, laid him upon a
bench, took off his garments, tied him,
and administered, by order of Trepoff
and under his eyes, fifty blows with the
knout, which left the unfortunate man
mutilated, inanimate, and streaming
with blood. Six months afterwaId a
young girl called at Trepoff's Office with
a petition for Bogoliouboff's release.
"In twenty years." said Trepoff, with a
sardonic smile, motioning his attendant
to admit another visitor. At this mo-
ment the girl fred two balls into his
breast, and with flashing eyes, held the
revolver smoking in her hand, crying:
81 am Vera Zasoulitch, the betrothed
of Bogoliouboff, whom you would have
assassinated / revenge him I"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
Coral.

Coral-fishing yields an ample return
when properly carried on, coral being
always much sought after for the toilet,
and commanding a high price. 1t has
required twenty centuries of incessant
cropping in the dark to unveil its mystic
rious nature. 1t is branched polypus-
trunk, of beautiful red color, which is
as hard as the most compact rocks, and,
like them, capable of taking fine
polish. When it is withdrawn
from the sea, of which it only
inhabits the great depths, it is,
owing to the arrangement of its branch
es, precisely like a bush in miniature,
and section of its stem presents con-
centric layers analogous to those OF GER
tain trees. Its branches are covered
with soft rose colored bark, and dis
play here and there small holes, in each
of which resides one of their builders.
These are so many polypi, which, when
they expand, wear all the appearance of
pretty little flowers of beautiful white
color, with eight divisions spread out
like rays, and the borders of which are
ornamented with a fringe of ellie. 1t
was this deceitful appearance which
made naturalists waver so about the
nature of coral. Its extreme hardness,
and the beautiful polish it takes, led
some observers to look upon it as a
simple mineral. But the idea which
seemed to predominant over all others
was that OF coral being only sub-ma-
rine shrub. This was the opinion of
Pliny and Dioscorides; and these two
great scholars, seeing it was SO hard and
compact, added that the shrub only
made its appearance in this indurated
form, because it became suddenly petri-
fed when brought into contact with the
air, as it issued from the waves. The
sagacious traveller Tournefort also took
it to be plant, and even had it en-
graved under this heading in one of the
plates of his magnificent work. In the
eighteenth century Count Marsigi an
nounced to the scientific world that he
had discovered the flowers of the coral,
and that consequently its vegetable ma
ture could no longer be called in ques-
tion. By placing branches of this poly
poid in sea water, Immediately after
they had been fished up, the Italian
naturalist saw the kind of buds which
cover their surface, open like so many
eight-petaled flowers, formed of elegant
white and starred corol@, outlined upon
the reddish bark of the stems. Marsigl
doubted no longer; these were the
flowers of the paradoxical shrub; he
had solved the problem left unsettled
by Tournefort. In his joy, when an
nouncing his discovery to the assembled
Academy of Sciences, to whom he had
forwarded his spec mems, he wrote to
the president, "I send you some
branches of coral covered with white
flowers. This discovery has made me
pass for almost sorcerer in the country;
no person, not even fishermen, having
seen anything similar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
The Unknown Land.

Dsrest thou now, o Soul,
Walk out with me toward the Unknown Region,
Where neither ground is for the feet, nor any
path to follow?
No map there, nor guide,
Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand,
Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes,
are in that land.
know not, o Soul,
Nor dost thou-all is blank before us;
All waits, undreamed of, in that region-that
inaccessible land.
Till when the ties loosen,
All but the eternal, Time and Space,
Nor darkness, gravitation, sense, nor any bounds
bound us.
Then we burst forth-we float,
In Time and Space, o Soul-prepared for them;
Equal, equipt at last-(0 joy o fruit of all y
them to fulfill, o Soul
Wall Whitman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
Items OF Interest.

The tired shoemaker wakes weary.
When Time is no mower he will lay
away his scythe.
If were in the sun and you were on
of it, what would the sun become2 Sin
1t is a great deal easeir in these days
to borrow trouble than to borrow
money.
Clock work has been successfully ap-
piled as motor to sewing machines by
mechanician of Vienna.
Certainly, the state of matrimony is
one of the United States. To obtain
divorce is to secede from the Union.
Who is it with funeral tread
Comes slowly home and goes to bed, -
And utters what is best unsaid?
'Tis he who's fished since rose the sun,
Subsisting on single bun,
And after alrs caught nary one.
Some signs of taverns in London are
curious, viz: "Goat and Compasses,"
''Salmon and Compasses, "Anchor and
Bodices." "Bull and Mouth" "Green
Man and STILL" "Pig and WHISTLE"
"Who'd Thought It?' "The Splendid
Shilling" etc.
A silver wedding party was given here
recently by prominent official at which
the gifts were exhibited. The gifts were
divided into two classes, and card at
tached to one class conveyed this infor-
nation: "These are all solid silver. =
Washington Letter.
The salaries of some of our railway
presidents are stated to be as follows:
Col. T. A. Scott, Pennsylvania, $24, 900;
Mr.. Isaac Hipkly, Philadelphia, Will
mington and Baltimore, 1924, 900; Mr..
F. B. Gowen, Philadelphia and Reading,
$50, 900, and Mr.. Hugh j. Jewitt, Erie,
$4,000.
A female tramp was arrested recently
at Manchester, Vt, and in one of her
pockets were found three-quart bottle,
pint dipper, three spoons, a knife,
beer bottle, a razor, packages of tea,
coffee, salt and sugar, a lot of bread, soap,
wire and articles of wardrobe-nearly
half bushel in all.
THE sANCTUM INVADED.
The parlor and the chamber floor were
cleaned week ago,
The carpets shook, and windows washed as
But still the sanctum had escaped-the table
piled with books,
Pens, ink, and paper, all about, peace in its
very looks
Till fell the women on them all, as falls the
plague on men,
And then they vanished all away-books,
papers, ink and pen.
And now when comes the master home, as
come he must of nights,
To find al things are ''set to wrongs" that they
have ''set to rights"
When the sound of driving tacks is heard,
though the house is far from still,
And the carpet woman on the stairs-that harb-
niger of ill
He looks for papers, books, or bills that all
were there before,
And sighs to find them on the desk or in the
drawer no more.
And then he grimly thinks of her who set this
fuss afioat,
And wishes she were out at sea in a very leaky
boat;
He meets her at the parlor door, with hair and
cap awry,
With sleeves tucked up and broom in hand,
defiance in her eye;
He feels quite small, and knows full well
there's nothing to be said,
So holds his tongue, and drinks his tea, and
20 sneaks away to bed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17
Hung Lung at Base Ball.

The base ball mania has at last reached
Chinatown, says the Virginia City (Nev. }
Chronicle, and the Mongolians have a
regularly equipped nine. They prac-
tice with three men at the bat and nine
fielders, each batsman re naming in as
long as he can and taking his place in
the field when put out. While they ad-
here as closely as possible to the rules
of the American game, their manner of
playing it slightly differs. They want
the ball pitched straight overhead in
stead of to the right side, and they
strike much as if they were chopping
wood. After they hit, they run the re-
verse way of the diamond, making for
the third base first. In catching they
are very expert, and rarely missed ball
that was knocked in the air. In several
instances it was knocked from one hand
to another and caught. In batting they
we're very weak, but in throwing they
average better than the Caucasian clubs
of the Comstock. The reporter watched
the game for an hour, and did not note
single overthrow. The game dates its
decline from the year 1442, when at one
OF the big matches lady of the royal
household was hit in the neck with a
ball and killed. When Hung Lung was
told that the game was considered an
American institution, he laughed loudly
and intimated that it was hard to find
anything the Americans didn't claim,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17

GA good advertisement in newspar
per pays no fare on railroads; costs moth
ing for hotel bills; gives away no boxes
of cigars to customers, or merino dresses
to customers wives; drinks no whisky
under the head of travelling expenses,
but goes at once and all the time about
it's business free of expense" All of
which is true, albeit it is little rough
on the commercial traveller. Practical
Printer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-05-17

The number of hogs packed in the
West last winter was 6,505,000, gain
of 1,4O4, 900 over the previous year,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29
The Fourth ut SutrO.

The Sutro Bachelors Club have
decided to give picnic on the Fourth
of July at the Sutro Tunnel Compa-
ny's ranch, on the Carson. The new
bridge is being prepared for dancing,
and the music engaged for the occa-
sion is the best in the State. A most
cordial invitation is extended to the
people of Dayton, Silver City, Gold
Hill, Virginia and Fort Churchill.
No charge whatever will be made to
guests; but every one is expected to
supply their own luncheons. A lot
of fireworks have bean purchased for
the evening, and everything is being
done to make the day one of mirth
and jollity. If on that day you wish
to visit spot of Nevada where, for
the time being, you will forget that
you are in land of sagebrush, and
where you will have most enjoyable
time, by all means visit the Sutro
ranch.-[Sutro Independent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

THE PIONEER Decentralization
is called to the advertisement Of the
fifth grand annual picnic of the Pa
cific Coast Pioneers, to take place at
Bowers Mansion on Saturday, July
Goth. Special excursion trains will be
run over the Virginia and Truckee
railroad, conveying the pioneers and
their friends from Virginia, Carson,
Reno and intermediate points to and
from the grounds. The names of the
Old Boys on the committees is ample
guaranty that all the details will be
carefully carried out. Tickets for
the round trip,$2; gate tickets alone
81. The train from Virginia will
stop at Silver City Switch and other
points for excursionists.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

was devoted to higher algebra and
arithmetic, the scholars showing
marked improvement, satisfactory
alike to parents and teacher. The
forenoon in Mrs. Hornick's depart
ment was passed in examining the A
classes in arithmetic and geography.
In geography Caroline Sabin received
the greatest number of rewards. In
the afternoon the prize for the best
average in the @ class in geography
was awarded. BERTHE Allen and
Philip Geyer having an equal number
of credit marks, contested for it and
it was won by BERTHE.
The B and c classes in grammar
in Mr.. Dovey's department were ex-
amined yesterday morning. In the
afternoon the examination in physical
geography was held. After recess
all adjourned to Mrs. Hornick's
room for literary exercises. Nearly
all taking part did we'll. The follow
ing pupils deserve special mention
for their efforts: Maggie Barrett,
Josie Quinn, Walter Hill, Abbie
TAFT, Henry Buckley, Carrie Dur
renberger, Katie Martin, Clara Brain
ard, Tommy Bickford, James Pown-
ing, Chester Sabin, Walter Dunlap,
Bertha Young, Marie Bennett, Jen-
ME Quintrall, Eunice Hunt, Belle
Allen, Jennie Whitman, Tommy
Williams, Alice Elliott, Ora Elliott,
Grace and Ellie Rourke, Lulu
Waugh McAfee, George Briefly, Ben
ME Griffin, Frank Fitzpatrick and
David Wogan.
The literary and musical exercises
were followed by speeches from the
officials, after which the school was
closed, to be reopened the first Mon
day in September.
A list of the pupils promoted will
be published in our next issue.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

The FoURTH.-The people of Sill
yer City will not be entirely without
amusements on the Fourth. During
the day there will be no organized
effort to celebrate, but there will be
fireworks and ball at night. Leo
Deisenroth and VIM. Rogan collect
ed quite sum yesterday for the pur.
chase of fireworks, which will be set
off on Table Rock, just west of the
town. We have heard it suggested
that a lunch be spread on Table
Rock, but this is not definitely de-
cided upon as yet. There will also
be ball in Miners Union Hall,
which will doubtless be attended by
goodly number.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

THE Dayton Ditch Company
ditch cost sig, 800, and the land they
meant to place under cultivation the
present season, has required somuch
leveling off, that they have given up
the idea of raising a crop before
next summer. More than a hundred
acres have been sown to alfalfa, how
ever, but owing to their as yet i'm
perfect system of irrigation they ex-
pect to get it no more than well
rooted this summer. To once get
under Cultivation such tract as they
have requires experience, skill and
hard work. These qualities being
possessed by the stockholders, we feel
assured they will eventually come out
ahead.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

IGNORED. The Grand Jury of
Ormsby county ignored the bill
against r. A. Clark, the old music
teacher who, a short time since, shot
and killed young man named AL
bert Adams, with the particulars of
which affair our readers are already
familiar. The District Attorney
made a motion to have Clark re-
manded to the next Grand Jury.
The motion will be argued to-day.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29

SARsFIELD GUARD BALL. - The
sarsfeld Guard will give their eighth
annual ball in Miners Union Hall,
Gold Hill, on the evening of July 4th.
The committees have made prepare
tons for a great crowd and a grand
time, and the occasion will be made
pleasant for all who attend. Varney's
band will furnish the music, and a
splendid supper will be served at the
Vesey House. We acknowledge, with
thanks, the receipt of complimentary
tickets,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-29
Beat their Author.

Keller & Co., the San Francisco
publishers of Fred Harris Sszerac
Lies, can give their gifted author sew
eral points and still beat him, when
it comes to upright and downright
lying. Several months since Keller
4 Co. sent advance sheets of 1.-THE
Sazerac Lying Club" to the Nevada
papers, with circular requesting no.
tees, and stating that the book would
be forwarded as soon as published.
Through kindness to brother editor
the Nevada journals published very
liberal notices Of the book, many of
them giving space worth ten times
its value. The delivery of the book
to subscribers was begun more than
three months ago, but we have yet to
hear of copy being sent by Keller
& Co. to any Nevada newspaper, and
we think it is high time new edi-
ton, containing this lie, was issued
and sent out to the press.
The average Nevada reporter does
not appear the feel the want of a
standard work on lying. We have
noticed that Dan De guile, Sam Da-
Wis and Wells Drury skip over the de-
vious way glibly enough without a
guide, but the LYON COUNTY TIMES
liar is forced to make the shame-faced
confession that he has been laying off
awaiting instruction from the famed
President of the Sazerac Lying Club.