Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-03-01
TWO REASONS.


When I kiss thee on.thy lips,
'Tis my own 1--we to impart;
For between those sweet rose-buds
Lies the doorway of thy heart,
When kiss thee on thine eyes,
'Tis to bid thy love-tides roll;
For beneath tho-e velvet lids
Are the fountains of the SOUL
A schoolboy being requested to write
produced the following "Pins are very
useful. They have saved the lives OF
great many men, women and children
in fact whole families" Row 50 ?"
asked the puzzled teacher. The boy
replied: "Why, by not swallowing
them. "
In 1876 snakes and wild animals in
India killed 1928 persons and "a, $50
head of cattle. There were slain %, $40
wild animals and 212, 81 snakes, rewards
to the amount Of $62, 2S7 being paid for
their destruction. There were killed
by snakes 5,946 persons, by elephants
50, by tigers 917, by leopards 1855, by
bears 1913, by wolves 887 and by hyenas
40. The animals destroyed were EIe-
plants 4; tigers ], 1893; leopards 3,76S;
bears 1882; wolves 5,976 and hyenas
1885.
Walter S. Harley and Robert Fish
burne, of WATERFORD, s. O., were
brothers in-law. They quarreled in
consequence of some opprobrious Ian
guage addressed by the former to the
latter Fishburne sought to make Har-
ley withdraw the offensive words. He
declined to do SO, and challenge fol-
| lowed; they met at point few miles
from Savannah; Harley discharged his
pistol in the air, and Fishburne sent q
bullet into Harley's body, inficting a
mortal wound.
A narrow escape from singular acci
dent occurred in the hunting field in
England the other day. The Atherstone
hounds, a celebrated pack, were in pur-
suit of q fox, which tried to escape by
leaping into q stone quarry, eighty feet
deep, but was killed by the fall. The
leading dog of the pack also leaped in
and was dashed to pieces, and the others
would have followed had not the men
employed in the pit, seeing the danger,
| formed line upon the brink and driven
the dogs back.
For many years past in an eastern
city q letter addressed to "Philip
Gregory, Esq, )" has been dropped every
day into the mail, with no indication OF
the place of residence of the person for
whom it was intended. All began, my
own darling Philip" and ehied, "Your
| faithful and affectionate Mary" and ex.
pressed the writer's undying love and
confidence that her lover would return.
Now suddenly the letters have ceased.
and the clerks in the dead letter office at
Washington really feel lonesome and
sad.
Mrs. Angela Podesta- Onetta died re-
Gently in Cincinnati at the remarkable
age CT one hundred and nine
years and one day, after being confined
TO her bel only three days. For about
three months previous she had been
alling somewhat, but she did not take to
her bed until the Wednesday preceding
her death. Her last hours were painless,
and her death came as calmly MS if she
we're going to sleep. Mrs. Podesta-
Onetta was born Jan. 10. 1859, in the
village of Vignoio, Italy. At the age OF
twenty she was married to Podesta, by
whom she had eight children, four boys
and four girls. Her second marriage
was to a wandering musician named
Onetta, when she was eighty-six years
of age. When 100 years old she danced
all night at ball in Cincinnati.