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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-12-13
A Washington Society Incident.

A Washington society correspondent
writes In the last year of the reign of
Mrs. Fish, as the wife of the secretary
Of state, there happened an amusing in
cident, which / will relate to instance
the trouble to which the wives of public
men are often unnecessarily put. I
will call the lady Thomas. Her hus-
band is clerk, on small pay, in one of
the departments. She made no social
pretension, lived in quiet, humble
way, in very petite house in the sub
urbs, kept no domestic, and did her own
work. All this greatly to her credit.
Being one Wednesday afternoon in the
neighborhood of the "Fish mansion"
she proposed to her sister "to go in
Just for a look and see what the high
flyers were doing" At the door the
footman presented his salver for card.
They had none. The assistant servant
handed another salver with blank
card and a pencil. The little woman
wrote her name and address, thinking
it mere form, and the twain were is
sued into the drawing room, where the
courtly Mrs. Fish received them with
all the inlpre SSnent due queen.
About ten days after this the industrious
housekeeper was mounted on a step
ladder in front of her modest little
home, engaged in the unpleasant task of
washing windows.
She noticed coming down the street
an elegant carriage, with servants in
livery, driving superbly- -caparisoned
horses. 1t came on and presently halted
at her door. The footman sprapg down,
came to the window, took card, and,
approaching the ladder, asked:
"Does Mrs. Thomas live herep"
eyes"
els she at homer"
"No," replied the quick-witted
housewife, as she took the pasteboard
and slowed it in her pocket. The story
was too good to keep, and her husband
told it in great glee to friend of ours
who gave 1t to me. Mrs. Fish was very
punctilious about returning visits, and,
no matter how obscure the person from
whom she received the compliment Of a
visit, she never failed to go in person
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-12-13
ISLAND POND, VERMONT, FRIDAY DECEMBER 1S. 1878
Christmas is Coming z

Christmas is Coming 4!
Feathery fakes are dancing, dancing,
In the gray morn's frosty gleam-
Heralds they Of reindeer prancing
From the gardens Of our dream
From the bright land of the elf-king.
Where the bonbons gayly grow
Just like sweets Of summer gardens.
When the tulips smile in row.
Feathery fakes are falling, falling,
From the skies in softest way;
And between are voices calling
"Soon it will be Christmas day p
Don't you know how in the springtime,
Wintry SHOWS are scattered wide
Ere the lovely purple blossoms
Dare to peep from where they hide2
Feathery fakes are sitting sitting,
Through the chill December air
Here, and there, and yonder drifting,
Making everything more fair;
Laying whittier folds than linen
On the houses and the trees
Softer than the richest damask
Spread our dainty'guest to please.
Soon the bonbons will be falling
As the flakes have fall'n to-day,
And the children will be calling
To their patron saint 80 gay:
All! we know when came the snowfakel
You would come, dear Santa Claus
For we always (you remember)
Know the winds way by the straws."
See,. the trees are fair as any
That elves have wreathed with snow,
viii be planted-oh so many J.
In our better homes. And 10!
Something better far than snowf1akes
Shall be hung about their green
Candies, toys, and fairy taper,
Lighting up the merry scene.
And the children dancing, dancing,
Till all tired their little feet,
Shall, with half-shut eyes up-glancing,
Wonder why is life so sweet? 2"
And some tender voice shall Whisper
Flake-like falling from above
Christmas is 80 sweet, my darling,
Just because it's king is love!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-12-13
CHRISTMAS DINNER.
Truly Biblical Bill Of Fare.

Truly blDncnl BllI OF Fare
As a curiosity the annexed bill of fare
is worth preserving. Taken wholly
from the Bible, right royal Christmas
banquet it would make. AS will be seen,
the courses, as at state dinners, mum.
Der five. The candelabra and music
are specified. Though in Palestine
there is now no game, yet at this dinner
quail and partridges are provided. Al
such dessert as this we should like tc
sit. Corresponding bills of fare have
from Shakespeare been framed. This
one from the scriptures is unique. Oh
preservation as a curiosity, as we have
above remarked, it is worthy. 1t is as
thus
A DINNER FROM THE BIBLE.
Spread a cloth of blue, and put there.
on the dishes and the spoons, and the
bowls, with the bread in the basket
Mum. iv. 7, and Levitt. viii. 81.
Salt, without prescribing how much,
and oil in a cruse.-Ezra vii. %, and
l Kings xvii. IL.
Bright shining of a candle givett
light.-Luke Ii. 86.
Tell them who are bidden have pre-
pared my dinner. Matt. xxi. 4.
They are strong of appetite. Isaiah
viii. II.
Let us eat and be merry.-Luke
XIV. %.
The feast is made for laughter -
Eccles. Z. 10.
Ye hear all kinds of music. Dan.
iii. 8.
Grace-Give us this day our daily
ad.-Matt. vi. IL.
SOUP.
Pour out the roth.-Judges vi. 20.
Feed me with pottage. Gen. XIV. 30
Eat this roll.-Ezek. iii. /.
FISH.
We remember the fish we did eat
Mum. XIV. 8.
They gave him piece of broiled fish.
Luke xiv. 40.
Bring of the fish which We have nov
caught. John xxi. 10.
ENTRENENrs.
Hare. Levitt. xi. 6.
Chickens.-Mat xii. 81.
Besides harts and fatted fowl
l Kings iv. %.
Kidneys.-Deut. xxi. IA.
Olives. Mic. vi. 15.
Give me little water for am thirsty
Judges iv. 19.
All manner of baked meats. Gen
xi. II.
Ye may eat of the roebuck. -Deut
xii. Is.
Ye may eat of the wild goat and wilt
ox.-Deut. xiv. 15.
VEGETABLES.
Take unto thee wheat, lentils ant
millet. t.-Ezek. iv. 8.
They brought parched corn and beans
2 Sam. xvi. 20.
After that the full corn in the ear. -
Mark iv. %.
We remember the leeks and the on
iCns, and the cucumbers and the garlic
Nun. xi. 5.
The mama was as coriander seed.-
Mum. xi. Z.
GAME.
EarIrlugeS.-Jer. xvi. IL.
Two young pigeons. Lev. ". 7.
And he brought quail. Psalms cJ. 40
Garry these ten cheeses to the captain
l Sam. xvii. 18.
DESSERT.
Behold basket of summer fruit
Amos viii. l.
They brought the pomegranates anG
6gs.-Num. xiii. %.
Comfort me with apples. Cant. ii. s.
The children of Israel brought dates
2 Chron. XXI. 8.
Two baskets of figs.-Jer. xiv. 2.
Then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill
-Deut. xiii. "a.
We remember the melons. Mum
xi. 5.
They brought punches of raisins.- -
Chron. xii. 40.
Garry nuts and almonds. xxi
ll.-San Francisco Commercial .4d
UOcGte.
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A most disagreeable person is the
talking man who has wealth of words
and not enough money to hire hall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Still Happy.

For the past two weeks a Detroit
druggist has put up prescription of
some kind or other about four times a
day for certain small boy, besides
filling orders for large variety of pat
ent medicines and porous plasters. The
sales were all cash, but the druggist s
curiosity was at length aroused, and he
said to the lad:
SCOT sickness in the family?"
"Kinder," was the reply.
Your father?"
"Yes-all but me. Ma is using the
plasters for lame side and taking the
tonic for rash which broke out on her
elbows. Pa takes the troches for tick
ling in the throat, and uses the arnica
on his shin. Louisa uses that catarrh
snuff and the cough medicine. Bill
wants the brandy for sprained ankle,
and the squills are for the baby. That
ali but grandma, and this prescription
is to relieve the pain in her chest and
make her sleep harder"
Rather unfortunate family" re-
marked the druggist.
"Well, kinder; but pa says it's cheaper
than going to the seashore, and so we
plaster up and swallow down, and feel
purity happy after all. "-Dctroit Free
Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Paddy's Pig.


did meet with few extraordinary
mean men in Sydney. There was one,
a merchant-prince, who made it boast
that he had never given away shilling
in his life. So far as / know, he only
departed from his extreme selfshness on
one occasion, and the circumstances are
worth relating. One morning poor
Irishman stepped into his counting
house, and, looking the very picture of
misery, said:
"Oh may it please your Honor, I've
lost pig-the only pig l had-and
misthress -, the governess, has given
me pound, and sent me to you for an
other. She says you have enough gould
TO buy sty wild, and will be sure to
give me little"
At first, old hard-fist refused; upon
which Paddy threw himself on stool,
and raised such piteous wall that the
merchant, thinking he was mad about
the death of his pig, gave him the pound
to get quit of him. Next day the pro-
prietor of the defunct porker was pass
ing the warehouse, and, seeing his bene-
factor at the door, touched his hat to
him.
"Well, did you get drunk with that
pound, or buy another pig?" asked the
rich man, gruffiy.
" Bought pig, yer Honor, darling
little thing, wild sweet twist In his tail,
like lady's curl"
"Well, it is to be hoped you'll take
better care of him than you did of the
other. What did he die of ?"
" Die of? Did we say die of, now +?
Why get out wild We, he a0as so fat I
killed him."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Too Many Parents.

There is young lady in st. Louis
who says she has more parents and step
parents living than any one she ever
heard of: You know papa and mamma
never could agree, and so finally they
got divorced. / don't say whose fault
it was, but mamma really did behave
ugly sometimes, and even L could not
get along with her. So when the sep
aration came / went to live with papa.
Shortly afterward mamma married again,
and papa was not long in following suit
I did not like it very well at first, but
my step-motheI turned out to be first
rate, and L got to like her splendid.
Then papa seemed to get infatuated with
another woman that he got acquainted
with, and she wheedled around him I'M
til she made trouble, and the result was
another divorce, and papa soon married
the woman that made the trouble. When
the second separation took place / went
with my step-mother because L loved
her, and because my services were neces-
sary to help take care of the baby.
Then what does she do but go and get
married. declare never saw so much
marrying in my life. 1t only happened
a little while ngo, and my new otep-step-
father-I suppose he is-treats me in a
very kindly sort of way, as if he felt he
could not help himself, but didn't exact
ly like it, and / don't like it bit. I
can't 90 back to mamma, because she is
mad with me for going with pa in the
first instance, and can't go to papa be-
cause OF that wheedling woman, and /
can't bear TO stay where I am. 1t is too
bad that girl should have father and
mother and two step-fathers and two
step mothers all living at once, and not a
home that she can feel at home In.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Poisoned by Strawberries.

The Boston Traveller has the follow
ing in reference to the death of a young
son of Mr.. w. III. bennett, of Beverly,
Mass. "Poison taken into the system
of the child in some form while eating
strawberries seems without doubt to have
been the cause of death. How the straw
berries became poisonous is point on
which no light seems to have been
thrown. Mr.. bennett bought them the
day before they were probably at least
four days old. Mrs. bennett prepared
them for the table the night before,
putting sugcr on them and then setting
them aside. In the afternoon of the
following day they were brought on to
the table, and the whole family of four
persons partook of them. The next
morning the little boy complained of
being sick, and few minutes later was
attacked with vomiting and purging. A
physician was sent for, and every care
was taken of the little fellow until 5
o'clock in the afternoon, when he died.
Before dying he was thrown into several
convulsive spasms, and his lower limbs
were paralyzed. After death the body
of the child was covered with spots, in
dicating rank poison in the system. The
physician is at loss to account for the
occurrence. The other members of the
family we're also taken sick, and suffered
considerably for from two to five hours
each"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
A Gigantic Counterfeiting Plot.

The Committee on Expenditures, in
the Treasury Department, have obtained
particulars of deeply-laid plot in con-
nection with the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, which succeeded to some
extent. and only seems to have failed
through a quarrel among the conspira-
tors. Some years since a noted coun-
terfeiter named Hank Hall, alias
York, employed two plate printers
named Lankton, father and son, to come
to Washington, get employment in the
Printing Bureau, and surreptitiously
obtain an impression in sheet-lead of
every plate used in printing United
States notes and bonds. They came
here and obtained employment in the
bureau, and, by watching their oppor-
tunity, obtained lead impressions of
compound interest note plates of $40,
$50, and 800, and of the 50-cent frac-
tional currency plate. Impressions of
$500 and 81, 900 plates were also OBJ
tanned, but of what issue is not yet
known. This was done by taking
plate out of the safe before working
hours, putting a lead sheet under the
paper, and passing both through the
press over the plate. The sheet was
then hidden in the jigger, as the box is
called where the rags are kept for wip-
ing plates, and at night was carried out.
The lead impressions were taken to New
York and delivered to Hank Hall. Some
of them were of the backs of notes
which, being made of lathework, it was
supposed would not be counterfeited,
and were the test of the genuineness of
note. They were used to make dupli.
cate plates by electrotyping. From
some of these plates are surreptitious
issues of compound interest notes, stated
by some at $3.50, 900, were printed, and
large part of this was put ahoat. The
conspiracy failed by reason of a quarrel
between the younger Lankton and Hank
Hall about the division of the spoils.
Yonng Lankton was soon after taken
suddenly i'll and died in great pain. The
elder Lankton and young Langton's
mistress, thinking he had been poisoned
to get him out of the way, fed the city
in terror lest they should share his fate.
After time, the woman having sought
in vain to extort a considerable sum
from Hall, put detectives on his track.
He was soon captured and put under ex-
animation before United States Commits.
sioner Osborn at New York. He man.
aged, however, to elude justice for
time, and, a reward being offered for
the plates, he proposed to have them
surrendered if the person who produced
them was guaranteed reward and i'm
munity. This guarantee being given,
he produced them himself and obtained
the guarantee and reward. The other
conspirators had been given immunity
for States evidence, and for this whole
roguery no one was ever punished
WASHINGTON letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Curious Fish StOry

A duck swallowed a hook on the line
of a fisherman, in Augusta, Ga, recent.
ly, and the brutal man gave jerk to
the line, and to his astonishment pulled
off the head of the duck, and also
brought with it Observation-Disclosures
catfish, which the duck had by some
means swallowed. The strangest part
of the affair was that the curiosity of the
fisherman prompted him to try to get
the Ash through the mouth of the duck.
but after an hours trial he was com.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Spiritualism i'm Europe.

What is called Spiritualism seems to
be far more rampant in Europe than it
is here. Like many American inven-
tons, it meets with greater favor there
than in the land of its origin. In Lon
don and in the leading cities of Great
Britain spiritual sceances are said to be
a sort of entertainment as common as
kettle-drums and dinner parties. They
are very fashionable, and everybody who
is anybody attends them. Pictures of
mediums and materialized spirits, as
they appear in open circle, are published
in the English Spiritual journals.
Slade, whose tricks were exposed here,
has received magnificent presents of
watches, jewelry, and diamonds in Ber-
lin. His seances have been attended in
Germany and Russia by the highest no.
bility. In the capital of the former en-
pire he exhibited to the Chief of Police,
and the court conjurer, who narrowly
watched the proceedings, and made oath
that the phenomena were not tricks.
Mrs. McDougall Gregory, widow of
Prof. Gregory, of Edinburgh University,
is pronounced a firm believer. She
gives spiritual receptions so they are
styled-and they are attended by the
high church dignitaries, some of whom
are asserted to have proclaimed the truth
of the new philosophy from the pulpit.
The imperial families of Russia and
Germany, Bismarck, President Nc
Mahon, Gambetta, Gladstone, Disraeli,
Browning, Carlyle, Tennyson, and all
other renowned personages are report
ed to be Spiritualists f; but the report
must be accepted, we suppose, as are
the Milesian stories that every noted
man since the Ptolemies has, at some
time or another, been born in Ireland
NeaO York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
WE still assert that Heart Disease can be

cured, and ask you to read this
was afflicted for several years with Paptaton Of
the Heart, attended With dizziness and gradually in
creasng debility. For than two years sub
jeot TO darng pains through the heart, followed
by of suffocation and difficulty of breathing,
threatening instant DEATH For eight months un.
able to lie down but obliged to sit bolstered mp in
bed in my chair through the night. When asleep
the motion of the heart woGd often STOP causing
wake suddenly in great distress. and preventing me
from getting necessary rest l very much reduced
manent relief, when was Induced by friend TO try the
efficacy of the HEART REGULATOR BY the use of
few bottles restored TO my usual health. and,
for the last ten years have suffered attacks
j cheerfully and gratefully recommend its to all
persons afflicted with Disease Of the Heart.
MRS. E. r. REED, Concord, N II.
The HEART REGULATOR is for sale by all
druggists, at so cents and II per bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

OLD DIR. johnson was a benefactor.
Seventy-ive years ago he invented what is now
called Johnsons Anodyne Lininent, the won
derful success Of which in the cure of diseases
OF the head, throat and lungs is truly astonish-
ing. No family should be without it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

The Greatest Discovery oI the age Is DR..
Tobias celebrated Venetian Linment 30 years Before
The public, and warranted to Diarrhea Dysenery
Collie and spasms taken intenally and Group Chronic
Rheumatism, Sore Threats, Cuts, Bruises Old Sores
and Pains in the Limbs Back and Chest. externally.
II has failed No family will be without 1t
after once giving IL fair trial Price, 40 cents DR.
Bottles at One Dollar. is warranted superior 10 any
other or NO PAY fer the Of Cole Cuts Bruises
Old Sores. etc. Sold by all Druggsts. Depot-IO Park
Place. New York
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
WnHoFr's Tonic !-UNFAn1Na AN

WLHoFT's Tonic !--UNFAILING AND
INFALLIBLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the intervention of doctors and
their bills. No consulting visits-no prescrip-
tons to be filled-ro huge bills, entailing pc
cuniary embarrassments, added to loss of
health. 1t is the friend of the poor man, be-
cause it enables him to earn a living, and Of
the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his
wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap,
safe and prompt. WHEELoCK, FINLAY d Co.,
Proprietors. New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

and Norway. All explorers in the ex-
treme North will tell you that such is
the fact. Where do they come from :?
Certainly there is no country laid down
in the Newtonian theory from whence
they could come. Yours with respect,
AMRRICUS SYMAfEs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
CHEW
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They prevent disease and promote the growth.
We said Sheridan's. Those put up in large
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

MOTHERS Mothers Mothers Don't
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for all diseases incident to the period OF teeth
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cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and by
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

FRANK LESLIE, ESQ.,, of the illus
trdted Weekly, says "For some time past I
have been using BuRSETTs COCAINE, and
think it far preferable to anything have ever
used for the hair
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
Brown breakfast Cakes.

One cupful each of graham and white flour,
one teaspoon DooLEY's YEAST POWDER, one
pint sweet milk, one egg, a little salt; separate
Bake in heated irons, and in quick oven.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

DoN'T FORGET that the country is full
Of tramps and thieves, and that you ought to
be provided with weapon Of defense. See
advertisement in another column headed
"DoN'T FoRaET IT."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

AFTER you have read all of the impor.
tant news in this paper read the advertise
ments, and the DoN'T FORGET IT" advertise.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
CONSUMPTION Can bH Cured,

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY.

My Nickel Plated Seven.Shot SteeBarrel and
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

PEELED to desist. The fish and the
ducks head, preserved in alcohol, are
exhibited in druggists window in Au-
Qusta.