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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-30
A Mastery Stroke of Genius.

The other day muscular young fel-
low, having an odOr of the stable about
him, entered q Detroit photographers
establishment and explained that he
would like to have about one photograph
taken, but on learning the price he con-
cluded to invest in a tin-type. After
taking his seat in the chair he shut up
one eye, drew his mouth around one
side, stuck up his nose and patiently
waited for the operator. whose astonish
rlent caused him to eXclaim:
Good gracious! but you don't want
to look that way to get picture. No
body will know you from Sitting Bull. g"
You go ahead" was the reply.
Do you want me take such phiz as
that"
81 do"
The artist took it. 1t beat Sol Smith
Russell all to pieces and was highly salts
factory to the sitter, who paid for it and
said:
You see, had a sort of object in this.
Come here from Allegan county six
months ago-engaged to gal out there
found gal here like better-got to
sever old ties-see?"
But what has that picture got to do
with old ties?" asked the artist.
Lots-heaps! I've writ to her that /
was blode up here on boat and disfig-
gered for life. She's awful proud. When
she gifts this and sees how that explosion
wrecked me, she'll hunt another lover
quicker'n wink-see? How do you like
the plot? Just gaze on this picture once
and then tell me that Mary Ann won't
send back my love-letters by first train p
He posted the picture. The letter was
brief, but explained all. 1t said: My
Evver Dear Curl incloze my pickture
that you may see how offul bad was
hurt, tho l know you will iuv me JUS
the same"
Ever see that game worked afore?'
he asked of. the artist as he licked the
stamp on the letter.
"No--never did"
"'Course you never did. It's mine
1t struck me the other day while wa
greasin' wagon, and l think it's boss
Blode up-seep Disfggered for life-see
Picture right here to prove it, and shell
write back that she has at last concluded
to yield to her parents wishes and MARI,
young man out there who owns clever
steers, a hundred sheep and an eight-acr
lot, ,n-DetrOSt Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-30
VOL. VII.

Unrest.
A child of misfortune, uncared for, unied,
Crept away from the rags that had served for
bed;
As she took up her basket she inwardly prayed
She might one day be happy as some lady's
maid
A plump little maiden, as rosy as dawn,
Heaved plump little sigh, as she scented the
lawn;
Her half uttered wishes, if they we're obeyed.
Would make her lady, instead OF maid.
A lady, forsaking the couch she had pressed.
Was filed with the narrowing woe of unrest !;
She sighed, as she thought of a happier sphere
And prayed she might wed with an earl or a
peer
A dame of proud titles, ponderous train,
From castle of marble surveyed her domain.
Some comfort, she sighed, from my titles l
gleam.
But l wish, oh, wish that were queen.
An imperial highness, with empire so wide,
That from her dominions the sun dare not hide,
Would yet, by some right OF title or birth,
Proclaim to the gods she was queen of the earth.
The morals apparent; oh, count it not pain,
In wooing contentment to lose greed of gain,
While sighing forever for bliss more complete,
We lose all the pleasures that bloom at our feet.
Bessie Bisbee Hunt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-30
A Few Hints to Housekeepers.

l have used all the following appli-
ances in my own house, and can COM
mend them tU others:
If the covers of sofas and chairs are
dirty they may be cleansed without
being removed, by first washing them
over with flannel, then, before they
are dry, sponge them over with a strong
solution of salt and water, in which
small quantity of gall has been mixed.
The windows of the room should be
opened so as to secure perfect drying,
and the cOlors and freshness of the arti-
cles will in this way be restored. Floor
cloths may be cleaned with a mixture
of magnesia, only milk-warm, followed
/ by warm water, in the same manner
that carpets are cleansed. They should
be rubbed with dry flannel until nearly
dried, then again wet over with sponge
dipped in milk, and Immediately dried
and rubbed with flannel till the polish
is restored. This is a process much to
be preferred to that of rubbing the cloth
with wax, which leaves it sticky and
! liable to retain dust and dirt for long
time. Very hot water should never be
used in cleaning floor cloths, as it brings
off the paint. Cleaning mirrors and pol,
ished steel articles is an easy operation,
when rightly understood. The greatest
care should be taken in cleaning I
mirror, to use only the softest articles
lest the glass should be scratched.
should first be busted with feath
brush, then washed over with a spon
dipped in spirits to remove the fly spo
after this it should be busted with
powder blue in thin muslin bag,
finely polished with an old silk ha
kerchief. Polished steel articles
rubbed every morning with lea
will not become dull or rusty; b
rust has been suffered to gather it
be Immediately removed by coy
the steel with sweet oil, and allow
to remain for two days; then spri
over with finely powdered u1
lime, and rub it with polishing
! --GerB,GretoOn 7eIegrdph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-05-30

fessed how he had been tempted and how
saved.
The captain was troubled with little
fit of coughing just then, and somehow
hecould not see very well for few min
utes. Then he was quite grave, and for
a long time silent; but he never seemed
to think any the less of Stephen after ALL
He told the story of the belt to the
friends of the deceased when they came
down from New York a day or two
later, and for years afterward, until the
mortgage was paid off, check for the
amount of the interest regularly came
by mail to Mrs. Hendrickson just before
nI1arter dav
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

JAMES GRANT, former editor of the
London (Eng.) Morning Aduertiser, is
dead.
In the Louisiana contested case, the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions has issued an order to Spofford to send
for papers and persons to testify in his con-
test for the seat in the Senate now occupied
by Kellogg from that State.
RUMOR says that when Secretary
McCrary leaves the War Office Judge Dew
ems will be transferred as his successor, and
that Wayne Mcveagh of Pennsylvania will
be appointed Attorney General.
On the 2Sth the Rev. T. De Witt Tai
mage took his departure from New York,
on board the steamer Gallia, for a three
months vacation in Europe.
THE hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Tom Moore, the Irish poet, was
celebrated on the 2Sth with great eclat at
the Union, and OF Great Britain.
PRINCE BISMARCK has requested the
Emperor to grant him furlough Of sever
al months.
DELIGEoRaIs, the Greek statesman
and Mini ter of Finance, is dead.
GENERAL GRANT is expected to leave
Yokohama, Japan, about the middle of
June on his return tour, and will probably
reach San Francisco about the middle of
July, e. --.v9 $685..
THE President has nominated J. w.
Cracroft of West Virginia United States
Attorney for Idaho.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
American and English Climates.

Our ups and downs of temperature,
with deep SHOWS and smiling heats,
make exercise and activity at certain
seasons a burden and peril for all ex-
cept the strongest, while in England all
the year is open to outdoor amusements
and toll. The English summer is al
most always OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
very cool; all the year overcoats are in
demand, and in the evenings fires are
desired, as at our summer resorts by the
sea and in the mountains. During the
summer of 1868 the thermometer in
England ranged between so and sS0.
and at one time rose to 920, and all COM
planned of the excessive heat. In the
winter ice is not abundant; snow falls
only to the depth of two or three inch
es, and remains on the ground for but a
few days; skating and coasting and
sleighing are almost forbidden joys.
Through the entire year, in midwinter,
even, the meadows are fresh and green,
and there is not month when the pub
lie parks cease to be visited. In the
or even 100 above, is unknown; at
Greenwich the average Of the Their
mometer during the month of January
for half a century was $40, tempers-
ture that will not only allow but invite
various and active outdoor recreations.
The English winter, indeed, is not un-
like our March shorn of its bitterness
and on its good behavior.
We Americans, on the contrary, for
part of the year are prisoners to our eli
mate; in the summer not daring to walk
abroad, for fear of sunstroke; in mid
winter hemmed in by biting cold and
impossible drifts of snow; at no season
able to predict or calculate the tempers-
ture for day, or even half an hour in
advance. These sudden leaps of the
American climate from distressing heat
to severe cold, or the reverse, are quite
unfamiliar to England, where spring
slowly unfolds into summer, and sum-
mer in turn descends into q moderate
winter.
The. element of dryness of the air,
peculiar to our climate as distinguished
from that of Europe, both in Great
Britain and the Continent, is of the
highest scientific and practical interest.
| The evidences of this dry state of our
atmosphere are numerous and striking
clothes on the line can be taken in more
quickly than in Europe; there is less OF
mold in libraries, in closets, and on
furniture; the specimens of the natur-
alist keep much longer without injury
woodwork of houses and picture-frames
crack more speedily; the hair and beard
are drier and sitter, have less oil and
moisture, than in Europe, and pomades
are in greater demand.-Dr, Geo. N,
/ Beard, tn Ju,ae Atlantic.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

ST. PArRICK's Cathedral, New York
City, was consecrated on Sunday. the
25th, with the most imposing ceremo-
MES Of the Catholic Church. Cardinal
McCloskey was assisted by the leading
digniraries of the Church throughout
the United States. The Cathedral was
begun over 20 years ago, by Archbish-
op Hughes The internal dimensions
of the building are length, sec feet
breadth, Sc feet; height, los feet. The
extreme height of the spire is $50 feet.
The interior area is $500 square feet,
and there is standing room for $4,000
people, or sitting room for 1000. The
total cost of construction will be about
"a GOO, 600.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

has been abandoned through some unknown
reason, and it is thought that Samacona
the Mexican Minister, will resign on thai
account.
The steamer Blanche Porter, in the
New Orleans and Grand Isle trade, was
burned to the waters edge at the mouth OF
Bayou Lafourche on the morning of the 9th
No lives were lost.
VT, from drinking poisoned water from a
brook. A number of others are not expect
ed to live.
At Cincinnati, on the 30th, Willie
Black, of the firm Of Willie Black & Co.,
wholesale tobacco dealers, was shot and
MORALLY wounded by George Price, colored.
discharged employee, who had been de-
tected in stealing tobacco. Price Is under
arrest.
The spring running meeting of the St.
Louis Jockey and Trotting Club is an
nounced to be held June 10 to 10. The large
number of entries in the various classes in
dictate that the meeting will be a successful
one.
The Mechanics Bank of Montreal,
Canada, has suspended.
for the O'Leary belt terminated at mid
night on the 31st. There were % pedestrians
started on the race, but all but eight drop
ped out before the finish. The following
were the leading scores: Parry, 26S miles;
Dobler, 265; Banks, 254; Sherry, 242. A
protest was entered against award
ing the belt to Parry, who is an
Englishman, on account of alleged false
scoring, ETC., and the referee reserved his de-
cision. Some disgraceful acts attended the
closing hours of the contest: Parry had a
handful of pepper thrown in his face while
on the track. and Dobler's bed was saturat-
ed with ether, keeping him off the track
for four hours before he recovered from his
stupor.
At St. Louis, on Sunday, the LIST, Po-
lice Officer Charles Prince was shot and
instantly killed by young desperate named
Charles Sanders, whom he was about to ar
rest for threatening the life of his brother
in law. The murderer temporarily escaped,
but is before this time probably under ar
rest.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
WIT AND WISDOM.

SPRING soldiers are set out in drills.
"JUMPING down a rope" is what
they call hanging in Nevada.
To make a fine eye water-Stick an
onion in it.
WHEN a society reporter wishes to
puff plain, vulgar girl, he remarks
that she is as beautiful as she is accom-
plished.
The Norristown Herald says you
can't convince a woman who is clean
ing house that the woodwork is clean
until she has scrubbed nearly all the
paint off.
| THE st. Louis directory man is 10
statesman if he allows that crowd of
colored people to go through the city
without taking the census. By taking
time and the colored man by the FORE
lock, Chicago can be left far behind in
the race.-MilUaukee San.
AN Irishman, at the imminent risk of
his life, stopped runaway horse few
days ago. The owner came up after a
while, and quietly remarked: "Thank
you, sir'' can faith, an how are ye
goin' to divide that bstwane two of usp"
replied Pat. .r..,,
If the young man who went to. call
on girl on Fourth Street last Sunday
night, but who suddenly left the front
door and shot out of the yard, with o
dog attached to the dome of his trow-
sers, will return the dog, a reward of
$5 will be paid by the girls father, and
no questions Observation-Disclosures Lumber
man.
A CONTEMPORARY prints some versus
entitled ''The Dying Poet" But the
lines don't explain whether he was
pitched out of third-story window or
merely pounded on the head with D
baseball bat and kicked down stairs.
However, it is gratifying to know that
he is dying. OF course he is "Gentle
Spring" -NorristosDn Herald.
OLD Farmer b is distinguished
for two things-his great wealth, aud
ignorance of society and books. He
had some grown-up daughters, and an
attachment sprung up between one OF
them and young minister located in
the neighborhood, who, one fine Sab
bath, went home with her for dinner.
Previous to the announcement that din
ner was ready the old gentleman was
duly posted to request the minister to
say grace at the table. No sooner had
all got seated around the table than
the old gentleman, in his usual uncouth
manner, looked up and said, SHOW,
Mr.. Preacher, go on with your 'ligion!
-Harper's Draa0er.
It's all in the way in which things
are stated. So thinks a Dakota law
yer, who is of opinion that the follow
ing way of putting it may be- interest
ing to lawyers and judges in the East
ard. A case was on trial at Sioux Falls
before a Justice of the Peace. The suit
was in replevin, and the attorney for the
defendant made a logical argument
tending to show the insufficiency of the
affidavit for replevin. The Justice, af-
ter casting his eyes thoughtfully to the
ceiling for a moment, decided the point
thus: Gentlemen, after serious re-
Election upon this matter, can't see
that this affidavit cuts any particular
figure in this case just at this stage Of the
game. Motion denied. Call in your
witnesses. ''-Harper's Dra,oer. '
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
IT is stated that a plan has been CO

IT is stated that plan has been con-
summated for the liquidation of Archbishop
PurcelPs Indebtedness, through an appeal
written at the house of Cardinal McCloskey
in New York on the 9th, calling for contri-
buttons from each Roman diocese according
to the value of its church property, the num-
Der Of its Catholic population and their re-
puted means. 1t is thought that the debt
can be swept away at one effort. 1t is also
semi-officiaily reported from Rome that
Bishop McQuade will be appointed by the
Pope as coadjutor to the Archbishop.
j. PHILIP KRIEGER, Cashier of the sus-
pended st. Louis Broadway Savings Bank,
for whom a warrant was issued on complaint
OF the Directors, charging him with embez =
element OF the Banks funds to the amount
OF $500, 900, has voluntarily surrendered him
self and is now in Jail awaiting results.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

to hill, and cultivate thoroughly. An
ounce of seed is sufficient for about 100
hills. The plants will fruit better by
occasionally pinching the leading shoots
off the vines. Tar water sprinkled over
the vines when the bugs first appear Of
ten proves efficacious. Better still is a
mixture of SCOT and wood ashes busted
on the plants when they are wet with
dew. A correspondent in the Practical
Farmer says that his remedy for the
striped bug on melon vines is a free use
of bran. As soon as the vines appear
above the ground he puts handful of
bran on each hill, taking care to cover
the leaves and heap it about the stem
little. If there comes heavy rain to
beat it off more bran is applied. Heavy
clay lands devoted to this crop may be
greatly improved by the addition of sand
to each hill, Incorporated with the ma
nure and native earth.
The culture of the musk varieties of
melon is similar to that of the water
melon. They may be planted in hills q
little closer together, say five or six feet
apart each way, a dozen seeds to the
hill, and after the plants are out of dan
ger from bugs thin to three OF four
plants. As soon as four or five rough
leaves appear pinch off the end of the
main shoot, which will cause the lateral
branches to put forth earlier. This
treatment furthermore tends to strength
en- the vines and force the fruit. Melons
should not be planted too near other
varieties when it is desired to preserve
them pure. A rough Melted skin is
certain indication of high-favored fruit.
Musk melons have arrived at perfection
when the stem will cleve from the fruit.
-Neao York World.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
MOUNT ErNA is in full eruption

MOUNT ErNA is in full eruption.
Three new craters have appeared at
the northwest part of the mountain,
threatening the destruction of several
villages. Enormous showers of ashes
are falling in Messina, which is 40 miles
northeast of the mountain, and have
also reached Reggie, in Calabria, nine
miles northeast of Messina. Showers
of ashes and clouds of smoke issuing
from the volcano obscure the sun,
and give to the scene an in
describably somber and fugubrious as
pect. Vast streams of lava are flowing
down the sides Of the mountain. At the
base of the craters are thrown out i'm
mense fire. balls, which burst with great
brilliancy and tremendous reports. The
scene is impressively and terribly
grand. Several s.vere shocks of earth
quake were felt at Messina, and the
apprehensions of the citizens are excited
to a very high pitch. H
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

HOLDERS of called bonds which ma
ture before the first of July next, are re-
quested by Secretary Sherman to send
them to the Department for payment
during the month of June. In this way
holders of such bonds will receive pay
ment for them with interest to maturity
before the bonds mature. All United
States bonds forwarded for redemption
should be addressed to the Loan Divi-
sion, Secretary's Office, and all regis
tered bonds should be assigned to the
Secretary of the Treasury for redemp-
ton.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

ADvICEs from London, the 26th, state
that it has been officially announced in
the House of Commons that Gen. Sir
Garnet Wolsely has been appointed
supreme military and civil commander
of Natal, Transvaal, and certain other
Districts that adjoin and are included
le seat of war, it having been
I-ofAd wise in the present emergency
to divide the Cape of Good Hope Gov
eminent into four districts.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07
Indians at School.

-
The Indians in the Hampton Institute,
in Virginia, have made astonishing ad-
vances. They can talk considerably in
our language, read and write fairly in
easy words, and have notion of geo.
graphy. They almost all do some kind
of work, their specially being the decor
ating of antique pottery and Albert
ware, which they paint in unique, an
gular, Egyptian style, and for which
there is quite demand. In the +" In
dian workshop" they are also taught
the trades of carpenters, blacksmiths.
tinmen, shoemakers, in short, as its su.
perintendent says, mechanical COM
mon sense" and on returning to their
tribes, it is expected they will introduce
the mechanical arts among their race.
OF the Indians and their training Prin-
cipal Armstrong says: The younger
ones are the best material to work up
on, especially girls; the latter from IL
to Is years of age. They are more pill
ant and more easily acclimated. Com
ing utterly ignorant of English, &C
cessible only through an interpreter,
they have made excellent progress in
their studies, in language especially,
both sexes doing equally well, compar-
ing in talent favorably with the bright
est class of colored students. In the
presence of visitors they are at a disad-
vantage. They are always reluctant to
air their English, but their desire to
learn it is most earnest. Their chief
complaint is too much Indian talk. ,
Within three days after their arrival
from the west they begged to have their
hair cut in order to look like the rest.
Long hair was their glory at home. They
have given up tobacco and have nothing
to do with liquor, though rum is for
sale within three minutes walk of their
quarters. Each month every Indian
record is made up on a card and sent
to his people through the agent, with
good effect, am informed"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

By direction of the President, all
Government offices in Washington were
closed on Friday, May 80, Decoration
Day, in order that employees might
participate in commemorative ceremo-
MES. The day was generally observed
throughout the North, and also in some
Southern cities, where ex-Confederate
soldiers assisted in decorating tine
graves of Northern soldiers.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

Ar Cabinet meeting held on the 27th
it was decided that Capt. Eads was en-
titled to the s5o0,C0O payment for the
depth of 25 feet in the Mississippi jetty,
over which payment the authorities have
been hesitating six weeks. The Cabinet
has reached the conclusion that under
the law the depth and width are secured,
the pay ment is to be made and that the
only requirement as to the maintenance
Of det tn and width is after 80 feet has
been reached, for which 81, 200, 600 is to
be held as security for q term of years.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

The Secretary of the Treasury on the
27th stopped the sale of so certificates
in the large cities of the East. Up to
this time $50, 0O0, 900 had been sold, and
two-thirds of these east of the ALE.
ghanies. The Secretary says he will
try to get the remaining $4,000, 900 into
the hands of the people of the small
Western towns until all are disposed Of
Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago are
to have but $40. 600 worth day.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

THE civilized tribes of Indian Terri
tory met in convention at Eufaula on
the 9Th, and adopted resolutions thank
ing the Government for stopping the
invasion of the Territory and asking
Congress to pass such laws as will pre-
vent future incursions and adequately
punish all who may engage in acts of
wrong and conspiracy against the In
dams.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-06-07

The yellow fever is prevailing in a
most fatal form at Port au Prince, Hayti.
NJ. Roche Monart, the French Minister,
died after two hours illness7 - private
secretary and the First Secretary of Le-
CATION also died of the disease, and an
other Secretary was also down with it.
Three seamen of the schooner Mary A.
William died of yellow fever on the pas
sage from Miragone to New York.