Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-02-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The fop feels too big for his boots
until he gets COINS.
When a man bows assent to what you
are saying, he stoops to concur.
Insects have no lungs, but breathe
through spiracular tubes in their rides.
English life insurance companies
charge an extra per cent. on old bache-
lors.
The power to do great things gen.
orally srises from the willingness to do
small things.
We are afraid the London Truth
does not always tell it. 1t has five libel
suits on its hands.
Why doesthe new moon remind one Of
a giddy girlp Because she is too young
to show much reflection.
Quiet is eften strength; silence, wis
dom. The sSxifA ..tzesna- IA not aiwavs
powerful, nor the noisy one deop. ~
He put it down again without any
one telling him to do so, and peevishly
remarked that " a woman was fool to
set red-hot fiat-iron on a kitchen
chair"
Examination of 5000 grammar school
pupils at Boston shows that about five
per cent. of the boys are color-blind,
and only about one-half of one per
cent. of the girls.
Alaska contains $4,000 square miles;
about one-tenth the size of the United
States. 1t has 1000 miles of sea coast,
or more than all the sea coast of the
United States together.
"My dearest Maria, wrote recently
married husband to his wife,, She wrote
back: dearest, let me correct either
your grammar or your morals. You ad-
dress me, My dearest Maria AMI to
suppose you have other dear Mariasl"
The song "Sweet By-and-Bye" was
written by J. P. Webster, in Chicago,
in 1868. The man who gave it the fame
it has attained in this country was the
late P. P. Bliss, who, with Rev. Mr..
Whittle, introduced it in their famous
gospel meetings. - Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Grown Prince Rudolph, of Aus
tria, who is only twenty-three years
old, has written a book. It is called
tive turns chiefly on the young mans
observations among the birds of the
Danube. He takes special interest
in ornithology.
A newly-married lady made her first
plum pudding the other day. 81 aim
ed TO make good pudding" she said to
her husband, who is a rifeman, when
the dish was served. "You aimed well, F."
he replied, as he inhaled its delicious
fragrance. eyes," she said, 81 made
plum scenter."
An editor in ireland being short Of
editorial copy, or something, cut huge
leader out of the London Times, clapped
thereto one-line Introduction, "What
does the zI',sss .sa1s-. by thia 2o and cant
the paper to press. Some ten years ago
Montreal paper announced, "Edl-
torial-There is no editorial to-day"
and not long afterward, when an awk-
ward question came up that it was dan
gerous to handle at all, began, "With
reference to this vexed matter we must
say that"-and then left half column
blank.
The off years between the great
worlds fairs give an opportunity
usually taken promptly-for corners Of
the world little out of the most travel
ed ways, to hold international exhibi-
tions of their own. Such was tho case
with Chill three or four years ago, and
with Australia year before last j.; and
such, next autumn, will again be the
case with Australia, which is to hold an
exhibition of all nations at Sidney. Free
space, free motive power, and freedom
from customs duties are guaranteed,
and an acre of exhibiting area is set
apart for America. One vessel has
already gone from the United States,
carrying goods for the exhibition. There
are medals, money prizes and certificates
of merit for the best exhibits.