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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

The st. Adams Messenger remarks;
alvin r. Stokes, charged with pro-
ducing abortions, was tried in the
Caledonia County Court last week and
found not guilty, The verdict was a
surprise toall who heard the evidence
or who know the character of the man.
The Judge, lawyers and officers OF the
court said, before the jury took the
case, that they could not fail to convict
at once. The evidence was positive,
direct and particular. Stokes took his
victim and the father of the child to
an out-of-the-way and lonely logging
camp in one of the back towns, where
the deed was committed. This was
three years ago. The woman has
never recovered, and was only able to
enter court by the aid of Others.
Stokes was acquitted ofasimilar charge
at last December term of court, to the
surprise and disgust of all decentpeople.
The only reason suggested for this
strange verdict is the general impression
whether true or not, that the medical
profession generally, even in good
standing otherwise, commit this same
clime!'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
LANCASTER, N. H., July 10, 1879.

TO the Editor Of tie E5see County Herald.
Dear Sir:-In a recent issue of
Your paper l notice you take gloomy
view of the prospects of New England
farmers, and suggest some remedies.
1t seem. to me, having lived in New
England a great many years, that you
have exaggerated the declining farming
interest therein. and that we farmers of
New England are not in so bad a
condition after all. Besides | would
like to know how you reconcile
your talk about the monopoly of
freights and the regulation of
them by law with the almost
universally received theory that those
matters are much better regulated by
the natural elements of demand and
supply, and the correcting influences
Of competition. AGRICoLA.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
Newspaper Decisions.

!. Any person who takes paper regularly
from the post office, whether directed TO his
u me or another's, or whether he has sub
scnbed or not, l. responsible FOR tie payment.
> If a person orders his paper discontinued
he must pay all arrculages, or the publisher
may cOnfiune TO send It until payment is
made, ard collect the whole amount whether
the paper is taken from the Office or not
The courts have decided that refusing TO
taseuewspapers and periodicals from the post
oitiec, removing and leaving them unctllcd
tor, Is 3gtld face evidence of Intentional fraud.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

GEN. HENRY, U. S. marshal for the
district of Vermont, says he shall con-
tinue to perform his duties, pay or no
pay, so long as he can get trusted for
whatever expenses accrue in the care of
prisoners and the execution of the law.
That is precisely what everybody who
knows him supposed he would do,
and he need not fear but that friends
enough will be found in his district to
sustain him.-St. AJJans Messenger
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18
SILKS.
LINENS.

Bamsley Table Linen, 60 in, only 65 cents.
Turkey Red Damask only 20 cents.
Turkey Red Napkins only Is cents per dozen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

An Encyclopedia Of Unjoersal Rlool-
edge. in 20 volumes, $4,000 pages, all for
$40, and equal in all important res
poets to any Cyclopedia heretofore sold
for less than 800, is announced for
by the AMERICAN Book
EXCHANGE, 55 Beekman street, New
York. They have also just issued an
edition of GhamJerS's CycLopedia ot'English
Ljteratme, complete in four volumes,
neatly bound in cloth for $500.
Their catalogue of several hundred
standard publications, at very
low prices, will be sent free on request.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

Smiths Billie Dictionary, and an una
bridged CrUden'S Concordance, each to be
sold for $1.00 are recent announcements
of the AMERICAN Book EXCHANGE.
55 Beekman street, New York,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
A Parlor Trick

Here is a nice little trick-hghting a
candle with a piece of ice: First attach
a small piece Of potassium, (say the size
of shot to the wick; then have on
your table piece Of ice. This prepara-
ton of the candle-wick is, of course,
done previous to bringing the candle in
to the room, and the company will thus
be unaware of its being in any way spe-
cially prepared for the trick.
To exhibit the experiment, place the
candle on the table, and ask the ladies
what means they usually employ to light
their candlesP They viii undoubtedly
respond, Gin the usual way" whereupon
you inform them that you know a much
better plan, aud quite the opposite in
nature to the article commonly used for
that purpose. You then show them the
piece of ice, and apply tito the potassium
on the wick and it viii blaze instanta-
neously.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
A Good Horse.

Wind. saws an old horseman, is the
great secret of a fast horse. Good lungs
will cover a multitude of faults, while,
on the other hand, perfection of shape
and form are useless when the wind Is
out. The chest, therefore, in all cases.
should be large and spacious. u may
vary somewhat in shape. according 70
the service to which she horse is 70 be
put. IF he is apt to be kept Tor slow
work and heavy drawing, the chest may
be nearly circular in form, because this
shape is one for strength and bulk 70 re-
ceive and bear up against the pressure
of the collar, while 1t the same time
sufficient room is secured for the ex-
pansion Of the lungs caused by slow
regular work. But if the chest Is circu-
lar let it be at the same time deep, or
else the lungs may be cramped. A horse
with a shallow chest is worthless for
any purpose. The rule then is: For
draft horse, a circular but deep chest;
but as you pass through the different
degrees of speed up to the racer and
trotter, the chest will increase IN depth
compared to its roundness, until for the
highest rate of speed you must take
chest as deep as greyhound, and at the
same time not lacking in strength.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
No Old. Maids.

There are very few old maids in Rus
sia because the Russians are marrying
people, and dispose of their children
early. In the middle or lower classes
men marry at 20 when not drafted by
the conscription; in the higher aristoe-
racy a young man goes to the grand
tour" before settling down but he IS
often betrothed before starting to a
young lady not yet out of the school
room, and he weds Immediately Upon
his return. The great ridicule attached
to the title spinster, when not borne by
4 nun, has possibly something to do
with the unwillingness Of ladies to sport
it. When a girl has reached the age Of
% without finding a mate, she generally
sets out on what she calls pilgrimage,
if poor-on q round of travels, if rich;
in either case she turus up some years
later a widow. Widows are as plentiful
as old spinsters are scarce and widows
whose husbands were never seen are
more numerous than the rest. Etiquette
forbids any allusion to a lady's dead
husband in her presence, and this, per-
haps, is sometimes convenient.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

Many saloon Keepers pay only 81 per
gallon for whisky. One gallon contains
an average of sixty-fve drinks, and at
ten cents drink the poor man pays six
dollars and a half per gallon for his
whisky. In other words he pays 50 for
the whisky, and $3.50 to the man for
handing it over the bar. While it would
be better for all not to drink, some men
will have whisky, and a friend makes
the following suggestion: Make your
wife your bar keeper. Lend her two
dollars to buy a gallon of whisky for a
beginning, and every time you want a
drink, 60 to her and pay her for it. By
the time you have drank a gallon, she
will have $3.50, or enough to return the
50 borrowed Of you, and have balance
of $3.50. She will be able to conduct
future operations on her own capital,
and when you become an inebriate, un-
able to support yourself, Stunned by
respectable people, your wife will have
saved enough money to keep you until
you get ready to fill drunkard's grave
But had you paid all this money to
barkeeper, he would not have given a
cent to bury you, and you would go to
eAe pauper's cemetery.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
The ADaebes.

The Apaches, who have gwen us so
much trouble-though not near SO much,
probably, as we have given them-stil1
claim to number, with all their tribes,
from 5000 to 10000. When the Span
iards, in their search for gold in the high
lands of what is now New Mexico, first
met these Indians they found them
proud and independent, though harmless
and even kindly. Wronged and Tout
ragged, the Apaches at last retaliated, and
the Spaniards were never able to con-
quer them. To this day they hurl de-
hance at all government and civilization.
They are the Bedouins of this continent,
and are all mounted on small ponies ca
pable of great endurance. Their chiefs
can have any number of wives they
want; but the Apache suuaw found
guilty,of adultery is most atrociously tor
tured, and all women captured are infa-
mously treated. These savages, fierce
and untamed as they are, do not scalp
their enemies. They are fond of smok-
ing and of cards, and when idle have a
strange, monotonous chant. In battle
they keep their ponies in motion, and
are themselves always changing position,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

HAYES Hinman, who lived two miles
east of Utica, died recently, aged 66.
Although possessing the faculty of
speech, he had not uttered two consecu-
tive words for fifty years. When Is years
old, hearing his father swear at men,
Der of the family, he made vow that
he would never speak again. This vow
was kept for seven years. He then met
with an accident, which bruised the fin
gers of his left hand, the pain drawing
from him the exclamation, COP On
but one other occasion was he heard to
speak. This time the word "SeeP was
called forth by snake that crawled over
a sleeping child. A column might be
filed by recital of Humans eccentri-
cities. Some of his devices to avoid
conversation were crafty in the extreme.
He was a close student, and he has left a
voluminous diary during his sixty years
of silence. He left fortune of $24, 900
to a nephew, with the admonition,-
Keep your mouth shut"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

GAsLIGHT AND THE EYEs.-An official
report lately made to the Prussian Gov
ernment, by medical experts. on the
effect of gaslight in living. states some
facts of interest in that connection. Ac-
eording to the previous experiences of
oculists, no injurious effect of gaslight
upon the eyes of pupils has been OBJ
served, when it was used properly, and
especially where arrangements are pres
ent TO protect the eyes from the direct
influence of the bright fame. In gene
raj, says the report, shades and globes
serve for this purpose the dark, totally
opaque, tin shades are, however, very in
furious, and all complaints against the
use of gaslight are preferable almost
universally to these improper contri-
vances-for with these, the eye stays in
total darkness, but looks upon brightly
illuminated surface, so that dazzling
and oyer-irritation or superexcitement
Of the eye result, with all their attend
ant injurious results. Globes of milk
glass are, however, very suitable, as they
diffuse the light, and are safe for the
eyes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
Flowers, Beautiful Flowers !
Plants and Vegetables!

have the best stock of Green House and Bed
ding Plants l have ever before had, whether con-
sdered as to variety, quantity, or quality. My
stock Of Fuchsias and Geraniums Is very large
and Of great variety, and especially fine plants.
OF Foliage and Basket Plants, have an excel
lent stock TO select from, embracing Begonias,
Colius, Achyranthus, Centaureas dusty Miller)
in variety. My Pansies, Nerbenas HeliOtrOpe.
Cuphea PLEAS, Salvias, Ivies, Roses, Lycopo-
diums, Feverlew, Cinarara Petuias, Double
and Single) Bulbous Plants, such as Dahlias,
Gladious, Caucea, Calladium, Tlberoses-all OF
them very fine. l can furnish Fruit and Orua.
mental Trees Hedge Plants, Blooming and FO-
liage Shrubs, strawberry Plants in variety, Rasp-
berry Plants, Asparagus and Pie-Plant Roots, an
kinds of Vegetable Plants In their season, and
many kinds OF Annual Blooming Plants-all OF
which offer at prices considerably below those
given in the numerous catalogues / am con-
stantly receiving.
| shall be prepared to furnish Cut Flowers
and Floral Emblems at short notice and on sat
isfactory terms also early and seasOrablo Vege-
tables and Small Fruits, In small or large guam
titles.
Flower Pots of four sizes, ~, 3, 81 and 4
inch at 20c, 30c, doc and 50c per dozen
Correspondence solicited, and a cordial and
earnest Invitation given to ALL In want of any
thing in my l!ne, to see my stock and get my
prices before purchasing.
My Green House and grounds are on Main
street, Ashtabula, near the Franklin Division Of
the L. s. & NJ. s. r. r.
JAMES p. JENNINGS.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
Real Estate Agency.

"ENRY FASSETT, Of Ashtabula Ohio.
II who has had many years experience in
the business, will give special and prompt
at tentiOn to selling and renting Real Estate
in all parts of the County.
100 Acres of Land in ShemeId-The
A. B. Shaw farm-gOOd buildings, fruit and
living Water-abOut7 miles from Ashtabula
Terms of payment made easy. Enquire OF
owner on premises, or at this agency.
About 2S Acres of Land adjoining
the farm formerly owned by Allen Prindle
in SaybrOOk. For sale at a bargain In
quire OF U. Atwater, or at this agency.
- acres Of excellent land. comfortable
buildings and good supply Of fruit. and liv-
ing water. North East from North Kings
vile.
50 acres in Plymouth. at a great bargain.
Inquire of this agency or offs. G. Strickland,
on premises.
SO acres on North Ridge, East ofAshtabula.
Good buildings, fruit and water
100 acres Ofland in SaybrOOk, belonging to
Mrs. Kate H. Bowman. A most excellent
farm, and price low and payments easy.
No charge where a sale is not affected.
For SaIe.-The H f. Parson farm in Ply
improvements
The Prentice farm, IO1 acres, about miles
outh on road to Jefferson. A good home.
40 acres, north part of the Samuel Strong
farm, on Prospect Street. Sold in parcels to
suit purchasers.
Two lots on Centre St, next west Ofsmith's
purposes.
Good frame dwelling house, corner ofFas-
sett avenue and Superior street, large lot.
Price to suit the times.
Two story frame dwelling house near De
pot, on Station street, with lot 66 feet front
and rs feet deep, VIII be sold low.
The Hills property, good house large lot,
corner of Station and Depot streets
a good new two story dwelling house, nne-
ly finished, near Phoenix FOundry-Will be
sold for less than the cost Of the Improve
mentS.
The Dubois house and lot-a desirable res
idence, on Franklin Street,-a rare OppOrtu-
nifty to get good home for a small sum
Also house and lOt-a convenient resi-
dence for one doing business at the Harbor.
Lots in different parts Of the village for
sale on the most liberal terms.
Vdnfed-Farms and other real estate for
sale, at this agency.
The R. F. Moore house and lot on West
street. House near and convenient Good
barn. u acres OF the very best Of land for
garden and fruit. The owner is doing busi-
ness in another town and viii give q great
bargain.
Almost desirable residence on Center street
near Main. An unusual opportunity to pEo-
cure home for business man,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
Wedding Stationery.

We are prepared to receive or
ders for all kinds of Engraved
Wedding Invitations, Visiting
Cards, MOnOgrams, etc. Thls
work will be done in the finest
style Ofthe art, and the prices for
tire same are very low.
Samples of the latest styles of
on hand.
JAMES REED s. son,
AshtabUla
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

40 JOYFUL News for Boys and Girls u
~ Young and Oldll A NEW IN
yVE6TIOE just patented for them,
for Home use
Nret and Scroll Saving, Turning
BORING, Drilling, Grinding, Polishing
Screw Cutting. Price S5 TO 800
Send cents for 100 pages
- EPHRAIA BROWN, Lowell, Mass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
NJ sateHr YOUNG rovrR.

Once had lover; 30 bright WIS be
The village mEidens did envy mes
The village maidens may laugh today
Ny bright young lover has danced EWaSI
I had never dreamed when by his side
That Enght In the world could rs divide'
Some Village maiden hath stolen him,
Nv lover 20 tai and strong Of limb.
ne village uaidens may laugh today
But that is q game that two can play;
II lovers Will dance away, Ohio,
A maiden may have two strings 70 her DOW.
win dp my arrOWs with loves bright fame
And bright young lovers shall be my aim
And village maidens shall rue the day
Ny bright young lover did 6anoe away.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

Honest and courageous people have
little to say about either their courage
or their honesty. The sun has no need
to boast of his brightness, nor the moon
Of her efulgence.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
WHY BE DID IT.

Mary had a little lamp;
Her lover all serene,
Extinguished It, for he did not
Want any cares seen
What makes the youth love Mary so'
{ I'll tell you-she's a catch;
And he put ont the lamp you know,
That he might strike match
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
Catarrh al
PO| so

Wei De Meyers Treatise on Ca
%arrh, explains the following important facts:
1. That Catarrhal Colds become a
poisonous injection, at first local, and
finally constitutional.
2. That, being Constitutional, the infection
Is beyond the reach of mere local
remedies,
3. That impurities in the nostrils, are
necessarily swallowed into the stomach
and inhaled into the lungs, thus poison
Ing the Digestive, Respiratory and Geuito-
urinary organs.
4 That Catarrhal virus follows the
mucous membrane and causes Deafness,
Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhea, Bronchitis,
LeucorThoea. and Consumption.
8. That Smokes, Douches, Inhalations,
and Insoluble Snufs, cannot possibly
remove infectious Inflammation from the or
gans named.
6. That an autidote for Catarrh must
possess an inOculative affinity for, and the
quality Of being absorbed by, the purulent
mucous wherever located.
Based upon these plain theories,
DR.. Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure
has proved to be infallible. It not only re-
Heyes, it cures Catarrh at any stage.
Home testimony:
Cured Cured Cured Cured
". D. WOODS, 4s7 Broadway, N. Y, Cured of
Chronic Catarrh.
T. j. HAsLETT, S59 Broadway, n. Y, yrs Catsrrh
G. L. BRUSH, 443 Broadway, n. z, IOy'rs Cstsrrh
s. BENEDICT, Jr., Jeweler, 6s7 Broadway, n. 7,
Qady friend), cured Of Chronic Hay Fever.
Mrs. EEEA c. HOwEs, 80 W. Washington
Square, n. =, cured Of so years Chronic
CatarTh.
REv. Gro. A. RE1s, 100 Jay St., Brooklyn. at
restored ne to my ministerial labors."
Rev. cHAs. J. JONES, New Brighton, s. L
Worth ten times the cost"
REv. ALEx. FREES, Cairo, n. Y, sIt has worked
wonders in six cases in my parish
L. F. NEwEkE, sos Fulton St., Brooklyn, cured
Of years Chronic Catarrh.
Mrs. j. swKRTz, JR., 900 Warren St., Jersey
City, cured Of IS years Chronic Catarrh.
&c. sc. &C. &c. &c.
a real cure for this terrible nalady, is
the most important discovery for the relief Of
human suffering. since vaccination. Wei
De Meyers Catarrh Cure Is sold BY all
Druggists, or delivered By D. B. DEWEY
& Co., 46 Dey St., N. z. for sI.50 package.
To Clubs, six packages for S7.5O. DR..
Wei De Meyers Treatise, with full
expansions and overwhelming proofs, is
Postpaid and sent froe to anybody.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
LINIMENTS

have relieved more bed-riddsu Grip
pies; healed more frightfu1 wounds,
and saved more valuable animals than
al other liniments, ointments, oils, extracts,
plastsrs and so-ealled pain killers" and
Skin cures" combined.
Physicians and Veterinary Surgeons en-
dOrsethe Ceataur L3uimen&s; millions
Of men, women and children in all countries
use them, and HOusekeepsrs. Farmers,
Planters. Travellers, LiEerymen, Teamsters
and StOek-groEers, are their patrons They
are clean, they are handy, they are cheap,
and they are reliable. There is no ache,
pain, or swelling which they viii not alle-
Tiate. subdue, OF cure. Sold throughout
THE HABITABLE GLOBE
for SO cts. and SI.OO a bottle. Trial
bottles, 25 cts.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
BOTTOM CASH PRICES.
Sash, Doors and Blinds
Wholesale Prices.
NO MIDDLE MEN.
Culley Manufacturing Co.,

Of Ashtabula, Ohio, have decided to give the
consumer the benefit of the wholesale dis
count. and will sell in the future Sash and
Doors at 80 per cent. of from Buffalo and
Chicago lists.
We give below some Of the Prices OF Sash
and Doors in common use. All other regular
sizes at same discount.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
Trusses ! - Trusses

largest assortment of TRUssEs, SUPPORTERS
and SHOULDER BRACES in the West, includin Q
many RECENT IMPROVEMENTS not KEPT elsewhere.
Separate apartments for adjustmen, and fl guar
anteed. prusses for very bad cases and Elastic
Stockings for Varicose Veins made to order.
E. NJ HESSLER,
Manufacturer and Dealer, 145 Ontario street
1546-5S CLEVELAND, o
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
THE SCIENTIFIC RECORD.
INVENTORS.
II. S. & A. p. LACEY,
PATENT ATTORNEYS,

nm a WEEK in your own town, and no
capital risked. You can give the
mn business trial without expense. The
best opportunity ever offered for those
VIHNH willing to work. You should try for
" ~ ~ yourself what you can do at the bust.
ness we offer. No room to explain here. You
can devote all your time or only your spare
time to the business, and make great pay for ev-
cry hour that you work. Women make as much
as men. Send for special private terms and par
ticulars. which we mail free, s. Ontft free Don't
complain of hard times while you have such
chance. Address II. HALLETT q CO., Port
land, Maine. 1537-SS
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

CORRUPT RUssIANs.-The revelations
of corruption among Russian military
officials are interesting. About $S,000,0O0
were stolen in the contracts for sup
ply of commissariat carts which were
never produced. In 1877 one contractor
was ordered to find seven thousand wag-
ons. The Bessarabian peasants offered
to furnish them at two roubles-almost
S1.50-a day, but the army officials
wanted wagons with iron axles, which
the peasants agreed to provide at five
roubles day. The staff declared this
price exorbitant, and Immediately let
the contract to Russian to furnish sew
en- thousand wagons with wooden axles
at six and quarter roubles per diem.
He sublet to the peasants at two roubles,
and pocketed four and quarter day,
or nearly $750,0OO a month on the lot.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
JUST PURLIsHEn.

A carefully revised Treatise on Catarrh. with m
accurate description ofeymptomS andsympathetic
diseases together with minute directions for effect
ing with 5AEFoED's RADICAL CURE 6 speedy and
permanent cure. Also obserEstionsond diet and the
general health Of vast importance to sll aficted
with eatarrh. It IL wrapped about each bottle of
the RADICAL CURE. or viii be mailed free on re-
ceipt Of stamp.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

ANIMALS ANIMALS
AGES. A''1tlSSi'1' ~ FOR FIRST AFTER FIRST
fEh- iFOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

Zach package Of sAEFoRD's RADICAL CURE con.
esin3 DR.. Sanford's Improved Inhaling Tube, with
full directions for use in all cases. Price, 81 Sold
out the United States and Canada. WEEKS 8
POTTER. General Agents and Wholesale Drug
Hlsts. BOEton. Mass.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

II A B L Z
Rates per S1.OOO for admission Fees and an
nudE dues.