Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Surgeons are men of probe-ity.
The sense of smell is very acute in
mastiffs.
Broken Heart is station on a Mime
sofa railroad.
The worlds production of gold is one
third less than in 1850.
An Aurora (Ill.) man has patented a
shield to protect firemen.
The convict's serenade to the warden:
I" How can leave thee ?"
None but the brave deserve the hair,
is how the aborigine puts it.
Bicycles are getting to be numerous
on the San Francisco streets.
There are in Prussia 8,228 doctors,
143 surgeons and 251 dentists.
The man in the moon has four quar-
ters, but he won't change for dollar.
Take the first and last letters from
the word majesty and you make jest of
the word.
When things are come to the execu-
tion, there is no secrecy comparable to
celerity.-BacOn.
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cured in Italy at the modest sum of
seventy-fve cents.
The silk industry of this country is
valued at 1876, 100000 and the whole
whole silk trade about $50, 100000.
Nine women died in Philadelphia dur
ing the year 1878, either 100 years old or
over that age. Three we're 102 each.
There are 441,OOO books and pam
phlets in the congressional library at
Washington. The number of copyrights
taken out in 1873 is Is, 1893, slight in
crease over 1877.
Hands have they, yet steal not
clocks. Legs have they, yet walk not
tables. Eyes have they. yet see not
needles. Teeth have they, yet chew
not-combs. Lips have they, yet kiss
not-pitchers.
A gardener occupies an independent
position. He can make his own beds
and do his own sowing. He should
have money enough also, for he gets
spade frequently and can raise his own
celery when he chooses.
A young man who eats the bread of
idleness, no matter how much money he
has, is disgraced. Young men starting
in life ought to aim first of all to find
place where they can earn their bread
and butter with a hoe, axe, spade,
wheelbarrow, curry comb, backing
brush-no matter what.
The heart that has passed through the
deep waters of tribulation is the most
tender; the voice that has itself cried
with pain is the most gentle; the
soothing ministrant in the chamber of
sorrow. The best sympathizer is ore
who has been a partaker of the same
sufferings.
There was an exhibition of tableaux
in Fon du Lac, Wis, and the small boy
was present. A scene was presented
"The Execution of Mary, Queen of
Scots" Mary kneeling, with her head
on the block, the executioner standing,
with uplifted axe poised for the DEATH
blow, amid breathless silence. Sud-
denly, in loud whisper, the small boy
exclaimed: Spa, why don't he chop ?"
The Chinese alive or sandal-wood is a
large tree, shaped like the olive and fur
nished with three barks. The outer
one, called eagle-wood, is black and
heavy; the second is brown and very
light, having the properties of candle
and burning in the fire with an agreeable
smell; the third bark, at the heart of
the tree, is used as cordial in fainting
fits, and for perfuming clothes and
apartments. Many uses are made of
this tree; cooling liquor flows from it
of which vinegar is made; sharp points
growing on its branches are used for
nails; its leaves serve as coverings for
houses, also for dishes; ropes are made
of the roots, and thread of the fbers of
its leaves.