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

Bethesda Sanitarium at the " Cole Magnetic
Spring" Havana, N. Y, is how open for pa
tients and those requiring rest and recreation.
Brights' Disease of the Kidneys, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia Paralysis and Debility, from what
ever the cause, and also all blood diseases are
speedily and permanently cured. Send io1
circulars to G. d. Clawson, M. D., or F. H.
Goldsmith, Havana, N. Y.
The Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81 East
10th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at. Factory
Prices. Write Tor q catalogue.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-18

Dr. Barker of the Brighton Hospital for Children, (EDg
says it resembles mothers mi closely that infant
are reared and tpeH reared exclusively upon it.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02
How to Kill Poultry Lice.

There is nothing that will so thorough
~ eradicate those parasites known -
roost lice, as cleanliness, and this 10
brought about by spreading thick
paste of lime whitawash, after the filth
is removed, over the roosting poles, and
about the building wherever these minute
insects can claim foothold, and they
will claim foothold in every crack and
crevice, where they lodge during the day,
always seeking lurking places, where they
hide from the light in the daytime. and
come forth at night to prey on the bodies
of the fowls. You need never look for
them on the upper sides of the roosting
poles, which are worn smooth by the feet
of the birds, but examine the under part,
where there is some roughness, and look
sharp and close, or perhaps you will over
look the mites. Do not expect to find
anything as large as q small ant or to see
anything in motion. You will, perhaps,
if you are experienced in the business, at
length discover clustering about small
crack 10 the wood, or around knot
hole, something that might or might not
be called busting Of -four, or rather
whitish wood ashes, which upon closer
examination resembles fine corn chat. Be
assured when you discover this that you
have spotted your game. If you exam
inc still farther in the crevice about
which you have discovered this signal,
you will find hundreds and thousands,
yes. might say millions, of these tor
menting insects clustering together in
what would appear to you little dark
mahogany bunch. Mash or dissolve this
bunch with stick, and you will behold
several drops of fresh blood which the
parasites have drawn from the veins of
your fowls the night before This they
do regularly night after night, and as the
cold weather approaches they seek hiding
places on the fowls, and feast continually,
causing them to droop aud become worth
less. If hen houses are thoroughly
cleanscd and kept whitewashed this evil
is in great measure avoided. The drop
pings should he removed once a week to
be thorough, for the fowls shake and pick
the vermin from their bodies at night in
warm weather, and they feed and breed
in the manure, and soon appear in
swarms, myriads crawling upward to the
roosts to seek the bodies of the fowls if
left to their own way. At least three
times during the summer season the
houses and nest boxes should be gone
through with and thoroughly cleansed
and whitewashcd outside and inside, and
the droppings all removed from the door,
which should be spripkled with wood
ashes or air-slaked lime.-Colorads
Farmer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02
Fun in tho witness Box.

In recent trial 1t Winchester, a wit
ness, failing to make his version of con-
versation Ineligible by reasons of his
fondness for "says r. and s'says he," was
taken in hand by Baron Martin with the
following result: my man, tell US now
exactly what passedf' "Yes, my lord, I
said would not have the pig" "And
what was his ausw@i" "He said he had
been keeping it for me, and that he"
"No, no; he could not have said that;
he spoke in the first person." mo, my
lord, l was the first person that spoke"
~ mean, don't bring in the third person;
repeat his exact words" "There was no
third person, my lord, only him and me-"
my good fellow, he did not say he had
been keeping the pig; he said Il have
been keeping it," II assure you, my
lord, there was no mention of your lord
ship at all. We are on different stories.
There was no third person there, and if
anything had been said about your lord
ship must have heard it," The baron
gave in. Nothing pleases your fun-lov-
ing Irishman better than to bother law
yer, and the Irish courts have known
many dialogue like this: "You are a
Roman Catholica" "Am II" "Are you
nota" "You say am" "Come, sir;
what's your religion2" "The true re-
ligion." "What religions thatg" "My
religion" Sand what is your religionG"
"My mothers religion" "What was
your mothers religion9' "She TUX whis-
ky in her tay" "You bless yourself,
don't you9" "When I'm done with you
I will" "What place Of worship do you
go to2" "The most convaynient." "Of
what persuasion are youg" my persua-
sion is that you. won't find out" "What
is your belief" "That you are puzzled"
"Do you confess9" "Not to YOU" "Who
would you write to if you we're likely to
diet" 1.-THE doctor" II insist upon your
answering me, SIR" "Are you Roman
Catholicg" II am" "And why don't
you say so at once9" "You never axed
me. You said was great many things,
but you never axed me; you were drivin'
Grass words and crooked questions at me,
and thought it was manners to cut my
behaviour on your own pattern" AL the
Year Round.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

We do not, as may be imagined at frst
blush, here refer to the ordinary robbery
of bank by its cashier or paying teller
or any of its regular functionaries, but to
the characteristics Of recent raids upon
banks by people having no official con-
nection with them-by professional
thieves, in fact. They are of two kinds
the night and the day entrance. The
old-fashioned sspping of the walls, re-
moval of stones, with siege operations
upon the safe, in the quiet Of the Sabbath
Burglars Day. and the disappearance Of
plumber and thieves through the hole in
the wall, is not applicable to hanks in
villages and country towns, where the
buildings are frequently isolated, and, if
not, generally fanked BY houses wherein
the burglar could not work effectively
without being discovered Hence two
successful methods have been adopted.
The night method is to call melodrainat-
ically with masks and pistols at the house
of whoever keeps the keys and ask him
to step over to the bank and show the
thieves how to get the money out Of the
safe, first having gagged and bound the
bank officer and his household. The day
method is to watch until there is only one
person in the bank, to lure him out on
some pretense, and, having previously
ascertaincd where the money and valu-
ables are, to step briskly in and carry
them off before the deluded bank officer
returns. We need not refer to the num-
Der of times the first plan has been put
into operation, but the second has been
successfully illustrated of late in Penn
sylvania, New York city, and now near
Boston. 1t is surprising, in view of the
prompt publicity given to these methods
through the press, that bank officials dc
not, when such case is reported, ut once
take the necessary precautions. Every
predatory improvement is at once adopted
by the keen witted thieves, but the bank
people sit like geese in crate geese,
too, with the golden eggs of the people :
and simply wait and wonder whose neck
will next be wrung. Why cannot the
banks organize system of warnings by
which to every mine of the burglar they
will all at once oppose counter mine
Let the bank authorities take this subject
into consideration. A system Of warn.
ings which would amount 10 prevention
would be inestimably cheaper than the
cowardly compromises by which these
daring crimes are generally compounded
putting premium on burglary and leav.
ing the personal risk almost wholly to
the faithful officials here and there who
may choose, who have chosen, to die al
the hands of the thieves rather than hand
over the money of their employers. --Neu
York Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

TIE vsnioe yesrnGl y Medical Seisnes
statos that Il some paS(s Of Germany.
especially II ~ psiDoipality Of Naaoau,
hGns 40 indueod 10 lay n Wiotss viii
greater fteodom than they aro ooouo-
tomsd 10 Do ~ f6edlng the3 VIII muoh-
sooma. Al ~ varjo(Jos q edlblo a.
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02
Home.

How pleasant is home
When evening has come,
And the lamp on the table is set;
From labor we rest
And feel we are blest,
In the family group that is met.
The children with books
Are wise in their looks,
As they talk of the stories they read.
With mirth and with song
The time glides along,
And our home is made happy indeed.
The cares of the day
Are banished away,
And the mind for enjoyment is rife.
We care not for wealth
So long as good health
Makes us rich in the blessings OF lif
No home is so poor
But some one is sure
To remember its scenes with delight,
Though wrongs have beguiled,
Though sins have defled,
Yet the joys of our youth remain bright.
What power to save
God unto US gave,
the loves of our homes here below;
II saves US from wrong
And helps us along
Asin knowledge and goodness we grow.
". T.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

ELI PERKINS ON GEORGE Francis
One day, writes Eli Perkins, l met
George Francis Train in Madison Square,
surrounded by children. DR.. Hammond
had told me ridicule was an infallible
test for insanity-that if man got mad
at harmless joke, a joke with no animus
in it, it was u pretty sure sign Of insan-
ity.
"Do you see these hands, commenced
George, as he always does. see the
blood run in them. There's health for
you'll All this comes from vegetable
diet, sir. No meat for me. eat nothing
but vegetables. Vegetables make mus
Gle, sinew, strength, manhood"
Eyes, George" said, ..you're right
Meat is weakening. always notice all
the strong animals live on vegetables.
There's the weak lion and the tender pam
Their, they live on vegetables; and there's
the sturdy sheep. the hardy goose, the
savage calf, the wild and ravenous jack
ASS, they live on meat entirely. They"
at always makes me mad to talk to an
internal fool" said Train, coloring up,
while he turned ON his heel and left in .
huff.
Then knew George Francis was in
sane.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

6rAMMERINa. - Advising about the
treatment Of little girl who stammers,
the New York Tribune says:
Teach her to speak slowly, deliberate
" and very distinctly, and take - little
notice - possible Of her stammsring.
We know little girl Of nine years who
has been 20 carefully trained TO read With
distinctnsss and pFscision, that though
che stammers sometimes II conversation,
she rarely hesitates In roading. This IT.
tie girl sfathsf staomsred badly IN biz
boyhood, but cured himself BY pssuistsot
elecntionasy exereise, and ii maohood
was 1usst publio speaker, With % trace
Of the is1rnity. Habitually spsakiag
non fall lnnGo = aaid 70 b po5manenl
eurs q stanaesing y gEowa peepls.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

SEARCH FOR FORTUNE.-The archive-
room of the State Department at Wash
ington has been haunted for the past two
or three months by gray-haired, old
fashioned looking gentleman, who rum
images indefatigably among the musty
records with never sign of discourage
ment at the apparent hopelessness of his
task. His name is Charles Wickes, of
Pennsylvania, and he is in pursuit Of
some century-old papers which shall
prove claim for q large sum against the
government. The history of the case,
which we freely give to all curious inquir-
ers, dates back to 1776, when his ances-
tor, Captain Alexander Wickes, fitted out
q. privateer to prey upon British COM
merce, under the authority Of Lee, Deane
and Franklin, the American ENJOYS at
Paris. Such were his address and daring
that he captured fifty English vessels at
various times, which were sold by an
agent of the colonial government, but
neither Wickes nor his heirs ever received
cent of the prize money. This agent
was Thomas Morris, half-brother of Rob-
ert Morris, the famous financier of the
revolution, but he proved entirely un-
trustworthy, and at his death the money,
papers and accounts of the sales were
transmitted to Robert Morris and finally
disappeared. 1t is supposed that the
papers were brought to Washington and
buried somewhere in the vast rubbish
heap of public documents, and with this
faint clew the old fortune-hunter pores
daily over the files, without any appre-
hension of the probable worthlessness of
the papers, even if he finds them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

THE great secrets of making good but
ter are cleanliness and attention. Let
cleanliness be applied first to the cow
barn; see that it is kept clean, 90 that no
foul odors shall be absorbed by the new
milk; that the animals be kept healthy,
90 as to yield pure, wholesome milk; see
to the udder that no scabs or filth be
rubbed of into the pail while milking;
to the hands, that they shall not deiile the
milk; to the spring-house or milk room,
that the cream may be kept pure; to the
milk-pail, pans, skinner, cream pot and
churn, SO that no cheesy faint or foul
odors be communicated to the cream, and
finally, apply scrupulous cleanliness to
the butterworker and market tubs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

HARD TO DIGEsT.-At u certain board
ing house in this city is young man
whose occupation is the ''art preserva-
tive" and whose labors occupy him dur
ing those hours when the majority of
mankind is asleep. Of course he gets
hungry and is accustomed to get lunch
when he starts out for his nightly toll.
This lunch is done up in paper and
placed on a table in the hall of the board
ing house, from which the young man
takes it when he goes out. One evening
this week, as he went out, he saw two
bundles lying upon the table and un-
thinkingly took the one nearest and car
ried it away. About midnight that un-
failing monitor, an empty stomach,
warned him that lunch time had arrived,
and with high hopes and keen appetite
he took out his bundle and opened it, but
was struck all aback to find instead Of
his coveted food small package Of neatly
folded handkerchiefs, which had been
placed upon the table by the laundryman
for one Of the other boarders. Language
fails to do justice to the denouement, and
we draw the curtain.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

PIrTsBURGH RI0Ts.-The facts in re-
gard to the Pittsburgh riots are coming
out before the Legislative Committee Of
Investigation now sitting at Philadelphia.
1t seems to be already established that
the authorities Of Pittsburgh were in full
sympathy with the rioters. Several wit
nesses have testified that the police fired
upon the cut-0f-town militia. The May
OF of Pittsburgh il credited with tho po-
lite observation, during the riot, that
Gen. Brit0n's troops sought I'll to bo
killed and In hell" Robert H. Ammon,
head of the Trainmens Union, testified
that be was in command of the rioters in
Allegheny. They had 300 stand Of arms
furnished BY the people Of Pittsburgh.
He was offered, "by prominent citizen, !"
300 additional stand Of arms, but had no
uss for them. He said that If the soldiers
called out by the Government had st.
tempted to disperse the crowd be would
have ''died there before he budged a
inch" and there was mot . man Who
would not have followed him. Although
there was no fighting In Allegheny, IL Il
sufficiently established from this and
similar evidence that the lighting In
Pittsburgh was encouraged BY The NUM-
cipal authorities and the citizens.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-01-02

A TEXAS csmel-breeder, speaking of
the rearing of the ''ships of the DESERT"
says: They are no more trouble to raise
than horses or cattle. The colts for the
first three or four days are rather tender
and require close attention, but after that
take their chances with the herd. They
feed on cactus and brush, eschewing all
grasses that cattle and horses eat, If the
favorite cactus can be had. The females,
with proper care, give colt every year,
and the price at which they are cold, the
ease with which they are raised, their ex-
treme docility, and the adaptability Of
our climate to their nature, would seem
to indicate that camel raising IL profit
able business in Texas. Mr.. Lsnfesr says
there il one camel In the herd that has
travelled 100 miles between sun and sun,
and that most any well-br0ke camel il
good for more than 100 miles In day.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
Instinct of WHsDs.

The perfection of the operations Of in
stinct is shown in the regulation of COM
munities of animals. Here we see CO.
operation to produce results effected
through an irrational, and, therefore, in
some measure, blind instinct. This
social instinct is most extensively ex-
emplified among the insect tribes, as for
instance the bee and the wasp The
structures, resulting from the co opera
tion of multitudes of little laborers
guided by this instinct, are very inter
esting. shall allude to but single
familiar example, the construction of
The nests of wasps. These insects make
their building material from the fibres OF
old wood. These they convert by mas
tltication into pulp, which, made into a
thin layer, becomes firm like paper. 1t
is indeed process, very much like the
common process of paper-making, in
vented by man, and the first rude inven,
tor may have got his idea from the in
sect. With this substance the wasp,
build several ranges of cells, which are
hexagonal, like the cells in the comb o.
the bee. PROF. HOOKER.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
False EcOmOmy.

The GAZETTE is in q very bad humor
at the Republicans in Council for insist
ing on the Democrats giving a ieason
why they give nine cents foot for set
ting curb stone, while o her parties just
as responsible have offered TO do the
same work right straight along FIR six
cents foot.-Republican.
Now, let us look at this matter. Say
there will be 800 houses built on new
lots next year and each house averages
20 feet, that will be 6000 feet. Now, the
setting of G000 feet at cents foot
amounts to $40 at 0 cents foot ii is
$500. In the one case it Is done 10 the
satisfaction of the city and the house
owner. The house owner pays tor the
work. Would he prefer TO have Tom,
Dick and Harry set his 20 feet Of curb
for 81 30; or pay S1.s0, to have It done by
| responsible parties who are bound to do
1t right? Are the whole Of the members
of the Republican party in the City
Council conspirng to deprive a Demo
tTdI vi TlCO VI WOih Aud iiot
to save anything to the city, but to give
the job to Republican to save 90 cents
on each lot to some builder who don't
pay fair wagesp Is it worth while for a
whole party to conspire to save this diff
ference? That 4, "small business
surely.
Had this proposition been made at
some other time 1t might have received
more favor. But 1t was presented to
embarIass and prevent economy and tc
cover up the opposit on in favor of ex
travagance.
The parties who propose to do thu
work for six cents had done il for man,
years while the Republicans controlle,
the Council, and were paid about /;
cents per foot, while the parties now do
ing it offered to do it for about cents.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15

A "GRAB GAME" FOR THE PREsI-
DENcY.-The Washington correspond
ent Of the New York Herald, on Sun
day, said that a plan is there urged for
the New York Legislature to pass law
to "let the voters in each Congressional
district choose Presidential electors,
the two electors at large to be chosen by
the Legislature"
Iu commenting on this proposition,
under the above caption, the Herald to-
day says
Our free popular institutions would
be in imminent danger II the projects
broached by many republicans were In
dorsed and adopted by their party.
There could be no surer way Of disgust
ing the country with Presidential cleo
tions than TO carry them again and again
by chicanery and sharp practice. The
road will be paved Tor the easy accept
ance of a monarchy when It becomes
apparent that, besides the turmoil, ag-
tation and party violence which attend
| our Presidential elections, the result nc
longer depends on the free choice Of the
people, but is determined by the un
scrupulous m in1uvres Of dishonest poll
ticians.
The chicaning scheme which is nov
| widely discussed looks to the election
| Of a republican President be a bold po
litical coup.
We refuse to believe that our newl
elected republican Legislature can b.
caJoled or persuaded to do thing 81
Inscriptions and dishonorable and s.
fitted to destroy confidence in our fre'
| institutions.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15

and select whom be pleased 70 Get the
curb, II cost tl.25 TO run the lines for
one house. II there were 400 houses
then erected in year II cost $500 TO run
the lines. The city paid the surveyors
for city work by the day; but all its
work did not cost on an averege $500 .
year; now 1t costs about e4,500. So
that the complaint raised by the Repub-
licans in the Council over the difference
Of 90 cents in setting 20 feet Of curb
arises from the action Of the Republi-
can party in destroying the old cconomi-
cal system to make Offices for favorites
to fill.
We have shown where the action Of
the Democrats will save about $40, 900.
This annoys the Republican. And to
cover this the Republican rattle-trap
talks of q proposition to save co cents in
running five or six curb lines.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
More Trouble for Mr.. PuIes-
ton. Nj. L.

Senator Elisha W. Davis some time
ago had capias served upon the member
of Parliament, j. ii. Puleston, on his
visit here, FOR $l1 900, principal and in
terest, alleged to be due on protested
notes for an oil land purchase, made
about ten years ago. Puleston having
failed to enter satisfaction, civil suit was
yesterday brought against him for the
amount by Col. Davis and service made
upon his counsel, Wayne MacVeagh.
The Senator went to New York on
Thursday to arrest the M. =. under the
New York laws on . criminal process, in
order to prevent his departure for Europe
yesterday .-West Chester Nelos.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
TO PHY StClA a N 8
AND
CONSUMERS OF
COD LIVER OIL.

Knowing from experience the dlssatis.
faction so often attending the dispensing
of many of the en- usions in the market
would call your attention to some of the
features of the emulsion which / have pre-.
pared and dispensed for years with un-
varying satisfaction. The OIL used is the
finest Norwegian and the most scrupu-
lous care Is exercised In the choice of all
faoture. By careful manipulation this
emulsion Is made with the smallest pos
sible amount of gum, and by the very mi
ed very fluid and perfectly paiatable.-
Each tablespoonful contains so per cent.
of OIL and 8 grains of ypophosphite Of
Lime. samples will be gladly furnished
Put up in pint bottles, price 81. Manu-.
faotured and sold wholesale and retail by
W. K. WILLIAMS,
DRUGGIST.
apl2-W Ninth and Market Sts.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
A DRUNKARD'S SUICIDE.
PROVIDENCE, R, l., Dec. IA, 1879.

ihoNiDENCE, II, l., Dec. IL, 1917.
Farrell Murray, who was committed
to cell for drunkenness Saturday after
noon, hanged himself with leather
strap; The strap broke, and the tall
which followed ruptured bloodvessel
in his head, which caused his death this
morning.
The daily gazette., 1879-12-15
NOTICE

IN WILMINGTON, October !, 1879.
The Wilmington Savings Fund Society
hereby give notice that on and after Janu-
ary /, 1880, interest will be allowed on
deposits at FIVE % PER CENT. per annum.
BY order Of the Board.
J. ERNEST SMITH,
Ocl-3m. Treasurer,