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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
A MiSer's End.

Marvin Banning, of Hadlyme, miser
and a hermit, died recently, aged IA,
and he is said to have starved himself
to death. Having early developed hab-
its of industry, shrewdness and rigid
economy, he accumulated an ample
fortune before reaching the age of so,
He said he never had time to look for
a wife, and he lived alone, his diet for
the past ten years being raw pork and
hard bread. Sometimes he denied
himself food and fire for long periods
in the coldest weather, and many sup
posed he was really very poor. When
he was dying, however, he told his at
tendant that treasures were concealed
in and about his house, and since then
several bags of silver and gold, aggre-
eating $4,000, have been found in a
barrel of butternuts in the garret, while
a box containing gold and silver and
several thousand dollars worth of
United States and other bonds was
unearthed in the cellar. Banning was
a shareholder in the Saybrook National
Bank and large depositor in several
savings banks, but the amount of his
property is not known. As he left no
will, it all goes to his sister, Mrs.
Wright, of Deep River, who is in very
needy circumstance .-Neous sHaUen( Ct.)
Palladium.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
Threatened determination OF the Wild
Pigeon.

Sportsmen are waking up to the fact
that the indiscriminate and wholesale
slaughter of pigeons is rapidly thinning
out the species. Sporting papers are
full of complaints about the manner in
which netters and trappers capture and
kill the birds at their nestings in Michi-
gan and elsewhere. 1t is suggested
that law be passed by all States in
which the pigeon brings forth its
young, prohibiting the killing or trap.
ping of the birds for three years. 1t is
claimed that this would give the iocks
chance to recuperate to such an extent
that similar laws would not have to be
passed for years afterward. AS sub
stitute for the pigeon during the years
that pigeon destroying is barred, the
marsh blackbird is suggested. This
bird is very abundant on the Calumet,
Kankakee, and Illinois rivers. 1t is
claimed that they are crest corn and
grain destroyers, and that they could
easily be spared. To show the way in
which sportsmen themselves massacre
pigeons, $4,000 birds have recently been
Gagged for slaughter at Peoria. The Ill
inois State Sportsman's Association il
holding its great annual shoot Their
this week.--ChicagO Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
Wranping Food in l'aner.

1t is matter of daily experience on
the part of everyone who purchases
such common necessities of life as but.
ter, bacon, cheese, sausages, ETC., that
these goods are almost invariably
wrapped up in printed or manuscript
paper. Perhaps we might also say that
provisions for picnics and other ham
pers are slowed away in similar cover
ings, and it will, therefore, not be amiss
if we call attention to the fact that dan
ger has been discovered to lurk in these
familiar wrappings. In the case of
printed paper, the characters have often
been transferred to the cheese or but
ter, and either they are cut away by the
observant cook or they are unnoticed,
and in due course become assimilated
in the process of satisfying hunger. 1t
is suppose that the ink or the paper
itself may possibly by some chance
contain something deleterious. But
written paper is even more likely to be
hurtful, inasmuch as in writing the pa
per has been in close contact with the
hand, which not improbably may be
giving off perspiration that may enter
the pores of the paper and may there
ferment, not with advantage to health
in the event of any portion of the man
uscript being allowed to accompany the
food down unsuspecting throats. This
subject has called forth some CORE
spondence in certain German papers,
and, though we would not attach absurd
Importance to it, it may still be said
that clean, unused paper is SO cheap
that provision dealers have small excuse
for using either printed or written mat
ter for wrapping up their commodities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17

its, so constant his attentions, that at
last Mr.. Robert Palmer's wrath burst
forth.
"Ellen," he said, as he one day closed
the door on the departing Captain, "I
really cannot permit this to go on any
longer. Your conduct to me is most
unexpected astounding. You
are by far too intimate with this fellow,
Lowell. He is constantly in my house !;
and last evening he scarcely left your
side, while you stood, for two hours,
the center of a group of chattering,
grinning popiniays, like himself"
"Why, Bob, you yourself blamed me
for playing wall-hower and spider and
said you were ashamed of me-"
"I am much more ashamed of you
now," he retorted, severely.
"Now, dear, that is quite unreasona-
BILE of you. Didn't you tell me that
would please you by enjoying myself
and flirting ittle9 You know you
did," added Nelbs, reproachfully; "and
now that I am obeying you, you get
jealous"
"Jealous? not II But am offended
and insulted-yes, and disgusted as
well. If only you could hear the remarks
about yourself and that Lovell--"
'"Similar to those that / heard in re-
gard to you and Miss Baden, pre-
sumep" said his wife.
"What is Miss Baden to me?" he de-
manded, angrily.
"And what is Capt. Lowell to me?"
"You encourage him, madam. You
hirt with him."
Gas you do with Isabel Baden"
"a man may do what is not permissi-
BILE in woman"
"Ah, that is it +" said Nellie, with her
old sigh. "You men may neglect a
wife-may wear out her heart and life
with anguish-may expose her to the
pity or ridicule of all her acquaintance
by showing devotion to another; and
she, poor slave, must not presume to
turn, as may even the trampled worm,
but must bear all in meek silence,
never even imploring mercy, lest she
offend her lord. But have had enough
of this, Bob; and now as you do to me
will l do to you. If you go on flirting,
so will I. know you don't care bit
more for Isabel Baden than I do for
Capt. Lowell; but I will not be neg
lected and humbled in the sight of the
whole world. I am not a slave, but a
wife, and demand the honor due to me |"
Her mood was new one to her hus-
band. She sat erect and proud, look
ing him steadily in the face, with bright,
clear eyes, in whose depths he could
still read great tenderness; and he at
once comprehended the whole matter.
He looked at her moment, as steadily
as she ut him, and then he rose and
took seat by her side.
"And you really care nothing for
this Lowell, Nellie?"
"No more than I ought to do for
my cousin Laura's afianced husband,
she replied.
'Affianced?"
"These six months; before I met
him; and would have told you of it,
but"
She stopped, and looked half archly
in his face. He understood her, and,
taking her in his arms, kissed her ten
derly.
"Oh, Bobi how could you ever have
doubted ne?"
"I will do so no more, Lowell"
"Never firt any more?"
"Neyeri"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
Luck and Labor.

IF the boy who exclaims, "Just my
luckp was truthful, he would say,
"Just my lazinessp or "Just my mat
tentionl" Mr.. Golden wrote proverbs
about "Luck and Labor" 1t would be
well for boys to memorize them:
Luck is waiting for something to
turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will,
will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post
man would bring him news of legacy.
Labor turns out 6 o'clock, and with
busy pen or ringing hammer lays the
foundation of competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down to indigence.
Labor strides upward to independ.
mce.- W0tcbntG1l.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
e Il. Bit OF MOSS.

To the eye of Him who watches over
q sparrow's fall there is nothing great,
nothing small. The man of science
trains lis eye to a similar impartiality
in looking at nature. A moss to the un-
trained eye seems insignificant. To
the eye of the bctanist it is little
world. A friend once complained to
the great Swedish botanist that Sweden
did not afford scope enough for the
study of nature. Linn@us laid his
hand upon bit of moss, on bed of
which they we're reclining, and said:
Under this palm is material for the
tudy of lifetime!"
One day, when lost in an African
desert, Mungo Park came across tuft
of moss. This bit of green growing in
az arid waste was messenger from
God to the desponding explorer.
eff God cares for the MOSS" he said
to himself, " surely He cares for me"
And he went on his way, exhilarated by
the sight of bit of moss.
Wordsworth speaks to ears that can
hear:
To me the meanest flower atblows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
Onc.HOrse Comets.

A new comet is coming-sit down,
sit down, sit down; what's the use of
getting excited? 1t is only visible from
the second peak of Mount Avt-
chimboguandalahasta in Central Asia,
and only there with three-story tele-
scope and then it is only visible twen-
ty minutes at midnight, and not then
unless the atmosphere is exactly right ;
and when it is visible it only looks like
a star about half the size of the little
one in Jobs coffin. BY all the starry
worlds that swing in space, when "we'
were boy the comets used to come
around every summer, with heads on
them like fre-balloons, and tails that
stretched from the big dipper to the
southern cross, and wagged back and
forth like bewildered torchlight pro-
cession, and came so close to the earth
that they put the moon out. Out on
these single -barreled comets, three for
a quarter, that they get up for U.S. in
these degenerate modern days! We
wouldn't walk from here to Asia to sec
a hundred of 'em.- Btrdette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
IT was Beau Brummel who said that

IT was Beau Brummel who said that
the finest perfume of the toilet was the
perfume OF clean linen. There is one
city in the United States where there is
clean linen galore; that is Troy, N. Y.
1t is the great shirt'manufacturing city
of the country. 1t has forty firms,
which pay 81 1928, $50 for wages, to 11,719
persons, and $2,000,000 Torrent, machin-
cry, and material. In return they re-
ceive $5, $4,000 for nothing but collars,
cuffs, and shirts. Troy, it is claimed,
makes three-fourths of all the cuffs and
collars used in the world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
"LiVing."

90 We can only live once; and deaths terrors
With LIES bowers and roses entwine,
And our lives would be darkened by errors,
Did we, even like cats, possess nine.
They would be, perhaps, all OF them wasted,
And be recklessly squandered away,
And not half the joys would be tasted,
The ole life can embrace in day.
" Let the lives that we live be worth living,
Let the days that we spend be well spent,
Let us save for the purpose OF giving,
And not borrow at fifty per cent.
Let us never cease living and learning,
And use life for its noblest ends,
And when dust to its dust is returning,
We shall live in the hearts of our friends"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17

The deepest mine in the world now
worked is said to be the Adalbert lead
and silver mine in Austria, which is
$3.50 feet deep. The next is Viviep
coal mine in Belgium, 2,847 feet. 1t
was sunk to the depth of 1886 feet,
but, no coal having been found, the
work is at the former level
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17
PITH AND POINT.
RAoY reading-News of the turf.

RACY reading-News of the turf.
THE early fruit fetches the worm.
The hair crop is very short this
season..
. ALMOST every German is a musical
foot on.
WHAT a barber should talk about
while shaving a man-About two Sec
onds.
"BUsTHEAD" is the popular name for
whisky in West Virginia. And those
who indulge in it are usually "busted."
AN exchange asks: SIN the vegetable
race who ever saw the tomato caGchup?"
No one, of course; but the tomato can.
"MY Souls at the Gate," is the title
Of new piece of music. He had bet
ter be careful, or he may find the old
mans sole at the gate, too, some of
these fine evenings.
JUNE with rose in her hair,
Sweet as her breath is sweet
Her lips aquiver with song,
With ripple of soft warm air
Stirred by her love-urged teet,
Is booming right along.
A LITTLE dog in front yard will
make more noise than whole menagerie
particularly when fellow is trying to
slip out of the front door without max
ing any noise, and the old folks happen
to sleep right over the front stoop.-
ElmirG Gazette.
LITTLE BILLY was told: "Never ask
for anything at the table. Little boys
should wait until they are served" The
other day, after rejecting seriously a
minute or two, he asked: Mamma, when
little boys starve to death do they 60 to
heaven ?"-PariS paper.
SOME persons have a great faculty
for getting on in the world. The little
shaver who stood at the foot of his class
when we we're schoolboys together now
proudly guards the left field in some
crack baseball club, and is playing for
o fielding average of .976-NeaO Have1e
Register.
WHEN you see woman going toward
the river with good-sized pole in her
you needn't think she's going fishing.
Not much! she's got boy down that
way who promised her, with tears in
his eyes, he wouldn't go in swimming.
-StIbenviIle Herald.
"GENTLEMEN of the jury" said Mr..
Phelps to the twelve men of Worthing-
ton, Mimi, who had convicted his
daughter of selling cider without a
license, "all I've got to say is, you're o
set of jackasses, and you may wave
your ears over that solemn truth" Mr..
Phelps was fined $40 for contempt of
court.
RAPHAEL died without knowing the
rapture it is to catch the expression on
the face Of a man who chases street.
car three blocks, and then, just before
he makes the jump for the step, pulls
up suddenly and goes back to the side
walk, trying to look as though he hadn't
just discovered that he hadn't solitary,
lingering red cent about his clothes.
He looked up very humbly, and said
he was sorry to be found in such
place, but he could assure the court
that he was never in the prisoners box
before. "Never?" asked the court,
with some severity. Look-a-here,
Judge" said the culprit, "name the fine,
but for Heavens sake don't spring that
'Pinafore gag on ellow."-Iurnaer'S
Falls Reporter.
TAFFY.
OF all CONNECTIONS in the list,
The girls deem tafy sweetest;
And, with mouth well filled and kissed,
Their Joy is the completestl
So boys, when they a-sparking go,
Are in the modern fasEicn-
They talfy lavishly bestow,
And counterfeit loves passion.
-Chicdgo Commercial AdUerttser
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17

IT appears that Mark Twain has not
had the mumps in Paris, after all. What
the foreigners took for the mumps was
only Marks natural cheek.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-10-17

OF all CONNECTIONS in the list,
The girls deem taffy sweetest;
And, with a mouth well filled and kissed,
Their JOY is the completesti
So boys, when they a-spaIking go,
Are in the modern fashion
They taify lavishly bestow,
And counterfeit loves passion.
: Chicd0O Commercial 1dUerttSer.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04

MARYvILLE, Feb, 1t, 1879
Mr.. EDI10R: We ara having a
warm, showery spell Of wsa,her now,
with an unusual amount Of sickness.
Coughs, colds, sore throa's aad pneu-
mouia prevail! until they ale some
thing like an epidemic. There is
scarcely a family but that one or more
are sick.
Our people we're surprised - tie
auufaTance If Hut AmaTiue 81 @Iio's
estabIshmsn last thursday nIE Il, -
custody Of Deputy Sbe.itt W. w
FreshCur. and ha- waica Is mos cd -
prisiug - many -, tLat he was taken
without the fire OF a gan, - ans body
getting hurt.
I, elected their olilceIs for ths ensn-
iug quarter, Thursday night, = Follows:
VIVA. 2. Hasliugs, w q. Z Mrs. Bet
tie FulEeTson, w. '. II John ).
Faulkner, w. Chap; Col Charles
Burger, ". Sec; John }.
Faulkner, Jr., W. Z. See; Miss
Nellie L. Bartlett, W. Treas; Alex
Farmer, w. NJ; Miss Martha Barker,
w. ] G VIM. Ingram, w. y. q
Appaiuted- Sue Haunum, II. l..
=: Miss Gu.sie Faulkner, l. RI. ..
The temperance work il SILL pro-
gr5ssiHg, aud the prospects are bfigh
for a TelOr IN iu this respect, TO con
siderable degree. Next Sunday nigh,
Gen. r. II. Hood is 10 deliver pre-
fgssioual lecture on the subject, from 9
ivgaj standpoint. W.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04
.hanc,ry C3ysr

lne CUzacesy ouct met yesterday
morning. FIon w 3 sssIey Of The
bench, anu tie folioaing was entered
Of record:
T. A. Dunn IS. NJ E. Dnun et al +;
revived against w. T. Francis.
L. w. Gaut and wife Us. w. L.
Manson and wife ct al; report OF Clei K
aud Master set aside, ana recJmmitted;
com pIainant allowed one month to
take testimony, defendants z weeks;
complainant aud security on cross bill
to pay costs.
Jas. e. King VS. Jos. Ford; decree
against defendant. if not PAID IN o0
days sale ordered appeal prayed ana
allowed one month 10 give bond or
otherwise comply with the law.
30. Moses VS. d. q. Cook and wife
ct al; decree against defendant; II not
paid in go days, sale ordered.
Cyfiln, wilson & 20, e. al vs..
Union Consolidated Mining Company,
ct. al; judgmet final against defend
ants, aud Judgement ntsl aga 'nst the
gsrnishe.
s. Watson, Trustee. ct al, Vs. Ex-
change ami Deposit Bank, ct 81; de-
cree against defendants if not paid
in so days sale ordered appeal prayed,
ole month to give bond.
Court adjourned til 90 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04
EEGELEgE HIS.


Chew JacksoE's Best sVsoe' M ~ Tobacco
San Francisco, California, has been
attacked with green cucumbel-
already.
Knoxville will nave some allr.C.
tons Ia The amusement line for The
next few weeks at least.
Nine. Nodjeska, the famous ac.re- :,
had a rousiug reception and packed
houses IN Atlanta last week.
Nashville is jubiIant over tue fact
that size Is tie largest city IN the State
since Memphis is gone up the hame.
30 pusaee, no shovee, 40 Pullee,
alice sames go like heiIee," was the
Chinaman's first exclamation upon
seeing an automatic steam elevator.
3. Wiulkind, former citizen OF
Chattanooga, hut who Ass selling
goods a. Leary, Ga, was robbed, mur-
dered and then burned in his store
last week.
Newman Garter, the negro murderer
of his paramour, Ann Kidd, who wss
found guilty. by q co!oled jIry les.
week ofmuIder il The frs. degree, vi ii
mitigating circumstances, was refused
new trial by Judge HAHN The Cr!mi-
nal Court yesterday, and his sentence,
whatever it may be, will lie pro
nounced ID day.
The Circuit Court was unable 4. s.
ssmbIs yesterday morning .. ihe
proper hour, from the facL that the
CbauCsTy Court WAS occupying the
Circuit C0uIt room, and would not sur
render, and the CIiDinal Court Ts
fn session below. This court 1inizEol
up before noon, however and the CIR
cult Court uaz allowed 10 occupy
that r00m afeT noon.
Sunday was grounding day and
it was bright sunshiny day a. that
Thus according to the olI and -jme'
honorei legend, his hCs having
been able to discover his shadow OF
coming ous of his hole. returned a
once, aud VII rem9in for SIX week
longer, during which time we ore t.
have rough winter. and, as a C5r-C
quenee, a late spring.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04

stEcn!s Gear.
The Circuit Court of Knox county
convened yesterday evening ia The
criminal Court Goon, Hoo. ,. a,
Rodgers prg4.dlag, aud The FLOWING
business was transacted
The following jurym=u wele im2an-
nelrcI TO- The tenn:
G. n Eaz q, 6 ). 4. McEu.t,
David ) ar, Pryor Eag!a4d1 /. )
Rulhe. ford, | U&D I0rrtJ, j. "
Fowler, CuId Cos, r P. Ben, :. II.
Magcum. +. ". Gamble, i l. Gag
r. +. b. get, JuHEy Lonts, =. /
novle. A. II. Gubsrt, J. a. Eayre-,
JAM Tlott, George Woods, Aanli!son
sexton. A. +. smith, \. Ea3sour,
Isaac Kirby, q mCy 5 Jvbe.
john 4. Do or, by ueXJ flie1d, vs..
Knoxville icon Co., ru!e On p.alniiii
Mah4la McD4uisl IS Mayor and
Aldermen Of Knoxville; defeudant
entered M ion 20 sNizs.
Ro1t. CIajgLcad receiver, etc, vs..
James MiiIal; death IF defendant sGg
". II. C5uls vs.. IL. H. Hubbard !;
death of plaintiff suggested aud
Hodge & BIakeblI ys. John Cox ;
suit dismissed 10y plaintiff, defendant
5 Gohn ys. G. ". Roland; suit dis
missed by plaintiff
FiilZ Negs bert vs.. ). }. tarFeT; con :
tinued by consent.
death Of r l. Wis Il sugge I'D aud
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04

John r Simmons, q prominent
yCuug druggist Of Atl4a.ar Ga, was
shot ana killed last Friday evening il
q bir-room by Sam. Hill, who is q
brother Of Mayor J. T. III, Of Chat
tanoCgs. The trouble seems TO have
been alleged Intimacy between the
ceased aud His wife, who is said 10
be a very beautiful woman. HILL gave
himself up at once, and is in jail. The
coroner's jury rendered 9 verdict Of
murder,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04
COLLECTION OF TAX.
Ats E1nFor ant Change ia the Existing
Law.

Ass Esngor. ans change ia the kissing
Law.
The oll,wing is the full text Of the
act passed by the General Assembly
aud approved by the Governor, ito
amend an &C. to more cheap]y coiIec,
the State, county and municipal reve-
nue.. Passed March 23td, 1872
Section l Be it enacted by the
General Assem- bly, of the State of Ten
uess ee, that lines the second and third
of section Of an act TO more cheaply
collect the State, county and munIci-
pal revenue, be so amended as to lead
the fret Monday Of the tenth month,
instead of the first Monday of the
third month, excepting all municipal
corporations of not less than 20 600 nor
more than $4,000 Inhabitants, by he
last census af the United States.
See. ,. Be il further enacted, thai
the said County Trustees before pro-
ceeding further to collect said taxes,
together with their securities, shall ap
near before the County Courts Of their
res peclive counties and acknowl ledge
in writing their Willingness TO De
bound under the terms and conditions
0? their bonds fer the collection Of
said taxes, and in case they refuse TO
appear and acknowledge their Habih =
lies anew, then said Trustee i 10 enter
into anew bond fer the faithful per-
formance Of his duties. Provided,
however, that If any Trustee shall fail
or refuse to renew his bond Or give p
new one "a hereinbef0Te provided, then
in such case. said office of Trustee shall
be declared vacant and the County
| Court shall proceed st cree 10 III the
vacancy, IS required b. law. Provided
/ further, that said Trustees sinai! rene"
! lheir bonds or give uew ones $ mere
igbefore provided on or before TIE Isl
/ Monday 10 March, 1879.
+ Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, th&a3
/ this act take eff ct from and after It's
passage, the public welfare TeqalF'
/ ing it,
Passed Jan. 90, 1879.
J. R NEAL,
Speaker of the Senate.
H. 2. FOWLKES,
/ Speaker of The House of Rspresenta
tiye9.
Approved Jan. 81, 1879.
ALBERT >. MARKS,
Governor.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-04
Fiusintss FRfinrss.

Lack ofjndgment causes faliy 90 FER
cent. Of ali business men TO fail, earlier
.crI.tsT. DanOt an equal proportion
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