Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-03-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

Over twenty thousand carloads OF
live and dressed poultry are carried
into New York city yearly, and s5,5OO,-
600 dozens of eggs go to the same
market. According to the best esti-
mates, the United States produces nine
thousand million of eggs annually.
This is nice little item for the consid-
Grafton of those who call chicken busi-
ness-egg raising-a small thing. A
common pin is a very little thing, but a
paper of pins is worth setting a price
| on; while the manufacture of pins like
the production of eggs, is an industry
worth the attention of men of ability
and the investment Of capital.
Professor Otto Bollinger, of the Uni
versity of Munich, read a paper re-
Gently on artificial tuberculosis as in
duced by the use of the milk OF tuber-
culosis cows. He endeavored to de-
monstrate that the milk of such animals
has contagious influence and repro
duces the disease in other animals. See
ing the enormous mortality from con-
sumption, Professor Bollinger believes
1t to be of the utmost importance to
urge upon all classes, and particularly
upon farmers, the absolute necessity of
taking every possible means of stamping
out the disease am ong cattle.
A boy five years old fell into the East
river in New York. A large crowd
gathered round, but no one dared to
go to the boys assistance, and he would
have been drowned had not a bootblack,
who was polishing a mans boots near
| by, left his customer and jumping into
the river pulled the boy out upon raft
of logs. The mother of the rescued boy
offered his preserver 50. but the latter,
seeing that she was a poor woman,
good -humoredlv declined the gift. The
name of this brave lad is John Higgins.
and the principal of the school, as well
as his teacher, speak highly of him.
John will yet make his mark in the
world.
In France a marriage is invalid with
out the actual and formally recorded
consent of the parents or their represen-
tatives, and even q man of full age who
wishes to marry and cannot obtain his
fathers consent is compelled to serve him
three times with notice calling on him
to show cause why the marriage should
not be permitted. After three such SER
vices and on proofof full age, the mar
riage is allowed. These provisions
render clandestine marriages impossible
A male eloper would not only have his
marriage set aside, but would be severely
punished for abduction.
Australia threatens to become p serious
competitor with the United States in
the new business of supplying England
with fresh meat. About thirty tons ol
fresh meat preserved by new process,
which keeps the air around the meat at
low temperature, have been brought
to London from Australia in the Strah-
leven and landed in excellent condition.
A correspondent of the London Times,
who has eaten dinner off a Joint of this
meat. and pronounces it, prime, fat, OK
beef" says it can be delivered on board
in Australia for ID. pound and sold in
London for I'd. more, or, say, with profit
allowed, for sd. Go cents) a pound. AL
most any quantity is procurable, there
being in Australia 100000 cattle and
81 ,000,0 600 sheep. In New York one can
not buy prime, fat, OK beef" for ter
cents pound; for good joints one mus
pay twice that price.
The fees which physicians may charge
in Prussia for their services is regulated
by law, and according to the most re
cent ordinance, the charge for the frs
visit to a sick person is fixed at two
marks (twenty-fve cents standing for {
mark), aud one mark for each suhse
quent visit; where, however, sevcra
persons belonging to the same famiI!
and dwelling in the same house have'tC
be treated at the same time, then, 10,
the second and each succeeding person
only the hall of these fees respectively il
to be charged-the same rule is to appl.
TO boarding schools and similar institu
tions, also to prisons. When there is {
consultation of several physicians ahou
the treatment of a.sick person, includ
ing their personal visits. each physician
is to receive fer the first consultation
i've marks, and three marks for eacI
subsequent similar consultation. Oh
the occasion OF the first visit 10 tn
physicians residence for his medical ad
vice, one mark and half. For the ad
ministration of chloroform, ETC., whel
necessary for the treatment of the pa
tient, three marks.