Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-08
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Platelayers.-Butlers and walters.
They call sewing societies sew-cials.
FaVorite airs-South and west winds.
my works dun," remarked the COL
lector, as he started out in the morn
ing.
The South has heavier crops than it
can handle, and is laying its hands on all
the surplus labor it can find.
The cattle-bells in the Harz noun
tains, in Germany, are made so as to
harmonic with one another IN sound.
Over two thousand institutions in
the United States have the legal right to
confer the titles Of professor and doctor.
When q Chinaman was saved from
drowning by being pulled from the water
by his pig-tail he feebly murmured, II
thank queue"
You may go and stir up strife and con-
tention between two friends by single
word. The two may be only monosyl
liable. 1t is little thing, that little
word but see how great fire the little
coal kindled!
Do not judge n man by his failure in
life, for many man fails because he is
too honest to succeed. Do not judge q
man by his speech, for the parrot talks,
but the tongue is but an instrument of
sound. Do not judge a man by his
house, for the lizard and the rat often
inhabit the grandest structure.
When, year ago, Chief Victoria
learned that the Americans had put him
in dime novel, he Immediately went
upon the war-path, and is now shedding
the blood of pale faces to wipe out them
suit He didn't mind being robbed by
Indian agents, but the dime novel out
rage was too much. .-N0rr. Herald.
Lady.-"But tell me, Miss Jenkins,
why you are not satisfied" Governess:
"Well, the fact is madam, l should be
perfectly contented to stay if Master
Tommy were not so plain But l am
afraid of his being taken for my little
boy some day when we are out walking,
and that would be so very unpleasant!
Johnny's father is professional jury
man, and talks about his business at the
family table. Johnny goes to Sunday
school. On recent Sunday the teacher
asked him what Cain did when God ac-
cused him of being his brothers MUIR
derer. "He didn't do muffin but fix it
with the jury" was the startling reply
which struck the teachers ear.
The entire diamond product of the
world during the first quarter of this
century is estimated at about 500, 100000.
Since the discovery of the South African
diamond-felds, the market value has
been affected to considerable degree,
and these precious gems will be compara-
lively cheap, if the findings continue to
enlarge. In 1878, $l5,423,OOO worth
were taken, and last year nearly $ls,-
100000
! Make it rule never to go to bed with
cold or damp feet. Few things are more
dangerous to the health. They should
be dried and rubbed with n towel and
warmed by fire if possible. To those
who suffer from cold feet at night, !
would suggest the plan of putting them
in hot water-as hot rs can be borne
for few minutes just before bedtime,
then in cold water, and finishing off with
n brisk rubbing with coarse towel.
The Duke of Edinburgh, it is said,
once asked gentleman who few
minutes before had been introduced as
"the greatest musician in the world"
the following question, Can you tell
me how it is that there is no horn
player to be found sure in the high
notes, except enc man l had on board
the GalateaP" 81 can," said the mu-
sician. "How SOP" Because on board
ship the man always practices ON the
high c." Tableau!
A youthful Magyar, within the last
few weeks, won wager, with severa
minutes and an omelette to spare, that
he would, within the hours of $50 p. m.
and midnight, with full dinner portion
to each dish. devour: Roast beef with
poprika sauce and potatoes, Viennese
veal outlet with peas, a filet of beef with
dumplings, half fowl fried in batter,
bubble and squeak, beefsteak with
poached eggs, fried calls liver, calf's
brains and kidneys, picked veal, stewed
beef, broiled goose liver, and flicas-
seed fowl with carrots. He washed them
down with five quarts of beer, four bot
ties of old wine, and three of aerated
water.