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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
An Emperor who would have Dumplings,

Ferdinand |. was from all accounts an
amiable but weak-minded man, and took
no interest whatever in the government,
which was managed by the chief minis
ter, the Prince Metternich, the real mon
arch. An amusing anecdote was current
of the emperor, which his subjects took
great delight in repeating. 1t appears
that his majesty was hunting that sum-
mer in the Syrian mountains, and was
overtaken by a violent thunderstorm.
He took refuge in m-house, whose
occupants were just then at dinner. The
emperor's eye was caught by some smok-
ing dumplings, made of coarse flour, and
he said he would like to taste them The
farmers wife was overjoyed, and helped
him plentifully. His chamberlains were
astounded to see their master eating with
more relish than he had ever done before.
When he got back to Vienna, he ordered
the same kind of dumplings to be served
up daily, to the horror of theroyal cooks
The courtiers were scandaliZed at such 9
homely dish figuring on the menu, and
even his physicians demonstrated against
such coarse food. The emperor, who had
always been the most plant of men, now
showed he had will of his own, and
persisted in gratifying his new fancy
Finally, after a long consultation, the
physicians decided it was dangerous tc
his health to be living on dumplings, and
insisted on his giving them up. To theil
establishment the docile sovereign stamp.
ed his foot, and declared he would never
sign another Official document if his diet
was denied him. Emperor l am" he
shouted, land dumplings will have!'
To prevent a stoppage of the government
machinery, all opposition was with
drawn, and his majesty chung tenaciously
to his dumplings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
Chateaubriand and Napoleon.

On his return to Paris he was present
ed to Napoleon at great fete given by
Lucien Napoleon, then minister of the
interior. 81 was in the gallery when
Napoleon entered; he struck me agreea-
bly,. I had never seen him except at a
distance. His smile was caressing and
fine; his eye admirable, especially in the
way it was set under the forehead and
lined by the eyebrow. He had not yet
any charlatanism in his look, nothing
theatrical or affected, The Genius OF
Christianity which made much noise at
that moment, had acted on Napoleon.
A prodigious Imagination animated this
cold politician" Chateaubriand was
concealing himself behind his neighbors,
when Bonaparte raised his voice and
called him by name, Monsieur de Cha
teaubriand" They stood together, apart
"Bonaparte spoke with simplicity, with
out compliments, without useless ques-
tions and preambles; he spoke to me at
once of Egypt, of the Arabs, as if we
had been intimate and had continued q
conversation already begun. 4 have al
ways been struck, said he, when saw
the sheiks fall on their kness in the des-
ert, turn themselves to the east, and touch
the sand with their foreheads. What is
this unknown thing they adored toward
the eastp Bonaparte interrupted him.
self, and without any transition: Chris.
tianity! Have not the ideologues tried
to make of it system of astronomy
Well, if it were SO, can they persuade me
that Christianity is smallp If it is an
allegory of the movements of the spheres
the geometry of the stars, the strong
minds have still left greatness enough tc
the intanse.' Bonaparte abruptly left
me. l was like Job in his night, wher
"a spirit passed before my face; the hail
of my flesh stood up; it stood still, but
| could not discern the form thereof; al
image was before my eyes; there wa'
silence, and / heard voice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
The Wire Age,

We are told that the world has passed
through stone, brass, and iron age, ETC.,
and now it seems as if it had arrived at
the wire age. In coming up the streets
of a city, the first and the last thing to be
seen, is wire running-the mind only
wonders where Some one has aptly lik-
ened the interlacing wires in city like
New York, to the work of some giant
spider, which has covered the streets and
houses with a network of iron webs
But wires are not 70 city use alone
There are many times on the farm, when
a piece of wire might prove of great SER.
vice. There are other places than in a
pigs nose, where, If bit of wire was
used, much trouble might be saved.
Things will break, and there is nothing
better for mending than wire. A piece
of harness, or part of the wagon, har-
row, cultivator, ETC., may come apart at
just the wrong time, and nothing will so
easily mend matters as a piece of wire,
if it is at hand. We keep in our work
shop a large spool Gin fact two, for differ
ent sizes) of copper wire, which comes
in play so often that it is looked upon as
one of the essential things in the outfit
of the shop, and we commend it to every
farmer as one of the greatest of little
conveniences. A small coil or spool of
such wire should be kept in the work
coat pocket; it will save vast deal of
going to the house for repairs, and be one
way of saving money. One should new
er start on journey, whether for several
days, OF only few miles, without coil
of wire under the seat, or in some corner
or part of the buggy or farm wagon.
Thus provided, one has the means of re-
pairing almost every minor damage to
harness or vehicle. In the matter of
wires, the country should not be outdone
by the city. If it be "an age of wire" it
should be so everywhere alike.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
A Beautiful Phenomenon.

The French ship Armide while in the
waters of twelve degrees north latitude,
and between the meridians of sixty-one
degrees and fifty-one degrees, east longi-
tude, witnessed the following beautiful
phenomenon
Looking attentively over the ships
side at night the water was seen to con-
tain an enormous number of luminous
particles pressed closely together, and
more brilliant close to the side, where
undisturbed. Some four hundred of
these corpuscles, one or two centimetres
long, could be counted in bucket hold
ing ten litres of the water. Drawn out,
these were seen to be gelatinous sub
stance, which quickly dried and disap-
peared leaving dark globule one MILL
metre in length, which, in the micro
scope, presented a transparent ovoid ami
malcule filled with eggs, and moving its
fins and tentacles necessarily. A drop Of
water added to the dark globule brought
back its luminosity, and when the crea-
ture was bruised in the hand it gave a
bright mark which was quickly extin-
guished and had no smell. The milky
water, kept till day, and looked at in the
dark, shows no luminosity, even though
agitated nor does the water procured by
day and brought into darkness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
What an Austrian Did,

Not long ago a cattle dealer named
Grunbaum living at Zsolna, in Austria,
disappeared. AS he was known to be in
fair circumstances and good health, it
was naturally apprehended that he had
fallen victim to foul play, and dill
gent search was instituted. The result
was that in a wood not far from town a
mutilated corpse was found, in the peck
cts of the clothes of which were letters
addressed to Grunbaum, and which was
at once recognized by Grunbaum'S wife
as the body of her husband. Not very
long before his disappearance Grunbaum
had insured his life for $4,000 in one
office and for So, 500 in another; and af-
ter the funeral these sums were claimed
by his widow, to whom everything was
left by the will of the deceased. Before
the policies were paid, however, the sus-
picions of one of the offices were excited
by some chance. Inquiries were insti-
tuted, and finally it was discovered that
Grunbaum was still alive. He was at
once arrested; and it has been now es-
tablished that he himself murdered a
stranger he met in the wood where the
body was found, dressed the corpse in
his clothes, putting on himselfthe clothes
of the dead man, and placing his letters
in the pockets of his victim. His wife
was to draw the policies payable on the
death of her husband, and the two then
intended to emigrate under another name
! to America.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
How Niagara looks by Electric Light.

The illumination Of the Niagara Falls
on the American shore, by means of the
electric light, has now given to this far
famed scenery doubly attractive aspect.
Science by this appliance, eclipses even
the efforts produced by art, and the fan
tastic display of color, through suitable
glasses, surpasses the most gorgeous tints
the painter may throw upon his canvas.
The Falls, from the terrace of Prospect
Park, appear now, on dark night under
the rays of a red electric light, like an inn
mense swiftly flowing flood of dark red
fiery lava, which as quickly changes by
turn of the hand of the man stationed at
the revolving glass, in front of the burn
er, into one of bright quicksilver, or
again, when alternating colors are plac-
ed before the dazzling, electric flame, as
huge, compact and moving rainbow.
The foam and spray at the pit of the cas-
cade, which the daytime visitors never
tire to gaze upon, are no longer spray
and mist under this nocturnal fairy trans
formation, but fiery clouds, amid which
the rays of the powerful light play with
magical effect, somewhat resembling,
though more intense, the wondrous phos-
phorescence of the ocean on a sultry, por-
tending night. The many pleasing small
fountains, which embellish the grounds
of Prospect Park itself, throw, for once,
in reality as it were, brilliant showers of
silvery spray, when exposed to the daz-
zling glare of the nearby electric flames.
The most enchanting pyrotecbnic dis
plays of the Chinese art are but little
shadows in comparison with this specta-
Gle. At will the myriads of tiny drops
may he turned either into showers OF
flashing rubies or sapphires, changing in
twinkle to golden sprays, almost too
intense in their splendor, and painful to
to the eye, through the intense contrast
with the pitch black background, afford
ed by The dark masses of the shrubbery
and trees of the park. This is the effect
of about only dozen of these lights.
Their weird look could be enhanced be-
yond ejaculation if the entire vast seen
cry of the grand cataract could be light
ed up the whole distance from the Amer
lean to the Canadian shore by means OF
a few additional batteries placed upon
RATS anchored near the foot of the Horse
shoe falls. Such an illumination would
eclipse the magical wonders of all tradi-
tional Eastern fairy scenes.-They would
pale into insignifcence before these bril-
liant hues called into life by the wand Of
modern science, and if such a display
could be viewed on dark night from 9
bird's-eye view standpoint, the charmed
gazer might readily conceive of their re-
semblance to those antidiluvian gigantic
outbreaks of fiery lava floods, the still
imposing CONCEALED ruins of which now
confront the visitor to the cliffs of Staff
or the Giants Causeway. There is nj
reason why such novel treats on small
scale could not be initiated with advan
tage elsewhere, and give with less cos
more satisfaction than evanescent anC
costly fireworks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
NATHAN HALE.

Iftradition and meagre records are cor
rect, the scene of this patriots examina-
ton and sentence was the little green
house in the garden of the old Beekman
man mansion, on Fifty-second street,
near First avenue, New York, where
Howe had fixed his headquarters.
Hale frankly declared his rank in
Washington's army, and the object of
his visit to the British camp. Upon this
confession the British commander-and
it is difficult to see how he could have
done otherwisc-pronounced him a spy,
and ordered his execution to take place
on the following morning.
The following morning" was Sunday,
the 22d of September, l77o. Where
Hale spent that night, whether at the
Jail (the present Hall of Records), or at
some guard-house, does not appear. One
thing is known, that he was put into the
care of provost-marshal of a most in
human sort, said to be the noted Cum
ningham, whose name afterward sent a
shudder through every one who CHANGED
to become his prisoner. Assured that
his fate was sealed, Hale requested that
lie might be attended by clergyman,
but this was refused by the marshal; SO
too was his request for Bible. On the
fatal morning he was led out to the place
of his execution, which upon the best
data at hand appears to have been the
Rutgers orchard, not far above Franklin
square, on East Broadway, and there
calmly awaited his fate. Pending the
preparations, an English officer received
permission to have Hale remain in his
tent, where the latter found time to write
letters to his mother and comrade in
the army.
When Andre walked to the scaffold in
1880, no sign of faintness escaped him
but bowling to all around, he said, at the
closing moment, Gentlemen, you will
bear witness that l die with the firmness
becoming a soldier" Eyewitness on
the occasion have left the record that his
self-possession throughout the trying
scene was perfect. This was equally
true of Hale, but Hale was far from be.
ing a PROFESSIONALISM and the thought
OF sustaining that character to the enc
seems not to have occurred to him. An
Dire could not belle the traditional cour.
age of the British officer. Hale coult
not belle the cause he had voluntarily es
poused, and when summoned from the
tent where he had written the letters, tC
suffer his fate, his heart found spontane
GUS and unaffected utterance in words
not to be forgotten. 81 only regret,
he said, to the few spectators present
''that have but one life to lose for my
country" Does any page in history fur
nish the example of a purer patriot thar
Hale?-Ha1per'S Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11

The Boston post office is again lighted
with gas, the postmaster accepting the
gas company's offer to furnish it at its
own risk.
The Cambridge city government ap-
points a committee to arrange for the
celebration of the city's 2OOth birthday,
December %.
The schooner Frank NJ. Noyes of Bos-
ton, Capt. Silas Daggett, has sailed from
Vineyard Haven to Bracoa, Cuba, in 5
days and II hours, the quickest time on
record.
Boston's efforts to keep pure the sources
of the Mystic river have made nuisance
for the town of Woburn, where several
tanneries, which formerly drained into
the stream, send their sewage into open
basins.
The will of Miss Mary Clarke Ander-
son of Salem gives $4,000 for parson-
age for the Tabernacle church, $1,000 for
the poor of the city, $500 each to the
missionary society, and the rest, about
$4,000, to the Salem city hospital.
Solomon Bechman of New York, who
has been less of the Merrimac wooden
mill at Dracut, has bought the entire
property of l.. j. Strasburg.
The South church, of Boston, has of
fered S45, 200 for a wonderful clock, to be
exhibited at New York, and said to be
superior in mechanism and variety Of
performance to the Strasbourg clock, but
the lowest price is said to be $4,000
The clock gives the local time of Il
cities, denotes the movements of the
planets for 1900 years; while process,
sion of all the presidents of the United
States pass in review before Washington
at every hour, which is struck by Death
The liabilities of Charles L. Elliot, O
Danvers, boot and shoe manufacturer
are $35, 900, with assets of $4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
Maine.

Frank Brownell Haskell of Cape Eliz-
abeth, Is years old, recently fell head
long, while running across a plowed
field, breaking his neck.
The Goth course of lectures at the
Maine medical school, Brunswick, clos
ed Wednesday, and diplomas were given
% students out of a class of &c.
The state grand lodge Of Knights OF
Pythias, in session at Portland, reports a
gain during the year OF four lodges and
1876 members.
The Bangor theological seminary cele-
brates its Goth anniversary.
The rolling mills at Portland were
damaged $4,000 worth by fire last week
uninsured.
The National positive-motion loom
company is to be formed at Portland with
a capital of 800, 900, of which SS5, 900 i:
to buy the patent right, and the rest tC
start ribbon factory.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
NJ Massachusetts,.

The annual report of the Boston police
commissioners shows that the depart
ment's expenses have been $8l2,844.
The officers of the New York and New
England railroad have paid the state
treasurer the first 1875, 900 of the l,OOO,-
600 to be paid for the 24-acre lot on the
South Boston flats. The second install
ment of $4,000 must be paid before
May |, 1881, and the balance within 10
years thereafter, with interest at 4 per
cent, payable semi annually. The first
payment on the l2-acre lot, which the
company has announced its intention of
taking, is due July /.
Deputy-collector H. M. Abbott, of
Northampton, and sheriff Bryant and
his assistants, made aid on a still in
operation near Montague, Franklin
county, the other night. 1t was found
IN the woods some distance from the
highway, and had apparently been rum
ming only short time. A small quantity
OF cider brandy was found and eight bar
rels OF cider. The manager of the con-
Germ took alarm at the approach of the
officers and has not yet been found.
Collector Tinker and a deputy marshal
from Boston were on hand Wednesday,
and diligent search is being made for the
offenders.
The silver-lead mines in North Pep
perell on James H. Boutwell's land have
been leased to mining company. and
will be worked at once.
Immense numbers of young mackerel
are encountered off the coast, one vessel
sailing through $50 miles of water fairly
alive with them.
The managers of the Brighton national
bank will erect new building near the
railroad station, to cost $4,000
May had the highest mean temperature
at Boston, 62 degrees, for 10 years, and
Thursday, the 27th, had the highest mean
record, S4.7 degrees, ever known there,
while the maximum temperature of the
previous day, 81 degrees, is but 2.5 de-
grees less than the highest record in the
signal office there, reached July 4, 1872.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
Two Laws.

Several days ago a white man was ar
raigned before colored justice down the
country on charges of killing man and
stealing mule.
"Wall," said the justice, ode Jacks in
dis case shell be weighed wild carefulness,
an eff I hangs yer, faint no fault oh
mine"
Judge, you have no Jurisdiction only
to examine me-"
dat sorter work longs ter de raigular
justice, but yer see Use been put on as
special. A special hez de right ter make
mouf at S'preme Court eff he chuses
ter"
''Do the best for me you can, Judge"
Oats what Use gwine ter do. Use got
two kinds OBJ law in dis court, de Arkan-
saw an de Texas law. generally girs q
man de right to choose fur his sef. Now
what law does yer want; de Texas or de
ArkansawP"
81 believe I'll take the Arkansas"
"Well, in dat case, I'll dismiss yer fur
stealin' de mule"
"Thank you, Judge"
can hang yer fur KILN de man."
II believe, Judge, that I'll take the
Texas"
"Wall, in dat case I'll dismiss yer ful
KILN de man"
"You have good heart, Judge"
IAN hang yer fur stealth de mule. III
jis take de 'casion heah ter remark dat d.
only difference tween de two laws il il
de way yer state de case"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11

An ice machine just set at work in
New York produces 10 tons of ice in Sc
hours. 1t consists of large tank in
which galvanized sheet-iron boxes full
of water are placed, each box being "a
inches long, 10 inches wide and 6 inches
deep. A reservoir containing water
charged with chloride of magnesium;
and chilled by means of coils through
which gas composed of ether and sui
phurous oxide is forced, communicates
with the tank, and the magnesium water
circulates around the sheet-iron boxes
in continuous current, freezing the
water as it goes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11
Hal Hal Hal

Bonnets OF leather nOck togetner.
A happy medium-A jolly mesmeriEer.
A Colts revolver is not horse pistol.
There are troops at the poles-catching
fish.
The You-freight-us would be good
river for steamboats, to run on.
A man who wants TO keep cool and
pass an agreeable summer should fling
away his thermometer.
A Western sheriff who had to hang a
murderer got the right twist OF the thing
by hanging six dogs.
The man who was told he was dying
by inches said he didn't care so long as
he had two feet left.
An Oil City girl whose new beau is
clerk in a dry goods store told friend
she had got a new calico wrapper.
A poor tramp went into shoe store to
beg something in their line, and all the
proprietor gave him was a shOe-lift.
Nevada is the place for cowslips. One
man has lost fourteen this year which
slipped over aprecipice.-Det. Free Press.
Why should a thoroughbred baker
never marryp Because he ought never
to spoil batch.-Sdn Francisco Wasp.
1t is smart man who knows how to
begin speech, but it is a smarter man
who knows how and when to end one.
1t is the same with nature as with
humanity, when the land gets worn out
the farmers plaster it, Waterloo ObSer-
yer.
"Does your mother know your routeg"
asked the tease of Tom when Charley
and his bride started on their wedding
tour.
If you want correct information about
any kind of business, ask the individual
who has never engaged in it, Whitehall
Times.
Somebody has discovered that cats
can't live at a greater elevation than ID,
900 feet therefore back sheds should be
built 1880 feet high.
Have no fears for the girl who is fired
out of cannon. Her feet are big enough
to protect her body from any injury.
Detroit Free Press.
A young fellow in Brooklyn tried to
frighten widow by appearing as her
husbands ghost. He is dead. We be-
lieve it was fat-iron.
A new style of ladies hats is called the
Orchard" 1t probably gets its apple
alton from the number of blossoms on it.
-NorriStO1Un Herald.
"Barnum passes poets into his show
at half price," says an exchange. Don't
have your hair cut Or wash yourself till
after you've bought your ticket.
People who wonder why mems hair
turns gray before their whiskers, should
reflect that there is about twenty years
difference in their respective ages.
A man may get credit for wisdom by
simply holding his tongue; but if he is
to get trusted for groceries he must be
prepared to do considerable talking.
When COWS have learned to read and
horses to appreciate dry goods it will pay
some enterprising firm to advertise
itself on rocks, trees and fence-boards.
MISTAKES will happen in the best
regulated families, as the old gentleman
remarked on hearing that the tall and
slender young man had stolen his child
away.
The New Orleans PicGy1tne has ajob
for the next 200 years. 1t is trying to
convince men that they should give up
their seats in the street cars to homely
women.
A pretty actress settled her advertising
bill with a Little Rock newspaper last
week by kissing the editor. Arkansas
editors don't get very rich, but they have
a heap of fun: