Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-05-21

I Burlington is overrun with business and
the force of men is doubled.
Massachusetts.
/ A silver mine in the north part of
[ Worcester, which was opened in the
middle OF the last century, is to be work
/ ed again, unless the parties who have be
/ gun clearing away the debris from the
old shaft get sick of it. Experienced
miners, as usual, saw it is the richest vein
east OF the rocky mountains, and the sill
yer is said to assay $50 to 300 ton. A
stock company is talked of.
Frederick X. Gay, IA years old. was ar
/ rested at Portland, Me-, Thursday. for
stealing S7ll from his employers, Boston
brokers. He had started for the West to
kill Indians.
A young woman of North Tisbury re-
Gently wrote her name on an egg, which
was sold in another town to young
man. Correspondence and approaching
marriage are the result.
The state board OF education at Boston
Thursday adopted uniform course of
study tor the normal schools, and appor-
toned rs follows the legislative appro-
priation for their support Bridgewater,
Sl2, $50; birmingham, $4,000; Salem,
Sl3, 300; Worcester, SO, 800; Westfeld,
SI0,350.
The original colony charter, granted by
Charles / in 1923, and the second. or
! province charter, granted by William
and Mary in 1901, are in perfect preser-
walton in the Office of the state secretary
at Boston.
The shoddy mill owned by David H.
Stearns, at Stearnsville, Mass, caught
hire from machinery recently and was
destroyed. Loss $4,000; no insurance
James Alexander, who had charge of the
mill, was very badly, and it is feared fa-
tally, burned before he escaped from the
building.
1t is related of an old and wealthy Bos-
ton merchant that he has in his Sitting
room an ancient music-box, and several
mirrors reaching from floor to ceiling.
He loves to take his ease with a bowl of
punch or bottle of brandy beside him,
and for amusement he starts the music
box and calls in his man-servants and
maid-servants, and has them dance to
its music, while he watches their move
ments in mirrors, correcting them when
their steps are not right, placidly sip-
ping punch or brandy when all goes well.
Boston Traveller.
The cornerstone of the new hall to be
erected as an addition to Wellesley col
lege is to be laid on the 9th by Mrs.
Valaria Stone of Maiden, who gave
500. 900 for the building; and Mrs.
President Hayes has accepted an invita-
ton to be present and assist at the cere-
mony, and possibly the president him
self will attend. The Boston and Alba
ny railroad has placed at the disposal of
the presidential party a special palace
car. 1t is understood that if Congress
should adjourn before that time, the
president and party will be guests of ex-
GoY. Clatlln at his residence in Newton
tor few days. The president has prom
lsed that II he cannot be present on the
occasion mentioned, he will make Mr..
Clatiin visit some time in June.
Large canvas blankets are to be furn-
ished Boston fire company for catching
persons who jump from burning build
ings.
The Dominion telegraph company of
Montreal, P. O., has sold its entire fele-
phonic rights to the National Bell tele
phone company of Boston; and the lat
ter corporation is on its way to gain
control of all the telephone business of
the Dominion.
A Newburyport business man lost a
watch and chain, and was much exer-
clsed by his misfortune. However. an
honest little boy found the property and
restored it to its owner. This worthy,
upon receiving it, put his hand down
deep in his trousers pocket, pulled forth
a handful of coins, and looking them
over, exclaimed, "Well, really, | haven't
any change less than a five-cent piece,
but I'll pay you some time.
The evangelist, Moody, aftera visit to
the Indian Territory, offered to take ten
or twelve Indian girls and educate them
at his new seminary at Mortified.
East Salisbury is laboring under con-
siderable excitement, the result of rot
ten egg affair. 1t seems that an Ames-
bury man had been rather too attentive
to married woman living in East Sails
bury. The other evening, as the par
ties were returning from a drive, they
were suddenly assailed by shower of
decayed eggs. The man ingloriously fled
leaving the woman to escape as best she
might and she very quickly retreated to
her house.
Superintendent Joseph Walworth of
the Worsted department of the Pacific
mills at Lawrence has notified the over
seers that, If they are seen to go into the
clothing store of Richard Preston. who
was instrumental in starting the story
about the commission frauds, they will
be discharged. Preston threatens to sue
Walworth, after the example of the Hol-
yoke stable keeper who sued Father Du-
fresno for forbidding his parishioners to
patronize him.
For the benefit of the patrons of the
Concord summer school of philosophy.
chapel "a by SO feet is being construct
ed on land of A. Bronson Alcott and in
the rear OF the school, and is to be known
as Hillside chapel. The school com
mences July 70 and closes Aug. IA.
The Pacific mills of Lawrence manu-
featured last year 1000, 900 yards of ia
brio. They employ force that will
range from $500 to $500 persons. and !
have had as high as 5776 names on
the pay roll not long since, but the aver |
age is about $500. All the details OF
manufacture are carried on at these mills. |
In Eng it takes a number of con-
Germs to put the raw material into shane.
The wool is washed and sorted bv one
concern, carded and spun by another,
dyed by another, woven by another. bal |
ed or cased and marked by another, and
SO on. In the various processes of pre-
pairing goods for market, the raw mater
lal has to pass through some fifteen hands
before it is ready for market. Here II is
altogether different. They take in the
raw material and when it leaves the fac
tory is ready cased for market. with cam
pies and all complete.
Two voI1nq mon from, No., vi