Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-10-15
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They met, they smiled, they wept, they loved,
He called her Jane, she called him Thomas
A richer man rode down the lane,
And Tom brought suit for breach Of promises
Beethoven's piano is about to be offered
for sale by its present owner, resident
of Klausenberg, Pennsylvania. 1t was
presented by the maker, Wagee, Of
Pesth, to Beethoven, when he was writ
ing "Fidelio."
Recently an American traveller saw on
a hotel register the name of "Sir A. L.
Gait and fifteen children" The latter
were ushered into the dining-room by
their governess, and were mostly hne
looking, well-behaved girls.
Some Cinnamon fitted up boats and
made a contract with the canning firms
TO fish for salmon off British Columbia.
The boats drifted empty ashore on the
day after, and the Cinnamon were never
stterward seen. The white fishermen
had murdered them.
A Western woman, who married tne
next day after her husbands death, ex-
cused herself on the ground that there
was q whole ham in the cellar, and she
was afraid it would spoil if she didn't
GET some one to help to eat lt.-FHsE0.
KropSkle- Herald.
Malugsy needle-work is SO superior 10
that of the English that it does not pay
to send to Madagascar made-up goods,
"a the natives speak with contempt OF
the bad sewing, and insist that the cost
of picking it out shall be deducted from
the price of such articles.
"Confound the newspapers anyhoW!
remarked an excited individual to a
friend on Market street. "W hat have
thew been doing nowP" "Why, here IS
a paper raising row about the streets
being in filthy condition, just as nave
made arrangements to start a drug store
in anticipation of sickness"
One of our wholesale dry goods houses
has a new clerk whose father from the
country went in to see him the other DAY
and was surprised to learn that all the
statesmen had nicknames. lie asked the
foor-walker why his son was called
"Jurypn "Oh," was the reply, che is al
ways sitting on cases."
81 beg your pardon, sir, said one OF
the three men who entered Dovey's store
at Mercer's Station. KY, 'but Will you
please hand me the five hundred dollars
out of your safep" and he politely level
} led revolver. "Sorry to disobhge'" )"
Dovey replied, "but there isn't cent
! there, and he affably opened the satetor
} them to see. The robbers made
thorough search, and withdrew.
In France the spread of repubhcanlsm
has led to an increased civility toward
; servants. A man does not take his hat
off either in a shop or in cafe, but he
does take his hat off should he meet a
lady's maid or milliRer on the stairs OF
; the house. He is also quite affable with
the men servants, and has a word or Two
for every one of those whose faces are
familiar.
Saws the master of the house to his
!. servant as he prepares to lock himself UP
e in his study and work, Il am not IN L
). any one calls-mindP" A quarter OF an
t hour later he rings the bell. No answer
a He rings again. Still no answer. Ht
opens the door furiously, and cries to thu
y servant in the ante-chamber, "Didnt
4 YOU hear me ring you idiotP" "Yes,sir
. but YOU told me you weren't in, and
. couldn't think of taking q bells word be
i before yours, sir"
&c A gentleman in London lately took
e bad half sovereign. He asked-sundryex
l. perts if it might possibly be good bu
II they were unanimous that it was not
Of and so he put it away in the corner Q
IL his pocket and resigned himself to HI
ID loss. But it happened that in tbs1eVen
ct ing he took q cab and drove about to S
is many places that, feeling for change, h
discovered that he had not enough to pa
s. the fare. Forgetting all about the hal
of sovereign being bad, he handed it 10th
of cabman, asked for change, which tn
D. man gave him, and then drove off hun
II, riedly. Just then the fare remembered
It's and, not wishing to to ''do" the eabb!
cy called out: "Here that money is bad
vo Its quite good enough for you" II
ne torted the man, turning round with
p- grin. The fare looked at the half crown
en- and at once suspected that they wei
i'd bad, as proved to be the case; but I'll
a long drive had been enjoyable, and. G
nd the whole the cabby hardly got IL
best oft.