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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-29

CONGRESSMAN WM. u. kELLgY's dauyh
ter is one Of bovy OF young AueriO!a
girls who all were in EIcop1 cultiva:ing
themselves in certain sciences by thorough
courses of university study. In a reosnt
letter homo Mss Kelley says with gooi
deal Of puugent force:
We all agreed that our position iu re
spect T. educatiOuA advantages is pLin-
fully like that of the negro at the clo3s Of
war. A few American institutions make
us welcome a few admit IA but would be
thankful IL We did nos wish to come bat
more of the best universities still refuse TO
see the duty Of lifting women for respJn
sibilities which we must, ia conSeq
bear without being adequately fitted for
them. But Europe welcomes us, as she
welcomes the negro, 70 muoh OF the b9st
that she has to give. Oxford was proud
of the presouo3 Of tho daughters OF Long
fellow, Zurich is proud of the presence OF
the daughters Of ex Minister Sargent, aud
the College de France aud the universities
of Cambridge London, Victoria, Copea
hagen and all Italy aud Switzerland bid us
welcome
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
Verified.

There was a Granger convention some
where near the line between Indiana and
Ohio, and, as a matter of course, little
Dragging was done by various farmers as
to what each State produced. Among
those who Dragged was Farmer Johnson,
from Miami Reserve, in Ohio, and who,
by the way, is somewhat notorious for
telling large and wonderful stories. Dur
ing the course of his remarks, he said:
"There is farmer living on the Mi
ami Reserve who annually manufactures
one million pounds of butter, and over
two million pounds of cheese"
This caused great sensation and some
laughter by way Of derision, as much as
to say the crowd did not swallow all of
Farmer Johnson's story. He took fire at
once, and appealed to Farmer Jones, of
Ohio, to verify his assertion by giving
the name of that great butter and cheese
maker as Deacon Brown.
Farmer Jones slowly arose, and, in a
drawling, farmer-like twang, said:
81 know Deacon Brown makes a good
deal of butter and cheese do not know
the exact number of pounds-but this |
do know-he runs seventeen saw mills
with the butter-milk. ."-CaH Pretsel!s
WeekIu.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
SupDOsiDg He Had.

On a Bay City train coming into De-
troit the other day was great big hulk
of fellow with voice deep enough to
shake the foundations of house, and a
disposition to eat somebody up. He
got into trouble with three or four diff
ferent men in the smoking car, all of
whom left it to avoid trouble. This en-
couraged the man in the belief that he
could run the whole train, and he was
observing that he had come down from
the lumber camps to sniff the fresh air
and start graveyard or two, when a
brakeman who had caught on quietly
took seat beside him.
stranger" said the overgrown chap
as he limbered up his arms, 'are you
prepared to die?n
The brakeman acknowledged that he
wasn't
"Say! how would you like to step out
on the platform at the next station and
stand before me fur two minitsW
The brakeman rather liked the idea.
"You will, eh2 Say! Jist feel O. that
Then smell of itw
"Don't rub my nose like that again,
STRIP warned the railroader.
"Why not!.
'Because you might get hurtN'
He had scarcely spoken when the big
| fist rubbed itself against his nasal organ,
but something more than words followed.
In about New Jersey second he had the
big man by the throat and jammed into
a corner, and there he held him until the
man who wanted to 60 into the grave
yard business turned the color of horse
plum, exhibited all the tongue he had,
and made signals that he would even sell
hiS shirt to bring about an amicable set
Element of affairs.
"Got enough2" asked the brakeman.
"Y-you bet!"
"Will you keep quiet9"
"Y-yesl"
With that he was released, and for a
long ten minutes he bad nothing to say,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
A FAMILY FEUD.

"Therew said I, chow do you like the
way have rendered that red autumn
leaf2"
''It's capitalw said Simon, absently.
Now, 1 can always tell my brother
Simon's tone exactly whether he is at
tending or not. And this time he was
notl.
We were up in the garret of the old
Battersley house, where l still kept my
easel and paints, and lay-fgures and
things, although it waF more than year
since the agent had warned us that Bat
tersley was no longer our property, and
compelled us to move into the little cot
tage on the salt marshes.
81 wonder at your lack of spirit, child, "
mamma had said, plaintively.
ooh, what is the use of having spirit2"
l retorted, recklessly. ~ must have a
studio2 And there isn't room in this
little beehive that has good north light
Wasn't / born and brought up at Batters-
ley? And why shouldn't l keep my
studio in the gaTet, as long as there is
nobody else there but the rats and
ghosts? l tell you, mamma, one gets
inspirations in an old house like that
And I'm going to redeem all the family
fortunes with my pencil before I get
through"
But mamma only sighed.
Since the disastrous lawsuit had been
decided against us, she had fallen into
the way of sitting aimlessly by the fire,
as if there was nothing else left to do OF
think of in life.
But I cared nothing for the judges OF
the supreme court nor for the distant
heir-at law, who had turned us out OF
Battersley.
/ came there every day to dream and
to work, and to build up those castles in
the air which reared their ethereal pin.
nacles in the morning, and dissolved
nightly into the thin, gray mist, through
which l walked to the little sea-marsl
cottage.
: And this morning Simon had climbed
up the steep, garret stairs, with bunch
of the silver tresses of the "GrandfatheI
Graybeard," which was now ripenina
about the edges of the woods, and ven
tured to pass an opinion on my worl
without ever looking at it.
"Simon," said "yea don't know
what you arc saying"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
VOL. XII.
THE ANCIENT MINERS STORY.
BY WILL CARLETON.

O1 WILL NAlNLEAC@N'
oh, yes, I'm fixed as solid, sir, most of folks you
see;
Atleast the coyote Poverty had ceased to sniT at
me;
That mine is worth a million down-thst is, 1t is
to-day;
What it might cost tomorrow, though, couldn't
exactly say.
A boy in old Connectlcut-this dream used to
hold:
What if the cellar of our house should spring leak
with gold,
And from there at any time shining lump could
brng7-
I've got a cellar in this rock that's just that sort
thing.
The sum my father slaved himself for twenty years
topay
I've taken out OF that there hole in less than half
II I could lead him up yon path, I'd make him smile,
at least;
But his old labor-hardened hands are moldering in
the East
I'd pack my mother up this hill, and open to her
view
Enough to give benefit to all the poor she knew;
I'd pan heap o. happiness out of her dear old face;
But mothers struck lead of gold in quite differ
ent place.
My girl9 Well, maybe this is soft; but since the
questions put
footD,
We used to climb those Eastern hills lshe was
charming witch),
Apdo H. l.l
"struck it rich"
But her old father hadn't the heart to let us marry
And so I shook of Yankee dust and took Western
tour
My trip 1t lasted several years. The old man
grieved, no doubt
swore never would come back till could buy
him out
You don't know what it is to hunt and dig from day
to day,
To strike a vein that almost shows, then lodges
clean away.
You do? Well, yes; but have you starved, and
begged, and almost died,
With treasures that you couldn't find heaped up on
every side?
And then her letters wandered, like; then tapered
to an end;
wondered on it for while then wrote a school
boy friend;
heart beat high,
There came letter up the gulch-it was my
friends reply.
"shes been a-wandering in her mind the other
afternoon
She went within the asylum wallis as crazy as
LOOM"
rush across the barren plains, snalish railroad
ride,
And I was in the asylum too, a-kneeling at her
side.
thought she knew me, just at first; but soon she
shrank away,
And never looked at me again, whatever might
say.
She wanders round, or crouches in western win
dow niche,
And says, "My love will come to me when he has
struck it rlch,'"
No word or look for me. Oh, but the Eastern hills
were cold!
| And something seemed to always say, "Go back
and love your gold!
And came back; and in this hut my purpose is to
| stay
A miser, with his treasure bright already slowed
away.
I'm President, Cashier, and Board of quite wealthy
! bank,
With none except myself to please-and no one
else to thank;
But nothing makes my heart beat fast-and am
growing old,
With not thing to love leave except this pile OF
| gold.
But have learned thing or two ; know as sure
as fate,
When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key
comes too late;
And that Pm poorer now than through those happy
days in which
owned heart, and did not know that 1 had struck
| it rich
BOULDER, Colorado. -HaYper's Week'Y
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11

In the basement of substantial four
story brick building in Murray street,
New York Times reporter was shown a
great heap Of what seemed to be broken
pieces of putty. Barrels and boxes around
the room were filed with the substance.
'That," said the proprietor of the estab-
lishment, 'is chicle 1t is the dried juice
OF the sapota tree, of Mexico. Seventeen
years ago, when General Santa Anna was
in this country, his secretary had with
him a piece of this chicle. l saw the
stuff and believed l could use it as a sub
stitute for caoutchouc or India rubber.
spent $50, 900 trying to vulcanize it, and
then gave itup. Meanwhile, had learned
that the natives chewed the gum. con-
cluded that l would begin the manufac-
ture of chewing-gum. We have built up
a large business-probably the largest of
its kind in the world We called the
manufactured article rubber chewing
gum, or rather that name was promptly
given it as soon as we put it on the mar
ket. 1t won't wear out like spruce or
paraffine gum. 1t tastes like rubber, and
to people who want to chew gum it is
just as satisfactory as any other kind. A
great many persons chew gum-adults as
well as children. We import 200, 900
pounds of chicle every year."
"How is the gum made3"
'It is simple process. The chicle is
thoroughly steamed, so that all the impur-
tiles are worked out of it. Then, when
in semi-liquid state, it is run into the
molds."
"Then rubber chewing gum is pure
chicle and nothing morep
Nothing more. We put up kind
which we recommend for colds. That
contains a little licorice. When that ig
extracted pure chicle alone remains.''
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
Els Last SoEag.

This is a story of George D. Prentice,
which never saw in print and which is
a better illustration Of his ready wit, than
anything else he said, think. The old
Journal Office used to be the stamping
ground of many Southern men, more or
less known, who liked to hear the vet
eran journalist tell story or warm up q
presumptuous young man for lunch
Among those who frequented the Journal
office was Will S. Hays, the song writer
Coming into Mr.. Prentice's office one
day in that free and easy way Of his, he
sat down in one chair, with his feet on
another, and iamming his hat on the back
of his head, said, without consulting Mr..
Prentice's leisure:
"Seen my last song, George"
Mr. Prentice ceased writing, sighed
heavily and looking up sadly and re-
proachfully at the young man, said:
81 hope SO, Billy. Bill Nye, in FTet
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
Arctic Artillery.

Miss H. Maria George, in the 81. Nicho-
las, relates the following original method
employed by the Empress Anna of Rus
sia to guard her great plaything, tn,
first ice palace ever erected:
"The empress ordered six cannon and
two mortars to be set up on each side OF
the front gateway. 1t makes us shake
our heads when we read that these can
non and mortars were likewise of ice.
And even her councillors and wise men
said one to another: What will our eyes
be asked to see nextp But the empress
laughed, for she knew that so long as the
sun kept to his old path in the heavens,
her palace would be secure. But to prove
to her friends that the work was good,
she bade them place quarter of pound
of powder and an iron cannon ball
weighing five pounds in one of the ice
cannon. Every one tremblingly waited
for a terrible explosion but none came.
The cannon remained intact, and the bali
was thrown to some distance, passing
through board two inches thick, placed
about sixty PAGES off"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
She Laughed Too Soon.

A woman stood at the front gate watch
ing her neighbor's dog coming down the
street with kettle tied to his tail. 1t
amused her vastly.
Presently the owner of the dog sour
ried by in hot pursuit, whereupon the
woman at the gate laughed gleeful un-
ueighborly laugh.
Then little boy rounded the corner
with a bright, innocent look upon his
face, as who should say; "I-am-on-
an-erand-for-my-- dear - ma-so-,
n't-detain-me."
He stopped and said to the woman at
the gate:
"What are you laughin' at?"
Shereplied with hilarity: "Im laughin'
at old Bullrag's dog with kettle tied to
his tail"
"Its awful funny, amt it?" the little
boy said, as he hurried on. "The ket-
tie is yourn."
Then the woman at the gate suddenly
stopped laughing g.-PdiladepAia Call.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
Chinese Trees.

Among the trees of China that are
most likely to raise the envy of strangers,
are the four following:
The first is the varnish-tree, which is of
a small size, and has leaf resembling the
wild cherry. A gum distils from it drop
by drop, like the tears Of the turpentine-
tree; and if an incision be made in it, it
yields a greater quantity of liquor, but
then it soon destroys the tree. The var
nish is much used, and is greatly esteem
ed by the artiflcers. 1t takes all colors
alike, and if it be well managed, neither
loses its luster by the changes of the air,
nor the age of the wood to which it is
applied.
There is another tree from which a
liquor is obtained, that differs but little
from the varnish.
Another is termed the talIow-tree.
This is as large as high cherry-tree
The leaves are of lively red, and the
shape of heart. Fruit is contained in
the rind, which, when ripe, open in the
middle like chestnut. 1t consists of
white kernels of the size of hazel-nut,
whose pulp has the property of tallow,
and of which candles are made.
The white wax tree is no less extraordi-
nary. It's not so tall as the tallow- tree ;
it has longer leaves and whittier bark.
A small kind of worm fixes itself to the
leaves, and forms sort of comb much
smaller than a honey comb, the wax of
which is very hard and shining, and of far
greater value than the common bees
wax.
They have most kinds of wood that
are to be found in Europe, and several
others, among which is tse-tam, or rose
wood, which is of a reddish-blacl1, and full
of fine veins, that seem painted. This
wood is accordingly fit for the finest sort
of joiners work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
A SPRING POEM,

The vine on the cot is blowing,
The nest is built in the tree,
And the apple limbs are showing
Their blooms in the fragrant lea
The bird to his mate is singing,
The ambkin skips on the hill
And the rosy covers springing
Beside the surglins rill.
Sir Strephon his love IS signing,
The cricket boglns to chirp,
And the boy in the back yards tying
The con to the brindled purp.
Above the lake in the hollow
That mirrors a cloudless sky
Is darting the airy swallow,
And the purple dragon-ay.
The bumble-bee in the garden
Runs riot the livelong day,
And Maud in her Dolly Warden
Piucks flowers along the way.
Sir Strephon his love is signing,
The cricket begins to chirp,
And the boy in the back yards tying
The can to the brindled purp
r, K. Hunbjttrick, in Pltck.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
a Grcat StGtc.

Several gentlemen from different States
were discussing the merits of their par
ticular homes.
"Kansas is great State We raise
sixty bushels of corn" said man from
Kansas, "and 200 bushels of potatoes
to the acre.
But have you Kansas people any
market. for your produce2" asked a man
from Connecticut.
Certainly they have" responded an
envious Texan, "they raise enough grass
hoppers and potato bugs to eat up ten
times the corn and potatoes they can
raise. ."-Sytjngs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11

The only drawback to enthusiasm in
any good cause is that it may so absorb
us as to prevent us from recognizing
something else equally needful We are
large enough to include both, the more
zeal we possessed the better but, we are
go limited in power, VIC should beware
OF exhaustinG 1t in single direction,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
ISLAND POND. VERMONT, FRIDAY, APRIL 1884

Then sickly smile crossed his face and
he leaned over to the man in the seat
ahead and whispered:
"He was the man wanted to step out
before me at the next station
yes
"Say, stranger" continued the big
passenger as he felt of his neck, and sort
o licked his chops -"supposing he had ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
A Great Deal in Her.

81 don't see how you can endure that
Plify girl, Jack9" said his sister. "rm
sure there's nothing in her"
Nothing in her, indeed I just wish
you'd been with us to supper after the
theatre to night, and he dropped tear
over his buried salary Francisco
Post.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11

Upon the river in front of the city eE
Portland, Oregon, recently flock Of
ducks were seen catching fish. A crowd
of hungry gulls, who could not dive,
were on the watch, and the moment
duck came to the surface the gllls strove
to steal its fish In most eases the duck
managed to flip the fish down his throat.
When a gull did get fish from duck
all the other gulls chased him aad tricd
to share in the spoil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11
FOR THE LOVERS OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FoUND IN
OUR ExCHAHG GES.

No Fire Noeded-A Great stlte-She
Laughed TOO SOOn-Esis Last Song
-Verisied-SuPpOSin Ee EHad.
"Don't they have any fire in this carr"
asked a passenger of a drummer.
They never do" replied the drum
mer
''How is that?"
"Why, because this is such slow road
that when a man feels cold he is supposed
to get out and walk along beside the
train for several miles to get his blood in
circulation. n-PUck.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-04-11

Georgia farmers suffered loss by dogs
last year Of so, 900 sheep'
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
The Kendall konedy kombination.

This company appeared last night
to much more numerous audience
than on the preceding evening" The
play was "M'Iiss; or, The Wait of the
Sierras," which is adapted from Bret
Harte's novel of the same name. The
Theater was dry and much better
warmed than the previous evening,
and Mrs. Kendall and the other men,
bers Of the company had therefore a
much better chance of evincing their
excellence.
For this evening, the Irish drama
entitled ''Garryowen; or, The Bellies
of the Shannon" is underlined; and,
as there are quite a number of seats
already taken, there will doubtless be
a good audience.
Reserved seats at Riley & Tracy's,
without extra charge.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
A Lesson in Spelling.

Since the Introduction Of spelling
matches, many words have come prom
inentlv into notice-words that were
previously, comparatively unknown.
for instance, we find Antiseptic, mean
INC: preventing and stopping all fer
mentation and decomposition, and
Analgesant: Painkiller. Then there is
Antipyretic: cooling down inhamma-
ton and fever heat. These three
words, SO often mls-spelled, are three
of the cardinal virtues of something
that will cure many a bad spell, and
that is Salicylca, pronounced Sail
cyl-i-ca. Warranted to afford imme-
date relief, and guaranteed to cure
rheumatism, Gout or Neuralgia.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
A Reminder of Old Times.

While at Coffin Bros store, thi,
afternoon, TIMES reporter stumbled
against an old bronze frame contain
ing photograph Of a plaster cast Or
portrait in oil colors Of Tristram
Coffin, the ancestor of the Collins
in America, who settled on the island
Of Nantucket in 1912. The old gen
tleman is dressed in the style of the
period, with knee-breeches, low shoes
with large buckles, etc, and appears
to be over six feet high. E. G. Coffin
says that his relatives have an unin.
terruptel genealogical tree which goes
back to A. ID. 1900
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
LECTURES IN CHASE'S HALL.
Four Evening Entertainments for the
Benefit OF the Presbytc terrain Church.

A course of four lectures will be
given in Chase's Hall, in this city,
Tuesday evenings, the llth, 18th, and
25th of March, and the 1st of April,
beginning at half-past Z o'clock, the
proceeds to be devoted to the build
ing fund Of the Presbyterian church of
Haley. Three of these lectures have
already been arranged for, General
Geo II. Roberts, Judge +. G.. Brear-
ley, and Professor Gilbert Butler hay
ing agreed to lecture the first, second,
and third evenings, respectively. The
subject, the first evening, will be
'Joan Of Arc;" the second evening
"Miners; their life, habits and trials
and the third evening the subject will
be "Chalk Talk" with illustrations
Of free-hand drawing. Particulars OF
the fourth, and closing, lecture of the
course Will be announced.
Each lecture will be preceded by a
short musical programme, consisting
of solos, duets, and quartets.
Tickets for the entire course, or for
any single lecture, will be for sale to-
morrow. The price for course tickets
will be 81; single lectures, SO
cents.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
The Race Track in Danger.

The case OF Judge Turner, of the
Idahoan mine, and r. w. Berry, Dep
uty Collector of Internal Revenue,
against George w. Taylor, was taken
up iii the Haley Land Office to-day.
1t involves title to the Hailey Race
Track. The contestants claim under
the Desert Land Law, while Mr.. Fay
lor claims under the -emption law
and by prior location. He also al
leges that he improved the tract by
erecting a 500 fence around it and
moving upon it, with his family, as
soon as the public survey of the land
was completed.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
Kand.Painted Plaques ana Panels for

Mrs. l.. NJ. Bradley, northeast cor
ner of Main and Carbonate streets
HALEY, has on hand a large variety OF
plaques, panels, and other works,
painted by herself, which she would
like to sell for holiday gifts. As the
prices are very low and the works OF
great merit, they ought to go Of like
hot cakes. dill
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
For the Ladies'.

Ladies suffering from sick head
aches, neuralgi colds, fevers, indiges-
ton and habitual constipation, will
find Syrup of Figs as effective in az
fording relief as it is pleasant to the
taste. 1t acts thoroughly, yet gently,
very small quantity sufficing to re-
move. all impurities from the system
and make one feel happier and
brighter. Large bottles for sale and
trial bottles free at Mr.. j. A. Rupert's
drugstore. nj
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-05
News Agents aud CanyasSers

Should send orders Immediately for
the Pioneer Cnur d'Alene newspaper,
to issue February Goth. Contains
large map of the mines and trails and
full information. Price, so copies,
SO 90; 100 copies, $500. Liberal
commission to local canvassers.
Address,
CGUR D'ALEHE ENTERPRISE
Pub. Co., Eagle City, Idaho, care
\. p. R. r. Agent, Belknap, Mon
tana Territory. m5d2t