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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
beginning Of AslatIc Cholera.

OF all the plaques that have decimated
the human family from time to time
none has excited greater terror than the
Asiatic cholera, as it is called. AS an
epidemic, at least, it is of comparatively
recent origin. Until the summer of
1917, when it began its rlvIges in Ben
gal, it was unknown even in India. 1t
broke out suddenly in the middle of Au-
gust and at once began its dreadful
march, reaching Calcutta in less than q
month. Its first victims were natives,
but Europeans soon fell prey to it, and
the mortality was dreadful. It's spread
was rapid, its violence extreme. By
May, 1918, it had extended across Bengal
from Silhet to Cuttack, and from the
mouth of the Ganges to its confluence
with the Jumna. Leaving Bengal it ad-
vanced to Benares, where it swept away
15, 900 persons in two months. In the
populous district o. Goruckpore it found
30, coo victims in a month. BY Novem-
Der it had reached Jubbulpore, Mundcl-
lab and Sanger, where the command. of
the Marquis of Hastings comprising
10, 900 troops and 80, 900 followers was
concentrated III JWClNC ud1o It's VIZ
Tins reached 5000. From the 14th
to November 30 the mortality was so
great that it produced universal terror
and dismay. The camp became one gen
eral hospital. Nothing was heard but the
groans of the dying and the lamentations
for the dead. Death was often immedi-
ate-in few cases was it delayed beyond
few hours. There was possibility of
escape only by flight. The natives were
first to abandon the camp, but the fields
and highways along which they fled were
covered with their dead bodies, The
troops left their military equipments be-
hind and fed in as much disorder as if
pursued by victorious enemy. After a
march of fifty miles a high and dry posi-
tion was reached where the disorder soon
began to decline, and finally abated alN-
gether Such was the beginning of Asi-
attic cholera in its first march around the
world.
Although the disease was unknown
previous to 1917, its ravages since have
been almost continuous in some quarter
of the globe. Even in New York from
1882 to 1854 there was scarcely yeaI
without cholera cases. Two years after
its first appearance here it was especially
severer. 1t only remains to be added thai
after thirty years OF complete exemption
we are anxiously regarding the spread OF
the epidemic in Southern Europe, and
hoping that 3, 900 miles of ocean and al
effective quarantine may prove barriers
against visitation from the scourge.-
NeD York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
One Snake Swallows Another.

Colonel Bob Gillian has in a glass
fronted box five large sharks, two black
and three rattlesnakes. None of them
have had their fdngs removed, but all are
as dangerous as when captured. The
largest is over five feet long and has
thirteen rattles. They were all captured
by Mr.. Vine Sandford on his farm in
Greene county.
Not long since Mr.. Gillian had a verl
large king snake in his box, and, obtain
ing black snake, he put the two in the
box and watched for the result. For
several days the king snake would eat
nothing that was given him, and only
watched the black. Finally, one day,
sounds and desperate struggle attracted
those in the store where the reptiles
were kept, and it was seen that the
king snake had the blacks head in rs
mouth, and was endeavoring to swallow
him. The two fought, writhins aad
lashing their tails for an hour, when the
black snake was dead, The king snake
was three weeks in swallowing The back,
and for six weeks after he had completed
this he ate nothing. Athens (Ga.( Ban
Hes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
Ways of Circus Elephants.

"He knows nothing beside eating 700
pounds of hay, two and half bushels
of oats, seventy pounds of Graham bread,
bushel of carrots or turnips, and drink
ing three barrels of water, each day"
said the trainer. "He does that as reg
ular as clockwork, in two instalments,
and begs the rest of the time from every
one who, comes near him. He never
goes off his feet, not even when he
sleeps, and he never lost his temper
while we had him, except once, when
something had angered him. That was
in winter quarters in Bridgeport, but l
soon got HIM quiet by putting an ad-
ditional iron clasp on his tusks.
"But how can you handle such a col
ossusa' asked the reporter, glancing up
at the fourteen feet in height which rep
resent the "a, 200 pounds Of elephantine
matter.
ave drive four stakes in square,
and fasten ropes with pulleys to each
ley. Then we pull the legs apart until
his majesty's belly touches the ground.
In that way we throw him, and leave
him fastened down until he begins to
beg Off After that he is treated with
kindness until another dose becomes
necessary. But, as | say, Jumbo is a
very pleasant fellow and well behaved. u
81 presume the elephants soon learn
to know their keepers" suggested the
reporter.
THAT they DO, but not every elephant
is kind, they grow wicked as they
grow DID, especially the bulls. We are
more or less in danger all the time, but we
become attached to them as man will
to hoNse. They all have special hobby
or liking. For instance, Hebe, one OF
the members of the herd, some years
ago, developed great liking for q
camel. Whenever the latter lay down
Hebe would stand over him, put hertrunk
around his neck, blow on him, and cx
press her love in shrill trumpetings Of
delight
"Gypsy, another of tho-herd, took tt
children, and when Frank Melville, the
bare back rider, travelled with us, Gypsy
showed remarkable fondness for hi!
! little son. The animal recognized the child
every time it came into the tent, ano
was almost frantic if the boy didn't come
up aud fondle his trunk. - ChicGg
! Uerdld
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

An ocean swell-a naval dude.-SJt-
sn0S.
A four-in- -hand-The piano duet
Boston Courier.
Great staying powers-Those of the
girl of the period. Life.
A despondent person ought never to
eat bluefsh. Boston Post.
A cool proceeding-Icebergs in mo-
tion.-Bradtord Sunday Null.
The old bull may below but he can't
blow his own horn Blizzard.
1t is wise candidate who knows his
own picture on campaign banner
Neo York Journal.
Old maids would make very tiresome
literary society, because they are always
ready for the question. Scissors.
In crime as in horse racing the fast
ones come under the string first, if the
judges do their duty. Merchant IaaUeler.
Softly, through the garden gate he's stealing,
To meet his love upon the grassy plat
The risen moon his 1.-THE form just revealing
IT'S not Adonis-tis the Thomas cat.
Narration Independent.
The New York Commercial says Scam
paign songs are now played by the,
barrel" But many of them are first
ground out by an organ "-NOrristOWn
! Herald.
A nice, pious young man, who tried to
steal kiss from Washington belle, got
his nose so covered with red paint that
his pastor subsequently stopped him in
the street and discoursed to him for ten
minutes on the evils of strong drink
Burlington Free Press.
A London physician has ascertained
that there are "six deaths among one
Thousand married men, ten among the
same number of bachelors, and twenty
| two in the same number of widowers."
1t is believed that married men are usu.
ally too busy to die.-Neeo York. Graphic.
'tThis is nice neighporhood; strange
that the authorities would allow black
smith shop around here" remarked San
derson, when on visit to Boston. "Oh,
that's not the noise of a blacksmith shop;
that's my neighbours daughter practicing
a piece of Wagner's music" replied the
Bostonian. Brooklyn Ii.ses.
-" PERIL OF PET.
ooh, doctor!' she cried, in a spasm of fear,
"Come, fly as you neer flew before,
Else, ere you can save him, my poor little
dear
The borders of death will cross o'ern
He Stacked not his speed till he entered her
door,
Where he found a remarkable group
Six ladies, with tear-dampened faces, hung
DER
A pug-dog with symptoms of Group.
| ST Paul Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
Nlcknamcs of American cities.

The following are some of the queer
nicknames of American cities: Pitts
burg, Smoky City; Alexandria, Delta
City; Cincinnati, Porkopolis; Boston,
Modern Athens, the Hub; New York,
Gotham; Nashville, City of Rocks; In.
dianopolis, Railroad City; Detroit, City
of the Straits; Denver, City of the
Plains; New Orleans, Crescent City;
Baltimore, Monumental City; Washing
ton, City of Magnificent Distances; New
Haven, City of Elms; Racine, Wiscon-
sin, Belle City; Little Rock, City OF
Bosses; Mobile, Shell City; Kansas City,
Mushroomopolis; Lowell, City of Spin
dies; Minneapolis, City of Flour; Holy
oke, Massachusetts, Paper City; North
Adams, Massachusetts, the Tunnel City;
Peoria, Illinois, Whiskytown; Alton,
Illinois, Tasselburg; Pekin, Illinois,
Celestial City.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
ISLAND POND VERMONT FRIDAY OCTOBER g. 1884. NO

thoughts swept through her. Suddenly
a little flash, creeping light, a crackle,
flame. She had held the candle too
near. The work was ruined. She did
not care for the work; but it was hard
work. there was no time for more; it
was her last chance; and thousand
sharp, heart-burning thoughts darted
into the air like sparks, and then with
ering flash seemed to surround and blast
her.
They found her lying on the floor. the
candle extinguishcd as she had fallen.
She never knew what befell her, but
slipped off her burden in that fash, and
if there was any more work done in that
family, it was not done by Melicent.-
Harpers Bu.ar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
What Grows ON Waterloo.

On the two fields of Waterloo and
Linden, splendid crops of crimson pop
pies appear every year. The ground
which nourishes these is packed with
the remains of soldiers. The prepara-
tions of opium derived from the poppy
have been used in the form of laudanu6l
and paregoric. So pain has been stil'ed
by the remains of pain and death, and
babies put to sleep b" t'ic dead bodies Of
men who fell in the deadly onslaught.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
UNCHANGED.

The same to thee, though years OF pain
May leave their trace ON cheek or brow,
And hopeless tears, in silence shed,
May dim the smiles that glad thee now.
Times unrelenting hand may grasp
Each charm that other friends most prize
Yet leave untouched this heart of Love,
That makes me lovely to thine eyes.
Jennie p Bigelow, In Harper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

The fallen leaves are with raindrops pearled,
And southwark flies the swallow;
Is song then passed from the silent worldi
Is there no spring to followl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

The maple swamps glow like sunset sea,
Each leaf ripple with its separate flush.
j. r. LoUeH.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

l see again as one in vision sees
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the childrens voices shout and call,
And the brown chestnuts fall
-LonqfeUotu
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

The busy shuttle comes and goes
Across the rhymes, and deftly weave5
A tissue out of autumn leaves,
With here thistle, there rose.
IT b. Atdrich.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

The years departing beauty hides
OF wintry storms the sullen threat,
But in thy sternest frown abides
A look of kindly promise yet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

1t was autumn, and incessant
Pipe the quails from shocks and sheaves,
And, like living Goals, the apples
Burned among the withering leaves.
-LOngfellotc
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03
IN AUTUMN-TiME.

Now comes the brilliant mornings, kindlins
all
The woody hills with pinnacles of fire.
-Bdyard Taylor
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

The summer passed, the autumn c:me; the
stalks
OF lilies blackened in the garden walks;
The leaves fell, russell golden and blood red,
Love letters, thought the poet, fancy led.
TOuUfeIyOJy
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

Think not, when the wailing winds of autumn
Drive the shrivering leaflets from the tree
Think not all is over; spring returneth;
Buds and leaves and blossoms thou shalt see.
Mrs. iStotCe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

Whittier away, Robin,
Whittier away?
Is it through envy of the maple leaf.
Whose bushes mock the crimson of thy breast
Thou wilt not stay?
e c.. Stedman.
The bird wanders careless while summer il
green,
The leafhidden cradle that rocked him un
seen;
When autumn's rude fingers the woods have
undressed,
The boughs may look bare, but they show
him his nest
Holmes
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-03

Anon.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
Smoking isa Holland.

The love the Dutch have for tobacco
is well known. Nearly every mar M
meets in the streets has a cigar in his
mouth; nor. unhappily, is the habit
confined to adults. Hundreds OF juye-
niles are addicted to smoking, and they
may be seer at almost any time enjoy
ing "a weed with all the nonchalance
Of grown-up men. Indeed, they often
indulge in the habit in the company Of
their parents, who do not seem to at
tempt to discountenance a practice
which in this country and in England
has always been considered Injurious
to children, and the act itself, so far as
they are concerned highly ~unbecoming.
1t is amusing, but not agreeable. to be
stopped in the street by an urchin four
feet high, who exhibits the stump OF a
half-consumed cigar, and with unlim-
tied assurance asks you for "een beetle
vuur, a little fire). OF course, unless
YOU wish to be considered impolite,
YOU must stoop to allow him to make
use Of the lighted end Of your Havana,
while all the tina you may be doing
great violence TO your feelings.
The consumption of tobacco in Hol-
land is enormous. There are some
Dutchmen who smoke regularly from
ten to twelve cigars each day. No
wonder that in most of the streets the
tobacconists' shops are neither few nor
| far between. In many Of the prlnci-
pal Offices smoking is going on all day,
and tobacco would seem to be as much
a necessity in the counting-house as
pens, ink, and paper.
The lower orders in Holland often
smoke cigars which cost less than a
cent each. Some may even be pur-
| chased at the rate of five or six for two
cents-not cigars made of brown paper
handay, or dried cabbage leaf, but
real tobacco. The tobacco from which
these are made is grown chiefly IN the
neighborhood Of Utrecht.
It is stated that the plant was first
cultivated in Holland in the year 1918.
Haaper,s WeekN.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
Sneesed Mffa Ynnds


Not often does a boy get the chance
OF sitting on the blow-hole of a live
whale; nor, having done SO once,
would he be likely to repeat the ex-
periment-at least, not if he had read
or been told of what happened the
other day to a Shetland lad who had
Inadvertently seated himself upon the
nostrils of a stranded behemoth. The
Veraclous narrative states that the
whale had drifted inshore, having gone
aground upon an i~ce-fioe, and so
been washed bodily out Of deep water
to one of the islands. An old fisher
man with his boy had arranged to
fasten a rope or chain round the crea-
lures tail, and it was at this moment
OF triumph that the youngster is said
to have seated himself upon the fore
head of the leviathan. Becoming
aware of some obstruction to it's
breathing it gave a great snort and
sneezed the boy fifty yards out to sea
The boy, it is added. was not hurt, but
much surprised, as well he might be.
To sit down unconcernedly on the orr
fee of an active volcano, and be
suddenly blown up into the air is cal
culated to astonish even the most
phlegmatic temperament. Asiatic ap-
athy could hardly stand unmoved such
an unexpected and forcible test, much
less a frivolous urchin, who, very
proud, no doubt, of his lofty perch,
found himself all Of a sudden puffed
up beyond all his expectations, and his
small, graceless body flying through
space like a marble from a blow-pipe
And there is not much on a whales
head to catch hold off. It is smooth,
polished and sloping, so that, when the
impetus came from beneath, up he had
to go, like a clay pigeon off the trap.
There was no help for it, and go he
did, fifty feet up in the air and fifty
yards out to sea. It was a lesson to
him not to go about sitting on whales
blow-holes-at any rate, until they are
securely plugged up-and we may be
tolerably certain that even if that
Shetland boy lives to become the old
est inhabitant of the island, he will
never again be found taking a seat on
the escape pipe of even The smallest
cetacean.-London Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
THE Lesson.

There was once an old teacher walk
ING through a forest with a scholar by
his side. The old man suddenly
stopped and pointed to four plants
that were close at hand. The first
was just beginning to peep above tne
ground. the second had rooted itself
nretty well into the earth, the third
wa 4 small shrub, while the fourth
and last was a full-sized tree. Then
the teacher said to his young COM
nanion: Pull up the first The boy
easily pulled it up with his fingers
Now pun up the second The
youth obeyed, but not SO easily
!. And the third The boy had TO
mt forth all his strength and use both
arms before he succeeded in uproot-
ing il. land now said the master,
try your hand upon the fourth But
lal the trunk of the tail treee. grasped
ii the arms Of the youth, scarcely SHOOK
its leaves, and the little fellow found
ii impossible to tear its roots from inc
18th Then the wise teacher OK
pla;ned to his scholar the meaning OF
the four trials. This. my son, y
lust what happens with our passions
when they are very young and weak
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
Solomon's System.

"Do you think it would be wrong for
me to learn the noble art of self defence?"
a religiously inclined Somerville youth
inquired of his pastor.
s'Certainly not" answered the minis
ter; II learned it in youth myself, and |
have found it of great value during my
lfe.n
ibid you learn the old English system
or Sullivan's system?"
ssNeither. Learned Solomon's system"
"Solomon's system9n
Eyes. You will find it laid down in
the first verse of the fifteenth chapter of
Proverbs: "A soft answer turneth away
wrath It is the best system of self
defence of which Ihaye any knowledge
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
4 series Of Excellent Macin.s.

Some persons will remember the
burning OF the Hudson River steamer
Henry Clay on the 2sth OF July,
1852. The steamer left Albany at
seven o'clock on the morning of that
day, and caught fire off Yonkers about
half-past three in the afternoon, where
she was totally destroyed. with a loss
of over seventy lives. Her bow was
u upon the beach about a mile be-
low. but the bow was in flames and
the passengers could not reach the
shore, and most of those who jumped
overheard were drowned. Many well
known families were bereaved In this
calamity. Among those who persisted
was Stephen Allen, who was Mayor
of New York in 1928. On his
body was found a printed copy OF the
following maxims:
Never be idle. e your hands can
not be asefully employed. attend 70 the
cultivation of your mind. Always
speak the truth. Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements. Keep
your own secrets II you have any.
When you speak to 9 person, look nun
Ii the face. Good company and good
conversation are the very sinews ofyir-
tue. Good character is above all
things else. Your character cannot
be essentially injured except BY your
own-acts. If any n speaks evil Of
YOU, let your life be 10 that none will
believe him. Drink no kind Of intox-
icating liquors. Ever live, misfortune
excepted, within your income. Nhen
you retiret to bed, think over what you
have been doing during the day. Make
no haste to be rich. Small and steady
gains give competency with tranquil
" Or mind Never play at any game
Of chance. Avoid temptation through
fear you may not Withstand #. Earn
money before you spend u. Never run
into debt unless you see a way 70 get
out again. Never borrow unless you
cannot possibly avoid It. Do mol
marry until you are able to support
wife. Never speak evil of any one
81 Just before you ! generous. Keep
yourself innocent, IL yon would b
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
Telegraphi1g sUifh Teeth and Eye
lids.


J. T. Norris of Springfield, O., TIT
detective, does a trick that probably
no other man in the country can imi
tate. He takes a silver coin, usually &
dollar, and places it on his tongue be
ween his teeth. With his tongue hi
strikes it against the teeth with tht
sound of a telegraphing instrument
the opening and closing Of the circuit
being exactly initiated. Norris used
to be an operator, and by ear of tht
coin can telegraph words SO distinct.
that any telegrapher can easily feat
the message. In this manner he tele
graphed fifty words a minute. A Re
publican reporter wrote out a messag
on a Western Union blank, and hand
ed it to the detective. The two ope
rators in charge at the Southern tool
down the words as fast as Norris pro
duced them with the coin. The messag
was rapidly sounded and written down
and all three copies conceded exactly
Mr.. Norris can stand up before a tele
phone. and in this novel manner tele
graph a message which any telegraph
er can read with great facility. Blu
the most wonderful thing is to see hin
telegraph with bis eyelids. The dot
and dashes of the Geographic alphabe
he indicates by more or less rapid open
ing and shutting of the eyelids. Il
this manner he can converse with al
expert without uttering a SOUNDS
Louis Republican.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-12-13
Rj0 Words.

1t is never well to use big word!
when small ones will express the SAM
meaning. A lady who was making
call on some acquaintance observed
that the furniture had been changed
and remarked to the lady
"You have been metamorphosed
haven't you?'
Yes" said the other, besitating
Iy. You meal calcami4ned, | sup
pose: It looks much better, doesd
t?"
Another ladylwas showing q visitor
around her grounds which were un;
der the care of a landscape gardner
and she inquired of her friend how
she liked the work.
Why, I think" she said, tina
you like symmetry"
Why said the other, We dom
intend to bury any one here. There il
good cemetery quite near"
What caused yonr little boys sick
ness?s" asked a plain mother OF /;
mother whose little son was yer.
ill.
He was climbing a ladder sait
the lady, and lost his equilibrium.
...Poor little fellow said the sym
pathetic woman: do buy him another
he'll be more careful next timer
Did you indth people INDECENT? ?
asked a clergymen off wealthy mem
Der of his church who had been calling
on some very poor families.
aoh. dear, no" answered the lady
. they were respectable. but as poor
poverty"