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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
Restored Antiquities.
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

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A Fox was one day walking through
the Woods, when he espied a luscious
bunch of Grapes hanging just out Of
his Reach. ..t.
"a predestined Idiot named Hsop
once started Campaign Lie about me to
the Effect that l pronounced Certain
bunch of Grapes Sour because l couldn't
get it. Now, if Hsop had ever studied
Natural History, or had even turned to
Zell's Encyclopedia, page 942, he would
have learned 4hat my stage-name is Vul-
pus Fulvus, that am allied to the genus
eanis, and that am strictly carnivorous.
l cannot eat Grapes; but | could Chaw
that Esop up without half trying, If l
could only get Show"
The Moral of this Fable teaches us
that man who is not up in Natural
History is not the sort of man to write a
Book which is considered a Guide for
Children.
THE DINER AND THE oUATL-oN-ToAsT.
When the Quail-on- Toast was brought
the Diner said:
cha, ha, my little Quail, you'll make
me a Dainty Morsel now"
"Don't be too sure" responded the
Bird: 81 am not Quail at all; am
an English Sparrow four years old, and
by rights belong in the Old Ladies'
Home"
The moral of this little fable teaches
us that all that glitters is not quail, and
that we never should put our trust in
restaurateurs. Puck
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
SELECT SIFTINGS

A man breathes about eighteen times
a minute, and uses about 5000 cubic
feet of air per hour.
A pair Of knitted sock 2, 900 years old
has been discovered in an Egyptian
tomb. They are loosely knit of fine
sleeps wool, and the foot is finished in
two parts to allow the sandal strap to
pass between them.
The Burmans believe that when a man
is critically sick the best thing to do is
to give the patient a mixture of every
thing in the medicine ches+. The result
of this theory is that protracted illnesses
are not common in Burmah,
Recent experiments in German schools
have shown that thedifficulty of reading
black letters on white ground compared
to that of reading white on a black
ground is as 421 to 496, and, therefore,
the slate and the blackboard will proba-
bly, fall into disuse in the empire.
sold O." the Duke of Queensbury,
during the later years of his life, kept
servant mounted on pony at the curb
stone. At signal from "Old O." when
any one passed that he wished to see and
talk with, or wished to know more Of,
the menial cantered off in pursuit.
At the trial in Chicago of one dis
orderly person for stabbing another in
an opium-den, the complainant was
woman, the prosecuting attorney an
American, the defendants counsel an
African, and the policeman who made
the arrest German.
Near the mouth Of the Little Cheyenne
River, in Dakota, is a rock with curious
indentations 1t is twelve feet long by
seven or eight wide, and rises above the
surface of the ground about eighteen in
ches. Its edges are angular, its surface
flat, and it shows little effect of ice ao-
tion. 1t appears to be magnetism lime
stone, and its whiteness makes it con-
spicuous object. On the surface are sew
eral deep and perfect footprints, as
though made by the left moccasined foot
of woman or boy. 1t is known to the
Indians as a religious rock, and they woT
ship it.
An Oriental writer has recently given
an interesting description of an ancient
burial in the Chinese empire. 1t was the
custom Of the wealthy man to procure
his coffin when he reached the age of
forty He would then have it painted
| three times year, with a composition
resembling silicate paint or enamel, which
formed an exceedingly hard coating.
The process of making this paint is one
of the lost arts of China. If the owner
lived long enough, the frequent painting
each coat being of considerable thick
ness-caused it to assume the appearance
of sarcophagus, with foot or more of
this hard, stone-like she'll After death
the veins and cavities of the persons
stomach were filled with quicksilver, for
the purpose of preserving the body. A
piece of jade would then be placed In
each nostril and in one hand, while a
piece of baresilver would be placed in the
other hand. The body thus prepared
was placed on layer of quicksilver
within the coffin: the latter was sealed,
and the whole deposited in its final rest
ing-place.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
The "Wise Women" of Serbia.

Doctors do not flourish in Serbia. Up
to very recent date, their place was
supplied by "wise women" called ''ba-
bas" These "babas" profess to have an
intuitive knowledge of medical plants;
but that intelligent being the Serbian
peasant, placed much less trust in their
medical man than in their magical skill.
Their performance in this line was re-
markable, and their rustic patients had
every faith in it, The most-e6mmonly
fatal diseases in Serbia are consumption
and congestion Of the lungs. The staple
remedy for the latter ailment is to admin
lister to the patient three apples grown
on the same bough. If after eating these
apples, which are supposed to have some
mysterious connection with the Trinity,
the patient feels no better, then, but not
till then the wise woman adopts more
vigorous measures. The unfortunate
malade is laid on the ground on his
stomach, the wise woman scatters salt
over him, and marches round him numb
ling cabalistic words. This seems to be
kind of exorcism, and would indicate
belief that the illness is caused by witch
craft or demonical possession.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
A Question of Antecedents.

''You know, ma, that in Philadelphia
people always ask who ones grandfather
was, and as | am going there soon you
must tell me. Was my grandfather a
judge, or a governor, or president, OF
anythingW
"Well, no, my dear. He became very
rich, though, and you may say he had
something to do with banks"
',But what was his profession or trader
ooh, never mind about that
'But these Philadelphia people will
ask me, you know"
"Well, the only trade he ever learned
was shoemaking."
|shoemakingl Oh, well, he got rich,
so that is all right"
eyes; he made shoes great many
years. He learned the trade and worked
at in penitentiary, but you need not
mention that. ."--PhtLadelphia Call.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
A Chapter on Flies.

You can sometimes catch baseball on
a fly.
The most irritating fly is the Spanish fly.
The Latin name for certain kind Of fly
is tempus fugit.
Flies are always on hand early in the
morning. ..
You have all seena kite fly.
Some flies are always in Jail.
Longfellow speaks of fly as a bird,
when he says: ely proud bird of free
DOM"
You can draw fly with drop Of
molasses better than with crayon.
We have often seen flies handcuffed.
3 Flies make a point where business is
concerned.
At the boarding house table did you
ever see the first new butterfly of the
seasonf
Some people employ the blind to keep
flies from the room.
The spider is the only creature which
invites the fly to his parlor. s..
A conjugal quarrel is a promoter OF
hair-fies.
Stage flies are painted, time flies wholly
unadorned by art.
A fly is conservative in his reading, he
always sticks to his own paper
Butchers and grocers exhibit flies on
their windows.
You can't drown fly in the milk Of
human kindness. -
When you "darn a fly" you do not
need a needle and worsted.
Although flies don't stay long in one
place, they always carry trunk.
There are musical flies. People often
speak Of that base fly.
When you see a kite fly, it is not cruel
to stick pin in it.-Luther @. Riggs,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
A Freak OF Nature.

A gentleman who formerly resided at
Trenton, Tenn, told Nashville Ameri-
can reporter of a strange freak of nature
which came under his observation at the
former place few years ago. There
was young man of the town who had
long passed the period of maturity, and
who had not sign of beard on any
portion of his face. One day he noticed
a small lump on his neck, a few inches
below the chin At first he paid little
attention to it, The lump commenced
growing, however, till finally it was
larger than large walnut, and olpsely
resembling a wen. The young man went
to a physicians asked hinlto relieve
him of this 4disfeuring growth. The
doctor eoncluded to try and remove it
with a knife On making an incision,
the doctors knife encountered spongy
substance, which, on examination, proved
to be nothing less than closely matted
and coiled mass of hair. 1t seems that
the beard, which should have been spread
over the young mans face, had concen-
trated in this one spot and grown beneath
the skin. The hair was removed, and the
opening soon healed, and the strange de-
velopment became unnoticeable.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
Authors Making Work for Paper
Mills.

The author who writes few volumes
does more for the manufacture of paper,
for the increase of printing, and toward
the furnishing of work to many men than
we have any idea of until the conse-
Quences of his authorship are reduced to
definite facts. An Illustration from one
extreme comes from the most prolific
author, the elder Dumas. He declared
at one time: "During the past twenty
years have composed 400 volumes and
thirty-fve dramas. Ofthese 400 volumes,
on the average, 1000 copies were pub
lished, realizing a total of about 50, $50, :
600. The thirty-tive plays, each of
which was performed 100 times, brought
me in 81, $50, ,000" He then stated how
much his volumes had brought in to the
various classes of persons engaged in
their publication and circulation, and his
plays to persons connected with theatres,
and concluded with this calculation
"The daily wages being fixed at about
sixty-three cents, and there being 800
working days in the year, my books have
for twenty years given wages to 692 per-
sons. My plays have for ten years af-
forded a livelihood for BAT persons in
Paris. The number in the provinces
being fixed at thrice as many, the total is
1,O41; added to these, seventy box-open-
ers, applauders, etc, have employed !,
45S persons" 1t would be interesting
also to know how many tons of paper
have been used in publishing the works
of this author No doubt paper mill
of ordinary size would have to run many
years to make it.-Paper World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04

Great cry and little wool--A new born
lamb,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
Longer Life.

The London Times says: Englishmen,
as rule, live two years. Englishwomen
three and half years, longer than their
parents did. They consume more lux
uries than heretofore. Serious crime with
an increased population is less than it
was. The number of depositors in saw
ings banks has increased in the space of
thirty years from 429, 900 to 4,140, 900;
and for one member of a cooperative
society twenty years ago there are now
six.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04
The rise and fall of the great lakes is

The rise and fall of the great lakes is
puzzling the old settlers. At Grand
Traverse bay the water slowly rises for
seven years, and then recedes for the
same length of time. The Sault Ste
Marie Democrat says that the water in
the $500" is lowering every day. At
Traverse city the water is encroaching
on the west side of the bay.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04


dry .---.. .-.-
To say goodbye.
To say goodby to all sweet memories,
Goodbye to tender questions, soft replies;
Goodbye TO hore, goodbye to dreaming, too
Goodbye to all things dear-good-bye to you.
Without tear, prayer, a sigh
Our last goodbye
bad no chain TO bind you with at all;
No grace to charm, no bsauty to enthrall.
No power to hold your eyes with mine, ani
make
Your heart on fire with longing for my sake,
Till all the yearnings pressed into one cry:-
Glove, not good-bve!"
Ah, no-I had no strength like that, yor
know;
Yet my worst weakness was to love you so
So much too well-so much too well-or ill
Yet even that might have been pardonet
still
1t would have been had I been you-you II
But now-good-bye,
How soon the bitter follows on the sweet
Gould not chain your fancy's flying feet ?
Could not hold your soul-to make YOU
play
Tomorrow in the key of yesterday-9
Dear-do you dream that l would stoop tt
try
All, no-good- bye
-Ar0OSl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04

A GOODBYE.

A Goodbye.
Farewell How soon unmeasured distance
rolls
Its leaden clouds between our parted souls
How little to each other now are we
And once how much Idreamed we two might
be @
], who now stand with eyes undimmed and
dry .-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-04

I have the largest stock of Christmas and
Holiday Goods ever shown in Northern YER
.nont and New Hampshire, embracing articles
both
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
Sitting Bull.

Sitting Bull was visited in his tent
recently by q correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader, who says: Twenty
poles spread in q circle of twenty feet
diameter and tied at the top and COW
cred with canvas made the home of
this naughty Sioux. A fire burned in
the center and the smoke passed out at
the top, and the same hole admitted
light. Sitting Bull had sisters for
wives and nine children. One wife had
gone to the hunt, the other, poorly clad
In dirty calico, with two young boys
playing near her. kneaded and baked
bread. poured coffee, and served a
chunk Of meat. The bread was baked
in shallow kettle by putting Goals on
the cover. Coffee was served in tin
cup. No other dishes were used. Little
boxes and parcels were put around
against the tent. Buffalo skins served
for beds. Sitting Bull is of medium
height, stout build. and has large
oval face, nose prominent, cheek bones
broad and high, eyes full of cunning.
and mouth that indicates strong will
power His straight black hair is part
ed in the middle and dressed in two
brsids. which are brought forward and
reach the waist. yS,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
Corn Gathering Song.

In general the negroes have greatly changed
elnoe the war. for many OF them have gone
TO the cities and towns, or have become small
Farmers; but on some OF the plantations OF
the south, where no social innovations have
been introduced, they are much the same, In
dress and peculiar characteristics, as they
were years ago when the tap of the over
seer's bell was an order imperative. These
dialogues between animals, ~ which the rab-
bit Is always the Socrates. They have song
for each kind Of work. whose author is un-
known, but with whose words and tune all
are familiar. The following Is the corn gath.
ering song. II is impossible TO give an idea of
the eject with which tits rendered, and the
semfweird tune, am convinced, could not
be written by the most accomplished COM
poser: 1890.
Come err hitch up de wsgin an dribs in de
Time fur ter gedder de CON;
we'se boun' fer ter hab sum ash-oake meal,
Time fur ter gedder de CON;
De yaller man grabs wild a mighty light han,
Time fur ter gedder de CON;
But de ole Guinea niger am dc bes' In dc
Time fur ter sedder de CON.
An er take of de rough shuck. pile up de
con. lar-
Jurans{ Tho no. ii'' or taltin' Ike sr dosn'
we'se or gwineter hab sum fun heah 10 sho'
yer am bon,
Jurangy no. 90 early In de day.
De mules bites de CON a. Va dribe or long do
rows
Time fer ter gedder de con;
How much da ken eat nobody nebber knows,
Time fur ter gedder de CON;
De young houn pup snuffs de ar as We pass.
Time fer ter gedder de CON: ~an
An be barks at de rabbit what hides Ia de
grass "a 'a ~ Eaf.'
Time fer ter gedder de con.
An er dribe ter de CON crib an open up
de do
Jursnsy no, js' er talkn' like er dosn'
We'se got ter git dun fore de COL wins
blow
yurangy no. so early In de day.
-Opie P. Read, In n. Y. Mercury.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
None But FIRST Glass Goods.

In Watches. Jewelry and Silverware one
should have the best or none. Messrs
SHURLEY & Co., Chicago, are making &
specially OF fine goods, and fyou need
anything in Watches, in dust and water
proof cases, Solid Silver or Triple Plated
Ware. Solid Gold or Rolled Gold Jewelry,
send to Shurley & Co., they will send a
single article at the dozen price. They are
vouched for and endorsed by the United
States Express Co., American express Co.,
Southern Express Co., F. W. Palmer, Post
master of Chicago, GENT A. c. Smith, Ex-
State Treasurer. and many others. Goods
sent on approval, with privilege OF examln-
alton, enabling you to do purchasing at
home. Remember, Shurley & Co.. n State
Street, Chicago, Ill. SEND FOR THEIR NEW
AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
l0l5-3m
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06

all glazed over the paint much after
the style Of the underglaze work of the
present day. They were all polished
fairly on the outside. and the one
painted on the inside was highly
polished. He also had cup with q
handle about four inches long. 1t was
also fancifully decorated with black
stripes woven together In neat design,
and ON the handle was nodded
serpent. All these specimens he said,
were taken from the ground ten feet
below the surface. In contrast with
these he had specimen Of the pottery
made by the Pueblo Indians 1t was
much Of the same design In shape, but
the ornamentation was crude and in
artistic. The clay, too, was of
yellow color, and was not glazed like
the other. In fact, he said, clay such as
the ancient specimens Of pottery were
made of could not be found in that
country now. The houses built by
these aborigines, he said, were models
Of masonry. They were true in their
lines, splendidly built in every partic-
ular. They were much better than
many houses built by the Mexicans
at this day. The latter. he said, could
not put up post for porch and have
1t plumb. They seemed to have no eye
for the perpendicular. or in fact a
straight line Of any sort 4.
While digging for specimens Mr..
Hutchcraft unearthed skeleton.
When 1t was found II was in q sitting
position, with the head thrown back.
Around the neck and on the breast
bone were coils of beads, which. Of
course. being touched scattered from
their regularly laid position. There
we're hundreds Of the beads. Whatever
they had been strung on was Of course
decayed. He gathered d handful Of
them and strung them on thread.
The beads were made of some hard
gray substance, and were about the
size Of No. 4 birdshot. but instead of
being in spherical form appeared like
slices from cylindrical piece Of clay.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
STAGES OF tn e RIVER.

STAGES OF tn RIVER.
The river marked by the gauge at this
port ate p. u. "a feet Sinches and falling.
Chattanooga, Jan. 5.-Rivsr S feet 9
inches and falling.
Cincinnati, Jan. 5,-River SO feet in
ches and rising.
Louisville, Jan. 5.-River II feet .
inches and falling.
Nashville, Jan. 5.-River Is feet 4 in.
ch and falling
Pittsburg, Jan. 5.-Rivsr I feet 5 in
ches and falling,
st Louis, Jan 5.-River feet in
chss and falling.
RIVER ITEMS.
Yesterday was the coolest day that has
ever been experienced by the citizens OF
Cairo since the memorable winter Of '84,
which is said to have been equally as cold
as it was here yesterday. The thermometer
on whartboat No. 2 at s q. m. yesterday in
Dictated II degrees below zero, and Captain
Billy Williams says at the Narrow-gauge
depot 90 degrees below zero and will settle
the steamboat business in the Ohio for
some time at least.
The Chas. Morgan arrived here Friday
night at 8 o'clock, departed at II p. N.
Her passenger trip takes the blue ribbon
from Cincinnati TO New Orleans and re-
turn to Cairo. Her cabin and deck passen-
ger receipts amounted to $27S5. She got
as far as Paducsh and shipped her passen
gers by rail to Cincinnati and Louisville
and took winter quarters in Tennessee
river.
The W. P. Halliday from New Orleans
arrived here at noon yesterday, discharged
her trip and towed the Scudder over to
East Cairo, where they will lay over until
business is resumed.
The Gus Fowler failed to report yester.
day which was a great disappointment tG
a large number of passengers who were
waiting for her most of them will 70 by
rail this morning to Paducah.
The Andy Baum WAS at Evansville Fri.
day p. m. on her way down, but owing tc
heavy ice she may have to lay at Paducah
The Ella Kimbrough got aground where
she was laying yesterday, but the tug wen
to her rescue and set her ahoat again.
The R. r. Springer from Cincinnati i
due for New Orleans, but like the rest o
the boats she may have to lay up before sh
gets here.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOB lsr YEAR.

bVAHD OF DIhECIOho FOR ut IEArS.
Wn. Btrstton, stratton Bird, gro.ers, Cairo, ILL.,
IA. Gcldstine, ofGoldstine 4 Rosenwater, whole
sale and retail dry good; g. W. Dunning. n. o.,
Pres. BID. Ned FIX, for Pensions; Albert Lewis.
commission merchant; j. H. Robinson, county
Judge snn notary public; VIM. r. Pitcher, com
broker and insurance agent; r. q. Baird, city
street supervisors Phillips, carpenter and build
Pierce, attorney .At.law, DuQuoin III e. G. Pace,
cashier Of Centennial Bank, Ashley, III; Albert
Hayden. cashier Of George Connolly 3 CO., spring.
dolph street, Chicago; Hon. Robt. A. Hatcher, q.
torney.stlsw, Charleston, Mo-; b. Leighton,
cashier First National Bank, Stuart, Iowa.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
True TO Her Trust.

Too much cannot be said of tho ever
faithful wife and mother, constantly watch
ing and caring for her dear ones, never neg
Letting single duty in their behalf. When
they are assailed by disease, and the sys-
TEN should have thorough cleansing, the
stomach and bowels regulated, blood puri-
fed, and malarisl poison exterminated, she
must know that Electric Blttsrs are the only
sure remedy. They are the best and purest
medicine in the world and only cost fifty
cents. Sold by Barclay Bros. ~
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06

Young men, middle aged men and all
who suffer from early indiscretions will find
Aliens Brain Food the most powerful in.
vigorant ever introduced; once restored by
it there is no relapse. Try it; it never tails
81; 8 for Sat- druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
Cured When Physicians Give Up.

sour family physician give up our child
to die" wrote Henry Knee, Esq, OF Verilla,
Warren, Co., Tenn. at had fits. Samari-
tan Nervlne has cured the child" $3.50.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
RIVER NEWS.

and steamboat passenger agent Orders for all
kinds Of steamboat job printing solicited. ONCE
at Bowers European Hotel No. n Ohio leves.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-06
Gentle
Women

Who want glossy, luxuriant
and wayy tresses Of abundant,
beautiful II air must use
LYONS KATHAIRON. This
elegant, cheap article always
makes the Hair grow freely
and fast, keeps it from falling
out, arrests and cures gray.
ness, removes dandruff and
itching, m q kes the Hair
strong, giving 1t q curling
tendency and keeping it in
any desired position. Beau.
tifnl, healthy Hair Is the sure
result Of using KathafOn.