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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
AmenlIng the verdict.

The train was Just entering Erin, Tenn,
when he heard tho sharp toot! tootl
toot! of the whistle, and such passen-
gers as looked from the windows saw
an aged African with bundle over his
shoulder straight ahead on the track.
The whistle was blown and the bell
rung, but no paid no attention, and all
of sudden the cowcatcher picked him
up and flung him fifty feet to one side.
A gang of men brought the body to the
depot, and among the dozen Of US who
stopped of at the village a coroner's
jury was selected. 1t seemed q plain
enough case. The man came to his
death by being struck by locomotive
on the L. and N. road. Such was the
verdict rendered, but no sooner was it
announced than the coroner observed:
''Gentlemen, return and amend your
verdict. You haven't said anything
about carelessness.
We returned to the room and amended
by adding that the engineer was blame
less in tine case, and the coroner received
US with
Every good, gentlemen, as far as it
goes, but the man was probably deaf,
and it would be we'll to amend the YER
dict accordingly"
We went back and amended to make
the verdict as deaf as a hitching post,
but we were not through yet.
''You haven't got the name of the
county in your report, and you don't say
whether it was freight or a passenger
train" observed the coroner.
We returned to the room for another
tussle, and were Just congratulating our
selves on having everything ship-shape,
when the coroner put his head into the
doorway and called out;
Gentlemen, amend your verdict
The COMPOUNDED corpse has come to
lifem
And when we rushed out to the
freight-house he was sitting up on end
and asking if anyone had seen his bun
dle.-Det1Oit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Testing Whether q Man is Dead.

The correspondent Of the New York
Tribune submits the following as a sure
test as to whether a man is dead or not:
A recent Tribune editorial, speaking
of the estimated proportion of persons
buried alive, reminds me of a simple
mode of determining whether life is
extinct, which seems to me we'll worthy
of publication. have tried it myself,
and am told it is entirely trustworthy.
Apply the flame of candle to the tip of
one of the great toes of the supposed
corpse, and blister will Immediately
rise. If the vitality is gone this will be
full of air and will burst with some noise
if the flame be applied to it few seconds
longer; if life is not extinct the blister
will be full of matter and will not burst
1t is fifteen years since l seen this in
print; and thousands of your readers will
doubtless be glad to know of simple
test which can be used even where there
is no reasonable doubt, and thus free
the mind from future misgivi"gs as to
whether or not friend or relative might
not after all have had some life left
when the body was treated as a corpse.
Though very few are actually buried
alive, many more may be abandoned as
dead while life is still in them, and then
die from being handled and exposed as
corpses are. The test, therefore, should
be applied as soon as life is supposed to
be extinct, and before an undertaken is
called in.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Have Clean Stables.

There is possibly no more repulsive
sight than dirty COW stable, and one
in which dairy cattle are housed is es-
pecially offensive. 1t has been demon
stated that cows neglected in this re-
spect fail to yield perfect flow Of
milk, and it is reasonable to suppose
that such is the case. The richest OF
food may be given them, but if their con-
dition in the stall be neglected thev will
not thrive. The foul odor of filthy
stable must necessarily permeate not only
the animals hide, but it has been proven
that the meat of stall fed steers fattened
under these circumstances is unwhole-
some; moreover, the milk, even during
the period of milking, is liable to abb
sorb the filthy emanations from such
stables and to become absolutely poison
Gus. 1t would seem, therefore, reason
able that owners and dealers in cattle
and milk should appreciate the import
ance of cleanliness and its relation to
health, even as a source of profit. Tile
Sanitdrjan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Medlclne a, Praetlced by Animals.

NJ. G.. Delaunay, in a recent eommuni-
cation to the Biological society, observed
that medicine, as practised by animals,
is thoroughly empirical, but the same
may be said of that practiced by inferior
human races, or, in other words, by the
majority of the human species. Animals
instinctively choose such food as is best
suited TO them. NJ. DelaunaY maintains
that the human race also shows this in
stinct, and blames medical men for not
paying sufficient respect to the likes and
dislikes of the patients, which he be
lieves to be guide that may be depended
upon. A large number OF animals wash
themselves and battle, as elephants, stays,
birds and ants. In fact, man may take a
lesson in hygiene from the lower animals.
Animals get rid of their parasites by
using dust, mud, clay, etc. Those suf-
ferlng from fever restrict their diet, keep
quiet, seek darkness and airy places,
drink water, and plunge into it. When
a dog has lost its appetite, it eats that
species of grass known as dogs grass,
which acts as emetic and purgative.
Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows,
when i'll, seek out certain herbs. An ami
NAL suffering from chronic rheumatism
always keeps as far as possible in the sun.
The warrior ants have regularly organized
ambulances. Latrelle cut the antenn9
of an ant, and other ants came and
covered the wounded part with trans
parent fluid secreted from their mouths.
If chimpanzee be wounded, it stops
the bleeding by placing its hand on the
wound, or dressing it with leaves and
grass. When an animal has wounded
leg or arm hanging on, it completes the
amputation by means Of its teeth. A
dog, on being stung in the muZzle by a
viper, was observed to plunge its head
repeatedly for several days into running
water. This animal eventually recov-
cred. A sporting dog was run over by a
carriage. During three weeks in winter
it remained lying in brook, where its
food was taken to it. The animal recov-
cred. A terrier hurt its right eye; it re-
NAMED lying under counter, avoiding
light and heat, although it habitually
kept close to the fire. 1t adopted a
general treatment, rest, and abstinence
from food. The local treatment con-
sisted in licking the upper surface of the
paw, which 1t applied to the wounded
eye, again licking the paw when it be-
came dry. Animals suffering from trau-
matte fever treat themselves by the con-
tinued application of cold, which NJ.
Delaunay considers to be more certain
than any of the other methods. In view
of these interesting facts we are, he
thinks, forced to admit that hygiene and
therapeutics, as practised by animals,
may, in the interest of psychology, be
studied with advantage. He could go
even further, and say that veterinary
medicine, and perhaps human medicine,
could gather from them useful indica-
tions, precisely because they are prompt
ed by instinct, which are efficacious in
the preservation or restoration of health.
British Medical Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Household Recipes and EFints.

A very nice way to cook veal outlets is
to dip them in a well beaten egg, then
cover them with fine cracker crumbs
melt some butter and lard in the frying
pan, and cook the outlets slowly in it;
season with pepper and SALT and serve
with currant, catsup, or jelly.
To make grape catsup take five pounds
of grapes, boil and press through colan.
der; two and half pounds of sugar,
one pint of vinegar, one tablespoonful
each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and
cayenne pepper, and half a tablespoonful
of salt. Boil until the catsup is rather
thick.
An authority on selecting meats says:
When selecting tongue, choose one that
is hard and firm, and has fat on the under
side; and that the best hams are the
medium sized ones, with thin skin and
solid fat. Good bacon has a thin rind,
with firm fat and tender lean. If lamb
is not fresh, the large vein in the neck
will have greenish tinge.
One of the necessities and Injuries
also of the toilet table is bottle of
water in which you put as much pow
dered borax as will dissolve; keep put
ting it in until it begins to fall to the
bottom and remains there. When you
take your bath, or simply wash your face
and hands, pour little of this into the
washbowl; it softens the water and re-
moves soil without making the skin
rough. 1t is good to use also when you
wash the children's hair as much soap
is universally condemned for that pur-
pose. When you feel that cleanliness
demands soap little pure CASTLE soap
is recommended.
Batter pudding is made of four eggs,
the whites and yolks beaten separately,
quarter of teaspoonful of salt, six or
eight ounces of -four, and a little more
than a pint of sweet milk. Beat up
lightly, and pour into buttercd pud
ding dish. Serve warm with sauce.
This may be made plain as directed
above, or it will serve as an excellent
foundation for all kinds of fruit pud-
dings. II fruit that is fresh and juicy is
used, the batter will not require any
thinning, but may be made exactly like
the above receipt; if otherwise add a
little more milk
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
WEAVING Pigs.

SOAA"S HSSs
The litter that has been brought up
to weaving time on the generous diet
before recommended will be in con-
dition to assimilate enough food, with
out the mothers milk, to prevent the
universal check in growth that comes to
the calf and colt and average pig after
weaving.
If the sow is to raise two filters year,
the litter may profitably suck eight
weeks; but if she is to have but one lit
ter year, then she can be at no better
business than furnishing milk and COM
fort to her young month longer. She
should be generously fed, that her
strength and milk supply be kept up as
far as possible Many good suckers be-
come thin and weak after strong litter
has drained them for two months. We
have often found that if quart of milk
be added to the slop of the brood SOW
she would cat with greater relish; and
the addition of the milk not only makes
a more palatable ration, but more di-
gestible dict. Here is one of the secrets
in economical use of milk. 1t SO com
pletes ration of corn, oats and mill
feed as to make larger per cent. of the
feed digest. Hence the feeding value of
milk is greater than its analysis would
indicate. AS general rule it pays bet
ter to feed the milk to the pigs than to
the sow, but in the case of tagging APP
petite or strength of the SOW share of
it can be put to no better use than to
keep her up in digestion and appetite.
AT such times condiments and tonics and
condition powders are usually recon-
mended, but they are of doubtful value,
and are easily used to- the injury of the
stomach. The watchful feeder notices
the condition of his stock, and gauges
the amount and variety of feed to suit
their conditions.
When we are feeding young pigs to
secure the greatest growth by ten or
twelve months, or the calf and steer to
be ripe beef by two years, far more in
telligence and care will be needed than
in the old style of slow growth.
The pigs that are to be weaned at eight
weeks or twelve weeks must have been
fed so as to have strength of stomach to
enable them to keep growing without the
stimulus of the mothers milk For her
safety she should be put on dry feed a
week before separation from the litter,
and gradually dried off as to her milk.
The pigs are thus gradually brought to
the new diet, and the sow dried off, SO
she and they are prepared for the change.
She should be put out of sight and hear
ing of her pigs, and fed grain long
enough to start her thriving, and then
go to grass or clover for the season, and
do without any grain until November
when she should be, fed lightly with
grain again to put her in strength for
breeding.
The pigs are prepared for soaked corn
and slop made of mill-feed and oil-cake
meal in slop made of mill-feed and oil
cake meal in such quantity as they will
eat up clean within fifteen minutes, and
take it three times day. They should
have a grass lot or clover field to run in.
So important is grass as part Of pig S
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
What He Wanted.

A rather grizzly looking individual
walked up the pathway; but before he
reached the stoop the lady, who-hap-
pened to see him, said:
"We have no cold victuals today"
II don't want nuthin' to eat" replied
the tramp.
"We don't want the grass GU ;
II don't want to cut the grass, re-
sponded His Trampship.
"And we don't want the garden
weeded, either"
Nobody wants to weed your garden"
replied the tramp, as he leaned against
a tree and made a calm survey of the
place: "But I'll tell you what 1 would
like"
"Whatl" asked the lady.
"Well, you see, we are going to have
thunder storm. Mark yonder purple
sky"
The lady marked 1t, and said:
''What of it,"
ga great DEAL" replied the tramp; ga
great deal. 1 have natural fear of
Gghtning-I may say hereditary fear
and when storm is raging am very
sore distressed and undone. Do you
think that the storm is about to spend
its awe-inspiring fury in a minute"
~ do"
"Then, most estimable lady, I wish
you would grant the request / come to
ask"
"What is it2"
"That you will permit me to step up.
stairs and lie down on the feather-bed
for an hour or two, to escape the forked
tongue of the fiery demon. The feather
being non-conductor-"
But he was cut short by the lady, who
subpenaed the mastiff to banquet on his
neck.-Pucb
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25

diet. that if one cannot have grass lots
or clover fields, by ali means SOW clover
near the pig house, that it may be cut
and thrown to the pigs twice a day. We
cannot afford to raise pigs on corn and
meal alone; first, because We cannot
keep them in as robust health without
the grass; second. because with the grass
or clover added to the ration, a larger
per cent. of tho grain is digested, and
more pounds of pork can be made from
each bushel or grain fed.-L. ~ B., en-
Farm and Firesids.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Woods.

The Country Gentleman publishes some
good suggestions on this subject. Pro-
fessor Beal is first quoted in some expert
ments made in killing weeds, beginning
in a garden and carefully removing all
the weeds, not allowing them to go to
SEED, hoeing and cultivating, and, if a
weed escapes, digging it up and carrying
it off. The result was the weeds de-
creased in two or three years so that in
passing over small tract he could pick
up all the weeds and carry them off with
one hand"
1t is urged that the work of extermi-
mating weeds is not thoroughly done; a
summer fallow is allowed to become
weedy before it is plowed again. 1t is
held that the removal of one weed this
year that will produce a thousand ger.
manating seeds is easier than to remove a
thousand weeds next year. The late
William Reid, of New Jersey, hsd thirty
five acre nursery of surprising neatness,
with not weed to be seen. In reply to
the question how he destroyed them ne
answered: 81 do not have to destroy
them; do not allow them to enter"
Regarding the matter of thorough
ness in the removal of weeds, wo can cite
the following bit of experience: The
weeds between three or four long rows of
sweet corn had been chilled" with the
hoe but before removal rain storm came
on and two days passed before the work
was resumed. Then it was found that a
large per centage of the weeds had taken
root again, and were as fresh and green
as those in other rows that had not been
touched.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Something Else Wanted.

A Detroit dealer in windmills had q
visitor the other day who looked one of
the machines ali over with critical eye
and asked numerous questions about how
long it would last and what it could be
expected to do. Seemingly satisfied on
these points, he observed:
"Well, the price seems to be reason
able enough, and now let's see what it
will cost for steam engine to drive it9"
-FLee PEeSS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
A Case Net neysn Hen.

Or. NJ. II. Hinslale, Kenawee, ILL.,, adj
vises Us of remarkable case of consump
ton. He says "a n-ighbors wife was at
tackled with violent lung disease, and PRO
nounced beyond help from quick consump-
ton. AS a last resort the family was per-
suadad to try DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs Tothe astonshment of all, by this
time she ha | used one half dozen bottles she
wasabout the house doing her own work"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
A Sure, Safe ana Che up Insecticide.


The experiments with kerosene of
scientists and others have at length re-
suited in a sure, safe and cheap insecti-
eide in form of the kerosene emulsion.
This emulsion is made by mixing kero-
sene oil with milk, sweet or sour, and
churning or stirring violently until an
emulsion is formed. This resembles
milk in appearance, and is applied with
force pump or syringe.
Professor A. ]. Cook, in his expert
ments used one part of kerosene oil to
five parts of milk without injury to the
plants, but destruction to all plant lice,
cabbage Larvae, squash bugs, etc. H. S.
Hubbard, of the department of agricul-
ture, who has employed the kerosene
emulsion successfully for the destruction
of scale insects and their eggs, mixes the
oil and milk in the proportion Of two
parts oil and one of hot milk churned I'M
til an emulsion is formed, which must be
diluted with water when used. One pint
of the emulsion is diluted in two gallons
of water.
This kerosene emulsion will in future
largely take the place of the whale oil-
soap applications, being equally effica-
cious and much cheaper. Readers who
try the emulsion for the first time ought
to be careful hen applying it to tender
foliage not to have it too strong. The
proportions given by the authorities NEIL
toned will be found safe in all ordinary
cases.-Nelo York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Hr,I-Hn-a. IIirr.

F'ie7, rolches, ants, bsd bug i,rats. mice chip
hunks, cleared ont By fRpugh on Rats" l5c
Bos on as an educational center stands pre-
eminent in America, aud among the many IN
situations Of learning in that city stands first for
the part il fills, the New England Con. ervatory
OF Music. So successfully conducted is that ia
nous school Of music and art t at in its halls
gather the youth and talent cf nearly every
state in the union. and its graduates may be
found among the famous singers, artists and
teachers of the world.
The New England Conservatory of Music is
one Of the corner stones Of art in America.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
HUDSON RIVER r, r.

Conductor Melius Says Something of Inter
est TO All Travellers.
PoUGHKEEPsrE, N. Y, Feb %, 1884,
Oh. D. Kennedy, Rondout, ". T.:
KENNEDY'S FAYORIrE REMEDY, for Indiges-
ton and Dizziness to which Twas subject at times,
and know from experience that is worthy Of all
that can be said OF 1t for disorders OF that kn1.
Respectfully,
w. s. MELIus, 60 Harrison street.
That DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE
REMEDY is extensively used along the line OF the
from Tarrytown. The writer Is none other lS.n
Mr.. DeRevere, the Station Agent Of the HUDSON
River Railroad Company at Tarrytown, man well
known in that community:
TARRyTowN, N. Y, Feb. 90, 1884.
Dr.. D. Kennedy, Rondout, ~ T.:
DEAR SIR: For a long time / was troubled with
severe attacks OF Dizzin's S and Blind Sick Head
dlsordered state OF the system. ! was advised to
try FAVoRITE REMEDY. I did So and have
been completely cured It's the best hing ever
heud OF for any disorder OF that nature, aud I've
recommended tito many with like success.
DR.. KENNEDY's FAvoRITE Kennedy is not
confined in its sphere OF usefulness to one State or
every State, the following letter from MllYille
Nd, will show:
MILLvILLE, N. j.
Dr. Dauid Kennedy, Rondout, ~ Y:
DEAR SIR had be- a sufferer from Dyspepsia
from the time was sixteen years old had cen
suited various physicians but could find no relief,
therefore had almo,t given up in despair of ever
TIE REMEDY was recommended, which l tried
and have been cured. It's the best medicine ever
knew of, and worthy of the greatest confidence
MRS. s. G. DoUeHERTY.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
Characters at Monte Carlo.

There Is, says BlackacOod's Magazine,
leavening of quite gentIeforks and aristo
Gratis temporarily sojourning at Monte
Carlo, with sundry flying visitors of more
or less distinction from Cannes, Nice and
Mentone. But, as rule, the scum OF
Europe is in the ascendant, and the dregs
of society come frothing up through its
scum on the surface. We believe that
Monte Carlo does much mischief, because
it attracts so many of the lower middle
class to grief or ruin. But we are not re-
garding the tables from the moral point
of view, and we may say that for the stu
dent of life manners and sensations, we
know of no spot upon the globe to rival
these magnificent rooms. There are vol
tunes of blended comedy and tragedy in
the queer characters drawn from all eli
mates and nations, who fret away their
little hour on that extremely cosmopoi-
tan stage. Very brief their hour gener-
ally is, for the chances of the bank run
heavily against them, and they play, for
the most part, with extraordinary reck-
lessness. But there is infinite interest in
the range of quaint and ridiculous types
constantly shifting in a grim phantasma-
goria before your eyes, as winning or los
ing their money, they give themselves
over to JOY or remorse. We know that
Friths famous picture of the German
gaming tables was painted from fancy
rather than realities. At Homburg OF
Baden it was de rigueur to lose or win
with a decent stoicism. But at Monte
Carlo self-restraint seems to be cast aside
altogether, and a multitude of small adj.
venturers, playing far beyond their means,
are recklessly indifferent to the expires.
sion of their feelings. The penalty Of
their follies falls heavy upon them, but
they are study for the dispassionate
spectator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25

The talent of turning men into ridi-
cule, and exposing to laughter those one
converse with, is the qualification of
little minds and ungenerous tempers. A
young man with this cast of mind cuts
himself off from all manner of improve.
ment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-07-25
HIrhtrPrices Lon nntter

All dairymen who use Wells, Richardson &
Co.'S Improved Batter Color, agree that it in
crenses the value of butter seveull cents q
pound. II is pure and harmless, convenient
Tor instant use, has no taste or odor, and gives
a clear, golden richness TO the butter. Il is the
very best butter obtainable, and is not expen-
sye. In every state IN the Union the dem nd
for II IA incraasing
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Iac,art ttbe Acid o. aIIIk).

Delicious, refreshing AMI healtlfll, aiding
digestion. Hundreds air ady pronounce it
the best anti-dyspepto beverage ever dis
covered. Sold by all druggists. AVERY
IACTATE Co Boston Mass