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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08
The Procession Of the Icebergs.

A st. Johns On. F. letter says: A
long procession of icebergs has been pass
ing our shores, slowly pursuing their
southern march on the bosom of the arc
tic current, and we have not yet seen the
last of these glittering wanderers of the
deep. Frequently sixty or seventy were
visible at the same time from the top Of
Signal Hill. They are of all shapes and
sizes-some lofty and turyeted, some
dome shaped or fat, some having a
series of beautiful crags and pinnacles.
A few were of immense siZe-low, fiat
islands of ice. | saw one at the entrance
of Conception Bay, near Baccalien Island,
which was not less than two miles in
length. Another in the same ncighbOr-
hood was estimated to be over three
quarters of a mile. One popularity of
them was that they appeared to follow
each other as If arranged in q single
line of march, but at irregular dis
tances. This is accounted for by
the supposition that the bulk of them are
fragments of an enormous ice-mass which
was seen on the Labrador coast some
time ago. If the accounts of two cap
tains who were close to it can be relied
on, this was the largest iceberg
ever seen in northern ATTITUDES. One OF
the captains estimated it to be fifteen miles
In length and three or four In breadth
the other made it twenty miles. Allowing
q margin for the excited imagination of
these worthy shippers, this must have
been an astonishing island of ice. As it
did not make its appearance of our
shores in its full dimensions the great
probability is that it grounded on some
rocky ledge BY the action of the sum-
mer sun its joints had become lOosened.
and by the rising add falling tides and
the force of the waves, as it hung upon
the ledge, great fragments were snapped
of, and falling, one by one, with sullcn
plunge into the waves, foated off as ice
bergs, thus in part creating the ghostly
procession which has been filing along
our shores for the last 10 days. All Of
the immense group, however, could not
have ha0 the same origin. THE oldest
inhabitantr does not remember ANYTHING
/ approaching to the ice phenomena of
this year Since the beginning Of Febru-
airy stream Of icebergs and foes has
been passing at intervals. Some great
Ice movement must have occurred in the
arctic regions of an unusual character to
cause such an abnormal disagreement.
and call into existence the vast ice arpo-
sizes of the last seven months. As a con
sequence the supply Of the next few
years may be comparatively small. and
we may have but few OF these mighty
wanderers Of the deep, the arctic ware
houses being temporarily exhausted
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08
Among Alaska Glaciers.

A letter from Alaska to the Providence
Journal says: A vast ice field, the ac-
emulation of ages, stretched back IA
far as the eye could reach, orTose still
like seemingly liinitless walls sbcy met
the horizon. Icebergs whose ssondrous
colorings and grotesque formations ex-
ceeded our widest imaginings, surround
ed us on al Sides A huge blue pyra-
mid, growing fainter toward the apex,
where rested mass of snowy Whiteness,
sailed slowly by to be followed by an
other, black at the water line, growing
bottle-green, lighter olive, and then By
tnexplicable transformation becoming
tipped with delicate turquoise. Pin.
hacles, arches and domes in turn driftcd
By, till the speed of the Ancon was
checked, and we found ourselves ready
(. drop anchor, while before as rose q
vertical ice-wall 500 feet in hight and
with q frontage of three and half
miles. Not daring to attempt q pen pic
ture, quote the words Of Muir, the
State geolcgist of California ssThe
whole front row Of this majestic glacier
Is dashed and sculptured into maze OF
warning chasms and crevices, aid be-
Mildering variety of strange architectural
forms appalling to the strongest nerves,
but novel and beautiful beyond descup-
ton. Clusters Of glitiering. Ianced-
dipped spires, gables and ohelisks bold
outstanding bassions and plain mural
ellis adorned along the top with fretted
cornice and battlements, while every
gorge and crevasse, chasm and hollow
were filled with light shimnlersng and
pulsinR in blue tones OF ineEfable tender.
ness and loneliness When at the firing
OF q cannon huge masses Of ica bscams
detached and plunged into Ise water,
with : force that threw the spray hun.
areds of feet into the air, aud even ut thu
distance We were, caused our steamer t
sway violently. the excitement eulmi
mated. and the cheers Of the parts mingled
with the echoes Of the fill rs 5h9 -
tank crags sent them back to 80
were landed on shore. and after alm0s
The entire afternoon spent climbing III
side moEaine looking back AZ sslf ship
an atom III the distance. so FaiuTnea
feeling tie bali lad nok been k6si us.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08

and Silns lifted up the man, a. tonderly
as he would have done brother, and
laid him down upon the settle by the
hearth.
Then together the compassionate man
and wife dressed the gaping wound that
undoubtedly some one OF their own
friends had that day inflicted upon the
hated red-coat
They watched beside him through the
night, ministering unto his tcverish
thirst and answering his continual petit
ton for "a cup Of tea. for Gods sake I"
without thought of enmity toward the
'sBritisher'' in their hearts
For three days was this their enemy,
their prisoner. and their guest. At the
close of the third day the man was
strong enough to walk about the room.
Up to this time the three had spoken
upon nothing save the necessary talk
relative to the mans illness.
He himself broke the constrained ST
lence at last. 81 am strong now, he
said to Silas, one evening, but / am
your prisoner; what disposition shall
you make of met"
Silas looked at his wife, She replied
| quickly, and with warmth:
'sYou are our enemy said she. "but
you have been wounded by--who knowsG
perhaps one of our own bloodn-with
thought of her brothers, who were still
down in Cambridge. "You are nora bad
man, think, although you are Brit
isher If may answer your question as
/ would like to, | would say simply,
Good by, don't come this way again !;
we might not be so hospitable another
time. And she looked anxiously to-
ward Silas
Her husband did not speak.
''And you, sirg" asked the officer
Silas did not look up. my wife's
word is law in this house, he replied.
in low tone. II won't answer for what
/ might say if she were not here You'd
better do as she says now, say ood-by
and go-right away"
Madam, feel that owe my life and
my liberty to you, God bless youv" and
the officer extended his hand to them
both.
Mrs. Sanderson accepted it, but Silas
drew back.
s'T can't shake hands with Britisher,
sir. y he said; ''you are my enemy still. "
The man turned aud walked out of the
door, but in different garb. into the
gathering gloom of the dull spring night,
and never again did Silas Sanderson or
his wife entertain red-coat.
My story is substantially true
Many years after, when Mrs. Sander
son was quite an old lady, and liked to
tell her grandchildren of the cup of tea
she made one day for Britisher, great
box came to her from over the seas one
Christmas.
1t contained chest of tea of the very
finest brand, and on card inside was
written, From British officer to the
American woman who once made for him
a cup of tea. "-AugustG dc Bubnd, in
Youths Companion.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08
IN THE FALL

Among the stumbled corn
The blithe quail pipes at morn.
The merry partridge drums in hidden places
And gIittering insects gleam
Above the reedy stream,
Where busy spiders spin their iiImy laceA
The cricket chirps all day,
ssOh, fairest summer, stay r
The squirrel eyes askance the chestnuts
browning;
The wild fowl fiy afar
Above the foaming bar,
And hasten southwark ere the skies are
frowning.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08

Bronchus literally means the wind
pipe. But with its plural bronchi) it
denotes not only the windpipe. but also
all the branching passages through
which air is conveyed to the a1r-cells at
their numerous examinations. These
bronchial tubes are lined--ekcept the
very finest portions-with membrane
whose office it is to secrete a thin fluid,
mucus. whereby their walls are kept
moist and soft.
Bronchitis is an Inflammation of this
mucous membrane. It is common
everywhere. Generally its scat is the
large tubes, most often the portion ex-
ternal to the lungs. Occasionally its
seat is the small tubes, when, espcci-
ally in the case of children and the aged,
It IS apt to be speedily fatal.
In its acute form it commonly origi-
mates in cold which first affects the
nasal passages, and then travels down
ward, giving rise to dry cesgh, and
causing sense of tightness, and feel
ing of soreness in the chest, This lasts
few days, and constitutes the first
',tage. Then the expectorationt instead
If being transparent and scasity, be-
EOiu65 buACh3 yCAlOW vi SACShfSoAJ Ahee
more abundant The soreness eases, and
ihe person feels greatly relieveds
The disease is self limiting, and termi-
mates in recovery within ten or twelve
days on an average. As rule it tends
neither to pneumonia nor to consumption.
The liability to it connects with come I'M
known condition of the atmosphere. It's
most frequent exciting cause is d chill OF
some part of the body. A dose of salts,
a light diet, and, If the attack ID severe,
keeping in warm bed few days are al!
ehe treatment needed.
If the acute attacks are frequently re-
peated, and the general health is low,
hey may result in chronic bronchitis
much more serious ailment. The latter
is most common in old age. 1t inclinca
% persist for years, and in the aged, for
life. It's characteristic is frequent fits of
Dughing. and an expectoratioR more Oh
1ss abundant. If the smaller tubes aro
Infected, the matter expectorated is more
old and tenacious, and is raised with
ouch difficulty. The appetite may re-
main good Though it is often otherwise,
md there may be no marked loss OF
lesh. Ii does not increase the liability
20 consumption, but, says Flint, ''per-
haps the reverse"
In treating it, the leading object
should be to invigorate the health. To
khis end tonic remedies may be used,
while the diet should be generous, and
the life be spent as much as possible ont
of doors. = Youths Companion
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08

In the reign Of William III. OF Eng
land those who received parish relief had
to wear a badge It was the letter p.
With the initial Of the parish to which
they belonged, in red Or blue cloth. 81
the shoulder Of the right sleeve.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08
THE HOME DOCTOR-


A correspondent Of the Michigan Far
nser SAYS: II wish to tell those who may
suffer from that terrible scouype, felons,
of painless remedy that Will effect =
perfect cure in twenty -four hours, as |
have had occasion to prove within the
last three days. A lady came here who
had been suffering for over two weeks
with felon on the end of her middle
finger. saturated bit of grated wild
turnip. the size of a bean, With spirits of
turpentine and applied 1t to the affected
part. Il relieved the pain at ence. In
twelve hours there was a hole to the
bone, and the felon was destroyed. |
removed the turnip and applied healing
salve, and the finger is well. "
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-08
Geo. E. Franklin & Co.
10 CHURCH ST.

This well-Known house having enjoyed
the confidence of the people of Annapolis
and Anne Arundel county for more than
half century, is now rcopend, and will
be conducted upon the same business
principles. and we solicit the patronage
of the old firm. Our stock will comprise
a general assortment of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX, So I:
The Probate Court for the District OF Essex !:
To all persons interested in the Estate of
jerome johnson late of Lunenburgh. In said
District. deceased:
Vermont You are hereby notified to appear
before the said Probate Court, at the Probate
once in Guildhall, IN said District on the 10th
day OF ISL to show oanse II
l.. A. Nichols, Administrator of the Is
tate Of said deceased should not be allow ed,
and also why the residue of said Estate
should not be distributed to the parties enti-
tlcu thereto.
Dated at Brighton, in said District, this 22d
day of january, A. D., 1884.
ID. S. sTORRs, Judge
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01

Governor Murray, of Utah, in his
recent message to the legislature of
that territory, gave to that body a
very wholesome lecture as to what
it ought to do, especially with ref
erence to the crime of polygamy.
There is, however, no prospect that
the legislature will follow the Gov
ernor's good advice. Nothing but
stern and absolute necessity will
bring the Mormons to their senses
on this subject; and the sooner they
are made to feel this necessity the
better.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
IN CHANCERY.
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE.

FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE.
STATE OF VERMONT, EssEI COUNTY COURT,
ESSEX COUNTY, SO. ! MARCH TERM, 1884.
Charles Green vs.. L. Edward Gendron.
WHEREAS Charles Green Of Canaan has
w this day filed in Essex County Clerks
as follows:
To the Honorable Court Of Chancery, next
to be holden at Guildhall, within and for the
County OF Essex, on the third Tuesday of
March, A. D. 1884: The petition of Charles
Green, OF Canaan, in tho County of Essex,
showeth that L. Edward Gendren Of Canaan
aforesaid, en- the 20th day of November, A. D..
1915, duly executed 10 Charles H. Weeks of
said Canaan a mortgage deed Of certain land
in said Canaan, described rs follows, to wit:
commencing one rod and ten links south, SO
degrees west from the south esterly corner
OF the Green building so called, near the
starch factory road in the village Of said Ca
naan; thence running north IL degrees west,
sew enteen rods and seven links: thence south
Il degrees east. four rods and fifteen links;
thence south 81 degrees east, SIX rods and
fourteen links; thence south So degrees east,
seven rods and ten links; thence south so de-
grees west, four rods and eleven links to the
nrst mentioned bound.
And sand Charles H. Weeks assigned and
transferred said mortgage and the notes se-
cured thereby to said Charles Green who be-
came and still is the ownc thereof.
Conditioned for the payment of the sum Of
seyenty-five dollars rs specified In three pro-
missory notes of even date with said mort
gage. for the sum OF twenty five dollars each
executed by said L. Edward Gendron, and
payable to said Charles H. Weeks, or be lrer,
in one, two and three years from dsto, all of
which notes are now justly due and owing,
and have not been paid according to the effect
of the same. Wherefore the petitioner prays
that the equity of redemption of the said L.
Edward Gendron in the premises may be
fOreclosed.
And 1t being made to appear that the said
L. Edward Gendron is residing out of this
State so that a subpoena cannot be served on
him, 1t is therefore ordered that the petition
er cause the substance of his petition tog ether
with this order, to be published three weeks
| successfully ia the Essex County Herald q
newspaper published at Island Pond in the
| town OF Brig ton in said county of Essex, tho
last OF which publications to be at least TWEEN
| ty days before said third Tuesday Of March,
| 1884, OF which time and place the said L. Ed
| ward Gendron is hereby notified, and IS re-
quired to appear and make answer II he shall
| see fit and to abide the orders and decree
which shall be made therein.
Dated at Guildhall, in the county of Essex,
this 29;h day of Jan nary, A. d. 1884.
CHARLES 4. BENTON, CLERK.
| J. H. DUDLEY, Attorney for Petr.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
RULES FOR WHIST.
THE MopKRN GAME IN RHYArE
fPu6Iishsd 6n Rsqussl.l

tPu6lishsd BY Request
II You the modern game Of Whist would know,
FIom this great principle its precepts dow:
Treat your own hand as to your partners
joined,
And play not one alone, but both combined.
Your first lead makes your partner under.
stand
What is the chief component of your hand;
And hence there is necessity strongest
That your first lead be from your suit that's
longest.
In this, with ace and king. lead king, then ace
With king and queen, king has also first place
With ace, queen. knave, lead ace and then
the queen;
With ace, four small ones, ace should first be
seen;
With queen, knave, ten, you let the queen
precede;
In other cases, you, the lowest lead;
Ere you return your friends your own suit
play,
But trumps, you must return without delay.
When you return your partners lead, take
pains
To lead him back the best your hand contains
II you received not more than three at first;
IL you have more, YOU may return the worst
But, II you hold the master card you're bound,
In most cases, to play IL second round.
Whene'sr you want lead, tits seldom wrong
To lead up to the weak or through the strong
In second hand, your low est should be played
Unless you mean "trump signal" to be made;
Or II you've king and queen or ace and king,
Then one of these will be the proper thing.
Mind well the rule for trumps; you'll often
need them;
When you hold five, It's always right to lead
them;
Or II the lead won't come in time to you
Then signal to your partner 80 to do.
Watch also for your partners trump request,
To which, with less than four, play out your
best.
To lead through honors turned up is bad play
Unless you want the trump suit cleared away
When second hand a doubtful trick you see
Don't trump 1t IL you hold more trumps than
three,'
But having three or less, trump fearlessly.
When weak in truinps yourself, don't force
your friend,
But always force the adverse strong trump
hand.
For sequences, stern custom has decreed
TIE lowest, yOu must play IL you don't lead.
When you discard, weak suits you ought to
choose,
For strong ones are too valuable to lose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT or ESSEX, IS.

In the matter OF Geo. W. Bracket, 1nsolv ent
debtor. Take notice. 1t Is ordered that the
second and third meetings of the Creditors Of
said insolv ent debtor, will be held at the
field, In said District, on the 4th day Of Febru-
airy, A. D., 1884, at IL o'clock in the forenoon,
for the purpose set forth in sections 10, Is 4 50
of IAN act to establish Courts OF insolvency,
in this State" Approved New. g. 1876, aud
acts in amendment thereof; and that Daniel
Z. Cummings, assignee Of the estate of said In
solyeutDcbtor, has flied his Anal account as
| such Assignee, and that on the same day he
will apply to said Court for settlement of
said Account, and for his discharge from all
further liability as Assignee of said Insolv ent
Estate, in accordance with the provisions OF
said Act.
Dated at Brighton, in said District, this 18th
day Of January, A. D.. 1884
u. $. sTORRs, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
Chr essex County 9trala.


Democracy in Ohio is certainl y in
a bad way. The success of Mr..
Payne and the defeat of Senator
Pendleton have not only put the
Democrats at loggerheads among
themselves, but in view of the rea-
son for the Senator's defeat, have
settled the question whether the
Democrats can be trusted on the
great question of Civil Service Re-
form.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01

Governor Hoadly has been inaug-
urated; and now for the first time
in thirty-two years the state govern
ment of Ohio is wholly in Democrat
ic hands. The first fruit of the VIC
tory we have in the defeat of Sena-
tor Pendleton on account of his Civil
Service record; and doubtless the
repeal of the "Scott law" will come
in due season as a tribute to the
rumseller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
4 PHYRICIAN

A PHYBI CT n
n Of large practice
says of RIDGES
FOOD ~ can
say OF this prepara-
ton Of food that 1t
has never failed
me, or failed to
agree when given
strictly according
Ito my directions.
with scuprlous
care, there need be
VERY little trouble
4 a. NE4a. Aanat h>
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-02-01
AN OPEN LETTER
ADDRESSED TO
MR.. BOOMHOV YER.

SIR: see in the HERALD that
the Editor is threatened with libel
suit by one Boomhover. Now, pre-
Stunning you to be the Boomhover
who cures hernia, l desire to say I
think l have too much, or too little,
acquaintance with you so take this
method of renewing it, and think
anything pertaining to you will al
ways be interesting to me. Please
let the poor Editor alone and take
man of your acquaintance. You
will remember coming to CRANKY
last summer claiming to be able to
cure hernia; how you sought me out
and to increase my confidence APP
parently, claimed to have been &C
quainted with Mrs. Boyce when she
attended school at Barre; how you
offered to cure me for $50, which /
declined; and how before leaving
you said you would cure me if l
would afterwards 60 out with you
and do the talking..and you do the
doctoring. Thinking that safe, and
that at most should lose only few
days time, and that medicines ap-
piled externally would not injure
anyone, I accepted your offer. You
said you had not the necessary things
to do with and would 60 and get
them and come again; then how you
came the last of September and I
submitted to your treatment; how
you stayed four or five days and
went away promising to return in
certain time; how you wrote me
after making the time week or two
longer, and directed me to use a
plaster you left, and saying that you
had not all the medicines you need
ed to use in my case when here the
second time, and how you have not
been here nor sent me any word
why you have not. Are these facts
Now, | feel it my duty to tell what
may be you do not know, and what
the public ought to know. 1 was,
in consequence of your treatment as
! believe, confined to my bed for six
weeks, and the use of the plaster
you directed me to apply, or wash
you gave, or both, took off the skin
wherever it touched. It took some
four weeks to heal up the sores, and
during the four months since you
commenced your treatment l have
not been able to do one days work,
and am to-day suffering from the eff
fects of it, as think, and l further
believe that your medicines would
have killed me if / had continued
their use long enough. You know
the adage, ale who steals my purse
steals trash, ETC.; what then woult
you say of the man who trifes will
your life? do not say you pois
oned the plaster you left me-, think
ing if you hung off l would writ
to DR.. Hoomhover at some stage, Ia
you left me your address J, and pa.
you the $50; l DO not say it was I
part of your plan to obtain none,
from me in some manner; | do no
say you are genteel tramp; oh, no
I do not say any of these things,
only purpose to tell what I know
and can prove. One word more
from present appearances and fror
my experience with you, | hop
none of the nine young Bedm-aL
orers will ever grow up to becom
hernia doctors.
A. II. BoYCE.
CRANKY, Vt, Jan. %, 1884.