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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
STRENGTH FoR To-Day. =

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Strength for to-day is all that we need,
As there never will be tomorrow
For tomorrow will prove but another TO-
day,
With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Then why forecast the trials Of life
With such grave and sad persistence,
And watch and wait for crowd of ills
That as yet has no existence.
Strength for to-day-what precious boon
For the earnest souls who labor, r..
For the willing hands that minister II
To the needy friend or neighbor
Strength for to-day-that the weary hearts
In the battle for right may quail not;
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears,
In their search for light, may fail not.
Strength for to-day, on the down-hill track
For the travellers near the valley
That up, far up on the other side, -
Ere long they may safely rally. 1
Strength for to day that our precious youth
And build from the rije to thiee' ssB On So
On sure an strong foundation.
Strength for to-day-in house and home
To practice forbearance sweetly-
To scatter kind words and loving deods,
Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to day is all that we need,
As there never will be tomorrow,
For tomorrow viii prove but another to
day
With its measure of joy and sorrow.
Mrs. NJ A. Kidder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
VOL. XII.
A CHILDS FANCIES.

THE LAND OF COUNTERPART.
When l was sick and lay abed,
had two pillows at nv head,
And all my toys beside me lay
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed clothes, through the hills.
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow hill,
And sees before him field and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.
THE WIND.
saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around heard you pass
Like ladies' skirts across the grass
oh, wind, ALLOWING all day longl
Oh, wind, that sings 50 loud a songl
saw the different things you did
But always felt yourself you hid;
felt you push, heard you call,
could not see yourself at all
Oh, wind, ALLOWING all day longl
oh, wind, that sings SO loud a song!
Oh, you that are so strong and cold,
Oh, blower, are you young or old9
Are you beast of field and tree,
Or just stronger child than me3
Oh, wind, ALLOWING all day longl
Oh, wind, that sings SO loud a song
THE COW.
The friendly cow, all red and white,
love with all my heart;
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat my apple tart
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day.
And blown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
Aud eats the meadow flowers.
Robert L. Stevenson, in Art Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Drawing materials-mustard and wa.
ter. Life.
Never dispute'with a woman about her
weight. She's always bound to have her
own weigh
A wall in the southern part ofChina is
said to be entirely made of fish. 1t ought
to be an easy one to Statesman.
A Philadelphia father makes his baby
sleep with the nurse three-q quarters of
mile off. 1t must be the second one
Courier Journal.
''Do cats reason 2" asks correspond
ent. Certainly. There are two in our
neighborhood that are reasoning with
each other all through the Silly night
Bultimore Day.
"Why am like Wall street fnan-
cier 2" asked young farmer as he re-
turned from the barn. II give it up"
replied his father, Because | have
been watering the stock. Brooklyn
Times.
The old saw, "Ncver kick man when
he is down" is a good one, because to
kick man when he is down is cowardly.
Now we give another, "Never kick
man when he is up" because it is reck-
less.-EUans0itle A1gus.
The young man who wrote to his Of
Tended girl asking her to send him 20
I1ne informing MN wIIaG sne wouru IIKr
him to do, was surprised to receive by
return mail a clothes-line with moose at
one end of it.-Statesman.
The boy who seeks the rivers brim,
Where he intends to take q swim,
But runs away,
Possesses wisdom, strength and vim;
For he will surely live to swim
Another day.
-NetU York Journal.
The wise men tell us that the whale
lives about 400 years. Since the days of
the patriarchs, however, no man has ever
taken whale from the breast and raised
it to old age A whale would be good
thing for man to buy who hated to part
with pet after he became attached to it.
-BWlihgton Hawkeye.
at seems to me, ," said judge to his
daughter, "that your young man calls q
good many times a week My court
doesn't sit anywhere near as often a
yours does" "Oh, well, papa" was
the blushing reply, II am engaged to
him, you know, and that entities us to d
court of special sessions"
The seats in a Western church are
set on pivots, like those in dry goods
store. This enables the fair worship
er, who sits pretty we'll up in front, to
turn around and count the number OF
new bonnets in the house without screw
ing her head off almost, and going home
with a stiff neck. .-N0rriStOwn Herald.
A paragraph in a number of our ex.
changes says "Napoleon was bow-leg'
ged, Alexander Pope was humpbacked,
Hannibal had notoriously big heels and
was knock -kneed, Cicero was spindle
shanked and Alexander's left leg was
badly out of plumb" One might sup
pose that these old worthless were alive
and running for political Office. Nor
riSt0aoR Herald.
A-DowN THE BAY.
She was vision of delight
When first she beamed upon my sight,
l met her in a casual way
A-down the bay.
What steamer, refuse to tell,
Enough to say, she pleased me well;
You bet it was a beauteous day
Adown che bay.
She seemed so modest and discreet,
| thought I'd asked her in to eat;
1t only cost me two weeks pay
A-down the bay.
Boston Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
Deaths from Cholera.

In 1871 there were 800, 900 deaths
from cholera in Russia; in 1878 there
were 10000 deaths in Poland; in 1872
73 there were 140. 900 deaths in Hun
gary; 1972-73 there were nearly $4,000
deaths in Prussia; in 196567 there were
1890 deaths in Italy. In Paris the
mortality from cholera has been as fol-
lows: In 1882, 1S, 1854 deaths; in 1S49,
10, 1874; in 1953-5i, 5000; in 1866. .66,
12,082; in 1878, Ss5. In England in
1849 the deaths from cholera were TO-, :
900. In 1917 the army of the Marquis
of Hastings lost in India 5000 men in
twelve days from Asiatic cholera.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
A Narrow Escape.

"Sister" cried little boy, running
into the room, "your little pug dog has
bit me on the leg"
--GthUL~Ati 4I,o fu;u14o...1
young lady. "Beauty has bitch . ron an
the leg2 Let me see"
She hastily pulled down his stocking,
and sure enough there was the impres-
sion of his teeth.
You naughty boy" said his sister,
shaking Lin violently, "don't you know
better than to tease Beauty2 Some day
he will bite big lump out of your leg,
and it might make him deathly sick. -
PHILADELPHIA Call.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
HUDIORISTS OF THE PRESS.
FUNNY sToEIEs By NEWSPAPERS
WAES.

Net Musical Ear-A Narrow Es.
cape-A EI,sher Routed The
Railroad EHog-Dog and Crab.
"My dear, wish you would tell the
servant to stop moving that furniture
around in the parlor Pm sure she has
broken some of the vases and Sevres
ware.n
" | hear no noise, Christopher" -
There She has dropped the clock
l heard the shade smashn'
=" Why, Christopher, how silly you are
That's not the servant moving the furni-
ture; that's Birdie practicing a Wag-
merriam sonata. Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
DOg and Grab,

Some years ago my neighbor had a
dog of an inquiring turn of mind, which
he called Philosopher when he was not
in hurry. Philosopher was in the
habit of coming over upon my premises,
and trying in various ways to win my
respect and esteem; but he never sue
ceeded to any great extent Perhaps he
did not go about it in the right way. He
came oft in the Silly night, and sat under
my window and poured out his sorrow
to the moon. The moen seemed to stand
it, but couldn't. went to my neigh
Dor with protest, but he said he could
do nothing; that he didn't like to hear
a dog howl any better than / did; but,
according to divine law, that was the
only way in which dog could give ex-
preston to his deeper emotions, and he
thought man ought to try and put up
with it. Beside, he said he believed
that the bowling of dog was an omen
of death.
l told him thonght so, too, especially
when the dog howled under my window,
and then went and bought shotgun.
But after that Philosopher seemed to
reform and lead more joyous life. He
stayed home of nights, and if he was
ever sad, he brooded mostly in silence
One day l came home with basket
full of crabs and found Philosopher sit
ting in my yard with a look of mingled
curiosity and pleasure on his open
and expressive countenance. lie seemed
to be glad to see me, and when | set the
basket upon the ground and turned
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29

''Hiho hiho hiho hiho-o-o o-o-ol
my beauties Come, Daisy face. come
Cloud white, come, my Tngsy-toes and
Hippety-hop and Hobbldehoy. Hilla,
hilla, hol my Hop-and-skip and old
Jump-the-fencel Come with yer patter-
patter and yer wiggle- waggle, my
beauties, oh! Where be you, Flax and
Flinders and Foam2 Come here, my
jolly boys, and kick up yer heels on the
grass In the mo -o-o-o-rning.
''I1e gets off some such rigmarole
whenever he goes near them" she said I;
and I'm sure every sheep knows him. "
Jack staid for month among his
fteecy darlings, and when the time came
for saying goodbye to them, nobody
was near to hear him say it. He allowed
Mrs. Lynn to shake his hand as he
stepped on board the train which was
to bear him back to his home, or rather
to his homelessness, but with little re-
sponse to her kind farewells.
She had tried so faithfully to impress
him with the idea that there are.pienty
In this wide world whose hearts the dear
Lord has tiiled with the tenderest pity
and love toward those whose paths
seemed laid in Swallowed places, that
she felt keenly disappointed in fearing
she might have entirely failed. How
ever, she remembered with comfort that
just as the last car was passing the plat
form from which she watched it, she
had indistinctly caught sight of boys
face whose softened eyes seemed filled
with tears as he strained his eyes to gain
a last glance at her, and she believed in
her heart it was jacks face.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29
The Railroad Hog,

'Ts this seat unoccupied9" lady tim
idly inquired
r Her voice was not very loud. 1t did
not recall the fat man from his reverie
nor his gaze from something interesting
IN the brick wall of the depot. The lady
passed on as though embarrassed at the
sound of her request.
''ls one af these seats disengagedW
Tho gv,estiolA- oalzo 4 ia a Arm, oloos
voice by young woman, who looked
steadily into the monopolist's eyes as
though she understood him. His head
turned slowly, and he coldly replied:
CAN engaged"
Then he resumed his study of the wall,
and the train moved slowly out of the
depot.
"Oofw y
The exclamation resembled exactly the
grunt of pig. 1t was made by young
man with a dimple in his cheek and a
twinkle in his eye, on a seat diagonalIy
across the aisle and behind the bald
headed man. He was absorbed in an in
teresting article in newspaper The ex
clamation was not noticed.
''Oof! Oof! Oofn
A young lady in the seat behind the
person intended to be described by the
young man with the dimple, Uttered
aloud. The fat man with four sittings
stole wicked glance at the young man
with the newspaper, and then settled
back with determined gesture of his
head and neck as if he wasn't going to
mind it.
"0o-oo-oof! kweek! kwe-e-eek! oof!
oofp
The passengers turned their attention
to the passenger with the four seats
The bald spot on his head began to get
red.
"Kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek, kwe-e-eek!
Oof oof, oof, oofp'
A tittering and giggling broke out
spontaneously up and down the car.
The bald spot on the fat mans head
blazed. Then one foot was dragged
slowly off from the front seat, then the
other. A hand reached out carefully
and set one valise on the floor. Then
the other valise followed.
"Seat here, guess, ladies'" he
growled.
Three women threw grateful glances
at the grunter and took their seats. The
grunter, who had not lifted his eyes from
his newspaper, turned itover to continue
reading, but just at that instant the train
glided into the tunnel. .-Nes0 York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29

1t is stated that Mr.. John Roberts, a
British member of parliament, owns
about 800 acres Of the land ON which
Liverpool is built, containing at present
1900 houses with population of about
40 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-08-29

During the first six months of the cur
rent year the sum OF 500, 22l 900 has
been invested & new industries in the
South.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27
asahe laomea Attrnctiye.

Some very sensible remarks have been
made by tts Spirit of Me Farm: Women
WHO have SOD 10 FEAR, ana dread the de
motaliSing Influences OF bad associations,
ought 20 understand the nature OF young
manhood II is excessively restless. II
is disturbed by vsin ambitions, by thirat
for action, by lousings for excitement, by
irresistible de ires to touch life in mani
iHid ways. II you, mothers, rear
your suns 20 that their homes are asao
cis'ed sith the repression of natural
icsiiuces, you will be sure to
measure can supply the need OF their
hearts. Tnsy viii not 90 to the public
houses at fl 81 for love Of l'auor-very
few people like the tHsts of q1'r they
go tor ihs animated fnG htlarnus
oompani0uship they Us here, witch
hey discover does go mu to repress the
diaturh pg restlsssneza ~ tt-it h,rasts.
See to it that thsir hon compete with
public places IN a'tfa vaness; open
your bluis hy dsv aud sight
bright fFes by rgb,; illuminate your
rOoms; bapa p'otur : ut1' the wall
put book sad rewepaFsTs upon your
tables; haze music aid entertaining
games; hsiish the dsmonu Of duilness
ard apathy hat have 50 To- 6 ruled in
your house49ii, ard hiring in rir,h and
good Cheer Invent occup4t o FOR YOU
sou stimulate thew ambitions 10
worthy dir-c,iouf whils yen he home
theif dali. hI Ill them With higher pus-
pore7 thap mere l=saut-. Whether
they shall pgss hoyhood md snttr upon
manhood with seiuei tastes srd nObls
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27
MY BODF-SEhY4NT.
H. Ill.

What splendid serf is this, mine own?
Strong hand, swift foot-not these alone ;
But he is leagued with all Of earth
By subtle kinship from his birth.
He reads me stars; he reads me seas
The forests gladstone mysteries,
From cedar tree to hyssop vine,
III | but will. he maketh mine.
or ecstasies no words can tell
He knows the secret master spell;
The honey's sweet, the wines quick fire,
The pulses glad Of song and Tyre,
Great loves immeasurable delights,
Uncalendared by days OF nights,
And Labors quenchless joys. no less
Than Loves, and steadIer to bless
All these he gives, gives me alone,
This splendid serf of mine, mine own
Ho, now Thou serf of mine, mine own !
Art thou gone deaf? / lie alone
As helpless as babe at birth.
Ho Hear me corners of the earth
Where is my seri2 Ye stars. We seas,
Have done these mocking mysteries
Return him to my nod and beck
But now my foot was on his neck
Ho, there outside Will no one tell
Me how to break this fiendish spell p?
Where is that faithless oaf of mine
OF all his service left no sign
No sweet in sweets, in wine no fire,
Dulled ali the notes of song and Tyre
My heart turned cold to Loves delights,
Slow counting dreary days aud nights,
Strength failing, joy grown less and less.
My flesh consumed with weariness
Out on thee, heartless serf, mine own
Wilt see me dying here, alone2
Now, what is he this serf, mine own,
Who hand and foot, serves me aloneY
BY what strange kinship in our birth
Thus holds he my estate OF earth?
Is he the serf, or serf am |?
Who fathoms true this mystery
Will put his finger on the spell
That measures Heaven, metes out Hell !
The independent
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27

In tie English illustrated .uaqasine tor
March }. Conyps Carr Aus speaks Of Sir
Joshua Reynolds: 1t ia in his practics as
portrait painter that tho happy in
fiuence OF bis finely cultivated taste most
conspiouOusly displays itself There Ia
in all his work certain mo lssty OF
temper az of mind ever deeply conscious
Of q style greater than his own. II he ia
more constantly fascinating as painter
than even the greatest of his contempt
rsries, it is because he had in him more
of the spirit of the student al know no
man." said johnson, "who passed
through life with moro ohservs.
ton than Reynolds" and tho re-
mark applies as much to the things
of ant as tn the facts OF life ita4f. With
Reynolds the assurance Of the master
lever bordered ON imper;inenc. He wss
searching sl~ays and to tb. erd, ard
even those melancholy experiment. with
pigments aud cOlcts whieh have served
TO hasten the ruin of many Of his MIC
lures, era bu. the outward sign Of higher
intellectual curiosity which ia the very
essences o! his genius. To tbe close #
his long career HIS painting ur. serv,f the
Interesting theraet lrisurs ;tat va :, q
work of other ms4 b l,rP only To the
season Of yonta apd ptosre 5; hs "a ht.le
OF a manneri4i hecaus4 h. hss pone of
the settled corfdercs of style Etieh
begets msnneIi-m with Zach new sub
jec, he ID moved to new effort aud experi-
ment ; AID though the measure Of h;s
snccees is not always the came, -ven his
failures are not tie failures OF a1aaa'ty
or sclf-a, sursuca.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27
MERICAN ARISTOCRAOy.
No. MI.

So Long l!-Hdmlet.
Harvard Lampo3u.
We amt no poor, des picable American
aristoorat not much. We wsnte II die
tinctly understood that we ests pie with
our knives, aud driJks our soup right
out OF the trrseh. We don't initiate the
cold reserve Of he English il we wants
to borrow fOuF dol'sts we says 50. There
air.. noting Eiglish shout us, not even
our grammar; no, air. Ws'rs all wool
Americans.
When We goes to an evening party, we
don't try to look disgusted aud bored
like those blame English, and the
bl0ated American sristocrats who initiate
them. We always shows live and
healthy interest In all about us we tries
to make our host feel easy. We asks
him, for instance what he suspects the
layout 8 going to tax him, aud whether
he cleaned them fsh or got the hire0
man to do 1t. That's the genus OF light
hearted msn-of the people we ia
IL amt safe for no bankrupt English
princes. to come moseyiDg around our
daughters. We believes in marrying our
female offspring to the good plain old
fashioned American who knows how 10
make his feather weight sugar do n
heavy weights work. This IL the only
kind of creation that woman cen realty
love. We dou't believe in none OF your
marriages de covenspos as the French
says we wants the divine fire and moth
ing shorter.
We would also rema'k that slthous b
we are one of the peopl,', we are the only
one; American aristocrats amt stuck
side OF us. Some people fee. I'll fired
smart and stuck up, but We eays WEIR
the only people that's got any claim to
be stuck up, and we thinks we can do IL
gracefully.
We have yet to find our equals.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27

Milford Chronicle.
Society owes to itself the eusctrent of
5nch laws as will help men second their
prayers lead rs not into TEN ptstion. -
Chicken thieves have become 40 MINER
Gus about Milford that poultry raising ia
E5t ing into disrepute because of it's mn
certainty. Though the thieves are ana
peetei, yet they are able to so break the
hSiu OF evidence as to make their vocs
uAu comparatively safe one. vs. pro.
pose TO post their names eouEpicuoslv
every week in their neigh bOr hood and
call upon the general assembly to give MS
a law for this purpose. We suggest
that law be passed accompanied with a
penalty for noncompliance with its pro-
visions, obliging every purchaser or re-
ceiysr of poultry to send each day 10 the
Justice OF the peace in his neighborhood
detailed statement of the poultry bought
or received whether alive or dressed
whether young chickens, or grown fowls.
and the name and residence in full of the
seller. Honest dealers in poultry can
have no objection to such a law but
dishonest ones will object to the daily
posting of their transactions in the
squirrels office. Neighbors know
WHETHER mans means and reputation
warrant such transactions as may be
thus posted, and will either honor or dis
honor the dealer in accordance with a
very correct judgement. The consoieuces
of the evil disposed will be strengthened
to hold their unrighteous abodes in
honesty; and an industry that deserves
we'll OF the State will receive encourage
ment. All honest dealers owe at least a
careful thought to this proposition, that
their business may grow in proportion to
the opportunities presented by our
climate and nesrness to market.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27
L DREAM IN or YOU.



Last night, dear one, dreamed that you
l saw your white hands folded on your
breast,
Your dear eyes closed, their light forever fled,
Your heart at rest.
l gazed upon your face, 30 white and cold,
Peacefully beyond my power to understand;
| kissed your lips az in the days OF old;
l clasped your hand.
And oh the world with all 1t held for me,
Grew dark as night and every hope seemed
fled
No joy in all the earth my soul could see,
For you were dead.
l thought the morning sunlight filled the
With early dew the opening flowers were
wet
But all seemed darkness to my weary eyes
My sun had set.
] tried to wake you from that awful sleep
could not realize that you were flown
l tiied in vain your slumbers were too deep;
was alone.
| Noke-the morning sun was bright with
day,
The birds were singing sweetly overhead !;
The sweet June roses blossomed fresh and
gay
You were not dead.
And when we met you did not understand
That you were dearor to me, ten times DER;
That truer, warmer, seemed your little hand
Than e'er before.
Nor can you ever know how much prize
The precious jewel trusted to my care,
Nor that my heaven is in your tender eyes
Ard sunny hair.
That dream was but an angel in Disguise,
That filled my soul with bitterest distress
For It's by loss we really learn to prize
What we possess.
'Tls ever thus life's lessons are not learned
We do not know the blessings which we
own,
Until, bereft, the bleeding heart has yearned
Ger angels flown.
Boston Transcript.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-03-27
Treatment Of Feminine Hair,

Thst To svr5stha -bO~n to barge nv
many is rot had by all ID ahown by tn.
Amerlc'n Gneen, which says: BY the by.
It is rum Pc hat bangs are surely poing
'ut OF fashion this apriug, and
that tie hair will be worn
crushed plainly back from tie fore
head. While bangs are not nee, ssarv
tos mr. who possess low, pretty fore
he4dS, they are are AL absolute ueoessity
for women vino posssas lew, ugly fore
hssds, Thcf. can b. no denying the fact
that when the hair is arranged ur-ttily
aud becoming!y OVsr the forehead. il
gre .ilg sott-ns the Gutliues Of the face
and lends ar sddit!orsl charm to!t II
% all noLseEs9 for people to sag that til.
'ucst sensible woman wear their hair
brushed smoothly back from their lrow,
The nost sensible women are those WIN
know what i'd becoming to them. If they
LOOK we'll with their hair banged or eurled
they wear IL 80 if they do not they fsil
to follow the prevailing fashion, and
dress their hair plainly. The Grecau
Knot has gone entirely on. of fashion
Except for street wear. 1t Ia almost
impossible to wear the hair on the ton OF
ope's head with the fashionable hat Of
the period. Very few ornaments are
worn in the hair. Those that are worn
are mostly silver or amber h irpins.