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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09

ceive the first premium for fast riding,
fernando Jezuel tie second, and all the
ether participants the bright rcd I,bbon
reserved for honorable mention"
The other members of the committee
stood by with pale faces and wet brows
while this speech was in progress, but
they said nothing. Jose Cabano came
up with a swagger, and on receiving
green ribbon, said:
"Where's the money!"
"TLere is no money, fellow citizens"
said Lane, with his hair up. This is
not a So did contest for gold, but rather
higher and more noble struggle for
honor. This green ribbon will be an
heirloom for your family which they
will be proud to possess, and | con-
gratulate you warm on your triumph.
Now, let the next gentlemen step for
ward, and will pin the badges of merit
on them with my own hands"
The other contestants came forward
sheepishly and submitted to their dec
oration, while the members of the COM
mittec, feeling that the worst was over,
drew long breaths and wiped their fore
heads.
"He's corker,' said Manuel Inez, one
of the managers, to his associates, and
they all nodded their heads.
If the committee thought they had
settled the affair they were greatly mis-
taken. That night the exhibitors held a
meeting, and they decided that ifribbons
were legal tender they would make them
so all around. They laid in stock, and
the next day. when ane got up again
to award green ribbon to the tulatul0
man, that individual said:
"Hold on, therer'
Lane paused and his associates
/ trembled.
GAS many as think that this fair is a
fraud that ought to be cleaned out say
Aye"
The ayes had it in minute, but by
that time Lane and his companions we're
on the run. The exhibitors tore down
the fence, piled up the fragments near
the sheds, and set fire to the outfit. Then
they rode into town into procession, firing
their guns and wbooping for revenge.
On arriving at the saloons they ordered
up the best in the house and with revol-
vers in hand offered ribbons in payment.
For time it looked as though Santa
Rosa was destined to immediate bank
ruptcy, but after each man had had all
that was deemed necessary the procession
reformed and MADE for the country,
leaving many bills unpaid and very
disconsolate community.
Lane and his friends talked the matter
over the next day, and decided that they
would go out of the fair business.
1T will take me year to get even"
one of the saloon keepers said.
"And me, too" said all the others.
Lane leaned back in his chair, and after
keeping silence for q few minutes, OBJ.
served
"The country is too new and fresh for
county fairs as yet. "Ne,o York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
HUM0R OF THE DAY.

Bred upon the waters-Reared at sea,
One rent paid is worth dozen in your
PANTS. Waterloo Obaer0er.
"What is easc3" asks philosopher.
Case is a thousanddollar salary and
hundred dollar job.
A school journal advises, "NIake the
chool interesting" That's what the
mall boy tries to do to the best of his
b lity. - Darlington Free Press.
1t is wrong for married women 20
make fun of old maids. They would
lave been old maids themselves if they
hadn't got married. -SomerUille Journal.
He was bore and he remarked to the
ditor: 81 wish | could leave town."
md the editor answered, 81 wish you
could, and the conversation ceased
Session Post.
Lila NJ. Cushman, the poetess, says:
My back is almost broken with this
weary, weary load" She ought to make
Ter husband carry up the coal.-BurLiag'
on HGckeye.
An exchange refers to g young ply
,ician in a neighboring town as dude.
t is inferred that when he lances boil
not the only time he ''cuts swell."-
N0rr&t0On HeraJd.
In some parts of Europe men drink
cologne instead of liquor. When a man
:omes home very late in those countries
ais wife is puzzled to decide whether he
las been in saloon or barbar shop
Richmond Wing.
Little boy, beware! The good, kind
ady who gives you gingerbread TO day,
when you come over to play with her
title boys and girls, may be your
mother ,in-law some day in the rosy
.uture = Merchant IrGrsLer.
"a sixteen year old girl" in the Boston
Globe asked for remedy for too hard
hands, and a ''Mothern in Maiden sent
n the following heroic remedy: A six
:een-y year old girl can soften and whiten
Oer hands by soaking them in dish water
three times every day.
She took his watch, and said to him;
when you have learned to do
The things | ask, and you forget,
I'll give it back to YOU"
That evening when she asked, in tones
OF confidence sublime,
"Say, did you getit" mo, he said,
Il didn't have The time"
--Merchant Traveller
A New York physician has written an
article entitled "Kissing as Medium of
Communicating Disease 1t has long
been known that kissing causes species
Of heart disease which terminates in
matrimonial fever, and the victim dies
sooner or later. Generally later.-Nor-
riStOWR Herald.
Erudite grocer balancing can of
peaches in his hand)-"My dear madam,
lid you know that we really knew moth
.ug about canning fruit and vegetables
until the ruins of Pompeii were uncov-
cred, and splendid specimens recovered,
canned over twenty centuries ago9" Snap
pish lady customer-"No, didn't know
It. But did know your canned goods
we're very old. How long before you
will have your stock from Pompeii
worked off?"- Chicago Irib,ine.
A farmer was hoeing hard on his
catch of land when one of those town
ioafers approached the fence. "Hello,
Farmer B., what do you think of the
outlook?" ''What outlookW "Why,
The business outlook" "Didn't
know there was one." ''We are
all talking about it down at the store,
and they sent me to hear what you had
to say" ooh, yes, l see; well, tell 'em
if they will stop talking and 90 to hoe
ing that the country will prosper without
any outlook. Do You hear"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
Was Jumbo an Elephant!

Big and tall as Jumbo was, he had not
attained to his full size and was expect
ed to grow for three or four years to
come. He had grown considerably
since his arrival in this country. His
food consisted of grain, hay, vegetables,
such as carrots or beet root ETC., and of
these articles he consumed between 500
orG00 pounds per day. He drank about
three barrels of water day. In addi-
tion to his great size there were several
peculiar physical features about Jumbo
which excited much curiosity among
naturalists, and led some eminent scicn-
lists to express the opinion that he was
not an elephant at all, but that he was
allied to the old and now extinct mas
todon species. In his back there was a
deep hollow, where, in other elephants,
there was a large convex curve, and his
head was curved in a marked manner
where other elephants are hollow. His
knees, too, are not in tic same place as
those of other elephants. They were
much nearer his thigh, making the UPPER
part of his leg unusually short and the
under part unusually long. - Chicago
Irittn6.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
BuildIng n Brain.

Our present life Is sgnalized by a
union between soul and body. All at
tempts to disturb the harmony of this
marriage tie are futile and mischievous
The devotees of India crawl into caves,
cultivate long hair and dirt, and starve
and torture themselves to emphasize
their hatred of these vile imDrisouiug
bodies. They devoutly believe that the
soul can rise only as it climbs on the
ruins of the body. This struggle to di-
vorce the soul from the body has ap.
peared among many peoples. We have
not altogether escaped it, With many Of
us pale, languid woman is more of a
lady than rosy, robust one; and a
sepulchral clergyman more of saint
than broad chested, fun loving one.
We are just beginning to apprehend
the spirit of the old Greek, and to re.
gard the body as an honorable and
beautiful part of man. Already we
speak of building perfect body,
crowned by perfect brains as at once
the greatest problem and grendest hope
of the race. .-DiO Letois.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
A NEW POEM BY BURNS

A poem by Robert Eurns, hitherto unrub
ished | as teen fousd in one Of the poet
manuscript excise books and is given to the
Y RI y the Dramatic RsUiew OF London
which endorses il as genuine. 1t Is entitled
Youth, and is as follows:
Youth is the vision of morn
That flies thu coming day;
1t is the bloss nm on the thorn,
Which wild winds sweep away;
1t is the image of the sky
In glassy waters seen,
When not cloud appears to fly
Across the blue serene
But, when the waves begin to roar
And lift their foaning head,
The morning stars appear no more
Aud all the heaven is fed.
'Tis feeting as the passing rays
Of bright electric fire
That fash about with sudden blaze,
And in that blaze expire.
1t is tha mornings gentle gale,
That as it swiftly blows
Scarce seems to sigh across the vale
Or bend the blu5hing rose.
But soon the gathering tempests soar
Ard all the sky deform;
The gIle becomes the whirlwind's rear,
The sigh an angry storm.
For Care, and Sorrows morbid gloom,
And haart-coiToding Strife,
And Weakness, pointing to the tomb.
Await the Noon of Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
The FIRST AND LAST FAIR,
how AN EXPEDITION IN NEW MEX
lC0 WAS SrAET D AND RUN.
The Cowboys Decided that it was a
Fraud, anl Acted Accordingly
RibL OnS as Prizes.

The cowboys Decided that tt w as u
Fraud, ana Acted Accordingly
Ribbons as Prizes.
A recent letter from Santa Rosa, New
Mexico, gives the following humorous
account of the rise, progress and failure
Of the first ia in that section:
This county, which is as large as two
or three New England States put to-
gether, never had fair until this week,
and it is predicted that it will be some
time before it has another. About six
weeks ago three or four saloon keepers
here conceived the idea that an exposi-
tion would be good thing to have, and
they Immediately effected an organiza-
ton and put out their advertisements.
The announcements did not go into de-
tail, as that was not only impossible but
unnecessary. They simply stated that
the first annual fair and exposition of
San Miguel county would be held at
Santa Rosa for one week, and that prizes
would be given for the best agricultural,
mineral, stock and domestic products, as
well as for races of various kinds.
When the momentous day arrived the
committee had enclosed piece of ground
just south of town, on which few sheds
had been erected, and theil saloons were
we'll filled with goods, which it was ex-
pected would find ready sale. On Sun
day man arrived with an assortment
of cenlipedes, and demanded the first
prize. He was duly entered, and, after
scme parleying, was persuaded to wait
until the end of the fair before taking
the ribbon. That evening half dozen
cowboys reached town with drove of
cattle, which, they said, had been run
off their ranch for purposes of exhibition,
and could not be kept here a week.
Other exhibitors came in during the
night, and by Monday there was more
commotion in town than had been seen
here before in years. That day was a
busy one at the fair grounds. The COM
mittee found the exhibitors unpleasant
customers and very difficult to please, so
that when the sun went down the ex-
hibits were not in much better order
than they were early in the morning.
Beside these unpeasantnesses, it be-
gan to lie feared that there had been q
mistake somewhere. The committee
had calculated on big attendance from
the Mexicans living in the country back
of here, and it was thought that there
might be a good many of the boys from
the mines and ranches round about in
town, but as Tuesday advanced it was
found that every man who came to town
had an exhibit, and thus shut off the
revenue of the fair association. In an
evil hour the man who wrote the bill
added line to this effect:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09

been so long absent on his travels in the
East. They used 10 say he was a suitor
for her hand, but apparently the fancy
is forgotten"
There, sitting at her elbow with an air
of easy confidence, evidently the trusted
aud familiar friend OF wife and husband
I saw-my enemy and hers Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09

Some years later went one evening to
the opera. Looking up at the array of
beauties above me saw her Never to
to be forgotten was the exceedingly
white skin, with the large, dark eyes
and hair of raven blackness She wore
a robe of white, with row after row of
priceless pearls around her throat.
''That's the beautiful Princess L., said
a gossip near me. "She has just re-
turned to Florence with her husband for
the first time since the tragedy that so
nearly cost her life. Do you know there
was rumor that she had been drugged
in some powerful fashion before the
murder was attempted2 But the whole
affair was so hushed up that little was
ever really known about it."
"Strange that no clew was found to
suggest motive for the crime, reioincd
his neighbor. 'If she, young, loving
and beloved, was so attacked, who is
safe2 That handsome man in the back
of her box, who is leaning over her
shoulder-see, he has Just withdrawn
into the shadow-is her husband, | sup
pose"
"No, the prince is the slight, youth
full one, who is talking with the lady in
velvet. The other--ycs, there he comes
forwards the Count de S., who has
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09

The perfume of the Alpine flower, the
edelweiss, which is delicious when fresh,
has been compared to the aroma of the
tropical banana. The scent rarely lasts
over an hour after the flower has been
picked,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-09
The Difference.


This is an apple, large and round,
At the top of the barrel always found
D
This the 0pple small and moan,
Always s the bottom seen.
-Bridgelcoter Independent.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
THE CLOSE OF AN EVENTPUL LEE
'1fonrso, Meets Death

aieea lfo1it. aiIcy srsasuc olaaJ che WlutS n
US the king is conp letely FRUSTRATED by
( his death.
Throughout Monday night the king
had spasmodic fits, the result of fever
and debility. Six doctors from Madrid
and two physicians Of Elpardo were in
constant attendance upon him. They
decided on Tuesday morning that the
king was in q dangerous condition.
The fits continued throngh Tuesday
and the king died at S:45 o'clock
Wednesday morning. The Pope's ben
ediction arrived before he expired. All
the officers of the state and the cabinet
ministers, except minister of war ar
minister Of the interior, were present at
the moment OF dissolution. The cabi-
net met Immediately and the queen
was appointed regent. In accordance
with the law, the members Of the cabi-
net have rendered their resignation,
but will remain in Office at the regents
pleasure. The body Of King Alfonso
will be inferred in the palace Of the
EScurial
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
Advertising Done Il.

a nice account Of d rather romantic
marriage comes from F ort Wayne, Ind,
III which Miss Melissa Met lery, Of the
above named city and q Malone post
master were the contracting parties.
Miss Melissa McClery answered an i'd
vertisement two years ago from man
advertising for correspondence with p
view to nlatrim0ny. Correspondence
progressed until photog graphs were ex-
changed, followed By . atrimoniaI
engagement. On Tuesday Ar. Wilbur
Richards. Of CiaTksburg, Va. arrived
at the residence Of the young lady and
introduced himself To Mrs McCIery as
the expected bridegroom. Hurried
arrangements for i wedding we're begun.
and yesterday afternoonIt they we're mar
RED ~ the Rev. %. IS. Forthrup q the
Jeiersoa stres4 hap sllslrch, and
started q ol1ce for thsr fnture home iii
at,sir4inis :Ihe gens 1elnail fsrnish ed'
letter. of ~ onrnenda tio flpna Ecl
IN, Y men i 1l.is 4
3 1sii y / r. Lone no .
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28

Thursday May OF r. illsbilry issued an
order Id accord lance with which the
chic 81 police hoisted a fagg at half
mast over the city build ling while the
chief engineer OF the fire depa rtnent
displayed the emblems OF noulming
over the various fire station IS. Demo
Gratis all oyerthe city and some ut the
patriotic Repub licans hoated flags ait
hal mast over their place of business,
but many prominent stru ctures gave
no token of grief at the death Of the
yice-p residellt ut was a matter Of re-
mark that the chamber OF commerce,
which for thirty days displayed the
national colors at the death Of Grant
Thursday gave no sign. The death of
Nh Hendricks was a fruitful topic of
discussion all day, and the daily papers
We're eagerly sought for the details
of the sad event, as well as for
the reception Of the news in Washing
ton. & he sue accession to the presidency
of the senate was discussed in all it's
bearings, the Democrats favoring Ed
munds, as the choice must be a Repub-
lican, while the members of that party
were largely in favor Of Logan. The
Democrats seemed to regard the seat
ing Of Logan as a PROCLAMATION Of the
Office, the people Of the country having
pronounced against him last fall
Mayor Pillsbnry said the city build
5ings should be promptly draped in
mourning, and he would listen to any
suggestion concerning memorial OBJ
serYanee Of the day of the funeral. He
expects to be advised by leading Demo
Gratis in this regard.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
MARRIED HEB sON-IN-LAW.
Mrs. Nelson aud her Paranouu Sent
State Prison for their Crime.

Mrs. Herman p. Nelson, of Jersey
City, who, while her husband was at
sea. married her son-in-iaw, Henry III.
Pahdee. was arraigned last week in the
Hudson county court of general sessions
in Jersey City pahdee was also ar
#raigned Mrs. Nelson is SIS years of
age, and is attractive in appearance.
Her husband is steamship captain, and
lived with his wife on Lexington ave-
nue., The couple has several daughters
and one of them became the wife OF
Pahdee, who was a book-keeper in the
Jersey City chemical works. About a
year ago Nelson and his wife had a
quarrel, and they separated by mutual
consent. During one Of Nelson's voy-
ages his daughter, Mrs. pahdee, died.
and when he returned to New York he
earned that his wife was living with
her son-in-law at 242 fifth street, Jer-
sey City. He went there to see his wife
and learned to his surprises that she
and Pahdee had been married. Nelson
told his wife he Wonld have her arrested
for bigamy. He declined to leave the
house when ordered to do 50, and his
wife threw a bottle Of vitriol over him.
He was badly burned, and went to the
City Hospital. When he got well he
preferred charges of b1gamy, incest and
atrocious assault and battery against
her, The grand jury indicted them,
and when arraigned both pleaded guilty.
Judge McGill pronounced sentence at
once. Mrs. Nelson got 1--WE years IN
States prison. and Pahdee was sent to-
tho same Institution for eighteen
months.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
ENGLISH ELECTIONS.
They Result IN the Defeat Of the Lib
~ erals.

Ltloy s0tSuiba IL bAo O0lo6t VI tH6 4Au-
erals.
Dispatches received on Wednesday
from London concerning the elections
indicate a collapse Of the Liberals. II
the present Conservative successes
continue in the same ratio, which is
now considered probable, the Cofsery-
alive majority in parliament will over
top the combined Liberal and Parnell-
tie votes. Of the three greatest cleo
toral and voting districts Tuesday
Liverpool returned eight Conservatives
and one n Nationalist, Leeds three Con-
seryatives and two Liberals, Herbert
Gladstone and Sir Lyon Playfair, and
Sheffield three Conservatives and two
Liberals. The Conservative rnajorities
are mostly large while the lnajorities
of the Liberals are small. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill carried ddington by
"a vote of 2, 781 against ,025 for his OPP
ponent The defeat of Gladst0ne's
ministers, Hugh Childers and Lefevre.
and Of two OF his under secretaries,
Hayter and Holmes, adds to the Con-
servative triumph. The Liberals car
ried a number of new seats, but in no
instance did they Gust Tory from an
old Conservative seat, whereas the
Conservative successes were chiefly OBJ
tanned in former Liberal divisions. At
the Reform, Devonshjre and National
Liberal clubs the defeat of the Liberal
party is admitted, but the Liberals rely
upon successes in urban and county
divisions to modify the result. The
Pail Mall Gazette appeals to the Lib
erals, whether Radical or Wing who
have not yet voted, to unite, in order
to prevent the unmixed evil Of Tory as
tendency so complete as to overpoWer
all opposition. The latest reports show
net Tory gain of twenty.
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-28
IN N HES M "A E Y RS,
Their Memol lslebratsd ~ HE Liberty
Loying Irish Z eople If ST. Paul ~ A ss
Nj Becoming Manner.
Speeches Made ny Rev. Father Stanley
Gen. MoOarthyy = z II I l Me- afsrty and
Others Singing BY Nj ] 4 9. Han
10y solutions Adopted The
5Plresii dent Asked For Aid.

Tuesday llight i ffei fer $ hall was pack.
ed by the best Irishmen Of ST. il 'aul / II
listen to addresses made in honor O1
Allen, 4arkiin and % lsrien, tile Man
chester martyrs who We're executed as
Fenians at Man chester iiIl 1867 The
meeting was under the auspices of the
EHibernian rifle who appeared in uni
form. The exercises were opened BY
the introd uction Of Gen. g. M Nc Car
thy by Capt. u. Fahey Of the rifles.
Gen. McC arthy said in substance:
s "a man dies, yet his memory lives, d
said the greatesto Of Irish patriots and
martyrs Robert Emmett. This is true
as applied to himself, and it is also true
as applied to those patriots Who gave
their lives in the cause Of irish liberty
forty three years later. It's now scarce
~ necessary to speak of the Fenian or
ganization Of twenty years ago, no
longer in existence. Unhappily it fell
short Of The objects of its leaders, but
ere its death it did force tbs enemy to
some measures of redress and relief.
[[Applause.l Fenianisn is no more, but
if to love that halloWed isle of the sea
and to hate its foul oppressers is to a
Fenian, then I am a Fenian and { know
there is not one here tonight who has
any use for an Irishnnan who regrets
being a Fenian. The speaker gave an
eloquent and interesting sketch Of the
causes which led to the execution Of
the three patriots, whose deaths were
being commemorated, and added that
the Irish National League is the Fenian
organization of to-day. It seeks self
government for Ireland, and her efforts
will not be stayed until she has met her
arch enemy il necessary, in open fight.
A stirring song, s Mother Land by.
Mr.. e. r. Martin, was followed by the
unnecessary intro dnctlon Of the Rev.
Father Stanley, who said: