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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30

in their places. While he is loading, up
rises fourth chicken, this time to the
left. The riglt-h2nd man knocks it over,
and at the discharge of his gun the
chickens rise on all sides The left hand
man gets in both barrels and knocks
down two birds, They reload, and the
dog is told to 'hunt 'em up" If the
birds are plenty and the stubbles in good
cond tioh, the chances'are that a covey
will be found in each stubbe-feld.
Hunters often ''draw blank, =" as they
term it, and sometimes two coveys are
found in one field. The coveys vary
widely in size; sometimes as many as
thirty or forty birds are found together
and sometimes an old cock is found
alone with a field all to himself. The
chickens in different coveys also behave
differently. At times they will get up
siDgly, and in such case two shooters
will get nearly the whole covey. At
other times the whole covey will rise to-
gether, and it needs quick and skilful
shooting to make each of the four barrels
count. If the country and fight of the
birds allow, it is sometimes possible tc
mark covey" and follow them from
fed to field, unless they fly into the corn,
when pursuit is hopeless.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
Prairie Dogs.

In an article about a colony of prairie
dogs which has been added to the Central
Park geological collection, the New
York Tribune says: When the dogs were
turned into the inclosure they frisked
about the space few moments in evil
dent surprise. Then they gathered in
knot for consultation, in which one fat
old patriarch seemed to assume the
leadership. They grasped the situation
and determined to make the best of it.
The old dog followed by six other stout
dogs, selected central spot in the in
closure and began TO dig with his fore
paws until in minute or two his head
was out of sight. He then stepped
aside ana gravely sat on his launches
while an other dog began digging in the
hole thus started. Toe remaining five
dogs stood in row behind the one that
was digging while the unoccupied dogs
kept together a short distance away. AS
the dirt was thrown up from the hoe the
dog that was next to the one digging
gathered it in his paws and threw it back
further to those behind. In a short time
the first dog was out of sight. He then
stopped ndtook his position last in the
row and the next one began digging.
The foreman continued to watch the
operations quietly or to inspect the pro-
gress of the work at short intervals. 1t
did not take long before the whole six
were down into the ground. Then the
workman were reinforced by another de-
tachment until finally the forty dogs dis
appeared with the exception of the old
one who stood outside. Presently there
was movement of the earth at dis
tance of fifteen feet A dogs head ap-
peared and the subterranean workmen all
filed out of the gallery which they had
made.
The dogs seemed highly pleased with
the result of their work, and after the
foreman of the work had inspected the
tunnel several times the colony then di-
vided into groups, each group selecting
spot and going to work to burrow on
its own account. Five of them with the
old dog continued to work at the first
! burrow. During the afternoon each of
the groups made its own home under
ground, and they all went to rest in
these holes at night. The animals are
slightly smaller than the woodchuck.
They live socially together and never
yelp. 1t is said that on the prairies owls
and rattlesnakes often make quarters in
their burrows.
"They are intelligent, interesting lit
tie creatures, and quite harmless" said
DR.. Conklin. That old gray fellow
seems to be kind of leader among
them. The first hole that they dug, in
which he lives. is the largest and seems
to be sort of city hall where they all
assemble at times. The holes probably
go down about fifteen feet where they
are stopped by the concrete. The dogs
will live out here comfortably all winter.
Their holes will be snug and warm and
they are not troubled with malaria"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
A Great Irrigating Canal,

There is now in progress in Merced
county, California, a great irrigating
canal. Merced, the capital of the
county, lies in the heart of the San
Joaquin valley, which has been for some
years the chief wheat producing section
of the State. The valley extends from
the Sierra Nevadas on the east to the
skirt of the coast range on the west, its
greatest width being ninety miles, and
its length from north to south about
forty miles. The town of Merced is
expected to make enormous strides when
the canal IS completed. The first sight
of the ditch suggests the earthwcrks or
fort, the ground being ridged up from
six to eight feet. There are 800 men at
work on the canal. The undertaking
was begun on March IA, 1888, and has
been carried on continuously ever since.
The canal will run across the country
from the Merced river just above Smell
ling to Plainsburgh, ten miles below the
city of Merced, on the Southern Pacific
railroad. The slope during this whole
distance is a gradual one, and the
canal is carried we'll up on slight ele-
NdGlOu, 50 IudJ WlGuOuI HFCllCldl UleduS
the water will flow over the wide extent
of level valley land which is to he irri-
gated. The entire length of the canal
will be thirty-fve miles, of which sixteen
miles are now completed, In the
portion which has been built there is one
tunnel a trit1e over mile long, and an
other of sixteen hundred feet is now be-
ing excavated. The general grade of
the canal is one foot to the mile. Among
the hands employed are $50 Chiness
They receive 81 day and board them
selves, while the white men receive $50
a month and their board The Chinese
live in camp by themselves, and run
their commissariat. The company which
has charge of the enterprise has expended
already nearly 500, 900, and it is roughly
estimated that the entire cost of the
work will be double that sum. Land on
the banks of the canal which was previ-
ously valued at 50. 80 per acre, has now
advanced to So per acre, and the owners
claim that it is worth $50 per acre. Close
to the town of Merced, however, land
can not be bought for less than $3.50 per
acre, Chicdg0 Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
LUCKY DAYS.

When May with apple blossoms
Her loving-cup is brewing,
With beams and dews and winds that get
The honey from the violet,
With hopes on which the heart is set,
Oh thens the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooingl
When August calls the locust
To sound the years undoing,
And, like some altar dressed of old
In drapery of cloth of gold,
High pastures thick with broom unfold,
Oh, then's the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing.
Dear lad the time for wooingl
When brown October pauses,
The ripened woodland viewing,
And all the sunny forests spread
Their fallen leaves, as hearts blood red,
A carpet fit for brides to tread,
Oh, thens the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooing'
Oh, listen, happy lover,
Your happy fate pursuing:
When fields are green, when woods are sere
When storms are white, when stars are clear
On each sweet day of each sweet year,
Oh, then's the time for wooing,
For wooing, and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wooing!
Harriet Prescott Spoford, in Bazar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The golden mean-The miser.

The golden mean-The miser.
A dead beat.-The muffled drum.
Inquirer asks What must l do to
make my hands soft2 Do nothing. .-Bos-
ton Courier.
And now Chicago claims that pork is
brain food, being product of thous-
ands of pens.-LOaOeU Citizen.
An exchange says that there isl mis-
sion in this life for dudes. We hope it
is foreign mission. Burlington Free
Press.
An Iowa veteran draws pension be.
cause ten years ago his wife struck him
with broomstick. darlington Free
Press.
We learn from the Southern Bicouac
that Eastern America is drying up. The
West thinks it is about time for her to
do So Chicago Tribune.
81 am glad this coffee doesn't owe me
anything" said boarder at the break
fast table. 81 don't believe it would
ever settle. .n-MeU York Ne0s.
"a chair of matrimony is talked of at
Vassar college" Of course it will be a
big rocking chair, strong enough to
hold two.-NoTistOlo Herald.
ATTEND your church." the parson cries.
To church each fair one goes;
The old go there to close their eyes,
The young to eye their clothes.
-GoodaIps Sun.
''You are bound to read, l see," said
Mrs. S. to her husband, who, with novel
in hand, was busy among its pages. $50
is this book, he replied, without look
ing up, and his talkative wife collapsed
-Merchaat- IrGreler.
SHE COMPLIED WITH HIS REQUEST.
pray call me pretty name" said he
One night to his darling Carrie,
The girl he had courted so long that she
Thought he never meant to marry.
Up from his bosom she raised her head,
And her cheeks grew red as roses
81 think will call you man. she said,
''For they say that man proposes
Boston Courierl
eff you should allow me fourteen dol
lars per week on which to run the house."
she said, as they sat together in the twi-
light, "and saved three dollars per
week out of that, what would you sayl"
"Say9 Why, I'd say you ought to run
it on 'leven, he growled, as he lighted
the gas Detroit Free Press.
OH for girl with bright blue eyes,
A girl that knows how to love-
A girl that can make good squash pies
And is sweet as the angels above.
Oh for girl that will not flirt,
A woman kind and true:
A wife TO sew buttons on your shirt,
When she's nothing else to do.
--Lynn Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
OIL XIII. ISLAND POND VERMONT, OCTOBER 30 1885,
"What dye say to two hundred"
said brother LYMAN, gleefully.

w nat q ye say 10 Two nunuredf
said brother Lyman, gleefully.
"What" shrieked Mrs. Grigson. ely
man, you're a.pokin' fun at me-"
''No, l amt" cheerfully spoke up
brother Lyman. "It's two hundred and
fifteen dollars and eighty-eight cents.
that's what it isl Oh, eff ye'd only
seen the women-folks a-carryin out Aunt
Mittables house plants nugged up close
to 'em, like they was little babies"
Brother Lyman stopped to shake all
over with a species of inaudible laughter
which convulsed him as if he were q
mold of jelly.
1.-TWO hundred and fifteen dollars!"
gasped Mrs. Grigson. 'ltS like
dream"
The auctioneer counted out the bills
into the good woman's toil-hardened
hands.
81 congratulate you, ma'am," said he.
'Are you sure there amt no mistakel"
said Mrs. Grigson.
'Quite sure, ma'am."
"Well, / don't nohow understand it,
said the widow, slowly shaking her
head. ''P'r'aps, Mr.. Pulfeld, you can
explain 1t TO mes"
The auctioneer looked around, winked
one eye solemnly, and twirled his quill
pen backward and forward.
''No one hereW said he.
'Not a soul," declared brother Ly-
man.
Everybody gomez"
"Yes, everybody"
"Then look here" said the auction
eer. 81 couldn't help catchin' word
here and there; and it want no business
of mine to interfere"
81 don't understand" said Mrs. Orig.
son, more bewildered than ever.
"Don't ye, now2 Well, less see if I
can't make it clear t. ye," said Mr.. Pull
field. "Abigail Barton she was a-whis-
perrin to Deacon Plimptons widow
how't she found little gold dollar bur-
led in the earth OF a fower-pot that held
a J'rusalem cherry-tree you give her;
and it went from one to another like
wild fire. Oh, yes, Mrs. Grigson, your
aunt Mittable was good woman, very
good woman, but awful queer. And
now every man, woman and child will
be rippin' open feather beds, diggin' up
house plants, and pokin' into cheer seats
and bureau drawers for hidden treasure.
See2"
"You don't s'pose-" cried Mrs. Orig
son.
eyes, I do s'pose," said the auction
eer. ''If folks will be fools, there amt
no way of preventin' 'em as ever l
knowed of. And | wish 'em good luck
fndin' what your aunt Mittible has hid
there"
"Well, I declare" said Mrs. Grigson.
"Your things hev sold very we'll,
a'am," said Mr.. Pulfeld, buttoning up
his coat. 81 don't know when we've
had such a successful auction sale in the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Grigson went back to the city feel
ing richer than any capitalist. And not
until the train was running into the New
Haven depot did she start wildly from
her seat in the corner of the car cit
was the monkey" she said, speaking
aloud in the sudden enlightment of her
oul-''brother Lymans monkey! And
there was me, poor, simple critter, a.
repinin' again the mischief he had donep p'
The other passengers stared obviously
at her, wondering if they had come all
the way from Feltville Four Corners
with crazy woman. An old man took
up basket and shawl strap and went tc
the other end of the car.
But they need not have been alarmed
Mrs. Grigson was not crazy.-Harper't
| Bd.dr.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30
TIL KNOW THEE THERE.

IG. D. Prentice said: "No living poem can
urpass in beauty the following lines from
the muse Z Amelia-nl
Pale star that, with thy soft, sad light,
Comes out upon my bridal eve,
have a song to sing tonight
Before thou takest thy mournful leave.
Since then SO softly time hath stirr'd
That months have almost seemed like
hours,
And am like little bird
That slept too long among the fowers,i
And, waking, sits with waveless wing,
Soft singing mid the shades of even;
But OH with Sadder heart sing
/ sing of one who dweils in heaven.
The winds are soft, the clouds are few,
And tenderest thought my heart beguiles,
As, floating up through mist and dew,
The pale young moon comes out in
smiles;
And to the green, resounding shore
In silvery troJps the ripples crowd,
Till all the ocean, dimp,ed DER,
Lifts up is voice and laughs aloud;
And star on star, all soft and calm,
And, lost to earth, and stepped in balm,
My spirit 1oated in ether, too.
Loved onel though lost to human sight,
l feel thy spirit lingering near;
And softly-as feel the light
That trembles through the atmosphere,
As in some temples holy shades,
Though mute the hymn and hushed the
prayer,
A solemn awe the soul pervedes,
Which tells that worship has been there's
A breath Of incense, left alone,
Where many a censer swung around;
Which thrills the wanderer like to one
Who treads on consecrated ground.
I know thy soul, from worlds of bliss,
Yet stops a while to dwell with me.
Hath caught the prayer 1 breathed in this,
That at last might dwell with thee;
I hear a murmur from the seas
That thrills me like thy spirits sighs;
hear voice on every breeze
That makes to mine its low replies
A voice all low and sweet like thine;
1t gives an answer to my prayer,
And brings my soul from heaven a sign
That l will know and meet thee there.
| I'll know thee there by that sweet face
| Round which a tender halo plays,
Still touched with that expressive grace
That made thee lovely all thy days,
By that sweet smile that DER it shed
A beauty like the light of even,
Whose soft expression never fed,
Even when its soul had fled to heaven;
I'll know thee by the starry crown
That glitters in thy raven hair;
Oh! by these blessed sights alone
I'll know thee there, Tll know thee there.
For ah thine eye, within whose sphere
The sweetest youth and beauty met,
That swan in love and softness here,
Must swim in love and sottness yet.
For ah its dark and liquid beams,
Though saddened by thousand sighs,
Were holier than the light that streams
Down from the gates of Paradise
| We're bright and radiant like the morn,
Yet soft and dewy as the eve,
Too sad for eyes where smiles are born,
Too young for eyes to learn to grieve.
I wonder if this cold, sweet breeze
Hath touched thy lips and famed thy
brow,
For all thy spirit hears and sees
Recalls thee to my memory now;
For every hour we breathed apart
Will but increase, if that can be,
The love that fills this lonely heart
A1raadv fIlad ca full of thaa
Yet many tear these eyes must weep,
And many sin must be forgiven,
Ere these pale lips shall sink to sleep,
And you and shall meet in heavenl
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-10-30

Little Johnny, on being asked by his
school teacheri if he knew what was meant
by "at par" replied that "Ma was al
ways at Pa when he came home late. ~
life.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Louisa NJ. Alcott's works have
reached the sale of over 500, 900 copies.
Blanche K. Bruce, ex-Register of
the Treasury, intends to reside In future
at his old home in Mississippi.
Teresina Tua, the yiolinist is only
eighteen years old. and is under two
years concert engagement at $50, 900 a
year.
Ned Price, once famous as a prize
fighter, but who retired from the ring
twenty-five years ago to study law, has
a large and profitable practice in New
York, makes creditable arguments be-
fore the Court of Appeals, and is good
deal of a public man generally.-M Y
Sun
The annual circulation of periodi-
Gals published in London is 1,017,-
100000 copies; in Paris 100, 900, 600
copies; in New York and BROOKLYN
SIG, 900, 600. But New York and Brook
lyn, it must be remembered, do not,
relatively, embrace so much of Amer
lea as London does of England or Paris
Of France. = Chicago Current.
-.sAuld Robin Gray was written by
Lady Anne Lindsay, daughter of the
fifth Earl of Balcarres. She was born
on November 2S, 1850, and at the early
age of twenty-one produced the ballad
which Sir Walter Scott says lis worth
all the dialogues Corydon and PHYLLIS
have had together from the DAYS of
Theocritus downward. - CHICAGO Jour
nal
That special qualities are essential
to the success of magazines is shown
by the fact that the number of able
men who failed to meet these require
ments includes Charles F. Hoffman, N.
?. Willis, Park Benjamin, William E.
Burton, Washington Irving, the Duyc-
kinks, Thomas Dunn English, James r.
Gilmore and George r. Graham. CHI
cago Herald.
Mrs. Lopez, aged ninety-sever
years, is still living at Elmira, N. Y.
When she first settled in that vicinity
the county contained only six families,
and animals indigenous to that part of
the United States were found there in
countless numbers. Mrs. Lopez is
remarkable woman for her age, being
free from bodily ailment and retaining
her senses to a wonderful degree.
Buffalo EGpresS.
American magazines pay four
scales of prices for short stories. The
first is $40 or $15 for complete story,
paid by the smaller magazines; the Sec
ond is $40 a thousand words by the
popular monthly publications; the third
is $15 thousand words to writer's who
have acquired some degree of reputa-
ton. The fourth varies with the fame
of the author. Howells, or '.Mark
Twain,'' will produce no story or arti-
Gle of any kind for less than $500 or
$1,000.-N Y Post.
Mark Pattison, the distinguished
Oxford professor and literary man,
lately deceased, gave this account of
his meeting an American young lady
at a foreign table d'hote: "She was
only nineteen, but size knew every
thing. She told me the exact amount Of
affection which the Princess C
has for her future husband, and she
gave me full account of the divorce
laws in all the States of America She
appealed to me sometimes; of course
agreed. At last she asked whether
l did not think she could write book,
and / told her she was the most ig-
norant girl ever meti But took care
to say so in such a way that she
couldn't mind it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-24
A GLORIOUS WARFARE.

A Victory Which Brings BIassedness and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Recitation for
Boys.
Friends: 1t is my pleasant duty to
explain to you the object of our coming
together and banding ourselves into a
society called The Band of Hope"
Firs: of ali, we are volunteers, and they
are always the happiest and readiess
soldiers. One brave, willing recruit is
worth ten pressed men. We do not
wear any uniform, except the uniform
desire to do good. Cur bands are not
often of brass, but always of hope.
Our music is not particularly mart al.
but when we stand to sing in martial
order the melodies are more heartily
and earnestly rendered than those per-
formed at military reviews and sham
fights. The oath of allegiance is our
pledge. We have no regulations about
height or age. Nothing disqualifes for
service except desertion.
Our warfare is against no man, but
for the benefit of all men. We fight
the foes of disease and crime, of poverty
and wretchedness. The only arms we
use are the weapons of facts and truth,
and arguments for sobrietv, economy,
health and happiness We neither kill
nor wound any; we only seek to ami
hilate the foes that Stay our comtrymen
by thousands and fill our hospitals with
the sick and wounded. We contend for
peace. Our victory brings blessednesS
and prosperity as surely as the morning
sunshine banishes the darkness of night
Is not ours glorious warfare? VIII
you enlist with us to carry it still fur
ther on?- Christian Gt Work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-24
HUMOROUS.

els marriage declining?" asks an
exchange. No; it is generally accept
ing. Burlington Free Press.
"A bright story in grammar is told
of lite school girl. Quarrel" she
parsed, sis plural 'WhyP" ''Be.
cause it takes two make one IN Y
independent.
-..Ma," said little Tommy, edo the
Injuns own the Railroads.&c. '.No, my
son. "Well, they've got somethin'
to do with them, COS pa says he bought
his ticket of scalper.l'' IN. Y. Herald
"A wild Texas steer crushed New
York man against a stone wall the
other day. The man said between
gasps that he never understood the
working of a Bullock press before. M
7. Mail.
Husband Gokingly)-"Oh, I'm the
mainstay of the family" Wife-'.Yes,
and the jibboom, and the-and the
-" Small boy (from experience)-
"And the spanker, too, mamma. -
Boston Courier.
Money no object. Nervous guest
(to landlord of summer resort hoteD
What are your precautions against fire?
andlord-Insurance 1t costs BIG
money to insure property like this for
twice what it is worth, but our policy
is to spare no expense. Philadelphia
Call
Miss Budd-sDo you think Miss
Roseleaf pretty, Mr. Holworthy?n Hol-
worthy (striying to say something com
plimentary) Dwell, she has very in
tellectual face Miss Budd-"Oh, fie,
Mr.. Holworthy! what compliment to
to pay young lady!' Holworthy-
''Oh, I wouldn't say it of you, you
know. ''-HarrGrd Lampoon.
Grandma Clara, do you think your
mother would approve of your sitting
up so latep'' Clara-"Why, grandma,
it was only half-past ten when Frank
left last evening" Grandma Clara,
your grandma happened TO be awake
just as Frank was leaving, and didn't
she hear him say: Now, Clara, just
one, and didn't the clock strike imme-
diately? Pr Chicago Tribune.
you say your husband has good
memory, do you, Mrs. CrimsonbeakP"
''Oh, excellent" responded the lady
addressed. "And how do you know it
is so very good?" ''Well. / asked him
to bring me home mackerel week
ago. and he brought it home to-day.
Now man must have pretty good
memory to remember little thing like
that fer whole week. y Topkers
Statesman.
"A scientific writer says that to dis
cover how an insect breathes, s'take,
say, wasp or hornet He may
mean well, but we shall not take either
wasp or a hornet. The person who
takes either wasp or hornet to dis
cover how an insect breathes is pretty
apt to do some very rapid and vigorous
breathing himself before he proceeds
far with the investigation. Better take
an insect that doesn't violate the law
against carrying concealed weapons
AOrTiSt01C3a Herald.