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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
A Choice MOrsel.

We take the following choice morsel
from little book entitled "Poultry for
Pleasure and Poultry for Profit"
All things are given to us for our
pleasure or our profit. AS soon as thing
ceases to be of one or the other,i is of no
use ;and as long as it does give us pleasure
or profit, it is good for us. By pleasure,
/ wish to be understood the innocent,
harmless enjoyments of life, which make
one better, and no one worse: by profit,
that which is of gain to us, at no other
ones loss.
We are so constituted that we desire
and must have some kind of recreation.
The professional man, man of business,
merchant, clerk, mechanic, and all 9th
ers, after day of work and application,
enjoy rest: and it is the best form OF
rest to have something to enjoy-some-
thing to look at and care for that is
pleasing. 1t is like the cool drink of
water from the old oaken bucket to the
tired laborer. 1t is both rest and re,
freshment.
To this class of men there are two
things which seem especially well adapt
ed. They give rest and reward. One is
q good garden, the other is Il well-kept
flock of fowls. l believe a good garden,
with flowers and growing vegetables, will
almost insure happiness in doors; and a
flock of clean, healthy, cackling fowls
will make a pleasant husband or wife,
and happy children. 1t is hard to cal
culate the value of such flock.
On the other hand, it is not wonder
there are so many quarreling, brawling
families, when we consider how many
ill-mated, quarreling and diseased flocks
of fowls there are; some sneezing with
the Group, and rolling to get rid of the
million of mites whibh infest their quar-
ters, black hens, dirty white hens, yell
low hens, brown hens, spcckled hens
some with top-knots, some with none
some with tail feathers, some with none
combs and toes frozen; they roost on the
wagon, and lay-if they lay at all-in
the wood pile; they look scrawny, dirty
and saucy, and seem to hate thea-
selves.
When we see a yard like that, ninL
cases in ten the man of the house never
calls his wife by loving, tender names,
and the children speak of the father as
the "old man. Is it wonder that a
man who has such flock of fowls goes
to the insane asylum?
A Young man who does not love choice
fowls is an unsafe person for a girl to
wed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
"0klahOma Territory"

The so called Oklahoma Territory is an
unknown quantity. 1t has no geograph-
ical recognition on the United States
maps. The Oklahoma boomers locate a
territory of that name on the western
portion of the ceded Indian lands, which
they claim to be- public lands of
the United States. On the map of the
"Frisco" road Oklahoma occupies an
irregular shape south of the Red Fork of
the Arkansas, and bounded on the south
by the Canadian and on the east by the
Pottowattomies and the Sac and Fox
agencies, while the western boundary
extends to the Wichitas, Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations. In a map
of the Indian Territory pub
lished few years ago by
the Oklahoma association, they embraced
all the western portion of the Indian Ter
ritory extending from the Cherokee out
let on the north to the Red river on the
south, and including the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe reservations, basing their claim
on the statement of Colonel Boudinot,
who showed that by the treaties ef 1866
the United States purchased from the
Indian tribes in the Indian Territory
about fourteen million acres of land.
These lands were bought from the
Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chicka-
saws; the Cherokees selling no lands by
the treaty of 1866, hence they still hold
what is known as the Cherokee strip or
"outlet, extending to the one hundredth
meridian, lying between the Kansas
border and Oklahoma, and which is about
ninety miles wide. st. Louis Republican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
The Trumpet.

The trumpet is universally popular
musical instrument, and appears to have
been known in all ages and all countries.
It is said to have derived its name from
turbo, shell. 1t is constructed in mod
ern times several feet in length, doubled
up In parabolic form and sounded by
mouthpiece. The trumpet has always
played prominent part in battle, as an
alarm or summons; few things are more
inspiriting than flourish of trumpets.
The old Eastern custom of proclaiming
DEGREES or public notices with the sound
of the trumpet has bequeathed us the
vulgar saying with regard to loud,
boasting person; 'Is his trumpeter deadP
The twin brother of the trumpet, the
horn, owes its origin to the custom OF
blowing through the hollow horn of an
animal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
A Talk With a Photographer.

{" 1t is the hardest thing in the world
to get some folks into any kind of a
natural position, or expression of ccunte-
nance They will put kind of Unto
e-photographed look on their faces
when they come into the gallery and it
generally stays there. Then the way
some women dress They have an idea
that the more colors they get on, the bet
ter they look, and the result is that when
they see their photograph and the curl
Gus effect produced by the colors, they'll
blame the photographer, though we al.
ways tell them beforehand Nearly all
persons look better in picture than in
reality, except those having clear com.
plexions. Some ladies, for instance,
would be considered beautiful in side
view of their features, while front view
is decidedly disappointing, Of course
in photographing them, we take the side
view. Some look better with hat on
and some in full outdoor costume. But
there is one thing you may not know,
and that is very few ladies look well
photographed in white, yet the only pic
lures many have taken are in their gradu
alton or wedding dresses, ~ Rochester
Democrat Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
Davy JOnes's Locker.

Sailors call the sea "Davy Jones's
Locker" because the dead are thrown
there. Davy is corruption of "duffy,'
by which name ghosts or spirits are
known among tho West Indian negroes,
and Jones is corruption of the name of
the Prophet Jonah, who was thrown into
the sea.
Locker, in seaman's parlance, means
any receptacle for private stores. So
that when sailor says, "He's gone to
Davy Jones's Locker" he means, she is
gone to the place of safe-keeping where
duffy Jonah was sent to-"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
How Webster stopped a Leak.

In a Washington letter to the Cleve.
land Leader we find the following: The
cabinet meetings are, you know, always
secret. Just off of the cabinet room is
the library, and when Webster was sec,
retary of state it was noticed that the
cabinet meetings were reported in full
in certain of the newspapers. Various
means were undertaken to find out who
was the leaky member Of the cabinet,
but each denied that he had told any,
thing to any one. One day Webster ex.
cused himself and went out into the
library while the others talked as usual.
He found he could hear every word ut.
tered within. He came back and said
he thought the secrets must have
gotten out through correspondent lis.
tening in the library. After this the
library was locked during cabinet ses.
sions, and the reports Immediately
ceased.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-03-20
THE LOST BATTLE

To his heart 1t struck such terror
That he laughed laugh of scorn-
The man in the soldiers doublet,
With the sword so bravely worn.
1t struck his heart like the frost wind,
To find his comrades fed,
While the battlefield was guarded
By the heroes who lay dead.
He drew his sword in the sunlight
And called with long halloo,
"Dead men, there is one living
Shall stay it out with your
He raised ragged standard,
This lonely soul in war,
And called the foe to onset
By shouts they heard afar.
They galloped swiftly toward him,
The banner foated wide;
1t sank; he sank beside it
Upon his sword, and died.
Rose Haaothorne Lathrop, in Harper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22


Hannah Brown did not sleep that night.
Sleep would not come. Hour after hour
passed, and her wrath refused to be queled.
She tried every conceivable method, hat
time hung heavily. 1t was not quite
peep Of day, however, when she laid her
well-worn family Bible aside. 1t had been
her mothers, and amid all the .nxieties
and tribulations incident to the life of
woman who had free negroes and a mis-
cradle husband to manage, it had been her
mainstay and comfort. She had fire.
quently read it in anger, page after page,
without knowing what was contained in
the lines. But eventually the words be-
came Ineligible and took meaning. She
wrested consolation from it by mere force
OF will.
And 50 on this occasion when she closed
the book the fierce anger was gone.
She was not a hard woman naturally.
Fate had brought her conditions which
covered up the woman heart within her,
but though it lay deep, it was there still.
As she sat with folded hands her eyes fell
upon-what:
The pink bonnet with the blue plume!
1t may appear strange to those who do
not understand such natures, but to me
her next action was perfectly natural.
she burst into a cOnvulSive laugh; then,
Selling the queer object, bent her face upon
it and sobbed Historically. When tho
storm was over. very teuderly she laid the
into the night.
For a half-hour she stood at the end of
the lane, and then hungry Balaam and his
master hove in sight. Reaching out her
hand, she checked the beast.
William said she, very gently, "where
is the mule?"
The elder had been asleep. He woke and
gazed upon her blanEly.
what mule, Hannah"
"The mule you rode to town"
For one full minute the elder studied her
face. Then it burst from his lips:
"Well, bless me! if didn't bring Balaam
and fOrgit the mule"
The woman laughed till her eyes ran
water.
"William," said she, "you're drunk"
"Hannah," said he, meelly, II know it.
The truth is, Hannah, /"
"Never mind now, William" she said,
gently. You are tired and hungry. Come
into the house, husband"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22

"Well, now that's suthin' like. VIII it
SCOT a sorter red-headed 'oOman?"
A perfectly sober man would have said
the girls corsets must have undergone a
terrible strain, but the elder did not notice
her dumb convulsion. She answered
heroically:
Perfectly, sir. 1t is an exquisite
match"
81 think you're whistlin' again. Nancy's
heads red red as a woodpeck's. Sorrel's
only halfway to the color of aer top knot,
am it do seem like red oughter to SCOT red.
Nancy's red, an the hats red like goes
with like, an birds of feather flock
together" The old man laughed until his
cheeks were wet.
The girl, beginning to feel a little I'M
easy, and seeing a customer entering,
rapidly fixed up the bonnet, took fifteen
dollars out of a twenty dollar bill, and
calmly asked the elder if he wanted any
thing else He thrust his change some
where into his clothes, and beat Il retreat.
1t had occurred to him that he was nearly
drunk.
Elder Browns step began to lose it's
buoyancy. He found himself utterly I'M
able to walk straight. There was an
uncertain straddle in his gait that carried
him from one side of the walk to the other,
ard caused people whom he met to cheer
fully yield him plenty of room.
Balaam saw him coming. Poor Ba-
laam. He had made an early start
that day, and for hours he stood in the sun
awaiting relief. When he opened his
sleepy eyes and raised his expressive ears
to a position of attention, the old familiar
coat and battered hat of the elder were be-
fore him. He lifted up his honest voice
and cried aloud for joy.
The effect was electrical for one instant
Elder Brown surveyed the beast with hor-
ror, but again in his understanding there
rang out the trumpet words,
"Drunk, drunk, drunk, drer-unc, erunc,
-unc, -unc."
He stopped instinctively for missile with
which to smite his accuser, but brought up
suddenly with a jerk and a handful of
sand. Strengthening himself up with a
majestic dignity, he extended his right
hand impressiyely.
'You're a gotdarn liar, Balaam, and,
blast your old buttons, you kin walk home
by yourself, for Pm DANCED if you shll ride
me er step"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22

Alas! Elder Brown knew too well. What
she would not say was what puzzled bi,s,
But as he stood bare headed in the sunIierL /.
a sense of utter desOlation came and d,Sait
with him. His eye rested upon sleeninos
Balaam anchored to a post in the straatf
and so as he recalled the treachery that Law
at the base of all his affliction, gIooI
was added to the desolation.
To turn back and search for the 1oSt
paper would have been worse than useless
Only one course was open to him and at II
went the leader of his people. He callad
at the grocery; he invaded the recesses Of
the dry goods establishments; he ransacked
the hardware stores; and wherever he
went he made life burden for the clerks
Overhauling showcases and pulling down
whole shelves of stock. Occasion
ally an item of his memoranda wouid
come to light, and thrusting his hand into
his CapaCiOus pocket, where lay the nro-
ceeds of his check he would pay for il
upon the spot, and insist on having If
rolled up. To the suggestion of the slave
whom he had in charge for the time being
that the articles be laid aside until he had
finished, he would not listen.
"Now you look here, sonny" he said. in
the dry goods store, Pm conducting this
revival, an don't need no help in my line
Just you tie them stockin's up an femme
have 'em. Then [ kBOlg rve gOt 'em." AS
each purchase was promptly paid for, and
change had to be secured, the clerk earned
his salary for that day at least.
So it was, when near the heat of the dsv.
the good man arrived at the drug store.
the last and only unvisited division of
trade, he made his appearance equipped
with half a hundred packages, which
nestled in his arms and bulged out about
the sections of his clothing that boosted Of
pockets. As he deposited his deck-load
upon the counter, great drops of perspira-
tion rolled down his face and over his
water-logged collar to the floor. -
There was something exquisitely refresh
ing in the great glasses of foaming soda
that a spruce young man was drawing
from marble fountain, above which half
dozen polar bears in an ambitious print
We're disporting themselves. There came
break in the run of customers, aud the
spruce young man, having swept the foam
from the marble, dextrously lifted q glass
from the revolving rack which had rinsed
it with a fierce little stream of water, and
asked mechanically, as he caught the in
tense look Of the perspiring elder, "Wh at
schrup, SIR"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22

were drawing upon him the eyes
of the whole female congregation he was
supremely unconscious that his beast was
hurrying.
And thus the excursion proceeded, until
suddenly shote, surprised in his calm
search for roots in fence corner, darted
into the road, and stood for an instant
gazing upon the newcomers with that
idiotic stare which only a pig can initiate.
The sudden appearance of this unlocked
for apparition acted strongly upon the
donkey. With one supreme effort he col
Iected himself into a motionless mass of
matter, bracing his front legs wide apart;
that is to say, he stopped short. There he
stood, returning the pigs idiotic stare
with an interest which must have led to
the presumption that never before in all
his varied life had he seen such a singular
little creature. End over end went the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22
THE LAUGHING JACKASS.


Country, Australia.
Among the birds of Australia | know
none more extraordinary than the
Laughing Jackass.' He is a true
kingiisher, alike in his personal appear
ance, his structure and his habits.
Ones idea, however, of a kingfsher is
generally associated with water
loving bird; but this Australian king
fisher is not water-bird but a land
bird, and preys not upon fish, but rather
upon grubs, worms, snakes, frogs, mice,
etc; he is, in fact, a scavenger in
the true sense of the word. For the
last few days l have had "Laughing
JackaSs' in my po>session-as tine
iackass as could be found within a hun
bred miles of St Paul's. In fact, [
have only one fault to find with him,
and that was he would never laugh.
The cause of this defect in his educa-
ton possibly may have been that never
gave him anything to laugh about; this,
however, was not my fault, for | gave
him plenty of good and wholesome food
he took with dignity becoming this
most distinguished OF strangers. Wish
ing, moreover, to try his destructive
powers, | showed him one day
mouse; in moment all his feathers
bristled up, and he appeared to be Oike
an enraged tom-CaD twice his natural
size. | held the mouse to his cage and
in an instant he seized the animal with
his tremendous beak and gulped him
down with apparently the greatest sat
isfaction. He then began slight litter,
which trusted he would increase grad
ually to a laugh, but | suppose he
thought it an occasion hardly worth
laughing about, so he shut up his feath-
ers again and composed himself to
sleep. In this attitude | fancied | de-
tected q sly expression about his eyes,
as much as to say: Il know YOU want
me to laugh; can laugh if like, but
| will not laugh
My bird was about the size of a large
maybe, very like an English kingfisher
in general shape; though his color was
brown, still he was very pretty bird
so beautiful, indeed, was he that lady
borrowed him for a day or so, to eX-
hibit at a bazaar in the Hanover Square
Rooms Here. | understand, he was
much admired by the fair visitors,
though, from all hear, he did not APP
preciate the compliment as much rs he
ought In due time he was brought
home. | gave him his breakfast and
put him out in the sun, which he much
enjoyed after his sojourn in a hot,
crowded room. | turned my back for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-22

1t is the man who has the most
property that has the greatest viii.
power - Chicago Times. cd 49,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01

PRESENT indications give ass surance
of a gOOdly fight at the Republican State
Convention between those two we'll
known bosses, Matthew S. Quay. of
Beaver county, and Chris Magee, of
Pittsburg. Quay arrived in Philadel-
phia on SUNDAY last and forthwith an
nounced himself a candidate for State
Treasurer. Magee has been shaping
matters for some time so as to bring
about the nomination of James A. Nc
Dewitt, OF Lancaster, for the same Of
flee. Quay and Magee who at one time
were as thick as two thieves, to use a
homely expression, do not now pull to-
gether, and as Quay says he has entered
the fight to win, and Magee has staked
his political reputation upon his ability
to nominate McDevitt, the contest
promises to be exceedingly interesting.
We know a great deal about Quay and
something about Magee, and if the lat
ter eau put the formers scalp I'm his
belt, his right to the title of "Big In
jim" of the Republican party in this
State will not be questioned. We don't
believe he can do it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01

This is the first day of May, and we
think it is the first time within the
memory of the oldest man in the county
hat up TO this date no Democrat has
publicly announced himself as a candi
date for the Sheriff's office. Long be-
fore this time in former years when that
Office was 10 be filed, and sometimes ev-
en- when the pleasant jingle Of the sleigh
bells was heard, the voters knew the
names of all the candidates and we're
engaged in discussing their respective
merits and claims to party support. But
how different now with not a single
candidate yes in the field, so far at least
as the public has been given to under
stand. There is still, however, abund-
ance of time, and if this standing aloof
means that the primary election ought
not to be held until a much later day
than heretofore, then so much the bet
ter. Nominations made some time ia
August AFFORD candidates ample time to
do full justice to their canvass. TAX
ing time by the forelock in making nom.
nations has nothing whatever to recon-
mend it, but on the contrary every con-
sideratiOn of sound party policy ought
TO discourage it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01

AT no time during the present session
of the Legislature has the lower branch
of that body shown such an utter and
criminal indifference to the performance
of the duties its members were sent to
Harrisburg to discharge, as it did on Fri
dav last. That is the day, as our read
ers are aware, on which, under a Gus
tom of many years standing and as un-
alterable, as it would seem, as the laws
of the Medes and Persians, the Legis-
lature adjourns from noon until the fol-
lowing Monday evening, thus practical
" reducing the sessions of each week to
three days and a half, and always rem
dering the Friday morning session an
absolute farce. On the morning refer
red to the bill appropriating one hun
dred and sixty-eight thousand dollars
to the State Lunatic Hospital at Norris
town was before the House on second
reading, and OD an amendment being
offered to one of the sections and the
yeas and nays having been called, it ap-
peared that only pinety-tbree of the two
hundred and one members responded to
their names, which was eight less than
101 the necessary number to transact
business. The Sergeant-at-Arms was
directed by the Speaker to 90 out into
the world and secure the attendance OF
a sufficient number of members to make
up a quorum, which is 101. That officer
understood perfectly what always takes
place on Friday morning before the
Philadelphia train leaves the. depot, and
he made bee line for that point. He
was too late, however, for when he ar
rived there the train was under full
heaGway two hundred yards down the
track, aud in it were comfortably seat
ed nearly all the Philadelphia members
as well as from fifty to seventy members
from the rural districts. The Sergeant
alarms returned to the House and hav-
ing informed it that he was unable to
find any of the absent members, it was
compelled to adjourn until Monday ev-
ening. One would suppose that the i'm
pOrtance of the bill then before the
from such such a reckless desertion of
their posts and making hot haste to the
depot, impatient to see Philadelphia and
all its gilded attractions, but it had DO
such restraining effect. What did they
care about the unfortunate inmates of
the NOrristOwn Asylum, when weighed
in the balance with the anticipated
pleasures of a trip to Philadelphia ? We
have thus called attention to last Fri
days proceedings because absenteeism
was manifested on much larger scale
on that occasion than on any previous
Friday, and TO show what little regard
some of the members have for the oath
they took at the beginning of the ses-
sion. The custom Of adjourning from
noon Oh Friday until the next Monday
evening, prOlongs the session at least a
month and costs the taxpayers Of the
State at every session not less than a
hundred thousand dollars.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01

THE five months strike of the Ken
sington carpet weavers of Philadelphia
which came to an end last week under
a compromise arrangement, was a very
losing business to both sides. The sew
en- thousand men and women whom the
strike threw idle, lost in wages no less
than million and half of dollars in
twenty one weeks, and the value of the
product which the mills would have
turned out if in fun operation would
have reached six millions of dollars. the
loss of which is shared by the owners of
the mills, the workmen and all whose
market for their work was cut of
through the operation Of the strike.