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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
Household Pets,

AS between hobbies and pets two no.
table weaknesses of the human race-the
latter are the least Objectionable. A man
or woman with hobby. if red hot
hobby, is simply nuisance, and the pos.
SCISSOR of an obtrusive pet is often almost
the same. A pet child or a pet animal,
where intelligence is found and when
kept in place, may be made the means of
satisfying the cravings of the hunger of
affection without bee oming Objectionable
to others than the possessors.
A pet in household, of whatever
kind, is almost sure to be Objectionable
to some one, with show of probability
that some one would hate it as cor
daily as the party of the other part
would love it. If those who have pets
would keep them to themselves, no OBJ
jections could be raised against them;
but the trouble is that full half the en-
joymeut of pet posscssors seems to be in
the display of their brilliant qualities of
mind or manners.
Doubtless more children become pre-
suming, forward and "checky" from the
undue attempts of parents or admiring
friends to have them "show off, and
the attendant quitting them through a
course of sprouts" in season and out of
season, or whenever an opportunity offers,
or may be hunted up, than from any
other one cause.
When pet animal is allowed to usurp
the place of human being, or permitted
to assume to be on par with the human
family, that pet is ont of its place, and
its possessor good ways out of his or
her place. Household pets in place and
keeping are desirable institutions in the
family circle, but pet children and pet
animals, when given undue place and
prominence, turn the milk of human
kindness sour in many heart, and draw
dark clouds about many an otherwise
peaceful home.
Yes, have pets about the house by all
means; and as there is said to be "a
place for everything, and everything in
its place, don't violate the Ordinance"
in the matter of household pets. Good
H0uSekeepinq.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
The Home of the Jerseys.

The island of Jersey contains less than
forty-six square miles, or about 5000
acres, and yet, according to the census
report, it supports over IL, 900 head of
cattle, besides some 60, 900 people. There
are annually exported from the island
over 1000 head. Thus the island sup.
ports two persons to every acre, and. Que
COW to every two acres, and exports one
animal to every ten acres, and as Mr.. Eu-
gene j. Arnold just says, in Belts NeSSen-
ger, the system that will enable Jersey to
do this must be worth considering by
the people of other countries. He
thinks the Jersey COW has had much
to do in enabling these favorable results
to be accomplished. She is not bred to
be eaten; she is too valuable as butter
machine. Then why should she be
largerl Where $4,000 cattle are kept
on six miles square and where rent aver
ages over $48 per acre; where the farms
are smaller than everywhere else in
the world, every farmer works with
his own hands, and instead of the Island
being eaten up with COWS and the farm
ers beggars. the whole Island is a little
garden, thickly strewn with comfortable,
well-to-do houses and homesteads; ease
and comfort are everywhere, poverty and
want unknown. He does not claim this
is all the produce of the cows; but the
farmers who have so close fight and arc
successful must understand their bust
ness and do not keep $4,000 cows at a
loss. Ali the beef for the people IS i'm
ported from France and Spain. With
$4,000 cattle, they do not rear a single
bullock nor make single pound of
cheese. The cows are reared and used for
the production of butter, and that alone.
The Jersey will yield more butter in pro-
portion to her size and the amount of
food consumed than any other breed
whatsoever. She rarely exceeds 800
pounds, and scarcely averages 700, and
yet plenty of COWS are found that yearly
make more than half their weight in
butter. She comes into milk early, rarely
past two years; often before; gives
richer milk, makes higher favored but
ter, is docile and easily managed even
by children; and, lastly, she is equally
at home in hot or cold weather. He says
the Jerseyman would be hard pressed to
get along without his COW, and chal-
lenges the world to produce her equal.
There is no doubt that much of the
prosperity of Jersey for several years has
been largely due to the demand in other
countries for the surplus cows of the
island, and the very high prices that
have been paid for those 1000 head ex.
ported every year.-RurdJ Melo Yorker,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A-h eye-deal person-The oculist.
A matter of taste Strong butter
The best posted traveller is letter.
A dentist is no chicken. He is always
q pull.it.
A wooden wedding - Marrying o
blockhead.
Why is horse like an onion9 Becaus
it does not know its own strength.
Making crazy quilts is the proper
work for bedlainites. x Chicago San.
The many beauteous lays called forth
By sunsets golden charms
Remind us that, in turn, the lays
Cause hen-sets on the farms.
-NerchGnt Trdreler
Energy and a boy digging tish-bait
both mean about the same thing Chi
cago Ledger.
'Is marriage declining2" asks an ex-
change. No; it is generally accepting.
Darlington Free Press.
The greatest catastrophe which can
happen to a woman is to drop lead
pencil and break the point.-CaN.
My son. in the battle of life be sure
you eat all you want, for it is by that you
;an work your weigh up.-HaOkeye.
THE BoARDER's MORNING soLILoQUY.
How swift the hours of sleep glide by!
| hear the sparrow Ginning,
The mackerel peddler's ScreeChing cry
Proclaims that days beginning.
Once more to dress must begin,
The sun shines out in splendor
And | hear the thud of the rolling pin
That makes the beefsteak tender.
Boston Courier.
Who wonders at the number of funny
writer's on this continent2 Wasn't it
named after a merry cuss2-&. Pam
Herad.
The earth would be comparatively
pleasant dwelling place if it were not for
.he man who is always talking about
''the good old times. ."-Hatchet.
belmont, N. H., boasts of a woman
who goes out and chops wood with her
husband" 1t is quite common thing
for women to mop the floor with their
husbands, but we never heard of chop
ping wood with them.-lngJeside.
A WRECKED WRETCH.
Gaze on my bruised and battered face,
Mark we'll this sightless eye; I
Catch on to both my broken limbs,
Then heave for me sigh.
Perhaps you think from buildings "skin"
I've had fearful fall;
Oh, no; kind friends, please understand,
simply played baseball.
-NelO York Journal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
Eskimo Patience.

The number of years the Eskimo will
spend in plodding away at the most
simple things shows them to be probably
the most patient people in the world,
When we were near King Williams
Land, saw an Eskimo working upon a
knife that, as nearly as I could ascertain,
had engaged good part OF his time
some six years preceding that date. He
had a flat piece of iron, which had been
taken from the wreck of one of Sir John
Franklin's ships, and from this he en-
deavored to make knife blade, which,
when completed, would be about twelve
inches long. In cutting it from this iron
plate, he was using for chisel an old
ile, found on one of the ships, which it
had ttaken him two or three years to
sharpen by rubbing its edge against
stones and rocks. His cold-chisel finished
he had been nearly as many years cutting
a straight edge along the ragged sides of
the irregular piece of iron, and when l
discovered him he had outlined the width
Of his knife on the plate and was cutting
away at it. 1t would probably have
taken him two years to cut out this piece,
aud two more to fashion the knife into
shape and usefulness.
The file which he had made into
cold. chisel was such proof of labor and
patience that it was great curiosity to
me, and l gave him butchers knife in
exchange for it. Thus almost the very
thing he had been so long trying to make
he now unexpectedly found in his pcs
session. When told him that our fac
tories, or big igloos, could make more
than he could carry of such butcher
knives during the time we had spent in
;alking abouS his, he expressed great
surprise. - Lieutenant SchwatkG, IN 81.
Nicholas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
Mortality in War Times

From official records of the war de
partment based on the losses given anG
the total number of men furnished by
the States and Territories during the wal
it appears that:
Out of every sixty-fve men one man
was killed in action.
Out of every fifty-six men one mar
died of wounds received in action.
Out of every thirteen men one mar
died of disease.
Out of every nine men one man dice
while in service.
Out of every fifteen men one man wa,
captured or reported missing.
Out of every ten men one man wa
wounded in action.
Out of every seven men captured on
died while in captivity
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
VOL. XIII.
FROM AFFAIR.

High on bough a mocking- bird outpours
Ecstatic melodies in liquid trills,
Now soft and low, now with Iote that
thrills,
Rising and falling as a lark that scars,
Yet sad as surges beating on far shores,
Right saddend by his music, send forth,
Oh, friend, my hearts love for you to the
North
Between us distance lies but faith assures
Each thought l give you is return'd by
yours,
Rich with your love for him who press'd
your brow
% ease its. .throbbing., Oh. what matter
now
Since this remains, and mem'ry still adores
Our old life in the past-the close-barr'd
gatess
Now is not the forever, and the future waitsl
-Chas. W. Coleman, Jr.. liz Ha,per.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
THREE LESSONS.

There are three lessons would WI
Three words as with golden pei,
In tracings Of eternal light
Upon the hearts of men.
Have hopel Though clouds environ round,
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from thy brow,
Nonight but hath its morn.
fave faith Where'er thy bark is driven,
The calm's disport, the tempests mirth,
Know this, God rules the hosts Of heaven,
The inhabitants of earthl
Have Lowell Not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brothers CALI
And scatter, like the circling sun,
Thy charities on all.
Thus grave these words upon my soul,
Hope, faith and love, and thou shalt find
Strength when lfe's surges maddest roll,
Light, when thou else vert blind. 49,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12

they come out of the water right along
shore; it's all the same to them. The
kinds l deal in is brain coral branch,
pepper, leaf and rose shaped coral.
Floatin' coral brings a big price. 1t
floats after it's bleached, and pepper
coral tastes like pepper after it's dead.
Then we fetch sea fans, sea eggs, sharks
jaws, gulls' eggs, hawkbill turtles, and a
little of everything. Corals sell by the
piece from twenty-five cents to five dol
lars.-Nep York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12
"How is this, Brother BillingslyT
"What. Brother Wilkins2"

"What, Brother Wilkinsl"
"Why tied my horse securely, but
you see he has the bride over his head.
This Is certainly strange. Won't you
ride to the house, Brother Billingslyl"
ooh, no, am used to walking"
"Well, l will ride"
He mounted the horse. The animal
lunged forward, kicked up and threw
the young man.
Mr.. Billingsly caught the horse. Mr..
Wilkins said that there was surely some
mistake. "Why, sir, he never acted
this way before" "
The old man adjusted the saddle. A
fragment of flint rock fell on the ground
The old man shook his head and sighed
deeply.
"What is the matter, Brother Bill
lingsly2"
81 was thinking of the sinfulness there
is in this world"
"Yes, the world is full of sin; but it
is our duty to radicate it."
"Well, let us go to the house."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-06-12

wilkins boarded with Blllingsly. The
preacher tried in vain to engage the girl
in another serious conversation. She did
not avoid him, but when he attempted
to draw from her serious expression,
she would make perplexing replies.
A great revival was organized at tie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16
A RraYe Row 0f Ten.
HOW HARRY PFAUTZ RESCUED HIS MOTHER
AND HER CHILDREN FROM DROwNING.

HOW HARRY PFAUTZ RESCUED HIS MOTHER
AND HER CHILDREN FROM DROWNING.
The story of the Pfautz tragedy at Lilitz, Pa,
reveals q most remarkable instance of
heroism on the part of Harry Pfautz, q boy
of ten. The mother of the boy, 1t ap-
pears, had made up her mind to drown her
seven children and herself. Only i've Of the
children, however. consented to 90 with her to
the dam, where she made the attempt They
sat down near the breast of the dam, and she
told the boy of ten to get her q stick lying on
the ground. Just as he had his back turned the
mother hurried1y followed and quickly pushed
the little fellow into the water. Then the other
children cried, but she did not stop a second.
Quickly catching hold of the other three she
threw them one by one in the water, and then,
with the baby in her arms, jumped in. The boy
OF ten was a good swimmer, and kept his pres
ence of mind. He first helped out his brother,
aged seven. In the meanwhile the girl, aged
nine, was drowning, and the boy helped her out.
Then he Owed in to save his mother and the
ceeded In getting out his mother and the baby.
He had to struggle considerably before he could
get out his mother, because she screamed that
she wanted to die. The brave son then dived in
to get the little girl. aged three, but by the time
he found the body and got it out his little sister
was dead. The mother sat crying on the bank,
father and the team. She said she would wait
there with the two children until he got back.
The boy took his brother, aged seven, and sister,
aged nine, with him, because he was afraid the
mother might throw them in again. He also
wanted to take the baby along, but this she
would not give up. The three children went
quickly back to the dam, but when he got there
his wife and the babe were not to be found. A
handkerchief lay on the ground. The flood
gates were opened and the water drawn of. 1t
washed out the bodies of Mrs PfautZ, her baby
and the child. As soon as her three children
had gone back the woman must have seized the
dead child, and, with her babe still clinging to
her breast, jumped into the water the second
time and sank to the bottom.
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The Groundwork Of Dyspepsia.

A Family Doctor in Cassells Family Magazine.
l say it without much fear of contradiction,
that very large amount of the dyspepsia from
which, as nation, we suffer so much, is attrib-
utable to the bad cooking of the food that is
placed on our tables. 1t matters little to my
argument who the cook is-mistress or servant,
wife, or daughter, or mother-there is the food,
and-yOnder is the dyspepsia.
And what evils are they, wonder, that dys.
pelsla will not give rise to or lead to? 1t would
PES De easier iar methlnks to answer that ques-
trouble and sorrows, that indigestion does
induce.
And how is this to be altered? Where are we
to look for reform in diet and cookery? The
labor of reforming q nations cuisine is one
from which ~ Hercules might shrink. You and
l. reader, may write on this subject till fingers
cramp. back aches and brain grows giddy; we
may preach till we arc hoarse and aphonic, and
yet 40 no apparent good. But when we have
there will recur to Us the old truism-eXample
Is better than precept; and wew will forthwith
proceed to effect some change for the better at
our own fireside. For reform in diet and COOK
cry, 1T seems TO me, is like charity, in that 1t
should begin at home.
The greatest foe that reform of this kind has
to fight is fashion. And another enemy is ira
dition; ways and plans OF cooking and serving
meals have been handed down to us, and we
are 10th to give them up. even for those that
our Judgment tells are better. AS rule,
that has few exceptions, most people in the mat
ter of eating just jog along day after day in the
oiu sly uulA pcIuhpS SOllc vi Wy 81
pepsia warns them that everything is not right
in their method OF living; that they either eat
too much or drink too much-rm not referring
to stimulants-that the food is served in bad
style Or at wrong times of the day, that dinner
and supper are too late, and that, in cOnse-
quence, breakfast is a mere passover. 1t may
be the liver that gives the first signal that mis-
chief is breWing 1t may be the brain, as evinced
by lrrlta6ility nervousness, perturbed sleep, or
want Of sleep; it may be the stomach itself, as
proved by slowness of digestion or acidity, or
both; or it may be the blood, which is invaria-
bly, poisoned and clogged by over-eating.
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jersey and CRSar.

HOW THE NAME OF THE ROMAN LEADER HAS
BEEN PERPErUATED IN THIS COUNTRY.
Mr. r. D. Graham, secretary Of the civil SER
vice commission, has written to the Charlotte,
n. C., Observer, the following interesting state
ment concerning discovery he has made:
Some years since at a dinner party In Char
lotte, graced by the presence Of the judge then
riding the district, and other gentlemen dis
1ngu1shed for literary attainments, mOdestly
ventured the assertion that the name of Cesar
was perpetuated in the appellati0n of one of the
United States The argument from which the
conclusion was drawn was as follows: On the
Island of Jersey, about eleven miles long, and
averaging five or six broad, the most conspicn-
Gus feature is Mount Orgueil, upon which may
sun be found some remnants of the old fort
when tradition says was built by Caesar during
his invasion of England. So small an island,
would quite naturally come to be known and
remembered as Caesars. Change the diph-
tKhomg to single vowel, and d we have, As in
In the mouth of an Italian with Short Is pro-
bounced Chersaw. With the Normans the
transition was easy to Jersar, Of which the
Angles finally made Jersey.
The argument at the time did not carry thor
ough conviction: but am now reinforced with
all doubt. In the Congressional library here
have found an old copy of the Philadelphia
Ledger containing spirited protest against the
day OF peculiar interest to Mecklenburgers-
May IS. 1l75, and addressed by the members
OF the general assembly, to William FRANKLIN,
Jersey" And over a century back of this there
is the grant dated June %. 1864, conveying
the territory comprising the colony to Sir Geo.
Carteret and Lord John Berkeley. The new
name was in honor of the faithful governor OF
Jersey, who had afforded refuge to the fleeing
Stuart, and was among the last to succumb to
the invinclbe Cromwell.
With this foothold in America and his name
and calendar to-day retained by one of the
most powerful dynasties in Europe, the tongue
OF envy, so graphically interpreted by Shakes
peare, seems to have uttered true prophecy,
for this colossus does thus bestride the narrow
world.
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a Mark ct for Old Hats.

FROM tne t1atter s Gazette.
The group Of islands known as the Nicobars,
situate about one hundred and fifty miles
south of the Andamans, has been but little eX-
plored, though the manners and customs of the
inhabitants of these islands offer very interest
Ing peculiaritieS to the notice of the ethnOOgist
One of the most noticeable of these and one
is the passion for old hats which, without ex,
ceptlOn, pervadeS the whole frame work of
society. No one Is exempt from it. Young and
Old, chief and subject. alike endeavor to Outvie
eacn other i'll the singularity of shape, no less
than in the number Ofold hats they can ac-
quire during their lifetime. On fine morning
at the Nlcobars it is no unusual thing to see
the surface OF the ocean in the vicinity of the
Islands dotted over with canoes, in each of
which the noble savage, with nothing what
a tail white hat with Il black band, NAV be
watched standing up and catching fish for his
daily meal Secondhand hats are most in request
new mats being looked upon with suspicion and
that traders from Calcutta make annual excur-
slons to the Nicobars with cargOes of old hats
which they barter for cOcoanutS, the only pro-
duct OF these Islands: a good, tall white hat
with black band, fetching them from fifty-five
10 slXty-1ve good cOcOanutS. Intense excite
ment pervades the island while the trade is
going on, and fancy prices are often asked and
obtained. When the hats or cOcOanutS have at
length come to an end, the trader generally
lands a cask or two of rum, and the whole
population in their hats get drunk without in
remission until the rum also comes to an end
IL Is curious that IN those far-away regions so
prOntable market should be found for cast
OIL specimens of one symbol of civilization
me same yearning after better things in a more
advanced stage may be observed in NADIA
g;iscar. where no official is content if he cannot
deck himself out in the furnished plumage of.
some long de:unct admiral, general or ambas-
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Saturday Smiles.


Rats desert sinking ships as matter of
course, but angels would do the same thing
NeW Orleans Picdyune.
my arms reach out-in vain-they fold the
air." sings r. G. Stedman in the Century, OF
course they do. They always do when YOU get
on Observation-Disclosures Courter-Gazette.
ut is my unalterable decision, Clara, he said
firmly; II cannot walk on the avenue with you
If that poodle is to accompany us. You must
choose between him and me. 1t rests with you
Clara; if our engagement shall be broken OFF,
80, George" the girl replied. and her face as.
sumed an aShen hue; ''this is all so sudden
You must give me TIME to think it over. One
week, George, and you shall have yOur an
swer."-Sdn Francisco I,;ylesidc.
Scientific men hold seventeen distinct theo-
RES as 10 the cause oi earthquakes. But any old
Californian will tell you that just soon as the
mousse begins 10 shake, the scientists will skip
out OF the bathroom and down the stairs clad
IN bathii ing and a cake of SOAP for all
idea regarding the real cause of the disturbances
SoinerUiHe Journal
The dudelet, with his cigarette, canelet and
doglet, should IA have care how he basks in the
sunshine AT the street corners. The rays of the
great orb are already becoming powerful. and a
manlet not used to strong, unadulterated sun
bralniet.-Ctnctnndti Commercial.
At church entertainment in Augusta the
other evening they had mock-school One of
ders Of the Word Was are ask te t seven Won
wonder, another, and SO on One of the class
sxs st the pess Ss W5o VIM get
the selection OF the national capital as the
seat for the proposed Catholic University has
induced some of the Washington papers to pro-
nounce their beautiful city "the center of learn
Ing In this country" Possibly this at first
sight extravagant statement is based upon the
fact that several democrats have learned a good
deal there lately.-N. Y. World e~0~
= II Is now given out that the fifty-one million.
dollar package Of money at the national treas
ury, for long time used for the special deiecfa.
ton OF brides, they being allowed to handle it.
Is , nOtnlng more than package of paper care.
IILy tle0 up ana preserved. A man who would
cneat poor bride Is mean enough to do any.
Lalng. turn the rascal Embellishments