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eternal city. For yonder breaks a new and
glorious morn,n was rendered 50 f~eelingly II
struck the listeners with the force OF truth,
and they Involuntary cast their eyes
heavenward, half expecting ~ sec the light
Of that wonderful new morn.
And the singer herselfl She was even
more beautiful than they had pictured her.
Standing there with the light OF the tapers
fiaring up from below, the charm OF her fair
young presence, as we'll as the power OF her
beautiful voice, enthralled them.
The people almost ceased breathing. The
walls of the church faded out OF sight, and
noundless space opened to prolong the sweet
strains. The stars themselves must surely
hear and sond back an answering echo OF
joy.
The solo was finished, but the spell wrought
by it was still felt There wus a moment Of
absolute silence.
And now a curious thing happened. The
door leading from the choir gallery opened
and Uncle Adam came forth. He walked
slowiy, with uplifted head, until directly in
front OF the young singer. Then, pausing.
he gazed upward, with a rapt. adoring ex.
preston on his face. which seemed somehow
to look younger and happier than ever be-
fore. Then with that far away, exalted look
still in his eyes, he moved slowly down the
aisle and out OF the door.
This was most unusual. The congregation
turned, one toward another. with inquiring
Chances, but all kept silent They wondered
why the old man left his post at the organ a.
such a time, but, knowing his faithfulness
a second thought assured them that he had
left some one in his place. They decided
mentally, too, that he was a little beside hire
self on account OF the music.
The choir began ths chorus: Fall on
your kneesl o, hear the angel voicesl'
The organs voice pealed forth triumphantly,
then suddenly dropped to Il low, feeble sigh,
that fiuttered over the church like IA wounded
tls choir stranded and startled. The organ
its fingers ran over the keys, uneasily at
first. then anxiously, then wildly. No sound
came forth. The people waited with anxiety
and interest ia their faces. The choir stood
voiceless.
When the suspense became insupporteble
the organist left his seat and hurried TO the
door OF the organ-pumper's room. He re-
turned with "A white face and startled eyes
Leaning over the railing of the gallery
toward the raised faces OF the congregation,
he said, in frightned tones;
Friends, Adam Stanley. our sexton, lies
dead in the organ loft
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No, up | hlaxei on a sudden,
Then coldly turned away,
And hirted with Martin Seldsn.
And hndn't n word to say,
Though my own true love was pleading.
With all his heart in his eyes,
And ! wouldn't bid him goodnight dear,
Though | saw his panied surprise
He WINS then OIL waiting orders"
They came on Christmas Day,
And the first | knew was that Jusper
Wa gone for IA year, and away.
Away to the tropic seas, Jean;
have never see him more
Since be turned and left me standing
Mute at my fathers door.
Did be marryi Yes, Jeanne, darling.
A sweeter woman than /;
IL wasn't Fanny Raymond,
And love has passed me by;
But make up your quarrel with Robin,
No grudge should have its way
Its way Of evl and
Darling, On Christmas Day.
The beautiful cedar and holly,
Oh, the scent Of the woods IA sweet,
And sweet is the face before ms,
And the dainty form ut my feet
Don't borrow a grievance, honey,
Don't buy for yourself a pain,
But early tomorrow, my dearie,
Send for your Robin again.
Then the sound of the Christmas carols,
When the little children sing,
VIII mind you, my love, OF the seraphs,
And their praise of the Infant King.
Then the star that guided the strangers
To the place where the Christi Child lay,
WIN shine In serenest beauty
Over your happy way.
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CEDAR ANo |

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~ rCA ONE. Jean, wi
STHfNN SliyI your cedar nj
N%1W MN holly;
~ H.-4S Oh, the scent
SAl A-.~ the woods
&A sweet.
ryF2r I'll tell you a bit
story
As you sit Oh the rug at my feet;
I'll help with the wreaths you are twining,
OF the beautiful running pine,
And I'll tell you a bit Of IA stony,
A story OF Aud Lang Syns.
Sit here, II you please, my darling,
In the hearth-flre's ruddy glow;
Yes, | like the CLEAN Of the holly,
Inwove with the mistletoe.
Oh, why do yoa drop your eyes, deari
And why are yoar fingers coldi
Is It only the chill Of this night, love,
And the sweep Of the wind from the vol
It's the blessed Christmas eve, Jean,
And a young heart should be gay,
When the world is ~clasping hands, dear.
And all in the dawn of day
The angels Will come with singing.
And the yaulted skies will ring
Once more to the heavenly music
That greets the Infant King
But you've had a quarrel with Robin
Bend lower, golden head
1 WAS halfway down tbs stairs, child,
And | heard the word you said;
"Henceforward, we meet as strangers"
Think of it, Robin and you,
Who have given each other troth- plight
To be ever fond and true
Think Of 1t, Jean, my darling;
Here It is Christmas eve.
And Robin Is somewhere frettlng,
And here you are, left to grieve;
Though hiding the h~eart-ache proudly.
And wearing a resolute face;
We women have learned that art, dear,
lis a part of our womanly grace.
This isn't my bit OF a story;
And I'm helping you not at all;
Pardon me, Jeanne, darling,
II the help Pm giving is small.
But | had a lover once, dear,
And l sent him far away;
And of all the tears I've shsd, dear.
Tn b%itterest fell that day.
Twas the eve OF the blessed Christmas
Many IA year ago;
l hear the chime OF the bells, dear,
Coming across the snow;
And 1 see my Jasperis look, dear,
As he praised my cheeks soft glow,
And kissed ME twice and thrice, dear,
Under the mistletoe.
Oh, dearly | loved my Jasper,
And dearly be had loved me;
Perhaps that was why we quarreled;
For this is the mystery;
That Just where we love most truly
We are quick with our words of flame;
And love that is lit by anger
Burns with the fiercest flame.
My old cheek blushes, Jeanne,
When | think how slight a thing
Gave me the loss of jasper
And a lifelong suffering.
Twas Fanny, my cousin, caused 1t,
A little coquette like Fan;
But twas touch and go with me, then,
And Jasper was only-a man
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.


knew years ago the person who tells the
following story. The facts were conveyed To
ne by letter, with the request that l should
put them in readable shape and publish them
after | heard of the narrator's death. | have
complied with the request TO the BEST of my
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Her clear, sweet soprano notes rang Into
the skies. The organ accompaniment bors
thsm up. up up 70 the very s~s~ Of tAs
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My old cheek blushes, Jeanne,
When | think how slight a thing
Gave me the loss of Jasper
And a lifelong suffering.
Twas Fanny, my cousin, caused 1t,
A little coquette like Fan;
But twas touch and go with Inc, the
And Jasper vas only-a man.
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My name is Margaret Lathm. My more
intimate friends used to sportively cali me
doc for reasons which will shortly appear.
For the last ten years l have resided in a far
away South American city among u people
whose customs are very different from my
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
BRUPUM FULMEN.

The British House of Commons
last Monday night voted the credit
of $50, 00O,0 asked by the Govern
ment. Mr.. Gladstone said that he
would do all consistent with honor
to avert war, and the House gave
him an ovation.
Matters up in the Canadian north
west are getting no better very fast,
and our own Indians in the north
west are becoming FESTIVE, having
apparently caught the infection from
across the Canadian border. Late
reports represent considerable ex-
element among the settlers of Mon
tana and Idaho because of the
threatening conduct of some of the
tribes in that region. The military
authorities are under instructions to
keep watchfpl eye upon them.
Friends of General Grant do not
expect that he will recover, and say
that the General takes the same view
of his case. He only hopes that his
life may be prolonged sufficiently to
enable him to complete his book.
President Cleveland is said to have
offended powerful political clique
in that State by filing the n CIV Or
leans Naval Office with men opposed
to the clique. His removal of an
efficient colored man is not calculat-
ed to increase his friends among the
blacks.
The Anglo-Russian war is like a
game of hide and seek. Now you
see it and now you don't.
OUT Of over 2o0o "presdential
post Offices Cleveland has thus far
made but thirty-eight changes.
In spite of the fact that four
hundred merchants of New York
urged the retention of Appraiser
Ketcham, he is turned out to make
room for one of his sQbordinatcs,
who is 2 Democrat,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
SHALL CITIZENSHIP BE TAUGHT
IN OUR SCIIOOLSs

AS our schools commence again
their work, it is a proper time to in
qpire if they have been doing in the
past all they possibly can to benefit
the State or community in which
they exist, and WHICH has so proper
ly and literally appropriated money
for their maintenance. In the diffu-
sion of general intelligence it can
be said that our schools have done a
noble work, but in tie more import
apt work of teaching children to
think, or in the more practical office
of teaching them the principles Of
good citizenship, there has been evil
dent sad lack of united and sys-
tematic labor. The public have
not demanded this kind of instruc-
tion. Teachers have not felt its i'm
portance, and yet no one disputes
that free republic must take every
means for its own defence and self
preservation. How can a State do
this more effectually than by secur-
ing the growth and education of
good citizens to take the place of
those who arc daily laying down the
burdens Of public life?
The youth now in our schools will
in twenty or twenty-five years be in
the responsible positions Of office.
a silent revolution is constantly 60
ing on, which isttaking the political
power out of the hands OF those
who held it yesterday, and placing
it in the hands Of those who are to
hold it tomorrow, The mon who
a few years ago, at the time of the
evil war, controlled public opinion,
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and held the important Offices of this
country have passed away. Lin
coin, Stewart, Stanton, Douglass,
Greeley and Sumner are all gone,
and men then obscure, unknown,
some of them just finishing their ed
ucation, are to-day filing their
places.
Children should come into the
schools where they can fit themselves
fer future usefulness by learning
something beyond mere reading and
writing, something of their duties
as citizens of great republic. We
must not only teach the boy to read,
write and cipher, but we must teach
him to think. We must give him
some knowledge of the relations
which he sustains not only to the
physical world around him, but to
the family in which he is placed, to
the community of which he is one,
and to the State of which he is an
important member. And all the
duties which grow out of these re-
lations, and all the rights which cen
ire in them, by virtue of citizenship,
he must know, not only these, but
so much of the principles of the
government under which we live
that he shall not be obliged to take
his cue from the newspaper, or from
this or that party, or from one OF
another man, until, distracted by the
variety of opinions urged upon him
he cries out at last, "who shall show
any good?"
Many children leave the schools
before reaching the higher classes
They should be instructed in the
principles of citizenship, and this
could be easily done in the lower
classes in oral lessons. Teachers
here is "ncw departure" well
worth taking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
CHAUSCEY .FRYEs ESTATE.

ESSEX DISTRICT. IS. III flop"ec court
held at Guildhall, in and for said District on
the l4th day of April, A. D., 1855, Warren 9.
Lewis Executor of the estate of Chauncey
Frye, late of Concord in said district deceased
testate. max application for an examination
and allowance of his administration account
and for decree in said case as required by
law.
WhCrcupon it is ordered by said Court that
said account and application be referred to n
session OF said Court 10 be held at the Probate
Office in Guildhall on the l2th day OF May, A.
D., 1885, for hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof
be given TO al persons interested by publca-
ton of this notice three " eeks successfully
in the Essex County Herald, Il newspaper
printed at Island Pond in said district, pre-
vious TO said tinc appointed for hearing that
they may appear and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should not be
allowed, and such decree made.
BY the Court, attest
CHAs E. BENTON, Register.
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SETS1TTONALISN as. ENTHUSIASM.
TO the Editor Of the Herald:

SETS1TTONALISN as. ENTHUSIASM.
To the Editor Of the Herald:
DEAR SIR: | have often thought
upon these two words and the use
that is made Of them. 1t is to be
granted that there is right and a
wrong Interpretation of them; and
would it not be we'll to come to a
proper understanding! l often fancy
that one word is taken IN the sense
of the other. For instance, when a
person or society makes a great
noise, many may be misled by it..
"In all this hurly burly," they will
say, "there must be some enthusi-
asm, some real desire to do good, Or
to gain ones purposes" Sensation
alism appeals to the feelings, and is
not generally accompanied with
sound reasoning. Enthusiasm in a
cause may be founded on sandy
grounds, through over-excitement
of the reasoning faculties. Now
the warning that ought to be con-
veyed to every ones mind is that
we should strive to cultivate enthu-
siasm without appealing to the low
er motives of sensationalism. En-.
thusiasm with sound reasoning, and
without appealing to the lower mo.
tives of sensationalism, will do the
greatest amount of good to every
individual and society. If my con
clusion is not correct, I ask for q
better one. Yours truly,
BRUTUM FULMEN.
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e. II. FOLSOM'S ESTATE.
IT IT 7 y ITO NJ . I@'7 T II It 1t
STATE NF VERMONT

STATE OF VERMONT, | Tn pro,o.o co,,.4
ESSEX DISTRICT, s.. IN PROBATE Court
held at Guildhall, in and for said District,
on the nth day of April a. D., 1885, Y. NJ. Man
sur, Administrator of the Estate of u. Ii. Fol
som, late of Brighton, in sald District, de-
ceased, presents his Administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes
application fora decree of distribution and
partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whcreupon it is ordered by said Court that
said account and application be referred
To n session thereof to be held at the Probate
Office in Guildhall, on the 18th day OF May, A.
ID 1883, for hearing and decision thereon !;
and it is further ordered that notice hereof be
70 al "
Essex County Herald newspaper published
at Island Pond, IN said District, previous to
SAID time appointed for hearing, that they
may appear and show cause if any they may
have why said account should not be above cd
and decree made,
OH. BEATTIE, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
NOTICES.
STATE OF yER IN / In Probate Court.

STATE or VERMONT In Probate Court.
held at Guildhall, in ana for said District. on
the 18th day Of March, a. D., 1885, Alba
$. Caswcll, Administrator of the estate of
Lois Gregory, late of Concord in said dis
tiict, deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and
makes application for Il decree Of distribution
and partition Of the estate of said deceased.
Whercupon, it is ordered by said Court that
said account and apple ltion be referred TO a
session thereof, to be held at the Probate ONCE
in Guidhall, on the l2th day of May, AID, 1885,
for hearing and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof
be given to all persons Interested by publca.
the Essex County Herald, q newspaper print
cd at Island Pond, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear,
and show cause, if any they may have, ny
said account should not be ALLOW cd and such
decree made.
D. II. BEATTIE, Judge
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Tht GsssS County 8eTala.
IsLAKp POND, MAY I, 1885.
ARBoR DAY.

To-day, May l, has been appoint
ed by the Governor as Arbor
Day" Although this idea is new
20 Vermont, the indications are that
the occasion will be observed in a
most encouraging and profitable
manner all over the State. In this
immediate vicinity the season is not
sufficiently advanced to accomplish
much, but still good beginning can
at least be effected. Bat 4 more
successful observance of this day
can best be ensured by organized
cooperation instead of individual
efforts. For this purpose, and in
this connection, associations similar
TO the Village or Rural Improve
ment Societies, which have proved
so beneficial in this and other states,
should be formed. The Village I'm
proyemont Society is an institution
which dererves all the encourage
ment that can be given it. The
places where it exists will be found
to-day to be very different places
from what they were before the in
stitution was established. The evil
dences of its activity may be seen
on the highways, in the cemeteries,
and on the great open space gener-
ally found in all country villages,
and known as the Common. Neat
lamp posts, surmounted by lamps
well cared for, have been placed in
front Of the church and the village
hall, and perhaps along some Of the
principal roads the pedestrian finds
a good, hard sidewalk to travel up
on, instead of the dusty roadway,
which is generally the best he finds
ordinarily in the country; a neat
railing surrounds the Common,
which is traversed by smooth paths,
and ornamented, perhaps, by some
beds of towering plants or groups
of handsome shrubs and the Gene
terry, too often neglected wilder
ness of weeds and half-wrecked
monuments, the visitor finds order,
neatness and beauty giving testimo-
ny. to the respect of the living for
the last resting place of the dead,
There is cheerful, wide-awake as
pect to everything, the homes Of the
people share in the neatness and
prettiness characterizing the public
places, and the observer receives an
impression from his surroundings
which affords pleasurable antici-
patton of his intercourse with the
inhabitants Of the place. The an
ticipatiop is verified, for in improv-
ing their outward surroundings, the
people have improved themselves,
and one does not find among them
those Country manners" which city
folks are apt to look for almost eV-
erywhere outside metropolitan linn
its. Refinement and culture dwell
in little places, as well as in large
ones, and in many places they are
being fostered and developed by
these village Improvement societies,
which bring the people together,
elevate their tastes, promote a love
for the beautiful, and lift the people
out Of the ruts in which they have
followed their primitive ancestors
without thought as to getting
more out Of life than n mere subsis-
tence. We hope our people will see
to it, that ere another Arbor Day
occurs, such an association may be
formed in every village in the coun-
ty. The good results would soon
be made apparent.
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A Liberal Reward

will be paid for any information which will
lead to the arrest and conviction of the cow
ardly sneaks who threw the rock through
my window the night of the 2lst inst. there
by frightening my sick wife and innocent
g. l.. MORRISON.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
Washing Wanted.

Mrs Mary Eglinton would respectfully in
form the people of Island Pond that She will
take washing at her residence on brighton
street Or VIII go out to do washing or house
work of any SORT
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-01
LIBERATION NOTICE.

This IS to notify MI whom It may concern
that have this day given my sons, George
b. and John Piper, their time during their
minority, and ! shall claim none OF their
earnings nor pay any debts OF their contract
ing after this date
dated nj Charleston, this 10th day OF April.
1883. A. ID. PIPER.
Witnesses, S, C. STREETER,
JOHN q. Hill.
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.1N q. &. e. SSsa ~

Whereas my wife, Ellen Il, UIancock)
Hudson, having left my bed and board with
out just cause or prov ocatiOn this is to forbid
all persons harboung OF trusting her on my
account, rs after this date l will not be res
pon5ible for any debts contracted by her.
NJ. y. HUDSON.
Newark, Vt, April 10, 1885
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LIBERATION NOTICE.

This is to notify all whom it may concern
that have this day given my son Ivora e.
Goodwin his time during the remainder of
his minority. | shall claim none Of his earn
ings, nor pay any debts of his contracting
after this date. WIN. II. GOODWIN.
Brighton VT April H. 1885.
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