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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
Cash Paid for Cats Hair.

"Did you ever hear" asked an old resi-
dent few days ago Of a Star reporter,
chow the slaughter of the cats was
brought about?'
''No," was the answer, II never knew
of any particular slaughter of the feline
species"
"Well," continued the old resident,
"forty years ago or thereabouts there was
a square not far from the patent office in
which the cats had multiplied so that
it was a mootcd question whether the ro-
dents or fcines were in the ascendency.
The cats and kittens fairly swarmed, and
those who lived on the square finally
came to the conclusion that the party who
would devise some effective means of
thinning them out would be entitled to
the gratitude of the neighbors This set
the wits of some of the inhabitants at
work, and it was not long before there
appeared before one of the doors an i'm
mcnse placard; Wanted Cats hair.
Highest cash price will be paid AS may
be supposed, this soon attracted
the notice of the boys, and due
inquiry ELECTED the reply that sudden
demand for genuine cats hair had sprung
mp and that the article at that time com
handed So. so per pound. The immediate
result was that for several days none of
The boys of the neighborhood could
be seen on the street, but the contin-
nous sound of stones thrown at the cats in
The alleys told where they were and what
they were about. Some six or eight DAYS
had passed and the sign did not appear
to have drawn in the first ounce. About
rundown the dealer noticed approaching
bis shop from an allcyway a crowd of
some thirty boys, bearing in their midst
long five bushel hay sack stuffed full
It was dropped at his door beneath his as
tonished gaze
I" Why, boysn asked the dealer, what
have You thereN
4" Cats hair, sir, said the largest bow
Every bit cats hair; killed them first
ind then plucked the hair; can swear to
Il all, SIR
" 'Whyp exclaimed the dealer. Ifear
that you will break me if you want your
pay in lump, but bring in the bag.
Gets look at it.
''Thc bag was carried in and hastily
opened, when the dealer exclaimed: Tut,
hit boys, you have it all mixed can't
10 anything with the hair as it is. After
lestating, he'continued; Since You have
aad all your trouble, I'll tell 20 what
I'll do. Ju.t take it back and sovt out
Ille hair put every shade to itself, and
I'll allow you an advance Of seventy-fve
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

In some stories of John B. Cough, the
temperance lecturer, printed by the
Philadelphia Times, occurs the following
One of the most terrible scenes l even
witnessed throughout my forty years.
career as public speaker, and yet one
with a very ludicrous side to it, occurred
in DR.. Herron's church, the first Presby.
terrain, Pittsburg, in 1851. was speak
ing to densely crowded house, when
all of sudden there was terrible crash
in the gallery. A frightful panic ensued.
The people thought the gallery was fall.
ing, and made stampede to escape from
the building. Some threw themselves
from the gallery to the floor below.
Others jumped from the windows. In
the midst of the confusion the stove was
upset. Fortunately the fire in it was
very low, and no confagration followed,
but the occurrence terrified the already
frantic people. Above the din l could
hear the stentorian tones Of three or four
powerful men in the front of the gallery,
who seemed to be trying to quell the
panic by shouting at the top of their
voice, while they gesticulated wildly with
their hands and arms. ''The fiddlel it
was the fiddle; tie fiddle" but what on
earth the fiddle could have to
do with it was more than l could make
out. At length some good brother near
the pulpit struck up From Greenland's
Icy Mountains" Others joined in the
familiar hymn and order and quiet were
at length restored. The meeting did not
last long, though, after that. When the
audience had dispersed the floor was
strcwn with false hair, hairpins, hats,
bonnets, ovcrshoes, gloves, skirts, canes
capes and wraps of all kinds, overcoats
and every conceivable article of wearing
apparel. A large cart load of these things
were taken to the mayors Office the next
morning to await the claims of their
owners. After the trouble was all over
learned that the crash which created
the panic was caused by some mans
stepping upon the big bass fiddle, which
was at that time used in the choir and
which, when not in requisition, was al
lowed to repose on the gallery floor This
was what the mon in the gallery whom I
heard shouting about the fiddle were try
ing to explain to the fright-crazed people
below.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Success with tsnsilaee.

Smith Sanborn writes as follows from
Medina, n. Y, to the American Cultipa-
tor: After reading many articles pro and
con concerning ensilage, l was finally
converted to the ensilage system, and In
the summer of 1885 built silo in a
corner of my barn basement. It was con-
structed at very small cost through the
use of culled brick. The dimensions of
the silo are thirteen feet by nineteen feet
inside and eleven feet deep. | was five
days in filling the silo and weighing the
fodder, covering the latter with some
poor hay, then boards and plank, finally
weighing with stone, which | calculated
would weigh one thousand pounds to the
square yard. l am engaged in the pro-
duction of milk, which sell for ne Oh
borhood use. have fed roots, apples
and sowed corn fodder with good re-
suits for milk. Before using my ensilage
was feeding to my cows carrots and
turnips, a bushel per day to each COW,
with cut hay mixed with bran and mid
dlings. was somewhat troubled by the
cows not eating their food up clean.
/ always mix their feed twelve hours
ahead OF feeding time.
About the first of January, I opened
my silo, and found about six inches in
width around the edge spoiled, down
perhaps twelve or fourteen inches. The
balance below this line was all right. In
taking up the covering l also found a
moldy layer about two inches in thick
ness, while next to that the feed was in
a perfectly well-preserved state.
In feeding my COWS l changed gradu-
ally from the roots to the ensilage, and
since opening the silo have not fed any
roots, excepting one bushel of carrots
each feed to ten cows mixed in with the
other feed. l practice mixing equal
quantities in bulk of ensilage and cut
hay, using the same amount of hay did
when I was feeding the roots alone.
Since feeding ensilage have not been
troubled with poor appetite in my cows.
All my cows are increasing in their milk
production since commencing the ensi-
lage feed, and are also improving in con-
dition. On the ration of hay and ensi-
lage | sprinkle four quarts of bran and
middlings, mixing two bags ofmiddlings
to one of bran. This is about one-half
the usual feed when am not giving en-
silage. 1may be too sanguine over the
ensilage business, but think it it is all
it is represented for farmers use. find
that horses, cattle and nearly all my live
stock eat it in preference to any other
food. have not been obliged to teach
them to do it, either.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
No Further Work for the Dog.

Wife Greading the paper)--"Well, |
declare, if that isn't the queerest thing
ever heard of.
Observation-Disclosures thatW
Wife-"Why, here in the paper is an
account of wedding up in Manchester,
and among the wedding presents was a
bull-terrier, given to the bride by her
father.
Husband-'I don't see anything odd
about that. She was the old mans
youngest daughter, wasn't she"
Wife-"Ycs, but what has that got to
do with it?"
Husband-"Why, of course, if she and
all the rest were married, he had no
further use for the dog SOmerojlle
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
He Skinned n Sale,

"About four weeks ago." said farmer
on the market the other day, 81 con-
cluded to get rid of several old stumps
near the barn, and I came in and pur-
chased some giant cartridges. Next day
forenoon 1 went at the job, and had just
got cartridge tamped down in the first
stump when saw man drive up 10 the
house That wasnothing to bother over,
however, and I lighted the fuse and ran
around the barn to wait for the explo-
sion. l had only got in place when I
heard voice calling:
"'Ah! there, Sharp! I want to sell
you the best washing machine ever
made
cit was the chap who had driven up,
and my wife had sent him out to hunt
me up. He was within ten feet of the
stump when he called. I had a two
minute fuse on the cartridge when |
heard his voice and called back:
''For Heavens sake, get out O. that ?
"'Oh, I'll get out, after l have sold
you machine. Sharp, where are your
"Well, sir. you can have my ears if
That idiot didn't walk up and rest his
elbows on the stump, and he was there
when she exploded. He took a rise of
six or eight feet, came down spread
eagle fashion, and then scrambled up
and made for his wagon with slivers
sticking out all over him. When he
went by the house my wife asked him
if the machine saved ten per cent. in
soap, but he never answered nor came
to halt lie just sailed over the fore
wheel to his scat on the wagon, give the
horses cut with the whip, and was a
mile away when went out to the road
to inquire if his machine was full-jew-
eled. "-DotT0b Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
How it Feels to be Hanged,

Theodore Baker, of Santa Fe, New
Mexico, has been through an almost UNI
precedented experience He killed
man named Throw, and was in Jail for
the crime. One night recently masked
men hanged him and, after fifteen minutes
had elapsed, left him as dead In seven
hours he was restored to life. He says:
II went with them, and at the Jail
door began to curse them, when one of
them put the muzzle of his pistol to my
ear and said: keep still, or I'll put a
bullet through YOU knew him by his
voice, and knew he would do it, and I
kept still A little further on we came
to telegraph pole. From the crossbar
swung new rope. On the end was a
big slipnoose. They led me under the
rope. tried to stoop down and pull my
boots off, as l had promised my folks
not to die with my boots on, but before
could do it the moose was thrown over
my head and was jerked off my feet.
My senses left me moment, and then
walked up in what seemed to
be another world. AS | recolect
now. the sensation was that everything
about me had been multiplied a great
many times. 1t seemed that my five ex-
ecutions had grown in number until there
were thousands of them | saw what
seemed to be a multitude of animals of
all shapes and sizes. Then things changed
and was in great pain. became con-
scious that was hanging by the neck,
and that the knot of the rope had slipped
around under my chin. My hands were
loosely tied, and / jerked them loose and
tried to catch the rope above me. Some.
body caught me by the feet just then and
gave me a jerk. 1t seemed like bright
flash of lightning passed in front of my
eyes. 1t was the brightest thing | ever
saw. 1t was followed by terrible pain
up and down and across my back, and l
could feel my legs jerk and draw up,
Then there was blank, and I knew
nothing more until II o'clock the next
day. My first recollection was
being in the court room. and saying:
who cut me DOWN. There was ter
rife ringing in my ears like the beating
of gongs. recognized no one. The
pain in my back continued. Moments of
Inconsistencies followed during several
days, andI have very little recollection
of the journey here Even after | had
been locked up in this prison for safe
keeping, for a long time | saw double.
DR.. Symington, the prison physician,
looked like two persons. | was still
troubled with spells of total forgetful-
ness. Sometimes it seemed didn't
know who l was"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
No Further Work for the Dog

Wife (reading the paper)--"Well, /
declare, if that isn't the queerest thing
ever heard off,
ACKNOWLEDGMENT thatl"
Wife-''Why, here in the paper is an
account of a wedding up in Manchester,
and among the wedding presents was
bull-terrier, given to the bride by her
father.
Husband-"1 don't see anything odd
about that. She was the old mans
Youngest daughter, wasn't shel"
wife-"Yes, but what has that got to
do with it2"
Husband-"Why, of course, If she and
all the rest were married, he had no
further use for the dog SomerUitte
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Why continue the use of irritating powders
snuffs or liquids. Ely's Cream Balm, pleasant
of application and sure cure for Catarrh, and
cold in head, can be had for 80 cents, at drug
gists. 1t is easily applied with the finger, is
safe and pledSan and is curing the most obsti-
nate cases. 1t gives relief at once. We will
mail it at 90 cts Ely Bros, Owego, n. y.
! had severe attack of catarrh over year
ago, and became so deaf could not hear COM
mon conversation. suffered terribly from
roaring in my head | procured "a bottle of
hear as well as l ever could, and now can
cheerfu1ly say to all who are afflicted with the
worst of diseases, eatarrh and deafness, take
one bottle Of Ely's Cream Balm and be cured.
1t is worth $1,000 per bottle to any man, woman
or child suffering from catarrhal. E. New
man, Crawling, Campbell Co, Mich.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The first thing we do, let's kill all the law
yers." This is rather bood-thirsty PROPOSE
ton, which we modify by Offering TO cure this
in common with nearly all others of seden-
tary hab tsl, from the injurious effects Of dys-
pepsia, indigestion, piles, loss of appetite and
other ailments caused by const pated habit
OF the body. DR.. Pierce $ Pheasant Purgative
Pellets" eradicate all these disorders in
promptly removing the cause thereof, and in.
duce rare degree of comfort and health.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

it is not certain that the wreck found on
Mount Ararat is the remains of Noah's Ark;
but we are certain that Aliens Lung Balsam
wrecks from the ravages of consumption wo
see nowadays. All druggists sell the Balsam.
Price, 2jc., SOC. and 81 per bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A somewhat remarkable case is report
ed in Bath, England. Three lads were
summoned for talking and laughing dur
ing service in church. They were fined
one pound and costs, or, in default, one
months hard labor. One of them, who
could not pay, was actually sent to
,,ricon
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

For thirty years DR.. c. Fawcett has
been physician of the Union Protestant
Infrmary, Baltimore Nd, and his pub
lished opinion is that he has used Red
Star Cough Cure most effectively in cur
ing obstinate coughs and in treating con-
sumption. Price, %.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Troubled About Labor-No Further
Use for the Dog-Not Remarka-
ble-He Skipped a Sale-Cash
Paid for Cats Hair.

"These labor troubles, Darringer, are
going to ruin the country. Taken col
lectively-"
"oh, they don't bother me in the az
gregate, Bromley, but simply in their in
dividual aspect"
"Why 500"
"Well, labor has been trouble to me
all my lifetime. l wouldn't work a
stroke, if 1 could help it."-Philadelphia
Call.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

., Consumption, the greatest curse of the age,
the destroyer of thousands of our brightest
and best, is conquered. 1t is no longer incura-
BILE. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry" is a certain remedy for this terrible dis
ease if taken in time. All scrofulous diseases
consumption is a scrofulous affection of the
lungs--ca be cured by it. It's effects in dis
eases of the throat and lungs are little less
than miraculous. All druggists have it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

"Why, I thought you and little Flossy
Brown were great friends" Little Miss
Fashion-"So we are; but you wouldn't
have me play with little girl who
dresses her dolls in last years fashion,
would you, mammal"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Hon. James Harlan, ex-Vice- Chancel-
lor, Louisville, KY, says he uses st.
Jacobs Oil, that it is most extraordi-
nary and absolute cure for rheumatism
and kindred ailments, and that every
family should have it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The purest sweetest and best Cod Liver on
In the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
hvers, upon the seashore. Il is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken il
prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided
Il superior TO any of the other oils in market.
Made by Caswell, Hazard * Co, New York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough skin
cured BY using Tar Soap, made by Caswel,
Hazard & Co.. New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Have used Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure in my
family as a general cough medicine. One Of
attack of Group byit. / cheerfully recommend
II. IL. l.. CovELL, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Bobby is carrying an umbrella open
when it is not raining or the sun shining.
He is asked why he does so. "Cause
when it rains pa wants it, and when the
sun shines ma wants it, an it's only this
kinder wcdder kin git tir use it at all. !"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

One of all the institutions at Sonora,
CAL, is a curfew bell, and when it rings
at night all minors under eighteen years
of age are forced to leave the streets or to
undergo arrest.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The sealp lie cleansed and excited to healthy
action by Halls Hair Reviewer.
In Consumption the disposition to cough is
diminished by taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
cents gu the pound ; that will make 81. .,

cents cu the pound; that will make 50. %
per pound
"This satisfied the boys and they re-
turned with the bag, and it is needless to
say that after an attempt to separate the
hair they gave up the job. The neigh.
bors had accomplished their object and
the number of cats we're reduced to less
than nothing. y Washington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
L. Xnmr RInnh Pure 2

For impure blood the best medicine known, SEQ
WILLS sARsAPARILLA, OR BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP,
may be implicitly relied when everything else
fails. Take it in the spring time especially for the
impure secretions OF the blood incidental to that
Of the year. and take at all times for Cancer
Scrofula, Liver Complaints, Weakness Bos, Tumors,
Swelings, Skin Diseases, Malaria and the thousand
Ills that come from impure blood. To insure q
cheerful disposition take ScovLL's BLOOD LIVER
SYRUP, which Will restore the mind to Its natural
equilibrium.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

ache now. / applied a Hop Plaster" 20 cts.
Talk is cheap. Actual results count. Use Hop
Porous PldSterS for pains, aches and weaknesses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

! cheerfully recommend Red Glover Tonic
TO those suffering from troubles of the stomach
and liver. l am now on my second bottle, and
IL makes me feel Ike q neiD man. G. NJ Con-
NOR. Nashua. Iowa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

John" said a schoolmaster, "you
will soon be man and will have to at
tend to business What do you suppose
you will do when you have to write let
tiers unless you learn to spell better?"
ooh, sir" answered John, II shall put
easy words into them"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
A Terrible NIistn Ike.

A great mistake is made by any person who
ing any kind of herbs. The only known cure
for the Asthma is DR.. Tafts A STHMALINE.
Trial bottles sent free. See advertisement
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
DYSPEP STA!

DR.. Railways Pills are q cure for this com.
plant. They restore strength to the stomach and
enable It to perform its functions. The symptoms
of Dyspepsia dsapFearand with them the liability OF
the system to contract diseases. Take the medicine
according to directions and observe what say in
"False and True respecting diet.
EW Send letter stamp to DIR. RADWAY o.
90, No. 80 Warren Street, New York, foF
N%$Re sure 10 get Railways.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Too we'll known to need lengthy advertise
ments-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A rice pudding was received among
the third-class mail matter at the Brook.
lyn postofiice,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
SCROFULA,

Whether transmitted from parents or acquired ID
within the curative range of the Sarsaparillian Re-
solvent.
Cures have been made where persons have been
afflicted with Scrotula from their youth up to 90 30
and 40 years of age, by DIR. RAILWAYS SARSAPA-
RILIIIAN RESOLVENT a remedy composed of in
gradients of extraordinary medical properties essen
tal to purify heal repair and invigorate the broken
down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe and
permanent in its treatment and cure.
Sold by all druggists. One dollar bottle,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
The Young Idea,

Little six-year-old was obliged to take
a dose of medicine that left an I'M
pleasant taste in the mouth. When asked
how he liked it he said: ''Its good
enough, all but the end of it."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A number of steamers are running in
the waters of equatorial Africa n brands
of the gospel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Monkeys, like men. have a great enemy in
consumption, and as they are much more sus-
ceptible to the disease it sooner proves fatal
with them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Gray Lock Mountain, which is $500 fec
above the level of the sea, is the highest point
in Massachusetts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

1t is estimated that nearly 500, 1000 are in.
vested in the newspapers of this country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The gold and silver product of the Pa
cific slope since 1049 has been So, 607,
00R 1876
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

"Now, Willis" said a coaxing mother,
81 don't like TO take medicine any more
than you do but just make up my
mind to do it, and then do it." The
child looked up through his tears, and
replied: "And mother, l just make up
my mind that | won't and then don't, J"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A bright little girl who lives near Chi
cago, aike for second saucer of ice.
cream the other evening. 81 don't think
It's good for you; ask your father,n said
the mother. The girl wen! to the library
and put the question. "Not much, I"
said her father emphatically "Papa
says l can have little" she reported to
her mother with truthful and innocent
eyes,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
DR.. RAILWAYS PILLS

L7VVl
For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach Liver
Bowels Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss
Of Appetite, Headache, C,stiveness, Indigestion,
Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels,
Piles and all arrangements of the internal viscera.
Purely vegetable, containing no mercury. minerals
Price, Is cents per box. Sold by all druggists
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Hints for Spring Cleaning.
No matter how regu'a ly the routine
Of daily work has gone on during the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

For RATES for advertising this paper, apply to the
Publisher N Il Eleven