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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A Toronto CAM Globe subscriber,
writing from Smiths Falls (Oat.), says
Having seen in your columns an item
representing that there are in the State of
Georgia six brothers who measure thirty
eight feet six inches and weigh each over
200 pounds, I submit the following as a
production of Ontario, and of the county
of Lanark. We have eight brothers here
by the name of Coade, who measure in
their socks fifty-two feet four inches, and
weigh 1870 pounds, or an average of 215
pounds each. The tallest is six feet seven
inches, and the shortest six feet four in
ches. The heaviest weighs 277 pounds,
and the lightest 1875 pounds"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
A Self.COnyicted Smuggler.

When watches were subject to duty, a
passenger started from Holland to Har-
wich wearing a curious undergarment
crowded with small pockets, in which
were slowed away no less than 146
watches. This shirt Of watches was so
arranged that it was impossible for him
to sit down, but as the time usually
spent on the voyage was not very long,
say twenty-four hours at the outside, this
Inconvenience did not seem to matter.
The boat started, and the man began to
wander about the deck, no one having
the slightest suspicion of the curious
nately for him, fog came on, and the
vessels progress was stopped. The fog
was obstinate, it would not lift, and 'the
man who couldn't sit down" wandered
despairingly about, growing more and
more tired each turn. Thirty hours had
passed since he left the Dutch coast, and
all the time he had remained on
his legs. The man who did not sit
down became the observed of all on
board, and as he wandered hither and
thither, longing for the fog to rise, he
became conscious tnat all eyes were
turned on him. He thought he was dis
covered; he grew alarmed; and still the
vessel remained motionles; and like an
unquiet spirit he shambled across the
deck. Thirty-six hours from Holland
and still he kept his legs. Forty-two
hours went by and the watch-carrier,
eyed and wondered at by all, tottered to
and fro, unable to bend, unable to rest,
and ready to drop from fatigue. No sign
of the fog going; no sign of relief.
Twenty-Five hours overdue and still the
wanderer glided about in the room! At
last there came slant of wind which
cleared away the fog, and as the vessel
neared the harbor the customs officers
came on board. Catching sight of the
mans haggard look and peculiar gate they
spoke so sharply to him his courage gave
way, and declaring his goods in tones of
terror he went off in faint, and retaining
his rigidity toppled over into the officers
arms. He was decently unclothed, and
he left his shirt to be shown at the GUS
tom-house museum of an unappreciative
country. - Leisure Hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The Russian papers announce the
emancipation of the Russian serts. 1t
appears that the peasants on the estates
of the foreign converts in Transcaucasia
were until quite recently the serfs of the
dioceses of Jerusalem and Constantine
pie. This abnormal situation has at
tracted the attention of the authorities,
and since last summer the enfranchise-
ment of these serfs has been in progress
in the governments of TiAis and Kutais.
The Brotherhood of the Holy Sepqlchre
possesses more than 5000 serfs, and the
Patriarch of Constantinople, as represent
ing the convent of Ivesky on Goaln
Athos, has about 500 more.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
Rough on the Lecturer.

The late John B. Cough, the temper
ance lecturer, used to tell this story on
himself:
''While lecturing in England Ihad the
misfortune to be introduced on one occa-
sion by gentleman who dropped his his
from their proper places and put them on
where they had no business to be, and
who, when he came to make his speech of
introduction, suddenly remembered the
Scriptural story of Sampson having slain
a thousand with the iawbone of an ass,
and of being refreshed, when subsequently
thirsty, by a stream of water from the
dry bone. He introduced me in the fol-
lowing terms; i take pleasure in hintro-
ducing you to the horater of the hevening.
'E's come from the other side of the
water, and is going TO speak to us on
temperance very dry subject. But l
am sure when you have heard him you
will be reminded of the miracle of Sam
son being refreshed by stream of water
from the iawbone of an hass."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A social oracle says: "All women
should aim at being bright converse
tionalists, not startling or wonderful, but
amusing, refined and especially light Of
touch. Long stories are usually intoler-
able bores, and a serious, slow, heavy
way of looking at matters in general is
an infiction. Grievances of any sort are
best kept hidden; sprightly acquaint-
ance with the affairs of the day, a flatter-
ing anxiety as to others opinions, alb
sence of slang or mannerisms, of boastful
egotism, or self-depreciation, tact, tact,
above all, tact-these make the agreeable
hostess, the woman one wishes to find at
home in ones round of calls
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

The German minister of war has given
orders for a number of dogs to be trained
with view of testing the value of the
services they might render to sentinels
engaged in keeping guard during the
night. 1t is fully believed that by the
help of these sagacious animals outposts
would be far less liable to surprise, and
that the dogs would always give notice
of the approach of the enemy much ear
lier than it could be detected by the
sentinel without such assistance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

of him. ] do not want to be irritated at
present"
MOP said Rose, feebly, with faint
smile.
NO" he repeated soberly. ''for have
something very important on my mind
something to achieve"
He suddenly reached forward and
took her hand. But she tried to draw it
away.
"Rose," he began.
"No-no, no." she answered. 81 don't
want to be pitied."
"No," he acquiesced. 81 remember;
you neither require or deserve pity. But
then-this is different. Rose, love you
shall we be marriedw
And she did not say him nay.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

There is only one linen mill now in
operation in this country, and it is max
ing onlythe coarsest kinds of crash towel
ling. 1t has been losing money for years,
as its products come in competition with
those imported from Germany, Scotland
and Ireland.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
VOL. XIV.

The treasury officials say a paper dol
lar lasts five years and silver dollar a
hundred years. The retention of the one
dollar and two-dollar bills in the treasury
has forced about $13, 900, 900 of silver
into circulation above the usual amount.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

Mr.. Edison, the electrician, who is
himself very deaf, is reported to have in
vented an appliance which will enable
deaf people to hear without difficulty. 1t
is little instrument which is worn in the
ear out of sight. 1t is a sort of artificial
ear drum and intensifes every noise.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19
JOHN WALLS,
distinguished
Member of the New York Bar,
Died October 9, 1920,
Aged So years.

George N. Chapman, who died in the
year 1916, has memorial tablet, as have
also the following members of st. Pau's
church: Charles Falls, Samuel Rathburn,
Susannah Mansfield Thomas Osborn,
Benjamin Haight, Joseph Knight, Ben
iamin sherwood and Walter Smith
Last, but not least, should be mentioned
General Montgomery, the revolutionary
hero, the inscription to whose memory is
set in the outer wall, AMI may be seen by
pedestrians who pass along Broadway.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

1t is said that of the 60, 900 Hebrews
in New York city not one is the keeper
of Rrog shop.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-19

A lawyers business was remembered
after his death in the following laconic
style.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
A Borrowed Idea.

ayes, I've been in Yurrip." said an
elderly passenger, "and they have some
curious customs over there-some that
seem purity strange to us Americans.
An then agin they have some that
have evidently been borrowed from
this country. For instance, L was talk
ing a trip by stage coach in Italy one
day-me an some more tourists
when a parcel of ugly looki G men,
wearing masks over their faces, stopped
the kerridge an put up few guns an
said we had to give EN- lot OF money
fore we could travel any further on the
road.
"'But we've paid for our passage al
ready said the man sittin' next to me.
No NATTER replied the swarthy
man with the gun, 80 lire all around,
please
"And we had to whack mp, too.
Didn't mind the money so much as L
did the insolence of the cusses. Juss
compare their brutal way to the deli
cate politeness of our sleeping.car DOR
ters in America. OF course the furri-
ners borrowed that idea from, the Pull
man porter, but inst see how the Loaf
ers bungle it up when they try to play
it. 1t takes an American for true POI
likeness after all. Chicago Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
Facts About Rivers.

The explorations of recent years
have considerably changed our notions
of the comparative rank of the great
rivers of the world. If we class rivers
according to their length, both the Nile
and the Yangtse Kiang must he named
before the Amazon. The Niles 1000
miles of waterway from its headwaters
south of Lake Victoria TO the Mediter-
ranean make it the longest river in the
world, nearly as long as the MISSISSIPPI
pi and Missouri together, and about
200 miles longer than the Amazon.
The Amazon is the greatest river in
the world. because it has immense trib-
utaries, some of them larger than the
Danube or the Rhine, by means of
which the Amazon basin covers an area
about 1000, 900 square miles greater
than that of any other river. The
Congo river is the four h largest river
in the world, but in the volume of
water it pours into the ocean it is sec
ond only to the Amazon.
A very curious thing has been dis
covered about the three greatest river
basins in south American-the Orino-
60, the Amazon, and the Plata basins.
1t has been found that they are SO con-
nested by water courses that the trav-
eler can pass In steamboats, or canoes
from one river system into another
He can ascend the Orinoco river for
hundreds of miles until he comes to
the Cassaquiari, on which he can travel
for about two hundred miles to the Rio
Negro, one of the largest tributaries of
the Amazon. Floating down to the
Amazon, and then descending that riv-
er for some distance, he can ascend
the great Madeira tributary. In it's
upper course he can turn into the Ma
more, then into the Guapore, then in
to the little Allegro river Here, as is
often done, he can haul his canoe over
low, grassy fat about two miles wide,
and launch it into the Rio Agoapehy,
and then descend by the Jauru and
Paraguay to Buenos Ayres and the
Plata river The Allegro and Agoa-
pehy rivers, head streams of two
mighty systems, flow side by side for
twenty or thirty miles, and many Of
their branches are separated by few
hundred yards.
Mr.. Wells, the engineer whom Bra
I'll has employed for years in her rail
road surveys, says that in many places
the basin of the Amazon could easily
b. connected with that of the Plata
river by canals, and communication by
water would thus be rendered complete
from one system to the other.-NelC
York Sun
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
Life of n GuH.

There is q peculiar idea in the COM
munity, says the Com n, ercial Bal etin,
that ; gun will last for an indefinite
period, aud no doubt tho statement
that the big gun at Sandy Hook has a
greab record because it was fired 1877
times, will strike people as extra
ordinary. Yet again, like any other OF
mans handwork, it can only do GER
tain amount of work, aad, when the
enormous shocks aad pressure which a
gun is compelled 10 stand is considered,
the amount of work 10 rea " does is
surp. ising. During the civil war the
limit OF work of a fifteen-ineh gun was
considered reached when 1000 rounds
had been fired and this, too, when the
charge was Only fifty pounds OF powder
and 4j0-pound prsjectile. In Europe
the Krupp guns are bursting and be
coming rseles all the time, and the
principle of the construction of tho CUR
or the material of the gun is not neces
sarily condemned. lie emily an En-
gli,h steel gun as large as the gun a.
Sazdy Hook, on the steamer Co ling
wood, burst after firing three rounds
and the government has prohibited th,
| firing of the vessels other guns unles
actually attacked by an enemy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
She Had Him.

Old Mr.. Sparques was somewhat m
ritable when he came down TO the
breakfast table, and when his wife re-
proved him for wearing such gloomy
aspect, he answered her snappishly,
and they had some words, after which
she said:
"Well, I'm sure l don't know how
you expect we'll agree in the next
world, if we can't agree in this.
"Ohl wen agree we'll enough in the
next world" said old Mr.. Sparques,
sarcastically: Eve won't see much OF
each other there The Scriptures say
there's great gulf fixed beswixt the
two places.
Ha ing fixed this shot, the old gen.
tleman caressed his bald head and
snickered.
MRS. Sparques was thoughtful for O
moment, then, with a twinkle of heI
eye, she said
"This is the first time I ever knew
that you had given mp all hopes OF go
ing to heaven"
Mr.. Spar Iues went out on the bacl
stoop to take look at the weather.. =
Boston Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
The Eastern Shore Girl.

Nearly every Eastern Shore girl is .
good cook. She is taught the art thor
oughly, so that she may inteliigently
instruct her servants, and, If circum-
stances should require it, so that she
may go into the kitchen herself and do
the cooking. The race of old colored
cooks who fourished before the war is
fast dying out, and, as the young ool-
ored women have not inherited their
mothers skill. the mistress OF the honse
has been compelled to perfect herself
in the duties of the kitchen, so that she
may give her servants practical train
ing.
Even when required to act as her
own cook the Eastern Shore girl finds
time for other work, and for enjoying
herself and making others happy. She
is expert with the needle, fair must
clan, and a bright talker. Some are
dashing horseback riders aud graceful
skaters and daring sw miners. They
can manage the Sails OF q small boat,
and can pull strong oar, and many OF
them can handle pistol. The ont
door exercise gives roundness and sym
metry to 1.-the figure, which is usually
surmounted by beaut full neck and
face, for there are but few places in the
world where lovelier women can be
found. She is fond of reading, and car
converse with sprightliness and origi
nality upon the best works of English
literature, and criticise with judgment
the styles and methods of different au'
thors. She will go into the kitchen
lnokino no awaat oDd fraob nc a Aowar
prepare breakfast of fru is, egg pone
or some other kind of deli cious corn
bread, hot rolls, clear coffee, sliced to.
matoes, and fried tailors or rock OF
perch or crabs, and return to the table
as neat IN appearance as when she en-
tered the kitchen, and so CHEEKY and
pleasing in manner that each and every
article of food will taste the sweete, fol
being her presence.
At d nner you will have fried chick
en-, delicately Drowned, ham, baked
with VINE or sugar, roast duck, pota
toes, corn, tomatoes, lima beans, beets,
egg plants, apple sauce, sweet and soul
pickles, currant Jelly, Ice-cream and
peaches, or peaches and genuine cream
buildings, pies, custards, cake and
II ulbS' Il VI supper Juere VIII De bOl'
crabs, croous, Maryland biscuit, Sally
Lunn, honey, and various preserves,
with peaches and cream. The pre-
serves are wonderfully fine specimens
of the preserving art. for in this respect
the Eastern Shore girl is without an
equal the world over. rawberries,
blackberries, raspberries, peaches,
ounces, pears, damsons, crab-apples,
apricots, watermelon rind, rock melon,
and cantaleup are all subjected to her
skill, and when placed upon the table
they not only retain their favor but
will conv nee any man THAI nature itself
has been improved upon. In winter
terrapins and wild geese, and ducks
and birds, and oysters take the place
of the fried chicken and the soft and
hard crabs. As all the things men.
toned above come from the land and
water of the peninsula. the tables oil
the poorest families are supplied with
them, though, Of course, not in such
great variety. Talbot County md.
cor. Baltimore sam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
The Olive Eaters.

The extent to which the olive is used
varies greatly in different countries.
In northern countries it is used chiefly
as relish eaten by itself, or as q sauce,
seasoning, or stutiiing for meats,
fowls, or game. 1t is on the tables of
the rich what the French call hOTs
PdqtUre-that Is, side dish or table
supertiuity. But it is lar otherwise
with the poor in the south OF Europe.
to whom it is an important article of
diet. In ancient tines the poor made
an entire meal of bread and olives. 1t
is still the same In some parts of
Europe where a peasant thinks himself
prepared for journey with 8 piece of
bread under his arm and handful OF
olives in his pocket. In Southern Italy
no meal is made without olives. 1 he
olive merchants pass regularly at sup
perfume through the poorer quarters
of the city. 1t is the Spanish habit to
eat Olives at the end of the meal, but
not too many. Three or four are usually
thought enough, or if they are good
one may eat dozen.
An Italian author recommends the
preserving of Spani h olives that is, of
buOSe grown Oh lIhllhn SOll-D0b pre-
fers those called IT. Francis, which is
common at Ascoli, where it attains the
size of a walnut. 1t is, however, gen.
orally agreed among gourmets that the
smaller olives are best for eating. The
manner of treatment has, nevertheless,
perhaps, something to do with the
coarse quality of the Spanish olive
when found in the peninsula. Olives
are preserved in Italy, as elsewhere. in
weak lye or brine. They are also
bruised stuffed in the Bordeaux man
ner or dried. In Eastern countries,
whence the olive came, the fruit forms
still an important article of diet. A
traveller relates that he found u deli
cious meal of eggs, olives and grapes of
fered him by the monks Of the monas-
terry of Mt. Libanus. Ii is traditional
in the Catholic Church that the monks
living in the desert fed principally on
olives. Throughout Turkey, Asia
Minor, Greece and other countries
about the Mediterranean the olive has
remained, as in the most ancient times,
substant al article of food and aneces-
sary means OF existence to the toiling
millions. Correspondence San Fran
cisco Chr0eaicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
A woMAN's GLOVE
M NATHAN ID. uRNEn.
Alone along tho pathway old
n nntIa N. - Ia ~ ..AnU

Alone along tho pathway old
lguide nv lazy pony,
And mark each well-remcmbered spot.
Gray, grassy, bare or stony,
When. drawing rein. stoop to snatch.
From where it long has faded
Among some ferns, a little glovo,
Torn. widowed. and abraded.
A riding glove, a woman's glove,
That hardly holds together
lts sfapely parts, so long hath 1t
Endured the wind and weather;
But still it brings vision fair
OF the little hand that filled IL,
That oft upon my heart was laid.
And with emotion thrilled IL.
That hand to me was plighted fair;
Irecollect how brightly
It's owner smiled rs wo rode down
The bridle-path so lightly
And presently her glove was lost,
We sought in vain TO find it,
And then rode on, with murmuring words
OF love, and ceased to mind it.
never thought to find IL then,
As now, widowed and tattered,
After long months of aching pain
My empty life hath shattered.
For the little hand that once was mine
Ia owned now by another.
And cast it's faded glove aside
With pangs fain would smother.
But still. while sadder than before,
BY glade and glen and hollow.
Through leafy leagues of whispering wood,
The bridle-path follow,
A hand from out the ruined past,
hand ungloved and slender,
Awakes within my lonely breast
Emotions old and tender.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
Some Turkish Proverbs.

The following are examples from a
volume of Turkish proverbs which
have been recently published in
Turkey:
The crow does not eat the lice off the
buflalo's back for the buffalo's sake,
but for it's own.
The horse kicks; the mule kicks; the
donkey stands between the two and is
kicked to death
Gaze for your horse as il il were your
friend ride it al if it were your enemy.
A man becomes O man under tbs
shadow of men
Eat little and keep servant.
A white dog or black dog, they are
both dogs.
He who is n man will draw his breaG
even from stone.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11
A Kind.Hearted Man.

Humane Father Ito son)-Henry, you
ought to be- ashamed Of yourself, 10
catch young bird and put it in a cage,
as you have done. That birds liberty
was Just as sweet to it as YOURS is 70
you. How would you like it if some
great beast should CATCH you and shut
you up merely to hear your cries.? L
don't see that going to Sunday-school
has done you any good. | had hoped,
so fondlYp too, that. In the matter OF
kind ess Of heart you would take after
your mother and me, but you do,not.
Now, don't you feel ashamed of YOURSELF
Henry much downc ast)-Yes, SIR.
Father-I should think that You
would. 1 had intended to let you go
out insO the country with mes. but I
can not allow such q cruel boy 10 ~
company me.
Henry-Please let me 60.
Father-Oh, no.
Boy-Why?
Father--Beoause you might bring
back a lot of birds and shut them up
In cage.
Henry-No, 1 wouldn't
Father can't trust YOU. never
thought that child of mine would
commit srch an outrage. Why, n
makes me shudder to think of il. Whah
possessed you to imprison that bird2
Henry MIR. Patterson told me that
ii I'd catch it and p q il in cage fer
him he'd give me two dollars.
Father-Ah! and did you geA tho
money!
Henry-Yes, SIR.
Father-Oh, we'll. then, it's all right.
d dn't know but that you shut il mp
merely for your own amusement. bet
me have the two dollars. rkansato
IrdUeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11

IT is painful fact, but nevertheless
It's true, that little girls of to-day are
allowed to know too muct in regard to
dress.-Pesks Suaa
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-11

NEvEn expose your disappcintmenta
to the world.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-17
The st. Paul Carnival.

The Northern Pacific railroad are
desirous Of having q full repr .senta'
ton from along It's line at the st. Pau
carnival and 10 this end will Offer
great inducements to those who have
any intention Of visiting the show.
From a preliminary circular received
by Agent Moore yesterday, 1t Is
thought probable that the rate from all
points between Mandan and Living
ston, will be one fare for the round
trip, with ticket good for eight days.
The carnival will commence Janu-
ary 18th, and continue two weeks.
Tickets will be sold at Miles City,
commencing January l4th, and scon-
tinuipg until January 10th. Special
rates lower than those mentioned, but
not yet fixed. will be made to all win
ter clubs Of ten or more, who are uni
formed. At the rates to be given,
quite delegation ought to attend from
Miles City,. ..-