Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-27

A young lady III Ithaca has nearly L.
00C silk worms suspended in paper cones,
and all spinning away i~dus, riously.
The largest crystal OF allm ever pro-
duced, weighing over eight tons, hiss been
sent to the Edinburgh International Ex-
hibition from the Manchester and Goole
alEm works.
President Dwight Of Yale has schol-
arly stoop, and This is why II little New
Haven giil, quite innocent of an attempt
at pun, said "mama, | think lac is tic
stoopedest man | ever did s4e.'
In an address at the London Roya! lrs;i
tuition, Mr., William Anderson has oaplcd
the suggestion that cork, oil account of its
pCrosity, may prove 10 he saprrtor TO
india-rubber as material for Waterproof
oyercoats.
Fifteen years ago q man cult Berlin
Canada, owing a ten-dollar board bill,
the other day he returned, found that his
creditor was dead, hunted up lis family
and paid the debt with interest.
Oliver A. Stanfeld, aged 20, and looking
younger was married at Marshall, ILL.,,
last week to Louisa Ralston, aged Is, and
| looking TO- Louisas parents we've pres
ent and gave their consent.
What looked like lall Of fire fell in
street in Pana, H., near man in car
riage. He got out, found u hole in the
ground, dug down about foot, and uu
earthed nice little aerolitc as large Us 4
go0d-siZed cocoanut.
Mrs. Mitchell of ChaJoorn, n. c., was
| very i'll in bed and sent her eight-ycar- olG
| boy 10 the well FOR water. He fell in, aaG
! his helpless mother was forced to l.c there
and hear his screams, until his voice wa.
| still in death.
The work Of emanCipCting slaves in
Cuba is being gradually accompli, heG
In May, 102 slaves were set free at Uniou
de Reyes, ITO at Cuevitas and SO at Al
fonso Nil From May 6, 1889, to the be.
ginning of May 1888, 20,406 slaves were
given their liberty IN the province ofSanta
Clara.
The Danbury News is responsible for
the story that mouse fell into bowl OF
cream the other night, and in it's efforts
to keep aloat churnod the cream into
butter, on which it stood and climbed out
This is claimed to be true because the
mouse left trail of butter ali along the
clean pantry shelf.
A Philadelphia physician says that G
great Geal Of shat passes for heart disease
is ONLY mild dyspepsia, tuGt nervousness il
commonly bad temper, and that two
thirds OF the fo-called malaria Is nothing
but la7iness. Probably he doesn't tell hi
patients so, but there is 10 doubt a GooC
deal of truth in what he says.
A writer in the Journal Of Menta
Science gives the results of series Of OK
periments to dotennin the conn arativt
action of coffee and alcohol He finds
that while alcohol increases the product
ion of heat, it really lowers the bodily
temperature by virtue of exaggerated
radiation. The caffeine in coffee, howeN er
preserves the heat, and TINS, if given il
conjunction with alcohol rostrains th,
tendency of the latter to lower the tempe
ture.
A good many people will be surpris eC
TO learn that the biggest building i'll th,
United States viii be the city hall il
Philadelphia, row in process Of corstruc
lion. Between Sl1,000,O0 and $4,000.
600 have been expended upon it sine
1872 1t is es mated 20 cover $500 more
square feet than the Capitol at Washing
ton. The tower on the north side will b,
sulmounted by atue OF Penn, and iii
extreme height when completed Will b,
5S5 feet. 1t has now reached heigth o
210 feet.