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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26

Alfonso was a dainty Louisville dude, =
member Of that class we should from
daily wear exclude and put it under glass
He could not take Il healthy breath, foI
like excess of steam, 20 tight was he
squeezed beneath 'twould open every
scam. He had his cane tied to his hand
with dainty silken string; if 1t should
drop and lie should bend 'twould ruin
everything. He reached massive garden
wall, foliage hid retreat; was just about
TO give n call when, falling to his feet, a
silver dollar-all he had--went ringing to
the street. l viii not say the dude was
mad; the word is incomplete. Here WIS
pretty how to do; the dude was desper.
ate. He dare not bend, for re well knew
what then would be his fate. He was nc
Vanderbilt, to lose Il dollar in that way.
There wasn't much for him to choose, and
time for no delay. There was no Arab
there to scott at his sad misery, so he must
take his trousers off or let the dollar be.
Now all was dark; no one was near. All,
shield him, shades of night He did the
deed in trembling fear, and got his tin al
right. Bow wowl What'sthat Alfonso
knew; he'd heard that sound before.
Just MS he was, like wind he few; but
through an open door old Towscr leaped.
He made a break and caught the trousers
fast. Alfonso didn't stop to shake bis
grip but hurried fast. The gardener came
running theu-"Hi, Towser, bring it here!
Ha, ha! That dudes been here again
but this is mighty queer. He must have
jumped clear from his clothes, III bet a
dollar note I'll use these trousers now, l
guess, for sleeves to fix my coat"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
TEE MOUNT oLIvEr CsEMAToRY.
Interesting Description OF tho APP
Paratus Ia " hiels the Dead
AFRO Uu-neh.

The crematory on Mount Olivet, Long
Island Is fashioned of white marble and
brick, The architecture is a modification
of the Grcciau temple. The front is two
stories high. In the front is located the
Office ana Teception-room aud con-
ciergerie above, where the superintendent
resides. The chaple is simple in its interior
finish. The Interior walls are used as q
cOlumbarium where the aches of the dead
may be placed in Inches
In the rear of the chapel is dais where
all believers or non-believers may perform
the last sad rites In front stands the
catHfalQue or permanent fixture The
section of the chapel floor directly under he
catafalque constitutes the floor of an
elevator, by means OF which, as soon as
the catafalque is closed, the body is car
ried noiselessly and impcrceptitly to the
inciIerating chamber in the basement.
The religious services and the incineration
consume about an hour In the base
ment on one side is hot securing vault
and on the other cold securing vault.
The former is intended for cases of coma
or trance. The temperature is so high
that if life exists in body it must soon
be made manifest and, ifnot, the evidence
frigidarium, or cold vault, is used for the
preservation Of bodies awaiting the arrival
of distant friends. Near the receiving
vaults is the urn room or aldicularium,
where aldiculn and vases for ashes may he
obtained.
In the rcGr of the basement ia located
the incinerating apparatus. 1t consists
mainly of a furnace and gas producer.
No
ing that only very small fraction of the
gases obtained from the fuel is lost. All
the waste heat is stored in an elaborate
mass of interlarlcd fircbricks. The gas
from the producer ia introduced through
fire Sits throughout the surface length Of
the compartment. The sister chamber OF
the pair serves in the same manner to
supply hot air which enters the furnace in
conjunction with the gas. An intensely
hot fame thus produced plays upon and
around the two retorts. This flame now
| descends into the opposite pair Of chambers
whose interlaced Grickw0rk will speedily
attain white heat on top. Al that sis
volatile will he driven Off, esraping
| through flue ut the rear end of the re-
tort. Thence the body is conducted into
the Tegener0tive chamber, where it re-
mains subjected 10 an intense heat until
completely broken up and burned The
! framework Of the body separated from
the volatile matter isnCw carbOpi2ed and,
| IS viewed through the spy-hol"s, is lumin-
GUS and incandesccnt. On the admission
of oxygen from the atmosphere when the
door of the retort is opened oxidation is
completed and the masa disintegratcs into
n Pure, peGrly-white ash, about per cent,
Of the original weight. liz TO instance
during the progress of the work do The
flames come in contact with the corpse,
and the gaseous products are rendered
| thoroughly innocuous and odoriCss before
| being liberated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
die Essex County Asrala.
ISLAND POND, FEBRUARY 20, 1886.
BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.

While Vermont is abundantly
pleased with the economy and re-
form Of biennial elections and lcgis-
latureS, the influence Of some of our
prominent men is being invoked
before the Massachusetts, Committee
on elections to prevent the report of
a resolve in favor of submitting to
the people Of the last named State a
constitutional amendment providing
for biennial elections and legisla.
lures. There is not the remOtest
danger that we shall ever return to
the old method. With annual
March meetings, biennial State
elections and Legislative sessions,
and quadrennial national political
contests, the American people will
be able to devote sufficient attention
to the science of government with
out an annual school of instruction
in practical politics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
CoNsuNprInN Cured.

In old physician, retired from prac
tice, having had placed in his hands
by an East India missionary the FORM
ula OF simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure Of Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Ca.arrh, Asth-
ma and all throat aud Lang Affections
also Il positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility aud all Nervous
Complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thous-
ands Of cases, has felt it his duty TO
make it known to bis suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and q desire
to relieve human suffering, | will send
free Of charge, TO all who desire it, this
recipe, iii German, French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using Sent by mail 10y addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, w. A.
MOVES, 149 P0a5er's Block, Ro-he,te,', N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
SAYINGS AND pOINGS.

Tho point is made against the
President that he has removed
seven Territorial Judges in viola
ton of the r. s., 176S, which de-
clares that Judges Of the United
States courts shall not be removed
III recess without the advice and
consent of the Senate. 1t is also
discovered that the Postmaster
General has commissioned since
Congress met several Postmasters
who have not been confirmed. The
law is explicit that this shall not be
done when the Senate is in session.
An important decision against
telephone companies has been rem
dered by the Supreme Court of In
diana. 1t grew out of the enforced
reduction of price from So to S. per
month for the use of telephone,
the court taking the ground that
wires are common carriers and the
Legislature is competent to regulate
the charges.
The Brooklyn Times suggests
that now Senator Edmunds has
made his report hostile to the Prcsi-
dent, the latter may be expected to
notify the Vermont Legislature as
he did John Kelly in regard to Scna-
tor Grady that his personal comfort
requires the retirement of George
f. Edmunds from the Senate.
Another call has been issued for
the redemption Of ten millions of 8
per cents.
The French Government refuses
to rescind its order discriminating
against Amcrican pork.
Rogers, the electrician, announces
that he will prevent the Attorney
General from giving his Pan Elec-
trio stock to any charity, on the
ground that he has forfeited the
consideration upon which it was
given to him, viz, that he should
aid in securing a national charter.
A movement has been started in
Philadelphia to erect monument to
the memory Of Gen. Mcclellan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26


The name of John b. Cough has
been for many years almost a
household word in America. The
story of the remarkable victory
which he won over Incorporate hab-
its after seven years of dissipation,
is familiar TO thousands, old and
young, who never heard of any one
of the fifteen decisive battles on
which the English historian con
ceives the fate of the civilized world
to have hung. The interest of the
story has been still further intenSi-
fled by the matchlcss style in
which the orator and victim himself
has told 1t to nearly the whole Eng
lish speaking race. An Englishman
and a kentishman by birth, an emf,
grant to America in his eleventh
year, drunken book-binder up to
his twenty-ffth year, he had a most
ordinary education to supplement
the natural force Of his character
and abilities, when he resolved to
lead a better life in 1912. Of the
precepts or the masterpieces of pol
ished orators he could have known
bat little; of the arts by which
audiences are pleased or led he
knew still less; but of the qualities
which nature alone can give the ora
tor he had, and of the experience
which is to the orator more essen
tial than the training OF schools, he
acquired an abundance. For forty
years the people Of this country and
of England have never ceased to
hear with delight the old and well,
worn story. His example and
words have done a work in the
cause Of temperance which II is i'm
possible to appreciate correctly be-
cause its fruits are for the reaplng
of more than one generation. Had
he ordered the end Of his. life him
self he could not have made it more
appropriate. He had told his audi
ence the story of his own fight, and
had just stepped forward to exhort
the young men before him IN 4 we'll
remembered way: Therefore,
young men, make your record"
but the sentence was never finished,
for the orator had received his death
blow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
Crci,, alton In Italy.

Cremation is becoming rapidly popular
in Italy. The crematorium at Milan has
nll the business it can do, and the demand
upon its accommodations is constantly
increasing. The Milan crematoriuUl
makes very clean work of incineration,
and leaves only a couple of handfuls of
dust and ashes to be taken care of. The
process is remarkably cheap the cost of
everything, including the marble tablet,
being less than $40, II is sid that the
system IS such MS to make the process
rather attractive than otherwise, and
nothing ghastly meets the eye,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Last October the Attorney Gen
er2l wrote letter to the President,
evidently designed for publication,
III which he stated his relation to
the Pan-Electric Company, and de-
clarcd that the Solicitor General,
acting i'll his absence and without
his knowledge, but with full power,
made ar order that the government
should become party to a proceed
ing to test the validity of the Bell
telephone patent. At the same time
he indicated that it was usual, when
application such as resulted in this
order was made to the Law Depart
nent, to refer the papers to the
Land or the Law Patent Office for
an opinion. This was not done and
the President, IN q letter to the So
licitor General suggested the pro-
priety of following the precedent.
Thereupon the Solicitor General,
stating his conviction that in the
essentials his course was proper, in.
formed the President that, unwill-
ing to take any action which might
be regarded as a wise and safe pre-
cedent, he had revoked the permits
sion which he had given to bring
the suit. The whole batch of let
ters was given to the public, posi-
bly, with thu expectation that the
matter would end here as to any ar.
raignment of the Attorney General
at the bar Of public opinion. The
Presidents interference in this pub.
lie manner was sufficient to have
made more sensitive men than the
Attorney General and the Solicitor
General retire. But when upon
careful review the Secretary of the
Interior decided that the ground for
bringing the suit was just the whole
case was reopened.
The stock in the Pan. Electric was
given to Garland, not to an individ-
ual unconnected with the govern
ment, for the reason that it was
hoped be might be useful in adyauc-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
THE "REMINISCENCES OF 4 FLiRT.

NY first. my very first, his name was Will
A handsome fellow; fair, with curly hair
And lovely eyes. ] have his locket still
He went to Galveston and settled there:
At least heard so, All, dear dear me!
How terribly IN love he used to boz
Tire second, Robert Hill, he told his love
The first night that we met. Twas at ball
A foolish boy. tic carried off my glove.
We sat out half the dances in the hail,
And firted in the most outrageous way.
All, me! how mother sJoded all next dayl
The third woke up my heart. From night till
morn,
From morn till night dreamed of him;
treasured up IL rosebud he had worm
My tears and kisses made his picture dim.
Strange that l cannot feel the old, cid name
When remember Paul--that was his name.
The fourth and fifth were brothers-twins at
that;
Good fellows, kind, devoted. clever. too.
Twas rather shabby to refuse them flat
Both in one day-but hat else could do?
Ny heart was still with Paul, and he had como
Yacht sailing, with the MissesGurrctson!
He never cared for mS---T found that OUT
Despite the foolish clingng of my hope:
A few months proved it clear beyond adouht.
steeled my heart; ] would not pine or NOPE,
But masked myself in xayety. and went
TO grace his wedding when the cards were
sent.
Sothoee were all my loves Ny husband! Oh,
met him down in Florida one FALL
Rich, middle-aged, and prosy, as you know;
lie asked me- ] accepted; that sail.
kind, good soul; he worships me but then
lnever counted him in with other men.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26

ing It's Interests. The proponents Of
the scheme may have been disap.
pointed in this expectation. 1t is
possible that neither as a Senator
nor as a Cabinet officer did Garland
seek to vitalizc the concern, but he
is embarrassed, and the Administra-
ton is embarrassed by the fact that
in the attack upon the validity of
the Bell patent there may result an
immense benefit to an officer of
the government, the head of the de-
partment charged with the prosecu.
ton of the suit.
That suit The HERALD believes
should go on. The Attorney Gen.
eral, THE HERALD also believes,
should go out. If he will not re-
tire of his own motion the President
who, as he values the reputation Of
his administration for wholly disin-
terested discharge of the duties Of
his high Office, should demand his
resignation. 1t would be some
thing of a concession to wholesome
public sentiment if, rs has been in
timated, Mr.. Garland should divest
himself of his holding in the Pan
Electric to a charitable institution,
if an institution can bc found that
will accept such a gift under such
circumstances, but it would not now
adequately meet the situation.
"Sir," wrote Lord North to
Charles James Fox, who was under
the Kings displeasure, oils Ma
iesty has issued a new list for the
treasury. do not see your name
in it." There was no good reason
why Fox should have been removed,
but just SO curt an epistle seems to
be necessary to convince Mr.. Gar
land that his presence is a continu-
ing embarrassment to an admins,
tration which cannot without loss of
public respect countenance gift-tak-
ing by an Attorney General.
Not one illegal act can be charged
upon the Attorney General, yet,
where does the President, that thus
far condoneS and excuses the moral
otfensc, stand today in the cstima-
ton of the large portion of the pub
lie that predicted with confidence
the triumph of Cleveland to be the
return to the White House of that
old fashioned honor which prac.
ticed the scrupulous regard for q
public trust which Mr.. Cleveland
has put into phrase with the eX.
Senator from Arkansas as an exam.
pie? The answer is found in a
Democratic press that almost unit,
edly informs the Administration
that a higher tone was expected
than has developed, and that the
time has come to assert higher, oil
fall permanently to lower, plane.
The retention of Mr.. Garland will
indicate how much confidence is to
be placed in the sincerity Of the
Presidents professions of desire fol
a wholesome administration free
from the faint of jobbery, near OIL
remote, that was charged upon his
opponent in the election. If Mr..
Garland rctires, the Administration
reasserts emphatically it's high re.
solves. If Mr.. Garland remains, the
serpent is over them all.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
,run,bs ofComr,rt.

Ear acl.e, tooth ache, head ache,
neuralgia, and deafness can be instant
ly relieved aud fnally cured by John
sons AaOGgRe LiRimeat. Get u totuo
and read directions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
" Winter Arrangements.
On and after October r. and until further
notice, trains will be RIM as follows:
GOING WEST
Express train for Montreal leaves Island
P' nd at 30 IN; mixed train for Montreal
and Quebec at 30a II. Mixed trains leave
Gorhnm for Island Pond ut SIS m. and
5p. IN. Express trains for Montreal and
the west will leave Portland at l5O D. M
Gorham at 5.53 p. m; Island Pend ut gie
connecting at Richmond for Quebec.
GOING EAST
Express trains FOR Island Pond, Gorham,
Lewiston, Portland, and Boston will leave
Montreal AT 10 Is p m: and Island Pond at 6 20
M. Express train for Island Pond and in
trrmedintc stations " i'll leave Montreal Mt u
pm. Mixed train for Islam Pond " in leave
Richmond AT u, 20 Il, IN. Mixed trains for
Gorham ieuy Island Pond at 80 a IN, and
80 IN. JOSEPH HICkSOE,
General Manager.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26

When Dr5y was sick, we gave hor CastoriA,
When she was Child, she cried FOR Castoria
When sho became Aiss. sho oluns to Castoria,
When chs had Children, sha gave thein CsstoriA,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26

You are not old, yet yoar hair is
getting thin. Your friends remark it.
your wife regrets it. Parker's Hair
Balsan will stop this waste, save your
hair and restore the original gloss and
color. Exceptionally clean, prevent
dandruff, q perfect drceying.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-26
keep constantly on hand a full lincof
C'H0ZCE GROCERIES,.

consisting of
TEAS, COFFELs, SUGARS, LARD, PORK,
MoLAssES, BOX SALT. RICE, CORN
STARCH, SATIN STARCH, JELLIEs, SPICES
AND EXTRACTS. soAPINE, BLUISG,
WHEAT GERM MEAL, OATMEAL. BROWN
BREAD PREPARATION, CANNED
GOODS, PICKLES, I'm bulk and bottle) GRAN
BERRIES, RAIsINs, ETC, Etc, ETC.
NUTS, FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY,
PLAIN AND FANCY CRACKERS,
GIG AIRS AND TOBACCO, ETC.
Oysters in bulk throughout the season. Call
and examine goods and prices.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-03

that II was halted at the gats I neei only
show his name written on my hand or written
on my forehead Then there Is grsat rat
ting OF pull eys, the gate, hoist, and he en-
tes into cor nation. In the one case the
man had great funeral; in the other case the
man had a small funeral. This man who had
q largo funeral, however, had m Christ with
him. 1heotler man had accepted Christ as
hi, Saviour. The religion of Jesus Christis
democratic religion, You cannot buy your
way into heave,, and you caunot be % lor
that anybody will dare I, shut you out IL
the gntekeeper, smitten W th a sense of injus-
tiGe, should halt and stop an try to keep You,
crying: "Let him in.S 1 have the best su.
thority for saying that illness Is profitable
for the life that now is, tpays employer
and it pays employe, this religion OF Jesu,
Chrlt and il is going to settle forever and
forever this dispute Tho time is going to
como when the hard hand of toll and the soft
they viii clasp I'm congratu!at!dn,
millennial hour. In that glorious millennial
hour the hard hand of toll will say: II plowed
the desert into garden and the soft ha nd Of
the counting room will say:"I furnished the
s s,ed with which the ground was sown;" and
the hard hand of toll will say; ~ thre shell
tho mountains" and the soft han Of the
counting room will say: 81 paid for the fail =
and the hard hand of toll will say: II
pounded the spear into q pruning. hook;n
and the soft hand of the counting room:
81 signed the treaty that made the thing
possible. Then Capital and Labor shall lie
drawn together-'the lion and the lamb tbs
leopard and the kid, aud thers will be nothing
to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy mount
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-03
Talking to the TOilers.

"Shall we-shall We consent to be
slavesw he said, as he halted before a
group of striking painters who were
lounging on the City Hall fence Monday
afternoon.
Never" shouted two o. three in
chorus.
s'Of course We WON'T" he continued.
''The heel of the oppressor must be taken
from our necks! Our fo:efathers died for
liberty aad we are ready to follow their
examples"
"You bet"
''The tyrant Capital must be taught a
lesson!'
"He must"
"From the pine trees of Maine to the
rolling surf on the seashore of Texas the
laDoring man is calling for justice. The
worm las at last turnel."
That's So"
"Thc toilers have risen as one man to
demand that capital shall share its profits
with the bone aad muscle which have
made our millionaires. Toilers of the
great and glorious West, /"
care you painter9" suddenly inquired
one of the men.
LET me finish. Toilers of the great
and elo-
Where do you work7'
"Say!" he answered, as he came dow n
off his high horse, "how many, of you
will chip in ten cents apiece to help me
on to Chicago, where l have wife and
five childrent"
They run him across the street in such
hurry that his hat fell off, but he
turned at the curb, stretched forth his
right hand aud said:
"Toilers of the great and glorious
West, kin lick any two of you with one
hand tied behind my back! That's all
good bye ."-.Detroa Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-03
NOTICE..
On account of moving
our Stereotyping De-
partment the Story of
marion DeIorme" will
be omitted until next
issue.
Hard on the Old Farmer.

An old Scotch farmer pas 'ionately fond
of fox-hunting was one day following
the chase, when he inadvertently got
out of the track of his comrades and be-
came entaugled in thick wood. While
anathemeti1ing his misfortune in Ian
guage more forcible than polite, a half
witted village worthy appeared on tho
scene, to be Immediately questioned by
the farmer as to whether he had seen the
fox
"Ay, he went by hauf an hoor sync,"
was the reply,
did ye speak till him'' said the
farmer, thinking to compensate his ms
fortunes by laugh at the expense Of
the simpleton.
Deed did II" came the answer.
"And what said he, Tam2" asked the
farmer.
''He just said 'Guid morning. an
asked wha's houns were oot; an when l
tell'd him it was yours, he syne ged his
tail a bit shake, an said, laughin': 'Weel,
I medina hurry"