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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
The laws of supply and demand don't
have no effect on them, and they'll never
catch me in any their ungodly schemes
apaiD:
A European Legislature.
M,1niob

Having some curiosity to see what a
European legislative assembly looked
like, visited last week, in company with
friend, the landstag, the Bavarian con-
gress. 1t has been in session all the win
ter, but, like most of the bodies all over
the world this year, it has done little but
talk, and has large part of its work yet
before it. The meetings are held in a
handsome building on Pranner strasse,
newly reftted and well lighted by incan-
descent electric lights, and visitors are
admitted to the galleries by tickets given
by the porter.
We first visited the hammer der ebgeor-
ducten, which correswonds with our house
of representatives. 1t is held in large
square chamber, with gallery on three
sides, and, unlike the British house of
commons, seats are evidently provided for
all the members, about $50, and placed on
radlatlng lines in semi-circle. The
speaker, as [ call him for want of know
ing his proper title, Herr Won Ow, is his
name, was seated in high pen-lize ar
rangement, under the clock, of course,
and before and below him the clerk of the
house was reading the bill in that rapid,
mechanical voice that these officers always
use. On each side were three red covered
chairs for the use of the ministers, but
only one, that of the minister of finance,
was occupied. Two stenographers sat be-
side the clerk, and row of industrious
reporters in the gallery.
Some ninety members were in the
room, and the order, or lack of it, was
much the same as in our state legislature,
| except | saw no feet on the desks, and the
members read newspapers, wrote letters,
walked about and talked in voices not en-
tlrely subdued. Each desk held the cal
ender and printed copy of the bill
under discussion, an agricultural bill, but
little attention was paid to it or to the
speakers discussing it, who seemed to be
speaking for their constituencies. as they
did not appear to care for their lack of
auditors. But as one gray-haired man
rose and began to speak the members
came pouring in from committee rooms
and elsewhere" until the house was near
ly full, and the closest attention was paid
to him. The votes are taken by rising
except when the roll is called. The house
IS divided between the conservatives or
the left of the speaker and the liberals or
the right, the former being generally in
the majority and nearly all Catholics
many of them theologians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
Sharpers Who Got Left.
Detroit Free Press.

There is a sharper's game which has
been played for the last hundred years,
and as the turning point is avarice the
game works fOrty-nine times where it
fails once. Two sharpers set out few
weeks ago to play it on Wayne county
farmer. One of them came along one day
and wanted to buy the farm. As the far
mer wanted to sell it was quite easy to
strike a bargain. The price was 81 900 in
cash, and the man handed $3.50 over to
bind the bargain. Within two days a
second stranger came along and wanted
to buy the farm. He wanted it so bad
that he couldn't stand still. He found in
dications of coal, natural gas, coal oil, and
he was willing to give $500 for the place.
The idea was of course that the farmer
would be awful sick of his first sale and
seek to buy the man Of. 1t would pay the
farmer to offer him about 81, 800 to release
him.
The second stranger was only out of
his sight when the first one turned up
again. His mouth watered over the pros
peet but not for long. The farmer ex-
planned that he had been offered So, 500
more, and added:
But | don't care for money, the $4,000
is enough for me, and it's all the old farm
is worth. When you are ready to pay
over the balance then Well make out the
papers.
The purchases offered ia release him for
$1,000-$70O- $50O-$3OO, but the far
mer didu't want to be released. He hung
to the bargain money, and he's got it yet,
while the pair of sharpers rave and gnash
their teeth every time they think of the
thickness of his skull
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
Eastern People in California.


Il am certain that not less than 81 ,0O0,-
900 has been invested in real estate in Cal
ifornla by persons coming from other
states since Jan. /. Our house has done
one half of this. Since the rush from the
east began, strangers have bought
thrOuh US 100000 worth of real estate in
the middle portion of the state, and $780,
600 worth in southern California. [ can
not say that these eastern investors are
looking much for improved property,
but a few have bought houses in this city
in order to get high interest in rents.
One gentleman purchased plot of
ground near the new city hall for $4,000
just before returning to New York, and
he entrusted me not only with the per-
fecting of the title, but also charged me
with the task of directing the erection of
suitable buildings there. He left me
with a certified check for large amount
to pay the cost of the buildings. This
transaction illustrates one thing-the
prompt1tude and straightforward man
ner IN which these fasteners of good
standing do business. When they make
up their minds to buy there is no hesita-
ton or delay. They come here with lots
of money, and the only question with
them is how they shall invest it. I hear
from all of them the prediction that San
Francisco in few years must double its
population. There is a greater interest
manifested, however, in country than in
city property. Special excursions have
been to Tulare and elsewhere, organized
for tourists. Many sales have been made
in Elcahon valley, near San Diego, where
a San Francisco real-estate firm has found
it necessary to open branch Office. Six
ty-s1x lots were sold there in one day
more than one half of them to strangers.
There is strong demand for land about
Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Riverside,
although 1t must be confessed that the
prices at which it is held are rather high,
Real estate in the San Joaquin valley, in
Napa, Contra Costa, and Sonoma is also
feeling the effects of the influx of the in
hux Of visitors. Just below Santa Cruz
an eastern man contemplates buying q
magnificent stretch of ocean beach and
establishing watering place that will
rival Coney island. My conclusion from
all the premises is that this state is on
the eve of better times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

kin read de papers 'nuff SOS I know to-
night what de entries am fo' de races to-
morrow, an den go round de barn, an [
name ebbery wheel and blanket an har
ness an stanshun in de place after one OBJ
de bosses in to-morrow's race. Blmeby,
Mr.. - comes out to de barn, and goes
roun' lookin' at tings, an mebbe ne takes
hole dis wheel an shakes it see If it's
tight; s'pose de wheel an named 'Balta-
zar he pronounced it 'Ballteaser' L buy
him straight, den mebbe de boss'u lean
agin stanshun an dat1l de Cooling
Goblin1; I buys him fo' place, cos it's
de second on Mr.. - touched-see?
Presently he picks up halter an says it
wants mendin' r suffin, an dat's His
Grace Now / hab two straight an one
fo' place De fourth one touched is fo' a
place, an de fit is fo' straight agin, an
den [ play de fust, third, an fit fo' COM
bine combination i. Eff he touches two
in de same race I play de fust one
straight, and de oder one for straight and
place bofe, see? An dat busts up my
combine, fo' I knows [ wouldn't win a
combine den, eff [ played it,"
'DO you make any money" asked the
reporter.
swell, [ has to, COS | won take any
wages, fo' dat wud breuk my luck, see?
Las week | made sebben dollars, de week
| 'afore dat | made ober twenty, an Use
done pretty well dis week. Dere's anod-
der ting, too; if Mr.. -- swears [ play de
plugs-horses dats no accOunt-ef he
stubs his tae comm in de barn, I don't
play anything, cos then eff got winner
he'd throw de jockey, or stumble or do
suffin' to lose. I'll glib you a straight tip
fo' tomorrow eff yo' want it-no? Yah!
Some folks don't want to get rich, no
! hOw!n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
A Sboemakers Test of Character.

A Spanish shoemaker of a philosophic
turn of mind affirms that mems characters
and dispositions are more accurately read
in the way they wear their boots and shoes
than in their physiognomy, or even their
handwriting. He says: "Show me the
shoes of man after he has worn them
two months and will analyze for you his
character. In your shoes, for instance
see lack of energy, levity, negligence, and
a disposition to evade the fulfilling of dis
agreeable duties and obligations. The
even wearing away of the heels and soles
of pair of shoes shows that the wearer,
If a man, is one of good bushes habits,
energetic, prudent, of good head, and
faithful in the discharge of his duties. If
a woman's shoes are so worn, they indicate
she is, or is capable of being, good wife
and an excellent mother of family. If
the outer edges of the sole are worn away
much more than the inner ones, the wearer
has an unstable, tickle character, prone to
ingratitude. If the inner edges are the
most worn, it indicates irresolution and
weakness in a man and modesty in a wo-
man. few months ago a stranger enter
ed my store wearing a pair of shoes that
were very much worn on the outside edg es
and at the toes, the latter so badly they
were quite broken through, while the 9th
er parts of the shoes were almost new.
took care to watch that man and when he
was gone, said to my wife, That man is a
thief The very next day he was arrested
by the police for a robbery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
The Market was not Affected.
Chicago Hera'd.

''Theyn never get me into any of their
tarnal speculations again." said long
haired pig-smelling passenger from Iowa.
I've been reading a heap in papers of
late about the big money made in pork
and grain bought or sold on margins, and
I've been laying low for an opportunity
to jump in and make a pile of money.
I'm one o these men who believe in study
in things all out, an never goin' into any
new SPECIFICATION till you've looked at it
from every side and seized 1t all up. Well,
1 felt just that way about this margin
trading, I believe they call it. [ made up
my mind 10 watch these things pretty
close, an as soon as | see a sure thing
jump in"
''About a week ago I was at work out in
my east ten acre lot when Jim Brown came
along and says:
Hello Smith; how's yer folks?n
',Oh, purity WE'LL" says L; how's your'n? ~
'All well; but didn't you hear of the bad
luck Squire Cole had?"
No; is his wife dead?"
''Worse than that. He has got 800
hogs down with the cholery, an bout half
of 'em will die
rs that so?" says I. an as jim Brown
druv away fell to thinking the things
over.
Three hundred of Squire Coles hogs
down with the cholery," says TO myself,
AN half of 'em going to die. Thatl
surely bring pork up whoopin' in Chi
cago as soon as these speckerlaters hear
of it. Everything must go by the law of
supply and demand, an this will effect the
supply. Here's my chance"
$50 I knocked off work right there,
went over to town and told the broker
what's opened an Office there to buy as
much pork for me as $500 would take in,
and went over TO the bank and drew the
money an gave it to him. Then I went
home kinder feelin' that 1 had made a
good trade
Did pork go up a whoopin':'
Nav, she went down fiuking- so quick
that my broker hadn't time to sell, and he
says I've lost my $500 and owe him S143.-
80 besides, and he threatens to sue me if I
don't whack up. Them Chicago speaker
Eaters are nothing but lot of gamblers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03
HOW JACK BETS.
Negro Stable-Boy's Way of Winning Money
on Horses.
Nav Work Mail and Fy,,racc

New York Mail and Express
Some very curious facts are now and
then related regarding ''tips" on horse
races, but one which came to the the no.
tice of a reporter for the Mail and Express
recently is perhaps the most curious yet
revealed.
do you see that negro?" asked prom
inent business man, pointing to a brawny
black leading a horse up and down the
street for exercise. He came to me
some time ago and asked for work, and 1
told him L had all the help wanted, just
then.
How many coons you's had ter wuk
for yous IN de pas yeah?' he asked. -Four
or FIVE replied.
"'Dey's all done left, amt dey?' said
he.
Il admitted that they had. When he
asked me if | knew why, I said no.
'''Cos deys all rich, now he said,
'Yous got a lucky stable Tits private
stable you know-no racing horses. an
yous a lucky man. When yous come to
de stable in de mornin' dey ak de time.
Now spose you said 1850, well, dey'd 90 70
de policy shop an play 10, so, and 63.
an dey got de 50 by tackin' 13 onto de
last figger. and dey allus winned.'
But that is not horse racing" 1 said
.sI'l call the negro here, and you can see
what he saws himself. 'Zack, when the
negro lad had responded to the call, tell
this gentleman how you buy pools on the
hOrSe-race."
lack grinned from ear to ear, and re
olied:
de ting am done in dis way, sab.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

Atlanta is the third largest stuff market
in the world. London comes first, New
York next, and Atlanta third. Lorillard
sold sos 900 pounds of snuff in the city
last year and other makers about 10000
pounds. One house there sold $4,000
pounds. In Mocon LorilIard sold $4,000
DOundS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

Negroes who believe in witchcraft are
taught to think that if they inform on
any one who practices it their fingers and
toes will drop off and they will pine away
and die. number of witnesses who
were compelled to testify against native
wizard in Trinidad became i'll through
fright, and several actually died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-03

The other day farmer sent to the Gov
eminent Redemption Office box of burnt
paper, saying it was $4,000, which he
wanted repaid him. The cLarred paper
was al tumbled together, but an expert
soon discovered it to be nothing but com
mon writing paper in which few 81
bills had been burned and mixed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07
A Public Renefaction.

How to laundry liren as It is done
in Troy, N. Y, has been kept secret
long enough ; it can and should be
done in every family. The ELASTIC
STARCH is the only starch in the Uni.
ted States that is put up by men who
have practical knowledge of the
laundry profession. 1t requires no
cooking, keeps the iron from sticking
and linen from blistering while ironing,
and gives shirts, cuffs and collars that
Stiffness and beautiful polish they have
when new, which, everybody knows
keeps them clean twice as long. Be
ware of limitations. See that the name
JIG. HUBINGER g. BRO, New Haven,
Conn, is on every package.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

Cuinine In Ts.sf,rnr

llsQU 1asii-lure AarfuinF Herald
IN tho khurkco TeIiCu ii lrs-t1,
0uiniue Is considered OF no accoant for the
cure of chils and fever The Khar<Oo
doctor clutches mess Of live crabs, pours
whis,cy over them until they become
kilariUusly drunk, ard then puts them in
n hot even. After being well dried, they
are pulveIzed, shells and all aud admins
tered in Grachm doses. Where the crabs
most abound in this country, in the waters
Of the Eastern shore of Maryland Gnd the
Eastern shore Of Virginia. the inhabitants
have long since abandoned the use Of
quinine and seusibly resort TO pre-
ventlon in tie use Of pure whlskey. In
the malarial sections OF the great
West, Southwest and South, this once
'anled remedy is now looked upon as worse
chan the disease. In territories where the
virgin sod is first broken, the malarigl
poison exudnC therefrom spreads pesti-
leuce far aud near. Years ago in the
homes or the FIRST settlers, an admiXture of
whlskey and qUiniue was the lavoritc t.ose
for the chills, bat after years of dosing in
this crude manner, Quiuine has long since
been given mp and whiskey only remains
in the flask, for family, and medicinal use.
Experience taught these settlers long ago,
that tho amount of Quinine required TO
drive ont the malarial poison in the blood,
left in its place, il not n worse poison, q
condition OF the system made worse instead
of better. The effects of the quinine were
clearly defined in long continued head
aches. dSOrdercd stOmachs, clouded
mental faculties. disturbed sleep, and NOR
bid appetite, and the only virtue discovered
in its use they thought attributable to the
whIskey in the mixture. The medical,
profession has very gratefully modified its
belief in Qulnina as II SPECIFIC Gaillard q
Medical Journal, October, 1855, CON
tanning an article by l.. b. Ander-
son, NJ. D., Norfolk, Va, in which the
learned doctor uses this emphatic Ian
guage: II hope / may lie pardoned for
saying that the present empirical use of
quinine is worthy of the darkest period OF
the dark ages. It s blEhting shame and
disgrace to our profession" The people
exposed 10 malaria now fortify their
systems against the approach and inroadS
of the diseases preceding from it, and by
the use of pure unadulteratea stimulant
ward off attack. Now that DutTy's rure
malt whiskey is the only absolutely pure
whskey, free from fusel Oil as has been
tested by chemjats, it is the recogn Zed
cure in ma,arial attacks and SO reCogni7Ce
0y the people ana the medical profession.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands
by an East India missionary the forEl-
ula of u simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure of Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asth-
ma and all throat and Lung Affections
also a positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and 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 his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a desire
to relieve human suffering, I will send
free of charge, to all who desire it, this
recipe, in German, French or English
with full directions for preparing and
using Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, w. A.
MOVES, 149 P0a0er's Bloch, Ro4bester, N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07
TAX SALE.

The nonresident prOprietors of the town
ship OF Ferdinand and that part of Ferdinand
formerly Wenlock, and that part of Ferdinand
formerly Brighton, also the township ol
Aveu!l, all in Essex County, Vermont, are
hereby notified that the State tax made and
assessed on the 18th day of January, :. ID.
1856, for the year 1855 remains either in whole
or in part unpaid on the following described
lands in said towns, to-wit:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

When Bsby IVES sick, We gave hor Castcria,
When she was Child she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them CastcziA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07
s. F. MT "A KIM 81 SON
-HARgfAGTgR[Rs AID DEALERS IA

DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS,
M@ullings. Stair Rail, Balustars, Newels. Ash
and Pine Shcathng. Window and Door
Frames Hrackcts Pickets, &c, &c
Outside windows made to older. Regular
sizes IN stock. All Goods 1t Portland Whole
sale Prices. SOUTH PARIS. EIE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN3

when men are engaged in com
mon cause and make common sacri-
hoes In the accomplishment of a
general purpose, it is natural that it
should engender sympathies and af,
tectlons among them; and the more
important to them the enterprise is
and the more suffering and labor
attending it, the intenser will be
their love for one another. There is
a natural sentiment in the human
heart that men thus engaged, and
with such relations, should stand bv
one another, and any desertion of
their cause by any one is naturally
regarded with disfavor. Now it is
nothing remarkable that the sur
vivors of the Southern army sbould
weep for their dead, mourn the loss
of their brothers, and honor their
heroism, and there is nothing neon
slstent in JEFF Davis standino mn
clothed in his non-citizenship, as he
terms it, and denouncing the action
OF the government in putting down
the rebellion. But there is sieniG-
canoe in the great mass of the peo-
pie of the South applauding his dis
loyal sentiments. There is greater
Significance in Northern men going
into ecstacies, and beaming with
admiration for the man, invoked by
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

There is no remedy known to sci
ence that will SO speedily and SO eff
fectually cure or relieve lulnbago,
chronic or acute rheumatism, swollen
or stiff joints as Johnson's AaodWo Lini.
met used internally and externally.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

ana so much of said land VIII be sold at public
auction at the Court House in GutIdhalI IN
VIC county OF Essex on the first day of June
next, at 10 O'Clock. H. m, as shall be re0uisitc
viously paid.
Dated at Maidstone, this 23d day of April.
a. D., 1886.
d. II. BEATTiE,
Collector Of Tdrc3 f1r tile Uaorgqni=c3
Toms and Cores in EssGu County.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

My liver was so fearfdlly disordered
and felt so feeble and languid that !
scarcely took interest in anything.
Tried all the so-called remedies with
out relief until used Parker's Tonic,
which effected permanent cure
David Bash, Little Rock, Ark.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07
WeutHO'th Bennlng.
or Governors Corner 500
TOWNSHIP OF FERDINAND.
is No. If 10. of No. Of
) Die. each lgt acres

Original Prqp's No. qf 10. Z
neme'. 5 Die. each I
Aiken Elisha p,1ivfaol
Aver II Clement
do 90 Q
do 90 rr-I.vtdod
Ayeiill Samuel 80
do Do undivided
do do undivided
End EtCsezcr mdivided
Brown Nathaniel sc
do GO rudivfdod
Barnes Dan CD
do d. undivided
Barnes Thomas ! 81
co do undivided
Beach Samuel G2
Go do 60
do do undivided
Il wster Elijah / %
Go do ~
do do undivided
oS 90 '' do 81 81
GO DO undivided
Chapman Nathaniel / 50
do DO undivided
do 90 AZ
do do undivided
Chapman Nathan / 81
do do 2 30
do do undivided
Culver David / 81
do do lG
do do undivided
Dickinson Fersal / 3
DO do undivided
Fuller Timothy l IL
DO DO IS
do do undivided
Frost joel 81
do do undivided
Ferris benjamin 80
DO do undivided
Ferris Zcbnlon l IS
dc do GS
do do undivided
Frost Samuel Jr =
do DO undivided
Giddings Joseph
DO do undivided
Goodrich Zenas ~
DO do &SS%.S,,,.,s,, 80
Iiumgerford Thos / '''0" 60
do do undivided
Hungerford Josiah il
do DO . Al
! do do undivided
HungcIford iona. / 4S
do do undivided
Iurlburt Reuben l 20
60 90 10
>, 90 90 undivided
h"inolln IEomas
90 Go . II
40 ,,,., 90 UNDIVIDED
Aall Elisha ! G3
90 90 50
10 DO undivided
Holt samuel ! Gj
90 10 uEdlVided
lioas DAVID So
90 90 80
40 40 undivided
hohg baNiu Jr 20
60 90 p
90 20 uno!Viued
Johnson l,ay'on 90
90 90 5
uo 10 undiNlued
do do do q
90 do ni1lividod
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-07

GA ISDS.

THE FOLLOWING ADyEEJisESE NTS REPREgEvT C0cp AND
RELIABLE F1ENS. IlEASE MERTON TINS rATER WHEE
AEnglE~ISE TbTu