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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-04
IN MEMORIAM,
MRS. j. Il. GRANT.

Now that death has passed away
with his victim (though not to be
long gomez the gloom and terror in.
spired by his actual presence has so
far subsidized as to enable those left
behind to look more calmly on the
visitation. Saduess has not gone.
1t has only sank deeply and quietly
down into the silent hearts of the
survivors, only to be awakened, even
after long years, by the slightest
memorial.
Unusual grief fills the circle Of the
life of her whose death suggests
these reflections, and although it
will remain as long as her memory
lasts, it's intensity is now. Sad
hearts move around amid the mem
cries of a quiet, amiable, good Chris
tian woman.
Grief for the dead is dependent
much on circumstances. But to
human considerations the dark angel
has no regard in making his visits.
To the quiet, and perhaps neg
lected old man he comes without
noise, or disturbance of his victim,
or even Of those around him. His
coming is then regarded by mOrtals
almost universally as an errand OF
mercy. Bat when he suddenly
snatches his victim, when the world
is filled with the most interesting
associations oe earth from a com.
panionship which has ripened by
wears of cultivation and association,
and become a part Of each other,
being, and from a group of young
life surrounded and filed with the
intensest love and enthusiasm, ii
stirs to life every emotion Of grief
terror and dismay, and it seems foI
the moment the most ill-timed visit
ever made to earth by any messenger
from the spirit land. 1t seems do
saw? Yes: and what seems to b.
(to the mourners) IS.
There is no occasion for sad sym
pathy for her who is gone. He
life was such that it is well will
her. Sorrow is meet only for th'
living. Mourn only because th'
silver cords are loosened, becaus
the Eolian tones of life, whose hqr
mony could be disturbed only BY
death, are gone. To struggle 70
an explanation Of the mystery 0
this affection, under the circum
stances, would be vain and unavail
ing, and would only bring pain.
Let not sorrow defeat courage
nor turn away any from moving
along or the line followed thus ia
in their lives. Let it not disturb b
its seeming unreasonableness tn
faith of any in the things on whic
their hopes are founded, and whlc
has been cultivated and cherishe
through many years of comfort an
undisturbed reason and affection.
D.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-04

A dry, hacking cough keeps the
bronchial tubes in a state cf constant
irritation, which if not speedily re-
moved may lead to bronchitis. No
pronpter remedy can be had than
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, which is both
an anadoyne and expectorant.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-05-04
- S-sAlD qt-UNE RAILWAY.
" Winter Arrsug enieut, Sss-s,-
a. sed sfer Nov. u, ard untn fJlrtss
nHtce, trains will be run ne ioiiuHs:



On ged after Nov. y, ard until flrt.,s
IA .ticC, trains viii be run ne ioiiuAs:
GOING WEST
Express train 'or Montreal iy1ses Eff-EFd
Pend 90 Is ~; mixed tlaiu ar hiuuu'ni
and Quebec at 80 "a IA. Mixed ft1in iyayts
Gorhptu FOR island Pond ef StlU m. Expires
trains tor Montreal and the west viii leave
Portland at rs S. N, bnc $50 ., nj GOrlbm
~ u % and . % p. m: Island Pond Of go and
. s. p. m , the latter connecting at Richmond
Tor Quebec
GOING EAST
Express trains for Island Pond Gorham,
LeWi-fun, Portland. and BC-iou viii leave
Montreal 40 I0u. IN and 20 % Z IT. and Island
Pond 40 20 %. Iu. and las p. m. Express
lnr Island Pond ana intermediate "a. I@I.s
VIII itaNe Montreal a. Is p. IN. Mixed
train for islam. POND and intermediate sta
lions viii leave Richmond al 6 "a. IN. Mixed
train for GJInam leaves Island Pond Ht g. 10
l.. IA. JOSEPH HiCkSON,
General Manager.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
SAVE THE EYE-SIGHT.
An OculiBt Tells Careless Persons Ho
1t May Be Done,


1t May BE Done.
Next to sunlight the incandescent light
gives the best illumination for read ng;
and all notions of the injurious effect on
! the eyes of the electric light are erroneous.
The vast majority of people who wear
glasses can see well without them. They
use them to avoid a constant strain on the
eyes. The act of focalization is muscular
one and uses up nervous energy.
The oversighted eye, in which the focus
comes behind the retina, has to perform
this muscular act continually. The results
are headaches, irritability and nausea.
The only remedy in such cases is to wear
glasses.
The near-sighted child should wear spec
tacles, because they are the best prevent
i've against increase of near sightednese ..
and also because he loses a great part of
his education in not being able to see more
than few feet away.
For the eyes in healthy state there is
but one safe wash-Pure cold water.
When the eyelids are inhamed the best
lotion is weak solution Of salt and water
Never apply poultices TO the eyes or use
'eye-waters'' without the advice of ply
stefan.
At the first symptoms of near-sighted-
ness spectacles should be worn. There is
a great deal of popular prejudice against
spectacles, but there are two good reasons
why they should be worn, and only two.
One is that we see better, and the other
that tho strain on the eyes may be re-
UeYed.
In reading the book or paper should DO
held at a distance of from ten to fifteen
inches from the eyes The readers posi-
tion should be such that the light may fall
on the book and not on the eyes. The
light itself should be sufficient. Nothing
Is so injurious to the eyes as poor light in
ading.-ChtcGJO Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

Job had hurried home 20 the farm house
where he did chores fer his board and
lodging, and had walked back to the
village center without eating his supper,
80 great was his fear that he might keep
the magnate waiting a minute
The roadway laid between two hills and
In the shadow of one of them was a de-
serted farm house that had been partially
destroyed by fire. Its open doorway
looked like a black, yawning abyss, and
the winl hOwled dismally around the
building.
Job felt a creeping sensation pervade
him as he hurried through the gap an I'M
pleasant feeling such as he had never be-
fore experienced; something, as he
imagined, one might feel when evil fore
BODIED; but he shook it of when he stepped
into the moonlight beyond the bend in the
oadway. A short distance ahead at the
end OF the road the church spire stood
forth, tall and white, like a Christmas
ghost that did its vigils once a year. The
moon darted behind a featho-y cloud, then
reappeared and cast a silvery CLEAN over
the snow-clad scene, making it exceeding
ly beautiful. Although the evening wind
was keen and cutting, job stood for mo-
ment wrapped almost in worship of the
grandeur Of nature as 10 was p ctured to
his gaze at the time. The moonlight kissed
The white sirc. the snoW-covered mead
OWs, the distant houses. from the bare
hedges and the br tnches of the trees hung
great icicles which glittered like diamonds.
The white-tipped cones glistened in the
pines, the tall dark frs stood out in mar
tial array and stars shOne in the night sky.
The cold and frost tingled Jobs feet and
brought him back to earth. He ran, or
rather stumbled aud slid, along the rest of
the road, and arrived at the Mayors"
house with his homely but honest face
aglow from the unusual exercise
Had he known Of the reception awaiting
him, be could have taken his time; in fact,
he could have saved himself the journey.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
FASHION AND BREEDING.
The Former Is OF the Surface, the Latter
of the Mind.

The Former Is of the Surface, the Latter
of the Mind.
There is perhaps no more infallible sign
of vulgarity than the mistaking of fashion
for good breeding, and yet there is perhaps
no error more common. The underlined
man always supposes himself to be COM
passing the innermost mysteries of being
a gentleman when be has followed the
latest whimsical fancies of fashion. They
have no inner sense of the fitness of things,
and are forced to depend upon outer rules.
They can not be said to forget-since they
never have known-that there is an essen
tial vulgarity in the eternal discussion Of
forms aud Of customs. The truly we'll
bred man knows as a matter of course
what is proper, and if under ununusual
circumstances he may sometimes be at
loss in regard to etiquette he is always able
to be superior to the whimsicalties Of
fashion.
The distinction between good breeding
and fashion is usually pretty strongly
marked in people of the new rich variety.
These upstairs are apt to be well up in all
the devices and desires of fashion; they
are painfully exact in their observance Of
the latest whimsicalities of dress aud de-
portment; they are miserable over any
failure to keep up with the freshest
changes in the eVer-varying code Of rules
laid down by some vulgar leader of fash
ion who is for the moment at the head Of
the swim; but they are absolutely outside
of the truly well bred circle. The caste of
''Vere de We're" is above the accidents OF
the hour, and does not descend from its
lofty elevation because of a failure to COM
ply with outward rules which change from
day to day and from week to week, like
the dictates of fashion.
And herein is the whole secret to the
matter; fashion is of the surface, while
breeding is of the mind. Fashion deals
with the behavior; breeding is a matter
of the character. Fashion is a varnish
which may be applied to any surface, while
breeding is a method of making. A beg
gar may be taken from the gutter and
trained to the height of fashion, while a
man can be well bred only through a
process begun with his grandfathers. In
u word, fashion is but the shadow of a
shadow, while breeding is the substance,
Interchangeable and unspoilable. - Boston
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
JAPANEsE MAlpENs.
Poor Little Things Who Know Nothing
OF Filtration and Coquetry.

Poor Little Things Who Know Nothing
OF Filtration and COquetry.
pretty japanese maiden, dressed in
soft EN- broidered silk, sitting on the floor,
bending over a koto, on which she struma
an accompaniment to her voice, would in
ell probabilities touch the heart of a
young Japanese; but no matter how much
he might be touched, he must appear ut
terly indifferent to her, and ignore her
charms and her presence. For, progress
sive as is Japan, young men and women
are never allowed together alone, and such
a thing filtration or coquetry is I'M
known. Unlike China and Corea, Japan
allows parents to invite young gen.
tleman to their house as guest, but he
devotes his time to the parents; the daugh-
ter may play the kotO, or entertain him in
other ways, but she is noticed no moro
than is a colored servant-woman by a
guest in a Southern home. Itseems strange
to us that custom can so control feelings
and sentiment, especially when every day
we see here at home young men doing the
exact opposite, ignoring parents and older
members OF the family, and feigning more
interest in the young women than they
really feel Marriages in japan are car
RED on much as they used to be, the
parent making the choice; but now a-days
If IL chance that either young lady or
gentleman object to become husband or
wife, the parents do not force the matter,
and, as rule, babies are not betrothed by
their parents as they are in some other
Asiatic countries. Neither are women so
secluded as they are in those countries,
for nearly as many japanese women are 70
be seen on the streets in Japan as are
American women in this country. In fact,
the Japanese women or girl Is TO Asia
what the American girl is to Europe
american Magazine.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

''AIa, will be blind in He4ysn?p ''No, my
dear, you won't be blind IN Heaven"
They are all well there.
In MY bOyhood, for some time we lived
three miles from church, and on stormy
days the children stayed at home, but
father and mother always went to church;
that was a habit they had. On these
stormy Sabbaths when we stayed at home,
the absence Of our parents seemed very
much protracted; for the roads were very
bad, and they could not get on very fast.
So we would go to the window at twelve
O'Clock to see if they were coming, and
then we would go at 1890 to see if they
were coming, and at 12:45, and then at one
O'Clock. After awhile Mary, or David, or
Dewitt would shout: E'The wagons COM
ingl" and then we would see it wind
ing out of the woods and over the brook,
and through the lane, and up in front OF
the old farmhouse; and then we would
rush out, leaving the doors wide open,
with many things to tell them, asking them
many questions. Well, my dear breth-
rem, 1 think we are many of us in the
Kings wagons, and we are on the Wey
home.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

Prince Metternich, in discussing the
wonderful development of the worlds
means of transportation by land and
sea, used to tell the following aneedote
with much relish He was compelled
to wait an unusually long time one day
for en- audience with Napoleon. AS he
was waiting in the ante-chamber a
man rushed odt with traces of the
deepest despair on his countenance.
Napoleon was walking ap and down
the room in great excitement. did
you see that man who just went outP''
he asked. Certainly" replied Met
ternich. ''The man is crazy. He has
proposed to me to send my feet to En-
gland with boiling water" The man
was Robert Fulton, the inventor of the
steamboat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

II q q fact worthy Of remark that
throughout the whole animal creation, In
every country and cline Of the Garth, the
most useful animals eat vegetable food.
The all powerful elephant, and the patient,
uutiring camel, in the torrid zDne; the
horse. the OK, or the donkey, in the tenn
perate; and the reindeer in the frigid
gone, obtain all their muscular power from
natures simplest productions-the veg
etable kingdom But all the flesh eating
animals keep the rest Of the animated Gre
alton in constant dread OF them. Their
own flesh Is unfit for other animals 70 eat,
having been itself made out Of flesh, and Is
most foul and offensive. Great strength,
leetness Of foot, usefulness, cleanliness
and docility. are characteristics OF vegeta
BILE eaters.--N. j. Ledger.
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Homeless children.

The American Educational Aid Associa-
ton. which has for its object the providing
of homes for poor and friendless children,
is doing a noble work Since its stablish-
ment it has found good homes for sew en-
hundred homeless little ones. All children
received under the care of the Association
are OF special promise in intelligence and
health, and are in age from one month to
twelve years, and are sent free to those re-
ceiving them, on ninety days trial, unless
a special contract IS otherwise made. A
number OF promising children Of both sexes
are now waiting adoption into families
Contributions to this very worthy charity
may be sent to Rev. Glen Wood, Financial
Secretary, Room Al, 230 LaSalle Street, Chi
cago Rev NV B. Van Arsdale, SIS Sixty
seventh street, Englewood, Ill, is the Gen
eral Superintendent.
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friend him by giving him even comedy
countcnauce He was positively so home
" 40 10 be com cal when bis features were
relaxed from tho smile he wore while his
patiencs was being taxed by the thick
headed urchins Of the village school
He was the principal in n school where
there wsre no assistant teachers. There
were twenty-five scholars in the school,
but they could DO divided lnto almost as
many classes as individuals. This was
owing 20 Jobs kindness Of heart, for he
believed in advancing his pupils in proper
tion TO their ability to learn. In conse-
uuenco the school hours oftentimes proved
10 be too short TO hear all tho classes.
He was well beloved by his family"
rs he termed them, although, without any
feeling Of disre -pect, they were apt to
mention him behind his back rs "Old
Cog" Whether this title originated
through his wearing a pair Of iron-bowed
glasses such as country folk term cog
glea" or whether some urchin had heard
some elder member OF the family call job
a podagogue and had shortened the word
TO Cog as being an easier word Tor a boy
of his years TO handle, no one could ten
Even tho town selectmen familiarity saIut-
ed him with Hello, GogW and there
were possibly people in the village who
knew him under no other name. For nine
years he had taught school, and he would
probably have taught it for nine more
without attempting 70 better himself If
fate had not decreed otherwise.
On the afternoon before Christmas he
had dismissed his family early, giving
20 each Of them a small token Of remcn-
brunce
Twenty-Five remembrances made large
reduction in the total sum of his scant saw
Angs, and on this particular Christmas Eve
he was made 20 fcel the fact in full force.
Not That ne regretted his Kindness, how
ever; he was too noble for that to ever oC-
cur 70 him.
Five minutes after tho school had been
dismissed, he had received a note from the
chairman Of the town committee rcouest-
ing him 70 call 20 sec him. The chairman
was SIR. Flint man who was rs barI
as hia name in business transactions. an 4
who bad acquired the position Of chairman
because tho via cors FOR tho most parr
feared him IIo was rich, and lucky xvos
the man ID Cderburg whose house and land
was not subject 70 a mortgage held by the
mayor" ~ he insisted was his rirht
title
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\ 4 aMM

"Your eyes are Ike my EtheIs Werei-
AwomHn young and fair
Swift glides across the ire-l spacei
Close by the baby takes her place;
Old Byrnam feels a blur
Before his eyes; q mist OF tears;
" All me ~ he srFhs,NsstAe lonely yearsFA -
- Father, the gardeu stair
4 found as IN the days Of old;
Ont say some avenue
rs open still, that may come
Back TO your heart, back to my hOmei
want not lands nor gold;
] crave but this dear silver hair
TO take within my loving care
Close, close Old Byrnum drew
The kneeling mother and her child,
pray thee, daughter, ceaseN'
The homeward singers stood 70 gaze
On Byrnam's windows. all ablazc,
And lips and eyes that smiled;
They rightly named the faces fair,
And standing in the yellow glare,
They sang song OF peace.
MARGARET HOLMES.
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red, her father had no further control
They constituted the largest portion Of hel
fathers alleged wealth, and, coupled with
the loss Of his daughters respect, left
him poverty stricken in mind and pocket
alike.
If Job had opened the little parcel he
had thrust in his pocket without exaIuin-
ing, he would have found a nice muhler
and a pair Of warm uittens, and pinned "a
the scarf was Christmas card with two
hearts pierced witt am arrow printed on
its face. The letter given him in tie road
by the farmer was an offer Of a professor
seat in Ecghboring e EeEe, but Dot ir-
sisted that be should still continue TO be
the Ola Cog" Of the village, and any
SIMMER you take a notion 10 Y sit Cider
burg you arc liable To find painfully
homeiy man te.chins Init, scholars outside
the scAool-hou q eath the shade trees
a handsome Young y SAN whom he calls
4 ristmas present, b. a.s assistant and
doubt Is there "a rctlEogue in thc ~ rid
whose scholars entertain % deeper aud
truer affection for h.n than do the pupils
Of the honey schou}nastcr with the i-cr
bopnd spectacles--' Ola Cog"
BURT ARNOLD
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

HE Christmas Eve
that brought hap
pincss to the greater
number Of homes IN
Cidurburg brought
to Job Pippin moth
ing moro than a
long, uncomfortable
journey through the
snow and a bitter
disappointment.
Job Pippin was
not a handsome
man. Nature had
neglected TO be-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
No WONDER time is so often killed; It Is
struck every hour.
Bunco steerers arc Exemplary Men

Compared with the ruthless i1npostOrs who
represent to invalids inquiring for Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, that certain local
nostrunls they prepare are the equal of the
world celebrated tonic and Alternative 1t is
deep infamy to rob the sick of a chance OF
health The Bitters restore yigor and
eradicate malarial complaints, dyspepsia,
constipation, liver and kidney complaint,
rheumatism and neuralgia
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

KID words produce their own image
in mems souls. and beautiful image IL Is,
They soothe and quiet and comfort the
nearer They shame him out Of bis sour.
morose, unkind feelings. We have moi
yet begun 10 use kind words 10 sucb
abundance "a they ought % be usea.-.
paseal
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21

TIE good we do, whether in practical
activity or simply in right thinking, is, all
OF il, in some measure useful TO thOse
around Us. Bat 1t is no less useful to our
selves. and even from that point Of view
VIC can not do too much Of il. He VIVA
wishes to be biest can thus help bless hin
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OLD RYRNAM.

dark and still,
Save but one single light,
That through the grated window cleaned,
Whore, all alone, Old Byrnam dreamed
Behind his bolts and bars.
The carols myers going by
flushed all their noisy glee
Till well beyond the Byrnam farm
Half fearful OF some hateful charm
Within the evl eye
or this old man, who lonely safe,
NO guest no friend with his gate,
The Christmas-tide to see.
These careless singers could not know
The thoughts that filled the brain
or Byrnam. AS the arelight falls
In htful flashes on the wallis
What fancies come and 90,
or mother home and boyhood days,
When love was law, and life was praise
And memory was not pain.
Again he hears the Ginning bells,
As in the long ago;
he hears the sweet old story read
or Christ-child, in His mangcr bed
Joyous singer tells
or wonders IN the Heavens. when
The angels sang: Good W II TO men.
And peace IN rivers 1ow."
Harl what was thatf breath OF afr,
A creak Of door or tree,
Breaks ia upon Old Byrnnms dream,
And mai es his dark eyes fash and CLEAN:
" None knew the garden stair
But Etheli 70 himself he sad;
" And Ethel-Ah. my Ethers deadi
Forever dead to me.
"a can not break divided hearts,
And she was all my own
Till came that stranger from the town,
With hair and eyes OF velvet brown"
Again old Byrnnm starts:
" Now ] must look to locks and keys;
Who comesF he called. The garden trees
Fierce dashed the walls OF stone.
Within tho doorway's curtnined gloom
little child he sew,
All clothed IN white with golden head,
" Are you the Christ-childT' Byrnam said
In science cross the room,
Straight u his knee the vision came:
I'm little Byrnam, that's my name
And you're my grandpapa-"
The baby leaned against hls knee;
One little clInging hand
Was thrust within his own; his eyes,
Like deep blue walls OF paradise
or patch OF sunnied sea,
Searched well Ola Byruam's face; no fear,
No shrinking back: Who brought you here's
can not unders tanu
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1888-12-21
The successful lover thinks ne is getting
ahead when he is getting a heart.

For COUGHs AND THROAT DISORDERS use
B1OlCn's bronchial TrochcS. -" Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
think better of that which began think
ing well of''-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Sold only in boxes
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ELY'G
CREAM BALM

E 1Cds surprised
after using EIB's
Cream Balm tCo
months II find the
right nostya, tehieIl
ras closed for 20
Bcdrs, sGds OpeHodHd
free az the other. ]
feel UcTU thankful.
Il. IT. CresseHghdm,
fSt4 street,
brooklyn.
a particle ls applied
able Price % cent nft
90 cents. Ely BROTHF
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OLD COG.
His Christmas Present and How
He Obtained 1t.
written

Written for this paper.l
[''Beauty pales before the grandeur OF true
nobility OF soul even as the twinkling stars are
Outshone by the sun at noonday'l
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TACKLE an Obstinate Cough or Cold with
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure i'll one minute