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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-27

/, each Ilofal character, :, NehJIe-
manly and ladylike conduct, and, 3,
intellectual work.
The second part of the program,
a class exercise in the Word Method,
was conducted by Miss Maud King.
Her method OF teaching the six
little ones who form one class in her
school, was admirable. This class, |
the Youngest in the primary grade |
iii our village, has been under Miss
Kings tuition only Is weeks, and in
that time they have learned-thor-
ougbly nearly two hundred words.
In their close attention aud animated
recitation they certainly reflected
great credit to their teacher. After
the drill, DR.. Mowry gave very
interesting talk, in which he con
trasted the system as shown by Miss
Kings method, with the old way of
learning "A-er, B-er Ger, d." and
50 on. In closing, he related to the
children funny story which, as
reference was made to it several
times during the meetings, | will
try to transcribe:
Once there was a little boy, chill
dren, said he; and this little boy
was sick with fever. He was very,
very sick. But by and by he began
to get better, and to sit up little
while. Aud then he began to walk
little. One day he walked to the
window, and saw some workmen
building a house just over yonder.
This little boy lived in Philadelphia,
and there they don't build houses
ont of wood as you do here, but
they make them out of brick. Well,
this little boy stood by the window
and watched the men at work on
the house, and by and by he told
his mother he wanted to go and
watch them. Yam going to make a
house when I'm a man, he said, and
| want to see how it's done. So his
mother wrapped him up warm and
let him go. He went over to where
! the new house was building, and
looked all round, watching the men
carefully, and saw all he could see
about the work, and then he went
back home. When he got home he
was very tired, and sat down with a
long breath. Well, said his mother,
did you see how they make a house :?
0, yes! the little fellow cried, and,
mama, it's just as e&sy-why all
they do is to put first brick, and
then little sticky, and then another
brick and little more sticky, and
that's all there is to it.
The application of this story, told
in an inimitably IroIl way, which
fear | have utterly failed of repro
ducing, was this:-That teachers
should be very careful to firmly fix
one thing in the minds of their pupils
before attempting a second step.
some drick at q time, and plenty of
Stjchy!" Teachers, let this be our
motto!
The afternoon session opened with
a talk from Dir. Mowry on Princi.
pies that Underlie the Management
of Schools. After speaking of the
different principles involved in re-
publican, democratic and monarch
cal governments, he said that the
school is not a republic, for the
pupils and teacher are not equals
the teacher is a monarch whom al
pupils should obey. Teachers, how
ever should not be dogmatic. Ii
points of good order and discipline
the teacher must rule. In the ar
rangenent Of the school we should
have in mind the best interest of al
concerned; the teacher the parents
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-27

For nearly half century Ayers
Cherry Peetoral has been the most
popular cough remedy in the world.
The constantly increasing demand for
this remedy proves il to be the very
best specific for colds. coughs, and all
diseases of the throat and lungs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-27
MARRIED,

BON Ia Canaan, April % at
the residence OF the brides father. by Rev.
Mr.. lili'man, Mr.. !. H. Bonott. formerly
OF Island Pond. and Miss Alice Heath Of
Capuan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1888-04-27
DIED.

DEM AIRS AT West Concord. April %, Mrs
Elizabeth DeNus. wife of Frank r.
Oliver. aged % years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Interesting Official Communications
m the Nelc York Tribune.

From the NelC York Tribune
Gen. Arson G. McCook the Secretary Of the
Senate, has lying upon his table a uniOne vol
ume. AS is well known all of the official com
munications from the President to the Senate
since the foundation of the government have
been preserved Gen. McCook has selected a
few of the greatest of historical interest and has
had them bound in morocco covers. They are
all executive documents, and all but one nom-
nations to office. The exception is message
from the President Of the United States, and
reads as follows:
Gentlemen of the Senate:
The President of the United States will meet
O'Clock tomorrow, to advise with them on the
terms of the treaty to be negotiated with the
Southern Indians. GEORGE WASHINGTON
NeU York Aug. 81, 1889
Another interesting document in the hand
writing of the second President of the United
States, reads:
"GentIemen Of the Senate.
II nominate george Washington, of Mount
Vernon, to be Lieutenant General and Com
mander-in-Chief of all the armies raised or to
be raised in the United States
. John ADAMS.
1.-THE United States, July ?, 1893"
In the same hand appears the following land
we're he living to-day, John Adams would no
doubt be accused by the opposition newspapers
of nepotism):
"Gentlemen of the Senate:
Il nominate John Quincy Adams, of Massa-
chusetts, to be Minister Plenipotentiary from
John ADAMS.
United States, May 90 1877"
believe that John Adams was the only
President that ever dated his official communi-
cations from the United States.
In addition to these Gen. McCook has the
nominations to Jefferson's Cabinet; also Madi-
sons which are written in his own hand on a
single sheet of paper; Monroe's nominations
and those of John Quincy Adams are also pre-
served, as well as those of Andrew Jackson,
who wrote all of his nominations with his own
hand The nominations of every Cabinet from
Jackson down to Cleveland are preserved. A
curious paper is Andrew JohnsOn's nomination
of Ulysses S. Grant to be General of the army; it
was written out by a clerk on ordinary sheet
of legal cap paper with blank place in which
Grants name was written by Johnson himself.
The list of Grants Cabinet was made out in the
same way. Another paper in this collection
reads:
To the Senate
/ nominate William T. Sherman to be General
of the Army of the United States in the place
of U. S. Grant, resigned. U. S. GRANT.
Sheridan'S nomination to be Lieutenant Gen
eral accompanies this, and was made on the
same date and in the same form. The nomina-
ton of President Hayes Cabinet was made out
on printed blanks, sheet for each one, as are
those of Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland The
last paper in the book is the nomination of Gen.
Grant to the retired list of the army.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Falling Into Line,

There is no reason TO doubt that the dele
gates which the Democrats of Georgia will
send to the National Convention will not
only favor Mr.. Cleveland's denomination.
but also platform in accord with his tariff
message. The State Central Committee,
which met in Atlanta on March 81, to fix the
dates for the convention to elect delegates
to St. Louis and of that to nomi-
nate State officers, adopted a resolution
indorSing Mr.. Cleveland's administration
and his tariff message. Some of the protec-
ton newspapers OF the State have attempted
to create the impression thai the committee
refused to adopt resolutions of this sort, but
they were not successful. 1t is true that
the resolution was not adopted until
after the committee having trans
acted the business for which
it was called together had adjourned. Inn
mediately after the adjournment, however,
the members reassembled and passed the
resolution, showing that they were heartily
in sympathy with it. The reason they did
not adopt it in the regular meeting was
that they did not think it advisable to do
so, as they were not called together for that
purpose
Since the meeting of the State Central
Committee several of the counties which
have selected delegates to the Atlanta con-
ventions, have adopted resolutions strongly
indorsing Mr.. Cleveland for denomination
and declaring that the tariff plank in the
national platform should be in harmony
with his tariff message. There is not much
doubt that the course of these counties will
be very generally followed throughout the
State. 1t certainly ought to be.
The press and the Democratic masses are
heartily in favor of Mr.. Clevelands renOm-
ination, and it is evident that he cannot ac-
cept a denomination unless the platform
adopted by the National Convention is in
harmony with his course with respect to the
tariff. The tariff is the great is
sue before the country and he
has placed himself on record so clearly and
emphatically in favor of reduction of the
tariff that he could not consistently go be-
fore the country on platform that vir
tually condemned tariff reduction. If,
therefore, the Democrats are sincere in say
ing they want him renominated they mean
that they indorse all be has said and done
with regard to the tariff That being the
case they should adopt resolutions at their
county conventions favoring tariff reduc-
ton. BY doing so they will make it certain
that delegates representing their views will
be chosen to Chicago.
Those Democrats who say that they want
Mr. Clevelend renominated but do not APP
prove of his tariff message occupy position,
to say the least of it, which subjects them
to the suspicion of being insncere. because
they know that Mr.. Cleveland would not
accept denomination upon a platform
which virtually condemned his tariff mes
sage. 1t is advisable, therefore, to beware
of them and their advice
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Corrupt Rhode Island Politics.

1t is charged. and not contradicted, that
there was open and shameless use of money
to corrupt voters in the recent Rhode
Island election. The charges are very
specific. The prices paid for votes, the
methods used in their purchase, and voters
profiting thereby are mentioned. If the
half Of these charges is true, tine election
was farce. In East Greenwich, for in
stance, both parties engaged in buying
votes. After expanding 1927 in that direc-
ton the Democrats found that they could
not compete with the Republicans, who had
much the larger amount of Doodle,
and who were paying SIS for a vote. At
Warwick Plains the price started at s. and
ran up to Sl5. Harrison Lincoln and his
sons voted early and returned home. Later
in the day John White, Republican
"heeler," called at Lircoln's home and left
$40 each for Lincoln and his three soffs as
a reward for their sagacity in voting right
This is one instance in many. Such dis
graceful methods have been practiced many
years in Rhode Island, and it has come to
the pass that none but wealthy men can be
elected Governor of the State 1t was
against these practices that the Providence
Journal kicked
But bad as the open traffic in votes is, it
is hardly worse than the intimidation
which is carried on. Owners or managers
OF factories see to it that the employees vote
their ticket. They do not tell them in so
many words how they must vote, but they
inform them that there will be a reduction
in the force immediately after the election,
and that the owners will stand by those
who stand by them. Of course the employees
have sense enough to understand what this
means.
These facts are not given to palliate
Democratic defeat in Rhode Island, but in
order to call the attention of these who
charge that elections in the South are I'M
fair to very reprehensible practices nearer
home Instead of looking for something in
elections IN the South with which TO find
fault they would show greater wisdom and
justice by finding remedy for the cor
rupt practices in their own elections. After
they have done this, they can turn to the
South with better grace
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Servants Who Exact Commissions.

Boston Gazette's NeD York Correspondence
Our servants are fast learning European ways
perhaps because SO many of them are Euro
peans, and the commission business is almost
as bad here as it is on the other side Among
coachmen here it has grown to alarming pro-
portions They insist upon commission from
the blacksmith, the carriage repairer and the
feed man. These worthy tradesmen cannot
afford to pay it out of their legitimate gains so
they tack it on to the bill, and their patron paws
it. An acquaintance of mine asked the man
who repaired his carriage if ne didn't think that
replied the man, I'm sure of it, But your
coachman said if didn't pay him S. he'd spoil
the carriage and say it was my bad work
That's the whole truth of the matter, and I'm
bothered to death with these coachmen. 1t used
to be that they were satisfied with 20 per cent,
but now they want 40" | heard the other day
of blacksmith who had to go out of the bust
ness on account of a coachmen'S boycott He
refused to pay the commissions, and they
simply starved him out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
POST MoRTEM EULoGIES.
Odd Addresses Made by Well Meaning,
But Ignorant Ministers.
From Good cheer.

From Good cheer.
Laughing at funerals is such gross violation
OF the rules of good breeding and common
decency that the provocation must be great If
one can be excused at all for such scandalous
conduct. The writer owns up to several ire
pressible smiles and one or two wicked giggles
while attending several funerals in certain rural
districts. He offers the facts in each case in
justification of his conduct.
An aged farmer had died from the effects of
a kick from mule The clergyman ofticiating
at the funeral was an antiquated specimen OF
simplicity and ignorance. His first words were:
In assembling around this cold corpse and
in rejecting on che means by which it became
a corpse, we air reminded of the uncertainty of
life and of the unexpected disasters by which
cawpses air so often created. Skeerce "a hours
ago our dear brother was in full possession of
his health and liabilities. Little did ne think of
his approaching end at the hands of a mewel
hitherto considered harmless and docile. But,
ah! my dear friends" and he e he began to
weep, even onery aud trifiin' crtter as a
mewel may be the means of converting us from
the rosy bamness of health to the white pale
ness of a cawpse. You have all seen both the
cawpse and the mewel in this case; may the
lesson they have taught never be forgotten.
May II make an impression that will cause you
to feel serious concern for your own latter end
whenever you gaze on even a mewel. "
At another funeral in little Western church
his discourse:
In accordance with the desire of the family
OF the dead deceased, the coffin will now be
opened that his friends may enjoy the felicity
of gazing on him for the last time" and the
entire assembly proceeded to ''enjoy the felic-
ity' Of the occasion.
minister once called at the home Of death
to make arrangements for the funeral of the
husband and father who had died suddenly.
While talking with the widow, he asked;
is there any particular hymn you would
Ike to have sung at the funeralY"
Yes, =" she said wiping her eyes have 'em
that and thnt lind aSnt tickle h a to haye
it sung over his cold clay
The hymn was therefore sung over Pas
cold clay" Let us hope he was where he
could be ''tickled" nv hearing IL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14

On what authority does the Houston Post
state that DIR. FELTON, will again stand for
Congressf Shelved by Mr.. Clements, the
parson has since found it impossible to re-
enter Congress, and it was thought that he
had contented himself with a sort of life
membership in the Georgia Legislature. If
he values public oflice-and there is some
reason for believing that he does-it might
be unwise for him to loosen his grip on that
which he holds in order to reach out after
more tempting prize.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
1.-THE Sunnyside" of Funerals.

A handsomely printed, pink-tinted
monthly, with the pleasant title of The Sun
nystde, made its first appearance among the
MORNING NEWS exchanges Yesterday. 1t
was not, however, its first ISSUE 1t is in its
fourth year. 1t is devoted to the interest
of undertakers, and the reader is surprised
in examining its contents to find that there
is a bright and cheerful side even to the
grave. Most people think it is the outside,
but this breezy little publication doesn't say
so. Its advertising columns are brim full
of business, indicating that in the SUNNI
sides opinion death is the most important
thing in life. An advertiser who spreads
himself over whole page, announces that
he has spacious edifice for the exhibit
ton of the lovely and luxurious in
mortuary artI" Another glories in the
fact that granite monuments point heaven
ward over thousands of Smiths delightful
caskets." 1t is certainly to be hoped that
monuments over other thousands of Smiths
caskets don't point in any other direction
SunnBStde has page of humorous adver-
Using cuts, which undertakes can use to
enliven trade and make people rush around
taken. The anxiety to get the best must be
very great. There is a trade name for cof-
fins. A heavy style, No 1911, is called 1.-THE
Judge" 1t has very pompous and
severe appearance; but, like that of
many judges, its appearance is
probably deceptive. The S,,nnyside
undoubtedly supplies a long-felt want.
viz, cheerful side to funerals If it could
make undertakers little more lively than
they usually are, rob their faces of the lu-
gubrious expression which SO frequently
adorns them, and take away their bowed
down-with- grief-and- sorrow walk, one
would not avoid going by their establish
ments between l and ? a. M, and looking
at the beautiful collins by the electric light
Funeral journalism has wide field, and
The SunnySide is the pioneer in it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14

1t is stated and denied that George NJ.
Robson, ex-Secretnry Of the Navy, is fnan-
cially strapped, and has given mortgages
ON everything he owns. One Of the Wash
Ington correspondents does not understand
how the ex-Secretary can be pushed for
money, since he owns considerable property
IN Washington and some months ago made
a sale that brought him $4,000 in cash.
There are other people who don't see how
hooeson could have wasted 50 soon the large
amount Of cash which be is believed TO have
accumulated some ten or twelve years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Bachelors, Beware.

From the Boston Courier
When a sweet pair of rosy lips,
Wreathed in bewitching smiles,
Seems to invite your ardent gaze,
Beware of female wiles.
When soft eye Of tender blue,
OF brown or sparkling black,
Meets yours in warm and thrilling glance,
Beware its slight attack.
Beneath itSseeming innocence
There turks covert art;
Take heed the arrsw that it shoots,
TransfiXes not your heart.
The little god draws not his bow
In vain TO serve the fair:
Each subtle dart may find its mark
This is leap year-Baware
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14

Ex-senator Conkling has the distinction
of never having had "colonel" prefixed to
his name. In speaking Of him people say
Senator or "Mr." The title of Colonel"
is one that is much sought after and that is
iudiscriminately bestowed 1t means moth
ing in most instances. But for great
public man to be called plain Mr." is
something of which to be proud Mr..
Cleveland is, perhaps, called "Mr. " oftener
than President" and that prefix stuck to
those illustrious Georgians, Hill and Steph-
ems, as long AS they lived. Mr.. Conkling is
great man in more respects than one and
Americans irrespective Of party, hope he
will come out VIGOROUSLY in his fight with
death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14

Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, who made
high tariff speech the other day. will be
''at home" in Washington to-day from to
II, the occasion being in honor of his 18th
birthday. He has been in the Senate a lit
tie over 81 years He is old enough to have
learned that he is on the wrong side of the
tariff question. but lie is not alone among
the old members in his position. Senator
Evarts is 20, and Senators Hoar and Saw
yer are each II, and no one of them has
learned wisdom from either experience or
observation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

SPECIAL NoT1cEs-Savannah Gas Light Com
pany; First Of May at Thunderbolt; Grand Con-
cert at Schwarz Bros. Tonight.
AMuskMENrs-B Ball Between Savannah
and Central Railroad.
STEAHsSIP SCuEDULE-Ocean Steamship Co.
NoHBY, NEAT. NICE-Simon Mitchell,
wood. R. Thomas.
For SALE FOR 30 DAYS ONLY-LaRoache & Nc
Laughln.
CHZAP COLUMN ADvEBTIsENEETs-HelpW Want
ed; For Rent For Sale; Boarding; Lost; Per
sonal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
An Incorruptible Man.

From the Nelc York Press (Rep)
Mr.. Conkling's terrible illness has awakened
the country TO a realizing sense of the high rank
Of this eminent man. Republics are only too
apt to forget the debt they owe to men Of genu-
inc ability, craftsmanship and that higher in
stinct of morality which does not recognize the
possibility of wrong doing. Now that his life is
hanging in the balance Americans see that they
cannot afford to lose him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14
Tallest in the Senate.
From the Neto York World.

From the NeiC York World
The tallest man in the United States Senate il
Blodgett, Of New Jersey. When he sits in his
seat you think he is standing. and when he be-
gins 10 get up 1t reminds you of the unrolling
of a fishing reel. He rises and rises. until he
overtops the Senate in the majesty OF his six
feet four. and as he talks with the little MIR
Spooner. who Is the shortest man in the Senate
it makes one think of Jack the Giant Killer In
the presence OF one of his foes Chace. the
Quaker Senator Is another thin ANATOMY. and
George Hearst measures just thrtysix inches
around the chest. Hiscock is heavy, and he
walks with Jovan tread. Paddock is rather
short than long, and Palmer is a brunette who
would weigh 21j pounds in a suit OF duck linen
'WHo was the wisest mani" asked the Sun.
day school teacher.
Solomon" promptly replied little girl
And who was the holiest!"
Moses"
'Nlosesg What makes you think SOY"
Because often heard papa speak of Holy
Moses, ~ Bo'.2n Courier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-14

The Philadelphia Press remarked the
other day: Unless the obstreperous Con-
gressmln from Alabama promptly aban-
dons his position as an obstructionist the
season for thrashing Oates will begin good
deal early this year than usual" The Press
should have waited awhile before making
its remarks. 1t Is now in order for it to
remark that it was mistaken relative to an
early advent Of the thrashing season.