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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
jay GOuld's Sons.

An employee of Jay Gould recens ~ :
marked ''(ieorge Gould and MS ~, ~,
love each other as much as az ,bs
and son ever saw, and the same - :
case with the other boys, who - !,
uuently. are always glad to go To- To- 3
their parents. Gould has impar.s (
his sons skill enough 10 take ca -
themselves. One of his boys + 81
telegraph operator, another + s
stenographer. The old man ,s.s-.s.,bs
over this land and dictate his dlss51 ~
to one boy and the other can seDu
by wire.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE career Of the famous Little Pitts
burgh Mine, near Leadville, furnishes a
good example of the vicissitudes of
mining. Once stocked for S20,0O0,000
and paying dividends ON that vast CAPT
tai, it has recently been sold ON iudg-
ment for $4,000.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

A New HAMPSHIRE woman has set out
to count the kernels of corn on $4,000
full-sized cobs and at last reports she
had got through with 5000 cobs and
was not discouraged.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

SAYS the st. Stephens ReUier, OF
London, England; AN American cor
respondent tells me that the richest
woman in the States, so far as jewels
are concerned, is Mrs. Leland Stanford,
whose precious stones are valued at
s1,0O0,000. She possesses sufficient
diamonds, rubies. and other valuable
stones to fill quart measure. One Of
her necklaces cost S74, 900.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

The salaries of colonial governors are
very high. New Zealand pays e. 800 a
year; Bermuda, e3,000; Jamaica, Sc, 600;
Feeiee, $4,000; and British Guiana
$4,000. The entire Feejee revenue is
only $4,000. There is only handful
of whites there.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

The name O'Kanogan, which is now
applied to a county in Washington Ter
ritory, was given by the Indians to the
head of a river now called by that name.
1t signifies ~the rendezvous" The In
dians, even to this day, assemble there
from all over the territory, from British
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

The constitution of Costa Rica pre-
scribes hospitality to strangers as a sacred
duty, and declares citizenship to be for
feited by ingratitude to parents, aband-
onment of wife or children, and neglect
of obligations due to the family.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

In Biscay recently an agent of the
Bible Society was attacked by twenty
young Catholic students, led by Jesuit
priest, who tore up and burned all his
Bibles and tracts.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

Mr.. JAMES BAILEY, an Iowa man,
married a second wife two days after
the death of the first, and it took him
just eighty-three days to remove the
last remnant of the tarry wardrobe pre-
sented by admiring neighbors.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

SAM JONES says IF God calls a man
to preach he gives him sense enough to
do it without notes" Four-ffths of the
clergy of the world should look into it
and see if they really had calls.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE monograph has reached such a
degree of perfection that gaps and yawns
are reproduced by it with great distinct
ness. At a recent trial given at Mr..
Eddison's laboratory meeting between
two lovers was recorded, and persons of
experience say that the kisses We're re-
produced with tantalizing accuracy and
fervor.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

Mrs. SARAH BARNETT, of Lafayette,
Va, took to her bed forty years ago and
has not left it since, Her appetite is
good, as we'll as her general health, but
she suffers from an injury of the spine.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

GEORGIA is to have AN immigration
Bureau to encourage immigration to
the State of industrious and intelligent
farmers and mechanics.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

A BILL has been passed by the South
Carolina Senate making it INSIDE
meanor punishable by dismissal for any
member of the Legislature to accept a
free pass from any railroad.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE Baxter family of Norwich, Conn,
found a valuable diamond ring slowed
away in the interior of their Thanks
giving turkey.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

A wELL-KNowN lawyer of San Diego,
Cal, while in BARRIERS chair, turned
suddenly to speak to a friend, and a
piece of his nose was sliced off.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE wealthy Chinese of Portland,
Oregon, have subscribed money to
build large hospital for their country
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

The total production of the silk manu-
factories of America now amounts to
sec, 1000 900 per annum.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE damage done to summer resorts
along the Atlantic each winter is esti-
mated at 81, 100000
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

An autograph letter of Henry Of Ma
varre was sold for 500 the other day in
Paris. 1t was addressed to Gabriel
d 'Estrees, and closed with, Il kiss you
one hundred thousand times" from
which one is led to trace the descent Of
@Bunnie" and Baby Bunting"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

IT is said that one person in seven in
France follows art either as a profess
sional or dilletante.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

FIFTY per cent. of the entire popula-
ton of Alabama who are ten years old
and upward cannot write.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

DIR. TANNER, the famous faster, is
soon to marry the daughter of Partisan
millionaire.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

Columbia, and even from Alaska, for
their annual potlatch, and to lay in
their years supply of fish and game.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A Choice Selection of Inter
esting Items.

THE population of Germany, accord
ing to the last census, is 1886, 704.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

THE number of streets in London is
now upward of $4,000, and new ones are
added at the rate of 800 per year.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16

A FARMER near Athens, Ga, began
farming having one horse, and that a
mare. When she was 2S years old she
still worked, but was then assisted bv
her five colts that had grown to horse
hood.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
VT. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

insure in the old reliable Home Company.
You can get cheaper insurance than in Foreigt
Companies.
The Company is making extra efforts for safe risks
Pntronize home institutions. Apply 70 the under
BOYDEN a CLEVELAND.
once over Josyn's store. West Randolph. VT.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-16
a Mothers Love

- MOtnePS Love
Saves Her TeB-Year-Old Child After the
Failure Of Four Physicians.
Ny little girl. ten years Of age. had Brights Dis
ease Her ankles feet and eyes terribly swollen
Four Of best physicians attended her. but with
out success, and her life was despaired of. But
mothers love and prayers surmount all difficulties
and determined 10 try DR. David Kennedys Favor
lite Remedy, made at Rondout, N. T., which had
heard recommended so highly for
BFight's Disease.
How happy am that determined upon this course
for one by one the well known symptoms Of the
disease left her Words fail TO express my gratitude
and cannot too earnestly recommend the Favorite
Remedy Her recovery was entirely due to this med
icine. which was the only one taken after her
was abandoned by the physicians.-Mrs. Laura A.
Kempton, West Rutland, Vermont
Favorite Remedy, Rondout,
NY. Price One dollar. Sold by all Druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
rhe I1lnd of a WIG You yYant.

You say you demand a domestic, useful
woman us your wife. If that is so, marry
Nora Mulligan, your laundress' daughter.
She wears cowhide shoes, is guiltless Of cor
sets, never had sick day in her life, takes in
washing, goes out house cleaning, and cooks
foF family of seven children, her mother
aud three section men who board with her.
don't think she would marry you, because
Con Reagan, the track walker, is her style Of
man. Let Us examine into your qualifca-
tions as n model husband after your own
matrimonial ideas, my boy Can you shoul-
der barrel of -four and carry it down eel
lari Can yen saw and split ten cords of
hickory wood in fall so as to have ready fuel
all winter2 Can you spade up half acre Of
ground for a kitchen gardenl Do you know
what will take the lime taste out of the cistern,
and can you patch the little leak in the
kitchen roof Can you bring home a pane
Of glass and a wad of putty and repair dam
ages in the sitting room Window Can you
hang some cheap paper on the kitchenl Can
you fix the front gate SO it will not swagl z
Can you do anything about the house that
Con Reagan cant
Ny dear, dear boy, you see Nora Mulligan
wants higher type Of true manhood. You
expect to hire men to do all the mans work
about the house, but you want your wife to
do anything any woman can do Believe
me, my son, that nine-tenths of the girls who
play the piano and sing so charmingly, whom
you in your limited knowledge set down as
mere butterflies of fashion, are better fitted
for wives than you are for n husband. If
you want to marry a first class cook and ex-
perienced housekeeper, do your courting in
tbs intelligence Office. But if you want a
wife, marry the girl you love, with dimpled
hands and face like the sunlight, and her
love will teach her all these things, my boy,
long before you have learned one-half Of your
own lesson.-Bob Burdette in Burlington
Hayrleye
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
How's This P

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured dv
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.-F. J. Cheney
& Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions aud financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
West and Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toll
edo, o.
walding, Kiuuan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
E. H. Van HGsen, Cashier, Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces ef the system. Price 75e. per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
Inherited Pecullaritiss.

"a Mother" writes, giving an interesting
case Of inherited popularity, which, although
It does not come precisely within the cate
CORY Of Transmission Of an artificial injury, q
yet worth recording, II only to prove how
trivial marks Of parents may reappear In the
offspring. Her first child, boy, at present.
aged 81 months, was seen, shortly after birth,
to possess two small holes, each about the dSs
Of a pins head, in ''the upper part Of each Of
his ears.n The mothOr's attention was drawn
to the peclliArity by her husband, who 70
marked the fact (of which TIL then abe was
completely ignorant), that he possessed tie
same marks, situated In precisely the same
position, as they oecuplsd in his son. Further
Inquiry amongst tine relatives showed that
thechild's grandfather ION the paternal dde)
possessed the same popularity Of cara No
Information could b. obtained respecting the
original cause Of the peouliarity. u Is
striking TO find such markings, not only 90
faithfully propagaied, but desceeding strictly
on tho male side Tor three generations. There
Is no trace Of the marks In the second child
a girl-of the family. Herald Of Health.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
Be,nes and Beasties.

There is a saying, full Of that keen observa-
tion for whica the French are famous, "Cha-
Gun a sabete dams Ia figure" Each Of us has
a resemblance more or less exact to some ald-
NAL and the lines of likeness to horses, dogs,
monkeys, birds, fishes, snakes, tigers ard
mice, as well as TO those Of sheep, goats, pigs,
cows, cats and lizards, can be traced in men
and women who yet are purely human and
without any moral likeness to their antitypes.
Some Of these rcsemblances make pretty
faces enough. If the horse and COW leave
much to be desired on the score of beauty,
the dog gives several fascinating replicaS.
We have known spaniels and settlers and
Skyes and Blenhems and funny little JAP
anese nondescripts, in frocks and hats, WALK
ing erect on two lcgs-with human voices 10
match their human minds-who were as de
lghtful in their womanhOod as they were
pretty in their personality And yet their
faces, with only a few strokes of the pencil
could be made an aEact likeness of the Great
ures we have mentioned.
Do we not all know the women who peel
like birds when tEey make a show Of kissing
They cannot kiss even their babies like true
human beings, but dab and dash and peck al
the soft flower face like a bird picking W
grain, and their pointed lips seem as if the,
must hurt as much as the bony peak they
simulate. And are not hands very often like
clawsl and did not Dickens liken the working
sinews Of an old woman's shriveled neck Il
the scratching legs of poultry! And are moi
certain men like eaglesl and certain other
like secretary birdsl and others again like
heronsl and yet again, others like geesel
And do we not all know the dove among
women; and the little brown wren; and the
angry little hedge sparrow, all fuss and blustei
and fight and feathers with body no bigger
than walnut underneath those apparently
quite formidable quillsl Surely! In fact,
birds htye nearly as large a following as
dogs, and we might multiply the Instances Of
likeness till we had included all the species
given by Audubon.-London Queen.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22

Captivity in Canada" and published by
Rev. John Norton in l747, fetched sSO8.
The proposed East river tunnel between
New York city and Long Island, it is stated,
will be four and half miles long and cost
s5O00.OOO
Our admiration of famous man lessons
upon nearer acquaintance with him, and we
seldom 6ear Of a celebrated person without a
catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and
infirnlities.-Addison.
A St. Louis coal company mined at Dan
vile, Ills, lump Of coal that weighed 81, 600
pounds. It was shipped to Chicago, and the
timbers in the mine had to be taken down for
its removal
AT typewriting contest in London there
were l26 entries and nearly all appeared. The
first prize was for seventy-nine words a min
ute, twenty or thirty words less than has
been achieved in this country.
What wretched commentary on the s'di-
vine right Of kings to rule is afforded when
we contemplate the physical and mental
characteristics of the kings and princes Of
Europel-Philadelph Record
The region covered by Professor Picker
ing's experiment for enumerating nebula,
photographed in a given portion Of the heav-
ems, was about four-thousandths of the entire
sky, and resulted in the discovery of twelve
new clusters
A millionaire named Tagliabei, who died
at Milan, bequeathed the sum of $1,000 francs
to the street sweepcrs Of that town, on condi
tion that they would all 60 to his funeral in
their working clothes. In his youth he had
himself been a street sweeper
The Sovres dessert service in Windsor cas-
tie is valued by an expert at fully elOOOOO,
the punch bowl alone being estimated at
$4,000. The value Of the china at Bucking-
ham palace and that Of Windsor together Is
thought to exceed considerably 100000.
At Charlotte Harbor, Fla, blackbird was
seen TO dive into water his own depth and
bring out a live crab as big as a silver dollar.
He flung the crustacean on the beach and
picked and shook HIM until he killed him, and
then made breakfast ON him.
Candles and candelabra now find place in
tho most fashionable drawing rooms. They
are used for mantel ornaments and stand on
tables, and come in silver, various kinds Of
bronze and china. The most stylish gas fix
lures arc also in the shape of sconces and
candle brackets.
The war department has p-- the
Smithsonian Institution the prlyncs- o.. erect
ing an astro-physical observatory ON the
heights Of Arlington, its purpose being, as its
name implies, the investigation of the physical
constituents Of the heavenly bodies.
A man who got lost in the bush in South
Australia resorted to an ingenious expedient
for escaping from his dilemma. After wan
dering about for four days he decided to cut
a telegraph line and camp on the spot His
plan worked, The telegraph repairers were
sent out along the line to discover the cause
of the interruption, and came upon the wan
derer in time to save his life.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
TERMS: $IOO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

formation obtained by foreign travel, it is
but natural that he is a popular as well as
prominent leader in the literary world. He
received his carly education in France and
Germany and finally graduated from Oxford.
His rather slight figure, dark complexion
and Spanish cast of countensnce is familiar
to the habitues of the up town clubs. In
manner he is democratic, with a slight ten
dency to be reserved He spends several
hours day at his office and overlOolzs every
line Of matter that appears in the magazine
Of which he is owner as well as editor Mr.
Rico is a frequent contributor to his own
periodical In politics he is an ardent Re
publican, and takes an active part in every
national campaign. His hobby in politics is
electoral reform, Of which he has long been a
jealous advocate both by pen and tongue
He framed the first ballot reform bill ever
introduced in the New York legislature His
stable contains some horses the pedigree Of
which is gilt edged, and he is also the owner
Of a steam launch which has a record Of
twenty-five miles an hour Mr.. Rice is an
energetic man and an enthusiast in his work
Current Literature.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
A Rotary Icicle.

must tell you Of q curious icicle that
formed recently out in the far west. The su-
perintendent Of a large smelter in Colorado
says in q recent letter to me: 1T was the
most curious affair l ever saw. Between the
engine room and the blower room are numer-
Gus electric light wires and small steam
pipe with a coupling joint, from which a
small jet of steam is escaping. The steam
condensed and froze on to one Of tho wires,
and soon an icicle hung down. The wire
twisted so that the icicle took turn and an
other point formed; soon another and then
the affair broke loose at the point where the
wire went through, and a perfect pinwheel
was formed. 1t kept very slowly turning as
the ice grew heavier ON the side towards the
jet of steam. It was probably foot in di-
ameter, or even more, nowhere more than
three inches through and remarkablg SYM
metrical, the curves of the spiral being quite
regular. philadelphia Times
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

At every railroad in Holland there is a
watch woman at the crossing
Marriage would be more frequently sue
cess il fewer men and women were failures.
All matches, friendships and societies are
dangerous and inconvenient where the con-
tractors are not equal.--L 'Estrange.
At Canajoharie, N. Y, horse was fright
ened TO death by the noise made by steam es-
Gaping from locomotive.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and
your stock Of wealth and reputation shall, at
least in repute, be great-zimmerman
A Kansas mau hauled 500 carloads Of dirt
in one month, and the local editor chronicled
It as 1900 transfers Of real estate in one
month
Rhubal'b came from China about 1873, and
when introduced into England was called
patience Turnip leaves were first eaten
as a salad
Alta book sale in Boston q pan .det entitled
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
A Practical Mre Extinrulsher.

A physician says that he had studied the
subject very carefully and was convinced
that it would be well for every house to keep
its own fire extinguisher, ,uidit could be easily
done. 1t would certainly be invaluable to
persons living in the country, and far re
moved even from neighborS. The doctor then
told me that he would give me the exact re
cipe now used in the fire extinguishers being
offered for sale. Take twenty pounds of COM
mon salt and ten pounds Of sal ammoniac
muriate of ammonia, TO be had at any drug
gist) and dissolve in seven gallons of water.
When dissolved it can be bottled and kept in
each room of the house, to be used in an
emergency. In ease Of fire occurring one
or two bottles should be Immediately thrown
with force iQto the burning place 50 as to
break them, and the lire will certainly be ex-
tinguished. York Telegram.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
An odd Custom.

Law requires that in ono Of the rooms Of
the Tower of London there shall be kept six
horse shoes and sixty-one nails. The sheriffs
Of the city were formerly compelled, when
they were sworn in. TO count these. as a
proof Of their education; as in the time Of
Edward II, when this usage began, only well
educated men could count TO sixty-onel II I
am not mistaken, sheriffs still go through the
absurd form Of counting these horseshoes
and nails.
Another requirement was that in proof Of
strength the new sheriff should cut bundle
of sticks; and the same knife has always been
used and is still in existence, but in place of
sticks bundle of matches is now made to
answer the purpose.-Wide Awake.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
Lifting the Hat.

Fitting the hat Is custom that had mill
tary origin, it Is said. In olden times soldiers
wore helmets to protect their heads from as
saults by the sword or battle axe, and 70 rs-
move this head covering was TO show con-
fldence In the man to whom the salute was
extended No gentleman was expected 70
split mans head open after this mark Of
trustfulness, though he was sometimes treaeh-
erous enough to do so. To lift the hat grace
fully is considerable OF an acquirement, re-
quiring long practice. There Is a man 10
New York who has become such an adept at
it that he can Lift half dozen hats at a time,
II he can sneak into hallway while the FOLKS
are at dinner.-Texas SiftingS
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
Electric Rl,ters.

This remedy is becoming so well known and
so popular as 10 need no special ion. AL
who have used Electric Bitters sing lame
song Of praise. A purer medicine does not exist
and il is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Btsrs will cure all diseases Of the Liyer
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, t3oils, Salt
Rheum, and other affections caused oy impure
bood.-Will drive Malaria from the bstem and
prevent as well as cure all Malarkl feyers.--
For cure Of Headache. Constipation, and Indiges-
llod try Electric Bitfers.-Enhre satisfaction
guaranteed, or money reiunded.-price 50 cts.
and si.OO per bottle, at G. W. Marshalrs drug
aoro.
Milford chronicle., 1889-02-22
The Plant ana the shadow.

A Plant which was Growing finely in the
Sunshine of June was suddenly covered by a
Shadow, and as soon as the Gardener ap-
peared it said:
Il was doing Splendidly until that Shadow
came. If you expect me to do my Best you
must keep it away"
My friend, replied the Gardener, IF it
were all Sunshine you would Grow too fast.
If it were all Shadow you would not Grow
fast Enough, II wants Mixture to Make
you Worthy Of your Name"
MORAL.
The toothache and corns and colds in the
head and taclSy sore throats are sent to keep
US from getting ahead too fast.-Detroit Freo
Press.