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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
GRANNY.

October t.-Eugene, Kate, and Addie
Wilson are visiting in Barton.
NJ. A. Wilson raised squash this
season that weighed rs IA lbs. Who
did better2
Simon Carpenter is moving from
the house where he has always lived
to house near B. s. Carpenters mil
on his farm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

An enquiry was held before Justice
Parsons last Monday touching upon
the death of N. Z. Bonney. The pro.
ceedings were purely formal, and held
pursuant to law. A report thereof
will be submitted to the proper
authorities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

A syndicate, composed Of Messrs.
G.. Ii. Fitzgerald and E. G. Robinson
of Island Pond, and l.. 4. Williams of
Bloomfield, have recently purchased
some 10000 or more acres in the town
ship OF Lewis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Our merchants were about the only
ones last week who did not say any.
thing disagreeable about the weather.
This may perhaps be accounted for
when we state that they had an ex-
traordinary large sale of umbrellas
and rubbers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
Consumption surely Cared.

To THE EDIToR-Please inform your
readers that have positive remedy
for the above named disease. BY its
timely use thousands of hopeless cases
have been permanently cured.
shall he glad to send two bottles OF
my remedy FREE to any of your read
ers who have consumption if they will
send me their express and post office
address. Respectfully.
T. A. SLoCUM, M. c.
1S1 Pearl ST., New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

We are glad 10 notice that Frank
Pinney, who has been more or less
confined to his home with rheuma.
tism for year past, is once more able
to resume his accustomed occupation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Henry Cobb has closed his engage.
ment with A. Bartlett, Son & Co., and
is now clerking for g. E. Clarke,
while J. Ii. Cades will take the posi-
ton vacated by Henry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
MARRIED.,

SANDERSON--SANDER In CRANKY.
Sept. 20, by Rev. A. Il. Hopkins. Burton
Stnderson OF CRANKY and Mrs Luoretia
NJ. sandcrson OF st. Johnshury
STuNE-HAPGOOD. III Bloomfield, Sept "a,
at the NJ. ". Parsonage by Rev. A. Greg
ory,. James NJ Stone and Ella NJ. Hap
COOL, both of Stratford N. H.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Dollar aud two dollar books are be-
ing sold three for $l.25 at Colby's
bookstore, Lancaster. This is the best
book bargain ever offered in N. u.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
Editor HERALD

IUIIUT IIhHAIU =
Will you kindly ask some of the
good people of Island Pond to forward
to the Mountoineer Office copy of that
"Morey" handful? must have lost
the original during a temporary fit of
forgetfulness, or the Island Pond ess
teemed correspondent of the Independ.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Ahundred testimonials can be shown
that RObinsOn's Little Pink Lioer Pills
WILL CURE Sick Head Ache. A trial
is asked by those who have never used
them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

In the absence of the Rector, the
Rev. DIR. Adams, Principal of Bishops
College, Lennoxville, will offlciate at
Christ Church on Sunday next.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
A NICE PARLOR STOVE

may be, is the one thing needful, and
If it is, we can suit you to the T.
Such beautiful stoves coming in, and
the prices just where they will suit
you--on the bottom shetland such a
variety to select from. Send for cuts.
A new kind of Range this season,
too, a mate to the Quaker, and named
the Shaker. Don't know that it s any
better, but it's new in design. We
have a great regard for the Quaker
Range,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Once more Island Pond is without a
band, the organization having dis
banded last Tuesday evening.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

Several OF our merchants are dis
playing unique signs in their store
windows. A new advertising dodge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

The doors for the new block have
arrived, and the building will be
ready for occupancy in few days.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

contains l65 acres This is also good dairy
and stock farm. 1t has cut the present season
10 tons Of hay. There is 1000 cords of wood
on the farm, within one mile OF railroad, also
q fine sugar orchard of 700 trees, with large
new sugar house. There is a comfortable
house, with ell and shed, and a large new
barn on the premises. This farm is we'll To-
Gated, and anyone desiring pleasant home
for small sum of money will do well to look
at this property before purchasing elsewhere.
Enquire of the subscriber
T. NJ WRIGHT. Lumcmburg, w.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
NORTON.

October John A. Stetson is in
town and has bought the store and
contents belonging to w. G.. Nelson
and A. Mclean.
News is very scarce nowadays.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

BY vote of Essex Lodge, the above
resolutions are to be published in the
HERALD, copies sent to Mrs. Bonney
and assisting organizations, and placed
on the Lodge records.
w, p. STEVENS, Secretary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
gpfal aud GsuEral alntEs.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Cades returned
from their bridal trip last Saturday.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

I find Ideal Tooth Powder is withou,
exception the best 1 have ever used.
With its aid keep my teeth very clean
and white, which l was unable to do
with any other powder have ever tried
before. So says Ferdinand Z. Chartard,
Baltimore, Md.
BY the way, will you buy and use Ideal
Tooth Powders We can thoroughly rec.
Ommend it. r. E. Nichols, Dentist, Sa.
lima, Kansas, says, Ideal Tooth Powder
is in my estimation, just what its name
indicates. An engraving 20 X "a is given
with each two bottles. Price IS cents
per bottle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
BRIGHT, CHEEKY PATTERNS

are the rule in the new carpets
this Fall. We should be very much
pleased to have you send for sam
nleS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
OUR SPECIALITY lis! YnW

is q complete sitting ROOm,i in
Guiding Carpet, Curtains and
Poles, Centre Table. Hanging
:tLamp.1ERsy Chair, Lounge and
:toLher chairs, all for sac
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
TENEMENTS TO LET f!

Appl, to M. H. DAVIS, i' 7ASR6 S8s0
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
NOTICE!

Is hereby given that the firm of STETSON &
OSGOOD, General Merchants at Norton Mills,
Vt, is this day dissolved by mutual consent
All debts due the late firm will be collected
by John A. Stetson Jr.
j. A. STETsON, JR.,
Il. II. OSGOOD.
Norton Mills, VT, Sept. 81, 1889.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04

The Briggs Business Directory of
Vermont is out. 1t is pretty volume
and contains much useful Information
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-10-04
Respectfully Yours
TOURISTS,

" " WItDHHLL
Gorham, N. H., Sept. 80, 1889.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14

Both the steward and the cook had re
monstrated with master Tad" upon bring
ing into the kitchen Of the White House
such squads of poor, dirty, hungry street
urchins to be fed !" and at last Peter said
that Mrs. Lincoln must be told.
Tad flew into rage, ran upstairs to see
his mother himself, and on finding her out
searched the place for his busy father.
Meanwhile the small objects Of his char
ity waited at the lower door-for Peter had
absolutely refused to let them "step inside. n
The indignant boy spied his father just
crossing the yard, with head bowed, eyes to
the ground talking earnestly to Mr.. Sew
ard as they walked TO the Department of
State together. He cried out to him at
once Father father can't bring those
poor, cold, hungry boys home with me
whenever | want to Isn't it our kitchen =
By this time Tad had his father by the
hand, who stopped short to listen to the
frantic appeal
Cant give them good warm dinner
today, say y They're Just as hungry as
bears, and two of 'em are the boys of a sol
dier, too and, father, I'm going to dis
charge Peter this minute if he don't get Out
the meat, and chicken, and pies, and all the
things we had left yesterday. Say, maynt
II Isn't it our kitchen, father y
Secretary Seward was shaking with laugh
ter Mr.. Lincoln turned to him with {
twinkle Seward, advise with me. Thii
case requires diplomacy"
Mr.. Seward patted Tad on the back ant
said he must be careful not to run the gov
ernment into debt, and the Presidnt tool
Tads little brown hands in his own big one
and with very droll smile bid him 'ruI
I r Al IL
''Tell Peter that you are really required t.
obey the Bible by getting in the manned
and the blind and that he must be bette
Christian than he is '
In less than an hour Mr.. Seward sait
they passed through the yard on their wa!
to the cabinet meeting, and no less than tel
small boys were sitting with Tad ON tn
lower steps, cracking nuts and having
state dinner"
Mr.. Lincoln remarked that the "kitchel
was ours. "-Hide AtCdke
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
IN GEM ERAL.

Up to date 400 monuments have been
erected on the Gettysburg battle field.
A boy 12 years of age has been sentenced
to one months Imprisonment at Miltown,
Matbay, Ireland, for melting the people to
boycott a sale of cattle.
Rev. Silas Wakefield, Universalist min
ister who has lived in Minnesota for over
20 wears, is dead. He was native of
Montpelier, and for % years labored i'll this
state.
George William Curtis has been made
chairman of a committee TO raise SO, 900
with which to erect monument TO the late
Postmaster Pearson, of New York,
The Massachusetts legislature has appro-
priated 81, 800, 900 for state house exten
sion, and ex-Gov. Long, VIM. Endicott, jr,,
and Benz. d. Whitcomb are the commission
ers to have charge of the work.
During the six years since the Brooklyn
bridge was opened to the public 81, 39G, 935
persons have walked across the structure,
and 1875, 1873, 594 passengers have gone over
ON the cars, The total receipts have been
| $4, 2S7, ,497. 80.
The supreme court of Nebraska has de-
| livered an opinion which is not very en-
couragng to capitalists lending money
upon standing crops in that state a Ne
braska farmer borrowed sum of money,
and gave a mortgage for it upon the wheat
in his field. When the grain was ripe he
cut it down and sold it. The holder of the
mortgage brought suit for the value OF the
unripe grain, but the court decided that the
unripe grain in the field is different thing
from the wheat thrashed and in the gran
ary, and the lender lost his money.
Professor Thurston, of Cornell Univer-
sity, in an article in the North American
Review ON the steam engine, thinks that
invention is still capable of vast improve.
ment. He believes that the next generation
will see the American continent spanned by
living trains in two days that ships of 90
600 tons will be propelled at the rate of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14

A recent naval experiment in England
has afforded some rather startling results
which the naval authorities of all nations
will he apt to observe aud profit by. The
object was to test the effects of modern pro
iectiles ON an an armor clad warship, and
as there has been of late no opportunity to
do this in actual warfare, an old English
vessel known as the Resistance, which had
outlived its usefulness. was anchored in an
unfreauented corner of the English waters
and used as IA target for the six inch guns
of couple of gun boats Only eight shots
we're fired, but the result was the practical
annihilation of the upper works of the Re
sistance. Her armOred sides were pierre
ed like cardboards The exploding shells
knocked the bulkheads in the interior of the
ship to pieces and penetrated the space
where the machinery was supposed to be
from all directions. The turtle back steel
deck which is feature of some OF our larger
cruisers now in process of construction, was
found to afford no protection at all to the
engine room and the other portions OF the
ship beneath it. Some of the shots which
came in at one side of the vessel tore right
through everything and went out at tht
other side Dummies had been set up about
the decks to represent the officers and sea
men at their posts, and the condition ii
which these figures were found after thu
firing ceased forcibly suggested the dread
full slaughter which is liable to ensue wheI
the crews of modern warships are exposeC
to the fire of modern guns in actual battle
Though above the water the Resistance wa
reduced to mere wreck, singular 10 sa,
below the water line the poor old craft, il
spite of the terrible battering she had re
ceived, remained uniniured, and when tow
ed back into harbor was found to float buoy
antly as ever.
The six-inch guns which did the damag
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
Southern Industrial Progress.

We have had no more striking illustra
ton Of the industrial progress Of the South
within the past few years than that which
is now to he seen in the exhibition of Texas
products at Fort Worth. This remarkable
exhibition is held in huge and picturesque
three story structure, reared at cost of
half million dollars, covering Ga, ,OW
square feet Of ground, adorned with II
grand central dome and fourteen towers,
and called the Spring Palace. 1t has de
partments of agriculture, horticulture, fish
culture, live stock, building materials, the
mechanical arts, and so forth 1t is, in
brief, very full display of the natural
wealth and the industry of the great and
growing state of Texas The procession OF
the trades at its opening is described 10y the
Texas papers AS the finest thing of the kind
ever seen in the state and among the mul
titude of spectators there were not only Wis
itors from all parts Of Texas, but many
Mexicans, who had crossed the Rio Grandt
for the occasion.
From another Southern state, Alabama
We have accounts of an industrial celebra
ton held at Decatur and which has ais,
turned out to be "A marke success.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
NO. "a.


From George Kennans Illustrated article
in the June Century ON "The Convict
Mines of Kara we quote the following
Hard labor convicts at Kara receive a
daily ration consisting of three pounds of
black rye bread about four ounces of
meat including the bone a small quantity
of barley, which is generally put into the
water in which the meat is boiled for the
purpose of making soup and little brick
tea. Occasionally they have potatoes or a
few leaves of cabbage but such luxuries
are bought with money made by extra work,
or saved by petty economies in other
ways. This ration seemed to me ample in
quantity, but lacking in variety and very
deficient in vegetables. The bread, which
tasted, was perhaps as good as that eaten
by Russian peasants generally but it was
very moist and sticky, and pieces taken
from the centre of the loaf could be rolled
back into dough in ones hands The meat,
which | saw weighed out to the convicts
after it had been boiled and cut up into
pieces about as large as dice, did not have
an inviting appearance, and suggested to
my mind small refuse scraps intended for
use as soap grease. The daily meals of the
convicts were arranged as follows in the
morning, after the roll-call, or 'verifca-
ton, breakfast consisting of brick tea and
black rye-bread, was served to the prison
ers in their cells. The working parties
then set out on foot for the gold placers
| carrying with them bread and tea for
lunch. This midday meal was eaten in the
open air beside a campfire, regardless of
weather, and sometimes in fierce winter
storms. Late in the afternoon the convcts
returned on foot to their cells and ate on
their sleeping platforms the first hearty
and nourishing meal of the day. consisting
of hot soup, meat, bread, and perhaps a
little more brick tea After the evening
veriication they were locked up for the
night, and lay down to sleep in closely
packed rows on the mares or sleeping
benches, without removing their clothing
and without making any preparations for
the night beyond bringing in the parashas'
or excrement buckets, spreading down
their thin patchwork crazy quilts and roll
ing up some of their spare clothing to put
under their heads. The clothing furnished
to a hard-labor convict at Kara consists
or should, by law, consist-of one coarse
linen shirt and one pair of linen trousers
every six months one cap, one pair of
thick trousers and one gray overcoat every
year /; a 'polushuba' or outer coat of sheep
skin every two years one pair of 'brod-
Mas or loose leather boots every three and
a half months in winter and one pair of
'kati' or low shoes every % days in sum
mer. The quality of the food and clothing
furnished by the government may be judg-
ed from the fact that the cost of maintain
ing a hard labor convict at the mines is
| about $50 a year, or less than fourteen cents
| n 1aV -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14

Besides the opening article ON the Eiffel
tower, which is elsewhere mentioned edi
torially, contributions Of unusual interest
in the June number of the Atlantic Month
ly are Charles Eliot Norton's account Of
Raw don Brown and his discovery Of the
gravestone of "Banished Norfolk" at Ven
ice, which is embelshed with picture of
the carved stone itself Prof c. II. Toy S
account of the literary genealogy and va
rious versions of The Thousand and One
Nights - "Brevet Martyrs describing
some of the queer characters who passed
through the doors of IA Sanitary Commits
sion Soldiers home" in Ohio, and Rev,
VIM. Barnet Wright's City of Refuge,
which tells of the many great movements
which have originated in the comparatively
modern English town of Birmingham Mr..
Bynner's serial, "The Begum's Daughter, "
full of local color of early Knickerbocker
life, and Mr.. James's Tragic Muse" are
both represented by ample installments.
Besides poetry by Edith Thomas, and stir
ring Scotch ballad, called THE War-Cry of
Clan Grant, the number closes with re-
views of the lives of Hector Berlioz and
Bishop Ken, and the usual departments.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14

From the Burlington Free Press
The following letter from Vermont pas
tor speaks for itself 1t was written by Il
former member of the Orange county pro
hibition committee to l.. w. Hanson, NJ. d.,
of Bradford, chairman of that committee
EAST FAIRFIELD, VI, May 27, 1899.
l.. W. Hanson, NJ d., Chairman Of Orange
County, W., Prohibition Committee.
Dear Sir-As | have removed from
Orange county, and have also withdrawn
from the Prohibition party, | write to say
that it will be necessary to fill my place on
that committee if you wish to have it filled,
| withdraw from that party because he
lieve that putting that female suffrage plank
in the national platform last year uselessly
and hopelessly overloaded the party, and
WILL sooner or later, cause its extinction as
"A party. As was until three years ago a
Republican of the Republicans, and as | be
lieve that the Republican party, notwth
standing its past mistakes and its possible
present corrupt hangers on, is doing more
for the country, for humanity and for God
than the other ever can do, loaded down
as it is with the strong minded, the lherty('
loving aud their followers, | return to th'
Republican party. Respectfully yours,
Rev. X. ID. METCALF,
East Fairfield, Franklin county. Vt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14

Kansas bridegroom has outdone "the
meanest man" He sold pop corn balls to
the wedding guests when the time for re
freshments came round.
Horton Bailey, of Omaha is suing for
divorce, and one of his allegations is that
his wife once hit him ON the head with a
picture frame in which was the motto /;
God bless our home"
There are more promises made every day
than could he fulfilled in century. y.-ROch-
ester Post Express.
There is reason in all things, and the
small boy always wants to know it.-Som-
erriiie Journal.
Prison missionary-"What are you in
for I" Convict (bitterly)-'For missing a
train" Nonsense ~ "No nonsense, sir,
Siftings.
He-Oh what charming plant.
Elder Sister-Yes it belongs to the Be
gonia family,
Small Sister-No, it don't 1t belongs tC
the Brown family, who lent it to us for this
evening. Once a Week,
The little boy had come in with his clothes
torn, his hair full of dust and his face bear
ing unmistakable marks of severe con
| hict
"Oh Willie Willie !" exclaimed hi
mother, deeply shocked and grieved, ''you
have disobeyed me again. How often hav,
l told you not to play with that wicked
Stapleford boy !"
Mamma, ~ said Willie, ''dO / look as If
had been playing with anybody i'-Chicag
Tribune.
"Tve found an Irish name in the Bible
said Higgins to Virgins the other day.
"In the Bible Z"
eyes in the Apocrypha, at least
"What is it Z" asked Virgins
"MacC Cabes, was the reply -Nel0 Hdrel
Ftiiiddium
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
BRATrLEBORO, FRIDAY. JUNE IA, 1889

to the Resistance are comparatively small
and light weapons as guns go nowadays.
They are of the same type as the guns which
make up the main part Of the batteries Of
our new cruisers But the advance in the
art of steel and powder making has enabled
tremendous velocity and range, and con
sequent destructiveness, to he given TO pro
iectiles of moderate calibre. A shot from
six inch gun such as even the little Dol
phin or Petrol carries is said TO be capable
Of piercing from l2 to 16 inches Of solid ar
NOR. Such being the case, and the huge
and costly ironclads being vulnerable TO the
attacks of pigmy gunboats, most people will
be disposed TO admit that old Admiral Far
ragut was not making such wild predic
ton after all when he remarked to the
English MILDLY some years ago, just as he
was leaving one Of Englands monster float
ing castles, "Young man, you will live to
see armor come off the sides of ships just as
it has come off the sides Of men. ~ Boston
IprfynnI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-06-14
Th. Real wo,L Of the M;..ionnry

HN""' J" ""'" "' '"' "
Rev. DIR. 7. 7. Munger of New Haven,
the well-known Congregational preacher,
who was formerly settled at North Adams,
contributes to the June Forum defence OF
missions against the utilitarian argument
that the missionary's task is an impossible
one, and that its practical results are en-
tirely out of proportion to the expenditure
involved. Dr. Munger maintains that the
number of converts and churches bears but
the slightest relation to the success OF
missionary. He goes to nation with
Bible in one hand and a catechism in the
other-a simple and pathetic figure, but the
catechism is forgotten and the Bible has