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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25
The Great Sun Dragon.

1t is the belief among both the ignorant
and the educated classes Of China that
eclipses of the sun are caused by great
dragon which attempts to devour the CEN
ter of our solar system. An eclipse which
was visible in the Celestial empire occurred
at time when the people were celebrating
the birthday of the emperor. Now, it is
the custom to celebrate such an event clad
in the best raiment that can be afforded;
it is also customary to wear sackcloth and
go into mourning at the time Of an eclipse,
at least until the sun has been rescued
from the great dragon which seeks to de
YOUR it. Here, indeed, WAS dilemma. At
last the emperor was petitionsd. He be-
ing as superstitious as his people, ordered
his birthday ignored and commanded the
people to go into mourning until the sun
shall be RESCUED. "-St. Louis Republic.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-25

Mizs Henderson is one of those lovely.
nymphlike maidens who seem the incarna-
ton of some poets dream Of beauty. She
is somewhat above medium height, with a
1.-THE. graceful figure, exquisite IN its pro-
portions. and bAlring of mingled ease
and dignity The clustering locks Of her
bright. golden brown hair contrast strik-
inglv with her large. velvety lashes over
arched by strongly marked eyebrows. In
moments Of animation or excitement the
pale tes. rose tint Of her cheeks deepens and
aushes like "a rosy dawn" and her brill
liant ewes glow with redoubled luster. Hers
is not the beauty OF coloring alone, fer her
features have a cameolike delicacy and
regularity.-New Orleans Picayune.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


TIE uliie. signed i,AviEg been ppDintedby tie Hon
PROBATE court for the district Of Randolph. commits
slaners 10 receive. examine ami ADJUST ali claims and
ienafsis 81 all persons against The estaie OF
VIM. X. Burroughs late OF Rsntnlph In said District,
deceased and all claims exhibited IN Offset thereto.
hereby give notice that will meet for the purposes
aforesaid. at the PROBATE ON = IA W. kandolph
on the 10Th dav Of July and tie day Of NOV.
-xt fr0in.l0 O'cOrk AM. until o'clock m eacdof
. aid dsv. and that six months from
the Il day oIJane A. d.. ls9i. is the time limited
by said Court TOR said creditors present their claims
10 us for examination and allowance. -,
Dated NJ Randolph this 18th fay of Jnne.A d. 1871
JAMES HUTCHiNSON.A COM
22i G. 4. GRANGER mis-i' rers
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TIT sIHltF IlsI. i IOunu. they sing
and strike the sounding lire.

Nvl a-ssals raa t..e.r Toy caa;a.n.
yuf l.nai.. N.,f+, nay gra.
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STATE OF VERMONT. liz rro0aIe Court, heI

STATE OF VERMONT. In Probate Court. bel
HARTFORD DISTRICT. -. al Woodstock IN sal
District ON the l2th day of June A. ID. 1871
Present Hon. Thomas O. SeaNer. Judge.
Whereas the executors Of the last will and TESLA
ment ~ Albert Wheomb late Of Bethel in said dis
frci deceased. ntestaie PROPOSES 10 render an ac-
count OF their administration and present their ac-
count against said estate REORGANIZATION aud allow
anee afa Probate court TO be held A. WOODSTOCK
In said district, ON the 9TH day OF July 1871.
And whereas said Court has assigned said time
and place for the tlement OF said account and Tor
of the residue OF said estate 10 the heirs ana
legatees said deceased.
The Court therefore orders that notice 81 tie
same be given all persons Interested ~ saln es-
tate by publishing copy Of the record OF this or
der three weeks successfully In the Herald and News
news paper published az Randolph In Orange eoun-
N IN the state Of Vermont:
The kore ali persons Concerned IN said estate are
notified 70 apnear NJ the Probate Oiice In Wond-
stock N said district the day assisntd. as ator-
said then and there - contest
the allowance of said accaunt.if they see cause ana
establish their rghts heirs, legatees and lawful
claimants Of said residue.
A true record. attest. y, j. SEAN f-k. REGISTER
a2l Attest. THOMAS o. sEAvER, Judge
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STATE or VERMONT ,Ma Probate Court

STATE Of VERMONT Al frNhatt court
HARTFORD DIsTRlT held At wood-t OK
within and for said hi tric Tie l2tl DAY Of June
ISL. Present 4. @. seaNer. jude.
Whereas II. ". fnsaIitn
tNecai.f - tie a-t "A p AMI 'setAnett
OF Francis 4. hoshcr late 81 Rochester
in said district deceased. festate. propose
rendering an account oi his administration and
presenting his account against sand tate for allow
ance at session 81 said f'urt to be- held al Wood
stock, ia tie said District the 10Th day Of July
A. D.. 1891.
And whereas said court has assigned said time and
Mace for the settlement Of said account ana Tor
decree the residue Of said estate 10 the heirs aud
legatecs Of
said deceased. and ordered that public notice thereof
be given 10 persons interested IN said estate by
publishing copy of the record of this order three
weeks successfully. -evous to the day assigned, as
aforesaid. in the Herald and News newspaper
published at Randolph in the County OF
Orange. In the state Of Vermont.
Therefore, All persons concerned IN said estate
nDtihed 10 appear at the Probate Oihce In Wood
stock. in said District. the day assigned, as
aforesaid then and there 70 contest the allowance OF
said account II they cause and 10 establish Their
rights heirs, lesaiees and lawiul claimants OF saa
rss'p irss eou, of r.eord. attest. 92I
\. j. SEANER. Register
A true copy Of record. 7. o. sEAVER. Judge
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Then there ares Thousand voices here ready
70 say, Well, ! am ready TO accept this
help Of the Gospel. would like TO have
this divine cure. how shall 90 TO work."
let me say that mere whim, an unde-
lined longing amounts to nothing You
must have Il stout. tremendous resolution
Ike this young man of the text when he
said. Il will arise and 90 20 my father"
THE ABouNDINc MERCY OF GOD.
"Oh' says some man, "how do | know
my father wants met How do | know, if
| 20 back. would be receiveds" "Ohr'
SAYS some man, you don't knos- where
h,.ve fren. you don't know how far have
wandered. you wouldn't talk that way to
me II you knew all the impurities have
committed What is that hutter among
the angels OF Goslf II is news. il is newsl
Christ has found the lost
The morning call., 1891-12-20
GENIUS Has NO SHOW.

An Experimental With Nature Has a
Sad Experience
" don't know whether to believe this or
not" said Swayback to Shopper.
What is it2"
&" It's about man named Culver. who
lives in Kansas. 1t says he has propagated
a plant he calls the pOtomato, that grows
potatoes under the ground in the usual
style and bears tomatoes on the vine at the
surface. What do you think of that?'
I'm inclined TO believe the story"
Well, l don't believe a word of it."
do, and l base it on my own expert
ence in plant propagation"
What experience is that?"
Well, sir, once l experienced long
time with egg plants. l manured them lib
orally with lime and albumen until got
those plants to bearing eggs which could
not be distinguished from the genuine
product of the hen, sir"
"Why did you quit the business? Didn't
1t pay? | should think it would, when eggs
are so high in price"
Pay? 1 should think it would. That
was the mischief Of it. 1t would pay to
we'll"
How pay too wellp"
" 1t was just this way: All around me
lived lot OF poultry-rasers who got big
prices for their eggs. Well, sir, they were
jealous OF my success and so afraid that my
egg plant would ruin their business that
they hired professional burglar TO destroy
my plants one dark night by pulling them
up by the roots. That discouraged me so
that | never had any heart to resume my
experiments. l tell you, sir, genius has 10
show in this country when it threatens to
collide with some ones vested rights"
And SnOoper went in search of an eggnoc
made with real eggs.-Greensburg Sparks.
The morning call., 1891-12-20
a FOOLISH GIRL.
Told by a Fortune-Teller Her Lover Is
a Thiaf. She SneIrS IIiS arrost

Fold by Fortune-Telier Her Lover Is
Thief She Seeks His Arrest.
Lena Sacher, a beautiful young woman,
who is well connected and who lives with
her parents at 81 Seigel street. Brooklyn,
says the Times, has had an experience re-
Gently that will point a warning to her for
the rest Of her life. Miss Sacher was en-
gagged to be married to Frank Rudolph, a
young business man who lives at 10 Cook
street.
Until two or three days ago she took pride
in telling her friends what noble man her
intended husband was. Recently she has
insinuatrd that no was not ala that was
noble. and Mr.. Rudolph claims has even
made damaging statements about his hon.
eSty. The story OF the troubles Of the young
couple came out in the Lee avenue Police
Court
Miss Sacher went to the court and asked
TO be given warrant. She was directed to
Clerk Sheprhaus, and to him she told story
that will be a warning to many another
young woman. She first asked that a war
rant be given to her for the arrest of Frank
Rudolph, claiming that he had stolen So 30
from her.
When she was asked how she knew Ru-
dOlph had taken the money she declined to
go into the details, but insisted that she
knew to certainty that he was the thief.
She was told that she must have evidence of
the theft, and then the young woman ad-
mitted that when she lost the money from
her pocket book she went to fortune-teller
on the advice of young woman.
The fortune-teller. woman, told her
that for 81 she would tell her by the aid of
cards and second sight who had the Sc 80.
Miss Sacher saw a profit of So 30 in the
transaction and readily gave the dollar.
Then she was astounded by the nforma-
ton told in an emphatic whisper that the
young man TO whom she was engaged had
stolen the money. Armed with this state
ment, the young woman denounced her in
tended husband and told her family and
many OF his friends that he had robbed her
While she was being told that n warrant
could not be granted on any such nOnsensi-
cal evidence Mr.. Rudolph appeared in court
and demanded of Mr.. Shepphaus a warrant
for the arrest of his intended bride, becau, e.
as he put it, she had slandered him. Mr..
Snepphaus played the part of peacemaker
and when he had told the young woman
how foolish she was to belive in the trash
told her by fortune-tellers the young couple
we're reconcied and went away arm in arm.
Miss oacher's loss" said Mr.. Shepphaus,
"has grown to 81 30, but she has obtained a
hundred dollars worth of experience"
The morning call., 1891-12-20
ALL FOR SYMPATHY.

Parental Opposition Causes Miss Hall to
Become Mrs. Farmer.
The records of the County Clerk show
that on Wednesday Edward j. Farmer of
this city, aged q years, procured a
license authorizing him to marry Kittie NJ.
Hall Of Mayhews, aged IS, says the Sacra.
mento Bee of Friday.
1t is said that the young couple were mar
ried during the afternoon, and, from the
stories in circulation, there was something
Of a romance leading up to the proceeding
Farmer has been employed at the y onpa-
reil Store, at Fifth and streets, and it is
said that he met the young woman, who is
now his bride, only few days ago.
An attachment stronger than that of
casual friendship, was at once formed, and
The story goes that tie young woman poured
into Farmers ears a tale of woe 1t was to
the effect that her parents were urging her
10 a marriage that was extremely distaste-
full to her, and that the very thought of
such union almost drove her to distraction.
farmers heart was deeply touched by the
recital and he CALAMITY promised to assist
Miss Hall out of the difficulty. That he
was as speedy to perform as to promise is
proved by the license and marriage.
Such Is the story that is going round.
Certain it is that man-haying the ap-
pearance OF farmer appeared at the
County Clerks office this morning and made
inquiry in reference to the license. He did
not look happy when told that 1t had been
issued.
a Bee reporter called at the N0npareil
Store on Thursday and made inquiry for
Mr.. Farmer. - lie is not in" said 5. Was
serman. one ofthe proprietors, with know
ing smile.
as it true that he was married yester-
day ?" was asked.
Mr.. Wasserman said he guessed that was
the case. Mr.. Farmer went away yes
terday," he said. ''and promised to be back
to-day, but haven't seen him yet" And
Mr.. Wasserman smiled again He was told
Of the Tumored romance. but declined to
betrav any knowledge of it, Let Mr.. Far
mer tell his own story" said he. Give the
how a chanceD
The morning call., 1891-12-20
A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING.
The Four-Year- Son of Florid
Earmrr Picks LIN n RattiesnaIra

The Four-Year- Son OF Florida
Farmer Picks Up a Rattiesnake.
The four-year-old son of Robert Hen
shaw, a well-.o-dO farmer residing near
BeaZley, recently gave his mother such q
shock that she has been i'll ever since. The
little fellow, it appears had been amusing
himself playing about the barn IN among
the hay, etc, and called to his mother that
he had found such pretty string.
His mother gave little heed to what the
child said, and at last he ran into the house,
saying he had brought the pretty string for
her to see Raising her eyes. Mrs Henshaw
saw what sent her into screaming Mysteries
and alarmed the members of the household.
who came running in to find the lady in a
dead faint, while at her side stood little
Robbie dangling half frozen rattlesnake in
one hand while he fondled his pretty
thing" with tho other.
The snake was snatehed from him and
thrown on the floor, when it feebly at
tempted to escape by running under a piece
OF furniture, but was overtaken and easily
killed, while Robbie howled heartbroken
over the loss of his new plaything.
The snake was an enormous fellow. car
rylng fifteen rattles and button 1t is
thought that the snake had crawled into the
hay in the barn for its winter Information
and was there discovered by Robbie, who
hauled it out. 1t was probably too torpid
to take in what was happening, and this
alone saved the child from its venomous
and fatal bite.
1t was some hours before the poor mother
could be restored to consciousness, and she
Is still Frustrated from the nervous shock
She is said to be possessed with continual
fear that snakes are crawling ON the bed in
which she lies. and that they are about to
attack her-Beazley special TO Philadelphia
Times
The morning call., 1891-12-20
WOULDN'T JUMP,

The Life-Saver and tho Woman Who
Wanted to Die.
The other day plain looking young
woman, wearing calfskin shoes, was seen
by the lighthouse keeper at HEX oryhurst
wandering along the shore Of Lake Erie
looking for place deep enough TO drown
herself. The water, however, was very
shallow, and she could not do more than
wet her ankles. Finally she found a spot
by the side of some big rocks where the
water was three or four feet deep. and the
lighthouse man, fearing she might drown
herself, came down.
What are you doing there?" he asked.
"Why," said the woman. " I'm going to
drown myself"
No, you aln't-nOt here"
What business is that of yours?"
Nothing; only I'm here TO save peoples
lives, and If You jump in there you can't do
any more than get good wetting. because
Pll yank you out again"
well. | don't set" said the would-be sui
eide in petuant tones, what you We got to
do with it. If folks want to jump into the
lake l guess they have right to-"
You may jump in if you wish. madam,
but l shall have TO pull you out. l have no
objection to your jumping in. Fact is. |
would kinder like to see you jump in. |
haven't had an opportunity to save any
body's life for month and I'm getting
anxious for a little excitement"
We'll, wont do it, said the woman
sulkily
please do"
81 won't"
By this time large crowd of people
from the village, having heard that there
was woman down at the lake trying to
drown herself, gathered around and
listened to the conversation. She was sit
ting on large rock several yards from
shore, and the lighthouse keeper was sit
ting on another rock just few feet distant
The crowd stared at her for half an hour
while she sat demurely on the rock reflect
ing on her sorrows. and every now and then
the lighthouse man would say in a banter
ing way:
Why don't you jump in if you're 60
ing pr
Finally one of the ladies in the crowd
went as close to her as she could get with
out wetting her feet and persuaded her to
come ashore. where she was provided with
something to eat, and a collection was
raised to pay her fare to the next town,
where she was told she might find employ
ment-Bradford Era.
The morning call., 1891-12-20
A THOUSAND YEARS OLD.
Corn Found In an Old Mound Planted and
Harvested.

Corn Found In an Old Mound P1ante and
Harvested.
A. j. Mercer, living near Burden, Kans,
has patch OF corn which is the rarest ever
grown. The patch is small, but the corn is
a kind that has never been seen in this
country before.
Last spring Mercer opened a mound on
his farm, ard in it found a lot of corn, along
with certain prehistoric relics showing that
the corn had been put in there ages ago. 1t
was in sealed jar, and was about peck in
quantity. He gave away about half OF it to
his Deighbors and others who heard of 1t
and wanted few grains for a curiosity
When planting time came he thought 1t
would be good idea to plant some of it and
prepared a patch of ground near his house
and planted about two quarts of the seed.
1t came up and thriyed we'll under the cul-
tivation given it. The ears came well. 1t
has now been harvested. The ears were
about-six inches long and the grains were
close together, standing up with sharp
points. The grains are small, being about
one-fourth the size of an ordinary grain of
corn.
Mercer thinks that this must undoubtedly
be the original corn of this country from
which the present has sprung through long
and high cultivation. What is remarkable
about 1t is that the mound from which it
was taken has every evidence of being very
old, for trees were growing on 1t that could
not be less than 200 years old. The relics
found with the corn are similar to those
found in the mounds of Illinois and Ohio,
and this mound must have been coexistent
with those, which are believed to have been
over thousand year old. Mercer has sent
samples of his corn to friends in the East
and TO the Government officials at Washing
ton.-Fort Worth Gazette
The morning call., 1891-12-20

9nd oil the town will appear at the other.
FROM this fact many of the citizens are
persuaded that the thing is the work of
some waggishly disposed member of their
number, though his mode of operation has
not been fathomed thus far
Inc more ignorant of the community at
tribute the singular occurrence TO the agency
Oh some supernatural being, claiming that
none other could operate so secretly and
mysterlously. The footprint has frequently
oeen found in the morning in the room oc-
cupled by several persons. not one oil whom
was disturbed by any unusual noise or sight.
The loot appears to be that of q man, and
approaches the gigantic in size. 1t is the left
loot, and larger stain of blood at the head
seems toindicate that the wound from which
II flows is there.
That it is blood and that of a human is
sworn to by chemists in Tucson and Tomb
stone to whom the dried scrapings of sew
eral floors have been sent So great is the
agitation and anger of the people that night
watches have been organized, and the man,
woman or child found abroad after dark
must make his or her errand known. but in
spite of this vigilance the bloody foot leaves
It's tracks somewhere every night.-Crit-
tenden special to Philadelphia Times.
The morning call., 1891-12-20
BURNED ALIVE.
DR.. Lenz's Vivid Description of a Tragedy

DR.. Lenz's Vivid Description of Tragedy
While DR.. LEM was visiting Fez one of
the capitals of Morocco. about eleven years
ago. Jew was burned alive by an infu-
rated mob. The man had had love affair
and then quarrel with Moorish woman,
a great crime in the eyes Of tho Moors, for the
Jews are strictly forbidden to have relations
with the women belonging to the company
of true believers. This woman went to a
relative. who Immediately entered the
Jewish quarter and attempted to repair the
injury by getting into a serious quarrel
with the offender. which ended in a pistol
shot and the death OF the Mohammedan.
The criprit was at once taken into Gus
tody. The news of the murder of MOham-
medan in the Jewish quarter spread with
the utmost rapidity through the city, and
great crowd gathered, every one ciamoring
for the blood of the unfortunate wretch
who had committed the crime. deputa-
ton was at once appointed to carry the
news to the Sultan, ana the result OF the
visit is fair specimen of Oriental crafti-
ness When the details of the murder were
told him. the Sultan exclaimed: 1.-THE lew
ought to be burned" The depu,ation at
once returned to the mob outside the palace
grounds with the information that the Sui
tan had said, ''the jew shall be burned"
That was enough for the mob. OF they
The morning call., 1891-12-20

HABER-HOLLING-In this city, December
u, 1891, by the Rev. J. NJ Buehler, Jacob Puck
haber and Bertha HolIing
hHoDES-RALSToN-In this city. December 2,
1881 by the Rev. J. A. Rooney, Alfred Rhodes
and Bessie Raiston-
STEELk-MATLoCK-In this city. December II,
1881. ny the Rev. a. W. Runyon Robert O. Steele
OF erosion, Cal, and Mamie I. Matl0ck of san
Francisco.
SMlIH-ADAMS-In this city. December IL SOL
by the Rev. Mr.. Pines OF Alameda, Duncan w.
Smith and Grace II. Adams.
RIESS-HoLMAN-In this city December II S9l
ny the Rev o. q. Miller. John w. Riess and Lot
Tie D. Holman, both OF san Francisco.
GRANLING-LANGE-In this city December l2
1881 by the Rev. J. NJ. Buehler. Martin Granting
and Minnie LANCE.
LfMAN-FLiNT-In Oakland, December 16 1891.
by the Rev. Charles j. Mason. Richard Morris Ly-
man and Helen Patterson Flint both OF Oakland
COfFANEY-HURN the Mission san jose
december II, 1891, by the Rev. Father Caraher
John f. Cohaney and Winifred I. Hurney.
The morning call., 1891-12-20

into four equal parts. Then she took a
tiny bodkin and pierced the lowest fourth
part fun of little holes. On the second
fourth part she laid thin bit of Cotton
WOOL and busted face powder thickly all
over it; then another layer of wool just as
thin as she could handle il, and more pow
der busted over that. Then she folded up
the pierced fourth over the wool and pow
der making small pnrket, and sewed it
tightly everywhere. Then she bound the
whole piece about with narrow blue ribbon,
and folded the upper half quite around the
lower, and sewed blue-rbbon ties to hold it
together.-St. Louis Dispatch.
The morning call., 1891-12-20
DECLINED TO SHIP.
so Master Ashton Nearly Killed One o
His BOarders.

90 MUSTER ashton Nearly Killed One OF
His BOarders.
Thomas Richardson, young sailor, was
most brutally beaten last night by Jack
Ashton, the keeper of sailor boarding.
house at $40 Pacific street, and one of his
runners because he refused to ship on
board whaler. Ashton took Richardson
into the wash-room and, while the runner
held the unfortunate man. beat him with a
chair until he was exhausted and Richard
son insensible. The latter was taken to the
receiving Hospital, where three deep and
long scalp wounds, requiring from four to
hVe stitches each to close. two cuts on the
upper and lower lips. splitting them COM
pletely, laceratIon of the ear and
numerous bruises of tha neck. shoulders,
arms and body were attended to by the
Police Surgeons. Ashton, after beating
Richardson, left the house and went up
town.