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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

the Government is not known, but at all
events the animal is total stranger to
our soil, and the only specimens ever
forwarded here were two from Hawaii in
1890, which, however, were denied a
landing and were subsequently drowned
in the bay by the customs officials.
The mongoose is catlike animal in
size and appearance and is indigenous
to India, where its antipathy to rats,
snakes, gophers and other similar YER
min is well known. The animal is very
easily domesticated and for this reason
serves excellently as a rat exterminator
in private houses.
In consequence of these desirable
characteristics, the mongoose has been
imported to Jamaica, where it has ac-
compished much in the way Of exter-
mination, and more recently it was sent
to the Sandwich Islands. There the
first few specimens have multiplied
largely and have created havoc among
the rats which formerly infested the
sugarcane fields. 1t is believed that it
can accomplish the same results In this
State, and it is probable that tho next
steamer from tho Hawaiian Islands will
bring the first animals to the coast. -
San Francisco Chronicle.
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provinces. Figure 6 is brace key of
the period. In the Renaissance and Ro-
coco periods the bows and shafts of the
keys were elegant specimens Of the lock-
smiths art. The Italian keys to the
Venetian caskets Gig. ~ were of
iron, inlaid with silver, the coronet, fig
ures and vine like tracery displaying the
most elegant workmanship. The anti
quarian who has paid attention to the
subject can, almost without erring in a
single instance, name the period of any
old key handed to him for inspection.
Some very ingenious locks were in
vented in the middle sgec, their exter-
nal parts richly ornamented, with keys
just as elaborately ornamented. They
were made by hand by lpcksmiths who
carried on their trade in all of the large
cities, but locks and keys are now pro.
duced in great quantities by means of
machinery, and hence lockmaking is no
longer a special haudicraft. There are
beautiful designs in keys to be seen now
adays, in keeping with the bronze locks
and knobs in use, and yet they are, to a
large extent, copies Of the ornamental
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

held it at either end of convex notch.
The only impediments to opening these
locks were the wards which the key had
to pass before It would turn in the key
hole. The shape of the wards, however,
could be ascertaned by inserting blank
key covered with wax, aud hence a
small collection of skeleton keys was all
that the lock picker required.
Just here we will give hint how II
handy boy can make key fit lock for
his mother, provided the key seems al
most able to throw the bolt. II he
smokes the key in a lamp and then tries
to turn the key In the lock he will find
when he withdraws it that some OF the
lamp black has been rubbed off. These
spots will indicate where the key is too
large, and repeated blackening and FL
ling will make it fit.
The next locks which came into use
after the bolt locks were the .'tumbler
locks, which were successively improved
upon by Baron Bramah (whose lock was
named after him), Cotterill and others.
All could be opened, however, without
the regular keys by the tentative pro-
cess-that is, by trying one tumbler
after another until all of them have been
freed. Forty years ago Mr.. Hobbs
was quite a noted lock picker, and he
invented some ingenious safety appli-
ances for locks. A popular lock at the
present time is the Yale lock, with its
puzzling interiors and endless variety of
KEYS. Detroit Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
The remarkable progress of women c

The remarkable progress of women en-
gagged in business affairs is instructively
set forth in the Massachusetts State
Bureau of Labor statistics. According
to the figures there presented IN 1885,
there were only about 100000 women
engaged in industrial pursuits. Now
there are more than 800, 1000. Two
thirds Of these working women are under
thirty years of age, and inasmuch as this
proportion has been maintained during
the half dozen years, 1t seems to indicate
that marriage constantly tends to dcplete
the ranks. "Such being the fact" com
ments the New York News "thele need
be little fear that the industrial indie
pendence of the gentler sex will result in
an increase of old maids"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

1t is not a very intrequent occurrence
In the London police courts, declares
Once-A-Week, for infurated prisoners
to attempt to assault the presiding magis.
trate. Mr.. Montagu Williams, who sits
in one of the East End Courts, often has
boots thrown at him, and on one occasion
he received severe blow in the face from
such missile. The habit seems to be
spreading. The other week the news
papers reported case in which disap-
pointed litigant kicked in open court his
own lawyer, for which he may have had
some excuse, and assaulted the reporters,
for which there could be no justifca-
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
SDices.

Considerable confusion exists in the
minds Of many people as to the nature of
spices. Most OF these possess a slightly
stimulating effect and are actual aids to
digestion. Of the common spices nut
meg is probably the most used. 1t is a
native of the Molucca or Spice Islands
aud grows directly under the equator.
Mace is the inner coat that lines the hull
of the nutmeg. The nutmeg in its coat
of mace, with the outer hull surrounding
it, is often displayed as a curiosity in
New York spice shops. There are two
kinds Of nutmeE, the long, slender
shape, which is the wild, and the round,
which is the cultivated nut. The latter
is more oily and much better than the
wild nutmeg. BY scraping the side of a
nutmeg with the finger and noticing
whether the oil flows, one can guard
against the worst fraud in this spice
the "soaked nutmeg" Large quantities
of nutmeg and other spices which are
brought to market are soaked in water
to relieve them of their oil. These are
afterward sold, of course, at n low price,
but they have lost their efficacy as spice
in losing their oil, aud are little better
than the celebrated wooden nutmegs.
Always begin grating at the flower end
of the nutmeg, instead of the stem.
The Glove grows all over the tropical
world and the Glove Of commerce IS the
unexpauded flower bud of the tree, and
is the most fragrant of any part Of it.
Cinnamon spice is the inner bark of the
cinnamon tree. 1t grows in China and
Ceylon, and is cultivated in the West
Indies and South America. A great deal
of the heavier outer bark and OF the
coarse bark of the cassia tree is sold as
cinnamon. The best cinnamon is hardly
thicker than paper and is of rather light
color. Allspice, unlike all other spices,
is berry. 1t is gathered while it is
still green and dried in the sun. Jamaica
allspice is among the best, 1t is of a
mild flavor, and is not very much used
in the cookery of to-day. The flower
buds of the cassia tree are imported in
considerable quantity annually, and are
used chiefly in cooking for navoring
sweet pickles, to which they impart a
delicate yet pleasant and distinctive
flavor, different from cinnamon. Ginger,
as everyone knows, is root which grow:
all over the tropical world, in Asia
Africa and America. White ginger i
composed of the best parts of the root
from which the outer skin has been takeI
off. The ground ginger of commerce il
largely adulterated with tuL'erlc, fou
and various cheaper materials. -Dctroi
Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
characteristics Of the MOng0Ose.

The incessant appeal which comes
from fruit it-growers throughout the State
for the contrivance of some means for
the determination of gophers and other
field rodents has prompted we'll known
fruit company of this city to negotiate
for the importation of small carniver-
Gus animal known as the mongoose.
The matter came to the attention of
certain resident horticulturists recently
through an announcement IN the Chroni-
Gle that the United States Department.
of Agriculture proposed to import few
specimens Of the mongoose. Whether
or not any such action, has been taken by
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

Within three years passenger rate on
the railroad across the Isthmus of Pana-
ma have been reduced to ten and five
cents a mile for first aud second class
tickets. Up to that time the charge for
passenger transportation on the Panama
Railroad was the highest in the world,
being S25 in American gold for first. class
and $40 in gold for second.clas passen-
gers between Panama aud Colon, OF
about fifty cents and twenty cents a mile,
respectively.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

Adolph Zemeri, who died April 2, in
the district of Guizot, France, was in
possession of docume ntary evidence
which proved that he was born in 1742I
When old Z1mer first saw the light of
dag Washin 5ton was la Of but ten
tendel years. Wellington was not born
until twenty seven years later, aud
Waterloo was seveutythree years in the
future. Zemeri's allotment of years ex
ceeded those of all men Of recent times ex
ccpt Henry jenkins and "Old Parr," two
English worthless, the former of whom
lived to be 100 years old and the latte
152,--St. louis Republic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

1t is stated that sugar refining com.
pany in Chicago, ILL.,, is making $50
barrels Of oil per day from corn. The
oil resembles linseed oil and may be
used for similar purposes. There is
about four per cent. of this oil in the
grain, which has hitherto been wasted
by the ordinary methods of making
starch and glucose.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

There is much in the lingo of the
Wyoming war, confesses the New York
Commercial Advertiser, which is as per-
picking as some of that in the Bering
Sea quarrel. A rustler appears to be
a person who gains livelihood by steal
ing other peoples cattle, while a re gu-
lator is a gentleman who Is paid Sc day
for killing rustlers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

The city of Cincinnati has for many
years been favorable abiding place OF
Hebrews. remarks the New YORK Press.
At recent celebration there Rabbi
Wise said that "Cinciunati would here.
after be the Zion of Judaism in
America ~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03


parts of circles. The old Roman iron
key was PLAIN in form and simple in de-
sign, but for jewel -caskets it was, Of
course, more daintily and elaborately
made, Figure No. is a drawing of an
old Roman key, while Figure No. 2 rep
resents the old Roman key (or iron key
of any age) to be seen in any known col
lection.
The keys of the Gothic period (Figs.
3 and 4) were made of bronze and iron,
the locks still made of wood. The bit
of the key was curiously wrought with
notches to battle an attempt to rifle the
casket. The iron keys to open the
wooden locks of the Byzantine period
Gig. 81 were very primitive in style,
the bit merely being lever with which
to raise the latch. Similar keys are still
in use in Egypt snd the scandinavian
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

So delicate is the adjustment of the
most powerful cannon that allowance has
to be made for the curvature of the
earth before the discharge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

Public opinion against the treating"
habit has brokenout in Philadelphia, and, ,
states the Detroit Free Press, n strenuous
effort will be made to do away there
with the foolish custom. 'It is pecu'
iiarly an American habit" adds thai
paper, "and as pernicious as it is sense
less.n ...
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

The New York Mail and Express cal
culates that a subscription of 1927
from every inhabitant of the Unite d
States would wipe out all form of public
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., State aud NUM-
cinal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
Essex County Herald.

The cost OF the great German army
for a year uuder its present conditions
Is said by military authorities to be
S12O, 900, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

When thrust into
the wooden lock the
pegs, which were
stationary, pushed
into their holes a
corresponding num-
ber OF loose wooden
pegs in the lock,
and thus the door
was opened. A GEN.
tury later the keys
were made OF iron
with wards instead
of pegs, the equiva.
lent for pegs in the
iron lock consisting
of ridges Of iron ar
ranped in circles or
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

suiries of "Sister Anne" W no is on the
look out in the tower.
The first keys in use were strips of
hard wood with wooden pegs on them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

a siege Of three hoursi among the latter
the key to Blue Boards chamber, the
thought OF either of which produces un-
comfortable sensations.
In the one instance we can fancy we
hear the roaring of the cannon, the fall
ing of the walls, and the shouts OF the
rioters as they stagger through the
streets with the bloody head of NJ. de
Launay, the Governor, impaled upon
spear. In the other instance we can i'm
agine that we see Fatina staring with
wild eyes at the decspitated heads Of
the wives and at the terrible tell
spot of blood upon the key, or that we
hear the terrible, pitiful and impatient in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
PROBATE COURTS.

Probate Courts, within and for the Distric
y Essex, will be holden until otherwise or
kered, as follows:
At the Probate Office in Guildhall on the
d Tuesday Of each month.
At West Concord on the 1st Tuesdays Of
January and July.
At Island Pond on the 1st Tuesdays Of
February and August.
At Lunenburgh on the lst Tuesdays of
March and September.
and October.
At Gallups Mills In Victory on the lst
Tuesday in May.
At Bloomfield on the 1st Tuesdays of June
md November.
c. f. BENTON, Judge.
Guildhall December LIST. 1890.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

Party in the Background-"That's
right, Bill | Keep him amused till I
make my escape, an I'll see thas you get
the prettiest funeral there ever was in
the countY."--Truth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
ESSEX County Herald.
y. 3. BISHOP, Publisher.
ISLAND POND, VT.
TERMS. t1.sO Per Year. In Advance.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.

Island PoSD LODGE No. "A, y. q A. II
Stated c mmuuications the second MOI
day in each month
BErsroSE CHArTKR, No. 10, r. A. NJ
Stated Convocations the frst Monday In
each month
VERMONT CousoIL, No 30 R & 8. NJ
Stated Assemblies first Monday in each
month.
NORTH STAN CHAPTER, No. IS. q. Z. s.
Stated Meetings the third Monday In each
month
4. O. q. r.
ESSEX LoDoE, No. Is Meet. every Thurs
day evening.
Ross ENCAMPMENT No. 4. Meets second
and fourth Tuesdays Of each month
G. A. II.
ERAsTUs BUCK osT, No. rs Meets each
Friday on or before the full Of the moon.
w. II. e..
ERAsTUs BUCK, No, 30 Dept OF Vermont
Ncets alternate Thursdays.
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LOCKS AND KEYS.
SOME CHANGES WHICH THEY
HAVE UNDERGONE.
The First Locks and Keys Were
Made OF Wood-Curious Speci-
mems of the Lock
smiths Art.

IMPLE though a key
may seem, there may
be linked many
memories with it
stirring incidents in
\ fiction. Among the
, former might be
metioned the key to
the Bastille which,
though declared i'm
pregnable, fell after
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03

:, Ibis Hotel Is pleasantly located In one Of
NE NE most fourishing villages In Northern
NeT hampshire, anf having been thor
GuShly roiurnished and reftted, offers great
.t9ducemerts to Summer Tourist& The
nouse is ntted throughout with sesem 1854
SAa all moAarn onnyanisn@~a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

In our humble opinion the Demo
Gratis in the lower house of Congress
should push forward the bills plac-
ing wool, binder Irvine, and some
other articles on the free list, and to
that end, they should bend all their
energies. They should also enforce
a rigid economy in the expenditure
OF the public money!. and thus make
a record upon which the entire
party throughout the country would
substantially agree.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
TRUST Sale.


by virtue OF the authority vested In me by
county West Virginia, made on the 18th day
OF February, let2, appointing me trustee M
the place OF u. i. Burk, trustee, IN that Ger
tain Deed of Trust, executed By Henry Kfsvs
aud Mary V. Keys, his wife, 70 said r p
BCrk, trustee, dated the 18th day or APRIL
1eei- and OF record IN the County Court
Clerks Office OF said Mason county, West
V Virginia. IN Trust Deed Book No. H. PAGE 81
and conveying TO said trustee, IN trust the
following described real estate Ia Mason
county, West Virginia, and near Mason CITY,
ia SAID county, and near the mouth OF the
old entry 30. y and bounded rs follows.
Measuring 40 r. by 2O9ft- fronting on n road
that passes over the hill back OF Mason and
bounded BY the land purchased by q. c. Mil
Wheeling, on the otherthree sides and Il be-
ing the same land conveyed by John w
l-ngilshr attorney IN fact, on tine 3Isf day Of
March, le1S, TO Frank Houk, which said deed
Clerks Office in Deed Book No n page go
10 which reference Is hereby made Tor n more
complete description OF said real estate TO
secure 70 Joseph Houk and others the pay
mentioned and described in said Deed OF
Trust And default having been made in the
payment OF said prOInisOry note according TO
the terms OF said Deed Of Trust, and being
prornfssory note 50 10 do, I. ~ l. Moriarfy
the trustee appointed as aforesaid, shall, on
Thursday, the 3lst Day OF March, 1892.
at 10 o'clock, a. M, on the premises above
described, sell by way of public auction 10 the
highest and best bidder Tor cash. he above
DESCRIBED real estate. under and by virtue OF
said Deed OF Trust The proceeds arisIug
as the law directs Given under my hand
this I'd day OF February. 1892
~ l. MORTALITY, Trustee.
John E. Beller. Atty. febssts
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

cOlored Men WIN Establish n Cotton
Cloth Factory Near Chicago.

Colored Men WIN Establish Cotton
Cloth Factory Near Chicago
CHICAGO, March "a transaction was
completed Tuesday. the outcome of
which viii be watched with interest
throughout the country. The Column
bian Cotton-mill company, an enterprise
controlled almost exclusively by colored
men, purchased large tract of land six
and half miles from Chicago on The
Eastern Illinois railroad, upon which
they VIII build plant for the manufac-
ture of cotton cloth. The mill. it is ex-
pected- will give. when in operation,
employment TO between GOO and zoo
men. The company was organized in
this city IN December, and is incorpor-
ated under the Illinois statutes.
The enterprise, of which A. C.,Haw-
ley is president, G. J. Warning, secretary.
and d. w. Dempsey. treasurer, has as
sumed something of national charac-
ter IN its management and otherwise It
IS the intention 10 establish agencies in
every city and town where found prac-
ticable. The site of the mills has been
named Butler City. An attempt will he
made TO produce a superior fabric and
to bring into play IN manufacturing and
mercantile life industrial forces of the
colcred people never before utilized
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08


The Parkersburg Sentinel speaks
out plainly on account of the
treatment of Senior Blaine, of the
wife of his son, as follows:
"The attack which Hon. jones
G. Blaine made upon the wife of his
son and namesake has brought a
reply from that lady, and the charges
she makes must be frankly met and
disproved, promptly and without
equivocation, or the Hon. Secretary
of the State will wear a brand OF
infamy beyond the power of words
to express or terms to describe.
Young Mrs. Blaine lies upon a sick
bed, helpless, homeless, almost
friendless. Hon. Mr.. Blaine attacks
her integrity while in this condition
and says that through unwomanly
Vaccinations she beguiled his profit
gate and brutal SON into hasty and
ill advised marriage with her. He
quotes her letters to prove his po-
sition. Young Mrs. Blaine replies
and says that Mr.. Blaine has garbl-
ed her letters, and published only
such fragments as will furnish testi-
mony to bear out his declarations.
The reply of young Mrs. Blaine is
timely, womanly, modest and just,
and she says 81 simply declare, now
that you have arranged me by the
use of fragmentary quotations from
my love letters to your son, that
You be fair enough to publish the
originals in full.
Will he do it?''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
TRUST Sale.


D virtue OF n certain deed offrust cxecuf-
il ca 20 the underE gued trustee by Bennett
Fowler and Cynthia, his wife, bearing date
on June 18th, 1850, 20 secure the payment 0f u
certain note payable 70 James T. knight. IN
the sum OF fi2f.i5, which decd or trust Is tiuv
recorded Ia the clerks Office Of the County
lourt OF Mason county West Virginia, IN
Trust Deed Book 70. II, pages SIS Be- the sslifi
trustee VIII sell By way Of public auction 70
the highest bidder, At tie front door Of the
Court House OF said county on the
9th day OF March 1892,
az II O'Clock A. n. or That day the following
described real estate the Undivided ont.
fourth interest IN and 70 10 acres 81 land
rrsct OF Robinson and being same tract upon
which said Bennett Fowler r. sides and which
tract i well Improved and has thereon "A good
dwelling house, barn and other suitable farm
tys One sOrrel stallion cal led lille 81 n one
gray mare called fannie one gIrreI rfInrl.
called Ellie - four red Iulich cor. one
Buckeye mower and one Cfarfufrn r.-slrlrlr-
sst al per cent per ffllEitifn, bat said sale Will
be made 10 satisfy said otn ~. legal Interest
Icing per cent per annuIn- the said debt
with legal Interest now amounting TO the
sum Of <7f1 "a ma king said - lie hi q f,-f.
personal property " III 1s sold first ami said
land VIII not be sold unless said ueraorinIft-I
snaii De instlfiieient - pay on said debt and
the costs OF sale. said sale VIII be upou the
following terfnss
Cash on the day OF sale a. 10 said PERSONAL
property, and II Il should be Necessary to sell
following terms: Ore-third ofthe purchase
money cash IN hand one-tilird thereof with
interest IN one year and the residue thereof
with interest IN two years frorn the daytor
with good security for the deferred pa ynenfs.
and retaining the legal title as a further
cHAs. z. HoGG. Trustee. +,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
Killed Her brother.

NEW YORK, March 7.-william Nc
CHM, twenty-seven years of age,
quarreled with his sister, Mrs. Mary
Himpler, at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Wiegand, 165 Siegel street BROOKLYN.
Sunday night. McGinn struck her sew
eral times with his fist. She threatened
to kill him and he drew a pocket knife,
opened it. and handed it to her saying,
Kill me if you dare" Mrs. Himpler
took him at his word and plunged IL .
blade into lis heart he staggered from
the house to a neighboring drug store,
and fell dead in the doorway. The
woman was arrested.