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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-12-02
In enect uct5oer =. 1897

In cnect OCt9ocr =. 1892.
TRAINS LEAVE ISLAND POND As FOLLOWS.
q on N N, Local passenger 20 Portland
Wv a. III connects with b. X NJ p
o. -, Express for Portland 10,
LII ~ III ton. and New England pt.
1O1S ~ Mixed to Gorham vb,,.
La ~ a. hi' Il connects with e1pressto
Portland.
500 a. m. 10 S' SalS sa%1n 500 p. m.
c1So n, Local passenger TO Moutr,.
V. IL d. H. al.
100 p. m. and vest. to Montreal Quebec
9.45 p, m. and Phi %sas for Montreal
OIS -, Mixed to Richmond, Oueb.r
J.tO a. III and Montreal
n ]. POWER, L. J. SEARGRANr.
Genl Pass. Agent. General Manager
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-12-02
FOR SALE !!

a S275 Farm Mortgage payable in
gold. Value of security $4,000. Time five
years. Rate 7 per cent guaranteed. Ma
tional Bank references East and West.
VERMONT INVESTMENT, co.
Burlington, Vermont.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Made the Round Trip.

A tramp stood on the platform of the
Santa Fe station at San Bernardino, says
the Pasadena Star. A passenger train
was all ready to leave. He gazed
about the place sorrowtully, selected a
soft-looking brakeheam, and swinging
himself luto a comfortable position on
it prepared for the first stage of his
Journey. "All aboard" sang out the
conductor and off went the train. 1t
passed through bustling little and big
towns, through the most charming val
leys in the world, whirled by enormous
orange groves and stretches of vine
yard by tields OF strawberries and green
peas, passing homes which were pala
ces, going through what everyone ad-
mits is the most beautiful, the most fer
tile, most pleasing region on the foot
stool. The tramp lay on his brakebeam
enjoying the scene and regrettlng that
the love of travel obliged him to leave
such an earthly paradise. After sever
al hours ride the train entered quite
a large town and slowed up as it ap-
preached the depot. "San Bernardo
no." called out the conductor. -"
said the tramp as he climbed up from
under the car and stood on the plat
form from which he had started a few
hours before. He had taken q belt line
Santa Fe train over the kite-shaped
track
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
MORALITY AND MEAT,
Count TOlstoi Thinks Only Vegetarian
Are Wholly Good.

Count TOlstoi Thinks Only Vegetnrians
Are Wholly Good.
/ only desire to establish the propo-
sitions that, in order to lead moral
life, it is necessary to observe a GER
tain sequence in good actions; that if a
man is serious in his aspiration to lead
a good life, the practical manifestations
OF that desire will necessary unfold
themselves IN certain order, and that
IN this order the abstemiousness (self-
mastery is the first virtue which he
will have to cultivate, so says
Philosopher Tolstoi in the New
Review. In the pursuit of the
virtue of abstemiousness he must
again observe certain definite order.
and the first step therein will be ab-
stemiousness in food-fastlng. In the
practice of lasting the first thing from
which he must abstain. if he really and
truly aims at leading a good moral life. is
animal food; and this for the intelligible
reason that, not to speak of the passions
1t epgenders and fosters, the consump-
tlOn Of animal food is plainly immoral,
| because 1t demands an act which does
violence to our moral sentiments, viz:
murder, and is kept up and encouraged
only by mans greed of gold and their
| appetite for savOry food. The reason
why the first step in fasting and in right
| living is abstinence from animal food
has been admirably formulated, not by
one man only, but by all mankind in
the persons of its most accredited re-
representatives. during the course of
human history.
But why, one may ask, ifthe illegalitv,
i.e., immortality, of consuming animal
food has been recognized by mankind
for such long period, have people
nevertheless persisted down to the pre-
sent in Ignoring this law? This question
naturally suggests itself to those who are
prone to be guided less by the light of
their own reason than by public opinion.
The answer to the question, however, is
that all moral progress land moral prog
ress is the essence of ali progress what
ever is work of time, is accomplished
slowly but that the sign of genuine
progress, as distinguished from casual
advance, is its uninterrupted continuous
ness and its ever-increasing rapidity.
The vegetarian movement ought to fill
with gladness the souls of those who
have at heart the realization of Gods
kingdom upon earth, not because vege-
tarianism itself is such an important
step towards the realization of this king
dom (all real steps are equally import
ant or unimportant), but because it
serves as criterion by which we know
that the pursuit of moral perfection on
the part of man is genuine and sincere,
inasmuch as it has taken that form
which it must necessarily assume, and
has truly begun at the very beginning.
1t is impossible not to rejoice at this,
just as it would be mpossible for people
not to feel glad, who after having vainly
endeavored to reach the top of the
house by attempting to climb up the
walls from various sides, at last meet at
the bottom step of the staircase. and
crowding together there, feel that there
is no way of reaching the top except by
ascending that staircase and beginning
with this first and lowest step.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
improvements in Photography.

A ferrotype dry plate camera has
been introduced in London, by which
it is possible to turn out ferrotype
print every few minutes. with an appar-
atus which, all told, does not equal a
cubic foot in bulk. This camera dis
penses with the necessity for dark
room, and promises to give rise to a
new industry in penny portraits. An
other device which will be appreciated
by the large army of amateur photogra-
pliers in this country also halls from
England. 1t is a changing bag that
weighs only a few ounces and packs in
a very small compass. The bag fastens
allowing the eyes and lower part of the
face to 60 inside. The plates are passed
through two sleeve holes which are
made to fit tightly around the wrist by
the aid of elastic. The bag packs up
into a convenient form, and will be of
the greatest service to camera enthusi-
asts on the Warpath.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
IHE EIENATAR BOY

An up-to- date directory of all that's in the
block,
Ana everything that's going on he knows it
like a clock:
He knows the fair typewriter girls the blonde
on floor eleven,
The red haired one who works on four, the
brown-eyed one Oh seven.
He knows that Jenkens comes at eight and
Johnson goes at ten,
OF everything and everyone he knows the why
and when.
If you've detective work to do 'twould pay you
to employ
That knowing individual-the elevator boy.
He's somewhat hidden from the world, It's favors
and its frowns,
Although he's where he ever sees a lot Of ups
and downs.
From early morn till late at night he's always
the wing.
Shut in his little iron cage, suspended by q
string,
And nothing pleases him so much as now and
then to get
A fifteen minutes lay-otf while he smokes Gig
arctic;
For just such simple things as that are oases Of
That gladden. the desert duty of the elevator
boy.
Whose nerves are very sensitive and then just
let her spin
And every time he has to stop, by some peculiar
quirk
Produce that tired feeling" by sort of sea-
sick Jerk.
But Notwithstanding all his tricks there's no
one else you'll find
Who does one-halt as much as he TO elevate
mankind;
And when we think how much there is his pa
We quite forgive the antics of the elevator boy.
-DetrOit Tribune.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
The GOSPEL of Health.

A sick man is sinner. He can't
be otherwise, because a perfect man
must be well man. Sin and suffer-
ing are identical. You may be an
unconscious sinner. You may have
taken cold; paid no attention to it.
By and by you are conscious of back
ache. You are dull, sleepy, listless,
out of sorts. You did not know that
your cold had settled on your kid
neys, but this is the fact, and in
nine cases out Of ten, in summer,
this is what ails the patient. If you
will get a bottle of REDS GERMAN
Cough AND KIDNEY CURE, and take
it according to directions, you can be
cured of all the uneasy feeling that
comes from taking cold; and remem-
ber that a summer cold is fully as
da lgerous as one caught in winter.
More people die from getting over
heated, and then suddenly cooling of,
than from any other one circumstance,
Get this great remedy of any druggist,
SYLVAN REMEDY Co., Peoria, Ill.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Science Gets Credit.

People often ask what is the use of
the abstract studies scientific men and
women often indulge in. The reply
Is, says Mechan's Monthly, you
must discover new truth before
you can tell whether you can make any
value of it. The valuable discovery
that the black rot can be prevented
from injuring grapes by enclosing the
bunch in a paper bag is the direct re-
suit of scientific studies. When it was
found that the rot was caused by fungus
growing from a little seed or spore
which, floating through the atmosphere,
attaches itself to the grape berry, it was
the easiest thing to think of putting bags
over the bunch early in the season so
that the spore couldn't get there. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars have been
saved to the cultivator by this bagging
of grapes which would have been totally
lost, but for the labors of scientific men.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
To Show the Ocean Currents.

A model of ocean currents is to be ex-
hibited at the Worlds FAIR which will
possess great practical value. This
model, which is huge scientific tank,
is made to represent the surface of the
earth spread ont on an area of about
80 feet square, the ocean and seas being
shown by actual water. Small streams
of water are elected through pipes un-
der the model so that the whole body
of water moves exactly as the ocean
currents do.
The direction Of the currents is shown
distinctly by a white powder on the
face of the water. Near the model will
be placed large map giving the fullest
details of the force, volume and dlrec-
ton of the various ocean currents, SO
that an invaluable object lesson will be
given on a subject concerning which the
popular information is, as a rule, any,
thing but correct.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
The Doctor and Good Roads.

The sentiment in favor of improving
country roads is growing every year. 1t
has reached our legislative assemblies,
and bills are being introduced in order
to secure Jtate aid in the matter Good
roads are things which no class of peo-
pie would appreciate more than physi-
clans, and to none would they bring
more ldirect personal comfort, and
even practical financial help. On
good road the country doctor can
travel ten miles an hour, on bad one
barely..fve. The time required in do
ing his work is doubled, the physical
WEAKNESS is increased, the amount of
visiting rendered possible is curtailed.
Besides this, the patient suffers, for the
doctors visits are delayed and less nu-
merous. He cannot watch the patient
so closely, and he brings to his work
wearied body.
Perhaps the horse would argue most
eloquently of all, if he could speak in
favor OF good roads. His working life
would be heightened and his working
days made easier. With good roads
the bicycle could be utilized, and
through its invigorating influence, per-
haps, the country doctor would cease,
as years rolled on, to become obese
from too much sitting in wagon, his
wits would be sharper, his pr rofessional
work better.
B. all means, then, let the doc
tors take up the gospel of good roads.
and urge forward their construction.
They make intercourse more easy, work
less burdensome, life more enjoyable;
and they are in fine an index Of the pro-
gres Ieness and civilization of a COM
muLlty.-NelC York Medical Record.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
CURIOUS Combination.

One of the most curious natural pro-
ductions OF the West Indies Is the
famed vegetable fly, an insect about the
size and color of a drone bee, but with
out wings. In the month of May II
buries itself in the ground and begins to
vegetate. By the beginning OF June q
sprout has issued from the creature s
back and made its appearance above
the surface of the ground, BY the end
of July the tiny tree lknown on the
island as the fly tree) has attained It's
full size. being then about three inches
high, but perfect tree in every partl-
cular. much resembling delicate coral
branch. Pods appear on its branches
as soon as it arrives at Its full growth.
These ripen and drop off IN August.
Instead of containing seeds, as one
would naturally suppose, these pods
have from three to six small, hard
worms upon the interior.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
BY THE WAY.

BUCKLES were first made in 1850.
IN the United States there are about
100000 COWS, one for every four per-
sons.
FLOWER farming for the manufacture
of perfume is being carried on in Aus
tralia.
IL the year 1885 tulip bulb was sold
for 81, 200 in Holland. 1t weighed 200
grains.
THE manufacture of cigarettes has in
creased in thirteen years from 23S, 900, :
OOO to 2,S71 100000.
Miss ELLA EWING, of Scotland County,
Mo-, is coy damsel of IS summers who
measures s feet 3 inches in height and
is still growing. She is said to be retir-
ing in disposition, but exhibits quite an
amount of eXuberant girlishness
among her intimate friends.
A COPY of the first edition of the
''Nicar of Wakefield" was sold a short
time ago for $3.50.
THE maintenance of the Sultan's
harem is said to cost Turkey 100000
gold roubles yearly.
A YOUNG man aged q years married
his aunt, who was 45 years old, at Day
ION, o., few days ago.
MAINE supplies most of the Christ
mas trees III New York City, and ex-
ports many to South America.
AN ordinary day coach weighs about
$4,000 pounds; Pullman sleepers weigh
about $1,000 pounds.
A FIELD of wheat is reported to have
aoated down the Missouri River past
AtchlsOn, kas., recently.
The st. Louis chief of police requires
the 900 Chinese in that city to be pho
tographed.
Miss NINA CROMWELL, of Detroit. is
the owner of a Bible which is said to
have been the property Of Oliver Crom-
well.
LACE making was first done by Barbara
Cttman about 1850, though the inven-
ton is claimed for an earlier date by
France and Italy.
WOODEN railroads were built in En-
gland in 1902; iron rails were first used
in America in 1927.
Brass pins were first made by the Sar-
acens in Spain in A. d. 500; were brought
to England by Catharne of Arragon,
wife of Henry VIII.
THE first electric light was the inven-
ton of Static d Petrie, in 1916, but
scores of men have since made improve
ments and adapted it to popular use.
INDIAN newspapers tell of school
teacher in Lackharabad who was at
tackled by lion and kept the animal at
bay with a common broom until assist
ance arrived.
BANKS and banking were known in
Greece 3S5 years before Christ, in Rome
352 B. c., and in Venice 1852 a. d. The
Bank of England originated l695.
Masks are of very ancient origin. In
a tomb 5000 years old at Mycene DR..
SchIiemann found two bodies with faces
covered by masks of gold. One of the
masks represented the head of lion.
SEVEN handsome orange trees have
beer conveyed from Hampton Court
Palace to Windsor Castle, and will be
placed Oh the east terrace, opposite the
roy&l apartments. The trees are very
old, and, it is said, we're brought to
Han pton Court IN the time of Prince
vii lam of Orange.
Snakes are so numerous in AtchlsOn,
Kar,, that they crawl into the houses
and play with the children.
THE natural confguration of many
Dc mountains suggests the human face, and
such physiognomies cut out of the rocks
On a gigantic scale are commonly re-
garded by savages as objects ofworship.
IT is stated that wasps' nests often
take fire, supposed to be caused by the
chemical action of the wax upon the
paper material of the nest itself.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
a Rad Dav for Polly.

During the month OF July, 1887, be-
fore leaving the city, | sent my Polly to
the bird fancler wilkins to board. The
following month the Metropolitan Stor-
age Warehouse and the adjoining build
ings burned down, among them Wilkins
store.
Three days afterward workmen, while
digging among the ruins, were sur
prised by hearing cries of Help Polly
Help Polly! Polly sick! =, The brick,
lumber, etc, had formed a complete
canopy over the badly-broken cage.
Pollv'e bill and feathers were burned
and he was a most pitiful sight. Nnen
ever he hears an engine now and at no
other time he vii! call out, Polly sick
Polly sick. Help Polly r-Ne,c York Re-
,.oy1ar,
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
What Herr Zaldfin Consumed.

There has just died at Berlin Herr
Zaldfin, an old man who for the past
fitty-fve years had kept diary of his
daily expenses. From it these facts are
gathered: He smoked during his life
CPS, 7l3 cigars, of which IS, ,092 were pres
ents, and the remainder cost 52,I16
francs; he wore 81 pairs of trousers,
which cost 2,305 francs; n coats and
vests, which cost 1856 francs, and 62
pairs of shoes, which cost l, ,653 francs
he drank during the past fifteen years
2S, ,7S6 glasses of Munich beer, and 36,-
0S1 glasse of cognac and other spirits,
all of which cost him 26, 750 francs, and
his "tips" to walters amounted to 1925
{v.o
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
THE MEANING or THE SONG.

heard the song birds note so full and gay
Ring through the summer air.
Ny bitter heart cried out, 'tAh. well-a-day
The birds know not a care;
They sing because the air is warm and sweet
With woodland per fumes rare:
Nor give thought to life so'incompleteP
Till at my feet spied the gentle mate,
BY cruel hunteFslain.
The bird upon the tree bewails her fate
To me how sad the strain
II whispers TO my heart. ''Dost thou not know
The lesson taught by pain?
Lifes sweetest songs of. rise from bitter Woe -
-Ncio England Hagdsiae.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Sugar Is Not Paner.

Everybody knows that it is the prac-
tice of the retail grocer to weigh paper
in with the sugar, and the consumer
has probably not felt seriously ag-
grieved by it. But the question has
been raised at WOlverhamptOn as to its
legality. Three grocers, together with
their assistants, were summoned before
the stipendlary magistrate recently for
otfenses under the weights and meas
ures act, in having included the paper
in the weight of the article sold.
While recognizing the fact tLlt the
practice was sanctioned by custom, the
magistrate nevertheless stigmati.ed it
as a deliberate fraud" on the purchas-
ers. and convicted the defendants.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Snatched BaIdheaded.

Mrs. Alexander Feidner, of keokuk
township, miraculously escaped death
from lightning. The house was struck,
the lightning passing down the chimney,
striking her and burning every hair
from her head. The hairpins were cut
in two. Her neck and chest were
terribly burned and her clothing torn
to fragments. Furniture and windows
were broken and the walls Of the build
ing badly shaken. In few hours, how
ever, the PROSTATE woman showed signs
of life and now has a chance OF recovery.
This story is vouched for by the Allunwa
Ia.) correspondent of the Chicago
Times
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Friphtful and Nothing Less

Are the ravsges in physical stamina caused by
diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Often
times, moreover, they are swiftly progressive to
a fatal termination. Beginning with simple in
activity of the organs, renal disease, if I'm.
checked by intermediate death or relief, winds
up in destruction Of the kidneys This is terri
BILE to contemplate, dreadful TO undergo. An
ticipate the danger by arousing and regulating
the kidneys, when inactive, with Hostetter s
Stomach Bitters, q most efficient diuretIc as
well as a general Alternative and tonic of unex-
ampled excellence. 1t performs further good
office for the system in promoting activity Of
the kidneys, in that it more effectually expels
through these channels impurities which pro-
duce rheumatism and dropsy. Malaria, con-
stipation, biliousnesS liver trouble, nervous
ness, dyspepsia, all succumb to its penefcent
action.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Testing Its Tensile Strength.

Experiments with maleable cast iron
bv the Admiralty Of Sebastopol, Russia,
have been successful. A trial bar,
heated to red heat, was folded and re-
folded several times in succession, and
at the end one scarcely perceptlbIe
crack showed. Another bar that was
folded cold under hydraulic pressure,
broke after taking a persistent curve;
A third bar heated to cherry. red, could
be forged and heightened into STRIPS
It's tensile strength was almost equal to
that of ordinary Siemens-M Martin steel.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Ban-bearings in Factories.

1t is reported from England that
form of ball-bearing has been applied
to the spindles of textile machinery,
and by its use the high rotative speeds
have become possible. From 5000 rev.
oIutions per minute is the speed usual
maintained, and it is claimed that
speeds as high as $1,000 can be reached.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
August.
Flower

had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. had fullness
after eating, and heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me. I was working for Thomas
McHenry, Druggist, Allegheny City,
Pa, in whose employ l had been for
seven years. fused August Flower
for two weeks. l was relieved ofall
trouble. 1 can now eat things I
dared not touch before. l have
gained twenty pounds since my re-
covery. J.D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. o
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Horse Values.

The next to the highest price ever
paid for horse in the world was the
sI05. COO for which the trotter, Axtell,
was sold in Indiana atthe age Of 3 wears.
II is true the local tax assessor only val
ned the horse for the purposes of his
returns at $500 and Axtell's owners
neighbors grew indignant thereat.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13

8Sx66 feet. The entire floor space is to
be SO arranged as to represent natural
land Ecape. There will be rocks, and
grass, and trees and cliffs, and valleys.
and running stream. and other pic
turesque features of the naturel haunts
of Western animals.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
The Only One Ever Printed-Can
YOu Find The Word?

in this paper this week which has no two
words alike except one word. The same
is true of each new one appearing each
week from The DR.. Harter Medicine Co.
This house places a "Crescent" on every
thing they make and publish. Look for
it. send them the name of the word and
they will return you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL
LITHoGRAPHs, or SAMPLES FREE.
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
A Nice Little Exhiblt.

The best display Of American animals
which will be made at the Worlds FAIR
will come from the Kansas State I nj
versity. There will be 400 specimen IN
the group, which Will occupy room
Wisconsin Afro-American., 1892-08-13
Weary cleaner, whence comcst thou,
With empty hands and clouded brow

weary EIeaner, whence COuSSl luOu'
With empty hands and clouded brow?
The bridge slouches along over the
lazy, heavy-eyed alligators to about the
same gait as the loose-jointed tune drags
its heavy way across ones ears.
One day French sat in a saloon whls-
tling, keeping time with his fingers and
glancing over the beer from under his
hat brim, when in strobe Conductor
Ed. Lynch, Dave Laverv, Fred. Carig-
nan and other veteran Illinois Central
workers. What was their astonishment
at hearing him whistling away for dear
life on that imported English abomina-
ton, "Ta-ra-ra Boom decay"
Lynch says: Here, the old man has
got to have some respect for the road
A bridge whistled out by that tune
will draw a trainload of passengers
with the crew down to dusky death.
We must draw the line somewhere as a
matter of self-defense. Let's ask him
where that bridge is to be built"
They touched Ere nch's shoulder.
lie turned away from his whistle trance
to them and they asked him where he
would locate this last designed piece OF
whistle architecture and he replied
moodily:
Its cattle guard I'm DRAFTING" "
and relapsed back into the bounding,
billowy notes of the ''Boom-de-ay.