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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-03
essex county Afrala.
ISLAND POND, vt, NOVEMBER ,.
MODERN CHRONICLES.

Nv" lhS WIFI uO"h ~ 49,
seas from the land of their op-
pressors.
How they went with songs,
and JOY amid the waves of the
ocean till they "moored their
bark on the wild New England
Sh ore"
For so it was written by the
bards and singers that followed
hard after them.
How in tribulation and sor-
rows they struggled amid storms,
much snow, sore disease and
famine, and commended with null
titudes of savages and wild
beasts.
Which filed their hearts with
harshness;
So that they drave out one
Roger, whose surname was Will
Jams. from their midst because
;he would not fain to worship
the Con of the fathers according
to the dictates of the consciences
of those who had established the
religion of the fathers in the land
of their inheritance.
Thus did they come from the
darkness Of night to the bright
light of the morning.
But they did all things which
they did for conscience sake.
And they were godly men, and
did no wrong knowing it to be
evil.
For they were a devout people,
and lived and died for the faith
that was within them.
Which can hardly be said of
any other people who have dwelt
on the face of the earth.
And thus did they take their
Journey from the kingdom of the
Netherlands and encamped in
Plymouth i'll the edge of the
wilderness.
And they made no covenant
with the Kings of the Isles, nor
yet with any kingdom on the
earth. but each with the other,
and all with the Living GoD only.
Thus did they covenant in the
midst of the sea.
And as the days went by they
wrought nightly on the earth
and replenished the land.
whose frontlet was shining brass,
and whose eyes emitted fire from
the midst of them, so that he
might not devour their sub
stance nor carry their children
beyond the seas.
Then began the people to walk
in the way of the oppressor.
And they took the sons and
daughters of Ham from the
shores of the land where they
were born and bore them across
the sea and made bondsmen of
them.
And sorely oppressed them,
and desired they should be bonds
men all the days of their lives.
And for this cause, and because
some had done this wickedness
in the sight of the Lord, and be-
cause others had consented
thereto, a sore affection fell on
the land.
And the men of the North strove
fiercely with the men ofthe South.
The young men who exulted in
their strength and beauty were
slain and heaped upon the
ground, and piled in horrid
masses in the trenches.
And the land was filled with
wailing mothers and the wives
of those who were slain.
The laugh Of children playing
in the streets was very low,
They shuddered asbirds whose
songs die away at the rising of a
far of storm and the coming of
a dreadful darkness into their
coverts.
But when the wicked were
sufficiently punished they came
from the North, and from the
South, and from the East, and
from the West, and sat down
with Abraham in his kingdom
and cried with a loud voice "Let
us have peace
Then returned every man to
his house and wentstraightway8
TO work.
Some titled in the fields; some
hewed in the forests; some dug
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-03

TRAINS LEAVE North Stratford as fol-
lows: For Colebrook and Beecher Fails al
s2f and 40 a. IN. (mixedJ, and 6 % and
1890 p. IN.
and 10. 80 p. m.
For Dudswell Junction and Lime Ridge As
a. NJ. (mixed), aud 10 80 p m.
For Quebec 1880 p. m.
For Lancaster ard Quebec Junction, 2IO,
A. M, rnd 40 and $40 tmixedD p. M.
For Portland aud all points east 2.1O a. m
and 2.4o p. m.
For Boston. via Portland, 2.1o n. m ar.
irving in Boston at / 2.55 p. IN. Via North
Conway, 2.10 a. M, arriving III Boston at
100 p. m
II. W. WALDRoN, +. E. BOOTHBY
DIV. Supt., q. I. * Z. a,
LANCASTER, n. II. PORTLAND, ME-
PAYSON TUCKER, V. p. and Gen. Manager
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-11-03

priest ana wrote these letteTs on
the wall-"R. X. R."
The meaning ofwhich the priest
did not know, but which rightly
interpreted meaneth Red Ruin
Returneth.
And from that hour the people
turned away from their rulers,
and sat up Others to rule over
them.
But when these last began to
break up the idols which our
fathers worshipped aforetime,
the people murmured.
And they said let us seek out
Benjamin, whose father was a
mighty warrior in the days of
our fathers.
And because Benjamin had
showed wisdom and valor the
people set him up to rule over
them.
Then the people gathered grain
as the sands of the sea; food was
gathered round about every city
and village.
And cunning workers in fab
RIGS and precious metals were
exceeding busy and joyful, and
their hearts were turned towards
ways of peace and pleasantness.
But the people remembered
not the statutes of their fathers
but departed from them.
Extravaganza filled the land,
And the people said one to an
other, "Let every man borrow
of his neighbor, and every wom-
an of her ne1ghbor, jewels of sill
yer and jewels of gold; and let
us make merry for tomorrow we
die.
LET us with violence rob and
despoil those who have given to
us this ease"
And OH the same day they com,
manded Benjamin to go to his
tent in the land of the Wabash.
Then the people went forth in
great multitudes, and beat the
drum and blew the fife.
And bore many strange devices
and laughed their enemies to
scorn and all those who wore nc
cockerell plumes.
And so they came even to the
town hall, wherein they gloriiied
their works till the going down
of,the sun.
And they fell down at the feet
of the new rulers and kissed the
ground whereon they stood.
But when the morning came
SUMMERS they CRED out "What
shall we have to eat and drink
and wherewithal shall we b.
clothed ?"
And the new rulers said "Get
your straw where you can fine
it."
And so the people were scat
tered abroad throughout al
the land to gather stubble in
stead of straw.
And the rulers of the children
of Benjamin did see that they
were in evil case.
Now the people began to strug.
gle one with another to see who
should be first in the kingdom Of
the new Je-Washington.
And the chief ruler being hard
pressed withdrew himself and
went to the seaside.
Then the rulers of the great
Sanhedrin began to say one to
another:
Behold! our great high priest
has departed from us. What
shall we do? The people cannot
make brick because they have no
straw.
Let ms go up to the temple
that we may deliver this people. =
And the multitude cried after
them with a loud voice, and
beat upon the empty tin pals.
saying: Z
"Why have you given our
wages to the stranger, the hire,
ling and the foreigner?
"Behold, the sound of the
grinding is low; the wheel has
stopped at the mill; the work.
men and the once brave pension.
lers go about the streets mourn
ing.
rFear and trembling are in all
the land.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
A Burning Glass Made of Ice.

A few years ago an English p:o-
fessor caused quite little excitement
among a party OF skaters on Serpen-
tine River by making a lens of ice
and lighting his pipe with it This
reminds the writer that this curious
experiment was first brought before
the public by the great Dr. Scoresby,
who, when in the polar regions, to
the great astonishment of his COM
paniOnS, who did not understand why
the ice did not freeze the solar rays,
performed similar feat. 1t may
also be worthy of remark that Prof.
Tyndall, when teacher in the Royal
Institute, on several occasions set
fire to little heaps of powder with
rays from an electric arc concentrated
by lens Office. His explanation was
this: Although ice absorbs rays of
certain waves Of light and is gradual
ly melted thereby there are other
kinds Of waves which it does not alb
sOrb, and it is these that produce
heat at the focus of the bar of light
which passes through the ice. In
short, IL is wholly a question of the
relative motions of the molecules OF
frozen water and those of The waves
of the more penetrating rays of light.
philadelphia Press
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
The Gulf stream.

There is q river in the ocean. In
the severcst droughts it never fails,
and in the highest flood it never
overiows. Its banks and the bottom
are OF cold alter, while it's current il
of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its
fountain, and its mouth is in the
arctic seas. 1t is the Gulf Stream.
There is in the world no other SC
majestic flow OF water. Its current
is more swift than the Mississippi OF
the Amazon, and its volume more thar
a thousand times greater. 1t waters.
as far as the Carolina COASTS, are OF
indigo blue. These are so distinctly
marked that the common sea water
can be traced with the eye.
Often One-half the vessels may be
perceived floating in the Gulf Stream
water, while the other half is in the
common water of the sea, so sharp is
the line and the want of affinity be.
tween these waters; and such, too,
the reluctance, so to speak, on the part
Of those Of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters Of the sea.
In addition to this. there is an
other peculiar fact. The fisherman
on the coast Of Norway are supplied
with wood from the tropics by the
Gulf Stream. Think of the arctic
fishermen burning upon their hearths
the palms of Hayti, the mahogany Of
Honduras, and the precious woods OF
the Amazon and the OrinOco.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

Tho Doctor was In the act OF closing
the front door, for the family had gone
to bed long since, when the squire star.
tied him by giving double rap with
his stick on the strong oak panels.
DR.. Hedges opened the door, and,
shading the candle with his hand, he
let the light fall on the visitors face.
The instant he recognized the squire
he called out:
What! you, Squire Condit, roaming
round at this hour Of night"
The Squire confessed his identity,
also that he was roaming round then,
and limited that he had no expectations
OF sleep that night.
Bless me. Squire, is there any more
bad news?"
Lots more news. and it's OF the same
kind that has been coming in all day.
But my business here is to find your
brother, the lieutenant. or Valentine, :"
eaid the Squire, speaking with great
precision, lest the doctor might read his
secret.
They are very busy on board the Sea
Hawk tonight" said the doctor.
Any idea of what they are doing?"
Yes; in accordance with Captain
Fox's orders they are taking all the
ammunition out Of the Sea Hawk, and
sending it on board the Wanderer."
How can l get on board at once?"
Don't know, Squire, unless you
swim, replied the doctor. who began to
think his neighbor a little cracked.
Then" said the Squire, IN 60 on
board il have to swim"
no BE CONTINUED.l
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
Unknown Husbands.

From an article on "Unknown
Husbands of Famous Women" we
learn that Mr.. Hnmphry Ward is an
art critic of the London Times and
is author OF quite as many books as
his wife; that the husband of Mrs.
Lease of Kansas lives in Topeka, and
says: Its all right for my wife to
make speeches, but it's the drug
store, just the same that keeps
things running" that the husband
Of Margaret Deland is a hustling adj.
vertising agent, and won fame by de.
wishing the flying wedge" in football;
that the husband Of Mrs Van Rem.
selaer Cruger Cullen Gordon) is Col.
S. Van Renneslaer Cruger, manager
OF the vast Trinity Church corpora
tion in New York city; and that Mr..
Burton N. Harrison is a New York
attorney, and that when his wife's
literary work is mentioned he is
dumbn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

The Gar studies carefully all docu-
ments put before him, and is in the
habit OF making marginal notes Of
his decisions and views. These ammo
tationS are carefully treasured in the
imperial archives, where they are ac-
cessible to the tunctOnaries whom
they may concern. Recently, in the
margin OF the report of Il prominent
Official, the Gar wrote, What an
ass" The individual thus character
lied by his august master was in de-
spair. and begged the Secretary of
state, Polovtseif, to bring the matter
before His Majesty. "May it please
Your Majesty" began Polovtsetf, "to
strike out these words here, What
an ass.' so that they may not forever
be on record in the archives"
"0h." Alexander the Third inter
rupGed, laughingly, II quite forgot
the archives" And he took up pen.
ran through the words What an
ass" and wrote instead, what a
philosopher"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
Parachutes Are Not New.

1t seems that as early as Alb B. c.,
prisoner in Egypt astonished the
natives by jumping safely from a high
tower, Impeding his downward pro-
gress and 'landing" without too vio-
lent a jar by holding a blanket over
his head. The parachute, as we
know it now, is said to have been in
vented by adventurous Frenchman
who exhibited 1t in Paris in 1896, and
early IN this century an English
aronaut named Green, precipitated
himself. with parachute's restrain
ing aid tfrOm the ample ether, to
terra firma, in Paramount Park,
Philadelphia, thus r,aking the fist
recorded descent in America
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
SECRET OF STRENGTH.


Short Chat with Hercules Who Can Break
Heavy Steel Chains.
Strong man Sampson held lcvee
in the parlOrs of the Metropolitan
Hotel one afternoon this week, and
RECALLED his auditors with stories and
illustrations of his prOwess Steel
chains and wires were easily broken
hy him by way Of introducing him.
self, and then he performed several
other of his well.knOwn and more
difficult featS
''These things amaze you," he said,
land vet you can duplicate every
thing have done in little time.
All you have to do Is to follow these
rules which now give you: BE reg
ular in meal hours, and eat good SUBJ
stantial food. usually contine my
self to eggs, meat, and rye bread.
Take great deal OF outdoor exercise
and sponge the body daily with cold
water.
''Have a steel ring made three
Fights of an inch larger than tine
size of your arm, and make sure it
fits tightly. Place it around the up
pCI puIU vi your arm. HIS Will pre-
vent the blood from circulating as it
should. Then raise your arm slightly;
this will cause the rubbing OF the
upper muscle. Close your hand
slightly but with great strength,
thus fore ny the blood toward the
the muscle. In your first trial bend
the arm slowly until the blood be-
comes accustomed to the exercise.
Within two or three weeks you will
perceive that the arm has grown too
large for the ring. Then have a larger
one made and continue the practice.
Exercise longer each time, but before
you place the ring in position rub it
and your arm we'll with oil to pre-
vent the skin from breaking. Fin
ishing this, bath the arm we'll with
cold water to cool the muscles.
III any person follows these simple
instructions will guarantee that in
side OF three months he will be able
to hold out seventy-flve pounds at
arms length with one hand. To
strengthen the lungs buckle a strap
around the chest aud take deep in
halation of air. Soon you will feel
the resistance of the strap; continue
this for about ten minutes three
times a day and you will soon he cap.
able of bursting the strap by simply
expanding your lungs. Don't use
tobacco. New York Advertiser.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
His Experience.

1T amt no sign OF bravery ter
abuse folks over a high fence or from
'tother side the river" said the cap
tain, fitting the key on which he was
sitting 50 that his back might rest
against the tlsh-house. His COM
panion sat by mending his nets.
Nov when / was quite a lad" he
went on, Il he'd an experience that
showed me what uncommon poor
policy it is to be too funny-even at
a distance"
"How was that?"
swell, I was put in alternate cap'n
on one of them steamers that runs in
Frenchman's Bay, an bein' young an
tolerable successful, l got to think.
In l knowed pretty much the whole
of it.
"One day we was layin' at the wharf
loadin' the freight on, AMI see a lit
tie man walkin' up an down, waitin'
ter to go aboard. He was pompous-
lookin' individual, an follerin' an
hangin' on his words was two or three
men that seemed ter consider what
he said as golden speech.
II kept thinkin' that / wished it
would come time ter start when he
was way up 'tother end of the
wharf, an sure enough, jest as he got
much as rod away it was time ter
pull out.
81 pulled the whistle an waited
full time, but he turned round mighty
moderate an come toward the plank.
The men commenced ter haul it on,
an we fell back from the wharf.
Then he broke into "a run, an waved
his hat an shouted.
when we was clear of everything
hollered back, "Hurry up, little
chap, or you'll hev ter Walk an Il
lot OF sech talk, when l got signal
from the cap'n that was 'longside ter
put Lack. an flndin' somethin' un-
usual was up, he'd to.
"Tte men lowered the plank, an
the little man walked on board an
come right up ter the pilot-house an
| passed me his card.
"He was the owner of the whole
line of steamers, an he says, very
slow an kind, 'Speakin' of walkin'.
p'raps you'd better go ashore now,
fore they draw the plank in. We
shan't need you on this trip"
"What did you do?"
"Do? Why, went, Of course, an
my assistant run the trip. The mat
ter was fixed up, but when make &
joke now l take keer it's one thai
amt coming how ter rOost."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

thekprinter for publication under his
own name. These scribss were sup.
posed to be his secretaries, to whom
he simply dictated the pages of HE
stories, and the public. of course, he.
lieyed that they were all the mental
product OF the great Dumas himself.
A novel a month was issued from this
factory" with the result that the
elder, like one OF his characters,
'Monto Cristo," reveled in golden
louis, but spent them as freely and as
easily as he won them.
World
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
How Our Forefathers Silent.

In the earliest times the whole
family slept in the common hail.
The first improvement was the cree.
ton Of the solar or upper chamber.
This was above the hall, or a portion
of it, or over the kitchen and buttery
attached to the hall. The arrange.
ment may still be observed in many
of the old colleges of Oxford and
Cambridge.
The solar was first the sleeping
room of the To- and lady, though
afterwards it served not only for this
purpose, bat also as an ante-chamber
to the dormitory of the daughters and
maid servants The men Of the
household still sept in the hall be-
low; later on, bed recesseS were con-
trived in the wall, as one may find in
Northumberland at the present day.
The bed was as a rule, except for
the ladies of the house, merely bag
stuffed with straw. A sheet wrapped
round the body formed the only
nightdress. But there were also pill
lows, blankets, and coverlets.
The early English bed was quite as
luxurious as any that followed after,
until the Invention of the spring mat
tress gave new and hitherto un-
hoped for Joy to the hours of night.
The second step in advance was the
ladies' bower, room or suitOf rooms
set apart for the ladies OF the house
and their women.
For the first time, as soon as this
room was added, the women could
follow their own avocations of en-
broiderv, spinning, and needle work
of all kinds, apart from the rough
and noisy talk of the men.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
Dumas Pere and His .Factory,"

In a conversation which l had with
NJ. Dumas he gave me some inter
esting details of his earlier life. He
was born in Paris on July y, 1924,
and while a youth was the pet of his
gencrous-hearted father, Alexandra
Dumas. the elder, who at that time
was managing what the son sardoni-
cally STYLED a "fabriQue DIES romans"
or factory OF novels" employing
several impecunlOus writer's at 80
much a week, furnishing each with a
particular plot for particular story,
and leaving the dialogue and descrip.
tion to be filled in by them. When
the ''cOpy" was finished the elder
would revise it and send it direct to
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
a True Hero.

The city of Ma;sc Hes in France,
was once afflicted with the plague.
So terrible was it that it caused par
cnts to desert children, and children
to forget the obligations to their own
parents
The city became as a desert, and
funerals were constantly passing
through the streets. Everybody was
sad, for nobody could stop the ravages
OF the plague.
The ply .icians were helpless ard
as they net one day t. talk over the
matter and see II something could
not be done to prevent this great de-
struction of life, it wa, decided that
nothing could be affected without
opening corpse in order to find out
the mysterious character OF the dis
ease.
All agreed upon the plan, but who
should lie the victim? For it was
held certain that the operator would
die soon after.
Suddenly one of the most cele-
brated physicians. man in the
prime of life, rose from his seat and
said
"Be it 20; devote myself to the
safety OF my country. Before this
numerous assembly l swear. in the
name OF humanity and rel gion. that
tomorrow at the reak OF day l will
dissect IA corpse, and write down, as
l proceed, what Observe"
He Immediately left the room, and
as he was rich he made will, and
spent the night in religious exercises
During the day man died in the
house of the plague, and at daybreak
the following morning the physician,
who e name was GuyOn, entered the
room and critically made the exami.
nat on.
He then left the room, threw the
papers into a vase of vinegar that
they might not convey the disease to
another. and retired to convenient
place, where he died in twelve hours
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
Peter, the mint Bird"

If you have a silver dollar Of 1896,
1888, or 1899, or one of the first nickel
cents coined in 1856, you will find
upon it the tue portrait of an
American eagle that was for many
years a familiar sight in the streets
Of Philadelphia. Peter" one Of the
finest eagles ever captured alive, was
the pet of the Philadelphia mint. and
was generally known as the mint
bird" Not only did he have free &C.
ce,s TO every part of the mint, going.
without hindrance into the treasure
vaults, where even the Treasurer OF
the United States would not 90 alone,
but he used his own pleasure in go
ing about the city, flying over the
houses, sometimes perching upon
lamp-posts IN the streets. Everybody
knew him and admired him, and
even the street boys treated him with
respect. The Government provided
his daily fare, and he was as much
part OF the mint establishment as the
superintendent or the chief coiner.
He was so kindly treated that ne had
no fear of anybody or anything, and
he might be in the mint yet if he had
not sat down to rest upon one of the
great fly wheels The wheel started
without warning, and Peter was
caught in the machinery. One of
his wings was broken, and he died a
few days later. The superintendent
had his body beautifully mounted,
with the wings spread to their fullest
extent; and to this day Peter stands
in a glass case, in the mint's cabinet,
where you may see him when you 20
there. An exact portrait of him as
he stands in the case was put upou
the coins named. -Harper's Young
People.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23
Complimentary.

An author recently received a SIN.
gular compliment. A burglar broke
into his house, and found the manu-,
script Of a novel, which he took,
leaving the following note: Sir
began to read your novel, and / was
so deeply interested in it that l was
obliged to carry it away, but it will
be faithfully returned when finished. T"
The manuscript was duly returned,
with really clever critiQue on it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

He (at midnight)-Funny custom
the Chinese have. The hostess is ex-
pected to notify the caller when it is
time t. 20. She with a siRh)-But
we are in America, you know.-Ex.
change.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

THE tornado" said the artist, "is
an example OF the great force that
may to found in q rough draft. -
Washington Star.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-23

No MAN likes to see the woman be
loves spit