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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
A NO.TO.RAC MIRACLE.
PHYSICAL. rEH FICTION PREVENTED
NY THEI-E az TOBACCO.
A Old TimsT OF T~eHty-three Year. TO-
Baeco Che~iRg asd smoking tnrea' AA1
Gains Twenty PsuHds In Thirty os'-

A Old TimsT OF T~eHty-three Year. TO-
baeco Che~iag asd smoking Cnres' AA'
Gaias Twenty Pounds la Thiro o-
LAKE, GENEv.. Wis, July A-sPeclai.-
The ladies OF our beautiful little town are
making an interesting and exciting time TOT
,ohsoco-using HUSBANDS, since the Injurious
srart, of tobacco an 4 the ease Win "nieh
n can be cured by a preparation called NO.
To-Bac. have been so plainly demonstrated
by the cure OF Mr.. F G. Waite. Ia written
.,a,emsnt he SAYS. Il smoked aud chewed
tobacco Tor twenty-tnre- years, and | am
sure that my case was one OF the worst in
this part oIthe country. Even after went
TO led at night. II l woke up | would want
to chew or smoke. II was not only killing
me hut nv wife was also ailing from the in
furious effects. Two boxes OF No-Fo-Bac
cured me, and have no more desire for to-
baeco than have to jump out OF the win
dow. Ihsve gained twenty pounds In th'rty
days, my wife is well. and we are indeed
both happy to say that No-To-Bac is truly
worth its weight in gold to US.
The cure and improvement IN Mr.. ware
case Is looked upon as miracle-in fact,
is the talk OF the town and county, ana IL ID
estimated that over thousand TOBACCO
users will be using To-Bac within ie"
weeks. The popularity about No-To-Bac as
a patent medicine is that the makers, the
Sterling Remedy Company, No. 40 Randolph
street, Chicago. absolutely guarantee the
use OF three boxes to cure or refund the
money, aud the cost, t2.5O, is 50 trlftng as
compared with the expensive and unneces-
sary use Of tobacco that tobacco using hus-
bands have no good excuse TO offer when
their wives insist upon taking No-To-bac
and getting results In the way OF pure, sweet
breath, wonderful Improvement in their
mental and physical condition. with prac-
teal rehabilitation OF their nicotized nerves.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

Bill--You look bad, jim. Been
laid up?
Jim-Sorter. To-day's first time
out of doors for three months.
Bill-What WAS the matter with
you?
Jim Nothin'. But the Judge
wouldn't believe il.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

Dwight Beebe of New London, aged a.
II fireman, was struck by the Block Island
excursion train in the New London, North-
ern freight yard, Norwich, Conn, and fatally
Injured. His left hand was severed, his back
Injured aud his lody paralyzed. He died
soon 500 after being removed TO the hospital in
ried daughter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

The president sent to the senate the nomi
nation Of Clifton Il. Breckenridge OF Arkan-
sas to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary Of the United States to
Russia. vice Andrew d. White, resigned. Mr.
White was former president Of Cornell Uni.
vetsity clifton Breckenridge has been help.
ing Chairman Wilson and Will continne to do
so.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

Ninc-tenths OF the business portion Of kl
Paso, Ill was burned involving loss OF
$3.50 900. The fire was occasioncd by "a match
ignited to warm n curling iron falling into n
pan OF gasoline. Twenty barrels OF gasoline
nnd twenty barrels Of kerosene took fire and
the building went up in Il sheet OF flame. The
property burned includes the Eagle Block
Peora store and the FL Paso journal. Tho
Insurance is about one half Of the loss,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use the California liquid lax
alive, Syrup Of Figs, under all conditions
makes 1t their favorte remedy. To get the
true and genuine article, look for the name OF
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near the
bottom Of the package.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
ASSIST NATURE
q little NOW and taen,

Q little now and tnen,
with q gentle, cleans
Ing laxative, thereby
removing offending
matter from the stom-
ach and bowels, and
toning up and lnyigo-
rating tie liver and
quickening its tardy
action, and you there
by remove the cause
OF q multitude Of dis
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

DR.. Klmers SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Con suit; ion free
Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

housekeeping done easy with SAvENA.-
Try it, A different present in every package
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

Three hundred and sixty mountains in the
the United States are over 10000 feet high.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

The population of the earth doubles itself
every 200 years. NE30
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

HALE's Honey of HorehOund and Tar re-
lieves whoopng cough.
pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27

SAvENA for washing blankets Ii leaves
them soft and white without shrinking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-07-27
MAP STORE.

Where road map. Of Massac husctts, Maine, New
HampShir. Rhode Island and Connecticut. new
uIrto-iAte, all points ~ Interest price 81 and -
cents Guide book, atlas-., and every think IN tie
way ot MARI and books for summer rradin; may
catalogue, DAMRELL a UPHAM, ~ Washington
Street, Boston
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

is the feast of the year, when gentle and simple meet and enjoy themselves together, irrespective of social barrier and caste, SO vigorously observed on other occasions.
 This view of Halloween will perhaps be entirely new to majority of those who read this writing. Halloween is observed in the United States, to be sure, and perhaps in some parts of the country with some of the same super stition that marks its observance among those who dwell on the British isles, but this is rarely the fact among those of the old time American stock" This is especially true of those descended from the Puritans. Those sturdy old iconoclasts cast out all sorts of belief regarding saints days and pagan festi- vals, including even Christmas and the Eastertide, in their prohibition of cele- brations that savored of either the Ro- man church or the Druids. The observ- ance of Halloween is n mixture of | both, and I have no doubt that there are many thousands in the United States, some of whom will read these words, who were in as dense ignorance of Halloween in their childhood as was a business man of one of our largest cities with whom I conversed the other day.
 "I never heard of Halloween at all when was n boy," said this man. ''I never heard of Easter either until was r. or IS. Full knowledge of both did not como to me till went away to school with money had earned work I in,v s,, Ia hax-Anll l,n ar,,la 1 chard, and then read their history in the Book of Days But I knew all about Paas q used to spell it Possl and cabbage night. l used to hide eggs ill the haymow for days, waiting for the first, and tine standing cabbages and the swinging gates of the neighbors used to suffer on the second, I tell you.
 Cabbage night! That's the title the American boy applies to Halloween. And right lusty. sturdy savage the American boy is like to be on that night. It must be confessed that the joys of cabbage night, its breathless exertions and runnings here and there in the dark ness, its pulling of bells and knocking at doors. its lifting and Juggling of gates, its stretching of ropes across paths tc trip the unwary, all seem rather flat and silly to tho man whose hair is get. ting gray and who is beginning to be fat or rheumatic or perhaps both. But they weren't flat and silly some 20 ol 30 years ago. were they. old fellow? Dc you remember what fun you had stealth fly tying two cabbages to Deacon FL lis front door knob on cabbage night in lS61 or 1868? How you then knock ed at the door and dodged behind the big cherry tree in the yard where Ton Waters was hidden before you? How you then saw the young theological stu dent. who was ''settin up" with tho deacon's pretty niece, when he opened
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
MINERS AMBUSHED.
Seven Shot by strikers and Two Fatally In
 jured.
NJ. l. DEXTER

Seven Shot by Strikers and Two Fatally In-
 Jured.
 ASHLAND, Ky. Oct. l9-Further TO- ports como slowly in of tho bloody attack upon the defenseless miners at the mines of the Straight Greek company in Carter county by strikera The mon were am pushed while on route to their work, and seven arc reported to have been his by balls from winchester rifles. Jack Mar cum Is fatally hurt and John Morris dan- gerously wounded. The others arc not seriously injured
 The sheriff's posse caught George Ty- roo, Bob and John Taylor, Jim Coburn and several moro strikers in the woods, but they were unarmed and professed in- nocenoe. They arc being held for further investigation.
 An attempt by the company to work nonunion labor in opposition to tho de- mands of tho United Mine Workers is tho cause of the trouble. Additional trouble Is feared. as excitement is running high. and heavy guards are being placed
 Never siicc apples for making pies. Quarter, core and cut each quarter in two pieces.
 Cold meat heated with little curry Is far moro digestiblo and far moro nourishing than cold meat alone.
 Pineapple and Edam cheese should bc cut % that the top will flt Un again and thus exclude the air and keep tho cheese in good condition.
 Sacuc tartare is made by adding three olives, ono ghcrkin, a tcaspoonful of ca- pcrs, all chopped finely, and a teaspoonful of tarragon vinegar to a half pint of good mayonnaise.
 Cucumber punch" Is a German drink made of Maraschino, curacoa, sliced cu- cumbers, raw tomatoes and rcd wine Some ignorant people have mistaken h for vegetable soup.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
Hnu--I,cIsI RrrNItir<

When hUu>ccleaniuE,. remember that it only requires half as much rcst to prevent grcat fati-G" as it does to re- cover from it
 Plaster uf paris Is b,St for mending holes in walls. Wet only a small amount at time. as il quickly harJlens
 Prepare f,-nnel tea like anT tea and add a little to each bottle of milk for babies trouble.l with wind cOl:c-
 All you can do for tron.cs is tO keep them well wiped and duSted If more is required, they should he sent to a professional cleaner, as they have n pc culiar finish that is very easily injured
 Have at hand strong pole 10 use as q lever in lifting heavy pieces of furni- turo of the carpet when you take it up. and secure one of the men to do the hoisting,
 It is quitc correct to drink bouillon from the cup as we'll as to take it with a spoon.
 A raw ee,g. swallowed immediately, will generally carry a fish bone down that cannot be removed by the utmost excrtion and has got out of reach oi the saving finger.
 Grape juice sealed and kept without fermentation makes a delightful as well As hcalthful drink
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

the door? How he was so angry when he saw the joke that he began to say something that sounded very much like a ''big, big D:" How you snickered so loud that he heard you, and darting out into the darkness caught you both and dragged you into the parlor, where he stood you, nearly helpless with mortifi- cation, before his sweetheart, preached you little sermon, smiling the while, which sounded very funny to the young lady, but very serious to you? And how at the windup he confessed that he had himself done such things when he was boy, but thought them rude and sug. gested that in future you spend Hallow. cen going about restoring unhinged
 gates to their own and the commission
 of other similar good deeds?
 If that reminiscence be not one of yours, then one somewhat similar prob. l, ably is unless you were a city boy. as
 was not. I suppose there is no doubt
 that town born lads have quite as much
 fun in their weak way and manner as
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

country lads, but must coiIfess I have never been able to understand how.
 It is not putting it inaccurately. l imagine, to say that Halloween, ob- served according to tho methods that are time honored across the ocean, is a new institution, comparatively speak ing at least. in America It was brought here by settlers who came latter than the Puritans, by immigrants who came to better their condition and not for liberty of conscienca. In some sections where the population is largely made up of this latter element the old Eng fish, Scotch and Irish legends undoubt- edly obtain, yet it is extremely doubt ful if there is one-tenth of the Hal loween superstition anywhere in the United States that exists in the mother country unless it is among the negroes of the south, where, since the extreme observances of the occasion resemble those of the "voodoo doctors" so close ly, it has been completely assimilated into the system of superstitions held by the children of Africa.
 A sort of half belief in Halloween superstition has been widely dissemi- mated by the boarding schools of the land. and it is safe to assume that there Is far more of Halloween observance among the children and young folks of the rich and well to do than among those whose parents work for wages throughout the land. It is quite cus- tomary nowadays for parents to plan Halloween parties for their children, at which many of the sports of the season are entered into.
 Bobbing for apples, throwing apple peelings over one's shoulder to see what initials the peelings will form, pouring melted lead into water for n similar purpose and the like are favorite diver sions at these little parties. As diversions they are harmless, but in all seriousness the medication of superstitions at Hal loween, or any other time, for that mat ter, should be avoided, for the human creature is desperately inclined to be superstitious, no matter how modern. and there is nothing more torturing in life than to be n victim of some be- lief ill the significance of omcns and signs and prescntiments. even if the vic tim knows in his inmost heart that there is nothing at all to justify such belief.
 As q study the folklore of Hallow. cen is most inter esting. The origin oi the observance is unmistakably Druid
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

two devotees knelt before the altar rail. Father Johnson reminded them that they were to devote their entire time to the work of the order, and in the inter vals of nursing to study medicine and religion, and that they were to take vows of poverty, obedience and cclibacy. He then said:
 Do you promise that from this day until the feast of the circumcision of Our Blessed Lord you will live according to that rule of life which have laid down for you, and do you make this promise with the aim of so advancing the king dom of Christ and so doing his will that you may be considered worthy of q more extended conservation to n reli. gious life:"
 The novitiatcs answered in unison:
 II will, by Gods help"
 The service ended with n few prayers and litany.
 This vow only binds them for three months. At the end of that time, if SC minded, they will take the vows for six months, then for one year, and then the final vows will be taken, and if the bishop approves the order will be found ed and known as the Order of the Good Samaritan. Mir. Tibbutts is an English man by birth and MT. Davidson New Englandcr. The former worked in thi. line i'll the parish of St. Albans, London
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
THE DIVINE IN HE COMMONPLACE

At the moment thai Fate had set apart For their meeting. ,Aey met, and from heart
 to heart
 bond of sympathy straightway grew. And one theT hvcG:ue who till then were two. Had you asEe,i hi, friends to tell you aught Of the kind of fellow the girl had caught" One would have Ca.!ed him ''an honest sou!: Another. ''a very good sort, on the who.e," And all would assure you the man had naught or hidden depths. and they couldn't conceive c'But you cant account for q wuman's whim!'l Whatever the girl could see in him. Her friends would have answered much the
 
 Of the girl hencc:orward to bear his name, "A plain, little, i..oiTcrsive thing, Lucky to win ;hc wedding Tins;; Pleasant enough, but tame as tRme," And try as they might they couldn't perceive (''But q mans Sucn 8 turuabuut charGcter!O Whatever her husband could see in her Such would have been the wise worlds speech While love transit -ured each for each, And she was his soul's mysterious star And he her wonderful Avatar-
 Spectator.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
Utilize the Window stills.

In all houses nowadays the window sills can be turned to account if they are broad and of good space in length If narrow, they may be rendered valu- able by being fitted with wide shelf supported on brackets This shelf should be covered with suitable material In a library or sitting room this shelf will form an admirable receptacle for light literature and newspapers For bed rooms, what is better than the broad sill? It holds the workbasLet. an excel lent resting place for the pretty canary in fact. for all the settleiowns whict the feminine nature adOres In a lady: boudOir it is like T cOZy corner. an am pie space for books. also the paper and letter rack. n pretty plant or any knick' knack which needs an undisturbed place
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19

TWO HAZEL. NUTS | THREW INTO THE FLAME ical, and, although the date was shifted to that of All Souls night when Chris tianity usurpcd hcathenism among the Teutons, the Anglo-S Saxons and the Celts, there is nothing about its legends and ceremonies that does not savor of the pagan Pulling the kali GOT Cabbage) to find if ones spouse to ho will bC stout or lean l. one, aud from this no doubt came the hilarious phantaSies of the American cabbage night. Hazel nuts and chCsuIuts play an important part in English Halloween olrstrvances. The poet Gray tells of this most delightful ly i'll these lines:
 Two hazel nuts thT, " into the flame,
 And to each nut gave a ~w,D thvart' 'S name. This with the l"utl'~t t'nun'''' m" s'rr nmazed, That in n fam" of brightest color blnz,d. As blaZCss nut ID may thy passion Erow,
 For twas thine U'.n that did s.' brightly glow. In the old days it was believed that witches cid travel abundantly on Hal lowecn. The fairies, too. did then dis port themselves most friskily, and spells then worked that worked no other night. The burning of bomfircs was general in Wales and Scotland on Halloween. and lads and maybe lasscs, too. then went out masked and dressed in garments of quaint design.
 There were also many games on Hal | loween in other times of which noth- ing is preserved. save in tradition. Some of these games wCr" such as would not he admissible now. fey the refine mept of those old days was much less | than that of today, no matter how they | may have cxC"llrd tho present in other directions. Those games which had for their object the discovery of n future husbands or wife's identity were nat urally most popular. Hero is recipe for securing an answer to the question 1 supposed tO be most important to every girl. It is from an ancient publication, entitled The True Fortune Teller" To know whether n woman will have the man she wishes get two lemon peels. Wear them all day. one ir each pocket. At night rub the four posts | of the bedstoad with them. If she is tC succeed. the person will appear in heI sleep and present her with q couple oi lemons. If not, there is no hope. Here is one from the latitude of Chi cago. It is especially adapted to city ob 1 servance, but it is not warranted: Fill your mouth with salt and run around the block, when your true love will oi a surety show himself.
 Eva Lovett has put this one into rhyme It is an old fayorite with al Halloween devotees:
 At midnight lunc hcmpsCcd is thrown
 CThe peeping elves can scc).
 ''I SOW hcmpsced. my love, indeed.
 Como garner after mel
 | M nPxTER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
TITS FAIRIES NIGHT.
ALL HALLOWEEN, WHEN TO YOUR SIGHT MAY BE, | WIEN,

Revealed Your Future spouse's Face, In
 All Its Ugliness and Graee-That's What
 They Think In the "Auid Countrec.- but
 Hardly, I Trow, on This Side the Sea
 A Scotch writer who contributed an article to an American newspaper about Halloween last year declared himself "very much impressed by the almost universal observance of Halloween and its old customs in America r He added that the forms most taken by the obsery- ance of the nigh there were, and equal. ly to his interest, rather Scotch h-Irish than English. Farther on he says that Halloween has always been and still
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
A MEDICAL MONK.
George w. Davidson First to Take Vows
 In New Religious Order.

George W. Davidson First to Take Vows
 In New Religions Order.
 MT. George W. Davidson who was is now Brother Aloysius. His friend, Mir. Joseph Tebbutts, is Brother Joseph, and these are the first of a New York organization of medical monks. Every general reader has noted the tendency of late years among Protestants to estab- fish orders of a religious and charitable nature, to take vows and all that sort of thing, and this new order is designed for nursing and simple medical work among the poor. The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, at Park avenue and Eighty-second street, New York city, is the home of the new order, and tho no- vitiates took their vows before and made their promises to the rector, Rev. Wll- liam l.. Johnson.
 Only seven persons were present be- sides the novitiates and church officials. After the usual afternoon services the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.
Immcn-r Interests Controlled by the '
 tionaI Wholesale Drug.ists' Association

Immcn-e Interests Controlled by the Ma
 tionnI Wholesale Druggists' Association.
 A free lunch at Dclmonico's at o'clock every day for five days was one of the features of the National Whole sale Druggists association convention in New York recently when Thomas F. Main was chosen president of the asso- citation. Mir. Main is n resident of New York city and a member of a large wholesale drug firm. The convention was the eighteenth in the history of the organization. the objects of which are to take the sting out of hostile legislation, devise plans for the betterment of the trade and promote good fellowship among the members.
 The association was organized in 1876 as the Western Wholesale Druggists association and embraced at the time only the trade west of the Allcghauies, but the benefits that resulted were so apparent to the entire wholesale drug trade that ill 1882 tho eastern men join ed, and the name was changed to the National Wholesale Druggists associa,