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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
pOstOfliCc Plans.

The RoXbury Improvement society,
which sent "A letter to the postoflice
department Mt Washington few
weeks ago, in relation to the estub-
lshmeut of station ut RlXbury
crossing, received reply from aching
first assistant post ter general
Lamar, the contents OF which
has caused considerable comment
among postal officials and others in
Boston. 1t is to the effect that corps
of postal inspectors will arrive IN Bos-
ton in few days for the express pur-
pose of making Il thorough eXamina-
ton of the Boston postoitice and its
stations and reorganlze them if ne
| ccssary.
This information has caused sur
prise to many of the leading officials
in the city, and they are anXlously
awaiting the arrival of the Inspectors
What the direct cause of their visit TO
Boston is cannot be surmised at pres
ent. They believe that their visit Is
not for the purpose Of investigating
or examining the present admlnlstra-
ton, unless it is to look over the sys-
tenn in vogue, and to investigate the
feasibility of consolidating all the
/ postotlices within radius OF 30 miles
of Boston, as has been recommended
/ by the present postmaster to the de-
partment. The postmaster general l.
/ in favor Of the scheme, and has al
ready been given authority by Pres.
/ Cleveland to extend the service III the
large cities of the country, and it wa'
stated at Washington only shor'
time ago that Boston would he tn,
first city to receive attention as far Il.
the subject was concerned.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
THE GIRLS OF JERUSALEM,

OF social life the girls of Jerusalem
know nothing absolutely nothing,
writes Edwin S. Wallace, United
States Consul ut Jerusalem, in the
Ladies' Home Journal. They occa-
sionally meet, few together, and ap-
pear to enjoy each others company a
little. They talk about their house
hold work-which is really everything
they know--and indulge in some light
gossipy chat about friends, though
their gossip is never of harmful
kind. In conversation they show
some little animation and spirit, but,
being ignorant and illiterate, they
have no idea of grammatical form OF
expression. Occasionally cards, dom.
inoes and checkers are played, but the
native girls have little inclination for
any pastime involving mental effort.
Such things as dances, fetes and fairs
are unknown to the girls of Jerusalem
occasionally they are taken on fam.
fly picnic to some olive orchard near
their homes where they pass part Of
the day. From these and all similar
gatherings men are barred. There il
absolutely no commingling of the
sexes. For girl to appear at any as
semblage where there are men would
be regarded as audacious and shock
ing. No Jerusalem girl would do such
thing she would not dream of com
uniting SO fatal breach in the un
written, though well-de6ned, law gov
erning the conduct of her sex. Sc
strict is this law, or custom, of exclu
sion that under no circumstance
would girl attend the wedding o
her brother to which were bidder
guests outside the immediate families
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
How Lions, Tigers and Painters KILL

Lions, tigers and panthers Kill IL
the same manner, usually by seilIlS
the throat, and so dragging the O9a%
to the ground. Sometimes l have ioul1
claw marks on the withers when the
kill has been big animal sucl Is
water butfaloes, showing that the 0es''
has sprung on its back first and tAeu
buried its teeth in the throat. Dea,a
is caused sometimes by broken nech'
but more often, / am inclined to thlnA'
by sufocation. | have been within .
few feet of a lion as he killed don,
key. The weight of the lions body Oh
course dashed the donkey to lnT
ground, but from the gaspins sound !
heard-it was too dark to see-I tniuA
the do akey was chokel to death.
Once | saw, in broad daylight .
panther seize goat. 1t was the worn
of an instant The panther rushed iu'
made a complete somersault with 'u0
goat in his jaws, then sprang up, drog,
ping the goat, which lay still WIN :
broken neck. But then again near"
panther kill goat at night, Wnen
the poor animals cries told OF Pto
longed agony, rs if it was being e"'sD
alive. -Scribner's
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
CURIOUS TkUT<.
Altar Of roses b 500 an ----.

Altar OF roses j. SlU0 az 1---,
A Rochester -. y barb.rs.r-.
sued for 5000 for shaving OF a ~
mustGcLe.
Perfumes were exclusively rsar
ancient Egypt IN the eaallas-. =
dead bodies.
In 1891 il cost Great Britain -.r.-
than $4,000 TO combat TIE I..-,
plague of Cyprus.
Pure white geraniums, l18,s-. -.
though they we're made OF 49,.
transparent wax, are grown by H.,
lish florists.
Court dress in Berlin is O. De --s
eIled on the Venetian costume az -.
renaissance. The Dcpntics viii !.
pear as Venetian Senators.
Nutmegs are the stone OF fru...--,s
in a fieshy hull. They are rrsr.,5
by being hulled, dried aud iiar.-.5
in a solution OF lime and salt vl,-,
Charles a. Tyler has been a "
York lette--carrier for fifty years.t,s
has met many prominent men f-,
Henry Clay down to the present.,
There was a railroad week at-,
terbury, y. H., the other To-,
which 1000 dozer eggs were su.s5
and scattered all over tie al,o-.,
landscape.
The Roman builders were per!s,sr
acquainted with one OF the mos. moi.
ern wrinkles OF fireproot cousru,,ir
the use of porous or hollow b...g
in fiat arches for the sake o. ly-.
ness.
At Bangor, Ne, the other da7s
woman was convicted of thrashingb,
husband, and fined 50 and costs. 81.
said that she had no money, so ii.
husband pulled out his roll, paid he
/ fine, and walked off with his bette
half.
Six deer quietly grazing in biz
meadow one day recently caused
farmer OF Prospect, Ne, to wonder
whether deer were astonishilsl7
abundant and tame or whether The
hunters were driving them all out o.
the woods.
Sixty-two years ago Mrs. Gibbs, G!
Georgia, bore triplet of boys The
three met recently at the ATLANTA Fair.
They are all over six feet tall s1l
weigh over 200 pounds apiece One
lives in Georgia, one in North Gao.
lima, and one in South Carolina
A valuable arm chair is IN the pos.
session of the Earl of Radnor. 1t orig.
inally cost $50, 900, and was presented
by the city of Augsburg to Emperor
Rudolph H., Of Germany, about the
year 1876. 1t is of steel, and took the
artist about thirty years to make.
In Poland it was once the custom
to sentence backbiters to 60 on all
fours and bark like a dog for III
space of quarter of an hour. Ihi
mode OF punishment was introduce
during the reign of Charles Y. but j
was soon abolished, as it had to b
applied so frequently that Hi
( Maiesty's rest was disturbed for tn
barking went on all the forenoo
while the courts were sitting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

If there is to be nu advance in the
salaries of the teachers OF the public
schools of this city, justice and equity
demand that the great body of women
instructors, who now receive but S744
year, should be the first to benefit
by the increase. No doubt the mas
tiers of our Boston schools are, as a
whole, capable and efficient teachers,
but they are not now SO poorly paid
that their claims for an advance in
salary may not we'll be held in abey-
ance at least until the far greater
claims of their faithful subordinates
for additional pay have received favor
able consideration. Our school board
should be just before it is generous.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

Henry NJ. Whitney of the pharmacy
board said recently, with regard to
the action of the board as to druggists
that sell liquor. 1t does not appear
that the board is seeking for any extra
powers, but the pharmacy laws have
been inspected, coditied and arranged
and will be reported to the general
court before Jan. /. The board asks
for the right to withdraw n certificate
when an error has been made in grant
ing it. Mr.. Whitney says: "Ihe
movement is one that will advance the
cause of Temperance and will prove a
benefit to the pnbhc and be II safe
guard to reputable pharmacists. " We
ask too, for an extension of the time
limit of Is days, rs we have II number
of cases where persons have left the
state. We want the publishing of the
notice to be sufficient to revoke the
license, "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
THE cow PEA.

The COW pea is highly esteemed by
Southern farmers as crop for plow-
ing under and also to grow for its
forage. An esteemed correspondent
writes in letter published this week,
urging its cultivation by Northern
farmers as substitute for clover, or
rather on lant where clover cannot be
grown. But the time when the COW
pea is to be plowed under must always
be at the end Of the growing Sc lson. Ii
requires warmth and long season to
attain maturity. Some of the earlier
and smaller varieties mightlipen seeds
in our Northern States in favorable
seasons, but these could not be de-
pended On. The farmer who can grow
clover will find it much more satlsfac-
tory than to grow the cow pea, Ii q
large amount of foliage is turned un-
der late IN the season it will rot, and
much of its nitrogen will be washed
away before spring. In most cases it
will probably pay better for those who
grow COW peas to cut and feed the for
age, thus turning 1t into manure in
stead of blowing it under. The plow-
ing can then be left until spring, and
after feeding the pea forage, what man
ure it makes can be spread over the
surface. -American Cultivator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
SOME HINTS FOR FARMERS.

An intelligently conducted country
fair supplies means for the inter
change of ideas. Here the farmers,
gardeners, orchardists and horticul-
turists can obtain information of in
terest not to be easily derived by in
dividual efforts. Here the actual re-
suits of experiments in plant treat
ment, stock-breeding, new varieties of
fruits and truck can be seen, and notes
made about useful points in agricul-
turaI economy. A fraternal feeling
usually pervades these fairs. The ex-
hlbitors are genial, being gratitied at
having made successful departure
from some OF the time-worn systems.
1t is no small consideration when
many visitors to these fairs realize
that they have the advantage of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

1t is an excellent time to fix the
beds of asparagus and rhubarE before
the ground is solidlv frozen. The
beds should be completely cleared Of
weeds, and light blowing with the
hand plow will do this as quickly as
may be done with horse pillow, for
only the surface needs to be plowed
three inches deep. All the weeds and
trash and the old stems are to be re-
moved, then the manure spread evenly
until the ground Is wholly covered.
The same is needed for the rhubarb,
except that four or five year-old roots
should be taken up and divided and
repanted, in addition to the cleaning
and manuring of the ground. The
stools should then be heaped over
with manure and brush, or other pro
lection on this, SO that the first
warmth of the ground in the spring
will start an early growth of some OF
the roots selected for this purpose.
A supply of this most desirable
vegetable may be secured for use in
the winter Ivy taking up a few roots
and potting them in boxesin the cellar,
keeping the soil moist, and thus fore,
ing a growth of stems that will greatly
please the housekeeper by the welcome
variety of few of those pleasant
tarts and things thus made possible il
the dull season. New York Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

Boston station of the United States
weather bureau is without doubt one
OF the most important in that valuable
branch of the government service. The
great nor'-easters that sweep down the
20 st, causing wrecks among the coast.
wise marine service, or sweeping in
from the sea, devastate the agricultural
sections of the interior, are first her
aided from the Boston station, while
the big blows that came bowling down
over the great lakes from the nor west
find the mariner under close reef
awaiting them, for out along the har-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

SHE HAS MADE A sue CESS OF FARMING.
\ young woman who is making a big
success of farming on large and
varied scale was one of the principal
exhibitors in the agricultural sections
at the Atlanta Exposition. She is Miss
Annie Dennis, OF Talbotton, Ga, and
is about twenty-five years old. She
has q fine estate of about a thousand
acres, on which she has stock farm,
dairy, an extensive piggery, vine
yard, and canning and preserving es-
Establishment. She personally directs
the work on the estate, and has made
u notable success in every branch. She
began farming seven years ago, and
since then has taken more than hun
bred prizes at fairs with various pro-
ducts of her farm. She ascribes her
success to long course of study in
agricultural problems, and to the utili-
cation OF every proved scientific
method in her farming operations. -
New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

Another bridegroom has failed to
"show up" at his own wedding.
There are greater crimes a man can
commit than this; but there are few
actions that are meaner or more con-
temptible. The frequency with which
this thing is coming to occur shows
that there are young men not only
utterly lacking in gallantry, but who
are strangely devoid of n sense of
honor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
Four Precious Ink Bottles.

Four ink bottles, from which some Of
the greatest literary works of the cen
fury issued, are to be on view, says
our Paris correspondent, at an ap-
preaching exhibition of relics. They
We're used severally by Victor Hugo,
Lamartine, the elder Dumas and George
Sand. Nine. Victor Hugo collected
them to sell at n charity bazaar in
Guernsey To this end she had them
set in frame of oak that could be
used as a table. With each is a letter
attesting its authenticity. Victor Hugo
said: Il did not buy or choose this ink
bottle, but fell on it by chance and used
1t for months. 1t was asked of me for
a work of charity, and here 1t is
Hauteville House, June, 1860" Lamar
tine wrote: presented by Lamartinc
to a master Of the pen" Dumas the
elder thus certified: Il certify that this
Is the ink bottle | used in writing nv
last fifteen works-A. Dumas, 10 April,
1860" George Sand in 4 letter of
three pages. begs Nine. Hugo to excuse
the uglinesS of her box ink bottle. when
shuts with spring. She used it in all
her tours and wanderings, and could
only part with 1t for the sake of Nine
Hugos charity Daily News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
PARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

An empty wood shed is the sign of
poor dinner.
Ifyou work yourself those around
you will work.
Take care of the chips and you will
never be without fire.
A load of muck is worth ton of
malt, and costs less to get it.
A farmer who does not see the sun
rise has need for an alarm clock.
As manure spreader the sheep
beats all the modern contrivances.
No need to buy a new farm go long
as you can make the old one better.
Not every egg is sound that seems
so, and lame horse makes a lame
farmer.
Pumpkin seed should be removed
from the pumpkin when fed to COWS
or brood sows.
Waste leads to want, and want lends
to Woe; before you start consider
which way you go.
If you have not put in supply of
dirt for dust bath and absorbent I'M
der perches, it Is about time it was
done.
Drinking water should always be
within reach, and at all times fresh.
1t will also pay to always feed good,
sound grain.
Farmers will do well to diversity
their live stock business. Three kinds
of domestic animals should be kept on
the farm continually, as a rule.
The corn is rs good a deposit as
money in the bank If kept dry and
free from vermin. 1t will pay q
larger profit within three years than
the money, too, if safely insured
against tire, food, etc.
Alter several years trial OF kainit
on the corn crop, an experienced
friend reports: "Since I commenced
to apply kaluit to nv corn crop when
planting it, have never had stand
spoilt with cut worms.
Nothing is more helpful in allaying
Inflammation in the udder than fire.
queut bathing with hot water, as hot
as can be borne to the hand. Ii the
udder is seriously infamed steam it
and apply flannel dipped in hot
water.
| The cheap grain now will be worth
double present value within so years,
probably. twill pay to preserve care.
fully. Substitute the perishabie vege.
tables, and bulky provender, when.
ever possible with the food OF the
store stock.
Carrots are highly relished by
horses. A few carrots, fed raw, after
being sliced, will prove a delicacy to
cows, and fed once a day they will
promote the appetite and keep the
animals in good condition when other
foods may not be acceptable.
Carrots are used by some dairymen
as regular food for cows, in order to
give deeper color TO the butter, and
are highly esteemed by them for that
purpose. Cooked and thickened with
bran they make an excellent mess
when fed warm on cold day.
Grit of some sort is indispensable,
rs it helps digestion--in fact, it is the
fowls teeth. II fowls have the care
you bestow On your COW or horse they
will pay a much larger profit thar
either the COW or the horse. In fact
a little hen getting a reasonable
amount of care is the best paying crit
ter on the farm.
Oats fed to live stock in early win
ter should be attended with vegeta
bles, blue grass or ensilage, as rule
The condition of the hay at harvest
ing if immature has weight in com
bination with oats, for favorable effect
Dry, ripe, brittle hay is not a prope
combination with oats alone, in fact
is poor food under the most favorable
conditions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13

The Boston protest against lynch
ing appears to be bearing prompt and
abundant fruit in the South, notwItn-
standing some rather pctulant things
that were said on the subject down
there directly after the Faneuil Hail
meeting There has been more evi-
dence within the past 80 days of a
real endeayor on the part OF Southern
leaders to cleanse their section from
this foul disgrace than has been ex-
hibited during many preceding years.
BEN MARCATo.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICs OF INTEREST RELATIVE
To FARM AND GARDEN
rrrr,GR nrsrrnrrxo wrrps.

II is mistake to suppose that land
devoted to tillage Is for that reason
more weedy than land left in pasture.
II is true there will be more weeds
visible IN the titled land, for cultiya-
ton enables every seed near the sur
face to terminate. But in the pasture
what weeds do start are apt 10 be left
to mature their seeds. The STOCK
turned IN to crop the grass will gen
orally avoid the weeds, and thus a few
years of pasturiug fills the soil with
weed seeds which will make hard work
for the cultiyator TO get rid oi.-Bos-
ton Cultvator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
A Petrihed Pumpkin.

A New Haven Comm man has III
his possession yellow pumpkin u
medium size, which is apparently pe',,
ri6ed. 1t is as hard rs rock, al"
much heavier than the ordinary VeS99'
table, and, although over year ot I
shows no signs of decomposition. ~ ~
outward appearance the pumpkin - y
exactly like hundreds of Others "n'
only when one lifts it, or tries " ~
pierce it with knife. does 1t ezAlo''
its adamantine properties.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
HINTS on FEEDING srLAGz.

In feeding silnge 1t is much better
10 ALWAYS feed from the top, and tho
area of the feeding sur ace should not
be much greater than five square feet
for each COW feed. II is common
mistake to have the feeding surface of
the silage too large, and under these
conditions the sIlage has time to heat
and spoil to some extent. All heating
of silage is at the expense of feeding
value, and in good silos, after the first
heating, the silage cools, and remains
cold to the touch for an indefinite
time unless again exposed to the air
for some days. Silase should be fed
after milking. Almost any substance
possessing an odor at all marked has u
tendency, when fed to the COW just
before milking, to have it excreted
with the milk Mt the time of milking.
If, however, turnips or silage, etc,
are fed after milking, then the odors
have time to escape from the blood OF
the COW, through the lungs, kidneys
and skin, before it is again time to
milk, and tie milk will not BIZ tainted.
American Agriculturist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
SINGULAR PERSONAL IDIosrNcRAsrEs.

SINGULAR PERSONAL iblosANCRAslEs.
Rich women in New York indulge
in singularlY few personal iniIosyn-
crasies in their rooms. Their apart
ments are apt to show little except the
notions OF the professional decorator.
There Is nobody left who Is an indi'
vidual in this field as was tine late
Mrs. Hicks-Lord. Her bedroom was
of a Spartan simplicity that would
have suited the Duke OF Wellington.
4 small iron beistead, wicker chairs,
white mating, and scrim window cur
tains were its main features, aud not
piece of feminine tlummery disturbed
the esthetic atmosphcre.-DetrOlt
Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A NV SKIRT.

A trimmed design for silk skirt is
Of exceeding simplicity, and yet Is
most effective. The skirt is godeted
and front aud back laid in five wide
tucks at the bottom, sides remaining
plain, aud when fashioned in this way
one of the new changeable silks Is
commonly omployed.-New York Ad-
YertIseT.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-12-13
ORCHESTRAL WOMEN.

1t is quite true that an occasional
and very exceptional woman has been
known to make fair soloist on brass
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-07-25
A LITTLE C.SKET.

Anna Leu, the little three-year-
old child of Mr. and Mrs. Blake, of
Dunnellon, died yesterday after
noon at q o'clock at their home in
that city Mr.. and Mrs. Blake and
his son came up on the morning
train with the corpse, which was
kept in the waiting room of the
Florida Southern depot, until the
II o'clock train, when they took it
to Rochelle to be buried. The
poor mother was almost heart
broken over this early taking away
of her child, this being the only
child she had.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-07-25
LIQUOR, 5000, ooo,o 900.
VERDICT OF A SCIENTIST.

a noted sociologIst investigator
has published an inquiry into the
drinking habits of Europe, and
sums up as follows
1--WE find that the two banner
countries for freedom of COM
merce and industry-Switzerland
and Holland-are also the most
advanced in restricting the free
dom of the alcoholic drink traffic,
and that despotic Russia comes
next.
THAT wine and beer are not
temperance drinks and that The
two countries inhabited by the
chief vine and beer drinkers. and
in which the wines and beer are of
the lightest character-viz. France
and Belgium-are the most drunk
en-. Constitution.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1895-07-25
PLANT SYSTEM FOR BOSTON.
TRIENNIAL coNcLAvE, KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR

TRIENNIAL coNcLAvE, KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR.
On Aug. 20 and Fl, will sell to
Boston via Savannah and steam
ship, round trip $685..
On Aug. %, "a and Is, will sell
via all rail to Boston and return,
S38 25. and with variable routes be-
yond New York as follows: Rail to
New York and beyond New York,
rail in one direction ard sound in
the other, S3oI3. Rail to New
York and hey ond New York, one
rail route going and another re-
turning, S3o.o3. Rail to New
York and beyond New York, one
sound going and another returning,
1854, All tickets good to return
until Sept. 80, 1896.
For further information, tickets,
etc, call on c. i. FARES,
City Ticket Agent, Ocala house
office, or f. ]. HUBER,
Ticket Agent, Passenger Station.