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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The worst storm of the season was
that of last Saturday and Sunday.
There was heavy snow fall, and the
wind ragged terribly causing immense
drifts, and blocking roads generally.
But the storm had its bright side in that
it furnished employment for score or
more men in shoveling snow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
Souvenir China at Vallee Bros.

A number of our people are at Brattle-
boro this week attending the annual en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
State. Among them Col. and Mrs. L. NJ.
Mansur, Col. and Mrs. E. F. Johnson,
Mrs. A. H. Hall, Mrs. N. B. Lougee, Mrs.
J. Willoughby.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

Porter H, Dale has been appointed adj
ministrator of the estate OF the late c. ]
Flaherty, and has in his possession sun
dry notes and accounts left with MIR.
Flaherty for collection, etc. Interested
parties should at once advise with Mr..
Dale on this matter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

A good dining table is the letter AZ OF
the alphabet of hospitality. Everything
else follows after it. 1t heads the list.
Don't ask your guests to draw up to
moor, rickety, old-fashioned dining table
but take advantage Of the low prices at
which fine tables are now selling at the
Paine Furniture Co., 4s Canal St., Bos-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
SAVINGS BANK.

The ISLAND POND NATIONAL BANK has
ipcned n savings Bank Department for the
purpose of receiving the savings and accumu-
iations of all classes ofdcpositorS.
Deposits will be received on the following
terms:
The smallest sum put on interest shall ne
ONE DOLLAR and no fractional part OF a
dollar shall draw interest.
Deposits made during the first four days OF
the nj onth will draw interest from the first
say OF the month, deposits made after the
fourth will dra W interest from the first day of
the follo wing month.
No interest will be paid on any sum with
drawn, for the time elapsed since the last in
tcrest period.
Interest will be paid at the rate of per
cent. per annum, payable May list and
November 1st of each year.
Notice of IS days must be given to the Bank
of the withdrawal of $500 or more.
Interest not called for will he credited to the
aepo.itor. thus compromising twice a year
without trouble or care on the part of the de-
positor.
This bank has boxes in it's fire proof vaults
for storage of valuable papers, etc, to rent at
reasonable rates.
GEO. II. FITZGERALD. President.
A. T.. DARLING, Cashier
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The men who take offence at what a
newspa per may say about them are usu-
ally the men who enjoy reading about
other people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The members of the Junior Auxiliary
are requested to meet in the Guild Room
of Christ Church next Saturday after
noon at O'Clock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The Independent Order of Foresters
have vacated the front hall in Stern Bros.
Block, and it will hereafter be occupied
by the Algonquin Club.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The telephone has been moved from
Linehau's drug store back to its old place
in 6. L. Clarke's store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
TOWN TOPICS.
Souvenir China at vallee Bros.

The c. L. $. c. meets with Miss Rena
Hall this Thursday evening.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
w II 7

it is that so many of the pale, weak. enact
ated people are becoming strong, healthy
and hearty again, causes much surprise and
wonder to their neighbors. Perhaps you al
ready know the reason
There is nothing surprisingly wonderful
about it after all. 1t is simply the result OF
natural laws-no more. In Natures lahora-
tory are stored certain roots, herbs and veg
etable products the very ingredients NECiIs-
SARY to CUR T. these very comm on HIS. lhese
ingredients have been combined and are soid
under theSname of
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01
Souvenir China ut vaIlee Bros.

Geo. Daniorlh, James Chadwick and
Frank Harmon are quite seriously III.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

The engine for the shirt factory will be
shipped to Island Pond in a few davs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-02-01

Souvenir China at Valiee Bros.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
SPANISH MAxlMS.

In the house of the tambourinist all
dance
Choose your wife on a Saturday, not on
q Sunday.
Women and hens soon lost with gad-
ding about
He who stirs honey must have some
stick to him.
The honest woman and the broken leg
within doors.
No ola without bacon, no wedding
without q tambourine
There is not pins point between the
yes and no of woman.
While the tall maid is STOPPING the lit
tie one hath swept the house.
The man is fire, the woman tow, the
devil comes the flame to blow.
He who marries widow will have a
dead mans head often thrown in his dish.
He who hath handsome wife, or cas-
tie or the frontier, or vineyard near the
highway, never lacks quarrel.
Mother, what kind of thing is this mar
rying?" Daughter, it's to spin, to bear
children and to cry your eyes out"
He who is not handsome at 90, nor
strong at 80, nor rich at 40, nor wise at
so, will never be handsome, strong rich
nor wise.-''The Humor Of Spain"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
THROUGH FRENCH sPEcTAcLEs.

If you have lived a day, you have seen
everything. -Montaigne.
The great secret of education is love Of
children.-Augustin Cochin.
a man loved by beautiful woman will
always get out of trouble.-Voltaire.
There are only two beautiful things in
the world-women and roses.-Malherbe.
A throne, four pieces of wood covered
with velvet! No, throne is MAMMA
poleon l.
1t is sweet to think that one is unfortu-
nate when one Is only annoyed.-Alfred
de Musset.
Every lover who tries to find in love
anything else than love is not lover
Paul Bourget.
1t is better to do battle with men than
to have to fight with ones wealthy wife.
H de Balzac
How can know why stocks fuctuateP
If l knew, l would make a fortune
Baron Rothschild.
1t is not always well to say what we
think, but it is well to think what we may
not say.-Paul Janet.
One who knows nothing believes that
everything may be learned One who
knows everything knows that nothing
may be learned. Jean Richepin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
GLEANlNGS.

Seven million miles of thread are annu-
ally used in the United States.
English postage stamps are gummed
with a starch paste made from potatoes.
At sale of relics in England in the
year 1916 tooth of Sir Isaac Newton was
sold for sum equal to SO, 900,
The lord mayor takes precedence of ev.
cry other British subject within the juris-
diction of London, the Prince of Wales
himself even not being an exception.
Every violent storm on the English chan
mel exposes an ancient buried forest which
is usually covered by sand and water. The
location of this curiosity is near St. Malo.
AS in China, the japanese thcater is
open all day, and the presentation of a
heroic national play occupies a very long
time. Devotion to duty is almost the un-
varying theme of dramatic representation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Emma Levey, Philadelphia heiress.
has joined the cast of the Twentieth Gen.
tury Girl. "
Alexander Hermann, the conjurer, Is
shortly to publish book entitled Bright
Spots In Necromancy.'
'There is but the difference of letter
between the beginning and the end of life,"
says Beerbohm Tree creation and ere.
nation"
Three Brooklyn theaters will be turned
into continuous performance houses next
season. They are the Park, the Star and
the Bijou.
All the principals of the Bostonians have
understudies, except Jessie Bartlett Davis.
If she should be i'll, there could be no per-
formance
The date of Lillian Russell's return to
Abbey IS theater, New York, where she will
sing new opera by De Koven and Smith,
is April go
1t is not likely that Thomas @. Sea-
brooke will appear after this season in the
first success of his operatic career, 1.-THE
Isle of Champagne.
Rumors are flying thick and fast to the
effect that the Broadway theater, New
York, now controlled by T. Henry French,
will shortly have new lessee.
John w. Mackay, the bonanza million
aire, spent 81, 900 for seats for the Ameri-
can debut of Sibyl Sanderson at the Metro
politan Opera House, New York.
Edward E. Rose has invented a new
stage effect that promises to be of great
value. 1t is the stimulation by means of
electricity Of vivid flashes attending the
firing of cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall have in their
company a Quaker actress Her name is
Marion Lea She has played leading roles
on the London stage for eight years, but
she is an American girl,
Richard Mansfield, James O'Neill Otis
Skinner, Lewis Morrison, Alexander Sal
vini, Wilson Barrett, Fanny Davenport
and Mrs. Potter have contributed to a
symposium on the subject, ''1s Tragedy
Dead?'
All the young actors that used to be I'M
der Augustin Daly's management have
turned out well. Henry Miller is Charles
Frohmans leading man, John Drew and
Otis Skinner are starring, and Frederick
Bond is to become star next season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
WONDERS OF THE SEA.

The gulf stream Is 100 miles wide and
from 400 to 600 fathoms deep
Or. Young estimates the mean depth of
the Atlantic at about 16, 600 feet.
An echnoderm that inhabits the West
Indian seas has over 0,000 arms.
In 467 grains, by weight, of sea sand
5000 shells of minute sea animals were
found by Orbigny
The sole business of every inhabitant Of
the sea is to feed himself, and all attend
strictly to business
Nearly three-fourths Of the worlds
drainage, directly or indirectly, pours into
the Atlantic ocean,
When taken from the sea and laid on
stone, the medusa will fall off in weight
from 90 ounces to 5 or 6 grains. The most
of its weight is Water.
The whole bottom of the ocean is Gov
cred with layer of calcareous ooze, min
gled with the skeletons and other animal
remains of it's Inhabitants.
The starfish is covered with a kind of
armor Over 1000 pieces have been
counted in one coat of mail worn by
small creature of this species
The sea bladder consists of parent ami
NAL, with its own air bladder, and from
one to 500 children attached to it by hair
like membrane. The whole family moves
together
No deep sea sounding is now considered
trustworthy unless a sample of the bottom
is brought up by the sounding apparatus
as evidence that the lead has reached the
solid ground.
The ocean hydra swallows its prey alive,
and when the small insect thus unceremo-
niously dealt with tries to escape from it's
living tomb the hydra simply puts one of
his arms down his throat and holds the
creature still until it is dead.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15

Arthur examined the will, biting his
lips with vexation and rage, pale and
red by turns. He pronounced the paper
clever forgery and declared loudly
that he would show up its true nature
in court of justice. There was an ex-
citing scene between him and old Reu-
ben, who declared emphatically that the
law of the land would sustain the will
of Simon Hapgood. So it proved in the
end.
Old Miss Prissy and Miss aetty
meantime. hearing loud and excited
talk in the next room, had hastily
jumped out of bed and huddled on their
clothes under the impression that the
house was ON fire. Elsie ran to the top
of the lane and gave the whippoorwill
call to summon Paul out of the woods,
and when at last Arthur Hapgood drove
away to the town in the hired carriage
that had brought Reuben and Dorothy
Dick to the door he looked back, with a
cloud on his face, and saw curious
group gathered in front of the old farm
house to speed the parting guest. There
were Aunt Prissy and Aunt Hetty in
their hastily improvised toilets, looking
joyfully triumphant, the tall, spare form
of the old Quaker and the placid face
of his wife, and behind them all Elsie
and Paul, who had clasped hands like
two loving children.
Elsie and Paul have been married
now two years, and whenever Paul re-
fers to the finding of Uncle Sis will
and breaches his favorite theory that
she must some time, when child, have
known of the existence of the closet un-
der the attic stairs, Elsie says nothing,
but she looks very thoughtful
THE END
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15

She dre,o 1t out and held it up trtum-
phdntly in the lampliglt.
with curiosity and terror painted ON her
face. In corner lay heap of Uncle
Sis moldy boots. Some moth eaten
trousers and waistcoats, slowly dropping
to pieces, hung on pegs. His casto4
shirts of former years encountered
couple of rude shelves, for Uncie ST had
mania for boarding old clothes. The
dust was more than half an inch thick
over everything, and long gray cobwebs
festooned the corners. The aspect of
this dark dust hole was anything but
reassuring. They looked at each other
involuntarily and smiled as If they had
been tricked by ghost. To discover the
mysterious closet in the smooth wall
and yet to find nothing but Uncle Sis
castoff clothes was certainly wry joke
Presently Elsie pushed past Paul, and
with girls wit and persistence began
to rummage among the heaped up rub
bish on the shelf She thrust her little
hand we'll under the mass of molding
shirts, and her small nervous fAgers
closed involuntarily on packet Of pa
pers She drew it out and held it up
triumphantly in the lamphght.
LET us get out of here, she whis-
pered to the bewildered Paul II feel
faint, and l can't Breathe -
She blew out the lamp, and they tip
toed to the door, locked it, and Elsie
put the key in her pocket. They hardly
drew breath until they were ont of the
house, and then like two swallows they
sped to the top of the lane, the hollow
oak and the great pile of stones. The
early summer dawn had come with
cloudy red splendor behind the line of
dark fire on the eastern hills, and the
catbirds were singing fitfully in the
young maple tops. 1t was by the dawn
light, seated together behind the great
oak tree, that Elsie and Paul examined
the packet of papers. The first one was
the deed Of the old farm, very ancient
document, yellowed by time and with a
great seal that weighed several ounces.
The second they came upon was Uncle
Sis will, written by his own hand on a
sheet of common foolscap. Being of
sound and disposing mind and memory,
he had left everything of which he died
possessed to Elsie Ray in case she mar
ried Paul Raynor by the time she came
of age; otherwise the estate was TO pay
$4,000 to Paul for his education, and
the spinsters, Prissy and Hetty Hing
ham, were recommended to the kind
care of both the young people for life.
There was clear statement of all the
personal property left by Uncle 81 and
a legacy of the family Bible to Arthur
Hapgood. The will was dated six years
back and was witnessed by Reuben and
Dorothy Dick, two, plain friends and
Distant cousins Of Uncle 81 who bad
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15

over what appeared to be solid sur
face, but he noticed that the wall paper
looked brighter and fresher in that part
of the room than elsewhere and seemed
to have been put on by an Impractical
hand, for it was streaked and wrinkled.
He stopped down and examined the base
board where it appeared to have sprung
away from the wall. He gently inserted
his fingers just there, and an old rusty
nail fell out, and suddenly section of
the board came away in his hand. Then
he tapped upon the wall gently, and it
gave forth hollow sound. They looked
at each other with frightened eyes. Ell
sic put her lamp down on the floor, and
a slight space was revealed between the
wall and the floor. AS the light flicker
ed upon the wall it showed a long,
straight, slightly depressed ridge i'll the
blue and red paper. Paul took ont his
jaclzknife and passed the point of it gen.
tly along this line. It sank into crack.
Good heavens, Elsie, there is a
door herel" he said, and for moment
they neither spoke nor moved, so awe
struck were they by this strange discov-
cry.
Elsie got up from the place where she
had sat crouching on the floor. Let us
tear off the wall paper" she whisper
ed. and she took the rusty nail and set
to work, while Paul followed her ex-
ample with his jackknife. They tore it
off bit by bit until at last the whole
form of the low door was revealed. 1t
was under the attic stairs, just as Paul
had surmised. "Here is lock, whis-
pered Paul as he worked away with a
will, peeling off paper and paste, "but
where in the name of goodness is the
key?" Elsie stood with puzzled face
for a moment trying to call something
to mind; then she stepped softly to the
bureau where Uncle 81 kept his under
clothes, his odds and ends of belongings,
and opening the top drawer took out a
big bunch of keys of all sorts and sizes
strung on steel ring. Paul, in silence,
tried more than 20 of them, one by one,
with ill success. Some were too large,
others too small to fit the lock. At last
the rustiest and dullest of the lot fell
into his hand. He thrust it into the
hole 1t was stiff and difficult to turn,
needing oil But Paul was strong and
vigorous, with wrist like steel He
gave it a mighty turn. The lock clicked,
and with a strong pull a dark cavity
in the wall revealed itself, one whose
very existence had never been suspected
by the two young people.
A moldy, dusty, indescribable odor
of decaying cloth and leather came from
the open door. Paul stopped down to
peer into the black hole, and Elsie bent
over his shoulder, holding the lamp,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
DESSERTS FOR THE NURSERY.

Grape sauce or jelly, made with gelatin,
iH especially refreshing to child who has
been i'll.
Plain gelatin, made according to direo-
tions and whipped with cream before 1t
is quite set, is q delicate and appetizing
dessert.
Irish moss dissolved and made into
blancmange with cornstarch is nutritious.
Add chocolate to the ordinary recipe for
blancmange and serve with sweet cream
for another.
juice or hot melted chocolate is another
dainty dessert. The cream should not he
heavy, or it will be too rich, but should
have some milk mixed with it.-Baby-
hood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
A Great Landowner.

A tourist was being driven over a
part of the country in Ireland where his
Internal majesty appeared to have given
his name to all the objects of interest
in the locality, for there was the Dew
lis bridge, the DEVILS caldron, the
DEVILS glen, etc. Said the traveller:
''The devil seems to be the greatest
landowner in these parts
"Ah, sure. your HONOR" replied the
jarvey, that is so. but he lives in Eng
land. think he's what they call an
absentee landlord in Ireland. London
Geotlewoman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
A Skentic.

"The malady called love-" quoth he,
"Incurable is said to be.
And yet it's soothed-now, mark you this
By application of kiss" !"
The maiden listened to each word
He uttered. Then, quite deeply stirred
In thought intense, she bowed her head
Until at last she sighed and said,
"Oh. do you think'-her eyes of Jet
Looked into his. His cigarette
Fell needless. robbed of its last puff
"One application Is enough?'
-Rrooklvn ,ife
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
Deferred.

The frenzied mob had seized tho mur-
deress Another moment, and the fatal
moose would be about her neck
"Stayp she cried.
The woman was glaring into their faces
defiantly
Look you," she cried, her voice rising
almost to a shrek, - am living picture
by calling"
A shudder ran through the throng, for
it was composed largely of persons who
had tried to hang pictures fore.-Detroit
Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
A Business Woman.

Pretty Girl-Are you Miss Backbay's
waiting maidf
Maid-Yes'm
Miss Backbay is a great heiress from
Boston, ism t she?'
''She is.
And very much sought after?"
"Well, yes"
II presume so Well, if you will give
me the addresses of her gentlemen admir-
ers, will be very much obliged"
Dear me! What forf'
81 am selling encyclopedias. New
York Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15

Bilkins-There's lot of difference in
women
Wilkins-For instanceS
Bilkins-Well, yesterday I offered my
seat in street car to one, and she declined
it with thanks, and today offered it to
another and she accepted it without
thanks.-Detroit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
just Like Trilby.

"oh. don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt2"
She asked land it stirred up a row..
IL do, he replied
As the street door he eyed.
you're always -humming 1t now"
-WRahlpeE00 Scar
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
Perfectly Safe.

Father Flynn-Why don't you have
your pigsty farther from your house, Goo
ganf
Googan-Phwat for, yer riverence2
Father Because it's unhealthy
Googan-Divil bit yer reverence The
pig has niver had a sick day since he WOE
bornl-Philadelph Ledger
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
His Name.

His father called HIM William and his sister
called HIM Will
His mother called him Willie, and the fellows
called him Bill
But that was years and years ago, before he
won his bays,
And he Is known to every one as Shakespeare
nowadays
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-03-15
The Whipp0olTGFilI's Call.
By AUGUSTA LARNED.

Copyright, 1894, by American Press Associa
tionl
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-30
TOMAHAW X.

Mr.. Luther Johnson was visiting al
Mr.. VIM. Hedges on Sunday last
Mr. Daniel Stuckey was visiting al
Mr.. James Shippers on Sunday.
Miss Julia Boyer is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs Ella Pitzer, near this place.
Misses Ella Hedges, Nora Stuckey
and Laura Saville were visiting at Mr..
Peter frederick on Sunday.
Quite number of our young people
attended the services at Hedgesvillt
on Sunday night.
A young man from Johnsontowr
was seen driving through our village
on Sunday night What is The at
traction, Le
We would advise H. to send his val
entines at an earlier date; but we mus
conclude that it is ''better to be lat,
than never"
That young man, who supposed
that the girls were making fire il
the parlor, was mistaken.
Mrs. May frederick, who has bee.
i'll for some time, we are glad to say i.
recovering. BERYI..
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-30
In Memoriam of Carl We'll.

To his parents, sisters, brothers,
and friends: In loving remembrance
of my dear brother, CARL We'll, who
died one year ago, March 27, and was
buried March 80, 1894.
How deeply and keenly we feel our
loss and how sadly and sorely we all
miss him, language does not suf-
fee us to express for he was a du-
tiful, affectional, obedient, and amia-
BILE son and brother
You are not forgotten, brother, dear,
Nor ever shall you be;
For as long as memory lasts,
We will remember thee.
BY his sister,
DArcV LEFrr