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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

A silk handkerchief, found in opera hall
the night OF the entertainment given by
the St. James Ladies Aid, awaits an
owner at the HERALD Office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

Merchants supplied with ledgers and
all blank books at wholesale, at G. H..
Colby's bookstore, Lancaster, n. H..
Books less than publishers prices.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

Lcnox Oil will burn one quarter longer
than any other. For sale by Clarke,
Pomeroy & Clarke.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

The January communication of Island
Pond Lodge, F. & A. NJ, will be held
next Monday evening at the usual hour.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

NJ. p. Gallagher. piano tuner, will be
in town January Is. Orders can be left
with Mrs. w. b. Causebrook or at the
Stewart House.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

Stern Brothers have new advertise
ment this week to which we invite at
tention. The firm stand behind all their
announcements.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

We carry the largest and most stylish
lines oi boots and shoes in town.-Clarke.
Pomcroy * Clarke's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

The Woman's Auxiliary will meet with
Mrs. H. F. Davis on Pleasant street next
Tuesday afternoon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

The mail going east on the 3 O'Clock d.
m. train has been discontinued.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

Congratulations and good wishes TO
Judge Rosebrook and wife,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

Arthur Tracy is again assisting in the
post Office, relieving his sister.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

DIR. Sutton, dentist, will be at the Essex
Hou>e from the Goth to the 3Oth Of eacl,
month.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08
CLARK, P0MER0Y 4 cLARKEs.
Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Co.
0EST. yoHNsBray. VI.

Capital Stock. S5O,OOOOO
Undivided Profits. S35,73439
Savings and Business Deposits. $1129,O2614
per cent interest allowed on savings
Small sums welcome large accounts.
All taxes paid by the bank deposits less than $780,
A general banking business transacted
Safety deposit boxes Individuals So yearly
This bank prefers Vermont securities.
Send for statement and for rules and regulations.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
A. L. Bailey, Pres Geo P Blair " Pres John T. Richie Treas.
Gilbert E. Woods Asst. Treas g. Hovey, James Richie
c. NJ Chase, D. r. Densmore, c. E. Josyn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

4 choice line of groceries at Clarke
Pomeroy & Clarke's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
NEW INDUSTRY FOR THE SOUTH

The southern from time
to time have something to say about
the cultivation Of the plant known as
ramie. 1t has beer held by spa
and industrial publications that this
plant promised we'll for the SOUTH. For
years it ha been urged that the ramie
plant could be successfully grown in the
south, and in 1882, Mr.. Richard Peters
exhibited good specimens Of the ramie
fiber. But somehow the tests were ten
tative and have not been followed by
satisfactory results. The south is no
more producing ramie than it was ten
or fifteen years ago.. Why, we do not
know. Bot in England and Trance ef-
forts to make ramie profitable have
failed. But there is recent intelligence
o England thai appears to give
some assurance that future efforts may
be successful. The London Spectator
tells OF a Mr.. CONFESS, a chemist train
ed in England, but OF. Indian origin,
who had patented a method which turns
upon the employment of zincate of
soda. A company has been formed
with patents taken out all over the
world, and an experimental factory in
London, which turns out about two
tons of ramie iber a week for spinning.
Plantations of ramie are also being
set in many tropical countries, ard in
structions distributed for preventing
fermentation of gum in the ribbons be-
fore being manufactured.
Here appears to be encouragement,
a new solution of a difficulty. If the
invention SO overcomes the obstacles
heretofore intervening as tt make it in
deed a profitable cultivation in other
lands it may we'll be believed that it
will apply as we'll to the south. Let
the educated southern farmers keep
their yes upon the London experiment
from 1t there may be for them a new
and profitable industry. Beautiful
finely finished fabrics are made in
France from the fiber OF this plant
An exchange says that the London
. Spectator describes the CONFESS pro
cess It consists OF the use Of chemicals
that convert the ribbons into flasse
the chemicals being sufficiently weak t.
prevent injury to the fiber. while eft
fectuaaly degumming Il The ribbon
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
TTYsBU

Rockingham. N. c.. October II.
Editors Messenger:
I see in the October number of the
Cosmopolitan, page 617. that John b.
Mcpherson puts Meade's forces t SO.-
900 and General Lees at $4,000.
My impression 10 that You ave beer
putting General Lees forces at not
more than 40, 900. Ought you not to pub
lish the true statement and send john
b. Mcpherson a copy OF your paper.
Very truly yours.
T. B. LEDBETTER.
We do not remember to have placed
General Lees army at SO low q figure
az 40, 900. If we have done 50 it was
q mistake. We have given Lees army
at Sharpsburg at not more than $4,000
or 81, 900 based upon h opinions OF
one or two generals who fought there.
AS to Gettysburg VIZ cannot now write
definitely. We made a hurried examf-
nation of some histories and Longs
Life Of Lee. burt we failed to find the
data we sought. We must believe that
Meade's army was larger than McPher-
sons figures. We have the Records OF
War published by the United States
government now nearly reaching loo
massive octavos, but we have not had
time to search them. Meade lost In kill.
ed, wounded and captured $4,000 men,
Lee lost 16, 900 killed and wounded and
5000 prisoners. We think it will TURF
out that Lee had not o than W,000-
possibly 5000. General Long says Lex
Ia after the battle of the third day
an army of 1000. II so, he must have
had 1000 at the opening Of the bat
tie. Swinton gives Meade's loss a
%, 900 and he is the best of northern his
! torians of the war. Lee captured 700,
! federals and seven pieces Of artillery
The enemy occupied the Heights and
had all h advantage. So soon az
we can get what seems to be ths
accurate number of forces en-
| gagged we will publish the figures. OF
July 20, 1863, several days after thu
battle Lee had present SO, 1S1 men. Som,
! Of these may not have been in thu
great three days fight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

are first STEPPED In tanks with Q little
infusion Of nitric acid to soften the
q bath OF alkaline solution They are
then boiled in q tank Of water impreg-
mated with xincate OF soda, and what
comes out Ii pure fiber. The gum and
epidermis OF the bark are completely
dissolved.
The fiber can be sold at profit OF Sd
per pound Flax In the same stage is
Sd and above. Thus ramie may become
cheaper than cotton, while It al be
used for more purposes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
STATE PRESS.

The greatest mistake the democratic
party can make would be to come to
terms with any party. A straight fight
in the future is the only proposition to
entertain.-Stanly Enterprise.
There are three receivers appointed for
the failed bank at Asheville. One was
sufficient, but as Virgilius Semper Lusk
is provided for, George Smathers must
not be left out in the cold. Republican
politicians must have paying jobs even
if the depositors of broken banks have
to foot the bills.-Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
And so the hearing before Special
Master Craige in the matter of the lease
of the North Carolina railroad have come
to an end, and the fraud has not been
say that if the evidence which they
offered, and which was ruled out, had
been admitted. they would have proved
their case. 1t is a pity hat Mr.. Craige
could not have seen his way clear to adj
NIT everything.-Clinton Observer.
The retirement of Mr.. F. C.. Roberts
from the position of secretary and treas
urer of the Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad, concludes not merely a long
career of an active and meritorious SER
vice, but also ends the Office-hOlding of a
gentleman who was a conscientious and
able worker, and one who at the same
time fully recognized that there was
principle connected with his tenure of
office holding.-New Bern Journal.
The democratic party in North Carolina
has already once offered itself to the
populists and has suffered the humilia-
ton of a rejection. 1t is possible that
some of it's members are again DESTROYS
of experiencing a similar dose We would
suggest that there are two parties to
every contract. Those who are so san
guine of a union, have they ascertained
the willingness of the populists? We
think that party is satisfied. They are in
power and have plenty of pie. What
reason have they to turn now against
their c~olleagues-the republicans?@Smith
field Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

The Messenger does not purpose to
interfere in family Quarrels between
white RAIDS and their slavish support
ers, the negroes. But 1t is to specially
note that at least a part of the negro
allies propose to hold a convention the
3rd Of next month at Ra b. They
are tired well nigh to death Of doing
so much voting to put their white a
tiers in Office while only getting q
MUNICH al a very small piece Of pie
once or twice in two or four years.
The Messenger long ago expressed
amazement at the absolute obedience
OF the negroes to the commands OF
the white faces who desert their race
for pelf and plumber. A dozen or wen
ty white fellows ave from year to year
managed the Ito, 900 or 120,0 900 negro
voters as no overseer on an old-time
before-the-war plantation ever man
aged the hands," The negroes are
very hungry. They want pie. They
must have pie. n If the white ring
masters do not divide better there will
be a "rucus'' of big dimensians in the
circus and no mistake.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

course in forcing negroes upon the
character and intelligence and busi-
ness interests Of the south b nothing
short of infamous It IN crime
against honesty and common-sense.
Think OF putting q negro fellow OF Jim
Young's type over the people OF q
capital city OF a great state as post
master, and in defiance Of the wishes
OF every decent man in Raleigh It -
folly and wfckedness as well az NEAR,
spiteful partisanship. It Is unworthy
of any just, intelligent man Of any
party. It tetrays a d~epravity Of char
acter that Is startling. Able northern
papers see the wrong done and rebuke
the silly, vengeful little fellow now by
the help Of the democratic boilers pres
ident Of these United States. The negro
White in the congress has Mckinley by
the ear and Is pulling 1t to some pur-
pose.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

r Ayers Hair Vigor, which has outlived
and superseded hundreds of similar
preparations, is undoubtedly the most
fashionable as we'll as economical hair
dressing in the market. By it's use, the
poorest head of hair soon becomes lux
uriant and beautiful.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
HOME FOLKS.

1t is becoming an af1iction and griev-
ance to the North Carolina cotton man.
operatives induced to pull up and go
into South Carolina to work in its mills.
This may be fair and needful, but it Is
not neighborly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

It has been a very long time since
the Neuse, the Cape Fear and other
rivers were so low. They have almost
disappeared in places altogether. While
this result Of drought is seen in mid
die and eastern Carolina in the west
in one county, Surry, damage from
floods and rains is put at $50, 000.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

Human life Is held too cheaply when
the individual who needs a tonic for his
system. seeks to cover his wants by
purchasing every new mixture that is
recommended to him. Remember that
Ayers S~arsaparilla has a ~well-earned
s~xeputation Of fifty years standing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Price List.

NOTIONS-Good Clocks at soc. Nickel
Watches 1T $1.25 each; gold plated
chains at 20 and % cents up to $i.00.
Fine school tablets IS; ink &c; lead pen
ellis 8, s and 10c a doz. Best writing pa
per Sc a quire; Enve1ops &c a package;
Hair Brushes 10, Is and 25c: combs 1,
8, 5, md 10c, and almost everything in
the Notion Line.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

It is thought that Rev. L. G. Brough-
ton, M. D., will be called to the pas
torate Of the third Baptist church, At
lanta. He has been invited to preach
to them and If he pleases the member
ship he will be called. AS usual he is
located in the wrong state. The At
lanta Journal refers to him as ''the
famous Virginia preacher" but he is
a North Carolinian and was born in
Wake county. Since he abandoned the
medical profession and entered the
ministry his field of labor, with one ex-
ceptron only, has been in his native
state. The Journal says of our gifted
North C~aro1inian:
1.-THE Third church is very anxious to
get DR.. B~roughtOn, and, although no
call has been extended, one will be if
the doctor will accept. Every possible
inducement will be brought to bear
upon him to get him to come here. : =
He came here last spring to hold a
meeting for DR.. Mcdonald at the Sec
ond church, and made a most favorable
impression among the Baptists, al
though the newspapers criticised him
severely for some very radical utter
ances made from the pulpit. DR..
Broughton is a very aggressive man
n is able to take ear of himself in
any sort of an oratorical tilt"
North Carolina within a decade or sc
has sent out a half dozen ministers OF
the Gospel who have made marked
successes. Probably the ablest of al
is Rev. A. G.. Dixon, Of Brooklyn. Bap.
fist, brother of cratic Tom, who would
have made a better comedian than g
preacher.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
W. ARE N / FOR A BIG TRADE THIS FALL
@AND LOW PRICES
Rig Stock and Honest Goods
Are What Talk. Read Over My Prices
Look Over My Store.

Nice Suits at $1.50, $500 and up to $500
and $3.50.
Mems odd Coats, good value, at $3.50
each.
Mems Suits at $2.45 and good goods.
Nice fine Suits at $500.
All Wool, fine nice goods. s. 90.
Black, 20 Styles, Clay Worsted, $500.
$3.50 and $500 per Suit.
Young Men's beautiful plaid suits at
$500 and $3.50 per suit.
Mems Beaver Blue O~vercoats, $500.
Satin lined, handsome Overcoats, at
$3.50.
Mems Mackentosh, Waterproof, with
long Capes. at $2.45 each.
Fine Coats made Of all wool twill
capes at $500.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

Word comes from all quarters hat
the neatest and most satisfactory dye
for coloring the beard a brown or black
is Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

and see the quantity and quality of
nv goods. I am sure you will be ia
vorably impressed, and if you need
goods in the dry goods line, I feel con-
ident you will find it to your advant-
age to buy them of me
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Ladies' CapeS.

Nice Beaver Cloth Capes, light
weight, not trimmed, at soc, nicely
trimmed at 75c, trimmed in Fur for
$1.00.
Very nice High Collar, Fur trimmed,
beautiful Capes, at $1.35.
Very heavy Capes, latest styles, $1.75
and 1925.
Fine long Seal Plush Capes, hand
some goods, trimmed in long fine Fur,
at 1915, regular price $500.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

The thing to be specially desired in
North Carolina is for the Butler wing
and the Skinner wing Of the populists
to SO devour each other that nothing
shall remain, all the good and true cit
izens of North Carolina, genuine we'll
wishers of the state and Immensely dis
gusted at the drift of things having
left the said wings to cooperate with
the old democratic party in restoring
order, honesty and capability to the
state government and county manage
ment, and hope, unity, patriotic ardor
n confidence to the people at large
Let the snake swallowing proceed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

So Greensboro is to get a big shoe
plant from the north valued at 500, 600.
Wilmington is so excellently situated
it is a wonder that cotton mill men and
manufacturers do not seek investment
here. One northern Ia did come
with the purpose to place his plant
here, but h complexion of the city
government and the Astounding negro
police were too much for him, so he
went further southwark.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
nv

II ounce White Merino Shirt for Men
at zoe.
13 ounce White Merino Shirt for Men
at 25c.
A very heavy. half wool. Brown I'm
der Shirt, for 3Sc, cheap at soc.
Fleece lined heavy Night Under
Shirt and Drawers, at $1.00 a suit.
Mems n Boys Hats and Caps, all
kinds.
Odd Pants by the 1000 pairs.
Jeans Pants at 29c q pair.
Good Wool Pants at SIC and up to
$3.75 a pair.
We have the best stock Of Clothing
we have ever had. and will sell you
goods that will do you good and serve
you well.
Boys and Girls Under Shirts and
Pants, size No.. is, for 10c ZACH. White
Merino, nice, pretty goods.
All grades Of Ladies' Knit, Fleece
Lined, very heavy. Ribbon Collar, Un-
der Vest, at Csc each, Pants to match.
Also cheaper at 15c, better UP TO $1.00
and SIPS a piece.
We have all kinds OF Laces, Ribbons.
and Embroidery.
Ladies' White Linen Collars and
Cuffs at 1c each.
Beautiful Wool Shawls at $1.0o and
$1.25. :
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22

Mckinley is a party destroyer as
well as a revenue reducer. His vicious
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Fifty Years Ago.

This IL the way it was bound to look
When grandfather had his "picter took
These were the shadows cast before
The coming of c~onjurer Daguerre
And his art; like a girl in . pinafore
Some day to bloom to a goddess fair.
Men certainly were not as black. we know
A they pictured them. so yesrs sgo
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
A Big Drive in ClOaks

Special Value, we'll made, al $1.25.
All wool Cloaks at $500.
Very fine new styles, Beautiful
Cloaks, at $2.75, $500 and $3.5 {.
Fine Astrican Cloaks, at $2.75. Better,
beautiful goods, in the latest and best
goods made at $6.75 and $500 each.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Shoes and Dress GOOpS.

We handle a very large stock Of
Shoes and Dress Goods, Innings, Trim
mings. Silks m Fancy Goods and Do
mestic Goods. Splendid Bleaching, no
dressing / yard wide. at SC: Fruit OF
Loom &c; Pretty Check Plaids at &c; l
yard wide heavy Sea Island Homespun.
&c. A big drive in Dress Goods Rem
nants at one-half price. Also Mating
at 10c; Carpet 1Sc, fine Rocking Chairs
81. so, and in fact we have the largest
and best Dry Goods Store In the state.
We are on Front Street. opposite The
Orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Ayers Sarsaparilla

began to make new men. just
as the new pictures OF men
began to be made. Thousands
Of people fronted the camera
with skins made clean from
blotch and blemish, because
they had purified the blood
with Ayers Sarsaparilla Il
b as powerful now az then
Es record proves It. Others
initiate the remedy: they
can't initiate the record:
70 Years Of Cures,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-22
Next is Ladies' a t

Well, we have eight young ladies who
trim and sell hats in this department.
We sell Felt Shapes, Hats, trimmed up
at SOC ach and up to 75c and $1.O0. Our
better lines run up to $1.50, $500, $2.75,
and $500.
We have til styles. the Short Back
Bell Crown Sailors, Straw Sailors from
SC up.
We have about 5000 rolls of Ribbon;
1000 punches OF Flowers; 5000 punches
of Feathers and Tips.
We will sell you a Hat and the Trim
mfngs n let our Milliners trim it,
Ere Of Cost to you, to suit you.
Fine Tips, 3 in a bunch, long and full,
at Is cents a bunch.
Mercury Wings, long and graceful, at
15c a pair.
Clothing for Men, Boys.
Boys Suits, from 4 to Is years old.
Short Pants at 75c to $1.00 per suit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

II hope that congress will not
attempt to conduct our foreign
relations. They are much better
left to the administration. There
was once time, perhaps, when
resolution a comforting belligerent
rights upon the Cubans might have
been passed without bringing on
war with Spain, but that time
has gone. If the Spanish people
have a spark of manhood left there
could be but one result of any
congressional declaration favoring
Cuba. Our people do not want a
war with anyone. There is no
possible compensation for it. We
are not in a proper condition of
defense, and it is absurd to invite
a war until We are ready for one"
That is about as complete a flip
flop as any man in public life has
taken on the Cuban question, aud
it indicates that the do-nothing
policy is to be continued by Mr..
Mckinley.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18
Arsenus Ward aud His Lectures.

The abashed manner OF the lecturer,
tie personal pecularities Of which 10
himself made fun, the difficulties Of his
panorama which In general was paint
ed as badly Is possible, because excei-
is1ee vas expensive. the difficulties
~:r5 tie moon and the prairie fires,
With would shoot up and fare out 2:
the wrong moments, to the apparent
co1s-e-lauol o. the IecSu-s-aN hesa,
10 81! nothing Q. tie hunoG o. his
talks. are reported to have KEEP: his
aea-e-. II renzE Of laughter Who
co wonder TIA. they were quite over
cone Z: tie gravity with which ks
would point 70 dark regions IN his
c-y4 and say: These are intended
for horses: I know they are beo2ss
the a-cis- told ne So After TWO yea-1
be cane to ne one morning and sid:
M Ward. CAIRO. conceal I: from
you any longer; they are horses
TIE BcoE-zc
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-18

TIE Treasury deficit is rolling
along at a good jog aud today
touched nearly s41,OI0, 600, being
$4O.S20, 3o2 81. The excess Of ex-
penditures over receipts for last
Monday was Sl64.735; aud for the
first full week in Nov. amounts to
SASH, 3S2.lS. The shortage from
the DingIey bill is keeping up the
pace at which it started in July
and for the month of November
it will exceed 100000. There
is little doubt now that the state
ments frequently made will be
verified and that the deficit for the
first fiscal year of the Dingley bill
will exceed 500, 100000. 1t will
resch half that figure by the first
of December. and seems certain to
exceed $50, NO, 900 by the first day
ct January.