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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

The wealth of Greater New York is
almost beyond belief. Its real estate
and personal property are assessed at
the enormous, the almost inconceiv-
able sum of s.. 500, 100000. Compare
this with the assessted value of all the
property in the richest States of the
Union, as follows: Massachusetts,, -. -
l54, 900. 600; Pennsylvania. -, $50, e.
600, 600: Ohio, SITS, ,OOO, 600, and
Illinois, $50. 600.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

A Dresden firm has adapted felt
nat cutting machine to do the same
work in straw hats, thereby putting
aside the cut by handicraft, says the
Millinery Trade Review. With the
machine one woman may cut more
than 1000 hats in one day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

The Memphis Commerclal-Appeal
wearily remarks: "Sometimes we wish
white wings would occasionally grow
weary, that our cal wasn't Il high-born
lady, that all coons didn't look alike to
us and that Mr.. Johnson would turn
that follow loose and tell him to go to
the devil" Why not wish for good,
hard frost {the same nIghtf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

The committee OF men who wish to
perpetuate the memory Of James Rus
sci Lowell 10y creating public park
ont Of II portion of the estate in Cam
bridge where he was born and passed
his life have sent ont an appeal to the
admirers of the author of the "Biglow
Papers to aid in the effort. Elmwood.
the local name of the estate, is one
OF the most picturesque spots III the
university city. 1t is diversified in
surface, and is covered in part by
grove OF pines which were often Il
source of inspiration to the poet. The
house is still occupied by the Lowell
family, and if at some future time they
should permit it TO pass out of their
hands it will undoubtedly y he purchased
and added TO the memorial park which
the committee wishes to establish. ANY
amount that the committee may get
over the SD, 600 required for the me-
mortal park will he laid aside for that
purpose, The subscriptions are made
conditional upon the whole of the sum
Necessary for the purchase being raised,
and so far $l9. 600 has been subscribed.
Most of the subscriptions have come
frompersonsi in Boston and Cambridge,
but the widespread interest III the ia
nous author and his works has led the
committeeto think that many of his ad-
mirers in other parts of the country
might wish to aid in perpetuating his
memory, Among the prominent per-
sons on the committee are President
Eliot OF Harvard, Bishop Lawrence,
Mrs. Louis Agassiz, Miss Alice Long
fellow, ex-President Cleveland, Will
liam Dean Howells, Senator Lodge,
Hon. Richard Omey, Governor VOL
cott, Secretary Long, Hon. Seth Low,
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higginson and
Rev. DR. Lyman Abbott.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

\ suggestion from Tennessee. that
the body of General Sam. Houston he
removed thither for reintermemt. has
aroused indignant and vehement pro
tests in Texas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03
Essex County Herald.

Twenty-Five Of the counties Of
Georgia We're named for men who had
been Governors of the State, all Of
ante-war times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

NILES. Mich, Nov. 30-Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Hitler of Elkton, Mich. have Just cele-
brated their SSth wedding anniversary. Mr..
Hitler is los years old and his wife 107 The
former is hale and hearty but the latter has
lost her sight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03

Work ON the famous State street
block, gutted some years ago, IS we'll
under way. The entire interior struc-
ture has been removed, and workmen
are now engaged in putting into posi-
tion the heavy piles necessary to sup
port the foundation. The building has
been lying idle since the night of the
big fire. At that time the building,
which was owned by Mrs. Paran Stev-
ems, was occupied by the government
for the appraisers stores. After the
fire there was hitch in regard to
rebuilding. Mrs. Stevens did not
then care to go to the expense of put
ting the building into an acceptable
condition, under the modern building
laws. Before the matter was adj
iusted Mrs. Stevens died and there
was n further delay. The estate finally
passed into the hands of administra-
tors and matters are now progressing
Two more stories will be added to the
building, which will be tireproof. The
architectral appearance will remain
practically the same.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03
FOR BO Us:
FOR GTRLS:
Bishop Hopkins Hall,
Hiss E. n. CLARK, Principal.
II. II. ROSS, Business rIan'gr
FOR GIRLS:

Por terms and catalogues apply TO shs
Principals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-12-03


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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
sln,n Work In London.

To accomplish any substantial result
in slum work in London, woman must
not only give time and strength but
life itself. Miss Meredith Brown, the
English philanthropist, who has been
the champion Of the factory girls for
some years, says that women who know
only the slums of New York and Chica-
go have no conception of the horrors and
misery of the slums close to the aristo-
cratic parts of London. The girls which
Miss Browns special mission reaches
are SO rough and lawless that the Sal
walton Army would not take them in,
and the directors of a mission which
had invited the girls to tea refused to
allow them into the building again.
The girls came to the feast with pillow
slips under their aprons and snatched
everything to eat off the table before
their hostesses could stop them.
Finally the courageous women inter
ested in the welfare of these young
semisavages decided that to reach the
girls they would have to live among
them. Ten dauntless women took up
their residence in rickety old house in
the very heart of all the misery and
squalor which makes the wild girls
what they are, and their efforts at last
were met with more than an encour-
aging response. But it is very hard on
the health" says Miss Brown. 1.-TWO
years will break down any one, so we
have lost some of our best workers. -
New York Commercial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

The children of the marriage are the
husbands if he chooses to have them,
but if he does not care to perform a fa-
theirs duty the wife must support them.
If he is unfaithful to her, she cannot di-
vorce him lin England) unless he has
also committed the ungentlemanly sin
of personal cruelty, and in all cases of
divorce and separation it is man s
reading of the man made laws that en-
tirely decides not only the case, but the
consequences, as to the custody Of the
children and the amount of alimony
And if, despairing Of justice, the faith
full wife endures patiently through life
for the sake Of her children's future,
the English law permits an unfaithful
husband and father at death to will
away every penny of his property from
his wife and children to a charity, a
stranger or a mistress, possibly leaving
those whom the law made his depend
ents dependent on the ratepayers of his
parish. This is not possible in Scotland,
nor was it formerly possible in England.
The law of dover protected the widow
until this century, when men tinkered
the laws so as to gain larger latitude
for themselves. The operation of this
masculine privilege often gives oppor-
tunity for cruel oppression not dreamed
of by right minded men. In fact, it is
only because the large majority of men
are better than the laws allow them to
be that society is possible. -Humanita-
RAN
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

There is funny case Of international
honesty down in Arizona, just ON the
line between that territory and Mexico.
A Yankee farmer lives there, one Anna
sa Barrow by name, and it is his bust
ness to raise chickens. Chicken feed il
cheap in Mexico and chickens bring fine
prices in Arizona, but to raise fowls in
Mexico and bring them across the bound
airy or to buy the feed and bring it
across, would involve the payment of a
considerable duty, which would eat the
profits about as fast as the hens could
eat the corn As for smuggling, that
was not to be thought Of.
Amasa is Yankee, and he is so hon
est that his neighbors say he wouldn't
take advantage Of a man in horse
trade. But he is also full of Yankee in
genuity, and after deep oogitation he
built long, slim hencoop, one-half of
it in Arizona and the other in Mexico.
On the line there is gate. Over the
line there are barns containing feed.
At feeding time the gate is opened, and
the chicken fancier Shoes his flock into
Mexico, where they eat their meal
Then he Shoes them back to the proteo-
ton of the American flag. where they
digest this Mexican grain. lay their
eggs and carry on their family affairs.
Mr.. Barrow saves about 90 per cent ON
his grain and makes about that much
ON his chickens, and if there is any
smuggling done it is done by the inno-
cent and irresponsible biddies. Wash
inpton Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
Getting Married d

In Ellis Quest of the Golden Girl'i
Richard LIE Galliene, in one of his open.
ing chapters says:
Undoubtedly the incest way to get
married is on the sly, and indeed it is
at present becoming quite fashionable.
Many young couples Of my acquaint.
ance, who have had no other reason fol-
concealing the fact beyond their own
within, have thus slipped off without
saying word to anybody and returned
full blown housekeepers, with at home
days of their own and everything else
like real married people-for, as the
old lady said to me, You can never be
sure of married people nowadays unless
you have been at the wedding.
The author then further philosophers
as follows:
II don't know myself what getting
married feels like, but it cannot be
much more exciting than watching
other people getting married Indeed,
always get something like palpitation
of the heart just before the priest utters
the final fateful words, I declare you
man and wife. Half a second before
you were still free. Half a second after
you were bound for the term of your
natural life. Half a second before you
had only to dash the book from the
priests hands and put your hands over
his mouth, and though thus giddily
swinging on to the brink Of the preoi-
pice you are saved. Half second after
GAN the kings horses and all the kings men
Cannot make you bachelor again.
1T is the knife edge moment betwixt
time and eternity
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
UNUSUAL LEGAL DECISION
But 1t Was EmphaticaIIy Endorsed by tn.
Spectators.

But 1t Was EmphaticalIy Endorsed by the
Spectators.
81 heard the late Judge John R.
Grace Of the court of appeals Of Ken
lucky set aside the verdict of a jury
once under circumstances that to my
mind did him infinite credit, said Rep
resentative John S. Rhea of that state
to a Washington Post representative.
1t seems that poor woman, who
was on the verge of starvation and who
was the sole support of four little chill
dren, went into a neighbours smoke
house and purloined piece of bacon
The proof was positive, and the jury
reluctantly returned verdict of guilty
When the finding Of the jury was read,
Judge Grace, who at that time presided
over the Fourteenth judicial district
rising to his feet, said in the most en-
phatic tones:
The court orders that the verdict
in this case be set aside, and I want to
declare here that in all cases where an
unfortunate woman is on trial for steal
ing food, taken to keep her offspring
from starving, it will require I9 men
to convict her of the crime in this court
The defendant is discharged from GUS
tody.
"The announcement was greeted
with applause from the spectators, and
the general sentiment was that Judge
Grace had acted not only as beftted a
chivalrous man, but that his ruling
was right. Theft to keep innocent
babes from perishing of hunger can
scarcely be called crime.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

The wife of the cody in Guiana is a
woman who is very much to be envied.
Every gold or silver piece her husband
receives for his services is beaten into
personal trinkets to be worn by his bet
ter half. In this condition it constitutes
the cash wealth of the family. It is per-
fectly safe, as it is as much as any man
life is worth to touch the trinkets so long
as the woman wears them. These same
women are also noted for their beauty.
Their features are straight and perfect,
their eyes beautiful in color, and their
forms perfect models of symmetry and
grace. Dressed in soft, filmy materials,
rich in color and eastern figures, they
present strangely oriental and fantastic
appearances.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

She was the daintiest of the dainty
face, figure, air and apparel all pro-
claimed it. To be sure he had not heard
her speak as yet, but from the lips Of
so pretty little patrioian only pearls
and diamonds could fall. 1t was strange
that she should be at the races unat-
tended, but that, Of course, was but the
accident of a moment. Her husband OF
brother could not be far of and would
rejoin her in moment. Time went on,
though, and still she sat alone. Pres
emily something happened. One of the
horses stumbled and fell. The Jockey
was pitched headlong to the ground.
He lay white and still The man turned
to look at her. There she sat, the color
flown from her cheeks, her lips parted,
her eyes wide and staring. He ventured
to reassure her. "Oh, don't believe
he's badly burt, he said. "Hurt?' she
repeated quick as fash. II only hope
he's broke his neck l had $40 on the
little scoundrel. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

The Constitution guns were double
shotted with round and grape. The
broadside was as one single explosion,
and the destruction was terrific. The
enemy's decks were flooded, and the
blood ran out of the scuppers-her cock
pit filled with the wounded. For few
minutes, shrouded in smoke, they fought
at the distance of half pistol shot. In
that short time the Englishman was lit
orally torn to pieces in hull, spars, sails
and rigging. AS her mizzenmast gave
way the Englishman brought up to the
wind, and the Constitution slowly forged
ahead, fred again, luffed short round
the others bows and, owing to a heavy
sea, fell foul of her antagonist, with her
bowsprit across her larboard quarter.
While in this position Hull's cabin was
set on fire by the enemy forward bat
terry, and part of the crew were called
away from the guns to extinguish the
threatening blaze. - Barnes Naval
Actions of the War Of 1912"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
The yerr EarIiest Coins.

No one knows exactly when or where
the original coin was Struck or what
metal was used. Certain passages in
Homer would lead to the inference that
brass was coined as early as the year
1884 B. c. Tradition affirms that the
Chinese had bronze coins as early as
the year 1920 B. G. But Herodotus, the
acknowledged Father of History" is
of the opinion that the Lydians ''in-
vented" coins some time during the
ninth century B. O. One of the Oldest
coins now known is gold daric, coined
by the Persians during the reign Of
Darius. On one side of this coin is a
bust of Darius and on the other side a
figure of kneeling archer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07


A few years ago well to do but ex-
travagant farmer living out on the Rus
sell cave pike went to Mr.. Hart Bos-
we'll and asked him to see his brother
Dave of the Northern bank and tell
him that he wanted to borrow 50, 600
and that it would be all o. K, etc.
Mr.. B. told him that he would not
do it, but gave him the following tip:
II see you or your wife calling negroes
out of the field two or three times a
day to hitch your rigs up to 60 to Lex
ington, and see you stop hands from
their field work to drive load of corn
to market. You stop all this foolishness
and drive the wagon of corn yourself.
then go to the bank and ask for what
you want. " The man went according
to directions, and after he had sold his
corn he went to the bank and asked for
the $4,000. Mr.. R. 7. Anderson, one
of the directors, was present and with
out asking any questions said, ANY man
whodrives his own wagon can borrow all
the money he wants at the Northern
bank. This little transaction changed
this mans condition in life, and he
was no longer money borrower. Lex
ington American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

The up to date woman wears her
cross if she is so fortunate as to possess
one. As an article of jewelry this SYM
Dol of suffering is as popular as it was
in the days of the grandmothers When
the grandmothers were girls, the pos
session Of a handsome bejeweled cross
that could be worn as a pin, hair Or
nament or locket amounted almost to
ID badge of aristocracy. The black ones,
studded with diamonds OF pearls, or
both, were highest in favor, as they are
today. The fashionable cross must be
antique looking. Not everybody
grandmother possessed one, however,
SO the jewellers have come to the rescue
of the woman who did not fall heir to
one and are bringing out exquisite de-
signs in Roman gold. Most of them are
studded with precious stones, and many
have backgrounds of black enamel It
is by no means taking form of per-
sonal adornment, but the women like
it.-New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
JAILED THE COW TO A FAIR.
And This Cape Colder Captain Got F1rsa
Prize In a Special OIass.

=
When was down ON Cape Cod,
heard an amusing story about an old
sea captain and his COW. Captain Pat
tersons after sailing the sea for more
than 40 years, finally retired to a little
farm near Barnstaple, where he settled
down, with a horse, COW and two or
three dozen hens His COW, though
lank and rather stubborn creature, was
said to come from very good stock, and
when the Barnstaple people took it into
heir heads to have a fair Captain Pat
terson determined to exhibit his COW.
But when the day came for driving
her to the grounds the COW showed that
she had mind of her own and would
not bulge a step beyond the farmyard
gate. In vain the old captain tugged at
the rope, pummeled her sides and push
ed her TANKS The COW wanted to go
to pasture and was bound she wouldn't
go to the fair.
Captain Patterson's patience was
very nearly gone, when suddenly an
idea occurred to him. Though he was
not strong enough himself to force the
COW to go TO the fair his training sug-
gested something that was. Tying the
COW to the gatepost, he went up into
the loft of his barn and threw down an
old sail stepped to dory mast. Then
he put horse s blanket belt through an
iron ring, strapped the belt around the
COW, inserted the end of the mast in the
ring and bound the mast to the side Of
the COW with sumo 80 feet of rope.
The wind blew ''quartering, and
when the captain united the COW and
raised the sail the canvas swelled out
over the cows back, and away she went
siding" down the road, mooing and
plunRing and trying to stop herself in
vain. Captain Patterson seized her tail,
and using it as a rudder guided her
skillfuliy in the right direction With
every fresh puff Of wind the obstinate
COW would be hurried along faster,
while the dust blew up in clouds and
the sail tapped and tugged as Captain
Patterson held to the mainsheet with
one hand and the cows tail with the
other.
1t was a hard voyage for both Of
them, but not a long one, and when
they came in sight of the fair ground
everybody ran out to see the remarkable
sight of COW being sailed through the
streets like ship. Cheers and laughter
filled the air, and when the captain
finally whirled his COW around at the
gate of the fair ground and brought her
neatly up into the windn the shout
that arose might have been heard two
miles away.
Unfortunately Captain Patterson's
COW did not take one of the prizes for
blooded stock, but the captain himself
was given a special prize by the fair
commissioners for ''the best advice for
getting balky cattle to market. Out
loOk
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

How do the royal family manage to
distinguish between their Victoriasp
There is Victoria in every family Of
the second Victoria of Prus-
STA, Victoria of Wales, Victoria of Edin-
burgh, Victoria of Hesse, Victoria Of
Sleswiok-H olstein, Victoria of Con-
naught. Victoria of Battenberg, victo.
tia of Teck and others somewhat less
nearly connected. There is no Victoria
Of Albany, the sole exception. London
Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07
He Knew Her Name.

The following funny dialogue recent
ly occurred in an English country
church when the rector was catechising
the children. "What is your name?" he
asked strapping girl of 1S, the only
daughter of the village boniface. He
received no relpy. "What is your
name?" said the minister, in a more
peremptory way. min O. yer fun. par
son. Ye kna ma neame vera weel.
Duon't ye say, whom ye're at our house
ON a meet, Bet, bring me a pint O.
yell?'" The congregation, in spite of
the sacredness of the place, was ON q
broad grin.