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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
ROAD INSTRUCTION.
Harvard and Columbia to Tcac
Practical RondmakIng.

Practical ROndmakIng.
No subject at the present time is so
worthy of discussion by all classes of
orr citizens as that Of good roads. 1t
appeals to the merchant, miller, lum-
herman farmer, road driver bicyclist
and pedestrian alike They are all in
terested in having good roads. Strange
to say, there is Il vast diversity of opin-
ion as to the best methods of construc.
ton i'll various localities We note with
pleasure that the noted universities of
Harvard and Columbia are alive to the
Importance Of the question.
Columbia university has taken step
in the right direction by establishing Il
department in practical roadmaking, in
connection with the engineering and
mechanical work Of the university.
Scientific roadmaking has reached a
point OF such Importance, especially here
in the east, that the necessity of ade-
quately testing the road materials avail
able in different localities has suggested
the establishment of departments de-
voted to this purpose in connection
with educational institutions. Harvard,
however is the only other university
so far that does work Of this sort. 1t is
understood that students taking the
engineering course at Columbia will
hereafter have an opportunity to re-
ceive instruction in practical roadmak-
ing, which is line of education that
has not heretofore been offered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
WAS A RARE COIN.
Hut n Was Obtained In n Very cheap
Way.

way
A gueSt in the Grunewald lobby eI-
hihitCd a curious coin. IL was very
thin. and. instead Of being round, IL
had the shape uf an elongated oval The
N, tai bure tbs APPEARANCE Of furnished
silver and Was worn almost smooth, as
If from long handling.
On one side was strange looking
head. surrounded by partially effaced
inscription. in which the words UNIT
ed States" were dimly discernihle, and
the reverse was ornamented with some
sort of escutcheOn.
Nobody was able TO offer a suggestion
ms to its character until brisk little
gentleman in spectacles Joined the
group.
"That coin represents an expert
ment. he said. ''that was tried by the
United States of Colombia 1t was
made in that peculiar shape to prevent
confusion with piece of lower denom-
ination, but il didn't prove "A success
and was withdrawn. It's very rare, of
course, but we numismatics make a
point of keeping track of all such little
oddities. Where did you get itT' he
added. addressing the owner.
al don't remember exactly" replied
the gentleman slowly, ut was an ev-
cry day ) cent piece before | put it on
the railroad track. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Chew your food with the celebrated
Dewey false teeth. "
Eat ut Hashem's and try the sur
passing Dewey sinkers.
play your patriotic pieces en- the
unexcelled Dewey month organ.
Buy Dewey pies for dinner. "
"Cool your throat with Dewey ice
cream soda.
"Wcar Dewey waistcoats.
Take Dewey bittors fer that tired
feeling"
ATTEND the Dewey picnic given by
the Patriotic Sons of Manila.
Spank your children with the Dewey
chastiser. "-Pittsburg Chronicle
rraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

! tCCk i'll the facts % the Grab clothes of
the gang and the go armed men in
uniform. They are Convicts?' she
asked And when l nodded she said,
Poor thingsr' Then after pause she
asked, GLOW long is he in prison for?'
"Twcnty years, | told her
GLOW harsh that scems!" she said.
GLOW cruel we are to people for few
moments wIonGdoing, which the cir
cumstanccs may almost have justilcdw
She checked her pony rs we came Oppo-
site Drutc and said, Can you use
money!"
Can l, lycdy?" said the fellow, lccr-
ing i'll an attempt to look wmiablc.
wish had tn" chance to IT,. "
The guard interrupted by telling her
it wasn't permitted to speak to the con-
victs while cut Of bounds, and so we
had to ride on All Miss Cullcn was
able TO do was to throw him little
bunch of flowers she had gathered III
the mountains 1t was literally casting
pearls before swine for the fellow did
not seem particularly pleased, and
when, late that night, l walked down
there with lantern | found the flowers
lying in the ditch. Tho experience
seemed to saddcn and distress Miss Cul-
len very much for the rest of the after
noon, and | kicked myself for having
called her attention to the brute and
could have knocked him down for the
way he had locked ut her. 1t is curious
that l felt thankful at the time that
Drutc was not holding up train Hiss
Cullen was on. 1t is always the uncx-
pectcd Tint happens. If I could have
locked into the future, what strange
variation on this thought l should have
seen!
The three days Went all too quickly,
thanks to Miss Cullen, and by the end
Of that time began to understand what
love really meant TO n chap and how
men could como to kill each Other for
it For fairly sensible, hard headed
fellow it WAS pretty quick work l ac-
knowledge, but let any man have seven
years Of western life without seeing
woman worth speaking Of and then
meet Miss Cullen, and if he didn't do rs
| did | wouldn't trust him on the tail.
board Of Il locomotive, for 1 should put
him down as defective both i'll eycsight
snd i'll intellect
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Wants n Wide Tire Inv,

A Toronto man wants his govern
ment Ito enact law compelling all
vehicles carrying a dead weight of 600
pounds or over on the public highway
to have n tire not less than five inches
wide. 1t is the narrow tire that is de-
stroying our roads. AS soon as the rains
soften them the narrow tire cuts like Il
knife. l do not believe that there is or
ever will be country road constructed
that will stand the narrow tire. A five
inch tire. however, will press and
make the surface still more solid, es-
pecially when the road is softened by
rain, instead of cutting as narrow TIE
does. "
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

ant. aI-l unzr vas my IauIL Aswe wtrr
riding lack tn car cans ca the sooCad
ufternoCn We had 20 ernss the branch
ruaGlcd, whgre a gang happened to l..
al work tamping the ties,
''Sincc yUu'r, interested in road
AGENTS, Ms Cullen, said. ''yuu may
like To So ule. That fellow standing
in the ditch l. Jafk DI'c. who WAS
COnccruOd in Tire D. ami T. q. hold mp
thu, wears agu
Miss Cailon locked where I painted.
and. Scing man with u gun, gave a
startled jump and pulled up hcr pony,
evidently surprising that We wen aiOut
10 lie attacked ''ahan't We rum" she
began, lut then checked herself - size
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Peep Into the Future,

The two weary African travellers ap-
preached each other from different
points of the compass. Neither had the
faintest notion where he was.
"Bon jaw, jer swee encharntay dc
VOC vwar, said the first.
'Ow do you do, sarer" was the re-
ply,
"Voo parlay Onglais see bang que
jer swee sure voos ait Frongsay."
lyon speak the French so much
good. You are English mister.
And both were right Then they sat
down and complimented each other up
on the great advantage they had de-
rived from coming to an understanding
about the hinterland. Punch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Ruts will not he formed if horses are
attached to the wagon properly. The
doubletree should be long enough to
cause the horses to walk directly in
front of the wheels A horse will not
walk in a rut, and hence the wheels
will not run in the tracks of the last
wagon. This keeps the roadway com.
paratively smooth. particularly when
wide tires are used, and any stones
loosened by the horses feet are rolled
down by the wide tires following the
horses This is the Pennsylvania system
for projecting turnpike roads,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
WAIT \ WEEK FOR MORE. |
MUNICIPAL MISRULE.
Due to Drawing Party Lines on Pure
Iy Local Matters.

Iy Local Matters.
The chief cause of misgOvernment in
American cities is a wrong theory of
municipal government, based on the
mistaken idea that the city is polit-
ical body. writes Professor f. Spence
Baldwin in Self Culture. The city has
been treated merely as an organ of the
state government. AS such its affairs
have been administered by politicians on
party lines for party ends. This impor
tation of state and national politics into
the field of city government makes re-
form very difficult, for it prevents the
good citizens from uniting. They are
divided by party lines. The good people
who desire pure elections and the hon
est administration of the laws may be
in the majority, but they seldom vote
together. They regularly split in city
affairs, and the dangerous classes, the
enemies of social order. as regularly do
not split. These latter are the only per
sons who. as a rule. at municipal cleo
tions vote on municipal issues The re-
spectacle classes vote about the tariff,
about Hawaii, about the currency,
about everything except the city
Thus national politics divides the
good citizens into groups and delivers
them over to the enemy. This is absurd
on the face of it. 1t would be just as
sensible for the members of each reli
gious body to vote together in city cleo
tions as for the members of the national
parties to do this. 1t is as unreasonable
to insist that city officials shall be Re
publicans or Democrats as to demand
that they shall be Methodists or Uni
versalists. Neither religious nor polit-
ical creed has anything to do with
person $ fitness for municipal office.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Boston & Maine r. R.
Time Table.

Trains leave Newport:
For ST. lohnsbury At IL 10 and 700 a. IN,
1.O5 ami -O.4O p. m Return at = 2o--31 5
a m 3. 13-4 81 and 7.51 p. IN.
For Wells River at 12.10-7.oo a. m, LOS
and l O.4o p. m. Return at .35-2 25 a. m,
2.35-3. 80 and Z .05 p. m
For White River Jet at 700 a. m. and 10 =.
40 p m. Return. 12.55 a m. SIS. 20 D. m .
For Plymouth at 12.10--7.OO a. M. O5
p. m Return at 9 .55--5.15 and il 81 D. m
For Concord at 12.1O-7.Oo., a IN. l .O5.1O..
40 p. m: Return at 11.15-11 20 a m, IS
3.1O-9. 55-1O.lO p. m.
For Manchester, n. H. at l21O--7 GOA n,
1910 40 p m. Return at 1899 a. n. 90
2.4+-9 10 and ., IS p. IN.
For Lowell at 12.1o-7 90 a. m, Oslo
40 p m. Return at $40 a m. / z O9-1 40
S.13-.40 p. m.
For Springfield. Mass, at 100 a. IN. and
lo.4o p IN. Return at 9.15 m, 12.15 and
For Nashua Jet. at 12.1o--7 a. M. / .o5 and
10 40 p. m. Return at 1908 a. m. 1882,
o5- SIS and 9.O6 p. m.
For Boston at 12.1o-7 a. m. 1.o5-1o4 40 p.
m. Return at Oh 80 a. m, Z 3O-s OOp m
Trains leave Groveton for
Lancaster at 40 n. m, 12.oo-6 SO p. m
Return at 6.15-11.37 a. nj. and 5. rs D. m,
Littleton at no a. m, 12.2o-6.5o o, m
Return at 1914 a. m and 4:31 p. M
Wells River at 7:1o a. m. 12:2o-6:5o p, m
Return at 9:55 a. m, $50 p. m.
Plymouth at 7:1O a. m, 12:2O-6:5O n. m
Return at sos a. m, 40 p.
Return at 6 and 1880 a. m
Manchester at 7:1O a. m. l2:2O-6:5O n m
Return at $40 and 1899 d. m
Nashua Jet. at 7:1o a. m. 12:2O-6:5O .. m
Return ut 1905 a M "
Springfield at 7:1O a. IN ESQ p. m. Return
at rs n. M.
ton at 7:1o a. m. II. 2o-6:5o p. m. Re-
turn at 900 a. m.
DANA J. FLANDERS,
Gen. Pass. * Ticket Agt,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Johnnie, said the father stcrnly,
"your schooltcacher writes me that you
do not behave Yourself
"Yasser, " replied the boy. "She says
I'm as bad MS You were, pop"
Whereupon the parent went mp stairs
to enjoy alone the laugh over old times.
Philadelphia North American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Following the Precept.

Peacemaker-Why did you give that
boy such thrashingH
Juvenile Belligerent-He hit Inc wild
a brick
Peacemaker--But don't yen know
yen should return good for evil?
Juvenile Belligerent We'll, if | did
not soak him good don't know. - Har-
lem Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Youthful Revenge,

"Oh, George, who opened tho ca
nary's eager
~ did. You told me n little bird was
a-whispering to you when was naugh-
ty. SO knew il must be him, as there
was no other little bird about. So |
opened the cage, and the cats eaten
him That's wot he's got for telling on
me- STRAY Stories.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Deacon johnson DO you fink you
kood support nah daughter eff you mar
ried herr
Jim Jackson Suttunly.
Deacon johnson Hab you ebher seen
her eats
Jim Jackson-Suttunly.
Deacon Johnson-Hab you ebber seen
her eat when nobody was watchin her
What to Eat
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

I'd like TO write noble song
Concerning Funston and his men,
Who bravcd the flood and boldly drove
The savage rebels from their den.
would that might WOO the muse
And rise with her In lofty flight
That future generations might
See Funston ut Calumpit
Iwould that in noble song
Might celebrate the glorious deeds
OF those who rolled their trousers up
And waded through tho swamps and
weeds
Unto the stronghold Of the foe,
But 1t is hard to find rhyme
That is in any way sublime
For Funston or Calumpit.
Chicago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Divert,ng the Argument

Trailing gowns should never be
worn on the street. my dear: they are
intended for women who ride in car
riages
well, Jack, you know very we'll
that it isn't my fault that we haven t
a carriage - Chicago Record.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Wife-What d You think of my new
hat2
Hubby-Eh2 Oh, l dunno-makes
your face look bit long, doesn't it?
%ife-Itll make your face look a bit
long when you see the bill for it.-Ally
Sloper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Clerk (to applicant at the Leviathan
Assurance company)-Iou wish to be
assured against accidents, SIR May
ask Your professionr
Applicant-I am a baseball umpire.
Clerk politely First door to the
right for the death department.
Punch
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

"He goaded me to desperation, your
honor, before l assaulted him. "
What did he do?" asked the magis-
trate.
HE kept insisting that his make of
wheel was superior to mine. Ohio
State journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
With Emphasis.

Amy (reading).-He gave her jewel
ed Observation-Disclosures do you pro-
nounCe that, Uncle IsaacH
Uncle Isaac (gruffly)-I pronounce it
downright foolishnessl jewelers.
Weakly
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Thought II Was O Bad Dream.

Mistress How was it you were so
late this morning? Didn't you hear
your alarm clock?
Maid did. mem, but l thought l
had only dreamt it, and it didn't go off
again, mem. - Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

There is one thing you ought TO re-
member, Remus, and that is that hon
esty is the best of policy. :"
II done year foxes say that befo',
sab, but TO mersef I'd RAIDER play the
udder kline. Boston Courier.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Ancestry,

The man Of the hour showed us his
picture gallery.
These, he remarked. indicating
come portraits, care my ancestors.
"And these" we asked, indicating
other portraits.
"Oh, those were my fathers an.
ceStors, replied the man
After that we saw some old masters
and some posters. Detroit journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

He-To what circumstances do owe
it, madam, that you recognize me after
two yearsE
She-Why. baron, You are wearing
the same suit and the same hat that you
were wearing two years ago!-Unsere
Gesellschaft.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
kbsentminded.

Kihber (who has jostled dignified
gentleman)-Beg pardon, sir
Justice Farleigh (rather absentmind-
ed)-.You will enter the motion in the
customary way.-Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02

Convict-Yes, lady. I'm victim of
misplaced confidence.
Visitor-Indeed Tell me about it.
Convict--A Teller trusted me ter take
care of big sum of money, and run
oft wild it. New York Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
FARM for SALE!
Bloomfield. VT

The farm of the late Milton Cook, situated
on the Connecticut River, ~ miles from
North Stratiord. junction of the Grand Trunk
ana Maine Central Railroads Said farm
contains 112 acres of land. under very high
state OF cultivation; 500 sugar trees; orch
ara; $4,000 feet lumber; 2OOO cords block
wood Also pasture and wood lot of he
acres, mile from home farm. Stock farm
ing tools and household furniture will be
sold with farm il desired Stock consists of
70 head thorough bred Jerseys
For further information regarding nror
erty inquire of B. A. Bowker, Bloomfield VI.
or w. w. Dow, Administrator, Newport. VI
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Whale-Well, my young man, how
will we settle it? Have you caught me
or have I caught you?-New York
Journal.
We Glove" Them So,

Dainty, fluffy, downy chicks.
Winning our affections
AS we see the little things
Run in all directions;
Greatest care of them we take
And most kindly treat them,
But about three months from now
We will kill and cat them.
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-02
Maine Central r. R.

To and from Quebec, c olebrook, North Stra
ford, Lancaster, North Conway, Boston,
Portland, and all points in the State
OF Maine and Maritime Provinces.
In effect November 81. 1898.
TRAINS FAVE North Stratford as fol-
lows: For Colebrook and Beecher Falls at
8. 80 a M, SO and Z "a D. M
For Cookshire, Dudwell Junction and Lime
Ridge at 2 SO p. m.
For Quebec and all points on the Quebec
Central Ry. 2.36 p. IN.
For Quebec Junction, Portland and East
ern points 2.33 p. m.
For Boston, via Portland, 2.33 p. IN.
GEO +. EVANS
Vice President and Gen. Manager,
+. f. BOOTHBY, c. p. & T. A.,
PORTLAND, ME-.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
Curtis Writes a BOOK.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, June 12.-(Special.)
The storm of censure in the Iowa press
which broke upon the head of Warden
Hunter of the Anamosa penitentiary on &C
count of the loose censorship exercised upon
the prison paper edited by Bigamist Curtis
has been renewed with greater intensity.
1t is caused by the appearance of a few
copies of a slanderous book which Warden
Hunter has allowed Curtis to write, print
and bind in the prison entitled give Years
at Anamosa. by the Editor of the Anamosa
Prison Press" Many of the best citizens
OF Jones county, including the relatives Of
the girl he had wronged there, are
grievously slandered by Curtis in the book,
which is described as a mixture of Islander,
libel, hypocrisy and fulsome praise. Curtis
is nearing the end of a five years term for
bigamy and a large edition of the book is
said to have been prepared for sale in an
ticipation of his discharge in September.
Curtis has three undivorced wives and the
people of Jones county have by no means
forgotten or forgiven his conduct there.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
They Are for Gear.

ATLANTIC, Ia, June 12.-(Special.)-The
following has been issued over the sigma
lures of the officers. of the republican county
convention recently held here:
Some of the newspapers seem to misun-
derstand the position and wishes of the peo-
pie Of Cass county relative to United States
senator. The real facts are that the re-
publicans Of Cass county are for John H.
Gear and so expressed themselves in county
convention assembled, by the unanimous
adoption Of the following resolutions:
"'In the senate of the United States the
Hon. William B. Allison and the Hon. John
H. Gear stand today as the leaders of lead
ers, ever watchful and careful of the in
terests of the state and Of its citizens. And,
we today most cordially and unreservedly
endorse and commend the course that they
have taken in the past as the able repre-
sentatives of the state in the United States
senate, and we express it as our wish, de-
sire and belief that they may each and
both be retained and kept there as the high
representatives Of this great commonwealth.
Hon. N. NJ. Baker was renominated for
representative, the republicans in conven-
ton assembled believing that Mr.. Baker was
an honest and honorable man, who would
carry out the wishes of the republicans Of
the county as expressed in the above reso-
luton, did not feel like rejecting in the
slightest degree upon his honor and integrity
as a man by binding him with a specific
instruction to vote for Mr.. Gear and re-
fused to do so, as they felt as though in
structions to a man like Mr.. Baker were un-
necessary"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
Davis sells paint.
Work of BURGLARS.

The safe In the Office of the Standard Oil
company, at the corner of Fourth street
and Sixteenth avenue, was broken open
Sunday night by burglars, who only secured
II cents and a few freight bills for their
trouble. Entrance to the building was Sc
cured by breaking open a window. The COM
bination Of the safe was not set and the
burglars could have opened 1t without going
to the trouble they did. They drilled a hole
through the lock and then broke the lock
off with a sledge hammer. The inner doors
they broke open with a sledge hammer and
cold chisels. The work was most clumsily
done and the police believe the men were
not professional cracksmen. The tools with
which the safe was broken open were
stolen from Bert Wyman's blacksmith shop
at Fourth street and Tenth avenue. Several
of the tools were found yesterday morning
In the office and in the yard outside.
A clock that was standing on the top of
the safe was found to have stopped at ten
| minutes after 10 o'clock Sunday night and
it is supposed that this was the time that
the safe was broken into, the jar Of the
blows from the sledge hammer stopping the
| clock.
Chris Johnson's shoe store at 913 Main
street was broken into Sunday night and
about a dozen pairs of shoes stolen. The
thieves smashed In the front window and
helped themselves to the stock displayed
there,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-13
DEATH OF CYCLONE VICTIM
Bessie Malloy, Injured in sundays
Windstorm mt SnIix, Brenthes
Her Last.

SIOUX CITY, June 12.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Bessie Malloy, 10 years old, died at
$40 o'clock this afternoon from injuries re-
ceived in the cyclone at Salix Sunday after
noon. Her death increases the number of
fatalities to four, all in the same family.
At no time did the doctors entertain much
hope for the girls recovery and today all
hope had been given UP. Sunday night an
operation was performed, but 1t was not
thought 1t would save the girls life. She
did not once regain consciousness after being
struck down in the storm and grew con-
stantly weaker. In the middle of the after
noon she quietly breathed her last.
Thomas Malloy and Patrick Malloy are
at the hospital. Both are doing nicely and
will recover from the effects of their in
juries. The young men were greatly shocked
when informed of the death Of their parents
and brother and sister.