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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
The Race For Decoration.

The number Of those decorated
with stars, ribbons, medals, etc, is
remarkable in society nowadays. If
women still retain the position of
being the decorative sex men are
certainly the decorated. Orders,
medals and so on are distinctly a
decoration as a general rule and
nothing more. The last thing in the
world that they mark is personal
distinction. 1t is a common, mascu-
line atTectation that titles are ac-
cepted mainly 10 please wives, who
have a weakness for being my la
dies" The ribbons, medals, ETC.,
which are not shared with the wives
are just as eagerly coveted and ac-
cepted.-London Truth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

a story is told about Francis
Parkman, the historian, which shows
that in spite of impaired eyesight he
was not blind to injustice. A friend
met him walking along the street,
holding two street boys by their coat
collars. In reply to his friends re-
quest for an explanation Parkman
said; 81 found this boy had eaten an
apple without dividing with his lit
tie brother. Now I'm going to buy
one for the little boy and make the
big one look on while he eats it"
After reading this incident we
should expect fairness of treatment
in Parkman's histories.-St. Nicho-
las.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
HOlBElN AND THAR.
To One the World Was Pilgrimage. 10
the Other a Pageant.

The ce-ms Of IloIbein blossomed
early. In 1915, when he Was eight
zen years old, he moved from Augs-
burg, where he was born, 10 Basel,
the center of learning, whose boast
vas that every house in il contained
NJ least one learned man. In 1870
he was admitted to citizenship at
Basel and to membership in the
painters guild. good proof, "a he was
only twenty-three, Of his unusual
ability.
But the times were lean ones for
the painter. llolbein found himself
in need Of money and accordingly
set out for London with a letter Of
introduction to Sir Thomas More,
the kings chancellor.
"AIaster Haunce,' as the English
called him, arrived in England to-
ward the close of 1926. Daring this
first visit to England he painted por-
traits of many of the leading men of
the day, but two years later, in con
sequence of an outbreak of the
plague, he returned to Basel, only to
be driven back to England in 1881
by poverty and the death of his old
friends.
Bv 1897 lIolbein had come to the
notice of Henry VIII. and was es-
tablishcd as court painter, a posi-
ton which he held until his death.
This seems to have occurred during
another visitation Of the plague in
1913, for at this date knowledge of
the great artist ceases. When he
died or where he was buried is not
known.
What contrast between his life
and Titian's-one the favorlte and
the other the sport Of fortune, for,
though the greatness of both was
recognized by the men of their
time, Titan lived a life Of stump
tuous ease in the beautiful sur
roundings of Venice, while Holbein
often straitened for money, never
wealthy, experienced the rigor OF
poverty, forced by need and circum,
| stances to become an alien in &
strange land, dying unnoticed and
unhonored.
The world to Titan was a pag
cant; to Holbcin, scene of tot
and pilgrimaPc.-St. Nicholas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08


Clara is a good match. Our for
tunes are ABOUT equal. | think |
might make a living in this country.
Well, who knows what may happen
one day? | have plenty of time to
think Of il.
Il think your cousin deserves bet
ter than that, and You ought to be
in love with her
"What. Love at first sight! |
do think Clara Is pretty, but-plcn-
ty OF tlme--plcnty of time"
everybody seemed happy at the
mlIl-eyen Clara, who listened with
pleasure to the compliments OF her
cousin whenever he Glanced to be
with her and she thought mm so
WITTY That she quite forgot to show
her own WIT before mm.
In the meantime she was hoping
that he would propose before going
back to IarIs, bat the last day dawn
ed, and he had not SAID the least
word about marriage,
Albert gave kisses all around and
SAID to her: u Will come back next
year. | will write to YOU and send
ne 1loSSet works, as promised.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
Maine's Biggest Willow.

The biggest willow in the state
is at Norridgewock. 1t measures
twcnty-three feet in circumference
at the base and has a ponderous
spreading top. Its largest diameter
is a little more than eight feet. The
age Of the tree is about 100 years.
The tradition is that a man travel
ing from New Hampshire on horse
back stopped to give his horse wa
ter there and stuck his whip, which
was a small willow twig, in the
ground and forgot to take it.-Ban-
gor News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

a minister's wife, doctors wife
and travelling mans wife met one
day recently and were talking about
the forgetfulness Of their husbands.
The minister's wife thought her hus-
band was the most forgetful man
living, because he would go to
church and forget his notes, and no
one could make out what he was
trying to preach about. The doc
tors wife thought her husband was
the most forgetful still, for he would
often start out to see a patient and
forget his medicine case and travel
nine miles for nothing. "Well,"
said the travelling mans wife, my
husband beats that. He came home
the other day and patted me on the
cheek and said: I believe | have seen
You before. What is your name ?"
-Brownwood Banner Bulletin.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
Power of ADVERTISING.

Excited Gentleman - It's all
through your wretched paper.
Editor (who is used to iO -
What's the matter now?
Excited CONDEMNATION stated
the day before yesterday that a
thief had entered my room, broken
open my desk and stolen a sum OF
money, but that fortunately he had
overlooked the gold watch which
usually lies in the bottom drawer.
Editor-Well, the facts are stated
correctly.
Excited Gentleman-They're cor
rect enough. But what is the re-
suit? The infamous man came
again last night and took the watch
London Madam.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
AWkWardly Worded,

The Perkins and the Podgrass
families are unfriendly. Adhcrents
Of the Perkinses say it is Mr.. Pod
grass fault, but he warmly protests
that he meant no harm.
The trouble began at the concert
given in aid of the Volunteer Hose
company. Mr.. Podgrass was stage
manager. Miss Anna Belle Perkins
was down for a solo, but when the
eventful evening came she found
herself Frustrated with a cold and
at the last moment sent a messenger
to ask that she be excused TO the au-
dlence. When her place on the pro-
gramme was reached Mr.. Podgrass
advanced to the front of the plat
form.
'Ladies and gentlemen" he said.
Il have to announce that Miss Per-
kins will be unable to sing, as an
nounced, and therefore Mr.. Brown
will give US "A Song of Thanksgiv-
ing"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
DisIiked the Flavor.

When cherubic youth of four
was brought in as a candidate, says
the Columbia Ledger, the kinder
garten teacher fell in love with him
at sight.
"Oh, you darling" she cri"a.
"IIaye you any brothers like you:
"les'm," he replied. Me and
Billy and Jimmy. | like Jimmy
best"
And why do you like Jimmy
best:'
"Cause he did such errand for
me. He bit Billy's leg"
But, deary," protested the teach
er, why should you want Jimmy to
bite Billy's Leg"
"'Cause hate the tas'e of Billy's
leg replied the cherub.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
BESSEHER'S DEVICE.
His Reward Fer ., Came When He 30
lonssr Wanted Man.y.

In an autobiography oi siT Henry
Bessemer l. told how, IN 1883, when
he was youth of twenty, be- learned
that the British government was
losing about 100000 year
through the use Of forged stamps.
lie set about finding a remedy. In
nine months he discovered how To
forge government stamps with The
greatest ease. This was a risky blt
OF knowledge for a struggling young
man who wanted money whercwith
To get married to the girl of his
choice. But young Besscmer, hay-
ing invented forthwith the pcrforat-
ed stamp that is now known every
where, went gayly to the govern
ment officials with the forgeries in
his pocket to ask if they were gen.
uine. When Sir Charles Presley
passed them as genuine Bessemer re-
marked that he knew they were
forgeries-''s simply because forged
them myself" Then he suggested
remedy. 1t was accepted. Bcsse-
mer was offered the post of superin-
tendent of stamps-for plant and
staff must be reorganized-at
$4,000 to $4,000 year.
Young Bessemer went away hap
PLY to tell his good luck to the girl
of his choice. He explained to her
the situation, how old stamps had
been picked off documents and used
again and how he had invented an
elaborate plan to remedy this. but
SURELY" said the young lady, IF all
the stamps had date put on them
they could not at future time be
used without detection" This
rather startled young Bessemer
But he devised a simple method OF
marking the date. The British gov,
eminent was delighted. The device
was accepted. And, as no change Of
machinery or staff was needed, Bes.
semer was informed that no superin.
tendent of stamps would be appoint.
ed. Thus he had deprived himseIl
of a job.
Forty-fve years later, after h'
had invented the "Bessemer proc
ess" of preparing iron and had made
a great fortune, Bessemer wrote t
Lord Beaconsfeld, then prime min
lister, pointing out that he had sayeC
the country millions without the re
ward of a penny. He no longc
wanted money, but the government
acknowledged the debt and paid /
with knighthood.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

A gentleman one day asked a
shoeblack who was cleaning his
boots if he ever read the newspa-
pers.
The boy promptly replied: "Oh,
yes, sir. reads the paper
"What do you read, my lad %
asked the gentleman.
"Oh," retorted the boy, Il reads
the house of commons news, sill"
A policeman standing near, who
had heard the conversation, strolled
up to the lad when the gentleman
had left and said, Odd you ever
read the police intelligence"
"Garn. They amt got nonen'
CURLY responded the youth.
The policeman keeps a watchful
eye on that boy now. - London
Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
A knottY Gaze.

An amusing incident took place
once while Judge David 7. Laird
was holding court at Leavenworth.
An old man of the name of Joe
Whitehead, a farmer who resided
near that place, was always an at
tendant at court, not as litigant,
but as an observer. Whitehead was
drinker and full Of wit and humor.
He had asked Judge Laird to let
him sit as judge in some case. So
the Judge promised Whitehead that
he might sit as judge in the ''first
knotty case that came up" A few
mornings afterward the case Of
'Knott versus Knott" was called,
when Whitehead rose up in the back
part Of the courtroom and hallooed
out at the top of his voice, Judge
Laird, that is my case, and | am
ready"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

During the civil war soldiers were
very apt to become intoxicated, as
liquor was sometimes the only drink
they could get. One soldier, who
was in the habit of becoming intox-
icated, was demonstrated with by
the colonel of his regiment, the con-
ycrsation which took place being as
follows:
"You are a remarkably clean
man, sir"
"Thank YOU, colonel
"But, sir, YOU have bad habits"
81 am sorry for that, colonel"
"You drink, sir"
81 am sorry for that"
"Oh, | know you are sorry, but
why don't you drink like me-"
Colonel, | couldn't do it. 1t
would kill me. Boston Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
lncendiary Friction.

An insurance adjuster was sent to
a Massachusetts town to adjust a
loss on a building that had been
burned.
GLOW did the fire start?" asked a
friend who met him on his home
ward trip.
81 couldn't say certainly, and no
body seemed able to tell" said the
adjuster, ''but it struck me that it
was the result Of friction"
"What do you mean by that p
asked his friend.
"Well," said the insurance man,
friction sometimes comes from
rubbing $4,000 policy on $4,000
house."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08
His Private Talk.

"1 our honor said the plaintiff
in the divorce proceedings, 81
charge cruel and inhuman treat
ment. My husband hypnotized me
into thinking that my last seasons
bonnet was just the thing for this
season."
''lle did," asked the judge, look
ing sternly at the defendant. "My
man, come here. The court will
speak to you privately"
Wonderingly, the defendant came
to the bench, when the judge said:
Say, old fellow, I've got a wife
and four daughters. Can you hyp-
notize them ?"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

1t is quite common in FIJI and
Samoa for a man to bear upon his
arm or body certificate of his birth
which is practically indeibIe. Tat.
tooing is carried on in these islands
to an absurd extent, and it is the
practice to tattoo on the hand of a
mother the date of her chiltlren's
births. Sometimes an enthusiastic
father will tattoo the date of the
birth on the child itself, and no mat
ter how long it lives the certificate
will remain easily decip herable. In
some adjoining islands every child
is tattooed almost from head to foot
on its completing its twelfth year.
The result is very remarkable, espe-
claIly if the child is growing rapidly,
so that the spaces between the tat
too marks increase in size year by
year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08


EahSc III one mana ana Il ou.'o'c Ih-
Ger one arm II was S'u''eI WORKS
CARA met MN at 'hr garden cate
0''e was 'oo%InS as IFc'il as me now
cfS' ana me- oc!hS collcci'ed' lhou9 h'
lhat 'he happiness expressed on ner
lace was que 10 ms presence. Hhe
was less umld than last year ana a
ilttle Stooter. one could read her
heart through her gray eyes and her
smiles
Is "ilat l near true, 'Iafa'
'ef'4lhl}' l was ABOUT TO write
TO you. l want you mere lot the wed
dlhg
1T Is impossible
Quite possible and true"
With whom:
with Jack, OF course.
AN, the scoundrel! There is
nothing llhe a Trend to betray one,
y" ny, Albert, what short mem
DRY YOU nave. Ioor Jack would not
speak OF love before he was quite
sure OF your feelings toward me. |
am very thankful that YOU set HIM
at liberty to speak, | am so proud
and happy at beng loved 10y such a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-09-08

The caller was angry and even
belligerent. 81 want an explanation
and an apology, sir" he said. On
your paper this morning you had an
account of the wedding at the
Smithbys last night, and you spoke
Of the jay that attended the happy
pair as they went to the altar Now,
sir, I'm the
"Gracious heaven" gasped the
editor. 81 wrote it 'joyp" -Chica
60 Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

them passed through the tenn
porary Harvey eating house.
Finally both the combatahts
were helpless aud then the mem
berS OF the crowd, not scared in
the beginning, began to realize
the peril they had been in.
About 200 waiting passengers,
men, women and children, wit
messed the affray. Those whose
nerves had deserted them at the
outset found the most ridiculous
hiding places. One man was
trying to climb the bell cord of
the train.
It ives not thought that the
wounds of the officer would
prove fatal. He was put on the
train and taken to Los Angeles,
The negro was brought to the
hospital at Prescott, where his
injuries were dressed by DR..
Yount, who does not believe
that be will survive. One bullet
penetrated his left lung, and
another broke his Jaw in two
places.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30
Excitinu Duel at Ash Fork

not fully recovered their normal
nerves, which had been wrought
up at Ash Fork the afternoon
before by an exciting pistol duel
in which bullets were d;stribut
ed over a wide area, says the
Republican. The participants
in the affair were Officer Whitley
of the Santa Fe and a negro
who gave the name of Peter
Baws. All spectators agree
that it was a meeting of two
brave and desperate men. The
negro, whose home is in Louis
lana, got on the WestbOund San
ia F'e train at Albuquerque. He
refused to pay his fare, or at
any rate he did not have a
ticket, and there was some dis
pute between him and Conductor
McGinty, which lasted until the
tram reached Williams. There
the conductor told him be would
have to leave the train or ply.
The negro agreed to pay as far
as Ash Fork and the conductor
told him that he would accept
his cash fare to that poiut nd
turn him over to the authorities
there
Arriving at Ash Fork the ne
gro refused to leave the car and
was elected. There was some
quarrel dt that point concern.
ing which the passengers are
not clear, and the officer drew
his gun and fired three shots in
to the ground near Baw feet
After the third shot the negro
turned ashen with anger and
deliberately drew revolver
from the inner breast pocket of
a light overCoat and holding the
wnapon at his side with the
manner of an eXpei fenced
markSman he shot the officer in
the groin. Then the battle was
on and Officer Whitley shot to
kill. The two remaining bullets
of his revolver found lodgment
in the negro, who shot the Off
Ger twice more in the leg The
officer emptied his gun and
called to bystanders to go to a
saloon nearby and get him re-
vOlver or a shotgun. In the
meantime, wounded as he was,
he reloaded his own weapon.
having gone to the other side of
the train to do it, and then
cray d back between the
wheels of the train to renew the
fight. There was a further eX
change of shots of which the
negro altogether was wounded
seven times. Bullets which had
missed their mark or had passed
through it bit into the sand and
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

to demonstrate the possibilities
of the new burner, both for the
information of the railroad com
pany and the Scully Steel &
Iron company, of Chicago, the
agents of the firm which owns
the patents. The differences in
the burner are merely technical,
but the leading virtue of the
new device is that it does away
with the fire brick lining in the
firebox and in this particular
makes d great saving in expense
and trouble, as one of the chief
difficulties connected with the
use of oil as fuel in locomotives.
with the Santa Fe, has been to
find brick that would stand the
immense heat of the frebOX
without melting down. Another
feature is the saving of oil,
which is claimed for the new
burner. The company asserts
that the burner will do an equal
amount of work with half the
fuel used in one of the old time
burners.
Charles F. Lape, who was for
several years superintendent OF
motive power of the Santa Fe
at San Bernardino, and who
first introduced the oil as fuel
into the road service of the San
ia Fe will go out with the train.
F. S. Dupuy. of New York, an
expert on oil burners, will also
accompany the train over the
road
The 1923 is d brand new deca-
pod. and no test of speed will
be made, as the engine is not
worn down to any extent. The
burner will be thoroughly tested
however.
In case the burner comes up
to expectations, said an official
of the Santa Fe, ''they will in
all probability be adopted over
the system. The saving of fire
brick for the tireboxes of engines
is big item, and the saving in
fuel will be a big consideration.
The burner has been very sue
Cesstully used on ocean liners,
but railroad service is about the
most severe test to which it
could be put.
"This will be the first test
ever made of the new burner
made on a locomotive, and the
outcome will be e erly
watched. Then, too, it means
much for the sale of the burner,
for should the Santa Fe adopt it,
it will find favor among other
roads using oil for fuel. "
Mrc n d fTh,1rc+A1 o-l
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

Mrs. D. B. Thurston and
children, Of Albuquerque, ar
rived in the city this morning on
a visit to the husband and
father. Mrs. ThurSton will at
tend the B. of r. T. dance.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

At a meeting of the board of
directors of the National Fra
ternities Sanitarium Associat ton
held in Chicago the Odd instant,
it was voted to accept the offer
of 1000 acres of land and
building said to be worth IN the
neighborhood of $500. 900, 10
Gated at Las Vegas, N. NJ, re
Gently made the ASSOCIATION by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
F'e railroad. A committee from
the board Of directors has lust
returned from inspecting the
property and reported that it
was entirely fitted for the pur-
pose of the association. In ad-
diliOn to the Santa Fe gift, the
citizens of Las Vegas have Of
fered to deed the association
several thousand acres of land
as a bonus
A committee was appointed to
transfer the property and get
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

fitting up of the building prop
erty under way. 1t is understood
that the sanitarium will be
ready for occupancy early next
spring Only those suffering
from tubercular troubles will be
admitted to the sanatarium.
Most of the large fraternal or
CARNATIONS in the United States
are associated in the movement
which was originated last year
at the ST. Louis Exposition.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30
RAILROAD NOTES

N. L. Hutchison, son Of Road
master Hutchison Of the Santa
Fe, after spending Christmas
with friends in Albuquerque.
has returned to his home in
Gallup.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

The Lassoe-Lovekin oil burn.
ing device, which has been used
with great success on the ocean
oil burning steamships between
San Francisco and New York
and other points, has been given
a trial in the Santa Fe railway
service.
Engine 1923, one of the new
big freight engines of the Santa
Fe, has been equipped with one
of the new burners, and will pull
a train from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, to Needles, California,
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30

The first snow plOW to be
used On the coast lines this sea
son went out of Albuquerque
Monday for service on the di-
vide, where the snow has begun
to bank up. Trainmaster Lup-
ton, of the WinsloW end, went
out with the crew.
The Winslow mail., 1905-12-30


The Southern Pacific is pre-
pairing to at once rush the work
Of building d new shoe fly, or
detOur track, around the Salton
ocean, to extend from Mecca,
west of the sea, to Imperial
Junction, east of the sea. This
line is to BE- built a long distance
north OF the present one, its
average elevation being 80 feet
higher than the present shoO-fy,
A half-dCzen work trains will
be sent to the scene at once, in
fact a portion of them are al
ready on the ground, and work
is to be rushed with all possible
speed.
The distance between Mecca
and Imperial Junction by the
old line was something like Al
miles, but the new line, which
will run closer to the foothills.
will be several miles longer.
Southern Pacific officials are
not talking much about condi-
tious in the vicinity of the Sal
ton sea, but it is known that for
weeks they have only oy the
rarest of good luck, and at
great expense, been able to keep
their trains coming through.
Very recently the tracks have
often become sOftened and sew
eral times they have had to be
moved back to higher elevations
to keep away from the ever ris-
ing waters.
Officials have become con
vinCed that 1t will be several
months, possibly, before the
waste of waters will be under
control, and that it will be nee,
essary to prepare for consider
able rise.