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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
JUDGE PAGES LOST COAT.

judge Calgin Page II Ports
mouth a leading member ri the
New n uuT,,hire bar, la, been prom
inent in New Hampshire politics for
d number Of wears. \ few wears ago
he was sitting IN the roiunda II the
Eagle hotel in Concord earnestly
discussing the political situation
with some friends. lie had a very
nice new Oycrcoat, which he care
fully placed upon the chair under
Meath him. Becoming interested m
the conversation, he paid no further
attention to the coat. y stranger
standing near noticed that the
iudgc was very much absorbed and.
walking up 10 him, placed hls hand
on M, shoulder and said. Excuse
me. ,ir. bat you are sitting on my
coal" The Judge promptly arose
and apologizcd. allowing the man Ia
walk OH with his coat. Whom the
conversation was finished and the
JUDGE looked for his coat hi, re-
marks were rather emphatic.-BoS-
ton Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
The BOUDOlR kN0ckeR.

The latest fad Of the independent
woman If the day Is 10 aiiix a unl
brass knoeker to the door oil hei
I.ouJoir. Tie etiquette Of the bou'
Jojr knorker Is already being erys-
tallized into a tradition, and danes
Il the smar, set discuss the bearings
of the new idea with much zes'
when they are together. My lady :
maid i, expected to use her knuckles
upon the panel of the door as II inc
knocker were not there.
This piece Of furniture Is strictly
reserved for callers who have the
privilege Of the entree, and IT Is be-
coming no uncommon thing for Wis
itors instead Of being shown into
the drawing room OF the library, a.
thev used to be- in the good old days,
to be ushercd direct 10 the upper
floor and laft To make their pres
ence known for all the world as II
they were still standing at the front
door Of the house. The idea Is all
very well in It's way, and good
many spccious arguments are ad'
duced in favor of the boudoir knock
er. But the innovation is just one
of those things which come under
the category of things that are bet
ter left alone.-Ncw York Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
INDUSTRIOUS BIRDS.
Come Of Them Rear Several Families
In the Year.

Birds are the most interesting
If the lower order cresJureS with
which men have to deai, and they
are also the most industrious,
though according a. the ideas oil
some men their notions Of industry
are sadly perverted. o.,
The English sparrow Is an indus
irious bard, bat IS industry Is not
appreciated To any favorable extent
save bv naturallst> who are not
preiudiced. The English sparrow
raises several broods Of chicks every
year. the female beginning to build
a new nest almost IL soon a. the
Young are oat of their shells, and
leaving them 10 the care of the
male while she hustles for Il new
location and new material for a nest.
Many of the minor birds build
extra nests. The robins may some
times be seen in summer putting up
nest. having built one and got rid
of a first brood. Blackblrds are oc-
casionally Industrious in this way,
and the warblers are likewise good
breeders.
The little field sparrow and It's
cousin, the song chip, lay eggs in the
spring and in Summer, and their
Young are stu under tuition i'll Sep
TENDER.
The woodcock, the rufred grouse
and other large birds sometimes
build late nests rs well rs early ones.
The late broods are probably those
Of birds whose first lot of eggs was
destroyed by fox or some other
predatory animal. But the early
broods NAV be safely ascrlbed to a
Young pair of birds, yearlingS, who
think the first pleasant day OF
springtime to be harbinger OF
many such DAYS.
Hawks and predatory birds are
the powers Of bird society. They
live bv the lives of the weaker birds
They are arlstocrats, almost ranking
with the eagles and hcronS. Then
children are few. but mighty, bein.
princes of the air when young an,
becoming kings and queens before
their parents de.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
VERY q DISEASE.

Every one knows innumerable
reasons why IL is foolish TO worry
the chief one being perhaps that II
is 80 utterly useless, but science has
added a new reason which Is worth
considering. IL not only states
that worry will Kill, but explains
why it will kill. Worry Is a DIS
ease Of the brain, a disease which
destroys certain cells of the brain,
often beyond repair. Like an en-
emv in the night, worry creeps upon
the brain and begins its sledge ham
mer process of destruction. The
vitality Of the delicate organism Is
slowly destroyed, Nature may re-
pair the destruction if worry comes
at intervals, but worry is habit and
its power grows each time that 1t Is
allowed admittance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
THE SHOCK or 1868.
vh,n Canada. ks,. York sne Psnnsyi-
v.ais Were Shaken Up.

,sps.ls. Nea Nork and fenn-y l-
ana ,,,sr.ral,.l IeiTlb e mo- a
ou Jsn. "a. :: and =, l""i- \
.,,siyi description ol the "ccaf-
renee. nubl.sLsd al the tine, ~ -
The hea,ens being >eIc.e, liirTe
"a, suddenly heard a roar Ike ile
ro,s, al a great Ire. immediately
y. buildings were shaken WIN
,.r.st yio..n,c. door, opened and
sb.r Of themselves with a fearful
,lntier.n.. Tie bells rang without
Their ro,.e, beng toIchtd. cracks
,ppeared in the walls of buildings
and floors separated AMI IN some
case, came d"Sn. ChaSms appeared
in the ,;cid,. and the hill, seemed 10
l.c IN notion. The fright OF the
inhahitant, was shared 10y the beast y,
and birds. who sent forth icarlui
cries howiings and bcllowln.s.
"The duration of this earthquake
MA. very uncommon. The first
sLo,k continued half an hour before
il VA, over. but it began To aha'r a
quarter of an hour after 1t started.
Three other shocks occurred Inc
.ame dav. The second day llrrs
WAS a more violent shock, which
lasted a long time, and that night
.,,,a rountrd no less than thirty
two shocks. of which many were NO
lent. The trembling> of the earth
did not cease till July. Many trees
were torn up and the pr"L!rs oil the
mountains seemed To he much
changed. SPRING and small streams
were dried up. Waters once sweet
became sulphurous and the chan
nels in which rivers formerly ran
were so altered as to be unrccognlz-
able.
HALLWAY between TadouSac and
Quebec two hill, were thrown down
and formed point of land winch
extended an eighth of mile into
the st. Lawrence river. The island
of Aux Coudre. becam" larger than
it was before and the channel of the
river was greatly CHANGED.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Chances In Modern EattIes.

In Ilomcric days a battle was IA
conflict of armed mobs. The nearer
you got to your assajlant the better
was Your chance Of killing or being
killed. The bigger the man the bet
ter were his chances in the strife.
In these piping times Of mechanical
warfare the situation is reversed.
Battles are fought at ranges of Il
mile or 50. The smaller the man
the less are his chances Of beng hit.
An ingenious mathematician has
figured out that perhaps the casual
ties on the japanese side must have
been considerably less than those of
the Russians in the recent war. If 1t
be assumed that the craftsmanship
of each was equally good. The adj
vantage of the Japanese was in
vcrsply as the cubes of their height
and breadth. The average targets
offered BY each to the enemy are As
the cubes of l,jS5 and l,G42, or as
l06 to lis, an advantage in favor
of the japanese Of about y per
cent.-Scicntifc American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Points on Oysters.

When oyster, are removed from
more saline water to tina, which l.
less salt. saws DIR. William N.
Brooks. rofrssor of zoology IN the
Johns Hopkins university, who has
made the oyster a life study, they
absorb water quickly and become
plump. or fat" but the fairness Is
nothing but water. The "lattcnng
is usually carried on in the mouths
of rivers. which are always near
towns and polluted by sewage.
Every "fattcned" oyster Is too sU,-
picious to be eaten raw, and the out
breaks of typhoid fever which have
been traced to oysters most clearly
have been traced to "fattened oys-
tiers. All the fresh water that Il
"fattened" oyster has absorbed l. at
once extracted by cooking, so that
the "fattening" of oysters that are
to be cooked is not only an unnece>-
sarv expense, but Il fraud on the
consumer. who is sold filthy water
from the harbors of cities at the
price of ovstcrS.-New \ ork Tipcs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Polite Reproof.

\ lady once venturcd to publicly
reproye a well known London SO
ciety man for his Overfondness of
good living. The gentleman made
himself conspicuous by the way he
eorged himself at Il dinner to which
he and Others of the upper ten had
been invited. To make matters
worse, he was sufficiently unwise or
,houghtless enough to attempt 10
excuse himself with the remark that
in eating well | praise the food, ="
thereby using a well known quota
ton. 1t was an opportunity not TO
Ie lost by the somewhat disguised
ind witty lady sitting at his elbow.
Really. sir" she observed, with
L sweet smile, you should not carry
rraise to the point of tiattery."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Rose TO the Occasion.

One day gentleman gave half Il
crown to IA deaf and dumb" beggar,
who, quite taken off his guard by
uch unusual munifcence, ex-
GAINED jovousIy; BLESS YOU, sir
.c,S vou,"
"IIcllo" said the gentleman. 81
hought YOU were deaf and dumb ?"
$50 | was, sir" replied the beg
gar, but your extraordinary gener-
),itv was such shock-such a
pleasant shock-to the system that
/! has restored my speech and hear
ing. Bless YOU again, sir, thou
sand times"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
A French Revolt.

The wearing of women's hats in
the theaters of Paris has tried the
patience of lrenchmen until a. cor
respondent of the Temps writes
that he and his friends, tired of not
being able to see the stage, are
forming league to achieve the re-
moval OF women's hats. They pro-
pose always to wear their hats dur
ing performances--he forgets that
a top hat will compete with most
women's hats on very unequal terms
and in order to show that the
hats are worn on principle and not
from mere rudeness they will stick
IN them card of membership of
the league. When women no longer
wear hats in theaters members of
the league will no longer wear
theirs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
The Great Desert.

The worthless area of the Sahara
desert is proving smaller than has
been believed. Professor +. +. eau
tier, the first explorer since 1926 to
cross from Algeria to the Niger, has
lately found in the Adrar plateau,
$50 miles from Gao, on the Niger, a
wide belt of stcppe having from six
to twelve inches of rain year and
covered with ponds and grass. Evil
dences Of a large stone age popula-
ton abound, including weapons,
grinding stones, rock drawings and
graves. 1t appears that the region
must have gradually dried up, bat
that the desert conditions are now
disappearing and the rain belt is
again extending more aid more to
the north.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
ESTATE OF WILLIAM CoAnE

The undersigned, having been appoin ted by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Essex, Commissioners, to receive. examinr
and adjust all claims and demands of ali
persons against the estate of William
Coade, late of Guildhall. in said District
deceased, and all claims exhibited in offset
thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet
TOR the purposes aforesaid at the residence
OF {. II. Wentworth in Guildhan on the 1 9th
Jay OF June. and the,7th day Of November
next. from one O'Clock p. NJ. until fou,
O'Clock p. Nj. each Of said days. and tina
SIX months from the ninth day of Nav
A.. D., 1906, is the time limited 6y
Sa,a Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance
Dated at Guildhall this 10th day o
May A. d. 1906 5000
George a. Hubbard, o...
James Morse / commissioners.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Live Ducks as DecoYs.

}. +. Berger of Anthony, who is
an enthusiastic duck shooter, has
secured two pairs of domesticated
mallard ducks for decoys. The
ducks are taken to the hunting
grounds in small covered baskets.
10 keep them from flying when in
use light leather strap with a
buckled moose attached to a long
shore cord is placed about their
necks and weight or anchor tied
to one foot. This, however, does
not diminish their ability to swim
and when placed in the water they
60 to the limit of their shore cord.
For results they make the old fash
Toned wood decoys look like 80
cents.-Arkansas City Traveller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Agents Wanted

We wan, the CaIfSkins, Hides, Sheep
prlts. Tallow, Bones, etc, collected in
your vicinity.
Can't you arrange To | urchase these
goods for MS this spring? We will fur
uIsh the cash with which to buy; We
will also furnish tags, advice sheets,
taking of directions, cloth posters to
enable you to advertise tie business, etc,
etc.
We pay highest cash prices and keep
our customers thoroughly posted on the
conditions of the market and pay the
freight
To any one writing us and mention.
my this paper, We will mail full particu
lars. Address,
CARROLL :. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Exsrxhodr Ready to oieksr.

Many years ago in central Maine
a man started out TO sell oilcloth la
bic covers throughout the country
at so cents a cover. After travelling
all day without selling one happy
thought struck him. He would
charge a dollar and take half the
pay in castoff shoes.J The result
was that people imagited they were
getting some return 4 om their old
shoes, and there was general ran
sacking of attics, and table covers
went like hot cakes. But the old
shoes: Well, wherever he found a
convenient hole beside the road, out
of sight, he pulled up his cart and
dumped the lot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
saUER'S INSTANT COT Oh CURE

Has cured NOR" Coughs aud Colds than
any remedy known. 1t instantly relieves
the most distressing cough and is guar.
anteed to cure bronchitis aud Asthma.
ha"er's Cough Cure always gives salts.
faction as Mr.. d. Greenman, druggist of
New Harmony, Pa, SAYS: "Your
remedies have given the very best salts,
faction to all who have used them. and
especially Raurr's Iustant Cough Cure.
! took for larger sales on them in the
future. do not want to be ont of then,
AID will order before my stock runs
down too low Get free sample and
prove what it will do for you. For sale
by John w. Thurston, druggist.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
One WAY to Drink lea.

This is how Maxim Gorky drinks
tea: First of all it comes not in a
cup, but steaming hot i'll a glass.
Gorky drops in slice of lemon,
takes two Jumps of sugar from the
bowl and dips them lightly into the
tea. Then he lays them aside and
talks while they get soft. When he
is ready he breaks off a morsel of
sugar and holds itbetween his front
teeth while he takes sip of hot tea.
He bites another morsel and takes
another sip, and so on until the tea
and sugar are both gone together.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
A Nice Place to Live.

"On the Broken Hill road" says
the BulaWayo Chronicle of an Incl
dent in that part Of South Africa,
ION Il recent night a lion entered Il
hut wherein We're sleeping two white
men. Pushing open the reed door,
the animal made for the nearer Of
the two sleepers and, gripping him
by the shoulder with its teeth, lifted
him from his bed. The cries Of the
man brought several natives to the
scene, and these pIuckily attacked
the beast, bringing it to bay. 4
shotgun happened fortunately to be
near by, and this the captive sue
ceeded in reaching, instantly shoot
ing the lion. The man, whose name
is Thornton, was very badly mauled,
but he is making favorable prog
resS."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Where She Had Seen Him.

DR.. Hook, Il celebrated Yorkshire
vicar, atterward dean Of Chichester,
was not handsome man. An old
acquaintance says of him:
"The boy, Walter Farquhar Hook,
might almost have been described
as one of those on whom nature is
said to have tried her prentice
hand" He was very fond of COM
menting on his own ugliness and re-
peated with great amusement some
of the "lsft handed compliments"
he had received.
On one occasion the good vicar
saw little girl looking attentiycly
into his face.
"Well, my DEAR" said he, q don't
think you've seen me before"
"Oh, yes, | have"
"Where: :"
Il saw you the other day climbing
up pole and gave you a bun. -
Pearson's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Have You Your Share?

A writer has calculated that if all
the cash Of the world we're divided
up each person would have $40. As
to the different nationaIities, if each
country would divide out its cash
the French would lead, each Gaul
having 1886. Americans would come
next, with %25 in each purse; each
English subject would have $1S,
each German 81, each Russian SO,
each japanese So and each Cuban
81
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
SlL ON, e lI|jgA!s

70 andfrom Quebec. < olebrook North STRAIT
ford, Lancaster, North Conway, Boston,
Portland, and all points in the Stase
of awe and NJ aritime Provinces
In effect January =. i gO6.
TRAINS LEAVE North Stratford as TO-
lows; For ColehroOk and BeeChcr Falls at
10. 10 a. m, = / =. and : 20 D. m
For Cookshire, Dudwcll Junction and Lime
Ridge at az D. IN.
For Quebec and all points on the Quebec
Central Ry. 2.l3 p. N.
For Lancaster 6.55 IL so a. M. and 3.U1
p. m.
For Quebec Junction. Portland and East
ern points 6.55 a. IN. and 3.O7 .. m
For Boston, via Portland, Il. 90 a. IN. and
3.oTlp. m.
GEO +. EVANS,
Vice President and Gen Manager.
+. l.. BOOTHBY, 6. p. * IA,
PORTLAND, ME-.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
ATTITUDES IN SLEEP.
The Cad Pastures In Which Animals
and Fish Sssk RePoss.

T5,h have density "a nearly that
* natter liar tiey can test quietly
-. -auI ~ gravel without apparent
s.-uri. Are Ile, asleep: Probably
'naa-h they do hot ,hut their eyes.
~ M, beginning 81 evening, for M
-lau,e. inc uadseon chooses sandy
r.ur ntta-vn stones and remains
.brr.. fa.iur -lc s---crt. H. hoiN
r,.. .a., ua me lower lohr of the tai
f.I an o., rctIaral and yentral hns.
n = possible that il assumes the
a,s. ,-.t-pu IN winter and remains
m. anal spring. alternating. The
aaric,- and Dream, sleep IA compa-
r.... Ike the gudgeon, bat on
nUtluy bottom. The pike slce's IN
.r..r-r near the bank. al Hlc sur
face. wErr. tie sunlight can reach
Il. Tie carp keeps near the bottom.
The eel h,lr- in holes that II makes
nearer the bank.
Tie observation Of sea fish Is
more difficult. a. may be imagined.
n is now agreed that herrlngs,
maehcrrI and other 81 called mlgra-
tory fish pas, the wintcr at the bot
Tom In kind of lrthargy. DO they
adopt The gldacons position: Per
hans. though pleville le Pclcy has
seen thousands of mackcrel half
hurled in the mud. holding their
tails vertically above il. Batrachlans
| sleep sitting with the head IN the
mir. The toad sleep, by day IN holes
or under rocks and retireS under
rropnI for tbs winter. He burrows
/ backward. his hind feet and the end
of his body serving to dig the hole,
while he pu,hc, with hiS fore ieet.
! The mar>upiaiS are generally forced
hy the shape of their bodies to sleep
sitting. The phalanger fox steep,
in a croUching posture. the mead
between the fore feet. The lemurs
also crouch. with the long, bushy
| tail around the hind feet. With the
rhimpanzcc, and other apes the HAIR
,n tto minor arm and the forearm
..ror.s in onno.ite directions. This
.cr,as ia project the animal more
oIr.ctiycIv from the rain when he
sleeps crouchIng in the thick woods
or IN tbn br,,sh with his arms folded
and nros.od aoaipst the body. The
or,nd t,las hi, siqsta with bent
L,.l head borrjng on his chest and
sometimes holding to a branch by
ono If his extended arms. bat gen
orally with both arms hanging bv
hi. side.
prncuins and neIicans also rest in
sittino no,trrc \ whole flock
fake. rrfhoc under projecting
rocL. fine boak resting on the
breast or with neck bent. to allow
# "a rest an the back The hare
doe. NOT sIccn with omen ewes, as
ha. bcpo vronrfulIy asserted for its
r,nis are hermcticaIN closed dur
ina .lcen
Tho croaolilc and fine cay,noo re-
nosn on tho crorud ON the entire
yontroI surface lizards sleen with
! tLrir eve. shnt and their mouth,
onion Turtle. naturally take the
sar,n no.;tior tbn land varieties !,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Deadly Serpent Bites

are as common in India as are stom-
ach and liver disorders with us. For
the latter however there is sure rene
dy Electric Bitters; the great restora-
alive medicine, OF which S. A. Brown
of hennetSville, S. C., says: They re
stored my wife to perfect health, after
years of suffering with dyspepsia and II
chronically torpid liver" Electric Bit
tiers cure chllIs and fever, malaria, hi =
ionsness, Ian. back. kidney troubles and
bladder disorders. Sold on guarantee
hy John W. Thurston, druggist Price
90 cents.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
The Water Flea.

Residents in Edinburgh are much
perturbed by the discovery that
their water supply is polluted by the
presence of living organism, white
in color, bat described from its
shape and general appearance as
"a water flea" The creature exists
in cisterns in different parts of the
city and also in the fire hvdrant
street boxes, where it seems to
thrive around the edges of the valve.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Bombardino a Earmyard.

An Algerian farmer defed the po-
lice and barricaded his farmyard.
Several rifle yolleys were fired at
his place in the hope of terrifying
him. As this apparently had no
effect, a three inch quick firing field
gun and melinite shell were brought
into use. In all eighteen bombs
were fired. The first two flew wide,
but the other sixteen reduced all
the farm buildings to heaps of rub
Dish, under which, when search was
made, the farmers body was found.
He had evidently beer killed by Il
rifle bullet on the preceding day. 50
that all the terrors of artillery and
melinite had been wasted on IA
corpse. 1t is perhaps the first time
that the police have tried heavy ar
tillery on one lone man.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
The Next Total Solar Eclipse.

Not very many people viii see
the next total eclipse Of the sun,
1t will take place Jan. 3, 1908, and
it will be visible only from two is
lands in the Pacific ocean-lluIl is
land and Flint island. Both are un-
inhabited islands inclosed by coral
reefs, and landing is SAID to be ex-
tremely difficult. The duration OF
totality will be three minutes on
Hull island and four minutes on
Flint island.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-08
Modern MORALITY.

A quarter of century ago the di,
vorce court stained the reputation
OF all who came into contact with
1t. Now it causes them generally
only little annoyance. "We are
all correspondents here" said a
iacetiouS man at recent fashion,
able dinner party. And the remark
caused general laughter because it
was absolutely correct. - London
Truth,