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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Wa sted Ability.

Mrs. Norton had attended the con-
cert given at the town hall by Mile.
Faure, Il young Frenchwoman whom
the summer residents were trying to
help, as she had lost all her possess
sions through fire in the city studio.
where she lived and taught.
At the end of the concert the differ
ent opinions expressed by the villagers
as to the exhibition of piano playing to
which they had listened had no effect
on Mrs. Norton.
Il don't know whether she played
too loud or whether her pieces were
the best or not" she announced de-
cisively. "All l know is that | kep'
thinking if could roust out that but
ter fingered Clancy girl that's pretend
ing to help me with my kitchen work
and set that madem'selle down to
Smelling peas and beans and shocking
corn guess the boarders would have
their meals somewheres near on
time!'-Youth's Companion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Solves q Deep Mystery.

81 want to thank you from the bot.
tom of my heart, wrote c. B. RAIDER, of
Lewisburg, w. Va, "for the wonderful
double benefit got from Electric Bit
tiers, in curing me of both severe case
of stomach trouble and of rheumatism,
from which | had been an almost help
less sufferer for ten years. 1t suited my
case as though made just for me-" For
dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice and to
rid the system of kidney poisons that
cause rheumatism, Electric Btters has
no equal. Try them. Every bottle is
guaranteed to satisfy. Only SOC at j.
w. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
SPARE THE OLD THINGS.
a Plea For the Preservation Of Keep
sakes and Sentiment.

~NHH~HH-~-
Most everything is being sacrificed
nowadays TO the spirit Of practicable
ity. Old love letters are destroyed be
cause desk room is needed. The
spreading oak that marked for dec
AIDES the turn OF the road is sacrificed
10 give room 10 a modern electric sign
that tells the same story The babys
first pair OF shoes, wee. dainty and soft
Is they are, are thrown in the trash
pile that there may be room in the top
drawer for the powder box.
All Of this destruction Of ''auld lang
syne" sentiment and the basis Of remi-
niscence Is chuck full of wrong. The
most interesting place in or near
Washington is Mount Vernon. The
most magnificent square in Philadel-
phia is Independence hall. The most
valuable spot In Texas is the old
Alamo at San Antonio. Such places
as these contain the story Of Ameri-
can history, and the citizen who views
and thinks while vlewing-and 10 one
can view without thinking-becOmes
instantly a patriot, likewise a better
husband and a better father.
Keep the old love tokens. Don't de-
stroy the ''old gray bonnets." Treas
ure the little shoes. Save youths love
letters. And we may not have as
much room, but we will have more
sweetness, and there will be more
heart in the world.-Wichita Beacon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Foley Kidney Pills

Are tonic in action, quick in results.
A special medicine for all kidney aud
bladder disorders. Mary e. Abbott,
Wolfeboro, n. H., says: 81 was afflicted
with bad case of rheumatism, due to
uric acid that my kidneys failed to clear
out of my blood. | was so lame in my
feet, joints and back that it was an
agony for me Is step. | used Foley
Kidney Pills Tor three days when was
able to get up aud move about aud the
pains were all gone, This great change
in condition | owe to Foley Kidney
Pills and recommend them to anyone
suffering as | have. John w. Thurs.
ton
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Stories Of Wellington and Butcher


I once met Wellington at dinner. He
was then much aged, talked gcavely
and with great distinctness, ate but
little, drank no wine and left early.
He was a member of the Union club
when I Joined it, and have heard q
story that he became a member of
Crockford's, the famous gambling re,
sort, that he might blackball his sons
II they became candidates.
l remember the touching anecdote
Of how he and that old Prussian war
rior Butcher met upon the field of
Waterloo and mingled their tears over
the bodies Of the slain. The well
known and much more probable story
Is told Of Butcher that, having been
entertained at city dinner and thor,
oughly enjoying its gorgeous hospi-
tality, he delighted his hosts by his
admiration of London, concluding,
however, with the startling exclama.
ton. What splendid city 1t would
be to sackv'-From Sergeant Ballan-
dnes Experiences.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
INDExING BOOKS.
The Custom Is an Old Ono That Do.
veloped Rather Slowly.

nc Suston is an Oio One hat De-
veIoped Rather Slowly.
The custom of indexing books de.
veloped gradually. Cicero~lsed the
word index" but in the sense of a
table Of contents. Seneca provided
some works which he sent to friend
with notes Of particular passages. $50
that he who only aimed at the useful
might be spared the trouble of exam
lining them entire" This was at least
a partial Index" In the modern sense.
Annotated, or at least explanatory,
tables Of contents seem to have pre-
coded the Index proper.
Such tables followed the order OF
appearance of the subjects In the
book itself. Alphabetical arrangement,
which was the beginning Of the real
index, appears not to have been
thought Of until the invention of print.
ing, and even then 1t spread but
slowly. Erasmus was one of the first
to provide his works with alphabetical
indexes. The custom did not become
universal until well into the sixteenth
century
The first index to an English book Is
said to be that printed in Polydore
VergiPs "Angliae Historiae," in 1916.
An edition Of this work published ten
years later has an index of thirty
seven pages.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
PARIS STOCKHOLDERS.
When They Fail They Are Always
Treated as Criminals.


An agent de change paris stock
broker can under the rule of the code
of commerce never be adjudged bank
rupt pure and simple, his Insolvency
always involving more or less criminal
responsibility. In the absence of
fraud the penalty is hard labor for a
term, but in case of fraud the punish
ment is no less than hard labor for
life. The public, however, never SUI
fers from the insolvency Of an agent
de change, because his liabilities, no
matter what they amount TO. are al
ways taken care of and llQuidated IN
full by the other members OF the cor
poration, who contribute obligatorilJ
each year to n sort of insurance fund
or reserve for this purpose. Besides.
each of them must before being ap-
pointed make n deposit Of 100000 or
100000 francs at the treasury, which
allows them an interest of 2Ia per cent
An agent de change, according to
section IS of the code of commerce.
must not transact any commercial or
banking business for his own account
He must have no financial interest in
any commercial enterprise, whether In
his own name or under an assumed
name. He cannot even receive pay
ment or settle any account on behalf
Of his clients. The penalty for the
violation of this rule may be fine OF
5000 francs aAa eventually the dis
missal of the ffender.-Moody's Maya
zine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
FREAKS OF A RIVER.
A Stream So Crooked That Il Double
Crosses Itself.

There is a stream In Massachusetts,
called the North river IL starts in a
pond near Hanson and runs TO the sea
at Scituate. II is ten miles by air line
from Hanson TO Scituate. and the river
f. forty miles long.
This river Is probably the most re-
markable body OF water, barring the
Dead sea. ON this foOtstool aud has
stood more abuse and bad language
than the Chicago river. When the tide
Is coming i'm the river runs upstream,
and not only that, but the upper part
IF it, which Is fresh water, also runs
up, and the spectacle of u fresh water
river beating il uphill is alone enough
TO sall attention TO itself. But there Is
much more TO 1t than that.
The North river is noted for being
the scene of the last Indian raid on the
coast settlements. II Is notable for
having given birth TO the ship Colum-
bia, whose captain discovered and
named the Columbia river, and was
the first American vessel to circum-
navigate the world. II is notorious for
having suddenly changed its mind on
It's course on the night of Nov. 81. 1898,
when 1t moved its mouth three miles to
the northward. presented the town of
Marshfield with deep harbor, killed
three men and converted about 1000
acres of prime meadow land into salt
marsh.
But the chief thing about this river
is its crookedness. This river is 80
crooked that It double crosses itself.
II you don't believe 1t go and see.
There is one place in Hanover where
by making three loops the river moves
toward the sea for a distance OF al
most fifty feet and meanders about
for fifteen miles In doing it.-Boston
Traveller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
ToUcHY SERVANTS.
japanese Nessns Have TO Be Handled
With Gloves Of Velvet.

Japanese Nca1Ne FNaNE ~ % hNaNNAN1
With Gloves Of Velvet
japanese servants must be treated
with tact. however trying they may be 3.
and often they are very trying indeed.
especially the nesans. who are usual
ly untidy. cross and lazy. Yet the
dear little things have admirers who
praise their kittcnish ways. their tiny
hands and even, Of all things, their
artistic temperaments.
A certain writer solcmnly says: a
japanese nesan-any nesan, even one
In hotel-will set out your hairhrush-
es, clothesbrushes. nail scissors, col
lar box and tooth powder on the av-
erage hotel dressing table and make
a design of them-a picture, an artistic
whole" All can say is that no nesan
has ever arranged studies of still life
with the nail scissors and the tooth
powder for me. though, possibly by
way of compensation, one has started
little lakes of boiling water on my
carpet when rang for you, or toppled
over the morning tea tray and ar
ranged the fragments In an uncon-
ventional design on my bed quilt, or
dragged a table with scrapings In a
minor key the whole length of the We
randa.
II corrected roughly the maiden will
first cry and then leave. The hotel
manager is we'll aware of this-aware
With oil tho narvouS narcaDtinn Of a
person whom one hasty or Ill consider
ed sentence can throw into situa-
ton seriously threatening his comfort
and prosperity; hence his attitude of
habitual meekness. He dares not let
his little lecture slide over the line
which divides 1t from scolding and
is careful to deliver necessary ex-
hortation with a smiling face and fire.
quent laughs just to show that 1t is
really not a scolding at all.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20

Many correspondents have traced 81
don't think" through many writer's and
speakers. But this writer, who has
the habit of reading the Bible in bed
the last thing at night suddenly came
upon the seventeenth chapter of st.
Luke and the parable of the servant
who merely did his duty: Doth he
thank that servant because he did the
things that were commanded him? |
trow not" Now, the Greek words are
simply these in modern characters,
"Ou doko," which mean Just 81 don't
think" anyhow we cannot get bet
ter authority for the use Of the ex-
preston which Christ employed in one
OF those lightning sketches he threw
out as he walked and talked.-London
Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Facts About Animal Struetura

The comp!eXity of animal structure
is marvellous. A caterpillar contains
more than 1000 muscles. In a human
body are some 100000 perspiratien
glands, communicating with the sur
face by ducts. having a total length of
some ten miles, while that Of the ar
teries, veins and capillaries must be
very great, The blood contains mil
lions of corpuscles, each a structure In
itself. The rods in the retina, which
are supposed to be the ultimate recip-
tents of light, are estimated at 30
100000, and Meinert has calculated
that the gray matter Of the brain ia
built Of at least GO0,OOO,OOO cells.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Sens In Verse
OLD FAV0RITES.
SUPPOSE.

~ UPPosE my dear, that you were Il
And by your side your sweetheart
safe;
~ Suppose you noticed by and by
The distance 'twixt you were too
great.
Now tell Inc. dear, what would you dot
know. and so do you.
And when. so comfortably placed. I
Suppose you only grew aware
That that dear. dainty little waist
OF hers looked very lonely there.
Pray tell me. soOth. what would you DOT
/ know. and so do you.
When. having done what Just did,
With not a frown TO check or chill,
Suppose her red lips seem to bid
Defiance to your lordly will.
oh, tell me, sweet, what would you dor
/ know. and so do you.
Eugene Field
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
ANCIENT EMBALMERS.
Motives Which Impelled the Esyp-
tiaus TO Preserve the Dead.


tians 10 Preserve the Dead.
To appreciate the motives which i'm
PEELED the ancient Egyptians to invent
the art of embalming II is necessary
TO throw our minds back nearly sixty
renturies. Then Egyptians were In
the habit of burying their dead In
shallow holes scraped in the soil i'm
mediately beyond the limits Of the
narrow strip of cultivated land. As
the result of placing the body in hot
dry sand It frequently happened that
instead Of undergoing a process Of
decay, IL became desiccated aud pre-
served In an incorruptible form for
an indefinite time. The burial of yalu-
able and useful objects with the dead
naturally led TO grave robbing. which
was already common in the earliest
known prehistoric times In Egypt
This plundering of graves must have
taught the people at large that the
forces Of nature were often sufficient
to preserve a dead body In this way
1t became a part of the religion Of the
Egyptians to regard the preservation
Of the body as the condition of the
attainment of immortality.
The early Egyptians learned that the
body when placed In a coffin or buried
in a rock tomb usually underwent de-
composition. 1t was a widespread be-
lief that the stone "ate the flesh
hence the word "sarcophagus." Art.
fetal naturalization, therefore, had its
origin in an attempt to deprive the
grave of its victory.-British Medical
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20

A poor washerwOman in Concord
was seen to be hurrying her work and
rolling down her sleeves considerably
before her usual hour for leaving.
"I'm going out" she Informed her
employer. with a pleased and rather
consequential air.
"Where are you going, BridgetY"
ITO hear Mr.. Emerson lecture"
'Why, he is very deep, Bridget. Most
Of us can't understand him very
we'll"
"Oh, l don't understand him, mum.
but l like to see him stand up there
and talk as If he thought everybody
else was as good as he was"
The great philosopher was absolutely
free from pride, and he made his hear
ers realize his perfect democracy Of
feeling.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
NEXT DOORS FRUIT TREE.
The One Whose Branches Extend
Over the Fence Into Your Yard.

over the renee into your faro.
The next door fruit tree, growing so
near the line that laden branches ex-
tend over the fence, has proved a
source of untold spankings to the
small boy, Quarres between otherwise
good neighbors and even resort to the
police courts. One is inclined TO sus-
pect that the original apple tree Of
trouble hung over neighbours fence.
The cause of friction Is, of course,
the question Of the ownership OF or at
least the right to take and use the
fruit on the too widely spread
branches. Generally this fruit is
claimed by the person whose property
is thus invaded, but If he asserts this
claim to the point Of gathering the
fruit without permission he may feel
the iron hand Of the law, says Har-
per's Weekly. II he objects to the
presence of the branches which extend
over his property the owner Of the
tree must remove them. But II the
owner Of the tree applies for the fruit
VI dShS pti hiiSSlou W ellteT anu tdke IL
the owner of the land over which the
branches extend cannot refuse permits
sion for entry for this purpose. II he
refuses either to hand over the fruit
or to allow the owner of the tree to
enter and take it, then the owner Of
the tree may enter without permission,
but he must use no force nor commit
any damage in so entering
Certainly the most neighborly thing
to do would be to divide that fruit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Tolstoy's Thoughts on Death.

The fear of death is unnatural. The
fear Of death is the consciousness of
sin.
The fear Of death emanates from the
fact that people regard as life only a
small part of 1t, limited by their own
erroneous conception.
Just as the owner of the fig tree
knows the time when the fruit is ripe
30 God knows when to call the right
eous from this world.
Strive to keep your life at a point
where you neither fear death nor de-
sire it.-Tolstoy's "Cycle of Readings
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20

The following recipe was sent Ia
the editor of newspaper who had
established household column. 1t
was evidently given by a person of
experience:
To make a good jam place one fin
ger or possibly two lightly on the up
per edge Of an open desk or bureau
drawer, close the drawer quickly with
the other hand and keep closed for
two or three seconds.
Open 1t, remove the finger or fingers,
adding plenty Of intersections. This
recipe has been tried by every mem
Der Of my family and has never failed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Northern Eskimos,

The northern Eskimos have abso.
lutely none Of the conveniences of civ
ilization. The weapons they use In
the hunt are tipped with bone or, more
usually, with native copper, which
they work quite skillfully. Bows and
arrows and sealing spears, with hide
canoes, constitute the outfit. Vegeta-
bles are unknown in those ATTITUDES,
and they subsist wholly on flesh and
hsh
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
A Reliable Cough Medicine

Is valuablel family friend. Foley's
Honey and Tar fulfills this condition
exactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, N. Stf
St., Easton, Pa, states: "Several mem
bers of my family have been cured o.
bad coughs and colds by the use Of
Foley's Honey and Tar and ain never
without bottle in the house. 1t soothes
and relieves the irritation in the throat
and loosens up the cold. I have always
found it reliable cough cure john
w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Death In ROARING Fire

may not result from the work of fire.
bugs, but often severe burns are caused
thpt make quick need for Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, the quickest, surest cure
for burns, wounds, bruises, boils, sores.
1t subdues Inflammation. 1t kills pain.
1t sootheS and heals. Drives off skin
eruptions, ulcers or piles. Only 25c at
j. W. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
FoIey's Kidney Remedy-An Ap
probation

l.. Mcconnell, Catherine St, Elmira'
N. Y, writes: al wish to express my
appreciation of the great good | de-
rived from Foey's Kidney Remedy,
which | used for had case of kidney
trouble. Five bottles did the work most
effectively and proved to me beyond
doubt it is the most reliable kidney
medicine | have ever taken. John w.
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
What Damp Means.

Learn to know what damp means
especially when used upon polished
woodwork. Think it means wet and
you will be reviling valuable informa
ton as, newspaper rubbish" Dip q
cloth in hot water, wiring it as hard
as you can, then shake 1t in the all
and 1t should have about the right
amount Of MISUNDERSTANDING.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
The Joined Frauments.

Waiter-What will you have, sir?
Customer docking over the restau.
rant bill of fare)-Permit me to cogi.
tate. In the correlation of forces II is
a recognized property of atomic frag.
'nents' whatever their age, to Join.
and
Waiter Shouts across the halD-Hasb
for one!-London Tit-Bits.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20

For either acute or chronic kidney
disorders, for annoying and painful uri
nary irregularities take Foley Kidney
Fills An honest and effective medicine
for kidney and bladder disorders,-John
w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
THE SONG OF PERRYs VICTORY

v YE tars of Columbia give ear TO my
W story
Who fought with brave Perry
Il when cannons did roar.
Your valor has gained you an i'm
mortal glory,
A fame that will last until time is no
more.
Columbian tars are the true sons OF
Mars.
They rake fore and aft when they fight
on the deep;
On the bed of Lake Erie, commanded by
Perry,
They caused many Britons to take their
last sleep.
The tenth of September let us all remem-
As long as the globe on its axis turns
round.
Our tars and marines on Lake Erie were
seen
To make the proud flag of Great Britain
come down.
The van of our fleet the British did meet.
Commanded by Perry, the Lawrence
bore down;
Our guns they did roar with such terrific
power
The savages trembled at the dreadful
sound.
The Lawrence sustained a most dreadful
fire.
She fought three full glasses. two to
one or more,
While Perry, undaunted, did firmly stand
by her,
And on his proud foe fresh brosdsides
did pour
Our masts being shattered, our rigging
all tattered,
Our yards and our spars being all shot
away,
And few on the deck for to manage the
wreck,
So our hero on board her no longer
could stay.
In this situation the pride of our nation
Sure heaven had guarded unhurt all the
while,
While many a hero maintaining his sta
ton
Fell close by his side and was thrown
on the pile.
But mark ye with wonder, where ele-
ments thunder
And death and destruction are stalking
around,
His flag he did carry on board the Nj
agara;
Such valor on record has never been
found.
The famous Niagara, being proud Of her
Perry,
Displayed all her banners in gallant ar
Twenty-Five guns upon her deck she did
carry,
Which soon put an end to this bloody
ARRAY.
The whole British fleet was captured
complete;
J4t Cd,
And prisoners some hundred; Columbians
To see them all anchored and moored
in one bay
Let brave Captain Elliott now be re-
corded;
On board the Niagara he we'll played
his part.
For his gallant assistance to Perry az
forded
We place him the second on Lake Erie's
chart.
Says to Perry to Elliott, Come, give me
your hand;
This day you have gained an immortal
renown.
AS long as Columbians Lake Erie COM
mand
Let brave Captain Elliott with laurels
be crowned"
May heaven still smile on the graves Of
those heroes
Who fought in the conquest their coun-
try to save,
Who broke the proud spirit Of those Brit
ish tyrants,
Who fought to subdue us and make us
all slaves.
Columbians, sing and make the woods
ring;
Wen toast the brave heroes by sea and
by land.
While Britons drink sherry Columbians
drink Perry;
Wen toss 1t around with a full glass In
hand
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20

The secretary Of agriculture asked
the chief of the weather bureau, GAS n
scientific man, can you tell me any
thing definite about an earthquake?'
Certainly can" replied the wealth
er man, who is witty as well as wise.
San earthquake is great movement
IN real estate."-St. Louis Republic
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
Look for the Bee Hive

On the package when you buy Foley S
Honey and Tar for coughs and colds.
None genuine without the Bee Hive.
Remember the name, Foley's Honey
and Tar and reject any substitute
John w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-20
The Silver Lining.

"Oh, JOHN" exclaimed Mrs. Short
cash, who was reading a letter, "our
son has been expelled from college.
Isn't it awful?'
"Oh, l don't know" answered Mr.
Shortcash. perhaps can pull through
without making an assignment now
Chicago News.