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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
BR0WNING'S "S0RDELLO."
Mystery Of That Colossal DereIict on
the Ocean of Poetry"

Mystery Of That Colossal Dereliet on
the Ocean of Poetry"
The impeuetrable nature of Robert
Browning's "Sordello," published In
1870, "a colossal derelict on the ocean
Of poetry" as William Sharp terms IT..
has been the theme of many anecdotes.
Tennyson declared, writes Lillian Whit
ing in "The Brownings-Their Life and
Art" that there were only two lines in
1.-THE opening and the closing ones
which he understood. and "they are
both lies" he feelingly added.
Douglas ,errold tackled 1t when he
was just recovering from an illness
and despairingly set down his inabili-
ty to comprehend it to the probability
that his mind was impaired by dis
ease. and, thrusting the book into the
hands of his wife, he entreated her to
read it at once. He watched her
breathlessly. and when she exclaimed,
II don't know what this means; 1t is
gibberish," Jerrold exclaimed, THANK
God, | am not an idiot"
A French critic, Odysse Barot. quotes
passage where the poet says, God
gave man two faculties" and adds, II
wish while he was about 1t God had
supplied another-namely. the power
of understanding Mr.. Browning" Mrs.
Carlyle declared that she read "Sordel-
lo' attentively twice. but was unable
to discover whether the title referred
to "a man, city or tree"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

There goes another man suffering
from degeneration Of public manners"
said the clerk IN an aggrieved tone.
Il gave him FIVE pieces OF silver In
making change. and be tested every
one OF them TO see II II was counter
felt right before my eyes. IL Is only
lately that people WI buy have got
rude enough to do that Clerks always
did n with coin that customers gave
them. but that was prerOgative of
the trade. For the customer TO assume
the same privilege Is n uSurpation of
ancient rights. The worst OF II Is
most people nowadays are pretty good
judges of bad money. and every little
while n coin is refused because 1t is
counterfeit. The only way tradesmen
can teach customers the respect due
them Is TO turn their own backs when
testing money. That has always been
the custom I'm England. No tradesman
over there would dare Flip coin un-
der customers nose. and as con
sequence no customer has ever taken
that liberty with him."-New York
Press
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
IennYson and His Pipe.

Tennyson was an unwavering devo
tee Of the clay pipe. 81 take my pipe.
he wrote to friend in 1912, "and the
muse descends in the fume, not like
your modern ladies. who shrek ut a
pipe as IL they saw 'splackmuck' y
"splackmuck" being the word which
the jewellers in Brobdlngnag applied tc
a man. When invited on a visit tc
Mr.. Gladstone in 1876 Tennyson wrote
"As you are good enough to say that
you wifi manage anything rather thar
lose my visit. will you manage that
can have my pipe in my own room
whenever l hkeY'-London Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

John NJ Thomas. president of Mid
dlebury college, says that a year oil
two ago certain town employed o
trained superintendent, a college man
who knew what school ought to be,
to exercise supervision over all the
schools of that town. 1t was the first
time some of those schools had evei
been visited In an official capacity by
salaried administrative officer. In one
school little fodder was found study
ing percentage, learning it by heart
You should not teach him percent.
age" the superintendent said. HE
does not know how to add and sub.
tract"
But I've got to-" the teacher an
swered. "The front part Of the 'rith
metic Is torn out"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Dous That Eat Crabs,

There are crab hunting and crab eat
ing dogs in Brazil. The dogs are half
fox, but they do not seem to care very
much for poultry. They have been
known to turn up their noses at nice
fat pullets and go fishing for crabs in
stead. The dogs hunt in packs along
the banks of the rivers in the Amazon
valley, and the crawfish and land crabs
OF that region are their especial prey.
The crabs often put up vigorous fight.
but the dogs have way Of turning
them over and biting them in vital
spot just as the thoroughbred terrier
polishes off a rat.-New York World.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Not His Fault,

Before we were married" the poets
wife complained. you often said that
you would never be able to do your
best work until you could sit and hold
my hand while you courted the muse"
Eyes, know l said It."
"And now you can't do anything IL !
even happen to be in the same room
with you"
"Well, am l to blame because hold.
ing your hand is like clinging to a
bunch Of celery? Get the old tingle
back into your hand and I'll agree to
make the Tyre hum."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Lend a Hand.

The things that count In the world. my
boy,
That make a success Of your life,
Are the things that you do TO bring others
JOY
And to quiet the turmoil and strife.
Then stretch out your hand to the weary
soul
Who is toillng along lifes way
And help him along to the end of the goal.
Time is flying. so do II today.
Lend a hand that is open. a hand that Is
strong.
A warm hand. n hand filled with love.
As you pass on life's way cheer the faint
with song;
Help them on to the haven above.
-. Andrew Boyd In National Magazine
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

A Surprise For the Weather Prophet.
A century and half ago people used
to depend upon the weather prognosti-
cations in Partridge's Almanac. One
day Partridge himself put up at a
country inn for dinner, The hostler
advised him to stay the night, as it
would certainly rain. "Nonsenser'
said Partridge. and proceeded on his
way. Soon heavy shower fell, which
so impressed the traveller that he In
stantly rode back to the inn and offer
ed the hostler half crown if he would
tell him how he knew the rain was i'm
imminent
We'll" replied the man, with a grin,
pocketing the coin, "the truth is we
have Partridge's Almanac here, and
he's such a liar that whenever he
promises a fine day we know it will be
foul Today is set down as fine"
The weather prophet. like many 9th
Pr weather prophets before and since,
passed on discounted. Strand Maya
zine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
FoIey's Honey and Tar Com
pound Cures In Every
Case"

Mr.. Jas. McCaffery, Mgr. Of the
Schitz Hotel. Omaha, Neb., recon-
mends Foley's Honey aud Tar Com.
pound, because it cures in every case.
IL have used it myself and | have
recommended it to many others who
have since told Inc of its great curative
power in diseases of the throat aud
lungs. For all coughs and colds it is
speedily eifec tive.--Johu w. Thurston
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
The Danger of La Grippe

Is its fatal tendency to pneumonia. To
cure your la grippe coughs take Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, K. E.
Fisher, Washington, Kas, says: 81 was
troubled with severe attack of la grippe
that threatened pneumonia. A friend
advised Foley's Honey and Tar Com.
pound and | got relief after taking the
first few doses. | took three bottles and
my la grippe was cured Get the
genuine, in the yellow package.-John
w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

Charles Durham, Lovington, III, has
succeeded in finding positive cure for
bed wet:iug "My little boy wet the
bed every night clear thro' on the floor
tried several kinds # kidney medicine
and was in the drug store looking for
something different to help him when
| heard of Foley Kidney Pills. After
he had taken Them two days we could
see a change aud when he had taken
two thirds of bottle he was cured.
That is about six weeks ago and he has
not wet the bed since".-John w.
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Foley Kidney Pills

always give satisfaction because they
always do the work. j. r. Shelnut
Bremen, Ga, says: 81 have used Foley
Kidney Pills with great satisfaction and
found more relief from their use than
from any other kidney medicine, and
I've tried almost all kinds. | can
cheerfully recommend them to all
sufferers for kidney and bladder trouble.
John W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

DID you EVER HAVE THE DRoPsY2"
he came up to the living skeleton, in
whom he seemed especially interested.
did you ever have the dropsy?' he
asked the man of skin and bones.
well, hardly" said the freak. "Why
do you ask me such silly question:"
II jest thought that If you ever had
been troubled with the dropsy" ex-
planned the rural one. you was shore
the best cured man | ever see. New
York Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

WIN '""'' o. ~ GLARED AT STRAUSS.
the far end of the
store brewery table was stretched
across, draped with an American flag,
and behind the table was Joe Strauss
The candidates entrance was timed
SO that he should be greeted by full
house, and as he progressed down the
aisle Mr.. Strauss shouted in welcome;
whats the matter with Ziehni"
Mr. Ziehn paused, got red in the face,
glared at Strauss and shouted back:
What the - is the matter with
you Y-Chicago Post
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Ashamed.

John, how much did You give the
preacher when we were married?"
"Three dollars
Three dollars! should think you d
have been ashamed"
Il was. That was all that kept me
from asking him for 80 cents in
fhange." -Chicago Record Herald
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

= NV - HA -
fore you leap"
But he was also
mildly in love.
II was a beau
tlful evening, and
Ole. who had
screwed up cour-
age 90 take Mary
for n ride. was
finally carried
a W ay by the
IN n gle Of the
night.
MARY" he ask
ed. will you
marry mef"
"Yes, Ole" she
answered softly.
Ole lapsed into
a silence that at
last became pain
full TO his fiancee.
"Ole," she said
d e sperat ly,
why don't you
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

That fine artist, Legros, had always
declined to learn English, but he took
an Inconsistent step, for he had him
self naturalized as an Englishman.
The incident gave occasion to one Of
his best replies, and, though an aus
tere painter, he was a joviaf wit,
well, Legros, how do you feel?" ask
ed friend on the morrow of the nat
uralization. "Why. particularly hap
py," Legros answered. Yesterday l
had lost the battle of Waterloo and
today / have won it,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

suaded 10 run for
alderman. and he
succeeded In de-
feating George
Mugler. This was
after he got GO
ing. At the out
set campaigning
was full Of sur
prises to him, and
he was naturally
a bit suspicious
of that which he
did not under
stand.
II was arang-
ed to give him n
start-of with n
meeting. 4 va
cant store was
hired and filled
with chairs. AT
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Experience.

THAT singer certainly knows how to
manage her range"
She ought to She used to be "a
cook. Baltimore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
He Was All Riuht.

The political game was wholly new
to William c. L. Ziehn when Harrison.
Sears and Harlan fought It out for the
mayoralty. He was patternmaker
aud lived in the old Fourteenth ward.
now the Fifteenth. Mr.. Ziehn was per.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Foley's Honey and Tar Com
Mound

is reliable family medicine. Give it
to your children, and take it yourself
when you feel a cold coming on. 1t
checks and cures coughs and colds and
Group and prevents bronchitis and
pneumonia.-John w. Thurston,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Well Cured.

During a recent visit of well known
circus to an Ohio town there appeared
in the sideshow countryman of
decidedly inquisitive turn. He made
the round OF the freaks. to each of
whom he put many questions. Finally
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
A Woman's Wav.

ut is time to start for our party.
Why Is your wife so long upstairsy
Is she changing her dressY'
Il rather think she is changing her
mind."-Balhmore American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

The blessing of n house is goodness.
The honor of house is hospitality
The ornament of II house is cleanliness
The happiness of ii house is content
ment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

tHESIIlsILl.aa9s ,
CURRENT TIME TAR
To and From Island Pond
Passenger service at Island Pond.
EAST BorND LEAvt.
Mail and pass-ugar5l5s.
Mixed 6.45 a. m. Ey..-,, ra.
Night expres, ljj a. Co.,
ARRIVE FROM EA,f.
Night exIH.>, l2a5ar
Mixed 2.30 p. NJ. Ekrr,. iso,.
Mail and Pa,,ou-.. 7.sDr.n.'
WEST BouNp LEAVE.
Malt and pa,,rr-r.73ua.m
Express l.30 p. N. N.-U.,A. l2-.,n
ARRIVE PROM VEST
Night Tx. l.4j a.m. E,m-,, L.lsn,.
Mail and Passenger 9.55 p. II.
"a Express trains run daily, other
trains daily except Nu.Iay
For all information and Tickets ami,
to Station Ticket office or ~
W. a. GLEESON. Aee,7
ISLAM POND. Vt.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

Do not allow your kidney and bladder
trouble to develop beyond the reach OF
medicine. Take Foley Kidney Pills
They give quick results and stop irregu-
larities with surprising promptness.-
john w. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
How He Took II.

Judge-You plead not guilty to the
charge OF having stolen these two
pounds of snuff. Anything to sayf
Prisoner Your honor. thought snun
was made to be pinched--Comic Cuts
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
Much Needed.

Hampton We're forming a new as
sociation Want To joini
What's IL all ahoutf
Hampton We refuse TO patroniZe
restaurants with cups and saucers
weighing more than ten pounds.-Chi
cago News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26
- The -
Scrap Book


ole Oleson was very cautious
young man. painfully deliberate in ev-
cry act and generally lived up TO the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

Prefer diligence to idleness unless
you esteem rust above brightness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

hE say something"
"Ay tank" Ole replied. they bane
too much said already"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-26

Weteach just what young nostiob; o.
know to obtain and keep gooo and OVER
advance to business management
ship. ,,rnting Nns'
Special course in farm o''o'
sired For catalogue address ~ N.Y.
'"N' CARMEL s HOLT, A1DAS'''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

York City. Certain British laws must
be repealed before it can be recovered
however. It is in one Of the out-of-
way places Of the world and very lit
tie IL known by the general public
about It. The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in a hundred
and fifty years, still await the return
Of the fierce pilot to claim his own.
The Rock of Perce, named for the
adjacent fishing village, is one Of the
true natural wonderslof our continent.
When some CONFUSION of nature rent
the coast this rock was split from the
nearby mountain and left standing. q
grim monument to the caprice OF the
gods Of sea and land Several hun
dred feet high, with comparatively
nat top. its sides are beetling and one
side is about two hundred feet higher
than the other. Once 1t was pierced
by three arches through any one OF
which small ship might sail, but now
one Of these has collapsed. leaving
only the two huge galleries.
Captain Duval was a French priva-
toer VINO returned only small por-
ton OF his loot from English and 9TH
or ships to the French authorities.
and after the declaration OF peace he
became an out-and-out pirate. He
protected the French fishermen and
was generous with them They, in
their turn, protected him as the Eng
lish peasant protected Dick Turpin
At last he was hard pressed by the
English, and having in his service a
Micmac Indian who knew a secret
trail to the supposedly inaccessible
Rock Of Perez, he collected all his
caches Of treasure In the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perez.
The Indian carried line to the top
of the rock and hauled up a block and
fall. Then two prisoners were hauled
up, and next Duval himself. Boats
containing the great treasure chests
stood by below
The tradition is that they were
day ano a moonlight night getting 1t
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duval himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

ippe Egalite after having voted
for the death of Louis XVI. had to
stand for an hour before his own
head was cut OF. It is much remem-
bered for It's orgies during the Re-
gency.
But to mans credit, be it noted, that
this old palace is most wildly re-
membered because here Camille Des-
mouths harangued the people and dis
trabuted green leaves and rallied
them to take the bastile the next day.
Napoleon !. used the old palace as Q
resting place for his heroes after each
campaign.
Almost all the characters of his "Hu-
man Comedy" passed through it. It
was the home of the worlds vices.
where men came and went, grumbled,
shouted, jostled, blasphemed; It was
the haunt Of gamblers and libertines.
of officers on half-pay, rascals on full
pay, Of millionaires who came to pos
sess everything and Bohemians who
came to see everything.
But all are gone! Now one dimes
there with ghosts. The covers are
still correctly laid In the restaurants
bearing illustrious names, but few
diners darken their doors. Everything
speaks Of q world that has passed and
Of vanished society.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
ENDS PALA|s ROYAL
Famous Estate in France to Be
Transformed by Wreckers.


Paris.-At last it is settled that the
old Palais Royal is to disappear. The
bourse, or Paris board OF trade, or
Wall street, or Fourth avenue, Of
Paris. Is about to take the place Of
the old palace, which was the adorn-
ment Of the Paris OF our great-grand-
fathers. This center Of frivolous and
corrupted Paris Of the distant past is
doomed to disappear beyond redemp-
tion. The Society of the Friends of
Old Paris are powerless to save 1t.
Indeed, 1t has been dead this many
q day. It has become a cemetery
without mourning, a metropolis with
out poetry. There is hardly dream
Of its past that has not been de-
.stroyed.
The great square is given over to
children and their nurses. No gid
ed successors Of the bedizened beau
ties Of the past now promenade the
Galerie de Montpensier. A few be-
draggled creatures, nurtured by pov.
erty. rather than by vice, occasionally
traverse this ruined Palace OF Pleas
ure. Even the jewelry shops have
long since moved away.
In the beginning Of the eighteenth
century the Palais Royal was sort
of open-air club where people dis
cussed the happenings OF Europe and
of Paris from world politics to pri-
vate intrigues, big things and little;
the Versailles and the opera; the side
lights Of history and the history Of
sidelights
When the Duke d'Orleans of that
day crushed with debts--suppresscd
part of the famous garden to estab-
fish shops, the shopkeepers made a
fortune. The Orleans family opened
the garden to the bourgeoisie, and
the latter opened access for the Or
leans family to the throne from which
Louis Philippe fell for having trusted
the bourgeoisie too much.
The Palais Royal Is remembered as
the place where Richelieu died, where
Anne of Austria saw the throne of
young Louis XIV. threatened, where
the bogus financier, the Scotchman
Law, sought an asylum, where Phil
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30
MAST TREES FoR THE CROWN
Mark Of the Broad Arrow Was
Placed on Pines in the plymouth
Colony.

In the provincial charter Of 1891.
under which the Plymouth colony and
the province of Maine were united
with Massachusetts, 1t was provided
that all trees Of the diameter Of "a
inches and upward Of IL inches from
the ground, growing upon land not
heretofore granted to any private per-
son, should be reserved to the crown
fer the furnishing Of masts for the
royal navy. Harper's Weekly obs
serves.
A surveyor general of woods was APP
pointed to see that this provision Of
the charter was carried into effect.
Near the coast all white pines Of suit
able dimensions were marked with the
broad arrow"-three cuts through the
bark with an AK, like the track Of a
crow. This was the kings mark.
Long after the revolution had oblit-
Grated the royal authority men who
had been taught in boyhood to re-
spect the kings mark hesitated to cut
such trees
In telling a tree it was necessary
to bed it, to prevent its breaking.
This was done by cutting the small
growth and placing small trees across
the hollow, SO that there should be
no strain upon one section more than
upon another when the monster pine
struck ground.
The mast was hauled out Of the
woods on one strong sled, whether In
winter or summer, and SO many oxen
were required that the hind pair were
often choked in crossing a hollow, be-
ing hung up in their yoke by the pull
ing OF those ahead of them.
A mast hauling was a great event.
and everybody within walking dis
lance came to see it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-08-30

blood and when he reached the boat
he stood up. and with harQuebus
shot at the tackle TIL it was cut clean,
too high up the rocks for any one to
reach. Devil Duval" sailed away and
never returned.
For years the winds battered and
the sun and rains rotted the ropes on
the walls Of the rock till at last they
disappeared. So many lives were lost
In attempts to scale the rocks and re
cover the treasure that law was
passed forbidding any one to make
the attempt without the necessary le-
CALLED concession from the governor OF
the province of Quebec. Only the wild
sea-birds, making their nests In the
top OF the rock, know the story of the
two prisoners and the chests Of treas
ure on the bleak heights. But an air
ship could learn 1t.
Carleton Island, in the st. Lawrence
river. was an Quitting place for Tory
raiding parties and an arsenal was es-
tablished there. A pay chest was sent
to the post with large sum Of money.
The chest disappeared and its loss was
reported to General Haldimand at
Montreal. In 1879, Colonel Horr Of
Cape st. Vincent. received visit from
stranger, who requested the use Of
a boat and, being granted 1t. he rowed
to Carleton Island and returned In a
short time with heavy iron chest
covered with clinging wet clay. Col
Qnel Horr. thinking nothing wrong.
halped the man row to the steamboat
landing and he was never heard from
again In a few days William Majo.
one of the owners OF the island. sent
boy into the pine thicket for stray
ing horses and there the lad found
the fiat-stone-lined hole where the
chest had rested.
There are two extensive areas OF
buried treasure in the thfekly popu-
lated parts of the United States. One.
the lesser, is on the general lines of
Sherman's march to the sea. North
and south of 1t. plantation after plan
tation, town after town. have their
stories OF treasures ranging from a
few hundreds OF dollars to hundreds
Of thousands which were buried for
fear the Union army would get them.
Many were never recovered because
of the failure OF the owners to locate
the burial places. The surest way to