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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
TICE.
DEFERRED

Mrs. Roy Hall is taking much need
ed vacation.
Ernest Moulton is suffering from an
attack of bronchitis.
Richard Hall has exchanged horses
with Orville Kelley.
Hardly anyone has finished haying.
They are waiting for weather.
Mr.. Cote is in town, coming in con-
nection with the fire on his old place.
Mrs. A. M. Aldrich and son, Leslie,
have been spending few days at H.
B. Tees.
Elmer Carter and wife returned to
their home in Montana after visit to
his mother, Mrs. Josiah Carter.
Mrs. Frank Harvey and son fro m
California. Miss Emily Blake and Miss
Minnie Aldrich of Derby Line spent
Thursday at Bert Tees.
Charles Bennett. near the West
church, has sold his farm to George
Curtis of Derby, formerly of Stanstead.
We are glad to welcome such people.
We are also glad we are not to lose the
Bennett family as they move onto their
other farm as soon as the house can be
repaired
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

last he said:
Il guess l could climb out to the
floor above and go down and fix It,
miss" he said. "The lubricating
mechanism must have cast a shoe-I
mean valve"
1t seemed to me that he was re-
peating those words by rote and didn't
know what they meant.
Before / could utter a protest he
was scrambling to the floor above, at
the imminent risk of breaking his
neck, leaving me alone with Jack. I
turned my back on him again and hum
med, to show him / didn't care. But
1t was terrible situation. l thought
of the days when we had been en-
gagged, before became disillusioned
about men, when Jack was all the
world to me; and before 1 knew 1t l
was crying
Suddenly felt Jacks arms about
me.
Forgive me, sweetheart" he was
saying. Il love you awfully, dear.
Won't you let me put the ring back
AGAIN."
And somehow, in spite of his In
famous treatment of me, had not the
strength to resist him. 1 just lay in
his arms.
Jack" sobbed, who was that
dreadful dreadful person with you at
Flavin's?"
"That?" inquired Jack. 20, you
mean Miss Partridge. Why, she's en-
gagged to young Carson, you know.
Carson was delayed, and so we chat
ted until he came along, just after
you went out. She's a very nice girl"
"And how about me?" l fiared up,
furiously.
You're the sweetest, dearest, incest
- he began, in the most foolish way.
Somehow 1t only seemed a minute
after had let him put the ring back
|, before Sam reappeared. He entered
the cage in the same way.
TITS all right, MISS he said.
We've got new valve now" And
the elevator descended.
l saw Jack slip a five-dollar bill into
Sans hand. 1t really seemed extrava-
giant, but after all it was worth it, see-
ing what Sam had done for us. The
only thing that disturbed me was the
grin on Sans face. 1t almost seemed,
for the moment, as if he had made the
accident on purpose. However, of
course. that couldn't he
Copyright, 1915, by w. G.. Chapman)
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
EXPLAINS Delaware Boundary,

Why the northern boundary of Della
ware should have been circular in form
is often a source of wonderment. I'll
came about in this way: After William
Penn had obtained a grant of Penn
sylvania he was DESTROYS of owning
the land on the west bank of the Del
aware to the sea- He procured from
the duke of York, in 1852, release
Of all his title and claim to New Cas-
tie and IL miles around, and to the
land between this tract and the sea.
A line that was the arc of circle Of
a 12-mile radius was then run with
New Castle as a center When the
three lower counties" on the Della
ware became a state they retained
this boundary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Praise God UnceasinulY.

Let praise-I say not merely thanks
giving, but praise-always form an
Ingredient of thy prayers. We thank
God for what he is to us; for the
benefits which he confers and the
blessings with which he visits us.
But we praise him for what he is in
himself-for his glorious excellences
and projections, independently of their
bearing on the welfare of the crea-
ture. And 1t shall often happen that
when thy heart is numb and torpid,
and yields not to the action of prayer,
It shall begin to thaw, and at last
burst, like streams under the breath
Of spring from their icy prison, with
the warm and genial exercise Of
praise.-Edward M. Goulburn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Cashino Our Checks.

If mistakes were riches, most of US
would be wealthy. But perhaps we
have not realized how rich we can
really become through our mistakes.
Every one of them can be capitalized
1t has been said with keenness that
"a failure is a man who has blum
dered, but is not able to cash in on
his experiences. The successful man
is not the one who never makes mis-
takes, but the one who cashes his mis-
take-checks promptly and at about
100 per cent. Every mistake of our
life points the way, if we will but see
it, to exactly the opposite of that mis-
take. 1t is when a man is so con-
vinced of the hopeless futility of his
own SHINING life that he feels he must
find a way out, that Jesus Christ has
an opportunity to be heard as he says,
II am the way" And so Of every
lesser mistake; therekwas a reason
for it that need never be repeated.
When we sternly demand of our every
failure all that it owes us, failures will
begin to keep out of our way.-Sun-
day School Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
VISITOR WHOM ALL DREAD
Frenchwomen AnxiousIy Watch Course
Taken BY "Man Who An
nounces the Dead"

l was talking to the concierge one
afternoon, and noticed that somehow
she didn't seem to be so interested as
usual. Her eyes were on a man who
was coming up the street. He turned
in at the epicerie, and she seemed still
more absent minded, watching that
door until presently he emerged. FL
nally, as he passed us on the other
side of the street, she came out of her
abstraction
do you see that man over there"
she asked me "a hope he never comes
in here"
He seemed to be merely an ordinary
man-an ordinary Frenchman; that is,
with the usual little mustache and
curly beard and longtoed shoes.
"Why?" I asked.
HE is a clerk at the marie she
answered, still watching him. See
those envelopes in his hand? Do you
know what they are?"
No, didn't, Of course, know what
they were. He might be mailing let
tiers, l thought
He goes all over the arrondisse-
ment," she said and then her voice
dropped. He is the man who an
nounces the dead"
I looked at him again just as he
turned the corner. Oh, he was no or
binary man now! There were the lit
tie mustache and curly beard that l
would never, never forget And all
the way to the Folies Bergeres it kept
running through my head-:the man
who announces the dead!-EstelleI
LOOMS in the Century Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
DEUS EX MACHINA
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

was so angry with Jack that l re-
solved never to see him again. He
had called me a flirt and refused to
listen to me when | said that | really
had known Mr.. Oliphant years before,
and that my meeting him at the cor
ner was quite an accident. He was
so vulgar, too, and Jack had never
been vulgar before. | suppose he
thought he had me on string and
could show himself in his true colors.
with Mr.. Oliphant, who was one OF
fathers old friends, and whom hadn't
seen for years.
l just gave him back his ring
quietly-right on the street corner,
and said | was glad he had shown
himself as he was before marriage in
stead of afterward. Then | walked
away. | didn't care a bit. | hated
Jack.
Of course, l never expected to see
him again, but to show him that all
was over | moved from Mrs. Brum-
melps. l left my address with her.
but told her not to give it to anybody.
and l knew Jack would have to try
hard before he got it out of her. or
course, she cant really keep anything
secret if you insist.
New York is large enough for two
people not to meet Jack knew that
| worked for Mr. Stevens in the Bent
witch Building, but he couldn't very
we'll come there when his own office
was so far downtown. So altogether
| felt he wasn't likely to trouble me
again. Days passed, and he made nc
attempt to see me. l was more fur
ious than you can imagine, and yet Il
showed me very clearly that my es-
innate of him had been correct.
l didn't let the grass grow under
my feet. | went out to dinner with
old Mr.. Oliphant, who is the dearest
man, and l suggested Flavin's, be
cause | know Jack sometimes has an
eXtravagant habit of dining there when
his work keeps him downtown |
wanted Jack to see what he had lost.
Well, would you believe men can
be so base? The second time Mr.,
Oliphant-who is a perfect dear-took
me there, whom should I see but Jack,
seated at a table near me with q
dreadful looking person, blonde,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Plymouth Congregational Church.
E. ii. BallOu, Pastor.

Plymouth Congregational Clurch.
E. ii. Ballou, Pastor.
Aug. 2lst, Saturday afternoon,
Junior Society.
August %, Sunday. II o'clock, morn
ing worship. Subject: "Unsatisfact-
DRY Alternatives. This service will
be followed by the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper, at which DR.. C. H. Mer-
rill, of st. Johnsbury, will preside.
1900 Bible School.
7:45 Evening Service, subject: 1.-The
Spirit of the Master"
August "a, Tuesday. 7:45. Miss Maude
E. Davis, State Superintendent of Mis-
sions, will address a special meeting of
the Christian Endeavor Socie ty, fol-
lowed by social hour.
August &c, Thursday, 7:45 pm. C. E..
Society. Topic, "A Basis of Sound
Belief: Why and How to Get 1t. "
Leader, Miss Jennie Campbell.
August 81, Tuesday evening: Post
poned Annual Meeting of the Church
Society. Fuller notice later.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Missing Boy Located.

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Kenneth Briggs from his
home on Catherine ST., Burlington, Tues
day morning was cleared up in the early
part of Wednesday evening when the
little boy went to a house on the road
leading from Essex junction toward
Williston. Mrs, Hildreth, who lives
there, read in The Burlington Free
Press the article about the boys disap-
pearance, and when he arrived tele-
phoned to Chief of Police Charbonneau
at Essex Junction, who went after the
boy and took him to the home of his
mother.
The youhgster, who is but IL years
old, was sitting ashes at his home Tues
day morning when last seen by his
mother. 1t is learned that he stayed
over night at Charlotte and Wednesday
walked from that village to Essex juno
ton, where he obtained railroad time
table naming the towns between that
village and Mortified Falls where his
grandmother lives and to which place
he was on his way when he stopped a.
the horne of Mrs. Hiidreth. He wa'
greatly fatigued and did not seen
averse TO going to bed in his own HON,
Wednesday night.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
PRAISE GOD EVER
Songs of Gratitude Should Rise
spontaneously From the Lips
of All Christians.

The songs of the lips are few, but
those of the heart are many. The
soul has its music when the tongue is
mute and the lips refuse to sing. The
mind runs back to other days and we
think of father and mother, gone to
glory this many year. We recall
their goodness, how long-suffering they
were of our delinquencies. There is a
song in the soul at the sweetness of
the memory. 1t was never set to mu-
sic. The composer cannot find notes
to express it; yet again and again.
when the dear faces come back and
we see the look of tender motherhood
or of considerate fatherhood we are
conscious of melody which the world
hears not, but which inarticulate lips
are singing.
There rises before me an old rec
tangular church, and beside the church
a little brick house where the session
met, and around the fire in the CRATE
Before them young man has come
with fear and trembling to announce
his acceptance of Jesus Christ as his
Savior Memory's song is a tender
one. Those faces rise before me, and
the face of the pastor, reverent and
thoughtful, with solemn questionings
upon his lips But the old church is
gone, and the little one-room structure
by its side; and in their places there
is nothing now but graves. The elders,
too, are gone. Not one remains alive.
The reverent pastor likewise is at
rest from all his labors. And as the
memory comes back to me, the strings
of an invisible harp are melodious.
The hour shines like a star in the
armament of recollection.
Gods Kindness Abides.
We think of other times when the
soul keeps up it's songs of gratitude.
Are there not in every life recurring
memories of days when God was
kind? There have been Wales of tears
we know, when it seemed as if the
rain would never cease. But it did
cease, and there was a sweeter breath
upon the hills, and livelier song in
the boughs of the orchard tree, and
God made us lift our eyes to the hills
and with the Hebrew poet sing, They
loving kindness is better than life. "
God does not forget and for this the
soul has its song. He knows the wan
derings of hayward feet. The Attic
lions that beset us are not new to him.
He "remembereth that we are dust"
and it awakens a song. The lips may
be mute, but the heart is running the
hidden octaves. Because thou hast
been my help, therefore in the shadow
of thy wings will l rejoice" 1t is a
good place to be-under those out
spread pinions. There we can rest
until the storm is past and the sky is
emptied Of it's rain. Oh, the songs
that no ear hears but Gods! How
much they mean to our pilgrimage.
How they cheer us en- route, how they
gladden. the road home. Blessed songs
of the heart! sweet songs in the
night! Praise God for melodies of
the valley; for the star that shines
where the cloud once rested; for the
flower that blooms where the thorn
once spilled its cTimson.-The United
Presbyterian
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Almost Riqht.

AL To1~~n tells an amusing story Of
his first golf caddy. Jolson found driv.
ing off rather difficult and communed
with his caddy as to the reason he
missed the ball so frequently. The boy
sagely delivered the following advice:
"The first thing you've got to learn, Mr..
Jolson. is to consecrate' your eye on
the ball. Then you can hit it,"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
The First Telephone,

Robert Hcoke, in 1867, conveyed
sound to q distance by distended wire;
and between fIooke's time and that Of
Elisha Gray considerable progress was
made in the direction of the tele.
phone; but it appears that the first
real telephone was given to the world
by Alexander Graham Bell, about
1877.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Preventing Typhoid Fever.

Proper sanitary conditions, such as
destroying the fly and mosquito and
their breeding places, providing good
sewage disposal, keeping the premises
clean, and a prompt application Of
anti-typhoid vaccine where there is
the least suspicion of the fever, will
prevent typhoid fever. Preventive
methods will save $4,000 lives annu.
ally. -,,-,rg-3 II, ~ :. rq..p,.i4, boz.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Fooled Bird Class With Stuffed Owl.

The bird class of the University of
Vermont summer school. at Burlington,
in its usual Saturday afternoon tramp
in search of the feathered folk, discov-
cred an owl perched in a pine tree in
the vicinity of what is known as Hollis
woods. The professor in charge of the
class proclaimed the specimen to be a
most extraordinary one.
After studying the owl diligently for
about two hours, during which time
there were many "Ohs" and "Ahs"
from the members of the class, it was
found that the bird was stuffed and
that it had evidently been placed there
by some practical joker. The discovery
came after Intellectual attempts to make
the bird fly had been made by one of the
students.
The miscreant who perpetrated the
deed has not been found yet, but it is
reported that the police have a clue.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

A sink with hot and cold water over
it is a great convenience, but if this
is not to be had in a country home
pumps leading from both cistern and
well may be had, so that steps may
be saved by not having to carry wa.
ter from the outside. There ought to
be dIa... TO carry away all surplus
water and Stops from the sink.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Union With God

To be out of harmony with the
things, acts and events, which God in
his providence has seen fit to array
around us-that is to say, not to meet
them In humble, believing and
thankful Spirits to turn from God.
And, on the other hand, to see in
them the development of Gods pres
ence, and of the divine will, and to
accept that will, is to turn in the OPP
posite direction, and to be in union
With him -ThnmaA G. upham
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
1udoInn Cloth bv Noise 1t Makes.

The ear can be trained to accustom
itself to the sound of the tearing OF
various materials. The noise accom-
panying the tearing of cotton is unlike
that of linen The. warp has its voice
and the filing quite another, the for
mer being shrill while the latter is apt
to be dull
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Patent for Prince Henry.

Prince Henry of Prussia, brother Of
the German emperor, has just received
a patent for an apparatus for cleaning
the wind shields of automobiles. 1t
has wipers on both sides of the glass
which by one stroke of the chauffeurs
hand may be moved over the glass to
remove dust an water.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Miss Emily Proctor a Bride.

Miss Emily Proctor, daughter of the
late Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor was mar
mied Thursday afternoon to George H.
Eggleston, an office man in the employ
of the Vermont Marble Co., at Rutland.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. F. w. Raymond, only close rela-
tives being present.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
BrattIeboro Fire Unusually Hazardous.

Fire in the big three-story wooden
building at Brattleboro owned by Frank
A. Larrow and occupied by several con-
Germs, did probably $4,000 damage be-
fore it was extingushed. The fire de.
partment, because of the dangerous
character of the contents and of the
building known as the Jelly building,
did not spare water, but laid hose in
profusion and in an hour had the fire
practically out.
The fire was found in the junk shop
on the first floor used by George Gass.
1t was belching from the door and from
the windows and spreading On the in.
terror to the part of the building occu-
pied by Mr.. Larrow as public garage
and in the other direction to that part
occupied by the Dewitt Grocery Co., as
a store house. On the second floor is a
paint shop of II. M. Wheelock and Mr..
Larrow has numerous carriages used in
his livery business stored there. The
third floor was occupied entirely by
John Dutton as a store room for stoves
and furniture.
The hard fight was to keep the fire
from the four-story main part of the
building occupied entirely by Mr.. Dun
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Those Insistent Admirers.

Count that day lost whose low, de-
scending sun finds no new candidate
whose friends say he must run.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
scripturaI Reckoning.

In Holy Scripture the day is always
reckoned from the sunset of the prevf
GUS evening.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
With silnht Alteration.

The evil that mon do lives after
them. The good is oft inferred in
their books.--N New York Independent.
% ~ '| I
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

Miss Rena Temple of West Charles
ton was a guest at VIM Colburns re-
Gently.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Italians Obey Call To Arms.

About a dozen Italians, who worke d
in Middlebury and vicinity, have gone
to New York city, whence they will
sail to their native home, having been
called to arms.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

feet of water by C. Percival Strobell,
of Rutland, a graduate of Norwich
University, who dived for them, after
some of the party of nine girls, with
whom the Whitehall girls were camp
ing at the Bloomer cottage, had gone a
half mile for him.
The Hayes girl was in bathing alone
while Miss Neddo and some of the others
were preparing dinner. Some one no.
ticed her struggling beyond her depth,
directly in front of the cottage, and
called to Miss Neddo who rushed into
the water, fully dressed. She swan to
the struggling child, grasped her, and
then both sank, not coming to the sur
face again. 1t is supposed the younger
girl grasped her rescuer and hampered
the latter so that she could not swim.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
St. Johnsbury Churches Federate.

At a meeting of the First Congrega-
tional church at St. Johnsbury Center,
three miles from St. Johnsbury, it was
voted to federate with the North Con-
gregational church of st. Johnsbury.
The north church took similar action.
The Rev. Frederick B. Richardson, pas
tor of the North church will assume the
pastorate of the North church and an
assistant will be engaged to look after
the services at the Center church.
This church has been without a pas
tor since last September. 1t was the
first religious organization in the town.
In September, 1909, it celebrated its
Tooth anniversary and at that time re-
ceived birthday gift of 100000 from
Charles H, Morse, of Chicago, native
of St. Johnsbury Center.
Church Federation among various de-
nominations has been discussed In 81.
Johnsbury for years but this is the first
decisive action in it's favor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Wholesale Arrests of AutoistS.

Many prominent men in the northern
section of the. state were caught in
snare laid Sunday by }. S. Parker Ct
Morrisville to catch careless automobile
drivers and Monday IS warrants were
issued by States Attorney Maurice for
their arrest. Twenty of the number
for whom warrants have been issued
are prominent residents of Morrisville
and the rest are from various parts of
the state. All are charged with failing
to sound warning signal at corner
and intersections of streets.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Parker was
appointed by the board of trustees of
Morrisville with instructions to stop
careless driving on the streets of the
village. Sunday he stationed Deputy
browns at the Randall corner and Mr..
Parker remained at the corner of Maple
and Main streets and the numbers of
the offending autos were taken.
All of the offenders will be given a
chance to pay the minimum penalty of
of 81 in case they pleaded guilty to the
charge.
Among those for whom warrants
have been issued are C. F. Smith, who
four years ago was a candidate for
governor on the prohibition ticket, c.
H. A. Stafford, member of the board
of the Waterbury state asylum, DR.. A.
j. Balleau of Morrisville, H. E. Shaw
of Stowe, former county senator, B.
F. FifelG of Montpelier, F. G. Spauld-
ing of st. Johnsbury, F. W. Reed of
Windsor, o. G. Bugbee of Hartford,
c. D. Miles of Barton, C. E. Palmer of
New Haven and W. E. N. Hanks of
Bristol