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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

1t has become known that the en-
gineer of a crowded train which left
New York city died of heart disease
in his cab, and that he had been dead
several minutes before the fireman
discovered it.
1t was the New Haven train which
left New York with James A. Minty,
sixty-six years old, of Avon, Conn,
engineer, and Henry Coudier of
Hartford, fireman. The train was I'M
usually crowded because of the recent
handicap of travel due to storm.
Fireman Coudier noticed at Sauga-
tuck that the engineer was staring
out of his window fiXedly.
Thinking that something amiss
might have caught the engineers at
tention, the fireman went over and
touched him. The engineers body
rolled back from the window to the
floor of the cab.
1t was believed that Minty had been
stricken at South Norwalk, Is miles
the other side of Saugatuck, where
the train was stopped as soon as the
fireman made his discovery. No en-
gineer could be found there to take
the train on, so the fireman brought
it through to Bridgeport, although he
was almost overcome as result of
the trip.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Copyright. 1915. BY The Mcclure Newspaper syndicatel

look as well. as one for double or
more the price.
You can't get more than you pay
for except by accident, and accidents
are not to be depended upon.
There is a restaurant not far from
my office, where they serve whole
some food at reasonable prices. The
food is good, but +-'e servi is --"r;
there are no finger bowls, and the
napkins are small; but everything is
scrupulously clean. The restaurant
gives you what you pay for, yet many
of the bOarders are continually kick
ing. They expect the same quality
of food, and the same service, for
40 cents that they would receive If
they paid 81 or $1.50. The restaurant
serves a good Accent dinner. 1t is
worth all you pay for it, and no more.
On the train the other day | over
heard a stranger cOndemning the man
who sold him a watch. In the course
of the conversation it leaked out that
he had paid $40 for the timepiece and
didn't like it because it didn't run as
we'll as his brothers $50 watch.
The 10-cent moving picture house,
with vaudeville between the films,
isn't likely to give you as good an
acting show as you will receive where
the prices run from so cents to ST.
yet half of the audiences compare the
acts with those Of higher priced
houses.
If YOU don't get what you pay for.
kick and kick hard. If you get what
you pay for, no matter what it is,
keep your mouth shut.
The kicker is one of the pushers Of
progress, provided he kicks at things
which should be kicked at.
Criticism is all right when you have
something to criticize, but this ever
lasting kicking ard criticism, when
you are receiving all that you have
paid for. Injuries you and everybody
with whom you come in contact.
Take the weather, for example. 1t
doesn't seem to suit moro than a
small portion of the people, and the
majority are finding fault with it. |
have a suspicion that kicking against
the weather doesn't change it. If it
did, Id raise fund for the establish
ment of Misunderstanding bureau.
When it rains, let it rain. Don't
try to stop 1t. Buy an umbrella, q
raincoat, and pair of rubbers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
TWENTY YEARS OF ADVANCES
Interesting to Note How the Systems
of Transportation Have Been
Steadily Developed.

Once upon a time a steam railroad
horses drawing the Baltimore & Ohio
trains between Baltimore and EllicOtt
Mills, and Peter Cooper, who built
the locomotive, was proud man. His
engine weighed nearly a ton. The
boiler was as large as a waShtub and
the f1ues. made of old gun barrels,
were of fine material. That was not
so long ago, about eighty-five years,
but the marvellous history of railroad.
ing is so great a drama of progress
that nearly everyone who has any
Imagination thinks of it, at one time
or another, when he feels the earth
tremble under a modern locomotive.
The automobile is thing of yester-
day and today and maybe of tomor-
row, if the development of air trans.
portation does not interfere with its
permanency. Short and brilliant as
it's history has been, a great many per-
sons almost forget that there was a
time when the prime convenience Of
the period was not prime, and failed
often to prove itself a convenience, or
even a conveyance. Now and again
an item dug from the files of a news
paper joys the public memory on this
point.
The Chicago Evening Post exhumes
from it's files of 20 years ago the fol-
lowing:
Half dozen motor cycles, or
horseless carriages, were in the
Thanksgiving race yesterday. Four
used gasoline and two electricity as
motive power. Because of the storm
the roads were in wretched condition.
but this helped to prove conclusively
that the motor cycle as the vehicle of
the future has come to stay. The race
was 81 miles, starting from Jackson
Park, for prizes aggregating $4,000
and gold medal, and was won by the
Duryea Motor Wagon company's mo-
tor cycle, reaching the winning post
one hour and thirty-five minutes ahead
of the entry of Mueller & Co of De
catur, ILL.,, which finished second. The
time was about ten hours and twenty
three minutes
Every age has its speeders. Peter
Cooper was the Joy rider of his day, in
his eight or nine mile an hour railroad
train. The racers who competed in
motor cycles" in Chicago in 1895, TAX
ing all day to go 81 miles. were in their
day very hot sports. A bicyclist
could distance them. of course But
the cyclist kept going all the time
The motorist spent much of his time
stalled, specializing on what was
wrong and providing material for the
cartoonists. - Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Shetland Cattle Popular.

Shetlapd cattle are becoming quite
popular in many districts of Scotland.
The board of agriculture is lending
every encouragement to the develop
ment of this hardy stock Considering
their small size, the COWS are excellent
mixers and yield milk of good quality.
1t is claimed that the breed is free of
tuberculosis, and this fact has un-
doubtedly made it popular. The board
of agriculture for Scotland have es
tablished a herd at their farm at
Beechwood, and it has been noticed
there that the cattle respond quickly
to the treatment of better grazing
which they get on the mainland. Sew
eral of the cows have proved deep
mixers, and they can be kept much
more economically than breeds of a
larger size. They fatten easily.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
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7 Helps Y |
HOUSING QUESTION is VITAL
Practically No More important Things
Can BE Given Attention by
City Planners.

1t may be said that there is no plane
of human existence in society which
the housing question does not touch.
There is no form of vice, crime, debil-
ity or shiftlessness which bad housing
does not tend to nurture. Keeping UP
appearances is often decried, and de-
serves much Of the reproach cast upon
it when it simply means unwarranted
extravaganza to maintain a position
which ones income does not Justify
but among the poor it is an ever
present aid to the maintenance of self
respect and is to be encouraged rather
than decried.
During his campaign for the preSl-
dency the late Benjamin Harrison ut
tered an epigram which made him the
target of much criticism. He said: "A
cheap coat makes a cheap man." and
this statement, which was intended to
epitomize his views on the protective
tariff, was twisted into meaning that
people whose clothes were cheap were
purchasable. This was not true, and
it would be no more true that bad
housing made bad citizens under all
circumstances. But, next to an made
quate and unwholesome food supply,
poor housing does stand as the most
deleterious element in our civic life.
Sanitary research shows how import
ant is the reaction of adequate light
and ventilation on the health, stamina,
Bad housing furnishes the fruitful nur-
series of disease germs of all kinds,
while at the, same time creating con-
ditions which prevent the building up
of resistance to their inroads.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
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should be used and the concrete
should be we'll mixed before it is
placed. A mixer driven by a gasoline
engine will save time, though the mix
ing can be done by hand. Such a
floor will not be suitable for a road,
but when used for feeding purposes it
will last long time.
Special feeding devices have to be
developed for hogs. They are not like
other farm animals, as the well-bred
hogs do not have long necks or noses
and cannot reach for their feed the
way horses and cattle do. A special
device is used in between the stalls in
order to make hay available for feed
ing. This is a hay rack with hinged
sides When the side is pushed in the
supply of hay is cut off and when
the slide falls back to it's original pO-
sition the nay once mora falls down
within reach. This arrangement pre-.
vents the hogs from scattering the
hay around the way they generally do.
The pens are equipped with swing
ing fronts so that the hogs can be
readily transferred from one pen to an
other. The pens are also equipped
with removable partitions so that the
size of the various pens can be
changed readily The small pen doors
that lead out into the yard can be
closed so as to be almost alright. The
house can thus be kept warm in very
cold weather. The warmth of the
hogs will keep the temperature almost
uniform all the time Ventilation is
taken care of by the two small venti-
lators placed on the roof, one at each
end.
The feed carrier and the litter car
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

were covered by the locusts, and even
the street in front Of the American
consulate had the appearance, in the
movement of the green and black
mass, of a flowing river Olive
groves, orchards, vineyards, market
gardens, and most summer crops ap-
pear to have been completely devas-
tated. Early in the year the Turkish
authorities appointed commission to
fight the locusts, with DR.. Aaron
Aaronsohn, director of the Jewish az.
ricultural experiment station. as high
commissioner. An order was issued
requiring every male inhabitant be-
tween the ages of Is and 60 to col
lect 20 kilos (44 pounds) of locusts
or pay an exemption fee of one Turk.
ish pound CS440). These and other
vigorous measures proved, however
to be of little avail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

Fashion without art is snobbism."
There is no reason why, when We
go shopping, we should take what ia
set before us to take, providing the
standard Of that set before US is COM
mon, and our standard 10 higher.
Bacon, in his Essay on Travel, ad-
vises visits to treasures of Jewels
and robes" And Bacon had great
mans great mind, you know. We
need not apologize for our love Of
dress if we love what is worthy Of
being loved.
Queen Isabella of Spain used to say.
"Whosoever hath good presence and
a good fashion carries continual letters
of recommendation" Bacon also re-
ports this in his apothegTs.
Being well dressed is a credit even
to a philosopher. But what is good
dressing?
His satanic majesty ought not to
have a monopoly of pretty clothes any
more than he should of all the good
times and all the good tunes.-GoOd
Health.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

Some little time ago a benevolent
lady read in the papers a paragraph
to the effect that, in an effort to save
his cat from being crushed by the
wheels of passing omnibus, a small
boy had been knocked down and seri.
ously injured by the vehicle, and had
been obliged to be taken to a London
hospital.
The lady, who kept cats herself,
greatly admired the boys devotion to
the poor dumb ANIMAL" and wrote
to the hospital. inclosing a handsome
sum for the brave and humane sui.
ferer."
BY return of post came letter from
the matron acknowledging the receipt
of the money, but alas! explaining
that the cat which had been the cause
of all the woe was an even dumber
thing that the lady had imagined. 1t
was, in fact. that somewhat dangerous
toy, a tipcat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
IS KING OF URBAN TREES
Elm Famous for Developing Fine Sym
metry When Allowed to
Grow Alone.

The elm is essentially a self-suff1-
cient tree. 1t does not thrive in
groves" Walter Prichard Eaton writes
in the Century. 1T has standard
type Of its own, and it either attains
this type or is lost to view. The elm
which comes to maturity is usually
the one which has lodged in favored
spot where there is no competition.
such as a river meadow. where the
spring freshets have dropped the seed
on fertile soil and the roots can get
down to water.
I'VE all know the type, the noble
trunk of massive girth tapering very
gradually upward to the first spring
of branches, and then dissolving in
those branches as water jet might
dissolve in many upward and outcurv-
ing streams, till the whole is lost in
the spray of the foliage. Like many
other trees that grow alone, it devel,
ops an exquisite symmetry; but with
the elm this symmetry is not only one
of general contour, but Of individual
limbs. Not only is the silhouette sym
metrical but the skeleton also, branch
balancing branch. That is what gives
it its remarkable fitness to comport
with architectural lines, with geome-
trically designed vistas. 1t has a
formal structure and a consequent dig
nifty which makes it the logical shade
for a village street, a chapel, library,
the scholarly procession in cap and
gown. Add to that dignity its arched
and airy lightness and its splendid
size, and you have the king of urban
trees"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

Sunshine is one of the most i'm
portant features of a hoghouse. If
hogs are to be raised with profit their
living quarters must be kept in the
best possible sanitary conditions The
best way to secure such conditions is
by having plenty of sunlight in all
parts of the house. For this reason
the hoghouse should be faced toward
the south. Simply facing it in this di-
rection, however, has no effect on the
back part of the house. Various de-
vices have been perfected to get the
sunlight into this part of the house
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
New Siberian Railroad Completed.

One of the latest additions to the
Russian railways, the Altai railway,
has been completed and will short
ly be opened to traffic The new line
will connect Novonikolaievsk on the
trans-Siberian railroad with Semi
palatinsk in the Stcppes provinces.
1t will pass through Barnaul, in the
Tomsk government of Siberia, which
will be the headquarters. The rail
road is 500 miles long, and will serve
the richest agricultural and mineral
regions in Siberia. In the Altai re-
gion there are valuable deposits of
gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper,
which were worked in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries, but were
subsequently abandoned owing to a
lack of transportation facilities among
other causes. The region also con-
tains the exceedingly rich Kuznetz
coal basin, 5000 miles in extent
Scientific American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

riers are both handled on one track
that runs down between the two rows
of pens. This concentrates all the
work in one alley, which simplifies
the handling of the work to a large
extent.
The fences that divide up the out.
side pens are placed two inches above
the concrete, so that the cleaning can
be taken care CO. The yard can be
placed on slight slope and the ma
nure can then conveniently be
scraped toward the low corner A DIT
can be dug for the manure spreader
at this corner so that the loading will
be easy or it can be driven up to the
corner and filled in the usual way.
Hogs should be kept out of doors
as much as possible. so that the hog
house will not be used except in win
ter and during cold rains. Do not get
the idea that it is not necessary be-
cause it is not used all the time.
When the hoghouse is wanted there is
nothing that will take its place. This
is especially true at narrowing time,
when the sows must be kept warm
and comfortable.
The upper row of sash that fur
nishes the light for the back part Of
the house is pivoted about its center
so that it can be swung open when the
weather permits. The roof is made
double, having prepared roofing over
the rafters. This insulates the roof 80
that the hogs will have no trouble in
keeping the house warm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
ReVolutionized Travel,

The Tom Thumb" weiiknown
early locomotive weighed barely a
ton, but it succeeded in August, 1880,
in hauling four and one-half tons
around curves and up grades at a
speed of 10 to Is miles an hour, and
did much toward demonstrating the
possibility of using steam locomo-
tives on American railroads. It was
the Tom Thumb that induced the di-
rectors Of the Baltimore e Ohio rail-
road to change their motive power
from horses to steam, and so open
a great new development for their
property.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

by one all the men took off their hats
and stood with bare heads in the win.
ter's wind, while the stout old woman
in black, the boys mother, hung one
Of those big iron wreaths upon the
base of the monument. After her,
with another wreath, a girl who
looked almost faintng was half car
ried forward. She too offered up her
wreath and then was borne away
through the crowd.
And little by little the others moved
Off, until on the village commons was
left only this granite monument, with
the brazen eagle on the top glaring
down voraciously upon the wreaths
and the copper plate like some grim
idol Of long ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
SAM WAS DISCOURAGED.

What's the matter, SAM" asked
his friend Win.
I'm discouraged, replied Sam. 81
haven't been late for 4 year, and I've
worked hard; but the boss doesn't
seem to appreciate ME. Only yester-
lay he raised the pay of fellow who
hasn't been there half as long as |
have"
Kind of tough, / admit" replied
viii, consolingly. How did it hap
pen? You say the other fellow got
ais pay raised. There must be a rea-
son for it.
Inc only reason I can think of is
partiality. The boss always liked him
and Just pushed him ahead"
Lets talk it over" said VIII, per.
maps the boss was partial, but was
this partiality due to what the fell
low did? Think hard"
Not much" snapped Sam. Wal
ter has always been fresh. putting
himself in the boss wav and get.
ting him to notice him, while I've
minded my business"
Let's be fair, Sam" said his friend.
You say that Walter has made his
boss notice him. What has he done?"
Well" replied Sam, hes all the
time doing lot of things that he
hasn't any business to do, things
which he isn't paid for doing"
Such as WHAT"
We'll, he fixes up the boss desk,
sees that the inkstand is filled, puts
on a new piece of blotting paper
once in a while, arranges the letters,
and lot of other things which no.
body asks him to do"
SAM" said Will quietly, you've hit
it. You've minded your own bust
ness, while Walter has done the same
thing and more. You're getting all
you are worth for what you're doing.
Walter hasn't neglected his regular
duties, has he?"
No" snapped Sam.
Now, you see, old boy, that Wal
ter has minded his own business as
well as you have. He hasn't neglect.
ed anything which he should do, but
he has gone beyond that and done a
lot of little things which the boss
particularly appreciates"
How is fellow going to do more
than his regular work when he is busy
all the time?"
Isn't Walter busy all the time,
too? But he found a way, and so
can you, Sam, if you want to- Walter
has been interested. He has felt his
responsibility. You've not been par
ticulaTly interested, and you've not
realized your responsibility. You've
let well enough alone, Walter has
gone farther. My boss lectured US
the other day, and told US how he
became a member of the house be-
cause he felt just as though he were
the firm himself, when he was get
ting five dollars a week; and he
looked out for the firms interest
as well as he would have done if he
had owned it. | tell you, Sam, the
fellow who gets anywhere nowadays
mas got to get out of the rut. Stick
ing to your duties isn't enough. The
boss expects you to do that, but he
raises the pay of the man who does
what he doesn't have to do, provided,
of course, that he performs his regu-
lar duties satisfactorily"
Was Sam convinced? | think not.
for at the end of the year he was
out of job, and his friend-well, he
isn't partner yet, and perhaps he
never will be, but he is the head Of
a large department. He did what he
didn't have to dc and got there"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Municinal Enterprise.

Rochester, N. Y, has an annual eX-
position that is partly municipal en-
terprise. The exposition was started
by a number Of private concerns, but
it's success was so great that the city
government provided it with an expo
sition ground of 40 acres, fitted up
with handsome buildings. Here both
manufacturing and agricultural eX"
hibitS are shown, the former including
the lines that have made Rochester
famous, such as cameras, optical
goods. shoes, clothing, office fixtures
and prepared foods.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
SUPERIOR TYPE
OF HOCHOUSE
So Designed as to Admit Sum-
shine Into Every Part of
the Structure.
WOOD FLOOR ON CONCRETE
Construction Such That This May
Easily Be Taken Up for Purposes
of CIeanine-SpeciaI Feeding
Devices Make for Comfort
of the Animals.
By WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
cost on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer he IS, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
H., and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Statesman Beaten at Checkers.

Everyone will be glad to know that
n the winter of 1852, few weeks
before General Franklin Pierce was
nominated for the presidency, he was
soundly drubbed at checkers by Judge
Folsom of New Hampshire, a sugges.
ton worth noting by politicians who
dream of the joys of life in a certain
" ashington structure. - Springfield
Republican.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
Heed tie Nnioe Within.

Why should we ever go abroad, even
across the way, to ask a neighbor's
advice? There is a nearer neighbor
within us, necessarily telling us how
we should behave. But we wait for the
neighbor WITHOUT to tell us of some
false easier way.--Thoreau.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
10 Survey DANGEROUS Waters.

The United States coast and geo
detic survey has just awarded a con-
tract for the construction of a 1000
ton steamer, to be used in surveying
the dangerous waters of Alaska and
Boring sea. The vessel, which is to
be named the Surveyor, will accommo-
date a crew of Sc officers and men and
will cost, with her equipment, 1920, 900.
Strange to say, the construction OF
this vessel, destined for service in
Alaska, has been undertaken by firm
at Manitowoc, Wis, ON Lake Michigan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21

FOUNTAIN mas Deen
set in a niche pro-
vided in the front
wall of the strUc-
ture between two
stores. The out
er edge of the
porcelain water
bowl is flush
with the face Of
the brickwork,
so that it does rot
iut out in the way
OF pedestrians.
BY placing the
fountain here, in
stead of erecting
a pedestal at the
curb, as is fire.
quently done, the
sidewalk was left
free from obstruC-
tiOnS. The fOun-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-01-21
When ceiIiro Becomes Smoked.

Smoke from lamp or gas often soils
a ceiling in one particular spot, while
the rest remains beautifully white. 1t
is useful to know that soiled ceilings
caused by lamps and gas will be rem
dered less conspicuous if rubbed over
with dry whiting.