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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, JULY r. 1873

head and heart was still full of Dora NJ
Dermot; and two days after | had OBJ
tanned the information, the "Antwerpen''
steamer deposited me on Belgian ground
MI VI Dcrmot is stopping here?" | in
quired of, or rather affirmed to, the
head waiter at the Four Seasons Hotel at
Wiesbaden. Ii the fellow had told me he
was not, | believe | should have knocked
him down.
ale is, sir You will find him in the
Cursaal Gardens with Madame sa soeur''
Off | started to the gardens. They were
in full bloom and beauty, crowded with
flowers and trauleins and foreigners of all
nations. The little lake sparkled in the
sunshine, and the waterfowl skinned
over 1t i'll all directions. But it's little
cared for such matters. | was looking
for Dora Dora-Dora M'Dermot
AT the corner of 4 walk | met heI
brother.
jack | exclaimed, grasping his hand
with the most vehement affection, I'm
delighted te see you"
And I'm delighted to see you, my
boy" was the rcjoinder. Il was won
dering you did not answer my last letter
but | suppose you thought to join us
sooner"
"Your last letter!' l exclaimed, II have
written three times since | heard from
you
THE deuce you have" cried Jack 'Do
you mean to say you did not get the let
ter | wrote you from Paris month ago
announcing
Il did not hear another word, for just
then, round a corner of the shrubbery,
came Dora herself, more charming than
ever, all grace and smiles and beauty But
| saw neither beauty nor smiles nor grace
all | saw was, that she was leaning on the
arm of that provokingly handsome dog
Waller Ashley For Il moment | stood
petriticd, and then extending my hand,
Miss M'Dermot.-" | exclaimed.
She drew back a little, with smile
and blush. Her companion stepped for
ward.
My dear fellow said he, ''there is no
such person. Allow me to introduce to
you Mrs. Ashley"
If any of my friends wish to be pre-
sented to pretty girls with twenty thou
sand pounds, they had better apply else
where than to me. Since that day have
foresworn the practicc.--Blachtcood's Maya
zine.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12

time. The train starts at ten minutes
past two, precisely"
oh! whyl" faltered Jack, and Harry
stopped short looking dumbfounded.
What's the matter?'' cried their father.
Hurry, | tell you'll We've no time what
ever to lose"
"The clock is too slow," said Harry.
despairingly.
'Slowi no. it isn't. l set it by railroad
time myself this morning; what do you
mean"
I'VE put it back a whole hour" the
boys then confessed, mournfully.
what on earth did you put it back
fOr?" exclaimed their father.
so we could have time to learn our
lessons"
The mother looked grave and plying.
Their father jumped out of the carriage,
and called the hired man to take the horse
back to the barn.
"Well, my lads" he said, "come into
the house, and I'll hear you recite your
lessons. you've lost your chance of
going out to Cheesebro's and think you
have pretty thoroughly learned another
lesson besides your geography and arith-
metic. Come in.''-Christidn Union.
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Miscellany.
Danbury's Boy.

WHEN boy can carry every thing at
one load he will not go twice after it.
This was the case with boy who was
working his way through Elm street
the other day, with twenty bean poles
on his shoulder. Now one bean pole is
about all an ordinary mortal can carry,
and nobody but boy would attempt to
carry twenty of them He had tied them
together at the middle, leaving the ends
loose, and had thought on starting, with
out doubt, that he was boy of remark
able promise. Bean poles are naturally
uneasy. When they can't move one way
they will another; but they will move and
in spite of all precautions. These did.
He had them on his shoulder at first, but
some of them got to dropping down be
hind, and striking against people, and
others fell down in front, and stuck into
the sidewalk and made him stumble.
Then again some of them lay horizon
tally. Not but they preferred to drop as
the others, did, but lying horizontally
while the others were in opposite posi-
tions gave a pleasing variety to the per-
Torrance. When the boy stopped as he
was frequently obliged to do, some one in
the rear would step on the poles or in
among them, and swear at him. Finally,
he turned round to see what the matter
was and knocked out the face of clock
a man was carrying in his arms. This so
excited him that he dropped the poles
entirely. The owner of the clock cuffed
him over the head, and then took down
his fathers name and swore he would
have damages. The unfortunate youth
then took the awful things up in his arms,
but they wouldn't lie still. They kept
together at the middle, but were demora-
liked at the ends, and whirled about so
rapidly as to scare him He looked like
a windmill, and presented such an awful
spectacle that people precipitately took
to the street, and several horses attempted
to climb up into their wagons. He had
to drop his load again or be shot down
in his tracks by the Infatuated drivers
Finally he made two bundles of them,
and took one under each arm. Some of
the ends commenced to tangle with the
opposites, and get in front of his eyes and
shut out his vision. Others dropped
down in front and behind, and one of
those which went down in front caught
so firmly in the walk as to completely
upset the unhappy youth, and he came
down on his back-having turned a
complete summersault-withp poles under
him, and over him, and on all sides of
him, while just back of where he went
down stood woman picking the wrecks
of bonnet out of her hair, and looking
in the pile, for the largest pole was mid
dle-aged man with cut nose and a rup-
tured shirt. The boy jumped up and fled.
-Danbury Neacs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12
Youths Department.
Beautiful GR1NDN.1.HW.1.
NO. %.

MRS. NJ. \. DE:SIsoS.
Grandmamma sits in her quaint arm chair;
Never was lady more sweet and far;
Her gray locks ripple like silver shells.
And her brow its own calm story tells
OF a gentle life. and peaceful even,
a trust i'll God, and hope of Heaven
Little girl Mary sits rocking away
In her own low seat, like some winsome fay;
Two doll babies her kisses share.
And another one lies by the side of her chair;
May is fair as the morning dew,
Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue.
= Say. grandmamma,' says the pretty elf,
. Tell me story about yourself.
When you were little, what did you play
Was you good or naughty, the whole long day?
Was il hundreds and hundreds of years ago?
And what makes your soft hair as white as snow:
= Did you have mamma to hug and kisss
And Il dolly like this, and this. and this:
Did You have pussy like my little Kate?
Did you go to bed when the clock struck eight
Did you have long curls- and beads like mine,
And new silk apron, with ribbon fne?'
Grandmamma smiled at the little maid,
And laying aside her knitting she said,
. Go to my desk and red box you'll see;
Carefully lift it, and bring il TO me-
So May put her doles away and ran,
Saying, I'm be careful as ever 1 can
Then grandmamma opened the box and 10,
A beautiful child. with throat like snow,
Lips just tinted like pink shells, rare,
Eyes of hazel, and golden hair.
Hands all dimped, and teeth like pearls,
Fairest and sweetest of little girls.
- oh, who is to- cried winsome May,
- How wish she here to-day!
Wouldn't love her like everything;
Say. dear grandmamma who can she be?''
& Darling said grandma, That child was me-
May looked long at the dimpled grace,
And then a the salnt-like, fair old face;
How funny" she cried, with smile and kiss,
- To have such a dear little grandma as this!
- Siill.'' she added. with a smiling zest,
= think, dear grandma, like you best"
So May climbed on the silken knee,
And grandma told her her history;
What plays she played what toys she had,
How at times she was naughty, or good, or sad,
- But the best thing you did, said May, don't
you seey
Was to grow TO a beautiful grandma for me-
-YOuth'S Companion.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12
About HydrOphObia.

UNQUEsTIONABLY mistaken notions
about hydrOphobia cause an untold amount
of anguish of mind to nervous people, to
whom tie terrier is a terror, and who
tremble before the poodle during the pc
Rod of the raging dog-star. Such people
generally abOminate dogs, and if they
have canine pets, forbid their children to
play with them in hot weather, and tor
ment the poor beasts to desperation by
dint of continually testing their sanitary
condition with applications of water. We
take this opportunity, therefore, to state
certain facts of the latest veterinary sci
ence on the subject of hydrophObia, taken
from a recent address by DR.. E. p. Phil
pots before the British Medical Associa-
ton, and Endorsed by one of the most dis
tinguished of English naturalists.
There are two forms of canine rabies,
only one of which is communicable to
III. This form is called hydrophobia,
and is always fatal, both to animal and
man. 1t is very rare at all times, and &C
tually less frequent in warm weather than
in cold, so that if we are going to muZZle
our dogs for hydrophobia we had better
do it in winter than summer. The degree
of this rarity may be judged from the fact
that very few physicians, even of long eX-
perience can recall a single instance of
"a person dying from true hydrophoba. A
man is perhaps about one-tenth as likely
to die this way as to be struck by light
ming, danger scarcely worth lying awake
about certainly.
But bow about the large number of
dogs that do undoubtedly go into a rabid
condition every summer and run amuck
down the street, frothing, barking and bit
ing? These are afflicted, according to DIR,
Philpots, with the second form of rabies.
a distemper somewhat similar in symp-
toms to hydrophobia, but readily distin-
guishable from it. This is quite common,
especially in summer. 1t is not however,
under any circumstances, communicable
to man, and bite by dog in this condi-
ton has no other effect than tie bite of a
healthy dog. The attack is not generally
fatal to the animal unless by scaring 9
somebody into shooting him. In this dis
temper, as in hydrophobia, the dog
froths, bowls and snaps, and is afflicted
with the same commissions in the throat
but while the hydrophobic dog flies from
water, the distempered dog tries to drink it,
but is unable. Nineteen out of twenty OF
the dogs shot every year for hydrophobia
are only distempered, and if shut up fol
an hour or two would recover. This fact
accounts, among other things, for the re
markable discrepancy between the shock
ingly large number of those who are year
" bitten by so-called mad dogs, and amaz
ingly small number of actual death. by
that disease-lSprinafel Union.
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Poetry.
HE GIVETH HIS BELOTED
Sleep"

BY REV. JOHN W. CHADWICK
OUR sweet boy-baby had gift,
A Canton-h flannel rabbit white,
By day, by night. awake. asleep,
IL eyermore was his delSht
Beauty and use could not agree:
1t lost its whitene~s more and more;
II lost its tail; ii lost its ears,
He loved it better than before.
And sti | the grimy little heap
He tucked beneath his dainty chin;
And still to bed without his pet
Was sure TO brew dreadful din
Nightly we found his rosy cheek
Against his battered darling pressed.
A vote was passed: When Christmas came
He should Of it be dispossessed.
And in its place, at dead Of night,
Another should be slyly placed,
With coat of down as snowy white
As a wee rabbit ever graced
The deed was done Not without tears
We took the dear old pet away,
And wrapped il up and marked II plain,
To keep against some distant DAY
When. hapIy. TO some boy of his
He might the frowZy relic show.
For proof thai he was true IN love
some fve-and-twenty years ago.
Where laid the old we laid the new
And waited for the Christmas morn.
As wait = hundred million hearts
For that dear time when Christ was born.
II came at length. and baby woke,
To clutch his precious liebling fast;
1t was the same yet not the same!
Its squalor with the night lad passed!
He looked, at first. with dubious face,
But soon resolved that all was right;
So cuddled II the livelong day
And pressed it to his cheek at night.
And then thought it's writ, He gives
To his beloved while they sleep
And deeper feelings found me out
While lay my boy in slumber deep.
Children Of larger growth. God gives
To us His gifts from day 10 day
His gif of thought, His gifts of will
And how we fritter them away,
We sol. them like the baby's pet:
We grovel with them i'll the mire:
And when we sleep: and while we sleep
Sing heavenly voices, Come up higher.
New every morn. fresh every eve,
The promise runs and faileth not,
When we awake we are with Him
Whose promises are ne'er forgot.
From weary mind and conscience dim
Sleep clears the blurring films away;
We may have erred we may have s-nncd,
But life is new with every day.
He giveth his beloved sleep:
oh. Joy to troubled hearts and sore!
And while they sleep-Oh! deeper joy
He gives them strength TO reach that shore
Whence they may never wander more
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12
Thought So.

II ALWAYS thought sol" is the very wise
remark which everybody makes when the
most unlikely thing in the world has just
| happened. 1t argues great penetration
and foresight; and as no one has right
| to dispute the remark we may fancy in
| its belief
| The Rev Mr. Jones was chaplain to the
State prison in -, and judicious ap-
pointment it was. The old gentleman had
| retired from active pss toral labor, and his
venerable appearance and gentle manners
were fitted to inspire respect among
thieves. When the fact of his appoint
ment was made known, member of the
Methodist church, residing within one of
| the circuits where Father Jones had
preached for many years, and was well
known, having some business to transact
with one of his nsighbors, thought he
would have a joke at the expense of old
Mr. Jones, and astonish his neighbors into
the bargain. Now, this neighbor Brown
had been great admirer of Father Jones,
had shouted the loudest under his preach
ing, and cheered him with the heartiest
amens! So to him came the humorous
friend, Mr.. Smith, and cried out to him
over the fence as he found him at his
work:
Brother Brown, have you heard the
news?'
why no; what news, Brother Smith,"
ell, tney say ola Fatner Jones mas
been sent to the State prison!'
IL guess it's So" said Smith; 81 heard
it from Brother Cook, and he saw it in the
paper, and l guess there's no mistake
about it,
well, well, Now, Brother Smith, I'll
tell you thing or two that l never did
tell nobody before, not even my wife.
The fact is, between you and me and that
stone wall, | always thought that old
Jones wasn't exactly the right kind of a
man; and when he was here L used to
think he'd get into the State prison on of
these days | think the old sinner is bet
ter in than out among honest folks"
Mr. Smith left him without explaining
the misrepresentation, preferring that the
scandaIizing Brown should find out his
error by degrees. The world does love to
kick IA man when he's down.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLEs.-To every
gallon of sliced tomatoes add two table
spoons of salt, and let them stand over
night. Do not pour off the liquor, but
add two-thirds of a pound of sugar, one
pint grated horseradish, two tablespoons
of mustard. Put a weight on the top and
set near the fire or in a warm place until
they become sour, when they should be
kept in cool place. The juice of the
tomatoes forms the vinegar, and if some
are partly ripe it is all the better. No
scum rises on the top and they will keep
Il long time
LOVERS of claret and Burgundy will be
pleased to learn, on the authority of an
eminent French chemist, that red wines
nowadays are commonly colored with
rosaniline, which contains arsenic enough
to cause symptoms of poisoning if it be
taken in frequent doses.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12

Massachusetts has nineteen cities now,
the last Legislature having granted them
three new charters.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12

BosToN banks use postal cards to notify
their customers when their notes fall due,
and the customers are indignant at the
publicity thus given to their business af-
fairs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12

My baby, not three years old, is su-
premely happy if allowed piece of
newspaper spread over Il cane-seat chair,
and an ivory knitting needle, with which
she punches holes in the paper to CORE
spond with those in the chair.
For an older child, piece of printed
paper, a cushion and pin, with direc-
tions to pierce every &c." for instance, or
any other letter chosen, will amuse for IA
long time A forfeit for every ''o'' omit
ted or a reward if there be no mistake,
adds very much to the interest of the oc-
casion.
| have seen child of four years amuse
itself many hours Il day for weeks with a
quantity of pastcboard, Il number of clean
round straws, cut into short, even lengths,
and IA quart of beans of various sizes and
colors. The pasteboard was cut and fold
ed by the child, without assistance, into
houses, chicken-coops, dog-kennels, etc.
The straws We're used for fence bars, sup
ported by pasteboard posts, while the
beans-with four pins stuck through to
form the legs of the larger animals-were
supposed to be dogs, horses, cows and
sheep.
Sometimes the house and its attendant
outbuidings were placed upon books,
which represented hills, while the fiocks
and the herds We're retrained in 1.-THE
valley''-otherwise the foor-by the
straw fences. Sometimes Il hurricane be-
ing a breeze from large fan, would bring
destruction upon all, and then the patient
inhabitants, Il tiny china doll or two,
would have to relocate and establish
themselves. These are only Il few of
many simple ways in which girls, and
boys, too may entertain the wee ones
Hearth and Home.
A COUNTRY maiden lately drove an OK
team into indianapolis, hauling load of
wood She said she cut the wood, and
with the wood she bought highly trim
med hat and with the hat she'll cut Il
country swell.
How To keep square with the world
| Don't be round too much.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-12

LOVERS of claret and Burgundy will be
pleased to learn, on the authority of an
eminent French chemist that red wines
nowadays are commonly colored with
rosaniline, which contains arsenic enough
to cause symptoms of poisoning If it be
taken in frequent doses.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-22
North Norway.

Died in Lawrence. Mass. March 18th,
Gustayia. daughter OF Samuel Flint ot
Norway. aged % years. She was
brought TO her fathers house the 3lst.
The funeral exercises wer" held next
day, and she was inferred beside her
three sisters aud dear mother. Three
brothers and two sisters are left 10 NOUN
her loss.
Mr Chamberlain has sold hi, fam to
Mr.. Sumner Frost
5. W. Pierce has i small sized hen
which dropped a douhle yolked cgg'
measuring seven and two cights 10y six
inchcs.
The snow i- settling, and bare ground
occasionally ,rrn ON high ridges.
Tho weekly meeting OF the North
Norway Debating Club was holden
Wednesday evening. April 9Th. Jamc4
X. French presiding The first in order
was the report al the Secretary; md
defamation by John Shcdd; 81, select
reading by Fannie Townc; 4th. deeI"'
nation hy Willie Noble 9th. singing
9th, defamation Ivy +. Judkiusi 7lh, de-
clamstion by Augustus +. French; sJh'
reading Of tie Pearl by Miss Jennie
Cross; 9th, singing; 10Th, genera bus.
moss; llih. adjournment. This i ID
last Lyceum they expect TO have.-AO"
lcdg .AdCertISer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-22
Hebron academy.

Those who are inclined 10 regard
Academies as Institutions OF the past,
would have their misgivings as to tho
efficiency OF this time. honored means OF
acquiring higher education very thorough
" shaken by visit to the venerable lie
bron Academy. This institution, the
oldest we believe in the State. Who
alumni haro won distinction IN all parts
of the country. is blooming as If gIl'ed
with perennial youth under charge OF Mf.
Moody and his accomplished asSliian'''
Here are gathered ll3 pupils-nearly a"
from other towns than Hebron. The
college class numbers y likely, iDIe.l'
gent looking young men, and there Is d
lyccum where all The questions oil the
day arc discussed with that vigsr ana
exbausliveness which we all remember
as nm element of school debating clubs.
Tho placc is most admirably adapted 10
educational purposes, the strictly ruFM
surroundings offering no temptation to
diversions inconsistent with study, which
perhaps accounts for the air OF strict al
teption TO business that is specially %
servable and contrasts favorably with the
inatteutive and distracted bearing TOO
often noticeable in pupils studying IN
larger COMMUNITIES. The school seen.
very successful and We thinks, merits
word of hearty commcndation.-Pres'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-04-22
Bethel Items.
JONAS GREENE.

The travelling during the past week Ia.
been perfectly horrd, ne the ladies say,
and business in this section is almost At Il
slandstill in consequence. All cross roads
are impas sable save by foot passengers
The maple sugar business does mol
prove 10 he 4 very lucrative one this sea
son. The ground is frozen but slightly,
and wc have had but few cold nights since
the season commenced.
The snow remaining sn long time on
tho ground would afford the farmer 4 dis
oouraging prospect, but Tor the Tact there
Il no frost in the ground. and work can
be commenced rs soon ~ the snov
leaves the surface.
Experience has shown me that cats with
their young, are tho best stock the or
chardist can keep, Having TWO good
mousors last year, lost only thee trees
they being near the stone wall. One
of our leading orchardists ot this town
informed me that he had u cat last tall.
that cleared The whole ground ol mice.
and no doubt saved him hundreds OF dol
lars.
learn many sheep have died this
SPRING some from large flocks that have
not had extra feed, and some from small
flocks, with extra care aud feed. The
first symptoms are they lose The use ol
their limbs aud cannot rise Many iarm.
ers attribute this 10 the TACT OF their hav.
Ing been kept off the ground SO long II
time.
Some OF our farmers object TO the use
OF insecd oil in grating wax, because n
neighbor tried It, and lost % per cent. Of
his oions The recipe have used for
several years contains 1t, snd have never
supposed the oil WAS injurious mt all. /
have set Il few cions each year Tor ten
years past-somc years setting perhaps,
one thousand. The wax containing the
insecd oil has always given the best sat
isiaclion, and does not crack halt rs badly
rs when tallow is used instead. Do your
work well. and you will find no fault
wilh linsced OIL
AIRS. Elijah Brown. while on visit to
Mrs. IT, 6. Johnson, of our village. re-.
Gently arcidenlly lcll down flight OF
stairs and severely injured herself. We
hear she is doing well.
The first robin made his appearance
/ April 9TH {.
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wears, with new lease OF life given 1t
by the granite business. About 500 men
are employed by the IIallowell granite
company, in quauyins and cutting stone
Tor tue new Albany Court House, which
is to cost live million and half OF dol
lars. The Yarmouth quarry was bought
up by New Workers and first took the
contract. but the quarry tailed than, and
now this company hasi. The Halloween
granite is a shade whittier than the Con-
cord, and is = beautiful stone. The
quarry has been operated for many years
in a small way. but was OF no account
till BoDwELI, the smartest granite man
in New England took hold Of 1t. Now
the old Hallowell House, which was
closed for years, is in full blast, and all
Hallowen feels the impulse of new life.
1t will take three years to oil the con-
tract, and so this activity will be kept up
for that time, and new contracts will
keep this branch OF business always ace
tive. The granite is shipped by water in
The summer, and carried by rail in the
winter.
The ice went oul OF the kennebee The
dav before We were there.