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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
The Acorn Growing.

III an acorn be suspended by a piece
of thread within half an inch of the
surface of some water contained in a
hyacinth glass, and sc permitted to re-
main without being disturbed, it will, in
a few months, burst, and throw a root
down into the water, and shoot upward
its stIaight and tapering stem, with
beautiful little green leaves. A young
oak tree growing in this way on the
mantel-shelf of a room is a very elegant
and interesting object. I have seer
sevaral oak trees, and also a chestnut
tree, thus growing, but all of them,
however, have died after a few months,
probably owing TO the water not having
been changed sufficiently often to AFFORD
them the necessary quantity of nourish-
ment from the matter contained in il.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

Down below Montgomery I ran across
a man from Port Huron, Mich, and
after we had shaken hands he said:
"Seen any rebs down here ?"
"Why, yes. That is, I've seen hun
dreds who were in the Confederate
army"
"But have you come across one who
hasn't surrendered yet-a real old IN
terrified who wasn't licked and still
hates the flag"
"No."
swell, I wish I could see one. I've
been down here two weeks and I haven't
come across him. I thought the South
was chuck full Of such chaps, and l dotted
on an interview"
I went up to the hotel and told the
boys, and they sent over to the cooper
shop for Sam. He was not in the war
at all, having lately moved in from
Texas, but he was the raeat .'raLbiah''
looking man south of the Ohio River.
He hadlong hair, long, matted whiskers,
a long, sharp nose, eyes like a wolf,
long arms, ragged clothes and he looked
to be a tough case. The boys told him
what was wanted, and he walked down
the street to q barber shop where the
Port Huron man was waiting to get
shaved. Standing in the middle of the
shop he threw his old hat down, jumped
three feet high and cracked his heels,
and yelled out:
"Whoop-yah Whar's that Yank
who's been hanging around this town
for the last three days? Whoop-yil yil
durn Uncle Sam fur an old buzzard l
fit with Wheeler, I did, and I never
surrendered ! There amt Yanks enough
in North America to walk me Off
whoop /"
The man from Port Huron had finally
got what he was looking for. He rose
up, and was edging for the door, when
Sam jumped for him and yelled:
"Whoop-ee You're the cantankerous
invader I'm after Come down here
and burn out gins, viii ye? Come down
mere and STAY our"
Alas The Michigander was on the
full skip by this time. He took a
straight road for the country, turning
out for nothing smaller than a four-mule
team. Next morning 1 received a tele-
gram from him, dated at a town eleven
miles off, asking me to pay his hotel bill
and bring along his satchel I'M QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
A Little Mixed.

Arithmetic is terribly puzzling some
times, and when ones interest is in
volved in the matter it is almost impos-
sible to add up a column of figures cor
rectly. A gentleman who lives by his
wits, and it must be confessed gets q
very fair living, when in the country
last summer wanted to borrow some
money of a plain, good-natured farmer.
81 want to borrow &c." he said. The
farmer only had SO, and so the man OF
wit said, "Well, L wish you would owe
me the other 80 and we'll settle up in a
few days." When the day of settlement
came the farmer was befogged, bepuz-
zled and somewhat d~isgruntled by this
conversation. The farmer said, lyon
owe me So, don't you ?" Certainly l
do" was the reply. "Well, will you
pay me ?" "Well, my dear fellow, I
think our account is about square. 1
wanted to borrow Sc, you remember.
You let me have So and said you'd owe
me the other So. Now, then, you
haven't paid that 50 and consequently
still I'VE it to me. L W you SO, and
if you will give me the So you W me !
will instantly pay you the So 1 owe you.
Nothing could be fairer than that, 1
think"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
Eccentric Congressman.

A Washington letter says Not many
years ago, at the very beginning of the
Granger excitement, there came to Con-
gress from Tennessee a very ''amoosin"
cuss, ''like Artemus Wards kangaroo"
He had an upper set of false teeth, of
which he seemed very proud. During
the sittings of the House he would
often take out his teeth and examine
them infinitely for several minutes.
Then he would take out his handker-
chief and wipe them very carefully,
after which interesting ceremony he
would suck them back to their places
with a click like a fox trap. He also
bad a very entertaining way of comb
ing his hair. He always carried in his
vest pocket a fne-tooth comb, and it
was a favorite occupation of his to
boist his cowhide boots on his desk and
ply his comb. With q screwed up face
til he got to the ends, when he would
bring the comb fiat side up within q
few inches of his face and carefully
examine 1t to see what he had caught.
He would often occupy himself thus for
half an hour. Another Congressman
from Tennessee, named Mullins dead
now, poor old fellow, was exceedingly
playful. He would dance and kick up
mis- heels in a very kittenish manner,
and he had o cheerful habit of hitting
his fellow members a whackipg blow on
the back when they least expected it.
Yet he was not unpopular among his
fellows, for he was always good-natured
and he had no idea his p~Iayfulness
might be offensive.
Another eccentric fellow was the
Delegate from Idaho, three or four Con-
crosses back. It was his pleasurable
habit OF warm days during the sessions
of the House to take a nap. Back of
the seats in the House, as everybody
knows, are sofas, wide and luxurious,
placed at short intervals all around the
hall. The honorable gentleman from
Idaho would begin his entertainment by
noddlng in his seat. Then, more asleep
than awake, he would shuttle to one OF
those sofas. First he would pull off one
boot, then think over it q moment, and
finally pull off the other one. Next
he would unbutton his vest and u~nlOose
his cravat. Then to sleep and to snore !
What would the aesthetic Mr.. Howard
think to see an American Congressman
stretched out on a sofa, snoring like a
foghorn, with his boots off, and socks
not of the cleanest?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
A Cheap Grafton.

There is yet living in Central Michi-
gan, says the Detroit Free Press. a
lawyer who, some fifteen or sixteen
years ago, was waited upon by a COM
mittee from a small village for the pur-
pose of engaging him to deliver a
Fourth of July grafton. When they
asked his price, he said that he consid-
cred $25 cheap enough.
"Mercy on me !" explained the chair
man, "but we can't pay no such price
as that ! That must be for a regular
Henry Clay oration."
"Well, yes. L think it will compare
faVorably with anything Henry got off. u
ooh, but we can't stand tive must
have q cheaper one."
GLOW cheap !"
"Not over SIS. Well give you S.,
your dinner, and all the lemonade you
can drink for the cheapest Grafton in
your head"
"Tll do it !! replied the lawyer, and
the money was paid him on the spot.
He was on hand on the glorious day.
and by and by the procession moved to
the grove, the orator took the stand
aud was introduced, and without any
fooliDg around he walked to the front
and said
"Fellow-cOuntrymen We whipped
England twice and Mexico once. We
are a free people. This is the glorious
Fourth. Give 'em Hail Columbia and
go in for a good time-the end"
He had given them a So grafton, and
every soul in the crowd except one old
woman was perfectly satisfied. She
followed the orator around until she had
cornered him, snd then expressed her
disgust by saying:
Seems to me il you had really de-
sired to please the crowd you wouldn't
have chopped that off without a single
word about Noah's ark or the battle of
Bunker HILL"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
WHAT MY LOVER SAID.
BIZ HORACE GREELEY, IN 1872.

By the merest chance, in the twilight gloom,
In the orchard path he met me-
In the tal, wet grass, with its faint perfume
And / tried to pass and he made no room;
Oh, 1 tried, but he would not let me.
So 1 stood and blushed till the grass grew red,
With my face bent down above it,
While he took my hand, as he whispring said
(How the clover lifted each pink. swees head
To listen to all that my lover said!
Oh! the clover in bloom-I love IT'D
In the high, wet grass went the path to hide,
And the low, wet leaves hung over;
But could not pass upon either side,
For | found myself. when 1 vainly tried,
Inthe arms of my steadfast lover,
And he held me there, and he raised my head
While he closed the path before me;
And he looked Town into my eyes and said
(How the leaves bent down from the boughs
Ger head
To listen to all that my lover said!
Oh ! the leaves hanging lOwly Ger me y
Had he moved aside a little way
1 could surely then have passed him;
And would not have heard h he had to say
Could ( only aside have cast him.
1t was almost dark, and the moments sped,
Aud the searching night-wind found us;
But he drew M nearer and softly said
(How the pure, sweet wind grew still instead
To listen TO ali that my lover said!
Ohl the whispering wind around us y
/ am sure he knew, when he held me fast,
That 1 must be all unwilling;
For [ tried to go, and [ would have passed,
As the night was coming with its dew at last,
And the sky with stars was filling;
But he clasped me close when L would have fled,
And he made me hear his story,
And his soul came out from his lips al d said
Glow the stars crept out where the white moon
led,
To listen to all that my lover said
Oh the moon and stars in glory y
L know that the grass and the leaves will not
tell,
And I'm sure the wind-precious rover
Will carry his secret so safely and well,
And that no being viii ever discover
One word of the many that rapidly fell
From the eager lips of my lover,
Shall never reveal what a fairy-like spell
They wove round about US that night in the
dell,
In the path through the dew-lsden clover;
Nor echo the whispers that made my heart
swell
As they fell from the lips of nay lover.
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MARKET NOTES.

NEW 1Ohh MAGNET.
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANS Prime. IS 5O053. So: fair to GOOD
Is. 25aS3.5l uer busheI.
BUTTER New York sold at .E5026c. foI
cbt ice in pals. and 22624c. common to good
Western sod at 24@25c, and the common
"ls,c Il ~ I59l9c.
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
A Story of Edison.
Why the Bridal Tour was Delayed
His Peculiaritfes.

I met Tom Edison, the electrician, on
Pennsylvania venue the other day,
writes q Washington correspondent.
He had run down from New York to
look after his patents. He is looking
well, and is Just as awkward and I'M
calmly as ever. There has been a great
deal of nonsense written ab out Edison,
as there always is about every man who
springs into fame with q bound. He Is
about thirty five years of age and was
born in the great State of Ohio.
s'Stoek" Griffin, Edison's private
secretary. once told me a funny oharac-
t~eristic story of the way in which Edi-
son came to get married. The idea was
first suggested to him by an intimate
friend, who made the point that he
needed a mistress to preside over his
big house, which was managed by a
housekeeper and several servants. I
dare say the idea lever occurred to him
before, for, be it known, he is the shy
est and most bashful of men; but he
seemed pleased with the proposition
and timidly inquired whom he should
marry. The friend somewhat testify
replied, ''any one;" that a man who
who had so little sentiment in his soul
as to ask such a question ought to be
satisfied with anything that wore a pet
ticoat and was decent, and concluded
by saying: "There are a number of
nice girls employed in your factory over
yonder; they aren't especially refined
or cultivated, Unjust confess, but they
are respectable and that is the main
consideration after ALL"
Edison looked them all over, and, af-
ter making his selection, put the ques-
ton plumply to her. It was Edison's
way of doing business, but it embar-
rassed the young lady all the same.
She asked time to consider, and Edison
granted her a week. At the end of
this time she accepted him, and they
were married without delay. They had
decided to visit the New England States
and Canada, and make quite an ex-
tended tour. As the bridal party drove
to the station they passed his labora-
tory. Turning to his wife, Edison ex-
cused himself for a few minutes, saying
there were some matters that needed.
his attention and that he would be at
the station in time for the train. The
train came and went, and so did several
others, but no Edison. The bride,
who knew his peculiarities, finally drove
back to the house and awaited her liege
lords pleasure. She never saw him
again for forty-eight hours. Immersed
in some idea that had suddenly occurred
to him, he became oblivious to brides,
homogeneous or anything else.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

SOME families have already been to
the country and returned. They went
to places that every IL said were per-
fectly healthy, and ate from we'll filled
tables, but somehow the children fell
sick at once. Il may be sad, but it is
also true, that there is no place so
healthy that the Juvenile digestion can
get the better OF unlimited fresh milk,
country vinegar and cucumbers that
were stale before they left New York.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

RIGHT AND WRoNG.-It is the Atlanta
Constitution, published in the once duel
encouraging State of Georgia, which
SAWS "The impetuous Carollnians
who seek to establish that doubtful ar
tieIe called Honor i'll blood would do
their country more service by engaging
in the corn field OF fifty cents a day. 1t
is time to understand that a bullet
hole neither makes right wrong nor
wrong right"
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NYhnL It n,h for nm 90 I.ndr.

CosHooToN STATION, N. Y, Dec. %. 1878.
your Bitters here, and with marked effect. IN
one case, a lady of over seventy years had
been sick for years, and for the past ten years
has not been able 10 be around half the time.
About six months ago she got so feeble she
was ,e5pLeSS. Her old remedies. or physicians,
being of no avail, L sent to Deposit, forty-five
miles, and got q bottle of Hop Bitters. It i'm
proved her so she was able to dress herself and
walk about the house. When she had taken
the second bottle she was able to take care of
her own room and walk out to her neighbours,
and has improved all the time since. My wife
and children also have derived great benefit
from their use. w. b. HATHAWAY,
Agt. Q. S. Elk. o..
FORTUNE can take away riches, but not
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

On THE MOVE. Some hundreds of
acres of bog, between Cookin and Sea-
riff, East Glare, in Ireland, have begun
to move toward the southeast, carrying
with them several patches of reclaimed
land under cultivation. and part of the
main road to Limerick.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

Homeopathic Family Medicine Gases
and books, giving concise directions for
treating all common ailments, are a
great comfort, and & positive saving in
every household. The best assortment
of all STYLES and prices is found at
Boericke & Tafel's Homeopathic Phar-
macies, at New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, New Orleans and Chicago.
Descriptive Price Current gratis.
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IHE Kansas City Times reports that
its book-keeper suffered very severely,
and for a long time, with rheumatism.
He tried st. Jacobs Oil and was cured
by one bottle of it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20
HOW no sECURE HEALTu.

It is strange any one will suffer from arrangements
brought on by impure blood, when SCOVILL'S SARSA-
PARILIA NDSTILLINGIA, or N LIVER
SYRUP will restore health to the physical organization.
tits a strengthening syrup, pleasant to take, and the BEST
PURIFIER ever discovered, curing Scrofula,
Syphilit.c disorders, Weakness of the Kidneys, E~rysipelas,
Malaria, Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious complaints
and Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach,
Skin. etc.
O.sbun's Prepared Ced Liver OH and Lime.
The heat Tna1iciDa for the T1nps Sold nv all Dr1w.
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A COMMERCIAL traveller is called a
drummer because he has q snare head
Boston transcript.
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Brain and Nerve

Wells Health Remover, greatest remedy or
earth for impotence, l~eanness, mental or phy-i'
cal debility, etc. ST at druggists. Prepaid by
express, $1.25. 6 for IS. E. S. WELLS, jersey
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Its the concurrent
testimony ofthe pub
lie and the medical
profession, that Hos
tett RS Stomach Bi.,
ters is a medicine
which achieves re-
suits speedily felt,
thorough and be-
nign. Beside rectify-
ing liver disorder, it
invigorates the fee.
BILE. conquers kidney
and bladder com
y aints, ana hastens
the cOnValescence of
tn Sc recovering
from ~enfeebling dis
eases. Moreover it
is the grand specific
for fever and ague.
For sale by Drug
gists and Dealers
generally.
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$4,000 REWARD

Will be paid for the detection and con-
viction of any person selling or dealing
in any bogus, counterfeit or imitation
Hop BrrrEBs, especially Bitters, or
preparations with the word HOP or
HoPs in their name, or connected there
with, that is intended to mislead and
cheat the public, or for any preparation
put in any form pretending to be the
same as HoP BITTERs. The genuine
have cluster of GREEN HOPS (notioe
this) printed on the white label, and are
the purest and best medicine on earth,
especially for Kidney, Liver and Ner
vous Diseases. Beware of all others,
and of all pretended formulas or recipes
of Hop BlrrERs published in papers, OF
for sale, as they are frauds and SWIM
dies. Whoever deals in any but the
genuine Will be prosecuted
HOP BITTGRs MFe. Co.,
Rochester, n. y.
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THERE is no way Of making a perma-
nent success in the world without Civ
ing an honest equivalent for it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-07-20

THE Ithica On. Y Ith5can observes
Our druggists report that st. Jacobs Oil
goes off like hot cakes.
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successfully treated. Pamphlet of particulars
one stamp, address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Buffalo, n. Y.
He who knows most grieves most for wasted
time.
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nervous debility, premature old age, loss Of
memory, and kindred symptoms, should seni
three stamps for Part VII of pamphlets issued
by Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 10, 1851.
II. Fl. WARNER d Co Sirs-As a physician
Ihave recommended and prescribed your Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure for personS afflicted
with kidney trouble, and in each and every in
stance they were cured.
ALFRED WALTON. NJ. D.
HoNoRs come by diligence; riches spring
from economy.
o DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression Of
spirits and general debility, in their various
Forms also as a preventive against fever and
ag4 6n ana Other 1 tca M intern te Ga levers ), the neo dEG r.,
Ca5well, aazard & Co., New York, and sold
by all Druggists, is the best tonic, and for pa
tents recovering from fever or other sickness,
it has no equal.
Their is little in the world but that has cost
some one deeply.
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"UHLDs UISPENSAkY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo. N. Y.
In almost everything experience is more
valuable than precept.
DEACON SMITH buys Carbolme. The deodor-
lied petroleum hair remover and ~restorer, ana
since its Improvement, recommends it to all
his friends as the perfection of ali hair prepa-
rations. This shows that the Deacon is IA wise
mau and knows what is what.
THE new circular of the PeekskilI IN. y
Military Academy is a handsomely illustrated
book of GO pages. Col. Wright, the Principal,
viii send COPIES to al Interested.
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HoNoRs come by diligence; riches spring
from economy.
Diseases of Women,
In almost everything experience is more

Large treatise for three stamps. giving
means of successful self-treatment. Address
WORLD DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo. n, Y.
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One greasing lasts two weeks all others two
or three days. Do not be imposed upon by the
humbug stuffs offered. Ask your dealerfor Fra
zer's. With label on. 1t saves your horse labor
and you, too. 1t received first at the Cen
tennial and Paris expositions. Sold everywhere.
LET us respect gray hairs, especially our
own!
Nerygiis nebuity Wenk 'ess, Etc.
home cure by simple herbs Sufferers may learn
just how to cure themselves a. ooiiS oS St = Il = r
harmless herbs, free by mail. Auu-eS
HERB CURE, Newark, New Jersey.
For SPECIAL Rates for advertising in this paper
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A WAC says of a topper His nose
has passed the r%ubicund."


DELEvAN, WIS, Sept. "a, 1878.
GENTs-l have taken not quite one bottle of
tue Hop Bltters. L was a feeble old man of 70
when got it. To-day L am as active and feel
as well as l did at 30. see q great many that
need such a medicine. D.. BoYCE.
II You wish Do remove ayariee YOU m re.
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c. DER

Presses, Graters, Steam Eyaporators, and an otneE
To. 81 Vesey ST New York. Factory, Syracuse, NY
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Epilepsy (Fits)

HOPE is ii desire DOlted through The sieve of
belief.
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SIN Each and Every Ins1ance,,'

FORTUNE can take away riches, but I
courage.
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WEAK AND DELICATE PERSONS GENERALLY,

Fluid Extract Of Malt, agreeable to the taste, and free from
alcohol. It is readily retained on the stomach and contains
none but wholesome and nourishing ingredients. The genuine
preparation bears on the label a fine engraved likeness OF
BARON Won LIEBus, and a FAC-SIMILE OF his Signature, as
well as that OF A. V0GELER & Co. BALTIMORE, Nd Sole
Agents for America.
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hAApemanT,&
Sar1Ss %

NAL flesh. Try a bottle.
AS these cnts indicate, the oil is used success
fulIy for an diseases of the human, J0tck and GagBiG9
Hesh. Shake well before using.
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L|EBIG MALT EXTRACT.

aTrI,- 70 +lro ,TIiisbar 20 a. 4