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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
Are There Such Banks as This?

The Wall street Daily Ne,Os tells this
bank story: The bank cashier and two
Of the directors have just finished con.
fidential chat in the bark parlor when
walks the secretary with a newspaper
in his hand and observes:
"There it is again-another cashier
embezzles $50, 900 and skips."
"Ah !" says the first director.
"Ah p echoes the second,
"Ah that reminds me-" adds the
cashier. eff you hadn't happened to
mention it might have forgotten it en-
tirely. Fourteen years ago began to
rob this bank of few dollars at time
and cover my offense by false entries. p"
"No !" by the three in chorus.
"I have taken $13, 500 up to date, and
you have not missed dollar of it. 1
can't restore $40 of the sum-
"Your bond I" yells the President.
"Neither signed nor Dated" replies
the cashier.
"WelI put you in prison p
"And my friends will get me par
don in six months.
"But think of the disgrace r
sPooh Think of the injury to tn
bank, rather
The cashier lights a twenty five cente
and puts his feet upon the table, an
the trio retire to a corner, whisper, noe
agree, and the President returns an
says:
"Youpg man, here is $500 to tax
you on vacation for six weeks ; go an
regain your lost health, and if you wan
certificate of character wlite us and
shall be forwarded by first mail.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
Cape Cod Sport.

A esb1ackfish drive is the Cape God
fisherman's ideal of sport The black
Ash or grampus appears frequently on
the coast in schools of from four to five
hundred, and is 'driven" at every fish
ing hamlet along shore from Truro to
CedarviIle. A "drive" is managed in
this way: When school is discovered
feeding close inshore q score or so OF
boats put out to interceptit. The boats
are in two lines, one on each side of the
school, and pull silently out, until far
in the rear, when they unite and ad-
vance on their prey. No fish Is more
timid than the grampus, as the fisher
men well know, and they take advantage
of this trait to effect his destruction.
When still several hundred yards away
the school discovers the boats and be-
gins to show signs of alarm. Then the
drive begins. The boats are urged for
ward, the crews splash the water, fire
pistols, blow horns, wave their fisher
coats, and yell like Comanches. The
frightened fish rush shoreward-their
only line of retreat-through the
breakers, high and dry upon the beach.
A few remain in the surf, and in among
these the men leap like mad-men,
shouting, thrusting with lance and pike,
never ceasing until the last victim Is
slaughtered. sits excitin'," said a
grim old whaIer. "but it's kinder har-
rowin' tew. There's young uns among
'em that cries out like human, and 1t
goes agin the grain to stick EN-"
Tales told of the booty taken In these
drives seem Incredible. Four hundred
have been driven ashore at cne time.
The old whaler above quoted assured
me that he went out one moonlight
night, short time before my visit, and
captured sixty four. Another time, IN
company with the Well fleet fishermen,
he drove three hundred ashore at Bill
lingsgate. Besides his share he pur'
chased 100 at $15 each, had them towed
TO the try-works in Provincetown, and
realized handsomely upon them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
After Land.

Nine -tenths of the Territory OF Arl-
zona is claimed under an old Spanish
grant by one J. A. Reavls, who an
nounces that he Is about to bring sul5
to enforce his rights. He promises to
be magnanimous to all who concede the
validity of his claims without oppo-
sit;on and to be generous to such
newspapers as write favorably about
him. but he threatens to deal severely
with those who contest his demands in
a factious spirit. At latest accounts
Reavis had arrived in Tucson. Tie
claim that he asserts probably has no
real validity, yet, like the Capt. Valliere
suit for 100000 acres in Arkansas, it
may possibly be made the basis for
litigation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
HAwKEYE DoIS.

YoUNa man, no matter how fertile
your mind is, you can't strengthen itby
letting 1t lie fallow.
The peach crop is SO large in Della
ware this year that peaches will soon be
as cheap as members Of the Legislature.
WHILE boring an artesian well IN
Boston, recently, the workman struck
baked bean six hundred feet under
the ground. 1t is supposed to have
been placed there before the food.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand pairs OF blue
spectacles-thus making fifty thousand
spectacles-have been sent to tne
British army in Egypt, so that skir-
mish line of the Household cavalry now
looks to the astOnished enemy like a
Harvard college scientific excursion on
horseback.
A QUEBEC farmer, while returning
from his moving lot, with his scytne
over bis shoulder, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. This shows
what little use the universe has for
man who mows with scythe in 1882.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know
chow we can lessen intemperance
Well. its none of bis business, but II ne
must know, we don't drink SO much as
we used to. That will lessen 1t about
as much as we know. Has he ever tried
that plan
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
Treatment OF Diphtheria.

The Medical Press says that Dr.
Deuker, who, during twenty four years
of very extensive pracdce in the Ohli-
dren's Hospital, st. Petersburg, has
treated upward of two thousand cases OF
diphtheria, and tried all the remedies,
both internal and external, employed IN
this affection, has obtained the best re-
suits from the following method, which
ne hes employed for the jast ten years.
AS soon as the white spots appear ON
the tonsils he gives laxative manly
composed of senna, which produces an
abundant evacuation. When the pur-
gative effect has ceased he gives cold
drinks, acidulated with hydrochIo1lc
acid, and every two hours gargle COM
posed of lime water and hot milk In
equal parts. DR.. Deuker ffiemS that
when this treatment Is commenced early
it is generally and rapidly successful
! Scientific american.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
Strikes in General.
STRIKERS OPINION OF THEM AND HIS
SUGGESTION ABOUT TEEN.

In an interview with an intelligent
workingman of Pittsburg his opinion of
strikes was given as follows:-
sswhab do L think of unions and of
strikes l have never believed in unions
as organized. The better workman
man Is the less benefit he gets from the
union. That wouldn't matter SO much,
for it is our duty to stand by and to help
each other but the trouble is that IN q
general union like the Amalgamated,
which takes in all kinds of skilled labor,
the worst elements control, and the
sober, discreet men haven't any voice.
Jarrett, the president, advised against
our strike, but he had to carry out the
wishes of the majority. 1 doubt whether
strike ever does any good, except
when everything else fails. I suppose
we have the same right to strike as the
people of a country have the right to
rebel, as last resort, but we must make
up our minds for the worst unless we
succeed.
ssThe great mistake in strike is that
the men nearly always threaten az the
same time that they ask for something.
They say, Unless you give US an In
crease or Unless you give us some
other concession we will quit work on
certain day. There is good deal OF
human nature in the masters as we'll as
in the men, and there is thus bad feel
ing from the start. We ought to begin
negotiations on good terms. My idea
is that in every mill there should be a
standing committee, or committee to
be chosen when anything is wanted, OF
six good, respectable men, with families
and a stake in the town-a house and
lot that they own-and that this COM
mittee should meet with the masters
and talk over the whole thing quietly
and fully, making no threats or demands,
but just stating the whole case. Ii they
and the masters can't agree then let
both select some outside person or per-
sons whose decision shall be final. But
don't start off with threat or with an
organization behind that believes it can
enforce the threat. Then the men will
have done the best they can, and if the
masters don't agree to our proposition
we will have right and fair dealing Oh
our side and we can then decide or
what is best to de done. Perhaps laws
might be passed that would make this
plan binding oil both parties"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
A Story Of PilIage and Plunder.
CENTRAL PERU GIVEN UP TO GUERRILLAs
How THE TOWN OF TARMA WAS
SACKED,

A Chilian correspondent writes /:
When the GILLIAN forces left Tarma
they were accompanied by many Pc
ruVian families who desired to escape
from the depredations of their lawless
countrymen. Only some foreign fam
lilies remained in the town. When our
soldiers left Tarma on the 18th of Au-
gust, no fewer than 500 women of all
ages and conditions followed in our rear.
Five hours after we left the town,
hordes of guerrillas, that had followed
our army, poured into Tarma.
They were headed by 600 men, armed
with rifles. and equipped like regulars,
who entered, formed in column, and
were followed by at least {, 900 guerrillas
armed with sticks, clubs, lances and
siIIilar weapons, who entered peli mel,
and yelling voeiferously. When they
learned that all the well-to-do and de-
cent families had abandoned the town,
the fury of the Indians knew no bounds.
The titles of 'Chilians,' traitors and
bandits, accompanied by threats and
horrible imprecations, were bestowed
upon those who followed us. The
people remaining5 in Tarma were de-
fenseless, and the guerrillas soon began
to sack. The houses Of the fugitives
were stripped. Those of many foreign
residents shared the same fate.
Numerous assassinations followed,
there being among the victims no fewer
than eighteen foreigners. The hordes
of savages respected nothing. After
pillage came intoxication. In the midst
of the orgies Tarma was reduced to
ruins. All the town became prey to
the flames. In this manner Tarma was
freed from Chilian domination. The
cities of Tauja and Huancayo must have
shared the fate of Tarma. It is reported
that both those towns have been sacked
and burned as punishment for their
kind behavior to the Chilians.
On the following day our troops ar
rived at Oroya, after painful march.
The Cordillera presented the appear
ance of an enormous mountain OF ice,
the snow lying in the roads reached to
the horses necks. -Four Chilian soldiers
were frozen to death on the march, and
as many as six of the Peruvians who
had claimed our protection. Gu the
22d there were 1000 men in Oroya, and
they waited there the arrival of the
Third Regiment of the line,. which had
been ordered to abandon Cerro de Pasco.
Now, therefore, all the interior of Peru
is in the hands of the guerrillas. Many
years will elapse before Peru will cease
to lament having let loose this new ele-
ment of ruin, which is already yielding
the most terrible fruits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
He Remembered the Voice.

The Kentuckiaus tell with keen zest
even now many anecdotes illustrative OF
the kind heart and fine courtesy of their
old idol, Henry Clay. The following
we do not remember to have seen in
print:
On one occasion, when young man,
Clay was travelling up the Ohio on a
small steamboat. He was taken sick
with violent cramps and collie. An old
colored woman who was on board took
charge of him, administered medicine,
etc., and nursed him faithfully until the
boat touched at Wheeling, where he
could be put under physicians care.
Ten years afterward Clay, then at the
zenith of his fame, was making polltl-
cal speech in Louisville, from the steps
of a public building. The square was
crowded with men, while line OF black
faces fanoaa 4hara in. In the cheers
that rose when the orator had finished q
shriIl voice was heard
''God bress Mars Henry p
Mr.. CLAY, who was surrounded by his
eager friends, paused.
''A moment, gentlemen. 1 think
hear the voice of woman who was very
kind to me-" glancing around, search
ingly. "There That old nanny on
the edge of the crowd. 1 should like to
see her..
He stepped down into the street, and
way was eagerly made for the old
woman, who was brought up to shake
hands with the great man. 1t was the
proudest moment of her life, and the
happiest. But Mr.. Clay was not salts,
fed with comforting this simple pleasure.
He procured situations for her husband
and sons, which enabled her to spend
her remaining years iu comfort.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
About a Trunk.

According to reporter of that city,
Miss Susan r. Anthony loft st. Louis
the other day for Leavenworth with two
medium-sized trunks for baggage. At
first the baggage-master objected 20
check them both on single ticket, and
demanded pay for extra weight. " But, "
said she, "they together weigh less
than the ordinary sized Saratoga. |
distribute the weight in this way
purposely to save the man who does the
lifting" The clerk looked at her in
credulously. "And you tell me seriously
that you do this simply out OF con-
sideration for the baggage-men ?" 81
do" elbow long have you done it ?
CAN my life. I never purchased
large trunk, for fear I might ado
to the over -burdened baggage-man's
affiictions." The clerk walked off ano
conferred with the head of the depart
ment. Then the two returned together
"Do I understand" said the chief
"that you, of all women, have been the
first to show humanity toward railroad
people ?" "That is tenet of my creed.
"Check that baggage" said the che
with emphasis; "and when you run 10
office, Miss Anthony, you shall hav
nv vote" Mine too," echoed tn
clerk, handing her the checks, and tn
trio parted happy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
BRO. GARDENERS OPINION ON
MODERN INSTITUTIONS.
He Compares Them with Those of
the Good Old Times"

"De odder mite de ole man Saleratus
Brown drapped ober to see me" began
Brother Gardner, of the Lime-Klln Club,
as Pickles Smith got through swallow
ing a ten-penny nail which he was hold
ing in his mouth to cure the backache.
He sot down wild gruht, showed out
his feet wild groan, and remarked dat
times had SO changed dat he didn't car
to lib anoder day. It made me narvous
to h'ar him take on an tell how modern
folkses war dyin' off-modern houses no
better den cofins-modern food pizen
to the system-an' dat ninety y-nine men
out of cherry hundred war liars, cheats
an thieves.
"AImos' cherry day h'ar some of you
takin on bout de good ole times when
nobody died an de front doah of ebery
house stood open. You doan' know
what yer talkin' bout In de good ole
times de common house was bout as
comfortable as de common hog pen.
More people had to ride ten miles fur
a doctor dan less distance, an when he
arrove he didn't know bran from broom
sticks. Any sort of man who knew
Moses from Aaron was good huff fur
preacher, an de man wild de loudest
voice an de loudest below was de bes'
lawyer. Women war freckled an men
went bar'futed to church, an de fadder
who didn't bring up his sons wild great
deal of stern dignity an blue beech gad
mixed togeder expected de boy to turn
out a pirate.
"In de good ole times men stole an
cheated an lied an played hypocrite,
jist de same as men do now, an il de
women didn't CAD quite SO often dey
gossiped iist as much. De man who
sighs fur de good ole times, am frowin
away his breef, an dar am dim sus-
pishun in my mind dat he am lazy an
shiftless. De pusson who can't play his
hand wild de world of to-day am either
light in de head, or wobbly in de knees.
1 furder desire to add dat de mex time
I h'ar member of dis club wishin' for
return of de days when only one FAM
ly on a road ten miles long had an UNI
brella to lend, an not one family outer
sixteen could lend a cupful O. sugar
widout scrapin' de bottom of de box, l
shall purceed to read him lecktur dat
will slant his ears at on angle of fo'ty-
seben degrees. ."-Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

SYM PATRY.-Col. Folsom was reading
the morning paper at the breakfast
table, when he exclaimed in horrilied
tone of voice What terrible mis-
fortune !' "What is 1t-somebody got
married ?" his wife asked, in an indiffer-
ent manner. "No, but married wo.
man in New York, in fit of rage, threw
a coffee.cu at her husband. The cup
was shivered into fragments and one of
them cutting his jugular artery he died
on the spot. The reporter says the grief
of the unfortunate woman was dreadful
TO witness. She was frantic with re-
morse and made several attempts to put
an end to her existence" Poor crea-
ture." said Mrs. Folsom, with a sigh
81 reckon the broken cup must have
belonged to her new china set. "--1eros
! SiftinqS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
LET THE CLOTH BE WHITE.
BY WILL CARLETON.

Go sot the table, Mary, an let the cloth be
white
The hungry city children are comm here to-
night;
The children from the city, with features
pinehed an spare,
Are comm here to get breath of Gods un-
tainted air.
They come from out the dungeons where they
with want were chained;
From places dark an dismal, by tears of sorrow
stained;
From where thousand shadows are murder
ing all the light
Set well the table, Mary dear, an let the cloth
be white
They ha' not seen the daisies made for the
hearts behoof;
They never heard the rain drops upon cottage
roof;
They do not know the kisses of zephyr an
of breeze;
They never rambled wild and free beneath the
forest trees.
The food that they ha' eaten was spoiled by
others greeds;
The very air their lungs breathed was full O.
poison seeds
The very air their souls breathed was full O
wrong an spite:
Go set the table, Mary dear. an let the cloth
be white
The fragrant water-lilies ha' never smiled at
them;
They never picked wild flower from off its
dewy stem;
They never saw greensward that they could
safely pass
Unless they needed we'll the sign that says,
"Keep off the grass"
God bless the men and women Of noble brain
an heart
Whe go down in the folk-swamps and take the
children's part
Those hungry, CHEEKY children that keep us in
their debt,
And never fail to give us more of pleasure than
they get!
Set we'll the table. Mary let naught be scant
or SMALL
The little ones are coming have plenty for
'em all.
There's nothing we should furnish except the
very best
To those that Jesus look upon an called to him
an blessed.
-Harper's Weekly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

GERMANY.-The suffering in Germany
for lack of employment Is great, and
the natural gain in population is about
100000 year. Under such circum-
stances, several German statesmen are
convinced that emigration is inevitable,
but they have begun to argue that the
great stream of people pouring out
might better be utilized for the benefit
of Germany than in enriching America,
England and many other countries al
over the world. But colonization has
not yet been favorably looked upon By
the German Government, whose aim is
the concentration of its powers within
its own compact domain.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
The Chimes.

In slavery days, the chimes of St.
MichaePs Church, Charleston, were
RING at p. m. in winter and 8 in sum-
mer as signal to negroes that their
bedtime was nigh, and again an hour
later to warn them to disappear from
the streets, after which all blacks
found abroad were arrested. The Gus
tom was continued until few days ago
though nobody has obeyed the beli'
since the war. The Mayor has now Gu
off the salary of tie ringer, and TIE ac
is exciting considerable discu 'slol
! smcng the residents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
To their friends and the
wagon purchasing public,

Believing that the COun-
ty of LamOille could and
would support a good
Wagon business, we pur-
chased i'm 1881 the largest
and best stock ever brought
into this County.
Our expectations were
more than realized; our
trade was much larger than
we had any reason to eX-
pect. This encouragement
has been so flattering that
we have again personally
visited the manufactures
of some of the largest and
best makers, and selected
another complete stock,
consisting in part of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05
New Use for the Bell Cord.

A mischievous train boy being asked
by an old lady for what purpose the
bell cord leading to the engineers cab
was ready, replied:
"When you want any lurch, ma am
Just give it puft, and winking to an
other passenger, passed on, forgetting
the incident.
AS the train was rounding a sharp
curve, the alarm cord was pulled VIC
Iently, the air brakes applied. and The
brakemen and passengers looked out oi
doors and car windows to ascertain the
cause of delay. As nothing wrong could
be found, the conductor passed down
the aisle of the car, inquirlng, Ia a
slightly impatient tone:
"Who rang that bell?
ST did," said the old lady, calmly.
"Well, what do you want ?" asked the
irate conductor.
"Lemme see," pondered the woman
CT guess you may bring me some hash I
The news agent was not seen during
the remainder of the trip.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

HER TIoKET.-When the conductor
tore off the coupon from the ticket of q
lady passenger OF Connecticut railroad
the other day she threw the remainder
out of the window, and subsequently
explained that she had seen him tear
the ticket up and thought the piece was
of no account.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

NoInED.-En Enory Thomas sent to
Mary Brown, at Jack son, Mich, silk
for dress as present. He wished to
marry her, and she was inclined to con-
sent but when she learned that the silk
was part OF the booty of a burglary, she
became the principal witness against
the wooer, and he was sent to prison for
seven years. But they have becom5
reconciled, and few days ago the prison
chaplain joined them in wedlock,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

SALMON PAoKINa.-Lasty year the total
number of cases of salmon packed upon
the Pacific coast vas $50, 900, divided as
follows Columbia River, $40, 900; Sac
ramento River, 1SO, 900; Frazer River,
11O,OOO; other rivers, $4,000. The total
value of last years pack, as estimated
by the packers on the Columbia and the
San Francisco commercial reports. diff
fers widely. The latter places the value
at 81, 100000 for the total catch last
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-05

HEART BRoKEN.-A boy fell into a
creek at Oxford, Ind. and went home
in wet clothes. his angry mother SAID
that she wished he had stayed IN the
water. Taking this remark to be art, he
returned to the stream and drowned
| imself.