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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18
THOSE SHOES.

Just look at those dear little shoes
Placed all together in rows
They've been kicked, they We been cuffed-
They've been busy enough,
THEY'VE turned from beautiful black to q buff
And they look Ike frog at the toes,
Oh, money they cost but who cares,
1t came and it went like those pairs
OF dear little shoes, which are their
And choose, we'll
Just take them and send them,
Remodel and mend them,
They'll never to me be so sweet
As when now in my study
gaze on them ruddy,
And ever so muddy
With dabbling along in the street.
Ah where will those little feet be
In the years we cannot foresee.
When the hand that has guided their footsteps
is gone
When the world is before them and they are
forlorn
In this life of so great mystery ?
Then teach US and train us, Jehovah, that we
May watch them, and guard them and guide
them to thee,
And in other years should ever we miss
The dimpled feet which these shoes now kiss
May we see them again as they trip by the tide
OF the River of Life on the other side.
JNo. II. HARTMAN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18
"And so is mine," said D'Arlemont;
II shall take the chateau and all it

"And so is mine," said D'Arlemont
"I shall take the chateau and all il
contains"
&c In that case," said the notary, adj
dressing Marie, "I can only give you,
my poor Madame LIE Fevre, the prayer
| book"
She took the book, and pressing it to
her lips, she held it to her son, who
cried out, with childish delight at the
sight of its richly-gilt cover, "Oh,
mamma, let me have it -
Yes, my boy, you shall have it; it
will be the only legacy I can leave you.
But never-never will I part with it. l
thank Heaven she has pardoned me !
She has said it, and I know she was
truth itself %
The notary turned away his head.
"Don't go, Madame LIE Fevre," said
he; '' I must speak to you by and=bx. ("
at that moment the boy, in playing
with the book, unclasped it, and cried
out: {" Oh, mamma, look at the pretty
pictures But why are they all covered
over with this nice thin paper ?"
"It is to keep them from being
soiIed."
"But why put six papers to every PIC
ture?"
His mother looked-she uttered q
piercing cry, and fell, faiting, into the
arms of Monsieur Dubois, who said to
those present, "Let her alone, it is
nothing; she will not die this time.
Give me that book, child; you may do
mischief to it.
The two rich legatees went away,
commenting not very charitably on
Marie's swoon, and the evident interest
the notary took in her.
About a month afterward they met
Madame LIE Fevre and her son, both
well dressed, riding in very pretty
carriage with two horses. This unex-
pected sight led them to make inquiry
after her, and they found that she had
purchased a handsome house, and was
living in quiet but very good style.
Thunderstruck at this intelligence, they
went together to question the notary.
They found him at his desk.
''Do we interrupt your" said the LADY.
81 am not particularly busy +; only
making out an account of bank stock 1
have just bought for Madame LIE Favre."
''And for Heavens sake, where does
it come from ?"
"Why, don't you know?"
''No; how should I p
'tDid not you see what was in the
book when she fainted?"
'sNo."
"Well, then, L must tell you that the
contained sixty engravings,
and each was covered by six bank notes
of fifty pounds each p
''Good heavens !" cried the gentle
man.
"Oh! if I had but known !" said the
ady.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18
SAM sL1oK's WISE SAWS.

GooD and evil seldom come where
they are expected.
SWAPPING facts is better than swap
ping horses any time.
BY work you get money, by talk you
acknowledge.
Four roads to wealth first, rise
early secondly, work hard; thirdly,
be frugal; fourthly, pay as you go.
MANY a man has died about the time
his great baking of bread came out OF
his oven.
You can't be an autocrat in CONVERSE
ton, any more than you can in politics.
Other people have rights, and they must
be respected.
WHAT people hope for, they think at
last they have right to, and when they
are disappointed, they actilly think they
are in-used.
I DON'T appreciate offices for young
men, Let them airn their own grub,
and not eat the bread of the State. 1t
amt half so sweet. nor half so much to
be depended on.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18
After - 60.


A man in Missouri the other day was
trying to raise $50. He exhausted his
resources in vain and was about giving
up in despair. A sudden thought
struck him. Arising he girt his loins
about him and hied him to Little Rock.
Leaving the train he made his way to
the State House, inserted his fingers
into a crevice in the foundation and
drew out a $10O bill which he had
secreted while prisoner at Little Rock
during the war, neahy twenty years
before, but whose existence ne had
quite forgotten, even during previous
occasions when much in need of money.
"As L took the bill from its hiding
place" says the old manor the re-
porter" flood of reeollections poured
over me. For moment could see the
hungry faces around me; ] could see
ragged forms, and I could hear the half
plaintive, half-revengdul voices around
me, felt for a moment as must have
felt when I placed he money in its
hiding place; and, upon my word,
although I had eaten hearty dinner,
felt for a time as though could eat a
roasted mule. ."-Detr0t Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

PoTAToEs CHEAP AND PLENTIFUL
Owing to the drought of last year the
American potato crop was remarkably
small, and this led to unusually large
importations of potatoes from Nova
Scotia, Scotland, Ireland and Canada.
Since Jan. 1, these importations have
amounted to 1856, ,O59 bushels of the
value of 1915, ,OOS, and there are now
enough potatoes in the hands of the
American dealers to supply the demand
until the new crop begins to come to
market from Bermuda and the South
Atlantic States. The price of potatoes
in the New York market says local
paper is now lower than it was at a
corresponding time last year, the heavy
importations having more than made
up for the shortness of the crop.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

TOWNSHIP TRUsTEB GRIFFIN disap-
peared from Bowers Ind, and with
him went $4, 900 of plblic money. He
had Just failed of reelection, his fnan-
ces we're in some disorder, and the be.
lief was general that be had absconded.
Numerous friends, however, steadfastly
contended that he wss an honest man;
and now, after three months OF doubt,
their faith is rewarded by the discovery
of his dead body. He was robbed and
murdered by somebody who knew thai
he had drawn the money from the
bank.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

A YOUNG man who went to the circus
and stepped too near monkeys cage
had his arm seized and savagely ierked
by one of the monkeys. He would have
escaped safely If he had not said: "It
is merely monkey wrench" but when
they heard that, the infuriated crowd
threw him into the lions cage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

A COSTLY SPARK.-The spark from a
steamboat that burned 63 buildings, in
cluding four business blocks, at Eau
Claire recently, was a costly one-a
1915, 900 spark. But there are plenty
of steam engine sparks, both on land
and on water, which are as liable to do
great damage. The wonder only is,
with the general carelessness about
using spark catching contrivances, that
there is not more injury from this
caIISe
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

Nor so SINGULAR.-It was deemed
singular that eight employees of the
New York Central Railroad at Buffalo
should come out simultaneously with
Sunday suits of like material. The ex-
plnpation was found in the fact that they
had plundered freight Car.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

ADULTERATED FooD.-How to prevent
the adulteration of food is engrossing
the attention of the Massachusetts,
Legislature. A committee has reported
long bill designed to preserve the
purity of both food and drugs, giving
broad definition to the term adultera-
ton, and putting ample powers into the
hands of the State Board of Health.
That body is to make all necessary
inquiries, fix the limits of permissible
variation from the standard, and
establish regulations for examining
articles, in order to determine their
quality.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

SOME people are able to give good
reasons for their conduct and some
others have no reasons at all. A quick
witted boy who was accused of going in
swimming, the proof of which was that
his shirt was on wrong side out, told
his mother that the shirt must got
turned while he was climbing over a
fence.-N'eV York Herald
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

A dispatch from Moscow states that a
man named Koboseff Bogdanowitsch re-
Gently submitted to the authorities a
plan for the illumination of the Kremlin
with electric light. Inquiries were
instituted, and it was discovered that
the intention was to blow up the whole
Kremlin during the festivities attending
the coronation of the Czar. At the
mans residence there were found q
number of peasants caps, the crowns OF
which were filled with explosive material.
1t is supposed that these caps were in
tended to be thrown into the air in
greeting to the Czar, and that in falling
to the to the ground their contents
would have the effect of bombs. Bog.
danowitch and 300 Nihilists have been
arrested.
Boston is highly cultivated sort o.
place. You never hear it said of man
fbara that ha GO Doesn't know beans
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

Too BAD.-The Aldermen of New
York City voted that every person who
receives permit to carry pistol must
pay one dollar to the Superintendent of
Police. This regulation, if enforced,
says the San, will result in great hard
ship to those who have only enough
money to buy the pistol.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

NINE American colleges have adopted
the Oxford cap. This is well. Hereto
fore about the only thing that distin-
guished college student from other
people has been the bad spelling in bis
letters home asking for money to ''buy
books. '-Burdette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-18

MEASURE YOUR minds height by the
shadow it casts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-11-11

We sat on the green grass, our table was stone.
: Oyster shells were our plates. the knives for
-. each ono - !. ..... ......4
Were tue keys Of the maple, our forks were
Our napkins were ieavcs-on the table were
aFft sh, isnlfoi ~ ~ Mlsia if81. s
s. The FIRST course water. make believe MADE
We pretended to taste, and each one of the
group ~
Caileri itnice: uext was brought on the plain
tain leaf platter =
Z A fish from q milkweed. ns1ish could be fatter.
sometass from hazel-busl, ssssd Since hast
spring, u
Were sadisags complete; with these they did
bring - iQ
p For potatoes some peasAthey werc not very
soft: y
Our butter, daisy with petals pluokcd on.
From maiiows came -cheescs, for dessert some
or the chiIdren's own make; no money could
u u tluV IT. .4-fsstltf4 Of ls-f.st1i ~ att
/. A cake more inviting-to look at, at least
; Than the cake which was pissed. near the end
of the feast.
looked at some paintings when dinner was
A whole sheet of paper had been stained by
VI = each one 400 * - fftst y.
With crushed petals Of flowers and the leaves
3fiTis of the trees. 5a5Eist,t4 aIsa1 sT
SO ended our party; it was just make be-
.,..S sts "A. s. Parker, IN Christian Union.
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Disobedient Parents.

Some years ago Lucius Woodwork. of
Omaha, was in the wagon business, and
desired to sell William III. Root father a
buggy. He didn't know how he could
work without outside help, so he asked
William to start in, with, him, and said
he wouldn't mind a five dollar note if the
scheme worked all right. = 70 .
William made the effort, but failed,
and went to Mr.. Woodworth 70 tell him
about it. ~, ..s.,l, ...,..s -s.-s
II We tried the old gent . little, Mr..
Woodwork, y. said he, 'sbut ] don't
seem, to get ahead much. I'm afraid
that l haven't that influence with my
father that l used to have. Il dom know
whether il is because he has lost faith in
my judgment or not. Anyhow l didn't
seem to catch on as I had hoped Iwould' y
s'Well'' said Lncius Wo6dworth, -.the
trouble is, that as a matter of fact your
father is getting so old and trifling Billy,
that don't believe you will be able to
manage him much longer. It's bad
state of affairs when a father goes beyond
the control of his son.isI had IA father
once who got that way. Iididall could
to win him back to obedience land sue
cess, but he Knocked my endeasors and
filed an early grave at the age of ninel
ty-one years If he had awaited himself
Of nv ripe advice he might have lived
to bless his son instead OF making his life
a miserable failure. - : -< s.;s
.is..Y ou viii see Billy that your, father
will be just that way. He will gradually
pay less and less attention to- yourwarn-
ing and advice till bye and bye he won't
care a continental for word you say
-Nye's Boomerang. fo n
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An Unwilling Bridegroom.

Hoboben has sepsatios and with it.
is revived some of the facts concerning
an atrocious murder. The wife of Theo-
dore Seherer, the keeper OF a hotel on
Christopher Street, near West, in this
city, was, an important Witness at the
trial efsMrtin Kihkpwski, the murderer
OF Nina Muller Her husband, in whose
house the trunks were found. was TOD i'll
to attend. Scherer died shortly after the
conSiHtia lis WidaaaEz lziAs.4hs~widow
of Mr.. Bein, to whom she was united
about three years ago, After her second
husbands demise she fell desperately in
love with Charles Parker, a handsome
young fellow, Au1 z faapritd3f Hoboken
society. The ~hleyA not ycL thirty
five, and still Possesses some beauty.
fecesb wi hScahe aEskulI e visitor at,
heN6sA. 4 H fihxfly persuaded her to.
move to Hoboken that she might be
ncAr@ tni him, and she willingly dis
posed of her property, and, within snug
suns of money sabbut $f5, 000Aengaged
rosnls m fashionable boarding house
on Park Avenue. She herself t9ils the
rest Of flie story She say s about March
/ s1ie and Parker agreed to be married;
but he, according to her statement, was
not disposed to wed her until he,was in
business aud would in no wise be depend
ent,ppon her bounty, This pleased the
widoy, and she was wiling to wait.
SheFtlH afteE:this PARKER informed her
of -abrilliant opportunity to make for.
tunes1oIt was the purchase Ola glass
ietterinx establishment att Nos42 Cham
bersi Street. this eity;BpShe was ready to
aidlhitn in makingtbe purchase;iand ad-
vanced him $1,000, but being ashrewd
woman she loaned the amount with the
understanding that he was to have the
business assigned to her. Several
smaller loans were obtained, raising her
lovers Indebtedness to 200.
She tarried long. anti Oman Y dates were
assigned for the marriage, but when
they arrived he would give some plaus-
iblereasen why the ceremony ought to
bestill further delayed, She finally grew
impatients as his visits become less fire.
quent, - She made INQUIRY. land ascer-
tanning That hs, had not had the business
he,paicilased assigned TO her she made
this the basis of an action; TO bring him
to terms. On Saturday last she applied
to Justice Rusch. of Hoboken, for war
rant, alleging that Parker had obtained
money from her under false pretenses.
In court the widow was willing to with
draw the complaint if the alleged lover
would have the justice mite them in
Marriage This was the shortest way
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-11-11
The New Mozart.

The son of David Neal, tile famous
American painter, who lives in Munich,
at the age Of nine years exhibited. the
most marvelobs. musical powers, and
heard his own compositions playedb BY the
baad of the famous Prince Royal regi-
anent. He was lAted above the heads Of
people and musicians to receive the APP
plause and their recognitions. az a COM
poser. The new Mozart theyca him.
ife'isn now eleven sersoid. and is al the
time composing. Heifnprovised on the
piano while he wore Bibs In one of his
letters at Christmas to the 'sChristkind.v
he mentioned bat one gift, and that the
most involved and learned volume ofaes-
SAYS on Composition. For days afte,.
receiving ii he was up at five O'Clock in
the morning devourihg its pages. Strauss
has been to see him. taken him in his
arms and shed some Tears over him.
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IA.
There arc two Significant
bv the result in Maine.

There arc two significant lessons
taught by the result in Maine.
The first Is Of the growing power Of
corruption in popular elections. There
can be no doubt that the revolt against
Republican rule in Maine was deep and
strong. This was evidenced, not alone
by the victory of the opposition two
years ago. nor by the Republican ex-
pressions of fear for the result at the
election which has, Just taken place. 1t
was shown empliafcally by the "Inde-
pendent" movement, so called, which
.sas. insuguzated4 two -gasks- befnre. elecr'
ton, when it was too late to make, such
q movement elective. ! This anoyemeht
embraced in lis promoters some of the
best-kn0wn HepublicAhs il the State.
men who had been. foremost in the
party! ceineils land fh1ly ch3uizant of
the party history. The condemnation
which these men visited through their
organ ppon ihe RspPblicaQ candidates,
uponlfS& measures i4r whlch the party
in the S&Se shad made itseH re41Dnsi-
bic, and above all on James g. Blaine.
the corfuH pditscals leadef was scath-
ing IN its severity. 1t was IS cpmpre-
1OnSASQ anu ~ 5n0k ~ 90 Ruy iAA~AlOtxAAOnv
which the Democracy ever broight
against Republican SIM iniMaine. and it
had all the fpsce Of testimony from the
inside from witnesses who would glad
ly have kept silence If they could have
done'soS Such an opposition as this
could not but represent widespread
and deep-seated disafect.on, which
should have resulted in the defeat
which the Republican leaders every
where outside of Maine. feared and
which those in Maine expected until
within few days of election.
Yet within those few days, by the
shrewd and lavish use Of money. defeat
was turned into victory. During the
week preceding election thousands of
dollarsJEere sent 70 the State, presuma-
bly, fro1n the Hubbell corruption fund
The discontelted were appeased and
the corrupt purchased, and Republican,
ism records the result as a. triumph"
So it is triumph. But it is triumph
|Iof corruption. 1t is not q pleasing;f6.
Election that the verdict of the people
can be influenced by money; but the
evidence that it was SO influenced in
Maine is too clear to be ignored. Hard
as the lesson is, it must be learned.
The other lesson of the Maine cleo
ton is that Blaine still lives. 1t has
been customary Of late Is, speak of him
as poIiticaHy dead--to regard him as
overtaken by the .retribution which
he so richly deserved. 1t was mis-
taken The Republican leaders, who
hAye been making q, 4ates without
their work. The man who has been in
strumental in snatching Maine from tho
very jaws ofpcfeat-nO matter by what
corrupt methods and saving II 10 30
KspuAicans. cannotl be jgnored ID Re
publican councils Mr.. Blaine, of Maine.
still lives. and if he continues to live he
will be heard from in the Republican
Convention OF 1884. Detroit Free Press.
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Shortly after the last Presidential
election dinner party was given in New
York as sort OF Notification over the
success Of the Republican party. Among
tho ndistfn9Qished e persons for whom
plates were laid and who attended were
Vice President elect Arthur and ex-
Senator Dorsey There was drinking
of bumpers and much merriment, "a
feast of wit and flow OF soul.'' There
were toasts and speech-making and the
s ss,Sss & .a ,as s snS Old s srs
that stood out most prominently in that
hilarious asemblage was Stephen w.
Dorsey. He was the lion OF the oc.
casion. The Vice. President elect
scarcely shared any part OF the homage
.of, those assembled with him. It. was
bestowed almost altogether upon, Mr.
Dorsey. He was the daring spirit. who
-snatched victory from the jaws of de-
whose dzspo,ass dseds 8s2 saved ave. I'm In.
diana to Garfield and Arthur. His
political methods Itpo. VEGA approved
ia atpbb5ed.s !, he haS b3ssd 3ifhis
upefAtfonS in Indiana On Sedap IN
Arthurian and Dorseyan euphemism for
filthy lucre. The mention of the word
set the table in q roar with laughter
and applause Soap had been the
salvation OF the Republ can party;
tQhi alopk unleteafed HabphllA4s b
thought ought only to be an article of
necessity among the ..unwashed
Democracy" From that moment
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MAKE BELIEVE.

have been To party out under the trees,
a queer little party, it was just ''make be
I thought myself young though I'm really a
- mother
My girls were my sister, my own boy my
brother.
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i' Old AND RARE BIBLES.

OLD AND RARE BIBLES.
The Prices They Bring In America and
Europe-Thc Most Valuable Bible In
the world. iva
The sale of old and rare Bibles forms
an important branch of the secondhand
book trade in New York. Bibles of an
carly date, or of which small editions
only have been published, are eagerly
sought after, and for good copies high
prices are occasionally paid. The de-
mand, Of course, fuctuates from time to
time. but certain books meet at all times
with ready SALE, and American houses
) find the trade lucrative enough to en-
lploy. European agents and-to send buyers
10 Europe at certain periods for the .spe-
cial purpose OF searching out old and
curious Bibles. The, majority of the
Bibles which appear in the market
through American channels are of little
value. The uninitiated are likely to at
tach great value to mere age; whereas
unless an old book Possesses peculiarities
of text oris aibbliographical ratityit is
almost worthless. -. 81.
From information gathered BY World
reporter ON the subject il appears that
the Bibles most in demand are the .Vin-
egar, ..Breeches, presbyterian, y
and Douai versions. OF the first named
there are probably twenty copies in
America. The version takes its name
from the. substitution of the word swim
egar' for vineyard in the twentieth
chapter Of Matthew. 1t WIS pub