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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-07
A Good Chinaman's Little Trick

The San Francisco Chronicle says: A
docile and child-like Chinese "boy, -
about forty years of age, was employed
in Stockton street house as a "cham-
bermaid, or boy, at 81 week. The
dodgers were delighted with his polite
ness and capacity for making beds and
sweeping carpets. He was heap glad to
please the ladies and belly quick to do
up the work. On the third day he de-
manded a room, and a good one, and
when the landlady demurred he put in a
claim for Sunday as day for crest and
recreation.
Me heap Chlist man, and me have
lest day all the same like Mclean Chlist
man" he said
But, Sam, I cannot go to church
then, y groaned the landlady.
Belly good me have Chlist day all
same Chlist Mclean man." was the sto-
ical response of All Sam.
When Saturday came Sam proposed a
compromise. He would do his work.
but it must all be done by nine o'clock
He was forbidden to disturb the dodgers
before ten o'clock, but was on hand at
SIX and began to rap them up, when he
raised storm that aroused the Iandlady.
Sam stood up manfully for his rights as a
believer in Sunday as a Chlist day, and
was so pertinacious that he was ordered
out of the house. He then demanded
his pay and was told to come on Monday.
"All lite, you keep my money me
make you heap glad to see Sam, said
he, with a diabolical twinkle in his
wicked eye.
Soon after he was gone it was discov-
cred that he had carried off the keys to
the seventy-two rooms, and has made his
word good to make the landlady cheap
glad to see Sam" but has not yet graft
fed her with the sight of him, and she is
unable to gain any clew to his where
abouts,
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Accepting a Wife.

The following is an extract from O let
ter received by Hartford lady from one
of the Chinese students who were edu-
Gated in that city:
81 went home to see my relations the
last of March. When [ first reached
home you can imagine how glad my
father and relatives were to see me look
ing so well and robust. They all focked
around me and asked me many ques-
lions. My little nephew, sent by his
mother, came behind me and pulled my
cue to see if it were real or false. L am
going to tell you something which will
surprise you. When l first landed in
Shanghai, my father wrote to me that
while [ was away a great many Of his
friends had offered their daughters to be
engaged to me, and that he had at lsst,
without consulting me, selected one for
me from a mandarin. You know that it
is q custom here for the parents to con-
tract marriages without consulting the
wishes of those who are to be united.
On hearing my engagement | tried to
break it off, but without success, as the
Chinese consider an engagement of mar
riage the most sacred contract. If it is
once made it can never be broken.
According to the Chinese custom the
younger brother cannot marry before the
elder one. 1 have two younger brothers
who have to wait for me to marry before
they can. Therefore, was urged very
strongly by my relatives to marry right
away. [ did not like to displease my
father by opposing his wishes, so I con-
scented to be united on the last of April.
OF course it is not love affair, but I
shall try to do my duty A month after
my marriage come back here to resume
my studies"
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The how nodded SLOWLY.

The boy nodded slowly.
''Oh, am so tired, 4" he said, ''but /
will go-I will try. 1t is very far-very
far. Now-I-see. Now I see-I don't
know what I see. 1t is black-a-black
black box"
ga black boxr' said the chaplain.
''Look again.
''It is so dark, said the boy-''a dark
room-but I see black box full of white
linen. Wait-I see palmer. 1t has
something else in it-a-woman- dead
woman. It is what the English people
are buried in-a-a coffin.
And with these words he dropped on
his face and the black liquid dropped
from his hand to the floor,
The chaplain had turned DEATH pale.
He sat down and wiped away the great
drops that had started to his brow.
''What a fool [ was to put myself in
the way of being frightened by noun
bank y he said. "What can that child
know of anything that has happened Oh
Will happen in England?'
Then he, too, thrust coin into the ma
gician's hand and babe him go.
For my part I laughed at the whole
affair
"The rascal fancied you a widower," I
said, ''and believed Herbert, as he is, a
lover looking forward to his wedding.
The boy has been taught to see these
two pictures, and he acts well-that is
ALL
Ny friend agreed with me in words, il
not at heart.
1t was eight weeks before the mail
came in. never shall forget that morn
ing, or how the men crowded in, eager
eyed and anxious to hear from home.
The officers had theirs sooner than the
others, and l had stepped aside will
mine when I heard some one give {
groan. l looked about me there was {
tall palm-tree close by, and against i
leant the chaplain, his hand to his heart
''For Heavens sake, what is the mat
ter ?" I cried.
But before he answered I knew. His
wife was dead.
1t was more than he could bear, saw
that, and took his arm in mine and led
him to my tent, as one leads the blind.
But the tent was not empty, rs | expect
ed it would be.
Lieutenant Herbert was there seated
ON a camp-stool, with an open letter in
his hand 1 saw his face afterward,
when he had Just half an hour to live,
and it was not much more changed than
it was then. So absorbed was he in his
own trouble that he did not see or care
for anything else.
As the chaplain sank upon the bed he
rose and came to me.
cold boy" he said, sit wasn't a
prophecy. Phoebe is married. 1t was
her wedding that black imp of Satan
saw. She has Tilted me and married
some one else"
Well, that's all.
/ said I would add nothing to my
story, and I will not Idon't know what
1 think about it myself, only it happened
just so.
Poor Herbert was killed in the next en-
gagement, and the chaplain died of a
slow fever at Demerara, in year or two.
And they know now what it all meant |
don't.
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The Political Boss,

Wilkins of the Whitehall Times IN
his new book, 'The Cloverdale Mvs.
terry, thus describes the political boss
He must be brave as lion sagacious
as an elephant; with all the cunning OF
fox, and the Obstinacy of bulldog.
His hide should be as thick as that of the
rh1noceros, and he must be as quick rs
the leopard in the mythical ability to
change his spots. Like the hyena. he
must have an appetite for ghoulish work
while his eyes must be powerful as the
eagles, and his talons equal to those of
any bird of prey. He must have back
bone combining all the vertebral rioiditv
of the whole animal kingdom. and his
heels should resemble in their trip ham,
mer power the catapults of the great
American mule He must be a man of
quick conception, ready to comprehend
situations at once, and when an emeroen-
cy suddenly rises he must be able TO take
it by the coat collar and make it resume
is seat"
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His Bank Account.

The late Colonel John W. Forney was
supremacy and curiously Indifferent in
money matters. One instance that
strongly illustrates this trait has caused
many hearty laugh among his acquaint-
ances. Despite the advice of many
friends, among them Pierce Butler, the
husband of Fanny Kemble, he deter
mined to invest large sum of money in
new enterprises rice-cleaning ma
chine or something of that sort He felt
financially able to do this by reason of
having made a sale Of some Lake
Superior property. He filled out check
on the Girard Bank for a very large
amount, and intrusted it to friend for
collection. When the piece OF
paper was presented to the paying teller,
that official first scratched his chin and
then went to see the President of the
bank, who at that time was Mr.. Boxer,
father of Hon. George III. Boxer. Mr..
Boxer came forward smiIingly, and said
that while Colonel Forney had quite q
| large sum of money on deposit in the
bank, the amount to his credit was not
equal to that called for by the check; but
still, if Colonel FOrney would step down
| to the bank himself the check would be
| Press office in an indignant frame Fot
mind, and told Colonel FOrney that he
! had made him the bearer of a check thai
had been dishonored. for the reason that
there was not sufficient funds in the
| bank.
''Some mistake, sir /; some mistake. ;
replied the big-hearted editor. 81 have
much more than that on deposit in the
- Bank, and he uttered the name Of
familiar depository other than the
Girard.
'But, I did not go there, " replied the
friend, in amazement. ''The check is
drawn on the Girard Bank.
''My my p said Colonel Forney
''did [ make such silly mistake? Why
I have not a penny in the Girard Bank
did not intend to send there"
ooh, yes you have large deposit il
the Girard Bank, " answered the friend
''but it was not sufficient to meet this
check
ga mistake, sir; a mistake replied
the Colonel have not penny there.
A visit was made to the Girard Bank
however, and Colonel Forney found tc
his amazement that he was much richer
than he thought. In the same way, when
the Longacres' Bank, in Lancaster
failed, Colonel Forney found that he had
long time deposit there that he had
known nothing of. It was this indiffer.
ence in money matters that exemplifed
probably as well as any other trait, the
lavish disposition of the man now
incurred; lavish not only with his
wealth, but with the more precious treas.
Ures of his heart
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yourself offering up thanks for the nu.
merous blessings you enjoy.
ITEMS

ITEMS.
TRUTH is stranger than fsh-stories.-
Puck.
THE worst kind of forgery is false notes
by a singer.
TINE waits for no man. The tied is
bound to wait.
A BELL-cIooK is useless when there's
no cause for alarm.
DoN'T try to hound down the man who
carries an English bulldog revolver.
MARRIAGE makes men thoughtful.
About half their time is spent in forming
| excuses.
JOSH BILLINGS says: "Next to a
clear conscience for solid comfort comes
an old shoe"
81 DEss [ know what memory is,
said a little four-year-old. cts the ting
[ fordet wild
FoRNEY's Progress claims that billiard
balls can be made of potatoes. Perhaps
they can, but what's the use of wasting
the potatoes ?
A FAMILY who have recently moved
into a suite of rooms received an elegant
ly worked motto last week, which read as
follows: "Heaven bless our flat.
WHEN you see it stated that man is
eminently respectable" you can make
up your mind that he is a chap worth
over $1,O0O,OOO. Anywhere under that
is simply " esteemed citizen"
A SMALL boy of four summers was
riding a hobby horse with a companion.
He was seated rather uncomfortabIy on
the horses neck. After reflective pause.
he said: 81 think if one of us gets of
I could ride better"
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An Every Day Battle.

The death of Mr.. Amos Idle reminds
the Providence Press of an early battle
in the temperance cause, of which he
was champion. Forty years ago a house
was built ON a scow and moored to a
Pawtucket wharf. ga few off our citizens. -
says the Press, ''recollect this ark. but
it was not called an ark. 1t was known
as the 'Flotilla, and was constructed for
the purpose, of evading the liquor law of
Massachusetts by selling rum on the
water which the liquor dealers claimed
was neutral ground. A blind bar was
arranged in the house, and the rum
poked through a hole with sliding-doOr.
the seller of the liquor being out of
sight The bacchanalian scenes In this
'Flotilla' were terrible. Fights were hour
ly occurrences, and men would stagger
from this 'Flotilla' on to the wharf, and
there fight and bang themselves until
they were unable to stand. These scenes
were witnessed by women and children,
and crowds would collect to see the poor,
pieces. A number of citizens organized
into a secret association for the purpose
of destroying the 'Flotilla. Mr.. Amos
Ide, who was always staunch temper
ance man, was one of the party. On a
dark night these men disguised them
selves, boarded the concern and set it
ON fire. The fire was hailed with delight
by the people, and it made one of the
finest displays of fireworks ever witnessed
in Pawtucket. From the building arose
a flame of variegated colors, and, as the
casks of liquors burst, the contents took
fire and spread blaze of fire all over the
river. 1t was grand illustration of the
firery regions, and hallelujahs rose high
when the 'Flotilla' was burned to the
waters edge. Who the party was that
destroyed the floating rumshop was not
known for many years, and it is believed
that all who took an active part in it, with
one or two exceptions, have passed
away"
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COnfOunds the Experts.

The Boston Herald says A Boston
bank sent a quantity of gold to the Sub
Treasury few days ago, and, on the
following morning, a curiously colored
five-dollar piece, which had been dis
covered in the lot, was returned to the
bank with the information that it was
counterfeit The clerk who had received
the coin was apprised of his error, with
an accompanying warning to be more
careful in the future. Not relishing this
reflection upon his ability, and believing
| that the piece was genuine, he took it to
a number of expert counterfeit detectors,
all OF whom unhesitatingly pronounced
1t valueless. Still the clerks faith in the
purity of the coin remained mistaken.
The services Of a jewelry manufacturer
were called In and the piece cut in two.
These were subjected to the severest
tests, all of which showed the metal to
be of standard quality The clerk, highly
elated with this proof of the soundness
OF his Judgment, called at the Sub-Treas-
ury, and, much to the surprise of the
experts, detailed his experience with the
jeweler. The peculiar color of the coin
was said to have been caused by heat TO
which it had been at some time sub
jected
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ChicngO,s First Citizen.

The Chicago Tribune, in closing al
elaborate article on Hon. Carter H Hr
rison, Mayor Of that city, gives the fol
lowing as Mr.. Harrison's opinion of St
Jacobs Oil ''When 7 first found myself
suffering from the rheumatism, my lead
ing thought naturally was to call ply
sician, but my neighDors all advised me
to try St. Jacobs Oil, the Great German
Remedy. I procured some of it immedia-
tely, and found it excellent for that all
ment."
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AND THIS rs HONOR.
The child and the old man sat alone

The child and the old man sat alone
In the quiet, peaceful shade
Ofthe old green boughs, that had richly grow
In the deep thick forest glade.
1t was a soft and pleasant sound,
That rustling of the oak,
And the gentle breeze played lightly round
As thus the fair boy spoke:-
70 Dear father, what can honor be,
OF which hear men rave
Field, cell and cloister, land and sea,
The tempest and the grave.
1t lives in all. It's sought in each,
'Tis never heard or seen.
Now tell me, father, 1 beseech,
What can this honor mean?'
1t is a name-a name, my child
1t lived in other days.
When men were rude, their passions wild,
Their sport thick battle trays;
When in armor bright the warrior bold
Knelt to his lady's eyes
Beneath the abbey pavement old
That warriors dust now lies.
The iron hearts of that old day
Have mouldered in the grave,
And chivalry has passed away
With knights so true and brave;
The honor which to them was life
Throbs in no bosom now
1t only gilds the gamblers strife
Or decks the worthless VOW.
CHARLES DICKENS.
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The DTFFERENoE.-In a paper read be-
fore the British Medical Association it
is stated that delirium tremens is relative
ly very rare among women, and that alco-
hol produces fatal effects less rapidly
upon them than upon men. These points.
said the essayist, were the more rema1ka-
bic because he had learned that while
men were the great consumers of beer,
women were the great consumers of
spirits. Intelligent pubHcans had in
formed him that where they sold one
pint of spirits to men, they sold seven to
women.
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A PrOphesy.

In 1869 the late Matt H. Carpenter
predicted that not many years would
elapse before there would be practical
ly but one telegraph company in the
United States, and that railway consoi-
dation, if allowed to go on unchecked,
might sooner or later result in such a
combination that a few magnates could
''sit in Wall street with closed doors,
and, by the light of a candle, direct the
whole carrying trade of this continent. "
He was ably reviled and thoroughly ridi-
culed for this prophecy; but, like CALI
leo, he repeated it while his tormentors
were busiest and strongest.
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AQUARREL. The Lutheran and Dutch
Reformed congregations of Shillington,
Pa, held their services in the same
house at different hours, but concluded
to consolidate their Sunday schools, the
understanding being that the children
should become Lutherans or Dutch Re
formed, according to the dictates of their
own consciences. Charges of proselyting
were soon made, and the schools were
separated. They are now in the courts
with a quarrel over the ownership of the
organ, library, and other things.
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KILLED IT.-The Natal Witness states
that while ostriches may digest tenpenny
nails, they cannot withstand the e9ects
of tobacco. One of them snatched q
meerschaum pipe from the mouth of q
farmer and swallowed it. The ostrich
died. 1t was not the pipe, but the nico-
tine in it, that caused the animals un-
timely demise.
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A Fable.

A Cat which had just settled herself
between the sheets for nap was aroused
one night by bowls and yeowls on the
roof of shed near by.
''For the lands sake but what is
that p she exclaimed, as she roseup on
end. The howls continuing, she got
out of bed, raised the window and called
out
In the name of mercy, what is
wanted and who are your"
Sc ann Free Citizen, was the reply.
g But why those howls ?"
&c I'm singing. Fact is, Tn serenad-
ing you"
g But / don't want it. Go away or I'll
injure you for life p
But the Man refused to move a foot.
Hairbrushes, bootjacks, water pitchers
and bedsteads were heaved at him in
quick succession, but he lodged each
missile, and continued to sing until the
Cat cut her throat in desperation.
MORAL
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-07

FIREs.-During the five years 1877
1881, the average loss by fires in the
United States and Canada in the month
of September alone was So, $50, 900. This
year, emitting the fires in which the loss
was less than $4,000, the record shows
1914 in number, and the aggregate loss
Sc, 205, 900.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-07

New listers are made of Scotch tweed
in chess-board blocks, trimmed with wide
WOODEN braid and cylinder-shaped but
tons. A pointed hood may be added and
removed at pleasure.
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$4,000 REWARD

VIII be paid for the detection and con-
viction of any person selling or dealing
In any bogus, counterfeit or imitation
HOP BTTrERs, especially Bitters or
preparations with the word HoP or
HOPS in their name, or connected there
with, that is intended to mislead and
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Of HOP BTTrERs published in papers, or
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dies. Whoever deals in any but the
genuine will be prosecuted
Hop BITTERs MFG. Co.,
Rochester, n. Y.
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REVERSING IT.--A young missionary
visiting Thibet for the first time recently,
expressed his horror at finding the prac-
tees of Mormonism reversed under the
protection of the king of Cashmere. The
law allows women several living husbands,
and a lad gave the names of five men
when asked wlru. his father was.
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A COWARD boasting of his courage may
deceive strangers, but he is laughing
stock to those who know him.
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THERE IS no passion which steals into the
heart more impercephbly and covers itself under
more disGuises than pride.-Addison.
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He Is truly greatthat Is little in himself, and
that maketh no account of any hight of honers
Thomas attempts.
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THE skillful class of fatterers praise
the discourse of an ignorant friend and
the face of deformed one.
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MORAL

Turn about is fair play, and the chance
Is sure to come.-DetrOH Free Press.