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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
Showing the Old Man a Room.

One day a German soldier arrived a
an Inn in a Swiss town, fatigued, dusty
and travel-worn. The landlord was OF
the point Of telling him he was full,
but finally ordered the waiter to show
the ''old man" to a dismal little room ii
the upper part of the house. The
waiter shortly after brought him little
book in which he asked him to sign his
name, which he did, the waiter carrying
the book back to the landlord.
''My God p said the landlord, looking
at the name and wringing his hands,
''what have I done? In one of the ser
wants bedrooms My hotel will be
ruined"
And he flew about as if half crazy.
All the walters were summoned, the
handsOmest suite of rooms in the house
ordered IN immediate readiness. and the
conscience-stricken landlord departed
for the upper regions to make his apollo
gies to the seedy-Iooking ';old man, ;"
and TO transfer him to more elegant
quarters.
81 beg ten thousand padons. [ would
not have done it Tor the world, but [ did
not know that it was yOu-ten thousand
pardOns," said the quaking landlord,
half out of breath.
"But what have you done that you
should need to be pardoned?" asked the
"old man."
"This room-it is not the room for
you. 1t was mistake. did not know
who it was. I have rooms for you be.
low-an elegant suite of rooms. May ]
beg to have your baggage removed to
them at once 2"
MAY ask what is the matter with
this room 2" inquired the "oId man,
who had stripped off his coat and vest,
and rolled up his shirt-sleeves for a wash.
4 have slept for years in quarters not
so good or comfortable as this. -
cit is too small, and the furniture is
too ordinary. The rooms which have
for you below are those which reserve
for princes and distinguished guests.
"What is the price of them?" in
Quired the sold man.
"Only one hundred francs a day"
''And the price of this room is how
much %
"a bagatelle-but three francs"
"Well, as my stay is short, you must
excuse me if l do not change my quar-
ters. l think L shall sleep as sound on
that bed as any bed in your house
And Won Moltke, the great military
strategist, was allowed TO remain undis-
turbed, much to the annoyance and cha
grin of the landlord.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
A BALLOON ADVENTURE.
VI. GRATIEN'S TERRIBLE ADVENTURE
IN liID-AIR
The Trouble Experienced by an Aeronuut
In France.

At Royan, France, on the Gironde,
there was lately a scene perhaps unpre-
cedented in the annals of ballooning.
NJ. Gratien, a well known aeronaut, was
about to make an ascent IN a hot-air bal
loon called LA Vidouvillaise. Mile
Albertine, the heroine of several balloon
ascensiOns, was seated in the car, and NJ
Gratien was holding in his right hand a
loose coil tied to one of the cords that
served to attach the balloon. The bal
loon unexpectedly broke loose, and the
cord, unrolling itself with lightning ra-
pidity, caught in a sort of running knot
around the first and second fingers of
Gratien's right hand.
Gratien was Immediately whisked of
into the air 600 metres high. In vain
he tried to haul himself up on the cord
and loop it over his arm. After frantic
| efforts he became exhausted and hung al
/ the end of the cord suspended solely by
his two fingers and suffering excrutiating
agony. Owing to the Jerking of the bal
! loon the cord cut like a razor through
| the flesh to the bone. In that situation
/ Gratien was carried to the distance OF
nearly four miles, at the height of 60C
! metres above the earJn. MIG. AlDeIlILe,
overcome by the horror of the situation,
tainted away and sank helpless to the
bottom of the car. As the air in the
/ balloon became cool the balloon de
! scended, but bumped against the earth in
/ the midst of a dense mass of tnorny
/ shrubbery.
Gratien was not only stripped of his
I clothes but his skin was literally torn III
strips from his body as he was dragged
for nearly half mile through the
; +hornr hramhles. Finally some peasants
managed to cut the cord. GratIen APP
peared to be a mass of wounds and to be
near bleeding to death. Strange to say
he did not loose consciousness for a
single instant. He suffered no internal
injury, and although his condition is
critical he probably will recover. When
the rope was cut and the balloon was
freed from the weight of Gratien's body
it again arose in the air, carrying off
Mile. Abertine. BY singular good for
tune it soon landed i'll a marsh. and
Mademoisellea at laststood on terra frma.
She was sorely distressed IL mind and
badly scared, but otherwise safe and
sound.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
Raiding the Sutler.

A famous and favOrite kind of sport,
especially when we had been lying in
camp for some time III summer, or were
established IN winter quarters, says the
Drummer Boy III st. Nicholas for Sep
temher, was what was known as raid
ing the sutler."
The suffers establishment was a large
wall tent, which was usually pitched on
the side of the camp farthest away from
the ColoneIs QUaI tcrs. 1t was, there
fore, i'll somewhat exposed and tempt
ing position. Whenever it was thought
Wei to raid him, the men Of his own
regiment would make to the men of some
neighboring regiment proposition III
some such terms as this
You fellows come over here some
night and raid our sutler, and we'll come
over to your camp some night and raid
yonrs. VIII you do it?"
This courteous offer of friendly offices
was usually agreed to and great was the
sport which often resulted. For, when
all was duly arranged and made ready,
on a dark night when The sutIer was
sleeping soundly in his tent, a skirmish
line from the neighboring regiment
would cautiously pick its way down the
the hill and through the bushes, and
silently surround the tent. One party.
creeping close in by the wall of the tent,
would loosen the ropes and remove them
from the stakes Oh one side, while an
other party on the other side, at a given
sigual, would pull the whole concern
down over the suffers head. And then
would arise yells and cheers for few
moments, followed by immediate silence,
as the raiding party would steal quietly
away.
Did they steal his goods? Very
seldom. For soldiers wcra not thieves
and plumber was not the OH, ct, but only
fun. Why did not the officers punish
the men for dom this2 We'll. some
times they dit But sometimes the
Officers relieved the sutlrr to hn cxorni-
tant ia his charges and oppressive to the
men, aad cared little how soon he was
cleared Cut and sent a-packing ana
therefore they enjoyed the sport quite as
we'll rs the men, and often initiated Mel
sons example when he put his blind eve
to the telescope and declared he did not
see the signal to cease firing. They
winked at the froIic, and came on the
scene usually in ample time to condoic
with the sutIer, but quite too late to do
him any service.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
Green Corn Dishes.

GREEN Corn, BAKED.-Remove the
husk and silk from a dozen ears of fresh
green corn, rub each one with butter
and season it with pepper and salt Law
the ears Ill a dripping-pan lust large
enough to hold them. and place the nan
III very hot oven until the corn is
brown, turning it occasionally to insure
even cooking; serve it on hot dish with
the butter from the pan poured over it.
The oven should be very hot to cook this
dish properly.
GREEN Corn, ROASTED. -Husk a dozen
ears of corn and remove the silk rub
them with butter, season them with
pepper and salt, lay them in a dripping
pan and prop it mp as close as possible
to a clear hot Extraordinarily turn the
ears, and change their position in the
pan, so that all may cook evenly when
they are Drowned serve them hot at
once.
GREEN Corn PUDDING.-Grate six
large ears of green corn; mix with the
grated corn one heaping tea-spoonful of
salt, quarter of Il tablespoonful each Of
pepper and grated nutmeg, six eggs and
pint and half of milk; put the pud-
ding IN a buttered earthen dish and
bake it i'll a moderate oven for half an
hour.
Mock OYSTERS. ready over the
fire a frying-kettle half full of fat : CRATE
enough green corn tofII a pint measure;
add to the corn the yolks of two raw eggs,
one tea-spoonful of butter melted, one
level tea-spoonful of salt, quarter of a
tablespoonful Of pepper and enough flour
to make batter which will hold Oh the
surface for a moment to drop from the
mixing spoon; beat the white of the eggs
to q stiff froth, stir them lightly into the
batter, and as soon as the fat is smoking
hot drop the butter into it by the tea
spoonful, and let the mock oysters so
formed fry until they are golden brown;
when they are done take them out of
the fat with a skinner, lay them on
brown paper for moment to free them
from grease, and then serve them out.
GREEN Corn CREDIBLE CAKEs-Grate
enough green corn to ill pint measure,
add to it one gill of milk, two eggs not
beaten, a level tea-spoonfuI of salt,
quarter of tablespoonful of pepper and
flour enough to form medium stiff bat
ter, about half a cupful; bake the griddle
cakes on griddIe or a frying pan, using
just enough fat to prevent burning.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
The TaiiOI'S

Conrad Carl, a tailor Of New York
city, testified eravr Tia. %-r.,.c Commit
tee on Labor and Education HAT before
the invention of tue sewing machine
tailoring Was skilled work, and WIS bet
ter paid than it is row. Now tailors
were compelled to work shorter hours
and yet do two or three times IS much
work as before When Mr.. Carl was
asked about the average WAGES of tailOrs
he created great deal OF amusement by
replying: You must CONT tailor and
his wifs-a tailor IS 10 good without his
Wife
As a class he said the Is. 900 or 20, 900
taIlors in the city Gun saw nothing, live
IN tenement houses, wear plain clothing,
and eat poor fool They have little
time for rest They ar 4 srauraged
They fear chat If they complin they
will be discharged They hate The boss
and the foreman. They know they are
wron"ei. Their average earnings are
s. or - q we l., and the hest men earn
little uGr than tils wurS'. The women
who waik 10 the machine earn as much
rs the mem. I'm. those who DO ii:nd sew
ing got hut = or 81 They must work
from suaisa To- sunset to 1--we.
Mr.. Pagh tried t. J'aEa tire witness
give fine names # :hn o'a.uEiouR bosses
and for Men, but tire witness -#ii:
Ct am au OH mag. II u.s.. my Job
who shall give ma aaotlsa: nrc?'
His own Ileu of rcmr.E WAS that
the Government should prevent fi:r sJs-
tenn If working at home lu all uolucsscs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
A Haytian Princess.

The Princess SouIOuque, whose death
is announced, was born i'll Port au Prince
in the year 1913 and lived there till the
overthrow of her father, the Emperor,
in 1859.
On that occasion she left with the
father and a large retinue of followers
for Kingston, Jamaica, where they stayed
for several years. On the outbreak of
the negroes in that Island under the adj
ministration of Governor Eyre they
thought it prudent to retire and left for
Curacao, where they remained in retire
ment till 1867.
President Getfrard. of Hayti, having
been driven from power and Salnave
succeeding to his place an invitation
was extended to the SOulOuque family to
return to Hayti To this they responded,
but when they reached the harbOr Of
Port all Prince the officer III command of
the reimbursement, General PhilantrO-
phe, declared that he had no orders to
allow them to land. and if they attempted
to do so he would instruct his soldiers to
fire upon them.
The Emperor was greatly troubled, and
at once suspected treachery, a thing of
which he had much experience when
ruler of the country, but the Princess,
his daughter, was one of those women
cast in the heroic mould, and despite
the protestations of her father she boldly
took a boat from the steamer and APP
preaching the shore, where a line of
soldiers was drawn up with guns loaded
and ready to fire, she proclaimed who
she was, and 10y the style OF her manner
and address she won over to her side not
only the soldiers but the commander
himself, and she and her retinue were
permitted to land But the shock was
too great for her father, the Emperor,
who, looking from the deck Of the
steamer, expected to see her shot down
like dog, and in pne day after he was
permitted to land and to proceed to his
native place at Petit Goaves, he sudden
lv pxDirpd
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13

This estimate does not include the
Knights of Labor, an organization,
which, he stated, does not make public
the extent of its membership. The low
est wages are invariably paid III the I'M
organized industries. As an illustration
of this fact, Mr.. Mcclure stated that
there are in Pennsylvania day 60, 900
coal and iron miners who earn less than
$3.50 each, per year.
Two-thirds Of all the wealth in the
United States, the witness asserted, is in
the hands of one-ffth Of the people.
Within the city of New York there are
one hundred men who have it in their
power to change the value of every piece
OF property, every article of merchan-
disc and every pound Of food.
Mr.. Mcclure said that from the in
formation he had gathered in extensive
travels in America and Europe, he had
come to the conclusion that the condi-
ton of the wOrkingmen in this country
is III many instances no better than that
of workmen abroad. There are four
measures, he said, which, if adopted by
the government, would remove the more
serious hindrances to the advancement
of the working classes OF the country.
These are the legalization of trades
unions, the establishment of a National
Bureau of Labor Statistics, the adop-
ton and enforcement of IL law limiting a
days labor to eight hours, and the pas
sage of an act preventing the importa-
ton Of labOrers under contract.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
No Rest Day or Night.

In the fall of 1875 my suferings were terri
BILE. was swollen to such proportions that
| feared my limbs would bur55. / had the.
best medical talent obtainable, and at ting
worst stage of my illness, when my husband
and many friends had given me up to die
the late Dr. J Ohm Woodbury. made q thorough
examination of my wa.er, and pronounced
my case acute kidney disease, bordering on
Bright's disease, and accompanied by gravel,
and recommended the immediate use of
Hunts Remedy. At this time l was suffer
ing most terrible pain in my back, limbs
and head, and could find no rest day ornight
for weeks, and l was growing weaker daily
until this kind physician ordered me to take
Hunts Remedy. Before taking half Of one
bottle | commenced 10 imprOve, and after
taking six bottles was entirely cured. This
was nearly eight years ago, and [ have had
no return of the disease. l have recon-
nended Hunts Remedy to others i'll similar
cases, and it has never failed to cure. l have
also use it for sick headache, and found in
it a sure relief. l think it the best medicine
made, and chcerfulIy recommend it to all.
blRS. W. H. STILSON,
No. Is Tyler Street, Boston, Mass.
ArriI 1S 1892
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
The Cape Cod Driver.

The Rev. John Peate, Presiding Elder
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
has lately returned from Cape Cod,
where he has been inhaling the "salt
sea air" and recupcrating from the dard
work incidental to his position. Elder
Peate related the following (Which is
the better for being truce in the presence
OF company Of friends:
"In 1872, he said, 81 had been spend
ing my vacation at Nantucket aud had
started home wGcu | heard that an old
friend of mine was Mt Truro, Cape Cod.
Having Il little time, | determined to
visit him, and at II o'clock one night
was landed at the nearest railway station.
The gruff stage driver informed me that
Truro was township, not a village,
which left me in dilemma, aftcrward
solved by asking Jebu to take me to the
most populous place i'll the township.
We rumhled along for two hours through
the fog and over the sandy roads, both
cred by monstrOus mosquitoes, chilled
lv the sea air, and otherwise uncomfor-
table. when suddenly the stage stopped,
and the driver, throwing open the door,
said laconically: Here S the most pop
ulous place. And it certainly was, for
he had la ded me at a graveyard which
had been in use 300 years, and contained
more tomhstoncs than the town did III
habitants. The righteousness Of the
situation ovcrcame the sense OF discom-
future, and I enjoyed hearty laugh, as
sisted by my wag driver, who contented
himself with voluminous smile. To
this day they tell the story at the Cape,
and 1t has made me more friends and ac-
quaiutauces than could probably have
won in amy other way.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
MARKET NOTES.

NEW YORK MARKET
r,,o vyl,o1ogoIa Now y,rl, narIzat quotations
show.
Pr,,>,s primo a f51aa2 *. fair 70 Good
50 00G5S2 81 ner Lusbci
BUTTEE - New York sold at 22II(G23,. for
choice in pals, and 1Sa19c. common TO good.
Western Creamery sold at 2O@2lc.. and the
common Western at 11QD1oc.
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 5000: do fair
to good, 8n9c.
transformations ranged from 24c. for or
binary, to 2452c. for New York, New Jersey and
f9 En- :, ,,oz.., m. v-,,t,,.,,-
& LOU - my "a C1c ~ '''
,i;; tvlcI 49,
HAY 0hlPPhlS, o2C9 oOc'' cI"Nei' o''4 oo'''
SAT- QUO; s'IaM' GU(a9 Jc: r... o--,-.
hGls-NG" hotN' @'o0 l-'-7 L. -'@ -
!e4IIlInSS' Zo'e' 70 "l'iI' u c7loz-al.
IL Ilii's ~, ,,t g
sii,,,'i,,i, ,,,,lar ma III EItac In cases
PoRKSClear back. SIS. 25Q$I9OO; dressed
hogs, 7I,Ca5c
WHEAT - Spring No. 3. -@$L15; Mil
wonkre No. 5 = IS. amber. 5l.32Gt - 40 ;
Vie qfG.:-I' y
CoRYE Threaded Western Mixed. 56G G3c
Steamer Mixed 5706 G in elevator. 57lsc.
gii ls ds, Np Z Wiz Sontbern c de-
i,.G2rnd
~ State 7e077c
Voc 0I,io p,nmsvlvonia and Virginia.
WV I5n,tGl1 w 43GEIIc' : 42l043c.: No.
l. 45a47c,. No. 2, 38GS40c.: common, 33a35c
New York and Western Ky and Y, 39t@495ae.'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13
Dinner at Catfish.

An English gentleman in the Calves
ton Nctc8 thus hits off one OF the minor
annoyances of travelling in the West.
I'm much pleased, he says, with the
country, and very much enjoy travelling
III 1t, but do you know that your rail
road eating-house system is very annoy
Jug? Just as man sits down and per-
suades himself Into nap, a negro comes
along, shakes him, and says, Supper at
Catfish :? You tell him yes, and arouse
yourself. You are, of course, very hun
cry, and every time the train stops you
expect to near e9i-lu one shout Catfish.
twenty minutes for supper but the
train rolls on. After while the negro
that aroused you comes along and you
say, How far IS it to Cattis q Sab .
How far IS it to Catfish q Bout
twenty-five miles, sab What made
you arouse me back yonder?' Wanted
to know whudcr yer wanted supper, so [
could telegraph ahead. Da only cooks
what's ordered, sah. Twenty miles to
a hungry man is Il long distance, and
you Toll around with cigar awhile and
finally drop off to sleep. After a while
you awake and wait for the train to
reach the station. The negro comes
through again. How far is it to Cat
fish. 'Sah?' 4 asked You how far it
was to Catfish p Yves dun passed dar,
sah. Why didn't you wake me up 2
Cause yer got mad when ] woke yer
afO', san.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13

| Try Driard If All English railway c&I-
| ri.,,,c rrcrrf,y rcfuacd ~ alIDw q natural
i.,f f., carry Il IYn hedNchrH with nm.
The Traveller. Indignant, pulled thru"
| f,o,o hi. wallet and aa!d: TAKE 1A-a,
tl,.. but the y.iard replied, Erpd-H@sIL.-
cJIy. "Uo, NJ. air ~ drG. ynu can t
cnrry, and dDga - dDHa, cata Il a'Ha' ana
'cdgc'pga j.dpH: but 'nrt.e@ j.. .'4-''''''
IL En~npd r.dcra pn the bicycle and
tryclcle IRE called "b.kea" and "trlkHa.
though on Rnts."
I,,,.ra ,r,t rata mice IracAaa, flies, anta, bed
buga, cAIpmunka, gopheIa. I'c' DfuHH7.a
VIZ ,,uybt not ~ be proud If we--ioiE2, foT
tn. Indictment If ord II far different rom lAs
Judgment NJ men.
.sNovy wen nnd strong"
HnruAg, Illinois.
br T.. V. PIgn~E Buffalo, y. J.; pm, :"
with ~ state that my daughter, aIri 7.
.yaa rrg.,ur~c5 ircgraaIs and "a~iao' I".IEg
81. i', d,.cls.- lh1uplsf. with rrH-IElI f-.i- !
|J,.fr.l n half doZan b.tt."s Of your 'HDH"H
J,d.caI II.r,yer}" f'T her AMI 'hs ~
rncnrcI uaproying ut oucc and Il no" well
@'' yr o. 'l.v you're, rgv I9AAc y. AuGrsTry.
"Di-roY1y' sold by drn22st.
X the wort Of times there il more cause 70
complain Of an evil heart than ~ anew "oI-d'
The Frazer Axle Grcnse
ia the best in the market. 1t ID the most eco
",micaI and chsape7t, one box lasting a. long
a. two Of any other. One greaslnS VIII last
t,yn weeks. 1t received first premium at the
',,,truT,iaI and Paris ETPosltlDns, also medals
Al various State fairs. Buy no other.
BrEvITY ~ the som Of wit, ana tedlousness
the limbs and outwardhourishes.
Owr,TTog. Ky.-Dr ]. T. Mundy says: "
hive found Browns Iron Bitters one Of the
best tonicg, and prescribe it frequently.
RATHER be beaten in right than succeed in
wrong.
25c Brys a pair Of Lyons Patent Heel , ~
rnrr.. make boot or shoe last twice az long.
There's striking difference between labor
and capital.
USE st. Patrick. SaIye, and learn It's great
value. One trial comylnrc5.
PRIVATE prayer Is your chief preservation
from sin temptation. and error.
FOR SPECIAL RATES for advertising IN TINS l5Eei
/ apply to the publisher Of the paper '"'
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LOVESONG.

Dear if you change, I'll never choose again;
Sweet if you shrink, I'll never think OF
love;
Fair if You fail, III Judge all beauty vain;
WISE if too weak. more wits IlInever prove,
Dear. Sweet. Fair! Wise. change,
shrink not. nor be weak;
And on my faith, my faith shall never
break.
Earth with her flowers shall sooner Heaven
adOrn;
Heaven her bright stars through earth's dim
globe shall move;
Fire heat shall lose, and frosts of flame be
born;
Air, made to shine, as black as he'll shall
prove;
Earth, heaven. fire, air, the world trans
form'd shall view
Ere prove false to faith or strange t,
you.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-13

'.nrcsJ and ch.apezt, one box lasting as long
a. two Of any other. One greasinS will last
Two weeks 1t received first premium at the
cutruIial and Paris EIPosltlons, also medals
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She Was Going.

SIS this ticket good on any train ," de-
mnnded a woman who had just purchased
a ticket for Chicago.
ono, replied the agent, mildly. at
isn't good on the Chicago Limited
at amt, ch = growlcd the woman.
I'm find ont whether it amt before /
get to the end of your road Point out
the train that / can't ride on with this
ticket?"
The accommodating agent pointed out
the omigrant tram, and the woman
boarded it with a fierce determination to
stick az long as the line held out. And
she went to Chicago feeling n great dead
more c, mfortablc than she would have
T." ~ i'll "a paIl,r car to which III, sup
posed her t,c:,,t dill not admit her.