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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
A Dangerous PIaything.

A two-vear-oId child of Frank Smith $
and James Haney's three-year-old child
we're playing together in Smiths front
ward a few days since, in Eldred town.
shin. Pa. Mrs. Smith saw them sitting
IN tbo GRASS. Her little child had stick
about a foot long in its hand, with which
# was irving occasional blows ON the
oronDd After each stroke the children
wou7d laugh heartily. Occasionally one
would bend its face down and stroke
something with its hand. Then the stick
,vonld be brought into use again, and
+bo convulsive mirth of the children
| follow.
After watching and enjoying tie chill
dren's play for some time, Mrs. Smlth
walked ont to where they were sitting.
She was mortified at seeing that large
rottlesnake was the children's playthlng
The snake lay at full length, making nc
move to molest the children. Every
time it was touched it raised its head anc
rim out its forlzed tongue.
Mrs. Smith cautiously approached
and at sight of her the attitude OF tn
snake changed. 1t threw itself into tn
coil without which it cannot strike, an
sounded its rattle. Mrs. Smith screame
TO the children to come to her. In
sudden movement of the snake d"
frightened them, and they had run OF
I of its way. -,
Mrs. Smith killed the snake with
, stick. She then tainted away, and WI
7 found unconscious in the yard by
t neighbor, the dead snake lying nea
and the two children crying over he
i The snake was over four feet long, al
If had seven rattles.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
Printing Fabrics in Japan.

The means employed for figuring fab
RIGS would. to our mechanical manufac-
turers, appear so ridiculOusly primitive
and roundabout as to only produce
q laugh. Yet these fabrics have the
subtle charm of handwOrk denied to our
designs. No doubt our
machines are marveIs of scientific adj
iustment, but in the commonest JaPa-
nese cotton the tiresome uniformity we
studiouslv aim at is on principle avoided.
Stenciling is largely employed, ana III d
GREAT variety of ways and variations OF
manner. A printer will cut out series
of leaves in paper, and lay them on ms
material. then bury them by means Oh
. +,owel in a sort of thick 'reslst."
The leaves are afterward carefully re-
moved with a pin, and when the re
sist" is dry the fabric can be put IN the
dva-vot and the leaves made OF their
,,ot,7roI color. One Of the most curl
ons processes to watch is when the artist
EMPLOYS a sort of bird-ime, instead Oh
thread. to outline his design. !,
He fakes q small piece OF TINS giu-
tinous mixture on a skewer, touches the
noint where he wishes to be8m' anu
draws a thread of convenient lengtn.
Placing the middle finger OF the lett hanu
under the fabric, he can let the ductlle
thread drop to any part of the stuif' ana
SO 90 ON forming the design even 10 oSuch
minute details as the stamcns OF flowers.
This sticky substance can be drawn OUT
to anv length, like candy sugar, and kept
on even thickness if necessary. When
II ia desirable to increase the breadth ol
, +bo lines, q conical tube OF oiled paPei
: filed with the mucilage is used, from
| which a wider thread can be gradually y
, dropped along. When the outline II
( finished the colors are added. The TAB
e ric is then steamed, and the outline re
l moved by being rinsed in fresh water
g the Ground is to be dyed, the painting
t ora covered with a "resist' before I'M
It mersion. In pieces of silk, no matte
T what length, and even where the pa'
y tern is repeated, the outlines are don
/ | Inv hand
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

of misery to-day. You will pardon me
for mentioning anything so sad at such
a gay scene as this, but really it made
such an impression on my mind that I
cannot shake it off. 5"
''Please be free to tell me-" pleaded
her hearer.
81 had an errand in the old building
known as the Eagle Hotel. While there
my attention was attracted by the cries
of a child, and the woman with whom
[ was conversing told me that the mother
of the little girl had just died about an
hour before. She further stated that
she was afraid the family was badly off,
but that they were dreadfully proud and
did not associate with any of the neigh
bors. So [ stepped across the hall and
entered the room. On a bed in an ad-
joining room lay a shroudcd body,
and in the room this side was the
weeping child and a young lady, her
sister. I explained why [ had come and
asked what I could do for them. At
first the young lady kindly thanked me,
and said she did not know that I could
help them in any way. soon saw thai
they needed some one, so began to
talk with them, sympathizing with them
in their trouble, and at length [ re-
moved my bonnet and cloak, and told
them I wanted to stay with them and
comfort them. This act opened the flood |
gates, and the young lady wept as she
told me how they had come down from |
comfort and happiness to such poverty |
and despair. I work hard, said she,
but wages are so low that it is all I can
do to keep body and soul together, and |
even that failed. If mother could |
only have had the things she needed |
to give her strength, l feel sure she |
would not have died. Two nights ago
I carried home . dress which had taken
a whole weeks steady work to make. I
had been so happy as I worked over it
and thought of the comforts its pay
would buy. I started out full of high
hopes, but was doomed to meet with
It was beautifully
made, the fit was perfect, but would Ibe
so kind as to wait until next month for
my pay? 90 madam = she added, with
eyes, 'how little people think
how hard it is for the poor to wait for
their money How pitied her She
was so hopeless, and she was fair and
young as these here tonight. [ did
what I could for them and promised to
attend to the funeral tomorrow.
ga very sad case, indeed, " replied the
other, as her eyes wandered over the gay
81 was just wondering" she
added, ''if it is possible for that dress to
be here tonight"
"Quite possible, was the rejoinder.-
Arthtr's lUagGzhle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

cts shame" exclaimed an aged
gentleman, at length. Conductor, il
any one else finds fault with you, you
can call me as a witness that you did the
best you could"
'"Thanks, murmured the conductor,
frightening up at the prospect of one
friend on the train.
'Ithink we are getting on fast enough, "
continued the old gentleman, turning to
the most obstreperous of the passengers.
"You travel on a pass, don't you ?"
growled the passenger.
81 dc" replied the old gentleman.
"Good for sixty days, isn't ~
sneered the passenger again.
cit is, responded the old gentleman.
"NO wonder you are in no hurry"
grumbled the other man. 81 have only
got trip ticket that expires in thirty
days, and l haven't any money for an
other if we don't get there before my
ticket runs out. That's aIl."-TTQyel-
! as ALagaait2G,
HE GUESSED IT.
'I don't know" said the thin Chicago
drummer, with the tightpants and tooth
pick shoes, as he sat in front of the
Grand in the most killing attitude, "why
all your Cedar Rapids ladies gaze on me
so. Don't you have any handsome men
of your own here?"
ooh, yes, we have a few" said the
drug clerk.
''Then why do they eye me SO close
Iy? I've made more mashes sitting
right here than ever did in any town
before"
eyes. But I don't think these were
mashes you made here exactly"
"WeII, what makes them eye me SO
closely, then?" !
81 tell you what think" SAID the
clerk; 'the women here all have the
croquet fever, but they can't get malIets
enough to suit them. They are proba-
bly, thinking what nice light mallets
your legs would make if they were cut
off and dried, and, with your feet left on
the end they could shut their eyes and
never miss a ball. They'd sweep off
every ball on the whole ground"
BIG LOAD.
An Austrian Lieutenant came upon
two private soldiers, one of whom was
lying dead drunk on the ground, while
his comrade was standing near the inc
briate, apparently in a quandary as to
what to do.
els the man unconscious ?" asked the
Lieutenant.
The soldier saluted and replied:
ono, Lieutenant; he has only been
drinking little too much"
''Then why don't you make him move
on?"
beg pardon, but nobody can move
on who is as drunk as he is. You
couldn't move on, Lieutenant, if you
were, neither could a Major if he was
that far gone. [ really don't believe
Lieutenant, that the Colonel of the reg
| iment himself could get up if he had as
big n load as that private soldier has OF
board. ''-Attstjye Sifti1Js.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
Farmers and FOX-Hunters.
From the Proxidence Press.1


The farmers on Rhode Island are ac-
cused of ''mean conduct" because they
attempt to defend their property against
the attacks of a lawless mOb-a mob as
cruel as heartless, as insolent as any
gangof Bowery CN. Y. ruffians. For sew
eral years the farmers havebeen obliged
to submit to the overriding and under
trampling by packs of hounds and
mounted ''gentry'' with only their pock-
et-books to recommend them. Fences
have been broken down, crops ruined,
domestic animals stampeded and ''ran
down" for the mere sport of the thing.
IF the farmers demonstrated with the
pack of dudes, it was considered an in
suit, and they turned their horses, rode
into yards, and through and through
flower beds and gardens for the mere
pleasure of spelling, and because they
had been "spoken to-" The people gen.
orally have but d faint idea OF what the
farmers have suffered at the hands of
these marauders. If other rrffians, un-
supported by fat purses, had rode rough
shod through the island as these have,
they would have been jailed long ago.
But in the present case there is no re-
dress. The farmers have no money to
fight those who have nothing else, and
f they had, a thousand dollars will make
slow headway against a million. The
only hope is in the State-in an anti-fox-
hunt law, and until that is passed the
farmer must depend upon himself.
But there is another hope of deliver
ance, and that is in harbed wire. If the
State will not protect the farmers, barbed
wire will. if used in sufficient quantities. |
No animal, not even a dandy-legs on
will meddle with a barbed |
wire fence more than once. Ho farm
ers on the island of Rhode Island, put |
up barbed wire fences, make the barbs |
foot long, stretch them everywhere, and |
when " considerably over eighty men
and women on horseback are to ride |
over your cornfelds, send in word that |
we may be present at the battle of the
dudes and the barbs. We stake every |
thing on the barbs. The hunt on Fri
day was noteworthy" on another ac-
count. Two pigs joined in and "were
in at the death" This was a mistake on
the part of the pigs. They We're STAN
peded and were hurried along, but as
soon as fright had fled, they left the ig
noble crowd and hurried hOmeward.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
How Bananas are Raised.

As everybody knows who has eaten
banana, the pulp is seedless. The plants
are propogated from other plants, SO that
the stock is not likely to run out The
plant requires for vigorous growth deep
ti,ese e;,,aiti@ns present thcre is said to
he no risk of Il crop in the hot regions
where alone the fruit is produced. Nine
months after a cutting has been planted
4 purple bud appears in the centre OF the
unfolding leaves that shoot out from the
baad of the parent stem. The stem on
which the bud appears grows rapidly
above the main stalk. As the bud IN
creases in weight the stem bends down.
ward by a graceful curve, on the ex-
tremitv of which this bud continues to
GROW till. the purple blossoms falling OFT,
little shoots appear as the embryo trult.
Each fruit has a yellow blossom at lie
outward extremity. At the end OF from
three to four months the fruit has grown
to maturity, and is picked long enough
before it is "dead ripe to preserve 1t IL
marketable condition. From the root
Of the parent stalk other shoots appear
which are trimmed out or left to grow
as the cultivator may deem best.
single stalk, therefore, bears only one
bunch or crop as its life work. Span
iards have a religious reverence for tn
banana, believing it to be the fruit G
which Adam partOok'
This fruit has long been regarded
extremely nutritious. tits recommends
, above all others for invalids who are III
,, able to swallow harder food. An est
mate by Humboldt claims that A, ,oO
nonnds of bananas can be produced O
the soil that would be required Tor l,Ol
>, pounds of potatoes, and that the san
area that would be required to raise whe
9 enough for one man would produ
lo apouoh bananas to feed twenty-five me
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
Fifty Years Ago.

Edward H Ludlow, an auctioneer and
real estate broker in New York since
1886, testified before the Senate Com
mittee that twenty years ago money
loaned on mortgage easily commanded 7
per cent, while now the large corpora
tions are content with / to IL per cent.
Decrease in the value of money ought
to produce decrease in rents, but it has
not.
ssWilI YOU compare the social state OF
s2Tnr. s.., 9GG %. si51r Nth tNaf Oh "'-''i' iA'o
- guess am prcjudiced, Senator
the witness said, ''for you know that we
old fellows think the old times were
o,raot deal the best. There were not so
MANY paupers then as now, and the poor
were more comfortably housed. One
hundred thousand dollars made very
rich man then, for the Dutch-Engllsh
nopulation were very conservative, and
did not like to venture on the ice mIlch'
People who lived in 1925 were happier
than now. more social, everybody knew
everybody. and individuals were aPPre-
ciated as well as known.
seTbe general comforts and pleasures
Of life were greater than now. There
was less emulation, and more simplicity.
PeonIe dressed more for comfort and
wore homemade clothes. Ladies use0
to be satisfied with two or three muSlll
dresses and one silk gown. Some ole
KnickerbocIzer families still live as II
the good old days, but they are yer!
few. Ladies' nowadays wear nothing
but silks and satins, and every womal
must wear an ostrich feather and b
dressed like Fifth avenue belle. NIL
Iionaires vie with one another IN seeking
TO display their wealth and show thel
foreign manners. Love of show IS cal
ried beyond common sense. Emulatlo
+ makes the we'll to-do seek to pattern a
, ter our millionaires, and the poor strl'
9 in their turn to equal the we'll l-to-d'
Every class is cursed by this evil splr
+ | f 1IoDitv and emulation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
WRECKS IN WASHINGTON.
SAD nOwNFALL OF MEN OF INELU-
ESCE.
Public Officers Who Form the iinbL oI
Leading "a Gay Life ana are Ch'i"i' ~
iGTp.


TFrOm the 1nllau6lDIlld lCoo'I
The streets of Washington are lined
with old battered wrecks that the waves
and winds of politics have cast ashore
from time to time. A young man with |
obiIi+v and ambition, but with no money, |
is hired to Washington by the tickle light |
Of social and political prominence. 90
NOT care whether he comes to the Senate
whether he is at the head OF q bureau
an officer of Congress or even a depart
mont clerk The life is gay and easy,
and most inviting and seductive. Money
comes easy, He forgets to look at 1t 1or
what if is worth. and is gradually drawn
into the thoughtless, selfish life and haoltS
by which he is surrounded. lie ooeS
not study, he does not improve, but year
Nv wear becomes less fitted for set-sup-
nort He loses his energy, If he ever
had onv. He loses his ambition. But
there comes a flood and he Is swept
from his moorings. The party mas
obonoad or his political Influence has
obonoed, and he finds himself with the
same idle habits, but without salary.
He cannot or will not go back to his Ola
, home and begin anew, but he stays
here, and year by year hopes to get back
into office, How he lives in the mean
) time heaven only knows. There are
s honorable exc options, but they only
serve to establish the rule. Some OF tne
r;obast and most prominent citizens be-
8 oan life in Washington as department
: Clerks. l will not mention names. Ii If
t foot however. well known here, that
/, ,,,oio,itv of those who are forced out O
Il nublic life and settle in Washington
s i,,yn ont as 'sne'er-do-wells. L know
+ graduate of Harvard College who wa
L himself president of a college, a Sen
otor in Congress; and subsequently Ill
n ,,osition of almost unequalled power
le who "settled" in Washington. Dim
E. and crime brought him to ruin, ana il
1t ,voa If am not wrong, once IN jail an
l. many times in the station house. ID
le was n superior scholar, an eloquel
to sneaker and an able thinker. 1t was n'
E. unusual for him to accost his 1orm'
friends and ask for a quarter to Du
something to eat. Where he Is now,
u ao NOT know. [ know of as sad ca
IN tho Lower House-a manot comman
he mo mind and presence, and rare
oiftod os an orator. He was at one TIL
en- o member of the Constitutional ConVe
tion of Kentucky, afterward a memf
l| Of the State Legislature of Calltorn
and was elected to codify the laws OF IL
ere State: vas an elector on the ffen
ere ticket in 1856, was receiver OF pun
rt- mopevs in one of the Territories
subsequently Surveyor-General' and II
his served two terms in the House. tie
left sought by all the scientific, religious
nan literary societies here, and stood
high as any man in either branch OF !
press. Well, what of it ? you ask W
this of it. For several years past
man kept one of lowest dives in the
where Young men and weak men
lured by rum, cards and women:
died the other day in this miserable
"S' tel and was followed to his grave
depraved creature of the town, W
poor he called his wife.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
ONE LIFE.

Her white little hand is resting
On the arm that held it of old,
Andhe thinks it is only the night breeze
That makes it so soft and cold.
Her eyes into his are gazing
Eyes ever so faithful to him,
And he thinks it the shadowy twilight
That makes them so strange and dim.
Her pretty face turns toward him;
All, when did her face turn away?
And he thinks it the silvery moonlight
That makes it so faint and gray.
Oh, spirit that Hng gers and falters,
Take courage and whisper Goodbye" "
\ life ?-why life is nothing,
When millions each minute die.
With millions each minute dying,
What matters one life or death?
One fragile and tender existence?
One tremulous passing breath?
A life? Why life is nothing
What matters tho one burn dim?
Alas for the folly of reason
One life is the world to him
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
rrnnce Occupies Annam.

The treaty of peace which the French
have imposed on AMMAN is really treaty
Of occupation, and looks like the begin
ming of French "lndlan Empire.
When the English in India formerly ap-
nointed .sResident' near a native ruler
that was only preliminary to ann, za-
ton The French are to have "kesl-
dents" atall important points in Annam'
and these officers are to have the pro'ec-
tion of troops. A French envoy IS to
help to regulate not only the customs
dnps but the general taxes. The French
are to build forts.
They are also to keep out the Gnu Sc
The treaty does not specify this ou' ln'
treaty will not be Of much account un
loss the Chinese are kept out.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

81 FEEL so worried about Charles !!
sighed Mrs. Wildhusbnnd. cts get
ting late, sure enough" said sister Kate
looking at the clock; "but [ guess moth
ING unusual has happened" That is
what frets me" replied Mrs. Whdhus-
hand. 81 am afraid something usual has
boupened to Charles, ,"-Bostos 7Fo'''
seript.
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The Loss of the Arctic.

The steamship Arctic left Liverpool,
hound for New York, on September 2Oth'
1874 and on the 9th of the same month
.5rrino a dense fog off Cape Race, came
IN collision with the French iron pro
heller Vesta. Capt. Luce, supposlnS
the propeller to be badly injured and IN
danger of sinking, while he belleVed ms
own ship uninjured, made superhclal
examination of the latter and then sent
off four of his own boats to look for the
vasto which meanwhile, badly disabled,
was heading for Halifax, which 1t sue
| oooded in reaching safely. In less than
bo1f an hour after the boats had gone,
Contain Luce discovered that his own
steamer was leaking very badly, and the
conviction was forced upon him that she
must soon go down. Guns were hred
and other signals used to recall the
boats, but they were too far of to re-
snopd to the signals for aid. The re-
naming boats were hurriedly launched,
but they were insufficient to accommo,
date oue-third of those on the tateC
steamer, In the midst of the confusion
tbe vessel went down. Capt. Luce haC
been requested by portion of his crev
, who had seized boat, to save himself
t but he nobly refused, and, with HI
little son in his arms, went down wit
the vessel into the vortex. He was des
tined to be saved, however. He rose
7 the surface with his little son, and ha
thrown one arm around a floating spa
: when a piece of the wreck came to til
& surface, toppled over, and killed the be
in his fathers arms. Capt. Luce, wit
= several others, were subsequently piclIe
Ie up and brought to port. OF total
Is 43O persons on board BOT were lost.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

The Lumber Wagons are
Of MIR. LILLEY'S own
manufacture and are well
and favOrably known
throughout this vicinity
as being thoroughly and
honestly made.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27
WHY HE GROwLED.

Everybody had been abusing the poor
old conductor because his tram was four
hours behind time, and the man was
nearly worn out explaining that it w's
not his fault.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

GoopNEss.-There is dew IN one
aowor and not in another, because one
opens its cup and takes it in, while 'I,o
other closes itself and the drop runs Oh.
So God rains goodness and mercy !"
vide as the dew; ardif we lack them' y
!, because we will not open our hssrOa ~
receive them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

ADAM is said to be the only man maj VINO
never tantaliHed his wife about tine way
his mother used to cook.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

WHEN you hear hen cackling about
the premises as if she owned them, it IS
safe to assume that she has laid an egg.
In case you fail to find it, however, it Is
more proper to assume that she has mis-
laid an egg. Still, somebody may have
poaehed Roshestsr Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

Not many blocks from where the Fos-
ters lived, there stood large, old, frame
house. 1t had once been a hotel, but
circumstances had changed it into the
less dignifed term of tenement house.
It's front door opened directly on the
street outside and into a large, empty,
dirty hall inside. Up the rickety stairs
were ''rooms, " occupied by type OF IN
habitants that have no steady abiding
place.
In one Of these roonns sat young
girl. An invalid reclined on soueh
| and bending over the table was lttlF
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-09-27

sgrbare is Florence Foster. Isn't her
dress exquisite? ?"
The lady addressed raised her eye
classes and scanned the young lady pass
ing through the room. >,
piled "Indeed, ] doubt If either Oh lne
uo[ rich costume. Who is sheY
sTbe only child of bookkeePer. was
the whispered answer.
oJ should be afraid for my husband
bnsiness if his bookkeeper's daughter
dressad like that" was the sharp retort
Then quickly changing the subject, thu
I.dv ssid. 'I came across a pitiable cas-