davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
George EliOt's Sayings.

[ NEVER can make anything of this
tiptop playing. 1t is like jar of leeches,
where you can never tell either begin
nings or endings.
On, I KNOW the way O wives they set
one on to abuse their husbands, and then
they turn round on one and praise 'em
as if they wanted to sell EN-
DON'T be forecasting evil, dear child,
unless it is what you can guard against.
Anxiety is good for nothing if we can
turn it into defense. But there's no
defense against all the things that might
be.
WE MORTALS, men and women, devOur
many disappointment between break
fast and dinner time; keep back the tears
and look a little pale about the lips, and
in answer to inquiries say, ooh, nothing,'
Pride helps us; aud pride is not bad
thing when it urges us to hide on own
hUrts-not to hurt others.
EVEN the patriarch job, if he had
been a gentleman of the modern West,
would have avoided picturesque dis
order and poetical laments; and the
friends who called on him, though not
less disposed than Bildad, the Shuttle,
to hint that their unfortunate friend was
i'll the wrong, would have sat on chairs
and held their hats in their hands. The
harder problems of our life have changed
less than our manners; We wrestle with
the old sorrows, but more decOrOusly.
Go Mrs. CAssAUBoN)-There's reason
i'll mourning, as I've always said; and
three folds at the bottom Of your skirt
and plain quilting in your homeland
if ever anybody looked like ali angel, it is
you i'll new quilting what S consistent
for a second year. At least, that's my
way of thinking; and if anybody was to
marry me flattcring himself as [ should
wear those hideous weepers two years
for him, he'd be deceived by his own
vanity, that's all
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
In Barnum'S Pocket.

Tom Thumb says that when he was
five years of age he was so small that Mr..
Barnum could easily hold him in the
palm of his hand. "a style of overcoats
corresponding to the listers of the pres
ent day, and known as box coats, was
then in vogue They had large side
pockets with flaps over them. Mr.. Bar
mum wore one of these coats in winter.
[ could get in one of the pockets of it,
and by doubling myself up the flap
would fall over the mouth of the pocket,
cOncealing me from view. 1t was a
favorite trick of Mr. Barnum's to place
me in the pocket of his box coat and ap-
pear in the hall about the time set for
the opening of our entertainment. The
people in the audience would come about
him, exclaiming, Where is the General,
Mr.. Barnum? Here it is time for the
exhibition to open, but he is not about. =
Mr.. Barnum would appear to be greatly
surprised, and would then call out: Gen
eral Tom Thumb General, General,
where are you?' [ would then respond,
Here I am, sir emerging from the
pocket at the same time. 1t was 4 great
act, [ tell you, and used to take i'm
mensely. The fat little fellow chUckled
with glee over the recollections of this
ruse of the great Snowman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
Freezing to Death.

There is a general understanding that
| freezing to death is an agreeable mode
of quitting the world, and many persons
who have come near to making their
exit in that manner confirm the common
belief James Humphrey, Canadian
who nearly froze to death III recent
storm while driving homeward from
WaIIacctown to AldborOugh, has given
the following description of his expert
ence to the st. Thomas Times: 'When
he felt no longer able to hold the reins
with any grip, he determined to seek
shelter in the first house until well
warmed. His tongue became stiff, then
his arms, sharp chills ran through his
back, and finally it seemed as though
his whole body was being CONCEALED,
causing an almost total cessation of the
hearts action. This condition of eX-
IRENE suffering and dependency speed
lily gave place to feeling of grateful
warmth suffusing the system and caus-
ing an exhiIirating glow. BY this time
he had reached house, but he drove
on, thinking that nothing was now to be
feared. The sleigh, instead of crawling
along at a snail's pace, appeared to glide
through the air with great swiftness, and
the horses fairly flew like pigeons. A
sense of exultation filled the farmers
breast as he urged the horses to
greater speed, and the woods on each
side were passing so quickly that they
became indistinguishable black lines.
Then the sleigh bells sounded fainter
and fainter, until the chimes disappeared
in the distance, the farmer fell gradually
into a delicious slumber, which came
near being the sleep that knows no wax
ing, and he knew no more until brought
to life under a vigorous treatment"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
SIMPLE DIARY AND ACCOUNT.

II the farmers life there seems less
need of bookkeeping than in most other
callings. His sales are comparatively
few, and his purchases Of such large arti-
-clcs as are well remembered by their
importance, or he deals with men who
keep books, and he trusts them. Yet if
he keeps no record, he will be often per-
picked to know where and for what the
money went that he received for grain,
beef, wool or butter. 1t would also lie a
satisfaction to him to know each year
whether his work was as well advanced
as at similar date i'll previous years, or
whether his barns at mid-winter or at
any date had as much fodder for stock as
at a similar date i'll past winters.
[ have kept daily record of work and
a careful account in income and expenses
the past twenty-five years. l have used
books of various sizes and with different
methods, but like my present way best.
| have blank book about 7Xl2 inches,
and 236 pages. On each page are thirty
seven lines below the headlines. As the
book is use the right-hand page for Il
daily record of work, and use one line Il
day, so after dating thirty lines for
months calendar l have six or seven
lines for general memoranda. ] find one
line will contain several items, and give
room for a word about the weather, or
figures representing temperature. The
Ieft-haud page is for accounts, and dur
ing the past two years l find every
month that the one page is room enough
TO give every sale and every purchase,
oven when | retail vegetables and buy
groceries in small quantities.
As we open the book we have the his
tory of month before us. The pages
are ruled 50 that two columns of dollars
and cents can be placed ON the right of
the page, so that it is Just as well to fill
fine page with transactions as they occur
and place the money in its proper col
umn as received or paid ont. Some
credits may not have the amounts carried
ont The months accounts may III this
wav be ready to add up and balance, and
If the income and outgo is not alike, it
tells the reason why. 1t is best to write
this book with good ink. 1t may be
we'll to have other books to note the
work. fertilizers, seed and harvest of any
or every field. Such notebook and pen
ell may be in daily use, but for the main
thing like my present way best. +.
Jameson, orleans Co., w.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

How Tunes MIX UP.-Chief Shaw,
of the London Fire Department, when in
this country few months ago, expressed
the opinion that such big fires as we have
i'll New York would be impossible in
the fire service in the latter city. A few
visited by Il SIS, OO0 Geo fire. Two or
three days before that fire broke out the
st. Louis newspapers published Il letter
from Chief Shaw, i'll which the writer
spoke i'll terms of highest praise of the
st. Louis Fire Department, and partic-
ularly commended the fremen for the
CELEBRITY of their movements. Now the
underwriters of st. Louis have demanded
the removal of the chief of the depart
meut for alleged incompetency.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
A View from Washington Monument.

A reporter of the Washington Sta
gives the following description of view
from the top of the unfinished monu-
ment:
'The city looks a trife different when
viewed almost from the realms of the
clouds, and a realizationOf what it must
be to go ballOOn-vOyaging dawns on YOU,
The public buildings toward the north.
the Treasury, State, War, and Navy De
partments, and the White House look
like doll houses. Squares are as blocks
on a checkcr-board, and streets but hair
lines. Trees lose their individuality.
and the woods are only exaggerated
clumps. The river toward the south is
only pond, but still you can trace it's
silvery line for miles, Mount Vernon
can be seen on clear days with p field
glass, and many well known places in the
neighboring hills of Virginia and Mary
land can be easily picked out. 1t is
thought when the monument reaches its
full height that vessels can be seen on
Chesapeake Bay. Tug boats on the river
excite more attention by their putting
and blowing than they do by their sizer
Everywhere you turn the view is pleas
ing. The tiny lines of green browning
the heights and the river washing its
shores, frame the city like picture
Visitors are always impressed with the
safety-net around the monument, but
none have exhibited any FRANKS that
would expose them to being caught i'll
its meshes. The workmen get so used
to their elevated position as to sit on the
edge with their feet hanging over while
they eat their lunch. They know the
security afforded by the net, and can be
little risky. The average visitor keeps
within respectful distance of both outer
and inner edges of the wall, and feels all
the time as if he were treading on air.
The wind blows, too, with a business
velocity, and very windy day takes up
considerable attention. The wind has
blown one workman off his feet, but he
was caught in the safety-net. The only
cases of bravado exhibited yet were by
young woman, who got out in the safety
net just to see how it would feel, and
cat, who risked one of his nine lives in
jumping from the top, but with no seri-
Gus results. The descent can be made
either by the elevator or by the staircase
Most prefer the known terrors of the
former to the undiscovered horrors of
the latter. The iron framework of the
staircase is all right, but only temporary
steps are in place. There are no risers
at all, and only narrow planks for steps.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
How to Kill Cabbage Worms.

The rayages of the caterpillars of the
cabbage butterfly caused q good deal of
trouble last summer at the State Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, Geneva,
New York, particularly those of the
second or August brood. In order to
test the efficacy of various reputed rene
dies for the cabbage worm, the director
applied them to special collections of
worms, and noted the effects. One
specimen confined for three hours III a
bottle partly filled with black pepper,
crawlcd away discolored by the powder,
but apparently unharmed The second,
repeatedly immersed in a solution of
saltpeter, and third in one of boracic
acid, exhibited little indications of IN
convenience. Bisul phide of carbon pro-
duced instant death when applied to the
worm, though its fumes were rot Ct
fectlal. The fumes of benzine as well
as the liquid caused almost instant death,
but when applied to the cabbages, small,
viii ish eXcrescenccs appeared on the
lNe''N''' AIo' NfVINI ftl'i'4ICNl " Viz CttD-
bage destroyed a portion of the worms,
causing also the leaves to turn yellow.
One ounce Of saltpetcr and two pounds
common salt dissolved in three gallons
of water, formed an application which
was partly efficient. The most salts
factory remedy tested, however, con-
sisted of a mixture of one-half pound
each of hard soap and kerosene oil in
three gallons of water. This was APP
piled August 26; an examination the
following day showed many, if not all,
the worms destroyed.
The growing cabbage presents such a
mass Of leaves III which the caterpillars
may be concealed, that it is hardly pos
sible to reach all the worms at one APP
plication. 1t is of Importance, therefore,
to repeat the use of any remedy at fire.
quent intervals. Scientific Aneyfca7.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
$4,000 REWARD

VIII be paid for the detection and con-
viction Of any person selling or dealing
in amy bogus, counterfeit or imitation
HOP BIrrERs, especially Bitters or
preparations with the word Hop or
HoPs in their name, OF connected there
with, that is intended to mislead and
cheat the public, or for any preparation
put in any form pretending to be the
same as HOP BITTERs. The genuine
have clusters of GREEN HOPS (notice
this) printed on the white label, and are
the prlrest and best medicine on earth,
especially for Kidney, Liver and Ner>
Yous Diseases. Beware of all others,
and of all pretended formulas or recipeG
Of HOP BITrERs published in papers, or
for sale, as they are frauds and SWIM
dies. Whoever deals in any but the
genuine will be prosecuted.
HoP BITTERS MIRO. Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
TIE NEW BABX.
There came to port, last Sunday night,
The ouoarasr I1++lo ,,.o s.

There came to port, last Sunday night.
The QUeerest little craft,
Without inch of rigging on;
L looked, and looked, and laughed.
1t seemed so curious that she
Should cross the unknown water
And moor herself right in my room,
My daughter, 0 my daughter.
She has no manifest but this
No flag floats DER the water,
She's too new for the British Lloyds-
My daughter, o my daughter
Ring out, wild bells, and tame ones, too!
Ring out the lovers moon
Ring in the little worsted socks
Ring in the bib and spoon,
Ring out the muse ring in the nurse
Ring in the milk and water
Away with paper, pen, and ink
Ny daughter, 0 my daughter,
GEORGE W. CABLE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

Our old friend, Mr. VIM. Claughton,
of Heathsville, sheriff of Northumber-
land Co., Va, says: we have many
good medicines in our parts, but moth
ing which equals st. Jacobs Oil, the
Great German Remedy. My family
keep the Oil in the house at all times and
use it for almost everything that a medi-
cine can be used for. They claim that
it is unequaled for rheumatism and all
bodily pains -Tappahmmoch, U'a,,)
Tide Water Hldcr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
Frightening Children to Sleep.

A lady overheard her nurse girl the
other night talking to the little child she
was putting to sleep, and among other
legends of the nursery in which she in
dulged was this:
eff you don't go right to sleep this
very minute, a big, awful black bear,
with eyes like Goals Of fire, and sharp,
white, cruel teeth, will come out from
under the bed and eat you all up !
The poor little thing nestled down
under the clothes and after a long sea-
son of terror fell asleep to dream frightful
dreams of horrid bears eating her up.
That night when the stolid nurse had
composed herself in her own comfort
able bed and put the light out, there
came a sudden rap at the door, and the
voice of the mistress called loudly
through the panels:
Maggie Maggie for mercy's sake
get up as quick as you cant There's a
fearful burglar under your bed and as
soon as you get asleep he's coming out
to rob and murder you -
At the word burglar she spranG scream
ing from the bed, tore open the door and
fell in Mysteries into the hall. The lesson
was even more instructive than the
mistress had designed; but when the
girls fears were Gained she said to
her:
"You did not hesitate to tell my little
delicate child, who could not possibly
know that it was lie, a cruel story of
bear under her bed; now, when l treat
you to the same kind of a slumber-story,
you are nearly frightened to death.
Tomorrow you can go into the kitchen
and work-you are not fit to care for
little children"
How many children are there who,
every night of their lives, are frightened
to sleep?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

WHERE A DOLLAR MAKES A MILLION
ATRE.-A Russian traveller III the Malay
peninsula. claims to have found in use
there the smallest ''coin" IN the world.
1t is a minute wafer made from the juice
of a tree. Its value is about mullonth
mart of q dollar.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

GREAT WEALTH. - Madagascar is
rather larger than France. A belt of
almost virgin forest runs around the
island. The population is about four
millions, and the soil will easily support
thirty millions. India rubber is prin-
cipai export. The mineral wealth is
enormous.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
III Ia d. YgEs1.s NFRYE 3 nRAIH TREATMENE

NH. z. Q. WE5I'b NEhFL q BNAIN INEhIltNNb
- guaranteed spscihc for Hyste1fs, Dizziness Con-
WILSON'S, Fits Nervous Neuralgia, EeaG-Cne, eTVoIs
Prostitution caused by the Of alcohol or TOBACCO
WSkefuness, Mental Depression, SoftgulnE OF ttf
BrGin, resulting in insanity ana lesdnE 70 msesys
decay and death Premature Old Age Barre lness OBS
OF Power in either ser Zach box contains months
treatment One dollar box six boxes or 5000 rsof
by mail prepaid receipt 0f .rica We 5Ge 81
boxes 10 cure any With eaC OTdeTreGelN ~ R
for six boxes, accompanied 10y e.. We will send me
purchaser our written EuaCa tee to refund Tire money
Il the treatment does ehecta cure. Guara1te9ss
issued only by ". L. MASIILN, Druggist, Albany
n y. TO " hom all orders should be addressed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
NnInnhIe Exnerience,

ERIE, PA, Aug. q, 1881.
II. Fl. WARNER & Co. SjrS-From personal
experience | can heartily recommend your
safe Kidney and Liver Cure to all who suffer
from liver, kidney or urinary difficulties.
HARRIET p. RATHBUN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
Shepard Church Collection
FOR QUARTET AND CHORUS GHOTRS

A fine collection of Quartets and Anthems of a
novel aud striking character by such composers as
Gounod, Stalncr, Ruhcnstein, sullivan, Rhrin
by about q noted musicians Complied and ar.
ranged by W. NJ. RICHARDSON and j. T.. BURGESS.
The solo singers are well remembered. Price.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

CAUGHT HIM. George Avery, of Gro
ton, Conn, has for several weeks suf-
fercd from the depredations of thief
who tapped his till so adroitly as to
escape detection. Last Tuesday night
he arranged a veritable man-trap near
his desk, section of the floor being so
feebly supported that whoever stepped
upon it must inevitably descend without
warming into Il close collar beneath. In
the morning, to his great satisfaction,
he brought up from the lower regions a
man who described himself as Henry
Johnson, of New York, and was prompt
Iy held for trial
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

COLD WALK.-A somnambulistic girl
got out Of bed at Prescott, Mimi, and
walked across half mile of ice and snow
to the railroad station, clad in her night
clothes only, and was waiting for train
when awakened
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

A GLooaW PICTURE. The Rev. r. w.
Hill, who has been to Alaska, draws a
gloomy picture Of the intemperance
among the natives. "The Indians will
give away wife and children" he says,
." to obtain liquor, and their carousals
are SO fierce and reckless that murders
and suicides are frequent results" He
believes that if the progress of ruin is
not stayed the end of the Alaska Indian
is not far off
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

ANYONE who is prosperous may by the turn OF
fortunes wheel become wretched before even
ing-Ammianus Narcclinus.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
Frazer Axle Grease.

THE mind wishes for what it has missed, and
occupies itself with retrospective contemplation.
All
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

MEKA-AKEM advertised in this paper is a
wonderful discovery for the cure of Catarh-
q catarrhal antidOte.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

The yoLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Mlch.i VII
send DR. Dvc's Celebrated Electro-Votaic Belts
t to- mem c'I young Or Old who are afflicted with
nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration Of health and manly YGor. Ad-
thirty days trial is allowed.
To AVOID misfortunes by our watchfulness is
not so noble as to overcome them by patience.
-Silius Itaicus.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

T,Yox's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners keep
new boots and shoes from running over. oolV
nv shoe and hardware dealers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

MANY Of the cigars labeled 'Key
West bear Key West-ionabIe resem-
hlauce to dried cabbage,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01
e. PENNRAEH9
VEGETABLE COMPOUND,


-
For ill those Painful Complaints and WcEEnessai
SO common to our best female population.
A Medicine for Woman. Invented By a Vienna.
Prepared by q Woman.
The Creates. Medical Discovery Since tho Dawn or WS'ory
rTIt revives the dropping spirits, in7isoratcs ana
harlnonzes the organic functions, gives elasticity mo
hrmness the step restores tho natural lustre 10 'nS
eye and plants on the pale check Of woman Lhs t-s
roses 0. Ife's spring and early summer time.
EB-P Physicians Use It AMI Prescribe u Freely ~
Itreoves faintness fatulency destroys al craving
for gtimulant and relieves weakness Of the SJomHch-
That feeling of bearing down, causing PEN y 90
and backache, is always permanently cured E Ups "'1
For the cure of Kidney Complaints Of eitAsF ~"
thIs Compound is unsurpassed
LYDIA p. pTyTgAEf's BLOOD PERltEsE
will eradicate every vC-tlTe o.. il1I...l- -..--, III
Blood and give tone and strength 20 l11 tJ71-' "
man woman or child. Insist on having H.
Both the Compound and Blood Purifier arc pTs'aTfo
at 23s and 2s5 Western Avenue, Lynn, Moss Atl-' O
either, ST. Six bottles for c. Sent ~ Ea0lt 10 s- 'i"
Of pills or oflozangca, receipt Of price, " pr
FOR either Mrs PiuEuarl freely avslr al s'e-- ~
inquiry. Enclose 3c5. stamp. Send orpuuipllet.
No romf1y should no without LYDIA 2. IIEEIIAaI9
LIVER Pills. They cure C,Lst a''- t-''7.'. ''
and torpidity Of the liver. g cents per Dos'
EESold ny Cu DEuEEist5.~CH %
1ZEiIz22zzE {zzs>
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

A COWARD boasting Of his courage may de-
ceive strangers, but he is laughing-stock to
those who know him.-PhBdr1s.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

THERE is no benefit so small that good man
will not magnify it, Seneca
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-01

Our best physicians agree that outward applications
never crre rheumatism The best OILS and liniments
only alleviate the pains. Rheumatism is constitu-
tional aflicon, originating impure and disordered
blood Hoods Sarsaparla is the proper remedy, be-
in purifying the blood it corects the acidity IN
,rnirh rlenrlatis1n becins to net.