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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
WHAT DRINK MAY DO.
\ sad story of KcuI lite in il Large cfr

\ sad story of KcrE Lite in Il Large City.
Stories Of the degradation and brutal
ity Of men who drink n great dead Of
liquor are so humorous that the tender
est heart becomes more or less calIous to
them. Occasionally, however, there is
heard or read a narrative that gives
point to all that reformers have ever
said about the curse OF rum. Such a
story is published in the New York
papers. \ man Of respectable birth, a
husband and father, IS said not to have
Lad Il sober day IN six years; his family
has frequently been on the verge Of
starvation whenever his wife was una
hIe to earn food, and he has, to obtain
money with which to buy rum, beaten
the woman whom he had sworn to love,
cherish and protect. Finally, while his
wife was in the seveYest physical stress
to which woman IS subject, the drunk
ard, with a cruel taunt, threw himself
upon the bed and body of the sufferer.
Within moment or two a little stranger
came into the world and died. The
brutal husband has since been commit
ed to prison for six months, but
his punishment will not undo any
of the harm he has inflicted upon
bis wife and children. Compared
with such a brute murderer seems
petty offender. Sudden death would he
a delightful substitute for the prolonged
agony that drunkards' families endure.
"This is the most extraordinary and
inhumau case that has been brought be-
fore me during my entire career as
Police Magistrate" said Justice Morgan,
as he looked at the prisoner. "Ihe
charge against you is only for being
drunk and disorderIy. On this [ viii
fine you $40, but I VIII also hold you in
the sum Of 81 900 to keep the peace for
six months. in default of which you go
to the Island for six months. There is
lust where you belong, and by right
ought to have been sent long ago, and
I am very sorry that the law prevents
me from sending you here for longer
period. This is the most brutal outrage
| ever heard Of. .
81 am glad he has been sent away
to the Islaud," the bruto's wife said.
He cannot harm me now or iujure my
children. I have lived in constant ter
ror Of my lite for years past, but now 1t
is over and / can rest. Drink has made
him insane, [ know, and lwish he might
be sent whore he could be treated for
that fearful maIady. My friends will
try to obtain q separation for me, and l
desire it, for I cannot live with him any
longer. Little hy little he has gone
down, until now no one respects rs, and
I and my children are forever dis&raccd.
His people have done all they could for
him, lint il was of no use. lie lost ON"
position of trust after another, until nov
L.. caarot obtain work anNwh"r". !
I,..,.. I,,.i.f -tsspvn.ton from th" door i'i
,i.. .,ri rrI.ttl was taken sill lut n"" 1
,l,,rs-t lzi.,>v >yItat viii to"oi.ic OF H--
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION.

eyes" said the Widow Flopj'ek'
who is chief executive officer Of an Aus
fin boarding house, eyes, l must say l
am very much opposed to prohlpl'lon
and closing mp the saloons, and All lil"'
sort Of thing. Its all base scheme
,gain4t the best interests Of the hotel
kraners ard Iondlodys.'
"Whv, | am surprised to hear you 'N-
MOSS snrb unchristian sentiments, and
,.,r church member, too. How 90
Won make out that prohiIHtlon IS against
H.. interests of the landlndlos ??
.Tf prohibition goes into effect "ll the
.,1onn4 will ha cIoscdup and thon all
fl, free lunches will stop. Now, I've
nntir,I that among my young men
I,,or,lara the dissipated ones are the
MOST profitable. Before they GONE tc
dinner they always step into the saloon
and oct q sour beer or schooner O
t,I5y or something of that kind, anl
+bav tilI up on the free lunch, and Whel
the, come 10 the dinner table they don
cot hardly anything, while the stead,
,onno mon who never drink Just gorS
themselves. Oh, my, You ought to Sc
em cat! They Just take the profits OF
and If it wasn't lor the free lunches al
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
Abuses 10y the Press,

The New York HOlT, in speaking OF
the notoriously sensational articles that
5isorace the press Of late, says An
other odious result cf this taking the
nnbIic along on the hunt is tile oppof-
t1nifv it offers 10 unscrrpulouS detec-
+iyes TO levy bIackmaI. If that meta
Mons business has not been carried olhl !
connection with this particular case
then appearances are sadly deeel5i'u,
The most outrageous statements nave
been Published in the paper" OF TINS
citv which were furnished by the detec-
tivns apparentlv far the purpose OF
frightening ono or two wealthy men l'l'o
ebUttina the mouths either OF the detec-
/ tivns or the reporters-prohablY poih'
The stories. as printed, were rldicuIou8l5
im,robable: nevertheless they were OF Il
l,inl which man with money would
willingly pay we'll not to have PuolShe",
The daily press of this city IS III great
measure responsible for the present state
of ,tf,i,s i'm this case rs in most others.
Tbav sent reyorters to the scene OF the
m11r,ler-for what purpose? 10 ten tL0
main story of the crime, and deScEl"1
what took place at the public sessions "1
tbc coroncrs Jury? Certainly all th"t'
l,nt orcb more. Each reporter knew
norfectIv well when he left this city Oh
tho work that his place'sn his paper dlo
not depend upon his telling what Il
vas ,roper the public should know, pu
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
A Setback.

8 s Cox writes to the Youths CONE
,,auion relating this little story OF hlnl-
saIf. Sometimes the speaker to MIS-
calIaneous crowd receives retort as ull-
ovnected as it is unwelcome. recall
one received in the rink at Newark, n
J. in 1876. My party had earned IN
diana in October and were jub1Iant 1or
November. There were 5000 people
present. fall Of enthusiasm. Senator
B,vard had just addressed them, ana
there was a storm Of applause. with
wild eve and outstretchcd arms l solcl-
ted silence, and my first words-oi DC
fonce and exuItation were, "NeNe %o'
EN- =, Before the echo Of the enthuSl-
ostic audience came back to me some
follow in the remote corner OF the rink
with voice like fife; cried out
"Yon've got 'em bad! What's yo1i
honor ?" Roars of laughter followed
II was a settler, and but for the r'cuper
aiive energy of the speaker, Wlthoo
remedy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
THE SLEEPING BEIETE.

Year after year unto her feet
She lying on her couch alone
Across the purP!cd covcrlct,
The maIdeu's jet black lair has grown
On either side her tTauccd form
Forth streaming from a braid of pearl;
The sIumbrous light Is rich and warm,
And moves not ON the rounded curl
The silk-star broi1er'd coverlid
Unto her limbs itself doth mold
Lan@uidly ever. and, amid
Her full black riuglcrs downward rolrd
CLOVIS forth each softly >hadowcd arm
With bracelets of the diamond bright;
or constant beauty doth inform
Stiffness with love. and day with light.
She sleeps: her hreatLinGs are not heard
In ralace-chamhers far apart.
Tho fragrant tressCs are not stirred
hat lie upon her charmed heart.
She sleeps; ON either hand upswcllS
The gold-fringod pillow lightly prest;
She sleeps, nor dreams, hut ever dwclls
perfect form in perfect rest.
TENNYSuN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
FRIGHTENED 10 Death.

The Lewiston CIo.) Journal says
Miss Lizzie Belle, the daughter OF Ben
iannin +. and Clara A. Stevens, died III
Iivermore Center under peculiar cT'
cnmstances. Her age was thirteen years
and 9 months. Her parents write as o8
follows:
ssAssome incorrect reports have been
circulated in regard to the sickness and
death of Our daughter Lizzie, we wish
to Give our testimony. Lizzie was en-
,,Ioyn5 in the box factory at Richmond'a
Mil covering the little boxes turned
+bnrn One morning basket OF boxes
,v,s t1,rned upon her bench. She put
her hands in them to sift the saWdu't
from them. and discovered sometime 9
AMONG them, which she took hold OF ana
hrouoht to light. To her great horror
# zvos a very large spotted snake. one
1vos sneechIoss for a while, but ut length
revived and said to the boss OF the mil
oVhot awful big snake He said 1t made
hin, shudder to touch it. She KEEP
obout for several weeks after with th'
horror of that dreadful snake ever beiof'
her She would go to bed nights, hu
couId not sleep or even remain III ne
he'd. for thut dreadful snake was eve
{ around her, She kept mp as long as Sh
/ could and then took to her bed. In
= er.+ wool, she seemed comfortable; the
, H., ,ro. taken crazv. Her chief tai
was the snake. 1t seemed ever IN he
0 bed or around her. She did not eve
1 recognize her father or mother, and nc
7 snff,rings were heartren4ins. She Ia
+ in this state 10 weeks, r-dnd thrn W
3. stricken with typhoid fever, which II
S three weeks. The last few days h
/. senses returned in a measure. VI,
i the time the fever set in the doctor cail'
, it no disease, simply nervous prost,rI:at!io II
/ We think that her sickness, sutlenn
le and death, all started from that tern
le sb,nl~ -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
/. J. LILLEY 6 Co.,

The Lumber Wagons are
OF MIi. LILLEY'S own
manufacture and are well
and faEOrably known
throughout this vicinity
as being thoroughly and
honestly made.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15

the next morning feeling that some
OF the boarder5 suffer from occasionally,
[ don't know what we poor Iandladies
would DO. There'd be no profit in the
business. Yes, I am opposed to pro-
hibition for purely economical reasons. "
And the Widow Fiapjook sighed, and
went out and gave orders to cut the pies
into seven pieces instead Of six.-Tsrus
.SIffi2lQ2.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15

I
1t: II SO, ne must ''o'''' - INC . '''''
ono WIS ''e'eilliiLI''
The day went by al a Silall 5 pace,
and the afternoon seemed never ending.
Kate fondIed the baby, listened to her
crow ana cry, and ied her dozen times.
Then she prepared supper, and sunset
came when II was competed. But 1t
brought no E"oe' Another hoJu ana
sun ne was absent. % me moments
passed uhtH the clock struck 10 Inc
baby was last asleep. hate rose from a
chIr at the cradle side, look OF firm
"e'oI'n!'l"Iioh on Ief lace' ana opening
',i' '.''ll' I'DoI' Sile Peeieu "cIoSS me
oI'''IL5, No' " So''i was Ni7loI'. Nhe
'',''i' "'!i' L, '''s e+,19, ''1-,
''''N '-'l-' - d t'.'il ~ "''' ,''a''i''-'c''
N'''l' !'Io,0 ,I' .'I''lI'' i'lli'''' 1t
''ll II II, ''.,' i''''' 'iisiiI ie''''S i"r
use '',''' t'''N'S''I'' ~ wrap iigl9elI ~
war ~ do PosNl''I'' L ll''ll SiIe n''I'.l'o
,Ie my - INC . 'llie iiI''L'li'i lIi,e'' iL'i
'Iil.'l-' I - - ,''l lls' "','S WIN ~
aa Nv, 2,.;o ,st. ,,i,,, ',,' ~, ~,
t;,,,Ior sLo Ia,t tl,, I,.st.,, ,,tl, a,,5 wv
- -
iI-'','o l'l '-'o ~ 40 oo.''',' i'l'',
almost art;..I,- froo f,or, .ror- 1a,,-irr,
a nearly naked snrf.aa KATE Iai1 tbe
I,,l,, I,,,,, So. ,.l';I, ,l, ,
r,.,',,,7 ~ ai.,toa r,;,', w., I I;t.lI ..--
~, L,I,,- 49,, ,,,ae9 o,-l r4,nt>,1 f,n
D. N ~ - ,1,;ll, .' T,L, r,a..,,
-. 1..,.I..1-- 49,, ,.,, ,,-(,,,,?..rr,,II,,
ra,.;1 .. .1,a+7r o,'1 .Lo knew. M sfirb+rIt
- c,1,
h'Ioe " eAIoI'' ''.' .,e''i '"o "'lIN III e
"l1ch was S'IIoil!i''eu ny " 0ozen men
DcSlde himself lie mao poeh mere lor
ho''r7 listening 70 anec,oteS 'L huIiS'r >
liEt7' even '.'',lil5 u 'n0 Se!le'''I I''ii''
Win some oi MS own experiences puI
though MS companions co"Ae0 aua per
suaded nm, they could nor prevail upon
lsin TO taste H4u"r' Illl' was some
thing so entlfeiy new mat many IanSh
and Joke was mad at ms expense. lie
answered all persuaSlonS to mGlhe III
the same way, saying only. Not to-
day, boys; not to-day.
When sunset came lie WAS still in his
seat. He wanted to he at home, he
wanted to keep his promise, but he
thought ne would "i'iI 'NI!Iit ana SIi'tI
later, SO as 1t would rot look TO Kate too
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
A Mystery UnsoiYed.

The mystery Of the whereabouts OF
Mary Churchill, the sixteen-year-oId
of Colonel Churchill, OF St.
T.onis is still unsolyed, and the father IS
issuing circulars yet to different parts OF
the country giving II description OF the
airI with her portrait. The case IS
natbetic one in every respect. The eul
has been missing now for two months
Unless she IS IN the power OF unscruPu-
Ions persons, or is dead, she can end the
suspense OF her parents at any time.
She is not so completely helpless as
Child would bc. even in the hands OF aD-
ductors, and the supposition which her
parents seem to indulge, that she has
oopo on the stage or is trying to get
There. and still couceals herself from
then, il one that could he welcome only
70 On ocouized father and mother whose
overwhelming desire is simply to find
her alive. To others such cold-heortcd
indifference will seem almost Incredible
and they will be inclined to believe that
it is not in her power to communicate
with her parents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15

Hmprs. as a rule, find it now and
rather unpleasant sensation to accept
money from their husbands Immediately
,rter marriagc. But an alI-wise Prov
dcpcc provides for such matters ana I"
roursc Of time this feeling gradually
! wears away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
A War Story.

An cx-Confcderate surgeon relates IN
ybg (grrrllold Lca7cr that once during
fine war, while terrible thunderstorm
was racing, StonewaIl" Jackson
widowed General Malone to take his
men and charge the Union forces.
rrheu. tired out, jackson lay down under
. tree and fell asleep. Soon he was
aroused by one of Mahone's alds, VINO
said. "Genera, I am sent by General
1Tabone for orders. He says the ram
has wet the ammunition OF hl5 troops
and wants to know whether he sh"II re-
turn" Replied jackson: " Ask Gen,
oral Malone if the same rain which Goa
sends to wet his ammunition will not
.Iso wet that Of the enemy. Tell him to
rharae them with cold steel Malone
made the charge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15

Shun every act that can be Judged I'M
worthy Of commendatlon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
AZ OLD LETTER.

~ UIlD Li-II1It'
''NIy dear, " said Mrs. Poppermon to
her husband last evening, 81 was look
ing over a bundle Of old letters to-day,
aud found this one which You wrote TO
me before we were married, when you
we're young and sentimental.
gll
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04
Magazine Notices

With its 1913 broad quarto pages, hand
somely adorned with 62 rich illustrations,
the monthly part of The Continent weekly
magazine makes strong bid for popular ia
vor. Among the contributors to this issue
are Marion Harland, Louise Stockton, Eliza
abeth Akers Allen, the poetess, Helen Camp
bell, Rhoda Broughton, and other writer's of
distinction Marion Harland's new story,
Judith: A Chronicle of Old Virginia, opens
delightfully."-. 1t is evidently to be a 'story''
in the good old-fashioned acceptation Of the
word full of incident and excitement and
yet replete with he quiet domesticity which
this writer treats with charm OF manner
entirely her own. The gem Il conditions OF
Southern society in the old plantation days,
with the old plantation darkes and patri-
archal masters and surroundings. afford o.
fascinating subject for romance, which nm
til now no master hand has undertaken
Marion Harland, who was ViTgnian dpr-
ing her girlhood, deals with her subject con
dDoore, and her new contribution to serial
literature promises TO be one Of her best II
is ustraied With drawings by w, l.. Shep
pard Of Richmond, Va, aud A. B. Frost
An abundance Of excellent Illustration ae-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

companies interesting articles on The Jersey
Crabbers, by William w. Howard; Stephen
Girard, Mariner and Merchant, by Louise
Stockton, and the clever and humorous pa
pers on landscape gardening which E. G.
Gardner, author of The House that Jill
Built, is contributing to The Continent I'M
der the unique title of All Outdoors. w.
L. Sheppard, A. Brennan, and other we'll
known artists have illustrations of poems;
several clever short stories are given COM
plete; Helen Campbell begins her long-prom-
ised hints for girls in The What-to-do Club;
and Judge Tourgee's hand, relieved from
the labor of writing serial stories, is plainly
evident in the stirring editorials in the de-
partment called Migma. Altogether, it may
fairly be said on the strength of this number
that The Continent, like wine, improves
with age, aud with this earnest of the past
and present for the excellence of the future
we wish it long life and prosperity. 1t is
admirable in every respect and occupies
alone in its weekly issue a distinct field in
magazine literature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04
PSALMS.
[REvIsEDl

lsENlotDl
H EAR this, all ye people, and give ear all
"A We inralids of the world, Hop Bitters
will make you well and to rejoice.
2. 1t shall cure all the people and put
sickness and suffering under foot.
3. Be thou not afraid when your family
is sick, or you have Bright's disease OF Liver
Complaint, for Hop Btters viii cure you.
4. Both low and high, rich and poor know
the value of Hop Bitters for bilious, nervous
and Rheumatic complaints.
5. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and |
shall have robust and blooming health.
6. Add disease upon disease and let the
worst come, | am safe if use Hop Bitters.
I. For all my life have I been plagued
with sickness and sores, and not until year
ago was cured, by Hop Bitters
s. He that keepeth his bones from aching
from Rheumatism and Neuralgia, with Hop
Bitters, doeth wisely.
0. Though thou hast sores pimples,
freckles, salt rheum, erysipelas, blood poi
soning,yet Hop Bitters will remoUe them ALL
10. What woman is there, feeble and sick
from female complaints, who deslreth not
health and useth Hop Bitters and is made
welI.
II. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitters
bring on serious Kidney and Liver COM
plants.
II. Keep thy tongue from being furred,
thy blood pure, and thy stomach from indi
gestion by using Hop Bitters.
10. All my pains and aches and disease
go like chaff before the wind when l use
Hop B tiers.
IA. Mark the man who pds neorry dead
and given up by the doctors after using Hop
Bitters and becometh well.
Is. Cease from worrying about nervous
ness, general debility, and urinary trouble,
for Hop Bitters will restore you.
fel1 MWF&W4w24
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old-Fashioned Strawberries.
PHILADELPHIA Recordl


There is one strawberry which grows in
the country meadows, sweet, wholesome, su
gary, not sour, delicate in its flavor, and Who'll
ly delightful. This strawberry plants itself
and continues from generation to genera
ton, good thing, asking no odds of any
body. 1t was of this strawberry that good
old Izaak Walton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS God
could make a better berry; but he never
did,
There is another strawberry, the buck
ster's delight; diversified, so that a basket
will not hold many; of forced growth, so
that its juices are immature and tasteless
soft, spongy, sandy and misshapen. This
monster has monopolized our markets. This
strawberry is fraud. 1t is strawberry
dude. 1t is proof that oyer-cultiyation is
as disastrous as characterization.
For years past the strawberry has been
growing in size, price and worthlessness. Is
it impossible to retrace our steps and go
back to the little, sharp-pointed deep-red
berries, that looked when picked as If the
tips of a fairy's fingers had been served up
for the breakfast of mortal man?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

ST.. LOUIS Globe: The closing of the
League Island Navy Yard seems not to be
taken very much to heart by the people Of
Philadelphia. A protest was entered appar-
emily to save appearances, and then the mat
ter was dropped. The truth was, the Gov
eminent business done at this navy yard has
for some time been SO Insignificant that the
closing of the yard really makes no differ
phians; but as it would never do to allow
the prospect of Government pap to vanish
without protest, strong remonstrance was
sent in, which was promptly pigeon-holed,
and the whole affair was then quietly sus-
pended
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

The will of Hagerstown physician who
left legacy of two hundred to five hundred
dollars to all the women whom he had un-
successfully courted- and judging from the
aggregate amount of five thousand dollars,
he must have got used to being refused
suggests startling possibilities if the custom
were to become general gen societybeHe
xho has to refuse an ardent s6itor every
few days would find the disadvantage of
growing old abolished, for she would grow
Weather as she aged, and her popularity
would be permanent But as the eccentric
testator left his wife fifty thousand dollars
1t would seem that it was more blessed to
accept than to refuse.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

VOORHEES, repeats that the spoils belong
to the victors, and that if the Democrats
win the election next year they will make a
clean sweep of the public service. No won
der that the Democratic papers who hold the
same ideas but are tricky enough to talk 9th
erwise call upon Dan Voorhees,, as a Boston
paper did, to plug his mouth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

CONGRESSMAN CARLISLE of Kentucky
formally announces himself as candidate
for United States Senator to succeed Mr..
Williams. This leads one to infer that he
considers himself out of the contest for the
speakership,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-04

DURBIN WARD "appeals to the horse
sense. of the Ohio Democracy to make him
United States Senator. If they will, Durbin
promises to make civil service reform home
sick.
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THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, JULY 4.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
nunications that are not used.