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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Peculiar Observations of Lent.

In reply to question regarding the
observance of Lent, a society lady said
to a correspondent of the Boston Herald:
"It is getting to be the thing now for
people of a religious turn Of mind to alb
stain from some pet pleasure during this
season, instead of changing their food.
know q man and his two sons who are
great smokers and who do not touch q
cigar during the whole of Lent. know
n young fellow, clerk in a bank, who
goes to see his girl only every other
Sunday night during the season Of pen
ance. And l know a young giTl-bless
her dear heart who abstains from
chewing gum because she likes it so
much. YOu may laugh if you feel like
if, but it has pathetic side. [ know a
good, tender-hearted old lady who al
WAYS eats a little less than she needs
every meal in Lent, because she wants
to deny herself something, yet she al
wavs did, in every season, eat as if it
were disagreeable duty. Her little
granddaughter saw that she hadn't hit
on her favOrite enjoyment, and said to
her. Grandma, It you want to do some
thing that is real hard, why don't you
stay away from a funeral? You see the
old Iadv's chief amusement IN life Is go
ing to funerals, just as others go to thea
tres. She watches the obituary column
of the papers to see what's going on each
day, and she selects the church that
offers the best programme and
starts of to sit in one Of the front
p.ws. Her son told me she attended
more than 100 funerals IN a year, and
the little girls suggestion struck me as
being quite to the point
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Days of the Clipper Ship.

The fast sailing clipper, Young Amer
lea, which for thirty years has led the
average records Of the Pacific coast sail
ing vessels, is now at Portland, Oregon,
and the local tars recall the exciting
times when the 80 days sail from San
Francisco to New York was a matter Of
speculation and gambling. About ten
years ago the Young America reached
San Francisco, being % days from Liver
pool. and the fastest time on record, and
n few days later the British ship EscO-
cesa arrived with the next best record.
This led to a newspaper controversy III
which the relative merits of the ships was
freely canvassed; and, finally, Theodore
Fl. Allen published proposition to the
effect that, if both ships could leave San
Francisco within twenty-fOur hours of
each other, he would bet five thousand
dollars on the Young America, which
offer was taken. a furOr of betting arose
which was never equaled in the history
of deep-sea navigation. The Davy
Crockett was nearly ready for sea at the
same time, and pools were sold on the
three vessels, the Young America being
the favorite. On the 2Sth of February
the Escocesa aud Young America were
towed out Of San Francisco within half a
mile Of each other. The wind, which
was very light, was from the west The
British ship Patrician, which went out
Just ahead Of them, was caught in a calm
and drifted in upon the Potato Patch
reef, OUTSIDE Point Bonita, where she
went to pieces. Next morning Il bark
arrived from Batavia and reported hav-
ing met both ships. She met the Young
America forty-five miles off the Fara-
loues, and the Escocesa three hours and
a half behind This weather lasted some
davs, and the Yankee ship never lost her
advantage, but increased it to such an
extent that she beat the Escocesa five
days and the Davy Crockett eleven, al
though her time on this voyage was one
hundred and eight days.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Colds More Fatal Than Plaques.

DR.. +. H. Bosworth, in a lecture on
"Colds and Their Consequences" before
the Young Mems Christian Association,
of New York City, said:
Neglected colds, if We could trace
them through all their insidious isfuences
to their ultimate result, have been re-
spOnsible for far greater loss OF life than
has been caused by any of the terrible
scourges which, i'll the form of epidemics,
have decimated continents, carried ter
ror and dismay throughout whole States
and have called forth the active sympa-
thy and generous charities OF continent.
This may seem a somewhat startling
statement, that this simple cold should
outweigh in its consequences the mortality
of those terrible VisitatiOns before which
the bravest heart uncOnscIOuSly ShudderS;
and vet | believe it is no Overdrawn pic
turc. no exaggeratiOn. One neglected
cold follows upon another each recurring
with increased frequency, the parts i'll
volved approaching nearer to the vital
organs, and finally some latent tendency is
developed, some constitutional weakness
makes itself manifest. 1t does not strike
its victims with the sudden blow of the
scOurge, but working its i'll effects through
months, and perhaps years, still strikes
with no less certain aim Ill the one case
than in the other. ! do not cCmC before
you as an alarmist, nor do | intend to
draw an exaggerated picture, yet that it
is a true one | think cannot be qucs-
toned. That we survive colds and more
over maintain our health, is not an eN-
tremely difficult matter. 1t depends in
n large part on certain common sense III
matters of personal hygiene. Perhaps
in these none is SO important as the
proper regulation of the clothing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
How to Plank Shad.

The season for shad is at hand There
is no way in which shad can be cooked
that makes them so nice as to plank
them, and this is the way it is done:
PIanked shad, TO be good, must be
properly prepared and cooked. We will
suppose that you have dressed your shad
Zone for every two persons), split through
the belly, not through the back, opened
as for broiling. Now find place where
there is a large rock with a perpendicular
face; against this rock you will build
your fire, and good rousing fire it
should be. Keep it up until the surface
of the rock Immediately around the fire
IS well heated, and you have a large
quantity of embers; then keep a slow
fire until the shad are cooked After
your fire is under way, and while waiting
for the hot rock and the embers, proceed
to prepare Your shad as follows: For
each shad take good clean board 1--WE
use pine), about two feet long by four
teen inches wide, and with shingle nails
fasten the shad to it, the back of the
fish to the plank, by mailing through the
edges of the shad; cash across the fish,
about an inch apart, with a knife, the
whole length, and nail into each cash
thin strips of salt pork. Do not drive
i'll the nails holding the pork too far, as
when the shad cooks it will swell or puff
up to nearly twice the usual thickness.
Stand these boards before the fire,
moving them as occasion may require,
to cook uniformly to a good rich brown
color. When done, butter, salt, and
pepper. Serve on hardtack," with
Bermuda onions, cut up raw in vinegar,
for a relish, and any liquor you may
desire | said above one shad for two
persons. This appears large, but if you
have a party of eight or ten you had
better cook one or two extra shad. The
best thing to remove the nails is pain
of pinchcrs. Follow these directions
and, my word for it you will not be dis
appointed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
TOMORROW.


In the downhin of life when I find I'm decIin-
ing
May my lot no less fortunate be
| Than a snug elbOw-chair can afford for reclln-
ing,
And a cot that o'erIooks the wide sea;
With an ambling pad pony to pace DER the
lawn,
While carol away idle SORROW
And blithe as the lark that each day halls the
dawn.
Look forward with hope for tomorrow.
With a porch at my door both for shelter and
shade, too,
As the sunshine or rain may prevail;
And a small spot of ground for the use of the
spade, too,
With barn for the use of the fail;
COW for my dairy, dog fox my game,
And purse when friend wants to borrow;
I'll envy no nabob his riches or fame.
Nor what honors await him tomorrow.
From the bleak northern blast may my cot no
completely
Secured by a neighboring hill;
And at night may repose steal upon me more
sweetly
By the sound of a murmuring rill;
And while peace and plenty find at my board,
With heart free from sickness and sorrow,
With my friends may I share what to-day may
afford,
And let them spread the table tomorrow.
And when 1 at last throw off this frai covering
Which I've worn for three-score years and
ten,
On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep
lowering,
Nor my thread wish to spin DER again;
But my face in the glass III serenely survey,
And with smiles count each wrinkle and fur
row,
As this old worn out stuff, which is threadbare
to-day,
MAY become everlasting tomorrow.
WN. COLLINS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Those Georgia Bonds.

When NIilledgevilIe, Ga, was occupied
by General Sherman, in 1864, Il Wiscon-
sin regiment was in charge of the State
house. In the hurried flight of State
officers, of course, Il great many papers
were left behind. Among others there
was lot of bonds that had been pre-
pared for issue, signed up, and ready fo1
delivery, but they had not been delivered.
They fell into the hands of that regiment.
And now letters are daily received by the
Georgia authorities asking about these
bonds, and If they will be paid. To these
letters the State Treasurer replies: ''The
bond described by you was issued in aid
of rebellion, and rs the people are now
truly loyal and the Constitution of the
United States forbids the payment OF
such claims, know that you, MS loyal
citizen, will not insist on their payment, "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Deep, Shows in February.

February has been noticeable for its
deep snow ever since the landing Of the
Pilgrims, says the Hartford Post In
February, 1851, occurred a terrible snow
storm. In February, 1717 occurred the
greatest snow storm ever known in this
country. 1t commenced on the 11th
and lasted until the oath, the snow fall
ing from ten to twelve feet deep on a
level. In February, 1871, a snow fall of
eighty inches. In February, 1916, ter
rible snow storm, the snow falling over
six feet deep in many places in New Eng
land. In February, 1856, a snow fall of
six days duration occurred in Connecti-
cut, the snow falling over four feet in
many parts Of the State and throughout
New England. In February, 1871, snow
fell to the amount of 2737 inches in
Hartford. On the 18th and 10Th of last
month the snow fall III our city was 1O. 93
inches. The total amount Of snow fall
in Hartford this winter thus far has been
SO. 50 inches
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
A Changed Mode of Living.

The Cleveland SIN says" Senator
Bob Hart, the negro minstrel, used to
he great favorite in t,,o West. His
stump speeches and his eXcruciating
Latin were his chief stock i'll trade, but
they were enough to give him better
income than half the professional men
get. Well, Il couple of years ago, when
he was almost dead with q ''r.um
tremens, he staggered into a revival
meeting and was converted, and since
then he has been known as the Rev. J.
NJ. Sutherland, and a more consistent,
earnest Christian exhOrter never lived.
He has for nearly two years been in the
employ of the City Missionary Soricty,
which pays him $40 n week, on which he
supports his wife and daughter.
Chicagoans can remember when Rol
Hart got $500 week during an entire
season in that city. He works among
the poor people, and preadhes severa
times a week aud twice ON Sundays. He
hasn't touched a drop of liquor since the
night from which he dates his conversion
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Life in a Russian Prison.
MORE OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS DESCRIBED
BY PRINCE KRAPOTKINE.

There is nothing uncommon in the ac-
count of the material circumstances of
life in this Central Prison. They are in
some sort invariable all over Russia. If
we know that the Jail was built for one
hundred and fifty inmates, and actually
contained four hundred, we do not need
to inquire more about sanitary cOndl-
tions. In like manner, the food was
neither better nor worse than elsewhere.
Several kopel1s G4d.) a day is very
poor allowance per prisoner, and the
jailer and econOme being family men, OF
course they save as much as they can. A
quarter Of pound of black rye breadfOr
breakfast; a soup made of bulls heart
and liver or of seven pounds OF meat,
twenty pounds of waste oats, twenty
pounds of sour cabbage, and plenty Of
water-many Russian prisoners would
consider it as an enviable food. The
moral conditions of life are not so satisfy
ing All day long there is nothing to do
for weeks, and months, and years on
end. There are workshops, 1t IS true !;
but to these only skilled craftsmen CwhOse
achievement is the prisOn-keeper's per-
quisite) are admitted. For the others
there Is neither work, nor nope OF Work,
unless it is in stormy weather, when the
Governor may set one-half of them to
shovel the snow intS heaps, and the other
half to shovel it flat again. The blank
monotony of their lives is only varied by
chastisement. In the particular prison
of which am writing, the punishments
were varied and ingenious. For smok-
ing, and minor olfenses of that sort, Il
prisoner could get two hours kneeling
on the bare flags, in spot the thorough
fare of icy, winter winds-selected dill
gently al hoe. The next punishment
for the same minor offenses was the
bIack-holes-th warm one, and the cold
one, underground with a temperature at
freezing point In both, prisoners slept
on the stones, and the term of durance
depended on the will Of the Governor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Jack of All Trades.

The late Sergeant Wilkins, who was
the husband of Mrs. Wilkins, so long
popular " old woman on the American
Stage, used, at his start, to sing comic
songs and give limitations at a public
house. From the "bar he went to the
stage, and became famous III the music
saloons of Liverpool by his performance
of WppHiwHchCt. After this he became
a local preacher at Birmingham, and
did prosperously for a time. After this
he tried to earn II livelihood by teaching
writing in six lessons. He next turned
up Mt Newark, where he proved himself
SO useful to the late Lord Truro, then
Sir Thomas Wilde, at an election for
that borough, which he contested with
Mr.. Gladstone, that he took him by the
hand, entered him at the Temple, and
had him called to the bar. He com
menced by defending pick-pockets at
the old Bailey, and obtained the acquital
cf more thieves than any criminal lawyer
,i the age. His fees leaped mp S3O,OOO
year hut his extravaganza was SO
great that he died without shilling,
and was buried at Baron Martins eN-
penSe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Western Stock Raising.
A PICTURE DRAWN OF IT BY PRACTICAL
WESTERN MAN.

A PICTURE DRAWN OF IT BY A PRACTICAL
WESTERN MAN.
A western man who has had lengthy
experience in stock-raisin@, says that
the picture drawn of it by many news
paper writers Is altogether too fiOwery.
He says it Is the height Of folly for a
young man to go west with few hun
dred dollars III money, invest in sheep,
and then sit down expecting to be rich
in a few years. He concluded his letter
as follows:-A young man starting for
the West to engage proftably in stock
raising should have at least s., 900. OF
course he could start on less. Two
thousand dollars would buy him horses
and wagon. fix up his ranch, pay his
ordinary expenses, and buy him 200
sheep; but he would have to work very
hard, save all he could, and really ought
to have a partner to help DO the work.
Even with s., 600 it would be slow work
for several years. | would advise young
man of limited means who wanted TO
go west 10 raise stock to get up a party
of three or four and "pOol their issues "
for a few years, till they could afford to
branch off alone. At any rate, | think
man ought to hire himself out to a stock
man for a year before he invests. He
will thus have a chance to learn the
business and can look around for a suit
able investment, and perhaps at the end
of a year he may not like the life and
conclude to return. For the life is a hard
one. full Of exposure and discOmforts
He may have to do his own cooking and
washing unless he Is fortunate enough to
have better half to do it for him. But
he Will be his own master, sleep as he
never slept before, his cheeks viii be
kissed so red that his mother would not
know him from an Indian. He Will have
to work hard, perhaps, day and night,
for which he viii be well repaid by the
increased comfort of his fOcks and
herds, and 10y their increase till they
cover a thousand hills. But this talk of
a man who has no means going west,
taking cattle and sheep on shares, put
ting up log house on the open prairie,
doing his own work, and making his
fortune IN a few years, Is all nonsense.
1t IS a very risky business to say the
least, and careful managers will not give
stock on shares to anybody who is not
well prepared to take care of them or
concerning whom they know nothing.
The expenses Of raising stock are much
heavier than supposed. The cost of
living IS higher than it IS here; wages
are high. fencing Is expensive, cOrraIs
and buildings take much time, labor and
money; but to one who is willing TO work,
and wants to get ahead, I say, go
West, " and see for yourself
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
A Singular Suicide.

The suicide of Simon B. Paige is one
which will excite attention in very
large business circle. He was fifty-eight
years of age, the last twenty-five OF
which had been passed at Oshkosh,
Wis, and in Davenport, Iowa. He was
the head of large lumber manufacturing
firms in those respective places, in which
over 81, 900, 900 were invested in logs,
lumber and pine lands.
On the 9th of January last, Mr.. Paige
was united in marriage at Brooklyn,
n. Y, with Mrs Mary E. Pagan, OF
that city. Mr.. and Mrs. Paige occupied
rooms at the Kimball House in Daven,
port. Sunday morning he appeared in
usual spirits, as he had always done, be-
ing a man of great evenness of mind.
He excused himself from attending
church on account of a cold, but re.
Quested his wife to attend. She left the
room at half-past ten o'clock, returning
two hours later. There, upon the bed
as Mrs. Paige entered the room, lay tho
form Of her husband, Il revolver i'll his
hand and q bullet hole in his righ'
temple.
The only explanation of the tragedy Is
lpJllltl Ill Illt lOllONIliS l'lltI uOlC, NHlCi
was written by the suicide and placet
upon the table,
"SUNDAY, March II. 1888.
81 feel terribly. My brain is whirling
do not blame me. [ will be rid of pain
soon. [ wish to be buried at Oshkosh
by the knights Templar. Farewell
Your loving husband. SIMON"
Mr.. Paige's act is, by the Coroner's
jury, attributed to mental depression
AS a cause of this it may be stated thai
his former wife was killed by burning
hotel at Oshkosh, Wis. in August, 1880
Out of this calamity grew a suit for So,
600 brought by fireman who alleged
that Mr. Paige offered the amoun
named for the recovery of his wife'
body, either dead or alive. This cas-,
was carried to the Supreme Court anC
decided against the defendant. The fac
is established that financial troubles haC
nothing to do with the tragedy, ~
Mr. Paige was worth $3.50, 600 asid,
from all business obligations.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
" Dime Novels.

Pernicious stories of the "dime novel;
class continue to do their mischievous
work, says an exchange. The latest re
corded victim was Il New London boy,
aged fourteen, who shot himself during
period of mental alteration caused by
reading dime novels. Parents who hear
of such eases and fear for their own boys
usually wish that some one would kill
the writer's and publishers of the vile
trash that most boys read when they can
get it ; but such wishes do not mend
matters in the least, for there is no one
to do the killing. The only antidote to
the dime novel is good reading matter
that is not prosy; there is plenty of it in
the market, and fathers who do not see
that their boys me well furnished with it
have only themselves to blame if the
Youngsters are compelled to find their
own literature for want of a patemal
supply.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

AT Nebraska City a livery man was
sued because the horse which he had let
to young couple ran away and threw
them out of the sleigh but he proved
by the plaintiffs own testimony that a
struggle for kiss was the cause of the
accident, and the jury acquitted the
horse of all blame.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

A MANS business seriously affects his
morals. If, for instance, a shoemaker
takes unto himself two wives, and the
legal question comes up as to which he
shall support and which discard, is it not
true that as a cobbler he ought to stick
to the last?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

WoRrH begcts in base minds envy; in
great souls, emulation
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

GIRLS we love for what they are;
young men for what they promise to he.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

STIFF in opinion, always in the wrong
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

The funeral was over. Mrs. Sumner,
broken down by her great grief for her
son, sold the farm and went to live with
her sister.
Nettie, her brown hair already turning
gray, returned to her home. She never
married; but lived a sad, lonely woman
many years, to repent her sin of leaving
pride conquer love.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05

The lTOsT Romantic Little story of the Gen
tury-Hhe Ground w ork for a Novel.
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