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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
Down in the Dark.

The Virginia, New, Enterprise says
Down in the lower levels Of our mines
hundreds Of feet below the surface Of the
earth, in the dominions Of Erebus, where
darkness ever holds its reign mbrollen by
the light of day, are found some curious
growths.
The Grass Valley 79dings of recent
date makes the following mention of 4
specimen of this subterranean vegeta-
ton:
"On Saturday some miners found q
rather queer specimen i'll the 700 level il
the Idaho mine. The specimen was
found among the timber is Il sort Of fun
gus punk, We believe the miners call it),
and is just the shape of human hand.
The hand has five fingers and thumb,
and appears to be in a sort of cramped
position. 1t is Il singular looking speci-
men, and may be seen at Wisconsin
Hotel"
In the lower levels of the ComstOcb
mines-particularIy thoselong ngabandoned
or mused-are seen many wonderful
growths OF different kinds of fungi
Some of these are great size, almost fill
ing up drifts, and seen by the dim light
Of candle look like sheeted ghosts.
Down below in the dark these growths
seem to strive to initiate the forms OF
things seen on the surface. In one o
our mines was once found an imitation
Of fancifully-carved meerschaum pipe
stem and all, 50 perfect that it would
easily be mistaken for the genuine article
if not taken in the hand and closely eX.
amined. Some of the fungi resemble
the horns of animals, and are from two
feet to yard in length, while Others
might pass for a petrifed devil-fsh.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH HAY.
Advice TO Growers in this Country from an
English Expert.

Mr.. William Richards, of Mid dlesez
England, addressed special meeting OF
the Manhattan Hay and Produce Ex-
change, of New York City, upon the
subject of american VS. English Hay
and Feed" He said that from many
years experience in the English hay
and fodder trade he was convinced that
many and most valuable improvements
could be made in this country in every
way, alike as regards quality, quantity
and a vastly superior class of food for
horses and cattle generally. q find, -
he said. 9" that two sorts of grass alone
constitute the class of hay here-viz.,
timothy and prairie grass-both coarse,
devoid of saccharine matter and very
badly harvested at the best OF the
former -timothy-iti is commonly known
in England as fox tail grass, and looked
upon as unstable, except for the COM
mOnest of purposes. Eight dollars per
ton would be considered a good price
even in a scarce season for it. The hay
crop in England is as closely looked
after and as great pains taken to pro-
duce it in perfect condition as wheat,
oats or the cereals, and it amply re-
pays"
The speaker then described the nature
and mode of cuItivating sanfoin, lucerne,
trefolium, trefoil, rye grass, tare hay and
several other grasses raised in England.
He said that there is III use in England
hay saving machine which is most ex-
cellent in its way. 1t consists of a
portable engine, furnace and revolving
heated cylinder If, after grass is cut,
stormy, wet weather sets in and the hay
gets soddened and wet and to all appear
ances spoiled by the use of one Of these
machines, it can be rapidly dried, stacked
and saved and made into most excellent
fodder.
I'm bad seasons" the speaker con-
tinued, "when there has been a short
crop in England, we have bought as a
makeshift Dutch hay. 1t varies much i'll
quality, some being very scant of her
bage and some rich in it; but it is vastly
superior to any L have seen in this
country. 1t IS usually cut into chaf.
When the market price of good English
hay ruled high-say $25 per ton-Dutch
hay could be bought for about $40, and
was eagerly sought after by a certain
class of buyers-supply not equal to
demand What with wet seasons and
seasons of drought there seems to be no
dependence upon the English hay crops,
and well grown, sweet produce of the
kinds I have enumerated would, I am
certain from long experience, meet with
a ready and profitable market. It could
be grown cheaply here. There is an in
creasing demand and worse supply in
England year after year. The last few
seasons have been very bad ones all the
good stock, with few exceptions, has
been cleared out, and will take several
first class hay harvests to replace
them"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25


A. NJ Williams, Syracuse, n. Y,
writes: q notice an inquiry from the
West about the best method of threshing
beans. The writer states in his vicinity
it is common to thresh them with a com
mon threshing machine and this breaks
them 50 much as to depreciate their
market value. Of late years the people
in the western part OF this State have
planted this crop on large scale. [
have Just returned from visit to this
section, where [ learned a few facts that
may interest this writer and others. l
visited Mr.. d. Z. Rogers, of Wheatland,
who is the President Of the Western
New York Farmers Club, and probably
one Of the best farmers Of the State on
the subject of threshing beans. Mr..
Rogers tells me they have invented a
crop, and speaks OF it as perfect sue
cess. [ did not see the article which
spoke of the breaking of the beans until
my return, but I think if this new
machine had been liable to this objection
he would have spoken Of it. [ also saw
several lots of the threshold beans and
did not see any broken ones. The bean
crop of last year was injured very much
by the insect. Mr.. Rogers tells me this
difficulty may be avoided by very early
or very late planting OF the two, very
late planting has been most successful.
When the crop is planted late it does not
get in shape fer the insect to attack it
until its time has gone by. In central
New York field Of forty or fifty acres
of beans would be curiosity; it is not
so in the western part of the State. Ii
the machine alluded to is what we sup
pose it to bewe hope it will beadyertised
in the gT'OrId, and the great West will
have an opportunity to know its merits. -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
THE JOLLY FIRE LADDE.
How He is stretched Ont TO Make Him Tall
Euough-FilIing Up and Thinning Down.

In New York City, applicants have to
Dass m examination before their names
are placed on the list for places OF every
Thousand so examined, at least eight
hundred are refused for physical rca-
sons. Obesity is a good cause for rejec-
ton, but in regard to deficiency in weight,
| if the cause is of a temporary nature, the
applicant is entitled to another examina-
ton. Many aspirants go into training
under direction of physicians before ap-
plication is made to the board at all, and
the points they generally study and
train for, are weight, chest measurement,
and height. A physician who is in that
particular line says lie mas had scores of
young men in training for positions the
past few years. Sc1na Of them were per-
fectIy healthy, and a little management
and perseverance so altered their ply
siques that they became model firemen.
Others could not qualify with all the
training in the world If the man is lean.
he is fed on oatmeal mush and milk, and
kept at rest. so that no flesh is lost in ex-
ercise He sleeps and laughs much dur
ing the period of training, and avoids
everything that tends to worry his mind
If he has scolding wife, he induces
his mOther-in-law to take her on a visit,
and pretends that it is for her health, in
stead of his own. The chest can be en-
Iarged by proper exercise and observing
prescribed rules. The fat man is re-
duced to regulation weight by exercise.
careful dieting, or starvation, if neces-
sary. What little he does eat is of a
kind that runs to muscle rather than fat.
the Queerest thing about the trainers in
genuity is that short men are made
trife longer by certain painful methods
of elongation. His hands and feet are
secured to movable beams and the screws
put in motion until the subject is drawn
out to the greatest length his courage
will endure, and he is kept 50 until he
begs for mercy. This process is gone
through every day, until nearly an inch
is added to his length. It is questioi-
whether he retains this extra height
Many hold that he will in time settle
down to his old size, while some train
ers claim that the elongation is perma-
nent. Just before examination the sin
lister applicant fills himself with water,
and goes before the board with several
extra pounds Of fictitious and deceptive
weight. Sleep will naturally add to
length, breadth and thickness, and will
give a man a vigorous appearance that he
does not wear later in the day An I'M
successful applicant states that he had
gained eight pounds before the first ex-
animation and twenty on the second,
much of the latter weight being ficti-
tiously added by drinking twenty glasses
of water, according to his statement.
The department is dead set against any
improper methods of altering the ply
siquo, and detection bars them from ex-
while the medical examiners
are 50 versed in their business that it is
not an easy matter to deceive them, and
the applicant has disappointment for his
reward
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
WIT AND WISDOM.
TEXAS SETTINGS.


IT OUGHT to be a cold day when sum-
mer gets left.-NclO orleans Picay1tae.
IN New YORK one set of thieves
plunder the harbor, and another harbor
the plunder.
THE ENGLISH ARNY-The Irish in the
British army are slightly more than one"
twelfth of the entire force.
The mouthpiece of the telephone may
be perfectly respectable, but there are
many things said against it.
THERE are three classes Of men who
tell the truth-one from force Of habit,
the second for a change, and lastly,
editors, who tell the truth because they
do not know how to lie.
Mss MALvINA RU,ILEY has just started
out with her beau for Il walk. when her
little brother Johnny calls to her from
the fence: "I say, Nalviny, don't you
bring that feller back here to tea with
you. Mama says there amt morn
enough biscuits to go around as it is"
$50 YOU have got twins at your
house." said Mrs. Bezmbe to little
Tommy Samuclson. eyes, mann, two
of en-" "What are you going to call
them?" "Thunder and Lightning"
Why, those are strange names to call
children. % Well, that's what pa called
them as soon as lie heard they were in
the house"
CAMBRIDGE joke-'I don't know"
replied Montmorenci, cuttingly, with
polite smile: "but l know a man who
had twins so much alike that the only
way to tell 'em apart was to send one to
Harvard and one to Yale. Then one
came back a gentleman and ono a Con-
necticut rough. "-HarU0rd Hcraid.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
PECKS s SUNBEA8IS.

AN exchange has a long article headed
''How to tell a Horse Age" We didn't
read it, but suppose it tells all about just
how to tell how old a horse is at a
glance. 1t is strange that when infor-
nation is turned out i'll bales, giving full
directions how to tell the age of horses,
that so many men are swindled every
day into buying seven-year old horses,
that in reality are so old they cannot re-
collect when their tenth birthday oc-
CURED.
The jury, in a libel suit against James
Gordon Bennett, brought by a South
Carolina man, brought in q verdict for
the complainant for the full amount,
twenty thousand dollars. That's what
an editor gets for being rich. If it had
been poor editor out West, the verdict
would have been six cents damages.
The statement that the Scoville's
have reunited will be read with a great
deal of interest by people all over the
country. For long time it was feared
that nothing on earth could quiet these
cranks and give peace to the reading
public. They will now sink from public
gaze.
Cheek, in giving an account of the
life's adventures Of a young man who
recently went to the bad in Chicago, and
saying that the editor once knew the
young man when he was as innocent as
a lamb, and that the first time the editor
saw him was when the young man stood
up and introduced Anna Dickinson to an
audience in Kalamazoo, Michigan. If
that was since Anna commenced playing
''Hamlet" it is no wonder the young
man continued on the downward road.
He should have known better than to
take such q rash step, and III Kalamazoo.
too.
IT IS said that the infant son of the
king of Burmah is rocked in a cradle
costing 100000 That's nothing; some
of the most eminent statesmen ever pro
duced in this country were rocked IN an
old box made out of rough boards, and
We'll bet that any one Of them turned
out to be better statesmen than the son
of Burmah ever will be. A one hundred
thousand dollar cradle won't give even
an heir to throne brains enough to last
him over night.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

A New STATE.-The official election
returns of Montana show that at the
recent election 23,312 votes were cast.
In 1880 the total vote was only 1b,00O
and the census revealed Il population Of
1000. 1t is believed that the popuIa-
ton now amounts to 5000 and that by
the close of 1888 there will be 100,G
persons residing in the Territory. The
Legislature will draw up petition the
present winter for the admission of the
Territory as a State.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

DANGER AHFAD.-Itis pointed ont in
Chicago to hard drinkers that they are in
danger of cirrhosis of the liver. "when u
fattincss becomes visible in the region
Of the nose, with a tinge Of mauve or
brown sienna upon the surface of that
organ, increasing upon pressure, and
deepening toward the point"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

GREAT WEALTH. - Madagascar is
rather larger than France. \ 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 a prin-
cipal export. The mineral wealth is
enormous.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

In THE news columns of an exchange
we find the following: "a C1inaman in
Deadwood won s., 600 last week playing
faro" And still there is an organized
effort in this country to keep the China
man off our shores, and it is claimed that
he does not catch onto the styles peculiar
to our people. Not one man in thou
sand of our most intellectual and tall
ented native born Yankee geniuses could
have done what this illiterate Chinaman
has Just succeeded in doing. Give even
Chinaman a chance ut the faro banks.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

A TEXAS cmror, an entire page OF
whose paper was taken up with the nd
vcrtisamcnt Of marriage aid associa-
ton, for which he never received cent,
says he did not mind losing the money,
but the statement of the assignee thai
the failure of the association was due tc
cvtrovagant advertising is what made
him, the editor, mad.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
) 7 O Y B :
AN
OPEN OFEER!.
Until further notice, we

will give any honorable
and reliable citizen Of La.
mOjLle County. who hasn'I
already q good Stove. tht
Use Free for 80 days of al
excellent Cooking Stove
with Reservoir, to be re.
turned at the expiration OF
that time unless the person
receiving it shall, after
trial, desire TO purchase it,
in which case he can do so
upon liberal terms, subject
to the following warrant
and guarantee.
First----EIlat the price
asked for it is as low a.
the same, or as good a
Stove, can be bought for in
Vermont, and the buyer
may have another 30 days
from date of purchase to
investigate this matter.
ana we agree that the
buyer shall be his own
judge in deciding this
point.
SecOnd---We warrant the
Stove against breaking by
fire, with fair usage, for
one full year from date of
purchase.
Third---HYe warrant ev-
cry pound of iron in the
Stove to be new and every
plate to b. honestly and
thoroughly made.
FOuTtIl---We warrant the
Stove TO be an excellent
baker and heater. and that
the water Will boil quick
ly in the Reservoir by turn
ing damper according to
directions.
Fifth---We warrant the
Stove to give perfect and
entire satisfaction in Price
Quality, Operation, and
Every Other Particular. or
at The end of 60 days We
Will take it back and re-
fund the purchase money.
Sixth and F'ina11y---
We guarantee that
there shall be no un-
pleaSantneSS OF dlSSat-
isfactiOn, if after full
and thorough trial you
decide not to keep the
Stove; we shall not ex-
pect to please every
body, and if you con-
clude YOU don want to
buy, we shall keep en-
tirely good natured.
We only ask that you
give us a chance to try |
to please you, if you
haven't already a stove
that does so. We think
we can do it.
Geo. P, Hardy &c.,.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

TALKS TO HIS SHAKES. obs is Z
nice joke ycr's putin on me" said an
old colorod man as he sat i'll his cabin.
Been livin' in dis country long as l is
an at las ter be treated dis away it,
shame ter shake a ole acquaintance.
"Who's yer taIkin' ter?' asked his
wife, turning toward him.
"Ise tall1in' ter dis chill; dat's what
Use talkin' ter. Come aroun' heah an
shake ole acquaintance like dis. Ne
wonder de Democrats hab dun swept dt
country"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

A DOUBLE SUrE The bridegroom and
bride of a Wisconsin wedding were both
sued ON the following day for damages,
in consequence Of having broken thciI
promises to marry otherwise
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25
Dickens and the "HeraId'' Reporter.

George Alfred Townsend writes to the
Cincinnati Enquirer: l will tell a story
that Mr.. Oagood, the Boston publisher,
gave me during the week Hesaid when
Mr.. Dickens wanted to come to read in
America, a few years before his death, he
was very sensitive about the reception he
would have after his Iampooning the
country in 1912. So he sent his agent.
Dr. Dolby, ahead, who called on Fields
a Osgood and asked them to take the
agent to the newspaper Offices in Boston
and New York. Among other places he
was carried to the office of James G.
Bennett the founder of the IEcy0ld
The old man listened to the questions
DIR. Dolby put. When he was asked if
Dickens S comments on America long ago
would iniure his reception, Bennett said:
''No; the American people are great
enough to overlook the errors or impu-
deuco of young man who meant to sell
his wares about us in England" After
Dolby got through, however, old Ben
nett remarked: ''Who is this Dickens
anyway? He is nothing but a reporter
| have got four or five men in my Office
who are better reporters than Dickens. -
The old man was perfectly serious about
it, too.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

ALAS POoR ToM-The worllmcn en-
gagged in tearing down Il partition wall
for the enlargement of New York
theatre found initsinteriorspace the body
of It cat that had evidently been en-
tombed there alive when the wall was
built, eighteen years ago. 1t was Il
skeleton with the skin drawn tightly
over it, dry and hard as the bone, and
was i'll a crouchinG attitude.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-25

The proposal to do dway with West
Point and the regular army is another
cruel blow at the Indians
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

Railroad building on the coast is
progressing. The uncompleted gap in
the Northern Pacific is now only 10
miles, and passengers travel from
Chicago to Portland in six days. Work
is being prosecuted on both ends Of
the Oregon and California route. The
track from Portland to Kalama will
probably be finished in September,
and also the extension from New Ia
coma to Seattle. Steps are being taken
for the building OF railroad from
Roseburg to Coos bay, and it is prob
able that road will he built from Pu-
get Sound to Gray's Harbor. A gang
of 100 men are at work in the Yakima
gap on the Cascade division of the n.
P. R. r., and it is possible more men
will be put on when the main line is
finished.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

The numbers of paupers sent over
by foreign governments to the United
States are getting to be so great that
the authorities have been compelled
to take measures to abate the nuisance.
Hundreds Of people fresh from the
English and Irish poorhouses are
landed at New York every week.
There is law against it, and the At
lantic coast people propose to see it
enforced.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28
ORDINANCE No. 1877.

An ordinance levyinga general tax for gen.
eral municipal purposes for the year 1888.
The City Of Vancouver does ordain as fol-
lors:
Section 1. That tax of five mills be and
the same is hereby levied upon every dollar
Of taxable property in the city of Vancouver,
as shown by the assessment roll made, certi-
fed and returned to the clerk of the City
Council by the city assessor through his dep
uty for the year 1888, under and pursuant to
the provisions of the first subdivision of Sec.
81 of Chapter OF the charter of the city Of
Vancouver, and the ordinances relating
thereto.
Section 9. This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its passage and approval.
Read first time June 4, 1888.
Read second and third times June 18th,
1888 Adopted June 18th. 1883.
Approved June 22nd, 1883.
J. RANDOLPH SMITH. Mayor.
Attest: j. BEESON, City Clerk.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

The wool trade on the Pacific coast
is much depressed this season. and
eastern buyersare not seeking to make
purchases either in San Francisco or
Portland. The best price in San Fran
cisco yet paid was % cents for Eastern
Oregon wool, and that for western
mills. 1t is certain that the price Of
wool will remain low for the season,
and the Pacific coast product will be
shipped east on commission.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

The first two years, soon to end, OF
work on the DeLesseps sthmus canal,
will show an expenditure of Sl2,-
900, 900, and not a rod of canal has been
dug yet. 1t will take as much more
money to finish the canal, its project
ors say, and they call upon the public
for additional subscriptions.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

Louise Michel, the leading commun-
list and revolutionist of France, has
been tried and sentenced to six years
Imprisonment. Her venture of incit-
ing men to riot, pillage and murder
has not resulted any more favorably
to her future comfort than it would if
she had been man.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

Gen. y. A. Miles has made a recon-
meDdation to the Interior department
to purchase the Moses reservation, and
have il turned into the public domain.
This would seem to be the most nat
ural and the best solution of the ques-
ton at issue. 1t could doubtless be
done for about ene-fourth the cost of a
single campaign against the Indians,
few as they are, and it would forever
settle all disputes. Let it be done,
even though the purchase price seems
high.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

English capitalists are on the move
to purchase coal and iron lands on Pu-
get Sound, and perhaps in other parts
of this coast, to great extent. AL
ready considerable foreign capital has
been invested in that way. 1t is all
right if the coal and iron interests are
developed thereby.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28

Holy ANGELS COLLEGE closes the year
with the exercises of to-day. The past year
has been successful in all ways, and marks
one good step in advancement Following
is list of the students who have been in
attendance at the College during the scholas-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-06-28
Vancouver Market.

Producers or first hands are paid the follow
ing prices:
WHEAT-S125 per bushel.
OATS-70 cents per bushel
HAY-Loose Timothy, $50 per ton; beleo
s25, bottom, S10@12
POTATOES-new 65 cents per bushel
BACON Hams, 1Sc per pound; Sides Ia:
Shoulders, 1919 cents.
LARD-1Sc per pound.
BUTTER-Fresh roll, 20 to 25c.
EGGS--25c per dozen.
CHICKENS-Live, 81 80 per dozen.