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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
The Shipping Bill.

The Senate Committee on Commerce
took final action on the Shipping bil
favorably reporting it to the Senate.
The committee have amended the bill by
striking out the thirteenth section, which
delegated to the collectors of ports the
duties now performed by the Shipping
Commissioners, and have also added a
section which authorizes the Postmaster
General to contract for the carriage of
mails in ocean steamships of American
register, provided that he shall pay not
exceeding 81 per mile for such service
and provided the gross amount to be paid
for such service shall not exceed 81 800
600 per annum. Due notice is to be
given by advertisement and the contracts
are to be awarded to the lowest bidder.
regardless of the size of the vessel only
provided that the vessel is of American
register and owned and run by Ameri-
cans. The section also contains a pro
vision that drawback equal to the
amount of the duty shall be allowed on
all foreign materials imported and used
in the construction OF repair of American
vessels
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
ImprOvement of Pastures.

At the annual meeting of the Vermont
Dairymen's Association, held at Burling
ton recently, the improvement of pas
lures was the subject of a paper read
and a discussion following III which the
statements and suggestions below ap-
peared:
Great benefit has been derived from
the changing of pasture into meadow and
vice versa. There is no better treatment
of rundown pasture lands than by Plow-
ing, fertilizing and stocking again with
grass. 1t is not advisable to drain a re-
claimed pasture until the sod becomes
well established Needy pastures are
best reclaimed by turning III sheep.
Persistent moving alone will destroy
brakes, bushes, golden-rod or thistles.
Dry, hard land makes the best pastures.
In good pasture there should not be
many bushes or trees, only enough for
shade. Evergreen trees are very iniuri-
Gus to pastures and ought never to be
permitted to grow in them.
The use Of phosphates in conjunction
with manure was advised by one mem
ber. Another suggested plaster and
salt, and still another recommended har-
rowing and sowing to clover seed mixed
! with herds-grass every year, with the use
of plaster and phosphate. Several mem
( bers advised the feeding of grain to stocl
all the year round. This extra feed i'm
proves the cattle and furnishes mucl
greater quantity of manure for the pas
! ture. One member sOws clover seed il
the pasture every year; another aPPiie'
a moderate dressing Of commercial fer
! filters to each crop.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
A Case of Yankee Goodness.

A good story is told of Capt. w. G.
Nichols, of Searsport, Me. while 3
prisoner on board the Confederate
cruiser Shenandoah After burning the
Delphine, the Confederate steamer was
| headed for Melbourne and soon sighted
a bark to which she gave chase, and after
long run came up, only to learn that
she was British vessel and that the
| coal burned in the chase was wasted
Two or three days after, upon coming on
deck one morning, Capt. Nichols found
the steamer off her course and running
for another vessel just visible in the dim
distance. Picking up the telescope w.
Iug on the after house, Capt. Nichols.
after long, careful look, became salts
fed that the sail in sight was the David
Brown, of which his brother-in-law,
Capt. Phineas Pendleton, Jr., was in
command, and of which he owned part.
Not desiring to have any of his rela-
tives meet him in such company, and
not wishing to see any more of his prop
erty burned by the Confederates, Capt.
Nichols put down the glass and burst
into hearty laugh. Capt. WaddeI, |
who was near by, asked:
"What are you laughing at, captain ?"
ooh, nothing" said Capt. Nichols. |
laughing again.
81 believe" said Capt. Waddeu, |
you've made out that vessel to be the
Englishman we overhauled the other
day"
well" said Captain Nichols. s.have
1t your own way, captain, I'm only a
passenger, you know"
Capt. Waddell, satisfied that his s1lr-
mise was correct, ordered the steamer
put up on her course again, allowing the
David Brown to go on her way. with
Capt. PendletOn all unconscious that he
lad been within few miles of steamer
his sister, her husband and his
title nephew to a far foreign port, and
hat by the GOODNESS and quick wit of his
he had been prevented
rom losing his ship and making one of
helr party. After getting ashore at Mel
'ourne, Capt. Nichols told the story
Then, said Capt. Waddeu, "vou must
ave lied to me. ." "NO, no, I didn't
ald Capt. Nichols, "for don't YOU re
lember L said toyou, Have it your own
'ay, Captain, I'm only a passenger.
nd Capt. Waddell did remember if
nd could but own that he was outwitted
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
Well Cared For.

The Cleveland Herdid says:-Few,
indeed, are the people who can keep up
the round of Washington gayety without
sadly showing their WEAKNESS. An ex-
ception to this rule is a young daughter
of an army officer stationed in that city
All winter she has been busy with re-
ceptions and dinners, kettledrums and
germans, and on Wednesday, as she
came into Mrs. Chambers parlOrs she was
fresh and rosy as if it were her first day.
Nv curiosity was aroused, and presently
l had an opportunity to inquire OF her
how it was that she was able to endure
that 'to which stronger women yielded.
"Oh," she replied, laughing, mamma
is almost crank on that subject. Sh3
is bound l shall not look passe at th1
end of this my second winter. Every
night when [ get home, no matter how
tired I am, warm bath is given me,
after which l drink bowl OF bullion,
and am put to bed III the guest chamber,
which is more quiet than my own. In
the morning [ am not called, but ARISE
when | awake, which is not often betol 9
lunch time. 1t grows monotonous, L
assure YOU, but if go, have to submit.
| tell mamma she treats me rs II was
Maud S. or Il prize fighter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

PRIZE EATING. After all, says an eX-
change, there is certain monotony i'll
these dull repetitions of the same kind
of eating. A man who eats thirty quail
in thirty days is but a little more of a
curiosity than one who eats ten quail in
ten days; and the sauerTaut man who
offers to cat, as Eulenspiegel did, for
quantity, is distinctly more logical and
more worthy of his reward. No one.
however. has yet offered to rival the feat
of the Samoyed mentioned by Erman,
who eat at one sitting Il pood of roast
mutton washed down with melted butter.
Perhaps it wodld pay to import Sam
owed
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

A YEAR AFTER-A year after the fire
which destroyed nearly the whole of
HaverhiII, the leading shoe men of the
town had dinner and congratulated
themselves on what had at the time of its
occurrence been regarded as a disaster
Handsome and solid buildings have re-
placed the wooden structures on the
burned district, the new factories hold
better machinery, better goods are pro-
duced, and the owners are the best ad-
vertised shoemakers in the country.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

A VERY colored man, who entered
complaint against another for assaulting
and batteriug him upon the head, was
told by the justice: 81 don't see any
marks. Does ye s'pose he hit me wild
piece of chalk ?' was the indignant re-
ioinder. The case proceeded.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

DURING game OF draw poker in a
Texas tavern, two of the party drew re
voIvers and commenced firing at each
other. Those i'll the room remained
seated, and escaped uninjnred, but a
man in the next room was shot through
the leo II seems strange that Texas
men Should show such bad shooting
qualities.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

STOPPED HM.-a Chicago man started
business i'll competition with the Post
office. He delivered letters anywhere i'll
the city at Il cent apiece, and sold stamps
at even lower rate by the thousand.
He did well until fine of $3.50, with II
promise OF the same punishment for
every letter afterward carried, closed his
enterprise.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

THE Cow BoYs.-The leading cattle
men whom q newspaper correspondent
saws he met in Arizona had a Southern
cut and accent, and were apt to have
hailed from Missouri or Texas. Some
few appeared in full suits of broadcloth.
The wide felt sombrerO was invariably
worn. The landlord of the hotel de-
scribed them as perfect gentlemen,
some good at the bar for $50 and $50
1oy -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
Something had Happened.

On the morning of the day before his
death. it is said, the late Marshall Jewell,
of Connecticut, awoke from a sound
sleep and at once asked what was the
matter at the house of William Z. Dodge.
A telegram had just been received by
the Jewell family, announcing the death
of Mr.. Dodge, but it was not thought
best to let Mr.. Jewell know it, so he was
told that all was very well there. He
would not believe them. Something had
happened, he said; some great atfliction
had overtaken the family. Insisting
upon this, and refusing to accept his
familys denials, he at lenght induced
them to telegraph to New York, to see
what was the matter.
But Mrs Jewell so worded the tele-
gram as to instruct those who received
it to answer that everything was al
right. When that answer came, they
told Mr.. Jewell, who refused to believe
it. and asked to see the message itself.
This request being granted, and having
the ocular proof before his eyes, in the
shape of an unmistakable telegraph
message, he obviously remarked: "Well,
it does seem to be so; but it is very
strange; [ know there is something
the matter that something serious has
happened in Mr.. Dodge's house in New
York" And that impression he retained,
until soon afterward, he, too, ended his
earthly life
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
American Fables.

! One day two Foxes who were Journey
ing together came across a Track in tn,
dust which much astnnished them.
81 believe it IS tLr Track of a Rhinoc
eros, " observed one.
81 think it is that Of an Elephant" " re.
piled the other.
81 say Rhinoceros !"
''And I say EIephant!'
''Then I travel no longer with such an
idiot !'
"Then you can travel alone with a
Fool!"
They were cutting each other about in
lively manner, when along came a
Wolf and asked the cause Of the trouble.
"Why that Bigot ticks to / that this
is not the track = . Rhinceeros !"
shouted one. "a.
'And he, the Narrow-minded Null
doom, won't admit that it is the Track of
an Elephant" added the other.
Gentlemen" said the Wolf as he
examined the spot, this is simply the
place where fat man struck Banana
Peel and sat down to Reflect. You are
both wrong and both Fools. "
MORAL:
Men are ever willing to fight in defense
of what they don't know.
THE HEN AND THE FARMER.
A Hen having laid an Egg set up such
a Cacl1le that presently the whole Barn
yard was in Confusion and the Farmer
came running out to see what was going
on.
What is it?" he demanded as the
Hen cackled louder than ever.
"Why, I've laid an Egg !''
An Egg? Why, a single Egg isn't
worth but two cents at the present mar
ket price"
eyes, I know, but if I didn't do two
shillings' worth of cackling over every
two cents worth of egg, the world would
soon forget me-"
MORAL;
Send bundle of old clothes to an Or
phan asylum and then interview a re-
porter.
THE MAN WITH THE ACCORDION.
Peasant having saved up sum of
Money by hard work and peeIing his Po-
5atoes close, went to the nearest Village
md invested in an Accordion On his
way home he began playing the air of
My Grandfather's Clock" but scarcely
lad the echoes reached the Forest when
'ut came Chopper, who cried out:
'Man Man for Heavens sake hang 5
Up on that You will kill us all with ,
our Racket p
Cant help that, replied the Peasant ;
S he pulled away harder than ever. 'Tf
that tickles me all over is Death to you.
hat is not my lookout [ will now give
on The Empty Cradle, with varia-
ons. :"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

BEER IN RAILROAD CAMPS. The con-
sumption of beer in the camps OF the
railway builders is enormous. AT Bis
marck. saws a correspondent, l saw an
entire freight train of thirty cars laden
with bottled beer from Chicago
brewery. bound fer the town nearest the
end of the track The chief engineer Of
the construction force said that IN
average of one bottle for every tie laid
was consumed, and that the tie and the
beer cost the same-ffty cents. Thus
the wol knen pay as much for their drink
as the company for one of the importa 1t
elements of railway construction.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
The Position OF the Climb on Questions of the
Day, etc.
From the Detroit Free Press. !

From the Detroit Free Press
5 Heah am letter, " said the old ma
as he held up missive, "dated at Wash
S in9ton an writ in a .spIendiferous han
akin to have de posishun of dis club OF
varus queshuns an subjicks defined fu
de benefit of de public. De Secretar,
of State kin post up i'll his Office de fol
Ielin' facts:
"On religun dis club rather leans to dc
Baptist kind, but am not so bigoted as tc
stan idly by an see a Methodist Church
consumed by tiah or card off by a
frcshet.
"On pollyticks we vote split tickets,
amin to elect de smaller rascal an to
beat masbeen nominashuns.
Gas to free trade and protection. dis
club can't express its contempt fur
guv 'ment which levies tariff of ten per
cent on wOmen's cOrsets an can't bring
a miIlion-dollar official embezzler to JUS
| tice.
"On civil saTvice reform we doan'
slop ober WORT shucks. De cry am as
holler as an old log an as thin as de
voice of a Connecticut baby.
Con social etikette, we eat wild fork.
address ebery gem'lan as Kernel, an
we ginerally manage to start fur home
befO' bein' kicked out.
''On de temperance queshun, we argy
dat if man doan know mo- dan to let
whisky git de upper-hold of him, he'd
better be tied to some lamp-post whar
de fool-kilIer kin find him
'As to de labor queshun. pay far
wages, demand squar' work, an keep de
jail doors open fur demagogues who en-
courage strikes.
''Dats whar' an how we STAN from
ebery Sunday mornin' to Saturday
night, an I may add, dat we shall be
happy at any time to counsel wild Con
gress, gin advice to de LegisIachure, an
frow out valuable suGgeshuns to social
bodies. Let us now attack de reg'Iar
programme of business"
THE SICK.
The Committee on the Sick reported
member. |
had applied for relief on the grounds
that he had fallen against hot stove in
a grocery and severely burned his leo,
while defending the Lime-KiIn Club |
from the aspersions of white man.
The committee had decided against the !
application, holding that Brother Greene |
should have either taken his Goldfish and |
gone home, or else moved out on the !
sidewalk before beginning his argument. |
They also reported that Elder Standby
Taylor was sick i'll bed with blood poi !
soning, and had filed his claim for So per
week.
Does any OF de committee know now
, ''7te' '''e l'.9'-
Nr,...,r Then, .Iid
De Elder a5u - purity far mn,s an n
n'.''' .,. 'liG Ill ,t'' ..IrT+ Lo has
Ii++Io faiIin, IF ba finds q hottie on de
street he doan' l5aer what de liable reads
so long as de contents tickle his palate.
He fonn' a bottle one day las week an
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

WAR AGAINST THE LoTTERTEs.-Rep-
resentative Robertson, of Louisiana, has
introduced a bill in Congress which pro-
poses to prevent the transmission through
the mails of any publications that con-
tain information as to where lottery
tickets may be bought, when drawings
will take place, or what numbers have
drawn prizes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

We DO not care whether the French
banrsh Prince Napoleon or not. As he
knows no English he can't come over
here and lecture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

A CONNECTICUT woman has invented
machine for counting money. Editors
have long felt the want of some such la-
bOr-saving machinery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

A MAN at Lawrence, Mass, didn't
know how he was to spend February and
Mlrch i'll Florida, but some one proposed
a fair: he was made Treasurer, and the
$3.50 enabled him to skip
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-03-15

BEWARE of the cook who can make
hash Of everything except corned beef.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
FOREIGN LANDS.
FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. President Grevy visited
Kirg Alfonso at the Spanish Embas y
Yesterday afternoon. The interview was
of the most cordial character. Temps re-
feIring TO the hostile reception of Alfonso
by the populous says THE regret and
patriotic humiliation occasioned to all
good citizens by the events of yesterday
should not cause us to exaggerate the i'm
porta1rce of this melancholy manifesto
ton. We e,trast other nations especially
Spain will not regard the errors of a few
fanatics as expressing the sentiments OF
France" The majority of the Journals
contain editorials of like tenor. No ar
rests were made. yesterday in connection
with hostile demonstration. Rumor o.
arrests are erroneous. The rumor thai
Alfonso left Paris proved untrue. II, i:
asserted however, that the King was ad-
vised to remain quiet but refused, saying
he was perfectly aware of the fact tina
the hostile demonstration was not work
of the Partisan people but for some mis-
guided individuals.
At an interview with Grevy at the Spar
ish Embassy he rendered an apology tC
King Alphonso in the name of the French
Republic because of the conduct of thu
mob. The people, he said, should no
be confounded with the authors of tn
hostile demonstration.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
RELIGIOUS,

New YORK. Oct. 1--St Patrick's Ca
thedral was thronged again yesterday with
people who took part in the ceremonies
attending the closing of the Roman Cath
olic provincial couHeil. The service
opened with Pontificial mass, celebrated
by Archbishop Corrigan. At the end of
mass, a sermon reviewing the history of
the church, her trials and triumphs, was
preached by Bishop OFarrell, of Trenton.
At the conclusion of the other services
succeeding the sermon, Bishop Loughlin,
promoter of the council, moved the read
ing of the DEGREES The DEGREES were
approved by the bishops, and were placed
on the altar, where they were signed by
the cardinal and the bishops in the order
of their seniority. and by the officers OF
the council. The DEGREES were then sealed
with the cardinals seal, and will be sent
to Rome for approval.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
A aIi.lIoNa.RE ARRESTED.

CHICAGO. Oct. frank X. Sherwin. a
millionaire, and owner of one of the larg-
est cattle ranches of New Mexico, was ar
rested here Thursday on q requisition
from New York, but the arrest was kept
secret till yesterday The police authori
tie refused to inform him of the charge He
applied for writ of hdbeas corpus, which
is still pending. The facts, as nearly as
can be learned here, seem to be as follows:
In 1878, Sherwin, then banker in Albany
refused to testify against Charles Phelps,
cashier in the State Treasury Department.
Phelps was afterwards convicted of larceny
and grand larceny, and sentenced to three
terms of five years each in the Albany
peniten tiary For his refusal to testify
six indictments were subsequently, found
against Sherwin for contempt of court
The prosecution failed at the time, an(
Sherwin entered the stock business il
New Mexico. New evidence was discoy
cred and in 1882, when on visit East
he was re arrested, and gave bonds
Since then his bondsmen became alarmed
and put the detectives on his track. Whel
arrested he was on his way East and hi
family. travelling in princely style and mo-
suspecting that he was wanted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
Twists and TWinges.

'sMy BRETHREN shouted DR.. Talniage one bright
autumnal Sunday "here is a lesson from the corn
field God has arranged that the ear and the husk
shall be parted. Every rheumatic pain is but a
thrust Of the husking-peg, and every neuralgic
twinge is only twist of the husker.'
Possibly; but nobody wants to be husked, for
all that, and nature teaches US TO resist the pro-
cess Therefore, we accept with gratitude what
ever helps us to suppress those very twists and
tWinges.
From his pleasant home, Greenmount, near
Sing-Sing, N. Y. NJ Alfred Baer. French gen
tleman, writes
Il have suffered almost intolerable torments
from rheumatism for many years. OF the numer
ons remedies which have tried, none benefited
ton. / certify with pleasure that it restored my
health. You are welcome to publish this and use
my name
Messrs Hiseox & Co., call especial attention to
| the fact thar this preparation, which has beer
| known as PARKERs GINGER Tonic, will hereafte
| be advertised and sold simply under the name o
| FARKERs Tonic. As unprincipaled dealers art
constantly deceiving their customers by substitut
| ing inferior preparations under the name of gin
ger, and as ginger is really an unimpoftant ingre
! dent, we drop the misleading word. .
| There IL no change, however, in the preparation
| itself, and all bottles remaining in the hands o
| dealers. wrapped under the name of Parker's Gin
| ger Tonic, contain the genuine medicine If tn
facsimile signature of HIsCoX d Co. is at the bot
| tom of the outside wrapper
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
NEVER GIVE UP.

If You are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite. general
debility, disordered blood, weak con
stitution, headache, or any disease of 6
bilious nature, by all means procure &
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will b,
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you viii be inspired
with new life; strength and activity viii
retUrn; pain and misery will cease, an(
henceforth you will rejoice in the prais'
of Electric BItters. Sold at fifty cents
bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
A METHODIGAL SUICIDE.

PITTsBURG, Oct Mrs Fannie Bry-
ant, the Newton sensational suicide, will
be buried today. The remarkable circum-
stances of the case have exacted the deep
est interest and the residence of the de-
ceased was visited today by many ladies
and gentlemen. The methodical manner
in which she arranged her affairs and
prepared everything for death is believed
to be without parallel in the history OF
suicides. She was doubtless insane, but
there was a surprising degree of method
in her madness. The unfortunate woman
was we'll connected, being the niece Of
Alexander Campbell, the founder of tht
Campbellite church. Her reputed hus
band, DR.. Grin Newton, who suicided two
weeks ago, was descendant of Sir. Isaac
Newton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
. CASUALTIES.

SHELBYvILLE, Ind. Oct. AT O'Clock
yesterday morning one and half story
frame house in the eastern part of Shell
byville, occupied by Kittie Wells as a
house of i'll fame, was set on fire and
entirely consumed. Flora Garrett and
Maggie Wells, two inmates who were
sleeping in back room up stairs, were
unable to escape and were burned TO
death
1t is supposed by some that the girls
were murdered and then fire set to the
house to conceal the crime, as the left
breast and arm of the girls were found to
have several sharp cnts, as with knife
A dirk knife was found near the remains
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon
hut nothing definite was decided.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-01
HEI.GIUM.

BRUSSELS, Oct. IA socialist journa
here has been seized for publishing an in
sulting biography of hlphonso.