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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
Why he Reformed.

''YOu must excuse me, gentlemen. Tor
[ cannot drink anything" ;" said man
who was known to the entire town as
drunkard.
''This is the first time you ever re-
fused a drink" said an acquaintance.
'.The other day you were hustIlnG
around after a cocktail, and in fact you
even asked me te set 'em up"
s'That's very true, but [ am a very
different man now"
"Preachers had hold of you?''
ono sir, no one has said anything to
me-"
"Wen, what has caused the reforma-
ton? ?"
"TIl tell you. After leaving you the
other day, l kept on hustling for cock
tail. as YOU term it, until met party
of friends. When [ left them L was
about half drunk. | would not have
stopped at this, bur my friends had to
hurry away to catch a train. To man
of my temperament, half drunk is
miserable condition, for the desire for
more is so strong that he forgets his
self respect in his efforts to get more to
! drink. Failing at the saloons. L re-
membered that there was a half pint OF
whisky at home, which had been pnr-
chased for medicinal purposes. just
before reaching the gate | heard voices
in the garden, and looking over the
fence I saw my little son and daughter
playing No, you be ma, said the boy,
sand I'll be pa. Now you sit here an
I'll come in drunk. Wait now till l fill
nv bottle He took bottle which he
ran away and filed with water Pretty
soon he returned and entering the play
house. nodded idiotically at his little
Girl, and sat down without saying any
thing. Then the girl looked up IRON
her work and said
50 James, why will You do tins way !
sWhizzer way?' he replied.
q" 'Gettin' drunk
who's drunk 2
''eYou are, au' you promised whel
the baby died that you wouldn't dnnl
any more. The children are almos
ragged an we haven't anything to ca
hardly, but you still throw your none
away. Don't you know you are break
in my heart? ,
II hurried away. The acting was to
ifc-Iike. [ could think Of nothinl
d,r;no tha dav but those little cLildro
playing in the garden, and | vowe' tn"
| would never take another drink, ond
will not, so help me God. "-1'ha'1&''
! VruUcicr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
FORTUNES OUT OF THE EARTH.
AIbany Furnishing the sand for Millions OF
M0ldS,

A large proportion of the moIding
sand consumed in the foundries Of the
United States is dug out of the hills of
Albany county. 1t is said that every
thing in soluble metal, from a Krupp
gun to heel plate for Iady's shoe, has
been cast i'll Albany sand. Quantities
of it have been exported as ballast. The
annual shipment Of sand obtained here
abOuts from this city is estimated at
from $4,000 to 100000 tons, the price
paid for it, delivered on board the cars
or boats, being about 1925 per ton,
making a business involving an annual
revenue of 800, 900. Two-thirds of the
whole product goes out of Albany by
water, the sloops which bring stone and
lumber to this port usually returning
with a cargo of sand. There is demand
for the sand which can scarcely be sup.
piled, the beds in other sections Of the
country from which the consumers have
drawn for years having become ex-
hausted. The sand excavated III Albany
has, too, a reputation which no other
possesses. It has what molders call
" life, a quality which adapts itself to
all climates and conditions. It is also
cleaner and finer than most other sands.
Castings turned out of it need compara-
lively little dressing.
1t is found below the surface usually, |
at the depth of three or four feet. 1t
lies in strata averaging from two to
eight inches in thickness, one above the |
other. Property on which sand veins
are known to exist sells at from 1925 to
$500 per acre. The soil after the sand is !
removed does not depreciate for
agricultural uses. Dealers more fire.
quently buy the privilege Of excavating
the sand at a stipulated price, leaving
the owner the property really undis-
turbed at the end. The process of re-
moving the sand is very simple. Section
by section the sand is taken out from
beneath the superficial soil, which is
then allowed to drop until the whole
field has been lowered to a depth corre-
3ponding to the thickness Of the layers
of soil. The sand diggers extract the
material as dexterousIy as a clever boy
will scoop the apples out of the crust of
1 pie. Hundreds and hundreds of acres
n this county have undergone this pro-
,ess without apparent injury to the
raIue of the land for other purposes
4 4IL0y2 2O1ly3ldI
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
\ NpW Wheat Field.

Our Consul ut Buenos Ayres believes
that the Argentine Republic is to be one
of the great grain-producing countries OF
the world. He estimates the wheat crop
of this year at I9, ,5OO,0 600 bushels, more
than half of which Will be surplus for
export, and adds that the surplus corn
will amount to 100000 bushels. The
number Of acres devoted to agriculture
has more than doubled in the last six
wears, vet there are less than 1000, coo
acres under cultivation in the fourteen
Provinces, out of 500, ,000,0 600, the great
er part Of the remainder being used for
grazing cattle or sheep. The republic
has a climate that ranges from the sub
tropical to that of Northern CHnada.
Experiment seems to prove that the
pampas are remarkably fertile under
cultivation and admirably fitted for
cereal crops. Exploration in Patagonia
has revealed rich meadows and valleys
capable of sustaining millions of cattle
and sheep. The fertility of these lands
Will uldhC llltll lltIttllGIs III tAlN
Consul's opinion, the granary and
garden of the republic. Several settle
mcnts have recently been made on the
Atlantic coast of the Province, and the
inhabitants are raising wheat. We
sometimes forget that Patagonia lies II
| the latitude OF the northern half of the
United States, while the climate of the
more important Argentine Provinces Il
| that of the United States below Mason
and Dixon's line. The republic has only
2, 500, 900 inhabitants, and most OF these
are indolent and conservative. The
number of immigrants increases an
nuaIIv, however, and the wealth of TIM
couutty's soil and mineral deposits vii
certainly he dovclopcdin the course o
time. It may be, therefore, that COnsu
Baker is justified III making the prcdic
ton that ay some time, although not !
the near future, the republic will cor
tend with the United States for II div
SION of the export trade in grain.
1,y,,,rr N, o,,a FnDr ,F r,,an TIIIn.G l.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
4 Chinese Protest.
AN INDIGNANT PROTEST AGAINST THE
ACTION OF FRANCE.

The Chinese government has ad-
dressed a circular letter relative to An
nam to all foreign powers. The text of
that document, recently delivered t"
Mr.. ErcI:n&huyseu, the Secretary OF
ss:.,t., I,s- Two Minister nf China at Wash
ington, is as follows
AMMAN has been a dependent State
to the Ia Using dynasty for moro than
two hundred years, the ruler OF the
former sending tribute TO the latter and
receiving from the latter his investiture.
Some twenty years ago, when the north
ern portion of AMMAN was disturbed by
rebels. the Ia Using dynasty nttroops
across the frontier to quelI and disperse
them. This occupied a space OF up
ward of ten years and cost the govern
ment many millions Of dollars in order
to strenuously protect and defend the
government of AMMAN. Now France
invades that country without cause, and,
availing herself Of the opportunity OF
the death of its king, has enforced the
Hue treaty, i'll which there is a provision
! that "China must not interfere with the
| government of AMMAN" This shows
that France refuses to recognize AMMAN
as vassal to China. The foreign
powers from these facts can with equity
distinguish which government is in the
wrong and which IS in the right.
If France desires to maintain friendly
relations with China, why should we not
discuss the matter amicably? If she in
sists upon invading the northern part Of
AMMAN, where our troops are stationed
this indicates that she is determined tt
break the friendly tie, and our troop:
there cannot remain with folded arms
but must meet them in the field.
We, therefore, send this communica
ton to all foreign powers, showing thai
in the event of the friendly tie being
broken the cause of the rupture doe'
not come from China.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

that's the great advantage we have i'll
our business. We scare them to begin
with, and then they see everything
double. One man is just as good as fifty
in this line. He don't need to be a
hero, either. He just wants little
nerve and an imperious air. If I had
always worked alone I'd have been
rich man to-day, and [ wouldn't be here
either. made my great mistake when
Icommenced working in partnership. It
will ruin any man III my profession. If
1 ever get out Of this scrape I'm going
to jump the country. The business
isn't what it used to be years ago. It's
too easy. It makes me sick sometimes
when I think of the tenderfeet I've
robbed. [ ought to have gone into the
train racket long before this"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
He Had Been "Out West"

I had supposed that the far West was
a new Garden of Eden, and tnat one had
but 10 venture there to gain the wealth
of a Monte CristO. l met at the Union
station man whom l imagined WAS hy
this time a bonanza king, rs he went
Westward years ago. But if he is a
nabob he is travelling inc0g., and his
conversation is not calculated to stimu-
late Western excursions. He wore a
shabby ulster, long hair and a pensiye,
searching expression of sympathy. He
greeted me as an old acquaintance at
once.
"Wen," I queried, chow do you like
the West?"
Il like it just well enough" " said he,
''to remain in the East the remainder OF
my days. I tell you, the East is good
enough for any man who hasn't life
and death dispute with the law on hand
In the East a man above the average IL
smartness can get along; but 60 West
and you find no drOnes. Every ma
You meet is on the dead run for wealth
and You must stay up late, rise up early
and bolt your meals to keep up with the
stragglers in the procession. There's
! lots of money West, and big wages.
have Just come from Colorado, where
got so day for driving mule team
But"
"That is a very good salary for tha
kind of labor ?"
ooh! it is, is it? Well, you go on
there and see. Why, my friend, l have
paid 81 80 for a cup of coffee, s.. IS fo
a glass of beer, and 81 for horn-handlc(
jdck-knifo with one blade. ] have beel
in the mountains with a party when ;
chew Of tobacco was put up at n rattle
at a dollar chance, and if the WHINE
of the tobacco finally got away with it
he had to dodge the contents of the re
volvers of the party and keep out o
sight for a week Talk about the Yves
to ome! 1t is a good place to die in; bu
| propose to live from this time on
where the sun rises early, and there /
no corner ON the Injuries of lfp p
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
EARLY MORNING SCENE
You may talk Of moonlight scenes.
Where fair Tupo's p,eII,r, bo.,,,,

You may talk of moonlight scenes.
Where fair Luna's mellow beams
Battle with soft, translucent splendor. val
and hill;
but, II on some autumn morn,
When the day is newly born.
You viii look, you'll see a sight more Iover
still.
On far MisSissippi's bank,
Where the grass lay dark. and dank.
At the early morn lately took nv way:
All around was hushed and still,
Heavy fragrance seemed to fill
The soft air, and usher in approaching
day.
In deep silence vast. profound.
All things earthly seemed then bound
And L shud'rinE, held my breath in dread
and fear;
GhOstly figures gray. and slow
Seemed to hithcr. thithcr, go.
Drawing every instant nearer, and more
near.
But IN scarce a moments time.
Ave, before the church bells chime
Could have struck the hour of day that now
had come:
There arose a mUrm' ring breeze,
And a rustling in the trees.
That sounded like tiny mutfled drum.
And far in the east was seen
A shade of roscatc gicam.
And the ghostiy shadows vanished from
my sight;
And another moments space.
And such wCndrous change took place.
As the grea est poets pen could never
write.
For, behold the scene so gray,
Had by magic passed away,
And the earth in all its pristine glory shone;
As 1t never shOne before,
Since those old, cid days of yore,
When in Eden'S vale sin ne'er had caused
moan.
Upon hillside, vale and dell,
The bright sun god s radiance fell.
Clothing every thing 1t touched with beauty
rare;
Til dame Natures brilliant dress,
Seemed embodied loveliness
That no power in all the earth could make
more fair.
Every leaf, and blade of grass.
BY this great magician's glass.
Was most quickly made to shine with dia-
mOnds bright:
And the fOliage's hue
Autumn painted, hung with dew.
One could ne'er believe had known the
shades Of night.
Then talk not Of moonlight fair,
For more lovely far. and rare,
Is the moment when the Day God comes to
view;
Fairy fingers paint the scene
With rich cOlOrs, wOndrOus sheen,
And each morning Is transformed bv
beauties new.
STELLA NJ. n.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
\ Legal Complication.

The first legal complication arising
from the change of time occurred in
Boston. On the 18th a notice for the
examination of a Door debtor was is
sued from the office Of the Commissioner
of Insolvency. 1t was returnable on
the Doth inst. at nine o'clock in the fore
noon. According to custom the poor
debtor IS allowed one hours grace. He
appeared before the Commissioner at
forty-eight minutes past nine o'clock,
standard time, but the Commissioner
ruled that it was after ten o'clock, and
defaulted him. The case will probably
be brought before the Supreme Court.
THERE are plenty of stops in hand
organ, but 10 permanent one.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

NrrEs. The Philadelphia Press says
h. cory that the inter marriage OF
deaf rautes will produce a race OF deaf
mutes doesn't rest on a substantial
basis. They are mutes because they are
deaf. Tae organs &C rec and hear
nc exist as in Other p.g.ou. ,he mute
husband is deaf from one cause; the
chances ars that the wife is deaf from an
other cause. The children of such
pair, owI & to t],a III. n. nvo ION and
/ the tendency OF nature to pair where
tbcrc is the material to work Il cure, are
( likely to Fl mr. aa ~a as anybody, and,
hcmlu- 3l.y via I... mutus,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

TIE WASHINGTON (Ga.) Gazette tell
of farmer in Wilkes county, that
State, who has on his place an old negro
who this year worked blind mule.
The negro lived On rather Out-of-the-
way part of the plantation, and the
farmer in the first part Of the year,
speaking from the prospects of the
years labors said: 'Well, we won't
count the old man, he's got blind
mule" But old Uncle Ned worked
ahead as best he could. and it now
turns out that he beat the whole planta'
ton farming-he and his blind mule
raising larger crops than any other mar
and mule on the place.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

JAv-FYE-SEE THE fastest trotter Of
his age the world has ever seen, stands
but fifteen hands, and Mr.. Robert Bon
ner declined to buy him one year ago ON
that account. He liked the form ana
breeding Of the horse, but did not he
Heve that he had size enough to make Il
world beater. But now that Jay-Eyo-
See has trotted a mile at Providence in
2:103 and repeated IN 2Il2 at Boston,
the opinion tLat Il is impossible &c
ret length of stride for fast mule
without height OF 1873 or 1G hands falls
! TO the ground.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20

MANY young man who works h"'"
during the day allows ht' h''''7 a' go ."
waiat during the evening.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-20
A LEADVILLE SERMON.
HOW A AHARD-FEATURED OLD MINEb
PREACHED.

! How n Minister Told the story OF INC
| Prodigal son.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17
About Cnliuries.

but beautifully shaped. H'It is o clear
Norwich canary" he said to the repor-
ter, (which have just received. Notice
what Il compact form he has, and how
handsome his plumage is. People can
talk about their Belgian birds, but for
my part | think there is no canary like
the Norwich canary. OF course they
are not rs aristocratic i'll appearance as
the Bclgians, but they are more robust,
ana If well tutored, cannot, be surpassed
Their notes are bold and musical, and
their large chest capacity gives them Il
very long SOng.'
"What are the points by which a
Norwich bird can be told?''
"Inere are quite a number. n short
clear bcak, head Of moderate size with Il
fnll neck, Il straight wide back, wings
which dO not cross at the tips, Il broad
full chest, which gradually expands from
the neck, 4 rather short tail, compact
but thin, and feet and legs of light
flesh color or white. a person familiar
with birds can distinguish them at Il
glance. There arc six classes of Norwich
canarieS."
"Arc they very healthy birtls?'
"Very healthy and long Of life. They
are used to our climate and are not sub
jcct to the ailments to which the Ger
man birds so often fall victims. They
seldom suffer from cold. | once had 4
Norwich bird which lived five years with
out being sick day as far rs ! could scc
l expect that it would have been living
yet if it had not met with Il queer acci-
dent. It's cage was on table when Il
procession passed the door. My wife
went to the window to look at it, Her
little dog jumped on the table, and the
bird lluttercd against the side of the
cage, and stuck its head too farout, and
the dog bit 1t OFF,"
GLOW long ought it to have livcd?"
"For seven or eight years. The rea-
son why many birds die young is that
they are not treated properly. In mis-
taken kindness their owners give them
too much sugar, cake, and other rich
food, which destroys their digestion.
They lose their song, become listless,
and llc -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17
Imperial Tokay.

Every country, not excepting Of late
years even Amcrice and Australia, has
first wine Of the world, but the rcpu-
tation of TOkay, at least, is wei, estab-
lishch. The IIungarians say that it
has not alone the color, but the worth
Of gold, and the French is not the only
nation that believes in it's almost magi-
cal medicinal virtues. The TOkay dis.
trict Of IIcgyalja extends from south to
north for nearly 40 miles above the
right bank OF the Bodrog, q tributary
OF the Thciss, and is travcrscd by nu-
mcrous valleys. There is Il tradition
that in the 18th century some Italians
of the island of Formio, which then
belonged to Venice, brought into this
district the excellent red grape now
called bakator (bocca d'oro), but several
other grapes are employed, such as the
holgag0s, madnrkas and the fcher sZoto,
the harsevcvu, the malvoisie and the
MuScat of Luncl. Great care is taken
Of the vines, which are well manured
every winter, and are dug or hoed four
times year. TOkay is divided, like
some other wines, into the aszll, maslas
and szamorodui, but it cannot be made
in all years, for the grapes must become
perfectly dried up and crystalliZed be-
fore use, and for this dry and hot Oc-
tober Is indispensable. This, to some
extent, explains the high first.cost price
1t sometimes Gttains, but the cru and
the age of Tokay VINE very much i'll
fluencG it's subsequent value.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17
Wonders of tho West.

The discovery Of a salt lake three
quarters Of Il mile in diameter on the top
Of Il volcanic mountain about $50 miles
southwest Of Albuquerque is reported
by United States Marshal Morrison, of
New Mexico, who recently visited it
with Senator Logan and Surveyor Gen
eIal Atkinson. The water is so strong
ly imprcgnatcd with salt that a thick
spongy crust has formed around The
margin. This natural supply of pure
salt is said TO have been long known to
the Indians. But the most curious fea-
tnrc of the lake, said Marshal Morrison
to reporter, is a tall white column of
volcanic origin which rises from its
centre to the height of 100 feet, sloping
towards the top and rough enough to be
asccndcd with much difficulty, and on
reaching its summit the travellers were
surprised to find that the como washol-
low and inclosed at its base u pool of
dark green water, to which they clamb-
cred down. They found no incrusta.
tiOns like those Oh the outside, but the
brine was so strong that q hand or stick
thrust into it came out perfectly white
with innumerabIo particles Of salt. One
of the party enjoyed a delightful bath
in the pool. Tb IS is rather tough
yarn for Unit ed States Marshal to
spin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17
Preserving Bodies a flor Death.

There seems to be great deal of at
tention directed just now to the subject
of preserving bodies after death. This
fit or craze seems to be periodic. Or
course, at times it is desirable to keep
remains for a long time. Natural scien-
lists would have very poorly supplied
museums if care was not taken to keep
specimens from decay. But as to this
business of embalming the abodes for
which the late human tenants cease to
have any further use, one cannot find q
more instructive lesson than in the
modern treatment of the mummies of
the ancient Egyptians. But it may be
well to note, though only as a piece Of
news, that If organic substances are
first stepped in an alcoholic solution of
nitrate of silver, wiped dry, exposed to
the action of hydrogen, sulphide or
phosphide, and then immersed in the
ordinary galvano plastic bath, they will
keep for an indefinite length of time.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-17
- % -
A,Ill,iIS.

The work of dcmolishing the old for
titications Of Calais, IN France, is now
III active progress, and ere long the old
town will have got rid not only of these
antiquated distractions to light and air,
but also of the deep cncircling fosses,
with their fetid waters. The most i'm
portant result of the change is the final
determination of Calais and it's close
adjoining neighbor, st. Pierre, to become
united as one municipality under the
simple name of Calais. st. Pierre was
but an insignificant village when, just
after the close of the great wars of
Napoleon, a few Nottingham lace
makers established themselves at this
spot as manufacturers of tulle, an indus.
try which now employs there 10, OOO
hands. AT present st. Pierre, with it's
busy shops and tramways, is far larger
than its ncighbor, Of which it neverthc-
less counts only as a suburb, it's popula-
ton being $4,000 while that of Calais
is only $4,000. This union will raise
Calais to the position of the largest town
OF the department, not excepting Bou-
lOgnO.