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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

grocery man he could whip him in tw
minutes. The grocery man asked wha
was the matter, and the deacon hunte,
up the source from whence the darnin,
needle came through the counter, and n
the boy went across the street the dea
con and the grocery man were rolling OF
the floor, the grocery man trying to holC
the deacon's fists while he explained
about the darning needle, and that il
was intended for the boy. How it come
out the boy did not wait to see.
A LITTLE SMOKE.
A Frenchman, finding himself in a
railway carriage with two English fellow
travellers, says politely to the lady:
''WilI you permit me to light my
cigar?"
"No, sir; by no means p replies her
male companion; q" the smoke of your
cigar would be very offensive to my
The Frenchman, with a melancholy
bow, puts his cigar back into the case
and finds consolation in sleep.
Presently he is awakened by a sensa-
ton Of suffocation and finds the English
man blowing a whole stratum of clouds
out OF villainous short pipe.
81 thought" he gasps, "that you
said, only few minutes ago, that the
smoke of my cigar would be very
offensive to your wife ?''
$50 it would, sir-your smoke would.
but she quite enjoys mine; don't you,
dearest?"
SOWING TWO PROBLEMS.
He stopped saving wood and turned |
to the old man who was splitting and |
Piiin9 and said:
Father, 1 cannot believe that I was |
cut out for a farmer The whole problem |
is right here: I go to the city as clerk at
a dollar day. In six months [ get a
raise to nine dollars per week. In a year
[ am given an interest in the firm. and
in ten I am rich enough to buy and sell
you ten times over"
eyes, that's one problem, slowly re-
piled the old man, " and there's another:
there's six cords of wood left in that pile.
and il it isn't all sawed, split and piled
pgin Saturday night, you don't git no
pair O new cowhide boots out of me
Hear me now, and make that buck saw
strike fire - JYaH Street Nclc8.
A DIFFERENCE.
A correspondent in Waco wants to
know what the difference is between aris-
ocrats and socialists. There is really
10 difference in the men, but merely the
When the aristocrat be-
comes poor and hungry, he Immediately
becomes a socialist. When the socialist
becomes very rich, he is the very worst
lristocrat that can be found. tits merely
| question Of name, just as the poor
Israelite is called Jew, and the rich
Jew is called an Israelite.-ICru8 Sift-
.ngS.
THEIR DAILY DUTY.
After the war, when the number of |
in attendance at Oakenwold W as !
divided by four or five, two negro girls,
As and -n, E-.u, 90 y-lo nearest ,illage to
lu.r could hardly tau the tory for
.auoaing: II asked if they could cook;
we aiut never hU. ok none;
PM anus coon. -l. /? Nom,
We amt bin wash none either; Aunt
Sally, she wash Can you clean house,
hen? Nom, least We amt never bin
,lean none,' and so, " said Mrs. Nash, 81
vent through the whole list of qualifica-
ions, receiving always the same negative
answer. Well, what in heavens name,
said 1 at last, have you been accustomed
% do? Lucinda's dusky face frightened
-'Sukey, here, she hunt for masters
specs and keep flies off ole miss r"-
Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19
A Dime Novel in Real Life.

In the neiehboIhoOd of Sixth street
says a Los Angeles (Cal. paper, there is
a gang of little hoodlums which have be-
come the terror of that vicinity. They
have operated there for some time but
recently they have begun TO branch ont
and extend the circle Of Observation-Disclosures.
It seems like Il dime novel story, hut the
captain Of the gang is a girl. They are
regularly organized, and began business
under rather favorable circumstances.
On the day Mr. Lothian was buried the
captain and some of her pals broke into
the lumber office at Walsh's yard on San
Pedre street, and took whatever their
fancy dictated They become possessed
Of diamond glass cutter, and cut pane
Of glass from Lazarus's show window.
They also stole some things from He'll
mams notion store. Lately Officer
Fletcher was detailed to arrest others of
the gang, aud succeeded in bringing in
four
Now what on earth is to be done with
the children? ? The Oldest of them is the
girl captain; she is about thirteen. and
the others range down to ten. Two Of
the boys are johnny and Willie McDon-
aid, whose father murdered their mother
and is now in San Quentin; another is Il
colored boy named Smiley; the captain
is Nellie Devine, and her younger brother
is q member of the gang.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19
PECK S BAD BOY.

81 am glad to see you, >" said the gro
Gerry man to the bad boy, as the latter
came in and sat on the counter right over
a little gimlet hole, where the grocery
man had fixed a dmning needle so that
by pulling a string the needle would fly
up through the hole and run into the
bov about an inch. The grocery man
had been laying for the boy for two days,
and now that he had got him right over
the hole the first time, it made him laugh
to think how he would jump and yell,
and as he edged off and got hold of the
string the boy looked unconscious of i'm
pending danger. The grocery man sat
still. He pulled again and again, and
finally the boy said:
ooh. Won needn't pull that string any
more. [ heard you was setting trap
for me, and I put Il piece of board inside
my pants, and thought I would let You
exercise yourself Go ahead, If it amuscs
Won. It don't hurt me. The grocery
man shook his head and went off about
his business, thinkingit was only wasting
time to fool with that boy.
in the mean time, one of the grocery
mans best customers, a deacon III the
church. had come in and sat down on
tbe counter, over the darning needle,
and rs the grocery man came in with the
coal the boy pulled the string, and went
,--4 l,,,r. oDl tIInp1 OypT q basket af
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

The HEALTH.-The National Health
Society, London, has introduced form
of garment, made of macintosh, to be
worn by people compelled to enter the
apartments of persons suffering from
contagious diseases. Used in coniunc-
ton with a medicatcd cotton respirator,
it is said to be a protection against con-
tagiOn.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19
AN ETENLNG THOUGH7

II I could think our household pet
That left the fold one autumn morn,
Was sleeping in the valley yet,
Across the velvet-tinted lawn
If she were sleeping there to-day
My heart would weep its life away
So cold and black the winter air,
So desolate the drifting snow;
Like demons from their midnight lair,
The winds of winter come and go,
And like a sad and doleful sprite,
Seem singing to my heart tonight.
We laid her meath the lilly bloom,
When autumn touched the tender hours,
And scattered DER the new-made tomb
Her offering of leaves and flowers;
And then, it seemed the earth and sky
We're whispering. IT'S the time to die
Now, gathered at the festaI board,
Where nightly all the dear ones meet.
My fearful ewes, k1c = not why.
Is Of winter blow,
lE1Keath the snow.
T--sath of fragrance comes to me;
Again feel a loving hand
In mine, and like sweet minstreIsy
A voice comes from the summerIand-
Nor storm, nor winter sweeps the shore
Where I shall dwell forever more.
J. W. BARKER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

THE ALBEMARLE A man having pub
icly announced himself rs the individual
who exploded the torpedo which sank
the Confederate ram Albemarle, the
Navy Department, at the request of Pay
master Swan, gives to the public the
official report OF the late Commander
Gushing Of the destruction, and also an
extract from sworn testimony of his giyer
in Washington several Years later, show
ing that cushing was the man who sank
the ram.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

A TRAMp-A hungry little girl was
hegging in Des Moines. A man
dropped five cent piece into her hand.
A tramp came along, told the child that
he had eaten nothing in week, and so
impressed her with his greater distress
tnat she forgot her own, and gave him
the com. Then he went to the nearest
groqgcry aud bought glass Of whisky.
Tho climax Of th" story Is n tremendous
whipping, given TO the tramp by the
original donor OF the nickel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19


FRENCH WORKINGMEN.-A pamphlet,
published by Mr.. Armengaun, gives the
result of an inquiry into the expenditure
of sixteen working class families in Mul-
house, a large manufacturing town of
Alsace. 1t is presumed that the investi-
gator selected typical families, and that
the result of his investigation may, con-
sequently, be fairly assumed to repre-
sent the expense of the average French
working class in provincial city. Six
teen families representing different classes
of workingmen were taken. Their eX-
peuditure varied from 1920 to 5000 a
year. Their rent averaged 10 per cent.
Tin Paris it would probably have been at
least 2O), clothing Is, food 81, miscel-
lane0us s. The highest expenditure in
any case for food was p per cent. OF
the expenditure for food, 80 per cent
was for bread, II for meat, 13 for milk,
q for groceries, and Is for miscellaneous
ailments.
A sTYLIsHLY dressed woman entered
restaurant. The waiter handed her
a bill of fare and said, "PIease mark
off the dishes you wish to order" Could
a woman in a sealsllin confess that she
could not read? Taking the pencil she
made a few dashes, and her order
read: Dinner 80" Feb. 20, '83,
vegetables" " "plcase pay at the desk, :"
"celery" " The waiter brought her beef
steak and onions and prune sauce, and
she did not dare raise a word in protest.
THEY are now experimenting with
paper as a substitute for steel rails. Why
not? Rails are stationary.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

THERE is no benefit 20 small that good man
will not magnify it-Seneca.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19
THE CHINESE OVERSEER.
HOW THE LABORERs ON THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC ROAD ARE KEPT FROM
DESERVING.

The Southern Pacific Railroad is the
marvel Of modern railway construction.
The country which it traverses has pc
culiarly unfavorable physical aspects.
The engineers have overcome every OBJ
stacle. They have threaded sandy
deserts, tunneIed lofty mountains, lev
eled rocky ridges, bridged great rivers
and spanned deep canyons. Against
them nothing has prevailed. Nature set
up her strongest citadels to bar their
progress. They melted before their
skill like dew before the summer sun.
They brought ties and bridge timber
three thousand miles and transported
the connecting rails across q great con-
tinent. Savage tribes Of Indians harassed
and annoyed them. They raised an
army and subdued the barbarians. They
passed through a country on which the
white mans foot had never been set.
Civilization followed in their wake and
towns and cities sprang up like magic
The country was non-productive and
forage for their stock and subsistence
for the army Of workmen had to be
brought from distance.
In some places water for all purposes
had to be carried a hundred miles.
White men could not be worked to adj
vantage in this desert country, and six
thousand Chinese coolies were imported
rs navvies. Armed with pick and shovel, |
amping bar and sIedge hammer, they |
worked through the country a might
lost of progress, and track-laying adj
-anced at the rate Of three miles ii Ray
Even aloug tine Eio 0rauae, Where oau- +
Won. a -. crossed s1.n--st .-- 3e--. F
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

BEAVERS. Lord Butte formed a bca-
yer island few years ago i'll the grounds
of Mount Stuart. near Rothesay, and it
has been Il complete success, these in
teIIigent animals having multiplied 50
rapidly that amy country gentleman de
string to establish similar community
can obtain a supply from Lord Butte.
They eat the bark of plane trees and
Scotch frs, and require a weekly supply
of fresh willows All the ground about
the ornamental water in which they are
quartcrcd is honey-combed with tunnels
leading 10 their habtation, which IS en-
tered at the bottom of the water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19
3IICJN IIIG IU0LlNC UUdIU.
BROKE UP THE DRILL.
A Buffalo paper says that at a fir

A Buffalo paper says that at a fire-drill
in a public school Of that city an excit-
ing scene was witnessed. When the
alarm rang out every teacher and pupil
was instantly in the proper place. Just
as the signal ''go" was given, bad boy
Buffalo claims to have one OF two bad
boys-shouted: My, what a ratr' With
yell that would make band of Indians
white with envy, every teacher was on
the benches, followed by every girl in
school. Tableaul
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

of hundred var hence, an doan' ex-
peck dat de predickshun dat we shall ul-
timately warm our feet in de halls of
Congress am gwine to satisfy present
hunger. We will now tighten our belts
an pitch into dereglar order of bizness. "
Detroit free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

THEY are now experimenting with
paper as a substitute for steel rails. Why
not? Rails are stationary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21
NOTICE.

By virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Police Jury of the Parish of Grant
will contract with the lowest bidder and
best workman for the building of Bridge
across the Bayou Darro on the Colfax and
Alexandria road, of the following specf-
cations:
Bridge to be $50 feet leaf or cover, 10
feet wide 2 inches thick, good heart pine
or cypress. Benches to be 20 feet apart,
except across the run there must be a
Swinging Arch. with suitable timbers and
IL inch iron rods to support it.
The Posts to be Sx10 inches, four posts
to the bench.
Cap Stills 10x12 inches. IL feet long.
Mud Stills 1yx1S inches. cypress.
Sleepers 4x12 inches, 20 feet long.
Flooring 2x6 inches.
Railing and Braces for same 3x4 inches,
braced three ways
Hight 20 feet, more or less. q
Bridge to commence at the rock bluff
on the east bank, near . little pin-oak, and
run level to the west bank.
Terns-One-f fourth of the money to be
paid January, 1884, one-fourth April 1st,
1884, the balance January l, 1885, with
per cent interest until paid.
s. G. CURRY.
President Police Jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21
EsTRAY NOTICE.

Estrayei before me this day, by Bean
regard Layssard, one Cow and Calf, color
red and white spotted, COW branded 1. l.. /,
or something that looks like 1. l.. on right
hip, and marked with crop and upper bit
in left ear, and split and upper bit in the
right ear. Appraised ut eighteen dollars.
The owner is hereby notified to come
forward and prove property and pay all
charges within forty days from date, or
said Cow and Calf will be sold according
to law. A. l.. GROW,
Justice Peace, First Ward.
Colfax. Grant parish, La, July 10, '83.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Mr.. s. w. Rhorer has the celebrated
Plymouth Rock chickens for sale.
Here is your chance for securing a
stock Of these remarkable layers He
has presented this editor with a pair
of chicks. and Mrs. G.. is going to run
hen in opposition to that wonderful
chicken of Mrs. Bowman's, that the
Alexandria papers have been talking
about 80 much.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

A scientific and economical apparatus for light.
ing, for Home, Business, Ohice, Mining and
self. The Electric Current being produced By
chemical action. This apparatus by our adjust
ments. for which we make extra charges, can be
terry, Call He'll, or for Automatic Electric Gas
lighting. Our Burglar Alarm is SO constructed
that the intruder is Immediately confronted
with light and bell alarm at the same instant.
Reliable agents wanted ali over the country.
Enclose stamp for circular. III
PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.,
q Water Street, Boston, Mass. 4
Chartered under the laws Of Massachusetts
December. 1882
"A Portable Electric Lighter for IS, Is being
exteneively sold by the Portable Electric Light
Co., of q Water street, Boston, 1t is an eco
nomical and safe apparatus for lighting for home
and business purposes."- = Scientific American,
New York. December IL. 1881 apr2l-sm
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

A grand matinee was held in
Teal's store last Wednesday by J. C.
Wickliffe and ). M. Lacroix. An
outside account of the affair is more
amusing than serious. According to
Wickliffes account somebody would
have been hurt if Lacroix had not
made rapid strides to get away. La
croix says be did not want to injnre
his man, or he could have hurt him
seriously while be had him down
stamping him. As to who got the
best Of il we leave oor readers TO
judge foF themselves.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

The police jury meets next Mon
day and will sit as a board of as
sessment reviewers. The jury as at
present constituted deserves much
eommendation for the able and faith
full manner in which they have man.
aged our parish affairs When they
took hold the parish was not able TO
pay current expenses. Now it pays
current expenses, and they see light
enough ahead to begin to talk about
building thousand dollar bridges, for
which see advertisement.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Our offer of years subscription
to the Chronicle for the first open
boil Of cotton seems to have excited
some rivalry. Following Noby Smith,
on Wednesday we received couple
of open bolls from Mr.. G. A. Pierson,
and also one from Jerry Brown. On
Thursday Anthony johnson sent in q
boil. Friday constable Horn, of ward
seven, brought in another boil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21
CONSTABLE'S SALE.
Second Justice Court. First Ward, Parish
Of Grant. State Of Louisiana.-Nos -
Zippa Coleman ". VIM. Thomas, NJ. F..
Machen defendant in rule.

By virtue of two writs of A. ia. issued out
of the second justice court in and for the
parish and State aforesaid, and to me di-
rected have seized and will offer for sale,
at the court house door. between tn hours
prescribed by law for judicial sales, on
SATURDAY, August 4, A. d. 1883,
the following described property, to-wit:
The undivided half interest Of NJ. f. Ma
chen in and to the Judgment rendered by
the honorable the Twelfth District Court
for the parish of Grant. in the suit enti-
tied Nachen and Richardson VS.. George
w. Lane and Wife, and numbered $50 on
the docket thereof, seized IS the property
of III. f. Machen. defendant in rules.
Terms-C Cash, with benefit Of sppraise-
ment. RANDALL WHITE.
July 81, 1883. Constable.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

The Grant parish Sunday School
Convention meets in Colfax on next
Sunday. All denominations invited.
An interesting time looked for.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

A fine egg plant, weighing two
pounds and a half, and measuring
twenty-three inches in circumference
lengthwise. and nineteen and a half
inches in girth, grown in the garden
Of Capt 9. @. Nash. has been pre-
sented to the CHRoNicLE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

The first boil of open cotton was
handed TO us on the nth by Noby
Smith, a colored man living on Mrs.
Bynum's place. Noby gets the years
subscription to the Chronicle which
we offered for the first open boil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Constable Horn, of ward seven,
yesterday brought in and jailed John
Ashton, accused of shooting another
negro, Geo. Starks. with q load of
small shot.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Cadet j. A. Williams, just from
Baton Rouge. has been spending the
week in Colfax. His father. r. B.
Williams, and Mrs. w. also spent q
day or two in town in the early part
of the week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

The locality where smallpox exists
in Natchitoches parish has been quar-
antined, and passing in or out OF that
limit is not allowed. The quarantine
at Montgomery has been raised.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

The term of school taught in Col
fax by Miss Lovelace expired yester.
day, Goth.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21
LOCAL DOT s !.
A good deal Of sickness is reporte
in and around Montgomery.

The rains have ceased and we are
having q fine cotton-growing season.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

In game of base ball between the
negro clubs of Cotile and Colfax, last
Sunday, the FIRST named won by
score of 81 to Is.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Capt. Nash gave little soiree
Wednesday night in honor OF his
boys birthday. Master Richard is
now three years old.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21
CoNsTABLE's SALE
First Justices Court, Parish of Grant
State of Louisiana.--No. =
Rachal Rubin VS.. g. W. Lane

BY virture of and to satisfy writ of Fl.
fa., issued and to me directed in the above
entitled and numbered suit. have seized
and will offer for sale. at Public Auction
in front of the Court House door, in the
town Of Colfax Louisiana, between tho
hours prescribed by law, on
SATURDAY, August 4, A. d. 1889
The following described property, seized az
the property of the Defendant, to WIT:
One Iron Safe.
ferms-Cash with benefit OF appraise-
mens =. N. IACKoIX. Constable.
coliax. La, July 20 1881
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

Mr.. j. w. Ethridge has our thanks
for a mammoth peach ripe, juicy and
luscious.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-07-21

ana Z. :. r.ma .;on;t;e. il n Mighty
T;'.,. - =, ;.v;r";s,l. ce,,aneror r. Is safS.
~ 3" .'..s a,,d s.s,,,ie Its snec;al feld
- ,i,sss = =, t1s yeser Of food.
~ s.,sh - AN r,s - ~ drstsrs cream etc
s s:si - i.,.,s ~ email .sd Il
y ~ s = '''''
e'' ~ worae are chean.
...,
and 80 Is Rex Ma8nuS, IN all ITS seserai
Brands. Erery word used oy tne pioprle-
tors oI.snls prepalaslon; n staring rs so IA
s anX vi; III he cS sers%sy ts"aereS Ths
best proof. however, is to buy box, test
The daily gazette., 1883-10-29
When You are in Trouble.

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Don't be cross and angyyl Your
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Don't be desboadcntl You are
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The troubled, the weary, the de-
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and the bilious find rest, repose, re.
freshment, and reconstruction in the
use of that prince of Tonics, Browns
Iron Bitters. The druggist charges
a dollar bottle for it. 10