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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
The Secret of Big Potato Yields.

A. NJ. Williams, Syracuse, n. Y,
writes Il see it stated in an agricul-
tUral journal that a farmer in Pennsylva-
MIA has raised over 400 bushels of potatoes
to the acre by using S12O worth of ma
nure. A still larger yield has been pro-
duced here this season. People in differ
ent parts of the country who read this
account are writing to me for more def
mite information as to the method of
raising this crop. The whole secret of
the operation IS included in one word
manure. Still, this question admits of
some explanation. In the case of my
neighbOr no fertilizer was used except
barnyard manure, and no other is neces-
sary for this or any other crop where
enough can be obtained. It should be
remembered that no amount Of this will
put land in condition for maximum
crop in one year. My neighbors had
manured their fields heavily every year
for five years. If there is such a thing
as iniuring land with manure, I cannot
why their land was not
Our Onondoga Valley gardens
are all treated the same way. While our
greatest crops are grown on muck land,
our gardeners do not believe in the com
mon idea that muck is rich. I notice
that farmers are making great mistake
in drawing muck into the barnyard and
stables direct from the bed to act as an
absorbent. Nothing can be more worth
less as an absorbent than this muck IN
this condition. 1t is saturated with
water and cannot absorb much more. 1t
might do good service if dried, but this
is a difficult matter. There is quite a
difference of opinion as to the best dis
tance to plant potatoes. There need be
no question on this subject as the true
theory can be easily demonstrated in q
single season. To plant III drills from
eight to ten inches apart will give the
greatest yield and most labor. Our gar
deners all plant in this way, but the
farmers, who have plenty of land, plant
so as to cultivate both ways, and do this
labor almost entirely with the horse. In
Western New York the patato crop IS
one of the most important of the farm.
It is common in this section to plow
under crop of clover as a preparation
for a crop of potatoes. The difference
between the average yield under ordinary
culture and the large yield obtained by
the most thorough system of manuing
will abundantly pay the expenses of this
| higher culture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
How to Make Summer Silk Dresses.

Shirred basques with shirred sleeves
and trimmed skirts will be used for the
thin silks that will be worn next sum
mer, says Harper's Bazarc. The skirts
have lengthwise double ruffies between
clusters of shirring down the front and
side breadths; sometimes, instead of
making this ruffie Of silk, lace Will be
used, and in other cases the ruffle will be
of figured fOuiard lined with plain
foulard. At the bottom there are puffs
that lay, with plain rulIle at top and
bottom. The oyersllirt will be drawn
up very high and full on the hips, and
may be opened down the centre and
drawn back on each side, or else III a
closed front i'll apron shape; and back
drapery falls in soft folds and bows, yet
is very full and boufant. The basque
will be shirred on the shoulders, again
on-the bus. and also al the waist line
and inside This sbirlTng viii be
gathered pIaStrou OF vest OF plain foularG |
The shirred sleeves will be arranged in
lengthwise puits for short arms, and in |
putfs around the armholes and elbows, if |
the arms are long and need to be rounded |
out; but these puffs must be very short |
and dropping, and will look best if made |
and sewed upon the sleeves.
Polonaises that are very full on the hips |
md tournure, yet are drawn back plainly
III the sides, will be made of the large
igured foulards to wear over skirts
ormed entirely of puffs or lengthwise
Dleats, or covered with ruf1ies of the
plain goods. The plain fOulard is
hirred in the front from the throat to
he waist line, and edged with lace frills,
md it is also formed in a great sash and
oow made of whole width laid in folds,
md passed across the tOurnure between
he under-arm seams. Dark velvet is
ometimes preferred to the plain foulard
OF the accessories of these polonaises,
md velvet ribon bows are ON the front of
he waist and knotted on the sides, or
behind as a sash, but velvet skirts are no
more effective than those of foulard, and
id to the weight, when one of the
greatest commentators Of these sum-
ner silk dresses is their ightness.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
THE BOYS ARE GONE.
BY JENNIE A. ATcGINNIs,


Alas Alas the farmhouse seems tonight.
Nhen tinted by the sunsets light,
SO lonely and so desolate-
\ dwelling haunted by stern fate
y pace Where sorrow's wlthering breath
FOLLOWS the footsteps of grim death:
EoI our dear boys have left its hearth,
CaAed TO the courts Of higher worth.
Inc mountains rear their purple heads
anu seem TO say ''the BOYS are dead"
Inc night winds sigh with solemn tone,
-, ~ AMY yOu weep, the boys are gone
Inc Inc faithful dog. their childhOOd's pet,
ID HIS dark eyes filed with sad regret,
seems e.er To ask this question plain
'Nhen VIII the boys be back again p
The farmhouse, ba,n, each weIl-knowl
haunt
breathe ever Of some silent want:
Longing for something they have known
Lacking some blessing that has flown;
Lie here at best seems but a dream,
Where troubled phantOmS shrek and scream
Henceforth We tread life's path alone,
The boys--he darling boys-are gone.
The graveyard seems to call and saw:
Come here where sleeps the senseless clay,
Come here where rests in silent bed
The ashes of the mouldering dead"
But as we stand beside the grave
No comfort comes from there to save
Our hearts. that ever constant moan:
what shall we do. the boys are gomez"
Earth brings no solace for our grief.
But angels whisper Of relief.
God silently saws To each dheart:
:. Twas best, beloved, that You should part
Wait, patient hearts. await the day
When all earth's pains shall pass away,
And in a land Of untold JOYS
Prepare again to meet the boys"
We listen to the angel song,
And seem to view the happy throng-
Where, free from sickness and disease.
Our boys have found a sweet release.
God works i'll mysterious way.
But He from darkness leads 70 dav,
Submissivelyyve kiss the rod.
knowing our boys are both with God.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

he sliced it; there were yellow,
roughened spots where the tripe liquor
had dripped; there were several patches
of tallow and lard, and two large dark
spots one ON either hip where he had
rubbed his sOiled hands. when there was
no towel at hand. And if what the girls
had said was true, it would be her fate
to wed this man.
At night she would not tell her ex-
perience, but the girls said, &" Estelle is
as cross as a bear tonight, and it must
be, her fate was not a pleasing one. /
wish We knew whether it was nobody or
somebody just too awful for anything" "
Few Jared better than Portia and
Estelle; Bessie and Tressie came near
faring much worse; having chosen to
walk out OF rather than into the village,
they were soon chased by a vicious,
white gander, which came at them as
they passed by farm-yard. The girls
by dint of speed and much screaming,
nIsl..l.,.saf reach OF the ugly bipeds
lulll bessie turned EtlDI
sS4 might and over-exertion. and
loosening her grasp upon Tressie's
hand, fell; faithful Tressie sank beside
her; leave Bessie she would not. yet her
5hrieks had no effect upon the snowy
plumaged savage and he fastened his
nippers upon Bessie's long braid of hair
and viciously tore it, what should she
10?
All, here come the twin-cousins; good
boys, brave seniors. allowed an afternoon
out even d" girls Saturday. p
Valentine and Orson sure enough
With their knotty canes they easily !
the enemy. They went |
separate ways on their return lest the |
believers (?) in co-education be scandal
zed. But their fates were sealed; the
yander had played successfully the novel
part of-Cupid. I
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
A BaShful Clergyman.

The memorial sketch of the late Rev.
William l.. Gaylord, read at the recent
meeting of the Congregational Club III
Isnuauk<nIl, Mass, stated that he con-
nasends that he was very
fact unsupported by
lYew him intimately. In
tch a confession, he once said
t65t when he was boy his mother used
often to send him about the neighbOr-
hood to invite her friends to tea, and
that when he reached a house where an
invitation was to be left he never could
look anybody ii the face, but with eyes
on the floor, he would repeat these words
which he had said over and over on his
way there " Mother sends her compl-
ments, and she hopes you will take tea
With her this evening"" He went on to
say that after he began to preach he
could never catch the eyes of his audi
en,e till after he had listened to the
sound of his own voice for a while, and
that at such times those same words
were sure to come into his mind. " And
some dav," said he, 81 shall speak them
out, andyou will be very much astomshed
to hear me remark at the opening OF q
sermon: Mother sends her compliments
and she hopes you will take tea with hei
this evening.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

The Boss SCHOONER. The biggest
schooner afoat is called the Augustus
Hunt. She is owned in Baltimore, Md,
and was very recently built in Bath,
Me. She carries four masts, is POS feet
over all, 40 feet inches beam, 20 feet 8
inches depth of hold, LAO 37-lOO tons
burden, is registered Al for fourteen
years, and when fully loaded can carry
1000 tons of coal. She is a whopper.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

A LITTLE girl in Sunday-school. who
the day before had succeeded in tearing
her doll to pieces, when asked what
Adam was made of, replied, "Of dust.
And what was Eve made OFF, inquired
the encouraged teacher "Of saWdust,
was the prompt response.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

~ Profession.
that of accompanying
,lom hollis has been
- New York Hour
Mdressers, probably of the
fsl1ss -. advertise that they will dress
the hair of ladies and then escort them
to their destination. The pressure of
engagements which is apt to reduce
mamma to limp and wilted condition
long before the season is over, and ex-
asperate papa to a point which units
him for polite society, makes it necessary
to employ the services of some dispas-
sionate and fresh attendant, and maids
are not always trustworthy, as was
proved on a recent occasion when
Abigail, being dispatched for her youth
full charge, somewhat after midnight
willingly confded the young maiden to
the tender mercies of gallant cavalier,
and returned peacefully to her couch
and slumber. The arrangements were
perfect, save in the neglect of one item
the latch-key-the absence of which
rendered all other precautionary meas
ures null and void, and when the young
damseI and her cavalier arrived at the
paternal mansion, the bell was found
quite inadequate to the awakening of the
door-keeper. Hotels and friends houses
were out of the question-and to spend
the remainder of the night on the cold
doorsteps, not the most enlivening pros
pect in the world especially" said the
lady, "when no one will believe that we
did spend it in that way. But her COM
panion was a man of ready resources.
he espied a policeman, and hailing the
guardian of the public peace, bribed
this functionary to remain with them i'll
the capacity of chaperone, and pace the
pavement in front of the house until
daylight. The noise of voices, however,
effected what the sound of the bell had
failed to do, and Abigail herself, reused
from her indiscreet slumbers, rushed to
the aid of the wanderers, and their an
guish was at an end. The most extra
| ordinary part of the story, however, Is
| that two women and two men-one q
| policeman-kept a secret inviOlate; that
I is, with one or two exceptions to this
praiseworthy reticence.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
In a Single Night.

Many remarkable tales have been told
of persons who, by reason of fright or
other causes, have found that their hair
has turned white in a single night. But
there is not, we believe, says the Boston
Journal, anywhere ON record a case
where a person went to bed at night i'll a
calm state of mind, rested soundly until
daylight. and awoke i'll the morning to
find that during sleep his or her hair had
changed from ebony to silver. That Is
to say. there never was such a case until
last week, when just this sort of an incl
dent occurred III Boston. The subject
was alady, who retired at her usual hour,
taking with her to her room another and
an elderly lady, visitor, who had ar
rived late III the day, and for whom no
The subject of this incident was noted
for the fineness and beauty Of her hair,
which was said by good judges people
who had been abroad and were acquaint-
ed with the appearance of ravens-to ri
val the ravens wing in blackness and
| lustre. Being blessed with good con-
science, and having eaten nothing indi-
gestible at supper, the lady slept peace
fully during the night and awoke re-
freshed in the morning. But on looking
| toward the mirror, she saw that her hair,
| instead of being black as when she went
to bed, was plentifully streaked with
gray. She sprang up at once to assure
| herself by Il nearer survey, and Just be
| come convinced that her first view was
| correct, when at that moment her elderly
companion, who had already dressed and
| gone down stairs, entered the room, and,
| with the words, cit was sodark when got
up that | put on the wrong switch, y re-
placed upon the bureau a black and
glossy coil Catching up then the gray
! tresses that had for moment 50 alarmed
the younger lady, she deftly arranged
them in their appropriate place and
again quietly Withdrew.
A SAD INCIDENT connected with the
/ French stage is the sudden insanity Of
| Mile. Dinclli. of the Palais Royal The
| atre. In the middle of new comedy,
/ when the audience was perfectly quiet,
! she turned to the other performers and
said: 'Do you hear how they hiss me?
I cmuot finish the piece" The next
! day il was found that she had lost her
! reason. and, after several attempts to
| commit suicide, She was removed To n
I gJyfgtggyy Si, @Tyy,f.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

The horsemu is generally proud {
his race.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
PEGGY DEAR.

I've been waiting in the lane,
Peggy dear!
In the wind and in the rain,
Sticking here!
And the former keenly blew,
And the latter soaked me through,
And fingered here for you,
Peggy dear
But my dream of love is DER,
Peggy dear =!
will trouble you no more
Never fear,
The appointment was for eight,
Up at yonder wicket gate,
And eleven's rather late,
Peggy dear!
am fated, I'll be sworn,
Peggy dear!
To wake tomorrow morn,
Pretty queer!
OF the poultice and the pill,
l shall have to take my fill,
And of syrup of the squill,
Peggy dear!
1t may please you to be told,
Peggy dear
That I've caught my death of cold
That is clear!
Twill delight you to have known,
When my final breath is flown,
That the fault was all your own,
EV Peggy dear!
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

BEET SUGAR.-According to the .Io,,r-
nal cie& F"bricoots dc Sucrc, the pro-
duction Of beet root sugar in Europe in
1882 amounts to 81, ,92O, 600 tons, am in
crease Of 137,5OO tons over 1881.
Germany is still the greatest producer,
heading the list with G75, 900 tons:
Austrian Hungary ranks next with 40,
600 tons; France third, with 4IO, 900
tons; Polish Russia fourth, 275, 600 tons
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

"Right you are. Went and sold 1t to
a bank in Vincennes, and I've got to pay
it. Think of it, Hanner-my note good
enough to be sold to a bank four stories
Oh, and with plate-glass windows, and
they send me just the same kind OF a
notice to pay as they would a rich man.
[ must let old Sims hear Of it IN some
way. The Sims family look upon us as
scrubs, and here we are treated the same
as if we rode in keeridge behind four
horses i''
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22
THE HUMOROUS PAPERS.
WHAT WE FIND TO LAUGH OVER THIS
WEEK.
The Widows Wish-InfOrmatiOn Wnnted-A
Big PuII-PeRgy Dear, Etc.
THE WIDOW S WISH.
"Tell Bervl to come here. F."

The Lady Agatha Frelinghuysen spoke
these words in the commanding, decisive,
Twill get there Or break-a- -suspender
tone, that was habitual to her, but as
Mud Lake Maud, who had been a faith
full servitor of the Frelinghuysens for
forty years, and seen Beryl grow from a
cooing babe to a splendidly beautiful
woman, turned away, she fancied that
the lips Of her mistress quivered slightly,
and that her breath came in gasps.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

ONLY the mln who has cheerful and
virtuous yesterday can look toward -
confident Tomorrow
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

The memorial sketch of the late Rev.
William L. Gaylord, read at the recent
meeting of the Congregational Club in
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

HANDSOME Tides are placed on satin
covered sofas, not SO much as a guarantee
Of good faith as to cover up the spot that
is worn through.-Puck.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-22

y 7
An Indiana farmer walked into the
house the other day with a ticlled look
ON his face and his hat ON his ear, and
called out:
by gum! Hammer, what do you
think ?"
'What's happened now?'
'You know that fellow who sold mo
the churn and had me sign Il papcr?'
eyes.
''Wcu. that paper was a note for
500.
'Noa T.
"Tme as preaching. And what else
do you suppose?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13
-
-Ihc fOljOWinr is brahoEf, tt;o

-ihG following is probably tho most
remarkable specimen of ullilcration cy-
taht. ANY ono who has written on
acrostic, and who has felt tho cmbor.
iassmcnt OF bcinS confined TO particu-
t!ar Ah!inl' letters, can appreciate tho
ingenuity demanded by tho followinw
whore the whole alphabet is fathomci ,
ahtt each word i'll, each line cxacts its
proper initial: ..1 : ''''' '''
AN Austrian army, awfully aprovcd
Boldly, by battery, bcsieueG Bcluradr
A,oSSacN commanders caImOnndinr como
I,eallhg distractions devastating doom.
IINcIy cld9nvor engincers essay,
ror lame, Tor f0rtunc---fglting furious frav.
"'iflaiH Hali salnst generals grapplc-grrat
ilow honors heaven heroic hardilioodr
!nfurlat2r-intiSGrimn iir iil..
N'"S.;;th i.;m, XIII k!nsman--kindrcd kindred
labor I1.I" low Levels lofticst, longest lines
Nici, i.,nrcn md mounds, mid M,oes, mid
-, murdcrous mines.
Now noisy numbers notice npupbr
or outward obstacles, opDOsinT ouoGt.
W! nrIsSeG ,peeaGIots' partly purchased, purity
Quite gHaking, quickly quarter, quartz,
Reason Reason returns; religions right rebounds,
race to the ,Turk-trimph to Thy train!
1Uhlust, unwise, unmcrciful UkraHe!
,Sfilllsh ,xnillsh yam victory vanish victory yainr
why WISH wc warcfarc? wherefore wclcomr
XXeifHXes' XiaHi Nimenes, Xanthus, Xavicrc?
io%, W,uy 70 youths, yc yeoman, yield your
I3no's;, Zarpatcr's, zoroastcr's zeal
Aio "ll attiactlng-aSalils arms opDeal."
--IILCIInOe
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13
TIE FUNERAE CEREMONY.
acorgin Pays Her Last Tribute OF Rcspr
over the RcUnlits of hor Dead Goyerno,

Gcorgin Pays Her Last Tribute OF Rceprct
over the Hcmalns OF her Dead Governor.
ATLANTA, March 8.-Stcphcns's me
mdrnl services began ut ton o'clock.
IlIo attendance is overwhelming and
not onc-fwcnlicth OF the people who
desire to tio 30 can get into thc Lall OF
tite Iiouse Of Representatives, where
the exercises occur. :
Many delegations of citizens and
military arc here from different parts
or tho State. Speeches were mad. to-
DAY ny Hon. Martin j. Crawford. Gen.
Robert ToomDs, General Henry r..
Jackson, Senator Joseph Il. Brown.
Col. q. g. Jones, Attorney General
Anderson, DR.. II. V. NIcMillcr and
cX-Gov. James NJ. Smith. Tie funeral
occurs at three p. IN. Dir. Talmapo
viii make ono Of the prayers.
Numbers of people continued TO ar-
rive during the day until 10000 Wis
itors were in the city. Such crowds
were never seen in Atlanta before. All
the streets were packed, and with the
population OF Atlanta that turned out,
there must lave buen over rs, 900 per-
sons on the streets. Tie memorial scy-
vices which began at ten O'Clock were
opened with prayer. by the Rev. Wm.
Adams, OF Augusta. Senator Coluuitt
| introduced the speakers.
General Gordon read series of
resolutions culogistic of tho life, virtue
ana patriotism OF the dcccasud, and in
presenting the resolutions accUnpa-
niod them by an elegant tribute.
i1c Whs followed by General Toombs,
VINO, On ascending the stand almost
broke down with emotion. IIo spoke
Tor nearly an hour on the life OF MIR.
otephcns and said no would have de-
served all honor if he had done a,o act
III his life except to advocate those
principles Of States rights which he
had always lclh to.
General Henry II. Jarkson, Judge
Crawford, Senator Brown, Ccl. c. 6.
Jones and DR.. ii. V. McAliller also
spoke.
This afternoon tuc funeral services
took place and were conducted by tho
tcV. John Jones. DR.. Talmagc made
the closing prayer. Tho funeral pro-
ccsSlon was mile and half long and
took half hour TO pass II given point.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13

IHE prosecution Of the Democrats
from this county shows tho animus Of
the Government towards the good pco-
ple Of South Carolina. Tho effort is
making to hunt up witnesses who will
swear strongly enough to get up n
scmblancc of charge against some of
our citizens. The evidence published
elsewhere shows how utterly the Gov
crnmcnt has failed to mako out its case,
what the result Of flu tlcr cxamiun.
non may be, cannot now bc forcto)d
Ihc gentlemen who have been draprcd
10 Columbia, at great sacrifice to them
selves, have the sympathy of all our
people. They arc no more criminals
or iaw-brcakcrs than is any other man
who sought, in peaceful and lawful
way to pcrpctuatc good government
III South Carolina. Their catfsc is tho
cause OF all our people. They arc
victims OF tho spite of disappointed
oiiico-scekcrs aid worthless rcnegadcs.
Ihoy must suffer, If they suflcr at all,
rs representatives of the good and true
people of Fairfield. AS such thcy
must be sustained at every stage of the
proceedings by which it is sought TO
make them, suffer. consequences no
more due to theis conduct than to that
or any other good citizen.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13

LIE total discharge of tho Mississippi
during the flood of 1882 was 2,2oO, 900
cubic feet per second, and it WAS then
estimated that tho Atchaialaya carried
or 'onc-siXth Of the volume Of the river.
ms year tho Atchata!oyn is discharge
ing at the rate of 100000 cubic feet per
second, equivalent to 80 per cent, or
nearly onc-third Of the volume of tho
mississippi, having moro than doubled
It's overflow since last year. Here is u
danger that is threatening and immc-
diatc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13
WItAPPJNG PAPER.

We call the attention Of merchants and
others to our large stock, of Wrapping pa
per, consisting of White Ncwspapcr.
Manila, Gray Wrapping and Straw Paper,
and Paper Bags.
We suggest that if merchants can buy
these ARTICLES from us asl6W as from abrcatf,
freight added, it will bc an adyantf,uc IT,
retain within the town tho small commission
charged rather than pity it to strangers.
MCMAsTER, BklCK & KETCu1N.