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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Initiating the Dear Men.

Clara Belle in letter in the Cincln-
natl Enquirer says The New York girl
is trying once more to be little man:
She has these spells periodically and
sometimes with considerable violence.
The outbreak showed itself this time
during the spring and now, with the ad-
vent of summer, seems likely to rage as
never before. My opinion is that it all
comes of equestrianism. The trousers
which she wears under the skirt OF her
riding habit make her feel masculine and
she has an uncomfortable desire to ex-
tend the manliness of costume into
things visible. Her bosom swells with
pride Just now under mems neckwear.
Flat scarfs of light colored silk, with
scarf pin stuck in them; F'dickeys" OF
plated cambria, with standing collars
and arrangements of folded pique are IL,
Illustrations. The vests of satins, bro
cades and leather now so fashionable,
the gloves of heavy embroidered leather,
the fancy for silk and colored handker'
chiefs and even the return of linen cuffs
may be counted as expressions of the
mania. Linen collars are still high and
tight around the neck. The cuffs cor
respond. Many of these are of colored
linen. Young ladies incline much to
dog collars OF ribbon, tied in front and
fastened by two or four gold pins with
heads of tiny flowers or insects. Stand
ing collars are either buttoned with a
single button in front or tied with mar
row ribbon, passing through two button
holes. Some also have corners turned
over slightly. This last style is attached
to small chemisette when the form OF
the dress requires it. Collars of colored
percale and of pique, in white and col
ors, are also liked. The 'jaquette gen,
tleman" is much worn. It is of cordu-
roy or of beige cloth. The front closes
by means of a single row of buttons, and
falls loose without darts or small side
pieces; the back is very short and almost
tight-ftting. Around the basque is 8
hem about one inch and half deeE
against which is sewed a second basque
hemmed in the same way and falling be-
low the upper one to about the depth OF
the hem. This jacket is worn over
skirts of coarse fabrics as well as over
elegant lace ones. The silk hat and the
jockey cap have long been in use fol
equestrian PURPOSES
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
An Arizona AmuSe ment.

ooh, we amt entirely without amuse-
ments and sports out in Arizona" said
passenger from the Southwest. "Of
course, churches and theaytres and cir
cuses are pretty sea ce, and there hahn t
'nough level ground in the Territory to
play game of base bail on. But we
has our fun all the same. In the town
where l live-mind you, we are gettin'
civilized out there and have towns in
stead OF mere camps-in my town our
best sport is with a colored man named
Sam. He's big, strong jack-that is,
he was. Poor fellow, he tempted fate
too often, and got took in finally. Sam
made his Twin furnishin' fun for the
boys. He would draw a chalk line on
the floor, get down in front of it on all
tours, and for 10 cents let any man take
a big bag of sand and crack him one
from behind. If the striker knocked
Sam over the line he got his money
back.
"Well, this sport run along several
months, till one day wicked looking
stranger came to town. He saw Sam
takin' in the dimes in the hotel barroom,
where the stranger was a pretty good
customer himself already. will We let
me have lick at We for dime?' he in.
CURED of Sam. 'Sartainly, sab; three
for a quarter. Take a quarters with.
The stranger said he guessed one would
be enough. Sam got down on all tours.
The stranger then picked up the sand,
bag. Sam Topped his head down and
grinned between his legs at the striker.
The sandbag is raised high in the air,
the wicked looking stranger looks
wickeder out of his eyes, and we get on
to his powerful frame and arms all of a
sudden. Like a stroke O. lightning
down comes the bag-poor Sam.
''Did it hurt the niger much p
"Hurt him? Nobody knows. The
fact is, when he got down on the floor
his head was pointed toward the wide
open door of the barroom, out of which
we could look down the mountain side.
Sam catapulted out O. that door and
hain't been seen since. One O. the boys
said he believed the coon had never
stopped till he got back to ole Alabam,
he useter talk so much about.
"Did you find out who the stranger
was %
'Well, I should say we did. His
name was Sullivan, prizefghter, from
down East somewhere"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
A Rich Little Girl.

The Washington ReDu6Lican SAYS !:
The richest little girl in the world is the
7-year old daughter of Capt. George Ell.
Perkins of the y. S. navy, who is well
known in Washington. She is worth
81, 900 in her own name, the amount
having been left her recently by her
grandfather, William F. Weld, of Bos-
ton. Mr.. Weld was the father of the
little girls mother, and when he died
four heirs, including the child, came
into possession of the bulk of his for
tune, sos, 10000 which was divided
into four portions. The sum of $4,000
and a valuable residence in Boston were
bequeathed to Mrs Perkins, wife of the
captain, and $40, 900 annually to be used
in caring for the little millionaire heir
ess until she reaches the legal age and
claims her millions. This makes Capt.
Perkins's income in actual cash $40. 900.
without including his government salary
or the rental from his magnificent resi-
dence in Boston. Secretary Chandler
characterized the story that Capt. Per-
kins had resigned from the navy to look
after his estates as untrue, and said that
he has been ordered to duty on board of
the steamer Hartford. The captain ap-
piled for one years leave, with a view of
reslgning at the end of the year. TIE
department, however, declined to grant
the request, as he had been away from
duty for two years. The Secretary said
the captain was one of the best officers
IN the service, and that he would not re-
sign, because he loves sea life too well.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
A Story of Two Skulls.

'Those two skulls have a romantic
history" said an attendant of the Army
Medical Museum, pointing to two glis.
tening white skulls in one of the cases.
A pair of egg shells struck by club
would have presented about the same
appearance rs the skulls did. One OF
them showed a compound communicated
fracture extending from the right eye
across the dome of the skull to the left
ear.
"They are skulls of two colored men, -
continued the attendant, "who engaged
in desperate butting match at Norfolk
some time ago about negro damsel.
1t appears that both men were desper-
ately in love with the girl, and that she
was too tickle to decide which of them
should be her STEADY company
''The men held a council of war, aud
agreed to meet the next day and settle
the whole thing by genuine Southern
darkey butting match. The rules for
such a match provide that the men shall
stand twenty PAGES apart, and, at the
word Co. rush at each other with heads
down; this to continue until one or the
other of the men gives up or is knocked
out, the winner to have the girl. In
the case of the dusky Norfolk lovers
they only came together once. Their
heads collided with q crash, crushing
them in the manner described. One of
them died instantly, the other in few
hours"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Rufus ChOate's Bad Writing.
CHIROGRAPHY WAS EQUALLY EX-
ECRABLE.

The proprietor of the Girard House,
Philadelphia, tells a good story about
Rufus Choate's wonderfully bad pen
manship, which was so utterly miserable
that at times he could not read it him
self.
"While at the hotel" said the MARIA
tor, she wrote out his resignation as one
of the trustees of the Smithsonian In
stitute and brought it down to the Of
fee. Have you a man who can copy
this for me- asked Mr.. Choate. | called
on a young clerk, who himself wrote the
worst hand except Choate's L ever saw,
and requested him to copy the docu-
ment. He retired to private room
and privately and painfully wrestled
with the chirography of Choate. After
two hours he emerged and announced
that he had succeeded in deciphering
the manuscript, and handed me an al
Ieged. copy of the paper.
81 carried the copy to Choate, and he,
adjusting his eyeglasses, said: why,
sir, this is the original 1 gave to you
II assured him it was not so, but no
argument would induce him to believe
me until 1 showed him both copy and
original. He at last said:
"'Here, take this twenty-dollar gold
piece and make it present to the man
who wrote this. I am surprised to dis
cover such combination of talent in
one man. He not only writes as badly
as [ but can actually decipher my pen
manship
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
HE GETS NO DEGREE.
A Little Sketch of Real Life i'm n Cole,

The sad refrain comes wailing ND from
the halls of Princeton, Columbia. Yale
and Harvard - "Grind grind /
grind !'' These verify are the times
when fond mothers tremble for the well
fare of their offspring. "The poor bow
How hard it must be for him to be
obliged to work so! Will his eyes last {?
And is there not danger of brain
fever ?"
What prompts these anxious in
quiries asks the Hour. 1t is letter
from the "poor boy" which reads
something as follows: "My dear
Mother For the last ten days I have
worked fifteen hours out of the twenty
four, getting ready for the ANIMALS, )
which so far have been very hard. Tell
Kate to wear white, and to depend on
flowers for dash of color. [ shall take
fair rank in my class, which contains
an extraordinary number of sgrinds. ,
who leave a clever fellow far in the rear.
I need hundred dollars to meet some
little bills, including those for a doctor
and books. l didn't tell you at the time
for fear of alarming you, but was very
i'll last spring. Please speak to father
about this, and remit Immediately. I
shall get my degree fast enough if my
eyes hold out. Don't forget the money.
Your loving son, etc." If We look
behind the scenes what do we see? A
young fellow in a costume that would
bring blush to the cheek of even bal
let-dancer, O wet towel around his head.
two books in his hands, one in the
original and one translation, bottle
of beer by his side, and half-smoked
cigarette burning on the edge of the
table, June bug or two attracted by
the brilliant light, and the hour hand of
the clock pointing to the figure two.
Hear him muttering to himself as he
drops his books and begins again to
smoke. "That letter ought to catch
the governor. A hundred dollars will
pay my livery and wine bills, and then
there will be left only the tailor, the
bookstore and the florist, and-oh,
drat it, they can wait A man can't
pay all his bills at once. Class-day
will take another hundred if she comes.
I'll get Uncle Jack to lend me that; he's
been through this mill, and knows what
it is. I've got about hundred and fifty
out of the governor in the last month
on the strength of class-day, and he
won't stand any further drain. Well
confound the June-bug - if this
Italian were only over with I might have
faint hope of seeing my degree. But
who can ever get more than twenty five
out of an examination on three hundred
pages of that stuff, with only one night
to 'cram up on it? You can't expect a
man to perform impossibilities. Real
geniuses never get degrees"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
A Renaissance of the Rebellion.

E. J. Beaumont, of Penfield, N. Y,
was a member of the old Thirteenth
regiment, New York Volunteers, in the
late war. At the battle of Gaines IS
Mills. June 81, 1862, he was shot
through the lungs with a musket ball,
wounded in the hip with a piece OF
shell. and received a ball in his knee.
He was left on the field as dead. He lay
where he fell for six days and nights,
without drop to drink or a morsel to
eat. On July 81 he was found by a
party of Confederate soldiers. One of
them raised his head and gave him a
drink from his canteen. What was
Beaumont's surprise to discover in the
person of the Confederate a man named
Lincoln a former citizen of Penfeld,
who had gone South before the war, and
was then in an Alabama regiment.
Beaumont was taken to the Confederate
camp. and was subsequently exchanged,
and lay in the hospital for many
months. Recovering sufficiently, he was
ordered to duty at the Elmira barracks,
where there were then 300 Confederate
prisoners. On going to his post at the
barracks one of the first persons he saw
among the prisoners was Lincoln, the
Con re1erate who had found him on the
field at Gaines's Mills and saved his life.
He returned the kindness in many ways.
The prisoner returned South after the
war. and the two men have kept up a
cordial correspondence ever since.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Summer Dresses.

The summer dresses seen on the city
streets during the month of June
are of the simplest design and materials,
and owing to the great heat, full
dress is scarcely worn even at elabor-
ate entertainments. The glace mohair
dresses with wide Hercules braid, or
with black or blue velvet trimmings, are
seen in the palest French gray shades
for driving toilettes, at the races, at
church, and also at day receptions.
These are most often imported dresses.
as Worth and other Paris modistes de-
light in this lustrous fabric, and make
them up with a great deal of white lace
about the corsage, and add to them q
bonnet of white lace, with little gray
velvet on the brim, and some gray tips,
or marabout aigrette. This delicate
combination of gray and white makes a
very refined and summary costume, but
only the palest clear shades of gray must
be used, as the deep steel tints have an
elderly look. Sometimes a trimming of
silver beads is used to form q plastron
or vest, and there may be rows of large
cut beads across a velvet vest, or else
many rows of dropping fringe-like orna-
ueuto tuat zap over eaCn Otner ana give
solid effect. A white Valenciennes or
Oriental plastron fully gathered at the
throat is also liked in these pale gray
dresses. The mushroom shades are
next most in favor, and may be of the
mohair, with velvet of q darker golden
brown, or else with the contrast of dark
maroon-red velvet for the vest, collar,
bracelet-like cuffs and for cross-bands on
the left side Of the lower skirt, where it
is disclosed by the opening of the upper
skirt, and also a broad velvet revers
down the right side, where it joins the
back drapery. Other mohair dresses
are made in the severe tailor STYLES, with
merely rows of stitching for trimming
or else they are combined with a little
watered silk that appears only in the
skirt at the foot, and on the left side in
hollow organ pleats, and in some narrow
Qnch wide) folds that form the cuffs and
collar. Aispiping fold of white MORE
may be added inside gray silk folds, or
OF bright coquelicot red in the neck and
sleeves OF mushroom-colored dresses.
Bdzdr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
The Latest Thing in Music.

Says the Gross Valley COal.) T9dings:
We are Informed by James Judd that
there is man living near Tar Flat who
Is soon to travel with quartette, The
party in question has spent most of his
life IN catching different kinds of frogs
and other little animals, and is quite a
naturalist. The party has now on hand
four different kinds of frogs, which he
has had for two years, and in that time
has quite successfully taught them to
sing the Sweet By and By" A little
mars frog is the tenor, and he is placed
III a bowl of water and partly burfes his
mouth in the water when he sings ten
or. This gives the voice a bird-like
sound that is said to be very charming.
A very large bull frog is the basso of the
troupe and he is fully equal to The occa-
sion, doing his part well. The soprano
and alto are very good songsters, and
when two or three persons are gathered
to hear them the soprano is said to put
on as many airs as any other of that ilk.
The owner of the curious four is now
teaching the soprano a solo, and when
1t Is learned he intends travelling. The
soprano, when a small leaf is thrown to-
ward her after a song, will hop out and
pick it up, make graceful bow and re-
sumo her place. Then the alto is said
to turn green with envy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10

Business men, especially those whc
are prompt and methodical, are guide
by certain elementary principles. II
some cases these principles are formu
lated into simple rules, which covel
even the details of conduct.
A prominent New York banker attrib.
utes his success in business to the care
with which he has Obeyed these plain
rules:
Take time for eating, sleeping and di-
gestion.
Don't worry. Be satisfied with your
work, after doing it well.
Never ask another to do what Won
oughtito attend TO personally.
Shun the slightest appearance of dis
honesty, as you would shun the plague.
Always meet your appointments ON
time. Never late. If possible. not
much ahead of the moment.
Don't talk too much. Let your &C
tons speak for yourself.
Be honest, even if you lose money
by it.
Never let business interfere with
home duties.
Remember that money alone cannot
buy peace, nor true friends, nor loving
family.
1t is refreshing, in these days of spec
ulation and dishonest dealings to know
that man can live according to the
above principles and yet make money.
1t shows that honesty and business can
go hand in hand.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Thought So, Too.

In response to a sign of "Boy Want
ed lad about - years of age applied
for position in a Michigan avenue
store. The proprietor liked his looks
and decided to take him, and after some
general explanations and observations
asked:
"What is your first name ?"
"Henry.
Every well; 1 shall call you by that. "
"What is your first name p asked the
boy.
"Why
sob, 1 think it's altogether the best
plan to call each other by our first
names. It saves time, and You don't
get folks mixed up. You can call me
Hank, and if your names William l can
shorten it half rod"
The boy hasn't begun work yet. In
fact the man has installed a lad in the
place who takes plenty of time to
Mister him and give the full name.
NJ, Quad,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Mrs. Grant as a Financier,

Mrs. Grant is al uded to in a Galena
letter to the st. Louis Globe Democrat
as ''the family financier." An interest
ing statement from the same letter fol-
lows: "a few months ago, when Gen.
Grant last visited his Galena home he
said in my presence: "My wife runs
our New York house, and no other wo-
man in the universe could do it better
than she. | give her 81, 900 a month
and ask no questions. do not live in
anything like princely style, but there
are few men who are compelled to keen
up the appearances that circumstances
have forced upon me of late years that
have more TO be proud of than myself
leave it all to my wife, who runs our
household affairs herself, keeping the
strictest account of expenses and super
intending every department of the
family establishment"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
OUR RAILROAD INTERESTS.
The Railroads in the Country and the
Miles of New Road Built Last Year.

The New York Herald in a lengthy
article on our railroad interests says:
The future of our railroads is not dark
on the contrary, even upon the present
condition of affairs, substantial pros
perity may be predicated. What may
now appear to be useless roads have
been built, but as time goes on even
these may be wanted; others have been
constructed long in advance of their
need On the whole, it may be said
that the railroad mileage of the country
is insufficient. Many miles of railroad
must be built each year, and, while
some prove Improbable ventures, by far
the largest part will be needed. The
year 1888 could not be regarded as
offering conditions favorable to railway
construction, and what was built was
probably called for by the needs of the
population. The following is the total
added TO our mileage last wear.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
Hard Work for Models.


NIeissonier's models receive princely
wages, though they earn their money
hardly enough. They are liable to six
hours at a stretch, almost without a
change of position, and in attitudes
which often are the reverse of comfort.
able. "The Quarrel contains five
figures, each of which is a marvel of an
atomical draughtsmanship. Meissonier
took seventeen sketches of it before he
put brush to canvas. Fancy a dispute
in which the would-be cOmbatants try
to get at each other, while two friends
on one side and one on the other en-
deavor to separate them. And the five
models stood in this attitude for three
hours each day for sixty consecutive
days. 'They were better off still than
the fellow who slammed death beneath
a real dead horse on a winters day when
the snow lay a foot deep in my garden, "
said NJ. MISSIONER. No doubt they
were
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-10
MARKET NOTES,

NEW YORK MARKET,
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANs-Prime, $5.OO@S5.15; fair to good,
| $2.O0@$2.80 per busheL
BUTTER - New York sold at 22@23,. for
choice in pals, and 1S(G19c. common to good.
Western Creamery sold at 20@2lc., and the
common Western at 15CD16c.
| CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 10@1014c; do. fair
| to good, 5000.
transformations ranged from tic. for Or
binary, to 1Sc. for New York. New Jersey and
| Pennsylvania.
FLOUR - Superfine, $2.65@S3.20; Western,
| $3.S00$6 so; extra New York, 80 65(0S6 90.
HAY Shipping. 60@65c.; clover, 100000.
salt Coo; straw, 5O(055c.
HoPs-New York, 24@25c.; Eastern, q @23c;
yearlings 16t@22c; ODDS, = @
PETRoLEUM-Refined 1870; crude, 6I5@7&c
in bulk; in barrels, 855c; naphtha, 624c. in
shipping order. and IL Is 912c. in cases.
PoRK-Clear back. $18.O0@$18.50; dressed
WHEAT = Spring No. 8, s9715@98%c.; Mil
white, 931ac. @$1.1
CoRN-Ungraded Western Mixed. 5606315c;
Steamer Mixed, -@6115o. in elevator 6IIc
delivered; No. 2, 6219062$4c. in elevator. t31 90
64c., delivered White Southern, zoe. de-
livered
RYE-state, 75@76o.
WooI-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
Xxx, 45@46c.; Xxx, 42@44c.; X 42@43c; No.
], 45(G47c.; No. 2, 3SGa4Oc.; common, 336D95e {;
New York and Western Xxx and X, 390451 6c, !;
No. /, 44CD45c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLoUR-State family, 81. 5O(DS4. 70; rye flour.
$780, d$3.75; wheat, State $-.-0S1 10 :;
amber, SLAB; corn, yellow, 59c.; mixed States
&c.
PETRoLEUM-Refned, 1870; crude, 6ho.
WooL-State and Western Xxx, 46050c; x.
47@4Sc. medium, 50951c; coarse, 45c.
BOSTON MARKET
FLOUR - From $3O0@$35O for low and
medium, to 425@5.25 for choice Minnesota
Corn, 65@68c. for mixed and yellow.
BUTTER - Common, Ice. "a I3c 4; Vermont
dairy, 1S(020c.; choice creamery, zO@2lc.
CHEEsE-1001118c
BEANs-$3. 30OS3.35
HAY-Choice, $l6@$17.
CATTLE MARKETS.
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality. S5 6o17
$6.15; hogs fair to good, $5.25@$5. IS; best.
EAST LIBERTY. PENN.-Best cattle, 6.250
1913; medium to good, SIS. 256D$6. 90; common
to fair, S5.OO@S6.00: Hogs Workers. 81, 7501,
5000 Philadelphias $6.4O@$6.5O. Sheep.
S5.250S5.5O '0'
WATERFOWL, MAss.-Cattle, choice. s.
@$10.25; extra, $8OO@S9.O9; first onaIitv
S7.50@S8. 90; second quality, SIS, 5O6S7. or!
third quality, $4.5O@S66O. Sheen and lambs
wool sheep, S3.0O9S6.00; extra, 10000
S5I0oj spring lambs, 515Q8o.; Veal calves,
4o'so'4" rs