News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-18

The New Orleans exposition opens
December 6. The main building is COM
pleted. In the machinery department
sixty six boilers are in position. A sys-
tenn of water works supplies 100000
gallons of water daily.
The school population of the United
States is 16, 100000. Of this 100000
is enrolled in the public schools. The
public school system of the country
spends more than $91, ZOO, 900 a year
aud employs 300, 900 teachers.
U. S. GRANT was the youngest Presi-
dent the United States ever had. He
was not forty-three when first inaugu-
rated. Franklin Pierce was only forty
seven and Grover Cleveland will be i'll
his forty-ninth year on the 4th of next
March.
IN Oregon the coyotes destroy great
numbers of sheep. They lie concealed
in tall grass or among rocks or brush.
and when flock of sheep is allowed to
scatter attack them, and are not satisfied
with killing one animal, but as soon as
one has been killed fly at another AMI
killas many possible.
A PEA was removed from the ear of
Milwaukee citizen few days ago after
remaining there over 60years. When
a boy he tried to initiate a juggler by
putting pea in his ear, supposing il
would come out of his mouth, but the
trick failed and the pea stuck fast, de-
spite all efforts to remove it.
The British Medical Journal says
public opinion is rapidly coming round
in support of cremation, and broad, re-
ligious sentiment is pronouncing in its
favor. Among its supporters may be
counted the Earl of Salisbury and more
than one of the bishops. The London
sewer Commissioners strongly advocate
the practice.
THERE is a startling increase of insan-
ity in the United States. In 1860 we
had one native white insane person to
every 1859 of this class. In 1870 the
ratio was one to 1858; in 1880 it was
one to 652. In 1860 there was one for
eien-born insane person to every ,095
individuals of that class; in 1870 the
ratio had become one to 497, and in
1880 one to $50.
The recent annual report of the
Judge Advocate of the Army states that
during the past year there were 10, 983
garrison and regimental courts held. AS
there are only somewhere about $4,000
troops in the regular army, this would
give nearly every other man a little trial
of some kind. In the absence of field
operations this sort of business ought to
keep the officers pretty busy.
AN illustration of the way in which a
town may be completely blotted out by
a change in the tide of traffic, says an
exchange, is shown in the fate which has
overtaken Lisbon, Ga, which few
years ago was at the head of navigation
on the Savannah River. 1t had thirty
stores and did a fourishing business.
Now there is not single house left to
mark the spot where the old town stood.
In France all shops and factories where
children are employed are subject to in
spection. No child must work until the
completion of its twelfth year; the hours
are limited to twelve and night work is
forbidden. Between the ages of II and
Is. children can work but six hours in
the day and must attend school during
the other six, unless they can show
certificate of previous elementary educa-
ton.
YET another field is to be opened up
for the English meat supply. Capital
lists are reported to be inquiring into the
advantages Of sending butchers meat
from Poland to England. The present
is considered a very favorable opportu-
nifty for the experiment, as COWS which
last year were retaiied at e5 head now
sell for 60 los. The meat is cheap and
can be delivered in London on the third
or fourth day after being dispatched.
THE Hartford Cooront thinks the In
dams left us one good thing for which
we ought to bless their memory-ther
summer. There is nothing like it any
where else in the world, it says, and it
has something of the Indian quality in
i; it is sort of Indian gift-uncertain
in its coming, and more uncertain
in its tenure. "The popularity of it is
that it is a patch of heavenly weather
sandwiched in between the rain and fog
and chill and bluster of autumn and the
shutting down of winter with its ice and
snow"
IT is said that more than one-fourth
Of the students at the German Universe
ties are Americans. Since there are
%, 500 students in these universities,
that would give America a representa-
ton of nearly 5000. The eighteen col
leges and universities of New England
contain 1000 students; Scotland has
$500 university students and England
sends about 5000 students to her two
great universities. In proportion to
their population the New England
States are said to send more men to col
lege than any other community in the
world.