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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
The Two Reporters.

! remember dinner at which Henry
J. RAYMOND told how he once got ahead
of Herald reporter. 1t was in the old
days when he was on the Courier and
Enquirer under James Watson Webb,
doing the sort of all-around work that
Bennett had done there a year or two
before. Raymond was sent to Concord.
N. e.. to report very important political
conference-before the days of tele-
graphs. He found there reporter from
the Herald on a similar errand. At the
conclusion of the meeting the Herald
reporter said: "Well, we can't leave to-
night, for the last train has gone, so we
may as well go to bed" He was so very
anxious to get rid of Raymond that the
latter was suspicious of some trick of the
others to get off without him. He made
some excuse for absence and sauntered
off to the new railroad station, where he
found locomotive all wooded up and
ready to start. An idea struck him. SIS
this my engine he boldly asked the
engineer. eyes; s'pose so, if you're
the reporter" was the reply. "Climb
aboard" Raymond did as he was bid
and got to New York fourteen hours in
advance of the Herald youth, who had
hired the engine expressly for 'beat, ="
and who was in sight when it started !
The bill for the locomotive was present
ed to Bennett but Raymond said he
never knew who paid it. The news he
brought was the most important of the
wear and Webb raised his salary,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

nov, down to the tall carved mantelpiece
a. tha further end of the room, and
snread ont there to the right and left.
1 1E ,,reserved a passage for the bridal
,,rocessiop. The walls of the gallery
Era entirely covered with paintings by
the most distinguished modern masters.
At the right was hfe-size statue, 1.-The
Water N lymph" by Moreau. In each
corner was tall, golden candelabrum
bearing twenty-one globes and hung
with smilax and roses, Between these
on the sides were low ottomans In dove
coIored velvet.
Klunder, who furnished the floral
decorations, made the tall mantel his
masterpiece. A bunch of white lilies
hung from the centre. On the right
was a large bank of lilies of the valley,
and on the left similar bank of roses.
Ferns filled in the fireplace and ran up
the sides of the mantel. Two tall col
umns twined with green rose at each
end of the mantel. and were surmounted
with capitals of La France roses. The
central chandelier was hung with smilax.
The air was heavy with the roses per-
fume.
1u0 WGuuluS gus ulSpldJOu LII LILO
front parlor were on tables ranged along
the north wall. The tables extended
the entire length of the parlor and were
some four feet wide, and they were COW
cred with the most exquisite specimens
of the silversmith's art. On table in
the centre was the most conspicuous gift.
This was silver case fully two feet
square, with two drawers, and contain
ing some two dozen of each article of
small table ware. This was the gift of
Mr.. Richard T. Wilson, the father of the
bridegroom. Immediately in front, in q
silver jewel case, was necklace OF dia-
monds, the gift of the bridegroom;
near by were a silver dessert service from
Mrs. Wilson and large case of gold
forks and spoons from Miss Wilson.
There were also silver vegetable dishes
and other articles from MIR. Wilson.
The gifts of Mrs. Astor, the mother
of the bride, were a bracelet OF
diamonds, a set of salt-cellars of
silver and gold, lace fan, dozen gold
egg spoons, and various articles OF sill
yer.
The other gifts to the happy pair were
very costly and handsome.
As finale to the affair grand supper
was given to the patients of Bellevue
Hospital. 1t consisted of 100 turkeys,
with the necessary fxings to make a
royal feast
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
Flooded with Foreign Cabbages.

The large covered pier at Prentice's
stores, in Brooklyn, at the present time
presents an unusual appearance even to
those who are accustomed to see I'M
usual cargoes landed from an incoming
steamer. The great hall is piled almost
to the ceiling with bags and baskets of
cabbages, and were it not for sundry
coils of wire, bundles of iron, and other
articles of merchandise that occasionally
meet the eye, it would naturally be sup
posed that the adjunct of a bonded
warehouse had been turned into vege-
table mart. Thousands upon thousands
of cabbages were upon the pier last
evening. Many had been taken away,
though they were still coming over the
side of the steamship Katie, from
Gothenburg, Sweden. They were
generally small, but hard and fresh,
and their peculiar smell was distin-
guishable at a distance Native cabba-
ges are unusually cheap at this time,
and there is much query as to where the
profit can be found in bringing them
from a foreign country.-Nea0 York
Times
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
Rode the Pig.
THE LITTLE STORY THAT MAMMA NEVER
LIKED TO HAVE TOLD.


LIKED TO HAVE TOLD.
Perhaps no lady ever did celebrate
her honeymoon by taking such ride as
is described in this sketch by the Boston
Globe, but it is good enough to be true.
A famous naturalist travelling in the
same country once rode an alligator, so
we are told, but wild hog is still less
adapted than the reptile to be beast of
burden. Deacon Jones's daughter Lydia
said to her mother one day that the dea-
con had declared she once rode pig.
CHOW, James," said Mrs. Jones. "You
ought TO tJcf si1tsts.- !. :, - = -----
Eyes, ought to have been ashamed, -
said the deacon, laughing, ''when I saw
you on the pig, a-holding on to his tail,
and he a-squealing."
so mother p said the girl, ''now you
must tell u.s..
81 won't do it." said Mrs. Jones.
''Wall, I will, then, - said the deacon
''You see, girls, we were on our weddln'
tower. 1t was winter, and we went down
to Jacksonville, Florida. One day your
mother went OUT to walk alone. She
said she was going to get some oranges,
or something.
'She was going through the street,
and in turning a corner, she came face
to face with one of those big, lank, raw
boned hogs, that run wild In them
regions, and pick up hvin' on ground
nuts and such things.
"Your mother stopped, and then
lodged to go by the pig. Just then the
pig lodged, and she didn'tget by. Then
she lodged the other way and the pig
he lodged the other way; an so they
kept dodgin' back and forward, for some
minutes.
"By-and- by the pig got tired of that
movement and he made a bolt for the
middle course, and that course happened
to be between your mothers feet. She
fell, of course, and she fell face down, on
the pigs back.
81 don't know which was the most
frightened, your mother or the pig. All
she could do was to hold on to the pigs
tail and scream, and all the pig could do
was to run and squeal. was out looking
for her and the first glimpse I caught of
her she was coming at flying speed on
the pigs back. She didn't stop for GER
emony, but went right by. The pig ran
toward the woods, and your mother
rolled off, when she got tired, and struck
on the grass, and fortunately was not
hurt bit.
Chow sweet you must have looked,
ma" said Martha. But 'ma" had fled.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

Thence they are marched across to the
woodward and are given their portion OF
work. There is no desire to make the
labor severe. One-eighth OF cord OF
wood is estimated by us to be worth
fifteen cents. We can hire wood sawed
for 81 cord, but we pay the fellow
who is off his luck at the rate OF 81. 20
per cord. The work is generally finished
by eleven o'clock. Those who desire to
have dinner must perform one hours adj
ditional service. We do not aim to ex-
ercise any absolute authority over the
men, because we would rather conquer
by kindness. There is great charm in
the work, and our Board of Managers
are greatly encouraged. Best OF all TIT
enterprise has become self-supporting."
"What do you think of the tramp
portrayed on the stage ?"
'The Ben Eccies IL Caste is an ex-
aggeration. George s. Knight, as the
tramp in Baron Rudolph, is nearer to
the life."
GLOW many dodgers have you
usually?"
eve average fifty mon, and have
about twenty-five women and children
in the rooms on the other side of the
street. How do we utilize the services
of the women? In keeping the place
clean, washing and cooking. IN. Y
HerHlH
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
Fur Trimmed ClOaks.

The next choice for a dressy cloak
after the long seal-skin garments is
cloak of similar shape trimmed with
fur, and made either of the frise velvets,
the ciscele velvet, the satin figures bro
caded on velvet, striped velvets, armures,
beaded brocades, or the heaviest repped
silks that have satin cords woven in at
intervals. Brown and black are the
colors that triEs-es handsomely with
furs for day wraps, but for the evening
there are gold and silver brocades on
white satin grounds that produce very
rich effects. The long Albani, the Gretry,
La Favorite, Galatea, and other gar
ments already described are made up in
these rich fabrics, lined with quilted
MORE, or brOcade, changeable silk, or
satin, and trimmed with wide border
of some long feecy fur, as a fluffy effect
is especially>desirable when the cloak it.
self is not made of fur; little chenille
fringe is sometimes added, and there are
very rich beaded ornaments, with others
made of satin cords.
Short visites with sleeves, and the
scarf mantles that cover the arms
without sleeves, are also made of these
rich materials and bordered with fur.
Some handsomely shaped jackets, with
triple folds below the close-ftted back
and loose Moliere front are made of
the heavy repped silks, and finished at
the neck and throat only with furs.
Long Newmarket cloaks and listers
made by famous Paris modistes get their
cachet from the trimming added by the
furriers; thus there is a prettily Tapped
surplice-like collar of natural beaver put
on green or brown redingote, or
black camel's- hair dolman for a lady in
mourning has Asirakhan or Persian
lamb, or black fox fur, put lengthwise on
the whole front and below the waist in
the back. Large square pockets of As
trakhan or other fur are also seen on
the sides of fitted cloth garments
Hdrper'S Bdz0r.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
Liked to Meet Him.

"Let's cross the street and meet that
fellow again, said a man to compan-
ion with whom he was walking.
"Why didn't you speak just now if
you have business with him % 81 have
no business with him."
''Then, why do you want to meet him
again ?" "Well, you see used to owe
him, and, in consequence, would avoid
meeting him. Recently / paid him, and
now like to meet him. It's like Mark
Twain's story of the hoy who found a
dime. He kept throwing it out in front
of him to find it again. Come on,
want to meet him. l wish had moth.
ing to do but to meet him all day.
Arka7eSaaO IrdVeLcr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
THE EARTH,S CHANGES.
Some of IL Arising Out OF the Sea and Some
Going Under.

The lighthouse keeper at Reykjanes,
the southwest point of Iceland, discov-
cred on July 30 last that new island
had suddenly appeared above the water,
about nine miles from the mainland.
Nine weeks ago the British Consul in
Iceland visited the island, which he de-
scribes as black volcanic rock of small
extent. In this neighborhood several
islands have from time to time risen to
the surface or sunk out of sight.
Geological writings give a great many
instances of important changes on the
earth's surface that have been made
within historical times. The stupen-
dous volcanic eruption of Krakatau on
Aug. 81 last year entirely changed the
physical aspect of the Sunda Straits. A
part of Krakatau was shot out OF the
sea and dropped into the straits eight
miles northward. The greater portion
of the island, containing several thou
sand million cubic yards of earth, was
hurled through the air over Zaug Island
and plunged into the channel seven
miles to the northeast. These two new
pieces of land, which have been named
Steers and Calmeyer Islands, now APP
pear above the sea where previously $40
feet of water existed. Where the vol
cano of Krakatau stood sea fathomless
by line of 1000 feet now exists.
General Sir j. 81. LEROY recently
called attention to the fact that ninety
six more of less extensive tracts of land
are known to be rising or sinking.
Geoloeists tell us that the Atlantic coast
between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras
L l>oo,, foy and fh of
the subsistence has not yet ceased on the
coasts of New York and New Jersey.
The Indians who lived on Manhattan
Island when the Dutch colonized it two
centuries ago, said that in the time of
their great grandtathers it was possible
to cross He'll Gate dry shod from one
bank to the other. Prof. Guyot estima-
ted that since the colonization of the
country, this part of the coast has sub
sided twenty-three and one-half inches
every century.
Science is not yet able to tell in ac-
cordance with what laws these upheavals
and depressions of the earth's crust oc-
cur. Biologists, however, have been
able to fix almost exactly the limits of
the areas both of upheaval and subsi
dence. There is now no doubt that
many of the islands of the southern Pa
cific Ocean are the lofty portions of a
continent which sank until the waters
covered it. Other parts of the Pacific
Ocean bed are gradually rising, and are
thrusting here and there new islands
above the sea.
While the greater part of the Ameri-
can continent is slowly rising, Austria
liza is gradually sinking. Lieutenant
Commander belong found evidence
that Bennett Island had risen one hum
dred feet within quite recent times.
Thus year by year the earth is reconsti-
tuting its seas and continents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

SALARIES OF BALL PLAYERS The
best paid ball player in the profession
for 1885, it is understood, will be James
O'Rourke, of the New York Club, who,
after receiving large offers from several
clubs, accepted an offer of $4,000 from
the League Club of New York. Mullaine
will get $1,000 for next seasons work
from the Cincinnati Club, and it is un-
derstood that Ward of the New Yorks
will get So, 500 and Ewing of the same
club $4,000. Foutz will cost the st.
Louis Club SIS, 900 next year. Radbourne
has received several offers of Sc, 900, but
he will probably stay with the Provi-
dence Club. Almost every club has
men who are paid from s., 900 to So. 900.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

WHAT WAS Found. A tedious exami-
nation into the causes Of the bad odor of
the drinking water in the city of Man.
chester, England, led to the discovery of
an unusually large quantity of L;mnea
or pond snails. These little animals had
spawned SO profusely as to make the
water very disagreeable to drinka The
city taxpayers are now delighted to know
that new water works are not necessary,
and that all they have to do is 10 supply
the reservoirs withia few hundred good
lied fish who will enjoy pond-snaiI
pawn as diet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

The Mason & Hamlin company, long the
most famous manufacturers of reed organs IN
the world, have commenced the manufacture
of upright pianos, having effected an i'm
provement which they regard the most
important introduced in many years. An
ingenious arrangement fastens the strings di-
rectly to the iron plate of the instrument,
giving greater clearness and purity of tone,
with absence of all mere noise. At the same
time it renders the instrument more durable,
less liable to get out of order. The Mason &
Hamlin pianos are certainly exquisite instru-
ments, and, coming from these thoroughly
well known makers, may be depended upon
to be all they represent them. - Boston
To,ga~17nI
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
Indian MarauderS.

A telegram was received by the COM
handing general from Pena, in Preside
county, Col, bringing the information
that Indians from the San Carlos dis
trict had raided the lower valley in the
vicinity of the Chisas mining district
and murdered a man named Petty and
his wife and carried off his children.
Lieutenant Eccleston, with scout and
thirteen citizen volunteers, was sent ont
from Pena and another scouting party
was ordered over from Fort Davis in
pursuit. General Stanley thinks the
raiders are a part of the same band
against whom General Crook operated
some time ago. This is the first Indian
raid in Texas for several years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
The Rise of a French Marshal.

Andoche Junot was Burgundian by
birth, born in 177l, and in his youth,
after preparatory schooling, he studied
law, but never practiced. When he was
twenty-one years of age he enlisted In
the army as volunteer; it was In the
height of the Revolution, few months
previous to the execution of the king,
Louis XVI. In September, 1893, when
Paris had become comparatively quiet
under the role of the Constituent Assem-
bly,, Napoleon Bonaparte, then scarcely
known beyond the Convention and his
own section of the ermy, was sent to
wrest Toulon from the English and
Spanish; and among the men under his
command was young Junot. During the
siege that followed Napoleon had occa-
sion one day to send dispatch to dis
tant point. He was in the saddle, halt
ed before the company to which Junot
belonged and, running his eyes along
the line, he asked if there was one OF
them who could write. Junot raised his
cap and bowed, upon which he was
called out and conducted to the right of
the line where the musicians were; and
here large drum was set on end, paper,
pen and ink furnished, and the youthful
soldier was directed to write. He took
the pen and dashed off the dispatch in
q clear, round, handsome Aand, aud was
Just beginning to write the closing sig
nature when a cannon ball-a forty-tWo-
pound round shot--tore up the earth
close to his left foot, covering him and
the drum head with dirt. Without so
much as a culver of finger, without
perceptible hesitation, the writer gave
the paper q fiirt to throw off the gravel,
and then finished the message, laughing
" saying as he did so, ''That dirt is
rather too coarse for blotting sand; but
it has done no damage" And he folded
the missive and directed it; after which
he handed it up to his commander, who
had been all the while narrowly watch
ing him. young man." said Napoleon
bluntly, "you are cool-heeded and
brave. What can / do for you ?'' 81
know of nothing, General, unless You
can cause these worsted epaulettes to be
taken from my shoulders and a pair of
silver ones put in their place." "VerV
well, answered the commander, with o
pleasant nod. "You can ride ?" "Any-
thing that can be ridden by man, /
think" "Then find horse and carry
this message to its destination. My or
derby will furnish you. Bear the message
and then report to me-" On the follow
ing day Junot was made lieutenant,
and he was captain at the end of the
month, having on account of his dariug
bravery won the sobriquet of 1.-THE
Tempest" In the campaign of 1897
he was promoted to the rank of colonel,
and in Egypt he was Brigadier General.
After this he became Governor of Paris,
then Lieutenant General, then Marshal;
and in the end he was made Duke OF
Abrantes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
A Story of Waterloo.
HOW TIE RoTHsOHILDS RECEIVED The
NEWS OF THE GREAT BATTLE.

The story, repeated times without
number during nearly seventy years,
and contradicted almost as often as 1t
has been repeated, to the effect that the
financial greatness of the Rothschilds
was largely caused by the zeal with
which the head of the house contrived
to get early news of the battle of Water
loo, obtains strong confirmation from
this queer anecdote:
"The messenger who was employed
to convey to the Eashsehilds in London
the news of th6vfssofy of Waterloo was
ordered to call upon the King of France
Gor1is XVuL), at Brussels, on the
way. He did SO, and then proceeded to
the Rothschilds. After they had ex-
tracted from him all the information
that he possessed, they sent him on to
Lord Liverpool the Prime Minister, in
order that the government might re-
ceive tidings of this great event. Lord
Liverpool could make nothing out of
the man, and after examining and cross
examining him for some time, he felt
increasingly sceptical as to the authen-
ITCHY of the news which he brought.
He then sent for Mr.. Croker and told
him that the messenger had come from
Waterloo with tiaings of victory, but
that his story was confused, and it was
therefore difficult to accept it as genuine.
Thereupon Mr.. Croker began to ques,
ton the man with all his legal acumen,
but he succeeded no better than Lord
Liverpool in making the narrative intel
Hgible. When about to give it up in
despair, as a last resource, and by q
sudden impulse, Mr.. Croker questioned
the messenger as to his interview with
the French king, and he asked him
how the king was dressed. The messen-
ger replied, In his dressing-gown.
MIR. Croker then asked him what the
king did and said to him, to which the
messenger replied:
cells Majesty embraced me. and
kissed me 7
"Mr. Croker asked, How did the king
kiss your
"'On both cheeks, replied the mes,
senger; upon,,which Mr.. Croker emphat.
ically exclaimed:
"'My lord, it is true his news is
genuine And so. in truth. it proved. u
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
"Work, Work, Work.,

How many women there are working to-
day in various branches of industry-to say
nothing of the thousands of patient house
wives whose lives are an unceasing round Of
toil-who are martyrs to those complaints tc
which the weaker sex is liable. Their tasks
are rendered doubly hard and irksome and
their lives shortened, yet hard necessity com
res them to keep ON. To such DR.. Pierce's
''Favorite Prescription offers a sure means
of relief For all female weaknesses it is a
certain cure All druggists.
A FULL FLOODED prince teaches piano-play
ng at Naples.
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"Do They Think or Me.

Victoria Morosini Schelling, or Vic
toria Hulskamp Morosini, as she is call
ing herself, the young lady who elopet
with her fathers coachman, is now OF
the stage. Her opening song is en-
titled ssDo they think of me a
home ?" and the last stanza is:
Dc they think of how loved
In my happy, early days?
Do they think of him who came
But could never win their praise?
I am happy by his side.
And from mine he'll never roam;
Bnt nv heart viii sadly ask
Do thew think of me at home?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

COWBOY BAND.-An amusing feature
of the Cattle Raisers' Convention at ST.
Louis was a cowboy band from Fort
Dodge, twenty men strong, in full
frontier costume. They played several
selections during the mornings session,
eliciting great applause. The leader
Yields in place of baton his silver.
mounted derringer, nearly foot long.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11
An Average.

Not long since, New Hampshire
Committee man was examining an in
FAINT school class. "Can any little girl or
boy give the definition of the word
average ?" he asked. For some time
no one answered, but finally little
girl hesitatingly replied: 'It is thing
a hen lays an egg on, Sir" 'No, that's
not right" Eyes, Sir, my book says
so" and she trotted mp to her ques-
toner and pointed to this sentence in
her reading book, "a hen lays an egg
every day on an average"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-11

MIR. Isaac c. Chapman, druggist, New
burg, N. Y, writes us: % 1 have for the past
ten years sold several gross of DIR. VIM.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs can say of it
what cannot say of any other medicine.
have never heard a customer speak of it but
to praise its virtue in the highest manner.
have recommended it in great many cases
OF whooping cough, with the happiest effects.
L have used it in my own family for many
years. IN fact. always have a bottle in the
medicine closet ready for ussr
For SPECIAL RATES for adyertisng in this paper.