News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-10-23
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THE blind seldom smoke. Soldiers
and sailors who lose their sight in action
continue smoking for short time, but
eventually give it up.
FIFTY years ago black boy was sold
on the Gold Coast as slave for hogs
head of rum, and as he was a boy OF
spirit he is now the Church of England's
Bishop Crowther, of Africa.
IT came out in a Tennessee lawsuit
that the ardent letters sent by girl to
her lover had been composed for another
fellow, but that, on transferring her af-
fections suddenly, she had erased the
original name and inserted new one.
JUSTICE FIELD, of California, has
ruled in a case before him that q
Chinaman coming to this country
cannot bring his wife on her husband 8
certificate. The Chinese have no great
showing with the Courts on the Pacific
Coast.
- N Chicago they appear to have a
plan that interferes seriously with clan
destine marriages. The papers of the
city make it point to publish the
licenses as they are issued, thus making
public at once every case. It is said to
be productive of much good.
Mr.. LIvEsEY, the founder Of teeto-
talism in England, who died lately in
the nineties, lost his father and mother
from consumption when he was 7, and
had most discouraging experience OF
water in early life, as he had to work in
a damp cellar, often inundated, for
years.
STEALING horses in Delaware is by no
means an agreeable business for the
thief if caught. One was recently sen-
fenced to pay the cost of prosecution,
800 restitution money, 5000 fine, to
stand one hour in the pillory, receive
twenty lashes, and then suffer eighteen
months imprisonment.
JERRY DUNN, the once prosperous
Chicago gambler who killed Jimmy E.,
lott, the notorious thief and pugilist,
has had bad luck ever since that tragedy.
He formerly owned stock farm, was q
power on the Western turf, and ran sew
eral faro banks; but he is now under ar
rest as petty swindler.
The trick of backing thin diamond
with polished glass, is said by the Art
amateur to be common in American
jewelry. When the underlaid gems are
skillfully set it is difficult to detect
them, but it may be done by holding
them in strong light, when the surface
where the stone and glass meets be.
comes visible.
A CURIOUS result of the flood in the
Chippewa River, Wisconsin, is that
many of the farmers, disguised by the
ruin of their crops, prefer to go further
West, and break new ground, rather
than stay on the scene of their heavy
losses. This is a matter of sentiment
purely, and all the business considera'
tions are against it.
THE Boston of Massachusetts was
named after the Boston of Lincolnshire
EugInnd, and the other city has
always taken a great interest in the pro.
gress and welfare of the city by the
Charles River. This sentiment has been
exemplifed in many ways, and crops up
now in old Boston peoples invit alton. to
the American mi mister to inaugurate a
new dock.
THERE is stagnant pool in a Florida
forest particularly lonesome and Sc
cluded. Thirty years ago lover was
shot and thrown into it by the father of
his sweetheart, who at once drowned
herself in the same water, and the belief
is held among the people of that region
that no visitor to the spot can avoid an
intense depression of spirits, occasioned
by the brooding ghosts of the pair.
The standing armies of Europe aggre-
gate 3,20l,97l able-bodied men. The
taxes for their support aggregate $685.
6l5,6O3. The men organized would
make about 5000 regiments of 700 men
each. In the United States each reg
irnent costs 100000 per year for its
maintenance. The same army in this
country would cost five thousand mil
lions dollars a year to sustain. They
do these army matters cheaper in Europe
than we do