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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
THE LONDON SENSATION.
A PUBLIC SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE
MISS FORTESCUE'S SUIT.
The Famous Breach of Promise Case
Against Lord GarmOyle.

Miss Fortescue's action against Lord
Garmoyle, in London, is rapidly as
summing the dimensions of a public
scandal. The London World says that
the conduct of Lord and Lady Cairns
has been base, treacherous and unchris-
tian.
They deceived the girl into thinking
herself accepted. They fooled her with
false hopes. Then, when the rupture
came, Lord Cairns suggested g2,000
His lawyer induced him TO consent to
y1s.S55ss. beyond this he would not go.
Society is waiting anxiously for the trial.
Lord and Lady Cairns will enter the wit
ness box. Lord Garmoyle's letters to
his "blue-eyed darling" will be read.
Public opinion regards him with con-
tempt. He has gone abroad. His name
has been withdrawn from the books of
clubs, The suit is for ESQ, 900.
Miss Fortescue was a pretty and
popular young actress, with personal
reputation that scandal has never as
sailed, when she attracted the attention
and won the heart of young Viscount
Garmoyle, the eldest son and heir of
Earl Cairns. The course of true love
did not run smooth at first, but in little
time it was announced that Lord Cairns
had consented to the match, and early
last summer the formal betrothal OF the
young couple was announced. Miss
Fortescue left the stage as a preliminary
to the marriage, which was to take place
as soon as Lord Garmoyle had finished
his education. Since the engagement
was made known the lovers have fire.
quently been seen in public together. A
few weeks ago a rumor that the match
was off was started, but as Lord Gar
moyle and Miss Fortescue subsequently
attended together a performance by Miss
Mary Anderson the report was set down
to envy.
That Lord Cairns would be entirely
satisfied with the alliance was hardly to
be expected. Since the retirement of the
Earl of Shaftesbury by reason of old age
hOIu SdhIS Ado DSS1i i1C
leader of the evangelical party. 1t is
not likely that either he or his wife, who
is daughter of the late John McNeile,
a wealthy Belfast banker, and niece of
the Rev. Hugh McNeile, the celebrated
evangelical preacher of Liverpool, has
ever been inside theatre. Their coun-
try places of Lindisfarne. near Bourne
mouth, and Milden, in Scotland, are
seldom visited by even the leading mem
bers of the Earl's own party, in conse-
4uenee of the severity of the praying
there, aud he has regularly presided over
the meetings of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign |
Paris Hrs eldest daughter. too. is mar
ried to the Rev. Neville Sherbrook,
London preacher. The youths of his
family took a different view of things
and have histrionic tastes, which have
found active expression.
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Above Story.

A romance of A. I. Stewards life is
told by the New York correspondent OF
the Pittsburg Dispatch. About sixty
years ago Cornelia Clinch was one of the
prettiest girls in New York. Her father
was rich ship chandler who lived IN
bio house in the fashionable quarter. He
was a self-made man and thought every
man ought to be the architect OF his
own fortune. SO he frowned away every
wealthy young fop who came to WOO Cor
nelia, and sent her regularly to school
to learn to be sensible, useful woman.
Old Clinch attended st. Marks Church,
and one Sunday young Stewart saw the
daughter there. He fell in love with
her and became regular attendant at
the church. He got acquainted with
Cornelia, and as he was poor but indus
trious. the old man smiled upon him and
invited him to call and take dinner with
them. After awhile Stewart asked Cor
nelia very interesting question, and
she, like a good girl, blushed and said
'Y-e-e-s-if papa says so. =" Then Stewart
visited old Clinch, and he said "Want
to marry Nelly, Ell? Think she's got
rich father, eh2 And you'd like to come
in for share of his earnings, eh :" mo,
sir: YOU needn't leave her or me cent.
III soon be richer than you anyway"
"You will, will you2 Well, 1 like that.
Go ahead and take her then, and Heaven
bless you both" So the young folks,
who were tremendously in love with each
other, were married and went to live in
a modest little cottage on Reade street,
and were glad to be able to cover the
floors with rag carpet. There, it is said,
they lived an ideally happy life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
A Prehistoric Race.

The POrvenir of Managua, Nicaragua,
publishes the following interesting
archaeological item: CDR. Earl Flint
came here from Rivas last week for the
purpose of inspecting traces of human
footsteps which have been discovered in
a quarry owned by Senior A. Reyes, at a
depth of fifteen feet from the surface.
Traces of these footsteps were first
noticed in some stone which had been
quarried and was being employed in the
erection of house. The doctor calcu-
lated these prints to be at least $4,000
years old. They are of several sizes, as
though made by men, women and chill
dren, who have thus left proof of their
existence in prehistoric alluvial earth,
since converted into rock. In other ex-
cavations in the neighborhood pieces of
earthenware pottery, standing on three
legs, painted in black, red, and silver
colors, and the drawings on which are
Etruscan, have been obtained. On one
of them q dressing gown is drawn al
most on the European model Of to-day"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
England and Egypt.

In the House of Lords, when the news
OF the fall of Sinkat was received, Mar
quis of Salisbury made a motion that in
the opinion of the House the recent la
mentable events in the Soudan were
largely due to the vacillating policy of
the government. In making his motion
of censure the Marquis of Salisbury
said that if the government had re-
solved either to hold or to abandon Sen
naar, Gen. Hicks might have been
saved. His loss was due to their vacilla-
ton, their indifference, their inconsist-
ency, ending in panic. The news would
now run through the whole Moham-
medan world that England had been de
I,,sIS 1e.j1 1,rntelI ont Of TIayvpt
England's name would be legacy of
hatred and contempt to Egyptians. In
conclusion the orator asked whether the
abandonment of garrisons, the slaugh-
ter of brave men, and the surrender of
women and children to the horrors of an
Oriental victory involved no bloodguilti-
ness. and exhorted the Lords not to be
accomplices in this dishonor.
Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, said
in reply that the policy of the govern
ment was not directed according to the
articles in foreign journals. The Mar
quis of Salisbury was laboring under a
mistake if he meant to convey the i'm
preston than any European power had
demonstrated with England. He pro-
tested against the idea that because a
foreign army selected English officers
England was thereby made responsible
for that army's success. 1t would be no
economy of the blood of English sol
diers to send them to hold the Soudan,
although the Marquis of Salisbury
thought the government vacillating and
inconsistent in not doing so. England
and India had no interest in the Soudan,
nor, indeed, had Egypt any permanent
interest in that country.
Why this great sympathy for Slnkat
and Tokar, which represented not more
than fiftieth of the troops in the Sou
DAMP 1t was necessary for the govern.
ment to be careful so as not to clash with
the larger views of Gen. Gordon. The
government, however, had ascertalned
that it would not interfere with Gordon's
plans if a force were sent to act around
| Suakim with a view to the relief OF
Tokar. Since the defeat of Baker Paeha
it had been altogether impossible to re-
lieve Sinkat.
The government had no intention Of
annexing Egypt. 1t would remain there
simply long enough to secure stable
government. 1t would be quite impos
sible to govern Egypt from Downing
street. The only thing that could b'
done would be to appoint tirst-rat'
man to represent England in Egypt, an'
then to recommend efficient men t.
civil and military positions and give
English support. The force of circum
stances had obliged the government to
go further than it had proposed, but the
cabinet ought to restrict England's con
nection with Egypt to the object de
clared by the government.
The Marquis of Salisbury's motion
was carried by vote of 181 to 81.
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THE KINGS SHIPS.

God hath SO many ships upon the sea!
His are the merchantmen that carry treasure,
The men of-wsr, all hammered gallanty,
The little fisher boats and barks Of pleasure.
On all this sea Of time there is not one
That sailed without the glorious Name thereon.
The winds go up and down upon the sea,
And some they lightly clasp, entreating
kindly,
And watt them to the port where they
would be;
And other ships they buffet, long and blindly.
The cloud comes down on the great sinking
Deep
And on the shore the watchers stand and
weep.
And God hath many wrecks within the sea;
Oh. it is deep, I look in fear and wonder;
The wisdom throned above is dark to me.
Yet it is sweet to think His care is under:
That yet the sunken treasure may be drawn
Into his storehouse when the sea is gone.
So ], that sail in peril on the sea,
With my beloved, whom yet the waves may
cover,
Say-God hath more than angels care of me.
And larger share than in friend and lover.
Why weep We so, We watchers on the land?
This deep is but the hollow of His hand.
Carl, SPENCER
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Young Warriors.

At the first battle of Bull Run John
Meigs, son of General Meigs, and a
West Point cadet, seeing no generals
about, assumed and for some time
directed the movement of the troops,
the officers supposing he was an aid-de-
camp, and that the orders came from the
generals. Seeing the Confederates mass
ing in the wood to take Green's Battery.
Melgs ordered Colonel Mathewson to
move quickly with his regiment to the
support of the battery. The movement
was promptly executed by the First
California, and then two other regiments
were brought up. Later in the day the
youthful general, seeing the field was
lost, said to Colonel Mathewson: "You
had better fall back toward Centerville.
''And by whose authority do you give
me such an order SIS that ?" inquired the
colonel.
"Well, SIR" said young Meigs, 'the
truth is for the last two hours have
been unable to find any generals, and
have been commanding myself.
I saw young Meigs on the field, and he
was wounded through the knee, but re-
manned on duty, although in terrible
pain and faint from the loss of blood. He
was afterward killed in the Shenandoah
Valley.
In the First Iowa there was little mite
of a drummer boy named Edward or, as
he was more commonly called, Eddie
Lee. AT Wilson's Greek he had both
feet shot off by a cannon ball. A
wounded Confederate, who was shot
through the bowels and lay near Eddie
had taken off his suspenders, and making
of them lgatures, tied up Eddie's stumps
to stop the flow of blood. During the
night the soldier died and Eddie lay on
the field all night beside him. In the
as soon as it was light, the First
Iowa were surprised to hear Eddie's
drum beating the reveille down in
ravine. One of the men, following the
sound of the drum, went to him and
tound the little fellow seated on the
ground vigorously beating away, his
lrum fastened to bush by his side.
"Good-morning, corporal" he said;
i'oh, get me some water, am SO thirsty
The corporal got the water, and while
he was giving the boy drink, the Con-
ederates came up and captured them
both. A horseman took Eddie up ter
lerly before him and carried him to the
Confederate camp, where his stumps
we're ampufated and the wounds care
ully dressed, but he died in few hours |
Lfter the operat ion was performed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

Additional particulars concerning the
situation of affairs IN the little island of
Hayti have been cleaned from officers of
the steamer Alvena. Different witnesses
do not agree as to the prevalence of the
reign of terror there, though there seems
no doubt that some hundreds of rebels
and merchants who melted them to re-
bellion have been most barbarously put
to death.
Captain Pearce is inclined to the
opinion that President Solomon has been
exceedingly merciful in dealing with the
insurgents, while Purser Lambert holds
that he was brutal in the extreme.
"Blood for blood" has apparently been
his motto, but in places where the blood
of his followers was not shed Captain
Pearce says Solomon extended pardons
with lavish hand.
Captain Pearce ascribes a great deal
of cruelty to Salomon's generals, who
were not troubled apparently by his gen.
erous motives, and who had sometimes
butchered right and left in anticipation
of their orders. The Haytian execu-
tions which he witnessed Captain Pearce
describes as most cruel. The soldiers,
he says, began to shoot their victims
(who were tied to fences or trees with
their eyes unbandaged) very low down,
the aim being slowly raised from the
ankles to the knees, the knees to the
thighs, and so on until vital spot was
reached. The victims displayed most
extraordinary courage. They never
finched at the painful wounds first re-
ceived, but stood up calmly and silently
until the death-dealing bullet reached its
mark. Often they fell before some
cruel wound, and rose again to receive
the fatal one. They appeared to be per-
fectly indifferent to death, and the heart
rending features of the executions, Cap
tain Pearce says, were the agonizing
cries and appeals of the wives, or more
properly the favorites, of the victims,
who were helpless witnesses of the
butchery of those they loved.-N. Y
Herald.
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TERMS $3.50.
AN HONEST OPINION

AN HONEST OPINION.
Jones-''You were at Mrs. Blanks
party last night?"
Smith eyes"
Heard me sing, didn't you /?
Smith-''Yes."
Jones-''How did my singing strike
you?"
Smith-'It did not strike at all. II
just kind O grated like filing saw"
GREAT DIFFERENCE.
"You say that Mr.. Smith gave YOU
twenty dollars for officiating at his we'd
ding, and Mr.. Brown only gave you two
dollars ?" said the wife of a clergyman
to her husband.
eyes" he replied.
''That seems very strange" continued
the lady; "Mr. Smith is a clerk on a
small salary, while Mr.. Brown, have
always understood, is a very wealthy
man."
"He is, my dear, but this is the
second time Mr.. Brown has been mar
ried."
FAMILY PRIDE.
Little Nell-"Your family amt half so
stylish as ours"
Little Maud-''1'd just like to know
why it 'taint."
Little Nell-"' 'Tause we've dot an old
family ghost, an dey is awful stylish. :"
Little Maud-"Pooh That amt
nothing. We've got something more
stylish than that. / heard mamma talk
to papa about it. "
Little Nell-''What is it?"
Little Maud-"A skeleton in the
closet"
''MERoY help us p exclaimed a Florida
strawberry grower. 81 am a ruined
man."
Chow can that be ?" asked friend.
'fYour crop was magnificent and it has all
arrived safely in the Northern market.
''You know how careful was to have
the bottoms of my boxes placed close to
to the top ?"
eyes"
"And that just as the crop was ready
to ship, my old foreman got tight and
had to hire new one ?"
eyes"
''Well, that new man has gone and
Tiled the boxes wrong side up"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
Too Much 4" Yim.0

Riding on the cars one day last week,
on one of the roads out of Chicago was a
man, not yet in the prime of life, so far
as years go, but who was in his old age
so far as mental and physical condition is
to be considered. He was what might be
called total wreck in person and in ap-
pearance. A few years ago this man
was considered one of the most promis.
ing young business men in the city. He
was full of getuptoitivness pluck, push
and energy. But he lacked one thing
needful-caution. In an evil hour he be-
came excited in speculation, and for
while he made money hand over fist.
Everything he touched seemed to turn to
money. He finally sold out his legiti-
mate business and went into speculation
exclusively. He had the finest of every
thing. But one day stocks began to
tumble. The man knew what he was
about; invested more and finally he too,
with his stocks took terrible tumble,
and when he looked about he found him
self bankrupt. He was too proud to
take a clerkship, but pawned his fine
clothes, jewelry, ETC., and took to drink.
The result of all of it is that msn to-day
is deep down in the mire of dependency,
and the friends he had in his
prosperous days, those who feasted at
his expsnse, and those whom he had
helped in time of need only point their
finger at him and sneeringly call him
''the fool" Vim and energy is a good
thing. Ambition and desire to better
ones self is an excellent trait in any
man composition, but with these traits
young man is very apt to get badly
''rattled," if he let's his ambition run
away With common sense or when he re-
fuses to listen to reason. A young horse
generally stands better chance to win a
hurdle race than an old one, but in its
eagerness to jump the hurdle it often
breaks its neck. Better be a little old
and eogyish than to let reckless youth
run at will unbridled. Let well enough
alone, young man, and stick to legitimate
business, and you will, under ordinary
circumstances, come out the winner.
Young man, if you woulu win fortune
work and wait, but work a good deal
more than you wait.-Peek's Sun.
CANNOT. Prussia druggist came
put an article, value 2 cents, into a
bottle with an attractive label and charge
80 cents for it, as the price of medica
ments, ane even of phials, is regulated an
nually by the State.
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A Narrow Escape.

A thrilling story is told of the narrow
escape OF Peter Scanlon and Tim Horn
from being swept over the American
Fall at Niagara. They were at work In
a mill race trying to raise an ice block
ade, when they were thrown by the
springing of some planks into the water.
In moment they were carried in the
swift current above the Goat Island
bridge toward the Falls. Near where
the men were working and below the
bridge was large cake of ice, toward
which they were carried. In their des-
peration they attempted to catch hold
of the ice e-cake, and when found half an
hour later, they were hanging on to il
for dear life. Ropes were procured and
they were hauled ashore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PARADISE
HALL.
The President Talks From the shoulder,
and Tells Things as They Are.

However susceptible to hattery Bro.
Gardner, of the Lime-K KIN Club, may
be, he is never given to fatterlng others.
At late meeting of the Club he said /:
''It becomes my solemn dooty to an
nounce de fack dat Brudder Paramount
Slawson, an honorary member ibin' in
Toledo, am no mo- on airth. He had
climbed up on de roof of she'd to see a
dog-fght, an de Gavin in Of de roof be-
slowed for different fatal injoories upon
his pusson. When he realized dat he
had got to die he requested slat dis club
attend his funeral in body, an he tried
to borry money of his brudder-in-law to
squar up his back dues wild us.
"Gem'len, in one respeck Brudder
Slawson was a far to medium man. If
he borryed half a dollar to go to de Cir
Gus he'd pay it back outer money dat
his wife Armed at de wash-bo'd. De
poo was neber turned away from his
doah empty-handed. He pitied de sor-
rows of big tramp, an let his wife go
bar'futted an his chilPen hungry. He
was kind-hearted, but allus behind on
his pew rent. He was philanthropic,
but he had to dodge his butcher. He
was kind fadder, but he has got two OBJ
the wust boys in de Stait of Ohio. He
was a lovin' husband, but he was con-
tent to sit aroun' de grocery an let his
wife support the family. While we may
say dat we am sorry that death has
come to sever ties an bring changes, we
have no occashun to remark dat de
world will be any de wuss Off Let us
now attack de reg'lar order of biziness. "
The Hon. Slipback Taylor, an hon
orary member residing at Birmingham,
Ala, forwarded the following inquiry:
"What style of literature does our
club recommend fur de culled popula-
shun of de kentry.'
"On seberal different occashuns when
my advice has bin axed," replied the
President, 81 has recommended de
Family Bible an fust-class weekly
noosepaper. 1 doan' know dat our peo- =.
pie need any speshul line of literature.
If white ladies can swaller trash novels
at de rate of two a week an obersee deir
houses an fam lies, I reckon the black
ones am not so very bad of. "-Detro5t
Free Press,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

SEVERAL fashionable flats in New
York city have been robbed of their
stair. carpets. The ''finest in the world,
it is understood, have spat on their hands
and confidently expect to capture the
thieves should they come back after the
fats themselves.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

81 KNOW we are poor, my dear,
argued the husband, "but we must bear
in mind that it isn't wealth that always
brings happiness" 81 know wealth
doesn't always bring happiness" re-
sponded the wife, "but it brings seal
skin sacques and diamonds and silk
dresses, ETC., and that's good enough
happiness for me. "-EUeaSsg eak.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

SMALL nus panu ,who while his wife is
away to the country, asserts his au-
thority): "It comes to this, cook-am
I the master Of this house or am not ?"
Cook: "Well, sir, you know precious
we'll you amt when the missus is at
home"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

A TRAeEpY.-A father in Vienna has
killed his son. Rendered frantic by want,
he said to his son {: "Boy, cannot see
you hungry and frsezing;" and then he
killed him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

You may forget the name of the com
mercial traveller, but you will never for
get his address.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

BETTER three hours too soon than one
minute too late,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

CAEEoT.-In Prussia druggist came
put an article, value cents, into a
bottle with an attractive label and charge
80 cents for it, as the price of medica-
ments, anc even of phials, is regulated an
nually by the State,