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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Life in the Turtle.

"You will hardly credit it, said a
Staten Island fisherman, whom re-
porter talked with the other day, "but
the head of a turtle will retain a very
marked interest in existence long after
its body has been served up in soup and
steaks. l believe it is a well-known
fact, but only discovered it six months
ago. | found friend engaged in she'll
ing a small turtle. Now, he said, put
ting the head on the dresser, that will
be alive and active tomorrow morning
OF course l laughed at him, but |
agreed to call next day and test his
prophecy. Next morning my friend
| asked me to step into the kitchen. The
head was still on the dresser, and
| though it had been separated from the
body for at least sixteen hours, the eyes
were wide open and bright. Take
care exclaimed my friend, as l put my
finger near the mouth. His warning
came not a second too soon. The head
| of the turtle absolutely jumped at me.
! Where it's motive power came from !
cannot explain, but it moved two inches
toward me, and snapped at my hngel
with n viciousness that could not have
been surpassed by a cornered rat. /
think it had been holding back its life,
as men of strong will power, Tor hXeo
purposes, have been known to do, until
an opportunity offered to avenge the de,
struction of its body, for after 1t had
made the effort its eyes grew hxed ano
filmv. and in an hour it was dead. Mex
! to the turtle in obstinate persistence IL
! living must come the eel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
1'rampS' Baggage.

s'Do YOU see that old pile of valises
there in the corner?' said the agent OF
the Pacific Express Company in New Or
leans to reporter. GAIL of these valises
belong to tramps, who have shipped
them from various parts of the country. "
s'How do you know that the valises
belong to tramps ?"
because, after many years service IN
the express business we locate things by
instinct. The majority of the vallses
will never be called for and will be sold
at auction, because the chances are their
aspiring and migratory owners have long
since been killed while trying to steal a
ride on the truck of a freight train.
Chow long is such freight kept before
it is sold ?"
"We allow it to remain for year, and
then sell it at auction to the highest bid
der. Very often [ have had tramp
come into the office and show receipt
for an old valise that had been on hand
for at least eight or ten months. He
would open it and take out a compare
lively clean shirt and put a soiled one in
its place, and then ask me what it would
cost to send the valise to Little Rock. L
would state the express charge, and then
he would say: will it cost much more to
send it to Ell Paso p Yes, a little more.
IF send it to Santa Fe, how long will
they keep it before it is sold p 'One
year We'll, if that's the case just send
| it to Santa Fe; I'll be there in that time.
Here's your money, sir And without
another word he will turn and walk out,
and you will never see his gentle face
again"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
A Veteran in Trouble.

.sIn a hospital for ophthalmic diseases,
in New York, an old man has fingered
for several months In almost total blind
ness. He is afflicted with cataract in
both eyes, and is waiting for the malady
to ripen so that he can submit to pain
full operation. He has neither kith nor
kin in the whole world. To quote his
own words, he stands "like a withered
tree in a vast plain" A few friends
who knew him in former years of pros
perity have for the past twelve months
ministered to his wants, but present
life of public charity is the stricken old
mans lot and the possibility of pau
per's grave stares him in the face.
Philadelphia knew him well thirty OF
forty years ago. He was then one OF the
busiest and most prominent of the
citizens of the Quaker City. He was moi
strictly literary man, although in his
time a writer of some force, but he was
the employer of several of the greatest
writers of the present century. He was
the publisher who first gave to the world
the earliest poems of Bayard Taylor, the
happiest prose efforts of Poe, the i'm
mortal "Village Blacksmith" of Long
fellow, and the man who gave Americi
its first great magazine, Graham s,
monthly periodical which, in its zenith
had a circulation of $4,000 copie
through the length and breadth of thu
broad continent. The poor old blinC
man in the New York hospital is Georg
r. Graham, the founder of Gr0h0Dl'
Magazine. and at one time chief pro
prietor of the North american of thi
city.
1t is twenty years or more since Georg
r. Graham disappeared from these sur
roundings enveioped in the waves of (
sea of insolvency. Rash speculation
ruined him Ia few months. He abso
Iutely fell headloHg from the pinnacle 0
fortune.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft inferred with their bones.
PhiIadsLDhid EUentng CAL.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
A Spotted SpOtter.


"Your fare, or off you go?"
The man whined and begged, but
when he found it was one or the other,
he produced S. bill to pay his fare.
Counterfeit !" said the conductor, as
he handed it back.
"Why, man, that's as true greenback
as ever was made |"
Cant take it, sir Your fare,
please ~
"But that's all the money have ~
''Then off you go"
"But, -but-W
The train was stopped between sta
tons and the passenger backed off with
many muttered word. When the con
ductor re-entered the car half dozen
passengers tackled him with indignant
protests, and two or three almost abused
him for his rigid observance of the rules.
Gentlemen, he was spotter % was
the answer to the storm of Indignation,
and in ten seconds everybody i'll the cal
was applauding. --Dotrojt Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
They All Knew How.

7 took large spider from his web
under the basement of mill, put him Cd
a chip and set him afoat on the quiet
waters of the pond. He walked all about
on the sides of his bark, surveying the
situation very carefully, and when the
fact that he was really afoat and about a
yard from shore seemed to be fully COM
pretended, he prospected for the nearest
point of land. This point fairly settled
upon, he Immediately began to cast a
web for it. He threw it as far rs possible
in the air and with the wind. 1t soon
reached the shore, and made fast to the
spires of grass. Then he turned himself
about and in true sailor fashion began to
haul in hand over hand on his cable.
Carefully he drew upon it until his bark
began to move toward the shore. As il
moved the faster he the faster drew upon
it to keep his bawser taut and from
touching the water. Very soon he reached
the shore, and quickly leaping to terra
firma he sped his way homeward. Think,
ing then that he might be a special ex
pert. and an exception in that line o
workmanship to the rest of his compan
ions, | tried several of them, and they
all came to shore in like manner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
"GOOd, Bad and Jack MOrmOns."

Mormons are severally known as
''good" Mormons, "bad" Mormons and
''iack" Mormons. A good Mormon Is
Que who refuses all intercourse with
Gentiles, both socially and, as far as may
be, in a business way. A "bad" Mormon
is one who does not practice this ostra-
cism. but who otherwise conforms to the
canons of the church, pays his ''tithings'
regularly, and believes that Joseph
Smith is still their spiritual head. A
''iack" Mormon Is one who belongs to
both sides, according to the company he
is with. When a Mormon girl marries
con the outside, by which they mean
a "Gentile," she is not at once excom
municated. She is given certain period
in which to convert her husband to the
faith, failing in which she becomes an
.'apostate. a girl who is ''sealed" to
one of the pillars of the church, that is
who has forsworn all marriage here OIL
earth that she may be the ''spiritua
wife" of the said "pillar" in the world t.
come, loses all hope of salvation b.
breaking these VOWS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Face to Face.

When was boy we had big yaller
dog that hadn't as much sense as sheep
or as much pluck as chipmuck. That
dog wouldn't have fought a canary
bird; we knew it and he knew we knew
il, but he kept up an awful sight OF
buster and blow, just the same as if we
didn't all know just what it was worth.
Every day a big black cur, as cowardly
as onrn. used to go by with butchers
cart and them two dogs would run up
an down, on different sides of the fence,
barkin' fit to kill, an just as if they
would tear each other up if it wasn't for
tbe fence. One day the two got after
each other, an it happened some one
had left the gate open; so all of sud
dent they came opposite to each other,
with nothing between. Well, sir, them
two dogs just stopped an looked at each
other for minnit, then they put their
tails between their legs an cut sticks in
different directions, as if Old Nick was
after 'em. There's piles an piles O men
that's a heap more anxious for fight
wen there's fence between 'em than
wen they're ON clear ground.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
FILLING A BARREL OF FLOUR.
Astonishing Improveme nts on the Old-fash-
Toned scoop with n Handle.

A flour dealer was FASTING gaudy Ia
bel on the head of flour barrel, when
a young man stopped by his side to
watch the operation. AS the dealer gave
the label parting wipe he slaughtered
I'D. paste brush in hand, and, looking
sidewise at the label, said: ''It is easier
to fill barrel with flour than to paste
on the label"
The young man looked astonished,
and. seeing that the dealer asked: Glow
do Won suppose barrels are filled with
flour ?"
"ShoveIed in with scoop"
"That's where you are wrong. There
is flour packing machine. 1t would
be impossible to pack barrel OF flour
by weight in the common flour barrel,
using only scoop. The flour packer
consists of an upright shaft suspended
several feet above the floor. On the
lower end is screw like propeller
wheel, or more like the cutting blade oil
a post hole anger. A tube of iron about
as large as the inside of a barrel is sus'
pended around the vertical shaft, so that
! the bottom of the tube is on level with
| the lower end of the shaft. The barrel
| is placed on a platform below the tube,
and the platform and barrel are raised
| bv coiled springs working on shaft that
winds up small chains, until the bottom
| of the barrel reaches the bottom of the
tube. The flour is fed into the tube from
a hopper, the screw revolves by steam
pressing the flour against the bottom OF
the barrel. As the barrel fills it il
forced away from the screw. The ten
sion of the coiled spring is arranged tt
overcome the weight of the flour. anC
thus the flour is forced into the barre
under an even pressure from top to bot
TOM"
"How long does it take to fill bar
rel 81
"About as long as it would take you t
wink. Sacks are filled in the same way
small tubes, according to the size of tn
sack, are used, and the cooled spring 1
adjusted to suit large and small sacks
There are several different styles, bu
they all cost the flour packer hundre'
dollars EACH"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
MARKET NOTES.

NEW YORK MARKET.
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANs-Prime, s42O@s495; fair to good.
81 55G 81. 90 per busheL
Butter - New York sold at 36037c. for
choice in pals, and 18(019c. common TO good.
Western Creamery sold at 34@35c., and the
common Western at 17@1oc.
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 14@141lc; do. fair
to good, 12G13c
EGGs-Quotations ranged from 34c. for or
binary to Soc. for New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. - ~
So. 7O6S6. so; extra New York. S3.t5CdS6.OU.
HAY Shipping. 4y@50c.; clover, 4O@oOc',
salt, 60c; straw, 5O(d55c.
HoPs-New York. 25@27c.; Eastern, 2O@25c;
yearlings, Ca25c; Odds, - "a =
PETROLEUM Refined, 1870; crude, 61s@79so
in bulk; in barrels, S5Sc; naphtha, 6s4c. in
shipping order. and 1119@12c. in cases.
PoRK-Clear back. SI9.25@$2O. so; dressed
WHEAT : Spring No. 8, sLO2@s1.O6i Mil
waukee, No. 2 $1.O5; amber, $1.32@S24o;
white, Sl.0l@$1. %. = oo
| CoRN-Ungraded Western Mixed. 51@63c;
Steamer Mixed, 60@6l15c. in elevator 6l$4c
delivered No. 2, 62$4 CD6312c. in elevator 6294 "a
| 315c., delivered White Southern. Gle. de-
livered.
WooL-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
| xxx, 45946c.; Xxx, 42G44c.; X, 42@43c.; No.
| l. 45CD47c.; No. 2, 3S(D40c.; common, 33tG35e.
| New York and Western Xxx and X 39@4515c- ;
| No. l, 44GD45c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLoUR-State family, --@3k75; ryefour,
| S3. 5OCaS3. 6Z16 wheat, State, j .-(0$L1O15
amber, SLAB; corn, yellow, 5oc.; mixed States
| 60c.
PETRoLEUM-Refined, 1880; crude, 614c.
| WooI-State and Weston XXX, 4605Oc; K,
| 47(O4Sc.; medium. 50051c.; coarse, 45c.
BOSTON MARKET
FLOUR - From $3UO@$3.25 for low and
| medium, to "a. 256D575 for choice Minnesota.
Corn. 64@66c for mixed and yellow.
BUTTER - Common, 1Sc. @22c. Vermont
dairy, 24(030c. choice creamery, 33@3dc.
| CHEEsE-130l4c.
| BEANs-S4. 500$A60.
HAY-Choice, $14@$l6
| CATTLE MARKETS.
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, s4s0G
| 1910; hogs, fair to good, Si.20@SES5i best
| $7.40.
EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best cattle, $6.25@
| S6.75; medium to good, $5.25@$6.00; common
| to fair, S5.OO@S6.0O; Hogs, Workers, S6.75@
| $500 Philadelphias, S7.5O@9S.OO. Sheep
| 50. 25C0$5.50.
| WATERFOWL, MAss.--Cattle, choice. g.
| 0SlO.25: extra, S5GO@$S.75; first quality
| S7.OOtQS7. so; second quality, S5.0O@S6. so
third quality, $40 @0S4.50. Sheep and lamb
wool sheep s2.5O@S400 extra, $4,000
1913; spring lambs, $685. Veal calves
| 816c@719c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
English as She is Spoke.

Great are the capabilities of the
English language. A wayfaring Indian
apolis man in search of cigar went
into a grocery store in very small and
rural village, not two hundred miles
from Indianapolis, Indiana. The young
woman presiding produced box con-
tanning the desired article, and when
asked the price thereof gave voice to the
following mystical language:
Chem there's two-fers.' -
a'"Two-fers = repeated the bewildered
Indianapolis man. "What in the name
of sense is a 'two-fer p"
"Why, two fer a MCKEE" replied the
young woman, with an air of Disguised
establishment at some folks ignorance.
ooh, L see," said the enlightened
Hoosier. "Well, if You have any 'one-
fers, let me have look at them"
The purchase of the "one-fer" was
made and the wayfaring man withdrew.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
At a stand-stilI-The peanut business.
T7meIv SUgge ,tions About Pneumonia.
e. yVbaD manV rel


This i, the Time of year when so many per-
sons fall victims to pneumonia and other
lung diseases. Hence, we call attention 10
the following interview with prominent
physician: 81
" PneumOnia is an acute lung dlsease, ana
commences with a severe chill and lever. IL
seems to be an affection of the lungs, but IL
is +, ally caused by the blood being impover-
isbed by the non-removal of natural acids by
the liver and kid eys. Pneumonia is always
proof of diseased kidneys and liver. Indeed,
this is true of many other lung disorders
also
pneumonia is very dangerous disease and
the patien5 must be treated with hot drinks,
and the chest be covered with mustard poul-
tees, and then call the best physician"
"How w uld you prevent such dlseases!"
fBy keeping the skin, liver, bowels and
kidneys in healthful activity. Then the blood
is free from acd pos )ns and pneumonia
need not be feared" For this purpose we
know of nothing better than DR.. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy, which is highly
reputed specific for all liver, kidney, bowel
and blood disorders. 1t is made, we believe,
at Rondout, N Y, sells for one dollar bot
tie. and is the best and surest of all house
hold remed eS.
Pneumonia is very common and fatal, and
whatever w II prevent its ravages Is worthy
the highest commentator. Albany E1eHtn9
,JOurnaL
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
A SERENADE.
Buckingham sings
Once upon a time,
c, gn,4{, ,1off1sT, ,-I,,ry,,o

RAzINd a VTLLAGE.--A whole village
has been RACED to the ground in Bavaria
the hamlet of Oberberghausen, near
Pressing, and not far from Munich-in
order that the government may cultivate
a willow plantation on the site. The
village was very old, the wood covered
church, where a farewell sermon was
held. dating nearly a thousand years
back, and now only a wooden cross
marks the place Of a thrifty colony,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

How THEY GREw.-At the birth of a
certain little girl in Trinidad, Colorado,
her grandfather presented her with a
heifer. The little girl is now twelve
years old, and has been offered five thou
sand dollars for her bunch Of cattle, all
the offspring of that one heifer, an elo-
quent commentary on the profits of cat
tie raising.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Red Flags of Attraction.

A newspaper agent called upon Mr..
Closefist the other day in business
way. -,
"Oh. I don't want to advertise" said
Mr.. Closefst 81 have a regular run of
customers, and strangers are attracted
by my red flag on top of my house.
Gall right" said the agent. Just
continue doing business that way and
some of these days people will see red
flag in front of your house, but they
won't be attracted by it. They will be
attracted by the bell that the town
crier is ringing as he walks up and down
before your store.
That agent was something of a phi
lCsopher
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

CURED.-The ReUue NensueZIe de
Medicine notices a case in which a wo-
man who was entirely helpless from
chorea and bysteria was told to take her
medicine very cautiously, as it was very
powerful. She thereupon took the
whole of it, with the intention of poison
ing herself. Two days later she began
to assist the nurses in the hospital, and
in a month was discharged cured. The
medicine was bread pills.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Fire Alarm.

7 have been a severe sufferer long time
with kidney troubles, causing severe pains
in OK AMI sides; and from the recon-
mendation If the Chief of Fire Department,
Mr.. Ira Wood, formerly of Syracuse, who
Lad used Hunts kennedy with Wondertu5
SUCCESS, l commenced using IL; ana Iou ll
sneedv relief in a short time, and it has com,
D eiely cul ed me of The pains in the back.
have recommended it to hers IN the de-
nartment. that have used it with great sue
less, and do not hesitate to recommend u
to any one troubled with kidney, liver o.
tJodIer froubIes. b. KIRKLAND,
Snn;t Fire Alarm, Syracuse, NY, June II, '03
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

A GROCERY TALE. -"There goes Abe
Sorter with his new hoss," said the
slorekeeper. Immediately the group
around the stove moved toward the door
and watched the horse. "She's clip
oar. ventured one of them-"Wonder
what he gin Jerry Teal for her % He
traded with jerry, said the boy, "and
then Jerry took side holt with him
whether he should give him five dollars
or fen dollars to boot, and Abe topped
him. Abe's been offered forty dollars
for her since then. "-BoSton Globe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
solid Comfort.

Every one likes to take solid comfort, and it
may be enjoyed by everyone who keeps Kidney
Wort in the house and takes few doses at the
first symptoms of an attack of Malaria, Rheuma,
tism. Biliousness, Jaundice or any affection OF
the Liver. Kidneys or Bowels. 1t is purely
vegetable compound of roots, leaves and berries
known to have special value in kidney troubles
Added to these are remedies acting directly OF
the Liver and Bowels. tremoves the cause OF dis
ease and fortifies the system against new attacks
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

"WAs early man a savage !" asks -
magazine writer. That depends. Ii
the early man was dressing to catch tn.
4 a. NJ, train, and his collar button fell
behind the bureau, the probabilities ara
that he was about as savage as they
make m,-NOr7iStOaU1 Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Camphor Milk cures aches and pains. 25c

CArARRH.-For fifteen years have. been
greatly annoyed with this disgusting disease
which caused severe pain in my head, continual
d1opping into my throat and unpleasant breath
Nv sense of smell was much impaired. By
thorough use for six months of Elys Cream
Balm 1 have entirely overcome these troubles
! b. CASE, St Denis HOTEL Broadway and Ilth
St, n. Y. Not liquid or NUT.
Phnanir PecEnral cnres cold and cough. 25c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

@QUANTITY AND QUALITY. In the Diamond
DIVES more coloring is given than in any known
dyes, and they give faster and more brilliant
coIors. 1Oc at all druggists. Wells, Richard
son & Co., Burlingt N, vt. Sample Card, 81
colors, and book of directions for &c. stamp.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

He DID HIS Esr.-Sir Edward Nor
timer Archibald, who was for many years
British Consul General at New York, is
dead. A friend says of him: He was a
man whose aim and efforts were to
maintain a conscience void of offense.
His closing words at the dinner rendered
TO him at the end of his consulate were
''When I am dead and gone
And the mold upon my breast,
Saw not that he did i'll or well,
Only he did his best,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

at am using Dr. Graves Heart Regulator
with great results, had Heart Disease for
nine years, so bad CO Id not lie down. Jonn
Nc Pike Station, o. The cart Regu-
attn cures all forms of Heart Disease, ner-
vousness and sleeple ,sne $.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Eirernen,s Trouble.

7 have been troubled long time with kid
new We akness, a great proportion OF the tune
heard Hunts Remedy recommended very
hi@bIy for troubles of the kidney and urinary
organs organs by Ira Wood, ex-chiet Of the fire de,
pa1 tment OF acuse, he having been cured
of a severe case OF kidney disease lately by
the use of Hunts Remedy, purchased
bottle and used it, and have not been tIou-
bled anv s nee; and know of many others
here in Syracuse that have used itand recon-
mend it as a great medium for the kidneys,
and do not hesitate to say that it is re-
mark BILE medicine. JACOB WolFhoM,
Member of Syracuse Fire Department.
C,---nln,urr Lima IL 1SS4
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Enrmers-Try II!

Wells Richardson & Cos Improved Butter
Color viii be found to be the only oil color that
will not become rancid. Test it and you VIII
prove it. 1t will not color the butter-mlik ; 1T
gives the brightest color of any made, and Is
the strongest and therefore the cheapest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

DIR. P1ERCE's pheasant Purgative Pellets
are sugar-coated and inclosed in glass bottles,
their Virtues being thereby preserved ,i unlm-
pared for any length of time in any cllma t
SO that they are Always fresh and reliable. no
cbeap wooden or pasteboard boxes. BY druggists
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06

A MAN may forget home, kindred,
friends and almost everything else, but
he never forgets the first time he went
10 a barber shop TO be shaved.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-06
Syracuse, n. Y, June IL, 1888.

PuRE coD-1IyER OIL, f, ON selected livers, on
the seashore. by Caswel, Hazard & Co., N. Y.
Absolutely pure and sweet: Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
declare it superior to all others.
CHAPpED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
CAswEII. HAZARD & Co. New York.