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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
An Hour at the Old Playground.

sat an hour to-day, John, beside the
old brook stream where we were school
boys in old time, when manhood was
a dream; the brook is choked with
fallen leaves, the pond is dried away,
I scarce believe that you would know
the dear old place to-day. The school
house is no more, John, beneath our
locust trees; the wild rose by the win
dow side no more waves in the breeze;
the scattered stones look desolate; the
sod they rested on has been plowed up
bv stranger hands since you and were
gone. The chestnut tree is dead, John,
and what is sadder now-the broken
grape vine of our swing hangs on the
withered bough; [ read our names upon
the bark and found the pebbles rare laid
up beneath the hollow side as we piled
them there. Beneath the grass-grown
bank. John, l looked for our old spring,
that bubbled down the alder path three
PAGES from the spring; the rushes
grow upon the brink; the pool is black
and bare, and not foot this many
day it seems has trodden there. l sat
me on the fence, John, that lies as IN old
time-the same half panel in the path
we used so oft to climb-and thought
how o, ,er the bars of life our piaymates
had passed on, and left me counting on
this spot the faces that are gone !-Ihe
,TlLCI0e
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
4 GOODBYE.

rareweui How soon unmeasured distance rolls
Is leaden clouds between our parted Souls
How little to each other now are We
And once dreamed how much we two might be
i. who now stand with eyes undimmed and dry
To say goodbye.
To saw goodbye to all sweet memories,
Good-bye to tender questions, soft replies;
Goodbye to hope, goodbye to dreaming, too
Good-bve to all things dear goodbye to you,
Without kiss, tear a prayer, sigh
Our last goodbye.
had no chain to bind you with at all,
No grace to charm, no beauty to enthrall;
No power to hold your eyes with mine, and max
Your heart on fire with longing for my sake,
Til all the yearnings passed into one cry;
..Love, not good-bye! !'
All, no-I had no strength like that, you know,
Yet my worst weakness was TO love you so!
So much too weIl-so much too well or ill
Yet even that might have been pardoned still
1t would have been had 1 been you-you
But now-good-bye.
How soon the bitter follows on the sweet
Could not chain your fsncys flying feet?
Could not hoid your oul-to make you play
Tomorrow in the key Of yesterday?
Dear-do you dream that would stoop to try
All, no-goo6-OyeI
The ArqoSal.>
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
Statistics i'm Massachusetts.

The annual report of the Railroad
Commissioners was submitted to the
Legislature recently. During the year
ending Sept. 80, 1888, there were 3, 1893
additional miles of railroad constructed in
this State. The aggregate capital stock
was 1922, 367,572. The net debt of the
companies amounts to $72, 933, ,290.
The total gross income for the year was
$43, $50, ,387; total expenses, $32, ,479, ,9O7.
The local passenger earnings were $l3,-
$50, 800; through passenger earnings,
S5, ,245, 265. The total number of pas
sengers carried was 81, ,530,747 The
whole number of tons of freight carried
was 2O,2O2,9S1. The number of persons
injured during the year was 524 and the
number killed was 191, Is being passen-
gers. Upon the Sunday train question
the Commissioners say that to authorize
a Sunday train on an abstract argument
against Sabbath observance withou tproot
of any demand for the train would show
disregard of the spirit of the law passed
in 1881, and would be breach of trust.
There is no doubt that the law should
be construed as authorizing permission
for the operation of road when 1t is
called for by mixed considerations OF
convenience and necessity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
Chfldren's Wool Dresses.

Fine wool stuffs are the favorite
choice for children's dresses this winter,
Harper's Bazdr tells us, and are used
not only for day and street dresses, but
also for the pretty little toilettes in
which the smallest girls are arrayed at
children's parties, or on their mammas'
reception days. The taste in such mat
ters has undergone change for the bet
ter, and instead of the elaborate lace
dresses over silk that were formerly
used, a simple frock of the finest white
wool or of some pale pink or rose tint,
or even a delicate gray shade. is now
thought appropriate for occasions on
which children are most dressed. The
guimpe dresses and the blouse-princesse
are the styles most liked for woolens,
and these are worn by girls from two
years of age up to those who are ten or
twelve years old. For the smallest chill
dren the short-waisted belted guimpe
dresses are made of light blue or pink
French cashmere or of the more
shaggy camefs-hair, and are entirely
without trimming. The full 'baby'
waist is low in the neck, and has small
puffs or shoulder-straps for its shor
sleeves. The top of the waist is pleated
or else gathered by two or three rows OF
shirling into the plainest band or bind
ing of the cashmere, while the lower
part is pleated or gathered into the belt;
the sleeves, if puffed, have a similar
binding, and the back is closely but
toned. The skirt is quite long, falling
halfway between the knees and ankles,
and is very full, without being sloped
narrower at the top. For its trimming
hem of two or three inches and some
tucks above will suffice for the smallest
girls, but for larger girls several parallel
rows of braid may be placed above
wide hem, or else there may be two
clusters of braid above narrower hem
and a tuck of the same width. In
Europe these dresses are worn without q
guimpe, but here it is the more sens1
bic and comfortable fashion to cover the
childs neck and arms with little mus
lin guimpe Cor under waist) that is pref
tily tucked or embroidered in YOKE
shape as far as is visible above the low
neck Of the dress; the sleeves are slight
ly full, and have a cuff trimmed to mattel
the yoke.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
Interesting Facts About Birds.

The Rev. T. G. Wood delivered the
third of his pleasing lectures on natural
history at the Cooper Institute. New
York city, on Saturday night. His sub
iect was the typical form and structure
of the whole of the bird tribe. He said,
among other things:
The first condition of structure is the
manner of procuring food, and this is
invariable, though the notifications are
most extraordinary. We have seen that
the whale and the mole had the same
bones. but modified by the conditions
under which each creature seeks its
food, The bones of the bird are not
different from those OF the mole and
whale. But lightness of structure is es-
sentia1ly the condition OF creature that
lives in the air. lnSthe birds it is
requisite that theFe>-sR os5t;t bg-a large
surface for the attachment of the power
full muscles necessary to-raise the bird in
the air and sustain its fight. But it
must be light. The bone of bird is
hollow. 1t is, in fact. tube, and sailors
are in the habit of using bones OF the al
batross for the stems of smoking pipes.
Engineers have discovered that hollow
column has the same strength as solid
one containing the same amount OF ma
terial. This is the principle of the bone
of bird. 1t not only Is filed with air,
but it communicates with the respiratory
organs. The beak with the bird has to
answer the same purpose as the human
hand, and therefore the head must be
connected with very flexible neck To
obtain this fexibility there is a change
in the vertebr@. In the mammalia the
number is always constant, whether in
the whale or giraffe or elephant. But in
birds the number varies considerably.
The swan has twenty-three, the heron
nineteen, and the saucy sparrow, my
countryman, contrives to pick up an ex-
cellent subsistence with only nine
There is a popular belief that you can
make an owl commit-suicide by wringing
its own neck by simply walking around
and around it. But this is apocryphal.
1t is true, however, that an owl can
stare at you with its head whilst its
back is turned contemptuously to you.
This exhibits forcibly the flexibility of
the necks of birds. The shoulder blade
is firmly fixed to the upper part of the
ribs. The bumerus, or upper part of
the arm, is fastened to it in a peculiar
way. Then the ulna and radius are
fused together. To these are attached
feathers, which are not so much for
flight as is popularly supposed, b4t for
the purpose of protecting the birds
body from loss of heat in its rapid pro-
gress through the air. Feathers are
conductors, and are in fact modified
hairs: they are set in the skin just as
hairs are.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
Gan right. father" was the dutlful re-

Gan right, father, " was the uu'i"- -
sponse. in
The next morning the young man. -
stead of exercising himself In the wUou
shed, slung his skates over his snOul~ Tto
and disappeared, not to return un'n n''
ger drove him home for supper IT,,
"Well," exclaimed the lrate lanh'''
"where have you been all day, slr
"Skatin', )" replied the youth -.
"And didn't you promise me iAsO
night that you would buckle oo"n "
work?" .o
sIndeed did, dear father" said tne
bright and truthful lad. u couiur
skate, you know, if I didn't first buckle
down to work. :"
A ROY WITH AN EYE TO BUSINESS.
"Please, ma'am, III clean your SIDE
walk for quarter. "
"But it is cleaned. / just PAID poy
thirty cents to shovel off the snow, ana
vet YOU are the sixth boy who wanted to
clean it over. l presume thereA Dc
twenty more" c,. o,,+o
'T6en. ma'am, gimme fifteen Genus
and I'll sit on the door-steps ana teli GILL
they're left p
A BIRD IN THE HAND.
s'My darling, you do not bestow upon
me so much affection as you did oe1ore
we were married." remarked poutlng
bride of four years to her husband.
"Don't II" he replied.
''No, Charles, you do not; you pay
very little attention to me-" said his
wife.
"Well, my DEAR" observed the wicked
husband, "did you ever see a man run
after horse-car after he had caught 1t 2
ON THE LOOKOUT.
A young man was standing on Chest
nut street smoking a cigarette and blow
ing the smoke proudly through his nose
when gentleman stopped and said to
him:
"Will you be kind enough to favor me
with your name and address ?"
"And why should I give you my name
and address? You are stranger to
me-" replied the young man, lighting a
fresh cigarette.
"You will please pardon the request"
continued the gentleman; "but it Is
merely a matter of business. L have
watched the expert manner in which you
handle cigarettes, and, being an under
taker, I would sort O. like to get on
speaking terms with your immediate
family. ."-IHe Call.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
"THLNGS THAT ARE NOT"

l dreamed dream of Love,
That she was holy, pure, and true,
A friend to give delight on earth,
A voice to bid man look above,
Her constancy her only worth,
Alas like this she comes to very few
heard her sacred name
On lips of many, young and old,
looked their idol in the face,
A giddy, pleasure-seeking dame,
Whose vanity is her disgrace,
Whose summer friendship fades before
the cold.
Is love then but dream,
The sweetest fancy man can know?
Or fas she broken earthly bars
And fed, with her celestial gleam.
To shine aloft among the stars
And look with scorn upon the clouds
below?
When Faith and Hope are dead,
When life has for its only aim
To seek the passing moments bliss,
To find sufficiency of bread,
Man soon his highest joys will miss,
And seeking Love will find her but a
name.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
One of CalifOrnia'S NabObs.

A man with leg that hung as loose
from his hip as if it had been piece of
hay rope buttoned a ragged old overcoat
over his bumped shoulders and pigeon
breast. Then he looked up and down
Main street with earnest vacuity, and
hoped on his good leg to his wagon
and drew himself painfully up to his
seat. The top of the wagon was made
chiefly of gunny sacks, and canted to
one side as if it had about made up its
mind to give up further effort to be a
wagon top. Three spokes were gone
from the hind wheels. The hind spring
was broken and was tied to the axle with
half-unravelled ropes. Attached to this
ruin of a vehicle mule was hitched.
The wagon 10y comparison with this
beast was new and gaudy thing. The
mule was tied to the broken and spliced
shafts with odds and ends of straps. His
whole harness was a maze of knots and
twists and tangles. The mule stood
with his nose within six inches of the
ground and gave a hollow cough at in
tervals. From strap close to his ear a
long tassel depended. 1t had once been
red, but was now dirty pink. sect
up," said the man with the boneless leg,
tuggiDg at the rope and leather lines.
The mule groaned deeply, and painfully
started up at a walk so slow that it
would have angered the chief mourners
at funeral. AS he walked it was seen
that one of his hind legs had been
broken at the knee joint, and healed Sc
that it bent inward and rubbed against
the other at every step. "Who is he ?'
"Oh, it's old Gripp that lives out on the
sands" answered farmer. 'He must
have wretched life of it." 'rThere
you're OFF, young feller. Grip is one ol
our oldest and best citizens-one of the
pioneers. [ reckon he's worth half 6
million. "-StOcktOn Mail
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07
Diamonds in the Fire.

Mrs. Dyer, of New York city, went
home and removing her diamond brooch,
containing twenty stones, wrapped it In
a piece of paper and laid it on the man.
tel-piece. The servant having occasion
to go to the cellar for coal, seeing the
paper and being unaware of its contents,
took it with her for the purpose of light
ing the gas from the furnace in the
cellar, and after so doing threw the re-
mainder of the paper containing the
brooch into the fire. Mrs. Dyer, miss
ing the brooch shortly after, by ques-
tioning the servant learned what had
become of ii. The fire in the furnace
was at once extinguished, and after a
three-days' search sixteen of the dia-
monds were recovered. The remaining
four were probably consumed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

"WHAr did that lady say?" asked Mr..
Buyem to his confidential clerk. "ld
rather not repeat her words. sir, re-
plied the clerk. "But I must know,
MIR. Plume-must know, sir. "Oh II
YOU insist upon it, sir, I suppose 1 must
tell you. She said you were all BUSINESS
but YOU lacked culture" "So| ex-
claimed Mr.. Buyem in astonlsnment'
sLack culture, Ell? Look here, Mr.
Plume; dye know you'd oughter told me
O that long ago? Let's have some right
away, before Scrimp & Blowhard can get
ahead of us."-BOStOg1 Transcript
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

WArER.-A resident of the Wabash
Valley travelling in California was as
tonished when he first saw corn thriving
in the drv and seemingly barren soil OF
Los Angeles county; but the farmers
explained that beneath these corn fields
is the subterranean outlet o. some
stream, and that they are watered from
below. By digging down ten or twelve
feet almost anywhere over the bed you
will find the river, which reappears on
the surface again in two different beds
some miles further down, and then again
sinks beneath the surface.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

SU1NG.-A lawyer of Hallowel, Me-,
has invented an ingenious scheme to make
a fortune. He has sued the treasurers
of nearly every corporation in the State
for the recovery in each case Of $500 for
feiture for failure to publish statistics OF
their condition of business, as required
bv law. He will make, if he recovers
between "a, 600 and SO, 900 in Lewistown
alone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

A ST.. LOUIS father who has bad
heart arranged matters so that he could
hear what was said without being OBJ
served. He tells us that he listened for
two hours last Sunday night while his
daughter and her Irregular company
occupied one corner of the sofa, and thi
was the sole conversation : He.-"If
LOWE die. what I'D dovie do?" She.-
HDovie die. too"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

There, get that prescrip-
ton filled and take a tablespoonful three
times day before meals" Pauper Pa
tient-"But, doctor, don't get but one
meal in two days"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

WE do not believe in race prescription,
but the telegraph and telephone compa-
MES have obstructed the streets TO that
extent that we are compelled TO say
t'The Poles must go y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

POLITICAL Democratic National
Committee are to hold meeting on the
22d of February, and will then probably
decide upon the time and place for the
National Convention to nominate their
Presidential candidate.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

"HAvE you seen my dear love ?" sings
Ella Wheeler. We have, indeed, and he
was eating oysters with another girl.
There, now Don't bother us any more.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-07

wHkS fish are rare, even crab is
fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

LACE CURTAINS.
sEATON PERRY,

SEATON PERRY,
SUCCESSOR TO PERRY BRoTHER)
HAVING Az Si-, DETERMINED TO DIscoNIIHuz TIE
MANr OF SPACE TO PROPERLY DISPLAY fHeG.,
Has MARKED DOWN" HIS ENTIRE STOCK OF
NOTTNGHAM ANTIQUE AND MADRAS LACE
CURTAINS FROM Is TO 50 PER CENT his Is
EAkE OPPORTUNITY FOR PART1kS FURNISH
ING re PURCHASE CURTAlN6 AND An IARLY
isS ooN BE sob Is 7oItfIh1 TskH WILL
LARGE LOT OF CHII.DREN's FANCY COLoRED
i.oSE, AT 25o PER PAIR, REDUCED FROM SOC
BARGAINS IN LADIES' FANCY coLoREp HOSE
AT .3T4C, FOl MIR PRICE 75c
MEDIUM dr1 WEIGHT JACKETS I AND WRAPS AT
IM III z FL, n yEksEl s From s. 50 TO o.
IN GREAT VARIETY.
NEM STOCK # FALL AND WINTER ALL WOOL
FINCH sci DRESS FABRICS IN ALL TIE LAT
DKAP .D;ALMAs, BISON CLOTHS.
ALISWGoL SCOTCH PLAIDS.
MN hESTH TnMlLLED CLOTHS. TR1coTs AND
PLAIN AND BROCADEp GERMAN vELyETs
lMMENSt STOCK OF BLACK AND COLORED
lyons SILKS AND VtLVETS
IT I b,t GOODS. PLAIN FIGURES AND COR
SEATON PERRY,
PERRY BUILDING,
Pennsylvania avenue. corner 9th street.
Established 1870. au3O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

D-AN-T-A-L-O-C-N-S
IF You ARE NOT N NEED OF NEW SUIT
JUST NOW. PERuAIs A NEW PAIR OF PANTS
WOULD IMPROVE YOUR APPEARANCE: II so.
We HAVE THIN CUT ~ THE LATEST STYLE OF
THE MOST DESIRABLE AND DURABLE PAT
TERMS; ALL S ZES from TWENTY-EIGIIT TO
SIXTY INCHES IN WAIST. AND FROM TWENTY
NINE TO FORTY INCH 5 N THE INsEAaI. AT
PRICES FROM s25OT0 SO
ODD VESTS, ALL SIZES AND IEICES
TIE FAT. The LIAM. TIE GREAT AND SMALL
We FIT THEM ALI.
SCHOOL SUITS. SCHOOL SUITS.
WE ARE READY FOR THE BOYS WITH THE
HANDSOMEST LINE OF SUITS FOR SCHOOL OR
DRESS WEAR IT HAS EVER BEEN QUE PLEA
SURE TO SHOW. EARLY FALL STYLES TOR MEMS
WEAR ALL IN. WON'T YOU DROP INANDLCoK
THEM OVER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

Ohio, which Tor temperance and truly good
state seems 10 have faculty Tor Notwithstanding on
slight provocatiOn, has now another serious riot Oh
lis hands the trouble this time being with the coal
miners In the Hooking valley. Trouble has been
brewing In thi; region for some time, and IL now
seems 10 have coIne 10 open violence OF danger
Gus sort The officers Of the law have been attacked
TWO or three Killed considerable property destroyed
and very bad blood ensendered The governor has
authorized the Use Of ali necessary 10 restore
order, and az the miners art armed and in a very
ugly mood more trouble Is anticipated OF course
the demagogues are not letting so promising a
chance for making political capita. pass by unlin-
proved, but the disorders spring from causes only
remotely connected with politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

BUSINESS begins TO feel the usual fail impetus to
trade given by the farmers who have harvested
and sold theiI crops and come Into the streets
with pockets 1ull OF cash, which they wish 10 ex
change forcomnoditIes or deposit ii gainst rainy
day. The crops have been abundant, and were
prices better the farmers would feel rich and lib
era As 1T Is. they Will find compensation for their
own reduced receipts in the lower prices which rule
IN almost al lines OF goods. II they are getting
less Tor their cereals than they have done in the
past, they will find clothing. furniture. machinery
and everything else, both useful ami ornamental
reduced proportonateiy In price. 30 That the pur-
Chasing value or their hard-earned dollars viii not
be much If any less than In the best times Of the
past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

IL is probably not true Is alleged. that Howgate
the signal Office embzzler, has for some time past
been living quietly within few miles OF Wash
fnstOn; but the circumstance that he is living any
where else than in pTlsOn taken IN connection with
the fact that there Is reward offered Tor getting
him there. Is u most singular and diszTaceful one.
There Is curious mystery about this case, ana
one which Will probably never BE- completely
unfOded. The only Conclusion which The country
can draw from IL il stands is that those WHO are
Interested in keeping HIN OF jail greatly out
weigh III numbers and influence those who care 20
See hiia arrested and punished. The responsibility
for his exemption seems To lie between the civil
and military branches Of the government. each
trying To put II upon the other, ami leaving upon
the public Ilind the impression that both are 10
blaine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

Gov. Cleveland has come out OF the woods Mr.
Blaine has cot over his cold and Is working state
fairs, Ben. Butler IS swinging round the circle and
81 John is putting In a little quiet work In the
west but President Arthur con Ines himself 10 nom
partisan hospitality at Newport The program for
to-day contemporaries 4 parade OF the Coaching
Club, where the Pred vii! BE- found on the box
seat of August Be,monJs coach. and subsequently a
dinner given by Mr.. Belmont, where the President
VII touch elbows with James Gordon Bennett and
others OF the Newport "set"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

The campaign has already advanced TO point
where both parties are crying out discoveries
Of Infamous frauds and desperate devices on the
part Of their advCr>aries. The Tribune to-day for
Instance, sounds an alarm that the wicked demo-
erals have opened Glrr1 In Ohio. AID another In
western New York. THIS cumberland work" is
severely reprobdtet. What the Republican man.
ayers want and need according TO the appeal of
finance committees, 1, no. WORK Of The under hand
LIT OF til. hlnI-OVer sort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-01

Political activity is supposed To in with the
oyster, ana it Is high time the excitement began If
We are 70 have that vOciIerOuS and vigorous cam
paign that was predicted The voting begins to-
day III the shape OF "a state election Ill Arkansas
Where governor and legislature are TO be chosen
There Is no uncertainty as TO the result. and little
Chance even fOr ''mordl effect outside the state,
As the democrats are in complete control Vermont
follows tO-IEOrrOw, and here again there Is no
doubt as 70 the issue, though the size OF ;he repub
lcsn majority VII bc taken rs an Indication Of the
degree oil support which EdInunls wing OF the
party are disposed 10 give Blaine The usual ma
jority Is about twenty thousand.