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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
The NOSP-Bags.

The following anec3ote will be appre-
ciated by our military readers
In the cavalry service it frequently
happens that, by reason of death, deser-
ton, and discharge, the number of men
in a troop is less than the number OF
horses on hand. A troop captain, not
long since, had occasion to send up a
requisition for ordnance stores, includ-
ing, among other things, ''sixty-fve
nO5e-bags."
After the usual long interval this re-
QUESTION was duly returned from San
Antonio, with the Endorsement: Gre
spactfully returned to Captain - -,
-th Cavalry. The returns of his troop
show that he has only .ft1y,foar men,
and explanation is desired as to why he
requires Sjrty.fre nose-bags."
The captains explanation was as fol-
lows Respectfully returned. The
nose-bags are required for my horses,
and not for the men. = Har2oer'
"DyalUcr."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
A Mormon Dignitary.

have in mind, says a Salt Lake City
correspondent, q wealthy dignitary OF
the church whom you might easily have
mistaken for the late Peter Copper and
who is possessed of seven wives. Each
of these women has some farming and
garden ground of her own, and all are
greatly devoted to rearing bees. With
the help of their grown children they
each raise large amount of produce and
honey annually. The husband acts as
their agent. He hives their swarns OF
bees ard charges them for it; he renders
special aid when called upon AMI IS paid
for it; he sells their crops and honey
when it is ready and credits each wife
with her due share. Most of them live
in suites of apartments under the roof Of
his great house in town, but the first
wife has n beautiful farm of her own q
little wav ont of the city, to which she
and her children have retired to end
their days in peaceful independence.
The way in which this old gentleman
has always arranged his domestic life is
reported to he thus: He had certain
rooms in his house where he kept his
bed, his wardrobe, his books and saw
any visitors who called upon him. Here
he was bachelor and here he staid every
other day and night. Ga alternate days
aud nights he was tho guest of one Oh
another of his wives in regular rotation,
devoting the one day Gin this case fort
nightly which was hers diligently to hel
society. OF course this routine was no
invauable, but for the most part it wa:
regularly followed,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
The Thief Got off.

The Marquis de M was giving a
grand party at his hotel in the Faubourg
st. German. An additional staff OF
cooks and walters had been engaged for
the occasion. A clever thief contrived
to gain admission, dressed in the garb
of cook, and at a moment when he was
unobserved purloincd a large quantity
of plate, which he secreted about his
person. Before he got clear of the prem
ises, however, the theft was discovered
and an alarm raised, the hall-porter re-
ceiving orders to allow no one to quit
the house. Suddenly somebody came
running downstairs four steps at time,
and shouting to the concierge:
"Quick, open the door y
Nobody is allowed to go out F.; there S
a thief in the house"
"Just so and am going to fetch
the police"
The porter opened the door, and the
man, who was none other than the
thief, got of.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
MARKET NOTES.


The Wholesale New York market quotations
BEANs-Prime, s5.OO@S515; fair to good.
s2.OO@$2.S so per busheL oooo
RITTER New York sold at 22@23c. for
choice in pals, and 1S@19c. common TO good
Western Creamery sold at 2O42lc., ana th9
common Western at 15@16c-
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 1O@1o14ci do. fair
to good, 9G09$4c.
EGGs-Ouotations ranged from Ito. for Or
binary. to 1Sc. for New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. .oog vUo,to.,,
a.. 8O0S6. 80; extra New York. 93.65t9$6.0O
HAY Shipping, 65@70c.; clover 45@55c~
salt, Coo; straw, 90@95c. $4,000.
HoPs-New York, 24@25c.; Eastern, 21@23ci
yearlings, 16@22e; olds, za(s o.,,ds sz<07ak,
in bulk; in barrels, $3.50; naphtha, 024c. Ii
shipping order. and II 115@12c. in cases
PoRkoClear back. $1L25@s1I75; dressed
uU Wnr rn{s3 Spring No. 8, s7715@85c.; Nil
waukee, No. g. 98e. +; amber. $l.32QSA. ~;
Co" CoRS-UGgraded Western Mixed. '@6419c
Steamer Mixed, 5S19@59c. in elevator 6I72c
delivered: No 2, 94@64c. in elevator. 64A q
Soc, delivered White Southern. 1oo' de
| livered.
| WooI-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia
Xxx, 45C046c.; Xxx, 42G44c.; Z, 42(q43c. NO
!. 45@47c. No. 2, Ss@4Oc.; common, 33@35e
New York and Western Xxx and <, 39@4513c.
| No. /, 44G45c.
| PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FIoUR-State family, $4.25@$4. so; rye flour
-. 6216OS3 rs; wheat State, S-.-@99e.
| amber, 81 43; corn, yellow, &c.; mixed State
SIC. c,>
| Woo1-State and Western Xxx, 466D5Oc.i K
! 47(048c.; medium, 50@51c; coarse, 45c-
BOSTON MARKET
Flour - From 50. 759$3.25 for low an6
medium, to S4OO@5. 25 tor choice Minnesota
| Corn 63O67c. for mixed and yellow.
| BUTTER Common, SC. @l2c. vermont
| dairy, 17Ol8c. choice creamery, 21922e
| CHEEsE-815 GO912c.
| BEANs-S3. 400$3. 45.
| HAY-Choice, $1750@$18.
| CATTLE MARKETS.
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality. LOG
| $500; hogs fair to good, $575@$5.S5; best
| S. 80.
EAST LIBERTY. PENN.-Best cattle, $1,000
| $3.50; medium to good, $550@$6.OO; common
to fair, S4.50@$5.00: Hogs, Workers. $3.50 g
| 1915 Philadelphias, $5.75@$5.S5. Sheep
| S5.25(d $3.50
| WATERrowN, MAss-Cattle, choice. g.
| GSlO.25; extra, $8.O0@S9.00; first quality
S7.506SS.CO; second quality, SIS. 50@$7. 90
| third quality S4.5@@S6.O0. Sheep and lamb
| wool sheep, $3.00@D$6. 90 ; extra, $1,000
| 97.O0 spring lambs $685.; Veal calves
| 4c(G61Lc 81
FOR SPECIAL RATES Tor advertising IN this paper
aPply to thePu bllsher of the paper. U32
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Laying in GraSShOpperS.
THE INDIANS HAPPY OVER A PROSPECT OF
UNLIMITED SOUP NEXT WINTER.

A letter from Reno, New, says: The
Piutes have been busy for some time har-
vesting grasshoppers. There are great
with the Indians fondness for them,
has resulted in brisk work. The saw
ages get together in the vicinity of a
lake or pond, and form a ring around it..
When everything is ready they beat
tom-toms and sticks, and begin to close
in. The hoppers, startled by the
noises, jump toward the water, and
finally fly into it. When the Indians
have thesurface of the pond well covered,
they dip the insects out in baskets, and,
going to the shore, spread them out to
dry. Some of them come to life and hop
away, but the great mass of them die
and wither up. After the hOppers are
we'll dried, the savages roll them gently
so as to Ureak off the wings and legs,
and the bodies arc then thrown into a
pile by themselves. At the close of the
days work the hoppers, dried and as
sorted, are stored away in caches for
winter.
The Indians of the coast very highly
prize the dishes made from these in
sects. They make soup of them first,
and finally, when they will answer for
no more soup, they are eaten. A bushcl
of grasshoppers Will make soup enough
to last ten or fifteen persons a week.
The hoppers are left in the first meal,
and the next day another supply of
water is added, together with any game
that may have been taken that day, and
the mess is then boiled again. When
the hoppers have lost their flavor they
are eaten.
Reports from California and Nevada
are to the effect that the Indians never
had so large crop, and that they are
overjoyed at the prospect OF winter
without starvation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Ireland.

The lately published vital statistics
for Ireland for 1888 give the population
at 5,O15, 1913, showing a falling off from
1882 of 81. 525. The marriage rate,
which was 1873 per 1000 in England
and IA i'll Scotland, was but SO III Ire
land, and 0.5 below the mean rate in
the previous decade. The birth rate
was 20 below the mean rate, and was
bat % while in England and Scotland
it was 33.2 and 50 5. The death rate,
which was 17.4 in 1882, rose to 1872 in
1888, while in England and Scotland it
was 10. 5 and 201. 1t should be remem-
berel that owing to emigration, AZ. l
per cent. of the deaths 10 ireland last
year were of persons of sixty and up
ward. The proportion in England was
25 per cent.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
A Sunday Trip.
PAYING A FINE FOR THE TRAVELLING, But
CAUSING A SURPRISE FOR THE MAGIs.
TRATE.

A magazine writer in speaking of the
olden time in Connecticut, tells this
story: A sharp-witted Yankee, return
ing home through Connecticut, on Sun
day, was stopped at little village, and
requested to pay the fine, which he con-
sented to do if taken before the
magistrate who was to receive it, and
who was man of great property and
extensive mercantile connections. The
Yankee, tearing leaf from his pocket
book, wrote thereon few words, aud
presenting it to the magistrate with the
money, requested him to sign a receipt
for the few shillings, in order that he
might not be called on to pay the fine
twice, should he be stopped again be-
| fore the morrow. So reasonable a re-
quest being unhesitatingly complied
with, the traveller put the paper in his
pocket and departed, apparently in no
worse humor for the interruption he had
encountered. About ten days after
ward, business calling the magistrate to
Boston, he took occasion to step into
his bankers to look over his account,
when they informed him that they had
duly honored his last weeks draft for
one hundred dollars. They produced
it to him, and he Immediately rec0g-
nized the handwriting of the Yankee,
with his signature plainly attached.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
WOman's Rights.

Women have some pretty substantial
rights in China. This appears by the
recent decision of court in Foochow.
A man being convinced that his wife
was unfaitbfal to him prepared to kill
her-a remedy which the law sanctions.
His unworthy spouse. however, was too
quick for him, and, instead of allowing
her husband to kill her, she killed him.
This also was recognized by the court
as one of the rights which belong to
condemned wives, when they can exer-
else them, and, on the conclusion of the
trial the woman was dismissed with q
reprimand for not having Immediately
informed the authorities OF her hus-
bands death. and thus made arrange
ments for his burial.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
A Representative Government.

DR.. Cooper, of South Ctrolina, was
one of the best natured men that ever
lectured to nischievous boys. On one
occasion, when he entered his lecture
room, he found the class all seated with
unwonted punctuality and looking won
derfully grave. Mischief, it was evil
dent, was the cause, and they were pre-
pared for burst of laughter as the old
doctor waddled along up to the profess
or's chair, for there sat an old he-goat,
bolt upright, dashed into the chair. But
they were disappointed Of their fun, for,
instead of getting angry and storming at
them, he mildly remarked
''Ah, young gentlemen Quite repub.
lican, I see, in your tendencies-fond OF
a representative government-elevated
one of your own number to the chair,
hey! Well, it is all right. l dare say
the present incumbent eau fill it rs well
as any of you-may listen to his lecture
to-day. Good bye! Don't feel sheep
ish about it -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

worked at paper box making and earned
forty cents a day, but could not read,
and the neighbors said she was entirely
Ignorant. From three to four male
dodgers were taken in at night, and they
usually got drunk, I was told, and
created an uproar which kept the
neighbors awake. The moral effect of
such surroundings on the children can
be well imagined.
Continuing my search, I entered a
room on the other side of the partition
OF the one just described. Here were
three women, a mother and two daugh-
tiers, living with a grown up son and
sometimes a girl of twelve, now at ser
Vlce-all in one room and an inside bed
room, the latter being used for storage.
Every inch of available space was piled
with rubbish, and it did not seem pos
slble to enter. I have not seen such q
den of dirt and confusion. The bed
was as black as the floor and the gloom
ike night. On asking enc of the wo-
men why they did not keep the place
cleaner, she promised to do so. On
further inquiry l found that her two
children, one four and the other twelve
had died last summer from typhus fever
That result might have been expected
IN such surroundings. This information
aroused my indignation, and 1 said to
the woman, "If you don't have this
place cleaned up at once I will send the
Board of Health and make you do it. .
This threat had its effect, and the wo-
man, who was an intelligent German,
followed me for some distance, promis,
| ing that the place would be made right
II l would not complain,
The last room on the row was occu-
pied by curious pair. A young wo,
man OF about twenty-five lay half dressed
IN bed, with her foot bandaged and rest
ing on chair. A frowsy-headed. drag
gled old crone, looking like an aged
Topsy-whose face was battered as i
just recovering from a long continued
| drunk, and who chatted with great vi
vacity, and grinned so as to show the
whole of her toothless gums-moveC
about the disordered room preparing
some sort of food at the rusty stove
There was so little light that it was diff
ticult to see anything. A movement
under the bedclothes suggested baby
but to my surprise large terrier dos
presently popped out and joined another
at play on the floor. These the younger
female called ''my pets" She said she
was suffering from rheumatism anc
could not lie on one side on accoun
of the pain. Her doctor, who had just
left, said the place was unfit to live in
as any one would agree. The opel
door of the OVERT owing closets were
only two feet from the windows and IL
summer, she said, the stencil was fright
| full.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Looking Into Empty Muzzles.


On the way down from Natchez to
New Orleans the boat rounded to at
landing on the Louisiana shore to take
on lot of cotton-seed. She had just
made fast, and the mate had stepped
ashore to s'hustle them niggers," when
middle-aged man, closely resembling
the typical Southerner, suddenly stepped
out from behind the sacks, presented a
revolver within foot of the mates face,
and cried out:
"Throw up your hands or you are a
dead man ~
There were fifty of us with our eyes
on the two men, and we held our breath
as the mate slowly raised his arms above
his head. He didn't change color ia
the slightest, and those who took IN the
details noticed that he chewed away at
his plug tobacco with the same regular
motion-neither faster nor slower.
''Now, then, down on your knees and
beg my pardon, or I'll send bullet into
your eye"
The mates legs wabbled, bent, and
down he sank and remarked that he was
sorry if he had offended the other.
CAN right" growled the man with
bl6 plSJOl dts ilS oLlONOu IL 1IuO LIS III
pocket. "After this you be little more
careful whom you fling your impudence
at"
As he turned away he made a dive
with his right hand, and up came der
ringer, out shot the arm, and in voice
of thunder the mate cried:
"Halt Throw up your arms Down
on vour knees or I'll blow your brains
all over this plantation y
The tables were turned. Up went
the arms and after q few seconds the
man went down on his knees and said he
had the highest respect for the mates
moral worth. When he rose up the
Captain and others had reached the
pair, and in ten seconds more they were
disarmed.
'Close call that!" said one of the
passengers as the Captain handed the
weapons to the clerk to keep until the
boat was ready TO leave.
"aumph Neither one of them
loaded !" replied the old man.
Such was the actual fact. Two empty
and harmless weapons had humbled
two men who meant to shoot.
NJ. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

1t seems strange that any one will suffer from the
many arrangements brought on By an impure con
dition of the blood when ScovilPs Sarsaparlla anC
StiIngia or Blood and Liver Syrup will restore per
feet health to the physical organization. 1t is thu
hest Blood Purifier discovered effectually curin
Scrofula, Syphitic disorders, Weakness of the Kid
neys Erysipeas, Malaria, all nervous disorders AM
Debi1itv Bilious Complaints and all diseases indcat
inc an impure condition of the Blood Liver. Kidneys
stomach etc 1t corrects indigestion. single bottl
will prove to you its merits as health remover, fori
acts like a charm, especially when the complaint
nj an exhaustive nature having tendency to Jesse
+ba natural yieor of the brain and nervous system.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Oh ! the Misery

OF the dyspeptic The disturbed condition of thu
stomach the nausea, headache, heartburn and often
sive belchngs the lack of appetite. the irritable
per, the WORKOUT feeling the hatred of the world gen
erally-these symptoms better be imagined thar
described. And yet, if you suffer from all, Hood
Sarsaparilla will give you speedy and permanent
relief. Take 1t at once and end your sufferngs.
''1have been much troubled with dyspepsia the pas
year or two, After trying many medicines began tax
ing Hoods Sarsaparlla and now almost or entirel,
WELL" Mrs CHAs. FEEToR, Cincinnati o.
In four weeks Hoods Sarsaparilla made me a new
man. Ny head ceased to ache and my whole System il
built anew, enjoying perfect health. 1t is tie bes
medicine ever used, and, after having tried others
find it has no equal" L. DARLINGTON, 100 Bank
street, New York city.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

WITCHES. The descendants of Re.
becca Nourse, who was hanged as a
witch at Salem, Mass, on July 10, 1892
held an anniversary reunion at DaDvers,
a few days ago, at which about 200 OF
her representatives, were present. Ben.
jamin F. Nourse, of Boston, presided,
and arrangements were made for the
erection of a monument to be dedicated
a year hence. An interesting feature OF
the occasion was a letter from the poet
Whittier expressing the opinion that,
III the execution of Rebecca Nourse. the
people of SLlem hanged the best Chris
tan woman am ong them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

There is no dissent from the decision of can.
did and capable dairymen, that the improved
Butter Color of Wells, Richardson & Co, Bur-
ingion, VT, is the best in the world. Such
men as A. ". Cheever, of Massachusetts; Z.
D. Mason, Vermont; Francis A. Hoffman, Wis,
consin, use it, and recommend it as superior to
oil Otbora
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

The NATURE OF Ir.-Authorities III
many cases differ with DR.. Koch as to the
nature Of the cholera i'll France. They
insist that the disease may be sporadic
and local despite the presence OF bacIi-
lus similar to those found in Egypt and
India. In India epido mics OF cholera
occur in cats, and one of these is now
raging in Bombay. Yet DR.. Koch WIS
unable to produce the disease in those
animals with his bacillus,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

PExs!oyzRs. There are the names of
300, 653 pensioners on the rolls OF the
late war who are paid each year
$50, $50, 900 in pensions. There are on
the pension rolls If the war of 1872, the
names of 1881 soldiers and 21,336
widows.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
LONDON has 10000 acres of forest parks

can kill tiger-if the tiger happens to be
found when only little cub. So consump-
tion that deadliest and most feared of dis
eases, in this country, can assuredly be con-
quered and destroyed if DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discnuer.Irn he arnrln1red anrI.r
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

LYDIA E. PINKHAMs Vegetable Compound
is highly praised by those who are obliged to
stand all day in stores, and is a genuine bless
ingi every such case, as well as to the tired-out
housekeeper who must be on her feet all day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Prominent Butter Makers.

If you are failing; broken, worn out and ner
youg. use "Wells' Health REVIEWER" 81 Drgts.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
Questions and Answers, :,


Flies. reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, chip
mnnks. cleared out by "Rongh on Rats" 15c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

" hat Is Uub DtSU IIslII lJIVosoSI IItto y oIIe
best Dandruff Eradicator? Which is the best
Hair Restorer? Which is the best of all prep
arations for the Hairl CAROLINE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

The Delaware peach crop will exceed
that Of last year,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

HAY FEVER. I
have suffered severe
Iy for the last ten
years from Hay Fever
in early and mid
summer and in the
fall. 1 desire in the
interest of my fellow
sufferers to testify i'll
favor of Ely's Cream
Balm. My short use
of it demonstrated
its efficacy. j. MAID
HoF, 4Ol Broadway,
N. Y.
Cream Balm is a
emedy founded on a
correct diagnosis of
this disease and can be
depended upon. 5Oc.
sample bottle by mail
ggists, OwEGo, N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

Dyspepsia; liver complaint, and kindred af-
fections For treatise giving successful self
| treatment address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
| TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LEFT me in -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21

HAY-FEvER. can recommend Ely's Cream
Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers it is, in my
opinion a sure cure. 1 was afflicted for Is
years, and never before found permanent re-
iief.-W II. HAsKINs. Marshfield. Vt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
wells Health Remover" restores health an

HAY-FEvER. L have been a Hsy-Fever suf-
ferer for three years; have often heard Ely's
Cream Balm spoken of in the highest terms
| used it. and with the most wonderful success
II s GEER. SHracusa. N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
100 Doses One Dollar.
a CURE FOR GRAVEL.

Common and Painful Complaint-A State
ment You May COnfdc In,
1t seems to have been reserved for DR.. David
Kennedy, of Rondout, n. Y,to accomplish through
his preparation widely known as kENNEDY'S
FAVORITE REMEDY, what others have
failed to compass. The subjoined letter will be
found of vital interest to sufferers from gravel and
to the general public:
ALBANY, March 20, 1884
Dr.. d. Kennedy Rondout " Y:
DEAR SIR: Let me tell you frankly that l have
never been partial to proprietary medicines, as 1
believe the majority of them to be nothing better
than methods of obtaining money from people
whom suffering makes ready to catch at any hope
of relief. They mean cheats and delusions
But your FAVoRITE REMEDY know
by happy experience to be totally different thing
had been sufferer from gravel for years, and had
resortedto many eminent physicians for relief but
no permanent good came of it About three years
agoyour FAVORiTE REM EDT was recon-
mcnded to me. l can give on the res 1t in SEN
tence l tried it and it cured me mpletev. j am
confident il save my life. You can this letter
if you think best.
Yours, ETC., NATHAN ACKLEY.
Captain Nathan Acxley was for long time con-
nected wi the Canal Appraisers office in Albany
lie is well known and writes for no purpose but to
do good to others.
As medicine for all diseases of the blood liver
kidneys and digestive organs, KENNEDY'S
FAVCRlTE REMEDY has fairly won its
high reputation. Write, If desirable, to Dr. David
Kennedy, Rondout, n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
DoN'T inhale hot air or fumes of any acid

EsROugh on Dentist'' Tooth Powder.
Smooth, refreshing, harmless, elegant cleans
ing, preservative and fragrant. 15c. Druggists