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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
Moses in the SOudan.
AN ACCOUNT OF A LITTLE WAR THAT PRE-
CEDED Ell MAHDI's BY MANY CENTURIES.


The Soudan is none other than the
Cush of the Bible, which the Septuagint
and the Vulgate render Ethiopia. When
Moses had arrived at mans estate Egypt
was invaded by an Ethiopian army,
which successfully laid waste the coun-
try as far as Memphis. In their despair
the Egyptians prayed to their oracles
for aid, and the advice they received
was that they should offer the leader
ship of their armies to ''Moses, the
Hebrew" This they did. The great
difficulty of the campaign was to trav-
erse the roads which led to the Eth
opian camp, in consequence of their be-
ing infested with dangerous serpents.
The willy Israelite provided his advance
guard with number of ibes in baskets,
and instructed the soldiers to let the
birds loose on the serpents. BY this in
genious expedient the roads were speedi-
ly cleared, and Moses was enabled to
surprise the Ethiopians and defeat them
with great slaughter.
Carrying the war into Meroe itself,
Moses then laid siege to the capital,
Saba. The obstinate resistance offered
by the defenders prolonged the siege
for some time, but eventually the city
was delivered up by Tharbis, the daugh-
ter of the Ethiopian king, who had
watched Moses from a distance, and
from admiring his yalor had fallen in
love with him. The story ends happily
with the marriage of Moses and Tharbis.
american Hebrew.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
AGONY OF HYDROPHOBIA.
The Suffering of n Child Two Months After
Being Bitten by u Dog.
From the New York Herald

| From the New York Herald.l
| Willie Meddus, the six-year-old child
of Mary Meddus, a widow, living in
Williamsburg, was severely bitten in
the face and on the elbow last January
by Scotch terrier belonging to John
Van Brunt, who lives in house oppo-
site to that of Mrs. Meddus. The boy was
taken to the Eastern District Dispensary
where his wounds were cauterized.
Some days later the dog was shot. The
boy recovered and gave no evidence of
having been seriously injured until last
Sunday, when he became feverish and
restless. He was awake nearly all night.
The next morning the mother called in
DR.. Daniel Murphy, who said that the
child had symptoms of hydrophobia.
The physician gave the mother in
structions as to what should be done in
the event of quick development of the
disease. After the doctor left the child
asked for drink. A glassful of water
was taken to his bedside, but at sight of
it he was seized with violent commissions.
When the convulsions passed away the
boy again asked for water. The mother
and those about him were afraid to bring
on the convulsions again and hesitated
to comply with his wishes.
The boy, when he noticed that no one
in the room moved in the direction of
the water pail, jumped from the bed and
exclaimed: 81 viii get it myself" He
ran across the room and was about to
put his face in the pail when he was
again seized with commissions. He was
with difficulty lifted to the bed. His
ever could be afforded him. The
afflicted mother and the brothers and
sisters of the child were nearly crazed
by the sight the little lad presented, and
begged their friends to release the child
from its agony. When death came the
poor mother said she was grateful. 1t
would certainly have killed her, she said,
to have had her child endure another
day of such torture.
In the little casket the features of the
child gave no evidence of the terrible
suffering he had endured. With the ex-
ception of the scars on his face, where
the dog had bitten him, the boys ap-
pearance was that of child who had
died peacefully.
To a Herald reporter DIR. Murphy
said: 81 was called to see the boy ON
Monday and knew nothing about his
having been bitten by dog. ] saw at
once it was case of hydrophobia and
did all that was possible. As near as 1
can learn the boy had been tormenting
the dog when the animal few at him.
When the child asked for a drink I adj
vised the mother to give him some tea.
A teaspoonful was given him, but he
Immediately threw it off. The little fell
lows suffering was very great, and he
presented an awful appearance. He lived |
forty-eight hours after the disease had /
manifested itself.
Mrs. Meddus said: ''My boy was
stricken down just nine weeks to the day
after he was bitten. 1t is said that my
poor child tormented the dog, but that
is not so. Willie, with other children,
was going into Mr.. Van Brunt's cream
cry across the street when the savage |
little dog sprung at him and tore his
face and elbow"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
ART NOTE
SeaSOnabIe Farm Hints.

Peas may be sown as soon as the frost
is out of the ground. 1t is cheaper in
the beginning, as we'll as in the end, to
buy the early cabbage plants, and those
grown in cold frames may be put out as
soon as the soil feels warm to the hand.
A little mulch of warm manure around
each one of dozen or two of early cab
bage plants, and some shelter-if only a
newspaper pegged down over each plant
will protect them from frosty night.
A mulching of manure and some cover
ing of straw will force asparagus ahead
fully two or three weeks of the main
crop, and row or two can be easily
covered in this way. 1t is quite possi-
BILE to get two successive crops of vegeta-
bles and small fruits by protecting in
this way sufficient number of plants to
afford an early supply. A liberal
mulching of warm manure will start the
growth very quickly, or at least will force
a rapid growth after it has started
naturally. AS the garden is the most
valuable part of the farm it is proper that
warm, sheltered place should be Sc
lected for it and that the ground should
be very rich. Any one can grow vege-
tables and fruits, but some forethought,
provision, and skill are necessary to grow
early and good ones. and the pleasure OF
having fine vegetables and an early sup
ply of them is worth far more than the
thought-the labor is the same-that is
requisite to secure them. The garden
should now be put in order-and plant
ed as far as may be-before the farm
work is begun or it will be apt to be
neglected. And why should not the hus-
bandman-the farm husband-take this
burden upon himself instead of casting
it upon the farm wife, whose domestic
duties are sufficiently engrossing without
this addition to them
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
Burned to Death i'm Jail.

A young man named Peter Vigne was
burned to death in the lookup at Water
vile, Me-, under circumstances that in
dicate criminal carelessness on the part
of the officers in charge. The Young
man had resided in Fairfield and was
visiting lady friend in Waterville. The
officers found him on the street and
claim that he was drunk, although one
or two good citizens claim that the bow
was as sober as one of the officers who
arrested him. He was thrust into the
lookup, and although he begged pite-
ously that he be released or be given an
opportunity to find bail, the officers re-
fused
They built fire in the stove in the
lookup and left him alone. An hour
later the building was in flames and
when the fire engine had drowned ont
the fire all that remained of the unfor-
tunate prisoner was charred and shane.
less mass of flesh and bones.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
Two Pointers.

A Philadelphia speculator who knew
that his coachman had few hundred
dollars and was sometimes interested in
stocks, observed to him the other morn,
ing:
"James, few of us spectators have
formed syndicate to boom the stock oi
the V. & V. Railroad"
"Yes'r."
ST simply drop you hint as a pointer
to buy on"
"Thankee, sir; but few of us coach
men and buffers have formed a syndi.
cate to bear the stocks of that very line,
and I was going to say to you yesterday
that you'd better stand from under.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

"who was that, aw, vewy chawming-
looking old lady you were, aw, dwiving
with this mawning?"
"My grandmother, Lord Fitzsponge,
she replied, sweetly.
"Gwandmothaw p exclaimed his
Emeticship. SIS it possible? I had no
ideah, y'know, that Amewicans had
gwandmothaws, aw. -Philadezohia
CALL
WORSE THAN BEING LEFT.
"Let the office seek the man and no.
the man the Office That's my doc
trine," declared Mr.. Jones.
you're just the man [ want to run
against" responded Smith. "The man
who sits down and waits for saIaried
office to come and hunt him up is too
good for this earth and too big fool for
heaven, and entirely too tame for Satan's
dominions. I'm afraid you'd be left out
all around.
"Well, it might be worse than that. :"
"Worse What could possibly be
worse ?"
"WelI, it isn't nearly as bad as being
New York Alderman under the Roosevelt
Reform bill. oil city Blizzard.
WASHINGTON NOT AN ANGLER.
Jones-"What an enthusiastic old
angler George Washington was l''
Smith-Washington Why he was not
a fisherman"
Jones-"Indeed he was a great lover
of the sport. He wrote a book about
it."
Smith fare you not thinking of
Izaak Walton ?"
Jones-"Izaak Walton Why, that's
fact; so was. It was not Washing
ton, of course. He was not an angler"
Smith "No, indeed Washington
could not tell lie. e."-PhtId. Call.
FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
Jim Webster, a hard-looking colored
man, was brought to a justice in Austin,
for stealing some money from the house
of Col. Jones. one of the most respecta-
BILE citizens.
Said the Judge very impressively to
Jim:
"Don't you know that no good can
come from stolen money that there is a
curse on it ?"
BOSS, didn't know Col. Jones stole
dat money. allus 'spected him OBJ
bein' an homes man. White folks am
gettin' to be mighty unreliable nova
days. ."-TeraS Siftings.
ART NOTE.
Mortimer Morgan is a native of Aus
tin, who imagines he has talent for
painting, but thus far he has met with
no success. His father endeavored to
make clergyman of him, but in vain.
A few days ago, the old man said to
him:
Mortimer. don't you think it is time
for you to quit spelling good canvas and
wasting paint.
81 feel sure that in a few years I'll
eclipse Raphael"
ssLn few years. sneered the old
man; ''you are now forty-two years old,
and nobody has ever bought picture
from you. Don't you know, you addle-
pated ass, that at your age Raphael had
been dead five years ?'-Austin Sift-
i1lgS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT
General Lloyd Aspinwall, of New York,
has obtained the signatures of 600 citi-
zens, of high and low degree, ''from
millionaire to a shoemaker" to use his
words, to the roll of the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument Association, of which
he is president. 1t is intended to raise
by popular subscription, contributed
from alkclasses of people, sufficient to
erect plain and massive shaft, high
enough to be seen at great distance, in
commemoration of the soldiers and
sailors who lost their lives in the war.
A conspicuous site, like the Fifth ave.
entrance to Central Park, will beselected
for the National obelisk. 1t is expected
that 800, 900 will be collected.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
A YEARS WOOLNG.


Twas autumn when first they stood on the
bridge;
Ripe pears on the pear tree, ripe corn on the
ridge;
The swallows flew swiftly far up in the blue,
And speeding still southwark, were lost to the
view.
Said he: "Can you love me, as can love
you?"
She said, quite demuredly: "Already do r'
Twas winter when next they met on the
bridge;
The pear trees were brown, and white was the
ridge;
The swallows were feathering their nests in
Algiers.
She looked in his face, and she burst into
tears
His nose it was pinched, and his lips they were
blue.
Said she: 81 can't love your Said he ''Nor
Iyour'
Twas spring-time when next they stood on the
bridge,
And white was the pear tree and greenwas the
ridge;
The swallows had thoughts of a speedy return;
And the midgers were dancing a-down the
brown burn.
He said: ''Pretty maiden. let by-gones go
by
Can you love me again?' She said 81 can
try
Twas summer when next they stood on the
bridge;
There were pears on the pear tree, tall corn on
the ridge;
The swallows wheeled round them. far up in
the blue,
Then swooped down and snapped up midgelet
or two.
Said he 'sLest some trife should come in the
way,
And part us again, will you mention the day?'
She stood, looking down on the fast-howing
TiIl,
Then answered, demuredly: "As soon as you
will - -ChGmbers'S Journal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

A PLAIN FUNERAL. TT want you to
promise me one thing" said the late
Augustus Schell, of New York, to his
two brothers, Edward and Robert, two
days before he died, "that is that when
/ die you will have no ostentatious fu-
neral. Give me simple burial, and
don't let there be any expensive floral
display" The brothers promised to do
as the dying man wished and the whole
of the funeral services was as simple as
possible.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
Wages Now Paid to Chicago Artisans

The Chicago Times says: Below will
be found few of the figures given in
some of the leading trades, representing
the wages paid per day for male arti-
sans: Agricultural implements, $1.5O to
So; bakeries, $1.50 to So; boots and
shoes, 81 to $3.50; breweries, $l.50 to
50. so; brickmakers, $3.50 to $3.50; car
penters, $3.50 to So; carriages and
wagons, $15O to SO; cigars, $3.50 to So;
clothing, 81 to So; confectioners, $1.25
to 81. so; distillers, $1.50 to So; dress
makers, $1.5O to So; dry goods, $1.25 to
So; furniture, $1.25 to $3.50; hotels.
$1.5O to $3; iron works, $1.50 to 50;
laundries, $125 to 50; lumber yards,
81. so to $1.75; machinists, 1925 to So;
painters So to So; planning mills $1.75
to 50; plasterers, 50 to 81; plumbers, So
to So. so; printers, 81 to So; sewer
builders, $3.50 to $5; soap factories, 81
to So; tanners, $1.25 to 50; upholsterers,
SO, and warehouses, $1.75 to 1925.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

BAD DoGs.-Wild dogs are terrorizing
the country about Cedarville, Kansas.
They are more ferocious and more diff
cult to kill than wolves. They have re-
Gently killed two large steers, nearly
wiped out three focks of sheep, and
eaten two litters of pigs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

GIVE not thy tongue too great liberty,
lest it takes thee prisoner. A word un-
spoken is, like the sword in the scab-
bard, thine. If vented, thy sword is in
anothers hand. If thou desire to be held
wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

A TELEGRAPH messenger boy in Chi
cago has been sent to an insane asylum.
Several times when on an errapd he hos
been seen to run.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
The Education Bill.

At caucus of the Republican Sen
ators the Education bill was the topic of
discussion, and several amendments
proposed by the Caucus Committee were
approved by the caucus. Chief among
them were propositions to reduce the
aggregate appropriation to between $70,-
900, 900 and 8O,OO0.OOO Qhe bill in its
present form calls for $105, 900, ,000) to
make the money available only upon
acquisitions by the States under certain
restrictions as to accountability, and to
require its distribution to counties ac-
cording to population and iliteracy.
"WHo is that man applauding so vo-
ciferously near the front?" asked friend
of theatrical manager on the first pro-
duction of play in an uptown theatre.
''That long-haired man with a light
colored coat ?" eyes" "He-he's the
author of the play"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01
SMALL BUSINESS FOR AN AVALANCHE.

SMALL BUSINESS FOR AN AVALANCHE.
The Virginia City Enterprise says:
Down in the Lundy country the other
day big avalanche started down a
steep mountain after Jim McPhee. Jim
made dash for tunnel and as he went
in the slide was so close upon him that
it raked each joint in his backbone and
took off the tail of his coat. Speaking
of the tearing away of the tail of his
coat Jim said he thought it was mighty
small business for an avalanche tc
be in"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

WHEN one reflects that the annual rag
business of the United States foots up
over 81, 900, 900, the aged overcoat that
fingers in the lap of spring assumes an
air of responsibility.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-01

"Tll bet a good cigar that's a married
couple" remarked a swell standing at
the window of fashionable club house
and watching a lady and gentleman who
were crossing the street during heavy
shower.
81 can't imagine your reason for say
ing so," returned his companion.
"It's plain enough. Don't you see
that the center of the umbrella is ovel
his head, and not over hers.
HE DIDNT KNOW, Y'KNow.
"Aw, Miss De eSmythe, said Lord Fitz
sponge to New York young woman
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

I~0aA not sAle . fA- for yoU s9<ez.e II .
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MR~ L P OokER De1xIce Oaio-
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
H;okorv P,e.. A ,aIeoranb Il

....Hickory Press: A telegraph line
is being established along the Ducktovn
branch Of the W. n Z. Railroad, be-
tween Ashe,ille and Charleston. -
Many bears and other wild animals have
beea killed in the mountains this fall
Coal is getting to be extensively used in
Hickory.
...Greenville Reflector: Mr.. Fred.
Wolfenden, near Chocowinity. Beaufort
county, lost his gin house. . large guam
tity Of cotton seed and a thousand bushels
of peanuts on Saturday night. The Gre
was the work Of 40 incendiary.-Mr.
Sam Smith. of Swift Greek township.
los, his rim house and seven bales of cot
100 by fire ca Monday of last week
The dwelling OF Mr.. Arnold Mis- .,
Haddock's Cross Roads was burned on
Tuesday of last week. The family we're
from home At the time, and everything
was a total loss.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

....Five men in muslin masks boarded
the train on the Little Rock and Texas
Railroad three miles from the city and,
pistols in hanc. robbed the express car
and the pockets of seventy ARKANSAS
travellers" of their contents A special
to the n. Y. World from Little Rock
says:
"As one of the robbers approached
three lady passengers with the intention
of robbing them the leader yelled out
Hold on there; don't injure those
ladies' or take anything from them; | don't
forget that my mother is a lady, even if
her son is a id scoundrel'
None of the passengers attempted to
make the slightest opposition to the BAN
dis"
B~ioodhouui- are nov on their trail.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
Six persons burned TO death in

six persons burned TO death in .
FIRE near Shenandoah. Pa--C- B.
Palmer, q desperate of Pittsylssuls
county Virginia, murdered Vim. Aeken
and beat a negro nearly to death.
Ida Lewis, the heroine Of Lime
Rock Lighthouse, who has saved IL lives,
has just joined the Methodist church.
She has been very sick. and upon ecov-
ering took this important step The
preacher referred TO her gallant deeds
....Rockinsham Rocket: We are
grieved to learn that Walter p. Myers.
Esq, well known in our town. was acct
dentally shot through the left foot while
cunning for ducks on Little River.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17

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