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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
THE LIME-KTLN CLUB.
What "A Simple Explanation Did in the Way
of Restoring Harmony.

Long enough before the triangle
sounded the veteran members were
whispering to each other that some
thing was up. Just what was to hap
pen no one could say, but Brothe1
4 Gardner looked solemn, Sir Isaac Wal
| pole had his left eve shut, the Elder
Foots made no Preparatfr--s- 15r+i
asleep and tangle his legs up with the
stove.
"Gem'len, said the President, as the
meeting opened, "word has reached my
ears dat Nelson Slabs an Judge Congo
doan' lie down togeder like spring
lambs in de clover. 1 should like boat
brudders to step dis way"
The pair walked to the platform,
shambling along as if going to the gal
lows, and Brother Gardner continued:
81 understand dat Mrs. Judge Congo
gave a party few nights ago, an did
not invite any of de Slabs family. Am
dat SO, Nelson ?"
Eyes, sab dey had de mos brilliant
kind of blowout over dar', and al
though we has bin de bes' of friends
fur Vars we was not axed to lend our
presence to grace de occashun."
Has you axed fur any explanashuns?"
"No, sab. reckon de Judges family
feels above us, kas dey has got SEWN
masheen an we hasn't"
''Nelson Slabs, had you gone to de
Judge an axed de reason why YOU was
left out dis hardness of feelin' would not
have occurred. / was dar' wild nv ole
woman, an / knew all bout it. You
war on de list to be invited, but it was
suddenly diskibered by Mrs. Congo dat
she hadn't but twenty -one plates in de
house. She couldn't borry but eighteen
cheers. She had only sixteen Fps an
sassers. She had already invited twenty
two pussons, an RAIDER dan see your
family standin' around ON one leg, wild
no plates to eat on, an muffin to drink
out of, she concluded to gin you de skip
and make a speshul oyster supper fur
you some time soon. Oars de hull
reasons, and what has you got to say ?"
For answer Slabs turned around and
extended his hand to the Judge. They
shook.
$50 an sot down." continued the
President, "an' let dis be a solemn
warnin' to you an to all de rest. Life
am full of trifes DAT kin be magnified to
mountains. De man who journeys along
de highway mus MOI stop to pick up
cherry chip an inspect eoery straw. Let
us now purceed TO de blzness which has
enabled us tOgeder. "-DetrOH Free
Press
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
"G0Od, Bad and Jack MOrmOns. -

MormOns are seVerally known as
''gOod" Mormons, "bad" Mormons and
''lack" Mormons. A ''good" Mormon is
one who refuses ali intercourse with
Gentiles, both socially and, as far as NAV
be. IN 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, aud believes that joseph
Smith is still their spiritual head. A
''lack" Mormon is one who belongs to
both sides, according to the company he
is with. When Mormon girl marries
con the outside" by which they mean
Gentle" 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 on
earth that she may be the spiritual
wife" Of the said "pillar" in the world to
come, loses all hope of salvation by
breaking these VOWS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
Proposed Newspaper Copyright.

The following interview has been hao
with Mr.. Henry Waterson, touching
the proposed measure ofnewspap er copy
right which Mr.. Watterson has in charge
and has laid before Congress =
considerable misinformation, said
Mr.. Watterson, "seems to exist as to the
character of the legislation which will be
asked of Congress. 1t can certainly not
be described as an act entitled an act for
the relief of the Associated Press. All
honest newspapers and all honest news
associations are interested in its passage.
It simply operates to protect property
in news from piratical concurrent pub
lication."
''And how can this be done % was
asked.
''By clause in the copyright laws
making collected news, the product OF
skilled labor and outlay, exclusive for
twenty-four hours to those who pay
for it.
''Do you mean the news exclusively
of the Associated Press ?"
81 mean all news and news of every
description and every association. AS
matters are, news is not recognized as
property at all. Everything about a
newspaper office, from the perfecting
press to the newsman's pot of paste, is
property, and he who steals it falls with
in the reach and compass of the law.
But that which constitutes the real value
of a newspaper property its news fran
chise-costing vast sums of money and
years of special enterprise, training and
labor, has no legal status whatever. It
- practically outIawed. Anybody can
steal it with impunity. The proposed
measure protects it from pirated use
and concurrent publication for twenty
four hours. 1t creates, indeed, new
property; that is, property in news. No
one can oppose it except those who want
to rob others of their labor and money"
"How will it act upon the custom of
copying from one paper by another
paper?"
sit will not affect that in the least.
The twenty-four hours limitation gives
all the latitude needful to honest and
legitimate transcriptions from one news
paper into another. The country press
is in no wise touched, and l can see no
other interest on its part than to approve
a measure calculated to elevate and
dignity the profession of journalism by
giving a certain legal validity and re-
sponsibility to the collection and dis
tribution of news"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
A LITTLE ROMANCE.
How the Son of n Prominent New ENGLAND
Statesman Won his Bride.

A romance of peculiarly characteristic
flavor was related to Washington cor
respondent regarding a member of the
family of Hon. W. E. Chandler, Secre-
tary of Navy. The lady in the case IS
charming Connecticut girl of respectable
but poor parents. The young man IS
the son of the New Hampshire states
man and politician, his name being the
same as that of his distinguished parent.
To commence Alright, the young man,
who is half-brother to the Secretary's
young family, was left by his great-aunt
on his mothers side fortune of Sc, 900.
This was about the time 187D he en-
tered upon a course at Dartmouth Col
lege. He was graduated after four years
study, portion of that time being also
devoted to an ardent courtship of the
charming Miss -. His life at Dart
mouth was that of any other young man
of gay spirits and the reputation of be-
longing to a family of substance. In
other words, his expenses for tuition
and other necessaries amounted to some
81 500 per annum. for which he in dHe
course drew on his father, the drafts
being as promptly honored He did not
mention in his letters home the young
lady whose image filled his dreams and
whom he bad asked TO share his for
tunes. But when he returned home and
held the customary conversation with
his father as to his future. he casually
rem arked that about the first thing he
| intended to do was TO get married, naming
the lady of his choice.
F'But what have Won got to marry
upon?" asked the astute parent, who
had other matrimonial plans for his
| eldest son.
'Well, $4,000 will do for starter,
was the reply. "T hope to make M,
way in the world about as Won have
done, sir, and don't think you had 6
larger capital to commence upon.
''Wait a minute. young man" inter
rnpted the elder man, 'fyou have ne
$4,000 to start with. You forget that
you have been drawing on this sum fol-
the last four years. There is about $50
to your credit at the present time"
What followed might not be exactly
right to relate, but this much comes
from reliable source and is necessary
part of the chronicle. The first thing
with which the public has anv Legitimate
concern is the fact that the young mar
sought and obtained position on the
Concord Railroad, corporation occupy
ing strong position of antagonism t.
his father in the Granite State. He wa:
appointed brakeman. and while serving
in that capacity had abundant oppor
tunities of seeing his father who had tt
use the line frequently when at home
and who often rode on the train OF
which his Independent son acted a.
brakeman. Finally the young maj
found more lucrative position on
Western road. He worked hard, ros,
to such circumstances that he felt JUST
| fed in claiming the promise, renewed
bis severance of relations with his family
of Miss -, and few days ago the,
were married and proceeded to thei
| Western home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
The Queen Bee.

'And speaking of how the Americans
are becoming exporters instead of i'm
porters recalls an incident in my expert
ence. Some time ago / found shoe
maker in i'll health struggling along in
Boston. He knew something about
bees. / had piece of land in San Ber-
nardino county, Cal, which offered to
sell him, and gave him some help to get
out there with his family. He prospered
in bee culture, and when we were in
California the last time ! went aud saw
HIM. We We're about going to Europe
then, and he asked me to take over an
American queen. He was confident that
the American queen bee possessed more
yigor than the italian. consented. and
be lmprovlsed box for it by boring in
piece of wood, put in some honey. some
wax, and some of the flowers of Southern
California, and gave it to me. Two
months later / was repacking our trunks
IN Boston when l came across my Cali
fornia bee. l said, well, [ guess the
queen is dead. I had forgotten all about
her. A tap on the box showed, how
ever, that the queen was alive and when
L arrived III Paris | presented her to the
American Consul, according to instruc-
ton, and he sent the bee, as desired. to
the Department of Agriculture. Upon
returning from Switzerland the Consul
said that he had letter of commenda-
ton for me to bear to my California
friend from the Department of Agricul-
ture. The Americans claim proved true.
1t was satisfactorily demonstrated to the
Department that while'the italian queens
produced but 40 per cent. of working
bees the American queens produce 81
per cent. My California man is sending
all the bees he can spare to France now
in little packages by mail that cost him
two cents to post, and is getting Sc
apiece for every one OF Them
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
An English Dude.

The son of Lord Cairns who is BRING
ing the family name into disgrace is
SAID to be foolish youth who has had
several "afairs" with minor actresses
A Galety ballet girl once endangered his
peace of mind, and it was thought that
his marriage with thoroughly respect
able and clever artist, such as Miss For
tescue undoubtedly is, would be source
OF great contentment to his parents.
The report that Lord Garmoyle is COM
ing to America is contradicted bv his
friends. If he came here, thew saw we
should regard him as a dude. and not
treat him seriously. Unfortunately for
his father, Miss Fortescue will hold him
to his promise Her friends say "she
VIII be well rid of him if she gets G1O, 900
as compensation" 1t is understood that
Lord Cairns is willing to pay her that
sum. If she insists on her higher claims,
the chances are she will drift into n It'll
CATION that will be very amusing to
newspaper readers but of little pecuniary
advantage to the plaintiff.
HE meeting of the Democratic
National Committee on the 22d of Feb
ruary, to fix the time and place for the
National Convention, is to be held in
Washington.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
How the Canadian Girls Dress.

81 didn't know my own girl when I
came to dance with her." said a New
Yorker, speaking about the Montreal
carnival. 81 had been around with
her, walking about or driving, and she
had the usual thicknesses of clothes on.
She was good deal bigger around
built so but when [ met her at the
ball she had shrunk just about one half.
found could get my arm around her
waist, which is a great deal more than L
was able to do in the Sleigh"
In a window on Craig street there is
displayed the clothing of Montreal
girl. There is only one sample of each
sort of her garment, so that it is just as
if q girl had undressed there and gone
to bed in an adjoining room. Conse-
quently the big store window is filled.
The New York women hang about the
window all day. First, there is pair
of artics two sizes too large. A New
York girl would faint if a man saw them
on her. Then there is pair of ribbed
wooden stockings to go over the shoes,
and then the regular shoes, of size
midway between the New York and the
st. Louis average. Then a pair of
clicked silk stockings, carriers, flannel
drawers an eighth of an inch thick and
made to button at the knee, a funnel
under chemise. a linen chemse, q
flannel skirt shorter than the two linen
skirts, a thick dress, velvet basque, q
sealskin sacque, sealskin cap, red
worsted muller, sealsk1n gloves, and
silk wristlets. These garments alto
gether must weigh between twenty and
twenty five ponds.
In the next window are seen several
varieties of blanket or snowshoe suits.
They take the place of the dress, basque,
and sacque in the other window. They
are made so as to display all the varie-
gated border of first Equality blanket.
The prettiest are the white ones with
the red, green, yellow and blue borders.
The sacque has a big hood tied with a
silk bow, and hanging like pointed bag
between the shoulders. When it halls
or SHOWS the girls pull these hoods over
their heads, and the long, cylindrical
points sticking high in the air look very
comical. When the girls wear these
snowshoe suits they put on buckskin
moccasins trimmed with colored porcu-
pine quilts in the place of arctics.
Il dressed up III the 1ulI rig or girl
friend I'm staying with" said a IA y ear
old New York girl, yesterday, land it
made me waddle like a big Dutchman.
couldn't get my knees anywhere near
each other, and [ felt as if I was in a
steam bath. One thing is certain you
can't get hurt when you are dressed in
that way. I felt as if it would be per-
fectly safe to go on the roof and roll over
on to the sidewalk. You feel as if you
were done up inside ball of worsted. "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
4 Fight WITH FATE.
THE REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE
OE A SHIINi AET ENHINEER

One disease produces greater arrangement
in the system than all other complaints Yet
people will not heed the daily WARNINGS of its
approach Peter Lawler, Dalton, Mass. an
engineer, about fifteen years ago had a dull
7 ain in his rio hit side. 1t finally felt as if a
knife was un through his back and loins
''For weeks" he says, 81 was unable to leave
my bed, and when did I was a wreck. Ny
fluids we're thick. fire. Iuently in errup ed in
passage, tinged with blood, and great pain
succeeded successful passages. Ny back
ached with agony. Sleep was imposs bic.
The only relief l got was from morphine
Of seven physicians, one said had malaria ;
another, nervous prostration; another, in
famed spleen; another, incu able kidney dis
order. But, under the treatment of DR.. Da-
vid KennedY's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout,
N. Y, passed large quantities of dissolved
gravel, and to-day all my kidney disorder
has ended. l have no gravel collie, my appe-
tite and strength have returned, and | am
sound, healthy ma :" Kidney disorder (whic b
thousands hava without knowing it, may be
suspected if you have pain in making water,
backache, sharp pains III the loinS Caused by
gravel frequent he adache, fui s dark-colored
and scant or light-colored and abundant, and
covered with froth, or filed with sedim mt
and very odorouS. Kennedys Favorite
Remedy Zoo bottle is purely vegetable,
non-alcoholic, pleasant to take, and cures in
ninety per cent. of cases.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
Seeds for Spring Crops.

Some people, and farmers as well
as others, seem to act on the principle
never do anything until Won are obliged
to-" But this putting off things until
the very last moment, is often very
costly one. Just now there are several
things that need to be done, but, per-
haps, the most important of all is to get
the seed that may be required for spring
crops, ready at once. Every farmer will
have two or three catalogues of seeds
sent him by seedsmen, who issue these
by the hundred thousand, and if he is
behindhand in getting a supply it will
be his own fault. But these catalogues
are to be received with caution, aud a
large discount made on the statements
found in some of them. As regards
corn, for instance, that grown in the
Southern states will not ripen in Penn
sylvania; Pennsylvania corn will not
mature in Northern New York, New
England, or Michigan, and farmer may
lose his whole crop by getting the
wrong seed.
Every farmer should keep his own
seed corn. A neighbor, an old man of
IS years, who has the finest corn in the
locality, is very much pleased when he
can get an opportunity to relate in his
pleasant, because practical and instruc-
tive, way, how he has had the seed for
over fifty years, and he will give the
history of it, year by year, and how
some years it made jumps forward, and
other bad years it went backward, but
how he has had the biggest ears of any
farmer for forty miles round, and the
most corn to sell, and all because he has
kept picking out the largest and the
heaviest ears for seed. And the old man
thinks that the heaviest corn always
makes the very best seed. Certainly his
corn crib is remarkable sight for fine
corn. and his yearly field of corn is worth
walking twenty miles to see. And it is
all through selecting the seed for so
many years.
1t is the very same with other crops.
Another neighbor has very fine musk
melons, which he grows for sale in the
market. He supplies the neighborhood
with seed. He has been growing melons
for forty years or more, and every year
he has picked out the earliest and best
formed melons for seed. Now his melons
ripen a month earlier than they used to,
and this farmer has sold his early crop
at the rate of nine hundred dollars per
acre. Just because he could get the |
melons in the market few DAYS before !
any other farmer. But with new things |
[ would give the caution to try them in
a very small way at first. One may be |
pretty sure that three or four out of five |
will disappoint the expectations. The |
happ1est man is he who sticks to what |
he knows to be good sorts, if they are
,16
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13

A BRAVE CAPTAIN. Henry King, one
of the Oldest sea captains in the United
States, died in Camden, N. J., few
days since. In 1921 when on a voyage
from Mobile to Philadelphia he was
taken prisoner by pirate, who wanted
$4,000 in specie that the captain had
on board, but the latter took the pre-
caution to conceal his treasure in barrels
of pork, and although the crew of the
pirate submitted him to the most agoniz.
ing fortunes he refused to reveal the
hiding place and was at length per.
mitted to go on. A remarkable point in
his life is that for four generations there
was not a death of any of his relatives
until within the last two years, in which
time his wife and three grandchildren
have died.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
Notes from a Sermon.

Mr.. Beecher's text Sunday morning
was Mark ", IS, 10. He said during
the serm =
1.-The Gospel can never be preached;
the Gospel can never be spoken. 1t is
a thing that can be lived, but it defies
letters. 1t is the living soul in Christ
like estate. 1t is life centred in love.
1ntlamed by the conscious spirit of the
divine and the eternal"
''The terrors of hell may be preached.
but never could preach them. never
did. l never shall. Still, do not sit
In Judgment nor criticise those that do,
as if there never was any propriety in
an argument of fear"
eff man is dry as a chestnut rail,
and yet is pointing in the right direction,
even though he doesn't go there him
self, he is of some advantage. But these
old seasoned timber men-men dryer
than Noah's Ark is to-day-when they
attempt to lord it over men of zeal and
enthusiasm / don't criticism them; they
critlcise themselves"
''The Church to-day is like the butt
end of broom as many diversities as
the broom has fingers"
'We have Just found out that a good
many people cannot see red, and there
are good many folks in theology who
can't see anything else but red-red hell
IRE. Well, red is good as a danger
signal"
81 could worship with great devotion
IN any Roman Catholic Church in
Brooklyn. / could find meat and COM
fort enough in the ministration of those
churches. But when they say to me.
You have got to call us the Church. /
say to them, Il WON'T"
1--WE are like crabs-a great part can
not be eaten and the rest has to be picked
ont IN little morsels. So it is with
Christian men everywhere"
''As a general thing churches are far
more anxious to get people within the
fold than they are TO make them genuine
Christians after they get them in
'HThe power of the Church ought to
lie befront the organ. The power of
the Church ought never to lie in the
platform or in the pulpit. The power
OF the Church should be the power of
the whole Church, and the power of the
whole Church should not be its ortho
doxy or ecclesiasticism, but the radiancy
of the Christ that is in the midst of the
people.
'I thank God that was not born
Methodist or a Baptist or Presbyterian
i was porn a baby"
"Of all things that are heretical there
is nothing more than for a Christian
church to show the devils spirit and
then call it religion. Burn down the
church give up every part of it; dis
band, for Gods sake, the whole band of
wasps that make believe they are honey
seekers"
ga quarrel in a church is a holiday in
hell"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
TIE FAT WoNAN-An English m

THE FAT WOMAN. An English med
ical journal reports that a retired show
man has been making public some of
the secrets of his trade, notably the
secret of fat women. He says that in
the case of these women hollow Leedle
is made to penetrate the adipose to the
areolar tissue, air being then forced
through until the woman is distended
to her full limit What is commonly
taken for fat is therefore largely wind.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-03-13
"Speak Well of tie Bridge that Carries Us
Safely 0vpr.I


Safely Over,'
Is an old adaCe, and as these words seem to
apply to my case [ use them. For several
years L have been terribly Dubbed with my
kidneys and liver. 1 had intense pains in
my 10 ms, back and hips. l could not lie
d. wn, or sit down at times as the pains were
more than | could bear. / was treated by
physicians here in Syracuse that did me no
good, and L also tried several med .cines that
gave me no rel eff. finally went to one of
our drugg SITS here in Syracuse and was
recommended to use Hunts Remedy. I
purchased bottle, as [ found it had Teen
used with wonderful success here by oil IS,
and had not used one bottle before began
to impro re, could rest, which before l had
been unable to obtain; the pains in my
limbs and back were all gone, and it GER
tainly has done all that was claimed for it in
my case. In fact, Hunts Remedy has made
complete cure, and l mort heartily recon-
mend it to the public for kidney troubles in
general. You are at liberty to use my name
Tor the benefit of others that may be in
doubt as to the great merit of Hunts Rem
edy. Gratefully yours, A. WooDRUFF.
With the Dry Goods house of d. Mccarthy
Co. Syracuse, N. Y, June H. 1888.