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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Official PoIIteneSS.

Politeness adorns the character oil
any man. 1t costs nothing to prac-
tice it, and yet, free as it is, many
persons refuse to possess it. 1t
should be the pleasure of every one
to treat with common courtesy those
who have personal or bushes rela-
tions with them. 1t should be ex-
acted from our public officials, as one
of the duties of official life. A rude
official should be driven from office.
Insulting language to a we'll behaved
stranger who has business with a pub
lie official, should be good grounds
for declaring the Office vacant. 1t is
q decided pleasure to do business with
a polite official. Successful or other
wise in what you desire, you leave the
Office with good opinion of the man.
But to enter the presence of some
public officials is like entering the den
of some wild animal; you are on the
guard continually and fear that the
harsh words ard gathering frowns
may be followed by an official order
to tear you to pieces. You get out
as soon as possible, and nothing but
necessity can induce you to return.
If you have collected an honest claim
you are made to feel that you have
plundered the treasury. If you have
protested against some official act, or
submitted objections to certain de-
cisions, you are in doubt whether you
have performed the duty of an Amer
lean citizen or encroached upon the
rights of some great monarch.
Public officials should understand
that they are the servants of the peo-
pie. Every taxpayer helps to pay
their salaries, and they have the right
to demand polite treatment at all
times. Too many officials forget
their appointing power. They act as
if they were in for life, and owned
everything under them, and had the
right to crack the whip over their sub
ordinates and over the heads of all
who come in contact with them. This
practice should be stopped; the peo-
pie should demand courtesy from
their servants, and if they fail to re-
;eive it, should drive the offenders
rom Office and put men in who can
practice the common civilities of life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Capt. Thomas Phelan, dynamiter
was stabbed nine times by one Short
a fellow dynamiter, in O'Donovan Ros
sa's newspaper Office in New York, last
Friday for divulging secrets of the
dynamiters. 1t is thought he cannot
recover. There is no doubt but that
the affair was premeditated and it is
believed that O'Donovan Rosa was
at the head Of it. The Sun says: "We
have always regarded O'Donovan Ros-
sa and his following as a set of idle
knayes, adroit enough to swindle their
credulous and ignorant fellow country
men by setting up pretence of con-
Quoting private hostilities against
England" 1t also adds: '' The law
should treat them promptly and with
unsparing severity. They should be
made to learn that if they would live
in this country it must be as Ameri-
can citizens, and not as thuds and con-
spirators." All loyal citizens will APP
prove these sentiments.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Stories on the Road.
o,rMEReIAL TRAVELLERS AT A wAYsrDE INN

| COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AT A WAYSIDE Inn
| SOMETHING TO PUT IN A GRIPsACK.
"Gentlemen, almost envy you the positions
you I'LL; your experience of the world; youl
knowledge of business; the changing sights you
see and all that, you know"
IhlS warmly expressed regret fell from the
lips of an elderly pleasure tourist, last August
and was addressed to semi-circle of CONNER,
cial travellers seated on the porch of the Linden
! Hotel, st. Louis, Mo.
EYES," responded New York representative
Of the profession, ga drummer isn't without his
pleasures, but he runs his risks, too-risks ont.
slde the chances of railroad collisions and
steamboat explosions"
wv hat risks Tor Instance?"
"This, for instance" said Mr.. W. D. Franklin,
who was then travelling for an Eastern house,
and Is known to merchants in most all parts of
the country: "The risk-which, indeed, amounts
from perpetual change of diet and water and
from having no fixed hours for eating and sleep
ing. myself was an example. L say was, for
am all right now"
"No discount on your digestion?" broke in a
Chicago dry goods traveller, lighting his cigar
afresh.
"Not quarter per cent. But had to give up
paper. Finally | came across an advertise
ment of PARKER'S TONIC. 1 tried it and p
fixed me up to perfection. There is nothing on
earth, in my opinion, equal 10 it as cure for
dyspepsia"
Messrs Hiscox & Co., of New York. the pro
prietors, hold letter from Mr. Franklin stating
that precise, set. PARKER TONIC aids di-
gestoal, slSv tlie ial feversSheartbuEs bead
a. ai aSd the long ese .n1 sswn over theEEaass
yaIiss. Fr1ces, q Iaite5ef BPM
larger size.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Letter from Oregon,
PORTLAND, Or

PORTLAND, Or.
Editors Ne,os and Citizen:
Some time ago 1 noticed in youl
letter from Oregon signed "Doctor,'
that he estimated the distance from
Portland to the Sound as 100 miles
and the fare $3.50 The distance
from Portland to Seattle is 172 miles.
When he says that the fare is ten
cents mile he must have forgotten.
for the fare, as far as / know, don't
exceed five cents; probably about
four cents. We are having a week of
fine sunshiny weather, though it was
rainy from Christmas to New Years =:
have not had any rain for two weeks.
That is better than we used to get in
haying time in Vermont some Years.
but during haying time here no one
ever expects any rain. An old "web
foot" farmer will never put any hay
in the barn till he gets it all cut, if he
has a hundred tons. l have seen if
stand in the field a month. S. W.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
BOsToN, Mass, Dec. 80. '84

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The undersigned, having been ap
pointed a Committee to award the
premiums of seven hundred dollars
offered by the Bradley Fertilizer Co.
for the largest yields grown from one
pound of dakota Red" Potatoes,
with the use of their fertilizers, after
careful examination of the state
ments Subscribed and sworn to by the
competitors and their witnesses, have
this day awarded the premiums as
follows:
First premium $500, to H. C. Pear
son, Pitcairn, N. Y, yield 255S lbs.
I'd premium $3.50, to A. Rose, Penn
Yam, N. Y, yield 2349 pounds; &c
premium 500, to G. F. Thompson
Lee, N. H., yield 211s pounds 4tt
premium SIS, to Chss. c. Miller
Akron, o., yield 1877 81 pounds
9Th premium $50, to G.. w. P. Jer.
rard, Caribou, Me-, yield 1858 IA
pounds; 9th premium $25, to f. II
Vicks, Rochester, N. Y, yield 1926
1-2 pounds.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, !
JAMES 5. GRNNELL, ro,o
JOHN E. RUSSELL,
Up. ROBERTS,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

The Boston Journal says: The
facts have just become known about
the terrible experience of Japanese
student named Masuda, in September
last, while on his way to Massachu-
sets TO study the textile machinery
in the mills of this State. He was
provided with letters from the En-.
peror and prominent functuarles and
carried about his body $3.50 in gold.
He came from Troy over the Hoosac
Tunnel route in his trip across the
continent. On the cars, this side OF
the tunnel, several young men among
the passengers made him believe that
he had been put upon a train for Can
ada instead of for Boston, and that
he was to be made slave in the Do
minion. The young japanese be-
came desperate in his alarm and
jumped from the platform of the fly
ing train when near Concord junction.
He lost consciousness on striking the
ground and remembers nothing until
he regained his senses in a hut in the
woods. Some tramps found him by
lack and took him to their den.
b&sn,n2 hin, IF h;s rnIa r-e.,i,
kofieother jewelry and of his money
belt. Then they beat him horribly
until they supposed no life was left
in him, and threw his body, dead, as
they supposed, into thicket. How
long he lay there he does not know.
When he regained his senses he
dragged himself out and succeeded in
reaching house. The letters which
he had recovered from the hut over
came the fears of the farmers family
and he was cared for. The next day
he was sent to Boston and was taken
in by q gentleman living at Forest
Hill. That night he was Frustrated
by a severe illness. His sufferings
affected his mind and he has not yet
fully recovered. A few days ago he
went to Mr.. Moody's school at North
field, where he will study English for
while in the hope that he may re-
cover his health sufficiently to be able
to pursue his original Investigations.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Estate of James p. Robbins.

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.
State of Vermont, LamOile District IS. In Pro.
bate Court held at Hyde Park in said district on
the Ist day of January, A. d. 1885.
Joseph Foss, Administrator of the estate OF
James p. Robbins late of WOlcott, in said district
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, and makes applica
lion for decree of distribution and partition of
the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, il is or
dered by said Court that said account and said
application be referred to session thereof, to be
held at the Probate office in said Hyde Park, on
the 23rd day of Jan. A. ID. 1885, for hearing
and decision thereon: And, it is further ordered
that notice hereof be given to all persons inter-
ested by publication of the same three weeks sue
cessively, in the News IL Citizen, a newspaper
published at Morrisville and Hyde Park, previ-
Gus to said time appointed Tor hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and, show
cause, if any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed, and such decree made.
BY the Court-Attest,
63W3 Russell S. PAGE. Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
There is considerable dissatisfaction

There is considerable dissatisfaction
in Dakota concerning the locating of
the Capital at Bismarck. 1t is quite
probable the matter will come up in
the legislature which meets this week,
several members from southern Dako-
to being anxious to re- locate the Cap
ital. Huron and Mitchell are promi-
nently mentioned as more satisfactory
than Bismarck. We think, however
it will be a difficult undertaking as
Bismarck which has finally secured the
great seal of the Territory. proposes tc
hold on to it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

DEATH OF SCHUYLER CoLFAx.-Ex.
Vice President Colfax dropped dead
in the depot at Mankato, Mimi, Tues.
day morning. Death is supposed tc
have been caused by heart disease
He arrived at Mankato at 10 o'clock
and walked to the Omaha depot, dis
lance of 3-4ths of a mile, with the
thermometer 80 degrees below zero
After arriving at the depot he lived
only about five minutes. 1t would
seem that Mr.. Colfax had Fremont
ticn of his death. On Saturday, in
the office of the Chicago Tribune he
said, 81 have appointed Mr.. Geo. w.
Matthews my executor" and when
asked if he expected to pass away
soon, replied. II am liable to drop
dead at any moment" His wife is
dead and he leaves no children. He
was about 60 years old.
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NOTES,

There is a new machine that makes
1900 pins minutes. A manufac-
turer kindly says that those ladies
who carry pins in their mouths may
now swallow as many as they like
without affecting the market.
The little hand bags so generally
carried by American women must go.
The only Parisians who use them are
the pedicures and manicures, who
carry their tools about them in these
receptacles.
The Golden club, Of which James
A. Garfield was a member, is to pub
fish ''Primer of Tariff Reform"
written by David A. Wells.
Rev. DR.. Dwight Spencer, of
Utah, Baptist missionary, says that
the Mormon church controls the votes
of its members and casts them in a
body for the Democratic candidates.
At the suggestion of Secretary
Lincoln Gen. Hazen has reduced
Sergt. Otto Holtnorth, of the signal
service, to the ranks, and has recon-
mended that he be dismissed from the
service for rifing Lieut.. Greely's pri-
vate papers. Reform in the signal
service should extend to Hazen.
Logan has secured leave of Is
days, and has gone home to see about
his reelection. The latest rumor at
Chicago says that Senator Ruger,
classed as Republican, will act with
the Democrats. He is credited with
ambition to be president of the SEN
ate.
Major Rodina Mutt, the "midget,"
was married at the Crawford House,
Boston, January 8, to Miss Clara Cor
field, a young woman of Is years,
and Is inches taller than the groom.
Major Mutt is A years old and has
never been ma rried until now.
A gigantic alligator has, according
to western paper, been carrying off
4OO-pound hogs, 14-years-old Negro
children, and nearly wrecking water
craft, but has finally been captured
and found to be 81 feet long and or
4 feet in diameter when walking or
8 feet high. 1t was captured at Os-
kaloosa, Iowa.
As number of boys were skating
on pond on Howard Avenue, Potts
vile, Pa, on the afternoon of the 9th
inst, the ice gave way and four of
them, ranging in age from u to Is
years, were drowned. All the bodies
have been recovered.
A dispatch from East Liverpool,
O., of Jan. 9, says: A party at which
eleven persons were present was Civ
en- last night at the residence of Mr..
Van Fassen, Of this city. During
the evening coffee was passed around,
and soon after drinking it all became
violently ill with symptoms of poison
ing. Investigation proved this to be
true, as at the bottom of the coffee
pot was found paper of trough on
rats" One of the victims, q child of
the niece of Mr.. Van Fassen, died at
midnight, and the others are not ex-
pected to live. From the fact that
Miss Anna Van Fassen is not sick as
the others she is suspected of being
the guilty person. A searching in
vestigation is in progress and intense
excitement prevails.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Estate of Sarah J. Hunt.

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF LAMoILLE,
ssh Probate Court, held at Hyde Park, IN SAID
District on the 18th day of Jan. A. ID. 1859.
E.B. Runt,admlnistrato ofthe estate of Sarah }.
Hunt late of Cambridge in said deceased,
presents his administration account for eXamina-
ton and allowance and makes application for
decree of dis tribution and partition of the estate
of said deceased. Whereupon, u is ordered by
said Court, that said account and said application
Probate Office in said Hyde Park, on the Both day
of January, A. D. 1885, for hearing and decision
tn reon: And, it is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested. by
publication of the same three weeks successfully
in the NEWS & CITIZEN, a newspaper published
at Morrisvlle and Hyde Park, previous to said
time appointed for hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause, if any
tney NAV have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
64w3 By the Court-Attest
&. S. PAGE, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Estate of r. j. Jones.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

State of Vermont, Lamolle District SIS. In Pro
bate Court held at Hyde Park, in said district,
on the 9Th day of January, A. ID, 1885.
A. NJ. Whitcomb, Administrator of the estate of
r. j. JONES' late of Hyde Park, in said district, de-
ceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, ana makes applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition of
the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, it is
ordered by said Court, that said account and
said application be referred 70 session thereof,
to be held at the Probate Office in said Hyde
Park on the Both day of January a. ID. 1885,
thereon: And, it is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested, by pub
LEGATION of the same three weeks successfully in
the News & Citizen, a newspaper published at
MOrrIsville and Hyde Park, previous to said time
appointed for hearing, that they may appear t
said time and place, and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
BY the court-Attest,
64w3 CARROLL S. PAGE, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

{. o GRACE GREENwooD's New Book
O S155orles for lIOme Folks, Young and
Ola, IS the attractive title of a pretty
Holume by this famous author, Just pub
l rs ned 1t starts out with "A True Story
Vi resident Lincoln" which with other
war "reminiscences that follow will wax
en- a patriotic glow in the hearts of
readers both old and young; there are
stories OF travel, stories of famous peo-
PIE, OF My First Love-Letter, !" Almost
Ghost Storyn-in all 20 stories. The
volume is equivalent in size and appear
ance to the authors other works hereto
lore lore sold at SIPS, but being published by
Ihe Literary Revolution" John B. Al
Gen, 393 Pearl ST., New York, it is sold
Tor 5O cents. Mr.. Adm sends a 100-page
catalogue free to any applicant.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

The Democratic managers in Wash
ington are said to be looking up the
names of officials who contributed tc
the Republican campaign fund, SO as
to cast them out as ''offensive parti-
sans" This is a step in the direc-
ton of reform and civil service, of
course.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

A western man has been discovered
who has had honors enough. 1t is
ex-Gov. Palmer, who has been talked
of for the Senatorship. He is out OF
politics. Says he is Vice President
of the Southdown Sheep Association
and delegate to the coming hog COLI
vention at Washington, which, he
says, is honor enough for him now.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Mr.. Cough on SILK Hats.

ut would be no violation of the COM
mandment." said John B. Cough. IF d
man were to fall down and worship the
silk hat, for it is not made in the likeness
of anything in heaven or on earth, or in
the waters which are under the earth"
Besides it heats the head and causes the
hair to fall off. Parker's Hair Balsam
will stop that and retsOre the original col
or to gray or faded hair. Not oily, not a
dye, beneficial, dellciously perfumed. A
perfect hair dressing. so cents. Sold by
all druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Gen. Grant declines to receive any
aid or REIMBURSEMENT Of the Wander
BIZ loan claim. He feels that the
debt was contracted under circum-
stances that claim his property so far
as it will go. Elsewhere we print the
correspondence between the General
and Mr.. Vanderbilt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

The Caledontdn commenced the new
year with an entire change in its make
up and a reduction in price. Brother
Stone, though somewhat cratic in
political ideas, knows how to publish
a clean newspaper and we congratu-
late both himself and his readers on
the marked prosperity of the Caledo-
nidn.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

1t is very evident the Democrats in
Congress intend to postpone all i'm
portant measures until sitter Cleveland
is installed in the Presidential chair.
AS the next congress does not meet
until December, the country is thus
compelled to wait year before action
is taken on anything of Importance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

The new year opens with frightened
prospects for ireland and her down
trodden people. The sway of the
English landlord is rapidly nearing an
end, and that freedom for which every
son of the Emerald Isle signs car be
seen on the horizon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Estate of Monroe BIaisceII.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Lamoille,
Commissioners, to receive, examine, and adjust
all claims and demands of all persons againstthe
estate of Monroe Blaisdell, late of Cambridge, in
said district, deceased, and all claims exhibited
in offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid, at the dwelling
house of the late Monroe Blaisdell in Cambridge,
on the 9th day Of Feb and 9th day of June, next
from 10 O'Clock a. m. until O'Clock p. m each
of said days, and that six months from the 9Th
day of Dec, A. ID. 1884, is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Cambridge, this 9Th day of Jan. A. d.
1855. ISAAC CHASE,
n. A. HAWLEY,
no,,,n;osso,,e.s
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
STATE ITEM s.

The department encampment o
the 6. A. r. will be held at Rutland
January 1873. Past-Commander Van
dervoort will be present.
John Reed Pember, for many year:
past stenographer in the courts, has
been appointed county clerk for Wind
sor county, succeeding George b
French, of Woodstock, who goes
west.
There are fifty-two pupils in the
, department of instrumental music al
the Vermont Methodist Seminary this
term. There are eighty-three IL the
vocal class.
Patrick Lahey, treasurer of the Fa-
ther Mathew Society at Bennington,
has absconded with $500 of their
funds.
Jonas J. Snow, who was convicted
of murder in the second degree at
st. Johnsbury for shooting peddler,
and sentenced to prison for life near
ly eleven years ago, was released New
Years Day upon conditional par
don from Governor Pingree..
John Pair, Burlington boy, ten
years old, lost one leg while coasting
across the railroad recently. He ran
into moving locomotive.
H. Z. Folsom, of Lyndonville, has
been elected President of the Mer-
chants National Bank at St. Johns
bury in place of Frederick Fletcher
resigned.
The Rutland Democrats held ban
quet Thursday night. The speakers
were Hiram Atkins, G. H. Davenport,
A. P. Childs, Lucius Bigelow and
others.
Buel Harrington, aged ten years,
was drowned on Thursday morning of
last week while crossing the ice On
Benton's pond at Bennington.
The ice in the south part of Lake
Champlain has disappeared.
The country from Bennington to
Arlington is flooded with water and
considerable damage is being done.
A sad and really pathetic story is
told of the little daughter of a Rut-
land man lately deceased, who still
maintains that "papa" lives, and can
only be comforted by the constant
presence of large picture of her
father, to which she brings various lit
tie offerings and all her sorrows and
complaints. She rarely sleeps unless
the framed semblance of her "dear
papa" is placed at the foot of her
crib.
Bennington is "kicking" against the
soldiers monument design selected by
the committee, and will petition not
to have it adopted.
Chelsea proposes to have rail-
road run there as soon as possible. A
narrow gauge road running to South
Royalton, Is miles away, is talked of,
but the majority of the people favor
the offer of some sum of money to
the Central Vermont road to build
from Barre to Chelsea.
About 200 Barnard soldiers are pre-
pairing to found colony, called Ver-
mont City in the west next spring.
Hon. H. G. Hill, of Isle La Motto,
and party of four others, finding
he ice too poor between Chazy, N.
T., and Isle La Motto few days ago
o cross with a team, got Mr.. SAKE,
If the former place, to take them
Icross on an ice boat. When near
he channel one of the runners broke
trough the ice and broke the shoe,
endering it unfit to proceed with.
1r. Hill then thought he would 60
he remaining distance on foot, but
Ehen only few rods from the boat !
Re discovered large tract of open
Eater just in front Of him, and the
: 800. e !sf stwas, very thin. If the
ha. ana just as it did,
S2at te.,to the .2z.n
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