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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
LESSONS FROM THE SNOW.
Henry Ward Bpecher Gives Them to Us
Pleasantly.

The falling of the snow gave some
thoughts to Mr.. Beecher for his Sunday
sermon.
Consider the weakness and the power
of the snow" he said. "Can anything
be gentler The child's hand catches it
and subdues it. Ere he can see it it is
gone. The babe can master that which
masters mankind. Boys gather it; it is
submissive. All things seem stronger
than the snow, new born. Yet, one
nights weaving and it covers the earth,
through wide ATTITUDES and longitudes,
with a garment that all the looms of
earth could not have furnished. One
day more and it sinks the fences under
meath it, obliterates all roads and levels
the whole land rs spade and pillow and
ten thousand times ten thousand en-
gineers and workmen could not do it. 1t
lays its hand upon the roaring engine
and blocks its wheels. 1t stands before
the harhor and let's down a white dark
ness that battles the pilot and checks the
me.returning ship. 1t mounts the
hills and mountains, and, gathering its
army without sound or drum or trum-
pet, until the day comes when it charges
IN battle array? What power is this in
the host of weakness? So the thoughts
OF good men-small, silent, gathering
slowly-at length are masters of time
and OF the ages. If such be the power
OF Gods weakness, what must be the al
mightiness of God, the thunder of His
power?
Consider, also, that the descent of
snow has relations not alone thus to
fancy, but it is also a worker. 1t has
become fsraVsat-ts
and new-iallen. is the poor mans ma
nure. 1t gathers again the waste ma
terial of the earth, and, spreading it
with equal distribution over the lands,
brings back to them their richness.
Without the stroke of hammer or the
sound of the turning wheel, more is
going on under the silent snow to-day
than in all the smithies, in all the fac.
tories upon the earth. The powers of
God upon earth are all silent workers..
"As we perceive in the uses of
winter not simply chill and cold and
waste and barrenness, but all forms of
beauty, all promises of strength and all
hope for the coming summer, so may not
our winter of trouble be to us ?"
BY WAY OF REVENGE. reduction
of postage, it must be admitted, has
worked very we'll so far, but it gives
owners of patent medicines, corn cures
and other ancient and modern inventions
a mean advantage over suffering and
over worked humanity at large. When
one cent used to carry a circular it could
always be detected by the unsealed en-
velope. Now they come sealed like any
other communications, and the average
mans curiosity is never satisfied till he
tears open the wrapper aud brings forth
the contents. Then by way of revenge
the air is for moment full of note
paper.
ABOUT HATS. -Apropos of the big
STRIKE in the hat-makiug trade, says 8
newspaper gossiper, heard something
having bearing on the question Of
wages and production the other day.
At the four principal hating oenters--
Norwalk and DAnbury i'll Connecticut,
Newark in New Jersey, and at Brook
lyn-tbe shops, if run on full hours, can
turn out enough hats in six months to
supply the country for year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
A Million Stamps.
A SINGULAR NOTION THAT SOME PEOPLE
HAVE GOT INTO THEIR NOODLES.

Even SO intelligent people as those
of this country get some mighty queer
notions into their heads sometimes,
writes Washington reporter. Among
lbs. eaSsstaot the thousands of odd no
lions shows TcNeAs,ut by the CORE
spondence OF the Wis departments,
is the ore which relates to "a million
postage stamps" ut seems" said q
gentleman familiar with the work of the
departments, talking of the matter,
THAT in some way, years ago. the story
got out that whoever should save up
;aillion cancele d postage stamps and pre-
sent them at the department would be
entitled to a very large sum of money; /
don't remember the sum, but it runs
away up. may be a hundred thousand,
NAV be n million. i don't remember,
and it don't make any difference as to
the result, for of course the story is ell
humbug. How it got ont | don't know,
but it is floating round the country yet.
and vet there are people IN intelligent
communities who yet believe it and are
saving up stamps. Why, there was one
woman ND in New England who actually
accumulated stamps until she had some
IS 600, and finally getting tired and see
ing that she was going to die before she
got a million, wrote to the department
asking if she could get pro rata sum
for what she had, or if she could pool
her collection with that Of others and
then divide the money with them after
pettino them. OF course she was unde-
ceived by the department, but after a
good deal of labor thrown away for it is no
small task to gather 5000 stamps, even
if you have Sunday school to help you
in it. as some of those who have gath
cred them systematically have done"
"But surely there is no such ridicu'
Ions idea extant at this day?"
isn't fhereP Well, / can tell You Of
peonIe in Ibis very city Ct Washington,
within sirhtcf ire Postof1iee Depart
ment, who are at this very time saving
up stamps as indnstriously as the
heathens OF fag-away England ever did,
and with The same idea,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
4 OricIS Ife,ONe cry.

1t gives us great FL asure TO state thab Inc
u,er chant VIII, was reported to be at til point
of death from an attack Of pneumon a, MS
entirely recovered by the use OF Dr. W m
Halls Basa IL for the Lungs. Naturally he
feels grateful for the neiits derived from
using this rem,dy for the lungs and throat;
and in giving publicity to this atemen5 we
a.e ac.uatei by motives of pubic banefac-
ii Il, trusting tnat o hers may lie benefited in
n sim. I'm. Iilsl1nar
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
nss6s.al almost eafery night gang
adt to my place to shake me
assus D1ii; - aSl11D61suESs a
g to o. -
- DR6nd he c1ci6empers his

vhen somepody talks like dot feels
shmiley und soft, und I tap a new keg
of lager Now, [ like to ask you if
I vhas right. My poy Shake says l
doan't get so much as shmell of Office,
ind my oldt woman says der poys make
a fool of me-"
81 guess they are right"
"Don't you belief vhas der Custom
House ?"
mo, SIR"
"Nor der Bost-office ?"
"No, SIR"
Don't I hat some place at 50, 600 a
year ?"
81 doubt it."
"Wasn't I even invited down to Wash
ngton to see Cleveland go NIT der
White House?"
"Not unless You invited yourself"
"Vhell vhell ! So Shake und der
old womans vhas right, uod der poys
vhas putting some soft soap on me
Say p
"Yesi"
''Dot vhas all right, but like to say
something, und doan' you forget HIM
Tonight dot same crowd comes aroundt
here, und somepody Will begin to hurrah
for der next postmaster. You ought to
De here Der dog Will be loose, and I
shall have two CLUBS handy, and you
will see fifteen men in sooch a hurry to
get oudt doors dot you pellet some earth
quakes vhas shaking oop Detroit
Shust come aroundt und see how dis
appointed office seeker will handle two
CLUBS und bulldog !'-DetroH Free
Press,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

WALKING down BROAD av is very n

Walking down Broadway is very pleasant
when you feel well, and T-K-never felt
better than when his friend asked him how
he got over that severe cough of his so speed
lily. 'Ah, my boy" said r, &c. M. y.
did it!n And his friend wondered what G.
NJ D. meant. He knew it did not mean 9
Good Many Doctors, for T---K-had tried
a dozen in vain. II have it," said he, just
hitting the nail on the head, "you mean DR.,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, or Gold
Medal deserved as my friend J-S
always dubs it. Sold by druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Whom you visit or leave New York city, save baggaEer
eSpresssge and So carriage hre, and at tho Grand
Union Heel, opposite Grand Central depot. -
90 eieg1n rooms, fitted up at cost of ons million
dollars, = ana upward per day. European pi2n. Ele-
Vator. Restaurant supplied With the best. HSe cars,
stages and elevated Railroad to all dep1ts Faipilios
cSn live b5ttsr !or less lley az tGS NFqnd Union
Hotel than at any other fseclass hotel in the city.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
They Had Better Stay Away.

81 like to know about some Office
under Cleveland ?" he said as he beck
oned lawyer across the street from the
door of his saloon.
"Well, what is it ?"
81 like to know if L vhas to haf some
office. My place vhas headquarters
last fall for some Cleveland CLUBS, und
all der boys tell NE I vhas sure of some
thing fat"
"Then you are looking for some
thing p
"Vhell, I dunno. When Cleveland
yhas elected der poys began to drop in
here. One of 'em he says: What q
postmaster you will make for Detroit ?
By George 1 vhis vhas you !! Well,
dot tickles me, you know, und I treat
the crowd to peer. Poorly soon anoder
crowd comes in, ind one of der poys
calls oud:
Let dis convention come to some
order. We vhas now in der presence OF
der next boss of der Custom House. ]
calls for three cheers for Carl Dunder 7
"Vhen he says dot 1 feels good all
oafer. und it seems right to set oop der
peer"
81 see."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

livers. on the seashore by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all others
Physicians declare it superior to all other oils
CHApPED HANDS, face, plmples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New York
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

n an established fact that Hoods Sarsaparilla has
proven an invaluable remedy in many Of
rheumatism effecting remarkable cures by its power
full action in correcting the acdty of the blood which
of the disease and purifying and enriching
the vital fluid
is certainly fair to that what Hoods Sarsa-
para has done for others it will do for you. There
fore if you suffer the pains aud aches Of rheumatism
give this remedy fair trial.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

None genuine without a bunch of green
Hols ON the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with Hop" or Hops" in their
name
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15


headed traveller who had seen more
drunkards than anybody. He had been
drunk and it was all up with him. When
a man is a young drinker he can get
drunk and get over it the next day, and
he may play it on his friends and make
them think it is only an incident, but
when a man has been wreck and braces
ND. and then gets drunk. it is the work
of months to get the drunk out of his
system. Our poor man had no head
after taking one drink. If he had not
taken drink his head would have been
all right and he could have done bust
ness for years, but getting drunk once
made him poor weak imbecile, and he
could not pass a saloon without going in
and drinking. Boys who are just learn
ing to drink can hardly believe that a
man Of brain can get so demoralized and
weakened by liquor that he cannot con-
troll himself, but this poor man could
not sit still half an hour in the presence
of one who had done so much for him
without going out to get drink. And
of all the excuses one ever heard of, he
would make the most transparent. Ills
brain, what he had left, was at work
working up excuses to get ont of the Of
hCS. wen, pIOuISe AZ ne might, poor
man, he could not stop drinking now,
and so, in a moment, he threw away the
last chance he will probably ever have
to brace up, too weak to resist the aw-
ful temptation that s dragging SO many
to the grave, and to- day he is wandering
the streets of Chicago, figuring as to
which garment of ours he will pawn
next for drink, going lower every day,
until he will fiud grave in the potter's
tieId. In his delirium we wonder if he
ever thinks of the wife and two little
girls in Canada who wrote papa" such
touching letters while he was here, ex-
pressing such gladness that he had Sc
cured employment and was so warmly
clothed. Or does the demon drink blot
out memories of home and all its hal
lowed associations ? If it d es what is
drink good for, and why is it drank? If
the good Lord will take our 31rOtege by
the collar and jerk some sense into him,
and all appetite for liquor out of him,
we will stand the wear and tear on the
clothes. But does it pay to lay awake
nights trying TO think of some way to
reform such hopeless cases?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
''TSu"iiu- abb -

''I-Sn~G SA CJrEs.@'
Ask for Wells "Rough on Corns" loo.
Quick, complete cure. Hard or soft corns,
warts hnniNns.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

IT is truly wond rtul 10 see now the name or
Mrs. Plnkham i house old word among the
wives and mothers of our land. ALIKE IN the
InxnrinIIs homes Of our great cities and in
the humble cabins of the remote frontier one
womar's deeds have borne their kindly fruit
in healh for others.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

We are so thankful to say that our nursing
baby was permanently cured of dangerous
and protracted constipation and irregularity
of the bowels by the use of Hop BlUltr5 by its
mother, which at the same time restored her
to perfect health aud strength.
The Parents, Rochester, n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
$4,000 Lost.

"a tour to Europe that cost me $4,000,
done me less good than one bottle of Hop
| Bitters; they also cured my wife of fifteen
| DYSPEPSIA
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

nSg- To MATCH THAT BONNET Feathers, rib
bons, velvet can all lie colo"ed to match that
new hat by using TIE Diamond Dyes. 10c for
any color at the drugg SITS. Wells, Richardson
e. Co Burlington Vt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
A Postal Card Story.
BPADFORD PA Nav I,

1t has cured me of several diseases, such as
nervousness, sickness at the stomach monthly
troubles, etc. l have not seen a sick day in a
year, since | took Hop Bitters All my neigh
bors use them. Mrs. FANNIE GREEN
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

We accidently overheard the following dla-
Iogue on the street yesterday:
Jones-Smith, why don't you stop that dis
gushing hawking and splitting!
Smith.-How can l! You know L am
martyr to catarrh.
do as did. l had the disease in it;
worst form. but am well now.
S.-What did you do for it!
IL used Dr. Slge's Catarrh Remedy. 1t
cured me and it will cure you.
S.-rve heard of it, and by Jove, III
try it. l.,
J-Do So You'll find it at all the drug
stores in town.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

THREE-FoURTHs of the officers in the GermaI
army wear cOrsets.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Send for Dog Buyers Guide, 100 pages, en-
cravings of all breeds, colored plate, prices Of
dogs and where to buy them. Mailed for loo
Associated Fsnciers, 237 s. 8th St., PhiIa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Woman,s Suffering and Relief.

Those languid, tiresome sensations causing
you TO feel scarcely able to be on your feet;
that constant drain that is taking from your
system allits former elasticity; driving the
bloom from your cheeks; that continual
strain upon your vital forces, rendering you
irritable and fretful, can easily be removed
by the use of that marvellous remedy Hop Bit
tiers. Irregularities and Instructions of your
system, are relieved at once while the special
cause OF periodical pain are permanently re-
moved. None receive so much benefit and
none are so profoundly grateful and show such
an interest IN recommending Hop Bitters as
women.
A Postal Card Story.
I was affected with kidney and urinary
trouble
For twelve years."
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines could hear of, l used two bottles
of Hop
"BiUters;"
And 1 am perfectly cured. keep it
'All the time!" respectfully, B. f. Booth,
Salisbury, Tenn-May 4, 1888.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
TIME Is money.

Colds, fevers and infammations broken III
by DR.. Pierces Extract of Smart Weed.
We never deceive for good purpose
KnaYarY adds malice to falsehnnl
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Palpitation. D opscaI Swllings, Dizziness,
Indigestion. Headache, Sleepleosness cured by
EWells' Health Renewar."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
a Positive Cure

lives troubled very much with rheumatism in my
hips ankles and wrists could hardly walk. and was
confined to my bed good deal of the time. Being
recommended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, took four
bottles and perfectly well. | cheerfully recon-
mend Hoods Sarsapara of the best blood pur-
ifer5 in the world."-W. t. WOOD, Clerk, Ashley
House, Bloomington, Ill
i suffered three years with blood poison and rheu-
matism, and receiving benefit became discourA sed
tried Hoods Sarsaparia and think my rheuma-
tsn is cured. n-MRs. NJ. j. DAVIS. Brockport. NY
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

stefan. and Carboline, made from pure petro-
leum, is one of her grandest remedies for
badness. Try it and YOU will use no other
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Nature.

Clears ont rats, nice, reaches, flies, ants
bed-bugs, sllunks, chipmunks, lopAers. 15c
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

Quick, complete cure, ali kidney, Bladder and
Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation, Stone,
Gravel, Catarrh Of the Bladder 81, Druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
r. NJ, Auburn. N. Y.
RAINY GaVad

So BLooMINGvILLE, O., May l, 80.
SIRs-Ih have been suffering ten years, and
Iied your Hop Bitters, and it done me more
rood than all the doctors MRS. S. S. BOONE
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15

IT costs the United State. IS, 456, 389.31 to
take care of the Indians this year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Important.

NINE yeGrlmgs of the English horse Horn
have sold for more than $4,000.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
Hoods SarSaparilla

SOU Dy druggIsts. ST SIX Tor 30 MaIe only
Z. /. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
100 A~eoc SYnA H@!E0r
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-15
0ur BUSINESS pIaffGgm.

! Our Business Platform.
he expenses and earnings OF a
p-per with l00,0O0 circulation will
/ approximate as follows: RE-
CEIPTS-frOm advertising, 500
inches per issue, at the rate OF lie,
! line per 600 OF circulation, or 81 a
line for 10000, for 81 issues, $751;
600; subscriptions deducted from
face value Of Cash Premium Or
ders, 500, OO0-total. Si36, 500. EN-
\ PENSES - Issuing 100000 for
paper, postage, pre,s-work, ETC.,
ST 200 per issue, So, 100; editorial
work, incideutals, $50, 000-total,
l So. 400, leaving the splendid profit
Of Sjsl 800.
Thrse-lolrths Of this profit will
he made out OF tho sale Of aivertis-
in: space, AID Advertisers t0ilL
pay 500 line simply because tho
! paper has 10000 circulation. II
it had but 1000 they would pay
but 10 cents \ line. Therefore,
every subscriber, as a pro rata
Garner OF Advertising profits, is
worth 10 a paper Of 100000 3iruuia-
ton 1881. We propose 10 keep
the sic. as our share, aud repay to
our subcribers the 50. ln this pro-
portion we viii have S5l, 900 as
profit after giving back 10 subscrl-
hers out of the papers earnings the
-'rm Of $500, 00J in Premiums.
This is a plain statement OF
Its, and involves no necessity Of
resOrtiug to illegal mcthods-as an
excuse for offering numbered re-
ceipts." and alleged " future draw
inEs" or " awards" 1t Is simply
! proposed TO make division with our
subscribers Of an equitable share Of
the profits which the use Of their
names as subscribers will secure.
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Rheum atiSm

For SPECIAL RATES tor advertising in this paper
amply to the pu blisher Of the paper. 'Ih9
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the lowest.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1885-11-19
A States Prison Romance.

JOLIET, I'LL, November 1.-THE mvste-
rious murder of DIR. Allen, n prominent
resident of Sandwich, Ill. six years ago,
created n great sensation in this State. 4
young man named William Thomas, pre-
viously OF high character, was arrested
and, principally on the evidence of n female
detective from Chicago, was convicted
and sentenced 10 fifteen years I'm the pen
itentiary. Yesterday it was developed
that Few days since james Young a con-
vict sent from Carroll County, recently
had made a full confession of the crime.
going into minute and hitherto unknown
details and assigning remorse as the reason
Tor his action. An indictment was quietly
found in the DeKalb Circuit Court yesi err
DAY, n writ of habeRs corpus was issued
and last night Sheriff Wood left the peni :
tentiary with Young. Thomas has always
protested his entire innocence OF the crime
SYCAMORE, Ill, November l2.-James
oung, the convict sent TO the Penitentiary
Tor ten years seven months ngo from Car
roll county, and who has confessed 10 the
murder of Hiram 4. Allen, "A retired farmer
OF Sandwich, on the night Of February a.
lNoV, was brought into court Yesterday
aud in response 20 the usual interropa-
tories, said he dii not wish an attorney
and pleaded guilty. On being asked bv
Judge killom II he understood the full inn
port OF his plea, and that he was liable to
be hanged, Young replied that he was
iully aware of IL, and persisted
In pleading guilty. "Then, sir"
said the Judge. "the Court must saw
this Is among the most aston ishing cases on
record. Tho idea Of man coming here
ana entering this plea is almost beyond be-
llef, and the Court will not enter the plea
OF guilty until he has taken some measures
10 ascertain regarding your sanity, and see
whether you are responsible for your acts -
Young protested that he knew what he was
pI ~, writ.
tut Judge KillOm would not accent his
pea and VIII cause IA special jury 10 test
his sanity.
SYCAMORE, I'LL, November l3.-In the
County Court to-day Judge Kellum an
nounced as his opinion that the confession
oi the convict Young OF the murder Of DR..
Allen was sufficient for the court. md sen .
fenced MIN 10 imprisonment for life. This
must result in the releuse Of the innocent
man now in Joliet peniteutiarv.