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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

From the Detroit Free Press.]
eff Brudder Shindig Watkins am in
de hall tonight he will please step dis
way" said Brother Gardner, as every.
body except Bed Rock Taylor drew in
his feet and ceased coughing.
Brother Watkins had jammed himself
into the northwest corner and was rub
bing down bunion with fragment Of
grindstone, but he slipped on his shoes
and made his way to the Presidents
desk with look of keen expectancy on
his face.
"Brudder Watkins" continued the
President. ''about var ago had a few
words to say to Clarified Davis on the
subIeck of langwidge. I now want to
spoke to you individually. On seberal
different occashuns has heard you wind
up an observashun wild cum dig soils.
Has you got any diggin' to do2"
"N-no, sab"
''Ain't gwine to dig cellar or well ?"
"No, sah."
"Do you know anybody named
Soils ?''
81 reckon not, sab"
'Den why did you call on Soils to
cum an dig p
81 dunno"
"Uml On odder occasions, Brudder
Watkins, I has heard you speak of aqua
p~ra. Has you much Of a winters
stock on hand %
"I-I-no, sah."
"Dat's too bad | war gwine to buy
ton or so of you. All out. eh? Now,
Brudder Watkins. what did you mean
one day las week when you told Givea-
dam Jones dat you felt en- disha6ille 2"
81 doan' remember, sah."
"Doan' eh Doan' happen to hey
any en- diShdbilIe in your pocket to-
night, do you2"
"No, sah."
"Dats sad-werry sad At de oyster
patty de odder ebenin' you told de wild
der Callforth dat you nebber went out
nights widout your sinailia si7niti6uS co.
roater wild you. How many times does
it shoot, Brudder Watkins ?"
I-I dunno, sab"
(which pocket do you cary it in?"
'sNone of 'em."
"Brudder Watkins, look me in de left
eye De man who mas looked in at de
back doah of college am not speshu-
ally called upon to give de fack away.
An, too, de English langwidge am SO
plain an easy dat anybody kin make
bisself understood widout breakin' his
back. When de President of a Repub-
lie like dis sends fo'th an annual message
in sich simple English dat skule boys
kin swalier ebery word, dar hain't much
call fur de likes of us to stand on de
hind platform of street kyar an call
ont: I'D interim anaicuS hunaa,ai qe,s-
efiS OI,ste 6eliaSBe CONNIE ,je .jtss' RTe
know it widout his givin' hisself away.
'Take yer seat, Brudder Watkins, an
let me hope dat you will hencefo'th use
de langwidge of the kentry in impartin'
de infurmashun dat you went to bed
wild cold feet an got up wild back
ache. Ii you war pubI1shin' cheap
AFTERNOON paper, for clrculashun among
people who had spent years at college.
1t might do to trow Greek and Latin
INTO your editorials, but in yer present
condlshun you kin git trusted fur bacon
IN de English langwidge, an pay when
te bill am made out in de same"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
A NeighbOrly Way.

A Citizen having heard that his
Neighbor was Scandalizing him called
Around at the Office for an Explanation.
"Haven't always Spoken Well of you
and yours p he asked.
"Oh, yes"
"Haven't I lent you my Snow Shovel.
my Flat-irons and my Coffee Mills fol-
these many years past !"
eyes, but"
"But What What on Earth could
have Induced you to throw out hints
that my Aunt was my Uncle ?"
"Why, my Dear Sir, your Snow
Shovel is broken. your Flat-irons toe
old to be of Further use, and youl
Coffee Mill will no longer grind. How
can I Longer Neighbor with such
man p
Moral: When you can't live Off
Neighbor make him sorry for lt.-De
tr0it Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
INTERESTING POSTAL NOTES.
What to Do If You Wish Not to be Left by
Uncle Sam.


Books, pamphlets and music can be
sent at third-class rates.
A newspaper is not forwarded in the
mails unless postage is fully prepaid.
The postage on pair of boots would
be at the rate of one cent an ounce.
No valuable package should ever be
mailed unless it is registered. Don't
forget this.
A letter-press copy-book, with copies
of written letters therein, is first-class
matter.
Tea, coffee, sugar and kindred arti-
cles can be mailed at the rate of one
cent an ounce.
Insurance policies, whether cancelled
or not, are first-class matter if they con-
tain any writing.
A book preseased- fors mailing with
letter attached to it would subject the
entire package to letter rates.
Wedding cake can only be mailed
when packed in tin or wooden box.
Confectioneries the same.
Send no cash money by mail. It is
much safer and cheaper in the long run
to buy a money order or postal note.
Matter inclosed in sealed envelope
though the corners may be cut Or the
ends notched, is subject to letter rates.
Liquids, poisons, explosives and IL
flammable articles are not received for
mailing, no matter how carefully
wrapped.
If YOU wanted to send suit of clothes
by mail which weighed six pounds, you
would have to make two packages of it.
Albums, Photographic and auto
graphic, are cIassed as merchandise, and
postage is charged at the rate of one
cent an ounce.
An unclaimed postal card is not re-
turned to the writer, even though his
address is given upon it, but is sent to
the dead letter Office.
Nothing is received for mailing that
weighs over four pounds, except in
a case of a single book, as, for example,
a Bible, or dictionary, or history.
Samples of ores, metals, minerals,
seeds, cuttings, bulbs, nuts, etc., are
also classed as merchandise and postage
charged at one cent an ounce.
Letter heads, bill heads and en-
velopes, blank or printed, are charged
as merchandise, and postage must be
paid at the rate of one cent an ounce.
A postal card is not mailable with any
writing or printing on the address side,
except the address, nor with anything
pasted or pinned to the other side.
Third and fourth class matter can be
mailed in the same package providing it
does not exceed four pounds in weight,
nut it subjects the entire package to
Jurth- class rates.
Don't forget that all parcels deposited
ror mailing must be so wrapped that
they can be examined without destroy
ing the wrapper, otherwise letter rates
of postage are charged.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
THE FORTUNATE ISLES.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.

You sail and you seek for the Fortunate Isles;
The Old Greek Isles of the yellow birds
song?
Then steer straight on through the watery
miles,
Straight on, straight on, and you can't go
wrong.
Nay, not to the left; nay, not to the right,
But on, straight on, and the Isles are in sight,
The Fortunate Isles where the yellow birds
sing
And life lies girt with golden ring.
These Fortunate Isles they are not so far,
They lie within reach of the lowliest door;
You can see them gleam by the twilight star,
You can hear them sing by the moons white
shore.
Nay, never look back These Ieveled grave
stones
They were landing steps; they were steps unto
thrones
OF glory for souls that have sailed before.
And have set white feet on the fortunate shore.
And what are the names of the Fortunate
Isles?
Why, Duty and Love and large Content
Lo! these are the Isles of the watery miles
That God let down from the armament.
Lo, Duty and Love, and true mans trust;
Your forehead to God and your feet in the
dust;
Lo, Duty, and Love, and sweet babes smiles.
And these, On, friend, are the Fortunate Isles.
The Current
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
The Uses of Glucose.

At the request of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue of the United States
committee of the National Academy
of Sciences was appointed, consisting of
professors of University of Philadelphia,
Yale College, Columbia College, Har-
ward College, and Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, the purpose being to scientifcal-
Iy investigate the various products
known as glucose, grape sugar, maltese,
etc. The committee found that glucose
is made from many things besides starch
and potatoes, such as "from leaves,
straw, rags, chips, twigs and residues
from breweries, distilleries," etc. Beth
glucose and grape sugar find extensive
applications for great variety of pur,
poses as substitutes for cane sugar OF
for barley,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
A Narrow Escape.

In General Grants paper on Shiloh,
in the Century, he tells the story of
narrow escape of himself and two of his
staff officers who got within range of the
Confederate musketry on the second
day of the battle. A ball struck the
metal scabbard of General Grants
sword just below the hilt, and broke it
nearly off. Before the battle was over
it had broken off entirely. OF the staff
officers, one had lost horse and the
other n hat
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
The Story of Captain HOwgate.

A Washington correspondent of the
New York World tells us the following
incidents in the career of Capt. Howgate,
the defaulting Signal Bureau Officer:
The celebrated yacht of Howgate's was
built by Government money, from Gov
ernment material and by Government
workmen. So openly was all this done
that all the preliminary work was fin
ished in the yard of the Signal Office,
Gen. Meyers, the former chief of the
Signal Office, was really responsible for
the whole thing, because he turned the
entire bureau over to- Howgate, and
never gave the slightest attention to
his accounts. Gen. Meyers was very
honest but a thoroughly incompetent old
man. His wife had an enormous fortune,
and a few years before the Generals
death had purchased the very handsome
house on Istreet, which was so long occu-
pied by the British legation. John Cham
berlain bought the house for 5000, 900
and tried to make a gambling establish
ment of high class. The attempt was
wretched failure. Mrs. Meyers
bought the house from him under a
forced sale. Gen. Meyers had settled
down in his beautiful home expecting to
devote the last years of his life to writ
ing. When he was retired Howgate re-
signed, as he knew that this was the
only way that he could escape the War
Department. His frauds were not then
discovered. When they were, Gen.
Meyers broke down and in very short
time died. His death was directly
caused by the terrible betrayal of his
confidence. He saw that he was in.
volved in the whole scandal, and that
virtually he was as much to blame as
Howgate. Under the pressure of these
hard facts he gave up. The genial Capt.
Howgate was, however, made of sterner
stuff. He got his stolen money togeth-
er in a bag, made his arrangements
with the District officials, and by throw.
ing few greenbacks around was per.
mitted to take his mistress on his arm
and escape with the great bulk of his
fortune, leaving his wife and daughter
unprotected and to support themselves
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
Feeding Sheep for Market.

In an address before the Indiana
Wool Growers Association, Morris How
land, Marion county, considered the
subject of feeding sheep for market.
Following are, in brief, statements and
suggestions made by him and of general
interest
The first thing in order to profit in
feeding sheep for the market is to so ar
range them in focks that they will not
be to much crowded for space, and see
that they are about uniform in size and
condition. This depends much on
breeds. The large Cotswold and their
crosses will not bear so many together
as will the Southdown and their crosses,
neither will the Downs and their crosses
bear in numbers as many as the close,
compact Merinos, consequently it is es-
sential that these facts be kept in mind
while sorting focks for feeding.
The animals sorted, the next question
is what to feed. If one has fine field
Of rye or blue G rass it is not necessary
to bunch in as small punches as when
confining sheep in closed yard and
feeding on dry feed and roots. Next in
order comes the preparation of suffi-
cient shed room to safely protect the
animals from wind and storm, be that
in field or yard. That being done, the
next step is providing suitable racks
and troughs, in which the animals can
feed without waste of material. The rack
| and trough recommended is combined
affair, the hay and fodder being placed
in the rack and the trough so adjusted
that the finer portion slides down into
| it.
When one has rye and blue grass,
nothing else is needed but good sound
COIN, with the necessary sal salt; That led
IA proper quantities, the sheep will
thrive. When dry feed is depended on,
more care is required. Good clover hay
is a fair substitute for rye and blue grass,
with either oilcake or roots to supple
ment it, and shelled corn, as in the
other case. Water the sheep daily.
As to the quantity of grain, one must
be governed by the size of the sheep.
Begin with a small amount and increase
gradually, until you get them to the
point where they eat up clean; never
give SO much food that some will be left
over.
Some growers clean the sheep yards
quite often. The preference is sooner
given to good litter of straw every
day, thereby keeping teh yard clean and
making a better quality of manure,
which is no small item in the account.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
A Few Interesting Hints for the Head of
the Kitchen.

Ginger waters are made of half a
pound of flour, half pound of brown
| sugar, quarter of pound of butter,
one dessertspoonful of allspice, two of
ground ginger, the peel of half lemon
grated, and the juice of the lemon mix
these all together, then add enough
molasses to make sort of thick paste
beat 1t thoroughly and vigorously. But
ter large tins, or the dripping pan,
spread the paste upon them, as it should
be as thin as possible and yet be per-
fectly even and smooth. Bake in a mod
crate oven. When it is done draw the
tins to the oven door, and before it cooks
at all, with asharp pointed knife cut the
cake into pieces about four inches
square.
A nice dish for supper is made thus
Line vegetable dish with welI-seasoned
mashed potatoes, leave large space in
the centre, wet it over with the white of
an egg, or with milk, sweetened with a
very little sugar, put it into the oven to
brown delicately, take about two dozen
oysters, little milk, with butter, pep
per and salt, and let it come to boil
on top of the stove. Put in with the oys-
ters few thin slices of cold roast beef;
when this is sufficiently heated and the
oysters cooked, pour it into the space
left in the potato-lined dish. This is a
most appropriate children's dinner dish,
but may be enjoyed by any one.
The appearance of pudding that is
boiled in bag is improved if alter TAX
ing it out on the platter you sift pow
dered sugar over it.
Cold fowl left over from dinner may
help to make an excellent side dish; cut
it into rather small pieces, put large
lump of butter into a saucepan, and
brown the meat in that; sprinkle pepper
and salt and some -four over it, and
when the meat is brown add half pint
of stock, which need not be very rich to
be good, and pint of pease Canned
ones); heat to the boiling point, and
then serve. Mushrooms may be used
in place of pease, and the proportions
given above may be regulated by the
the quantity of fowl which you have.
A young goose, not more than four
months old, is pice cooked in this way:
After dressing and singeing it carefully,
sprinkle pepper and salt and little sage
in the inside; put a lump of butter in
also, to moisten it; then put it into
pan, and then into the oven; baste it
frequently with water in which you have
put some butter, pepper, salt and little
bacon fat. Serve with nice brown gravy
and with gooseberry jam or appIe-butter
Cover the platter with thin slices of
buttered toast moistened with the drip
pings in the pan; then lay the goose
upon it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
A BlOOded Prince.

Prince Henry of Battenburg, whom
Princess Beatrice, the only single
daughter of the Queen OF England, is to
marry, doesn't know any more than
Ginson's colt, and hasn't enough money
to buy himself pair of wedding socks
but he has pedigree reaching back to
the days when his ancestors wore bear
skin trousers and lived on wild blackber-
ries in the Black Forest-so the wedding
will be quite the lum-tum thing. He
can supply the ancestry, Beatrice will
chip in the beauty, and the English tax
payers will be asked only to furnish the
happy couple with a few castles and
enough money to support themselves. -
Philadelphia Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

THEY laid out new town in Dakota
last fall, and called it Golden City. A
Chicago speculator who was out there
took 500 lots at $5, and in thirty days
the price of city lots had gone to $25
each. Some one built and opened a
saloon, and the figures jumped to $50.
A second saloon went up, and the city
lots changed hands at $75 piece. The
Chicago man was advised to sell, but he
concluded to hang on for a few more
saloons. The snow came, and it was
with difficulty the Chicago mans agent
could get through the drift, to find the
place deserted by human beings; but on
a tree was sign reading, "Sell you the
whole city for $l0."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

A DISTINCTIVE WESTERN VIEw.-The
st. Louis Republican says: : When a
"bear yells out from the pit of board
of trade, "I'll sell 5000 February
wheat" and "bull" responds, take
it, that is a species of modern COM
merce. When man, neither "buu !"
nor "bear," says, "I'll open that pot
fer $1O," that is species of gambling
both ancient and modern,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
A DOG LAW.

A SPANISH Town. de Gran
ada, recently destroyed by an earth
quake, possessed the most romantic
situation and the most romantic history
of any town in Spain. 1t stood high
upon the verge of gigantic cleft in the
mountains, the result of volcanic action.
From its position it was justly regarded
by the Moors as the key of their King
dom of Granada, and when captured in
1882 by the forces of Ferdinand and
Isabella. the Alhambra was felt to be
foredoomed. 1t was that event which
gave origin to the mournful ballad,
"Muy Doloroso," translated by Lord
Byron, with the sad refrain at the close
of each stanza, "Woe is me, Albania p
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

Our CHILDREN.-LordC Coleridge says
that when in this country he was struck
by the absence of childhood. We de-
fer to our children, ask their opinions,
allow them to engross the general atten-
ton, force social obligations on them,
and cut them off from 'all the sweet de-
pendence of their years, making grown
persons of them before English children
have left the nursery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

A WoNDER.-Did you ever wake up
in the night with a good-sized wonder
between your ears as to why it is the
person who is always groaning and
complaining about poor health seldom
gets down sick ? The wind-shaken
poplar seldom falls.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

a COOP IDEA-It might be good
plan to pay premiums to married couples
who dwell together more than certain
number Of years,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

An aged niece of Zachary Fayior is a Mich
gan pauper,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
THE LlME-KILN CLUB.
A LITTLE LESSON IN THE LANGUAGE
OF THE DAY.
from the Detroit Free Press.l

Bro. Watkins Taken 10 Task by the Presis
dent Tor IndElRinR i'm too Much Latin.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12

During the late cold snap Moses
Schaumburg laid in big lot Of wood.
He encouraged his son to pile it up by
saying:
eff you wash good little poy, Isaac,
you may pile up dot load of wood"
"And ven 1 wash pad little poy, fod-
der, vot den"
"Den you shall pile dot wood up
veder you wants to or not, or dras
you. u."-Ze1aS Sittislgs.
The Portland daily press., 1885-03-27
w0REEGN PNsE rs.

sid fm Yokohama about AIch 10, sch VIM Con-
nor. Nichols. NananO and san Francisco.
AZ at Genoa Mch 20. sen Henry Souther, Hupper,
Philadelphia.
Ar at Malta 1eh 24th, brig Mary Gibbs, Moore,
New York.
Sid fun Messina Mch 12 brig Harry Smith, Weeks,
New York.
Ar at Monteyideo Feb 18th, sch Grace Andrews,
Andrews. Rev York.
Sid Feb l6, barqnes NJ Davis, Trefry, Barba-
does; 18Th Addie Sleeper, sleeper, doi Jennie
Harkness Amesbury, New York.
Sid fm PeTnambuc0 Feb IL, sch e Ii Drammond,
Higgins, New York.
Ia port Feo 26 sch Edward Harlow, Stewart, for
United States.
so Guantanamo Mich 10, brig Sarah " Emma,
Drinkwater, st Thomas.
Ar at Barbados AIeh q SCH Kocheko, JaspeI,
Demarara, tand sailed 4th for Cuba4
Ar at Point a-pitre prev to Mch Gath. sch Mary
Helen, CrOcker, New York.
Ar at Cienfuegos Meh 18th, sch Kate N Hilton,
johnson Aepina all.
Sid 4th barque I3aho, Richardson, New York;
18th, brig Ataaya, Eye, New York.
Sid fm Cardenas l4th. brig Akbar, Holmes, New
York; sch JAS A Garfield, Woodbury., do
CID at Cieniuegos 18th, brig Emma, Richardson,
Philadelphia; sch Jennie Hall, Hail. do.
Ar at Cardenas Alch 20, sch Nathan Estetbrook,
Vesper. Havana.
Sid 2lst, brig A j Pettingll, Berry Caibarien;
sch Jennie Il More, Cocord, New York,
AR at Sagua l4th, sch Jos M Hayes, iansil, from
Philadelphia; 18th, brig Fannie B Thicker, Sylvcs-
ter, Carlenas.
SID / lth brig Eta whitmore, Wright, Ph ladel-
phia; 18th, sch Aradne Colby New York.
Sid fm Havana 20th. scbs levi Hart, Giles, for
Philadelphia, 2lst. M Power. Watts. Cardenas
Bacon for North of Hatteras; brig Gipsy Queen
Chandler, disg, sch Norman, Smith. for North of
Hatteras.
Ar at St John. NIB. 25th. sebs Mark Pendleton,
beth DeHart, Mcintyre, Portsmouth; f hall.
Kelley, Jonesport.