News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-03


tlmore Journalist, ETC., Etc.
Uncle Billy Adams was furnishing the
music for gathering at the residence Of
a well-known planter in Dooly county
missouri, given in honor of a visiting
young lady from Augusta. The nigh
was warm, and the windows were thrown
open. Miss Alice, weary of dancing,
noticed the bird cage hanging among
the vines which grew over the veranda,
the inmate of which was aroused to its
sweetest strains of song by Uncle Billy's
fiddle. Tapping her finger lightly upon
the cage, Miss Alice felt the vinebuds
playing about her hand. ''My God p
exclaimed one of the dancers, as he
looked toward the girl, "look there r'
A shrek from Miss Alice, and she fell to
the floor. As she fell huge snake was
seen circling down her arm from the
cage across her shoulders, and as she lay
PROSTATE gathered itself in huge coil
upon her BOSOM With its mouth wide
open, its fangs set, and pressing its head
closely to the girls cheek, the moment
was one of intense excitement. The
ominous rattle was heard when Uncle
hest airs, and the reptile quickly crawled
OFF, wriggling its way toward the music
and out of tne house. 81 dess knowed
dat 'ud fotch um," said Uncle Billy, as
he caressed his instrument. ''Does
creepin' creeturs is might fond of
music" The reptile was followed and
killed, when it was found to measure
eight feet.
A RETIRED old Sc captain in the
North of England bought horse
to please his wife. The ami
NAL proved to be frisky, and sew
eral times succeeded in splitting the old
lady. At last the captain attempted to
break the unruly steed of his vicious
habits. He took kedge anchor, with
stout line, and fastening one end of
the line to the axle of his phaton, took
the kedge aboard, and the two men
started for drive along the shore. Soon
the vicious animal spied something which
gave him an excuse to run away, and
dashed off with frightful vivacity. The
captain dropped the reins, and sum-
moned all hands to let go the "anchor."
The anchor was let go, and caught firmly
In the sand. The unsuspecting quadru-
ped pranced joyously along until he got
to the end of the rope, and then he
paused-paused so suddenly that the
pheton was demolished, and the two
men shot up into the air like a couple of
sky rockets, coming down in fearfully
dilapidated condition.
THE Lancaster Ledger publishes the
following remarkable story: Son the
plantation of Mr.. r. T. Dunlop live two
negroes whose house has lately been
showered with rocks from the skies.
This wonderful phenomenon of rocks
falling has been going ON in that locality
at intervals for more than ten days, and
people for miles around gather there to
witness it. The rocks vary in size from
an egg to a cocoanut. A popularity
about them is that they have fallen upon
several persons without giving any hurt
or pain. A number of white men who
hooted at the idea, have visited the
place and are convinced of the truth of
the story. A number of gentlemen
rode out on Monday to witness the phe-
nomenon. They were not there long
before sound on the shingles notified
them that a rock had fallen. 1t was
picked up and found to be quite hot. It
resembled flint and had something on it
which resembled SCOT. A very honest
old darkey told a party that he saw
rock rise up from near peach tree and
go straight up in the air."
PRINCES BAY is full of sea
turtles. How the turtles came
there is explained by the fact that
a few weeks ago several vessels came |
into port at one time, bringing large |
cargoes of green turtles. The result |
was that the market was overstocked,
and green turtle became too cheap to
please one Yankee captain, who decided
to hold his stock for raise. He ran
his vessel down to Staten Island, and
along the Kill Won Kull found two |
unused docks close together. He built |
a bulkhead across the ends of the docks |
and tumbled his cargo into what he |
supposed was secure pond or corral.
There were in that pen many tons of |
material for fine turtle soup, but a big
storm swept down from Newark Bay, |
bursting the captains turtle pen, and
letting his turtles escape.
THERE is journalist in Baltimore, a
man of long experience and with habits
almost Puritanical in their steadiness,
who spends his vacation in very novel
He is a man of family, and in
his residence there is large and COM
Portable cellar. If his family desires to
go away he interposes no objections, but |
he says that, as far as he is concerned, |
he is not going to pay So or 81 day |
for being cooped up in summer resort |
hotel room when he has right at hand so |
many facilities for comfort. So, when |
his holiday comes, he has the cellar
cleaned and fitted up with |
sofa, easy chairs, hammocks, etc. He
collects the best things in literature, LAYS
In stock of provisions and plenty of
cigars and tobacco, and for two weeks
he enjoys the luxuries of life like
king, exiled in his own cellar.
THE village of Ellsworth, in England,
was recently visited by a remarkable
plague of flies, which simultaneously
covered an area of one mile. At some
places it was impossible to move without
closing the eyes and mouth. Around
every lamp in the town the spectacle was
most curious. Attracted by the light
thick swarms abounded, and their buzz
resembled that of hive of bees. At the
Post Office, where the upper portion of
the door is open for ventilation, and
where necessarily the light is kept burn
ing till the early morning, the insects
covered the sorting boards, letters and |
bags, and had to be continually swept |
off with brushes. At one lamp they |
simply hung down in clusters.
THE employees of Chicago commits
sion house few days ago were greatly |
at hearing the chirping of |
chicks proceeding from case of newly
received eggs they were handling Upon
investigation a novel Matching was de-
Veloped. Snugly located in half dozen
spaces where should have been eggs
we're young chickens. AS the eggs had
been in transit by the railroad longer
than day it is evident that the chicks
were Matched while en- route to the
market. This is the first time such an
incident has been reported in the egg
trade of Chicago, and is new departure
in finding supplies for poultry custo-
mers or contirmatory of the report that |
the weather has been warm.
In the northern part of Nebraska an
Irish colony, called Jackson, has been |
settled for twenty nine years, six of the |
colonists of which are worth from $40 |
900 to $50, 600 each. They were very
poor when they arrived there, and were
so discouraged by the desolate APP
pearance of the prairie and the loneliness |
and desolation, which affected the Irish |
so much that if they had the money they
would have left. Fortunately they had |