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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Novelties in Fashions.

Long mantles Of ecru canvas with
stripes of gay colors are among the
novelties. They are made up in loose
style, rs the thin fabric requires, and
are trimmed with brown wool lace in
scarfs down the front.
Long black garments of MORE striped
with the new bison lace cover the wearer
from head to foot, and entirely conceal
the dress.
Brown bison lace mantles are among
the most elegant sent out by Pingat,
they are very small, and are partly of
brown velvet, and, like most new things,
have some watered ribbon bows to Or
nament them. There are also poppy
red lace mantles, while others are garnet
beads on passementerie, shaped to form
the entire garment.
Poppy red serge jackets are shown to
wear over ''print gowns" as English
tailors designate the most elaborate
dresses of muslin, and satteen. There
are also jaunty plaid homespun jackets
made with q belt across the back. loose
fronts, and hood lined with gay silk.
New gossamers for coaching and for
travelling are long redingotes of ecru
mohair made perfectly waterproof.
They have an elbow cape, and are but
toned with large wooden buttons.
The llama laces of long ago, moires of
every color and design, i'll stripes or
plainly watered. all striped silks OF one
color or in contrasts, and brocades of a
single color, are revived in some of the
best French dresses.
The simple and stylish wool canvas
1ra,coc will no ,Oo1Iah uGo1 for tho or
when cloth dresses are laid aside; the
ecru, beige, and tan-colors, with the
new dull blue shades, are most popular
in these.
For combination dresses the figured
or striped stuff is now used for the vest,
across the lower part of the front and
sides of the skirt, and down the middle
of the straight back drapery. or else
forming half of the bunched-up drapery.
Bazar.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
The BARRIERS Side OF 1t.

sYon hear A g.rccat deal of talk about
being too taikativs," sss.. Pittsburgh
barber 'tbut let me tell yea thAs the
barber vito doesn't talk isn't any good
He isn't popular with the trade and he
doesn't make a good workman. You
see, man comes in and he gets into
the chair, and the barber commences
shaving hina without saying word.
The man who is being shaved has moth.
ing to think about except himself, and
he Immediately begins to kick about
the razor. It pulls and hurts his face,
and nothing suits him, and he goes
away dissatisfied with the shop and the
bar6ef. Now, one of those good
natured. talkative BARRIERS would take
that same man and commence talking
politics and the weather, the police and
the skating rink to him; and there
would never be the slightest kick. No,
sir: the barber could use his Oldest,
duilest, and rustiest razor and the man
would never think of complaining, and
when the barber would finish combing
his hair by telling him he had hair just
like Abe Lincoln or Charles Sumner,
he'd get up and give him cigar and go
off feeling good natured, and swear that
was the best shop in the city,"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
A Hens InfatuatiOn for a Cow.

Patrick Doyle has cow on his dairy
farm near Middletown, Orange Co., n.
T., whose life is made miserable by a
hens singular attachment for her For
over a year the hen has been an insepa-
! rable companion of the COW, and spends
| all of the time, when not on her nest or
| joining the other chickens when they
are fed, perched on the cows back.
There she roosts at night, whether the
COW may be in the barn, the barnyard,
or the pasture. The COW does not APP
prove of this close companionship, and
is always trying to shake the hen off her
back or whisk her off with her tail. The
hen is always prepared for these at
tempts, and when the COW lowers her
head and shakes her shoulders the hen
trOts along her back beyond the effects
of the shaking. If this brings her with
in reach of possible whisk of the cows
tail, she watches it closely, and at the
first movement of that appendage she
trots back again to place of safety be-
tween the cows horns. At times the
COW will suddenly start on a dead run
around field or the barnyard, lowering
her head, lashing her tail, and below
ing, as if to terrify the hen into taking
her departure The hen will then
scramble to and fro on the cows back
to maintain her position, but the result
of this mauguvre on the part of the COW
is, nine times out of ten, to force its I'M
welcome companion to fly off. The COW
is no sooner at rest than the hen steals
up and mounts again to her perch. This
amusing scene is witnessed almost daily
by people who go to the farm for the
purDOse
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
All that was Left.

AS you pass through Virginia, over
and beyond Arlington Heights almost
every hilltop has a history. 1 noticed
a little hill out of Alexandria. Here, in
1861, was fortifcation covering Alex
andria and the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad. Here, after the first Bull
Run, | saw the first struggling zouaves
from Eilsworth's regiment. They were
gunless and hatless.
eve are all that are left" they said
Cali the rest were killed. That terrible
Black Horse Cavalry cut us all up,
and"
At the end of the Long bridge 1 saw
q few hundred more zouaves.
"All killed but us, " they commenced.
''The Black Horse Cavalry"
In Washington, a few hours after
ward, presume saw 500 zouaves.
eyes," they said, wringing their
hands; "a few of us escaped, and"
Two weeks afterward call was made
in New York to reorganize the zouaves,
when 200 responded to the roll call.
You see." they said, eve had orders
to fall back, and as no one counter
manded them, we fell back clear to New
York"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Women on the Frontier.
Mrs. Custer in "Boots and Saddles. 3"
says about the life of army women:

Mrs. Custer in "Boots and Saddles. 1"
says about the life of army women:
A woman on the frontier is so cher
ished and appreciated, because she has
the courage to live out there, that there
is nothing that is not done for her if she
be gracious and courteous. In twenty
little ways the officers spoiled rs; they
never allowed us to wait on ourselves,
to open or shut door, draw up our
own chair, or do any little service that
they could perform for us. If we ran to
the next house for chat, with q shawl
thrown over our heads, we rarely got a
chance to return alone, but with this
undignifed head-cOvering were formally
brought back to our door | wonder if
it will seem that we were fooIishly
petted if [ reveal that our husbands but
toned our shoes, wrapped us up if we
went out, warmed our clothes before
the fire, poured Ehe water for our bath
out of the heaRy pitcher, and studied to
do innumerable little services that a
maid would have done for us in the
States.
[ don't think it madeus helpless, how
ever. In our turn we watched every
chance we could to anticipate their
wants. We did hundred things we
would not have remembered to do had
not the quickly passing time brought
nearer each day those hours of separa-
ton when we would have no one to do
for. am sure never saw more tender
men than the officers. One learned to
conceal the fact that one was ailing or
fatigued, for 1t made them so anxious.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
FASHION NOTES.

More and more fashionable grows
tinsel braid.
None but brides wear white. kid..gIoves
nowadays.
Dinners are fashionable entertain
ments this month.
Wooden lace is used even for trim
ming underskirts.
Undressed Suede gloves remain the
fayorites for dressy occasions.
Wool canvas or sail cloth is the new
est fabric for seaside dresses.
Seaside and country dresses are now
in the hands of dressmakers.
New silk and Isle thread gloves come
in all the fashionable kid colors.
Wooden lace of the color of the gar
ment trims many mantles and costumes.
Small girls dresses are made shorter,
and they define the form more closely
in the back.
Flat turbans and conical- crowned,
narrow brimmed hats are equally fash
lonable for little girls.
Superimposed waistcoat fronts of
pleatings of MORE, Surah or lace are
seen on imported Paris wraps.
Bead embroidery on the collars, cuffs
and waistcoats of dressy jackets are
among other decorative fancies.
Plaid jackets of fine Gilbert flannel
are made with belts and hood lined
with bright or sober brown Surah.
Red silk jerseys are pretty worn over
skirts of printed satteen or percale
figured with red for house dresses.
Full jabot ruffies of black lace are
placed down the fronts, around the bot
tom, the neck and sleeves of dressy
black silk street Jackets.
All street and day house dresses are
made with very high collars fitting close
in the throat, cut on the bias, and
frequently braided or embro idered.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Liquor Selling Under Difficulties.

The Portland argus says: Friday
night four of the police raided we'll
known place. In the search in a base
ment under the house and next to the
shop, faucet was found attached to q
hose, from which ale could be freely
drawn. This hose led in through the
brick basement wall, and the officers,
not caring to take out the underpining
of the house, concluded to report to
the station for further orders. One Off
Ger went to the station and the others
remained awaiting events. The faucet,
being under the third or fourth stair
from the top was reached by some one
from the house and cut before Capt.
Black got to the premises. The barrel
to which the hose was attached emp.
tied itself into the basement room, and
mass of froth was about all that was
visible on his arrival.
Then commenced what eliminated in
about four hours solid work in getting
at the place of deposit. 1t appeared
that portion of this basement wall was
SO arranged that it swung on hinges,
and when closed appeared like the solid
wall, and when opened disclosed re-
ceptacle under ground-a cave IN fact,
large enough to hold three barrels of
ale-and on tearing out the walls of the
cave still another hole was found large
enough for two barrels. What required
about four hours work for the officers
to open could have been done by the
proprietor in as many minutes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
A Keeper on Elephants.

An elephant is nobodys fool, says a
keeper. They're very like human
creatures. Some of them are good
natured and some are ugly. They're
just like children. When [ have them
out IN the morning for dress rehearsal,
they're are as quick as cats, minding
| almost before the word is out of nv
mouth. But in the afternoon they are
gaping this way and that, doing every
thing but attending to business, be-
cause they know that I won't strike
them before crowd of spectators. They
hate to take medicine, too, unless it has
little of the "craythur" in it. Are
elephants ever sick? Oh, yes they
often have the collie. When they begin
to double up L give 'em a dose OF five or
SIX gallons of rum and ginger. About
five gallons of rum and whisky are pre-
scribed for the chilIs. Solid drugs are
given in pills. A pill eight inches in
diameter and containing Sc worth of
quinine does the business for a cold
while pepsin pill is given when one
gets off his feed. gave Juno over $50
worth OF quinine in one fit of sickness.
They don't like pills as well as the
whisky, and it's good deal of lob to
get them down. The best way is toput
pill on the end Of a stick. make them
open their mouths, and shove it down
before they realize the situation. Some
times we cut out the middle Of a turnip
and put the drugs inside the vegetable.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
ADMIRAL PORTER ON THE WAR.
Ee Relieves That Neither Russia Nor
England Really Wants to Fight

Admiral Porter said to a reporter:
As to England and Russia, they remind
him of two big dogs, full of growl, put
ver7 little fight. He did not think that
the subject under controversy was
worth going to wal about, and, besides,
neither of these two great powers souiq
afford it, Another feature was that
England and Russia were united by the
marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh 10
the daughter of the late Gar, and TINS
would be q very important factor IN
bringing about an amicable arrange
ment. The Russians were naturally
warlike and were born soldiers, but they
could not do much against Eng land'
Referring to the dem constructions OF en-
thusiasm made at the appearance OF the
Gear at one of the st. Petersburg
theatres. Admiral Porter said that the
Gar might attempt some maneuvres to
distract the minds of his subjects from
thoughts of Nihilism and dynamite,
but there the matter would end. he
did not believe that either side meant
war in earnest, for it was terrible
thing now, and not at all like conflicts
of but a generation ago. England could
gain nothing by war, and the talk OF
equipping swift cruisers for privateerlng
purposes was not worth considering.
Russia had no commerce that could be
materially affected by these cruisers,
and the only effect of such a course
would be to drive few merchantmen
into the Black Sea ports, where they
could never be reached. These were
only few of the reasons why there
would be no sense in a war, and the ex-
cited utterances of few Englishmen
need not be taken into account. 1t was
but natural when any attempt was made
against England's allies or possessions
that considerable bad feeling would crop
out, but this would be soon allayed.
When brought face to face with strug-
gle involving millions of treasure and
thousands of lives, peaceful measures
would prevail eventually, for Russia had
once before been taught severe lesson
by England and her Ministers, and the
Czar would not quickly forget it. Be-
sides, from all he could learn, the
country in dispute was not worth fight
ing about, and especially if some of the
illustrations he had seen in the papers
were reliable. To the best of his in
formation and belief the present war
scare would soon subside and the bound
airy line in dispute would be settled
without resort to arms.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Lumber Dealers aud the Kinks,

The Pittsburgh Post says" The
persons who are chiefly to blame for
the roller skating rink curse" said a
well-known citizen to q Post reporter
recently, &c are the lumber dealers.
You see the lumber dealers have very
little demand for their timber. They
are glad to get rid of it even at loss.
They enter into a contract with a man.
and say: Here, 1 will build a rink and
allow you 25 per cent. Of the profits for
managing it. The proposition is readily
accepted. The rink is built; thousands
flock to it. Money is coined day after
day. In short time the establishment
more than pays for itself. The lumber
man keeps on drawing his rs per cent.
of the profits. His success encourages
him. He builds another rink in neigh
boring town, with a like result The
money continues to pour in. This is
kept up until the lumber dealer has an
interest in a dozen or more Of these
resorts. I know lumber firm in this
town which has made thousands and
thousands of dollars by these means
within the last year. They have Kinks
all through western Pennsylvania and
eastern Ohio. Why, for instance, look
at the little town of Mansfield, 1t has
two Kinks now, and there is talk of build
ing third one. Connellsyille has two.
and right across the river in New Haven
they have two now. The entire popula.
ton of both towns will not exceed 5000.
They are filled daily"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
The Story OF "JOSiar.o

never kin forget the day that we
went out a-walking, and sot down on
the river bank, and kept on hours
a-talkin'; he twisted up my apron string
an folded it together, an said he
thought for harvest time twas GURUS
kind O. weather. The sun went down
as we sotsthere; Josiah seemed uneasy,
and mother she began to call: ''Lo-
weezy! Oh, Loweezy !" An then Jo-
siah spoke right up as I was just a
startin', an said, "Loweezy, what's
the use of US two ever partin' ?" 1t
kind O. took me by surprise, an yet 1
knew twas comm; I'd heard it all the
summer long in every wild bees hum
min; I'd studied out the way I'd act;
but, law L couldn't do it; L meant to
hide my love from him, but seems as if
he knew it; in looking down into my
eyes he must seen the fire; an ever
since that hour I've loved an worshiped
my Josiar.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
A Wise Hen.

Mr.. Stirling is the possessor of q re-
markable hen, and relates the following
incident In the life of that sagacious
fowl: She brought up brood of chick
ems recently, which event created con-
siderable excitement and festivity in a
colony of rats, which at once commenced
system of plumber contenting them
selves with chick and half for dinner
daily.
The hen stood this massacre of inno-
cents Tor day or two, but one morning,
as sleek rat, grown insolent from living
nigh ON toothsome chicks, stalked along
In the neighborhood of chicken which
was tritling carelessly with a crust of
bread. the wrath of the mother was
aroused. She few at the rat, pounced
on MN, caught him by the back, and
carrying the robber to a tubful of water.
dropped him into it with a revengefui
cluck; The rat was drowned, and the
brood has since been free from the raids
OF the surviving rodents.-Sdn Fran
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Civil Service Examinations,

The Cincinnati Gazette says: A lady
from Illinois was an applicant under the
civil service rules for place in the de-
partments. She passed her examination
with brilliant success. The next day
she wrote the following note to friend ::
"Yours received; come over; I want to
tell you how well done at the examina-
ton" To the question, "What is a
vacuum ?" one of the written answers in
a recent examination was, ga vacuum is
an empty space without anything in it, -
To the question, "What is the geology
of West Virginia ?" one reply was
"Rough." To the question, "W6at is a
writ of habeas corpus ?" one reply was
written, sit is an act to take a dead
body out of prison" and another was
"It is an act of lunacy." Describe the
compass and its use," elected the follow.
ing luminous answer: "a compass is a
round circular box, standing on a three
legged tripod which always points to the
north" A while ago the question, Glow
far is the sun from the earth ?' was fopnd
to have been thus answered on one i'm
patient victims papers: 81 don't know.
but it's so far it will never interfere with
my performing my duties if 1 am
appointed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Dividing Ii Up.

A good story is told by local paper,
of farmer in Georgia, who rented some
land last year to colored man for a
third of the crop. When the drought
came on his corn and cotton were affected
by it. He gathered two bales of cotton
and two wagon loads of corn. The lat
ter he penned up for his own use and
the cotton was sold. When his land
lord called for his share he was told that
there was none for him. He was thun-
dorstruck and asked: Didn't | rent
you the land for third of the crop 2"
Eyes, boss" said the darkey, "but you
see dere was no third. Dere was only
two bales of cotton and two loads Of
corn; all mine and muffin for you by de
contract" And the landlord could not
make cuffee believe any other way.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
The Patient Camel.

Do you remember the story in the
school books about the patience of the
camel-how it chews a cud, goes with.
out food or water, and carries unlimited
burdens through long periods of time,
but how at last there comes time when
he gets the rabies? The camel-driyer
coming along some morning finds his
animal stark mad. Does he jump in
and wrestle with the beast? No; he
goes wisely to his tent, gathers together
his old clothes, stuffs them with straw,
goes back and throws the dummy to the
camel, who proceeds to have a picnic OF
fury over it. When the camel has torn
the dummy to pieces, its rage is sati.
ated, and thenceforward for months, till
a new fit seizes it, the beast is once
more patient servant.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Up Salt River.

The origin of the phrase, Cup Salt
River" is thus explained by the 1fog-
Gz''ee Of american History: "Salt
River, geographically, is tributary of
the Ohio. Its source is in kentucky.
and, being very crooked and difficult of
navigation, it was in the early days a
favorite stronghold for river pirates.
These hlghwaymen were i'll the habit of
preying upon the commerce of the Ohio
and rowing their plumber up Salt River,
whence it was never recovered. Hence
it came to be said of anything that was
irrevocably lost, It's rowed up Salt
River. By an easy transition it was ap
piled to unsuccessful candidates. sHe
has been rowed (or rode) up s. r. or
Wen row him Cor ride him) up s. r.
next fall
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
A New Letter of LincOIn,s.

We are enabled, by the courtesy of a
friend, to publish letter of Abraham
Lincoln's to a railway superintendent,
on the subject of renewing railway
pass. The letter was found during the
war in the litter of an Office, and eagerly
secured by a person. The present
owner of the letter forwarded $50 to the
said person, and obtained possession of
it. The letter is signed A. LINCOLN.
DEAR SIR: Says Tom to John, "Here's
your old rotten wheelbarrow." "I'ye
broke it, usen ON it." 81 wish Won
would mend it, case I shall want to Dor
row it this afternoon"
Acting on this as precedent, say.
Heres your 'old chalked hat. wish
you would take it and serd me a new
one, case 1 shall want to use it the first
of March "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07
Saloons In the South.

The st. Louis Republican says: Gov.
st. John, since his return from the
South, confesses that the temperance
work is further advanced in the South
than i'll the North. Mississippi has $50
saloons, Minnesota, with about the same
population, has over 5000 saloons !;
Arkansas has 1874 saloons, California,
with about the same population, has
1860 saloons. Old Bourbon Kentucky
has 4 ,461 saloons, and Ohio, 1890.
Startling as the statement may be, in
proportion to the population, the North
has twice as many saloons as the South.
And yet the South is Democratic and
the North Republican, and striving to
be prohibitian also.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-07

Having experienced great deal Of
''Trouble' from indigestion, so much SO
that came near losing nay
Life!
My trouble always came 6itsF eating my
food
However light
And digestible,
For two or three hours at a time 1 had to
go through most
Excruciating pains,
And the only way ever got"
"Relief!n
Was by throwing up sn my stomach con
tanned No one can conceive the pain that
l had to go through, until
"At last"
1 was takenl $50 that for three weeks !
lay in bed and
Could sat nothingl
Nv sufferiurs we're so that called two
doctors to give Ire something that would
stop the pain; their
Efforts we're no good to me.
At last heard good deal
"About your Hop Bitters
And determined to try them"
Got bottle-in four hours took the CON
tents of
Onel
Next day was out of bed, and have not
seen
"Sick!"
Hour, from the same cause since.
Ihave recommended it to hundreds OF 9th
ers You have no such
Advocate as | am. "-George Kendall, Al
iston, Boston, Mass. -
Columbus Advocate, Texas, April u, 80.
Dear Editor:-I have triei your HOP Bitters,
and find they are good Tor any complaint.
The best medicine l ever used IN my fam
lily. II r,,rn