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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
EAST ELMoRE.
Mr.. Wakefield is fast falling.

Mr.. Wakefield is fast failing.
The death of Mrs. Lizzie NJ. Brown
occurred the 18th, and the funeral was
held the Doth. G. G. Brown wishes to
saw to the friends and neighbors that he
is very thankful for their kindness to his
wife during her long sickness. She
was 43 years of age the 18th day OF July
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
GODDARD SEMINARY,
BARRE, VERMONT.

FAIL IERM OPENS 7 q EODd II n Q u AUtH'
A boarding and day school for both sexes.
Good Board, including room, heat, lights
and washing, $3.50 week.
Tuition moderate. Full courses of study. Spec
ial attention to preparation for College Location
and facilities excellent. Full board of nine teach
ers will remain the same as last year. Eight en-
bowed scholarships give free buttons to as many
Studants cOmnIvinp with the conditions. Depart
ment OF Music and Art: Resident teachers OF
large and successful experience give their whole
time to these branches. Diplomas given in Mu-
steal Department. Daily lessons to those making
music a specially. All branches of Painting, wa;
ter-colors ETC., taught. Further information and
catalogues gladly furnished on application to the
Principal, a. w. DANA, BARRE ~
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

Some remarkable cures of deafness are
recorded of DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Never fails to cure ear-ache.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
FOR SALE
NOTICE

Is hereby given that have sold my son Lucius
E. Salles his time during the remainder of his
minority, and shall claim none of his wages, nor
pay any debts of his contracting after this date.
STOWE, Aug. 8, 1885. GEO. w. SALLIES.
Witness-V, p, MACUTCHEN. 94w3
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
MARRIED.

CCRILLIS-FRENCH-In johnson, Aug. 18th,
1885. by Rev, A, a. Smith, Edward McCrillis
and Mary French, both of Hardwick.
SNOW-MARSHALL-In Stowe, by Justice r.
II. Howieson, of Gilmore, Arthur L. Snow and
Mary E. Marshall, both of Stowe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
DIED..

HUNT-In Leicester, Aug. 18th, Widow Achsoh
Hunt, aged SO years.
GILBERT-In johnson, Aug. 10th, 1885, Flora G.
Brady, wife of Stephen Gilbert aged 81 years,
IL months and days. Franklin County papers
please copy.
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& Lowell Railroad
VERMONT DIVISION

nr1 E3 6Gwr. TRAINS MOVING nE MES Tr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-30
BELLEVUE La, THURSDAY APRIL 80, 1885.

any other day, but, strange though it
may seem, some captains that have
known would not lower boat for them
on that day.
although / have, as sailor before
the mast, been around Cape Horn and
the Cape of Good Hope, yet my voyage
in whaler was to the South Atlantic,
on which cruise we touched at Fayal,
Pernambuco, st. Helena, Tristan
d'Acunha and other Islands in the
Southern seas. That voyage was my
last. never was cut out for a sailor,
and | found it out very soon, but was
not willing to acknowledge it until had
seen the elephant which l did. to-
gether with large part of the tail.
Immediately upon a whale being
harpooned, he sounds, that is, goes
under water at lightning speed, as does
also the line to which he is attached,
making it necessary to throw water
upon it to prevent it from taking fire
from the friction. 1t has been claimed
that whale can run at speed of a
mile minute. They can not remain
long below but must come up to
breathe. When a whale is struck, the
boatsteerer is relieved by the header,
and he mans the steering until the
whale turns up; when a whale dies his
belly turns uppermost. Then the boats
are all fastened together, the sails
hoisted and then commences a long, tie.
dious pull. You might think they would
lay to and let the ship come up. The
ship does come up as fast as it can, but
it has to beat up, for whales invariably
run to windward and oftentimes boat
is miles away from the ship when a
prize is captured. Not infrequently
darkness oyertakes them long way
from their berths.
while cruising off the coast of Brazil
we fell in one day with New London
whaler, Cape Horner, homeward
bound. She had been out three or
four years, and not being full was cruis-
ing little time on the whaling ground
of that section. We spoke her twice
and CANNED with her. What does
CANNED mean? Visited. One of her
crew was an old fellow-townsman and
schoolmate of mine, who had left home
two or three years before did on this
voyage. He was the only man / ever
met at sea or abroad anywhere that
ever knew or saw before.
''Now, in conclusion want to say to
every young lad who reads the Free
Press, that if he wishes to see the world,
or has any inclination to 60 to sea, take
my advice. Go to work on land and
earn money enough to crafty your de-
sire to travel Then you can satisfy
your curiosity without undergoing the
privations that one must meet who goes
as did and hundreds of others have
done, and come back to tell and record
such experiences as they never would
have passed through had they had the
slightest idea of what was before them. "
Detroit Free Press.
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NUMBER s.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The University at Oxford has apph-
ances for printing books in one hundred
andi fly languages and dialects.
-Wilkesbarre citizens told the school
principals that they did not want their
young girls" to deliver declamations
in schools, as it has tendency to make
them very bold. Pittsburgh Post.
in some of the rural churches in
Holland it is customary to smoke during
the service. A foreigner. who recently
preached to Dutch congregation, had
among his audience the pastor Of the
church, who smoked his pipe like the
rest.
The Episcopal or Anglican Church
has in England and Wales IA, ,172 bene-
fees, $500 curates aud 5000, 900 church
sittings. In Great Britain and colonies
and the United States there are, includ-
ing two Archbishops, 22S Bishops. The
number of the clergy is as follows: En-
gland and Wales, q, 900; Ireland, 1,750;
Scotland, $50; Colonies and India, 1000;
United States, $500; total, 29,500.
Investigation among the school
children Of London has shown a sad
deterioration in eyesight and it is pro-
posed to increase the size of type in
textbooks. 1t would be interesting to
know if any difference in the average
visual range, as between the dwellers
in large city and those in the country,
exists because of the constant presence
of obstructing walls before the eyes of
the former Chicago Current.
"A writer in the Overland Monthly
discussing the question ''How Shall We
Educate Our Boys?" says: 1T is inter-
esting to know that whereas, formerly,
men went to the universities only to
prepare for the professions, now, many
business men, merchants and manu-
facturerS, and even well-to-do farmers
and tradesmen, are giving their boys
the advantageof the higher education,
although destining them to follow their
own pursuits"
"A collection has been taken up in
Washington, d. c., the proceeds to be
used in repairing Pohick Church, near
Mount Vernon. The church was al
ways attended by the Father of his
Country, though he was yestryman of
and always maintained pew in Christ
Church, Alexandria, to whose erection
he was a contributor. Pohick Church
is nearly two centuries old, and was
constructed from material brought from
England. The most interesting men,
ories, as well as memorials, are at
tached to this ancient fame.
The. Director of Primary Instruc-
ton in Italy recently submitted to the
Government his report on the operation
of the obligatory law during 1882.
He makes very remarkable showing.
Out of 1921 children subject to the
law, 1,735,1 185 were enrolled in the
schools at the beginning of the school
year. By March there were 1900, 755
in attendance, and of this number only
232, ,929 were, at the end of the year,
presented for examination. This lamen-
table condition of things the Director
believes largely due the poverty of the
people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-30
IT, GRAND TOUR.

How an Excursionist Visited the Historical
Points of Interest in the Old World, and
How He Profited by His Visit.
81 see," said a man, addressing an
acquaintance with whom he was walk
ing along the street, ''that they are get.
ting up another one of those cheap ex-
cursions to Europe. Ever go on one of
them?"
mo, did you?''
Ibid IP Well, yes. My great de-
sire to visit the old country robbed me
of sleep. thought that if I could just
go to England and catch up handful
of the soil which the great poets have
trod, [ would be the happiest man in
the world. met the excursion party at
New York. We were to be furnished
an excellent guide, and I suppose we
were. When we got on the ship the
guide said: This is the ship and that
water out yonder is the ocean. The
town you have just left is New York.
That thing over yonder is another ship.
See that up thereP It's bridge. See
the tug? That thing it drags along is
ship. Hear shat noise? It's bell.
Somebody's ringing it. If nobody
were to ring it, you couldn't hear
it. Well, now we are going.
That kissing noise is made by the
steam. Here we 90. You see we have
left New York This was certainly in.
structive, out a little too chatty,
thought. We were to visit all the great
places of historical interest, and was
glad that our guide was so willing fo
explain every thing. When we disem.
barked at Liverpool he hurried us to the
railroad and then into number OF
clothes closets. This is train,' said
he. Now we are going That's En-.
gland on this side. and this over here ID
also England. Here's station. That
noise you heard was caused by some
one slamming a door. He'll slam il
again after awhile. Here we go toward
London When we arrived in the great
city he hurried US to a hotel. He
seemed to think we were all children
Early the next morning he came around
and said that he was ready to show III
the sights. Put US in hacks and had III
hauled around. 'Yonder is the Tower
of London said he. Couple Of young
sters murdered there some time ago
English papers haven't got hold of the
news yet. Was published in Americs
some years ago. All, here's Westmin-
ster Abbey! Lot of old fellows buried
in there. Belonged to the first families
of Virginia, I believe. Yonder's the
Parliament House. Pretty good-size
shanty, you observe. Well. let's go
back to the hotel. You have seen Lon
don, so tomorrow we start for France.
That's the way it was during the entire
time, and when / returned home ]
didn't know as much about Europe as |
did before l started on the great tour. "
-ArkanSGt0 Traveller.
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PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A new drama is called ''The Skat-
ing Rink" The actors are studying
their roles and have begun to tumble to
the business of the piece. Boston Com
nlercidl- Bulletin.
There is demand for something
new in the way of sauces." writes a
millionaire caterer. The sauce fur
nished by the average servant girl seems
to be getting old.-Boston Posi-.
you may speak," said fond
mother, ''about people having strength
of mind, but when it comes to strength
of don't mind my son William surpasses
everybody l ever knew N. Y MdtI
and EIpresS."
-Enfant Terrible -"Say, Mr.. Snobby,
can you play cards?' Snobby-why,
no, Johnny. can't play very well"
E. T.-"Well. then, you'd better look
out, for ma says if Emma plays her
cards well she'll catch you. LIFE.
-"ShaIl / put small or big head on
this articleP" asked the telegraph editor.
Just then a poet timidly opened the
door, and the managing editor sang
out: "Put big head on it." The poet
ducked back and went rapidly down
stairs.-M z. Sun.
"a monthly journal published in
Paris is devoted to nothing but the art
of stamp collecting" There are quito
number of daily and weekly
journals in this country devoted mainly
to the same thing; but some OF them
lose more stamps than they collect
No4,-l efo3D11 Herald
English at the universities: First
undergraduate (reading)i "Will this
do, GusP Mr.. Smith presents his COM
pliments to Mr.. Jones, and finds he has
cap which isn't mine. So, if you have
cap which isn't his, no doubt they are
the ones " Second undergraduate:
20, yes! first rate. London Punch.
The shortest letter ever sent was as
follows: Dear Som" and the shortest
reply was: Dear Father" 1t turns
out that the father meant, Dear Son =
Send my coal on" and that the reply
of the son, who was coal dealer, was
Dear Father-Coal on" Semi-colon
and colon never before had been put tc
such use.-GoIden Days.
| Hash has saved the lives of great
many people-by their not eating it
Hash is a noun, common-in boarding
houses-often parsed and frequently de
clined, neuter gender, singular case
Shakespeare had it in mind when h
wrote of ''mincing matters" Hash i
like good many other things-it has Il
be taken largely on faith. Many peopl
object to it, when they are not in realit
accustomed to anything better. Thos
who are continually clamoring TO
better fare should eat sawdust, which
really fine board, - Troy Times,
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The Infant Terrible.

A good woman left her son at home
while she ran across the street to attend
a meeting OF ladies in a church near by.
The boy was to watch the dinner pot,
containing, among other things, calf's
head, and he was to see that the water
in the pot should not boil over.
At the meeting, which was to arrange
for a church festival, several grave
elders and the clergyman himself were
present. The latter had called upon to
make few remarks, and he was in the
midst of his talk when the boy thrust
his head in at the doorway and whis-
pered:
Mammal
The mother frowned and shook her
finger warningly, but the boy was not to
be awed. Filled with the Importance Of
his errand, he shouted:
Mamma, you needn't wink at me;
but you'd better come right away, for
the calls head is buttin' all the dump
Inns out OF the potr'-Bost0n Herald.
A girl was attacked with fits in q
laundry at Lansingburg the other after
noon. The attack so exc ted the other
female employees in the shop that soon
eight were prostrated by illness. One
was so seriously affected it was feared
she would die, and a clergyman was
sent for,-IToq Times.
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A SERIOUS CHARGE,

He is tender and gentle and good to me al
ways;
have loved him from girlhood, shall love
him till death.
The home he has made me a true lovers
Eden,
Except fora serpent that's lurking beneath:
Here sit and embroider paint plaques, and
write poetry,
And wait for his coming-his fond little
wife;
But when / rush to him and ask if he love
me,
He kisses me, saying: you bet your sweet
life"
q. how can bear it? For love is so serious,
So sweet and SO solemn, that cruel the
pang
The true heart must feel when its deepest
outpouring
Is met in such fashion with jesting and
slang.
But the end is approaching, and, cen though
it kill me,
I'll leave him, since surely he has no re-
gard
For his wife-or to-day when I asked if he
loved me
He'd never have answered-"Why, cert,
little pard!'
Adam Clark, in HdtcIaet
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RECKONING TIME.
The Methods of Marking the Passage of
Time by Various Peoples.

The Methods of Marking the Passage of
Time by Various Peoples.
Among many peoples the modes OF
reckoning time do not deserve the
name of system. The Otaheitans used
the changes of the moon and the growth
of the bread fruit; the Makha Indians
on Cape Flattery the moon and the
seasons, of which latter they distin-
guished two, the cold and the warm;
The Muysca Indians, according to Hum
boldt, had 81 lunar months in their
cycle. and 20 of these cycles formed
larger one. Where there were no re-
ligious festivals connected with the new
or the full moon, people gave up the
luni-solar year altogether and adopted
the solar year only, confining themselves
to bringing day and night into con-
nection with it as far as possible, and
paying no regard to the moons course.
1t was soon found that the solar year
was approximately 800 days in length,
and this we find first in the year of
the ancient Egyptians. They divided
their solar year of 365 days into
II months, each of 80 days,
to which they added supple
mentary days. Theyear were counted
according to the reigns, and the Canon
of Ptolemy is chronological table Civ
ing the commencing years of the vari-
Gus kings. The same form of year is
found among the Persians, with the
difference that the supplementary days
are added to the eighth and not to the
twelfth month. Their months had
names, not numbers, and their years
were reckoned from the accession of
Sezdegird, an era from which the Per-
slams, especially in some parts of India,
still count their years. It is remarka-
BILE that so inexact year, originating
so long ago, should have existed through
centuries down to our own day, al
though its incorrectness was early
recognized. The Egyptians, for whom
the time of the rising. of the
Nile, at the ascent of Sirius,
was of great Importance, noticed
soon the occurrence came later and
later in their year; on New Years Day
four years later it was the second day,
eight years the third. and so on. On
this they based the Sothis, or Dog-star
period Of 1,461 Egyptian years, in the
course of which. Sirius rose successively
on every day of the year. Then came
the knowledge of the year of 1861 days,
which is tolerably exact, and of this
there are several forms of years. In
Egypt the change to the more exact
reckoning was accomplished in simple
Christian at Work.
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As an argument serving to prove
that plants are beneficial to health it is
observed that no class of men average
healthier than those who work CON
stantly among growing plants in hot
houses.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-30

bombay husbands cut off their
wives noses for punishment. In
q single week FIVE such cases were 70
ported.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-30

1t is not a good plan to allow cat
tie and swine to run together. Prairfs
Farmer.
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AT her reception, two weeks ago.
among others who were presented to
her by Marshal McMichael, the master
of ceremonies, was DIR. Mary Walker.
The nondescript parsonage, wearing
tight trousers and a little coat, and
carrying cane, presented a most gro
tesque and ridiculous figure, utterly out
of keeping with the surroundings. Mrs.
McElroy spoke word or two to her
rather unexpected guest; and, as it so
happened, the next person that was pre-
sented to her was Miss Mann. To her
her Mrs. McElroy made the neat re-
mark: Il have just been presented to
woman who would like to be a man.
l am pleased now to meet Mann who
is content to remain woman. Boston
Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-04-30
TWASN'T HERE.

The Sad-Eyed Stranger who Was Look
ing for a Mate.
He stood with back to the railing on
the ferry dock, bribing the sun to shine
down on his rheumatic points, when a
second man came strolling up, and they
saluted:
''Howdy, CaptainP"
"Howdy, Captain?"
They had scarcely started conversation
when the third man appeared, and this
time it was:
"'Morning, Captain" :"
"'Morning, Captain"
Captains White and Smith, good
morning to you"
In the course of three or four min
utes man walked out of a saloon a
hundred feet away, and as he came
sauntering down it was:
''Ah-ha Captainr
''Hello! Captain!'
''Ah! Captain, glad to see you!"
Captains Smith, White and Green,
good morning.
The same programme was continued
until seven "Captains" stood rubbing
their backs on the railing. A stranger
who had observed the various meetings
and heard each man addressed by his
title suddenly began looking around and
making inquiries for the Harbor-
Masters grappling-hooks.
What's up? What dye want of the
grapplersp" asked one.
II want to recover the body of the
poor fellow"
"Who?"
why, being you are all Captains it
is likely the mate fell off the deck before
any of you got here! I'm going to find
one somewhere, even if at the bottom of
the riverr'
They all looked at him for dread
fully long time without as much as
winking, and when he moved away not
man of them betrayed himself, al
though there was only one man in the
lot entitled to be called Captain. De
trott Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-15

E1r AS the firm of Strother Bros. has
changed hands by Mr. Henry Lifts buy
ing half interest in the office. it is ne
cessary that all subscriptions to the
REFLECTOR up to the close of the Sc
cond volume, and all advertising and
job work due the old firm up to Octo-
Der lst, 1855, be settled immediately.
and this week we mail to each subscrib-
er the amount of their Indebtedness on
subscription up to the commencement
of the third volume. This is an import
ant item to the retiring managers and
we sincerely hope that each person re-
celylng their account will give it their
IMMEDIATE attention. The business
men will be called on within the next
week and it will be great favor to us
If they will have their bills made
out to Oct. LIST, SO there may be no I'M
necessary delay in squaring accounts.
We are thankful for the support which
you have given the paper and trust that
1t may be continued to the new firm.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-15
Carlton Items.

Political excitement is not very strong
at present. a good indication that the
best man will get the most votes.
The Carlton school is progressing
nicely under the charge of Miss Carrie
SINNERS.
School at No. 80 opened last Monday
with an enrolment of Is.
Our jolly postmaster says business is
hundred per cent bettef than it was a
month ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guthrie. of Marissa,
Ills, are visiting at Mr.. F. Stevenson's.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Smith are making
arrangements to start on an extended
visit in short time. They 60 first to
their daughters in Iowa and then to
some point in Florida where they will
spend the winter.
j. F. Baxter, one of the leading stock
men Of this part of the county is feed
ing hundred head of steers which he
says must yield him $4,000.
At last the people of the county feel
that their greatest hopes are to be re-
allied and that the long talked of rail-
road will be built. More than hun
dred men with teams are camped here
and they are pushing the work of grad
ing right along.
A very unfortunate thing occurred
last Friday afternoon on Mr.. John
Watts place. One of the railroad men
stepped into the orchard for some pur-
pose and while there struck a match to
light his pipe. He then threw the burn
ing match in the grass which caught
the fire. 1t being very windy the fire
spread so rapidly that before it could be
checked almost the entire orchard wa:
destroyed. HoosIER.
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$500 Reward.

StrayeG or stolen from A. NJ. Ger
mans farm, 4 miles northeast of Solo
mon City, large dapple gray horse;
weighs about l ,225 lbs; is in good flesh
ana travels well; 6 years old; carries his
head high; short gray main and tail;
SHOES on front feet; has very large feet;
also had on part of buggy harness when
strayed or stolen. will pay the above
reward for the return of said horse to
Klce " Badgers Livery Stable, Abilene,
kas:, or will pay SO for any infor-
nation that will lead to the recovery
OF the horse. Address,
j. S. WISE, Under Sheriff.
VI Rlce u Badger, Abilene, Kas.