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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
A Bucking Broneho.

Says the Denver (Col.) Ne,os: Bill
Parker, a well-known mining man OF
Colorado, tells a story about horse,
which he says is true. Several years ago
he bought a buckskin broncho in the
Ute Agency from an Indian for quart
of whisky, and shipped it to Leadville.
About month afterward he went to
Leadville, and one day thought he would
take ride. He put q saddle on the
brute's back and cinched the animal up
in the manner that all meek-eyed bron-
chos are cinched up, and jumped astride.
Bill says he felt himself rising in the air,
the broncho sticking to him, then he
felt a shock, and remembered nothing
more until he was fshed out of the Ar
kansas river. The animal had run away
and thrown him over an embankment
thirty feet high. A week or so after
ward one of Bills friends wanted to go
prospecting, and Mr.. Parker very gener-
ously placed the broncho at his disposal.
The result was that man and horse were
picked up at the foot of a sixty foot
precipice-the man with a broken leg,
the horse tightly wedged in between two
rocks, but little hurt. A number of am
bilious miners then attempted to con-
quer the vicious brute, but no one ever
succeed in staying on his back. Finally
some of the men in the camp became
disguised. They secured the bucking
broncho, put a saddle on him, and
lashed a log of wood on his back. The
last seen of him he was crossing the
range, attempting to get rid of the log
by rubbing it against the sky. A week
afterward the heroic bucker was found
dead, at the foot of precipice 800 feet
high. He was rid of the log, however,
nor could it be found, and Bill says there
was look of perfect resignation on the
animals face, as if he had died con-
tented.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
How to Make Potato Rolls.

Use a pint of mashed potato mixed
with pint of luke-warm milk in which
quarter of pound of lard or butter has
melted; dissolve also in the milk half an
ounce of compressed yeast and tea
spoonful of salt; add to these ingredients
enough flour to make batter thick
enough to hold for moment drop let
fall from the mixing spoon; cover this
batter in an earthen bowl to prevent chill
ing by draughts, and place it in a
moderately warm place until it is light
and foaming; the length of time re-
quired for rising will depend upon the
temperature of the room; if the heat is
too great, the fermentation cannot take
place properly, and the rising will be
checked; the bowl, therefore, should not
be put anywhere the hand cannot be
born with comfort, or the heat will be
too great, When the sponge is light
mix with it enough more flour to make
the dough stiff enough to knead without
sticking to the hands OF. the pastery
utes, roll it out about half an inch thick,
cut it out in rounds with the biscuit
cutter, lay two together and put them
upon buttered baking pan, cover again
with folded towel, and let them rise
again to twice their hight; when the
rolls are light brush them with melted
butter and bake them in moderate oven
for about twenty minutes, or until they
are done, then serve them hot;
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Bruin Rugged a Busy Saw.

"Talking about funny things" said 6
bearded man, "the funniest thing 1 ever
heard of happened in my saw-mill out
in Michigan. We used a heavy upright
saw for saving heavy timber. One day
not long ago the men had all gone tc
dinner leaving the saw, which ran by
water power, going at full speed
While we were away a big black beal
came into the mill and went nosine
around. The saw caught his fur and
twitched him little. Bruin didn't like
this for cent, SO he turned around and
fetched the saw lick with his paw
Result: badly cut paw. A blow witt
the other paw followed and it was also
cut. The bear was by this time aroused
to perfect fury, and rushing at the saw
caught it in his grasp and gave it tire
mendous hug. 1t was his last hug, an6
we lived on bear steaks for week
When we came up from dinner, there
was half bear on each side of the saw,
which was going ahead nicely as though
it had never seen bear"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
A War Story.

The Chicago Inter Ocean gives us the
following: Recently Major Toller, of Los
Angeles, called to see me, and in the
course of conversation it came out that
he had at one time been resident of
New Madrid, Mo. / remarked that ]
knew something of the place, as 1 had
been with Pope when he made the at
tack on that place in the earlier part of
the war Major Toller explained that
be was one of the gunners in the rebel
battery posted below the city, and he
asked if l remembered any striking Incl
dent in connection with the work of that
battery. 1 did. I remembered it we'll
remembered one day there came shot
from that battery that entered the muz-
zle of one of our own guns, causing an
explosion that broke the gun into frag-
ments and killed several men.
Major Toller remarked: ~ remember
the incident as well as you, and have
better cause to remember it. | fired the
shot myself, and there is story about it.
One day there came from the Union bat
terry large shell, that struck without
exploding very near our own battery.
[ picked up the shell, and, seeing that
the fuse had not burned out, said that
believed we could arrange the fuse and
return the shell with our compliments
10 the battery that had fired it. This
was done. aimed the gun myself, and
we saw by the commotion it created in
the Union lines that something extraor-
binary had occurred. Afterward we
learned the particulars. A few days
afterward the commander of the forces
came to our quarters, and for the firing
of that shot promoted me to Major"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Chased by a COach-whip.

The most thrilling snake story that
has vet been related to us this season says
Madison, Ga, paper, is one that caused
one of Morgan's most reliable and indus
trious young farmers serious apprehen-
sion as well as lively chase.
A few days ago Mr.. Eason, who ten
ants the farm of Mr.. j. r. High few
miles from town, while engaged in chop
ping cotton in his field, some distance
from his house, was set upon by coach
whip of huge dimensions. Mr.. Eason
assumed the offensive and tried to repel
his violent antagonist. He was soon
forced to flee, however, for safety, and
lively chase with the young farmer in
the lead, was made over cotton beds to
the house.
AS soon as he was in hearing distance
Mr.. Eason called to his wife for his gun,
who ran to the rescue of her almost
breathless husband just in time to rid
himself of his venomous pursuer, which
he did by emptying the contents of the
shotgun into his snakeship. This is a
reliable confederation of the tradition
that coachwhip will chase human
being. The coachwhip was a very
large one, measuring feet 0 inches.
We are told that the negroes on the
place were very much alarmed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
MAKING FOLKS HAPPY

A Kind-hearted Man who was nearing
his End turned his Property into Cash
and set out to make some one Happy.
To the first man he met he said:
~ have About So, 900 in Money. How
much of it will make you Content ~
''Only $1,000 Why 1 should put all
of that in Piece of Land and have
nothing left to build Housed" was the
reply.
The same Observation was made to
the Second Man, and he promptly an.
swered:
'It is only about Half the Sum owe
and as it would go to my Creditors and
still leave me in Debt you'd better keep
it."
The Third Man scratched his head fol-
a moment as if Greatly Perplexed, and
replied:
''While Modesty would Forbid me
asking for the Whole Sum, Truth COM
pels me to state that wouldn't want to
open Faro Bank on less than Five
Thousand, nor start in the wholesale
Grocery Business with less than
$40, 000."
The Fourth man would take the
money to help him in Lawsuit against
Neighbor; the fifth would take it to
spite His Wife with Whom he had
Quarreled, and the sixth wanted to bring
out new Weapon of Destruction.
The good man Returned home and
divided the Money among his own chill
dren-an Idea which had altogether
Escaped him before.
MORAL:
It's Wonder he did. NJ. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
A Beautiful Oriental Parable,

One of the most beautiful stories in
Oriental, or perhaps any literature,
whereby we are taught that no human
creature is exempt from affliction and
sorrow, is told in the life of Gautama,
the founder of the Buddhist religion
There was young woman, the story
runs who had been married carly, as is
the custom In the East, and had a child
while she was. still girl. When the
beautiful boy could run alone he died.
Her sorrow for a time deprived her of
her reason; and in her love for her dead
child she carried it from house to house
of her plying friends, asking them to
give her medicine for it. A Buddhist
convert, thinking ''she does not under
stand" said to her: ''NIy good girl, l
myself have no such medicine as you ask
for; but I think l know of one who
has.p
ooh, tell me who that is ~ cried the
girl.
'"The Buddha can give you medicine :;
go to him" was the answer.
She went to Gautama; and doing
homage to him, said: 'Lord and master
do you know any medicine that will be
good for my child 2"
eyes; 1 know of some" said the
teacher.
Now, it was the custom for patients or
their friends to provide the herbs which
the doctors required; SO she asked what
herbs he would want.
81 want some mustard Seed" he said,
and when the poor girl eagerly promised
added = you must get it from some
house Where no son, or husband, or
parent, or slave has died"
every good" she said, and went to
ask for it, still carrying her dead child
with her. The people said: ''Here is
mustard seed-take it." but when she
asked: 'In my friends house has any
son died, or husband, or a parent, or
slave ?" they answered: Lady, what is
this that you say ? The living are few,
but the dead are many" Then she went
to other houses; but one said: 'T have
lost son." another, 81 have lost my
slave" At last, not being able to find a
single house where no one had died, her
mind began to clear, and summoning up
resolution, she left the dead body of her
child in the forest, and returning to the
Buddha, paid him homage.
He said to her: "Have you the mus
tard seed 2"
'My lord," she replied, 81 have not.
The people tell me that the living are
few, but the dead are many"
Then he talked to her on the i'm
permanency of all things, pointing out to
the poor girl how the affliction from
which she was suffering was not peculiar
to her, but was common to all her fellow
creatures, till her doubts were cleared
away. The accepted her lot and became
O. disciple,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Bill Nye on His Birthplace.

A man ought not to criticise his birth
place, presume, and yet, if were to do il
all over again, do not know whether
would select that particular spot or not.
Sometimes I think / would not And
yet, what memories cluster about that
old house There was the place where
I first met my parents. 1t was at that
time that an acquaintance sprang up
which has ripenened in later years into
mutual respect and esteem. 1t was there
that what might be termed a causal
meeting took place, that has, under the
alchemy of restless years, turned to golden
links, forming a pleasant but powerful
bond of union between my parents an d
myself. For that reason I hope that ]
may be spared to my parents for many
years to come.
There on that spot, with no inheritance
but a predisposition to premature bald
ness and bitter hatred to rum; with no
personal property but rsi-fit - La.
au1 a stone bruise, began life history
which has never ceased to be a warning
to people who sell groceries on credit
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
SIXTY YEARS AT THE THROTTLE.
Funeral of Uncle Cad Lyman, the Oldest
of the Locomotive Engineers.

The funeral of Uncle Cad Lyman, the
veteran locomotive engineer, took place
In New York on Sunday.
Uncle Cad, it is asserted by his
brother engineers, was the oldest loco,
motive engineer, not only in the United
States, but in the world. The Oldest
now is a blind engineer, who lives in
New York city on pension from the
German government. Uncle Cad was
born in Charlotte, Vt, and was the
youngest of seven children. His father
and mother died in the same year,
when he was an infant, and Cad was
left to the mercy of the nelghbors.
When boy he played in shipyard at
Charlotte, and at the age of IA years
was employed as fireman on the Phoenix,
Lake Champlain steamer. During the
cholera epidemic of that year his Cap
tain, Dan Lyon, was stricken with the
disease, and Cad was employed to han
die the throttle in his stead. He did ii
so well that he was permanently en-
ployed by the company. From that
time since, a period of sixty years, his
entire time has been devoted to engineer
ing. While on the lake he was the
chief engineer of the steamers Phoenix,
Franklin, and Gen. Green. He moved
to Bordentown, N. J., and was chief en-
gineer of boat plying between there
and Philadelphia. His first handling OF
the throttle on locomotive engine was
in 1889, on the Camden and Amboy
Railroad. He was employed by the
Rogers Locomotive Works, at Paterson,
N. j., to take out engines. At the
~spening of $lSryoad to, Bi2Sbamtsruhs
ran the special train wnitssls6cf
ident Fillmore and his Cabinet to Wash
ington. He worked on the Erie road
for seven years, and left it to run an ex-
press train on the New York Central
AT the commencement of the war of the
rebellion he was appointed first assistant
engineer on the gunboat Neptune, and in
August 1865, received an honorable dis
charge. He was next employed on the
New York and Harlem Railroad, where
he had been ever since.
Two years ago, in consideration of his
long and faithful service, he was as
signed to the Port Morris Branch for
life, to do as he pleased. In all his ex-
perience of sixty years of engineering
he never had an accident, and was laid
up by sickness only three weeks. He
was a member of the Brotherhood of
Engineers from its conception, and up
to his death was the Chaplain of his
Lodge, No. 1O5--Neao York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Origin of the Word Queer"

"Queer" is a word without meaning,
and has its counterpart in no other
language. 1t had its origin in the brain
of Quin, the actor. He one evening
made bet with nobleman of 600
that by breakfast-tim the next morning
there should be in the mouth of Lon
doners word that was never before
heard. The bet was accepted, and when
the. theater was closed that night the
irrepressible actor furnished each of the
''supers" and others whom he had hired
with a good lump of chalk, and in
structed one and all to go through the
principal streets of the metropolis and
chalk on the flags the word 'queer. -
The task sas accomplished, and the
next morning the people were startled
by seeing such an unusual sight. Some
III, :; ia. - signbication of danger
penny was near, and this
was ms llsschword. So the word went
the rounds in the most amazing way.
Quin, of course, won the wager, and the
world wona new word.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
FASHION NOTES.

The Jersey is worn only for demi-
toilet.
Canvas and lace-woven stuffs are all
the rage.
Tucked skirts are much worn here and
in Europe.
Jersey webbing cloth is used for many
bathing suits.
Bathing suits grow more fanciful from
season to season.
Copper, steel, and lead tinsel braids
trim many seaside ramble suits.
The scarf of gold shot etamine is the
favorite seaside trimming.
The pretty Gretchen dress for little
girls is as popular this as last season.
There is a steady tendency to return
to the styles of dress of fifty years ago.
sci braid in dress and millinery next
fall.
Fancy red bathing suits brought
from Paris are occasionally seen on our
beaches.
There is tendency to retain the pouf
and looped skirt drapery by Paris dress
makers.
Short jackets, opening over full baby
waists, are worn at seaside and country
resorts.
Mitts are not worn with dressy cos
tunes this summer. They are relegated
to house and negligee toilets.
The Princess or Gabrielle form of
dress for little girls is moribund. 1t
cannot survive another season.
Double folds of canvas etamine, in
stead of linen collars, are worn as neck
lingerie with travelling suits.
Fashions in dress are more various
and individualized in Washington than
in any fashionable city in the world.
Red and blue remain the favorite
colors for combination in seaside wraps
and frocks for ordinary wear along the
beach.
Color on the edge is considered the
proper and desirable thing in percale,
linen, or lawn collars and cuffs, for
travelling wear
Some ladies prefer red silk bandana
kerchief, or one of plain Turkey red
cotton, to any other covering for the
head when bathing.
Sashes of MORE, surah, and all sorts
of soft, crapy sill1en and wooden stuffs
are in high favor, and are worn in al
most every style preferred.
Colored and white lawn collars,
pleated and soft Numbered, not stiff
with starch, are taking the place of
white linen bands for travelling and
morning wear
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Clues All Around.

A boy about twelve years old reported
to policeman the other day that a rob-
berry had occurred at the house under
very mysterious circumstances. The
sum of $25, which was in china vase
on a bracket had taken wings.
''Were any of the doors or windows
found open2" asked the officer.
''No."
"Any visitors in the house who might
have taken it.
"No."
"And you haven't picked up any clues,
ehY'
''That's the trouble sir-theres clues
till you can't rest. want to go off and
camp out, and dad thinks l cribbed the
money. Dad wants to go to Chicago.
and marin thinks he's got the Doodle.
Marin wants new summer wrap. and
dad says she clawed them ducats sure.
The hired girl is going to be married
next week, and dad and marin and me
believe she raked in the stake to 90 on
a bridal tour. Tell you what, mister,
when see how many clues can be
picked up on little case like this
1t makes me anxious to know which of
us will come out on top. "-DetrVit Free
Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Plantation Philosophy.

No pusson is lazy ease he doan want
money, but beca'se he doan want ter
work.
In de business o. life, er man mus.
elder go up UT come down; Oar amt
no stand still. De sun doan stay at
twelve er clock more dan er mint.
Eight men outen. ten is sorter 'clined
ter be hippercrits, not SO much ease da
wants ter be, but ease da thinks dat
everybody else is an dat da mus keep
up wild de times.
Oars er good deal o. hippercritness
bout de pusson whut fuses ter eat er
dove case dat bird foun' de lam fur
Noah. Err dove amt no better satisfied
den when, ies' benin de patridges, he
is er heppin' to pull up de young con.
Eff | had de dove whut foun' dc lam
wouldn' eat him, but all de udder ones
mus look out fur me.-ArkansasO zraO-
eler.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
American Fables.

A Fox who was Railing against the
Lion with the greatest Vehemence was
asked by the Hare the Reason for such
Action.
SIT is on Account of his Wickedness, ,
was the reply.
''But his Character Is so Gentle and Sc
far Above Reproach that he has been
Honored by the Lord of the Forest, >
protested the Hare.
ooh, well, then I'll Rail against the
Lion and the Lord. too !"
MORAL:
The Fox had Probably got left on an
Office.
THE TWO SOCIALISTS.
A Tramp who had stolen a $10-bill
from Farm House was so Vigorously
Pursued by the Victim that he was
Finally Overhauled.
"Ah, you Thief p shouted the Farmer,
''but you Deserve year in Prison p
"Thief l am no Thief"
''But you stole my money |"
az also Deny that. I only took what
Belonged to me. As a Socialist you
Preach that there should be an Equal
Division of Wealth. AS Socialist 1 di.
videed your Pile and took only my Half
MORAL:
The Farmer Socialist let the Fellow
go, of course-only he didn't
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
No Cholera where there was Copper

"There was a curious feature of the
outbreak of cholera in 1S49 that has not
been referred to in recent years." ply
stefan said recently. 'It was observed
that no workmen engaged in copper
mines or in manufacturing any sort of
article out of copper, or in handling cop
per or copper ore was afflicted with
cholera. NJ Andrand demonstrated that
there was much electricity in the air in
those parts of Paris where the cholera
ragged most fearfully than in the other
parts of the city. The two discoveries
were put together, and it was inferred
that the galvanic action generated by
the copper acted as a preventative. 1t
may be that the copper absorbed into
the system by the workmen served as an
antidote. At any rate, the action of
copper in alleviating some kinds of
cramp is well known, and there will be
no harm in wearing strips of clean cop
per or of copper and zinc next the body,
as has been recommended by an English
physician
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
Convict Labor.

A law proposed in Illinois and favored
nv the Trades and Labor Assembly, deals
with the problem of convict labor. Its
object is to devise means by which con-
victs can be kept employed without
underselling the products of free labor,
and so reducing the wages of the free Ia
borer. The bill enacts that the product
of prison labor shall not be sold at less
than market rates; that not over ten per
cent. of the convicts shall be employed
on any particular industry, and that a
certain percentage of the revenue shall
be set aside for the support of the con-
vict's family.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-16
The Average Age.

L London doctor has published some
curious comparative statistics on the
longevity of public and professional men.
He found that the average age at death
of the twenty-f most prominent Amer
lean statesmen during the last hundred
years was SO. The average of an equal
number of English statesmen was 20
years-practically the same. He thought
the latter did more work at an advanced
age. The difference in favor of English,
as compared with American, political
life was brought out by comparing the
ages at death of members of the British
Parliament with those of the United
States Congress who died between 1860
and 1884. OF our Senators, SO gave an
average of 81 years; 146 Representatives
averaged 55 years, and the average for
both was S. The 121 members of Par
lament averaged So years at death.