News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-07-02
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Eighty thousand persons patronized
the new Broadway horse railway or
its first day.
Ex-Rev. w. III. H. Murrayis going
to lecture on the resources of Canada.
Taking Mr.. Murray's restaurant eX-
perience and the Riel rebellion togeth-
err, the resources may perhaps be
summed up in zone plain stew"
The seventeen-year locusts have
made their appearance in Central
Park, New York, and in various
parts of Kings county.
A northern visitor illustrating the
Southern life from experiences In
Tenn, says that the refrigerator dear
to Northern hearts as the basis of
supplies, is not used through the
south commonly. The maid goes to
market and buys just enough for the
meal, and the character of the pur-
chases does not usually please the
northern taste.
A writer who has thoroughly inves-
tigated the subject of "kissing" in
it's biblical forms, says that kissing is
mentioned no fewer than fifty times
in the bible. But he proves that kiss
ing, to be scriptural, must be between
members of the same sex, and that
twenty-eight out of the fifty biblical
kisses were exchanged between men.
In Evergreen, Ala, lives a man
who is the proud possessor of wife,
baby and cat. Between the cat
and baby an affection came up, and
whenever the cat caught rat it would
kill il and bring it to the baby. But,
unfortunately for the cat, one day it
brought the baby lizard which was
not quite dead, and while the baby
was playing with the lizard the rep
tile bit the child. From the effects OF
the bite the child is now lying danger
ously i'll.
Strawberries on which Paris green
had been blown from neighboring
potato field, have occasioned several
cases OF serious illness in and near
Easton, Pa, within the past week.
The sea lion which ravages the sal,
mon on the California coast has a
large appetite, for fishermen say that
be can eat and digest 100 pounds of
fish per day.
Farmers take pleasure In the craze
for field daisies at weddings, recep-
tons and graduating exercises, and
only wish that fashion would include
the roots in its demands.
If all the railroads in the world
were joined one to another they would
go round the earth In its longest cir
conference more than ten times.
At the request of the Postmaster
General, Superintendent Graves, of
the Bureau of engraving and printing,
has had prepared half dozen new
designs for the face Of postal card.
The poorest of these designs is bet
ter than the cheap and clumsey orna-
mentation at present on the postal
card. The best of the designs con-
tains 6 fine vignette of Benjamin
Franklin, with the directions to the
writer in scroll work. It will proba-
bly, be substituted for the present de-
sign.
The Ontario parliament has prompt
ly responded to the action of New
York in making Niagara Falls free to
the world. 1t has enacted law do
ing for the Canada side what has been
provided for this SIDE, and very soon
the commissioners will take charge of
the park lands in the names respec-
lively of New York and Dominion of
Canada.
The Koran states that each mother
locust lays 80 eggs, and were the
hundred complete they would destroy
the whole world and all that is in it.
The greatest ravages by locusts are
in Cyprus, where the government
spends large sum annually for the
determination of the insects. 1t is
estimated that the locust slaughter in
1883 must have been two hundred
thousand millions.
The citizens posse from the Texas
and Indian Territory side of the Red
River, in the neighborhood of Dele
ware Bend, who have for several
weeks past been chasing the gang of
outlaws who have been stealing horses
and stock, overlook the gang and
captured eight Of them near the
Wachila Thursday and hanged them
to a tree. They went a few miles fur
Their and captured four others, whom
they also hanged. About two weeks
ago three others were lynched making
a total of fifteen. Fully twenty
members of the gang have been slain
the past spring, and half dozen Of
ficers and civilians have lost their
lives.
Nearly score of persons have been
killed in San Francisco during the
past year through the agency of cable
cars.
He came in silently and remarked {:
care you warm?" EYES," was the
emphatic reply. 81 might have
known" he continued, "you luke
warm" For particulars of his death
see news columns Star.
The London cab drivers have
thanked the Prince of Wales for his
interest in the deceased wife's sister
bill. From highest TO lowest English
men are concerned in that now histor-
ic measure, which probably will not
be settled in this ministry.
The 9th Vermont Regiment.
WATERvHLE, VT, June 22d, 'S5.
Comrades of Go. A, 9Th IT. Regt:-