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Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-10
When the Old Elephant Came.

fogant SORT OF man. The pleasant
faces he met along the street held
no charm for him. He had never
been known to commit a cruel act
yet people said that he was utterly
without feeling. When his wife was
buried he stood beside the grave, ap-
parently unmoved, and the next day
he went about his business as usual.
at is strange" said a generous
man who had just made an assign
ment, show such man as Millbank
can be successful in business"
"Such men are generally success
full" friend replied. Hard heart
edness succeeds where gentleness
strives in vain"
Millbank was not wholly regard
less of Others He loved his little
boy with devotion forgetful of all
self. So soon as he had entered his
house the hard lines would melt from
his face, and his eyes, so cold to all
others, would glow as if soul had
suddenly sprung into them.
"How is my little angelo" the faith
er asked one evening as he took the
child on his lap and fondly kissed
him.
"Well," the little fellow replied.
''Emmet, do you know that every
morning when I awake and find you
well, 1 feel so thankful to God that I
ought to spend the rest of the day in
worshiping Him ?"
':No, do your"
''Yes, little angel"
can when the old elephant comes
will you take me to see him?';
"Yes."
when will he Gomez
"Next week.
"Will he be here in the mornin' ?''
mo, he won't come until next
week."
''Tell me about him"
swell he will come marching down
the street with his great long snout,
and little boys and girls will clap
their hands and laugh. Then he will
go out to a great big tent and the
Iboys will give him apples"
can might I give him one"
Yes"
can he won't bite me, eiver, will
hep
"No."
"What will he do?"
''He will take the apple with hi:
snout and put it in his mouth"
"He will?''
eyes, and then he'll want anotheI
one."
81 wish be was here now.'
Hell be here pretty soon, There
now, papa must go down town." h'
added, as he smoothed back the boy
beautiful hair and kissed him.
He passed into the street. TIL,
divine light had faded; the hare
y lines were again on his face.
r "When will the old elephant Gomez
: the boy asked when another morning
had dawned.
'1t won't be long now"
"Tll be awful glad when he doe
come. I'm keepin' this big red ar
pie for him, an he'll be glad to ge
it, won't he2'
8 Eyes, he will"
"He'Il say to himself this is tn
best apple I ever did eat,' won't he7
/ eyes, he will think it is very fine.
Physicians came and came again
|. A little feverish hand held red ar
pie. The tears of heartbroken ma
i fell upon ringlets of beautiful hail
Women came with their gentle hand
r, and soft whispers. Another ola
o dawned. A red apple on the man
+ telpiece caught ray of sunligh
Then came the roll of drums, th
e clash of cymbals. Feathers nodded
/ people shouted. The father lifted hi
y. swollen eyes from little coffin an
- 70 glanced through window. The ol
! elephant was passing the house.
n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-12-10

Church festivals unless conducted
properly make people tired.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
American Fables.

The Peasant who was Short ON Wheat.
"A peasant who was short on Wheat for
May Delivery, and found Ruin Staring
Him in the Face, Bet6ek himself to the
Gave of Philosopher and saia! "Oh,
Wise Man, am half million Bushels
of Wheat short on May Delivery. 1
came to ask help of the Gods through
you." "Know ye, my Friend" replied
the old man, "that the Gods Render
Aid only when the Lawyers have given
up the Case p The next morning the
Peasant was in Canada. Moral: And
his Lawyers settled all Claims for forty
cents on the Dollar.
The Story of Criminal.-A Criminal
who was About to be Executed on the
Gallows pettioned the Sheriff for Delay.
but the Official properly Replied! "You
have been Tried, Convicted and Sem
fenced, and there is no Hope of Re-
prieve. A Delay would be Folly"
"But want to make Confession, u
said the criminal. IT have committed
Several other crimes which the Public
don't know Of" "Oh, as to that, said the
Sheriff, "we'u Hang you ON this Case
and Try you Afterward on the Others. u
Moral: But this was in Canada. In the
States they would have nolle pressed the
murder case and have gone for him fcr
stealing chickens.
Story Of Tramp.-A Tramp who
called at a Farmhouse to Ask for a
cold Bite was almost Paralyzed at being
Welcomed with Smiles and Kind Words
and having fine Repast laid out for him.
In Explanation the Woman said that he
Reminded her of her Long-Lost Cousin.
At the next house the Tramp at once
Announced that he was the Woman's
Long-Lost Brother, but in place of
Smiles and Mince Pie the woman seized
the Broomstick and went for him, say
ing: "Slide out, You villain | They were
all Girls in Our Family r. Moral: There
is such thing as Boiling your Potatoes
too Hard. -Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
An Old Joke m a New Shape.

A correspondent of the Washington
Chronicle positively asserts that min
strel troupe has actually invented new
Joke. 1t is hard to accept SO wildly i'm.
probable an assertion, but the story,
though we feel quite sure we heard it
wears ago in little different shape, is
funny enough to bear repetition:
It seems that gentleman named
Balloon. from Boston, every now and
then runs down to. New York to look
after the eastern end of his stock in
terests, and one time when he was there
he went to Thatcher, Primrose & Vests
minstrels, There were number of his
New York and Chicago friends in the
audience, and one of them, W. @. D.
Granisey, had put up game on him.
The burnt.cork gentlemen were singing
Yankee Doodle Came to Town" when
suddenly the music was interrupted by
the entrance of a messenger on the
stage with telegram. He handed it to
Thatcher amid an intense hush.
Thatcher glanced at the address, and,
advancing to the foot-lights, inquired:
els Mr.. Uri Balloon in the audience ?"
Balloon jumped to his feet, and wav-
ing his hand to attract attention, ex-
claimed: "Yes, sir, that's my name.
Here 1 am"
The end man quietly put the telegram
in his pocket, and the MINISTRIES struck
up their tune just where they had left
off: "Uri Balcoms come to town, etc."
It is needless to say that something
seemed to presently suggest to Balloon
that he had been sold
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
ONE of the characters Of Kennbec

One Of the characters of Kennbec
county, Me-, is smart lady peddler,
who does q thriving business driy-
ing about the country and dickering
with the farmers wives along the high
ways. Her stock in trade is a trunk
filled with knickknacks and Yankee no.
tions of various descriptions, which she
barriers for paper rags as a rule, although
other articles are received when favor
able trade can be made. Recently she
drove home with hen among the pro-
ceeds of her days work. She almost
invariably secures a good-sized load of
paper rags, which are disposed of at a
paying advance on the purchasing price.
TIE perfdy of man is fairly illustrated
in the conduct of gentleman of White
water, Wis. When pretty Nellie Koran
was arrested for the murder of her
father, mother and sister, the gentleman
espoused her cause and was a regular
caller at the Jail during her imprison-
ment. His conduct was commented on
as being so noble at the time; but when
Nellie was acquitted he lost interest in
her somehow, and now she sues him for
breach of promise.
In A communication to the Academic
DIES Sciences, M. Duclaux states that
the presence of micro organisms in the
earth is essential to the termination OF
seed. His experiments we're made with
plants whose seed grow on the surface
as well as those which develop In the
ground. The agricultural Importance
of his researches lies in the fact that
farmers who understand this principal
will avoid the use on planted soils of any
substances inimical to the lower forms
of organic life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
NarrnM Escana.

IS ROCHESTER,, June /, 1882 "Ten
Years ago was attacked with the most
Intense and deathly pains in my back ana
Extending to the end of my toes and to
my brainI ,,,,,
"From agony !
at took three men to hold me on my bed
at times . .,,o,,. ma
but to no purpose.
Morphine and other opiateSI
After Ate - two months I was given up 10
'fWhen my wife
heard a neighbor tell what Hop Bitt0rs had
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some The first dose eased my brain and
seemed TO go hunting through my system fOE
The second dose eased me 30 much that
slept two hours, something ] had not done
for two months. Before / mad Used i've bot
ties, was well and at work as hard as any
man could, for over three weeks but j
worked too hard for my strength, and taking
a hard cold, l was taken with the most
acute and painful rheumatism all through my
system that ever was known.
81 called the doctors again, and after sew
eral weeks they left me a cripple on crutcheS
for life, as they said Imet friend and told
him my case, and he said Hop Bitters had
cured him and would cure me. poohed at
him, but he was so earnest l was induced to
use them again.
In less than four weeks threw away my
crutches and went to work light y, and kept
on using the bitters for five weeks, until 1
became as well as any man living, and have
been so for six years since.
1t has also cured my wife, who had been
,ick for wears: and has kept her and my chill
dreu well and healthy with from two to three
bottles per year. There is no need TO be sick
at ali il these bitters are used J. j. BERK,
Ex-Supervisor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
A Beleaguered Fortress.

French and Spanish troops, 40. 900 in
number, for four long years, from June.
1779, till February, 1783, beleaeuered
the fortress of Gibraltar, then held by
Gen. Eliot, with a garrison of 1000
men. The enemy erected batteries
right across the sandy isthmus, while in
the bay they had At ships of the line
and 10 ''battering ships, besides count
less lesser craft. One night the Rock
narrowly escaped being taken by sur
prise. A goatherd having undertaken
to guide the Spaniards by path then
unknown to the English, 500 troops fol-
lowed him one dark night, and crept
silently to hollow called the Siletta, or
little chair, and thence to the signal
station, where they slew the guard.
There they awaited reinforcements from
below; these, however, were DELAYED.
and the garrison in the meantime were
aroused, and, sallying forth, drove back
the invaders. The Siletta was immedi-
ately filled up and the path utterly de-
stroyed and made inaccessible, and the
siege wore on through weary months.
At last a furious general attack was met
by an incessant fire of red-hot balls on
'hO OAOAhy . hOOp-o,OOO were thrown IN
one day-till at length the battering
ships took fire, as, owing to the thickness
of their timbers, the red-hot balls sank
deep into the wood and could not be
The scene that ensued in
the darkness of that terrible night must
have been awful indeed; and so fearful
were the groans and shrieks of the
wounded and dying that brave English
men forgot to let their foes perish in
the flames and ventured to their rescue,
the marine brigade being foremost in
this work of mercy, which added fresh
laureIs to their victory. It was said
that in this engagement the Spaniards
lost 5000 men, while the garrison had
only 16 killed, and the damage done to
the fortress was repaired in a few
hours. A few days later a formidable
English feet came to the relief of the
own, the siege was raised, and Britain
once more left in undisputed possession
IF the stronghold.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
At the Bar,

A young lawyer. about to be admitted
to practice before the Supreme Court,
asked the Hon. David Davis for some
advice as to the conduct of his first
case. "You needn't be afraid" said the
rotund ex-Justice, "to speak before the
supreme Court, and if one of those duf-
fers in a toga interrupts you in the
midst of an argument by some irrelevant
question, don't get frightened and spoil
your argument by stopping to answer
him. Just say quietly, Excuse me,
your honor, but will reach that by and
by and if you don't reach it, it won't
matter. You need not be afraid that
you will be called up to answer it after
you have taken your seat" The young
man took his advice and gained his
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

NEW YORK MARKET.
The Wholesale New York market quotations
show:
BEANs-Prime. 81. 9O9s2 90; fair to good.
S1.45@b$1. so per busheL
BUTTER - New York sold at 23324c for
choice in pals, and 81 6S22c. common 70 good.
Western Creamery sold at 24@25c, and the
common Western at 10@11c
CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 11156D115<o; do. fair
to good, 6GSc.
EeGs-Quotations ranged from lao. for Or
dlnary to 15c, for New York. New Jersey and
Pennsylvania
FLoUR -superfne. %. 5o@ss 90: Western.
$4.25@$6.15; extra New York. S425@$475
HAY Shipping, 90@95c.; clover, 70@75c
salt. &C., straw, 70@75c.
HoPs-New York, 13@14c.; Eastern, 12@13o;
yearlngs, 6a8c.
PoRk - Prime, s1O.75 a s115o; dressed
WHEAT Spring No. 2, -@81o111; Mil
waukee, No. 2, 99c. amber. S-@$-;
white, &C. 6890c.
CoRN-Ungraded Western Mixed. 56@57slc;
Steamer Mixed, 56@5615c. in elevator. $40
delivered; No. 2, 56@56$4c. in elevator. 81 a
Sc, delivered; White Southern, zoo. de-
hvered.
RYE~state, s2@s4c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLoUR-State family. u. 25@$4 so; rye -four
$3.6219 @S3.75; wheat, State - Go;
amber, So co. corn, yellow, 571Sc.; mixed States
$3.50
PETRoLEUM-Refned. 1880: crude, 61o
WooL-State and Western Xxx, 46@50o; K,
47@48c. medium 50@51c.; coarse. 400
BOSTON MARKET.
Flour - From $3.5O@S3.7 rs for low and
medium. to o. 509$5.0 90 for choice Minnesota.
Corn, oil @6115o. for mixed and yellow.
BUTTER Common, 10c. GD12c. Vermont
dairy, 17@1Sc. choice creamery, 22@24a
CHEEsE-10@1015c.
BEANs-$1. 650$l.70
HAY-Choice, $19@$20.
CATTLE Markets
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, d
-; hogs fair to good, S475@S4.SO; best,
$3.50
EAST LIBERTY. PENN.-Best cattle, 60
g; medium to good, $-@$-; common
TO fair, $-@S--; Hogs, Workers., o.. ESQ
$3.50 Philadslphiss, s4.75@$4s0. Sheep
$400R$46Q 20
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

On another occasion Mr.. Webster had
invited some friends to dinner. As he
left home In the morning he requested
his wife to send John down to the office
about ten o'clock to go to market with
him. John came down accordingly.
Mr.. Webster was busy writing. He
asked John if he had any money. John
replied in the negative.
"Then," said Mr.. Webster, ego down
to Mr.. Burritt and ask him to lend
me S."
(Burritt was stationer in the lower
story.) John came back and stated
that MIR. Burritt had not IS, but sent
him $40, which Webster took and put
in his waistcoat pocket. Pretty soon
poor woman came in on an aims asking
errand. Said Webster, still writing:
81 know all about it you've lost
your husband, and have five small chill
dren and nothing to eat. Take this r.
and he gave her the ten-dollar note
which John had borrowed from Mr..
Burritt. By and by he finished his
work and remarked to his servant:
'Now, John, we'll go to market"
Down they went through Court and
Washington streets and Dock square to
the Quincy Market, before Faneuil
Hall. Mr.. Webster bought of the
butchers at the south end of the market
what suited him, but made no pay
ments, as he had accounts with them.
At last they reached vegetable dealer,
of whom Webster also made a purchase
and was about to pass on as before
when the faithful John arrested him
with the remark:
s'Mr. Webster, this man is stranger
to us. We never had dealings with
him.
"True," said the great lawyer, "very
true )" and put his hand in his pocket
for the money to pay the amount. Find
ing none, he said to his servant: "John,
I thought you gave me some money
just now?"
80 1 did, sir" said John, "but you
gave it to that poor woman who came
into the Office"
"Ah p said Webster, $50 did, but 1
had forgotten all about it. Well, John,
you must borrow some more money and
come down and pay these people and
now We will 60 home. "-Boston
Budget.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
Such a Nice Name.

Upon one occasion when Artemus
Ward was in London, cbildren's party
was arranged by the great humorist, and
to which one of the sons of John Bright
was invited. The boy returned home
aglow with delight. "Well," said the
English statesman to his son, "did you
enjoy yourself, my boy ?" "Oh, indeed,
l did," exclaimed the little Bright, 'and
Mr.. Ward gave me such nice name for
you, papa" "What was that ?" in
quired the father. "Why, he asked me
how that gay and festive cuss, the gov
ernor, was !" replied the child
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
CURIOUS KHARTOUM.
Staple Industries, Unstable Marriage and
Queer SuperstitiOns-

One of the staple industries OF Khar-
toum and its neighborhood was that OF
boat building, the vessels constructed be-
ing for the most part long, open boats for
the navigation of the Nile-usually
built of palm-wood, but deprecated by
MIR. Nelly as very clumsy contrivances:
The principal portion of the trade OF
the inhabitants consisted, however, In the
the bounteous produce of their gardens
and their fields. The baSaars consist
of four covered and four uncovered
streets; the former rejoicing in the
finest shops, filled with articles OF mer-
chandise of various character, among
which figured Manchester prints, Shelf
field knives and scissors on cards, and
Staffordshire pottery ware. The I'M
covered streets were mostly booths, In
which were sold SIENNA, lichens, and va
rious herbs and grasses. The merchants OF
the place exported gum arabic, gals,
SIENNA, castor oil, and large quantities
of ivory on camels to Kerosko, after
conveying them down the Nile to
Berber.
The lower class OF people contented
themselves with one wife each, who
uSuhlly TeWdEu6Q u6T ldiLu1uI > tOtAoC "AUA
many children. The higher class were
not SO easily satisfied, and the grandees
INDUCED in the permitted number of
four. 1.-THE most unpleasant part of the
year is the rainy season, and SO heavy
is the fall that the streets are impassa-
BILE. This comes on, too, SO suddenly
that should any one call upon another
little before the commencement of the
showers, he must remain at his friends
house for three or four days until the
waters subside. No one attempts to
quit his dwelling during the rains, and
the town therefore must possess much
- appearance Of only just having
e1..ci g ca 7rom the Seluge.
"Superstitious practices and preju-
dices are general. ALI Wednesdays are
considered unfortunate, particularly the
last Wednesday in the month; but the
last Wednesday in the year is still more
unfortunate, as on that day Moses made
the waters blood. So the day previously,
every one provides water for two days,
as no one thinks of going to the river
till after 'Asser'-three o'clock in the
afternoon. The Pacha is not free from
these superstitions, and Riffa Bey, who
has enjoyed the advantages of Persian
as well as Partisan education and is
thoroughly versed in magical lore, has
daily to explain His excellency's
dreams. "-Lo1ld01 Society.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
Not All Right.

In Chicago, two suits for 1000
each have been instituted by Mrs.
Elizabeth FL. Heine for her son Willie,
against Fred FL. Prince and Thomas W.
Eaton, comprising the firm of Prince IL
Eaton, founders. Mrs. Heine's com
plant is to the effect that her son was a
telegraph messenger and delivered d
telegram at the defendants office. As
be left the Office an employee followed
him and charged him with having stolen
a package of money. He denied it. and
the charge was made st the office of the
company. The boy and his mother were
taken into a room and the boy was
pressed for a confession, but without
success. Soon sfterward word was
sent to the telegraph Office that the
money had been found, and it was call
right" Mrs Heine declines to think il
call right" and sues for the damage to
her boys reputation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

A well known business man Of Whining
ton, n. c., writes to express his thanks for
the benefit which his wife has derived from
the use of Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. at is with pleasure" he says, "that
1 write to express to you my gratitude tor
the relief and benefit your Vegetable Com
pound has been to my Wife, who has been
troubled with liberation and tumor weigh
ing 1-2 lbs, so the doctor said She has
been under the treatment of the doctor for
six years Finally he said he could do moth
ing more for her, that she would die in "a
hours. Then commenced using your Conn
pound as soon as she commenced to take ~
she commenced getting better, and now she
can attend to her domestic affairs as well
as she ever could.n
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
Left hOahing but the Man.

An Onondaga county man having adj
vertised in his town paper that his Wiz
had left his bed and board. the woman non
has addressed a letter to the editor in
which she pointedly remarks: at
seems to me that he has gone to need
less expense, for l was refused credit on
his account while 1 lived with him. and
as regards his bed, he never had any. T
had to work for my board the greater
part of the time after married him T
have not left anything but the man. and
L have no regrets for him."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
Tho Cara of Chilhrnn

Boston, MAss.-A leading medical
journal thinks it is about time mothers
should know how seriously the health OF
children is imperilled by the use of prep
arations containing morphia and opium,
and given for the cure of colds and
coughs. The chemist of the Brooklyn
Board Of Health, Otto Grothe, Phi. d.,
graduate of the University of Kiel,
Germany, certifes officially that recently
harmless and yet effective article for
such complaints has come to his notice.
He refers to the newly discovered Red
Star Cough Cure, which he found purely
vegetable.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04
How to Plank a Shad.

Gen. Charles 81. T. Coils tells what
he knows about planking shad as be.
low:
Take well-charred oak plank, two
inches thick and from eighteen inches
to two feet square. Heat the plank
thoroughly before the Ere. Take fe-
male shad, scaled and cleaned, and split
1t upthe front, and not along the back
bone, as is usual, and nail it, back down
ward, to the hot plank with galvanized
IRON nails. Place it before the fire at
slight angle, say 80 degrees, and haste
with the very best butter. Cook until
well done, and serve it on the plank,
having couple of blocks on the table
to rest the hot plank on. It needs no
other sauce than mint julep. The row
should be fried and served with the
shad, or as a side dish, with thick
sauce of cream butter and horseradish.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

A SToRY.-Out Of every ], 1000 people
born into this world of sin and sorrow.
an exchange tells us fully 999 either do
not know a good story when they hear
1t, forget it after they have heard it. or
do not know how to repeat it themselves,
or haven't good judgment about when
to introduce it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

No DIFFERENCE IN THE PAINT
say, boss" groaned an old darky. who
had broken his leg and was being
bundled rather unceremoniously into an
ambulance, ''yo' may not b'lieve it, but
it hurts cullud man jess as much ter
git his leg broke as it do white man. /"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-04

When you visit or leave New York citv saw, ba~~,~,
and 80 carriage hire, and stop Grand
Union Hotel. opposite Grand Central depot
SOO elegan rooms ntted up q cost Of enc million
collars ~ and upward per day. Eurosean plan EIo-
yator Restaurant supplied with the best Horse oars
stages and elevated railroad to all dspots Families
can HVe better Tor less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other rst-clsss hotel in the CITY
FoR SPECIAL RATES for Advertising In thi. uap.r
apply to the publisher of the paper IT2O