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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Carp in France.

The carp culture in the highlands of
Central France is a form of industry
which merits a good deal more atten-
ton and imitation than it has hitherto
obtained. On that high plateau there
/ are ponds of all sizes, many of them large
enough to be dignified by the more
! granaakoauent norne Of AsSlSssa but to tbs
7 country people they are one and all
''etangs' and nothing more. These
/ ponds are one of the chief sources of
wealth of the country, which is mostly
but poor soil for cultivation, as a great
part of it has only recently been reclaim
ed from moorland and heather. These
ponds are stocked with carp, and once
every three years a great fishing takes
place. All the able bodied men of the
country side are engaged for a certain
day in October to meet at one of the
ponds; that on the highest level being
taken first. The sluices of the pond arc
opened three days previously, and the
water allowed to run gradually off, leav
ing the bed of deep mud which seems
to be one of the necessaries of carp ex-
istence. When there is only a thin rill
of water left trickling down the centre
of the erstwhile pond the fishing be-
gins On all sides the carp lie found
ering, painting, gasping on the expanse
of mud; in some places the fish are two
or three deep on top of one another.
The number of carp in these ponds is
something quite extraordinary; they do
not seem to suffer individually from
their great numbers, for the fish are re-
markably fine and heavy. The men
wade through the mud, catching the
carp by the gills and flinging them on
by men who have come with carts from
the nearest town to buy the fish, and
after the weighing the carp are packed
among straw in the carts as tightly as
possible. When the carts are full they
return to the town, and the carp are
then placed in tanks.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
A Prisoner In q Dutch Oven.

On the return of the Confederate army
from Gettysburg, and while camping
near Hagerstown, Md, a member of
Compayn A, Cults Artillery, who was
nicknamed Ransy Sniflies, went into
that city, and called at the house of a
Dutch woman for someth ng to eat. She
pretcndcd that she did not understand
him, only saying ''Nein." Ransey-"Oh,
hang your nine one will do me now, :"
and walked into the back yard. In
peering into q large Dutch oven he
found that the old woman had run all
of her chickens into it to prevent the
soldiers from stealing them. He slipped
into the oven and was catching the
chick ems, when the old lady slipped to
the oven door and closed it on him. He
tried hard to get out, begged, threaten
ed. and tried to bride the old woman,
but she had captured live rebel and
intended to hold her prize Ramsey was
furious, but the Dutchwoman was as
smiling as a May morning. After an
hour or two another Confederate drop
ped into the back yard, peered into the
Dutch oven, and released Ransy. and the
couple carried off the chickens while the
old woman was relating her achievement
to friends IN the front of the house.
Ransy is frequently in the city and he
thinks he owes that other man a debt of
gratitude to this day.-Americus (Ga)
Republican,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
ROMANCE OF A SLAVE.
A Strange Story of the War Revived by u
Recent Incident.

An article in southern journal few
days ago recalled the following Incl
dent, which is doubtless remembered
by many people in this State. Soon
after Texas was admitted into the Union
there was a rush of emigrants from the
other slave States to the new and fertile
lands of the Southwest. Old planta-
tions were abandoned, or sold for q
nominal sum, and planters, with their
families, slaves and stock, emigrated in
large numbers. The route from the
upper tier of States was across Georgia
to Alabama, and thence by boat to
Gulf port, Apalachicols or Mobile,
from whence vessels were chartered for
New Orleans or Galveston. Sometimes,
however, the entire journey was over
land.
From party of these emigrants,
while they were travelling through
Georgia a mulatto boy disappeared on
and an intelligent boy. In 1858 the
people of thriving city in Georgia
were surprised to hear that a popular
and enterprising young merchant,
prominent leader in society and mem
Der of a fashionable church, had been
arrested and lodged in Jail, and their
indignation knew no bounds when they
learned that he was claimed to be
runaway slave of a Texas planter. 1t
appears that the planter had received
information from slave dealer, one of
a class who kept posted as to runaways,
respecting the whereabouts of his former
slave A writ of habeas corpus was
sued out; witnesses were summoned
from the planters former place of resi-
dence, Virginia, TO prove the identity of
the prisoner, and the best legal talent
was employed on both sides. The exam
nation extended over a period of sew
eral weeks. The end came, when the
prisoner attempted an explanation. He
failed to locate his whereabouts previous
to the time when it was alleged he had
escaped from his master, and under
cross examination of the Texans law
yer, he broke down completely and con-
fessed that he was runa way slave, and
that the planter who claimed him was
his master.
A large sum of money was raised to
purchase the unfortunate mans free
dom. The Texan, however, refused to
accept any reasonable price for him and
took him to Texas. About year after,
however, the slave returned to his
former home, and with his wife, who
was the daughter of a prominent citi
zen, and his child, moved to a northern
city where he is now living. Houston
(7er.) Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Beaten by Her Rival.

The Washington CaPital tells this
story of local life: heard a good story
the other day of two ladies who, it is
said, once lived in Chicago and who
were social rivals. They were on visit
ing terms, but devoted much of their
time to considering how they could sur
pass each other in the richness and elab-
Grafton of their houses and raimcnt In
the progress of this pleasing rivalry Mrs.
A. gave a grand reception, at which size
appeared in new gown of very fine and
wonderful texture, which quite sur
passed anything that had ever been
made into a dress for a Chicago lady in
the whole history of that remarkable
town.
Everybody saw the incompatible
dress and marveled greatly thereat-
that is, everybody except the one I'M
comparable rival, Mrs. B., who gave
reception at her own house fortnight
later, to which the same people were in
vited who had attend ed the reception of
Mrs. A. The establishment of the latter
may be imagined when, on entering
Mrs. b. 5 drawing room, she beheld all
the uphOlster ed furniture in the room
covered with precisely the same material
as that of the dress with which she had
startled her friends two weeks before.
In the language of the street, Mrs. B.
'got away with herr that time at least
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Faithful Christine.

Christine Olsen was the daughter of
toy maker at Stockholm, and she was
loved by Hansen, one of her fathers
workmen. She loved Hansen, but her
father would not let the lovers marry,
and so Hansen said he would go to
America and make big fortune and
then marry Christine. He landed at
Castle Garden with about $500. and set
about getting work. He did little at
cigarmaking, but not much, and almost
before he knew it his money was gone
and he was out of work. This was six
teen months ago. Up to that time he
had written regularly and hopefully to
the girl in Stockholm, and when his
letters stopped she was much troubled.
After waiting several months she deter
mined to seek for Hansen. Her father
had died, and after the debts were all
paid Christine had few hundred dol
lars left.
When she reached this city she found
a man who had known Hansen, and who
thought that he had gone to San Fran
cisco. Christine bought ticket for
San Francisco. At Chicago a confidence
man persuaded her to sell her ticket to
San Francisco and buy one for Omaha.
He said he knew Hansen well, and that
he was in Omaha. The girl did as ad
vised, and then the new friend robbed
her of h money excepting So. This
was all she had when she reached
Omaha eight months ago. Of course
Hansen was not there. Christine found
place to work, saved her wages, and
still tried in all ways to learn of Han
sen. Two weeks ago she heard from
him. He was in Kansas City. She at
once set out for that city, and few
days later her former mistress in Omaha
received q letter from her saying that
she and Hansen wore married and very
happy.-N Y. San.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
A Boy without a Country.

Some years ago Charles Busch, a nat
uralized German-American, accompa-
MED by his pretty wife, sailed for
France to accept an engagement as
tenor singer In one of the opera compa-
MES in Paris. En- route a child, who
was named Charles Herman Busch. was
born to them. The mother died shortly
after reaching France and the father
soon followed her The child, having
been born on the high seas, was literally
without country. The French author
tiles refused to administer upon the
fathers estate or provide guardian for
the infant, because neither of the par
entS was a citizen of the Republic.
Consul Shackelford could do nothing
without permission from the Govern
ment. After two years delay this per
mission was finally granted. The Amer
lean colony in Paris became interested
IN the child, who is said to be remark
ably bright and precocious, and fund
has been subscribed sufficient to rear
and educate him until his sixteenth
year, when an effort will be made to
appoint him a cadet at the Naval Acad
envy at Annapolis The little fortune of
p, 600 francs, the proceeds of his
fathers estate, will be invested for him
and placed at his disposal when he shall
have finished his education.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Alive to their Responsibilities.

A Washington gossip tells these little
stories There are two little bits of
gossip floating around, growing out of
the overweening desire of newly fedged
fashionabies to show how much thew
know, which are decidedly relished by
those who cans enjoy such things. At
lunch last week a distinguished pre-
late who sat next to youn lady who
is spending her first winter in tn e
capital, and who was eating his ices
with a spoon, was for moment struck
dumb by her remark, loud enough to be
heard by Others, sch, why don't you
use fork ? 1t ish'N k5lite to eat ices
with spoon" Win he had recovered
his breath, this beloved father in the
church replied in the softest and most
amiable tone: ''My dear child, l am
sorry it is not nice; but l was brought
up to eat Ices with spoon, and unfOr-
tunately | am too old to forget"
The other incident was at dinner
An army officer of high rank, while en-
gagged in an animated converation with
his vis-a-vis, inadvertently stuck a
three-pronged fork into his oysters.
The hostess Immediately cried out,
"Oh, General. use the sma Ter fork. y
From the grim look that settled upon
the features of that warrior it might be
fancied that he was preparing for a
battle charge, but he said ne'cr a word,
and he did not tarry long after the
dinner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Englishmen Seek American Wives.

The popular taste over on the other
side of the water appears to be growing
more and more warm toward America
and Americans. The wealthy and titled
men of the Old World are seeking with
increased earnestness American brides,
and it Is erroneous to- suppose that all
they are after is the parental Doodle.
There is charm about American girls
that the English do not have. The
women of Great Britain are brought up
from their earliest infancy to maintain
submissive and meek regard for the
other sex. They are taught that the
only thing in life for them is to marry
comfortably and go into sort of serf-
dom for the rest of their lives. No
American girl goes into matrimony with
any such idea. She is bound to get the
upper hand if she can, and she has a
sweet and brisk independence about
her that is most attractive to men who
have met with nothing but the other
sort of thing. SO it is that American
girls, who at first shocked foreign soci-
ETY., are in great demand in Europe
nowadays as ornaments in salons and
drawing rooms and as prospective wives
to nabOb natives.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
ANECDOTES OF BUTLER.
His Four-Hundred Dollar Banquet-The
Irishman and the Monkey.

A Washington letter says: l heard
the first true version of the monkey and
hand organ story which has been pri-
vately told in army circles here now and
then, but not always correctly. 1t comes
to me from high treasury official, who
had something to do with the settlements
of Gen. Buffers army accounts. These
accounts were very large and some of
the items seemed gu of all nature to
the expenses probably incurred. After
Butler, however, explained them, it was
seen that they were perfectly right and
proper. There we're so many of these
strange items that Butler was called to
the treasury to look over the accounts
with the officials. One New Orleans
item objected to was Banquet, Post
Office to St. Charles Hotel-$400.
Now" said the treasurer, ''it's all
right, Gen. Butler, for you to give as
many banquets as you please, but l
don t see how, in justice, you could ask
Uncle Sam to pay $500 for supper
which you choose to give to the post
master at New Orleans at the St. Charles
Hotel there"
"Oh," said Gen Butler, with laugh,
"That item is easily explained. Ban
quet,' is the New Orleans name for
street, and that $500 was spent for fix
ing the street between the post office
and St. Charles Hotel"
After the laughter over this item had
subsidized, the treasury official said:
"Well, Gen Butler, l have no doubt
these accounts are all right, and if you
will explain satisfactorily one other item
l will pass them. Here is a charge of
$50 for hand organ and a monkey
Now what possible use a hand organ
and monkey would be to the United
States Government, or to you as lis Gen
eral, | cannot see."
Gen. Butler then told the following:
81 can also explain that hand organ and
monkey item. 1t was the hottest time
Of my campaign about Baltimore. The
rebels were very close mouthed, and /
could get no inside news of the doings
If the rebels. One day l saw great
,rowd gathering round a man with
hand organ who had a very large
AS drew nearer l noticed
hat the man playing the organ looked
7ery much like smart Irishman whom
had among my soldiers. l said no
hing, but went back to my headquar-
ers, and calling up tie Irishman, in
whom had perfect confidence, l gave
lin some money and told him to go and
,uy out the musician. He did so. He
Fought the hand organ, the monkey,
md the musicians clothes, and paid $50
or them. Dressed in these, sent him
tut as spy. He travelled all the sur
country and gave me some
-ery valuable information. This infor-
nation was worth thousands of dollars
o the United States Government, and,
Butler, ''you can thus see
Why it paid the United States to pay $50
or hand organ and monkey"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Looking for Green.

A traveller for wholesale Detroit
house, the Free Press says, was waiting
in the depot OF Pontiac, the other day
when a stranger approached him and
asked:
'Isn't your name Green, of Grand
Rapids"
mo, sir"
"Ah! beg your pardon. never saw
Green is going to travel with a circus
this year, and was to give me $25 to
Eost him up on some new catches"
so you've got something new7"
queried the Detroiter.
Eyes, a few things. There Is one
little trick gave to drummer few
weeks ago, and he's made $72 on it
already"
"Maybe you'd be kind enough to give
it away to me? Pm one of the boys, you
know"
Certainly. The trick is to tell the
date of any coin man may have.in his
pocket without your looking at it"
but you can't do that"
ooh, yes, | can. Have you got any
coins in your pocket?"
Eyes; twenty of them"
W Gil, Gan NIIlS uOWH LHe udLe Oh
each and every one OF them"
"Say, I'll bet you $40 you can't" ex-
claimed the drummer
Done" said the other as he pulled
out bill
A very respectable looking man was
standing by, and the money was placed
IN his hands.
Now, " said the sharper, 'you turn
your face to the wall and fold your arms.
l will write down the date and we will
compare them"
At the end of three minutes he had
twenty dates, and they put the coins on
the seat to make a comparison. The
man had hit only two dates out of the
lot.
''I'll take that tenner," said the De-
trolter. 9" he rose up and looked around.
But he never did. The stakeholder
had slid out, and the man with the
trick was bigger chap than he cared
to tackle. ...
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
A New Invention.

By means of the new and ingenious
little instrument known as the hyaloy-
photypc, or hot pen, drawings can be
made on glass or CLASSY substances with
waxy composition, which is SOLID and
somewhat hard at ordinary temperatures.
The pen is so contrived that it can be
heated either by gas or by an electric
current, and the waxy material flows
quickly on the glass that cross Matching
can be done more rapidly than with ordi-
nary pen and ink, without risk of block
ing up the angles; corrections, too, can
be made with the greatest ease by means
penknifc, which leaves the surface
terward entact After the drawing
is been made, the pate is etched by
iuoric acid and when complete it Can
be either electrotyred, stereotyped, used
direct. or applied to any purpose for
which engraved surfaces are required.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Very Pawky.

A few years ago, when g Scottish
Parliamentary candidate was canvasslng
his constituency, he called at the house
of an aged couple. Finding the old
woman alone he entered into converse
ton with her; and asked her to use her
influence in getting her husband to vote
for him. While they were c0nversingj
the would-be NJ. P. noticed a kitten
amusing itself on the floor, and, taking
it up, praised its beauty, and offered
her five pounds for it. The bargain was
struck, and on leaving he again ex-
pressed the hope she would secure her
husbands vote for him. "Weel, sir, "
answered the woman, "as l said afore,
Johns man o. his ain mind and just
does what stricks his ain noodle; but
at ony rate, sir, you've gotten a real
cheap kitten, for yer opponent was in
nae farer game than yesterday, and gaze
me ten pounds for its brither."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
The sim ale Indian

A correspondent Of Toronto paper
says: ''Spcalling of tie simplicity of
the Indians reminds me that on n trip
of one of the American Blackfcet chies
to the East a short time ago he broL' mt
home the secret Of the white man :
power. lie had it carefully wrapped
up in paper after paper, and proiu'"l
it before an astonished gathering Of his
people. lie had told them what he
owned, and they were all eypcrtant to
gaze upon his Won erful medicine Of the
white man. When the wrappers we c
all OF there was exposed to sight-a
German wooden shoe Again, when
Red Crow was in Winnipeg he was one
day treated to a dish of icr-cream. He
tasted it, and looked out of the window
and saw no snow, and he wondered,
My, oh. my. he said; white man won
derful. This sweet snow nice. oh, if
& would only fall Just once Il year out
home we would send ont all the Iuaws
md gather it all = and then be passed
,is elate for another dish,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
Spring Flowing.

In blowing small fields, it is the easiest
way to set pillow in at the bars entering
the field, and follow the fence around:
Besides if the work is to be done by
proxy, the plowman needs little watch
ing, except to see that he keeps his fur.
rows true and of the required depth, and
lays the sod well over, that one is temp.
ted to allow it, and thus at every pillow.
ing the soil is heapcd up against the
outside of the field Back furrowing, ;"
or 'Iekt-about, " is, Of course, the only
remedy. Common farm hands make
such bunglihg work of this, that it is
necessary to stake out the burrows for
them and watch them besides, especially
in irregular fields. When properly done,
the entire field is plowed in one Gland, "
unless it is very much broken up. The
cid dead-furrows, left when the field was
last plowed, may ordinarily be seen,
and will serve as guide. They will
probably be found quite accurately in
the centre. To lay out lot for back
furrowing, the line of the first furrow
should be we'll staked, midway between
two parallel sides. 1t should not come
nearly to the other sides, and in plowlng,
inc ldHu pIoMcu sHOulu Initiate III us
beginning and progress the finish of
field plowed outward from the centre.
Thus after plowinga few burrows, carry
ing the pillow around at the ends of the
land, the pillow is run across the ends
and not taken out again until the field
is finished. In blowing old ground for
spring grain, the dead burrows will
come in the middle of the field in ali
probability, unless it be Plowed in sew
eral lands. To make smooth work after
the land is plowed, turn half dozen
burrows cleft about" back into the dead
furrow, blowing the two inner ones
deep, and the next two shallower, and
next two mere scratches. Thus plowed.
the field may be sowed and seeded down
without a dead furrow, if well
narrowed. -American AgricultWist.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22

THE amount of coal in the Pittsburg
region is estimated by Prof. Lesley of
80, 600, 900, 900 tons. About II, 900, 600
tons are now taken annually from this
bed, of which two thirds are bituminous
coal, and one-third anthracite. Prof
Lesley believes that the oil and gas sup
ply will practically cease ten or twenty
years hence.
J. B. HAeGIN is taking advantage of
the low rates of freight to ship hay
from California to Louisville, Ky, for
his race horses, California hay being
much better than the blue grass article
for fast stock. 1t costs IS per ton to
ship the hay, which is laid down at
Louisville at $22 per ton.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22

ANGRY.-There was one angry woman
in Macon Ga, the other day, local
paper says. Before she finished break
fast a sewing machine agent called on
her. Thirty minutes later female book
agent called and talked two hours. In
the afternoon rat trap agent called,
and just at nightfall an advertising
agent threw into the front dor cake
of soap wrapped in bundle of cOlorcI
circulars. That woman's husband be
c me very unhappy when he reached
10 ne Of night
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22
NEARLY ALL THAT WE KNOW we accept

NEARLY ALL THAT WE KNOW we accept
or the testimony of somebody else. II
those who have never tried DIR. WALK
Frs CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, and
are suffering from dyspepsia, bilious OF
other fevers, kidney or liver complaint,
or from impure blood, will receive the
testimony of the many thousands who
have tried the Bitters, and been cured,
they will be acting wisely.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression Of
spirits general debility in their various forms,
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent feyers, the "Ferro- Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Ceswell, HaZ.
ard & Co., New York and sold by all Druggists,
is the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-22

James Beecher, NJ D., of Sigourney, Iowa,
says: For several years l have been using a
Cough Balsam, called DR.. WIN. HALLS BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS, and in almost every case
throughout my practice l have had entire
success. 1 have used and prescribed hundreds
of bottles since the days of my army practice
Q863) when was Surgeon of Hospital No. :,
Louisville, XIV