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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
She Was Too Kind.

The Buffalo Courier spins this little
yarn One of Buffalo's would be
'mashers" several times met a young
and good-looking girl and determined
to become acquainted with her. He
tracked her to a prayer meeting at a
prominent church one evening recently.
After the service noticing that she was
alone, he approached her, begged par
don for intruding, in the usual way, and
walked beside her. She entered into
conversation in pleasant way, and the
''masher" began to think he had made a
conquest. At length he asked her to go
with him to certain restaurant. She
politely declined, but said that he might
go to her home. After little he said !:
"Will l be liable to meet any one
there?"
"Oh, yes" answered the girl: ''you
will see my father and mother"
''But won't they object to my accom-
panylng youF"
''No, sir" she replyed. ''You have
done me no harm, and, though you have
not treated me like a gentleman, father
and mother do not know anything about
it, and they will treat you like one. l
am sure they would be glad to see you,
and they might, perhaps, offer a prayer
in your behalf"
By this time it was pretty hot for the
''masher," end he hastily excused him
self from proceeding in the direction of
the sensible girls home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
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| It was decided to take up the WELL 1t
was noon before the wall was removed
to the spot where the stones had broken
off. Slowly and with the utmost care
the rescuing party worked, being re-
lieved at stated intervals by others.
Words of encouragement were con-
tinually given the entombed man, but it
was noticed that the replies grew fainter
and fainter This melted the rescuing
party to greater endeavors. In the mean
time Roncke's wife who had but recently
given birth to child, was half crazed
with grief, and her cries were terrible
to hear. By shutdown the resculng party
were within few feet of the stones
which had formed an arch over Roncke.
Lanterns were procured, and the party
continued their work unintermittingly.
By 10 o'clock ropes had been arranged
about the rocks, and they were carefully
dislodged and lifted to the surface. A
stout-hearted farmer was then lowered
down to where Roncke was living, half
in the water and wholly insensible. He
was hoisted to the surface, followed by
his rescurer. At first it was thought he
would die, but to-day he is reported out
of danger and in a fair way to recover,
He was buried under the stones for
about 40 hours.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
STODDARD'S MULE.
| A Nevada Story of How II Broke Ferry.
| man Daggett's Business.
MANY wears ago down in Idaho, dur,

Many years ago down in Idaho, dur
ing a gold excitement, a good many
men went into the country to make
money outside the goldhunting indus
try. Their idea was to make the other
fellows delve for the gold while they
appropriated it afterward. Rollin Dag
gett, afterward Nevada's Congressman,
established ferryboat on small creek
and named the place DEATHS Ford, p"
at the same. time inventing a musty
legend to the effect that it was thus
named because SO many lives had been
lost in the attempt to cross it. The
stream was not over a dozen yards wide
and the water nowhere over two feet
deep, but he rugged up fatboat and
pulled it back and forth by a rope con-
trivance. Whenever the prospectors
crossed he RECALLED them with horrible
tales of the treachery of the stream,
and the remorseless quicksands which
had drawn so many men and mules to
terrible deaths.
In the night when he ferried people
over he would caution them not to get
too near the edge of the boat, as fall
overheard was certain death. By let
ting the dim old lantern go out and
making slow time, he frequently i'm
pressed the passengers with the idea
that the stream was half a mile wide.
For night trips he charged S., but if
the wind was high and the weather
bad, he struck sanguine prospectors for
much large sums. In the daytime 81
was his modest charge.
He went along in this way for several
months, the men who rushed to the
hills looking upon him as benefactor
to his race by this conquering of SO
formidable an obstacle to travel as
Deaths Ford" One day Charlie Stod-
dard, the promoter, appeared on the
bank with a mule and boarded the fiat
boat to cross. In the midst of the
stream, just when the ferryman was
telling how dangerous the place was,
the mule grew FESTIVE and fell over
board. One leg caught on a rope, and
he got his head under water, and, I'M
able to extricate himself, was drowned.
When he was cut loose he lay there IN
the middle of DEATHS Ford" half out
of the water, so that all who came
along saw what a miserable sham the
ferry was, and that any four-footed AMI
NAL could walk across. Daggett tried
to get the mule away, but he was too
heavy to bulge, and so he lay there in
plain sight for weeks, until Daggett's
business as ferryman Tas ruined. That
is the reason old Dag hardly ever speaks
to Charlie Stoddard when he meets him.
(Ne0.) Appeal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
The Creases Saved.

The impecunious dudes of Washing
ington, local letter says, are delighted
over the discovery of one of their num-
Der which is of such novel nature as
to be worthy of passing notice, at any
rate. The memorable laws of fashion
prescribe that the dude must have a
crease running down the whole length
of each trousers leg. Now, this crease
has habit of absenting itself after the
trousers have been worn several days,
and making the dudes heart sad as he
contemplates the solemn fact that he
will have to pay his tailor half dollar
to press it in again. Now, half a dol
lar is so big cents to most of our dudes,
and they were beginning to feel the
drain upon their purses, when one of
them hit upon a scheme which has Sc
cured him the grateful thanks of his fell
lows. Every night before he retires he
folds his trousers carefully and laws
them between the mattresses on his
bed. He sleeps on them, and thus the
creases are preserved for the admiration
of the public next day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

pillows, and once in about six weeks a
plueking takes place. Only the breast
and the sides under the wings are
/ plucked, and it requires the yield of
nearly 100 geese to weigh pound. The
raw feathers are sent to Philadelphia for
cleaning and sorting.
THE prevention of decay in wood is
said to be effectively accomplished by
exhausting the air from the pores and
filling them with gutta percha solution,
substance which preserves the wood
alike from moisture, water, and the ac-
ton of the sun. The solution is
made by mixing two-thirds of gutta
percha to one-third of parafne, this
mixture being then heated to liquify the
gutta percha, when it is readily intro.
duced into the pores of the wood, the
effect of the gutta percha being, when
it becomes cool, to harden the pores.
THE City of Pekin, which sailed from
San Francisco for China last week, took
1, 400 Chinese. Many of them were old,
diseased, crippled, and there were a
number of women and children. The
Chinaman in charge said that it was
necessary to send all such home because
they feared trouble this summer, and
wanted to get all out of the way who
might be burden on those who re-
main. Most of them went at the ex-
pense of the Chinese societies.
A HUGE California hawk swooped
down on sleeping cat at Santa Rosa
the other day, and bore its quealing and
scratching into the air. When about
500 feet high the hawk lost its grip, and
the cat came down with fearful velocity,
but the hawk caught it again just before
it struck the earth, and was carrying it
off, when suddenly both fell to the
ground. The cat had bitten through
the hawks head, killing it instantly,
and the fall killed the cat.
IT was lucky for Frank Andrews,
head miller in the Touring mills at Pue-
bio, New Mexico, that he was man of
muscle. His coat caught in some ma
chinery gearing, and he was on the point
of being drawn to his death when he
caught beam and chung to it while be
was stripped of his coat, vest, and I'M
dergarments. His watch was ground to
powder, and he himself was badly
bruised.
AT recent Dunkard baptismal ser
vice at Jones' Falls, Md, one of the
baptized persons, a young woman, was
nearly strangled at the second dip, and
so Frustrated at the third that she had
to be carried to neighboring house and
revived. A thirteen-year-old girl en-
dured the ordeal with a smiling face.
Each was in the ice-cold water at least
ten minutes.
BARBARA ROBINSON, a little unedu-
Gated nine-year-old negro girl of West
Point, Ca, bids fair to rival Blind Tom
as pianist. She plays with wonderful
correctness any composition that she has
once heard. Like Tom she seems OBJ
livious to everything else when listening
to music or playing the piano.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
BURIED IN A WELL.
Rescued Alive After an Imprisonment of
Forty Hours.

A despatch from Milwaukee, Wis,
ays:-Henry Roncke, young farmer
living near Waterford, was rescued late
last night from the bottom of well,
where he had been lying under mass of
stone and dirt since early Sunday morn
ing. At that time RonUke went down
the well, which is quite deep, to repair
the tubing. While engaged at his work
portion of the stone curbing gave way
near the top, burying the unfortunate
man. 1'he alarm was at once given,
and neighbors to the number of hun
dred collected about the mouth of the
well, 1t was at first supposed that
Roncke was killed outright. AS the
crowd stood debating what was best to
be done faint cry was heard from the
bottom of the well. An answering shout
brought statement from the imprison-
ed man that he was uninjured but in
momentary danger of the stones, which
had been caught by the boards that
,braced the tubing at the bottom of the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
A Case of Pure Luck.

''Talk about luck" says Colonel A.
K. McGlll. state insurance commissioner
of Minnesota, and then he proceeds to
tell this story, on the truth of which he
is willing to stake his chances for the
next gubernatorial nomination. When,
in the spring of 1862, the army of the
Potomac moved into the Notifications
at Manassas and Centerville, which had
been vacated by the rebels, the boys
spent much of their time gathering rel
les from the battlefield of Bull Run to
send home to their friends. One day
gawky member of the Fourth New York
brought in an unexploded percussion
bomb and proceeded to draw the load
before sending it away, He might, if
he had had brains enough to last him
over the door-sill, have taken it to an
artilleryman and had it safely unloaded.
but instead of this he took it to the
blacksmith shop, where, with hammer
and cold chisel, he sat down in the
middle of the floor, took the bomb be-
tween his legs, placed the brass screw at
the;point, and gave it a smart lick with
the hammer The next instant the at
mosphere was dense with disintergrated
blacksmith shop. A section of the bat
ting roof had business over in another
county, and a chunk of the side wall
went down to visit the neighboring
camp. Pieces of iron and steel that
were once tools took an immediate va
cation and fled to parts unknown. In
short, the shop was demolished.
"But what of the MANI" we asked of
Colonel McGill.
''He's the chap I was coming to.
When the boys rushed over to see wha
was the matter, there he sat bolt up
right in the midst of the debris, with
his legs straddled out, hammer in one
hand and coldchisel in the other, and
trying to spit a hair off the end of his
tongue. by gosh, he said, as he slow
ly crawled to his feet, 4 guess the folks
It home IL have to git along 'thout that
she'll
''The only injury that had been done
to him was the singeing of his hair and
whiskers. He wasn't even much fright
ened till the '-AS.-s.sley. j. Chicago Meas.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
So Very Tender.

The Boston Budget tells this story
Two ladies entered an eating house the
other day where lunches were served at
moderate prices. One was comparative
ly young and the other quite old and
feeble. They seated themselves, and
presently the younger of the two gave
an order for bread and butter, and then
said:
81 will take a cup of coffee, and,
mother, would order cup of tea for
you, but L find 1 have not change
enough"
The aged lady contented herself with
half a slice of bread and butter. The
other drank the coffee and ate the re-
mainder of the meagre supply of eat
ables, and, when this slight repast was
ended, took from her shopping bag a
paper of caramels, and, passing one to
her companion, said:
''There, mother, they say the best
time to eat these is after dinner"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
A ROMANCE OF THE WAR
Bow n Georgia Girl Won One of Sherman's
''Boys'' from Kansas,

A pretty little romance growing out
of Sherman's march to the sea has Just
eliminated at Forsyth, Ca, in the mar
riage of David T Rodgers, of Logan,
Kan, to Miss Donnie Goodman, belle
of Forsyth. On the third night out of
Gen. Sherman's army from Atlanta on
its famous march to Savanna it camped
on the plantation of J. t. Goodman,
citizen. The family watched through
closed shutters ell night the camp fires
surrounding the place. Daylight found
tine column on the march again and as
the last man disappeared the children
sailed forth to examine the deserted
camps. Among the articles found was
knapsack, in which was a diary which
showed that its owner had served in a
Kansas regiment from the first year of
the war, and that his name was David
T. Rodgers, of Logan, Kan. Five
years ago Miss Donnie, the youngest
sister of Mr.. Goodman, born since the
war, paid him visit and became deeply
interested in the diary which told the
per1lous story of soldiers life. She
wrote to the address, expressing her
readiness to return the memento if its
l, II
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

1SeTs. TIC IWO IduIts IntTt-
after kept up pleasant correspondence.
One year ago letter bordered in black
came from Mr.. Rodgers, in which he
stated that his wife was dead; that at
the urgent solicitation of his children
he wrote his Southern friend the fact.
Two weeks ago Miss Goodman received
a second letter from Mr.. Rodgers stating
that he was about to make a business
trip to North Carolina and that he
would take occasion to call upon her.
Sunday brought the couple face to face
1t was case of love at first sight. The
visit heightened until the couple were
married
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

The Lafayette Messenger tells this
story:-The best speech that was made
during court week came from Alec Gull
berson. He was on trial for assault with
intent to murder. When he got up to
make his statement to the jury he knew
that his fate hung trembling in the bal
ance, and he determined to use an argu-
ment that in these hard times would
fall with telling effect. He said:
Gentlemen, don't want to 90 to
the chain gang. l owe Mr.. George
Clements lots of money, and want you
to let me stay here so can work and
pay him what owe."
lie came clear,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
No APPETITE, LOW SPIRITS, HEADACHE,

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only advertisement the medicine requires.
Ut has spread from house to house, from
village to village, all over the land, in
this way
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
100 Doses One Dollar
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

BROKEN UP.-A young man of Lead
vile, enamored of a young married
woman of the same town, made arrange
ments to elope with her. Each thought
the other rich. The inability or un.
willingness of each to buy the railroad
tickets to San Francisco caused a post
ponement of the plans, and another
home is not broken up.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

A woman, it is said, is no older than she
looks. Many women however, look double theiI
actual age by reason of those functional disor'
ders which wear upon the nerves and vitality
and which, if unchecked, are liable to change
down invalid. DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip.
tion' will positively cure every irregularity
and weakness peculiar to the sex, and requires
Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

UNDER THE SNow.-The big snow
storm in Maine packed the principal
streets in Dixmont with drift fifteen
feet high, and so solid that horses could
be driven over it. The young men and
boys of the village tunnelled this drift,
and after two days work, made tun-
mel 175 feet long, feet high, and s
feet wide, through which teams were
driven for several day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
March April M ay

Are the months in which 20 purify your blood ana
Tor this purpose there is medicine equal to Hoods
sarsaparlla. 1t puries, vitalizes pnd enrches the
blood removing all traces OF scroful& or othor dis
ease. It creates an appetite and infuarts new
strength and vigor TO the whole body 1t is he he1
spring medicine. Try it thss season
i take Hoods sarsapaTilla for a spring medicine
and find it Just the thing. It tones up my system
and makes me feel like different man. MY wife
takes it for dyspepsia and she derives great benefit
from It, She says it is the best medicine she ever
took"-FRANK G. TURNER, Hook Ladder Nc, L.
Friend Street, Boston, Mass.
when began taking Hoods sarsaparilla l was
dizzy in the morning had headache, and no appe-
tite but now can hardly get enough cooked to
eat"-EMnA SHEPARD, / Coral Street. Worcester.
Mass.
81 have used Hoods sarsaparffla in my family and
consider 1t splendid blood puriher"-J. p. WILD
SMITH, North 18th Street, Brooklyn n. Y.
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
SQUARE MnEs.-New York

SQUARE MLEs.-New York State
contains 40, 179 square miles; England
has an area of so, 922 square miles :;
Wales has an area of Z, 367 square miles !;
Scotland contains so, 462 square miles /;
Ireland is trife larger, having an area
of 80, 481 square miles. All figures of
this kind are approximate. There has
been no survey in area sufficiently accu-
rate to determine within Hundreds of
miles
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

The Nineteenth Century Club is an organ.
ization that will consist of an equal number of
men and women. 1t is hardly to be expected
that they will agree all subjects; but it can
surprise no one to learn that DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" is unanimously
pronounced the most successful remedy ex-
tant, for pulmonary consumption, as has been
demonstrated in hundreds of cases; it positive
ly arrests this disease and restores health and
strength, if administered in its early stages.
By druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

SETTLING IT.-A prosperous farmer
of Owingsville, KY, well-preserved
widower of over fifty, has two sons, who
were both in love with the same girl.
She found difficulty in deciding which
to take, and the old man solved
the problem by sending the boys off on
business and marrying the girl himself
while they were away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

Coop. The Minneapolis Tribune
says: cat meeting of the Congrega-
tional Club in St Paul, last evening,
one of the speakers admitted that he
had known printers and reporters who
were good men, and even railroad men
who were real live Christians"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

PERRY BELMONT is said to be one of
the most particular men in Washington
about his food. His dishes must be
cooked exactly as he orders them, or he
will not touch them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

IT'S FREQUENTLY. RECOMMENDED.-Mr H O.
Mooney, Astoria ILL.,, writes that Aliens Lung
Balsam, which he has sold for fifteen years,
sells better than any other cough remedy y, and
gives satisfaction. It's recommended by the
medical profession here. 25c., t0c. and 81 per
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

Mr.. D. H. Barnaby, of Owego, n. Y, says
that his daughter was taken with violent cold
which terminated with Pneumonia, and all
the best physicians gave the case up and said
she could live but a few hours at most. She
was in this condition when a friend recon-
mended DIR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE
LUNGS, and advised her to try it. She accept
ed it as a last resort, and was surprised to find
that it produced marked change for the bet
ter, and by persevering permanent cure was
affected.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

Six gold medals have been given to
positions, for being frs best pain-cure.
1t is, itself, better than gold. 1t cures
rheumatism and every other painful
trouble. 1t never fails.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

When you need a friend, select true one.
DR.. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is the best friend
mankind has for all diseases OF the stomach,
liver and kidneys. The best blood purifier and
tonic known. so cents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

More substantial benefit can be obtained
from so cent bottle of DIR. Bgelow's Positive
Cure than a dollar bottle of any other cough
remedy. 1t is prompt, safe and pleasant cure
for all throat and lung troubles.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

No depressing effects from Red Star
Cough Cure. No nausea, no danger of
poison. Sale, speedy, sure. Only
twenty-five cents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

THERE is one consolation in being
bald. When a policeman strikes you on
the head the doctor doesn't have to
waste any time in cutting the hair from
the wound
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

MISS CLEVELAND is becoming quite
famous for her bon mots. In reply to a
gentleman, who asked her if she hailed
from Buffalo, she -said: Eyes, we hail
from Buffalo, and we reign there.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Yale College is enjoying a chess boom

Young or middle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility or kindred affections, should
address with 10 cents in stamps for large trea-
tise, Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main street, Buffalo, n. Y.