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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-02
HORSES.

HORSES.
J. M. Campbell, Morristown,
Superintendent.
Class Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10.
CoMMIrTEE.--L. E. Harrington,
Park; Orson Smith, Stowe
Oscar Sherwin, Morristown.
Best stallion 5 years old and over
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Sleeping Positions.

A facetious exchange says: A medical paper has a new health-preserving racket that of sleeping with the face down. ward. Those plans and specifications for sleeping are getting a little too numerous. We always try to live up to them. When some old medical authority who has got his cemetery full and retired from active slaughter shouts that person should sleep with his head toward the north so that the electric currents will pass through the body on the proper route we sleep that way. If another moss-grown practitioner, with as good record for fatality, solemnly asserts that the only authorized and fully-guaranteed way to slumber is with the head towards the south, and gives the same reason as the other, we just move the pillow aft and turh in. When still another rival of the pale rider, with his back broken by lift ing on tho rate of mortality, announces that the only way to get along peacefully with the electric currents is to sleep with the head to the east or west, so that they will slide over the body and butt against the headboard of the bcdstcad, we promptly, even gladly, comply. Every time the word comes along the line for change it finds us ready and willing vic- tim. They are coming rather too fast however. It begins to look as if wo could not get through a whole night without veering around to some new di- rection or position. It will soon be nec- essary to get up three or four times night and go down and get the mail and see what the latest chart on sleeping is.
 Some genius will have to bring bed stead with clock-work attached that will
 keep it continually moving around and make it occasionally get up on its hind eastors and turn couple of handsprings.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
ssWifa Does tho Mflkfng.N

"A little story" brings to mind with renewed force the old proverb, "truth is stranger than fiction" We were talking of what disposition to make of kicking COW, when our hired man said:
 'I guess lean find customer for her. There's an Irishman up in R. who bought COW of one of our neighbors. He told the Irishman that he must tell him one thing about the COW before he closed the bargain-that the COW would sometimes kick"
 ''The tender t'God- ordained protec- tor' of our sex replied:
 ''That makes no difference; my wife does the milking"
 have often heard such things told, and have sometimes thought they must have been made up ''to point moral or adorn tale." But this is fact; for questioned the man about it, and he said he knew it was true. Woson's Jossrxok
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
An Executive Session.

She was the daughter of Senator and her sweetheart had been to see her every night for some time. Her father became somewhat alarmed, and this morning he called her into his study.
 "Well, papa" she said sweetly, 'syou sent for me. What is it2''
 My dear daughter" he replied, q believe Mir. Blank has been to see you every night for some time past3"
 "Yes, papa"
 "And he was here last night9'
 "Yes, papa"
 "Well, daughter, I want to know what occurred between you during your protracted interview in the parlor. ask it, my child, because have especial req sons for wishing to know"
 'Dear papa" replied the girl with tears in her eyes, "I do not doubt your right to ask what occurred there; but, papa, it was an executive session; and, papa, you would not have me divulge the secrets of such a meeting, would you9"
 The old man never said word in re. ply Washington Critic.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
In an African Forest.

At this juncture the native guides ar- rived, having followed in our footsteps, anxious to see the result of our self-guid- ance. Wishing to transfer my responsi- bility to other shoulders offered them present of cloth if they would lead us through the trackless forests to the pre- cincts of Rombo; whence 1 knew we could find our way unaided to Taveita. They consented and once more we entered the ,,dusky woods, following zigzag course by means of the rough paths which elephants had just made. Often the -stemmed flowers, and crushed stained grass would be slowly rising erect again from the prostrate position into which they had been trampled by the feet of the clumsy proboscidians, these lords of the forest who had just preceded us. Indeed, from time to time they would make their presence known by sonorous trumpeting, but as they were quite aware of our proximity they took good care to conceal their huge bodies. The undergrowth was so dense that you might have touched an elephant in your gropings before you saw him; but above this dense tangle of six or seven feet in height rose the straight smooth trunks of superb trees; indeed, the timber I saw here was exceptionally fine. The gloom of the forest was intensified by the enor- nous masses of orchilla-weed which grew thickly on the upper branches of the trees, in such manner as to suggest { gray, green cloth being thrown over the foliage. The density of the woodland growth was almost appalling; we felt lik' insects creeping and twining through th
 interstices of the mighty trunks. As w
 preferred to go whither the elephants hat forced way, our course was natural, an cratic one, and several times the mel
 lay down in despair to pant and rest.-
 H. II. Johnston.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
A Stump Speaker ssUp . Stump"

Stories of General George A. Sheridan, the stump speaker and lecturer, who is generally paraded as ''of Louisiana" arc often to be heard in the places where public men gather. He is said to have once declared the axiom that the one thing which stump orator does not need to burden himself with is facts. It is the Generals idea that facile speaker can create all the facts he wants as he goes along in his speech. In illustration of his meaning he told story of an oc. currence when he was out on tour with General Garfield. He had made an as- sertion with reference to the tariff which seemed to him to need some bolstcring and he said that his statement had been based on decision of the highest court of the State of New York. He was about to pass on, when ayoung man in the audience interrupted him and beg ged permission to ask where this decision could be found. The General was Cup a stump" and as fight for time in the hope that Garfield might help him out, he asked tho inquirer, "Are you law yer2" The stranger replied in the af- frmative. 'I thought so," said Sheri- dan. "You look like a smart and intel ligent one at that. You have doubtless read this decision yourself many times. '" By this time it became apparent to Sheri- dan that Garfield was enjoying his dis comfture and that he must get out of his scrape the best he could. It flashed across his mind that there was report ip New York known as Denio's, and he said: "The report is in 9th Denio, page so and so." The young lawyer wavered a minute and then sat down, saying meekly, "Ah, yes, I do remember now having read it myself" Sheridan says that he had curiosity afterward to look up the particular page to which he re
 ferred the inquisitive young fellow, ant found that it was the middle of rcpor
 of case involving questions of idiocy.-
 Ne,o York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Useful Hints.

When a setting hen is too indisposed to stay on the nest continuously, let her rest alternate days and tie the rooster on the nest while she's resting.
 The soot can be thoroughly swept out of chimney by dropping goose in it at the top. The goose, in vainly striving to fly upward, thoroughly cleans the chim- ney with it's wings.
 By immersing the entire body in soft tar before taking bee-tree, one can ren- der himself invulnerable to the assaults of the bees.
 You can smoke rabbit out of hol- low by smoking cigarette close enough to let the stench enter the hole.
 The scent of whisky on the breath can be subdued by smearing asafntida on the moustache.
 When your bedfellow snores and re- fuses to hush, trump up a counterfeit nightmare and straddle his neck. If this does mt stop him, kick him out of bed in such 8 way that his head will strike the floor first. The resulting cere- bral agitation will keep him awake fol the rest of the night and give you g chance to doze little. If you make habit of keeping live mice in your pockets, your loose change will be comparatively safe from your en terprising wife.
 If you take a small step-ladder witt you into the theatre it will be very ser viceable when the stage is barricaded from view by big hat.
 Freckles can be removed from the fac' with sand-paper.-Lye.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Making 1t Binding.

I am lawyers daughter, you know, George dear," she said, after George had proposed and had bccn accepted, ana YOU wouldn't think itstrange if wero to ask you to sign little paper to the effect that we are engaged, would your"
 George was too happy to think any thing strange just then, and he signed the paper with trembling hand and . bursting heart.
 Then she laid her ear against his mid- de vest button and they were very hap- py.
 'sTell me, darling," said George after a long delicious silence, "why did you want me to sign that papera Do you not reposc implicit confidence in my love for you2"
 "Ah ycs," she sighed with infinite content, "indeed do; but George, dear,' I have been fooled so many times. "-- Tife
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
HUMOROUS.

An ulster covers amultitude of patches. The telephone operator has perpetual holler day.
 A young lady wrapped up in herself is delicate parcel.
 .Lend me your ears," as the farmer said to the corn stalk.
 A policeman, like man climbing ladder, goes the rounds. Two heads are better than one-on freak in dime mnscum.
 The nick of time-The piece broken out of the ancient crockery.
 When the heart is full tho lips are si" lent; when the man is full it is different. John Ruskin wants tho sewing ma chine to go. Let him put his feet on the treadlc and work it, then.
 The man who never gets mad IS sup posed to be half brother to the woman who never looks behind her.
 The man who never does any harm might crawl into cave and stay there ten years without being missed.
 A girl with her hair down over her forehead does not look as if she could have bang up time at any party.
 A patent medicine advertisement sayss s'The human body is much like good clock" This sounds reasonable. A good many men spend large part of their time in striking. "Are you pretty well acquainted with your mother tongue, my boyY' asked tho school teacher of the new scholar. "Yes, sir" answered the lad timidly, Una jaws me good deal, sir" One thousand dollars in gold welgns forty pounds. It is the necessity of carry. ing home from their offices the daily ln~ come of specie that makes so many news paper men round shouldcred.
 A small child being asked by Sunday school teacher: "What did the Israelites do after they had crossed the Red SeaF' answered.: 'I don't know, ma'am, but. guess they dried themselves"
 Literary man Qaughingly)-Yes, 1took to literature naturally. was vaccinated from quill, you know. Friend (grimly) The world would have been the gainer if you had been vaccinated from pick or shovel.
 Sunday school scholar to teacher)- "Did you say that the hairs of my head were all numbered2" Teacher-"Yes, my dear" Sunday school scholar "Well, then, pulling out hair and pre- senting iD, what's the number of this One2"
 'How do you do, Marya I've been trying to catch up with you for half an hour. knew you just as soon as set eyes on that bonnet I've known 1t as long as can remember" It is such re- marks as this that fill the female heart with bitterness.
 A Chicago boy of fourteen years re- gently ran away from home to become pirate king. He was captured by . policeman and returned to his parents. He didn't become that kind of king' but after brief interview with his father he was aching.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

A substitute for gunpowder is de- scribed in Science as having come into recent use in some American coal mines. Caustic lime is ground fine and consoli- dated by pressure of forty tons into cartridges. After the holes are drilled in the face of the coal, an iron tube half an inch in diameter, with small groove externally on the upper side, and several perforations, is inserted the whole length of the hole. The cartridges, which have groove to fit the tube, are then inserted and lightly rammed, and the hole tamped. A small force pump in' jects through the tube a quantity of water equal in bulk to the lime. The water escapes through the perforations and along the groove saturating the whole, and driving out the air. The tube is then closed by tap to prevent the escape of the steam, which by its force, cracks the coal away from the roof, and then follows the expansion o' tho lime,
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Won Ny an Accident.

When we say that something happened from chance we really mean only that it occurred, without or in spite of previous planning by the men who wished to con trol events. History knows of empires which have been lost or saved "by acci- dent" that is, as the result of acts which were not within the control of sovereigns and generals.
 One such case-the story is narrated in the second part of the Greville Me- moirs-was the victory, in 1845, of the English over the Sikhs Ferozeshah.
 At a critical point in the battle, the govenor-general of India, Lord Hardinge, who commanded in person, thought the battle was lost. Believing that his army would be destroyed, and not expecting to survive the defeat, he gave his watch and some other things to one of his officers, asking that they might be con- veyed to his wife with the assurance that his last thoughts were about her.
 Just at this time, one of Lord Hard inge's staff, also in despair, having lost his head, through nervousness or fear, rode up to the commander of the Eng fish Cavalry, and communicated an or der which he declared he had received, that the cavalry should retreat. The l commander asked for written order; the staff officer admitted he had none, but spoke so positively as to the instrnc- tion which he was charged to deliver, that the commander gave the order that his men should retire.
 The Sikhs, seeing the cavalry drawing off, supposed the movement to be for the purpose of attacking them on their flank, and cutting off their communications. A panic seized them and they began to re- treat. The English commander-in-chie1 noticed the disorder in the Sikh ranks and ordered charge along his whole line which resulted in the rout of tn, enemy.
 Thus victory which saved India tt England was due to nervous officer who invented an order he had never re ceived. If the British troops had beer defeated, the whole of India would doubtless have risen to throw off th' yoke of those whom the Sikhs had beate1 in battle. -Youths Componion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

A photograph has been taken in Hart ford of five persons who represent five generations. On the right sits the great. great grandfather, Benoni Austin, of North Woodstock, aged ninety-tivc years. On the left is the great-grand- father, John Austin, aged seventy Eve; back of him is the grand. father, N. V. Austin, aged fifty two; in the center stands the father, Arthur P. Austin, aged twenty. nine; and in front of him stands his little son, Forrest, just five years old. They are all in good health.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Going to Sea in 8 Flatb0at.

Recently the pilot at Eadsport on the Mississippi river, noticed singular looking craft, with two sails and jib, making its way down the jetties to sea, but paid no particular attention to it. There was heavy sea on at the time, and when she had got about five miles out into the gulf the pilot boat Under writer caught sight of her, and, seeing that she was in danger, went to her as- sistance.
 On reaching the strange craft it was found that her rudder was broken and she was unmanageable-in fact, that she was an fashioned scow or flatboat, with two short masts and jib. The calking was coming out of the seams, she had no bulkheads or strengthening braces, or any similar device of marine architecture. The only living things aboard were one man, his wife, two chil dren, and dog.
 These adventurers were all the way from some interior point in Arkansas, on their way to Florida, without knowledge or even chart, chronometer, or other maritime appliances. There was nc water aboard, and but little provisions. The captain of this nondescript must have been reading some dime novel, and probably thought he could hitch up al night, get water and provisions, and go ahead whenever he desired. He had, he said, been six years building this craft The people aboard were rescued iron death, and brought to the city.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Turkish Public Amusements.

The public amusements of the Turks consist of meydan-oyoonoo, ka'u-g'eoz, ana | the meddah. Meydan-oyoon is a sort of low burlesque, acted by men only and without stage, the changing of cos tunes being effected behind tempora- ry screen. The kara-g'eoz is the Turk ish 'Puhch and Judy" rendered in shadows, white sheet being stretched across one of the angles of the room di- agonally, forming the base of triangle, behind which the performer takes his stand, and by the force of strong light casts the shadows of coming events" on the sheet, And the mcddah is the fa- nous story-teller of the East. The ab- sence of works of fiction, and the general ignorance of the people, who do not even know how to read, make the nara tives of the meddahs quite acceptable to the public, who flock to hear them for pastime, for the love of the marvellous IS too powerful in the warm and imagina- tive nature of the people of that sunny ! cline to remain without some develop ment. Hence their popularity. Then, again, these meddahs are not destitute of dramatic power, entrancing their atten- tive audiences by the magnetism of high ly wrought fiction, exaggerated descrip- tion, and effective mimicry. Indeed, some of them have acquired renown for their speciality. Kiz-Ahmed, or Lady Ahmed, is so named on account of his successful ability in "taking off, the la- dies, and Pidjemin is noted for the 'pa- thctic." They exercise certain coup de theatre of their own, and are by the cx- cited fancies of the people invested with a genii-like power, as they condense into a passing hour the scenes of an eventful life, or detail the entertainments of fairy dom. In fact, these meddahs occupy the Oriental lecture field, and on festive occasions provide most welcome part of the entertainment. Their tales, general ly vulgar, to suit public taste, are often not devoid of some good moral, and their comicalitias hold up some popular vice to public derision.-Harper's Basar.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

Dennis OHerron has had rather an eventful life. In early days he was pros porous in Buffalo. He became drunk ard and then tramp. He reformed and went to work in Louisville. Last Oc- tober, while handling ties, Q big spread head viper darted from pile and buried it's fangs in his breast. His companions pulled the snake off and filled Dennis with whiskey. They kept him drunk for a week and he never felt any i'll effects from the bite. A few months later a mule kicked him twice in two seconds, breaking some ribs and his collar bone. Shortly after he had recovered from these injuries, and while asleep in the shade of a tree, a man drove a buggy over his neck. He apparently wasn't hurt, but recently his neck began to pain him, and now he is in ahospital suffering from general break up of his badly used system.-N y. Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Fllial Fidelity in the Bee.

A writer in the American Bee Journal relates the following incident in the in- troduction of queens, which shows the filial instincts iu this wonderful little in- sect: "Last fall, while putting my colo nies in order for wintering, they were carried, one by one, afew yards from the summer stands, and the frames removed, boxes cleaned, etc. the bees adhering to one hive were poured on the ground with the scrapings from the hive, and the queen with them. Shortly after the col ony had been replaced upon its stand robbing began, thus indicating some thing wrong with the queen. Her hive was closed until sundown and visited early the next mornings light frost having fallen-when it occurred to me that the queen might be found where the bees had been poured out the morning before-about twenty-four hours previous; and there to my amazemcnt' was cone-shaped cluster of bees as large as tea-cup, and in the center of 1t was the queen, cold and stiff. Upon taking her to fire, in few minutes she was restored to activity; and, on lifting the cushion over the bees and presenting her, the first thing even before she left the fingers, bee "gave her to eat"; and thereupon, almost instantly, a joyful hum passed through the hive; and, quicker than it can be told, dead bees were carried out, and defensive warfar' against robbers began.
 The fidelity exhibited in protecting their mother on that frosty night, ane the joy manifested on her safe return home, are worthy of our imitation.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Forward.

Push on, brave heart, nor yet despair,
 Though dark and dreary seem the way, Thy sun will shine from skies as fair
 As ever graced the coming day. And ever keep before thine eyes
 The heroes of the mighty past; Think how they struggled for the prize,
 And thou shalt surely win at last. Push on, as some brave swimmers do,
 Over storm-capped waves of life, Strike out against the undertow,
 And come off victor in the strife. Push on, and win a lasting name
 The nations of the earth among, Nor stoop to use as steps to fame Thy fellow-men who round you throng. Push on, and when thou gain'st the day,
 Remember these brave words of mine; Bear up beneath each darkened ray,
 Thy sun is waiting but to shine With tenfold glory from above.
 That hour is darkest next the dawn, Success is certain. Do not fear. But let the watchward be-Push on. -Jack Gardiner In Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12
Of the more than four hundred species

Of the more than four hundred species of trees found in the United States, there are said to be sixteen species whose per fectly dry wood will sink in water. The heaviest of these is the black ironwood of southern Florida, which is more than thirty per cent. heavier than water. Of the others, the best known are the lig- numvit@ and mangrove; another is a small oak, found in the mountains of western Texas, southern New Mexico and Arizona, and westward to the Colo. rado desert, at an elevation of from 5000 to 10, 900 feet.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

The facilities for the higher education of women in Great Britain are steadily increasing. In addition to the Univer' sity of London, the Royal University oi Ireland, the Victoria University and the Irish College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Scotch College of Physicians and Surgeons at Edinburgh has just decided to throw open its examinations and de. urees to women.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

The latest development, and one which will do more than anything else to make ostrich farming one of the recog- nized industries of California, says the San Francisco Cau, is that the business will be far more profitable here than in Africa. It is claimed that the feathers plucked this year are longer, much finer in texture-so to speak-than the Afri- can, and there are more grown per bird than is the case in Africa.
Connecticut western news., 1886-05-12

The personal household of Queen Vic toria is composed of over thousand persons, and costs the nation annually two million dollars. Attached to our Presidents household are twenty-otie secretaries, clerks, doorkeepers, messen- gers, etc., at an aggregate salary of $31,- 864. There are also about dozen gar deners and other employees detailed for service at the White House from other departments