News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-18

held his food had been lying about I'M
protected. The royal monster seemed
In very bad temper mo wonder). He
was chained by the fore feet to massive
pillars. Unless you were told that he
was white you would not perceive it.
In the dusky light he seemed much like
any other elephant. On closer exam
ination he seemed of light mouse color,
with large white blotches." The same
correspondent describes a most dis
graceful scene of plumber. The crown
Jewels narrowly escaped.
THERE died in England a few weeks
ago, aged 80, wealthy old harridan in
high life, in the person of Lady Role,
who was noted for her effrontery and
impeIiousness. Although she exer-
cised most autocratic sway as a hostess,
she was on one occasion, at least, COM
pletely outwitted. Among her guests
was the daughter of an Irish Earl. The
men In the house were not to her taste
as partners, yet she felt like dancing.
She whispered her wishes to some other
- y 01nS lady guests, and found them
quite of her mind. Presently the sound
of waltz drew Lady Role to the room,
when, in her rage and amazement, she
beheld Lady H, whirlng round in the
embrace of a stalwort and handsome
powdered footman, while her friends
followed her in the arms of similar gal
lants.
DoCToRs do not appear to have much
faith in the idea that odd shaped bottles
or peculiar labels will prevent mistakes
in the taking of drugs. An English
physician relates that he once gave a
man. for external use, little croton oil
liniment in a blue fluted bottle with a
red label. One night the man, being
troubled with q cough, thought he
would take some of his wife's cough
mixture, which was in bottle having
raised letters. He mistook the Fittings
on his own bottle for the raised letters
on his wife's, and swallowed the croton
oil. He soon discovered his error, and
was very i'll for many hours. In a
similar case a man recently died from
heavy dose of Imminent.
In a paper read before the Public
Health Association, DR.. d. +. Salmon
said that the ravages of hog cholera
were unusually severe and widespread
last year, and cost producers nearly
$50, 900, 900. Referring to the sanitary
aspects of the question, he said; 1.-The
disposition of the millions of carcasses
of hogs that have died from this dis
ease, is matter which effects the
health of the people. Sometimes they
are left to putrefy, sometimes they are
thrown into the ponds and streams
which furnish drinking water to our
cities, sometimes the lard is rendered |
from them, and what finally becomes of |
this product is an interesting subject |
for speculation"
THE life saving service, it is stated in
its annual report for 1885, saved last
year 81 persons, exclusive of the lives
saved in the regular service of rescuing
distressed, endangered, and wrecked
vessels, as follows: Total number of
disasters, 81; total value of property
involved, 81, 634, $50; total value of
property saved, SO, 379, 583; total value
of property lost, 81, 254, 1917; total num-
Der of persons on board, 2,439; total
number of persons saved, 2,428; total
number of persons lost, IL; total num-
Der of shipwrecked persons cared for at
stations, sos; total number of days !
succOr afforded, !, 68G; total number of
vessels lost, So.
AN Englishman in Madras has, by
lucky accident, made a photograph of
tiger in the act of Selling its prey. The
Ntlll1Cld was IOCuSGtl Ou u DullulO lieu 10
stake some thirty feet off, and had
just received a dry plate, when a tiger
leaped from the jungle and struck down
the buffalo with a single blow. The
operator kept his presence of mind and
released his shutter before taking to his
heels. The negative proved poor one,
but showed the relative attitude of tiger
and buffalo pretty well, and confirmed
fh.aC L. I'd &l,A Ill
tiger, with his knock down blow, en-
deavors to dislocate the neck of his vic
tim.
THE French have looked with alarm
upon the steady export of PerCheron
horses to the United States; but the
most prominent breeders there now say
that the progeny of these horses raised
in the United States are an improve
mCnt upon their sires and that it is
profitable to reimport. 1t is known that
Napoleon III. used to import Percheron
horses from Vermont for the post chaises
which he used so much, as Gen. Fleury,
his Master of the Horse, found them
much superior to the Mechlenburg
horses, more generally used.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for
reunion of the Third Corps on the battle
field of Gettysburg next July This
corps bore a memorable part In the ]
battle, and now, after the lapse of
twenty-five years, the survivors propose
visiting the field There will be no
mingling of the blue and gray; no thun- I
der of cannon nor roar of musketTy. 1t {
will be peaceful scene, and only the !
National Cemetery, where lie the thou {
sands who died on that field, will indi- [
cate that at one time armed men met ]
there in deadly strife. 6
+ A BRILLIANT wedding occurred about {
Christmas time in North Bend, Ncb, :
the parties being lawyer who had been /
for some years a resident of the place /,
and the 19-year old daughter of /
wealthy local grain dealer. The couple !,
started East on their wedding tour, and u
a few days ago the bride returned home
alone and heartbroken, her husband u
having been arrested in Iowa for forgery o
Iowa county had been looking for him a
at the time the wedding took place.
THE German census, just taken, shows r
that the empire contains As towns of !
over 80, 900 inhabitants, 21 of which
have more than 100, 900 Dusseldorf,
Berlin, Magdeburg, Chemnitz, Nurn-
DuTg, IdlhDuIS, anu LclpSlC snow an
increase during the five years of over IA
per cent, Crefeld over 81 per cent, Kjel, {
Dortmund, Mannheim, and Carlsruhe i
over Is per cent. In Dantzic the popu- f
lation has increased only per cent, c
while in Mcmel there has been q de- a
crease of nearly ~ per cent. l
A MARRIED lady, of Richmond, Ohio, =
on Sunday gave birth to freak of i
nature. The child had one head, two !!
bodies, four arms and .
four legs. The bodies were joined to- T."
gether at the shoulders, the backs being =
against each other. One body :, :,
was female, while the other was male "
The freak lived about thirty minutes, .
and made its presence known by faint u
walls. The father and mother are u
hearty and perfectly formed people. Il
A GIRL, thirteen years old who has a
grown only and inch in height since t,
she was two years old, and has gained "
but little in weight, was before the Il
Concord On H Medical Society at its Il
annual meeting a few DAYS ago. The Il
girl weighs thirty-five pounds and is NJ
thirty three inches high, has never been n
severely sick, and is unusually healthy. il
Her mind seems to have stopped grow W
ing at the same time. A
THE French interference in China is n
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