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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Women who Served as Soldiers.

81 was the examining surgeon at one
of the recruiting camps early in the war,
says newspaper correspondent, and on
one occasion as passed down the lines
of a company formed in open order for
muster and inspection noticed as the
hands were held out one set that, to my
practiced eye, belonged to a woman, l
said nothing at the time, but after con-
sultation with the Colonel had the re-
cruit with the feminine hands brought
to headquarters. The bright looking
young soldier in the new blue suit ad-
mitted in two minutes that she was a
woman and in two days she was at home.
A year after that | was at bail in
Washington. AS | stood little aside
from the main party, wishing that | was
in front with the army, young lady
came toward me, bowed with exag-
gerated stiffness, and as she Strengthened
up went through the motions of Obeving
the order Eyes right She offered me
her hand and thanked me for something
that she supposed that had done and
walked away. She was pretty enough
to be the belle of the occasion, and |
saw that she took considerable delight
in my confusion of mind, all of which |
understood later when learned she was
my recruit with the lady like hands.
She afterward told me that she owed me
debt of gratitude for stepping in at
the right time to break down her 70
mantle notions. A good many women
went into the army and got out of it
without any notoriety. They probably
are not ashamed of their experience, but
it suits their purpose to say nothing
about it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
The Farm and village Garden.

If the garden must be small, make the
most of It, Enrich the soil, plant close,
use hand and wheel hoes, utilize every
available foot of space, and keep the
ground occupied by successive crops.
A most unsightly border for garden
Ia hedge of berry bushes, grass and
weeds matted together and gone to seed:
This is the almost certain end of small
fruits planted along fence. Set them
out IN the middle of the garden.
Radish seed terminate quickly, and l
have found It convenient to sow few
along with seed, like beets and celery,
that are slow in terminating. The rad
ishes mark the rows, and the ground
can be stirred before the other plants
make their appearance.
By sowing early, second early, and
late radishes at the same time, | get q
succession without the trouble of sue
cessive sowings.
A cold, hard, clayey soil may be made
mellow by few loads of sand.
My soil is of such nature that l can
plough any time when the frost is out.
BY ploughing in open spells in winter
or in early spring, l get rid of many in
furious insects. They are turned out
of their winter beds, exposed to the
rost, and destroyed.
Old grapevines may be renewed by
cutting them off close to the ground and
allowing new canes to grow. | have sue
ceeded better by laying down a couple
of new canes on either side of the old
stump and six or eight feet from it.
These are covered six inches deep in the
spring, and after years growth con-
nection with the old vine is severed. |
cot in this way two new vines on fresh
soil and lose no crop of fruit.
For carly potatoes l maize burrows six
inches deep, drop the seed, cut to two
eyes, cover with liberal quantity of
short compost, and then throw on two
good burrows, with q one-horse plough.
Planted in this way it takes q hard
freeze and late one to do much dam
age, even if planted early this month.
. The wrinkled peas will not endure
the cold wet weather as well as the
round smooth sorts. For the first plant
ing, both for family and market, there
is probably nothing better than the
Philadelphia extra early. 1t has many
names in the catalogues.
Peppers, in good soil and in favorable
seasons, are enormously productive.
Halfa dozen plants each of sweet Span
iSh and cherry, the former for mangoes
and the latter for pickles, gave us all we
needed last season.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Racing Across the Atlantic.

''Lost in hurry''-that must be the
verdict of every seaman who reads the
papers this morning; and it will be well
if the officers of the Oregon are able to
reverse it. Landsmen, meanwhile, will
desire to stipulate that not so much risk
should be run for the sake of scoring
what sporting men call ''record." 1t
is fine thing, no doubt, to be whisked
from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in
little less than week; but
would it matter very much if
few hours were added TO
the shortest passage on record 2' At
present officers are afraid of losing cred
it if they fall behind, and the way in
which the liners are driven is almost
terrific. Even when the haze falls about
the banks it sometimes happens that
captain will be content with blowing
the whistle. The dread of quayside
criticism is ever before him, and he
steals every yard that he can. The
scene on board of the 'grevhounds"
during heavy weather is inspirating
enough. The vessel is driven through
the masses of water, and she is partly
submerged most of the time, leaving the
men without dry stitch on, so that the
pace is not so inspiriting for them. The
writer of this article has been on board
slow steamer in heavy fog, when 1t
was impossible to sec ten feet ahead.
Suddenly the fog lifted; and there,
eighty yards astern, was large steamer
coming on at great rate of speed. She
barely cleared the slower vessel but, as
a cool seaman remarked: "Half min
ute more-r
The managers of the great lines should
be content rather to have their boats
beaten sometimes than run the risks
which have been so cruelty exemplified
IN the case of the Oregon.-S. James
Gazette
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Father a Drunkard.

The Oswego Palladium says: Officer
Cuttings arrested little eight-year-old
Daisy Cahill upon a charge of burglary
and larceny, for entering the rooms oc-
cuped by E. F. Farrell, the painter on
East Second street. and stealing SIS in
currency. The youthful burglar says
she got into the rooms by taking out
back window, and found the money in
the pocket of pair of pants hanging in
the room. When asked what she had
done with it, she said she had spent it
for shoes and roller skates for herself
and the "Maloney' girl. Sic was
locked up to await an examination. The
child is bright, black eyed little girl,
eight years old. She is the daughter of
James Cahill, who las a number of
times within the past few years figured
in the police court for being d unk. TIE
little one has been lowed to roam the
streets at will while other children of
the same age were peacefully sleeping
In their beds. 1t is no wonder she has
brought up in Jail on such charge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29

quarters TO one pound Of bread, one
half to one pound of potatoes or some
other vegetable, one half pound of oat.
meal, one-half ounce Of butter, one
ounce OF sugar, q large bowl Of tea or
coffee with spoonful of condensed
milk, an orange, an apple, or some
dried fruit.
Add one cents worth of kerosene oil
for cooking, ell but the bread, which
must be baked elsewhere, and we have
food and fuel for cooking it at 81 week.
This economy is possible in what may
be called laboratory practice. How
long will 1t take to make it common
prncticef How long will it take to
alter the taste of the people from fried
food and hot biscuit to stewed food
and sound bread2 If this can be done,
as it now seem possible, the price of a
aforementioned life in the city of Bos-
ton for food, shelter, clothing, fuel, and
laundry may be covered by the sum of
$172, leaving within the limit of $500 a
year, $2s for sundries or luxuxies.
EDWARD ATKINSON.
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An As OnIshed Engineer

While locomotive No. Cos, on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road,
was nearing Savanna, not far from
Galena, an immense white owl suddenly
cane crashing right through the thick
plate glass in the front of the cab En-
gneer Wade rolled of his box in con
stcrnatlon; the head brakeman, who
was in the tireman's seat warmin him
self, imagined that Old Nick was after
the whole gang, and plungc,' out of the
CAB and over the coal box with a whoop
that would have done justice to \ Sioux
warrior, while the unfortunate and HOY
riied McCarty caught the animal fair IN
his arms, fainting nearly from the eff
fects Of the shock. After great deal
of scratching and clawing on the part of
the owl, he was stuffed into the tool box
and carried to Savanna and placed in
the O., NJ and st. Paul Geological Gar
den ct that place.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Beware the New Counterfeit.

The genuine fve-dollar national bank
note of the series of 1882 has bust of
Garfield in an oval frame on the left end
of the face OF the note; also q brown
back, with the charter number of the
bank in large shaded figures set in
green In the centre of the back. A
counterfeit of this denomination and
series has appeared, putportihg to be an
issue Of the Central National Bank of
Norwalk, Conn, and giving the charter
number as 404. This bank never issued
note of the series 1882 and the charter
number is 2,342. The pink seal on the
counterfeit reads, ''E Plur1bus Unum
sigil," the genuine seal reads "The saur
Amer Septant Sigil." In the upper and
lower corner of the left end face of the
note the word five has been omitted in
the counterfeit. The figures of the char
ter number are smaller than in the
genuine and are not shaded. Genuine
tive-dollar notes on the Central National
Bank of N6rwalk, Coin, have green
border on the back and on the front, red
sea, red numbers, series of 1875, John
Allison, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Grapevine Cuttings.

Where the cuttings from grapevines
are intended for use in propagating, the
pruning should be done before the
shoots are frozen; otherwise the prun-
ing may be performed during any por-
ton of the winter until spring
For cuttings only tie first seasons
growth should be retained, and these
may be cut seven or eight inches long,
with two buds. The cutting should be
with a sharp knife, smoothly done and
yet below the lower bud and about an
inch above the upper one, or for general
practice the cutting may be two or three
inches long with a single bud near the
top.
The success of growing grapes from
cuttings depends quite largely upon ia
vorable conditions, such as soil, its
power to retain moisture, the humidity
of the air, etc. The most favorable soil
is a rich, deep, moderately compact
and yet mellow soil. Fertility is essen
tial in order to give strength and vigor
to the new roots that the cuttings send
forth. Cuttings that are small and fee
BILE should be discarded, selecting only
those which appear to possess strength
and vigor. AS soon as the soil can be
titled for use the cuttings may be plant
ed by making a trench with shovel or
spade of sufficient depth to make the
cuttings nearly perpendicular upon one
side, but sloping on the other. Place
the cuttings against the most nearly
upright side, about three or four inches
apart so that the upper bud will come a
little below the surface when the soil is
returned to the trench. Fill the trench
gradually, firmly pressing the soil until
near the top, when leave loose. Some
times coarse manure or mulching placed
over the cuttings will assist in retaining
moisture. If roots start from both buds,
the lower portion can be removed at
time of transplanting. We have some
times had good success by simply
thrusting carefully the cuttings into the
soil without any trenching. Practice in
propagating by cuttings will suggest
many trifing matters to be observed to
secure the best results. Germantorn
| Telegraph
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
The Two Boys.

A boy was crossing the West Grand
Circus Park Yesterday with dog. At
the fountain he met another boy cross
ing the park with dog.
The two boys halted and surveyed
each other, and each one uttered q
"humph" of disgust.
The two CANNES stopped at ten feet
away and scratched up the budding
grass and uttered blood curdling growls.
kin your dog tight2"
"Kin he? Why he licked lion last
summer! Kin your dog ightr'
''Oh, no! He didn't grab one o. Bar
NUNS Bengal tigers which got out of
cage! He won't fight-oh, nor'
'Td let my dog chaw yours all to
pieces, but I'm afraid he'd git the by
drophobia."
'T'd let my dog fight, but maybe
yours has got fleas."
'Humpw
'Humph yourselfw
I'D lick you if my shoulder wasn't
lamer'
"And it's good thing for you that I
hurt my back yesterday5' a.
'Pooh!"
"Bahr'
They jumped at each other and tho
dogs followed suit, but next moment
each boy, followed by his dog. took a
run for it, and didn't halt until block
away. Then they stopped 10 shake
| their fists and call out
''You just look out for me next time y,
Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29

over his head, and Morgan was lifted
up, carried over the pulley, and dropped
through an opening to the first floor.
he Yves killed outright.
A GEORGIA farmer, many of whose
chickens went to feed owls and hawks.
trimmed a tree SO that little remained
but a tall stump, and on top OF this
placed well-baited steel trap. Before
big hawk broke the fastenings of the
trap and flew away with it the farmer
had caught six owls, two hawks and q
buzzard.
A PENNSYLVANIA lady raised a family
of "a boys. Thirteen were in the Union
srmy and one in the Confederate.
Eleven out of the IS were killed on the
field of battle, and the one in the Con-
federate army has not been heard from:
Two out of the Is returned home, and
one of them has applied for pension.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Spurious Butter in England.

1t is satisfactory to know that there
is point at which the law will step in
to prevent the public being swindled by
the sale to them of oleOmargarine as
butter At Wrexham, Richard Hol-
land, of Chester, was fined ten pounds
and costs for selling in Wrexham mar
ket this compound, made up to repre-
sent fresh butter The imitation was
perfect; the stuff was made up in
pounds, stamped with a COW, nicely
colored, and sold at the usual price of
fresh butter. On being analysed it was
found to contain not an atom of butter,
but to consist entirely of foreign fat.
People at large arc at loss to under
stand why parliament does not come to
the relief of the working classes, who
are for the most part the victims of
the outrageous frauds. In some of
the States of America the sale of these
products is absolutely prohibited in
others it is permitted only on the CON
dition of the stuff being SO colored as
to prevent any possibility of its being
passed off as butter In England. the
poorer classes are swindled, and the
difficulties of our farmers increased by
the price of butter kept down by the
competition of this stuff. - London
Standard
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Tired to Carry off the Child.

The Union On. W NeWs says:-Foi
the past few weeks two large eagles have
been noticed by farmers living five miles
north OF Little Falls, and last Friday
one Of them created great excitement
by endeavoring to carry off five-year
old son of Joseph Davis, who lives neal
the old Strow tavern, two miles from
there, on the old Ritter road, in the
town of Mannheim, Mr.. Davis and a
hired man were engaged in building and
repairing fences when they were
suddenly alarmed by a frantic appeal
for help by the little boy, who had
wandered short distance away from
where they were at work. The men
looked in the direction from where the
voice emanated, and were startled in
discovering that mammoth eagle
measuring about Z feet from tip to tip,
was viciously Juggling at the child's gar
ments in order to get good hold, so
that the child could be carried into the
forest and made it's prey. The men
came to the rescue of the boy and
fought the eagle off with clubs. They
were so excited that no effort was made
to capture the bird.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Suffering from Tr1china.

At Gutenberg, town on the Missis-
sippi river, in Wisconsin, all the mem
berS of German family named Seipple
are Suffering from trichina, caused from
eating sausage and ham. One daughter
has already died, but the rest of the
family, though very sick, are in a fair
way to recover.
In piece of the sausage about the
size of pin head, which was examined
by physician, seven trichina parasites
were discovered. Great excitement
exists among the inhabitants of the vii
lage, as the meat and sausage were
from pork raised near there, and it is
feared that the droves of hogs in the
ncighborhood may be infected with the
disease The excitement is heightened
by the fact that others beside the Sep
pie family used the diseased pork for
food, and more cases are anticipated.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
Destruction OF Our Native Bird 4.

The American Ornithologists' Union,
through its Committee on Protection of
Birds, is making a vigorous effort to
stop the present useless slaughter of our
feathered tribes. In recent publica-
ton the committee give large mass of
details of this wholesale destruction.
Statistics showing how far this process
is going are not so easily had, but it is
said that in one auction store in Lon
don, during the four months ending
April, 1885, there were sold 404, AGA
West Indian and Brazilian bird skins
and 356, $3.50 East Indian, besides thou
sands of Impeyan pheasants and birds
of paradise. The committee make a
very earnest appeal to the female sex to
enlist in the war for the protection of
birds 1t is to be hoped that their eff
forts will not be unavailing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
How o Wife Makes Seeding Pay.
From the Lewiston Me- Journal

From the Lewiston Me. Journal
There is a little family in Kennebec
County in the inner circle of which
curious custom prevails, and it must be
admitted that the custom is one that
might tend to break up the peace of a
less liberal household. The family con-
sists simply of husband and wife, and
they live happily enough and there
would not be cloud on their horizon
but for one thing-the husbands TEN
per. In most respects he is an exem-
piary and kind young man, and as far as
any one can see he is very fond of his
wife, but when things go wrong during
the day or when he is not feeling well it
takes but little to make him extremely
irritable. On such occasions he is won't
to indulge in many explosives not found
in the dictionary, and has been known
to call his wife almost everything but
an angel. Finally his wife became tired
of this sort of thing, and even the ex-
treme penitence of her husband when
his irritation was over failed to suffice.
Therefore, taking him in one of his peni-
tent moods she made him agree to the
following price list of epithetss
Lazy old thing, Gross patch, price. Toe
/
| Shiftless hussy, price. 200
| price. Ice Ugly old hen.
| Old fool, price. Csc price. ...........5 SOC
DriyeliTg idiot Miscellaneous. . Loo
| price. ....-...... loci
Having once gotten him to agree to
these terms, she procured pasteboard
box, glued the cover on, and cut a
slit in the top large enough to admit of
all coins, and then waited. 1t was not
long before something went wrong, ana
as usual, the husband launched out at
the poor wife. But, paper and pencil in
hand, she jotted down the epithets, and
made $2.3 that attack When Gained
down he cheerfully paid the bill, and
the wife thinks she will have at least
500 saved up at the end of year I'M
less he gets to laughing at seeing her
make the pencil fly and forgets to be
mad altogether.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29

SHOULD J INA leading idea with
the Knights of Labor is to secure the
enactment of an eight-hour law, and
yet we find them demanding that the
general delivery at the San Antonio
Post Office shall be kept open until p.
m, Gin order to accommodate the
laboring class" AS the postal clerks
there are already said to work from IA
to 16 hours out of each "a, the add
tional burden thus suggested looks alb
surd. They had better Join the Knights
and kick for the eight-hour plan. We.
ter{a lTelasl .A9gOeate.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29

Is the title of an illustrated pamphlet of thirty
two page containing over sixty letters from
farmers and others living in Dakota along the
lines OF the Chitag Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway.
These letters are extremely interesting, as
thew show the results of each writer's personal
experience in the New Northwest, and convey
a great deal of valuable and reliable informa-
ton which will be of benefit for those seeking
new homes in Dakota.
For free copy of this pamphlet, address A.
v. H. Carpenter, General Passenger Agent
Milwaukee, Wis.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29

PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR INvALIDs. Have
the routine medicines of the profession
done you no good3 Are you discouraged
and miserable2 If SO, test the properties
of the great Vegetable Specific, DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS, the finest invigorant, corrective
and Alternative that has ever seen the
light, and you will find relief.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-04-29
A rousing appeal-"Time to get up

tEnts 10
Consumptives should use food as nourishing
as can be had, and in a shape that will best
agree with the stomach and taste of the pa
tent.
Outdoor exercise is earnestly recommended.
If you are unable to take such exercise on
horseback or on foot, that should furnish no
excuse for shutting yourself indoors, but you
should take exercise in carriage, or in some
other way bring yourself in contact with the
open air.
Medicines which cause expectoratiOn must
be avoided For five hundred years ply
sicians have tried to cure Consumption by
Il ing them, and have failed. Where there Is
great arrangement of the secretions, with
engagement of air-cells, there is always
profuse expectoration. Now Piso's Cure re-
moves the engagement and the arrangement
of the secretions, and consequently land in
this way only diminishes the amount Of mat
ter expec Grated This medicine does not dry
M a cough, but removes the cause of 1t.
Whom it is impossible from debility or other
causes to exercise freely in the open air, apart
ments OF cupied by the patient should be so
ventilated as to ensure the constant accession
of fresh air in abundance.
Tho surface of the body should be sponged
as often as every third day with tep1d water
and little soft-soaP CThis is preferable to
>
friction with the hand moistened with oil,
Cod Liver or Olive is the best. This keeps the
pc. es Of the skin in soft, pliable condition,
which contributes mate tally to the unloading
of waste matter from the system through this
organ. You will please rccolltc we cure III s
d sease ~ enabling the organs Of the sys EN-
to perform their funtti ms in normal way.
or, in other woi DIS, we remove obstruction ,
while the recuperattve powers of the system
cure The disease.
We viii here say a word in regard 70 cough
n the rming stage, where there r. no con-
stitutional or noticeable disease. A cough
may or may not foreshadow serious evil; take
il in its mi DIES form. TO say the least, 1t is a
nu sance, and should be abated.
A cough is unlike any other symptom of dis
ease 1t stands a conspirator, with threaten
ing voice, menacing the health and existence
of a vital organ. Its first appronc is in whls-
pers unintcIligiblo and at first too often un.
Needed but in time 1t never fails to ma itself
understood-never fails TO claim tho attentlrn
of those on whom 1t calls.
If you have a cor<h without disease of the
lungs or serious constitutional disturbance, so
much the better, as few do es of Piso's euro
will be all you may need, while If you re far
advanced in Consumption, several bottles may
be required to effect q permanent cure.