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

Autumn leaves. are seen in the
swamp lands where old NAPLES herald
the appearance of~autumn.
A wild horse caught on the head
waters Of the Niobrara, Rocky
Mountain horse and Texas mustang
are to be4 sent mr. Ross Bonheur as
specimens of horses used on our from
tier.
The prodigal son Of a Minneapolis
man was recently invited to reconcil-
iation by a telegram from his father
saying "The veal spread is ready
when you are"
A Pacific mail steamship, which az
rived at San Francisco recently, had
five Chinese stowaWays, all young
men, who had paid members of the
crew from $3.50 to 5000 to secure their
passage.
A Baltimore man seems to have
missed his true vocation. He runs
his house with rules for each depart
ment, and regulates his visitors, his
family and his cook. In a private
boarding school for girls he would
have been appreciated, but the men,
bers of his family are naturally REBEL
ious at so much government.
Next summer Paris is to have an
exhibition of the weapons, arrows
and military uniforms of all nations
from the earliest times to the present.
Men are allowed to risk their lives
at Niagara Falls, but animals cannot
have that privilege. Hearing that it
was proposed to have the horse B!on-
din walk a tight rope over the falls,
Mr.. Henry Bergh has written to pre-
vent the deed, and threatens prose
cution if it is attempted.
The winnecke comet is particul ar
ly bashful in eluding the astronomers
this year. Owing to cloudy nights it
has not been discovered whether it
has grown any larger since its last
visit or rot.
A lady guest at Block Island has
caught the biggest fish of the season,
a man-eating shark, seven feet and
six inches in length. The monster
made a tremendous struggle to get
free, and was speared repeatedly. In
two hours after it was landed on the
wharf the jaws of the shark had lost
their sharp teeth, prizes to curiosity
hunters.
The postal department special de-
livery system viii be extended to all
post offices rttc-.sir,,ae of M oiI,,sto
matter on and after the 1st of Octo-
Der. After that date, anything malta
BILE can be sent to any post office in
the country for immediate delivery,
by attaching the special delivery
stamp.
Fall is the time TO plant trees, and
farmers should make a practice of
regularly setting out at least a few
shade and trees each year.
The most prudent man on record
was he who, when retiring at hotel
and finding only four matches in the
match box, for fear that they might
be wet and so prove useless in case of
emergency during the night, carefully
tested them one by one, blew them
out in turn and TRANQUILITY laid down
to rest.
1t is said that Nova Scotia magis-
trate delayed proceedings in a suit
and justified his delay as follows
" Look here, if you know anything
about the first principles of law, or
the revised statutes, you must know
that five clear days must elapse after
the summons is served, and it's been
raining now for three days, and it
may not clear up for week."
1t reads like romance that Hardin
county, Kentucky, has public school
fund of $30,000, over 100 public
schools, four colleges and academies,
and three female seminaries. 1t is
still that there is not a sa-
loon within its borders, and intoxicat-
ing liquor is not allowed to be sold
for any purpose.