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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
A True Story.

Some time ago the Pawtuck' Ortho-
dOx church was in need of some repairs
and embellishments, and carpenter
was sent aloft to patch up the steeple
and put it in thoroughly good shape.
The reluctance { the weather vaue to
record the changes of the wind had long
been proverbial in the town, and the
carpenter climbed clear up to see if he
could find out what was the matter with
it. What was his establishment to dis
cover that screw had been put through,
apparently in recent years, in such a way
as to impinge upon the pivot and prevent
the vane from turning except under very
great pressure.
The carpenter was astonished that
such an attempt should be deliberately
made to cripple the church vane and i'm
pair its usefulness, but he thought be-
fore he removed the screw he would re-
port the matter and see whether by any
chance it had been put there by author
ity. SO he appealed to Deacon n, the
most prominent member of the board of
trustees, and told him the discovery.
"Have you any idea how the screw
came there, deacon 2" the carpenter
asked in closing his story.
eyes, | have" said the deacon.
"Why, how was it 2"
81 ordered it put there myself. We're
an Orthodox church, here, Iwaut you to
understand, and we don't want our
weather vane to go whitllin' round with
every breath no more'n we do. | ordered
that screw put in SOS it should take an
alfred breeze to make it go! "-B0St0D
Erg,lj0o JDscol,.y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
The Beggars IF Paris.

Next to the concierges, perhaps the
beggars are the greatest nuisances in
Paris They have been augmenting SO
rapidly of late and becoming so aggres-
sive that the Project of Police-noW that
the spirit is abroad-has resolved to ex
pel them. and has issued instructions to
police sergeants to get at the number and
conduct of the fraternity in their respec-
tive districts. Just before they receive
the final coup de baiGj, the "Temps" has
been entertaining its readers with some
sketches of their private history. These
Partisan beggars may be looked upon
as the aristoCracy of the mendicant
world. Begging has become fine
art with them. They take to the streets
from choice rather than necessity
They have got sort of circular news
paper to keep themselves posted in com
inc events, and systematically take diff
ferent beats. Rows of them may be seen
at church doors when marriage or a
funeral is on, and they hang round the
doors of fashionable restaurants. The
greatest nuisances amoung the gang are
those who do not beg at all. There IS
an institution for the manufacture and
training of this species. They play the
role of distortonists Several joiners are
kent at work in making small wooden
carts, slaves, and various contrivances
for them. Their object is to draw money
from the public by their piteous and ex-
cruciating positions, and not by sollclta-
ton. And, considering that many OF
them are so paIpably frauds, 1t says a
good deal for the guliibility of the Pari-
siaps that they succeed. The cuLs'de-
;oite-those who squeeze themselves into
a sort of wooden bowl and propel them.
selves along the pavement with their
hands-frequently combine the functions
of thief with those of beggar, as they are
ms a convenient height to reach ladies
pockets. According to the Temps
there were 2, 765 beggars arrested in
Paris in 1884, and 4, 13S in 1885. When
arrested they are first taken to central
police station, where they are asked to
Give an account of themselves. Some
are sent to the hospital or to the Depot
of Mendicity, others to their native de-
Dartments, and the worse offenders to
the police court. There Is in Paris a
privileged or licensed class of beggars.
The police have always had power to deal
with others, who, on whatever pretense,
receive aims; but the general federation
allowed on fete days seems to have been
allowed on other days as well, until the
condition of the streets has become in
toler bic Pail HIU Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
A Sharks Mistake.

'Dont you do no foolin' with a shark, "
said Ba1negat fisherman, as he crowded
tobacco into his pipe for another smoke.
"Sharks is an animal that knows more'n
you think for. A couple of years ago |
took party out after weaktish in the
yacht Mary. She belongs to Captain
Small, or did afore he died. We were
anchored up in Bay No. 3, and the fish
were biting like smoke, when all at once
the school left us. | knowed that meant
shark, and | looked around for him.
Purity soon he came alongside and | up
with pole and give him an awful jab
in the back. You can't hurt shark s
body very well, but his feelings are as
tender as a child's. This fellow ran off
bit and then cooked his eye at me and
took a good long squint. Then he ran
around under the stern to read the yacht s
name, and when he went off he gave his
tail f1irt which meant that he would
call around and make it pleasant for me
some other time.
"Well, in the course of three or four
days Captain Small got home and went
out in the Mary for sheepshead. He
went up to No. 3 and cast anchor, and
buSu SUI uOMu Ill HIS uSudI pOSllIOh-
right leg hanging over the port quarter
and his foot jist touching the water. He
hadn't been there ten minutes before
along came a shark and cut that leg oil
below the knee as slick as chopper
could have done it The captain had
skeercely realized his loss afOre the fish
came back with the LEG, gave himself
hist and twist, and the bloody meat
was flung back into the boat For why 2
Because the shark had discovered that
he had bit the wrong man. He was
after me, and he had got; Small. He had
nothin' agin Small, and he cheerfully
brought back the leg when he discovered
his mistake The captain he died of
the bite, but not before l had explained
things, and the last thing he said was
that lie forgave that shark. y Detroit
Ereo DYeee
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
The Sardines of MessIna.

1t is safe to say that the sardines O
Messina are not to be surpassed, though
they may possibly be equalled. Like
Greenwich whitebait, they are rather &
specially of the place. The waiter
breathes shril whisper through the
speaking tube which communicates
from the ground floor to the kitchen.
A satisfactory response comes very
promptly in the shape of faint sound
of frizziing
AS the whitehall are merely immersed
for some seconds in wirework cage in
boiling oil, so the sardines are sent up
with startling celebrity, considering the
Italian habit of procrastination. The
tiny fish, delicately Drowned, are served
on soft bed of frizzled parsley. BY
way of cOndlment, there are simply a
couple of sliced lemons, and the result
is SO tempting, so fragrantly appetizing,
that you scarcely take time to Olsen
gage the fish from the bones. Should
you have followed up the sardines bv
the veal outlet, the waiter will surely
have recommended, or by what he is
pleased to call tiIet, you will have cause
to repent 1t, though the man is not to
be blamed for suggesting them, as both
dishes are popular with the ordinary
patrons. If you are wise YOU will have
ordered green peas or asparugun, which
seem to flourish in the Slcilian garden
all the year round.
After these you can hardly do better
than call for macaroni a Ia creme or with
tomato sauce, having taken the precau-
ton Of warning the cook to boil the
macaroni sufficiently. Should the quails
chance to be in, they are sure to be
plump and delicate; the chickens. which
may be fried in sweet oil, are generally
good and fat, though scarcely equal to
the capons of Bresse.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
by the advent of the daughter

followed by the advent of the daughter,
whom we all know. The family had
! returned TO Baltimore prior to this
event. The mental disease fully de-
veioped in the mo her soon after, and,
having tired all the specialists in the
country. the husband was sorrowfully
, induced to send his wife to the house
''in the North woods,'' tract of forest
about twenty miles out on the Hagers-
| town road.
1.-The two children were committed
to the care of housekeeper. A ser
want maid, who had been i'll the family
! of the wife's mother, was also retained.
That was q serious error. for one day
the three were missed, and, after long
! and anxious search, they were found at
'Ashmere' sitting on the ground outside
watching the antics and listening to the
bowls of the Gemented woman within.
She could be plainly seen through the
grated windows This scene left an in
delible impression on the minds of both
children. They knew their mother.
AMI, though they were taken back to
town with the utmost dispatch, they re-
membered the road, and in after years
they frequently made the journey sur
reptitiously. Hours were spent by them
in this sad, speeches. association with
the mother they loved. She never rec
ognized them 1t was more pitiful than
a visit to her grave And to me now
there comes shudder as l think of this
fair girl, whose presence at Long Branch
this summer has been a delight even
to those who know her not, standing
with tears in her big blue eyes, in front
OF the grated door to her mad mothers
cage. What human sorrow equal to
hers! In her heart the cankerworm of
woe. She cannot marry-frst, because
she dares not, and, second, because the
most venturesome man in this republic
recoIls from the inevitable prospect of
maniac wife. All! the cold, merciless
words of the gentle, Christian matron
as she closes the recital
Fine girl, and rich. Why, she's
the sole heir to "the house in the North
wood" and will one day be the ten
ant -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
The Gettysburg Dispute.

essay, JIM" he began, as they shook
hands, chow do you stand on this Get
tysburg dispute ~
"Well, l favored Sickles all along. -
$50 have !. Now, see here. Right
here on this paper is Gettysburg"
eyes"
Along this road is Where Hancock
came up"
Il see"
"Howard came up by this road"
'He did"
'SedgwicE1 and his Sixth Corps trav-
eled right along here, and swung into
action over there on the second day."
'You just bet they did"
'Tet's see. Sykes must have come
up by this road"
Eyes, I'm certain Of it."
''Now, then, Jim, where were you?"
"Well, our sutler wagon was away off
here, say about twelve miles. Where
were youY
81 was with the wagon train off this
way, about seven miles. Say, we've got
this thing down to dot, and we ought
to write letter to some newspaper"
80 Zactly, jim, and we can't do 1t too
soon. It's left to us to straighten out
this tangle, and we are the men to do
it. "-DetrOit Free PrPo-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
Within Eight Feet of Wealth.

The NegGdG HrGld tells this little
story of Miners luck. Fifteen years
ago, c. J. Brand, assisted his father-in-
law, Mr.. Thoss, now deceased, to open
up quartz mine in Calaveras county.
! he vein was strong one, remarkably
well defined, and on the surface was
rich yielding as high as $40 per ton.
They erected mill and expended con-
siderable money in fitting up plant for
permanent working. After sinking down
to a considerable depth and taking out
number of thousands of dollars, the
ledge began 10 change from heavily sui
phurctted ore to white barren quartz.
The ledge pitched to the east, and, ac-
cording to the mining rule, the pay
chute should have pitched north.
Surprising they had gone through the
south corner of the chute instead of drift
ing north, they sank shaft further up
the hill, northward. Here they found
no ore, and after spending considerable
money they started another shaft still
further north, and with the same result
as before. Finally, after prospe citing for
nearly two years, they were obliged to
abandon their enterprise Mr.. Thoss
had expended nearly $50, 600 and Mr..
Brand had spent all the money he had,
and besides had worked like "a slave for
two years. They became involved in
debt. Mr. ThOss's property was sold at
Sheriff's sale, and the family was broken
up so far as the financial affairs were
concerned
For twelve years the mine lay I'M
claimed and was considered worthless.
J wO or three years ago parties, who
probably had not learned its history, re-
located it and commenced the work of
development. 1t has developed into one
of the best pieces of mining property in
the country. But the thing that inter
ests Mr. Brand most is that the point at
which the bonanza was rediscOvered is
just eight feet south of where he put in
his last blast, and at greater depth.
Had he run eight feet further he would
have come into the pay ore and would
have learned that the pay chute, instead
OF following the rule and pitching to
the left, forms an except n to the rule
and pitches to the right.
JAY GOULD DENIES the report that
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

In the eastern part of Harris county,
Ga, cabin was full of negroes Tuesday
night who were attending the wake of
an old woman who had died that day
They were ranged around the large
room, engaged in devotional exercises,
all facing the coffin, which was resting
on two chairs in the centre, when sud
denly it began to CULVER, and then to
no up and down like ne possessed. A
stampe lie ensued, and the hair of any
one of those negroes stands on end now
wnen he relates his first experience with
a "yethquake "
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

A TRADE.-A gentleman in Pittsyl-
vania County, Va, snapped a mule
valued at 500 for four hundred acres
of poor, unimproved land. The railroad
has since brought the land up to the
cash value of $4,000; but the owner
complains of the railroad tax, because
1t is so much larger than he would have
to pay Upon the mule.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
All Fixed.

The Independent knows of a promi-
nent trustee in one of the largest church
es in New England who opposed an in.
vitation to an evangelist, and prevented
the occupancy of their large church
building, on the ground that meeting
for Everybody, and in all weathers,
would destroy their new carpets; and,
"besides, what do we want with re-
vival We are out of debt; our pews
are all rented; our house is full, and q
revival would only disturb the quiet and
orderly development of the church. "
This is an extreme case, but it is true
one
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
Can Consumption be Cured,

We have so often seen fatal results follow
the declaration that it can be cured, that we
have unconsciously settled down in the belief
that this disease must necessarily prove fatal.
1t is true that occasionally community has
witnessed an isolated case of what may ap-
propriately be termed spontaneous recovery,
but to what combination of favorable circum-
stances this result was due none have hitherto
been found able to determine.
We have now the gratifying fact to announce
that the process by which nature effects this
wonderful change is no longer mystery to
the medical profession, and that the changes
brought about in the system under favorable
circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made
as certainty and more expeditiously by the use
of the proper remedy. In other words, nature
Is initiated and assisted.
Tuberculous matter is nothing more or less
than nourishment imperfectly organized.
Now, If we can procure the organization of
this food material so that through the process
Of elective affinity it may take its place in the
system, we can cure the disease. This is Just
what Piso's Cure for Consumption does. 1t
arrests at once the progress of the disease by
preventing the further supply of tuherculous
matter for while the system is under its in
fuence all punishment is organized and as.
simulated. 1t thus controls cough, expectora-
ton, night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other
characteristic symptoms of Consumption.
Many physicians are now using this medi-
cine, and all write that it comes fully up to its
recommendations and makes Consumption one
OF the diseases they can readily cure.
The forming stage of disease Is always the
most suspicious for treatment. This fact should
induce persons TO resort to the use of Pisos Cure
when the cough is first noticed, whether it has
cOnSumptive dathess for its cause or not
for this remedy cures all kinds of coughs with
unequalled facility and promptness. In cough.
from simple cold, two three doses of the
medicine have been found sufficient to remove
the trouble. So in all diseases of the throat
and lungs, with symptoms Stimulating those
of Consumption, Piso's Cure is the only infal
Hble remedy.
The following letter recommending Piso's
Cure for Consumption, Is a fair sample of the
this medicine:
ALBION, n. Y, Dec. %, 1888.
had a terrible Cough, and two physicians
roll It-pr rrat 81 han, 80
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

AT supper table, one gentleman
gave it as his final opinion that earth
quakes were the demonstrations of pent
up gas. "Nonsense, said another gen
tleman boarder, earthquakes were suf-
fered long before gas was invented"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

/ do not believe that we shall grow better
with the ages. There is not doubt that SO
long as We remain men and women, and a
new creation doe MT Oyerturn the original
scheme of things, we shall continue to play
he Pharisee, each in his own narrow orbit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
An idler is a watch that is often RIM down

FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
spirits, general debility in their various forms,
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other Intermittent fevers, the "Ferro- Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya, p" made by Caswell Haz-
ard q Co., New York and sold by all Druggists,
IS the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness It has no enual.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
INCIDENTAL.

The delegates will begin arriving
about Thursday, and as fast as they
come in they will be escorted to Para
disc Hall, furnished with lunch OF
iced tea, and then distributed among
the cabins of local members. ANY citi-
zen having barn not in use which can
be secured for temporary lodgings will
please address the Secretary of the club,
stating the hight between joists, condi-
ton of floors and roof, etc.
SO far as is known there will be no
opposition to Brother Gardeners seventh
reelection, although some of the minor
positions will be objects of contest
The Building Committee has been
busy during the summer in estimating
improvements. The Library is to be en-
larged to hold 10, 600 more almanacs,
two punches of shingles will be used on
the roof of the hail, and it is designed
to lay new floor in the museum.
Such delegates as may arrive on foot
by highway and not find members of the
reception committee at the various toll
gates, will ask the nearest policeman to
guide them to Paradise Hall. : No dele
gate without credentials will be re-
cpiyp1
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

Mr.. J. E. Bonsal, New Bloomfield, Pa, clerk
of the several courts of Perry Co., Pa, was
afflicted with rheumatism for more than thtr-
ty years. After spending hundreds Of dollars
with different physicians, and trying every
known remedy without benefit, he used st.
Jacobs Oil. which effected an entire cure.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

Mr.. Geo. W. Waits, General Agent, Freight
Department, Union Pacific Railway San Fran
cisco, CAL says; 'Ihave derived much benefit
from the use of Red Star Cough cure in cases
Of coughs and colds" No opiates.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
The Sccret oFT,ffo

SCovILLs SARSAPARILLA, OR BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP, is the remedy for the cure of
Scrofulous faint, Rheumatism, White Swell
ing, govt, Goitre, Consumption, Bronchitis,
Nervous Debility Malaria, and all diseases
arising from an impure condition of the blood.
Certificates can be presented from many lead
ing Physicians, Ministers and heads of fami-
lies throughout the land endorsing SCovILL's
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP in the highest
terms. We are constantly in receipt of certlh-
Gates of cures from the most reliable sources,
and we recommend it as the best remedy for
above diseases.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

The farmers, IN their swamps, we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure
If by their knowledge they only knew
For just the disease each one grew.
Take courage now and Swamp Root" try
flor kidney, liver and bladder complaints),
As on this remedy Won can rely
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

Old age rejoicss in a calm review OF years
well spent, and finds happiness in thousand
ihings that iustier youth rejects. If it Is all
the same to you, young friend, Ill take my
pipe, my cup of sack and my chimney corner
and leave the larger world for you to hustle in.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
Pinnples and RIotches

Are very liable to appear at this season. when the
blood is burdened with impurities. They frequently
sause intense itching and rubbing scratching only
Increases the annoyance. The only way to PIN
pes and blotches is to strike directly at the cause
by taking Hoods Sarsaparila to purify the blood.
81 had been troubled with hives and pimples for
Tome time. took two bottles OF Hoods Sarsapa-
'illa and am entirely cured. l think Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has no equal as blood purifier" EFFIE NJ.
PETRIE, Portsmouth, o.
"Iknow Hoods Sarssparllla to be good by ITS sue.
cess in removing eruptions from my face" II. G.
PARR, Champaign, Ill.
Hoods Sarsaparilla a blood purifier has no
equal 1t tones the system, strengthens and invig
Orates giving new life. have taken it for kidney
complaint with the best results."-D. R. SAUNDERS,
81 Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

THE FAT WOMAN at a dime museum
may not be "al WOOL" but she is gen
orally "a yard wide no more.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

ALBION, n. Y, Dec. q, 1876.
had terrible Cough, and two physicians
said would never get we'll l then went to
1rug store and asked for good cough medicine
The druggist gave me Piso's Cure and it has
done me more good than any thingI ever used
lido not believe | could live without il.
DEONORA VERMILYEA.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
COMMITTEES.

The following committees were then
appointed:
Reception of Delegates-Giveadam
Jones, Pickles Smith and Trustee Pull
back, with authority not to hire more
than five mules and wagons.
On the Banquet-Sir Isaac Walpole,
Whalebone Howker, Elder Canitf and
Col. Cahoots, with instructions to can
vass the city for provisions
On Games -Shindig Watkins, Elder
Toots, Hartshorn Davis and Old Man
Scott.
On Election-Rev. Penstock and I'm
Gle Beggs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07
LIFE AT LONG BRANCH.
Story OF THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE
GIRL WAC CANNOT MARRY.

bfe"d of an Impending DOOm.-A WOm1n's
Method of Taking Revenge Upon Her
Daughters Rival.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

JAY GOULD DENIES the report that
sharks in the North river nod to him as
he passes bv in his Yacht.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-07

Is not a dye, and will not stain or injure tho
skin. Halls Hair Remover.
Dumb Ague can be speedily cured by taxing
Ayers Ague Cure. Try it.