News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-21

= and the other two became lnsenslblt
= and had to be carried the rest of thel
e journey in an ox-cart.
y TBERE was an immersion of convert
= in coIored Baptist church in Florida
; recently. The preacher waded into TIT
creek to depth of four feet, and
deacon led out sister to be baptized.
She was gently laid backward on the
! surface of the water, which wet only
the back of her clothes and of her head
; Then she started Tor dry land; but the
congre cation on the shore declared that
the sister had not been immersed, ano
that the Scriptures plainly commanded
! that the candidate must be buried be
meath the water. She was at once led
: back and baptized thoroughly and
; ScripturalIy, to the evident satisfaction
/ OF the spectators.
A BENEVOLENT young lady, who ha6
for long time sought to convey some
lasting moral lessons to young boys a
the North End who had been gathered
into her class, while conversing with
one of the youngsters recently, referred
to the death of his brother, when he
spoke up in a tone expressive OF pride
: and qualification: sob, thst amt al
the dead l got; l had mother brother
die a while ago." Another lad in the
same class, while listening to his teach
er's moral essay one day. with his eyes
intently fastened on her face, Interrupt
ted her with, Say, teacher, you hahn t
moved your upper aw since you bin
talkin'."
THE Illinois Central Railroad Compa-
ny were lately the victims of practical
joke. They bought some land on which
an Irishman had cabin and a three
years lease. They gave him $500 fol-
his lease and agreed 10 move his cabin
to any place he might designate. When
the time came to remove the habitation
he was asked where he wanted it
placed. ''On the banks of Lake Killar-
ney, in Ireland" was the answer. At
first he was thought to be joking, but
he soon convinced the railroad company
that he was in earnest He still lives
on the companys land and keeps the
$500.
GREAT care is being exercised in the
distribution OF the relief fund at Charles
ton. The applicant for relief is re-
quired to fill out blank form contain
ing number of questions. The an
swers will supply exact information of
the residence of the applicant at the
time of the earthquake, of his income,
of the character of the earthquake, of
the estimated amount of losses. Final
ly, the applicant is required to say
whether he can, out of his own means
pay for the necessary repairs of his
dwelling and make good the losses
without the assistance of the COMM it
| tee.
JOHN Robbins, barber of Lafayette,
found the bartender asleep in a saloon
that he frequ nted, and thought it
would be a good joke to take the cash
drawer and hide it, and thus scare him.
But the sleeper happened to awake just
as John had the drawer in his hands,
and, not seeing any joke, had him ar
rested, and the jury that tried him was
also deficient in humor and convicted
him, and he was sentenced to yon- in
prison His friends are trying to get a
pardon, as it is pretty clear that he really
had no idea of stealing the money.
AN interesting case of recovery rom
the bite of rattlesnake is related by the
Raleigh, N. c., Aeos and Obse ger. A
colored boy near New Berne, in that
State, was bitten few days ago by
rattlesnake, and as medical aid was out
OF reach the boy must have surely died
but for the thoughtfulneSs of his com.
panions. They dug hole in the ground
and placed both legs in 1t up to near the
hips and packed the mud securely
around him. TIE poison was entirely
extracted and the boy is now about
WELL
! Four little children, the eldest but II
| years old, were gathering hazel nuts the
| other day near Atlanta. when their pet
terrier began swapping at them. The
eldest, a girl at oAce concluded that the
| dog was mad, and, at the risk of her life,
grabbed the animal by the neck and
held it until her brother got a rope,
made sip knot, threw it over the dogs
| head, and fastened it to a tree. Then
the little girl threw the dog from her
and ran. The terrier proved to have
genuine case of hydrophobia.
A ST. LOUIS commercial traveller has a
sample case that weighs 1900 pounds
1t is filed with little iron boxes CON
tanning ink samples. 81 have lots of
| luu Will II, liz says, UeCduse II is
small and innocent looking, and is al
ways picked out for mark by bag
gage smashers. They approach in a
| listless sort of manner, reach down to
one of the handles, prepared to toss it
as if it were a valise. The look of
panied surprise that follows always
makes me laugh"
SOME drunken young men Of Cen
! treville, Ind, thought it would be fun
to play at hanging. A mock trial was
held. One of their number was found
guilty, sentenced to be hanged, light
cord was put around his *, and he
was swung off from the limb of a tree.
The boys thought that the rope would
break when his whole weight was on 1t,
but it didn't, and, as they were too
drunk to release him, the condor
man was nearly dead when assistance ar
rived.
A BATTERED old piece of wreck, Gov
cred with barnacles and moss, was
washed ashore on Brigantine beach, New
Jersey, recently, and closely following it
was large school of some kind of fish,
altogether new and strange to the fish
ermen of that neighborhood. Some 400
of the strange fish were washed ashore
with the wreck They averaged about
one pound each in weight, were black.
and had large eyes and queerly shaped
heads.
CHARLES LIBBY was replacing timbers
in shaft in DeslOga mine in Missouri,
and the scaifold gave way. He started
head first for the bottom. but his foot
caught between a broken timber and the
wall of the shaft. His boot was big and
strong, and there he hung, looking down
the 100 feet that were between him and
death at the bottom, until workmen
above let down a rope. fastened it to his
leg and drew him to The surface.
A TABLE giving the price of gas in
ninety-tve of the principal cities OF the
United States, shows total range in
price of from so cents to 81 per 900
feet. The lowest price is in Wilkes
barre, Pa, and Wheeling, w. Va, near
the heart of the coal region, and the
highest rules in Galveston nd San An
tonic, Tex, new places and far removed
from coal
THERE is brave and polite young
man in the Jail in the City of Mexico,
who is awaiting execution for the muir
der of his mother Last week several OF
his friends received nicely printed cards
worded as fellows: francisco del Moral
has the pleasure to invite you to be
present at his execution. so that you
may be able to judge how man should