News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-09


from the crowd, faced each other anC
began clapping their wings, jumping VI
and down as Indians do for war dance
All this time they were uttering cries
which boys would understand very soor
to be cries OF merriment. Their com.
panions greeted them with shouts o.
seeming laughter, and the one jumping
highest and longest was ackno wledged
champion of the day. When these two
became exhaust d two others Went
through the same performance. We
watched them for about an hour.
ONE of the famous woman's rights
women of the West is the Rev. Miss
Annie Shaw, and good stories are told
of her pluck and smartness. Once when
she was riding through the lumber re-
gion of Michigan, the driver began to
talk insultingly. Miss Shaw stood it fol-
half an hour, and then suddenly drew a
derringer from the folds OF her garments,
and said very quietly: lyon low, con-
temptible brute; utter another word OF
that sort, and I'll shoot you like dog. y
The threat was sufficient The man did
not utter syllable the rest of the trip.
He helped to get a large congregation
for her at the settlement, because, " he
said. he liked her grit" Once at a
public meeting speaker who had been
discoursing on the traits of strong mind
ed women, among others that of wearing
short hair, suddenly turned to MISS
Shaw and asked: ''By the way, how did
yOn acquire that habit, Miss Shaw ~
''Sir, l was born so, !" was the answer.
trivances which have been brought for
ward from time to time for the prompt
detection of fire damp in mines, are well
known, but most of them have been of
Il somewhat complicated nature. and on
this account failing of their purpose
The latest of these brought to notice,
however, is described as so simple in
principle and construction as to excite
wonder at its not having been thought
of before A child's india rubber ball
with hole in it is squeezed fiat in the
hand and held in the pla suspected
of fire damp while released, and allowed
TO suck in the sample of the air; the ball
is now directed towards a safety lamp
and again squeezed, when the telltale
blue flame will show if it contains any
iniammable vapor.
In Boston years ago two brother
church members met in prayer meeting
who had each his own weakness of char
acter, and who were, unfortunately,
personal enemies. The one was reputed
to be a slippery politician who had often
changed his politics for office. His OPP
ponent offered up fervcnt prayer for
sincerity and against being led away by
the lust for place. The other imme-
diately followed it with an aspiration
against the sin of not paying debts,
which hit the vulnerable point of the
brother who had attacked him. At this
stage matters threatened to become so
hot that it was thought st to adjourn
the prayer meeting.
A CoIoRED man in Talbot county. Ga
digging grave alongside of another.
that had a sort of little shed covering
it, was scared out of his wits when he
saw four large eyes glaring at him from
under the covering. He dropped his
spade, and, with an unearthly yell,
leaped from the grave yelling: ''Fore
de Lord dem people dun cum from dar
graves, and is watching OBJ me under
dar. Oh, Lawdy, Use gwine to die
tool' An investigation revealed two
very large owls under the grave GOV er.
ABOUT the most cruel thing that has
been reported from Connecticut lately
was the conduct of three citizens of Nor
wich, who were on Mantle Bay recent
ly in search of ducks. A gale was blow
ing, and bevy of quail, which had evil
IDENTIFY been blown off shore, alighted
on the duck shooters boat, too weary
to fly any further. The shooters DELHI
erately shot ten of the tired little fellows
and the few that escaped went YEARLY
winging their way out over the bay and
doubtless were drowned.
The depths of wickedness to which
even Quaker child can sink make one
readily believe in the doctrine of total
depravity. Two little quakers quarreled,
and after saying words at each other,
one of them in a tremendous burst of
rage, with clenched fists and blazing
eyes, shouted: '"Thee's you" The other
boy looked at him in Mortified silence.
Then he solemnly said: "T shall go and
tell mother that thee swored."
Mrs. John S FELE, white woman,
at
Virginia family, was buried from a col
Ored church in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
Five of the most prominent colored
ministers of the city officiated. 1t is said
that she ran away with her fathers
coachman when a girl and ever after
identified herself with the people of her
husband, a handsome and intelligent
mulatto.
A PINE tree furnished a peculiar and
beautiful spectacle in Pennington, Me-,
on the night of the great fire. The water
that splashed on it from the engine pre-
vented the bougns from catching fire.
but the cones were lighted and burned
for long time like so many tapers on
an immense Christmas tree. After a
while the whole tree was ignited and
went down in great pillar of flame
OSCAR Galley and Will Jones of
StantonsDurg, n. c., were out shooting
and saw squirrel run into a hole in a
tree. Will climbed the tree to scare
him out, and Oscor waited for chance
70 shoot. The chance came, for the
squirrel popped out, but instead of hit
ting the game the boy hit his comrade,
who plunged headlong to the ground
dead.
SPEAKING of ''the light of other
days. how rapid has been the change
from pine knots TO tallow dips. from
tallow dips to whale oil, from whale oil
to lard oil and camphene, from these to
kerosene, and from gas to electricity
all within one lifetime. If the light of
the future goes on at the same rate
darkness will be thing of the past.
CHARLES P. THOMAS, an Oakland,
Cal, boy, Is years old, recently traded
chewing gum with a companion who
had diphtheria. Thomas contracted the
disease, and from him his father, his
brother, and two younger children have
contracted it, and the wife and mother
is the only one of the family not afflicted
with it. Charles died yesterday.
FARM SHUMAN, near Santa Maria,
Cal, saw bees going in and out of |
crack OF big pumpkin on his farm.
opened the pumpkin, and found |
eight pounds of excellent honey within. !
lie now brags more than ever of the |
Z Orious climate of Californy, where one |
can raise pumpkins and honey on the
same vine.
A STRANGE kitten got into the house
of Thomas Moore of Wingham. Canada,
entered the room where a baby was
sleeping, and sucked its cheek until it
bled. 1t was discovered and put out of
doors. Again it came in and attempted
the same thing a ain, and then Mr.
Moore killed it.
HENRY BRILL of Sout ington, Conn,
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