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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A Last Will.

When was boy heard of lawyer
who was called up in the middle of a
Winters night to draw out the will of
an old farmer who lived some three
miles away, and who was dying. The
messenger had brought a cart to convey
the lawyer to the farm; and the latter in
due time arrived at his destination.
When he entered the house, he was
Immediately ushered into the sick room,
and he then requested to be supplied
with pen, ink and paper. There were
none in the house! The lawyer had not
brought any himself, and what was he
to do2 Any lead-pencil he inquired.
No: they had none. The farmer was
sinking fast, though quite conscious.
At last the legal gentleman saw chalked
up on the back of the bedroom door
column upon column of figures in chalk.
These were milk "scores" or ''shots :"
He Immediately asked for a piece of
chalk, and then kneeling on the floor,
he wrote out concisely upon the smooth
hearthstone the last will and testament
of the dying man. The farmer subse-
quently died. The hearthstone will was
sent to the principal registry in London
with special affidavits, and was duly
proved, the will being deposited in the
archives of the registry. | may mention
that the law does not state upon what
substance or with what instrument will
must be written.-AU the Year Round.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
LOSING THEIR FOOD SUPPLIES
White Men DISCRIMINATING the Whales on
which Point Barrow Natives 1.-Two.

'sThe most northern inhabitants OF
any territory belonging to the United
States are rapidly dying of their priva-
lions, said a signal service observer,
who spent twenty-seven months with
Lieut. Ray at Point Barrow. "Their
sufferings deserve all the more SYM
pathy because the whites are responsible
for the great diminution in their food
supply. d.. p
now number about 400 souls. Whales
and seals are their staple articles of
food. The supply used to be abundant,
and the natives hardly knew what
hunger was. For twenty years past,
however, the coast off Point Barrow has
been a favorite resort of American
whaleIs They have caught great num-
bers of whales there, and have almost
exterminated them in those waters.
All whalemen have known for several
years that it was Improbable to seek
for whales around Point Barrow.
'While we were there the 100 natives
in the village at Point Barrow caught
only two whales. They eked out liv-
ing on elder ducks and other game OBJ
failure of their food supply is posi-
bility that constantly confronts them.
Every now and then they are pinched
for food, and this new hardship, added
to the others they already endured, are
killing them fast. The population of
the four villages around Point Barrow
has decreased about one-thlrd in the
past fifteen years. For a little while
during our stay there the natives in the
village near our station were sorely
pressed for food, and we helped them
out as much as we could from our stores.
"These natives are a branch of the
Esquimaux, and they give the ethnol-
ogists who assert that the Esquimaux all
came from Asia across Behring Straits
rather hard nut to crack. If their an
cestors came from Asia it seems strange
that the natives of to-day appear to bear
no relation to the Choukchees, who live
just across Behring Straits in Asia.
Their languages are entirely dissimilar,
and while the Point Barrow natives
hunt the reindeer, they have never
domesticated them, while the wealth of
the Chouckchees consists in their herds
of reindeer
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A SLAYONIO ROMANCE.
A Way they Have OF Doing things In
Russia.

A young Russian named Ludovick,
living at st. Petersburg, having repeat
eddy failed to pass the examination
necessary to enter the army, it was
laughingly suggested by his friend
Jabesky that he should assume
Ludovick's name, go south, and pass
the examination, and return to st.
Petersburg and hand the commission and
uniform over to him. What was pro-
posed as joke was actually carried into
serious reality, and in due course Ludo-
wick received the following: "Allow me
to congratulate you. l have passed the
examination, and am now lieutenant
in the infantry regiment. Tomorrow l
shall apply for transfer to St. Peters
burg" Ludovick treated himself to
round of gayety in honor of his success,
but soon received the following to low
er his spirits: 81 have bad news for you.
My application for transfer has been
refused, and / have been ordered to the
front"
There was nothing for him to do but
await events. The next message raised
his spirits somewhat. "Allow me to
congratulate you. l, or rather you, have
been promoted for gallantry in the field,
but we are wounded. l hope we shall
recover. P. Sour bravery has been
rewarded with the Grand Cross of the
Black Eagle Order" But the next was
an effectuaI damper. eve are getting
well Of the wound l received at Plevna;
but it has been discovered that we are
two thousand roubles short in our pay
account while I was acting quarter
master. I, or rather we, shall be tried
in few weeks. | am afraid we shall be
convicted unless you send me a thousand
rubles with which to bride the investi-
eating committee"
There was nothing for HIM to do but
to save his honor even if it cost him his
last shilling, and so he raised the money
with very great difficulty and sent it to
his friend, who did not write for long
time. At length he relieved the distress
of Ludovick. 81 bribed the investi-
eating committee and have been honor
ably acquitted. Your good name is
safe. I've got some good news for you.
We fell in love with beautiful girl,
and I have married her. You can have
no idea how happy we are. This was a
stagger. Ludovick had fallen in love
with another fair one, and couldn't
break his promise. He experienced the
torments of the wicked. His anxiety
was unrelieved until months afterwards,
when he received the following: eve
shall soon be clasped in each others arms.
am coming to St. Petersburg with our
wife and child. | have done a great
deal for you l have ruined my health
and lost good deal of time. Now it is
your turn to serve me-" A few days
afterwards Ludovick was Mortified to
see his friend drive up with his wife
and child. "Here is your uniform, Lu-
dovick, and also your wife and child"
The poor woman, ignorant of the decep-
ton, died of grief. The friends were
tried and punished.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A South African Sea Serpent.

From advices brought by the last
arriving Cape mail steamer it would
seem that the great sea mystery, the
great sea serpent, has just made its APP
pearance in South African waters. In
this instance it was not seen to the
terror of the sailors, but was observed
from the shore. According to the des-
patch huge monster was observed
about October in the afternoon in
Morewood's Bay, Umhali, by eight or
nine people. 1t was first seen seven or
eight miles from the shore, swimming
in very erect manner. From first sight
it seemed as there were two fish, but a
closer inspection proved that the rear
one was the tail of the serpent. Accor-
ding to the account furnished by those
who witnessed the sight, the monster
appeared to proceed at the rate of about
eight miles an hour, occasionally plung-
ing into the water, making a noise as if a
sea was breaking heavily on an open
shore and causing foam to extend about
twenty yards on either side of it. 1t APP
peared to be about fifteen or twenty feet
out of the water, and its whole length
was computed at not less than ninety or
hundred feet. Fins like immense oars
were seen striking the water on either
side. 1t had large stripe down the
body, the remaining portion being of a
dirty yellowish color.-London Stan
61r6
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The Doctors Story.

DR.. Warren q noted physician of
North Carolina, tells the following story
himself with the most ingenious COM
poSure, and adds this astounding remark
''Few men have reaped larger harvest
of what the world calls honors, pardon
the seeming egotism of the assertion
and yet there lives not being who has
grown more ipdi Gerent to them"
When | was nfc,loted by the Legis-
lature of North Carolina to the rank of
''Brigadier- General as q special reward
for my services as Surgeon General of
the State, some one asked Governor
Vance If he thought would accept the
promotion in view of the report which
was then in circulation that all persons
holding the rank of General were to be
shot in the event of the failure of the
Confectionery "Well, said he, 81 know
Warren as we'll as the next man, and |
can tell you this about him: he would
take the rank of Brigadier-G General with
the chance of being shot on account of it
at the end of the war, but he would
accept the rank of Major General with
the certainty of being shot for it to-
morrow"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
RIDING AN AVALANCHE.
"ae Terrible Experience of Two Miners
In Colorado.

During the great storm in Colorado,
Two sturdy miners started to ascend one
of the mountains with the intention of
working a claim that lay near its crest.
they made the trip on Norwegian
snow-shoes, on which they worked their
way up narrow gulch leading to their
property. AS they journeyed on, one
of them got to be some two hundred
Yards in advance of the other, and it
gas while this distance separated them
that the leader byan unhappy step over
turned top-heavy mass of snow and
started dreadful slide. H seized hold
of a convenient tree and called to his
companion to 'look outl' The tree
was small, aud bent over under the
weight of the moving snow. He let go
and started with the moving snow. The
long shoes by this time were firmly an
chored in the moving mass, and he was
hurled along with no power to stop
himself by Selling the trees which he
passed. Fortunately, he was on the
tail end of the avalanche, and thus rode
it in safety, with nothing coming be-
hind to cover him up.
When he found he had thus to be
an unwilling passenger upon the terrible
train, he looked ahead to see what had
become of his partner. The latter,
seeing that there was no escape on
either side, turned heels on the roaring
mass and started on a Hfe-and-death
run right down the gulch. Then fol-
lowed wild and thrilling chase. The
man who was anchored on top of the
snow yelled at the man in front to run,
while he who was pursued strained every
muscle to keep out of the jaws of the
death that was close at his heels. The
sight would have been amusing if it had
not been of such a serious nature. The
race was kept up for more than a mile,
and during the entire distance the fell
low who was on top kept yelling, ''Run,
you fool, rum and the hair of the fell
low who was running held his hat
poised four inches from his head while
he headed for the valley Often the
rolling snow struck the heels of his
shoes, but it did not quite get him.
More quickly than it takes to tell it the
hunted man dashed out into the valley,
and what he thought was safety. The
valley, however, was more dangerous
than the mountain, as an unseen gulch
crossed it, into which the hunted man
fell. Providence, though, was kind to
him, for the slide had spent its force,
and the snow piled up on the bank over
which he had fallen
When the two were able to look
around one was lying at the bottom of
the gulch, while the other was seated
upon the crest of the snow bank that
looked over its edge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
Life In Liberia.

Anderson II. Jones, colored man,
who went to Liberia six months ago from
Missouri, writes home from Brewersville,
a village fifteen miles from Monrovia,
giving some account of the country. He
says that there are no horses, no mules,
and no oxen in the whole settlement.
All the farm work is done with the hoe,
the rake and the axe. He says; 81 have
been all over the settlement, and found
the largest number of people in a suffer
ing condition for something to eat and
for clothes to wear. There isn't any
doctor in this sett!ement-the settle
ment is too poor to support one. calico
is 25 cents per yard, A common laborer,
when he can get any work to do, is paid
25 cents per day. Picked pork is rs
cents per pound shoulder meat, % cents
per pound. All the flour and meat used
here is imported from England and
America. Corn meal is 10 cents per
quart. Common flour is $15 per barrel.
The only slow way the settlers have to
make money here is by raising and sell
ing coffee. 1t will take a newcomer
like myself from five to six years to get
a coffee farm in trim for selling coffee.
The public schools are poor. There is
class of people over here wLo do not
want the condition of things written
back home" d.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11

Nor wANTED.-The editor of the
Estelline Bell of Dakota intimates that
the ''tame young man." and the played
out politician from the East make q
mistake when they go to that State
with the avowed intention of becoming
Congressman. He says delicately
''There is no opening here for any OF
these embryotic or ruined specimens OF
humanity outside of the cemeteries. II
the verdict of the community in which
you now live seems to be that you have
not enough ability to throw stones at
the chickens, don't come out here where,
owing to excessive and exorbitant
freight charges, cartridges with which
to practice on you cost two cents
aniccem
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A Maverick.

lie word Maverick" is used in the
cattle ranges of the West to designate
an unbranded and hence ownerless ami
nal. The San Francisco Macerick-, it
self an unbranded journal, gives this as
the origin of the word:
ga few years since Sam Maverick
went from Massachusetts, to Texas,
where he entered largely into stock
business. After buying several herds
he, neglected his ranges and left his
stock to shift for themselves. Mr..
Maverick, with Humanitarian feeling re-
Trained from branding his young stock
believing in the implicit honesty of his
neighbors. When the genuine stock
men OF the region ran across an I'M
branded animal on the round up they
would say, That's one of Maverick s /;
let's brand it,
"The word sprang into popularity,
and It's limited meaning was broadcned
and enlarged by constant use through
out the cattle ranges and mining camps
of the frontier. If man was unpro-
bounced in his opinion on any subject,
people would say, He holds Maverick
Views,'n
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
The Albright Stove.

The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says:-A
Wilton veteran tells this story: "My
health got run down, / failed in trade,
and thought l would go to farming. l
bought me piece of land in Aroostook,
built myself cabin, and set to work
clearing it. This was forty years ago
1t was in the fall. l didn't have time
to build much of house, so l Just
clapped shingles over the cracks. 1t
was rather cold for us-my wife and
me. We didn't sleep very comfortable
nights. A friend told us to get an air
tight stove, put big junk of wood In
when we went to bed, and the Goals
would keep all night and warm the
cabin. Those round, sheet-iron, air
tight stoves had just come into fashion
then. got me one and set her up. A
short time before l turned in I put in q
heavy junk of beech wood that ! had
sawed right off a log. We turned in
early and began to talk over our pros
poets in our new life.
what grand thing that alright
stove is for us, Mary Ellen, says l.
"'Yes, says she, but amt it getting
little too warm for comfort9'
II told her didn't know but it was
and 50 | turned down one quilt. Before
we got to sleep we had to turn down
another quilt. 1t was a cold night, but
that new alright seemed to heat up
tremendously.
9 I never saw such heater, Jerry,
said Mary Ellen.
Neither did /, says l. In the night
| woke up and it was so warm that
turned down another quilt and left
nothing but sheet over us. Well. in
the morning l got up and went to tho
stove to stir up the Goals and put on
some more wood. Coals Bless We,
there wasn't spark in the stoyel That
big beech junk wasn't even charred.
There hadn't been enough fire in that
stove all night to tech off my pipe with.
The beech log was too soggy to warm
us up, but that new air.tight stove and
our imagination did tho business just rs
we'll"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11

,,-eo+ many people are afflicted with Ca
tarrh who do not know That ais them; anu d
great many more continue sufferers WIN
might be cured. A.,
Thickening of the membrane which lines tns
nasal passages, thus making breathing oiin-
cult: discharge from the nostrils more or
| less copious watery or thick, according 10 the
stage of the disease; a sense OF fullness In Ulle
| head: a constant inclination to spit; ano' Ia
| advanced cases, a dropping of intensely dls-
| gushing matter into the throat, are te"Oi 'ne
prominent symptoms Of Catarrh.
Deafness, inf1amed eyes,neuralgfc palms, sore
| throat and loss of sense of smell, are very
| often caused by Catarrh.
All these troubles are cured by Pisos heme-
| dy for Catarrh, Relief is had immeoiately
after beginning its use, but it is important Cha'
| it be continued without intermission until thS
catarrhal virus Is expelled from the system
and healthy secretions replace the diseased
action of the mucous membrane. Mahlios'ly
it is unreasonable to expect cure In snort
| time of q disease that has been progressing loi
| months or years.
This question of time Is provided for in the
putting I'D of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 1t Is
So concentrated that very small dose Is
directed. The quantity in one package Is suf-
i fcient for long treatment, consequently the
expense is a mere trifle, and there is no excuse
for neglect nor reason for 1t but iorgetIulh1sess
cation of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The
comfort to be got from it in this way Is worth
| many times the cost.
The following letters are specimens Of those
received every day, testifying to the worth oil
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh:
| ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept, 28 1885
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for me- | believe it will cure any case OF Ca
tarrh if used according TO directions.
| MRS f JOHNSON. 40 E, Diamond So.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
She Stood High.

"John, dear, our Susie is fairly sick
over her algebra. But she is getting
along so nicely and has ninety in her re-
por this week, and ninety-five in Latin,
and 100 in philosophy, the dear girl. "
"Good enough, wife. But what is
the matter with the breakfast to day2
Worst meal we have had ina month.
''Well, John, felt out of sorts this
morning, and the cook is away, and let
Susie attend to the things. The poor
Girl really knows so little about house
work, you know. boston 1raoeler.
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That Settled II.

They were discussing in the Illinois
Legislature bill toprevent the destruc-
ton Of quail for three years. Speeches
Of various sorts were made. One farmer
advanced the suggestion that there were
too many quail. If they should lie pre-
served for three years, they would eat up
all the crops. Then up rose an honest
granger, with this valuable contribution
to natural history: ''Mr. Chcerman, I've
lived in lllinoy, man and boy, for forty
years, enduring all of which tune I've
follered agricutooral pursoots cxceptin'
for seven yeas. when | was runnin' of
a saw-mell. and ] have observed this
about quail: whenever there is too many
quail, the good Lord He freezes them
out" That settled it,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A Horses Intelligence.
ACTS OF DUMB BRUTE THAT IN A
HUMAN BEING WOULD BE CALLED
REASON

A horse which had been in possession
of the Peters family, in BushkiIl, Penn,
1or twenty years, and which was famous
tor the almost human intelligence he
displayed, died recently. During the
last few years of the horses life he had
been permitted to run at liberty, but
was frequently hitched up to haul the
dead bodies of cattle or horses that
died on the farm to a place near the
Delaware River, where the carcasses
were buried. The old horse always
stood near and watched the burials
with great interest and attention.
Some time ago this horse fell sick.
One day he was missed from an inclo-
sure where he was being cared for. A
search was made for him, and he was
finally found lying dead on the spot
where he had hauled the dead bodies of
so many of his kind. AS the place was
out OF the way of the horses usual
haunts and as he had never been known
to go there except when driven there
with some dead animal, no one who
knew the horse believes that he did not
seek the spot feeling that he was about
to die and to save the trouble of hauling
Among the instances told of his intel
igence are the following; Late one
night members of the family that owned
him were awakened by great noise on
piazza of the house. There was the
loud neighing of horse and heavy
stamping on the piazza floor. One of
the inmates of the house went to the
door. There was the old horse stamp
ing and kicking and neighing with all
his power. The discovery was made
that an clubhouse near the dwelling was
on fire. The old horse had given the
alarm, and disastrous fire was pre-
vented.
One spsiassz. tihS-<swas GOOD in a
stream on the place..~A blind horse be-
longing to q neighbor got out of its
pasture, and wandering down to
the swollen stream in some way got into
the water. 1t swan about in circle,
and was unable to reach either shore.
No one could render any aid to the poor
animal, and there seemed no escape for
it from drowning. The old Peters
horse came along while the blind horse
was struggling in the water, and, after
a moments survey of the situation,
plunged in. He swan out to the blind
horse, and headed it off as it turned to
make the usual circle, thus keeping its
head pointed straight for shore as it
swan. BY heading the blind horse first
on one side and then on the other, he
guided it safely to shore.
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People Who Buy Diamonds.

During a trial, in which it was neces-
sary to call in some expert testimony as
to the value and quality of diamonds, a
certain pawnbroker took the stand.
"Wcll, sir, asked the attorney, "do
you sell diamonds2"
Eyes, when can, was the reply.
"Who buys the most diamonds Z"
"The biggest fools sir, who have the
money" The testimony was considered
decidedly expert.
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Scene at a Fair.

Miss Clara discussing the fair)-"We
are doing splendidly at my table. Last
evening a gentleman gave me ten-dol-
lar bill to pay for two-dollar tidy, and
would only accept five dollars in
>hangc Wasn't that nice in him2"
Miss Ethel with little cough
every. Last evening gentleman gave
ne a twenty-dollar bill to pay for trife,
and went off without waiting for any
change at ALL"
Miss Clara with the same style of
cough)-"Yes, 1 suppose it was worth
that to him to get away. life.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11

CERTAIN MINERALS, once forming q
part of almost every medicine, are now re-
garded dangerous and unnecessary. The
evils they produce are worse than the
diseases they were supposed to cure. DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS contains nothing but the juices of
plants-and cures all disorders of the
liver, skin, kidneys, digestive organs,
and blood.
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SAVED IT. Speaking of wives wages,
it is mentioned that a happy couple
agreed to bear equally the expenses of
the family. One of the children fell
i'll, and difference arose as to which
should buy the medicine for the little
one. Both held out firmly. The result
was that the child, getting no medicine,
was soon well.