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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-06
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-06
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-06
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
hTgi life iii washington.

| heard story of high social life the
other day, says local letter writer,
which may interest people fond of
studying the lights and shades of Wash
ington life. The wife of certain mil
lionaire who is well known in Wash
ington for her lavish social entertain
centricities, was calling the other day
upon the wife of prominent Washing
ton resident. The call was made lust
before luncheon hour. The lady who
was receiving this call is very plain and
matter OF fact, She hoped all through
the call that lunch would not be an.
nOunced. She had heard so many
stories of the oriental splendor of the
feasts served each day in the lavishlv
furnished house of her caller that she
did not care to have so distinguished a
guest without some special preparations
in her honor. That day hot hash had
been prepared by the cook. This was
the main feature of their lunch, and the
Washington lady thought with horror
of asking the distinguished caller to 90
out and lunch upon common, vulgar,
everyday hash But before the caller
was ready to go the servant opened the
door between the parlor and dining
room and announced "Lunchm The
lady of the house could not do less than
invite her caller to take lunch with her,
hoping that she wonld refuse and 90.
But the latter accepted and sailed out
with great dignity to the bright, modest
dining groom. Bash was placed in front
of the great lady. She tasted it first
with great caution and then she ex-
claimed with great vivacity ooh, what
delicious dish You must tell me
what it is. must have the recipe for
that for my cook"
The lady of the house said in reply:
'It is hash. " The visitor then repeated
the word "hash," as if to fasten this
hitherto unheard-of word describing
this unknown cish in her mind. But
this is not the end. The lady of the
house was surprised at receiving the
next day note from the rich lady il
which she said: ''You must surely send
the recipe of that delicious dish hash,
! think you called it. l am going to
give lunch party to morrow and |
wish to introduce that delicious dish in
my menu"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
The Christmas Plum Pudding,

Beat seven eggs thoroughly, add one
pound of white sugar, one and half
pounds of raisins, stonned and chopped,
the same quantity of currants washed
and dried, and quarter of a pound of
citron sliced, and ali three dredged
with flour. Now add one pound of
suet chopped fine and freed from
strings, and if you are an amateur cook,
let US whisper right here, that if you
sprinkle -four over the suet, the process
OF freeing it from strings will be very
much facilitated. Stir in next the
Juice and grated rind of one orange,
two wine glasses of brandy, half a
pound of flour, and half a pound of
grated bread, one tablespoonful each of
cinnamon, cloves, and mace, and milk
sufficient to make somewhat stiff
batter. Boil in a mold or Toured bag
for five hours. In boiling puddings it
Is essential that they be plunged at first
into rapidly boiling water, and that the
water never be allowed for an instant
to stop boiling.
A plain and cheap sauce is made by
stirring tablespoonful of cornstarch
dissolved in cold water, into one pint of
boiling water; add one tablespoonful of
water, four of sugar, and glass OF
brandy. Those who prefer not to use
liquors in cooking may substitute lemon
juice and nutmeg; syrup from canned
raspberries, currants or Strawberries is a
delicious addition to a pudding sauce.
AMeTicdA dgr. cNttUrist.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
The Good Old Times in Maine.

Mr.. L. W. Small has in the Oxford
County Record some interesting remin-
iseences of the old Cornish NICE ting
house OF his boyhood One of its qusint
Institutions was the arrangement of the
that when the people arose for prayers
ard turned up the seats they made a
noise louder than thunder" The pull
pit hal big gate which the preacher
closed with bang after he entered.
The building was never painted or
warmed. Women in delicate health
brought little iron boxes of live Goals
on which to place their feet.
Mr.. Small writes that the dedication
of the editice was celebrated with a
horse trot. The morals of those days
could not tolerate a stove in the house
of worship, but permitted going to a
horse race and filling up with Medford
rum. The singers had the front pews
III this old meeting house, but during
the singing of the hymns the musical
people of the congregation used to 90
forward, stand as near the regular sing
ers as possible, and help them out. Mr..
Small remembers gay widower who
was wont to go forward in blue coat
with brass buttons, and had birch bark
placed in the soes of his shoes so they
would squeak and call the attention of
all the women to his noble person.
After while they organized a choir
with bass viol and a clarionet in it. A
few Sundays passed and the conserva-
tives of the congregation rose in revolt,
declaring that as these instruments had
no souls il was wicked to employ them
IN worship. The viol and clarionet had
to go, Later on, charging that the
leader of the choir was not church
member, and ought not to sing praises
to God for the congregation, they ban
ished the choir, too.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
ESTHER ROCKWELL ROMANCE
Her MeetIag with Rowing Husband
Whom She had Long Thought Dead.

Mrs Esther Niles Rockwell, widow
of Harry Rockwell, died at Haddam
Neck, Conn, a few days ago. \ most
romantic event in her life gave her
something more than mere local repute.
She was married In 1917 to Harry kock
well, who lived further up the Connec-
ticut river, and who was a man of some
what rowing disposition, with strong
liking for the sea. Two years after
marriage Rockwell accepted an offer
for winter employment in Savannah, but
when he returned in the spring came
only to New York. There he was
tempted to ship on whaler, and did
so without seeing his wife. He was
afterward captured while on an English
vessel by Spanish ship, and spent two
or three years in a Spanish prison
Then, without returning home, he en-
for some years after was on merchant
ship. He sailed around the world
several times Mrs Rockwell, not hav-
ing heard anything from him for seven
or eight years, believed he was dead
and in 1926 she married George Evans
who died in 1881. Rockwell, in that
year was in New York, and intended to
return home, but hearing that his wife
had married again, thinking him dead,
he at once shipped for long voyage.
BY Mr. Evans the wife had three
children, two of whom are now living.
One of these. belinda, when little girl
in 1885, told her mother that she had
had a queer dream, and that she saw
her other papa, as Rockwell was called,
coming home in sailors clothes and
eolored vest A week later, on the
afternoon Of July 4, and during heavy
thunder storm, Rockwell knocked at
the door of his wife's house and asked
for shelter. He was invited to take
dinner. though no one recognized him.
The little girl, however, spoke of her
dream at once when she saw him. say
ing that the man was dressed just as
her other papa had been.
Then the wife said, greatly agitated:
"You remind me of the man who was
once my husband"
Don't you know me, Esthera" was
his answer.
Five days after they were remarked,
and lived happily together for forty-six
years, when Rockwell died. Three
children were born to them, one of
whom, Edward Rockwell, lives now in
the old homestead.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
Dynamite Guns.

The last Congress made an appropri
alton to purchase ship which would
have q nigh rate of speed, aad which
would be armed by dynamite guns.
Should we succeed in procuring such a
vessel, it might secure us against naval
attack, even though we have no fortifi-
cations, Lieutenant Zalinski, in New
York hsrbor, demonstrated, by actual
experiment, the possibility of safely dis
charging dynamite shells OF any size,
through the use of compressed air, for
propeiling them. In this case II was
proved that projectiles, containing a
hundred pounds of explosive material,
can be expelled from pneumatic gun
tube, with great accuracy in range, the
shell exploding on striking the water,
or anv other substance. There is no
reason why five hundred pounds could
not be used as safely as one hundred
pounds. A swift cruiser, armed with
these guns and shells, might be terror
to an attacking feet, for TO other nation
has as yet utilized the dynamite gun.
1t is curious that we have been the first
to originate warlike lrventions; the
Dahlgren gun was the first OF the great
ordnance attempted by any nation. But
this mighty prOjCctile, as We thought it,
is a mere baby to the giant ordnance of
Great ritain and the continental ma
tions. We first tested monitor, which
was copied, and resulted in the creation
of a new class of iron-clads in all the
foreign navies. A successful dynamite
gun or guns, or swift cruiser, also
would be initiated and surpassed by the
French, English, and Germans. But
what pity it Is that human ingenuity
should be wasted on these deatlI-dealing
mlssiles Surely the day will arrive,
when, by general consent, wars vii
come to an end. .-Dcm0rest's M,mthiy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
A NOVEL FERRYBOAT.
Expected to Crush hronah the Ice in The
Mackinac Straits.

The Michigan Central Railroad, it is
now asserted, will build a gigantic
ferry, intended to run across the traits
of Mackinac at all seasons. 1t will
carry thirty cars and will put that line
in position to compete, to some extent
at least, for the Eastern traffic from the
great Northwest The new ferry will
be of peculiar construction, designed
especially to overcome the hitherto quite
iuSurmOuntable obstacles that have been
encountered in the Straits of Mackinac
in midwlnter. At times the ice is piled
very high and it has been found that
the ferryboat would run one-thiTd of her
length into and on top OF deep flow OF
ice, and then her engines were unable
to pull her off or send her further
through. In such cases it became neces-
sary to blast the ice from under the
boat, in order to free her, which often
required days to accomplish.
At length novel expedient was sug
gested. When a foe of ice was met
which was impossible by ordinary
means a stake or anchor was set firmly
into the ice some distance ahead. The
ferryboat was then turne around, stern
on, to the foe, and a hawser got out
over the stern, carried over the foe and
hitched to the stake or anchor. 1t must
be understood that these ice foes are
composed of great chunks and cakes of
ice, stuck, but not frozen, together.
When the ferry boat was in position her
engines were started and the boat moved
away few inches from the foe, but as
the hawser frightened came to a stand
still. The engines, however, still
worked and the screws revolved, hurting
circling currents of water back against
the foe These currents loosened the
cakes and pushed them away from the
bow of the boat, leaving comparative
" clear passage in front. The ferry
boat then went ahead, the slack of the
hawser was taken in, and another push
made.
The new ferryboat is to put this idea
into operation after new and original
fashion. The boat will be q large
double ender, with a screw wheel at
each end, the stern wheel to have one
third greater power than the bow wheel.
When running through comparatively
clear water or smooth ice the bow wheel
will pull and the stern wheel will push.
Its crushing power will be immense, and
its projectors say it will walk through
ice two or two and half feet thick
with perfect ease. " hen it meets the
great foes, SO common in the straits, it
is expected that the front screw will
push the boat back and the rear screw
will push her ahead. The greater
strength of the rear screw will push the
boat Up against the flow, while the pow
erful currents circliug ahead from the
front screw will wash a passage in the
flow and allow the ferryboat to run
through. Such is the theory on which
the boatls be built. 1t is estimated
that under the most adverse circum-
the boat will be able to make the
passage IN one day, where trip of nine
days has not been uncommon in bad
times heretofore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
An Incident Of the War.

meeting of the ROYAL Legion the
other even ng | was reminded of one of
the most peculiar incidents of the war,
which has never been published. While
we were before Atlanta we had pushed
up our lines close against the breast
works of the Confederates until we were
within few yards of each other. There
were two brigades, separated only by
ravine. Every time man showed him
self above his works he was peppered
at. Down in the ravine was spring,
and both ides used to go there at night
to get water, nobody daring to approach
it by daylight. One day heavy fog
fell over the camp, and and every man
at once rose up, glad to stretch and be
able to walk around without being shot
at. Some of the men were cooking their
meat and boiling their coffee, and 9th
ers walked around on the works. Sud-
denly, without an instant's warning,
gust of wind came up and blew the fog
away about as quickly as you could
snap your finger, and there were the
men OF the two opposing br gades out
in plain view upon their works, so ex-
posed that volley would have moved
pared for the emergency; not gun in
hand; no one made an effort to arm him
self Thus both sides faced each other
in suspense. Then by some inexplic
able impulse, party of the Confede-
rates, which had evidently started to
the spring, pots in hand, continued
leisurely on their way. do OF know
why, but our men did not molest them,
and some even went down to the spring
What follows seems range. A tacit
truce was declared, and during the few
days that the two brigades continued to
face each other across the ravine it con-
tinued, and not shot was fired by the
men of one side at the men of the other.
They would fire upon the brigades at
either side and diagonally, but neve: at
each other, and the men would meet in
the ravine to trade and converse. tell
this narrative to show that there was no
bitterness between individuals of the
two sides. Both were fighting for the
cause-lS L0uis GtObe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23

Christmas present-an ele ant sealskin
cloak, long enough to cover her from
head to foot, shabby dress and all
And so JAMIE had her Christmas at
home, with her father and mother and
grandma with the hickory logs snap
ping in the fireplace, and the red-pep-
pers festo0ning the kitchen rafters, and
her tall lover watching her admiringly,
making the pink cheeks grow pinker,
and the blue eyes brighter, with every
glance.
And Miss Nerena Gillette has to swal-
low her chagrIn as best she can, when
cousin Johns" wife comes to ''iriggs
& Grimshawes' to do her fall shopp ng,
or buy a new summer silk dress.
Saturday Night
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
BOstOn'S Sunday Laws.

The legal authorities of Boston having
decided that the druggists and apothe-
carries should not sell anything but
medicine and that in a quiet way, an
enterprising apothecary on Beacon street
posted the following in his windows on
Sunday to the amusement of the passcrs-
by
AS we cannot legally lend the direc-
tory, change 1O-cent pieces to smaller
coins for the contribution box, answer
questions as to why the horse cars, steam
cars, hacks, restaurants, &c, are allow
ed to do business, nor allow ladies or
gentlemen to wait in warm room in
stead of on a cold corner, we have de
cided to close on Sundays.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
TITO'S LETTER.
What the Boy W. OLe to santa Clans.

1t is the night before Christmas and
long past Tito's bedtime, yet there he
lies on the rug before the fire. watching
the flames as they flicker and flash.
''They are queer lot, :" thought he
E'one cannot trust 'em any better than
the Others" and his eyes flashed a
strange light back at the flames.
What ails the boy" thought grand
mamma
''Come, Tito, 90 to bed," exclaimed
Aunt Alice, suddenly remembering the
boys presence.
Tito kissed them both good night and
passed out into the hall. 1t was a square
room. The moon poured its soft light
Though the small square panes of glass
of the broad, low-silled window. Tito
waited a moment, then crossed over to
the window seat and softly peeped be-
hind the curtain. There it was still
just where he had put it two days be-
fore. He sighed and pressed his little
nose against the cold pane and peered
out.
"lhey mus come tonight To-mor-
row it will be too late" he thought.
'Ill watch awhile longer, anyway
Tito2
Tito is boy who lives in the country,
just beyond large town. He lives
with his grandmsmma and his Aunt
Alice. No one who passes by the house
fails to observe 1t, because it looks so
quaint and home like. 1t is built Of
stone, and no two sides of it are alike,
and there are small towers and queer
gables about it.
On the left side, as you drive up to the
house through the long avenue of trees,
is broad, square window. 1t is ont of
this window that Tito is looking and he
gees queer shapes. The moonlight is
flooding the avenue of trees with its
light. and the great arms of the old pine
trees wave to and fro in the wind and
throw wild, restless shadows and make
Tito think that they must be sorry about
something.
Il know how you feel" says Tito to
himself, while his large eyes follow the
movements of the shadows as they
shift to and fro over the snow.
Tito might often feel lonelier than ne
did were it not for his busy little brain.
This is never idle Sleeping or wax
ing, 1t Is full OF fanc1es, and to anyone
who did not know him as well as Aunt
Alice and grandm ANNA he might seem
sometimes quite ''out of his head, " as
people say.
He would talk into the air in the
most excited way, scold or smile at
things and people no one else could see.
But what had he tucked behind the cur
tam that keeps him so wide awakef
What has it to do with the night that
he does not go TO bed, but keeps staring
out of the windowl Now he takes it
up for the hundredth time and holds it
close 10 his eyes Then he draws his
first finger carefully over its surface He
turns it over and, more than oil, he
looks again and again at one of its cor
ners. 1t seems to be large envelope,
with something in it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
A NEW AND NOVEL REMEDY.
How the President is said TO be GettIng
Ills FLESH Reduced.
lFrom the Omaha Herald.D


Since he came to the White House the
President has been rapidly gaining
flesh, until he now weighs fifty pounds
moIe than he did when elected He
does not take any exercise. He drives
out for an airing every pleasant after
noon III comfortable carriage, but the
ride doesn't give him any more exercise
than If he spent so much tim in a roc &
ing chair. He is getting to be 50 fat as
to be uncomfortable as well as ungainly,
and has been in consultation with "a
doctor Of the Swedish massage school.
This doctor does not prescribe anv
drugs, nor does he use the Banting sys-
TEN, of dieting II simply recon-
mends the movement cure, and his treat
ment Of the President is very funny. If
his excellency would only admit spec
tators he might make large fortune
by charging an admission fee. 1t would
not be a very dignified performance, but
people would 90 long distance to see
the President of the whole United States
60 thl ough the motions. First the doc
tor makes him lie flat on his back ON the
floor, stiffen himself out with his arms
down at his side, and then raise his feet
his legs are at an angle of forty-fve de-
gIees. This is repeated several times
and until one has tried it he cannot re-
aliZe how difficult and exhausting it is,
for none of the joints in the body can
be moved except those at the hips The
n xt movement is to raise the feet in
the same position, and move them
around in the air, so that the heels will
describe circle. This is more difficult
still, and none but accustomed gym
nasts can do it at the first attempt.
The third movement is to stretch out on
the floor, with the face down, and then
raise the body 2a lhe hands AID toes,
After this has been tried, the patient Is
to stand on the tips of his toes and fin
gers, and make motions as if he were
swimming. By going through this pro
cess three times a day, at Lrst only
few minutes, and then longer, as the
muscles of the stomach will permit, it
is aimed that fat man can reduce his
esh with remarkable rapidity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23
The Worst or 1t.

In recently published recolections of
Lyman J eecher it is told that while
walking home one night with big book
under his arm skunk suddenly crossed
his path. He threw the book at it and
when he reached home they had to fu-
migate him and bury his clothes. \
few weeks after the catastrophe one Of
his sons came rushing TO his fathers
presence with pamphlet in his hand,
saying excitedly: Look here, father,
what this scalawag has written about
YOU. You must answer HIM "Pooh {!
poohr said the old Doctor, "rll have
nothing to do with him. / issued a
whole quNrto volume against skunk
lately, and | got the worst of IT."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-23

The WALLS is found that walls
laid up of good, hard burned bricks, in
mortar composed of good lime and
sharp sand, will resist q pressure of /, 800
pounds per square inch, or PIG, eco pounds
per square foot, at which figures it would
require 1000 feet height of - inch wall
TO crush he bottom courses, allowing
135 pounds as the weight of each cubic
foot. 1t also appears from accurate cal
culations and measurements that walls
laid up in the same quality of brick and
mortar, with one-third quantity of Port
land cement added to the same, are ca
pable of resisting some ,, 800 pounds per
square inch, or $50, 900 pounds per square
foot; this would require height of wall
,, 700 feet to crush the bottom bricks.