News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-16

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congress meets twice year and rarelr
A'ends Its sessions over three weeks
It's members receive four dollars a da
during Its sittin9s. There is a Fedora
council OF seven, one of whom is chosen
as PRESIDENT for one year. This Council
Is erected by the Congress. There is nc
cumbrous Electoral College, as with us
and no long or second or third terms
The popular elections are held in the
churches and the corruption of voters Oh
the stuffing of the ballot box or riotine
about the polls is unknown. A civil
service law, unwritten but real, pre-
walls, and good men grow old and die
III the public service. Nowhere, except
In the army, is age disqualifier. The
oWlsS statesmen are all grayhaired.
during a severe thunderstorm which
passed over Central Norway recently, 8
remarkable example of the power oil
lightning was witnessed. III field al
Iolten, fir tree eighty feet IN height
was struck by lightning some twelve
feet from the ground, with the effect
mat the tree was cut in halves, and the
upper portion - about sixty feet il
length-thrown a distance of several
yards. The most curious part Is, how
ever, that the surface IF the detached
part Is as smooth as if the tree had beer
sawed through, while that of the stumI
remaining in the ground is Jagged,
oharred, and splinteled to the root.
The ground around the tree is furrowed
IN ali directions, one being several feet
IN width and depth, and extending for
some ten yards. A spruce tree close by
shows furrow an inch in width. run
ming from height of six feet down to
the rOo.s.
CALEB CUSHING, who left no children,
in letter which he wrote from Mount
Vernon one Fourth of July, said: eve
may regret sometimes that Washington
left no posterity of his own body to
continue his name and race, and to re
tain and cultivate his lands. But what
perpetuity of name had jefferson, Madi-
son, and Jackson2 They have immor-
tally, not in heaven only, but on earth
as well. Should not that sulficel And
as to Washington, what son or grand
son him succeeding could have continued
his fame2 Let us be content to have
him stand in his solitary grandeur. We
should not have tolerated a descendant
OF his presuming on his hood, nor
should we have been satisfied with one
of inferior metal"
THERE are various methods of amuse-
ment in different parts of the world
among different people For instance,
one of the pastimes among the convicts
in the Georgia prison camps that af-
gN-ilo
for one of them to take three or four
mile run early in the morning to keep
the bloOdhounds in training The
trustY is always perfectly willing to
make the race, and is paid for his
trouble by the bosses The only dan
ger connected with it, says the Georgia
paper from which the item is taken, is
that some thoughtless person might
take shot at the running negro, think
ing that he was making his escape from
the camp.
EVERYTHING is done on large scale
on the Pacific coast, according to the
jewellers thereon. But the biggest load
of sawlogs ever hauled over a road in
Washington Territory recently arrived
at Seattle. There were eighteen logs,
ranging from 81 to 100 feet in length.
The longest ones are intended for YES
sells masts, and one has a diameter of
80 inches, and another 48 inches in the
middle. The latter contains ID, 900 feet
o. lumber, and the total measurement is
about 100, 900 feet. Their gross weight
Is about $50, 900 pounds, and they are
to be shipped to the Atlantic coast.
A WESTERN paper has had unique
~ssIs.,,fos,ee- z,he Indiana 4Hesse7tQer takes
pleasure in reporting that one day last
week 1t received letter inclosing the
sum of $40. The sender did not sign
his name, and only stated that the
amount was justly due and should have
been raid ten years ago; that he had
gone West without notifying the pub
Usher of the fact. He said his con-
science had troubled MIN off and on
ever since, and he now hoped for rest.
The edlor of the Messenger is said to be
still suffering seriously from the shock.
An official return Just issued gives
some interesting information about the
manufacture Of Playing cards in Eng
land AT present there are nineteen
anafacturers In the nited Kingdom,
who pay license of POS, and who pro-
duced 100000 packs last year. This
did not meet the demands Of the Enc
IIsh card player, so half as many again
were imported from Austrian and Amer
Iean makers the stamp duty imposed
on those cards IS now fairly important
source Of revenue. Last year it amount
ed to nearly e15, 900.
Mr. r A ToRREycE, of Chester, Pa,
claims to have made the irst feather
buster used in the United States. This
Is ms story: when | was thirteen
years old was working with my step
brother, George Steele, on Pearl street,
New York, and one day | fastened some
os'Tlch feathers on a stick and used the
appliance for busting. George watched
the operation and an idea struck him.
tie got to work and soon had pattern
ior eatner buster. He had it patented
and then entered into the manufacture
and sale of the new wares"
ONE Of the best directions to avoid
drowning is: lock the hands behind
the back, fully initiate the lungs, and
close the mouth" A Chicago gentle
man once gave these directions to his
daughter, and two or three weeks ago,
While she was rowing on Lake Michigan,
Ter boat capsized, and she was only
saved from drowning by following this
rule. As she observed its directions
she went under but a short distance,
and upon reaching the surface she float
ed until boat put out from shore and
rescued hef.
TIE beautiful Greek wife of Henry
p Vail, of New York city, is spendin ?
the summer at Bar 1arbor, and the
Lewiston Joir al has this bit of gossip
about her: While travelling in Gree e,
Young Vail, son of the late Henry Vail,
for years cashier of the Bank of Com
merce, met her, fell IN love with her at
first sight. proposed, and was married
happy one, and the couple separated.
Al the death OF Mr.. Vail, the elder,
the money was left to Mrs. Vail, the son
being cut of without cent
THAT eminent English physician, Sir
Henry Thompson, thinks that more than
one half the diseases which embitter
life are die to errors in diet. An over
supply of nutrition, which must 90
somewhere, produces liver diseases.
govt rheumatism and various other DIS
orders To eat too much is a blunder.
and to wash down nutritious food with
nutritious drink IS one of the greatest
dietary indiscretions that can be in
dulged, specially for persons of seden-
tary habits.
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