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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
BecOllectiOns Of Hank Monk.

The San Francisco Examiner says
''You wish to know if L knew Hank
Monk2 OF course l did. Everybody
has heard of him. He was overrated MS
driver. That Greeley ride made him
famous. He wasn't much with the
reins, but he could get lick at fellow
orlver when he was in the humor. |
met him one day in Carson after [ had
left the box and become shotgun mes
senger for Wells-Fargo. We were sit
ting on the porch of the hotel Ginning
of old times. Hank was out of sorts,
suffering from complaint of the ewes.
when along came the most ragged, dirty.
lame, cramped-up, bow-legged Pluto
Indian I ever saw. leaning on his broom
handle stick. He nodded and put out
one of his filthy paws to us, giving some
sort of a hailng sign. I laughed and
asked Hank what the beggar wanted.
Hank replied: That's all right. He
used to be a stage driver, but he fell off,
and you see the result. He is now a
shotgun messenger for Wells Fargo.
and wants you to give you the sign of
the Brotherhood,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
PITTSBURGH'S GIRL DRUMMER
She is a Favorite, But She Won't
Stand Being Snubbed.

A trim little woman skipped lightly
from the steps of Baltimore and Ohio
passenger coach at the Chestnut street
station the other night. Walking ahead
of her were Senator Thomas V. Cooper
and wife, who came in the same car
from Washington. There was some
thing about the female that would attract
a second glance as she hurried off in her
neat-titting, long plush coat, showing
just the lower plaits of a stylish woollen
travelling dress, and a jaunty bit of
brown velvet bonnet bobbing with her
head, as lively as the convenient grip
sack ratified which she carried in her
hand.
''That's a travelling saleslady," re-
marked train hand eyes, she's reg
ular female drummer. She travels on
the road regularly, and is about Is years
odd. Though if you heard her talk
you'd think she was twenty or more.
She's as bright as dollar, and very
pleasant and ready talker. She lives in
Pittsburgh, travels for millinary house,
and is very popular with her customers. -
In all her travelling alone between
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Washington she is said to have suf-
fered no annoyance or insult. Though
quite free to make and pick acquain-
lance with fellow passengers of her own
sex, she carries herself with ladylike
dignity, and yet her manner might seem
trifie familiar to strangers unacquaint-
ed with the fact that she virtually makes
her home in the cars. 1t would be hard
to tell just how many newcomers on the
line have had their journey shortened
by the pleasure of her company. It is
said that her bright and interesting
chat has touched sparks of friendship in
the bosoms of many fair travellers whom
she has met. Mrs. Senator Cooper and
she parted great friends. An incident
which shows her composure occurred on
her last trip South. After travelling
some distance with a party homeward
bound from California she seated herself
Besid7o one of tIie women md oy.apa91
up conversation with some remark !
about the weather.
81 don't think know you, MISS" ex-
claimed the woman, with naughty air,
and drawing herself away, as if from
thing unholo.
Excuse me, madam" said the Young
daughter of trade, jumping up like a
flash, 81 thought / was addressing a |
lady. philadelphia Inquirer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
Making Silver Dimes.

1t is not generally known that the
United States Mint, on Fifth street, is
the largest institution of the kind in the
ent time there is a lively demand for
silver dimes, and hundreds of thousands
of dollars of them are being shipped to
New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, ST..
Louis and other Eastern cities Two of
the money presses have been for some
time running exclusively on this coin.
The demand is so great that these
machines are not even stopped on Sun
days, and will be run on that day
throughout the present month.
The process of dime making is an
interesting one. The silver bullion is
first melted and run into two-pound
bars. These in turn are run through
immense rollers and fattened out to the
thicknes of the coin. These silver
strips are then passed through a machine
which cuts them INTO the proper size for
the presses, the strips having first been
treated with kind of tallow to prevent
Their being scratched in their passage
through the cutters. The silver pieces
are then put into the feeder of the print
ing presses, and are fed to the die by
automatic machinery at the rate of 100
per minute, As, 600 dimes being turned
out in the regular working day of eight
hours.
AS the smooth pieces are pressed be-
tween the ponderous printing dies they
receive the lettered and figured impress
sion in a manner similar to that of
paper pressed upon form of type; at
Al tho &c 1n1 ~
slight degree, and the small corrug ations
are cut into its rim. The machine drops
the completed coin into a receiver, and
it is ready for the counters hands.
The instrument used by the counter is
not a complicated machine by any
means, as one might suppose. 1t is a
simple, copper-colored tray, having
raised ridges running across its surface
at a distance apart the exact width of a
dime. From the receiver the money is
dumped on to this board or tray, and as
it is shaken rapidly by the counter the
pieces settle down into the spaces be-
tween the ridges. All these spaces being
filed, the surplus coin is brushed back
into the receiver, and the counter has ex-
lctly 1850 silver dimes. or 1925, on his
tray, which number is required to fill
the spaces. The tray is then emptied
into boxes, and the money is ready for
shipment. The dime does not pass
Trough the weigher's hands, as does the
coin of larger denomination. One and |
half grains is allowed for n dollar
Town, and the deviation from the stand
lrd. in the case of ten cent pieces, is so
rifiing that the trouble and expense of |
weighing coins of this denomination
ire dispensed with.-Sm Francisco
CfbroujrIe
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12

ALFRED SrENMETz aud Della Bolaci
of Oxford, Ohio, were to be married
but rumor was started that Alfred al
ready had a wife living. Papa BolacH
wanted an explanation, and Alfred SAID
that he had divorce from his former
wife, and that a COW chewed up his coat
in which was the document. Mr.. Bo
lack doubted this, but Alfred got copy
of the divorce, and on Thanksgiving Day
the wedding took place.
THE colored Children Mt Oxford, Ohio,
have always had public schools separate
from the white children's schools, but
this year they refused to attend them
and insisted upon going to the same
schools that the white children attend
ed They were refused admission and
brought an action against the school
authorities, which has just been decided
in favor of the negroes.
Quill toothpicks come from France.
The largest factory in the world is near
Paris, where there is an annual product
of 100000 quilts. The factory was
started to make quill pens, but when
these went out of style it was turned
into a toothpick mill Wooden tooth
picks are made principally in Michigan,
Wisconsin and Ohio.
DIR. J. J. DUNLOP, an aged physician
of Waterford, n Y, has recently recov-
cred from an attack of hiccough that
lasted nine days. During this time the
only relief he had was in sleep. The
moment he awoke the hiccough began.
He grew weaker and weaker, until it
was thought that he would die. Then
the hiccough ceased.
LONDON Truth, describing a loud
young American girl who has been
shopping considerably in London re-
Gently, says that there is some fun in
her recent remark to very lazy sales
woman "Look here" said the Ameri-
can, "are you above your place, or have
you got toothache2''
IT Is estimated that the cost of sin
gle days fog in London for gas alone is
$4,000. On a recent foggy day the
London gas companies had to supply
$50, 600, 900 feet, or nearly 50,O00,000
feet more than the usual amount.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
Peril of a Lineman.

William Hanson, SAYS the Boston
Journal, hneman of the Salem Elec-
trio Light Company, had narrow es-
cape on Saturday. 1t was near light ing
up time, and Hanson was engaged in
clearing a broken limb from the wires
on the main circuit. He had climbed
the tree and had gone out upon board
resting upon the branches. In cutting
away the impending limb the branches
upon which he WIS supported gave way
and he fell. In falling one wire was
broken and Hanson saved himself by
catching upon the other. 1t lacked but
a few moments of the time for turning
on the current, and the young man was
in imminent peril of the deadly electric
shock. Superintendent Merritt, who
had fortunately been with Hanson,
reached the Central Station after hard
run, just as the engineer was about to
turn on the lights, The action was
stopped, and Hanson was soon relieved
from his uncomfortable position. His
life was undoubtedly saved by the
promptness of the Superintendent.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
A Reasonable Request.

A Scotch farmer, celebrated in his
neighborhood for his immense strength
and skill in athletic games, very fire.
quently had the pleasure of oontending
with people who came to try their skill
and strength against his. Lord D., a
great pugilistic amateur, went from
London on purpose to fight the athletic
Scot. The latter was working in field
in an Enclosure at little distance from
his house when the noble lord arrived.
His lordship tied his horse to tree and
addressed the farmer:
"Friend, I have heard marvellous re-
ports of your skill, and have come a
long way to see which of us two is the
better wrestler.
The Scotchman, without answering,
seized the nObleman, pitched him over
the hedge, and then set about working
again. When Lord D. got up the farm
er said:
"Have you anything to say to mel"
ono, said his lordship, "but perhaps
you'd be good enough to throw me my
horse!"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
SOME STRANGE CONFESSIONS.
Several Good Stories Which Convey Very
NeedfuI Morals.

| The Rochester IN. W Union reports having
this dialogue with an eminent physician:
| "Can you cure o cold for me z!
81 dare say; where is 1t 2
| "Do you treat yourself for colds 2"
"That depends on how bad they are. / had
one last week and fixed myself up a dose, but
1 didn't dare take it. / kept it over night and
gave it to 'deadhead' patient the next day ~
"Then you don't dare take your own medi-
cine2"
'No I don't dare, and 1 have no family ply
sician."
! gentleman, short time ago, consulted
his physician abouta severe rheumatic attack.
AS he was leaving the doctor said:
"Should my prescription AFFORD any relief,
let me know it, as am suffering from an af-
lection similar to yours, and for the last tWen-
! ty years have tried in vain to cure it.
| The best physicians now have the frankness
| to admit that the schools have not vet master
ed all there is to know about the causes OF
diseases, and the best methods of cure. There
has been great advance no doubt, in medi-
cal science in the last fifty years. Doctors
themselves do not take their own physic,
even though they may saturate the sys-
TENS Of their patti, nts with poisonous drugs,
nor do they bleed, blister, and torture, as for
merly.
Byron died, it is claimed, because of over
bleeding by his physicians. Washington met
the same fate!
Scientific investigation shows that most
ailments proceed from arrangement OF prl-
mary organs, of which the kidneys are the
most important. Every drop of blood cours-
ing through the system passes through these
organs and if they are deranged, the blood
speedily becomes impure, and carries the
seeds of disease to every part of the body
If we keep these organs regulated by the use
of simple vegetable compound like War
ner's safe cure, which Prof. baltimore, New
York State Board Of Health analyst, Of the
Rochester University, says: 81 find entirely
free from mercury and all poisonous and del
eterious substances"-there is little danger
of Bright's disease, apopleIy, rheumatism, or
of any of the common ailments, nearly all of
which originate in or are made fatal by dis
eased Though unexpectedly kidneys. This
great remedy has the reputation, which seems
we'll founded of curing more diseases than
any one other remedy ever known. 1t
restored the son of the Danish vice-Consul
Schmidt of SO Wall street, New York, from
Bright's disease, and General Christensen,
of Drexel, Morgan & Co.. Bankers, of New
York, who knew of the case, pronounced it q
wonderful remedy.
AS appropriate to the doctors who give to
their patients what they will not take them
selves, we quote this story:
ooh, Mr.. Smith, help me out" exclaimed a
young lady at churci fair. Give sold tidy
for SIS that only cost 15c. What percentage
is the profit"
percentage, madam 2" exclaimed the law
yer with merriment. "That transaction is be-
You'd percentage-it is simply larceny"
The professional man who takes ones mon
ely when he can do one no equivalent service
will understand the moral.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12

A SOCIALIST named Seward Mitchell Of
New York State thinks of starting q
store on the Socialist plan. Every ono
can help himself and leave in return
whatever he thinks is fair. There is a
long-felt want for just such store
among the Detroit Socialists. Mr..
Mitchell would get all the custom he
wanted. If he is millionaire he might
stand such system for a couple OF
days, and by that time he would be
without the cash, but he would have a
valuable accumulation of experience in
Socialism
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12

| Leaf mould, rotten COW manure anC
good garden loan in equal parts, with ;
small addition of sand, all well mixed to
gether, make suitable soil for nearly al
house plants.
When the leaves of plants assume ;
! yellow tinge the application of fifty
often cause them to again become greer
and thrifty.
A handsome variegated thing is Fiscu;
elastica variegata. The marking is ex
t:emely handsome, shading from pale vel
low to green, and the general habit is a!
robust as in the plain green variety.
There are few flowers so universally
loved as the simple, modest and fragrant
violet. 1t is the favorite of the poor as
well as the rich is little affected by the
eaprlces of fashion, which now favor sun
flowers and again some other gaudy but
short lived pet of the garden.
For a cool north window where the or
binary run of house plants will not flour
ish try some plants from the woods. The
partridge berry, little creeping vine
with evergreen leaves and curiously double
red fruit, will give satisfaction. Then
there aremosses, ferns and other pretty
things that will give quite charming va.
riety.
Dispute it who may, no place is fin
ished without its border of trees and
shrubs, whether in Their spring bloom
and beauty, or as in the evergreens, lux,
uriant in their perennial verdure. BY
their employment we can, not only have
beautiful surroundings, but shut out an
unpleasant feature in the landscape OF
extend desirable view.
A great many careful gardeners, under
the impression that the hardy Holland
bulbs need winter protection, put on e
heavy mulch in autumn and remove
early in spring when the tender shoots
which are then springing up need il
most. If any mulch is applied let it be
thin coat of we'll rotted manure that
can be allowed to remain.
Study your plants. Notice their drink,
ing habits. You will soon find out
which needs the most water You will
find they will take but very little if the
day is dark; if it is pleasant they will
Of winter is this noticeable. The days
are short and often cloudy. The plants
have not filled the pots with roots,
therefore it is better to be on the safe
side and not give too much water.
In window gardening it should be re-
lnembered that we have all degrees oil
temperature at command, from freezing
to toTrid. Shelves or brackets at differ,
eat heights should be provided to meet
the requirements of heat needed by diff
fCrent plants. Coc.us on the window
sill will drop its leaves and go to pieces;
on the top shelf it makes luxuriant
growth. Other instances might be given,
but care, watchfulness and little ex-
will soon show the window
gardener where each specimen does best
--Nelo York Herald
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Nothing Wonderful in The Pyramids.

A New Englander, who stood gazing
upon the mysterious grandeur of the
pyramids, turned to peculiar-lookine
old fellow who had just come up and
said:
"Wonderful, the wonderful wonder of
wonders"
"What is ?" the old fellow asked.
"Why, these pyramids.
"Wall, they mout be sorter wonderful
to Teller that's lived all his life in a
fiat country but you orter see the Cum
berland Mountains.
''Great Caesar, man, these pyramids
were built by the Egyptians thousands
of years ago"
"Yas, an the Cum berland Mountains
WIZ built by the Lawd UImighty long
befo' the egyptians eat ther breakfast
an got ready to go to work. Ny fren'
you oughter travelled er little befo' com
in over here, an then you wouldn't
make SIGH a mouth at passed. o sharp
cornered hats like these here. wy, up
thar in the Cumberland Mountains you
ken roll rock down
81 won't talk to you, sir"
"Wall, now, jest use your own pleas
ure erbout that, fur / amt a hurtin' to
give you information. Ef you wanter
stumble erlong like er blind boss, WY il
amt nothin to me"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
Potato FOIiape

Not every farmer knows that whatever
Injuries the foliage of the potato is {
direct injury to the crop. The leaves Of
the vine are the feeders of the root, and
are so essential to the growth of the
tuber that whenever they are injured
nature does all she can to repair the
harm by her own recuperative forces.
When potato bugs begin eating the
vine, but are stopped, the plant will put
on new leaves, and do its very best to
repair the damage Further, any other
attack on foliage is just as bad as the
dreaded bugs We once knew a man
who thought to do smart thing by cut
ting down his potato vine with scythe
when the bugs began operations. He
got rid of potatoes and bugs together at
one blow. Others have unintentionally
done the same thing by over-large doses
of Paris green. If the poison is pure a
very little of it is enough to burn the
vines as If fire had passed over them.
There is much difference in Paris green.
Some dealers seems to understand the
popular tendency of farmers to use it too
strong, and therefore they adulterate it
so as to guard against this dlnger, and
to add 10 their own profit.
The result altogether is that the
average of potatoes, between the bugs
and the poison. used to destroy them,
is not -as good Is II was before the bug
era. Possibly this is for the best. We
as people were perhaps learning to live
too much on potatoes for our good, just
as the Irish used to before the potato rot
and the famine. They are farinaceous
food, and therefore not the best adapted
for giving strength and vigor. We use
a great many potatoes, poor as they
often are. If they were always mealy,
white and fine grained, should we not
use many moe than we do2 Yet
possibly the poorer quality of potatoes,
being less farinaceous, must be really the
best food. There are occasionally per-
sons with taste so pervcrse that they
prefer moist, sogyy potato to one dry
and mealy. Still, according to the
general liking, the better foliage potato
has the better is quality and greater its
yield. 1t is, therefore, likely that few or
none will purposely allow their potatoes
TO become defoliated when it is possible
10 prevent lt.-Inter- Ocean.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12

but by scattering it direct from the
wagon the work is not only done quicker,
but the manure is more evenly distributed
over the field than if thrown in heaps to
| be hand-scattered in the spring. BY
scattering it direct from the wagon the
work, too, is all done at once; whereas,
if thrown into heaps to remain so until
spring a considerable portion of its
properties is either washed away by rains
or sinks into the ground, leaving spots
where the heaps stood too highly
MANFRED for the balance of the field,
thereby occasioning loss in the general
yield of the crop.
Another thing, in hauling out manure
over ploughed ground in winter much
unnecessary labor to the horses, as we'll
as wear and tear of the wagon, particu-
larly when the ground is more or less
frozen, may be avoided by hauling it the
way the burrows run instead of across
them. Nor should it be attempted to
scatter the manure over too large a sur
face. Like all other work on the farm,
what is worth doing at all is worth doing
well, and it is more profitable to manure
five acres well than to half manure ten
acres, the labor of cultiyating the latter
being doubly that of the former and the
yield about the same. The work of
making and applying manure is certainly
the most important that can engage the
attention of the farmer, and he should
see to it that in the application none of
it is lost, and that the land on which it
is applied is all benefited alike. And
then, with thoroughly prepared soil,
carefully selected seed and thorough
cultivation, he may rest easy about the
yield. Baltimore San
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
Brutalities in COOmassie.

The criminal laws appear to be en-
tremely severe, and the following ridicu-
lousy trivial offences are punishable by
death WhistIing in Coomassic; suffering
an egg TO lie broken i'll the town; looking
at the Kings wives, or not hiding when
the Kings ennuchs call to announce
their approach, and picking up gold that
has been dropped in the market place.
From this it will be seen that every day
life in Coomassic, Africa, must have its
drawbacks. -Lona0n Held
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How to Tell Them.

For two months past, says a hotel
keeper, bridal couples have been 'the
observed of all Observers" about forty
having registered the chest day" Glow
do you distinguish them ?" asked one
inquisitive individual. of you are in
any doubt look ON the register" was
the quick reioinder. "The groom al
ways registers as - and wife, later
on it will be Mr.. and Mrs Should
that not convice you, look at the lady's
shoes. A bride always has on a new
pair, while at no other time in her life
is woman absurd enough to wear such
discomforts when travelling" "Dear
souls, [ suppose their little feet might
be pinched off and they never feel it, :"
remarked the cynical bachelor, who al
ways by some strange fatality-or is it
by design ?-is present when brides are
the subject of conversation,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-12
Raising Three.cent Pieces.

\ Columbus detective has in his pos
session several three cent pieces which
have been tempered with and passed as
pieces. The modus opcrandi
of making seven cents on each piece is
to place a dime on each side of a three
cent piece and by sqeczing them in visc
slightly fiatten Che threc-cent piece and
leave a dim outline of the dime on either
side. The coin, utter the DETACHMENT,
very much resembles n tcn-cent piece
which has seen considerable service. -
Ohio State Journal.