News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-08-02

"N7I@~ pocket knife int
the dumb brute's neck. The hors
Writhed in agony, broke the hitchin
rein, and ran out of the lot and down tn
road until it came to a drug store owne
by Jenkins & Kyle. The animal stake,
into the store and went as far back a
the prescription case and set up mos
pitiful neighing. The clerk was alarmed
but spoke gently to the animal, ant
bathed the ugly wound in cold water
much to the relief of the brute. Mr.
Kyle then sewed up the wound and tieC
band around the animals neck. Mr.
Kyle points out the blood spots on tn
floor as proof of his tale.-IndiaRapo
Journal.
An extraordinary outburst of popula
savagery has Just occurred at Borsad
a village near Kascheau. A girl who il
native of the village was married to
peasant from another village, but ate
the wedding number of the young mel
of Borsad tried to prevent her from de
parting to her new home. The brid,
managed to escape, but on seeing thi
the young men set fire to the cottage O
her parents, aud the flames quickl,
spread to other cottages. A murderou.
fight then began between these young
ruffians and the brides friends, with the
result that eight peasants were killed
and about 20 of both sexes injured. The
arrival of detachment of mounted gen
darmes put an end to the affray, and the
ringleaders were marched off to prison.
AN OLD gentleman came into an An,
gusta marble shop last autumn,
says local paper, with the
marks of affection ON his countenance,
and after explaining that one of his sons
had died, sorIowfully inquired the price
of tombstone. After looking over the
various styles and endeavoring to beat
down the dealer, he remarked confiden-
TALLY, with a glance at his consumptive-
looking wife who sat on the blackboard
outside, that he didn't think Marthy
would winter, and he guessed he'd wait
and buy two stones at once, to get re-
duction. Marthy "wintered' but she
did not "spring, and few days ago the
old man appeared again, shipped q
couple of tombstones home and went on
his way.
JOHN BROWN, who probably received
more presents than any other mental in
the history of the English court, was
shrewd enough to anticipate the embar-
rassment which would be caused to his
friends if he died possessing the gifts
themselves, so it was the prudent Gus
tom of that domestic to sell nearly
everything that he received within a few
weeks. John Brown was constantly be-
ing complimented with costly gifts, but
he wisely preferred to possess their val
ne in cash, and in several cases the
Bond street ieweler who had sold the
present to the royal donor bought it
back within short time from the reci-
pient at very nearly the cost price.
THE brutality with which newly MARI
ed people are treated by their testing
friends is constantly receiving fresh il
lustration. At recent Boston wedding
a couple of sportive ushers discovered
the train ON which the bridal pair were
to leave town, and what baggage they
had. Driving swiftly to the station
they ecnfided their plan to the baggage
master, and with his connivance they af-
fixed to each handle of the trunks of the
bride and groom an enormous bow of
white satin ribbon. If the groom did
not blaspheme when he saw the decorat
ed trunks deposited in the hall of the
hotel to which he went he may take rank
with Job for patience.
Two CLANS or families inIthe Prefecture
of Yung-How, in Human, China, re-
Gently fought for the possession of q GER
tain hill, and twenty-seven were killed.
The Government thought such a pro
ceeding irregular, and sentenced the
leader of the victorious party and four
teen of his followers, with the one of the
defeated who fired the first shot, to de
capitation. Several members of the two
clans who took no active part in the
row but encouraged it, were sentenced
to receive 100 blows each, and the elders
of both families were sentenced to eighty
blows each, on general principles, for not
having prevented the fight.
How LOVE is blind to deprecated cur
rency is thus told by Maine paper !:
When the banks of Bangor, Me-, de-
cided not to take Canadian coin except
at discount q farm living near by
had quite a stock q lie deprecated
coins. His daughters lover was clerk
in grocery store, and the girl was de-
puted to buy the family's groceries. For
this purpose she was supplied with the
tabooed coin, and her lover being too
tender-hearted to enforce the discount,
accepted it at face value. In this way
the shrewd father soon relieved himself
of the outlawed currency.
NJ. JovIs, O French aeronaut, is said to
be building an air ship in which he pro-
poses to attempt to cross the Atlantic
IA
called the "Atlantic," and will be 200
feet high, with o cubic measurement of
nearly I00,00 feet. 1t will weigh 4, 500
pounds, and viii carry the same weight
of passengers and freight. NJ. Joyis
thinks he can make seventy miles an
hour in it, and expects to land in Norway
or Sweden or else ireland in three and
a half days after starting. The cost of
the enterprise is fixed at about $40, 1000.
STATISTICS show that the proportion
of women engaged in agriculture to
those earning money otherwise, is one
to thirty; and of those engaged in agri-
culture about one-fourth are in Iowa.
Great numbers Of women take up Gov
eminent lands, more often unmarried
women than unmarried men. Betrothed
couples have been known to go from the
East and after living on adjoining claims
join the two by marriage, and possess
together a farm of 480 acres or more.
Tree claims are also taken by women,
especially in Dakota.
A MILWAUKEE, paper, in describing the
recent convention there, mentions that
on the occasion of their recent excursion
by special train to the cement works,
where champagne lunch was provided,
"one of the Directors thoughtfully car
ried a quart bottle to the engineer and
fireman" 1t was indeed happy thought
such as could only have been inspired
by champagne; but as the train got
back safely, it is fair to presume that the
engineer and fireman used more Judge
ment in drinking than the Director did
in giving.
TIE ingenuity of some school children
in getting over the knotty questions
propounded to them in the recent exam
nations was surprising, according to the
stories the teachers tel. One boy in the
Summer avenue school scratched his
head for a long time before attempting
to compare the animals of North
America with those of Europe" At last,
in his desire to say something, he wrote
''The animals of North America are not
as large as those of Europe, but they
get there just the same"
THIRTY-THREE persons were killed and
CAT injured by railway accidents in En-
gland last year. There were 81 collis-
ions between passenger trains, IN which
% persons were killed, and AZ collisions
between passenger and freight trains by
which one person was killed. In 1886