News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-10-18

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Springfield, has cat which he would
not part with for love or money. 1t be.
lOnged to his wife, who is now dead, and
for a year past has been his companion
in the cab, Ordinarily it sits perohed
up IN the cab window before its master,
bnt occasionally it strolls out to the
pilot, where it will ride for hours at q
stretch, wlnklng knowin9lg at the dogs
which bark at the train as it thunders
by the crossroads. Sometimes when
the train is approaching a station the
adventurous animal climbs to the top OF
the sand box and calmly rests there, I'M
deferred by the shrek of the whistle OF
the cl0ng Of the bell. The engine has
had good luck ever since the animal
became an occupant OF the cab, and the
trainmen look upon it as mascot.
RECENTLY the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company employed Victor Hinston, a
professional diver, at $3.50 per day, to
go down and examine the machinery of
the steamer City of Chester, which was
sunk III the waters of Golden Gate IL
August last by collision with the
| Oceanic. The diver located the vessel
IN fifty fathoms of water, cut in two as if
ny an immense saw. While looking
into the Storage, the first thing which
met his eyes was the form of a man
standing with distorted face and tongue
hanging from his mouth The body was
swoo, en to twice its natural size. Going
little further aft he saw another victim
/ OF the wreck On his knees g1asplng q
third man around the waist. The diver
returned to the surface and reported his
discovery, but nothing could induce him
to return to the wreck.
Mrs. NANCY Couch of Jasper county,
Ga, says that she is 100 years old. She
may be wrong, but she is certainly very
old and very remarkable. She lives with
her granddaughter, Mrs Holloway. who
is 80 years old, and this is what VIII
Harden, her great great great-grandson,
says about her: ''She is just as spry,
lively, and quick as most women of SO
or 60, and when saw her last looked as
healthy, pretty, and young as most of
the women around. You can't tell that
she IS so old, as she is lively and young
looking, but when you talk to her
OF her childhood it looks like you are
hearing about the creation. She just
knows lots, and they tried to get her to
go to the Centennial, in Philadelphia,
but she Just would not go, as she said
she dld not want to play the part of
mummy"
ONE of the simplest of natures barom-
eters IS spiders web. When their is d
prospect of wind or rain, the spider
shortens the filaments by which its web
Is sustained and leaves it in this state
as long as the weather is variable. If it
elonGates its threads, it is q sign of fine,
calm weather, the duration of which may
be judged by the length to which the
threads are let out. If the spider re-
mains inactive it is a sign OF rain; if it
keeps Mt work during rain, the down
pour will not last long, and will be fol
lowed by fine weather. Observation has
taught that the spider makes changes in
It's web every twenty-four hours, and
that If such changes are made in the eve
nlng, Just before sunset, the night will
be clear and beautiful.
PROBABLY the first prohibition petit
ton issued in this country has been dis
covered in the State archives of North
Carolina. On May &c, 1855, King Hag-
Ter OF the Catawbas thus petitioned Chief
Justice Henley: 81 desire a stop may
be put tothe selling of strong liquors by
the white people to my people, especially |
near the Indians. If the white people !
make strong drink let them sell it to one
another, or drink it III their own families. .
This will avoid great deal of mischief
which otherwise will happen from my
people getting drunk and quarreling
with the white people" The Chief JUS
tice as appears from an endorsement
promised to bring the matter to the Gov
errors notice.
IF kings have peen abolished in !
France, various Frenehaen seem deter .
mined to have their innings" 10y set
ting up Gs monarchs on their own &C /
count in far and foreign chimes. Every /
body has heard of the "King of Aran-
cania, Orelius T., who was n Partisan
Rio de InliPatan, and now another
Gaul, NJ. de Mayr3na, he's just been
crowned monarch os "a Llibo- of Anna !
mites on the borders of Siam. The /
new sovereign calls himself 'Marie l., /
King of the Sedangs, and, according to .
all accounts, he has inaugurated hap /
to be rs merry and as cOntented pOten- /
tate as cold King Cole himself.
If the lawmakers of Georgia are wise,
they will take steps to stop the rapid
destruction of the pine forests Of the .
State. 1t is estimated that from 200 to .
400 square miles of timber land are
cleared every year. The Atlanta Lum-
Der Company has 10000, and is cutting
100, 900 feet day. Since the noun
tains to the southwest of Rome have .
been cleared floods have become very
common in that part of the State, |
and the rapid rise of water has caused .
great damage. 1t is the old story; and |
when Georgia is stripped of its trees the |
Government will be called upon to re-
plant the forests. An ounce of proven
ton is worth q pound of cure.
A COUPLE spent their honeymoon at
Bar Harbor. They met first on a steam
er on the Atlantic Ocean; he proposed |
in Sweden; was accepted in Russia; OBJ
tanned her fathers permission in Eng
land; the marriage settlements were
drawn up in this country; they were
married in Algiers and goodness knows
where they are now and will be to-mor-
row.
TOBACCO is to be shut out at the
Chambersburg, Pa, academy, No boy
Will be admitted who uses 1t In any way.
Boarding and day pupils will be treated
alike. The ground taken is that tobacco
produces baneful effects on the minds
md health OF the students.
Miss KATE BISHOP, an actress in Aus
ralia, wears silver bracelet Oh the left
,rm night and day. Her only sister lock-
ii it there before she sailed for America
o get married. The ship went down
With all hands, and the key is with the
girl.
Very DimInUtiye People.