News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-06

him are just now hard at work on tn
drawings for a tomb that is to be q
once the biggest, most ornate, and mos
burglar proof last resting place in thi
country. 1t will reach one hundred O
more feet in the air, cover nearly hal
an acre of ground, require sOmethin!
like three years to complete the rich an'
beautiful sculptures with which it vii
be adorned, and the vault to contain tn,
ashes of the dead plutOcrat is a marve
| of mechanical ingenuity. In the frs
place the ponderous slabs of granite
| forming the four sides of the receptacle
| for the coffin are nearly three feet III
| thickness. The upper one moves or
| springs as smoothly as door, but only
when certain intricate combinations
have been carried ont upon the lock,
and any fumbling with tho fastenings
| by q hand that does not know the
proper springs to be pressed and pulled
| awakens certain engines of destruction
which will make it decidedly uncomfort-
able for the fumbler. But the hardy
] body snatcher would have first to ppne
! trate through many obstacles and diff
culties before he reached the place where
| he could satisfactorily blow himself into
smithereens.
There is room inside of this well-pro-
tected tomb for two collins, those of the
millionaire and his wife, and the collins
themselves are also being manufactured
by Boston firm, and will cost i'll the
neighborhood of 1000 apiece. They
are made of solid mahogany, seven
inches thick, carved in bold relief with
the most elaborate designs, all variously
emblematic of death, and specially
drawn for the carvers by Ehhu Vedder,
whose stern, heavily draped "Angel of
the Darker Drink" was exhibited here
last winter, its sculpturesque beauty
making a deep impression on the man
who is ordering all this mortuary splen-
dor. On the top of the coffin is carved
a splendid hatchment, and broad sill
yer scroll, exquisitely etched with the
names and dates of the births of the two
projected occupants, occupies a place on
the lid directly over the face of one who
should be within.
Every available inch of the interior is
beautified with the cutting tools, and
within is swung silken hammock made
of heavy twisted black silk, and with
thick silver fringes depending from the
sides. To the interior of the lid is fas-
in theymuseum in Venice, supposed to
have been carved in the fourteenth cen
tury. In certain stages of the disease
the sufferer seems to find a sort of
gloomy satisfaction in preparing for
death and dwelling upon the trappings
of the tomb; but that is generally while
he still feels pretty sure hope of get
ting better, and it is not as dangerous a
sign as might be imagined.
THE process of sheep shcaring by
is now performed in Aus /
tralia by an ingenious kind of device, the 1
results, as represented, being very salts /
factory. The apparatus in question is
very simple enc. being made on the |
same principle as the cutter of a mower |
or reaper, and the knives are worked by |
means of rods within the handles, these |
in their turn being moved by a core
within a long flexible tube, which is
kept in a rotary shaft, and wheels driven
by stationary engine. The comb is in
the form of segment of n circle, about
three inShss IN diaraeter, with eleven
conicaIshaPed teeth Each machine is
worked by a shearer, and, as the comb
is forced along the skin of the animal,
the fleece is ont. The machine can be
or by ordinary horse power, and does
not easily get out of order.
A FEW days ago, while coming down
Broad street, N Augusta, L saw very
familiar face in Ito him) very strange
garb. As | approached 1 recognized
friend of the long ago. He was once a
man of wealth and culture. Thousands
of acres and hundreds of slaves were
his, and his family lived in ease and
luxury. The heecy staple was to him
like mine coming its gold and its sill
yer by the thousands. His house was
palace and his grounds appeared like
enchanted lands. His home was per-
feet Eden. To-day he walks the streets
of Augusta in the uniform of a police |
man, and supports his family on $50 per
month. And yet he does not murmur,
but is thankful to his God that his lot is
no worse than it is. And all this led me
to think of the wonderful changes
wrought by the hand of time.
DIR DowNs of LakepOrt, Cal, had
pet deer to which he was very much at
tached. Last fall it ran away to the
and that was the last he saw
OF 1t until the spring, when one day it
IN the door yard, and, walking
straight to the Doctor, laid it's head OH
his arm and seemed greatly pleased, as
was the Doctor. 1t hung around him in
rather an unusual way, and finally dis !
The next day it came again, !
and acted as though 1t wanted the Doc. |
tor to follow it, and he did so. The deer
led him some distance from the house
to little fawn that lay hidden in the
bushes. The Doctor took the little thing
in his arms and carried it home the
mother following and showing IN
mistakably that that WAS what she want
ed.
A POOP man and his wife emigrated to
the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived
there with little money and no pros
poets. The husband knew how to make |
aerated waters, and he spent all his |
money in getting some material for that |
purpose. Then he left his wife with |
friends and started for the diamond |
fields, encountering great bardships, |
but getting there at last with his stock. |
He built himself little shanty, and be |
gan making and selling the water, sue |
ceeding so well that after four months
he returned to his wife with 500 gold |
sovereigns hidden in a belt under his !
shirt. He has made large fortune in |
the business since.
DAN. BANKS of Elizabethown, Ill, |
heard his chickens squawking the other
night, and hurried to the hen house to
Investigate. AS he entered the door he
was attacked by big bird, which took a
grip on his right arm that he could not
shake off. He defended himself with
his other hand, and had an ugly hole torn
in it by the powerful beak of the bird.
Then he called to Mrs. Banks, and she
came out and killed the bird, which
proved to be an immense horned owl.
1t was with difficulty that the long
Salons were unclasped from Mr.. Banks
srm, and the wound that the owl had
made was enough to demand the atten-
ton of q surgeon.
A YOUNG cashier of q Paris bank had
been for some time the lover of the wife
of his most intimate friend, woman of
remarkable beauty, and finally induced
her to elOpe with him. In the morning
he took $4,000 from the bank, lett the
building at luncheon hour, and driving
to his friends house found the couple
Just ending their meal. Willie chatting
with the husband he managed to let the
wife know that a cab was waiting around
the corner to take them to the railroad
station. Ten minutes later they were
Off The husband and the bankers did
not learn the facts until the couple
were well toward England.
THE daily food of the Sultan of Tur-
key is cooked by one man and his aids.
1t is prepared in silver vessels and each
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