News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-03-29

hrm, beautifully figured, and altogether
a most desirable wood. The value Of
the sycamore as an ornamental wood
has only quite recently become generally
known, its grain being much like that
of the eastern birch, having waving
lines close together, and, as it is quite
tough and strong, it possesses superior
value for veneering. The Oregon ash is
of beauty and utility for decorative pur-
poses, IS figured with concentric curves,
and allows an attractive polish. The
maple of that State is also of beautiful
appearance, light yellow in color, and a
surface covered with small, wavy lines,
OF especial beauty in the gaslight.
In Potttsville, Pa, about 80 women,
with brass band, carrying baners, dead
chickens, rabbit skins, etc, on sticks
and poles, marched toward the Phila-
delphia and Reading Company's Otto
Colliery, near that city, just as the men
quit work. All of the men who live in
by two mules. The mules baked and
finally stood still, at the approach of the
women. The driver jumped on the
back of one of the animals, and attempt
ed to ride through the crowd This in
furiated the women so that they pulled
him off the mule and rolled him in the
slush and dirt Of the road. He was then
rescued by the police. One of the work
men living in Branchdale, while on his
way to the community hydrunt, was at
tackled and badly beaten.
A YOUNG Philadelphia was worked
up to high pitch of excitement through
fear that joke played by him would
cause the death of two of his compan-
ions. He purchased lot of honey cakes
and placed a quantity of Croton oil in
each cake. This he regarded as a good
joke. Later he met eleven of his male
friends and treated them to the cakes.
the two that came near dying ate more
than the share intended for them and
their condition became critical. All
were deadly sick and doctors had to be
called. The trickster confessed to what
he had done, and the proper antidotes
were administered. All the sick young
men are now recovering and the Joker
rests easy.
He spoke from experience. Said he:
Il tell YOU WAS bad of. could Just
hobble along on two crIItches and didn t
ever expect to be any better One night
L couldn't sleep and thought I'd Just
take short walk out of doors. It was
cold night, no snow, and hobbled
along to bridge over brook near our
house. l was leaning on the rail looking
at the moon when the fence broke down,
and ker-chuck went right through the
ice, all under. I made a Jump, you bet
ter believe, and started for the house on
a dog-trot didn't stop for crutches, I
tell you, and guess they're in the brook
now. Well, sir, I hain't had touch of
rheumatism from that day to this"
The white elephant of Siam has blue
eyes, is light colored, but not whittier
than Barnum's beast, which, by the way,
did not go from Siam. The poor brutes
here do not seem to enjoy very greatly
their sacred bondage, but tied by the
hind leg they sway back and forth and
beg for nut as readily as do those in
our menageries. The oldest one wears
brace of worries which would make him
quite sacred to an ivory worker, but
munches green grass in a very unsacred
way Instead of being housed in
gilded quarters he is tied up in a dingy
stable and is attended by half naked
makout instead of priest in sanity
robes.
A GOOD story is told in connection with
the Peter Bennett robbery in Bangor,
Me-, where about $4,000 was taken.
Some 8, 209 was recovered, and is now
in the hands of the officers. As the
story goes, counsel for the prisoners,
addressing County Attorney Appleton,
mnocently asked if portion Of this sum
could not be taken for the purpose of
paying the expenses of the defense, to
which the attorney replied: II guess not.
Why don't you take your expenses out
of the 5000 you have left2" Up to the
present time the application has not been
renewed.
The pension of 3, 900 which has been
granted Mrs. Hancock is, with the house
Just presented to her, all that she has in
the world. She has, however, no one
dependent on her, and can, with good
management, live comfortably on that.
General Hancock was q man who never
could say no when asked for money, so
he died without having saved a penny.
General Logan's widow, who has Just
been awarded a pension of a like
amount, has about $50, 600 well invested,
and occasionally adds a few dollars to
her income by her pen.
Ez-J JsTIcE of the Peace Daniel Yant,
OF Canton, Ohio, was found early in the
forenoon lying insensihle on the side
walk in pool of blood with several ugly
wounds ON his head. He had been way
laid and beaten and robbed of $50 and
gold watch. Yant has since been I'M
conscious. His skull Is fractured and
he is not expected to live. He has been
an unfortunate victim OF thieves and
gamblers for year past, the last affair
being the fourth time within that period
that he has been robbed, generally of
large sums of money.
IF Russian girl marries without her
parents consent she can be sent to prs
ON and deprived of her share of the
family property. One effect of this
grinding despotism of the Gar is to
reduce the number Of Opponents in that
country. People don't appreciate their
immunitles and privileges in this coun-
try. A girl who eiopes here is given a
column and half day in the newspa-
pers for several years, more or less, and
Immediately becomes national hero
inc.
HE who is anxious to tie his tongue in
kno's will do well to attempt the follow
ing exercise in pronunciation: A day or
two ago, during lull in business, two
little bootblacks, one white and the other
black. were standing at the corner doing
nothing, when the white bootblack
agreed to black the black bootblack's
boots. The black bootblack was of
course willing to have his boots BACKED
by his fellow bootblack, and the boot
black who had agreed to black the black
bootblack's boots went to work.
A BEET and a potato growing fast to
each other would not be such n rare phe-
nomenon were the two tubers in the
ground during the growing season. But
after they have been gathered to thus
coalesce is a rather unusual proceeding.
And yet that is what two Of these vegeta-
bles did in the cellar of Mr.. James Bah
cock, of Port Jeryis, n. Y, this winter
What is more, the potato was so affect
ed by the beet that it absorbed some of
the red coloring matter in the latter.