News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-08

ing parties, an quietly settled down tC
watch every village for miles around
Not q peasant dares to leave his hut
starvation is threatened over n vast
tract OF country, and according to latest
advices, tue unfortunate mouliks were
eagerly looking out for relief expedi.
ton from the nearest garrison.
DAVID BARLEY and Lincoln Dunn
went hunting one day lately in the woods
near POnnecook Creek, New Mexico,
The hunters stopped near the creek tc
locate q tree in which they shot two
large black-snakes about a year ago.
Peering through the branches, three
wriggling reptiles were discerned sus
pended from n limb, and another old
timer was crawling about on the ground
beneath. The one ON the ground made
leap for the tree, and then all four
snakes lifted their heads high in tho air,
thrust out their tongues and Missed
venOmously at the intruders. Taking
careful aim, both hunters fired stimuli
taneously, and great Shiny, wriggllng
mass fell to the ground below. Three
of the snakes were dead, but the biggest
of the quartet had been dazed only. The
ugly reptile suddenly raised itself and
made for Mr.. Dunn. The hunter
lodged, but the snake followed up the
attack so lively that, had it not been for
q smart rap dealt with the butt end of
Mr. Darley's gun, serious results might
have followed. The qamy snake was
six feet in length and big around in pro
portion. The aggregate length of the
other three was sixteen and half feet.
A CHINESE tiger story In a wild
region near Kaiping is the village of
Takang Tsun. In temple of Wu-ti
there stays at night man, not priest.
Two small holes in the door allow him
to look out. The tiger came and
crouched outside the door long time.
Then he put his paw through one of the
holes and clawed around. Then he put
his tail through and felt about with it
for the man. The man cut the tail OIL
with m ax. The tiger butted the door
until it VAS knocked from its hinges and
fell over on the man, who had been try
ing to prop it up from the inside. The
tiger sprang over tho door without find
ing the man under it, and Selling one
of the losses which was in the form of n
man, ran away it. Next day some grass
cutters on the mountain, n good distance
off, found the joss lying on n lonely
hillside, where it had been abandoned
by the tiger, and took it back to the
village.
THERE are all kinds of ways of max
ing living, but one of the most novel
modes of earning ones daily bread was
illustrated by q man who called in a
house at Roxbury, Mass, last week.
He announced his calling after this
fashion: "Madame, every hOusekeeper
has some odds and ends of no practical
use to her that she would be glad to dis
pose of, but does not like to throw away.
Now, am willing to buy any broken or
disused article that you may offer for
my inspection" The lady addressed
said she had nothing that she wanted to
sell at that time, and he replied: "Ob,
you must have something. Now, there
is set of false teeth for which I paid
80 cents to one of your neighbors :"
Even this failed to draw out any favora-
BILE response, and the man departed,
perhaps to obtain bargain in wooden
leg in some more favorable locality.
PATRICK SCALLY, an aged man, poorly
dressed and llnwashed, fell to the side
walk on Iark hOw, Now York, and lay
there apparently unable to get on his
feet again. The crowd that quickly as
sembled supposed the man to be drunk.
Policeman Lynn took him to the Oak
street station. The old follow was so
dirty that it was anything but pleasant
to have to search him. In his trousers
pockets was $3.47 in small change. In
one of his vest pockets was handsome
o-I
$16O in SO bills, while sewed in the in
side pocket of the vest were discovered
three s., 600 gold certificates and ono of
$500, giving n grand total of solid cash
found upon the person of this unprom-
Using looking old man of $15. 6G3.47.
A MAN was digging a hole in field
ad Joining Trinity Church, Margate,
when his pickax suddenly pen
etrated cavity and fell from his hand.
He just managed to move before the
earth gave way, and exhibited large
subterraneous chamber about twelve
feet i'll height. 1t was found to contain
a number of human and other remains,
and there was also long underground
passage, probably connecting the cham
Der with the sea-shore. Within hun
dred yards of the spot there are somo
very remarkable smugglcrs' caves, and
there is little doubt that the present
discovery is of an obscure portion of
this retreat.
SOME weeks ago Mrs. Warren Searls.
Of Battle Creek, Mich, had occasion to
rise earlier in the morning than her
husband. AS she did SO in hurry she
stepped on one Of his legs. He Scream
ed, and joking y protested that his wife
might rs well give him warming if she
had intended to MAIN him for life. But
nothing more was thought of the matter
until recently, when n sore started on
The spot where Mrs. Searls' foot had
pressed with her whole weight. From
This blood poisoning set in, and on
Wednesday it was decided that amputa- |
ion was necessary. The operation was
performed.
THE late official returns, which are for
1886, show that "a, S91 persons were |
1illed by wild beasts in that year in
British l, dia. OF these %, 1874 were
Killed by snakes, 928 by tigers, 222 by
wolves, 1874 by leopnrds, 113 by bears,
u by elephants, % by hyenas, and |, 169 |
~ other animals, including scorpions,
ackals, lizards, boars, orocadiles, bufia-
oes, and dogs and foxes. In the case
10Th of human beings and animals, the
appears to be on the in
rease. During the past nine years re-
Yards were paid for 179,639 wild ami
nails, and for 2,G72, ACT snakes.
J. II. EvELETH, Esq, of GreenvilIe,
Ne, is finishing one room in his new
louse, at Shirley Mills, in novel way.
t is plastered with mortar made with
Ommon spruce sawdust i'll the place of
and, which is applied rs cheaply and
dheres to the laths as well as common
Mortar. The same experiment has been
ried i'll another house at GreenvilIe, and
he mnsons i'll that part of the State
hink this use of sawdust may become
eneral. People are just beginning to
nd out what can be done with what has
cen wasted.
AT the last drawing of the Prussian
tate Lottery the grand prize of $75, 900
'ent to Wel-knOwn SileSian. Curl
usly enough, his father won the grand
rlze just forty years ago, and fifteen
ears ago his uncle won half the grand
rize i'll the same lottery. But the most
tnrt'ing coincidence in the whole mat
II Is that in every instance it was the
anne number that captu ed the prize.
A PITrsBURG lady, Miss Fleeson, who ;
now n missionary in Siam, recently
al the honor of an invitation to dine
18th the king and queen OF that country
l their new summer palace. The dim
er was served i'll trUo Siamese fashion.
ut Miss Flecson says she was spared ..
lie pleasure of eating some of the deli
lcies, among them angle worm Gro ..
nettes and chopped chewing tobacco.
JOE PATRIcr,, of Dcleyan. Wis mor-