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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
Stories of MeanneSS.

They were sitting at the club the
other evening, telling stories about
"mean" men. "The closest man I
ever knew" said one, els to-day one
of the wealthiest citizens OF Massachu-
sets. When he was a young man he
got a job in a shoe shop, and earned
Sc OF 81 a week. When Saturday came
he got his money-the first he had ever
earned-and that afternoon he invested
50 in a ring, which he showed on the
following Monday with a good deal of
pride. But his shOpmates showed him
that what purported to be gold was only
thlnly washed brass, and that the al
legged stone was only q piece of glass.
The whole thing was not worth fifteen
cents. He was a good deal crestfallen,
but said nothing. The next morning
he turned up minus the ring, but I'm
usually bright and clipper. Perhaps
you boys think 1 don't understand bust
ness, he said. Il sold that ring for So,
and made a clean dollar on it. And to
whom did you sell it?' they asked. TO
my sister,"
81 can cap that" said another. "I
was crossing on the steamer to Liver
pool a few years ago, and found myself
seated next 10 a gentleman who has been
prominent in Massachusetts, politics, and
is sometimes spoken of as a statesman.
On three or four different days I opened
a quart of champagne, and always
invited him to join me in drinking it,
an invitation which he never declined.
Finally, one Cay he ordered a pint, end,
instead of offering me any, said he
thought it o pity that they didn't put it
up in smaller bottles, because a pint was
nor than any man really needed, but
that he had to drink It all to save waste,
since the corks were so made that they
couldn't be put back" "Would you
mind telling me that mans name i'll
confidence ?" asked the member who had
told the ring story. "Not at ALL" was
the answer. Then there was a whispered
conference, and the first speaker quickly
said: 81 thought so. It's the same
man."-BOst0n Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
Bread Making.

During a divorce trial in O court in
Kingston recently, a young married
woman was on the witness stand telling
of some of the acts of the husband, the
defendant in the case. "Well, what
did the husband say that you considered
mean = was the inquiry. "He slurred
her" answered the witness. sIn what
way?" "Well, he said he didn't on
slider a woman fit to be married if she
didn't know how to bake bread"
"Umph !" came from the counsel.
Don't you think he was about right r"
'No, L don't. L don't know how to bake
bread, and [ consider myself fit to be
married"
Counsel-In my opinion a woman who
don't know how to bake bread and take
care of a house is hardly fit to take upon
herself the duties of q wife.
Witness-I control the house and the
baker furnishes the bread.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
The Hearth Rug Man.

He put up a job on the hired girl
whereby he hoped to sell her q patent
process for making fre-rugs she would
never need.
Then he rung the doorbell, and, when
she answered it, he put on his most in
sinuating smile, lifted his hat high off
his head, and remarked in his blandest
voice:
"The lady of the house, l believer"
ooh, yes!" she said, with o mouthful
of sarcasm, 'if I'm sixty years old and
got a squint in one eye and a figure like
a scarecrow, l s'pose I'm herl"
He saw his mistake when too late,
but as he slowly backed down the gravel
walk to the gate, he said regretfully:
"How was l to know thatl l was told
she was young and beautiful, and when
1 saw you"
eff you've any patterns l like I'll buy
an outfit" she interrupted, ''step in
and I'll look at them. "-Detroit Tree
p1pSS
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
hER LOST DIAMONDS.
a New York Woman's Season of I'm
easiness in Richmond.

A few days ago a wealthy New Yorker,
accompanied by his wife, arrived in this
CITY and stopped at tn" Hotel Murphy.
They occupied a Ii m suite of
rooms on the principlc floors and lived
on the best that Col. Murphy could
furnish. They spent their time while
here in visiting places of interest and
taking daily drives.
The lady arose one morning, n as
was going down to breakfast, missed her
diamonds, which she had left on the
cabinet when she retired the night be-
fore. Every place was searched, but the
Jewels could not be found. The hus-
band sent q messenger for Detective
Jack Wren, who promptly responded.
Nh. Wren took the case il hand. He
examined the surroundings and satisfied
himself that no one had entered the
room during the night. In response TO
questions the lady said that they were at
Hollywood on the previous evening, and
took a stroll through the cemetery
grounds. Mr.. Wren accompanied by
the husband, drove on to Hollywood,
thinking, perhaps, the lady might have
lost the diamonds while walking around
the grounds.
The grass and walks we're closely ex-
amined, but after several hours had been
spent in the search without finding any
thing they returned to the city. Mr..
Wren upon reaching the hotel. went to
the visitors room and told the lady that
he was satisfied the diamonds were ON
her person aud requested her to go into
her bedroom and take off her wearing
apparel to see if she could find them.
The lady retired and after y short alb
sence she burst into the room, her face
wreathed in smiles, and holding up
to view the sparkling gems, exclaimed
SCI have them" The lady, after gaining
her composure, stated that when she
took off her underwear the diamonds fell
to the floor. The mystery was solved
and the disappearance of the jcwelry
was easily explained. The lady, when
she retired the night before, placed q
lace collar on top of the jewelry, and
when she took up the collar next morn
ing to put it on the jewelry accidentally
caught in the meshes of the lace, aud
when the lady put on the collar the
jewelry dropped down into her bosom.
The gentleman had paid Mr.. Wren a
retainer, with the understanding to pay
more if the diamonds were found. As
o as they were brought to light he
promptly handed over to Mr.. Wren the
amount he had agreed to pay.-RiehmOnd
State.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
BUFFALO BILL HELD THE LINES.
A Drive I'm Medicine Creek Valley
that Shook up Gen. Sheridan.

Gen. Sheridan has often visited
| Omaha, and his face is + familiar to many
| of our citizens, in whose hearts he holds
q warm place. Of all his visits to Omaha
none is more memorable than that In
January, 1872, when he and his staff
| came here to meet the Grand Duke
Alexis of Russia and suite and to go
with them on a grand hunt in the west
ern part of the State, which was then
thickly populated" with buffaloes.
The buffalo hunt, which was conducte /
under the direction of Gen. Sheridan,
was a very successful affair. The details
were executed by Buffalo Bill, who was
q great favorite with Sheridan. During
the hunt a grand war dance was given
by Spotted Tail and his Indians, 1900
in ali, who had been brought down from
their agency by Buffalo Bill to entertain
the visitors. On the return from the
hunt the Grand Duke and Gen. Sheridan
took seats in q double-seated open car
riage drawn by four splendid cavalry
horses, which were not much used to the
harness. The driver was Bill Reed, an
overland stage driver. On the way in
the Grand Duke frequently expressed
his admiration of the skilful manner in
which Reed handled the reins. Sheridan
informed him that Buffalo Bill had also
been a stage driver in the Rocky Noun
tains, and t%hereupon His Highness ex-
pressed a desire to see him drive. Buffalo
Bill wa in advance and Sheridan sang
out to him: "Cody, get in here and
show the Duke how you a drive. Mr..
Reed will change places with you and
ride your horse" Cali right, General"
responded Cody, and in a few moments
he had the reins and the horses were
dancing over the prairie. When they
were approaching Medicine Greek,
Sheridan said "Shake 'em up a little,
Bill, and give us some old-time sta e
driving" Bill gave the horses a crack
or two of the whip and they struck an
unusually rapid gait. They had a light
load to pull and kept increasing their
speed at every jump. Bill found it diff
cult to hold them. They fairly flew over
the ground. At last they reached a
steep hill or divide, which led down into
the valley of the Medicine. There was
brake on the wagon, and the horses
were not much on the hold back. Bill
saw that it would be impossible to stop
them. All he could do was to keep them
straight in the track and let them go it
the hill for three miles, which dis
was made, it is claimed, in about
six minutes. Every once in a while the
wheels would strike q rut and take Il
bound, and not touch the ground again
for fifteen or twenty feet. The Duke
md the General were kept rather busy
in holding their positions on the seats,
out when they saw that Bill was keep
the horses straight in the road they
to enjoy the dash. Bill was I'M
.ble to stop the horses until they ran
INTO the camp where they were to obtain
fresh relay. The Grand Duke said he
want any more of that kind of
as he preferred to go q little
Gen. Sheridan laughed and
aid: "That is nothing unusual in this
Western country. We do everything out
lere with a grand rush. "-Om lha Herald
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
A Sight to See.

A curious sight was to see during the
rain a wet umbrella leaning against the
wall outside q railroad Office on WASH
ington street. A country visitor did not
wish to carry the dripping head pro
tector within the precincts of the Office,
and there it remained for fully q hall
hour without molestation. Hundreds
were the questive chances cast at the
tempting article, and occasionally some
pedestrian unsupplied with such protec-
ton would advance a step or two toward
it, but would then draw back and go his
way, evidently thinking it was q trap.
Had the countryman left it inside the
door or in any less prominent place it
would undoubtedly have disappeared
almost Immediately upon leaving his
hand, but there it was secure, and has
probably settled the vexed question as
to the safest place to leave an umbrella.
Boston Budget,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
Legal Amenities.

During the trial of a case in the SUI
preme Court recently in which distin-
guished counsel were engaged, the two
had been employed in arguing q law
point.
"There is nothing in that" said one;
81 have examined into it and know"
"Oh," answered the opposing coun-
sci, "you know everything, you do"
"No," quietly ~retorted the first law
yer, 81 don't know everything, but you
and L together do"
"What do you mean, sir?"
"Why, you know everything-except
that you are a damphool, and L know
hat. "-San Diego Bee.
In a baseball game the power behind the
throne is a good strong arm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

ana, ere ne D unuS Upon Ine ring,
Selects the object of his spring"
So disease, in myriad forms, fastens its fangs
upon the human race. Ladies who suffer from
distressing ailments peculiar to their sex,
should use DR.. P,erce's Favorite Prescription
1t is a positive cure for the most complicated
and obstinate cases of leucorrhca, e:.,essiyt
lowing, painful meIstTuation,u unnatural sup
pressions: prolapsus, or falling of the womb
wef back, female weakness" anteversion
retroversion b~earing-down sensations, chronic
congestion, Inflammation and liberation of
the womb, Inflammation, pain and tenderness
in ~ovarieS, accompanied with internal heat VI
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
A TWENTY Tears' Experience.

10 Broadway, New York, March II, 1889.
1have been using ALLCoCK's Porous PLAs-
TFRS for 20 years, and found them one of thu
best of family medicines. Brief summing up
my eXpicnce, say that when placed on the
small of The back ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs fill the
body wi h nervous energy, and thus cure
fatigue, brain exhaustion, debi ity and kidney
difficult es. Fer women and chill iren l have
found them nva'uab e. They rever irrit te
the skin or cause the slightest pain, but cur
sore throat, croupy coughs, colds, pains in
side, back or chest, indigestion and bowel
complaints. G. d. F~REDERICKs.
Twenty inches is said to be the narrowest
gauge of railroad doing regular business in the
United States.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

THE first Mrs. Tabor, the divorced
wife of the Colorado ex-senator, is liv-
ing quietly in Denver, and is worth
nearly a million. She is o shrewd bust
ness woman, and makes money specu-
ating in stocks and mines.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

Eyes, I had a very narrow escape" said a
prominent citizen to a friend. II was con-
fined to my bed for a year and my friends gave
me up for a co~nsumptive's grave, until l began
using Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, and here 1 am, sound and hearty
You will find it for sale by all druggists
Price SOC and ST. Sample Bottle Fr-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
A Horse Who Can Talk!

Everybody has heard of a ''horse laugh" but
who has ever seen an equine gifted with thu
power of speech? Such an animal would bC
graph and the telephone have been a hundrei
years ago. Why, even very recently a cure
for consumption would have been looked upo1
to realize that the disease is not incurable
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
ere 1t, If taken in time. This world renowned
remedy will not make new lungs, but it viii
restore diseased ones to n healthy state when
all other means have failed. Thousands can
testify to this. All druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

The man that didn't believe advertis.
ing paid him discontinued his advertise
ment, and after ward discontinued busl-
ness because it didn't pay. Logic Is
logic that's all we say"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

a WOMAN was passing through the
grand hall of the Glasgow exhibition a
few nights ago with a baby in her arms,
when the band began to play. The child
screamed with fright and died.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
"As glares the tiger on his foes,
Hemmed in by hunters, spears and bow

There are two things that a woman will al
ways jump at-a conclusion and a mouse.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
A narrow

1t is said that bald headed indians are be-
coming common and the plug hat of ~civiliza.
ton is thought to be responsible.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blow
ing and splitting, but use DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and be cured.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

BEFORE becoming members of n garden
gate trust, lovers should see that the
hinges are all right.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
HeaIih and Strength

If YOU feel tired, weak, worn out or run down
from hard work, by impoverished condition OF
the blood, or low state OF the system, you s1ould
take Hoods Sarsaparilla. The peculiar toninS,
nurifvinp and WALKING qualities OF this successful
medicine are soon felt throughout the entire sys-
TEN, expelling disease and giving quick, healthy
action to every organ. 1t tones the stomach,
creates an appetite, and rousos the liver and
kidneys. Thousands = no have taken II with
benefit, testify that Hoods sarsaparilia " makes the
,-ool- strnpyr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

OF a bank check it may be truly said: 'Its
face is its fortune"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

For SPECIAL Rates for advertising in this papel
apply to the publisher of the paper. U2H
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

ness, softyouthful effect and fine finish. Harm
less, Ices not roughen, draw, withcr, NORM any
way lnJure the most delicate o" sensitive skin.
Superiort to any Powder, Paste or Liquid for
Gonlng down red or flushed face. Efraces Tan,
Sunburn, Freckles, Pimples, Coarseness. Sal,
low Skin, all blemishes and imperfections. 81.
bottles at Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers,
or by Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
Els. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, Nj, U.S.A.
ROUGH ON NEURALGIA" $1.OO. Drug.
ROUGH ON RHEUMATISM, $3.50. Drug.
TROUGH ON ASTHMA" St.JO. Druggists.
TROUGH ON MALARIA S1.5O. Druggists,
or prepaid by Ex. L. S. WELLS .IerseT CITY,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

A HUMAN skull was disinterred by we'll
diggers in Haskell county, Kan, re-
Gently, at a depth of 1913 feet beneath the
earth's surface.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
WELLS
INVISIBLE
Velvet
Cream.

AMagic Com.
plexion Beauti
fer for Face,
Neck and Arms
Elegant for
dressing an d
whitening the
skin. Unrivaled
for Re
ceptions, Balls,
Parties,&c. I'm
equalled 70 +
delicate trans
Darent white
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

In a baseball game the power behind the
throne is a good strong arm.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05

Kits a Scientific Spe-
cifc, was not put upon
the market until thoroughly
tested, and has the endorse-l
ment of Prof. S. A. baltimore,
NJ. A., Phi, LII. d., Oficial/
Analyst of foods and medi.H'
cines, N. Y. State Board of
Health, and scores of emil
nent chemists, physicians
and professional experts.
Fl. Fl. Warner G. Co., dol Y
not cure cverything Z
from one bottle, they hay u
ing a specific for each impor-A
tant disease. Fight shy oil
any preparations which claims
infallibility.
The testimonials printed by
II. H. Warner &c Co. are, SO
far as they know, positiveIy%
genuine. For the past five
years they have had a stand-E
ing offer of $4,000 for proofIA
to the contrary. If you arel
sick and want to- get we'll,
use
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
WARMERS SAFE CURE

n Ihas been before the public
"A now about ten years, and in
THAT time has proved itself
u Ito he all that it has been
represented.
1t is purely vegetable,
~icontains nothing harmful,
4 Eand DOES purify the
#bIoOd and CURE dis
EAIea as itputs the Kidneys,
IA the only blood purifying
organs, in complete health.
- 1T Cures permanently.
nIWe have tens of thousands of
0Rltestimonials to this effect
KIfrom people who were cured
~years ago and who are
well TO-DAY.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-07

LEMON DRoPs.-Dissolye half a
pound of pulverized sugar in lemon
juice and boil to a thin syrup. Drop
on plates and harden in a warm
place.
Butter Scotch.-Three teaspoons
of molasses, two tablespoons ofwater,
one tablespoon of butter, little soda
before taking from the stove.
Ice Cream Candy.--Two cups su-
gar, half cup water. When boiling
add a teaspoon of cream oftarter dis
solved in little water. Boil ten min
utes without stirring, then add
small piece of butter and boil till it
will harden in water, then flavor and
pull.
Nut Candy.-Five cups sugar, six
tablespoonfuls butter. Boil it crisp in
cold water. Line buttered tins with
nut meats and pour the candy over
them when nearly cold mark Of in
to strips.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-07
200 COWS from less than 14lbs or
81 ouarfs of milk

And one COW Ethleel ID, 32,291,
by official test, with first calf, yield
ed pound of butter from 5 1-35
pounds or 2 2-5 quarts of milk. La
Petite Mere I'd, 1880 gave 81 lbs of
milk per day, 16,699l pounds in one
year. $50 lbs 4 OF. of butter.
Matilda 4th, 1886 gave in one
year 16, 1884 pounds of milk which
from repeated tests is believed to
have yielded $50 lbs of butter. Are
Holstein Friesian cows the best for
butter2
This question might be answered
by asking are Percheon horses the
best for running hurdle races and
do men hunt foxes with Newfound-
land dogs ? For great many
years intelligent farmers have bred
domestic animals for special objects
and purposes. We have horses for
running, trotting and draft, and no
man claims any one breed to be the
best for all these purposes. Dogs
are as different as the uses for which
they are bred, and while almost
every farmer keeps a general pur-
pose dog, that is one that is good for
nothing he does not claim he is the
best for every use.
Since about the year 1910. Tees
water, Durham or Short-horn cattle
have been bred with English love
for beef, and as meat producing
breed they are without a rival. For
at least 200 years the Jersey COW has
been bred exclusively for butter.
Her Island home, with heat never
excessive and winters in which ice
does not form or snow fall, with
rich pasture, with an average rental
per acre for the whole Island of $40,
and the main source of income from
COWS, and with no possible market
for milk, everything was favorable
to breeding and management for
butter. Since 1889 very stringent
penal laws prevented the importa-
ton of live cattle to the Island, thus
keeping the breed pure. In this
country, since the first importation
iu 1917, there has always existed a
rivalry for the ownership of the COW
that could produce the most butter.
Has all this breeding for a special
purpose been in vain? and were
Dauncey, Bakewell, Ceilings, Ellis
man, Bates and Booth each of whom
fixed for himself an ideal type and
bred to it, idle dreamers
S. e. N1vIN.
Landenberg, Pa, March 20, 1883.
CONCLUDED IN NEXT ISSUE
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-07

CATERPILLARs. - Australia has
some giant caterpillars. Mr.. A. S.
Olliff, of Sydney, mentions one moth
larvae, abundant during the past sea-
son, as being seven inches long, and
specimens of larvae of two other spe-
cies measure eight inches in length.
Says an Englishman "It strikes
an Englishman as odd to hear eve
ming dress referred to in this coun-
try as "full dress" The phrase is
meaningless, for any style of dress
is full dress, unless you leave off
some garment that ordinarily goes
with it."
Over anxiously to feel and think
what one could have done is the
very worst thing one can do.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-07
Who Is Your Best Friend.

Your stomach of course. Why Be-
cause if it is out of order you are one of
the most miserable creatures living.
Giye it fair, honorable chance and see
lift is not the best friend you have in
the end. Don't smoke in the morning.
Don't drink in the morning. If you
must smoke and drink wait until your
stomach is through with breakfast You
can drink more and smoke more in the
evening and it will tell on you less. If
your food ferments and does not digest
right,-ifyou are troubled with Heart
burn, Dizziness of the head, coming up
of the food after eating, Biliousness, Indi-
gestion, or any other trouble of the
stomach, you had best use Green's Au-
gust Flower, as no person can use it with
out immediate relief.