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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

If properly managed, writes N. J..
Shepherd, in the Vas 0R8ih AgricUtuyist,
the manure that can be made and saved
upon the farm is undoubtedly the best
and it is easily possible for every farmer
to make it. And while at the same time
it is the best it can also be made tie
cheapest, because if properly managed
all the cost will be the necessary hand
ling, hauling out and applying, and no
matter what kind of fertilizing we use
we will find it necessary to do this much
While there are few fertilizers so COM
plete or that will show the effects so long
as what can be made upon the farm. No
system of rotation, Of using green crops
as manures, or of purchasing and using
commercial fertilizers will as completely
keep UP the fertility as the making, saw
ing and applying of all the manure pos
sible. And if this could be more thor
oughly understood, and farmers would
make the proper effort to take advantage
Of it, there would be much less COM
plant of the fertility deteriorating.
But if the largest amount is made it is
necessary to keep a sufficient number of
stock upon the farm to consume profit
ably all that be raised or grown, to pro-
vide sheds or stables, or feeding lots
where the stock can be made comfort
able, decreasing in this way, as much as
possible, the amount of feed necessary to
keep each head of stock in a good condi-
ton, and at the same time increasing the
number of stock that the farm can be
made to carry, and at tine same time hay
ing the herding all together. Using a
sufflcientsupply of bedding to keep the
stock clean and at the same time absorb
and retain as fully as possible all the
liquid portion of the dropings.
These are the three most necessary es-
sentials, to which may be added care in
feeding so as not to waste feed, often
combining materials so as to increase the
quality; keeping only good, thrifty
stock; proper handling, so that all, or as
nearly so as possible, the valuable prop
critics will be retained, and APPLYING so
that the largest amount of benefit can be
derived.
If large fields are secured the main
tanning of the fertility is one of the i'm
portant essentials, and this can only be
done by reasonable efforts to make, save
and apply all the manure possible, and
to save so that it be the most valuable
as fertilizer, and then apply in such a
manner that the growing crops may be
able to realize the largest amount of
benefit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

its claws. 1t measured five feet and
one inch from tip to tip, and was black
and white, white predominating. The
oldest inhabitants say the like of its spe-
cies has never been seen in these parts
before.
Col. ZEB WARD of Little Rock, Ark,
thinks that he was the last man to pay
for negro slave in this country. A
negro woman who had been in his pos
session for several years, while a suit re-
garding her ownership was pending,
afterward brought suit against him for
services, and gained verdict. When
Col. Ward made out check he worded
it: ''To pay for the last negro that will
ever be paid for in this country"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

At the recent meeting of the Connec-
ticut State Board of Agriculture, Mr.. j.
B. OlCott gave lecture on roads and
road-making, in which some very sensi-
BILE suggestions were made He en-
phasized the fact that it is not necessary
to so hurdle roads while under repair as
to render them impossible to the public.
He said: "Gravel carts should never
have tires less than six or eight inches
wide, and Should make new track
every time, pressing the newly laid ma
terial so hard that no roller would be
needed for finishing off the surface.
Wide wheels begin to improve the road
at the gravel pit, and keep it smooth
and hard SO far as they are used. Tip
the gravel on the surface of the com
pleted road, then with Il coarse rake haul
the larger stones to the bottom of the
fill, leaving the finer material upon the
top. Fill and finish as you go along, for
gravel never treads so we'll as when first
dug, before it dries There is set to
good gravel as there is to mortar. and
both need to be used when in their best
condition. When surveyor finds he is
making road worse by working on it, it
is time for him to start for home, Water
bars on hill roads should be made to
stop water, not the travel, as is too often
the case"
Mr.. Olcott's ideal two-horse cart for
road work has three shafts and but two
wheels. In his opinion the am-roller
cannot compete with a good wide
wheeled cart.-Ne1o York World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
Hints on Strawberry Culture.

The covering which is put on the
strawberry bed in the fall says James E.
Parmly, in the Ne1o York OJyercfr. need
not be taken up until after the crop is
gathered. The mulch keeps down a great
many weeds, and those that do appear
through it may easily bepulled up. Run
ners, Also, do not have the same chance
to take root in such a bed as they would
have in the open ground, and they can
therefore the more easily be pulled off.
After the mulch is removed in the sum
mer it is well to hoe the bed thorough
ly and as deep, especially between the
rows, as possible. AS the season of bear
ing is quite short, the food of the plant
should be, so to speak in Il ''predigested'
state. For that reason it is we'll to do
the greater part of plant feeding in
the fall thus giving the fertilizer a good
opportunity to become incorporated with
the soil. This condition will be met if
stable manure with plenty of hay or
straw is applied in the fall. The
fertilizing qualities of this mixture
will be washed into the
soil and incorporated with it by
the time the plant begins to grow in the
spring; and the hay or straw will be left
perfectly clean and suitable for pro-
tecting the plant and keeping the fruit
free from the soil. Care should be taken
in the spring to free the crowns of the
plants from contact with the mulch
Those who desire to apply commercial
fertilizers to the crop can do so by
spreading them before applying the
mulch. Another apple alton of the
fertilizer can be made in the spring
when one is disengaging the crowns of
the plants from the mulch. l highly
recommend applying commercial or
concentrated fertilizers to strawberries,
as the strawberry is hearty feeder and
needs forcing during its short period of
bearing to give good results. Highly
fertilizers will make berries
of very large size, but of poor flavor and
too soft for successful marketing Some
complete fertilizer will answer the
purpose better. Those who live near
the sea- shore will find eel grass and the
varions kinds of sca-weed beneficial as a
mulch. These salt water growths con-
tain valuable fertilizing qualities.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
A Novel Southern Tournament.

The De Land Fla Nelc8 says: There
was q gauder-pniing here. Perhaps
some of your readers do not know what
a gander-pulling means. Well, l will
try and describe it. 4 large gander is
procured and grain-sack drawn over
It's body, neck and wings left loose. Mr..
Gander is hung, head down, to a pole,
which is placed across a fence, SO that a
man on horseback can reach and take
hold Of the gander's neck, Now comes
the laugh. Any person wishing to get
the gander pays % cents for three rides.
He starts his horse, few rods away, at
a high speed, and when he passes the
gander he catches him by the neck and
pulls his head off, 1. E., if he can. Some
friend of the gander has creased his
neck we'll with lard, and it seems that
no one can hold on to it. We had extra
scenes at this show. First, the horse
that John Davis rode stumbled, threw
Davis over his head, and turned SOM
mersault. This created great deal of
sport. The second scene was c.. b.
Pclton riding mule. When he passed
the gauder he caught him by the neck
with both hands, but he could not pull
his head off. He hung on for dear life.
His mule left him and he found himself
sitting on the ground. [ think every
body laughed until they cried. The
poor old gander was taken down and
sent home as well as usual, from all ap
Dearances.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

Tobacco smoke kills the green fly
water the red spider.
Sunfower seeds are particularly rel
ished by fowls at this season.
Turnips improve the taste of mutton
and are excellent food for sheep.
Plants for the house should be made
to grow in a closer symmetrical shape by
timely pinching back the obtruding
shoots.
In a recent talk to a meeting of Illinois
dairymcn. Prof. Lazcnby, recommended
orchard grass as supplying q want Of
forage.
The Weighing of the milk, testing Of
the cows, ard knowing 10 a dollar what
one is doing is a great help to the dairy
farmer.
The .SoUtt9m Home AMI FIn'm tells OF
n South Carolina farmer who slaughtered
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

The idea of using axle grease on
bread seems utterly repulsiVe to some
people until they have tasted the fresh
country butter sold at some of the West
ern groceries. -Ne6raSkG State Jour-
nal.
UNCLE JOHN (teasing little Edith
You going to school? Oh, nonsense!
You aren't big enough to go to school.
Edith-Well, [ dess [ be big enough
to do to school. Doesn't I yare hustle?
-BoStO11 Trans ript.
"ToArIY, " said his aunt, Il hear your
grandmother gave you watch on your
watch?" no" replied Tommy, who is
watch. > PitSJurg ChrOni Ie.
GUs-Aw-er-yes-, Cholly is-er
-chawming fellah, but is so awfully
defawmed, y'know. WiIlie-Poor fell
lah! What's the matter with him?
Gus - Why - er- aw- y'know, his
mouth is so awfully small-er-he
cawn't get his lips over the-er-head
of his cane.-Life.
DE PEYsTER (they have been con
Versing on art topics: Are you fond of
maj0lica, Mrs. Paryenu?" Mrs. Par
venu (who has made several bad mis-
takes since her entrance into society,
and is on her guard: "WelI-er-
that depends entirely on how it is
cooked"
MAN OF NERVE.
His nerve was weak-a clergyman said
Whom every sound would annoy;
He came for rest, out il dro Je him mad
The shrieks of the whistling buoy.
THE mountain air is better for me;
Unjust tee this dizzy whirl.
He is settled now, away from the sea,
But he married q whistIing girl.
Lie.
"YEs," said Miss Filter, 81 am from
family of scholars. Why, my grand
father, even as far back as his time,
was thorough in Greek, Latin, Hebrew
and many other of the ancient Ian
guages." did he understand Vola-
puk ?" some one asked. "Oh, perfectly.
Some of his translations from that pre-
historic tongue are really charming."-
AThGrlSalU ITGUeter.
The following is from Professor
Longfellow's private journal, under
late of January 5, 1858: Lowell gave
supper to Thackeray. The other
guests were FELTON,, Clough, Dana, DR..
Parsons (Dante's translator), Fields,
Edmund Quincy, Estes, and myself.
We sat down at ten, and did not leave
The table till one-very gay with stories
and Jokes. will you take some port?'
said Lowell to Thackeray. al dare
drink anything that becomes a man."
1T will be long time before that be.
comes man" ooh, no." cried Fenton;
1T is fast turning into one" AS we
were going away Thackeray said, I'VE
have staid too long" Il should say"
replied the host, some long and two
short-a dactylic supper. = Editors
Drd1uer. i1a HarDer'S Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
CARING FOR THE HEATHER,
The Life of Buffalo Girl in India.

Miss Mary Graybiel, one of the mis-
sionaries sustained in India by the sect
known as Disciples, writes very interest
ing letters to her family in this city. 1t
is now over four years since she went
to Hindostan, in company with the Rev.
Mr.. Wharton, formerly pastor of sthe
Church of Christ, and his wife. The
place at which Miss Graybiel is now 10
Gated is in the heart of India. on the
line of the railroad which is to be built
from Bombay across to Calcutta. The
children of the Sunday schools of the
denomination in the United States con-
trlbuted fund of some four thousand
dollars with which to erect house for
this mission, and in her last letter she
modestly tells how the work was done.
1t appeared that she had to serve as
architect, master builder and general
boss mechanic. First, she bought four
yoke of buffalOes to do the teaming; then
a few big trees; they are very scarce in
that part of the country. She employed
a hundred natives, or nearly that num-
Der, whom she taught to quarry the
stone, which had to be hauled several
miles, and to make brick, first tramping
IIS Clay, laSnIOulnS IL lnUO DTlchS, anu
burning them, using the spare pOr-
tions of the trees for fuel. The trunk
of the trees were laboriously by hand
sawed into boards for the floors, roof,
etc. A stone foundation three feet thick
was laid three feet below ground and as
much above, this solid base wall being
deemed necessary to keep out the white
ants, which are great pest to the cOun-
try. Evidently good job was made of
the wall, for Miss Graybiel ingenuously
relates that an Englishman visitor in
quirel who had been the engineer, and |
much surprise when told that
she had directed the work herself.
1t takes Buffalo girl to hold her own
among the heather, or anywhere else.
Miss Graybiel states that
he son of a German missionary living
some forty miles distant was killed by
Tiger. She attended the funeral, making
he journey through the solid jungle in
cart drawn by a pair of buffaloes,
With the chance of being sprung upon by
hat or some other tiger at any moment.
such is life in the wilds of Hindostan.-
2JT1frIo Tolyrjs7.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

SiXmonths ago laborer, with his wife
and two daughters, of seventeen and
three years, respectively, HAD arrived at
TouIousos France, from Algier5, where
he had been unable to make living But
circumstances were not more favorable
at his new place of rcsiden c. Dcnuded
of everything food as well as clothing
and unable to pay the rent, the man,
with the consent of his wife and eldest
daughter, made fire il the stove and
shut the valve in the smoke-pipc. All Of
them lay down to sleep. As She door
was not opened nest dty it was broken
open, when fourcorpses were found upon
their wrctchcd couch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

A queer thing happened when I was
in a cafe few days ago. \ dyspe?tic
looking man had dincd aad was pre-
pairing to smoke q cigarette. As he
lighted the match and held it to his
lips CONFUSION Tassel over his features
and Il flame flashed from bis mouth to
the match with an audible report. |
was astounded, and, making inquiries,
| found that me licAl works relate such
cases. In Ewald's book on indigestion
the analysis of the gas in one of these
cases showed carbouic acid. hydrogen,
corburetted hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
and a trace of sulphuretted hydrogen.
Nnlr Yn,L ElnnLi
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

IT is said that the wave motor which
has been in course Of construction on the
coast near San Francisco is a success.
The power of the waves is utilized by n
huge fan or paddle hanging i'll gorge
SO as to be swung back and forth by the
waves. The motion is communicated to
the plunger Of q pump for raising water
into q reservoir.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

There are very few men who do not pride
themselves on always having he correct time;
and wonderful and delicate mechanisms are
devised to enable them to do so. But the more
deli ate chronOmeter is made, the more sub
Ject 1t becomes to DER ngement, and unless it
be kept AWAY perfectly clean, it soon loses its
usefulness. Wha wonder, then, that the hu-
man machine much more delicate an in
tricate than any work of Man-shoud require
to be kept thoroughly cleansed The liver is
the handspring OF this complex structure and
on the impurities left in the blood by Il disor-
dered liver, depend most of the ills that flesh
is heir to. Even consumption (which is lung
scrOtula', is traceable to the imperfect action
o. this organ. XII ney diseases, skin ,seases,
sick headache, heart disease, dropsy, and a
long catalogue of grave maladies have their
rigin in a torpid or sluggish liver. DR. p erce's
Golden Medical Discovery, by establishiI e a
healthy, normal action of the liver, acts as a
cure and preventive of these diseases.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

~ have a funny old uncle down in
New Hampshire-a crank on clocks, "
said Mr.. Fred Richardson, the artist
- spent a night in his house not long
ago, and l don't intend to spend another
there soon. / am a light sleeper, and
when l am awakened | have a hard time
to get back to leep Wei, at 10 o'clock
that night l was awakened by the loud,
lazy stroke of an cld-fashioned, tall
clock in the hall. 1t struck II times, and
I thought it would never quit and let me
go to sleep. l had Just swooned Of in
the direction of sleep when a nasty little
clock, with busy, whanging knocker,
pelted off - more. In few minutes
the soothing chime of pretty French
clock .creeped up through my bedroom
floor from the parlor. Knight have gone
to sleep under tn S influence but in few
moments more the loud, jangling voice
of another clock in some part of the
house drove all sleep from my eyes. In
sheer desperation lay and counted clock
after clock, until Is of them had each
struck II, and then, Just as ! had con-
clnded that was the end of the process
sion of noises, the big father cock of all
the one in the hlIl-struck 1, and the
rest followed its example.
8 In the morning | discovered that the
Is clocks were set just five minutes
apart.
49, What do you keep your clocks all
set differently for 2 | asked.
90 Well, , said my uncle, when wake
up at night like to know what time it
is. Now, as l have my clocks arranged,
so | don't have to wait long to find out
whether it is time to get up
" He knew the voice of every clock in
the house, and knew just what time it
was whenever any one of them struck"
- CHjc000 Time,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

SIXTY lakes can be counted, it is said,
from the summit of Mount Whiteface
in the Adirondaclls. Whiteface is over
5000 feet high, and so are Mounts Sc
ward, McIntire, and several others, but
the highest is Mount Marcy, which
rises 5, 337 feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

HELEN of Troy may have had bogus
Jewels in her ears and false diamonds
around her neck when she made such q
fuss in ancient society circles, for it is
said thaat even before Troy was built
emeralds and other jewels were initiated
in glass.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
A Memory of Early Days.

NICHOEy DIys.
Bane of childhoOd's tender years.
Swallowed oft with groans and tears,
How made the flesh recol,
LOathsOme, greasy castor oil!
Search your early memory close,
Till you find another dose:
All the shuddering frame revolts
At the thought of EPSON salts!
Underneath the pill-bOx lid
Was a greater horror hid,
Climax of all inward ills
Huge and G iping old blue pills!
What contrast to the mild and gentle ac-
ton of DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets, sugar.
coated, easy to take, cleansing, recuperating,
renovating the system without wrenching it
with agony. Sold by druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

First City sport.man--"Just back
from hunting trip see. Get any
gameI"
Second City Sportsman -{Who did
considerable miatentonal killing
"N--o, | had to come hone. ran ont cG
dogs ''-Yit{- Bits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
a SensibIc Man

Would use Eemp'5 |alsam for the Throat and
Lungs. II is curing mora cases of Coughs
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized any
druggist to give you a Sampl Bottle Free to
convin you OF the merit of this great remedy.
Large bottles, so cents and ST.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

is offered, in good faith, by the manufacturers
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy for q case of ca
tarrh. which they cannot cure. 1t is mild,
cold in the head" catarrhal deafness, throat
ailments and many other complications of this
distressing disease. 80 cents, by druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

No one can truthfully- say that Catarrh is
incurabe who has not tried Taylor's Hospital
Cure. Send to 264 B'way, New York for free
pamphlet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

Hoods Household Calendar for 1885,, rs usual,
leads all others in beauty and style. The most
taking feature about it, because it is unique N
Calendars, is thatit is cut-out, as II by hand,
and the bright, healthy face OF a handsome
trasts beautifully with her blue bonnet and
strings. The cad is a marvel of color print
ing the flesh tints being natur as lte Inc
pad is also printed in COlOrs, with special de-
sign for every month, and there is condensed
ton; indeed il has so many points of excel
lence that it must be seen to be appreciated
Copies may be Obta ned at the drug stores or
Co., Lowell, Mass.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

DnptOms-Noisiura intense itching and
singing; worse by scratching. IL allowed TO
con inu- tumDrs form, which often bleed and
ulcerate, becom NJ very sore. SwAYNE's o. Mt,
MENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals III.
ceration, and in many cases removes the tn.
mOrs. Equally eiticaciO in cur ng all skin
Diseases. D (. SWAYNE & SON, Phi iadelphia
Sent by mail for 20 cts. Also sold by druggists.
Make your business the center and founda-
nd strpOo
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

AN English company claims to be able
to make one ton of pure tin from thirty
three tons of scraps and waste tin, and
figures out q profit Of $3.50 a ton for the
business counting pure tin at only $500
q ton.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to
him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmer-
ciful to himself
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

THE "Great She" is the name of the
largest gold mine speculative company.
in London.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

A WOMAN at Folkestone, England, at
a fish dinner got a whiting bone stuck
in her throat, and died ten days after
wards. - ..-r. '-..-,.,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
ELY'S
Cream Balm

I 1odS s,trprisei
after using Ely's
Cream Balm tlCO
months to .tftd tie
right nOstrti, orhjch
aC1S closed for 20
gears ,rdS open and
free as the other. /
feel ueJ'y hG"kJll.-
Il. II. CressenJ CHAM,
275-1Sh ST., Brook
Inn.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

To the Editor:-Please inform your readers
that | have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands OF
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. l
shall be glad to send two bottles OF my remedy
GREE to any Of your readers who have con-
Iumpton if they will send me their Express
and =. .. address. Respectfully,
4. A. SLOCUM, NC. Isl Pearl St., n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

"RoYAL GLUE" mends anything! Broken
China, Glass, Wood Free walls at Drugs & Gro.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

When secresy or mystery begins vice or
roguery is not far Off
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
Purity and Strength

Fon SPECIAL Rates for advertising in this paper
apply to the publishero of the paper. is
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
EVENTS THOUGHT WORTHY OF
BEING RECORDED.

Up the COngo-An American Chariot
Along the Beach - Grading a
Russian Road-Lost His Fortune,
Etc, Etc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
sons Eye-Waer Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle