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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
The American Beauty.

The exquisite American Beauty,
which, so SAYS florist, is the most
popular and best-selline rose in all the
is sG oWn mas In ri FIRST p taie IL ne
only new variety of rose that America
has given to the world. France and
England have produced nearly all the
cultivated varieties. America but this
incompatible one. Curiously enough,
too, the flower was not the result of
cultivation, Without waiting to have
its advent into the world encouraged
by the coaxing process of hybridiza-
ton. this sturdy floral exponent of
American enterprise was found one
morning, perfect in form and color,
exquisite in fragrance, on scrubby
little bush in the garden of q Wash
ington gentleman. Its unusual beauty
attracted the immediate attention of
flower lovers, but when classification
was attempted no variety was found
to include the new specimen. How it
was produced has never been ascer-
tanned. Some happy cross between
two especially adapted varieties, and
that cross the result of chance, prob
ably originated this marvellous and per-
feet variety of the rose. Loyal to our
American genius, it is emphaticallF
self-made,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
400, 900 Christmas Trees.

Christmas trees ought to be cheap
this year unless trust is organized to
control the evergreen market. in the
town of Orland, at the mouth of the
Penobscot, in Maine, Rockland firm
have large crew of men employed in
cutting fir trees, and expect to ship
400 900 to the metropolis between now
and the middle of December. The
firm pay about half cent tree for
the privilege of cutting the frs, and
all the expenses, except for freighting,
are small. The trees range from five
to thirty feet in height, but the great
est demand is for those measuring be-
tween five and eight feet, The bush
lest and most symmetrical trees bring
the best prices, and these are found
in abundance along the edges of the
woods. There are enough young fiji
trees along the Penobscot River to
supply the world with CHRISTMAS ever
Greens for centuries to come.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
An Awful Time With an OYSTER,

Last night fat man, wearing low
necked shirt with turn-down
collar three sizes too large for him,
sat down to table in a Clark-street
restaurant and called for plate of raw
oysters. He got them cold and juicy
right off the ice, and harpooning fat
one with his fork he lifted it toward
his mouth. But the slippery, Shiny,
chilly bivalve dropped off the fork
before reaching its destination, car
romed on the fat mans chin and then
slid down inside of his shirt and
nestled on his breast.
No one saw the incident. The obese
gent himself didn't see it, but he felt
that something had happened and
that he had arrived at crisis in
| his life. A panied, startled
expression rested for a moment
on his face; then with low, plaintive
wall of heart-rending agony he half
rose from his chair and clapped his
hand on his stomach. He struck the
oyster, but that coy creature was one
of the most alert and agile of its
species. 1t at once changed its base on
feeling the pressure, and SHE'D upward
and across the fat mans wide expanse
of FACILITATING bosom, leaving trail
of Arctic frigidity i'll its wake, and
took up new quarters in his left
arm-pit.
With a wild howl of anguish the I'M
happy proprietor of the oyster leaped
two feet in the air, uttered another
yell like wild-west Indian, and COM
menced to work his arm after the man
ner of bagpipe musician. The ovs-
ter got excited and started again on
its travels, but was apparently unable
to select permanent location. After
making several blind rushes it halted
for moment under short rib near
the spine to catch its second wind.
The unfortunate fat man was now
in state of mind bordering on insan-
ity. He kicked over his chair, yelled
and swore, grabbed himself in front
and behind and on both sides. rolled
up his eyes, frothed at the mouth, and
spun round like q top, But the slip
perry bivalye was now thoroughly rat
tied and soooted here and there like
streak of CREASED lightning. taking
great pains not to travel over the same
ground twice,
"He's got fiji" screamed Wild
eyed man, making a rush for the door
with napkin tucked under his chin.
EsIt's either that or he's afire inside
of his Clothes" said another pale
faced diner, edging away from the
sufferer.
s'For mercy's sake take him off,
somebody; I'm dying;" walled the
stricken man, as he threw up both
hands and sat down heavily on the
floor,
When the victim of misplaced re-
freshments struck the floor the oyster
shot out of the back of his neck like
bullet, hit the ceiling with a squashy
PUNK, and then fell back and hung
limp and lifeless from the chandelier,
The fat mans physician says the
patient will recover from his attack of
nervous prostration in few days.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Both Shot i'm the Air.

Fitz Greene Washington, great
great granddaughter of George Wash
ington, has recently described the
Hamilton-Burr duel as it was seen by
his grandfather, Captain Fitz Hughes,
in the following words:
0When Captain Hughes discovered
that his friends had gone to fight, he
took boat and couple of slaves
both of them good oarsmen-and
rowed as fast as possible to the battle
ground. He got there in time TO see
the fight occur as follows, but not to
stop it, as was his hope: Hamilton and
Burr were each to fire twice or thrice
at one another. At the word of COM
mand for the first fire Hamilton fired
at Burr, and Burr fired in the air
Hamilton, of course, missing Burr
but at the second firing Hamilton fired
in the air and Burr shot Hamilton.
Hamilton thought Burr meant to kill
him as he meant TO kill Burr; there
fore, Hamilton. at the first firing,
aimed to shoot Burr. Burr, dcemin2
that Hamilton would, of course, at the
next shot endeavor again to shoot him
of course changed his tactics and shot
Hamilton. Hamilton, wishing not tC
be outdone by Burr, and presumine
that Burr would again make no effor
to shoot him, fired his pistol off in the
air, This is the true history of the
duel fought by these two great men.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Bows That Are Too Smart.

In little town near Chicago there
is a school house close to the tracks of
a trunk line railroad. The consequence
of this juxtaposition of the two things
is one that never would occur to any
but the boyish mind. The boys got up
a game which consisted iq their seeing
which one should be the last to jump
across the track in front of the express
train that passes there at fifty miles an
hour Just after school lets out. This
game has already cost at least three
lives, The other day a railroad en-
ployee went to the mother of one of
the boys to tell her what her son was
doing. She told him she could take
care of her own children and wanted
no interference by tattletales. She
gave him scolding he will never for
get. One reason why he will never
forget it is that the boy was killed by
the express train one week afterward.
The engineer said he saw the boy stand
ing by the track, but never dreamed
he meant SO try to cross it ahead of the
train,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
How Young Abe Lincoln Danced.

Gen. Singleton of Quincy, ILL.,, who
was one of the bright young lawyers
of Springfield, when Abraham Lincoln
was a green youth there, tells this
story, which we believe has never
been printed before. The bevy of
bright young ladies to which Miss
Todd belonged befors her marriage to
Mr.. LINCOLN used to have q good deal
of sport at this young mans expense.
One evening at little party Mr.: Lin:
coin approached Miss Todd and said
in his peculiar idiom:
nMiss Todd, | should like to DANCE
with you the worst way"
The young lady accepted the newt
able and hobbled around the room
with him. When Miss Todd had re-
turned to her seat, one of her mis-
chieYous companions said:
MWell, Mary, did he dance with YOU
the worst wayP"
eyes," she answered; ''the very
worst -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
The Bite Of Death,

Victor Poissant, young electrician
of Omaha, hasa very ingenious way of
killing rats. As he has been practicing
this method of electrocution at inter-
walls for the past three years ne may be
fairly credited with having anticipated
the New York scientists who are now
puzzling themselves and the rest of
mankind as to the propriety of send
ing Mr.. Kemmler ont of the world by
the overhead wire system: The ply
ing rodent is caught in an ordinary
oval trap, the bottom of which is coy
cred with tin. Mr.. POissant has a
small dynamo of his own manufact=
ure. One wire, connected with the
dynamo, is fastened to the tin lining
of the trap, and another is thrust into
the prisoners cell. The well-known
propensity of Gagged rat TO do battle
asserts itself, and he siezes the wire
between his teeth. In doing so he
makes the mistake of his life, Tha
circuit is completed, his jaws close on
the wire with death grip, and with
out a squeak and almost without a
culver he passes into a state of eternal
desuetude.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
I;nco,n,s Half Hour as Waterman.

James Etter, an old soldier, who for
over twenty years has been one of the
day watchmen in the Winder building
at Washington, which is occupied by
the Bureau of the Second Auditor of
the Treasury, relates with pride an in
teresting experience he had in 1868.
AS he was alone in the building one
sultry July Sunday morning, a tall,
clerical-looking man entered from
18th street and politely asked him
whether Surgeon Barnes was in his
office. He replied that Barnes had not
been there since the preceding day.
The stranger thanked him and retired,
but returned half all hour later with
the same inquiry. Again receiving a
reply in the negative, he said 81 am
Mr.. Lincoln, the President. You
allow me to take your place as watch
man, while you go to Surgeon Barnes
house and tell him | want to see him.
Let me have your badge, and | will sit
right here in your chair and carefully
attend to your duties till you come
back"
The veteran in relating the story,
says that for moment he was speech
less from establishment, but quickly re-
covering himself, he pinned his badge
on the coat of the President of the
United States and hurried off after DR..
Barnes, whom he brought back with
him. "Well," said the President, as
he returned the badge to its rightful
possessor, ~ have proved true to my
trust as your substitute; and nothing
has gone wrong while you were away"
The old Waterman feels proud to think
that he is the only policemen who was
ever relieved by the President. Sur
geon Barnes lived Oh Lafayette square,
and it took Etter half an hour TO go
there and back; SO for that space of
time Abraham Lincoln acted as
Waterman at the Treasury Department.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
TwENrY-FoUR SIGNS OF RAIN.

The hollow winds begin to blow.
The clouds look black, the glass is low,
The SCOT falls down, the spaniels sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs creep;
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid her head:
The boiling shepherd heaves sigh,
For see, Rainbow spans the sky;
The walls are damp, the bitches smell,
Closed is tie pink-eyed pimpernel,
The squalid toads at dusk were seen,
Slowly crawling DER the green;
Loud quack the ducks, the peaeoeks cry,
The distant hills are looking nigh;
Hank how the chairs and tables crackI
Old Betty's joints are on the rack;
And see yon rocks, how odd their flight,
They initiate the gliding kite,
Or seem precipitate to fail
As if they felt the piercing ball;
How restless are the snorting swine!
The busy flies disturb the kline;
Low DER the grass the swallow wings,
The cricket too, how loud she singsl
Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws,
Sits wiping DER her whiskered jaws:
Twill surely rain, see with sorrow,
Our aunt must be put off tomorrow.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Breaking Down.

Some men are invincible by nature.
No failure can break them down. But
there are thousands of men of superior
intellect who are deficient in this
glorious gift. Which of us cannot call
to mind some individual of this class,
who, after battling manfully against
perverse circumstances for time, at
last gave up, acknowledged himself
beat, and tacitly admitted that his life
was miserable failure. Many man
has thus broken down, when one more
vigorous essay would have tided him
over his difficulties, brought him into
smooth water, and enabled him to
snap his fingers triumphantly at a
world which scarcely bestowed pity
ing look on him as he threw up his
arms and ceased to struggle.
Certain dismal moralists tell us thai
SHOULD nover ivy To cheat ourselves
that it is unwise to view the worlt
through rose-colored glass; that GU
surroundings are call fieeting show
for mans illusion given" But w
maintain that it Is always best to lool
at the bright side of things, if they
have one; and if they have
not, to believe that they viii
have, if we persistently try t.
light them up, This is the creed IL
which every boy should be educated
Let the young be taught to trust il
Providence and themselves, and tt
fight adverse circumstances to the las
gasp. In large majority of sucl
gladiatorial combats he who thus
'champioLs fate to the uttermost'
wins the day; and at the worst 1t is 6
consolation to defeat to feel that moth
ing man could do to secure victory ha'
been left undone. Never think OF
breaking down before any impedi
ments. Think only of breaking ovel
them. Let difficulty find you Gas the
Scotch sayl always ready to "do
your possible"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Fashion Notes.

| In Farls the fayorlte color just now
is the eiffel tower, brownish red.
The new sealskin capes have triple
folds of the fur and turned down
collar.
Much of the deeply vandyked lace is
to be used, whether in black, white or
cream color.
Sealskin coats are made in the
smoking-j jacket shape, which has
proved so popular.
Velvet will be popular, plain or en-
broidered with gold, steel or jet, either
separate or combined.
The fayorite grays are of the oxi-
died silver order, or have dash of
mauye in them or q touch of green,
Most of the handsome wraps are
lined with black satin. Colored Innings
are reserved for dress coats and man
ties.
Feather and fur trimmings will be
used for dresses-the former for silk
and velvet, the latter for cloth cos
tunes.
In some cases the black pieces of the
bodice are in one with the back
breadths of the skirt, which are then
plated, not gathered,
Whatever the outside garment may
be, it must have high collar. This is
one of the principal features of dress
this season, as it was last.
A beautiful yellowish orange shade
is greatly in vogue for winter trim
mings, and is largely used in combina-
ton with black and dark brown.
Most of the fashionable reds are
very deep crimsons, including some
very light clarets and other yinous
shades or varieties of brownish red.
Long, half-fttipg garments of mata-
lasse, whether in black or color, arc
usually combined with the black velvet
and made still more ornate with trim
mings of handsome black silk passe-
menteries, in which no jet is intro.
duced.
The fashionable colors at present
are pampas-green, emerald-green
bison-brown, and the shade known al
prune de monsieur (reddish yiolet.)
4 fayorite way of finishing the
fashionable tight velvet cuffs is to rnl
them up in points WHICH lose them.
selves among the puff at the top of the
arm.
Hats and muffs are made to match
the fur on the dress, and even bonnet>
have little of it introduced, in order
to bring it into harmony with the cos
tune.
In France and in England no woman
considers her wardrobe properly filled
if she has not in it one tartan gown
as plaids are called, since the Fife
marriage.
Where the bodice is round and lap
ped in front, wide velvet girdle il
attached to the skirt, to extend far III
on the waist in front, and crossing be
hind to hang in short pointed ends.
The wraps for elderly ladies arr
elaborate and are frequently made witt
half-fittipg fronts. The materials OF
these wraps are much richer usually
than those used for the closer fitteC
garments.
Below the deep fur collar of many
dresses there are deep points of gimI
or passementerie arranged, the centra
one reaching half way down the back
: those on either side being placed mid
way between it and the shoulders.
Both beaver and otter will be large
ly used as trimmings, as well as il
capes and the long fiat boas that will
again be worn this winter. Some
times these are in plush, warmly lined
and quilted, with a little fur intro
duced.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Cheerfulness,

How to be cheerful-that is, how TO
be fairly content in existing oircum=
stances-is the problem which each
one must solve for himself, 1t may
seem hard task; and certainly no
mere act of volition and no direct eff
fort can accomplish it, We cannot
change our low spirits into higher or
our mournful feelings into CHEEKY
ones by simply determining to do SO );
but we can apply our force to bear
upon the conditions on which they rest,
we can put to flight many causes of
detection and nourish many germs of
serenity and comfort.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19

The real Mikado of Japan is thus
described by an English traveller who
saw him recently on the Shindbaya, a
race course at Toxic: "IIe sat with q
table in front of him, covered with o
rich silk cloth, He is a dark complex
toned man, with more stubbly black
hair about his face than is generally
worn by the japanese. The Mikado
does not generally show himself in
public, but he is very fond of horse
racing"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
Prepared for Either Side.

Publisher-Mr, Deliver, have YOU
gone over those statistics about the use
of bicycles among the masses?
Qelver-Yes, sir.
"And you have analysed them care
fully, so that you can give all intelli-
gent opinion as to their effect upon the
public health?"
ayes, Sir"
"Well, then, you may write it out.
We want it as soon as possible"
MYes, sir; but you haven't told me
which side / am to prove: whether
they are healthful or the reverse. y
Boston TRANSCRIPT
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
1t Beats Vaccination,

Patient-How is it, doctor, that the
medical fraternity seldom contract con-
tagious diseases, even during an cpl
demic2
Physlcian--Oh, they brighten the
diseases away.
"Frie hten them away! How"
"By presenting their bills to them"
-Arcola Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
The Snltan's Brother a Prisoner,

The man who will succeed Abdul
Hamid as Sultan of Turkey is q
wretched, lean, pale-faced creature of
FIVE and forty named Mohammed Re-
chad. He is the sultan's own
brother, and is kept close prisoner
in the palace grounds lest he should
conspire for his majesty's downfall.
He has certainly no such intention,
but usage requires that sultan's heir
apparent should be treated as a sus-
pected criminal, and Abdul Hamid Is
much too nervous a creature to inno-
vate in this particular.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19
HOW TO BECOME RICH.
3 Word With You. Boys and Girls,
Young Men and Young Women.

Have you ever thought how important
tits that you lay aside some small part of
your daily earningsp Ought you not to
lay the corner stone of competence
no,o by making deposit in the Savings
Bankr Do not say that it isn't worth
while to place your little savings in the
Bank. 1t Is worth while. 1t is the
very best thing you can do. Do it at
once. Let the beginning be as small as
you like. Only make a beginning and
then add to it. Every dollar is made up
OF 100 cents AM every accumulation of
wealth, however great, is but an aggra-
CATION of dollars. If during life you
lay by competence to care for you In
old age you must lay by the first dollar.
Lay that by nOlo and then look out for
the second and the third. To do this is
a duty that you owe, not only to your
selves and those near and dear to you,
but to the community in which you live.
The Lamoille County Savings Bank B
Trust Company guarantee the paymen,
Of four per cent, and if not withdrawn
it is compounded semi-annually. Did
you ever think how fast a small deposit
regularly made will grow when set to
work at interest compounded mi-annu-
ally? We think not; and desiring that
you may see, we callyour attention to the
table below. To illustrate the table take
for example daily saving of ten cents.
We find that when compounded semi
annually at four per cent. it will amount
In Four Years to. 80. s2OO.S3
In Ten Years to-. 445.6A
In Twenty Years to-. 11O7.S4
In Forty Years .3554.O1
How many young men worse than fool.
ishly spend this sum every day of their
lives, which, if saved, would in their old
age amountto aSWasS greater than
nine out Of ever, feR. Of the human race
enjoy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19

A WAC remarks that the new post.
age stamps, which are smaller than the
old ones, will carry just as much weight
and go Just as far. What we need is a
stamp that will carry more speed and
less wait
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-12-19

In all New York there is no better
field for studying the liquor question
than at certain candy store in Madi-
son square, where pound of sweets
cannot be bought under $1.25, and
where every customer is regarded as
an heiress in reality or expectation.
Adjoining the sugar plum palace is the
lunch room, spacious apartment
carpeted in crimson velvet and VAIN
scotted with mahogany panels, where
at round tables all manner of light and
delicious refreshments are served, and
where fashion and beauty congregate
to sip and nibble over the gossip of
the day. On the back of the menu
card is the beverage list, including all
the popular mixed drinks, wines, corr
dials and iqueurs dear to the palate of
the gourmet. Some of the women
call for luncheon first, and some are
brave enough to order at once cock
tail, an egg-nog, Tom-and-Jerry or a
punch with a plate of sweet cake or
biscuit. If the crowd is large, the wo-
men are discreet, and while one sips a
cocktail from a cup another will pour
her sherry from a chocolate jug or her
champagne from teapot.
At odd hours it is not uncommon to
see beauty with straw in her mouth,
looking into the depths of pepper
mint punch far from innocuous, or all
ice-foating cobbler of insidious pro-
portions. Just the time spent over these
forbidden draughts depends entirely
upon the strength of the drinker. The
novices, who want to be naughty and
don't how to go about it, get flushed
and drowsy, and drain several goblets
of ice water to regain composure,
while the habitue takes her ambrosial
in sips, and full hour for her 'svis-
IONS" The effects in both cases are
recognized by the incessant giggling
and Cabling that ensues, and the pitt
able uncertainty of their exits from
the place. Fancy drinks with a plate
of cake cost 81; cordials are 35 cents
each, and wines vary from 81 to $3.50
a bottle. At dozen restaurants where
feminine society dimes in empire
gowns, you will twist your neck stiff
searching for the dry table among the
diners. The fact is, most of the stylish
women drink, although it does not
follow that they get drunk.