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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Made His Fortune ON a Single Carp

Made His Fortune on Single Cargo.
Many Maine fortune was made in
the West India trade in olden times
but few in the way told of Portland
Captain. Toward the close of the last
century this Captain sailed from Port
land with cargo of lumber for San
Domingo. Arriving at his destination,
he found Touissant, tho negro leader, in
possession of the island and was afraid
to land. As he was about to put to soa
again his ship was boarded by squad
of negro troops under command of the
renowned Christophe, and urged tc
land, as lumber was much needed on
the island. Noticing that the ships pa.
pers bearing the autograph of the Pres.
ident of the United States, MS was the
custom in those days, made great i'm.
preston on Christophe, the Captain
concluded to try their effect on Touis.
SAINT. Accordingly he landed, and fur.
nished with an escort by Christophe,
marched to the camp of the leader
This parsonage upon being told that o
messenger with letter from the Presi
dent of the United States desired an in.
terview with him, readily accorded it.
and the result of the interview was that
that the lumber was exchanged for an
equal quantity of coffee, sugar, and
other goods of the Captains selection,
exchanging bulk for bulk. No ship
ever sailed carrying so rich cargo OBJ
tanned upon such favorable terms. Tho
fortune of the Captain was made. He
retired from the sea and settled down
to prosperous life in Portland.
iSto7l Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
a Puzzled Celt.

A class in q San Francisco art school
was recently startled by the appearance
in its midst of dilapidated lrishman,
who, with tears in his eyes, begged for
enough money to get him a ''bite. "
The first impulse of the presiding
genius was to request him to move on.
but his picturesque qualities suggested
that he be given chance to earn his
supper by sitting rs model.
''Sit down, said the instructor, kind
ly. eff you will permit these young
ladies to paint you we will pay you foul
bits. What do you say 2"
''Av OIL let 'em villa -at?" replied
the beggar, with a puzzled look on his
face.
"Paint you. Paint You. 1t won't
take very long"
''Bedad, 1 want the four bits bad
enough" he returned, after moments
reflection, can Oil be viry glad t. LEI
tn young la dies paint me, av yen tel
me how Oil git TIL paint arr av me
afterwards. - Harper's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
the Queen and Her Farms.

A contemporary records how the
Queen paid visit to the "home farm"
before leaving Windsor, for the purpose
of inspecting "the Hereford and Devon
cattle, for which the farm is SO renown-
ed" AS n matter of fact, the fine herds
ofDevons and Herefords which belong
tho Queen are kept ut the Flemish
Farm, which is off the Great Park, and
the Shaw Farm, near the castle, only
has Shorthorns and Jerseys.
Apropos of the royal marriage portion
debate in England, it is worth while to
note that part of Queen Victoria S
savings are invested in real estate in
New York city, and each year the Queen
of England draws handsome income
from rentals paid by resident New
Workers.. The rents are collected quiet
ly, and perhaps even the tenants them
selves do not know that their payments
go to the British Queen.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
COWS SERENADED THEM.
How an Ohio Couple Were Greeted on
Their Marriage Eve.

There was great fun out in Delaware
township the other night. Merle SOurs,
sixty-five years old, married a girl of
about seventeen summers, and the bows
in the ncighborhood determined to give
them something out of the ordinary in
the way of charivari. The mis- :hicf-
makers came to this city and purchased
two pailfuls of blood, fresh from q
slaughter house, and carried it out where
the newly married couple were to spend
the night. AS soon rs December and
May had retired these boys slipped into
the yard surrounding the house and
poured stream entirely around the
premises. Having accomplished this
without detection they drove half doz-
en- cows into the yard and then conceal
ed themselves to await DEVELOPMENTS.
The fun began at once The COWS no
sooner shifted the blood than they COM
menced believing frantically and could
easily be heard II mile away. Other
COWS ''canght on" and soon there came
a procession of bovines from nearly
every farm in the township, all below
ing in the most vehement manner.
They fought and stamped and paved
the ground anil beloved in chorus I'M
til the bridal couple fairly went wild
from the annoyance. When the tumult
was at its height the bride groom, envel-
Oped in ared flannel garment, was seen to
emerge from the door with huge club in
his hand, but his appearance in such Il
costume only added fuel to the fame,
and what follows cannot be truthfully
described. The ma idoned cattle charged
at the red figure, and the old man made
one run around the house, which would
have beaten the worlds sprinting rec
ord, and Just managed to get back
within the door as the horns of the fore
most animal in the procession tore
generous piece out of his red flannel
garment, the bride in the meantime
screaming at the top of her voice. Again
and again during the night did Decem
Der attempt to dispose of his unique
chari' ari party, but without avail, as
often would they return to their bloody
trail. All this time the cows wcr,
augmenting in number until not les.
than 200 cattle surrounded the house
while from every direction came the
answering below of new recruits, has
tening to the bridal demonstration which
was SO freely being bestowed upon ole
man Sours and his youthful wife Not
wink of sleep came to the couple thu
night. but by early morning the cattl,
had so cffac2d all trace of the blood b,
their paving an t'amping that it nt
longer acted as an attraction, and one
by one they left the old man and hi,
bride in their glory. 1t was the strang
est and most successful charivai OF
record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

A PHENOMENAL atrocitv occurs occa-
sionally that provokes inquiry into the
secret possibilities in human nature,
The boy who murdered six persons for
no other ostensible reason that an Or
binary brain can estimate is followed
by the Philadelphia woman who poi
soGed her husband, her daughter and
her baby to get less than 5000 insur.
ance. When such cases occur during
a mania we lay it to the impression.
ability of weak minds, but what can
be said of these isolated, deliberate
cases? The probability is that the
lack of moral instinct gets in some
lives to be a heredity. A lack OF
moral culture in a few generations may
end in moral imbecility in another. 1t
is a problem whether public education
that ignores the moral faculties does
not tend toward suppression OF
moral constituencies.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
A Dainty Florida Fruit.

One of the daintest of all the dainty
fruits that grow under the Florida sun
is the rose apple, or jambosade, or, as
the botanists call it, Eugenia iambos.
A rose apple tree, full of tho interesting
fruit, is now growing in the grounds of
j.. p. Westcott, of this city. The foliage
is small, pointed and shining and quite
beautiful. The fruit looks like q small,
obIong guava, creamy white, with a
perfect odor Of full blown rose. The
flesh consists only of a thin, crisp shell,
inside of which the large, brown seed
lies loose.
The flavor is sweet and the strong
rose odor is all through it. 1t is alto
gcther too light and airy for eating raw,
but makes a jelly that is unsurpassed
for dclicacy Of flavor. The rose apple
is quito tropical and will not stand any
more cold tran guava, but everybody
ought to have at least one tree as an
ornament and curiosity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Stopping the Heart.

1t is quite common for persons to feel
faint and to become pale Immediately
after drinking a glass of ice water.
They attribute these effects to heat or
over exertion, or to some other cause
which has nothing to do with the result,
not knowing that they have so weakened
the heart as to prevent its sending due
amount of blood to the lungs and brain,
and that, had the water been little
cooler, life would possibly have been ex-
tinguished altogether. Direct expert
ment with inst uments especially devised
for the purpose of measuring the force
of the hearts pulsatons establish the
fact that there is no agent of the
materia medica more powerful with some
persons as n depressant of this organ
then large draught Of ice water. I'm
der certain circumstances it acts with
all the force and rapidity of prussia
acid North American Review.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
BEST TIME TO MARRY.
Almost ANY Time Provided You Are n
Too Young and Poor.

Almost Any Time Provided You Arc Not
Too Young and Poor.
1t is a common idea that the best
time to marry is when one wants to and
can conveniently and comfortably. But
there are some people who have more OF
less prudence about marrying, and some
have so much that they never marry. A
writer in the Hospital who dare not say
whether he is married or not, attempt.
to tell women when they should marry.
He addresses himself to what he calls
the average civilized woman, and he adj.
tises her to marry at any age between
twenty-four and thirty-six. 1t is not
said that no woman shall marry earlier
or later than either of these ages, but
youth and health and vigor are ordina-
rily at their highest perfection between
these two periods. Very early mar
riages are seldom desirable for girls, and
that for many reasons. The brain is
immature, the reason is feeble, and the
character is uniformed. The considera-
tions which would prompt a girl to
marry at seventeen would, in many
many cases, have very little weight with
her at twentyfour. At seventeen she
is a child, at twenty-four a woman.
When a girl has intelligent parents, the
seven years between seventeen and
twenty-four are the period when both
mind and body are most amenable to
wise discipline, and best repay the
thought and toll devoted to their de-
velopment. Before seventeen but few
girls have learned to understand what
life is, what discipline is, what duty is.
They cannot value what is best, either
in the fathers wisdom or in the moth
er's tenderness. When married at that
childish period they are like young
recruits taken fresh from the farm and
workshop and carried off to long cam
paign without any preliminary drill
and training; or like a schoolboy re-
moved from school to a curacy with
out being sent to the university or to a
theological hall. Who can help griev-
ing over a child-wife, especially if she
have children, and a husband who is an
inexperienced and possibly exacting
boyman? The ardor of his love soon
cools- The visionary bliss of his poet
ical imagination vanishes like o sum-
mer mist, there is nothing left but dis
appointment and wonder that what
promised to be so beautiful and long a
day should have clouded over almost be-
fore sunrise.
This seems to be sensible. It could
be wished that it had appeared in some
other place than the Hospital, but we
must take things as we find them. We
commend it to those civilized women
who have reached the age of twenty
four and are not yet married, also to
those who are thirty-six and are still
single.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
She Spat on Her Bait.

We had long since voted her the pref
test girl in the boat. This w mid have
been an offset for poor luck ut fishing, if
she had only known it, but we weren't
saying word for fear of spelling her,
and bye and bye she looked up to the
grizzly old captain and asked:
Captain, shouldn't j spit on my
bait to bring luck2"
Guess you should" he replied.
''Lcmme put on a fresh shrimp and
then you can spit. :"
''Iteal hard -
yes
"All the spit 1 can9'
YES
She held the hook within three inches
of her nose, twisted her tongue three or
four times, and then gave hu-choo -
We saw something fly overheard, heard
a s .rcpm of despair, and next moment
the prettiest girl fell in a heap in the
bottom of tho boat. She had thrown
both plates of false teeth ont of her
head into twenty feet of water.-[N. Y.
Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Coal in Oregon.

William McKinnon, who lives up the
South Santiam several miles above the
Sweet Home, about forty miles from
Albany, has made what seems dest ned
to prove a valuable coal discovery. The
coal deposit. which has only been open
ed few feet below the surface, is stu
ated in anon Greek, and gives evidence
of being an enormous vein. Mr.. Nc
kinnon thinks it is the most valuable
coal discovery made in the Santiam re-
gion. Several coal deposits have been
made in various places along the Santi-
am, but nothing that equals this.
Should good working coal mine be
unearthed in that region it would be
more valuable than a gold mine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
The Shirt and the Body.

August Melching was drowned on
Monday afternoon in the COdorll
Creek while swimming, says New York
dispatch. His body could not he found
{ some time, when one of the search
ers suggested that his shirt be thrown
into the water, c aiming that it would
float 10 where the body va. The SIG
gestion was acted on and tie garment
thrown into the water where it was
thought t at he had disap, cared. L
instantly S OF out, then s'op2cd, circled
about a shot time and in IN ther
moment disappeared uud"r the water.
A young nun present On The creek 8
bunk then dived to where the shirt was
en- to sink and found the b dy of The
Y ung man where the shirt had dis up
cared. TIC singu arity # the incident
consists in tic fact that t. G shirt as
found clinging to the deal mans body
Two gentlemen who we're on op, este
sides Of the creek at the time this DC
CURED corrob rate tie truthfulness OF
the inciden'. This gives credence to
the an lent idea Il at tie clothing OF Il
do neil m. II, when thrown into the
water, will float to the body.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

SEVEN years ago Bridget Miller, of
Saratoga, obtained divorce from her
husband. She paid a Saratoga law
yer $75 for his services in connection
with the case. One day last week she
called upon the lawyer at his office
with the divorce papers, requesting
him to take them back and refund the
money which they cost her. She even
offered to return them at half price,
as she had no further use for them.
When asked for her reason she said
her husband, from whom she had been
divorced, was dead. The lawyer re-
fused to buy them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
A Horse Fond of Sauerkraut.

Judge Charles Ridgely, of Mineral
County, w. Va, owns horse that eats
anything man will eat excepting a
len1on. He is especially fond of sauer-
kraut and plug chewing tobacco. He
will take ten cents worth of plug tobac,
co from the hand of the owner, chew it
up, swallow it with relish, and then,
though hitched to the buggy, follow the
Judge on the sidewalk and beg for
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Perils of Aeronautism

A Chicago paper says that during
the last twenty five years, no less than
200 aeronauts, amateur and professional,
have been killed or drowned during as
tensions. The Times is mistaken
ibout this. The aeronauts were killed
II drowned just after their ascensions.
An Irish friend of ours, who received a
broken arm while being thrashed about
n an apple tree by a balloon, saga:
'There's not SO much danger, We know,
n goin' mp in balloon as comm down
in that same, Dye mindi"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

THE average European finds it i'm
possible to overcome a feeling of awe
in the presence of royalty, and cannot
understand the average Americans in
difference on the subject. A charming
American girl, while sojourning with
relatives in hotel near Lake Geneva,
used to play on the piano in the re-
ception-room every evening, and being
an accomplished musician delighted all
who heard her. One night, while she
sat at the piano, an elderly man APP
preached, leaned on the piano, comph-
mented her playing, and asked If he
might stay and listen. She willingly
consented, and they passed a very
pleasant evening. When the music
lover took his leave, q foreign woman
approached the girl and said, with evil
dent envy, "He must be going crazy"
"What do you mean?" inquired the as
tonished American girl. "Do you
know who that is ?" asked the lady.
"No." He is the King of Holland,
travelling incognito, and he would new
err have condescended to address a
stranger if he had been in his right
senses" The American girl laughed,
and replied: "We are all kings and
queens at home" And the foreign
woman Withdrew, perfectly speechless
at such audacity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

This is the age of wonders, and the average
American citizen is no longer surprised at any.
thing. If you want TO experience that sensa-
Co. 1000 Main St., Richmond Va, and hear
what they have got to- say Of the success OF
some of their agents. They have got the goods
that sell, and any one out of employm ent will
consult their own interests by applying 3
them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

The total receipts of the Eifel Tower since
the opening on the 15th Of May to the Both
OF July amounted to 2,421 ,739 francs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

Mime. Dejernc Klumpkc, an American wife
of Frenchman, has won the degree of Doc
toresse" from the Paris Faculy of Medicine,
with high honors. U "a.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

Ever since 1864 there have been women (fnore
each YEAR who claim that there is no soap half
as good, OF as economical as Dobbins's Electric.
There must be some truth in their claim. Try
it, see how much. Your grocer has 1t.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

Evening shoes and open-work stockings
have been worn by English women in the
afternoon during the entire summer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

pocket match-safe free to smokers OF
"Tansll's Punch" sc. Cigar.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

THERE is not near so much British
money going into American breweries
as might be surpassed. The object of
the whole thing Is trap to draw in
American capital Our foreign neigh
bors in game of this kind are quite
as shrewd as the heather Chinese in
game of cards Let them alone and
Americans will beat them all the time
in tie beer business.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

In 1888 board of young women of
Washington who had been engaged in
charitable work conceived the idea of
furnishing a suburban home for those
who otherwise could not get out of the
city, and place near Tenpallytown
was secured. The home is IL flour
ishing condition, and upward of one
hundred children are taken there every
Sun,mor
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

devil Heb. IL, IA; thus Staying him with his
own weapon; and although he is still roar
ing lion going about seeking whom he may
devour, he is a conquered lion; and the God
of Peace will most effectually and forever
bruise him under our feet shortly. As faithful
followers of the Lord Jesus Christ let us seek
to become skillful in the use of the sword of
the Spirit, which is the Word of God that
with it we may effectually slay and give no
quarter to the giants of pride, self will, love
Of praise, SANDER, backbiting, envy, and all
the others who under their leader are con-
stantly attacking us, and whom we too often
allow to overcome us and thus bring reproach
ON the name of the only Living and True
God.-LesSon Helper.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-02
KANSAS RAILROADS.

ElDorado Republican: The passen-
ger and freight traffic on the railroads
running into our city is unusually
large. Extra trains are numerous,
which is an assured fact that Kansas is
getting out of the kinks.
Kansas City, Kansas. Gazette: The
Wyandotte & Northwestern expects to
reach Beatrice about November LIST.
This will give the company line 165
miles long, through the richest portion
of the west. The Carbonate branch is
also rapidly developing. The North
western is becoming very interesting
line of road
The board of railroad commissioners
rendered two decisions recently relative
to complaints against the Santa Ee and
Union Pacific railroads, for the obstruc-
ton and damage of highways in Otta-
wa county. Adequate remedies are
pointed out by the board. who visited
the places and made personal EXAM
ination. In the case of the Santa Fe
recommends that the company give 800
toward paying for the work of remedy
ing the road; and in the case of the
Union Pacific recommends that the
company pay $500.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-02

asvesy sociesy1here, report that The buying
and selling of human chattels in tho directs
o. tnes CITY Is being carried On Wi1h scarcely
IN aseempe at concealment.
weekly markets are held, at which the
4a.es are boldly exposed to the gaze of IN
oenong buyers, and in many cases each
save carries q placar1 suspended from his
neck, uupn which Is written the price at
wn1ch be can be bought
:, The women are not generally ticketed in
TINS way, but are sold at what they will
ietch- The ordinary price being from six
70 zen pounds each, if they are young.
The merchants who carry on the traffic
are all Arabs, but it appears to be well un-
derstood IN ZANZIBAR that a rich firm of
traders, every member of which halls from
England, furnish all the capital to conduct
the business, and that far the largest share
OF their immense yearly profits is derived
from this traffic.
All the local officials in Zanzibar are said
to be IN the pay of this firm, who purchase
immunity BY bribing the authorities from
the highest to the lowest, and 90 complete Is
their influence that no complaint receives
the slightest attention.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-02

OMAHA, NEE, October IA circular
from Boston, from President Charles Fran
els Adams, is received here, in~hich the
following sweeping changes are ordered:
All the lines in Nebraska, Kansas and
Colorado, including so much of the main
line as lie east of Cheyenne, but excepting
the st. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad
company. the Kansas Central, the Leaven-
worth, Topeka & Southwestern Railroad
company and the Leavenworth branch will
be operated as one division, and be known
as the Pacific division. Edward Dickinson
is appointed general manager of the Mis-
souri, river division. c. NJ. Cumming is
appointed general manager of the Noun
tain division. G. j. Smith is appointed
general manager of the Pacific division.
The office of general manager of the Union
Pacific Is abolished.
At meeting of the directors held in Bos-
ton on the 1fSh inst. T. L. KimbalI was
elected third vice president. Vice President
Kimball will be stationed at Omaha.
c. S. Melin is appointed general traffic
manager. c. 81. McKibben is appointed
general purchasing agent, vice c. S. Mellln,
resigned.