davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
The Hindu Women.

It is said that an Englishman's g
first idea is to ask his friend to
dinner, his next to make the acquaint-
auce of his wife and daughters. With
n Hindu you can do none of these
things. 1t is often better not even to
refer to them. A Mohammedan will
dine with you, but his ladies, with a
few exceptions, are even more.jealously
secluded than those of the Hindu. Nor
do the women for the most part seem to
desire more liberty. Many of them
know very well how TO manage their
husbands, and if they want to go any
where or to see anything the men have
to find some means of gratifying them.
The reverence paid to mothers is ex-
treme. A man in high position and of
middle age is known who is obliged to
worship gods in whom he does not be.
lieve for fear of displeasing his mother,
and another who cannot make the pill
gramage which he desires to Benares
because custom. would oblige him to take
his mother on his first visit to the holy
city, and she is unfit to travel. But
most Indian women are too uneducated
to take pleasure i'll mixing i'll q society
whose ways and thoughts are different
from their own. Efforts are being made
to teach them, and their is little doubt
that when they know a good deal about
the world they will wish to see it, and
that when this becomes their object they
will speedily attain it. Certainly it will
be better to fit them for a position be
fore calling upon them to occupy it. A
somewhat similar remark applies to in
n nj Faurrtag.a ,,t,1 ,.i,if,1 ,viloxvc Tho
''ois's'u must dosire ct1us6 before it is
m ado
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Lean Pork the Best.

| The cheapest foods make the best
pork, says q writer. The reason is, it is
the leanest. Lean pork, then, being
the best, VIC should try to make it. Con
! finement in pens tends to increase the
fat Exercise develops the muscles
The muscular part is the best food. The
fat is largely waste. We make fat to
throw it away. People buy hams not
for the fat, but for the lean. When the
fat is wasted it makes the lean cost Just
so much more. Reduce the fat and in
crease the lean.
Can this be done2 Certainly. In this
way: Keep the pigs all their lives in the
pasture Feed skim milk and bran. Keep
corn away from them. Give them vegeta-
blcs and apples with the bran. When the
bodies or frames are grown, give them
oatmeal or rye, ground entire, mixed
with bran, putting in twice rs much
bran as rye. Keep up the vegetable and
apple diet and allow them during this
time to eat all the grass they will. A little
corn may be fed toward the end. Pork
fed in this way will have more lean and
will be tender and juicy. At Kirby
homestead, with our breed of hogs, and
using turnips we have produced ham IS
per cent lean. The fat is something
more than mere lard-animal oil. 1t is
meat, with the substance and grain of
meat To get such pork is worth trying
for, as it is in demand. The sausage
and the other food products made from
such pig meat are superior. in quality
and taste. There is tenderness and
flavor which enhances the value. Pigs
should not be fed so much or gorged to
such an extent that they will not go out
to pasture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Three Black Crows.

A thick growth of trees and bushes
extended back from the water IL few rods
to the foot of an almost bare, perpendic-
ular cliff of brown gray rocks rising 200
feet or more above the lake, SCARED and
scanned and rent into thousand fan
tastic shapes, with here and thero n
hardy, dwarfed pine or cedar hanging
out from the rough wall, held in place
by its tough roots that found holding
in the seams and fissures that zigzagged
over the ragged front of the time stained
and weather beaten crag, drawing susie
nance to prolong their stunted lives, it
seemed, from only the bare rock. On a
dead spike projecting out from one of
these three crows were having vigor-
Gus cawing match because the limb was
not long enough, according to their
views of elbow room, to hold all three at
once, and as each crow seemed to think
that particular limb the only one in the
vicinity worth perching on they were
crowding each other off the end by
turns, the one forced to take wing cav
ing furiously as he circled around mo-
ment before taking his place next to the
cliff; when the crowding process would
begin again till the outer one was forced
from TIC lliu u uHuel NOClltIOllS pIOIcSi,
addressed to the other two in selected
"crOw."
AS we stopped the boat to watch the
performance shadow swept across the
lace of the rocky wall near the noisy
trio, and instantly the show was at end
and the three egg sucking thieves
sought the shelter of the tree tops below
III silence and were lost to sight.
Looking up to discover the reason of
their cawless flight we saw magnili
cent bareheaded, snowy tailed American
eagle high overhead slowly tapping his
way in the direction of Upper Echo
River. Forest and Stream.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
More Fun in Meetings.

The license which compositors take
with authors manuscripts often pro.
duces astounding results. In the cur.
rent number of Harper's there is sen
tence in Mr.. Warmers story entitled "a
Little Journey III the World" upon
which the unaccountabIe c0mpositOr has
displayed his genius. In referring TO
Margaret's return home to her aunt. the
text says: "What sweet welcome it is,
that of kiss. Now, the author never
wrote 'klss ''Kiss" must have been
the embodiment of the harmonious sen
timent of compositor and proof reader.
Mr.. Warner wrote "What q sweet vel
come it is, that of kim"
When Mr.. Warner saw how his "copy'
had been edited by the compositor, he
must have felt somewhat as q clergyman,
now of Waterbury, but formerly of Chi
cago, felt when he saw report of one
of his sermons i'll u Chicago paper one
morning. He had been preaching on
the lack of life and enthusiasm in the
church meetings, and he expressed the
idea that ''what we want is more fire in
our meetings" This laudabe senti-
ment he reiterated several times in his
discourse. What was his horror, then,
to have it published to the world that
he had declared and reiterated that what
''we want is more .fita in our meetings."
AS the Hartford Courant says of tho
alteration of Mr.. Warmers article, our
eloquent pulpit friend would probably
have granted that the compositor and
proof-reader were welcome to their con
clusion, 'but they should have indicated
that it was theirs and did not belong to
the story"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Unearthing Ancient Skeletons.

A most remarkable story comes from
find i'll one of the principal mines ON the
Aspen Mountain, the night shift in the
Minnie mine. MessT Donnelly,
Mackey, Taylor, and G. xillan, put In
two 30-inch holes in ths9areast of the
500 foot level, and fired the blast just
before leaving the surface On return
ing to the mine it was found that the
two shots had broken into q cave, which
they explored.
Going in a few feet they found the
walls covered with chrystalized lime and
lead that glittered like diassonds. Here
and there little sta actitT hung from
the ceiling. The lime foi ation resem-
bed lace and frieze workTof wondrous
beauty The cave had adj 4eent of about
30 degrees, and they fou rooms and
chambers grand beyond dSseription.
They had entered about 200 feet when
tIlcX found n lil.i- -aAe.--isSs..Sse further
was II pool of fresh water3fafd strong
current of fresh air was felt. Further
on Il chamber was discovered covered
with a brownish muck that was sticky.
Gilf!lan, who was in the lead, sudden
ly stopped and said
"There sits boy"
Sure enough there sat q human form.
The head was resting on the knees, and
the arms were drawn around the legs,
Indian fashion A stone bowl and axe
were found beside the figure. The body
was well preserved, but in trying to lift
it one arm broke off. Other bodies in
different attitudes were found in the
chamber, but when disturbed they
crumbled One body was brought out
with the loss of arms and feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
At the House of Commons.

Iknow of old what each woman will say.
"Oh, how small is! And isthis really the
House of Commons2 Is that Mr.. Glad
stone?" ," No" / interpose Mr.. Glad
stone is not here tonight that is Mr.
w. H. Smith, the leader of the House. ="
+" Oh, indeed Where does Mr.. Glad
stone sit3 Thank you so much" Can
dOur compels me to admit, much rs |
distrust this stateman, that Mr.. Glad
stone is the only member of Parliament
invariably inquired after by every lady
who peeps through the glass panel. l
have endeavoured to excite interest in
other politicians, with small success.
That tall man." have said, ais Mr..
Ealkes, the Postmaster General no
display of emotion. THAT elderly
gentleman with white hair aud beard, J"
l have continued, ''is Mr.. Childels' no
sign. "And that youngish man in the
corner seat, feeling for his moustache,
L have sometimes added, "is Lord Ran
dolph Churchill slight shiver. But
when have been able to say "There,
that is Mr.. Gladstone-that old gentle
man looking this way, with his hand to
his ear, listening SO attentively to the
member addressing the House, who is
Mr.. Timothy Healy, of whom you may
have hea d, the beautiful being | in
form at once brightens upand eXclams:
g Is it really! How nice Thank you
so much. u The National Review.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
French Girls and Women.

The French girl of the upper and mid
die classes, and this is often true of the
lower classes, is 1.-the and symmetrical
III form, beautiful in feature and grace
tnl In motion, according to Belva Lock
wood. Nor is her beauty lost when she
rounds into mature womnhood, but she
does not grow old gracefully like Ameri
can women, nor continue to use those
arts to make herself attractive that
graced her childhood. Among the up
per classes she grows stoutand red faced,
or lean, wrinkled and haggard, instead
of the fresh rosy face that should be a
woman's crowning glory until seventy or
seventy-five years. do not know to
what cause to attribute. thus unless it be
that the excessive pIeasul l0vfag and
living of the French people, the late
dinners and late hours, and especially
excessive wine drinking so apt to grow
with years, steals away the beauty OF
face and form, the elasticity of step, and
n freshness that has not exhausted all of
the joys of life
In the middle and lower classes, and
especially the latter, the women get in
time permanent bronze from their al
most constant out-of-door life for all
Paris lives more or less out OF DOORS and
from the constant carrying of burdens
get permanently hunclI backed, lame
and rheumatic, so that woman of fifty
will show tho infirmities Of seventy five.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Belgium's Hatless Monarch.

Leopold, king of the Belgians, is a
sworn foe of tobacco and an ardent sup
porter of the Belgian Anti Tobacco
League. He is, as we'll, man of sim
pie and severe way of life. He rises
early, breakfasts sparingly, and-a rare
thing on the continent takes his morn
ing tub with all an Englishman's fervor.
His wide sympathies embrace vegetar-
ianism in their scope, and his most not
able passion, perhaps, is for going about
without q hat. Whenever the weather
is suitable King Leopold goes abroad in
his garden as hatless us Adam, exulting
in his freedom from the oonventionality
of :, headpiece. He has some strange
craze about the winds action on the
brain, and he puts his craze in practice
whenever possible In fact, eccentric
ity of the intelligent kind marked him
for her own. He is linguist of rare
acquisitions and is always deep in the
study of some now language or other.
Music is one of his averslonS, but the
sister art of painting finds in him an
appreciative and enthusiastic amateur.
His face is strong and intelligent, with
out being handsome, and beard of ap-
propriately regal length sweeps his
chest,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
A Railroad Census.

A gentleman friend took his life in his
hand one recent afternoon and polled a
trans continental train on the Northern
Pacific before it pulled out of its 1900
mile journey toward the Occident. He
sought information as to nationalities,
and found representatives from As a
Minor, Russia, Turkey in Europe, Swift
zerland, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Spain,
France, Prussia, Belgium, the three
divisions of Great Britain, Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark tof coursel, and one
Algerian on board. With these were
representatives from 2l States and Ter
ritories in the United States and 5 of
the South American divisions. As
nearly as this amateur statistician could
gather, 20 per cent. of the passengers
were going West to stay, 20 per cent.
were tourists and 10 per cent. had tenn
porary business along the line OF the
railway
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
TINE FOR REVENGE.

Husband (alarme6 - Emily, there
seems to be smoke coming up through
the floor. Run and tell the lady on the
fiat below. Something's afre in her
part of the building. Quick Quick
Wife (cold and stately)-Cyrus, I'll
never do it in the world. We've lived
three months in this fiat and she never
called on me- Punch.
NOT so UNLUoKY.
Cara-1 hear that Maggie Mugginson
is engaged again. How often does that
make this season?
Laura Thirteen times.
Clara-Poor Maggie. She always was
unlucky
JOKE WE'LL DONE.
Buggins Mrs. Grubber, this steak is
rare.
Landlady-Well, L don't understand
how it could b so, Mr.. Buggins, it was
sufficient time ON the fire.
THAT may be, Mrs. Grubber, but
strange to say, it is quite tender steak,
you know, and very rare i'll this house. ''
by AN OLD MASTER.
Elderly but Coquettish Widow-And
this, Baron, is Il portrait Of me when |
was n girl.
Baron-Oh, indeed And by one of
the old masters, | presume.
KNOWLEDGE COSTS MONEY.
Irate Patron here, sir; I dropped
a nickel into this machine and nothing
came out.
Agent-If nothing came out that
shows it's empty
but, sir, what do l get for my
nickcl?"
"Information.
Ills pants were light, the pie was soft,
They met beneath the trees;
lie thought to rest his weary frame,
So Strengthened out at ease.
Not one of all the picnic crowd
Who saw him rise again
But thought murder had been done
On the spot where he had lain
i Pittsburgh Dispatch
RETKIBUTIoN
Mrs. Sternwife-Yes, indeed, Miss
Firstsummer, / know how exasperating
it is to have ones affections trihed with
A young man attempted to trife with
my heart, but ! tell you l got even with
him.
Miss Firstsummer-You Tilted him
when he finally proposed, presume?
Mrs. Stcrnwife-No, l married him.
Il Omaha World.
NIGHT WORK GENERALLY.
Mr.. Suburb-Uncfe 'Rastus, l wish
you'd go over to my place and clean out
my henhouse.
Uncle 'Rastus with grin)-What
In broad day light, sah?
AN INTERESTED DECISION.
Rev. Primrose You have q very kind
father, little boy. l heard him say it
was a shame to punish children.
Little .Johnnie-He only says that
when ma does the licking. = The Epoch.
THERMoMETRIC.
He ION the piazza at night)-There's
a cool wave coming.
She (anxiously)-Oh, dear l hope
it won't come between us.
And he drew nearer SO it couldn't
Chicago Globe.
HEREDITARY.
''Fathcr," said Willie, who had lust
s-asil -. aoSted, that SLrEP - ls o=Osli - ~
isn't it,? - ---
81 don't know that it is. "
"But it desccnds from father to son,
doesn't it?"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
partru anh aftisreIlanu.
A DAKOTA WHEAT FIELD.

Like liquid gold the wheat field lies,
A marvel of yellow and russell and green,
Tint ripples and runs, that floats and flies,
With the subtle shadows the change tn,
sheen,
Such as play in the golden hair of girl,
ripple of amber, a flare
Oflight sweeping after, curl
/ In the hollows like swirling feet
: OF fairy walters, the colors run
To the western sun
Through the deeps of the ripeniug wheat
Broad as the fleckless soaring sky,
Mysterious, fair as the moon-Ied sea,
The vast plain flames ON the d;,zzled eye
Under the fierce suns alchemy.
The slow hawk stoops
To his prey in thr dceps;
The sunfower droops
To the lazy wave; the wind sleeps,
Then all in dazzling links and loops,
A riot of shadow and shine,
glory of olive and amber and wine,
To the western sun the colors run
Through the deeps of the ripeuing wheat
. glorious landl My Western land.
Outspread beneath the setting sun!
unce more amid your swclls stand,
And cross your sod lands dry and dun,
hear the jocund calls of men
Who sweep amid the riprnrd grain
With swift, stern reapers, once again.
The evening splendor floods the plain,
The erickets chime
Makes pauseess rhyme,
And toward the sun
The splendid eolors romp' and run
Before the winds feet
In the wheatl
--Hamlin Garland, in Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
RAISING A HOG.
The Consumptive Man Who Was
Ready to Die.

We were coming East from Chicago,
when the railroad hog came out of
ambush He WAS man of 4O fairly
dressed, and, though he had the appear
ance of, and the sample cases belonging,
to drummer in fine goods, l hope he
belonged to some other profession.
"The boys" except in isolated cases, of
which this may have been one, are al
ways cheerfully willing to put up with
crowd.
This chap occupied two seats facing
each other, one being taken up with his
feet and sample cases, and rs the car
gradually. filed up, several passengers
had standing room only. The'conduc-
tor should have gone for that hog and
compelled him to abandon one of the
seats, but lie did nothing of the sort.
The man could not fail to hear the COM
ments all around him, but he shut his
teeth and determined to stick. 1t was
then that a man with consumptive
cough beckoned three or four of us to
the rear of the car and said:
'Gentleman, ] am doomed man. /
have only "a few weeks to live. Before
go L want to see that hog taughta lesson.
1t will take little money. Let's chip in
a dollar apiece"
We clipped in and made up purse
of So, and the consumptive went for
ward into the smoking car. There he
found seven or eight colOred people whe
were going to South Bend, and he Sc
lected three lusty fellows, explained
what was wanted, and handed over the
money to be divided. Ten minutes
later the three entered the coach The
hog had got settled for snooze, and the
first thing he knew his sachels had
been lifted to the floor and two of the
black men had taken seats. AS he
sprang up the third one took half his
seat, and the trio went on with con-
versation that had seemingly been
broken off.
The first impulse of the hog was to
brain some one, but he thought better
of this as he looked the men over. Then
in q voice, husky with passion, he gasp
ed: "You cussed niggers, but don't you
know"
Look heab, white man" they inter
rupted in chorus as they rose, lone
word mo- an well you frew you trew dat
winderl"
He was beaten. Everybody in the
car was chuckling at his discontinue,
and he realized that he had no friends
He got out of the seat, carried his
sachels over to the wood box, and, dis
gusted, left the ear to ride in the
smoker. There was cheer as he went
out, and the consumptive man stood up
on seat and said:
Ladies' and gentlemen: I've got the
Calloping consumption and can't hive
over six weeks longer. Half an hour
uuo | Nvos mad obont If Int now I'm
wiling to knock off three weeks and
turn up my toes without growl!'--
IN, Y. Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
A Wife's Awful Actions.

In copy of the Bloomsbury Register,
printed IN l84l, which correspondent
recently came across, appears the fol
lowing advertisement, inserted by Il
man named Kerr, of Brownsville, Pa. {:
Whereas, Fannie Martin, alias Kerr,
has without cause lett my habitation
and is floating on the ocean of tyrunni-
cal extravaganza, prone to prodigality,
taking a wild goose chase and kindling
her pipe with coal of curiosity, to alb
scond and abolish such insidions. clan
destine noxious, pernicious, diabolical
and notorious department, L therefore
caution AL persons from harboring or
trusting her on my account, as L will
oay no debts of her contracting from
;his date, unless compelled by law.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
He Was About Right.

An old colored man at the west end
of town was pretty sick on one occasion,
and was rolling about on the bed,
groanlng and manifesting considerable
uneaslness. At last his old wifo got up
and went to the bedside to see what was
the matter. After some examination
she exclaimed, in alarm "Ole man, yo'
feet is col, yo' legs is col, an yo' is COZ
all over, an, ole man, I specs yo' is
gwine to die; an if yo' duz die, ole
man, what is to come o. me?" The
old fellow, racked with pain and dread
ing possible meeting with Abraham,
yelled out: "Go way from heah Go
way from heah, yo' darned old fool l
don't got no time to think bout what S
to come O yo'; Use thinking bout
what's to come o me. Gainesville
Advocate,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Maintaining Reputation.

A gentleman who knew John A. Lo-
gan in Southern | linois before the war,
tells us that on certain occasion young
Logan found it necessary to doubt the
word of a man, and told him so without
any circumlocution.
'Don't you call me n liar, ST" said
the man excitedly, 81 have a reputation
to maintain, and ! mean to maintain it,
sir. ="
81 know it," said Logan; and you
are maintaining it every time you tell q
lie"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
Took His Pen in Hand.

The following letter was found in
store near the Atlanta Constitution
office:
"ATLANTA, Ga, Aug, 2, 1889
"MY DEAR GIRL: ! take my pen in
my hand 70 write you few Lines to let
you know | am Well haven't Seen Won
to talk to you since monday night don't
you want to marry yours truly
It was addressed to we'll known
young lady.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
1T WILL FILL A BILL.

Cumso-I see that Edison hassinvent-
ed machine by means of which per
sons face can be seen miles away.
Mrs. Cumso Oh, how nice! You'll
get one, George, and then when we go
to the theatre you can see a man on the
street without leaving your seat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29

REST PROMISED.
Minnie-It is no longer fashionable
to have the ears pierced.
Mamie-So l suppose you won't be
called upon any more to sing, will you,
dear!-t Terre Haute Express.
SATISFACTORY ADVICE.
Doctor" said Sohker, chow would
you treat man who was subject to dip
81 wouldn't treat him at all, " replied
the doctor, after moments considera-
ton: treating is the bane of our civil
ization." and the applicant ier infor-
nation paid the usual fee and left the
Washington Capital
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-29
ADVANTAGE OF FRENCH.

Brown Ito Back who is preparing
for n European trip)-How do you get
on with your languages, old fellow
Black Capita ly. Why, I've got so
now | can think in French.
Brown-Well, that's a blessing, for
IFS more than you could ever do in
Z lglish,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-04
DETRIcK TALKs.


John Derrick. who 10 nov in the Ksnnebec
iail 10 await = hearing on the charge Of
assault and bstx ~ on his wife, vas inter
viewed by Journal reporter last night.
Desrick 10 Of mecir RI height, 70 years OF age,
is German BY natl 'aaIity and is " customer
Of the rebellion. When asked concerning
the crime for which he vas held. he replied
that he knew not vhAt the charges were.
The story a. told in the Journal Of Aug. 10
sas told TO him, and be took exceptions 70
many Of the statements made BY bis wife.
His statements were 10 the effect that both
had been drinking heavily and that When be
came home Monday nigh, be vas asked By
his sife If he had taken any change from
her pocket. He replied that be had not and
going 10 the bureau drawer commenced look
iEa for some money OF his own which was
there. lie denies having taken any money