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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Served Him Right.

Israel d. Owens, a young man from
New York, knocked off piece from
the base of the Washington Monument
the other day to take home as a me
mento of his visit to the capital. He
was at once arrested by the special
officer at the monument. He left 500
for his appearance, and when he learn
ed that his little piece of stone was
likely to cost him a goodly sum, he
told the officer that he regretted he had
not taken large piece while he was
about it. In the police-court the next
afternoon Judge Miller fined him $50
and said he wished there was some
more efficient way of breaking up this
practice of mutilating the public struc-
lures in Washington City.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
The Serpa Pinto Hat,

Very comical scenes have been ell
acted in Lisbon, Portugal, over de-
velopments regarding a popular hat.
A fortnight ago an enterprising but
INSCRIPTIONS merchant put on the
market the Serpa Pinto hat, which he
warranted "'made in Portugal" II
became the rage at once. every Portu-
guese patriot buying one to prove his
patriotism. Nearly one hundred thous-
and were sod within two weeks; then,
suddenly, it was discovered that the
hats reallywere made in hated Eng
land. A great revulsion of popular
feeling ens1ed, being marked by the
most eccentric scenes in the streets.
II was not uncommon to meet bands
of men destroying Pinto hats by the
wholesale, trampling and splitting on
them, ana threatening those still wear
ing them. Students were especially
demonstrative, going about bareheaded
to allow, as they said. the air to purify
their heads after wearing the detested
British hats.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
A BiIliardiSt's Habits.

I called upon George +. Slossou,
world, if there be such thing as Il
champion of that fascinating past me.
and asked him what were the conditions
necessary to be observed to become a
great expert. He stated in reply to
my questions as follows:-
There is a prevalent belief that
great tenors and famous sopranos are
the most sensitive souls in the world
and require the largest amount of care.
There is another profession, my own,
which requires as muc,l care of the
body, if not more than that of vocal
music. Billiards, since it has passed
from a nero pastime TO a science, de-
mands the finest condition of the body,
and especially the nervous system, if a
player ever prOpo es to become an ex-
pert or champion. 1t is very hard TO
define what l mean by condition.
Every goodplayer recognizes and ap-
pfeclates and alludes to it as being in
good or bad form, as the case NAV be.
The gene al public, and especially those
who have never played the game, can
not realize the extent to which GOOD
play depends upon the physical organ
cation.
"a few illustrations may give an
idea of this dependence. In making
run every expert calculates exactly
whe G the balls will be after a shot is
made. No man is an expert unless he
can predict it to within an Cham
pion players can come within sixty
fourth of an inch upon q simple car
rom, This seems wonderful, but it
falls short of feat that has been fire.
quently performed by two American
experts and one French expert. The
three balls are placed in the form of q
triangle an inch apart in Giro five
inches in diameter. The object ball is
struck with force sufficient 10 send it
around the table, striking the cushion
five times and stopping in the circle in
its original position. The cue ball
after driving off the object ball in this
manner passes to the third ball with
just enough force to touch it without
either of the two passing beyond the
rim
The accu acy and force required 10 do
this may be calculated from the fact
that the object ball goes over course
of about twenty-seven feet in length,
and that a variation of less thaTf'a hairs
breadth and a difference in force of
one-half of one er cent. would send
it anywhere save to the right place.
"To attain TO this power the nerves
and muscles must be under perfect
control and en- rapport with the eye
and brain. The slightest interference
or sickness will change all this and
prevent first-class work. In my own
case tobacco and alcohol would rttefly
spoil my playing. Further than that,
indiges, ion or even
slight cold produces a perceptible fall
ing off in my accuracy and skill.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Statistics Concerning Mild Winters.

Mr.. Andrew Nichols, of Danvers,
Mass, furnishes records dating back
to 1870, which show that the present
winter is not so remarkable for its
mildness after all. The December of
1889 has plenty OF presidents. He
places the average temperature of De-
cember, 1889, at "a so, and of Deem
Der, 1888, at Bib. The average tenn
peratures of Defenders in the last
eight years, from 1882 to 1889, inclu-
sive, was pal; of the eight f. ON
1856 to 1898, 1888; of the eight from
1898 to 1901, 30.62 from 1901 to 1909,
1920; from 1909 to 1917, 29.S5; from
1917 to 1925, 30.49; from 1881 to
1888, 7,42; from 1888 TO 1916,
1890; from 1854 to 1861, 1896.
The DEFENDERS which were warmer
averaged as follows :-1794, 1882;
1900, 1915; 1908, 1881; 1907, 37.1S;
1909, 81 .9S; 1924, 1926; 1928, So. IS;
1S47, 1925; 1S4S, 1888; 1857, 34.97.
The average temperature for the years
has been:-1889, 47.16; 1888, 1914;
1887, 44.60; 1886, SIG; 1885, Al. 40;
1884, 1900; of the last six years, 40
20. The temperature of the last year,
1889, was some two degrees above the
average of the past six years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
A Difference, Alas!

Our amiab.e and learned visitor
Miss Edwards, does not speak of the
condition and discomforts of New
York so severely as our own citizens
"There are so many dangers" she
says, "that the state of the highways
is such, as 20 make it incomprehensi-
bic to English people that enterprisin8
Americans would long endure it,
The difference lies in temperament.
John Bull is resolute GROWER and
grumbler, and Uncle Sam is 20 d-na-
tured. 1t used to be said that the thir-
teenth man in every omnibus in Lon
don was Indignantly reported in the
next mornings Times. But in New
York all the passengers would stand
from the Battery to Central Park with
out murmur.-Harper's Weekly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
The Dog and the Rad Egy-

seems that there are dog owners
who are concerned as to the "friend .
mans" felonious consumption of eggs.
How to break him of the habit is the
question. Here is one suggestion.
An egg-eating dog of mine once picked
up ducks egg, which, in a very ad-
vanced stage of decomposition was
floating down the river. AS he trotted
past me with his prey in his mouth,
unbroken, l caught him, and gave him
slap under the jaw with my hand.
There seemed to be full gallon of
decomposition in that egg. 1t went all
over both of u. The dog apparently
resolved never again to touch an egg,
and he kept his resolution. l for my
part determined 10 let dogs eat eggs in
future rather than attempt to cure them
with sulphuretted hydrogen.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
REAL ESTATE
. . z. :
- FAR M s !! &
Village Residences!
BUILDING LOTS!
LOTS J!
w O CD LOTS
STORE, ETC.

My Calf Skin Business is absorbing my
capital time and attention, and, having de-
cided to close out all of my other branches
of business, as we'll as my miscellaneous
personal property and real estate, offer
for sale all the land l own except that oc-
cuped in my business and my dwelling,
and will dispose of same at very low figures
and on easy terms of payment.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

that when cut it gave full ton per
acre of the very best hay, with large
increase of root growth in the soil.
This hay was not sold, but fed out,
and the farmer rightly reckoned he re-
ceived full pay in this way, even sup
pose the fertilizer had no. benefited
the grain crop at all.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

Excited Boy: Come on, quick! The
ould man is batin' the ould woman
again" Police justice: why don't
she come herself If she wants to make
complaint, or have him arrested?"
Excited boy: She's too busy. She's
got him down and is bumpin' his head
on the fiure -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Rather Comprehensive,

A New York jeweler received the
following business card a few days
ago; George d. Parks, Farmer,
Merchant, Jewcler, Schoolmaster,
Musician, etc. =. S.-All questions
answered with truthfQlpess and dis
patch"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Runs a Great Risk.

Smifkins is stupidity and 'conceit
rolled into one. That imbecile, {"
said someone, referring to him,
spends his time in trying to put the
FOOLS cap on the heads of other peo-
pie" But how great a risk he
runs" was the sarcastic reply, "of
catching cold himself"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

Inc JottoUtRg t0bte Sh0lnS the SnTPTss
ingly large sums achtch savings Of one, JfUe,
ten, t,0enty fee, .Gtty and 100 cents per day,
compounded semi annually, at 4 per cent,
wtlg amount to in 5, 10, 20 and so years:
| 8 Yrs. 10 Yrs. 20 Yrs. 80 Yrs.
! One cent 20.Os A.56 1I07s 57267
| Five cents IGO.1 222.s2 1882 2S6S3e
| Ten Cents 2OO.s3 1864 1107.64 $780, II
| Twenty-Five cts. 5O2.O7 HAL 2789.61 l4316s2
| Fifty Cents 1COII5 222s22 55S9.23 2s633G4
One dollar 200331 445G.4i 1lO7s.47 B72672o
Do you ask, "Where can do this and
| have my money absolutely safe?" Let
us give you some facts. The Lamoille
County Savings Bank and Trust Co. OF
Hyde Park is an institution run on tho
following principles -
Isl. Not dollar is loaned without
the personal knowledge of some one OF
, the Board of Directors that the loan is
safe beyond question.
ID. 1t is run as home Institution.
Every dollar is loaned in Lamoille and
adjacent counties, and every worthy en-
teTpTise in the vicinity of the towns
whence the deposits of the Bank come,
is fostered and in preference
to ether investments, so far as it can be
done with absolute safety.
81. Under no circumstances is a dol
lar invested in any western mortgage or
other out-of- the-state security. We
might perhaps pay orr depositors one
half Of one per cent. per annum more
interest by mourning a little addition
al risk, if no loss should come, but we
believe there is to-day ''long-felt
WANT in Vermont for savings institu-
ton which will loan its funds at home.
1t is needed that Vermont may not
become impoverished. 1t is needed for
the building up and fostering home in
stitutions. Vermont towns will not
boom without money any more than
towns beyond the Mississippi and in
Alabama. 1t is needed for the greater
safety of the savings of widows and
orphans as we'll as of all those who look
rather to the absolute security of the
principal than 10 high rates of interest.
With no disparagement to our neigh
bors who prefer to occupy western
fields we offer to the depositing public
the Lamoille County Savings Bank and
Trust Co. as an institution organized to
meet the demand for strictly home in
vestment Savings Bank. That such
demand exists, and that the people are
ready to bestow their confidence and
encouragement upon such an institu-
ton, is evidenced by the fact that the
aggregate of the small deposits alone in
this Bank-not counting any in excess
of $1CO0-were at the end Of the first six
months of its business, $57, 1890, q
record without parallel, we believe, in
the history of Vermont Savings Banks.
4th. Under no circumstances does
this Bank take over per cent. II would
not, knowingly, make an investment
which would pay over6 per cent. The
safest class of loans and securities will
command money at per cent. The
Bank pays the State a tax of six. tenths
of per cent. on deposits in lieu of all
taxes to the depositor. 1t must then
be evident that per cent. per annum il
all that the Bank can SAFELY PAY. This
rate it will pay. 1t is guaranteed and
rests on no contingency. Interest will
be compounded semi annually if not
withdrawn
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
No Kissing Likely.

Mr.. Grubbs 40 p. M: Il hate to
go to sleep knowing that a strange
young man is down in the parlor with
our daughter. Mrs. Grubbs: Don't
you worry. We had onion tonight.
you known M
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

THE Bulletin says murder is I'M
usually rife in San Francisco, and
many people are concerned for the
reputation of the city. The frequent
deadly speeding of the bullet imparts
frontier aspect to the city.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

The advice to give bones to hens to
make them lay has been improved by a
farmer who accidentally learned that
commercial phosphate answers the
same purpose. He spilled some with
seed wheat last September, aud gath
ering it up mixed with soil gave this TO
his hens. Rather to his surprise the
pieces of phosphate were eaten as
readily as the grain. and about the
same time his hens began laying as
they had not done before. Not all of
the commercial phosphate sold now is
made from bones. This incident.
which a Tribune correspondent fur
nishes, indicates that the rock phos-
plate may serve good purpose for
hen feed, as we know it does for crop
food.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

Thirty o. forty yeas ago potatoes
grown on sandy so were reckoned the
best, and it was thought that heavier
lands were unsuited to them. But po-
tatoes on sand soon run out, probably
from deficiency of potash, and he bulk
of The crop for market is now grown
on heavier land and well MANFRED.
The Early Rose, and in fact most very
early potatoes need to have the land as
rich as it can be made. Thus grown
we think thsy are better n quality as
well as in yield. The old Mercer po-
tato was sort that did best on sand.
and if much manure was used it al
ways rotted badly. The Peachblow
potato was the first one to be cultivated
on all kinds of soils, and this, as much
as its good quality, made it popular
both with growers end consumers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

The surest catch of timothy is
secured by Fall seeding, BUTT is worth
while to sow some of this grass seed
with clover in the Spring. Timothy
seed sown in the Sping is generally
overshadowed by the clover, and does
not make much show tn. first year.
But the plants, though Small, are not
killed, and as the clover dies out they
come in and fill its place. Where alsikc
clover is sown there should be full
timothy seeding, as the alsike dies after
its first crop is cut. The decay of
alsike clover roots in the soil give an
extraordinary stimulus to the timothy,
which for year or two thereafter vii
produce very heavy crops, and some
times, when cut early, producing a
large second growth the same season.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

IN estimating the returns from Dur
chased manures the increased fertility
OF the soil is an important item, and
Ioi a farmer who owns the land he
cultlvates may well be the controlling
one. with even the most concentrated
rertillzer, especially if mineral, some
~ a. a. n niuSt De left for after crops. If
the 1ertlizer will pay one-half its cost
IN the increased grain, what is left in
the sou, IN the increased straw, and in
the better growth of grass or clover
seeded with it, may well make up the
balance and leave profit besides. We
nave known super-phosphate applied
10 wheat to make SO large a clover
growth after the grain was removed
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

1t seems sometimes q convenient
place to put stones out of the way, to
pile them around a tree where the
pillow cannot come, but there is no
surer way to destroy the tree. The
reason seems to be that the stones act
ne n mulch, keeping the soil moist to
the very surface. This encourages the
root to grow upward near the top of
the ground, and as the stone mulch
does not prevent frost, the roots are
frozen i'll and cannot furnish sap.
Stone heaps s-ou,d especially be avoid
ed around apple and other fruit trees,
as they harbor mice which eat the
bark, thus girdhng and killing the
tree.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

A dry, loamy soil not excessively
itch is best for growing young trees
for sale. There must be potash in the
soil, but until fruit trees get into bear
ing, they need less of other plant-food
than do most farm crops. In moder-
atNly heavy soils, potash is seldom
lacking, and on these good drainage
ana cultivation are more important
than manure. The bulk of growth of
leaves and wood is carbon, and is
drawn from the air through the leaves.
If heterogeneous manures are LARGELY
used they make soft, sappy growth,
that is easily killed by severe cold.
And besides this young trees thus
grown are apt to be too much checked
when transplanted into soil less stimu-
lated by manures.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

NOT nearly so much is said as for
merry about the necessity of cooked
ROOD for stock. 1t is undoubtedly the
fact that warming food to near the
animal heat isa good thing in cold
westher, and in most cases the cooked
TO d is fed while warm, which NAV
account for its supposed advantages
There is certainly harm in giving wet
food at temperature near the freez-
ing point in winter, as it is apt to be.
even IN modera weather. The con-
slant evaporation from the surface
rapidly cools anything that is wet, and
the introduction of food with a tenn
perature of 40 degrees into a stomach
where the naturale warmth is 98
degrees, produces chill that re-
qulre' good deal of the food
consumed to overcome. The cooked
1000 that has become entirely cold is
no better than that not cooked for
most kinds of stock.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

1t is often asserted that the large
quantities of milk produced by tho
oughbreds of milking strains are due
rather to good feeding than to the
breed. 1t is true that good breeders
are generally good feeders as well. 1t
pays them to be. The advantage of a
good milking strain consists in the fact
that it will consume a full ration and
make the best possible use of it. This
is the way by which the possibilities of
mixers are cultivated and increased.
But when the milking trait is fully es-
tablished, cows which are naturally
good mixers will do more with poor
rations thpn will animals less carefully
bred. Without any grain, some cows
bred by Smiths Il Powell of Syracuse,
n. T., gave records varying from
10000 and $4,000 pounds of milk up
to upward of 10000 pounds in one
year or less.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
ABOUT THE FARM.
HINTS for Farmers and Busy
Housewives to Appreciate.

There is constant tendency in this
country to overdo t marketing bust
ness for vegetables and small fruits,
by concentrating it on a few large
cities like New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia in the East, and Chicago or St.
Louis in the West. The result is, that
these markets are often glutted, while
the smaller cities AID villages are poor
y supplied. Every fruit grower
should make the most possible of his
home market. If not as large as the
other, he may make it his own, and re-
alize better prices for his produce.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

Some kinds of evergrecns that natur-
ally thiive in swampS and low, wet
land become teEdcr when transplanted
to dry, upland soil. 1t is not probable
that these trees thrive better with their
roots Immersed in stagnant water.
More likely their roots from early hab-
1t run too near the surface, and in dry
soil this freezes until no roots touch
soil that is not locked in ice. Mulch
such evergreens heavily eight to ten
feet on each side from the trunk, and
pour on one or two barrels of water,
letting it soak into the ground. This,
by filling the soil with water, will pre-
vent deep freezing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
TO Those Who Save.
JUST CONSIDER THIS.

The JoIlo,gtRg table sho1ns the surprts
Ingly large sums achich savings Of one, fre,
ten. ttoenty fee, .Gtty aud 100 cents per day,
compounded semi annually, at 4 per cent,
,0il amount to in 5, 10, 20 and so years: :
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
THE WATER QUESTION.

The question of water supply for the
village is again undergoing discussion.
Mr.. Charles j. Starr of New York, whose
numerous gifts to the college are known
and appreciated by the people, seeing
the need of water, has offered to give the
village $4,000 toward the expense of put
ting in system of works that will fur
nish whatever water is necessary for
domestic and public uses. 1t is an offer
which we cannot afford to neglect, and
action ought to be taken at once. 1t
should have been taken long ago, but
now there can be no excuse for further
delay. The sooner something is done,
the better. Time and again the value OF
water-works to this community has been
pointed out In these columns, till there
isn't particle of doubt in the minds OF
intelligent citizens that we want them and
should have them. Now that the burden
of their cost is largely lessened by Mr.
Starr, the rest could easily be provided
for by bonds, and the way seems to be
clear for the carrying-out of any reason
able plan.
Several subsidiary matters will need tC
be settled, of course, such as the source
of the supply, and, if the creek is fixed
upon, whether there shall he reservoir
or not. But these should not be allowed
to dwarf the main issue-whether or moi
we shall have water. AS soon as somt
of the chief items of expense can be as
certained, so that the people may know
what they are about, "A meeting of the
village might well be called and the whole
business dispos"l of.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
COUNTY AND VICINITY NOTES,

A pension has been granted to Luther
Porter of Nergennes.
Work on the Bristol railroad will be-
gin next Monday. 1t is to be in running
order by December /.
A New Haven correspondent writes
AS Mrs. Lucy Robbins was driving
around the ''cove" Thursday morning,
her horse stepped on rolling stone, and
stumbled and fell and horse, rider and
carriage rolled over the bank into the
pond. The water is about five feet from
the bank and about four feet deep there.
When help reached her she was standing
in water to her shoulders and had un-
buckled the harness so that the horse
was standing. Her hat, and shawl and
carriage cushion had floated to the middle
of the pond. The carriage was on it:
side, but nothing was broken and no one
was hurt. The horse is blind. and be-
longs to Ed. O'Brien of South Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-25
THE FOURTH AT SITkA,

The Alaskan, printed at Sitka, gives
an extended account of the celebration
there of the national birthday. The day,
it says, twas favored by cloudy sky
and balmy air which contributed large
ly to the success of the day. At 10 a.
III. a large concourse of citizens, whose
number was considerably increased by
the officers and passengers of the mail
steamer George w. Elder, assembled in
the old ball room of the ancient Baranoff
castle to witness the exercises. Hon.
John 5. Bugbee as president opened the
proceedings and introduced Rev. \. f.
Austin. who delivered the invocation.
Gov. Lyman f. Knapp then followed as
orator. His address was most eloquent
ly delivered and contained most useful
allusion to the warnings offered by all
republics of by-gone ages of falling into
decay through excessive prosperity, fol-
lowed by RIGHTEOUSNESS and corruption .