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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

Joseph Sweshenger, who resides
near Stanford, writes to the River
Press particulars of a wonderful dis
covery he recently made in an I'M
frequented mountain near his resi-
dence. The discovery consists of a
petriied man. with all his limbs 10 a
perfect state of preservation. The
body stands against massive bowlder,
of which it seems to have become a
part, and cannot be removed without
much labor and considerable expense.
A tiny stream of water flowing from
spring above falls directly upon the
head of the body, and after passing
over it loses itself in the surrounding
rock.
The body measures six feet and
nine inches from the crown of the
head to the soles of the feet and is
well proportional, the chest and
limbs being of ponderous width and
size. The features are of the severe
Roman type, surmounted by broad,
high forehead and a luxuriant growth
of hair, which is as firm as a rock it.
self. A beard reaching to the waist
completes q picture which inspires a
feeling of awe and reverence in the
beholder. Certain hieroglyphics are
cut upon the rock, a true copy of
which Mr.. Sweshenger promises to
send US. Thus far he has kept his
discovery secret but will in due
time divulge its locality. 1t will
doubtless attract the savants of the
day and a large sum may be realized
from it. 1t is indeed, wonderful
discovery, indicating as it does that
the first inhabitants of this great
country were giants. Tacoma News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
HEART FEELINGS.

Wnat doth 1t meana that ilashi ne eve
-, That stern and lowering brow,
those hurried, bitter, venomed words
From proud, set lips that flow:
Ana why that sudden tremor
PulsinS through every parta
Oh, it's indeed fearful thing.
IT'S anger in the heart.
What doth it mean. that fearful eve.
That weary, dropping brow;
why do those proud lips culver so
ny are they silent nowl
H1at makes that dull and aching pain
Keep throoing through each part?
On, tbs indeed a piteous thing.
IT'S sorrow in the heart.
WHAT doth it mean! that sparkling eve.
~, phat free, fair open brow,
mat sound of ripping laughter
rom lips grown rosy now;
wat makes that quivering feeling
lance lightly through each part!
On, tbs indeed JOYOUS thing,
lis gladness in the heart
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
THE CITY OF GEMS,
Ceylon's Treasures Which First
Racanna Known in London

Ceylon's Treasures Which First
Became Known In London.
Ratnapura. The city of gems, is the
center of a district twenty or thirty
miles square, in almost all of which a
stratum OF gravel six feet to twenty
feet under the surface exists. Through
out this area gem pits are to be seen
near the villages, some being worked
now, others being abandoned, The
natives work there In companies of six
or eight and pay rupee per man
per month for the privilege OF working
a certain allotment where they begin
by marking off a square of about ten
feet. After removing about three feet
of soil, the sounding rod, piece of
iron about half an inch in diameter
and six feet long, is used to sound for
the gravel. If successful, the digging
is begun in earnest till about four feet
deep. On the second day gravel is
taken out by baskets handed from one
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
Potatoes on Sandy Soil.

Thirty or forty years ago potatoes
grown on sandy soil were reckoned the
best and it was thought that heavier
lands were unsuited to them. But DO
tatoes on sand soon run out, probably
from deficiency of potash, and the bulk
of the crop for market is now grown
on heavier land and well manured.
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 they are better in quality as
well as in yield. The old Mercer po-
tatoe was sort that did best on sand,
and 1t much manure was used it al
ways rotted badly. The Peachblow
potatoe was the first one to be Guilt
waited on all kinds of soils, and this, as
much as its good quality, made it pop
ular both with growers and-consum-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

Orderly Undressing colonel of mill
tia regiment executing field maneu-
vcrs)--"Sir, Capt. Johnson's company
has got tangled up in rail fence,
and he says he can't get 'em out be-
cause he don't know the order and he
hain't got his tactics with him"
Colonel (after consulting his up
tony Tell Capt. johnson to get his
men out the best he can. There is
nothing about rail fences in the tao
tics. West Shore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

the plants, though small, are not kill
ed, and as the clover dies out they
come in and fill its place. Where
alsike clover is sown there should be a
full timothy seeding, as the alsike
dies after its first crop is cut. The de-
cay of alsike clover roots in the soil
give an extraordinary stimulus to the
timothy, which for year or two
thereafter will produce very heavy
crops. and sometimes, when cut early,
producing a large second growth the
same season.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
Sinking Iarre STONES

The cheapest and most effectual way
to rid the land of large stones is to dig
a large hole beside them, roll them in
and fill up, adding enough additional
earth from the roadsides to make the
surface level. 1t seems queer that
after rolling large stone in newly
dug hole that more dirt will be needed
to fill it up, but in most soils experience
shows this to be fact. Digging pull
verizes the soil, enabling it to pack
more closely than before.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

! 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 -
LIST. Not dollar is loaned without
the personal knowledge of some one of
the Board of Directors that the loan is
safe beyond question.
I'd. 1t is run as a home institution.
Every dollar is loaned in Lamoille and
adjacent counties, and every worthy en-
terprise in the vicinity of the towns
whence the deposits of the Bank come,
is fostered and encouraged in preference
to ether investments, so far as it can be
done with absolute safety.
Sd. Under no circumstances is dol
lar invested in any western mortgage or
other Out-Of-the- state security. We
might perhaps pay our depositors one
half of one per cent. per apnum 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 NAV not
become impoverished. 1t is needed for
the building up and fostering home in
situations. 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 well as of all those who look
rather to the absolute security of the
principal than to 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 a
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 S1000-were at the end of the first six
months of its business, $57, 1890, a
record without parallel, we believe, in
the history of Vermont Savings Banks.
4th. Under no circumstances does
this Bank take over per cent. 1t would
not, knowingly, make an investment
which would pay over per cent. The
safest class of loans and securities will
command money at per cent. The
Bank pays the State tax of six-t enths
of per cent. on deposits in lieu of all
taxes to the deposition. 1t must then
be evident that per cent. per annum is
all that the Bank can sAFELYPAY. This
rate it will pay. 1t is guaranteed and
rests on no contingency. Interest will
be compounded semi annually if not
withdrawn.
The Lameiile Co. Sayings Bank
and Trust Co., Ey6e Park, 1T.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

FIG. 2. HANGING FEED-TROUGH.
of mouth. throat and bowel diseases in
chicks than soured and musty food, or
a filthy feed-tough. Fig. 8 is wooden
trough for feeding grain and other dry
food to grown fowls, or for placing
Done, gravel, shell, etc, in. 1t is hung
about eight inches above the floor, up
on two large nails driven into the wall
of the poultry-house or other building.
The wire bars in the cover are three
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

\ dry, loamy soil not excessively
rich 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-
ately heavy soils. potash is seldom
lacking, and on these good drainage
and 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 arc 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 transplantcd into soil less stimu-
lated by manures.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
Nothing Like Corn.

A Kentucky farmer has discovered
that corn burned on the cob and
thrown to hogs affected with cholera
is swift and sure remedy. When
they discovered that corn would make
good whisky they thought they had
about exhausted the subject, but there
was n heap moro TO come. Washing
ton Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

They we're dining rather elegantly
at a table d'hote restaurant. Conver-
sation had been brisk through soup and
fish, but was tagging a little when the
waiter put down a platter of rare roast
beef.
Miss Withers crooked her finger
genteelly as she raised glass OF ice
water to her lips.
Are you a vegetarian, Mr.. Jen6in-
sonP" she asked, after an appetizin g
sip.
Hardly, Miss Withers" said Mr..
Jenkinson, and he carefully wiped his
mustache with the air OF man about
TO make a remark. Il have always
had leaning toward the Episcopal
faith"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
4 Russian General Deseribes the Russlan sold

Russian General Describes the Russian Soldier.
Sincere and unaffected love for his
monarch, profound religious piety in
timately united with the idea of the
Tsar and of the father land, attach
ment TO the father-land unlimited
confidence in his chiefs, very strong
esprit de corps, and faculty of endur-
ing gayly and naturally the greatest
privations-sucha are the most marked
chard cteristics of the Russian soldier.
To these traits must be added remark
able bravery and rare contempt OF
death, combined with naive kind
heartedness and a gentle and indulgent
disposition. The Russian soldier is
nevers aDandons him even in the most
difficult moments, by his brotherly I'M
derstanding with his comrades, and by
his gay and contented way of facing
all the DEGREES of fate. Obedience is
Russian soldier that during my thirty
years experience of the army / do not
remember TO have Witnessed one single
case of insubordination, either in times
of pence or in times of war.
The Russian soldier dies at his post.
| have seen him in winter on sentry
duty on the heights of Shipka die
standing, surrounded with snow, and
transformed literally into a statue OF
ice; have seen him die on the march,
striding oyer the sandy desert, and
yielding up his last breath with his
last step; l have seen him die of
his wounds on the battlefield or in the
hospital, at a distance of three thous-
and miles from his native village
and in these supreme moments l have
always found the Russian soldier sub
lime. -Harper's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

A Judge had overruled a motion OF
Counselor Garvey, one of, the best
known lawyers of the St Louis bar.
The counselor is usually most respect
full to the court, but he lost his temper
this time and declared in his broad
though rich and cultured Irish brogue:
your honor, hope your honor's
honor that it will never be noised
abroad to your honor's hurt that this
honorable court ever made ruling so
dishoporable to its own honor"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Information for the Agriculturist, Stock
. Raiser and Housekeeper.

Economy in Feeding Poultry-save the Bees
wax-;Easy-Bl anching Celery-The Right
Soil for the Nursary-sandy Soil for Pota-
toes, ETC., etc.
Improved Feed-Troughs For Poultry.
Soft-poultry food thrown on the
ground or on a board is quickly tramp
led and befouled so that is unfit to eat.
Placing it in a shallow pan or trough
helps the matter little, if any. The
best course is TO use covered troughs
or pans which permit them to obtain
the food and at the same time keep
them out of it with their feet. For
small chicks, double trough is made
of tin, as shown in Fig. /. 1t is TWEEN
ty-eight inches long and four inches
wide-each half being two inches wide
and one and one-half inches deep,
with square ends soldered on.
Tin is best, because it is easily
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

To Get Rid of Rats.

Sprinkle copperas freely en- cellar
floors and wash the walls with Ca. bolic
acid. This will cause rats to leave the
premises. and is better around the
house than poisoning them, which
cannot be done without danger of kill
ing something else, nor without Of
fence from their dead bodies after the
rats crawl into their holes and die.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
sprtnr-sown rim otI,y Seed.

The surest catch OF timothy is Sc
cured by fall seeding, but it is worth
while to SOW some of this grass seed
with clover in the spring. Timothy
seed sown in spring is generally over
shadowed by the clover, and does not
make much show the first year. But
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
FIG. 8. BOX For rRorGHs.

inches apart, bent, driven into the
strips and clinched, same as in the
other box. The cover is hinged so
that it can be raised when the trough
needs cleaning out 1t inclines at such
an acute angle that the fowls cannot
make q roost of it, and the food is kept
perfectly free from all impurities. 1t
is about four inches wide and can be
made of any desired length. This
trough takes up very little room, and
is especially useful for keeping granu-
lated bone, gravel, she'll, etc., in. No
poultry house is complete without
three or four of them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

l was stranger to her speech,
And knew no way her love TO reach.
Our languages were different quite
And left me in sorry plight.
But when her eyes my own dared seek
! looked the thought l could not speak.
And though her tongue could not confess
She smiled me back her answer Yes"
Words, so l found, are needless things.
The heart has swifter, surer wings,
And love its messengers will find
To carry its thoughts from mind to mind
Tongues are confused in spe cch and name,
Loves language ever is the same.
We sealed our bond of perfect bliss
In one deep universal kiss,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
Maxim = BeeSWAx.

! suppose that every beekeeper
makes more or less wax, writes COR
respondent OF Bee Gleaniags. If he
doesn't he surely is wasting material
which could be made into wax, and SO
saved. / don't like to see any scraps
of wax or bits of comb or anything
that has beeswax in 1t going to waste
Wax is worth money, There is always
a cash market for all we can get. We
keep at home box into which we put
everything We have which will make
wax-that is, scraps OF comb, old dis
carded combs, or anything we are go
ing to melt up into wax. We always
take with us, when we go out to our
yards away from home, n box holding
nearly bushel. Into this we put
such things as scrapings OF honey
boards, broken combs, drone combs,
which we cut out, or any bits of comb
These We carry home, to be melted up.
1t is not then lying around. breeding
moths. When it is made into wax,
there is cash value in it. and can be
turned into cash at any time, or kept
if we choose to hold it for higher
price
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
To Those Who Save.
JUST CONSIDER THIS.

The following table shoes the Surpris
tngly large Sums 11hich savtngs Of one, yfoe,
ten, tlcenty flee, fifty aud 100 cents per day,
compounded semi-annually, at per cent,
aotH amount to in 5, 10, 20 and 90 gears
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
Care of Horses in the Winter.

The winter is especially severe upon
horses, and is usually season when
disease prevail. The troubles to
which they are subject are commonly
due to the condition of the stables and
want of care in the treatment of the
animals. Epizootic diseases are most
prevalent at this season, and these are
all unquestiorably due to faults in
management and are entirely prevent
able. Basement stables are too often
the cause of trouble in this respect be-
cause OF their dampness. darkness and
want of good ventilation. Dry, pure
air and light are Indispensable to
health. 1t has been found in military
stables, and others, where large num-
beers of horses are kept, that impure
air is the cause OF most of the disorders
to which horses in crowded stables arc
SDbipct
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30
a New Variety of Celery.

A new candidate for the market
gardener this winter is the new Giant
Pascal Celery, an illustration of which
we present herewith. 1t Is an entirely
new variety, being offered for the first
time this winter by the leading Seeds
men of the country through their re-
spective catalogues. The originator
says of it that it is wonderful keeper.
being especially desirable Tor shipping
during January and February, keep
ing crisp under shipment for a long
time. The height is about two feet,
the stalks very large, thick, solid and
not stringy. The heart is of rich,
golden yellow color, and the plant
blanches very easily, in five or six days
after earthing up. 1t has "a fine, nutty
flavor. entirely free from any taste OF
bitterness. These are most desirable
qualities, and should make this new
addition to our list of vegetables pop
ular with both market and home gard
nerS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

DO you ask, "Where can l 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 the
following PRINCIPLES =
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-01-30

The Lameiile Co. Sayings Bank
and Trust Co., hyde Park, IT.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05

sands of dollars. The donation I'm
lnediateIy caIle,l up thoughts of con
dictionaries, and business was deferred
until candy was procured.
"rhc MiIkmaid's Song" was sweetly
sung by Birdie Larkspur. The dele
gate from St. Louis advanced some
progressive ideas in cowology. and
Gusta Woriheimcr created no little
amusement By her funny savings.
The O'Leary cow,whlch was brought
upon the stage by Miss TeInpleton.
caused great laughter, and looked
very lifelikc, thanks to the ingenuity
of one of the Grand Gulf ncighbors.
The reporter of the y. d. Picaynae
auctioned off the pals carried by the
milkmaids to raise funds for their re-
turn home.
Everything passed of very pleasant
~, and all seemed greatly amused.
A VISITOR.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05

For the Reveille.l
The \. w. &. T. u. of Ingleside gave
an entertainment, under the leadership
of Mrs. Emma Foster. nj Shiloh church
Friday night, the 22nd, called 1.-The
Milkmaids' Convention" the proceeds
OF which are TO buy song books for
the society.
At about O'Clock a comparatively
large audience had assembled, and the
performance be5an.
The milkmaids, pro tenn, marched
upon the stage (,Iiere being about 80
In number) and took their respective
places. The chairmaid called the meet
ing 10 order. and then arose with
great dignity, explained the object OF
the convention and invited the dele
gates to express their views on the
subjects enumerated. Aftcr this a
discussion arose rs 10 whether the re-
porters shonli be allowed to be pres
ent, which was decided in the affirm
stive. They were ushcrcd In, there
being three papers represented, aud
took their placcs.
Several communications were hand
ed the secretary TO read,-the one most
acceptable being Jay Gould's, as he
donated to the milkmaids many thou
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05

runs newspaper for glory; dissaiis-
fed with the results. he runs II for
spite. and when he gets tired of This
he runs IL for revenue. Some editors
assume the role of public rcformers.
A man who attempts to regulate the
morals of his ncighbors has his hands
too full 10 run newspaper.
lie Is like a new preacher who start.
ed out 10 reform The world. At the
end of the year he concluded to con-
fine himself to the United States. Then
he restricted his territory 10 Indiana: !:
then he concluded that JinkinsyiIlc
was all he could handle, aud encoun-
tered so much wickedness that he has
finally dcspaircd of saving his own
soul. and, coping with member of
his cholx has not been heard of since
The mission of the press is to give
its readers the news aud its advertisers
tHt CtICuihtlVus Nftft itc ntNrs HNOlh
scandal; don't CRAFTY private spitcs,
and don't allow advertising to go into
your paper that Is not paid for. Put
your business on a commercial basis,
and teach the community in which You
live that your paper is not a philan-
thropic institution. but il there tor the
benefit of the publisher.
When you 90 about the country.
don't exchange pnfls for hotel accom-
modatiOns-pay as YOU 90. aud make
the man who uses your paper for adj
vertising purposes pay your regular
rates.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05

Prof Alexander Winclcll is credit
eel with the invention of a cement that
will stick 10 anything. Take two
OUNCES of clear gum Arabiconc aud
onc-half ounces of fine starch, onc-hali
ounce of white sugar. PuIvcrize the
gum Arabic and dissolve II In "a much
water as the laundrcss would use for
the quantity of starch indicated. lis
solve the starch and the sugar In the
gum solution. Then cook the mixture
In vessel suspended In boiling water
until the starch becomes clear The
cement should be as thick as tar and
kept so. 1t can be kept from spelling
by dropping IN lump of gum cam
phor, or little oil of cloves or sassa-
fras. This cement is very strong.
will stick perfectly 10 glazed surfaces,
and is good to repair broken rocks,
minerals or fossils.-EcchaRge.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05

The publishers and editors must ev-
ci be responsible for all that appears In
the columns of The paper. The form
err must suffer In purse and the latter
In good name aud professional stand
Ing for all mistakes committed or
wrongs done By the paper. Where
the editor and publisher are one thcro
II necessarily tho double loss OF fame
and fortune. Anything that tends ~
degrade q paper In the eyes OF i's
readers, TO destroy IT, reputation for
reliability, or purity In fhc minds of
decent people. who constitute the ma
;oriiy. and are the MOST valuable aud
profitable OF the patrons of every news
paper must result to grca O. or less
extent I'm financial Ioss.-Ex.
Children Cry for Pitchers Csstoria.