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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
charge.

On the night of the 21st the scouts that
had left the island the first night of the bat
tie reached Fort Wallace They had passed
the Indian sentinels with good fortune anC
concealed their trail so skillfuily as to pre-
vent pursuit. Prompt action was taken by
the commandment of the post, and mount
ed force pushed through to the camp by
the 25th in time to save the lives of the
heroes who were fast giving way under the
cravings of famine and their wounds
They had made a gallant fight and deserved
better fate than to become food fol
wolves Col. Forsyth's wounds were in a
serious condition, but he recovered, to take
the field some years later in fighting the
tel rible Apaches in Arizona.
The experienced scouts of Forsyth's party
estimated the Indians that fought them at
the island camp at about $50, and from in
formation obtained from braves who par
ticipated and afterward became friendly
Forsyth verified this statement, and proved
that his gallant band had stood out against
odds of nearly twenty to one. Their sue
cess was not because of superior weapons
either. The redskins had the mo5timproved
rifles, repeaters at that, and an abundance
of ammunition. The scouts were cool in
the moment of supreme danger and made
every bullet tell. The Indians lost seventy
five killed and nearly two hundred wound
ed. The casualties in Forsyth's camp were
twenty-three in all.
The victory so dearly purchased with the
loss of noble lives was by no means a bar
rem one The death of the Cheyenne war
chief and the braves who fell with him was
avenged in Indian fashion by depredations
on scattered and defenseless settlements
for time. But a day of reckoning came.
When cold weather set in that year Gen.
Custer followed the Cheyenne band to-
ward their haven in the warm valleys of
Indian territory. He fell in with the war
party of the tribe, which was headed by
the cruel and crafty Black Kettle, a sue
cessfuI thief and murderer, but no warrior.
Custer attacked his village at daylight
Nov %, and literally wiped out the band,
killing $50 warriors, including Black
Kettle. After this the scattered Chey-
ennes surrendered in small parties, and
were soon gathered upon reservations.
The terrific onslaught by Roman Nose
on Col. Forsyth's few but brave men may
wei be called the last charge of the Chey-
ennes. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
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II Pays. That's Why.

The advertiser in small way often
stands aghast at the large sums of money
which certain masters of the art are
known to spend annually in bringing
their goods before the public. Having
had experience only within his own mar
row circle he asks in bewildered way
how it IS possible that they can make ii
pay. He takes pencil and paper and be-
gins to figure it out. Surprising their
profits on IL single sale to be so much. he
determines how many sales they would
have to make to cover their entire adver-
Using expenditure. About the time he
reaches this result he gives up in despair
and falls back upon the old but safe CON
clusion that these princes of advertising
are conducting their business for the
purpose Of making money, and that If
they did not find their advertising paid
they would rot continue it.-Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
CHARGE OF THE cHEYENNEs.

1t was nearly midday, and Col. Forsyth
was not long in divining the true situation.
lie was surrounded by immense num-
bers of bloodthirsty redskins, which after
ward proved to be Cheyennes and Sioux
over 500 strong, led on in all the fury of
their race by Roman Nose. This royal
savage had boosted that only once had he
taken a white mans hand in friendship
and then it was at council where the red
men haughtily demanded the cessation of
railroad building by the whites under the
alternative of bloody war. Gen Hancock,
vino was commanding the department at
the time, Lad answered that if war was
what the Indians wanted they could have
II, and Forsyth and his men were realizing
that the promise was being observed all
around There was line of dead Indians
and ponies keeping company with the
silent body of the Cheyenne chief The re-
naming warriors had drawn off to dis
lance TO gather strength and to whet
their savage ire. at the end of two or
three hours they renewed the attack and
kept up the fighting until dark, making q
third charge ut the close of the day. The
losses in Forsyth's band had been severe
Every horse and mule had been killed in
their tracks. Lieut. Beecher had been shot
beyond hope of recovery, and had died
after vainly pleading with his comrades to
put him out of agony. Four scouts were
dead in their pits; a volunteer surgeon, DR..
Moore, was dead and sixteen scouts were
wounded.
Col. Forsyth had two wounds, one a
battered leg bone. It was evident that
the distressed party would have to stand a
siege. They were a hundred miles from
the nearest post, Fort Wallace, and no
other help was to be looked for. The am
munition supply, thanks to the self control
of the men, was ample for some days. OF
bread there was lack, but steaks from the
slaughtered animals would keep off famine
for days. The gallant leader said to his
survivors, ''We will win the fight yet or
sell our lives dearly in the attempt" I'm
der his orders spring was scooped out in
the sand, a parapet was made all around
the island, and the bodies of the dead
horses and their saddles were placed so az
to stop the bullets The serviceable parts
of the horseflesh were prepared as food and
sprinkled with gunpowder as q preserva-
tive. Two scouts volunteered to try and
steal through the Indian lines during the
night and summon aid, and they left at
midnight, crawling stealthily the first two
miles.
The following day the Indians kept up
hot fire on the imprisoned scouts and made
several attempts to draw them from cover.
False truces were put up. and these, fail
ing to be respected, the Indians went off
out of sight in the hope of putting the
camp Off its guard. When this trick did
not succeed the savages returned and vent
ured close enough to fling taunts at their
enemies, to goad them to anger and re-
venge. But Forsyth's men were true
borderers, as cool as they were brave,
and submitted to-their fate like men. On
the second night of thasiege two more vol
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12

The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage spends
his New Years day in his charming
home in one of the pretty Brooklyn
streets off Fort Greene park in a thor
oughly characteristic way. He receives.
His drawing rooms are thrown open to
Tom, Dick and Harry, and Mrs. Tai
mage and her daughters are kept busy
The reverend gentleman is particularly
attentive to newspaper men. The
name of every caller is given to Mr.
Talmage's secretary, who sits up stairs
busily engaged in making out a list OF
prominent people" When the news
paper men leave the minister goes to
the door with them and hands to each
a list of his visitors. ~ had it pre-
pared for you, he says affably, las
know it is what you want. Epoch
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a Common Sense ODinion.

The newspaper without any advertise
ments, which Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
wants to see, might suit the tastes of
some people Ut it would be without
very interesting feature. The idea that
the advertisements in newspaper only
please the counting room unfortunately
obtains in some quarters, but to the
great mass OF the people they are not
only interesting but useful and in
structive reading. They are the shop
pers' constant companion, the business
mans guide and everybody's instructor.
n newspaper without advertising col
umns would fail to accomplish its mis-
sion. Besides, it would be about us poor
as Joos turkey. Boston Herald
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Butler Versus Choate.

A case in which Gen. Butler met Mr..
Choate is proverbial. The former devoted
a large share of his argument to warning
she jury 20 beware of the magic spell of
Choate's eloquence, which caused men to
lose their reason and become incapable of
judging between right and wrong and to
award their verdict as a tribute to oratory
rather than as a just decision. The effective
warning caused Choate's eloquence to seem
the chief issue in the case. Consequently
the great orator dared not exercise it, and
began his argument by saying, MY speech
shall be the speech of plain old man."
But Cho&te was not Choate in a non-elo-
Quent speech, and Gen. Butler won.-Bos-
ton Advertiser.
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UnIeached Wood Ashes.

Canada unleached wood ashes are usu-
ally guaranteed to contain G per cent. Of
potash. AS stated by the chemist of the
New Jersey experiment station in a bull
letin recently issued, the average compo-
sition of eleven samples of ashes previ-
ously analysed is: Phosphoric acid, 1. 70
per cent; potash, 5.58 per cent, and
lime 1850 per cent. That ashes are not
a uniform product is evident from tie
variations shown in six. other samples by
an analysis that is given. The selling
price of five of these samples IL stated ii
the bulletin at $18, 1880, $13, $14 and
$3.50 per ton, respectively. But two of
the samples were as good as the average.
nor is the highest selling price attached
to the best sample.
The amount of plant food clements
contained in an average sample of ashes,
according to the bulletin referred to, can
be bought for about 80 per ton. It is the
general experience, however, that ia Ger
tain soils the agricultural effect of the
phosphoric acid, potash and lime is
greater in wood ashes than in Dropor-
tionate mixture of the same elements in
other forms. This is believed to be due
to the special form of combination of
the ingredients III ashes, which, in addi-
ton to their direct benefit, exert Il ia.
vorable mechanical effect upon the soil.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12

unteers started out for relief, to insure
communication with Fort Wallace in case
the first wo had met with disaster and the
second should be more fortunate. The
third day the savages kept up their demon
STATIONS, but made no effort to charge the
camp The wounded scouts suffered ter
ribly for want OF attendance and nourish-
ment. The horsemeat soon became spoiled,
and had to be charred in the fire before it
could be eaten. Fortunately Il wild animal
was attracted to the camp by the odor OF
burning flesh, and that was killed and
served in scant morsels. The third night
the two scouts who had ventured abroad on
the second night returned and reported
that the camp was hemmed in by hostiles,
and there was no hope of passing their
wary sentinels.
The men in the camp passed several days
in their wretchedness, but preferred the
death that awaited them there, unless
speedily succored, to the inevitable cruelty
of savage conQuerors. On Sept. % the In
dams disappeared without Offering further
battle The loss of war chief Roman Nose
had taken the fighting spirit out of them,
and no remaining brave was able to rekindle
their valor sufficiently 20 hazard another
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
NELLIE QUINN .
BY J. E. TOWNE.

BY J. E. TOWNE.
Ny name is Nellie Gunn.
And my race is nearly run.
For | fiirted, for fiirted.
They sent me off to school.
They said | was no fool,
But / tiirted, but fiirted.
made the teachers trouble;
They said they saw n double
In my room. in my room.
Twas little Charlie Clark
just outupon a lark
To my room, to my room.
I'm sure meant no harm,
For he only put hisarm
Round my waist, round my waist
But the teachers turned me out,
And | went away to pout
Like flirt, like a flirt.
did not mend my ways,
For loved the Jolly days
When flirted, when | flirted.
Tilted Johnnie Jones,
Now the fishes pick his bOneF,
Cause flrted, cause HirLed.
re NtIi AWAY 10 sea-,
il foreign lands to be.
When | flirted, when | flirted.
He fell into the ocean.
The sharks tFey took a notion,
And they irted, and they hirted.
They took him for a dandy,
And swallowed him like brandy,
As they firted, as they tlirted
Oh. l want to go to sea.
And with the sh lrks to be.
When they flIrt, when they flirt.
Perhaps they'd have n notion
70 take me for "A otion,
When they firt, when they Hirt
Then I'd meet my Johnnie dear,
In the waters deep and clear,
And ia firt, o, never more.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
On Land and Sea.

The fashions of washing are many
Some nation pound the clothing
some dip them into boiling springs
woodsmen hing THEIRS in running
brooks, Will sailors tow their cloth
ing behind sailing ships, after cover
ing it with salt water soap. None OF
these methods are really effective.
A cIeanlv and easy wash can best
he had with Brussels soap, which is a
foe to dirt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
Old Saws for Out of Doors.

Modern writers have the following:
An old cart well used may outIast a
new one abused. He has changed his
one eyed horse for blind one. Tim
was SO learned that he could name a
horse in nine languages; SO ignorant
that he bought COW to ride on. The
wolf sheds his coat once a year. his dis
position never. The eagle snatches a
coal from the altar, but it fred her
nest. Subtility set tap and caught
itself. Jack Little sowed little and lit
tie he'll reap. He may well win the
race that runs by himself. A wolf eats
sheep but now and then, ten thousand
are devoured by men,
Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander,
Hath as lasting fame as his master
&C. e. Fiddler in Boston Transcript.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
Making silk from wild Hemp.

Nayemura Sakusaboro, druggist, OF
Hikone, in Omi, japan. after many
years of experiment and patient re-
search, has succeeded in converting
wild hemp into substance possessing
all the essential qualities of silk. Moth
ing is said about the process, but it is
asserted that a trial of the thread has
been made at the silk weaving estab-
ish1nent in Kioto and other factories
with excellent results in every case.
The plant in question grows wild on
moors and hillsides. It's fiber is strong
and glossy, in no wise inferior to silk
when properly prepared. Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
The Zeal Colors of Metals.

We do not always see objects pre-
cisely in their natural colors; the white
light which falls upon them is com
posed of the seven tints of the solar
spectrum Tor rainbow, and when a
body reflects yellow light, for instance,
it absorbs all the other colors, but this
absorption is never complete in a first
reflection, so that the light reflected
from a metallic surface is mixed to a
certain extent with undecomposed
white light In order to see the pre-
else color of a metal, the light of the
sun must be reflected from it to a sec
ond surface of the same metal, and
from this second piece to third and
so on, until we obtain a tint which
does not change by further reflections.
In this experiment the undecomposed
white light is all absorbed, and the
true color of the metal is seen. In this
manner gold is seen to be of a brilliant
orange color; copper, nearly carlnine
red; tin, pale yellow; silver, white;
lead, blue, etc.-Chambers' Journal.
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How Peruvians Keep Their Cow

The Peruvian COW Lives high" When
householder purchases q ctlf he has
her conveyed to the roof of hiS residence,
and there she remains until she is
brought down as dressed beef. The rea-
son for tins peculiar style in dairying is
the lack of confidence with which each
man regards his neighbor. The old max
i'm of safe bind, SAFE find" is thoroughly
appreciated by Perrvians.
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Almost a Native.

Englishman-I am surprised to learn
you are an American! Surely you are
not native of the United States, are
you2
Anglomaniac (apologetically) -Wel.,
I-er-that isl was born here, you
know.-Kate Fields Washington.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12

ATTLES with In
dams were taken
for granted in the
d V e lopment of
the wild west. In
fact historical lit
erature, from the
time of the earli-
est settlements, is
filled with thrill
ing stories of en-
counters with saw
ages. Now a n d
then one appeaIS
with novel force
to our apprecia-
ton of the daring
and endurance of
the fighting men
of the border. and
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
MISCELLANEOUS
R . g -
FOR SALE.

In closing out my miscella-
neous business, | again find my
self with considerable property
that L have no use for. | have
heretofore found the columns
of the NEWS AND CITIZEN a
very excellent medium through
which to reach the people of
Lamoille County when | had
anything to offer, and / again
come to it's readers as in days
of yOre with my offerings. They
are as follows:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
The Wny tn Attpoct

Advertisements should be attractive.
flrst captlyate the eye. The eye is the
sentinel Of the will. Captivate the SEN
tlnel and you captivate the will. The
teet follow the eyes. 1t is the untiring,
unrem1tted, everlasting, never take-no-
tor-an-answer appeal to the eyes of the
people that brings trade.-Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
A "PsaIm" OF Bnsiness-

n Psalm" of Business.
Zen me not in mournful numbers"
Advertising doesn't pay,
for the mans non compos mentis
VINO would such absurd things say,
Life is reall Life is earnest!"
And the man who hopes to rise
To eminence in any calling
Must expect to advertise
In the worlds broad field of battle.
In the conflict Of real life"
Advertising is the magnet
or achievements in the strife,
LIVES or rich men all remind us,
Ne can make our own sublime"
Ana oy liberal advertising
To the highest summit climb
Let us, then, be up and doing"
IN TINS Sheet your ads insert;
gun achieving, still pursuing
Business then will be alert
Exchange
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12
One w erik Horse

Eight years old, chestnut color, weighs
about $50 lbs. This has been a valuable
horse but by standing too long in the stable
has become tender forward. Two years
ago he was worth 5000. Would not
have sold him for that money. To-day
[ will sell him for SS5.
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News and Citizen
MORRISVILLE and HYDE PARK,
Thursday, February 2. 1891.
COT. FORSYTH'S FIGHT.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE WITH RED
SKINS DACK IN THE SIXTIES.

Nine Hundred Savages Against Fifty
Volunteer Scouts-Death of a Hero,
Lieut.. Eeecher-A Cheyenne War Chief
Killed While Leading Grand Charge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12

It's economical-Brussels SOAP.
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MERIT WNs-We desire to say to our citi-
zens that for years we have been selling DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and Electric BitteIs, and have never handled
remedies that sell we'll. or that have given
such universal satisfaction. We do not hest
tate to guarantee them every time, and We
stand ready to refund the purchase price if
satisfactory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great popu-
larity purely on their merits. A. o. Gates,
druggist.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-02-12

The senior proprietor of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years which were sure to lay him up if not
doctored al once He finds that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is reliable. 1t opens
the secretions relieves the lungs and restores
the system to healthy condition. Iftreely
used as soon as the cold has been contracted.
and before it has become settled in the
system. it greatly lessons the attack and
often cures in Il single day what would other
WIS., have been severe cold.-Northwester
Hotel Reporter Des Moines, Iowa. so cent
bottles for sale by A. O. Gates
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Copyright by American Pre-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-11

BuDdruuRT, Conn, April 10Th.
VIII VI the late T.. \. Barnum was read
NJ Maranna Immediately aftar the IA.
neAl today. The wealth OF the great
Snowman II estimated at over s. 900.
0np. lie give his wife slU1,01u ab.o.
lutvly and $4,000 annuity. lie DO.
quc,ihs 10 the Fisi universnllst church
Of this city Sl5,0 for providing preach.
ing and other services recognized by
the United states convention In con.
iormiiy 10 the faith of univsrsali,m,
He h,quenthS to Caroline &. Thomson,
Of New York, 100000; Clinton II,
Seely, his grandson, $4,000. In the
same c0dicii he states he has no mai,
heir named Barnum and provides that
II Clinton A. Secly will change hi.
name 10 Clinton Barnum.seuly hp
will give him $4,000 more. The
contract between iiArnum anil
Bailey shall be- enforced AMI three Dor
cent. Of his share In the show IL given
10 Clinton Barnum .,serly providing Inc
will devote sufficient time IN the In.
tercst " the show TO carry II on sue.
ccsslully. II the sum reaches over
$4,000 year the balance goes 10 his
estate. To Mn. Henry Buchtclle, Of
Denver, hcgives iO5 acres ut valuable
land In Denver. To Treasurer Fish u
the great show isboquoathed . per cent.
Of the profits, providing he remains NJ
tue emu u five year,, IN addition 10 his
present salary. The rcsiduary estate,
after the payment OF requests IL divi.
ded among his children anu grand
children. 10 Tufls college he be.
queaths $4,000. To universallst
societies ana institutions, To hospitals
and asylums In various cities, $50, 900
Is leit. Any contestants " the viii n
10 be cut oil. The last cOdlcllc, dated
March 10, 1881, provides that hi. .x.
ccuters shall complete u new historical
and scientific building In this city, the
SAINT 10 cost 81 %, 900.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-11

CANVASS POSTPONED.
10th Parties In Chicago Charge Each
Other with Iraud.

CHICAGO, April iO.-owing TO the
absence ~ Attorney Sugg, the Board
Of Election Commissioners postponed
tho canvass today until Tomorrow
morning. Both Republicans and
Democrats continue TO charge each
other with fraud In more or less definite
ways.
Colonel Nye, chairman OF the Re.
publican Camphign Committed. nc.
coinlanied by States Attorney Long.
necker, today applied To Judge ruthiil
for bench warrant for the arrest OF
Dennis Shcehan, democratic Judg.
Of election, who IN said TO hav. broken
up the ballot box after the poll- had
closed ON election day. The Judge at
once signed the warrant aud II was
given 10 a deputy 10 serve.
Ex.Mayor Harrison has Joined forces
with the republicans In the fight
against Cregier before the election
board. He talks vigorously about frauds
perpetated 10y the Cregier forces, and
says lie will Subscribe literally 10 ferret
out the alleged frauds aud punish tho
perpetrators,