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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
How to Hang a Picture.

Never put a sombre-colored picture
in the shade. Put it where the light
will fall upon it, says The Ladies'
Home journal. Between two win
dows place pictures with light back
grounds that will stand out the more
prominent by reason of their dark
surroundings. Hang the big pictures
first, in suitable positions, and group
with smaller ones in two rows in be.
tween. Be careful that the pictures
do not conflict in color. Use your
own taste in this. 1t is impossible to
give any brief rule on the subject.
Hang the pictures on level with the
eye, unless they be, as some are, pic
lures which should be looked up to.
Place small pictures in corners and
alcoves. Over doors place large and
unimportant canvases, anything that
looks well. Water-colors may be
hung on the same wall with oils when
framed in gold, but not when framed
in white White margins on etchings
and engravings don't go well with
oils. The main light should be on
the picture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Grants Fealty to Friends.
HOW HE REINsTATED THE SON oE ,
OLD COAIRAnE In nEIrIc,r,

HOW HE REINsTATED THE son OF Al
OLD CoMRADE IN OFFICE.
"Of the most prominent traits il
Gen. Grants character" said Col. II
X: Mathewson of Washington to :
Plttsburg Dispatch reporter. wher
the conversation turned on the late
president, "was the steadfast man.
ner IN which he stuck to his friends.
can recall a case which illustrates
that. In 1873 the term of a western
senator expired, and before leaving
washington he secured a position in
thepostoffice department for his only
son, bright young fellow whose only
failure was an indulgence in an occa-
slonal spree. Marshall Jewell was
then postmaster-general, and he had
! appointed the boy. After a month
or so OF work he went on a spree and
underits effects he resigned his posi-
tion. When he had straightened nm
and reolizsd his trick his heart was
broken; out of money, out of place.
with wife and child to take care Of
he didn't know where to turn. All at
once he thought of Gen. Grant, and
off he went to the White House. His
acquaintance with the attaches read
lily procured him an audience with the
president, to whom he made a clean
breast of the whole affair.
"Can you stop drinking?" asked
the president.
Yes sir, replied the young man.
"'Will you promise me not to touch
drop pot anything Intoxicating for a
year,"
Eyes, sir" came the answer.
Taking card, Grant wrote: ''The
postmaster-general will please rein
state Mr.. - to his clerkship i'm the
postotfice department. u. s. g." He
handed this to the son of his old
friend, and told him to be a man.
The young man was soon in the
postmaster-generaPs office. The of
ticlal slowly read the card. "There is
no vacancy" he said. 81 have filed
your place. However. put an applica-
ton on file, and it will be considered
in its turn" The clerk returned in a
detected mood to the White House.
He said there was no vacancy, did
lie sdlu Une president, "and told !
you to file an application, eh? Well, !
you can't file that wife and baby of !
yours, can your" Grant took the |
card and wrote on the reverse side:
. You make vacancy or / will"
1.-The president of the United States |
can have my resignation if he desires |
it, said the postmaster-general tes-
tlly, when the message was handed |
him, "but he cannot put you in this
department while l am at the head of
it,"
The now thoroughly discouraged
suppliant for Office once more return
ed to the White House and told
Grant what the postmaster-general
had said.
Take this young man over to the
navy departments" said the presi- |
dent to a clerk whom he called from |
an adjoining room, "and say to Sec |
retary Robson that / desire his ap
pointment as clerk" This time the
was made.
There was n cabinet council next
- .t-,1 &C., -1--1 e. ~.-..~
rendered the postmaster generals
resignation. The clerk? He kept his
promise, and is to-day a respected,
sober man.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
A PerseYering Reptile.

NJ r. Beasley, who lives six or
seven miles from Starke, was return
ing from town with his wife when the
buggy ran over a rattlesnake. The
enraged reptile, in trying to get to
Mr.. Beasley and his wife, got entang-
led in the wheel, and was turned over
and as he fell forward he made a des-
perate effort to bite the horse, but by
that time the animal was making
good time under the whip, and fortu-
nately jumped the reptile. The snake
not being satisfied with the result ot
his fight, followed Mr. Beasley nearly a
quarter of II mile, when b. Haynes
came to his rescue, and, after some
thirty minutes, they succeeded in kill
ing the monster, which measured
fourteen feet and had twenty-thret
rattles and one button. His hide il
now stuffed, holding a half-bushel o
! bran.-Exchange.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Man and the Locomotive.

Locomotives spark nights; so do
men.
Asmokinglocomotiveis is a nuisance;
ditto man.
Water is good for oralocomotive a try
it on man.
A dead locomotive has no pull !;
dead man same.
A locomotive is noisy when she is
hot; so is man.
When a locomotive gets too full she
lays down; men do.
AS alocomotive changes from warm
to hot she prespires; and a man.
On Il damp, dark night a locomo-
tive is slippery and treacherous; man
too.
A locomotive is always hot when
there is an ''Injin-near;" heap so
white man.
A locomotive that is always out
nights soon becomes faded; we have
seen faded men.
A locomotive, when run by night,
should always have a pilot; man
should have two.
A locomotives draft is governed by
petticoat; the drafts of men are Of
ten affected by the same influence
Western Railway.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Grand Army Notes.

Florida has twenty one GranC
Army posts.
Thirty thousand Canadians served
in the Union army during the late
war.
The Detroit Journal estimates that
G. A. r. visitors left $2,5OO,OOO in
that city.
The departments of Rhode Island
and Massachusetts, g. A. R., are mus
tering new posts.
There have been ten new posts
mustered into the department of
New York G. A. r., one being at To-
ronto, Canada, since July 81.
Not a post has been reported de-
linquent during the past three years
in the department of Wisconsin.
Certainly a splendid showing.
The comrades of the Grand Army
i'll all sections are alreadymaking ar
rangements to attend the national
encampment to be held in Washing
ton, d. C., in September, 1892.
1t took 100000 feet of lumber, 49,
900 yards of canvas and one and
One-half tons of tacks to construct
the cots for the use of the veterans at
the Detroit encampment; $4,000
mattresses and 1000 towels were
also furnished.
Colonel Edmund Rice has been
awarded by the secretary of war
a medal of honor for conspicuous
bravery on the third day at Gettys-
burgh" with the nineteenth Massa-
chusetts volunteers. The medal has
been forwarded to Chicago, where
Colonel Rice is serving on the staff of
General Miles.
The quarterly report of the wom-
ems relief corps of the department |
of Massachusetts gives a member |
ship of l ,279. The amount expend- |
ed in relief is 81 ,122.S4 the estimat-
ed value of relief, other than money,
is $339.16, and the amount turned
over to posts, $S70.24, making $2,-
300 total for relief. The Collingwood
corps of Plymouth is still the banner
corps in the department, with men,
bership roll of 273; General Lander
corps of Lynn comes next with list
of 25S; corps 6S of Dorchester has
252 members and the corps at Wor-
cester has 246.
Euphraim Story, Westervelt, Neb.,
having seen claims of comrades as to
fighting families. says that he is one
Of six brothers who served in the I'm
ion army during the late war for
three years, and but four of this num-
Der came home. Euphraim, Solomon
F. and A. B. Story were members of
E, twenty-first Iowa, while
James B. served in the third Iowa
cavalry, and p. r. in the one hun
1red and sixteenth Illinois, and w.
B. in the first Nebraska. Three of
5hese brothers served in the war with
Mexico. He had also three brothers
n-law in service, two of whom never
reached home.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05

Girls of a marriageable age do not
like to tell how old they are, but you
can find out with the girls help, by
following the subjoined instructions,
the young lady doing The figuring
Tell her to put down the number OF
the month in which she was born,
then to multiply it by 2, then to add
4, then to multiply it by so, then to
add her age, then to subtract 800
then to add 165, then tell her to tel
YOU the amount she has left. The
two figures to the right will tell you
her age and the remainder the month
of her birth. For example the
amount is 922, she is % years old
and was born in the ninth montl
(September.) Try it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Twenty-nine Years With a Bullet i'm
His Brain.

Charles C. Borowsky, for % years
a stationary engineer in Sioux City,
Ia, died recently of inflammation of
the bowels. Twenty-nine years ago,
while in the army, he received a pistol
wound in the left side of the mouth,
and since then he has suffered intense
pain in the head when lying on the
right side or when STOPPING over. Be
fore his death he requested that a
post mOrtem examination be held to
ascertain the location of the bullet.
This was done, and the bullet was
traced from the mouth upward into
the orb of the left eye and then down
and back through vital parts OF the
brain, where it was found encysted
in a membraneous sac. Physicians
declare the case unparalleled.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
Advice for the FastIuIous.

Certainly, the bananas oughtnever
to be peeled entirely and the skinned
fruit taken in the fingers. This is
not nice at all. 1t is admissible to
peel the fruit gradually, eating as it
is peeled; it is better in this case, to
nearly sever the mouthful with the
fruit knife before attempting the bite,
as it is never elegant to leave the
print of the teeth in any article of
food. Very dainty folk, however, OBJ
ject even to this way of eating the
fruit, as after one or two mouthfuls
the skin hangs over the hand in an
undesirable way. Such prefer to cut
the banana through longitudinally,
skin and all, and then with spoon or
fork, preferably the former, take out
small portions at time.-NeT York
Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

l. ANY person who takes paper regular.
ly from the offiee-whether directed to his
name or anothers, or whether he has sub
seribed or not-is responsible for the pay
ment.
2 If person orders his paper discontin-
ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub
Usher may continue to send it until payment
is made, and collect the whole amount, wheth-
er the paper is taken from the office or not
B. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postoffce, or removing and leaving them un-
allied for, is prima facie evidence of fraud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
LOVING WORDS.

Loving words will cost but little.
Journcying up the bill of life,
But they make the weak and weary
Stronger. braver for the strife
Do you count them only trities?
What to earth are sun and rain?
Never was kind word wasted,
Never one was said in vain.
When the cares of life are many,
And its burdens heavy grow
For the ones who walk beside you,
Ifyou love them tell them so.
What you count of little value
Has an almost magic power,
And beneath the cheering sunshine
Hearths will blossom like a flower.
So. as up life's hill we journey,
Let us scatter all the way
Kindly words, to be as sunshine
In the dark and cloudy day.
Grudge no loving word, my brother,
As along through life you go,
To the ones who journey with you;
If you love them, tell them So
WOman's Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
FARM FOR SALE !

Owing to the advancing years of
my father, | have purchased the
farm owned by him for many years
past, near Hyde Park village. Hav-
ing neither time nor ability to car
ry it on properly, | will sell it at
much less than its value.
To those who are acquainted
with the place no commendation
is necessary. For the benefit of
those who are not, say it is one of
the best farms on the Lamoille
River. 1t has a meadow nearly or
quite one mile in length, and
nearly as level as a floor. 1t was
in a fair state of cultivation when
purchased by my father, and du-
ring the many years that he has
owned it he has been constantly
improving it, until it is to-day one
of the most fertile farms on the
Lamoille River. The dwelling is
a good two-story house, in an ex-
cellent state of repair and pleas,
antly located, and the barns are
fair. 1t would cost $500 at least
to build the buildings to-day
The larger part of the farm is
in Morrlstown, where taxes are
comparatively low The balance
lies contiguous to Hyde Park vii
lage, where there is an academy,
court house, two banks, printing
office, steam mill, hide house, and
sundry stores, railroad depot, etc.,
all of which are within d to Il
mile of the farm. The place is
now offered for $4,000. 1t was
sold few years since for $1,000
1t contains 200 or 2I5 acres, but
if desired will reserve a part of it
Terms for payment will be made
easy to any one who can either
pay or secure $1,000.
CARROLL S. PAGE.
Hyde ParG, VT, Feb. 70, 'oI.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05

A plant costing $4,000 has been
built mt Pittsburg to make coal gas
az substitute for natural gas.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05

Eight thousand coal miners of
Pittsburg want an increase of one
half q cent q bushel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
IT IT EnSTER
i A. ROBINSON.

DFNTAL SURGEON, MoRRIsvILLE, VT.
IL Oficeopen Sundays from II to P. NJ for
extracting Patients from out of town, please
make engagements bv mail in advance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
HALL & JOHNSON,
T. N. RAND & 60

COMMISSION MERCHANTS and Wholesale
~ Dealers in Country Produce Butter, Eggs.
Potatoes. Fruits. Sc. COnsign ents solicited.
Corner of Granite and Essex Streets,
HAVERHILI. MASS.
+. N. RAND. b. f. IEIGHrON. j. WEBSTER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
1. NJ. GEORGE g. co.
A A. NILES.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, WORTHWHILE, VT.
IN Agent for Life and Fire Insurance. In
suranee placed at lowest rates. Also Pension
Claim Agent. Collections speciality.
OFFICE IN HALLS BLOCK
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
BUSINESS CARDS.
LII. N. WAITE. M. ID.

NEW YORK and Vermont References. Reg
~ ular Physician and Surgeon. Special at
ention given to the treatment of Chronic and
Nervous Diseases. Office and Residence per-
manently located JOHNSON. VERMONT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
A DONATION PARTY.
Woman's Journal.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

II can't say believe in these here
donation parties" said Mr.. Gregory
grimlv.
eff we can't afford to pay our min.
lister in good hard cash, than, | say
we hadn't ought to indulge in the lux.
ury of having one at all II"
Deacon Miles smiIed-a hard, hyena-
like smile.
'It's the custom, ;" said he. "Ard
we'd ali ought to do our duty"
''But | hain't nothing to give, -
pleaded the honest farmer. "Crops
has been short this year, and | never
felt poorer in all my born days!"
"There's them russell apples of
yournI" suggested the deacon.
"Oh, good land O Goshen !" said
Mr.. Gregory. "Aint fit to feed to the
pigs!"
"Do not speak hastily, Brother
Gregory" said the deacon, sancti-
moniOusly.
Il do not in the least doubt but
that, to our clergyman. all the goodly
fruits of the earth will be useful and
acceptable" q"
| DdC IIlClI ctlL@ SOcdiJ; oc'lh WI
Gregory, with a grimace. "Ilike Mr..
COrbin, and I'd like to give sOmethin'
worth havin' to the donation. ButI
can't. And that's how I'm situated
exactly!"
The deacon smiled again-the same
adamantine, dentists showcase sort
of smile, and went home to pick out
the leanest of his fowls, the sourest
and hardest of his dried apples, the
most questionable bag of last sea-
sons buckwheat to make a gift offer
ing to the Lord. For the deacon was
a thrifty and well-to-do individual,
with money in the bank and a con-
veniently elastic conscience. And he
was already planning to do a little
''seriOus" matchmaking, whereby
he might foist off his hard-visaged
daughter Prudence, wkp had Just
passed her nine-and thi h summer,
upon the new ministS 10 luckily
'"t'@l"t' {" slar%"n"n i "~,,1 "T1a ..con
piously, 7ean greatly &c the
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-05
PENSIONS !!

Hyde ParG, VT, Feb. 70, 'oI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-02
PERSONAL.

The uBregcnerfc Western press dcrides Presideu
Eliot's remark that university life Is one ot mans
most precious blessings
Brooke Herford was last week accorded a biz
reception by the townsfOlk Of Wayland where hs
has made his summer home for six years. the
affair assuming the Character VI farewell demJnstrt
ton.
Chief Justice Fuller is defendant with Levi l.
Letter, in suit brought by Chicago woman, Who
alleges that an excavation for quotations on Land
owned by either the Judge MI. Letter Is under.
mining her building. The courts have eaiOncd Tho
further erection VI the proposed wall.
To illustrate ex-senator Ednuuds'> generous instincts
and modest ways Burlington correspondent Of The
Boston Globe" tells this story: few weeks ago
poor English woman left widow with small
children, and after paying ~ eral expenses had
nothing LETT to pay her fare home, where she would
be cared for. lady, whom VIC will call Mrs. A.,
who knew the circumstances. one morning personally
presented the case TO her friends. senator Edmuds
was exceedingly busy, bur subscribed more tam any
ore else. That evenln2 the sclaOr, In his historic
express wagon, with wheel painted u different
color from the rest, drove up 70 Mis- As mounted 90
steamer trunk which nc lifted out and cirricd In
with valise and several other aItiees essentla! -
comfortable travelling, among which Was o. lness
and best English travelling shawl 70 DC bought IN
burlington, merely saying a. The p90r 'yonal wa,
alone she might forget some ltt.e lHinSs WIN "ci'
convenient, ana grove OH.
story Is now in circulation to the effect that
Philadelphia gentleman, whose name Is coneea'H un'
der cover Of Mr.. Grard" was of great assistance 70
the Russian Grand Duke Michael in promoting the
latter's marriage Mr. Girard' aud his wife ven
staying IN France the time, nsshfonack ~
SORT and the Grand Duke there also, living m
cognito friendship developed between him and Mr.
Girardn He told the Americans all about the Cars
disapproyaI Of his attachment for the lovely young
woman who afterward became Tie Grand DUCHESS
and Mr. Girardn and his wife became much Inter
ested The young lady and her mother were lncited
were able 10 meet under the "Glrard' roof. Event
ualIy the Phadephian and his wife arranged 10 have
the wedding performed secretly In m Italian city W
a Russian priest, and " Mr.. Girard" even we1t "
st. Petersburg convert some OF the Grand DUKE :
property into money and bring il back 20 the royN
Russian who was perforce an exile while In disayof
with the Gar who had endeavored vany I'd pcrsusos
the Grand Duke to marry another lady
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-02
PALHERS 1HEATLE.

A dramatic event of uncommon importance " uD
public will sgnaze the first week OF N0veinoer-sh's
with the beginning of that week MI rainier re'i'''
the charming play Of Aabama' and opens MS housc ~
a stock theatre. This proceeding VIII marx t'e e'N
of the combination business at one Oh the mus 'A
portant theatres In America. From TINS uihe io'"'e
palmer,s Theatre will be-n policy and In organization
and conduct-what walacks Theatre was, ana snSs
Days Theatre and the Lyceum Theatre are 1neAus
for the representation Of the best plays thst oan
obtained by the best stock company tliat its na""s
can assemble This important step mas not ulu, ~" ~
haer feasible When Mr. Palmer took Walaek'
Theatre he took ii with a burden OF uniuilueu e"sae
meuts and at the same time his st0cA coihP""'
employed at the Madison square. fhose ens"s 80.
have been fulfilled and the Madison squa HA
delegated TO another manager for different
Mr. palmer Is able now 10 concentrate his strength upon
Palmcrs Theatre, and no doubt lie VIII snn 80.
theoretically dispute with all contestants inc ~"'
shin of the Intellectual drama in TINS capIdL
II is a long time since the deyotees OF 'ic 49, 49,
have heard such good news as THIS Inc eie "a
of Alr. Palmer as o manager, his good juosn"
MAYS his sagacity in casting them, his pnons ~.
his ambition 10 excel In good works. anu 'D' - ga
20 make sacrifices for a worthy object "e'o ''e 80,
nroyed. IL will be pleasant this veteran VIZ"
advancing unrestricted In the right heiu VI - h.s
enterprise The stock company principe - "a
princlple on which theatre can be co1auSN
Is not always strictly practicable, because 81
actors will sometimes appear aud VIII IAssu ,sS. n
their associates either in ability or charm snu ,hs
popularity and value. But II is PRECURSORS ps,m.r.
main and il leads excellent results. ne prsstcal
pursuing il as best he can, VIII carry uS Ss IN this
Support OF a multitude OF admlrng niea% services
community, who remember his Iabofs s nd H. lrs
and who know his sterling chaIae yer aD o ALABAMA
ability and rare experience and equipment on ,s ast
is delightful piece. IL was successor, Me- u vii
night and IL has been successful ever su. hat Apes
lie reproduced with the original cast eAsep' slcks vii
BOOTH Will replace May Brooklyn ana os' IN psipied
repace MIR Woodruff. New scenery n1 " kmcah
for the reproduo ton-n part BY Mr. honw ,s Of other
but mostly by Mr.. MaTston Inc poss ~ beea COZ,
American PLAYS, 20 follow Alabama ms n character
sdered-pays that is TO say, OF sAniei'Iis gems "
and life. This Is attractive neia; a. xin prove
promise much. Everybody hopes wa. uch ss >" ny.
fertile not OF raw and crude ehsscS
potter OF Texasr-whch makes the hhet1 a dissrsee
ioathsome and the theatre nuisance sa ,h iupastna
hut of truthful pictures that are vitahLso ans
ton beautifed with the element ., ,ososrsph Is
dcnlhed with the ideal touch Inc P'''
little wanted as the carlcaturc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-02

this great city at Albany and the legislative board
at our City Hail. Tammany is to be judged
fairly and properly by the characters and reputa-
tions of majority of its candidates for the State
Senate, Assembly and Board of Aldermen. It's
State ticket is singularly weak and open to re-
proach in comparison with that OF the Republi-
cans: but its candidates for the Senate, the AS
sembly and the Board Of Aldermen are in many
cases so degraded and dishonest that they ought
now TO 0e occupying cells in our State Prison.
rather than appealing to voters for their sup
port. II is amazing beyond expression that
NEWCOMERS who in every other relation in life
insist upon integrity clean hands and clean
living are willing to make their beds in this
campagn with such crew as the Tammany
gang has put forward for candidates for the
Senate, Assembly and Board of Aldermen.
If the voters of this city and State desire to
stimulate corruption and infamy in municipal
government; if they wish to give more license
to immortality and criminality in every form
if they prefer to encourage murder and muir
derers il they choose to degrade the fair fame
of this city and innict lasting injury upon it,
they will vote for the Tammany candidates to-
morrow, both on the State and local tickets
If they wish to do all in their power to restore
this city to its proper place among the great
cities of the world they will vote for the Re-
publican candidates.