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, 1891-03-11
TELE G. M S
ST. CROIX STANTON.


New York, March 6th-Latest news from
Canada states that the Government have won
with o majority from 10 to %. There are
Z seats still unreported. 1t is generally tcon-
sidered that a majority of 20 is too marrow,
and therefore may necessitate another cleo
ton.
New York, March 7th.-London news states
that Mr.. Gladstone will issue an electoral pro-
gramme. If the Irish champion is to be Mr..
Parnell the English Liberals abandon Home
Rule.
Mr.. Robert Lindsay Antrobus, the junior
partner of Coutt's Bank, has committed sui
eide.
Vigorous efforts are being made to suppress
betting. The Paris police are attending the
racecoursos, and the infantry which are usually
present have been reinforced.
The returns for the Canadian elections show
1T Conservatives and 95 Liberals and 3 seats
undecided, of which it is probable the
Conservatives will gain 2. The English
press says the result is gratifying as q protest
against annexation.
It is reported that the CHILEAN insurgents
are short of ammunition.
The Argentine Government has suspended
business in Buenos Ayres for 2 days. 1t is
understood that a syndicate will lend the Gov
eminent $40, 100000.
Advices have been received stating that
Major Wissmann has punished an African tribe
in an engagement, ia which he killed 200,
wounded 60, and captured SO together with
much property.
London, March 9th.-The Postmaster Gene
raj stated in the House of Commons that un-
usual conditions warranted Sir Henry Blake's
detention of the "Orinoco."
New York, March 9th -Advices from
Queenstown state that several Parnellites have
sailed to the United States for the purpose of
raising funds.
It is now stated that the death of Mr.. Antrobus
was caused by an accident.
The Directors of the Bank OF England sup
port the Rt. Hon George Goschen's pound
note issue scheme on condition that the Bank
have the monopoly. The Country agents taking
the Banks deposits in the Consols as secur-
ity.
Paris news states that no disturbance has
occurred in the execution of the gambling
law, The Temps says that the Government
will reconsider the question of betting on
horse.
1T is reported that 100 'natives have been
killed by the French expedition on the Niger.
The Madrid Heraldo says that Spain and
Cuba are equally opposed to the annexation of
Cuba to the United States.
, 1891-03-11
(21st February.l J

The reference in the Governors Speech to
the possibility of Diamonds opening up a new
and unrivalled source of wealth to the colony,
arrival this mail Of a report from an expert
in London on a parcel of 638 stones sent BY
Mr.. Kaufman for analysis, Out of this
, 1891-03-11
ADVERTISEMENT.
attention.!

nHE undersigned having this day opened a
GROCERY BUSINESS in Com
pany Street, adjacent her Liquor Business, is
now prepared to supply both LIQUOR and
PROVISIONS.
The business is under the especial charge of
her Attorney who solicits the patronage and
inspection of the public generally.
Christiansted, St. Croix, 10th March 1891,
CATHRINE JENSEN,
PIP. LUDWIG JENSEN,
attorney.
, 1891-03-11

Owing to the prolonged and severe drought
which afflicted St. Croix last year, it has been
found necessary by the sugar-planters to i'm
port plant-tops to replenish their fields.
Large quantities have been received from
Nevis, Sandomingo, and St, Kits, at an
average cost of $3.50 per thousand. The St,
Kits plants are said to be the best of the
lot.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
Tree PLANTING,

L. W. Small, the wide-awake New
York correspondent of the Eastern
Argus. has this to say of tree-plant-
ing: In the state of Maine there are
thousands of acres of land which do
not pay their owner ten cents per
year. On every farm there are many
such acres which are entirely worth
less, over which the cattle range at
will Were these useless acres plant
ed with maple seeds, the owner would
by and by have a sugar orchard of
great value. Then why not plant
them? Because the time when the
trees would be valuable looks far
away, and the average farmer is not
long sighted man. The average
farmer will work harder than any
slave to save up money for his chill
dren, but he will not plant maple
seeds for them. He just won't, and
that's an end ont. My revered fa-
ther moved to his Cornish farm 5S
years ago. About % acres of that
farm are not worth % cents. Had
he then spent one day in gathering
maple or white pine seeds and anoth-
er day in planting them, those acres
would have paid handsomely. But
he did not see it. Nor does the pres
ent estimable owner see it, and so the
acres remain idle and worthless. And
to a greater or less extent the same
conditions exist on every farm in
Maine. Friends, the great fault
with the farmer is that he thinks he
knows all, and he despises any in
formation that a Getty feller" can
give him. The city business man
greedily lays hold of any good idea
which an outsider can give, but
where is the farmer who does not
laugh at such new ideas? The quick
est way to obtain a stable tree is
by planting a seed. That may seem
unreasonable but it is nevertheless
true. The transplanted tree will
grow slowly for years, but the seed
ling will grow rapidly and soon be
larger than its transplanted brother.
| have seen the experiments tried.
Any sensible man who knows some
thing about trees and who gives the
matter due thought will admit that
| am right. Plant seeds, friends,
plant seeds, select the smallest, but
see to it that you select the one or
the other.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
The Value of Alaska.

When Alaska was bought ther,
We're many who believed the United
States was throwing away 50. 700.
600 of good money Alaska was re
garded. as the Philadelphia Times
says, as a region of glaciers and mae.
! cessible mountain ranges. with some
fish not worth catching and little
timber that would not pay the cost
of marketing. 1t was thought that
its possession carried with il some
strategic value, but there were few
who believed that the bargain was
a good one from a pecuniary point
of view.
A recent census bulletin, however.
controverts all these ideas. The val
ue of seal skins since 1867. the wear
in which Alaska was acquired. has
reached So, 100000, and of other
furs, $16,0 0,000;a total for output
of $40, 100000. The salmon and
cod fisheries have netted $4,000. 900.
and the gold mines, $4,000. 600
making the total product ofthe terri
tory in the twenty-three years S63,-
100000.
Whatever may befall the seal fish
cries the income from the salmon
and cod fisheries is likely to be much
greater in the future than in the past.
The rivers fairly swan with sal
mon, and that the Columbian river
and its tributaries are becoming de-
pleted the canneries are moving to
Alaska. The cod fisheries of the
Pacific coast are only in their infan-
cy, but they are known to be very
valuable. About 100000 annually
is taken from the gold mines, an out
put that is likely to increase with the
decline of the gold deposits i'm Cali
fornia. There is a vast extent OF
gold producing territory in Alaska
awaiting development.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
Lock the Doors.

There are enough respectable immi-
grants from other countries coming
here to give us all the development
of new territory and manufacturing
establishments necessary. Let us
keep out the paupers, the criminals
the ignorant, the vicious. The first
step in the study ofthegreat problem
of the day is, therefore, immigration
Let us prohibit the landing of any
more immigration from Italy, Pol.
and, Hungary, or Russia, unless they
are men of intelligence. The law
must be strict and must be enforced
1t is the only way to give America
a chance to recover from the invasion
of the Observation-Disclosures In
quirer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
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, l 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 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 Morristown, 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 $4,000.
1t contains 200 or 2I5 acres, but
if desired will reserve a part of it.
Terms of payment will be made
easy to any one who can either
pay or secure $1,000.
CARROLL S. PAGE.
Hyde ParI, VT, Feb. 10, 'oI.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

AMERICAN WOMEN SHOULD Buy
AMERICAN GOoDs.-To Mrs. w. d.
Owen, wife of Representative Owen
of Indiana, are the following sensi-
BILE and patriotic suggestions credit
ed
| wish our women could be persuaded to
buy only American products. IL would be a
great benefit to the country at large, and at
the same time result in the growth of true
American spirit in women. Many of the
American goods are superior to the import
ed ones and are sold to us for foreign goods.
For one, object to being fooled in that
way, and if sensible women once appreciate
how easily this could be checked
and that the remedy is in their own hands,
while at the same time they could put mon
ey into the pockets OF their husbands and
brothers, they would start crusade in fa-
vor of purchasing only American goods, not
only silks, but ginghams, cambrics and
lawns; in fact, everything that goes into n
woman's wardrobe. To ask if an article is
imported is to make an opening for some
dry goods clerk to fool one, and no woman
likes to be made ridiculous. l know of prom
inent women who are of the same opinion,
and if a movemont was projected that was
made practical and seasoned with common
sense literally, there are plenty of women in
the country who would find time and inclin-
alton to give it sound support. BY all
means let us have american dry goods for
American women"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
ON TAKING THE COLLECTION.

| was taking my collection for the foreign mis-
sion work;
And believing it the practice on the part o
some to Shirk
From the clearest Christian duty-leavins
Others to sustain
The sublimest work of ages-in my preaching
was plain,
Rather personal in places, and, as people
sometimes say,
Struck out squarely from the shoulder. in the
good old fashioned way,
There were Testlessness and motion, quite un
usual in the pews:
Women re-arranged their bonnets, men had
trouble with their shoes
In the gallery all around me there was one
continual stir,
And large amount of coughing for that sea-
son of the year.
This but acted as a challenge on a nature
| such as mine
! So | rose to the OCCASION hewing closer to the
line,
| Uncle Ben, as his custom, gave the ser
mon earnest heed,
But his face wore some expressions that were
difficult to read
| discoursed upon the sutje,.tAs-a aued scoide,i
And pronounced a peroration OfeOnsiderable
power.
The collection was my first one and | natur-
ally believed
1t would reach handsome figure. | was
thoroughly deceived.
When the ushers gave the total they both
said with solemn face.
1t was far the smallest offering ever taken in
that place.
Full of weariness, rejecting on the selfishness
of men.
l went early Monday morning, up to talk
with Uncle Ben.
He was milking, and l asked him what the
bottom reason
That the people gave so little to the foreign
mission cause?
Try your hand at milking, parson," Uncle
Ben said, with a smile
"Take this JERSEY" and | sat down well
pleased to make trial,
Going at the business roughly, like novice,
pull tug, pound,
And that heifer in a moment laid me fat out
on the ground.
g Whoa, there, Bessiel Jump up parson; amt
hurt much? III brush your coat
Here's your hat" he said. l swallowed some
thing rising in my throat
Then he sat beside that Jersey, humming
some old fashioned air,
Milking, humming, and the creature stood
and never stirred hair.
g Well,' | said, regaining slowly caImness |
and a sweeter mood,
= Who would dream, to see that heifer, she |
would ever act SO rude"
Uncle Ben looked up and whispered It's a !
curious kind of trick,
How to get the milk out from her, and not |
have the creature kick.
Learn the lesson, parson, clearly; learn it |
here and learn it now
You must touch congregation gently as | |
touch this cow,
Lay your hands upon the people with a stroke |
as soft as silk
And you'll fill the plates with money as fill |
the pail with milk
REV. A. j. HoUGH
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

PROGREss At NICARAGUA.-It speaks
well for the success of the Mica.
ragua canal that it is being
! pushed in n business like and eco
Z hOnIiootI IIoinHcI-. a 4 I-s.IIatsss Gadfv-
iduals reaDed rich harvest from the
De Lesseps scheme, but at Greytown
no money is thus thrown away. The
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une quotes an old Panama canal
man as contrasting the closeness of
the management at Nicaragua with
the prodigality at the isthmus and
predicting the failure of the enter
prise through what he called two
penny economy. In the opinion of
most people this is good evidence
that the canal will be completed and
that, too, at a cost small enough to
make the investment a paying one.
The advantages which the Nicaragua
project has over that at Panama
are, in the opinion of the correspond
ent, a more healthful and moderate
climate, exposing the workers less
to disease, the absence of extrava-
gance in the prosecution of the work,
the fact that the work done comes
within the careful estimates of the
engineers, and the further fact that
the work is being performed with the
assistance of nature, instead of her
opposition, as was the case at Pan
anna. Practical common sense ap-
pears to be in command at Near
aqua, and that usually wins.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

BONE-DUsT AS A FERTILIzER.-Bone
dust, like barnyard manure, does
not Immediately yield up its nitro
gen and phosphoric acid to plants.
The bone phosphate of lime is insol-
uble in water, and but very slightly
soluble in water containing carbonic
acid The gelatine of the bones
would soon decompose in n moist,
porous, warm soil, provided it was
not protected by the oil and by the
hard matter of the bones. Steaming
by removing the oil, removes one of
the hindrances of decomposition
Reducing the bones as fine as posi-
BILE is another means of increasing
their ability. Another good method
of increasing the ailability of bone
dust is to mix it with barnyard
manure and let both ferment togeth-
er in Il heap. The bone dust causes
the heap of manure to ferment more
readily, and the lamentations of the
manure softens the bones. Both the
manure and the bones are improved
and rendered richer and more avail
able by the process.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
ConvIcts in the United States

A census bulletin gives statistics OF
penitentiary cnnvicts in each state i'm
proportion to population. In 1880,
out of a population of 50,000,000,
the proportion of convicts was 7O9
to each l, 100000 ofpopulation. In
1890 the proportion was 722 to the
100000. The population of the
United States in 1890 was 24.S6 per
cent: greater than in 1880. In 1890
there were PISS per cent. more con-
victs than in 1880. This shows that
the number of convicts has increased
2.42 per cent faster in a decade than
the population. OF the 45.233 con-
victs in penitentiaries in the United
State in 1890, the whites formed
67.53 per cent, and the colored
32.47 per cent. OF the 30,546 white
convicts, the native born represent
ed 1850 per cent and the foreign
born 23.79 per cent, while the place
of birth of 0.6l per cent was un-
known. The men formed 96.1 per
cent and the women 80 per cent.
showing 24.64 times as many male
convicts as misunderstanding Amer
lean.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

A WONDERFUL PICTURE PAPER.-It is not
surprising that in over 100, 900 households
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper il reg
ularly found. This weeks first page pre-
sents the first of n series of pictures Of Rep.
resentative Railway Men,; Barnum's funer-
al has n page; the retirement of Edwin
Booth, the actor, is signalized by nine pie
lures of him in various characters; the am.
ateur Photographic page is excellent; the
Pennsylvania strike has a page, and Carls
bad (Austria), the most noted health resort
in the world, has page and four columns
OF intensely interesting descriptive matter
Get it of your newsdealer for ten cents,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
A man who was afraid of thund

A man who was afraid of thunder
crawled into a hollow log as a place
of safety during n thunder storm.
The thunder rolled and the rain
poured down in torrents, and the
old log began to swell up until the
poor fellow was wedged in so tight
that he could not get out. All his
past sins began passing before him.
Suddenly he remembered he hadn't
paid his newspaper subscription, and
he felt so small that he was able
to crawl right out,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30


W. II. Pike. n brakeman on the
Central Vermont railroad, and re-
siding in Rutland, was struck by n
bridge soon after passing the station
at Mount Holly, the 10th inst. His
skull was crushed and he died at
about seven O'Clock.
A railroad meeting was held at
Brattleboro Saturday evening to
consider means of getting the balance
ct the $4,000 to insure a railroad
from the above place to Readsboro.
The necessary amount $1,000 was
subscribed for and the work of sur
veying has already begun.
c. Eugene, only son of Storrs T..
Noyes Of Montpelier, n locomotive
engineer who began his railroad ca
reer at the opening Of the Montpelier
X Wells River railroad, was killed in
n railroad accident at Holyoke,
Mass, last Tuesday and his body
was Inferred at Montpelier.
South Royalton is taking a boom.
A shoe company established there
six months ago has lust declared n
large dividend. Other shoe compan-
les are investigating the water privi-
leges upon the river running through
Tunbrldge, and there is a prospect of
this becoming the shoe center of Ver-
mont.
A Rutland family lost a child
Tuesday evening and after search
ing alone, called on the chief of no.
lice, who after looking around lit
tie thought he would step up TO the
house. He was informed that the
lost child had been found. IL was
fast asleep behind the stove all the
time.
Miss Gertie Walker of Windsor was
one of the successful contestants for
prizes offered by the Canadian Queen
for the greatest number of words
found in the words Dominion of
Canada" received by the publishers
of that magazine in any one day, and
has handsome silver tea set for her
painstaking effort.
To Daniel Dodge a native of Monk
ton, belongs the honor of inventing
the first machine for the manuiact-
ure of wrought horse nails. During
his minority he worked at black
smithing, and in n short time begun
studying on plan for making horse
nails by machinery. After 10 years
of study and experiment his ideas.
materialized in n practical form.
His first model made nails of a small
size copper or lead, and was patented
but was not n success. In 1855.
however, he produced a machine
which worked successfully, the funda-
mental principal of which are embod-
led in the horse-nail machine in use
to day. The Ausable Horse Nail
company of Keeseville, n. Y, was or
ganized in 1868 to operate them, and
gave keeseville a new era of prosper
ity. Mr.. Dodge, now al years old,
lives in Keeseville, n. Y, and has
reaped a good reward for his toll.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
NEWSPAPER LAWS,

L: Any person who takes paper regular
ly from the ofice-whether directed to his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
scrlbed or motifs responsible for the pay
ment. F'
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, whetb-
er the paper is taken from the office or not.
.. Ihe Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postonce, or 1emoving and leaving them un-
called Tor, is prins Eaeie evidence of fraud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
Hoonsklrts Again

may come into style, but IL Is hoped not.
The transformation which will bring back
that style of crinolines ought 10 hsindednite-
ly postponed. Transformations ia the health
of thousands of women throughout therouu-
try have taken place during the past few
years. Pale, hnggard, and dispirted. they
have become brighteyed and healthy. The
secret2 DIR. Pierce's Fuvorite Prescription.
which cures all those chronic "wcaknc-sos -
and distressing ailments peculiar TO women.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

Correspondents of newspapers
would make their items more intelli-
gible by writing the names of per-
sons more plainly, dividing their sub
iects up into paragraphs, giving
more space between their written
lines, and writing generally as though
blank paper wasn't scarce in their
neighborhood.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
Stop a. Minute Here.

Bradey phosphate s82 90 ton Qnpao phosphate
fresh goods this Best gTay timothy seed so per bu Ayke
bulk Seed Peas en Sanford Corn Sweet
King Tooth Harrow
In
MoriSvie
would
walking
Caland
For Hoes Shovs Spades every description
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30

Mr.. Barnum used to say that the
way to live to good old age was to
abstain from the use of intoxicants
and narcotics. He proved it we'll in
his own case anyway.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-04-30
PRAISE GOD, | AM WELL!
Lewiston. ME.. Der. %, 1890

LEWISTON, ME-, OCT. %, 1890.
DANA SARsAPARILLA Co. -
Geatiemen,-Fo For over ten years have
been great sufferer with weakness pecul=
lar to my sex. / would have for days ut q
time terrible bearing-dOwnf feel
ing. accompanied by great exhaustion
and severe pain in back and limbs.
| would go to bed fatigued, and rise IN the
morning moro exhausted than when l
retired. Often after rising | would have
a period of trembling, until at
last my nerves were in state OF complete
prostration. / would have little or no ap-
petite Almost constant headache,
accompanied by strange sensations, etc.
Such was my condition when first heard of
DANA'S SARSAPARILLA. Though L
am but forty three years of age, yet my
hair is gray, and look like person near
sixty years old.
While visiting my daughter, Mrs. Hardy,
in Bangor, Me-, she persuaded me to try
bottle of DANA'S SARSAPARlLLA,
and TO please her | did so. That bottle
helped me a little. The second one gave
me good appetite, and caused me to rest
better nights. I continued to use 1t, and
continued to improve, till | had taken
eleven bottles. And, praise God, ! am
WE'LL 1T HAS CURED ME! feel
like a new personl / have increased In
flesh from ninety-one pounds TO a hundred
and forty-six pounds, and enjoy life once
more. MY CASE Is A MIRACLE, and
] will do all l can to tell others.
Yours with respect,
ELIZABETH A BROWN,