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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
A Plea for Sheep.
DIroR News AND CITIZEN =

EDITOR News AND CITIZEN
No. HYDE PARK, Vt, Mar. %.
saw a notice in the News AND CIT-
ZEN q few weeks since that the de-
baters of the Farmers league at
johnson had been discussing the
old but nevertheless very important
question, "The Relative Profit OF
Keeping, as Farm Stock, Cows or
S - h the Veratts3 FaEmsr, at
Ir1Ssz Prices" 30, Gave
not stated the question in the exact
terms as it was given to them, but |
think the idea is the same. Cows or
sheep, which? | have no means of
knowing the decision of that august
assembly, as | think it was not pub
licly reported, but | wish at this time
to put in a word for the little sheep.
The fact is that for the average
farmer, for the past ten years, there
has been very little of actual profit
reported from either. | have kept
for ten years from one to twenty
cows-average, ten or twelve-and
except perhaps for an occasional OPP
portunity to make dollar by buy
ING and selling the profit has been
minus. have also kept during the
same time from forty to one hundred
sheep, and have been able to figure
a small profit every year so far. |
now have sixty breeding ewes, most
ly full-blood Shropshires, and their
grades, and n noble ram, recently
purchased of l.. b. Harris ofLyndon,
VT.
The principal trouble with sheep
farming is that since the "bonanza y
days of thirty or forty years ago,
when any one who was the owner of
n half-dozen little Merino sheep was
considered independent, and every
body was going to get rich at once
keeping sheep, prices ran up into the
hundreds, and even thousands of
dollars, and the result was, of course,
that the business was overdone. The
reaction was great, and instances
were not rare that when n hundred
or more dollars had been paid for a
sheep it sold for what it's pelt was
worth. Many men were ruined and
all suffered severely.
Every one became disgusted with
the whole business, and the poor
sheep that managed to SURVIVE, until
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

not good he felt nearer TO heaven
than when it was, and he slept on u
| bed of husks interspersed with many
fragments of cobs, rather rejoicing in
its hardness. Jerusha was, he knew,
worthy. She taught Sabbath-school
She was of value in the choir. That
she was unusually plain, and that he
| felt uncomfortable in her company
made him feel sure that she was the
very wife for him. He proposed in
form and was accepted without en-
thusiasm, and had had fourteen
years of anything but peace and
comfort. His home shone with clean
liness it is true, and his wife was 81
sort OF shining light in religious cir
cles, but his ways y troubled her
his near-sighted awkwardness, his
mild abstraction just as he was
troubled by her continual advice and
reproof; the clump of her inevitable
heavy shoes all over the house, and
her shrill voice, rebuking the servants
or remarking on his scattered papers,
wandering papers and bedaubed ink
stand, and the smears his scant but
Oily Ildu Oll uiIC
while the protecting tides had
dropped upon his STOPPING shoul-
ders.
They never had a quarrel, and
when she died he had the comfort
which long suffering with much pa
thence must give. But he did not
want to marry again; and who can
wonder?
He sat over his dinner long enough
to have eaten a state diuner that
evening, and he thought of what
Deacon Phillips had said and ofwhat
Elder Brown had hinted, laughing
and rubbing his hands as he spoke.
But he was not sure that u man
might not be very happy on this
earth, and still ready for the next,
as he used to be in those old days
when they had married him 20 Jeru-
sha. At least, if he must marry he
would take a wife whose face and
manner pleased him-one he liked.
And this thin face flushed as he
thought-for there had been "a throt-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

Those who take in payment ten
cent silver pieces and gold eagles will
do well to examine them before ac-
cepting them, as the counterfeiters
have been getting in their work.
The ten cent coin being so small, and
the counterfeiting being so skilmlly
done, they are taken by most trad
ers before detected. They are an tx
act counterfeit as far as the die is
concerned, but when dropped on a
hard counter they sound much like
pewter. The new silver quarters,
which have just been issued from the
mint, bear, when gold plated, a strik-
ing resemblance To the gold eagles,
and "shovers ofthe queer" have very
readily learned this fact.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
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
scribed or not-is responsible for the pay
ment.
2. If person orders his paper discontin.
ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub
fisher 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.
3. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from the
postofice, or removing and leaving them un.
c llled for is prima fscie evidence of fraud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

am afraid he did not know what h,
was reading, even while his lipi
were uttering Jobs oft-quoted speech
"The Lord gave and the Lord hati
taken away. Blessed be the name o
the Lord" " and with them closed the
book.
g l am obliged to go now" he said
confusedly. 81 am glad to see YOU
so comfortable. 1t was kind Of
Grandmother" shouted voice
from the kitchen door.
Don't yell so, child" replied the
grandmother.
I've got to. I'm too black to
come in" howled Peter, from afar.
"There's a letter up the stove-pipe.
It's all SCOT, but I've read il. It's to
Miss Parker, from Mr.. Tillinghast. "
Hold your tongue, Peter" cried
the old man.
"Oh, granny, it's alove-letter from
the minister" cried Peter.
"Hold your tongue, or I'll be the
| death of you'll" shouted the cobbler,
hobbling out of the room. The old
woman followed, with a flaming
countenance. Peter was heard to
shrek for mercy.
The minister stood opposite to
Margaret. They were alone.
You might have answered it, even
if you burnt it," lie said reproachful-
ly.
Indeed" said Margaret, 81 do
not know what you all mean"
81 presume" replied Mr.. Tilling-
hast, THAT it is the letter which |
wrote to you last March that Peter
has found in the pipe of the school
stove"
81 have not had any letter from
you, Mr.. Tillinghast," " said Margaret.
But as she spoke a remembrance of
the morning of the first of April
dawned upon her. elf burned one,"
she added, "It was quite by accident.
l do remember of burning some
some papers"
And just then the old people toddled
in together.
I've taken my slipper to Peter
said the old woman, "and his grand
father is cutting "A switch for him
and here, Miss, is the letter. I've
wrapped it in paper that it shan't {
muck your gloves. And / pray you
both forgive the lad, for he's but
young"
81 owe him no grudge," said the
minister, with a sparkling eye. "No
more flogging, please. Miss Parker,
| think we go the same way. Good
bye, friends"
And so the two walked out of the
little house together.
The shadows were long upon the
road, for the winter evening was set
ting in. He drew close to her and
looked down into her face.
You never read that letter, Peg
gy?" he said.
NO" she answered, in a whisper.
But you know what is in it very
well, F" said the man. "Many waters
cannot quench love, nor the seas
drown it. If man should give all
the substance of his house for love it
should be utterly condemned"
They walked on side by side. After
a while he took her hand and drew it
through his arm, and she let it lie
there.
And so the minister has a wife and
the parsonage n mistress, and every
one is quite content for good, fat
Mrs. Mapleson had never dreamed of
his intentions, or of matrimony.
And old Mrs. Simms was beyond
measure astonished when the scape
grace Peter was engaged as odd boy
at the parsonage.
Few would have forgiven you as
they have, Peter" she said to her
grandson. Mind, you do your
duty" But duty is what Peter would
have shirked.-N. Y. Ledger.
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In the Snrlnr

You should use DIR. David Kcnnedy's Favorite
Remedy TO purify your blood. Fcw people
estimate the Importance Of keeping the blood
in pure condition. This medicine when
fairly tried eNpels every trace OF Scrofuln,
Salt Rheum and Eczema from the system.
"Dr. kennedys favorite Remedy cured me
OF diseased ankle bone" Mrs. Belinda
Hodson, Haverhill, N. VI.
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MoRRIsVLE AND HYDE PARK VERMONT THURSDAY APRIL

tied romance in his life, and it was
coming too, getting it's breath again
after years of Inconsistencies.
$ Peggy Parker teaches the Honey
dale school yet, F" he said, softly. "I
saw her name in last years report
| Isuppose she sees mine occasionally.
II wonder"
He did not say exactly what he
wondered, " but he neither read wise
books nor wrote his Sundays SER
mon that evening, and late at night
sat at his desk writing a letter, which
must have been very difficult to com
pose, for the fragments of those he
had already written and destroyed
filled his waste-paper basket. The
envelope with which he finally cover
ed his production was addressed to
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
II IT EOSTER-

MANUFACTURER and dealer in all kinds of
Nk Marble and Granite. Work Guaranteed
as Good and Prices as Low as any in Vermont.
Portland Street. WORTHWHILE, VT.
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A. A. NILES.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, MoRRIsvILLE, VT.
IN Agent for Life and Fire Insurance. In
surance placed at lowest rates. Also Pension
Claim Agent Collections a speciality.
OFFICE IN HALLS BLOCK.
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IN GEORGE q CO.

/. NJ. GEORGE. J. l.. HARDING.
II COMMISSION MERCH MIS- in butter,
cheese, eggs, beans, poultry, maple sugar
and syrup. Also dealers in Foreign and Domes-
tic FRUITS Consignments solicited and orders
Solicited ia South Market St.. BOSTON Mass
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GEO. S. CAHILL, M. d.
A. w. SOULE.

SPECIAL Attention to diseases of the Eye,
= Nose and Throat. Glasses fitted. Eyes
examined free 50 Pearl ST.. BURLINGTON, vt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

lJkinds of Dental operations skillfully per-
formed. Special attention given to the painless
extraction Of teeth.
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VIM. w. GENGE. NJ. d.
r. A. ROBINSON.

DHYsICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to
H. DIR. Cooper. Calls promptly attended to.
HYDE PARK VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

MENTAL SURGEON, MoRRIsvILLE, VT.
- Office open Sundays from II to 1 p. n. for
extracting. Patients from out OF town, please
make engagements by mail in advance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14

recently, were not kept but simply
tolerated. And right here is the DIFF
fculty: the average farmer at the
present day has been taught by pre-
cept and example to regard the few
poor sheep kept for stocking-yarn as
q necessary evil, and they have been
treated as such. As soon as the
knobs begin to stick up through the
snow in spring they have been hit n
slap with the barn shovel and told
TO get their own living. And in the
iall an old dry pasture was good
enough for them until the deep snow
forced them to come to the barn or
starve, while the cows were taken
into fall-feed on or about October
lst, and fed fodder corn, etc. before
that. Nearly or quite all dairymen
feed grain to their COWS, and think
they must, in order toget any return
from them. And we read in all the
agricultural papers formulas for bal
anced rations, and statements from
Prof. $50 and so" how musk-narsau
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HALL & JOHNSON,

T. T. HALL 4. III. JOHNSON.
nHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Office
hours until A. NJ. from to and to z.
NJ Office at DIR. Halls 5 residence,
MORRISVILLE, VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
TERMS S1.5O.

though he were a natural curiosity
though he was thinking of something
very different; and then opened his
Bible and began the first chapter OF
Job, which good people are fond of
reading to those who have had
trouble; and the cobbler and his wife
were listening intently, when a rap
came at the door and it was pushed
open.
"May l come in?" said a soft
voice; and lady in a gray cloak en-
tered.
The minister looked up from his
pare 1t was too late for the lady to
retreat with dignity.
$50 on with your reading, sir, and
let me be one of your audience" she
said, calmly, as she took her seat.
And so, after long years of separa-
ton, the two lovers met again, for it
was Margaret Parker who had enter
ed. She sat in her gray cloak OPP
posite the reader, and her face grew a
little paler.~But the Bible shook in
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
G. w. DOTY,

DRACTICAL UNDERTAKEN. Finest goods
H. the market affords. Ice Dox and embalmer.
MoRRIsVILLE, VT.
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BlOOd=naking,
BlOOd=Cleansing,
Life=SuStainin2.

1t is the original Indian remedy for the blood,
stomach, liver, kidneys. and bowels. in common
use for a hundred years or more. Sl.00 bottle.
All druggists.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

e. III. BUSHNELL, M. ID.
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
JEFFERSoNVILLE Vt
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do SO now, although il has been my
intention to join when ! get ready. /
have some good sheep from import
ed stock and registered in American
Shropshire register. No doubt their
pedigree is fully as pure as any regis
tered with the local organization;
and | cannot understand why |
should be debarred from competing
for premium, if | so desire, at the
County Fair, or anywhere else. viii
the originators of the above quoted
rule please explain the why's and
wherefores, rs | presume Others be-
sides myself are similarly interested.
w. :. NEwCOMB.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

SPACE. RATE PER YEAR.
One column (26 6inches) .................. $1O4 90
0ne-half column (13 inches) .............. OO.OO
One-fourth column (6h inches) ......... 1000
One-sixth column (4h inches) ........... 1000
One-eighth column (3h inches) ......... $500
One-eleventh column (21h inches)...... 5000
One-sixteenth column Il % inches)..... 1900
One-twenty-sixth column Il inch) 20. 900
One-hfty-second column ~ inch) 80. 500
FRACTIONAL PAErs or TEAE oHAHoED A. FOLLOWS
One insertion, 1-10th -Four months, 5-1Oths
One month, 2-10ths Five months, 6-1Oths
Two months, 3-1Oths Six months. 7-1Oths
Three months, 4-1Oths Eight months, 9-1Oths
Business notices, 10 cents perline each inser-
ton, but no insertion for less than 30 cents.
Probate and Commissioners notices @ inser-
tions) $3.50. Liberntions. Estrays. &c. (3
insertions) 81 80. Legal notices 70 insertions)
10 cents per line. Cards OF Thanks, so cents
Obituary Notices, 5 cts. per line OF words.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-04-14
The Last First Of April.
Two important things had been

BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.
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: MISS MARGARET PARKER.

And as heglanced at the calendar for
the day of the month, a happy idea
occurred to him, and he dated it the
| fnllnminn darn-the haoinninn nl
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kickapoO
Indian SagWa

fair trial 1t is simple harmless, yet powerful and
unfaing prepared from herbs, roots and barks
gathered by the Indians Its ingredients are
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-27
GOwden Makes "A Race

Articles of agreement were signed yes
tert:ay between Johnny Cowden. Rock
Island s crack Splinter and Harry Hill
who is being backed by Davenporters for
a 100-yard sprint, which will BE- on
Wednesday, Oct. 5, either in this city or
Davenport. The match is for $500 side
Yesterday 500 was placed in the hands
of J. T. O'Connor. who is the stake
holder, and $3.50 more will be put up
next Saturday. the remaining amount to
be for Incoming On the day of the race.
According TO the agreement Shelf
field rules are to govern
the match, which will be from a pistol
shot start and will be run between 3
and o'clock, p. m. Hill as he is
known, claims to hail from nowhere in
particular but apparently has plenty of
backing, and says his friends will be on
hand the day of the race with plenty OF
money. Cowden is 200 well known to
need an introduction, ana it is needless to
say has plenty of friends who will back
him aga inst "Cookoo" Collins or any
one else, and the result will no doubt
be an interesting event.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-27
Political Notes.

Winslow Howard will be the next cor
oner Of Rock Island county. He is the
right man for the office.
Peter Frey's canvass for the Office of
circuit clerk is meeting with gratifying
results. Mr.. Frey will be elected by a
good majority. Put pin down there.
The democrats of Edgington are 10
have a meeting tonight for the purpose
of forming democratic club. Arrange
ments are in progress for a rally in the
near future. when speeches will be made
NJ. ]. McEniry, democratic candidate
for states attorney. is gaining votes al
over the county every day. On Friday
evening he addressed big meeting q,
Coal Valley. and Saturday evening he
spoke to a tremendous outpouring al
Hillsdsle.
The republicans of Edgington q week
ago Saturday night fosted Harrison
and Reid flag diagonally across the main
street of the village, suspending it from
a rope attached to poles reaching 40 feet
from the ground. On last Saturday
night the democrats secured two hickory
poles n feet high and elevated the Cieve.
land and Stevenson standard 81 fee,
above the republican banner. The DEM
ocrats down that way as everywhere. can
generally 60 the repu blicans one better
every time they want to.
The local republicans are making erea,
preparations for the Fifer day exercises
next Friday. II they don't have dem
onstration il won't be their fault But
it will not be of spontaneous nature
1t will be forced, regardless of the under.
current of opposition to Fifer and his
political ring which is sc strongly prevs-
lent in Rock Island The republ can:
are in the habit of depending upon noise
and buster and their Fridsy biowou,
will not count for much II is argument
that goes in these days and consequently
they are decidedly not in it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-27
SOrrowful News,

News was received this morning which
will carry sorrow to many hearts in Rock
Island. 1t was the intelligence Of the
death of Mrs. T. W. Beckwith of Ster
ling. who bresthed her last Saturday
night. The deceased was 80 years of
age. and il was last summer during the
Knights Templsr conclave at Denver.
that Mrs. Beckwith. as one of the Sir
Knight party of Sterling made the &C
ouaintance of those composing the Rock
Island Templar party. and brief as was
the association of 10 days. all who met
the lady there were impressed with her
sweet and gentle nature, and feelings
aud ties of friendship were formed that
death will not sever. Words of sym
patty that come from the heart will go to
the afflicted husband and children. Sir
Knight Mack of Everts commsndery, who
had charge of the Sir knights Templar
party to Denver and return, ordered
that suitable floral design be sent to the
family on the occasion of the funeral as
Everts COMMANDERS tribute.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-27
FALL OPENING.

September eSth, goth and 3Oth You Are In.
vited-Handsome Card Souveniers Given
to Each Lady Visitor.
On the above date I will show
the fines line of cloaks, furs
and millinery ever shown in Davenport.
In cloaks. besides nv own complete line.
one of the leading New YORK msnufsc-
turers will be here with his whole line,
including all the novelties and extreme
novelties of the season. together with a
special line of plain hne garments
in furs. A reliable New York house also
will exhibit their entire line of fancy
furs, sealskin sacques and jackets, as
trachsn jackets and capes, and fine opera
wraps. If you are buying anything in
furs this season this will give you a
chance to get reliable goods at the lowest
possible price. All furs guaranteed.
In millinery will show fifty (5O) i'm
ported and domestic pattern hats.
together with our own ar
tistic and well selected stock
You can not afford to miss this if you
have yet to buy closks, fnrs or millinery.
If you have already purchased cheap
made Chicago stuff, come and compare
the diffatence. The same attention given
you il you are looking, or buying. Re-
member it costs no more to huy New
York goods and New York styles than
those of Chicago.
J. j. DUNHAM 300 Brady St.. Dav'pt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-27
YOUNG MEMS GLIB.
An Active Political Organization
1t is to Be Sure.
7 BEARS sTEvENsON's NAME.

Last Nights Meeting And the Part 1t is Pro.
posed to Take in the Coming Campaipn-
The Uniforms Adopted-The Increased
Membership-Plug Hats for IeO at Least,
There was rousing meeting OF the
young democracy of the city at the rooms
OF the Young Mems Stevenson club last
night. The club started out one week
ago with about 40 me mbers and when it
came time to call the meeting to order
last evening the two large rooms were
literally packed with enthusiastic young
democrats. A reference to the roll book
showed that in the neighborhood of 100
had signed their names to become mem
bers OF the cluo.
President Huesing was in the chair. and
Encouraging reports we're heard from the
different committees appointed at the
last meeting. The soliciting committee
appointed to solicit funds among the
older democrats made a most gratifying
report, and have also pledges that will
put the organ zatiou on a sound financial
| basis. report from the committee ap-
| club with silk hats and such other uni
form as was thought proper, reported
heving ordered dozen silk hats which
| would have been sufficient at the time,
but the club had since grown so that the
same committee was instructed to make
the order 100 hats, but by the time
meeting adjourned nearly 30 more had
signed the roll. The committee also re-
ported favorably on providing the club
with black cape coats. canes and badges,
and were accordingly Instructed to make
arrangements for the latter.
AS the club also contains large num-
Der of singers the initiative steps toward
organizing q glee club were taken, and
the result will no doubt be some vocal
music for the campaign. 1t was also
decided that upon call at
any time from Presidnet Huesing
tine club would meet at Turner hall.
where it will be given some pointers
on military tactics SO that it will make a
better appearance. The secretary read
an invitation from the democr ats Of
South Rock Island inviting the club to
participate in grand flag raising there
next Saturday night. The invitation
Was accepted. and the club decided to at,
tend if the uniforms arrive by that time &.
The large attendance last night and the
wing interest shows that the organiza-
ton is destined to be one of the strong
est of it's kind IN this vicinity. The
rooms have been handsomely decorated
the wall being ornamented with por
traits of the party leaders, and everything
is being done to make it pleasant for
members.