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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The statement made by General
Roy Stone of the agricultural depart
ment before therecent national roads
conference at Ashbury Park, that the
farmers of this country lose between
$6OO,OOO,OOO and S7OO,OO0,OOO
yearly from being compelled to haul
their produce over poor roads, shows
the practical Importance of the good
roads movement. Good roads mean
not only speedier means of commu-
nication, but longer service from
horses and vehicles. They are anoth-
er and very important way of max
ing the labor and capital of farmers
more efficient.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
MOL rs.

High priced sugar and low priced
coal are what Mr.. Cleveland is after.
A calm mind,a clear conscience and
a cool temperance drink are not con-
ducive to sunstroke.
White shoe laces for patent leather
shoes are "the latest ultra swagger
things in foot fashion.
Whether Don NJ. Dickinson or VIII
liam f. Villas is the official rainmaker
of the administration is an undeter
mined question that should be settled
Immediately. The Democratic situa-
ton needs a shower, and needs it
badly.
This country has entered into no
entangling alliances with respect to
the war in the Orient, is the crafty
ing assurance that comes from the
State Department. This would seem
to Indicate that Mr.. Gresham had
been neglecting his opportunities.
1t is interesting to note that al
most every Democratic State conven-
ton that meets nowadays is called
upon to consider resolutions praising
the Cleveland administration. 1t is
equally interes t ny to note that in
almost every instance those resolu-
tons are either Indignantly rejected
or quietly laid on the table.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
Bob Veal.

What is your opinion of the man
who would send to market for sale
as food for human beings a calf
weighing but IS pounds? So far as
the manhood of such a creature is
concerned, isn't he about as small a
specimen as the calf? Yet such calf
came to this market the other day
shipped from the country, too, al
though we hope not by farmer. 1t
didn't get much further than the
market, for it was seized by the board
of health and consigned to the dump.
This is the smallest calf of which we
remember having heard, although
quantities of them are received
weighing not over % or 80 pounds.
A commission merchant informs me
that he knows of a number which
have been taken from the wagons of
the transportation company within
the past few days. Another COM
mission merchant informs US that he
knows of a firm that is smuggling
quantities of these bob calves into
the back part of their store to be sold
on the sly as customers can be Sc
cured. Numbers of calves are to be
seen hanging openly in the market,
exposed for sale, which are altogether
too small to be fit for consumption.
What must those be, then, which it
is necessary to smuggle in? This is
an infamous business because it en-
dangers the health and lives of hun
dreds and thousands of innocent
victims.-Rural New Yorker.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09


Just one year ago Tuesday con-
gress assembled in extra session at
the call of President Cleveland. 1t
had before it two questions of the
gravest importance-the currency and
the tariff. What has it done during
the year that has elapsed since it
met? 1t repealed the silver purchase
clause of the Sherman law by the aid
of Republican votes, The only fruit
of it's tariff deliberations is the pen
ding tariff bill, which President Cleve-
land says is the embodiment of
"party peridy and party dishonor."
He also says the rank and file of
Democracy "are downcast under the
assertion that their party fails in
ability to manage the government
With the years record of incapacity,
if not something much worse, at
Washington, is it to be wondered
at?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
TAX COMMISSIONERS REPORT.

SUMMARY or FACTS AND RECOMMEND
ATOMS SUBMITTED TO THE LEGIsLA-
TURE BY HON. J. L. MARTIN IN HIS
BIENNIAL REPORT.
To the General Assembly of the
State of Vermont
Pursuant to Act No. 3 of the laws
of 1890, | have the honor to submit
this. my biennial report for the years
1892 and 1898.
In my opinion, the license tax ought
not to apply to cheese factories or
creameries ; there should, also, be a
discretionary power vested in the
commissioner, with the approval of
the State treasurer, to remit the IL
cense tax of corporations not doing
business, and a like discretionary
power to remit taxes assessed under
the provisions of Sections 81. 80 and
80, when the same have been listed,
in good faith, to the investor in the
town of his residence.
There. are several changes that
should be made in the language of
the corporation tax law to improve
its phraseology, and make it more
easily understood. These changes
have been discussed with the commit.
tee of revision of the statute, and the
same received their careful considera-
ton; but | am not now advised
whether that committee will embody
these changes in their revision, or
not if not, | will, in due time, sub
nit to the consideration of the Legis-
lature bill embracing all improve
ments that may be deemed desirable.
Since the passage OF the Hooker
Tax Law, in 1882, the revenues to
the State therefrom have amounted,
in all, to $2,933, 933.31. There has
been a constant increase in the
amount received from this source OF
taxation; the amount collected the
first year, ending Dec. 81, 1888, was
96,67S.51 the amount collected
in 1898, it will be observed, was
$349 ,463.54. There has been large
increase since the passage of the pres
ent law, in 1890, and the last two
years have exceeded the two preced-
ing years by $126, 111.31.
We're it not for the State school tax
the State highway tax, and practi.
cally the support of all insane pau
pers by the State, (Which relieves 10.
cal taxation accordingly the amount
received under the present law would
fully support the State government
as was calculated and designed by
Col. Hooker and his committee on
ways and means, who were the pro-
moters of this law in 1892.
Some additional revenue might be
obtained, without working any great
hardship or injustice, by levying q
State tax upon collateral inherit
ances, as has been adopted in some
other States, notably New York and
Maine. In the State of Maine such a
law has recently been sustained by its
Supreme Court.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

In the death of Hon. james Brown,
which occurred at his home in Belvi-
dere last Wednesday, the county
loses a most excellent citizen. He
came to Belvidere about a dozen
years ago and was held in high es-
TEEN by all who knew him. He rep
resented Eden in the Legislature of
1865, Lowell in 1874 and later was
a Senator from Orleans county. He
was an industrious, Woodworking
man, kind and courteous to all, and
had faculty of making friends with
everybody.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

Henry Ward Beecher's recipe for
preparing cucumbers for the table
was to peel, slice, put on vinegar,
pepper and salt to suit, and then
throw them out of the window.
On the same principle, the mongrel
tariff bill might be carefully amended
by the conference committee and then
kicked out of Congress. The McKin-
ley law is the bread and meat of the
country, and we can get along much
better without the colicky cucumber
in the disguise of tariff that favors
the sugar trust and cripples our man
ufacturing industries, as does the
mongrel bill now in conference.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The Democrats of this county have
met in convention and placed in the
field a ticket made up of men against
whose personal character nothing
can be said; in fact, they are all held
in high esteem in their respective
neighborhoods and would undoubt-
eddy we'll fill the offices. But they
represent a party which just now
is not in popular favor with the peo-
pie, a party which is seeking to de-
stroy the bonds Of protection to
American industries and open the
doors of this nation to the free en-
trance of the manufactures of pauper
Europe, a movement which cannot
result otherwise than in the reduc-
ton of the wages of the laborer or
the closing up of many of the mills OF
industry in our land. For this rea-
son alone the ticket will be defeated,
and we shall be greatly mistaken il
Spunky Lamoille does not give the
ticket of the party of protection a
rousing majority next September
and thereby speak in loud tones her
condemnation of this unrighteous as
well as un.American movement.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
COUNTY TICKET.

For Senator,
FRANK KENFIELD, of Morristown.
For States Attorney,
ROGER W. HULBURD, of Hyde Park.
For Assistant Judges,
HENRY NJ. CORNELL, of Cambridge.
HENRY H. CHURCHILL, of Gilmore.
For Sheriff,
JONAS T. STEVENS, of Hyde Park.
For Judge of Probate,
EDWIN c. WHITE, of Hyde Park.
For County Commissioner,
ALBERT A. NILES, of Morristown.
For High Bailiff,
F. HIRAM RAYMoRE, of Eden.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The japanese may kill off a good
many Cinnamon in this war, but as
the population is $50, 100000, there
still will remain enough to run things
at the old stand. One statistican
has figured out that if 1000 were
killed off every day for 1900 years
the end would be reached only then.
This, however, does not allow for the
Celestials that might be born during
that period.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The alleged young mems Republi-
can club of Vermont, said to have
been organized at Montpelier on the
day of the State convention, has been
differed with Senator D. j. Foster of
Burlington as president. A young
mems Republican organization of the
genuine sort in Vermont would be a
valuable feature in the policies of the
State. There is, however, strong
suspicion, how we'll founded we can
not say, that this is sort of bed
room organization Mortified News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

AN INTERESTING Casa st. Johns-
bury dispatch says that the Lyndon
vile National bank has brought suit
against T. G. Fletcher of that place
to recover $4,000, the amount of a
note to which Charles T. Walter con-
fessed that he forged Fletcher's name
and for which Walter is now serving
a term in State prison. The suit is
brought on the ground that the sig
nature is genuine, and the bank
claims to have evidence to that
effect. The note was given to renew
one that was genuine, and the suit is
brought on the original as we'll as
the present note, on the ground that
the original note is in force until it is
lawfully paid. The suit is entered for
the December term of court and
promises to be very interesting,
though it is generally believed that
Walter forged the note.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The You've are made prematurey aged by
diseases (alas, how prevalentD which make
them pale, listless, low spirited, morose or
irritable in temper, easily tired, forgetful and
incapable; I'LL mad houses and swell the lists
of suicides; separate husbands and wives
bring untold suffering to millons,even to the
third and fourth generation. A complete and
scientific treatise on these ailments, their
symptoms, nature and proper management,
prepared by those who have had vast and
successful experience in their treatment and
cure, will be mailed, secure from observation,
in plain, sealed envelope, to any one send
ing, enclosed with this notice, ten cents (for
postage) to Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 66s Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

A home without a newspaper is
where old hats are stuffed into brok-
en- windows; where the wife looks
like a bag of wool with a string
around the center; where the hus-
band has a tobacco juice panorama
painted on the bosom of his shirt,
and the children are ragged and wipe
their noses on their jacket sleeves.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The rich and the poor, the manu-
facturers, merchants and wage-earn-
ers join in one prayer, "Let the tar
iff war end and let us have peace"
Then may the wheels start again, land
idle hands find work, and plenty
come in place of want to millions OF
homes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

James Mulligan of Boston, the re-
ceiver and custodian of the famous
"Mulligan Letters" died at May
nard, Mass, within the past week,
aged 80 years. He was quiet, pru-
dent, methodical man of business,
and his prominence in Mr.. Blaine's
political career was distasteful to
him. For 36 years he had occupied
the same room in the New England
House in Boston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

DR.. Washington GLADDEN., under the
suggestive title of "The New Evolu-
tion," has written for the August
number of McClure's Magazine a
comprehensive study of Prof. Drum
mond's new book, "The Ascent of
Man." a book which, while accepting
evolution, reconciles it with morality
and mans highest development, and
SO, in DR.. G,adden's Judgment, has a
significance that cannot be exagger-
ated.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
MARRIAGES.

GRIMES-BAKER.-In johnson, July 81,
1894, by Rev. N. G. Saunders, Berton A.
Grimes and Miss Luna V. Baker, both of
Hyde Park.
WARD-BUTLER.-In johnson, August 4,
1894, by Rev. n. c. Saunders, Henry l..
Ward and Miss Jessie NJ. Butler.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

Even if the worst should happen
and a tariff bill be passed by the
present Congress, it will not be so
bad as the original.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

We observe that the name of Ar
thur F. Stone, editor of the Caledo-
MAN. is suggested for Representative
from st. Johnsbury. st. Johnsbury
is full of live, progressive young bust
ness men, any one of whom would
ably represent it at Montpelier, but
we do not believe a better choice
could be made than Mr.. Stone. He
is identified with every progressive
movement in that town, gives st.
Johnsbury most excellent paper
and is, withal, well posted upon all
matters pertaining not only to his
towns interests, but also to the
States. He would in every respect
be a valuable member of the General
Assembly and st. Johnsbury will
make no mistake in selecting him.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

The Democratic conferees on the
tariff bill have so far been unable to
agree. But we believe they will try to
patch up some sort of a compromise,
even though some of them may have
to eat good deal of dirt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
Republican State Ticket.

For Governor.
URBAN A. WOODBURY.,
OF Burlington.
For Lieutenant Governor,
POPLAR NJ. MANSUR,
OF Island Pond.
For State Treasurer,
HENRY F. EIELD,
OF Rutland.
For Secretary of State,
CHAUNCEY W. BROWNELL,
OF Burlington.
For State Auditor,
FRANKLIN d. HALE,
OF Lunenburgh.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
FIRST DISTRICT,
a. HENRY POWERS, of Morrisville.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Nv. CIRCUIT, of Barton.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09
The --latest

improvements baking pow
ders is the new HOrsford's.
Superior to all old fashioned
powders. Enormous sales.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-09

1t is quite fashionableto have your
hand examined by palmist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30
The Boys wero Both Struggling in the Water.

The Boys We're Both Struggling in the Water
Why should they not have hunt all
by themselves? 1t was Phil who pro-
posed this pan to his older brother.
After discussing the matter for
whole day, they decided to ask their
father for permission to indulge in
fire hunt" on the Little Red. The
permission was given, as the father
had confidence in his sturdy boys, and
believed them to be equal to securing
deer, now that the bear hunt was
impossible
But | hope we will meet Old Eph-
raim." whispered Phil to Rob. The
latter only smiled in a significant way.
The idea had also entered his mind.
1t was calm, moonlight night
when the boys started to paddle up
the Little Red. The torch had been
placed In the stern of the canoe. Only
two or three rapids were to be passed.
and these the young hunters sur
mounted by hard polling, and then
they dragged the canoe around the big
fall Now they had reached a point
some four or five miles from home,
where the stream flowed smoothly for
several hundred yards, and was shad-
owed on each nide by trees. Slowly
they proceeded, Rob sitting in the bow
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30

Old Ephraim Was Unceremonously Tumbled
Out of the Wagon.
with all his might upon the huge
head. Old Ephraim merely blinksd,
and lunged forward with an effort
that threatened to upset the canoe.
Here, Rob, my knife" exclaimed
Phil, who handed forward the hunt
ing knife he had brought with him.
Rob seized it, and turned to survey
the enemy. Instead of striking at the
throat, which was exposed, he drove
the keen blade into one of the feet
near the root of the claws, and drew
it toward him. The bear growled
savagely, but Rob boldly faced the
beast, and severed the other foot also.
The bear now dropped off, and the
excited boys watched 1t slowly strug-
BILE to the shore. Then they held
a consultation. Robs rifle was injur-
ed, but Phil's was in good condition.
The wet charge was drawn, and the
rife carefully reloaded, the powder
in the horns being dry. The boys
slowly rowed toward the shore, and,
when they approached so near that
the torch clearly revealed things, they
saw the huge bulk Of Old Ephraim
extended along the shore.
1--WE have got him" yelled Rob.
To make sure he sent second bull
let into his body, and, after a time, as
he did not stir, they padded ashore.
Sure enough, the great beast was
dead. The first shot had entered his
breast near the heart, and his at
tempts to enter the canoe had been in
the nature of the dying effort for re-
venge that actuates savage beasts
when fatally wounded.
Excited and exultant at their tri-
umph, the boys padded down stream
till near the great falls, and then
struck across through the woods till
they came to the house of neighbor
Here they stayed all night and in the
morning, having obtained a mule and
wagon, they returned and secured the
body of Old Ephraim after much toll
and returned home in triumph.
my! What will your father sayr
was all that good Mrs. Baird could
utter, as Old Ephraim was uncere-
moniously tumbled out of the wagon
at the door.
What the old hunter and farmer
said was all in praise of his plucky
boys. He was too old and wise 9
woodsman to condemn the courage
and skill that had enabled them tc
provide alone the Thanksgiving din.
ner his accident had prevented hii
seeking In their company.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30

of the boat with the rifle while Phil
handled the paddle.
All at once the paddles in Phil's
hands rested, as Rob bent forward
with an eager movement. On the
right, where the tall trees shut out the
stars, cleaned a pair of fiery eyes.
close together and near the ground
1T is not a deer" whispered Rob.
Il hope 1t is Old Ephraim."
Don't miss him!" responded Phil,
in hushed tones.
Slowly and deliberately Rob raised
the rifle and glanced along the barrel.
The crack of the weapon awoke the
echoes along both shores.
You have missed him." shouted
Phil, in an agony of disappointment,
as silence succeeded the shot.
But in an instant there was q
splashing in the water and Phil ex-
citedly urged the, canoe toward the
spot. AS they neared II, they were
momentarily unable to detect any
thing in the deep shadows. While
they were discussing the matter, a
huge form appeared in the circle Of
light that surrounded the boat, and
both could see the head and shoulders
of large bear making directly for the
boat.
Back off, shouted Rob.
For a moment Phils arms were
paralyzed. Before he could recover,
the great paws, looking doubly formid-
able in the unsteady light of the torch,
were upon the guRwale of the canoe
and a moment after the boys were
both struggling in the water.
All this happened in a second, as II
seemed, and it was well that the boys
were both good swimmers. At first
they struck away from the canoe, but
soon observing that it remained afloat
near the rocky shore, with the torch
burning, they halted in their fight.
"Ha! ha! har laughed Rob. 81
guess Old Ephraim scared us off"
But where is the bear?" asked Phil
breathlessly.
Safe in the woods by this time
probably" replied Rob. Il guess
missed him."
The boys quickly swan to the canoe
and clambered into It. Everything
was safe; even the rifles lay securely
in the bottom, but were rendered USE
less by the water in the canoe.
Well" laughed Phil, this canoe
was never upset; we jumped out"
"Oh, that was all right" responded
Rob; "but-'
He had no time to complete his re-
mark, for in an instant the great
paws were on the gunwale of the
canoe again. The boys did not get
into a panic this time, but Rob seized
his rife and brought the stock down
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30


mount were frequently encountered,
and away from the growing towns the
people still led the primitive life Of
the settler.
The Bairds were a happy and pros
porous family, that lived near the
Little Red, swift stream that flowed
through a region but little opened as
yet to civilization. The father was a
type of the hardy men who opened up
the Great West-a skillful hunter, a
woodsman and a farmer by turn, cul-
tivating the soil in the spring and
summer, and hunting and trapping
during the fall and winter. His two
boys, Robert and Philip, had been
brought up to be expert shots, so that
the family table was always luxur-
iously supplied with meat, generally
game from the forest. Wild turkey,
prairie chicken, pheasant, and venison
were quite as common to this remote
Western family as beef or pork are to
the table of an Eastern farmer.
"Well, boys, what shall we have for
our Thanksgiving dinner this year?'
asked Mr.. Baird, one day at supper,
as the November days were drawing
to close.
The two half-grown boys to whom
the question was addressed, opened
their eyes expectantly. They knew it
did not mean wild turkey or prairie
chicken or pheasant, for these were
daily dish, almost. 1t could hardly
mean venison, for the neighbors were
generous, and several deer had been
recently shot by hunting parties.
"What is it, father?" finally asked
Robert, the elder son.
"What do you say to bear?" asked
the father, smiling.
"Whatr' shouted Phil; "Old Eph-
rain? And can we go along?"
The elder Baird smiled. He had
long thought Of taking the boys on
their first bear hunt, and "Old Eph-
raim," a well-known black depreda-
tor of the bear species, had just re-
turned to his usual autumn haunts
among the wooded hills some miles
away, that formed the source of the
Little Red. The boys were enthusiasts
tic and excited over the proposed bear
hunt.
Alas, for human expectations! Three
days before the expected hunt, Mr..
Baird, while In the wood telling trees,
severely cut his foot and the long
tramp up the Little Red after "Old
Hphraim" became an impossibility.
The boys mourned as only boys can
mourn over deprivation of such
glorious chance for sport.
But Rob and Phil were adventurous
young hunters. They had rivalled
their father more than once in shoot
ing at the mark, and plenty of small
game had fallen before their rifles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30
A THANKSGIVING BEAR.

OTHING at pres
ent existing in
the great central
States of the West
recalls the condi-
tions of a few
years ago. Then
the bowling Of
the wolves was
heard at night,
the deer still
roamed the for
ests, the bear,
panther and cata-