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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-06-04
SMUGGLING CLOSE TO MATER.



Yeh en- talk about yer city, n its theatres N
things,
1t hain't in it for a mint with tn country
woods n springs.
They's trees, n grass, n flowers, n little
purlin brooks,
IN heap o. things besides, like yeh read about
n books,
AT tells o. bugs, n butterflies, 'swimmin'
leapin', fish.
TN yen find Their right good eatin' git 'em
on yer dish.)
There's the clouds, n fiyin' swallers, n coons,
N chipmunks, too,
IN squirrels to chase up cCttonwoods, I yeh
we nothin' else to do.
They's a heap o straight enjoyment Twin
out o. doors,
AT yeh iiss can't git noway N town a doin'
chores.
Yeh clutter round a-hshin', watch the birds
N bees,
Watch tn leaves a-wigglin' when tn wind
blows on tn trees.
See a toad catch June bugs, er snakes a-swal-
lerin' frogs
Err maybe they jiss lay baskin' N tn sunlight
on tn logs.
Yeh watch tn clouds a-sailin' round n crost
tn sky,
IN swallers looks like 'skeeters they're up so
awful high.
Katydids allus singin n a quiet kind o.
way,
IN bees keep on a-bummin' tn hull endurin'
day.
Yeh ii find they's straight 'njoyment alvin
out o. doors,
AT yeh jiss can't git noway n town a-doin
chores.
Yeh see ole mudturtle sprawled out n a
dead limb,
AT sticks up n tn water sost he en- easy
tumble N.
IN yaller headed blackbirds got a nest
amongst tn weeds,
Allus round a wet place 'mongst tn cal
tails n tn reeds
Mus rats buildin' houses out O. bullrust
tops,
Makes greet big pile o. 'em with mud +
rock on top.
Roboling a-swingin' on top tn golden rod,
Robin tits his head n looks fer June bugs OF
tn sod.
Yeh III find lots O. 'Djoyment alvin out o
doors,
AT yeh jiss can't git noway n town a-doin
chores Chicago Inter Ocean.
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could. she took bottle of salve from
a cupboard and carefully Amounted
and bound up Phoebe's burned hand.
All this she did without speaking
one word. Then she sat down heavi-
ly and stared at the Throop girls
grave eyes set in a pale face.
"You're two smart girls. You're
noble girlsl This house would have
burned down if it hadn't been for
you," she said. "And my insurance
ran out yesterday, and | hadn't writ
ten the company to renew it. | was
going tomorrow. Such carelessnessl
And you have saved me. Saved me
every penny of 1000"
"I'm so glad, Miss Chapman" said
Phoebe, sincerely. Miss Chapman
looked moved and softened and al
tered. She did not look like the Miss
Chapman who had sold them the
northern spies.
Daisy was opening and shutting
her mouth uneasily.
"I'm afraid Pm to blame for it
some, Miss Chapman" she faltered.
"Ozro Martin wanted to burn your
house up out of spite. He thought
you were mean because you wouldn't
give him any supper, and he came to
our house, and-and / sympathized
with him. told him you were mean
and"
"Daisy!" cried Phoebe. But Miss
Chapman laughed outright. "Well,
go on" she said.
Il will go on" said Daisy. She sat
straight and stiff, and red spot
burned in either cheek. "I'll tell it
all. I-I-I'll go and get it."
She stepped to the door, fumbled
on the step outside, and returning,
set before Miss Chapman a plate con-
tanning half an apple.
"There!" she said. l did it, Phoebe
didn't want me to, but | did, and i
made her come with me, and we left
it there at the door, and that's how
we came to see Ozro Martin setting
the honse a-fire. l had to tell you
There!'
Miss Chapman read the words
scrawled upon the paper. And read
them again.
ooh, DEAR" Phoebe groaned, in al
agony of distress and wretchedness
ooh, dearP'
But Miss Chapman was smiling. II
was grim sort of smile.
GIVE just a word or two to say for
myself, dears," she said, gently. 81
offered Ozro Martin some doughnuts
made fresh to-day, but he said he
couldn't eat doughnuts without
coffee, and he went off sulkily.
"And about the apples-maybe
shouldn't say a word to excuse it, fol
know just how terribly mean il
looked to you. But you see, | got
into the habit of using my own meas
ures when those shiftless Durfae;
lived where you do. They'd come
over here for apples and summer
vegetables and milk and bring dishes
to hold twice as much as they'd ash
for or pay for, and expect me to fill
them up. And they'd borrow, ant
never pay back. l despised theil
shiitless, dishonest ways, and | tool
means to protect myself. And my
peck measure was one.
"But there isn't an atom of Durfe,
about you. knew that the minute
l set eyes on you. And | made VI
my mind after you'd gone home will
the apples, that I'd come over ant
explain to you how twas force o
habit, my using my own peck meas
ure, and that you needn't be afraiC
I'd do it again. | was terribl,
ashamed of it.
81 know I'm stingy, hard oil
woman" Miss Chapman declared
But somehow, the Throop girls fel
like speaking right up and denyin,
it. "Pve got the reputation, and
|
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The ThrOOp Girls.
BY EMMA A. OPPER,

"I'm wondering how the Throop
girls will get along with Miss Chip
man." said Mrs. Moseley to here cal
Ter. She looked over at two houses
across the street, large white one
and a little yellow one.
"The TROOPS have just moved
here" she explained, from Under
hill. There is just Phoebe and Daisy
and their father. I've got a sister in
Underhill, and she knows them. She
says they are good girls, and smart
assteel traps. They'vegot ambition.
They want to go to the Normal
School at Bradley, and get an educa-
ton and teach school.
"I'm kind of curious to see how
they'll make out neighboring with
Augusta Chapman, said Mrs. Mosely
with another chuckle.
At that very moment the ThrOop
girls were seated in Miss Chipman's
best room, in whose dimuess their
bright young faces shone out like
stars.
They were returning Miss Chip
mans formal call; which they had not
enjoyed much. 1t had been a bust
ness call, any how, Phoebe said. Miss
Chapman had informed them that she
had more apples and potatoes than
she could use herself, and that she
could accommodate them with those
articles, at the market price.
Accordingly, they had brought a
peck measure with them.
eve would like some apples" said
Phoebe. eve thought we would
make birds nest pudding for sup.
per-"
"You do all your homework, I'M
derstand," said Miss Chapman. She
was middle-aged. She wore her hair
drawn back tightly and gathered
into a diminutive knot.
"Oh, yes" Daisy answered, "and
go to school"
eve want to go through the high
school here and go to the Bradley
Normal" said Phoebe.
"We want to be teachers" Daisy
explained. "Good ones"
They chatted away cheerfully for
some time.
Then they followed Miss Chapman
down to her we'll stocked cellar. Miss
Chapman looked sidewise at the
measure they had brought.
owe thought we'd take a peck, u
said Phoebe.
They're selling at thirty-fve
CENTS" said Miss Chapman. "I-er-
generally use my own measures u
She picked up peck measure, filled
it up with rosy Northern Spies and
emptied it into their measure.
Phoebe flushed holly. Daisy bit
her lip. Phoebe paid her, and they
made short work of getting up the
cellar stairs.
"Come again" said Miss Chapman.
''Thank you," said Phoebe, stify.
When the door had closed behind
them the Throop girls looked at each
other. "Did-you-everW Phoebe
calculated.
"The mean, horrid old thing p
cried Daisy. "Did she think our
measure held more than we said?"
"She seemed to!"
81 believe hers has a false bottom, -
Daisy avowed.
ooh, no." said Phoebe, though her
heart burned within her. "She is
honest, suppose"
"But meanp Daisy subjoined.
"P'ison mean I've a great good
mind to take her old apples right
straight back to herl"
But there was supper to be con-
sidered. Phoebe stirred the batter
and Daisy sliced the apples. The
pudding was great success and
their father praised it.
The Throop girls did their faithful
best to make q cheerful home for
their father, who worked hard, and
did for them all his scant means al
lowed. And tonight they bravely
Children Cry for
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CHESS l deserveit. I've lived here alone
so long that I've got warped and sell
fish and mean, and l know it.
"And here you've saved my house
from burning. Saved me from an
awful misfortune. It's no use for me
to tell you how thankful am. It's
Goals of fire and l hope it will do me
good!
'I'm as glad as | can be that
you've come here dearies. | guess
what | need is something young and
bright and sweet around me, to
warm me up. | hope We'll be real
good friends. l like you, and l want
you to try to like me-"
And there were tears in Miss Chip
mans eyes.
"Therel" she said. Now do you
like plum preserves and candied cher
ries and fruit cake? We will have
some, dears."
"Welll" said Mrs. Moseley, some
weeks later, ''if l everl [ wouldn't
have believed it.
81 wondered, along to the first,
how the Throop girls would get
along with Miss Chapman.
"Get along with her? Why, friend
ly amt the word for it. They're
thick. The Throop girls are over
there half the time and | see Miss
Chapman going over to the TROOPS
twice day, sometimes. The Throop
girls have knit her a blue head-scarf,
and she wears it; wears it all over
town. She that never Wore anything
before but black bonnet"
But Mrs. Moseley was in total igno-
rance concerning Miss Chipman's
peck measure and the remarkable
train of events which had resulted
from her having used it one too
many times.
"She's pretty near a new woman,
Augusta Chapman is. Those Throop
girls have done her a sight of good,
that's the long and the short of it.
They do say she's going to help 'em
through the Bradley Normal school,
that they're SO crazy to get to. |
wouldn't have believed it, a spell
back, but now-Well, l don't know
as it's quite a miracle, but it's next
thing to it. ATLANTA Constitution.
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POULTRY FOOD LOW AT p ynHz


Owing to the advent of warm weather, we are
having little difficulty with shipments of POul
try Food on orders to be shipped by rail to distant
sections. Such shipments must be made from cured,
dry stock, and for the purpose of closing out our
Poultry Food made from green stock we have decided
to make special offer to our customers near home
On receipt of cash with order we will deliver Poultry
Food o. b. cars here, in any quantity at $1.25 per
hundred, instead of $2.OO--Our regular price.
Try it, and see if it does not make your hens lay
better than any other food you can supply Them
Hyde Park. ADJ. Is. CARROLL s. PAGE.
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What's that you say?
Imperial Wheels Won't Stand the Banging?"
We beg very politely to Differ!
Please read the following :


MoRRIsvLLE, VT. April 27 1896.
To whom -
have ridden Imperial Wheel full seasons have ridden
hadove Bakersfield mountain through Mt Mansfield Notch
number of long distance trips without paying for REPAIRS until
and the wheel perfect condition recommend
Imperials to be thoroughly durable reliable machines.
Signed c. B. TERRHL Cadys Falls, VT.
COWLES
Repairing guaranteed
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-06-04

An exchange has the following
"Why is it that so many people rush
into print, after the loss of relatives,
with card announcing their
thanks?" 1t does seem strange that
they have to be thanked for being
human.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
NIAGARA IN HARNESS.

The Great Falls Are Now Earning
Money for Electric Road Stockholders
From the Baltimore American.
Trolley cars are now run in Buffalo by
electricity furnished by dynamos operated
by water from Niagara Falls, twenty three
miles off. The experiment has cost a great
deal Of money, but 1t Is success. 1t has
been watched with much interest. Scien-
tifc men have visited the works, and have
been astonished at the magnitude of the
undertaking. The possibility of transmit
ting electricity to distance has, of course,
been a fact for years, but the question
whether, in view Of the loss of power, 1t
would pay to do so, has been an important
one II the power can be sufficiently con-
served, enough can be generated at Mag
ara to do q vast deal of work at Chicago,
800 miles away. and at New York, which
is nearly that distance. These are matters
of detail to be worked out. 1t has been
demonstrated that the vast volume Of
water going over the falls at Niagara can
be made to do effective work. So far as the
present experiment is concerned, the dim
mutton of water is not perceptible, and 1t
would, doubtless, take many tunnels to
carry off enough to reduce the quantity in
any great degree.
Foreigners often complain that Americans
are too much disposed to look at nature in
practical way. They want everything to
do work, to pay, so to say, for the privilege
of living. Niagara Falls is the most beauti-
full sight of its kind in the world. 1t draws
thousands of visitors every year. There
are very few Americans unpoetic enough
to desire to destroy the beauty of the falls,
and 1t is not likely that this will be done,
for the law would interpose If that were
threatened.
But the practical American says, as there
are millions Of gallons of water going to
waste. why not make use of this water
especially as 1t can be done to serve valu-
able purpose?
Evening star., 1896-12-25
Maine's Christmas Tree Crop.

From the Lewiston Evening Journal.
Twenty years ago a carload from the
Androscoggin valley and two or three loads
on schooners sailing from Bucksport or
Castine, comprised all the Christmas trees
sent out from Maine. Finding there was
money in the business, the farmers and
their market, and succeeded so well that
trees were sent from Maine by rail. to say
nothing of those that went by steamboats,
and sailing vessels. The price went up
with the increased demand. In 1876 no
farmer thought of asking more than rs
cents for a big tree delivered at the cars.
Twenty years later the same kind of tree
sells for 81, and the old hands at the busi-
ness are holding back hoping TO get more.
The work of collecting the trees is not
hard. smart man with an can easily
cut down and prepare 300 trees in day.
The limbs OF the large trees that are used
in churches and halls are bound fast to the
trunk with stout twine, not only to keep
the limbs from breaking in handling, but
also to make close stowage In the cars.
Two smart boys can wind on the twine as
fast a man can chop the trees. The pre-
pared trees are taken to the cars in hay
racks. and two horses can haul load
twenty feet long and fifteen feet high.
Long platform cars are filled to the top OF
their stout stakes with trees. after which the
stakes are tied with lines to keep them from
spreading, and when train load is made
up 1t is hauled on to the main track and
is taken to the dealers In the big cities.
1t is estimated that one-half of the Christ
mas trees used in New York. Boston and
nearby cities come from Maine. They are
mostly frs, and largely produced in Knox,
Lincoln, Hancock and Penobscot counties.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
ousands of Elk,
From the Denver Republican.

From the Denver Republican.
Reliable reports received from the Jack
sons Hole country, Wyo. are to the effect
that in no previous winter has there been
so great number of Fix wintering as this
season. conservative estimate, made by
the warden of the district fixes the number
at 10000. They are on every hill and in
every valley, and the nights sounds are
p'teous from the crying of the calves lost
from their mothers. Every morning thous-
ands are seen travelling from the great
swamps along the Snake river to the Gros-
Ventre hills. The game warden says: II re-
Gently gazed upon a sight which far sur
passed anything had ever seen, and 1t ut
terly astOnished and amazed me. For q
distance of six miles herd of elk was
stretched out The animals had made a
trail through the snow which was packed
as hard as fiinted ice. I know there were
1860 head of elk in that band"
Where these immense herds of elks have
come from. and what will become of them
during the long winter that Is yet before
them, are problems which are puzzling all
the old hunters and frontiersmen of the
region. Already the ranchmsn nave to
drive the elk away from the hay corrals.
and have to put supports back Of the corral
posts to keep the elk from crowding down
the fences.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
AN AWFUL RLUNDER.
Boston Banker Mistaken for q Bell
Boy I'm Chicago.

A Boston Banker Mistaken for q BELL
Boy I'm Chicago.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean,
One Of the big hotels has lost a guest
and clerk is in disgrace.
1t all happened through misapprehen-
sion. There was new bell boy in the
hotel, but he was only indirectly RESPONSE
BILE. The guest whose parting was hasten
ed by the offense to his dignity was a
youthful-looking banker from Boston, who
stops in the city frequently on business
with his correspondents and customers
here.
He had just come out of the dining room
and was standing before the counter
crowded with the usual array of persistent
people who drop into a hotel in the early
morning. He didn't look like a wealthy
man; in fact, he was not much different in
appearance from bell boy without his
uniform.
Now it happened that the new boy was
too large for the uniform of his predeces-
sor, and while a suit of livery was being
ground out to fit the angles of his frame
he was working in the ordinary clothes
that his best girl recognized coming down
the street.
The clerk on duty had not seen the new
boy often. He had sworn at him three
times since o'clock, but could not have
identified him if he had died without spoil
ing his face. Somebody wanted to see
somebody else, and presented card. The
new boy was somewhere else, but the
youthful guest was standing at the counter.
The clerk looked around, saw the guest
and threw him the card and a tray.
Here, boy he ordered, take this card
up to No. 313.''
Il don't know where it is" stammered
the guest, too surprised to object.
We'll, why don't you known" the clerk
heatedly inquired. do you think you're
being paid for being ignorant? Find OUT
The guest came to about this time, and
after identifying himself, proceeded to say
harsh things about the hotel, and departed.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
The Break That Broke Ii.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Darling" said Mr. Pinkney, why do
you spurn me? Am L not rich and hand
some?'
ALAS. yes,' the beautiful girl said
through her fast-fowing tears, but all Is
over! We must part"
Alphorse de Merionville Pinkney stood az
il petrifed for three-quarters OF a minute.
Then he asked in tones that betrayed his
emotion:
And will you not tell me, Mercedes.
what / have said or done to turn you
against me? Isn't my grammar all right7
Don't you like me in my Tuxedo coat?
Would you think better of me if 1 didn't
plaster my hair down, or is II this mus
tache which ] am growing that has caused
you to take your present cruel course?"
Then Mercedes Batcman drew herself up
proudly. and exclaimed:
NO, A thousand times no. 1t Is worse
than any of the things you have enumer-
ated. At the musicale last night you ap-
plauded in the wrong place, and eight per-
sens caught you at it,'
With a hollow groan he staggered out
into the evenings solemn hush, and all
was over.
Evening star., 1896-12-25
WHY THE WISTARIAf
The Flagship of the White HOus
Squadron.


The Flagship of the White House
Squadron.
From the New York Sun.
We protest against the disposition of a
part Of the American press to deprive one
Of the most important of the governments
vessels of her right name. The flagship Of
the White House squadron, now cruising
in Winyah bay and adjacent waters, is
the Wistaria, not the Wisteria Her name
is properly recorded in the governments
registers, and likewise in the annual appro-
priation bills. 1t could not be otherwise
There never was a man named Wisteria.
There never was known to botanists a tree,
shrub, vine or plant Of any sort named
Wisteria. There never was in the personal
fiotlls of the President of the United
States light house tender named Wis
terra.
From Cas- par Wistar, professor Of anato-
my. midwifery and surgery in the Uni
Yersfty OF pennsylvania ninety years ago,
Thomas Jefferson successor as president
Of the American Philosophical Society, and
ever iilustrious as the first man to describe
accurately the posterior portion of the eth
mold bone in tn. human head, comes the
American name of the beautiful climbing
shrub which our less poetic British cousins
call the kidney bean tree. The plant is
Eamed In honor of DR.. Caspar Wistar The
light house tender was named in honor of
tie plant. and after trying successfully the
sea-soing and cargo-carryiEg qualities of
the Maple, the Violet, the Myrtle, the Yer
bena, the Mistietoe and the Jessamine the
chief magistrate of the United States seems
to have settled decisvely upon the Wis.,
taria as the worthiest ship in the whole
floral and arboreal feet to convey his per
son, together with his arms and all neces-
sary baggage.
The fame of the Wistaria will be DEATH
less In history. like that of the immortal
investigator of the posterior portion of the
ethmoid bone with its cribform plate and
its marvellous nasal meatuses
Evening star., 1896-12-25
COULDN'T LOSE HIS TICKET. Ell.
The Passengers Reason for Think
Ing the Conductor Mistaken.

The Passengers Reason for Think.
Ing the Conductor Mistaken.
From the New York sun
The conductor had been through the train
once and had punched the tickets and was
on his second round taking them up. He
came to a corpulent passenger who was
snoring so loud that he could almost he
heard above the noise made by the engine
From his flushed countenance IL was ap-
parent that he had not been TO a church So
ciable.
Ticket" exclaimed the conductor.
His corpulency snored away In reply
Come, gimme your ticket" said the con-
ductor sharply, al the same time shaking
the sleeper His corpulency slowly opened
one eye, and, resting II on the conductor.
asked:
''Wha' ticket?''
oh come. come. fird your ticket" said
the conductor. with show of impatience
He left the sleeper. and, collecting the
other tickets in the car. returned to the
corpulent one. who had dozed off again.
He shook the passenger up and again de-
named the ticket with the same result
before.
IF you don't give your ticket you'll have
to pay another fare said the conductor
finally.
This reused the sleeper TO consciousness,
and he began hunt through his pocket.
He searched every pocket and turned his
sort hat inside out, but could not find the
missing ticket.
You must have 1t some place" said the
conductor, las II is only ten minutes since
punched Ii and returned II to you
Il musta lost it,, said the corpulent one,
sleepiy.
why. you couldn't have lost it. You
haven't stirred out of your seat since
gave IL to you"
Couldn't. eh? Why, confound you,
lost bass drum once"
This Was said with such n degree Of
pride that the conductor concluded that
perhaps the corpuleht passenger had lost
his ticket, and he let him return to his
snoring.