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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
Had to Conquer or Die.

II was just about gone," writes
Mrs. Rosa Richardson, OF Laurel
Springs, N. c., 81 had Consumption
SO bad that the best doctors said
could not live more than a month,
but | began to use DR.. Kings
New Discovery and was wholly cured
by seven bottles and am now stout
and WE'LL" It's an unriYaled life
saver in Consumption, Pneumonia,
La Grippe and Bronchitis; infallible
for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Hay
Fever, Group or Whooping Cough.
Guaranteed bottles SOC and $1.OO.
Trial bottles free at Fl. j. Dwinell's
drug store.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

A little ring of gold, battered shoe;
faded, curling wisp of yellow hair,
Some penciled pictures, playthings one or two,
A corner and a chest to hold them there.
Many woman's fondest hoard is this,
Among her dearest treasures none SO dear,
Though bearded lips are often hers to kiss
That once made only prattle to her ear.
The sturdy arm, the seasoned form, the brow
That arches over eyes Of manly blue
Mean all Joy to her living memory now,
And yet-and yet-she hugs the other tool
With that rare love, mysterious and deep,
Down in mother heart through all the years
That placid age can never lull to sleep
And is not grief. yet oft brings foolish tears.
She often goes those boarded things to view
And finger the wee treasures hidden there,
To touch the little ring and battered shoe
And kiss the curling wisp OF yellow HART
New York Press
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

lhe w ho HhoWs 81 hiA'
You bump against him everywhere. in country
and in town;
Upon his sadly swollen head he wears the knowl
edge crown.
His bump Of self esteem stands out like knots
upon log;
His egotism never yet was known to slip a cog.
His self assurance has its stamp forever in his
eyes;
No gray and patriarchal owl could ever look 50
wise;
He Is a constant SUFFER- from enlargement Of the
gall
And petrifaction of the cheek. the man who knows
1t all.
He has an unimpeded flow Of language at com.
mand;
His active. tireless tongue is Of the automatic
brand.
Ills nasal organ he inserts in every ones affairs;
He sows the grain OF knowledge, while his neigh
bors SOW the tares.
No matter what the theme may be, he's posted up
to date;
The information that he bears would wreck q
common pate.
He thinks without his guidance this terrestrial
whirling ball
Would cease to take lite daily spin. the man who
knows It all.
Denver Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
SELECTED GEMS IN VERSE.
The True Ownership,

Be owns the most of earth
Who sees its beauty clearest in his day;
Not him who buys for paltry moneys worth
A little soil, little brick and clay,
And bounds his vision with the narrow view
OF personal possession. Full as we'll,
And with as sane pride, our boasts are due
For the grave space where all at last must dwell.
But the wise soul that knows
The fairness of the world, that rests content
With pictures where the gold of sunrise glows
Or those OF sunset and the twilight blent,
That loves the sea and land, the arching sky.
Each great and little thing the good God made;
This world is his, too wide for gold to buy;
Its price but in the souls uplifting paid.
Ripley d. Saunders in st. Louis Republican.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

! thank thee, Lord, for wind and snow,
For the brown wren upon the bough;
/ thank thee for the level rain,
For the gray cloud and wrinkled plain,
For running water and bright grass,
For eyesght that all this Joy has,
And, most of all, thank thee for
The thankfulness have in store.
/ thank thee, Lord, for work and rest,
For all glad dreams within my breast;
! thank thee for the way ! win,
For my child faults and early sin,
For childhood, kisses and the sky,
For chance to live and hope to die,
And, most of all, thank thee for
This want of mine to thank thee more.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20


Wunst my pa he
Says mussen't never hit
A boy that's littler'n me,
Cause it
Amt right, you see.
&c. when | went to school one day
And got a-playin marbles with
little boy named Charley Smith
And winned all his away,
He up with all his might
And hit me right
Square on the eye
And made me cry
And then,
Almost before l thought,
nearly hit him back agen.
If it wouldn't been Tor what
My pa he sed, .
bet I'd smashed his headl
And then, one other day,
When Willie James
Snuck up and took my knife away
And called me names
And sed I'd never get it back,
up and give him crack I
With my fist right
On the mouth-with all my might
Cause he amt littler'n me,
You see.
But MS pa never told him not
To hit hitler boys'n him, | s'pose,
And so FIRST thing l knew got
Struck on the nosel
At first | thought fell
Way down deep, deep we'll
Or tumbled from a roof somewhere
Higher'n emmy in this here town
And went a-tumbullen down
Down through the air,
And it was twenty hundred million times
more worser'n when
That little Smith boy he
Hit me, and then,
At last, got awake agen,
And the bleed was runnin down all over
me,
And l couldn't hardly breathe ner see
Nor ennything! And then ! wished I'd die,
So they'd put him in Jail, and my
Pa he'd be sorry cause he told
Me that about not fghtin boys as old
As mel And ma she cried
When went home and drew
Me close up to her side,
And l cried too!
And then one other day
When me
And Eddie Spriggs were fire department he
Wouldn't play.
He's the horse'n
Was drivin, so
First thing you know
We got to ightin! Myl
He wasn't strong at all,
And he's littler'n me, too,
And hit
Him on the cheek'n made him ball,
And when we're through
/ wasn't hurt bitl
Boys pas might know lot
About most things, but
Can't seem to see
Just why
1t was that my pa he
Told me not
Hit littler boys'n me!
guess he never fought
With bigger boys'n him before
He got
Growed up. And won't emmy more,
Cause when you hit hitler one
He runs and bellers too,
And hittin others amt no fun
When they hit hardern you'll
S. L. Kiser in Chicago Times Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
A FEW ODD LENGTHS.

In the human race the butcher holds
the steaks.
The easiest way to exchange small
bills for a large one is to go to law.
A woman without temper is like a
flower without perfume.
One way to get rid of a would-be
borrower is to leave him loan.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

In packing bottles or canned fruit
for moving, slip a rubber band over
the body of them.
A spoonful of oxgall to a gallon of
water will set the colors of almost
any goods soaked in it before wash
ing,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

The man who would rather fight
than eat never has to eat his own
words.
Many woman has secured a life
long Job by marring man to reform
him.
A strip of flannel or towel folded
several times lengthwise and dipped
in hot water, then slightly wrung out
and applied about the neck of child
suffering with an acute attack OF
Group, will usually relieve the sufferer
in the course of 10 minutes if the
flannel is kept hot.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
STATE NEWS.

Elihu B. Taft of Burlington has lately come
into possession of a document signed by Gov
Thomas Chittenden in 1856. 1t is the COM
mission of the assistant judges of Addison
county court for that year. Mr.. Taft bought
the paper In Boston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

Happy the man, Of mortals happiest he,
Whose quiet mind from vain desires 10 free,
Whom neither hopes deceive nor fears torment,
But lives at peace. within himself content;
In thought and act accountable to none
But to himself and to the gods alone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
The Lenten Season.

This Is Ash Wednesday, the first
day in Lent. According TO the church
calendar Palm Sunday will come on
March 81, Good Friday on April 5,
and Easter Sunday the last day in
Lent on April Z. Lent did not begin
until Feb. % last year.
st. Patrick's Day, on the 18th
of March, is especially observed by
Irish Roman Catholics.
Among the relics of the Isle of Man
is the Cathedral of st. German, now
q picturesque ruin. 1t was built in
the fifth century by st. German and
according to tradition was visited
by both st. Patrick and st. Bridget.
st. Patrick is supposed to have ex-
tended his travels to Gaul and Italy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

Ifsponge cake is mixed with cold
water it will be yellow; but il the wa
ter is boiling hot, the cake will be
white.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

New tins should be set over the fire
with boiling water in them for sever
al hours before food is putinto them.
Mostspiders are possessed of poison
fangs, but very few are dangerous to
human beings.
There have been 257 Popes, who
have reigned, on an average, for sew
en- and a half years each.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
Q a - EA- ~ .Ex Il a.
Rso,. tba a The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s, :, ZHzzzzM

An idea must feel awfully lonesome
when it gets in some peoples heads.
Nothing succeeds like success of
man who has political pull.
Skaters see stars never dreamed of
by the astronomers.
Land In England is 800 times as
valuable now as it was 200 years
ago.
Jack Frost does all he can to pave
the way for Santa Claus.
A towel, folded several times and
dipped in hot water, quickly wrung
outand applied at once over the seat
of pain, will in most cases promptly
relieve toothache and neuralgia.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
g MAv,-

This signature is on every box of the genuin'
Laxative BrOmO=Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures cold i'm one de
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

To Cure Cough in One Day
To Cure Cold in One Day
To Cure Sore Throat in One Day
To Cure Hoarseness in One Day
Take Cleve1and's Lung Healer, 25c. If it
fails to cure, we the undersignedwill cheer
fully refund your money. Trial size free
H J, Dwinell, Morrisville.
Foss & Andrews, Hyde Park.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

In 1885 Indian elephants fetched
e45, now they run up to $500 apiece.
The letter X only occurs once in a
thousand letters in the English Ian
guage. In French it occurs five times
as often.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

To Cure Nervousness in One Week
To Cure Constipation in One Week
To Cure Indigestion in One Week
To Purify the Blood in One Week
Take Cleve1and's Celery Compound Tea,
25c. If it fails to cure, we will cheerfully
refund your money. Trial size free.l
II. ]. Dwinell, Morrlsville.
Foss & Andrews Hyde Park.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20

Stops the Cough and works Of the
Cold.
Laxative Bromo. Quinine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price %
cents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
1F.5l


fhe question has been discussed as
to whether there Is n larger profit In
eggs In winter than in summer. 1t is
not denied that in winter prices are at
times very high. but 1t may happen
that but few of the hens are then lay
ing, while the expense of maintaining
the non-layers adds to the cost of the
eggs. In the summer season eggs are
low, but as the hens can then largely
sustain themselves the cost Is reduced.
AS the fowls forage and pick up many
articles of food that would be other.
wise wasted, 1t Is really the case that
many farmers sell eggs in summer
that did not cost anything at all. An.
other fact is that larger proportion
of the hens lay in summer, and those
that are unproductive can be made
fat and sent to market at less cost than
during any other season of the year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Had Roads a Double Injury.

Bad roads work n double injury;
when the natural dirt roads are good,
the teams are usually wanted in the
fields. When the rain comes so that
the work is stopped in the fields, the
roads are often impossible. The fact
that prices are usually the best when
the roads are the worst is one so gen.
eral and so often repeated as to be
well known to every one. In TACT, the
scant supply is due to the embargo of
mud, which creates a shortage In the
market, and this increases the price.
When the roads are good again. the
immense quantity of produce thrown
upon the market depresses the prices.
Bad roads are, in fact, the most ex-
pensive burden the farmer has to bear
They require twice the horsepower,
twice the time and only one half the
load as compared with good roads.
Transportation is really the great
est economic question of the age. In
no department OF human activity has
there been greater or perhaps so
great an advancement as in the rail-
way transportation In this country.
The American railways have solved
the question of the most perfect SER
vice at the least possible cost. A
modern locomotive over a modern
track will carry from 10000 to 100000
bushels of grain in a single train. We
can boast of the best railways-and
the worst public highways-of any
country on earth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Aero of pandelions Yields $1,000.

The dandellon Is but little grown In
this country as a vegetable. other than
In some parts of New England. Some
OF the market gardeners in the vlcin-
ity of Boston claim to have taken as
much as $1,000 worth from an acre.
The variety known as the improved
French thick leaved Is the best and
most generally known. 1t is not at all
particular as to soil or sltuation-in
fact. 1t will thrive anywhere-but the
larger profits are made In growing 1t
on heavy loan, with good tilth. The
seed should be sown after May 1, but
good results are obtained when grown
as second crop. the seed being sown
as late as August /.
The soil should be finely prepared,
as the seeds are very small, and the
young plants because of their dark
color are quite inconspicuous. Sow in
drills one foot apart and cover thinly.
Roll the ground after sowing In or
der to see where the rows are little
lettuce seed should be mixed with 1t,
say, two ounces to the acre. The let
tuce will plainly show the rows.
Cultivate in summer so that weeds
will not grow. Upon the approach of
cold weather cover with any coarse
litter and remove same in early spring.
One-quarter of a pound of seed is sufti-
Client for an acre.--Rural New Yorker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

the grasses fail and the flies Increase
and multiply. We may reflect now
when our cows are enjoying the full
ness OF the spring that each one is eat
ing about 100 pounds of grass, and
that 1t Is well balanced ration; that
It has about the same food constltu-
ents as 100 pounds OF milk. This Is
only so when the grass Is at its per-
fectlon: as it grows older IL loses its
palatablllty as well as Its solubility.
and the balance is lost. The COW Sc
cures less than she had In perfect pas
ture grass. decline In production Is
Inevitable in spite of all the drafts she
makes upon her reserve forces in her
efforts to sustain the balance, for the
good COW loves her master.
/ have seen cows penned in dusty
pasture working away Mt the grass
roots. when just over the fence waved
and fiuttered rich green corn, fifteen
tons to the acre, all waiting to get ripe
and dry to be fed to the cows the next
winter for them to balance up on. and
the owner thereof have mo stock" in
balanced ration and no balanced ra-
tlon In his stock. Surely feed de-
ferred maketh the milk fall.-W. Il.
McSparran, In National Stockman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Tho Spoakar of ParIInment.

The speaker of the House of Com
mons Is an autocrat. He is supposed
to be impartial, and to protect the
rights of the minority. and there is no
appeal from his decisions. He is
elected at the beginning of each ses-
sion, and can be removed and another
substituted in his place at any time
by vote of the house. This has been
done on several occasions, but as long
as he is in the chair his power is alb
s0lute. He can terminate debate; he
can recognize whomsoever he pleases:
he can refuse to COZ slider propositions;
he can stop member in the midst of a
speech. and can do anything else
which, in his judgment, is necessary o
promote the business of the nation,
and the order and discipline of the
commons. That is his responsibility,
and he exercises it TO his best judg-
ment and se-se Of justice. If he errs,
he must suffer the penalty, but there
is none to question or dispute his au-
thority as long az he is in the chair
With this extraordinary power there
are some drawbacks. The speaker of
the house of commons cannot dele
gate his authority. He must always
be present during the proceedings, and
preside, except when the house is IN
committee of tn whole. Then he may
retire for the time being, but cannot
leave the building. He must always
be within call, so that he may resume
the chair at a moments notice. He
has magnificent apartments in the par.
lament house, which are known as
'thc speakers palace"-a suite of be-
tween thirty and forty rooms sump-
tuously furnished. He receives a sal
ary of $4,000, and the most of it Is
required to maintain the expense of
his establishment. He pays all his SER
wants and mas to entertain a great deal.
Theoretically, the palace and the sal
airy he receives are intended for that
purpose. When he retlres he is usual
ly elevated to the peerage and voted
pension for life.-Chicago Record Her.
aid
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

Open bitches should only be made
where absolutely necessary. The rea-
son Is obvlous--a tile drain will gen
orally cost but little, il any more, than
a properly constructed open ditch with
sufficiently sloping banks. Fields can
be cultivated, hauling done in less
time and with less Inconvenience, be-
side the additional ground to cult
vate which would be waste land if
the ditch was left open. There is a
constant demand for the deepening
and widening of bitches, and this de-
mand Will continue until their bot
toms are sunk low enough not to OBJ
struct the discharge of the tile drains.
The bottom of an open ditch should
be at least two feet below the neces-
sary depth of tile drains to prevent
the tile from being filled up and OBJ
structed by the ever-accumulating sed-
iment in the bottom. Probably the
best way to treat this deposit of sedl-
ment would be to make bank slopes
not to exceed two to one, or still fiat.
ter, which will greatly reduce the cost
OF cleaning out the ditch and keeping
1t in repair, by plowing and scraping
out the deposit and spreading it on
The adjacent land.-The Epitomlst.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22

left arm. and easily backed down the
ladder with him.
He laid Macklem ON the roof Of the
stair tower and hurried away for some
stimulant.
When he returned with the remedy
the party had all descended from the
chimney top.
1t was fully fifteen minutes before
the stimulant and the tanning of his
face and chatting of his hands revived
the merchant. Then, like the famous
consular of Rome" the first words
he spoke were of the fight:
Didn't | keep my word with you,
Stacy"
Faith. you did, thenw cried old
John. "And bolder deed | never
saw. Only 1t wasn't necessary. Be-
dad. I'm ashamed of me foolish prank
In tempting you up Mr.. Macklem. II
1t wasn't for my boy being a better
man than. his father, tits a murderer
I'd feel meself this minute. Faith,
It's strong sowl we've got in that lit.
tie wake bodyI II 1t wasn't so sense
less of we to insist on ascending for the
sake of wan oyster, dunno but I'd
call ye hero"
81 guess George was the hero on this
OCCASION" said Mayor MacDew.
Then the contractor had the luncheon
brought down to the ninth floor, where
Macklem helped to dispose Of 1t with
wonderful spirit.
The affair illustrates one thing
worth remembering in days when
newspapers make fresh set of heroes
every time armed men do anything
Indicating normal human courage. At
Stacy's dinner party n nervous. seden.
tary, small man encountered what
was to him an immense danger and
fought his own fear till he tainted. all
from a not despicable desire to keen
: engagement though the engage.
ment was entered into from petty van.
ity, jealousy and ambition. Youths
Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

New York (SpeciaD .--R. G. Dun a
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
There is no complaint from any part
OF the country over the volunie OF cur
rent distribution OF merchan6se. and
what hesitation is observed IN general
trade is chiefly due to the uncertainty
as to the duration OF the labor troubles
in the steel manufacture. Collections
continue good, better weather has help
ed the agricultural classes. money is
easy, and stocks OF merchandise car
ried are not above the average for this
season OF year, particularly in the West
and Southwest.
Having no further ammunition in
heat and drought reports for hosting
prices, spectators have turned sudden
ly to the other extreme and demon
strate that early frosts threaten all late
planted corn. The result has been spot
quotation at this city OF more than 90
cents all the week, and the practical
elimination OF exporters from domestic
markets
Failures for the week were I73 in
the United States, against III last year.
and 81 in Canada. against 20 last year"
Bradstreets says:
Wheat. including -four shipments
for the week aggregate 8,852Ioo bush
els. against 6,463.3oI last week and g.
$4,000 in the corresponding week OF
1000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Beautifying the Farm Home.

Farm life is too often devoid Of con-
venlences and small attractions which
are inexpensive. and which add so
greatly to the comfort of those who
practically spend their lives within
the confines of the home acre. There
Is less of the higher civilization in
farm life than Is compatible with the
ability of the occupants to obtain.
There are dozen and one things that
might be added to farm homes which
would enable one to enjoy in its full
ness the comfort and freedom of our
surroundings.
The average farmhouse has at the
rear. or side from the kitchen what
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Tho Balnnced Raiions.

If silage is cheaper than dried corn
and cheaper and better than roots; If
clover, soy beans and the peas and all
the other possible leguminous crops
are as valuable sources of protein as
the by-products of the mills and trusts,
and they will balance the ration to
the fullest requirements of the good
COW, and do 1t more cheaply than the
feeds of commerce, then why should
they not grow on all our farms? Then
the balancing may be done at home.
Pasturage Is here, and 1t is well to
maintain our balance. The COW is In
business for life. II you starved OF
neglected her last winter your good
green grass Of this spring is being
charged back to the winters unbal
ancy. And the springs abundance OF
verdure should not delude us into any
unbusinesslike relaxation OF our sollcl
tude and provision for the time whey