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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
A Queer Experience.

An actor and his wife had funny
experience once in Toronto. They were
playing a piece in which the wife
enacted the part of woman dentist,
and one evening the husband received
a note asking him to call at certain
house He did so the next day and
was greeted by the old man and his
wife, the latter of whom said to him:
me and my mate fell in love with
your missus last night. She was so
gentle with you when you was a-sittin
of the dentist chair. I'm gettin on
now, and all my teeth is agettin loose,
and my mate wants me to go to the
dentist shop and ave 'em pulled, but
l knows as 'ow they 'urts, and l want
to know if you and your missus will
come around ere and ave tea with us,
ave little singin and enjoy ourselves
and your missus before she leaves kind
ly pull out a few of these old stumps,
as l know she'll be as kind and gentle
as she was to you"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Lamoille County Medical
Association.

At meeting of the LamOIlle County Medical
Association the following regulations were
adopted:
In order that our fees for services may con-
form to those of the Vermont State Medical So
ciety, on and after Jan. !, 1902, our minimum
fees shall be as follows:
1.-Ordnary visits within one mile of our
offices, 81. co. For each additional mile or frac-
ton thereof the sum of IS cents will be added.
2.-Fees for Office consultations, fractures and
surgical cases to remain as heretofore. Mini
mum fee for confinement cases $1,000.
3.-For calls received between p. M, and
6 a. M, surgical and confinement cases except
ed, double IL will be charged.
At called in while passing a house, the
charge shall be s LOO for that call. For subse-
quent visits during the same illness the charge
Shall be the full fee rates.
Sin critical medical cases when detained
hey ond the usual length OF time Sl.OO extra Will
be charged for each hour so detained.
6.-While it is not intended to do an injustice
to any one, people who habitually and wlllfully
neglect to pay their physicians will be placed on
the associations cash customer list ana any
member who attends such people without re-
ceiving cash for each visit when made will be
liable to expulsion from the association.
I've the undersigned pledge ourselves to
observe me foregoing regulations &C. G. Rub
lee, NJ. D., E. p. Bigelow, M. D., W. w. Genge,
M. D., Al. yalleau, NJ; D.; j; G. Morgan. N.
D., j. W. Robbins, NJ. D., H. w. Barrows, M.
d., G. L. Goodwin, NJ. D., G. j.. Woodward, M.
W. T. Sayton, M. D., G. L. Bates, NJ. D., O. s.
Leach, Nj. D., q. w. Maurice, M. D., j. H.
Bean. M. D., d Ane Fosburg, NJ. D., Geo. II.
Newton, NJ. ID.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
just to Avoid a Disturbance.

During a visit to the south of Italy q
young Englishman was introduced at a
fashionable gathering by a Neapolitan
cavalier.
While there his gold snuffboX was
taken from him. The next evening lie
was at another party when, to his sur
prise, he saw a gentleman take out his
stolen snuffbox and help himself to a
pinch of snuff He quickly strobe up
to his friend and said:
"The gentleman over yonder is TAX
ing snuff out of the very box which
was stolen from me yesterday. Do you
happen to know him"
"Hush," answered the cavalier in a
tone of warning. 'He is a person of
high rank"
what do 1 care" exclaimed the
Englishman. 81 want my snuffbox
and mean to call him to account"
"Come, don't let us have a row." gen.
tly entreated his friend. Leave the
matter to me. 1 will get the snuffbox
for you"
After receiving this assurance the
Englishman went home.
The following day, sure enough, his
friend brought him the stolen box.
How did you recover it?" inquired
the Englishman.
"Well," said his friend, with laugh,
81 wished to avoid a disturbance. and
therefore l simply stole it back again
from him!'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
ONE W0MAN'S SUCCESS.
How She Made Good Money With
Her Flock of Hens.

Her Flock of Hens.
At recent farmers institute at
| Avoca, n. Y, Mrs. Fillmore Billings, a
| farm woman, read the following paper
on how she cared for her fowls and the
profit she realized from them the past
| year:
| 81 have had some experience with
| poultry, as ] have had the care of a
| flock Of hens for the last twenty years,
with good success. We keep about 200
hens. / raise from 100 to 200 chickens
every year, Matching and raising them
with hens. My way of caring for the
chickens is this: l do not feed them
anything until they are twenty-four or
thirty-siX hours old and then feed them
| bread soaked in water for about
week. After that l bake cornmeal in
johnnycake and soak that and feed
five times day until they are about
| five weeks old. Then | feed wheat
screenings or whole wheat, always Civ
ing them, plenty of fresh water or
| sweet milk to drink. In caring for
| them in that way the loss from sick
| ness is very small. Sometimes the
| crows or hawks will catch some of
| them.
my way of caring for the hens is:
| In the winter feed a warm feed every
| morning of bran with some meat feed
mixed with it, either desiccated fish or
boiled beef and bone, using seven parts
| of bran to one of the meat feed, mixed
with hot water and fed while warm. At
| noon feed corn or wheat, and if they
need more feed corn again at night.
Always have a box with crushed oyster
shells where they can get them when
they want them, and give them all the
fresh water that they want. Two or
three times week l feed some vegeta-
BILE food, cabbage or apples if we have
them, or potato parings. We keep our
hens shut in in the winter, unless it is
very warm. Don't forget that you
must have warm, dry place for them.
ain the summer they run where they
please, with the exception of the gar
den. They are fed every day of the
year all they will eat.
Here is what we did with our hens
last year: Jan. 1, 1901, we had 200
White Leghorn hens and eleven Plym-
outh Rocks for sitters. We sold 1,506
dozen of eggs, which brought $29S.S7.
We have sold seventeen ROSTERS for
$3.50, which makes the sales amount to
$30G.17. The eggs used in the family are
eighty-four dozen. Calling them worth
IS cents a dozen makes them worth
$12.12. You will see that the eggs sold
brought almost 20 cents a dozen, only
lacking a fraction of cent. The chick
ems used for meat are fifty at 80 cents
each. This is the lowest price that we
have sold any for; it makes them worth
SIS. Jan. !, 1902, we have the number
of fowls that we had Jan. l, 1901, and
ninety-tive extra pullets worth so cents
each, which is $3.50, and twentyfour
extra ROSTERS worth 40 cents each,
which is $500, which, by adding what
we have sold and used and the extra
fowls, is $393.39. The cost of feed for
the year is $159.73, a profit of $23366.
If they had had more room, they would
have done better. l have had them dc
better than this. | shall continue in the
poultry business as long as they do as
well as they have the past year"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
How to Make Onions InofFensive.

If one likes raw onions, but suffers
from a burning sensation after eating
them, this objection to their use can be
removed by covering the peeled and
sliced onions with cold water for half
hour before using. Take up on plate
and with the back of a silver spoon
press to get out all of the rank flavor.
Ice and garnish with curled parsley,
which, if eaten after the onion, will
take away much of the odor from the
breath. A swallow of vinegar is also
ef1icacious in subduing the odor
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
NAMING A HO0SIER TOWN.
The story an ApostrOphe Tells on "A
Railway Station Sign.

The story an ApostrOphe Tells on "A
Railway Station Sign.
Indiana is full of towns with queer
names, but the queerest of them all
has SO far been left to languish in I'M
deserved obscurity. People who are
acquainted with that portion Of dark
est Indiana which lies in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Charlottesville must
have seen on the signboard Of a little
railroad station as they rushed by on a
railroad train this astonishing name,
"H'Town."
Behind that apOstrophe lies the story
of the joke which rich old Indiana
farmer played on the directors of a
great railroad company. The farmer
in question owned several thousand
acres of land in one body. When the
railroad was built, it was. found neces-
Sary to cut through his land. The
right of way agents went to the old
farmer and asked him to set a price
Oh the strip running through his farm
a few hundred feet wide.
He laughed at them and said his
land was not for sale at any price.
He didn't believe in railroads anyhow
and didn't want one running through
his property. They offered him a huge
price for the land, for they had found
other property owners in the vicinity
reasonable and did not care to start
any condemnation suits unless it was
absolutely necessary. But the old farm
er would not listen to them. His in
come was twice as large as he cared to
spend, and he rather enjoyed the posi-
ton of blocking all the efforts of a
great corporation.
The claim agents made up their
minds that they would have to start
suit and were about ready to bring
it when they were surprised to get a
letter from the old farmer.
eff you'll let me name the town you
are going to build on my land" he said,
''I'll give you all the land you need"
They accepted his terms with glee.
OF course they expected that his vanity
would lead him to name the town after
himself, and they were quite prepared
for that emergency. But he fooled
them. A written agreement was drawn
up and signed and the deeds passed.
Then they asked him for his name.
The old man grinned broadly.
well call it Helltown," he said.
They argued with him until they saw
it was useless. They could not back
out, for the papers had already been
signed. Then they decided they would
get even in another way. They elided
the second, third and fourth letters of
nocent apostrophe, and so the name
of the village is H'town to this day
Chicago Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
How to Cook CLANS with Peppers.

A delicious dish for luncheon or sup
per is made of green peppers and
clans. Put tablespoonful Of butter
in the pan and cook in it for five min
utes a green pepper chopped fine. Then
add the hard parts of twenty clans
chopped fine and cook them four min
utes. Put in third of cupful of the
clam juice and the soft parts of the
clans and cook three minutes longer.
Season with salt and paprika and serve
on toast.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Overlooking Causes Death.

A lady writes me that her turkeys
are dying Upon inquiring into the
symptoms and the way she feeds l am
of the opinion that she is killing her
turkeys with kindness by overlooking.
She feeds them five or six times a day.
A turkey in state of nature picks up
its feed, a bug or grasshopper at time,
and never gOrges itself with food, as it
is liable to do when we feed the flock.
A duck can be fed all it will eat and as
often as it will eat, but if you feed a
turkey the same way you are sure to
have trouble. A turkey is a voraciOus
eater and will eat as often as you feed
it. | can only get time to feed my tur-
keys three times a day, and as they
nearly all live and make rapid growth
l think that is all that is necessary.
A neighbor told me that her turkeys
We're dying, and | sent her word to
come and get some grit to give them,
as knew she was not giving them any
grit. | advised her to put little in the
food every morning. She did so, and
her turkeys are no longer dying. 1t
was the absence of sharp grit that
caused them to die.-Mrs. Charles
Jones in Turkey Culture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
How TO Clean Blankets.

Flannel blankets maybe successfully
cleaned by using borax and soft soap.
Put two tablespoonfuls of boraX and a
pint of soft soap into cold water enough
to cover the blankets. When the borax
and soap have become dissolved, put in
the blankets and let them stand over
night. The next day rub them out,
rinse them in two waters and hang
them out to dry. Never wiring them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Estate of George wilkins.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District Of
Lamoile, commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all persons
Stowe, in said district, deceased. and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purposes afore-
said at the Office room occupied by said George
wilkins in his lifetime as a law office, over the
post office, in Stowe, on the 10Th day of May and
oath day of October next, from 10 O'Clock a m.
until O'Clock p. m. each of SAID days, and that
six months from the 25th day of April, A. ID,
1902, is the time limited by said Court tor said
creditors TO present their claims to us for exam
ination and allowance.
Dated at Stowe, this 9Th day of May, A. d.
1902. JAMES w, BROCK,
HIRAM A. HUSE,
GEO. S. McALLISTER,
30 Commissioners.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
How to Manicure the Nails.
How to Keen the Hands White.

A preparation to keep the hands soft
and white is made by dissolving little
white wax in almond oil. Apply this
mixture while warm, and gloves must
be worn to keep the wax in place, as it
soon cools and will peel off. If ammo
mia is used to soften hard water, little
cold cream must be rubbed on after
ward, as ammonia destroys the natural
oil on the surface of the skin. 1t also
makes the nails brittle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Fresh vision OF Christ Nee,,e.o

The church of Christ needs today a
fresh vision of the courageous Naza-
rene, it needs fresh baptism of spirit
ual courage and constancy, it needs the
face that can set itself against sin, and
it needs the face that can steel itself
against the evil forces of a sin stained
world.-Rev. e. George Sankey's, Pres
byterian, st. Louis.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
RUTLAND RAILROAD.
Time Table Corrected to Jan. s, 1902.
Trains Leave Burlington

GOlNG SOU1H AND EASI.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED.
$50 A. M.-EXPRESS MAIL due Rutland
IL :O5 a. m, Troy 2:l0 p. M. Albany 2:55
p. M, New York 700 p. M, Bellows
Falls rs p. M, Boston 5:45 D. M, Provi.
dence 1925 p. M, Worcester $500 p. m.
Springfield 4:07 p. m.
IL 55 NOON-GREEN MOUNTAIN FLYER
due Rutland 1:55 p. M, Troy 4:26 p. M,
Albany 5:25p. New York S:45 p. M,
Bellows Falls $3.50 p M. Boston al o.
H., Worcester sos p. NJ, Springfield
6:1s p. M. Pullman parlOr cars and
coaches toBosr',, ana Troy.
$50 z. M, MIXED TRAIN tor Ttconderoga,
Rutland and intermediate stations, due
Tlcenderoga 6:45 p. M, Rutland is pm.
8 35 P. M. Local passenger for Rutland and
intermediate stations, due Rutland s CO
PM.
1000 p. N.-For Boston and NewYork daily.
due Rutland l2:1u a. No., Troy 2:45 am,
New York go am. Boston 1900 a. NJ,
Worcester 6:35 a. M. Providence 8:16
a. m. Pulln an buffer sleeping cars to
New York and Boston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21

When he first came prominently be-
fore the public after perfecting his ia
nous gun, the late Lord Armstrong
was occasionally pestered by cranks
who wished to obtain his opinion re-
specting some perfectly unavoidable in
vention. One day Sir William Che had
not then been raised to the peerage)
was interviewed by person who was
evidently crazy. He begged Arm
strongs assistance in constructing a
piece of ordnance that could shoot the
man in the moon. Sir William listened
patiently, and then queried: But who
is to signal whether it is a hit or a
miss? When you've thought about a
practical method of marking at that
long range, give you my promise that
I'll help you with the gum The crack
Drained inventor departed beaming
with pleasure, but was heard of no
more.
How to Manicure the Nails.
One of the secrets of good manicuring
is to keep the nails wet and we'll
creased while the work is being done
Soak the nails thoroughly and file them.
Cut out any hangnails, but use the Scis-
sors for no other purpose. On no ac
count cut the cuticle or any part of the
flesh. If you do, it will thicken the
flesh around the finger tips and reduce
them to a hopeless condition. Remove
the roughness on the nails and all grimi-
ness or stains with the pointed stick
wet with ongaline.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21

c. B. HIBBARD, Gen'l Passenger Agt.
W. S. JONES, Gen'l Supt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
NANCY
HANNLGAN'S
SUITORS.
BY SeumaS MacManus.
BY SeumaS MacManuS
Copyright, 1900, by SGumds MdcManuS.

ANCY HANNIGAN was the
one daughter of Seumas and
Nelly Hannigan. Nancy as
she crew up deYelOped such
Arizona republican., 1902-10-29

the leopard Sprang upon him, burying the claws of its fore and hind feet in his shoulders and thighs. The impact bore Herr Roger to the ground just as Nero sunk his teeth into the leoDard's neck. The savage animal was taken by surprise and loosened his hold to turn upon the boarhound and like a flash the trainer sprang to his feet to save the faithful boarhound that had defended him, and followed by Nero he left the cage before the animal could recover. During one week this same leopard killed a polar bear, a tiger. a chectak and two bolrhounds during public performances
 Herr Roger has spent thirteen O. his twenty years as an animal trainer with Carl HagenbaCk 3f Berlin, and has been employed six years in training the groups that appear as a part Of the Hagenback show at the New York.
 He is q quiet-spoken man of medium
 height. who modestly declares he can speak little English. and then surprises one by speaking the language fiuently
 He has been attacked by the animals scores of times when training them for their performance. He has them So thoroughly under control now that
 he turns his back on all but the leo pards. lie considers these beasts more treacherous than the lions polar bears or partners. Brutus. the big lion who is in appearance the most dangerous is in reality the most docile of the group. For years he has offered no violence to his trainer, but would tear | a stranger limb from limb.
 The most dangerous part of the act is | feeding the beasts. It is hazarduous l for the reason that they are fed from
 the hand, and should the animals in their anxiety to obtain a choice nor J sel scratch the trainer and draw blood ! his death would probably follow. At | tendants and managers are never at
 ease until this part 0; the performance | is at an end. So acute is a lions sense
 of smell that they will not work if fresh meat has been used on the stage. It is | therefore necessary after the perform
 ance to wash the flooring and bars of | the cage with Q deodorizer.
 The danger run by the trainer de- bends largely upon the mood the ami
 male are in. The changing of location. i the erection of new cage or strange
 bars of music played by the orchestra | will upset the entire family
 l No one about the the1ter watches the
 moods of the animals more closely than | docs Mime. Boger. Before the curtain rises he takes her place in a chair set in the wings where she can watch ev1 i cry rovement of her husband and his
Arizona republican., 1902-10-29

Since then it has been twice sold, but today the man who wanted it would have a bank account away up in the six figures.
 Another group of claims in this dis triot, now undergoing development, is that of the Black Mountain Gold Min ing company. called after the range of mountains which forms the eastern boundary of the san Francisco Mining district. This group is on the west bank of Silver creek and about three miles northwest of the Cold Road mine. There are five claims in the group. with a well-devel0ped Assure of gold and silver quartz spar Of an average width of six feet for q distance or about 4 ECO feet It is q matter of rec ord that some thirty and odd years ago some ore was broken off the exposed veins and shipped to San Francisco by way of the Colorado river and the Pa cifc ocean. What the returns from these shipments were Is not known, but 1t is known that from a pocket in the Moss mine. situated just below the Black Mountain group, many thousand C. dollars in gold were taken in few days; some people assert that the amount was not less than $50 0C0.-Cor- respondent Los Angeles Mining Re view.
Arizona republican., 1902-10-29

army and mightier army described in the annual report of the United States commissioner of education, just sub mitted to the secretary Of the interior.
 The report of Commissioner Harris shows that the total of pupils in the schools, elementary, secondary and higher. both public and private. in the United States for the year ended June 50. 1901, was 11.299. .30. an increase of 2IS520 pupils over the previous year Of this number, Ii. 11O, ,394 were enrolled in schools supported by local and gen eral taxation.
 If we add to this enrolment those who attended certain special institu- tiCns like evening schools, commercial cchocls and schools of cookery and of special trades and vacations, We have a gr9nd total O. over 17, ,750. 900 C., the population that received education for a longer or shorter period during the year.
 An interesting feature of the report is the increased per capita expenditure for education. In 1870 the expenditure for schools per capita of the popula- tiOn was $164; the last year 1t was $2.93 per capita, the highest in the his tory of the country.
 This army of 17.00O coo youngsters is the hope of the republic. IL is the in- vincible defense of our institutions and of our democracy. No other army on the globe is comparable to it as a force :or civilization and as q bulwark for free and popular Chicago Record Herald.