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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
SEA MONSTERS.
Some Unfamiliar Ocean Giants of
Hideous Aspect.

Some Unfamiliar Ocean Giants Of
Hdeous Aspect.
Of all the big game of the deep
sea that have been taken by man
the cuttlefsh are the most diabolical
in shape and general appearance,
Gays the Metropolitan Magazine. l
have handled and measured one that
was thirty-eight feet in length, a
weird, spiderlike creature with two
antennaelike arms thirty feet in
, length. Specimens of these animals
have been caught seventy feet in
length, the captors fighting them
with an ak, cutting the arms which
seized and held the boat.
Off the coasts of California and
Alaska there is a deep sea ally of
this animal-a big, spiderlike octo-
pus that haunts the deep banks,
preying upon the fishes most es-
teemed by fishermen. 1t is found
off the Farralones on rocky bottom,
and at times the fishermen haul in
their lines, thinking they have foul
ed a stone or rock, so heavy is the
weight. But when the surface is
reached long, liyid arms shoot above
the water, seize the boat, and the
men are forced to fight with knives
and hatchets the weird, uncanny
game that has radial spread of thir-
ty feet, its eight sucker lined arms
being fifteen feet in length and pos
sessed of extraordinary power. A
specimen taken off the island of San
Clemente had a spread of about
twenty feet and gave the boatmen a
hard battle to sever its flying arms.
Nothing more diaboical can be
conceived than this spiderlike giant
of the deep sea, living among the
rocks 600 to 1000 feet below the
surface. An individual of moderate
size, which l kept alive, displayed
the greatest pugnacity. The mo-
ment | approached it would literally
hurl itself at my arm, winding its
long tentacles about it in a manner
suggestive of what large individual
might do. Indeed DR.. A. S. Pack
ard, professor of zoology at Brown
university, says: can Indian wo-
man at Victoria, Vancouver Island,
in 1877 was seized and drowned by
an octopus, probably Of this species,
while bathing on the shore. Smaller
specimens on coral reefs sometimes
seize collectors or natives and, fas-
tening to them with their relentless
suckered arms, tire and brighten to
death the hapless victim"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
FINGER RINGS.
Origin of Wearing Them Traced to
Prometheus and the Rock

In many lands and through many
ages a ring has been the symbol OF
marriage. Young folk are seldom
much in love with antiquities, but
here is an exception to the rule, for
there are few things older than the
wedding ring, and in it young people
have not yet lost their interest.
There has been much cutlery against
rings politically, but here is the all
dominating, all attractive, most in
fuential Of mergers and of all COM
binations the hardest to break.
Finger rings have been used as or
naments from the earliest times.
There is a Greek story of the origin
of their use. Jupiter chained Pro-
metheus to a rock in the Caucasus,
where a vulture preyed on his liver,
which grew again each night. After
1000 years of this chronic liver
trouble Jupiter released him, but or
dered he should wear on his finger
an iron ring, having attached to it a
piece of the rock, so that the deity
might keep his oath of perpetual
Imprisonment; hence the use Of
rings of metal with jewels. Rings
seem to have been among the first
trinkets given and priced. They
were tokens of trust. insignia of
command, rank and honor, pledges
of faith and alliance. They have
also been badges Of servitude, Illus
trating the proverb that extremes
meet.
Pharaoh gave his ring to Joseph
in token of delegated authority. The
oldest rings now in existence came
from Egypt, having been originally
placed on the fingers of the dead.
The most interesting ring in the
world, at least to antiquarians, is
the ring Of Cheops, who built the
great pyramid 1t is of fine gold,
weighing about the same as three
i've dollar gold pieces.
In early Roman times the ring
was worn on the fourth finger of the
left hand from belief that a vein
from it passed direct to the heart.
An old Jewish legend tells us that
Tubal Cain, the first Of metal work
ers, made the first ring for his wife.
The earliest marriage record Of
which we have an authentic record
is mentioned in Scripture, where the
shy and gentle Isaac placed a ring
on the face-probably the nose-of
the in nowise reluctant Rebekah.
Isaac was always timid, and he would
surely have managed the delicate
matter more appropriately himself.
Chicago Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
A Slow Journey.

The car crawled slowly on, with
an occasional long pause at a
threatened breakdown. At last an
old man with long white beard
rose feebly from a corner seat and
tottered toward the door. He was,
however, stopped by the conductor,
who said:
"Your fare, please"
81 paid my fare"
"When? l don't remember it."
"Why, paid you when l got on
the car"
"Where did you get onF"
"At Neither Liberton."
"That won't do! When [ left
Neither Lberton there was only
little boy on the car"
eyes" answered the old man, 81
know it. l was that little boy
Auckland (New Zealandl News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Worshio of Wells.

Worship of wells was everywhere
common in England and Ireland
before the days of Christianity.
Even yet, in spite of the canons of
st. Anselm, issued in 1902 against
well worship, relics of it are found
in some English and Irish neighbor-
hoods. The third Sunday in May
is known as Sugar and Water Sun
day, it having been the custom for
many centuries in the north Of Eng
land to meet on that day at the wells
in the neighborhood to drink sugar
and water, ceremony at which the
village girls were supposed to be the
hostesses Of the young men. When
this had been done, the party gen
orally went to the nearest inn, where
the young men returned the hospi-
tality they had received with cakes,
ale and punch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
No. a52.-zooIogicaI Acrostic.

A quadruped found both in Asia and
Africa; it has large head, short, mas
sive limbs and a thick skin.
l. A dangerous reptile, belonging
chiefly to North America.
2. A little animal which has a curl
Gus way Of defending itself.
3. A small carnivorous quadruped,
useful as a destroyer of noXious crea-
lures.
4. An aquatic animal, very common
in small ponds.
.. A shellfish much esteemed as an
article OF diet
g. A beast of burden used in eastern
lands.
7. A large species of deer.
s. A small, sharp toothed animal.
o. A bird which prefers darkness to
daylight.
10. An amFhibious animal with a
very valuable skin
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Estate of Rubeny T.. Wells.

State of Vermont, District of Eamoille. ss-In
Probate Court, held at Hyde Park. within and
for said District on the 9th day OF July,
A. d. 1905.
Alice A. Raymond, EXccutrix of the estate of
RubeDy l.. Wells, late of Stowe, in said
District, deceased, presents her administrator
account for examination and allowance and
makes application for decree of distribution
and partition of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon, 1t is ordered by said Court, that
said account and said application be referred
to session thereof to held at the Probate
Once in said Hyde Park, on the oath day of
July, A. ID. 1905, for hearing ana decision
thereon And, it is further ordered, that notice
hereof be given to all persons interested by pub.
LEGATION OF the same three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the News and Citizen, Newspaper published az
Morrisviile and Hyde Park, previous 10 said
time appointed for hearing, that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause, If any
they may have, why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
By the COGrt-Attest.
80 EDWIN C. WHITE, Judge
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

Shortly after the introduction of
the electric telegraph into Scotland
q west highlander who had been to
Glasgow and was consequently sup
posed to have got to the bottom of
all mysteries was asked to explain
it. "Weel," said he, cts no easy
to explain what you will no be I'M
derstandin'. But I'll tell We what it's
like. Ii you could stretch my collie
dog frae Oban to Tobermory an if
you wass to clap its head in Oban
an It ,waggit its tail in Tobermory
or il / wass to tread on its tail in
Tobermory an it squaked in Oban-
that's what the telegraph is like"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

NOTICE OF SEIZURE.-The following
~ described articles, to wit $50 POUNDS
OF WOOL, were seized at johnson, VT, on
the 9th day of June, 1905. for violation OF
Sections 3O97, 309S and 3O99 of the Revised
Statutes OF the United States. All persons
claiming said articles, or any of them, are
hereby notified to appear and file their claim
to the same within twenty days from the
first publication hereof, or the property will
be forfeited to the United States and disposed
OF as required by law. OLIN MERRILL,
Collector of Customs
Custom House. Burlington, VT, July 8, 'O5,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Mechanically Correct,

"AIiss Keeter," said the teacher Of
the class in English literature,
"what is a sonnet?"
GA sonnet" answered the girl
with the outrageous pompadour,
els a piece of poetry that goes,
Heart, love, dove, part, art, glove,
above, smart, gold, fill, eyes, hold,
still, prize at the ends of the lines
and almost any kind of words to fill
in the rest Of il"
"You will remain after school,
Miss Keeter," the teacher said, with
a frown, "and complete that sonnet
by filling it in with the necessary
words. Chicago Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
L Didn't Helm Him.

In a London bookshop. a woman
wanted a copy of Browning's works.
81 haven't got it, madam" replied
the bookseller. 81 make it a rule
never to keep any books I can't I'M
derstand, and l can't make head or
tail Of Mr.. Browning" Determined
to buy a book anyway, the customer
asked, "Have you Praed, then %
eyes, madam" quoth the book
seller. 1--we prayed, and that does
not help me"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
She Col tbe Inforn,ation.

She ran breathlessIy out of the
Palace hotel and boarded Haight
street car. "Will this car take me
to Haight and Fillmore streets ?"
she asked the conductor. "Do you
want a transfer to Fillmore ?" asked
the conductor. ''That is not an an
swer to my question:" said the lady
passenger, 'Does this car go to
Haight and Fillmore?" "Goes right
out to the park" said the conductor.
''Now, see here" said the exasper-
ated passenger. "What is the rea-
son you cannot answer my question?
The clerk in the hotel told me that
a red car going in this direction
would take me to Haight and Fill
more. | don't know ANYTHING about
your cityand haven't DO ght a guide
book. Now, can't you Kindly conde-
scend to answer my question? VIII
this car take me to Haight and Fill
more ?" 'Tt viii" "Thank YOU
very much. San I'rancisco Chron-
icle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
DRESSING BY LAW.
Price and style Of Clothing Once Pre-
scribed by Statute.


scribed by Statute.
Between the fourteenth and eight
zenith centuries all kinds of sumptu-
airy laws prevailed in Europe. In
France a royal ordinance Of 1894
prescribed that no common citizen
might wear fur, precious stones or
gold. A nobleman who had 81, 200
a year might have four robes a year
and no more. Ladies Of that rank
might have one gown a year. If
any one gave dinner there must
be only two courses besides the soup.
Common citizens who possessed
$500 a year might use cloth which
cost 1912 cents a yard, and their
wives might spend 16 cents yard.
Persons whose income was less than
$500 a year must wear cheaper cloth.
In Italy severe ordinances we're
passed in the early part of the four
teenth century against excessive
dress by women. They were forbid
den to wear any sort of headdress,
even of painted paper. Gowns of
woven figures might be worn, but
not embroidered. All stripes and
bias patterns were condemned, ex-
cept simple o@s Of not more than
two colors. Not more than two fin
ger rings were to be worn at once.
Switzerland had a law that no
wedding party should have more
than twenty guests-ten men friends
of the bridegroom and ten women
friends of the bride. No wedding
procession was permitted to have
more than two singers, two tiddlers
and two trumpeters. Married wo-
men were forbidden to wear silk or
decorated hoods, though maidens
might. No woman, whether married
or unmarried, was allowed to wear
any dress in which the opening for
the neck was so large that it did not
lie at least two inches wide upon the
shoulders, and the gown must not be
buttoned or laced up in front or at
the side.
To restrain the fashion of the
long pointed shoes it was enacted
that no person of either sex should
wear a shoe with a point extending
beyond the foot enough to allow
to be inserted in it, nor
was any woman or girl permitted to
wear laced shoes. No man or boy
should wear a coat that did not
reach to the knee.
Garments were forbidden to be
slashed so as to show different colors
or kinds Of material, and trousers
were required to be made without
stripes and both legs of the same
color. In 1470 one Swiss canton in
council assembled enacted that
thereafter no one shall make points
On shoes or boots longer than one
Joint of the finger, and if any shoe
maker shall make them longer he
shall be fined S., as also the person
wearing them. indianapolis News. |
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Estate.oTElizabeth j. Reed,
LICENSE TO SELL.

State of Vermont. District of Lamoile, IS. In
Probate Court held at hyde Park, within and
A. d. 1905.
Joseph u. Reed, Administrator of the estate OF
Elizabeth j. Reed, late of Eden, III said dis
trict, deceased makes application to said Court
for license to sell all of the real estate of said
deceased, representing that the sale is beneficial
to all interested in said estate. Whereupon 10
is ordered by said Court that said an.
plication be referred to a session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office, in said Hyde Park,
on the 29th day of July, A. D. 1905, for
hearing and decision thereon and, it is further
ordered, that all persons interested be notified
hereof by publication Of'notice of said applica.
ton and order thereon three weeks succes-
siyely III the News and Citizen printed at Nor.
risvlle and Hyde Park, before said time OF
hearing that they may appear at said time and
place, ana, if they see cause. object thereto.
By the COurt.-AtteSt.
80 EDWIN c. WHITE Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Contradiction.

Witness-IIe looked me straight
in the eve and
Lawyer-There, sir, you've fatty
contradicted your former statement.
Witness-IIow so?
Lawyer-You said before that he
bent his gaze on you, and now you'll
please explain how he could look you
straight in the eye with a bent gaze.
Witness faints.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
The Life Plant,

There is plant in Jamaica called
the life plant because it is almost
impossible to kill it or any portion
of it. When a leaf is cut off and
hung up by string it sends out
white, threadlike roots, gathers
moisture from the air and begins to
grow new leaves. Even when
pressed and packed away in a bot
anist's herbarium it has been known
to outgrow the leaves of the book
in which it was placed. The only
way to kill it is by the heat of a
hot iron or Of boiling water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
.g.Ss22 a. <
III PUzZL ,ER
No. a51.-syncopations.

Example: Syncopate ore who gives
and leave an entrance. Answer
Donor, door]
l. Syncopate the foremost and leave
the hand clinched. 2. Syncopate the
staff of life and leave a slender nail
without head. 3. Syncopate to join
in wedlock and leave a girls name.
4. Syncopate step and leave a tumult.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
No. 356.-Bird Puzzles.
No. 357,-DiagOnaI.

NO. 3o7.-D1agOnaI.
From the first letter of the last word
to the last letter of the first word the
diagonal will name an elegiac poem by
Tennyson.
Each word contains ten letters.
Crosswords: l. The system of deci-
NAL currency. 2. Pertaining to a de-
mon. 3. The act of declining. 4. To
deprive Of color. 3. Becomingly. g.
Slanderous. Z. The act of plucking off.
s. The act of diminishing. 8. Earnest
and solemn entreaty. 10. The act of
inviting.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
No. 35S.-Definitions
If l meut cun-Generous.
l met q rod-An interceSSor.
An Unfamiliar Article,

"Pa, what's sine qua non" ooh,
pshaw! don't ask me. 1 amt had my
automobile long enough yet to learn
about all those technical names yeti
Chicago Record-Herald..
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

His Wife-I hear that your new pa
tient is very rich.
Physician-Sh! He Is so rich that l
gave the mustard plaster placed on
his back a Latin name.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

Don't Blame Jane: "Did Jane de-
eide she wouldn't be married in
June "No; | think some man must
have decided not to ask"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
The Mitigating Circumstance.

"Don't you hate to see people throw
away their money? Eyes. The only
thing that would reconcile me to the
spectacle would be a chance to pick it
up."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

No. 342 Word Puzzle: Prone, crony
Front, drone. Fancy, lance.
No. 343. - Familiar Proverbs: l.
Pride goeth before q fall. q There's
many a slip 'twixt the cup and lip.
No. 344.-Double Acrostic: Primals-
Shakespeare. Finals-Winter's Tale.
Crosswords-1. Shadow. 2 Haggai.
8. Action. 4. Knight. 5. Entire. @.
Slower. z. Petals. 8. Enlist. 9. At
RIGA. 10. Recoil. IL. Europe.
No. 345.-Triangle: 1. Chair. 2.
Hymn. 3. Amy. 4. In. 5. R.
No. SAG. - Anagram Verse: Lips,
slips, care, speak, speak, where.
No. 347.-Our Trip; Siam, Cuba, Den
mark, Persia, Servia.
No. 34S.-Jumbled Names: 1. Ru,
dolph. 2. Frances. 8. Dorothy. 4.
Marion. 5. Lucy.
No. 349.-Diamonds:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

Are you sure you love him?"
"Am | sure? Do you see this
dress?"
"0f course I do! What of it?"
"Will you kindly tell me if it
bears the slightest resemblance to
the present fashion ?"
Swell, really it-er-it"-
sit doesn't ?"
sNo."
Swell, I'm wearing it because he
likes il" Paris Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

Itehiness OF the skin horrible plague. Most
everybody afflicted in one way or another
Only one safe. never failing cure Doan's
Ointment. At any drug store, so cents,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
No. 3II.-Prenxea.

BY using the same prefix in each
case make the following changes:
l. To test into to make better.
2. The substance of which anything
is made into unimportant.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
No, 353,-Chprade.

My FIRST a curling tale displays,
My SECOND is a tail always,
Ny wHoLEs a tail of foreign ways.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Papa's Warming.

Daughter = This piano is really
" very own, isn't it, papa?
Father Yes, my dear.
rAnd when I marry I can take it
lib me car II"
Certainly, my child! But don't
any one. 1t might spoil your
noes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

81 suffered for months from sore throat
EclecttIic Oil cured me in twenty four hours. -
NJ. s. Gist, Hawesville, XIV.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
NOTICE OF HEARING. UPON BANK
RUPT'S PETITION FOR DISCHARGE.

United states Court for the District of Vernon {.
S.FBED W. stone. Notwithstanding
Notice is hereby given that the above ma med
Dankfupt has filed bis petition, praying for his
ulstharge from all his debts in bankruptcy, and
10 such discharge may attend before the under.
signed referee, at his C1lice. in Hyde Park, in
sayu Dlsiret, on Stature ay July % 1905 at
their objections, If any, to such discharge, with
Dated at Hy, Park. in said District this 10Th
day Of July, A. d. 1905
FRED II. MCFARLAND, Referee.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19
Dissolution Notice

The partnership of Hepdee & Fisk is this
day dlss olved by mutual consent.
GEO. W. HENDEE,
b. {. FISK.
Worthwhile Vt, July 6, 1905.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-07-19

Watch the label on your paper.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-22
TownYille News.

MI. McNcely. from Pickcns, visited
his daughter. Mrs. Rufus Boggs.
MISS Lollie Morgan, from Anderson,
mas been spending awhile with her
sister, Mrs. James McCarley.
.Spearman DobDins, of Atlanta, is
visiting relatives at this place.
Kev. II. i. FAINT, of Anderson,
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. \. w. Grant.
Mr., and Mrs. Baylis Bagwell, from
near near Seneca, were the guests of w. n.
WoolbriRht Saturday and Sunday.
Woodson Giles, from Anderson,
spent Sunday with G.. ID. Giles,
AIRS. John Sharp and Miss Kate
sharp, from Rivoli, visited Miss Annie
Fair Dickson, Thursday.
y. j.. Queen is all smiles. It's q
The Quarterly meeting was held at
the Methodist Church OF Friday, 10Th
inst.
Miss Matte Bruce. of Neville, visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Washinrton. of An.
Vile.
Miss Kate IIcmbrec, from near
Shiloh, spent awhile with her aunt.
Mrs: Richard Thrasher, who accom-
panied her home.
Misses Fluva and Lula Boygg Wis
iLcu thclr brother, Calhoun BOggs, at
TOkecna.
}. w; shirley attended Court at
WaIhalla.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Crcnshaw.
from near Pendleton, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Richard Thrashcr.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-22
1alaine Legislature Thanks Miss Hub.
bard.

The Legislature of the State of
fsutions warmly commending the Ser
vices of Miss LenOra G.. Hubbard of
ythis cityfin caring for the graves of six
asfederal soldiers buried in the cemetery
.,os the fret Presbyterian church. The
y resolutions are engrossed on parch-
. 1aent and are signed by the secretary
.of State and the chairman of the COM
;. ,liiittee on military of the Maine gen.
:, asSal assembly. They were forwarded
vao Miss Hubbard by the governor of
the State and read as follows:
e Resolved, That the thanks of this
V3ody be extended to Aiss LsnOra C..
faalbbard of Anderson, South Carolina,
&, ,turgratefhl and appreciative recogni-
'.Eon of her noble and patriotic service
TO the people Of the State in caring for
9. and shOnoring the graves of certain
soldiers, formerly citizens of this
State, who died in defense of the
Union"
The soldiers referred to in the reso-
tuition belonged to the federal garrison
3 tat.oned here at tho close Of the war.
" Miss Hubbard. who ia a teacher in the
,city. schools, had been caring for the
,gravos of these ok Maine soldiers for O
Aongperiod, placing flowers upon the
graves regularly on each memorial
day The matter cane to the atten-
:tiOn of come of the veterans Of the
Grand; Army, who brought it to the
attention of the Maine officials.
BY otder of the war department the
bodies we're -exhumed last fall and re-
moved to the oational cemetery at
wSa1 ette. taeorgia.