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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Lent will be a Month Late this Year

Lent will be a month later this
year, Easter Sunday is the Sunday
following the first full moon after the
vernal equinox, which, this year, falls
on March 81, at 1:57 a. m. The
equinox falling a day later than last
year just misses, by only two hours,
the full moon of March 20 at 1857
p. m. This throws the Eastertide
back more than 20 days to the Sun
day following the full moon of April
10. And thus it is that in 1905 Ash
Wednesday, the first day of Lent,
does not come until March 8, while
last year it fell on Feb. /. And Eas-
ter Sunday comes on April %, just
twenty days later than last year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Grange Field Meetings.

Hon. Aaron Jones, master Of the
national grange, has been addressing
large grange meetings throughout
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the
New England states this month and
last. Five enthusiastic field meetings
were held in Pennsylvania. The Or
der is growing very rapidly in that
state-5,0OO members have already
been added since Jan. 1, and they ex-
pect to increase the membership 1000
or 5000 during the year. Hon. W. f.
Hill is master Of the Pennsylvania
state grange. The growth of the Or
der in New Jersey is also remarkable
for the size of the state-1,500 new
members have been added in the last
six months, and the number will doubt
less be doubled before the end of the
year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08

it is said. She is very bright and pro
gressive and eager to learn American
ways.
Her father, who is quite well Ameri-
canized and who played on an Ameri-
can baseball team when at school in
the United States as a young man, has
promised that she shall preside at the
legation and mingle to some extent in
the social designations of the capital
when she is sufficiently instructed in
the English language. She has already
many privileges Chinese girls of high
caste are not supposed to possess, her
feet are not bound, and she walks like
an American girl, but she is not permit
ted to adopt American attire, and her
rich oriental costumes are maze Sa
Chinese tailor connected with the lega-
tiOn
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
!

Matches very best quality, regular
SC pkgs. Ransack price 8 for 25c. @
2oldoz. only best can Corn, regu.
lar 15c grade. Ransack price $50
doz.
One Lot mixed Candy, regular
price 15c. Ransack price &C.
IS Kegs best Soda, usually sold at
&c Ransack price II lbs. 25c.
Evaporated Apples in ID. Car
toons 12c quality, Ransack price
SIC.
A Lot of Pure Pepper in Glass
Shakers 1oc goods. Ransack price
sc.
A big Lot of Flavoring Extracts
zoe grade. Rausack price &c.
A few I gal. Jugs Catsup, 75c
quality. Ransack prize soc.
Witch Water Soap, cheap at SC.
Ransack price sc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08

Overstocked on Bakers Chocolate,
regular, 45c goods. Ransack price
$50.
One Lot of Jap Tea, regular $50
grade. Ransack price, 25c, S lbs for
$500
One Lot good Black Tea, soc
grade. Ransack price, 25c, 4 lbs.
SI,oo.-s,.-..
One Lot good Green Jap Tea, reg
ular Acc grade. Ransack price, 28c.
AZ lbs. $500.
One Lot good Drinking Coffee, zoe
grade. Ransack price, lac, 4 lbs.
soc.
One Lot broken Java, cheap at2sc
Ransack price 19c.
One Lot good broken Rice &c
grade. Ransack price 3 &c.
Corn Starch in ID. pkgs., regular
price 1oc. Ransack price &c.
Bakers Cocoa, overstocked on
1alb. cans, regular price 25c. Ran
sack price 19c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Eight Thousand Farm Boys Compet

Corn worth $40 an ear is exhibited
in the Palace Of Agriculture at the
worlds fair by Illinois. This corn was
raised by 5000 farmer boys Of Illinois.
To each one Of these boys were sent
500 grains Of corn last year. Each
boy grew his corn according to an out
lined plan and sent ten ears each to be
exhibited by the state. Premiums
amounting to $500 have been Of
fered upon this corn, and the boy win
ming first will receive $500. There's
material In these Illinois boys for the
III L.. ..aAl .rt.n q
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Early LAYING bullets.

Experienced poultrymen know that
pullets that begin laying in the fall
are quite likely, with good care, to keep
it up through the winter. w. g.
Stuart Chester, VT, speaks of his
method of securing early laying pull
let's: 81 am very much pleased with
the results obtained from the use of
Pages Perfected Poulery Food l
find there is nothing better to feed pull
let's early in the fall to mature them
for early laying"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
HYDE PARK.

Morton Hill was home from the
U. V. NJ, short time last week.
Mrs. R. w. Hulburd visited rela-
tives in St. Johnsbury part OF last
week.
Owing to a scarcity of power at
the Butter Box Factory several hands
are laid off this week.
Cottage prayer meetings are held
every Tuesday evening at the home
of Lester BOomhower.
Mrs. Annie Moore of St. Adams
visited her brother, W. w. Thorp,
several days last week.
Those interested in music will be
pleeasd to read Prof. Leach's article
elsewhere on the training of boys
voices.
The L. c. A. basket ball team
plays the Waterbury team here on
Friday next. A great game may be
expected.
Antine Miller was in Burlington
several days last week, called there
by the illness of his wife, who has the
pneumonia.
Owing to the enter tainment Thurs
day night the mid-week meeting at
the Cong1 church will take place Fri
day evening.
Several of the farmers along the
river are having serious time with
water, it having froze up during the
late cold snap.
Linn Stearns left Monday for
Barre, where he has position in a
creamery. His family expect to
move there soon.
School in the Primary department
of the village school closed last Fri
day. The kids" will have a vaca-
ton until next April.
Miss Helen Hall, Gov. Pages pri-
vate stenographer, is enjoying mid
winter vacation of two weeks at her
home in St. Johnsbury.
"Marzel, the Magician Thursday
evening. 1t will be good entertain
ment and you cannot afford to mss
it. Commences at s o'clock.
Thos. Moore has purchased OF the
Land estate the farm where he has
lived for several years. He gets a
good farm at a good bargain.
Chas. Kramer returned to Cor
ham, N. H., last Friday. The con-
templated trade between him and l..
P. Jackson failed to materialize.
The Hyde Park Juniors played the
Morrisville Juniors at game OF
basket ball here last Saturday after
noon. The home team won by a
score of Is to 8.
Regular Rebekah meeting next
Tuesday evening. 1t being St. Val
entine's day something "out OF the
ordinary" may be expected. A full
attendance of members is desired.
The entertainment given by the
L. c. A. Senior asslast Friday even
ing was well attended. IAN Old
Sweetheart of Mine" was well rem
dered, as was also the other parts of
a very interesting program. Asocial
and prom followed.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Hyde Park Warehouse
Co. was held last Thursday. These
officers were elected: President, K.
w. Hulburd; Vice Pres, A. A. Pike
Secretary, RussellS. Page; Treasurer,
H. NJ. Mcfarland. 1t was voted to
increase the capital stock from $25,-
900 to $4,000.
! Ernest Griswold and bride came to
I this place last Wednesday evening
! after the nuptial knot. was tied at
! Johnson and thought they had es-
capped the usual "send off" crowd.
But when they reached the depot a
| good delegation of Johnson people
were on hand and gave them the
customary shower of rice and good
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08

Governor. N. ]. Bachelor of New
Hampshire spent two weeks in August
in New York state addressing meetings
of grangers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08

One Lot of Ladies Dong Polish
high cut cap toe, regular SI.35 grade.
Ransack price csc.
One Lot Misses high cut Polish,
good durable shoe, regular price
S1.35, Ransack price CSC.
Another Lot Childs Shoes, diff
ferent styles and prices. Ransack
price CSC.
Misses and Childs best American
make Overshoes, usual price 75c to
s1.1o. Ransack price 4Sc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
SIZE LIKES OUR WAYS.

Daurhter az Chinese Minister, VINO
VIII soon Make Her Debut.
There are many interesting and beau-
tiful young women in diplomatic cir
cles in Washington, but none more in
tere8ting than Miss LANG, the seven
teen-year-old daughter of the Chinese
minister, Sir Chentung Liang CheDg.
Miss LANG is to make her debut before
long and will be the first Chinese girl
of high class to enter American society,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
An Excellent Poultry Food.

Miss Myra Spencer of Hanover
Center, N. H., expresses the sentiment
of hundreds of poultry keepers in Yer.
mont and adjoining states, in the fol-
lowing letter. Read it: II have been
feeding Pages Perfected Poultry
FooG' to my fowls and find it excellent"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Shoe Department.

200 pairs Boys heavy Lumbermen's
Rubbers, S1,ro grade. Ransack
price SOC.
Mems plush lined Antelope calf
regular S. 50 grade. Ransack
price $I.65.
10 Doz. Pairs Mems Gloves, cheap
at 1;c. Ransack price 1oc.
10 Doz. Warm Mittens, I5c grade:
Ransack price, pairs csc.
A few Doz. Whips, usually sold
75c to s1.oo. Ransack price 45c.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
Massachusetts Patrons.

The Massachusetts state grange will
run an excursion to the worlds fair by
special train on Oct. 4. The route will
be over the Boston and Albany, New
York Central, Lake Shore and Big
-Four railroads. They will be at the
exposition eight days and on their re-
turn will stop off for day at Niagara
Falls. The cost Of the trip, including
all necessary expenses for twelve days,
is S5S from Boston. They invite Pa
irons from the other states along the
line Of the route to join the party.
Charles D. Sage, North. Brookfeld,
Mass. is in charge of the excursion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-02-08
THE SMOOT CASE.
The Mormon Senator and the Nature
of the Charges Against Him.

of the Charges Against Him.
Reed Smoot, who is known as the
Mormon senator" is the central fig
ure in an investigation which has
aroused much interest. The object is
to determine the fitness of Senator
Smoot for membership in the United
States senate. The senate is the judge
of the qualifications of its own mem
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-27
GOOD QUEER" COIN.
Secret Service Chief Tells Of Some Wild
Goose Chasss.

Secret Service Chief Tells OF Some Wild
Goose Chasss.,
A battered dime lying upon the desk
of Chief Wilkfe of the Secret Service is
all that remains of famous counter
feiting case. This cor" said Chief
wilkie, caused panic in bank, dis
turbed the business interests Of a whole
town and put this bureau to a great
deal of trouble. After we had run down
the counterfeiting plot from its, incep.
ton to this little coin we dropped the
whole thing as quick as a wink. Why?
Because the counterfeit was a genuine
coin and there was no plot.
1.-THE number of wild goose chases the
Secret Service has, been obliged to un.
dertake on apparently first-ciass evi
dence of wrong-doing would, if written
out, make good sized book. Very
often, as in the case Of this innocent
and perfectly good ten-cent piece, the
people who have first shouted Counter.
feit!'have done SO with nothing better
than genuine coin or note to back VI
their charges. Not so very long ago We
got flood of complaints from the cot.
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r. DISTINGUISHED.
way.

When some one told him Jones was
And that his judgment had much
weight,
He did not tell Jones what they said
For lear THAI it would swell ms he2d.
When some Gyspeptfe, lean and lank,
Crowded that he thought Jones wis a
cranf,
He hurried cut and looked NJ Jones
And said: It's but for you care
Of course, though, It's not my anair.
When some one said that none in town
Had half the honesty of Brown,
He mused:- That's nice, but I'll refrain
From telling him; 'twould make MN
But when some one. another day,
Said Brown owed debts he. couldn t pay,
He walked from end to end OF town
Until he brought the news to Brown. -,
with me it's neither here nor there'
He said, but it's not my AFFAIR.
When some one said he'd never seen
AS fine a-looking man as Green
He thought twas best not TO repeat
The words, 'twould NIL Green Witheon-
But when some one said it appeared
That Green was growing quite iop-ear-
He started out and never stopped
Til Green knew that his ears were
Topped. r.
He said: It's best to grin and bear
These taunts--but it's not my AFFAIR.
When some one said that White had
made --. - F. .s.s
Investments that great profits paid,
He never took White by the hand
And told him such success was grand,
But, o, one gloomy rainy night.
This fellow went and Weakened White
To say: '"Fhe bank your cash is in
Has failed. You're broke! It seems a
That business is seldom square,
But calmly, its not my affair
Chicago Tribune.
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wIscoNsINs BACHELORS.
After Hearings the Bill Taxing Them
is F'aYorably Reported.


is Favoraably Reported.
Wisconsin bachelors who have hither-
to not shared in the old-time supersti-
ton that the number thirteen" Is UNI
lucky may soon have reason to change
their minds. On this, the 18th day Of
the month, In the thirteenth week Of
the legislative session, the assembly
committee on assessment and collection
of taxes, after hearing thirteen persons
discuss it, went into executive session,
and, with thirteen persons In the room,
unanimously decided to recommend the
Cleary bachelor taxation bill for pas
sage. Such a multiplicity of the un-
lucky number as attended the commit
tees action ON this bill should impress
the most sceptfcal.
The committee not only decided to
| recommend the bill favorably, but vo-
ted to report some amendments that
will make bachelorhood more burden,
some than the original measure contem-
plated. These amendments increase
the annual tax provided in the bill from
| five dollars to ten dollars, decrease the
period Of exemption from five to one
year in case of disability to pay, and
strike out the section exemptfng per-
| sons who have been divorced. -
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GUNI1HIUG Us.

Dottie-Why don't you take off your
stockings? \. 2e5,5ss. ~ ! j.
Johnny-An of ems off thatn come
off Ma bought these at a bargain sale
for eight cents pair.-Cleveland Lead
Eer. r. ~ IT,. t
Evidence,-First Iady-Here's an ar
tiele. DO Animals Thing?" I wonder
liz they do? .@..s> .,5.., h..
Second Iady-I,ve noticed that my
husband gets off an occasional bright
| thing.-Life. 1850 .-'-'.-n-. -.
Miss Woodby-My grandmother
| on my mothers side was noted for her
proud and imperious bearing. 4,
| Miss Newitt--Tndeed? Our servant
girls the same way.--Cathoiic Stand
ard. $50. 10y, .i.,-.- j.. x.
Miss Oldbird (afianced, somewhat
sadly)--Ah, count, you love me now.
I but will you after our unfon2 .s. o., -. -.
/ The count (ecstaticaily( Why,
mein tar1fng, viii be vun g-r-r-rand
loafer all my life!--New York Tele-
gram. ...s.-s.f
Suppose you had a dime" said the
teacher, land lost three cents. how
much would"---- e-ts s.}.9 -. -
| Pardon me- interrupted the precise
Boston youth, but IL it was dime, ]
should have to get IL changed first. -
Philadelphia Press. =, -.-~-a..sss-s.
Maiden lady-It is very good OF. YOU
sir. to give me your seat. f.r4+r /
! Pat 'Brady-Not at all, mum. It's
Idooty we owe to the sex, Some folk
tonly do it when a woman is young and
pretty, but says the sex, and not the
individual =. -"
Mamma-Now, Dorothy, never want
Ito see you do such q thing as to- lend
Polly Peters you'd chewing gum again
Do you understand me? FL 4 '''
Dorothy--Yes'm. amt goin' to
anyhow. She never gives 1t back
ICleveiand Leader. s.- s.&
He had just proposed, but his poverty
twas too much of a handicap.
"A man without money" she said
Knight as we'll walk back and sit
down"
"Oh, of course" he rejoined. He
NATURALLY wouldn't be in a position tt
ride back. Chicago News. -&.2
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ZIG B4LqlmonE BUSINESS.

1t is hard to keep a good man down,
and it seems to be impossible to keep
the good cities of this country down.
Baltimore had disastrous fire year
ago. The clearinghouse elearances of
Baltimore, a year after the fire, exceed
those of the corresponding months a
year before the fire by about $4,000, 900.
This is the increase in the clearances Of
January, February and March, 1905,
over those of January, February and
March, 1908. These banking house
elearanees are regarded by business
men as the surest index and barometer
|of trade. In the first quarter of 1908
the sum of them was $3.50, 5S1, III. For
the first quarter of 1906 it is ss07, 47O, 2Ss
LIT has been explained that this large in
crease in clearances is not due to any
extraordinary causes, such as great
building operations, but to a substantial
land legitimate growth of the ordinary
trade of the city. Indeed. it is likely
that the increase of this ordinary trade
IFS even larger than what is indicated
| by the figures given above, as the
amount of special financial transactions
which figure in the reports for 1903 ex-
ceeds that of the present year 8
Baltinrore's prosperity is pleasing to
JAIL well-disposed people. The Baltimore
Sun rightly says: In these figures there
lis abundant cause for qualification and
for pride that the city has so quickly
recovered from a staggering blow to
her commerce. The day after the fire,
when merchants found that their stocks
of goods were destroyed and that they
were unable at the moment to fill the
orders of their customers, they did not
h sit down in despair, but went vigorous
ly to work to find temporary locations
and to save their trade and good will.
This they accomplished, and the result
was triumph over misfortune of which
the city is justly proud.
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The search for them, therefore. often
requires considerable time. But it is
not extremely difficult, for opals are
generally found near the surface. In
deed, 1t was thought for long time
THAT they were not to be found as deep
as II feet below the surface. This
opinion has, however, given way in the
light of evidence, because opals Of
great value have been discovered at a
depth of 50 feet.
The value of opals depends upon
several considerations Of which the
principal one is the color. 1t is inn
portant that they should be bright and
not present streaks Of spots alternate
ing with uncolored substance. The most
valuable are those which have red fire.
es or mixtures or red and yellow. blue
and green. opaIs of a single tint are OF
little value, unless the tint is particu-
larly striking and the figure beautiful.
Indeed, one of the essential qualities
of the opal is the arrangement of the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-04-27

There was a. large attendance at the
committee hearing. but only ,thirteen
persons took part in the discussion. As
semblyman Cleary, author of the bill,
was its chief advocate, and Assembly
men Crowley, Carpenter and lie Roy
strenuously opposed it. All four are
bachelors Attorney John F. Burke of
Milwaukee was one of the other speak
era.
Since introducing the bill Mr.. Cleary
has received a curious assortment OF
letters from girls and spinsters in all
sections of the country commencing
him for presenting the measure and
asking for his photograph and lock of
his hair. An effort was made by the
opponents of the bill to get Mr.. Cleary
to, read some of these letters to the
committee this afternoon in the hope of
embarrassing him and perhaps secur-
ing an unfair advantage Of him in
someway, but he would not fall into the
trap.
! Mr. Cleary said that he had intro
duced the bill in good faith and hoped
to have it become a law. He said he
expected to encounter strong opposi-
ton all along the line because the bill
directly affected about twenty per cent.
of the members of the legislature. He
declared that it was Just and right to
compel bachelors to pay special tax
and thus relieve in degree the burden
falling upon married men with large
families The bill was intended to pro-
could be given of it was that a gang
state, he said. If any bachelor consid
ersd it a hardship to be singled out for
this special tax he knew his remedy.
The opponents of the bill said that, if
passed, It would be class legislation and
would not stand the test of the courts.
Few bachelors were such of their own
volition, they said. 1t was no fault of
their own that they had not already en-
tered the marital state. Bachelors were
under enough extraordinary expenses
for theatre tickets, dances, flowers, con-
fectionery and similar things now,
without having this additional burden
placed upon them, the opponents of the
bill argued ..... Il. ....
The bill only affects bachelors and d.
yorced persons who are thirty years old
or. oyer.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
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figure. which sets off strikingly the
hue of the stone.
When the figure is quite regular and
distinct, it is the more valuable, much
less so. when the grain is quite small
and irregular Sometimes the color
appears as a single blaze or with the
figures regularly spaced. It may then
be Of a fine ruby red, and is much
sought after, but oftenest the uniform
tint is only green or reddish. and has
but little brilliancy to speak of.
The cutting is very important for
the opaI: thus a thick stone will be
much less beautiful than a thin stone,
which, on losing part of its volume,
loses also the figures. The foundation
tint contributes much to the beauty. It
ought to be transparent. slightly
milky, and harmonic fully with the
different reflections of the opal. which
when it is beautiful presents a variety
of hues infinitely pleasing to the eye.
jewelers. Circular