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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-29

Chas. Kellogg of Boston was a recent
guestat the home OF Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
SlaytOn.
Miss Mable Stewart of ST. Johns p. O.,
is visiting at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
II. c. Fisk.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Alexander are the
parents OF daughter Helen Elizabeth,
born Jan. 81.
{. A. Gle and p. c, Greene were in
Sheldon Friday evening, where they play
ed at dance.
H, L. Barrows of Rutland was guest
Saturday and Sunday of relatives and
friends in town.
Mis-. W. M. Stephen has gone to Bur
lington, where she will receive treatment
at the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
Mrs. Georgianna Stevens returned home
Saturday evening from a several weeks
visit with relatives in Enosburg Falls.
c. E. Palmer and son, Ellery, left Tues
day morning for visit with friends and
relatives in White River Junction and
Wilder
Miss Bessie Ainsworth, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. r.
Ainsworth, returned Saturday evening
to Burlington.
Mrs. Geo Cook and daughter, Drenna,
of Hardwick came last Saturday for a
visit az the home Of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Draper.
Mrs. a. r. LaBounty of Cambridge ar
rived in town Monday to visit Mrs.
Mary Maurice at the home of States At
torney and Mrs. NJ P Maurice.
Mr.. and Mrs. J R. Parker entertained
the members OF the P. A. basket ball team
at dinner last Thursday, the event being
in honor of their coach, w. D. Russell.
Dr. w. M. tombstone attended meet
ing Of the executive council Of the Wood
mems Vermont State Log Rolling Associ-
alton held at White River Junction Friday.
At the meeting OF the State Spiritualist
Association held at Montpelier last week
Mrs. c. L. Shaw of this place was elected
one of the directors for the year ensuing.
Last Wednesday evening the Delta AL
pha class of M. E. church was pleasantly
at the home of Mrs. P. c.
Jones. Following business hour soci-
al hour wasenJoyed. Light refreshments
were served.
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Compliments.

John Drew, the eminent actor, at
the age of SO looks no more than 35.
Complimented on this fact, Mr.. Drew
said:
81 try to keep my hair on and my
stomach off-.that is the true secret
of perennial youth"
Then he told one of his famous sto
ries illustrative of his horror of cor
pulence.
"a fat man." he said, could not
help laughing one day at the ludicrous
appearance of a very bow-legged char
one of those arch-looking chaps
you know.
Though a total stranger to him
the fat man slapped the bow-legged
chap on the back and said:
"'By lingo, brother, you look as II
you'd been riding BARREL
"The bow-legged man smiled and
poked his forefinger deep into the fat
mans soft, loose stomach.
"'And you look as if you'd beer
swallowing one.' he said"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-29
A Mistaken Idea

Some people think that in order to have
a bank account they must have a large
sum to deposit, or the bank will not care
for the account. 1t is NOT so with THIS
bank. We welcome new accounts wheth.
er $1.00 or $1,000, and the same courtesy
and service is accorded the small deposit
tor ss those in more fortunate circum-
stances. 1t is our object to serve all in
the same satisfactory manner, whether
old or young, rich or poor. TRY U.s.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST PAID.
THE UNION SAVINGS BANR & TRUST
co. M0RRISVILLE, VT.
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West Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Tatro are the par
ents of a son, born Monday morning.
Joel Chase and wife, who have been
employed in Elmore, are at home for a
short stay.
Albert Godfrey and wife of jefferson
vile are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. r. Godfrey.
r. E. Robinson, who has been i'll at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. w. Wris-
ley, has returned to his work at The Ran.
dali.
Erwin, young son of Mr.. and Mrs. ST.
las Chase, who has been seriously i'll, is
much improved. He was given a post
card shower recently, receiving 81 post
cards upon that occasion.
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UniverSaIist Church

The pastor will take for his subject
next Sunday morning "Idealism and
Materialsm or Mind and Matter"
Next Sunday is convention Sunday and
an effort will DE made to raise the yearly
quota to the State and General Conven-
ton. All are requested to contribute
something.
The class now studying living social
questions has as a general subject, for
February "Wealth," The existing con-
ditions in the United States will be con
sidered. All who are interested in social
questions and who are not affiliated with
some other school will be cordially well
coined in this class.
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CONGREGATIONAL Church

A large congregation listened with in
terest to the discussion of the theme,
THE Mastery Of thetHeart" With earn.
est wordsthe PASTOR, Rev!EW. E. Baker,
showed the necessity for the guarding of
the inner forces of life, emphasizing the
thought of personal responsibility of the
need as implied in the text of constant
vigilance and of the reality of the inner
life.
A trio by the choir and solo by Mrs.
Geo. M. Powers were greatly enioved.
The attendance at Sunday school was
1O5.
The Christian Endeavor Society plan
to serve an International Supper Friday,
Feb. 7.
Next Sunday is Christian Endeavor
Day. The topic will be sc. E Principles
and How to Uphold Them" Leader,
Mrs. II. j. Stewart.
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Methodist Church

Last Sunday evening the Epworth
League was led by Mrs. G. F. Smith
The meeting proved to be one of inter
est as the leader gave helpful talk or
the subject.
A large audience greeted Hon. Mason
S. Stone, State superintendent, at the
Union service last SUNDAY evening. Mr..
Stone gave most interesting and in
structive lecture on 1.-THE Mongul," which
was thoroughly appreciated by those
present. A pleasing feature of the SER
vice was a vocal duat by Mrs. Tia Niles
Jackson and Robert. Gordon. The an
thems rendered 10y the choir were es-
pecially good
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1t Makes a Difference.

Little Willie-"Say, pa, what is
business courtesy" Pa-"There are
two kinds of business courtesy, my
son. One is the kind extended to
people who pay cash, and the other
is extended to people who DON'T
Stray Stories
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dissatisfied and unhappy. In Canada
they were wretched; in England they
were disregarded and thrown back up
on the companionship Of the lower
classes. There was little left for them
but to drag out lonely existence to
the end of their days.-From John
Hancock" by Lorenzo Sears.
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Take the paper that gives you the news
- times in the year-that's us!
Popular Sun Bath.

TIE sun bath is said to be SO popu.
lar at present in Germany that in
several cities one can buy a ticket for
a sun bath just as in America one
buys a ticket for a bath in the surf.
The sun bath ticket entities the hold
er to room for disrobing, a bathing
suit and a place in the sun"
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Biackeninu Aluminium.

To blacken aluminium alloys, states
the Electrical Review, immerse the ar
ticle in a boiling hot solution of caus-
tic soda of 80 per cent. strength for
few seconds; wash Off the excess Of
caustic, dry in sawdust and polish
with plumbagoed brush.
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Mear1innAnf LOVE.

You must first find out the mean.
ing of love and then see that you do
what love bids you, but the essential
thing is that you must find out that
meaning for yourself.-Tolstoy.
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CARD OF THANKs--We wish to express our
sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who
50 kindly rendered their sympathy in our great
also to those who furnished music
and to those who contributed the beautiful flowers
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. SPAULDING.
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Very MSny Women.

Continuous self-sacrifice is some
women's idea of living a useful life
Florida Times Union.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS
Small Events Count for Much More lr
Life Than Those We Consider
of Importance.

We love little things, we hate little
things, we fear little things; our lives
are knit up with little things from the
time we are born to the day we die.
Big things draw us up to Heaven or
crush us down to hell Little things
live beside us on the earth, eat and
sleep with us, laugh and grumble with
us, catch the early train with us. or
make us miss it, irritate and appease
us-never leave us alone for a min
ute.
That is why they are so much moro
important than the big things-the
things that only come once in a way,
at long intervals, and even then are
nearly always the result of a hundred
and one little things combined
To be crushed by a large misadven-
ture is natural, but to fall victim to
series of petty misfortunes is hui
initiating. There are many who would
prefer to break their necks once and
for all by falling off mountain than
to bruise their whole bodies and dis
locate their tempers by the daily
stumbling over mole-hill. 1t is the
little things that count-the satisfac.
ton of climbing Mount Olympus is a
poor sort of attainment If the scores
and scores of pleasant details which
wait upon success be absent.-From
the Atlantic.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Missed Ii Both WaXs.

"You can't satisfy a woman" he
said dolefully. when l proposed to
Miss Jones, l told her she was the
first girl ever loved, and she refused
me on the ground that l was unques-
tionably an unconscionable liar. Then,
after my bruised heart had got into
pretty fair condition again, l proposed
to Miss Sweet and told her that,
while she was, above all, the dearest
girl in the world to me, felt it only
proper to confess that l had loved
eight others at various times. And
what do you think she did?"
"What?"
"She refused me on the ground
that l was an unconscionable fiirt and
would make any girl wretched. You
bet I'm going to study the next one
carefully before tell her anything!"
The citizen., 1913-12-26
HER RIGHTS IN THE HOME
Woman Contends That Wife's Services
Are Worth More Than Food and
Raiment-Her Remedy.

Is a woman's life worth only heI
food and clothing? In every position
on earth, except that of wife, per
son is entitled to wages. A wife gen
orally does all that a servant would do,
and great deal more, works more
hours day than a man and goes
through ordeals that are almost beyond
human endurance, yet many wives do
endure this for half century With
only enough to eat and keep them
warm, never having an extra dollar to
spend. They even have to ask for
money to buy postage stamps.
I think woman should have abso.
lutte control of all household affairs.
She should watch corners and know
how to deal wisely. She should be al
lowed to manage her house in what
ever way seems best to her. She
should have enough of an allowance to
cover necessary expenses, and a spe-
cial allowance for her individual needs
and should never have to ask for it,
Extract from letter written by a
woman on the subject of wife's ex
penditures, in Farm and Fireside.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Saving Came True.

The discovery that Scottish bank.
notes have actually been forged with
in the walls of Peterhead convict
prison recalls an amusing incident.
Unlike the notes of the Bank Of
England (which are destroyed as soon
as they find their way back to the
bank, notes on Scottish banks are put
in circulation again and again. The
result is that some of these notes get
very dirty, the one-pound notes get.
ting particularly grubby and worn
in the course of their travels.
An English barrister who was once
given a sheaf of these notes in pay.
ment of large amount regarded
them with horror for few seconds,
holding them delicately between his
thumb and finger.
'Now," he said. holding them at
arms length, now l understand the
meaning of that saying about filthy
lucer.'"
The citizen., 1913-12-26
C00NS MAKE PLAYFUL PETS
Tanned and Trained, and They
Act Like Kittens.

Wild raccoons that are found in the
Maine woods are like children in a
great many ways. They can be
trained to do things, though they
are born under different influences.
Adolph Gilblair of Skowhegan, Me-,
has two pet coons which he has
trained and cares for daily. He got
these coons from farmer about four
months ago, and they are now as play
full as kittens and will frolic with each
other, rolling over and over like two
little dogs, and they do not show any
savage or wild disposition. They are
let out into the dooryard and will run
about, and when tired will stretch
out on the doorstep in the sun.
They are very keen to danger and
if dog approaches they will climb to
the top of an apple tree. They are
kept in yard of their own in night
time and they have large hollow log
that they can go into. They curl up
together like two kittens and sleep.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Trick of the Orator.

Disraeli, whose eloquence Lord Cur
zon ranks below that of Gladstone.
tried hard to give his hearers the i'm,
preston that he was not in the habit
of preparing his speeches. Discussing
Plunket's oratory with Disraeli, Lord
Granville remarked that the Irish
statesman hesitated so long for a
word that he seemed to be on the point
of breaking down. Lord bless you"
Disraeli exclaimed did that take you
in? Why, that is part of the trick. ]
have often done it to make it appear
that my speech has not been pre-
pared"
The citizen., 1913-12-26
WAS FIRST AMERICAN BANK
Boston Institution That Issued $4oo,
900 in Scrip in 1714 Is Accorded
That Honor.

The first bank in America, located
on State street, Boston, loaned money
on real estate, personal property and
imperishable merchandise, though it
had not the privilege of issuing
money, then prerogative of the Bay
State colony After few years Bos-
toms first branch discontinued busi-
ness and was started in 1714, ten
years after the first newspaper was
printed in Boston. The new bank car
ried on business and issued 100000 in
scrip on the basis now sought by Ger.
tain financial promoters and leaders. 1t
was scrip and nothing but scrip and
consequently the bank was short-lived.
In 1742 land bank was founded by
several hundred subscribers who gath
cred in Boston as the bankers are
meeting today and who attempted to
relieve the scarcity of specie by is
suing scrip based on real estate hold
ings. A specie bank was also founded
about the same time, but both insti
tutions found it as impossible to com
pete with the "bills of credit" issued
by nearly every colony as it would be
today to rival the government in mint
ing money. All this paper money rap
idly deprecated in value, owing to the
constant and heavy expenditure for
military movements of offense and de-
fense against the Canadian French
and their Indian allies.
In 1882, during the revolution, the
Bank of North America of Philadel-
phia received a charter from congress,
and its operations in the Bay State in
spired the establishment of the Bank
of Massachusetts in March, 1884, an
institution which is still in operation
as the First National bank of Boston
National Magazine.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
LINES ON NAPOLE0N'S TOMB
Inscription That Is Not Often Seen
Recently Published in an Eng
lish Magazine.

Much has been written about Ma
poleon. 1t is not often, however, that
one comes across the lines said to
have been inscribed on the great Corsi.
cans tomb in the island of his captiv.
ity. A writer in the English Review
gives them: Il was born in Ajaccio,
but destiny, which ordains by it's pro-
found decree the lot of man, impelled
me to France, and upon the thousand
shores that traversed | held the bal
ance of the world. Now, while my
proud name still survives, second in
comparison to perhaps none other, !
myself am dead, and am but laid be-
meath cold stone on an almost un.
known shore"
The same writer, quoting from let
ter sent from st. Helena at the time of
Napoleon's death, describes the fu-
neral, and adds: "The body was on a
kind of car, and the coffin covered
with a cloak which he wore at Maren-
go, and a cushion with his sword {.
The body was deposited first in tin
coffin lined with satin, then a leaden
one, and lastly mahogany, and they
put, believe, in the first $50 worth
of coins, plate, knife, fork and spoon
which he used at Austerlitz, and the
heart secured in a silver dish in case
it should be required to be given up
to his friends"
The citizen., 1913-12-26
TWO for a Quarter.

He was smoking fine, full-favored
Havana when he met his friend.
Have cigar?" he inquired, very
politely.
Thanks" said the other, gratefully,
taking and lighting the proffered weed.
After few experimental puffs, how
ever, the friend removed the cigar
from his lips and, looking at it doubt
fully, said, with very evident abate-
ment of gratitude in his tone:
What do you pay for these cigars?''
1.-TWO for a quarter" said the orig
inal proprietor of both weeds, taking
his own cigar out of his mouth and
looking at it with considerable salts
faction. This one cost me 20 cents
and that FIVE"
The conversation languished at this
point.-Puck.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Cora Bellies Team.

Cora Bellies team would bring a
smile to the soberest face alive. Sheba
is tall, lanky old mare. Once she
was bay in color, but the years have
added gray hair until now she is
roam. Being SO long-legged she strides
along at an amazing pace which her
mate, Balaam, little donkey, finds it
hard to keep up with. Balaam, like
Sheba, is full of years. Once his
glossy brown coat was the pride Of
some Mexican's heart, but time has
added to his color also, and now he
is blue. His eyes are sunken and dim,
his ears no longer stand up in true
donkey style, but droop dejectedly. He
has to trot his best to keep up with
Sheba's slowest stride. About every
three miles he balks, but little Cora
Belle doesn't call it baking, she says
Balaam has stopped to rest, and they
sit and wait till he is ready to trot
along again. That is the kind of lay
out which drew up before our door
that evening-The Atlantic.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
PEOPLE OF QUEER BELIEFS
Australian Aborisines Have Strong
Faith in the Influence Exerted
by Ghosts.

In the minds of most bush peoples
no hard and fast line seems to exist
between the living and the dead.
Ghosts are thought to exercise great
influence over those who still dwell on
earth. At all ceremonies of import
ance the names of the principal ances-
tors are invoked, and at feasts part
of the food is always laid aside for
them, in such words as the follow
ing:
Listen, my family! Here is the
offering (goat, sheep, or cow which
we have killed for him who has died.
Here is your part. 1t is time for us
to eat"
A libation is also poured out in
order that the dead may drink with
the living.
By beautiful fancy, any stranger
who dies in a town is buried on the
road by which he entered it, so that
his spirit may easily find the way
back to his home, or at least watch
the road thither and listen for the
coming of friends.
Among many tribes those objects
most used by the dead man while in
life are broken and laid around his
grave, so that their spirit, set free
by the breaking of their earthly forms,
may be borne by their owner into the
world of ghosts-T. Amaury Talbot,
in the Wide World Magazine.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
WHITE SERVANTS GOOD WORK
Did Much Toward Building Up tho
South in the Days Before the
Revolution.

Socially the white servant was an
important factor in helping to build up
a landed aristocracy in the south, be-
cause he made possible the cultivation
of extensive areas of land, declares a
writer in Harper's Magazine. But in
the course of a few years he became
a free citizen and owner of a small
estate. Thus was developed a yeoman
class, a much needed democratic ele-
ment in the southern colonies, while
at the same time settlers were secured
for the black lands, where they were
needed to protect the frontier. Never
theless, they did not form a distinct
class after becoming freedmen Some
were doubtless the progenitors of the
poor white trash" of the south, but it
is likely that environment rather than
birth was the main factor in producing
this class. While comparatively few
rose to prominence, yet there are some
notable examples to the contrary. Two
signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, George Taylor and Mathew
Thornton; Charles Thompson, tne Sec
retary of the continental congress, and
General Sullivan of revolutionary war
fame, had all been white servants. It
is certain also that many became sue
cessful planters, and perhaps the ma
jority respectable and desirable citi-
zens.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Fiiohs Of Flies.

That the fly is a peripatetic and
what the politicians call good mixer
is we'll known The linear extent Of
his peregrinations is, however, still a
matter of dispute. And as he certainly
carries with him and distributes infec-
tion, whenever there is any to be had,
the more or less exact determination
of his maximum range is of great prac-
tical Importance. At one time he was
thought to be very much of home
body" never wandering more than a
few hundred or thousand feet from
his birthplace. Then observations
made in England and elsewhere threw
doubt upon this conclusion, and it was
finally proved that he may travel at
least a mile from home.
Now comes along Prof G.. F. Hodge
with a 600 per cent. extension of the
record, and the opinion that flies "are
able to travel much farther than is
commonly supposed. New York Eve
ming Post
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Authors Queer Costume.

One of Robert Louis Stevenson's
contemporaries describes the author:
His hair was smooth and parted in
the middle and fell below the collar Of
his coat; he wore black flannel shirt,
with curious knitted tie twisted in a
knot; had Wellington boots. rather
tight, dark trousers, pea jacket and a
white sombrero hat. But the most as
founding item of all his costume was a
lady's sealskin cape, which he wore
about his shoulders, fastened at the
neck by a fancy brooch, which also
held together bunch of half a dozen
daffodils. | think these final touches
to his toilet must have been added by
loving hands without his knowledge or
consent"
The citizen., 1913-12-26
In the NurserX.

1t does rot mean that woman can
not take charge of her own children's
bringing-up simply because she puts
them in nursery. She can take
charge of them as well in nursery as
out of one. If they are in charge of
a governess, however, she should be
woman who can be thoroughly trust
ed. In these days of mothers help
ers the young woman who fills that po-
sition would have the supervision Of
the nursery in house where she was
employed, and she should be chosen
with the greatest care. For the whole
value of the nursery idea is that the
children who are brought up in a
nursery lead a quieter, more untram-
meled life than they do when they
live out of the nursery Exchange.
The citizen., 1913-12-26
Bismarch's Brutality.

A story of Bismarck's brutality is
told in the biography of George w. F.
Villiers, earl of Clarendon-a story
which testifies to the English diplo-
mats ability. Clarendon's daughter,
Lady Emily Russell, in 1871 sat at a
party in Berlin beside the despotic Ger
man, when he suddenly said to her:
Never in my life was l more glad to
hear of anything than was to hear
of your fathers DEATH" Lady Emily
showed a natural feeling at this ex-
traordinary speech whereupon Bis
marck, patting her hand said: "Ach,
dear lady, you must not take it like
that. What l mean is that if your
father had lived he would have pre-
vented the war"