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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Cambridge

Tue interior of Wiley Bros. store is
being r,pared. H..
NJ. d. Young and Miss H. c. Hopkins
were visitors in Westford Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wells and son
are visiting Mrs. Wells sister in Shell
don.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fl. Britton and Mr..
and Mrs. E. j.. Gates were in Burlington
Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Ellingwood has gone to
Waterbury to spend the holidays with
Mrs. f. G. Luce.
The U-Kan club met Tuesday evening
with Mrs. E. H. Linden. The next meet
inc will be held Jan. 6.
News has been received here of the
birth of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. E. Gray of Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. R. Dickinson of Bur
lington are here for an indefinite stay
with relatives and friends.
The annual meeting of the Congre
gational society was held at Mrs. W. D.
Willey's. Officers elected were Supply
committee, M. D, Young, Miss Hattie
Hopkins, Fl. II. Cady; soliciting COM
mittee. Mis-. W. D. Wiley, Mrs. W. M.
Smith, Mrs. FL. HI. Cady.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Massachusetts Daughters of
Vermont

The regular meeting of the Massa,
chusetts Daughters OF Vern mt was held
at Hotel Vendome, Boston Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. Harry r. Stone OF II yde
Park, Mass, president, presiding. 1t was
voted to continue the work of assisting
the education Committee of the Vermont
State Federation by raising funds to pro-
vide two scholarships for Vermont girls
at the Vermont state normal school. 1t
is expected that any girl helped in this
way will teach at least two years in the
Vermont schools.
Mrs. George H. Graves of Maiden, for
mer president of the club, is chairman of
the scholarship committee. Sprigs of
holly with Christmas cards were distrib-
uted and the presidents table was dec
GRATED with holly.
There were reports of the city and the
state federation by the delegates, Mrs.
Bert Currier, Mrs. George Emerson and
Mrs. o. B. Johnson. The entertainment
consisted of approximations by Mrs. O.
B. Johnson, secretary of the club, and
songs by Miss Elizabeth Kneeland of
Winchester, with Mrs. Harry H. Clark
of Somerville, accompanist.
The tea room was in charge OF Mrs.
George D. Wheeler of Melrose and the
pourers were Mrs. George Graves,
Mrs. w. 6. Starrett of Brookline, Mrs.
Albert Pratt of North Cambridge and
Mrs. Fred Davies of Allston.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Poor Blood
is Responsible

for much sickness and suffer
ing because its quality deter.
mines our resistive power
With poor blood we are Ian.
guild, susceptible to colds, lack
natural energy and ambition
and the gradual d e elm e Of
strength makes prompt and
careful treatment necessary.
Drugs or alcohol cannot make
blood and must be avoided.
SCoTT's EMULSION is natures
grandest blood7maker because
of its wholesome medical nourishment,
SO carefully predigested that it assimi,
lates without taxing digestion and
quickly increases the red corpuscles
of the blood, strengthens the organs
and tissues and upbuilds the whole
system.
Absolutely nothing compares with
ScoTT's EMULSION to purify and en-
rich the blood to overcome or avoid
anaemia. It is totally free from al
cohol or opiates and your health de
mands the purity of ScorT's.
Scott & Bovine. bloomfield. NJ. 1855
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Not True About Caspian Lake

WELLESLEY, Mass, Dec. 10, 1918.
EDITOR News AND CITIZEN
In the last number of your paper is an
article on "A Rubbish Incinerator," that
in the main, is excellent. What the writ
err has to say in re Caspian Lake is so fal
from the truth one wonders whether tn,
writer had any information or cared fol-
the facts. The writer says (D about
fifty people came down with typhoid fe
ver." The number was less than twenty
-sixte being the generally quoted mum
Der. (2) upon investigation it was
found that campers had thrown refuse
into the lake. which supplied the town OF
Greensboro with drinking water" There
was not single case of typhoid fever
where people took their water from the
lake. No one with any knowledge of hy.
giene could think thatreiuse thrown in to
that great lake of more than 1900 acres,
in places $50 feet deep, could produce ty-
phoid. Probably not in body of water
of any considerable size, perhaps of any
size, unless the typhoid germs were in the
refuse, which was not the case in Green's
boro.
The State Board of Health, after a long
investigation, which was most pains
taking and scientific, found that in every
case the unfortunate victims-there was
not fatal case-took the water from a
small pool that formed in meadow be-
low the outlet Upon the banks Of this
little pool or pond a typhoid carrier"
had been allowed to camp. From this
one man came all the trouble.
Greensboro cottagers or campers do
not, and are not allowed to, throw gar
bage into the lake; and to repeat, had
they done so, typhoid could not have
come from it.
If there is one place that love more
than any other it is Caspian Lake, and
this is the reason that take the time to
retute this silly statement in an other
wise excellent article.
Benz. H. SANBoRN.
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Protecting the Gullible

The investigation of cases involving
the use of the mails for fraudulent pur.
poses continue to he an important part
of the work of the Post Office inspectors,
Postmaster General Burleson says in his
annual report.
The extent to which the gullible are
caught by these mail swindlers is shown
in the report which says that during the
fiscal year nearly three thousand ques-
tionable schemes were investigated and
that more than five hundred persons
were arrested, Of these more than half
were convicted.
The operations of these rascals, it is
estimated cost the public fity-tour mil
lions of dollars and their activities show
no signs Of abatement, despite the excel
lent work of the post-office department
in separating the frauds from their prey.
The post office stands as protector of
the public against the clever schemes of
the persons that wax rich on the pro-
ceeds OF their nefarious business. The
name of the swindlers is legion and the
post office inspectors, while constantly
employed in running them down, are
much hampered by the fact that easy"
citizens who would get rich quick appear
to be born about one a second and that
the field of operation for the scamps who
use them so largely in their busine SIS is
almost without limit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Who Am ~

Last leap year did not want to en-
barrass my best girl to make her pro-
pose to me, so asked her to be my wife,
and she said. Il would rather be ex-
cused," and |. like an idiot. excused
her. But | got even with the girl.
married her mother. Then my father
married the girl Now | don't know
who ! am.
When ! married the girls mother the
girl became my daughter. and when
my father married my daughter he is
my son. When my father married my
daughter she was my mother. If my
father Is my son and my daughter is
my mother. who in thunder am Il?
My mothers mother (which is my wifel
must be my grandmother. and 1 being
my grandmothers husband. / am my
own grandfather.-National Monthly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

does not need such an arrange
ment to so great an extent; but clothes
that are frequently worn and used
should be cared for in a well-ventilated
room, and sunlight also is a wise pro-
vision. Mirrors are frequently placed
in closet doors, occasionally on the in
side, where the effect of the wood
work finish is not interrupted by
the mirror-paneled door; but, more
often, they are placed on the bed
room side.
Shallow closets, or wardrobes, while
not so hygienic. are sometimes a ne
cessity, and they may be made most
convenient. When built along one
side of room with mirror doors, they
make an attractive feature. Shallow
drawers are frequently built below the
main clothes space, and a cupboard
above for hats. There are firms
which manufacture fixtures for clos
cts of this type. The fixture consists
of pole, which pulls out and exposes
the clothes placed on hangers. This
shallow closet takes up more wall
space in a bedroom; but, where COM
preston of floor space is necessity,
1t may be easily arranged and made
very convenient
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
MASSENET'S HOBBY.
A Story of the Composer and His Dear
Friend, the Bookbinder.


In the rerolections of MaSSenet a
story is told. says the Hamburger
Nachrichten. illustrating the conpos-
er's passionate admiration for beauti-
full bindings Not Il week passed with
out visit from him to his book binder
when he brought Il new book or new
edition to be bound. In the course of
time he and his 'bOOkbinder became the
best of friends. and when MaSsenet ar
rived the talk was at first of every
thing on earth except the real object
of his visit
Look herp." Massenet would say
eventually. giving the man the volume
to be bound
"Splendid"' replied the boolzbinder.
and then for his customer and friend
he would devise some fresh wonder in
the art of binding
One morning MasSenet suddenly
learned that his friend was giving up
business. He hurried to his shop.
Heavens, Is it true you are leaving
Paris?" he asked
why. certainly. have bought
charming little country house near
Nantes"
What. A country house. And in
the provinces" And he added sadly,
"Ah. my poor friend. am partly re-.
sponsible for THAR
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Japanese ToWeling
For Christmas Gifts

TAT UMEROUS attractive Christ
! IAH mas things may be made from
| " Japanese toweling, novel
material, which costs about
| 70 cents to $1.25 for a piece of ten
yards. This narrow, coarse, white cot
ton crapy goods is printed at intervals,
with the two toned designs, showing
single sprays of Observation-Disclosures
by moonlight, a few scattered maple
leaves, dying birds. shaggy chrysan-
themums and similar designs
A bolt or two may be easily convert
ed into presents. A farseeing matron
bought the toweling and made it up
into tea sets. the crosspieces forming
the cloth proper and the dozen small
napkins She fagoted the two strips
together with a coarse blue floss, then
marked the napkins with long, angular
Japanese letters, one above the other,
with dash beneath, The marking in
blue was done in a corner where the
white background predominated. One
of her sets. she is sure. will be enjoyed
next summer by hostess who has a
veranda furnished in blue and white.
Another is to be sent to a young bride
in whose simple little dining room blue
and white china is used.
This toweling has also been used for
a nursery set A spread of the white
cotton Grape is bordered with the tow
cling, and dresser cover and curtains
are made to match. This Japanese
material is to appear in a set for an in
valid's breakfast tray, The oval cloth,
shaped to fit the tray, is buttonholed.
and it has the napkins to match A
set of fruit napkins made of the blue
and white Grape will be another Christ.
mas remembrance. The toweling laun-
ders perfectly, and fruit stains do not
show. A child would enjoy having a
half dozen of the marked napkins for
her Every own" to use in her school
lunch box.
Laundry bags and bags for the table
napery to hang in the buffers pantry
made with the convenient hoop top are
both pretty and practical
Another gift that will not come amiss |
is a pair of hemstitched sash curtains |
for the small bathroom window.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Waterville

Elmer Leach was in Burlington Mon
day.
"a Miss Maud Darrahsis at home from
Burlington.for the week. -. Y.ss n ia "a
{. Freddie Leach of!Hopedale is spending
fewlweeks with his father, E. j. Leach.
Robbie Parker of Wiliamstown is
spending the week with his sister. Mrs,
E. H. Sh" tuck.
Mr. andsMrs. C. Laraway of South Bur.
hngton. are spending the week with
frendsin town.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Hill spent Sunday
with his daughter, Mrs. Laura Disotell.
at Belvidere Center.
Miss Bessie TI'otson of Massachusetts
is spending the eek with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. L &. Tillotson.
LutheriThoma> of Cambridge is spend
ing the week with his brother, Grant
Thomas, at the Mountaiu Spring Hotel.
Miss lucia Beard entertained eight of
lel Ilttie Sill piaYmateS the 18th, il being
her 10 h birthday anniversary. Sugar on
snow was served and a grand good time
enjoyed by all
The officers elected for the year ensu-
ing Tor Waterville Lodge, No So, K. P,
are as follows :-Chancello Commander
d. b. Hill; Vice Chancellor, It. J. Lara
way; Master of Works, B. F. Beard; Sec,
w. I. Smile; Prelate, H. F. Beard; Mas
ter at Arms. F. E. Leach Master of Fl
nance A: l.. Laraway; Master of Ex-
chtquer, H. A. jackson.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
FOR THE BEDROOM CLOSET
Row of Shelves Easily Arranged That
Will Be Found Most
Valuable.

The bedroom closet is frequently a
secondary consideration, although it
may be made an economic and artistic
portion of the house. The perfect
closet should have a window which
readily opens. Under this a chest of
drawers is arranged. If the room be
drawers can be built to accommodate
hats, after the fashion of the hat-boxes
purchased in furnishing stores. Pro-
vision for shoes and slippers in a shall
low drawer is convenience often
overlooked.
Whenever possible, the clothes-closet
should be easily thrown open to out
door air and light. The linen-closet
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Centerville

Miss Bertha Collins of Laconia, N. H.,
is spending the holidays at Breezy Hill.
Oscar Campbell and family were visit
ors in Hard wick Wednesday of last week
Tue day was not the best for automobil.
liog and Oscar had a rather hard time of
it on the homeward trip.
Miss Linnie Holbrook spent Saturday
last with her sister, Mrs. Gray, at the
Mary Fletcher Hospital. Mrs Gray is
recovering nicely from a very serious sur
gical operation. She will be at the hos
pital a week or so longer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
The Christmas Table

40 many table favors of little
vi huts and houses are to be had
, nowadays that ii is not diff
cult to carry out the idea of u
II table to represent Christmas in
u an old fashioned village. This
II Is, of course, only possible where
" Il long table Is concerned and
II sufficient space is available to
!! group the set pieces EFFECTIVELY.
II Where the dinner table is for a
I; dozen or more covers. however
II this can be arranged to make a
I; very novel scheme.
:. The first investment is that of
II a sufficient number of little
II snowbound cottages. Some of
II these can be altered easily
~ enough so rs to look little diff
u ferent one from the other. In
II front of one a white pencil stuck
II in whitened cork-diamond pow
I dered-can. with little ingenui-
II ty, be made to represent n sign.
opdlu " idCe lue COdCulnS I'M.
II An advertisement in a paper
I; frame will make capital sign.
]. sprinkled with rhine" to give
I: the same effect of winter as the
. rest.
I; A sheet of looking glass for
4: village pond and two or three
<; tiny toy ducks should occupy
8: the center of the table. Among
y; the many set piece cracker dec
orations it is easy, too, to pick
! up lanterns to hold Christmas
candles. dovecots, farm wagons
and carts laden with crackers,
Q which will add to the realism
9 of the pnntomime scene.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

1t was only a few students who shouted
"Long live Columbia" at the close OF
Col. Roosevelts speech in Chile the other
day. Nevertheless, there was much pop
uar feeling behind that shout, and it is a
feeling with which this country will have
to reckon for years to come. We are still
suffering from the hatred aroused in Mex
leo by our unjust war of 1916 and our
seizure of Mexican territory. And there
are those who believe the United States
will suffer in the future for the alleged
unjust aad unconstitutional manner in
which it took the Canal Zone. But what
does it matter so long as some one had
"Bully Time!"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
PUZZLED THE DRIVER.
Now He Believes the Policeman Is a
-.
Real Mind Reader.


Real Mind Reader.
A certain truckman in the habit of
lsing the new Manhattan bridge ON his
morning trip to Brooklyn has abandon
ed that route because Of superstition.
Several days ago while the truckman
was taking load of chicken crates to
Brooklyn a fine cap Topped down be-
fore him just as his team had passed
under the Manhattan tower He look
ed around. and, seeing that none of the
teamsters ahead of him or behind him
was bareheaded, he picked up the cap
and put it under the cushion of his
seat.
Now, it CHANGED that the cap had
been blown from the head of one OF
the engineers of the bridge department
who was high up in the tower at the
time. On reaching the tower base he
called up the policeman at the Brook
Ign approach on the telephone, describ-
ed the teamster and his wagon and
told how he had lost his cap.
AS the long file of trucks passed by
the policeman the latter halted the
thieving driver. saying: III trouble
you to hand over that cap you picked
up on the Manhattan side It's IA black
and white check. and you've got it
right there under your seat,
Amazed and frightened at the cops
demand. the driver pulled out his hid
den find and tossed it to him. Here
you are" he said. You're a mind
reader or one Of them guys what can
see around corners New York Tub-
une.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

The Democratic Convention at Balti-
more in 1912 pledged that its candidate
for the Presidency would not he re-nomi-
mated. What will become of that "pledge"
It there is national primary law, and il
the Democratic National Convention OF
1916, if there is one, can only register the
will of the voters? It looks as though
somebody had mistaken the accilerator
for the brake
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

Is there any penalty for marking an
unpatented article "patented?"
TO prevent fraudulent impositions on
the public it Is forbidden that I'M
patented articles be stamped or mark
ed patented, and where this is done
with intention to deceive II penalty Of
500 and cG,ts for each article so
stamped Is provided. Any person may
bring action against such offenders.
What is the comparative value of the
principal mineral products of the
United States?
product was: Pig iron, 81 ,303,567 tons,
valued ut 1926, 115,235; silver, 57,137,-
300 troy ounces, value $30.S54, 800;
gold, 4,G57,01S ounces, value $96,269,-
100; copper. 1850, 159,109 pounds, value
$137, 1S0,257; lead, 372,227 tons, value
$50, 755,97G. This does not include any
nonmetallic minerals, of which coal
led all the others, with a production Of
417,111,142 tons of bituminous. value
$469,2S1 ,719, and anthracite, 75,433, 246
tons, value $160,275,3O2.
What are the common wedding an
niversaries called as related to the
gifts one should give?
The common wedding anniversaries
are: First, cotton; second paper;
third, leather; fourth fruit and flowers;
fifth, wooden; tenth, tin: fifteenth,
crystal; twentieth, china; twenty-fifth,
silver; thirtieth, pearl; fortieth, ruby;
fiftieth, golden.
How many regular army posts are
there in the United States?
There are 159 garrisoned posts or
places where troops are kept. Most of
these are named and designated as
forts, but the list includes a few bar
racks and two or three arsenals.
What kind of an insect is that seen
summer nights which we call lightning
bug?
The lightning bug is species of
FREELY, which term includes several va
ries of phosphOrescent insects of the
cOleoptera or beetle family. The freely
proper is found in tropical climates
and gives forth a steady light, while
the lightning bug. found in the tenn
perate zone, flashes intermittently. The
FREELY Of tropical climates shines all
night, ara the natives use it for deco
ratiye purposes.
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BEREAVED.

Let me come in where you sit
weeping-aye,
Let me, who have not any child
to die,
Weep with you for the little one
whose love l have known
nothing of.
The little arms that slowly, slow
ly loosed
Their pressure round your neck,
the hands you used
To kiss--such arms, such hands
l never knew.
May | not weep with you?
Fain would | be of service-say
something
Between the tears that would be
comforting
But, ah, so sadder than your
selves am
Who have no little child to die!
James Whitcomb Riley.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

THE AFTERMATH.

WY EVE done our little charity,
EN we've been a little kind,
) w We've called ourselves by no
BILE names and boasted
noble mind,
We've preached of the deserving
poor and listened to their plea,
, And we are SNUG and satisfied and
proud as proud can be.
This Christmas we at least" we
say, were kind to some poor
SOUL"
When the Christmas spirit gripped
us-and we sacrificed a dole!
But hearken. yC, my brothers all.
and hearken with a will:
The poor are always with us. and
they're broken hearted still.
They're living in their loneliness,
they're living in their pain,
And they're calling. calling. calling.
and they ask your help again.
We gave them cheer at Christmas.
then we made our little bow,
But the winter chill is with them
still, and who will help them
now?
Edmund Leamy in New York
Times.
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AfterWard,

Twas the day after Christmas. and all
through the fiat
The air was as blue as the birds on mas
hat,
For now that the bills for the presents
had come
Ia "cussed' till he made all the bric-a-
brac hum.
Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

Rogers is a bit of a sportsman,
isn't he?' IF going off on wild goose
chsses makes a fellow one, he is
Boston Transcript.
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A Christmas TranedN

Just sprig of mistletoe
Hanging in the hall:
Just maiden standing there,
Pouting lips. coquettish air.
WHEY, coming down the stair,
Catches hubby-l 27?ll
That's all.
New York Times
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

The "H' in Huerta is silent, but the
rest of him makes a lot Of noise-Congre.
gationalist,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

The Mexican Constitutionalists are re-
ported as Selling the hands of those OF
their enemies who had fed together with
all personal property within reach, This
sounds harsh; but it is one of the ways
lean Revolution. The home Of the spoet,
Longfellow at Cambridge, Mass and
"Elmwood," the birth place and resi-
dence of the poet Lowell, were both Of
them houses that had been con6scated
by the Revolutionary Government when
left by their original Tory owners. Ex-
tensive properties along the Hadson
River were seized in the same wav.-The
loser pays.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

Somebody said that if he could write
the songs of nation he would gladly al.
low somebody else to make the laws
President Wilson, it would seem, intends
to have hand IN both. We have always
thought his taste in music was good
since he expressed disapproval of the rag.
time Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" That
decision prejudices us in favor of his re-
cent ruling in regard to songs proper for
officers OF the army and navy. Still we
can but fear that the sensitive feelings
of the Secretary of State are involved in
this latest Judgment. 1t wasn't so much
the singing perhaps as the acting. Mr..
Bryan seems as grieved as the German
Emperor once did over "Hoch der Kai-
SER" There should, however, be balm in
Chatauqua for all hurts
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24
Poor Kind of Sport.

EssEzs'ZZEE sSszzBl 1lszEsEss. ME;
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New York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-12-24

IA r UMEROUS attractive Christ
INH mas things may be made from
Japanese toweling, a novel
tnrinl rnrhinL IL.