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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Votes for Women in Vermont

The extension of the suffrage to women
is reform that will not come all at
once. In the southern states there are
conditions which will doubtless retard it
for some time to come.
The time is at hand, however. we be-
lieve. when this advance must come in
Vermont The fact is that the chang
must be made if the state is to maint ain
a fair representation in the electoral vote
in proportion to it's population. Iflarge
states like Illinois and California greatly
increase their electoral vote by the exten.
sion of the ballot to women it is very
plain that the smaller states must do the
same or consent to be more hopelessly
out-yoted than is the case at present.
If the men of Vermont refuse to grant
the ballot to Vermont women they ar e
simply allowing themselves to be out
voted by women in Illinois and Gator.
mia. whereas they might have the aid of
the women of their own state; and there
are conditions in which eight electoral
votes from Vermont would have an i'm
portant bearing in a national election.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Dishes From Meat Scraps.

A widow living near meat market
was impressed with the amount of
meat that was wasted and made an
offer to the proprietor to work up all
scraps and surplus meats into home
made products. She received half Of
the receipts from sales and was allow
ed to keep out enough for her own
family. The beef scraps were made
into pressed beef and savory soups
and stews that were the delight of
housekeepers. The veal into veal loaf
and salad. The pork into scrapple
and pork pies. Prices were as fol-
lows: Pressed beef and veal loaf, 80
cents pound; vegetable soup, 10
cents pint; Irish stew with dump
lings, rs cents pint; veal salad, 80
cents a pint; scrapple, Is cents
pound 1t was all SO we'll cooked and
seasoned that the noon sales required
an extra helper. She received a nice
income sGlr1lE lqr. l..... ..rL I'D.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Eden Mills

Mrs. w. B. Mower has gone to Lyndon
Center for visit of several days.
Three couple from this town attended
the Commandery ball at Hyde Park.
Emery Davis was at home over Sunday,
returning to hisschool in johnson Mon
day. .'G i-ir .--. So d. . ...-.... ....
Alison Rogers and wife spent last Thurs
day in Wolcott as guests of Emery Foss
and wife.
Watch out for the great drama, Three
Glasses Day, cr Broken Home" to
to be given at early day by local talent.
This is thrilling play, full of fun and
much pathos. Do not miss it.
Remember the "ptctures" next week
Tuesday evening, Feb. II, and the Wood
ven promenade. on Thursday evening of
his week, Feb. II. The dramatic club
have their play nearly ready to present
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
$4,000 Gift u. V. M.

President Benton has made public an
nouncement of gift to the University
of Vermont of property valued at $35, 900
The donor is w. w. Scranton of Scranton
Pa. The property decided to the college
authorities in the gift is the mansion and
estate known as the Worthington G. Smith
estate, situated on the outskirts of St.
Adams. Power is given the trustees of
the university to retain the property or
to dispose of part or all of it. The
money thus realized will constitute the
Worthington G. Smith fund of the uni
yersity endowment.
Mr.. Scranton is the head of the gas
company of Scranton, Pa. He is grad
uate of Yale university and his wife is
the daughter of the late Worthington c.
Smith, distinguished graduate of the
University of Vermont and for many
years an eminent citizen of the state.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Section Men For Forty Years

| William M. Carlisle, who is GO, and his
brother, Mark D. aged 63, both of Chester
claim that they have the best record as
section men in the United States.
For 40 years William has been foreman
of Bellows Falls, Chester and Cayendish
section ON the Rutland railroad, distance
of % miles, previous to which he was
trackman for two years. Not until last
fall bad he ever had a vacation. %a'.
Mark has been with his brother on the
same section for nearly 40 years and dur
ing the time they have laid two sets of
rails the entire distance, the first with
iron the latter with steel. Mark has had
only one vacation during his railroad
work, unless it was from illness of short
duration. $50
Both men are in excellent health, and
are doing just as good a days work as
ever. In Williams family of six children
there are five boys, all of whom have been
employed at times by their father as
trackman, one of them now being fore
man in the yard at Bellows Falls and an
other as a section laborer.
.- Mark has a son Delbert, who was
foreman for several years, while another.
Clinton R., is now foreman at Bartons-
vile.
William says: "When and my broth
er began section work 40 years ago the
largest locomotives on the road did not
weigh more than 80 tons. AL we're wood
burners, which ran on small iron rails
that had to be replaced by new ones quite
often, owing to the softness of their
maken
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
BIBLE FOUND ON WAR FIELD
Relic Subject to Call of Relatives
of It's Owner

Picked up more than so years ago
on the battlefield of James Mills by
his brother, ". T. Blakiston, who was
later killed in the battle of Gettys-
burg, a Bible which originally be-
longed to Capt w. NJ. Halfway Of
Company c, Anderson's Lancers, is
now in the possession of George
Blackiston, president of the Hotel Bel
videre company of Baltimore.
1t is being held by Mr.. Blakiston in
the hope that he may some day be
able to fulfill request made by his
brother-a dying wish that has
never been carried out.
When the Bible was found by Mr..
Blakiston's brother the latter wrote
In it the request that whoever found
it should return it to relatives of Capt.
Halfway.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Makes the.Weather Sell Goods.

A New York druggist fathers a sim.
pie selling plan to which he has traced
considerable business. He asks his
clerks to check the names of their
friends in the telephone directory, and
then watched the federal weather re-
ports. When stormy weather was pre-
dicted he sent circulars to these peo-
pie advising them that a storm had
been forecasted, and telling them that
he would fill any telephone orders and
deliver them free. II the purchaser
lived at a distance, he said, he would
NIL the order by parcel post. The
merchant said the plan did not result
in any unusual rush of business at
first, but that it served to keep the
store before the people. Later, the
advertising value of the scheme was
proved.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
MAN CAPTURES HIS CAPTOR
Colonel Paine, Commander Of Confed-
crate Brigade, Taken Prisoner
When Thrown Into Vat.

Among the Confederate prisoners
taken at the battle of Gettysburg was
Colonel Paine, who commanded a bri-
gade and was captured by Private
Abram Folger Of Company H, Fifth
New York cavalry. The facts of the
capture, as told by Folger, are as fol-
lows:
while charging in the edge of Get
tysburg and getting separated from
my regiment I was made a prisoner
by Colonel Paine and was being taken
to the rear. On the main road, just
outside of the town, was situated d
tannery, the watts of which were under
cover and were very close to the
street.
81 was walking along beside the
colonel's orderly and as we came near
these tannery watts | saw a carbine
lying on the ground. When | came
up to 1t / quickly took it. Seeing 1t
was loaded, fired and killed Paine's
horse, which, in it's death struggle, fell
over toward the watts, throwing the
colonel completely under the tanning
liquid.
Seeing that the colonel was safe
enough for the moment I turned my
attention to his orderly, who, finding
his pistol had fouled and was useless,
was about to jump his horse over the
fence to the right and escape that
way If he could, but not being able
to do SO, concluded he had better sur
render. The reason I did not fire upon
him was that the last shot in the cap
tured carbine was fired at the colo
ners horse. AS the orderly did not
know this, it was my play to make
him think instant death awaited him
If he attempted to escape.
His gray uniform, with it's white
velvet facing, his white gauntlet
gloves, face and hair, had all become
completely stained so that he present
ed a most laughable sight. | then
mounted the orderly's horse, and
marched them before me to the mar
ket place, where | turned them over
to the authorities. who laughed hearth
ly at the comical predicament of the
colonel had been captured by Colo
mel Paine's command the winter be-
fore, and you can just believe that |
was glad to return the compliment
with interest"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Riverside

Master Linwood Crowell is quite i'll
with severe cold. M
L. E.and J. S. Manley were visitors in
CenteIville last Saturday.
We all miss Henry Crowell and are
still Mortified at his mysterious death.
Linwood Crowell visited his f, lend,
Geo. Davis, ON McKinstry Hill last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Crowell and son
were visitors at David Monteith's Sunday
afternoon. sa1E
Mrs George Cutler visited Mrs. Gilbert
Broadwell at the village recently, return
ing home Sunday night.
Fred CrowelI was in Enesburg last
week and while there sold his farm, that
one where the house burned last fall
Edward Corbett aud Andrew Westman
from UnderhiIl were visitors at George
Aliens last Thursday and Friday.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Young Men Wanted for Auto
mobile Business

The Automobile Business offers won
derlul opportunities. We are placing pien
from all parts of the country in Good
Paving Positions. Our students stand
the highest with auto owners as our
school is one of the Oldest, best equipped,
most practical and successful in America
We give you individual instruction, real
practical work on cars, and personal road
instruction. Our diploma guarantees eff
ficiency aud protects your employer.
MANY owners and dealers in automobiles
employ our students only. Flee employ
n.ent bureau and ~ extra charge Tor any
service We NAV render after you graduate
Write I, -day for iull par tieulars. Start
now and be among the early ones for the
good positions in the Spring
STERLING AUTO co. PRACTICAL
SCHOOL, 4l2 Union
Street. Corner of Yates Street, Science
tady, n. Y. Adv
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
The Tango and Other Fads

The tango madness which appears to
have spread pretty much all over the
universe has aroused the hostility Of GER.
tain folk who see a menace to morals in
this form of terpsichorean diversion and
in the kindred steps which are classed
generally as "rag" dancing.
We believe that the good people, who,
with the best intentions oppose this new
fad, are unduly agitated We make this
statement in the light of what has hap
pened to similar crazes which have risen,
have had their day and have been forgot
ten. One recalls the roller skating delir-
ium which in the eighties possessed the
people of this country. The multitude
old and young rolled on the rollers until
they were surfeited and weary. The de
nunciations of the infatuation of that day
had no effect on the sport. 1t was
passing fancy and when the crowd got
tired of it they quit, but they did not
stop because of protests against it.
The bicycle madness followed hard on
roller skating and the populace jumped
at the safety" with the avidity OF
child after a new toy. Everybody rode
and the conversation of the nation was
largely devoted to discussions of the
merits of the various makes of the WHEEL
Bicycle races which attracted thousands
were held. Then the sport slumped. Now
one occasionally sees one on the street,
but most specimens are seen in cellar or
garnet to remind one of another fleeting
fad.
Also it will be remembered that the
fifteen puzzle brought on another period
of national mental alteration winch al
ficted both the wise and the simple, but
the people finally recovered and sought
other ways to amuse themselves.
Now it is the tango which has captiva-
ted the people, that is, some of the peo-
pie. 1t is catching like the humps; very
contagious and it is going round. But
it is what has been described as a imam
Hesitation of the psychology of the
crowd" and it is evanescent. 1t will go
a glimmering not because it is censured |
by press and pulpit, but because its dew
otees will get enough of it in time and
will cast about for a new source of |
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
North Hyde Park

Mr.. and Mrs. FL. A. Smalley visited at
G. Fl. Southers' Sunday.
Mrs. Albertine Cogswell is stopping
with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Odds.
Mrs. May Baker spent some time with
her mother, Mrs. II. f. Hulburt.
Miss Viola II. Kneeland has gone to
Waltham, Mass, where she has employ
ment.
There will be Washington's Birthday
Dance at Hall Monday evening, February
%. Particulars next week.
George Nichols, who has been visiting
his sister, Miss Muriel Bailey, returned
to his work in Massachusetts last week.
At the Congregational Church next
Sunday. The collection at afternoon
ervi ce will be Lincoln's Birthday offe,-
ing for the work of the American Mission
airy Associate ms
Those from the Gihon Valley: Grang
who attended the Pomona at Stowe last
week were Ernest Mudgett, Josie Mud
gett Mrs. Jennie Kpeeland and Mrs. Alma
Hazard.
The entertainment given by Grounds
RacOnteurs" on Monday evening was en-
j,yed by large audience. The music.
both vocal and instrumental, was of fine
quality and the recitations and imperson-
a'ious we're most artistically given. The
high standard that has been set in the
previous entertainments of the course.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Prompt Settlement of a Claim.

Old Lady-Do Gaping Bragg live
here. mister?
Col. Brent-Yes, madame. Can do
anything for you?
Old Lady-Well. you see, mister l
lives over whar the fitin' was, and
when Gaping Bragg's company
skeered the Yankees they ran rite
peerst my house-rite peerst - an
then up comes Capting Forrest with
his crittur company and makes a
line of fight rite through my yeard,
and oversets my ash hopper, and
treads-"
Gen Bragg (sitting in the tenD-
Col. Brent, see that the lady's claim
is settled Immediately.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Things You See In Maine.

A silver gray bob cat, weighing
forty-two pounds, with a head like a
tigers and showing a set of ferocious
looking teeth, Saturday afternoon,
drew hundreds of Bath citizens to
Ferry street, where the animal hung
from a meat hook. The beast was
shot Friday by Amos Knight Of West
port, near the Brookings farm, Wool
rich, after long chase in which Mr.
Knights dog circled the wild cat three
times. The animal has been destroy.
ing Woolrich sheep and hens and his
bowling at night has alarmed and puz-
zled Woolrich people. The beast
measured some four feet from tip of
nose to end of tail.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

1t is reported that $4,000 people at
tended the various Protestant churches
of Boston last Sunday and in Vermont
the attendance was about doubled Fig
ures are not available for all New England,
but all indications are that the Sunday
attendance was very large, and no doubt
the same was true in churches of the
Roman Catholic faith. Would New Eng
land be better or worse if every Sunday
in the year were a "Go-to-Church" day !?
If better, there is opportunity for all to
help make it so.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

If the "ten leading newspapers" of the
country, of which the Boston Herald adj
mits that it is one, are to take advantage
of that invitation of Gen. Huerta to see
the Mexican civil war at close quarters,
they had better be quick about it. In a
very short time the dictator may not
have standing room at his disposal, now
that President Wilson's proclamation
allows the Constitutionalists to obtain
all the guns and ammunition that they
want
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

The reports from the 240 or more
health officers of The state are coming
into the Office of the secretary of the
state board of health, and figures are be-
ing compiled which will tell almost
everything regarding sanitary conditions
in Vermont. The report is very full, as
it is made from statistics furnished by
town and county clerks, as well as the
health officers. Among the date re-
ceived is a card telling of every death
during the past year, the age, cause and
much other significant matter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Hyde Park Center

Mr.. F. H. Fulington of johnson was a
business visitor here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Gonyea of johnson
visited at j. NJ. Millei's over Sunday.
Geo. Jewett. who has been at Wolcott
for awhile, has been at home for a few
days. 81 A'ai-
Fred Heath of of North Hyde Park has
been visiting his cousin, Delmar, few
days.
A successful term OF school Closed
Thursday with Miss Glenna Jewett as
teacher. seE
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Those Army Shoes.

A young recruit who enlisted with
Capt. Sinclair was trying on his first
army Shoes They were very broad
and much too large for him. He got
them on, rose from his seat, and.
looking at them. very soberly said:
Boys, II I get shot I want some of
you to push me over. | can never
fall down with these shoes on"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

AN ITEM OF PERSONAL INTEREsT.-If
he RECEIVERS, some half-dczen people will
be made happy; if he does not recover.
the same number of people will be made
miserable for little while, and during
the next two or three d. s, acqu'intaDces
will meet in the street-"You'ye heard
of poor So-and-So? Very sudden Who
would have thought it? Expect to meet
you ats on Tuesday. Good Bye"
And so the end. Your death and my
death are mainly of importance to our
selves.-Philip Hale in Boston Herald
1t is nnw I'll % q year for ereruIndr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Trimmed Piano to Suit Him.

Afghans have a pelchant for musi-
cal Instruments, and the Weather
classes import some costly makes,
though occasionally their manner of
using them is somewhat startling to
more civilized eyes. It is of record
that an Afghan nobleman sent out to
Europe for grand piano, and on its
arrival had all the lower part of it cut
off, as he found it most convenient to
play it while squatting on the floor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
The WANDERING Bows.

This is old-home week in PUNK.
vile. but | don't think the district at
torney is entering into the spirit Of the
thing"
What makes you think that?"
Il just found him overhauling. his
old indictments"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Iettinn Him Down Easy.

Irish Boatman surveying the soil
tary result of the day)-it's a foine
fish for the size av ut. Themn run
about three to the pound.
Alphabetically that should say.
Boatman-Well, maybe the other
two'd be a bit bigger.-London Punch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

Says the Bennington Banner: Editor
Thayer of the Morrisville Messenger de-
clares that the Vermont Press Associa-
ton has degenerated into a political or
ganization. Inasmuch as the association
hasn't held meeting so far as we have
heard of in over three years its political
activity cannot have been very serious in
the strenuous campaigns of the past two
years."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Wieiders of Influence

The hand that rocks the cradle may
rule the world, but there is no ignor-
ing the influence welded by the foot
and ankle that peep through the slit
in stylish skirt.-Youngstown Tele-
gram.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
BITS OF PHILOSOPHY.

believe that man to 10 be
wretched whom none can please.
Martial. r. l,.s,.. ta..
He who boasts of his descent
praises the deeds of another
Seneca.
No man ever became utterly
depraved in an instant-Juve-
nal.
If you share the crime of your
friend you make it your own
Cyrus.
The more virtuous a man is
the less easily does he suspect
others to be vicious.-Cicero.
Unless the vessel be pure
whatever you put in will turn
sour.-Horace.
There can be no friendship
without virtue; for that init
macy, which among good men is
called friendship. becomes fac
ton among the bad.-Sallust.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Supreme Court AIl-PowerfuI.

The Supreme court of the United
States is the most remarkable political
institution Of the world Its Judgment
rendered upon cases brought before
them becomes the supreme law of the
land.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
conoarstive Manners.

Mrs. Jones-So you got seats at
Blanks theater, How did you find
their new box Office man?
Jones-He was so rude that he made
me feel like a Observation-Disclosures
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

The suggestion that NJ J. Hapgood, of
Peru makes in a recent newspaper, that
each town should pass resolution at
coming town meeting requiring all high
way orders given by the highway COM
missioner to himself to be endorsed by
the chairman of the board of selectmen,"
is very proper one and every town
should pass such resolution. He says:
"the principle is manifestly wrong of
person drawing his order for his own
work without having it endorsed offici-
ally by some person" Correct, Mr.. Hap
good.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
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Department
What is the origin of the word cra-
vat? Does it mean the same as neck

What is the origin of the word Graz
vat? Does it mean the same as neck
tie?
The words are not exactly synony-
nous. Necktie applies to almost "any
old thing" used to wear around the
neck and tie in front. while cravat has
a distinctive meaning and origin. It
was formerly written crabat to desig-
nate fashion introduced by the Croa-
tian soldiers, who were called Cra-
bats, and they wore a neckcloth which
was nicknamed crabat and then era
vat. Formerly the cravat was passed
around the neck two or three times
and tied in front in such a way as to
prop up the chin. A biographer Of
Dickens, speaking of him in early life,
says, HE wore one of the large era
watts, which had not then gone out Of
fashion" The Canada goose, which
has white mark around it's throat, il
sometimes called the cravat goose.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11
Who was Robinson Crusoe?

He is the hero of Defoe's immortal
story of that name. who, being ship
wrecked on an island in the tropics,
leads a solitary life for many years and
relie, es his monotony by an mex
haustible fertility of resources.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-11

If the Morrisville Messenger, which is
talking so loudly these days about enor-
nous state expenses, would just point
out few places wherein there could
consistently be curtailment of the same
its clamorings might have some effect.
AS it is, nobody takes any stock in this
sort of buncombe. The Messenger knows
that our state affairs, and its expendi-
lures, are handled by men whose integri-
ty cannot in the least be questioned; in
fact the Messenger says splendid things
one week about this or that official and
then the next week puts up howl about
enormous state expenses" How con-
sistent!