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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
ANCIENT MONEY MUCH PRICED
Believed to Be Currency Used by
Tribes Before the Era of the
Roman Empire.

Peasants blowing a field in the com
mune of Castelfranco DELI Emilia, in
Italy, in the year 1897 turned up big
Umbrian vase full of aessignatum,
which is ancient money marked with a
sign, supposedly that of tribe. There
were in all So pieces, all covered with
the characteristic patina of bronze
that has been buried for ages.
The aes-signatum Of the early Ro.
mans is not very rare, but only one
other find of this far more ancient
money has been made. This was at
Fiesole, near Florence, but unfortu.
nately the finders had no idea of its
value or rarity and all of it was melted
down for a bronze founder except one
single specimen. There is not one
specimen in the British museum and
very few other museums have any.
How old this money is we can only
guess. The best authorities say it is
pre-Roman, probably the money of the
Italic tribes that, if not aboriginal, in
habited southern Europe about 1000
B. G. There has been much contro-
versy over this money, and there are
few psychologists who even deny
that it was real money. Each piece
is of solid bronze and bears on it's
surface a figure which Is supposed to
be the sign of the tribe to which it
belonged.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Il Mas a Mouse.

If there's anything that will make a
woman throw good resolutions to the
wind quicker than she made them, it
is a mouse. A young woman arrived
at one of the New York hotels and
before retiring at night she decided to
straighten up the things in the closet
of her room. She was singing over
her work and was doing nicely until
she discovered two shining little beads
in one corner and decided there must
be lost hatpin there. So she reached
out to take it. What her hand met
was soft and covered with hair. 1t
was mouse. The yell that emanated
from that room convinced everybody
tangoing several floors above that
cruel murder was afoot, and there was
a scramble to the Railways. The young
woman finally succeeded in opening
the door of her room and informed
the gathering crowd what a narrow
escape she had from humiliation. Now
there is standing reward of SIS for
the head of that mouse-detached
from the rest of the mouse. If it
ever appears again, there's no telling
what may happen.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
NOT AN IMPRESSIVE MONARCH
Napoleon Ill, In Appearance, Left
Much to Be Desired, According
to John Hay.

Short and stocky, he moves with
a queer, sidelong gait, like equity
crab; a man SO wooden looking that
you would expect his voice to come
rasping out like a watchman's rattle.
A complexion like crude tallow-
marked for death, whenever death
wants him-to be taken some time
in half an hour, or left, neglected by
the skeleton king, for years, perhaps,
if properly coddled. The mustache
and imperial which the world knows,
but ragged and bristly, concealing the
mouth entirely, is moving a little ner-
vously as the lips twitch. Eyes sleep
lily watchful-furtive, stealthy, rather
ignoble, like servants looking out of
dirty windows and saying nobody at
home" and lying as they say it. And
withal a wonderful phlegm. He stands
there as still and impressive as if
carved in oak for ships figurehead.
He looks not unlike one of those
rude, inartistic statues. His legs are
too short, his body too long. He
never looks well but on a throne or
on horse, as kings ought.-From the
Diary of John Hay, Edited by w. r.
Thayer for Harpers Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
MOTHERS LOT is TO WAIT
Life in Homeburg Has Its Joys and
Sorrows, With the Latter
Predomnating.

It's mighty hard to be a mother of
sons in Homeburg. / worked in the
post office for year once-handed
out maitland l got to know just ex-
actly what most of the mothers in
town wanted. 1 could please them
with a new magazine and mystify
them with circular or a business
letter. But if l wanted to light them
up until they took the shadows out of
the corners as they went out l would
give them letter from son, way Off
somewhere making good The best of
them didn't write any too often. Once
a week is pretty regular, I suppose,
from the other end; but you should
see the mother begin to come in hun
cry again the second day after her
letter came. And when a boy came
home successful and prosperous, and
his proud mother towed him down
Main street it used to go to my heart
to see the wistful looks of the woman
friends There is hardly a family in
Homeburg of the right age which
hasn't grownup son off at war some
where - fighting failure. It's grand
when they win; but | hate to think of
some boys who haven't come back
George Fitch in the American Maya.
zine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
WEIGHTY MONUMENT TO KING
Seven Million Tons of Masonry in the
Tombstone" of Ancient Eeyp-
tian Monarch.

The greatest monument in the world
is the Great Pyramid of Egypt, which
was built nearly six thousand years
ago. 1t was built by Cheops, king of
Egypt, who, following the example of
previous kings, wished to have mag.
nificent tombstone, so that he would
be remembered 1t is certain that the
thousands of men who were engaged
in building it worked under the lash.
The result is Cheops is always put
down as tyrant.
According to Herodotus, the ancient
Greek historian, 100000 men were at
work on it for 20 years. 1t covers an
area of 1872 acres and contains 7,000,-
600 tons of masonry. 1t was built in
layers, over two hundred in number,
and then the edges were filed in to
make the sides smooth. The stone
used varied in weight from two tons
to 60 tons. When it was built it was
about 4SO feet high and the sides were
each 775 feet long.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Chinese Mentality,

Archibald Ross Colquhoun, author OF
"China in Transformation" had great
respect for the characteristics of the
Chinese people. During his long visits
to their country in 1881, in 1888 and
in 1896 he had chance of observing
them in all their relations. Their in
tellectual capacity, he believes, may
rank with the best in western coun-
tries" Their own literary studies, in
which memory plays the important
part, prove the nation to be capable
of prodigious achievements in that
direction. "a Chinese acquaintance of
mine," he said, was able at the age of
sixty-five to reproduce, verbatim, let
tiers received by him in his youth"
Whether in mathematics and applied
science or in metaphysics "the Chi.
nese is capable of holding his own
against all competitors" A new re-
vised edition of China in Transfer
nation" was brought out two years
before Mr.. Colquhoun's death.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
KIDNEY TROUBLE CAUSES
INTENSE SUFFERING

| Sixteen years ago l was taken sick
| with Kidney trouble and suffered terribly
for three months. did not work during
this time and was mostly confined to the
bed. After using other remedies finally
tried bottle of Swamp-Root. immedi-
ately began to feel better, and after using
seven fifty bottles, was entirely
cured and have had no Kidney trouble
since. 1 can truly say that l owe my
good health to swamp-Root. You may
publish this letter for the benefit of
other people afflicted as I was with the
hope of bringing to their attention this
most wonderful remedy.
Yours very truly,
HATTIE A. QUIMBY.
SO Spruce st. Waterville, Maine.
State of Maine CO
Kennebec County 90
Personally appeared the above named
Hattie A. Quimby, who subscribed above
statement and made oath that the same
is true in substance and in fact.
ANNA M. DRUMMoND,
Authorized to administer oaths, etc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
A Boy Strateqist.

Mrs. Bright and her little nephew
Kenneth, were visiting some relatives
in the country and, one morning, were
crossing a. pasture lot together. When
they were about halfway across Mrs
Bright saw two oxen and paused
doubtfully.
II really don't know whether it is
safe for us to go near those oxen, Ken
neth," she said, stopping.
"Oh, don't you be afraid of the
oxen, auntie," said Kenneth, as he
frightened his hold on her hand encour-
agingly. They wont hurt us. The
first time came out here l was afraid
of them. didn't dare go back of them,
and didn't dare go in front of them.
But I thought of fine way at last.
/ just got down and crawled under
them. "-Harper's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Distinguished Speakers

Through the efforts of Theodore N
Vail, trio of distinguished men will
speak at the Commencement exercises OF
Lyndon Institute, which will be held in
Music hall, Lyndonville, Friday, June
13. The speakers will include President
John Hibben of Princeton University,
President John Fl. Finley of New York
University and Howard R. Elliott, chair
man of the board of directors of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
Mr.. Vail is also expected to be there
himself to give the diplomas as presi-
dent of the instif ution, and for the last
time to the graduates of the Lyndon
School of Agriculture, which at the close
of the school year becomes a State ins:i-
tuition,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
MORE LASTING THAN REBUKE
Minister'S Simple and Sincere Words
Had Much Effect on His Youth
full Hearers.

It was late Sunday afternoon, and
two young men were returning from q
days fishing. One of them uttered an
exclamation as he recognized Mr.. Nor
ton, the new minister, on the little
footpath that led up from the lake;
but the other had met reproof before
and went on unconcernedly.
81 suppose you don't go fishing on
Sunday" he said to the minister, with
laugh, as the three met. Jim and
l don't make practice Of it, but the
morning was SO fine it was tempta
ton"
mo, I never go fishing on Sunday
the minister replied. you know Sun
day is my busiest day. But / haven't
any doubt that do other things that
are just as bad in Gods sight"
"He spoke so simply and sincerely
that his words had more weight with
me than a hundred stern rebukes, "
the young man said afterward. 81 felt
that he was not putting us in class
by ourselves and preaching at us. He
knew that he had temptations of his
own, even if they weren't our tempta.
lions, and he knew that he was quite
as liable to fall as we were.
IT saw how shallow was my fling
about his going fishing on Sunday. |
knew by his face that he understood
what 1t means to be shut up six days
in mill and then have the sunshine
and the whole bright world outdoors
beckoning to you before you're out of
your bed Sunday morning. He as much
as said it would have affected him,
too, if he'd been similarly placed; but
after we'd talked it over, Jim and |
both felt pretty sure how the tussle
would come out.
1--WE agreed, toward the last of the
week, that we'd go and hear Mr.. Nor.
ton preach the next Sunday. We liked
if man speaks dozen words that
seem to strike the right spot, the
chances are that he'll have more to
say that's worth listening to. He did,
and neither of us has ever been sorry
for the change we made in our way Of
spending Sunday. It's a rest to get
away from the things you've been car
rying all the week; but sometimes, as
Jim says, man needs more strength
to pick them up again than he gets
from an excursion or picnic or
days fishing. "-Youth's Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Nor cams and HoIsteins

Col. Battelps $4,000 Morgan stallion
was sold under the hammer at $500,
while at the recent auction of Holstein
Friesian cattle at Bellows Falls the top
price was $685.. Nearly 200 cattle were
sold at fancy prices and the sale was the
largest ever held in the East. A good
many of the cattle were Vermont raised
and the cattle industry would seem tn be
looking up. Certainly better prices were
maintained than at the auction of the
Morgan horses, which was extensively
advertised buta financial disappointment.
Springfield Reporter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
HARD TO DEFINE BEAUTY
Subtle Quality Makes Its Appeal Only
to Those Gifted With the
Right Insight.

That which is beautiful is always
pretty in the broad sense of the term,
but much that the world in general
counts as pretty is anything but beau
tiful in the esthetic eye.
Frettiness is of the face and obvi-
Gus, but beauty is Of the soul. and
therefore. more subtle. Some very
crudely colored calendars will appeal
to many as being beautiful, though
to the cultured eye they are far from
suggestive of grace in either tone
or form.
There have been many attempts to
define beauty, yet it cannot be said
that any definition has thrown much
light upon the subject. 1t manifests
itself in such an infinite variety Of
forms, though there is general agree
ment that it's highest expression is
in the female form divine. Even here
the diversity is so extensive that the
people Of no two races, let alone ra-
tons, have ever agreed upon the same
type. The Madonnas Of the worlds
artists are striking instances of the
different conceptions Of the utmost
spiritual grace.
This much is certain; mere pretti'
ness, whether in woman, painting,
sculpture, music, poetry or literature,
is either a primal CT artificial har-
mony in no wise pleasing to those
who have come to know the best. And
much of that best is not so very diff
cult to appreciate. 1t is largely mat
ter Of education and of habit. Scae
people perceive harmony with readi'
ness in certain forms and are yet OBJ
livious to it in others. There are col
or-blind musicians and tone-deaf sculp-
tors
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
JOHNSON

Mrs. M. M. Buck is i'll with erysipelas
HI. N. Gordon has returned from tril
to Boston.
Mr.. Pratt of Enosburg was guest o
Howard Bailey Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Shattuck of Watervile is {
guest at Harry Parker's,
Mrs. Bennett Tilletson has returned
from visit in Waterville.
Erie Holmes was home from the U. v
M. Saturday returning Sunday afternoon
The attendance at the Cong'l Sunday
School, May 10. was 100; collection $.54
Mrs. Mary Darling and Harry Gregg
were in Morrisville to attend the funera
of Bert Flanders.
DR.. and Mrs R. G.. Prentiss and son,
Roger, and Mr.. and Mrs. o. FL. Wilson
were ia Burlington Friday.
Glenn Sweet is recovering from an in
jury received while working on the Sec
ton; tie dropped on his foot.
Most of the teachers in town attended
the Lamoille County Teachers Associa-
ton meeting in Hyde Park Friday.
Enosburg High school base ball team
played the j. Fl. S. team at johnson Sat-
urday and won the game by a score of 7
toe.
The topic for the Christian Endeavor
meeting next Sunday evening is, "Relig-
De- d., q.
129-136.
e. E. Holmes was in Burlington Satur-
day and bought seven passenger Chal-
mers car. His son, Erie, is agent for the
Chalmers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Thomas and Mrs.
Mosley went to Burlington the first of the
week to visit Mrs. Mosley's son, George,
and family.
Miss Amelia Younggrean of Waterville
spoke at the Pentecostal church Sunday
morning. While in town she was guest
at Harry Parker's.
Messrs. Hardigan and Rogers from
Blodgetts' in Burlington are doing the
plumbing in the II. A. Barrows' house.
The house is to be heated by hot water.
Mrs. Matte w. Baker returned from
Everett, Mass, Thursday night, accom-
panied by Mrs. Carrie Written, who has
been in Wayland, Mass, with her daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel Written.
The infant daughter, Louise May, of
Mr. and Mrs Sidney COmStOck died at
the home of Mrs. Comstock's mother,
Mrs. Mary Darling, May II. Funeral SER
vices were held at the home of Mrs.
Darling Friday morning, Rev. F. W.
Hazen officiating. The burial was in
Morrisville. Andrew Cleveland and fami-
ly from Hyde Park were here to attend
the services
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
WHY DOGS NOSE IS COLD
Being Crowdeo Out of the Ark lis a
Pretty Story, but Not Sciences
Explanation.

When your faithful old dog pokes
his nose into your hand, even your af
lection cannot prevent little SILVER
because the nose is SO cold Why is
it? When the body of dog is so
warm, why should this one spot be diff
ferent from all the rest of him?
The old fable tells us that when
Noah tried to get all the animals into
the ark some of them were trouble
some, and he had to get dog to help
him drive them in. Because of this
the dog was the last to enter the ark
There was no room left, so he had to
stand in the doorway with his nose
outside in the wet, and it has never
been warm since.
Science gives quite another explana-
tion of the matter. The GOODNESS of
dogs nose is, it says, due to the fact
that it must be kept moist all the
time in order to sharpen his sense Of
smell. And, of course, as the mois-
ture is evaporating all the time, 1t
keeps his nose cold.
A dog depends a. great deal on his
powers of smell, especially in the wild
state, and it is because of his keen
ness Of scent that he is valuable to
man for hunting purposes. In addi-
ton to the olfactory or smelling
nerves inside a dogs nostrils, the
whole black membrane around the
rose is very sensitive, but this sens1-
tiveness can only be retained by mois-
ture. Thus it is that when dogs
nose is dry and warm he is ill and
needs dOctOring
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
One Tree Brinus 500.

The government has received s99. AZ
in settlement for single sugar pine
tree which was cut in trespass in the
Stanislaus national forest, in Califor.
mia, and which yielded more than
enough actual lumber to build a good
sized suburban frame house. The
tree scaled 1888 board feet and was
valued at S5.25 per thousand feet.
Not many trees contain enough lum-
Der to build a two-foot board walk
nearly two miles long, and this is be-
lieved to be the first case on record
in which a single tree felled in a ma
tional forest was valued at almost
500 on the stump. although national
forest timber is frequently sold at
considerably higher rates.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Burial Grounds of Lamoille
County

Inscriptions copied and arranged by J. e.
Bowman
Previous to and including year 1900
EVERGREEN LEDGE CEMETERY, johnson
PART |
Monument: Holdridge Mary Il. NC
Kenty, dau. of D. and S. Holdridge,
July 8, 1891, 40 yrs. William E., Sept.
20, 1884, "a yrs.
Charles Cook, Jan. 9, 1885, 81 yrs.
Otis P. Balch, Jan. 80, 81 yrs. IL mos.
Mary J. York, wife of w. W. Story,
July 1, 1898, Al yrs. W. w. Story died
Oct. 10, 1904, 81 years.
ellis Heath, June IL, 1875. 50 yrs. 10
mos. veteran in the army of 1872"
Anna, first wife of Wells Heath, Nov
Is, 1913, AZ years.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Recipe for Ghosts.

1t is generally understood that "see
ing ghosts" is the result of indiges
ton. The following notes may be
useful to amateurs anxious to investi
gate psychological phenomena:
Lobster salad, eaten after midnight,
one ordinary ghost, with chains.
Two Welsh rarebits and a mince
pie, one mysterious gray lady, emit.
ting groans.
Cold roast pork, mixed pickles, and
strong tea, taken Immediately before
retiring, genuine family specter,
carrying his head under his arm.
A portion of cake, result of daugh-
ter's first lesson at cookery school, a
troupe of fearsome blood-stained hob
COLLINS, with blue lights shining out
of empty eyesockets.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
The LikeIiest One,

The late Admiral Mahan, at the be
ginning of the war, was arguing with
lady at luncheon about the British
navy.
But my dear madam" said the ad.
miral, 1T is hard to argue with you
because you are Scr, pardon mo
SO ignorant
you remind we of the young wife
who said to her brother about her
volunteer husband:
Isn't Jack just wonderful?
Think-he's already been promoted to
field marshal
From private to field marshal in
two months? Impossible said the
brother.
Did | say field marshall muir
INJURED the young wife. Well, per-
haps it's court-martial. l know it's
one or the other New York Trib-
une.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Logic of the Loaded,

who goes there?" the sentry chal.
lenged.
Lord Roberts," answered the tipsy
recruit.
Again the sentry put the question,
and received like answer, whereupon
he Knocked the offender down. When
the latter came to, the sergeant was
bending over him. See here" said
the sergeant, why didn't you answer
right when the sentry challenged
your"
Holy st. Patrick" replied the re-
cruit, IF he'd do that to Lord Roberts,
what would he do to a plain Mike
Flanagan?"-Boston Transcript.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
MorrisviIIe People Should Know How to
Read and Heed Them

Disordered kidneys give many signals
of distress.
The secretions may be dark, contain
sediment.
Passages are sometimes frequent, scan
ty, painful.
Backache is often present day and
night.
Headaches and dizzy spells may occur.
Weakened kidneys should receive quick
help.
Don't delayl Use a special kidney
remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kid
neys, backache and urinary disorders.
Morrisville evidence proves their worth.
II. III. Partlow, Portland ST., Norris
Vile, says: 81 was bothered by kidney
weakness for over a year. 1 had dizzy
spells and the kidney secretions were
profuse. Doan's Kidney Pills. which
got at Cheney's Drug Store, acted on my
kidneys. After had used three boxes
was well. The endorsement / gave Doan's
Kidney Pills before, holds good"
Price so cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney PIlls-the same that Mr..
Partlow had. Foster Milburn Co., Pro-
prietors, Buffalo, N. Y. ADV.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
No Compromise in 1916

Nobody today hears Republicans any,
where advocating compromise and con-
cessions. If the Republicans win in the
election of 1916 it will be with a candi-
date who will stand for the Republican
party and who will be pledged upon a
platform that will ring true to Republican
traditions and policies. Senator Borah's
covert threat that If he does not receive
the Republican nomination he will "speak
as plainly as he sees fit'' will have no
weight. This being a comparatively free
country, he can talk as he pleases.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-05-19
Heath Lot
Granite Monument: Heath. Wells Heath

| hOdlu JOL
Granite Monument: Heath. Wells Heath
17S2-1S75. A soldier of 1912. Anna, his
wife, 1S01-1S43. Their children:
Lewis F. Heath, (blank) born 1929
Villas M. Heath, 1S79,p., born 1898.
Orson N. Heath, (blank) born 1880.
Julia Heath, (blank) born 1882.
Melinda Heath, (blank) born 1885,
| ''All born in Vermont Reverse
| "Orson N. Heath, born in johnson, VT.
| 1880. Wont to Worcester, Mass, 1850
To st. Paul, MIMI, in 1870 Erected
these stones to his relatives in 1895-wil
be buried in St. Paul, Mimi, with wife
and children. He is now Is years DID,"
Grandpa" William Heath, 174S-1S2e
A Soldier of the Revolution. "Grandma"
Lydie, 1750-1S23.
"Uncle Hazen." 17s9-1S4e. "Aunt Pol
ly," 17s7-1S53.
Nathan Dodge, April %. 1851, 65 yrs,
mos.
Hannah, wife of Nathan Dodge. Mar
20, 1861, 65 yrs, IL mos, "a dys.
Ashley Dodge, Sept. %, 1847, 81 yrs.
Polly Dodge, wife of S. P. Lowater.
Mar. IS, 1852, 80 yrs, mos.
Granite Mon:- Demeritt Josie F
Demeritt. Born 1891.
Slate) Huldah, wife of Amos Brown,
Nov. 6, 1920, 81 yrs, IL mos, 21 dys.
Neall, son of Dan'l Prince, Oct. 26,
1895. Born May %, 1889.
Slate) Almon, son of "Juder" and Sally
Lord, Jan. %, 1882, A yrs, 10 mos. ,22 dys.
Romulus, son of "Wm. and Amalia
Simons, Esq, Mar. l, 1874, 10 yrs.
"Amalia," wife of William Simons.
Esq, Feb. 10, 1874. 46 yrs.
John Prince, Jan. II. 1888. SO yrs. La
vina S. Lord, his wife, Jan. Is, 1888, IS
yrs.
Mother:-Abigail Holdridge, wife of
G. $. Mills, Mar. 80, 1889, go yrs.
G. S. Mills, Sept. %, 1890, SO yrs. (Fal
len.)
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