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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
ALWAYS A WELCOME VISITOR
Occasionally Late, but Once Every
Month She Was at the Door
to Receive Him.

She waited patiently for his arrival,
feeling that he wouldn't disappoint
her. Sometimes he was a little early
sometimes a little late, but eventu-
ally he would come, bringing with him
something dear to her heart.
Once every month for four years he
had been welcome visitor How
well she knew his voice-his smile
his CHEEKY whistle!
At times when he passed the house
without as much as glance, she un-
derstood and made no effort to at
tract his attention. If he appeared
distant now and then, she did not
grieve, knowing the day would come
a week, two weeks perhaps-when he
would walk fearlessly up the walk
with a smile and a CHEEKY word Of
greeting.
After today she would never look for
him again. At least his appearance
would never again cause the delight
full little heart throbs that were now
agitating her.
At last she saw him. Her arms
were outstretched to receive--the last
War Risk Bureau allotment check,
which the postman handed to her with
a smile.-The Leatherneck.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
COULD NOT RELY ON SUkDlAL
Garden "Clocks" Were Always More
of an Ornament Than Kept for
Any Practical Use.

The sundial became q popular gar
den ornament in the sunny parts Of
Europe in the Fifteenth century.
There were older time recorders.
There were hour-glasses, candles
that marked the time by their burn
ing. Lamps that indicated the hours
by the amount Of oil consumed, and
the water clock, which was the most
reliable of all these time-recordin4
devices. When the sundials came into
vogue they were bought by rich men
who could well afford to have clock,
the cost Of which was less than the
cost of an ornamental sundial. The
peasant who could not afford a clock
did not need a sundial, because he
could tell time, or nearly tell the
time by looking at the sun, or by the
slant of his own shadow.
The south of Europe fashion of the
sundial spread to England with the
fashion of the formal or Italian gar
den, and when English, Irish and
Scotch gentry fled to the colonies, or
took with them the idea that gar
den was not a garden without sun
dial, any more than it could be
a garden without a box hedge, bor-
der Of jonquils, some arbor vitae trees,
a gravel walk and a rustic bench.
In the older settlement portions OF
Maryland and Virginia and including
the District of Columbia it is not I'M
usual to find these sundials, or the
stump" or base on which the dial
rested, in the gardens of old homes.
Yet it Is a fair assumption that on
every place where there was a sun
dial clock run by wheels and
weights licked away In the manor
house, or in the mansion house, and
that every land owner who could af-
ford to have sundial in his garden
carried a gold watch or silver watch
In the fob pocket Of his small
Clothes"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
GULL POOR PRODUCING HENS
and During Early Fall Months
Comb Is Indicator.

The hens should be culled out dur
ing the summer and early fall
months, beginning to Gull out the poor
producers just as soon as they stop
laying, which Is usually In July and
August. When hen is laying her
comb will be large, full of blood, and
bright red in color. AS she stops lay
ing, the comb becomes small and
shrunken, pale or dull in color, and
is usually rather hard. Another good
indication to use In selecting those
hens which stop laying early is mott
ing, as the hens that start to mott
early-that is, in July and August
are usually the poorest producers.
While hen which has molted most
of her feathers Is very easy to pick
out by sight without examination, the
only way to ascertain accurately
when the hens begin to molt Is to han
die them. Before the body and wing
feathers are molted In any great num-
Der you will find short pin. feathers
growing thickly on the back and In
the feather tracts running back from
the breast, indicating that these hens
have started to mott and probably
have stopped laying If their combs
and general appearance indicate nom
production. The pelvic bones are also
helpful In making this test as these
two bones tend to close up when the
hen stops laying. If the spread be-
tween these bones measures two
fingers or less the probability is that
the hen is not laying, while If the
spread is greater, together with other
indications mentioned, she is probably
laying.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
REVIVAL OF CLASSIC GREEK
Western Newspaper Welcomes Pos
sibiity ct Its Becoming, In
Time, World Language.

Were one to judge from the fuss
| made from time to time, one would
suppose there was real need of an in
ternational language. In the golden
| age Of the English language the great
queen addressed the ambassador at
her court in Latin, and all diplomatic
conversation and correspondence Of
Europe was in Latin. Erasmus, the
great scholar and writer, who visited
the court of EliZabeth's father, Henry
VIII, wrote Latin works that pro-
duced an effect comparable to that
produced by the writings of Voltaire
two centuries later.
Much pains have been expended in
fabricating artificial language, such
as Esperanto, to serve as the medium
of communication. But such construc-
lions have no chance of practical adop-
ton, nor could they answer as well as
actual language whether dead like
Latin or living like English.
There is language, however,
which is gradually becoming again a
living one, and which as a world Ian
guage would be ideal. The Greek uni
versities and Greek men of culture,
including Venizelos himself, are en-
gagged in an attempt to restore CLASH
cal purity and perfection to modern
Greek. 1t is said that the endeavor
is by no means vain, and that gradu-
ally the ancient model is being ap-
preached. We may yet have the speech
of Pericles, the written language of
Plato, employed in social intercourse
and commercial transactions, in con-
tracts, in courts of law, in houses of
ssembly.-Minneapoli Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Stone Mountain.

Stone mountain, on whose granite
wall is to be sculptured a memorial to
the Confederacy, is 16 miles from At.
lanta, Ga. 1t will be the largest monu-
ment in the world. The space COW
cred will be about eight hundred feet
high and fifteen hundred feet wide.
The project first attracted attention
In 1915, when Mrs. C. Helen Plane,
then Lightweight years Of age, lead
er of Southern women, sent for Gutzon
Borglum, the sculptor, to come to
Georgia, to consider the feasibility Of
great sculptural monument to the
Confederacy on the wall Of the noun
tain. Mr.. Borglum made a careful
study of several plans. The plan
adopted represents an army marching
into battle. 1t will comprise portraits
of all the Confederate leaders.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
A Farewell Reception

A very pleasant gathering was that
given by the ladies' club at the home Of
Mrs. Mercer last Friday afternoon in hon.
or of Mrs. Cola Noble, who is soon to
leave town for her new home in Jeffer-
sonville. The afternoon was spent IN an
informal manner and delicious refresh
ments were served. Mrs. Noble was pre-
scented with half dozen silver teaspoons
and two tablespoons-th presentation re-
marks being made in a very felicitous
manner by Mrs. Culver, in accepting
which Mrs. Noble very feelingly respond
ed. She has been an active and earnest
worker in the club, the ladies' aid and
church work and will be greatly missed by
the community.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
EXPERIENCE NEEDED
WITH ALFALFA CROP
Farmer Soon Learns Best Time
for Cutting Plant.
Government Experts Lean Strongly
Toward Fewer Crops During Year,
Holding That Larger Tonnage
Can Be Secured.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Just when to cut alfalfa and how
many times to harvest crop in one
season are questions which have re-
ceived studied attention from experts
In the United States Department Of
Agriculture and the various expert
ment stations In alfalfa-producing
states. Ordinarily 1t is a good time
to cut alfalfa for hay when the new
shoots have started from the crown,
and from one-tenth to one-fifth of the
plants are in flower. But these two
conditions do not always occur at the
same time. However, the farmer with
a little experience, and keeping in
mind the flower and new shoots, soon
is able to tell when his alfalfa crop
should be cut. The farmers best judg-
ment will be called into play, with
preference given to the welfare Of the
plant rather than the size of the crop.
Experiments on government plats
seem to prove that cutting is not es-
Sential to the welfare of the plant,
but is only means of getting hay.
Plats of alfalfa that have not been cut
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
HYDE PARK

Mr.. and Mrs. George White of Nor {
pelier called on relatives here last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miner and Master
John we're visitors in Burlington last
Thursday.
The platform in front OF the Badger
store has been rebuilt in new and up.tO-
date manner.
Miss Doris Tenney spent the week.
end at her home from Johnson, where she
4 taking the teachers training.
Mrs. Norman Perry and her daughters.
Miss Amy Of Johnson and Mrs. Inez Wha-
len of Worcester, Mass, were visitors
last Thursday at the home of J, Q, Perry
The Woman's Home Culture Club holds
its first meeting of the season this evening
at the Library. An interesting program
has just been issued for the coming year.
Teddy" Godette and wife took ad-
vantage of the fine weather of llst week
and visited relatives down in Addison
county. Ted's father looked after the shop
in good shape while the boss" was away.
Those from. this place who attended the
meeting Of Federated Woman's Clubs at
Essex Junction last Wednesday were
Ms. II. A. Noyes, Mrs. Halle Page,
Mrs. H. L. airbanks, Miss Marjorie
Hulburd and Miss Natalie Noyes.
At the Y. P. S. c. E, meeting next
Sunday evening Mr.. Collins of johnson,
who attended the Worlds Convention at
New York recently, will give a report of
the same. There should be large attend.
auce.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Tattooina Is Ancient Art.

Tattooing, that very apparent mean
of proclaiming ones love for the brin.
deep, is an ancient form of adornnent
and in ancient times most honorable
The Polynesians are known to hav,
been adopts in the art, and from thai
time to this there have always beer
people who have been attracted tC
this form Of beauty.
These decorations have taken all
sorts of forms, from the plain black
and white work to that In the most
variegated colorings, to say nothing
of the method Of "gash" tatooing,
which consists Of cutting deep gashes
In the desired design, filling them with
clay and then letting them remain as
sort Of cameo On the flesh.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
WATERVILLE
Deferred

Harold anu James Beard are in New
York.
Mrs. Edwin Locke has returned home
from the hospital.
Mrs. Foster Dow of St. Johnsbury is
the guest of Mrs. H. F. Beard.
Mrs. Rome Bennett is at the Mary
Fletcher hospital for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs Leonard Langdell visited
his sister at North Hero recently.
Miss Edith Barsha of Boston was the
guest Of her sister, Mrs. W ian Bennett,
recently.
There was very pleasant gathering al
The Pargonage Friday evening Sept. 23rd,
when about forty Of the ladies of the
Parish met there in honor of Mrs. Rogers
birthday. The evening was spent in a
social manner intercepted with music and
purse Of money was presented Mrs.
Rogers. Refre hments of ice cream and
cake were served.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
BuIaarians Reduce Alphabet.

Simplification Of the Bulgarian or.
biography by eliminating three letters
of the alphabet, recently ordered by
the cabinet council, has just been put
into effect. The censorship. still exist.
ins here, will enforce the new spelling
In all publications.
These three letters are remnants of
the old Slav tongue. They do not ex-
LIST In the Serbian language and they
recently were ordered stricken from
the Russian alphabet by the soviet
ministry Of public INSTRUCTION. Their
principal spelling Y taken in some
quarters to be an effort toward closer
relations with the Serbs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
PROPER DRAINAGE ESSENTIAL
Heavy Application Of Manure viii Go
Long Way Toward Correcting Al.
kali Condition.

Drainage is the most important fac
tor in alkaline soils in nearly all
cases. Good drainage is an absolute
necessity in alkall correction. When
drainage is assured, a heavy applica-
ton of horse manure will go a long
way toward correcting the alkali con-
dition. 1t may be necessary to apply
some fertilizer carrying large amounts
of potash. Corn is not the best crop
to consider in handling alkaline soils,
and oats or rye bring better results
until the soils are completely brought
back-to normal conditions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
STOLE HER FLOCK or CHICKS
How Leghorn Hen Procured Large
Family Without the Formally
Of Matching Them.

The fox is no cleverer than a Leg
horn hen. SO at least thinks one
reader of the Companion who has
read the numerous stories that it has
printed to illustrate the cleverness Of
foxes. To justify her opinion she
tells a story of her own. Here it is:
In our flock of chickens we had
only one brown Leghorn, but she was
hard to beat. One day she stole her
nest, and, though Leghorns do not, as
rule sit, some time later she came
marching proudly into the yard fol-
lowed by dozen little, brown balls.
In a week she had following her 25
chicks of all ages and descriptions;
she had stolen them from other hens.
And besides attending to the needs
Of that large family she began short
ly to have an egg in her coop every
morning.
An interesting incident occurred on
a neighboring farm. A persistent lit
tie hen that was repeatedly prevented
from sitting finally disappeared and
returned some days later with seven
fluffy baby quail. She had evidently
driven the mother quail from her nest
and Matched the eggs herself. The
baby quail obeyed her commands, and
she was very proud Of them; but, in
the words of my small brother, won't
she get the surprise of her life some
day when these little quail learn to
fy!-Youth's Companion.
Do.t4 III D. CT
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
"BackWardation."

This peculiar word is term used
on the London stock exchange, A man
sells stocks which he does not possess,
promising delivery on a cerGain day.
If at settling time the stock has not
gone down to point where he can
make a profit on the transaction, he
sometimes makes an arrangement with
the purchaser Of the stock whereby
delivery is deferred, paying for this
privilege an agreed amount Of inter-
est known as backwardation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
WORDS OF GERMANIC ORIGIN
Many Of Today's Most Common Elk.
pressons Can Easily Be Traced
to the angles"

Perhaps the saddest of English
words--the word which brings up more
thoughts Of grief and fear than any
other worlds death" This word
! did not come to us from the classic
lands of Greece and Rome. 1t was
one of the words of the Germanic peo-
Piles and has been English ever since
English was. The Angles, who came
to Britain from what is now south
eastern Schleswig, called the land that
they invaded and helped to conquer
"Angleland" and from that word
England" "Angrische" or a word
something like 1t, came to be Eng
lish." These Angles, and all the other
Germanic peoples, had this word
death" long before the English Ian
guage was spoken, and in the earliest
English we find the word spelled
"deth" and sometimes "deeth" and no
doubt from the spelling "deeth" we
arrived at spelling death"
"Skull" was another word of our
Germanic fOrebears and it meant q
cup, bowl, or drinking vessel, and from
the shape of mans head. as 1t APP
peared long after death, the relic came
to be called skull" because its form
suggested a "skuIl," a "skole." or a
"skal," or drinking vessel. We often
read Of northern barbarians who
drank out of Skulls" but it does not
follow that they drank out
of the skulls Of the dead men, but
merely from their household skulls"
"skols," or "skals,' which were their
bowls or cups of wood or stone
Kansas City Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
DuskbiII Freak Of Nature.

The duckbill, or platypus, is one
Of the strangest and most paradoxical
Of all the animals Of nature. 1t is
sometimes called natures Joke. 1t has
a bill and webbed feet like duck and
can swim and dive like a fish. The
most unexpected trait of the animal
is that it actually lays eggs. He
makes long tunnels In the banks Of
streams In his native home In Aus
tralia. These are made barely large
enough for his body to pass through;
so that if he desires to return at any
time he simply backs out. which he Is
enabled to do, since his fur is like
that of the common mole, set in such
a way that no matter what direction
he moves his fur neither hinders him
nor gets full of dirt. The duckbill is
all that is left of large family.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
"Buckino the Tiuer."

"Bucking the Tiger" is a bit OF
American slang meaning to gamble
or, more literally, to play against the
''house" or bank" In a gambling den,
where the player has no chance to
win. 1t is probably derived from Chi
nese idolatry, the Detroit News states.
A favorite figure among the Chinese
gods of chance is tiger standing on
his hind legs and grasping a large
cash (piece of money! in his mouth
or his paws.
The name Of the beast is "His Ex-
ccliency, the Grasping Cash Tiger"
and this high-sounding title Is some
times written on a piece of paper
which is placed on the gambling table
between two stacks of mock money.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05

in six years are In better physical con-
dition today than those that have
been cut regularly. Government agri-
cultural experts lean strongly toward
fewer crops of alfalfa a year, holding
that as large tonnage can~ be secured,
for example, with three as with four
cuttings, and with less labor. EN-
phasis is laid on the necessity of leav-
ing time enough after the last harvest
to permit the plants to get healthy
growth, approximately four inches, be-
fore frost.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Violin Wood.

The Value of violin Is In the sound.
producing qualities Of the rood used
In making It. Wood consists Of hbers
which may be compared to strings
either parallel or interlaced. Tho
most of those Of spruce are parallel.
hence their fine musical qualities.
Most other woods nave shorter fbers
and they may not be arranged so that
they can vibrate freely, one interfer
Ing with another.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Helpful "Clips."

Paper clips are useful Tor keeping
together and in order clippings, loose
leaves Of magazines, books and music,
kodak prints, letters, envelopes, cards
Of hooks and eyes, samples. patches
and bits Of cloth, ribbon. .ape and elias
tic. When cutting out or basting an
article, use clips along the edges In
place of the usual pins foz holding
patterns In place
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Best Equipped Mine,

The Britannia colliery, South Wales
is considered by expert mining engi-
neers to be the most modern and best
equipped In the world. T. is worked
solely by electrical power. and is prob
ably the only colliery in the kingdom
which does not USE horses and does
not raise train of rubbish.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Killed Two Birds,

Mrs. Goss-Did you find Mrs. Speed
ley In when you caledf
Mrs. Sipp-Yes. Unexpectedly I!
That is how / found her out.-An-
swers.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
S3S5,2ss 30
Total.
LIABILITIES

Capital stock paid in ................. $4,000 %
surplus fund .......................... 10000 90
Undivided prOits......7,2 6l OF
Less current expenses and
taxes paid ................... !, 1872 26 5,46s 81
Circulating notes outstanding. .......... 1900 90
Net amounts due to banks, bankers
ard trust companies in the United
States and foreign countries (other
than included in 81 or 22)....... 65,4S2 9s
Cashiers checks on own bank out
standing. ........................ 27s 70
Individual deposits subject to check. &c, 257 16
Other demand epOsits............... 4,30s 70
Total of time deposits (other
than bank deposits) subject
to Reserve, Items q, ,2s.
80 and 31.................... 100. SIS %
Certificates Of deposit (other than for
money borrowed) ...............,. 400 90
Other time deposits. 90,s57 OF
Total of time deposits subject
to Reserve, Items 1888
ana o0............................Y 267 o.
Bills payable with Federal Reserve
Liabilities other than those above
stated, Payments made on Lib
erty Bonds carried ........... .......... 2se SO
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05

A lazy liver leads to chronic dyspepsia
and constiation, - weakens the whole
system. Doan's Regulets (30c per box)
act mildly on liver and bowels At ali
drug stores -adver tisement.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05

COUNTY OF LANOILLE, s..
l, H. A. Noyes, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. II. A. MOVES, Cashier.
subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
lay Of September, 1921. L. NJ DREW,
Notary Public.
Correct.-Attest
ID, II. SCRIBNER.l
K. s. PAGE. \ Directors.
W. ID. STRONG,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-05
Back to the Sources.

y Back to the Sources.
you are under arrest" said the
kop. The vagrant sighed philosophi-
eally. "The pinch Of poverty" said
Ae.-Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-10
FARM BUREAU INSTITUTE
 . AT GOSHEN GREAT SUCCESS

The two-day institute which was held Goshen last week under the auspices of the New London County farm bureau was a big success in more ways than vne. Between 50 and 6Q peOpe attended all ot the sessions beth. days and on the. last night social good time was held at the hall oyer the school house.
 At this institute topics of interest to the community were discussed. On the first day one of the principal things acted up- on was the question of the school nurse. A. B. Lord of Willinantic. Miss Elizabeth Culver of Norwich and Mir. Libby of Colchester briefly discussed the value of such a nurse and the ways of organizing to secure the services of one. The meet ing went on record as being heartily In favor of the employment of school nurse and voted that the school committee should be notified of the action taken al this meeting.
 On the last day of the institute Elmer Gaer. dairy project leader made arrange ments with the group of men to meet orce month during the .co7,inr year either
 with the dairy sDeci7liSt from the coliegC or the county arpnt to discuss their dairy
 business. The requirements for mee'inr 1 In thIs rrouD wers that the men should waiph their mix. attend as many meetinr
 :s pnseible. and alSo to own or use a reg | istered bull Nine farm account bco'-:
 were also' taken by those present ana l twelve peop'a tock poultry calendars tC ] keep during thi4 year Taken altogether l 1t was most successful institute.