Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-08-05


On Thursday last, a farmer nam.a y,
Irving in Franklin, Delaware CONT, "s y
Y, was instructing his son in the - !" ~
the scyihe, and while the boy was .~,
ing the instrument, it struck the fs,h..
the thigh, dividing some of the nr;.., %
arteries, and the unfortunate man NJ, pa
death in fifteen minutes. ~ 70
Hon. Caleb Gushing, for the ,b;,a =,
was this year invited to deliver II. N.Y. |,
Beta Kappa GRAFTON at Dartmouth n :"
mencement, for the third time ao..' a
and for the third time failed to appea, y, :,
though expected by those who had ~
learned wisdom from experience uO i :. !"
last moment, when letter from him n,..,
ing business engagements, was recsir.,
Last year he agreed to be at the f.;, :.
Charlestown, but didn't come. !"
The ladies are introducing new A.,
beautiful ornament for the parlor m.,,,.
or center table. They take lar,e i.
burs, sprinkle grass seed of any l;0a e. !
them, and place them in pots of w.,,.
When the burs are soaked few dav, A.
close up in the form of solid cones M,
the little spears Of green grass begin ),
emerge from amongst the laminm. forr;,,
an ornament of rare and simple beauty.
Two men were killed by choke.dsm,
while attempting TO clean out sinkhOle !,
St Louis, last week.-A child of Col v
w. Thomson fell into a well at Lexipv,o,
Miss, and William Kelley went down N
take him out and was overpowered BY n.
gass both were taken out dead.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribpo,
mentions, as one of the things which d;,
turbed the pleasure of commencement J,
Harvard college, an unfortunate allus0,
by one of the boys, when he "spoks h
piece" TO the ''contemptible articles in n
New York Ledger" which the youup.,
contrasted with the elegant literature Oft
Atlantic Monthly. Mr. Everett, who v.
on the platform. found it convenient to bhr
his nose about that time.
A member Of the North Carolina Leu.
latare made decidedly good hit sAo
time ago. A bill was pending which ia.
posed a fine for selling liquor to free u
groes, to which he objected on the groaa
that 'surh law would make them mon
decent than the whites
A desperate fight came off several wrss
since in Dragon. between lied trapvs
named Argeau, and an Indian sbravs
They fought with knives, and were bsl
terribly cut up. The trapper at last gu> /
pied with him and threw his ap,aess
and then cut his throat from ear TO ear.
A "wee biz of boy" astonished i |
mother a few days since. She had or
sion to ehastise him slightly for some d
fence lie had committed Charley "a. r,uF
quietly in his chair for some time shc.
wards. no doubt thinking very profoundr /
AT last he spoke out thus; aMazzer NJ
wish pad get anuzzer housekeeper In /
got tired seem you poundl"
Use OF BIRDS. Until few years an
The Park at Brussels was shaded by tree
Of luxuriant foliage, which met over The 4
eys and screened the promenaders entip
y from the sun. These were filed Ta l
birds, whose indiscretions occasioned nor
md then little annoyance to the eessa
oilettes below. For this reason they w.r
'anished in a few weeks, the leaves
he trees were in holes and dying, and nss
he branches are almost entirely whites
fer dure, and loaded with caterpillers, al
he walks infested with moths.
ANONYMOUS LErTERs--A SAD CAS-