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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
The Last Tragedy.

Another of those tragedies consequent
upon the fashionable and Loose state Of So
ciety, has taken place at Washington. A
pretty full account will be found in another
place. Mr.. Sickles waived an examination
and will come to trial soon. Having been
exposed, Mrs Sickles has now found out that
she has been doing wrong, and is very peni-
tent. Mr.. Sickles has SO far relented that
he has sent back the ring. 1t appears that
when Mr.. Sickles first charged his wife with
infdelity, he did so before two ladies. She at
first stoutly denied her guilt. Mr.. S. then
produced undeniable evidence, and she
shrieked, "Iam betrayed and lost !" and
Immediately swooned.
There is much sympathy for Mr.. sickles,
and we are free to say that if any man de-
serves to be shot down without judge or
jury, it is be who invades the purity and
sanctity of home and the domestic relations
Mrs. Sickles has acted like thousands Of
others who have not yet been publicly found
out. This last terrible tragedy is the le-
climate result of that miserable state of
looseness in society, which exists not only
in Washington, but in thousands of coun-
try villages. 1t is the same as that which
recently took place here, only that of course
would be considered as upon small scale.
1t is but few days since, it is said, that
at one Of the Washington parties, Mr.. Sick
les suppered and cared for "Widow Con-
rad" and another member of Congress took
charge of Mrs. Sickles. This is often the
beginning of a tragedy. The damning
curse to society is this "innocent Irritation,
and when respectable women will refuse te
associate with such men as was Key, there
will be great Improvement. There is 6
large class of wicked men who ought to be
frowned out of decent society. There are
more of this class than honest men have
any idea of. Stree love-" "afiinity" and
af1irtation" are doing their work, and the
consequences are before us. Let every
young lady who has decent respect fol-
herself, also have some regard for the com
pany in which she goes.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

We invite attention to the advertisement
of DIR. Culverwelrs Essay on Nervous Dis
cases, etc., in another column. 1t costs but
a triie. and may be obtained direct from
the publishers in New York.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

WALPOLE Remember that dozen
Irishmen just opposite this village, have
just been naturalized for the express pur-
pose of voting for slavery and modern de-
mocracy, next Tuesday!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

PATENTs.-During the week ending
February 18th, patents were issued to the
following Vermonters LUKE TAYLOR of
Springfield, for improved Mop Head; A.
r. MORRILL,, of Mortified, for improve
ment in Wheels for Railroad carriages.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
Town Omcers-IS59.
GRAFTON.

7own Clerk, Charles Barrett. Selectme,a,
j. L. Butterfeld, Gideon Palmer, Gardner
Upham. Ouerseer Of Poor, Gardner Uph-
am. Constable, Francis Phelps. Listers,
Joseph Howard, Samuel Phelps, Comfort
Thrasher. Grand Juror, Henry Walker.
School Superintendent, J. Henry Putnam.
agent, Lewis S. Walker. Treasurer, Benz.
w. Dean. auditors, Peter w. Dean, Am
brose Burgess, Hyman Burgess.
Town instructed selectmen to purchase
safe for keeping the town records, at an
expense not exceeding $500. Poor Bill
for past year, 5000.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

REPUBLICANS OF WALPOLE =
Fail not TO 60 to the polls on Tuesday next,
As sure as you are there so sure will you
be triumphant
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

GO EARLY.-Our friends in Walpole
should go to the polls early. One vote
every vote was never more important to
you than now, go to the polls and 90 early.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
wEsTMIN STER.

Town Clerk, Homer Goodhue. Select
men, Geo. Campbell, Ambrose Arnold, Ste
phen s.. Ranney. O0erseer Of Poor, Rus
sell Ranney. Constabtes, Eph. Wilcox, R.
S. Stafford. Listers, ina. Hitchcock, John
Phelps, Freeman Houghton. Grand Jur-
ors, Russell Ranney, J. c. Richardson
School Superintendent, Alfred Stevens
agent, Edward Hall.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
WILMINGTON.

1'oaon Clerk, S. P. Flagg. Selectmen,
Oliver Preston, B. L. Barnard, J. H. Dix.
Orerseer Of Poor, F. I. Forbes. Consta-
Bile, David Bills. Listers. Fl. H. Winches-
ter, E. A. Fitch, o. b. Lawton Grand
Jurors, Joseph Morse, P. l. Watson, School
Superintendent, Hosea Ballou. agent, s.
P. Flagg.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04

7own Clerk, William Houghton. Select
men, w. B. Richardson, p. D. Reyes, Den
nison Davis. OUerSeer Of Poor, w. p.
Richardson. Constable, S. E. Wheat. LIS
ters, Charles Sbrigley, John A. Clark, j. j.
johnson. Grand Jurors, Aaron Hitchcock,
ii. H. Barton. School Superintendent,
Henry NJ. Grout. agent, David Craw-
ford.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
ATHENS.

Town CLERK, Lyman Alexander. Select
men, Amos Davis, A. A. Wyman, 0. L.
Perham. Treasurer, Samuel Ober. Deer
seer of Poor, John Austin. Constable, John
d. Shafter Listers, Truman Plant, J. II.
Austin, r. II. Hall. 7o,on Grand Juror,
A. Whitney. Superintendent, S. b. Wells
daent. Charles Whitney,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
TowNsHEND.

To,on Clerk, E. II. Farrar. !Selectmen,
f. ID. Sawyer, Clark Wilkinson, Nathan
Fisher. Orerseer of Poor, John S. Full
lerton. Constable, o. r.. Garfield. Las
tiers, John Sanderson, Sharon Gray, L. /.
Holland. School Superintendent, c. B.
Smith. agent, James II. Phelps. To,on
Grand Jurors, John Sanderson, Clark Will
kinson. Treasurer, Charles Clark.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
LONDONDERRY.

7own Clerk, Dwight Tyler. Selectmen,
Barnet Wait, Stephen Howard, Silas Whit
man. Orerseer of Poor, Barnet Wait.
Constable, A. E. Fuller. Listers, Barnet
Wait, Daniel Davis, A. E. Fuller. Grand
Jurors, Geo. Walker, David Arnold
School Superintendent George j. Arnold
Agent, David Arnold.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-04
BRATTLEBoRo.

Topn Clerk, Lafayette Clark. Select
men, Saml. Knight, Alfred Sargent, Wind
sor Goodenough. OVerseer Of Poor, p. II.
Newton. Constable, f. H. Fessenden, d.
Goodell, ii. f. Smith, S. Martin. Grand
Juror, j. II. Capen. School .Superintend-
ert, A. Brown. Agent, III. f. Smith.
We are reluctantly compelled to postpone
the publication of the Town officers in
Windsor county till next week.
Also some in this county.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10
Inalienable Rights of Americans.

A wag has made up summary of what
he calls the ''inalenable rights of Americans, y
and which are not enumerated in the De-
claration of Independence. There is vein
of poignant sarcasm running through it:
To know any trade or business without
apprenticeship or experience.
TO marry without regard to fortune, state
of health, position, or opinion of parents or
friends.
TO have a wife and children dependent
on the contingencies Of business; and in case
of sudden death, leave them unprovided fer.
To put off upon hireling strangers the
literary, moral and religious education OF
children.
To teach children no good trade, hoping
they will have, when grown up, wit enough
to live on the industry Of other people.
TO enjoy the general sympathy when
made bankrupt by reckless speculations.
To cheat the government.
To hold office without being competent to
discharge its duties.
To build houses with nine and six inch
walls, and 90 to the funerals Of tenants, fire.
men, and others, killed by their fall, weep,
ing over the mysterious dispensations OF
Providence.
To build up cities and towns without parks
public squares streets or ventilation blocks
and call pestilence visitation Of God.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10
Injurious Effects Of Sleeping Two in A


1t man were to see quarter of an
inch worm put into his cup of coffee, he
knows the whole cup would be npregnated
If very small amount OF some virulent
poison be introduced into glass of water,
the drinking of it might not produce instant
death, but that would no: prove that it was
not hur,ful, only that there was not enough
of it to cause a destructive result immediate.
ly.
We sicken at the thought of taking the
breath of another the moment it leaves the
mouth, but the breath mingles with the air
about the bed in which two persons lay, and
it is rebreathed, but not the less offensive is
1t in reality. on account Of the diulion, ex-
cept that it is not taken in its concentrated.
form but each breath makes it more concer-
trated One sleeper corrupts the atmosphere
of the room by his own breathing, but " hen
two persons are breathing at the same time,
twelve or fourteen times each minute, eacl.
minute extracting the nurinent from a gal
Ion of air, the deterioration must be rapid
indeed, especially in close room. A bird
cannot live without large supply of pure
air. A canary bird, hung up in curtaiued
bed where two persons slept, died before
mcruiug.
Many infants are found dead in bed, anil
is attributed to having been over laid by the
parents; but the idea that any person could
lay still for moment on a baby or anything
else Of the same size, is absurd. Death
was caused by the want Of pure air.
Besides, emanaions, nria and more or
less solid are thrown out from every person
thrown out 10y the process of nature, be-
cause they are dead and corrupt-but if
breaihed into another living body, it is Just
as abhorent rs if we took into our mouths
the matter of sore or any other excreion.
The most destructive typhoid and putrd
tevers are knoNn to arise directly from
number of persons living in the same small
room. Those who can afford it should there
fore arrange to have each member of the fam
IIy sleep in separate bed. If persons
must sleep in the same bed, they should be
about the same age, and in good health. II
The health be much unequal both will suffer,
but the healthier one the most the invalid
suffering for want of pure air.
So many causes are mentioned in stand
ard medical works where healthy, robust
infants and larger children, have dwinded
away, and died in few months from sleep
ny wy" x '""" 'I"ieh'S or o'uer peTSoNs
that it is useless to cite special instances in
proof.
1t would be a constitutional and moral
good for married persons to sleep in adjoin
ng rooms, as a general habit. 1t woul be
4 certain means of physical nvigoration,
and of advantages in other directions, which
will readily occur to the reflective reader
Kings and Queens and highest personages
of Courts have separate apartments 1t is
the bodily emanations collecting and con
cenrating under the same cover, which are
the most destructive of healtl,-more des-
''"etive than the simple contamination of au
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10

ment and laws Of this country forever
cease to protect you; and remember, also,
that, although Hayti is nominally Republic,
the Government is in fact a military mon
archy. You cannot leave if you are black
or colored, without the official permission of
the Government.
Unless you receive a guaranty Of exemp-
ton from military duty for long term Of
years, you will gain nothing, and probably
lose your all, 10y emigratng to the Haytien
Republic.
The country, it is true, is a terrestrial par
adise; but what benefit will accrue to you
from that fact if you cannot procure farms
on liberal terms, or adequate protection to
enable you to cultivate the lands you may
acquire!
There was an emigration of blacks from
the United States to Hayt thirty years ago
1t was conducted precisely as the present
scheme is being carried out. 1t lead to the
most deporable suffering. | will speak of it
at greater length at another time; but, in the
interval, | sincerely recommend you to stay
at home.
Before leaving Port au Prince, addressed
to the Secretary Of State series of interro-
gatories in behalf of colored emgrants in
tending to 90 to lIayti. The President and
Secretary promised to a friend of mine to
answer any letter that might address them
on the subject
expect this answer in the course of
couple of weeks. lf it is not explicit, defn-
lite, satisfactory, you had better turn your
faces to the snow-drifls of Canada than the
sunny morneS of Hayti.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10
The WASHINGTON Monument.

Work being about to be renewed on tie
Washington Monument at Washington pre-
parations were lately made for commencing
operations. Only one rope was lett by which
the top could be reached, but it was consi.
dered unsafe to ascend by this, lest it should
prove to be rotten and loss of life ensue. 1t
was therefore necessary to get new rope
across the top. TO do this, man was pro-
duced who, standing upon the ground outside
the column, threw stone over it, more than
10 feet in hight. Having ascertained that
he could perform this feat, small pack of
thread was attached to the stone, but the re-
sstance of the air to the thread prevented
his casting the stone more than half the
hight of the column. Next, an Indian bow
and arrows were obtained, but the arrows,
with thread attached, would not rise above
hundred feet. A rife was next obtained,
and experiments were made inside the column
by shooting the ramrod, with pack thread
attached, upwards, in the hope that it would
fall across particular brace, but sometimes
the rod took a wrong direction, and at others
the thread was burned off by the powder
and this plan failed. At last a pigeon, with
pack thread attached to its leg, was started
on flight upwards, inside the column, and
by dint Of whooping and shouting by the
persons below, the bird was frightened into
the very utauo"oA:~- a~ht and he rested on
cast the thread. A pistol was then rrev.--.,-
startle him from his perch, and he luckily de-
scended upon the right side of the column
The pack thread was caught, heavier cord
was attached and drawn up, then heavier
and stronger cords until rope of sufficient
size was secured over the brace to enable
the rggers to proceed with safety to the work
Of re fitting the machinery in complete order
for future operations
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10

TAKE A DRINK.-The drinking customs Of
all nations are peculiar. The German loves
to sit out of. doors of an afternoon and i'm
bibe bis thin lager. The airy Frenchman
frequents the gay saloon and quaffs sour
claret and water, and thinks it pleasant
The heavy Briton's delight is to haunt the
tap-room and steep himself in beer, sitting
long at the pewter. How different the
American mode. Two acquaintanaes meet:
Ah, Tom, how are you' "Take drink?"
70 refuse is to affront the asker, and the two,
therefore, repair to the nearest bar-room,
drink off some fiery poison, and 90 their
ways; the whole being an affair of three
minutes. A characteristic custom this
Whatever the American does be does in a
hurry.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10
THE WORKINGMAN.

The noblest men know on earth,
Are men whose hands are brown with toll:
Who. backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods and till the soil,
And win thereby prouder fame
Than follows king or warriors name.
The workingmen. whate'er their task,
To carve the stone or bear the hod-
They wear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal of God!
And brighter are the drops of sweat
Than diamonds in coronet
God bless the noble working men,
Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines and build the ships
And drive the commerce of the main,
God bless them, for their swarthy hands
Have wrought the glory of all lands.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10


II is said that Brad,lock WAS borne off the
field in a tunsbril, and then put upon a horse
but was at last carried in hammock or lit
ter. Doubtless the latter was formed by bis
sash fastened to poles. This sash hiss an in
large and strong. In long after years it is
said to have come to the possession Of a gen
tenan in New Orleans, which is probable
enough, for Braddock died with no near
relative to reclaim it-fatherless, motherless,
childless, and without brother or sister,
After the Mexican war Of 1916 had begun,
this gentleman sent the sasl, to Gen. Gaines,
with an injunction to present it to the Gene
raj who should bear himself best in that war.
After the battle Of Buena Vista, Gaines be-
lieved that the trophy had been won, and
hastened to present it to General Taylor.
With reluctance, and after much persuasion,
he took it, put it into his military chest, and
kept it until he died Oh the 9th day OF July,
1850, the 95th anniversary of Braddock's
defeat--another of the sad and singular coin
cidences with which our story Of to day
abounGs. 1t had wrought in it "E b. 1907
and had upon it stains OF blood Additional
proof Of its authenticity is in the fact that
Braddock's father whose name he bore, was
made Brgadier General in the Coldstreams
in 1907.
1t is said that when BradGock died he be-
queathcd to Washington his horse and hol-
sters, and his faithful body servant, Bishop,
whom he had bought in Virginia. This is
probable. Washington's own servant in
these campaigns was Alston-John. But in
after years he had a servant Bishop. He it
was who held his horse so long in 1868,
while he courted and pighled his troth to
his future wife, Mrs. Martha Gusts. And
in his will he gives egacies to daughters of
both Aston and Bishop.
Eeech's Grafton at GiSts Settlement
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10

A minister, noted for combining the some
what incongruous professions Of preacher
and money lender, was offering prayer, in
which was the following petition: Grant
that we may have more interest in heaven"
"Don't do it," exclaimed one of the congre-
eation, "don't do it! The old sinner gets five
per cent month now, and that's enough
The Lord knows"
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10

INTENSITY OF THE CoLD IN SpITzBERGEN.
We offer the following to our readers as a
sort of intellectual refrigerator. Should
any Of them be blest with very strong imag-
nations they may derive some relief this
hot weather, 10y aperusal of it:
mo description can give an adequate idea
of the intense rigor of the six months winter
in this part Of the world. In crowded hut,
the breath of the occupants will fall in flakes
OF snow; wine and spirits turn to ice; the
snow burns like caustic; if iron touches the
flesh, it brings the flesh away with it. The
soles of your stockings may be burnt OFF
your feet, before you feel the slightest
warmth from the FIRE. Linen, taken out OF
boiling water, instantly stillens to the con.
sistency of a wooden board, and heated
stones will not prevent the sheets of the bed
from freezing If these are the effects Of the
climate within an air-tight, fire-warmed,
crowded hut, what must they be among the
dark, -lashed mountain peaks outslde9
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10
The ToMATo.-Dr. Bennet professor Of

The ToMAro.-Dr. Bennet professor Of
some celebrity, considers the tomato an in,
valubIe article ofdet, and ascribes to it very
important medical properties !. That the
tomato is one of the most powerful aperents
of the liver and other orga S; whence Gallo
mel is indicated, it is probably one of the
most effective and the least harmful remedial
agents known to the profession. 2. That a
chemical extract will be obtained from 1t
that will supersede the use OF csonlel in the
cure of disease. 3. That he has successfully
treated diarhea with THIS article alone. a..
That when used as an article of diet is al
most sovereign remedy ford dyspepsia and
indigestion. S. That it should be constantly
used for daily food: either cooked, raw or in
the form of casup, it is the most healthy
article now in use.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1859-09-10

The length of the longest day and of the
shortest day depends upon the latitude of
the place where time is reckoned. At Ber-
lin aud London, the longest day has sixteeH
hours and a half; at St. Petersburg, The
longest day has nineteen and the shortest
i've hours; at Tornea, in Finland, the long
est day has twentg-one hours and half, and
the shortest two hours and half at Wan
derhus, in Norway, the day lasts from the
2ist of May to the 22nd of July, without
interruption; and at Spitzbergen the longest
day is three months and half in duration
The paper having the largest circulation =.
the paper of tobacco.
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