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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25
Perpetual MetiOii.

About six years ago we published the
first description of a machine invented by
Mr.. James G.. Hendrickson, Freehold, New
Jersey, " to 20 of itself" A model which
Mr.. IIcndrickson had made after patient
whiting for forty years, was brought into
our office, and we found it would 90 with
out any impulse from without, and would
not stop unless it was blocked. The power
was self-contained and self-adiusted, and
rave a sufficient force to carry ordinary
clock-work without any winding up or re-
plenishins. In short, we saw no reason
why it would not 30 until it was worn out.
Our announcement of the fact brought on
great deal of ridiculc; the ineredulous
pointed at all of the projects TO obtain a
perpetual motive power which had failed in
the rast, and predicted the same disgrace
for the new invention. Many scientific
gentlemen visited 1t, and although they
could not dispute the fact that it was g 60
ing" they nearly all attributed the move
ment to some hidden spring or ingenious
trickery. The Inventor was an old man.
who had spent his whole life in pursuit of
the object which he had now attained. He
had become so much accustomed II ridi-
cuie. that he was very patient tnder it !;
and the only reply he made TO the eavilers
who pronounced the thing impossible, was
- b,a IL does 90 7" The notice which we
pr;ntpl attracted the attention Of the curl
Gus. and for the first time in his history. the
inventor found profit in his handiwork.
lie was invited to be present at various
fairs and exhibitions OF new inventions. and
wherever he went his machine formed one
of the chief attractions. Science. howev-
er. turned up its nose ut him. and deter
mined to put him down. The professors
were all against him, and is they pro
nounced the whole thing humbug, they
were determined TO prove the truth OF
their assertion Accordingly, Mr.. Hen.
drirk.on was seized at keyport, New Jcr-
sey, for practicing jugglery,' under the
:. Act for suppesSiug vice and immortality.
At the trial, several builders, mill-wrishis.
engineers and philosophers were called,
who testified positively that no sneh mo-
five power as that alleged could drive the
machine. and that there must be some con-
cealed spring within the wooden cylinder.
There was no help for il and tie iinros-
ture must be exploded. an axe was brought
and the cylinder splnterrd into fragments.
Alas for the philosophers, there was no
concealed spring. and the machine had
gone Of itselfi But alas' also for poor
iIcndrickson, the machine would 90 no
more. With trembling han'l, he agaln re-
sumed his spectacles and iacknite. His
model once more completed, he had new
machine constructed Of brass, hollow
throughout, so that the eye Could examine
/ ,II its narts. This was brought TO our Of
fee nearly two years aso. when we noticed
il once more, and gave to our readers some
of the facts which we hass ncw recalled.
/ The inventor was trying 10 secure patent
for his discovery, bat the work went On
slowly. The Patent oaice required 4
/ working model 90 test ths principle5 and
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one was sent on to Washington. The mo-
ment the blocks were taken out, the wheels
started off like thing of life" and
during ten months that tn. model remained
in the Patent Office, il never once stopped
to breathe. The inventor had perfected
two now Machines, aud made very coiii.
fcftable livelihood by exhibiting them, prt,s-
ectiting his efforts meanwhile to secure bis
Patent, intending to apply the power TO
tlpckswork, for which il is peculiarly well
adapted. Age crcpt upon him, however,
before this point was reached; the highest
art could not make his heart-beatings per-
petual and last Saturday afternoon he
breathed his last in the old homestead at
Freehold. lie had been so much perse-
cuted by the incrcdulous, that he had pro-
vided a secret place beneath the floor Of
his shop. where his last two machines We're
deposited. 1t was in the Form Of vau't
covered by trap-door, which was locked,
aud the floor so replaced as to avoid snspi-
cion. After his last illness commenced, hr
made known this secret to his family, who
examined the spot carefully, and found the
contents exactly as described. The night
after his death. the shop was broken open,
the floor taken up, the trap-door pricd off
and both models stolen. 1t is probable that
tho family in their visits had not taken the
same peecaution as the inventor, and some
prying eyes had discovered the secret
Fortunately the drawings are preserved,
and there is a little machine, one of the
earliest made, now running in Brooklyn,
where it has kept up its ceaseless ticking
for nearly six wears. Mr. llendflckson
leaves family of four sons and four daugh-
ters, all of them. we believe, given 10 in
ventions. Had he died ten years ago, how
emphatically woeld il have been said that
his life has been wasted in the hopeless
effort to obtain perpetual motion.'-N. J.
Journal of Commerce.
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The BRIGHT SIDE.-Look on the bright
side. II is the right side. The times may
be hard, but it will make them no easier td
wear Il gloomy and sad counicnaiice. It II
The sunshine. and not the cloud, That makes
flower. There is always that before or
around us which sfotild cheer and fill the
heart With warmth. The sky is blue tell
times where it is black once. You have
troubles, il may BE. So have others. r5nd
are free from them. Perhaps il is as we'll
that none should be- They give sinew and
tone to life---fortitude and courage to man.
That would be dull sea, and the sailor
would never get skill, where there wss
nothing to disturb the stfrffce Of fhe oceaifr
L is. the duty Of every one to extract all
the happiness and enjoyment he can witlls
out and within him and, aiUve all, he
should look on the bright side of things.
What though things do look little dark
The lane will turn, and the night viii end
in broad day. In the long run the great
balance will right itself What is i'll be<
comes well--wfiat IS wrong, right. Mef
are not made TO hang down either heads or
lips, and those who do only show that
they are departing from the paths If
true comnfon sense and right. There il
more Virtue in One sunbeam than whole
hemisphere Of clouds anh gloom. There
fore, we repeat look on tlfe bright side Of
things. Cultivate what il warm asfd genial
NOT the cold and repulsive, the dark and
morose.-ANoS.
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4 sionieiit Of Horror.
i!Y Az ARMY OFFICER.

do not propose to tell a story either of
romance or of sentiment, but simply 10 naf-
rae an Incident which happened 10 myself
in the fall Of 49,. | was bound westward
to my regiment. and starped for the night
in the city Of New York.
The city was crowded with strangers
After unsuccessful applica ions at several
hotels al last obtained lodgings at ---==-a-'s
kept on the European plan. Here ] was
OBLIGED 70 content myself with a chamber
on the fourth floor, oddly enough arranged
in some respects, as, upon going to il after
suppina, for the purpose of ctlai.gihs lily
travel stained dress. noticed the rodm had
no window. with the exception Of square
opening in the wall, through which air and
lieIt were admitted fom the adjoining
rooiii. To the opening too. was attached
shutter in that room. ] dressed and attend
ed the Bowery theatre, reaching my apart
ment. ON returning, about hslfsrast twelve
o'cloek at right
When about stepping into bed, observ-
eel the wicket otseh. and a thought struck
ME to take look into the adjoining apart
nieni. Why il w:>, kfiow sst perhaps
d sense Of my odd insecurity actuated me-.
got into chair anil gazed through the
window into the chamber. No one was
there and Il Vas furnished like my own,
A lamp was burning upon the table, and
on the latter were lying holster. whei-
s,oner atfd pair Of large false whiskefs-
Well, Thought |, they are rather queer
articles of Wardrobe. Afier glance 4: the
premises, feh 1ny,fiag but easy. ] finally
got into bed. firsl placing tse lafrP Upon the
floor al the foJi and examining my pistol
/ lssd It sasefuIIs snacf rry had. At FIRST
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

True CoNTESTMEST.-In this age Of
restlessness and wild speculsticsr; Sleh 50
many are searching eagerly for Lappinesss
and signing. after numerous disappoiiit-
ments, Who will show us any good =
il is refreshing TO meet with a contented
christian heart, which lsas found true peace,
by living in constant ccmnsanion With Col.
In one of our exchanges we. find the fol~
lowing:
Said venerable farmer some eighty
years old, to d relative who had latuiy tis-
tied him 's have lived on this farm for
more than half a century. | have no de-
sire to change my residence as long as
live OH earih. / have no desire TO be my
richer than now am. have worshipped
the God of my fathers with the same r-G-
pie for more than forty years. Dnrihg this
time, have rarely been absent from the
sanctuary on the Sabbath, and have never
lost one communion season. ! have never
been confined to my bed by sickness for q
single day. Tie blessings of God have
been richly spread around me me. affl |
made up my mind long ago that if wished
to be happier, ! must have more religion"
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\ NJ
though ddHsi fdiisued, could is5t sitrp ;
and wheJ I did dose iisy dreams Sgfc fns
easy and troubled. ..Maebeils". h,,sl bpr.;
the play 1T The ths,:lrr, and witches and
black .vhiskersi lsanquo's gliosh with pi.-
toi, holsters, anil the like INTERESTING tisi.<
orS; N.ert the companions ~ my !rcarny
thoughts. About three pylock' Il mighs
Rave bceii, was assYused by s5mewl,at
Singular noise. On istenng. il t.yidcn,lv
proceeded from jhs next room. ii ccull
be ikened ID nothing had esef fleafdi Il
was l5N, biit regular and ftfetailic In ~
sb,,ud; for instance, MS might se made NJ ttis
ting glass with diamond. e.idenIy
thought of the milestone OF the tabN, and
at the same moment. bccane convinced rnr
noise was that Of a knife beiag si.arncnear
The whetiihs now ceased My bed wa5
placed in the diagonal cori,ef OF the ra,uiil
from the wicket, and had Been lying with
my back to the latter. iiifffcd in thc bed
as no:selessly lis possible, .sfi rs to f;idc tic
wicket ! grasped my pistol. The lamp
was burning dimlys Ind all was still ss
death
As my eye fell up6n the HinddoW, il en-
e6untered first hand placed upon the sill /;
then fose by degrees a head, with Fair os
glitfcring black eyes, great heavy sfi7skerl.
and long sharp knife between his teeth
think possess the ordinary courage 81 !.
man, but I must confess the tlood Il. my
veins seemed u curdle as viewed the aps
paratiun. Quick as lightning sprang up
In bt,l, Pointed my pistol. and cried ont,
"If you move muscle from your posiffoil
you're dead man.
i, The eyes glarcd. the head RENAME |,
However, as described, the man not uttrr.rd
a syllable. / got out Of bed, and with pis.
tol still presented and eve. sixcd on his. /
backed to the bell-rope and pulled it siolente
Iy. In n few moments a srrssnt caiie ajll
called TO him to bring police officcr-
there is something serious going on here.
In monftnt the passage was filed will,
the inmates Of the house. In short time
a 'star' made his appearance and took tile
man into eustudy. The landlord said he
hail arrived tfiat evening without baggage.
The next day gentleman claimed the
supposed assassin as his brother a maniac;
whom he had been conducting to tie ins:ind
asylum in Philadelphia, and who had cs-
capped from him while in that city. lie had
made his way to New York, and with Tire
well-knowii cunning of a mailman, had
managed to avoid detection. suppose the
.'puwef Of The ryes--for kept mine aSed
on his--had restrained him, otherwise lie
could easily have mastered ifie la Iif,s
ment. Since then, when in strange ilac6,
have been careful to examine and secure
my chamber before rctirirar
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p O ETR Y
THE wITmEnEp pArs,Es,

BY rHs AUTHOR or sovER rue RIVER
,'Bssallst she bird fae,q.a
You ask me why love them so,
Those little simple flowers.
That over every pasture blow,
In April's sunny showers;
And why q daisy wreath Irvine,
Instead of dewv roses,
To hang about the holy shrine
Where our lost child reposcs.
Twas in the spring time that she came,
AMI all the torest mazes
Were bright with flowers without name, =
The fields were white with daisies.
lau know how beautiful she grew,
How fair and sweet and holy,
But the violet, wet with morning dew,
is not more pure and lowiy.
She fitted Ike sunbeam bri-h,
Around our cottage door;
Her footsteps, as q fairy's light,
Made music on the floor.
On every flower of wood or glade,
She layished childish praises
She loved a,l things th. Lord has made.
But most she loved the daisies.
How many thoughts bevond her years.
That then were all uuhcedri,
We think OF now, with binding tears
Sweet teachings that we needed
Three happy years We led her feet
Along ife's weary maxes;
The fourth. we laid her dowd u sleep
Beneath the April daisies.
'Tis we'll, and We are rceonciled,
For he who gave the blossom,
Who lent to ns our angel child,
Recalled her to His bosom
And waiting till lie calls for me,
To sing with her His praises,
III keep hef blessed neinory
Emhalmed in April daisies.
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l3u fAlsl aOODSa

ELLEY LEVIN, No. Kiby Street, BOSTON,
AVE In store received by recent arrivals conf
pete assortment Of the following goods
Lows Wind or and Honey Soaps.
l.ubins Perfumes and Toilet Powders
rivers Cosmetics, Pomades aud Lssenders
auerialns Lnstral and Soaps.
liair, Teeth aud Nail Brushes. Of Bone, Buffalo and
WOOD handles, some $50 varieties.
uoopers Catchous, by the or gross
sscart and Shell Card-rasrs In variety.
aapisr Msehe Desks, noxes and Tables.
Rosewood Work-boxes and Desks.
feiri Ivory and Japanned Cases.
opera Glasses. some 30 different mo iels
ssHns,--Pcarl, Bone aud Ssndal-woei sticks
English aud American Playing Cards.
bek-Gammon Boards and Chessmcn-
Fort Monnaes, Thermometers silk Guards
MeeFsehaum Pipes aud Cigar Tubes.
Paris and Vienna Aecorleons aud Canes.
iironze statnary aud Ornaments.
o9iosue Bottles, Yases, new STYLES.
farina Cologne, by the dozen, constantly on
a. hand, in Bond, or Duty paid.
Ihe ahose, with great variety Of other Merchandise
Raay founl in frat class Fancy Goods House comprises
% the argest assortnents 10 be found in this city, 20
eh additions will be made by steamers and sailing facS
until the Close OF the selected personally p
member Of our Arm, the present in Europe and
"a offered to the trade at the lowest market prices.
Purchasers respectfully invited to examination OF
goods and prices without mourning obligations 70 pur-
aasc. [as45l KELLEY & LEVIN.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

TmE BrnLE.-ef am of the opinion tias
the Bible contains more sublimity, more cx-
quisite beauty, more pure moraltyy moro
important history, and fnef strains Of poetry
and eloquence, than can be collected FROM
all other books, in whatever age or Ian
slage they rffay have been written: Sir
Nm. Jones. Il win hazard the assertion
that no man ever did or ever will beconfe
truly eloquent without being a constant
reader of the Bible, and an admirer of tho
purity and subli,nisy Of its language. ~
Fisher 4mes
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For years upon the mountains brow
A hermit lived--the Lord knows how
Plain was his dress and eoarse his fare
lie got his food--the Lord knows where.
His prayers we're short, his wants we're few
He had friend-the Lord knows who.
No care nor trouble sexed his lot
He had a wish-the Lord knows what.
At length this holy man did die
He left the earth-the Lord knows WHY
He's buried in gloomy den
And he win rise--the Lerd knows when.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

@Jack,s the devil in our printing office,
has discovered a new species of female
the Santa Fe mail.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

As man drinks he genstaliy groxs
reckless In his east, the more drains the
fever scruglss,
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-M1SCEIL-AN Y.
The Two Bridegr00ms.

The sun went down on the plains of Pal
estine, tinging with the rcdder hue the dark
stains of battle. The infdel had retired /;
and the field, from whence, but a little time
before, the clang of arms went up into the
still skies of Syria, where the brasen helm
and the pale crescent gave back their double
flood of sunlight--aad where the chival-
rous lances of Christendom bore down the
infidel scimetar, lay silent beneath the dark
ness. save some stifed groan, or mutered
prayer Of the dying. told that the work of
death was yet unfinished.
Bravely had Rupert Merton and his bos.
ON friend the young Knight of Anselm,
borne themselves in the terrible strife of
that day. But, in the last struggle, just as
the vast sea of turbans and scimetars roll
ed backwards, from the fierce onset of the
Christian chivalry, they had been separated
from each other; and Rupert. with boding
heart, discovered that his friend was not
among the weary and war-spent soldiers
who gathered together in the Syrian t,vi-
light, with those mingled emotions of pain
and triumph, which victory, attained only
by bitter sacrifices, must always inspire.
He turned away from the congratulations
of his knightly brethren, and sought the
bloody scene of the recent encounter.
Fearful were the sight and sounds which
pained the senses of Rupert Merton, as he
stole watchfully among the ghastly wrecks
of the fierce death grapple. On one hand
Law the tall and graceful form of the Moslem,
with his brazen hemlet and light armor,
and on the other, the staiwart Knight OF
| Christendom, girded in his cumbrous ar
armor. like a thrown-down statue of Iron,
with his cross-handlcd sword still grasped
| in a hand which might never lift its heavy
| gauntlet. The writing forms of the dying
were around him-their ghastiy eounte-
nances turned upward to the dim twilight
with here and there friend bending
anxiouslv over them. Rupert hurried on
ward, A low moan at his side at length
arrested his attention. He paused, and by
the dim light he saw the familiar counte-
nance of his friend. The helmet was off /;
and there was ghastly paleness in the fea-
lures which family smiled upon him-Rob-
ert of Anselm had fallen.
Rupert knelt at his side. The wounded
man rallying his latest energies, mnrmur-
ed: .Merton tell my lady-love, how ! have
fallen. Let her know that her knight died
in his armor. as knight should de-" There
was n struggle in his ghastly features: +: his
lips moved-the car of Rupert listened in
VAN.
"Peace to thee, valiant knight !" said Ru.
pert Merton, as he rose from bending over
his friend. "a braver never laid lance IN
rest. and wortller never knelt at the
shrine of beauty'' And he left him to the
loneliness of the gathering night, which now
hung over the battlefield with the darkness
of funeral pill
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-11-25

Two wears had passed away, and one OF
Enrlands pleasant villages was enliyened
with the gaicty aud splendor of a merry
bridal. II was the bridal of Rupert Mer-
ton To the ladv-love of Robert of Anseim-
the knight who fell with his good sword IN
hand. and his armor on, in the wars OF
Palestine.
Marvel not, reader, that the beirothed OF
Anselm should so soon yield herself TO Tue
addresses of another. Did she forget her
lover, the good knight who had borne her
name on his helmet through the ieddest
fields Of PaIe.,ine Did she cease to re
member him, who had laid at her feet the
wrested sword and the conquered banner oi
his cncmi S, whose armor she had herseh
laced for lis last trial-him. at The mentien
of whose name, her heart had beat proud
or and for whose return she had looked tor
ward with the anxiety of love: Never
She had wept sadly at the story OF his iah'
glorious as il was she had offered at many
\ shrine. piayers for the noble sPirit which
hal ,asscd away forever But tears may
NOT always flow the fountains whicl, have
I,aen unsealed l,v the rude hand OF affection
NAV close again. SO IT was Win tne ia'y
Eleanor. The tide OF agony settled down
into the calm melancholy OF spirit sanct-
fed and made better by the trial OF grief.
And. when she knew that there siiii re.
mained strong in its bosom, early io.e OF
Rnpert Merton, a love which his friendship
Ear Robert had checked in his first reveia-
t;ons. she listened to bis words OF aiiection-
Ate y, consolation and sympathy. And she
cave her plishted troth to the dearest friend
-. har ssarnrnst lofe.
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CARPETS /!

IlE largest and best assortment Of CARPETS In the
State il at
Heagkssn s. Btake's. Bratslcbero, VT.
Our Garrett l. liei with Rich and Ergsut pat
Fus Of English and American Br~se Tapestry Carpcns.
xtra Three of the hest sts les and quality
lowell and Hartford Al Wool Carpets Of all rsdes q quail
and every variety style aud price Common Wool Car
I Cotton and Weo Carpets. Cotton CARPETS, HEMP Car
9~ Stair Carpets Cotton Backing Wool Booking. White
Ia Checked Mating all widths and qualities flaor
Cloths al widths and the hest quality. Table Oh tloths
4 taae Cloths, RuSgs. Nstfs. &c
We are constantly receiving additions to our stk uf ta
rs % meet the demands Of nercssing trade ouL
ees shall endeasor establish heicw the range OF
fuur CARPETS of ynur Humble sery'ts
u0uGHFoS s BLAKE.
/ Erss,i-t..-n r, g., ,esa 81
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urrrBY =ive nssice that have given % ~ - -
,,s. Es s;, during the r-rnsind~f n hi- minority
asa shafI claim cf h- esrrinss nof f9s Any
ls.. of bis eonsraeting from Tbs Date t,.t poss
cranon. VI. OF. IS. is51 $40
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NEW CATALOGUES

A GIFT varying In Value Fly Cents to Sloo, given to
- the Purchaser OF every Book.
vsrr take pleasure in stating that the liberal and nrvs
w ing bestowed upon US BY the peope q New
tnl,n and parts Of the country enables us to offer
nil Greater Inducements purchasers Of Books, and nd
suas or associations getting clubs than ever before
THE advantages posses other similar estab
hments In country especially for filing New England
trlers must be evident those acquainted with posi-
,on and superior and increasing facilities for
,toi.g business. Our advantages feilowss-
\ ~ pubiish a large list OF valuable books
We obtain arge Quantities Of other fsuah works Ia
change for our own.
we buy large editions other publishers for cash
very low prlces.
Ne nut no obieciioRoble book catalogue.
We offer moi n duccmcnts which do not fuihh.
We buy watches inlage quantities for cash. and Of
the best make.
Ne have our Jewelrs made order By the best manur
tarers In this country aud Eprcfc.
Nv doing extensive business make very rGind-
us presenss frequently to purchasers.
Our present plan OF operations Is the originated
a,e wears ago by Mr. G. O. Evans and Is sanctioned not
IL by highest Ju iieis authority in nearly every State
the Union but BY the voice Of the people from Maine
ri Isli
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Geo. q. Robinson.
ATTORNEY AND CoUNsELLER AT LAW
EparRroN, Rock County, Wisconsin.
Particular attention given to Western collectons-
p.v,nrScrs Hon David Noggles, Circuit Judge James
,ii. wis Ilru Jas H. Doohttle L. Senator lSaeine'
wis ,ev Ryland Fletcher, Proctcrs'ilr, Nsn SPe-'''
Burke & Co., Com. Merchants Boston, hSss'