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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-07-27
Sands SarSaparilla.
The Great American Remedy
For Purifying the Blood.
WILL DE FOUND


WILL FOUND
A CERTAIN CURE
Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rhcum, Fe
yer Sores, Erysipelas, Pimples, Biles,
Mercurial Diseases, Liver Com
plant, Cutaneous Eruptions,
Stubborn Ulcers, Loss of
Appetite, General De-
bility, &c.
As AN ALrERATIvE AND RENovATlNo AGENT, IT 10
UNEQCALLED!!l
A plentiful supply of pure blood is as essential
to animal life light, heat, and genial showers
to the vegetable kingdom When the proper cir
culation Of the vital fluid is impeded, sickness is
the inevitable consequence, the secretions become
unhealthy the liver becomes cloggcd with impure
bile, which, forced into the SYSTEM vitiatcs and in
flames the blood engendering scrofula and cutan'
GUS and hillary disorders. The experience of six.
teen years has fully established the high reputa.
ton Of this invaluable medicine; its curative pow
ers have been thoroughly tested in long-standing
and obstinate cases, with such nvarablc success
as to call forth the most fattering concentrations
rom eminent physicians throughout the cOuntrG.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

the vest too large, or slightly injured q
piece Of work-say, +" You scoundrel,' and
he feels miseraby but remark, : I'm spr.
ry," and he will try to do better. You en-
ploy a man--pay him eheeriully, and speak
pleasant word to him, and he leaves your
house with contented heart, to light up
his own hearth with smiles of gladness.
AS you pass along the street, you meet q
familiar face--say, " Good morning" a.
though you felt happy, and it viii wolk adj
mirably in the heart of your neighbor.
Pleasure is cheap-who will not besiow it
literally? II there are smiles, sunshine
and flowers all about US, let US not grasp
them with miser's fist and lock them up
in our hearts. No. Rather let US take
them and scatter them about US, in the cot
tage of the widow, among the groups OF
children in the crowded mart, where men
of business congregate, in our families, and
everywhere. We can make the wretched
happy, the discontented cheerful. the af,
flicted resigned, at an exceedingly cheap
rate. Who will refuse to do it?
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
Schomberg Military Sketch.

/ Schombergs conduct in delaying 10 fight
until fully prepared was variously JUDGED
Wise and candid men said that he had gr
passed himself, and that there was no OF
captain in Europe who, with raw troo
with ignorant officers, with scanty store
having to contend at once against a william
Gus commissariat, against nest of traitors
in his own camp, and against disease more
murderous than the sword, would have
brought the canpaga TO a close without
the loss of a flag or gun. On the other
hand, many of these newly commissioned
majors and captains, whose help-lessness
had increased all his perplexilies, and who
had not one qualification for their posts ex-
cePt personal courage, grumbled at the skill
and patience which had saved them from
destruction.
All the hearers and tellers of news a.
bused the general who furnished them with
SO little news to hear and tell" The poll
iticians who delivered their oraeles from
he thickest cloud of tobacco smoke at Gar
'oway's, confidently asked, without knowing
lnytEing Of war, why Schomberg did not
ight They could not venture 10 say that
ie did not understand his calling. No |
oubt he had been an excellent officer but
o was very old-He seemed to bear his
ears well, but his faculties were not what
iey had been, they said. But that Schom-
erg's intellectual powers had been little
impaired by years, Is sufficiently proved by
is dispatches. In these he sometimes
Iluded, not angrily, but with calm disdain, i
the censures thrown upon his conduct by
lallow iatlers who, never having seen any
iliiary operations more important than a
lie relieving guard at Whitehall, imagined a
lat the easiest thing in the world was to
aii great victories in any situation and n
; inst any odds. Up
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

down, down into the darkness, head over
heels, with frishlful veloci,y-fel heavily
at tile bottom Of the stairs, aud all was still.
Greatly excited, and fearful of the result,
| rushed for the light, leaped down the
steps in almost as quick time as the drunk
ard before me, and bent over his body.
A frightful spectacle, indeed Bruised
and bloody, he lay with his back broken,
expiring. 1t was his fate.
0 intemperance abominable fiend, un-
pardonable abuser of nature, most damna-
Bile appetite, heading the crime.list of earth,
how many bleeding hearts curse thee at this
momentl How many early graves bear
witness of the fatal poison How many
homes of poverty, of terror, of disgrace,
can hoarsely whisper of that fascinating
templer How many blood-spot.ed stains
on the page of history bear testimony
against thee! Ofsorrowing abused widows,
helpless and ill-treaied orphans! OF sui
cide--of murderl Thousands Of weeping
tortured mortals cry out before Gods high
judgment-seat for avengement.
Another victim lay before me. Sick al
heart l scarcely noticed the crowd of neigh
bors who had assembled at the confusion
and the screams of the child Lambert.
A physician was called, but all in vain
/ 1t was too late.
The dying man raised lis eyes for an in
stalt to his much-wronged boy, with an ex
preston of recognition, muttered one sen
teuce-" My poor wife !"-and all was over
took the charge of the orphan. H'
has lived to be my best friend and | thanl
heaven he has escaped the deadly wipe
which ruined his home and murdered h
parents!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
Prayer of a Dying Enemy.

y correspondent of the New Orleans
Crescent writes;
A most touching scene took place in
the affair of Major Hoods, already alluded
TO. Among those mortally wounded was
Northern man he was shot through both
hips, and had fallen on the road, where he
was discovered by Louisiauian. He was
suffering the most intense pain, his face and
body distorted by his agonizing safferings.
He begged for water, which was promptly
gwen him. His head and shoulders were
raised to make him comfortable, and his
face and forehead bathed in water. He
urged the Louisianian 10 pray for him, who
was forced 10 acknowledge his inability to
pray. At that moment one of the Neck
lenburg troopers came up, and the poor
fellow urged his request again, with great
earnestness. The Yirginian knelt at his
side and asked the wounded man il he was
Christian, and believed in the promise OF
/ Christ TO save repentant sinners. He an
swered, yes. The trooper then commenced
a prayer, fervent, pathetic, and eloquent
Tie soldiers face lost all the traces of his
recent suffering, and became placid and be.
ngnant, and in his newborn love for his
enemy, attempted to encrcle his neck witt
his arms, but only reached his shoulders
where it rested, and, with his gaze rivetet
on the face of the prayerful trooper, be ap
peared TO drink in the words of hope ant
consolation, the promises of Christ's mere,
and salvation, which flowed from his lip:
as the parched earth drinketh up tn
rain !" and as the solemn amen died o.
the lips of the Christian soldier, the dea
mans hand relapsed its hold and fell TO III
ground, and his spirit took lis flight to un
known realms. The scene was solemn an
impressive, and the group were all in tear;
The dying never weep it is said. Having
no implements with which to dig his grave
and expecting the return of the enemy il
large force, they lefl him-not, however
without arranging his dress, straightenin
his limbs, and crossing his hands on hi
chest. leaving evidence to the dead man
companions that his last moments had beel
ministered to by humane and Christian men
l-RscAmond Dispatch.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
New England Never Runs.

Through the tears with which friends
and lovers read the story of Edwards Fer
ry they still smile upon the s.eadast brave
ry of the Massachusetts boys. In the front
of fearful fire, with no means of retreat,
with every chance against them, those young
men stood serene; each man hero, each
man showing the quality of which invinci-
BILE armies are made. Col. Lee refuses to
retreat and is made prisoner. Major Re-
we're and Lieut.. Perry share his fate; Lieut..
Putnam falls mortally wounded Captain
Dreher falls by his side Captain Putnam
loses his right arm; Captain Schmidt il
dangerously wounded Lieut.. Lowell is dis
abled. Lieut.. Holmes, said the first dis-
patch, wounded in the breast, not in
the back no, not in the back in the breast
is Massachusetts wounded, if she is struck.
Forward she falls if she falls dead. OF
twenty-five officers of the Massachusetts
Twentieth who went into battle nine only
returned.
And all New England boys are the bright
peers of the Massachusetts. Rhode Islaud
at Bull Run stood fast and steady through
the whole retired when the word came, to
rest upon their arms, rs they supposed, and
then renew the battle But when the or
der came to retreat" said one of them, s.we
were confounded cursed Mcdowell, and
wanted him hung"
AT Edwards Ferry the Rhode Island
battery was said 10 have been deserted by
its men. They were not there it was re-
ported and Baker came TO serve piece.
No, they were not by the gun; they were
under it. they were at their posts still
but the brave hearts would beat and the
strong hand serve no more forever.
Not less ready, not less steady are the
other sons of New England. From the
pines Of Maine, the granite hills of New
Hamphire, the green hills Of Vermont, and
the soft valleys Of the Connecticut, they
have marched to the battle field, and every
rifle in their hands is loaded and rammed
down with an idea. They are not machine
soldiers; they are men-solders. And on
the field their hosts are swelled with broth
ers from California. from New York, from
Michigan, from Indiana. They all stand
4 there embattled, and stuff SO tried and true
that the sea might as hopelessy dash against
Gibralter as rebellion against their ranks.
From the day at Edwards Ferry, which
10 so many loving hearts VIII be forever a
day of sacred sorrow, there is an inspira-
tion and cheer which breaks juyfully from
every patriotic heart. Disaster, casualty,
death, are inevitable. Brave hearts that
weep, you know it well But the heroism
Of your darlings plueks the siings from sor-
row, and conquers disaster. They fall
but they fall prophesies. They debut,
though dead, they speak, they smile. 1t is
they who are last in the trenches" Il is
they who teach us that the same old heart
that has won all the victories Of history
still beats. This time il is New England
that points the truth. All are brave, thank
God New York and the West do not
fater California stands where Baker
stood; the men Of Pennsylvania bring arms
Of iron and nerves Of steel. And Il fs
of New England nsy run. lIsspe s
t Week!y.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
Taking Cold.

A large number of fatal diseases result |
from taking cold, and often from such slight
causes, apparently, as to appear incredible
10 many. But, although the causes are va
rious the result is the same, and arises from
the violation of single principle, to wit,
cooling off too soon after exercise. Per-
haps this may be more practically instruc-
tive if individual instances are named,
which, in the opinion of those seeking ad-
vice in the various stages of consumption,
were the causes of the great misfortune,
promising that when cold is once taken,
marvelously slight causes serve to increase
it for the first few days-causes which, I'M
der ordinary circumstances, even moder-
ately healthful system would have easily
warded off.
Rachel, the tragedienne, increased the
cold which ended her life, by insufficient
clothing in the cars, in travelling from New
York TO Boston such was her own state
ment
The immediate cause of the last Illness
Of Abbott Lawrence, the financier and phi
lanthropist, was an injudicious change of
clothing.
An eminent clergyman got into cold
bed in mid-winter, within fifteen minutes af-
ter preaching an earnest discourse; he was
| instantly chilled, and died within forty eight
hours.
A promising young teacher walked two
miles for exercise, and on returning to his
room, it beng considered too late to light a
fire, sat for half an hour reading book,
and before he knew it, a chill passed over
him. The next day he had splitting OF
blood, which was the beginning of the end.
4 A mother sat sewing for her children tc
a late hour in tie night, and noticing that
the fire had gone out, she concluded to =
10 bed at once; buS thinking she could fin,
ish in few minutes, she forgot the passing
time, until an hour or more had passed, and
she found herself thoroughly chilled and
months illness followed to pay for that
! one hour.
Many cold, cough and consumption are
! excited into action by pulling off the hat o.
: overcoat as to men, and the bonnet an,
shawl as TO women, Immediately on enter
7 ing the house in winter, after walk. Al
!, interval of at least five or ten minute
e should be allowed, for however warm o
n close the apartment may appear on first EN-
d tering, it will seem much less so at the en-,
e Of five minutes, if the outer garments re
: main as they wsre before entering An.
d one who judciously uses this observation
J. will find a multifold reward in the course G
9 life-time.-Hairs Journal Of Health.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

(" An who did not understand war were
eager to fight, and the few who had high
reputation for military science were Against
Gshiing.' Each Of The opposing generate
knew intimately the defect Of his own army.
and neither OF them was fully aware Of the
lefects Of the others army.--Numbers
would avail little against great superiority
Of arms and discipline. Schomberg's rea-
sons for not fighting in his first campaign
in ireland were weighty. lie had some
good foreign troops, but the bulk of his
army consisted OF English peasants who
had just left thir cottages. His musket-
eers had still TO learn how TO load their
pieces, his dragons had to learn how to
manage their horses and these inexper-
fenced recruits were, for the most part,
commanded by officers as inexperienced as
themselves. His troops were, therefore,
not generally superior IN discipline TO his
opponents, and were in number far inferior.
During some weeks he remained isecure
within his defvnses, while the enemy lay q
few miles of. He set himself assiduously
to drill those new levies which formed the
greater part Of his army. The result show
ed that he bad Judged wisely in not leading
his men TO battle. 1t was found that not
one in four Of the English soldiers could
manage his piece at all, and whoever sue
ceeded in discharging it, no matter in what
direction, thought that he had performed q
treat feat.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
rrrln the Lonaon LeIsure IIonr.
A Midnight Adventure.

Midnight--twelve o'clock precisely. The
town clock had just proclaimed it to all
who had ears to hear, and the wish to listen.
l had been to the theatre. Il was interest
ing, and had stayed 10 The end. How
late, or, as / should say-or might make
into an excuse-how early. | was some
little distance out of town, and on my way
homeward, my steps led me past one Of the
city cemeteries. At this spot stopped un-
Intentionally, or perhaps my thoughts caused
me to pause. il was beautiful summers
night, and took things generally easy.
had ever been fond Of testing my own
courage, merely for my own benefit--my
own confidence, my experience. What a
lucky chancel A graveyard at black mid
night! Were the gates locked? +? No. |
entered.
1t was here that my poor parents were
buried; here lay the last mortal remains
of those | once so dearly loved and respect
ed. / had very often visited aud knelt by
their graves before-by the quiet homes Of
the mourning in melancholy silence
my loss and bereavement, but never before
had approached at night.
Was tmid. fearful? Why, no; there
was nothing 10 fear | was no coward,
though | could not help noticing how gloomy
how very lonely and sad-looking every
thing appeared. ! passed cn--on through
the long path--by the still dropping willow
ON past The white row Of tombstones and
raised mounds to my parents graves.
l walked with firmsr step and qnieter
nerve than had expected, though the idea
of nv situation caused me to shudder per-
ceptibly once in a while; and here | beg
YOU 10 remember, that with the stontest and
bravest of hearts, there has been time of
similar sensation. Not fear, not cowardice; I;
/ would not style it thai, but rather nervous
ness, deep feeling, sensitiveness.
sat down on my mothers grave, and
gazed about my singular position. A cool
night. Fast-Aeeting clouds overhead, indi-
eating rain, breaking now and then over
the star-studded sky, casting gloomy shad-
ows along through the rows OF graves.
The bright moon, now, perhaps, damped OF
its briIliancy, half hid behind the racing
clouds, would sometimes shoot out OF lis
shrouds, and cast bright stream of light
on the weary earth, chasing the retreating
shadows before it, and running up to my
very feet. Then again would it sink in the
surrounding clouds, and the long shadows
creeping over the silent ground, like spec
tres, added strange. weird aspect TO the
scene. While the low, inspiring winds,
gently waiting through the full-leaved trees,
would make a sound ike that of dropping
rain. To be a solitary visitor OF such
Place. and at such time was not very
desirable luxury and l remember when,
in my early childhood, l should have shud-
dered at the very idea of it.
Very naturally my thoughts became d.
rected TO those who had passed before me,
from this life to that os eternity. A. is
the case with one deep in thought,
my eyes became Tiveted on one spot, some
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

CnFAp PLEAsURts.-Did you ever
study the cheapness of some pleasures
asks some excellent writer. Do yon know
how little il takes to make multitude hap
py? Such trifes as a penny, word, or
smile, do the work. There are two or three
boys passing along-give them each a
chestnut. and how smiling they all look
They will not be cross for some time. A
poor widow lives in the neighbOrlood. who
is the mother of half dozen children
send them half peek Of sweet apples, and
they will all be happy. A child has lost
his arrow--lhe world TO hIm--and he
mourns sadly help him find 1t or make
him another, and how quickly will the sun
shine play upon his sober face. a boy has
as much as be can do to pile up load OF
wood assist him few moments, or speak
pleasant word to him, and he forgets his
toll, aud works away without mineing IT. /
Your apprentice has broken mug, or cut
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

A CocKSEY AT SEA-" say, Mr. Pr
lot, amt you going to start soon = said a
cockney on board a steamer lying-to during
a fog As soon as the fog clears up" re-
piled the captain Well, it's starlight
overhead now," said the cockney.-" Oh,
yes replied the captain, a but we are not
going that way"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

CURED BY LAUGH.-A comely young
wife, the "cynosore" of her circle, was in
bed, apparently dying from swelling and in
hamafiou of the throat, an inaccessible alb
scess stopping the way. She could swallow
nothing; everything had been tried. Her
friends were standing around the bed in
misery and helplessness. "Try her wi
compliment said her husband, in not un-
comic despair. She had genuine humor as
well as he; and, as Psychologists know,
there is a sort of mental tickling which is
beyond and above control, being under the
reflex system, and instructive as well as
signing. She laughed with her whole body
and soul, and burst the abscess and was
WELL
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

Cor. FREMoNT found bees on the high
est peak of the Rocky Mountains, II, 900
feet above the level of the sea. They had
probably been carried there by strong
upward current of air.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

Two months had passed since the above
conversation. Il was the eighth Of Octo-
Der. and Nellie Elmer was sitting at the
west window, with her brother and ais hap
py bride, Elsie. Nellie had been saying
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27
p O ETR Y
WINrER--TmE INN.

Hear his great fires, sec how his bleak old face
CLOVIS ruddy through the strcam Of fragrant punch.
Can peusiye Spring, snowdrop in his hand
solitary lark above his head,
Laugh like the joyal sinner in his cups,
| vote for Winter Why, you know the Grown"
The rows Of pewter winslng in the light,
The mighty egg Hip at the sanded bar,
The ninepns, skttles, silent domiuoes,
The bellicd landlord with his purple head,
Like red cabbage on December moru
Crusted with snow, His buxom daughter, Bcss-
A dahiia, not rosebud-she who bears
The toalnng porter 70 the guests, and laughs
The loudcst at their wit Can any Summer
Bulld you a nest Ike that, ALEXANDER SsTH.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

lBisu wir ia Jelly company. each
eas eas askea 3 qHse,a Il Il aas aa-
eFsa Ae gsie sgsfiii or il ha could nos
h'iassli he pa iorcis fsms
lAesslaa fas How 5oss ae'iIllo ground
asFfel Us h aa.s without showing any
a5oat the entrance r When they all
give up, Pat said, Sure, do you see he be-
gins at the other end of the hole" One of
the party exclaimed, " but how does he get
there" "Ah," said Pat, "ihat's your
question-can you answer il yourself?"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

The grand jury III the county of Tipperary
ireland, have passed the following resolu-
Iions -" Resoired, That the present jail is
insufficient, and that another ought to be
built. Resoired, That the materials ofsthe
old Jail be employed in constructing the new
one. Resolred, That the old Jail shall not
be taken down until the new one is finished
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-12-27

that this day was to have been her bridal,
and during the stiffness that followed, while
her mind was wandering far away 10 the
loved one, who in his last letter had written
that he was not well--a messenger came,
bearing the mournful tidings that Walter
Martin had died suddenly of fever, caus-
ed by the hardships of " camp life"
Thou who has bent over the bedside of
a dying friend, and gazed tenderly on the
dear, loved face, as the freed spirit took its
flight, thou hast felt that thine was sorrow
indeed; and truly thou hast anguish all un-
known TO those whose loved ones are around
them. But think how much greater must
have been the sorrow of that maiden whose
dearest friend had died far away from those
he loved, with no mother, no sister, no low
ed one near TO soothe his brow with kindly
tenderness, and no one from whom he cared
to receive his dying message.
For long time the stricken Nellie sat
in pale, silent anguish; then she family
murmured a petition to the Father above,
and as time sped On, and twilight deepened
into darkness, she still continued her pray
er, and those who watched over her. heard
her loved voice say, fervently, " Oh, Thou
who doest all things well, help me to meet
/ him above" There was pause, brok-
en- only by the sobs of the brother and his
bride, and from the sorrowing heart there
arose thrilling, SOULFUL "7Hy a0tN be
DONE" and Nellie Elmer had gained new
and heavenly strength for the life before
her. From thar hour she was greatly
changed. Her light, silvery laugh no long
er rang out in all its former joyousness, but
there was a sweet, pensive, almost angelic
expression upon her countenance, and at
times she seemed wholly to forget herself
in seeking to make others happy; then
again she would stand by the door, where
she had last seen the loved one, softly sing
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