Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-02-15

OF Henry Blackberger.! lie VIII prooaDiy
not survive his injuries.
The New York papers tell marvellous
and sensational story about Miss Mary
Somebody in Brooklyn, who was severely
injured nine months ago by falling from a
horse car, since when she has lain in
semi trance state, eating and drinking no.
thing, but displaying remarkable powers.
She writes with her left hand to her
friends, never failing TO keep on the blue
lines of the paper, though her eyes are al
ways tightly closed. Her letters to her
friends and schoolmates are always cheer
full, breathing no complaint of her suffer
ings, and are familiarity signed Molie.
Size crotchets beautifully, her hands lying
over her head, and she selects the colors
and works them in with unerring certainty.
She has not grown emaciated from her
long fasting, bui is more handsome and APP
parenily more healthy. No signs Of i'll
health mark her cheeks. As she reclines
upon her right arm, when not engaged in
her employment, she might be regarded as
in gentle sleep. She is not pleased with
the visits of physicians, but she is gratifed
to have the presence of friends. The ques-
ton of her recovery is doubtful, although
the fact that she has seemed 10 obtain some
very slight nouri-hment lately gives little
hope. She is attended by one of the most
eminent physicians of Brooklyn, who
states that while she is i'll, it is impossible
to give any opinion as to the direct cause
of this peculiar malady. 1t is certain that
at one period, from the 10Th of September
until Christmas, she never ate, drank or
slept, and that during that time she worked
at her employ meEt and books as though
possessing all her faculties. Her spine is
believed to be affected, but the doctors
don't seem to know much about it. 1t will
be RENE mbered that similar. though less
remarkable case occurred year or two
ago at Greenfield, Mass Mrs. Warren
Potter remaining two or three months in
"a trance state, but apparently unconscious.
FARMERS WIvEs.-At meeting of
the Springfield Farmers Club, Mrs. Dam
iel Rice read an essay containing many
very excellent things, and from which we
make the following extract:
Did you ever think of the amount of
thought requisite to plan three meals a
day for three hundred and sixty.five days
in succession ? To prepare enough and
not too much, and for those living at a
distance from the village, to remember
that the stock of -four, sugar, tea, ETC., etc,
is replenished in due time Do you ever
think of the multitude of her cares and
duties !! She must rise early to prepare
breakfast or oversee it. Perhaps there
are children to wash, dress, and feed, OIL
to get ready for school with their dinners
There is baking, sweeping, busting, max.
ing beds, lunch for the men, may be-din.
ner and supper to be made ready at the
proper time-the washing, starching, fold.
ing and ironing of clothes-the care Of
milk, including the making of butter and
cheese-and the inevitable washing Of
dishes, In autumn there is the additional
work of picking. preserving, canning Of
fruit drying apples, boiling cider, making
apple-sauce, with the still more unpiea
task which falls to her lot at butcherins
time. Then there is having, harvesting
sheep-shearing, ETC., when more help il
needed, bringing an increase of her labors
Twice year comes housekeeping. b,
the way, of all the foes housekerper ha
to contend with, dirt is the greatest. Sh,
may gain complete victory and think t,
repose upon her laurels after her semi-an
nual engagements-but it is only tempo
rary. The enemy soon returns, and ever
daily skirmishing does no. keep it at BAY
There is the mending too. Sewing ma
chimes are a great blessing, but they can
set in patch or darn the stockings. Id,
not mention these things by way of com
planning OF woman's lot in general, or ask
ing for her any rights which she does no
possess. don't know as there is an,
remedy in the present state of the world
Ii seems to be one of the evils of lie
which must be borne as we bear other i'll
but what do ask is due appreciation n
the important part that woman acts, an,
concession that her labors, mental an,
physical. are as great, all things considered
as those of the other sex. Women ar
not so childish that little sympathy no,
and then or acknowledgement of their ei
forts and sacrifices make them imapin
their case worse than it is. i tel YOU
| men and husbands II doeth mol Ill