Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-02-08


that he was never able TO smoke whole
cigar, and thinks any young man who does
not use tobacco in any form has right to
say, q" have badge of honor"
- Astronomers now find the crater
known as Linue in the moon covered COM
pletely by faint whitish cloud. 1t was
concealed in the same way in 1878.
The New Hampshire republican COM
mittee has bought $4,000 copies of the
reconstruction speech of Shellabarger of
Ohio, for distribution in that state.
Those who did not see stars in No
vember will be glad to know that M. Gra-
vier Of the French academy agrees with
the astronomer Oilers, that better dis
play may be expected on the 18th and
18th of next November.
- Our Yankee gentility is all wrong in
knife and fork manipulation. The Paris
authorities have decided that it is positive
ly vuglar TO pass the fork from one hand
to the other; it must be kept in the left
hand not only when using the knife, but in
carrying food to the mouth.
- St. Augustine, Fla, is said to be
delightful residence. The Examiner Of
that place. speaking of the great crop of
oranges, says that 10000 will be picked
from one grove. A gentleman there writes
that "they hang in great yellow clusters
from trees on the sides of the streets, and
the soft air is redolent of their rich per-
fume."
- AT the dinner in San Francisco Gel
ebrating the opening of steam service from
California direct to China and Japan, one
of the toasts was as follows, and was re-
sponded to by Mr.. Fung Tang, of the firm
of Tung Yung &c Co.. "The Chinese
merchants of San Francisco; our skillful
competitors in trade; our generous rivals
in good works. May the fowery kingdom
yet produce china lister"
The poor mans filter" is simply an
ordinary flower pot, plugged mot tightly
at the bottom with sponge. A layer of
coarsely powdered charcoal, about one
inch thick, is placed in the bottom of the
pot, then another layer of sand of the
same thickness, then pebbles, coarse grav-
ell and stones are placed on the Whole.
This forms an admirable filter, and one
within the reach of the poorest.
= The English post Office officials find
frequent Enclosures of money in newspa-
pers sent from the United States, and are
confiscating the same.
- Charles Rose, thirteen years of age,
has been arrested and sent to prison for
purloining letters from The Fitchburg post
office. A decoy trap was set for lin, and
the young thief fell into it.
- John Mosrissey, the New York pug
ilistic Congressman, is reported to have
lost about 100000 by the failure of the
" corner" in Cumberland stock. Only a
week or two ago he lost 100000 in gam
bling with Ben. Wood.
A number of iron nails TO the
amount of nearly pound, were found re-
Gently in the stomach of COW killed at
Mount Uorpo, ", IT. -. III -.
shown any symptoms of gastric distur-
bance previous TO being killed, although
the nails looked as if they had been in
her stomach for some time.
- The Turkish Ambassador was Mt n
public dinner, in company with some of
the magnates of the land. The President
gave as toast, in compliment to His Ex-
celency, "The Sublime Porte and the
Turkish Ambassador" The waiter ech-
oed it down the table. "A supply of port
for the Turkish Ambassador"
- Residents on the Ohio and Mississippi
has been seized with the seven panic, and
conclude that during sixty-seven they will
be nearly all swept out of existence by
high water. The Louisville Courier saws
that excepting the great food of 1882,
there has been food at the seventh year
in each decade since 1927. and PERTAINS
from an earlier dae, TO wit in 1927, 1897.
1917 and l8j7-therefor look for in
1867.
A shocking spectacle at Cairo, ILL.,,
the other day, was the dead body of
man fl ating down the river on cake of
ice, AMI flock of gulls tearing it in pieces
and feeding upon it. No effort was made
to rescue it.
In counting the votes upon the Wa
ter Power Loan bill in one of the Angus
ia, Me. wards last week, there was found
one ballot upon which was written
" knough." 1t is supposed that the indi-
vidual who deposited it intended to vote
against the measure, but no one but him.
self knoughs."
Mr.. Greeley lately made great fun