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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15
Don't Slop Over.

. Don't slop over" the old man said,
As he placed his hand on the young mans head
: Go it by all means. go il fast.
Go il while leather and horse-shoes last
Go il while hide and hair on horse
ill hold together. Oh go it of course
60 it as fast as ever you can,
But don't slop over, my dear young man
Don't slop over You'll find some day
That keeping an eye to the windward will pay,
A horse may run a little to long,
A preacher preach just a fraction too stronT
And poet who peases the world with rhymes,
May write and regret il in after times.
Keep the end of the effort always in view.
And don't slOp over, whatever you do.
Don't slop over. The wisest men
Are bound to slop over now and then;
And yet the wsest. at work or feast.
Are the very ones that bunder the least
Those who for split milk do not wall,
Are the ones to carry the steadiest pail.
Whenever you 90, go in for the fat,
But don't Slop Overland freeze to that
Don't slop over. Great Solomon
Once went little too far with his fun;
Louis Napoleon. we all know.
Stopped over on Max. in Mexico;
Horace Greeley and Jefferson ID
And Hinton Helper and old j. B.,
And Andy johnson, the great WON'T
All stopped oyer-take care you don't
Don't slop over. Distrust yourself
Nor always reach up to the highest shelf;
The next to the highest will generally do,
And answer the purpose of such as you.
Climb of course but always stop
And take breath this side of the top;
And so you will reach it in wind and strong
Without stopping over. Thus ends my songi'
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL MARI

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL MARRI-
AGE SERVICE. is not generally known
that at the last general conference, in
1864, that the marriage service was
altered. The charge to the parties
previously read, 81 require and charge
you both Gas you shall answer at the
dreadful day of Judgment, when the Sc
crets of all hearts shall be disclosed) that
if either of you know, etc. So in the COW
enant the bride promised to "obey" and
"serve" her husband, as well as to Glove,
honor, and keep him." In the present
ritual both the reference to the day of
judgment and the brides vow to obey her
husband are wanting, Instead of "wilt
thou obey him, serve him, love, honor
and keep him." as it had stood for CEN
turies, it now reads, "wilt thou love,
honor and keep him." the words obey
him, serve him." having been expunged.
And SO, also, in the words of the bride
to the bridegroom, instead of al, N,
take thee, NJ, to love, cherish and obey
till death do us part" as it was up to
1864, we now read, " to love and to cher
ish, merely the "obey" having been
struck out. There seems to be little
agitation, mainly on the part of young
husbands, it seems, to have the omitted
words reinserted.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15
postry,
For the Bellows Falls Times
In Memory of Lit. Joseph Spafford,
of the 10th VT. Vols.

stood beside the grave-a thousand thoughts
Of happy days gone by came to me there.
Where thou so lowly at my feet reposed,
No more in Love'sor friendships joys to share.
Thy heart so true gives responsive beats
To those which throb with earnest love for thee I;
Thy hand in death is cold and nerveless now,
Whose clasp the pledge of love to me.
Friend Of my soul One hour of life with thee
One look from out thy earnest, honest eyes
Were worth age where sorrow wears its mask.
And to the world appears in pleasures guise.
| weep for thee so early sunk in sleep
When earth with buds and blossoms was rife,
But more for those who loved thec-ahl so we'll.
And yet must bear the agony of life.
Ready vast thou to offer up thy life.
When war with lurid light illumed the land,
Ready among the first most gallant ones
Who for their country seized the soldiers brand.
Thy ardent blood poured through thy heated veins
When Union seemed amid the pillows lost,
And forth you rushed with but one purpose high
To save the flag by raging tempest tossed.
Peace smiled again and home you came to die,
Beneath the shadow of your native hills.
Where lowered Vermont's Green Mountains to
the skies
And swclled the music Of her thousand rilis.
Thy country has no Drawer spirit left
And well may mourn the hero laid to rest,
But friendship feels, while bending ore thy grave.
Struck by the shaft that pierced thy noble breast.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,

placed within the memory of middle-aged
men.
Many inventions have been exhibited
from time to time for expediting the pro-
cess of composition" but most of them
are so ingenious, that in practice more
brains are required to look after them
than to compose in the ordinary hand
method. Almost the only machine in
practical use in London is that invented
by Mr.. Mitchell, of New York. This
has somewhat the appearance of semi
grand piano without its case. The ope-
rator sits at the keyboard, and at each
pressure of key liberates type from
one of number of brass slides arranged
in row nearly over the keyboard. The
types thus liberated are conveyed, each
upon its own tape, in direction of right
angles to the keyboard, to a second tape,
which conveys them in ,an oblique direc-
tion to their destination. The relative
lengths and velocities of the tapes are so
arranged that the types are placed on the
second tape in the order in which they
are released by the operator at the key
board. Arrived at the extremity of the
second tape, the letters are seen falling
in regular and rapid succession over a
wheel. Below this "type fall the type;
arrange themselves in continually grow
ing line of words.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15

One ought to remember kindnesses
received and forget those he has done
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15

Utter no word that will wound the
feelings Of those who are in humble cir
ccmstancee. = iii..t
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15
HIS LAST NIGHT.

He slept little up to midnight, but de-
voted his time to a study of the Bible and
communion with his own thoughts.
He gave up all hopes of escape early
in the evening, and handed to Page some
tools which he had secreted, with which
by the plan which he explained to him,
under favorable circumstances, he would
have made his escape in an hour and a
half. 1t was undoubtedly the Fact of a
guard being constantly near which baf-
fled him in his last plans to defeat the
ends of justice. His organization would
have led him to commit crime at any
time, and there is no doubt to make his
escape he would have murdered his best
friend.
He said in the evening that he should
try and die like man, and, in fact, his
words proved the truth, although fears
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-05-15

- fla man does not make new engage
ments as he advances through life, he
will soon find himself alone. A man
should keep his friendships in constant
repair. M
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
killing of Dempsey.

In our local column, says the Knox
vile Wing, of last week, will be found a
synopsis of the evidence in the trial of
Stewart Nelson, for the killing of William
Dempsey. Every one will justify the
killing, as in self-defence, however much
the fatal rencontre may be deplored. And
we know that young Nelson and his friends
as sincerely regret it as the friends of the
young man who lost his life.
When not under the influence of liquor,
Dempsey is said to have been an orderly,
well-behaved0 young man; but when
drinking, or drunk, be bears the charac-
ter of being reckless and dangerous, and
Nelson, when he shot, had every reason to
believe that his life would be taken.
Mr.. Nelson is a son Of Hon. I. A. r,
Nelson, and a kind-hearted, worthy young
man.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Gubernatorial FaIsehood.

In speech delivered at indianapolis,
on Wednesday, Governor Oglesby of Hi
nois, made an assertion in regard to the
Southern delegates to the New York Con-
vention which, as specimen Of falsehood
and hardihood, is unmatched even among
radical falsehoods. In the presence of a
meeting said to have been the largest held
in the West during the present cavass, he
stated that out of the eighty-fve delegates
from the Southern States in the conven-
tion, eighty-four had been Rebels--the
only exception being Joe Williams, a
colored man from Tennessee.
This is willful, conscious and deliber-
ate misrepresentation. A large majority
of the Southern delegates were Unionists.
This was the case in the delegation from
all, or nearly all the States. Tennessee,
for example, had twenty delegates, and Of
these, fourteen were unblemished Union
men. Further, Joe Williams was not a
delegate.--Press and Herald.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
OUGHT TO Resign.

Grant still retains the command of the
army, with his $4,000 year salary. His
control over the army is used to, advance
his election. This makes his continuance
to hold his present command great inde-
cency and great wrong. 1t would have
been the part of true magnanimity to re-
tire from his military command when he
became candidate for office. No previ-
Gus military candidate ever held the pow
er Grant does now to help his own elec-
tion. His radical friends played into his
hands at the last session of Congress by
bringing in various bills for reducing the
army, but postponing them all till after
the next Presidential election. Every
officer in the army is thus warned that
they must support the military candidate
or walk the plank in case he is elected.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Ra6icaliSnn.
man..

One of the Radical candidates for the
Legislature in Choctaw county, Mississip-
pi, had little boy about fifteen years old
who fell in love with, and engaged him.
self to, one of the neighboring girls. His
father, learning the facts, hunted the
young man up, and finding him at his lady
love's.house, gave him a good whipping
and sent him home. He started on his
way, crying, and was met by one of the
neighbOrs who inquired what was the mat
ter. The little fellow replied that his fa-
ther had whipped him because he wanted
to marry.
"Why, SON." said the neighbor, "don't
care for that-plenty of time in five years
for you to marry"
eyes, but I do care" replied the little
fellow, blubbering. "I've got chance
to marry white gal, now, but the way
dads going on I'll have to marry niger"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Flashes from Prentice.

Brick Pomeroy, General Buffers NOR
tai enemy, is said to be writing the Gen
eraPs life. We presume that he writes
it with the sharpened end Of spoon
handle.
Brownlow and hisfriends are very much
afraid that General Forrest will be after
them. Every forest in the State should
be after them in the shape Of canes and
switches.
They talk about General Grants ''elec-
trfcfty." There is more electricity in a
black cats back in cold night than in
his whole stolid nature.
General Butler is Watching the ship of
State, but he wishes her to 60 two ways
at once so that he can keep both eyes up
On her.
The negroes of the Georgia Legislature
few days ago made motion that en-
eountered no opposition. 1t was their
last and best.
Forney says that the radicals have
'smonster meetings" Their party is a
monster-not so much in size as in char
acter.
A large portion Of General Grants
route from the Rapidan to the James is
said to be still white with the skulls of his
men. He might have gone by water
without trouble or loss, but he preferred
to skull his way BY land.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Ritunlism in Memphis.

There was published in the Nashville
Banner, of September 23d, an article
headed "Ritualism in Memphis" tpur-
ports to be card from the Rev. j. II.
Rogers, who signed himself Rector of the
Church of the Blessed Virgin. On this,
Bishop Quintard writes to the Banner as
follows: "Will you do me the kindness to
state that there is no such organization
known, either to the Bishop or the Con-
vention of the Diocese of Tennessee, as the
Church of the Blessed Virgin. AS for in
cense, candles on the altar, and gorgeous
vestments adorned with precious stones
and silver and gold, they are not author
lied by the canons or rubrics of the church
and we have no such CUSTOM"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

A few days ago we anuoueed the fact
that Mr.. John Poage, Jr., of Williamson
county, had been arrested on a warrants
from Governor BrownIow, charging him
with the murder of s. A. Bier6eld at
Franklin q few weeks ago. Mr.. Poage
was brought before Judge John Hugh
Smith yesterday on write of habeas COR
pus, and proving clearly an abb, he was
discharged from custody. We do not
know upon what testimony Governor
Brownlow acted in this matter, but the
facts show that it is clear case Of mali
cious arrest. Whether the Governor will
wash his hands of this Infamous proceed
ing against ON innocent man remains to be-
seen.-Union and American.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Southern Radicalism.

From the Augusta Constitutionalist.l
That wife thing we know as ''SowtherR
Radicalism "has its best exponent IN North
Carolina, which is, of all the late satra-
pies, the most accursed in many particu-
lars. In nearly every other so-called re-
constructed State, some checks are put
upon the expression of indecency which
testers in the heart Of Jacobinism; but in
North Carolina, it seems to have come to
a foul and ulcerous head. In order that
this statement may be the more plainly
understood, at the very threshold, we ask
the attention Of our people to the follow
ing loathesome extract credited to the
Raleigh Standard, ssGov." Holden's Or
gan, and the oracle of Radioalism in the
Old North State. The editor of the mas
ty sheet, urging his party to- make a vig-
Orous canvass, says:
'IBut wherever else you work don't forget tc
work among the women. The Confederaey
wouldn't have lasted year if it hadn't been foa
them One good rebel woman is worth dozer
rebel men. Go after the women, then. They
will make their husbands and their lovers shOut
for Grant and Colfax until they are hoarse, j
| you will manage to replace some Of the diamond
rings and laces Frank Blair stole from then
when he was here. And don't hesitate to throw
your arms arosnd their necks now and then
when their husbands are not around, and Civ
them good - They will like it, and tn
Yankeer you are the better it takes. Our expe
rience with female rebs is, that with all thei
sins they have vast amount Of human nature
and only want to have it appreciated to be tn
most loving creatures Imaginable. Scalawas
and carpet-baggers don't tail, therefore, as yO
canvass the States to look after the women. 70
are all good-lookins and they know II, bUt wit
native modesty, like sweet New England girl
they like to be approached first. Don't
afraid Of theireyes--they glare Nike young Lex
pards by daylight, but under the moon no biz
death stricken tawn's half so tender or half
deep. Don't read Judge Psarsen's letter
them, but give them Byron and Shelley in vo
umes, and you will have them in your arms,
not in your party, in less than week."
! We learn from the Raleigh Sentin'
that it was with difficulty the author {
this filthy libel escaped the swift vei
geance of infuriated eitizens; but th'
the lbidinoas wretch was spared for Il
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" A newspaper correspondent says
that all the men of eminence can be found
in Broadway, New York. John G. CAL
houn keeps dry goods store; Daniel
Webster millinery establishment Hen
ry Clay, barber shop; George Washing
ton, boot store William G. Bryant, a
tailor's establishment; John Bright, ho-
siery; Thomas Carlyle, a card printing
establishment; Robert Browning faro
bank, and so on to the end.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

History repeats itself. For instance:
Suwarrow, when the streets of Warsaw
were silent with the slaughter of her citi-
zens, sends dispatch TO the empress:
"Order reigns IN Warawp' p'
Napoleon I'LL, after crushing the re-
public of France under his heel, says:
@pEmpire c'est la paix g'
Grant, after fearful slaughter of
American citizens, announces his intention
to have emo policy" by
"Let as haze peaes!"
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

: In New Kent County, Virginia, last
week, Mrs. Stewart, widow, was mur-
dered, and the corpse burnt with the
building. John Baker, her farm mana
ger, was also murdered and robbed Of
five hundred dollars in gold. Several
farm houses have recently been burned iu
the same neighborhood. The military will
be sent there.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08
Gbs forernnnsr.
Sweetwater, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1868

" Lieutenant Scott states that, in the
recent fight in Texas, among nine persons
killed, we're five white men painted like
Indians.
Dispatches from General Sherman con-
firm the recent reports regarding Colonel
Forsythe's command. They had been res
cued, as then stated.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

During recent hailstorm in Michigan,
an old lady was amazed at the descent, as
from the sky, Of several hard-boiled eggs
1t appears that her rascally grandson,
an imp Of eleven years, threw them from
the garret-windOw to absorb the old lady's
attention and set her gossipfng with the
neghbers, 50 that he might have chance
to rob her drawers Of the money which he
knew to be stored away in odd corners
thereof
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

An Irshman catching thief's hand in
his pocket in the post-Ofiee tie ether day,
knocked the rascal down, and began TO
trample on his carcass, as if he was dane
ing FardUwner's jig.
"What's that for i'' said bystander.
9Ohp' said Pat, ssit's small change the
fellow wanted, and faith Pm after giving
him few pOst-ofice stamps p'
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

Gentlemen of the South, the sooner you
comprehend this fact the better for you.
You do not like the looks of our carpet
bags? Would you like the looks of our
knapsacks any betteri
NsW York Independent.
This is insOlent bravadO from poltrooD
Theodore Tilton, q bald-pated peaked
nosed, gogsle-eyed, gdd-spcctacIed,
spipdle-shaHked little gutter-snipe who
couRdft ITft a musket, and wouldn't if he
could. He is one of that class who hound
ed on brave men to fight, but knapsack
VIII never burden his recreant and coward
ly shoulders.-L Louisville Journal.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" General s. c. Hindman was assas-
sinatcd at his residence in Helena, Ar
kansas, on the night of the 9th ultimo.
A man named Robins, of Springfield, Mo-,
who served under Hindman, has been ar
rested. He denies being the murderer.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

GENERAL ELLISON CArERs.-On Sun
day morning last the Right Rev. Thomas
+. Davis, Bishop of the Diocese of South
Carolina, ordained as minister Rev. El-
lisoa Capers, late Brigadier General in
the Confederate army, and conferred up
On hin full ministerial and pastoral func-
tons Of the Episcopal Church.
Charleston Daily Ntws.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" 4 singular disease has been dis
covered among the cattle in Warren coun-
ty, Iowa. When attacked, the cattle
swell under the throat, have the symptoms
of being poisoned by a rattlesnake, are
perfectly wild, have convulsions, and die
in q few hours.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

Er The Massachusetts Radicals didn't
have the pluck, if they had the disposi-
tion, to go back on General Butler. He
has been re-nominated fer Congress.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" A portion of the 18th Infantry
has been sent to Alexandria, Virginia.
The goth Regiment, which arrived at
Nashville last week, numbers eight hun
dred men.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

An officer on field day happened to be
thrown from his horse, and as he lay
sprawling on the ground, said to friend
who ran to his assistance 81 thought |
had improved in my riding, but find 1
have fallen off,
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" A train on the Virginia Central
Railroad, having on board two hundred Of
the goth Infantry on their way to Ten
nessee, ran off the track near Gordons-
vile on the Goth ultimo. Four were
killed and large number wounded.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

VI The Press and Herald says that
the recent frost is reported to have dam
aged the corn crop heavily. 1t is some
thing unusual at this late stage of the
growth that frost should affect it. AL
though on the low lands the frost has not
been perceptible, in the mountain eoun-
try it has cut short the expectations of the
farmer. 1t is said by gentlemen who have
been paying attention to the matter, that
the corn crop has been cut off One-third.
The Sweetwater forerunner. [volume] (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-08

" In Goldsboro', North Carolina, re-
Gently, band of United States colored
troops attempted to mob, 1.-TWO colored Dem.
ocratic speakers, but were prevented by
white citizens. In conflict which en-
sued between colored soldiers and citizen
negroes, one on each side was wounded.
There is constant excitement, and a
general feeling of insecurity on the part
of the citizens.
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sand from the sky, serene and far,
A voice falls like falling star,
Excelsior 20

"Higher, as the eagle when he takes his
fight in the face of the sun. Higher, as
the stars, when in their courses, they en-
circle the footstool of the immortal
throne! Higher, as the soul of man when
it puts aside this tenement of clay, and
seeks, throughout all the ages, the home
of its father and Its God"
The concluding sentences of the peTura-
tion we're greeted with enth usiastic cheer
ing, and Mr.. Pendleton took his seat amid
prolonged applause.