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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
Newspaper Advertisements.

To take newspaper for leisure hour
and beginning with the first column read
carefully to the last, we doubt if any part
will be found more instructive, entertain
ing or amusing, than that especially set
apart to the advertising public and he
who neglects its perusal loses many tit
bit, and mayhap much valuable and
practical information. Ideas have been
rapidly undergoing change of late years.
The man who formerly refused introduce
ing himself or his wares to public atten-
ton, through the medium of the press,
now eagerly covcts its assistance, and the
old fogy and the penurious alone remain
ignorant of its advantages. All classes
do it and they do it everywhere. There
is no general method orset term of phrases
for every one is Enthusiastically for himself
As a general rule advertisements are all
well written, striking and characteristic,
but sometimes they are worded with ut
ter disregard to syntax, and sometimes
the punctuation renders them trifle OBJ
scure, as witness the following, cut from
various papers in our office:
Wanted steady young man to look
after horse of the Methodist pursuasion.'
"To LET.-A cottage in Newport con-
tanning eight rooms and an acre of
ground"
"FoR SALE.-A piano by lady about
to cross the Channel in an oak case with
carved legs.
Lost "A small lady's watch with
white face, also two ivory young ladies
work boxes. A mahogany gentleman's
dressing case, and small pony belonging
to a young lady with silver name and
tail"
"LosT or strayed from the scriber a
sheep all over white-one leg was black
and half his body-all persons shall re-
ceive five dollars to bring him. He was
she goat"
A lady recently advertised in city
paper that she wanted a gentleman for
breakfast and tea" while another in the
sxne journal asks for "a husband hav-
ing Roman nose aoih strong religious
tendencies" and third party seeks to
recover "a lost wallet belonging to
gentleman made of calf skin"
An advertisement of cheap shoes in
country paper has the following nota
bena:
IN. B.-Ladies wishing those cheap
shoes will do well to call soon, as they
won't last long"
A man once advertised for competent
persons to undertake the sale of a new
medicine and adds, we doubt not with
truth, it will be profitable to the ,nder-
taker."
The following extract from medical
advertisement is perhaps correct:
Consumptives, cough while you can for
after you have taken one bottle of my
mixture you can't
A Western paper advertises thus:
"RUN AwAY.-A hired man named
John his nose turned up FIVE feet eight
inches high, and had pair of corduroy
pants much worn"
How that nose must look dressed up
in corduroy pants!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

Any amount and every class of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies
and at as low rates at any agency in the country
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03

Gen. Hobson, formerly prominent
democrat of Kentucky, has openly Joined
the republicans and gives his reasons 70,
his action in letter, in which he says
that he should regard himself as dis,
honored in the eyes and in the estimation
OF those soldiers who are now living, who
served under my command during thu
rebellion, If l were to give my adhesion
to the rebel democracy of Kentucky"
Other leading democrats are followin,;
Gen Hobson's example, and the republi.
can party is gaining quite respectabl.
strength in Kentucky.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
Rutland 4 Burlington ana YER
mont Valley Railroads.

Rutland q burning 'oA' 90"
mont Valley Railroads.
ON and after Dec, I'd, 1867, trains VIII run Us
v MsovINa SOUTH AND EAST. :.
Leave darlington at 80 A, NJ, 81. N" "a
NJ q "A p HI Arrive at Rutland at II ~ A. "a, a M
T. M. 500 P M u 50 T., NJ, Leave Rutland u, ~ ~
A. NJ l2oM leS5p M; ATsys at ssiieTns eI n
Fails al 50 A. NJ, asp NJ, $50 A; N. Arrive !"
Bratileboro at so A. NJ, s 70 L, NJ, I z, A. W.
MOVING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Brattleboro at IL 90 A. NJ. q p. NJ, gO9
NJ Arrive at Bellows Falls at Il 90 NJ, p ~ 4, NJ.
gh5 p NJ Leave Bellows Falls at u 80 /. NJ, 20
p NJ l0OOP. NJ. Arrive at Rutland AT ~ A. II"
| o 90 p NJ u IS A. NJ. Leave Rutland at 10 a, ~
| COP NJ, 8 20 A. NJ, 80 T. NJ. Arrive u burning
! ton at IS A. NJ y Z. NJ. d 10 I. NJ, 10 L. NJ
TRAINS CONNECT AS FOLLOWS.
At Burlington with Boats ON Lake champlain ana az,
Vermont Central and Vermont and Canada kail-
roads for MONTPELIER, st. Adams, Rouses Point;
Montreal. Ogiensburgh and the West, AT Rutland
with trains for Troy. Albany and New YORK Sarato-
"a Springs Schenectady and the West. AZ Bellows
Falls with trains Cheshire Railroad for titehbnrg
Worcester Lowell and Boston. With Vermont al
ley Railroad for Brattloboro, Springfield, Hartford
road for Windsor White River junction, Wells
River, St. Johnsbury. Newport, Litteton and thu
White Mountains.
Passengers for the West will find this cheap,
pleasant and expeditions route.
For tickets and all necessary Information enquire
GEO. A. MERRILL, Supt.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
Dead Heads.

In answer to lady correspondent who
desires to know the meaning of the term
"dead-head," an exchange says: The
free tickets given to the press for the uses
named are always paid for and very lib
orally. As rule, those who issue
those who receive-these free tickets are
the +" dead heads, )" usually giving fifty
cents for that which five dollar bill
would actually pay for. So long as the
newspaper editor is expected to give lib
eral notices of entertainments before they
occur, and then follow these with gen.
eral puff after the show is over, he Ger.
tainly has no place in the "dead head"
classification. Indeed, in nine cases out
of ten the editors would be glad to receive
half pay for their work and pay two
prices for the free ticket. They certain
ly would make money by the operation.
We may add few words on the general
subject of advertising. The publication
OF advertisements is as much in the bust
ness OF the newspaper as the publication
of the news, and an editorial notice which
Is designed to supply the place of or add
value to a regular advertisement has even
less claim to gratuitous insertion than
would such an advertisement. Yet there
are those who ask just such gratuitous
notices, and this almost as a matter O
right. If these same persons should be
asked to make present of dozen yards
OF muslin to each purchaser of a merino
dress, or dollars worth of sugar to who
ever bought three pounds of tea, or hal
dozen free tickets" to whoever en-
gagged twenty seats at a concert, they
would resent the demand as an insult.
Yet why should not their wages be given
away as freely as should and are the
products of the editors and publishers
labor and capital? The merchant makes
his profit and living by selling his goods.
The publisher of newspaper makes his
by selling his advertising columns, not
by giving them away, and when he does
thus give them in aid of public library
or other benefcent object, he deserves
thanks as a public benefactor, and not
Insults as dead head
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03

A little girl, after noticing for some
time the glittering gold filling in her
aunt's front teeth, exclaimed, with admir-
alton. Aunt Mary, wish / had cop
per-toed teeth like yours"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
A YER'S SA RSAP A RILL.
FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

The reputation this excellent medicine enjoys is
derived from its cures, many of which truly
Vicious. Inveterate cases of Scrofulous diseases
where the system seemed saturated with eorruption
have been purified and cured by it. Serofulous af-
fections and disorders which aggravated by the
serofulous contamination until they were painfully
ainlctlng, nave been radically cured in such great
numbers in almost every section Of the country that
the public scarcely need be informed OF its virtues
or uses.
Scrofulous poison is one of the most destructive
enemies of Often, this unseen and .unfelt
tenant Ct the organism undermines the constitution.
and invites the attack Of enfeeblng fatal diseases
without exciting suspicion of its presence. Again.
4 seems to breed infection throughout the body and
then, on some favorable occasion. rapidly develop
into one or other Of its hideous forms, either on the
surface or among the vtas In the latter tubercles
may be suddenly deposited in the lungs or heart, or
tumors formed in the liver il shows its presence
Dy eruptions on the skin. foul alterations
parts parts. Of The body Hence the occasional Of a
bottle OF this Sarsaparila is advisable, even when
no active symptoms of disease appear. Persons af-
heted with the following complaints generally find
this SARSAPARILLA:
st Anthony's Fire, Rose or Erysipelas. letter or
Salt Rheum. Scald Head, .Ringworn, Sore Eyes.
Scrofulous disease. Also in the more concealed
forms as Dyspepsia. Heart Disease. Fits Epilepsy,
Nearalgia and the various Uleerous affections of the
. Mercuriai Diseases are cured by it, though long
time is required for subduing these obstinate maa
dies by any medicine. But long continued use OF
this medicine will cure the complaint. Minute di
rections for each case found in Almanac sup
Piled gratis. rheumatism and Gout. when caused
by accommodations of extraneous matters in the blood
yield quickly to it, as also Liver Complaints Torpid,
n.y. Congestion or inflammation of the Liver and
Jaundiee, when arising as they often do from the
ranking poisons in the blood. This SARSAPARIL.-
Ia is great restorer for the Strength and vgor OF
the system, and all will find immediate relief and
convincing evidence of its restorative power upon
trial. Prepared by
DIR. j. C.AYER 6 CO, Lowell, Mass.
Practical and Analytical Chemists
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EvERYwHERE
e3dw-41-1y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03

A young man in Illinois was greatly
smitten with a neighbours daughter, and
wanted her for his wife. In order to win
her unsophisticated heart he invited her
to go with him to circus that was show
ing in the vicinity. She accepted, and
the young man rushed upon his fate by
asking her suddenly if she would marry
him. No, thank you," she replied.
You won't eh ?" exclaimed the ardent
youth, " then buy your own ticket "
She took his advice and enjoyed the show
greatly, but he did MT.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
GEORGE ANDREWS & CO.'S
Nj A R B l. E ORKS.
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.

I'VE work manufactured at this establishment il
of superior class. great care being taken BY the
proprietors to furnish to those who favor them with
their orders, work in the best Italian and American
not be eSceled in this place elsewhere.
TO those who are about to purchase anything in
this line they will say that they are prepared to fur
nish any article usually manufactured at such an
establishment from the most simple to the most
elaborately carved.
MONUMENTS, TABLETS, GRAVE-STONES,
PIER SHELVES. ETC..
Mt prices which defy competition
Work furnished to persons in adjacent towns at
from 10 to Is cent less than by any other dealers
in this vicinity.
sS- All orders promptly attended to, and satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
GEO. ANDREWS. F. WHITMAN
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
FINE PAPER.

liE best place for Ladies select or order an a.
! sortment 81 sne paper and envelopes and have n
stamped with their initials. is at
Il RowEis. Chester. VI.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
WATCHES.

a MEXICAN and Swiss Watches good assort
n ment just received. which have selected for
customers who want a reliable timekeeper will he
foia low anu warranted. Z. II. ROWE.
Chester. VT
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-03
Economy is Wealth

NAVE YOUR OLD NEWSPAPERS. BOOKS
y, ~ Pamphlets. &C.. and take them to BartopsyiIle
VI 70 me paper Mill of b. Snow Jr & Co. and
get cents per Id. for them. They also buy Whits
ana colored Rags. old Rope. Bagging &c
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

THREE MILL TAX.-Mr. VIM. H. KEN
BILE, State Treasurer, says that if the expen-
ditures be carefully watched by the Legisla-
ture, our revenue will be 81 900, 900 in ex-
cess of our expenditures. Mr.. Kemble adds
This is a much larger revenue than it is
necessary or wise to collect, and therefore
recommend the repeal of the three mill tax
OH personal property, bonds, mortgages and
money at interest, except the bonds and
mortgages issued by corporations.
There are many reasons why this tax
should be abolished, not the least Of which is
the utter impossibility of obtaining an equal
and just assessment of it. But the princi-
pal reason why the tax on bonds and M ortga-
ges should be repealed is that it has become
penalty man pays for being in debt. -
This tax was originally intended as tax
on capital, but it has long since ceased to be
paid by the capitalists, and it is now paid by
the borrower. Most mortgages are now so
drawn as to obligate the borrower to pay
the tax.
''On real estate it is taxing the man who
is in debt for his property three mills on ev-
cry dollar he owes on it, whilst he who is a
BILE to own his real estate free of debt is en-
tirely free of State tax F"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

THE New TAX BILL-The Committee on
Ways and Means in Congress have had un-
der consideration that part of the new inter
nal tax bill relating to manufactures While
it is certain that they will recommend a gem
eral reduction of manufacturers taxes, there
is evidently a disposition on the part of the
committee to keep the tax on articles of lux
ury, such as jewelry plate, carriages and
the like, and also on gas and coal OIL There
is a probability that the tax will be removed
from raw cotton. The bill will not be re-
ported for several weeks to come
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

ONLY TWENTY TWO MILLIONS SAVED BY
THE REPUBLICANs.-The Secretary of the
Navy, differing from Gen. Grant, asked the
trifing sum Of forty seven millions three
hundred and seventeen thousand dollars for
his next years expenditure but the Re
publican House sternly objecting to the del
icate request, the kind Secretary instantly
cuts down his demand to twenty four millions
nine hundred and twenty four thousand dol
lars, or a little less than one-half Suppose
the House had voted the subsidy, what a
rejoicing there would have been in those
Copperhead snuggeries, the navy yards of
New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Ports
mouth, Boston and Norfolk Gen. Grant
did not wait to be instructed to economize.
He set the example to Congress himself
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29


FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. We
ask the attention of our readers to the card
Of Messrs. John r. & A Murdoch, of Pitts
burg, to be found in another column. These
gentlemen are amones. the pioneers in the
nursery line in the west, and by strict bust
Dess integrity and personal attention to the
interest of their patrons, they now stand at
the head of the trade They have one of
the largest and most complete stocks OF
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Evergreens,
Grape Vines and Roses, to be found west OF
the mountains. We might also mention
that their Green -houses, tive in NUMBER
are we'll supplied with every variety OF choice
plants for decorating houses or gardens.
They have, at their Seed Store, great va
rety of vegetable and flower seeds, all OF
which they warrant to be fresh and OF the
lines tquality. They will send by mail, free OF
postage, all orders for seeds to the amount
of one dollar or upwards, excepting Peas,
Beans and Corn, which are too heavy to be
sent in this way. This will be great con-
Venienee to our readers, who have been de-
TERED by heavy express charges from order
ing seeds for their gardens. Send for one OF
eheir Catalogues and examine it yourselves.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29
Clippings and Scribblings.

~ tight place-a drinking saloon
r Increasing length of the days.
rF What tax does a man pay for his vices
Syntax.
70. The transfer of Maximiian's corpse cost
S24g.e0o-
v Query who took the parsons hat, short
time since?
D To be changed-Mr. Stewards title to Sec
retary OF Estate"
Ey- Chicago is to have wigwam for the Re-
publican Convention.
Ey Fernando Wood is worth $4,000, ,0eO--of
course we do not mean morally.
cy Forty year old brandy is manufactured in
New ork In three days out of Jamaica rum.
w A wretched California miner, who has
hardly subsisted for has just dug out 900
in gold.
rY An old lady in Kansas has such a horror Of
Trichina that she has forbidden her daughter to
read Bacon.
EF- Mrs Marsh, wife of our Minister at Flor
ence, is daily active in works of relief for the
wounded Garibaldians.
w Brigham Young announces that the spirit
of God instructs him to order the saints to leave
off drinking tea and coffee
wT Postmaster Kelley has returned more tn an
three thousand letters addressed the proprietor
of single gift fraud in New York
B Gen Grants platform of principles may
be comprised in one strong plank, that the men
who saved the country should rule it.
D An exchange tells young ladies who want
to get married not to take their mothers with them
to carry the bundles when they go shopping.
Cy man in Illinois last week threw a buck
ct full of buckwheat batter at his wife, but hit
and plastered another woman, who has sued him
for battery
y Mother" SAID Ike Partington "did you
know that the iron horse has got but one ear
'0ne earl Merciful gracious, child, what do you
mean why, the engineer, to be sure.''
~ Prentice says that the aristocratic negroes
are in great rage at the preachers who tell them
they must be born again. They are afraid that
the next time they may be born white men.
70 The lady who does not provide herself with
n good husband, within the next twelve months,
win have herself to blame. as she possesses the
unquestioned right to ask for such blessing.
n This is excellent weather in which to take
cold easily. In the language of the divine poick
"Some folks now sneeZe who never sneezed before
And them as loudly sneezed now sneeze the more"
EY The prophets who predict that Grant won't
be hext President because mis- name doesn't end
in s.on,'' should member how many IONS" he
made between Vicksburg and Appomattox Court
House
~ The Bedford Gazette nominates Edgar
Cowah candidate for Vice President on the
traitors ticket, Johnson and Cowan, The Re-
pu6iIcans would need no stirring up with such a
ticket to oppose.
H Among the arrivals at the dead letter office
recently was a letter containing diamond ring
valued at fifteen hundred dollars. 1t was sent to
New York from England, but not being inquired
for, of course came to the dead letter office For
tunately, the lady subscribed her full name and
it has been returned to her.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

The Doylestown Democrat "copper" in
an article on Presidential nominations says
1--WE must nominate civilian. We can
not run any man successfully against Gen.
Grant on a purely military record, for any
officer we might take will be Grants subo,r-
dinate. and he would overshadow him by
the brilliancy of his services.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

TALLY ONE FOR HANCocK.-Gen. Han
cock has issued an order, in which he declines
to set aside the registration in Texas, on the
ground that certain classes had been exclu-
ded and others admitted to the registration
wrongfully. He will not assume to revise or
correct any action of the Boards of Regis
tration in matters which, by the Reconstruc-
ton act, are submitted to their judgment
and discretion.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

Was ever so pitiable sight as that of
poor old Stanbery, the Attorney General of
Andrew johnson, refusing to appear before
the Supreme Court of the United States be-
cause he believed important acts of Congress
unconstitutional? A fitting successor of
Jeremiah S. Black, who is now employed
as Stanbery's mouth-piece and is doing the
same bad work for johnson which he did SO
thoroughly for Buchanan
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

While the Copperheads are abusing Con-
gress, it is worth asking what the condition
of those bodies would be with every South
ern Stale represented as Maryland, Ken
lucky, and Delaware are to-day. Repudia-
ton would become the order of the day, or
repeal of all the laws of reconstruction, in
cluding that of suffrage.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

Hon. Thaddeus Stevens has changed his
place in the House of Representatives, and
generally takes his seat on the right hand of
Speaker Colfax, so as to enable him the more
conveniently to hear and participate in the
proceedings. He is the observed of all OBJ
servers, and, after Mr.. Colfax himself, the
object first presented to strangers 10 the
gallery. AT present he is unusually bright,
cheerful, and confident.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

The New York Times Significantly says
There is no doubt now that Congress is
quite as determined in its purposes as Pres
ident j Johu-on is in his 1t will be thwarted by
no agency whatever. And the fact that it
has power to carry out and enforce its will
is making itself felt in every department ofthe
Government, in way that will not be fully
understood till it has fully completed its
work"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

HORRIBLE MURDER Rohrer
whose father resides in Harrisburg, mystic
riously disappeared from Pottsville about
two months since. At the time he had two
partners, and there were suspicious of foul
play, but nothing was known definitely until
January oath, when the father received the
sad intelligence that the body of his muir
dered son was thrown into the Marshfied
Coal Slore, which is about five hundred
feet deep and filled with water. 1t is now
being pumped out. The son of one of the
partners of the deceased divulged the terri
BILE crime. All the parties implicated have
been arrested. The motive for the murder
is supposed to have been to secure certain
valuable coal lease. The names of the part
ners are Smith & Albrighton. Captain
Rohrer was young married man of unblem-
isEed reputation
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

GoDEY-The February number Cooley is
before US, and, as usual, is full of good things
The literary contents are chaste and enter
tanning, the engravings amusing and instruc-
tive, and the fashions beautiful and useful
excellencies, which make it the great favo-
rite of the ladies'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29
D r o B [ S O n & G y .
LII. WHOLESALE GRoCERS,

Pork packers, Dealers in Glass, Iron and Nais'
Family Flour of best brands Bacon, Hams oides
and Shoulders; Lard, Mess Pork, Dried Beef, ana
Cheese; Beans, Hominy and Dried Fruit; CARBON
and Lard Oil, etc.
RED FRosr, No. 255 Liberty Street Pitts6arg'
Penn'a March 6. IS67-ly
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

A correspondent of the New York Trib-
,tne makes the startling revelation that the
number of lives lost in the Angola disaster
was nearly twice as large as has hitherto
been stated, being 6S instead of 49, The
Tribune vouches for the veracity of its cor
respondent.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-01-29

Vallandigham, it is said, does not intend
to keep quiet, but intends to fight it out.
According to the statement of his friends he
has already planned future campaign, and
his objective point is the Speakership of the
House of Representatives. He has figured
up the election of Democratic House be-
yond the probability of doubt, and expects
to be a member of the Forty first Congress
from the Third district Of Ohio.