Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-12-04

IN religious SeENicc ia Vic NhN'"N
church, on Thanksgiving day.
- The Communipaw On. j. butchsrs
gave $1,000 worth of meats to the How
ard mission and Little Wanderers Home
at New York, for Thanksgiving dinners.
In reply to n young writer who wish
es to know switch magazine viii give
me the highest position quickest" a west
ern paper says "a powder magazine, If
you contribute fiery article"
A bill is on its third reading in the
Tennessee Legislature providing that
lawyers who do not gain their cases shall
not receive any fee. The idea is to pre-
vent needless litigation, which is stimu-
lated by INSCRIPTIONS lawyers.
- Feed is said to be so scarce in some
sections of Ohio that farmers are selling
off their stock at remarkably low fig
ures. Five thousand two hundred and
fifty sheep were sold at Cleveland last
week for s272.50, or five cents per head,
the seller retaining the hides, and the
purchaser slaughtering the animals.
A subscription paper for some re-
ligious object was handed to Jealous
church member, when he remarked,
"Well, | can give Eve dollars and not
feel it." "Then," said the solicitor,
"give ten and feel it." The point was
seen at once, and the ten spot" was
forthcoming.
Five faithful democrats at Cedar
Falls, Ia, who had no printed ballots ON
election day, cut off the names of Grant
and Colfax from the head of the repub-
lican ticket, wrote Seymour and Blair"
instead, and serenely voted for all the re-
publican electors.
- At North Wilmot, n. H., last Fri
day, little boy and girl, returning from
school, discovered the house of Mr.. Geo.
Fowler to be on fire, The little girl ran
half mile to obtain help, while her
brother kept the fire in check by throw
ing on water Little damage was done.
= Pennsylvania, unlike the other
States which have had two elections this
fall, threw heavier vote at the Presi-
Dental than at the State election. The
increase was 2507. The republicans,
who it will be remembered, mustered in
great strength in October, increased
their vote 1864 and their majority 49,
221.
The party Of disguised men who
hung Williamson Smith near Huntsville,
Ala, few nights since, affected friend
ship for him, received his confidence,
and then asked him if there was any one
in the neighborhood he would hang. He
named two men, and accompanied the
maskers for the purpose of hanging them
when he was himself hung.
"A nurse girl named Barber, Of
Corning, N. Y, murdered McCulloch
child Is months old, ON Wednesday, be
cause it was fretful and could not be
quoted. The child's mother was absent
from home, and the heartless nurse first
stamped upon it until it was nearly dead
then roasted it on a stove, and finally
wrapped it in blanket, where the moth
er found it dead on her return.
The internal disturbances of the earth
have produced an unusual phenomenon
at Coburg, Canada, thus described by
the local journals of Nov. 9th:
On Sunday last, between ten and elev.
en- o'clock in the forenoon, the water in
the lake, opposite the town was observed
to recede from fifty to one hundred feet
from the usual water mark, returning
again rapidly, with a loud rushing
sound, similar to that heard when the
tide is coming in on the sea coast. The
ebbing and flowing was repeated num-
Der of times for the space of thee quar-
tiers of an hour.