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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29
The Late Flood.

The freshet was very disastrous in
Caledonia County, and the Passumpsic
Railroad was disabled for nearly three
weeks. AT st. Johnsbury, the Fair
banks Scale Company alone suffer dam
ages to the amount Of $50, 900, while all
over the country farmers had their crops
swept of, besides doing other and i'm
mense damage.
A MAN SWEPT AWAY.
AT hesecond freshet very narrow escape
occurred in ST. Johnsbury, the particu-
lars of which we gather from the St.
Johnsbury Caledonian. A new bridge
had been built up to which the water had
almost reached. Fearing disaster from
still higher state of the river, Colonel
Fairbanks sent for Mr.. Henry C. Dan
forth, who was doing their stone work,
hoping he might be able to save the large
derrick which was then standing Just
above the bridge. Before Mr.. Danforth
reached the place, the derrick fell and
was swept round and lodged against the
bridge. Danforth went upon the bridge
followed by Mr.. Carr with lantern, and
STOPPING down he saw the derrick lodged,
and remarked to Carr that he could do
nothing. He had hardly said this when
the east end of the bridge settled down,
and the resistless current of the swollen
stream catching the ends of the planks
tipped them over up the stream, throw
ing Mr.. Danforth into the seething tor
rent above the bridge. He was immedi-
ately buried in the water, which was
then full of planks and timbers, and
carried down the stream. As soon as he
could get to the surface, he tried to sus-
tain himself by swimming. A plank
struck against him, which he immediate
ly seized and made available. All this
time he was being rapidly borne down
the stream. 1t was pitchy darkness.
} 1lhdil nv DluchOu ltuls WHICH
he seized, but they were too slender to
hold his weight Soon he struck Jam
of timbers and plank and flood wood,
which had temporarily stopped at the
point below the gas house, and on this
he erawled to the shore, just in season to
hear the jam he had left crackle, and
break up and pass dewn the stream.
! When the bridge went out, Carr was for
tunate enough to reach the shore; and
the terrible cry of a man in the river p
was shouted from shore to shore. Men
! fastened down the stream with lanterns,
little expecting to ever see Danforth
alive, but in few minutes he was found
on the shore, clinging to a tree, some
what bruised and sore by his conflict in
the stream with timbers and drift-wood,
half strangled by the water he had swal-
lowed, but cool and collected, and good
for many hard knocks yet. 1t was a
merciful deliverance from what appeared
certain death.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29

all the work you want at double rates,
if you will tell Miss Vernon it was all
mistake
Too late, Mr.. Winsor, said the veiled
figure, throwing up the veil and showing
the contemptuous figure Of Margaret Yer
non. Your bribe is offered in vain.
Good evening, SIR"
Confused and astonished, William
Winsor found his way to the door, and
never ventured to enter the house of
the heiress since. He was paid for his
meanness in his own coin.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,
Milton, Bixford of Highgate, Peak of

Milton, Bixford Of Highgate, Peak OF
Stamford.
On Town Lines-Messrs. Carpenter of
Charleston, Divoll of Rockingham, Hunt
ington of Weybridge, Southwick of Mid
dletown, Dow of Straford, Pratt of Pom
fret, Bingham of Bakersfield.
On Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
Messrs. Barney of Castleton, Wentworth
of Chester, Strong of Addison, Wright
Of Pownal, Edgerton of Charlotte, Hum
phrey of Burke, Goodsell of Isle La
Motto.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29
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 agency in the country
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29

LIVING FOR ONES EAsE.-Henry
Ward Beecher says of men who have no
care for others, but are contented with
looking after their own ease and enjoy.
ment, that they ought to be put into
coffin, for their life's work is ended.
When God wanted sponges and oys-
ters he made them and put one no rock
and the other in the mud. When he
made man, he did not make him to be q
sponge or an oyster he made him with
feet and hands, and head and heart, and
vital blood, and place to use them, and
he said to him, "Go work !"
But tell you if man has come to
that point where he is content, he ought
to be put in his coffin, for contented
man is sham If man has come to
that state in which he says, al do not
want to know any more, or do any more,
or be any MORE" he is in state in which
he ought to be changed into a mummy
OF all hideous things, mummy is the
most hideous and of mummies, those
are the most hideous that are running
about the streets and talkingl
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29

The ties that connect business men
advertise.
Is getting " tight" the result Of loose
habits ? (" -@s
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-10-29

From Good Words.
Only a Baby's Grave.
Only baby's gravel
some foot or two at the most,
Or star -dasied sod yet think that God
Knows what that little grave cost.
Only baby's gravel
To children even so small
That they sit here and sing--so small thing
Seems scarcely grave at all.
Only babys gravel
Strange how we moan and fret
For little face was here such a space
On, more strange, could we forget
Only a baby's grave!
Did we measure grief by this,
Few tears were shed on our baby dead
know how they fell ON this.
Only babys gravel
Will the little life be much
Too small for gem Of his diadem,
Whose kingdom is made of such
Only baby's grave!
ct often we come and sit
BY the little stone. and thank God to own
we are nearer heaven for it.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19

THE following letter has been re-
ceived from a German lady who has
visited the Southern States for tins
purpose of determining in behalf Of
herself and others the question of re-
moval to this country:
MEMPHIS, TENN, September IS, 1869.
MessrS. DOHOho, Jog Il CO..
Allow me, through you, to express my
most heartfelt thanks to the ST. Louis and
Memphis Packet Company, the various
railroad lines centering upon your city,
and all others through whose kindness
and hospitality so many facilities have
been extended me in taking observations
of your beautiful country, II which
have rendered my sOjOurn in the South
one Of the most agreeable character.
The opinion entertained previous to my
visit, that the Southern States were in
many respects far better adapted 10 the
wants of my countrymen than the North
west, have been fully confirmed, and [
shall not fail TO so advise them of their
interest in the matter, and to use what
ever influence I may be able to exert both
among my friends in Germany as well as
those in the States North and West Of
yours, i'm giving such directions to emf
grafton.
1 trust that your interchangeable efforts in
the cause of emigration may result in the
largest success to yourselves, n the
greatest benefit to the South.
Most respectfully yours,
MRS. II. WADDINGER,
of Hanover, Germany.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19
ProQress.

Few men, used as they are to labor
saving machinery, reflect on the vast
advance made through its means by
the human race during the last CEN
tury and a half. One invention, in
deed, may be said to have built up
the foreign commerce of the United
States, laid the foundation of large man
utaeturing towns in England,and indi-
rectly created a sectional strife which
will cure itself by its Own action
that, is the Cotton Gin. The planning
machine, the machine reaper, the
mower, the telegraph, the locomotive,
and others, are lab0r-s1Ving machines,
each and all. To appreciate them
properly, just suppose, for a moment,
that We should lose all these inven-
ti0ns-bOth the machines themselves
and their modes Of cOnstFuction. Back
goes the carpenter to his bench plane,
the farmer TO his scythe and sickle,
the cotton planter to SambO and Di-
mains fingers, and Uncle sam with his
mail bags, and the public with its
bodies, back to the oid-fashiOned, four
in hand, suffOcatiOn %jOlters, called
Stages But the progress which the
use Of the machines we have enumer-
ated has made is slow, compared with
anOther-the Sewing Machine. Con-
nected, as it is, with the comfort of
families, and a priceless luxury, both
70 the Over-burdened mechanics wife
and the lady of fashion, it is becOm-
ing as much a matter of necessity as
the gridiron or tea-kettle-a piece 90
furniture, in fact, without which uf
family can exist with comfort. At the
present time, every family, NJ mat
ter how moderate their means, Fan
have one of these little iron and steel
labOrers, singing with its low and
cheerful tones the pleasant "SOng of
the Shirt" by paying ten dollars per
month, 1T No. 2j6 Second street, Op-
pOsite Court Square, and thus purchase
a machine, as the saving Is, 4" almost
without knowing it,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19

THE report by ocean telegraph that
an alliance has been formed by Eng
land, Austria and France to protect
Spain is not at all confirmed by the
following paragraph of the London
Times of the 18th on the Cuban ques-
ton. The Times says:
If the American negotiations for the
cessiOn Of Cuba have failed, il must be
because the sum rendered was deemed
insufficient, or the Washington Govern
ment breads the opposition of those who
feel confident that Cuba must fall into
the hands of the United States, and deem
it folly to incur liability. The Spanish
government has been admonished TO put
an end TO the Instruction, or give up he
island on any terms. If these clrcuni-
stances have prompted the Madrid gov
eminent to play its last card for the An
titles, and stake all On il, it cannot be con-
graduated on its resolution. Tho subju-
CATION Of Cuba cannot be achieved by sol
diers, nor viii it result from a series Of
victories. Troops may hold the seapOrts,
but the inland regions viii be against
them. Armed columns may ravers the
island, but can nowhere establish a per-
manent footing. With the exception of a
few traders, Spain has no friends in the
island. Prim and Serrano have oftentold
the Cortes that the loss Of Cuba is merely
a question of time. For four months
they have been deyising the most adyan-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19
THE DOVE IN HER NEST.

i" Nay, your wine viii make me heady,
We have ta'en enough already;
IA 20 while We are steady.
Do not stir; I know my way"
I lit my chamber candle,
Sought my room and turned the handle
Lady toys from ruft TO sandal,
Loose across the iOunger layi
4" Heavensr7 I cried. alarmed and shaken,
Z" Surely l have been mistaken,
II the sleeping beauty waken,
What excuse for me remains o.
Fear the dangerous Joy enhances;
with eager step advances
the languQrs and the ~trancesi
Oh, the pleasures and the pains!
BIissul watch alb : We her keeping,
Angels guard their sister sleeping
Would they wake her, should a peeping,
Bearded mortal Ope the dOOr9
a pace advancing.
Round the rOse-silk draperies glancing-
the sight divine, enhancing,
Haunts my dreams for ~evernIOrei
Flushed as Mays young wealth of roses,
Laura on the couch reposes,
the drifted snow discloses
Outlines wavy and remote;
Tresses lOose-a golden wonder!
Crimson lips that smile asunder
one small hand creeping under
The crisp lace which fringed her throat.
Now a kiss were easy stealing,
But l dared not trust the feeling.
For my very soul seemed Keeling
In the fullness of her view:
So bowed my head and blessed her,
the angel hosts to rest her,
Softly said, sweet dreams, fair sister,
And from that small heaven Withdrew.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19
OLD HICKORY"
"reminiscences of Gen. IaCksOn's
Last Days.

A late number of the Cincinnati
Enquirer has the following from a
correspondent: During the admin
istratiOn of Gen. Jackson rs President
of the United States, it viii BE remem-
bered that on one Sunday, while
passing out from the east front of the
CapitOl where he had been in attend
ance at the funeral of q member Of
Congress, an insane individual, stand
ing within q few feet of the Old hero,
snapped a pistol at him, and was in
stantly arrested. The news spread
like Wild-ire over every portion Ofthe
United States, and various we're the
comments made by all parties upon
the fortunately unsuccessful attempt
upon the life Of the head of the ma
ton. Among others which the wri-
ter of this heard was the remarks
made in a country postOfice when the
news arrived, and the political friends
of Gen. Jackson were rejoicing in the
escape of the head of their party, and
attributing his safety to the interview
ton of Divine Providence. " 'PrOvi-
dence h-lp blurted out q little Old
Line Wing, and q Vi0lent opponent of
Old Hickory and the Democratic par
ty. Providence had nothing at all to
do with it; it was only an obstruction
of the tube, and the fire wouldn't
communicate ~
Although subsequent investigation
proved, beyond all doubt or cayil, that
this attempt was but the mad freak OF
an insane Individual, who was alter
wards properly cared for, yet the sub
ject of it could never be convinced
that he had not been employed by
some party 70 assassinate him, ana
did not hesitate to avow openly tnat
Senator Poindexter, of Mississippi, a
life-Iong opponent, who never lost an
op-portnnity to assaiI the President
and his policy in his place in the SEN
ate had employed this man 10 take
his life. So bitter was he in his de-
n~nnciations OF Gov. Poindexter, a pro-
fessed duelist who had killed his man,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19

THE Knoxville Wing has changed
hands, by PEARNE going out, and we
know not who coming in. The new
p~ropFietors pray for "peace," and we
hope they will have it to their hearts
content. If they succeed, the paper
will not have q sign Of the BRowN-
LOW phiz about it, RRowNLow un-
dertook to eight the devil a fair fist
fight about thirty years ago, and he
has held his own 50 well that it has
always been true that, even when he
cried peace there was no peace. As
we have not the names Of the new ed
itors, we may have more to say OF
them hereafter, when we have learned
them by their acts.
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COMMUNlCA
Marine and Industrial Exhibition at the
Port and City Of Memphis, Tenn.

P0ft anu Clty u hchlpAiSs iehHs
Editors Appeql: In this Commune
cation | intend TO appeal to the good
sense and intelligence of the people Of
Memphis, and III 80 doing, l hope to
bring the subject matter clear and
distinct to their understanding, trust
inc that if | should succeed in con
vincing them of the propriety and the
inp0rtance of the enterprise as sug-
gestei. shall earnestly hope for
their speedy cooperation ana support
In the premises. We propose an en-
terprise in the form Of an Exhibition
for the City of Memphis, such as
never taken place in the Southwest,
East or North. Either It IS an enter
prise that IS frought with pleasure,
m~agniheenee and without doubt will
be conclusive Of great benefits every
department Of commercial, agricul-
tuTal and manufacturing points. 1t is
an enterprise which will lay the
foundation for a greater intercourse
with the Western States, by bringing
the people together, and in the mean
time bringing their productions to a
great and a profitable market. This
will give rise to a degree OF domestic
prosperity throughout the land as we
want, and such as we have not seen
for many a long year.
What we have done in other cities
and states we can do here ;all we need
is the willingness and kind c0-opera-
ton Of the citizens Of Memphis, and
if 50 this proposed Exhibition VIII
become a fixed fact.
IN -. 3. AITrr T., hold IN tho mort
and city of Memphis Cat some con-
venient season OF the year. a grand
Marine and Industrial Exhibition,
consisting of model steamboats,, OF
improved architecture, and of every
description and dimensions OF all
crafts, of Yacht and pleasure boats
made in the western waters, OF all
machineries and implements con-
nected with steampoWer, or any
motive powers whatever, of railroads,
locomotives, and of rolling materials,
OF the mechanical, agricultural,
manufacturingand artistical resources
of the Southwestern States, and OF
the valley of the Mississippi, to
gather here in the river in front OF
Memphis in the year-
The Exhibition of all material and
of every description of goodswill be
exhibited ut the suitable fair grounds,
in or about the vicinity Of Memphis.
We invite in this grand Exhibition Of
industry, the cooperation Of the
whole of the Southwestern States,
from the mouth of the father of
rivers, up to st. Louis, and all ifs
tributaries, ETC., Let all come to
compete, let all come to view with
each other, who can show the best of
their productions and their make.
Fellow citizens, this is what we
mean by grand display of a South
western Marine and Industrial Exhi-
bition. 1t is an enterprise that viii
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give life and animation to every pur-
suit, we say and I'LL say the day is
ripe for it, and we III ~ say also, sens
f0tfeT, that we are eIual to the task.
This properly spea ,lng is the march
of progress; Onwar and forward is
our course in every degree Of material
science. Let the pope OF the South
and Western Stat be zee lily and
properly advised and be thoroughly
made acquainted with the proposed
enterprise, Of its probability,
feasibility and importance, and l am
confident that thousands will be
anxious to embark in an enterprise
which has for its object the prosperity
of the whole Commonwealth.
Very respectfully,
DIR. PIOITGH
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-19

IF a MAN has something to say, the
best way he can find to say it is with
a few appropriate words. An unnec-
essary word is SO much taken from
the force of his u%tterance. SO if a man
desires that what he does say should
be well received, he viii use such
words rs are inoffensive to those whom
he addresses, or such as are usually
esteemed modest and "polite." In
either view, prOfane language is I'M
wise, and not a whit more brave than
ii is polite. A true gentleman may
run from the din of foul oaths, but he
will not be intimidated by exclama-
tons, by which cOwardice often boil
sters itself upright. Fear not the
swearer. whose courage, like that of
the barking dog, exudes and vanishes
with his breath. The man to fear, as
well as the man who deserves respect,
is the enc whose words, as well as
actions, are the calm dictate Of his
Judgment and selt-contTOl.
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tageous terms. 1t is 20 be hoped that
wisdom and consistency viii enable them
to see that it is good TO be rid Of the ISLAND
on any terms, and cause them TO consider,
before wasting men and money which
they cannot spare, in the furtherance OF
an enterprise which will yield "a
h~undredth part Of what il has already ir-
remarkably cost.
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What SleeB VIII Cure.

The cry for rest has always been
louder than the cry for food. Not that
it is more Important, but it is often
harder to get. The best rest comes
from sound sleep. OF two men or
women otherwise equal, the One who
sleeps the best will be the most moral,
healthy and efficient.
Sleep viii do much to cure irrita-
bility of temper, peevishness, uneasi-
ness. 1t win restore to vigOr an over
worked brain. 1t will build IN ana
make strong "A weary body. Il wiz do
much to cure dyspepsia, particularly
that variety known as nervous dys-
pepsia. 1t viii relieve the languOr
and prOstTatiOn felt by cOnsumptives.
1t viii cure hypOchOndria. 1t viii
cure the blues. twill cure the head
ache. 1t viii cure the heartache. Ii
will cure neuralgia. 1t viii cure a
broken spirit. 1t will cure sorrow.
Indeed, we might make a long list of
nervous maladie5 that sleep viii cure
The cure of sleeplessness, however,
is not 50 easy, particularly IN those
who carry grave responsibilities. The
habit of sleeping well is m which, if
broken up for any length Of time Is
not easily regained. Often a severe
illness, treated by powerful drugs, so
deranges the nervous system that
sleep is never sweet after it. Or, per-
haps. long continued watchfulness
produces the same effect; or hard
study, or too little exercise of the mus
cular system, or tea and whisky drink
ing, and tobacco using. To break up
the habit are required:
l.. A good clean bed.
9. Sufficient exercise to produce
WEAKNESS, and pleasant occupation.
3. Good air, and not too warm a
room.
4 Freedom from too much care.
B. A clean stomach.
g.. A clean conscience.
=. Avoidance from stimulants and
narcotics.
For those who are OverwOrked, bag
gard, nervous. who pass sleepleSs
we commend the adoption of
such habits as shall secure sleep, 9TH
life will be short, and what
there is of it sadly imperfeet.-HeraH
Of Heath.
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SUNDAY APPEAL
SUNDAY MORNING, : sETP. 10, 1863.
-NEWHPAPER SALES.

On the Slst of March last, the closing
dav Of what newspaper men all concede
TO be the busiest quarter Of he year, re-
turns were made by the several newspa-
per concerns of this city, showing the fol-
lowing result:
r,esI .S6I92 IS
ATqIsncbe 1906 90