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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18
Breach of Promise.

An interesting breach of promise case
has Just closed at Chicago, by the award
of verdict of 100000 damages to the
plaintiff Miss Amanda j. Craig, of
Cincinnati, damsel of thirty-two sum
mers, sued Elisha p. Sprague, festive
bachelor Of fifty winters, for trifling with
her affections. She is Y school teacher,
well educated, and of more than ordina-
ry ability. He is illiterate though q
millionaire, and yet, according to his own
account, is comedy in the eyes of the fair
sex. Suddenly he ceased to sue Aman-
da, and she in her turn sued Elisha
Some curious epistles were produced in
the trial.
The perfdious sprague lavished his
treasures upon Amanda in the following
choice diction
hoap will gett few lines from you
at Chicago / can mott run the risk. of n
Surgacle operation until have my mat
tiers all settled as it is great risk so says
Doc Warren and others Butt | cannot
Putt lit off Longer than next spring at
the fartherest Love | will write to you
from Chicago and Lett you know of the
Particulars about whatmy doctsays Man
dy now you have all my love and Esteem
and respect.
Maccanaw, thursday in morn
ing july 10, 1866.
my Dear Amanda So you say you Love
me how is it Possible say to myself the
way you have acted in the matre towards
me you know it wrong to Demand of me
what you did know you had no right TO
Do so So | thought would take Pleas
ur Trip expecting to return in the course
of 2 years | am stopping now on the is
land of maccanaw Between Lake michi-
gan and Lake Ontario. my dear you
canott COMPEL me to do any thing but
God can. o God | call on him to Pro
tect me and save me furm SHINING against
his high Laws, now my dear you should
ave used kind words to me instead of
saying you was agoing to take the Law.
do not fear all the Deavells in hell if |
am right and god is on my side. know
it will be the cause of my death. (fair
well) fairwell. fair we'll, May God bless
you. Being the last time that expect
to see you let my name sink never to be
thought Of NOR so you say to me that
your friends will use pistil well am pre-
pared to use them just as fast as the kan
and as kuick. / kan fte nly AGATE IN old
kats. x
| am miserable in my hart since I parted
with you. The gong rings for dinner
fsir well God bless you my luv fair well
Yoor devout
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18

sand dollars Ii FIVE cents can do this,
what astounding catastrophe might not
the judicious expenditure Of five dollars
accomplish in such hands !
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18

as LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED in sy.,,
city and town; and applications from competent rs
ties for such agencies, with suitable endorsensr,
should be addressed to
b. X, JENNIE. Brattleboro, Agent for Win5b,s
Windsor, and Rutland Counties.
b. X. JENNIE, Supt. Of Agencies. 52-5l-ly
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BELLOWS FALLS, JUNE IL, 1869.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.

A Republican County Convention for.the County
of Windham, will be held at Fayetteville, on We'd
esday. June 90 1869 at II o'clock A. NJ for the pur-
pose Of nominating candidates for County officers
and Judges Of Probate TO be supported at the next
annual election The Republican Union voters OF
windham County are invited to be present, and to
be represented in the Convention by their delegates
In accordance with vote passed at the County
Convention, holden July eth 1865. that the County
committee shall be committee to examine and re-
port on credentials Of delegates, the County commit
tee hereby request all delegates to hand their ere
dentials to said committee, before the hour named
for opening the Convention.
+ EE + k kEtHGffi County
NJ W. DAVIS,
NATHAN HALL, Committee
FRANKLIN SAWYER
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MILLINERY AND DREssMAhlN0
MRS. L. c. BARKE

MILLINERY and DRESSM AhlNNyrrs Ms. b
agent for the American Button Hole wv
and Sewing Machine. rsril
Customers please call and examine
in o. ID. Gray's Block.
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MILLINERY AND FANCY w
MPORI U NJ.

SPECIAL ATTENTION is CALLED
to the following beautiful assortment Oh
SUMMER MILLINERY AND FANVi W.
which we are selling at low prices,
BONNETS AND HATS. TRIMMED ~
Untrimmed. Grapes and Illusions LOWE 1"S M
ments Ribbons all eolors and wldtiIs .ass cans
Wells all colors. and kinds, LADIES iiors and II
net Ruches. Velvet Ribbons all coio's 11-
CLOAK BUTTONS, DRESS BurIoN'
Dress Trimmings. Fans, Parasols S Soerrcbiss
Hair Coils and Braids, Lace hanaAe anil Cas1
Handkerchief all qualities, GollaIsr ins I'm
per and Linen. Muslins, Cmnories'
CLoAKINGs. oLoAKs. sHAWLS' 'ho
In Kid. Thread and Cotton in great Vafi''
siery-a full line. ..b;eb IslsI
Above is partial list of Goods, wh asa, me
find il to their advantage to call an a.1sts al
Cleaks Cut and Made TO order poA" ]
made and trimmed to order-,o<r cDriushel /
KEYES & CLoSSON, epiip''
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18
NATIONAL

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
or THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
CHARTERED BY spEoTALAcToE coNopps.
APPROVED JULY %. 1868.
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$500.

GALL nj COOPER & TURNER'S and :"
" Flour for only $500 per barrel, r,-Ryga
Bellows Falls, May 9th, 1863.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18
BRANCH OFFICE:
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
PHILADELPHIA.

Where the general business Of the companyi,,.
acted. and towhich all general correspondents .1el
be addressed. 'HVuA
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-06-18

Besides the thirteen railroads now
centering in Chicago, seventeen others
are building which will have terminus
in that city.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
The Proposed Confederate Seal.

IN our day the extraordinary spectacle
has been seen of the efforts of an oligarchy,
small in numbers but powerful in influence,
to establish another nation within the
bounds of the Republic-imperium an im-
peri0 -and to give to it the symbol of
sovereignty in the form of Great Seal.
The youngest of us old enough to reflect
and reason have seen that nation" So
called, spring up from the late slave labor
States which formed the northern portion
of the Great Golden Circle of empire de-
vised by conspirators. 1t was Caliban in
features; barbaric in its proclivities /:
awfully potential in mischievous works
protesting with fire, sword, and torture
against the civilization of the age and
yet impudenrly insisting upon its recogni-
tion as one of the family of legitimate and
respectable sovereignties. Its titular ini.
tials were &C. S A" Its fathers re-
solved that it, like the nation it was
attempting to overthrow by internal
commissions, should have a Great Seal,
and in "Congress" resolved, in the
spring OF 1863, that it should bear ga
device Representing an equestrian statue
OF Washington latter the Statue which
surnounts his monument in the Capitol
Square at Rchmond), surrounded with a
wreath composed OF the principal pro-
ducts of the Confederacy, and having
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
. FACTS AND FIGURES

A PARIS bride paid $4,000 for her hand
kerchiefs 't2A siefi92 70
THE salt mines of Austria are worked
by million miners. ga,srb Y9t30 .
Why. is hen, immortal? Because her
son never sets. ~,
SUNDAY evening sittings in Rev. H. w.
Beecher's church are advertised at SIG
each, yearly. iaa GOOD 9W
/ VELooIPEDEs are prohibited in New
York Central Park, because they will
frighten the horses - 'i
A BOY of fourteen was recently mar
ried at Holly Springs, Miss, to a woman
of thirty-two. a r54sef a.lf b<ta gqcg sa, q
THE Rev. David Winters, of Dayton,
Ohio, has married over4 900 people during
his ministry. sgaI 9hl III taoiii9 essi g.
q ST. LOUIS had thirty three murders,
thirty suicides and five fatal coal oil explo-
sions in 1858. y:
THE hair of James Ferguson, of Buffalo,
worker in copper, has, it is said, turned
perfectly green. suo a1Hj 4aa
THERE are twelve churches on Erie
street, Cleveland, Ohio, within space OF
less than mile. .s39i ss'
A FIVE thousand dollar monument is to
be erected over Sam Houston's now name
less grave, at Huntsville, Texas.
AUDUBON and mis- wife made their bridal
trip in 1903 down the Ohio, from Pitts
burgh to Louisville, on a fiat boat. 9s
PHILADELPHIA has three hundred and
eigbty-five churches, which will not nearly
give sitting room to all its people. 81.
THERE'S a promising young giant in
Cheshire, Mass only sixteen years old
and already six feet and three inches in
height.
Two HUNDRED and eighty four wives
and one hundred and seventy.six husbands
filed petitions for divorce in Chicago last
year.
JOHN B. COUCH was born in Sandgate,
Eugland, in 1917. His father was a
Peninsular soldier, and his mother schoo!
teacher. .G adt
SIX new postoffices have been named
Norwood" since the publication oi
Henry Ward Beecher's story in the New
York Ledger.
| DURING the past year there were 295
/ commercial failures in New York; 63 In
| Philadelphia, SO il Boston; 81 in Balti.
more, and rs in Chicago.
OF the six last elected Pennsylvania
Senators -Buckaiew, Cameron, Cowan
/ Brodhead, Bigler and Scott-none have
4 ever served in the lower House.
WHITTIER says. that in the name Maud
Muller" the Muller should be pronounced
so as to rhyme with duller. He says thai
is the New England pronunciation of the
name. aes IT,
J A CALIFORNIAN speaks of 1900 acrei
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
Why General Grant Keeps AlOOf from
Andy Johnson.

Iris a matter of surprise to many that
General Grant refuses to hold any inter-
course with President johnson, and in
forgetfulnessl of not long past events, at
tribute it with expressions of surprise) to
political reasons But any such thought
does General Grant injustice He is,
doubtless, as free from the folly OF per-
hitting political differences to interfere
with social courtesies as any of us, who
find it quite possible to eat an oyster,
smoke cigar or drink a cup of tea with a
political opponent General Grants an
tipathy to johnson has better fUunda-
tion than this. 1t dates back to the Stan.
ton imbroglio, when johnson substantially
accused Grant of falsehood in his inter-
probation of some one Of the phases of
that difficulty. This touched the sensitive
soldier on a tender spot. A million men
might, as they did, declare him unfit for
the Presidency, without disturbing his
temper or changing the cordislity of his
friendly salute. But to be accused of q
falsehood was different matter. Coming
from the President. ne could not meet the
insult in a soldierly way, and so was
Obliged to treat it as an offense to be pun
ished by gentlemsnly contempt. This is
why General Grant keeps aloof from Andy
johnson. - ALbdnu Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
How Some Joint Stock Companies are
Formed. z.
Written for the Cincinnati Chronicle.

Written for the Cincinnati Chronicle. edl
"CURsE these hardz times. The ques-
ton now before the house, Mr. Sharp, is,
how we poor devils can manage to raise
the wind and it is more puzziingto me
than ever the gDOa,s dsinoratne of Euclid ap-
peared to the dullest typo that has essayed
its solution since it was published to the
world. What can we do?" 92iia 57al
eff sucha question forces itself upon
Semmy Ford, the times are bad indeed"
responded Bill Sharp. "We must try some
thing new" MI foI dfgo shI2i aal
"There's nothing new to try. Every
thing is exhausted haven't an expedient
nor resource of any kind left. We have
attempted all sorts of lodges; engaged in
magnificent gif5 enterprises, in which
every ticket drew valuable prize; adver-
tised dollar stores, in which gold watches
worth from 800 to $500 were the princi-
pal stockIgin trade; puffed and blowed
Professor Soph's Magic Cureall till the
gudgeons will bite no more; offered THE
Secret of Certain Fortune, for fifty cents
till that has entirely played out; proposed
to send sewing machines for $40 that are
better than either Wheeler a. Wilson's or
Singers, till the receipts scarcely pay the
advertising bills, (Which, to be sure, is the
only expense we incur in that matter) /;
and what we haven done that honest men
are justified in turning hand to, it is i'm
possible for me to discover" q.
so you think you have tried every
thing?" lfai tsfa} 4 = u
Everything that a gentleman can con-
sistently engage in. .a1
"But. you have never formed joint
stock company" s~- ~ @ss'I
Correct, Bill" .u .san
n" And its good spec, when properly
managed"
"Unquestionably. You're an angel fol
the suggestion. A joint stock company il
a happy idea, and there's money in it
but, my dear boy, what shall be the dodge
What shall it be formed to operate? In
what shape shall the little arrangement be
introduced to the der people ~ M
That will require thought In a mat.
ter of such magnitude we must move with
becoming deliberation."
"Rut we can't wait, you know. We
have pressing need of ready cash, and
must move at once" I'D
"Well; what say you to Lead Company
in Kentucky, or Coal Company in West
Virginia
teThe Lead Company, by all means.
That is more speculative, and we can show
it up in magnificent style in prospectus
1t will work toaa charm, sir. We will
have the Kentucky 8 Ohio Lead Com.
pany chartered by special act Of Legis
iature; capital stock, 81 250000f / know
tract of land ON the Cumberland river
Of about four thousand acres, that can be
bought for song and then, as these mat
ters are ordinarily arranged, turned ovel
to the company at a heavy figure. Bill
we'vs struck fortune; we're all right :
"I go halves, Of course" d
"Most assuredly. The idea is yours
wen work it up in partnership, and yther
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
POLITICAL ITEMS.

gE General Lee, when some one spoke
disparagingly of General Grants abilities
in his presence, shrugged his shoulders
and said "At all events he seems to &C
complish whatever he undertakes" aa
gy Is Johnson's title President, Act
ing President, or Vice President? asks
an editor of an inquiring mind: Clearly
the latter; since when he acceded to the
Presidency, he carried his Vice along with
him -Erclttaage. s II trat ga.ta
GY The Arny and Nauy Journal re-
plies to the appeals of the New Orleans
papers, in behalf of Sergeant Bates, the
fag-bearing pedestrian, now destitute in
that city, Would it be impertinent to
suggest that he ought to go to work"
gsY A party by the name of johnson" f"
--Scene-White House. Time-March 4.
General Grant, Ito dilapidated specimen
of Who are you, sir ?"
Specimen A party by the name Of John
son." General Grant You git" Speci-
men" You bet" Exit.-New Orleans
Republican. esl
GY Says Washington special of the
13th to the Chicago Tribune: General
Grant authorizes the statement that the
articles written by an occasional CORE
spondent of the New York World and
purporting to relate to conversations or
furnish opinions in regard to public men
and public matters, are utterly without
foundation. No human being has ever
listened to or shared such conversations
as those. General Grant would not deem
Ii becoming in him to contradict the arti-
cles in question if they simply affected
himself, but as they are evidently written
with view to embroil his relations with
prominent gentlemen, most Of them his
personal or political friends, or at least to
outrage their just sensibilities, he deviates
in this instance from his usual course, and
pronounces the articles alluded to incor-
rect, indelicste and impertinent in an ex.
traordins1y degree. a..1 +
gW A Washington special of the 18th
says: Judge Lawrence, Chairman of the
committee to investigate the election in
New York city, to-day obtained leave in
the House to submit his report at any time,
but the document will hardly be ready
for two weeks. The evidence will show
that in the courts of that city naturaliza-
tion went on at the rate of two per min
ute during long sessions All the papers
were filled up, signed and sealed in the
courts, and not signed and sent out
with place for the name left
blank. Fifty persons were; naturalized
at once by administering the oath to
them in a body. The repeaters were or
ganized before the registry, and had their
names entered differently in the several
wards. Then on election day the Demo
cratic managers furnished them with
printed lists, copied from the registry,
showing them exactly under what names
to vote and what residences to give. The
committee estimate that at least 25, 600
fraudulent Democratic votes were cast in
the city. Every facility was offered to the
Democratic members of the committee to
prove frauds on the part of the Republi-
cans, but nothing of the kind was estab-
lished." IT,. ~. q
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

The most singular fact in the history
of the crab is that of its breaking its own
limbs, which it occasionally does. The
creature is able to do this in any position;
but the most advantageous way of max
ing the experiment is to lay it on its back:
then, with a pair of pincers, break the
shell and bruise the flesh of one of the
outer joints of small leg. The wound
will bleed, and the creature will show
signs of pain by moving it about. After
wards it holds it quite still, in direct and
natural position, without touching any
part of its body or legs with it I; then on
sudden, with gentle crack, the wounded
part of the leg drops off. If a hole be
pierced in the great claw or legs, and an
iron be put in to lacerate the muscle, the
effect is the same, and this large limb is
thrown off in the same manner, only with
more violence. When the leg is off, a
mucus overspreads the wound, and stops
the bleeding. and a small leg is by de-
grees produced, which afterwards attains
the size of the former. Nature seems to
have given this singular power to this
creature for the preservation Of its life, In
the mutual quarrels with others OF its own
species. In these, one crab lays hold of
the claw of another, and crushes it so that
it would bleed to death had it not the
power of giving up the limb and healing
the wound.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

"WeIl,. even now,' l continued, "you
have not told me why you have risen Sc
early to day, which is what you began
vour story with. Of course, in the mean
time, condole with you seriously, at your
good fortune" Hg
man, "vou only returned to England last
night. and had to call on you, get you
out OF bed, give you your breakfast dress
you, and bring you down to the church,
where am just going to be married, be-
fore twelve o'clock" y9
Before twelve o'clock ?" I exclaimed.
"Well, to oblige q friend, don't mind ;
but really it's thing wouldn't do for
myself"
Frank walked down to the church like
a hero, as his hours of hachelorhood drew
to close. He departed this life at five
minutes before twelve, and it was who
watched his last moments. 4aiai
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

around its margin the words C0nfederate
States Of America, Feb. % 1869 with the
following motto: Dec Vmdice"-God,
the protector, defender, deliYerer, or ruler
indicative of the expected longevity OF
the /" nation" because of Divine protection
and sustenance. Alasl that !" natioD," so
notably conceived in sin and born in
iniquity," died of political and moral
marasmus in its infancy, unhonored by
any recognition of its existence ex-
cepting by Latin ghost of sovereignty.
1t had repeated history by a delay in pro-
viding itself with the usual symbol of ma
tionality. Antiquaries, in the future, will
search in vain for any impression of an
emblem of Sovereignty of the &C. s. A."
None was ever made,-Benson j. Loss'7ag,
IN Ha1yes's MAGAZINE.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

ONE year ago a ringing voice,
A clear blue eye
70 And clustering curls of sunny hair,
A--A- 4+f Too fair to die.
Only year-no voice, no smile,
No glance Of eye,
No clustering curls OF golden hair.
5~~E Fair but to die.
One year ago, what love, what schemes
Far into life
What Joyous hopes, what high resolves,
What generous strife
The silent picture on the wall,
The burial stone,
Eof all that beauty, life and Joy
- - Remain alonei
q One year, one year, one little year,
az And so much gone Al
And vet the even flow OF life
Moves calmly on.
The grave grows green, the flowers bloom fs
.o1 Above that head;
fB No sorrowing tint of leaf or spray
Says he Is dead.
No pause or hush or merry birds,
That sing above,
Tell us how coldly sleeps below
u The form we love.
Where hast thou been this year, beloved?
What hast thou seenY
What rising fair, what glorious life
Where thou hast been?
,.-, The veil the veil SO thin, so strong:
'Twixt us and thee;
The mystic veil when shall 1t fall,
~ That we may seer
- Not d0pd, not sleeping, not even gone,
Bat presentstill,
And waiting for the coming hour
~ OF Gods sweet will
- Lord Of the living and the dead.
aOur Saviour dear!
We layin silence at Thy feet
This sad, sad year
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
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Cooley FOR FEBRUARY-The engrav-
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Hush, he Seeps-a very pretty home scene.
Colored fashion-plate, containing six figures.
Tinted picture of The Schoolmaster's Valentine.
Frozen Up, an original design. Dog, for Foot
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figures. Extension sheet with its latest fashions,
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The work department contains variety of useful
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

TIE ATLANTIC FOR FEBRUARY contains
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29

Our YoUFa FoLKs.--The February
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Among the Glass Makers-part two, five illustra-
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Dunnie and the Ice; Lost wilie-full page illus
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
ONE YEAR AGO.

BY MRS. Il. b. STOWE.
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