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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05
poetrY,
For the Bellows Falls Times.
Gone.

ny MAHALA GowRAN.
Eternity's written another page.
Upon the gray. high walls of time,
That saddcns the heart Of youth and age,
Like the sound Of funeral chime
Childhood has gone, with its mirth and glee,
With solemn tread. through shadows dim.
Robbing the heart of its Jubilee,
And leaving naught but mem'ry's hymn
Pleasures were dear in the long ago.
Growing our life with summer sheen,
With health on the cheek, like the garnet's glow
Cheering the soul with Joys serene.
The loved and lost, in our youthful years.
Are gazing from the viewless Shore
On the new made graves, and pearly tears,
With immortal s-dim no morel
Those hands are laid on the pulselcss breast
No more they'll toll through grief and woe;
The soul has gone to peaceful rest.
Leaving the casket cold and low.
May our lives be like golden rhyme.
Accented with friendship and love-
That ne'er can be dimm'd by the Hand of time,
But gems in the Eden above.
Cavendish. VT.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

Modesty promotes worth, but coneeals
it; just as leaves aid the growth of fruit
and hide it from view.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

"There now" said little girl while
rummaging a drawer in a bureau
grandpa has gone to Heaven without
his spectacles."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

''Sambo did you ever see the Catskill
Mountains ?" mo, Glenn, but I've seen
cats kill micer'
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

People perform the greater part of the
voyage of life before taking in their bal
last; hence so many shipwrecks.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05
Farm for Sale.

THE SUBSCRIBER offers for. sale. his farm in
i South Reading, VT. formerly known as the " Eb-
enezer Robinson farm" Said farm contains about
800 acres Of good land. well divided into tiliaee pas
turing and wood. Good two story house. barns
and other oa,buidings. all in good repair.
EDWARD HALL.
South Reading. VT Oct. 8 1865. II
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

A Pennsylvania chap recently tried to
open bomb shell with red-hot poker
The last seen of him he was looking for
a place to hang his hat, in the milky
way
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

They found the body, also his father,
there with two bouble-barreled shot
guns"
The General notified the civil authori-
ties of what he had done, and was held
for trial.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

ToBAcco.--Tobacoo appears to be a
deadly poison when introduced into the
stomach. The celebrated French poet,
Lanteuil, was accidentally killed in this
way at the Prince of Condos table. A
portion of Spanish snuff was put by one
of his companions, practical joker, in
to his glass of wine--this after the bot
tie had passed rather freely. Soon after
drinking the draught, the poet twas at
tackled with vomiting and fever, and ex-
pired in two days amid the tortures of
the damned"
DR.. Clay, of England, says: A Ger
man author states "that one-half the
deaths occurring in that country between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, are
attributed to smoking and chewing"
To one who has travelled in that country,
and witnessed the almost Incredible
amount of smoking that is everywhere
practiced, this assertion would not APP
pear incredible.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

Fire is discovered by its own light; so
is virtue by its own excellence.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

Little trials, when improved, become
great mercies.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05
AMERICAN
AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
R. II. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF pATENTc


Late Agent of the United States Patent Office. Wash
ington, under the Act of 1887.
No. rs State St. opposite Kilby ST.. Boston.
After IN extensive practice of upwards of twenty
years, continues to secure patents in the United
States also in Great Britain France and other for
elgn countries Caveats Specifications Bonds As
signmenis and all papers or drawings for Patents
executed on reasonable terms with dispatch Re.
searches made into American and Foreign works, to
determine the validity and utility of Patents Of In
matters touching the same. Copies Of the claims al
any patent furnished by remitting one dollar As
signments recorded in Washington
No Agency in the United States possesses superior
iaeilltes ior obtaining Patents or ascertaining the
patentability of inventions
During eight months, the subscriber, in the course
OF his large practice made on t,rice rejected anpica
tons, Sixteen Appeals Every One Of which was de-
eided IN hss turor by the Commissioners of Patents
TESTIMONIALS,
Il regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most conob,e on3
suecessfaI practitioners Of whom have had official
intercourse.
CHARLES MASON, Com'r of Patents
have no hesitation in assuring Inventors that
they cannot employ man competent and tr1ts-
,corhy and more capable Of putting their appIica-
tions IN form TO secure for them an early and fa-
yorable consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE, late Com'r of Patents
Mr.. 4. II; Eddy has made for me Thirteen appli-
cations; in all but One Of which patents have been
granted, and that one is now pending Such unmis-
taxable proof of great talent and ability on his part
leads me 70 recommend all inventors apply to him
ing the faithful attention bestowed on their ca
ses, and at very reasonable charges
Boston. Jan. l. 1859. i-52
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-05

A LITTLE ScHoLAR.-"And what do
you study at your schoolY' asked the
blue-eyed little stranger whom l had
lifted into my lap as a defence against
woman's claim to my seat in street
car.
Biography, 'rithmetic, readin', and
spellin'."
She could spell 'rhinoceros," but not
"hippopotamus, and could multiply
twelve by three, but not by one with sue
cess. In biography" my examination
was more thorough. 1t commenced as
we were crossing Black Bay, in full view
Of the Mill-Dam, the Dome of the State
House and Bunker Hill Monument.
"Can you tell me where East Cam
bridge is ?"
1--WE don't learn such things at our
school,"
"How is Boston bounded ?"
"We don't study that kind" half con
temptuously.
"Where is the Atlantic Ocean ?"
"lIast of Asia nit is west of Af-
rica."
The little scholar had not been ,ught
home geography, but she knew where
the Red Sea was, knew there was no Blue
Sea any where, and could tuH invrc tiiuu
it was worth while to know about the
Cape of Good Hope. I expressed my
surprise that a body only nine years old
should beso wise, adding that l should
like to 60 to her school.
"Why don you then ?"
Gould Igo into your class ?"
mo, you would have to go into the in
FAINT class. Atlantic Monthly.
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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 as at any agency in the country.
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
6
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-14
ELECTION BRIBERY.
From the \. Y. World.


1t seems that the wisdom of the British
Parliament, in providing what they hoped
would be guarantee for the purity Of cleo
tions, is foolishness. This guarantee was in
the shape of law providing that defeated
candidate might bring an action against his
successful rival, to be tried before Judge in
the town where the election had been held.
and that if he could prove to the satisfaction
of the judge that bribery of any kind had
been resorted to by the successful candidate
or his agents, or that he or they
had obtained votes by intimidation, the
election should be set aside, a fine should
be imposed on the guilty parties
and the seat given to the candidate who
had been defrauded out of it. This law came
into effect at the general election for men,
bers of Parliament last fall. At this election,
bribery and intimidation were practised to a
greater extent than ever before; and it was
said that there was scarcely a district in the
three kingdoms in which the successful can
dldate had not, either in person or by deputy
laid himself open to these penalties. The
preliminary expenses of conducting the trial
provided for by the law, however, were heavy;
and therefore, only about one-sixth of the
whole number of members elected were COM
PEELED to defend themselves before the courts
Six hundred and tifty-eight gentlemen had
been elected; one hundred and two of them
We're hailed before the judges, These one
hundred and two trials have been going on in
dlherent parts of the country for the last six
months. The last one ended few days ago.
Inc result is that in twenty-five of them
the successful candidate was found guilty
anG deprived OF his seat; in the other
eighty cases the suit was Withdrawn or the
prosecution failed. 1t is remarkable that all
OF the cases which resulted in unseatno q
member were those first tried, the Judges, in
these cases, having not yet fully made mn ~
their minds as to the loop-holes and onibbIap Itp
of the new law and deciding against the ac
cused on plain, simple, and broad princinles 's
But, after score of cases had been thus dis
posed of, the decisions suddenly changed their
character; the weak points of the law were
ascertained; the evidence seemed made to suit
them; and nothing but acquittals followed.
The prevailing belief in England now seems
to be that the judges have taken great pains
to point cut just how a candidate may evade
the law, and that, if an election were to be
held tomorrow, bribery corruption, and in
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they practise with outside barbariaus.
number of years passed away without any
serious outbreak of hostilities but, in course
of time, the natives began TO take ground
against the intruders, while each side accused
the other of depredations on person and pro-
perty. Whenever they got fair or an unfair
chance (says an English writer) the settlers
let the black man feel the weight of their
hands, and made very free with the black
women. Then, a bloody internecine war
was waged between the blacks and whites in
the island; the whites raised the cry of exter-
mination and the most shocking barbarities
were perpetrated. After years of this work
the aborigines were pretty well thinned out
In 1880, man who must be supposed to
have been either Quaker or a Quixote
offered to go out peacefully among the
natives and secure the submission of the
tribes, and in five years he had led every
Tasmanian tribe to peaceful submission,
after which they were placed by themselves in
an island off the coast of Van Dieman's land
But still they rapidly dwindled away, so that
in 1887 but 300 were left in 1860 but II; and
now comes the account of the death of the
last of the Tasmanians-an account which
tells how his head was cut off and sent to
London, his feet and hands cut off for exhi-
bition elsewhere, while the burial service
was read over the poor wretchs trunk, footess
and headless, and furnished with another
mans head.
And now nearly hundred thousand white
people inhabit Tasmania, and think nothing
of the aboriginal race that they have utterly
exterminated in less than half century. Such
are some of the incidents that mark the pro-
gress of Anglo-Saxon civilization round the
world.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-14
THE LAST OF THE TAsMANIANs.
From the N. Y. Times.


The last of the aboriginal Tasmanians Cor
natives of Van Dieman's Land) is dead; and
there has been a horrible squabble among the
doctors for the possession of his bones
There are many historical illustrations of the
fact that the Anglo Saxon is the exterminator
of the races whose territory he seizes; but
nowhere can an example of this be found
more striking and complete, or in which the
processes have been more rapid, than that of
the Tasmanians.
1t is but sixty-six years since the English
made their appearance in Van Diemans land
A short time previously, the English Govern
ment had learned that it was an island, and
resolved to turn it into penal colony The
first party that landed there consisted of a
small body of soldiers and convicts; and, in
reading the narrative of the circumstances, we
are reminded of similar incidents in the his
tory of our own country, where the red man
and the white have come in contact 1t is re-
corded that when the English appeared, a
little troop 'of native men, women, and chill
dren came down to the shore bearing braches
that they meant for olive-branches But the
English officer, being suspicious, angrily
waved them off, and they, not under
standing his gestures, gathered quickly
around water-hole. Thereupon he or
uered his men to fire into them, which
was done with fatal effect. This was an in
PRODUCTION after the usual English fashion
-" laShlon, which, to the present day,
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timidation would be practised more exten.
slvely than ever but in so skilful n
way that not single candidate oould
be unseated The candidate must not give
money to buy votes; but his friends NAV
cause it to be understood that no one who
votes for him shall lose anything bv il. he
must not give meat and drink on the condi.
tion that he who eats and drinks must vote
for him, but he may hire all the public houses
of the town to regale his friends; he must not
threaten a voter with personal punishment
or immediate loss of employment if he votes
the wrong way but he may cause il to he
understood that the man who votes the wrong
way will have hard time of it. And if a
candidate violates neither of these three rules
he may do whatever else he pleases with
safety. The new system, it seems, instead
of making bribery and intimidation dangerous
to those who use them, will only make
them more safe and powerful than ever, if
they are used with discretion. The simple
moral of all which is, that purity of cleo
tions cannot be secured by legislation: if
there are voters to be bribed, the INGENUITY
of man is sufficient to devise means for brib-
ing them in spite of all laws to the contrary.
The remedy is to be sought in another direc-
ton; the voter is to be taught that to sell his
vote is as disgraceful as it would be to sell his
wife; and when he has once learned this les
son, the occupation of bribers will be gone
In Scotland where almost every man is edu
Gated and where very high sense of the
dignity of citizenship prevails, there was no
bribery, and the only illegality in the late
election consisted in intimidation In Eng
land, on the other hand, where half the voters
look upon the franchise as part of their in
come, and demand price for their vote with
no more shame than they would demand to be
paid for days labor, bribery was universal.
and there was little intimidation.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-14
GOLD WOOD TO BURN. "

From Che n. Y. Tribune.
Eight thousand children coming home the
other day to keep the old Mothers one hun
dred and fftieth birthday, shaking hands
heartily under the hospitable sky, remember
ing proudly that mothers past and prophecy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-10
RAILROAD LINES.
ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MAN
~ ASSAS RAILROAD.
ERNNa sg sgssss -

90 XH KkN - setlfS@-$6RS Sxt--N2S
On and after SUNDAY, May 2, 1869, one
daily passenger train will run between WASH
INGTON and LYNCHBURG, connecting At
Gordonsyillc, with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad TO Richmond, Covington and the Nir--
gina Springs at Lynchbt.rg for the West anG
Southwest, and at Washington, to the Norm
and Northwest. .,
Through tickets and baggage checked t. al
prominent points.
Leave Washington daily At 0:2J a. IA, ana
Alexandris Us :: i0a m, arriving ut Lynchbnrg
at 4:40 D. M.
Leave Lynchburg ut 900 8. M; arrive ut
Alexandria ~ G:25 =, IN, and 10 Washington
Passengers for MANASSAS BRANCH will
leave Alexandria daily, excepting SUNDAY II
4:l5 p m, and arrive a. Harrlsonburg AT l2:5(
q. NJ. Leave Hsrrisonburg at 200 n: m, and
arrive at Alexandris AZ 1890 q m. This tram
makes close connections At Manassas junction,
with movements on the main limo, grest!y ia
cilitating intercourse between Inc lower valley
and Richmond, Lynchburg, &C.
Passengers from Washington and Alexandria
to Winchester Middleburg, Capon Springs
&c, will find good connections by this route.
An ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave
AleXsndria daily, Sunday excepted at l:l5 p.
m, and arrive at Warrenton vt 7:l5 y. III.
Leave Warren.on ut 1:l5 y. m, and arrive at
AleXandria 81 1890 " m.
j. NJ. BROADUS,
ap - General Ticket Agent.
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Marriage and Death Notices fifty cts Obtu-
aries will be charged at advertisement rates, for
notices over four lines.
Transient advertisements will be inserted ut
former rates, viz 81 for tho first insertion OF
one square, of eight lines or less, and twenty
i've cents for each subsequent insertion.
For Special Notices or City Items Is cts. per
line for the first insertion, and eight cents per
line for each subsequent insertion will be
charged.
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SINGER SEWING MACH n f
The attention of tho public is called to the
superior merits of this machine over all others
for either family use or manufacturing purposes.
Its relative excellencies and many good quail
ties over all others are so wel-known, and 50
generally admitted, that an enumeration OF
them is unnecessary. The sales OF this machine,
since an agency has been established in this
city, is without precedent, and the demand for
them throughout the whole world At the present
scarcely able t. meet them. Call and cx-
anime them before purchasing elsewhere, d it
is bevond question the best, most durable, SIM
pie, and beautiful machine ever brought before
the public, making stitches to any other ma
chimes four. Z. =. BERh1, ASehL:
70 King street. Alexandria, Va.
order, for sale cheap.
Circulars sent to all parts Of tho country.
aug9 9-tf
nAADER'S moor SKIRT, CORSET
ID SHOULDER Brace FACTORY,
10 King st., next to Brengle's Coniectionary'
LADIES' and MISSES SKIRTS, all sizes
and lengths, on hand AMI ado 10 order.
French, GERMAN AMI AMERICAN
CORSETS, comprising great variety III sly Ie
and price. .,.,.
MISSES CORSErS, various styles and
| have also constantly on hanl the celebrated
ANTBREAKEM CORSET STEEL.
Hoop Skirts altered srd repaired. man
H. BAADER,
,,1 No 1lo King street.
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.rssD POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION
t,,!Ss.,sEEE LINE.
FOR BALTIMORE AND LANDINGS ON

,asrD POTOMAC TRANSPORTATION
EaSssssSFsEs LINE.
FOR BALTIMORE AND LANDINGS ON
THE POTOMAC RIVER.
Steamer EXPRESS, Captain A. G. Nickle,
having resumed her old route. will leave Balti-
more, Pier 10. s, Light street wharf, on every
TU UESDAY EVENING, at O. clock PM, for
Alexandria, Washington and Landings on tho
Potomac river returning will Leave Washing
ton ut & q. m, and Alexandria at a. M, on
every SATURDAY MORNING.
TO SHIPPERS-Goods consigned through
10 stations on tho railroad, will be forwarded
without delay on arrival of the steamer at AL
exandra For further information apply to
j. BRODERS & CO., Agents,
mar l7-tf No. IL King ST., Alexs., Va.
.~isSas, MERCHANTS LINE NEW YORK
$3.50 STEAMSHIPS.
The line consists Of tho following first. class
outside steamers
JOHN GIBSON Capt. w. Ii. Winters
AND
VALLEY CITY,. ......... Capt. w. johnson
Will leave New York EVERY SATURDAY
for this port and returning will leave Alexan-
dria EVERY FRIDAY, at II O. clock.
For freight or passage apply to
HOOE, WEDDERBURN s. CO.,
Agents, No. Prince sts,
Agents in New York,
PHILLIPS & BROWN,
ap 9-tf 50 south street, Pier No. 10.
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NOTICE.
.hs;;:s':T!L,;ss

.gszss.sLs;es { sssHe NoI10A'
SEMI-WKEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS
BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND BAL
TIMORE.
The ,ebassenger and freighting steamer CO.
LUMEsA, Captain James Harper, will leave
Pier every WEDNESDAY, at a. m, for
Baltimore.
Returning will leave Baltimore on SATUR-
DAY, at p. m, stopping at the usual landings
on tho Potomac.
Captain VIM. Maith, will leave Pier every
FRIDAY, at 3 p. m.
Returning will leave Baltimore every TU ES-
DAY, at p. m., stopping at Kinsale and Cur
rioman.
All way freight must bo prepaid.
mar s SIN Is. WHEAT, Agent.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING

For our own and tho Convenionco Of reg uiar
alyortisers, and TO prevent any misunderstand-
ing, We have carefully prepared and sea- cd the
rates of advertising in the GAZETTE, for the year
1869, and present the following table OF space
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T7gtoj.hae H0ME INDUSTRY,

FN.IIT |E|| |UN 4 INTT1IN
VIRGINIA SASH DOOE AND FRAME
FACTORY,
Corner Queen and FairiaX st5., AleXa..
We k.vo now made up 500 doors Of all sizes:
from s. TO SO; G0C Windows of Sash, glazed
and uugiased cheap; 30 pairs Blinds, all
sizes; ~ U)l lJCt Mouldlngs, 10 different pat,
tern. VII. mako ut short notice Window and
Door Framos, Brackets &c, Newels, Balus-
tcrs and iydrants constantly on hand. Llber-
al discounts made TO dealers.
Being practical mechanics ourselves, we feel
confident that We can please our customers.
Planning, Tongue and Growing, Saving,
Turning ana Scrol-SawE& done IN the DesI
manner,
Plans ara specifications furnished % parties
contracting with US Tor building materials
MARI RISHEILL 81 HODGE.
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BUILDING MATERIAL.

BUILDING WAEERAAL.
4 LEXANDRIA planning MILLS.
ROBERT JAMESON. BOYD ". SMITH.
.gs7EEE$0x Is SMITH,
JOHN K. LAMBDEN, Superintendent,
Nos. 20 and 81 Water ST.,
Arc prepared to furnish at shor! notice and
on reasonable terms
SASH DOORS,
BLINDS. BRACKETS
MOULplNGS,
DALLUSTERS
Newell POSTS.
WEATETR-EOARDIN
:. e, BON STUFF,
DRAWER STUFF,
PANELS, &c, sc.
And TO execute all kinds Of Scroll Saving
and Wood-Turning, Planning TongqHeing and
ner. Thcy will also furnish plans and specii.-
cations f,r dwellings, stores and other building
iy2-tf
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There ia an Iowa Ida Lewis who rescucs
people from drowning. and who, the other
day, saved two Davenport boys ohe IS yer very
goodooking, and all the young men arc ialIIne
in 10 be saved in her lovely arms.
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- NE" HArnhS9 nATwnES LINE

..sssssssssE Z NE" nHr nnTwrES HnS9 LINZ
PHILADELPHIA, AND ALEXANDRIA,
GEORGETOWN IL WASHINGTON.
Steamers leave regularly from GEORGE
TOWN, foot of Congress ST., EVERY WE'D
NESDAY; from ALEXANDRIA, foot Of
King ST., EVERY THURSDAY.
Freight received daily at lowest rates
This line connects with all the Northern,
Eastern and Western Railroads and Transper-
tation Companies. and will forward freight by
all tho lines running out of Philadelphia, free
of commission, and gives THROUGH RATES.
AGENTS
NJ. ELDRIDGE 81 CO.,
No4S. Wharves, Alexandria Va.
WILLIAM p. CLYDE & CO.,
No. II South Wharves, Philada
HYDE s. TYLER,
icl-tr 50 Water ST., Georgetown.
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A private letter from Adelina PATTI to an
Old friend, says: Il expect to visit America
again, but not to sing. will never sing again
in New York" This is not pretty IN Pati'