Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-05-07

STRIPED BUGs.--A Pennsylvania
says, as remedy against the striped bug
pest, that water inwhich refuse onions or
the tops and Feelings of onions have been
stepped is etficacious in driving away
bugs from squashes and all their family,
as well as the insect that troubles cal
bages.
- Some of the New York editors have
their residences and offices connected by
telegraph lines.
The Memphis Post of the 18th inst.
reports Andrew Johnson's last speech in
single word Ditto"
-" Why don't you ask your sweet
heart to marry you % AZ have asked
her." A" What did she say ?" Oh,
Eve the refusal of her."
- A man seeing two crows flying side
by side exclaimed" That is democrat
ic. If anything pains me it is to see one
crow over another"
A young lady in California broke
her neck in struggling to prevent young
man from kissing her. Make note of
it, ladies.
- Paul de Cassagnac, Paris editor,
has been called liar 500 times, has been
spit on in the street seven times, had his
nose pulled four times, and has been four
times horsewhipped
The late Major Charles O. Rogers
of Boston left an estate valued at $780,
900, independent of The Journal estab
lishment, which is said to be worth $780,
600.
- Usher Wilkinson was bitten by a
dog, at Terre Haute, Ind. He applied
" maidstone which firmly adhered
for eight hours, and, on being taken off,
a spoonful of poison was extracted.
"A Mrs. Arbuckle of Indiana draws
pension for herself and sixteen chill
dren. Pensions are not allowed children
after they become 16 years old How
many children exceeding that age Mrs.
Arbuckle has is not stated.
DR.. Brown Sequard reports a curl,
Gus case of a dog which had just died,
having fresh blood passed into the caro-
It'd The dead animal was revived, stood
on his feet, wagged his tail and lived
over twelve hours, when he died again
Prisoner, you are charged with beg
ging on the public street on Sunday, ON
pretense that you are suffering from
grievous wound" "Well, it is all true"
Why didn't you show the wound to
the police, then, when they asked to see
it? g. couldn't, your honor; nv
wound is closed on Sundays"
During an examination of cadets
at Wlesbaden, one of the boys was asked /
when the battles of jena and Auerstadt
were fought. He replied that his teach
er told him he needn't know ANYTHING
about battles where the Prussians were |
licked.
A dispatch from indianapolis to a
Cincinnati paper says that the new Post
master at the former place has just dis
covered, in the ba ement of the Post OF
hce building, ffty-fve bags of undistribut-
ed mail matter which had arrived during
the Winter.
Nothing can be well done that is
done in hurry" oracularly declared
certain pompous politician in New York
one day lately, on the steps of the CITY
Hall. How about catching feas ?o
asked wag at his elbow. The politi.
clan was foored.
"A movement is on foot in Hardi-
man county, Tenn, to restrain maois-
Irates from kissing the bride, when per-
io'ming the marriage ceremony. But
he Judge says ; eff the Court knows
herself, her vested rights shall not be
aiken away
A young man named William
ioOdwillie died of hydrophobia at Chi.
ago on Monday. He was bitten bv
log about two months ago and neglected
ne wound. When the disease developed
tself Russian vapor bath was admin
stored, but without effect.
Three gentlemen of Chicago, it is
aid' have clubed together, and ordered
nree copies OF Longfellow's Dante y !
, De illustrated with Dore's and Flaw
lans designs, and many of the rsre
ante prints. only three copies will be
'py. P'' 1