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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
For the Bellows Falls Times:
The Christmas Awakening.

An old man sat in his easy chair,
His eyes agaze with vacant stare
Threeseore and ten had dimmed their sight
And bleached his hair to silvery white.
His brow, so deeply furrowed by care
Wore look ofsadness as he pondered there.
He had toiled for gold, and this fair home
Held all things hoped for (all save ono,)
He had said long ago in his manhood's prime,
j know I'll be happy. If wealth / but find"
So he toiled and saved, nor penny gave.
To clothe the naked, or the starving save.
Zen the simple boon Of a kindly smile.
He dared not give to the beggar child:
Lest in giving this. they'd ask for more.
So he turned them empty from his door.
Nayi he could not spare the gold he'd saved.
For with it he'd bus the boon he eraved,
But it did not buy the joys he sought.
For happiness ne er alone by wealth is bought
True, he had gathered flower or two,
Bu. they'd withered for lack ofaffection's dew.
And his brow grew stern with toll and strife.
As he shut out the joys of the inner life;
Now. here alone he thinks with pain
That all his life has been in vain:
He murmurs. IAN my wealth I'd give,
Had but only learned to live"
E'en while he speaks. voice is near.
So softly low. it gave no fear.
''Wouldst know old man." it gently said.
The path your weary feet would tread ?"
"Had the path been made when I was young.
When my heart was light and my limbs wer
Strong.
But what ay.ils it, at set Of sum-
For feel lifes journey is almost done"
"Ah! y said the voice. DO you not know.
Twas made eighteen hundred years ago?
That Jesus said to such as thee
I am the way. come follow me-
And the star that rose that Christmas morn
VIII gladen your way as you travel on,
If you'll but do the work he gave,
To feed the hungry. and the erring save.
Go scatter your wealth 'mong the needy ones
Nor feel it ought but duty DONE
And sweeter joys than you ever knew.
Shall eladden the life that's left to you,
''ohi Father will. = the old man said.
I'll atone for the misspent time that's fed.
and never. for me be it said again.
That Christmas star arose in vain.
1t shall guide me from earth to the other side.
Lighting my way DER the rolling tide
And he ciAsped his hands in silent prayer.
For he knew he'd be happier over there"
MBs. N. A. d.
Isnnsry. is-n.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
Suppose.

Suppose. my little lady
Y our doll should break her head
Could you make it whole by crying
Till your eyes and nose were red
And wouldn't it be pleasanter
To treat il as n joke;
And say you're glad twas Dolly's,
And not your head that broker"
Suppose ou're dressed for walking,
And the rain comes pouring down,
Win it clear off any sooner
Because you seold and frown?
And wouldn't it be nicer
For you to smile than pout
And so make sunshine in the house
W hen there Is none without?
Suppose your task. my little man.
Is very hard to get.
Will it make it any easier
For you TO sit and fret2
And wouldn't il be wiser
Than waiting like o Ounce.
To go to work in earnest
And learn the thing at once
Suppose that some boys have a horse.
And some a coach and pair,
Will it tire you less while walking
To say, 1T isn't fair?
And wouldn't it be nobler
To keep your temper sweet.
And in your heart be thankful
You can walk upon your feet?
And suppose the world don't please you,
Nor the way some people do.
Do you think the whole crea ton
WIN be altered just for you
And isn't il, my boy or girl
The wisest, bravest plan.
Whatever comes or dosen't come,
To do the best you can?
-PHoEBs CARY
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

UNNECESSARY LABoR.-If women will
sweep where there is no dust, scrub where
there is no dirt, spend their time cooking
manifold complicated dishes, when few
simple ones are just as palatable and far
more healthy; take many unnecessary
stitches in ornamentation of that which,
considering all things, would be just as
well plain, they have no right to COM
plain if they have no time left for rest,
recreation, or improvement.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
Birds.
BY ELzADA LAWRENCE.

BY ELZADA LAWRENCE.
The birds are all gone
To their far southern home.
Where the orange trees are ever in blow
And they will stay there
Till the weather is fair.
And where they don't have any snow.
Their songs are so sweet.
And they sing them so neat.
That all nature listens to know,
To see if it can tell.
Why they sing them so well
And from what fountains they flow.
T'is the fountain Of love.
That flows from above;
And from il they take their sweet song.
T'is the joy Of all good
To give them their food
And to hear them sing all the day long.
And then in the spring
How pretty they sing;
Their songs are all very good.
It would take me too long.
Or would learn their song.
And then would sing in the wood.
Grafton. Jan. 1870.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
Giving In Marrige.

BY JEAN INGELow.
To bear, TO nurse, to rear.
To watch, and then 10 lose
To see my bright ones disappear,
Drawn up like morning dews
To bear, to nurse 10 rear.
To watch. and then to lose:
This have done when God drew near.
Among his own to choose.
To hear, to heed, to wed,
And with thy lord depart
In tears that be, as soon as shed.
Win let no longer smart;
To hear. to heed. to we'd,
This while thou didst ! smiled
For now il was not God that said
Mother, give me thy child"
0 fond fool and blind
To God | gave with tears
But when man like grace would find
My soul put by her fears.
o fond. o fool, and blind
tod guards in happier spheres;
That man will guard where he did blind.
Is hope for unknown years.
To hear. to heed. to we'd
Fair lot that maidens choose,
Thy mothers tenderest words are said,
Thy face no more she views:
Thy mothers lot, my dear,
She doth in naught accuse;
Her lot to bear, to nurse. to rear,
To love, and then TO lose.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

81 suppose" said quack. while feel
ing the pulse of patient who had re-
luctantly submitted to solicit his advice.
81 suppose you think me bit of a hum
bug Z" Sir" gravely replied the sick
man. /" was not aware until now that
you could so readily discover . mans
thought by feeling his pulse
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

Traveller in Mexico: "Ain't you
ashamedto to beg-a stout fellow like you |.
/ should think you might work." Pict-
uresque beggar: "Senor. asked Won for
aims. not for advice.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
A YER'S SARSAPARILLl
FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

The reputation this excellent medicine enjoys is
derived from its cures. many of which truly
yeilous, lnveterate cases of Scrofulous disease,
where the system seemed saturated with corruption
have been purified and cured by it. Serofulous aec-
tons and disorders which aggravated by the scrof
ulous contamination until they painfully afTlict-
ing. have been radically cured such greatnumbers
in almost every section of the country that tthe pub
lie scarcely need to be informed OF ts virtues
Scrofuouspoison is one of the most destructive
enemies of our race. Otten. this unseen and uniet
tenant of the organism undermines the constitution
and invites the attack of enfeebing fatal diseases,
without exciting suspicion of its presence. Again,
il seems to breed infection throughout the body and
then. some favorable occasion, rapidly develop
into or other of its hideous FORMS either the
surace among the vitals. In the latter tubercles
may be suddenly deposited in the lungs heart, or
by eruptlons on the skin, foul uleeraons some
part of the body. Hence the occasional of bot
tie of this SarSa parlla is advisable, even when
active symptoms Of disease appear. Persons afflicted
with the following complaints generally find imme-
date relief and at length. cure. by the of this
SARSApARlLLA: st. Anthony's Fire. Rose or
Erysipelas, letter. Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Ring
worm, Sore Eyes. Sore Ears. and other eruptons OF
visible forms of Scrofnlous disease. Also in them
concealed forms, Rs Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Heart Dis
ease Fits. Epilepsy, Neuralgia. and the various ul-
cerous affections of the muscular and nervous sys-
tens.
| Female Diseases are commonly soon relieved and
ultimately cured by its purifying and invigoratine
effect Minute directions for each case are found il
A%snas Imam ssRP1ed sTa % a@G
matters in the blood. yield quickly TO it also, Live
Complaints Torpidty Congestion, or Inflammation
of the Liver and Jaundiee. when aasing as they Of
ten do. from the ranking poisons in the blood. Ih
SARSAPARllLA is great restorer for the strength
and vieor Of the system. Those who are Languit
and Listless, Despondent, Seepless, and troubet
affections symptomatic of Weakness. will find mne
date relief and convincing evidence of its restora
\ tive power npon trial.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
postry,
My Love of Long Ago.

The rose has faded from thy cheek.
And furrowd is thy brow;
Thy sparkling eyes. that seemed to speak,
Are dull and heavy now
The locks on thy beloved head
That once were like 10 golden thread
Are white as winter snow.
Yet is my love for thee not dead.
Ny love Of long ago,
/, too am old but at thy voice
/ burn with youthful IRE
Its music makes my heart rejoice,
And throb with fierce desire
Its tones seem echoes Of the time
When we were both in life's glad prime
Swee. sounds, though faint and low.
Like some far-distant wedding chime
Ny love Of long ago.
From 7inslcv's Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

= LABOR Is of noble birth, but prayer
is the daughter of heaven. Labor has
a place near the throne, bat prayer touch
es the golden sceptre. Labor Martha
like, is busy with much serving. but
prayer sits with Mary at the feet of Je-
sus
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

A conscriptbeing..told that it was sweet
to die for his country, excused himself
on the ground that he never did like
sweet things.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

Any amount and every class of Insurance required
can be placed nt 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, 1870-01-28

have often felt her presence, and the soft
touch of her hands upon my head, and |
have heard voice, so clear and sweet, in
the hot, sleepless nights in Brazil and In
dia; and, when camping out among the
mines of California, and in the wilderness
Of the far West, she has come to me.
"Don't laugh, my boy, and call it an
old mans fancy it may be one, but |
cannot but think it her; and vixen am
gone, you will lay my form beside hers
in the old cemetery at L., and you
must not mourn for me, but think of me
as one who has entered into great
JOY"
Dear uncle John! 1t is year now
since he told his story, and this Decem-
ber's snow drifts Whitley where he lies
beside his beloved Lucy. And we, the
children whom he loved so we'll, and who
owe him SO much, miss him sadly. And
not we only, but the needy and suffering,
who ever found in him true and gener-
Gus friend.
And, as we sit around the CHEEKY fire
his place alone vacant, we sneak of him
reverently; of his pure heart, his undy-
ing love and constancy; and, though We
feel his loss soraly, yet We do not gricvt
for him, for we know he is entered into
his great joy"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28
L'ELITE PANIER SKIRT.

L,OR the present mode Of dress the L Elite Panier
Il Skirt Is unequaled. Fitted with set Of springs
securely attached 10 rigid waistband. the whole
combined and calculated to support the heaviest
dress with and comfort 70 the wearer il is war
ranted to give and maintan the style and effect re-
quired by fashion," and so becoming and desirable
10 every well dressed lady. IL
ni- r. c. BISsM0RE Co.. sole agents.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-01-28

n NJ. GEORGE, Surgeon Dentist Teeth
NJ hiiel with Gold or Silver. Satisfaction given
IN all eases
15- Particular attention is invited % Folsoms Pa
tent Method of constructing Plates. The advantages
of tks method nre great that the old plates may
an1o2t be said to be worthless In comparison. hare
ehx sxclasire right for this torn.
Once ia Depot, BELLOWS FALLS. Vt.
The New York herald., 1870-03-19

the state constitution. which does away with the
taxing out OF second papers by adopted citizens ana
heads on the fifteenth amendment In this state "
providing that any male person Of the age OF twenty
one years VINO shall have been nve years In the
country one year In the State, four months In tue
county and thirty days In the election dstrct, and
every other male person who shall be resident OF
the United States at the time this provision an be
approved and ratified By the people, and VINO shall
at least one year before the election have declared
his allegiance TO the government 0 the United
States shall be entitled to vote.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE
were made to- day In executive session on the noml.
nations OF Messrs Parker Herman and Troup a.
revisors oil the statutes OF the state. and Mr.. Michael
Delahenty as Advisory Commissioner OF the Capitol
Police. The last named gentleman Is an old mer-
chant OF Albany, and 10 said TO be one who will
reflect credit on the ONCE.
THE SURRENDER OF CANAL CONTRACTS ACCBPTED.
the Canal Board have unanimously accepted tho
surrender OF the repair contracts OF Samuel Donald
son. section two OF the Erie Canal, and James A.
the new law aD0lishtng the contract system.
The New York herald., 1870-03-19
Tho Row In Richmond.

The disgraceful conflict Of authority in
Richmond, Va, has thus far resulted in riot and
bloodshed and in partly depgiyiog the city ol
civil government. On Thursday night party
OF negroes endeavored to break through the
line of. policemen bcsieging the station house,
and were resisted. A fight followed, which
ended in the negroes stampeding, after one
Of their number had been killed and two others
wounded. Yesterday morning General Candy
endeavored to effect compromise between the
rival Mayors; but Mr.. Chahoon, the old
official, rejected the propositions of Mr..
Ellyson, the new appointee. Meantime
the siege was vigorously kept up,
the citizens congregating in large Numbers
around the station house, greatly excited over
the events that were transpiring This state
OF affairs lasted till halfpast two o'clock in the
afternoon, when General Candy summarily
raised the siege by taking possession of the
station house. As the special policemen Of
Mayor Ellyson formed in line and moved off
the negroes, whose sympathies appear to be
with Mr.. ChahOon, assaulted them with clubs
and other weapons. A riot cnsucd, and the
police, aided by tho white citizens this time
again routed the negroes, several Of whom
were wounded. Our latest dispatches report
the city comparatively tranquil, with the
streets patrolled by Mayor Ellyson's police.
1t is evident that Mr. Chahoon has acted
without judgment in this matter The law
under which his successor was appointed may
be unconstitutional, but no private citizen
possesses the power of deciding upon the
validity or invalidity Of legal enactment.
Until the regularly constituted courts, having
jurisdiction in the premises, pronounce a law
unconstitutional, it is valid, and Is binding
upon all. Now, the case in Richmond is
simply this: Mr.. Chahoon believes that the
law enacted by the Virginia Legislature,
vacating all Offices held under military ap-
poiptments and empowering the Governor of
the State to appoint new officers, Is in conflict
with the constitution, and he has resisted its
enforcement not by legal process but by
force. There cannot be anything more dan
gerous to the liberties Of this republic than
contempt for the laws. We fear that the era
of military government in the ex-rebel States,
when force was the only law, has done much
towards causing the deplorable disregard of
civil authority SO manifest throughout the
South
The New York herald., 1870-03-19
Uerr0nS.

NAPOLEON AS CIVIL ARBIrRAroR.-The
Emperor Napoleon will, it is said. arbitrate
the British Commercial Marine Claims bill of
losses arising from the seizure Of the English
trading steamship Tornado by tho Spanish
war ship Gironda off the coast of Spain in the
year 1865. This Tornado case has engaged q
vast amount of attention. Lord Clarendon has
written about it to Madrid, the Earl of Derby
has written about it, Admiral Quesada has
discussed it and the British Parliament
debated It. Napoleon will now, as we are
told, arbitrate 1t. This step will interest Eng
land considerably, perhaps attract the minds
of her statesmen towards the necessity Of
joint Anglo-French arbitration of the entire
situation in Spain. France and England, the
Bowers which warred on Spanish soil to the
utter Generalization Of the Spaniards, allied
for the restoration of peace in the unhappy
land Strange, but not impossible.
The New York herald., 1870-03-19

THE NEW oLIcE BILL is at least something
new. 1t provides that New York city shall
be district to itself, and, we suppose, Kings,
Queens and Richmond county will be treated
in the same way. The result Of this will be
that we will have several distinct police organi-
cations, acting independently within hearing
distance of one another. From this disorgani-
cation and complication are apt to ensue. Bu
SO long as it is new arrangement and is diff
ferent from the old one, we suppose it is an
Improvement in one way or another
The New York herald., 1870-03-19

SPAIN HEDGING ON CUBA.-Some time ago
the Spanish government wanted to divert the
attention of the Spanish people from some Of
the little games about the crown, and it found
a convenient pretext in an American PROPOSE
ton relating to Cuba. It called upon the
people in the name Of the national honor to
rebuke us by their indignant declaration
against our proposal. That answered the pur-
pose very well; but now the Spanish govern
ment begins to feel that 1t manufactured little
too much popular indignation against our pro-
posal II would like to consider that proposal,
but the indignation aforesaid is in the way.
So now it is manufacturing the other view,
and the Spanish press holds that as the rebel
lion is nearly put down the national honor can
no longer be compromised by sale of the
Ever Faithful Isle. 1t does not make much
difference to us if they prefer it that way, and
when we buy the island we should certainly
prefer it with the rebellion 'sput down."
The New York herald., 1870-03-19
Bribery In the Lexisiature.

Mr.. Fields, member of Assembly from
this city, has made against country member,
Mr. Ainsworth, of Saratoga, the specific
charge that on the floor of the House he said
che was at the head of ten men, and if it was
made agreeable to him and them he and the
others would vote for bill then before the
House, otherwise they would not support 1t. p"
How it was to be ''made agreeable to him and
them," otherwise than by bribe, 1t does not
appear. As o retort to this charge the coun-
tryman makes the counter charge that Fields
tried to coerce him into the support Of the bill
by threats that otherwise he would sskill all
Ainsworth's bills" This altogether is very
good sign. Il is Of course too late in the day
for the press or the community to hold up its
hands at such q revelation of the shameful
abuses of legislation. That such things are
regularly and constantly done in the Legisla-
ture is fact of such common knowledge
that to express any surprise at their appear
ance on the surface would seem like an attempt
to simulate the Arcadian innocence The only
expression that is timely in the matter
ID OuE Vi 6dtlStaCtlOu kAAhb tuCKo uckno w dp-
pear some disposition among members to re-
sist the extortion Of the political sharpers who
secure election to the Legislature, not to per-
form public duty, but to make merchandise
of their votes. Bribery has gone to such
lengths that it is likely to prove remedy
against itself; for corporations seeking the
passage of measures find at last that they
would as lief not have them as have them
burdened with the legislative price. So the
market for vote-selling is likely to fail. We
are glad that city member is able to thus
fairly fix his case upon one of the honest
members from the rural districts. It will BE-
interesting to hear what explanation Mr..
Ainsworth has to make of his proposition to
Mr.. Fields. He must do better than rest or
the feeble countercharge of Fields threat, fol
that threat might we'll be drawn from mem
ber in such case by an honest feeling of In
dignation at the roguery Of the other.
The New York herald., 1870-03-19

Average
Average temperature for corresponding date
last year. S4A
william Waterman, OF 11s Clinton street, was
killed yesterday by car No. 65 OF the avenue line.
Kit Burns enterprise has led him to open another
rat pit in the hope that some missionary band will
buy him out.
MorrisA. Tying and Ell A. Chapelyea were ordained
yesterday as minister's by RI. Rev. Bishop otter, AZ
the Church OF the Holy Trinity.
Coroner Flynn will take the ante mortem deposi
tion OF Patrick Walsh who was stabbed Thursday
night in the Twenty first ward.
Mary McCann, a woman who was terribly burned
by kerosene on February 3d. died at Bellevue last
night while being shrlved by her confessor.
verdict OF accidental death was rendered yester
day in the case OF Frank Trimbly, who was killed
by falling block on the steamer India on the Itch
instant.
The Cuban League will meet this evening at Del.
monico's. General Mcmahon, President or tho
League, leaves the city to-day for Florida for th
benefit OF his health.
Martin CofYee, tho Twentieth precinct policeman
who had charge OF the body OF Thomas j. Flynn
when the deceased mans watch was stolen, waa
yesterday dismissed from the force.
MRS. Theresa Raymond OF ll7 West Twenty fourth
street, terribly burned while cooking on Thurs
day morning, and died during the ensuing evening
from the effects Of the injuries received
The regular monthly meeting OF the General Com
mittee Of the German American School Association
was held last evening at Liederkranz Hail. The
only important matter transacted was that prOpo.
stion looking to an agitation against the reading OF
the Bible in the pubic schools and other "Teforms"
was struck out from the report OF the executive
committee ana, In consequence, was declared to
nave been voted down.
note drawn at three months by bogus 1rm
doing business under the uncommon name OF
'Smith Il Johnston,n for $3.50 81, on Brown h
Spauldng, jewellers, Broadway, dated March l6
was sent around to that firm yesterday morning for
Identification. 1t was made payable at the Ninth
National Bank and bore the endorsement OF Brown
Il Spaulding, ana also that OF L. w. Lynes. The
man who brought 1t seemed to be stupid sort OF
fellow and probably took 1t to the wrong place
Mr.. Spauldlng told him it was forgery and refused
to return It, whereupon he lett, saying he would call
| again.
The New York herald., 1870-03-19

SPAIN AND THE PoPE.-It is said by Allan
tic cable that Spain is not likely to send a
special envoy to the Ecumenical Council in
consequence of the action which the Pope has
taken. This is very good in its way. But
what action has the Pope taken? We cannot
tell. We do know that the Emperor Napoleon
has expressed desire to the effect that
France should have lay representative in
the Council in the event Of the Council tax
ing fancy TO endorse the Syllabus or 70 Dring
infallibility to vote; we do know that Aus
tria has encouraged France in this course |;
but we do not know that the Pope has con-
sented to have in the Council any lay repre-
sentative. Since the Pope has not given his
consent there is the less reason to give Spain
praise for making up its mind not to send .
lay envoy to the Council