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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

A HEART In LITTLE THINGs.--ln the
art of elegant leisure and in the art of
wise triHing our people are sadly def
cient. We are bred to business. We
are tempered to high excitements. We
hardly know what to do with tranquili-
ty. We begin TO contrive how to make
it exciting We long to make silence
talk. We stir up quietness till we get a
glow upon it. We are forever getting
up" something for vacation amusements.
1t is riding or rowing, or pionicking, or
some excursion with its fringe and frill
Of excitement. We have rest in whirl
and tranquility in buzz. We want a
friend or two in our solitude to talk of
its solitariness.
There is such a thing as exquisite en-
joyment in simple conciousness of exis-
tence. But few have either the perfect
health or the sweetness of soul which
this demands. But if that much neglect
ed and nnuch-abused facualty of imagi
nation were trained from youth to clothe
common life with charms, how few would
be without amusement, even in the most
straitened circumstances. Nature is full
of light and motion, sounds and color,
but men do not enjoy these things. Ma
| ture is full of mimic life, and its life is
full of strife, pursuits, battles, peace,
amity and affection; but then men do
not care for insect life. Nature is full
of grace and charming variety, of hue
and shape, of contrast and analogy, in
her garden; but then men do not care
for botany.
To make much of little, to find rea-
sons of interest in common things, to de-
velop sensibility to mild enjoyments,
to inspire the imagination, to throw a
charm upon homely and familiar things,
will constitute man master of his own
enjoyments. How interesting triAes may
/ become, one may see by reading Cow
D per's letters, which for simple beauty
have never been surpassed in English
| epistolary literature. How a nature pro-
foundly religious may yet be filled with
satisfaction in minute duties and homely
experiences, one may read in the letters
and journeyings of Eugene de Guerin.-
l H. ". Beecher.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

ANY amount and every class of Insurance required
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Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

MARRIED LIFE.-Good counsel from
a wife and mother 81 will try to make
myself and all around me agreeable. 1t
will not do to leave man to himself till
he comes to you to take no pains to at
tract him, to appear before him with
long face. 1t is not so difficult as you
think, dear child, to behave to hus-
band so that he shall remain forever
husband. / am an old woman, but you
can still DO as you lik,; word from
you at the right time will not fail to its
effects. What need have you to play
the part of suffering virtue? The tear
of loving girl, says an old book, is like
dewdrop on rose; but ON the cheek
of wife is drop of poison to her hus-
band Try to appear cheerful and con-
tented, and your husband will be SO -
and when you have made him happy
you will become SO in reality. Nothing
fatters man SO much as the happiness
of his wife he is always proud of him.
self as being the source of it. As soon
as you are cheerful you will be lively
and alert, and allow no opportunity to
pass for speaking an agreeable word
Your education, which gives you an adj
vantage, will greatly assist you, and
your sensibility will become the noblest
gift of Nature has bestowed on you,
when it shows itself in affectionate as
siduity, and stamps on every action
soft, kind, tender character, instead of
wasting itself in secret repinings.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

n NJ GEORGE, Surgeon Dentist. Teeth
". fllea with Gold or Silver. Satisfaction given
in all cases
ss- Particular attention is given to inserting Ar
Uhcal Teeth with all the modern improvements.
Office No. /. Up Stairs. Union Block.
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt.
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
GRATING ORCHARDS.

Most men think when the tree is grated the work
is done, the tree will do the rest, and never look af
ter the graft: The result is, either graft grows,
or long slim twig, crooked with water sprouts.
sometimes they will trim some limbs off and leave
a water sprout for Il graft, and when that bears
fruit, they accuse the CRATER of taking cuttings
from the same tree and then heapall kinds of abuse
upon the CRATER. They never think of laying the
blame on themselves for negligence.
Some say you must not trim the balance of the
brush off the tree for two three years for fear Of
hurting the tree, when they will do other things
more injurious to the tree. If farmer wants bet
ter fruit, find what kinds bring the best price in the
market, and likewise find out what kinds are har-
diest your kind of soil, and the best bearers in
your neighborhood. Reports from different State
OF different soil from yours are of Use to you.
BE careful in saving your limbs, keep the top All
oval form, put in plenty of gratis, more on the
west side than on the east for the trees draw to the
eastward, and as soon the water sprouts get
well started, pull them off from the limbs that have
been grated. If the gratis make good growth
the first year, the next spring take all nearly all
of the balance of the limbs from the tree; if you
leave any till the next spring leave them so that
they will not interfere with the gratis. Keep the
tree clear from the water sprouts, which is easily
done with the hand If the gratis get too heavy SC
they begin to crook about strip some of tho leaves
oil and the limbs will harden, and you will have
thick, stocky gratis, and will heal over, an,
you will soon realize benefit from grating ole
trua
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
SINK DRAINS.

Among the most common and unmanageable
nuisances about country house are the sink
drains. Very often their deposits remain above
ground because no means can be devised to convey
them away. Soap deposites are the worst we have
to deal WITH in the way of drainage. They clog
and choke up any drain, however large or however
great may be the fall, by adhering to the bottom
and sides till it is filled. The only device to RENE
dy the difficulty is by means of trap, one object
and effect of which is to leave behind everything
which will rise to the surface or fall to the Dottom
and draw off only comparatively pure water.
| cannot better direct how to manage such drain
age than to describe my own management. There
had never been any other plan for dsposing OF the
sink water than to let it run on the surface and
soak into the ground in the orchard. There is Il
cellar under the barn about 100 feet off, and found
it low enough to give slight fall from the sink,
about three feet under ground to the bottom OF the
cellar, and determined to carry the drainage Wa
ter there. Beginning at the sink carried down Il
IL inch lead pipe nearly straight into trap of
my own construction. 1t is no more nor less than
old oil cask, which is rs good rs any thing else
while it lasts, which is sunk in the ground so AS to
be covered below freezing. A four inch pipe, with
joints fitted and cemented, so that the foul water
may not leak out into the SOIL leads from the cask
To the barn cellar But tho water does not pass
directly from the cask into this large pipe. A two
inch lead pipe, which dips to within Il foot OF the
bottom Of the cack, runs up and turns into the ce-
ment pipe The water therefore runs into the cask,
the grease and soap float on the surface Of the VA va
water stands say foot above the lower end of the
connecting lead pipe at level with the cement
pipe, so that whatever runs off comes from the
middle Of the fluid in the cask. And this contri-
vance is trap, and very good and cheap one, not
only cleaning the water, but also preventing any
draft of air through the large pipe, which is n
second object of trap. In the cellar the water is
caught i'll another cask from which it runs in com
mon drain tiles to a third large covered cask close
by the manure from the horse stable, and there it
is occasionally dipped on the manure heap. The
trap needs to be cleared out two or three times Il
year, depending of course on its size and the
amount of deposit. Permanent brick or stone traps
are better than any cheap contrvances; but one
who buys a very old set of buildings may be par
doned if he economies somewhat closely in the
multiplicity of Improvements necessary, to put
them in comfortable condition. Judge French in
1 inllnfrA (Inntlemnu.
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
WEATHER WISDOM.

4 rosy sky ut sunset, whether clear or cloudy
Indicate, fine weather; an lndian-red tint Al sun
-et foreshadows rain. A red sky III the morning.
bud weather, or much wind-perhaps rain A gray
-ky n the morning, fine weather; high dawn,
Wind: "A low dawn, fair weather.
5ott-loOkng ordelicate clouds oretell fine weather,
with moderate light breezeS; hard-edged, oily
looking clouds, wind. A dark gloomy, blue sky is
windy; but 81 light bright blue sky indicates fine
weather Generally, the softer clouds look the less
wind tbut perhaps more rain) may be expected and
~ harder. more greasy rolled, tut1ed or rugged
Ae stronger the coming wind Will prove. Also Il
fright yellow sky Al sunset presages wind; pale
Yellow, wet, and greeniSh sick ly-lOoking color,
Mind and rain. Thus, 10y the prevalence of red
vet low, or other tntS, the coming weather may be
oretpld very nearly; indeed, if aided by mstru-
iuents, amnS exactly. Small mkyloOking clouds
oretel ram; light seul-cloud driving across heavy
ulsSes, show wind and rain but if alone, may in
arate wind only.
High upper clouds. crossing the sun. moon or
stars, in direction different from that oi the lower
LIQUIDS, OF the wind then felt below, portcnd Il
ghange of wind towards their direction After fine
dear weather the first signs in the sky of coming
thgnge are usually light strcakS, curs, Wisps, OF
notified patches of White distant clouds. which in
rrase. and are followed by AN over-casting OF
murky Yap0r that grow into cloudncSs This APP
lrdrance, more OF les, oily or wately, wind OF
rain will prevail, is an iniailiblc sign.
sually, the higher or more distant such cloud
seem to he, the more gradual bu, general the com
ing change OF weather viii prove.
ldgAt, delicate, quiet tiuts or col0rS; with so
uH'iened forms Of clouds, Indicate and accompany
lne weather bnt saIldy, OF Unusual hues. witt
NTd ,irllnitcly-outlinel clouds, t0rctell rain am
prunahly strong wind.
Misty clouds forming or hanging on heights show
Wind and rain coming, if they remain increase, ol
Acsecud; II they rise or diSperse the weather will
improve. or become tine.
When Sea-birds fly out early, or far to seaWard
moderate wind and fair weather may be expected
when they hang about the land or over ii, sometimes
.ying inland, expect Il strong wind with stormy
.i,.l .f
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
Farm, Garden, and Household
PROGRESS OF FRUIT CULTURE.

rbe following is an extract from the admirable
.),lress of Hon Marshall z. Wilder, President of
.he Pennsylvania Pomological society at the re-
nat session of that Society i'll Philadelphia
Mark the amazing increase OF the small fruits.
Fake. for instance. the strawberry. Within the
mDmoly of many of this assembly, we were depend
MT almost wholly upon the wild species Of the
6ald or the few which had been transpancd to
nur gardens Ii is only about thirty years since
4. first attempt, we believe, was made on this con
tfn mt to raise from seed new and improved yarl-
tN thanks to the enterprise of Mr.. HoycY, " hlch
ave Ii, fruit that has stood the test for whole
ncration of men. Compare the small, dry red
NIL white wood-straw wberrics Of our youth with the
numerous larger luscious varieties when nave
Halc to notice in our day Not only nave tne la1-
increased to hundreds of varieties within TINS
nue. hut the quantity produced is in a still greater
-to. What would our fathers have sad at the
lsuatch from a single railroad station in the
esten states, where ly Years ago the. emgrant
led scarcely set his foot, of one thousand bushels
# strawberries daily to market, or from another
ppot on the unoccupled lands of New Jersey taken
u within fifteen years. similar quantity sent to
.ta New York market daily; or, still more remark
aide. from Norfolk, in irginla, where seventeen
4r~ ago, the cultivation of this fruit had not COM
unced, and from whence during the past season
lrce millions of quarts have been sent to the
Nollhcrn markets
Thirty wears ago we possessed only two good
}1rietie> of the raspberry the red and white Ant
Nrrp. now we have numerous ilnc kinds; and
where a thought himself fortunate TO gather a
-mccrful, they are raised as by our friend William
FERRY, of New Jersey, by hundreds of thousands
ot bushels for the market. So of the eurTant ant
blackberry. OF the latter not Il single variety had
then been introduced into our gardens OF cata
prues; now We have many new kinds, and the
Uroduct L. equally great.
phe ingenious methods Of gathering, preserving.
ma packing of fruits, and the improved means OF
tt, tran smission to distant markets, are among the
most important advances in this new era 10 such
.errocti6u have these been brought, that not only
lar, small tender fruits come to Us hundred OF a
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
HOW TO USE SOUR BREAD.

1t has been said that ''accidcnts will happen ii
the best regulated Glmilies' and sometimes the
bread is sour. Sour white bread is very poor eat
ing, and besides lit is not healthul, though exactly
why, we will leave the doctors to tell. We know
from well-recognzed symptoms, it is not healthfu
German schwartz Brod, which, in perfection
should be distinctly sour but not much so. How
ever, we welcome the appearance OF sour white
bread, for we can fall back upon rye, which atlel
all, Is our standby, for day or two, and we know
what nice puddngs and cakes in store for us a.
the sour bread is gradually worked up.
If the bread cannot be used Immediately it shout,
be sliced as soon us it is stale enough, and dre,
thoroughly in an oven which is cooling off or no
hot enough to scorch it at all. 1t may require t.
be put in the oven two three or times before il
is dry enough to keep.
BAKED BREAD PUDDING. To IL pint of breat
crumbs add 4 pint of milk and lei them soak thor
oushy; add a second pint of milk, four we-beater
eggs, and SALT sugar, and spice to taste, togethe
with soda enough to correct the acidty of the brca(
(half teaspoontul is usually enough; bake hal
an hour. The number of eggs is arbitrary,
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

At very successful seance in Cincinnati
the other night, man burst into tears when
the medium described very accurately a tall,
blue-eyed spirit standing by him, with side
whiskers and his hair parted in the middle
''Do you know hm?'' inquired man at his
side, in a sympathetic whisper. "Know him.
I guess do, replied the unhappy man. wip-
ing his eyes. ale was engaged to my wife.
If he hadn'ta died he would have been her
husband instead of me. Oh, George, George"
he murmured, in a voice choked with emo
ton, "why, why did you peg out?"
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
POTATOES FROM SEED.

ling tomatoes In the fall potato balls may be
gathered, and the seeds washed out and then put
away in paper balls, or the balls may be slightly
pressed and then dried, but we prefer the former
plan. Early in the spring, sow the seeds thinly in
pots, boxes, or in hot bed, and when the plants
are an inch or two high, transplant into small
thumb potts. one plant in each, and after the weather
Is sufficiently warm turn them out into the open
ground, placing the plants at least two feet apart
each way If the plants started so late that it
VIII do to transplant directly from the seed-bed in
to the open air of course no pottng is necessary
but to obtain potatoes large enough the first season
to Judge of their quality, the seed should be soWn
early IN February or March. With fair treatment
tuoers as large as hens eggs or ever larger, NAV be
obtained from seed. Hearth and Home
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
NOT PARTED.

They are not parted, though their feet
Have wandered far in different ways;
And though they never more may meet
On winter ewes or summer days.
1t matters not though realms divide,
Though boundess seas between them roll
For still, defying wind and tide,
Heart yearnS to heart, and soul to soul.
They are not parted-only those
Are parted whom no love unites;
Their absence breaks not our repose
Who have no share in our delights;
They may be by our side, and still
AS far from us as pole from pole,
Who lack the sympathetic thrill
OF heart to heart, and soul to soul.
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

Rufus X. Page, who died in Hallowell on
the Gth inst, at the age of S3 years was a ma
tive OF Exeter, A. H., and in early life remov-
ed to this State. At one time he was tho
largest shipowner in the State. He was the
first to open the ice trade in Maine, in builJ-
ing an ice house upon the Kennebec river.
He was the owner of the first line of steam.
ers running between the Kenncbec and Bos-
ton. In 1912 he sent from Portland to the
Mediterranean the Bangor-the first Ameri-
can steamer that ever passed through the
Straits of Gibraltar. He, with his son w. r.
Page, also owned the -Marmora, which was
the first screw steamer of any nation that
ever stirred the waters of the Mediterranean.
Mr.. Page was also the first Mayor of the city
of Hallowell and member for forty years
OF the First Congregational Church of the
place
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

The New York Democrat, in its leading
editorial of the 24th states that Edwin NJ.
Stanton died of suicide by cutting his own
throat, in remorse for the murder of Mrs
Snrratt. The suddenness of the death, and
the fact that no one was permitted to see the
face, as is usual at funerals, give color to the
reDOrt,
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

The rain that falls on the roof of barn will
water the cattle kept inside,
A smart woman with dry wood and soft water
close AT hand has her work half DONE
Green wood cannot be burned 1t is better to
dry it by the heat of the summer sun, than in the
stove.
Nelghbors should combine and buy together Il
good portable horsepower, and then have their
wood piles cut up with comfort and dispatch
Farms soon run down that sell their hay. Mr..
Mechl the great English farmer, prefers that the
products of his farm shall go to market on the
foot.
Those who house their carts and wagons IN
tobln Hoods barn-a out doors-;re often seen
travelling to the black ck-smith and wheelwright shop
for repairs; The hubs of wheels are ma lie of elm
a poor timber to bear exposure.
You had better not keep stock than allow their
manure to be wasted. 1t must not burn and fire
fang IN great heaps, nor be washed away by water
,lrenching from the ewes. The LIQUID portions
should be absorbed by something, and the solid
kept from heating and exposure. n. f. Farmer.
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

BARN ITCH ON CATTLE, At this season of the
year. as well as later in the season. cattle arc liable
to this disease which, if not arrested upon its first
appearance, VIII be sure to go through stock and
be OF equal damage to the growth Of stock. It's
symptoms are scurf ON the external part of the
body Which most generally makes its first appear.
ways attended with an itching. The following
recipe Is sad to be sure remedy: Lard and sui,
lhur IN equal parts, melt, mix and apply ali over
Incl; ne ahected parts and rub thoroughly with the
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
STARTLING FACTS AND FIGURES.

Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, Representative
from Indiana, has just made one of the most
forcible speeches ever delivered on the floor
Of Congress,-a speech that should be read
by every man, woman and child in the coun-
try. We hope to publish it in full at an early
day.
1t contains, says the Concord People, facts
so startling, and arguments so conclusive
that no man, whatever his political belief
may be, who gives it candid consideration,
can fail to be impressed Below we publish
such extracts as space will permit, relating
to the creation of the debt and the proper
ton the amount claimed by the bondholders
bears to the amount actually received by the
government. MIR. VOORHEES, commences with
the first issue of bonds in 1862 bearing
six per cent. interest, and due in twenty
years He first gives the amount issued by
the government during that first year then,
taking the average price of gold for the same
year, he estimates the cost of the bonds to
the purchaser in cold. which. being dadncted
from the par value of the bonds shows the
actual profit to the purchaser in the first in.
stance, not taking interest into account; he
then adds to this profit the interest already
pail on the same, and the interest yet to be
paid, which gives the amount claimed by the
bondholders as their due, and for which tax
payers have never received any equivalent.
We give below his statement for each yeal
to the present
Average price of gold in 1862, 1-38 1-2.
Amount of bonds sold, 500, 1882, ,45(
Amount paid for them 44,030, ,649
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S1.55O,55S,956

Total, S1,55O, ,55s 956
Here stands, then, the stupendous total of
81, $50, ,559, ,956, which the party now in power
says the people shall pay under inexorable
penalties, not one cent of which 1 have
proved ever left the Golfers of the speculator
or found its way. into the Treasury of dis
tressed and struggling country. | invoke
scrutiny upon my statements, and shall at all
times defend their substantial correctness.
But in this connection let us recapitulate
also upon another point; let us see distinctly
how much money the bondholders actually
did loan, did advance upon the bonds of the
government to aid the great cause of nation
al unity. l have already established the facts,
and now place them in tabular form. The
payments of the bondholders were as fol-
lows:
1862 S4I,O3O, $40
1863 l01 ,S90, ,S54
1864 1S9,697 ,636
1865 Dos, S,2l4, 900
1866 SS,591, ,773
1867 3O3,2l5, SOB
1868 3l2, ,S26 1923
bonds, 122,957 ,41O
Total. Sl3,l ,424 ,23s
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

Compare this amount of S1,371 ,424, ,2ss,
which the government did receive, with the
amount for which our bonds are outstanding.
which the government did not receive, and
we find the following result:
Amount of debt which has no con sid
Grafton, S1,55O, ,55s 956
amount "hlch was paid for, 2,371 ,424 ,238
Excess of bonus and usury over the
actual debt, $I79134,7lS
Let the laborlng men and tax payers re-
member that out of 50, ,921, 1888, 1874 claimed
by the bondholders they are called upon to
pay 81 $50, ,558, ,956 orabout $3.50, 900, 900 more
than half OF the amount claimed as due them
by the bondholders, not one penny of which,
as Mr.. Voorhees, shows, has ever been re-
ceived by the government.
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
Amount of bonds issued,
Amount paid for them,
Amount of bonus,
Interest paid on bonus,
Interest yet to be paid on bonus,

Amount of bonus and interest on bOr
nus paid and to be paid, for which
the bondholder never paid Il dol
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24
$195,139,55O
122,95T,410
72,1S2,140
11,679,206
132,SS4,95S

My former statements and calculations es-
tablish the following table, as showing the
amount of the peoples obligations which the
bondholders obtained in the creation OF the
national debt each year for nothing-for abb
solutely nothing:
The Republican journal., 1870-02-24

S,254,047
1,095,243
134,s09,617
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36,322,627
4,35S,71G
39,22S,444