davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-11-15

FORTUNES offered to live men. Rare Chance
L Send Stamp. Diamond X. Co. Wilmington.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
5fllseelianu.
Value of Apples for Food.

The Western Rural says " There is
scarcely an article of vegetable food more
widely useful and more universally liked
than the apple. Why every farmer ha
not an orchard, where the trees will
grow at all, is one of the mysteries. Let
every housekeeper lay in good supply Of
apples, and it viii be the most economi-
cal investment in the whole range of cul
inaries. A raw, mellow apple is digest
ed in an hour and half, while boiled
cabbages require five hours. The most
healthful dessert that can be placed on
the table is baked apple. 1t eaten fire.
quently at breakfast, with coarse bread
and butter, without of flesh of any kind,
II has an admirable effect on the general
system, often removing constipation, cor
recting acidities, and cooling off febrile
conditions more effectually than the
most approved medicines. Ii families
could ne induced to substitute apples,
sound and ripe,-for pies, cakes and
sweetmeats, with which their children
are too frequently stuffed, there would be
a diminution in the sum of doctors bills
in a single year, sufficient to lay in a
stock of this delicious fruit for the whole
seasons use"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

THE SIEGE OF METz.-THE STAgvA-
TIoN PROCESS. correspondent Of the
London Times with the Prussian army
before Metz, writing on the Goth of Sep
tember, says: On the day MacMahon
was attacted at Sedan, Bazaine made
his sortie near Conrcelles. The attack
was made in the first instance at about
ten at night, and lasted from about ten
till one, when the French we're driven
back, or at least withdrew, with heavy
losses. 1t was renewed again at dawn
on the following day and continued until
nearly eleven A. M. but with this DIFF
ference in result, that the French suffered
on the first. The Prussians lay on the
ground with their knapsacks in front Of
them, over which they fred. The French
had, of course, to advance standing, and
their loss was awful. Conrcelles, as we
in front of it can know, has decided
the fate of Metz. We know that it
must surrender. The Prussians have
set their heart on taking it. They have
only to bide their time till the great
hosts which lie within are reduced to the
level of children; they have only to wait
till, according to the usages of" civilized
war, the women and children in the city
are starved out, and then till the army
is reduced by attenuation to such state
that all the great defences which might
make even towards brave, will become
useless in the hands of famished crowd.
There will be no blood-stained ruins
here, but there will be as bad there will
be houses filled with dead and dying, or
almost empty. and echoing only to the
hollow voice of famine. Heaven forgive
as ril-for as Christian l cannot but
feel thss if Metz is starved it will be
spectacle to shock the world. You have
not seen what l have, you have not seen
the miserble traces of starvation: you
have not seen, as have, what real star
walton is, with all its horrors, not Of
grown men ssaaillR but of women and
little childrSd ave; but yet dread
the day when We shall enter Metz after
it has peen starved. STARVED" in writ
ing or in print is only partciple; think
for second of what it means, deliber-
atel, systematically, skillfully, and by
force to 25O,000 people.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

For THE SAKE OF EMPERoRs AND
KINGS. An English NJ. p, who was
present at the battle of Sedan. writes as
follows
How kindly helpful she poor fellows
were to one another, French and Ger
man alike! g But, Monsieur" asked one
poor Frenchman, are the Prussans
Christians !" Certainly" said |. l
knew he was thinking OF those heathen
Turcos of his. Them" said my poor
friend, breathing heavily Che was badly
wounded in the chest, why do you
kill one another ? !" oh, l replied,
for the sake OF Emperors and Kings.
Don't you know the rest Of US were made
for them !? But he didn't seem to ac-
cept this. I interpreted him to his Ger
man neighbors, and the fire having slack
ened let them to seek the bearers to
carry them off. The one question each
asked was, Tell me. ell me, shall |
die 2" | am not doctor, so l took
refuge in hope for each; but how some
lived a minute l cannot tell One
poor fellow, Bavarian, had been
struck down by bullet just between
the eyes, leaving clean hole as large as
a four-peDny piece, He was lying on
his back, yet l saw him raise himself
deliberately on his elbow, and heard him
distinctly ask me for water. / gave it
him. He drank it, said, Thank you,
thank you" and laid down again. In
the evening when the firing again grew
slack, brought back bearers with
stretchers, and carried off al my poor
friends to the field hospital. | would
not judge where ! am so ignorant, but l
must say think the field ambulances
aud the doctors stay far too much in the
rear, and the bearers-soldiers employed
for the express purpose decline 10 ex-
pose themselves to any considerable dam
ger in carrying off the field wounded
men whose lives may hang on the hours
they are left untended. Moreover, they
habitually leave the wounded to strip
the dead, especially if the dress be an
officers and the pockets promise gain.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A singular fate has befallen the wife
of master carpenter in Berlin. In a
space of eight years she has been made
three times a widow through war. In
the year 1864 her husband was killed at
the storming of Dupel. In 1865 she
agai married a carpenter, whowas call
ed up in 1866, and was killed at Ken-
ggratz, About year ago she again
married carpenter, and he was killed
at the battle of Rezonville on the 2Sth
of August.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
Nancy A. w. Priest.

The recent death of Mrs. A. c. Wake
field, better known as Nancy A. w.
Priest, the author of "Over the River"
has brought out the history of that beau
tiful and tender poem, which has given
her so much fame. The Springfield Re.
publican, in whose columns the poem
first appeared says 1t is an interesting
fact that this poem, now so famous, was
originally written on an old piece of
brown paper, during an hours nooning
at the mill, and then thrown aside and
forgotten, until year later it was acci-
dentally resurrected by the author, in
search for something else. II then oc-
Cured to her that it might be worth
printing, and she accordingly forwarded
it to the Republican, where it first ap-
peared, in August, 1857"
Mrs. Wakefield died at Winchendon,
Mass, at the age of thirty-three. Though
many of the other productions of Mrs.
w ahShSiu l'en pprSSsstu HuCn excel
lence cover The River" haG quite an
exceptional merit, and seems to have
been produced in an hour of inspiration
that was never repeated. Looking back
over our files, we see that the poem was
first printed in August, 1857, when Miss
Priest was twenty years old, and resi-
dent of Hinsdale, New Hampshire; and
though she has never produced anything
so good since, it is not too much to say
that cover the River" alone is sufficient
to give her an enduring name in the an
mails OF American literature. Mrs.
Wakefield leaves husband and two lit
tie children to mourn her loss, and
thousands of persons in all parts of the
country will hear of her death almost
with the sense of personal bereavement.
Would that we could know her thoughts
on the other side Of that river of which
she wrote thirteen years ago, and wheth-
er or not she has met and known those
Of whom she then sa
Somewhere | know on the unseen shore
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me-"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
A Chapter In History.

SAPoLEoNs MEXICAN VENTURE AND
INTRIGUE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
Bayard Taylor, in an article on the
fall OF Napoleon, relates something new
relating to the Emperor's venture in
Mexico and intrigue against the United
States, as follows:
The withdrawal of England and Spain
from the expedition was so quietly and
respectfully accomplished that the good
understanding Of France with these ma
tons was not disturbed. The French
army under Bazaine won few easy tri-
umphs in Mexico, and the most possible
was made out of poor Maxmillian's
temporary investure with the purple.
Napoleon was shrewd enough to see that
the success of the undertaking depended
on that of the South, and he probably
made, in the whole course of his reign,
no such desperate exertions as during
the latter half of 1862, to induce Eng
land to unite with France in an armed
intervention. A member Of one of the
reigning families of Europe and an in
innate acquaintance of Napoleon III.
assured the writer of this article of the
fact just stated. He declared that, in
the fall of 1862 the Emperor had said
to him, at :he same time rubbing his
hands in great satisfaction cat last
things are arranged to my liking-Eng-
land will intervene in the American
question" His plan was, as we have
learned from sources which cannot yet
be given, to institute joint interference
in such form that France could with
draw at the critical moment Gas England
had done in Mexico,) and thus Eng
lands paw be used to haul the French
or rather, the Napoleonic-chestnuts
from the fire.
Two things baffied this nicely arrang-
ed plan-Abraham Lincoln's proclama-
tion OF emancipation and the steady
friendship of Russia. The moral sup
port Of the English masses and the con-
sequent caution of the English Govern
ment saved the United States from what
was, for short time, very imminent
danger. Napoleon Ill hesitated, until
the proper time for his action had
passed, and England had more reason
for congratulation than her people are,
perhaps, even now. aware of. The end
of the Mexican business was the severest
blow which the dynastic system had re-
ceivee since the French Revolution. The
divinity of hereditary rules, instead of
being strengthened, was again tragicaily
shaken; and henceforth another bloody
ghost was added to the thousands which
already haunted the Tuileries.
We may here remark en- PEASANT that
during our four years OF war, Mr.. Sew
ard gave no intimation of the danger
which menaced us from the side of
France. Although be could but have
been acquainted with the facts, he stead
lily ignored them; but the further nego-
tiations by which he brought about the
withdrawal of the French army from
Mexico, went far to atone for this ap-
parent Indifference The necessity of
such withdrawal was Of course recog-
nized by the Emperor after Lees surren-
der, and the only question was how it
should be accomplished without COM
promising the dignity of France.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A congregation in Wisconsin was al.
most driven to the brink of despair, on
Sunday last, in consequence of the un.
explained absence of the pastor, when
the sexton rose in his seat with awful
solemnity and said /" There has been a
duplex arrival of the mail. Onr worthy
shepherd has two little lambs added to
his flock. Twins, brethren, twins. Let
us pray"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

One of our popular preachers says :
| have great hope of wicked man :
slender hope of mean one. A wicked
man may be converted and become a
preemiEent saint. A mean man ought
to be converted six or seven times, one
right after the other, 20 give him fair
start and put him on an equality with a
bold wicked man.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
Over The River.
BY NANCY a. ". PRIEST,

bA NANNY A. W. fhltS1'
Over the river they beckon to me,
Loved ones who've crossed to tie further side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes i see,
But their voices lost in the dashing tide.
There one with ringlets Ot sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heavens own blue
He crossed il he twilight gray and cold.
And the pale mist hid him IRON mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there.
The gates of the city, we could not sec,
Over the rlYer-Oye er the river
My brother stands waiting TO welcome me,
Over the river the boatman pale
Carried another, the household pet
Her brown eurls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie / see her yet.
She crossed on ner bosgm her dimpied hands.
And fearlessy entered the phantom barque,
efel it ide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the further sitle,
Where all the ramsoned and angels be
Over The rlyer--Ihe my site river
My childhood's idol is waiting for me.
For none return from those quiet shores
w no cross vita the boatman cold and pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And watch for CLEAN Of the snowy SAIL
And 10 they have passed from yeaTning heart
Who cross TIE stream, and are gone for aye
We may not sunder the veil apart,
That hides from vision the gates of day
We only know that their barques no more
May sail with us Ger LIES stormy sea
Y ct somewhere. / know, on the unseen shore,
They watch, and Dech0n, and wait for me.
And / sit and think, when the sunsets gold
lis flushing river and hill and shore.
shall one day stand by the water cold.
And list for the sound of the batman's oar
shall watch for a CLEAN Of the Tapping sail.
shall pass from sight with the Doatnan pale
To the better shore of the spirit land
shall know the loved who have gone before;
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be.
When over the river-the peaceful river
The angel of death shall carry me.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,
poftru,
Autumn.


BY DR.. sELAH GRIDLEY.
Hail ye signing sons Of sorrow
view with me the autumnal gloom;
Learn from thcnceyour fate To- morrow.
z, DEAD, peahaps laid in tomb,
see all nature, fading, dying,
oHcht, all thtngs seem to mourn
Liie from vegetation flying,
Clll to mind the mouldering urn.
Nations die by dread Bellona,
Through enraged tyrannio kings,
JIst IKE plants in pale Pomona,
ran TO rise in future springs
M0urntul scenes, when vegetation
:, Dles by frost, or worms deyOur-
Doubly mourniul when nation,
Dies by neighbOring nations power.
Death and war my mind depresses,
Autumn shows me my decay
calls TO mind my past distreSses,
warns me Of my dying day.
Autumn gives me melancholy,
Strikes detection through my soul
hhlle 1 mourn my former folly,
waves OF sorrow Ger me roll.
Lo! hear the air resounding
with expiring insects cries
An their moans. to me, how woundiug,
Emblem of my wretched sghs.
Hollow winds about are roaring,
Noisy waters O'er me rise;
While l sit my faith depluring
Tears fast streaming from my eyes.
" hat to me are autumn's treasures,
Slnee L know no earthly joy
LSsi!s We lost all youthful pleasures,
lime must youth and health destroy,
Treasures once foundly courted,
ehared each bliss that youth bestows
But TO see where once | spurted,
Now embitters ali my woes.
Age and sorrow since have blasted
Every youthful, pleasing dream
Quiyering age with yOuth contrasted,
y, how snort thy glOTies seem
AS the autumual frosts are cropping
Leaves and tendrils from the trees
50 my friends are yearly dropping
Through old age and dire disease.
Former friends. o. oft I've sought 'em
just to cheer my dropping mind,
But they're gone like leaves in autumn,
Driven before the dreary wind;
W nun "a lew more years are was ed -
hen lew more springs are o.6r,-
When few more gfiets I've tasted,
! shall rise TO fall no more.
Fast my sun Of life declining;
soon twill set III endless night
But my hopes, pure and refining.
Rest IN future life and light
Cease this tearing. trembling, signing,
Death W IL break the suilen gloom
Soon my spirit huttering flying,
Must De borne beyond the tomb.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

An old farmer said to one of sons -
" Boys, don't you ever speEelate, or wait
for suthin to turn up. You might jest
as well go an sit down on stone in the
middle of medde-, with pail atwixt
your legs, an wait for a COW to back up
to you t. be milked
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A journal asks what is the difference
between . soldier and a fashionable
young lady? and replies, "One faces
the powder, and the other powders the
face"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A Wisconsin editor was called out of
bed one night to receive a subscription.
After that he sat up nights for over
week, but the offence want repeated.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A Michigan census taker came across
a man who had been married five years
but had never inquired his wife Chris
tian name. He always called her Say"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

A paper tells of note shaver" who
keeps the trunk containing his securities
near the head of his bed, aud lays awake
to hear them draw interest.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21

In Ohio . family has been found
where the first son is named Implmis,
the second Finis, and the three ethers
Appendix, Addendum. and Er1osun!
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
Estate of Rufu. Lawrence.

STATE OF VERMONT. The Probate Court
DISTRICT or WESTMINSTER ss. for the District OF
Westminster: To all persons interested in the estate
9f Rufus Lawrence late of Windham. in said district
deceased GREETING.
N0U are hereby notified that Martin r; Lawrence
Administrator Of the estate of said Rufus Law
renee. has filed in said Court his application IN writ
ing. setting FORTH that said Rufus Lawrence. died
tiezed Of certain real estate situate in lndha IN
said District. and described as follows Consisting
Of farm containing about one hundred and sixty
acres. and bounded North by lands of Levi Howard
and William Harris. East by lands of one Cook aud
one Pierce. South by highway leading from Grafton
70 said Windham and on the " est by lands OF one
Rhodes and one Bemis. And further setting forth
that it would be beneficial to the heirs and those IN
ieresed in said real estate. TO have the same sold
hy reason of a portion of said heirs being minors
and praying for license to sell the same either NJ
private sale public auction, And You are further
notified that said Court will decide to the grant
ing of said license at session Of said Court TO be
held at the Inn of Francis Phelps. in Grafton; IN
said District. on the first Wednesday of November
a ID: 1870 at which time you may be heard IN the
premises If you see cause.
C. D. EDDY. REGISTER.
Oct 7th. lS-n i-is
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
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 at any agency in the country
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-21
PEERLESS
First Grand Prize Medal
AWARDED
PRATT & WENTWORTH.
FOR TUE CELEBRATED
f" PEERLESS" COOKING STOVE
AT The
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE,
Paris, 1867
The Best Cooking Stove Ever Made
FOR COAL AND WOOD
No. n, s, s! and 8.
Win yyi,hou, Ex,,u,,on IT,,

The PEERLESS" has all the advantages of the
popular stoves in use together with such NEW FEA-
4thE5 as justify the manufacturers in calling il the
BEST COOKING STOVE in the market
II Is the Peerless because ii Is superior 70 NH
other Cooking Stoves in Economy. Simplicity Clean
llness, Baking. Roasting and Beauty.
.ist' EcoNOAY.-A patented method of heating the
alr ana conveying 1t through the oven saves from
twenty TO thirty per cent of fuel.
"a; sIMPLlCITY.-It is easily managed The fre
can be perfectly controlled and kept through am n
tire season without rekindlinR.
"a. CLEANLINEss.-No dust escapes while shaking
or dumping the CRATE.
4th. BAKiSG.-Itsfarge oven wherein all parts are
ol equal temperature, bakes as evenly as a brick
oven and that without turning the article Ii bakes
quickly
5th RoAsTING.-A current Of hot air constantly
passing through the oven, thoroughly yentilates
1t that 4 roasts as well a tin kitchen.
oth BEAUTY.-Made of the best iron IL will not
crack, Well moulded, artistically designed and
smoothly cast u Is the most beautiful as well as the
most serylceablc Stove in the market
claimed for it. ' "
In all the requisites of frst-cass Cook Stove the
Peerless as its name indicates has no equal in the
market.
PRATT & WENTWORTH,
MANUFACTURES,
ST, SO and 81 North ST.. Boston.
I. p. HADLEY,
Agent for Rockingham and Westminster and also
Walpole, N. II. As
New-York tribune., 1870-04-12

0gG Wbie and sTeS7 Dounc Erirs Chiefly al thc
qpoaronL Wheat IN nodeTSe demand es 500 bush No
Csb 81 and bush Choice White 81 IS
Com seaiv sa 800 bush ~ o. Rye esdv sales bush
Canada voc, Com Meal - Is for hotel Is
bei fCw Mee n goOi demand Shoris 420; shsiu $50
49, MtdhRg s9e "a Y un. quality Railroad Freghts-
Flour Boston, New York Soc Albany and
Nifee Boston SC 10 York IS So TO Alhnv
tun. Lake Imports Ia 100 bush. Wheat
BrTrt1 llrzfn In store and sfoa here Wheat S~O
bush Corn 1900 bush 0a 1000 bush Rye 800 bush Barley
1000 Peas y 900 bush Rye Malt AoO bush CITY Ground
and Rye. Barley aud Peas dull
rny unchanged Corn bm and small sales Od at 10
.tor, sni the track PORK end Lard nacue seeds
srn; bur tte doing Highwines dull and nominal st 81
PHILADELPHIA CATTLB MARKBT-Aprl II.
Cattle demand this a. fal pce sales 800 b1rs
l0dlNsc; bdt
607tc Sheep demand sales 1000 Eli
he'd firmly sales +l2 500 l3 or sop SiJ "a
Sl4 for cornfeL
New-York tribune., 1870-04-12
n0NFsT1c NARKETs-

bAL7isoEE Apr ll-Cotton MiEBg 23c Flour rrr ,.
all decreasing Howard Street sUperhue IS. E,.,,
90 20 d. Family 90 = a. City Mik Superan- ID q "a
EIda 80 90 -t d. kahy, 20 75H 90 IS Westsr suts4
" 20 Co. EItrA, - "a - %. 90 Fanlr 500 - IS
- t'e Pun wanna Rel ~ 5od ? 2; Prime Choe. Mar.
ks1 2 90 : 45 Corn active; W1ts, 81 0S0 YeIo.
s."o q ~ OaE STEADY 6Ja64c Mos Pork , p Br
I've aud sfvaneng RIO h i'ic Clear Sdes l6ic Shoud
.-s A-Ia, IsQzOc LaIl Ira al ltio Hhssy du 05a
rsADELFnIA April lCot0n STOCK very ssroe. Mddlne In
A'A s6Q - p Fs1seet ~ % Flour s active hut
lTn sSIertns - "a ~ a. Extras 81 s. l2I srrng
& hrra Family, IS zso IS Is; P-nnSyivsna DO. J
- AZ ncala. - 15d 80 p; bsUcy.
- sho seal Red 81 Bd ~ 80 Rye oammznds Corn
40 Yellow, 81 Ca II 10 Oats dull; Peuusi ivauia
80 F-isOeun quiet Cne lsc.; Redu~ 2y 05se Grac-res
l. ste Provisions frn; Mes Fork, Sz70&N LAM
hA.sty Inactive 81 : u o. for rOl-,ound.
NNeAsArI. Apn uF1Ouf fna- F.uly s5 5d - i0 Wheat
h. :. T. Com trm 81 s7oSe.. the hter Prime
- Osts sfvaBeng and sales 5faCc Rye
'sAoef Z5d Is with sses Bak Meats-sloulles n
= oe he'd lOzc. sies held l5ic for RID ~ dlse for Clear
E - ear with szs Bacon shOaiden He sides Isl
h CsaI Ilo .nd CeI Latter held t. higher, LAli held
soen ohsf l5tc fg KEITH KKehsngc srm al par bayng
~ 'iLlE April u.-COtt0n fTmer Mdfhng y, Flour IS
- 81 % ~ ~ Corn sSe Oa &c. bye Ac P0rk. &l8
gl- - if st0lhefsi 10 btc 0T Se Bul hez-loie. or
rsifn " 2ls- IN sslea H ls Laid. l6so- RLsky
- % Ioteec9 - Ve ssles 10 hb1s 81 - 50N ~
- spa 4-Flou ulehaHgcd. What dahl aud znehAnred.
idzei No J. o4c No G3. st.dg No. I, sc
-is hei1ts-l foo b1 Wheat % c0rn- nhipsa
.-l- f0ur 6.0e basa Wheat
= s Ap1i il-R0uf IL hocre teuau. slles if0 bils AZ
." 4 1of No sSa4i ssQ 20 z5 ior Amber @isle 90 90