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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05

THB Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Ledger writes on Oct, 8 "a. .The
Treasury Department has made little
development which reflects somewhat on
the honesty of Senator Morton, Of Indiana
When Morton was Governor he made cer-
tain contracts for sanitary supplies for his
State troops in the Western army, which
accounts were shortly after paid BY the
ouartermaster General. In the settling of
the State account with the general govern
ment, these accounts were found charged
up and were again paid. This little game
has been now discovered, and steps will be
Immediately taken to inquire into the course
Of this lrreg'ilarity"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05
GERMANY.
The War on the Pope nnd

The War on the Pope and the Jesuits.
DARNsTADT, Oct. A meeting of
Pedestrians representing Germany is now
being held in this city 10 discuss the condi-
ton Of the Protestant religion in Germany.
A declaration has been adopted setting
forth first that il is the interest of Germany
to oppose Pspal infallibility; second, that
the dogma is inimical to the sovereignty OF
the State, the liberties of the people and de-
structive IF that freedom Of consctencs
which Is the b. SIS of pure religion; third
that the establishment Of the order oi
J, ius must he prohibited,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
CONGRESS-.
Second Days Proceedings.
Discussion Of the Constitution Report
ed BY the Committee.

The Congress was opened yesterday at
9:45 A. NJ.
DELEGATES.
The following additional delegates were
present at the meeting:
]. NJ. p. Nolon. st. Louis; NJ. d. Hurt,
Jackson, Tenn; Gov. Robt. Patton and A.
G. Owen, Alabama; Judge John ID. Robert
son, Louisiana; z. j. Lemoyne, Pennsylya-
MIA; John Mcdowell and Yossil H. Hard
ing, Washington County Agricultural So
ciety, Pennsylvania; Col. Cooper, Georgia;
Hunter Nicholson, Tennessee Agricultural
College, Knoxville; Joseph Brooks, Tennes-
see Central Fair Association, Muir
freesbOro; Z. II. Lewis, Secretary Of
Farmers Club, Marion county, Tenn;
William Paine, James II. Hughes, Samuel
Perkins and James 2. johnson, of William
son County Agricultural Association; Hon.
K. NJ. Bugg and II. A. Buford, of Giles
County Agricultural Association; Maj. Geo.
Emack, Hon. Il. W. Casey and Col. NJ. Hill,
of Coffee County Farmers Club; Mr.. j. j.
Cohen, of Rome, Ga; Col. Haynes, of La
fayette, Ind; Vim. P. Lumpkin, of Shelby
county, Tenn; Bickerton Winston, of Al
lensviIle Farmers Club, Ky; W. NJ. Allison,
of Marion County Farmers Club.
INVITATIONS.
The following communication was read
bv the Secretary:
To the President and Members Of the National
Agricultural Congress now in session:
GENTLEMEN: The distinguished honor
is conferred upon the undersigned of ex-
tending to your body individually and col
lectively, an invitation to attend the first
grand Fair of the Atlanta Agricultural and
Industrial Association, which viii begin at
Oglethorpe Park in the city of Atlanta, on
Monday, Oct. 10, and continue FIVE days.
Complimentary tickets will be furnished all
of the members of this meeting who may
favor us with visit, Very respectfully, etc,
j. j. TOoN,
o. II. JONES,
From the Committee on Invitations
Col. Jacob Thompson, President Of the
Memphis Mechanical and Agricultural As
sociation extended a similar invitation TO
the members of the Congress to attend the
Memphis fair.
A committee was appointed TO prepare a
resolution Of thanks, in writing, for the invi-
tations.
L CONSTITUTION.
Gen. W. II. Jackson, Chairman of the
committee appointed to draw up constitu-
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| = Gen. Harding extended an invitation IA
TUE ueiesateS 90 VisU DtTr- -
? O'Clock. A large number signified their
acceptance of the invitation.
\ motion to adjourn was carried.
The convention will meet this morning
at O'Clock.
The following is the Constitution as per-
fected:
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TENNESSEE BoSDs l1ave dropped in New
York to 6pfor both issues. y -

COTTON is in active request in New York
and middling has advanced to 2O4c-. -
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THE
CLOTHING TRADE.


We lace Just opened q
larger &Och; Of Ready-mods
Goods, adapted to the early
FdU and Winter a0ear Of the
Southeast, than ever before,
a0htch a0e a0iU sell Ito mer-
chants Ong) at tie uery
10 VEST EASTERN
PRICES, and a0e earnestly
Unite buyers to call and er-
anime oar Stock. sre ssfaaEz
Particular attention is call
ed to or Nea0 Styles Of Salts.
These Goods haze been con-
cecled By all aoho haze cram
ined them, superiority in
make, color and finish, aud
aoiU sati$ty a2y one that, at
the prices at aOhtch zoe offer
them, they are tie cheapest,
By far, Of any an THIS market.
A full line Of Bearer y.
Coats and Gnna Clothing on
sale. Orders carefully filed.
BOLIVAR H. COOKE & Co..
NASHVILLE, TENN
B. II. COOKE,
j. p. WHITE. -
IKm'erOOmS No. 20 Public
Square. -.-
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UNION AND AMERICAN.

- GOLD Is weak in New York, opening
yesterday at ia, andsseIiing down to easfs
but closing with arally to 11356114. -
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05
ROCHESTER,.

w&@J2A2 1ElSs oA'A
The Democratic State Convention.
Opening Speech of Sam. J. Tilden.
Tammany Gracefully WithdraWs.
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ANNUAL FAIR g< GU
v- OF THE r.r
tennessee Agricultural and Mechanic
Association.
Immense Turnout Of the People.
Fully I2.OOO Persons ON the Grounds.
Tennessee the Winner Of the 81 900
Purse.
= Great Enthusiasm over the Race.
ANNUAL FAIR
ALast of Premiums Awarded.

E Great Enthusiasm over the Race.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05

And will md il 10 their interest ~ examine same
before purchasing elsewhere.
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ssa.eLEesa= ere-=s,sIa-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-05

Gen. W. II. Jackson, Chairman Of the
committee appointed to draw up constitu-
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
5fliscellanu.
A Brief History of Long Branch

A Brief History of Long Branch.
Long Branch takes its name from a
brook, branch of the Shrewsbury river.
In the year 1898 the place was inhabit
ed by Indians, and was styled Lands
End. About that time four men, named
respectively Parker, Sloeum, Wardell
and Hawlett came from Rhode Island
and established settlement there. A
considerable portion of the land which
they obtain continued in the possession of
the Slocums until thirty years ago, and
some of the land warrants are still in ex-
istence. A few years later other hardy
settlers from neighboring provinces
bought land in Long Branch at twenty
shillings an acre, built dwellings and oc-
cupied themselves with farming and fish,
ing. II now embraces population OF
four thousand FIVE hundred.
The Liberty Pole is the name given to
the village, from flag staff erected
there during the war of 1872, while the
coast portion, upon which the cottages
and hotels are located, is known as the
Shore, fronting the ocean. Land pur-
chased at the edge of the village by Mr..
Samuel Laird, in 1868, for $3.50 an acre,
was sold for $4,000 in 1870, soon after
the Burlington Pathway was opened.
The first hotel erected at long Branch
was the Ocean House. There are now
accommodations for twenty thousand
people. Three years ago Blythe Beach,
south of the present West End Hotel,
comprised only farming lands. To-day
it is laid out as park, with new roads
from seventy to one hundred feet wide,
and beautiful sites for cottages. Of these
there are now two hundred.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

FROM POLE TO PoLE-A merchant
going ho ne elevated, staggered against
telegraph pole. Beg your pardon"
said he, " | hope no offense. It's rather
dark, and the street is so narrow, you
see, In few moments he came in con-
tact with another pole. Couldn't help
it, sir, said he lifting his hat; Il never
saw such crooked lanes as we have in
this city!" Again he ran against pole,
this time with force that sent him back
ward to the ground. "Look here, neigh
Dor, you needn't push a fellow down be-
cause he happens to touch you: the road
is as much mine as yours, and have as
much right to be here as you have, you
old stick in the mudW He picked him
self up, aud made another effort to reach
home, but he soon came plump against
another pole. i shan't make any more
apologies said he; if you get into
the middle of the street and stand in my
way, that your lookout, not mine" Pro-
ceeding on his journey again, and be-
coming dizzy, he seemed to be entangled
in an inextricable labyrinth Of telegraph
poles, which led him to make general
speech. Gentlemen you are not doing
the fair thing. You do not give mana
chance. You run from one side of the
street to the other, right in my way"
just then he met a friend, and taking
him by the hand, he said: There is q
procession going along the street, and
every man is drunk they have been
running against call the way. knock
ed one of the fellows down, and one of
the fellows knocked me down, and then
a lot of them got around me, and | be-
lieve they would have whipped me with
in ali inch of my life, if you had not
come to my rescue. Let us 90 out of
the street before the procession comes
back, for they are all drunk"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

10 a certain cemetery in town in
Connecticut can be found lot contain
ing FIVE graves, one in the centre, the
Others near by at the four points of the
compass. The inscriptions on the latter
read, respectively, after the name of the
deceased: "My l Wife, My ii Wife, "
{" My III Wife" My ~ Wife," while
the centre stone bears the brief but elo-
ouent expression, Our Husband"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

How TO KEEP WATER CooL.-Wa-
ter can be kept cool for drinking in
warm weather by the following method:
Get fresh water let it be kept in an un-
glazed earthern ware pitcher, wrapt
around with two or three folds of coarse
cotton cloth kept constantly wet. The
theory of cooling water in this manner
is the absorption of heat from it by the
evaporation of the moisture in the cot
ton cloth-expansion produces cold, COM
preston heat.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
Earthouakes In America.

Eighteen years after the pilgrim faith
ers landed on Plymouth rock they expe-
rienced their first New England earth
quake. This was in 1888, and was very
severe, so much SO as to throw persons to
the ground Since it occurred down to
the year 1850 one hundred and forty
nine earthquakes are registered as hav-
ing been experienced in these Eastern
States, of which 40 happened in winter,
16 in the spring, 32 in summer and 46
in autumn, while of Is the year only is
stated. Nearly twice as many have oc-
Cured in winter and autumn as in spring
and summer. In these cooler latitudes
the severest earthquakes take place in
cool or cold weather, a rule that in the
tropical countries is reversed. The shock
of November Is, 1855, was very severe.
Let this shock be repeated" writes w.
I. Brigham, and half Boston would be
destroyed and the loss Of life would be
terrible" 1t came near being repeated
October 20, 1870.
New York and Philadelphia have new
er experienced one of these convulsions
in any considerable degree of severity.
But the site of Montreal, Quebec, Cin-
cinnati and Chicago has in time past
been fearfully shaken. The extraordi-
nary visitation of the winter of 1868
convulsed all Canada in most surpris-
ing manner. 1t lasted six months, and
shook ownmountains, turningthe course
of rivers, and made havoc of the whole
land. In the valley of the Mississippi,
the first shock on record is set down for
1776. Others occurred in 1881, 1895
and 1886. Then in 1904 one took place
near the site of the city of Chicago, and
of such severity that should it be repeat
ed the city would suffer terribly. In
1911, Nov. 16, began an earthquake Of
which a writer in the Atlantic truly
says: Since human history began, the
earth has rarely been shaken by more
tremendous convulsion." Its repetition
would endanger the safety of all our
Western cities. Some writer affirms it
to have been as severe as the great shock
that destroyed Lisbon in 1865. The seat
of the disturbance was at New Madrid,
fifty miles below the mouth of the Ohio
river. Here, from Nov. 16 to Dec. %,
over sixty-seven shocks were counted -
them the enumerator ceased counting for
very weariness of the trembling task
At Cincinnati, over one hundred shocks
were counted. AT Colum bia, S. c., plas-
ter fell from the ceilings, while the bells
of Charleston wore rung by the rocking
steeples. Washington was alarmed by
the seismic thro5s. On the Mississippi
valley, the ground rose and sank in aw-
full waves, and split into chasms one or
two hundred feet in depth. This remark
able earthquake reached from the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic ocean, and
lasted full two years, the. movements
never ceasing until 1878.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED YEARS IN THE
OvEN.-One house in Pompeii had evil
IDENTIFY been in state of repair when
the volcano-storm buried it. Painters
and decorators and cleaners were masters
of the situation. The household gods
were all in disorder, and the family, if
not out of town, must be undergoing
that condition of misery which spring
cleanings and other like infections inev-
itably entail. Painters pots and brush
es and workmens s tools were scattered
about. Tell-tale spots of whitewash star
ed the wall and floor. Such domestic
implements as pots and kettles had been
bundled up in corner all by themselves
and the cook was nowhere. Dinner,
however, had not been forgotten. A SOL
ltary pot stood simmering (if itaever did
simmer on the stove. And (start not,
for it is true,) there was bronze dish in
waiting before the oven, and on the dish
sucking pig all ready to be baked. -
But the oven was already engaged with
its full complement of bread. So the
sucking pig had to wait. And it never
entered the oven, and the loaves were
never taken out till after sojourn Of
seventeen hundred years. They had been
cooking ever since November 80, A. D.,
70. M. Fiorelli has them now in his
museum at Pompeii, twenty one Of them
rather hard, of course, and black, but
perfectly preserved.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

WHAT WE SHOULD EAT.-Those who
expect to think, says the chronological
journal, should not eat much food which
simply produce warmth and fat, such as
ham, fat pork white bread, butter, rice,
tapioca and starch. These contain very
little phosphate food, being carbonace-
Gus.
The proper food for laboring men
we mean those who have to exercise mus
cular strength chiefly should be that
which contains the greatest amount OF
nitrogen. Among these barley and
cheese stand high. The red flesh of the
OK or sheep and unbolted bread are the
leading articles. Men who train prize
| fighters seem to understand much better
than others how to build up physical
strength and endurance. When their
battle or their race is ended, they lay
aside their unbolted bread and fruit, their
lean beef and mutton, and fall into their
old habit of liquor-drinking and of eating
starch bearing articles, such as rice, fine
bread, pudding, with fat meat and but
ter, and they soon become as fat and
| lazy as the carbonaceous articles can
make them.
If man wants to stand the cold he
may eat buckwheat cakes with butter,
syrup, fat pork and white beans but let
him look out when hot weather comes
for bilious fevers, pimples on the face
and rank smell of the whole system,
and muddy, dirty complexion. Men
living at the north pole, OF near it, can
drink fish oil by the quart, or eat pounds
of cake tallow, and the cold climate will
burn it out; but in warm or temperate
regions the food should be so selected as
to furnish nourishment for muscle, bone,
brain, and warmth in proper proper
| tions.
The student should eat articles which
are pretty largely charged with phos-
pilates or brain food the laborer, those
articles containing nitrate or food for
muscle; aud those who are much expos
ed to cold, but not required to exert
muscular strength, that kind of food
which is largely chared with carbonates
or heat produces.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
: Paddle Your own Canoe. -

Up this world and down this world.
And over this world and through.
Though drifted about.
And tossed without,
Still paddle your own canoes"
What if the breakers rise up ahead.
With dark waves rushing through.
More steadily try
With steadfast eye
To paddle your own canoe"
If hurricane rise in the midnight sky.
And the stars are lost TO view.
Glide safely along.
" it'll smile and song,
And paddle your own canoe"
Never give up when trials come
Never grow sad and blue;
Never sit down,
With q tear or frown.
But paddle your own canoe"
There are daises springing along the shores,
Blooming and sweet for you ;
There are rose hued dyes
In the autumn skies
Then paddle your own canoe"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
Poetry,
The Unlucky Lovers.
A TALE OF JAPAN.

Fanny Foo-Foo was Japanese girl
child of the great IycoQni
She wore her head bald. and her clothes were
:, Half petticoat half pantaloon
Her face was the color Of a lemon peel
And the shape of a tablespoon.
A handsome chap was Johnny Hi-Hi.
And he wore paper muslin clothes
His glossy black hair on the top of his head
>, In the form Of shoe brush rose;
His eyes slanted downward. as If some chap
Had savagey pulled his nose.
Fanny Foo-Foo loved Johnny HILL
And when in the usual style
He popped she bushed such deep orange tinge
You'd have thought shed too much bile
III II hadn't been for her slant-eyed glance
And her charming wide-mOuthed smile.
And oft in the bliss of their newborn love
Did these little pagans stray
All around in spots, enjoying themselves
In u strictly japanese way;
She bowling a song to a one-stringed Lutte
On which she thought she could play;
Often he'd climb to a ladders high top.
And quietly there repose,
As he stood on his head and famed himself
While see balanced him on her nose;
Or else she would get in pickle tub.
And be kicked around on his toes.
The course of true love, even in Japan,
Often runs extremely rough;
And the fierce Tycoon, when he heard of this.
Used japanese oaths so tough
That his courtiers hair would have stood on end
If only they'd had enough.
80 the Tycoon buckled on both his swords,
In his pistol placed a wad,.
And went out to hunt the truant pair
With his nerves braced by a tod
He found them enjoying their guileless selves
On top of lightning-rod.
Sternly he ordered the gentle Foo-Foo
TO Come down out OF that there r.,
Then he told Hill 10 go TO place
/ won't say precisely where;
Then he dragged off his child, whose spasms
eyinced
Unusually wild despair.
But the Tycoon. alas was badly fooled,
Despite his pate rnal pains
For John with toothp pick, let all his blood
Out of his jugular veins;
While with back somersoult on the floor
Foo-Foo battered out her brains.
They buried them both in the Tyeoon's lot,
Right under a dogwood tree,
Where they could list to the nightingale and
The buzz of the bumble-bee;
And where the Musketo's sorrOwful chant
Maddens the restless flea
And often at night. when the Tycoon's wife
Slumbered sound a post.
His almon-shaped eyeballs looked on sight
That scared him to death almost
Twas bald headed spectre fitting about
With paper muslin ghost.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

A miller had his neighbor arrested
under charge of stealing wheat from his
mill, but being unable to substantiate the
charge by proof, the court adjudged thai
the miller should make acknowledge
ment to the accused. Well, says he.
" have had you arrested for stealing
my wheat. I" / can't prove it, and am
sorry for it,"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

An ingenious mode of transacting the
duelling business suggested by an En-
glish novelist is, for the combatants to
swallow poison and then toss up for an
emetic.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

A Hoosier having learned somewhere
that the best method of egress from this
life was to shut ones self up and burn
charcoal, he was found the other day
sitting in the center of ten acre lot
near very comfortable fire of that ma.
telial. As he had not put the bss M.
it didn't operate.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

The woman who never owned Bible
supposed she was quoting it when she
greeted her son, who came home to keep
Thanksgiving, in the following words !:
Here comes the fatled calf"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

An Indiana paper notices the death
of an old subscriber, and touchingly
adds: " We are sorry to hear Of the
death of any of our Subscribers who are
prompt about paying us.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

A well known clergyman wittily re-
marked one evening, that in trying to
gain two seconds in getting on and of
trains many men had secured widows
their thirds.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

A Wisconsin editor was called out of
bed one night to receive subscription.
After that he set up nights for over a
week, but the offence was not repeated.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

Old Money Bags says that girl with
an income of three thousand dollars a
year, or more, is always an object of in
terest, because she has so much princi-
pal.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

Books are company and the compa-
ny of bad books is as dangerous as the
company of bad associates, while that of
good books is like that of good men.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

Politeness is but kind feelings toward
others, acted out in your intercourse
with them. We are always polite to
those we respect and esteem.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

These maps are displayed at various
conspicuous points in Washington e. g.,
at the War Department, Capitol. OBJ
servatory, Smithsonian Institute and
office Of the chief signal officer. They
serve also as perfect records ofthe wealth
er for the day and hour indicated on
them, and are bound up in book for
future use.
Every report and paper that reach the
Signal Office is carefully preserved on
file, so that at the end of each year the
Office possesses complete history of the
meteorology of every day in the year, or
nearly $4,000 observations, besides the
countless and continuous records from
its self-registering instruments.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04

A good toast-something rarely found
n boarding houses.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
PIANOS AND ORGANS.

kT,HE Subscriber is agent for WILLIAM p. EMER-
~ SONS (of Boston, celebrated PlANO-FOhFE
IN also for ]. ESTEY & cos. COTTAGE ORGAN
I'D PORTAL BILE MELoDE0N. He viii sell as low
- any one and select every instrument himself thus
iseuring to the purchaser instruments which have
keen examined and are warranted.
n SIDNEY HOLMES.
sGrafton, Jan. 16. 1871.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-04
IRoCERIEs AND PROVISIONS.

SS. CRAGIN. has bought II. A. Cooper's stock Of
focerics and will continue the business at the old
and opposite the depot. Feeling grateful for the
Ast would solicit share of your patronage in the
1ture.
zBellows Falls, Vt. Sept. lst. 1870 96