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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

HENRY CLAY's BIRTHPLACE DESTROY.
ED.-The house in which Henry Clay
was born, near Ashland, Hanover coun-
ty, Va, was destroyed by fire, Friday
1t was more than century old.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

...There is nothing specially new to re-
.pcrt:ef the.war.in Efarrc, unless it be
that Che Gssiuaps ':aie. tightening their
grip afau0a. Paris, having captured one
of the outer forts.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06
8tNaWs:::.fAlls Times,
-.
bellows FALts..JAN. 6, 1871

"A Happy New Year to s.i;,ar readers
May the year upon which, fa,ey now en-
ter prove to them all, cis:.df unprece-
.dented good will and prosperitv
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06
The Marriage LAW.

Some important changes were made
in the marriage laws Of this State by
the last legislature, which may not have
been generally noted for observation.
Those who labor stately within the
State as ministers Of the Gospel or mis-
sionaries, and who, whether residing in
or out Of the State continue to preach
the Gospel and to perform the other du-
ties of their Office, may solemnize the
rite of marriage, as we'll as resident or
dained ministers.
The legal certificate of the town or
city clerk, when recorded, affords full
immunity from ell responsibility now i'm
posed by law on the person who off,
ciates.
No town or city clerk is authorized to
issue the necessary marriage certificate
to any male under twenty .one years of
age, nor any female under eighteen years
of age, without the written consent of
the parent or guardian Of such minors,
if there be any competent to act. The
fee of the town or city clerk is fifty
cents, and not twenty. five, as heretofore.
The certificate is to be issued from and
recorded in the town or city where the
groom resides, or If he is nonresident,
from and in the place where the bride
resides, or in case both parties are non-
residents, then it shall be issued from
the town or city where the marriage is
solemnized.-Free Press.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06


The New TARIFF LAW, passed by the
last Congress, and which it is calculated
VIII reduce the duty from customs about
fifty million dollars year, goes into eff
feet with the new year. 1t adds to the
tree lis. several hundred articles, princi-
pally dyes, drugs and chemicals, and re-
duces the duty on many others, among
them, as the public will be most interest.
ed IN Knowing, tea, coffee and sugar. The
reduction on tea is ten cents a pound
Coo to l5c) on coffee two cents pound
(oc to Be-, and on sugar about one and
one quarter cents a pound (3c to 1ac).
The duty on pig iron is also reduced
out the duty on steel rails is increased
as on few other articles, inclu ding flax
fiax seed, linseed oil and watch mate
rails The new tariff is an improvement
on the old one inasmuch as it is simnler
taxing fewer articles reduces the tax an
some articles of general consumption
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

They have in Indiana spring with
pool sixty feet wide. in which no
sounding. can be found at the depth of
four hundred feet. The stream from 4
turns grist mill.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06
NEW RESTAURANT AND GRO.
Gerry STOREl

THE Undersigned would respectfully announce to
! the public that they have rented and furnished
the store formerly occupied by johnson 4 Rabbit.
AS AN EATING HOUSE
Where they will be ready all times to furnish those
who give them call with meals at reasonable rates
They will also keep hand general assortm emit Of
GROCERIES PROVISIONS. including Pickles
Confectionery. Sugars, Teas. Butter. Cheese. &c Al
so Tobacco Meersehaum Pipes. and variety of Fan
cy Goods. all at as low prices as can be obtained
elsewhere. GEO. BROWN
q. L. MORGAN.
Bellows Falls. July 20. 1870. ~
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

NEW YORK CITY.-New York vipdi.
Gates its claim to be called great city
by the number Of violent deaths it is
able to report as well as in some other
particulars. Last year there we're no
less than 1850 violent deaths in the CITY.
including Al homicides, 112 suicides, and
10y infants found dead in the streets al
iey-ways, rivers, etc. The list also bea rs
testimony to the unusual and long con-
tinued hot weather, as no less than 17s
persons died from the effects of heat
Forty-two persons were run over by the
steam cars in the city limits, So by horse
cars, and % by trucks and wagons The
records of suicide show that shoot;no
and hanging were about equally popu-
lar methods of selfdestruction AMONG
the men, the former slightly predominant
ing, while nearly half the women who
committed suicide took poison.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

John Sullivan of Canaan, N. H..
came home few nights since in bad
temper and logged one Of his sons
Shortly after his two sons, about eleven
and fourteen years of age, seized their
father, bound and gagged him and tax
ing HIM to the barn. hung him up to
dry. He was discovered by his wife in
time to save his life.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!

RUDL0NG with his Lcgions of BOOTS and SHOES
= stu advancing struggling Bootery tatigue ed and
arenched BY the water during the attack on tn
next Ninety days. for an indefinite period Surgeon
lash to be consulted in such cases Mt all times
be sustained and ~ s
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-01-06

=" WITS oIU, WHIIe III Ine
upper story of Halls mill in Lyndon.
was caught by the clothes on an upright
shaft revolving 20 times minute. The
machinery was promptly stopped, and
the boy having had presence of mind
enough TO hug the shaft closely was res
cued without injury. But in moment
more he would have grown dizzy, and
losing his hold been dashed against tim
bers and killed without doubt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

Young America is becoming too impor-
tant TO submit to government, and the
revolutionary ten dency finds in colleges
favorite places of expression. Since the
fail opening at Lafayette College, Easton,
the students to set the faculty at defiance.
Secret meetings have been held, resolu-
tions passed, and few days before
Thanksgiving the faculty were requested
to givetthe Friday and Saturday following
Thanksgiving up to the students to be
observed as holidays. The faculty pro-
crastinated and the other day the students
held another meeting, formally renewed
their request, were refused, declined to
recite, resolved to go home in a body, and
carried out their intention almost unani-
mously. s& et E.@#4' t@'ls l:'a ~,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

a CASE OF CnEERFULNEss IN ADvER-
s1rY.-Mr Charles Lempriere writes TO
he Pail Hull Gasecte about what he saw
in Virginia, thus:
With their houses burned, their cattle
driven off, their fences destroyed, their
black laborers, all gone, all the white
labor migrated, the banks all broken,
and all their money in Confederate
bonds, what can the people do? YVES a
month IN daily communication with one
man who had been educated as we'll as L
had been. He was abide camp through
the War. His house and property were
utterly wasted. He had small shantv
for himself, his wife, and boy, with one
hunchoack negro who refused to leave
them. He worked as an oyster dredger
cheertully, and his wife taught music and
French. She had kept her piano. 1
never heard one murmur from either.
saw hundreds of like cases. They can
not Leave their country, but they welcome
Engllshmen to their hearts as we'll as
their homes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

the meeting house this faculty is not con-
fined is confined to negroes, however, ex-
cepting the gift of laying on of hands,"
which they possess in remarkable degree
as every housekeeper can testify, who has
to keep everything under lock and kew.
Also the power of speaking in unknown
tongues" for the stories they invent to
cover their Deficiencies exceeds all written
languages. | heard southern (rebeD
lady, bemoaning the old times, wishing
for white servants to supply the place of
negroes,no wonder they are not COMPETENT
when they are wholly unacquintcd with
house work.
The trained servants have been scat
tered to the four winds, and their places
supplied with field hands In very few
instances co the family servants remain
with their old masters. They arc rest
less moving set, living on little or moth
ing In summer, and in winter only work
ing long enough to. supply their bare
necessities Will the time ever come
when they Will learn to be provident. 7
trow not
L have conversed with several planters.
on the labor question, and they all agree
IN the testimony, that it is useless to hire
them by the day, month or year, as YOU
do white man, ON farm, they will not
work faithfully, but by scattering their
quarters and giving each family 40 or so
acres to cultivate on shares, they do better.
In this way they can raise their own
pigs and poultry, maintaining their rights
OF ownership, which is the greatest in
centive to labor in white man or black.
But my letter is getting long and tedi-
GUS warning me to reserve remarks ON.
white people, climate, &C., for future
occasion. Respectfully.
III NE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

DRESSED BLACK Hoes.-A cerrcspou-
dent of the Michigan Farmer says: The
principal objection to the Essex and
Berksh shire breed of hogs I find to be their
color. Now, as Youatt justly observes,
this is not even "skin deep" The color
ing matter will be found to be secreted
between the true skin and the epidermis,
or outer skin. If care is taken in scald-
ing black hogs. they can be dressed as
white as any white hogs. It is we'll
known principle that all black substances.
absorb heat. Hence, in dressing black
hogs, the water should not be so hot as
scalding white ones. IF this simple rule
is observed. there will be no difficulty,
in dressing black hogs. Instead Of the
color being any objection, I regard it as
an advantage, for the skin of q black hog
will always be found smooth and glossy,
free from cutaneous eruption, and always
clear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

Miss L. S. Hall, of Hornellsville, Kan,
is quite woman. She started out keep
boarding house, but besides that, bought
and sold real estate, built houses and con-
Quoted various business enterprises. She
was also devoted to literature, writing
for the local and Eastern papers, and we
believe also wrote book. Late years
she has held = position in the Treasury
Department at Washington, occupying,
at one time, the most responsible civil
position ever held by q woman 10 TINS
country. @sa 64a abs eaiiiaa saa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

About 500 Indians are camped on Rock
river, eight or ten miles from Genoseo,
where they are deyoting their time and
energies to catching bullheads and eating
them. atii ks fa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

presented within two years from the time
the tax was paid and that all claims be
barred in the courts after six years from
the date of the payment of the tax.
PENALTIES.
Section a. of the act of july 90, 1868,
should be amended by making the mini
mum penalties smaller, such penalty now
being a fine of ST. 900, with not less than
six months imprisonment The undue
severity Of this punishment would seem
to be obvious as applied to offences Of
carrying on the business of retail or
wholesale liquor dealer, rectifcr, or man
ufacturer of stills. without having paid
the special tax, IN cases where no intent
to detraud exists, the omission arising
from ignorance of the law or other cir
circumstances not fraudulent, yet consti
tutlDg no legal excuse. The practical
effect of providing so disproportionate
punishment for these offences is to dis
courage complaints, defeat convictions,
ana induce suspensions of sentence in
many cases In which some reasonable pun
llshment should be enforced, as we'll to
| vlndicate the law as to secure future com
| pllance with its requirements.
Section 60 Of the act of july Is, 1866,
| page 81 of Compilation of 1867, should
be amended to make it apply to cases
arising under any Internal Revenue act.
AS 1T is now it applies only to offenses
under that act of 1866, and the previous
act 10 which it was an amendm MT. The
Limitation Of amount should be extended
from $500 to $500, as contained in the
parallel provisions of the customs laws.
Mr.. Douglass renews the recommends
ton of early Legislation for the final dis
position Of all lands which have been
acquired or are now owned by the United
States under the direct tax law.
i UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS OF FORMER
COLLECTORS.
/ The complaint which has heretofore
existed of delay in the settlement of ex-
collectors accounts has been, it is believ-
led, entirely removed by the regul atoms
of this office now in force. Prior to April
1870, it appeared that the accounts OF
sixty one ex Collectors had been closed,
which number, however has since been
increased to 434, leaving at the present
lime $50 accounts still open. Of this
number lis have been placed in the hands
of United States attorneys for suit on the
bonds of the delinquent Collectors, the
residue being in course Of adjustments 81
this Office.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21
How BRAVE MAN STOPPED A FIRE

How BRAVE MAN STOPPED A FIRE.
In describing the fire of 1911 in New
York, the Post Of that city says:
"The lofty spires near by of the Brick
Meeting st. Paul's and st. GEORGE
Chapel, cnveloped in the rapidly passing
embers, soon became the special objects
of watchfulness and anxiety. Thousands
ofuplifted eyes, and we doubt not pray
ers, wc1e directed toward these holy tab
ernacles, now threatened with speedy de
struction. And there was cause for fear
Near the ball at the top of the Brick
Church, a blazing spot was seen outside,
and apparent not larger than q mans
head. Instantly thrill of fear evidently
ran through the bosom of the thousand
crowding the park and the wide area of
Catham street
"'What can we do 2 was the universal
question; what in the world can be
done?' was in evelybody's mouth. The
kindling spot could not be reached from
the inside of the tall steeple, nor by lad.
ders outside: neither could any fire en-.
CINE, however powerful, force the water
to that lofty height. With the deepest
anxiety, fear and trembling, all faces
we're turned in that direction. At this
moment of alarm and dread sailor ap.
peared on the roofof the church, and very
soon was seen climbing up the steeple,
hand over hand, by the lightning rod
yes, by the rusty, slender, iron! Of
course the excitement now become most
intense; and the perilous undertaking of
the daring man was watched every mo-
ment, as he slowly, step by step, grasp
after grasp, literally crawled upward, by
means of his slim conductor. Many fears
were expressed among the immense
crowd, watching every inch of his ascent,
for there was no resting place for hands
and feet, and he must hold on Or fall and
perish and should he succeed in reach
ing the burning spot how could he posi-
bly, extinguish it, as water, neither by
hose nor bucket, could be sent to
his assistance
"'But where there is a will there is a
way. says the old maxim, and it was at
this fearful crisis be reached the kindling
spot, and firmly grasping the lightning
rod in one hand, with the other he re
moved the tarpualin hat from his head,
and with 1t literally, blow after blow,
thick, strong, and anceaslng, extinguish-
ed or beat out the fire Shouts of JOY
and thanks greeted the noble fellow, as
he slowly and safely descended to the
earth again Tho odd Brick was thus
preserved from the great cenfagration of
that Sunday morning. Our hero quickly
disappeared in the crowd, and 1t was
said Immediately sailed abroad, with the
favorable wind then blowing A reward
was offered for the person who perform
ed this, generous act; but is said that
some irnpostor passed himself of for the
real hero, and obtained the promised
amount" s# @+'- ..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-12-21

Mr.. Douglass recommends that the
Commissioner be prohibited from con-
sidcring or allowing any claim for the
refunding of taxes alleged to have been
illegally collected, unless such claim be
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

THE DOUBLE BABY-Thc Ohio double
headed, triple-limcd, quadruplc-armcd
babe is prospecting finely, notwithstand-
ing reports to the contrary. Learned
physicians and surgeons who have Wis
tied this wonderful freak of nature"
claim that it will eventually walk, and
its prospects for living are as favorable
as those of any child of the same age
The. Mount Gilead Register says: 1--WE
had the pleasure Of seeing this child
Tor chlldren) on Tuesday of last week.
The features of one is more than ordi.
aarily handsome, and the other ordina-
rIlly good looking, and both are very
Intelligent When we entered the
house, one end of it (the child) was
crying Justify, and the limb belonging
to 1t was kicking around quite lively,
while the other end was sleeping sound
ly.. In a short time both ends were
sleeping, and few moments later both
ends were awake. e
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

\ CUmoUs CusToM-It was the Gus
tom in Babylon, five hundred years be
fore the Christian era, to have all All
nhal auction of the unmarried ladies'
In every year, on a certain day. each
district assembled all It's virgins o.
manageable age The most leautifuI
were put up first, and the man who
paid the highest price gained posses.
sion of her. The second in personal
charms followed her, and SO on, SO that
the bidders might CRAFTY themselves
with handsome wives according to the
length of their purses. There may yet
remain in Babylon some for whom no
money was offered, but the providcnt
Babylonlans managed that. When all
the comcIy ones are sid, the cricr or.
'dcrs the most dcformcd one to stand
up, and after demanding who will mar.
Try her for small sum. she is adiudrcd
to him who is satisfied with the least,
and in this manner the money raised
from the sale of the handsome serves
as portion to those who are either Of
dlsagrccable looks, or that have any
other impertection.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

looking down on Danl a long time, ana "a
at last he says: II do wonder what IN
the nation that frog throwed OFT tor 1.;,,1l
him. hi n he pears to look mighty bagg Sy
and 'potgutted, somehow and then he
took Danl by the nape of the neck and
lifted him up and says, Why, blame e
my cats if he don't weigh five pounds aa.E,
and then he turned him upside down,
when the shotrun from him in stream
and ratified on the floor like hail on =
dry hide. After he had !, poured cure . aSeut
a double handful of shot he SAID: :" ell,
I I dose see pertickeler pint :. about :, this
frog-about pint of shot, and t then Sa
he were the maddest man you ever be,
held, He'd dropped on the trick; and
he took after that Teller, but he never
cotched him.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19
.orurre LEFT BUT HIS BOOTS.

| An old man, not HvlnS .i1 =
AL; AN o from NV Washington, delights IN
lln.t;na so 81 much as telling anecdotes
Of l,' his pioneer life to the people III III, h;s
town where he resides, and thousn I ho
LIVES etml are not always strictly true, ne
t san. ~ them with such an air oil tru'n
that his hearers find it hard to question
MS o r' one occasion, when he had gath
ored q little audience about him, on !, .
p Ilte stoop. he was more than usually
Sn;r;ted in his descriptions OF hunting
scenes. probably for the bcneiiI OF .
stranger present, who manifested 10
surnr;se whatever at anything ne heard
though he listened attentively::
The story-teller, whose name Is brow ,
Glanced at him several times niue
aancasily, but he could not gather from
the expression of his face anything 10
encourage him to proceed. Not VIII
inc. however to give him up as a stu
MD fellow, he made another attempt
and related that he had at one time
killed six wolves with one rifle shot,
from the window of log cabin III the
woods, and that he had the six skulls
at home to prove it.
Il remember the place" SAID the
stranger, now quite worked up.
Wasn't il about mile from where
Jack Pelton's farm is nowW
Just So" said Brown.
Exactly" said the stranger, and
want to tell Of a curious thing that
happened TO me in that very cabin.
! was out OH hunting expedition, and
somehow got separated from my com
pany, aud stopped there over night,
for il was So dark that | could not see
the way TO 20. barred the door and
windows, and felt quite safe, though !
could hear the wolves howl OH the
outside"
1--we heard them hundred times
said Brown, quite interested.
Well" continued the stranger Il
slept soundly until three o'clock in the
morning, when was awakened 10y
dozen or more wolves coming down
the chimney, and SIR. DO YOU really
believe nc. they pulled me To pieces
and ate me up in precisely two minutes
every bone Of me, nothing left bu,
my boots.
do you mean Ia say that the wolves
ate You upy" asked Brown. late You
up, cntircly?-
Il DO. sir; all but the boots: and I've
the boots at home 10 prove it,"
We'll, said Brown, amid the shouts
of the audience, and with curious,
half sold expression OH lis face, "all |
have TO say is ihat--that needs proof
II * said that Brown has lost all rel.
ish for stories not strictly true"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

Coon ADvIcE.-Spurgeon sententlous
Ily expresses a number OF thoughts
worth remembering" III the following
appropriate sentences, which he pub
fishes as "advice gratis"
Nobody is more like an honest mai
than thorough rogue.
When YOU see man with a great
deal of religion displayed in his shop
window, you may depend upon 1t he
keeps a small stock of it within.
10 not choose your friend by his
looks: handsome shoes often pinch the
feet. @.st
Do not be fond Of compliments; re
member THANK you, pussy, and thank
you, pussy" kill the cat.
Don't believe the man who talks the
most, for mewing cats are seldom good
mouSers.
By no means put yourself in another
PERSONS power. If you put your thumb
between two grinders they are very
apt 10 Dlte.
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign
nothing without reading it, and make
sure that it means no more than 1t says.
Don't go to law unless you have moth
ing to lose; lawyers houses are built
on fools heads
Put no dependence on the label of n
bag, and count money after your own
kind.
In any business never wade into wa
ter where You cannot see the bottom.
See the sack open before You buy
what is in it; for he who trades i'll the
dark asks to be cheated.
Keep clear Of man who does not
value his own character.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

TnE apathic iron furnaces in Plym.
outh, Mass, which draw from the only
large mine of this peculiar orc in the
United States, make iron so tough that
hundred slcdgc hammer blows are re.
quired to break pig, while ordinary
iron can be broken by half dozen.
Last year they used nine thousand
cords OF hard wood in charcoal and
made six tons of iron in a dav.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

Pl:Y states that the cedar work oi
the Temple Of Apollo, al Utica, was in
perfect state Of preservation after an
interval Of two thousand years. The
famous statue Of Diana Of the Ephc.
slams was formed of cedar. and endured
for many centuries. The ancient Egyp-
tians extra ted M oil from cedar wood.
which they rubbed over the papyrns to
preserve thern from worms. and which
also entered into the composition used
Tor preserving their mummics.