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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

AN ECCENTRIC TEsTAToR.-Not long
since one OF the days came round for car
rying out the directions contained in the
will of John Knill once Of St. Ives, Eng.
land. This gentleman, who was former
ly collector Of the port, prior to his death,
IN 1905, made most eccentric will. In
the first place, he directed that an obcl-
isk should be erected to his momorv.
Around this monument, known as Knills
steeple, ten virgins resident In the town,
two old women, and fiddler, dance once
IN every i've years. The virgins, (who,
according TO the wishes of the testator,
must not exceed ten years of age), each
receive los. 3D., the old women los. Cd.
each, aud the fiddler one ginea. In ad-
dition to these requests the oldest man
Tor his widow in the parish who has
brought up the largest family by his own
industry, and without the aid of paro-
chial or other relief, receives e5. The
recipient this year was Job Stevens, fish
erman. The last married couple before
the qulnquennial distribution receive FL
Is. After the ceremonies are over, the
trustees, the mayor, collector, and cler-
gyman, with their friends, proceed to
dinner, on which certain sum of money,
agreeable to the will, is spent. The day
was kept as a general holiday. The
couples started, amid great cheering and
laughter, at IL, aud returned at once D..
m, to receive their requests.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

GOOD FOR PEAR TREEs.-A CORE
spondent of the Country Gentleman says
If copperas and saltpetre-water are used
around pear trees, the trees will show
the effects in a large yield Of fruit. He
tried this on Bartlett pear tree that had
yielded no fruit for two years previous;
that very year it yielded 155 large, fine
pears, and the following year $50 large,
fine ones, and it is still doing finely. If
pear trees want iron, which most soils
are deficient in, sulphate of iron, or cop
peras, is good way to supply it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

IN THE DISTRICT COURT For tho d;.,r;.. e
VI ihE UNITED STATES. Vermont In the
mat s 81 HENkf A. WALKER. Bankrupt Of the
hrin Of G. Il. a II, A. WALKER Notice. Is bere eSe
gwen that petition has been filed in said Conrt IL
hehry A, Walker of Londonderry, in sad Dist,;ct
s Y declared bankrupt under the Act Of Con9ress
~ warren :, 1901. or discharge and cerfi6esfe
Snereoi from all his individual and CO. parfnerh,
Ieos ana other claims provable under said acf and
VA, 1, me 9TH day OF September ISL at 10 o'cIoek
IT, ~. before tns Hon d. A.. Smatley. Judge Of said
ooart az ms Shambers in the City Of Burlington i
al creditors who have proved their debts. and otb
e persons IN interest, may attend and show carss
shouidnot be granted " saio petiuon
Dated at Burlington. on the 10, day of August.
u. y. sMALLEY. Clerk.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
LOOK HERE III

manufactured by nj. A. Davis the oes before the
puoile, Tor what they are recommended They com
PRISE the following: DAVIS LUNG SYRTfP for
coughs Colds, Pains and soreness of the Chest and
hIa s' ST2pP and Mho9Ping Cough DAVIS IN
80 Nit MI MAIIC LINlMENT. for Rheuma-
Y fr, GOOD for Horses. DAVIS VEGETABLE BIT
IEI'e LOT Jaundlee and Bilousness and strength
~ ~ NJ khhMEDf for Dysentery, summer Complaint.
ShrOnle plarrhe, Chills Sore Throat Collie and ali
az humors that appear upon the surface Alsocbil
oiains, mapped Hands. Old Sores. Salt Rheum. and
tne oest anu qulc kest cure for Burns DAVTSfAIT
hEALlNG sALNE, for Cracked Hands Corns -
- "a Nc II CAIARRH SNUFF, for Catarrh. Colds in
me nfad headaehe and Dizziness. All of the above
medicines are prepared and sold wholesale and 80
tail by NJ A. DAVIS ReIlors III Tnil am " re-
Also sold by druggists and Merchants generally
At Bellows ais By Cooper L Turner "a
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

Jenny" said landlady to her help,
the other morning, Jenny, was there
any fire in the kitchen last night, while
you were sitting up2" "Only just a
spark, ma'am," wasthe reply. The land,
lady looked suspiciously at Jenny, but
the innocent girl went on scrubbing and
humming Katy Darling"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

" John why wilt thou do SOP said a
substantial Quaker merchant to Johnny.
negro in his employ, whom he found
before magistrate, and that not for the
first time, charged with stealing. "Why
wilt thou do so, thou foolish man? Thou
always gets caught" "Why, massa. /
don't get caught half the time
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

Just now they are having a Joke out
west on compositor who set M the
toast, "Woman-without her, man would
be savage" and got the stops in the
wrong place, and produced Woman.
without her man, would be a savage. p
They say that his wife, who was helping
read the proof, discovered the mistake
right away.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

GROWING PoND LILIEs.-On seeing
my dish of pond-llies and admitting their
beauty and fragrance, l asked, why is
the pond lily so little Gu tiva,edg flow
er so much admired and so easily grown,
yet in many places so rare. The answer
was: 1t is not universally known that it
can be grown so easily. Many ask the
question, where did you get those pond
lilies We tell them we raise them.
"What! raise pond lilies?" We reply,
yes-raise them as easily as corn or po-
tatoes And as many seem interested
about them, | thought l would tell the
lovers of flowers how we raise ours. A
few years ago, my husband seeing some
growing in distant p; nd so nicely and
spontaneously, thought he would try
them in his-a small pond of few rods
extent at one end of his field. He
brought home root and set it in. This
was done by wading in barefoot, and
taxing 1t between the toes and pressing
down in the mud. 1t soon pade its APP
pearance above the water, and now the
pond is pretty well covered with leaves
and lilies, and it does not have that sick
ening appearance that standing water
usually has, but is made the home of one
of the most beautiful kinds of flowers
instead We know of no insect that
troubles them; neither frost nor winds
affects them; nothing molests them but
mischievous boys, who love the flowers
but will not take the pains to raise them.
Now would advise all who love this
sweet lily to get a root and set it in some
pond that they can have access to, and
they will soon reap rich reward for
little trouble Maine Farmer.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

A HINT TO HoUsEKEEPERs.- The
amount of injury done to the tender
stomachs of young children, invalids
and sedentary persons, by eating bad
bread day after day, from one years end
to another, must be enormous. A cook
who cannot make good bread of every
description, ought not to be allowed
house room for an hour; and that moth
er is criminally negligent, whatever NAV
be her position, who does not teach her
daughter to know what good bread is and
how to make it. Alum is used to give
whiteness, softness and capacity for re-
tanning moisture. Lime could be en-
ployed with equal effect, having the adj
vantage o. correcting sourness in the
bread or stomach; besides affording an
important ingro dient for making the
bone strong. Every house keeper should
know how to make two or three kinds of
bread.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

WHY BEES Work IN THE DARK.-A
lifetime might be spent in investigating
the mysteries hidden in beehive, and
still half of The secrets would be undis-
covered. The formation of the cell has
long been a celebrated problem for the
mathematician. whilst the charges which
the honey undergoes offer at least an
equal interest to the chemist. Every one
knows what honey fresh from the comb is
like. 1t is clear, yellow syrup, with
out trace of solid sugar in it. Upon
straining, however, it gradually assumes
crystalline appearance; it candies, as
the saying is, and ultimately becomes
solid mass of sugar. It has been suspect
ed that this change was due to a phota-
graphic action; that the same agent
which alters the molecular arrangement
OF the iodine of silver on the excited col
lodium plate, and determines the for
nation of camphor and iodine CRYSTALS
IN bottle, causes the syrup honey to as
sumo crystalline form. This, however
is the case.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

An Alabama editor having read DR..
Halls lecture advising that husband and
vile should sleep 10 separate apartments,
says that DR.. Hall can sleep where he
chooses; but for himself he intends TO
sleep where he can defend his wife against
rats and other nocturnal foes, as long as
he has got one to defend.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

To CLEAN Cleaning silver
is not an easy task; thepse of kerosene
will greatly facilitate the operation.
Wet flannel cloth in the oil, dip in dry
whiting, and thoroughly rub the plated
or silverware throw it into dish of
scalding soapsuds, wipe with soft fan
mel, and polish with chamois skin.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
Iron Foundry
AGENT FOR THE
SPRAGUE MOWER

10 every Farmer in Windham and Windsor court;o,
ana sullivan and Cheshire Counties II q * ~
wants MOVING MACHINE this season I vii Nil
ask you to call and see the VIM
SPRAGUE MOWER
before you buy you need only to see IL 70 eonvino
you thaI ~ Is the one for you to buy 1t has heen
useu Ony last season. 1t was subjected to the most
lhoreugh ana trying tests and the results were "a
satisfactory that Co. have been making fftv ~ =
ehlnes per day since. Il is the most durabie Tbe
pest male The lIghtest draft and will do The r'ast
perfect work of any Machine offered To The pbiin
Inc price Is $4,000 for the two HORSE MOWER
n II TOOK the hrst Premium at the Vermont state
Fair. ten machines competing. "''
TRIAL OF THE sPRAGUE Ry THE Npr von,,
fAMERS' CLUB. INN
Inc sprague Mower was tested nv a oor;,
aappolnteo by the New York Farmers Club on IN
ia aI OF samuel Sinclair, Esq, Croton nj Y Jnns
~, WIN tne most satisfactory results The com
The machine was used in very have han,
lodged clover and in timothy yielding two or tbra
tons per acre. '"o VI three
Ihis mower, less in size and weight thu, .n,,
other, looks even smaller when covered witb tbs
many places, but to the astonishment Of All ii ~
lille giant that 1t Is, 1t keeps without once cIog
glng leaNlng the ground evenly and cleanIv
ed as house floor. One of the great merits Of ths
machine Is that IT can be driven very SLOWLY over
rough ground and still perform its work narfsao.I
And while combining. as it does strength coa
market" Po 'Aah any IN
SAMU Ell SINCLAIR. Publisher N Tr;hnno
JOHN W. CHAMBERS, Sec'ry Farmers, fil.h ie'
a d. CRANDALL, Agrie'l Editor. N. Y WorH
Croton. June q. 1870. ~
G. J. AUSTIN.
Bellows Falls. Vt. May 26th. 1871.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

HEN HoUsE.-The Shakers, (Canter-
bury,) says the Concord Monitor, have
now completed model one, for the ac-
commodation Of about one hundred
Brahma fowls. The house is seventy by
twenty-four feet, with fiat roof, and di-
visions by plastered walls. The bottom
is cemented and covered with saw dust.
A walk runs across the north and west
sides. 1t is supplied with running water,
and boxes of gravel for the hens to
scratch in. The loft is arranged with
roosts. which the hens reach with lad
ders. On the edge of the walk, nests
are arranged with sliding doors for col
lecting the eggs. The lower compart-
ments have two windows each for light.
and the upper ones, one each. On the
east side is room with arch kettle for
cooking the food for the hens.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
Cheshire Railroad.
SUI MER ARRAN GEMFN.
Vermont Central, Vermont &
ada Railroads.
GUNNER ARRANGEMENT.-Comn
- Monday, July 3, 1871.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

Leave Bellows Falls $780, A. NJ, 7:45 A. NJ. On
Mail Train leaves Ogdensburg at 6.00P, N n, 4
hans az $50, A. n, arrive in Bellows Falls \
Vernon at 800 P. NJ, CIRCUITS Corner at AS "
Night Express leaves Ogdensburgh al lGib
Montreal az $40 ~, st. Johns at sos NJ. N
bans T. 80 4. ~, arriving in Bellows Fails (yia ne
River Junction or Rutland at 3.25, A. NJ, SONNY
non al AS, A. N.
Mixed Train leaves White River Junction at / 4
NJ, Rutland at 4. 80 A, NJ, Bellows Falls (passss.
Train 7.45 A. NJ South Vernon, g.i0 NJ. an e
Corner az 9,i5 A. N. Connecting at Bellows n
with trains for Boston, Worcester, At South V,r,
Corner with train for New London.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST
Leave Bellows Falls at $50 AN. i1.45A.N.bs,
M.,l0l5 p. NJ.
at 500, A. NJ, New London at 1904. NJ. I'M.
Falls at ll.45 r. NJ, via w. X. Junction or Run
for Burlington, and 81. Adams, Montreal, Il
irving in Montreal at 800 P. NJ, and Ogdepsbg,.
l2;2q A. NJ making connections for the West
Night Express leaves New York at l2l5 ,,
SpTrIInghe,I.d az 645; r NJ Grout,s Corner ats0Pi
Rutland arriving in s.. Adams At Ia e Sa.eSl
treal at 800 4. NJ, Ogdensburg at l2.NP ~ - H'o
Accommodation leaves Grouts Corner al sso,
South ernOn at 400 2. NJ, Bellows Fails ~ y
mixed arriving in Rutland at S.40P. ~. NJ
Junction at $50 P. Y. "
Mixed Trains leave Bellows Falls $40 a.
ing at White River junction at II .45A
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at 4.50A
riying in Rutlan nd at $40 A. NJ -
SLEEPING CARS are attached to the Nigh T,,s
between St Adams and Springfield and Burlnr-
and Boston.
Connections at W. h. Junction with trairss.a
Northern n. H. and Connecticut and ~
River Railroads at OgdensburE with tra
west. at Rutland with trains over the
tension Railroad, also with trains over
laer and Saratoga and Railroads for Saf
Albany and the west
Through Tickets for Chicago and the Nesi q.
At the principal stations.
g. MERRILL, Gen. sqst
81, Adams, VT. July /. ISL.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25
AMERICAN
AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
r.. II. ED ID Y,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS,

For INVENTIONS. TRADE MARKS OR DESIGNS.
No. &c State ST. opposite Kilby St.. Boston.
FTER an extensive practice of upwards of thirty
n years. continues to secure patents in the United
States also IN Great Britain France, and other for
eign countries Caveats Specifications. Assignm ents
ana ali papers Tor Patents, executed reasonable
terms with dispatch. Researches made to determine
the validity and utility of Paten of MENTIONS
touching the same. Cop of the claims of any pa
tent furnished by remit '..g one dollar Assign
ments recorded in Washington.
o Agency in the United States possesses superiot
facilities for obtaining PATENTS or ascertainine the
patentability of inventions.
All necessity of journey to Washington to pro
cure Patent, and the usual great delay there are
here saved inventors. ~
TESTIMONIALS.
Il regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most e,no5le ons
successful practitioners with whom have had official
intercourse.
CHARLES MASON, Com'r of Patents"
u, L nave no hesitation in assuring inventors thar
they cannot employ man more competent and trust
teorfhg and more capable of putting their appIisa-
tons IN form TO secure for them an early and "a
NoraDis eonslderatlon at the Patent Office
bDM1ND BURKE, late Com'r. of Patents
Mr.. K III. Eddy has made for me over HIRT--
applications for Patents, having been successful IN
almost every case such unmistakable moot ~
great talent and ability his part leads n 10 80
ommend all inventors to apply to him to nrocnro
their Patents, as they may be sure OF bovine ~
most faithful attention bestowed on their cases al
at very reasonable charges. ~
49,. 90, JOHN TA6HART.
Dos'0H' 'ah' l. 'e'4. 1-52
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-08-25

WHAT is A CARAT?-The carat is an
imaginary weight that expresses the fine
ness of gold, or the proportion of pure
gold in mass OF metal thus, an ounce
of gold is divided into twenty-four carats,
and gold of twenty two carats fine, is
gold of which twenty-five parts out Of
twenty-iour are pure, the other two parts
being silver, copper or other metal. The
weight Of four grains, used by jewellers
in weighing precious stones and pearls
is sometimes called the diamond weight
the carat consisting of four nominal
grains, little lighter than four grains
troy, or seventy-four and one sixteenth
carat grains being equal to seventy-two
grains troy. The term or weight carat
derives its name from bean, the fruit
of an AbYssinian tree, called kuara.
This bean, from the time of. its being
gathered, varies very little in its weight,
and seems to have been, from a very re.
mote period, used as a weight for gold
in Africa. In India, also, the bean is
used as weight for gems and pearls.
PoIsoN. -Ifa person swallows poison
instead of breaking out into multitud-
nous and incoherent EXPLANATIONS, dis
patch some one for doctor. Mean
while run to the kitchen, get half a glass
of water in anything that is handy, put
into it tablespoonful of salt and as
much ground mustard, stir it an in.
slant catch a firm hold of the per-
sons nose, the mouth will soon fly open,
then down with the mixture, and in
second or two up will come the poison.
This will answer in a larger number of
cases than any other. If by this time
the physician has not arrived, make the
patient swallow the white of an egg, fol-
lowed by a cup of strong coffee, because
these nullify a larger number of poisons
than any other accessible article, as an
tidotes for any poison remaining in the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22
THE CLEVELAND HANGING AFFAIR.

In our issue of Sunday morning, we gave
a brief account of disgraceful proceeding
at the unusually quiet village of Cleve-
land, where colored boy was taken from
jail on Saturday morning by masked men
md hanged in one mile OF town. We can
not find words to express too strongly our
Interpretation of such conduct. No mat
er what the provOcatiOn, nothing is ever
:ained to community by seIf-constituted
organizations taking the law into their own
hands; and in this case, where it appears
that the perpetrators resorted to Disgusting
themselves and their horses after the fash
ION OF one Of the most disreputable kIans
hat has ever disgraced our Southern coun-
.ry, it is especially reprehensible.
This coiored boy may have deserved to
suffer the severest penalties of the law
Te do not pretend to say how this is but,
re that as it may, it is no justification o.
The manner after which his life was taken
Two wrongs never make a right, and the
his case the majesty Of the law is vindi-
Gated
The crime of this boy may have been of
the most heinOus character, and as we are
Informed was, but it is wrong, that in his
punishment a stigma should rest upon the
character Of East Tennessee, where tn,
PEOPLE are universally in favor Of respect
,ng law and order. There are 10 people il
ohe country who will look upon such pro
ceedings with more adherence than East
TenupSSppanS
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22
HOW I'd REMIT.

Money sent to Us in Clustered letters by Express
pr9pil or by PostOfce orders, will be at our risk
arnerwise al the risk Of Il ne sender.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22

THE Cincinnati Commercial, speaking OF
he way Ohio Democracy takes the new
departure, says;
The high favored old Democracy of the ru-
"al regions, however, are as fierce and bitteI
lgainst negro suffrage and all the results Of tho
var as ever, and regard the idea Of acquiescence
with panicky bat wrathful Amusement. Thu'
he negroes should not only be free men but
citizens; that they should vote even on the sa
cred soil of Kentucky fills the unterpifed old
fellows with horrible suspicion that the end of
pquate preparations have been made for that
event
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22

THE public will wait with some anxiety
70 hear what explanation the Union ana
american and Banner have to make t.
Col. Baxter's charges of corruption. Tn,
charge is q grave one, and one which they
cannot afford to pass by in silence The
people would like to know whether theiI
taxes are paid only to fatten party organs
upon.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22

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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22

THE LARGEST CIRCULATION
Of Any Daily Published ir. East Tennessee
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-22

II. Y. r., writing to the Commercial
says chat nearlNthree hundred Northern
families have moved into Cumberland
county, in this State, in anticipation of the
railroad.