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Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

POTATOES vs CARROTS FOR MnoH Cows.-R. A. Hunt, Euclid, O., has been feeding milch COW potatoes and carrots with dry hay and water, with the following results While 36 quarts of carrots were fed daily, 32 pounds of milk were received in return and while the same quantity of carrots and potatoes, equal parts, were fed, 36 pounds of milk were given and when potatoes alone were given, 40 pounds of milk were received.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
The Feminine Toilet.

The other day, says 8 recent writer, I heard of an incident which shows that even men of society do not understand all the mysteries of the feminine toilet. A gentleman, who devotes large part of his time to the society of ladies, and who believes himself coaaaaoisseur in all that pertains to them, was much annoyed by observing that fair friend of his, fav- orably known for her style of elegant dressing, would insist, when the weather would allow it, upon wearing an old shawl devoid of any claims to beauty or good taste.
 The gallant endured this for long while. He walked up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and rode in the park with his friend, and often looked at the odious shawl in a way that he thought would convince her of its unfitness for so ele- gant a woman as herself.
 continued to display it on every possible occasion. He lost patience at last, and said to her one day:
 "May be permitted to inquire why you will wear that miserable shawl all the time? It ruins your dress. You look SC exquisitely otherwise that I can not com prehend why you will deform yourself with such faded rag as that It has nothing in the world to recommend it and I believe if you were to throw it of in the street nobody would pick it up. J
 The bright eyes opened with surprise, and strange expression fell across the pretty face.
 "You are testing, are you not ?" the lady asked. "You do not really dislike my shawl, do you ?"
 "I never was more serious in my life. I thoroughly detest this thing which you call shawl"
 "Well, then, I'll inform you that this IS camel's hair shawl and, though think it in very bad taste to speak ot prices, it cost $S3, ,OOO, and is one of the finest ever brought to this country"
 The young man was astounded but his taste was correct.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
Fight between a Cat and a Snake.

A few days ago a gentleman who is en- gagged in farming in Tennessee was walk ing through his field, near where his hands were blowing, when he discovered q cat at some distance coming toward him. Presently the cat turned aside, and squatting very low, appeared to creep stealthily along, as though in search of game. He quickened his steps to see if he could discover what was up. He soon discovered snake about foot and half or two feet long, and as the cat approached, the snake coiled and put himself in striking position. The cat instantly walked directly up to the snake and held out one foot near his snake ships head, as if daring him to strike. Master snake, being full of spunk, was not the chap to take dare consequent ly he responded with his full strength, but when his head should have been in direct contact with the cats paw, the paw, like the Irishman's flea, want thar and before the head could be withdrawn, it treceived a heavy blow from the cats foot, and the paw was again presented, with similar results. About four rounds of this sort occurred, when the snake seemed to remember Che who fights and runs away may live to fight another day." and with this understand ing uncoiled and started to quit the field
 "How vain are all our earthly hopes'' his snakeship had DO sooner com menced his retreat than pussy bounced upon him and bit him entirely through the body in three or four places, each of which, our observer thinks, was 8 fatal bite. After this the cat appeared to be satisfied, and quietly withdrew.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
The Earthquake of 1870.

Col. Charles Whittlesey of Cleveland, Ohio, read a paper before the American Institute of Science, on the earthquake which occurred in the United States in the forenoon of October 20, 1870. It was felt from near the mouth of the St. Lawrence to Cincinnati, along line of axis about 1000 miles, and covering a breadth of about 300 miles. Its greatest severity was on the St. Lawrence, be- low Montreal, and its progress was in a south-westerly direction. At Quebec, chimneys were thrown down church at Kamarouski had subsequently, to be rebuilt. The duration of the movement at Albany and at Cleveland was about a minute at all other places less than a minute. Taking the telegraphic reports and rejecting some that were certainly inaccurate, it appears that in Bangor, Me-, :, Boston, Albany, and Cleveland, where the errors of observation cannot exceed half minute, the differences of actual seconds. In Cleveland and Montreal it earthquakes rarely indicate a motion the progress of the earthquake wave
 
 rate of 20 miles minute. The velocity of the earthquake under consideration was from 10 miles a second to 960 miles a minute. Such rapidity precludes the notion of the transmission of an earth quake wave. Col. Whittlesey described his own experience of the sensation as that of slow motion like that of pen dulum, with no percept1ble jar. He con- sidered that the force which brought about such simultaneous results must be deep-seated, and acting not as wave, but by lateral compression, as from an explosion far below. He described the similarity of the sensations of those who felt the effects at distance from a great nitro-glycerine explosion, not long after ward, near Cleveland, with those that were perceived in earthquakes. Prof. Andrews described an earthquake at Columbus, Ohio. The movement was such that he supposed he was dizzy. He considered the gentle character of move ment to indicate force not produced by concussion or a jar beneath the surface. But it might be that the drift formation of that locality acted as a blanket upon the jar. It was the. opinion of another speaker that the simultaneous character of earthquake waves-that is, the fact that at widely separated intervals on the surface the shock was simultaneous, in. dicated force from far beneath the sur face, and probably from molten mass within
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Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
The Cloud and Fire.

In cloud by day, in fire by night, Jehovah's pillared symbol hung; And day and night, in Israel's sight, It's heaven-sent token earthward flung. It rested OCT their sacred tent,- And in their camp the host abode; It lifted thence and onward went.- And they it's desert pathway trode. They saw it rest. they saw it rise, The signal of Jehovah's will; They watched it with unfaiing eyes, And struck their tents, or waited still. Not now in columned shade or flame, Our steps. O God, Inv rlory leads: But signs divine Thy will proclaim,- |. Thy banner still thy church prece les. Inv light is on our pathway shed, Thy counsel on our hearts impressed, - And by thy guiding spirit led,
 Thy watching host move on, or rest.
 iSc7Sbne7!'s
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
Japanese Fireworks.

A correspondent who witnessed an ex- hibition of fireworks in Japan says :- The day fireworks beat anything of the kind ever heard of. Out of a wooden mortar bound with iron is sent high in the air what looks like marble in size As it goes up it bursts, and out of it come parach1tes of bright lines. and hanging from them frecrackers that are continually going off. Balloons of va rious sizes, some of them quite large, and of course inflated open umbrellas ribbons yards long, and at least eighteen inches wide, floating and twisting them selves in the air men riding on fishes, muszmes, ji1lrikiskas, all made of paper, reminding me of the bon-bons at parties for the German cotillion, only these out here far surpass those at home. Some times these bonds burst in the air, and streamers of smoke with dense body from which they radiate, resembling huge many-legged spiders, shoot out, and sometimes it is countless serpents twisting and turning, about three hun dred feet in the air-the smoke being of several colors. All this should be seen to be appreciated. The night fireworks also were beautiful Around the race track, on bamboo poles, had been hung some kind of frework, and when the time came to set it of, suddenly light flashed with inconceivable rapidity from one end, and in an instant all was burn ing, presenting the aspect of an immense waterfall of liquid fire, the effect of which was really grand. Another favorite piece was this A few Roman candles went off and wheel or two, when all at once was seen graceful tree, it's branches all oi fire waving in the air this piece was exceedingly pretty and graceful. There were many others, but these struck me particularly.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

A large piece of coal fell on Virginia miner the other day, and crushing him to the ground, forced the stem of his pipe through the roof of his mouth and out of the top of his head,
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

Striped snakes eat potato bugs, which in turn poisons the snakes, and the peo. pie in Van Buren county, Iowa, speak of this arrangement as a mutual benefit society. .=s--
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

A NEW ENEMY.-A new and mysterious enemy of sheep, more fatal even than the murderous dogs, has made it's ap- pearance and dreadfully ravaged the fiocks of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The animals being found dead, no marks of violence are to be observed. save small hole behind the ear, from which the blood has been sucked. This has led to the conclusion that the destroyer is 8 kind of bat, or, more properly speak ing, vampire-a creature which even men may fear, since it may not have an exclusive taste for the vital fluid of the muttons. This, the curculio and potato bug, renders our present assortment of noxious vermin very complete,
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08
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Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

A young lady, who lives in town where masculines are scarce, smokes be- cause it makes her smell like there was a man about"
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

SPoTs ON MAHOGANY. Stains and spots may be taken out of mahogany with little aquafortis or oxalic acid and water, rubbing the part by means of cork, till the color is restored, observing after wards to wash the wood we'll with water, and to dry and polish as usual.
Connecticut western news., 1871-09-08

elf you can get to the foot of rainbow be- fore it fades away you will find bushel Of gold" ."-Legend of Fairy Lore.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

EARN WHAT You SPEND.-Three-
fourths of the difficulties and miseries of
men come from the fact that most want
wealth without earning it, fame without
deserving it, popularity without temper
ance, respect without virtue, happiness
without holiness. The man who wants
the best things and is willing to pay just
what they are worth, by honest effort
and hard selfdenial. will have no diff
Guilty in getting what he wants at last.
1t is the men who want goods on credit
that are snubbed and disappointed and
overwhelmed in the end.
Happiness cannot be bought by the
bottle, nor caught up by the excursion
train, nor put on with any robe or Jewels,
nor eaten at any feast. 1t does not ex-
ist in any exhileration, excitem ent or
ownership, but comes from the use of
the faculties of body and mind. To live
truly, is to have happiness wherever you
are.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

AN AFFECTING SCENE.-On Friday,
in the New York Court of Special Ses-
sions, a boy ten years ofage was arraign-
ed for stealing, and pleaded guilty. As
soon as he appeared at the bar, his little
sister, about nine years OLD, who was on
the other side of the room, commenced
crying bitterly and was about to rush to
her brother, but was restrained by her
mother, who was also bathed in tears.
Justice Bowling told her to come up and
she ran up to the little prisoner, the tears
streaming down her cheeks, and throw
ing her arms around his neck, exclaimed
while sobs almost choked her voice:
"Oh! Johnny, Johnny, what brought
you here2' and they wept in each others
arms. The girl then turned to the JUS
tice, and falling ON her knees held up
hands beseechingly, and prayed, "Oh
Judge, Judge. let my brother 60 g' The
mother stood inside the bar weeping, and
there wasnot dry eye in the courtroom.
Justice Bowling, who was deeply moved
could not resist the affecting appeal of
the child, and said, take him with you
my girlP She ran to the gate to meet
him, and clinging to him they reached
the mother, and the three left the court
objects of the sincerest sympathy, and
sigh of relief appeared to issue from ev-
cry bosom as they passed out of the room.
Should this young offender not mend his
ways, after this, there is no doom to Sc
we're for him.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02
Be.iamtn Payne. E.,a.e.

STATE OF VERMONT | The Probate Court in
DIs'T OF WESTMINSTER. ss.) and for said District: !:
To all persons interested in the estate Of BENZ A.
MIN PAYNE late of Jamaica in said district de-
ceased. dRERrfSG-
VOU are hereby notified that an instrument. pur-
porting to be the last will and testament of said
deceased has been presented to the Court here for
Probate by Amelia A. Payne the executrix therein
named. and that said court will decide upon ne h
held at the Probate Office in Townshend in said Dis
trict on the first Wednesday Of July ISL at which
time and place you may be heard in the premises il
you shall see cause. Z. y. EDDY, heglster
May 18th. ISL. W..
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

THRILLING BALLOON ADVENTURE.
A very exciting balloon ascension was
made at Dayton, Ohio, few days since
the aeronaut being one Professor Torrey.
The balloon was inflated with hot air
by means of furnace set in the ground
the chimney or tube for insertion in the
mouth of the balloon being section of
steam boiler. Just as the balloon clear
ed the tube, the flame flashed fiercely and
set fire to it. The ropes we're let go,
when the immense canvas globe inflated
with the heating air, rose rapidly upward
the daring aeronaut clinging to the trap
eze suspended from beneath with ropes,
and performing number of graceful
feats as the air-ship scared aloft, and was
borne along by the wind, which was blow
ing almost a gale at the time. Mean
time the fire, which had been communi
Gated to the lower portion of the balloon
at starting, continued to blaze around
the edges, but the professor, apparently
oblivious to the dangerous position in
which he was placed, kept up his daring
feats on the trapeze, hanging alternately
by one foot or one hand, and performing
sundry graceful evolutions while carried
at an elevation of about one hundred
thousand feet from the earth.
The balloon was borne eastward for
some distance by the current, when
the heated air having cooled commenced
a rapid descent, landing about half mile
from the starting point. While ap-
preaching the earth with considerable
force the balloon came in contact with
willow tree, when the professor, releasing
his hold of the trapeze, took refuge in
the branches, and broke his fall by seiz-
ing hold Of limb, which gave way, and
he came to the ground, ending his peril
Gus journey without serious injury,
though his ankle was slightly sprained
bv the concussion. The ascension was
witnessed by hundreds of people, who
we're thrilled with the spectacle of the
daring aeronaut dangling in the air, and
performing astonishing acrobatic feats.
while the flames threatened to consume
the frail bark which bore him along.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02
POLICIES WRITTEN IN THE

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can be placed at this Office in the best Companies
ana at as low rates as at any agency in the country
Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02
Thanks Thanks =
Jazeniah Hun,,- Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT The Probate Court,
DIsTRIcT OF WESTMINSTER ss.t within and for said
District To all persons interested in the estate of
JAZENIAH HUNT, late of W Westminister, in said
District. GREETING:
VOU are hereby notified that n. g. Pierce Admins
i traitor of the estate ofJAZENIAH HUNT, late Of
Westminster in said District, deceased will present
his administration account for allowance, at ses
sion of said Court to be held at the Inn of NJ. A.
wednesday in June A. d. ls7l. and that said Court
will then and there decide as to the allowance Of
said account and decree distribution Of said estate
TO the persons entitled thereto. at which time and
place you may be heard in the premises fyou shall
see cause, G. B. EDDY, Register.
May Is. 1871. D-2
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02
Some Giants.

In l7lS French academician named
Henrion endeavored to show a great de.
crease in the height Of men between the
periods Of the Creation and Christian
Era. Adam, he says, was 1923 feet 8
inches high; Eve, 11S feet 9 inches ::
Abraham 20 feet Moses 13 feet. The
allegation about Adam is moderate COM
pared with that made by early Rabbini-
cal writers, who affirm that his head over
topped the atmosphere. and that he touch
ed the Artic Pole with one hand and the
Antartic with the other. Traditionary
memorials of the primeval giants stI~
exist in Palestine in the form of graves
of enormous dimensions as the grave of
Abel near Damascus, which is thirty feet
long; that of Seth about the same size;
and that of Noah in Lebanon, which is
20 yards in length.
Pliny says that by an earthquake in
Crete mountain was opened, and in it
was discovered a skeleton standing up
right, As cubits long, which was suppos-
ed to be that of Orion or Otus. The
same author relates that in the time of
Claudius Cesar there was man, named
Gabarous, brought by that Emperor from
Arabia to Rome, who was 8 feet inch
es high, the tallest man that has been
seen in our times" But this giant was
not so tall as Posio and Secundilla, in
the reign of Augustus Cesar, whose
bodies were preserved as euriosities in
museum in the Sallustian Gardens, and
each of whom measured in length 10
feet inches.
The Emperor Maximus (very much of
a mani 8 feet high, and was in the
habit of using his wife's bracelet for a
thumb ring. His shoe was foot longer
than that of any other man, and his
strength so great that he could draw
carriage which two oxen could not move.
He generally ate forty pounds weight of
flesh and drank six gallons of wine every
day, Not at all desirable or profitable
guest "St. Nicholas" even at the current
price of board; though not SO tall as one
of whom Josephus tells viz, Eleazer a
Jew, who was one of the hostages whom
the King of Persia sent to Rome after
peace. This giant was over ten feethigh :.
But these are pigmies compared with
him of whom Kircher writes Though
this is what a Yankee philosopher would
whopper.) The skeleton
Of this giant was dug out of stsne sep
ulchre near Rome in the reign of the
Emperor Henry H., and which by an in
scription attached to it, was known to be
that Of Pallas, who was slain by Turnus
and was higher than the walls of the
city! The same author tells us that an
other skeleton was found near Palmero
that must have belonged to man 400
feet high.-Haaper's Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

Stick TO ONE THING.-Every young
man, after he has chosen his vocation,
should stick to it. Don't leave it because
hard blows are to be struck or disagreea-
BILE work performed. Those who have
worked their way up to wealth and USE
fulness do not belong to the shiftless and
unstable class, but may be reckoned
among such as took off their coats, rolled
up their sleeves, conquered their preju-
dices against labor, and manfully bore
the heat and burden of the day.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

convictions. 1t is only when the last
Of earth" has come that public men can
hope for the justice to their memories
which is denied them in life To those
who remember how the storm of obloquy
spent itself on Henry Clay and Andrew
jackson while living, great chieftains as
they were of great parties; and how now
less than half century after, all parties
acknowledge their honest purposes and
patriotic endeavors, | need no argument
to attest the correctness of this state
ment
But, apart from Misrepresentation, in
justice, and invective-the alienation of
friends whose desires you may have dis
appointed, or the malice of those whose
schemes you may have thwarted-who-
ever is in public life feels that he must
inevitably be misconstrued and misunder-
stood by numbers whose good opinions he
does value. If he fails, from lack of
ability, to contribute to all benevolent,
church-building, missionary enterprises,
ETC., etc., whose appeals reach him daily,
he is regarded as uncharitable and un-
generous but, if he does, he is suspected
by many as doing it only from political
or personal considerations. If he suffers
to pass unnoticed all kinds of untruths,
he finds them at last treated as facts,
which being undenied are held to be un-
deniable; but if he takes occasion to ex-
pose their falsity publicly, he is sneered
at for having been at so much pains to
contradict them. If he declines to leave
a post OF duty to speak at all kinds of
public meetings through the country, he
is suspected of lack of sympathy with
them; but, if he goes, he is charged with
abandoning official duties for the purpose
of appearing prominently before the pub
lie. might expand this record of the
experience of hundreds of men in pub
lie life; but this is sufficient to illustrate
my position that, whatever they do or
decline to do, they are sure to be misun-
derstood by thousands and, of course,
on purely political questions this misun-
derstanding and prejudice extends to
millions.
| come back, therefore, in conclusion,
to my premises at the outset-that cheer
fulness can be and ought to be cultivated
by all F.; that kindness is most benifeent-
ly contagious; that to carry good-nature
and wisely curbed temper with you is
to bring sunshine wherever you go; that
patience and forbearance in your inter-
course with family, and friends, and COM
munity will always bring forth the rich
est of social fruits; that the treasure of
good deeds achieved and sufferings as
:uaged is worth infinitely more than po-
litical honors that the creation of ioy is
better than that besetting sin
of borrowing trouble; and [even if some
ascetic critic rebukes me for the senti.
nent) that | believe with Charles Lamb,
hat ga laugh is worth hundred groans
n any state of the market. IN. Y. In
dependent.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

A school girl was recently asked, at
anexamination by the clergyman, to tell
him what Adam lost by his fall, and
when pressed. she replied, 81 suppose it
was his hat r.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

The statistics prove that a handsome
widow has three chances for marriage. to
a maiden's one. Especially if the dear
departed left her million or so.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-02

Husband, / must have some change
to-day" "Well, stay at home and take
care of the children that will be
change enough"