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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-12-14
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1871-12-14
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scranton, t6. NGp 1871.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17
agricultural.

Fowls FOR GENERAL PuRPosEs.-Ev-
cry thing taken into consideration, be-
lieye there is no better fowl than the
Brahmas. They are good layers both
summer and winter, and think will
thrive on as little feed as any breed we
have which / am acquainted with. l
have a fock.of about eighty light Pea
Comb Dramas, which | give only half
an ear of corn once day, and the scrap
from the table, and they have laid all
winter. They are very easy fowl to
raise. and very hardy. The Brahma is
good sitter and mother, and for la
BILE fowl they have no equal. Their
flesh is very white, tender and juicy, and
full as good for the epicure, in my opin-
ion, as turkey; and a good fair Brah.
ma is as large as small turkey, weigh.
ing at maturity from eight to fourteen
pounds.
The Brahma, when we'll bred, is a
handsome fowl. Take flock of about
seventy-fve Brahmas on the lawn pas
turing, and they look more like flock
of sheep than fowls, and then to see
them marching into the roost at night.
fall, one after another, is sight worth
seeing. They are a very docile fowl and
and bear confinement well for they are
not of a rowing nature. They can not
fly over common board fence, for their
bodies are heavy and their wings very
short and rounding at the point, so that
they can not support the body But
still there are other fowls with good
points as well as the Bramah but my
honest opinion is that the pure Brahma
is fairly entitled to claim to have more
of them than any other breed of fowls
we have, and if any OF our readers have
any breeds which they think are better
than the pure light Pea.Comb Brahma,
everything taken into consideration, we
would like to hear from them. Western
Farmer.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

The BATTLE OF PRAGUE" This bat
tie" writes Frederick, began towarS
nine in the morning, was one Of tn,
bloodiest Of the age. The enemy los
twenty.four thousand men. of whom foul
thousand were prisoners. The Prussiar
loss amounted to eighteen thousand fight,
ing men, without counting Marshal Sch
werin, who was alone worth above ten
thousand. This day saw the pillars Of
the Prussian infantry cut down"
Immediately after the battle Freder.
lex wrote rather a stately letter to MS
mother, informing her of his victory,
and that he was about to pursue the foe
with hundred and fifty thousand men.
Fifty thousand os the defeated Austrians
entered Prague and stood at bay behind
its ramparts, Frederick seized all the
avenues, that no provisions could enter
the city, convinced that starvation, com
bined with virorous assault would
soon compel the garrison to surrender
themselves, the city and all its maya
zines. On the 9th of May the lombard
'ment with red-hot balls commenced. The
siege lasted six weeks, creating anamount
of misery over which angels might weep.
The balls of fire were constantly kind.
ling wide and wasting confagrations.-
Soon large portion Of the city present.
ed only a heap of smouldering ruins.
Besides the garrison of fifty thousand
there were eighty thousand inhabitants
in the city, men, women, and children.
Large numbers persisted. Some died of
starvation some were burned to death
in their blazing dwellings; some were
torn to pieces by shot and shell some
were buried beneath the ruins of their
houses. In the stiffness of the night the
walls and groans of the sufferers were
borne on the breeze to the ears oe the
Prussians in their entrenched camp
Starvation brought pestilence, which
caused the death of thousands The in
habitants, reduced to this state of awful
misery, entreated the Austrian general
to surrender. He refused, but forced out
of the gates twelve thousand skeleton,
starving people, who CONSUMED the pro-
visions but could not contribute to the
defense. Frederick drove the poor crea-
lures back again at the point of the bay
onet, threatening to shoot them all. The
cruel act was deemed necessity of war.
-Harper's Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17
4flisecllanp,,

A MURDER AND AN INDIGNATION
MEETING IN WIscoNsIN.--The recent
murder of Mrs. Magdalena Hesse by her
husband, at Meenah, Wis, briefly re-
reported by telegraph, appears to have
been the last feather necessary to break
ths patience O. the neighborhood with
the Hesse family. The circumstances
we're as follows
John Hesse married widow Of re-
spectability and property, thirteen years
ago, and five children have resulted
from the union. He was never a kind
husband, and last fall became so abusive
that his wife was driven to obtain d.
vorce, which she did without difficulty.
Hesse was deeply angered and so open
ly threatened to kill his wife that he was
put under bonds to keep the peace, and
jailed for want Of bail. He escaped from
the Oshkosh Jail on Friday, and
though search was made in that neghbor-
hood, the sheriff sent no information Of
his escapeto Meenah until Sunday morn
ing.
Hesse proceeded directly to Meenah,
where his brother Julius bought pistol
for him, knowing what use he intended
to make of it. On Sunday morning he
defantly walked into his brothers hotel
revolver in hand, announcing that he
had murdered his wife the night before,
was glad Of it, and regretted that he had
not killed others. The poor woman was
found in her house, mile and half
distant, evidently having been ravished
by the brute before the murder, although
she was seven months gone with child.
She had received shot in the left side,
and her throat had been cut most horri-
bly,. Officers and citizens then went forthe
devlish rascal, and traced him to gar.
ret in his brothers house, where he fore.
stalled the public vengence by commit
ting suicide.
A public meeting was subsequently
held, and the Hesse boys warned, each
and all to leave the community forever.
An attorney who had been in the habit
of defending the desperadoes whenever
attempts were made to bring them to Jus.
tice for their frequent crimes, was visit
ed with righteous Indignation in way
that Dudley Field would no doubt con-
slider an outrageous interference with
lawyers duty to his clients, and thesher.
i'll who neglected to inform the people
of that vicinity of the murderer's escape
was advised to resign at once. This Wig.
orous set of resolutions closed with con.
demnation of rum-drinking and rum.
selling, and the determination to allow
no more liquor licenses TO be issued there
and to suppress the existing traffic.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

HUMoRs OF THE ScAFFoLD.-An
Irishman had been convicted of a rob-
berry at the Old Bailey sessions, for
which he was brought up, with others,
to receive judgment of death. The
prisoner, on being called on by the off.
Ger Of the court in the usual way to de.
clare what he had to say why sentence
of death should not be passed upon him,
advanced to the front of the dock, with
a vacant stare, and inquired;
What was the question ?"
a" You have been convicted of robbery.
What have you to say why sentence OF
death should not be passed upon you ac-
cording to law 2"
Faith answered the prisoner, g
have nothing much to say, except that
do not think am safe in your hands. :"
The court laughed; sentence was
passsd, and the prisoner was about to
retire, when the officer of the court called
him back and demanded to know his
age.
" Is it my age ye mane?'
"What is your age?'
II believe am pretty well as ould as
ever I'll be-"
Again the whole court was "convulse9
| with laughter !" but the wretched man,
whose mirth-moving powers were quite
involuntary, was doomed even at the
scafiold to set the people in roar"
In the press-room his irons were removed
and his arms confined with cords. This
being done, he seated himself, and in
spite of the calls of Jack Ketch and of
the sheriffs to accompany them in the
procession to the scaffold, he remained
sullenly on the bench where he had tax.
en- up his position.
Come" at last urged the hangman.
the time is arrived"
But the Irishman would not move.
"The officers are waiting for YOU"
said the sheriff. "Cau any thing be
done for you before you quit this world?o
No answer was returned. Jack Ketch
grew surly
IF you won't go, must carry YOU, .
he said.
|
"Then you may" said the prisoner.
" for I'll not walk"
"Why notf" inquired a sheriff.
III not be instrumental to NV own
death" answered the prisoner
What do you mean ?" asked the or.
binary.
"What do / name ?" retorted the han.
less man; I name that I'll not walk to
my own destruction"
And in this determination he persisted
and was carried to the scafFold where he
was turned of, refusing to do anything
which might be construed into 'shis being
a party to his own death. "-HarDer's
Mcgazine for March
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

MARTHA AND MARy.-Commend rs
toourgood brethren ofthe clergy for anec-
dotes of pith and delicaey. At the house
of the late DIR. Archer, in London, there
was gathering of friends, and among
them DIR. Harris, author Of "Mammon, .
and DIR. Philip, of Maberly Chapel.
author of The Martbas," The Marys .
etc. In the course of conversation the
question was mooted, which was the most
amiable Of the two sisters of Bethany
Mary or Martha? DIR. Archer replied !:
Il prefer Martha for the unself;shness
Of her character, in being more ready to
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

CHINESE METHOD OF PREsERyrNe
GRAPEs.-Travelers inform US that the
Chinese have a method of preserving
grapes, so as to have them at their com.
mand during the entire year; and a re-
cent author gives US the following 40.
count of the method adopted: 1t consists
in cutting a circular piece out of a rine
pumpkin or gourd, making an aperture
large enough to admit the hand. The in.
terror is then completely cleaned out. the
ripe grapes are placed inside, and the
cover replaced and pressed in firmly. The
pumpkins are then kept in a cool place
and the grapes viii be found to retain
their freshness for very long time. We
are told that very careful selection
must Be made Of the pumpkin, the COM
mon FIELD pumpkin, however. being we'll
adarted for the purpose in question.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

Made Of poor Rum. Whiskey. Proof Spirits and
please the taste. called TONES. sAppetizersS
enness and ruin but are true Medeine made from
the Native Roots and Herbs of California free from
Purifier and Life Giving Principle perfect Keno
vator and lnvigorator of the System carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to healthy
condition. No person can take these Btters accord.
ing e direction and remain long unwell
slqO VIII be given for an ncurable case. provided
other means and the vital organs wasted beyond the
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS whether in old or
young married or single at the dawn of womanhood
or at the turn of life. these Tonic Biters have no
equal. So Send for circular.
They are Gentle mr. sative as well as a Tonic
possessing also the peculiar merit ofacting as pc
eta 9b agent in RELIEVING 1 C3pgestion or Inflammation
= For Inhammatory and Chronic Rheumatism and
G 10Y pyspepsa Or Indigestion Bilious kemittent
er. Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have been
not Roes Such Diseases are caused VI
rangement Of The Diaest;ve frgSynp produced by de-
DYSPEPSIA Oh INpfGEksTfioN. Headache
Chest. Dizziness Sour Eructations Of the Stomach
Bad taste in the Mouth Bilious Attacks. Palpita,
in the region Of the Kidneys, and hundred other
parhha symptoms. are the offsprngs of Dyspepsia.
torpid liver and bowels which render them ef un-
egqalled efficacy in cleansing the blood of all mpu-
rites and imparting new life and vgor to the whole
FOR SKIN DISEASES. Eruptions. letter, Salt
Rheum, Blotehes. Spots Pimples. Pustuies. BoiIs.
Sarbuneies. Ring-Worms Scald- Head Sore Ewes
Erysipelas, Itch Seurf Discolorations of the Skin
Hpmors and other Diseases of the Skin OF
Whateyer- name OF nature. are literally dug mn
anu carried out of the system in short time by the
use OF these bitters One bottle in such cases m
feet. NAME VI
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever Won find its
Impurities bursting through the skin in pimples'
Ernptl9ns or Sores; cleanse it when you find il OBJ
structed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse il when
e IS foul. and your feelings will tell You when
Keep the blood pure and the health Of the system
PIN. TAPE and other WORMS. lurking in the
system OF so many thousands. are efectually des-
troyed and removed. For full directions read care
fully the circular around each bottle printed in four
iansuages-Engiish. German, French and Spanish.
J. WALKER. Proprietor. II. II. MCDONALD & co.
Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco Cal. and
81 and "a Commerce Street. New York.
sSsoLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
4 Il .
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

Freddy, fair haired youngster of
four summers, the other day, after being
some time lost in thought, thus addressed
his father:
PA, can God no anythingr"
Yes, dear"
"Can he make two-year old colt in
two minutes r.
Why" said the astonished parent,
Z" he would not wish to do such a thing,
Freddy"
But if he did want to, could he ?"
insisted Fred.
eyes, certainly, if he wished to-"
What! in two minutes?"
Yes, in two minutes"
" Well, then, he wouldn't be two year
old, would he?''
The old man collapsed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

A very old man once went to the king
Of Sparta and lamented over the degener-
acy of the times. The king replied:
what you say is undoubtedly true, for 1
remember that, when was boy / heard
my father say that when he was boy be
heard my grandfather thesame thing"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17
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Address
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17
'THE UNIVERSAL CLOTHES wRIS
BEST AND MOST RELIABLE wRBg
LOOK HERE

1t is universally acknowledged that the meiica
manufactured by NJ, A. Davis are the lest before
public for what they are recommended They q
prise the following: DAVIS LUNG SYRUP
Coughs, Colds, Pains and soreness Of the Chest
Lungs, Grqap and Whoqping Cough. DAVIS
tsm, Neuralgia. Spinal Fiction sprains and egy
" good for Horses. DAVIS VEGETABLE B!
TIERS for Jaundice and Biliousness. and for stTeBF
ening the weak and debilitated system. DAV
SURE REMEDY for Dysentery. Summer Cemps
Chronic DiArrhe. Chills Sore Throat, Collie ans
Internal Pains. DAVIS HUM0R OINTMENT
all humors that appear upon the surface. Als0st
blains. Chapped Hands, Old Sores. Salt Rheum,
the best and quickest cure for Burns. DAVIS
HEALING SALNE. for Cracked Hands Corns
DAVIS CATARRH SNUFF, for Catarrh. Cold,
the Head. Headache and Dizziness All Of the alb
medicines are prepared and sold wholesale and
tail by NJ. A. DAVIS. Bellows Falls VI
Also sold by druggists and Merchants genera
At Bellows ais by Cooper & Turner.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17
Vt. Central d Sullivan Railroat
ININTER ARRANGEMFNT. u Conn..-

n
w Monday, December 20. 1870.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Arrive in Bellows Falls 3;25, A. NJ, T.l5 a. Ms
p, N.
Mail Train leaves ogdensburg at 5.25P,H.s,
bans at 6:2U A. NJ, for Bellows Falls Boston Il
cester, Springfield, New York &c.
Night Express leaves Ogdensburgh at II e \
Montreal at $3.50 NJ. St. Johns at $50 pm. III
bans 7.20 ,. IN, arriving in Boston at S46sN
meeting at Bellows Falls with Cheshire Railrosj
Boston and Worcester, and with Vermont M
Railroad Tor Springfield, &e., and arriving in \
York at 1890 NJ.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls Il Is P. NJ, SIS, P. H., i0s
",
Mail train leaves Boston, via Lowell al 7 n
via Lawrence and FitchbuTg at 30 A. NJ, spribsl
at SUI, A. NJ. for Burlington. and 81. Adams,
Night Express leaves Bellows Fails at 10 a0g
receiving passengers from VT. Valley Railroad
ing New York at II Is P. w., and from CheshireH
road. leaving Boston at 5 80 P, NJ conpeegs
White River junction with train leaving Bossl
800 NJ, for Burlington, Montreal and 0E3a
burgh, connecting With Steamers and the a.
Trunk Railway for the West
SLEEPING CARs are attached 10 the "a
Express Trains running between Montreal ara
ton, and st. Adams and Springfield. and ST M
and Troy and Drawing room cars between Nc
al and Boston on Day Express Trains.
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West lgf
q. MERRILL, Gen. ssy,
st, Adams. Vt. Dec, 26, 1870.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-03-17

provide for the comfort of her Lord than
crafty"
Pray" rejoined DR.. Harris, address
ing DR.. Philip, "what is your view?
Which of the two do you think would
have made the best wife ?"
Well, really" replied the good man,
I'm at a loss; though I dare say, were
making the choice for myself, should
prefer Mary"
DR.. Archer, turning to DR.. Harris,
said smartly, pray, DIR. Harris, which
of the two should you prefer"
The author of "Mammon " was only
for moment disconnected, and replied,
in style that set the table in roar;
"Oh, / think / should choose Martha be-
fore dinner, and Mary after it,"
WARNING TO INEBRIATEs.-Dr. NJ
Culloch gives the following test, which,
perhaps may be innocently tried by all
who are skeptical as to the prejudicial
effects of alcoholic drinks on the consti-
tuition:
Hold mouthful of spirits-whiskey
for instance-in your mouth for five min
utes, and you will find it to burn severe
ly; inspect your mouth, you will observe
it is inhamed Hold it ten or fifteen
minutes, you will find that Various parts
of the mouth have become blistered; then
tie handkerchief over the eyes, and
taste, for instance, water vinegar, milk,
or SIENNA, you will find that you are in
capable of distinguishing the one from
the other. This simple and easy expert
ment proves to certainty that alcohol
is not only violent irritant, but also
narcotic; for in this experiment you have
objective evidence that it has infamed
and blistered the mouth, and for the time
being paralyzed the nerves of taste, and
to certain extent, those also of common
sensation. Now this is not an expert
ment or fact upon which any doubt has
ever been or ever can be thrown and |
ask you, can you believe that the still
more important internal organs of the
body can be less iojuriously affected than
the mouth?
Even the moderate use,'' says DR..
Wilson, " of such liquors, if long contin-
ued, and grown habitual, cannot fail to
have ultimately prejudicial effect upon
the health. while it may be confidently
asserted that there are no circumstances
Of ordinary character under which it can
be justified as beneficial or necessary"
The New York herald., 1871-10-20
TIL r TURF.

THE TURF.
FLEETWOOD FAEK ,AsEi IA AssocEAT,oS. sSEyTna
oqT9sDs qEssDsy. = os46shk "a q AsP 3. IS
Rsssn ter, H. J.Ss. IL *GSa nrd
Geo Z. Freeman enters ok. m. Lady Weller.
E. Pfssmaa Pssa sUses sesrs g. si Il Io'issg Denmark
q. ?. Carpenter enters b m. Lady Ross.
A. Patterson sPiiF' ssDsf s. PFssaSsGis SSFssak m
s'Ssss aa ssSSt 'aia SG better than
se'fr soS." Ssnss enter, gr 8 $, Enc
Geo frsenan aa enter. isnsrIlSSV Sis % Isay Weller
John Murphy enters br m. Lady Sears.
sS%S1.y sS;,S ss;s,. enter: I,
Patterson sn'fs ssibAy 81 " ess eC4osss e 9psaa y
Purse and Stake OF $4,000 closed with the following en-
ch Mace sny easr. s1iss e oa.r e to
.os RsSs s1sss sssr . c r. ssc s nss harness.
sATuKDAy, .oCTosER q :" "'
Purse Of $2sa free for all horses soO to first, $500 to
m Mace X. sn snsr, ssssrs er f. e qs9i nsnrr Palmer
D. Daniels enters b. m Ameri can Girl
NJ W. Bacon ,t,n enters err B. S'Ga s w. b. Alien.
The above mile heats three in avc in har.
ness aud win be conducted under the National
Trains BY Harlem Railroad leave Grand Central Depot,
93o r. NJ Races 70 commence each day at O'Clock p NJ
FL N. VAN coRrLANDr, President.
d. TALLMAN. superintendent.
PRospEcT rARK FAIR GROUND AssoorArIoN.-
Il, sr s CGwas premiums win oe 'rOtsd for dur
EogE, ,o7 Igs,I, Y, OCTOBER
500 TO first. 1900 to second and xl00 to third s'
NJ Z. Trimbe enters b. 81. Major Edsell.
d. Phfcr enters E. Lottery,
A. Patterson enters ch. &. Dreadnaught.
John Murphy enters b. 9. Charley Green.
@. Hoagand enters 4. e. Gray Jack.
J.s Miller enters D. ssMe g; Msnybi ybiAv
PuRsE NO s-Hfou, mat have
3 45U 10 nrs, xIVb to second and %75 to third
NJ. Rod n enters br &. j. III. Coleman.
Sd. jackson enters b. & BcppO
J. A. Cha mbers enters g. 81. Hickory Jack
A. Patterson enters ch. m. Belle OF Oneida.
X. Danie.s enters h. m. Topsy.
John Murphy enters hr. m. lady Sears.
,. II. Whitson enters ch. q. Clearance.
:. II. Bruce enters b. m. Enigma
John splan enters al Ed Enton
DANIEL Mace enters K. st. Plato.
David H. Hewson enters b. T. Ohio BOY.
NJ. w. bacon enters q. st. w. IL. Allen
Tho above races mile heats best In s. in harness.
except No ami viii be roverne by tho rules Ma.
onai Association horse distancng the hed will receive
the eutre purse. Trottng TO commence each day M 2
o'clock pro ri good Admission to ali parts
OF grounds Including grand stand ami lower part OF club
Uoney Island cars leave Futon ferry every ave minutes
for the grounds MARTIN kALBfLElsCh, PresdenI
X. u. RKAp. Secretary.