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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20
gelluws falls Times,
BELLOWS FALLS, OCT. 20, 1871.
The Great Calamity at Chicago.
THE STORY OF THE STRICKEN CITY.

THE STORY OF THE STRICKEN CITY.
We collect below from the details of
the great calamity at Chicago last week,
A REMARKABLE SIGHT.
A correspondent describes the scene
Monday morning as follows:
"Now was to be seen the most remark
able sight ever beheld in this or any 9TH
er country. There were from $4,000 to
10000 men, women and children fleeing
by every available street and alley to the
southwark and westward, attempting to
save their clothing and their lives. Ev-
cry available vehicle was brought into
requisition for use, for which enormous
prices were paid. Thousands Of persons
inextricably commingled with horses and
vehicles, poor people Of all colors and
shades, and Of every NATURALIZATION
Europe, China and Africa-mad with
excitement, struggled with each other to
get away.
One of the most pitiful sights was that
of middle-aged woman on State street
loaded with bundles, struggling through
crowd, singing the Mother Goose mel
ody:
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20
How to be Handsome.

Most people like to be handsome. No
body denies the greater power which any
person may have who has good face,
and who attracts you by good looks, even
before word has been spoken. And We
see all sorts Of devices in men and wom-
en- to improve their good looks paints
and washes, and all kinds of cosmetics,
including plentiful amounting with dir
ty hair-oil.
Now, not every one can have good feat
ures. They are as God made them but
almost any one can look we'll, especially
with good health. 1t is hard to give
rules in very short space, but in brief
these will do.
Keep clean-wash freely and univer-
sally with cool water. All theskin wants
is leave to act freely, and it will take care
Of itself. Its thousands Of air-holes must
not be plugged up.
Eat regularly and simply. The stom-
ach can no more work all the time, night
and day, than horse; it must have reg
ular work and regular rest.
Good teeth are help to good looks.
Brush them with soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with the teeth clean.
OF course, to have white teeth it is
needful to let tobacco alone. Every wo-
man knows that. And any powder or
wash for the teeth should be very simple.
Acids may whiten the teeth, but they
take off the enamel or injure it.
Sleep in cool room, in pure air. No
one can have clear skin who breathes
bad air. But, more than all, in order to
look well, wake up the mind and soul.
When the mind is awake, the dull, sleepy
look passes away from the eyes. l do
not know that the brain expands, but it
seems to. Think, read-not trashy nov-
els, but books that have something in
them. Talk with people who know some
thing; hear lectures and learn by them.
This is one good of preaching. A man
thinks, and works, ard tells us the re-
suit. And if we listen, and hear, and
understand, the mind and soul are walked
up.
If the spiritual nature is aroused, so
much the better.
We have seen plain face really glo-
rifed by the love of God and man which
shone through it.
Let us grow handsome.-Selected.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20

n NJ. GEORGE, Surgeon Dentist. Teeth
". filed with Gold or Silver. Satisfaction given
in all cases
ss- Particular attention is given TO inserting Ar
tifcal Teeth with all the moder improvements.
Office No. l, Up Stairs, Union Block
M BELLOWS FALLS VT
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among rich and poor.
INCIDENTS.

INCIDENTS.
Men, driven by that blind instinct
which makes them, though hopeless, re-
turn to the scene Of that disaster which
has ruined them, sought the spots where
once their homes had stood, and sitting
down on some pieces Of fallen timber act
ually wept and wlung their hands in an
guish. One of these wretched beings
sought his home, aud in stepping on a
half-charred beam, caused it to spring
up, and from beneath it came sickly
odor He madly turned and pried away
the timber, and saw beneath it the dead
body of his son, a young man of about
twenty years of age, who, probably re-
turning to the house to save something
he priced, had fallen in the flames and
been burned to death-roasted alive.
Potter Palmer of Chicago, on jour
ney East, was overtaken at Erie on Mon
day noon, with other Chicago gentlemen
by full advices of his disaster. He pla-
ces his loss at large figure. Indeed, in
the single item of rents it will reach
s250,000 per annum. But he instantly
dispatched to his agent at Chicago, Mr..
Phelps, to "Clear away the ruins of the
Palmer House and prepare to rebuild at
once, and push the work on the fre-proot
hotel" the completion of which will be
FASTENED several months by the disaster.
STORY BY AN EYE WITNESS.
Miss Laura E. Rollins of Bridgeport
CT, who has been teaching in Chicago
had a narrow escape from being burned
alive, having been surrounded by the
flames and only escaping by dashing
through a space where the wooden pave
ments had kindled into blaze. She ha:
arrived at New York, and tells the fol
lowing story: When the second fire
broke out in the South division. nearly
all the people became insane with terror
/ Very few of the men even, had any pres
ence of mind. If they had, much coul(
have been done to have either stayed oil
at least diverted, the flames. There wa;
water, and resolute, careful organiza
ton of men tand women too) in line
could have saved much property. Wher
the fire department gave up in despair
the people seemed like so many scarce
sheep. They rushed pell-mell away
Some carried what they could in thei
hands. / saw an Irish woman hugginl
along half-grown pig, which kicked an'
squeaied with all its might until the pant
ling woman, overcome by the flames
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20

time, but herded together, rich and poor,
high and low, the scorching fire making
no distinction to persons, but treating
them all alike, the same as it did to Sod
ON and Gomorrah.
OTHER SCENES.
AT the fremont House the elevator
became useless, and the sleeping guests,
a large number being babies, hurried
down stairs. The clatter of the removal
Of trunks and the hurrying of domestics
impeded the passageways. Several per-
sons in their eagerness jumped down the
stairs and limped away. Others, in their
haste, left beneath their pillows watches
and money, only discovering their losses
when they had reached the Michigan
Central Depot-then supposed to be a
perfectly safe place. A crowd of per-
sons FASTENED thither, some carrying beds
some sewing machines, and one lady had
six canary birds in cage in one hand
and an immense family bible in the 9TH
er. She said. II was determined to
bring these of if / lost all the rest
Another young woman was seen carrying
two large paintings, evidently those OF
her father and mother. She was but par.
TALLY clad, and amongst all her house
hold wealth sought to preserve these FL
ial mementoes as being to her most pre-
cious.
The lady school teacher, heretofore
mentioned, tells some strange experien
ces:
" One incident combined the pathetic
with the ridiculous. Two blocks beyond
where lived in Halstead street resided
an old German, an almost helpless Grip
| pie whose sole support was his wife anC
young son. The latter went away in th'
morning and did not return. The fir,
rapidly approached with deadly omen
and the old couple were not only distract
Sd 1b thO HDcShSC VI thC uOJs pub iCdIiu
of their possible fate. At last the flame
came so near that they must fly or die
liz the strength of her affection the OLE
woman seized the poor cripple, place.
him upon her back and thus staggere,
along for distance of two blocks, whel
some men placed him in a grocer's Nag
on and drew him to place of safety
But it seems wicked to think of such tri
fes amid all the narrowing scenes i
memory. / never can tell of the univel
sal horror of those hours. They wer
years. don't wonder that men SCENE
demented and women hysterical
TWENTY DEAD BODIES FOUND IN Tw,
BUILDINGS.
Twenty bodies have been taken fror
the Easements of two buildings on th
North side, near the Chicago avenu
bridge.
A Krupp shell, relic of the siege {
Paris, exploded in the honse of Mr. Cowle
business manager of the Tribune, durin
the fire, making breach in the walls l
feet wide, from the foundation to ii
roof
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HEROINES

In Wabash and Michigan avenues,
and in all the places where the richer
class of citizens live, when the fire came
the distress was awful. Women who had
never known what care was, and con-
sequently we're, as one would suppose, ut
terly incapable of bearing with equanim-
ity such calamity as the destruction Of
their homes, yet here there were many
instances of heroism aud love worthy to
besungin story. Mrs Id, of Wabash
avenue, had been deserted by her ser.
wants as soon as it became certain that
the house was doomed they had gone
off, taking with them whatever they could
lay their hands on. She, her daughter
and her invalid husband were alone IN
the house, and the flames were rapidly
approaching. There was no help to be
expected, for everybody was bent only on
saving what he could Of his own proper
ty. There was not moment to spare,
and the two women actually carried Mr.
Id away in their arms and brought
him in safety beyond the reach of the
fire. Such instances were numerous alike
among rich and poor.
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THE HEAT OF THE FIRE.

All accounts agree that the heat of the
flames was intense beyond all conception.
Unbroken walls of stone or brick or
iron, with roofs of the same material,
would crumble away like sand before it
pTrCKv
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20

PLUCKY.
The Tribunepressmen kept their press
es running, working off the outside of the
paper, while the fire raged all around
them. At length, at the latest moment
for escape, they became aware that the
building was not fre-proof
SUMMARY VENGEANCE "A HORRIBLE
SCENE.
A correspondent thus tells of the sud
den vengeance that befell bold thief:
Seeing the cashier of one of the
banks rush into dis Office as the flames
were bearing almost upon the building
the thief watched his exit. 1t was moi
long before the official appeared with hi:
arms full OF money packages and bonds
and no sooner had he appeared than the
thief prostrated him with blow upon
the side of the head, and grabbed por
ton of the treasure. A policeman in an
instant saw what was done and grabbed
the villain, who drew pistol and shoI
the faithful officer through the heart
and then sprang through the excited
crowd, brandishing his pistol and en-
deavoring to make good his escape. Bui
the sight, with all the surrounding cir
cumstances, had maddened the bystand
ers to frenzy, and they fell upon th,
wretch like SO many tigers, tearing hin
limb from limb, and literally dissembow
cling him."
! MERCHANTS STORY.
A Mr.. Stevens, returning home from
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-20
APPALLING SCENES.

A Mr.. Farrar reports the scenes in
Chicago during Monday and Monday
night as appalling in the extreme. Many
persons became crazed and jumped into
the river, while several stabbed and kill
ed themselves in their desperation.
Those in the immediate neighborhood of
the fire attempted to save their property,
loaded it on wagons. The horses, becom-
ing wild and unmanageable, rushed
through the streets, knocking down men
women and children, and dashed on into
the flames and were destroyed. Children
were left to care for themselves, and sat
on the curbstones waiting for their faith
ers and mothers,
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A Mr.. Stevens, returning home from
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17
POETICAL.
ONWARD.


onVard-onWard! slow and sieady3
Be each footprint 6rm aRd deeP,
Bear your fOrm erectly, nobly,
While Ihe narrow path you keep.
Do the work which Coo has given you,
Be your calling what il may;
Bury not, nor hoard your talents,
Labor with them on yeur way.
onward-on~ard look not backwards
step MOTTO regret the past,
Nor upon lite iOys 70 liuRcr-
On! your sAudS are run ming fast.
Take from memory what CaB aid you
Let oblivion have the FesI;
Be What'er your heart snShrinctb,
But the PHrCsI and the beat.
onEard! onward! look not round you.
AZ the IaboTeTs Oy your sioe'
II you pause an IdlS 0TeaninZS,
FTOu the path your foot will slide.
ct help on yOur ieebls brother,
II he IaInt in doubt and fear,
Lei your love his spirit StrCnGthen,
Let your iaiia his sPiTit shSG.
Onward onward! look beyond you,
Keep he beacon light in VisN
Let no Idle ignuS fatus
Lure GU from the safe and true.
OnSard, With y. ur heart cnnUbEBG.
SOuiTefining more aud more,
Till At the gale Of heaven
Drops IhO burtheu that IL bore.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17
spIrit nt 5stfsrsan.
BIZ JOHN W. DALGARN. = H. I7-
GharlestOwn, Va, January II; 1871.
THE QUESTION OF THE Day.

| AL" H
To Lhe EaiIOr ftIe Spirit Having been
identified with the Temperance reform in your
town in its ineiPiency and progress, during
the three years pasta large portion Of that
time actively, lending both word and deed TO
its maintaiuanee-aa interest, prompted not
by any desire Of popular favor, nor by simple
admiration OF the principles OF the movement,
but rather by convictions Of duty, aud earnest
desire TO do good preventing the young from
ruin, aud saving the inebriated from the hold
aud power Uf the demon. Il is not surprising,
though absent from the actual scene OF labor,
should watch aHxiously the evidences of
prosperity or decleBsiOn Vt a cause 50 dear to
the heart aud SO ireIghted with good to the
community. l must confess, that of late,
fears have arisen in my mind as 10 the lIie
aud influence of the movement began SO aus
piciOusiy, aud for time drawing TO its sup
port SO many of the good aud true. feared
the light that shOne so brightly had become
dim, that the zeal Of It's yUtariss was on the
wane, that the cause with So much prestige
of success, and whose trophies Of good we're
lrgiOns, would trail its banner to tue foe dis,
cOmfted and beaten. Imagine my pleasure
ana happy surprise on receiving and reading
your last paper, tu-sce the seHf-snnual elec-
ton of the officers of Jefferson Council, No.
3, Friends Uf Temperance" The caLsG lives.
The temperance OrganIzl;iuu remains intact.
The vestai fires still buru upon its altar. The
temperance men get show solid front to the
enemy. All hail my Brothers Of the noble
work You are standing at your post, battle
Ing Tor the redemption Of your fellows frOm
the worst Of evils. You are true friends of
humanity. Lovers OF tue unfortunate and
outcast Your words cheer the heart OF the
druDkurds vile. Your deeds redeem tic un-
fortunate inebriatc. Your labors OF love
gladden. the angels bosOms aud elicit the bles.
sing of the Great Father Still work for
you work not in vain. You can point to your
fruits. YOU can show your jewels. Homes
made happy, hearts made light, Orphanage pre-,
vented, aud widowhoOd averIed. These are
trophies better aud brig hter than wraps esrths
couquOrer, on coming irOn the field OF carnage
with earIh's Plaudirs. Yours is a peaceful
triumph. No pain or suffering, or desOiaIiOn
marks your march. But peace aud joy aud
happiness crown your efforts. May your zeal
never Aag your deeds never weaken. May
the year lST upon whirh you enter, prove Que
OF grand triumph. Tie cause spreads in the
region round about you-other sheep there
are which are not of tins fold the Sons" at
Duthclds, hang out their hauuer anew on the
Outer Walis-ihc "Cuhurt's'' plant their
posts at new points Thus tho great work
goes on, for It's aim, its principles, ate one
so mole II be-
TurAL ABsTTNEScE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17
Il Barnum at his Old Trade:


r /. barnum will place upon the road next
Spring The most unique aud comical exhibi.
ton ever seen. Il will more than double In
extent the great "BaTnum Show" Of 1851. st
which ten Elephants, haruesscd to the car Of
JugerDGpt, led the immense cortege into town.
The present exhibition will consist Of CON.
bined museum, ueuagerie aud circus. They
viii DC exhibited uader three spacious payif-
ions so connected that visitors can pass from
one tO.the other, for one entrance Of fFty eents
10 the entire establishments
Tie museum Will contain myriad of rara
cur'ositieS In Nature, Science aud Art, which
Mr. Blruum has for several years been eolIee-
ting iron Africa, India. Egypt, Japan, China
and various parts OF Europe. Prominent in
this department will be 4 most extraordinary
Collection OF autumaton life size mechanical
human figures, ingeniously made to perform
upon musical Instruments, dance, walk, lean.
aud execute ieais of rope dancing and pvmnas.
tics. Also autouatou animals and birds. curl.
Gus groups of moving wax sistuary represen.
ting distinguished Personlges in the old and
ne" world, besides an army of living speci.
mems of the ye~Us hoHIo Such as giants.
dIarts albiuOes, Indians, Circassian girls, ETC.,
led by the smallest pigmy on the earth, Ad.
miral Dot, the renowned California dwarf, with
his miniature chariot, ponies and Outriders.
Tue menugerie, besides, wilderness Of wild
animals Of all descriptions will contain some
rare living specimens seldom seen. among
which are the sea lion from the Pacific. hip.
POPota'nus from the river Nile, su Egyptian
crocodile, white rhiuoccros, etc. Tho re.
nownod Arabian caravan Of AiOusier IIuet. con.
s'siing OF thirty single and double bumped
dromedarics aud camels, accompanied by be-
dOuin Arabs, will form portion OF the grand
enact some beautiful oriental scenes under
one Of the pavilions
The circus department will pc represented
by some ofrh most celebrated riders and per-
formers, male and female. known ia the eques.
triHn circles. 1t is estimated that the COS, Of
putting this great show upon the road will
exceed sl50.OO0.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17

FELoS on the FISGER.-Many perSoaS
suffer extremity fr'm feloOs on the finger.
these "tl'etions are not only very painful
but not un;requenriy occasions permanent
Gripping Of the members affected. The fol.
lowing simple prescription is recommended
as cure for this distressing ailHcnt. Take
common rock salt. such as nsed for salting
down pork or beel, aud mix with spirits of tur-
Peniine IN equal parts, put it on rag and rap
around the affected part. and as IL gets dry,
put on more. and in iEcHfy-fo1F hours you are
cured. The felOn viii DO dead il viii do 10
harm, try il.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17


a MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF oN HIS W1FE's
GRAvE.-On Saturday afternoon well
dressed man, about twenty six years Of nge.
drove up to tho Lutheran Cemetery, Middle
Village, and. showing ticket, was admitted
to the grounds and directed to a grave, which
he said was the grave Of his wife In very
few minutes the attention of the atteodau Mt was
drawn to the locality by the explosion of n
pistol, when it was ascertained that tire man
had shot himself, his body falling across the
grave TO which he had been directed. An
inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Tewks
bury, Of Hunter Point, when the 'IolIuwiny
facts were aseertained: The name of the un.
fortunate man was Peter Smith. lie resided
at 60 Thorp avenue, Williamsburg. was a
carpenter hy trade twenty-six years Of age.
and some weeks ogp lost his wife aud only
child by that terrible disease sruall- poz. which
had been raging in that part Of Brooklyn the
past few months, since which time lie has been
very diseonsolate. saying that he would soon
meet his wife. About noon he hired q horse
and buggy. saying that he was going into the
country, when he deliberately drove TO the
cemetery and shot himself. Verdict Of Jury
death from his own hands,"
[Ner York Herald, Jan. 0.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
What Has been Accomplished in the
Last Decade,

The works Of centuries has been crowded
into few months. The Atlantic cable which
failed III 1853 and again in 1865, became a
success the next year, and three lines OF sub
marine connection have bound the new to the
old world, aud in all the seas aud along all the
shores OF both hemispheres, the iron links thar
almost girdle the whole earth are laid The
Pacific railroad, but a score of years ago pro.
blem aud puzzle, is in this decade fact
The work OF which Pto!emy and Alexander,
aud Caesar dreamed, and which Napoleon me.
dated. has been accomplished by French sci.
encc, and the Suez Canal marks an era in the
worlds progress. The Mont Gems tunneI is
the last work of the expiring decade, aud
French enterprise smooihs the way that Han.
Dibal and Charlemagne and the first Napoleon
found SO difficult. Around US on this con-
tinGnt great changes have occurred Cauada
has been removed. Cuba for two years shakes
off yoke that great Kingdom is pcweTless to
reimpoSe. Mexico has slowly cOntended
against French intervention, and by the
bloody expiration Of Macmillan warne6 Eu-
rope OF the peril Ut interference here. Our
relations with China aud Japan have grown
closer. The ancient Empire committed to an
American the duty Of bringing her within the
pale Of international law and to tie presence
of the veiled ruler of japan, our foremost
statesman has penetrated. aud has crowned our
claim of influence in Asia with this last evi-
derce Of its merit. In these ten years Italy
has become united Kingdom, and Spain has.
III the thTOes OF arevolutiOU, bauished one royal
house, and prepared TO establish another
Russia has emIncipated l0, 600 900 Of serfs.
m"s, sf whom ire now entirely free. la Eng
land, liberalism has gained reforms in suffrage,
and the church disestabishment for Ireland.
Prussia has gained the position Of first class
power, and exhibited unexpected military
strength. France. deceived aEd dishonOred.
has suffered every humiliation. The Empire
has vanished, and 'he Republic rises. We
might extend this brief review to great length,
aud note thousand other signs of change and
proSross. Enough is shown, however, 20 dig.
Nifty this period of ten years sndstO make our
day the era of the most splendid successes
ever achieved by the human race. .-.--
'-1 q 1-A . IN. y Com. AdserGisey d
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17

"A poor woman IN PhilsdeIphia has sud-
denly acquired money eRouSh 70 make her
comfortable for year or tSo. in an old dirty
bTsastpin which her father had given her ffty
JezEs sgo sod which she lately found among
sons old tTumPery In = Forgotten hox. i
ceaisiss diamonds. aad Z Chestnut strest lev.
e.lsz has cIsrsd ks- $50. 900 for It.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-01-17

Iii ia 4 his'oricsl fact that during three
hundred and fftJ years that the PlSee oF the
TuilIeries has been 4 royal dwelling no French
sovereign has died within its wallis. In con-
nectiOn With this fact another may be men
toned: Ever since 1888 every French SOW
ereiga Who has made the T0illeries hes abode
has been compelled, at some time or other,
70 9ui: the shelter of It's roof