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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

cellent humor and applause for a briei
time, as did indeed all the speakers
Col. Albert Clark of St. Adams, closed
bis remarks by reporting the following
resolution which was unanimously adopt,
FED :
Resolred. That this Association hereby tenders lis
host of the Equinox House, younger brother in the
profession for the generous and elegant hospitality
which he has extended g Superintendent James
S e S ie e
and the Saratoga Railroad for similar aeeomoda'
ton in enabling us to see the great marble interes
which makes Rutandiustly celebrated and ofwhich
| Vermont may well be proud; 10 the proprietor OF
| the Bates House in Rutland for kindness and iAei
tiles in his fine hotel to thejournaists Of Rutland
for their unweared efforts in promoting the pleasure
and entertainment Of the Association; 70 the Rut,
land HERALD for its enterprise in publishing so full
q report Of our proceedings and TO ne Vermont
ously and cordially contributed TO place this
l pleasure within the reach all.
After dinner the party looked about
town, and visited the ins Music Hall,
connected with the Equinox House, but
even all good things earthly must have
an end, and on the return to the depot
called upon Col. Colburn to see his trout
ponds and deer park in which were
a couple of fawn but few days old, a
novelty not often found in Vermont.
The brief acquaintance with Col. Col
burn made him general favorite, and
he was very cordially made an honorary
member of the Association.
FORK FACTORY.
On the return brief stop was made
at Wallingford, and the party made a
visit to the celebrated Fork Factory of
Bachelor & Sons, and we're courteously
shown about by Justin Bachelor, ESQ.,,
thus making another agreeable point in
the excursion.
THE BATES HOUSE.
During the two days the BATES House
at Rutland was the headquarters of the
Association, at which place they arrived
from Manchester at about u o'clock.
This is one of the first class hotels of
New England 1t is large and spacious
Attentive to the wants of his guests, the
proprietor at once makes them feel at
home. Their tables too are most excel
lent and well served.
RECEPTION
The occasion closed on Friday evening,
with reception at the residence of Henry
Clark, editor OK the Rutland Herald.
Besides the members of the Association,
many of the leading citizens of Rutland
were present, among whom were Gov.
Page, Hon. S. NJ Dorr, and his estima-
BILE lady, Mrs. Julia G. r, Dorr, so well
known in literary circles, and Henry
Hall, Esq, the we'll known historian, &c.
to all Of whom Mr.. and Mrs. Clark with
genial courtesy, dispensed elegant hospi-
tality, and it was in every particular a
most agreeable and fitting close of the
pleasant associations of the day.
THE RUTLAND EDITORS
were untiring in their eXertions through
out the meeting, excursion. and all other
respects in their attentions to their breth-
rem, to make the occasion successful,
and the above record attests their success.
Many thanks to them say we, SO say the
entire fraternity of the State They
made the associations of that meeting
and the reunion of 1871, one which will
long last in pleasant memories.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

= The largest strawberry-bed in the
country is in Iowa, where whole town
ship is taken up with the large and lus-
cious fruit.
"A terrific tornado passed through
the towns of Paxton, Holden and West
Boylston, in Massachusetts,, last Sun
day afternoon, demolishing every build
ing in its track, and tearing up trees by
the roots.
- Henry Basch was stung, recently,
by common fly which had probably
been feeding on some poisnous substance,
for in little while the wound grew to a
painful tumor, and he finally died in all
the agonies of blood poisoning.
A young gentleman of Pittsfeld,
Mass, has recently involved himself in
difficulty by stealing empty bottles from
the back door of drug store, and then
carrying them round to the front door
0nd oCIilhS tAOLu W but OHu tIs
= One of the new uses to which sponge
is being put is that of pads to be placed
under stair carpets, as we'll as under
meath those in parlors, bedrooms, etc.
Heretofore, cotton waste or wadding was
used for that purpose.
Kentucky has a colored population
of 100000, and denies them the benefits
of the Common School Fund. Gov.
Leslie, the Democratic candidate, in his
stump speeches dwells upon this short
sighted policy of his party as matter
of especial pride.
A negro preacher at Pine Bluff,
Ark, while addressing his congregation,
recently, was stricken dead by lightning,
and as his remains were being carried to
the grave, a day or two after, another
bolt shivered his coffin 20 atoms.
An inveterate smoker in New York
has been induced by his betrothed to
swear off. To commemorate her tri
umph, she has had one of his beautiful
ly-colored cigar-holders set as a breast
pin, which she wears on all occasions.
Wait till they have been married a year
or two.
A Toledo CO., physician, who is
also an a priori reasoner, was recently
called to attend 80 persons who had
been made sick after eating peculiar
kind of cheese, and ate some himself to
find out if that was the cause. He
found that it was, though it is thought
that most of them will recover.
The phenomenon of cyclone was
witnessed at Ballston, n. Y. during the
recent storm. When first noticed. if
presented precisely the appearance of an
immense water spout, such as is fire.
quently seen at sea during storm. In
its passage over the swamp and across
the fields it uprooted trees, tore down
fences, destroying everything in its path.
A Russian nobleman who has taken
degrees at Heidelberg and St. Peters
burg, and who is entirely conversant
with the English, German, French, Pol
Ish, Italian, Latin, and Greek languages
in addition to his native tongue. and
speaks them fuently, advertises in a
Hartford Conn journal for situation
as coachman. AT last accounts he had
not been employed, probably on account
OF the difficulty of finding horses profess
ing the same linguistic requirements as
himself.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

TERRIBLE FALL FROM A MOUNTAIN.
"A young man named Atkins and his
wife fell distance of six hundred and
fifty feet from peak in the Blue Ridge
Mountain, Wilkes County, n. c., few
days ago. The body of Mrs. Atkins was
areadfully mangled, but strange to say
Mr.. Atkins is still alive, and hopes are
entertained of his recovery.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

LET Us Play FOSTER. Charles
Conner and about twenty attendant
roughs attempted, the other day, to
brighten free ride out of New York
horse car conductor, but failing to do
this, Conner reached for the car hook,
saying, Boys, let us play Foster with
him." The driver. however, succeeded
in keeping the hook from him until he
was arrested by a policeman.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

Bloomington. ILL.,, has first class
Diogenes. He gets drunk and then
rents sugar hogs head, in which he
regularly barricades himself for day
or 90 at time.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

Tho second thing Is, the patients must stay In a SE-
vent taking cold when the lungs are diseased bat II s
be prevented cannot be effected Fresh air a
fall and wnier season, arc all wrong Physicians vi
recommend that course lose their patients, II their E
they must not sit down quiet they must walk about .
room much and fast the strength will bear .
in good splrits-be determined to get well. This h
great deal to do with the appetite, and is the point
TO despair Of cure amer such evidence Of its posal
m ne worst cases and moral certainty in az otheTs
OH own cure was IN these modest words;
Many years ago IN the last stages Of oonsu=a
ton confined to my bed, and time my physaa
thought that could not live week; then like dIosl
parations which / now oer to the public and they sis
a perfect cure Of me- IL seemed TO that / could a
them penetrate my whole system. They Tpsned
matter in my lungs, and would spit up more than a
Of offensive yellow matter every morning for long tz
and night ali began 70 leave me and nv apy
became so great that II with difficulty that 81
and have grown Ii flesh s ever since s" s'eO my
a was weighed shortly amer my recovery" sdaad q
was only nineiy-seven pounds nv present weist !, Il
hundred and twenty-five (22Sl pounds, and for years
DR.. sehenck has discontinued his professional visits
New York and Boston. He his son, Dr. j. H. schsnt
North Sixth street, Philadelphia every saturday al
4 D. 70 5P. NJ Those who wish a thorough exam
ton with the Rsspromeier will be charged IS The Be-
promoter declares the condition OF the lungs q
patients can readily learn whether they curabk
The directions for taking the medicines are adapted
the intelligence even Of child Follow these directed
and kind Nature win DO the rest. excepting that in
cases the Mandrake Pills are TO be taken in fncress
doses the three medicines need no other ACCOMPANYING
than the ample instructions that accompany them IA
appetite. OF returning health hunger is the I'd
welcome symptom. When II comes, as II will cone
the desparing at be Of good cheer. Good b0ai q
follows the cough loosens, the night sweat Eaa
In short time both Of these morbid symptoms ~ re
forever.
DR.. sehencks medicines constantly kept in iss g
thousands Of families. As laxative purgatiys u
Mandrake Pills are a standard preparation; while q
Pulmonc Syrup as cure OF coughs and colds, MAJ 7
regarded as prophy lacterfc against consumption
Of its forms.
Price Of the Pulmonie Syrup and Seaweed Tonic, "
bottle, $50 half dozen. Mandrake Pills, Is CO
box. For sale by all druggists and dealers.
GEO. G. GOODWIN & CO., Agents, Bostc
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

Use THE GEM STOVE POLISH
u BY r. p. Hadley. Bellows Fs.ls.
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Consumption,
ITS CURE AND ITS PREvENrryr.
BY ]. H. SCHENCK, N, d.

Consumption,
ITS CURE AND ITS PREyrxryv,
BY J. H. SCHENCK. N. D.
Many human being has passed away. for who's. s,s
there other reason than the neglect OF knes :.
indsputaby proved means OF cure, Those near AMI 8
10 family and friends sleeping the areanless In
Der into which, had they calmly adopted
DR. JOSEPH III. sCHENCk'S SIMPLE
TREATMENT,
and awaited themselves Of his wonderfully efcaeov, ma
cines, they would not have fallen.
DR.. sohenek has in his own proven that whs,,,
SUFFICIENT vitality remains, that vitality by his feds
fal vigor. ''''' -''
In mis- statement there is nothing presumption.
S not thousand times sabstaStlated ~ living and
works; The theory OF the cure by DT. sehencks n.
qarss no argument il i seif assuring, sse S
The Sawed Tonic and Mandrake Pills the rsi y
weapons with which the citadel of the malsdy is ass
Two-thirds ofthe cases Of consumption originate dr
sa and a fnnetienally dsoriered liver with Ill y
mach They respond 70 the Inorbie action q q Ez
IN, with al It's distressing symptoms, Of
CONSUMPTION.
The Mandrake Pills are composed OF one Of Sss,-,
noblest gifts-the PedophIlum Peltaturn They posss
the blood searching Alternative properties Of calons
LEAVE NO STING BEurNp.-
mucous deposits IN the bowels and IN the anentary )
nal are elected The liver, like clock Is wound d,
hfuses from It's tafpidy. The stomach acts Responsive
and the patient begins 70 feel that he Is getting last
SUPPLY OF coon BLOOD.
The Seaweed Tonic in conjunction with the pins VI
meates and nssiuailates with the food. ChylfneatM
now progressing, without It's previous tortures Dss
becomes painless, and the cure is be az hans
There Is no more hatulence, exacerbaon a TIE 81
mach. An appetite sets in
Now coEnes the greatest Blood Purifier gfre
BY an ndugcRt father suffering man schencsS pui1
monte syrup comes IN to perform its functions AND q
hasten and complete the cure II enters at once upon =
work Nature cannot be cheated II collects and rIt
The impaired and diseased portions Of the lungs. In 4
form OF gatherings IL prepares them for expectorza
and 10 IN very short time the maiady - yanqais
the rotten throne that IL occupied Is renovated and mas
steps forth 10 enjoy the manhood wonanhood that wa
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-06-16

Many a human being has passed away for who's. A..
there other reason than the neglect Of knevS -
ndisputabiy proved means OF Those near sna =
10 family and friends sleeping the areanless IN
Der into which, had they calmly adopted
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-16
Tipping.

The London Saturday Review, whose
exposure of the drinking habits of En-
glish ladies is so difficult of belief, even
when sustained by Mr.. Greeley account
cf female intoxication in New York
good society, has undertaken to show
that the husbands of these tippling la
dies have the same falling. The intro
duction of the American bar system,
it says, has increased the use Of spurious
liquors among business men in London
to a terrible extent. Secret drinking
among the mercantile classes is free and
uncontrolled, and the potations of city
men are greatly on the increase. In ad-
dition to the American bar system,
the reason given for this is that the use
of the telegraph in business leaves no
time for calm meditation to the merchant
and broker, but keeps up a constant
fever of excitement, inducing nervous
exhaustion and the use of stimulants.
Business men, also, no longer live over
their stores and contingencies, but
several miles away, and constant anx-
iety about missing the train" preys
further upon their nervous systems. All
these causes operates as certainly here
as in London, and if, as the Saturday
Review states, the evil is greater there
than here, the explanation is probably
found in the statement of the New York
Times, that while the Englishman who
tipples before dinner also drinks heavily
at that meal, the American generally
confines himself to the former method
of toning his system.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-16
About Beds.

From Halls Journal.l
Good Health says that beds are very
necessary, as well as convenient and
comfortable; but like all other things in
this world. there are good and bad beds.
Feather beds are injurious IN every way
to health, and should, therefore, be dis
pensed with. The way in which many
persons manage them is also very alb
surd. They arise from them in the
morning, make them up steaming hot,
close the doors and windows, and leave
all Til bedtime. Then the scene is acted
over again, All beds should be most
thoroughly aired after being used. That
the gases and odor impaired to them by
the human body may be removed. The
room, also, should be well ventilated.
There are many materials that make
much more healihful beds than feathers,
among which may be enumerated hair,
shucks, straw. springs, etc. Cotton may
answer for some constitutions, but for
most It is too heating Many patients
tell their physicians that they cannot
sleep on bed made of cotton. Il pro
duces restless, itching sensation, ike
that Of insects crawling over the body.
Hard beds are much to be preferred to
soft ones
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-16
MEMPHIS TENN. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6 1871. -

A California paper tells how the jury
in the case Of Mrs Fair made up its YER
dict, the statement being made, it is
claimed, in the words Of one of the jury:
" During the progress of the trial not
one juror spoke to his fellowjurors of
the case, and when we retired to make
up verdict no one knew anything Of
the opinion Of his fellows. On entering
the jury-room the first thing done was
to cut piece Of paper into twelve pieces,
and to number them from one up to
twelve These we're put in hat and
drawn, and the slip drawn was the num-
Der Of the juror On these slips each
juror wrote his finding in the case, and
when his number was called put it into
the hat. When / wrote my finding,
murder in the first degree, / hardly
thought there would be another such
finding on ony of the slips, but when
the slips were all deposited and taken
out and read, to my great astonishment
it was found that each juror on the first
and only ballot, had voted just as / had,
murder in the first degree.
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as he had become unconscious and sunk
for the last time. The usual remedies
were resorted TO resuscitate him; and,
though there were signs of life, there
was no appearance of consciousness.
He was taken home in a state ofscom-
plete exhaustion, and remained so for
some days. On the first return Of suf-
fcient strength to walk, he went to his
bookcase, reached down a book, opened
it, and handed the long lost note to a
friend who was present, stating to him
that while drowning and sinking, as he
supposed, never to rise again, there in
stantly stood out before bis mind in a
moment, every act and event Of his life,
from the hour of his childhood to the
hour of his sinking in the water; and
among his acts, the circumstances Of
his putting the note in book, the name
of the book, and the very spot it stood
in the bookcase. OF course he recov-
cred his money, with interest.
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rne voice rrom tbe soulh

From the Detroit Free.Press.l
The men of influence in the South,
who are anxious for peace and the re-
storation of order among their people,
all agree that but one policy is necessary
to secure that end, and that is liberality
and Justice on the part Of Congress.
Force will not do it, but restoration to
the people Of their rights will. All they
ask Is that the principles of the Declara-
ton of Independence shall be applied
to their case. They want the govern
ment policy of the State to be the result
of the consent of the governed-not ex-
torted from them at the point of the
bayonet, but freely expressed at the bal
lot-box. No government can be just
which denies the people representation,
and yet demands part of their earnings
to support a government in which they
have no voice. Under the Radical
policy, the South is a despotism to a
majority of the tax payers. They are
denied all voice in the government.
They are not permitted to vote, nor hold
office. They are simply victims which
the ignorant, the vicious and the ma
lignaIt can pluck at will, and against
which they haye no remedy. Such a
policy may be the wosk qf loyalty, but
it is not the work of justice o. OF right
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

At her window,
At her window looking DER the bay,
Sitteth Nellie,
Sitteth Nellie. sewing all the day;
Such merry girl was she,
Full Of beauty, full Of glee.
Twenty years ago.
Bright-eyed Nellie.
At her window looking DER the bay.
Saw approaching
Stalwart Owen, on sunny day.
When the bloom was on the tree,
When the breeze was blowing free.
Twenty years ago.
Sweet-voiced Nellie
Gave him welcome in her winning way,
And brave Owen
Stole fair Nellie's heart away.
That sweet face was all a-glow
When he said he loved her so,
Twenty years ago.
Dark-haired Nellie
Looked at day-break DER the tossing sea-
Prayed in whispers, a.,
" Father, send my Owen safely back to me u
Round the dang rous rocky head,
Northward- bound, a schooner sped.
Twenty years ago.
Silent, lonesome,
Sitteth Nellie, sewing all the day;
Wind and billOws
Bear her Owen far. so far away.
Other wooers came to ask for Nellie's hand,
Nellie whispered No." and pointed to the
Twenty years ago.
Then came winter,
And the waves rose mountain high;
And poor Nellie,
Sitting there, could only gaze and cry.
Every sail returning did she see, -,
Every time she murmured, lis not mel
Twenty years ago.
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Death aa a Mirror.

One of the most singular facts OF our
existence is the intensity and rapdity
with which incidents in our past life are
presented to us when death comes to us
in sudden or a violent form, especially
in a case of drowning An accident oc-
curred some time since on the Hudson
river, by which a number of persons
were pfecipitated into the water, and
were nearly drowned. Among the num-
her was the editor of Philadelphia pa
per. who described his situation while
under water and in drowning condi-
ton to have been pleasant, but peculiar
il seeming to him that every event in
his past life crowded upon his mind at
once. He vas sensible of what was oc-
curing, and expected to drown; but
seemed only to regret that such an in
teresting item as his sensations should
be lost. This is an exceedingly apt IL
lustration Of the maxim that the ruling
passion is strong in death.
A still more singular story is told OF a
persOn who held a promissory note Of
anotheFs which had run for several
years; but which, on maturity, he found
he had put away so carefully that ne
could not find it. He, therefore, called
on the one who had given the note,
stating that he had lost it and proposing
to give him a receipt as an offset to the
note if it should ever be found. To his
surprise. the person owing the money
not only declined to do this, but posi-
lively denied ever having given such
promissory note, saying he owed him
nothing. Without legal proof he was,
Of course, obliged not only to let the
matter drop and lose the money, but
also endure the suspicion Of trying to
obtain money under false pretenses
Several years passed away without the
note being found, when the person who
had owned the note, while bathing in
the Thames one day, was seized with
cramp and rescued by companions just
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A writer in the Trinity (Texas) Jour
nal relates that in 1850 party of miners
in the mountains of Ell Dorado, prospect
ing in an isolated place where they were
without fresh meats and vegetable food,
were afflicted with scurvy. Six of the
worst cases were planted in the earth up
to their neck, and left alone over night
with a chaw of tobacco apiece. The re-
suit Of this attempt at earth cure might
have been happy, but for the fact that in
the night coyotes came along and ate of
alb the six heads.
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Men who have half dozen irons in
the fire are not the ones to go crazy. Ii
is the man Of voluntary or compelled
leisure who mopes and pines and thinks
himself into the mad-house or grave.
Motion is all natures law. Action is
mans salvation, physical and mental;
and yet nine out of ten are wistfully
looking forward TO the coveted hour
chen they shall have leisure to do moth
ing-the very siren that has lured to
death many a successful man. He only
is truly wise who lays himself out to
work till life's latest hour, and that is
the man who viii live the longest and
will live to most psrpose.
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LOUISVILLE ROUTE
NORTH AND EAST.
Winter Schedule.
Takes Effect January 9th, 1871.

Brownsville Accommodation leaves daily
(except Sunday at rs pm.
Daily through train to Nashville and Chat
fanOOga without change of cars. Leave at
7:45 pm; arrive in Nashville at am,
Chattanooga at z 10 p m, next day.
Depot at head Of Main street.
Ticket Office, 371S Main street, one door
north Of Jefferson.
The train leaving Memphis stl.i5 J. m. runs
daily. Tne4 IS am. train does notrgn on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louigyille
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the As :. m. train from Memphis
10 Louisville. connecting at Louisville with
through cars TO Philadelphia, Cleveland, But-
one change from Louisville 10 Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms, in through cars, can be engaged
at the Ticket Office, 25I1s Main street.
J. +. BOYD, Superintendent.
Jas. SPEED, Ticket Agent. s-o2-f