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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02
Last Leaf as inexpressibly touching,
and those six lines specially as the finest
in the English language tor true pathos.


THE FIRST LocoMoTIvE.-The first
locomotive engine introduced and work
ed in America, was run upon the Della
ware and Hudson railroad. In the year
1928, Honesdale (named from the late
Philip Hone) offered its friendly glen
for the purpose of conducting the exper-
iment. The locomotive, called the
Stourbridge Lion," was built in Eng
land, of the best workmanship and ma
terial, and most approved pattern of
that date The road passed out of Homes
dale by a sharp, northwesterly curve,
with moderate grade, and was carried
over the Laekawaxen bv a long hemlock
trestling, considered by many too frail
to support the mysterious looking engine,
all ready for the hazardous journey. As
the crowd gathered from far and near,
expecting that bridge, locomotive and
all would plunge into the stream the mo-
ment the passage was attempted, no one
dared to run the locomotive across the
chasm but Major Horatio Allen who amid
exultation and praise, passed over the
bridge and portion of the road in safe
ty. The engine, how ever was abandon
ed, as the slender trestling, forming much
of the body Of the road, sufficiently
strong for ordinary cars, was found too
feeble for the weight and tear" Maj.
Allen, in his account of this first trip of
locomotive upon this continent, says ::
As | placed my hand upon the throt-
tie, | was undecided whether | would
move slowly or with fair degree; but
believing that the road would prove safe,
and preferring if we did go down, to go
handsomely and without any evidence of
timidity, started with considerable We
velocity, passed the curve over the creek
safely, and was soon out of hearing of
the vast assembiage. AT the end of two
or three miles | reversed the valve, and
returned without accident, having thus
made the first railroad trip by locomo-
tive in the Western Hemisphere.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02
NO CURE, NO CHASE
RHEUMATISM, NEURAD
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chemistry. graduate of the celebratea :.
Pennsylvania, A. d., 1888. whose eniirg, !. I
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02
NKLIN COALl

A LARGRoUANTTTY Of the celebrated FRANK
LIN COAl..-the BEST for summer use on hand
and for sale by
Il ARMS 4 WILSON.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02

GA FELLOW BY THE NAME OF
HOLMES. In 1916, says a correspon-
dent Of the Free Press, ABE Lincoln"
as he was then called, came to Bloom
ington, ILL.,, about sixty miles from his
home in Springfield, to defend an aged
father in a suit for SANDER brought by
his son. The old mans spouse, second
wife, and not altogether sanity in the
estimation of her step-son, had spoken
severely of the step-son's wife, and he
prosecuted Cor SANDER, as was suppos-
ed by some, more to get the old mans
money than to keep peace in the family.
They had gone through the evidence,
and Lincoln made the closing speech.
As he approached the close he called the
father to his side before the jury, and
spoke of the unnatural aspect there pre-
sented in man of these gray hairs de-
Tending himself against the conduct of
his child. Raising his hand higher than
that frosted head, he summoned the spirit
of the departed mother to console the
defendant in these unmerited sorrows !;
to shield him in these days when he
needed some requital of affection from
the assault of their thankless child. Her
spirit of love is all that remains to him
now. For
The messy marbles rest
On the lips he has pressed
In their bloom;
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many year
On the tomb"
These lines fitted like an exquisite
piece of mechanism. The case was gain
ed. A witness of the scene who reports
the case says that at the close he asked
Mr.. Lincoln. who was the author OF
those lines you repeated 7" "Oh," sale
be, +" it was fellow by the name o
Holmes" This fellow by the name Of
Holmes" had become pretty widely
known sixteen years after, when Mr.
Lincoln took up his abode at the Whit,
House; but the lines which had helpe,
the lawyer so we'll in gaining his case
clupg to the memory of the Presiden,
who was accustomed 70 refer TO " Tn
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02


CARE FOR SPARRows.--A little girl,
seeing the servant throw the crumbs into
the fire, said, Don't you know that God
takes care of the sparrows
4" If God takes care of them," was the
careless reply. "we need not trouble our
selves about Them
"But, said the little girl, 81 had rath-
er be like God, and help him take care
of the little birds, than scatter or waste
the food that he gives us"
So she carefully collected what was left
of the crumbs, and threw them out of
the window. In short time several lit
tie birds flew eagerly to the spot, and
picked up the crumbs she had scattered.
After this, she every day collected in a
lit e basket the crumbs and bits of bread
that had fallen around the table, and
threw them under the window for the
little birds; and during all the winter
these little creatures came regularly af-
ter each meal to partake of the food
thus provided for their support. How
beautiful it was to see this little girl try
ing to help God," as she said, and thus
early learning to be kind to the helpless
of Gods creatures.
WoNDERs.-Lewinbeck tells of an in
sect seen with a microscope, of which
twenty-seven millions would only equal
mite
Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of grain of sand.
Mould is forest of beautiful trees
with branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales, like a fish single grain o.
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet scale cover
five hundred pores. Through these mar
row openings the perspiration forces il
self, like water through sieve.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02

A WEAsEL's MILITARY TACTICS. -
The Portland Transcript prints this fun
ny description:
"a good old Westbrook Quaker vouch
es for the truth of the following story Of
battle between weasel and rat, in
which the former showed military ca
pacity that would be the making of
general. The good old man gave his
peace principles little vacation while
be watched the fight with lively curiosi-
ty. 1t was evident from the first, that,
in an open. fair field, the rat carried too
many guns for his slippery enemy, and
drove him at every set-to.
The weasel at length appeared dis
couraged, and was, for moment, lost to
sight Our friend soon found he was
burrowing in the ground. He rapidly
made tunnel, which, when finished, had
very large entrance and very small
exit. This done, he again ventured out
and attacked the rat, but soon fled be-
fore him, as on each former occasion.
He disappeared in the larger opening of
his tunnel, the rat bouncing in after him.
He soon appeared, squeezing himself out
of the small opening at the opposite ex-
tremity of the mine, dashed back with
great speed to the hole down which the
rat had just disappeared; and plunged
in without the slightest hesitation. The
momentum of the rat must have wedged
him fast in the cunning trap prepared
for him, and the weasel was upon his un
protected rear before he could change
front. All that followed must be left tc
the Imagination"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20
BI'I'I.N'G II HORSE.

First, acquire a knowledge of horses, so
as to know good horse whon you see
one that is a model. There is more money
lost, and more honest men are deiraudcd,
in buying and selling of horses, than in
any other product of the farm. For the
last twenty years, have had all sorts and
shapes of horses, from the pony to the
Shanghai and the greatest weight in the
least bulk is the animal for service. \
horse Weighing from 100 to l,i00 pounds,
is large enough for farm work. You must
understand what you want an animal for
before you 20 to buy. One minute is long
time enough to examine the standing points
of horse. These are \ good lively eye,
inclined to hazel, and pleasant counte-
nance Hat leg and open foot; shoulders
set rather back, and thin at the withers a
short back, and no objection if it is slightly
arched the proper shape of the hinder
parts depends on what you sh the horse
to perform.
The prevailing blemishes are blindness
or weak eyes, ringbone, spawn, hoofbound,
curbed or thorough pinned, stitled, &c, all
of which an expert observer will detect in
one minutes time. The heaves is the most
difficult to detect, as that depends upon the
treatment the animal has had for the week
previous. The thumps, or palpitating of
the heart, may be detected easily, by NOV
ing and exciting the horse, and, stopping
him suddenly. As to the age Of II horse
hurting him, it depends upon how he has
been used until he is six years old ii
sound then, he is good for twelve or twen-
ty years service yet. Judging the age of II
horse by his mouth, is very uncertain.
You can tell to certainty within one year
until he is six years old, then you must
judge from general appearance. Some
judges rely on the tusk, hut some horses
never have any tusk-about the same NUM-
Der of mares have tusks as horses that
have none.
Some men will tell you that they know
the age of horse by the jaw, or the wrin-
klcs about the eye, or by the Joints of the
tail. You might as well say that you know
the age OF a man by the wrinkles in his
face. The wearing of the teeth depends
upon the general health and lungs of the
animal. Bad teeth follow diseased lungs.
Ohio Fdrmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20
NO. 81.
TOR.TCB GREBLRI'.

Mr.. Greeley was born in Amherst, n. H.,
February, 3, 1911. His father was a farmer
and his early years were spent in that en-
ployment. lie early evinced that fondness
for books and that zeal and perseverance in
the acquisition of knowledge which char
acterized him through life. Removing TO
Wosthaven, VT, in 1921, five years later he
entered the office of the Northern Specta-
tor Of East Poultney, as an apprentice to
the printers trade, impelled thereto by the
advantages 1t would give him for the ac-
QUESTION of knowledge. lie became an
expert work mar, at the same time often
lending efficient aid in editing the paper.
His knowledge of political statistics and
of party movements, even Mt that time,
made him authority in such matters. The
Northern Spectator was suspended in $780,
and Mr.. Greeley worked for time as q
printer in jamestown and Lodi, n. Y, and
Erie, Pa. In 1881 he vont to New York,
where he worked as journeyman printer
till 1888, when he became associated with
Mr.. Francis Story in the publication of
the Morning Post, the first penny paper
ever published in the world. 1t however
lived but three weeks. In 1884 Mr.. Gree
ley commenced the publication OF the New
Yorker, which he edited and published for
seven years, in which he gained a high rep
utation as a vigorous thinker and strong
writer. In 1871 he commenced the publi-
cation of the Daily Tribune, and soon after
the Weekly Tribune, in which the New
Yorker and the Log Cabin, paper he had
edited during the Harrison campaign, be-
came merged.
On the Tribune Mr.. Greeley did his life
work and there he achieved his reputation.
In politics he was strong whig, while that
party lived, though far in advance of that
party on the slavery question, and at lis
demise he became member of the repub-
lican party. In 1856 he published a histo-
ry of the struggle for slavery, extension
and restriction, and at the close of the war
his Great American Conflict, which is one
OF the best internal histories of that strug-
gle, and the issues it involved, that has
been written. lie has been very little in
public life, having served in Congress but
one short term, from December to March
to fill a vacancy. His war on the abuses
of the mileage system chiefly distn ush-
ed his short congressional career. Mr..
Greeley's candidacy for the presidency
the one great mistake of his life,-is too
fresh in the public mind to need remark.
journalism was his forte and of his abili-
ty and success in that department, the New
York Tribune stands rs his best monu-
ment. No other journalist, if we except
James Gordon Bennett, has achieved so
marked success or has left his mark so
indelibly impressed on the journalism of
the age.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20
THE .HI'STERI. OF .1.NRREC.s.r
JyT.rTBRS RxPL.sI.vRD.

The researches of the signal Office at
Washington have just been rewarded with
a beautiful and highly important meteoro-
logical discovery. On the coast of England,
from time immemorial, the phenomenon
of the great November atmospheric wave
has been the speculation of scientists and
seamen; but Sir John Herschel and others
have supposed it was peculiar ana connneu
to England and Western Europe, which it
reached from the South Atlantic, and over
which it rolls in long continued undula-
tions from October until January, consti-
tuting an important element in the phe-
nomenal character of European winters.
On the 18th of November a similar atmos-
pheric wave began to break over the shores
of Oregon and British Columbia. BY the
evening of the 18th, it had spread over
nearly all the Pacific States and the Terri
tories of Utah and Nevada, and at mid
night was passing through the passes of
the Rocky mountains. On Thursday, the
lith, il descended upon Colorado, Nebras-
ka, Kansas and the Indian Territory. On
Friday morning it extended in apparently
unbroken magnitude and magnifcence
from Oregon and Washington Territory
eastward throughout the great depression
of the Rocky mountain back bone in Idaho
and Montana, and stretched thence to the
lower Missouri and lower Mississippi val
ley, and over the western shores of tho
Mexican gulf This discovery will enable
meeorologsts TO anticipate by many days
the approach of winter as it advances from
the Pacific coast eastward in the great cur
rent Of westerly winds. 1t serves to clear
up the old mystery of American winter
storms, showing that they originate in the
Rocky mountains, against whose cold and
lofliest SUBMITS in Nevada, Utah, Colora-
do and Southern Wyoming the vapor lad
en- air OF this wave is soon condensed in the
overwhelming SHOWS of the forty-tirst par
alel. As this vast aerial wave crossing
from over the warm Pacific is probably,
like the English wave, numbered in sue
cessiyo undulations fortwo or three months,
it may assist in explaining the compare
lively high temperature and light precipi-
tation in winter along Puget's sound and
eastward, as well rs the severe winters in
the great plain eastward of the Rocky
mountains. There are tides in the air as
well as in the ocean.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

"CoNsEQUESTIAL" DAMAGEs.-History
repeats itself. The claim made of England
for consequential" damages in the Alaba-
ma case turns out not to be a new idea, af-
ter all. Senator Wilson, in his history Of
the "Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in
America gives curious instance ofa case
where the government of the United States
allowed and paid claim for "consequen-
tial" damages. After the close of the Sem
iuole war, $40! 900 was paid by the United
States to the citizens Of Georgia as compen-
sation for slaves who had escaped into
Florida. The owners of these slaves sub
sequenty presented further claim of
Slll 900 as compensation for the children
that the female slaves might have borne to
their masters had they remained in bond
age, as such children, il born, would have
been, under the laws of Georgia, slaves
and CONSEQUENTLY" property. Congress
allowed and paid the sum claimed, sl4l,-
600, for children which had never been
born, but might have been born, II the wo-
men had continued in servtude. The
damages were consequential" with ven
geance!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20
Poet,,y.
TWO.


We two will stand In the shadow here
To sec the bride as she passes by.
Ring soft and low, ring loud and clear,
Ye Ginning bells that swing on high!
Look look she comesl The air grows sweet
with the fragrant breath of the orange blooms,
And the flowers she treads beneath her feet
Die In food Of perfumes!
She comes! she comes The happy bells
with their joyous clamor I'LL the air,
While the great organ dies and swells,
Soaring to trembling heights Of prayerl
OH rare arc her robes Of silken sheen,
And the pearls thlt geem on her bosom's snow;
But rarer tho grnce OF her royal mien;
Her hairs fine gold, and her cheeks young glow.
Daiaty and fair as folded rose,
Fresh as a violet dewy sweet,
Chasto as a lily, she hardly knows
That there are rough paths fer other feet;
For Love hath shielded her, Honor kept
Watch beside her by night and day;
And Evil out from her sight hath crept,
Trai,ius its slow length far awsy. ...--a-.-..
Now in her perfect womanhood,
In all the wealth Of her matchless charms,
Lovely and beautiful, pure and good,
She yields herself TO her lovers arms,
Hark! how the Jubiant voices ring!
Lo. as we stand in the shadow here,
While far above us the gay bells swing,
catch the CLEAN Of the happy tear!
The pageant is over Come with me
To the other sid, OF the town, / pray,
Ere the sun goes down in the deepening sea
And the nigh; falls around ls chill and gray.
In the dim church porch an hour ago,
We waited the brides fair face to see
Now life has a sadder sight to show,
4 darker picture for you and me.
No need to seek for the shadow here,
There are shadows lurking everywhere;
These streets in the brightest days are drear,
And black as the blackness Of despair
Bat this is the house. Take heed my friend,
The stairs rotten, the way is dim
And up the flights, as we still ascend,
Creep stealthy phlntoms dark and grim.
Enter this chamber. Day by day,
Alone in this chill and ghostly room,
child-a woman-which is 1t, pray
Despairingly waits for the hour Of doom
All as she rings her hands so pale,
No gleam of wedding ring you see;
There is nothing to tell. You know the tale
God help her now in her misery
dare not judge her. l only know
That love was to her sin and a snare,
While to the bride Of an hour ago
1t brought all blessings its hands could bear!
1 only know that to one it came
Laden with honor and Joy and peace;
Its gifts to the other were woe and shame,
And burning pain that shall never cease!
I only know that the soul Of one
Has been pearl in golden case;
That Of the other pebble thrown
| Idly down in wayside place,
Where all day long strange footsteps trod,
And the bold bright sun drank up the dew
Yet both were women. o righteous God,
| Thou only canst judge between the two!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

The Courier-Journal OF Louisville, de-
sires the people OF that town to take warn
ing by the fate of Chicago and Boston, and
says that every good citizen will now put
barrel of gunpowder under his building
and be prepared for emergencies.
A man recently broke off marriage
because the lady did not possess good con-
versational powers. wicked friend COM
menting on the fact, says; "He should
have married her, and then refused her
new bonnet, to have developed her power
Of talk"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

"You must make my little wife excuse
me to ycu for leaving so abruptly ON the
night of the fire." said Mr., David one
coming upon Miss simmons at the village
store.
"Oh," said she with smile, "a fire is so
excitlngl One never knows what may
come of it,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

AT Sunday school in Ripon, a teacher
asked u little boy If he knew what the ex-
preston "sewing tares' meant. "Courth
do" said he pulling the seat of his little
trousers round in front. "There's a tare my
ma sewed feared It sliding down hill"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-12-20

1t is as hard to do business without adj
vertsng as II is for cross-eyed man to
borrow n shotgun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-11-08
The Power of Plants.

Abiding to the law which impels
nature, however baflisd, to put forth
a constantly renewed effort to re-
sumo sway over all portions of the
earth, Hearth and Home" inciden-
tally cites several examples illustra-
ting the almost marvellous force
growing plant or tree can manifest.
Here is one of them:
A neigbbor was at much pains to
lay an asphalt walk In the most per
feet manner. The walksof coal-tar
aud gravel was a com plete success,
and apparently as hard as stone.
What was his dismay to find one
morning a sudden bulge in the walk
of which he was so proud! He at
tributed 1t to imperfect workman
ship; but the next morning the cause
of the Disagreement revealed itself
A piece of the walk, several inches
across. was scaled of, where the for
mer bulging had appeared, aud un-
derneath was found the source Of the
mischief-a common puff ball. Had
we not seen this, we should not have
found it difficult to believe that q
mere fungus, the tissues of which are
so soft that they can be crushed by
the fingers, could exercise such a
wonderful ierce.
A tree is mentioned which, gain
ing foOthold in the slight cleft of a
rock of many tons weight, has, by
! gradual process of devel Jpmcnt, sep
arated the huge mass into two dis
tinct parts. It is certainly strange
that tree, in its beginning mere
soft pulp, should be able to accom-
phsh more than the com bined power
of 10000 men. The remark of an
observing friend is quoted to the ef-
feet that, should the city of New
| York be suddenly depopulated, 1t
would In less than ten years become
an impenetrable thicket from the
growth OF the Ailanthus and Abale,
or Silver Poplar, and these would
undermine and bring to the ground
the most noble buildings Of which
we boast Not only the higher bu,
the lower forms of vegetation are
ever ready to engage in the work oI
destroying our enduring monu-
ments." In tropical climates, vege-
tation most rapidly resumes It's
.eign, when not opposed by the con
slant warfare # man, and IN our
more temperate regions plant life
though more slowly, but not lesl
surely, is IN constant opposition tc
to exclusive human occupation o
any portion OF earth's surfacs.