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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-16
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

STATE OF IOWA:
DEPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION., |
DEs MONIES, May, Sd, 1873.
To The Teachers Of buchanan County:
NOTICE Is hereby given that Teachers lnsti-
IN tute will be held at Independence In the
county aforesaid, for period of not less than SIX
working days, beginning on the 18th day OF Au'
gust, 1873,
Given under my hand at Des Moines this Sd,
W. ALONzO ABERNETHY,
Att state Supt. Pub. Inc .
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-16

We have no disposition to boast,
But are simply telling the truth at most,
To prove it inquire of LAwToN & PosT,
Of the famous N. y. Store
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-05-16

Machine Poetry.
DRY GOODsTO RHYME
Oh, have you heard the cheerful news,
That has magic power to dispel the blues,
About the goods of different hues,
That's arrived at the N. Y. Store?
Flowers & ribbons g. bounets there are
With yankee notions far above par,
That have just arrived on the r. r. car
At the popular N Y Store
Nnow don't you think It's pleasant to kno
When you want hat, you've only to go,
To find one for USE as well as for show,
To our Fashionable N. Y Store?
And here would not have you forget,
Are gentecl clerks who never fret,
But are prompt as any you've ever met,
Away from the n Y. Store.
The best nress patterns Of every kind,
Which will please the most fistidious mind
If you choose to inquire, you will always
find,
Are kept at the n. Y. Store.
Come one, or two, or by the load,
From every way, from every road,
And they will dress you up a la mode,
A. tho ctvlish N V Store
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Ess and Esses.

$50 you have finished your studies at
the Seminary? L was much pleased with
the closing exercises. The author of
that poem-Miss White, l think you
called her-bids fair to become known
as poet"
We think the authoress will become
celebrated as poetess," remarked the
young lady pertly, with a marked en-
phasis on two words of the sentence.
"Oh!-ah," replied the old gentleman,
looking thoughtfnlly over his gold spec
tacles at the young lady. 81 hear her
sister was quite an actress, and under
Miss Hosmer's instruction will undoubt-
edly become quite sculptoress."
The young lady appeared quite irri-
tated.
"The Seminary" continued the old
gentleman, with imperturable gravity,
is fortunate in having an efficient
Board of Manageresses. From the Pres.
identess down to the humblest teacher
ess, unusual talent is shown. There is
Miss Harper, who as chemistress is un-
equalled, and Mrs. Knowles has already
a reputation as an ASTRONOMERS. And
in the department of music few can
equal Miss Kellogg as singeress."
The young lady did not appear to like
the chair she was sitting on. She took
the sofa at the other end of the room.
Yes" continued the old gentleman,
as if talking to himself, "those White
sisters are very talented. Mary, | un-
derstand, has turned her attention to
painting and the drama, and will surely
become famous as an actress and paint
eress and even as lecturess"-
A loud slamming of the door caused
the old gentleman to look up, and the
criticess and grammarianess was gone
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
A Cheerful Home.

A single bitter word may disquiet an
entire family for whole day. One surly
glance casts gloom over the household /;
while smile like CLEAN of sunshine,
may light up the darkest and weariest
hours. Like unexpected flowers, which
spring up along our paths, full of fresh
mes, fragrance and beauty, so do kind
words and gentle acts and sweet DISPOSE
tions make glad the home where peace
and blessing dwell. No matter how hum
BILE the abode, if it be thus garnished
with grace and sweetened with kindness
and smiles, the heat will turn lovingly
toward it from all tumults of the world,
and home, if it be ever SO homely, will
be the dearest spot beneath the curcuit
of the sun.
And the influences of home perpetu-
ate themselves. The gentle grace of the
mother lives in the daughter long after
her head is pillowed in the dust of death !;
and fatherly kindness finds its echo in
the nobility and courtesy of some sons
who come to wear his mantle and to fill
his place while, on the other hand,
from an unhappy, misgoverned, and
disordered home, go forth persons who
shall make other homes miserable, and
perpetuate the sourness and sadness, the
contentious and strifes and ratings which
have made their own lives so wretched
and distorted.
The class of men that disturb and dis
order and distress the world are NOT
those nurtured amid the hallowed intiu.
ences of Christian homes; but rather
those whose early life has been scene OF
trouble and vexation-who have started
wrong in their pilgrimage, and whose
course is one of disaster to themselves
and trouble to those around them.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
5fiscellanu.
Help One Another.

This little sentence should be written
on every heart-stamped on every mem.
ory. 1t should be the golden rule prac-
tice, not only in every household, but
throughout the world. BY helping one
another we not only remove thorns from
the pathway and anxiety from the mind,
but we feel sense of pleasure in our
hearts, knowing we are doing duty to
a fellow creature.
A helping hand or an encouraging
word is no loss to us, yet it is benefit
to others. Who has not felt the power
Of little sentence? Who has not need
ed the encouragement and aid of kind
friend ? How soothing when perplexed
with some task that is both difficult and
burdensome, to feel gentle hand on the
shoulder, and to hear kind voice whis-
pering, Do not be discouraged I see
your troubles, let me help you" What
strength is inspired, hope created, what
sweet gratitude is felt; and the great
difficulty dissolves as dew before the sun
shine. Yes, let US help one another, by
endeavoring to strengthen and encour-
age the weak and lifting the burden of
care from the weary and oppressed, that
life may glide smoothly on, and the
fountain of bitterness yield sweet waters,
and He, whose willing hand is ever ready
to aid US, will reward our humble en-
deavors, and every good deed will be
bread upon the water, to return after
many days" if not to us, at least to
those we love.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Nearing the Shore.

An old man sits in worn armchair
White as snow is his thin soft hair,
Furrow ed his cheek by time and care.
And back and forth il sways;
There's far-away look in his dim dim eye
Which tells of thoughts of the long gone by.
For he sits once more meath cloudless sky,
And in childhood merrily plays.
He rests his cheek on the head of his cane.
And happily smiling dreams over again
Of that home, the brook, the meadow, the lane.
Dreams all with vision clear;
Then childhood yields unto manhOods place,
And he looks once more in his bright, bright face
And down in the starry eyes he can trace
A love remembered and dear
Then he wakes and sighs; g 1t seems but dream
That comes to me now like golden gleam
Or the shimmering glow of the SUMS last beam,
But It's pleasant to think it o'er;
That youth was so sweet, but now is past,
Those days of love were too precious to last,
But over yonder their pleasures are cast,
And am nearing the Shore"
He is gliding on in his little boat;
Ger the calm, still water they peacefully float;
But echo full oft brings well-known note
From the land he has left behind;
But time will row back for him no more,
And he gazes away to that other shore,
And he knows when the voyage of life shall be o'el
That his dream beyond he will find.
The seeds of youth. which in youth we sow.
Adown through the aisles of the future will grow,
And shed on age beautiful glow,
AS they come in memory's CLEANS.
Loved faces will come to dmming sight
Sweet words will echo in day dreams bright.
And circle old age with their halos of light,
As they mingle in beautiful dreams.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

FEMALE SocIETY.-What is it that
makes all those men who associate ha-
bituatly with women superior to those
who do not? What makes the women
who are accustomed to and at ease in
the society of men superior to their sex
Solely because they are in the habit Of
free, graceful, continued conversation
with the other sex. Women in this way
lose their frivolity, their faculties awaken.
their delicaces and peculiarities unfold
all their beauty and captivation in the
spirit of rivalry and the men lose their
pedantic; rude, declamatory, or sulien
manner. The coin of the understand
ing and the heart changes continually.
Their asperities are rubbed off, their ma
lures polished and frightened, and their
richness, like gold is wrought into finer
workmanship by the fingers of women
than it ever could be done by those of
men.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Government by the Eye

tsThe influence Of the eye in the disci-
pline of children has not been sufficient
ly noted, bnt any one can convince him.
self Of its power by experiment and OBJ
servation. Not an angry look at all but
steady one-an almost magnetic gaze
lis the expression required. This gives
the impression Of superior will, or latent
force held In reserve, which arrests the
attention and ultimately insures the sub
mission of the most rebellious. The an
imals control their young by the eye and
the voice combined no violence is used
no reasoning Chat we are aware of )at-
tempted, yet perfect obedience is exact
ed and rendered. A calf or lamb few
days old, on being for the first time
placed by its mother in a fence corner,
among the bushes, and left hidden there
while she grazes, will soon leave its shell
ter and come out either to seek its moth
er or TO play but the watchful parent
goes at once without delay of an instant,
and leads the little one back again. and
yet again, until it learns to obey. Each
time that she makes it lie down, she
stands looking intently at it awhile.
Then presently, when it has remained
quiet long enough, she, standing at
short distance in the field, will call gent
ly, and the little creature Immediately
leaps and runs to her side. A hen will
separate two of her chickens who are
fighting, and lowering her head look at
the aggressor steadily until he is sub
dued and peaceable. 1t is also very in
teresting to watch cat training her
playful kittens, who give her but little
trouble untfl they get their eyes open.
then all wish to come sprawling and
tumbling out of their basket, and as
their mother has hunting to do, she must
train them to remain quiet during her
frequent absence. So after breakfast
she makes their toilet, puts each one in
its proper place, and goes little way
off, pretending not to look toward them.
By-and-by kitten or two become rest
less, and begins to crawl out of the nest;
but the mother returns at once, replaces
and surveys her children calmly and
with patience, and again retires, often to
greater distance than before, to return
again on the first manifestation of DISC
bedience. One morning spent in teach
ing her babes generally suffices for puss,
who after that can go hunting when she
will, sure of finding her children ali at
home and quiet on her return. Now, if
we are really wiser than the animals,
should we not show proof of it by our
mode of governing young children? 1t
is true that the nervous activity and
strong will which most American babies
inherit, make them less docile than
young animals; but this can be met by
greater patience and selfcontrol on the
part of parents. The success of the few
who have faithfully tried to do their
whole duty by their children is SO great
that every mother may be encouraged to
make the attempt. What nation we
shall become when every child is proper
ly trained
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

A BRIGHT MAN.-In a certain Justice
court the following took place in an at
tempt to prove an alibi:
Attorney s." You say that Ellis
plowed for you all day on the 59th of
November ?"
Witness (referring to his book D.
" Yes"
S.-"What did he do on the 30th p
W." He chopped wood"
s." On the 31st ?"
W." That was Sunday and we went
squirrel hunting"
s." What did he do on the 32d ?"
w" He thrashed the wheat on that
day"
s." What did he do on the SD ?"
W." 1t was raining, and he shaved
some handles"
s." What did he do on the 34th ?''
W." He chopped wood"
s." What did he do osl the"
But before the question could be fin.
ished the witness wife seized him by
the collar and whisked him out of the
witness box, yelling in his affrightened
ear. You old fool don't YOU know
that there are only thirty-one DAYS in
the month of November p
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
poftrY.
wonder Why.

ny NJ. d. BRINE.
| wonder why this worlds good things
Should fall in such unequal shares;
Why some should taste of all the joys,
And others only feel the cares
/ wonder why snshine bright
Should fall in paths some people tread.
While other shiver in the shade
OF clouds that gather overhead
I wonder why the trees that hang
So full of luscious fruit should grow
Only where some may reach and eat,
While others faint and thirsty goi
Why should sweet flowers bloom for some.
For others only thorns be foundp
And some grow rich on fruitful earth;
While others till but barren ground
Iwonder why the hearts Of some
0'erfiow with joy and happiness,
While others go their lonely way
Unblessed with aught of tenderness!
wonder why the eyes of some
Should ne'er be moistened with tear.
while others weep from morn till night,
Their hearts TO crushed with sorrow here |!
Ali we'll; we may not know indeed
The why's, the ewherefores of each life
But this we know-theres One who sees
And watches us through joy or strife.
Each life its mission here fulflls.
And ouly He may know the end.
And loving Him, we may be strong.
Tho storm or sunshine He may send.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

"IT WILL NEVER Dop-" Oh how
/ hate this expression p said poor Hay
den in his lectures. When Wellington
said he would break the charm of Napo-
Icons invincibility, what was the reply !?
1t will never do! When Galileo offered
to prove that the earth went around the
sun, the Holy Inquisition said, 1t will
never do II agiU Beuer do has always
been the favorite watch cry of those in
all ages and countries who ever look on
all schemes fer the advancement of man
kind as direct reflections on the narrow
ness of their own petty comprehensions.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

SIGNS OF DEATH.-Dr. Hugo Magnus,
assistant physician to the hospital at
Breslau, suggests that the tying of
tight ligature around one of the fingers
will determine whether a person sup
posed to be dead is so in reality. If life
be not extinct the extremity of the fin
ger soon becomes red, the depth of the
color increasing to dark red and violet.
while the skin above the ligature re.
mains white. This is easily understood, as,
if there be any circulation of the blood,
the ligature prevents the return of the
venous blood, while the arteries still con-
tinue to convey it to the capillaries. A
test so simple can be applied without diff
ficulty, and seems to be quite decisive
Harper's Magazine for June.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
The Love of God.

Like cradle, rocking, rocking,
Silent, peaceful, to and fro
Like a mothers sweet looks dropping
On the little face below
Hangs the green earth, swinging, turning,
Jarless, noiseless, safe and slow;
Falls the light of Gods face bending
Down and watching us below.
And as feeble babes that suffer,
Toss and cry, and will not rest,
Are the ones the tender mother
Holds the closest, loves the best.
So when we are weak and wretched
By our sins weighed down. distressed,
Then it is that Gods great patience
Holds us closest, loves us best.
0great Heart of God ! whose loving
Cannot hindered be nor crossed;
Win not weary, will not even
In our death itself be lost
Love divinei of such great loving.
Only mothers know the cost
Cost of love. which all love passing,
Gave a Son to save the lost.
SAKE Holm.
criJner's for Nay.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

The Dixon bridge which gave way
and destroyed a hundred lives, it now
appears, had large number of its bolts
made of putty, with iron heads stuck in.
An elephant some time ago examined
the bridge and positively refused to cross
it. The following aneedote of the disas-
ter is related Miss Irene Baker, who
was lost, was standing with Miss Mar
SHE Page. In joking way, before there
was any thought of danger, Miss Page
said to her companion, "When the
bridge goes down you will fall on the dry
rock and be saved" Miss Baker said.
(" | would rather fall in the water and be
drowned than to get my bones broken"
Ere this sentence was fairly concluded
the bridge fell. Miss Baker was drown
ed, and Miss Page was badly injured on
the rock beneath.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

A CAMP MEETING INCIDENTAL
one Of Peter Cartwright's camp meetings
he was much annoyed by noisy sister,
who took part more frequently than
was acceptable. He had called on all
to kneel while some one should lead in
prayer. She struck off at once with
some feeling and power. Cartwright,
not recognizing her voice, shouted out
Amenv' A brother, kneelins close
by, whispered, It's Ann Jordan pray
ing" Cartwright, looking round and
seeing that it was SO, cried out, Il take
that Amen back"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Association,

Sing me that song no more
My lost life / deplore;
float along the shore
Of the far lands Of memory.
The wild and sad refrain
Pulses with bygone pain;
My tears fall down like rain,
My struggles are all in vain,
beat along the shores of memory.
The wind-harp's wailing spell.
With tides that rose and fell,
Has borne me on its swell
So the far lands of memory,
My eyes with tears are wet,
My heart doth idly fret,
vex with vain regret;
All, might once forget
The purple light on shores of memory
For can never land
Upon their golden strand,
Nor step upon the sand
Of the far lands of memory,
For mists and fogs are met
And ragged rocks beset
Each harbor of regret
And sails are never set
Which find the silvery shores of memory.
June GGLdTB.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

Young Man: If you would achieve
success in life, play for much and stake
little and in all your quarrels leave
open the door of reconciliation. Be not
stingy or selfish, for he who rides across
life's river alone must paddle his own
canoe. When you meet poor, discour-
aged fellow, remember that an ounce of
help is worth pound of pity. Slander
no man, for he who splashes mud is
nearest the pool. Be civil, and remem-
Der that you are no better than your
neighbor; he may outlive you. and If
you use him well he will not dance on
your grave.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

EXTRACTING CoNFEssIoNs.-The DO.
lice of India have novel ways of extract.
ing confessions from their prisoners with
out torture. One method applied to
opium eaters, is perfectly simple and so.
ciable. The policeman sits down oppo-
site his prisoner and playfully keeps an
opium ball rolling about the palm of his
hand. OF course the prisoner suffers
like Tantalus himself, and the conse-
quence is that the policeman very soon
gets his story and the prisoner his
opium. Another method, used where
there are number of prisoners suspect.
ed of the offence, reminds one of similar
proceedings in Arabian tales. One man
is taken from the number and locked up
alone, while his companions imagine that
he is in the next room. In this room
are several inspectors, who proceed to
stoutly belabor an empty sack hanging
in the corner, one of them keeping up a
violent groaning. This over, the man is
loudly called upon to confess, and con-
stable Stimulates confession in a low.
mumbliDg voice. All this little comedy
seems stern tragedy to the trembling
prisoners in the other room, and when
the next man is brought out he is almost
sure to make full confession.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Two Pictures.

An old farm house with meadows wide,
And sweet with clover on each side;
A bright eyed boy who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And wishes. his one thought all day;
Oh. if could but fly away
From this dull spot the world to see,
How happy, happy. happy.
How happy l should bel"
Amid the eity's constant din,
man who round the world has been.
Who, mid the tumult and the throng.
Is thinking. thinking all the day long;
oh. could only tread once more
The field path to the barr house door.
The old green meadow ceald | see,
How happy, happy. happy.
How happy l should bel
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

An eccentric old fellow, who lives
along side of a graveyard, was asked if
it was not an unpleasant location, "No." I"
said he " i never jined places in my life
with a set of neighbors that minded
their business so steady as they do"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30

Society is divided into two great
classes, those who have more dinners
than ap2etites, and those who have more
appetites than dinners.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
NEW MEAT MARKET.
Harness Shop.

THE SUBSCRIBER continues to carry on the bus
Il iness usually done in acountry HARNESS SHOP
hut on and after April FIRST 1913, viii give credit
for THREE MONTHS only. and on all new work. a
discount Of 1--WE per cent, will be made on all bill:
paid on delivery Of goods or work .--
saxtons River. March %. 1873. 1924
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
Vermont Central, Vermont & Can
ada Railroads.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT. = Commenc.
w ing Monday. DECEMBER 9. 1872.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH,

5NTINTER ARRANGEMENI.- Il. - Commenc-
w ing Monday. DECEMBER 9, 1872.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Bellows Falls $780, A. NJ 7:45 A. NJ. 230 P.
bans at $40 A. NJ. arrive in Bellows Falls, via.
White River Junction or Rutland at 20 p NJ, South
Vernon at 400 PM, New London at $3.50 P NJ con-
meeting with steamer for New York.
Night Express leaves Ogdensburgh at 1900 N.
Montreal at $50 NJ, st. Johns at $50 NJ St AT
sbans 100 p NJ. arriving in Bellows Falls lyia White
iiver junction or Rutlandl at 80 A. NJ, south er-
at tt5 A. NJ NsT wste tSSaIa RiSsr ss
Rutland at 40 A; N, Bellows Fails (Passenger
raill 7t5 A. N. South Vernon, 9lo AN Connect %S
s eeSter at South Vernon with train for Springfield
and New York, arriving in New London at $40 P.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls at 4.5O A. N. 1900 NJ. 5.S5.
Falls at 1l45 4. NJ, (yia W. r. Junction or Rutland)
for Burlington and St 6ans ma M9ntTeS Saan S art
Night Express leaves New York at 800 P: NJ.
Bellows Falls at II 20 P. NJ (via. w. r. junction or
Rutland) arriving in St. Albans at 6,l0 A. NJ, Mon
Accommodation leaves New London at 81 A. NJ.
CIRCUITS Corner $50 P N. South Vernon at Loo P. NJ.
s6d BsOEs St FS 5 %lHf nnoon a5ty0f N hu'
Mixed trains leave Bellows Falls $50 A. for
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at $50 A. NJ ar
irving in Rutland at 800 A. NJ.
SLEEPING Cas- are attached to the Night Trains
between st. Albans and Springfield and Burlington
and Boston. j,
I Connections at w r. Junction with trains on the
Northern IN. H. and Connecticut and Passumpsic
River Railroads at 0gdensburg with trains for the
west at Rutland with trains over the Harlem Ex-
tension Railroad, also with trains over the Rensse-
aer and Saratoga and Railroads for Saratoga. Troy,
81 Albany and the west
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for sale
at the principal stations.
ST. Albans. VT. Dec. 9, 1872.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-30
HAIR WORK

I AIDES wishing HUMAN HAIR in Latest Styles
II can get it at ], A. JILLS0N'S HAIR-DRESS-
ING ROOMS, such as Waterfall Curls Back Curls.
FriZZes, and Switches, limitations. French Curls.
Braids, Rats and Linen Switches. AZ