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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
The Soldiers Reunion.

The Vermont soldiers reunion at Rut-
land next week, commencing ON Wednes.
day and continuing three days, promises
to be an interesting and entertaining
success. On the second day the address
of Gen. Hawley will be delivered, and
in the evening grand torch light pro.
cession will be Il prominent feature.
Among the best things at this reunion
will no doubt be the sociol chat about
the camp, rehearsing anecdotes of the
tented fields, and meeting of those who
have not met before since the war closed.
The railroads will carry for the usual
fare one way and the attendance will no
doubt be large.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
Valuable Real Estate For Sale,

Ply REASON OF ILL HEALTH, the subscribe,
- will sell the following property, viz:
HIS Home Farm OF 1S5 acres, long known as the
Goddard Place, situated in South Reading, Wind
sor County. About third of the above is wood
land. with large amount of excellent hard wood
timber, and some hemlock and bass. The tillagt
land Is that of the first class of hill FARMS and is in
good state of cultivation From So to 60 tons q
hay is cut annually. Pasurage for 10 cows beside.
teams
The buildings are commo dious and good Two
story brick dwelling House with L.. Barns 64x3(
and S2xOf feet, the latter in 1871 with cellar un
derneath Y y feet posts containing stables roomy
and well lighted for "a cattle; also. Root Cellar adj
joining stable secure against frost. and large apart
m ent for storage of muck. an inexhaustable sup
ply of which is at hand. The Barn is called the best
in town
The place is three fourths of mile from South
Reading village, and school, church. post-offce
mills. shops, &c. A new steam saw mill was erect
ed at the village last year. Two Sugar lots on the
place, with fixtures, and an abundance of all the
common kinds of fruit. A constant supply of soft
water at house and barns
Price of the above $500: $1,000 of which may
lie on mortgage if desired.
Also. two Pasture lots. one half mile from the
above OF 90 and 100 acres respectively, will be sold
with the foregoing on reasonable terms, if desired
Said lots adjoin each other and tie hi hway, and
are not SURPASSED by any in the vicinity. Posses
sion given this fall. Facilities for further nforma
ton, by personal examination of the premises or in
quiry, eheeTfully rendered by the subscriber
81 MERRITT Z. GODDARD.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
Here and There.


One needs to stand in Pine Grove,
where he can overlook the depot and
railroad shops, to appreciate the busy
life Of this section of our village. II
you take position at the station itself,
you are too nearly on a level with the
business going on around you, to judge
of it to good advantage. But from the
grove you can overlook for long dis
lance the tracks Of the Rutland and Sui
livan roads, and watch the passing of
the heavy through freights," across the
river. Scarcely do the passenger trains
leave, before the whistle of locomotive
gives warning of its approach, aud as if
in response to the echo which has hardly
died away, comes an answering note
from one or more freight trains upon
the other road. Almost like living mon
sters seem the engines as they move on,
and we half wonder at their obedience
to the simple signal upon the staff, which
so skillfully prevents collision among
the may windings of the tracks. If it
were only few miles away, so that dis
lance might lend enchantment," Pine
Grove would be considered delightful
resort-next to the Adirondacks per.
haps, ii it had but the pen of a Murray
to describe it.
Oak Hill is decked in its full livery
of green; by the way, how many of our
citizens know of the fine view of the
river, and of our sentinel mountain,
Ascutney, which may be obtained from
Prospect rock, upon this hill +? Fall
mountain, upon the New Hampshire
side, offers continual challenge to the
lovers of mountain climbing. New
houses are being built, and new streets
opened, or old ones extended, in many
parts of the village. But perhaps the
most noticeable improvements are in the
"Square," which thanks to the "sprink.
Ter" is nov an endurable place, even al
high noon. The awnings have been re-
moved from the front of the new hotel
and its rooms are partially occupied
Though not located as pleasantly as the
Island House, it possesses some superior
advantages, and is especially convenient
for several of the bu-iness firms. New
and somewhat unique signs meet the
eye, indicating new centers of trade.
Space forbids the mention of othel
improvements, or to speak of the {" do
ings in the paper mills, chair shops, &c
Neither can we write of the beauti
full falls, and the picturesque scenery
around them. Just here comes a ques
ton; various authorities state that stau
rolite, or staurotide as it was formerly
called, and prehnite are found in this
vicinity. Can some readers of tn,
TIMES direct us to the locality, ant
oblige
A SoJouRNER.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

FELCHvILLE.-The war on the mail
rout from Proctorsville to Windsor, is
finally over and the contract goes to Mr..
L. G. Coolidge, the stage proprietor on
the line from Felchville to Windsor.
The contest ended on Thursday of last
week by the withdrawal of the mail bro
kers who undertook to crowd a very
large sized man.
AS Milo S. Buck, formerly of Caven.
dish, now law student in the office Of
Gilbert A. Davis of Felchville, was
returning home from the County Court
June 18th, when within one mile Of
Hammondsville, he was thrown from
the buggy and one leg was broken il
two places Mr.. Buck was taken to hii
fathers house in Cavendish, when Drs
Hazleton and Guild were Immediately
called. They set the broken leg which
is now doing we'll.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

FREsHET AT RocKNeHAM.-A heavy
shower prevailed at Rockingham Cen
tire on Sunday evening last; The rain
came down in perfect torrents, in fact
something like water spout, and did
considerable damage, AT Mr.. l.. G.
Lovell's cider mill several barrels of
vinegar stored there were carried off, and
his lands were washed doing him dam
agei in all of several hundred dollars.
The damage to highways it is said will
cost the town over $500. In the district
just above this village Is. f. Allbee's, }
the damage TO highways is estimated at
$50. The water also came rushing down
little stream TO Mr.. Henry Evans
premises badly washing his garden and
lands damaging him some 800. The
shower had a peculiar roar, covered but
a narrow strip of country and seems to
have spent most of its power as it cross
ed the river.
Some of the people in that section
have facetiously attributed their extraor'
binary shower to Rev. Mr.. Grogan, on
account of his efforts in the temperance
cause in that place the past year.
Since the above was in type, we have
received the following, evidently written
by thoroughly naturalized westerner
ROCKINGHAM, July 2S.-Mr. Editor
| am requested to inform you that il
rained here yesterday, can vouch fol
the fact. 1t was in the afternoon just
before / started for church and / didn't
start. 1t seemed as if "Old Probable
ties " was on bender; a regular tearer
in fact, as we say out West. The dem
onstration was an unusual one especially
for Vermont Sunday and temperance
district, for the fluid was plentiful ant
flowed freely. The hills became river
and the valleys cascades. The unknown
grass did as the trees do in Chicag,
when the wind blows, quietly laid down
The highways improved the opportunit,
and moved on" The culverts anc
sluices not to impede the general flow
got out of the way, stones and all. To
day the hay makers, between here ant
Saxtons River are making roads. l an
informed that it will cost the town 500
to repair the damage on this road alone
would respectfully suggest TO tn
TINES as teacher of public morals
that it advise "Old Prob to be littl
more circumspect in future, or bette
still to request Chicago alderman t
get up Sunday ordinance for his oh
servstion. Truly yours.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

WALPoLB.-Mr. E. r. Pease writes to
the Keene Sentinel denying that any
lady has ever invested $4,000 in his
paint mine and consequently has not
lost it. He also declares that no stock
company was ever formed to operate
the mine, and is still hopeful that the
large building erected he says at his
own expense, unheralded and unsung,"
will yet be of use and was not built to
allure the unsuspecting.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

ATHENS. Editor Since you did
not attend the picnic at Athens on Sat
urday last, will divide with you the
pleasure ! experienced there, as nearly
as | can in words. The occasion was an
entertainment of the Sabbath and Dis
trict schools at the close of the latter.
The place grove of naples in their
beautiful midsummer green, the arrange
ment Of stand and seats convenient.
The motto-the Bible our guide-indi-
eating that this people do not pursue
life's journey with no better guide than
human wisdom and foresight. The ex-
ercises, invocation by the pastor, music
by the ladies, Rotations aud dialogues
by thescholars, interesting and creditable
to both scholars and teachers. Reading
by a lady excellent in matter and beau
tifully executed, and then the piteous
story of that forsaken mother who turn
ed aside from her journey from the poor
house to tighten her burden of sorrows
by relating to sympathizing hearts the
the history OF her wrongs, enough to
wiring tears from the trees. The speech
es by spectators short, on account of the
threatening aspect Of the weather, that
strong lunged herald of storm, hav-
ing early in the day, given notice of the
approaching end of the dry period. The
material blessing provided by the ma.
irons, the good things of the tables, al
ways acceptable and appreciated by APP
petites sharpened by open air exercise,
were not to be deserted, even at the risk
of being sprinkled, and then the lively
retreat to shelter from the already pres
ent shower, all combined to create i'm.
pressions not easily forgotten. Finally
we are constrained to believe that this
modern Athens, possessing SO much in
telligence and moral excellence, must be
most desirable place in which to live,
or from which to emigrate.
ONE WHO SAW, HEARD, ENJOYED.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

PRoCToRsYILLE.-O the oath inst.
John Sullivan, of Ludlow, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Thompson at the de-
pot, for disturbing the peace, and while
drunk, assaulting Charles Ross, the sta
ton agents clerk. On getting sober
John disclosed that Dennis O'Brien, of
Bellows Falls furnished him with New
Hampshire liquor as he left Bellows
Falls in the morning, and getting off the
train at this place, at ten o'clock, he got
some beer or cider, he did not know
which, here. He was fined SIS and
costs by A. w. Richardson Esq, max
sl1.54 paid for his days enjoyment.
John was penitent when sober, and left
the magistrates Office approaching the
truth of the oft repeated stanza: "Oh, no,
we'll not drink any more"
Josiah Fletcher was among the very
first settlers of Ludlow. For many years
he was town clerk, and the house he
then erected and where he kept his
office was standing, till three or four
years ago. His son DIR. Luther Fletcher
married sister of Elk. Governor Ryland
Fletcher, of Cavendish, and went into
practice of his profession at Cavendish.
On one occasion the father looking over
the account books of Dr. Luther, saw
therein many small charges to poor
men. Tut, tut, Luther, this will not
do. Poor men cannot afford to, and
will not readily pay, so let them pass
and when you are called upon to attend
the wealthy or those able to pay, charge
them high enough to make it up.
Soon after the old gent got silver into
his finger, and called on DIR. Luther
who was near at hand, to remove it
Time passed on until the father wishing
to see how his son got along in his bust
ness, again examined DR.. Luther's
books and found an item of $40 charged
to Josiah Fletcher for surgical opera
ton" Calling his son, the old mar
asked what it meant. Whereupon the
young phisician very pleasantly answer
ed that he remembered the parental adj
vice given him some months previous
as to the true method of book keeping
to be practiced by the medical fraternity
The father acknowledged the wisdom o.
the dutiful son and at once paid the &C
count But we are not told whether ht
gave his son any more. lessons 10 book
keeping or not.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

DUMMERsToN.-An elm tree standing
near the house of NJ. E. Lawton, in
Dummerston, was struck by lightning,
during the shower of the Sd, from which
it passed through the house, igniting pa
per in the chamber making hole in
the floor below. A boy who was fiddling
had the wicked instrument thrown from
his grasp and viii not hereafter think
that because Nero played Money Musk
at unsuitable times, he can do likewise
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
BOSTON MARKET July %.
WHOLESALE PRICES.

FL0UR.-The market for Flour remains the same
is far from active Sales at $500 $50 for estern
perine $500 "a SIS. for common extras. and S6,7s
"a $500. tor Minnesota including choice bakers
brands Small lots Rye Flour at $500 a $3.50 q
Dbl. Corn Meal sales at $40 a $50 q Dbl
GRAIN.-We notice firm feeling for Corn. wit h
a fair demand The sales have been, Ga "a Soc .
bushel for Western yellow and 80 "a Go for Western
mixed. Oats are dull and prices eased off, The
sales have been at As "a SOC for new. Rye, small
sales at 80 "a so 30 Pbusl.
PR0VISI0NS.-The market for Pork is firm We
quote prime az S40O 90 sl5QQ; and mess at slT .50@
$500 Dbl. Beef Sales of Western mess at 81 81
@l3.50 for family extra $500 a 1900. Lard is in
fair demand with sales at $40 9Ac for city and
western. Smoked Hams have been selling for lS1 q
l5c q h as to quality.
PR0DUCE.-The demand for Butter has beer
good choice lots have found ready sale. The sales
have been % a 29c for choice N. Y. and Vermont
diaries. 20cS 25 fb for common. The market il
choice factory. Eggs have been selling at % "a b
q doz.
Wo0L.-There has been fair demand for do
York Y at As % slab.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
CATTLE MA RKET.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
TUESDAY July 90. 1878.
arc.r nm

Cattle. Sheep. Shotes. Veal Fat Hogs.
This week. 1881 s5o3 900 4s1 1880
Last week. 1859 7,723 900 e33 I4,7OC
One year ago, 1913 1886 600 325 300
PRICES.
Prices of Market Beef.-Extra, $500 % se7s
drst quality $500 a SIS: I'd quality. $500 q s7.75
third quality. $500 "a $780,
Sheep and Lambs.-Per head. in lots. $500 $3.50
3,62 q 1915 each extra, ~4.009 800 . neal.
Hides a SC. p h.
Calf Skins 10 q 1sc y ID.
Tallow, Sc "a 81 u h.
Milch Cows and Calves.-s35. $685. 500 and SIS.
sl75 $500, "a s275.
REMARKS.-The weather is hot and beef sells
lions running from 514 up TO 915c. dull mark et
expected through the month of August. Sheep and
lambs have deprecated about cent Sc being the
highest point reached this week Live Poultry has
fallen off spring chickens. which sold this week
at 22c. Turkeys and hens sold at l6 to &c as tc
quality.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

HOUSEHOLD CYCLoPEDIA. = Messrs.
w. j. Holland 81 Co., publishers, Spring
field, Mass, have recently issued very
useful and practical book for the house
hold. 1t is titled "The Household Cy-
clopedia of Practical Receipts aud Dali
ly Wants" Its pages are filled with ex-
ceedingly useful matter, and we give a
few only of the headings from the list of
contents: Household management =
cookery-adulteration of food-domes-
tic chemistry-trade, social and scien-
tifc facts-games and their rules-do-
nestle pets-pests-etiquette and man.
ners-correct speaking and writing-do-
nestle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of foreign
phrases-tables of weights and measures
ladies work-information for mothers
and nurses-reeiepes, &c. 1t is in fine
thorough family school book of house
hold management and domestic economy
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

Coon FOR THE STRATToN LADIES'
The ladies of Stratton have recently
done and are continuing to do a very
creditable work in addition to what has
been done in repairing their church.
They have met once each week and
braided palm-leaf hats to the amount of
about $50, which sum they have expen-
ded in carpeting, painting, and furnish
ing the inside of the church, and they
will continue their labors until the house
is furnished with stoves.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

Insurance DEcIsIoN.-The Supreme
Court of Illinois has rendered deci
sion against the right of an insurance
company to cancel its policy when fire
is approaching the property insured, or
in the face of threatening or impend-
ing danger. The company interested
was the Home of New York, which un-
dertook to cancel its policy on some cord
wood while forest trees we're burning in
the neighborhood.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
Vermont News.

Owing to the illness of cashier
Mattocks. II. M. Pearl, of Lyndon Gen.
ter, has been appointed assistant cashier
of the Lyndon Bank.
The early closing movement IS in
vogue in Mortified. The stores are to
be closed every Wednesday evening at
half past six for a year.
- The Dairynen's Association of
New York and Vermont have purchased
the /" Cold spring" of G. III. Congdon,
near the railroad at Dandy, and will
build creamery in order to use up all
the surplus milk sent to market.
= Rutland youth, who sloped " his
board bill, sent this exasperating billet
to his defrauded landlady 81 Miss A.
Please don't worry about me. Again l
enjoy the comforts OF home. My pre-
ent hash-maker improves on you consid-
cradle"
i During thunder shower on Thurs
day of last week, the lightning struck a
barn on the farm of Ormand III. Wilson
at Walden, and that, together with an
other barn adjoining was burned to the
ground. The neighbors rallied and saved
the house and horse-barn. A few tons
of hay and some farming tools were de-
stroyed.
- In "ye olden time Gen., living
in Rutland, aud who prided himself on
being in style, went over to Middlebury
and wore on his head hat of the then
new fashioned "bell crown" Calling
for his horse, the colored waiter who
gave the order was asked by the hostler
"whose team he wanted" He said, 81
don't know what his name is, but it's de
gemmen wild de butter ferkin on his
head"
- Nelson Matteson in company with
a Miss O'Donnell and Miss Elwell, while
riding in Glastonbury, recently, met
with a severe accident. The harness
gave way letting the carriage upon the
horse, throwing the young man out and
under the feet of the horse. The horse
ran away, throwing Miss Elwell under
the wagon and iDjuring her seriously
The others escaped with few injuries.
- President Root, of the Glastonbury
railroad, has been waited upon by dele
gates from towns beyond Glastonbury tc
arrange for the con tinuation of the roac
across the mountain. Mr.. Root say
there is no doubt of the ultimate contin
uation of the road through the hills t.
, the Deerfeld and Connecticut rivers
He is grading and building highway
from the present terminus of the rail
/ road to the summit, four and one-hal
miles beyond, and toward the Texa
road in Searsburg and Somerset.
= DR.. A. G. Brush, of Fairfax, re
, Gently discovered on crab-apple tre
in his yard what appeared to be an I'm
usually late ard also large bud or bios
: som. He watched it until Sunday, whel
it developed into something like large
, full-blown white rose He evidently re
J CARDS the old saying that "rose b,
: any other name would smell as sweet,
: for although upon crab-apple tree, i
has the genuine rose perfume and beau
, ty. And Charles N. Peck, of Montpe
lier, can boast of exactly the same thing
: his crab-apple tree blossoms being a fa
! smile of that of DIR. Bush.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
BRArrLEBoRo.-A very heavy shower

BRATrLEBoRo,-A very heavy shower
prevailed in Brattleboro on Sunday eve.
ming, but we hear of no damage
Between $4,000 and 10000 young
shad were placed in West River, Brat
tleboro, on Thursday by Fish Commits
sioner Andrews.
Considerable talk has been created
in Brattleboro by what has been known
there for some time but which has not
been published abroad beyond brief
item till last week. A printer in
one of the offices is medium" and
has for some time been writing, or rath-
er it is claimed that Charles Dickens
through him is finishing "The Mystery of
Edwin Brood" Mr.. Dickens having
closed earth life, before it was done.
This printer is said to be highly re-
spectacle man, as all printers ought to
be, and has heretofore avoided all noto-
riety, combining his own statements of
the matter to a few friends. As conse-
quence several other printers there have
been sought for by inquisitive or curious
parties and sometimes rather amusing
scenes have occurred, as the work was
charged on those who utterly repudiated
anything of the kind, by those who still
persisted that thou art the man." Last
week the Springfield Mass Union go,
reporter through with seven and O
half columns about it. several of them be-
extracts from the work. Mr.. Dickens has
given instructions as to how he wants
his work done, and when the mystery
of Edwin brood is fully solved will
write or make the printer write, (why
not let the printer set it from head tt
stick at the case and save the labor o.
writing ? y another story the title Of
which is already announced as "Tht
Life and Adventures of Bockley Mic
kleheep," which title does not fail tt
sound some like Dickens. 1t is not i'm
possible however that when Edwin
brood is done, Dickens may wish tt
take the advice of the senior Weller
in Pickwick's breach of promise case
and "prove an alibi."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

WEsTMINsTER.-A young man call
ing himself Sanborn, pretending to be a
piano tuner and clock repairer, engaged
board for himself and poodle dog for a
few days at II. f. Bonds Not finding
as much employment as he would desire,
he left unceremoniously one morning
without paying his board BILL He was
pursued and oyertaken at Putney, where
he settled his bill with costs.
Mr.. G. H. Albee was severely injured
while working a moving machine on
Thursday last week. He was moving
for J. G. Richardson, ON the Morse farm,
when he received severe blow or the
left side of the head over the ear. At
first it was feared his skull was fractured,
but Drs. Simmons and Pettengill, who
were called to him, did not find such to
be the case and as he is now doing we'll
his speedy recovery is expected. The
blow he received is a mystery as no one
saw the accident. He may have fallen
from the machine and been kicked by
the horse, or struck some part of the ma.
chine as he fell.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01
BARToNsvILLE.-R r. 7. Sawyer
of Tufts College will preach in Bartons-
will. next Sunday, August Sd.

There is man in Woodstock
named Johannes SchcikughwankiIati.
To drag such name as that through
life were enough to break down the con-
stitution of a mule.-RutLand Herald.
The man is all ready dead, and left an
enthusiastic request that he might be
buried by the side of that twenty egg
GIRL.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

- Snow, the Walden murderer, who
killed Stanton, is in bad situation, re-
fusing to eat, and imagining that his
victim visits his cell. Some think he
will not live to be tried, unless the trial
comes off soon.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

- Three children of Lyman Darling,
of Glover, were recently thrown from a
wagon, in consequence of the horse they
were driving becoming unmanageable,
and all seriously injured.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-08-01

Names of scholars not absent or tar
dy during the term, Carrie Miller
Clara Ranney, Frank Miller, Erich
Harding.
FLORENCE A. HALL, Teacher