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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
An " Unbelieyer.''

The Boston Globe evidently don't be-
lieve in miracles" Hear what he says
about the Piermont case, The case is
by no means an isolated one. Any
physician of an average experience can
furnish its parallel, especially those who
have made a specially of treating men
tai diseases. There is at present residing
in this city lady of culture and refine
meDt, possessed of excellent judgment,
and with mind perfectly sound in all
respects but one. For more than twenty
years she has, she esserts, been in COM
munication with the spirit of Shakes
peare. She receives his visits, which she
declares are highly enjoyable, and dis
cusses with him the poetry and literature
of the present day precisely as II he were
living and moving in the society IN
which she daily mingles. There is no
wildness or apparent inconsistei cy in
her accounts OF these interviews, and
she freely admits the extreme absurdity
of the idea as it must appear to other
people Yet she believes in it as firmly
as in her own existence, and would as
sert its truth upon her death bed. This
haliucnation first attracted the notice
of her friends soon after her recovery
from severe illness, and though her
bodily health was long since restored,
that one diseased spot of the brain has
never been healed over. Another in
stance well known to many of our citi-
zens. A lady of this city-now dead
whose soundness of mind was never
questioned on other points, and whose
long and useful life forbids the idea OF
any mposition-nsisted for more than ten
years that upon certain day each year
she was admitted into heaven, retaining
on each visit a clear recollection of all
she saw and heard. 1t is a fact that on
those days she remained in trance for
hours from which nothing could rouse
her. Excepting on this particular
point, there was nothing to denote any
unsoundness of mind, her conversations
upon the subject had nothing of the
fighty character usually noticeable in
the clnversation of insane persons. Such
cases might be multiplied without end
The uarld ;s f,II of tbapo
In the present instance there is moth
ing which gives it an Importance above
the particular ones we have just quoted
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Vermont Central, Vermont & Can
ada Railroads.
GUNNER ARRANGEMENT. - {
- ing Monday, JUNE 2, 1873.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH,

Leave Bellows Falls $3.50, A. NJ 7:45 A. NJ, 2:30 P, NJ
Mail Train leaves 0gdensburg at 800 P, st. Al
bans at 620 A. NJ, arrive in Bellows Falls, via
White River junction or Rutland at225 P. NJ, South
Vernon at 400 M, New London at $3.50 p NJ, con
Meeting with steamer for New York.
Night Express leaves Qgdensburg at 1885 P. NJ
Montreal at 3:45 M, St. Johns at sos NJ, st. Al
bans 30 P. NJ arriving in Bellows Falls Svia Whit'
River Junction Kutiandl at 325 A. M, South Yer
Mixed Train leaves White River Junction at 80 A
NJ, Rutland at 43O A; NJ, Bellows Falls passenger
Train As A. NJ South Vernon, $40 AN. Connect
ing at Bellows Falls with trains for Boston, or
cester, at South Vernon with train for Springfield
and New York. arriving in New London at 5.lO p
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls at 4.3O A. M. ll45 NJ 600, P.
Mail train leaves Boston. at 7.sO a. NJ Springfield
Falls at Has A. NJ, (via w r. Junction or Rutland
for Burlington, and St. Albans, Montreal, &c, ar
riying in Montreal at 945 P. N. and Ogdensburg al
1880 A. NJ, making connections for the West,
Night Express leaves New York at 800 P. NJ.
Springfield at $40. P. NJ, New London at 2.46 P NJ.
Rutland0 arriving in st. Albans at $40 A. NJ, Mon
treal at AS A. NJ, 0gdensbure at 12,35 P. NJ.
Accommodation leaves New London at $40 A. n.
CIRCUITS Corner $50 NJ South Vernon at 90 P. NJ.
Bellows Falls 500 P. N. (mixed) arriving in Rut
land at s.35 P. NJ, W. X, Junction at 500 P. M.
Mixed trains leave Bellows Falls $50 A. n fol
White River junction.
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at 4.3O A. NJ, ar
riving in Rutla nd at $40 A. ".
SLEEPING CARS are attached to the Night Train
between st. Albans and Springfield and Burlington
and Boston.
Northern IN. H0 and Connecticut and Passumpsi
River Railroads at Ogdensburg with trains for th'
west, at Rutland with trains over the Harlem kx
aer and Saratoga and Railroads for Saratoga, Troy
Albany and the west.
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for sal,
49, @, MERRILL. Gen. sup't.
st. Albans. VT. May 81, 1878
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
gellows falls Jimes.
BELLOWS FALLS, NOV. 7. 1873.
The Long Island Tragedy.
From the New York Tribune.

ASHA NNS ~'~t' 10AAA AAANHAN'
Charles G. Kelsey was rather weak
minded young man of Huntington L. l.,
who becoming infatuated with young
girl named Julia Smith, and failing to
gain her favor, pursued her with annoy
ing attentions and communications. She
complained of this to several of her
friends, among whom was Royal Sammis.
to whom she was engaged to be married.
A number of them lay in wait for
Kelsey, and captured him on the night
of Nov. 4th, last, as he was going home
from political meeting. They took
him to the house where Miss Smith lived
and there tar and feathered him, the
feathers being kindly furnished from the
house, and Miss Smith was then invited
out to see her luckless admirer in this
grotesque garb. 1t seems scarcely cred
ible but the young lady herself testifies
that she went out into the yard to enjoy
this brutal exhibition, and to address
some words of feminine malice to her
rejected suitor. This is the last time
Kelsey has ever been seen alive. The
next day some of his clothes were found
on the shore, giving rise to the inference
that he had been murdered and thrown
in the bay. But this suppositlon was at
once hooted down by the leading people
in the community, who all appeared to
sympathize with the lynchers. The
most remarkable fact about the whole
affair is that the people implicated in it
are of reputable character and good
standing most of them church members.
As stated in the evidence, it was regard
ed as case of sin against respectable
ity," the social sentiment of the village
being arrayed in behalf of the tar party,
and only the baser sort demanding
some account of poor Kelsey. He did
not afford much material for sympathy,
being poor-spirited lover, bad poet,
and, it seems not member Of the church.
In this fashion, investigation was sneered
out Of sight. Miss Smith married Mr..
Sammis, and the tar-party made the
opinion prevail that Kelsey, stricken
with shame and disgust, had wandered
off to other regions, but on the 29th of
August last, two fishermen dredging in
oyster bay brought to the surface the
body of a man, mutilated and decom-
posed, but bearing frightfully conclu.
sive testimony in the coating of tar and
feathers which still adhered to it. From
that day to this, for two months, the
coronor's inquest has been in progress
and has developed mass of perjurie:
and contradictions almost without par
allel. The SO called "tar party" were
not silenced by the discovery. They
still insisted that Kelsey was in hiding
somewhere and had thrown this ghastly
piece of evidence into the bay for ven
geance upon those who had maltreateC
him. But the coroner and the jurymer
agreed that the circumstances were over
whelming, and have brought in sweep
ing and comprehensive verdict, which
accuses eleven men of hitherto respecta
BILE standing of an infamous and bruta
crime. It has taken year to arrive a.
this point. 1t would be sanguine tC
hope that another year will see tn,
end of the unwholsome drama
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

PETERsoN's MAGAZINE for November
is at hand. The principal steel engrav-
ing, " Crossing the Brook, is very beau
tiful. So, also, is the Mammoth colored
steel fashion plate. A prominent fea-
ture of this Magazine is its copyright
novelettes, two of which appear in this
number, Theo," by Miss Hodgson, and
:" The Lost Inheritance" by Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens, both superior to the contin-
ued stories to be found in magazines
generally. The price of this magazine
is but two dollars year, Prices to
clubs are astonishingly low, viz three
copies for $3.50, with superb Mezzotint
(16x24) "Not Lost But Gone Before, y
to the person getting up the club; OF
six copies for $500, and copy of the
Magazine for 1874 as premium to the
person getting up the club; or eight
copies for $1,000, and both an extra
copy and the premium engraving to the
person getting up the club. A choice
of eight splendid premium engravings
for framing, is given for fifty cents ex
ira to subscribers for Peterson for
1874. Specimens of the Magazine are
sent gratis, if written for. Address
Charles j. Peterson, 306 Chestnut st
Philadelphia, Pa.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

A henpeeked gentleman determined
to sup with a party of friends against
the will of his wife. He resolved that
he would, and she that he should not 20.
He did not go. His friends missed him /;
and just for lark, invaded his residence,
where they found him and his wife sit
ting in their chairs, fast asleep. He had
given her an opiate that he might slip
away, and she had given him one that
be might not
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

LIPPINCoTr for November is better
than ever. The illustrations are partic-
ularly fine. 8. The Princess of Thule -
is captivating and this work is destined
to be pronounced the best of all the au-
thor's efforts. The story il more grace
fully told than any of its predecessors.
The fortunes of the beautiful Sheila are
followed at least by ,eomanly readers With
a sympathy that grows into admiration
and loyalty, for one of many, truthfuIly
portrayed, in disappointment at finding
her idols shattered. This is not the only
article of interest by any means. though
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Autumn Hours.

The foxglove bells are tolling autumn hours,
The hours of ever shortening silver day;
The hours that see the moon in full array
Rain on the earth her radiant ripening showers
The hours when pilgrim eorn-helds rest in bower
Of final bloom when Teapers, binders come,
And wagons go and come, from field to home
Oft till the stars sleep on their azure towers;
The twilight hours that hear the robins lutte
The morning hours that sees the spiders line
From branch to branch in dewy splendOr shine;
The colder hours that see the brambles fruit
Blush on its purple path. as winters foot
Is heard approaching on the lofty pine.
-ChambeT's Journal.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Asa low OF Bradford. one Of tb

Asa Low of Bradford, one of thc
Oldest paper manufacturers in the coun.
try, and well known through the Con.
necticut valley as great business man
has been obliged, on account of the in.
frmities of age, to take his room.
= Bennington now claims that she
will have as good a court house as any
in the State, after the proposed repair:
are completed. Hon. H. G.. Root and
Judge Sykes have been making a tour
of inspection of the new court houses il
the State preparatory to remodeIling.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

The PHRENoLoGICAL JOURNAL for
November, confirm the oft-repeated opin-
ion of the Press at large, that no one
can read that publication without deriv-
ing some practical good. 1t is full of
meat for the mind, we'll served and saw
ory. S. r. Wells, 3S9 Broadway, New
York.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

THE ECLECTIC is the best and cheap
est magazine of its kind in the country,
furnishing the cream of the magazine
world at nominal price. A fiae en-
craving of Whittier embellishes the cur.
rent number. Published by E. r. Pei
ton, los Fulton St., New York.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

An unstamped letter was deposited in
the post Office at Marshall, ILL.,, last
week, and underneath the address was
the endorsement, "Let her slide p. M,
she's all hunk inside air one of them
most hole keerds."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY fully main
tains its high standard of literary excel
lence, and commends itself to every
scholarly reader throughout the land.
Osgood & Co., Boston.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Timely Forgiveness,

Oh friends. pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead cold brow,
The way is lonely let me feel them now,
Think gently Of me ; / am travel worn;
My faltering feet are pierced with many q thorn
Forgive. 0, hearts estranged, forgive / plead
When dreamless rest is mine, shall not need
The tenderness for which long. to night.
--Christidn Union.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
poetrY.
The Sweet Betrayal.

My darling tries with all her art
To hide young Love within her heart,
But, prisoned In that tender nest,
lie frets and frets and will not rest
And soon the little rogue l spy
At play within her laughing eye.
My darling tries with all her skill
To bring your Love unto her will,
But work such witehcraft as she may,
The pretty rebel hath his way.
lie decks her checks with bushes rare.
And fingers in the dimples rare,
In glance, in blush and smile L spy
All that my love would fain deny.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Power of Kindness.

BY hkSs SAWYER
If soul thou wouldst redeem,
And lead lost one back TO God;
Wouldst thou guardian seem
To one who long in guilt hath trod-
Go kindly to him, take his hand
With gentlest hands within thine own,
And by his side brother stand,
Till all the demons thou dethrone.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07
Cheshire Railroad.
UMMER ARRAN MENT.

NommehVink "Vhu"S' 'uhNs - A''''
EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Bellows Falls at $50 A
NJ, ACC. at $40 A. M, and NAIL, 2,S0 4.
for Fitchburg, Boston, Worcester, Lowell, Nashua
an d Intermediate Stations Arrive at fitehbprs at
$50 A. M, $50 A. Nj. l2tOP, M and 100 = NJ Bos-
Returning leaves Boston, at Z 80 A NJ, MAIL, and
IL A. NJ, ACCOM-. and $50 /. NJ, EXPRESS. Fitch
at io4 NJ. 3.S7 p. NJ. and go p M.,for BelowS
Falls. Windsor. Rutland. &c;
KEESE. N. H.. May. %. 1873.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-11-07

taking the lead in fiction Various ar
ticles of merit and two seasonable poems
complete a specially good number. j.
B. Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
To Render Clothing Waterproof.

1t is very desirable to understand how
to make cvercoats, horse blankets, hay
caps, grain bags, and anything else water
proof, by mourning little expense. We
herewith give a recipe which has often
been sold for hundreds of dollars to un-
sophisticated clothiers: To about ten
quarts of rain water add half pound of
powdered alum; stir this at intervals until
it becomes clear; then pour it Off into
another bucket and put the garment
therein; let it remain for twenty-four
hours, then hang it out to dry without
wringing it. A lady who has tested this
recipe thoroughly writes that when they
were travelling, they wore garments thus
treated in the widest storms of wind and
rain without getting wet. The rain would
hang upon the cloth in globules; in short,
the garments were really waterproof. The
gentleman walked nire miles in a storm
of wind and rain such as you rarely see
in the South, az d when he slipped off his
overcoat his underclothes were as dry as
when he put them on. This is, we think,
a secret worth knowing; for if cloth can
be made to keep out wet, it is in every
way better than waterproofs. Y
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
Taking Medicine.

There is an inherent predisposition to
take something which is regarded as
medicine by a majority of people in all
civilized countries. If they are not dosed
to their satisfaction by physicians, patent
preparations, nostrums, and above all,
pills, have such irresistible charms, thew
indulge in the luxury of prescribing for
themselves,
Medicine taking, therefore, from its
universally in this country, is a disease.
That fact is made use Of to supply the
enormous demand, by extensive manu-.
facturers, of all imaginable compositions
Vast fortunes are thus accumulated in
keeping pace with the general cravings
for physic. The more severely drastic.
the better it is liked. If it tears the
bowels with extreme violence, it is an
evidence of its utility to the mass of med
icine-takers.
The best physician is one so skillful in
his profession as to decide when it is Of
necessary to take medicine. A distin.
guished medical gentleman of Boston
very far advanced in years, imputes his
extraordinary good health and vigor to
the fact that he has never taken anv
drugs. He is sustained in the opinion
There is neither common sense nor
science in dabbling perpetually on the
slightest lndisposition with medicine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
THELADYBUG AND THE ANT.

THE lady bug sat in the roses heart
And smiled with pride and scora,
As she saw plain dressed ant go by
With heavy grain of corn.
So she drew the curtains OF damask round,
And adjusted her silken vest,
Making her glass of drop of dew
That lay in a roses breast.
Then she laughed so loud that the ant looked III
And seeing her naughty face
Took no more notice, but travelled on
At the same industrious pace;
But sudden blast OF autumn came
And rudely swept the ground,
And down the rose with the lady-bug peht
And scattered its leaves around
Then the homeless ady was much amazed,
For she knew not where to go,
And hoarse November's early blast
Had brought with it rain ana snow;
Her wings we're chilled her feet were cold,
And she wished for the ants warm cell;
And what she did in the wintry storm,
I'm sure l cannot tell.
But the careful ant was in her nest,
With the little ones by her side;
She taught them all like herself to toll,
Nor mind the sheer of pride.
And thought as | sat at the close of day
Eating my bread and milk,
was wiser to work and improve the time
Than to be idle and dress in silk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
FOR THE SAKE OF PEA CE.

Bob and were playmates once,
Together used to laugh and cry:
A youth and maiden are we now
Oh dear, the years so swiftly fiyi
We used to play at lovers, too,
When we were children gay and free
And now, the rogue, he quite insists
That he should stiil-my lover be.
really can't make ZIP my mind
To quarrel with the foolish boy,
For maybe, if he went away,
Nv life would lose one-half its joy.
And if the Guesticn should try
To argue with him why, you see,
In argument, cen when child,
Rob always got the best of me.
So now what would you really do
Rob has word Of all | say;
And, after all. my heart inclines
To let him have his own dear way.
Oh. how persistent men can bel
What can a timid maiden do?
think. Just for the sake of peace,
I'd better yield the point-don't yous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
Powers and Two English Women.

A GOOD story is told of the sculptor
Powers. One day two English women
entered his studio in Florence, richly
dressed, but uncultivated. The artist
wore his working clothes. The visitors
discussed, in loud tones, the various OBJ
jects of art in the studio, and presently
stopped before the statue called "Califor-
MA" One of them called out to Mr..
Powers, Come 'erer' and he Immediate
ly obeyed the rude command
do you speak Hinglish?" she asked.
Eyes, ma'am"
"What is this statue?"
ut is called California madam"
"What has she got in 'er 'andg"
'Ihorns, madam, in the hand behind
the back; IN the other she presents the
quartz containing the tempting metal"
"Ohn'
Soon afterward the ill-bred women
paused before the bust of lady, and the
following comments were uttered:
What an ugly facet"
What mean expression about the
MOUTH
isn't it 'orrible?"
"Whose is it?" asked one of them. adj
dressing MIR. Powers.
THAT is a portrait of my wife" said
the artist, modestly.
Your wife!' repeated one of the wo-
men, and then, nothing abashed, added,
"Who are you?'
my name is Powers, madam" he an
swered, very politely.
This discovery evidently disconnected
the lmpudence even of these visitors. and
they Immediately left the studio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27
KING OF The BIZ

THE MOST THOROUGH PrRI7-
BLOOD YET DIsc0TEz- va
CURES ALL HUMORS. From he|
ERUPTION TO THE WORST Aal1
BY it's use Cancers ard 8
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geon's knife-Scrofula COlqQeTe- = a.
ton prevented and cured. As1
Venereal Diseases. MerC-1 =
al Poisons, and their effects erac ed
GUS health and a sound consdl- ua|
Female Weakness and ~.
Dropsy, general or partial; SWe..-s /" i
internal; and Tumors are re1lca--e
la very short time. | b
ErysipeIas. Salt Rhe1n &-k !
Fever Sores are soon removed I! e
detergent medicine. l
ScOrbutic Diseases, Dansce1
or Rough Skin, and PimpleS Qli1
leaving the skin smooth and tal' m
Chronic Diseases FeTftGA
ordered Liver, Dyspepsia, Rhel--a !
Affections, General Debility, IN
numerous diseases caused BY 5-d-'
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Each bottle contains oetF Ke
fifty ordinary doses, costing 0I.y ,ro1
From one TO four or h9e F acd
cure Salt Rheum, Scald HEAD III. \
plies on the Face, Bilcs. ordinsry :. eel
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Scaly Eruptions of the Skin, "a d
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From two to six bottit' be
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Vitus' Dance. and Epilepsy. It'd. ID
From five to twelve DO'' 70
the worst cases of Scrofula. 81. dc
From three TO tweiEe rk
cure severe and obstinate case
From two 10 four boiutTs 4
worst cases of Piles, and regu ,lo,,lP, : \
From two 10 ten 2o"" va
bad cases of Dropsy. ska d
Price 81 per bottle, o. n
Sold by all Druggists r,,d
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Scetestimonials in LEGAL colunln. "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27

MR.. SHAFFER, of Highland, CLAYTON
County, Iowa, says the Elkader Journal,
lost span of mares in the great snow
storm. just nineteen days afterward they
were found entirely buried in a drift,
where they had unquestionably been Sc
curely packed ever since the storm. The
wonderful part of the story is that they
are still alive and doing well. When
taken out they were able and anxious to
eat their regular oats, and though little
thin just now, are likely to be as good as
ever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27

MIscHIEvous boys in Fredericktown,
Mo-, daub the front-door knobs with tar
ON Sunday evenings for the benefit of the
beaux calling upon their sisters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27

Mrs. A. D. Cook died at Newbury-
port, Mass, on the I'D anniversary of her
wedding, and in the same room in which
she was married. Singularly enough her
age is not given, but she was one of the
choir which sang at the welcome to Gen.
Washington on his visit to Newbury-
port, and she also sang at the COM
memoratlve service on the occasion of
the Generals death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27

=. AFTER thirteen years of angry separa-
ton Terre Haute couple now sleep upon
the same pillow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-27

Washington gossips are circulating
rumor to the effect that Vice President
Wilson is about to marry Miss Edes, a
wealthy and accomplished young lady
resident of the capital,