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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
The Leisure Time of Boys.

We would suggest to the many pa
rents who are perplexed with the diff
Guilty of fnding the wherewithal to
amuse and interest their boys, to give
their lads every possible opportunity of
acquiring mechanical trade. The in
dustry and ingenuity of boy of aver
age ability may easily be made TO fur
nish him with never-failing source of
amusement of the best order The boy
who can produce or make something al
ready begins to feel that he is somebody
in the world, that achievement of re-
suit is not reward reserved for grown
people only. And the education of
mind, eye and hand, which the use of
tools and mechanical appliances furnish
es, is of great and real value, beyond
the good resulting from the occupation
of leisure time.
Having nothing to do is as great a
snare to the young as it is to the full
grown and no greater benefit can be
conferred on youths than to teach them
to convert time now wasted, and often
worse than wasted, into pleasant means
of recreation and mental improvement.
The boy whose time and mind are now
occupied with marbles and kites may be
Watt, a Morse or Bessemer in EN-.
bryo and it is certainly an easy matter
to turn his thoughts and musings into a
channel which shall give full scope to
their faculties. And TO most boys the
use of mechanical tools is the most fas.
cinating of all occupations. As logic
and mathematics have a value beyond
accuracy in argument and the correct
solution of problems, in that they teach
men the habit of using their rejecting
powers systematically, so carpentry
turning and other arts are of high i'm
portance.
i These occupations teach boys to think
to proceed from initial causes to results
and not only to understand the nature
and duty of the mechanical powers, bul
to observe their effects, and to acquire
knowledge by actual experiment, which
is the best way of learning anything
All the theories culled out of books leavt
an impress on the mind and memory
which is slight compared to that of th,
practical experience of the true mechan
ic. Our advice is, to all who have the
great responsibility of the charge Of
boys, give them lathe, or set of car
penter's or even blacksmith's tools
Give their mind turn toward the solid
and useful side of life. You will soor
see the result in increased activity O
their thinking capabilities, and the di
rection of their ideas towards practica
: results and still more obviously, in tn,
avoidance of idle mischief and nonsens
to omit all reference to absolute wick
edness and moral degradation), which
are, to too great an extent, the pastims
of the generation which is to succeed us
The Scientific American.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
Spontaneous Combustion in Hay

Spontaneous Combustion in Hay.
There are doubtless many farmers who
have experienced sudden and destructive
conhagrations in their hay lofts, which
could not be ascribed to any exterior
agency. Barns have been known to
burst into fame, almost without warn
ing, save perhaps significant odor, for
a few days previously, around the places
where the hay was stored, and summers
harvest is swept away in as many min
utes as it has taken days to gather it.
These unexpected confagrations are gen.
orally accredited to tramps who have
made the hay loft their sleeping resort,
but it is now asserted that such calami-
ties are frequently due to the spontane-
Gus combustion of the hay, circum-
stance theoretically quite possible, but
rarely considered. A French paper
gives the following as the theory of the
phenomena Hay, when piled damp and
III boo hISo mdSSco, ItFuutuLS anu tuT0b
dark. In decomposing, sufficient heat is
developed to be msupportable when the
hand is put into the mass, and vapors
begin to be emitted. When the water
is almost entirely evaporated, the de-
composition continues, and the hay be-
comes carbpnized little by little; and
then the charred portion, like peat peat
cinders mixed with charcoal, sulphurous
pyrites and Ignite, ETC., becomes kind
of pyrophorus, by virtue of its great
porosity and of the large quantity of
matter exposed to high oxidation. Under
the influence of air in large amount, this
charcoal becomes concentrated on the
surface to such degree that the mass
reaches a temperature which results in
its bursting into flames.
The preventives for this danger are
care that the hay in the lofts is kept per-
fectly dry, that it is well packed, and
that it is stored in small heaps rather
than in large masses.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
Dry. Indeed.

An honest old farmer from the country
gave his recollections of the hot spell as
follows 2" 1t was SO dry that we couldn t
spare water to put in our whiskey. The
grass was so dry that every time the
wind blew it flew around like SO much
ashes. There wasn't tear shed at fu-
neral for month. The sun dried up
all the cattle, and burned off the hair
till they looked like Mexican dogs, and
the sheep all looked like poodle puppies,
they shrunk so. We had to soak all
our hogs to make 'em hold swill, and if
any cattle were killed in the morning
they'ed be dried beef at dark. The
woods dried up so that the farmers chop
ped seasoned timber all through August
and there amt a match through all the
country-In fact no wedding since the
Widow Glenn married old Barker three
months ago. What few grasshoppers
are left are but skiu aud legs, and did
not hear tea-kettle sing for SIX weeks.
We eat our potatoes baked, they being
all ready, and we couldn't spare water
to boil 'em. All the red-headed girls
were afraid to stir out of the house in
daylight. Why. we had to haul water
all summer to keep the ferry running
and-say it's getting dry let's take
suthin'."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

WHAT MIGHT BE DONE WITH THE
MONEY WASTED IN WAR.-Give me
the money that has been spent in war
and / will purchase every foot of land
upon the globe Twill clothe every man,
woman and child in an attire that kings
might be proud of; will build school
house upon every hillside and valley
over the whole habitabie earth, and will
supply that school house with a compe-
tent teacher; | will build an academy in
every town and endow it, college in
every State and fill it with able profess
ors l will crown every hill with church
consecrated to the promulgation of the
gospel of peace; l will support in its
pulpit an able teacher of righteousness,
so that on every Sabbath morning the
chime on one hill should answer to the
chime on another around the earths
broad circumference, and the voice of
prayer and the song of praise should
ascend like the universal holocaust to
heaven DR.. Stebbins
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5Hiseellanu.
A Strange Story.
From the Davenport CIowa) Gazett

From the Davenport Uowa) Gazette.
Thirteen years ago young man
wooed and won young lady in a viii
lage not far from Davenport The pa
rents of the young girl objected, and
there was deal of trouble; but finally
the couple we're married at the home of
the bride. Three months afterward
the bridegroom desired to move to Cali
fornia, but the family of his wife opposed
her emigration, and the result was that
the husband started for the Pacific coast
without her. After the first six months
no tidings from the husband were re-
ceiyed,-and in less than year news
came that he was dead. In 1863 the
widow married young man who had
recently arrived from Germany and
her second husband was entirely igno-
rant of the fact that his bride was wild
ow. But where ignorance is bliss It's
folly to be wise" Shortly after the mar.
riage the husband purchased farm in
Scott county, and on that farm the
couple have lived ever since, and several
children have blessed their union. Four
weeks ago the first husband of this wo.
man arrived in Davenport, and on max
ing inquiries learned the history of his
wife's marriage. Then he rode out to
see her. 1t was fortunate for her that
her liege lord was away from home for
she was very much affected. She told
him that she supposed him dead, and so
married another, and chided him for
her as he did. He had long
story to tell, the real gist of it being that
that he had determined never to return
until he became rich. And here he was
rich But his wife was miserable in
his presence, and he was miserable too
The end of the conference was that the
first husband returned to Davenport to
consult lawyer-and the end of the
was that the husband went
to the wife and had another long talk
with her. and then the two separated,
never to meet again, for the man deter
mined to cross the ocean and spend the
balance of his days in Germany. The
day that he left the wife entered her suit
for divorce on the ground of desertion );
the notice was forthwith served on the
and he accepted service. At
the next term of the circuit court the de-
fendant's name will be called, and there
will be no response. There will be de-
fault and decree of divorce granted.
And may be the wife will be married
second time to the father of her children
and SO remain contented in the delight.
full home in which she now lives in ele-
gance and comfort.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

A SAVING REMEDY In one of the
Sunday schools of the city recently when
the lesson cards we're passed around to
the classes, the cards that came to the in
FAINT class had for their text "what shall
/ do to be saved 2" Selecting as the first
member of the class to put the question
to bright little girl of only four sum-
mers, who, also, by the way, had but just
recovered from severe attack of the
Group, the teacher put the question, what
must you do to be saved The little
one preserved silence a moment, as if in
deep and perplexed thought, and then
her face frightened she had it. l would
take syrup and alum, was the reply.
naively ventured. 1t brought down the
class, teacher and all, and further dis
cussion of the subject was postponed
Dubuque Times.
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Yesterday.

How fair the earth was yesterday.
How green the meadows were
The poet, Nature. had no need
Of an Interpreter.
A golden haze enwrapt the hills,
A bright and ambient glow,
Like veil of mist, dropped low and kissed
The valley just below.
The violets their blue bells swung
Upon the grassy lea.
And starry daisies raised their eyes
Toward heaven wonderiHgly,
The meadows. in their sheen arrayed,
Looked fair as any BRIDE,
1t did not seem one beauteous dream
OF earth had been denied.
To-day the sky is ashen. .hued.
The wind sobs on the heath,
Dire shadows lie upon the hills.
And on the vale beneath.
But mirrOred in the shining glass
of loving memory,
The yester's sheen lies bright between
The sombre mist and me.
A, M AWHILE.
- From Phreaological JournaiJor NoUember.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

Christendom paid last year for the
support of her war system, two thousand
millions of dollars. Christians-all who
profess and cali themselves by that name
paid for missions in the same time,
Eve millions of dollars,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
LOVELL'S
NEW LIVERY STABLE.

The Subscriber ha. Just opened his Livery Stable,
on Rockingham Street, and is nov prepared to ac-
commodate the travelling public.
All those wishing for teams will do well TO call.
l.. I. LOWELL, ID.
Bellows Tslls. AuElst 5th. 1874. 80
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

AFTER.
Don't wake up the baby Come gently, my dear! ~
20. mother. I've torn my new dress. Just look here
I'm sorry, only was climbing the wall"
o, mother my map was the incest of ALI -
And Nelly in spelling, went up to the headl"
%, say cal | go on the hill with my sled ="
I've got such toothache, -" The teachers un-
fair >
Is dinner most ready? I'm Just like bear /"
Be patient worn mother, they're growing up fast,
These nursery whirlwinds, not long do they last
still lonely house would be far worse than noise
Rejoice and be glad in your brave girls and boysl
Rhode Island iSchoOiBsaster.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
H. A. GRAVES LINIMENT.

THIS LINIMENT. which is well known. and has
been received by many with much favor, in this
section. is now manufactured by Mrs. MARIA A.
EARL daughter of the originator, with whom he
left the recipe for manufacture. It is good for
Rheumatism. Chiblsins, Scalds. Burns, Bruises
Chapped Hands. Sore Lips, &c,s and will be found
sale at Il. L. DEW E1'S.
Bellows Falls Mayo. 1872. n
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04

Obedisnce to Truth is Religion.-Rey.
Silas Ketchum.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-04
postry.
Before ana After school,

BEFORE.
" Quarter to ninei Boys and girls, do you hear2"
" One more buckwheat. then.-be quick. mother
dearl"
" Where is my luncheon box 2" Under the shelf
J ust in the place you left IL YOURSELF"
. / can't say my table - +" o, find me my cap /"
" One kiss for mamma and sweet sis in her lap"
" Take your mittens 49, All right" Hurry up,
Bill let's run"
With slam of the door, they are Off girls and boys,
And the mother draws breath in the lul Of their
noise.
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NS0N AND BABBITT'S
Y GENERAL INSTRANCE AGENCY


4ELLowS FALLS, VERMONT.
ICE NO. /. UNION BLOCK
a <rWoRlD. Haying Cash Assets OF over
# EIGHTY MILLION Dollars.
m BRITISH Insurance Co.
losses paid over $1,000 200,
M Cash Assets s@3.OOO.OOo.
&PooL. LONDON GLOBE Insurance Co.
losses paid over S3,O00.0O0.
Az Cash Assets. s2O,s6s.070.
lfs Insurance Co. .,ooooo,o
/ Az Insurance Co. ..,0ooo ooo
l.IN Insurance Co., of Philadelghiba,
losses paid. S4l9.5B, ,s5;
Assets, SS'Zoo,Ts4,A
fLvANIA Insurance Co. 90 -. q.
kNATIoNAL Insurance Co. ....
losses paid. so9o;ugSo ~
Assets. sl.l0o,oo0.
s Insurance Co., oincinnatti. Ohio. ..... -.
as Cash Assets sl.766.6S4.
Insurance Co., N. Y. =, ,,ooo.
4ne Cash Assets. s2.5Os.526.
HARTFORD Insurance Co. -.
Assets. S.SOO.OW
sNIx X. Insurance Co.. Hartford, Ct 90. 90, .,
'IoNAL { "a. Insurance Co.. Bangor. Me. ...o 90
UMpH Insurance Co., CINCINNATI Ohio,
Assets. s734.085.O0.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-09-10
NEWS AND NONSENSE.

! A Broohlyn husband comforts his wife
1 for the loss of their little three months OLD
I by rem nding her that there will be more
4 room on the clothes Inns now.
relt-che the noted cbief of the Apsehes,
has foiiowed Cochise to the happy sealping
grounds He was neariv'as great a mur
! derer - Cochse, and 50 fa- ahead of hin
I in dissfelulation that among lis own people
/ his ZANE Is synonym .O- liar.
Mr.. George jerome, one of the Fish
I Commissioners of Michigan, declares that
I every acre OF water, if properly cultivated,
IS equal ln food producing value to an acre
/ Of land, and that the present food supply
( from water is ecuaA to 5 5750,Q00 cattle of
an average weight of 100 pounds.
| If you sqjuurn with aSaniwich Islander
/ do not inquire when leaving what Is the
price of Your accGmmodrticn, for the lla
vain has vague notions of price. He
N ght tell you five OF ten do Lars; but you
/ pay him seventy FIVE cents for yourself and
guide. he vii be abe Iautly and thcroughIy
satisfied.
| Politics are as lively as Mexican feas in
Arizona Territory. They are no fewer than
/ fur ctnIiIates in the fe for delegate' to
! Congress. Ii. 5. Steseas, of Tucson, is
| said to be the best poker player on the
Fsl. q
+ Mcdowell i n5ted judge OF buff .lo K us
/ The other .wo candidates also have pecui
arties which eudear them to the ArizCna
soul. Party politics are gnorsd
The plans of railway which is to as
ceud Mount Ncsuyius are no complete.
/ Tue route Is to be l6 l miles in length.
/ Tie grades are twenty.and th.5ty- five per
cent, and the road terminates at a few feet
! of t!e' crater. There viii be Uae station,
/ viii divert the dow, in case Of an eruption,
/ from tie building and rails. The road is
every point. except for a distance of about
sixty feet.
\ gentleman of Greeley, Colorado,
writing to II friend in New York. says:
''Mr. q. Hopper has pu. in an appearance,
and il looks as though, like many another
frsky young fellow who has come among
US, he in, eided to ge; married and stay.
The only damage will be tt corn which,
however, is nearly matured. They are
certainly great plague, and we wish we
could send them Last to You as easily as
YOU sent that other g eat plague, tae
! Bcgcher Ti.tUn scandal news to Us.
This was George b ,tt's way of robLing
Matilda Koeug, in Chicago: First he
married her. sn. had saved by hard labor
$500, and after her marriage intrusted it
To Butt for deposit III her name. He car
red the money TO The bank aud had the
book made out in his own name Mrs.
Bait objected to this, and her husband
went gain to the bank ani Ubt-lined Il
1 book ia her name, on which lie had $50
placed to her credit. But before he carried
it to heg ne added another cipher, and
made his if !eiieve tlslt he had transi .r-
red the whole "a to her credit. He then
visited the bank !. third tiue, drew out
$40, and ran away.
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our people felt "a this subject. | tall them
I that very LITTLE had been said about il, as
: far az I knew, but that | supposed Wis.
eonsir would 90 with the other Western
s,a,.s .b,sa in,ar.s,s ,,ara idaptr.,l with
hors In.ve- wss mara s,,nri.e, in INV
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of,ba ps,nt,;can 7hornah. have cririciz.d
r,.i, r.-. of ,bl S,.,e .1riii.t,..i,o IN
II. a.t.r,,t. to. e,r,rcs rhis law butasthsv
Al .,,,,,,,rt rho lazy it,.lt and ajvnc.,t. its
-. .r,r.s,u.,r thar r,r;.t,,r.s have fallen
,..;,l.,,,,, No., No
the e1er,v and earuesthess with which Gov.
T,,l,,r b,. .yaiI,.d b;ns.I,of crarv moan.
ia III ,.,.ar 70 ,,.,ta -. law son,elhin,
n,rs ,,,., a.,1 t.,t.r Tba r.Corm
c,rtv VII surely lose very few supnorters
h, r.co,,n,-,f;t, .o,;,n in .ha railroad
case- ,..,H .h. fact that thi. marty has kent
.,dod faith with the farmers and shown u
determination IN torcg. Tia rai,rcad com
nanies to observe the rate, fixed bv The
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RAE aNEJiLNS.
Gen. Ns5ICs Has "a r 'giit on Ises: River
-FUI>sstt ga OEic - =; ;nlI a.! "a aiS. Ken
Miles.

CArP On RED EIyER, Sept. S.-Ni~
Fort Dodge, Sept. o-Thc command OF
Ten. Nile. met topr or fse hun.ircd Chey
enc Indians, twelve miles from Red River,
Texas, ON the 2Oth of August, aud n CT
shalp engagement, lasting tive hours, drove
them oyeI thirteen miles. over high hill,
aut almost impass Gubyons, n It'll IA loss
to them of p to 80 Killed and wounded.
Our asualities ars three badly wohnird.
iiEADSU .RrER. INDIAN Tkf !. 7, EN EAPsuiTIo4
Camp On keu rover, IrXu- Au-u>, II.
VIA Eorl Do &c. ha, sept s-iE }
To Gen. Pope, CouInIau ing II. partaIcnt Of Ms
sour
This command has followed the confed-
crate 4ni hostile Indians for seven days
from the Sweet Water to the head waters
Of the south branch of Red River, nakiI z
rapid marclier, gairing steadily en- them
until yesterday, when they turned and
made an attack, which was repulsed.
They retreat 4 to a strong position, dis
playing force Of about dOO warriors.
/ rhe troops had made extraordinary efforts,
and endured every privation IN Their ener-
getic and rapid pursuit. In two iays they
marched 50 mics They came ~ to the
attack in splendid spirits, and Without
halt went INTO tie fight. The cavalry,
artillery Gnd infantry ale all in, and the
Indians, Who iarpeared very bla7e at first,
! broke nnl ran in every direction "hcneScr
they ,nadea stand. They were charged
ana routed For 10 miles from the Sweet
/ Water to the Stakct Plain, their lne Of
retreat is strewu With abandoned property
and broken down animals. they burned
their villages during the fight. We have
started small parties out on the Llano
1 Estac-do, and may follow them across the
trail, running sixty degrees wesS of south.
/ As we are 1913 miles from the base OF our
supplies, l would request that additional
trunspor tation be sent TO Camp Supply to
keep US supplied. We viii be ont on the
! 18th, when we expect our trains TO return.
The command is in excellent spirits and
good condition This is Q terrible country
for eampdsning-a senes of aid plains,
rugged rocks and bluffs, and deep canyons,
and almost destitute Of water. lave writ
ten you fully. NELSON A. NILES.
Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
Supplies for him are now on the way
from Camp Supply to Antelope Hills, anu
will be there in time for him.
JOHN PuPE, Mai. Gen.
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CTArE OF WIsCoSsIE--County of Maniio-

CTArE OF WIsCoNsIE--County of Manito-
> voc.
Pronitr office, Nanitowoc Aug. A. d. 1874
In the matter of the Proof and Probate OF
the last VIII and Testament sf Nicholas
Roemei deceased late Of tie County Of Mani
tJwOc.
Whereas, an Instrument in wri;ing;s pur-
porting to be the last WI and Tcs'amtnt 9f
Nicholas Rocmcr deceased late Of the County
Of MauitoNuc has been iiied in this Off ice:
and whereas apple tion has been made by
} ohm Eocmer praying that the same be PROV
efi and adGntte TO Probate according TO .ie
laws Of this State:
Therefore, it is ordered that said applicn
ton be heard Before me 1T the Probse Of
fee ia the city Of Manitowoc in said county
on the I4th day of September A. d. lol4 at
/ 0 o'clock = NJ.
And il is further ordered, that notice shall
BE- givrn to all. persons interested in said
will, of the time AZ ] place Of srir hearing
by publication n the. Mauitowoc PILOT a
new spaper PRINTED N til city tor three sue
cygei"e weeks, priOr to the time of such
! hearing Bv the toart
S36-3.s = c, CLMSFED,
=. county Judge