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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
Lord Byron's Fear of Getting Fat.

Byron had not damaged his body by
strong drinks, but his terror of getting
fat was so great, that he reduced his diet
to the absolute point of starvation. He
was of that soft, sympathetic tempera-
ment which it is almost impossible to
keep within moderate compass, par
ticularly as in his case his lameness pre-
vented his taking exercise. When he
added to his weight. even standing was
painful, so he resolved to keep down to
eleven stone, or shoot himself He said
everything he swallowed was instantly
converted into tallow, and deposited on
his ribs. l remember one of his old
friends saying, Byron, how well you
are looking! If he had stopped there
it had been well, but when he added,
You are getting fat" Byron's brow
Redeemed, and his eyes flashed. "Do
you call getting fat looking well, as if /
were hog?" and, turning to me, he
muttered, " The beast can hardly keep
my hands off him." The man who had
thus offended him was the husband of
the lady addressed as Genevra," and
the original of his "Zlleika in the
Bride of Abydos." / don't think he
had much appetite for his dinner that
day, or for many days, and never for
gave the man who, SO far from wishing
to offend, Intended to pay him COM
pliment He would exist on biscuits
and SODA water for days together; then,
to allay the eternal hunger gnawing at
his vitals, he would make up borrid
mash of cold potatoes, rice. or greens,
deluged in vinegar, and gobble it up
like famished dog. On either of these
unsavory dishes with biscuit and
glass or two of Rhine wine, he cared not
how sour, he called feasting sumptuous-
ly. Upon my observing that he might
as well have fresh fish and vegetables.
instead of stale, he laughed, and an
swered, :" 1 have an advantage over YOU
I have no palate. One thing is as
good as another to me-" Nothing"
said, disagrees with the natural man /;
he feasts and gorges, his nerves and
brains don't bother him but if you wish
to live" Who wants to live ?" he
replied; not I. The Byrons are a
short lived race on both sides, father and
mother longevity is hereditary; l am
nearly at the end of my tether. don't
care for death it is her sting can't
bear pain. Treta'cney's Last Days of
Shelley and Byron.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
"'IIl help you," said our hero.

"Ill help you, said our hero.
wish you would" said RosamonC
calmly, accepting the position. AnC
then she told him just how it all was.
You're not very much shocked a
my behavior said she.
Shocked > cried Paul 81 regarC
you as model to all the young ladies
of the nineteenth century"
Now you're laughing at me" said
Rosamond.
Upon my word and honor I'm not,
responded Mr.. Graham and Rosamond
saw that he was in earnest.
Miss Albertis waited all day long
looking up the road like Sister Anne on
Blue Boards tower, or Mariana in the
moated Grange, but Mr.. Graham didn't
come.
+" How provoking said Miss Albert.
is. But Rosamond Hillgrove always
ha such way with the gentlemen I'm
glad that Tn not born coquette."
Mr.. Paul Graham called the next day
with Rosamond, when she came TO return
the paint brush; and the fair Adeline
was more dissatisfied than ever.
" | suppose, now that you've got com.
pany," she snapped, "you'll postpone
house keeping until Mr.. Graham has
gone"
"Oh, no." returned Rosamond, serene
ly. He says he'll help so we shall go
on just the same. And he's so handy"
Whether it was over whitewash pail
or sea of soap and sand, or while train
ing up the big honey-suckle vine over
the south porch, deponent saith not; but
certain it is that Paul Gra ham and
Rosamond Hillgrove became engaged
during the young lawyers brief holiday.
I" don't see how Rosamond manag-
ed, said Miss Albertis, when she heard
of it. But the secret of the matter was
that Rosamond didn't manage at all.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
nagination dwell on the state Of mo-

Imagination dwell on the state of moIlls
which this strict system of surveillance
reveals. What acts do these French
I people imagine that their young daugh-
ters will commit If left for a moment
unmatched and unguarded? / recall
the answer made by an American moth
er to French lady who was exhorting
her to adopt the Partisan method in the
training of her daughters. "Did for
Que moment fancy" she said, that my
girls needed spy to watch them every
moment to keep them from evil, l would
pray that they might die tomorrow"
To such an extent is this system car
ried that it is considered improper in
Paris for young lady to walk out alone
with her own brother. How do peo-
pie know that it is her brother?" they
argue. Still more revolving is the fact
that it is considered highly immoral for
a father to kiss his own daughter on the
Ups must offer him her forehead or
her cheek. The monstrous indelicacy
of the ideas hidden behind such social
laws need no comment here. Ii cannot
be wondered at, therefore, that Partisan
mothers are averse to permitting their
daughters to associate with their Ameri-
can contemporaries. The frank, free
ways of a well-brought.up American
girl, who, thinking Lo evil, is on the
lookout for none, and who associates with
her friends of the opposite sex as openly
and innocently as she does with those of
her own, are mystery and horror to
The French matrons, whose boast it often
s that their girls have never been left
alone from the moment of their birth.
TO our transatlantic feelings, the French
iystem is as revolving as ours is shock
ng to their ideas. Still, ON some ac-
counts, the repulsion and horror which
he French ladies feel for American girls
s not wholly to be wondered at nor con-
lemned. Our fast set, race which
launts and iDfects the society of our
arger cities, sends out too many repre-
entatives here-girls that delight in
ouching the brink of all that modesty
most abhors, who are loud in dress and
manners and in tone, who drive out with
foreigners late in the eve
ling, who receive the visits of gentlemen
n their bedrooms, and perform other
cts peculiarly shocking to Continental
deas of morality and decency. These
asst young ladies do not understand that
10 European can be brought to imagine
hat women who do such things may be,
nd, indeed, almost invariably are, of
virtue, and that he cannot
how the unrestricted liberty
f our native land may permit young
iris manners to degenerate without
here being any actual moral cause for
uch degeneracy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
5niscellany.
House Cleaning Time.


1t was the last week in April, one Of
those balmy, beamy days when the sky
smiles down as blue as bed of bios.
soming genetian, and the air is rife with
those fair underlined scents that make
one think of all Natures sweet and gen.
tie influences.
Paul Graham came in early from
court one day, and looked wistfully
heavenward from the dingy windows of
his little office.
It's the very weather for the coun-
try" said Mr.. Graham to himself. 81
think I'm little inclined to be bilious.
| believe need change. A day or
two in some rural resort freshens one up
wonderfully, I've heard say"
How marvellously easy it is to do as
one pleases And all the while Mr..
Graham made himself believe that he
did really need change-that he want
ed the colunfryi
"They have often invited me there"
said Mr.. Paul, looking out his neatest
fitting shirts, and critically examining
his handsomest neck-ties. "And / don't
see why | have never been there before.
Let me see-it's plum and cherry bios
som time, isn't it? Or, if it isn't that,
its pretty sure to be something else that's
seasonable and inspiritingl
So Mr.. Paul Graham took the even
ing express up the Harlem railroad, to
get change of air and also to see Miss
Rosamond Hillgrove.
Rosamond had spent a few of the
winter weeks at the residence of Judge
Percalo, her cousin. Judge Percalo
naturally wanted to make things pleas
ant for his young relative, SO he invited
all the good looking young Attorneys
and Counsellors-at law" that he knew,
gave parties and took Rosamond sight
seeing generally.
The little country girl was delighted,
and Miss Albertis, her friend who ac-
companied her, no less SO.
Wouldn't you like to marry and set
tie down in New York, Rosamond 2
said Miss Albertis, with sigh, when
they were once more at home.
Rosamond colored violently.
What nonsense you talk, Adeline |"
she retorted. cts SO probable isn't
it?"
Nothing is impossible" said A define
Albertis, thinking of Mr.. Paul Graham's
beautiful teeth aud his facility in waltz
ing.
The next morning dawned fair and
radient, as if earth never knew a sulky.
rain, nor the stormy tune
of March winds. Maple blossoms hung
like tangles of red stars all along the
edges of the swamps; patches of blue
violets lay in the shelter of fences the
grass was as green as velvet, and Rosa
mond Hillgrove sung like any linnet in
the woods, as she tripped along the few
rods of pathway that pade short cut
between her house and that of Adeline
Albertis.
Miss Albertis was practicing sonata
on the piano in a fascinating spring toll
ct of pale green delaine and beryl tinted
ribbons. She turned around in great as
tonishment as Rosamond crossed the
threshold.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
My Son, Thou art My Hearts De-
light

HSnt
The following beautiful and touching
lines were written by Daniel Webster
on the death of his son Charles:
Ny son. thou vast my hearts delights;
Thy morn of life was gay and CHEEKY,
That morn has rushed to sudden night,
Thy fathers house is sad and dreary.
held thee on my knees, my son
And kissed thee laughing, kissed thee weeping
But ahl thy little day is done
Ihou'rt with thy angel sister sleeping.
The staff on which my years should lean,
Is broken ere those years come o'er me;
My funeral rites thou sh0uld'st have seen.
But thou artin the tomb before me-
Thou rear'st to me no ilial stone.
No parents grave with tears behOldest
Thou art my ancestor, my son
And stand'st in Heavens account the Oldest.
On earth my lot was soonest cast.
Thy generation after mine.
Thou hast thy predecessor past;
Earlier eternity is thine,
I should have set before thine eyes
The road to Heaven and showed it clear;
But, thou, untaught, spring st 20 the skies,
And leay'st thy teacher lingering here,
Sweet seraph. 1 would learn of thee,
And hasten to partake thy bliss
And oh TO thy world welcome me,
As first welcomed thee to this.
Dear Angel, thou art safe in Heaven
No prayers for thee need more be made.
oh let thy prayers for those be given,
Who oft have blessed thy infant head
Ny father I beheld thee born.
And led thy tottering steps with care
Before me risen to Heavens bright morn,
My son my father guide me there
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
General Wood Work.

having purchased the inter
L EST of P ELDRIDGE * COMPANY, are pre-
pared TO rnannfacture all kinds of Packing Boxes,
Mouldings. &c Also all kinds of Saving. includ-
ing Scroll work and Brackets. Planning and Match
ing at short notice and in the most workmanlike
manner at very low prices.
PINE and SPRUCE LUMBER for sale:
HEALD i WHEELER.
April Ist 1874 IA
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
60 Rare Ben JOnsOn."

| ~ Asoi Y IpSIA oohsohs
OF the ancestry of Ben Jonson very
little is known. His grandfather, whose
Christian name is not mentioned, is salC
to have removed from England to Scot
land in the reign of Henry the Eighth
in whose service he entered, in what ca
pacity is not stated. He is said to hav,
possessed an estate. which descended t.
his son, whose Christian name also is no
mentioned, and who was thrown intc
prison when Mary ascended the throne
the estate, of course, being forfeited
He was finally released and embraced
the church. So Ben, as he told Drum
mond, was minister's son. His father
never saw him for he died month be.
fore his birth. He was born in West
minister; but Fuller says with all his in
dustry he could not find him in his era
die, though he could fetch him from bis
long clothes. When little child he
lived in Hartshorne Lane, near Charing
Cross, where his mother married brick
layer for her second husband. The name
of this bricklayer is not known. Mis-
tress Jonson probably married him to
better her condition, and to support her
boy. He appears to have been poor and
to have put Ben to his own trade. Au-
brey says that Ben worked with his step
father upon the garden wall of Lincoln 3
Inn, on the side next Chancery lane and
Fuller says that he helped in the struc-
ture of Lincoln's Inn, when, having a
trowel in his hand, he had book in his
pocket.
Jonson's mother must have been wo-
man of great spirit. She lived to see
him acknowledged as a famous poet and
was determined that no harm should be-
fall him, in her lifetime at least. He
was in danger of disgrace at one time,
and through his own nobility of charac-
ter. He wrote, in conjunction with
Chapman and Marston, the comedy of
" Eastward, Ho p an unlucky passage
of which was construed into a reflection
upon the Scotch. His pedantic Majesty,
King james, took offense, and Chapman
and Marston were arrested. ,Jonson was
not included in the process, but he ac-
companied his fellow dramatists to pris.
on, as he considered himself equally re-
sponsible with them. 1t was reported
that their ears and noses we're to be slit.
But this punishment, if ever seriously
meditated, was not inflicted. Interest
was made in their favor, the biographers
say second edition of the comedy was
issued with the offensive passage omitted,
and they were released, wiser, if not sad
der men. Jonson celebrated his libera-
tion with banquet. Selden was there,
and Camden, his old master at Westmin-
ster,-
camden most reverend head, to whom owe
All that am in arts. all that know
and among others one whom he must
have honor ed, Ibis aged mother. She
drank to him, and showed him a paper
of strong and lusty poison, which she
designed to have mixed with his drink,
if the sentence had been carried into eff.
feet; and, to show him that he was no
churl, she designed to have first drank
of it herself.-R. II. iStoddard, iScriJner's
for July.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10

jerry Slayton of Calais rs years
old, lives on the lot on which he was
born, has never been in either Worces-
ter, Cabot or Peacham, has never been
visiting on week day in his life, and
has never ridden mile in either stage
or the cars. Mr.. Slayton is one of the
wealthiest men in Calais.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10

"Have you Blasted Hopes?" asked
young lady of librarian with hand
kerchief tied over his jaw. "No,
ma'am," said he, it's only a blasted
toothache."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10

The Best Things.
The sweetest songs are those
That few men ever hear
And no men ever sing.
The clearest skies are those
That farthest of appear
To birds Of strongest wing.
The dearest loves are those
That no man can come near
With his best following.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
Poetry.
The Bible

We search the world Of truth; we Gull
The good, the pure, the beautiful,
From craven stone and written scroll.
From all the old hower-felds Of the soul
And. weary seekers of the best.
We come back ladened from our quest,
To find that all the sages said
Is in the Book our mother read.
-Wliaier.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
DYSENTERY CORDIAL,

noN,T BE without BOTTLE of WOODS .
IL DYSFNTERY CORDIAL in the house. for il
Is the best thing ever used for Dysentery. Cholie
Pain in the Bowels and Cramps. y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10

A Peoria citizen claims to have a stone
that Gen. Washington threw at a wood
pecker on his fathers cherry tree.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
TO CONSUMERS OF
ANTS AND OIL.
CTAGE NOTICE.

On and after July LIST, the subscriber will run
stage between Bellows Falls. Townshend, Jamaica
and Wardsboro, carrying the u S. Mail. Leaves
Towpshend for Jamaica every Monday. Wednesday
and Friday. Leaves Townshend for Wardsboro eve
~ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, on the arrival
~ the evening stages. Express business promptly
attended to- 1hope by careful attention to business
10 receive the patronage Of the travelling public;
g. +. WELLINGTON.
Cambridgeport. VT. June "A. 1873 26
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
c.. E. HORSFORD

Has leased the Brick Store opposite Towns Hotel
and fitted the same up in first class STYLE for the
purpose of carrying on the
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15

LET US CONSIDER. Since the introduc-
ton OF distilled spirits 10 the Sixteenth
Century, they have been habitually pre-
scribed as remedies. We know that alco-
hol, in all its forms, is peYmicious to health
Kno,oing these things and that under the
system of treatment which includes their
use, the mortality among the sick is, and
ever has been, enormous, is it not worth
while to try the effect of a remedy which
combines in their highest excellence the
qualities Of Tonic, an Alternative and 9
Regulator; contains no mineral bane OF
murderous alkaloid or alcoholic poison
does its curative Office without pain anC
with uniform certainty? Dr. WALKER s
VINEGAR BITTERs fulflls all these condi
tons, and is now effecting the most extra
oadinary cures, in cases where every ''spe
cifc'' of the faculty has ignominiousl.
failed. Consider, in view of these facts
whether any sick person is justified by rea
son and common sense in declining to tes
the virtues of this undefled and irresisti
BILE remedy.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15
COAL.

TOR SALE. FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS OF
Z coal per day at the Black Hawk coal mine three
miles south OF the city of Rock Island. Orders
promptly attended to- B. DAVENPORT
Rock Island. Nov. IA, 1sI3.-dlSw3m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15

CUTTERS POCKET INHALER AND CAR
BoLATE OF IODINE INHALENT. In anoth-
er column will be found an advertisement
of this novel Instrument and remedy for
the treatment of Catarrh and throat and
lung diseases. 1t seems to be in great ia
vOr with medical men. Coughs, colds, sore
throats, asthma, are frequently relieved in
a few minutes by its use, while for Catarrh
it is claimed as the only specific The cir
cular and testimonials are very interesting.
lO-2Sdeod6m.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15

The ONLY UNFAILING SPECIFIC for dis.
eases of the Kidneys, Bladder, and the Or
gans affected by vicious habits, is Helm
bold's Extract Buchu. This medicine
cures. DIR. Helmbold is the only physician
who has succeeded in obtaining the full
virtue Of Buchu. His is the original and
only truly valuable preparation. tits con-
fided in by physicians and patients alike.
1t is important that sufferers should obtain
the genuine. Therefore ask for Helmbold' s
Extract Buchu, with the Doctors signature
on the bottle For sale by all druggists.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15
Dissolution Notice.

THE FIRM OF A. BAMBERGER s. CO., IS
] this day dissolved by mutual agreement. A
Bamberger remains in charge OF the business and
will continue the same at the old stand. All ac-
counts will be settled by A. Bamberger.
A. BAMBERGER,
l. HEINSHEIMER.
January 5th, 1S74.-df
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15
E II l s52 WABASH AVE-,
HUISEaASASlHESE Opposite the Pest Office.

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treatment OF PRIVATE, CHRONIC and URI,
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early indsrrssOns other causes producing
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MANHOOD PERMANENTLY CURED THE CREAM OF
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plain sealed envelope Ladies' requiring surgical aid
medical attendance or advice may address the Doctor
Invads provided private apartments board, attend
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DR. OLIN has removed his Office to 6S Randolph
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15
LOCAL NOTICES.

The American boneless sardines received
the grand diploma of merit over all COM
petitors at the World Exposition, Vienna,
1873. Better and less than half the price
of imported sardines Sold by all first
class grocers. Packed only by the Ameri-
can Sardine Co. New York. no 30d&wly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-15

hDOO4 II
WASHINGTON, Jan, 14.-The following
particulars of the caucus of Republican
Senators to-day have been learned:--M
Sargent occupied the closing hour of the
caucus in speech opposing Gushing con.
frmation and severely reviewing his politi
cal life.
Pending vote the caucus took a recess
and, in the meantime Mr.. Sargent went tt
the War-Department in search of lettel
said to be in the rebel archieves there
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1874-04-01
(Sdlub folst.)
SenoiAreiben
Der mnterseibnetcn Sberbirten Der
fatboliihen Stride in Yreu6en

ccr uUtcr3etWUctcU SpCrUtrtcu VET
fatboliihen Stride in Yrem6en
Den boapiroisen &lsrus uuo bic ia,nmtliden
Gldubisen ibrer 9iOteieu.
@rub unp Se9en i'm Serrn!
am 3. Z. Mts. lit unier tbsurer Mits
bruper, Der Spdwirriste tSsrr Objects
laus Grstiibpf spn @neisn unp pplen,
Yerbaftet unp in Elm entferntes 0efansz
uie abseiibrt worcen. Sein Serssben
1T fein anpereS, ais ra6 CT, Den pHids
ten leines ibm Yon 0ptt anprrtrauten
Sirtenamtes treu, liebsr Iars leirsn,
als bic Sreibeit Ger Stride 0otteS preiss
ssben UNI Die fatboliihe @abrbtit per-
leusnen wputs, pie Der Seilanc nit leinem
fOitbaren Slute beiieselt bat.
Senes traurise Greianib eranat uns,
ric sesenwdrtis uns nod pers6nnte 6reis
belt ~ bsuuyen, UNI an Gu9. se!iebte
Wittrirer I'M prieitertbum, rvp an Gu9
Nac, liete Oibcsianen. in pieIer ernitcn
3sit einise WOyte Der Sslcbruns UNI Gr.
mabnunS Su ribten.
Yrr glQem iinp mir eS Der 8abrbsit
psrsn Oiener mir iine, unp Sud, Sc
lisbte i'm Serrn, iiber peren Seslenbeil
mir MAIDEN miifsn idulpis, Ypr @ptt
rem 3euSen unc Ii6ter Der 8ewifen,
unc yor Der sansen 8elt feierli@ Wi'
peripru@ ;u erbeben sesen cine rOppelte
AnfIase ole in Der iIrsitsn 3eit rioer
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1874-06-23
MN@ ettt 0roNbet.

Gin alter, balb bl6bfinniser Tamiliens
f%rippenbeiBer in Maibington, iuel6er IN
einein oortigen beuti6en Bldttben bic
2osif unb Die bemtide Spra9e martert,
~prDpbeaeit Der Suinois StaatS3eitun8
ben untergans. unb tparum ? QSeil ie
i'm Sample NIT ben Bapiersel6i6minos
Tern Der Baucrnpartet nno init tidil6en
repubIifanil6en Wtudern nnb Enoius
notbings ein 8InbniB nit bet bemofra>
tilGen Bar:ei bon SHinois, fails oieie
eine liberale &i6tung etni9IGgt, ni6t
neridmdben mur0e.
Mlio bic SHimois Staatsaeitung iou
u~nter9eben, neil iie bic Gbre oes 3anoes
unb Die Ne6te Der Oeuti6en sesen niBz
Ieitete anneritantibe 8auern nno 8egen
nnoantbare, ni6tsmiirbi9e, ii6 fdli6li4
nod r&epublitaner" nennenoe Berratber
Dertbetbtgt.
Soute es I'M 3atbe Der @6tter bei9lof>
fen iein, oaB Der Balbingtoner Bapier>
perberber bic Suinois Staats3eitung
iiberlebt, baum tpGren bic bebamernsnerz
then Oeutiben Der Bunoesbauptitabt ber
@efabr aus9eiebt, nod i'll fernen SABRE
bunOerten u%niinnise rNrtiteL" aus 1einer
Sober Ieien gu miiien.