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do you haunt folks day and night
foller 'em up ladders, through trap
doors, down cellars, and under the barnY
No. says the young chap. "Ishow
people how my machine works. Ifthey
want it, i sell it; and if they don't
leave.
SLOW much is your machine% says
Josiah.
"75 dollars"
"Can't you says Josiah" because i
look so much like your old father, or be-
cause / am a methodist, or because my
wife's mother used to live neighbor to
your grandmotber-le me have it for
% dollars ?"
The feller got up in his wagon, and
turned his machine round so we couldsee
it plain. IL was beauty. And says he.
"You see this machine, sir. / think
it is the best one made, although there is
no great difference between this and the
one over there but l think what differ
ence there is is in this ones favor You
can have it for 70 dollars if you want
it; if not will drive on"
"How do you like the looks on it, Sa-
mantha ?"
Says |, 1T is the kind / wanted to
get"
Josiah took out his wallet and count
ed out rs dollars, and says he,
''Put that machinein that wagon where
Samantha is"
The good-lookin young Teller was jest
liftin' of it in, and countin' over his mon
ey, when the fellers come up with the
colt. 1t seemed that they had had an
explanation as they was comm back. l
see they had as quick as / ketched sight
on 'em, for they was walkin' one on one
side of the road, and the other on the
other, most tight up to the fence. They
was most dead, the colt had run 'em so,
and it did seem as if their faces couldn't
look no redder nor more madden than
they did, as we hitched right on 'em.
But they did when Josiah thanked 'em
for drivin' back the colt, and when they
see that the other Teller had sold us a
machine, their faces did look redder and
madderer.
But l didn't care mite. We drove
off tickled enough that we had got
through with our sufferings with agents.
And the colt had got so beat out run
in and racin', that he drove home first
rate, walking along by the old mare as
Study as a deacon.-Peterson's Maga-
ztne
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
gelluws falls Times,
BELLOWS FALLS, FEB. 20, 1874.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for March is
crowded with an infinite variety Of i'm
portant and attractive articles, with over
seventy illustrations. Charles Nordhof
contributes a paper of immediate and
vital interest on "The Rights and Wrongs
of Seamen," also a profusely illustrated
paper on the Light houses of the
United States" Prof. j. E. Nourae, U.
S. N, gives very interesting account
of the new observatory at Cincinnati,
the Naval Observatory at Washington,
and the observatories at West Point and
Annapolis, including succinct review Of
the work accomplished in connection with
these observatories. There are also in
this number illustrated articles on the
Bermuda Islands; on Archibald Con-
stable and his Times" with some inter-
esting views Of Edinburg.
Walt Whitman contributes poem
entitled, "The prayer of Columbus" The
number also contains poems by Elizabeth
Akers Allen, John james Piatt, and
Paul FL. Hayne. Two short stories O.
thrilling interest are contributed, "Jt
and l." by Harriet Prescott Spofford
and ga Scheme for Vengeance" by Mrs
Frank Mccarthy. The two serial sto
ries, "My Mother and l." by Dinal
Mulock Craik, and The Living Link,
by Prof. James de Mile, both beautiful.
illustrated, are continued. I. B. Thorp
gives some entertaining "reminiscences Q
the late Lewis Gaylord Clark" "Ret
objections of an Old Stager," are contir
ued and in "a Night Train for Para
disc Accommodation" is given a yer
entertaining bit of genial satire. Th
editorial departments are unusually flu
and interesting.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

NOVEL WRITING VERSUS DRAMATIC
WRITING.-I do not believe good play
was ever made out of novel, however
striking, unless the novelist arranged his
material in dramatic form before COM
mencing on his book. This is precisely
what Mr.. Wilkie Collins did with "Man
and Wife," the best instance of dra-
matized novel on record, though it is in
correct to call it dramatized novel at
all. 1t was in reality novel made out
of play. The skeleton of " Man and
Wife appeared as the play, which was
subsequently, acted at the Prince OF
Wales thester. When Mr.. Wilkie Col
Inns had satisfied himself with the dra-
matte incidents of his play he dressed it
up, added to it, and clothed it with vari-
Gus suits of cloths as novel. But then
Mr.. Wilkie Collins is, o. all novel writ
ers, the most dramatic, and it is difficult
to avoid the thought that the author has
kind of dream of the footlights before
him on every page and chapter he writes.
You see that the novel writer and the
dramatic author start on totally distinct
and opposite principles. The art of the
novel writer is to elaborate. The art of
the dramatist is to compress. The novel
writer can be Indifferent on questions of
time and scene. The characters can be
transplanted hither and thither, at the
will of the author. Two strokes of the
pen will transport any character to
different cline. Not SO however with
the dramatist. Unity of time must be
observed, unity of action, and if possible
an act must be compressed into one scene.
This is the best art of the dramatist.
How few of Dickens novels have made
or ever could make, good play. There
is no coherency or reasoning in the work,
and those who are unfamiliar with the
novel cannot possibly understand the
play. We like to see the old familiar
characters Steerforth, and Peggety, Cap
tain Cutie and Carker, Squeers, and Old
Fagin, the artful Dodger, and the rest of
them but as plays. all the dramatic
versions of these books are eminently
unsatisfactory.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27


A TRYING SITUATIoN.-Says the Dan
bury News: 1.-The village young mans
greatest trial is not when he makes his
advent at the BARRIERS shop, and receives
the stares of the customers aud grins of
the operators, but when he first makes
his appearance with young lady at an
entertainment. 1t is not enough that
the usher should get the wrong aisle, and
thus make him and her 20 around at the
front and come back up the middle aisle,
to the enjoyment of several hundred peo-
pie, but he has got to escort her through
file of his acquaintences at the door,
after the performance is over, and is
obliged to bear with stolid indifference
the grins Of delight showered upon him,
I and hear with Christian composure the
young man at the head of the row ad
jure somebody not in sight to Hold my
Clothes and some exquisitely Faction
e inquiries from one to another as to Who
n will care Cor mother now and Won
You look at our Johnny 2"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

A young man who belongs to a club
where euchre is the principle intellectual
study, took young lady to church the
other Sunday evening, and fell into a
gentle dose before the minister had
reached his thirdly" He cannot ex-
plain just how it happened, but just as
the reverend gentleman said something
about the " last trump" the young man
earnestly calculated, an 60 alone! "
The young lady says the next time he
can "go alone" for she won't 60 with
him.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

The time worn anecdote of the man
who was SO deceived by theatrical rep
resentation as to believe it to be scene
of actual life was verified at one of the
New York tbeaters few nights ago.
In the play. which portrayed the life of
drunkard, the chief actor, when in
great restitution, exclaims: "Alss alas
no one in this wide world will give me
even a crust of bread to eat" These
words had hardly been pronounced by
the actor before the audience saw a tall
man arise in the parquette, who, in a
voice trembling with emotion said "Gen-
tIemen, / am poor man, but | will give
that man dollar"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
II ia related that Sir Henry Holland

1t is related that Sir Henry Holland,
the eminent physician, once engaged in
a controversy with Bobus Smith, ex-Ad-
vocate General, regarding the merits of
their respective professions. "YOu will
admit" said Holland, that your pro
fession does not make angels of men 2
mo" retorted Bobus; there you havt
the best of it yours certainly gives then
he hest chance"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

THE RELIGION We WANT.-We want
religion that bears heavily, not only
on the exceeding sinfulness of SIM
but on the exceeding rascality of lying
and Stealing religion that banishes
small measures from the counter, small
baskets from the stall, pebbles from the
cotton bags, clay from the paper, sand
from sugar, chicory from coffee, alum
from bread, and water from the milk
cans. The religion that is to save the
world will not put all the big Strawberries
at the top and all the little ones at the
bottom. 1t will not make one half pair
of shoes of good leather and the other
half of poor leather, SO that the first
shall rebound to the makers credit and
the second to his cash. 1t will not put
Jouvin's stamp on Jenkins kid gloves,
nor make Paris boDnets in the back room
of Boston milliner's shop; nor let
piece OF velvet that processes to measure
twelve yards come to an untimely end
in the tenth, or spool of sewing silk
that vouches for twenty yards be nipped
in the bud at fourteen and half; nor
all-wool delaines nor all-linen handker-
chiefs be amalgamated with clandestine
cotton; nor coats made of old rags
pressed together to be sold to the unsus-
pecting public for legal broadcloth. 1t
does not put bricks at FIVE dollars thou
sand into chimneys it contracts to build
of seven-dollar material nor smugg lie
white pine into floors that have paid for
hard pine; nor leave yawning cracks in
closets where boards ought to join /; nor
daub the ceilings that ought to be smooth
ly plastered nor make window blinds
with stats that cannot stand the wind,
and paint that cannot stand the sun, and
fastenings that may be looked at, but
are on no account to be touched. The
religion that is going to sanctify the
world pays its debts. 1t does not con
slider that forty cents returned for ONT
hundred cents given is according to tn
Gospel, though it may be according t.
law. 1t looks on a man who has faile'
in trade and who continues to live il
luxury, as a thief-The Boston, Chris
, ian.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

Can any of our musical friends tell
why it is that the early bird common
ly called the rooster seems to prefer the
accidentats in music? Because his own
notes are always in the cromatic scale.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

An exchange refers to young man
who, having just returned from a seques-
tered village to the city, declared that it
was so still at night in the country tav.
ern where he lodged that he could hear
bed tick. This is equal to the expert
ence of Boston detective, who oft il
the Silly night could hear the stealing
of a pocket handkerchief.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
An Honest Man,

Mr.. Peter A. Dey was the engineer
who surveyed and located the first hun
dred miles of the road. He estimated
its cost at not over thirty thousand dol
lars a mile. When this estimate was
shown to the directors, it was returned
to him with orders to re-touch 1t with
higher colors, to put in entertainments on
paper, where none existed on earth, to
make the old entertainments heavier, and
to increase the expense generally and
then he was requested to send in his es-
innate that it would cost fifty thousand
mile. When Mr.. Dey found that this
part of the road was to be let to Hoxie
at $4,000 per mile, for work which he
knew could be done for $4,000, -this
difference of $4,000 a mile, amounting
to two millions of dollars on the first
hundred miles, and TO FIVE millions on
the two hundred and forty-six miles,
he resigned his position as chief engineer
with noble letter TO John A. Dix, pres
ident of the road. He closed that letter
with this statement =" My views of the
Pacific Road are, perhaps, peculiar. |
look upon its managers as trustees of
the bounty of Congress. You
are, doubtless, informed how dispropor-
toned the amount to be paid is to the
work contracted for. | need not expa-
tiate on the sincerity of my course, when
you reflect upon the fact that have re-
signed the best position in my profession
this country has offered to any man >
"Ihe Credit Mobitier )" Seribner's for
March.
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Central, Vermont Railroad.

WINTER ARRANGEMENT Commenc-
w ing Monday, December 5, 1873.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Bellows Falls 800, A. NJ. GAS A. NJ. 2:90 p NJ
Mail Train leaves st. Adams at $40 A. NJ, arrive
in Bellows Falls, via. bite River Junction Rut-
land at 2:25 P NJ, South Vernon at 4:2O Pm, New
London at $3.50 p NJ. connecting with steamer for
New York.
Night Express leaves ogdensburgh at II N. Mon
Bellows Falls (via. WhiteRi Junction or Rut-
landl at 3.l5, A. MSouth Vernon at 445. A. NJ. New
Mixed Train leaves White River Junction at rs A.
". Rutland at $50 A. NJ. Bellows Falls passenger
ing at Bellows Falls with trains for Boston, Wor-
cester, at South Vernon with train for Springfield
and New York. arriving in New London at $40 P.
". Mixed train leaves Rutland 40 p. NJ, W. R.
Junction IS p N. Bellows Falls 10 P. M for Brat
tleboro.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls at 4.30 A. N. $50 A. NJ ll.5O
Mail train leaves Boston, at 100 In. Springfield
Falls 115O A. NJ. via Y; R. junction or Rutland
irving in Montreal at l0l5 p N. and ogdensburg at
Night Express leaves New York at 300 P. NJ,
Springfield at $40. Pm, New London at 2.45 P. NJ,
Bellows Falls at II 20 P. NJ via. W. X. Junction
Rutland arriving in st. Albans at $40 A. NJ Mon
| treal at 3 80 A. NJ. Ogdensburs at l245P.M.
Accommodation leaves New London at $40 A. NJ,
CIRCUITS Corner $50 N. South Vernon at 400 P NJ
Bellows Falls $50 P. N. tmixedl arriving in Rut-
/ land at HOO P. NJ. W. R. Junction at $50 P. NJ
Mixed trains leave Brattleboro $40 A. NJ Bellows
/ Fails $50 A.. N. for White River Junction.
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at 40 A. NJ ar
| irving in Rutland at $40 A. n.
| SLEEPING CARS are attach cd to the Night Trains
between St. Albans and Springfield and Burlington
| and Boston.
Connections at W. R. Junction with trains on the
| Northern On. b and Connecticut and Passumpsi.
River Railroads at 0gdensburg with trains for Tho
west. at Rutland with trains over the Harlem Ex.
tension Railroad. also with trains over the Rensse
laer and saTatoga and Railroads for Saratoga Troy
1 Albany and the west
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for all
| at the principal stations.
| st. Adams. Vt. Dec. 5, ls7s
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

FOB lkNBNTlUNs. TRADE mAhhS YIN DhSluNbs
No. rs State st. opposite Kilby St., Boston
A FTER an extensive practice of upwards of thirty
IA years, continues to patents in the United
States also in Great Britain France and other for
eign countries. Caveats, Specifications Assignments
and all papers for Patents, executed on reasonable
terms with dispatch. Researches made to determine
the validity and utility of Patents of Inventions,
touching the same. Copies of the claims OF any pa
tent furnished, by renting one dollar. Assign
ments recorded in Washington.
No Agency in the United States possesses superior
facilities for obtaining Patents ascertalnlng the
patentability of inventions.
All necessity of journey to Washington to pro-
cure a Patent and the usual great delay there are
here saved inventors.
TESTIMONIALS.
"Iregard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable ana
succes.u practitioners with whom have had official
ii'sO' CHARLES MASON. Com'r of Patents"
81 have no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ man competent and trust
,oorthy and more capable of putting their applica-
tions in form to secure for them early and fa-
yorabIe consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE. late Com'r. of Patents
"Mr. R. II. Eddy has made for me over THIRTY
applications for Patents having been successful in
almost every case. Such unmistakable proof Of
great talent and ability on his part leads me to REQ
ommend all inventors to apply to him TO procure
their Patents, as they may be sure of having the
most faithful attention bestowed their cases. and
az worry f'''0Aa'i' JOHN TAGGART.
| BOSTON. Jan. LISA 1-52
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
WISTAR'S BALSAM
Of
WILD CHERRY
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
CONSUMPTION.

and acknowledged BY many prominent physicians
for the RELIEF and CURE of all
LUNG COMPLAINTS.
This we'll known remedy is offered to the public,
and when resorted in seldom fails to effect
speedy cure of Coughs, Colds. Group, Bronchitis,
Influenza. Whooping Cough, Hoarsness, Pains or
Soreness in the Chest Side Bleeding at the Lungs.
co n S UNI TION
CAN BE CURED
by timely resort to this Standard Remedy, as is
proprietors.
DR. wISTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY
does not dry up Cough and leave the cause behind.
is the with most preparations but It loosens
and ceanses the lungs and allays Irritation, thus
removing the cause of the complaint.
THIS HOUSEHOLD REMEDY
Should be in the hands of every family and indivd
cause immediate relief, while cases Of long stand
ing and apparently incurable character often yield
to its wonderful curative powers and its great adapt
alton to the wants of man when afflicted.
CLERGYMEN, LAWYERS, SINGERS,
and all those whose occupation requires an unusual
exercise of the vocal organs will find this the only
preparation which will effectually and instantane-
ously relieve their difficulties.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
| on the outside wrapper the signature of Il.
BUTTS . and the printed name of the proprietors.
SETH W. FoWLE & SONS. BOSTON" All 9TH
ers are base limitations. Examine the wrapper
| fully before purchasing.
PREPARED BY
SETH w. FOWLE s. SONS, Boston,
AND SOLD BY DEALERS GENERALLY.
30 eow-ly
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

People who have neither business or
mind don't often mind their own business.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

Here is a highly colored stanza from
Punch" -
Lady. if he beheld thy hair,
By nature dark By art made fair,
That man would holder far than
Who'd stand the hazard Of the dye"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

Little words, not eloquent speeches
nor sermons; little deeds, not miracles
nor battles, nor one great act of mighty
martyrdom, make up the Christian life.
The little constant sunbeam, not the
lightning the waters of Sloan, that
gosoftly on their meek mission of refresh
ment, not the waters of the river great
and mighty" rushing down in the tor
rents noise and force, are the true sym
bols of holy life. Lamps do not talk
but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds
no drum, it beats no gong, and yet far
over the waters its friendly spark is seen
by the mariner. So let your actions
shine out your religion.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

what makes you feel so uncomfort-
able when you have done wrong?" ask
ed teacher, who was featuring his pu-
pills on conscience. My fathers leath-
err strap" answered a little boy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27

What is the difference between the en-
trance to barn and loafer in a print
ing Office ?-One is barn door and the
other is a darn bore.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
SUPERIOR BAY WATER
MANUFACTURED BY
FISHER q FAIRBANKS,

IS NORTH MARKET STREET. BOSTON.
BAY WATER when unadulterated. possesses Pc
cuiar cleansing properties which render il invalua-
Bile for the toilet and the sick chamber. 1t removes
those distractions which prevent free and healthy
perspiration; gives freshness and briiancy to the
complexion, and strength and vigor to the whole
system.
Sold in bulk or cases. in quantities to suit custo-
mers. 40
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A" VAN WICK a."
CRAB
JEW.
LARGE.

VERY SWEET. and
DELICIOUSLy FLAvORED.,
We have the entire stock. We have no agents, Ask
for particular description and rates Catalogues Of
Fruit and Ornamental Trees request.
500 Acres r. G. Maxwell a Bros GENEVA,
OF NurseyJ New York
GIL
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-07
PARIS SOCIETY.

n Mo COOlLl j.
PAris society has lately been excited
over the ball Of the Tribunal of Com.
merce, which Transcribed the celebrated
ball TO which, In 1857, Baron Haussmann
invited the soversigns then present In
Paris Tho grand court ya-d had been
transformed into . dancing room. The
arcadss on the ground floor were covered
with mirrors, around which we're trained
climbing-plants and profusion of natural
flowers. The second tier Of arcadss on
the fret floor was hung with crimson silk
curtains, heavily fringed with gold, and
the smaller row Of Archss above was filed
with palms and other eIotics. A veil Of
ross-coiorsd silk spaugled with stars con.
cesled the glazed roof The effect Of the
electric light streaming down through
this drapsry was quite unlike anything
ever seen before. II loohd like the RAYS
ofa full moon finding their way into Q
brilliant Moorish court Vast 40 we're the
dimensions Of the ballroom, il WAS 90
density crowded that dancing wAs not al.
ways convenient.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-07

The estimated acreage in cotton in
Georgia this year 10 twenty-five per cent.
less than ia 1873, while there 10 CORES
ponding increase in corn and other
cereals,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-07
STATE OFFICERS.

0oysrnsr--John L. Beverage.
LieulonantrG ov ernoy--
Secretary OF etats-George II. Harlow.
1 ASai: S Of sts.ec; T. IHEpiac''''
Attorney General-JAmes X. EdsAl.
suYt Pubic Observation-Disclosures Bstsman
CON9REssMEN.
ssnators-Richard J. Ogiesby and John A.
Rspressnt.tivs Eighteenth Disrict-Isacc
Elements.
MEMBERS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Representatives In the 10th district.c
" j. Inscore.
Senator for the bOth district.-Jesse Ware.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Judged. ]. Baker, Of Alexander.
states Attorney--Pstrick II. Pope.
Clsrk-R. 8. Y0cum.
SheriG-A. II. Irwin.
WIN. Narttn-AssessOr and Treasurer.
SurvsyOr-J0hn p. Hely.
COUNTY COURT.
Asseciatss-J. <. NcCrits and 8. MArehAl.
Cierk-Jacob q. Lynch.
C0ronsr-John Il. Gossman.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
.Msyor-John Wood.
freasurer-R. A. Cunningham.
Conptroller-E. H. Falls.
Cierk-Michssl Howley.
Attorney-H. Watson Webb.
Police kagistrStes-F. Bross and }. }.
|Bira.
nArshal and Chief Of Pslice-Wm. Nc Hale.
Street COmmissiOner-D. j. 0alligAn.
Members Police Force--A. Cain sargent,
w. w. Wootsn, Phillip Helm, Chas. Mehner
land Henry 7. Martin.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
First wArd-HirAm Bixby and j. N.
|ohilips.
Second ward-Hsrman Meyers and Wood
4ittonhouso.
Third wsrd-John McEysn and II. Kors.
|neyer.
Fourth wAsd-C. r. Nsllis and N. j.
|le0auley.
Hifth ward-Jno. II. Robinson and VIM.
a. Morris