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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

A SINGULAR FALL--As one of the
heavily loaded cattle trains from the
West was crossing the New York Cen
trail Railroad bridge. over the Genesee
river, Sunday afternoon, car broke
from the train and fell with its load Of
live stock into the river, within few
rods of TIE brink of the Upper Genesee
Falls. A number of them were swept
over the precipice, while others obtained
a foothold on the rocks, and with grea
pluck stood and looked over the fall
Efforts were made to save them, but i
was useless, and one by one they wer,
swept over. About half of the ami
mails were unframed by the tumble. l
was over the same cataract that San
Patch amused himself for the last tim
by jumping, although, unlike the cattle
he was killed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

Senator Edmunds has been ordered by
his physician to wholly abstain from OFF,
ciaI duty for the present, and he has
gone South for while hoping for an i'm
provement in his health.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
CUT THIS OUT
1t may save your Life,

There Is no person living but what suffers more
OF less with Lung Diseases. Coughs, Colds OF Con
sumption, yet some would die rather than pay rs
cents for bottle of medicine that would cure them
Dr. A, Boschee's German Syrup has lately been in !
troduced in this country from Germany, and its
wondrous cures astonishes every that try it. II
aRe IL 40 yeup Drsss IN rih ee' 'hs OUT anu
Bellows Falls, Vermont and get a sample bottle
free of charge, or n regular size for rs cents.
spn-42-5 q. g. GREEN. Woodbury., N. J.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

A WINDFALL FOR DARTMOUTH COL
LEGE-A dispatch from Biddeford, Me-,
says that through the aid of an eminent
legal gentleman of that city, who is a
trustee of Dartmouth College, valuable
woodland has been secured which will
realize to the institution 100000.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

Stillman Fletcher, one of the editors
of the New England Farmer and well
known Vermouter, is spending the win
ter in South Carolina for the benefit OF
his health.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.

GIVE MINUTES FOR REFRESHMENTS"
Every body who has travelled by rail
road has heard the above announcement,
ard has probably suffered from eating
too hastily, thereby sowing the seed OF
dyspepsia. 1t is comfort to know that
the Peruvian Syrup will cure the worst
cases of dyspepsia, as thousands are
ready to testify.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
Piles, Piles. Piles, Piles,

Outward applications are time and money thrown
away. The only permanent cure is DIR. HARRIsoN's
PERsrALTIo LoZENGEs. They strike at the cause
We could I'LL this paper with cures. They a.e pleas
ant never gripe nor. like all pills, do thee require
increase OF dose: For elderly persons. females and
children and all others, they are exactly suited 10
9byiate oostiveness, the prolific cause OF i'll health
Iria box 80 cts Large box, 90 cts and mailed free
for this last price.
DR. HARRISoN'S ICELAND BALSAM.
splendid cure for Coughs Hoarseness, and all
throot and lung oomyla nts. For sale by E S. HAIR
klSON CO.. Proprietors. No. /. fremont Temple,
Boston, and all Druggists. spn-7 10
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

HAVE YOU THE SYMPToMsY Difficult
ty of breathing, short Dry cough, a
quick pulse, and pain in the left side are
symptoms of approaching consumption.
If you have them, relieve the chest, cure
the cough and the infamation with Hate's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar. The
remedy is swift and certain. Crittentons
7 9th Avenue. Sold by all Druggists.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

A CASE OF LEAD PoIsoNING-DEATH
OF ONE OF THE VICTIMs.-Recenti nves-
tigation proves that the death of VIM.
H. Young, of Wardsboro, which occurred
January last, was caused by the use OF
vinegar impregnated with the acetate OF
lead. Mr.. Young was in poor health for
some months previous to his decease, and
other members of the family have at
times, and more particularly OF late,
manifested serioussymptoms, which were
vaguely suspected to be the result of lead
poison. A short time since, DIR. e. A.
Gray, of Brattleboro, was called to visit
one of the members of the family, a
child, whose symptoms, identical with
those of Mr.. Young, he regarded as un-
mistakenly produced by lead poison.
Samples of the water and vinegar in use
by the family were taken to Brattleboro
and tested, when the vinegar was found
to yield precipitate of lead. On ex-
animation it was ascertained that the
cask in which the vinegar was kept was
coated with thepoison. The cask, which
was procured from one Of the Wards
boro merchants two or three years ago
was used for keeping cider and vinegar
1t is supposed to have formerly contained
paint or white lead, and Though cleanseo
in the usual manner, still contained
enough of the lead for the acid of thu
, vinegar to work upon, producing tina
deadly poison known as the acetate o
sugar or lead. At the time Of the dealt
of her husband, Mrs. Young was ais
very low from the same cause, having
: nearly lost the use of her limbs, and al
the members of the family have beef
more or less the victims of this dreadful
malady. We are informed however
that all are now in fair way for recov
: ery.-Brattleboro Ph9nir.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
Notice i'm Bankruptcy.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That on the 10th day
Il of February. A, ID. 1874. warrant in Bankruptcy
was issued against the estate of WILLIAM r. KIM
BALL of Westminster. in the county OF Windham
and State of Vermont who has been adjudged a
Bankrupt on his own petition; that the payment OF
and debts and delivery of any property belonging
said bankrupt to him for his and the transfer
Of any property by him. forbidden by law: thai
meeting of the creditors Of said bankrupt,to prove
their debts and to choose one or more assenees III
his estate will be held court Of bankruptcy. to
be holden at the office of Charles B. Eddy In
Bellows Falls in the county Of Windham. and State
the 18th day of March. A. D. 1874, at one O'clock, p
NJ. THOMAS FAILEY,
sll Deputy United State Marshal, as Messenger,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
DUY YOUR GROCERIES CHEAP

would say to the citizens of Bellows Falls and
vicinity that / have leased the store in the Block
formerly owned by ii. Newton of this place. and
have bought out his interest in the groceries. and
shall enlarge my stock in few days. will sell my
goods much less than former prices. have several
reasons why can do SO.
One is, l hire the Store at a low rate.
2, buy my goods at a discount, for cash.
3, sell my goods for cash at my Store,
4, shall not to the expense of hiring one or two
clerks and keep many horses and carriages to So
lcit orders and deliver goods, which cost not less
than $500 to $1,000 year.
s. Ishal not lose from $500 to 500 a year Of poor
dbts And
g. can do business with much less capital than
those that trust their goods out.
! would say to those that work in the Paper Mills
in this place If they will get orders the Company
payable in 80 days from date, will give them credit
for them and let them have goods cheap if paid
cash down for them.
1 will take Choice Butter Fresh Eggs and Potatoes
in exchange for goods.
Come and satisfy yourself that economy is wealth
ID. LOCKWOOD.
Bellows Falls Vt,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

The temperance work in Ohio contin'
ues, but no prominent successes are an
nounced during the past week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
VETERINARY.

VETERINARY.
&c. WILkINSON'S Great English Cough
Powders, for Horses only. A sure cure for Coughs,
Colds Swelling of the Glands Sore Throat Epedem-
c. Catarrh Horse ALL and all diseases of the throat
and lungs. These powders are safe at all times be-
ing free from poisonous drugs. Prepared by +. O,
WILKINSON, Veterinary Surgeon. Claramont. N.
Agents for Bellows Falls and vicinity.
SOLO III. ii. Il S. M. DAVIS.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

During the past month the public debt
was reduced two and half millions.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
DOCK BINDING.

Orders for BOOK BINDING taken by the subscri-
bers All work done in the best manner and war
ranted to give satisfaction.
Persons having periodicals. or old books to be re-
bound can leave them at Drug Store and see the
different styles Of binding and get prices Also or
ders taken for blank books of all kinds and made 10
order Call and see samples on exhibition.
H. H. Il S. NJ. DAVIS.
Bellows Falls. Feb. Is, 1874, Oil
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
Stunlpy,

Stumpy is dead. To the outer world
it may be necessary TO say that Stumpy
was cat which for twelve years or more
had been real terror to the rats of the
Tribune office. She was honest, mild
and amiable, and had an abbreviated
tail, from which latter fact was derived
her peculiar name. 1t was never salts
factorily known whether that tail was an
abnormal development, or whether it had
been untimely locked in infancy. 1t
was generally believed, however, that
the caudal appendage was a natural
characteristic of the cat-born with her,
so to speak. Stumpy inhabited the COM
posing room of the Tribune, and, though
having no regular "sit," made herself
comfortable and Welcome at the case of
every composition. She was not exclu-
sive, but, during a long and peaceful
life, she bestowed her company as dis
tinguished Senator sheds his money, on
the just and unjust. During the event.
full period of her connection with jour
nalism, Stumpy witnessed many changes.
She saw the rise and fall of republican.
ism, gazed undismayed on Black Friday,
reioiced at the end of the rebellion, and
serenely saw the types set to announce to
the world all of the great events which
have happened during the last eighth of
a century. When the old Tribune build
ing was demolished she watched its fall,
brick by brick, her attitude of pensive
observation being only interrupted by
the appearance of fugitive rat, to which
printing office pest she remained, up to
the day of her death, terror aud a
scourge. Though not literary cat, she
was the cause of literary effort from 9th
ers. During the twelve years of her life
she was acquainted with a generation OF
Tribune editorial writers, and verses in
her honor were written by men eminent
in letters, among whom such poets as
Bayard Taylor and others were glad to
shine. Her friends and acquaintances
were among those whom the world has
honored and her modest subsistence was
derived from fund regularly subscribed
by the compositors of the Tribune. She
was not cat to linger superfuous, and
on the morning of Feb. 26, after seeking
a secluded retreat in which to shuttle of
this mortal coil, she waited until the pa
per had gone to press, when she, too
locked up her form in deaths embrace
and, in the darkness of the stereotype
room, breathed her last. She was a
faithful public servant, an honest cat, q
devoted friend. Peace TO her ashes /
Neao York Tribune.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06

w. ID. BALL.
DEPOT STREET, LUDLOW, VT.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-03-06
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Commissioners, Notice

P. S. A car load nails just received srl
should get our prices before purchasing
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

this indoor process Of erial deterioration,
fertile of disease, more than to any geographi.
cal or local soil conditions, our metropolitan
winter epidemics are to be ascribed. The
poor workwoman, shivering over a few embers
and scantily supplied with fuel, should know
that her store of coal would 60 much further
and furnish her more and more salubrious
heat If care were taken to supply herapartment
with an abundance of vapor formed from
pure water. No doubt the failure to do this
explains the sickness and feverish languor
which hushes the wan face of the tenement
inmate and makes effective indoor labor
almost impossible. The numerous charitable
associations, public and private, might render
enormous assistance to the poor by instruct
ing them in the sanitary reform of their
homes as well as by replenishing their need.
Without health no relief is adequate, and
health cannot be had where the domestic
arrangements invite and detain the conditions
OF deteriorated atmosphere. Until public
attention is largely fixed upon this kind Of
sanitary reform it will be vain to hope for AN
adequate relief Of the winter sufferinrs of the
poor in our crowded cities.
The New York herald., 1874-11-20
Hell Gate.

Great engineering achievements have been
the marvel of modern times-the Mont Cenis
Tunnel, the Hoosac Tunnel, the Suez Canal
which has immortalized the name Of De Les
seps, and the election of the democratic can.
didates being among the most notable-but
none in the neighborhood of New York has
surpassed in difficulty and success the OPEN
ing of He'll Gate. So long as this city has q
history He'll Gate has been q nuisance, and
its name very forcibly expresses its reputa.
ton. American literature is indebted to it,
however, for one of the finest passages in the
splendid series of one of the best of modern
novelists, James Fenimore Cooper. Proba-
bly, the most effective scene in his picturesque
novel of the "Waterwitch'' Is the chase Of
the smuggler which bore that title through
He'll Gate by British frgate II
is model Of delicate nautical detail
thrilling in its excitement, and very
accurately illustrates the period when He'll
Gate was an almost impossible bar to COM
merce. Since then the rocks that many OF
our readers remember have been partially re-
moved, but they are still an obstacle to
navigation through the Sound. Recently the
United States government has renewed its ef-
forts for the removal of the distractions at
this point, and we print to-day full account
of the methods employed and the degree of
success obtained. General Newton and his
corps of assistants have ably conducted the
difficult labor of subterranean tunnelling and
blasting, and the estimates Of six hundred
thousand dollars to continue the work next
year are moderate There are few more inn
portant plans for the improvement Of our
harbors than that Of the removal of the OBJ
structions OF He'll Gate, for it is indispensable
that all the doors to New York should stand
wide open for the good of the entire nation.
The history we print of the great undertake
ing is well worth the study of the public.
The New York herald., 1874-11-20
Popular Sunday Amusements.

One of the most popular Sunday amuse-
ments is sleeping, and, excepting when it is
cultivated in church, it is not prescribed by
the clergy. 1t is a harmless and delightful
occupation, and the only trouble with it is
that its merits are only recognized when one
is awake. To sleep late on Sunday morning
is conceded to be general right, and as
rite it is, therefore, religiously observed. But
it is a misfortune that few persons who have
not thoroughly studied the art can sleep all
day. The majority of people are compelled
to get up some time or other, and their
natural reluctance is, in many cases, only
overcome by dinner The question then
is what they shall do. Our sincere advice
is to go to church; but as it frequently hap
pens that church is over, such counsel is not
always Of any value. Consequently the ir-
resolute citizen has little to do but to 90 to
sleep again in the afternoon, and, if his
strength is equal to the effort, to take nap
in the evening
But for those who have not the talent for
slumber developed to degree of genius the
employment of the Sunday hours, after break
fast is over, is often matter of much deli
cacy. They may read the Sunday papers,
but even that delight must come to an end
especially if they try to read them all, when
the JOY is transformed to pain They may
walk out to the Park; but even its attractions
may become wearisome. They may 90 to
beer saloons or taverns; but then every one
does not care for beer or whiskey sufficiently
to devote whole day to the investigation of
their effect upon the nervous system and the
reasoning faculties. 1t is an interesting
study, but is attended by this incon venience,
that it frequently exhausts the student. To
many persons what to do on Sunday thus be-
comes question OF great difficulty, and they
are apt to settle it by doing nothing.
In the meanwhile the public is earnestly
debating during the secular week what is best
to be done with the Sunday, and we add to
the contemporaneous literature on the subject
new contributions of interest and value. One
Of these is from the skilful pen Of Miss Clara
Morris, who replies generally to Mr.. Tai
mage's mild objections to theatres and
another is u defence Of that gentleman, and
we know Of few persons who need defenders
more than he. But while the discussion
between church and theatre is so earnestly
conducted We have only to repeal our advice
to open the public libraries and free reading
rooms. If all their doors we're thrown open
to the public the question Of what to do on
Sunday would not be SO often asked or, if
asked, would have satisfactory answer.
The New York herald., 1874-11-20
Remedies for State Rcpudiat ton.

A statement has recently been made and
copied in the public press that, under the
advice OF eminent counsel in England and
America, plan has been formed for the con-
version of the bonds of certain delinquent States
into a security that can be enforced by legal
proceedings AS somewhat vaguely described,
this plan is said to contemplate the passage of
laws under which the holder OF the new
security can, by judicial process compel the
exercise of the power of taxation to provide
the means of satisfying his claim, and this is
supposed to be warranted by recent decisions
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
especially by the case of Won Hoffman VS..
Quincy. Bills, it is said, have been prepared,
which the Legislatures of the defautino
States will be asked to pass. We should be
disposed to assist in any rational plan that
will rescue any of our States from the disgrace
Of reputation f; but there are some things that
cannot be done. and, therefore, false hopes
are not to be encouraged.
When our federal constitution went into
operation its judicial power extended to all
suits to which State could be made party.
Dut Dy Tue huOptlOu VI tue eleventl amend
msnt, in 1898, the judicial power was re-
stricted to suits between States, because it was
declared not to extend "to any suit in law or
equity commenced or prosecuted against one
of the United States by citizens of another
State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign
State" No private individual, therefore, citi-
zen or foreigner, can enforce any contract
against State OF this Union in the federal
courts, and he can have only such remedy
against the State in its own courts as the
State may choose to give him. If the plan to
which we have referred contemplates legisla-
ton by which State shall open its courts to
the holders of that States obligations and
give them a right to have taxes levied in
defined mode for the collection Of the debt.
the right and the remedy would con-
stitute part OF the contract which
the State could thereafter do nothing to i'm
pair. But the federal judiciary could not be
appealed to unless the Legislature Of the State
should undertake BY law to impair the obliaa-
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

tion Of the contract, and in that case the action
Of the federal judiciary would be confined to
declaration of the invalidity Of the State law
that impaired the obligation. In the case Of
Won Hoffman VS.. Quincy, citizen Of New
York, who held bonds Of the city Of Quincy,
ILL.,, issued under the authority OF laws which
authorized the municipal corporation to levy
special tax to pay the annual interest,
brought suit in the Federal Court in that
State to compel the city by mandamus to levy
and collect the tax to pay his coupons. The
city set up subsequent statute which limited
the amount of the city taxes, not leaving
enough to pay these coupons. The Supreme
Court of the United States held this statute to
be void, because it impaired the obligation OF
the contract of which an exercise of the power
OF taxation was an essential part, and directed
the mandamus to issue. This, be it observed,
was proceeding on the contract of q munich
pal corporation, not the contract of State,
and the Federal Court had jurisdiction be-
cause of the citizenship Of the parties. It was
a most valuable and important decision, but
its principle is available in any plan for put
ting the debts of States on better footing,
only by legislation that shall either throw the
debts upon the municipal bodies Of the State,
or else by legislation that will open the State
courts to suits on the contracts of the State.
If the obligations are made to rest on the mu-
nicipal corporations of the States-cities,
towns or counties-the Judicial power of the
United States may reach them; but SO
long as they are State debts merely the
remedy must be confined to the State
courts, unless foreign sovereign should
see fit to assert his international right to col
lect debts due to his own subjects. Whether
this international right can be exercised only
by diplomacy, reprisals and war, or can be
exercised by resort to the Judicial tribunals,
is very grave question, which will possibly
arise somewhere in the world, considering
what q mass of national debts of oil kinds
exists all through Christendom. The opera
ton of the eleventh amendment of our con-
sttution is probably not to be regarded as ex-
cluding from the judicial power suits brought
by foreign State or sovereign against State
Of this Union. If SO, and if foreign sov-
ereign should make himself the assignee or
trustee of his subjects In respect of debts
due from one of our States, could he maintain
o suit to collect those debts in our federal
courts2 This would be very serious ques-
ton, depending upon principles Of interna-
tional law that have not yet been fully devel-
oped. All that can be said now is that the
possible existence of such questions, and the
various plans that may be proposed for put
ting any of our debts on better footing, are
SO many admonitions to our legislative bodies
to get out Of the disgraces and dangers of re-
pudiation by any honorable means that can
be agreed upon with their creditors
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

The ESoLIsH CATHOLIC BISHOPS. re-
quest which the English Catholic bishops will
make to the Pope during their contemplated
visit to Rome goes far to answer Mr.. Gladstone
and to dispel the fear which his recent publ
cations may have aroused. They wish 10 assure
the Supreme Pontif Of their desire to respect
the laws Of England and their intention not TO
blindly submit to the regulations imposed
upon bishops in other European countries.
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

SouTHERN TROUBLES. 1t is reported that
the President will in bis Message urge upon
Congress the necessity Of immediate legisla-
ton for the protection Of the blacks in the
South and in view Of the general restoration
in that section OF law and order. But after
tinkering for ten years at this melancholy
business would it not be we'll to give to the
reconstructed States, each and all, fnil
opportunitv to govern themsslves2
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

the beginning Of the next century, and the
parties in interest will most likely be the
grandchildren of Mr.. Beecher and Mr.
Tilton. In the meantime Mr. Beecher has
the best of it, for he has steady work and
good pay. We wish we could hear that Mr..
Tilton was at some honest, wholesome work,
for we do not know of young man in the
country who seems more in need of it.
The New York herald., 1874-11-20

BOSTON will not easily part with her historic
Common. The proposition to use it for busi-
ness purposes has excited general opposition,
the incidents of which are given in our CORE
spondence elsewhere.