Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-08-14

may be born into this world, strut his
brief hour upon the stage, and, at last,
tumble into eternity without ever hav-
ing seen the ST. Louis bridge.
-" You don't say SO! exclaimed
Mrs. Smiggens at Catskill, when told
that the view from the Mountain House
extended over 10000 square miles
you don't say so! Why, London is
only 5000 miles of, Point it out,
please "
- Salt Lake has been victimized by
a Snowman, who announced that he
would cause human body to appear
and disappear before the audience" He
appeared, got their money, aud disap-
peared. He filled the programme.
- A boy near Gainesville, Ga, threw
a pailful of water over bis mother, who
had been struck by lightning. The wa
ter caused her immediate recovery, and
is supposed to have acted as conductor,
drawing the superfuous electricity from
the woman's body.
A family of eight persons in Buff
falo were poisoned by eating cheese the
other day, and all of them were very
sick, but will probably recover. lives.
tigation showed that the cheese was COM
posed solely Of sour milk, and had not
gone through the usual dairy process.
"A Fitchburg gentleman showed
consider alarm the other evening,
when he discovered that his wife had
loaned the family Bible. When he re-
turned from the house where the Bible
was, he brought with him 81 900 which
he had placed in it for safe keeping.
A romantic miss in New York, Ill.,,
recently went out to Maud Mullerize
and "rake the meadows sweet with hay"
She stood over yellow Jackets nest as
she swung her little rake. First jun p
from the shore, eleven feet Distance to
the house, half mile. Time, two min
utes.
During the war Of 1870 German
painter, having nothing else to do, fres-
coed his own dining room. A dealer
coming there one day was so charmed
that he gave him 10000 thalers for the
work of his leisure hours, and the pam
els containing the coveted paintings were
carefully removed.
- Strenuous efforts to release Tweed
from prison are now being made by his
friends in New York. A Mr.. Mayo, one
of the jurors, publishes letter in one of
the New York papers, in which he says
that attempts were made to bride the
jury while trial was in progress, and fat
tering offers have since been made him
if he would now sign a petition for
Tweed's release.
= Gov. Woodson made speech In
Lafayette county, Missouri, the other
day, which it was hoped would have a
beneficial effect in inducing the grangers
to join the democratic party. AT the
close of the effort particularly atten-
tive granger was asked what he thought
of it. Pondering moment, he replied
" 1t reminds me of one of my cows. She
raises her tail higher, bellows and paws
the ground, and makes more fuss than
any other critter on the farm, and gives
less milk.
- In case of breach of promise re-
Gently tried in England, the plaintiffs
counsel introduced some five hundred
love letters written by the defendant, in
one of which he referred to the effects of
bis having eaten hearty supper of
welsh rabbit, and said that during the
night he had been in danger of drown
ing, of being burnt to death, of being
run over by railway train, and falling
down preeipiee, concluding with the
expression, 80 welsh rabbit, never no
more, never no more"
= Near Carlisle, Nicholas County,
Kentucky, on Sunday, man named
Hamilton, while attending the Metho-
dist Church, becoming offended at some
thing said, stood up on bench and
iourished pistol. Thos. Shaw, one of
the trustees, succeeded in eoaxing him
out of doors. When outside Shaw told
him the penalty of the law for his of.
enee. Whereupon Hamilton shot Shaw
through the heart. The murderer was
sent to Carlisle, whence, for fear of
lynching, he was taken to Lexington.