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, 1874-06-24

1st Member Frederiksted (Saraua0) As the
honorable Spokesman had not mentioned any
thing of the two items regarding the two pro-
posals made by the Committee concerning pro-
posed repairs at Frederiksted, he as Member of
the Committee would beg to say, first, with
regard to the SO for white-washing the prisons,
the Committee did not think this work could be
put up on the Estimate, as the P~olicemaster,
whenever the white washing is requisite, causes
it to be done by the prisoners; the lime is at
hand and the work costs nothing And if it
were not customary to do it II that way, there
is enough under the general amount to defray
it. And then as regards the St1,o5 for shing-
ling the roof Of the privy Of The Prison, that
work has been done already even the sides
have been patched 50 the Committee could
not find it necessary to have it done again
The Spokesman stated that bis reason for
not entering on the building opera ions in
Frederiksted was because he is not SO much
acquainted with the several proposed repairs to
those Buildings.
(To be contiuped)
, 1874-06-24

to be superior in it's effects to raw guano."
TAPIoCA.-" Dissolved Peruvian qua
no is, in my opinion, the very best ar
tlticial manure that can be used for tapio-
ca. My reason for saying so is that, to my
knowledge, raw Peruvian guano has been
used tor that crop with the greatest advan-
tage. and that wherever and upon what
crop soever dissolved Peruvian guano has
been tried IN comparison with raw, wet,
and lumpy Peruvian guano it has far SUR
passed in its beneficial effects the lat
ter. With regard to the application Of
dissolved gnano to tapioca, l would recon-
mend 5 to 6 cwt. per acre, to be mixed
with double the bulk Of vegetable ashes
(ashes of weeds and burnt soiD, or, if these
cannot he obtained, dry soil may be mix
ed with the gualo to secure q more uni
form distribution of the manure on the land
than otherwise, and to sow the mixture
broadcast on the surface, to harrow it in,
and then to plant tapioca. | prefer this
mode of application to the plan Of putting
the manure directly under the plant. l
have no doubt dissolved guano will be
found the most powerful manure that can
be used tor tapioca, and, Notwithstanding
its somewhat high price, will be found q
tar more economical manure than cheaper
bulky mauures.' The scientific doctor,
who, we need scarcely say, is Justly held
one Of the highest authorities in agricultu-
raj questions, expresses himselfin the same
strain with reference to the applicability Of
dissolved Peruvian guano to rice, cotton, to-
baccO, and other colonial produce. The So
ciety have recently received with much re-
greet from different quarters numerous COM
plants respecting the scarcity of crops and
the ravages of leaf disease, both arising, SO
say the best authorities, from impoverished
soils and knowing how much the pros
perity of our colonial friends is dependent
upon the fruitfulness of their plantations,
we have great pleasure in bringing to
their notice this dissolved Peruvian guano,
which from its highly concentrated nature
and guaranteed good quality seems SO ex-
actly suited to their requirements. It is
evident that planters with failing crops
must spare no exertiOns omit no trials, un-
til a manure has been found capable of
bringing their crops to the highest posi-
Bile standard,
, 1874-06-24
DISSOLVED GUANO AS A MANURE.
(From the Eup. Mau)

Trom the Eup. Nal)
A Report written by DR.. Augustus
Voelcker, F, r. S., consulting chemist to
the Royal Agricultural Society Of England,
contains the following very interesting re-
marks on " Dissolved Guano' as being a
superior plantation manure
"A careful examination Of dissolved Pc
ruVian guano," "says the Doctor, /" has
shown me that it is the most powerful,
intrinsicalIy valuable, and best prepared
compound fertiIiser which has ever been
brought under notice." Being asked his
opinion of its ~suitablencss for colonial pro-
duce, he expresses himself as folIows:-
The highly concentrated state and fine
condition of dissolved Peruvian guano rem
der it peculiarly valuable to planters, as
they obtain in it the largest amount of the
more expensive and etticacious fertilizing
matters in the smallest compass without
the admixture of materials which merely
increase the bulk and add nothing to the
intrinsic value of the manure. A great
saving in freight and land carriage, and
also in cost of application, is thus effected
to the planter in using dissolved Peruvian
guano. $500. l consider it especially USE
full to East and West Indian planters, and
decidedly superior in its effect to raw"
SUGAR CANE There can be no doubt
asssto the superiority of dissolved Peruvian
guano as a manure for sugar canes in com
parison with raw guanO. | need hardly
say dissolved Peruvian guano loses no am
monia, however long it may be kept even
exposed to the direct rays of the sun. It
contains the phosphates in the most e(ica-
cious form, and in virtue of it's fine and dry
condition, can be uniformly spread upon
the land, and thus in all respects p%retera-
BILE to raw guano as q manure for sugar
cane"
COFFEE Dissolved Peruvian guano,
in my opinion, will answer much
better than raw for mixing with bone dust.
Speaking generally, all excellent manure
for coffee trees will be a mixture of Z to 8
cwts. of bone dust with u cwt. of dis
solved Peruvian guanO and II cwt. of mu-
rate of potash per acre"
TEA.-"As yet few experiments have
been made with artificial manures
upon tea, and l cannot therefore
speak from practical results, but,
SO far as my experience goes, l find highly
ammonical manures, such as raw or dis
solved Peruvian gnano, promote in an as
tonishing degree the development and
greatly increase the yield of the tea crop.
The object Of the planter, is to produce
a good but not excessively weighly crop
of good average quality, and in my opinion
this may be obtained by applying a moder-
ate quantity, say 8 cwts. of dissolved Pc
ruvian guano to the acre, mixing the qua
no first with vegetable ashes or dry soil,
so as to secure its uniform distribution.
If the land is very poor and exhausted by
previous cropping, more guano may be
used with advantage. 1t is difficult, if not
impossible, to determine beforehand what
quantity of dissolved guano will answer
on a particular soil, and the planter must
gain for himself experience by actual
trials. On the whole, 1 believe dissolved
Peruvian guano is likely to prove an effica-
cious and remuneratiye manure for tea, and
, 1874-06-24

VERY L1KELY.-A New York politician,
in writing a letter of coincidence to a widow
of a deceased member of the Legislature,
says: " I cannot tell you how panied I was
to hear that your husband has gone to
heaven. We were bosom friends /; but now
we shall never meet again."
, 1874-06-24
CHIT-CHAT.

THE RICHEST MAN IN THE woRLD.-The
gentleman who claim to this distinction is
a member of the great Jones family. Heis
a United States senator, and own q silver
mine in Nevada which brings him in
so, OOOl a. month.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
Encounter with a Sea Monster.

Some fishermen Off the coast Of New
foundland recently had curious adven.
tlre with agigantic cutie fish. Observ-
ing at short distance some object float
ing on the surface of the water which
they first took to be large sail, or a
portion of wreck, they rowed close to
1t, and one of them struck it with his
gail. Suddenly the mass became an
mated, and put itself in-motion. From
among the huge folds huge beak, as
large as a six gallon keg, reared itself,
and pair Of ghastly green eyes, staring
and prominent, glared on the terror
stricken men with an expression of the
most intense ferocity. The besk struck
in the bottom of the boat violently, and
suddenly from around the head two arms
of corpse-like fieshiness darted out, and
began winding themselves around the
boat, and encircling it in their livid
folds. A moment moreGand the boat
would have been dragged beneath the
waves. Bot before the suckers with
which the arms are furnished had closed
with theiradeadly grip, one of the men
seized tomahawk, which wa fortu-
nately at hand, and severed both arms
as they lay over the gunwale of the boat.
The monster Immediately elected an i'm
mense quantity of inky fluid, which
1arkened the water for two or three hun
1red yards, and moved ON. The men
Jaw it for few minutes after with it's
all out of the water. The body they
to have been sixty feet in
ength and five feet in diameter, or if
cen in girth. One of the arms was de-
troyed or lost, but the other is in st.
|ohn in the hands of naturalists. 1t
measures nineteen feet in length, and
hree and half feet in circumference,
nd the men say they left ten feet at
ached to the body of the monster.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

A Fox STORY.-A certain Norwegian
hunter, who was one morning keeping
watch in the forest, saw fox cautiously
making his approach toward the stump
Of an old tree. When sufficiently near
he took high and determined Jump on
to the top of it, and after looking round
awhile hoped to the ground again. Af
ter Reynard had repeated this knightly
exercise several times he went his way,
but presently returned to the spot, bear
ing pretty large and heavy piece of
dry oak in his mouth and thus bur-
dened, and, as it would seem for the pur-
pose Of testing his vaulting powers, he
renewed his leaps on to the stump. At
ter time, however, and when he found
that, weighted as he was, he could make
the ascent with facility, he desisted from
further efforts. dropped the piece of wood
from his mouth, and coiling himself up
on the top Of the stump, remained mo-
tionless, as if dead. At the approach of
evening an old SOW and her progeny, FIVE
or six in number, issued from neigh
boring thicket, and pursuing their usual
track, passed near the stump in question.
Two of her sucklings followed, some
what behind the rest, and Just as they
neared the ambush, Michel, with the ra-
pidity of thought, darted down from his
perch upon one of them, and in the
twinkling of an eye bore it in triumph
to the fastness he had SO cunningly pre-
pared beforehand. Confounded at the
shrieks of her offspring the old SOW re-
turned in fury to the spot, and until late
at night made repeated desperate at
tempts to storm the murderers strong
hold; but the fox took the matter very
coOlly, and devOured the pig under the
very nose of its mother.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

boat rowed off again and in few min.
ntes picked up Miss Edgar Of New York.
We had been three quarters of an hour
IN the water, and we're the last ones
saved. The boat belonged to the ship,
Loeb Earn, which had run into the
steamer, and when picked up we were
mile away. We were taken to the ship,
drawn up with ropes on deck, and then,
one by one, recognized the passengers
rescued as we had been. The boats
cruised around for hours afterward, but
we were the last found.
MARY A. BULKLEY.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

The next worlds fair will be held in
1875 by Switzerland in the city of Gene
va, and plans have been prepared on the
grandest scale; in fact it is proposed to
make the dome of the building the largest
ever erected. From the centre will rise
a colossal column, from which visitors
can see the most beautiful panorama in
Switzerland, entire extent of Lake
Leman. the mountains of the Jura, the
Swiss Alps, and Mont Blanc. Among
other features of the exhibition will be
vast concert hall with seats for four thou
srnd concert singers, without reckoning
the audience. The display of wares will
be curious from their ingenuity, and un-
like what any other country produces.
Switzerland is always extremely attrac-
tive to the traveller in 1875, it will be-
altogether irresistible.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

GIVE THEM COLD WATER.-It is very
doubtful if there is single possible dis.
ease in which the patient should moi
have cold water ad h5itum. Oh, how
babes often suffer for cold water. A
nursing babe is given, no matter how
thirsty, nothing but milk. The little
lips are dry and cracked, and the little
tongue so parched it can scarcely nurse,
and yet it has nothing but milk to as
suage its craving thirst. Try it yourself
mother, when you have fever, and we
are sure that ever after, when your dar.
ling is dying of thirst, the teaspoon and
tumbler of cold water will be in constant
use.- Exchange.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
poftrY.

For the Bellows Falls Times.
Leaving Home.
leave my native home to go.
In distant lands TO stray
leave some friends behind. know.
Who'll think of me, when far away.
Yet the ties which long have bound me
To this place shall not be rent,
Dearer friends will ne'er surround me,
Than those with whom life's morn was spent.
And when in after years returning,
My own native home to greet,
May friendships torch still bright be burning
And my youthful haunts be sweet.
Grim death may in my absence revel.
Mid the friends hold so dear
Ger yon green fields broken level,
may shed affections tear.
So friends. farewell. God grant to meet you.
On this transient shore of time.
But, Oh if not, may but meet you,
In fairer, brighter cline
MoRENA.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
Destruction of Works of Art in Je-
ruSalem.

During the recent disgraceful squab-
BILE and riot of the monks around Jeru-
salem there is one incident that should
especially pain all lovers of art. This
was the destruction of the two pictures
by Murillo in the Bethlehem Church
that fell a victim to ecclasiastic fury.
They were true Murillos, and MASTER
pieces /; and what is worse, having been
dispatched to the church Immediately on
their execution, and there retained, it is
believed that they have never been en-
graved. They were unusually we'll pre-
served, too, for. on being placed in the
oratory of La Creche, both canvasses
had been covered with glass to protect
them from candle-smoke. One of the
subjects was the Nativity, the other the
Alteration of the Mag. Iu reading with
involuntary Indignation and disgust of
this barbarous instance of iconoclasm,
one is reminded of what Thackaray
wrote on the same scene and topic nearly
thirty years ago. In his journey from
Cornhill to Cairo, speaking of the lead
ing Christian sects in and around Jeru-
salem, he says, These three main sects
hate each other; their quarrels are in
terminable; each brides and intrigues
with the heathen lords of the soil to the
prejudice of his neighbor. Now it is the
Latins who interfere, and allow the COM
mon church to 60 to ruin, because the
Greeks purpose to roof it; now the
Greeks demolish monastery on Mount
Olivet, and leave the ground to the
Turks, rather than allow the Armenians
to possess it. On another occasion, the
Greeks having mended the Armenian
steps which led to the ESQ called Cave
of the Nativity at Bethlehem, the latter
asked for permission to destroy the work
of the Greeks, and did so. And SO round
this sacred spot, the center Of Christen-
dom, the representatives of the three
great sects worship under one roof, and
hate each other The church of La
Creche is, as its name implies, the church
of "The Manger " ii. e.. the reputed
place of the nativity of Christi and to
this spot, and the furious wrangles of
which it has been the scene, we may
therefore apply the exclamation which
Thackaray makes regarding the tomb of
Christ What place to choose for
imposture, good God to sully with bru-
tai struggles for selfaggrandizement or
shameful schemes of gainl" The Ger
mans had the grace to try to spare with
their bombs the spire of Strasburg ca
thedral. Religious fanaticism in the
Middle Ages directed itself to the de-
struction of pagan art, no matter
how beautiful; but in these enlightened
lays for ecclesiastical fury to take up the
Darbarous role of destruction, which even
savage war discards, is pitiable indeed
LiPpincot's Magazine.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

"We buy nothing at the door" is the
watchword in New York to prevent
sharpers from taking masters coat.
while Bridget is handing a package of
saw dust to the lady of the house.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
NJ. ARMSTRONG

DRACIlCAL PLUMBER and dealer in PLUMB
l. EhS MATERIALS. HS-Competent workmen
sent 70 an parts of the country. All work neatly
done and satisfaction guaranteed. Constantly on
hand and for sale Drain Pipe and Tying. Shop in
BRANCH SHOP at f. P Hadley;s Tin and Stove
Store, Bellows Falls. Vt. % 81 W.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

SOME WONDERFUL PLANTs.-In the
west of India are found thorny plants or
trees nearly destitute of verdure, except
what appears to be long, shaggy hair,
which derives its nourishment from the
atmosphere, rather than moisture from
the earth.
The moving plant" is native of the
basin Of the Ganges. Its leaves revolye
in various directions during the day and
night, except occasionally, on a very
hot day, when the plant seems to desist
from its habitual motion for temporary
repose. A high wind is said to have the
effect to produce the cessation Of its ac-
tion. At times, again, only certain parts
Of the plant are said to be in motion
a leaf, or perhaps, a branch and it
seldom occurs that some portions of it
are not quite motionless while the re-
mainder is active.
Near the Irrawaddy grows the Bor-
assus Flabelliformis, which bears a leaf
of wonderful dimentions, and which is
said to be of sufficient size to cover
twelve men standing upright
At Timor, near the island of Java.
plant is found, the leaf of which being
OF a thorny nature, possesses a fatal
sting when penetrating the flesh. The
victim, if not fatally poisoned, frequent
ly suffers protracted illness. This plant
is we'll called devils leaf"
"Club MOSES" grow in these islands
to length of several feet, among which
the Roffiesia Arnoldi, floral, giant,
parasitical plant, is propinent. 1t is
peculiar for its carrion-scented flower. of
brick-red color, which it bears, and
which measures between three and four
feet in diameter, weighing about fifteen
pounds, and bearing a natural cup in
the centre, which often contain several
pints of water.-AppLetons' Journal.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
FLOUR.

am selling my best HILLS xxx FI,oTTR a.
5000, ST. LOUIS, sl0.50. WHITE WHEAT, 5000
Delivered and every barrel warranted.
Bellows Falls. Al
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
First Cost of a Man or woman

l
An economic journal enters intoa Gu.
rious calculation as to the actual cost, in
dollars and cents, which man or wo-
man would be to the world and society
by the time he or she got old enough to
"pay expenses" or return back to the
country what thus far had been expend-
ed in rearing their population.
Every baby, it is fair to assume, when
properly brought up, costs its parents at
least fifty dollars year, an expense
which increases largely as food, clothing,
the shelter of warm home, education
and spending money are required for the
growing child. The actual cost up to
the fifteenth year, of each child in this
Republic, is certainly not less than
thousand dollars. At that age its labor
would be worth its subsistence. Not till
1t reaches the age of eighteen (and
great many not even them does it really
begin to be productive. For every 100,
600 children the nation has to produce
six or eight millions of dollars consumed
without adding at all to production. To
rear that number of children to a pro.
ductive age certainly costs hundred
millions of dollars, without any profit
whatever in return. Herein is the great
value Of immigration. This great Re
public receives into its broad and glori-
GUS bosom every day not less than one
thousand emigrants from the old world, |
Of course two thirds, perhaps seven
eights, are adults, ready grown for us by
Europe at her cost, up to the productive
point, when they come to our shores to
give us the benefit of their toll. Annu-
ally does Europe labor industriousIy to
produce and raise for our Republic, free
Of cost, more than 100000 persons, who
we could not have furnished ourselves at
an expense Of s3OO,0OO,0OO. No wonder
that we grow rich and prosperous, for the
loss of the old world is our gain, and all
countries are nursing mothers for ours.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16

The lovers of stale bread are rec
commended to try that found at Pompeii,
about 1900 years old.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-01-16
TO CONSUMERS OF
PAIN NTS AND OIL.

TO THE HOUSE PAINTER, THE CARRIAGE
Il Painter, the Artist, the Builder. or Owner, in
short all consumers of paint: We desire to say that
we will furnish you with PURE C0L0RS ground in
oil and Japan at prices not exceeding those often
paid for coors much cheapened by adulteration
Masury,s ready made eolors, CALLED RAIL
ROAD C0L0RS for house painting, ground in oil
and superfine colors ground in Japan for carriage
painting, are put up in patented cans and guaran-
teed. better than any in the world corresponding
prices.
We have ;ust received large invoice of these
colors also of linseed oil and turpentine which we
offer at corresponding prices. Call and examine our
stock and prices.
JOHNSON & BABBITT.
Bellows Falls. VT. Is
The New York herald., 1874-04-01
HORSES. CARRIAGES. sc.

The possibility or a ne1o issue Of incO7sueytfbte
paper Iregard WfM dmazement ana anxiety, ana,
IN my judgment, such issue ,ooa1Ld De a detri-
ment ana a sha0ae.-CHARLEs SUMNER.
The New York herald., 1874-04-01
HORSES, CARRIAGES, &C.
A SPECIAL PEREMPTORY AND ABSOLUTE AUG
IA tion sale
OF rRoTrINd, ROAD, COUPE, FAMILY AND SAD

A SPECIAL PEREMrToRY AND ABSOLUTE AUG
or rRoTrINa, ROAD. UoupE. FAMILY AND SAD.
DIE HORSES,
HANDSOME. GAY, FINE, HIGH BRED AND STYLISH,
WARRANTED SOUND KIND GOOD AND TRUE.
The property of Mr.. Ashburton. who Is in europe
and advises his agent Mr. A. Hoffman, 10 sell his entire
IN WEDNESDAY CTHIs DAY. AT 1880 PROMPT.
ct the private stable g. H. Terry, the halter 81
Union square entrance -st door west OF broadway in
Seventeenth street.
consisting OF extra fnc stylish high bred fast
team OF dark browE Geldings. years old. loA high
hall broihcrs raised In Westchestcr county sired by
young Black Hawk, dam Morrill, mare, which trotted
the first premium. Mr.. Charles Himself then offered
S2DV for this pair after showing 24s AMI with
out training but present stepped In and pur-
chased hcn am has or the rast year driven them
road aud family tcam, both double ani single they
have firm feet limbs and muscle of great endurance;
hardy rugged and perfectly sound an1 kind: AFRAID
OF nothlia an invalid can ride or drive them and
well worthy the attention OF any connolsseur.
Also tho handsonest and most finely bni,t dapple gray
t:ottng Marc in New York; Eureka raised by Mr. Rice
OF II Lawrence county trotted year ago in 2:48
driven by Mr. A. ~ Rice himself, she Is I54 high only
years old She Is handsome as picture, long. white
flowing maDe and tail clean, perfect limbs and good
feet, aud warranted sound and Kind.
N B-Mr. igllman owns the own sister to this mare.
and has driven her on Fleetwood track IN 2:4 Any
gentleman wishing TO purchase genuine trotter win
call and examine her before the sale.
Also q fine VI thorough bred iamily or road Horse
years old been used in the family for the past years.
full description at time OF sale.
Also Also tor and no top ci,y made Wagons Dunscomb 4
Slnngs Harness. Saddles, Brides hnc kcrsey Blank
Aurtin
The New York herald., 1874-04-01

&S6-cANADIAN PONY az HANDS, BLACK
YI orse l5h hands $40: bay. years, 1Gte, Sl73
oil years; 10 by Hanfed's Hambetonan, sos.
Ianed sound, KIND. 2i6 West Thirty first street