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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30
Battles of the Revolution,

They began April 10, 1775. They
closed October 10, 17S1-six years and
six months. The British sent 134 200
soldiers and sailors to this war. The
Colonists met them with 100000 Cont
nentals and $4,000 militia. The Brit
ish let loose Indians and equally savage
Hessians. The Colonists had for allies
the brave and courteous Frenchmen.
The leading battles of the war, those
particularly worthy of celebration, are
Concord and Lexington, Bunker Hill,
Long Island, White Plains, Trenton,
Bennington, Kings Mountain, Cowpens,
Eutaw Springs and Yorktown.
Lexington (irst skirmish) April 10,
1775.
Ticonderoga-May 10, 1775.
Bunker Hill-June II, ITS.
Montreal ethan Allen taken Sep.
TENDER 25. 1875.
st. Johns besieged and captured-No
vember 3, 1z75.
Great Bridge, Va.-December 8
1775,
Quebec Montgomery killed)-De
cember 81, 1775.
Boston British fed)-March II
1776.
Fort Sullivan, Charleston-June IS
1776.
Long Island-August 27, 1916.
Harlem Plains September 16, 1776
White Plains-O October %, 1776.
Fort Observation-Disclosures 16
1916.
Trenton-December 26, 1776.
ton-January 3, 1777.
Internationally 7, 1777.
Bennington-August Is, 1777.
Brandywine-September II, 1777.
First battle at Bemis's Heights, Sara
toga-September 10, 1777.
Germantown-October A, 1777.
Fort Clinton and Montgomery taken
October 6, 1777.
Second battle at Bemis's Heights, Sa-
ratoga- October 7, 1777.
Surrender of Burgoyne- October 10,
1777.
Fort Mercer October %, 1777.
Fort MifIiin-November Is, 1777.
Monmouth-June %, 1878.
Wyoming July A, 1878.
Quaker Hill, r. August 80, 1878.
Savannah-December 20, 1878.
Kettle Creek, Ga.-February IA,
1879.
Stony Point-July l6, 1879.
Savannah-October 8, 1879.
Charlestown Surrendered to British)
May IL, 1880.
Kings Observation-Disclosures 7, 1880.
Cowpens-January II, 1881.
Ninety-six (besieged)-May and June,
1881.
Augusta (besieged) May and June,
1881.
Jamestown-July 8, 1881.
Eutaw Springs-September s, 1881.
Yorktown (Cornwallis surrendered
October 10, 1881.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30

STATE OF VERMONT. / The proba.a Can.
DISTRICT OF wEsTMINsTER IS ! for said District
70 All persons interested in the estate Of ANN
trict, deceased. GsppTvxg
NOU are hereby notified that an instrument in
= writing purporting TO be the last will of said
INN AMORI GREEN. has been filed in said
court TOT probate, by Edward Il. Green, the execu
sor dnerein named and that said Court will decide
held at the Registers office, in Bellows Falls in
SAID district on SATURDAY the THIRTY FIRST
day Of July A. d. ISIS. at ten o'clock in the fore
noon at which place and time, you NAV be heard
In the premises. If you shall see cause.
1881 CHARLES r. Emmy po.;...
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In Bankrunfcr

IN n THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VFR MONT r
t'HE undersigned hereby gives notice Of his an
10 pointment as Assignee of GEO. WELLING-
b bON Of Ssm bridgeport in the county Of Wind
VINO has been adjudged Bankrupt, upon die nett
goh q ms creditors. by the District Court OF said
GEORGE SLATE, Assignee.
Dated at Bellows Falls the 18th day Of JuIy ISIS.
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FELLOWS FALLS GRIST D

Having recently purchased this wei ha--sI y q
at Bellows Falls. VT. we are now pIep.3 Ill q
custom Grinding in a superior manner III Fss 81
patch Also to furnish Grain. Meal anu i6rlss Z
cred to order any where in the Village. ..cntias .
licited and promptly filled, By close aiSs -
business and fair dealing. we hope TO reVei'
Of the Public Patronage, n.Nfs ~
Is II. ADAM =
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30

A lady who had been teaching her
little four-year-old the elements of
arithmetic was astounded by his run
ming and prOpOunding the following
problem; " Mamma, if you had three
butterflies, and each butterfly had a bug
in his ear, how many butterflies would
you haver" The mother is still at work
ON the problem.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30

The son of clergyman was deliver
ing valedictory, when, in pulling out
his handkerchief, he pulled out pack of
cards. Hulloa !" he exclaimed Give
got on my fathers coat ?
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30


A story is told of Lespes, the French
journalist, better known as "Timothee
Trimon," that one day, being at work,
he was disagreeably intruded on by a
creditor, who announced his intention of
not departing till he was paid. Farley
proved useless; and the creditor plant
ed himself on chair, and Lespes be-
held him, with CONSERVATION, draw
bread and cheese from his pockets, as
though to fortify himself against events.
Several hours glided by Lespes had re-
sumed his writing and finished an arti-
Gle. The creditor showed no signs of
moving, and from the glances which he
cast at sofa, was evidently specializing
what kind of bed it would make. Sud-
denly Lespes rose, and with bits of news
paper began carefully blockading all the
apertures through which air could come
into the room. He then made prepare
tons for lightning a charcoal fire but
before applying the match, pasted on the
wall, just opposite the creditors eyes. a
paper thus laconically worded: take
notice that We died of our own will"
What are you doing?" exclaimed the
creditor uneasily. Your society would
render life intolerable, so we are going
to commit suicide together" answered
Timothee TRANQUILITY. 1t is almost need
less to say that the creditor decamped.
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SALEM LEAD COMPANY.

Warranted PURE WHITE LEAWgalTSl
Known throughout New England a. ihs
FINEST. and BEST. -, s,r Cdrp-
LEAD TAPE. SIS in. wide. on rees a,
Sticks. ;,rhes -
LEAD RIBBON. from IL 70 iNA
on reels for Builders. 4..k,ess Is
LEAD PIPE. Of any size or tnie ~ ssausl 90
At lowest market prices for goeds y
y FRANCIS BROWN. Treasurer Salem
A-4l
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STAGE NOTICE.

On and after July LIST, the subscriber will run
sage between Bellows Falls. Townshend, Jamaica
Tnd W ardsboro, carrying the u. 5. Mail. Leaves
AOssnnsshend Tor Jamaica every Monday. Wednesday
ah1 friday. Leaves Townshend for Mardsboro eve
y tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, on the arrival
q the evening stages. Express business promptly
attended TO. hope by careful attention to business
% receive the patronage Of the travelling public.
g. y. WELLINGTON
cambridgeport. Vt. June "A. 1873 81
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30

A Tipperary man the other morning
hailed a fellow-laborer with, so we've
got baby at yer house. What is it,
boy or a gurl?" Guess" cts a
boy" mo-" Well then, it's a gurlf "
Faith" said the delighted father,
somebody's been tellin' vel"
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Central Vermont Railroad.


9 uMMER ARRANGEMENT - Commencing
~ Monday, June 4. 1875.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Bellows Falls $40. A. NJ, IT'S A. NJ 2;l5 P. N
Mail Train leaves st. AIbans at $40 A. NJ. arrive
in Bellows Falls, via W bite River Junction or Rut-
land at 2:l0 P. NJ, New London at $50 p NJ con-
Meeting with steamer forNew York.
Montreal at $50 pm, St Adams Is Pm arriving in
Bellows Falls tvia. White River junction or Rut-
Mail Train leaves White River Junction at 500 A.
T., bellows Falls Us NJ Connecting at Bellows
Vernon with train for Springfield and New York
a9rryns IN New London At olS Ph Mixed train
Bellows Falls 7 IS Pm for Brattleboro.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls Tor White River Junction
&c at g2O A. NJ lis A. N. 6.l0, ?. NJ, ll.20 p NJ
i9r Rutland &c. 430 A. ~. ll50 A. NJ. 6.25.P. NJ.
Maiitra leaves Boston, at 1880 A. NJ. Springfield
At 800, 4. NJ. New London at 5.00A. NJ, Bellows
E "a a. ilso A. M (yia r. Junction or Rutland
rlying IN Montreal at $40 P. NJ and ogdensbure at
Night Express leaves New York at 8.oo ,. y
NJ (via. W. X. Junction or Rutland arriving in St
AIoans AZ o5O A. NJ, Montreal at 800 NJ. Ogdens-
ACCOMMODATION leaves New London at SLOAN.
bellows Falls 6l9 P. NJ (mixed) arriving in W.
Mixed trains leave Brattleboro tbs A. NJ Bellows
Falls s2o A. n. for White River Junction.
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at 80 A. NJ, ar
irving in Rutland at go A.. NJ. also Accommodation
at 8 % P. NJ arrive in Rutland at $40 p M
SLEEPING CARS are attached to the Night Trains
between st. Adams and Springfield and Burlington
and Boston. W.
Connections at w r. Junction with trains on the
Northern IN. H. and Connecticut and Passumpsi-
River Railroads at 0gdensburg with trains for the
west, at Rutland with trains over the Harlem Ex-
tension Railroad also with trains over the Rensse-
laer and Saratoga and Railroads for Saratoga Troy
Albany and the west. ''
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for sale
at the principal stations
:. y. W. HOBART. Con. sup't.
st. Adams. VT. May %, 1876
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WANTED.

WHITE ASH and RED OAK LUMBER. Logs to
oe cut IN lengths and sawed to order. ANY one want
inn soOa aoIse rake or mower pay for il in
81 w. Farm MACHINE co, Bellows Falls.
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Notice TO Sell Real Estate Of wRias
Fisher.

STATE OF VERMONT. | In the Probate d
DISTRICT or wEsTMISsTcB SIS. at T0Wbsheua
and for said district. on the SIXTH DAY Of igld
D. 1870 William Fisher, Guardian OF VILLA
FISHER, minor, of Townshend, In said dss
makes application to said Court, for license 70
part Of the real estate Of said ward, TO wit
undivided half of the premises occupied BY q
dali Perry, late Of said Townshend, deceass
the time OF his decease representing that Tie f
thereof will be beneficial 10 his said ward.
WHEREUP0N II is ordered by said Court
" said application be referred to a session 4
OF. to be held at the inn Of Z. Il II PHELPS g
ton, in said district, on the FIRST WKDNE L
Of August A. ID. 1875, for hearing and dsz
thereon and II is further ordered, that all II
interested be notified hereof, by publca,iaI
notice Of said application and order thereon 1
weeks successfully in the Bellows Pals TnA|
newspaper pu blished in Rockingham and y
eireulates in the neighborho0d OF those intga|
before said time of hearing that they may ~
at said time and place, and, ii they see caass
ject thereto.
BY the court.
z9-Sl Attest, C. B. EDDY, gs
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-07-30

The Kansas grasshoppers speak very
highly of this springs early cabbages.
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RUTLAND.

i oner wood and timber lot Of 50 acres within :
LnlSs o. Rutland village warranted To cut Ss0
eords Of wood, easily reached good drought 10 ma
ket, Tor tho low sum Of $1,000. Owner lives aWsy
J.D. BRIDGMAN.
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-28

fertilizers, and we are not in fair
way to show crops with her until
we learn the necessity of being
open-handed with our fields and
feed them well. Plenty of good
manure secures good wheat, corn,
oats, everything; and we should
study the plan of getting the larg-
est possible amount of it in the
most economical manner. A good
herd of cattle, if iudiciously fed,
pay well for time and fodder in
the manure produced, and whom
sold give a margin Of profit. A
good muck bed is q mine of money
to the farmer. The slops from the
house, the wash of barnyard, and
the ashes, night soil, scrapings OF
the chip yard, ETC., that are usually
wasted have In them the elements
which might be made to furnish
many home comforts that farmers
often feel too poor to afford.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-04-28

There are too many Of our farm
ers who take no thought Of how
they are impoverishing their land
and making no return. The crops
Of wheat are continually decreasing
still they do not note the warning.
It is mistaken idea that we may
take all we can get for our farms,
giving nothing back, and still
maintain that the land owes us q
living. The truth Of the business
is, We arc 50 indebted to the soil
for past favors that our credit Is
not good, and unless we pay at
least a fair interest we shall become
untrustworthy. England has doub.
led her wheat crop in thirty years
by the judicious employment 81
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Locals Defense.

The West Chester local defends
himself for "sleighing with a girl
in impid phrases, as follows: 4 g.
"Of all the joys vouchsafed to
man in life's tempestuous whirL
there's naught approaches heaven
SO near as sleighing with a girl-a
rosy, laughing, buxum girl, a frank,
good-natured, honest girl, feeling
flirting, dashing, doting, smiling.
smacking, joking, jaunting, jovial,
poser looking, dear little duck ofa
girl. Pile mp your wealth noun
tain-high, you sneering, scoffing
churll I'll laugh as l go by with
my jingling bells and a girl the
brightest, dearest, sweetest girl, the
the trimest gayest, neatest, girl,
the funniest, fushiest, frankiest,
fairest, roundest, ripest, rouguish-
est, rarest, spunkiest, spiciest;
squirinishest, squarest, best Of girls,
with dropping lashes--half con-
cealing, love-provoking, amorous
lashesA-just the girl for chap
like me to court and love, and
marry, you see, with rosy cheeks;
clustering curls, the sweetest and
the best of girls"
It's all very well for that Chester
man to SO on rating in the above
manner, and, no doubt, he galloped
all through Webster's unabridged
to find adjectives sufficiently ex-
pressive to define his emotions, but
then he never had "gal" give him
the "mitten,' nor was be ever turn
ed out Of a warm bed, on a cold
frosty night and forced to run
three miles for a doctor.
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Shore RailrOad.

The Lansing correspondent oi
the Detroit Free Press writes as
follows concerning the discussion
of the subject Of granting lands in
aid Of shore railroad from this
city to Standish:
"Mr. Churchill in support of the
bill declared that it was no scheme
of spectators, but the anxious de-
sire OF settlers along the line of the
road, the growing demand of whose
commerce and whose isolation
prompted them to make all sacri-
fees and all efforts to procure the
building of the road, and that il
this grant was made he would
guarantee that the road would be
in running order within three years.
Mr.. Livingstone also spoke in
favor of the bill, knowing that the
country was inaccessible except
during the season of navigation,
and that all the supplies of every
kind for half year had to be pur-
chased before the lake closed up.
Mr.. Goodyear announced that
he could not favor the bill because
there we're other roads with claims
fully as good which he could not
think deserving Of State bounty.
Mr.. Backus opposed the bill be-
cause there vas d road designed
to lead from Alpena to Greenville
which should receive aid, and be-
ing built would open the interior.
The shore towns having already
water communication were, in his
opinion, sufficiently well off, and If
anything was to be done in the
way of aiding new roads it should
be extended to such as would de-
velop the resources of the country.
Mr.. Churchill declared that he
had visited the country in the in
terror, and that it was for the most
part composed of sandhllls and TN.
inhabited. A road through IL can
not be built for many years to come
because there was nothing to sup
ply it with traffic and absolutely
no need for it. The shore towns,
however, were shut oht froth their
natural outlet = Detroit and Bay
City-and could only he reached
"on runners The roads in the
fall and spring were impassible,
The peupic along the route pro-
posed by his bill earnestly desired
this road--in fact, they unanim-
ously petitioned for 1t, and would
nut In their money to build it.
The country was level and the
road-bcd could be graded fer 81 800
q mile.
Mr.. Baclxus said that the route
TO Greenville, 90 far from running
over sand hills. could be graded
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$. FREEDMAN e CO,
-, 40 and 1JI woodsd Ave-, Detroit

astonished to know that Chicago
lay east of Thunder Bay.
Mr.. Ransom declared that the
road was promoted by a Chicago
firm, of which Mr.. Churchill was a
member.
Mr.. Wilson said that the House
had reached the point he supposed
it would when these railroad bills,
which favor private interests, were
introduced. The road proposed to
be aided had merits. He had been
through the country and was well
satisfied that it was intended to ben
ifit the people and not to benift
somebody's iron ridge or pine lands.
1t was not in the interest of Chicago.
The bill proposed to take the swamp
lands In the counties through which
the road passes, to which the peo-
pie were certainly entitled for the
purposes named. t,f
Mr.. Benjamin said the towns
through which the proposed road
would pass had population Of
$4,000; there were forty-three mills
cutting SO,OOO,0OO feet of lumber,
worth 81 200, 900; and plaster quar-
ries, producing $4,000 tons annual
ly; salt blocks, three of which are
in operation, and no way for all
these products to get TO market
except during the season of navi-
CATION. 1t was but reasonable for
some of these swamp lands to aid
them in getting their products to
market, and thereby promote the
commerce of the State.
Mr.. Ransom offered an amend
ment, providing that the lands
should be taken within ten miles
of the line of the road.
Mr.. Churchill opposed the amend
ment because so far as he knew
there were no swamp lands within
these limits.
The amendment was rejected.
The bill being put upon its pass
age failed.
Mr.. Baily moved to reconsider
the vote. He did so to enable gen.
tlemen to revive their pluck. 1t
seemed to him as II they had locked
arms to carry through two swim
dies, and that one being accom-
plished part Of those voting for
it had deserted their colleagues
upon the present bill. He thought.
it beneath the dignity of the House
for members thus to desert their
colleagues in their extremity.
Mr.. Metcalf moved to table the
motion to reconsider the bill. The
motion failed, "a to 40. 4
The vote was then reconsidered
and on motion of Mr.. Remer the
bill was tabled. a taal taa
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A Thought.

IT'S an easy thing for the heart that IN glad
To say to the heart in its gloom,
"Be thou gay like me bid thy sorrow depart,
And for happier guests make room;
Make room for music, mirth and song,
Let the bright rays of JOY shine in.
Care cast to the Winds. join our cheerful throng
Aid the good work at once begin"
IT'S tn easy thing for the nightingale,
To say to tho twittering wren,
"Tune thy throat, little bird. and join with mo
In song for the ears OF men.
Why warbe so sad in your home obscure,
When the outside world is gay
Come Join our song, you'd be happy, I'm SURF,
Bid adieu to that moainful lay"
All. the wren may sit by the nightingale,
And hutter its wings and look gay,
But the very first note II tries to sing,
Its feelings at once will 6etray.
So the carc-worn heart may joy put on.
But in masquerade twill be,
Aud it joys when the giddy guests are gone,
To be left TO its musings free.
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for So, 800 per mile, as shown by a

Il
survey.
Mr.. Churchill asserted that there
never had been survey of the
road, and he knew 1t; and those
who talked of six or eight miles
being graded were simply retailing
gross falsehoods. There had not
been the first shovelful of earth re-
moved. The members would re-
member that he had presented
fourteen petitions during the morn
ing for aid to the proposed road ;
they were from the business men,
the farmers and the laborors along
the line of it. Individually he was
willing to assist in the construc-
ton of any road leading back from
Alpena, but the people there and
the people along the shore did not
want it. He asked for this grant
in their behalf and as their repre-
sentative. All of his interests were
in Michigan, and he knew that it
was vital to the interests of the
towns upon Lake Huron to have
this road. a e.
Mr.. Backus asked Mr.. Churchill
If he had not introduced this bill
with view to defeating the Green
vile project. tai:s-l. cd
Mr.. Churchill replied that there
had been much misrepresentation
and downright falsehood in the
press and otherwise In relation to
this road. There was no company
in reality, and no survey had ever
been made; the very individual
promoting the road had run away
from Alpena without paying his
board. He did put in the bill with
the view of advancing the inter-
ests of the district he represented,
who needed the road he advocated,
but now, perhaps, owing to the
diversions that were being made
against IL, would probably not be
able to obtain it.
Mr.. Howard described the large
commerce that had grown up with
the towns upon the Lake Huron
shore and their isolation except
during the season of navigation.
The granting df swamp lands in
aid Of wagon roads he regarded as
a swindle. The public domain had
been wasted upon many such.
Railroads, on the contrary, open
the country, develop its resources
and improve the State. He there
fore regarded it as wise policy to
make the grant.
Mr.. Metcaif believed that all
these bills introduced with q view
to killing his bill, being that in aid
of the Flat River & Houghton Lake
Railroad. He expatriated Upon
the Importance Of this line and an
nounced that he should vote against
all the bills relating to grants Of
land except for his own, desiring
greatly to see it completed.
Mr.. Ransom said he favored roads
that would develop the country,
and was not averse to seeing the
State swamp lands granted for
such a purpose. This road, how
ever. was confessedly a lake shore
road. He thought the interior
road much the better one Of the
two. AS for Mr.. Churchill, he did
not know whether he was q deni-
zen or citizen Of Michigan, but he
lid know that the shore road ad-
vocated by him tCburchill) was in
the interests Of Chicago. o
Mr.. Churchill declared he was