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A Democratic weekly with 4
double-barrelled and paraxodicaft ltle
I-Patiot- benoerat, to-wit-appro-
priately published in Close proximity
to . lunatic asylum, gets very much
excited over the compromise question
and pours forth its eloquent wrath in
italic type and bewildering syntax at
the idea Of recognizing the Kellogg
government. Hold your breath and
listen:
Rather than lose our honor
Reader, that reminds ia Of . little
anecdote that went the rounds of the
papers some time back. Onco upon
q time when Ben. Wade was practic-
ing lawyer in Ohio, he was engaged
to defend man in certain suit for
defamation Of character. Another
gentleman, since grown distinguished,
whose name just now escapes our
memory, was counsel for plaintiff, and
in the course of an eloquent appeal to
the jury on behalf of his slandered
client he sought to make use Of the
familiar quotation from Shakespeate's
drama of Othello,n beginning
He who steals my purse steals trash, etc
The learned counselor got along
swimmingly as far as
But he who filches from me my good
name, takes that
and his memory failed him. Ben.
Wade leaned towards his confused
brother-in-law, and, as if to prompt
him, said, III a whisper loud enough
to be heard all over the courtroom,
"Takes that never had" A gen.
eral laugh followed in which judge,
jury and even the plaintiff and his
counsel joined. The anecdote would
be incomplete without the usual con-
sequence: The jury returned o YER
dict for defendant-though whether
they did it just for a joke, as the tale
would seem to imply, we know not.
But to resume our quotation from
the excited Democratic newspaper:
by acknowledging wrong to be right
Or rather by admitting that Republic
can majorities have rights which Dem
ocratic minorities are bound to re-
spect; ~ e
and kissing the feet of the coward who
holds his position by fraud and bayonets-
instead Of sucking the toe of the in
ebria.e who claims position upon
fraudulent returns aud stuffed ballot
boxcs-and here the italics begin
let 'ts kindle anew the fires Of another rev.
| 0lstiOse-
let us once more secetle again, an
other time light up fires ane,o which
have never burned before if they arc
the symbols Of "another revolution
| against ogpression-
not so, but against the lawfully con-
stituted Republican State Govern
mont, which is very fair government
in reality, but because it keeps Dem
ocrats out of the fat Offices those pat
| riots characterize it us being "rotten
to the CORE" "high-h handed usurpa-.
tion," bayonet rule" and lot of
other foolish aud improbable things;
and secure selfgorernment,-
which means, in this instance, the
government of an armed aud lawless
minority over a peaceful, law-abiding
majority
the right Of a free people
the assumed right Of an imperious
class of Democratic people only
or pcrish in the attempt.
ali, that's more sensible. Amen! Re-
quieseat in pieces aud give the rest Of
| us o rest.
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

Limit your Wants.

Lord Bolingbroke, in his Reflections
upon Exile, " says -" Our natural and
real wants are confined to narrow bounds,
while those which fancy and custom
create are limited to nome" Young men
who are just entering upon life, and
forming the habits which are likely to
adhere to them to its close, will do well
to treasure up in memory these true and
instructive words of one of England's
finest writers and most philosophic states
men "Our natural and real wants are
confined to narrow bounds" 1t is sur
prising how little it is that is absolutely
essential to mans existence, and, if he
will take an intelligent and considerate
view of life, to bis comfort and happiness.
Intellectual enjoyments are comparative
ly cheap. The cultivation of the mind
which affords the highest and the only
enduring satisfaction, can be pursued on
an income quite Insignificant for the sup
ply of luxuries Our physical wants are
very few, if we preserve our tastes sim
pie, as they are by nature. To eat, to
drink, to exercise, to sleep to keep warm
and to be sheltered : small sum will
supply all these necessities. The pleas
ures which are pure and which tend to
our improvement, are within the reach
Of almost every one. But the wants
which fancy and custom create, as Lord
Bolingbroke well says are confined TO no
bounds. 1t is against these that young
men ON the threshold of life should sed-
ulously guard. Beware of luxuries and
expensive habits. The qualification OF
them may cost you much of the labor
and time. which, if given to intellectual
cultivation, would be far more conduc-
i've to happiness. 1t is easy to do with
out that which you have never INDUCED
in. II is hard to leave off habits, how.
ever extravagant and absurd. When
you are to decide about adopting a mode
or style of living, consider well whether
it is certain that, without inconvenience,
you will be able to preserved il. The only
safe rule Is, to keep your wants within
narrow bounds.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
gellaws falls Times,
BELLOWS FALLS, JAN. 30, 1875.
AHeart-rending Scene.

The Whitehall Times, of the 18th
inst, thus speaks of the sad afflietion
which has befallen Mr.. E. B. Murray
of Whitehall, who is brother of Dea.
John Murray Of Rutland:
The family of E. B. Murray have
been the greatest sufferers we ever knew.
In ten days commencing with December
29th, eight children, from three to sew
enteen years of age, died with diptheria.
Two of them were taken to North Gran
vile, December 21st, and buried. -Four
Of them were subsequently placed tenn
porarily in the receiving yaultat Board
mans cemetery, as it was necessary to
get them out of the house where the
others were suffering. Two more died
last week, one on Wednesday, and the
last, Emma, aged 10, followed her broth
ers and sisters on Friday last. The
scene in the afflicted household was long
to be remembered by those who witnessed
the terrible agony Of the dying. The
poor father Of the bright children, who
had lost his wife and another child last
July, was too full of grief for even ut
terance. One by one the cold forms of
his idols were laid in their cofiins He
witnessed the terrible writings and
gaspings for breath of his dying chill
dren yet he was powerless to give them
aid. 1t was awful to behold his mental
anguish. Only few days ago his eight
children were laughing and joyous, and
now by the hand of death each one that
had been comfort to the lonely parent,
was, alas called to join their mother.
Most of the children seemed to realize
that they must die and spoke of being
with their mother in heaven. The last
one, Emma, expressed wish to live
that she might be a comfort to her poor
father, but the hand of providence will
ed otherwise, for she soon joined the cir
Gle in the other world. On Sunday fore
noon two double sleighs bore away to
North Granville six cofins, containing
the remains of the deceased. 1t was
sad, sickening spectacle, and never shall
we forget the scene.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

LIFE.-Live for something Yes, and
for something worthy of life and its ca
pabilities and opportunities for noble
deeds and achievements. Every man
and every woman has his or her assign
ment in the duties and responsibilities of
daily life We are in the world to make
the world better; to lift it up to higher
levels of enjoyment and progress, to
make its hearts and homes brighter and
happier by devoting to our fellows our
best thoughts, activities and influences.
1t is the motto of every true heart and
the genius ofe very noble life that "no
man liveth to himself lives chiefly for
his own selfish good. 1t is law of our
intellectual and moral being that we
promote our own happiness in the exact
proportion we contribute to the comfort
and enjoyment of Others Nothing
worthy of the name of happiness is pos
sible in the experience of those who live
only for themselves, all oblivious of the
welfare of their fellows.
There is good story of a certain Bos-
ton Doctor of Divinity, whose name they
spell with a "P." A man of the same
name died, and Jealous newspaper fel-
low, seeing the death in the paper and
thinking only of DIR. p, wrote a most
enthusiastic obituary. A wag met DR..
P. the next day. "What, you are moi
dead " he said "Well. then, you ought
to be. No man can ever live up to that
obituary.
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died. She was not surrounded by the
gorgeous appanage which in former
years formed part of her life. She died
in decent poverty. The room was car
peted, it is true, and there we're three
chairs, table, a bureau and a bed there.
But there were no inlaid cabinets, no
satin curtains, no damask drapey, no
paintings by famed artists hanging on
the wall.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
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Leaving Assets, sSZ5o.7o4
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INTERNATIONAL Insurance Co.
Chicago losses paid. s600,0O0
Cash Assets. sl.1O0,0OO
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Chicago losses paid SS5O.VUo
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

How TO BREAK OFF BAD HABITS
Understand the reason, and all the rea-
sons, why the habit is injurious. Study
the subject until there is no lingering
doubt in your mind Avoid the places,
the persons and the thoughts that lead
to the temptation. Frequent the places,
associate with the persons, indulge in the
thoughts that lead away from temptation.
Keep busy; idleness is the strength of
bad habits. Do not give up the strug-
gle when you have broken your resolu-
ton once, twice-a thousand times. That
only shows how much need there is for
you to strive, When you have broken
your resolution, just think the matter
over, and endeavor to understand why
it is you failed, SO that you may be on
your guard against recurrence of
the same circumstances. Do not think
it is an easy thing that you have
undertaken. 1t is folly to expect to
break off a habit in day which may
have been gathering long.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
Acts Relating to Public Matters.
Passed at Special Session Of the General
Assembly, convened January l3, 1875.

No. Am act relating to the YER
mont Reform School
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. i. A sum of money not exceed
ing thirty thousand dollars is hereby APP
propriated for the purpose of erecting
and fitting up buildings for the Vermont
Reform School, and all the necessary
fittings, fixtures and furniture for the
same, and for the purchase Of lands for
the use of said school, and said bills and
expenses incurred shall be approved by
at least two of the trustees of the school,
and audited by the auditor of accounts,
who shall draw his order for said expen-
ses, upon the state treasurer.
Sec. 2. The governor is hereby au.
thorized to purchase for the use of said
school the grounds and buildings known
as the Champlain Arsenal property, at
a cost not to exceed eleven thousand
dollars, and the Reform School shall
hereafter be located at Vergennes. The
governor is also directed to purchase
such additional lands at Vergennes, as
he may deem necessary for the purposes
of the school, at further cost not to ex-
ceed eight thousand dollars said sum
to form part Of the appropriation men
toned in section one.
Sec. 8. The necessary buildings and
fixtures at Vergennes, for the use of
said school, shall be erected under the
supervision of the governor and trus-
tees of the Vermont Reform School.
Sec. 4. The trustees of the Vermont
Reform School are hereby authorized to
sell the lands belonging to the State at
Waterbury, and such other property as
cannot be proftably used at Vergennes,
and the proceeds thereof shall be cover
ed into the treasury of the state
Sec. 5. This act, so far as it shall be
construed to relate to the place of con-
fnement of the inmates of the Vermont
Reform School, shall take effect on the
first day of December, A. d. 1885, and
for all other purposes it shall take eff
feet from its passage.
Approved, January Is, 1875.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

PRoFANIry.-We are emphatically in
the age of profanity, and it seems to US
that we are on the topmost current. One
cannot go on the street anywhere without
having his ears offended with the vilest
of words, and his reverence shocked by
the most profane use of sacred names.
Nor does it come from the old or middle
aged alone, for it is fact, as alarming
as true, that the younger portion of the
community are most proficient in the de-
grading language. Boys have an idea
that it is smart to swear; that it makes
them manly but there never was a great
er mistake in the world. Men. even
those who swear themselves, are disgust
ed with profanity in a young man be-
cause they know how, of all bad habits.
this elings the most closely, and increases
with years. 1t is the most insiduous of
habits, growing on so invisibly that al
most before one is aware he becomes an
accomplished cursor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

No 6.--An act in amendment of an act
approved November 19, 1866, entitled
can act for the regulation and gov
ernment of the Reform School," and
in amendment of an act in addition
thereto, approved November 81, 1867.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.
Sec. l. Section one of an act approx
ed November 10, 1866. entitled San
act for the regulation and government of
the Vermont Reform School" is hereby
amended by striking out the word
/" Waterbury," and inserting in lieu
thereof the word Vergennes." Sec
tions one and two of an act in addition
thereto, approved November 81, 1867,
are hereby amended by striking out the
word Waterbury" and inserting in
lieu thereof the word "Vergennes." And
section two of the same act is amended
by striking out the word Washington !"
where it OCCURS in said section and in
serting in lieu thereof the word Ad
olson.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect De-
eember /, A. ID. 1875.
Approved, January Is, 1875.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29

No. An act appropriating money to
cover the extra expense occasioned by
the destruction of the Vermont Re.
form School building by FIRE.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.
Sec. /. The trustees of the Vermont
Reform School are hereby authorized
and directed to pay the extraordinary
expenses occasioned by the destruction
Of the Vermont Reform School building
by fire, out of any moneys now remain
ing in the treasury, of the appropriation
heretofore made to defray the ordinary
expenses of said school,
Sec. 2. All bills and accounts coming
within the provisions of this act shall be
audited and paid in the manner now
provided by law for the payment of the
ordinary expenses of the Vermont Re
form School
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, January Is, 1875.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
Approved, January Is, 1875.
STATE OF VERMONT
Office of Secretary of State, !
NIo,4aol. T. 1n4l 10-E

Montpe1ler, Jan. 10Th, I510.
! hereby certify that the foregoing
eight numbers are true copies of the acts
passed by the General Assembly at a
special session convened, pursuant to a
proclamation of the governor, January
18th, A. d. 1875, and designated for
publication in the newspapers, in pursu-
ance of section fourteen of chapter five
of the General Statutes.
GEORGE NICHOLS, Secretary of State.
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cord upon said petition, made and sign
ed by the judge hearing said case, shall
be final and conclusive in such case.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, January Is, 1875,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
No. 8.-An Act providing for necessary
improvements in the State Prison.

no. Gan ACT providing Tor necessary
Improvements in the State Prison
1t is hereby enacted etc.
Sec. |. A sum of money not exceed
ing twelve thousand five hundred dollars
is hereby appropriated, to be expended
under the direction of the directors Of
the state prison in the enlargement Of
the prison workshops, the.extension Of
the hall, and the erection of more cells
for the lodgment and safe keeping Of
convicts, and in providing more suitable
accommodations for the female prisoners,
and the auditor of accounts is directed
to audit the accounts of the directors OF
the state prison for the expenditure here
in provided, and draw orders therefor on
the state treasurer, who shall pay the
same as they may be presented.
Sec. q This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, January Is, 1875.
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STAGE NOTICE.

Bellows Falls, Dec. 8. 1874 g
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poetrY.
For the Bellows Falls Times,
" Words"

For the Bellows Falls Times.
Words"
A single word may often write
Life's deepest sorrow on the heart;
May wrap the soul in darkest night,
From which the shadows ne'er depart
single word may give relief
To many weary. troubled breast,
Harrassed by care, distressed by grief;
Longing for death, because tbs rest.
A single word Of tenderest love
May soothe the angry waves to eaee;
May point from death to life above,
Where sorrows woes must ever cease.
Then weigh thy words wi deepest care;
Let Love thy measure ever be.
And let no soul the im press bear,
Of careless words e'er said by thee.
PANsy.
For the Bellows Falls Times.
Homeless.
So large the world. and yet no home
No hidden shrine,
At which from day to day IN prayer,
For me and mine
So large the world, and yet no homel
Ones throbbing head on pillows soft,
And soar in dreams to heaven aloft,
So far away
So large the world. and yet no home!
No roof TO hide
And rest ones wearied shivering form,
From biting blast and pelting storm,
That may betide.
So large the world. and yet no home
No anchorage.
Where we may sleep and feel no jar,
" hile Ger the main the billows war
And furies rage!
So large the world, and yet no home
No hreside glow
In which TO sit and have friend
Come in, and with kindly spend
An hour or go
So large the world. and yet 10 home
1t must not be, 800
Father in whom all creatures live,
Out of thy fullness wilt thou give
A Home for me
HagerstOwn, Nd.
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REMOVAL.

mur oyricE OF rBR SANTIAGO MINING
l Cenpsny has ihis day been .,,t, ,,%ovsS c.,; 70
jsss i'm JAS. 3. KENNEDY, Secretary.