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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
The MIdnlght sum In Norway

"The long day wanes." But the sun,
away in the northwest, is still shining
brightly. 1t is eleven o'clock by our
Geneva watch Is the sun really going
to sit up all night? He seems more than
an hour high. He pours universal
flood of what seems to be light without
heat-or at least but little heat-a gen
ial warmth, like that of midwinter sun
at home, shining through south window
ON day when the mercury out of doors
stands at zero at noon Everything is
bright, however; like home landscape
IN Connecticut on some waning but clear
October afternoon, an hour before sun
set, The light of day illuminates the
ragged cliffs of the wild North cape and
the desolate shores of the Arctic ocean
Everything is still, save the solemn
plash of the waves, far below, upon the
rocks. The sun swings still farther into
the north, and sinks little lower. The
time is 11.40. We wait to see the king
OF day shining serenely at midnight
and we have not long to wait. Slowly
he dips down towards the ocean waves,
now due north, as if he were sinking in
to the ocean, on the eastern shore of re-
mote, invisible, and unvisited Spitzber-
gen. But the hour of twelve is here,
and the sun does not set. His entire
disk rests broadly over the northern sea
as we sometimes see it at home few
minutes before he touches the horizon at
sunset. We find he has still a good deal
OF heat-enough to burn hole in our
dresses with the aid of sun glass. That
is the proper thing to do, for all ladies
who go to the North cape. An hour
later and the sun has very perceptibly
risen again. He has set into sunrise, :"
and he now swings slowly upward as ii
rising out of point east of north and
north of east. There is fresh breath
of air
For breeze of the morning moves"
and ere long we feel it to be really morn
ing--but how, we cannot quite under
stand, for there has been no night, no
loss of the sun for mon ent. 1t is al
together a queer sensation, and an ex-
perience worth having We found that
wholly disregarding the sun the hens all
went to roost in Norway just about seven
o'clock P. NJ. all through June, though
the sun was five hours high, and the
world was Gas light as cork, and the
people followed their example. They
have no curtains to their windows (I
suppose such thing as burglar, or ev-
en- vulgar intruder, is unknown among
those Norway hills and vales), odd
enough it seemed to us, riding by at nine
o'clockP. M, to see, through the windows,
the people all abed and fast asleep and
the sun shining brightly, more than two
hours before his time to set.-Letteq 10
the Hartford Times.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
How a" Corner is Managed.

A b 9 combine their means and cred
its to make corner in July. They
therefore quietly begin in May to buy
corn to be delivered in July. They
gradually buy all the corn in the mar
ket, and, of necessity, must buy all that
arrives, paying for the latter whatever
is demanded. When purchase is thus
made seller and buyer put up margin,
either in cash, or certificate, or deposit.
As soon as the corner becomes known.
there is an effort made to break it.
The settlement takes place at 8 P. NJ.
on the last day of the month. Those
who have sold corn to the corner and
have no corn to deliver, pay the differ
ence between the price at which they
sold, and the ruling price at the close of
business on the last day. As the corner
has thus purchased sometimes five times
as much corn as there is to be had,
amounting to millions of bushels, and
the price has advanced ten cents bush
ell, the profit is enormous. AS the prices
advance, additional margin is required.
Those failing to put up the additional
margins, lose what they had already
put up. The anti-corner factions seek
to so crowd sales on the corner as to
exhaust its capital and credits, and rem
der it unable to buy at the advance
prices. Thus, the corner is compelled
to send out in the country and buy for
cash all the corn in sight, to prevent
having it rushed into Chicago at the last
moment. These are exciting times.
Corn at such moment may be pur-
chased of the corner for shipment, from
six to fifteen cents bushel less than it
is selling for on Change for delivery
during the month. Each time there is
a corner, there is crash, sometimes of
the corner men and other times of the
anti-corner men. The whole proceedings
are of such questionable honesty, that
the Legislat ure of Illinois has declared
the operation of corner to be a felony.
1t is nevertheless still practiced. Corn
ers are attempted in wheat. oats, barley,
pork, and lard, and some Of them have
been quite successful in pecuniary way.
1t requires nerve, audacity, and money,
or credit. Recently bank here went
into corner, issuing its certificates of
deposit for margins; the corner failed
and so did the bank, and the &c rtificates
have never been paid. W. Shsahan
on " Chicago; " lScribner for September
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

A DOC SToRY.-It is said that mon
keys dislike to be laughed at and dogs
sometimes evince the same aversion to
serving as the butt of human ridicule.
A writer gives the following instance /;
A dog of his acquaintance had a fond
ness for catching flies on the window
panes but if rallied, when unsuccessful
in the effort, betrayed the greatest an
noyance. On one occasion the writer
purposely laughed immoderately each
time the dog failed to catch his game
and it so happened that he failed several
times in succession, being as the writer
believes, disconnected by the derision his
i'll success called forth. Finally, he be-
came so distressed that he actually
feigned to catch the fly, going through
all the appropriate actions with his lips
and tongue, and afterward rubbing the
floor with his neck as if. to kill his vic
tim.
When the performance was concluded
he looked up at the writer with trium-
phant air of success. So well did the dog
simulate the entire process, that had not
the fly remained on the window to con.
vict him of deceit, his ruse would have
been undiscovered. When, however, his
attention was called to the fly, as well as
to the absence of any remnants of one
upon the floor, he saw that his hypocrisy
was understood, and skunk away under
some furniture as if exceedingly asham-
ed of himself.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

Uranium discovered to the surprise of the
operators and spectators suffusion of
blood in the organ and all unequivocal
marks of apoplexy, while the stomach
and other digestive organs were found
to exhibit not the slightest indication of
any poisonous substance. The surprise
and probably, in their excited state of
mind against the supposed criminal, the
disappointment of the spectators was ex-
treme. The result Of the examination
was irresistible in proof that the death
was occasioned by apoplexy and not by
poison, and the mans life was saved, for
it is scarcely to be doubted that jury
would have convicted him upon the
evidence of the circumstances enumera-
ted.
1t will probably be asked, How is
the circumstance of the sickness of the
wife's relation to be accounted for ?" 1t
is explained by singular fact, of which
one or two other instances are known to
have occurred. The beans of which the
meal was principally composed had been
baked in earthen vessels and were al
lowed to grow cold. They had been
kept long enough to have turned acid to
a slight degree and when they were
placed in the oven to be reheated the ac.
ton of the acid in the sides of the Jar
decomposed the glazing with which the
interior Of the jar was coated, and Of
which sulphuret of lead is the chief in.
gredient. A poisonous substance was
thus developed and infused into the con-
tents of the jar, and those symptoms Of
sickness more or less severe according to
the part of the jar from which the beans
were taken of which they eat. After
this it was not difficult to admit that the
arsenic found in the mans possession
might have been purchased for the de-
struction of rats, as he had constantly
averred was the case.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

FOR INVENTIONS hAhkS oh DEsleNs.
No. 76 State st. opposite Kiby St.. Boston
A FTER an extensive practice of upwards of thirty
n years. continues to secure patents In the United
eign countries. Caveats. Specifications Assignments
and all papers for Patents. executed on reasonable
terms with dispatch. Researches made to determine
the validity and utility of Patents of Inventions.
and legal and other advice rendered in all matters
touching the same. Copies of the claims of any pa
tent furnished, by remitting one dollar. Assign
ments recorded in Washington.
No Agency in the United States, possesses superior
facilities for obtaining Patents or asceraning the
patentability of inventions.
All necessity of a journey to washington to pro-
cure Patent, and the usual great delay there are
here saved inventors.
TESTIMONIALS.
"Iregard Mr.. Eddy as one Of the most capable and
neutrality-suspicious. with whom havehad official
CHARLES MASON. Com'r of Patents"
"I have no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ man competent and trust
,ooTfkv and more capable of putting their applica-
tions in form to secure for them early and fa-
yorsble consideration at the Patent Office.
EDMUND BURKE. late Com'r. Of Patents,
Mr. R. III. Eddy has made for me over THIRTY
almost every case. Such unmistakable proof oil
great talent and ability his part leads to rec
ommend all inventors to apply to him to procure
their Patents, as they may be sure of having the
most faithful attention bestowed their cases, and
at very reasonable charges xooo
JOHN TAGGARI.
Boston. Jan. Lists. i-oz
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

CHICKEN PIE AND PoTATo BEETLES
1t is said that family in Michigan
who dined on chickens which had fed on
Colorado potatoe beetles we're almost fa-
tally poisoned in consequence.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
j. ID. BRIDGMAN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
SOLICITOR AND MASTER IN CHANCERY.
AND DEALER IN REAL ESTATE.
I OFFER FOR SALE

The extensive property of Mrs. II. w. SPAULD-
lNG-consisting of three Houses on Canal St. and
two on Rockingham St., with out buildings and va
cant plots connected-the property extending from
Canal to Rockingham st.
This property is put upon the market, at time
when it can be put TO several uses 1t pays large
rental now-and by judicious management. and a
little improvemeltit it can be doubled. II is aeeessi
BILE from two main streets and particularly well To-
Gated with reference to the depot business For
Shops. Stores and Hotel. 1t possesses advantages
not found in any other quarter of the town-there
is vacant room upon the site large enough for the
erection of a good sized Hotel without disturbing
any Of the dwellings and buildings upon the prem
ises. An enterprisiDg man can easily see the many
profitable uses this property can be put to. The
property is too extensive for the present owner to
manage, and she has authorized me to sell at a
price that not fail to be considered reasonable
should prefer to sell the property entire-but
will sell detached portions if desired upon fair
terms.
The present leases can be taken by the purchaser,
or full possession given at an early day.
An immediate attention to this offer is desired-l
will show the premises any day. and furnish full in
formation as to the sale upon request. / will say
however, that large portion of the purchase mon
q ]. D. BRIDGMAN.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

ALONE.
From childhood's hour have not been
As others were-l have not seen
As others saw-I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source have not taken
My sorrow-I could not awaken
My heart to Joy at the same tone
And all loved-I loved alone
Then-in my childh hood-in the dawn
of most stormy life-was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and i'll
The mystery which binds me still.
From the torrent, or the fountain
From the red cliff of the mountain
From the sun that round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold.
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by
From the thunder. and the Storm
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of demon in my view.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

FORGETTING NAMEs.-There are well
authenticated cases of persons who sud.
denly found that they could not remem-
Der their own names. An ambassador
at st. Petersburg was once in this case.
when calling at house where he was
not known by the servants, and he had
to apply to his companion for the nee
essary information. The names of COM
mon things are sometimes strangely for
gotten. The wife of an eminent iurist
who consulted DIR. Trousseau, Of Paris.
told him that her husband would say to
her, Give me my-my-dear me
my-you know" and he would point to
his head. :" Your hat ?" Yes, my hal" !"
Sometimes, again he would ring the bell
before going out, and say to the servants,
Give me my m--umbrel-umbrel
Oh dear /" Your umbrella "Oh.
yes my umbrella" And yet at that
very time his conversation was as sensi-
BILE as ever. He wrote Or read Of or
discussed, most difficult points of law.
A patient will often use form of cir
cumlocation to express his meaning
thus one man who could not remember
scissors would say, 1t is what you cut
with. .'-PcpsLar Science Monthiy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
DAVIS & ARNOLD,


IhbNE d. UAkPENIER'S ESTATE
PIE QNDERsIG IGNED. having been appointed
oy the Probate Court of the District Of Wind
\ Sommissi oners to receive. examine and adjust
siaims and demands of all persons against the
tte oi IRENE B. CARPENTER, late Of Chester
ala District. deceased, and the claims of the de-
ed exhibited in set-of to the claims of the cred
=, hereby give notice that we will meet for the
,pose OF examining and allowing said claims at
Ihtne h,n,E FIRST SATURDAYS OF OCTOBER AND
DhSAk1 NEAT. from one o'clock A. NJ. until
y CLOCK L. Nj. on each Of said days. and that six
ns ~ rom the ID day of August. A. D.. 1875 is the
u United BY said Court for said creditors to pre-
enelr claims to US for examination and allow
Dated at Chester, this 18th day Of August, A.
PFC. s H LEONARD. c..-
Il, HORACE HARVEY.B N"in"issioners-
II. l.. q. WHITING. Ex'r, 1876
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
Poetry.

An Early Poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
The following verses, never before
we're written in the album OF
a Baltimore lady by Edgar A. Poe, at
the age of l9, shortly after he left West
Point in 1929. They are given in fac
smile in Scribner for September.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03

"God meets those who are in the way
Satan meets those who are out of il.
-Etdns.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-09-03
EREsH AND SALT FISH,

OF every variety can be found at = Z. DEWEY p.
large stock of Salt Fish Of all kinds. including
oice Nsckerel in bulk and kits just received
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06

ngTThe trial Of the Edward Har-
verter came off according to announce
ment, ON Monday aftern Don ,on the farm
of Watkin Watkins, inst south of town,
and was witnessed by quite number
of people, in the course of the after
noon, all of whom, we believe, agreed
that the machine did its work very
nicely. The grain cut was oats-rath-
er green and tclerably heavy-throug h
which the machine, with three binders
and driver, was drawn by two horses
with apparent ease, and we also noted
that occasional patches of down and
crinkled grain were cut through and
elevated to the binders, just the
same as that which was standing-the
machine leaving very clean field all
over. No competing machine was on
hand, the agents for others, it seems,
thinking it not worth their while to
accept Mr.. Tunstall's invitation, and so
the occasion was not SO interesting as
anticipated, but without reference to
the merits of other harvesters, we may
say thahlast Mondays trial demonstra-
ted the Edward to be an GA No. /"
machine.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Green's August Flower.

1t is natural for people suffering with
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint or any
arrangement of the digestive organs such
as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual
Costiveness, palpitation of.the Heart, Heart
burn, Water brash, gnawing and burning
pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow
Skin, Coated Tongue, and disagreeable
taste in the mouth, coming up of food after
eating, low spirits. &C., to put off from day
to DAY buying an article that they know
has cured their neighbor, friend or rel~
alive, yet they have no faith in II
until it is too late. But if you ill
go to your Druggist, JAMES ROBERTS,
Dodgeville, Wis. and get bottle Of
GREEKS AUGUST FLOWER your immediate
cure is as certain as you live. Sample bot
ties of this medicine can be obtained for ten
cents to try its superior virtue.
Regular size rs cents. Try it. Two
doses will relieve any case.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Hadn't Time.

A citizen of Vicksburg who wanted
few hours work done about his yard
the other day, accosted a colored man
and inquired if he would take the job.
'EI'd like to do it, but I haven't time, y
was the answer.
"Why, you don't seem to be doing
anything"
IL don't, eh ! Well now, TIE gwine
a-fshin' to-day. Tomorrow TIE gwine
over the river. Next day TIE gwine
a-hunting. Next day I'ze got to get
by butes fixed. Next day Tze gwine
to mend de table, and de Lawd only
knows how TIE gwine to get frew de
week unless | hire man to help me p
= Tcksburg Herald.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Avoca Items,
Ut UWH HOPOT toFs
AvocA, August 8, 1878


AvooA, August 8, 1875
Times are middling at present in
our village, neither brisk nor dull.
Avoca seems sadly in need of a
bank.
The crops in this vicinity are excel
lent, and wheat is now selling at
about $1.02.
The M. e. Church has just been
reprinted and papered and is now a
credit to Avoca.
Mr.. Ansley Gray, of Mineral Point,
has been here several days, and seems
to think of practicing his profession
among us,
The Literary Society is still in good
running order. At the last meeting,
July 81, the members were entertained
by some very fine instrumental music
by Messrs, Perry, Dimock and Wal.
lace, upon the guitar and violin, and
by Misses Eagleston and Leach upon
the organ. Miss Mary Ashley treated
us to very fine essay on "Boys."
She seemed to think that they were
scapegoats, generally, and good for
nothing but for girls to try their
charms upon, and save them from
vice, crime, &c., although she finally
allowed that men were made from
boys. Mr.. Eddy read a poem in a
very pleasing manner. During the
latter part Of the evening the Vice
President took the chair, while the
President, A. s. Frost, entertained
us with an excellent address upon the
aims and wishes of the association.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Mineral Point Items.

From our own reporter.
Our school board has been fortunate
in securing the services of Prof. W.
W. Ray, of st. Joseph, Mich, for Prin'
cipal of the city schools. He has
taught for some years in the graded
schools at St. Joseph, and comes well
recommended.
John Hatfield, our enterprising fax.
wool and hide man. is going to build a
new warehouse on the vacant lots on
Commerce street opposite Hartert
Jencks' grocery store. The building is
to be 4Ox90 feet in size, aud will be
pushed forward and finished this fall
if possible.
On Wednesday of last week club
from this city went over to Platteville
and fell into the hands of some veteran
Base Ballists, who "waxed" our boys
horribly.
The Henry trouting party has been
heard from. The young folks are in
the Kickapoo woods and doing finely
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06

sg While farmer by the name Of
Thomas Corcorn was driving home from
Woodman, last Sunday evening, he was
assaulted and badly injured by Albert
Wilmington. It seems that Corcorn
had just drove down to Woodman to
get Wilmington, who was working for
him at his farm. Wilmington was in
toxicated, and during the ride he insul-
ted Corcorn several times, until Cor
corn ordered him out of the wagon.
Wilmington got out, but as soon as he
could gather himself together he grasp
ed sickle that was lying in the wag-
on box and struck Corcorn on the top
of the head with it. The doctors say
that it will be almost an impossibility
for Corcorn to recover. his skull being
badly fractured. Wilmington was ia.
ken to Lancaster Wednesday, where
he will remain for awhile unless some
one should go his bail forsSk 00O.-
BoscobeI Dial.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
Narrow Gauge to Dodgeville.

The article from the Galena Gazette
which we published last week, in re-
gard to the extension of the narrow
gauge road to Wingville, has set some
of cur people to thinking, and there is
a growing feeling here in favor of a
substantial effort to secure the extension
of the road to this place, A number
of our most pr ointment and wealthy
citizens are favorably disposed towards the
project, and we understand that a meeting
will probably be called at an early day to
give the movement tangible and organ
lied form.
If the extension of the Galena road to
this place shall become an assured fact, it
will be strong inducement for the Mil
waukee & Dubuque narrow gauge to locate
its line this way, as the Military Ridge
route is tie most practicable for it at any
rate, and in tina. event an arrangement
could be made for both companies to use
the same track for considerable distance,
which would be to the advantage of each.
This would give us direct outlet both to
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi, while
the competition with the Milwaukee &
st, Paul and Mineral Point railroads would
insure Dodgeville the lowest freight rates
of any town in this section.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-06
~- Samuel B. Lewis. youn

9 Samuel B. Lewis, a young
man of this town, who was employed
as brakeman on the Atlantic and
Great Western r. r., met with seri-
GUS accident while coupling cars at
Brookfeld, O., on the Sd of July,
through the carelessness of an en-
gineer. lie was caught between the
cars, and had his body pretty badly
squeezed and his right hand mash ed
so that the side of it, including the
thumb and first finger, had to be am
putated. For a time his recovery was
doubtful, but he isnow doing very we'll
having recovered sufficiently to return
home and get around among his
friends.