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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05
Singular Case.

A girl of Peter Blodgett Of Lowell,
VT, now ten years of age, has had in
hammation and liberation of the bone
of the left arm, between the shoulder
and the elbow joint, for the last two
years, there having been a constant dis
charge all this time, pieces of bone fire.
quently coming out. A few days ago
small piece of bone came through the
SKIN, close to the shoulder Joint, which
could not be easily pulled out, although
very loose. DIR. Duston was called, and
it was decided to administer chloroform
and make an incision large enough to
get out the bone. This being done, there
was revealed piece of bone four inches
long, one inch of the end next the shoul-
der, (from which it had been severed by
disease,) retained its natural size and
shape, the remaining portion being par
tally destroyed, leaving rough and rag
ged edges, terminating in number of
long slender points, having rough hon
ey comb appearance. As the disease be-
gan near the elbow, it would seem as if
the whole bone of the arm had been de-
stroyed by liberation, this being the last
of it. The child has had, all the time,
quite free movement of the arm from
the shoulder, and it is of nearly the
same length as the other arm. From
appearances, a new bone is being formed
to take the place of that which is gone
Barton Monitor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05


THE OLD RED CENT.-As the old
!" red cent" has now passed out of use,
and, except rarely, out of sight, like the
old oaken bucket" its history is a mat
ter of sufficient interest for preservation.
The cent was first proposed by Robert
Morris, the great financier of the revo-
luton, and was named by Jefferson two
years after 1t began to make its ap-
pearance from the mint in 1892. 1t bore
the head of Washington on one side and
links on the other. The French Reyolu-
ton soon created rage for French ideas
IN America, which put on the cent. in
stead of the head of Washington, the
head of the Goddess of Liberty-a
French Liberty, with neck forward and
flowing locks. The chain on the reverse
side was displayed by the olive wreath
OF peace; but the French Liberty was
short-lived, and so was her portrait on
our cent. The next head or figure that
succeeded this-the staid, classic dame
with a tillet around her hair, came into
fashion about thirty or forty years ago.
and her finely chiseled Grecian features
have been but slightly altered by the
lapse of time.-Phiiadelphia Ledger.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05
The Hearth and Home thus de.oribe

The Hearth and Home thus describes
an expensive dinner set !:
An unique dinner set of Dresden
china manufactured for resident OF
this city, recently arrived from Europe
1t consists of eleven hundred pieces into
which fifty different colors and shades
are introduced. The plates and dishes
for each course are of different patterns
and in the centre of each plate is an
enameled landscape. and on each dish
copy of some celebrated piece of stat
uary. The set cost s4,950.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

INFANT MoRTALITY.-Ja James A. Now
att, writing on this subject, says: Oat
meal porridge, mush and milk, bread
and milk, potatoes and milk, form the
principal food for children amongst the
rich and "upper ten thousand " of Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland. Here is one
of the most necessary reforms demanded
in the rearing Of children in the United
States Plain and wholesome food ought
to take the place of beef, sausages, pies
and pastry, as food for infants"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

DANGER AHEAD.-Professor Kirk
wood, who is one of our most wide-awake
astronomers, makes an interesting an
nouncement in regard to one of the as
teroids. 1t is well known that the orbits
in which these little planets move are
very elliptical. One of them, Ethra by
name, revolves in an orbit so eccentric
that it has recently been discovered that
when it reaches its nearest approach to
the sun, it is not very far removed from
that point of the orbit of Mars that is
farthest from the sun. Therefore, time
must come when Ethra and Mars will
chance to be near these points at the
same time. 1t would be difficult to
prophesy the result of such neighborly
encounter upon the planets themselves,
or upon the equilibrium of the solar
system. But astronomers have not yet
worked out the problem as to when the
juxtaposition will take place, and we
may safely possess our souls in quietness,
while they are settling their mathemati-
cal calculations or correcting their ta-
bles, and making allowances for all kinds
of perturbations. If the planetary par
ty should come off in our day and gener-
alton, we shall have an astronomical
event to anticipate that will throw the
transit of Venus in the shade, and be
more astounding than the presence of a
dozen unexpected comets with tails
reaching from the horizon to the zenith.
u s. Gazette
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

The REGULATION OF DIPTHERIA.-
DIR. Stephen Smith, of the Board of
Health of New York city, has recently
submitted a report on the prevention and
extirpation of diptheria. OF precau-
tions he lays great stress upon cleanli-
ness in and about the house, and upon
thorough ventilation of living and Sleep
ing rooms. Apartments that have been
occupied by diptheria patients, should
have the walls lime-washed and the
woodwork freshly painted, and all the
upholstery aired and summed or boiled if
possible.
Well children should not be allowed
to kiss strangers; and in a parenthesis
he remarks: The disgusting custom of
compelling children to kiss every visitor
is well contrived method of propagat-
ing other graver diseases than diptheria. -
They should not be allowed to play with
the toys handled by sick children, nor
to be in the room with them. If the
weather is cold they should be warmly
clothed in flannel.
Sick children should be kept by them
selves in well-aired, sunny rooms. All
discharges from the mouth or nose
should be received into vessels contain
ing disinfectants, as solutions of carbol-
ic acid or sulphate of zinc, or upon
cloths which are Immediately burned or
disinfected.
En;.arb CO.. n oor,;hoI Il .
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

CARE OF GOLD FIsH.-An acknowl-
edged authority in piscine affairs, directs
that gold fish should never be taken in
the hand, but should be removed, when
necessary, by means of small net made
of mosquito netting. They may be fed
with anything that they will eat, but
what they do not eat should be taken
out of the water. They generally die
from handling, starvation, or impure wa
ter
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05
Boxes.

These form very comfortable low seats,
for any room in house, and while orna-
mental will also be found useful for a
variety of purposes, according to the
rooms they are in. For holding chill
dren's toys, shoes, soiled clothes, etc.,
they prove most convenient. They are
also very nice for holding wood for the
parlor fire. In short, it would be impos-
sible here to enumerate the variety of
uses to which they can be put Wooden
boxes, such as will be found at the groc-
er's, used for packing fruit and vegetable
cans, are the best, but shoe boxes will do.
First nail the lid ON firmly; then pile
on excelsior mattress stuffing; over
which tack any old useless cloth. The
top must present plump, cushion-like
appearance. Over this put piece OF
pretty carpet, furniture rep, or chintz
it being optional to have the boxes match
the furniture or not. Bring it about two
inches below where the lid is nailed, and
tack on firmly. The box is now to besawed
in two, at the edge of material used for
covering. This gives you the upper
part covered now cover the lower part
with the same material, put on smoothly,
and join the two parts together with
hinges. Small brass hinges are the best,
but leather will answer. Brass handles
at each end, pretty low down, are both
convenient for moving the box, and at
the same time ornamental; but if not
convenient to procure, a strip of the
material used for covering, bound on
the edges, and tackled on for handles, will
do. To finish off the lower edge of cov-
er, and the upper.edge of the bottom
part, a strip Of gimp or bright-colored
cloth, pinked out at the edges, and'stud-
ded with brass or with metal headed
nails, are used. A fall of coarse fringe
being pretty addition. A room that
would otherwise appear scantily fur
nished with seats, is, with couple of
handsome boxes, given cosy look. Ev-
en- two or four would not be too many in
some rooms, and the cost is SO trifing
as not to be worth mentioning.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

GRAY EYES. The gray eye is pecu
liar to the eye of woman. And here we
meet with variety enough to puzzle
Solomon himself. We will pass over il
silence the sharp, the shrewish, the spite
ful, the cold and the wild gray eye every
one has seen them-too often, perhaps
But then, again there are some beautiful
enough to drive one wild, and it is only
them which we mean. There is a dark,
sleepy, almond shaped, gray eye, with
long, black lashes; it goes with the
rarest face on earth-that sultan-like
beauty of jet-black hair, and complex.
ion that is neither dark nor fair, almost
a cream color if the truth must be told
and soft and rich as the leaf of the
Gala Ethiopia itself.
Directly opposite to this is the calm
clear gray eye-the eye that reasons,
when this only feels. 1t looks you quiet
ly in the face; it views you kindly, but,
alas, disappointedly passion rarely
lights it, and love takes the steady blaze
of friendship, when he tries to hide
within. The owner of that eye is up
right, conscientious and plying his fell
lowmen, even while at a loss to under
stand their vagaries. 1t is the eye for a
kind and considerate physician, for a
conscientious lawyer (if such a man
there be,) for worthy village pastor,
for friend as faithful as any poor hu-
man being can be.
Last of the gray eyes comes the most
mischievous; a soft eye, with large pu-
pill, that contracts and dilates with a
word, thought or flash of feeling, an
eye that laughs, that sighs almost, that
has its sunlight, its moonbeams and its
storms a wonderful eye, that wins YOU
whether you will or not, and holds you
even after it has cast you off No mat
ter whether the face be fair or not = no
matter if the features are irregular and
complexion varying, the eye holds you
captive, and then laughs at your very
chains.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05
The Lash in the Nursery.

The New York News utters protest
against Furnishing with blows the mis-
deeds of five year old offenders. 1t
might have added a rebuke to those who
with sharp words wound the spirits of
their little ones, not less than the lash
tortures their flesh. Perhaps it takes
less time te put eheckrein on the ener-
getic little mischief by sharp word OF
a smart blow but the method of the
sun as against the wind, is nowhere more
potent for good than in the nursery:
" 1t is impossible to measure in ad-
vance the physical results of corporal
punishment when applied with intention
to infiict pain, upon these undeveloped
babies. One can hardly judge at times
whether child of FIVE years of age is
sick or well; at one moment it is play.
ing merrily, at the next moment, fret
ting, complaining and showing unmis-
taxable signs of physical distress. Those
small bundles of humanity contain
enough aches without being subjected to
the tortures of the lash, and probably
many a time some lurking disease has
been provoked and aggravated by the
shock and sting of a thrashing given for
some trifing, perhaps unconscious or un-
avoidable breach of nursery discipline. y
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-02-05

Epitaph for a cannibal-" One who
loved his fellow men,"
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
BROOKLYN.

IRE yesterday in the Pierrepont House, at
Montague and Hicks streets, caused a damage of
$780, There was considerable excitement and
alarm among the guests
Charles Schierer, laboring man, aged forty.
four years, committed suicide yesterday. at his
residence No. 26S Ellery street, Brooklyn, by
hanging himself to the door OF his room with some
bedclothing. He was out OF WORK, and had sew
eral times tn eatened TO take his life. His vile
found MIN dead IRON strangulation shortly alter
breakfast Coroner Nolan Will hold an inquest.
woman about forty years OF age was found in
an insensible condition al the corner OF Plymouth
and Bridge streets. She was removed TO the City
Hospital, where 1t was found that she was suffer-
ing from a conclusion OF the brain. The police
have not been informed as to how she received her
injuries.
Matthias Frank, proprietor OF saloon In Wythe
avenue. was arraigned yesterday in the Kings
County Court OF Sessions on an indictment for
conspiracy He is accused OF having conspired
with Rudolph Keper, formerly clerk IN the
Comptroler's ONCE TO steal eighteen 81, 200 bonds,
wnlcn were carried on. He pleaded not guilty.
ard the trial was set down for next Monday.
District Attorney Britton appeared yesterday in
the Kings County Court OF Oyer and Terminer, 10
proceed with the trial OF mrs, Sarah @. Merrgan
for the murder OF Miss Margaret Hammlll. Mr..
Ready. OF counsel Tor the accused desired an al.
journment because OF the illheaih Of the prisoner
and that ana mis- associate we're engaged in tnt
Beecher-Tilton case. The matter was adjonrnet
Till next Tuesday.
Tomorrow evening the Brooklyn sumter Club
will celebrate the Tenth anniversary OF the 70
raising OF "the old nag over Fort Sumter" at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Camden q. Dixie, No.
1874 Columbia Heights. speeches Will De delivered
by he Rev. Henry Ward Beecher Mayor Hunter,
General Woodford, General Gilmore, Mr. jackson.
s. schultz and Others In the intervals or the
speeches patriotic airs will be played by Lne band
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
DOME s,TIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. April u. 1874
f4s sSSd M sssR ss bales
Cotton Quiet, addng. lsc. Net RECEIPTS s, $50
France 822 coast wise ABB sales 3OO stock, 1881
$780,. ,.,,.u ,s,. NOZZLE, ADTiI ~ 1872
sso oSs s es f's Stock 5Sss "''
Cotton dun and nominate middlins, ,i5'ac low mid
ding iSc goo OrdnYry S Se rs scE 3 o s9
CHARLESTON, April Il, 1873
Cotton quiet: Kidding, lsc l69sc low mlddligg,
bales Exports soastwise LSso sales, 200 Stock,
wnxrxcroS April u, 1875
Spirits Of turpe tine firm at Sac Ron firm at 81 rotor
81 50 for yellow Zip. Tar steady at 81 50.
you, in mode. demand ,s 9sw a 5pT 5bI AZ a
FOR "a. spring: So = FOR amber winter q tor While
wausgs Il White wheel
81 = a. & T. ;'ss
sSor s nsosa $50 per on
plo 400 oo wheat sss'st 200 S Bushels cor corn
-Four @ wSea gssSs ' GO s5c DO
S %Ssa fhs on a0 u i'c!s shs
sa. ssSds S7 y 81 bin malt do EG1F
Spring 50 Tor Saks?s s. 50 s. . for amber
q oa for & % ss CUB W 81
but t ss 0rn on a nS S:e sse new s oSs
car state on tn track 81 Oats quiet sales Of i've
lected. rly active and firm unchanged rates
Pork steady quiet at S3 for heavy mess Lard hrm
at l6c. a 1917 +. Highwnes nominal Dressed hogs;
local trade at SO per cwt
Flour steady Wheat steady; No. whits Wabash,
cash. 81 20; Nts red 81 22j< No do. 81 70; May
81 az; 10. 5 do. ST Ia No. amber Illinois, 81 a
Corn In iar demand; advanced high mixed, 76Hc.;
May and Jur 79c. low mixed, 78c.; May and June,
7sSc. yellow SOC white, SIC grade, 76s<c Oats
steady; No . nd Michigan 641ac. Coverseed. 81 i2S
Receipts-Wh at H. O01 bushels corn, H,ODl do oats,
1000 do ship IentsM heat 2J0J bushels corn. 10000
CHICAGO, April u, 1875.
Flour-Den 3 and light; holders firm Wheat active md
higher; No sprlng, 81 8; No fresh 81 054 regular,
81 0Zsz spot 81 03i4 April 81 0bs1 bid Nav; 81 0S
June No y3zc 9S1ac.: rejected, 99sc Corn
higher and fair demand: No mixed, fresh, 75l4c
u, C. lar Tic, spot April 731sc MAY; IKE
bid June re ced Il &c 72c oats firm ana In iair
demand: M 59c. spo Soc 59t4c. April; o21sc bid
May Rye Il al md declining No. 81 ~ 81 ~ Bar
ley dun unchanged. seeds firm and In fair demand
far cho " timothy 50 p s. a. clover seed 50 90
SO 3D. Por duh and dropping al S22 A. spot or May
So s. ~ 0June Lard opened nrm, but closed dull
SIS ~ 81 Dt May Bulk meats dull and drooDing
shoulders he short rib mddles. Ike; short clear
mIddes, 4 sZc. Whiskey-Demand light, holders firm
Mt 81 H. the afternoon call OF the Board-WheAt de-
clining 81 06z May, 81 OK June. Corn firm and un-
changed Cats 62tsc Nav PORK easier az 81 81 June
Lard uncl nged. Receipts-flour 1000 bbls; wheat
1900 bush =; corn, 10 900 do; oats ZOO do barley
bushels; 6oO0do oats, 5000 do barley, 5000 do
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
NEW JERSEY.

To-day the charter elections in Jersey City, Ho-
boken, Bayonne and the townships OF Hudson
county take place.
An application will be made at the meeting Of
the Presbytery OF JERSEY City next week 70 have
the verdict in the Glendennlng case set aside.
Alfred Herbert, the BOY who was run over on
the Erie hallway Last Friday died Of his injuries
yesterday at ~. Francis HOSPITAL 10 jersey city.
The Board or Pubic Works OF Jersey CITY, the
chief or the commissions That impoverished Jersey
CITY mas practically ceased TO exist. Mr.. Newklrk.
the CLERK, has severed ms connection with the
Board. and Cnicl Engineer culver VIII reilrc after
a few days. There ls no public improvement In
progress, and the main connection between TIE
emOl0yes who remain and the city Is tn drawing
salaries.
Several deputatIons or prominent citizens have
called on Governor Bedle to urge MIN to sign tue
HUDSON county Road bin !; but In every instance
ne gave an emphatic refusdt No vote VIII there
lore Oe taken or commissioners ut The cnarter
election to-day. The announcement created great
DISAPPOINTMENT among the unemployed iabOrmg
class, VINO looked forward 10 prosperous season
after the distress 81 tne WINTER. over 1000 aDor
ers would have been employed on tRe new avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
LONG ISLAND.

the ice in the bar at westhampton is just break.
ing up. the bay has been closed since December
2o-a longer time than ever known before by the
oldest baymen.
The April Term OF the Circuit Court and Court OF
oyer and Terminer for suffolk county viii con-
yene at RIvernead on Monday, the 26th inst. 1t 10
not yet known whether the Kelsey cases Will come
TO triaE
young son OF Mr.. william r. Benjamin, Of
Greenport while attending a funeral In the village
cemetery on Friday afternoon, mounted a grave.
stone, the base OF winch was insecurity fastened.
when 1t fell with him, catching one OF his legs
under IL and breaking both bones near tne ankle.
Mr.. Patrick Heaney, OF Greenport, was carrying
a quantity OF torpedo illuminate into MS house as
the west side oil the village. on saturday, when IL
exploded and one OF his hands was thereby torn
and maDgled IN iTlgntiul manner, Two OF his
fingers being shattered that they had 10 be
amputated, and third one was broken.
An eleven.year.od boy, named Wade, was at
tempting TO walk on the top Of fence in sub.
merged lot at Greenport, where toe water was
about i've feet deep, when he Tell OF and mad
narrow escape from drowning. He mad sunk
twice. when Mr. Charles L. Corwin, attracted ~
the alarmed outcries OF the boys companions.
waded In breast deep and rescued him.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
WESTCHESTER.

At Mount Vernon, day or two ago, COW had
q calf with two neads, in each Of which we're two
perfect eyes. two pairs OF nostrils and two dis
tnct mouths. The bovine monstrosity lived but q
short time.
An inquest was neld at Yenkers yesterday. BY
Coroner Bassett, touching the death OF John
Rogers aged twenty-nine years, VINO expired on
the previous day. Deceased. II appears, was en-
gagged, with otner laborers, excavating for a new
street, last saturday, wnen an em0ankment lell
upon MIN, causing injuries which terminated in
mis- death shortly aiterward. verdict to that
effect was rendered by the jury.
The new depot controversy, which has occa-
stoned no little excitement among the people OF
Mount Vernon recently, has been abruptly ter-
minated by the New Haven Railroad company de-
gliding TO build on the site selected by their en-
RIneers. This decision Is ADVERSE 20 tae
stated wishes OF large number Of the
property holders in the village named
well as to the corporation, WHICH
with the consent or the people, snort time since
decided to the railroad company valuable parcel
oi land, with the understanding taat the proposed
new passenger depot should be erected on OF I'M
mediatey adjoining the site Of the present one.
Through an oversight on the part Of the muutcl-
pal authorities however, THIS prOvis0 was not ex'
Dressly stipulated IN the deed Of transfer
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-13
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Irregular and Several
Securities Lower.
MONEY ON CALL 8 AND 5 PER CENT.
Gold Firm at Lis IS and Government
Bonds Strong.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE FIRM.
WALL STREET,
MONDAY, April l2--6 p. M.

WALL STREET, |
MONDAY, April l2-6 p. N.
Tne STOCK market to-day was not devoid OF
features, several OF which are worthy Of COM
ment. Chief among them was somewhat SUD
den movements in Quicksilver, which under rec
sales declined nom 221s 30 lSA The close, now
aver. was made at 49, The cause assigned Tor this
deciipe was the reported illness OF Mr.. Daniel
Drew who Is saiu 20 be largely identified with the
aecurttv Pacific Mail was again on the ANXIOUS
seat to-day, but, owing TO the uncertainty "nlcn
attends is future, 1t did not show any symptoms
Of strength, II opened al 43t4, advanced 70 ASA.
aold down TO 49, and closed at 433s. the terms
offered by Panama are not yet accepted Inc
later stock sold at III 10 the amount OF 200 shares
Ii may be profitable to
OUTSIDE OPERATORS
20 let moth of these stocks severely alone until
thew emerge rom their present middle, and on
r,al announcement IS made that they have either
agreed or disagreed. Erie advanced from 30 to
g0s< ending at s0s.. The sales amounted TO $4,000
shares. Lake shore recedea from rs TO 747s
which was the closing price Wabash was strong
nj 10 in the early part OF the day. but subsequently
Hympathized with the decline OF the rest OF the
market and ended at 1873. Northwest common
sold nj ASH a 45s 451S closing at asa, the pre-
ferred stock at 5si4 a S. Union Pacific opened at
TsH and advanced TO 1917. At this point some OF
nuence OF which the price fell on to II. There was
then q recovery to us and close at 7lA. The
transactions amounted to about $4,000 shares.
ohio and Mississippi sold from 2sS down to rs and
closed at 2sI. Rock Island was comparatively
steady ut lo3k 1o3A 1887. Hannibal and st.
Joseph receded from ass to 277I O., @. and
c. closed AT 6h. st. Paul common
opened az ssH ana went on to 39aS. St. Louis and
Iron Mountain advanced to 90. New York Central
opened at 1o2 and closed at 1919. From the FORE
going range OF prices 1t Will be seen that stocks
were irregular II not feversh, yet the condition is
not unlike that which has periodically presented
itself whenever the market Afforded pront.
ADVANCE AND DECLINE
The changes, compared with saturdays closing
prices, are as loTlows:-
ADvANCE-Arlantc and Pacific preferred, u;
Delaware and Lackawanna, *; Erie, u: Pacific
Mail, X; gold, u Erie, in London. u.
DECLINE-New YORK Central u; c., q. and l. O.,
" Hannibal and ST. Joseph q \; Lake shore, y;
Northwest common, Il OHIO and Mississippi. u;
Quicksilver, A.; Rock Island, u St Paul, u;
Wabash, a Union Pacific, ~; Western Union, y
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, ~; Northwest
preferred, "a.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.
the following table shows the opening, highest