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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14
Sam Adams.

But here and now | cannot speak of
the New England town meeting without
recalling its great genius, the New Eng
lander in whom the Revolution seemed
to be most fully embodied, and the lofty
prayer of whose life was answered on
this spot and on this day. He was not
eloquent like Otis, nor scholarly like
Quincy, nor all fascinating like Warren,
yet bound heart to heart with these great
men, his friends, the plainest, simplest,
austerest among them, he gathered all
their separate gifts, and, adding to them
his own, fused the whole in the glow of
that untiring energy, that unerring per-
ception. that sublime will, which moved
before the chosen people of the colonies
pillar Of cloud by day, fire by night.
People of Massachusetts, your proud
and grateful hearts outstrip my lips in
pronouncing the name of Samuel Ad-
ans. Elsewhere, to-day, nearer the spot
where he stood with his immortal friend
Hancock, hundred years ago this
morning, son of Massachusetts,, who
bears the name of friend of Samuel
Adams, and whose own career has hon.
orably illustrated the fidelity of your
state to human liberty, will pay fitting
tribute to the true American tribune of
the people = the father of the Revolution,
as he was fondly called. But we also
are his children and must not omit our
duty.
During the ten years from the passage
of the stamp act to the fight at Lexing
ton and Concord, this poor man in an
obscure provincial town beyond the sea,
was engaged with the British ministry
in one of the mightiest contests that his
tory records Not word in Parliament
that he did not hear, not an act in the
cabinet he did not see With brain and
heart and conscience all alive, he oppos-
ed every hostile order in council with a
British precedent, and arrayed against
the government of Great Britain the
battery of principles impregnable with
the accumulated strength of centuries
of British conviction. The cold Gren-
vile, the brilliant Townsend, the obse-
quious North, the reckless Hillsborough,
the crafty Dartmouth, all the ermined
and coroneted chiefs of the proudest
aristocracy in the world, derided, de-
claimed, denounced, laid unjust taxes,
and sent troops to collect them cheered
loudly by servile Parliament, the par
asite of headstrong king and the
plain Boston Puritan laid his finger on
the vital point of the tremendous con-
troversy, and held to it inexorably-
kings, lords, commons, the people of
England and the people of America.
Intrenched in his own honesty, the kings
gold could not buy him. Enshrined in
the love of his fellow-citizens, the kings
writ could not take him.-From Mr..
Curtis Grafton at Concord April 10.
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3fisceltanu.
The Old Spelling Match.

These dictionary men and women of
to-day, says an exchange, presume to
come forwad and think they know how
spelling-school was conducted forty
years ago. But it's all mistake They
were never there and helped to do it
then what can they know about it They
never walked two and three miles through
the SHOWS and blows of a winters night
to spelling-school, in a school house
away up in the hills, just for the sake of
sitting beside a sweet little bright-eyed
girl in striped calico gown, with a small
linen collar, and white apron. They
never knew the pangs of jealousy from
seeing another boy chosen to sit beside
her; and they never felt the awful mis-
cry of getting the mitten, and having
to walk off, knowing that the other boy
was trudging home in bliss beside that
striped calico gown, with the plump lit
tie hand of that bright-eyed girl resting
confdingly in his arm. Nor did they
ever feel the singing pain of frosted
ears, which every boy was willing to
hazard getting for the sake of seeing the
girl he felt so tender about Those were
happier days. We thought we had our
sorrows then, and weighty ones they
were, too, but now we know that we had
so much of youth, and life, and hope,
and trust, and tenderness, too, for the lit
tie bright-eyed girl in the striped calico
gown, either she or another, that we look
back to those spellingschool days of forty
years ago with feelings of infinite long
ing; and some of us who wear specta-
cles find that when we go over the scenes
of those days, somehow our glasses be-
come dim and need wiping.
Shall we ever forget Webster's spell
ing book and the long words our mothers
gave us while we were practicing for the
school? All many of the old boys and
girls have been "spelled down, never
to take their places again the old school
house, too, is gone, and the sods of the
churchyard cover somany ofthe teachers
that after your best efforts your spelling
match of to-day is only very common
affair compared with ours in old days
i Yet if the revival of this pleasant old
custom will make our boys and girl:
better spoilers, or if it will give them 8
little of the happiness that we enjoyed
: so much, and which we still remember
! sovividly, why, bless them, let themspell
and why not
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

AT the depot, on the arrival and de
parture of passenger trains early in the
afternoon many incidents, amusing, SEN
sational or business.like take place. OF
these, some of the most pleasing are
presented by young ladies who have
visited the depot to meet friends of their
own sex who are expected to arrive
The lady thus intending to receive gets
herselfup charmingly, knowing that she
will have to run the gauntlet of two or
three hundred eyes at least, and securing
masculine as escort arrives at the depot
half an hour ahead of time, falls to wor-
rying for fear the train has already got
in. Being assured on this topic she in
spects the wearing apparel of the other
ladies in the sitting room, wonders why
the train doesn't come, gets up and looks
out of the door, taking advantage of the
opportunity to arrange the folds of her
dress, and fiutters back with the exclama-
tion "The trains coming but looks as
though she would like to slam door
when she ascertains that it was only a
switch engine she saw The train finally
enters the depot, and she becomes more
and more nervous wonders if Lizzie is
really on board, wonders what car she
is in, and suddenly catches sight of a
pretty but anxious face, at one of the
car windows, calculates Oh p as per-
son might on being tickled, supplement-
ing it with You dee-ar sweet !" Then
a rush is made for the forward end of
the car, but on a second thought she
starts for the rear end, on the third
thought goes for both ends at once.
Meanwhile the fair traveller has alighted
on the depot platform and they get a
good look at one another, breath an
"Oh-h p make little preliminary
bounce, and then spring forward, with a
hop, skip and jump movement, and the
two pairs of red lips come together ca
smack, while the young men standing
near by turn away, feeling that good
things are being wasted, while the ladies
whose friends didn't come, or who never
had any friends, remark, =" Wonder
where she got that hat " The above pro-
gramm is carried out daily. Some
times the programm passes off without
a mishap, and sometimes in don't. For
instance, yesterday young lady attired
in the height of fashion appeared to meet
a friend. They were about forty feet
apart when the latter stepped from the
car, and preparations for the grand rush
were made in second, and the prelim.
mary "Oh-h and bounce were well
up to the standard but in the hop-skip
and-iump business the young Sacramen-
tan came to grief, owing to the make Of
her dress, which was gathered so tight
about her limbs that she couldn't steT
out, but stood there prancing, like rab
bit burrowing hole in the ground, un
til her friend overcame the distance
between them and gathered her in al
embrace so fond that the modification Of
her failure must have been forgotten.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

This is from comparison of opinions
entertained by many apothecaries Of
New York city, and to these estimates
the experienced DIR. Carnochan adds the
opinion that while the therapeutic value
of opium has suffered no abatement in
the estimation of the profession, the to-
tai of prescriptions is proportionately
less than it was twenty years ago.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

Miss Ida Greeley, the eldest daughter
of the late Horace Greely, was married
Saturday, to Col. Nicholas Smith of Cow
ington, KY, at the residence of her aunt,
Mrs. John f. Cleveland, in West 22d
street. Rev. Father Fanelly, an old
friend of the Greeley family. performed
the ceremony according to the rites of
the Catholic church, in the presence of
large number of invited guests, con-
sisting of judges, military and profes .
sional men. There was no display of
bridal presents, but the floral gifts were
rich and numerous. After the ceremony
the bridal party embarked on the esteamer
Abyssinia for Europe.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14
Happy Husbands.

1t is mans own fault if he is unhap-
py with his wife, in nine cases out Of ten.
1t is very exceptional woman who will
not be all she can be to an attentive hus-
band, and amore exceptional one who will
not bevery disagreeableif she finds herself
wilfully neglected. 1t would be very
woman to him, made no effort to make
her happy; hard not to love one who
was constant and tender; and when
woman lovesshe always strives to please.
The great men of this world have oft
en- been wretched in their domestic rela-
tions, while mean and common men have
been exceedingly happy. The reason is
very plain. Absorbed in themselves,
those desiring the worlds applause were
careless of the little world at home;
while those who had none of this ego
tism, strove to keep the hearts that were
their own, and were happy in their ten
derness.
No woman will love man the better
for being renowned or prominent
Though he be first among men she will
only be prouder, not fonder, and if she
loses him through this renown as is often
the case, she will not even be proud. But
give her love, appreciation, kindness,
and there is no sacrifice she would not
make for his comfort The man who
loves her well is her hero and her king.
No less hero to her though he is not
one to any other no less king, though
his only kingdom is her heart and home.
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The Parsons Breeches.

A parsOn some few years ago.
One morn before he breaches,
Goes to his closet and takes down
An ancient pair of breeches.
They have not been worn for many day /;
They are with dust and cobwebs filled
While some hornets in their recesses
Have been inclined to build.
The parson draws the breeches on;
Puts on his coat and beaver;
Then takes his cane and starts for church
Thinking his sermon over.
The hymns are sung the prayer is made =;
he starts to read his text
But stops the people wondering look
To see what's coming next.
He gazes round above the throng;
Raises his hand on high;
But quickly brings it down again
With slap upon his thigh.
He forward steps. then back again;
Then says, or rather screeches,
" The grace of God is in my heart.
But the devil is in my breeches."
The congregation stare around,
They think the parson crazy:
He takes his hat and cane, and leaves
AT gait by no means lazy.
II is pace he keeps, up hill and down.
Until his home he reaches
He then, within his chamber locked,
Quickly takes of those breeches.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

WHAT DRUNKENNESS DoEs.-Of all
the vices or at least one of the most
prominent causes of it-a good author
ity places drunkenness at the head, Civ
ing appalling statistics as to the number
of common drunkards in the United
States-600, 900 daily under the influence
Of the poison, and out of these 100000
die annually, leaving families, destitute
if not absolutely penniless, to take care
Of themselves as best they may. Nine
tenths of all the crime committed, the
same authority lays at the door of drunk
enness, and it costs 100000 to sup
ply these poor objects.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14
Common Folks.

BY GEORGE W. BUNGAY.
The man who earns with honest labor
The daily bread his nature needs,
Is not beneath his lordly neighbor
The golden spoon of fortune feeds.
The human heart beats like tabor,
When a good life is crowned with deeds.
All Natures forces work together,
The winds and waters, sun and shade,
The change of seasons and the weather,
To aid the man ( toll and trade;
Good luck and hope birds of feather,
Sing near his cot their serenade.
On farm and wild. where focks are bleating
In shop and mill, and forge and shed.
Wherever honest hearts are beating,
Where there is work of hand or head,
The Common Folks find honor greeting,
And blessings with their daily bread,
Fair Nature is the loving mother
Of all the race. though stained with sin;
The peasant is the princes brother,
The lackey o the king is kin:
Parchments and titles cannot smother
True manhood, deeper than the skin.
The ocean tides are ever flowing.
The restless winds the waves embrOll;
The modest grass is ever growing,
Greening in every cline the soil;
The sun and stars, forever glowing,
Teach us to trust in Heaven and toll,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

THIs Is To GIVE NOTICE. That on the FIT Il
Il DAY OF MAY A. D. 1915 Warrant IN Bang
-,ntcv ,Ess issued against the estate of lSAAG h
AIIEN az Brattleboro, in the County of " Mlndham
and State Of Vermont who has been adjqdged
Bankrupt on his Creditors Petition that me pay
oanf 81 anv debts and delivery of any properly
bsIonginE to said Bankrupt to him, or Tor ms use
and the transfer Of any property by hun are i9roa
- ~ law. that meeting of the creditors OF sala
49, k5unt to prove their debts. and to choose one
az more sssigness of his estate viii be held az
Court Of Bankruptcy. TO be holden At the one ~,
I N TxIer. in Brsttleboro, in the County Of WIND
bsns and State Of Vermont, before a. ndsr rs9e3 =
pagisfer. on the SEVENTEENTH DAY oF MAI
A. D. 1875. AT THREE 0GLoyh, r. NJ u
0ho' r. "SA IN - - 1874
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poetrY.
New Faces and Old.

BY MRS. NJ, A. KIDDER,
At all times. and in all places,
What a sea of human faces
Meet us, greet us, day by day,
As we tread our beaten way
Some are faces full of care;
Some are plain, and some are fair
Some are tender, some are cold;
Some are modest. others bold.
But the face that troubles me
More than any that i see
Is the child face full of sadness,
That should portray only gladness.
Little faces come and go.
Pinohed with poverty and woe,
In and out the busy throng
Never singing childhood song!
As life's moments swiftly roll,
How these faces haunt the soul
May they. when all hearts are tried,
Shine as do the glorifiddl
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

= An Iowa paper tells of smart
wife who helped her husband to raise
seventy acres of wheat. The way she
helped him was to stand in the door and
shake broom at him when he sat down
TO rest.
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Cheshire Railroad.
SPRING ARRAN EMENT I

Commencing Monday. May 3, 1874.
EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Bellows Falls at 3. so A.
NJ. ACC, at 635 A. NJ. and MAIL, 2,S0P. N, keene
at 455 and 733 A. NJ, and S,26P NJ. Wilehen-
dom TO- IS. 54S S.25 A. NJ and 4.2l l. N: for Fitch
hurg Boston, Worcester, Lowell, Nashua and
Intermediate Stations. Arrive at Fitehburg at
i205. P, NJ. $50 and 910 A NJ. and sos P M. Boston
223P M s.35, l1.O5 AM. and 10 P M.
Returning leaves Boston, at 80 A M, MAIL
lilo A. NJ, ACC. and $50, 2S5 N; Fitchburg, at
don a5e, SO A, M, and SIS, 6i5 P. NJ, Keene. at
i0,56and $40 A. NJ and $50 lis P. NJ. for Below.
Falls, Windsor. Rutland. &c.
Keene N. II. Dec. II. 1874.
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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
AT
RANDOLPH, VERMONT.

Courses Of Study Extended.
Board of Instruction Enlarged.
Number of Students Increased.
The FALL TERM begins the 4th Tuesday il
The SPRING TERM begins the I'd Tuesday il
February Az. .LEAvENwORTa. Principal.
June 1878. 1o
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

The Suns DIsTANCE.-The first de-
termination of the distance of the sun
from the earth, as computed from obser-
vations on last December's transit OF
Venus, comes from French source, in
the form of letter addressed to the
Astronomer Royal, Prof Airy, and pub
lished by the latter. The computations
are made by M. Puiseux, an astronomer
of the Paris Observatory, from eye OBJ
servations at Peking, China, and the
island of ST. Paul in the Indian Ocean.
The result announced for the solar par.
allax is S,879 seconds. This is some
what larger parallax than the favorite
figures now in use among astronomers,
though not as high as some estimates
that have been made If correct it will
reduce the distance Of the sun to about
81 100000 miles. Prof. Newcomb's
studies, in advance of the transit, led
him to the belief, that the distance would
ultimately be determined between 80,
200, 900 and 92,700,000 miles.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14

COOP JOKE ON SOME r. r. BoYs.-
There is queer old fellow in Mortified
by the name, of Asher Graves. He is a
ready wit. The Reveille relates the fol
lowing of him:
He chanced to be at certain railroad
station, where he met Conductor Roo,
and another railroad official by the name
of Bush. Knowing his proclivities
and thinking to get little fun at hi;
expense, one of them said to him; Ash
er, if you viii give us your idea of heav
en-, you may have free ride to the next
station"
The challenge was accepted, and Ash.
er closed somewhat faneiful portrayal
of the regions of the blessed in these
words: " 1t is undulating, but smooth
and entirely without Root or Bush"
1t is needless to say that Asher got his
ride.
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NOTICE.

10 the People Of Betio'os Falls and "
ciaity:
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-09
PARDONED.
PeBtteDttarY Set Free by Governor
Porter on the FOnrIh Of July.

In pursuance of the recommendations
Of the warden and assistant wardens OF
the penitentiary, Governor Porter has
issued pardOns to the following named
convicts:
Davidson COunty-Robert Sennatt,
alias Henry Allen, sentenced December,
1867, robbery, nineteen years.
West William Mitchell,
sentenced April, 1872, obtaining money
under false pretenses, five years.
Williamson County,. r. M'Afee,
sentenced July, 1870, horse stealing, ten
years.
Shelby-William Carter, sentenced
September, 1872, larceny from person,
ten years.
Hami!ton-E imond Martin, sem
fenced June, 1865, house-breakiDg, thir-
teen years.
Williamson-S. S. Watkins, SEN
tered November, 1883, DEMONSTRATING,
twenty-one years.
West Tennessee-Henry Schroeder,
sentenced July, 1871, murder, for life.
DicksOn-Nathan Bowen, sentenced
June, 1870, murder, ten years.
Shelby-AngelO Marie, sentenced Sep
TENDER, 1872, receiving stolen goods, four
years.
Rutherford-Henry Wilson, sentenced
January, 1867, horse-stealing, twelve
years.
Scott-John CANT, sentenced Deem.
Der, 1874, larceny, two years.
Davidson-George Morgan, sentenced
January, 1869, robbery, ten years.
Greene-Charles Harris, alias Harri-
son, sentenced March, 1873, larceny,
five years.
The sentence Of Robert Sennstt, alias
Benny Allen, Davidson county, sem
fenced for nineteen years for robbery,
from December IL, 1867, was committed
to eight years from December II, 1867.
Consequently he will be set at liberty on
the eleventh of next December.
Winston Alexander, sentenced March,
1874, for two years, for petit larceny, was
psrdOned at the instance OF citizens who
had made application for executive
clemency in his behalf.
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ed promise from Ssmmy that he would
never let any one know Of it, and never
try to get the money unless he heard
that he (JOhnson) was dead, or he wrote
TO him to get it. This was just before
PinkertOn went up there and Maggie
put him on JobnsOn's track. So soon as
Sammy heard that johnson had been
arrested he informed his mother of the
secret, and he tells the sequel in letter
he wrote to Mrs. johnson at this place,
in which he said be had, by the advice
of his mother, gone to Arkansas to try
and get
THE BURIED MONEY;
that he found the place easily, but that
the money was gone. 1t may be inter-
esting to know that Maggie and her sis
ter Mrs. JOhnson) up to that time
as sisters, but suddenly Maggie
picks q quarrel with Mrs. johnson,
which looks as if she did not want Mrs.
Johnson to go about her for fear Of dis
covering something. And this is the
way that Ed Johnson got rid of his
share of the whack." While Mrs.
Johnson was here her husband must
have suspected that Colonel Stone
was getting his secrets from his wife, as
he told her that he had seventeen hum
cred dollars buried under the corner Of
brick courthouse which was being erect
ed in GAINESVILLE, Arkansas. "COlOnel
Stone" and another man soon after
went there, and dug so deeply and ex-
teDsively as to nearly undermine the
whole building, but found no money.
In this manner Johnson found out that
"ColOnel Stone" was getting his secrets.
When Mat Morris arrived
AT TExARKANA
with the horses, he was arrested by an
officer there, but not told what he was
charged with. The officer must have
had some suspicion that Mat was in the
robbery, and thought be would ''shake"
easily and freely. So he told Mat
he would be released If he would
pay him one thousand dollars
and give him the horses, and Mat
"shook," and went his way into the In
dian nation, about two hundred and fifty
miles above Sherman, where he went to
the house Of a woman he had been mar
ried to about six years ago, but who had
got divorce from him during his ab-
sence. lie married her again, as the
money he had acted as a soOther 70 her
looliuSS Ou blic SuDJSCJ VI LIS uOSCAhAOA'
When the detective (COnnel) arrested
him at his wife's house, she kept the
money-about seven hundred and fifty
dollars--and it is supposed she has it yet.
When Cornell and Mat got to Texar-
kama, he told about the thousand dollar
"shake" that he had got by the officer
there, and Connel made that official
"shake back" and this is what became
OF the money taken from Brady by the
express robbers. Mollie started on the
evening Of the robbery and went to Lit
tie Rock, and concluded that she had
funds enough to take trip solo to the
Crescent city, and she took 8 boat and
wendell her way to the sunny south, and
when her money gave out she came
back to Memphis, and thence to the ru-
raj districts of North Mississippi, where
she is said to smile upon one st. Clair,
the man who made some purchases and
come presents to "mOther-in-law" the
day after the robbery.
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ADDITIONAL EIYER REPORTS


EOc-l.
The Belle Of Shreveport arriV ed last
night discharging six hogsheads Of SUI
gar and twenty-five barrels Of rice st
Glenn's wharfboat. She also pu. OFT q
lot of damaged bran and c0rume,I
which, although declared nrtsty-
wouldn't pass muster a. New Orleans.
AS will be seen ~ advertisement the
Vint SbiDkle leaves st twelve noon, i'll
stead OF six forenoon, to-day To- New
Orleans.
The Quickstep VIII arrive this morn
ing from White river. 1t was reported
that this was her last Tip, and that she
would take her place in the Memphis and
lower bend trade with the Phil AIlin, iH
command OF Captain Stack Lee. We
cannot say positively what the facts are
in the matter.
The H. S. Turner is en- route 20 Mem
phis, having passed Louisville yesterday
evening.
By Telegraph.
ST. LOUIS, July S.-Weather cloudy
and warm. River rose II inches. Ar
rived: Belle Memphis, Memphis. De
parted: CaPitsl City VicssbuTg.
LOUISVILLE, July s. River falling
slowly, with feet 7 inches in Jle canal
and 6 feet : inches in the Indian chute.
Weather clear aud pleasant. Arrived
II. 8. Turner, Cincinnati; Charles Nor
gan, New Orleans. Departed: Char.ss
Morgan, CINCINNATI; II. S. Turner,
Memphis.