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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-07
THE WEEKLY SUN ,
1776. NEW YORK. 1876.

Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is the Centen-
NAL year. 1t is also the year in which 0pposi-
war, will be in power at Washington and the year
Of the twenty third election of President of the
great interest and importance, especially the two
latter; and all of them and everything connected
with them VIII be tqy and freshly reported and ex
The Opposition House of Representatives, taking
up the line of inquiry opened years ago by THE
SUN VIII sternly and diligently investigate the cor
ruptions and misdeeds of GRANTS administration ;
and will it is to be hoped lay the foundation for
new and better period in our national history. OF
all this THE SUN will contain complete and accu-
rate accounts furnishing its readers with early and
trustworthy Information upon these absorbingstop-
The twenty-third Presidential election. with the
preparations for it, will be memorable deciding
upon GRANTS aspirations for third term of power
and plumber. and still more deciding who shall be
the candidate of the party of Reform, and elect.
those who read THE sun will have the constant
means ST Of ! being gi thoTogghly well informed.
laton Of over eighty thousand copies already has
its readers in every State and Territory, and we
led. 1t will continue to be thorough newspaper
All the general news of the day will be found in it,
condensed when unimportant, at full length when
oil moment; ana always, we trust. treated in clear
interesting and instructive manner.
1t is our aim to make the WEEKLY SUN the best
family newspaper in the world and we shall contin-
ne to give in its columns large amount of mscel-
laneous reading such as stories tales POEMS scen-
tiic intelligence and agricultural informetion for
which we are not able to make room in our daily
edition. The agricultural department especially is
one of its prominent features The fashions are al
regularly reported in its columns and SO are the
markets of every kind.
The WEEKLY SUN eight pages with ffty-six
broad columns is only 81 20 year postage prepaid
As this price barely repays the cost of the paper no
discount can be made from this to clubs agents
Postmasters, or anyone
The DAILY SUN. a large four page newspaper of
cents a COPY. Subscription, postage prepaid, Soc
month. or $3.50 year. Sunday edition extra 81 10
per year: we nave no travelling agents. Address
$50 THE SUN, New York City.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-07
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

These are numerous, but probably the
most common is the one generally known
as seal" or itch" 1t Is caused by a
minute species Of miteor aearus, which
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
The Real Washington.

The Richmond (Virginia) Wig says:
This Centennial year is likely to be
introduced to the true George Washing
ton. Through combined misinformation,
and deliberate art and arti6ce the moon
faced old granny painted by Stuart has
come to be accepted by the whole civil
lied world, America included, as the
only faithful likeness of the Father of
his country" Everybody is familiar
with that venerable counterfeit, and 1t
will be hard for many to turn its face to
the wall and put another, although a
truer portrait above it. But the truth
must prevail, and to this end Col. Sher-
win McRae will, at an early day, publish
paper to show that Stuart himfeif adj
mitted that the Houdon statue, now IN
the Capitol of Virginia, is the only true
representation of Washingto as he lived.
Much stress has been laid on a paragraph
in one of Gouyerneur Morris letters from
Paris, which has been construed into
meaning that Morris stood to Houdon as
his model for the statue; but Colonel
McRae will show that Houdon not only
had taken molds or casts of Washing
TOMS face, if not of his whole person, but
had actually completed the statue before
Morris arrived in Paris. The paper viii
not only be interesting, but important,
and will be anxiously awaited by all
who desire to knew the great American
as he appeared to his contemporaries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

Finding that he could not reach me from
below, he sprang on the top of the chest,
crushing my hand between the lid and
the upper edge. Then / thought all was
over, and gave scream that made the
whole house ring.
"My scream was answered by a sound
that made my heart leap-the distant cry
of bloodhound The jaguar heard it,
too, for he leaped down and stood listen
ing moment, and then ran to the door
as if to escape.
"There it was again-much nearer
and with it the voices of men calling to
each other. They were coming back.
Meanwhile the jaguar seemed to get be-
wildered, and ran wildly up and down
the inner gallery.
Suddenly there came a loud shout at
one of the windows, and then two shots
and frightful yell and then my hus-
bands voice, strained to the loudest,
sCachita where are you p
"f Just managed to crawl to the door
and let him in, and then I tainted out
right.
They told me- afterward that otir
bloodhound had struck the trail of the
jaguar leading straight toward the house,
and then they all set off to run like mad
men, fearing some harm to me. Ny hus-
band and Jose distanced the rest, and
came up just in time to shoot the beast
through the window /; but he told me af.
terward that when he saw 1t rushing
about inside, he felt like one under the
collar of the garotte (the instrument Of
execution). 81
cas- for my hand, it was 50 crushed
that I couldn't stir a joint of It fer weeks
after. The Indians doctored it for me,
and they tell me that ! shall have the
use of it again by-and-by; but don't
need that to remind me of that day. II
live a thousand years, I shall never for
get itp
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
Troy,s Tom Thumb.

Troy is never behind the times in any
thing. The last sensation is lad, who
will prove formidable rival to General
Tom Thumb. The Trojan Liliputian is
Henry johnson, son of Frederick
johnson, the tailor, at No. s Third street.
The boy was born July %, 1868-nearly
eight years ago. He is two feet nine
inches high, weighs twenty-five pounds,
and measures four inches around the up
per arm. His father informs us that he
has not grown a particle since he was
two and a half years old, when he had a
severe attack of diphtheria. Mr.. Barnum
desires to exhibit the little fellow and
has offered forty dollars per week for his
services. Henry wears shoes less than
four inches long. He is not at all bashful,
and can sing "Hold the Fort" like a
true revivalist. He has been photo
graphed, and citizens will have an op.
portunity to see the prodigy. He pos
sesses the ordinary intelligence Of an
eight year old child, and while in the
Times counting.room yesterday, let moth
ing escape his notice. His father says
he learns rapidly, although he has moi
yet been sent to school. He is consider
ably smaller than Tom Thumb, reach
ing only to that celebrity's shoulders
Barnum will not obtain possession o
him at present, atany rate.-Troy Times
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

covered my hngers. : :
"1 was not moment too soon. Hard
ly had 1 got fairly settled in my hiding
place, when / heard the great claws
scraping the floor and the hungry sniff
as the jaguar quested about in search of
food. He came straight to the chest,
and there stopped short moment as if
suspecting trap. Then put his head
close to the narrow opening, so that /
could feel his hot breath on my face,
snuffed once or twice to satisfy himself,
and then tried to force the lid up with
his paw! ass@ Id
"Ah de mil how / trembledl but
thank God, the great paw would not go
into the little chink. All he could do
was to get his tongue in and lick my
fingers, making them bleed as if they had
been rasped with saw. And then, what
with the taste of blood, and what with
hearing Lolita crying inside (for she, poor
darling, was as much frightened as ]
was), his fury was reused, and he began
to roar, not an honest, deep-mouthed,
lion roar, but a sharp, snarling yell that
made my blood run cold. Ughl l can't
think how l didn't die outright; but
the touch of Lolita's little arm, clingine
round my neck, seemed to give me
courage.
But the worst was still to come
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
struggle Over Corpse for Money.

Some twenty six years ago, Mr.. Christie
Bunk. at that time young married man,
settled in Perry township, Miami county.
As the years passed by, Mr.. Bunk added
to his earthly store, and became the
father of several children, one of whom
is now young man past his majority.
As age grew upon the successful farmer,
he developed peculiarities of disposition
which created in the minds of his neigh
bors a suspicion of his sanity. He with
held from his family all knowledge of his
business affairs, occupied bed and room
separate from his wife, and a few DAYS
since, when seized by sickness destined
to prove fatal, refused to allow himself
ODE undressed. During his illness he
persistently refused to divulge the hiding
place of the money of which he was
known to be possessed, and after suffering
for several days, finally died in his
clothes. Immediately following his de-
mise, a singular and disgraceful scene was
enacted in the death-room. The wife
and son had conceived the idea that a
large amount of money was concealed in
his clothing, and no sooner had the
breath left the body than they engaged
in bitter contention for the possession
of the garments, which ended in the
clothing being torn piece-meal from the
corpse, and the body of the dead hus
band and father lay ON the bed, in full
view of the crowd of curious neighbors
who had gathered. A compromise wa!
finally effected between the belligereni
relatives by the money found in the
clothing being taken possession of anG
receipted by a neighbor. 1t is supposed
that Bunk had secreted large amoun
OF silver coin about his farm, but it
whereabouts is unknown. He also had
large amount of money due him from
parties somewhere in Pennsylvania, bu
the names and location of the debtors ar
profound mystery.-Logansport (I,sd
| Dbna.oe
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
An Arabian Joan of Arc.

A romantic story is told by the foreign
journals of an Arab girl who has been
the leader in their combats with the
Turks. The girl was the daughter of a
chief, and was married to a warrior of
her tribe, who was murdered by the
Turks. The young widow made VOW
to ayenge his death upon the soldiers OF
the Padishah. The Emir, touched by
the tears and prayers of the child, called
upon the tribe, the whole of the Bedouin
horsemen of the Benz Kawas rising in
consequence against the domination Of
the Padishah.- The daughter of the Emir,
armed like the men, and carrying their
banner, like Joan of Arc, was always
foremost in their attacks upon the enemy,
closely followed by her father, the Emiri
her brothers, and the remainder of the
horsemen. The Turkish Government
has set price upon her head, in order
to capture her and put an end to the
slaughter of the soldiers. The Arabian
poets have made the heroine the subject
of their songs, and she is now the mos
famous parsonage in the district of Beder
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
The Latte Mrs. General Binder,

The wife of Gen. Benjamin f. Butler,
of Lowell, Mass, died at the Massachu-
setts General Hospital, in Boston, at an
early hour, Saturday morning, April 8.
For number of years Mrs. Butler had
suffered from swelling in her neck, and
her friends were led tosuppose, from her
medical advisers at Washington that it
was the enlargement of the gland and
could be operated upon successfully.
Mrs. Buffers suferings continued to
increase, the lump in her neck pressing
SO hard against her windpipe that it was
only with the greatestdiffculty she could
breathe. Mrs. Butler and the General
arrived at the fremont House, Boston,
from Washington on Tuesday night, and
a consultation of Drs. Cabbott, Gay and
knight was had the following day, when
it was decided an operation should take
place. She was accordingly removed to
the hospital, and at eleven O'Clock on
Thursday last the operation was per-
formed. Instead of the suffering pro-
ceeding from an enlargement of the
gland cancer was discovered, the roots
of which had encircled and penetrated
the windpipe, leaving but little space for
the functions of breathing to be carried
on. The doctors skill was baffied by the
cancer, and the General was informed
that nothing could be done to save the
life ofnis wife. Mrs. Butler was very
excellent and worthy lady, a devoted
mother and an afectionate wife, end
among her most intimate acquaintance
was highly esteemed for her domestic
virtues. She was about fifty-fve years
of age, and leaves three children to
mourn her loss. She was daughter OF
DR.. Israel Hildreth, of Lowell, and while
on a visit to Brooklyn, N. Y, became
enamoured of the stage. After being
under the tuition of Mrs. Vernon she
made her debut August 10, 1887, at the
Park Theater, New York, as Mariana in
The Wife," for the benefit of Mr.. Chip
pendale, and the following season was
engaged by Mr.. William Abbott for the
juvenile ladies in his theaters in Charles
ton and Columbia, s. G. She played the
season in those two cities and brief en-
gagement in conjunction with Louis
Fitzgerald Tasistro, at Savannah. She
then performed, under an engagement
with j. M. Weston & Co., in Whining
ton and Fayetteville, n. c., and in Nor
folk and Portsmouth, Va, returning
home from the latter place. She theI
played brief engagement at the Howard
Athen@um in Boston. In 1912 Mr.. w
H. Chippendale engaged her for the lead
ing lady of the National Theater in Gin
cinnati, where she opened as Rosalind il
Gas You Like It." but becoming
fatigued with study resigned her position
after three months. During this tim,
she performed a star engagement a
Louisville and received complimentar,
benefit, appearing as "Ion," which wa
visited by the elite of the city, witt
whom she had a large acquaintance
This was her last appearance as an act
ress, and she was soon after married I,
General Butler. The funeral will tax
place at Lowell, the date of which will
not be determined upon until the arriya
of Mrs. Ames, who is now on her wa.
from Mississippi.-Msao York Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
W1R. A MEXICAN W1R.

How they fight in Mexico
The drums beat and the horns blow;
A hundred greasers all in row,
Looped and Widowed raegt dness show;
At their head Is Don Pedro
Jesu Maria Porfro,
Under bis nose mustnchio;
His eyes are black as the wing Of crow
And glare with most unearthly glow;
His hair way down to his waist doth grow
He carries long, sharp cuchillo,
And wildly bristles from top to toe
. And howls and yowls to meet the foe.
Don Pedro wants to be President
That is what the rowdy dow plainly meant;
And all the greasers are quite content
To fight, for peace is punishment
And in Mexico. as you all do know,
There are always a hundred Pedros or sos
And the way they fight,
To see Is sight. eggs
Don Pedro
Comes up with gun,
And the other party fes off on run;
Don Pedro 2,
Without ado,
Runs the Rio Grande through.
His army desert,
And nobody's hurt.
And this is the way, as things now 60,
IN p Gra6pic.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
a foEn aY DANIEL wEszrEs.

Mr.. Webster al more than one period Of bis If
dallied with the muses.. In 1925 he had the misfor
tune to osea son. three yearso age, named Charles
represented 70 nave possessed Singular attractive
On that occasion Mr. Webster inelosed the followin
effnsion In letter to his wife
Ny son, thou art my hearts delight,
Thy morn Of lie was gay aud CHEEKY
That morn has rushed 10 sudden night,
Thy father's house is sad and dreary.
beld thee on my knee, my son,
Aud kiss'd thee laughing, kiss'd thee weeping
But ah thy little day is done
Thou It with my angel sister sleeping.
The staff on which my years should lean
Is broken ere those years come Ger me
Ny funeral rites thou shouldst have seen,
But thou art in the tomb before me.
Thou rear'st to me no flial stone,
No parents grave with tears beholdest;
Thou art ny ancestor, my son
And stand1st in heavens account the Oldest.
On earth my lot was soonest cast,
Thy generation after mine,
Thou hast the predecessor past;
Earlier eternity is thine.
should have set before thine eyes
The road to heaven, and showed it clear;
But thou Entaught spring'st TO the skies,
And leas'st thy teacher lingering here.
Sweet Seraph, ! would learn Of thee,
And hasten to partake thy bhssI
And 9 to my world welcome me-
As first I welcomed thee to this
Dear Angel, thou ART safe In heaven;
No prayers for thee need more be made;
OIL let thy prayers for those be given
Who oft have biesf thy infant head.
Ny father / beheld thee born,
And LED thy tottering steps with care
Before me risen to heavens bright morn,
NJ on my father guide me there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

He put the paperon his lap, and while
he polished his spectacles with his hand
kerchief, he inquired:
Are you the new editorT
l said | was.
s aHave you ever edited an agricultural
paper before?"
aNo, sir" said ], this is my first at
tempt" e
"Very likely. Have you had any ex-
rience in agriculture practicallyp
81 believe l have not"
"Some instinct told me So" said
cold gentleman, putting on his specta-
IS and looking over them at me with
perity, while he folded his paper into a
,nyenient shape. 81 wish to read you
hat must have made me have that in
inct. 1t was this editorial. Listen and
see if it was you that wrote it:
"Turnips should never be pulled; it
Injuries them. 1t is much better to send
boy up and let him shake the tree
CHOW, what do you think of that p
for really suppose you wrote it."
"Think of itY~ Why, it is good. ]
think it sense. / have no doubt every
year millions of bushels of turnips are
spoiled in this township alone by being
pulled in an unripe condition, when il
they had sent a boy up to shake the
tree"
"Shake your grandmother Turnipi
don't grow on trees I'
"oh, they don't, don't they7 Well
who said they did7 The language wa
intended to be figurative. Anybody thai
knows anything will certainly know thai
/ meant that the boy should shake tht
vine"
Then this old gentleman got up ant
tore his paper all into small shreds, ant
stamped on them, and broke severa
things with his cane, and said 1 didn'
know as much as a COW; then he wen
out and banged the door after him, and
in short, acted in such a way that
fancied he was displeased about some
thing. But not knowing what the trou
BILE was, l could not be of any help t
him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

The African Methodist Episcopal
Church reports for 1875 the following
statistics: Twenty-Five conferences, 6
bishops, 1884 preachers, j ,642 churches,
172, ,274 members, s507, $50 contributed
to religious purposes, Of which $149, 900
were for new church buildings, and So, !
74S for missionary work. Wilberforoe
University is sustained by this denomi.
nation at Xenia, Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20
ODDS AND ENDS.

a = L 49, 10. fx1 hi
!. y . a.seous CIV - pvsIeSs 1anntb II - aD'0
W Gay no''Ais - eAs-es -
THERE are ooo,iso slisef 1;lnes u :
Darlei-.ha' y pal.ei u don,e J 1es than,
soa uaue, :; . ~. i" oornt U1rio's M " '''-'
oneA' you - '''0 eo'
SAYS country editor: VINO drinks
all the whisky MADE IN tne Olitea
Ssa.es = ..as,.sr mnas .,sseJn ssaf.s 10 =
enousn " ssass0A -, s - .iss.
MRS. SMITHERs sent over 70 mrs.
Dolittle to Dorrow gooo pook 70 lsao.
Mrs. u. sent MIS-. ?. q copy Oh tiie Dipie'
and now tney aon I SPEAK ~
IN response TO an inquiry no"
shall keep my husband at home IN the
evening 7" the Rochester Democrat aptiy
suggests: /" Take club and try to drive
him out"
The Maysville Bulletin makes this in
quiry: When q loafer enters the sanctum
OF q busy editor, and tne edltor says,
"Glad to see you're back" what does
| L - rs -
ne meanf
SusaN ANTHoNy undertakes in a
- ss-s.-at. q fUL,ts
| single lecture 10 enumeIdto " uap
| Woman Wants. She could save nine
uvnian !" ans' IT, ~ L. s stst;,,s.
eensns VI 1ho silio ~
1f.,.4t.
MRS. HARRIET GRAY, OF Marquette,
| has invented labor-saying tea-kettle. It
noo II y. "11e1 - - - .r~'-I
| gets up IN the morning, sphts tne Wooa,
| builds the fire, puts itself on, and makes
breatfast I
In early cnilohood you may isy Ine
foundation OF poverty or ncnes, ln1us.,S a;. y
or idieness, gooo OF eVn " me han,'s n's y
which you tram your cniioisn: aeacn
them right naplts tnen anu tneil iusuie
life is safe.
IT requires even more magnanimity to
receive gift beautifully than to bestow
one nanasomeiy. Any nsan ds,sr;vs. uasn = =
supeiioIisy VI " Iera+;nn oGlssv wh;nh en-
OF tnat humane consluei sNa.;4'.lo ss.o L. - af
titles II 70 tne returns Vi siasi'uu0 - "
generoslty.---a'co''
GoD give us menl time like this den; demands nd r.,dv
strong ads minds' great hesi's' 'iu0 -A'''' '''
Men whom the lust of office does not iilli
Men whom the spols o. once nee can i1,. M. Du'
Mem Mem Who ho nave honor men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagosue,
ing -. -
Tau ns %sE utT aos n 5riyate thiniins
For while the labble With their thumb worn creed,
MhJ Tss y srfs iof O
Wrong Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps
-Dr holland.
u1.-..-,..r...,,.d
a GENIUS IN Sousn !. Jersey nas h;ch pa.Jn,ni s,i
whisky-Puncn macnine, py mnlon LIZ an a,t
the mgreoienas wI,say, iJ.a9h aI hv aa a;nniv nIs
Ma'el: ar sule.olSs' usu;as ~ stons tom Now If he
.,IJ % 5jaar b;mseIf III fbe American
people lethim turn to and invent another
machine which will enable a man, aiter
drinking the punch, to get out OF inc
door without paying for II.
ponrs,,onTu N n vounr man.
q 2 os ;0coms;derata i0Ss to- enoneh to 2 come
VIZ WY .s.a. MaS iiIs bs had sscorted 3 eirl home
n IN, s,Oea .avsr ~ n,ast;ng na the other Sunday
an;ar a,um p.a 70. nbl;ged to ston to family
esenns' ,rh;oS %as came on verv soon. but
P.ayeis, WIZ ;nns Ia Sanse = otdsr nraved that
Wnen me, ano p,oos wSo in the time be-
ina ro % = one Of onr number. may be
dIgs d;ggssctsd toward his Fathers house, he
tonS ois his hat and left without ceremony.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

If you would be known and not know,
vegetate in village; if you would know
and not be known, live in city.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-04-20

OF two threads of precisely the same
length and weight, the one spun from
cotton never compressed, the otherfrom
bale subjected to hydraulic pressure,
the first will sustain twice the weight
which the other will uphold, and
the first retain its glossiness and silken
sheen, and the other Is dull and 1uster-
less.