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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
LANGDON.

George W. Jenna is cutting the hay on
the j. w. Holden farm.
Mrs. Quimby and family of Dover, N.
H., are visiting at G. A. Metcalf's.
Miss Villa Ramsey goes to Swanzey
N. H., next Friday to visit friends.
George Winch left Saturday for a
three-weeks study in the Martha's Vim
yard summer institute at Cottage City.
The grass on Mrs. Caroline Humph-
rey's farm was sold Saturday morning,
there being from Is to 100 acres. We
are informed that the sale amounted to
$40.
G. w. Stanley and wife went to Pea
body, Mass, Monday to stop for the sea-
son with sister of his residing there.
Mr.. Stanley hopes to recuperate and
overcome nervous trouble by the
change.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

in-law, j. H. Wigmore, entitled. "The
Australian Ballot Law Mr.; Wigmore,
is professor of law at Tokia University,
Toxic, Japan, and is the author of the
article on Japan in the July Scribner.
Claremont has some very smart men
and the atmosphere of the town seems
to favor superior ability to do work of
any sort. One day, not long ago, j. G.
Densmore of West Claremont, George
White of North Charlestown, and Hatch
of Springfield sheared los sheep in
eight hours, for Russell Jarvis.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
MARROW

The. farmers report good crop OF
hay.
A. Tinker and son are visiting at L. D.
Tinker's.
S. Stone is recovering from relapse
of the grip.
II. Towne is in Acworth cutting his
hay. M. f. Jones is doing the job.
N. D. Huse, who has been at the For
est house for few days, Has returned to
Waltham, Mass.
We are pleas to learn that w. E.
Gee, who was injured at Keene few
days since is getting better.
j. Burnap is our heaviest hay maker,
having 900 tumbles out one night. j.
M. Howard comes next with about 600.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
WESTMORELAND DEPOT,

Charles Mahogany was home from
Boston the past week.
Mrs. Mary j. Wilbur came home Sun
day, having spent the past week with
friends in Walpole.
Fine weather for haying. The farmers
are improving it by getting their hay
crop as fast as possible.
Misses Blanche and Maud Merrill of
Belvadere, ILL.,, are visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. Sarah Daggett.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
UNITY.

Misses Valla Smith and Myrtle Smith
.,om Claremont have been visiting
friends here the past week.
Mr. Colcord Sanborn, living on the
lin road from this place to Clarement,
was found dead in bed: alone in his
ho W, was apparently as well as usual the
~ before. A physician from Clare
uas was called who pronounced it a
nlOs. of heart failure and old age, he being
ca osars old. He leaves a wife and five
children.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
UEMPS TER.

Allie Hood has returned from Man
chester.
Rev. G. n. Krook of Wolfboro juno
ton was in town last week and this.
Mrs. L. j. Miller from South Acwortb
has been visiting friends here this past
week.
There was no service at the Congrega-
western trip of Rev. William Darling.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
DREWSVIlLE,

Prof. Fl. A. Hitchcock was in town a
part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wiley rejoice over
the advent of daughter weighing ten
pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Witt and son.
Harry, of Windsor, VT, are the guests of
G.. A. Witt.
David j. Bond of Burlington, Vt. was
summoned, last week, to the bed side of
his sick father, w. A. Bond.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16
ClAREMONT.

Prof. L. S. Hastings is spending his
vacation in his canoe at Sunapee, ex-
ploring the smaller streams flowing into
the lake.
+. p. Yogi has given the Fiske library
copy of work written by bis brother
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

1t is an interesting fact that the moe
casins worn by number of western IL
dams are made in Bangor by Edward A.
Buck at his factory. He has had the
government contract to do this work for
the last five or six years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

Blueberries are being shipped to Bos-
ton from different parts of the state, the
price paid being II cents per quart. The
crop is about an average one.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

Good help for haying is exceedingly
scarce. Up in Lyme and that vicinity
they are offering $50 month for good
hands and can't get them at any price.
1t would seem as though some of the
loafers and idlers of the villages and
cities might find plenty of work through
summer, at least.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

Plans are being perfected for the ex-
tension of the Pemigewasset Valley rail-
road from North Woodstock to Bethle-
hem. This will shorten the distance be-
tween Boston and Mt. Washington 40
miles.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-07-16

Thomas B. Wattles of Suncook, mana
ger of new Irvine and yarn company,
with capitol stock of $4,000, author
ICES the statement that they will start up
their business in Penacook within 90 DAYS
If Boscawen will exempt the works from
taxation for term of years. 1t is pro-
posed to locate the plant in the four
story building recently used as cotton
factory.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-11-19

The Knights OF Labor mot in convention "A
Toledo, o., Nov. 10. The General Executive
Boards report stated that there is 2 growing
feeling in England and other countries ia favor
OF autonomy, aud recommended that this be
granted. The Order il growing rapidly in
south Africa and New Zealand The member
ship altogether is now 10000
The board had prepared q full statement OF
lhe difficulty with the GOyeramon. Bureau OK
Engraving and Printing no Washington, which
was distributed 20 delegates. Tho sentiment
IN FAVOR OF tho establishment Of q uniformed
rank Is growing ga the Order, ana many of the
younger members are DESTROYS OF giving h a
test.
General Master Workman PowderIv in bis
report advised that the General Assembly, leave
the work OF framing local laws Co the Local
Assembly; insisted that when an oficsr sseka
p0ltica. preiermens he snouid retire from his
official position in the Order; gives his ap-
prevail TO the industrial conference % DO held
next February congratuiates the Knights on
the growing strength Of the opinion hat the
Government should operate the railroads, and
took much credit for the Order because Of the
fact that in Is states q secret ballot hes been
secured. proposition % admit lawyers into
the Order was rejected.
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To MIN nnf 40 slnms

The first meeting in one Of the grandest
movements ever inaugurated for relieving vice.
stricken and suffering humanity will take
place IN the Marble Collegiate Church, New
York City, tonight. The leaders Of this re-
form are banded together under the name Of
The New York Union Of Re.ig iCUs and Humaui-
tartan Societies for Concerted Moral Effort. A
circular letter earnestly asking the cooperation
Of all religious and philanthropic societies in
determined effort TO make New York City a
better place 20 live in has been sent broadcast
The first practical reform 20 be taken up
will be the establishment Of parks aud play
grounds for children. When the city is thor
oughly aroused as to the great need for more
air and sunshine for the young other evils will
be attacked and positive measures advocated.
The plan for the Winter is to have weekly
massmeetings, each 10 be held in a different
church or synagog and addressed by several
Geil-knOwu speakers.
10 u certain that these meetings viii be re-
ported IN full by the great and progressive
daily papers, and more than 80 ministers have
already agreed 20 cooperate with movement
and announce the meetings from their Dulpits.
The organization is already powerful one.
and its plan Of action is audacious. Men of all
shades Of religious belief have agreed to bury
their differences and work shoulder TO shoulder
70 overcome the common enemy. And yet,
the new movement above all things is inspired
by faith. IL is not the faith Of fanaticism, but
an intelligent faith that the greatest evils
even though they be mountain high, can DO
overcome by organized and patient effort.
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lie had more than 100 men working for him.
These at a concerted signal sprang upon him
and commenced biting him. They had a leader,
and this leader would not let one Of the men
90 away from the place without showing his
teeth, aud If the teeth and gums were bloody
be was allowed 10 60 out. The plot was gotten
mp on the basis that there was no capital pun
ishment in China for biting. They bit the
man 10 death, and the matter came TO the ears
Of the Government. There was a little fuss
about IL but the guild was a strong one, and
only the man who took the first bite was pun
ished The punishments OF members within
the guild for acting contrary TO its rules are
equally terrible. Ia times like the present
these guilds may support or overthrow the
Chinese Empire. Even the boggars have guilds
ia China. The merchants have club houses in
the various cities, aud the union Of one town
will have a club house in another town, where
the members meet b discuss business, 20 chat,
and TO hold other entertainments while they
arc IN the city.
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page A.
uIiuoi, Silver Anniversary.

The Department Of Illinois, which has the
proud position Of being the senior Of all others
in the Grand Army OF the Republic apprOpri-
ately celebrated its silver anniversary at De-
catur, by holding its 25th annual Encampment
at Decatur, tho birth place Of the Order, April
$40 Of this year. It has gotten out a beauti-
ful souvenir to the occasion in brochure with
a finely-illuminated cover, and containing two
admirable portraits of Commander William l..
Distin, and his address on the opening Of the
Encampment. Comrade Distin's address opened
with a review Of the founding Of the Order,
giving credit 70 those who conceived the idea
and carried ID out. Then follows history Of
the work and growth Of the Order down to the
present time. The address is high in tone, and
of eyesIIent literary execution
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in the history Of Chicago was made Nov Is by
detectives. Thirteen men were arrested at one
time, and this number was supplemented by
the arrest Of six more. Two Of the men
arrested are wanted for breaking the St Lotus
jail. Others have operated in Peoria. St. Louis.
Cincinnati, Milwaukee,, and other places
General.
Rev. Dr. CIeland Kinach Nelson, Bethlehem,
Pa, was chosen last week at the Macon Prot
estaHt Episcopal Convention as Bishop Of Geor-
gia. Ho is q grandson Of Thomas Nelson, one
OF Nirginia's former Governors. anarchists
met in all the llTge cities Of the country TO
commemorate the deaths Of the Chicago ARlr-
chists Nov IL. In many eases the meetings
were broken up by the pO.iCc.-SeH8tOr
Leland staufCrd's two-year Old colt Arion tr0t-
ted a mile in 2lOi on the kite-shaped track at
stockton, Cal, last week. This beats the
record for twO-year-olds on any track. In
Arion is blended the blood Of both Sun0I and
Maud ). through Electioneer and Nutwood
There is a general movement among the
people Of the san JOsquin Valley, CAL to drive
all the Chinese OUT Of that territory. The
railroad employees Of Pixley have been forced
to leave, as we'll as other celestials.-E Efforts
are being made by the friends Of DR. McCiynn
70 bring about q reconciliation between him
and the Vatican. The sacred congregation is
still disposed TO use mercy should McGlynn
Tecur TO the indulgence Of the Holy See Bat
it imposes certain conditions: That McGlynu
shall himself make the request and state bis
grievance shall publicly condemn all he has
said against the Archbishop and the Holy See,
etc.-Fritz TadO. aged -, and weighing 40
pounds is the champion gastronomist. At
Wheeling, w. Va, on the night Of Nov. II,
within three hours he ate Is ordinary dishes Of
stewed.oysters, with trimmings" and 81 large
ham sand witches, washing each one down with
glass Of beer. At the finish he appeared fresh
and offered 20 wager that he could repeat tho
performance before breakfast.-New York
City's supply Of water this week is alarmingly
small. The reservoirs in the Croton Water
Shed are empty. Chief Engineer Birdsall said
" the only source Of additional supply is the flow
Of the Croton River This is between "A, OOO. 600
and 5000100O gallons day, while we are using
now IIJ 100000 gallons a day. We have about
100000 gallons in the big Central Park reser-
voir. If we get reduced 70 what the Croton
River viii bring Us, factories will have TO stop,
and thousands Of people will be compelled 10
get their water from carts.-The remnant Of
Big FOOt's band Of Indians under Red Cloud
numbering 90 families, are in open revolt
against the authority OF the Agentat Cheyenne,
5. ID. They have been living upon ceded lands
of the Reservation. Now they have left and
force must be sent after them. No serious
trouble is auticiDated.
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followers Of the Prophet in Peking. There arc
100000 Mahometans in China, 100000 Ro-
man Catholics, and $4,000 Protestant Christians.
The Jews tried 90 get foothold in China. There
were some Of them there at the time Of Marco
Polo, but they have been swallowed mp by the
Chinese, have lost their religion, and have
disappeared. The three great religions Of
China are Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taou-
ism. The bulk Of the people are Buddhists rather
than Confucianists, and there are millions OF
infdels. The tomb Of COnfucius is at Mecca,
for many OF tho Chinese. and they make pill.
grimages TO IL. Confucianism is more phios-
ophy than n religion. IL contains many Of the
beauties which we suppose 10 be exclusively
the properties Of Christianity. The Golden
Rule in a negative form was annunciated by
Confucius, and as a system Of morality il is
beautiful. The Taouists have more supersti-
tions than the ConfucaniSts. They began
about the same time as ConfUcius, their preacher
being ono La0u-Tsze. The State religion
in connection with which all these religions
come in, is the worship Of the Emperor, who is
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page 4.
An Express Train Robbed.

The midnight train from Chicago. on the
Milwaukee * St Paul Railroad, was robbed by
masked men, near Western Union Junction
Nov. -. The train had been out Of the iunc.
ton i23 miles south Of Milwaukee, about half
mile when the fireman discovered two
masked men clambering over the engine tender.
Both leveled their double barreled muskets at
the fireman and the engineer, commanding
them not to move. Several bombs were thrown
into the express-car, which had the desired
effect The robbers undoubtedly were not less
than six or seven in number, judging from the
manner in which they conducted the opera.
tions. The trainmen believed they had team
close at hand with which 10 cart away the
safes which were taken bodily out of the car
They concentrated their entire force on the
express train, Is not passenger was mOIested
The robbery is estimated at 100000. and prob
ably more.
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agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page L.
HE LOVED LIBERTY.
Death Of the Founder OF the Underground Railway
of illinois,

Death or the Founder or the Underground Hallway
OF Illinois.
The death Of John HOssack, one Of the pio-
neers of La Sale County, Ill, which took place
at Ottawa on Saturday, Nov Z, removes one OF
the most prominent men identified with the
abolition movement in Illinois during the years
lSJy- 90. lie was man Of great wealth and
at the head OF many enterprises, among which
was the construction Of the Illinois and Michi-
gan Canal. He early became an associate with
Owen LOvejOy. William Lloyd Garrison, and
others In the abolition movement, and prac-
tically had charge OF the famous underground
railroad in Illinois. and in this connection
inquired In one Of the greatest trials in that
State at the October term Of the United States
Court, presided over by Judge DrummOnd, in
1860.
In the Summer OF 1859 Jim Gray, fugitive
slave from Missouri, was captured from the
hands OF the underground railway mon and
taken before Chief Justice John ID. Cation, Of
the Illinois Supreme Court in the old Court
house at Ottawa. Judge Cation decided that
he be taken back to Missouri, but a connection
was created by H0ssack, DR. Stout, and others.
and the negro jumped over the rail and made
ms escape from the building lie was assisted
10 Canada by Hossack and Stout who were
arrested and brought 70 Chicago where they
gave bail. Their trial took place in October,
lS60, and, though they were defended by n
Ne'~Li VI NAi4NtAhNo AbltAh lAWltlds Auby hSAt
convicted, fined 500 and costs, and sentenced
10 10 days in Jail. 1t was here that John Hos
sack delivered his famous address to Judge
Drummond, which has been considered one of
the masterpieces Of abolition oratory Of the
time, and an unanswerable argument against
the iugitive-slave law, which provided for the
recovering Of fugitive slaves at the expense Of
the United States Government. The closing
sentence of this great speech was singularly
prophetic.
Ny feelings are at my home" he said.
My wife and my children are dear to my
heart but, sir, have counted the cost. / am
ready TO die, If need be, for the oppressed Of
my race; but slavery must die, and when my
country shall have passed through the terrible
conflict which the destruction Of slavery must
cost, and when the history Of the great strug-
gle shall be candidly written, the rescuers Of
Jim Gray will be considered as having done
honor TO God, to humanity, and to themselves.
am told there is no appeal from this court,
yet do appeal 10 the court Of high heaven,
where Judge Drummond and Judge Cation, the
reseuer and the rescued, shall all have 10 stand
at the Judgment seat Of the most high"
The speech created great sensation, and all
the principal papers in the North printed it in
full, while many Of the great men of Chicago.
including Long John Wentworth, were his
stanch friends through life.
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ants, its walled cities containing more than
800 600 people China contains Is Provinces
which are much like our States. ii has in
addition 10 these, vast territories such rs
Msnchuria, ia, Mongolia, aud Thibet sub
ordinate TO the main Empire, and ruled either
by special Governors sent out by the En-
peror or through Commissioners. Siam pays
tribute 10 China Korea has for years been
sending an embassy with presents TO Picking,
and the whole Of the Eastern World was until
within a very short time under these almond
eyed, yellow faced, twologged mortals. Year
by year the bonds between the outside prov
inces and China nave been breaking. Little
Korea, which has only about one.thirtieth ms
many people as China, las hoisted the flag Of
independence Siam has practically thrown
Of the yoke, Burmah has gone into the hands
OF the English. The northern provinces are
being chcRed at by Russia until, bite by bite,
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they grow smaller and smaller The {
Empire is shrinking.

they grow smaller and smaller The Chinese
Empire is shrinking
Inside the provinces OF the Chinese Empire
itself another revolution is going on. The
breath Of modern times is slowly but surely
creeping through the nostTils aud down into
the lungs Of the old corpse OF Chinese ciyiliza-
tiou; its blood begins 10 flow anew, and il
shows signs Of life This Is especially notice
able among the coast provinces, auG d is also
becoming the condition OF affairs IN the inte-
Ti0r. ln order 10 understand China You must
remember that the country is not made up Of
ono people. Nearly every one Of these lS
Provinces has a different language from the
Others, aud the cody Of Picking can no more
understand the language Of the cody Of Cam
ton, than can the peasant OF Berlin understand
the iarg0n Of the lazzaroui Of Naples. A
servant OF north China is no good in south
China and the people OF the different Prov
inCcg have different habits aud customs aud
different ideas. They look different. The
Cinnamon who come % America arc an from
the southern part Of the Empire. They are
lean scrawny, and short. The Cinnamon who
live along the Great Wall are as a rule, six
f00iers Many OF them can carry 800 pounds
on their backs, aud they are either fat on mus
cular. ln che provinces between you find diff
fereuces OF physical structure and Of intel
lectual CaliueE The people OF the North have
better faces than those OF the South and we IN
fact get Tho scum Of the scum Of the Chinese
EmFIre, physically and intellectually. ii you
would 20 30 he slums of our great cities aud
pick 0u' 'HC most ignorant OF the men there
Whose work is not worth more than $50 or
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page A.


In answer to the reflections which have been
made upon him, Col. Z. T.. Lee sends the fol-
lowing extract from the Monticello Bulletin:
Col. r. II. Lee has the best indorsemsuJ of any
correspondent ia Illinois. The list includes 40 Of
the best men of his town and County, represent
ing all professions In the State at large he is in
dorsed by the State officers, including Gov. J. W.
Fiier, ex-GOv. and United States Senator Richard
j. Oglesby, all Past Commanders Of the @. A. r. OF
Illinois, and the present COmmauder-in- Chief the
editors Of many newspapers. Gen. John G.. Black
Gen. John McNHt8 Gen. w. q. Veazey Past Com
mander- in Chief, GAR; members OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and the members OF
the Illinois Senate and Legislature. Few men have
more influential friends la Illinois in all the vari-
Gus parties aud social circles than Col r.. r. zee.
He has had an experience OF 20 years as a writer,
and has written many war sketches and other urti-
ces that have become part Of the history OF the
country.
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Agents wanted. Comrades preferred. See page 4.
stonned a TrnIn nnd Eined ana EnrIn,.r

The authorities Of Oakland, Nd, stopped tho
Chicago express train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad on Sunday, Nov. Il, arrested the En-
Finee= and took him before a Justice Of the
Peace, where he was fined for breaking the
town ordinance. which prohibits trains from
running through the corporate limits at faster
rate than six miles an hour The train had %
lay at the depot while this was being done, tax
Ing nearly an hours time. There will likely
be trouble over the affair rs the express carried
both passengers and the United States mails.
This is the first time the ordinance has ever
been enforced
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suited iu theoverthrow Of the Manchu Emperor.
IL BE- SAID that the present troubles are largely
Que 10 these secret societies Some OF them
have their members iu every province Of the
Umpire and they embrace The Cinnamon living
ut singapore, san Francisco, aud an other parts
Of The world. Everyone bias heard Of the II ich
BudeEoi san Francisco, who have theircouTts
aud punisHmCuts- and are the terror Of the Co
lestid c0i0ry there. The secret societies at
Singapore practically control the business Of
the Straits Of Maacca When member Is ad-
mittgd t0 one OF these societies be takes the
oatH standing under a naked sword. aud after
wards cuts oil cocks head, which Is one OF
tie forms Of swearing among tie Chinese and
by which he means 90 say that BE Is willing 10
have his head cut %, IL he violates his oath.
IN secret society be is pretty sure IN such a
case TO have this fate.