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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Town Affairs to be Voted on and Settled for
Year March 1.

Town Affairs to be Voted on and Settled for
| aYear March 1,
| The annual town meeting Is warned for
March l, and will attract about the ordinary
amount of interest. There are no points OF
especial interest, unless it be the question or
taxation needed to pay the running expenses
of the town and liqudate the town debt as
far as possible. The debt was reduced about
$500 the past year and there are So0OO or
more in the treasury which might have been
paid on the same. Clearly the taxes can be
reduced or more can be paid on the debt.
What will interest Bellows Falls people
most Is article 3, relating to the possible
building of an iron bridge over the canal In
the place of the travesty on public decency
which masquerades under the title Of bridge
now. The bridge is needed and ought to be
built, and inasmuch as the corporation pays
good share Of the taxes of the town, there
would seem to be no reason why the bridge
should not be built. 1t need not cost much;
such things do not cost much in these times.
1t will be we'll to give the article more than
the ordinary attention.. The remainder OF
the articles do not need more than passing
notice: gas
Article /. To choose all town officers required
by law. "
Article2 To see II the town will vote to ap.
improvements In the cemeteries in said town. If
80, how much. sr% se
Articles. To see If the town will vote to ap.
prOpriate any money to be used In defraying the
ordinary expenses Of Memorial day. If so, how
much.
Article 4. To see IL the town will vote to ap
propriate money to be used in support of Rock.
ingham Free Public library. If SO what amount.
Articles. To see what action the town will
take If any, In relation TO the construction of
iron bridge over the canal, where the wooden
bridge now stands on Canal street in Bellows
Falls and provide means therefor.
Article 6. To see If the town will vote to au-
thorize the town treasurer and selectmen TO Dor
row money, II necessary, to pay interest upon Its
outstanding Indebtedness, also to defray the in
cidental expenses of said town.
Article7. To see what action the town win
take in relation to eAempting from taxation
manufacturing property as provided by No. 16,
of the Acts Of $780,
Article 8. To see if the town wi vote to raise
money to defray the ordinary expenses of the
town and for the support Of the poor for the en-.
suing year.
Article 9. To see If the town will vote to raise
money in addition TO what the law requires for
the maintenance and re pair of Its highways and
bridges.
Article 10. To see what action the town will
take In relation to the collection of its taxes.
Article IL. To see If the town will vote to pay
Its indebtedness or any part thereof.
Article -. To transact any other business
proper to be brought before said meeting.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
STAR LECTURE COURSE.
George w. Balm win Deliver His Lecture,
"Among the Masses" February 20.

George w. Balm win Deliver His Lecture,
"Among the Masses" February 23.
The next lecture of the course will be by
Col. George w. Balm of Kentucky on
"Among the Masses, or Traits of Human
Character" Col. Balm is one of the most
highly recommended platform orators in the
United States. He had more than 700 calls
last season and all speak in the most enthusi-
astic terms of his eloque nee and power. The
press and pulpit from the Atlantic to the
Pacific are unanimous in his praise. The ap-
pended opinions of former lecturers here are
but echoes of the sentiment of all:
ellis speech is silver, his thoughts golden.
Thick of 1t, ye lecture going public, real, gen
uine gentleman, serving you apples Of gold on
salvers of silver."-Robert Nourse.
"He is a popular orator In its most attractive
sense and is the most widely known of any
lecturer of to-day."-Russel H. COnwell.
ellis lectures are humor and logic set to
music "-Wilkesbarre, (Pa.) Leader.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
BOARD OF TRADE.
Officers Are Elected at the Annual Meet
ing Monday evening.

ohCoTb <ATo Etecteu AT the annual Meet
ing Monday evening.
The annual meeting of the Board of Trade
occurred at Banquet hall Monday evening and
though tie attendance was small, those who
were present were thoroughly interested.
Officers were elected for the coming year as
follows: President, Hon. A. N. Swain vice
presidents, N. G. Williams, d. d. Howard,
G. w. OsgoOd; secretary, Eugene S. Leon
ard; treasurer, G. E. Howard; directors, NJ.
NJ. Whitney, George b. Wheeler, f. P. Ball,
A. II. Brown, Hon. William A. Russell. j.
c. Day, George II. " ales, A. F. Winnewiss-
er, F. q. Pierce. Provision was made for
the issuance of advertising matter, and bust
ness of an interesting nature was brought
before the Board. THE TIMES believes that
business can be brought to this village if
those already located here will make individ-
ual effort to that end. The village is blessed
with men who if Of small faith are none the
less willing to take hold and help out in any
way possible. 1t is also cursed with few
who fulfill their own ideals by standing far
back, unwilling and probably incapable of
doing any one thing to further the end
sought. The Board needs the workers: it
doesn't want the kickers, and hoping to do
something. it doesn't expect to build up
city in the coming year. Help out if you
feel like it.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

HTENEMENT TO LET at 81 Atkinson street.
4 Fine line of embroidered chitfons at
Wales Cash Store.
Dry and green wood for sale by III. A..
Phelps. Delivered to order. 7-S
4 A 13-f0ot table suitable for counter for
sale, cheap. At Wales Cash Store.
Special sale of cheese plates, 4 cents each.
Welch's Bargain Store, Saturday only.
HSome especially good bargains on the
remnant counter at j. G. Day & Co.'s.
SFoUND-A bunch of six keys on "the
stairs" Tuesday. Call at TIMES OFFICE.
aTENEMENT TO RENT-March 1, on up
stairs tenement of five rooms. For particu-
lars inquire Of Fred L. Amadon.
aRARE BARGAIN.-New Upright piano for
sale cheap. Also good square piano. Adj
dress L. W., 30 Elm street, Keene, N. H.
HWishing to make change in our stock
AZ cents per pair, which have sold from 10
cents to $1.76 at Wales Cash Store. e9' M
Especial Saturday bargain at j. c. Day &
CO.'S. Another lot of the stamped tray
cloths at 10 cents each, for which we have
hao so many calls during the past few
weeks.
LosT-Probably in Bellows Falls on
February, 8, black leather purse. The
finder win be suitably rewarded by return
FIELD, MASS, Feb. IS, 1892,
Mrs. j. C. Howard will close her dancing
school in Charlestown, N. H., Tuesday even
ing. February %, in the Town hall, with a
reception and ball. Several exhibition dances
will DE danced by her pupils. Admission to
hall, 90 cents. She will also close her even
ing dancing school in Westminster, VT,
Town hall, Monday evening, February 80.
Mrs. Howard cordially invites the young
people of Bellows Falls to join the party
Fairs orchestra of Keene wiIlfurnish music.
Tickets to hall, $1.0O; spectators to hall, 90
cents.
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Large rats were seen about the ash heap
near the stairs and a trap was set there. In
a very short time 10 rats were caught as large
as the famous wharf rats and just as fierce.
They were enormous fellows and their tails
were ridgy as though a row Of washers had
been put on. Rats are very troublesome in
barns and other buildings this winter. some
barn owners saying they are completely
Overrun with them. The Pied Piper of
Hamlin could secure work here for few
davs or hours.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18

The accident to the freight train at Aver
last week has caused much Inconvenience In
this town. Boston mails have been from
one to six hours late here and passenger
travel made an unpleasant necessity. The
trestle is completed and trains are now rum
ming regularly.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-02-18
8ellows SAILS dimes.
Eugene S. Leonard.

"To know and improve opportunities Is half
The secret of success in any of any of the
walks of life"
present the opportunity for life insur-
lance. Better improve it now.
EUGENE s. LEONARD, Agent.
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in the neart of the village of Spar5ans-
burg. Hills rise on every side of the
pond that is known as the best fishing
ground in Western Pennsylvania.
The dam is $50 feet wide. 1t is what
is known as a wet dam. Piles were
driven along for 120 feet; earth, rocks
and boards made it tight, and shed
was built over it looking like gable
roof. The remaining thirty feet had no
piles at all. 1t was filled in with earth
and rocks which had no particular sup
port. 1t was very weak.
The dam was ten feet high aud made
a pond, half mile wide in its widest
part, that backed up mile and half.
It covered about 6OO acres. Just back
of the dam, on a trestle, are the tracks
of the Western New York and Peunsyl-
yania Railroad. The pend had been
rising steadily for days because of the
heavy rains, but there was no cloud
burst.
The rain poured down in such sheets
that night that the brooks on the hills
became torrents, and a great volume
flung itself over the falls. The loosely
constructed part of the dam and the
fume could rot stand the pressure. At
II 80 o'clock P. NJ. the dam broke, and
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.sIT TINE TO AWAKE?

The japanese Government sent commits
sion to Great Britain to see about making
the church of England the state church OF
Japan; but, after careful Investigation, an
adverse report was rendered, on the ground
that "Christlnnity had not saved England
from becoming q drunken nation. Alasl
nor has 1t saved England and America from
making other nations drunken. Let Africa
stretch out her hands to God and bear wit
ness to the crimes of England and America,
whose bottles Of alcoholic poison are In
many places the only coin in which Euro
peans pay for the rich products of that tropi-
cal region, debauching whole villages. and
blotting out tribes by the whiskey-lighted
fires of hell.
There are seven million young men in
America today, OF whom over hVe mllllon
never darken church door. Ihat Is; apous
seyenty-fve out Of every hundred of these
young men do not attend church. Ninety
five out of every hundred do not belong to
the church, and ninety-seven out OF every
hundred do nothing to spread Christianity:
But on the other hand, sixty-seven out OF
every one hundred criminals are young
men, and young men are the chief patrons
of the saloon, the gambling house, the haunt
of infamy. 1twas noticed recently that into
. single saloon Of Cincinnati, and within
single hour, went 252 men, 236 OF Whom-or
I'LL DuL lO-htIc SOuuS -hS .
result the death rate steadily increases
from fourteen to twenty-five years or
age their evil habits reporting themselves in
deteriorated bodies and distempered souls. at
the age when they should have attained their
manly prime. The terrible statement Is
made that three-fourths of the convcts in
the penitentary of Ohio, which we women
loved to call ''the Crusade State" were once
Sunday-school scholars, and all equally
large proportion of them arc In prison be-
cause of crimes growing out OF their intem-
perate habits. If this statement is correct,
we know that it Is not essentially different
from the showing that all our prisons make.
Fifty-two Sundays in the year are devoted
by the powers or darkness, through their
emi.saries, the $4,000 Iegalized saloons OF
the nation, to the production of lntemperance.
An exchange pertinenty remarks: When
a husband can render good religious testl-
mouy in class meeting. and his wife can en-
dorse all he says, both are to be congratulated.
At social meeting in Boston the following
occurred: Brother-"I want to thank God
that have passed through kadesh-barnea,
and am over in the land of Canaan. can
live nv religion mt home as well as anywhere
sc. thank God for salvationlthat can
live anywhere. and which takes out the
kinks snd snarls." Siste.-'1 want to sar
that that mans testimony is true, because
am his wife, Respectfully commended to
all our brethren.
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THE RUN POWER IN CHICAGO.

The city council of Chicago took its own
measure the other day and put it on record.
An ordinance had been introduced provld-
ing that saloon should not be opened in
residence block without the consent OF
majority OF the property owners:
Every reputable daily OF the city had
strongly approved the proposed ordinance
as being every way right and reasonable.
The right Of people in a residence blocS to
such protection from the intrusion OF q
LIQUOR saloon was declared to be one which
ought to be respected. When, however. it
came to a vote, out of sixty-eiSht alder
men only seventeen voted for it. That Is the
moral attitude of the Chicago council: The
erog shop dominates everything. Citizens
have no rights which the rum power need
respect Is this the kind Of council that is TO
rule Chicago during the Worlds Fair? Here
Is tremendously ominous fact which the
Christian forces Of the city will have to look
square in the face A considerable number
OF the councilmen are themselves saloon
keepers. but all Of them-the seventeen ex-
cepted-have snapped the fin ger in the face
of the public defiantly. That there Is any
necessity that this state Of things should
always continue, no one believes. The better
and decenter order Of things will come IN
when good citizens show by what they
combine to do that they really are good clt'
izens.-Adyanc..
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so GOD, THOU ART MY GOD"

Every person has some god. The heathen
have thers-gods of gold and of silver, Of
wood and Of stone. And those in Christian
lands have theirs in various forms. It is a
great and blessed thing to be able to say of
the living God, Thou art my God" Those
only can truly say this who love this God
supremely, who make Him their trust, and
who are cheerfully obedient to His will.
They make choice of Him az their God in
preference to all others, aud in 80 doing He
becomes their God. He is theirs in all His
infinite and glorious perfection, and in
hnitely blessed is their condition. They are
rich for time and eternity. The God, in
whom they trust Is infinite in power, and
can do all things. He is able to take care
of them, to defend them from oil harm, to
provide for all their wants, and to make
them perfectly and everlastingly happy. He
is infinite In wisdom, and is competent to
lay bis plans In the wlsest and best manner,
and for the hest interests of those that love
him. And he is infinite in goodness, and
will employ his power and wisdom for the
well-bcing Of all that make claim Of him as
their God. He is the everything and the
everlasting God, and he will never cease to
be to his friends oil that they could desire.
Did the child Of God realize the blessed
ness Of his condition in having such God
for his God, he would be unspeakably hap
by. He would rejoice in the Lord always.
He would rejoice with joy that Is unspeak-
able and full of glory. He would be happy
in the midst of his trisls; no affections
would quench his JOY. They have not
sprung out Of the dust. nor have they be-
fallen him by chance, but they are the ap-
pointm ,nt of infinite wisdom and goodness,
and therefore has he cause to say, Though
he slay me. yet will trust In him."
And whstever events may be transpring
in the world. 1t Is his God, still infinite in
power and wisdom and goodness, that IL
permitting them, and controlling them, aud
overru;ing them for hls own glory and for
the best interest of all that love him. To
all the wickedness and all the errors and de-
lusions that abound and prevail. the God
that reigns on high says: Thus far sha t
thou 60 but no farther, and here shall thy
proud waves be stayed" "The wrath Of
man shall praise thee; the remainder OF
wrath shalt thou restrain" "The Lord on
high is mightier than the noise Of many
waters; yea, than the mighty waves of the
sea- In the midst of all agitations and
connections, his people may stay their minds
on him and be in perfect peace. They may
confidently say, "God is our refuge and
strength, very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth
be removed, and though the mountains be
carried into the midst Of the sea though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled, though
the mountains shake with the swelling
ther of."-[New York Observer.
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DEATH AT MASS.
Fifteen Worshipers Instantly Killed
by lightning.

Fifteen Worshipers Instantly Killed
by lightning.
Terrific thunderstorms prevailed In Var1-
GUS parts OF Spain and heavy loss OF life by
Lightning is reported.
At Melas, in the province OF Orense, the
parish church was crowded with worship
ers attending mass when the storm burst
Not much attention was paid to the storm
at first. Suddenly a binding Hash o9
LIGHTNING and a terrific crash Of
thunder caused the worshipers to spring to
their feet in terror. For two or three
seconds after the fash it was impossible to
see ANYTHING. The utmost confusion pre-
vailed When order was restored, the con-
grepation was Mortified to find that ten OK
fheIr number had been struck by the light
ming and instantly killed, and that twenty
eight others had been seriously injured.
When this became generally known the peo-
nle were panic.stricken and rushed from the
church in tho pelting storm. Many OF them,
men, women and children, sougat refuge in
the open spaces near the church, fearing to
enter a house: and there they remained,
drenched to the skin. until the storm passed
over.
The church in the village Of Mucientes, in
the province of Valladolid, was also struck
by lightning. Five Of the worshlpers were
killed and ten were injured.
At Burrcs, capital Of the Province OF that
name the lightning displaced part Of one OF
the walls of ths famous cathedral j, one or the
oldest buildings IN Spain, and did ether
damage Nobody in the cathedral was hurt
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

It is said that one.tenth o. the many sui
cides in France can be tracai to alcohol.
Massachusetts, it is said, sends more liquor
to Africa than all tho other StateS com.
bined.
One of the laoorers in st. Louis brewery
is said to receive fifty glasses OF beer as his
daily allowance.
Glasgow on Saturday night continues to
offer temperance lecturers the best field in
United Kingdom.
In one of the great Paris hospitals, out OF
eiphty-three patients who suffered from cpl
leDsy' sixty were found to be children OF
drunken parents.
The National Carriage AMI Harness Retail
Dealers Association have put themselves In
the advance line by banishing intoxlcants
frou their banquets.
The Rev DR.. Vaughan, the aew Arch
bishop. of Westminster, is total aostalner
and a strong advocate Of temperance. he
is a man of phenomenal energy.
The profits of drinking saloons may be
inferred from the fact that though the cost
of a license In PHILADELPHIA has been ad-
yanced this year from $500 To SlOOo, the ap-
nlications were more numer,u than year
ago.
Miss Lillian Norfolk, beautiful young
ladv worth S1OO, 600 in her own right, and a
favorite in the Brooklyn 400, strangled her
self in her bath tub the other morning. Why
she committed suicide is q mystery, but her
physician says that she had 5een drinking
TOO much brandy.
Mrs. l.. NJ. A. Stevens, President of the
Maine Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, is attending every county convention
in her State this year. This is not small
undertaking in State of such distances,
some of her engagements involving jour-
new Of 125 miles by carriage.
The Hawaiian Queen has lately testlhed
bar interest in the Woman's Christian Tenn
nerance Union, Of Honolulu by paying the
license on their coffee house, something over
$50 Her total abstinence principles are
nroved by the Punishment OF all sorto OF
ticuors from her table and her receptions,
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I with the name of "Jack" Mclaughlin,
who bore on his own broad shoulders
seventeen people from the jaws of death,
aud whose clear brain made possible the
saving of scores of Others.
A famous fisherman is Tony Daubs, the
chair -mender, slender, black-haired
man. He had the only boat in Titus
vile and in the midst of fame and food
he poled back and forth, taking people
from their burning houses and dodging
the debris. 5eventY-6ve is the number
of lives to Tony Daub's credit. Many
of these earned their passage by balling
the leaky boat while Tony poled along.
Sebastian Hashne saved his wife and
children on a raft, which he constructed
of doors, tearing down the ceiling to get
nails.
The area of the wrecked district at
Oil City is not so large as in Titusville.
To the north of the city Oil Creek takes
shaped turn to the west. When
the floods came down they did not fol-
low the course of the stream, but cut
across the curve, making a segment OF
water over the lowlands.
1t Was there the majority of home
were swept away and lives lost. They
were the homes of the poor people of
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the town. There isn't city in the oil
C 'untry where the rich people do not
live on the hills and the poor in the
valleys or flats. The hills are the only
places of safety when the oil begins to
burn, and every oil town is some time
or other destroyed by fire. If the work.
ing people can reach the high ground
in time they are fortunate.
After taking the curve Oil Creek
straightens out bit and then emptles
into the Allegheny River. Most Of Oil
City is on the east side of the creek. On
the west side, lesss than fifty feet from
the bank, bluff rises preclpitatcly to
the wooded hills. This is known as the
Hog Back. A. narrow street skirts its
base, ending at the north with few oil
wells, which were in active operation.
The line Of buildings along the street
was completely wiped olt. Far up on
the Hog Back the trees are brown and
scared from the blazing oil. The flames
must have extended upward 200 feet.
The devastated district comprised this
narrow strip along the base of the Hog
back on the west and the segment On
the east, which is about three-quarters
of mile long and a third ola mile wide
at its broadest part.
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the mighty volume of water leaped forth
on its mission of death. 1t tore away
every rock and stone of the loose earth
works and smashed the lilly made dlme.
Spans of thirty feet on one side and
twenty feet on the other were clear for
the great wall of water to sweep through.
1t rioted through the valley, spreading
from hill to hill and making sea OF the
already swollen stream. In two hours it
reached Titusville, causing awful hool
and fire. and then sped to Oil City TO re-
peat its work.
There were 1900 people in the flooded
district, and 1000 made their way to
places of safety. Three hundred were
snapped by brave men from the fire above
and the water beneath, and men never
fought greed.er, fercer, more implaciblc
foes.
Among the heroes John Mclaughlin
is perhaps entitled to first mention. Big
and brawny is "Jack' Mclaughlin. He
has made a competency digging oil wells.
and exposure mas Redeemed tae fine face
with its blue eyes. His rcd mustache
and red hair are sprinkled with gray. A
simple, patient, lovablc mau is big
Jack" with quiet, sluggish ways, who
has lived thlrty-nine years uumindful OF
chatting. 1t was eood-natured chatting,
for every one loved him. They didn't
know Jack Mclaughlin until the flood.
On Saturday night Mclaughlin strolled
up TO Church Run to watcn the little
food there. As he came back he crossed
Martin street. He heard people were in
danger ard he went down. A. young
man named Leip!ein asked him to help
bring out his mother and sister. They