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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
L. POPE'S WORK FOR BETTER
ROADS.
Petition to Congress for Government
Road Department.

Petition to Congress for Government
Road Department..
ca. A. A. Pope Of Boston has issued
the follow ing petition, which is to be
circulated all over the county and sent
to congress-
To the honorable Senate and House Of
Representatives IN Congress assembled:
We, the undersi gned, citizens of the
U nited States, hereby most respectfully
petition that there be founded in the
city OF Washingt on, in the District of
Columbia. road department, similar to
the agricultural d. partment, for the
purpose of promoting knowledge in the
art Of constructing and maintaining
roads, and we ask that in such depart
ment provision be made for teaching stu
dents so that they may become skilled
road engineers. In connection with this
road department we re quest that there
be established permanent exhibit in
WHICH shall be shown sections of roads
various methods of construc-
ton and also the best road materials and
We further petition that
congress appropriate funds sufficient to
erect Il building at the worlds Column
bian exposition for the purpose of a
road exhibit.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
A Philosophical Family.

Amelia has pimples and sores in the head,
From humors internal her nose has grown red
But in other respects she is doing quite we'll.
And pa has dyspepsia, malaria and gout
His hands with salt rheum are all hToken ont
He is prone to rbeumatics SO that his legs swell,
But in other respects he is doing quite we'll
And ma hight sweats and troublesome coupb.
That all of our doctors can't seem to drive on
She wakes every night and coughs quite a smell.
But in other respects she is doing quite well.
There is nothing like philosophy to help one
bear the ills of life but in the case of this family
what is most needed is a good supply of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II would
cleanse Amelia's bad blood, cure pas ailments,
and check mas cough The Golden Medical Dis
covery, by its action on the liver, cleanses the
sy stem of impurities. 1t cures humors. Ulcers.
boils, scrofuls, salt rheum, erysipelas. and ali
kinds of sores and swellings. The only guaran.
teed blood purifier.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
VERMONT HORSE BREEDERS.
Annual Meeting of the Vermont Horse
Breeders Association at Brandon.

Annual Meeting of the Vermont Horse
Breeders Association at Brandon.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Horse Breeders association was held at
Brandon on Wednesday of last week, and
was attended by some 40 prominent
brt elders Of horses from various parts of
the state. The meeting was called to
order promptly at II OK by President
Hooker. Minutes Of the last meeting
were read by the secretary and approved
The reports of the various Ulcers We re
submitted, acct pied and adopted. The
treasurer's rporG showed balarce on
hand, after deducting all claims against
the assc citation, of about $500 aud we
understand this to be the profit of t3e
last meeting alone.
Hon. H. H. McIntire, executive com
missioner of Vermont for the Columbian
exposition, was present aud made some
remarks in relation to the proposed state
exhibit of Morgan horses. He was fol-
lowed by Messrs. Joseph Battell and c..
M. Winslow, the last of whom introdue ed
a resolution praying the legislature to in
crease the appropriation in aid of agii-
cultural products to be exhibited at the
Worlds fair. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted, and a committee ap-
pointed to 60 to Montpelier III the inter-
est of the measure.
Col. George w. Hooker vas re-e lected
president; H. L. Cults, vice-president !;
G. A. Chapman, treasurer and Dudley c..
Brown secretary. F. I'll. Harrington, who
has held the office of secre tary for five
years, was obliged by the pressure of
although very liberal inducements were
rendered him. The officers as now COM
posed are as follows: President, George
w. Hooker, Brattleboro; vice-presidents,
H. Il. Cults, Orwell; George w. Hindes,
Morrisville; secretary, d. c. Brown,
Brandon; treasurer, c. A. Chapman,
Ferrisburg; executive committee, w.
Seward Webb, Shelburne; William S.
Bailey, East Hardwick; w. w. Morse.
Shoreham; G. X. Bates, Derby F. c.
Williams. Coventry; NJ. II. Deming, Arl
ington; Harry Lowe, Montpelier; J. W.
Cramton. Rutland; F. II. harrington,
Brandon George w. Smith, White River
Junction; III. r. Lawrence, Bratileboro
p. w. Clement, Rutland Joseph Batteli,
Middlebury; M. 5. Colburn, Manchester
Center; III. w. Reyes, Newbury; +. F.
BIownell, Burlington; J. c. Parker,
Quechee.
The executive committee will meet at
the Bardwell house, in Rutland, the last
Thursday in January, when the details
for The next annual summer exhibition
VIII be arranged.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
THEORY OF THE CHINESE.
bong Chin Foo In Behalf of his ostracised
Countrymen.

5ons chin FOO In Behalf OF his Ostracised
Countrymen.
From Boston Journal
The arrangements for the meeting at
Cemont Temple on Friday evening, the
eth inst, to demonstrate against the en-
forcement Of the provisions of the Gerry
bill are well advanced, and the meeting
promises to be not only one of unusual
interest but one which will exert a wide
spread influence both in Boston and
elsewhere. William Lloyd Garrison is
one of the leading workers In this move
ment to secure justice for the Chinese.
Rev. DR.. A. A. Miner will preside at the
meeting, while Rev. DR.. Banks and sew
eral other well-known speakers will ad-
dress the meeting. ''The sui jectis onen
said Wong Chin Foo, secretary of the
league, to reporter yesterday, THAT
may well attract the attention of all who
love their country, which has so long
been the asy lum of the oppressed of
every land. According to the law
which was passed by the fifty-second
congress of the United States, and
signed by the president, the liberties
of $50, 900 human beings, who are resi-
dents of the Unite d States and entitled
to all the privileges of the first republic
of the world, are restricted. On the
fifth day of May next, this monstrous
measure will deprive the people of their
right, and they will be taken from their
homes and placed behind prison bars to
work for the state and after this cruel
and unusual punishment they will be de
ported out of the country because they
are persons of Chinese birth. We, the
victims of this monstrous oppression, do
hereby earnestly appeal to the American
press, more especially to the press of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
cradle of American liberty, learning and
humanity, to assist us in our feeble but
earnest efforts to secure for our race JUS
tice ard fair play. We ask that the
laws and regulations which tend to de-
grade us be abolished and that our rights
as residents and citizens be established
in accordance with the principles Of the
glorious constitution Of the United
States
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

The admission of New Mexico, Utah
and Arizona as states is one of the prob
able results of Cleveland election, which
will be promptly carried out by the next
congress. OF all the vast territory with.
in the borders of the United States only
these and the Indian territory, remain
under territorial control. New Mexico
has been seeking statehood for 40 years.
and pelha that is the only way out of
her continued land troubles, caused by
the old Mexican grants.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

Congressman Cultivate asks bankers
to petition for the replacement of mu i
lated ami soiled paper money by new is
sue. He calls attention to the discovery
of disease bacilli on such money and the
claims of medical science that infectious
diseases are imported in this way. la
view of tie threatened epidemic of the
cholera, next year, he thinks immediate
action of Congress is necessary, and he
will introduce bill looking to this as
soon as Congress meets.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

1t is reported On what seems good
authority that Senator John Sherman
will soon resign his seat in the United
States senate, and that in all likelihood
Charles Foster, now secretary of the
treasury, will be his successor. Senator
Sherman wants to pursue his literary
work, and as soon as he retires will be-
gin his labor on the book he has prom
ised the world for some years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

The marriage of Margaret Mather, the
actress, and Gustave Pabst, son of the
well-known brewer, was publicly an
nounced Sunda7. The marriage oc-
Cured in Chicago during her engage
ment at the Chicago Opera house and
has been kept secret until now.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

President Harrison authorizes the state
ment that r, cent publications purporting
to be interviews with him, in hich he is
represented as giving his views upon the
election, are entirely unfounded AMI are
pure inventions. When he is ready to
speak upon that subject he will DO so in
his own way, one that will Re convincing
to al readt rs of the correctness Of the
STATE m hts made.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17

Some time ago ex-R" preventative Bow
den, Republican, of Norfolk, Va, and
others charged that the constructor
at the Norfolk navy yard was giving
preference to Democrats when iiiriug
men. Paymaster Allen looked into the
matter and has made a report to Score
tsry Tracy generating the constru( ttor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
THE VAGARIEs OF THE SEASON.

policy, it Is said to be obvious to expert
enced political leaders of all parties that
an extra session of both houses of con-
gress will almost inevitably result.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-17
Indigestion.
KORSFORD'S Acid Phosphate.

Promotes digestion with
out injury and thereby re-
lieves diseases caused by
indigestion of the food. The
best remedy for headache
proceeding from a disorder
ed stomach.
Trial bottle mailed on receipt of IS cents
in stamps Rumford Chemical Works,
Providence, r. l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
1T MEANT TOO MUCH.
How a Forgetful and Sleepy Preacher
Amused Carfuu of People.
Il want to get off at-at-

Il want to get off at-at-"
He was old and his coat was sleek,
and he looked confused.
"Marleton, your ticket reads" sup
plemented the conductor.
"That's NATURALIZATION Co.
ing to preach down there tomorrow
NATURALIZATION. amt much on
memory outside the bible"
No others heard the conversation,
and the conductor himself forgot
about it as he punched his way toward
the end of the train. After awhile he
came back and the old man interrupt
ed him with:
w hats the name OF my slation?"
"Marleton-down the road-other
side OF the tunnel I'll tell you when
you oct there"
The old man settled back and
seemed to muse on the frivolities of
mankind. as exemplified by the young
couple in front of him. They were in
love, evidently, and the old man
seemed to enjoy watching them. SO
did everybody in the car A placid
expression was slipping into his face,
when the conductor appeared at the
Strengthened up, and when the man in
blue. reached him he wearied him
with:
Il can't remember the name of that
station-I just can't. Er-say-er-
couldn't you just call my name in
stead? Ny name is Cook-the Rev.
James Cook"
Don't know about that. See that
man down there? His name is Cook"
We'll. I'm older'n him. so you just
holler the Rev. James Cook, senior"
The conductor laughed and said he
would. Then he went into the smoker
and told the brakeman about the crank
he had back there and both of them
laughed.
The train stopped again and again,
and again and again whisked off, and
in the sweetness of security. and the
softness of cushioned seat the old
man dozed. The newsboy banged in
one door and banged out the other but
the old man moved no more than the
motion of the train made him. The
young couple in the next seat chatted
and giggled-especially giggled-and
| the Rev. James Cook, senior, slept.
The porter came through and put
down the windows. Then there was
darkness clatter of wheels the
clash of thousand echoes-the smell
| of smoke-and daylight came back.
The train slowed up with a loud hiss
| and the wheels rolled into station in
comparative stiffness.
"The Rev. James Cook. seninri"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17

- could make ID francs day in the
Champs Elysees districts, resolved to
try il. Dressing himself for the part
he began his test, going from house to
house. The wife of physician gave
him francs. A countess. who re-
ceived him as if he were somebody"
gave him 10 francs, directing him to
call again. In a very short time he
made a sum equal to % francs. At
the house at which he received 10
francs the concierge claimed COM
mission on his good luck.
Zerah COlburn was the most gifted
mathematician ever known. When
only years old he raised the number
8 successfully to the sixteenth power,
and in naming the result, which con-
sisted Of fifteen figures, he was right
in every one. On being asked the
square root of 166, 929, he answered
327 before the old grey-haired philoso-
pher questiOner had time to put it
down. He was next asked how many
minutes there were i'll forty eight
years, and instantly replied %. 22S, 800,
and five seconds later gave the aston
tonished 5avants the exact numb
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
New Y DIRK Folly.

A gentleman who conducts a her.
aldic establishment in the neighbor-
hood of University place tells me that
there is marked change in his bust
ness. Formerly" he said, the craze
was to be connected with the British
aristocracy. My volumes of Burke
and Debrett were black with re-
searches. To-day they are almost un-
touched. The mania is for colonial
times"
Are there many families" I asked,
that survive from colonial times?"
Hardly any in the north" he re-
piled. And you may safely set down
the Association of Colonial Danes as a
humbug. The real colonial DANES are
almost poor enough to beg in the
streets"
who, them" said |, amazed, care
the persons parading as colonial
dames?"
"Nobod: s." said he q create them
in this ONCE. I connect them dis
tinctly-it is astounding how many
distant connections a family can be
made to have-with the Livingstones
or some of the older houses. Furnish
a woman with a pedigree and she is
happier than with a dozen new bon
nets"
But what do the husbands sayP" 1
protested.
"Oh," he replied, "the husbands don't
care. They are content to 60 to the
club while their wives compare pedi-
grees at home. There is money in a
business like mine. "-Tr1tth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
YOURDAUCHTER.
If You Don't Know What to Teach Her
Read This.

Teach her that not only must she
love her father and mother, but honor
them in word and deed, says the
Ladies Home Journal.
That work is worthy ALWAYS when it
is we'll done.
That the value of money is just the
good it will do in life, but that she
| ought to know and appreciate this
value.
That the man who wishes to marry
her IS the one who tells her so and is
willing to work for her, and not the
one who whispers silly love speeches
and forgets that men cease to be men
when they have no object in life
That her best confidant is always
her mother, and that no one SYM
pathizes with her in her pleasures and
! joys as you do.
That unless size shows courtesy to
others she need never expect it from
them, and that the best answer to rude
ness is being blind to it.
That when God made her BODY He
| intended that it should be clothed
properly and modestly, and when she
neglected herself she is insulting Him
| who made her.
Teach her to think well before she
says no or yes, but to mean it vixen
she does.
Teach her that her own room is her
| nest, and that to make it sweet and at
tractiye is duty as we'll as pleasure
Teach her that if she can sing or
read or draw, or give pleasure in any
way by her OmpliShmentS, she is
selfish and unkind if she does not do
this gladly.
Teach her to be a woman-self-re-
speeding, honest, loving and kind, and
then you will have a daughter who
will be pleasure to you always, and
whose days will be long and joyous IN
the land which the Lord hath given
her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
Quite a Noticeable Difference.

do the men treat you any different
ly since you have been promoted" ask
ed his friend.
Eyes; a little"
"More respectful to you, I supposeP"
"Ye-es, but that's not the most no.
ticeable thing"
Don't grumble when you ask them
to do anything, perhaps?"
"Not so much as they used to; but
that isn't the greatest difference"
well, then, what is?"
"Why, they always laugh now when
l tell funny story"
"Really?"
90 yes; and they seem interested
when 1 talk of the bright things my
children say and do"
The friend gave dubious shake of
his head.
Don't you let Blaine hear of that, :"
he said.
James G. Blaine?" asked the other
in surprise.
"Certainly."
"Why not?"
He'll be offering them foreign mis-
sions. You have an office full of
diplomats. Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
TREAT HIM WELL.
If You Love Him, You Ought to BE YerJ
COnsiderate.

Because a man loves you. is that
any reason why you should be incon-
siderate of him? writes Ruth Ashmore
III the Ladjes' Home JouynaL.
Because he loves you, shall YOU give
no thought TO the words you say to
him?
Because he loves you. shall you
laugh at 'his affection, and think his
expressions of it are funny?
Because he loves YOU, shall he be the
last to be thought OF?
Because he loves you. shall he be
treated so that he wonders, after all,
if You have any love for him?
Because he loves yOu. shall YOU seem
to put tax on him in the way Of pres
ents and entertainments that, it is just
possible, he can not afford?
Because he loves you, shall YOU never
think it necessary to say the sweet
words OF thanks for the cOurtesies he
shows you?
Because he loves you, shall you not
think it necessary to be at your best
and sweetest for him?
Oh, you foolish girl. If this love is
worth having, if this love is real and
true. if it is really your sweetheart
who has come, then you possess a
great treasure. a treasure which YOU
may lose some day if you are not care
full Love s.lost by thoughtlessness,
By reconsideration, and by Sellishness
more than by any other way. Do you
want to lose your love? 1t is like
those old Venetian glasses, fine, slen-
der and delicate; pour into one all the
great wealth of your affection, and
the glass viii hold it. but let one drop
of the poison of self-wiIl or Indifference
get there and the glass is shattered in
to a thousand pieces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
Paying Literature.

A friend of mine happened to be with
Marion Crawford recently in England
and during the conversation told a
club" story to the novelist.
Il would like to work that into a
short story, if you don't mind" said
the novelist.
My friend told Crawford that one of
the objects of his visit was to secure, if
possible a short story from him.
Very we'll" said the author, you
amuse yourself with my books and
I'll let you have the story. About g.
ODD words you said? All right"
And within two hours time, to my
friends establishment, Crawford hand
ed him the manuscript of "as perfect
little gem of a story as you ever
read" And CI.wford had earned 5000
between breakfast and lunch -Nash-
r![le american.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
Thoughts on Things.

This is not fable, but the record of
few reflections prompted by the ex-
ercises in English composition of two
deserving school children. Here is
one of them:
THE ostrich is a large and beautiful
bird. People ride on them when they
are going long way, and once | saw
a picture of a boy on ostricheS back
they have very large wings. The
prince of Wales has got ostriches
feathsr in his hat. The ostrich is a
large bird and the humming bird is as
well but the ostrich is the largest of
them. The ostrich is found in Man
chester and they live on sand and
make their nests on it and lay their
eggs on it,"
1t is clear that the author Of this
essay is person not only of much in
formation, but also of a philosophical
mind
Essay on Parrot: "A parrot is
bird that reads a thing through and
never thinks about it, and it is very
nice bird. and some Of US do as well as
parrots. | think we all ought to learn,
because that is what we are sent to
school for. And when we read thing
we should not half read it over, like a
parrot, when a parrot reads it over
they don't think of what they are
reading. But we should think about
word before we read another. and
not do like a parrot does at all. There
is great many who act like parrot
in some schools round this country."-
.SQturLinB Rerif1D
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-03-17
The Art of Telephone Conversation.

at is singular fact" said Manager
John T. Casey of the Bell Telephone
Company's Exchange, that people had
to be educated to use a telephone
properly. Not one person in ten goes
at it correctly. Some people think
they have to scream and bawl. Others
90 to the other extreme and drop their
voices almost to whisper. Some
stand too far from the trapsmitter, and
others speak too rapidly or indistinct-
ly. Then they get mad and blame the
girls or the telephones. In nine cases
out of ten the fault lies with the person
speaking"
"What is the best way of talking
through 'phone?" asked the reporter.
why, just in an ordinary cOnyersa-
tional tone, as if you were speaking to
somebody three or four feet from you.
Telephones are carefully constructed
and adjusted for that manner of speak
ing and for no other. | can talk from
Washington city to Portland, Me-, in
that way and make myself plainly
heard. The best position is to stand
with the mouth about three inches
from the transmitter. Most people
stand further back, but it is better to
stand even nearer. 1t is almost i'm
possible to get too near the instrument,
provided distinct conversational tone
is maintained. There are forty-two
girls at that switchboard. Watch
them a moment"
The girls were as busy as hello girls
always are. forty-two of them constant
ly responding to questions or asking
them. Yet the room was comparative
ly quiet and conversation could be
easily carried on.
I "The secret" continued the man
ager, lis that they talk distinctly, and
you see most of them put their noses
against the instruments when they
speak. They don't have any trouble,
and nobody else would if he would
adopt similar methods" = st. Louis
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