Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-12-14
LOOKING BACKWARD.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE CENTURY

noNAoW ox Aho vermont AuteuiSehSor anu
Bellows Falls Advertiser, and with Peril
mont Comments by a Times Scribe-Quaint
Narratives OF Olden Days, with Compare
sons Showing the March Of Progress.
[oEvENTH PAPER
Continuing the narration Of happen
ings in the days Of the Intelligencer, In
more thoughtful vein, we find many
items Of historical interest. OF especial
interest is the announcement that III 8
Excellency, De Witt Clinton, has recon-
mended Thursday, the 18th day of No
vember next, as day Of prayer and
thanksgiving throughout the state of
Newyork. This is said to be the first
general thanksgiving recommended by
the executive in that state" Two points
of interest are brought out by this bit Of
news. One is the queer manner OF spell
ing "Newyolk" as one word, and the
other is the fact of Thanksgiving not be-
ing held on the last Thursday 10 Novem-
Der, as at present. Many Of the names
were spelled in an uncertain way in those
DAYS, rs for ex ample the case just cited;
NeW-Fane," spelled as comp hund
word, a SIX" on the end Of such words as
"a'manac," and similar forms which
lo,k queer to us now.
r garding the Erie canal, which a
short time before had been predicted as
an almost impossible task, is found the
following In the issue of October 81:
"Having lately visited that part of the
canal which is now in great state Of
forWardness, and witnessed the astOnish-
ing IA idity and c, imperative ease with
which the g,uhbing and excavating is
performed, we are enabled to state facts
from actual obs rva ion. A part of The
canal, and that which has been con i'd
cred about as d fficult as any of the mid
compl ted, and the wurkmen are en-
p,oytd upon nearly the whole rou'e Of
the canal from the s, d4ghqueda creek,
east of the village Of Whites trough,
to the village If K me. About 40 miles
of the ctDa,, from Utica westward are
now under Contract; and In def tnce of
ominous predictions and false c,lcula-
tiUns OF expense, the terms, as we have
before stated, are somewhat under the
estimates repor ed to the legislature by
the commissioners"
An advertisenn ne in the Intelligencer
rem tnds one of The r. cent hard times and
scarcity of money, though newspapers
have not yet come to such straits. 1t
reads. "Cash being scarce, the proprie-
tors of the The lnteliigencer offer to re-
ceive in payment for papers, oats, at a
fair price, if delivered soon at their
office -
important D scovery. = Professor
NJ .rehni Of Rome, having discovered
the magn"tizing power of the violet ray 8
OF the pIismatlc spectrum, The Marquis
Rid, Isl has succeeded in magnetizng
two needles, the one in 80, the other iu
AZ minutes, and can now charge with The
magnetic power by the same process as
many needles as he pIeases. The needl. s
thus magnetized (namely by directing
or and passing over them, for a period
Of not less than 80 minutes, the violet
rays of the spectrum through the medi-
um Of condensing lens) possess all
the energy and the properties of needles
maknet,Z-d in the common way by means
of load Stones. Their hnmOmous p, les
repal, the heteronom,u poles attract
each other; and made to vibrate on
a pivot, their point turns continually
toward the north, their heads to the
south. This adds to the wonders Of
magnetism, and must be regarded as q
vtrv extraordinary discovery"
More Thanksgiving new comes 10 the
following SHAPE: "Gov. Plumer Of New
Hampshire has appointed Thursday, the
25th day Of December, as day of pub
lie thanksgiving and prayer Thanks
giving and Christmas Mill therefore fall
on the same day." Without intending
any slur on Gov. Plumer, this reminds
Gov. Pennoyer Of Greg on the present
roor H.. Is no ind:y1 Il vuhO
told President Clev.l and to mind his vn
business, when suggestions were made
in regard to SURPRISING mining riots
there last spring. Soon after Clt vtlAnd
proclaimed November 80 as day Of
Thanksgiving, Gov. Pennoyer issued his
prOcl .matiOn m king the date 10 Oregon
the 23d. Some people have observed one
day and some the other. Merchants in
the large cities closed their stores part !
each day. Now man from the south.
ern part of the state sends Gov. Penney
er sarcastic letter q. king him what
will be the official dates for Christmas
and New Years.
As was note some time ago In a pre-.
vious paper, the people Of the United
States at that time, being also the very
ones who had hand in organizing our
government, we're in favor Of protection
and believed it one of the fundamental
principles of The American form ol
government. Witness the following ex.
tract from the IntelligeLcer Of Novem
Der 8, 1917:
.'rne following petition is now circu
lating 10 various parts of this and ths
adj lining states:
To the II ,nouraala Senate of the United
States, and House of Representa-
tives, In G ,ngresss assembled, the Pc
tition Of The Subscribers, citiz rs Of
the United States, and the State o.
HuDsbly SheUeth:
TIA they bell. We it to be the policy o.
this Nation to encourage, protect, ane
support the manufactu re OF all article.
Of use or consump ion, which can b
done within our own mits and by
our hands. in preference. to depend
ing on for ign State for sup.
ply. And m re especially, they believe
that our gene al gov. rumenJ will pIO