Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-02-22
LOOKING BACKWARD.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE CENTURY

Bellows Falls Advertiser, and with PERTH
nsnt Comments by Times Scribe Quaint
Narratives of Olden Days, with Compare.
sons Showing the March Of Progress.
FOURTEENTH PAPER.l
An argument against state banks was
made by the Kentucky Herald, warning
the people Of that state what they might
expect II those banks went into opera
ton. 1t said: "rhe last legislature
chartered 40 paper banks. They are
allowed to commence banking upon pay.
ment OF one-fifth Of the capital. The
stockholders are not even liable for the
amount of the notes which they shall
issue; and they are not even bound to
pay specie for any OF their notes. If all
these paper banks should 20 into opera.
ton, we should be buried alive under
rags" The editor of the Lexington
Monitor, an ably conducted paper, In
animadverting on the subj ct declares
that 1.-THE people Of Kentucky have be.
fore them an awful beacon to warn them
Of their danger. The Insurance COM
pany of this town was not long since as
substantial and respectable an institution
as any In the United States. Yet after
having inundated the country with its
paper, the doors Of its banking house
are closed, and the people are left to
suffer without remedy and without hope.
What has become of its funds which
were once SO perfectly adequate to meet
all demands, it is impossible for the pub
lie to ascertain, as every effort to obtain
information has been treated by those
who have the management Of its affairs
with insolence and contempt" While
we do not suppose that affairs would be
30 bad now as then, because the state
legislatures would in all probability make
more stringent laws, yet it is patent to
all thinking men that state banking insti-
buttons are far from being secure, and
the issuance of money should be left
entirely In the hands of the national
government.
Here Is novel plan to secure votes for
public official. Tammany itself could
not hatch out more ingenious scheme,
though 1t is doubtful ii the candidate
would be able to successfully cope with
the stratagems of the political chiefs of
the present day. "A newspaper in the
interior of Pennsy lvania contains an ad-
verti'ement of John Sweeney, in which
he offers himst If as candidate for the
office of sheriff of the county of Adams;
he says, 81 have obtained the exclusive
right from the President of the United
States for an improvement on the wash
ing machine. If am elected, this give
to the county for every one to make use
of and sell as many as they see proper;
l ask for this your votes" 1t would be
interesting to learn If he got the office
he sought, and If the good people of the
county avail"d themselves Of his gener-
Gus offer. Either the office of sheriff
must have paid well in those days, or
else Mr.. Sweeney had little confidence in
his ability to make millions out of his
patent washer.
1.-THE model of an iron bridge has
lately been exhibited at Baltimore,
which has met the appreciation of scien-
tic observers, and 1t is thought that
bridges built Of iron will be found prac-
ticable and useful" Yes, brother, they
have been so found.
A wonderful case of animal sagacity
and affection is told of a COW and calf
which were being transported across the
Hudson river near Troy. When in mid
stream the COW jumped overheard, and
the calf Immediately followed her and
seized its dam by the ear. The calf kept
its hold until the COW safely landed it
after swimming more than quarter of
mile. ..
The editor of The Intelligencer ex-
plains an advertisement as follows:
1.-THE following advertisement we pub
lish with reluctance; but as it is signed
by town officer, acting in his official
capacity, we do not feel at liberty to
reject it. AS we always, however, make
1t rule to hear both sides, our columns
shall be open to anything which may
appear by way Of palliation, defence or
mitigation Of the charge" Then fol-
lows the advertisement in question !:
"Whereas 1.-The Hon. Elijah Knight,
Esquire, Judge of the Probate for the
districtof Westminster" being possessed
Of base and sordid disposition of mind,
and not having the fear of God before
his eyes, but being moved and seduced
by the ins'igation of the Devil, has upon
divers occasions, and at the hour of mid
night. privately, wickedly and feloni-
GUS broken the town pound In Rocking
ham, and conveyed swine out of said
pound, this is therefore to give public
notice to said "Judge of Probate'' and
to all his coadjutors In such vile prac-
tises, that all future violations of can
act relating to pounds, estrays and lost
goods" will hereafter be rigor ously pros
ecuted. Jonas Phillips, d-keeper."
To Outwit The Flagellator.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.1
SchOolhoys of the older dava will ro