Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-07-26
George S. Page was in runaway ac-

ciueht az SoaiiSpuIy NloHuay evening
and received bad cut over the eyes,
scalp wounds and fracture of the left
arm above the elbow. A party of six,
including Mr.. Page, the driver and four
servant girls from the Mountain Springs
hotel were on their way from the lake
to Brandon, where Mr.. Page was going
to take the train. OF the remainder of
the party, two of the girls are said to be
fatally injured while the others received
slight bruises.
Thursday was hot. That is an in
controvertible fact. But Friday was
hotter, and generally admitted to be
the hottest of the summer. Even in
the coolest of shady places the mercury
struggled up to the SO degree mark, and
stayed there most of the day. In many
other places which the sun did not
reach the temperature was from 100 to
l0S degrees in the afternoon, and it
must have been at least ten degrees high
er in thetsun. Friday night there was a
sudden change, and Saturday was cool
and pleasant, the week ending with a
much needed rain.
The last of the logs went past here
Saturday evening and the men left
Sunday. "A big jam on sand-bar at
Walpole Thursday delayed them a
whole day, and low water interfered
somewhat later in the week. But they
made the best run ON record, and are
having the best luck they have ever
had. The river has remained at about
the same height since the drive started,
and the rear has had an easy time as
few of the logs were lodged very high
on the banks. If the business of the
country picks up, there will probably
be big drive next spring. This year
there is no market for lumber and little
prospect of a better market this fall.
Although there may be no fakirs with
the circus to-day, it is just as well for
patrons of the show and visitors in
town to keep both eyes open for any
skin-games that may chance to be
floating about the street. The circus
people will do all they can to rid the
show of sharpers, but they cannot alb
solutely control the actions of the peo-
pie who follow them, SO long as the
business is done off the circus grounds.
Don't be too friendly with man who
has just won prize in a lottery and
don't pay money for the privilege of
finding out under which shell the little
black ball is hid. Such knowledge is
too expensive, and it is none of your
business anyhow where the man has
hid it.
Green goods circulars are being sent
to people in this section, and though it
seems as though every person in Yer
mont should know of that old game
long before this. it will do no harm to
put them on their guard. 1t is the
most profitable kind of robbery known,
as the victims have little sympathy
from the law-abiding public and the
courts. The men who offer to sell you
bank notes printed from stolen treasury
plates have nothing Of the kind. There
never were any plates stolen from the
treasury department and the money al
ways exhibited by the green goods
men is issued by Uncle Sam. If they
would only sell you that at the price
named, you would surely get rich in a
short time. But after they have sold
you the money you can find nothing
but a roll of blank paper or box filled
with sawdust. If you really want to
be dishonest, better try robbing some
national bank. You will get caught
all right and will probably not get any
money, but you won't lose what money
you have saved from your scanty earn
ings. On the whole, we would advise
you to be honest, and not attempt to
get rich by any such means. You
will enjoy one cent honestly earned
better than thousand dollars got by
dishonest means.