Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-01-24

Senator Redfield Proctor writes that
he has number of copies of the Agri-
cultural reports for 1898 and few OF
years previous to 1892, which he will te
glad to send to anyone who applies to
him by letter or postal card, as Ion g as
they last
Fort Dodge, Iowa, has a female JUS
tice of the peace as a result OF a clerical
error in an election ballot. The inten-
ton was to nominate her husband, but
by mistake his wife's initials were used
and she was elected, and on consenting
to serve was sworn in.
Mass meetings to protest against the
Armenian massacres are the order OF
the day in the cities. They can do no
good. Let the powers foreclose and
take possession of the Turkish empire
divide it up between them, and have
the plague spot expurgated from the
map.
An important point in connection
decision of the superior court at Salem,
Mass, by which a workman was
awarded damages for loss of wages
while out on strike ordered by the
Knights of Labor. The case goes to the
supreme court on an appeal and the
verdict will be of considerable conse-
quence to labor organizations.
1t is said that Bob Ingersoll, in clos-
ing a brilliant argument in court rc-
Gently asserted, "This, your honor, is as
true as there is Godin heaven" Won
der what the old fraud meant anyway.
Did he know his argument - falsY,
or are his pretensions to infidelity
prompted by hankering for cheap
notoriety and greenbacks Money
talks" with Bob, and whatever he be-
lieves, he is pretty sure to talk for
money every time. i
The age of aluminium is at hand. The
rapid decrease in the cost of the metal,
if continued, will soon permit of its be-
ing used in place of other metals for al
most any desired purpose. In 1880
aluminium cost S17 per pound, in 1886
it had declined to SS. Then the cleo
trolytic method of reducing the ore was
invented, and in 1889 the ruling price
was $4. The prevailing price today is
from So to 63 cents per pound in 100
pound lots, according to the quality,
and so to So cents in ton lots.
1t does not seem possible that there
can be any truth in the story that Aus
tin Corbin has arranged to colonize 1000
acres of land in Kansas with Italian
immigrants. We know Austin is an
Industrious colonizer of giraffes and
chip squirrels and things, but unless he
has gone clean daft we doubt if he
goes into the dago business. When
the rest of the country is puzzling itself
over the question of getting rid of what
we have, no level-headed citizen would
think of bringing any more in.
The New Hampshire legislature just as
sembled voted against the usual proposition
for the state to supply its members with
daily newspapers. What noble example
for future legislatures in Vermont-North-
field News.
These are hardly parallel cases. Yer
mont furnishes each member one paper
and gives him a choice, which is all
right. New Hampshire has for years
furnished every member with four pa
pers and no others have had ghost of
a chance, which is all wrong. We no
tice, by the way, that the New Hamp-
shire house changed it's mind and ad-
ded two papers to the list, making six
to each member.
During the past year 1919 miles of
new railroad were built in the United
States. This is falling off from 1898
when 1885 miles were built. In 1890,
there We're built 500 miles; in 1891.
which was prosperous year, the figures
fell to 1882 and in 1892 another prosper
GUS year to 41S7. It will be seen that
there has been steady falling off not
wholly due to hard times. but to the
fact that the limit of profitable railroad
building has been nearly reached. In
rolling stock the decline has been still