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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
Mrs. Stowe at Home.

Speaking of Harriet Beecher Stoves
work on her great book, ''Uncle Toms
Cabin" contemporary says:
Mrs. Stowe wrote her book amid the
constant imperative calls made upon the
mother of young family, the manager OF
her own housekeeping, doing the greater
part of the work herself, baking and mend
ing and sweeping, and besides that teach
ing class of young women. For this was
not woman Of leisure, but Yankee
housewife who turned out an immortal
work in the midst of homely cares, such as
the wife of college professor with small
salary had to attend to- No doubt Mrs.
Stoves housekeeping was not SO well done
as her writing she has drawn somewhere q
very humorous picture of the way her din.
ner and the baby interfered with the pen
and the pen with the baby and the dinner
She would light the fire under the brick
oven on baking day, and then rush to hel
desk, where she would become SO absorbed
in the realities OF her tale that time woulc
fly UNDECIDED, and she would start suddenly
to find her fire out, her oven cold, and the
bread running over the molding- trough.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
GO TO HALIFAX,
And Enjoy the Grand Carnival Week y
Festivities,

Halifax, the picturesque capital of Nova
Scotia, is to throw wide open its hospitable
doors on July %, 49, 80 and 81 and cordially
invite the whole world to join with it in the
observance of Carnival Week. The pro-
gram of outdoor sports and spectacles that
has been arranged for this occasion will excel
in interest and variety anything of the kind
ever before attempted in the maritime prov
inces. The list of attractions is a fairly be-
wildering one, and among the more notable
events will be number of aquatic contests
between crack oarsmen of the world; naval
manuevers by the vessels of the British North
Atlantic squadron; grand harbor illumina-
| ton and electrical display by the warships
military band concerts, bicycle races and
parade, horse races, etc.
Preparations for the celebration have heen
| in progress for months and the event will
offer an opportunity to visit this quaint and
semi-foreign city that thousands of New ENG
land people will doubtless avail themselyes
of. The everyday attractions of this great
military and naval stronghold of Great Brit
ain are in themselves well worth the journey
including, as they do, the impregnable for.
| tress that millions of dollars have beeu
lavished upon; the British men-of-war with
their hospitable officers and crews; the inter.
esting public buildings; the curious omen air
market scenes, the magnificent public parks
and gardens and the manifold Opportunities
| for drives and excursions.
Side trips innumerable may also be made.
to Grand Pre- and Wolfville (the Land OF
Evangeline); Sydney, Louisburg and the
beautiful Bras dor region in Cape Breton,
Prince Edward Island, Lunenburg, Bridge
water, the Annapolis Valley, Digby and
| Yarmouth. Nova Scotia is, indeed the ideal
place in which to enjoy summer outing. for
it is a land where everything is bright and
fresh and beautiful and oftentimes historic:
where the air IS cool and bracing and the
scenery enchanting, even if not majestic.
The best way to get there during Carnival
Week, and in fact the only way to get there
without vexatious change the discomfor;
of sea voyage is by the all rail route of the
Boston & Maine System First class and
tourist cars are run from Boston and inter.
mediate points to st. John, where connection
is made with the Intercolonial Ry. for Hall
fax, or with steamer to Digby and Dominion
& Atlantic Ry. to Halifax, the Land of Evan
geline route.
The all-rail route is through some of ths
finest scenery of New Brunswick and Now
| Scotia. All BoSfau 4 Maine ticket s.stiss.s.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04

she-Don't you always pity girl who is
frightened in the darki
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe.

E. P. Kidder of this place has in his
possession letter written to his mother,
Catherine S. Kidder, by Harriet Beecher
Stowe in 1913. 1t consists of IS closely
written pages, probably containing not far
from 5000 words, and contains minute
description of the sickness and death of
Samuel Kidder. Samuel Kidder was at
that time student in Lane Seminary, Gin
cinnati, and was a brother in-law to Cathe-
rine, who at that time lived in Wardsboro.
Samuel died of fever in February, 1S43,
and the letter was written shortly after.
During his long illness he was cared for
by the Stoves.
Mrs. Stowe says in the letter: cit is
now about Is weeks since Mr.. Stowe men,
toned to us one day at table that your
brother was i'll and that he meant to invite
him here. Do replied, we will nurse
him and set him up again in a week."
Again Mrs. Stowe says: lone little in
cident will show the general sympathy fol
your brother even among strangers. Mr.
Stowe wrote to good Methodist brother
to engage your brother coffin, and stated
in the note that our circumstances would
not allow us to give a high price, and
promising to come to the city for it the
next day. The good old man Immediately
sent up black walnut coffin, one of the
incest kind he ever makes, together with 8
pail for the funeral. When Mr.. Stowe
called to pay him he said Il have heart
what nice young man that was and
couldn't put him off with poor coffin, Sc
l thought l would send my best kind ant
give third of the price myself
In the closing sentence the religious ma
ture of the great woman is clearly mani
tested. She said: 81 have no room t.
add more. May the Lord bless this Attic
ton to you, as l trus: he has to us, ant
may you be comforted as only he can com
fort you, is the prayer of your sister Il
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
Thursdays Fire.

The quietness of the noon hour was dis
turbed Thursday by an alarm rung in from
box 20 about 11.3O o'clock. The entire
fire department was soon at the scene Of
the fire which was in the house occupied
by C. f. Dean and family and owned by
Clark Chase, situated in the rear Of the
house on School street occupied by w. H.
Bodine. The fire started in the ell or
kitchen part and was caused by the can on
gasoline stove which toppled over and
fell to the floor while the stove was lighted
When the fire department appeared on the
ground the fire seemed in the garnet
where it was confined for the most part; it
was of such nature, however, that it took
three streams 80 minutes to entirely extin-
guish it. Nearly all the furniture was re-
moved and without great damage. The
ell of the house was pretty badly damaged
and of course the entire house was thor
oughly soaked. Perhaps 5000 or $500
will cover the entire loss. Both house and
furniture were amply insured.
Mr.. Chase will at once repair the house
and meanwhile Mr.. Dean and family will
make their home in the Dewey house at
the corner of Henry street and Chase
Park.
The insurance was placed by E. S.
Leonard and was in the Continental and
the Fire Association of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Dean was severely though not
seriously burned on the arm and in the
face by the gasolene flame.
An amusing incident was the bursting o.
the hose hitched to the hydrant in front Of
Mrs. Eldridge Hapgood's residence or
School street. Mrs. c. w. Osgood, Mrs
w. H. Griswold and Mrs. l.. S. Hayes
were watching the fire from the sidewalk
and the water struck Mrs. Hayes, who was
standing between the other two ladies
squarely in the back. Besides being badly
wet, Mrs. Hayes took an involuntary wall
of some little distance.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
A Homeopathic Tonic.

Build M while YOU work with DIR. Humph-
reys' No. "a, Homeopathic Nerve Tonic for
Brain Fag; General Debility; all forms OF
Ply steal and Nervous Weakness, arising
from Mental Strain, Business Anxiety, Care,
or Worry, Overwork, or Emotional Excite
ment, or from loss of blood or of sleep. II
there is Indigestion alternate with No. 10,
the famous specific for Dyspepsia; Indiges--
ton, Weak Stomach; Bad Taste, Coated
Tongue, Offensive Breath, Loss of Appetite.
The use of No. "a and No. 10 will build up
the most depleted system and restore the
brains activity. Sold by druggists or sent
prepaid upon receipt of price-tlask 81 trial
25c. Humphreys Medicine Company, Ill
William St.. New York.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1896.
Bellows Falls Locals.

The senior high school class tax this
year was $3.50.
The Republican flag was taken down
Wednesday for repairs.
Miss Nettie Wheeler pleasantly enter
tanned few friends at her home on Rock
ingham street Thursday evening.
Complaint has been made that boys are
playing ball on the school grounds, and
horses are being pastured there. These
grounds are neither pastures, athletic parks
or highways and should not be treated as
such.
One of the pleasant places to spend the
summer in this vicinity, is on M. H. Rays
valley farm to the north of here, at least so
city people think. MIR. Ray now has SIX
summer boarders, and will have several
more later.
The Fourth of July will be celebrated at
Spofford Lake. Brattleboro orchestra
will be in attendance during the entire day
to entertain visitors with grand musical
concert; dancing in the pavilion from 2
o'clock until 80. Also the regular dane
ing social in the evening from 8 to IL.
j. Il. Keefe has greatly improved the
interior of his boot and shoe establishment.
The entire apartment has been newly
painted, bicycle ladders put in, the shelves
raised, and new cash register put in, thus
making very handy and commodious quar-
tiers. Mr.. Keefe believes in hustling bust
ness, even in the so-called dull summer
months.
A gasoline stove also called out the fire
department in Keene Thursday. This was
how it happened. Some of the oil from the
stove ran out into the pan underneath and
down upon the floor, the latter occurrence
not being noticed. The oil in the pan was
purposely touched off to burn it up, as it
has been customary for those using the
stove to do. In this instance, however,
the oil on the floor ignited as well as that
in the pan, and a bright and dangerous
looking blaze resulted. Fortunately there
was not much gasoline to burn, that in the
reservoir not escaping, and the fire was
soon put out
In the ball game to be played at Brattle
boro to-day Boyd of the university o
Pennsylvania will be in the box for Brattle
boro, and will be supported by Ware o
the old Brown University team. Waite o
Worden, CAL, member OF the STATE
league, Fincke of Yale and Wheeler o
Princeton will compose the infeld, witt
Waite at first, and Perry, johnson, AM
Corser in the outfeld. Shepard and Put
nam OF Gushing Academy, Ashburnham
Mass, will be the battery for Below
Falls. Viau, an old Dartmouth colleg
and New England league man, and Blak
of Putney will also play for Bellows Falls
A close and holly contested game is locke
for
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
Death of Mrs. Martha J. Quimby.

The body of Mrs. Martha j. Quimby,
who died in Brooklyn, June 20, reached
Bellows Falls Tuesday and was inferred at
Oak Hill cemetery at o'clock in the after
noon. Mrs. Quimby, whose maiden name
was Martha j. Locke, was born in this
town. She will be better remembered as
Mrs. Thomas G. Wells. Had the deceased
lived until August -, she would have been
70 years of age. Among those attending
the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Long of Brooklyn, Mrs. Long being a
daughter of the deceased, and Mrs. Rush
M. Locke of Woonsocket, r. l., and +
B. Locke of Saxtons River.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.

Pbk cents.
Baled hay sells at SIS and $40 and
Oats for 80 and 32c; Corn for ~ TO 45c;
Corn Meal from 75 TO so cents; Bran
soc; Middlings 75 cents to 95c.
Dairy Butter retails at 20 cents and
Creamery at %; New Cheese II cents.
No change in the price OF Flour. Sugar
Is pounds for dollar with upward
tendency. Eggs II cents . it'll upward
tendency New Potatoes soc a peck.
Lettuce ) cents, new Cabbage cents
a pound, Cucumbers 5, Peas 40c peck
String Beans 10e quart, new Bee's
Zoe bunch, Pineapple 15c each. L
matoes Zoe pound, New Squashs 4C
a pound, Carrots Sc a bunch, Water
melons soc. Blueberries 15c, Blackber
ries lac, Cantelopes l5c each, Celery
25c a bunch.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04

'sWhat do you suppose Eve thought when
she couldn't find any man but Adam =
'sThat the garden of Eden was a summer
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04

"The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems q work
Of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTYN, D. D.,
New York City.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04
According TO Nature.

[From Brooklyn Life.l
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04

''Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III &c. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-04

"For several years I have recommended
your Castoria,' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN F. PARDEE, M. D.,
125th Street and 7th Ave-, New York City
oMPANY, n MURRAY STREET, NRT YoRx CRY
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

Our orator gazes with far-searchinx
eve. He is the poet in prose, the rnus
stefan who plays on men, the painter,
in words. Of thoughts. sentiments, pas-
sions. ideas. His colors live and burn.
for they are drawn from mems hearts.
To him the glory that beckons on from
height 70 height and then again on and
on tall the eye wearies, f. the ideal
that which men pray for. struggle Cor,
travail for. yet never grasp, but are
the noblor for having sEpired "a, AZ
the eve follows Hill after hill that the
falling sun gilds. and then restA uns
rested because the gold has turned "a
black, 50 the orator must follow hard
after the ideal even till the night
cometh. For him the breath Of the pins
is wine. and fhs strs myth Of the forest
makes strong bis heart The broad,
clear ranges OF space widen his TpiDds
the pure azure clarifies his vision, and
the distant rim Of earth and sky NAKED
far-sighted and keen the eyes Of his
soul.-Will.sm 7. seward, Ia New
bohemian.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

Their ceremonies. and the white dog II
thrust into a modern box stove and IN
cinerated amid the yelling, dancing
singing and quaint music OF these ruct
people. On another stove in another
end of the council house are big seeth
ing kettles OF maize, peas, pork anc
beans. After the dancing is over each
member of the party is given PAL
of the strange mixture and this is taker
to their homes, to be eaten at theiI
leisure. This is their annual feast, OF
white dog meat. In former times the
dog was eaten. bur that custom fer
into disuse long ago.
1t seems that there must be second
effort to Danish the witches and devils
and ten nights hence the same cere-
n,ony is gone through with, in ever
greater detail A house-to-house visi,
ie made. and the medicine men craw
about the floor under the beds and il
every conceivable out-of-the-way plac,
in their efforts to chase out witches ano
devils. When this is done another big
iolIifcation dance is held, and then the
witches and devils are supposed to be
banished for the year.-Syracuse Her
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

tce. ] don't believe there are 1--WE men
IN the United States who are acquaint-
ID personally with 10000 people
Dan Lamont, secretary of war, Is
said TO know more faces than any other
man. He made a study of faces when
Mr.. Cleveland's private secretary, and
cecame indispensable TO the president.
1t might be said that there are many
politicians who know more than TO-
800 people personally, but you can't
rely upon a political acquaintance.
The politician has a way of pretend
.ng 10 know every living man who has
vote. DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew proba-
,Iy has as wide an acquaintance as any
nan we know. Many men remember
aces without being able to recall
names. That is not an acquaintance.
L will lot do TO say that we have met
uch and such man before somewhere.
but cannot recollect his name.-N. Y.
Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
A Patriotic Answer.

Just after the war of 1776 an Amer
ican frigate visited England. Her crew
of gallant tars had been principally re-
cruited from the fisheries. and some
OF them, il is 70 be acknowledged. did
not compare favorsbly in appearance
with the spin-and-spank. jaunty Eng
lish naval seamen, for the former were
Of all shapes and sizes. from the tall.
rouDd-shouldered. long-srmed Cape
Colder, down TO the short, why mem
bers of the ships company who hailed
from various ports farther south.
where less Drawn was 10 be found. One
day the captain of the American ship
paid a visit to the commander of the
British man-o'-wRr al anchor in the
same hsrbor. The coxswain of the gig
was a great. lanlSy seaman, whose back
bone was so round as 20 form a YER
liable hump. While the vessel rested
at the gancway Of the visited vessel
the English sailors gathered IN tho
open ports and took stock" in a
rather disdainful fashion. OF the occu-
pants of the gig. A. last one of the
seamen on board the man-o'-Tnr
called down 70 the coxswain: Flo.
there, Yankee; I soy, what's that
bloomin' imp you ave on your hack p.
The American sailor looked up and
called back. quick as a shot: II hats
Bunker HIlt"-HarpeT' Round Table
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

Tbe resources % a properly trasnet
Biody are practically !nsIhAusiibis
4 short Grn- ago ! bought some very
expensive ksthouss traps FOR a msHs
Der % the family who had been SICK.
but they were rot fsrsis5 a. ths time,
and asked The maid 70 take them
away. The merit morning went "a
her and tod her % take the fruit 20 10
SICK room
sure, nls'sn1. OF cAn't. -fis rssasii
thought e wanted then throy~'5
AWAY VITA tbe peculiarly s:upid loox
Al Irish girl puts On ard tzxsa Of
with ease.
-IhroTa away. Bridget" I ct.
claimed augrily. How could yo- -
80 s'apids Don't ron know TIA; ksEd
Of grapes Il aIfslly expressive
Doat 10 PCT out. rk'Am.- Br'tge.
sd soothiugiy. sure. ret one vas
~as'ed- OF ate livery good grape ms
selt."-E. Y. Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
BURNING THE WHITE DOG.
slpsrstitieus Indian Ceremony stn
Practicsd In New York.

The stranger TO the Onondsga In
dian reservation would have been mys.
tiled one night recently could he have
seen the strange spectacle of weird
lights iIickering about the hillsides OF
the red men and heard the odd incanta'
tons of half dozen big bucks. who
made the echoes repeat themselves. All
these strange events were accom-.
plished by the sounds of the tom-tom.
To the person up TO date in Indian
customs it was known that the medi-
cine men of the Six Nations were oh,
serving the annual ceremony of chasing
out the witches and devils. All the
Most Of the ceremonies were performed
with the medicine men in full psnoply
of the tribes they represented. In olde1
times this was the ceremony 70 which
so much objection was taken. as il was
said 10 be accompanied by the widest
revelries and practices of the most 90
scene nature. SO strenuous has been
this opposition that the psgans have
been obliged 10 abridge their former
habits and customs.
To this day the Bears, the Beavers
the Wolves. the Snipes and the half 8
dozen other clans of the Iroquois ma
ton gather at the council house. where
the annual ceremony OF burning the
white dog is held Ii is followed by
a big Jolliication pow-wow. The Gus
tom seems not TO have lost any OF its
favor. and the council house is scarcely
big enough 20 hold those who wish &c
take part In former times the dog was
burned alive, but now the dog is killed
10y one OF the sachems and highly dec.
Grated with daubs OF red paint and rib
hons. He Is put in hiding IN nearby
house, and at the proper time all the
clans gather and proceed 10 the house
where the sacrifcial dog lays Pipes
snd tobacco are strewn about him. ans
the Indians dance and sing strsng'
songs. The medicine man makes briei
speech, and then the procession. headed
ny two orzwny bucks carrying the DOS
depending from a long pole moves te
thu council house- where there are fur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
LIST OF AcQUAIHTANcEs.
gery Few Men Who Know By Name One
Thsnsand People


small party seated IN the Aanhzt-
tan club the other night az discussing
the question % scqDaintsnees. One
well-known lawyer said he knew as
many people as anv man in the room.
be did lot care who be was I asked
him Il he could say how many &C
fTuaintances he hsd-not friends nere-
II, but persons known casually ard
slightly. Alter thinking II over he
said. Ten thoussni-
4 bet SO 20 IS. said another o,
The party. -that you cannot name 1000
p-rsons OF your acquaintance. and give
you al night 20 do II" The bet sszs
made. and the lawyer began. friend
eeepiHg tslly-
When. after two hours Of hard think
II. he had reached u-fW~en go s1d
go. - was going very slow ard strain
~ terribly At mila izst De Vas 50
5a- from tAe I.00o. marx that tho party
Broke un Z disgust
doubt II there = man N thss eozI1-
r. - 70 could vvrite down fhs usnsS %
Loo sco1zsata-ces 81 ncnents I'D
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
DO You Know

That the Frisco Line (St. Louis and
San Francisco railway is positively
the only line running two daily through
passenger trains from Wichita 70 St
Louis. without change, leaving Wich-
tia a 1928 p. m, and 1910 p. m. arUiv-
ing in 81. Louis at $50 p. m, and 7:I5
a. m. The equipment of these trains
Is first class in every particular. con-
siSting of elegant reclining chair cars
b (seats freel and Pullman Palace Draw
Ing Room SleeperS
Ii vou are going beyond ST. Louis re-
member that connection with all lines
for the east. northeast and southeast
IS made in the magnificent new Grand
Union station. 81. Louis. the largest
and handsomest passenger station in
the world
For sleeping car berths and all infor-
nation relative to rates. routes. etc.
call at Santa Fe Route ticket office.
southwest corner Main and Douglas.
or Douglas avenue station.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
so Reason for rhsrkfuIneea

where | live we havN no peace.
There's piano in seven out OF the eight
flats
''You ought 20 thank heaven there's
none in the eighth"
But there's pair of twins in that
fat."-Town Topics.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
An Appropriate Keepsake

81 presume you carry a memento OF
some sort in that locket of yours? -
Precisely; Ia is lock OF my hus-
bands hair
+, But your husband is still alive"
''Yes. sir: but his hair is al gone
la Spirito Folletto.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

ARE YOU GOING TO KANSAS CITY?
REMEMBER THsj MISSOURI PA
CIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
Is the ony line that runs a strictly
Wichita-kansas City train. Leaving
Wichita at sos p. n. arriving at Kan
sas City next morning at 7:20. This
train is made up at Wichita. and there
fore always leaves on time. Nice chair
cars and Pullman sleepers.
Notice the leaving time, ard the next
time you go TO Kansas City take the
Missouri Pacific Always on time
Never late. Fine equipment Leaves
Wichita at reasonable hour and ar
rives at Kansas City neither too late
nor too early. Ticket Office ia North
Main street. Depot corner Second and
" .chita streets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06
CoaaublsI Caador.

He-Precious. did you give me this
beautiful umbrella because YOU love
ne2
She-No. darling, gave il 20 you be-
cause 7 am tired of lending you nine
Chicago Record.