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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

with the terror In our blood. II was no
good telling Kirton that he was a fool.
He knew more about himself than I
could. Shoot himself? You bet, he'd
thought of that, and what stopped him
wasn't prejudice nor want of pluck nei-
Their. Well, the life he lived that last
year would have been enough in the case
of the average man. He saw it out,
though, mind you, If nothing had hap
pened to him after all he'd be In luna
tic asylum tonight.
Friday he'd asked me to dine with
him here. Then we were to 60 to the
Empire and end up with partie carree
at the Savarin. l noticed we dined not
at my regular table In the corner, but
right in the middle of the room, with
other tables all round US. Same at the
Empire-kept in the crowd all the time.
Same at the Savarin-centered the whole
show. What's more, he'd get his man
Somers behind his chair. What did l
think was going to happen2 Well, 1t
struck me that Kirton was so Internally
sober, considering that 1t might all be
going to mean jimjams. We were bit
late sitting down. Kirton faced the door.
He had Lady Blanche on his right and
mamma on the left, and l faced him. 1t
was close upon IL before we'd got to cof-
fee. I'd kept an eye on Kirton all along.
You know the Mandevil sort of face
about the color of new drum head.
Then he was staring right through me at
the door, and his face had got to be the
color Of that cigar ash. Behind me there
seemed all at once kind of commotion.
When looked round, the people between
US and the door were getting out Of their
chairs.
'An the chatter and the clatter seemed
to stop. l fancy one or two women
squeaked | heard one woman back Of
me cry out What's thatP to the chap she
was with. Then everybody seemed to be
staring straight at us. There was Kir-
ton, sort of pinned back in his chair-in
q fit, you'd have said-his hands close to
his throat, at grips with nothing; his eyes
half out of his head and his face-well,
like no other fellows face that I ever
saw going through till then. There was
a sort of stampede. Somers actually told
me afterward that he felt it every time
he tried to get near his master-felt some
thing between 'em like death, he said, till
1t was all over. Somers' idea was that
Kirton was at grips with this something
all the time. He's pretty matter Of fact,
as a rule, too.
when l got back, after seeing the wo-
men off the premises, Mandevil was ly-
ing limp in his chair, with his head on
the back of it, dead as julius Caesar.
"'Look at that, SIR Somers whispered
to me. Well, certainly, there they were
on his throat, plain enough-the little
thumb and the six and quarter fingers.
ibid l feel anything unusual myself?
Well, remember feeling an unusual sort
Of draft at the back of my neck, just be-
fore it began, and telling the waiter to
see if there wasn't a window open
somewhere.
''Do believe in 1t ALI What do you
think p'-Pall Mall Gazette.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
WINDHAM,

Charles Prior of Chester was in town Tues
day.
George Goodell of New York city is at
home.
A small party went from here to Lowell
lake last Thursday.
Julian Harris of Deerfeld, Mass, is with
his grandmother, Mrs. NJ. d. Harris.
Mrs. II. @. Whiteomb left Monday for Fox
boro, Mass, where she will remain two
weeks with friends.
Mrs. Richardson and son Austin Richsxd-
son of West Acton, Mass, are in town guests
of j. W. Gould and L. B. Chapman.
Sewell Howard, who has been great suf-
ferer for several years, passed away Sunday.
he leaves wife and four children. The
funeral was held Tuesday at his late home at
O'Clock.
George Hilton and family OF Chester and
DR.. Flanders and family of Portsmouth, N
H, broke camp Monday. They have been
camping for several days on Glebe mountain
nj ar Mr.. Farnsworth.
F. H. Harris and two daughters were nm
from Chester and remained over Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. IL. d. Harris.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
NO GUESS WORK HERE.
ALL BELLOWS FALLS PEOPLE HAVE TO
DO Is TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLp
OF FELLOW CITIZENS,

Facts are stubborn;
Some may be disputed.
None can be disproved.
fact is the opposite of fiction.
Is always hedged about with proof.
Has to stand the test of investigation,
Or it drifts to the realm of doubt.
Investigate closely the following;
Tho closer the scrutiny the more convinc-
ing the results.
A Bellows Falls citizen speaks here,
Speaks from experience and conviction;
Relates facts; stubborn facts,
That may be disputed but cannot be dis
proved.
MIR. John 81. McCarty living on Williams
street extension, ays:-"An Masons are
more or less troubled with their kidneys, es-
pecially if thew have worked at the ira lie for
some time. My kidneys troubled me for four
or five yeas with bearing down pains which
were always worse in the morning. /
had to keep STOPPING position al my
work the greater ipart of the day, and
the pain in my back and hips was excru-
ciating, at times so bad that / was hardly
able to finish my days work. NY wife got
me box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Andrews
drug store. The strong Recommendations in
favor of them Undue ed me 10 try them. found
them just as represented, grand, good kid
ney medicine. They relieved the pains in my
back and hips and it is seldom that feel it.
When / do it is of little consequence for take
few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills and it
soon passes away. 1 do not hesitate to rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone as q
good, reliable kidney medicine. know them
to be such from personal experience, and not
from hearsay."
Doan's Kidnev Plls for ale ~ al a..Iars
price 80 cents. Mailed BY Foster-MiIburn
Co., Buffalo, N Y, sole agents for the U s.
Remember the name DOAN'S and take no
other.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
THE PASSING
OF MANDEVIL

"Spasm of the glottis," said the colo
mel, lis good enough for jury, but what
Mandevil was quite clear he was going
to die of that night and what l am quite
clear l saw him die of was just simply
strangulation. There came that which
took him by the throat and clutched the
life out of him between a pretty little
thumb and four 614 fingers. l saw the
marks"
Now, as Mandevil had come to an end
in the midst of the supper crowd at the
Savarin hotel, the colonePs presentment
of the matter appeared somewhat steep.
Still, as a rule, his perceptions We're pro-
fessional. He was unacquainted with the
use of the imaginative faculty, and to
produce any very marked psychological
impression upon him you would have to
operate. His auditors took the steepness
without impertinent comment. How was
he going to get over it, though?
"Ah," the narrator said, going back
again into the depths Of his chair, "now
you're asking me! OF course there's that
story of the family curse, you know. Be
lieve in that sort of thing? They did.
Don't much wonder either. And, sup
pose, if you do believe you've got fam.
lily curse upon you you're apt to do things
that help it along and make it all the cas-
Ter for the next lot to believe in it too.
Well, the trouble began in the first Kir-
toms time-our chaps granduncle. Over
woman it was, as per usual.
can extremely fascinating little devil
this Lady Lilith, by all accounts, but not
nearly careful enough, with a lord and
master like that. When he found he
L l. l. + - IL,
the next thing was funeral. However,
she must have had considerable interest
somewhere, because you are bound to be-
lieve she certainly came back. Her hus-
band was found dead on the floor of his
room one morning, with the look of de-
spair on his face and her sign manual on
his throat-same as l saw on his grand
nephew's, if you like. That was her lead
off. There have been nothing but male
Mandevils born since, and not one of 'em
has died in his bed, they tell you. Don't
say that | stick out particularly for dy
ing in mine, you know. Three genera
tons of it, though, seems to mean some
thing. And that's not all. The first kir-
ton had two younger brothers. Nothing
happened to the second, who succeeded
till he had seen all his sons wiped out
except the last-another Kirton. Then
the father was shot in a duel, and within
the year the son was come for, just like
his uncle. That let in the son of the third
brother, who was the father Of our man.
He and l were commissioned in Ours the
same day. Crimea, India, Africa and
the rest of it. He never got a scratch.
A year and two days ago he put himself
they printed it. Well.
there you are.
after all that do you wonder our John
nie-the last Kirton-felt that he was
down to be come for like the other two2
II he didn't, what's the use of heredity?
You say this sort Of thing is all rot. So
do LIN our case We haven't been born
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
PERKIN SVILLE.

Mrs A, II. Humphrey and Miss Kate Sher.
win of Ludlow ere recent guests at III. b
Hicks.
Blsckberries are very plenty and bring
about six cents.
Dwight Bradish, formerly of this place,
was married at Cavendish recently.
The concert given by the Kemp family at
the Hawks Mt. house was well attended
The ladies' aid society have secured the
use of Hammond's hall and will use the same
as place for meeting and entertainments.
Dallas F. Pollard is again delivering coal
in this vicinity.
Will Loveland is riding new Iver John
son wheel purchased of John Il. Hicks.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
WARDSBORO.

James M Gleason of Boston, Mass, is tax.
ing short rest at the old home with hi:
sister-in-law, Mrs Frances Gleason.
L. R. Plumley and wife started Wednesday
to visit in Mt Holly.
Mrs. Cru Lynde and daughter, Mrs. Hugh
Adams of BIattleboro are guests of Mrs. Ora.
cha Read.
Rev E s. Morse and family of Brattleboro,
former residents of this place, are visiting
Mrs. Morse's mother, Mrs. T. f. johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hescock and daugh
ter Rena of Greenfield, Mass. who have been
visiting Mr.. Hescock's sister, Mrs. s. D. Nav
have returned to their home.
L. A. Whitcomb, who has been i'll for {
short time,is improving slowly.
Mrs. A. L, Wheeler and son Leonard, whc
have been visiting in Greenfield, Mass, re-
turned to their home Saturday night
j. E. Gleason of Brattleboro is spending /
few days with his mother, Mrs. Frances Gle
son.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
Pain Conquered; Health Re-
stored by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
lLzrrzs re MRS. rIxxzAx no. ,s,6.e]


81 feel it my duty to write and thank
you for what your Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. It is the only
medicine l have found that has done
me any good. Before taking your medi-
cine, was all run down, tired all the
time, no appetite, pains In my back and
bearing down pains and great suf-
ferer during menstruation. After tax
ing two bottles of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound felt Ike new
woman. lam now on my fourth bottle
and all my pains have left me. feel
better than have felt for three years
and would recommend your Compound
to every suffering woman. Hope this
letter via help others 70 hna Q cure
for their troubles" MIA DELLA
REAucKzA RENssELARR, IEp.
The serious Ills Of women develop
from neglect of early symptoms. Every
pain and ache has q oause, and the
warning they give should net be dare
garded.
Ms. Pinkham understands these
troubles better than any local ply
sioisn and will give every woman free
advice who Is puzzled about her
health Mrs. PinkhamS address "a
Lynn, Mas. Don't put of writing IN n
health is completely broken down.
Write 81 tie first indication OF trouble.
OeWitt'F Witch Hazel Salye
Szfes Plies 5S41Sss E-xEs.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
JAMAICA.

Bert Allen who has been at work in Towns
bend, is home on vacation.
L l.. Holland has put barber shop in on
Main street underneath Masonic hall.
The 'camp meeting" opened Tuesday at
"lsland Park" with a large attendance.
Julian Taft and wife of Townshend are Wis
iting at Fl. j. Sages'.
Arthur Baker and wife of Bondville spent
Sunday at FL. F. Willis
Miss Lottie Barrett of Brattleboro visited at
j. A. Muzzey's this week.
Miss Mabel Martin of Townshend spent a
few days at w. L. Barnes this week.
John Plimpton of Chester visited friends in
town recently.
Fred Young and family of Brattleborn are
passing few days with friends here.
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EAST JAMAICA.

Duane Howard and wife of Gloversville,
n. T., are visiting their sister, Mrs Sala
Thayer, this week.
Col. K. L. Thayer has returned from his
business trip to Chester.
Mrs. Edwin Dunbar is at work for E. M
Butler at present
Leone Robinson of West Wardsboro is Wis.
iting her grandmother, Mrs. Viona Howe.
There was q special train Wednesday that
brought the road officials to look over the
bridges and road on the narrow gauge.
Dora Thayer, who was visiting her mother,
has returned to her work at Brattleboro.
Herbert Waterman visited at Mrs. Sala
Thayer's the past week.
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Bellows Falls Times
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1899.
State News.
Veterans VIII Meet.

The IA h annual reunion of the third reei-
ment Vermont Volunteers, war of 81 TO '65
will be held at q. A. r. hall in st. Johns
bury, "Wednesday, August 80 The business
meeting viii be AT IL 80 A. NJ. A soldiers
dinner will be served by the Woman's Relief
Corps a, l p as usual The address will
be by Plv H. l.. Veazey, sinsmsn of the
late Col. Veazey. Comrades who come nv
way of Boston & Maine, st Johnsbury &
Lake Champlain and Montpelier & Wells
River roads call for tickets at reduced rates
BY order Charles H. Woodbury., NJ C.Vauce,
Carlton Felch, executive committee. Samuel
Il. Pingree, secretary.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
EAST LEMPSTER.

Mrs. Abbie Holt is in town visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Hood.
Simeon Makepeace is very sick with pneu-
monia; DR.. Hyde attends him.
Charles Booth and Mrs. Strong have gone
to Charlestown to board.
Miss Carrie Cudworth and Aunt Katie are
visiting Mrs. A. w. WEIGH.
Homer Pike is in poor health and is stop
ping with his mother, Mrs VIM. f. Bruce.
James W. Bruce and family are expected
IN town this week to spend few days with
their friends.
Miss Edna Hodgeman came home from
Newport Saturday and returned Monday.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
CAVENDISH.

George W. spaulding and family have
been in Glens Falls, N. Y, few days.
Louise Tarble returned from Hartland last
week
George Thompson was in saxtons River
Sunday.
Mrs. M. A. Weeks is suffering from
a sprained ankle.
Mrs. d, J. Stimets' mother from Rutland
has been visiting her.
Wilbur Wyman is in Bellows Falls.
Will Smith and family OF Cambridge are at
Frank Ely's.
Mrs. Charles Whitcomb is at Lowell lake.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
NEWFOUNDLAND DEPOT.

Miss Lucy Taylor went to Hartford, Ct,
last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Beals and daughter Sarah
and visiting friends picnicked in the grove
near B. G. Aldrich's Wednesday, August Is.
Irving Curtis of Keene is making bis
ANNUAL trip through this section with his
thrashing machine. A job all farmers are
glad to get done is the thrashing of their
grain.
Miss Helen Holden is with her sister, Mrs.
+. Shelley, for few days.
W. H. Fletcher and wife are rejoicing at
the arrival of son one dsy last week.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

Prof. D. II. Farley of Trenton, N. J wife
and two boys arrive here Friday for their an
nual visit of week or more. They will stop
at the hotel.
Lola Abbott went to Manchester Wednes-
oay Tor two weeks visit with relatives.
Dr.. Smith returned Wednesday from two
Brookfeld.
The people of the Congregational church
and society are preparing for celebrating the
centennial anniversary of their church or
ganization which occurs September 5. An
interesting program will be given with ad-
dresses by former pastors.
Service will be held as usual at the Congre-
gatlonal church Sunday, August 20, at lis
P. M.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
GRAIN.O BRINGS RELIEF.

to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is q
habit that is universally INDUCED in and al
most as universally injurious. Have you tried
Grain-Oi 1t is almost like coffee but the eff
fects are just the opposite. Coffee upsets the
stomach, ruins the digestion, effects the heat
and disturbs, the whole nervous system.
Grain-O tones up the stomach, aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. There is moth
ing but nourishment in Grain-O. 1t can't be
otherwise. Is and Csc cents per package.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
RARTONsYILLE.

Mrs. Kelsey Bailey and daughter Myrtle
OF Proctorsville recently visited at Wallace
Weston's.
Misses Mamie and Annie Crosby of Green
field, Mass, are visiting friends in this vicin-
ity.
John Barnes of Pittsfeld, Me-, an uncle Of
Mrs, Dtlos Ellison, is visiting her.
George II. Fairbanks and family have
returned from a two weeks trip to Boston
and vicinity.
Ina Ellison has returned home from vaca,
tiOn
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
New Hampshire News.
Keene to Have Coaching Parade,

The Cheshire County Grange Fair associa
ton has determined to hold coaching part de
this year on September 81, the third and last
day of the fair, at Keene, and President J G..
LEISURE has been elected the special superin-
tendent 1t is expected that every subordin-
ate grange in the county will be represented
in the parade with at least one float, drawn
by four horses. Every effort is being made
to make the fair this year an exceptional sue
cess. The town of Walpole, one of the best
agricultural towns in the SECTION, will have
a fine exhibit. Capt. Paul F. Babbidge of
Keene has been chosen chief marshal of the
parade.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

"It's easy enough to get along in Ger
many even if you don't know the lam
guage," said the returned Missourian.
"One day in good sized village drop
ped into beer garden, where 1 didn't
hear q word Of English spoken, but I
called waiter and said to him:
"Look here, old man, I'm dry-do you
understand that? Dry, dry.
"He nodded and the next minute came
back with three beers."-Kansas Gitx
Star.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
EAST ACWORTH.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Comstcck and two
children camped out at Mellen's pond last
week.
Neddie Towle of Uaremont is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Emma Gee.
Mary Lombard and Grace Heath went to
Charlie stown Tuesday, stopping over night at
Henry Dinsmore's aud returning home early
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stowell and two chill
dren from Albany visited in this vicinity last
week.
Edward Guyitt of Brandon has been the
guest of Mrs. Mary Piper at J. Barlow's.
Mrs. Lue Comstock took carriarge drive
to Alstead with her brother, Milton Dodge
and wife, who were euroute to their home in
Fitchburg
George Call, Gayle and Lee, are visiting
his parents, HAL Call and wife in Croyden.
Mrs. Hattie Walker and son Walter return
to their home in Worcester Tuesday. Harry
Kemp accompanies them for two week s
vacation.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

"DeWitt's Little Fairly Risers did me
more coed than all blood medicines and
other pills. writes George H. Jacobs of
Thompson, Conn. Prompt, pleasant, never
gripe,-they cure cons pation, arouse the
torpid liver to action and give YOU clean
blood, steady nerves, a clear brain and a
healthy appetite. Pierce's Pharmacy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

81 suffered from piles for twenty. five years,
and after all so-called cures had failed was
permanently cured by one box of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve," says Eli Hile, of Lum-
Der City, Pa. Be sure you get "DeWitt's."
There are injurious and dishonest counter
eits. Pierce's Pharmacy
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
The cut 1. amer an old painting Of . man

ga III bling will
Death with his life
as a stake. Behind
the man stands his
good angel striving
to save him.
This game with
life as the stake is
the everyday game
of men and women.
Behind the player
5 I a n d 5 the good
angel Nature, striv-
ing to preserve the
life. Even W h e n
the game is almost
IN nAathiG hanIe
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
SIMONSVILLE.

Mrs. Charles Sawyer and daughter of Mel
rose, Mass and Miss Eva Weeden of Rock
ingham were recently entertained ct j. o.
Sawyer's.
Martin Perry of Townshend is visiting his
friend, Walter Austin, st s P. Cartoons.
oW Leonard has been entertaining his
niece, Mrs Dora Leonard Marshall of Con.
necticut.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
A Newton, Mass. Woman

Prominent in society, says:-'I would not
Tor anything be without Comfort Powder. 1t
is splendid for irritation of the skin" 1t
cures prickly heat, chatting, offensive perapi-
ration, tender feet, and keeps dress shields
sweet
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

Hamilton Clarke of Chauncey, Ca, says he
suffered with itching piles twenty wears be-
fore trying DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sslye, two
boxes of which completely cured him. Be-
ware of worthless and dangerous countefeits.
Pierce's Pharmacy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

"Our baby was sick for month with severe
cough and catarrhal fever. Although we
tried many remedies she kept getting worse
until we used One Minute Cough Cure-it re-
lieved at once and cured her in few days"
B. L. Nance, Prin. High School, Bluffdale,
Texas. Pierce's Pharmacy.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

Quite number OF our yourg ladies are at
tending singing school at Lempster nnder
the instruction of H. r. Olmstead.
Edward Nillen ard George Symonds went
to Boston Tuesday returning Wednesday
Mrs George Hove is spending few days
with her bro her, Herbert Piper.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19
MARRIED.

In Proetorsville, july 80, BY Rev. Mr.. Rob
erts, dwight Brsdish of Perkinsvills aud
Miss Minerva HeminwAy Of CavsnIisA.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

Remember that
O the
noe ana his only remedy Feruna Those
should Hartman
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

About 20 Of the yonng people held picnic
at Little pond Wednesday, August 8, and
during the afternoon climbed Cobble Noun
tain
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-08-19

do not allow dealers to sell you something
just as good as Putnam Fadeless Dyes. There
IS no such thing on the market. Insist on
having Putnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by
Pierce's Pharmacy.
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'eWitt'e Witch Fta7ei SalVe
Szrss PIlss. sSalSs. t-xzs-
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oPSRahT 1900 sY THE PROCTOR GAMBLE co. CINCINNATI,