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. JELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT.
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terial used in the art. lor doing Joe rHlNTiNO in all
varieties, on abort uotioe.jud on reasonable toruis.
r VT. F. HLANCITARr, Photographer.
I , OKU '3 lil.Ol'lv, HELLO W3 FALLS, VT.
nB. STOUGHTON, Counsellor at Law and
awlieitor in Chancery.
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
T. H. BIXBY, Attorney at Ijw,
11a . a , ORAl'TOS. VT.
T: 3LOW S. MYERS. Attorney at taw,
C.'tt . HELLO WS i' ALLS. VT.
A. BALL will give instructions In
a. "Tn New American Method " for the Piano
orta after J an. 1st, 1S07.
0 ' M.; GEORGE, DentistRooms in Depot.
Particular attention paid to inserting teeth on
old, tilret and rubber. All work warranted.
HUGH HENRY, Atlorney and Counsellor
at Law. and Insurance Agent. Omo over IS. 1).
Lee's Bwre. CM ESl'KK. VT. .
WHITMAN, M. D, ; (late Sur
- aeoa U. 8. A.,) Physician and Burgeon.
'- BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
Omee an the Square, nearly opposite the Times Office
S - V.. MERRILL, Teacher of Instrumental
Itasie, HKLL0W8 FALLS, VT.
Instruments and Musie furnished. Pianos Tuned.
CHA8. E. ARNOLD, Attorney and Coun
aellor at Low. Office in Wentworth'a Block,
. . . . BJdLLOWS FALLS, VT.
CHA8- - B. EDDY, Attorney and Counsel
lor at Law, Solicitor and Master in Chancery.
Licensed Agent for procuring Pensions, Soldiers'
JJaemtlea. Ooioa opposite the Bank.
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
J . D. BRIDGMAN, Attorney and Court-
aellor at Law, and Solicitor in Chancery,
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
Also Commissioner to take the acknowledgement
of BoedVand other instruments, for the State of iiew
York.
CLARK II . CHAPMAN, Attorney and
Counsellor at Law, and Solicitor in Chancery.
Asao Agent for Fire anil Life Insurance Coiupaniea,
PKOCroitSV lLLE, Windsor Co, L
GILBERT A. DAVIS. Attorney and Coun
sellor at Law. FELCUVILLK, VT.
Solicitor anil Master In Chancery, Notary Public,
and Ltfend Fire Insurance Agent. Also Licensed
Claim Agent for the collection t,f Pensions, Bounties,
Arrearages of Government and State Pay.
LAMADON, Watchmaker and Jeweller.
Constantly for sale Watches. Clocks, tlold and
Silver Work anil Fancy Goods. Also a good assort
merit of Uuns. Rides and Fishing Tackle. In Went
werth's New Building.
S:-. M. BLAKE, Dentist Performs all op.
rations in Dental Surgery, and manufactures
Mineral Teeth in Blocks and Full Sets. Office in
Chase's Block, up stain. BELLOWS FALLS. VT.
GEORGE E. WALKER, Manufacturer and
Dealer in Saddles. Harnesses, Blankets. Sleigh
Robes, Whips, Ac A good assortment constantly on
band and for sale at the lowest cash prices. Please
eall and examine my stock of Harnesses before par
basing elsewhere. Repairing done at short notiee.
Wly . Main Street, LUDLOW, VT.
W. TAFT, Phototrropher,
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
BELLOWS FALLS HOTEL, Good Sta
ble attached to the House. Coach to and from
the Depot free of charge. 16 O. P. WOODS.
; . F. P . IIADLEY,
.'..' BELLOWS FALLS, VT.,
' Dealer in all kinds of
. COOK, PARLOR AND BOX STOVES I
Hollow Ware of all kinds, Bad-Irons, Zinc, Lead
Pipe, l'amps of all Siscs, Plain Tin and
Japanned Ware, Brittannia
Teapoft, Lanterns,
and Lantern Globes of ail sites. Tin. Sheet Iron
W ark on hand and made to order. Also,
HOT AIR FURNACES !
tor Churches, Town Halls, or Private Dwellings, set
is the nest manner.
Also ezclosive Agent for the sale of P. P. PTlHV
AUT'ti F TEL-HAVING, AIK-TWHT, SIM
MER ASD WINTER COOKING
STOVE.
1 also nave Stores of various patterns from the
well known Foundry of Barstow Stove Co., Provi
dence, R. 1., to which I call special attention.
laa above goods will be sold at reasonable prices,
for reauj pay.
N. JL If you want a poor article go somewhere
1 .... 1.1 11.1,1
, AT HYDE'S
May be found the best assortment of
v CROCKERY
i In Town. ;
AL80 STICES, TEAS, SUGARS
WOODEN WARE.
TUBS.
BROOMS, .'
MOP HANDLES,
PAILS,
. FARMING TOOLS,
1 PITCH FORKS,
MANURE FORKS.
HOES, A
BAKES.
And almost everything usually fonnd in a Grocery
Btore.
SINGER'S
S E W ING MACHINES,
Universally acknowledged the best, for either
HEAUY OR LIGHT WORK
-M The only Machine that can sew all kinds of cloth,
ana witn ail ginus 01 tnreau.
The Subscriber has always on hand and for sale
FAMILT AND MANUFACTURING MACHINES.
A. WORTUINGTON, Agent,
47 Saxtons River Vt.
Q E W I N O MACHINES!
tj
Kale. Exchanged.
Repaired sad Im.
THE
SEWING MACHINE I
SINGER
FOB. !., T
; T. K. CLARK,
Agent for Windsor County, Vt, and Walpole, and
IDnrlestown. a. it. 1U
COME ONE ! COME ALL
..; TO
P. WOODS' STORE
And see the LARGE and SPLENDID assortment of
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS
He baa just received from Boston. And he has a
LARGE lot pf
DIARIES
' That he will sell LOWER than any one in this
- Vicinity.
PAPER AND STATIONERY,
Of all kinds at a LOW figure. Good COMMERCIAL
MOTE Paper at 12 eenu aqnire.
Bellows Falls, Dee. 18, 1X67. 61
I8O8.
A GOOD Assortment of Diaries for may be
sb. tbnnu at
ROWK-S. Chester.
gjd t m f ; SOT &:'m MW-:q
VOL. XIII.
'JHE CLIMAX ATTAINED!
ESTEY & CO.'S
COTTAGE ' ORGAN
TRIUMPHANT) ! t .
THE VOX HUMANA TREMOLO.
' CROWNING IMPROVEMENT ! :
! . iu addition to the
, PATENT HABMOKIC ATTACHMENT ,i
aud
PATENT MANCAL Bl'B BASE I
ESTEY A CO. have now further than ever eclipsed
all rival Makers of Reed Instruments, by the intro
duction of their . .
PATENT VOX HUMANA TREMOLO.
This most wonderful and beautiful addition to the
Cottage Organ is acknowledged by leading musical
characters in the country, to be the a ptut ultra ut
all improvements on reed instruments.
The chief pointa of superiority are patented by
them, and of course are found on the instruments of
no ottuir maker.
Send for a circular.
H J, ESTEY k CO., Brattlcboro, Vt
J J A R D W A R E , & c ,
The Subscriber has now on hand the largest
and best stock of HARDWARE to be found in the
State, consisting of
BUILDERS' HARDWARE, ALL KINDS, IRON,
STEEL AND NAILS. DOORS, SASH
AND BLINDS.
Mill. X-Cut, Circular, Hand and Wood Saws; Glass,
all sites; Carriage Hardware, Sie.
Customers in want of Hardware will find it for their
interest to call before purchasing.
JO.SEPn CLARK.
, . No. 1, 2 and 3, Revere Hall.
Brattlcboro. Jan. 1, 180&
pYLE'S SALERATUS
IS ACKNOWLEDGED TOE BEST IX USE!
Always put up in pound packages. .
FULL WEIGHT,
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
24-23-ly
U S I C A L INSTRUCTION.
S. F. MERRILL,
And bis daughter, Miss ELLA MERRILL, are
rcpareu to give lessons upon the Ptano in Professor
inhbin's "American Method" which eomnrtsM in
addition to lessons on the Piano, lessuns in Harmony.
We will also give lessons in the old Method if de
sired. -
All pupils taking lessons in the "American Meth
od" of us will be admitted to the "Schumann Club,"
a mustenl organisation which meets once each week
for musical instruction and study.
r. r. jnermi win give lessons on tne 101m.
Pianos furnished and tuned.
Bellows Falls, Dec. 5, lsoo. . 49
0
YSTERS! OYSTERS ! !
MR. SANDERS,
Has fitted up a nice
OYSTER ROO M!
In the Square,
Tfe la an eld hand at getting nn gorwt fftewa and
avbhj), nm u.u.i. you win una nun always reauy CO
wait on his customers. He will furnish Ovster bv
the quart or gallon, and larger qaantitiea at short no
lice, lie ue.au m
FRUITS OF ALL KINDS !
LEMONS, NUTS. CONFECTIONARY. Ae Ac,
constantly on nana.
Bellows Falls, Jan. 3, 1808.
40
rpOBACCO TWINE.
A Nice lot just received by
ARMS A WILSON.
PURE SPICES.
"'HE only place to bnypur Ground SPICES
is at O. F. WOODS.
ILANK BOOKS,
For Sale by 48
F. C. EDWARDS.
DOWNER'S KEROSENE OIL, the
Best article in the market.at
HYDE'S
pilERE has been so much said, if jon want
PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS,
Oct them of Whitney, at his Hair Dressing Rooms,
Bellows rails, t. 44
w
RAPPING PAPER,
For Sale by
F. 0. EDWARDS.
4
LET SOAPS.
O. F. WOODS has lust recoived the best assort
ment of Fancy Toilet Soaps ever offered in this part
of the country. 41
)OTASHI POTASH I
Prime selected Potash for sale bv the Cask or at
retail, small quantities, by JOSEPH CLARK.
In urattlcboru, Marcn i. 1804.
JADIKS AND OKNTLKMEN,
WHITNEY'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Never injures the Hair, bnt will keep it clean, soft
and moist, remove dandruff, and cure your headache.
v ith an experience or nneen years among the hairs,
I know of what 1 speak. , M. M. WHITNEY,
Bellows Falls, Vt
- NEW JEWELRY.
THE largest assortment of new and handsome de
signs of Jewelry, in sets and single peicea, from
Bogwood to line gold prices that will satisfy custo
mer just received by 0. H. ROWE,
Chester, Vt
IF YOU WANT TO DYE.
I : Uct a box of ,
Whitney'i New England Hair Dye!
It is the most perfect Dye in the world. Manufac
tured, warranted and sold, whole-sale and retail, by
44 M. M. W 1IIINEY, Bellows Falls. Vt
ALBUMS! ALBUMS!
I HAVE the largest stock of ALBUMS in this place,
and am selling them at less prices. Call and ex
amine before buying. O. F. WOODS.
Bellows Falls, Nov. 8. 1867. 45
JOOK, SEE AND READ,
That the best place to buy
TOYS, PRESENTS, DIARIES, Ac,
For the Holidays, is at
O. F. WOODS STORE.
Because he has a better and larger assortment and
will sell cheaper than any one else in Ibis vicinity.
Wluv UU KC 01
IF YOU DOVT WANT TO DYE. bnt only to
change from Gray to Brown, try a bottle of
WHITNEYS HAIR RESTORER.
It is the one thing needful, and is to be hid at the
tiau l! rowing nooms 01 m. m. n llll.fcl.
JEATHER BELTING.
ARMS & WILLSON
H AVE CONSTANTY ON HAND A LARGE LOT
of he hrt OAK AND HEMLOCK TANNED
BELTING, which they will sell at about manufact
urers prices.
Bellows Fat.M. Jan. !!. 13. 4
BELLOWS FALLS, VT., FRIDAY,
flliscflUmj.
MuiH'IiailHCIliNlllM.
The relution of ingenious and prepos
terous stories may not be the most profit
able occupation in which one could be
ngaged ; but it is one of those exercises
of grotesque fancy which may serve very
ell now and then for an hour s enter
tainmcnt. The most famous and system
atic originator of this sort of stories is
supposed to be an individual called the
Baron Munchausen, and his name has
become a snonym for literary efforts of
this character. The term canard, from
the French, is often used to signify an
improbable story, and its origin, which
may be new to some of our readers, ex
cellently illustrates the meaning of the
word. A Frenchman once sent to a
newspaper a statement of an experiment
which he lately made proving the won
derful veracity of ducks.' Ho had a
flock, he said, of twenty of these fowls.
One day he killed one of them, and cut
ting it into very Bmall pieces, fed it,
feathers and all, to the other nineteen,
ho ate it all up in a few minutes. He
then killed another, and cutting it into
small pieces fed it to the other eighteen,
and it was quickly devoured. He killed
another and fed it to the seventeen re
maining ducks, and still another which
he fed to the sixteen ; and so continued
until finally there was but one duck left,
hich duck had, of course, eaten all the
other nineteen. Canard being the French
word for duck, any exaggerated story
was subsequently called a " canard," or
" duck story," as in this country we
peak of a "fish story," or a snake
story."
It is sometimes very well to exaggerate
little for the sake of bringing ridicule
upon those who relate " tough yarns,"
and imagine that the listeners will believe
them. , Some one gives the advice :
Whene'er yon hear a tale that is a "thumper,' .
Show no surprise, but aim at semcUung higher,
And match it with a bold or fib and plumper
TU the method to confound a liar. .
The people of Oascony, France, it is
known, have a world-wide reputation for
sting, from whence comes the word
gasconade. A Gascon was once vaunt
ing his eyesight to a citizen of Paris in
the Rue Notre Dame. " Zounds," said
he, " from this very place I see a mouse
running at the top of the tower." " I do
not see it yet," said the citizen, quietly,
" but I hoar It tioU"
A traveler was relating some improb
able stories of feats performed by Chi
nese jugglars, nnd spoke of one who set
a ladder on end in an open space and
walked the rounds to the top. " I have
seen a greater feat than that," remarked
a bystander ; ," I have seen a juggler go
to the top of a ladder in the same way,
and then pull the ladder up after him."
An Englishman was once making
some extraordinary statements as to the
speed of a horse which he owned. " My
dear sir," said an American, " that is
rather less than the average speed of our
roadsters. I live at my country seat near
Philadelphia, and when I ride to town
in a hurry in the morning, my shadow
does n't keep up with me, but generally
comes into the store a minute or two
after my arrival. One morning my horse
was restless and I rode him as hard as I
could several times around a factory,
just to take the old Harry out of him.
Well, sir, he went so fast that I saw my
back before me the whole time, and I
was twice in danger of riding over my
self."
Another Englishman, it is said, having
heard a great deal about the Yankee
propensity of " bragging," thought he
would make an experiment in that art
himself. He walked up to a market wo
man's stand, and pointing to some large
watermelons, said, " What don't you
raise any bigger apples than these in
America?" " Apples !" said the wo
man, disdainfully, " anybody might know
you was an Englishman. . Them's buck
lebeiries."
The above will be sufficient to illus
trate the use of Munchausenisms as
metnoa ot repartea. JJut another pur
pose to which some glib talker has pro
fessed to put such stories is of quite a
different character. He says he finds
them very effective iu opening oysters,
He places the oysters in a circle, and,
seating himself in the center commences
some very surprising narrative. One by
one they begin to gape with astonishment,
and as they open their mouths he has
his knife ready, whips them out, salts,
peppers and swallows them.
We call to mind several stories which
we imagine would be of great service to
the gentleman above mentioned, and per
haps a brief statement of some of them
might not be inappropriate here. The
first will refer to a very heavy fog which
once visited the state of Massachusetts,
which probably somewhal surpassed the
fogs of the city of London. A young
man was sent out to the meadow to nail
on a few courses ofshingles on a bam.
the roof of which was nearly finished.
" At dinner time," continues the farmer
who is responsible for the storv, " th
fellow came up and se he " That's an
almighty long bam of your'n." Sea I.
" Not very long." " Well," sez he, " Io
been to work all this forenoon and haven't
got one course laid yet" " Well," se I,
" you're a lazy, fellow, that's all I've got
to say." ; So after dinner I went down to
see what he'd been about, and I'll be
thundered if he hadn't shingled more
than hundred feet right out onto the
fog!", : ' , ., :.
The second will be of a very rich farm,
concerning which the narrator says : " I
went over last summer with two friends,
and Jones took us on a four acre lot he
had just prepared for planting. We all
went to the centre of the lot, and he there
made a single hill, and showed us a cu
cumber seed. " Now, boys," said he,
" when I put this seed into the ground
you must run for the fence and get out
as soon as quick as you can." - No sooner
had he dropped the seed than he and the
others started off as if a bull dog had
been after them. I was so surprised that
forgot tho warning until I saw a vine
pushing up from the ground and making
for me. Then I ran as if for dear life,
but before I got to the fence the vine
caught me and began to wind around me
like a snake. I was very much alarmed;
and put my hand to my pocket for my
jack knife with which to cut myself
loose ; but to my horror I could not get
it in on account of a cucumber which
hung there and which was growing like
blazes." '
A Cincinnati paper indulged its cred
ulous readers some time ago with the fol
lowing item : " As a gentleman was go
ing along Fifth street, he passed a place
where some boys were playing marbles.
One of them, in shooting his marble,
cleverly put it under the gentleman's
foot. The gentleman slipped and stum
bled against a lady, ako passing, precip
itating her along with himself upon a
large dog. The dog, frightened out of
it9 propriety, bolted off, and ran between
the legs of another gentleman, who in
falling, drew the string of a kite from the
hands of a boy. Tho kite of course fell,
and in falling frightened a span of horses
attached to a wagon in an alley near by.
The horses ran down the alley. A man
who was building a fire in a carpenter's
shop by which they passed, started up to
see what was the matter, and in doing so
dropped hi lighted match among the
shavings. A fire was the consequence.
m,A finsinM noo,b-lv,.J, and. In Ulo Lin,
consequent upon tho alarm, a man fell
in the track of one of them and had his
arm broken. Is the boy who shot tho
marble responsible for all the consequent
damages? " . '
The train of circumstances here related
reminds one of the story of the French
man who attempted to commit suicide.
He was determined not to be thwarted
in his purpose, so he provided himself
with a ladder, a rope, a pistol, a box of
matches and a vial of poison, and went
a little before high tide to a post set up
in the edge of the sea. Ascending the
ladder, he tied one end of the rope to the
post and the other around his neck ; then
he took the poison, set his clothes on fire,
put the muzzle of his pistol to his ear and
kicked away the ladder. In kicking
down the ladder he sloped the pistol so
that the ball missed his head and cut
through the rope by which he was sus
pended ; he fell into the sea, thus extin
guishing the flames of his clothes, the sea
water which he involuntarily swallowed
counteracted the poison, and the tide
washed him on shore high and dry, so
that, despite his precautions, he remained
unhanged, unshot, unpoisoucd, unburned
and undrowned. ' '
, The next story shall be of a very large
tree in the state of California. A man
went to the woods, to- cut it down. He
had been chopping about ten days when
ho thought he would take a walk about
the tree, just to see how much he had to
cut ; what was his surprise, when he got
on the other side, to find another man
cutting on the same tree. "I say," said
tho Californian, "how long have you
been cutting?".' "Just three weeks,"
said the stranger. The tree was so big
round that they had not heard the sound
of each other's axes.
Finally, wc may mention the adven
ture of a sailor boy, who, for some mis
chievous freak, was headed up in a water
cask, with only the bung hole to breathe
through. The following night a squall
came up, and the ship went down with
all On board, except himself in the cask,
Fortunately it kept " bung up, and af
ter thirty hours floating about, he was
cast on the shore, where, after making
many nnseccessful efforts to release him
self, he gave himself up to die. But
some cattle strolling along the beach were
attracted to the cask, and in switching
around it,one of them accidentally slipped
his tail into the bung hole. The boy
grasped it and held on tightly. The an
imal started off, but after running about
three hundred yard", the cask struck
against a rock and broke to pieces, and
the boy regained his liberty.
An old Norwegian fable tells how the
original bear lost hie caudal appendage
MARCH 20, JSGS.
by getting into a hole. He met a fox
who had some fish, and nsked how he
might also catch some. " rop your tail
into a hole in the ice," said Reynard,
" and let it lie in the water a long while
never mind tho pangs of pain they
are bites then pull it out suddenly, and
you will have a large haul of fish."
Bruin did so, and the hole froze up ; by
and by he gave a leap, and, instead of
getting any fish, lost his own tail.
There is something very comical about
some of these old fancies. The kilkenny
cats have passed into a proverb. Even
that tale is almost matched by one more
recent of a hen which went to lay in a
new patent hen's nest, in which the egg
drops through a trap door, and so deceives
biddy that she keeps on laying. This
particular hen went on the persuader, as
the invention is called, and never came
off again.- The owner visited the per
suader at night. In the upper compart
ment he found a handful of feathers, a
few toe nails, and a bilL In the lower
compartment were three dozen aud eleven
'eggs. The delicate constitution of the
hen had been unequal to the effort ; and,
fired by young ambition, she had laid
herself all away.
The man with the wonderful mechan
ical leg, which would not stop walking,
was a very queer invention j but was
hardly equal to the person of whom there
is a German legend, who, having lost his
legs in the war, was furnished with two
India rubber ones. On putting them on
he felt so happy that he sprung into the
air ; but when he came down he bounded
back higher than before ; and so every
time he came down ho rebounded into
the air with greater velocity, until, as
days and weeks and months passed on,
and he returned from his jerial trips at
longer intervals, he bounded above the
clouds and came down upon all parts of
the earth. It is supposed that he is still
bounding and rebounding among the
orbs of the universe, carried now to one
and now to another planet by different
currents of gravitation, and that he will
continue thus in unceasing motion through
'all eternity. His fate was as terrible as
that of a man who became the victim of
an incurable ague :
"And it shook him, shook him sorely.
Shook his boots off and his toe nails.
Shook his teeth out and his hair off,
Shook his coat all into tatters,
Shook bis shirt all Into ribbons.
Shirtless, coaUess, hairless, toothless.
Minus boots and minus toe nails.
. Still it shook him. shook him, tiU it
. nue mm yellow, gaunt and bvuy ;
- Shook him till he reached his death bed.
Shook him till it shuffled him
Off his mortal coil, and then, it
Having laid him cold and quiet.
Shook the earth all down npon him ;
And he lies beneath his gravestone, . .
Ever shaking, shaking, shaking 1 "
Public Spirit.
Mixture oe Racks in California.
The intermixture of races in Califor
nia, says a correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, is beyond all precedent in the
history of mankind, and what the third
or fourth generation may be like, or
what language they will speak, are ques
to puzzle the scientific inquirer. There
are marriages between Yankees and Dig
ger Indians, Irish and Chinese, Mexican
and Malay, Portuguese and Sandwich
Inlanders, English Canadian and negro,
French and Apache, to say nothing of
the more common intermarriages to be
seen in all parts of America. The way
the English language must suffer in the
mouths of the descendants of those odd
ly coupled people will be terrible. Even
now the most familliar terms of Spanish
have been engrafted in our English, so
that they can never be attached again,
and words from every language on earth
from Chinase to Kanaka, are working in.
A shoemaker was asked by a customer,
" Can you speak English ? " and replied
unhesitatingly, " Si senior ; certainment ;
you bet ! " There were three languages
all in one sentence, and the good man
straightened himself up, with a look of
proud satisfaction at the thought that he
could speak English like a native. He
was an Italian.
Curious Facts About Water. The
extent to which water mingles with bod
ies, apparently the most solid, is wonder
ful. Of every 1,200 tons of earth which
a landlord has in his estate, 400 are
water. In every pl&ter-paris statue
which an Italian carries through our
streets for sale, there is one pound of water
to four pounds of chalk. The potatoes
and turnips which are boiled for our din
ner, have in their raw state, the one seventy-five
per cent, and the other ninety
per cent of water. If a man weighing
one hundred and forty pounds were
squeezed in an hydaulic press, one hund
red and five pounds of water would run
out and only thirty-five pounds of dry
residue remain. A man is, chemically
speaking, forty-five pounds carbon and
nitrogen diffused through five and a half
pails full of water. In plants we find
water mingling no less wonderfully. A
suA-flower evaporates one and a quarter
pints of water a day, and a cabbage
about the same quantity. An acre of
growing wheat draws and passes out ten
tons of water per day. The pore of the
plant is the medium through which the
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mass of fluid is couveyed. It forms a
delicate pump, up which it flows with the
rapidity of a swift stream. By the ac
tion of the sap, various jiroperlies may
be assimilated to the growing plant.
Timber iu France is, for instance, dyed
by various colors being mixed with water,
and sprinkled over the roots of the tree.
Dallias arc also colored by a similar
process. . .
The "Wounded Soldier and the old
Colored Woman.
One sees a good deal of character
when traveling, especially in horse-cars,
and as I do a great deal of the latter
sort, I often get glimpses of the odd, dis
agreeable or pleasant side of my fellow-
beings. Let me tell you a little scene
which was a lesson to all w ho saw it.
Going to Brookliue one day, I took a car
at a time when i was fullest. As we
rolled along I glanced up and down the
two rows of faces, and amused myself by
studying them. None were particularly
attractive except a boy of eighteen, or
so, who sat reading in the corner opposite.
He was n t handsome nor very well
dressed; but thero was something very
pleasant to me in the thin, brown face
bent studiously over the book. From
the cap ho wore and the erect carriage
of his-shoulders I fancied that he had
been iu the army, and I liked him all the
more for that. While I sat looking at
him an old colored woman got in. All
the seats were full, and no one stirred.
Two gentlemen had given their places to
white ladies, but none of the five seated
gentlemen offered the old woman a seat
She was very black and shabby, but the
ugly face was kind and patient, and the
poor clothes were neat. : Having no prej
udice against color, I was about to offer
my seat when the boy glanced up, rose
instantlv, and beckoning,' said respectfully,-
-i ''; - -
" Here's a place, ma'am." ;
She took it with motherly 'Thauky,
dear, thanky," and settled herself with a
sigh of satisfaction. Two girls looked at
one another and giggled, but stopped
suddenly, with an altered look, when
they saw, what none of us had observed
before, that the youth was lame. A he
arranged his crutch the old gentleman
next me bobbed up in an impetuous way
which made me suspect that he was a
little ashamed of himself.
" Here, you mustn't stand j sit down,
sit down," he said. ,
" Certainly not, sir, I can stand per
fectly well ; " and with a decided shake
of the head the boy looked down at his
book, coloring a little under the four-and-twenty
pairs of eyes fixed on him. ,The
old gentleman would n't sit down, and
glancing at the boy's cap he said, .
" You've been in the army ? " " c
"Yes, sir, a short time.".
" See any fighting ? "
' I was at Wagner." '11
At that time a little breeze of interest
blew through the car, and the old woman
patted the end of the boy's coat, that lay
on her knee, with a look that was a
blessing. , . ' . , r ....
"Got wounded there?" said the old
man. .,,
" Lost my foot, sir." ,.
Up I got and insisted that he sbould
sit down. But he laughingly refused,
saying he was goiug to get out ; and with
a military salute, he left the car. It was
curious to see how carefully the ladies
drew their skirts out of his way how
respectfully a man opened the door for
him, and how gratefully the colored wo
man's eyes followed him.
It was a small thing to do, but some
how I think every one had learned a les
son of that true gentleman, who had
proved that he was not only brave but
courteous in the best sense of the word,
for something finer than politeness taught
him to respect the woman because she
was old, and poor and black. Merry's
Museum.
A Dancing Deacon. The Galaxy
tells a story regarding the introduction
of a violin into an old Congregational
Church in a certain village in Connecti
cut. When the question first came up a
sharp debate ensued. The old folks as
a general thing, were opposed to it. Tho
novelty of the arrangement on the other
hand arrayed all the young people in its
favor, the innovation triumphed, and the
following Sunday brought both fiddler
and fiddle into the church. But after
the introductory prayer and reading of
the Scriptures as soon as the first thrilling
squeak of the violin was heard, Deacon
Jones, w ho sat close by th'e pulpit, sprang
up danced once or twice "forward and
back," then taking a " chasses " down
the aisle, keeping admirable time to the
instrument, danced out of the church to
return to it no more.
In Bridgeport, Ct, recently, a physi
cian was called to attend a sick child,
troubled with worms. He gave directions
to give the child grated cheese. The
parents neglected to do so and death en
ued. A post mortem was held, and a
ball of worms found in a passage-way to
the stomach. The doctor railed for a
piece of cheese, and the moment it was
placed near the worm they separated
'and scattered. Had the doctor's
scription been followed, the child would
have lived. ' i." .WLII
Mii The Kilkenny Cats.
In the timq of William the Third,
when the soldiers stationed at Kilkenny
are said to have found their most favorite
diversion in witnessing cat fights, it was
their custom to bring the belligerent cats
into action on a tight-rope to which the
animals were securely tied by their tails. .
Thus placed on a strained cable face to
face, the infuriated creatures , used to
Bpring upon each other, and fight with an
indescribable ferocity. When the weaker
cat slipped from the embrace of his ad
versary he hung by his tail, screeching
and writhing in rage and agony, until ha
managed to recover an insecure footing
on the rope, when the contest was renewed,
to the delight of its critical and humane
spectators. After this elevating past
time had been in vogue for a considera
ble time, it was prohibited by a military
order, issued at the request of the princi
pal inhabitants of Kilkenny, where, in
the dearth of cats occasioned by a sport
so largely destructive to feline life, the
mice were verifying with unpleasant force
the truth of the familiar adage. But
when the order for the discontinuance of
cat fights had been promulgated, the au
thorities found much difficulty in enforc
ing obedience to it. Cats still continued
to disappear from Kilkenny town, and it
was well known that they were smuggled
into the garrison to afford the soldiers
brutalizing diversion. Such was the state
of the case when information reached
the commanding officer that a cat fight
was going on in an out-of-the-way room
of the barrack, and an officer was forth
with despatched to put an end to the
fight and arrest the soldiers thus guilty
of insurbordination. But before the offi
cer and men could break into the room,
the spectators of the fight had received
warning of their danger.-. -The tramp of
the intruding party was audible to the
men within the chamber, when one of the
latter, with an admirable 1 promptitude,
threw up the window of the room, and
liberated the cat from the tight-rope by
cutting off their tails; . In a trice the an
imal had fallen to the floor, and disap
peared through the window. . The next
moment the invading party burst into
the room, when they saw no- evidence of
thebreach of discipline except the strained
rope and the two pendent tails of the
vanished cats. " Begorrah I " exclaimed -one
ot tne newly arrived lads in scarlet,
"how the divils must have fought! They
have just eaten each other wholly, and
left naught but their tails behind them t "
London "Athenaeum, , ...
i,.. ;, A New Convert, :
A jolly party of our citizens went on
on a fishing excursion last week, and as
they were mostly of democratic tenden
cies concluded to attend the Democratic
County Convention on their way to the
ponds, thereby economizing in time and
money. Now one of the fishermen whom
we will call Smith, was a square Repub
lican, and went only for the fishing and
not for the politics. ' His comrade, whom
we will call Jones, on the way to' Roch
ester threatened to publish him as a full
delegate to the Democratic Convention.
Smith says, " No you don't.. Jones says,
" Hanged if I don't." "" f !;! '
'"' The convention being over and the
party arrived at the ponds, Smith and
Jones, by themselves, started upon the
ice, Smith ahead, Jones behind when,
unfortunately, Jones plumped into an air
hole and stuck in the mud below.
" Hullo, Smith f ' Tm in help me
out," cried Jones. ' ""' 1 1
" Ha, ha, ha," laughed Smith. 1 f
"What are you laughing at, you fool?
Help me out don't you see I'm freez
ing?' said Jones earnestly. ? - , .
" Jones, my boy, will you vote repub
lican ticket next March ? " said Smith
seriously. No sir ! I'll die in the demo
cratic faith," said Jones firmly. ., . . .
" Well," said Smith " it is my duty to
strengthen my party. . What do you
want me to say to yonr family I",., , ,.
, , ," Come, come, stop fooling and help
me out," said Jones emphatically. . ,
, , "Duty before pleasure," said Smith,
coolly Bitting down on the ice. V
Poor Jones struggled and pushed, but
the harder he pushed the deeper he sank.
The cold, cold water had filled his vest
pockets and then his watch pocket, and
was now beginning to trickle down over
high buttoned vest. -
. " For God's sake, Smith, are you going
to sit there and see me die ? " shrieked
he. . ' '. .
" My dear boy, will you vote the re
publican ticket next March?" said Smith
solemnly. ..
Jones hesitated but the water was
bubbling about his chin, and an anxious
look ati the countenance of Smith, con
vinced him that there was no show, and
he said, ; : 2 1 : -
" Smith, if you will only help soe out,
I'll tote the republican ticket inthe rpring
ASD FOB GrAI IX THE FALL ! " . .'
"Agreed," said Smith, enthusiastically,
and he pulled with such alacrity that
Jones was out in a jiffy. A rousing fire
was built, and Jones was soon dried and
warmed, inside and out He is about
town, alive and hearty, but he wears a
good deal such a look as President John
son is supposed to wear when enforcing
the reconstruction acts. Smith has got
an eve on him. Gmri FaWi Journal.
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