Bellows Falls times. [volume], July 17, 1868, Image 1

About Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965

Image provided by: University of Vermont

                
jllLIMIKD EVERY FRIDAY,
LOWS FALLS, VERMONT.
(SWAIN, Editor Biid Publisher.
rTo all mibwrlbun in Windham anil Wind
nitiiM, Iu u.lmnco... ...m-.ti UO
lioscribura, in advauoe,
. ;.. ajlvnnoe
.2 m
2 25
BATES OP ADVERTISING,
are, one insortlon, ....... .....
81 50
tare, tnroe llisoruoua,
JOD PBIXTIXO.
in fiirnishod with the inost approved ma
in the art. for doiiur Jna puiuviMn in Un
p short notice and on reasonable tohns.
j giuginegs Cards.
lATUEllTbENTAiTsUI
I CllKSTEK, VT.
V . PORTEIt & CO , Dealers in Dry
4. Groceries & Flour. Hardware A Ileltine,
a assortment of Zephyr Worsteds and small
k fcSl'KINUr'IKLli, VT.
JI & RICHARDSON, Miuiufacurera
I, Doors and Blinds. ,
10
. I1LANCIIARD, riiototrrapher.
?l'tt lll.nrl.- )!VT.I.mvs Vin a UT
TOUGIITON, Counsellor at Law ana
itor in Chancery.
s 11ELL0W3 FALLS. VT.
EBIXBY, Attorney nt Law,
uuAirroN. vt.
(0W S. MYERS, Attorney at Law,
UBl,lAVr JTAIiIjS, VI.
BALL will fjiro instruction! in
cw American Method'' fur the l'iana
Jiiu. ISoi.
GKOKGE, Dentist Rooms in Depot.
alar attention paw to Inserting teeth on
and rubber. Ail work warranted.
IIENRY, Attorney and Counsellor
C UllEiSTLK. VT.
1 TntnrAnoA A Mnl 1 ItHrt,, nvar 1.' 1(
WHITMAN. M. IX, (iato Sar-
II
13. A.,) Vhysirhn and Surtpcon,
c S'luaro. nearly opposito thu Times Office,
I
ilEUIULL. Teacher of Instrumental
i BKLLOW3 FALLS. VT.
Hits and Music furnished.
tuuvt auiiwi
t
fE. ARNOLD, Attorney and Conn-
t Law. Otlice in Wentworth s Jtlock.
liELLOWd i'ALLS. VT.
B.. EDDI, Attorney and Uounscl-
w. Solicitor ana master in thancery.
ent for proeurinx Pensions. Soldiers'
;ihco opposite the Bank.
vv BELLuwi FALLS. VT.
rBRIDGMAN, Attorney and Coun
at Law, aud Solicitor in Chancery,
ISKLLOWS FALLS. VT.
!
Waissincr to take the acknowledgement
ad other instruments, lor uie a Late ol new
I
K II . CHAPMAN, Attorney and
jlor at Law, and Solicitor In Ulianecry.
if'r Fire and Life Inauraneo Companies,
. 1'ROCroHSVILLE. Windsor Co.. Vt.
BT A. DAVIS. Attorney and Conn-
r.. PKI.CHVII.I.K. VT.
0
f aOU diaSl&T 1H VDMHWr, uwi x UMi.w.
l Wire Insurance Arent. Also Licensed
. , w. : m vT. ....... n.. 1.11a
nt for the collection of Pensions, Bounties,
of uovernment and btate 1'ay.
I A DON. Watclimaker and Jeweller.
nntly for sale Watches. Clocks, Oold and
wk and Fancy tJofls. AIbo a ood assort
tuns. Rifles and Fishing Tackle. InWent-
-.ew Buudms.
M. BLAKE, Dentist. Performs all ope-
rations in Dental Surgery, and manufactures
ral Teeth in Blocks and Full Set.". Office m
.e's Block, up stairs. BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
E. WALKER, Manufacturer and
in Saddles, Harnesses, Blanket. Sleieh
hips
lios. A:o. A cood assortment constantly on
. fr salo at the lowest cash prices. Please
x limine my stock of Harnesses before pur-
SK-wuere. ttepainns: ttone at sno oouoe.
; Main Sueet. LLDLOW. V 1.
TAFT, Photofrrnpher,
1
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.
)WS FALLS HOTEL, Good Sta- I
jtt ached to the House. Coach to and from
i tree of charge. m u. r. nuouo. i
P . II ADLEY,
BELLOWS FALLS, VT.,
Dealer in all kinds of
PARLOR AND BOX STOVES I
are ef all kinds. Sad-irons. Zinc, Lead
e. Pumps of all biieo. Plain Tia aad
Japanned Ware, BritUuiuia
Vrn Globes of all siios, Tin, Sheet Iron
fc on band and made to order. Also.
HOT AIR FURNACES I
Jbcs, Town Halls, or Private Dwellings, set I
in Uie oest manner.
imvo Agent for the sale of P. P. STEW-
HISL-BAVI.Ml. Altt-lllilll, tUJl-
MKK AND WINTER COOKINU
if: 6IOVJS.
bave Stoves of various patterns from tha
twu Foundry of Barstow Stove Co., Provi
. 1., to which I call special attention,
eve goods will be sold at reasonable prices,
I pay.
-.If you want a poor article go somewhere
Si r . ' it a i' i.e. i .
AT HYDE'S
May be found the best assortment of
CROCKERY
in Town.
JtLSO SPICES, TEAS, SUGARS
fA.
WOODEN WARE.
TUBS,
rtnooMS.
MOP HANBLES,
rAKMlHU TUUljrJ,
PITCH FORKS.
MANURE FORKS.
II0K3.
post aver
everything nsnally found in a Orocery
to tore in
l SINGER'S
r) 1 in U il Avis i ii u o j
t v n ir s rt IT l V P Q
rsslly acknowleilgcd the best, for either
f HEAVY OR LIGHT WORK
sly Machine that can sew all kinds of cloth,
Bnl ;k il b;n.l. nf thread. v
Inbicribor has always on hand and for sale
F AND MANUFACTURING MACHINES.
f
v A. WOUTHIN0T0N. Agent,
f Saxtons River Vt.
iT HER
BELTING.
ARMS & "WILLSON
CONSTANTY ON nAND A LATJ0JL0T
L best OAK. AND HKMLOCK TANNfcD
(Nil, which they will sell at about manutact-
prices.
Mma Fails. Jan. 22. 136S.
E FLORENCE SEWING MA-
I1NE is the best machine in the world. It
i Cm, ,Kn-.,. ..:.-v. n-k. t fifK KNOT.
IK LOCK, and DOL isLE KNOT, cachstitcb
llilcn ,,n ih.th D;.l.u ,.f kA flil,M
e not rctuire finer thread on Uie under than
'iipiMjrBi'le.
ill llem. Fell. Bind. fHther. Braid, Quilt and
f, and sew on a ru file at same tiuse. It has a
ible foe.1 mntinn if jndirl. the work runs
to the rivht r loft Ifn nthnr Rcwinir Machine
so great a range of work as the FLOKKNCK.
rrnasing Machines, will oe morougniy m-
unow to run them on all ginas oi wont.
I
miss K. V. LIlSJUlKll IA., Ageni,
tune, t"
Huwis Fall, 1
VT.
P.srr n r niivn th itupi
' ARMS & WILLSON
i
I NOW REfKIVING A LA ROE QrtANTrTY
beet Quality. N. S. UROl'ND PLA.STLR.
VOL. XIII.
MERICAN AND FOREIGN TA TENTS
X. II.EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS,
Late Agent of the United Statu Patent Offlee, Wash
lngton, nnder the Aot of 1W7.
No. S7 Bute St. opposite Kilby St., Boston.
After an extensive practice of upwards nf twenty
years, eonlinue to woonre pntenu in the L'niled
Mates: also in llroat llriluin. Franco, and other for
eiKn countries. Caveats, Kuccifiuations, lionds, As
siimmeuu, and all papers or drawiiura for Patents,
exeeuted on reasonable terms with dispateh. Ke
scarehe made Mo American and Foreiuu works, to
determine the validity and utility of Patents ol In
ventions, and IcrI and other advice rendered on all
matters toui binp the same. Copies of the claims of
any patent furnished, by remitting: one dollar. As
eiicntueuts recorded in Washington.
No Agency in the United States, possesses superior
facilities for obtaining; Patents or ascertaining Ui
patentability of inventions.
llorinr eiirht montti. the ubanrituxv In IUmhha
of his larire practice, made on ftcicw rje4il applica
tions. Sixteen Appeals. Every One of which was de
cided w kuiumr by the Commissioners of Patents,
TESTIMONIALS,
' I rerard Mr. Eddv an one nf the mnt mmU.
ttfcocui practitioners of whoia I liaVe had oulciai
intercourse.
CHARLES MASON. Corner of Patents."
T h&Vft no nrwitiktinn In niiiinr inwaninM thet
they cannot employ a mttu more mtHpeietU and trui
orthy anU mora capable of putting their applicu-
mudb iu m ivrin w nwunj nr mow an cany (Ulft ia
vorabln conn idemtion at th Patent Office.
fcUMUiNU i:i KkK, lateOtm'r.of Pateot.M
Mr. 1L II. Edilv has made for mo Thirttwn aiinli
cations, in all but One of which patonU have hucn
frranti( and that one is now pending. Such untuie
Ubable proof of (Trent talent and ability on hia part,
leads me in reeouiinend all inventors toapply tn him
u procure weir riiiewft, as incy may oeaureot na?
inr the most faithful attention Bestowed on their ea-
aea, aod at very roasouablo chafRos,
, JUsU TAUUAKT.
Boston. Jan. 1. 1968. 1-63
ARDWARE, &c,
The Subscriber has now on hand the larceit
and beet stock of UAKDWABE to be found in the
Mato, oonsistlng ot
BUILDERS' HARDWARE, ALL KINDS, IRON.
rjifefcL AMI NAILS, l)lJK4 SAili
AND BLINDS.
Mill, X-Cut. Circular, Hand and Wood Saws; Glaas.
ail alius; varnage liaruwarc, dec
Customers in want of Hardware will find It fn. thnir
interest to call before purehaKin?.
JOftt.fH CLARK.
No. 1. '2 and .L nvr Hall.
Brattloboro. Jan. I, ISCo.
SICAL INSTRUCTION.
And his daughter, Miss ELLA MERRILL, are
prepared to (tive lessons upon the 1'iano in I'rofessor
Robbin's "AmericAn Method." which comorises in
addition to lessons on the Piano, lesson? in Harmony.
hiii mw aive imawu. ux ue viu lauuiuu 11 uo
Slred. All nnnibl takine leftson in the "American Mnth-
od" of us will lie admitted to the "Schumann Club,M
a musical organisation which meets once each week
for musical instruction and study.
rt. r. Merrill will Rive lessons on tne Violin.
1'ianos larntsnca ana tunea.
ISeUows t olls. Uoc. !). l&x. 49
YSTERS! OYSTERS ! !
MR. SANDERS,
Has fitted up a nies
S T E R ROOM!
In the Square
O Y
He is an old band at getting op good Stews and
Roasts. As usual, you will find him always ready to
wait on his customers. He will furnifth Oysters by
the quart or gallon, and larger quantities at short no
tice. 11a deals in ,
FRUITS OF ALL KIND8 t
! LEMONS. NUTS. CONFECTIONARY, Ac Ac
consuuiuy on nana.
Bellows Falls, Jan. 3, 1.
40
TOBACCO TWINE.
A Nice lot Just received by
ARMS A WILSON.
PURE SPICES.
T'HE only place to buy pure Ground SPICES
A O. F. WOODS.
.
1SUA1NJV UUUIVS,
For Sale by 43 F. C EDWARDS.
DOWNER'S KEROSENE OIL, tho
Uest article in too maraet,at
tl I OU. 3
rpiIERE has been so much aaid, if you wont
JS. '
PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS,
Oct them of Whitney, at bis Hair Dressing Rooms,
JJeilows Halls, vt.
rapping
TAPER.
FrF?C.bKD WARDS.
4S
rjlOILET SOAPS.
o V. WOODS has lust received the best assort'
merit of Fancy Toilet Soaps ever offered in this part
of the country.
nOTASH! TOTASHI
Prime selected Totash for sale Dy the uasK or at
reiail. small quanTiiios. oy .vum m vuma.
in JJrattlenoro, ilarcn a. ix.
JADlKi AND GKNTLtllli.N,
WHITNEY'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Never injures the Hair, but will keep it clean, soft
mmI mniHL. remove aanorun. ano cure jitur nia,ic.
W ith an experience of fifteen years among the hairs,
I know of what I speak.
in. m. nun.,Qi,
Bellows Falls, Vt.
IF YOU WANT TO DYE,
Oet a box of
Whitnev'i Hew England Hair Dye!
It is the most perfect Dye in tho world. Manufac
tured, warranted and sold, wholesale and rotail. by
4A at. M. W UUlt.x, xieiiows fails.
ALBUMS I ALBUMS I
w vr.irv ik.l.HMtrin'rnf A l.ltlj Aln In tniS Place.
1 ! am selling them at less prices. Call and ex
amine before buying. O. F,
WOODS.
iJJllows f alls, aov. e. xaoi.
43
JOOK, SEE AND READ,
That the nest place to ony
TOYS, PRESENTS, DIARIES, &c.,
For the Holidays, is a
O. F- WOODS' STORE.
Because he has a bettor and larger assortment, and
will sell cheaper man any one eise in wis vtcuuir.
Come ami see.
fJX)YS OF ALL KINDS.
ALSO A UUOIJ ur
ALBUMS, PICTURE BOOKS, &c
51 At 0. F. WOODS'.
TOVA SCOTIA GRIND WUBM,
i and
0 KIND STONE CRANKS AtiU KVLLi.ua.
Tho above just received by
ARMS A WILSOH
TAOTY CLOTHES WASHER.
ARMS fcWILLSON
nAVE FOR SALE TnE CELEBRATED DOTY
CLOTHES WASUKtt. We will warrant the Ma
chine to give the most perfect satisfaction.
01 V B IT A IlUAb.
Brmiwa FAmsJan.22. imt 4
nriNDQW GLASS.
o F WOODS has just received a good assortment
cAiidowGUss" which ho. will cite by the bo. or
single glass at very low Price. Also a nice lot ot
Putry at Scents per ponnd.
Bellows FalU. Apr. 22. 1S6S,
vtr
7HITNEY MAKES THE PEST HAIR OIL YOU
mwuA -KVER SAW.
He also will sell yw PhalonH NihBJft,"'n.;
rewa. Sweet Opopoonax. nice Cologues. txtraeta.
tUxors. Ktrapa, 8oape. Brushes. c
BELLOWS FALLS, VT., FRIDAY,
Tho Democratic national.
Tho following is the platform adopted
by tho national democratic convention,
which has disappointed many of ita own
larty, from tho fact that so much of it is
devoted to finding fault with what was
done to put down the rebellion :
THE PLATFORM.
Tho democratic party, in national con
vention assembled, reposing its trust in
tho intelligence, patriotism and discrimi
nating juotico of the people, standing
upon the Constitution as the foundation
and limitation of the powers of the Gov
ernment and the guaranty of the liber
ties of the citizen, and recognizing the
questions of slavery and secession as hav;
ing bden settled for all time to come by
the war and the voluntary action of the
Southern States in Constitution Conven
tion assembled, and never to be renewed
or re-agitated, do with the return of
peace demand :
1. Immediuto restoration of all the
States in the Union under the Constitu
tion, and of civil government to the
American people.
2. Amnesty for all past political of
fences and the regulation of the elective
franchise in tho States by their citizens.
3. Payment of tho public debt of the
United States as rapidly as practicable,
all moneys drawn from the people by
taxation except so much as is requisite
for the necessities of the government eco
nomically administered, being applied to
such payment, and where the obligations
of the government do not expressly state
on their face, or the law under which
they were issued does not provide that
they shall be paid in coin, they ought in
right and justice be paid in the lawful
money of the United States.
4. Equal taxation of every species of
property, according to. its real value, in-
eluding Government bonds and other
public securities. -
5. One currency for the Government
and the people, the laborer and the office
holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the
producer and the bondholder.
6. Economy in the administration of
the government : the reduction of the
standing army and navy ; the abolition
of the Freedman's bureau : and all po-
lilitical instrumentalities designed to se
cure negro supremacy , simplification of
the system and discontinuance of inquis
itorial modes of assessing and collecting
internal revenue, so that the burden of
taxation may be equalized and lessened;
the credit of the govemaaent and the
currency made good ; the repeal of all
enactments for enrolling the state militia
into national forces in the time of peace,
and a tariff for revenue upon foreign im
ports, and such equal taxation under the
internal revenue laws as will afford mci'
dental protection to domestic manufac
tures, and R9 will, without impairing tho
revenue, impose the least burden upon
and best promote and encourage the
great industrial interests of the country,
7. Reform of abuses m the adminis
tration; the expulsion ot corrupt men
from office; the restoration of rightful
authority to, and the independence of,
the Executive and Judicial departments
of tho Government ; the subordination
of tho military to the civil power, to the
end that the usurpations of Congress and
the -despotism of the sword may cease,
8. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native born citizens at
home and abroad ; the assertion of Amer
ican" nationality, which shall command
the respect of foreign powers, and fur
nish example and encouragement to peo
ple struggling for national integrity,
constitutional liberty and individual
rights; and the maintenance of the
rights of naturalized citizens against the
absolute doctrine of immutable allege
ance, and the claims of foreign powers
to punish them for alleged crime com
mitted beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures' and re
forms we arraign the Radical party for
the disregard of right and the unparal
loled oppression and tyranny which have
marked ita career, after tho most solemn
and unanimous pledge of both Houses of
Congress to prosecute the war exclusive
ly for maintenance of the Government
and the preservation of the Union.
Under the Constitution it has repeat
edly violated that most sacred pledge
under which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer army which carried our flag to
victory. Instead of restoring the Union,
it has, so far as is in its power, dissolved
it and subjected ten states in time of pro
found peace to military despotism and
nczro supremacy. It has nullified there
the right of trial by jury. It has abol
ished the habeas corpus, thaf most sacred
writ of liberty. It has overthrown the
freedom of speech and the press. It has
substituted arbitrary seizures and ar
rests, and military trials and secret Star
Chamber inquisitions for the Constitu
tional tribunals. - It has disregarded in
time of peace the right of the people to
be free from search and seizures, it has
entered the post and telegraph office and
even the ni ivntn rooms of iutliviiluals! t
f w
and seized their private papers and let-
Icr without auy specific charge or no
tice or affidavit, as required by the or
ganio law. It has converted the Ameri
can capitol into a Bnstile. It has estab
lished a system of spies and official es
pionage to which no constitutional mon
archy of Europe would now dare to re
sort ; it has abolished the right of appeal
on important constitutional questions to
the supreme judicial ' tribunals, and
threatens control of ita original jurisdic
tion which is irrevocably vested by the
Constitution; while the learned Chief
Justice has been subjected to the most
atrocious calumnies merely because ho
would not prostitute his high office to
tho support of the false aud partisan
charges preferred against the President.
Its corniption And cxravAgancehavo ex
ceeded anything known in. history, and
by its frauds and monopolies it has near
ly doubled the burden of the debt creat
ed by the war. It has stripped the Pres
ident of his constitutional power of ap
pointment even of his own Cabinet. Un
der its repeated ansaults the pillars of
the Government are rocking on their
base, and should it succeed in November
next and inaugurate its President, we
will meet as a subject and conquered
people amid the ruins of liberty and tho
scattered fragments of tho Constitution.
And we do declare and resolve that ever
since the people of the United btates
threw of all subjection to the British
crown, the privilege and trust of suffrage
have belonged to the several states and
have been granted, regulated and con
trolled exclusively by the political power
of each State respectively, and that any
attempt by Congress on any pretext
whatever, to deprive any state of this
right or mterlcre with its exercise, is a
flagrant usurpation of power which can
find no warrant in the constitution, and
if sanctioned by the people will subvert
our form of government, in which the
separate existence of the states will be
entirely absorbed and an unqualified des
potism lie established in place of a Fed'
eral Union of eo-equal states ; and that
we regard the? reconstruction acts, so-
called, of Congress as such an usurpa
tion and unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void,- and that our soldiers and
sailors who carried the flag of our coun
try to victory against a most gallant and
determined foe must be gratefully re
membered, and all the guarantees given
in their favor must be faithfully carried
into execution. That the public lands
should .be distributed as widely as possi
ble among the people, aud should be dis
posed of either under the pre-emption of
homestead laws, and sold in reasonable
quantities, and to none but actual occu
pants, at the minimum price established
by the Government ; when grants of the
public lands may be deemed necessary
for the encouragement of important pub
lic improvements, the " proceeds of the
salo of such lands, and not the lands
themselves, should bo so applied ; that
the President of the United States, An
drew Johnson, in exercising the power of
his high office in resisting the agressions
of Congress upon the constitutional rights
of the states and the people, is entitled
to the gratitude of the whole American
people, and in behalf of the democratic
party we tender him our thanks for his
patriotic efforts in that regard.
Upon this platform the democratic
party appeal to every patriot, including
all the conservative clement, and all who
desire to support the Constitution and
restore the Union, forgetting all past
differences of opinion, to unite with us
in the present great struggle for tho lib
erties of the people, and that to all such
to whatever party they may have here
tofore belonged, we extend the right hand
of fellowship and hail all Buch co-opera,
ting with us as friends and brethren.
An Eloquent Extract. Generation
after generation have felt as we now feel,
and their lives were as active as our own
They passed like vapor, while nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as when
her Creator commaded her to be. The
heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they arc around our paths.
The world will have tho same attractions
for our offspring yet unborn as she had
once for our ancestors. Yet a little
while, and all will have happened. The
throbbing heart will be stifled, and all
will be at rest. Our funeral will wind
its way, and then we shall be left alone
in silence and darkness for the worms,
And if may be, for a short time we shall
be spoken of, but the things of life will
creep in and our names will soon be for
gotten. Days will continue to move on
and laughter and song will be heard in
the room in which we died ; and the eye
that mourned for us will be dried, and
glisten again with joy ; and even ourchil
dron will cease to think of us, and will
not remember to lisp our names.
A returned Californian found the baby
he had left at home a miss of five sum.
men. One day he offended Jier and she
irefully exclaimed, " I wish yon had nev
er married into the family."
. , ' . ' ' ' . I ' i . .'
JULY 17, fSGS.
Death of Peter Caggcr.
Wo copy the following particulars of
the death of Peter Caggcr, on Monday
night, July 6th, mentioned last week,
from the N. Y. Tribuno s .
A serious and most unlocked for acci
dent, which deprived tho Democratic Na
tional Convention of two of their most
important and influential spirits, took
place early yesterday morning. At 8
o'clock on Monday evening Mr Peter
Caggcr probably the principal politician
of New York State accompanied by
Mr. John E. Develin, formerly the Cor
poration Counsel of this city, started in
a buggy from the Manhattan Club House
with it is said, the declared intention of
visiting the handsome residence of Mr.
Develin in One-hundred-and-thirty-eight-st,
near tho Bloomingdale road. Before
they started, they told a number of friends
that they would be back before 11 o'clock.
In consequence of this declared intention,
a number of their friends waited for them
anxiously at tho Fifth-ave. Hotel. In
deed, there were several political caucus
es at which they were expected to be
present, and whose operations were con
siderably impeded by their absence. . In
stead of driving to Mr. Develin's house
they went to the residence of Mr. Foy,
where they were entertained until past
midnight. At about quarter before one
o'clock yesterday morning, Messrs. Cag
ger and Develin resumed their buggy,
bado good-night to their host, and start
ed to return to New York, in high spirits
Mr. Develin handling the ribbons.
They entered Central Tark at the upjer
extremity, and came bowling through
the smooth, level roads at a high rate of
speed. They were on the road on the
East of Fifth-ave. side of the Park.
Just below the Southern boundary of.
the grand reservoir, at this point there is
a Budden curve in the road, which has
always been regarded, as somewhat dan
gerous, and which must be more than
ordinarily so at night, when the highway
is lighted very poorly at the best. A few
moments before reaching this dangerous
curve, the horses took fright and dashed
away. Mr. Develin the driver did not
lose his presence of mind, and would
doubtless, under ordinary circumstances,
have easily contolled the refractory
steeds. But just as the vehicle was ca
reading around iUW eUcurp iuvn ua to
road, the wheel of the buggy broke, and
they were overturned. Both gentlemen
were hurled to the ground with tremen
dous violence. Mr. Develin struck on
his shoulders and face, and was most Be
verly injured, though he is now reported
out of danger. Mr. digger struck the
back of his head on tho edge of the
short stone masonry forming the gutter
of the road, and was instantly killed.
He probably did not live a second after
tho concussion, the entire back of his
skull being driven in, as if from the
blow of a slcdge-hanmcr. Just before
tho catastrophe, and yet when it was in
evitable Mr. Cagger is reported to have
exclaimed, " This is tho last of it, John.
But tell them to stick to Seymour if
." Thcso were his last words.
Mr. Peter Caggcr was between 55 and
CO years of age, and was one of the best
known politicians in the State. He was
born in Albany, of Irish parantage, about
the year 1814. He received a finishing
education at St. John's, Fordham and
Montreal Colleges, and entered upon the
study of law at an early age. He com.
menced practicing law in the office of
Samuel Stevens, a distinguished Albany
lawyer of that time. - A few years after
the commencement of his study of the
law, he formed a partnership with Nich
olas Hill, the firm being afterward en.
larged by the admission of Judge J. K,
Porter, under the title of Hill, Caggcr
& Porter. This was one of the most
able and successful law firms that ever
did business in the state, Mr. Cagger
being the office-man of the firm, and a
hard worker at his chosen profession,
Mr. Cagger practiced law in - Albany
nearly a quarter of a century, and accu.
inulatod a large fortune. For a number
of years Mr Cagger had been an active
and leading Democratic politician of
this State. But he was never an office
holder, and, indeed, declined enough of
fices in the gift of his own party to set
up a school of hungry wire-pullers iu
lively and successful business.
It is stated that tho Siamese twins
Chang aud Eng have at last deter mi n
ed to visit Paris and submit to a surgical
operation to divide the vitalized lig
ment which binds tho two together, and
which has united them for nearly sixty
years. They are fearful that one may
become the subject of disease which may
prove fatal to both,
One very cold night, a jolly old fellow.
who had been drinking too freely at
tavern, started for home in a gig, and on
tho way was upset and left by the side of
tne road. Some persona, passing a short
time afterward, discovered him holding
his feet up to the moon, and ejaculating
to some invisible person, " Pile on the
' wood ; it's a miserably cold fire 1 "
NO. 29.
Washington Correspondent of the Cincinnati Coa-
uoruiat.j ,
Colfux at Uie Death of Mr Lincoln.
The day that Mr. Lincoln saw the lost
of earth he asked Colfax, whom he warm
ly esteemed and relied upon, to accom
pany him to the theatre that night. It
was the day but one before Colfax was
to start on his Rocky Mountain trip. ,
Colfax replied,! " I' k impossible, sir 5
alf my time is engaged. , .
" What kind of a play is this 'Ameri
can Cousin, Colfax? asked the President
Mr. Colfux said it was just the thing
to be amused with and mado forgetful of
one g self.
" Then," "said Lincoln, " here is a lifc
tie message I want you to carry to the
miners. Let me read it to you."
. And, while they waited at the office
door, Lincoln read to Colfax his last
composition in this world, and then placed
it in his side coat pocket.
- Good-by," said Lincoln. I'll tele
graph you at San Francisco. : '
That night Colfax, going home from a
visit to the Postmaster General, who
lived I believe, in the speakor'a present
residence, passed by the Metropolitan
Hotel. Seeing a crowd there, he hurried
by, as is his wont whon there are indica
tions of a quarrel, but a man cried :
" Colfax 1" The Speaker stopped.
" The President has been murdered I "
said tho man.
The Speaker laughed in his face.
"Why, I left him," he said "not more
than an hour ago." ,
" Well, sir, I was in the theatre my
self, and saw him shot."
At the word " theatre," Colfax saw it
all. Ho hailed a cabman and was driv
en to tho White House. There ho dis
missed the carriage. Ringing the bell,
the porter said there was no doubt the
President was murdered, but his body
had not come home. The Speaker walkJ
cd with Senator Conncss down to the lit
tle brick house where Mr. Lincoln lay
dying, and being admitted, stood by the
martyr till daylight. Soon after the life
of Lincoln expired. .
This accident links Mr. Colfax to Lin
coln as closely as Grant, and both
were probably nearest the Emancipator's
thoughts when he received the disap
pointed actor's bullet. Tom Taylor is a
pleasing but not extraordinary dramat
ist ; the "American Cousin," however by
' reason of its association with Lincoln's
death, will probably keep tho stage as
long as the mock drama in " Hamlet"
It belongs to history now, and not to
literature. . '-r-i ''' :
When Colfax saw Lincoln so shortly
before his murder, he was accompanied
believe, by representative Howard.
The topic of conversation was Lincoln's
rescinding of his permission for the
Legislature of Virginia to assemble. As
reconstruction is now being fully con-
suinated, I may refer to this.
The clement of mercy in Lincoln's na
ture hastened prematurely the business
of pacification. He gave permission, on
pressure, for Letcher and his entire legis
lature to assemble at Richmond. When
he came back to Washington, Stanton as
sailed him on this point, and demanded
that he revoke it. . . They talked together
until Stanton sweat through his shii t, and
moistened his handkerchief with the per-
piration of his face. - i
Lincoln therefore said to Colfax :
" Stanton says I have been behaving
wrong, Colfax.' I guess ho is right, and
here's the telegraph mcssago wherein I
havet him have his way 1,"
The rebel legislature never assembled,
and the principles of Stanton prevailed
" that loyal men shall govern a redeemed
Republic 1"
The Tallow Candle Theory.
Persons have heard it asserted that a tal
low candle when fired from an ordinary
gun with the usual charge of powder, at
a deal board three quarters of an inch
thick, will pass through the board, but
very few who have not seen it done be
lieve it. Oh Monday a party of rifle
men and other gentlemen, for the pur
pose of deciding a bet on the subject, ad
journed to the butts of the North Mid
dlesex Rifles at Child's ndl where
board of the thickness described having
been fixed in an upright position, a com
mon half-penny dip was fired at it from
a fowling-piece, from a distance of about
fifteen paces. The candle struck the
board with its full force and length, and
passed through leaving a hole exactly
the shape of the candle. The remains
of the candle were found scattered in
pieces resembling snow flakes on the
high mound of earth in the rear of the
board. A second candle when fired from
the fowling piece, passed through the
board, making a circular hole which was,
however, very jagged .around the edges.
A third candle carried away a large
piece of the board, nine inches long and
three inches broad, breaking away the
boundary on one side of the hole made
bv the first shot A candle fired from
rifle failed to pass through the board
the grooves of the rifle stripped the tal
low from the wick as it pa sued out The
smooth-bore fowling-piece was loaded
each time with two and a half drachms
of powder, a small piece of paper as a
-wad, and a common tallow dip, which
had not been specially prepared in any
manner. London (hurt Journal
Josh BUllnfa upon Lager Beer.
I hav finally cum tew the concliuin
that larger beer as a beverage la not In
toxicating. . -
I hav bin told so by a gcrman who said '
he had drunk it all nite long, just to try
the experiment, and was obliged tu go
home entirely sober In the morning. I
hav seen this same man drink sixteen
glasses, and if he was drank he was
drunk in germ an and nobody could un
derstand it It is proper enuff to state
that this man kept a larger beer saloon,
and could hav no object in slating what
was not strictly thus.'
I believed him to the full extcn of my
ability. I never drank but three glasses
oy larger in ml life, and that made my
hed ontwist as tho it was hung on the
end of a string, but I was told that it
was owin to my bile bein out ov place ;
and I guess that it was bo, for I never
bilcd over wuss than I did when I got
hum that nite. ' My wife thot I was go
in tew die. and I wus afraid that I
shouldn't, for it did seem as tho every
thing I had ever eaten in my life was
cummin tew the surface.' and I do really
believe that if my wife hadn't pulled off
my boots jest as she did they would hav
cum thunderin' up too. i ' ' ,
Ohl how sick I wui! 14 years ago,
and I can taste it now.
I never had so much experience in so
short a time.
If enny man shud tell me that larger
beer wud not intoxicatingt I ehud beleve
him ; but if he shud tell me that I was
n't drunk that nite. but that my stura
muck was out ov order, I shud ask him
to stote over a few words, jest howa man
felt and acted when he was well set up. '
If I wasn't drunk that nite, I had
some of the most nateral siraptums that
a man ever had and kept sober.:
In the first place it was about 80 rod
from where idronk the larger beer to
mi house, and i was thus over 2 hours
on the road, and had a hole busted
through each one of my pantaloon neez,
and didn't have any hat, and tried to
open the door by the bell-pull, and hick
upped awfully, and saw everything in
the room trying to get round on the back
side ov me; and in setting down in a
chair, i didn' wait long enuff for it to get
exactly under , me when it was going
round, and i set down a little too soon
and missed the chair about 12 inches,
and conld'nt get up soon enuff to take
the next one that, cum along ; and that
ain't awl ; my , wife sed i wuz at drunk
becsA, tutA, as I sect "before, I began '
to spin up things freely..
If larger beer is not - intoxicating, it
used me most almighty mean, that I
know. I ,'.-.' ' y '.'t
Still i hardly think that larger beer is
intoxicating, for have ' been told so ;
and i ant probably tho only man living
who ever drank enny whon his liver was
not plumb. . ; i- . i'; .
I don't want to say enny thing agin a
harmless temperance bevridge, but if i
ever drink any more, it will . be with mi
hands tied behind me, and mi mouth
fried open. L
I don't think larger beer is intoxicat
ing, but u i remember rue, i think it
tastes to me like a glass of soap suds,
that a pickle has been put tew soak in. -
... , i , . i ..
Watering Tbees. In very dry seat
sons it is very important to water newly
transplanted trees ; butthe common mode
is very objecionablo. , When the water is
poured on the surface, the soil is apt to
crack and let the moisture below escape
through the openings, so that its utility
may often be very doubtful. Latterly.
I have applied water d&ferently. Dig a
hole near to trees so as not to disturb tho
roots, and poifr in a pailful. Then draw
the loose earth until the hole is filled, and
covered up completely, so that nothing wet
is visible, and no cracks will ever appear;
A tree treated in this manner will not
need wartering again for a week.
The joy, the happiness of home is won
by love, and love is gained by " kind.
Words," .
, Never purchase love Tr friendship by
gifts when thus obtained, they are lost
as soon as you stop payments.
An Irishman, noticing a woman- pass ,
ing along the streets, spied two strips des
ponding from under the lady's cloak.
The Hibernian, not knowing: that these
were styled f sashes, " and were hanging
in the right place, exclaimed, " Faith,
ma'am, your gallases are untied. " '
' An Indian requested an agent in North
ern Iowa to furnish him with whiskey
for a young warrior who had been bitted
by a rattlesnake, intimating that four
quarts would be necessary." Fourquarta
repeated the agent with surprise ; n aa
much as that?" " Yes." replied the
Indian, " four quarts snake very big.
i
- An exchange says there is no need oG"
buying umbrellas. They can easily be
procured without thusly : Take your
ptand in a doorway on a rainy day. Am
soon as you ace a man with nice uas
brella, step out and say to him: "Sir, 1
beg your pardon, but you have say um
brella 1 " Nine times in ten he, will sur
render it, for how does he know it was
not you he stole it from ?
t 1