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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

;LfSWe copy the following from the n York
Evening Post, and will simply remark that the
paragraph taken from the Mercantile Journal is
quite decent one for that paper, which was got
up as temperance and moral print.
THE REcKLEssNEss OF pARrY.-Paragrapls
like the suboincd, place in strong light the I'M
feeling nature of that party naignity which pur-
sues political opponent into the depths Of his pr-
vacy DIGGING his steps, chroncIing his movements,
and converting the sources of his most poignant,
griefs into occasions for rude and heurtless tests
at is thought that Blair has left his country in
disgust, to seek for wealth and happiness in the
happy and hGrd specie soil of Cuba. 1t is rnmor-
ed that he will soon be followed bv Thomas II
Benton, who is tired Of waiting for rircrs of goli
to flow up the Mississippi Boston .Uer. Jour
The individual here spoken of has gone to Cuba,
as we ATE told in the journal Of Commerce Of this
morning, sin the probably vain hope of preserving
the life Of an only daughicr, who is sinking under
the rayagcs of consumption"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
TIE WORK BEFORE THEN.
The New York Evening Post, in abiding to the

A"N '''" i''h i''C'hs 'Nt, w diIuuIbn 10 lHc
triumph oilhc opposition, SAYS
1.-The wings have difficult task before them
they have to satisfy the spectators who are eager
To bring back the time of 1885, they have to sat-
i,iy the friends of national bank; they mus, do
something to content the projectors Of great lincs
OF communication between tina States; they must
adopt some measures to suit the interests ofihc hOl
ders of State stocks; they must appeasc those who
clamor for protective duties; and generally, they
must take course which will meet the views Of
that large class, the nucleus of the wing party who
hold 10 free and ingcnuoCs construction of the
constitution strong ard splendid government,
abundance of Legislative interference, and con-
sequcnt multiplication of officers. All those who
look anyiously for these changes, and will exert
themselves TO the utmost 10 bring them about, ale
in the ranks of the wing pnriy. What will the new
administration do to satisfy their eager desire Tho
people are not prepared for any of these plans.
which have been slrdiously kept out of sigh, by
those who chcrised them, and if the new govern
mcnt is bold enough TO adopt them, it will find it.
self in minority before the end of lis frs, year.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
WING UUMBUG ADMITTED.

We give the following extract from New York
Wing paper, published since lIARRIsoN's cleo
ton;
"ln this market money continues scarce. There
II no prospect of any immediate Improvement not
wllhsandlng that the elections have gone against
The Administration. The excitement being over,
people begin to consider our future prospects sober
~ and it is evident that change Of administration
can have but very little influence, while the SOL
vency or insolvency Of the South remains Of so
much uncerinlniy."
low many miserable spcndthriis, insolvcni. aud
oaicrs, have been dcludIng into the support of the
IcdcraI'ts, under n belief that all their troubles
would he ended the moment their candidate was
elected -.-Giobe.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
SURRENDER! NO! 1.-THE
BATTLE"UAS JUST BEGUN!,

When the intrcpied Paul Jones was in the midst
of a hard fought naval engagement, cannon ball
from the cncmy's ship came booming into his YES
sci, and threatened Obstruction and disaster TO his
crew. His nd,crsarics, chuckling with their tem-
porary advantage, insolcn,ly demanded surren-
der. "Surrender "'-cAcaimed the gallant Sea-
man-NO NEVER THE BATTLE HAS JUST
BEGUN ~ lie continued the fight, pouring broad
side after 5roadside into the enemy's ship, until
her crew were eless as the wreck that lcared on
the ocean
Initiate HIS example, democrats Stand to your
arms. Tell your insolenl advcrsarics, "TIlE Eat
TIE HAS JUST BEGUN, ''taud our word for it.
like the immortal JONES, You will carry death and
obstruction into their camp. Ills success will be
Yours.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
A QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE.

Our friend of the Newport Argus, is extremely
anxious to know if Gen Harrison will condesccnd
to use those terrible gold spoons, &c. This is Il
very lmportan, enquiry, and one which we most
certainly do not feel capable of answering.
We presume, however, to think, that the Gen
eral will order the spoons the ''labby CATS" ride
Oge, the napkins, the towels, the French bcdsteads
the Brussels carpets, the frnges, the tasstls and
cut glasses 10 be removed from the White House
Immediately. And we are in serious doubt whell,-
er he will condescend to reside in the House of his
extravagant and wasicInl predecessor, or, in log
cabin, even. Our own private opinion is, that he
will nhabit II hole in the ground, at the entrance
Of which he will receive foreign ambassadors and
regale them with glass of hard cider from gourd
she'll This will be a republican simplicity of
which his predecesso, had no conception,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

mcnt possessed previous to the revision of the mi
litia law in eighteen hundred thirty-seven, to be
attached to the first brigade and second division Of
the militia of this state, according TO the new or
garizalion, any law TO the contrary nolwilhstand-
ing, provided said regiment shall.not be entitled
to receive Of the Governor the quota of arms or
coors now required by law to be furnished to each
regiment
l. An Act entitled an Act in addition to an act
governing the militia of this state approved No
venber fifth, eighteen hundred thirty Weight, is here
by repealed.
Approved, Oct, 20, 1910.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
TDs spirit OF CITE age.
FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 81, 1910.
"To cheek ACHILLES and 10 rescue Troy"
"TO CHECK ACHILLES AND TO RES
CUE TROY

The position in which the democratic party Of
dential contest, is one that demands of them the
most sleepless vigilance and the most determined
energy, We have been beaten by fraud and trcach-
cry, by bribery and by deception. We were new
er so strong, as at this moment, and yet we arc
beaten, and the great principles which lie at the
foundation OF the compaci between the sla,os-the
great principles Of Jefferson and Madison are check
ed, though il be, for n day. 1t is then, the duty
of the democracy to stand by their flag, and keep
it flying, 1t is their duty to watch, argus-eyed day
and night, the oyements of the party who have
gained temporary ascend0ncy; 10 keep up lucid
and continued discussion of the questions at issue,
and cease not to use all honorable means 'o check
Achilles and to rescue Troy" check the spread Of
the principles of the old federal party for The third
time in power, and rescue the government from
their hands before they may have had time to des,
ccratc the constitution.
Virginia, becomes the s,andard-bcarcr of the par
iy, us she was, when she led on to victory in the
days of the elder Adams, and the later days of his
SON. She, when the old fcderalists, in the "reign
of terror" tranp'ed upon the constitution, aud
were leading the government back to the slough Of
despo,ism from which Washington had rescued it,
came forward with her celebrated resolutions,
explaining the great compact, and called upon the
States "to check Achilles aud to rescue Troy
The States nobly seconded her resolutions, rallied
around the smother of States" and Achilles cas
checked and Troy was rescued.
Again,whcn the same party, undera new name,
gained the asccndancy, and the son was threading
in the footsteps of his father and the old federal
party rallied to sustain the one with the same zeal
they had the other, the sold Dominion" nunu
out the banner of democracy to the breeze, and
again called on the states to second her and again,
''lo check Achilles and to rescue Troy" Again
did the states second her call again did they rally,
and again cas Achilles checked and Troy rescued.
And now, that the same old federal party, though
under yet another name, and that name the one,
once obhorded and dcrided by them; now, that the
Uniun IL ngum ." uaugu,, 49,. .,.. .-.....s.
commonwealth" lifting her proud head above the
wreck Of her allies, brighter and more Respondent
than ever, once more unfurl the noble flag, and
call upon the democracy, in voice of thunder, to
gather up their broken arnor, rouse their dropping
spirits and once more, "to check Achilles and TO
rescue Troy"
Come on, then ! We have the "moher of
sates"--,he eSpounder Of the constitution with us.
She leads the way. She has always led TO victory.
With herewith us, we have nothing to fear. Come
on Move on nsofold, steadily firmly, $50 check
Achilles and to rescue Troy"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

A friend has sent us several volumes of an old
newspaper entitled the Georgian, which he says
contain some most excellent articles, prose and
poetry, that he should like to see copied into the
Age. We will look the volumes through, and il
we find them as rich as he says, and we presume
we shall, for his taste is good in such matters, VT
will give our readers II touch Of their quality with
which to bcguiIc, wilhal, the winlcr evenings that
are approaching.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
Given under our hands ut ii
day Of March, \. d. lS4l.

| day OF March, ~ d. ISL.
A. B. First Constable.
Town Clerk, or selectmen, Gas the case may be. }
And it il made the duty of such presiding officer Ia
deliver such certificate, so sealed up to the ceI,
of the County Court in the county in which such
votes were taken, within fourteen days from the
taking of such votes, And the said county clerks
are hereby directed to receive the said votes and TO
meet at the State House in Montpelier, on the
| "Wednesday next following the first Monday of
May next, at one O'Clock in the afternoon, who
when convened, shall proceed to sort and count
said votes, andsshall certify to the Governor the
| thirteen persons who have the highest number of
votes, as elected Ccnsors, within six DAYS from the
time Of their meeting aforesaid, who is hereby re-
quired at the charge Of the State to notify such
persons officially, Of their election within twenty
| DAYS
2 In case of the absence or disability of any
such county clerk it shall be the duty of the pre-
siding officer aforesaid to deliver such certificate,
so sealed, to the sheriff Of such county, whose du-
ty it shall be to perform the services in this act
cnJolned upon the county clerk.
| 3. The Council of Censors will hold their frs,
meeting at the State House in Montpelier on the
day appointed by the Constitution for that purpose
and notice from the Governor of such election
shall be sufficient credentials of such choice and il
il hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State
to cansc this act to be published in two newspapers
IN each county in the State, where there are so
many, as soon as can conveniently be done after
this Legislature adjourns.
1. II the first constable or other presiding officer,
in any town shall neglect or refuse to perform any
OF the duties cnioined by this act, and be thereof
convicted by the county court of the county where
such refusal or neglect shall take place, he shall
forfeit and pay 10 the treasurer Of the same county
fine OF twenty dollars and costs.
s. lfany county clerk or sheriff refuse or me-
glect to perform the duties required of him by this
act, and be thereof convicted before the county
court of the county where he resides he shall for
ielt and pay fine TO the treasurer of this State of
one hundred dollars with costs.
g.. lhc said presiding officers shall he entitled to
receive for their services in returning said votes
six cents per mile, each way, from their respective
dwellings to the residence Of the county clerk or
sheriff to whom such return, by this act is to he
made. Aud the said county clerks and sherils
shall receive six cents per mile, each way for their
travel, and two dollars and fifty cents per day,
while attending to the business of their appoint
mcnt to be paid ont Of the treasury of this State
And the auditor of accounts against the State is
hereby directed to audit the accounts of the county
clerks and shcrii-, and the county CLERKS are d.
reclcd TO audi, the accounts of the constabes and
other presiding officers, and draw orders according
~. Approved, October -, 1910.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

An UNEXPECTED PRoPosAL.-A Young lady
came over fiom great distance 'to be cured, and
when asked the nature of her complaint, she re-
piled, AS TO that matter, believe there is not Il
single complaint under the sun which have not
Here was a fine catalogue Of disorders! ] asked
her il she was married or singrc' Single was
the answer. | then told her that so many COM
plants could only be cured by a husband At
which observation she was exaspcra,ed, but her
anger terminated in proposal to marry me- !
never was more surprised in my life, and looked
quite stupid.-Hardy's Trareis in .Nerico.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

irJSAn article in the Charleston Mercury, in
reply to the remark made by some Of the federal
prints, Z" that South Carolina might not vote for
Nr. Van Buren," renders il certain that thai, State
rW give its electoral vote to Martin Van Buren,.
We also infer from an article on the Vice Prcsi.
dency, in the same print that Lil,cton W. Taze-
well, of Virginia will receive the electoral vote for
Vice President
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
.EjeOn the outside will be found "Old Winter

is coming" one of the finest pieces of poetry, Of
the kind, ever written II goes the rounds of the
newspapers, every winter, rs regularly as the win
ter comes We see that our friend Josselyn pub
fishes it, accredited TO Miss Gould. Miss Gould
don't write like that, 1t was written by the late
HUGH MooRE, Esq, better known as "NAsH-
VA BARD" several of whose pieces are of the
first order, and who, Che NJ Y Com. .1ir. said,
possessed the power to make himself one of the
first poets of the country"
Mr. MOORE was for sometime the editor of the
last of the PiaHsburgh Republican, and died
Young.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
ILLINOIS ELECTION.

The Chicago Democrat gives returns from all the
counties in the State but twenty, which show a fed
eral gain from the last election. The paper re-
marks-"The most of the counties to hear from
are democratic; but, possibly, may not balance the
greatly increased and surprising majortes of the fed
cral counties, which have in many cases given
more votes than, by the last census, they have
male inhabitants, boys and all"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!

The Boston Post says majority is the number
above one half of all The rotes cast: this is clearly
settled by the laws of the State: hence, all those
who have bet that John Davis would not receive
ten thousand majority, have won
Any body who's lost or won any tropscs, on
Massachusetts, srequested to call at the captain
office, pretty recently.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

The Lancaster Intelligencer, has an interesting
notice Of the late William r. Ramsey, of the Pa.
Congi essiona Delegation, who no, long since in
moment Of dependency or alteration of mind
the result of physical suffering, destroyed himself
in Baltimore.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

This is world of disappointment oh I, How
many bright visions breath blasts forevcr' How
many-Charles, have YOU seen our pocket hand
kerchef'-how many hopes, to which we cling as
to our very existence, day, an hour, will wilher
as the beautiful flower wiihers in the nocnidc sun!
All yes, this is world of disappointment. How
could it be expected that we Should escape the
general lot 1t could no, be. We have not. The
office of printer to king Martin which we have held
for the last three years, with salary of eight dol
lars a monh-whch inc king took out orlhe Treas
ury,thcro being no law to prevent his so doing sob,
no, certainly not''-wc have lost entirely. Never
having been popular with the female portion Of the
community. vengeance has fallen first and foremost
upon our bare and unresisling head. Mrs IIarri-
son has given us information through her X. X.
(honiden,ial komniltec) that we can have leave
of absence from the Treasury pap, from and after
the fourth of March, A. ID. is4l. We expected
the blow, and were in some measure prepared rorit.
We bear all things like martyrs and with the same
zeal and iOrtltude with which one of our llusrious
predecessors washed his hands in the flames of per-
secuon,wc thrust our hands into the awful dcp,hs
oil an empty pocket aud set our ,ornentors, Mrs.
Harrison, and all her cabinet, at defiance. None
shall know our agony. We shall let concealmen,,
Ike worm, feed on our danask check We shall
suffer uncomPlaningly, and though, far away in
the nmOst recesscs Of our heart of hearts, we
may sit
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

THE LADIES CoMpAIoN. The November
number Of this excellent work which has been sen
us Is ''cnlirely original, 'and is full ofgood articles
good prose, good poetry, good music and fine
engraving of the ''Cemetery of Mount Auburn"
This Magazine is one of the best in the country.
and is an excellent ''comPanion' for the reading
ladies'
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

A terrible fright, the other night John Hale,
broke Jail, borrowed horse of Mr. Gill, entirely
against the owners will, and without his hat-no
matter for thal-cut dirt Nobody hurt.
P.S. The John Hale, who broke Jail, and run
away, the other day, with much pain, lies again. in
the ug, very snrg.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
?. IN ACT, RELATING TO TIE BANKS.

IL g. ~ rcby enacted by the General Assembly of
the State Of Vermont THAT whenever any COM
mis-. rs are appointed by any act Of incorpora-
ton, 10 open books, 10 receive subscriptions to the
capital siocI; IN such corporation, such commission
ers shall give notice by publishing in some news
paper printed 70 the county in which such corpo-
ration il located, notice of the time and nlaco
where such books will be opened, a; least thir,y
days before the time of opening such books.
Approved Oct. 20, 1910.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
The ladies', God bless them, have d

q. X. The ladies', God bless them, have de-
cided that o. X. means only kissing, nothing else
in the world.-Picayune.
We are authorised 10 pronounce the editor of the
Picdyune, ga liar and scoundrel' and to inform
him, tina, if he ever comes 10 Vermont again. he II
find the true dcfnation of o. X. to be Outrage
Ousiy Kiauci.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

The editor of the (Aboli,ion) Foicc Of Free
dom, advises his party to keep up its organization
That is right. The AboI,onis,s have all shown
themselves the allies Of Federalism this year, and
supported the Harrison ticket. Next year, they
will call on the fcdcraliss to help them. sladc will
tell them to do it, and forthwith it will be done,
- therefore,
without n why or n whcrC,ore.n
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
- W TIVTIIlTC,
Without n why or wherefore"
An UNPOPULAR TICKET.

sThc following ticket, found in ballot box il
New Hampshire, received but one vote in the Union
at the late election. The man who put it in nom
nation must have been crazy to have dreamed, tha
such candidates could have stood any chance of N
election in these hard cider times
VIM. Conmonscnsc,
Jacob Honesty,
Richard s',ra.h forward,
Peter Prudence,
Thon,na E"o"o"y
Alexander Fenr-nothlng,
Samuel -your-business.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
Approved, Oct. %, 1910.
AN ACT relating TO the State Prison.


! 1t Is hereby enacted by the General Assembly OF
the S'hlr oi Vermont, as follows
/ J. Allen Wardner Of Windsor, and David Pierce
| OF Woodstock, together with the Superintendent Of
The Vernon, State Prison, are hereby constituted
q committee TO let out, for term not exceeding
three 'ears, TO any person or persons who will hire
the samc the labor of all the convc,s in said prs-
on, in such manner and on such terms as such
committee or majority thereof, shall Judge mos,
conducive TO the interests of tho state.
2. No contract made under the authority given
III the rss section hereof, shall be valid unless the
contractor or contractors shall, at the time of ma
King The same, give security satisfactory to said
committee, by bond with surc,ics, executed to the
Treasurer OF this State conditioned that said con-
tractor or contractors will wholly indemnify and
save harmless the state from any expense whatever
on account Of said prison, that shall accrue during
me term oi snch contract OF contracts Provided
however, that nothing herein contained shall give
TO said contractor or contractors any rght 10 inter-
lerc IN the government Of said prison. Provided
also, that nothing herein contained shall be con-
srned TO apply to any contract which on failure of
sad committee TO make contract, or contracts the
Superintendent may make for the labor of said
convlcts, or any portion of them, BY the day, in
the manner heretofore practised.
}. The Superintendent of said Prison shall hive
power to draw on the Treasurer of this State. for
a sum not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars, and
said Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same.
Approved, Oct. 20, 1910.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

"Te FAST AND TOO FAR" The Iocos of
Woodstock, Vt we learn, fired salute last week,
when they received few of the first returns from
n. York, in honor of the great Van Buren, triumph
in the Empire State.-Ciaremom Eagle.
You re all out at the elbows, Warland, your
story is o. s. toll shdm.)
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

Some body that knows, says the "BniIalo hair
oils that Hutchinson is selling, is most splendid
article for the ladies'.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
CLOSE.

In New-York, Pennsylvania. virgnia, New
Hampshire and Maine, giving one hundred aud
twelve Electoral votes, the aggregate federal ma
jorty in the popular vote is but three or four thou
sand
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

One of the Maine papers says that people in
'tbem diggns," have caught bear We are in
a terrible elk to know what Warand could
have been doing IN Maine
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

II is said that il chimney, when built, is plas-
tered with mortar well mixed with SALT it will new
or need to be swept, as in damp weather the sal,
will melt, and the SCOT fall down.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

Our Thanksgiving comes of next Thursd,,
lie 'urk'es are perfectly indignant iha, they mus,
We used up after the election Of "old Tin ="
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27

To TAKE GREASE OUT OF SILK.--lr little
powdered magnesa be applied to the wrong side
of silk, soon as the spo, is discovered, it is
never failing remedy, the dark spots disappearing
as If by magic.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-27
AN ACT 10 alter the seventh section Of the eighty
second chapter Of the Revised Statutes.

Ii is hereby enacted By the General Assembly Of
the State of Vermont, That if any person shall sell
or offer for sale, any yictuals, drink or merchan-
die within two miles of the place Of holding any
camp meeting within this state, during the contin-
uonce of such meeting he shall be punished by fine
not exceeding forty dollars, nor less than five dol
lars, to the USE of the town in which such meeting
ia held
Approved, Oct. %, 1910.