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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
A MAN WIFE, .ONE IDEA."

ScENE.-A log cabin, two stories hgh nlaid with
BRUSHES curpeng, and covered with clap boards
painted wle, with green window b.Lids-si,-
uatc at North Bend, Ohio.
Enter Il Ioc0loco.]
Loco. Good morning General II. how is your
health?
Gen. II. Well, am not exactly permitted to an
swcr any questions until after election. You are
.at liberty, however 10 usk my committee
l.. Fyou are not permitted to answer all the
lnterogaio:ies put to YOU, presume you will not
h".'i"o to answer s",hY questions au VI nUnIcn,
to the country. Every candhInie who nllowa hi"
SELF 10 come before the people for their sullragcs is
according to the democratic creed, and according
to the spirit of the our republican institutions, SOL
EMMY bound to give h- eev's ON all matters of po-
tical or national interest. would therefore EN-
qurc what are your views on the subject of II Nj
fioaal Baah,
Cen II. have no views, Sir, ask my COM
ni,tee
l.. But YOU must ut any rate have formed an
opinion on the subject of abolition. Are YOU in
favor oiihc immediate abolition of slavery?
Gen. H. Ask my committee.
l., Are YOU IN advocate Of slavery
Gen, II, Ask my committee.
l.. Are you in favor of, or opposed to, the Sub
Treasury
l.. Did YOU actually vote to sell white men into
slavery!
Gen n. Ask my committee.
l.. Did You run for the woods and send back to
Y Croghnn to abandon Fort stephenson - the Brit
iSh and 10 follow your discreet example
Gen. II. Ask my committee.
l.. Is it fact TINT the Ladies Of Chillicohe
voted You petiicoat, and Croghnn II sword for
calamity defending the fort that you had ordered
him ID abandon.
Gen. II. Ask my committee.
l.. Did You encamp on the ground selected and
pointed out to You by the hostile Indians, and were
your inca most cruelty cut to pccics, as the consc-
guercc!
Gen. H.. Ask my committee.
l.. Do yon think You are fit 10 be President Of
the United States
Gen. ". Ask my committee.
l.. Who would discharge the duties Of the office
for YOU were YOU TO be elected.
Gen. II. Ask my committee.
J.. Are YOU not rather unpeU what il the
ma,ter-have you drank too much hard cider'
Gen. II Ask my committee.
l.. DO you think the people of the United States
are such consumatc fools IA 10 vote for a man that
has but one idea' and that the proprety Of a COM
mii,ee
Gen. II. Ask my committee.
l.. Who il it that has made you appear to the
world lake u stupid ass
Gen. II. My committee.
Loco. That's n faci-good bye to you.-Roch-
ester Republican.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

Hoo.-The devil you have And has the Gen
eral agreed to this ,
Gmynne.-Ceranly, or we should not be sta
toned here to keep off enquirers.
Hoo.-And You are authorized to answer fol
the General'
Gwynnc.-To be sure we are.
Hoo-Wi yOu be so good, then, as to tell me
plump and plain, whether General HARRISON j,
an Aboiltionist or not
Gwlnae,-My dear sir, you mistake. We are
not put here to answer qustions for the old General
but only 10 prerem him from aaswering. All the
answer we give is, that it is not polite for him to
answer Come, come YOU are iiiend of HAIR
RIsoN you should treat him witha generous con-
iidence,' and believe he will make good Presi-
dent without troubling yourself about his princi-
pies.
HOo,-Snag me, if can stand this always
thought the old Chief was wrong in taking the
advice of the Indians as to where he should en-
camp at Tippecanoe ] ii be turned intoa turkey
bnzzard if he haint made n roaring sight worse
mistake now. fhe gets out of your hands as well
as he got ont of the Indians, he will be coniouned
sight better Off than think he will You have shut
him up there and won't let him speak word to
the people about his sentiments, and you go hurra-
ing log cabin caadii0ic, hord cider candidate,
if You thought the people cared nothing for their
country or their principles, but would vote for any
dumb brute that lives in leg cabin and drinks
hard cider ! I'll tell You what, no old soldier or
farmer either, will vote for IL man for President,
or any thing else in this free country, who puts
himself into the hands of keepers to keep the peo-
pie away lom him, or refuses to answer their rca-
sonable questions, though he mny get drunk on
hard cider
'IIard cider, to be sure Why you are every
day fools strangers, to think the people such fools.
Them's my sentiments, and reckon the General
won't get vote ON Coon creek this hitch.
EXIT FARMER.
UHght--A GEoRE KREMER Of fellow,
that.
Gwygnc.--Nr. WRIGHT this is an ugly bust
mess, but any thing is better than 10 let the poor
old fellow speak for HIMSELF
an Mrcc-l!urrah for the hard cider candid
ate, the hero Of jugs, mugs, barrels, and Tippe-
canoe
GcI HARRISON wHkin. More hard cider,
WEIGmT.
[Cayiiia .JaH8.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
CURIOUS DIALOGUE.

IL" A Log Cabin" Hard Cider" writ
beside the door with chalk-,he same words
II red flag fixed to pole on the top-half u
zen empty cider barrels about the door-and
Zee men in dandy dresses and RULED shirts
liking to and fro in front.
la q. H'righi.--'lore impertinence, | sup
When will the b!orkhcads be done com
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
l.
HONORED BE WOMAN,

llONORED BE WOMAN,
bred be Woman she beams on the sight,
eful and fair, like being of light
ers around her, wherever she strays,
$ of bliss, DER our thorn-covered ways
$ of Paradise, sent from above,
? gathered and twined in garland of Love.
Man, on PASSIONS stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricanes commotion
Spurns at Reasons feeble cry
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still it roars Within
Flashing lights of hope coniound him,
Stuns him lle's incessant din.
han ivites him, with bliss in her smile,
Ease from toll, to be happy awhile
pering wocingly--come to my bower:
pit in search of the phantom of power;
n and wealth are ilusory-come
'incss dwells in the temples of home
Man, with fury stern and savage,
Persccutcs his brother man
Reckless, if he bless or ravaga,
Action-action-siill his plan,
Now creating-now destroying
Ceasless wishes tear his breast
Ever seeking-ne'er enjoying
Still to be-but never best.
IAN, cOntented in silent rcpose,
= in its beauty liie's flower as it blows,
waters and tends it with innocent heart
icher than man with his treasures of Art,
wiser by far in her circle confined,
he with his science and flights of the mind.
Co'dy to himself sutlicimg,
Man diSluins the gentle arts,
inowc,h not the bliss arising
From the interchange of hearts
Slowly through h'I bosom stealing,
Flows the general current on,
Til, by ages frost congealins,
1t is hardened into stone.
ike the harp, that ins,nclivc'y sings,
G nigh, breeding zephyr soft signs on the strin,
pnds to each impulse with ready reply,
her sorrow or pleasure her sympathy try;
ear-drops and smiles on her coun,cnancc pla,
sunshine and showers Of morning of May
Through the range of mans dominion
Terror is the ruling word
tnd the standard Of opinion
Is the the temper of the sword.
Strife exults, and Pity blushing
From the scene despairing flies,
Where, to battle madly rushing,
Brother upon brother dies.
Ian commands with mi'dcr control:
ulcs by enchantmcnt the realm of the soul
c glanccs around in the ligh, of her smile,
war of the Passionate is hushed for a while
DiScord, content from his fury to cease,
SEES cnranced ON the pillows of peace.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

THE WAGES DE BoR-Thpy VINO hive
taken up the strange notion that the rewards of in
dustry are diminished by Il sonnd currency, vii
please look at the following
"lhc Salem Advertiser announces, on tho hes,
authority, that mechanical labor in Cuba receives
higher compensation than any where c!sc.--
Three dollars per day. is the customary price p id
to good mechanics Of all descrp IONS Coop,rs ire
qucnlly make from seven to ten dollars per day
in trimming casss, and even Save loho- is worth
one dollar and fifty cents a day. Iourncymcp
carpenters i, is sad can get sixty dollars month
and board. And yc, Cuba is a hard money co"n-
try."--GiO,e
This single Instance is coHp'ctc answer to all III"
nonsense viii h we hear about the necessary low
ness Of wages in hard money countries. II wages
are low in certain regions where the blessings Of
paper money are unknown, it Is owing TO the
causes not connected with the currency; to laws
which prevent the equal Discrimination of property,
and to the superabundunce Of population with
creates Goa petition for employment. In some in-
stance, also, n is the case in Spain, it may be
owing 10 the distracted state Of the country to
civil wars "rhch discourage industry by rendering
its rewards uncertain.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

MOST / xTR \ORDINARY-TiIE CANDIDATE FOR
THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES RE
FIsING TO BIZ QUESTIONED by THE PEOPLE
GENERAL HARRISON UNDER KEEPERs-READ
READ!
GEN, HA2R!SON--AND HIS SONCOM-
MITTt1LSM.
From the Oswcgo Pallalinm)
We call the public attention to the following
most extraordinary reply, made by Gen. Harrison 5
committee at Cincinnati, To letter addressed to
him BY the Union Association Of this village. We
ropy of the letter of the committee in rcpy there
to. We assure the public the correspondence Is
genuine:
To the Hon. WILLIAM II. HARRISON:
Dear sir.-I accordance with the resolution OF
the U,ion Association of Oswpgo, am instructed
To Propose three questions to YOU in relation TO sub
.cis that large portion of this section of country
feel deep interest in. The first is
Are YOU infiyor of receiving and referring petit
lions for the immediate abolition of slavery in the
Bistric, If CoumbE,'
Second--Arr Won in favor Of u. :. Bank or
some Institution similar TO that, for the sale keep
ing and dlshursng of the pubic moneys. and for
giving uniform currency throughout the United
States,
And lasiy-Would Won favor the passage Of n
general bankrupt law by Congress. 50 that lis ope-
rnions might be equal in all the States of the Tn
i,n'
have only to say sir, that the above inquiries
are made in accordance with the unanimous wi'hes
Of ,h. nsSocRon, the members Of which, am in
struc,ed TO siy. entertain fhe highest regard for
your pas. services, and hope. shonld Won be- elect
ed to tn high Office for which yon are nominated
hat nothing may occur 10 lessen You in the esii-
NATION Of great aud fee pope.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

To LADY WHO SAID SHE wouD Box NY Ears
Firm to your threat Eliza, stand
The promise made, maintain it /;
And flh rot to Lesiow yorr HAND
On one who won't disdan it.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

QrrsrIoN. Why do the Wings call their
candidate sold Iip'
ANSWER. Because he drinks "hnrd cidcr'
OI.p TIPLER isa very pretty name sor can
didalc for the Presidency.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

DESPAIR AND CONSOLATION. I'm ruined
as the old woman said when her house was ON fire
but lisa cold night and ImayaS ueH warm N.Y.
SELF
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

FEDERAL EcoNoMY.-A young mems Con-
ysnton of $4,000, asymbled at Baltimore, ut an
expense of at least, one mIIion Of dOLIarS, for
no other purpose but to make show and parade
and have row. Oh, for the hard times and the
poor lnhOrcr
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

''What time is it Tom -
"Just time to pay that little account you owe
me-"
so, indeed ddn't think it was half so late, so
| must be oil, or shall lose my dinner -
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
DAVID GwYNNE.
J. E.. WRIGHT.
q. NJ. SPENCER.


rnor.I .,J cn,,,,J ;,c;dan,s connsc,cd wi,h hi,
n,,, m, ,xb;.h viii he Gryurded IN Won nt nm
rr,.i, ,o,,,o,,
rh,, !, ..n,,. Co, Harlan has n,ssod into
,h hand, or - cnn,, ;,,,, ,,itbnu, IN. lnrmnIi,y
~ , ,,,;t 10 I,uoij,.;, i,,,yj,,y,Io The old yen-
,rI ,n,sJ f., do ,Il Nj. c,n,n,irniuo an n, 1or IN
,;,,.,, If cor, hi. d,s,,t.lc. +, III, war dan,rt
.r, wnrc nlnos, IA rrrnucnt ps IN, visits of Sion.
,;,,r ,vnnscn IN The little rrcnchunn nj the seven
dial. and were lalicry received there with sim
;,nr d,er.e or eouonmi,y-.As we heard sid b,
IN Cd Buck cyc--ii h. Imd spilled MS much blood
ls h. did ink in ,he last war h. might have made
ra'h, in the Chic.
Bu eyiiy usidc--thr business of President ma
king is to serious matter TO the people Of this
counir, To permit the indulgence of To much pleas.
uniry though |, Is well understood that Gen Ilar-
rison woud il elected. be- simply King Log, vet
there is not much doubt he would have ,orks Tor
ninis,ers,-'ihr above letter to Mr. I!otrhkiss, we
hesitate no, to ponoucc u most srnndalous and
Most Disgusting oNhihilion of the total absence of
NIL manly and honorable principle from the head
quarters If III, federal whig party.
Gul the pi ,turr il a true Keeping for whit eau
BE- more proper than int party without prnci-
pes should have candidate without principles.
But this wc balicvc is the first explicit avowal of
lh, condition of the party aud lis candidate. There
was II sort Of tucit admission of i in what was
done, or rather IN what was not done, at the llar-
rishurgh conyenlion.-but here our enemy has
written booli--we have him AogrSnie deiicto
And from whnm does tins monstruus ayown ol
non comrlt,alism proceed From men who for
wears, with unbllSi,g clronrry, have charged
il uqlust President Van Buren,. as n foul slian,n
npnn the character of public mcn-as containing
within Itself the undcniblc evidence of dishonesty
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
'Arma yirumque GaRdthe mani canO." &c

'NrHHI VTrUIHqUt [0N0We nun canO, &c.
Show us mhoIe man and You show us all we
want to find in sublinary beings and the less we
see your neutrality-suspicious., butterflies and
parreRuS-the better.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

DEsrRucrfoN OF BRoCK's MoNuMENT.-Ey-
cry tours; will remember Blocks Monument
viii h crowns the heights of Qucen1on and adds
so much to the picturesque beauty of the land
srape. Yesterday morning about O'Clock, III"
inhabitants Of Lewiston and OuernStnn were IL
reused by report ike that of heaviest artillery.
On looking out, column of smoke was seen slowly
ascending from the tall monument, and as it drif
ted away the obeiisk-likc tower was dis oyerrd 10
he rent md shattered from 'turrct To foundation
stone What possible motive could have induced
this worse than Vando Outrage. We ore at Il
loss to divine
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

The following beautiful extract is from Gala
theirs llesperlan, monthly publication, issued in
Cincinnati, Ohio;--
"Young womanhood the sweet moon on the
horizan's verge" a thought matured, but not ut
tercd-a conception warm and glowing, vet not
enbodicd-the rich halo which precedes the rising
sun-lhe rosy dawn that bespeaks the ripenns
peacll-a flower
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

Upon this, the Sunday News makes the follow
ing capital parody:-
"Young womanhood moasses touched with II
little brinstone-spread on bread not butered-a
being all joints and angles, not filled out-;n uni
formed form delormed by stays-a palIid thing that
loves the ripening peacll-a young woman
woman which is not quite woman,
Yet something more nor GAL"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
From the Washington Globe.
A THOUGHT OR TWh ON PRICES
AND LABOR.

|. Prices will fall, all other things being nm
changed, II The currency lessons and contracts
whether ii be specie or paper. So they will rise
il it expands
! his was shown in 1919 and in 1920, and the
United states Rank instead Of a government or II
Sub-Treasury, was then changed with causing the
fall in prices, fall was much greater than now.
2, Prices will fall, all other things being I'M
changed, il more of an article is Produced of an
old market for it is cut off. So will they rise if less
is produced.
This has Just been shown in respect to grain in
1887 and 1888, when the grain crop was small
here and prices high and in 1899 ard 1910, when
the crop was large and prices low. 20 has opium
since the market of China has been cut oil,
3. Prices of labornev fail here, all other things
equal, aS low Ms IN Russia Germany, France, Eng
aud, &c,
Because there the great capitalist, has TO main
tain an established church, nobi ity, monarchy
splendid army, navy land host oipaupers, leaving
to the laboring man merely enough wages for food
and clothing, While here the labolmg man OF
small means, j. taxed us well as the capitalists
also free, and aids in the government of the coun-
try and if not getting large share ofhlS earnings
for his wages can profitable till the soil for himself
while our new lands are so cheap extensive and
fertile.
The currency is not exclusively metallic in Eng
land, France, Germany, or Russia and it it was
the effect of llt alone on the amount Of the prices
OF labor would be trifimg
1. Prices are kept more uniform, sound and safe
by II good currency, founded on specie, But that
is ali the effect of currency on prices ioither labor
or property.
Because currency equal to ten dollars per head,
whether of paper or coin, or mixed, would leave
prices entirely the same amount, 81 far rs the,
might be affected by the currency aone.
3. Prices oiitbor and property whether falling
or raising, leaves the lahorcr much in the same
condition except the inrcnvencnre and pcrpcXii,
of change because he gets for less wages, more
cloth, grain aud groceries, il the price, Us usua! falls
proportonalIy all.
But when. us in extensive nonarll;irs, the labor
or gets less md undue ratio Of what Is earned by
e., pal and labor, aud the pan pcred ali'torra gfs
more. thu, j. an evil and Il curse and has been n
vcmed and always will be here, white onr free IN
si'utions flourish whatever may be tho kind oitur-
rency wh'h exists.
Int if the kad is COED, uniform safe and sound
fair proportion but one TINT u without risk, loss.
aud constant change. This he ought to have il
possible and parl.of the duty of The Government,
to secure it To him by all con ulirnul nleaM..
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22

"a flower which is not quite flower,
Yet is no more u bud"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-05-22
am sir, respectfully your obedient servent,
MILES HoTCHKIss.
Corresponding Secretary.
Cincinnati, Feb. %, lo40.
OswEGO UNION ASSOCIATION:


Gcntlcmen-Your letter of the 3lst u address,
ed to General Harrison, has been placed in our
possession with view to early attention. This is
unavoidable in consequence of the very numerous
letters daily received by the General, and to which
his repy in person is rendered absolutely impracti
cable. As from his confidential committee, you
will look upon this response, and it the policy oh
served by the committee should not meet with your
appreciation, you will attribute the error rather TO
ourselves and his immediate advisers, than Gen,
Harrison. That policy is that the General make
no further declaration of his principles, for the
public eye, whilst occupying his present posilion.-
Snch course has been adopted, not for purposes
of cOncealment, nor to avoid all responsibility
but under the impression that the Generals views,
in regard to all the important and exciting questions
of the day have heretofore been given to the pub
lie, fully and explicitly ; and that those views
whether connected with constitutional or other
questions OF very general interest, have undergone
no chunge. The committee are strengthened in re-
gard to the propriety of this policy that no new
issue he made to the public, from the consdera-
lion, that the National Convention deemed it impo-
lite at the then crisis, to publish any general dec
aruton of The views of the great opposition party,
and certainly the policy remains at the present I'M
altered. IN the mean time, we cannot he p en-
pressing the hope, that our friends every where,
will receive the nomination of General Harrison
with something akin to generous confidence When
we re Tcct upon the distinguished intelligence oflhe
nominating convention ; how ably all interests were
represented in that body, we certainly have
high guaranty, that should General Harrison be
the successful candidate for the Presidency, that
office will be happily and constnonally admins
tered and under the guidance of the same prlnc'
4 4
The Madisonian., 1840-01-18
PILES, 6c., HEMORRHOIDs.
No Cure no pay--Price 81.

LAYS LINlMENT.-No Ficton.--ThIs exraordi
l. nary chemical composition, the result OF science
and The invention Of celebrated medical man, the lhtIo
ducion oi which 10 the public invested with the so
lemniiy OF death bed beques has since guned Tepu
tation unparalleled fully sustaining Of the
lamened Dr. Gndeys last confession that . he dared
die without giving poseny the benefit OF his know
ledge this subec and he therefore bequeathed 70 hs
friend and attendant, Solomon Hays the secret OF his
discovery.
is now used in the principal hospitals and the private
practice in our country first and most certainly Tor the
Of the Piles, and also extensively and eifectuay
battle crednlity, unless where It's effects are W.T.
messed Externally in the following complaints
For Dropsy-Ceaing extraordinary absorption stonee
All Swellings- Reducing them IN aiewhong.
Rheumatism Acute or Chronic, giving quick ease
Sore Throat-By cancers ulcers or colds
Group and Hopping Cough Externally, and osef'he
chest.
All Bruises, Sprains and Burns. curing in few hours
Sores and Observation-Disclosures OF long standing and
fever sores.
Its operations upon adults and children IN reducing
rheumatic swelngs and loosening coughs and tlgheSs
OF the chest by relaxation Of the parts, has been sufPs
ing beyond conception. The common remark OF those
who have used il in the Piles, Is y acts like charm
The Piles.-The price 81 is refunded 10 any person
who will use hottie OF Hays Linmen for the Piles and
return the empty bottle without being cured These
the positive orders Of the proprietor 10 the Agents aud
Of many thousands sold, not one has been unsuc-
cessful
We might insert certificates any length, but prefer
that those no sell the article should the original
To purchasers
Cauiion.-None be genuine without a splendid
engraved wrapper which is my name, and also that
SOLOMON HAYS.
Sold wholesale and retail by CoMSToCK & CO, sole
Agents, Fletcher Maiden lane, one door be-
low Pearl street. New York and by Druggist In every
town in the Union.
All Editors who will insert the above months, in
weekly paper shall he entitled to dozen OF The article
For sale by Robert S Patterson, WIN. Fischer, r. H.
& G. H. James, and Young Co., Washington CITY.
The Madisonian., 1840-01-18
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Der the first number is this day received by r. Taylor
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