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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

Our farmers say that nothing less than 40 cents
per pound will afford them fair compensation for
their wool WHAT then, can they expec, if, Sc
fectei feeces Of superfne .lferino rool can be
imported into his country and sold for THIR-
TEEN CENTS per pound ? What can they
expect but that their wool will be rs it now is al
ways on their hands Will the manufacturers
buy then wool and pay over twenty five cents for it,
when they can purchase as good for thirteen. We
have the matter brought to our own door. Tons
of foreign wool have already been imported into
Vermont, at an average cost of TWENTY SIN
CENTS per pound. So long as any policy allows
such state of things, the farmers ask how shall
| sell my wool, and echo will answer, how shall u
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Anecdotes,

.DeWe fear we took leetle drop too much
when we swallowed Esquire Griswold 3 certificate
10 the teeotaiism of Can -be-Gov Smile. The
Lamoilie Standard, which we call good authority,
AYERS that Mr. Smile has only shifted the piace,not
the trade, of selling blue rnin; in fact, that he Is
now interested, with his son and Squire GriswoIu
himself, in the tralick; and winds up TINS:
A very good story is told of the well known and
fcelious "'l'om Pitts" rather Illustrative OF Mr.
Griswold's popularity. The first or second year
that Griswold was elected to represent the town
of Cambridge, while the young men were taking
the oath, "Old Pitts" pretty well corned, calls
out to his boy" come up here, my son, and take
that solemn oath, and then go and vote for Will
lard Griswold, for he keeps the drops, and don't
stand for n pint of rum, by Cd d--n me it he
does" Accordingly Mr. Griswold received ma
jorily Of the votes Of the freemen Of the town, and
was elected!
That's the last bulletin from Lamoille county
and we call ii a hard ONE Watchman.
This is really quite facetious. Now, as the W.
affects this mode Of electoneering suppose we fall
into it and tell an anecdote of the Grand Dancer.
After it was known last year that the Madeira
Drinker had failed ofan election one of his Boston
friends said 10 him, "l'm sorry COL that you did nj
succeed in your election. 1t might be some consola-
ton to the victims of your RIGHTEOUSNESS TO know
that they had been debauched by a Governor!"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Politics and the Tenn.
perance question.

Resolved, That we discard the idea of making
tho Temperance question political engine
The proceeding is portion Of Resolution passed
at the formation Of the "Windsor County, Young
Mems Total Abstinence Society,"" on the 22d day
ofFebruary. We publish it to show the infamous
hypocricy of the wings. We went into the Tenn
perence Reformation las; winter, and exerted our
selves as well as we could to push it foreward.-
We supposed that politics, as the Resolution we
quoted declared they should be, werc to be, left
out of the question. But now what do we see !?
While the democrats have kept to their pledge and
never thought Of endangcring the Temperance
question by dragging it into politics, o the wings
are s.rainng every nerve TO carry the temperance
party against Mr. Smile because, some years ago,
he did-and now a partner Of his son docs sell
rum!
Let us come home, and talk plainly since we
are compelled to do so.
When a minority Of the people Of the State
were laboring night and day to forward the tenn
percncc cause, it is well known, many ind-
viduals refused TO have anything to do with it.
They did not attend our meetings nor assist in
any way. They kept up THEN old habits Of ine-
briefly openly, and set public opinion at nought.-
Now mark! just before the election an effort is
made by certain people, TO prejudice the minds oc
tho temperance party against Nathan Smile, be-
cause he did once sell rum. These people all at
once are loud in their sympathy for the temperance
cause and in their dcnunciations against rum SELL
ing. And who are they The same men who
last winter refused all aid to the temperance cause,
who drink more liquor in one week than Nathan
Smile ever sold in a mon,l,-when he was in the
mercantile business. II is not the Wasl,ingtonians
those who have right if any ,oody has, to make
their principles Of temperance matter of politics.
who are dragging them into the political ARENA
II is the men who have OPPOSED THE TEMPER.
ANCE REFORM IN ALL ITS srAGEs--wuo
HAVE RIDIcULED ITS MEMBERs--sNEEREp
AT THE EFFORTS OF THE INEBRIATE AT !
REFORMATION AND RJEoIcED AT HIS FALL
URE, who are making this fuss about Rum Sell |
ing, and endeavorlng to enlist the feelings of the |
Temperance people against Mr. Smile. Fellows
who have been, and if they have an opportunity
will bc,again,drnnk as owls with Charles Painc;-
felio'os who drink liquor erery day Of their iives,
these are the disinteres,ed patriots, all over the
State, who arc so horror stricken at tho thoughts
''of Rum Selling" What business haveihcy in this
matter, except the busnesa,h that hypocriies have in
any mattT. They DRINK-thcir own papers
'dm that Gov Paine DRINKS--and ,hcy pretend
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
The Cats in the cream pot!

The hard-cider papers in this State arc in ,ribua
tion They have been forced to allow that Mr. Smile
has had nothing to do with the rum eIins business
Tor The last three years-,hey have been COMPEL
ed to swallow every lie they have written about
him. but now they have 1t! a PARTNER OF
SON Of Mr. Smile, living wiihin four miles of
him, sells Rumr
we give IN now-no mortal man can stand
mat charge! Alas and alack for the prospects of
The old farmer! His days is numbered, his sand
am run out! oh-hum-suz! what a terrible world
this is People of Vermont! Arouse. wbooror
boys and gala, get up! get up! The cats in The
cream-pot-the crows are in the corn! your r;vb,.
are invaded! partner of the son of Nathan smil-
lie sells Rum!-and that ioo-mark the 'orid, infer
nal and damning fact-and that too, ",riibin finn,
miles Of The old mans door," Don't Won feel
the indignant blood racing through your veins like
miI-tall at the thought of such things How
cniPable must the old man be for the conduct or n
''porfner Of his son!' snt no Ought he not 70
be "damned and doubly damned'' because eouu.
Try merchant sells rum wihin four miles ofhb
own door! Oh dear! oh dear, how can the peo-
pie support such man , Oh dear! we feel n sense
oil goneness at the thought of advocating the cleo
lion OF man who is guilty of such enornities.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

only, tina, Mir 9mh,e iii, ami that partner OF MS
son dee. SELL WIN any rejecting temperance
nan suffer his prejudices 10 be raised against Mr.
Smile by such miserable hypocrtes as these!
Consul Jarvis, too, whose "Advocate" bellows
so lus.iy-agains Mr. Smile, does he know moth
ing Of good living' His liquors are on his side
boards on his dinner table erery day!-What has he
u say about the temperance question! What bust
ness has he, stuffed with the best liquor the coun-
try affords, to appeal to temperance men against
Mr. Smile and for Charles Paine, as notoriously,as
he hmseIfa lover of good dinners 8, a" drinker of
Madeira, 'as his friends admit' Why do the friends
of Charles Paine drink, in the devils name-ior
they can drink in the name of no other being-why
d., they pn1NK, and condemn Mr. Smile for hav-
ing SOLD liquor' Pretty fellows are these, with
their crabb-apple faces, and picklcd'beat noses to
ndct appeals to the temperance people oil the
State against "the rum seller" When these fell
lows the friends of Charles Paine with him at their
head, abandon their own habits of inebriety,a and
become sober men and promoters of Temperance
and morality; when they show their love for tenn
perance by coming forward and joining the soci-
ties and aiding the friends of the cause in the sup
preston of the hydra-monser, they may claim
something like right to ,&.temperance people vii!
have some patience in hearing them,talk about The
wckedness of rum selling; till then, let the miser-
able hypocres hold their peace.
While on this subject allow us to say one word
in relation to Mr. Smile, and then let the public
Judge for themselves.
lst Mr. SMILE is A STRICT TEMPERANCE
MAN AND HAS BEEN ALL HIS LIFE
Cd. When he was in the mercantile business
some years ago, we presume, like all the country
merchants he kept liquors for sale, but for severa
years he has had nothing 10 do with the mercantile
business, except that perhaps he may lend his
name to his son, and of course has nothing to do
with rum-scng.
Sd, He NEVER drank anything Of the liquor
kind-drinks nothing now--is a slrc tee-loaler
and warm advocate of the great temperance
Reform!
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Wing Rctrcnchmcnt-the Florida
War,

Has any one forgotten how much was said a.
gainst Mr. Van Buren, about the Florida war And
that the wings promised its immediate icrmina-
ion upon the election of Gen larrison' Remem-
Der how much was said abont the extravaganza
with which that war was carried on! and then
read the following, complied from document No.
247 Of the House OF Representatives, showing the
came into power. Notwithstanding the Florida
swamps were cleared Of Indians, save perhaps
some eighty or 100 slraggers, the (ederallls
could not restrain their passion for Increasing the
expenditures of the government, even in this mis-
cradle warfare against few savages. As II sam
pie Of Wing warfare, we subjoin the sums paid to
several of the Indians to induce them to come in
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Gov. Paine, Senator Crafts and
Consul Jarvis,

Gov. Paine's papers award great credit to the
Grand Dancer, for his appointment of Ex-Gov.
Crafts to the U. S. Senate We have no objec-
ton to the friends Of Mr. Crafts being ,ickled with
this straw, though it may not be quite so pleasant
an junction. to their souls, TO be told, which is the
fact, that THE APPOINTMENT WAS OFFERED
TO CONSUL JARVIS IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
and was no, offered to Mr. Crafts until the great
Spaniard of Weathers6eld had declined it,
If Gov, Crafts was particular friend Of ours,
we should say as little about the honor conferred
upon him az possible, it coming up, as it appears
to us in rather questionable shape.
We should like, while on this subject, TO ask
the hard-cider fanatics, such as the Waichman
and Free Press, how much of the glory they have
awarded to Gov. Paine for his judicious, sc. &c.
appointment Of" Farmer Crafis,"is honestly and
openly due his Excellency, when The fact is known
that he was not his Eyorite choice, and that the
bone was thrown to him after the Spanish Terrier
had mumbled it over, and turned away from it as
not worth picking Avery disintercs,ed man thai,
Gov. Paine-very much honor and glory is due
unto him for his appointment of Farmer Crafts to
the U. s. Senate! Oh yes. so there is!
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The Boston Atlas,

Admits "thnt il a Tariff Bill could be brought, be.
fore Congress on its own merits, whoutthe dis,ri.
button feature attached-h pouh pass Congress
6y large Majority" and yet that paper calls
upon the wing members of Congress not to sepa-
rate the two questions, but to retain the disrib,.
ton feature which 1t is known the Presden, canno,
sanction, and thus sacrifice the grea, Tariff interes,
at the feet of Henry Clay, ard keep the question
open for his use, let the people call as loudly and
suffer as much as they may.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

lrJeNathan Smiles man Friday, of the .Agc,
keeps dark in relation to SMILES ertra interest
and mortgage business-JaruiS' .Adpocais.
Dom, augh-but, did any body ever hear any
thing so ridiclous One of Consul Jarris' scrfs
talking about Nathan SMILES "mortgages"'-
Why, that old Turk has mortgages upon more than
one third of the flrmes in Windsor County! He
Gums half of the people in the county! He has
obtained that portion of his property that he did mt
80 4" -r""', a, nc "iosI ourageously cruel,
oppressive and inhuman tyranny tina, was ever
known. lie keeps his people under his thumb
collared and chained. lie has forty mortgages
where Smile has one! lie is known to be the
greatest eStoroner "ofextra lntrest''-he great
est holder of" mortgages, in the Sia,c-und yet
his "Advocnte' is ba,herng about Nathan Smi-
lies extra interest and mortgage business"
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
That awful

Th,pr "Lokee Fokeeism" that hard cider Soap
Locks prate so fippanly about, means
OPPOSITION
To State deb, Of 100000.
OPPOSITION
To Tariff for the protection Of one class TO the
neglect and rum of another.
OPPOSITION
To tariff which will allow Jarvis, Paine & Co.,
to import foreign wool into this State and leave
our own to rot on the hands of the farmers
OPPOSITION
70 the infamous " Poor Mans Relief Bill, (which
virtually revives Imprisonment for debt.
OPPOSITION
To the present Listing Law, got up by the law
yers and spectators of the state-whlch taxes the
FARMERS PROPERTY and leaves the FAC
ULTY and LIBRARY OF THE LAWYER free!
OPPOSITION
To the doctIne Of Daniel Webster, stake care of
the rich and the rich will take Of the Poor"
OPPOSITION
TO Consul Jarvis doctrine, promul gated by him
that "the Rich mans MONEY is AN EeuIvA-
LENT for the Poor Mans BLOOD"
OPPOSITION
To National Bank.
To the distribution Law.
To an assumption of the State Debts by the Cen
Government, To the doings of the present waste
fal, idle, intriguing, brawing, fighting, black guar
ding, hard-cider Congress, &C.
TO THESE "BETTER TIMES"
That is what "Lokee Fokeesm" means, and
and when you hear delicate little sonny with the
scent of the nursery about him, lisPirg the name,
you can understand what it means. Its
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

Upon tits enormous and extraordinary cxpendi.
turc of money, The Globe remarks:
Here are 25 Indians, receiving from 500 to
$4,000 each, for coming in and agreeing to emf
CRATE. Besides these, the number of $40 common
lndians-nen, women, and children-also came
in for money; and the general SUN paid to these is
$50 each; u few were set down at SO, which were
probably children. The result of rhe whole is,
that nearly $4,000, in addition to the expendi-
lures Tor troops, has been expended in direct ap
pllcatlons Of money 10 these Indians; and conse-
quently that, in both men and money, the cost of
the Indian war in Florida, the reduced numbers Of
Indians being considered, was far greater than in
amy former period Of the war"
Such lavish expenditures need no comment
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Mr. Barber and the Industry Rcso
IutiOn.

The sagacious, Watchhman thinks he's"ko,ch-
ed us, now.
In the first place that hard-cider paper said Mr.
Barber wrote, introduced and advocated the Res
oulion in question. On the two first charges the
W'atchman owns il has lied, and backs out. TO
sustain the last charge, to witt that Mr. Barber ad-
vocated this Resolution, the W. introduces a por-
ton of,he record of the convention which says;
The Resolutions were separately and ably dis
cussed by Messrs. Dillingham;, Barber, Spalding,
Farr and others and unanimously adopted.
Now,where is the proof that Mr. Barber discuss
ed This particular, ipdiridual resolution The
record Of the convention says the Resolutions
were separately discussed by four individuals and
from this the W'aichman nfers that Mr. Bar
Der discussed this particular Resolution. |, won't
dolly W,Son. arH,lowG ,hgrG.y Tbp ,Mg!i9%au
been satisfactorily proved in the lie on The third has
made pretty fair lying business Of the, mator,we
should judge. We beg leave, here, in this conclu-
sion, toask the W. to read its own words with
slight alteration, as being peculiarly applicable. TO
the course it has taken in its abuse of Mr. Barber:
'Lies so attrocious as these carry their own
concentrations they need no denial We copy
them to show the people the utter rccklcssness Of
hard-clder eec,loneerers, and as the most conclu-
sIvc prooThat the cause in which they are engaged
is in itself rotten and indefensibe. good cause
can always sustain itself by simple truth. Let
this game of wholesale lying and abuse have It's
proper effect 1t ought TO drive every decent man
from the ranks Of hard elder and every democrat,
70 rally to the support of his principles, his cand-
dates, and TRUTH"
We happen to know moro abou, this matter
than the Watchman. MTr.Darber was called on,
about the middle Of the series of resolutions
tie said he had "no,hing particular to say about
the resolution under dscussion'- whatever i,
was) and proceeded to make n general poIiii-
cal speech. lie did not speak upon any pariicu.
lar resolution; and further than this we happen 10
know and can prove, that he opposed The Indus.
Try resolution privately and publicly. The gen.
tlemen who composed the committee on Rcsolu.
tons may remember this, and wba, Mr. D. said
when his opinion was asked.
The editor of the Wcichman must get cool. in
some way. lie is too mad to be able % command
even the ordinary apish cunning of bis species.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Mind!

That when at last they were compelled TO bring it
foreward, they did not do SO, NAKED ON IT'S
OWN MERITS but dove-taled in with ian estrane.
Gus and entirely IRRELEVANT principle-and which
they knew could not be sanctioned by the demo-
Gratis in Congress-the President, or the peope
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
RecOIIect.

That while the whole country are demanding the
passage of Tariff Bill, and the democrats, and
John Tyler stand waiting to vote for and sanction
a Tariff Bill, of itself, the whole delegation from
Vermont voted to tack onto the Bill lately passed
a feature, entirely useless, and foreign from the
subject, and which they KNEW the President
wouid mol approve!
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Admission,

In reply u the foregoing. we would say, that
two or three years ago, few months after Smile
first run for the gubernntora chair, he did leave
of selling rum, and has not made business
of selling since; nor has he sold scarcely any goods
since that time.
The preceding is from the LamoiAe Standard
printed in Johnson and edited by a Mr. Poland
calling himself liberty man, bu, who is a cider
cra' in disguise, and hates Smile and democracy
AS bad as any other wing
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

we acknowledge the reception of .dbel Par
sons, Fan original story published in the .vew
Worid-price IL IL cents. The story is by
Park Benjamin, esq. cd. Of the New Uo,M and
's well worth any mans nine pence
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
AT this moment,

While the old farmer is probably whe,tng his
scyihe or handling his pitch-fork the Grand Dancer
is trying on new pair of kid pumps preparatory
TO an attendance upon commencement Balls or
d" drinking mnderia," with little ice in j, a, hi,
castle at Northfed
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
Votes! Votes!

Votes for State and Coun-
ty officers are ready for deliv-
cry. Price twenty-five cents
per hundred. No tick, In any
case.
representatives for twenty cts,
per hundred-in advance.
Orders should be sent in as
soon as possible.
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Two Pictures.

The hard-cidcrcra,s, the farmers will remember
promised the people higher prices of provision
&c." If General Harrison was elected
Here are two pictures which we wish our rea-
dcrs to look at, and see TO wha, wing promises"
amount. They are extracted from list of prices
at PiIlsburg at the two periods therein mentioned.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

iEJSWhnt capital Tory paper the Free Press
would make, were it located north Of IS. II would
Guido the Montreal Herald and its devotion to the
cause oftyrany and restricted rights would make
1t the Government organ at once.-Bur. Sent.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
WING PYRAMID.

SoRRy, But CAN'T HELP 1T. The MADE.
RIA DRINKER, runs awfalIy hard in these dig
gings. The Consu's thunder, with the Mr. SHADES
speech, the hial Of Mr. Van Zandt and all, don
help the matter in the least that we can learn.
The "Regulalors" are coming up thick and fast.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

DeoM q The Whig Pariy.-At wing meet.
'"s IN Lebanon, Ohio, where Henry Clay was
nominated for the Presidency, Abraham Deaf
presided. Ifthis was not Death, of the Wing
pahy-why then for a rarity, the meeting must
have been presided over by man who was not of
the party. No wonder now that the Wings arc
turning to Clay.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

iUPThe Democratic Press throupbout a.,
State are peckins their fints, preparatory to tho
battle on tho LIST Tuesday. We should iudoe tho,
used tho percussion" locks from tho way ,boy
ego Of" 1t does one good to see how ,bev arc
'owollmg dccaycd wh'sgcry Go ahead p Sen,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05
What a Lie!

IN 1895, WIN majority IN Inc rouse OF % rs
indicated in the election Of Speaker, they (the Lo-
cofocos) passed the Compromise act, cutting down
duties to 20 per cent. on the 3Olh June last.
Uatchman.
In the Senate, the other day, Mr. Crit,enden
claimed for Henry Clay the honor " Of the Com
promise Act; and in 1889 Mr. Clay said at Buff
ialo:
"Tthe Compromise be inriolably maintained,
as IhiHk il ought to be, | trust that the rate OF
duty for which it provides, in conjunction with the
stipulation for cash duties, home valuation, and
the long list Of free articles inserted for the benefit
of the manufacturing interest, will insure its rea-
sonabe and adequate proteclon.''
Gen Harrison also, said, in his letter to the
GAINESVILLE committee Nov. 1896.
81 AM FOR SUPPORTING TIE COM.
PROMISE ACT, AND NEVER WILL AGREE
TO IT'S BEING ALTERED OR REPEALED"
Keep cool Mr. Waichman-pray keep COOL
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Why don't the Rutland Herald keep up its in
famous abuse Of The Cathoic les II so unds so well
in Republican Government to insult people who
peaceby worship God according to the dictates of
their own conscience, that the Herald should keen
it up.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

CONSISTENT. When the old farmer first came
into the field,,he iardcider papers called him Gan
old fool"-"an addle-brained old man" &C.
Now they have found out that he is one Of tho
keenest spectators in the State!
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" Headed off,"

The advocates ofthe " MADEIRA DRfNKER"
have dropped their SANDER about the old Farmer
selling rum--lt don I take.
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Laughable!

To hear the friends of the d" MADEIRA DRJN-
Kerr" talking about partner of a son of Ma
than Smile selling Rum,
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

Consul JARVIS ihunders, Illuminated through his
Advocatc.as we learn have MT frightened only one
man to death and he was on the pint of d,ssolu-
ton.
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Il f. Nj r. Nj Ii f. II,

That among the wings whowere engaged in this nearious
transaction the
WHOLE VERMONT DELEGATION
Let their be kept before the people, and be look
ed upon with the contempt which such base deserters of
the interests of their constituents selfish tools of par
ty deserve.
Here they are altogether
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

Gov. Paine's private character is perfectly spo,.
less.-Jarris' .fdrocate.
So is anything "pey,ciiy "Mack.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-08-05

Look Smiiing,-ihc Democrats.
Looh Pd,agui,--,hc Cdcrcrais.