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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1855-12-13
STATE OF yERMoNrD 10 p,o,o,. Can,

STATE OF yERMONT,l 10 ProJate Conrt
HARTFORD DISTRICT S. (mh at Woodstotk, NTH
in and for said District, the Mrdday Of DccemJtr A. d.
1855.
Present Hon JOHN PORTER, Judge
An instrument purporting to be the last will and tcs-
lament of MERCY CrgRlER late of Norwich, in said
District deceased, is presented to the Court here by
Freeman Holt the executor therein named for probate
and it is ordered by said Court that all persons concerned
be notified to appear before said Court at the Probate
Office in Woodstock aforesaid, on the first Wednesday,
(sccond day. of Jauuury Xt and contest the probate of
said will if they cause; for which purpose is
further ordered that copy of the record of this order
be published three weeks successfully previous to the
time appointed for the proving said will in the SPIRIT
W THE Age, newspaper printed at Woodstock aforesaid
j. A. MARSH, Register.
true copy of record.
81 3w l., A. MARSH, Register.
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G. w. STONES
Cough, Consumption and Bronchitis
Elixir

TNNHE Proprietor would respectfully call the attention
"a Of the public to his invaluable Remedy for all Afr
fccons Of the Throat and Lungs and begs Of those who
arc undecided what to select, from the numerous medi-
cines NdYcr3cd, and recommended for such complaints.
to give his ELIXIR trial. Having done SO, they will
10 longer hesitate what to take themselves or recon-
mend to others. single trial will prove to them hot
this is the most valuable remedy eyer discovered Tor tho
various affections Of the Throat ard Lungs; will i'm.
mcdiuely relieve the most violent Cough, and in few
hours completely cure the most severe Cold AS Pre-
ventye and CGre for Consumption It has no equal. IL
is purely Vegetable contains poisonous ingredients,
Is quite agreeable to the taste, and may bc given with
pei ec safety to the most delicate child Tho numerous
tcstin mails received almost daily from those who have
been cur,d by it, fully Justify the assertion, that no
family shoui1 be without this Medicine Jet Mothers
give it their Ch rcn who have The Whooping Cough or
Group, and they WI. alleviate at orco the suffering; OF
their little ones viii at the same time purify the blood
and completely expcl ali humors from the system Cal
for &. W. stones Cough EHir, and see th-t rs name
and Cough Eiirr, with the words Boston, NaF'' ere
blown upon the bvc also Seal, with his name npen
the cork without which none genuine.
Sold by CHAS. CHAPMAN, Woodstock, w. g. Lake,
go. Woodstock.
Principal depot IS Central s Lowell, Mass.
IC ~
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sO7 If
DISSOLUT ION

7ENlE coparncrship heretofore existing between the
"a firm of b. :. THOMPSON Il CO., was dissolved
the first day of December and all persons having un
settled accounts, with said firm, r-qrr'tcH to cal
and settle the same before the @rs day of January next
The books may be found at present at the old stand
b. 5. THOMPSON.
n. NJ. llOISINGTON.
Woodstock, Dec. 4. sos Wv
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Woodstock Bank,

THNHE Stockholders of the Woodstock Bank, are
II hereby notified that their annual Meeting for the
choice of Directors will be holden at their Banking
House, on the End Tuesday of January next at 10
o'clock A. NJ. By order the Directors,
Il. JOHNSON, Cashier.
Woodstock Dee. 7. 1865. S07 3u
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CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ca.
v TARlIlT, and other affections Of the LUNGS and
CHEST, cured Ivy 1NHALATlON, local and general
treatment Inhalalion alone will fail 70 most Of
these Diseases but in connection with proper general
remedies, under DIR HEATi'S direction, it is highly
curative in these, heretofore ncurablo affections. DR..
Heath IS frequently applied to by persons VINO hayo nel
thcr been relieved by Gnhalation benefited by tho
shouldcr-bccs nor nhaIng tubes TIE fact is tina, in
h,Iation is onyan auxiliary, and that those "Irgps"
are absolutely injurious.
As proof Of the success attending DR., lTeaths com.
bnS treatment, VIC refer to tho subjoned-a few only
Of large number Of letters
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STATE OF VERMONT,

STATE OF VERMONT, } 10 the Honoratie SH-
WINDSOR COUNTY IS Weme Court mtlt to be
hdd at HOodlock, tett 'nd tor the County Of Windsor,
OF the first Tuesday Of "a | n, A. d. 1885,
NTOIrR Petitioner Ii cY NJ. TOWNSEND, of Royalton,
In the County of " ind sor aforesaid respectfully
rcprcrent that she is now Al always has been resi-
dent of the State of Vernon. That the fourth day
of November, A. D. 1882 at srnrd, in said County Of
Windsor, she was lawfully ma led to Charles \ Towns.
end then Of said Barnard but residing in the City
Of New York by one Amasa attcn, minister of the
gospel and that your petitioner haS at all times behaved
hcr,cf as faithful and ahtct M te wife towards the
said Charles and in all thn.s kept the marriage
ran upon her part and that she continued to live with
hc said Charles In the faithful disch ar 70 of all the duties
eni lined by the marriage coyenat t. until ON the 9th
dny If AuGus A. D. 1850 when tho 81 id Charles with
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CASH. ASH!
MONEY MUST BE HADl!!

Il HAVE quite a number of demands of over one
IA year standing, and compelled to say, that ALL
such MUST BE PAID before the LIST of February
next after watch if not settled will be left for collec-
tion. S. L. MUNGER.
Woodstock, Dec. II, 1855. SO7
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Cloak Velvets.

WARD WIDE all silk Black Velvcts, just rcceiv.
n ed from New York, and for sale at a bargain by
CIlAS DANA, JR., & co.
Woodstock, Dec. II, 1855.
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IR 81 GU w a. l21
IRON & STEEL.

VHNE Subscriber has just received great additions to
his stock of HARD WARE, comprising almost
every article that may be called for in the Hard Ware
line among which may be found
Door-knobs, Locks, Catches and IIangings, Bed and
Table Casters, Augcrs Bits, Saws, Chest, Trunk
and Coffin Handles; Blind and Window
llNngngs and Fastening; Chsels,
Gouges and Handles of all kinds
A LS0-
English amp Swccds Iron,
German and Cast Steel Spring
Steel, Shoe Shape, Nail Rods Band
and Hoop Iron, Round Iron all sizes,
Wagon Springs Axctrcs, Maable Tronof
all kinds, Wagon Bolts and Must, Iron Bench
Screws, Cow Ties, Steel Yards Barn Door Rollers,
r'sSs Chains and IInlters &c.
The above was purchased with great care, aud will DO
sold at Il small commission.
707-2G A. STEARNS.
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WINTER TRADE.
--O-
BARGAINS IN
ID r Y GOODS!!

"'SSSpS""'
EUST received from New York 80 ps. Nous de LANES
OF new and rich styles at one shilling.
10 ps. Rich CashIheres Mt rs cit.
Is ps. Elegant German and SaXony Wool Paids from
rs to 60 cents,
5Ops. New Styles Maddcr Prints G IA to cent?.
80 ps. Cochcca do 10 cents.
80 ps. Handsome English and Frchch do, French Thi-
bets Lyonesc Cloths, Plain de LANES, Rich Printed
double width Cashmcrcs Mt equally low prices.
100 Bay State, Scotch and French
WOODEN LONG SHAWL
From $500 to SGC0-tEe cheapest lot of SlIAWLs
offered this season.
Opera Hoods Kid and silk Gloves, Ladies' and child
rcn's Hosiery, White, Goods, Domestic Goods Dress
Trimmings &C. Nc.
The above with many other goods direct from Now
York Auctions. We selling cheap call and look at
them if you want to save money
CHAS. DANA JR., 4 co.
Dec 1855
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Ladies' Cloths.

DLACK, Brown and Grey Ladies' Cloths, with new
ND styles. Paris Cloths just received from New York
by CHAS. DANA, JR., Il co.
Woodstock, Dec. II, 1855.
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VHNl DVJV' -
DEAR DoCToE:--hl'hough not indebted 10 you pecuni-
arily am under Obligations of gratitude which lido not
except to be able to pay for your skill in curing of
bronchial affection, three years ago which hal
troubled me for number Of years, and which would nos
yield to coustcapplcaton9, gargcs or washer. Not.
withsgnding my profession rcquiscs the almost constant
use Of my vocal organs, the cure is permanent
Ii you think this will DO Of any service to yourself
the public you will please it in any at at
tain it. You will no doubt remember two or three Of
mo fnr1lc Arnr l.n, r,l.nl L..
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MARCUS C0LBCRN,
No, 1923 Broadway

Nervous Cbrcnc scroiuous and affections Of tho Cen
cratho SYSTEM tax the constitution to such extent
h render it liable to take Iubcrculons and other
Chronic forms Of disease in both Those affected
with any OF these diseases can apply with certainty Of
relief h DR.. HEATH, No. $50 Broadway, New iors,
from 4. NJ, to 4P. NJ, Sundays excepted, Patient,
at distance may be treated or advised by letter, on
stating their case fully.
Who is Dr. Heath! For the information and satistl
ton of those who purohance do not know, refer them
to interesting editorial which appeared in the New
Iork Day Bood two weeks SINCE and which has been
tonSivcy copied in the leading papers Ct that city, and
pretty generally in the country papers. We will let
Others this question lest readers who have
not read the above named article, entitled "Ihe Charac
ter and Men Of New York-The Metropolis Of North
America should complain Of our neglect to publish il
also.
have known Dr. Heath for ten twelve years during
which time he has assiducusy devoted himself to the
study and treatment Of Chronic Diseases Gcnitourinary
Nervous and Constitutional Affections, Diseases Of the
Ear and Eye, but especially in rearing Consumption and
affections of the chest with Aattoring success.
J. Il, SMELL, NJ D., Green Point Brooklyr.
Having afdayit of cures portirmed by
DR.. Heath, of No. $50 Broadway, take pleasure in
recommending him to the alicted-Adv9catt and RsgI-
ter, Rahwly, ". J,
We most ohcerfully recommend DIR. Heath to an
gtcncd public, professional ficdd Of surprising
attachments and Of eminent success in his departments
Of practice.
LESTER GREEN, NJ. D., ". Y.
j. A. SMITH, NJ, D., NY
DR.. Heath is gentleman of high moral character and
most estimable professional abilities.
GEO. PETRIE, NJ D., y. Y,
The two characteristics in good doctor are moral
ccIlcncc and professional ability, both of which Dr..
Heath possesses in an eminent degree
Hon. A, LOMIS, y. Y.
New YORK, Sept. u, 1855.
Dr.. lIEATH-Doar Sir; haue taken my pen in hand
inform you that am entirely free from every symptom
Of that alarming Consumptiyc Thrort disease, which
came under your medical with, and which was SO
rapidly undermining my constitution. I was almost
desparng Of getting cured at all, until wasalviscd BY
Mr., Shaw to try you, and see if YOU could relieve
me.
gu have not only cured me physically but you h,vs
relieved me Of excessive suspense and anxiety Of mind.
Years in gratitude,
JOS. G. BYERS, ".
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Dec. 1855.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-09-21

FERTILITY OF SUBsoILs.-My purpose in
writing now, is to relate one instance of fer
tility-my first experiment with subsois
In the spring of 1896 which was followed by
one of the dricst summers ever known in this
region, and remembered the great grass
hopper season, when on the upands and
plains every green thing was eaten by the
myriads Of these destructive insects, which
covered the earth and filled the air, con-
tracted to plant and raise ten acres of corn,
and after harvesting the crop, to divide it
equally with the owner of the land. | was
then too poor to own any land, and working
anOthcrs land upon shares was the best |
could do. 1t was alluvion, or river bottom
land, which was the only kind of land that
escaped the ravagcs Of the grasshOpper that
season. Adjoining one edge Of this field was
high sandy bluff, and where there was a
slight depression, the water collected and
ran down, at the time of an uncommon great
fall Of rain in Oct. 1870. and ashed out tho
bank to the depth of % feet, depositing the
dirt on the meadow below, from to l. in
chcs deep, and covering about one acre of the
surface Of the meadow. The owner of this
beautiful intervalc had lamented and mourned
over the loss Of this acre-nOt only the land
was gone, out Of sight, "a loss Of 81 at
least but that uusightly mass OF sand
troubled hIm-a barren spot amidst fertility
\ few tnstles and weeds began to spring up
upon the outskirts it seemed to me there
might be soIl there, or something that would
make soil, and as it lay in one corner Of the
field was to cultivate that season, | pro-
posed to manure and plOw it with the field,
to which he assentcd, but neither he nor |
had much faith in crop Of corn from it.
There was not manure enough to put only
about IL ox-cart loads to the acre upon the
whole field spread broad-cast-no more put
upon the barren acre than upon the other
part-but | plowed it twice the depth, about
10 inches it was all hoed well twice after
the first hocing u mixture Of slaked lime, uu-
loachcl ashes and plaster, was applied,
/ single handful to each hill Of corn. In every
/ particular the whole field was treated alike
/ but the corn on the sandy loan that had
washed in. six years previous, took the start
carly in the season, and kept ahead through
out. The average yield of the whole field
was % bushels of shclled corn to the acret
and the supposed barren acre had at leas,
| uuo-htth more than any other part Of the
| field This convinced me that subsOils are
worth looking after, and my attention has
since ever been drawn to deep plowing. Somo
of this soil was washed out 20 feet below the
surface, and yet possessed all the elements
Of fertility in an eminent degree. The owner
of this land told me, a few years afterwards
that this acre continued to produce equal to
the best Of his intcrvac, only it was inclined
to grow thstles rather too rank. Every on,
who has had experience with Canada thiste'
knows that they flourish best on the deepest
and richest soils
j, W. CoLBuRNE.
Springfield, Vt, Aug %, lo55.
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weapon that would speedily bring down
vengeance upon the head of the infdel dog
who should dare to blaspheme their prophet
Listen said as opened the Testament
at the sixth chapter of the Gospel according
to st. Mathew You speak OF alms-giving
hear what my Koran says about giving aims
and rendered into Arabic the first four YER
scs Take heed that ye do not your aims be-
fore men, to be seen of them etc. When |
stopped | looked up, and the dark countc-
nances around me were glistoning, but not
with anger.
Good . exclaimed the sheik; this is very
good go on.
! gathered courage, and read again: 'And
when thou prayost, etc | read, translating
as read, to the fifteenth verse. Again
looked around me.
Bismillah but this is wonderful wonder
ful exclaimed one to another, stroakinS
their black boards wonderful !! and every
harsh and iorbidding feature was soitened
down to quiet, calm attention. More, more.
read on Moreover, when We fast, Z.
'Bismillah = exclaimed the sheik again
'but this is wonderful =
| needed no further urging on Verse by
verse, paragraph by paragraph, read on to
the close Of the chapter, interrupted by the
excamations of wonder and appreciation.
Wonderful = said my swarthy friend, the
sheik, when at length closed the book ;
'but this is wonderful And 'chat good pco-
pie vou Christians ought TO be-
never, continued my friend forgot, and
hope never shall forget, the lesson taught
me by that desert fire. In the first place, |
saw as had never before seen, that caution
may degenerate into cowardicc and learn
ed, in the second place-thc enemies OF
Christianity themselves being our judges
that if the proicsscd followers of Christ were
but in all things what they ought to be,
like minded one towards another, according
to Christ Jesus, then would they with one
mind and one mouth glorify God, even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ : and the
constrained verdict of the unbclioving world
would be, Nay, but this is wonderful -
London Tract Magazine.
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How THE NoTING WAS DONE ~ KANSAS
Every one has II general il"a of the manner
in which the Missouri invaders took posses
sion of the Kansas polls at the late election {;
but few, We presume, are posted up as to the
details of the operation. We have heard from
a gentleman who took an active part in the
election at Lawrence, an account OF the mat
ter interesting enough to be repeated
The day before the election. some niHc hur-
dred men came into town from Missouri, with
teams, wagons, tents, &c, and oncampcd.
The polls were to he opened in the morning,
and three judges were to preside and decide
on the eligibility of voters. One OF these was
Judge Abbott, from massachusetts, another
was Hugh Cameron, from Washington and
the post of the third was vacant:
The first thing to he done was to fill the
vacancy. Nobody could be found ON whom
the two agreed but one Cummings, recon-
mcnded by the pro-Slavcry men, was finally
acccptcd-Camoron securing Ahbott's con
sent by the most solemn assurances that h'
would stand by him in refusing to allow the
Missouri men to vote.
When the polls were opened, the first man
who presented himself was II Missourian,
Judge Abbott asked him if he lived III the
Territory :-he said he did II" asked him il
he intended to mako that his permanent
! home he replied he didn't know whether
he should or not.
lie asked him if hc was going back to Mis-
souri, lie said he shoulG-thc next day.
Judge Abbott refused to allow him t.
vote; and Cameron said he thought h'
couldn't vote, but he would like to ask lin
a question Can YOU swear said he, tina
you are Il boHa Gdo resident > Yes Sir,
was the answer. | can Then said JudG
/ a | i,,l I, ND iii M -
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WALKING LEAVES OF AUsTRALIA.-Almust
everybody has heard of the wonderful walk
ing leaves Of Australia. For long time af-
ter the discovery of that island, many peo-
pie readily believed that the leaves of GER
tain tree which 1ourishcs there could walk
about upon the ground. The story arose in
this way Some English sailors landed upon
the coast ono day, and after roaming about
until they were tired they sat down under a
tree to rest themselves A puff Of wind came
came along, and blew off shower of leaves,
which after turning over and over in the air,
as leaves generally do, finally rested upon the
ground, As it was midsummer, and every
thing appeared quite green, the circumstance
puzzled the sailors considerably. But their
surprise was much greater, as you may we'll
suppose, when after short time, they saw
the leaves crawling along upon the ground
towards the trunk Of the tree, They ran at
once for their vessel, without stopping TO ex-
anime into the matter at all, and set sail
away from the land, where everything seemed
to hc bcwtched, One of the men said no 'ex-
pcctcd every moment to see the trees set to
and dance a zig
Subsequent explorations of Australia have
taught us that the walking leaves are insects.
| They live upon the trees. Their bodies are
very thin and fiat, their wings forming large
| leaflike organs. When they are disturbed
their legs are folded away under their bodies,
leaving the shape exactly Ikea leaf with its
stem and all complete. Theyare of a bright
| green color in the summer, but they gr idu-
ally change in the fall, with the leaves, to the
brown Of frost bitten vegetation. When sha-
ken from the tree they lie for few minutes
upon the ground, AS though the were dead
but presently they begin to crawl along to-
wards the tree, which they ascend again
They rarely use their wings, although they
are pretty well supplied in this respect
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FlOrentinc MosaIcs and Tuscan straw
Hats.

mus.
Correspondence OF the Newark Daily Adver'iser'l
The beautiful Mosdlcs ot Florence have
long been known and approved abroad on
fair American hosoms they shine as boqucts,
or butterflies, or antique temples, or vases
and IN some American ptr!Ors may now be
seen the rlch cdsket, or table lnwrought
with mother-ol-pedrl ana precious stones
-the handlWurk OF the patient fIorcn-
tina. But the few samples OF these costly
hodsc ornaments sent here give little idea OF
what is to be seen III the show shops OF these
renowned tai1'TIes. Flower gardens or
choice partpres retrltied IN all the glory OF
their iull bloom. would not furnish the eye
such wealth OF beauty Such variety, S"ch
gorgeousness Of color as are displayed here.
The fIorcntlne Mosalcs date from before
the time OF the M'dlci, whose immense
wealth, eSpecmiIy IN precious stones and m
ger gems LED them INTO al! KIND oi eXtrnvh-
gances to adorn thel7 palaces. some OF the
richest articles ol Mosaic furniture w"re de-
signed lJr these merchant princes, ana are
yet to he seen IN old palaces here any relies
OF Medlclnn taste beng deemed OF great
value. In" palace OF the present 'rand
Duke contains also costly modern articles OF
this workmanship magnificent rs curious.
The gems Of the exhibition were OF course
Mosaic works Of the choicest patterns, and
Doubtful liNl'cI thcS NcT'' me ar-c7I
| purchasers of these ornaments were the Eng
lish nobility, whose fortune, sanction indul-
| gencc in luxuries. Few Americans can af-
ford to give five hundred or a thousand dol
| lars for Il table yet some are foolish enough
to do it, whilst almost all visitors carry away
smaller specimens OF this delicate handicrait
! brooches, ear rings. or bracclets-nowhcres SO
finely executed as here.
Tuscan straw has Il well cOru fame in the
! [. S. Yet, half the beautiful and curious
things wrought at these straw manufactures
are there unknown. \ thousand exquisite
articles, which seem Garvwork. beautify
those shop windows, tempting the ready
purses of strangers. and are of course sold al
exorbitant prices. Here is the tinv slipper
of openvork straw. delicate as the spider :,
rossamcr wcb-its rose hued. or skv blue Ii
| ming. peeninr daintilv through howery inter.
stices, at the belle. whose Cinderella foot i:
about to grace it here are retcules. lineC