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department may deana proper.
pay trips performed for each Of ucl
omissions not satisfactorily explained three times the Of the m
may hccducted Deductions will also be ordered for grade Of
fcrance inferior 10 that specified the contract For repeated den
asS q @ "a, Srro n n" h mornco Of s @ sy be
For leaving behind throwing of the mails portion o
up r running an express conveying hcgstc ID advanso d ha
sn I sGg q t. @ DEDUCTED tell. H. ,ononor, ,o rouny an,
satisfactorily explained by certificate. Of osiser or The affidavit
a "a ss S ] from s y %sTs e p cs % e. r "ar
ing (oang either unsuabchess Of pcc
sing after demand convey the as frequently contractor
runs % or concerned n running couch On On The route
agreeab % contracts for violating the post office laws
carrier rcqured by department assigning thu
without the of the Postmaster Gencal for
ins nlaiable matter onl q the dipl !.
B. a bid received lay uaIcd without tn
required by law cannot be considered in competition with
regular proposal reasonable in amount
the bidder at H. n usual To Once addcss and those Of eaol
member Of r where company offers should be distinctly stated
mttcd be withdrawn.
satisfactory 70 the Postmaster General General cannot b.
admitted The bid and should be signed plainly with the fui
o. The department right reject any which maj
be deemed exavagan and also tho bids of failing contractors
bc scasd superscbcd proposals for
land route TO California addressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
IL modification any
to bid and cannot be recoved so as to interfere with egu
competition after the last hour set for receiving bids
careful sufcicncy
gaanto surces without knowing that they sul
rcsponsibty all bidders guaranors
perform
proposed for in the accepted bids legal abite
will be enforced against them.
contractors persons department
equally with ohers procure gaantor and certificates of their uf
cheney substantially the above prescribed Tho
ucncy must be signed by postnacr by ajudge OF
record.
The bidders guartors surccs &C. to til
following laws, viz;
sec 1895 requiring contractors carriers &C.
be
Soc 1925, relation failure
Sec 27 Act of July ., 1896, liabilities of guhranors.
Sec a. Act of July 1885, authorizing bids ofang contractors
be rejected
July 1886 relation amongst
dcrs.
April 81 1908 provides that Congress
contractor.
A. Of March 1928 provides that postmaster
postmaster, ccrk a office, shall be u
r. Act OF March g. 1925, provides that
white malc shall he employed in the mail
The Postmaster General Will himself the right OF
ling made under the above
that s offered for sale
the purpose speculation and ho will
transfer of the IN whole in assignee
less qualified In his opinion than original
carry the samo into successful operation
AARON v. BROWN
Ap 2l-3awtlstJunef Postmaster General.
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PROSPECTUS
OF TIE
WASHINGTON UNION

New Volume, New Types, add Nee arrangements.
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Commissioner c,,t MI Of tho General land onIcc.
NOTICE TO pRE-EMprloS CLAIMANTS.


Every person entitled to the right presumption to of the
within the townships parts townships above enumerated
required establish the the satisfaction of tho register and
The proper nn occ and make payment therefor
pytiae seeing notice before appointed for the
Of the public sale of the lands embracing tho tract
claimed otherwise such claim will be forfriedl
Tlits A. HENDRICKS
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Feb 1S-1aw13w & Etar1
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Tickets $l0--havcs So--quartcrs % w.. ltss
Certificates Of packages Of 40 whole tickets s36 90
DO do & 20 half do .........--.--..5 "a oo
DO do 20 quarter do .....-.4-......ss j3 10
Orders and certificates Of packages In tho
above splendid will receive the most prompt attention. and an
account drawing will Immediately after u s over to all
VIII order from me- t5
Address r. " BuChEf AGENT
JnIy 18 Wilmington, Delaware.
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washington Branch Railroad.
FINRAINS leave Washington for Baltimore
l. At and SO, m. and and 4s, pm
On Sunday at IA p
Leave Baltimore for Washington
AJAX and ga, n. and and So !, p m.
On Sunday at ~,
Passengers for Philadelphia and New York will take trains at 81,
and Az.
Passengers for Annapolis win take trains at 811 aud AZ
Do for Norfolk {" Sl and 3.
Do West i, connecting
at Washington Junction T. III. PARSONS, Agent
l7-lf
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The undersigned, posiiastor Of f-~r, SLATE bf -T-Z7
cerHc under IF Office that he Is acquainted with thc above
gunran and knows them to be Of property and able TO make
good their guarantee
Dated Cigned)
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No,tA ef Pntoosal.

. u OF county OF of.T----, state
prpbse to cbn4ey o cpfe letter pail for the term
six years. from the date specified In The cnnrRt for c6nencSE
service from on tho Mississippi river, by , TO Sat.
Frnncisco California; agreeaby the advertisement Of tho Postmaster
General Of the goth April 1857 ionorsc coaches spring
wagons suitable for the of passengers well the
safety and security Of tho mails each way the annual
sui t ~ dollars tssty each ~ayi for The annual Of
dors SEMI sceSt each wa5 for the anlta sun Of - dollars
Dated (sighed)
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TINO LEASE, for term of years the mansion of the
General Towson, United States army contains all the
modern improvements water works. furnace &C. Ap
ply to j. d. H. SMITH, esq, At his Office, on street
Narr1 = -ovtf !.
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The undersigned residing at ---, State Of T--j no
dcrtake that if the foregoing bid for carrying the mail the route
from the Mississippi river, to san Francisco Caifor
accepted General the bidder shall when
qred by the Postmaster General enter into the oga
perform with srctes
This ~ do! tisfsdnp dyinsIy the allegation and liabilities
W oyaitors laicr he s edlo @ Ne e g Cong, Of July
q 1885. .s-
Dated, esigued by two guarantors)
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13
Rules for Home Education,

The following rules we commend to ali our
patrons and friends, for their excellence brevity,
and practical utility. They are worthy Of being
printed in letters of gold, and bcing placed in u
conspicuous position in every household. 1t is
amcntble to contemplate the mischief, misery,
and ruin which are the Legitimate fruits of those
deficiencies which uro pointed out in the rules
to which we have reference. Let every parent
and guardian read ponder, and inwardly digest
|. From your childrcns earliest infancy in
culcate the necessity of instant obedience.
,. Unite Iirmncss with gentoncss. Let your
children always understand that you mean what
you say.
B. Never promise them anything unless you
are quite sure you can give them what you
say.
h. If you tell Il little child to do something,
show him how to do it, and see that it is done
.. Always punish your children for wilfully
dlsobcyng you, but never punish them in
anger.
u. Never let them perceive that thoy can vcx
you or make you lose your self command.
7. Ifthey give away to pctu'anco and i'll
temper, wait till they are calm, and then gently
reason with them on the improprcty of their
conduct
:. Remember that little present punish
mcnt, when the occasion arises is much more
citecual than the threatening Of a greater pun
shmcnt should the fault be renewed.
o. Never give your children anything because
they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to do at one
time what you have forbidden, under the same
circumstances, at another.
IL. Teach them that the only sure and easy
way to appear good is to be good.
l.. Accuston them to make their little rccit-
ais with perfect truth.
Is. Never allow Of taIc-bcaring.
IT. Teach them them scll.denial, not self.in-
diligence Of an angry and rcccnttul spirit.
If these rules were reduced to practice
daily practically parents and guardians, how
much misery would be prcycntcd-how many
in danger Of ruin would be savcd-how largely
would the happiness Of thousand domestic
circles be augmented 1t is lamcntable to see
how extensive is parental neglect, and to witness
the bad and dreadful consequences in the ruin
orthousanls.
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SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Il T. II NJ s:
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
ELM STREET, WOODSTOCK, VT.

In ADVANCE, per year, single copy,-whch means
payment at the time of subscribing prior to the
piration of term of which subscription has been paid
Sl,5O; if paid within six months, $780, and $500
after sx months with interest the end of the year
~ Village Subscribers, $500
ET- 20 copies to ono address in advance, $1,000
All papers will be forwarded until explicit order
for the dsconnuanceis rcceived and whether taken by
the subscriber not from the place where they de-
positcd he will be held accountable for the paymcns
until he orders discoutnuance and pays all that is due
Posr OFFICE REGULATIONS. Extract from the "ln-
structions to Postmascrs,' p. 50, see llS "In
ry instance in which papers that to your Office
atea out by the person to whom they sent
YOU will give immediate notice of 1t to the publish
ers adding tho reason, if known, why tho papers are
not taken ont,
"In all cases where Postmastcrs render themselves
liable for the subscription money for paper, by n
neglect notify the publisher that it remains dca in
the Post Office the Post Master General the
right admonish the Postmaster for his neglect and
require him to pay for the paper reform him out Of
office"
y Advertisements and Business Cards inserted up
on reasonable terms.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13
New Mail Arrangements. July lst, 1857

Mails leave Woodstock for Woodstock Station, every
day.-Sundays exccpted,-at II A. NJ, rctu ming at 1
Is NJ
For Windsor, every day Sundays excepted, at 10
a. NJ returning at l-2 p. NJ.
For Bethel, every day,-Sundays cxccptcd,-at a.
NJ, returning at $50 P. NJ,
For ChnrlcsoNn n. H., via South Woodstock, Pork
nsvile Springfield, &C., every day, Sundays except
at3 A. NJ, returning at T, 80 p NJ.
For Ludlow via. Plymouth and Tyson Furnace, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at l2 A. M return
ing alternate days at 3, 7. NJ.
For west Hartford, via. South Pomfrct, PomlTc and
Shows Store, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur.
day. at ga. NJ, returning alternate days at G,30 p. NJ
For Rutland, every Gay,-Sundays exceptcd,-at g.
so A, NJ, returning at p. NJ.
Mails close fifteen minutes before time of depar.
ture,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

PEACTIcAL ILLUSTRATION. "A lawers retain
ed in case for assault and battery, was cross
examining n witness in relation to the force Of u
blow struck. "What kind Of blow was given 2"
q" \ blow of the common kind" "Describe
the blow" {" | am not good at dcscription,'-
" Show me what kind Of blow it was 81 cap
not" "You must" L" I WON'T The lawyer
appealed to the court. The court told the wit
ness that if the counsel insisted upon his show
ng what kind Of a blow it was, he must do so.
" DO you insist upon it ~ asked the witness,-
/" do" "Well, then, since you compel me to
show you, it was this kind Of blow! " at the
same time suitng the action to the word, and
knoc'ing over the astonshed disciple of Coke
upon Litticton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

A GREAT CLoCK.-Thc N. Y Eercnino Post
says the largest clock ever manufactured in this
country has recently been constructed in New
York for DR.. Tying's church in the Second
avenue. The main wheels of this mammoth
clock arc about nine feet in circumference, and
are composed of material harder and more
valuable than brass The pendulum is twenty
one feet long, and weighs about one hundred
pounds. a new compcnsating principle has
been applied, so that different temperatures do
not affect the clock, and it has retaining power,
so that it docs not lose time when wound. 1t
has eight dials, of eight feet in length, four
upon each tower the towers stands seventy
feet apart, The teeth Of the machinery are all
cut. The clock can be wound in fifteen minutes.
Its weight is about two tons.
This clock is superior to the famous English
Parliament clock, both in size and MATERIAL
The history Of the Parliament clock date back
to l744. Its large wheels are twonty-seven
feet in diameter, and are of cast iron, which
material costs about five cents per pound, while
tho material Of this clock cost forty cents per
pound. The pendulum is fifteen feet long, but
in this respect this exceeds it by siA feet. So
also in the time Of winding, while two hours are
required by the London clock, the operation
in the New York clock is performed in fifteen
minutes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

Brrr.-Thc Philadelphia Lcgcr gives the fol-
lowing statistics Of brcweries in that city
There are in Philadelphia nine breweries
devoted exclusively to the making Of ale and
porter, and the unit brewed each week is
about 1900 casks, or 13S,000 gallons. The
barley used in the making of malt is grown
principally in Now York and Canada, and costs
about Fl 60 per bushcl, when delivered in Phila-
delphn, and after being made into malt is worth
81 per bushel. The annual consumption Of
barley in the city is estimated at GO0,00o BUSH
els, besides 3j0,O pounds Of hops, which arc
worth - cents per pound. The number ofcasks
of ale and porter made annually is some 250,-
600, which sell at an average OF 81 each. The
cost Of the barley and hops alone consumed will
amount TO oyer 81 ,OOO,O0O.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

FASHIONABLE CALL AND ALL THEY SAID
{ How do you do ny DEAR
Putty well, thank you [they kiss.l
How have you been, this age!'
Putty we'll How have you been g
Very well, thank yon.'
pleasant to-day
Ycy, very bright-but we had shower
yesterday
Are all your people well p
Quite WE'LL thank you how are yours 2
Very WE'LL I'm obliged to YOU
Have you seen Mary b lately :?
NO, but I've seen Susan c.
You don't say so = Is she well 2
Very well, believe Rising
'llnSi you 80 ?
Yes, indeed l have seven calls to make.
DO call again soon.
Tank you-but you don't call on me once il
an age
oh, you should not say so; I'm sure I'm
very good
Good bye.
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Ecno.-llcar the story Of the child which
went iorth into the mountain ravine Whilst
the child wandered there, he called aloud to
break the loneliness, and heard Il voice which
called to him in the same tone. He called
again, and, as he thought the voice again mock
ed him. Flushed with anger, he rushed to find
tie boy who insulod him, but could find
none, He then called out to him in anger, and
with all abusive cpithcts-all Of which was
faithfully returned to him. Choking with rage,
the child ran to his mother and complained
that boy in the woods had abused and insult
ed him with many vile words But the mother
took her child by the hand and said My
child, these names were but the echoes of thine
own voice. Whatever thou dilst call was re-
turned to thee from the hillside Iadst thou
called out pleasant words pleasant words had
returned to thee. Let this be thy lesson
through life. The world will be an echo Of
thine own spirit, Treat thy fellows with un-
kindness, aud they will answer with unkind-
ness with love, and thou shalt have love-
Send forth sunshine from thy spirit and thou
shalt never have coudcd day carry about
vindictive spirit, and even in the flowers shall
lurk curses. Thou shalt receive ever what
thou givest and that alone Always said tho
speaker, is thai child in the mountain passes
and every man and every woman is that child.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13
NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Subjoncd given the rates ofpostage per quarter
chargcabc on the AGE--
~ Within the county of Windsor-rRHE.
Any distance within the Statc-3 A cents
90 United States, 4 l.2 cents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

HUMAN IlsroRY. The inventions Of printing,
Of gunpowdcr, and the mariners compass, were
too mean affairs for history to trace. She was
bowing before kings and warriors She had
volumes for the plots and quarrc!s at Leicester
and Essex in the reign of Elizabeth, but not
page for Shakespeare, and if Bacon had not
filled an Office, she would hardly have recorded
his name, in her anxiety to preserve the deed
and sayings of that Solomon oe the age, James
the First.--W. e. Charming,
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Job Work

NEATLY AND PROMPTLY ExECUTkD.
V. u. PMLMER is the only authorized agent in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia, for receiving ad.
vertisements and subscriptions for this paper, at the
samc rates n srequircd at this office.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

REFLECTIONS on MErHusALAn.-IIow many
men are there who have ever taken into thci,
minds the full meaning Of those nine hundred
sixty and nine years which measure the life OF
the oldest inhabitant 2 Figures of arithmetic
are empty symbols VIC measure time by deeds.
One summers life in busy, fruitful lands, seems
longer to mans heart thar centuries at the
frozen pole. Yet, though history records moth.
ing Of the !abors Of Methusclan, We know that
his hours did not "sumbcr nor sleep" They
were the same winged messengers that out-run
cashless debtors, and cut. short lovers dreams.
They were the same swift stepping elves, o
faded Beauty! whose forked feet trod thy dim
pies into wrinkles. The Time that waited so
lons on Mcthusalah, was the same striding
skeleton that swing pitless scytho in the pages
Of the New England Primer, His fields were
moved less frequently than now but they yield
ed heavier crops For there were giants in
those days"
We have measured the age Of Methusalah
only by the sun-dial Let US take the coil Of
the life. the nine hundred sixty and nine years
of his pilgrimage and roll it out from this
present, over past which history has lighted
1t stretches back beyond the landing of the
Pilgrims; beyond the brightness of the rccorma-
tion, into the dim twilight Of the middle ages !;
back beyond tho new birth OF continent be-
yond Agincourt, and Crcssy, and Hastings, and
over the graves Of twenty-five generations, to
the very childhood Of the English people -
William the Conqueror, if he should rise at
this day to contound the ambitious names
which claim to have come over with him,
would be younger, by one hundred years. than
Methusalah was when he died !-KMckerJochcr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

The Memphis News gives the following in
cident at recent fire in that city -
"Scveral warehouses destroyed were filled
with whisky. As soon as two banks caught
fire there was stream of whisky, brany, ale,
rum and gin, that commenced flowing through
the broad cutters towards Main street. The
liquid currents caught fire. The blue, anlbcnt
flames hoated down the broad thoroughares Of
our city, and were famed for nearly mile by
the fresh breczcs from the southwest. We say
a negro endcayor to cxtinguish the flames that
he might get drink. lie brushed the floating
fire up the stream, and dipped into it his
flat nose and dense lips: the dam above gave
way, and there came a flood of alcohol, his head
took fire, aud the last We saw Of him he was
travelling at railroad spccd like II torchligh,
procession, down Jefferson Street"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

II has been humorously said that Cupids
food is arrow root
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

"A little Swedish girl, while walking
withe her father, on starry night, absorbed in
contemplation of the skies, being asked of what
she was thinking, replied, 81 was thinking if
the wrong side Of heaven is so glorious, what
must the right side be."'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

THAT was very pretty conccit Of re-
Rose who named his daughter "Wild,' so that
she grew up under the appcllation of "Wid
Rose" But the romance Of the thing was
sadly spoiled in few years, for she married a
man by the name of "Bull.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

"A noted politician was recently percciy-
cd, by a friend, pcrusug the Scriptures. Up.
on asking him what particular portion of the
good book he had selected for examination, he
replied, al am reading the story about the
loayes and fishes"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1857-08-13

Mr.. Albert Smith was the target for
one of Jerrold's keenest and wttest shafts. -
The hero of Mont Blanc was once, in Jcrrold's 5
company, not over modcstly insinuating re-
semblance between his own writings and those
Of Goldsmith "A great deal Of the Smith, but
very little of the Gold," was Jerrold's pithy
and sarcastic comment.
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