Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-23
Facts and FaHciCs.

Vegetable philosophy-Sa8e advice.
Mill-dew-Wages Of the factory girls.
What dress is most durable ? A habit,
A cowardly assault-To bcata retreat
The best place for the blind-Tho see.
side.
The population Of Utah is now $780,
000
Risky concems-In8urancc compa-
MES.
The torch Of hymcn-Thc domestic
match.
Coming to gricl-Mootins trouble
halfway,
Light employmcnt-building castles
in the air.
The grandcst verse in existcncc-Tho
universe.
One hundred and twcnty-ninc school
teachers were thrown ont Of employ
ment by the Chicago fire.
Aoucry Cor mothors-Why is a scream
ing baby like the goddess Of morning
Because it's a roaror (Amora.)
Liberal advertisers are Inc mon who
"mcan business" Those who don't adj
ycrtise only do a mean business.
"Petcr," said mother to her SOD,
care you into them sweetmoats, again %
mo, ma'am them sweetmc0ts is into
me-"
Sacks of cloth, made without sleeves,
with deep cape, lined with crimson silk,
are very stylish garments for young
ladies.
Inviolable fidelity, good humor and
complacency Of temper outliye all the
charms of q fine face, and make the decay
of it invisible.
Some one describes a lore as one who
keeps talking to You about himself, when
You are extremely anxious to talk to him
about yourself.
Three Providence families have named
their cats: Morganna LongtoiI Nico-
demus Peachblossom, and Jostphas
Orangeblossom.
What should be done to the school
master who planted hispupils upto their
necks in the garden beds and said he
did it to mould their characters
"What substitute can there be for the
endcarments Of ones sister? ?" eXclaim-
ed Mary. "Tho endearments of some
other fellows sister," replied John.
II hope this hand is not counterfeit, "
said Il lover, as he was toying with his
sweetheart's hand "The best way to
find out is to ring it, - was the reply
Thousands of farms il France and Ger
many are divided one from another only
by narrow path; in this country the
cost of fences is estimated at 3OO,OO0,-
900.
The Russian style of Dress is to be
adopted here this Winter, and bonnets,
gloves, boots, dresses, cloaks and wells
are to be trimmed with all sorts and
kinds of fur.
The following advertisement appeared
in Il London paper: Discipline-Wanted,
the assistance of kind, judicious lady,
used to girls, and accustomed to apply
the birch rod.
According to the English Lodape@lem
there are 1865 Congregational churches,
besides about J, preaching "stations, y
in the British empire. The number OF
ministers is 2,9OS.
/ Butter was at first made for a cosmetic,
and was once used for Illuminating pur-
poses. 1t was not known as an assistant
in despatching bread, much, if any, be-
fore the Christian era.
A st. LOUIS lawyer attempted to try a
case the other day while he WAS half
drunk, but the Judge stopped him, say
ing mo lawyer can practice at two
bars at the same time
An old-fashioned receipt for obtaining
a brilliant complexion was to battle tho
face in very hot water, and then to wash
it thoroughly in Rhine wine, and rub Oil
with course harsh towel,
Near Manistee, Mich, is well thirty
one feet deep, in which there is an obun.
dant supply of water when the wind
blows from the west, but which is not
when it comes from the east
So much fun has been made % Horace
Greeley as a farmer that the Louisville
/ Covjer-Jomwm proposes Z" that base
bail shall be abolished and Greeley pro-
claimed the national game,
Twelve men out of thirteen wear their
hair parted on the left side of their
heads-why Because nearly all of our
BARRIERS use their right hand in their
profession instead of the left.
A Kansas paper, urging cnlistments
for regiment to fight the Indians,
says: "The service will last three or
four months only, and will be a source
of health, pleasure and profit to all who
enlist"
In the Jewish Marriage ceremony the
bride and groom stand under a siIken
canopy which is held by four or six of
their gentlemen friends, and a glass is
used to drink wine, which is broken to
pieces at the conclusion of the core-
mony.
At horse case tried in Massachusetts,
the other day, one witness, on being
asked what kind of medicine was used
in the treatment OF the dilapidated ami
nal. said that "he would be busted if
he knowed, but he ryther guessed it was
a,mchD"
A Vermont man who lastlFall took the
agency for the sale OF a patent pitchfork,
and signed what he supposed was an
order for specimen, was lately surprised
by notice from a Deighboring bank