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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
Savings for Old Age.

No one denies that it is wise to make
provision for old age, but we are not all
agreed as to the kind of provision it is
best to lay in. Certainly we shall want
Il little money, for destitute old man is
indeed a sorry sight; yes, save money
by all means. But an old man needs
Just that particular kind of strength
which Young men are apt to waste.
Many foolish young fellow will throw
away on holiday certain amount of
nervous energy which he will never feel
the want of until he is seventy, and then
how much he will want it! 1t is curious
but true, that bottle of champagne at
twenty will intensity the rheumatism at
threescore.
1t is fact that everlasting the eyes
at fourteen may necessitate the aid of
spectacles at forty instead of sixty. We
advise our young readers to be saving OF
health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good in regard to health as well to
money, Waste not, want not" 1t is
the greatest mistake to suppose that
violation of the laws of health can escape
its penalty. Nature forgives no sin, no
error; she lets off the offender for fifty
years sometimes, but she catches him at
last, and inAicts the punishment just
when and where, and just how he feels
it most. Save up for Old Age, but save
knowledge; save the recollections of
good and noble deeds, innocent pleasures
and pure thoughts; save friends, save
love. Save rich stores of that kind Of
wealth which time cannot diminish nor
death take away. -Rmrm Ne,c Yorker.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

At Staten Island wedding there are
to be ten bridesmaids but no grooms
man.
A novelty in wall decorations is leath.
er paper, which has the effect of fresco
and is very beautiful.
Very few ladies at Saratoga seem to be
willing or courageous enough to appear
in the same toilette twice.
All the ladies in Paris now dress in
deep mourning, and the gaiety is con-
fined entirely to the foreign visitors.
The Chinese crepe dresses have found
unusual favor this season at the sea shore
rs they do not shrink or wrinkle with
the dampness.
A man is in no danger as long as he
talks love, but when he writes it, he is
impaing himself on his own pot-hooks
most eftectually.
Overskirts are now worn so very long
that the underskirts are usually made OF
an inferior quality of silk, with hounces
the same as the oyerskirt.
A lady at Long Branch appeared at
one of the chops" in dress of yellow
satin trimmed with founces of black
lace, on which were fastened lire Brazil.
ian bugs
A cynical man says the reason women
are so fond of writing letters is that they
rejoice in the opportunity of saying all
they wish without the possibility of an
interruption.
Bronze boots have entirely gone Out
of fashion, as the least dampness turns
them a light purple color, and the
polish used to renovate them stains Ill
goods with an inetiaceable stain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
What the Baby is Thinking About.

"What is the baby thinking about2"
Why, surely, Of topics there seldom ia dearth.
To move the half animate jelly with doubt,
With disgust, or with rage, from the hour o.
its birth
Till its wants, with Articulato voice, ii expresses
While chatting with impotent zeal, to explain
The middle maze by our fabulous guesses,
Its thoughts doubtless run in the following
vein
Here comes that great stupid who thinks he
must toss me,
And hollow his patcrna twNddlo at mo;
declare, believe ii delights him to cross me
Why can't the great ninGom for once let me be-
Up l go, in his paws, till my blood chils with
terror
And down again, shuddering, swiftly sweep
viii he neuer have done2 Yah! Put me
down sir or
You'll soon hear yell that will makeyour flesh
creep!
"why! Don't poppy's dcory want more ridy'
No! don't! The man thinks am India rubber
Envoopod in oak-tanned rhinocoros hide,
Instead OF sensitive atom of blubbCr
Yah Now, with his nose, nc is going to
muzzle mep
Ya-o-ohl How I'm rasped with his whiskor's
coarse hairs
Why don't the great bear put his nose in a
mu2ZlG? He
Phcw He-Ya-o-e has been smoking cigars!
Yes, "Tum to it's muzzer" know what SheU
do with me;
Though never intending trick that is scIlrvy
HAL nd nd al, 10
through with me
A half-do2en times I'll be turned topsy-turvy
just what | expected Now down goes my
head!
How long must | lie with heels kicking the air.
My cyoballs are bursting I'm more than hall
dead?
I'm black in the face, from the rush of blood
there!
"Hog now, sitty up" should think it high
Ofcourso Now I've got to be churned on her
She ,,erc,' will learn not to stir MP the chymc
I'm sick Ifyou don't stop I'll puke ? You
"whyl It's sick in its poor little tummic ~
You bet?
Twas the jouncing. Now what is that horrible
stuff
Puogoric byall that il nasty! You bet!
roNf take it! Goo-google -noD! Now that's
rough! ,agIuh"ns1
Goodness, gracousI What now? There's a
..u. pin my back prickiug !Ily,.p .t,,U'
"Thc coiicl" MOI Hang it, It's clear through
.uu, the skin! iI. n'l.H"I
"Donr-re Kj!" You would "Ki," with pin
inyou stickingl
Dickens take Mrs. Wnslowl That won't pull
am a pint
Jerusalem! Why don't they find it9 The
mnpics--
They thpk live pincushion likes to be nursed!
Ie-e.e! You're squeezing my back now, just
where that pin is
SO. They've found it at last, where they
should have looked first
hate pantomime, but l can't get a word in;
| wonder now why | so helpless was made,
That six months of life is already burden?
Well "let US have peace" for Pm just about
played
BY the way, that reminds me-'hs my dinner
time;
OF course twill be only the usual trash;
But I'm hungry, so here goes, in pantomimc-
Hey, muss! If you please, | will "wrastle my
hushl"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
Suspended from a Burning Balloon.

At the close of the afternoon perform
ance of circus in Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. Charles Fisher made an ascent in a
huge hot-air balloon, or rather the bal
loon went up with Fisher dangling to a
couple Of ropes suspended below. I'M
mediately blue smoke was seen to issue
from point on the side of the balloon,
about one-third the way up from the
mouth to the top. Experienced eyes at
once detected that the balloon was on
fire, but the aronaut, all unconscious of
his danger, went on with his frightful
performance on the trapeze. When the
balloon was about l, 500 feet in the air,
the flames were seen suddenly to burst
from its side, and simultaneously a cry
of horror went up from the great crowd
below. Many turned away their eyes,
and one woman tainted, all expecting
that Fisher would at once meet horri-
BILE death. But whether it was that the
material Of the balloon was not very in
flammable or that the hot-air near the
flame was not very combustible, certain
it is that the balloon did not burn
rapidly, and the eronaut landed in safe
ty upon the top of slaughter-house,
near the end of the Hooking Valley
bridge over the Scioto, while the burn
ing balloon lit in the water which
speedily extinguished the flames.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
An Order for a Picture.

Woods and cornfelds little brown
The picture must not be overnight
Yet all in the golden, gracious light
or cloud when the Summer sun is down.
And always and always, night and morn,
Woods upon woods, and fields Of corn
Lying between them not quite serc,
And not in the full, thick, leafy bloom,
When the wind can hardly find breathing-room
Under their tassels-cattle near
Biting shorter the short green grass,
And hedge of sumac and sasafras
With bluebrds twlttcring all around.
IAN, good painter, yOu can't paint sound y
These and the house where | was born,
Low and little, and black and old.
with children many as it can hold,
All at the windows, open wide
Heads and shoulders clear outside,
and fair young faces all ablush:
Perhaps you may have seen, some day,
Roses crowding the sclf-Bame way
Out of wilding; wayside bush.
Listen closer. When Won have done
With woOdsand cornfields and grazing lords,
A lady, the lOvelicst ever the sun
Looked down upon, you must paint for me;
Oh, if only could make you see
The clear blue eyes, the tender smile,
The sovereign sweetness, the gentle grace,
The womans soul, and the angels face
That arc bcaming on me all the while,
need not speak these foolish words;
Yet one word tells you all / would say
She is my mother; You will agree
That all the rest may be thrown away.
Alice Cdly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
Facts and Fancics.

The church for afianced ones-St. All
Banns.
The most unpopular of all watch
words-Tick.
A shilling dentist must be man Of
low extraction.
A handy tune =" Fortune" 1t is not
common metre.
The biggest "guns" are often the
greatest bores."
Stage-drivers look upon a rainy day
as peculiarly fare-weather.
Chew your meat, eschew greasy gra-
vies. Don't chew your tobacco.
In Truro, Mass, there are 105 widows
whose husbands were lost at sea.
The man who became liquor ccller
goes long way toward basement.
Some teetotalers would even prefer q
watery grave to preservation in spirits.
On an English railroad, a certain train
is run 1914 miles in four hours and quar-
ter.
A new purfume has been invented,
called "The Breath of Charming Wo-
man"
In Michigan there are 172 Congrega-
tional churches, with membership of
1884.
In time the mulberry tree becomes
silk gown-and silk gown becomes a
woman.
A child at Albany swallowed ring,
and the p other became so frightened
that she died in few minutes,
Last year the Baptist Board of Mis-
sions received 1903, 900 into its treasury.
This year they propose to raise at least
$780, 900.
The young lady who was caught smok
ing by her mother, excused herself by
saying it made her smell as though there
was q man about.
Good housekeepers are putting up all
the fruit they can, and little boys and
girls are willing to try and put down as
much fruit as their mothers.
Young ladies are now advised not to
put too much oil on the hair, for the
reason that it is apt to spoil, not only
the lapel Of the coat, but also the vest.
The young men at the watering places
have discarded white vests. The young
ladies use so much oil on their hair that
vest is only good for one evening on
the piazza.
In colors, black will retain the supre-
macy for the street, although the dark
but rich cloth colors which were so
much worn last season, and the neutral
tints, will also prevail.
Baron de Rothschild owns 144 houses
in Paris worth $5,7GO,O00 in gold ; and
the Count de Madre owns 100. None of
these buildings had so much as window
pane broken during the siege.
A gentleman said to an old lady who
had brought up a family Of children
near the river, 81 should think you
would live in constant fear that some of
them would get drowned" go, no."
responded the old lady, eve only lost
three or four in that way"
The Burlington Free Press ascertains
that there is much alarm in this City
concerning the cholera 1t is misin-
formed. We amt afraid of cholera.
We are only afraid that the officers of
the Staten Island Ferry Company will
never be punished, Y. Paper.
A farmer cured balky horse in the
town of Eden, Fond du Lac county,
Wisconsin. He hitched pair Of cattle
to log-chain around the horses neck,
and prevailed on 'em to lean few tons
weight on the yoke. The horse didn't
start, but his head came out by the roots.
The hide, a set of shoes, and lunch for
the crows are all that is left Of the indo-
| Gle steed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

UNITED STATES Observation-Disclosures
from all the various Revenue Districts,
save the third Mississippi, show the ag-
gregate receipts for the fiscal year, end
ing June 30th, 1871, to be STA, OIL, 1874,
a falling off from the year previous of
about Sal 900, 600, the principal decrease
being in the income tax, which realized
this year $40, 157, 1858, as against $751;
1889 for 1870. The sources from
which this revenue was derived are as
follows Spirits, SAC, $50, 463; tobacco,
1913, 569, 5S7; fermented liquors, 81, 309,-
141; banks and bankers, S3, 643,sS in
comes, $40, 157, 958; miscellaneous, Sl5,-
Alb, $50. Full returns from the delin-
quent district will only swell the aggre-
gate about $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
Towing by Steam on the Canal.

A novel plan for the propulsion of ca
nal boats by steam was presented to the
State Commission by the Hon. Chas.
Howard, of New York, one of the Oldest
shipping merchants in the State. He
exhibited miniature canal filed with
water, with two curves, or one reverse
curve The canal has chain on each
side, one for ascending boats and the
other for descending boats. These chains
are kept in their place around the points
of the curves of tho canal by spars, one
end of which is shNcltled to the shore,
the other end to the chain These spars
prevent the chain from being drawn
ashore on the point of the canal by the
boats that are towing on it. On the con-
cave side of the curve is n short chain
attached to the shore at one end and to
the chain at the other to prevent the
chain drawing from the concave side of
the curve. The spars above described
have also a short brace chain that leads
from the outer end Of the spar, diagonal
~ to the shore in such n manner as to
take all the strain off from the main
chain beyond that point, which divides
the tension as often rs necessary, so that
a light and convenient main chain can
be safely used, and if any accident
occurs to any one section, it can
be repaired, while the balance of the
chain each side is intact. He also eX-
hibited several miniature canal boats,
made on the same scale of the canal,
with small wheel on the side OF
the boat near the bottom, secured
to shaft that extends through the side
of the boat. The wheel has groove in
its periphery, with proiectiles for the link
to drop into. The main chain is laid
into the groove, and when the engine
turned the wheel, it drove the boat along
with great speed with two or three other
boats in tow, and turned the curves of
the canal, passing the spars and guy
chains with perfect freedom and ease.
The chains are continuous the whole
length of the level, but do not extend
through the locks. The plan contem-
plates the plan Of having only one boat
in five fitted with an engine, and this
engine boat to take about 100 tons cargo,
and the other four 30 tons each, and
tow them from Buffalo to the Hudson,
and then ship a pair of Indian paddles,
which are rugged very simple, on each
side Of the boat, and continue the voy-
age to New York and back with her feet
of barges or common boats The paddles
were shipped in two minutes of time,
and made very rapid speed through the
miniature canal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

A FLYING MATCH. The Lucknow
Times reports that q grand kite-hying
match is being played between represen-
tatives of two great dynastics, the Savavi
of Iran and the Naishapore of Oudh.
Some Talookdars, it is said, have joined
one of the parties, and in few days
more we are assured all the crack nobili
ty of the city will be ranged on one side
or other of the match. The pawnbroker
has already been called in requisition to
supply funds for this extravaganza, and
ere the match is played out many a for
tune will have flown, and many player
become ruined and miserable man for
eyer
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

The New BONDS. The new Treasury
bonds are to be ornamented with por-
traits of prominent statemen deceased.
The $50 bonds will have that of Silas
Wright; the S100's. Edwin M. Stanton;
the S5O0's, Thomas H. Benton the
81, O00's, ex-President Harrison the
IS, OO0's, Arson Burlingame the $40,
COOS, John A. Andrew.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

FURNITURE PoIsH One pint Of lin
seed oil, one ne-glass of alcohol mix
well together apply to the wood with a
linen rag rub dry with soft cotton
cloth, and polish with a silk cloth. Fur
niture is improved by washing it occa-
sionally with soap-suds. Wipe dry, and
rub over with very little linseed oil up
on clean sponge or flannel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

A barefooted, bare-headed little boy
astonished q worshiping congregation a
few Sundays ago by rushing into the
church and exclaiming, where's my
papa The pigs are out "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
RENDERING WALLS WATER TIGHT. I

RENDERING WALLS WATER-TIGHT.- 1t
is proposed by Mr.. F. Ransome, of Lon
don, to render stone and brick walls
waterproof by coating them to satu-
ration with solution of silicate of soda,
which is specifically decomposed by the
further application Of chloride Of cal
cum. The surface thus obtained con-
sists of silecia of lime, which is perfect
ly soluble, while it does not alter the ap-
pearance of the wall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

LUcK.-The Rothschilds are said to
be such firm believers in luck that they
will never employ any one in any capac-
ity who has been unfortunate. They
always ask tho man who applies to them
for situation, however humble, Have
you ever had any bad luck ?" and if the
reply be in the affirmative, he is rejected
without further discussion. To this
apparently severe and unjust mode Of
dealing they attribute much of their ex-
traordinary success in business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

The KoH-I-NooR.-The following story
is told concerning the Koh-i-noor cap
tured in India "The Koh-i-noor was
captured in this cheap way: In 1S49
that well known diamond became part
of the spoil of the Anglo-Indian army,
on the conquest and annexation Of the
Puniab, and being then estimated at
~ ,25J,O 200, there was great joy over such
prize. Without consulting the army,
Lord Cough and Sir Charles Napier, in
command, audaciously presented the
great diamond to Queen Victoria in the
name of the combatants. 1t was not the
generals right to rob the army by be-
slowing the greatest of its spoils of war
upon the Queen, nor ought she to have
accepted it without seeing that the sol
diers had been paid for it. From that
time the Indian army have not.received a
shilling for their capture of the Kohl
moor, and Victoria has retained the gem
as her own personal property, instead
of placing it among the crown jewels
belonging to the British nation,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

FEARFUL EXPLOSION. The details of
the explosion of the boiler of the steam
er Chautauqua, on Lake Chautauqua,
have been received. Many of the fea-
lures resemble those of the Westfeld
explosion. Every person on board,
some 40 in number, we're thrown in the
air Many were carried as high as $50
feet. A lady was thrown "about 800
feet, and she was found drowned in that
position, standing erect, her feet fast in
the soft mud of the marsh in about six
feet of water, with the book still in her
hand that she had playfully taken from
her husband moment before"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

A slight GOODNESS rose between Julia
and Augustus at dinner the other day at
Newport. The attentive waiter separat-
ed them with pyramid of ice cream,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

How TO PUT THE CHILDREN TO Bed
Not with reproof for any of that days
sins of omission or commission. Take
any other time but bedtime for that.
Ii you ever heard little creature
signing or sobbing it its sleep, you could
never do this. Seal their closing eye
lids with a kiss and a blessing. The
time will come, all too soon, when they
will lay their heads upon their pillows
lacking both. Let them, then, at least
have this sweet memory of happy
childhood of which no future trouble
or sorrow can rob them. Give them
their rosy youth. Nor need this in
volyc wild license. The iudicious pa
rent will not mistake my meaning. If
you have ever met the man, or the
woman, whose eyes have suddenly filled
when a little child has crept trustingly
to its mothers breast, you may have
seen one in whose childhood's home
Dignity" and "Sevcrity" stood where
Love and Pity should have been. Too
much indulgence has ruined thousands
of children, too much Love not one.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07

Why was Eve not afraid OF the mea-
sizes l? Because she'd Adam.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-11-19
That Horse.

Considerable excitement was caused on
Market Place yesterday afternoon by the intel
ligence that the stable of Mr.. John. J.. Hudi-
burg was entered in broad day light and fine
horse taken. The circumstance was more re-
markablc in the boldness and deliberation of
the perpetrator OF the act, who took Mr.. Hudi-
burg's saddle and bride at the same times
That gentleman Immediately notified the au-
thorities and in q short time he and John Gibbs
were mounted and securing the country for
traces of the missing equine. ~
After a fruitess ride of four hours, Mr..
H. returned, and learned that his mare was
ali right and safe in her stall, having been Dor
rowed by medical gentleman. who lived close
by, who was so unfortunate as to lose his trUsty
steed in the morning it being gobbled by A
French-man, who possibly labored under the
delusion that the Doctor in question was h,
Ian, and that the Franco-Prussian war was still
raging.
The last heard of Gibbs he was making his
way toward the Cumberland mountains, caus-
ing the hair of the people along his route to
stand erect in amazement at the daring of Knox
vile horse thieves. tIlf
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-11-19
FOREIGN.
BRITISH ARBITRATION AGENT


English Embassy at Rome Abolished.
WAS, JUNCTION, Nov. 1S.-Lord Tenderdon is
the appoint, Il British agent to the Geneva arbi-
tration
The Dutch Emba 'sy at the Papal court is
abolished.
MADRID, Nov. 1S-The France committee
Of the Cortes has agreed to report IN favor Oh
taxing the interest on Spanish bonds At home
and abroad.
FRANKFORT, Nov. 18.-An explosion at for
tress Ehrnbroctstin, opposite Coblentz, killed
three soldiers and wounded many. A supply
ofpowder for ten years siege, escaped. The
laboratory building was badly shattered.
PARIS, Nov. 1S.-The publication of the
ArcRir and Pays have been suspended for
printing articles insulting the Government,
Additional court-martials have been estab-
lished more especially to dispose of COmmun-
ISIS
Gambetta's speech at ST. Quentine Was in mo
derate tone lie assured his hearers that no
present danger menaced the republic, but that
reforms were necessary to confirm it.
LONDON, Nov 1S.-There was collision at
sea between two American vessels, the Ella
Morton and the Ayres Campbell. The Camp
bell was sunk-no particulars. -.---.,....