Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-07-13
Facts and Fancies.

man IN the Urtte place-an editor.
Maids of honor--Those who do not jilt
suitors.
Paper is nowused for the lining of ice
coolers.
Cincinnatis street lamps cost $1,000
each per year.
London has population Of $4,000 to
the square mile.
There are 1868 collegiate institutions in
the United States.
Two cents pint is charged for water
in some Colorado towns.
According to the articles Of war it is
death to stop cannon ball.
Insurance on the lives of editors is
rated extra hazardous in Memphis.
A Polish noble is engaged to polish
bottles in San Francisco for Sc a week.
A postmaster by the name of Goodale
when he is in hurry signs himself Xxx.
The reason that a carpenter is seldom
so handsome rs another man is because
he is deaL-pIaioer.
Happiness is n perfume that one cannot
shed over another without few drops
falling on ones SELF
The way to command respect and
plenty of room in crowd-Carry pot
of paint in each hand.
Why is an elephant the most sagacious
of travellers ? Because he never takes
his eyes off his trunk.
The reason why editors have their
manners spoiled is because they receive
so many evil communications.
The new masonic temple in Philadel-
phia is going up rapidly. 1t will cost
when completed, about 100000
A New York man makes fine income
yearly by dressing salads and preparing
the tables for private dinner parties,
The penalty of selling prize package
of any kind to minor in Connecticut
is q fine of 500 or six months imprison-
ment.
It has been discovered that New
Hampshire has ], 440 Towering plants
and 4l0 Of the lower orders-in all
1850.
White kid gloves are no longer worn
with full evening dress, the preference
being given to lavender, light gray or
yellow.
A Wyoming woman complains that
/ hundreds of her sex in that territory re-
fuse to vote unless coaxed by cookbook
ing men,
The enterprising thieves of Council
Bluffs steal all the bedclothes off married
people by putting hooked sticks in at
the windows ...
A private in the army recently sent a
letter to his sweetheart closing with,
"May heaven cherish and keep you from
yours truly John Smith. "
"Johnny, what do you expect to do
for living when you get to be man ?"
"Well, I reckon I'll get married and
board with my wife's mother"
A squire in indianapolis married
couple last week, adapting the service to
modern times by pronouncing them man
and wife, until separated by law"
The Indiana Legislature reduced the
allowance per "square" for legal adver
tisements, which one ingenious paper
gets around by reducing its square" to
three lines.
A shopkeeper having advertised his
stock to be sold under prime cost, a
neighbor observed that it was impossible
for him to do so, as he had never paid
anything for it himself
As | grow older, 1 become more leni
ent to the sins of frail humanity. The
man who loudly denounces another |
always suspect A right-thiuking man
knows too much of crime TO denounce
fellow creature unheard. -GOette.
Gluttony is the source of all our in
firmities, and the fountain of all our dis
eases. As lamp is choked by super
abundance of oil, fire extinguished by
excess of fuel, so is the natural health of
the body destroyed by Incorporate diet.
A plucky Springfield man going home
the other evening through one of the
worst sections Of the city, was attacked
by two roughs. who asked if he had any
money. He replied, Eyes, lots of it,
and forthwith gave them both a thrash
ing, throwing one Of them down and
stamping on him.
A mule attached to an express wagon
in Louisville ran away and upset barrel
ofgarbage just sent ashore by the steward
of a steamboat, and 2 dozen eggs 10 lbs.
of coffee, 20 lbs. sugar, 5 lbs. rice and a
small crock of butter emerged into day
light. There was vacancy created i'll
the stewardship of that boat forthwith.
A lady, in philosophical mood, asked
male friend how it happened that boys
got all their bad traits from their fathers.
81 don't know" was the reply "but
perhaps it would help us to answer if
we could find out where the girls get
their blemishes from" "Oh," replied
the fair rmetaphysician, "they all come
from their grandfathers p' ---......,.-