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STATE OF VERMONT,


To the Honorable County Court of the County
of Windsor next to DO holden at Woodstock for
and within the said County of Windsor on the
fourth Tuesday OF May, A. d. 1871.
Your petitioner and libellant Mrs. Josephine
L. Flagg, respectfully represents that she is q
resident of the town of Weathersfed in said
County of Windsor and has been for more than
five years last past That on the 10th day of May.
A. ID. 1866, at Rutland, in the County of Rutland,
she was lawfully married to James H. Flagg,
by Warren Ii. Smith, a Justice of the Peace for
and within said Rutland County
And your petitioner represents that she has at
all times since her said marriage behaved her.
self as an aifectiOnato wife, and has lived in
strict observance of all the duties required by
the marriage covenant, that she lived with the
said James II. Flagg until tho month of May or
June, 1870, when the said James H.. left your
petitioner, and has not lived with her since, and
that the said James Ii. is now without the State
of Vermont.
And your petitioner represents that she has two
children by former husband, and that the said
James II. is a man in good health, able and
capable of providing suitable maintenance for
your petitioner, and that ever since their said
marriage he has neglected to do 30, and since last
June has without cause grossly and cruelty re-
fused and neglected to do 30.
And your petitioner represents that the said
JulllCS IL llaS lICdtcu Will
severity.
Wherefore your petitioner prays your Honor
able Court that the bonds of matrmony between
your petitioner and the said James II. Flagg be
dissolved.
And your petitioner prays that alimony may
DO allowed her as to your Honorable Court may
seem just, and that she may have the care and
custody of her two children.
JOSEPHINE FLAGG.
Weathersiield Vermont, March 3lst, 1871.
The foregoing petition having been exhibited to
me on the 9th day of April 1871, alledgng that the
Libeee il without this State, it is ordered that
he be notified to appear at said term of the said
County Court and answer to said petition, and
abide the orders and DEGREES that shall be made
in the premises, by the publication of the same,
and of this order, in the Spirit Of the Age, pub
lished in Woodstock, in said County, three
weeks successfully, the last publication to be
not less than four weeks before said term of
Court, and a copy thereof furnished to tho
Libelee, or cause shown for not ordering it,
and this order is to be read to the Court when
said petition is presented for hearing, that the
Court may judge fthe sui1iciency of said notice.
Dated this 9th day of April, A. D. 1871.
JAMES BARRETT,
Judge Of the Supreme Court.
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VIM, and Henry ThorndiEe, two
brothers, aged 10 and II years, were
drowned in the Winooski river, at Wat
erbury, on the 18th inst. while taking a
sail, Their boat leaked, and filing with
water, sank.
Mrs, S. Moore and Mrs o. L. Stone
were riding in Westminster, recently,
and in turning Mrs, Moore and her lit
tie boy were thrown out. Mrs. NJ. was
severely injured, ankle sprained and
knee dislocated.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mr.. Towns
end, of the firm of Townsend & Hill,
builders, Of Burlington, while stepping
from ladder upon the roof of a small
building, lost his foothold and fell to
to the ground, sixteen feet below, frac.
turing one bone Of one Of his legs, near
the ankle, receiving an ugly cut upon
the head, and some severe bruises on
one arm and shoulder
Willie, eldest child of Edward and
Olive L, Watson, Of Albany, Orleans
county, aged six years, met with an ac-
cldent which caused his death in about
four hours. He was up on the beams
Of the barn over the floor, looking for q
hens nest, and stepping on a board
which gave way, he fell to the floor, was
taken up senseless, and died as above
stated.
The Vermont Methodist Confer
ence meets at Mortified, April 20.
Norwich University at Mortified,
founded at Norwich in 1884, is one of
the twenty institutions in the United
States furnished by government with a
military professor Two years ago it
had less than ten cadets but under the
patronage of Bishop Bissell of the Epis
copal church, and the energetic presi-
dency of DR.. Roger S. Howard, the
school now numbers between forty and
fifty cadets, and is assuming an import
ant place among the colleges of the
State.
The inhabitants Of West Randolph
have decided to have n graded school,
and appointed Il committee to select Il
building, suitable to accommodate POO
students.
Mr.. /. S. Goodrich, foreman in the
employ of c. L. Abbott & Co., got his
hand caught in the irregular cutter, in
the steam mill, on the 30th ult., and
badly cut and mangled, but no fingers
were taken off and no bones broken or
materially injured.
Miss Nina f. Gregory viii, by re.
quest of citizens, give another of her
reading entertainments in Waterbury,
April 10, 1871.
A teacher in Clarendon remarks as
follows in regard to parents visiting
schools: II have had very few visits
from parents, though I'll venture to say
if had care of half so many of their
favorite hens and chickens as | have
children, they would come twice a
week"
On Saturday night last the slate mill
and adjoining buildings connected with
the West Castlcton Slate and Railroad
Companys works. we're destroyed by fire.
A large amount Of manufactured goods
and machinery were also consumed.
Loss, $50, 600 insured for about $54,-
900. The property was owned by Mr.,
Thomas X. Hazard, who had recently
purchased it OF the insoNent company.
The Sclecmcn of Bennington offer
$500 reward for the arrest and conviction
OF the party or parties who fired the old
"Catamomt Tavern in that place,
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Il O G A Il N II W s.

oTTAUQuEoHEE CHAPTER No. 81, II. A. NJ,
regular cOnyocation Monday eve, April q,
1871, at o'clock.
WOODSTOCK LODGE No. 81 f. & A. NJ, regu-
lar communication Wednesday, May Sd, 1871,
at o clock.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.--Rcgular
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Thursdly evenings Of each mouth. All appli-
cations for muster must be made ut Regular
Meetings. BY order Of the Post Commander,
l.. =. TEwKSBURY, Adit
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HISTORY or THU:
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1t contains over 100 fine cngraviugs Of Battle
Scenes and incidents in the War, and is tie
only AUTHENTIC and OFFICIAL history Of that
great conflict.
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W 4 II X I T. d

In Ludlow, April Sth, by Rev. Ira Pcar.ous,
Mr.. &. j. Guilow Of Cavcndish, and Miss
Lizzie y, White OF Ludlow
In Barnard, April Slh, ~ Wesson New
comb, Esq, Gardner A. Adams and Emogene
A. Ward, both of Barnard.
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d / Z ID .

In Brdgcwater, April %, at the residence of
his son-in-law, NJ. W. Taft, George Fish, of
Shrewsbury, aged 70 years, Il months and lG
days.
In Ludlow, April H. Mrs Lucretin Wheeler,
aged 81 years months and 26 days.
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Scripture and Science have met together,
Genesis and Geology have Kissed each other
SCIENCE and the BIBLE.

a book of thrilli-g interest and great i'm
portan.c to every human being. The Papers,
Pulpit and People ar all discussing the sub
iect and boo<, every man. woman and child
wants o read it,. The long fierce war is ended,
and honorable peace secured, Science is true,
the Bible literal, pure and beautiful, beth now
satisfied, and firm friends. Gods work days,
thrilling realities, wonders and sparl ling gems
hundred fold more interesting than fiction.
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Will drop other books and secure territory i'm.
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81 Y 81 inches.
7 y 8 "
Il Y " "

and weighed collectively three quarters
of a pound. How isthat for high We
venture to say that there is no pullet in
these parts that can beat it. If there is,
bring on-the eggs.
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State at large.

"A movement is on foot in Ver-
gennes, and creates some excitement,
to effect q change i'll the line of the Rut-
land e. Burlington Railroad and have
it pass directly through that city.
"A Boston paper says the most Sc
rious charge brought against any candi-
date in Vermont is that charged against
man in Burlington who was running
for Mayor. 1t is said that he bought a
soup-bone and stuck a pair of turkey S
legs through the top OF the basket and
went through the streets on his way
home, putting on style.
"A large barn belonging to Judge
Pettibone, of Sunderland, Bennington
county, located about three-quarters Of
a mile north of town, was burned on
Sunday afternoon. The barn contained
about two hundred sheep, valued at
$1,000, and some twenty tons of hay.
The building was burned to the ground
and sad to say, the sheep were all con-
sumed.
Vermont, with idiosyncracies of 10.
cal government such as no other State
can boast, has "gores' and unorganized
towns, in which is property to the
amount of $135,OO0.
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$40 MADE FROM so Cts.

Something urg 'ntly needed by ever. body.
Call and See o, Il samples sent postagc
paidl for so cts. that retail easily for Sl0.
K, WoLcoTr, lSl Chatham So n. Y.
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tanned it last evening, and the general
expression of the audience was that she
was only equaIed by Maggie Mitchell.
This, it seems t, us, is sufficient honor
for any one to be mentioned as contest
ing the palm with Maggie Mitchell in
the character of "Fanchon." The 9TH
err parts were more than well sustained,
and the audience departed, not only
hooking but expressing satisfaction.
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Washington in PettiCOats.
From the n. Y. Sun.1


The following extract from the
Journal of young lady in Virginia,
who, in 1772, visited the Lees and
Washingtons OIL the Potomac, gives
different idea of the Father of his
Country from that which has been
generally entertained:
II must tell you our frolic after
we went to our room. We took it
into our heads to want to eat. Well,
we had large dish of bacon and
beef; after that a bowl of sago
cream; and after that an apple pie.
While we were eating the apple pie
in bed-GOd bless you ! making a
great noise. in came Mr.. Washing
ton, dressed in Hannah's short gown
and petticoat, and seized and kissed
me twenty times, in spite of all the
resistance | could make, and then
cousin Molly. Hannah soon follow
ed, dressed in his coat. They joined
us in eating the apple pie, and then
went out. After this, we took it in
to our heads to want to eat oysters.
We got up, put on our wrappers,
and went down into the cellar to get
them. DO you think Mr.. Washing
ton did not follow us and scare us
just to death ? We went up, though,
and eat our oysters. We slept in
the old lady's room, too, and she sat
laughing fit to kill herself at us.
(Wonder where the pickles were ?)'
If this were not published i'll an
authoritative manner, we should
doubt it's authenticity. The idea of
George Washington dressed i'll a
woman's short gown and petticOat
going with another woman dressed
i'll his coat into the bedroom of some
young ladies who were sitting up in
bed at night eating bacon and beef,
sago cream and apple pie, and join
ing in the frolic, is something aston
ishing. Not satisfied with this, it
seems that when the young women
afterward went down to the cellar to
get some oysters to complete their
banquet, Washington followed them
and scared them nearly to death.
We are afraid that our stereotyped
conception of WashingtOn's charac-
ter will have to be considerably mod
flied by these revelations.
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A New Big Gun.

Whether considered as a weapon
of terrible power or simply as spe-
cimcn of skillful and successful for
ging, the 35-ton Fraser cannon at
Woolwich, England, is without par
allel. Ofextraordinary strength and
proportions, and withal SO carefully
finished, this magnificent gun, says
Nature, is a masterpiece. Cannon
of large dimensions have, it is true,
been produced, capable actually of
delivering a heavier projectile than
that employed with the Woolwich
weapon, but none Of them are to be
in any way compared with this, Ell
thcr in respect to battering power or
length of range. That the gun is,
moreover, not merely a show prOduc-
ton. as was the case with the mons
ter Krupp cannon, but really ser
viceable and efficient fire-arm, is
shown by it's endurance of the Sc
we're test to which it was subjected
as proof. On this occasion the 700-lb.
Drojectile was thrown from the gun
by the enormous charge of 130 lbs.
of gunpowder-the largest, in fact,
that has ever been safely consumed
in any fre-arm-the explosion being
without the slightest injurious effect
upon the steel bore or surrounding
wrought iron castings. The solid
cylinder of iron which constituted
the shot issued forth at the terrible
velocity Of 1870 feet per second,
and, after travelling some fifty yards,
buried itself in the butt of loose
earth to a depth of thirty three feet.
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A man in Bridgeport, Conn.,, has
been left in rather bewildered con
dition by little experience he had
in one of the courts the other day.
His son robbed him, and he, think
ing it would be as we'll to play the
sRoman father" caused the arrest
of the young scapegrace. When the
case was tried. the court fined the
boy seventeen dollars, and ordered
the father to pay it. The old man
is under the impression now that he
has not cleared any money in the
arrangement, and is inclined to be-
l1eve, on the whole, that he might
have directly negotiated a more sat
isfactory adjustment of the affair
with the boy himself,
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A few weeks ago, a baby was talk
en- into a church to be baptized, and
his little brother was present during
that rite. On the following Sunday,
when baby was undergoing his ablu-
tions and dressing, the little brother
asked mamma if she intended to
carry Willie to be christened.
eWhy, no." replied his mother;
"don't you know, my son, that peo-
pie are not baptized twicew
"What," returned the young rea.
soner, with the utmost astonishment
in his earnest face, "not if it don't
take the first time ~
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VOL. T..
The Christian Girl.
NOT BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HEATHEN CHIN

Not BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HEATHER CHINEE
Which wish to repeat,
And my language is plain,
That in ways of deceit,
And in tricks that are vain,
The "girl of the period'"is lively,
Which the same | would rise to explain
Lily White was her name,
And | need not deny,
In regard to the same,
What her name might imply.
But her cheeks were provukingly rosy,
And bewitchingly penciled her eye. .
Twas in Lent week third,
With most penitcnt skies,
Which it might be inferred
Lily White was likewise;
Yet she humbnggcd Johannes. my lover,
In a way shall always despise
Which we had small game,
Called by some hide and SEEK
Twas Irritation. The same
She thought sinful and weak;
But she smiled as she ogled Johannes,
With smile that was sanity and meek
Yet the game it advanced
In a way detest,
And my sorrow enhanced
At the state o! Johns vest,
Which heaved like wave of the ocean,
When the same has tut bulent breast
But the tricks that were played
BY that girl of the P,
And the progress she made
Was farming to see:
Till she twr)ed on her left hand fore finger
What Johannes had promised to me.
Then looked up at John,
And he looked not at me;
And I rose with groan
And said. "Wbat do see?
We are ruined by harmless Irritation! !"
And l went fer that girl of the P.
In the scene that ensued
John, amazed, did not speak;
For the floor was bestrewed,
In the height of my pique, ing
With the "cards" Lily White had been play
In the game she thought 'sinful and
weak"
Of those Exquisite charms
laid bare in trce
"Paddings," "paniers" aud forms
OF most cunning device;
And there fell with her tresses so airy,
Which is why I repeat,
And my language is plain,
That in ways of deceit
Aud in tricks that are vain
The .'girl of the period" is lively,
Which the same am free to maintain.
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Narrow Gauge Railroads.

Considerable interest is now being
manifested in the United States on
d system of narrow gauge railroads.
The Denver and Rio Grande Rail
road, which is meant to run along
the plateau of the Rocky Mountains
from Denver to Ell Paso, a distance
of $50 miles, is to havesa gauge of
two feet nine inches, and it is pro-
bable that other traversed roads,
cutting the great Pacific lines that
run east and west, will also be con-
structed in corresponding scale.
1t is not generally known that
roads of extremely narrow gauge
have been in use during the past
years, and have thus supplied the
practical data for Judging the utility
of their general introduction.
Among the Welsh mountains,
there is a line of railway the gauge
of which is but one foot eleven and
a half inches. 1t runs from the slate
quarries in the Festiniog Valley to
Port Madoc, on Cardigan Bay. The
rails used weigh but ten pounds to
the running foot, and the engines
weigh seven tons. The passenger
cars are ten feet long, five feet wide,
and carry twelve passengers. The
freight-cars carry three tons each.
Trains over one thousand feet long
are run on this little road at a speed
of twenty miles an hour, although
there are curves of radii under 135
feet, and grades Of 70 feet to the
mile. 1t is declared that the expert
ment has proved a success in every
sense.
In the Broilthal, joining the Colo
gne and Giessen road, there is an
other narrow gauge line, the pros
perity of which is teaching a similar
lesson. Its gauge is two feet seven
inches; it has curves of Ia feet ra-
dius, and also 10 feet of rise to the
mile. The weight of the rails aver
ages eight pounds to the foot. The
engines weigh twelve and half
tons, and haul thirty-six cars, each
loaded with five tons. About 81, 500
cover the cost of the locomotives,
and $500 that Of the cars. The cost
of the line, per mile, including roll
ing stock, is set down at $4,000.
There are lines of road in construc-
ton or i'm use in the mining districts
of Pennsylvania of slightly narrower
gauge than tllis-that is to say, of
two feet six inches-on which en-
gines of less than eight tons are
used, and which safely run twenty
miles an hour, on grades and curves
that ten years ago would have been
pronounced impracticable.
o~o-o~~~~-sNs->>-o-e~>~~~~
There was a deal of pith and point
in the comment of the African
preacher on the text: sIt is more
blessed to give than to receive
Said he: tsI have never known a
church to die cause it gave too
much. Dey don't die dat way.
Brederen, has any one of You know
ed church to die cause it gave too
much If you do, just let me know,
and TIL climb by the soft light of the
moon to its moss covered roof, and
I'll stand and lift my hands to hea-
ven and say, Blessed am de dead
dat die i'm de Lord.'n
| -,S>---e-s~~-&-~ 0s-. ----c-ts~.---$
Little Johnny's mother reached
for him with her slipper the other
evening for hooking the jelly, and
after giving him a good spanking,
she was surprised to hear him laugh
over it, and demanded the cause Of
it. sI was thinking how had fool.
ed you; il was Garry who hooked
The snIIyy
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Lumber Lumber I! Lumber

CHOICE CYPRESS & PINE LUMBER,
~ Of every dimension, and IN unlimited
quantities, supplied by the undersigned at
Mount Pleasant Mills, near Washington. We
are receiving large lot of chain logs. and
will fll with promptness and dispatch all
bills entrusted 10 MS. n
Orders addressed 10 the undersigned, at
Washington, will receive Immediate attention.
All kinds and any amount of Seasoned
Lumber always on hand, at sI Reduced
Prices.
TERaIs--Cash at the mill,
FRANK K-NICNICOLL.
MT Pleasant Mills, July :, 1871.
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One day last week man in Wind
sor, Vermont, hitched his team to q
freight car standing on the track,
and went into a benzine shop to take
something. Soon he thought he
heard something, and looking up the
track saw a freight train moving ont,
in the rear of which was a whirl-
wind composed principally of horses
tails, wagon wheels and. harness lea
ther. All he saved out of his estab-
lishment was a few horse shoes and
a wagon-tire
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A newly-married man complains
of the high price of "ducks." He
says his wife recently paid for three
of them-a duck of bonnet, a duck
of a dress, and duck of @ parasol.
He says such "dealings in poultry
will ruin him.
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The Illinois savans are discussing
milking, some favoring the fore
and aft, and others the "diagonaP
style. One patriarch believes that
"every man should be left free to
milk according to the dictates of his
own cOnscience.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

According to sad juvenile expe-
rience, it takes ten boys on each
side to play base ball in Boston on
the Sabbath. Nine do the actual
play, and the additional boy looks
out for the police.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

The young lady who thought that
the gentleman who raised his hat
most frequently to her in the avenue,
was her best bower, has been left
with a lone hand.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

A clergyman recently spoke of /,
woman having the "pearl drops Of
affection slistening on her cheeks
He meant to say she cried.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

What reason have we to suppose
that beer was made in the ark
The kangaroo was seen to go in
with hops, and the bear was always
brlin.
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They have discovered a saltpetrc
cave in Dent county, Mo. 1t may
be big thing for Dent county, but
saltpetre won't save the Dent COM
pany in the White House, after the
next election.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

Atmospherical knowledge is not
thoroughly distributed to our schools.
A boy being asked ''What is mist? 2"
vagucl Y responded can umbrella.'
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A Boston paper apologies to a
worthy archbishop, because the
types made it call him miserable, i'll
stead of venerable, as it intended.
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The High, Low, and Broad Church
parties Of England are cleverly des-
ignated "Attitudinarians,' "Plati-
tudinarians." and "Latitudinarians.'