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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
0vergrOWn Hogs.

There is not one single advantage to
be claimed in favor of big hogs.
There never was a monster hog which
did not make the man who raised him
pay for every pound he weighed. They
do not furnish an ounce of meat gratis,
but charge full price for every atom of
their carcass. When slaughtered, it
takes a long time to get one cool to
the marrow in the bone, and when the
hams are put in salt, it is troublesome
to finish them to the centre. -Four
hundred live weight is as large as hogs
should be in order to make good bacon.
Beyong this size there is u loss some
where. Either the FEEDER butcher or
consumer is cheated, and as a general
thing every one who has anything to
do with big hog will find, if he OBJ
serves closely, that theyare notso profit
able as the smooth, nice hog of only
$50 pounds weight. A small head,
with little, upright ears, and legs and
ears delicate to perfection, are marks
which indicate the greatest amount of
food consumed; and it will always
draw more readily the attention of ev
cry butcher.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

CARE FOR THE EYES. -Multitudes Of
men and women have made their eyes
weak for life by the too free use of the
eyesight, reading small print and doing
fine sewing. In doing these things it
is well to observe the following rules in
the use of the eyes: Avoid all sudden
changes between light and darkness.
Never read by twilight on very cloudy
days. Never sleep SO that on waking
the eyes shall open on the light Of the
window. Do not use the eyes by light
so scant that it requires an effort to dis
eliminate. Never read or sew directly
in front Of the light Of Il window or
door. 1t is best to have light fall from
above, obliquely over the left shoulder.
Too much light creates glare and
pain, and confuses the sight The mo-
ment that you are sensible Of an effort
to distinguished, that moment stop and
talk, walk or ride AS the sky is blue
and the earth is green, it would seem
that the ceiling should be blush
tinge, and the carpet green, and the
walls of some mellow TINT The mo-
mcnt that you are instinctively promp-
ted to rub the eyes, that moment cease
using them. If the eyelids are glued
together ON waking, do not forcibly
open them, but apply the saliva with
the finger, and then wash your eyes
and face with warm water.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
STATE or VERMONT, I


Windsor County ~.
Whereas, Warren G.. French of Woodstock, in
said County, has filed in the Office of the Clerk
of Chancery within andf said County, his pc
tition setting forth in substance that Harvey C.o
and Rosetta G. Bartholomew of Smithville in
the State of Massachusetts,, on the 18th day of
December. A D.. 1868. duly executed to him a
Mortgage Died of small house with the build
ings and land connected Herewith, in the vii
lage of West Hartford, in said county, condit
toned for the payment of all sums of money
which the said Harvey then owed the Petition
err, or which he might thereafter owe him, and
also indemnify the Petitioner pay any and all
labiitie at any time entered into for said Har
vey. And conditioned also for the payment of
certain promissory note dated June "a, 1871,
for two hundred and ninety dollars and twenty
six cents, which has not been payed and pray
ing that the equity of redemption of the said
Harvey and Rosetta may be foreclosed.
And whereas, it appears that said Harvey
and Rosetta are without the state, 30 that per-
sonal service of the prendency Of the said Petit
ton cannot be made upon them, it is ordered
that the substance of said Petition together
with this order, be published in the Spirit Of
The Age a newspaper printed at Woodstock, in
said County, the last publication to be at least
twenty days previous to the Term of said Court
of Chancery, to be held at said Woodstock on
the first Tuesday of December, A. D., 1872.
Now, therefore, you the said Harvey G. and
Rosetta c. Bartholomew, are hereby notified to
appear at the last mentioned Term of said
Court, and answer make to the said Petition.
And the publication of this order as aforesaid
shall de deemed sufficient notice for the said
Harvey and Rosetta to appear as aforesaid.
Dated at Woodstock, in said County this Goth
day of October, A. D., 1872.
GEO. B. FRENCH, Clerk.
W. c. FRENCH. SOrr.
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NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1871. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT 1871
Nm and after June 26, 1871. Passcn
" ger Train will run US follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 1885
a. M and Accommodation Train at 1910
A.M.tfor White River junction, connecting
with train for Well River, st. Johnsbury,
Barton, Newport, Willoughby and Magog
Lakes, Stanstcad Quebec, BATH, Littlcton,
Lancaster, and theWhito and Franconia
Mountains. Also, withIains for Mont
peler, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington St.
Albars, Rousc's Point, Montreal, OgdcnS
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMCDATION TRAIN leaves Concord at
5.T p. M for White River Junction & Bristol
EVENING EMPRESS TRAIN leaves ContorA
at $40 p. NJ. for White River Junction, con-
Meeting with trains for Montpelier, Buring-
ton, st. Adams, Houses Point, Montreal
Ogdcusburgh, am. the West.
tOr on arrival oil trains from Boston, WOr-
cestcr, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS
tMORNING EXPRESS TRAINieaves White
River junction for Concord ut l.j0 A. NJ, OF on
arrival Of trains from Ogdcnsburgh and Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves White K.
Junction for Concord at 6.4j A. NJ.
tBRIsToL TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at $50 \. NJ. and Franklin at 0.05 \. NJ.
mail TRAIN leaves White River junction
Tor Concord ut l2.2c p. NJ, or on arrival OF
trains over the Vermont Central, Passumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leaves White River
function at $40 p. NJ, or on arrival Of trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh Brattle.
boro, Keene, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &C.,
connecting at Concord with train for Man,
chester, Nashua, Lowell and Boston.
tThesc trains connect ut Concord with
trains Tor Manchester, Lawrence, Ports
mouth, Portland, Nashua Worcester, New
York, Low ell, ard Boston,
GEO. f. TODD, Supt.
Concord, n. H., June Goth, 1871.
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STATE or VERMONT,
Windsor County ~.

windsor county ~.
Whereas II. B.
White Administrator of the estate Of David
Pierce deceased, of Brooklyn, in the State of
New York, has filed in the Office of the Clerk
of Court of Chanccry, within and for said coun-
ty, his Petition setting forth in substance that
Aaron w Whitney, formerly of said Wood
stock, on the 9th day of November, A. d. 1865,
duly executed to said David Pierce mortgage
Deed of certain land situoted in said Wood
stock. and described as follows: Being the same
land on the same day conveyed to said Whit
ney by said David Piece and his wife. and re-
corded in Book % page 40 Of Town Records to
which reference is made. Conditioned for the
payment of seven promisory notes dated Nov.
9th, 1865. one for the sum Of fifty dollars and
the remaining six for the sum of one hundred
dollars EACH the said notes and the said land
being more fully described in said Petition.
And also setting forth that said Whitney on
the 9Th day of October, 1864, executed to said
Pierce another mortgage deed of certain other
land situated in said Woodstock, conditioned
for the payment of eleven proniisory notes, da-
ted Oct. 9th, 1864 one for fifty dollars, paya-
BILE on demand, and ten for one hundred and
fifty dollars each the said notes and the said
land being more fully described in sail petition,
which said notes are now justly due and have
not been paid, and praying that the equity of
redemption of the said Aaron W. Whitney, in
said premises may be foreclosed.
And whereas, it appears in said Petition that
the said Whitney resides without this State, 80
that personal service of the tendency of the
same cannot be made upon him, it is ordered
that the substance of the said petition. together
with this order. be published for three conse-
cutve weeks in the Spirit Of the Age, a news
paper printed at said Woodstock the last pub
LEGATION to be at least twenty days previous to
the Term of the Court Of Chancery, to be held
at said Woodstock, on the first Tuesday of Dec.
A. D., 1872.
Now, therefore, the said Aaron w Whitney
is hereby notified to appearat the last mention
ed Term of said Court, and answer make to the
said Petition.
And the publication of this order as Aforesaid,
shall be deemed sufficient notice for the said
Whitney to appear as aforesaid.
Dated at Woodstock in said county this Goth
day of October, A. D., 1872.
GEO. B. FRENCH, Clerk
W. G. FRENCH, SoEr.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

Coop MISUNDERSTANDING folks
should be mannerly. How to be so is
the question? Many Il good girl and
boy feel that they cant behave them
selves in the presence of company
They feel timid, bashful and selt-dis-
trustful the moment they are address,
ed by stranger or appear in company.
There is but one way to get over this
feeling, and acquire easy and graceful
manners; that is, to do the best they
can all the time at home, as well as
abroad. Good manners are not learn
ed by arbitrary teaching so much as
acquired by habit. They grow upon
us by use. We must be courteous,
agreeable, civil, kind, gentlemanly and
womanly at home, and then it will
become a kind Of second nature to be
so everywhere. A course, rough man
ner at home begets habit Of rough
ness, which we cannot lay off if we
try when we go among strangers
The most agreeable people we have
ever known in company are those who
are perfectly agreeable at home
Home is the school for all good things
especially for good manners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN. oh. it
is not when your children are with you,
it is not when you see and hear them,
that they are most to you; it is when
the sad assembly is gone; it is when
the daisies have resumed their growing
again in the place where you have CARR
ed your children out, and said farewell,
and came home again, and day and
night are full of sweet memories; it is
when Summer and Winter are full of
touches and suggestions Of them it is
when you cannot look up toward God
without thinking OF them; nor look
down toward yourself and not think Of
them; it is when they have gone out
of your arms, and are living to you
only by the power of the Imagination,
that they are most to you. The invis-
IDLE children are the realest children,
the sweetest children, the truest chill
dren, the children that touch our hearts
as no hands of flesh ever could touch
them.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A few days ago a Chenango Forks
On. W man, with a view to burning
out gasoline barrel, to use for some
other purpose, dropped a lighted paper
into the bung-hole. Soon after man
was seen to pick himself up some dis
lance from the store stoop, where the
barrel had been placed, and looked
ruefully at the fourteen holes in the
store windows that a short time before
were filled with glass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

When we hear a couple Of editors
charging one another with stealing edi-
torialS, we come to the conclusion that
they are. 'young men from the country"
who have never been in the city before.
The idea that an editor never, appropri-
ates anything was patented more than
half a century ago, but the patent has
expired. In those days newspapers were
very stupid things.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A late writer lays down this as an
axiom IN drainage: 1t is not judicious
to spend money in draining land that
needs draining, so long as we can use
the money to good advantage in the
better cultivation of other good land
that does not need draining.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

Somebody has recently invented a
very valuable trunk. 1t is made with
an outside covering of cast iron, lined
with nitro-glycerine, and when it is
thrown from railroad car or a bag
gage wagon this outside covering is
torn to pieces, and the baggage-smash-
er is blown into very small fragments.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

Some one wickedly says that the
reason why very young girls generally
take the prizes at fairs for making good
bread, is because their mothers make
it for them, while the older girls, they
think they can manage alone, and fail
miserably.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

"What's to become of me if you die ?"
asked an affectionate wife of her receed
ing husband. 81 don't know" he snap
ped out querulously. 1T would look
better in you to be thinking about what's
to become of me p
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

"Say, Jones, what's the matter with
your eyer" ooh, nothin' only my wife
said this morning I'd better get up and
make fire, told her to make it her
self-thats ALL
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A gentleman asked an lrishman to do
him a small service, on the completion
Of which he rewarded Pat very literally.
Pat Immediately addressed him thus
"Arrah, by the powers, | have good
mind to hire YOU for my master
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
You Lie, Villain Any physician who

now says that Rheumatism can not be
cured, simply lies The wonderful e.
fects Of the Ccntaur Liniment for all
flesh, bone and Muscle ailments upon
man and beast, are too well known to
admit Of question, 1t destroys swell
ings, -soItens stiff joints, soothes pain,
makes the lame walk, and the bedridden
leap for joy, 1t is selling as no article
ever did sell and it sells because it does
its work every time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
4 iQUlD and Crystal Anoline
DYE COLORS,
All EREEMAN'S.
FENrATorD
What hear we now from West to
asst,
All FREEMAN

dSl,
Con(ounding man, bei'iending beast,
But Centaur Liniment
What is il cures our many pains,
And limberS up seyerest strains,
But Centaur Liniment .
That knocks rheumatism out of gear,
Birds govt good-hy without a tear,
Why Centaur Liniment;
Causes the cripple to walk, the lame to leap
Hearts to thank, instead of eyes to weep,-
Only, Ccrtaur lniment.
What renders reptiles tooth and sting of bees
Harmless as the bite of fleas,
Excepting Ccntaur Liniment;
Assuagcs the pangs Of broken breast,
Flows the tactical luid-gives nights OF rest,
But Centaur Liniment;
And when chilblains sting or hot steam scalds
What is it soothes for what can we CALL
But Centaur Liniment.
Went the car crushed old Tildcn's arm,
Twas saved from amputation by this charm,
The Centanr Eminent;
And when Barnum's lion, Uncle Ben,
Broke his leg in that dismal den,
He roared for Centaur Lin:ment.
Now as the poor horse lame and sore,
With crippled knee limbs to our door,
And Gegs for Centaur Eminent;
And the .docile sheep on thousand hills,
Dieby the millionaire screw worm kills,
CAN saved by Centau Liniment;)
We hear it shout from West to East,
By speaking man and neighing beast,
"Pass on the Ccntaur Lilimcnt!"
This remarkable article is for sale by all
Druggists in every village parish and ham
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A pupil in one of the public schools
recently revised an old saying found
in his grammar as follows: at is bet
ter to give than to receive-a good
licking"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A SOLDIER, telling his mother of the
terrible fire at Chickamauga, was asked
by her why he did not get behind a
tree. "Tree !" said he y; "there wasn't
enough trees for the officers"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
Skin Diseases.

PERRY'S IMPROVED COMFDONE AND
PIMPLE REMEDY.-The SKIN Medicine of
the Age. Is warranted to cure Flesh Worms,
PimpIes, eruptions and BlOtched designations
of the face. Sold by all Druggists. Depot 40
Bond St. New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

Wilkes Spirit says: ave never have
believed and never shall believe that
chopped hay and cornmeal, saturated
with water, is proper for working
horse as a general diet. We firmly
believe that the food of a working
horse who cannot be pastured should
be good sound oats and sweet hay for
at least five days weeks. Look at
the South, where the common run of
working horses are fed on corn. What
is found there? Why, the big-head,
terrible and almost incuable com
plant. We also think that wet cornmeal
is the very worst way Of feeding corn
to a horse that was ever practiced.
And the chopped wet hay is not half
as good as fine, bright timothy from
the now We like to hear the horse
grinding up his good timothy hay like
a grist mill, after he has finished his
oats. A nice mash once in q while is
good, and a very different thing from
almost constant soft Diet
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

"A scrub-headed boy having been
brought before the court as witness,
the following amusing dialogue en-
sued:
"Where do you live?" inquired the
judge.
olive with my mother.
"Where does she live?"
" With father"
"Where does your father live?"
"With the old folks
"Where do they live?" asked the
judge, as an audible litter went round
the room
"They live at home"
"Where in thunder is their home q
"That's where I'm FROM" said the
boy, sticking his tongue in the corner
of his cheek, and slowly closing one
eye ON the judge.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
When {!
II were told that must die tomorrow,
That the next sun

If I wero told that must die tomorrow,
That the next sun
Which sinks should bear me past all fear and
For any one.-g
All the fight fought and all the short journey
through
What shall do?
do not think that should shrink or fater,
But just go on,
Doing my work, nor change nor seek to alter
Aught that is gone;
But rise, and move, and love, and smile, and
pray,
For one more day.
And lying down at night for last sleeping,
Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever Lord within thy keeping
How should I fear?
And when tomorrow brings thee nearer still,
Do thou thy will"
l might not sleep for awe ;but peaceful, tender
My soul would lie
All night long; when the morning splendor
Flashed DER the sky,
I think that could smile, could calmly say,
at is his day
But il wOndrous hand from the blue yondcr
Held out scroll, "a
On which my life were writ, and with wonder
Beheld unroll $50
To long century's end its mystic clue,
What should do?
What could do, o blessed Guide and Master,
Other than this
Still to go on as now, not slower, faster
Nor fear to miss
The road, although so very long it be,
While led by thee?
Step by step, feeling thee close beside me,
Although unseen;
Through thorns, through flowers, whether the
tempest hide thee,
Or Heaven serene
Assured thy faithfulness cannot betray,
Thy love decay.
may not know, my God no hand revealeth
Thy counsels wise;
Along the path no deepening shadow stealeth,
No voice replies
To all my questioning thought the time to tell
And it is well.
Let me keep on, abiding and unfearng
Thy will always,
Through a long century's ripening fruition,
Or short days.
Thou cannot come too soon, and can welt
If thou come late.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

An incarcerated California attempt
ed suicide by chewing plug tobacco.
Many e-burdened pilgrim might
sigh "Twere sweet thus to die"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

A revival preacher lately worked
hard at Ironlon, Ohio, to get up an in
tcrest preaching day and night but
unsucccssfulIy, The last night the house
was crowded, and the preacher outdid
but not soul rose for prayers,
and he sat down completely diScourag-
ed. Before the bcnediction was pro-
nounccd, however, a long-aced man
got up, and said that the Elder had been
working hard and laborcd faithfully with
them, and as token of their apprecia-
ton he moved the congregation give
him three cheers 1t was done with a
hearuness which made the pews tremblc.
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