Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-04
Facts and Fancies.

Every one is the cause and result OF
his own destiny.
The Irish is the Oldest language now
spoken in Europe,
The horse distemper is causing dismay
in Hartford and Boston.
Friendship is cadence of divine mel
ody melting through the heart
Sympathy is said to be the golden key
which unlocks the hearts of others.
Some one says that our good deeds
and kind acts are music to us at midnight.
The more we help others to bear their
burdens, the lighter our own will be-
come.
Maine is now shipping ice South that
is twenty-one inches thick, and as clear
as crystal,
A panther lately tried to steal baby
ont of a Texas house, but two men seized
and held the beast while the babes
mother shot him dead.
In Victoria, Australia, a law has been
passed prevent newspapers from copy
ing articles of news within twenty-four
hours after their first publication.
In consequence of the rapid consump-
ton of timber in France it is proposed
to pass law enacting that no other fuel
than coal is to be used for heating the
engines employed on railways,
The following congratulatory tele-
gram was received from Cincinnati by
wedding party in Nashville: "Congrat-
ulations on your nuptials. May your
future troubles be only little ones"
In an old cemetery in st. Louis is a
moss-covered tombstone on which sin
gle hand points heavenward, and be-
meath is the inscription, "Gone up"
That was written before the phrase be-
came slang.
The Great Falls Journal hears of one
gentleman who gave up tobacco New
Years day, chewed gum for two weeks.
candy for one month, and still fights the
world, the flesh and the devil with stick
Of liquorice.
An Indiana editor makes pathetic
appeal to his readers, saying eff there
is anything you know tk.t is worth know
ing, that we ought to know, and you
know that we don't know, please let US
know it,"
The buzz of bumble-bee saved a
Western mans property. 1t awakened
him in time to save his shop and house,
which had caught fire accidentally. The
man says he wouldn't part with that bee
for $500 if he had it-had the bee.
One of the happy pair who had their
,, heaven made match sanctifed in the
church, were Mortified by the officiating
=, and mathematical clergyman declaring
: that the golden anniversary of their
wedding would not occur till 2072.
/ "Do You think T shall have justice
. done me 2" said culprit to his counsel
| a shrcwd Kentucky lawyer of the best
e class in that eloquent State. 81 am {
little afraid that you won't" replied the
t other ; 81 see two men on the jury who
t are opposed to hanging"
A Boston girl whose gallant on ride
; contrary to her wish, insisted on stop
I ping at tobacconists for a cigar, tool
9 advantage of his leaving her mistress o
the situation and the vehicle to drive t.
her paternal abode, in front of which
the abandoned one, some hours after
? wards, found his vehicle.
= Everything in nature INDUCES il
r amusement of some kind. The light
s nings play, the winds whistle, the thun
g der rolls, the snow flies, the rills ant
g cascades sing and dance, the waves leap
b the fields smile, the vines creep and run
@ the buds shoot and the hills have tops
e to play with. But some of them hay
!, their seasons of melancholy. The TEN
II pests moan, the zephyrs sigh, the brook
e murmur and the mountains look blue.