Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02
Facts and FancIeS.
Dead !ocks-False curls.

DCuu 'OCh5- II hloc N'llo'
What fruit is the most visionary ? Tho
apple of the eye.
Judys shop-boy won't get up in the
morning-he says it's sleep year.
Satire should not be like u saw, but
like swor,l-it should cut and not man
gle.
Dreadful Query If lady who hest
tatas is lost, what must it be for lady
who shutters?
A Connecticut girl died in consequence
of being told as an "April fool" that
her lover was dead.
A dog is counted mad when lie won't
take something to drink, and Il man
when he takes too much.
There is never man so mad, says
celebrated writer, but some woman loves
him and has faith in him.
The man who bit another mans nose
off, in an atfray, is said to have taken
prominent part in the fight,
A genuine lion is sauntering around
San Jose, Cal., and the citizensare keep
ing remarkably good hours.
Two married Quakeresses have lately
been elected school trustees in one OF
the Chester County, Pa, districts.
A fashionable young lady OF Boston
boosted of having dress on which were
two hundred yards OF lace trimming.
A western writer describes Dolly
Warden dress as an animated old-fashion-
ed window curtain thrown over red
brick wall
Advice to Husbands-Settle as much
money upon your wife as you can, for
her second husband, poor fellow may
, not have a sixpence.
Wisdom and truth, the off springs OF
! the sky, are immortal but cunning and
dcception. the meteors of the earth, after
| glitteEing for moment, must pass away
A devoted girl, whose lover had lost
: one of his arms, replied to her compan-
! ions banter on the subject, 81 wouldn't
have man with two arms-they are so
, common !"
The woman who is "worth her weight
{ in gold isn't such great match after
t ALL. The average feminine avolrdupoH
! would only balance about $50, 600 in the
o precious metal.
+ Says Josh Billings "Thare amt but
:! phew khan stick II white handkerchief
: into the brest pocket ov their overcoat
+ without letting little OF 1t stick out
d just by acksident."
IS The meauest liquor dealer yet dlscov-
( cred flourishes in Winona, Mimi. He
6 hired Door woman to make some shirts
: for him aud then Offset her bill by her
st husbands whisky account.
y 1t is estimated that in the State OF
= Minnesota alone the Government loses
=. $780, 900 annually in the presumption OF
,! timber land by men who have nopurpose
Of settlement, and who retain the land
ONLY long enough to cut off the timber,
N when they abandon it and pre'empt new
O. tracts.
j. A lady, who loved Bulwer, entered n
IN book store Just as one Of the clerks had
er killed large rat. Il wish to see What
an will He Do with 1t, " said she to the
lie boy behind the counter, "Well, said
he the boy, "If you'll step to the window,
ey you will probably sec him sling it into
OF the back lot"
or Speaking about being buried alive
=, there is a story OF an OK in Wisconsin
~ which survived the longest living burial
"a, on record. He had the good fortune
;, however, to be buried in hay stack
H., which fell upon him. Nobody knew
y what Ind become OF the creature unit
on ~; after his mysterious disappearance hat
;! lasted over three weeks, when he put on
i iil an appearance from the haystack, hav
ne ing eaten his way from the centre t.
er; circumference. There was snow on tn
7e' ground, which afforded moisture enoug'
"a An to prevent his dying from thirst.
lie An aged but rather rural deacon o
nd Danbury, Ct, somewhat Gstonished HI
Is. family on returning from q recent visi
US to Bridgeport, by disclosing in the re
do cesses of his capacious valiSe two valuabl
volumes in blue and gold, prize packag
containing gold coin, cake of fig paste
NJ two pictorial papers, and package Q
Dry ice-cream candy. He said boy on tn
cars gave him these things. He confess
Tvs ed that the boy was an entire stranger
M but fervently hoped Heaven would pam
cr, him a sky.blue ifhe ever forgot his kind
no ness.