Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-16
Facts and Fancles.

IIcdSuTe ID pItCulIOuSj DuV 'N'"N ~
immortal,
Fair dealing is the bond and cement
of society.
A passionate mau scourgeth himself
with his own scorpions.
Good company and good conversation
are the sinews OF virtue.
Hard words have never Taught wisdom,
nor does truth require them.
We should not retain the memory Of
faults we have once forgiven.
SANDER is the revenge of a coward,
and DISSEMINATION his defence.
The dock laborers have joined the sail
ors of southampton in strike.
The virtue of prosperity is temper.
ance the virtue of adversely is fortitudc.
Loves Young Dream A little signing,
little crying, little dying, and very
great deal of lying.
The Indians of La Estrel!e, Costa
Rica, have assassinated their King. His
nephew reigns in his stead.
"One.half the year rain and flowers,
the other half dust and sky" is Bret
HaIte's description Of California.
A reaction has commenced in Spain in
favor of the ancient Spanish costume in
Guiding large combs and very short drcs.
SEES.
A man who had been missing for long
time from Highgate, Vt, has turned mp
in lunatic asylum in Portland, Ore
gon.
The swallows prove such nuisance in
Austin, Texas, that the people are obliged
to employ carbolic acid to drive them
away.
An Iowa paper described q fire thus :
"John Baldwin, of Grundy county,
owned defective f,o. He doesn't own
it now. Loss 5000"
The Board of Domestic Missions of
the Presbyterian Church, of Philadelphia,
has authorized the transfer of $4,000 to
the Presbyterian Home Mission, OF New
York.
A lady in Iowa recently drew $50, 600
on the death of her second husband,
having drawn 100000 from the same
company on the death Of her first hus-
| band.
The only way to effectually destroy
"widow's weeds" which seem to thrive
in some kinds of SOIL is for the husband
man to say "Wil thOu?" That makes
them Immediately wilt.
A man was interrupted in an attempt
to drown himself at Niagara Falls, He
is described as an Englishman of culture,
who had got into difficulty at home and
came over here to put an end to his trou-
bles.
A wi,e Frenchman says eff a lady
says, can never love you, wait little
longer; all hope is not lost. But if she
says, no one has more sincere wishes
for your happiness than l. take your
hat"
The police searched a saloon in Port
land, and found an arrangement which
had Just been used, in which by pulling
a cord like bell pull, four pitchers on n
shelf would be tipped over into tub of
brine.
Two hundred and fifty communists,
sentenced for various terms of imprison-
ment and since their trial confined in the
Notifications on the Isle of AK, sailed
from France for New Caledonia. in the
South Pacific
A. 7. Stewart has given orders to be-
gin the work of rebuilding Nibo's Gar
den in New York as soon as the bricks
are Sufficiently cool. He had already AZ
ranged for building a new theater up
town, and the plans originally designed
for that will be used in constructing the
new Niblo's.
An unfortunate pcddler fell into the
river at Chicago, and was rescued, hut
after walking some distance suddenly
lost his strength, and expired before as
sistance could be procured. An inteli-
gent jury of American citizens inycstiga-
ted the case, and astOnished the Coro-
ner with the verdict, Accidentally
drowned"
Judge-"I fine Tim Leary S. for as
sault and battery on Pat Moloy." Pat
Moloy-" But your Honor, want more
damages. He BACKED me eye, and if /
had been invited to tea-party l couldn't
have gone" Judge" The court knows
nothing about consequential damages
You must carry your case to Geneva
Adjourned,
Two neighbors had long and envcn-
omed litigation about small spring,
which they both claimed. The Judge,
wearied out with the case, at last said {:
"What is the use of making such a fuss
about little water ?" "Your Honor
will see the use of it. remarked one Of
the lawyers, "when [ inform you that
the parties are both milkmen.'
The City Council of San Francisco has
just passed an ordinance which provides
that "any person, not being profess
sional musician Or employed in that ca
pacity, who shall, in public place in
the city toot or blow horn, or use and
perform upon an instrument or thing
commonly called and designated as the
devils fiddle, shall be deemed guilty Of
a misdemeanor, and punished by fine
not exceeding 500, or by Imprisonment
in the County Jail not exceeding ten
day
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