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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Mrs O'LEARY EXcULPATED.-The
Mayor OF Chicago has received the fol.
lowing communication "SAN Francis
co, Dee, n, 1S7l.-Mr. Medill 1t was
me that set Mrs. O'Leary's BAN on fire
and my old man gave me 80 for it set
the Hay on fire and then Run. As run
out | met man I thought he had seen
me if he had it would have been the last
of Iim / tell you this to clear Mrs. Leary
of the charge of carelessness in setting
her barn on fire with a lamp and am sor-
ry that so much harm was done but |
don't care [ like to make big noise Bye
and bye l will give you some of the par
ticulnrs but now | have no time Yours
&c N
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01
A Hunting Party Frozen to Death.

Mr.. Orrin z. Whitford, who Lad lately
taken up soldiers claim at Oakland.
Jewett County, Kansas, started on the
9th Of November with four others, to
hunt buffalo, intending to be gone about
ten days. The party found the buffa
out farther than they expected On the
10th heavy rain commenced falling,
lasting abolt tweDty-four hours, then
turning to snow with very strong wind,
cleared up the 18th piercingly cold. On
the 22d the wife of Whitford and other
friends were informed that five men had
been found frozen TO death. The father
ln-law of Whitford and four others start
ed i'll search. They were gone eight days
and brought III the bodies Of four of the
lost men; the fifth was still alive, but
with both limbs most fearfully frozen ;
he had not had a mersci to eat for five
lays. 1t would seem that the party took
with them wagon, which they left in
Eavine. They aiterward found it covered
with ten feet Of snow, and started back
toward home with their horses Two of
them, after travelling SIX miles, gave out {:
the third, four miles further, and he too
gave out; young Whitford pushed on for
three miles yet further, then persisted.
Whitford, who WAS an Odd-Fellow, and
wore pin of that Order. was first found
by party Of strangers, one of whom be-
lon9ed to the Order, who buried his re-
mains, and left his pocket book and pin
with the nearest Sheriff. His body, with
the others, was afterwards taken to Oak
land. Whitford was formerly a member
Of Company a, Thirty-sixtb Illinois
Cavalry. He was a fine soldier, and
thought much of by his officers and com
rades, a kind and loving husband and
father, son and brother.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

RowNG OR SAILING. Which is the
more enjoyable, rowing or sailing If
you sail before the wind there is the
glorious Vigor of the breeze that fills
your sails you get all of it you have
room for, and a ship of the line could do
no more !; indeed, your very nearness to
tle water increases the excitement, since
the water swlrls and boils up, as it unites
i'll your wake, and seems to clutch over
the low stern of your sail-boat, as if to
menace the hand that guides the helm.
Or if you beat to windward, it is as if
your boat climbed a liquid hill, but did
it with bounding and dancing, like a
child there is the plash of the lighter
ripples against the bow, and the tbud
of the heavier waves, while the same
blue water is now transformed to cool
jet Of white foam over your face, and
now to a dark whirlpool in your lee.
Sailing gives sense of prompt COM
mand, since by single movement of
the tiller you effect 80 great change Of
direction or transform motion into rest :;
there is, therefore, a certain magic in
it but, on the other hand, there is a
more direct appeal to your physical
powers in rowing you do not evade or
cajole the elements by cunning device
of keel and canvas-you meet them
man-fashion and subdue them. The
motion Of the oars is like the strong
motion of a birds wings; to sail a boat
is to ride upon an eagle, but to row is to
be an eagle, I prefer rowing-at least
till can afford another sail-boat.-T
W. Higgi~SOn, in the atlantic M0uhN
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Music AT HOME. The Hostess-Dem
Miss Linnet would you-woud you sing
one of those charming ballads, while ]
90 and see if supper's ready? The Com
panion--O, don't ask me L feel nervous.
There are so many people The Hos,
tess-O, heywon't listen, bloss you not
one of them Now do . !!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01
Something about Pussy Cat.

A writer III Chambers Journal not LONG
ago gave a happy explanation of thu
mysterious term "coterwauling," Sup.
pose, he says, you very much desired to
visit friend, female friend, lovely
creature to whom you were paying your
addresses only an immense wall-which
you could not blow down-intervened
between you and the beloved object.
Well, that is exactly the case with these
poor, maligned pussies. "Come over
Tthe waur" feline for wall, just us it is
Scotch for worse), the waur, the war;"
cries the imprisoned puss. "Why don't
you come over the waur ?" Spikes,
spikes spikes" cries Tom, explaining
the nature of the obstruction, whereas
we call it swearing"
Theophile Gautier, in his account of his
Private Monagerie," tells lis that one
fine day friend, setting out on his tray
els, left his parrot in his charge during
his absence, The poor bird sat dscou-
ISOLATE on the top Of his stand, while the
authors cat stared at the strange SIGHT,
and tried to gather up all the strays and
waits of natural history which she might
have picked up on the roof, or in the
yard and the garden. The writer fol-
lowed her thoughts in her large green
eyes, and read there clearly the words /:
Ii must be green chickenl
Thereupon Pussy jumped down from
his writing-table, and assumed, in dark
corner, the air of panther in the Jungle
lying in wait for a delicate deer
crouching flat down, the head low, the
back stretched out at full length, the ell
bows out, and the eye fixed immovably
on the bird. The poor parrot had fol.
lowed all her movements with nervous
anxiety ; he raised his feathers, sharp,
ened his bill, stretched out his claws,
and evidently prepared for war
The cat lay still, but the writer read
again in her eyes No doubt, though
green, the chicken must be good to eat
Suddenly her back was arched like bow
that is drawn, and, with one superb
bound, she was on the perch. The par
rot, seeing the great danger, lifted up
his sharp, eager voice, and screamed out:
Have you Dneakfasted. Jack
The voice frightened Pussy out other
wits. All her ideas were overthrow :;
her eyes said, clearly: This is not
chicken; this is gentleman! With one
anxious glance at her master she leaped
down in sheer terror, and hid under the
bed, from whence 10 treat and no caress
could bring her out for the day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Water, such as is fit to drink, com,
mands price in Madrid as high as soda
water in New York, us summer beverage
is more sought after than wine, and peo-
pie like it better for having to pay for it
than if it cost nothing, Ice is also scarce
there, >liquefying snow from the noun
tain tops being about the best to be had.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

HE SECRET OF IT.-An old farmer
being asked why his boys stayed at home
while others did not replied that it was
owing to the fact they he always tried to
make home pleasant for them. He fur
nished them with useful and attractive
reading and when night comes and the
days labor is ended, instead of running
with other boys to the railway station
aud adjoining towns, they gather around
the great lamp and become absorbed in
their books and papers. The BOYS were
still at home when the elder was twenty
one, while those who were furnished with
no reading at home sought city life and
city dissipation as soon as they were
seventeen or eighteen. All will do well
to heed this testimony Of farmer who
has known how hard il is to struggle for
foot ting on free soil without capital,
and how valuable and comparatively
cheap are the aids which good reading
brings to him. In this age of general
intelligence, the mind must be catered
to, and books and papers furnished; and
not only this, bat cheap and artistic
chrome pictures can also lie bought to
use in making home attractive. The
farmers life is the most independent of
any, and there is no reason why it may
not be as attractively surrounded.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Cut this notice out and bring it with
you. We are authorized to refund the
cash to any person or persons who
shall buy and use PARSONS PURaAT1vE
Pills and fail of relief and satisfaction.
COlD
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

FoH COUGHS AND THROAT DISORDERS,
use "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs,
having proren their efficiency by n test
OF many years. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

INDIAN JUsTICE--The Oshkosh wis.
consin) Times learns from the Oneida
settlement, near Wrightstown, that about
ten days ago, two white men, while ont
hunting, came across an Indian, and
from some cause they got into quarrel,
which ended in the Indian shooting one
OF the men, but not killing him. Con-
siderable excitement grew out of the af-
lair, and threats we're made of lynching
the Indian, but the Indians declined de-
hvering up the culprit, took the matter
into their own hands and brought the
man to trial. After hearing the culprit
was found guilty, and was condemned
to death. The sentence was carried in.
to immediate effect. The culprit was
taken to tree and hung.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Mrs. WHARTON ACQUITTED. The jury
in the Wharton trial at Annapolis, Md.
after being out eighteen hours, brought
in verdict of Not Guilty" The YER
dict created the widest enthusiasm
among the friends of the prisoner in the
courtroom, Mrs. W., was charged with
poisoning Gen. Ketchum.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Marriage is the result of love and adj,
miration. j. Monroe Taylor's Cream
Yeast Baking Powder the result of per.
severence, science and skill. 1t has nc
equal.-Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

Lewiston and Auburn, in Maine, two
municipalities separated by the Andres
coggin River, have $4,000, ZOO manu-
featuring capital, of which about 49,
OOO,OOO is private capital.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

HE PUREsT and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is Hazard & Caswells,
made on the sea-shore from fresh, Sc
lected livers, by CaSweR Hazard O. Co.,
OF New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others, Physicians have
decided it superior to any of the other
oils in market Com.
Everybody wants IT, How 70 Make tho Farm Pay
Send to G, A. DEITZ, Chambersburg, Pa,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

A S. contribution to the conscience
fund from lady who had struggled a
silk dress pattern through the New York
Custom house was received at the U. S.
Treasury.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

protudng toe is not a signify talng say uo,n.nl
about health and comfort, SILVER TIPPED Shoe,
never wear out at the toe.
For Snln by all Denlers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01
Verify II Hath No EQUAL.
CONSERVATIVES READ!

Would you cure that distressing Cough aud bring
back that healthy vi til lately planted in your cneek
be too late. ' +" "'''
allen Lung Balsam is your hope il has been tried
by thousands such as you who have been clr,j many
IN Their gratitude have lent their to us that sn-
merng humanity can read their evidence and believe.
Don't experiment with new and untried mixtures you
cannot at ord it, but try at once th1 invaluable article
can be found in any Drug Store and at most gen raj
stores 1t Is warranted to break up the most trouble
some Cough in few hours II not 4 too long funding
II warranted to give entire satisfaction in all cases Of
Lung and Throat difficulties.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

MIIcH cows bring from $40 to $40 each
in New York. All that arrive sell readily
at these figures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

The Atlantic Gable unites two worlds but not close
or sure As the celebrated CABLE SCREW WIRE unites
the sole to the upper of Boots and Shoes-thoy will not
rip or leak.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

RAILROAD BONDs.-Nhether YOU
wish to buy or sell, write to CHAs W.
HAssIER, No. 7 Wall Street, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

AMENDING THE BANKRUPT LAVA
bill introduced by Representative DUEL,
OF New York, in the House proposes to
amend the Bankrupt Law by suspending
the 90 per cent. clause i'll the act of 1868
until January |, 1873, so far us to allow
discharges to be granted upon petitions
filed prior to that time, although the as
sets OF the bankrupt shall not be equal
to 81 per cent II also makes provision
for reducing the expenses Of the proceed
ings in cases of involuntary bankruptcy,
and strikes out the clauses of the present
law allowing courts to grant extra allow
ance to assignees, attorneys, and messen-
gers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

PLEASANT FOR THE TEACHER. The fol-
lowing notice was served upon a north
ern school teacher in Texas recently,
signed by some eight or ten of the larger
boys, three Of them between seventeen
and twenty years of age: I'VE the I'M
dersigned, require you to II eat to bush
el of pecans, five pounds of raisins, and
three oil candy. If you refuse We will
put you in the deepest hole of water
within one mile of the school house"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

A lady in Worthington, Ohio, recent
ly aimed kick at her husband, hut,
missing him, accidently killed little
child who was standing nearby.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-01

To Advertisers.-AT persons who contemplate
making contracts with newspapers for the insertion OF
Advertise uents should send to
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17
"A "Reminiscences.

["Gath's" Chicago Tribune Correspondent
Harmon (of Detroi!) told me Of a
scene at the Baltimore Convention where
Pierce was nominated, which deserves
to be put down. After halloting for
some time, with Cass ahead, but never
up TO the two-thirds vote required, the
State Of Virginia swung off from Mr..
Cass, and cast her vote for Daniel S
Dickinson. Harmon went up to Dckin-
son, and told him that Mr.. Cass' friends
expected that he would retire-for that
ballot at least-in Cass' favor. Mr.
Dickinson said he would obllge Mr.. Cass
to that extent, and he did decline, but
with bad grace; whereupon Virginia cast
all her, ballots for Franklin Pierce, OF
New Hampshire; and Pierce, at the next
ballot, was nominated. 1r' ID
Harmon says that he was at Barnum's
Hotel, and thai, after the nomination
was made, he was passing an open door
there and heard the VOICE. of Dickinson,
very loud and indignant, and without
thinking. Harmon walked into tile room,
"Mr. Harmon" SAID Dickinson, "you
have put me in the position to-day of
losing the Presidency of the United
States. Old General Cass, standing out
against hope, has crowded better men
than himself to the wall, and but for his
request that l should get out of the way
to-day, Franklin Pierce would not now
be the nominee of the party, and /
would have been chosen and elected"
Harmon says it was all true, and as
soon as he could find it convenient he
retreated, and left the irate statesman to
bemoan his evil fortune -
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17
ADVICE 10 a Young poer.i ]

A youth of poetic tendencies. who
signs himself "Theodore,~ has written
to Max AdcIer, cof The Philadelphia DIS
patch, as follows :'faWill ven; pleass teI
HE il thefeais any worfin the Englisl
flangnages.whieh rhymes with epizeoticr
Mas says: There may be such d word
Theoaore, {or there may not. THE qaes.
ton is irrelevant to what we have to so,
TO you.s TT is transparently clear. TLeo.
dofe, that YOU are going to make an at.
tempt'to stfaddie routiihto literature with
a poem upon the horse disease In tha,
event what you want is not rhyme. ba,
common sense. You do not need q
word which will jingle with "epizootic
so nititslfas you are suffering to'be seiz
/ ed BY the hair by your parent. and sha-
kehnup and bruised and put by some.
where ih the gaffet hpen9aj low Diet
You cannot make a'Cpoe,n apon the
horse disease, Theodore, If yoaetrvaL
There is certain want of sentiment, q
singular absence Of food for the imagin-
ative .facdlty,a in the epizoatic,s which
limits discussion of the subject to prose
1t will BE useless, therefore. for you ,tc
wrestle with the, MUSES. in .contempla.
ting the theme, or to dishevel Your han
in an effort to pour out your isouls n,
song. t9ou cannotlhave any deep-feel-
ing upon the subject, Theodore, because
you are not in danger of taking the dis
ease, Yourself. The donkey Tribe is no
torionsly exempt. SO, if you have i'm
agined that you have had symptoms oi
the malady, you must have been mista,
KEN, and your best policy, Theodore
seems to US to be to blow your nose and
Keep quiet. 7A' i'''' y Y s'''S'' s77''s
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17
written for the Spiritl
Railroad TO Harnesviile.

Mr.. EDItoR: Through Jour columns
4 propose to try TO awaken our people
to sense of their interests in regard to
a railroad connection to Pittsburgh. 1t
seems to me that Pittsburgh is the only
ireliable market which fully meets all The
wants Of the people of the county.
T. | understand that the citizens OF
Barnesville have a charter for road
from Dennison to their place, and also a
complete organization l further under
stand that the people of BarnesviIle are
ldesirous that we shall have an extension
of that road to Wuodsfield, and are will
Hing to aid this end of the line by giving
,one-half of the tax to be voted by them.
to this end, the other half to be applied
on the northern connection. sa
| Surely this proposition is very fair on
their part, and if met by similar liberal
| ity in this county the road will be secur-
ed beyond doubt. 1t can easily he
shown that by local tsxaton. TO say
nothing of subscription, $4,000 mile
can be raised, which will completely
grade the road, and the Pennsylvania
Central will iron and equip the road
This will give us the advantage Of two
routes from Barnesville, and will wholly
remove the fear of excessive rates of
freight and passage. " a,
If the people of our county are not
content with this prospect, what in the
world can they be expecting? There
meyer will, in this generation, be another
such an opportunity to secure an outlet,
with an absolute certainty of cheap
transportation. '... -. 4.""T
1t seems to me If we let this opportu-
nifty slip through our grasp, we may as
well make up our minds to do nothing
and be nothing the balance of cur
| lives. Ja4 -.t,-s- 5....s s,..e.
If man wants to be respected and
prosper he must help himself; if the
people Of town want to prosper they
must help themselves; and if the people
of county want to prosper they must
help themselves. The man who always
waits fer something to turn up will al
ways scratch q poor mans heaii The
man who succeeds is the man who takes
off his coat, and rolls up his sleeves, and
turns something up. .. ..... ...,
If we don't want to do anything or be
anything, let US fence our town up. and
rent it out for a potato patch. 1t VIC
have any of the stuff in US that live men
are made of let us seize this golden OPP
Iportunity and make the most OF it. More
anon. INDUSTRY.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17

President GRANTS Message is tole-
rably fair one. An exchange says OF
it: .. .. ....-..
There is expressed reasonable de-
gree of congratulation over the satisfac-
tory progress that has been made in the
adjustment of international controver-
sizes, and the valuable services of Mr.
! Charles Francis Adams, the American
Arhiratorin the Geneva Conference, ,are
recognized in the most complimentary
terms. There is an intelligent discus
sion of the unhappy situation of Cuba,
in which we are presumed, owing to our
proximity to that Island, to be particu-
larly interested The President is en-
phatic in his expression of regret that
there has been a necessity to execute the
| law for the suppression of Ku Kiux con-
spiracies. anu hopes there will be no
! further occasion for the enforcement OF
that act He will, however, use all the
power in his hands for the prevention or
punishment of lawless interference with
the rights of any class Of citizens. At.
tention is called to the abuse of the
franking privilege, but no definite re-
commentators are made. 1t is only
recommended in respect to the postal
telegraph scheme that committee be
appointed to obtain authentic informa-
ton and propose practicable plan
The language of the President indicates
that he favors the proposition that the
Government should possess the tele-
graph lines The closing paragraph of
the Message contains good words for
the civil service reform, rules and regu.
Iations, and suggests that Congrass
should assist the Executive in that di-
rsction.' a-.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17

A North Main street man found out
something that if applied to the soles OF
boots or shoes would preserve them toT
an indefinite length of time. He coated
his boots with it, and his wife's shoes
with it, and the children's shoes with it
and now he wants to exchange all his
carpets for loaded horse pistol.
A Louisville man, who had only
been acquainted with his girl two nights,
attempted to kiss her at the gate, In his
dying deposition he told the doctors
that just as he 'kisSed her, the earth slid
out from under his feet, and his soul went
out of his mouth, while his head touch
ed the stars" Later dispatches show
that what allied him was the old mans
boots ~" u
A remarkable Old lady named Lucy
Wilson resides, in Nelson, N. III. Wha
she is remarkable for is that within three
years she has picced seven large bed
quilts OF these, two were large, two
small work, and three had eighty piece:
in q square, making 1,6St pieces to :
quilt. Besides this, the remarkable OLD
lady knit seven paiIs Of fancy cotton
stockings. Moreover, number Of pairs
of woolen footings. Throw in plain
sewing. memory and making; then add
the fact that this ancient lady uses nc
spectacles, and you have an instance OF
smart longevity quite unparalleled.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-17
The Alabama Leg;s,ature.

There is trouble brewing in Alabama
The members Of the Legislature have
organized two bodies. A large MAORI
ty organized regularly in the State
House. The minority organized in the
Court House in Montgomery, the Capt.
tol. Gov LINDSAY recognized the body
organized in the State House as the lega
Legislature. Gov. LEWIS, the Governor
just inaugurated, sent communication
to the boilers on the Goth ult, promising
cooperation with them in legislation
The boilers made up quorum in each
branch by having defeated candidates
sworn in as members, Notwithstanding
the fact that none of them held certifi-
Gates of election. LEWIS should be i'm
peached and the boilers dispersed