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

The full effect of the O'Conor de-
mostration does not appear in the cleo
ton returns. But its main purpose
was accomplished III concentrating the
democratic opposition to Mr.. Greeley,
and making it impossible to bring the
whole democratic body to his support.
In two or three States only was the
protest carried far enough to form an
electoral ticket and give those who
were dissatisfied an opportunity to
vote for the courageous dissenters.
But in every State, it appears, the
OConor ticket had practically a large
following in the democrats who stay
ed at home, or who voted with the re-
publicans. There was no other way
Of making their protest effective, and
they took advantage Of that. If they
had voted for Mr.. Greeley it would
not have changed the result. Their
refusing to vote for him made the
Greeley movement hopeless from the
start,-So said the Boston Adcertiser,
Of last Wednesday,
An old fellow who was noted
through the town for suffering as well
as for his shrewdness in making bar
gain stopped at grocery store and in
CURED:
GLOW m-m-many tit turkeys have
you g-g-got?' Eight, sir, replied
the grocer. "T-t-t-tough or t.t-;-tend
er?" "Some are tough, and some are
tender" was the reply. 81 k-k-keep
bib boarders," said the new customer
"P-pick out the flour Though t-t-tur-
keys, if you p-p-p-please."
The delighted grocer very willingly
complied with the unusual request, and
said in his politest tones:
"These are the tough ones sir.
Upon which the customer coolly put
his hand upon the remaining four, and
exclaimed, "IlI t-t-take th-th th-these !"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin,
pimples, ringworm, salt-rheum, &
other cutaneous affections cured, and
the skin made soft and smooth, by
using the JUNIPER TAR SOAP, made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Be certain to get the Juniper Tar
Soap, as there are many worthless i'm
itations made with common tar. 12w4
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
FIRST PREMIUM

at Windsor County Fair, 1871, for blowing on
Level Land over Ames' and other celebrated
Flows made for Level Land only.
. A E. PERKINS, Agent.
:, :, =, Pomtret, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
DRESS MAKING.

Mrs. Keith has just returned from
the city with the
FALL AND WINTER STYLES,
and is now prepared to cut and make
dresses after the most approved style
Rooms in the Standard Block, over
the Post Office. 1557tf
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
For Sale

My dwelling house pleasantly Situated on
Central Street in the Village Of Woodstock
For PARTICULARS Enquire of J. P. X. Chamb-
erin JOHN L. WATT.
Oct, 29, 1872.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

For O'Conor: Bethel 2, Hartland 5,
Ludlow l, Norwich 80, Springfield l6,
Stockbrdge s, Windsor 6, Woodstock
6, Pomfret 8, Sharon 6.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

The vote Of the States on the
Presidential ticket, as far as it can be
aScertained. is as follows
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

GRAND ARMY OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Meeting of Sheridan Post, No. %, Dept OF
Vermont &. A. r., is held on the first and third
Thursday evenings of each month. All appli-
cations for muster must be made ut Regular
Meetings. BY order Of the Post Commander,
+. p. TEwKsBURY, Adjt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

Tracts designed to meet the spec
ial requirements Of people who are
putting up stoves would have a good
run just now.
Mr. Benjamin has opened a sing
ing school in the Town Hall. He
grinds Wednesday and Saturday
evenings.
The weather is remarkably warm
for the season. Plenty of rain
Mr.. Henry Barnes of this town
has raised beet that beat any beet
we ever saw. 1t has three large,
distinctly formed tops of four or five
inches in length, while below this
the roots form perfect three strand
braid of about the same length
1t can be seen at Richmond and
Pinney's Market
The Gas house was DESTROYED by
fire about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The operator got his holder too full, and
the cover swayed or raised up on one
side he lighted a candle, and set it
down near the holder, and proceeded in
search of an iron bar to fix il, but be-
fore he got back, the whole thing was
moved by the aid of the candle, There
was 4 stiff northwest wind at the time,
and it WAS only by great cXertIon on the
part of the engine companies, and Citi-
zens generally, that the UniycrSaIist
Church and other buildings in the vicln-
ity were saved. Had it not been shortly
after rain the fire might have swept
away number of houses. The Gas
house will be rebuilt Immediately.
Our cOlorcd fellow citizen, Geo.
Washington Nero, is to have a free
whcelbarrow ride round the Park next
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, This
is in fuiIlment OF bet made some time
last summer by X. P. Chamberlin
and Norman Paul, EsQrs Mr.. Paul
bet on Grants election, and Mr.. Cham
berlin on GrceleyS; and in the light OF
the returns Mr.. Chamberin is in for it
had the papers served on him, respond
ed, and will place George gently on the
barrow at the lime named above The
Band will be out, and we expect big
crowd to witness the operation Should
the day prove to be very stormy, then
the next fair day thereafter, Sunday eX-
cepted.)
-"Epizootjc" is abating, We have
two horses not yet sick, a saw-horse and
a clothes horse.
A paper is in circulation here for
signers to aid the passage Of a bill
through the legislature, eXcmpting man
uMcturers who may come here, from
taxation for a term Of years.
Next Saturday Mr.. Chamberlin can
sing -
Rattle his bones over the stones,
He is only Negro that nobody owns"
The Sons of Vulcan are on strike
here, on account of the rise in iron,
They have agreed among themselves to
charge for new shooting as follows Ok,
81. 90; horse, $I.75.
Report Of Liquor Agents sales in
thiS COuntv for three months ending
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
L O @ 4 L N Il w s

n OrrAr auEcHEE CHAPTER No. q,
IN r. A. NJ, regular Convocation Mon
X * day eve, Dec. 2, 1872, uI IL
IVY cloch.
WOODSTOCK LODGE No. 81 Il. 4 A. NJ.
regular communication Wednesday eve, Dec
IL, 1872, at IL o'clock.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
GET THE BEST
The HOIbrO0k Swivel Pl0W

works equally we'll upon Level Land and
Side Hill.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14

The Sons of Vulcan are on a strike
here, on account Of the rise in iron,
They have agreed among themselves to
charge for new shooting as follows Ok,
50. 90 horse, $L75,
Report Of Liquor Agents sales in
this county for three months ending
October 3Ist, 1872. Bethel, $2O4. 81 !;
Hartland, s353.97; Hartford, s2S2. 81 !;
Ludlow, $663. o. Pomfret, $I32,I2 !;
Reading, sI25.o9; Rochester, sIo4,4o;
Springfield, s275.I5; Sharon, S33. "a !;
(soId by new agent since Sept. II, 1927
Weston, s125,74 Andover, s299. so +;
Woodstock, $500. 81. Other towns not
reported. 1t will be seen from the above
that some rum is used for msd,ca( and
mechanical purposes. There must be
some dry roots (of the tongue) to wet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-11-14
iDrD GOOU8>

DrD GopO8>
An almost endless variety Of Dress
Goods, in the newest and most desire.
able shades.
SHAWLS.
A large lot of Shawls just received,
in new and beautiful designs, suited to
the Fall Trade.
FELT SKIRTS.
1ODoz. Felt Skirts, just received
which were bought at knock down
prices and will be sold in the same
way.
WOOLENS! WOOLENS!
A Big Stock Of
Harris Cassimeres,
Beavers for Ladies Cloaks,
Gents Overcoats.
1ncots,
Diagonal Coatings,
Granade Cloths, etc, etc.
Also, full line Of cheaper Woolens
for men and boys wear.
ALL THE ABOVE,
with a good many other goods acW be
sold at prices which he challenges any
one TO beat.
]. B, JONES.
Woodstock, Nov. LIST, 1872.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-05
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN THURSDAY sfpfEMBtR 1872

and tobacco appears thrifty. Fruit is 90
plentiful that there Is no profitable mar
ket for II.
The great Southern Illinois Normal
University, in Carbonate, Is q magnifi.
cent structure of architectural beauty and
mechanical finish, filing one acre Of
ground, and costing S4500OO. II is 200
feet in length, los in hight and 1856 in
width, and will accommodate 300 scholars.
1t will not be completed for one year.
g. w.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
Right or Wrong.

The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf de
fines the issue between the people
of Tennessee and Andrew Johnson
in the following pointed manner
1--WE are opposed to Johnson be-
cause his election would be an en-
dorsement of bis course in the
war. We arc willing enough that
Andrcw johnson shall think he is
right and the people of Tenn, wrong,
and that he shall say go. We shall
never quarrel with him on that
point; but when he proposes that
we shall admit that we were wrong
and he right, then we do most Sc
riously protest that he has stepped
far beyond anything that can be
required OF Us, and especially far
beyond anything we are going to
do. AndraW 10hnson, in 1869,
proposed his GrecneviIle resolutions
which demanded a distinct reDun.
citation of the doctrines of secession
as q heresy. There was no issue
of that kind made, there was no
necessity for such issue. Secession
was too dead an issue to set uD Just
for the purpose of knocking it
down. The people, true to their
instinct, declined to stultify them
selves by platform based on q
dead issue, rcsurrccted by Andrew
Johnson. They saw at once the
trick Of Johnson TO haze them place
themselves in the wrong that his
record might have their endorse
ment. He came 10 Nashville and /
was known TO be there for the pur-
pose Of having his platform put
through, while his warm supporter,
The Union and American, warmly /
the cause of his resolu /
lions. johnson denounced the
and went home very
much cnagrined that his resolutions .
lad not been adopted. Johnson
1as made the issue so distinctly to
urn upon a personal endorsement
IF himself that lie could not now
1e elected to Congress without an
of his course and q
declaration that our own was
wrong"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
Why This Thusncss.

The Memphis Avalanche is now
supporting Andrew Johnson warm
", and we wish to enquire why
its editor has " flopped over" so
suddenly: But a few weeks ago
the following appeared in the
eoiumns Of the Avalanche
Andrew Johnson does not like
Greeley, and we are sure Mr. Gree
ley has no love for johnson. The
ex- President has started out 10 q
ew race for political honors, and
hopes to win by the same arts
which be has used successfully in
the past. The Avalanche opposed
his election TO the United States
Senate, and did it's part in defeat
ing tim. There Is no position 10
the gift of the people Of Tennessee
that Andrew johnson ought to fill,
or the duties of which he can dis
charge. He belongs to that class Of
public men who have nothing to
serve but their hates and their evil
memories; and their political re
cords are as full of sore as Jobs
back when it was seraped with a
potsherd. +"
The editor of the Avalanche is
an independent candidate for
Congress in the Memphis District.
and perhaps that fact may account
for the "miik in the cocoanut." -
Does the Avalanche hope to ride in
on Johnson's coat tail?
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
The Difference.

One who knows says that Ger
man women prefer the man who is
agreeable, aud keeps his word strict
Iy. French women choose a man
With open brow and smiling Counte-
nance. The Russian females pre-
fer a countryman Of their own who
looks upon Western nations as bar
barians. The Danish remain close
ly at home, and desire TO hear moth
ing Of trave! abroad. The Spanish
woman selects a man capable of
avenging his honor and her own.
The Hoilanders one who is peace
able in his ways, and desires never
10 hear of strife and war. And the
American ladies marry the earliest
good offer they get, taking the
first man who will take them, car
ing nothing for his rank or social
position, and still less whether or
not he be halt, lame, deaf, dumb,
or blind-if be but has plenty of
money. How fortunate for US that
we live in such a country.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
- Two DOLLARS A YEAR.
Done Enough for His Country.

A revolutionary soldier was run
ming for Congress, and his opponent
was a young man who had never
been to war, and it was the custom
of the old soldier to tell of the
hardships be had endured Said be !:
"Fellow-c citizens, l fought and
bled for my country. [ have help
ed to whip the Indians. have
slept on the field of battle with no
other cover than the canopy of
heaven. / have walked over the
frozen ground till every footstep
was marked with blood.
just about this time one of the
sovereigns, who bad become great
" interested in his tale of suffering
walked up in front Of the speaker,
wiped the tears from his eyes with
the extremity of his coat, ahd in
terrupted him with
did you say you had fout the
British and Injuns?'
"Yes, sir"
"And you bad slept on the cold /
ground while serving your country |
without any kiver?'
Il did" |
did you say your feet kivered |
the ground you walked on with
blood Z"
Yes" replied the speaker, ex-
lltingiy.
well, then, said the fearful cit
zen, as he gave a sigh of pent up
emotion, III vote for the other
.eilcr, for I'll be darned if you
lain't done about enough for your
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
TenacitY.

The Montgomery Advance tells
the following of a gentleman of
that city who recently joined the
sons of Temperance Alter be-
coming a ''son" he went to Mobile
on business, and was taken i'll
there. A physician was called in'
and prescribed brandy. Our hero
told HIM be could not take it. The
doctor insisted that it was a prop
er remedy; but the patient told
him he would not take it. Tho
doctor said he must or he would
have spasms. "Well said our Good
Templar, "I will try a couple of
spasms first" He has recovered
and is doing we'll and he says be
wouldn't take any if rattle snake
was to bite him. We glory in his
spunk.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
A Good wife for Snmefindr.

A Mississippi girl just out of
school, hired few negroes last
season and undertook to carry on
the farm at her homestead. The
results at the end of the year were
eight bins of potatoes, six hundred
bushels of corn and nine hundred
and sixty-nine dollars in cash from
the sale of cotton after all expenses
were maid.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
Settled at Last.

We clip the following from one
of our exchanges The vexed qucs-
tion of the proper mode of baptism
was thus disposed of lately down
South, by Uncle Ceasar, color
ed preacher: Now bredren,' said
he, 1 hear a great fuss about desc
words in and into; and folks want
US to believe dat dey mean under,
and dat wen de Stripter' speaks Of
an Individual going down into dc
water, de Bible, mean to say dat
he went unde de water. S'pose
some day l goes ober to see Brud-
der Solomon, and Brudder Solo
mon very politely ask, Uncle
Caesar, come into de house, do
anybody s'pose dat dis here nigger
would 90 under de house? p"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

Andy Johnson made a speech
before a Republican Convention
in the city of Nashville on the 18th
day of January, 1865, of which the
following is an extract:
Treason must be made oDIoUs :;
traitors must be PUNISHED, and
made to feel that they have been
guilty of high crimes; and we
must make provision, by the CON.
FIsCATIoN OF TIE PROPERTY OF
REBELS. to compensate our impov-
erished Union men"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

The Pittsburg Post says "Ten-
ncssee delivered herself from ear
pet bag rule in 1869, and has been
increasing in wealth and prosperity
ever since" 1t was in 1869 that
Tennessee gotrid of that carpet bag
rule fastened on the State by An
drew johnson when he was Briga-
dicr General and Military Governor.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

The Prairie Farmer cries out
against the slaughter of the buffa
Ioes. Over $4,000 of them have
been killed for their hides alone.
The Farmer thinks it time that
Congress took some action to pre-
vert this reckless slaughter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
GEN. FRANK CHEATHA0I.
His Letter to Citizen or Memphis.
Review or the action or the Late
State Convention.

NASHVILLE, Sept. 9Th. 1872
Thomas G. Lowe, Memphis, Tenn.
My Dear lSir Pardon me for
any seeming delay in answering
your very kind letter. / fully ap-
preciate the embarrassments you
suggest, and as | am but a plain
farmer, unused to public speaking,
am but poorly prepared to en-
counter them. l have the satisfac-
tion of knowing, however, that
am in no manner to blame for the
defeat which threatens the Demo-
cratic ticket in many portions of
the State, for want of harmony and
organization. Let me briefly re-
count to you the history of ny
connection with this Congressional
race.
As you are aware, [ have never
been an Office seeker. Recently, a
number Of my friends have brought
my name before thepublic When
our State Convention assembled, to
appoint delegates to Baltimore and
nominate a candidate for Governor,
bill was pending in Congress,
which, if it became a law, would
give to Tennessee a Congressman,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

The SomerviIIe Falcon says
More than three-fourths of the pa
pers of West and Middle Tennessee
are flying the name of B. F. Cheat
ham at their mast heads. It is
evident that Johnson's supposed
strength will never be realized. A
reaction is taking place, and the
people, on second thought, will
prove true to themselves by voting
for Cheatham.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
Mothers.

Some one has said a young
mother is the most beautiful thing
in nature. Why qualify it? Are
not all mothers beautiful? The
sentimental outside beholder may
prefer youth in the pretty picture,
but | am inclined 70 thing that
sons and daughters, who are most
intimately concerned in the mat
ter, love and admire their mothers
most when they are Old. How
suggestive Of something, holy and
venerable it is whena person talks
Of his dear mother ?' Away with
your mincins "mamma- sugges-
tive only OF fine lady, who de-
Fule es her duty to q nurse, "a draw
ing parent who is afraid to handle
her offspring for fear of soiling her
fine new gown. Give me the home
ly mother the arms of whose love
are all cEn nbracing, who is beautiful
always, whether old or young.
whether arrayed in satin or modest
ly habitated in bonn bazincs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

The Fat Contributor, encouraged
by MIR. Greeley's success in writing
about farming, says: "a cores
pondent asks US what we think
about late blowing. Flowing should
not be continued later than ten or
eleven o'clock at night. 1t gets the
horses in a bad habit of staying
out late and unduIy exposes the
plow.''
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

Al, in his Columbia speech, in
quired "Who was Mrs. Surratt ?'
Macbeth made a similar inquiry re-
garding Mr.. Banquo, when he saw
the well-stabbed ghost of that clev-
er gentleman popping into the
royal chair at the banquet.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

An impartial Kansas patriot has
named his twins Grant and Greo-
ley. We are inclined to believe
this Kansas man could perform
tho herculean task of editing a
neutral paper without stopping
over.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

At Folsom, California, a hog
drank SO much sour lager, thrown
out of a brewery the other day,
that it became thoroughly drunk
and behaved in a most discredita-
BILE manner for a hog.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25

1t is said that at least half the
delegates to the late Louisville Con-
vention were straight ont Radicals,
whose expenses were paid by that
party.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
No Doubt of 1t.

A man in Cincinnati is organic
ing a brass band of twenty women.
He says that if they learn to play
one-haIf as many airs as they put
on, it Will be perfect success.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
A CANDIDATE.

Col. John c. Burch was made
the Chairman of that Committee.
The bill spoken Of did pass Con
gress, and at the urgent request Of
friends, l become a candidate. \
mum Der Of gentlemen. better quail
fled than myself, were called on
10 different portions Of the State,
most OF whom did ne the honor 10
decline IN my favor. Tie Demo
cratic Central Committee, IN the
mean" hlie, having been empower
cd py the convention u select a
candidate, was called 10 meet Mt
y aShVI'Ie a. gwen time by us
Cha'rmah' Coi. barch- II d'd
meet Wac" ii was aecefta'ned that
ali OF THIS num6er but two. were
opposed TO The nomination OF An
are" JohhSoh' whose name 10 the
meantime was ocing mooted ~ that
conneeuon. therefore 1t was pro
posed, as sure means OF avoiding
all ground of complaint and haV-
ing perfect harmony that another
state convention sAouid be heId'
giving the people ample time to
consider the reiatIVe merits OF d't
iefe't aSP'raLI9 ana OF appointing
oe'eSalcs VINO "ouIo reject thelr
wishes nus was unanimously
agreed on am to!o' however
Oy mem oers OF the committee, that
the quesIioh was moo'eu at The
tlme' as 10 "hether Mr- Johnson
"ouId ao'oe lhe action OF the Con
VehIIoh' ana every Iriehd he had
OH Tue commute expressed their
eht're commence that ne would.
having All my lie oeeh a consist
ehI party man. ana DcIleving or
8ah'zat'oh necessary 10 harmony
4" success ana uh "l'iihg Ior any
personal gr"l'hcat'0h 10 EN- oarrasS
my lriendS or endanger our common
cause, promptly announced
through the papers that would
abide the action OF the convention.
1t was not known that johnson
would be candidate. L had, in
times past been one OF his waTmest
supporters. At the suggestion OF
mutual friends and believing he
would deal frankly and honorably
with me, L went TO Greeneville TO /
see him, and asked him the question
plainly tie said he would not de-
termIne the question until he came
to Nashville, which would be be-
tore the meeting OF the convention.
In the meantime the counties
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
DELEGATES

Most of them were represented at
Nashville. That Mr.. Johnson
kept a number of the delegates
from being heard in the conven-
ton does not change the fact that
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1872-09-25
RATES.

One square, fen lfnes or less) for first insertion
One Dollar, each suhaeqEent insertion Fifty cents
sl Ellis due apot first Insertion 81 advertisements
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-13

THE quality of mercy has not been
strained in the case of Arthur O'Connor,
the weak-minded youth who recently pre-
sented a useless old pistol at the head Of
Queen Victoria. He was tried at the Old
Bailey, and evidence was rendered by his
father as to the boys predisposition to in
sanity, and a physician testified that the
prisoner was both mad and dangerous, but
the jury was satisfied that he was in his
right mind, and found him guilty. He was
sentenced to a years imprisonment at hard
labor and to receive twenty strokes of the
CATO -nine-tails.