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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25
A Broken Spirit.

Fifty years ago, in n little town OF
Delaware, lad bearing the name OF
Charles Drap4r--only recently left faith
erless, and believing himself wronged
i'll the patIimouial estate by his step
mother and her children--waged fierce
fcud with the later occupants Of his ear
~ home, and was even betrayed by pas,
sionate sense OF injury into striking the
Oldest Of his stephrothers. For this Of
fence Of Lot blood he paid heavy pen
atty for it gave the incensed lady and
her family an opportunity to brand him
with lgnominy. They had him bound
over to keep the peace " towards them
and when in his accumulated wrath at
this he uttered threats they caused him
to be thrown into jail. A high.spirited,
imperious ngture, he took the disgrace,
as he deemed it so bitterly to heart that
from the moment of his introduction to
prison. quarters his whele character
seemed to change. He did not care,
he said, ever to leave the jail, now that
the shameful brand was upon him and
if he ever went forth again it would
only be to return soon again with greater
desert of Imprisonment. In short, part
ly by his own action, he remained in Jail
at Georgetown for no less than thirteen
years He was in his thirty-third year
when Judge Edward Wooton, one OF
the associates of the Sussex County
Court, became acquainted with and in
terested in his curious case, and caused
him to be discharged. The same humane
magistrate gave him such aid in law,
too, as to enable him to recover about
SD, 600 from his fathers contested es.
tate but the now morose, broken
spirited man retained no ambition for
life, and, instead of undertaking any hon.
orable career became bar-keeper in q
hotel. That yitiation of appetite had
nothing to do with this selection Is prov
eddy the fact that, although bar-keepel
for over twenty-five years, or the whole
remainder Of his broken life, Draper
never drank drop OF liquor, or even
used coarse phrase. The Wilmington
Commcrciai, after giving his story,
reports his death at Milford last week
and adds, that, having increased his
little inheritance from $1,000 to more
than four times that amount, the depart
ing bearer Of broken spirit has
bequeatIed every cent to the kind Judge
who befriended him when he was heart
sick and in prison.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

YOUTHFUL DEpRAvITY. - Bridgeport
has o promising boy burglar. He broke
into house few days ago, and to di-
rect suspicion IN another quarter, he put
on a mans pair of boots, raised u win
dow that it might appear the entrance
had been effected in that way, and drop
ped a note in the hall, purportinG TO have
been written i'll New York, in which the
writer said he would stop at BrideI ort
and go through Jones's house. The
ruse threw the detectives off the track,
and no knowledge of the thief was OBJ
tanned until he was arrested in New
York on account of his suspicious APP
pearance, when he confessed the whole
affair. For a boy only thirteen years old
this will do. - Worcester Spy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

AN ENGLISH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. - The
strike of the Warwickshire agricultural
laborers seems to have had reason for Il,
if thev ara no better off than their Essp <
brother who tells his story in the Dni y
7tIe0rapb. For fifteen Years this honest
IclISw las worked for The same master
ten hours daiIy at the muni6clent wuees
of eighteen pence a day. On this he has
had TO supporrt himself. n wife and three
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

SHARP TRICK OF A DIVORCED WIFE. -
In the Fifteenth District Court, San
Francisco, the conjugal chain that bound
together Georgiana Dahm and Fl. G. H.
Dahm, as man and wife, was severed by
a decree of divorce and now comes an
other act in the domestic drama. Tie
plaintiff comes into court and asks pc =
mission to withdraw certain papers from
the file. The request was granted, and
she retired in triumph with the life-in-
surance policies and marriage certificate.
1t now appears that, prior to the bring
ing of the suit, the defendant had his life
insured for $4,000, in his wife's favor.
BY the terms of the divorce, the policies
were declared to be her separate proper
t. so that as long as she continues to
pay tho premiums she has lien, SO 10
speak, on his life. .'"a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

DIR. HELMDoLDs DIFFICULTIES. In
Jhe suit of Richard Il. Griffin VS.. II. L.
& II. b. Helmbold motion was made
in the Supreme Court, of New York, tc
release the property of Mrs. Il, 7. Helm
bold from an attachment issued in the
suit. Some time last August, Helmbold
fell into difficulties and went 20 Europe,
>ince which bankruptcy proceedings
have been commenced against him, and
his wife's property was attached on the
ground that Mr.. and Mrs. Helmbold
were partners in business, as well as
partners in life. An affidavit was put in
showing that to the lady belonged the
business in the first instance and pre-
sented contract signed by both ofthem,
and showing that advertisements were
charged to her. 1t was urged on behalf
of the motion that all this might be with
out any partnership, and that it was
proved Ivy several witnesses that there
was 10 partnership.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

But Dolly said "No" from her heart.
Neither did she feel anything but tender
sorrow for the prejudiced old man, whom
she had been very fond of, 81, chose "
she said to herself, "and / chose well, "
She went to the funeral, Georgina send
ing her the black dress. And as she sat
in the parlor afcrward, awaiting the read.
ing of the will, her thoughts wandered
back into the past; and the mon0tOn0ns
rendering of the saids and'atoresaids made
no impression upon her until her own
name caught her ear Then she looked
up. Millcent and Georgina were both
staring hard at her
"What is it2" she asked. 81 did not
hear"
Milicent had covered her face with her
kerchief, and was crying Georgna had
flushed red as peony.
ut means that we've been slaves all
these years for nothing" she said "You
are the heiress. What have you been
thinking of that you have not heard2'
What Georgina said was true Eccen-
trio to the last Uncle Gilet had left all
his fortune to the niece who had married,
because, rs lie stated, she had proved to
him that there was such thing as love in
the world, and had left to his single
nieces, who had crushed their hearts for
moneys sake, five hundred dollars year,
lest some fortune-hunter should marry
them for their money.
Yes, Dolly was the heiress; and DR.,
Rush might take his own time in getting
well, and have no anxiety about the flour
barrel and the coal cellar, and for this
reason Dolly was glad; but she said to
her sisters that what was hers was theirs,
and soothed them with a loving Kindness
for their disappointment.
Georgna lives with her still, but Mill
cent does not Rufus King heard Of what
had happened, and came back to Atwater.
He had n bald head, and her pink cheeks
were gone; but they both remembered
the apple orchard, and so there was
another wedding. And somebody told
me, the other day, that Oliver Robb, hay
ing lost his wife, had been heard to say
that Georgina Gillet was the finest look
ing lady in Atwater, if she was forty. So
who knows what may happen YETI
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

The PREss.-Were it not for the pub
lie press, the liberties of America would
hardly be worth the paper on which they
are written. The little public opinion
that we have-and it is very little, and
poorly defned-is due to the press, and
it is the main watch dog of the public
treasury and censor of legislation. OF
course it is the vehicle of fraud, political
misrepresentation, aud personal ambi-
ton, but it is none the less a mirror in
which may be seen, from day to day,
national events, the record OF political
parties, and the operations of public
men. Society exerts through the press
upon the political element and the Gov
ernment whatever of virtue and integrity
it possesses, and secures concert Of
action from its members when danger
threatens, by availing itself of the vast
omni-presence of the public press. -
Overland MontMu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

The CRY OF BERLIN The population
OF Berlin in one hundred and seventy
years has increased ten fo'd, and its
limits cover radius OF nearly thirteen
miles. When Frederick the Great is
ambition desired city, he first enclosed
a vast sandy plain with walls, and order.
ed that his vaGsals I'LL the empty space
with houses. The people being few
were in consequence somewhat puzzled
how to fulfil tine wishes of their sover,
eign. They at last hit upon a plan OF
geometrical triaugles, and commenced
raising two storied hotels, having as
many as twenty-five windows Oh a linz.
The streets thus made were beautiful
and wide. The site of the city is fat, and
consequently much expense has been in
CURED in order to make the drainage
any way approaching protection. An
idea OF this iable-likc city may be form
ed when [ mention that one street alone.
the Friedrich's strasse, is two miles long,
and through its entire length there is
not one foot of descent. The paving is
in very bad condition. and the tottoirs
orsidewalks wretchedly narrow. Berlip
it as intolerable city in summer asi is
pleasant in winter. But notwithstand-
ing the advantages of situation and
other drawbacks, Berlin may certainly
claim to be one of the finest cities in
Europe. By simply turning on ones
heel in the space between the Palace
and the Brandenburg Gate may be seen
the Museum with its beautiful colon
made, the chaste Guardhouse, the Great
Opera, and the University. All these
buildings are in the world known street
OF Inter den Linden, this being the
principal and most frequent thorough
fare in the city.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25
Home.

Homownrd wend we-Ah, my dear,
From the feast Of youth, and you
Under c,oudod stars or clear,
On in front step or two,
Bid me sing, tho road to cheer.
Cloak'd in gray or wedding white,
Dim you glide before, and call
Ger your shoulder, "Sad is night,
Sing of sunshine over all;
Sing OF daytimo--sad Is night"
And [ answer, ebay was fair;
Day with all its joys is dead:
Like the largo rose in your hair,
Al its hundred petals shed,
Fallen, tlutter'd here and there.
And tho sunshine you recall
All, my dear, but is it true?
Did such sunshine ever fall
Out Of any sky 80 blue?
Half l think we dreamed it all.
Lo, wind Of dawn doth rise,
Chirps and odors float therein;
All, my dear, lit up your eyes!
Landmarks Of our home begin;
Bro aks tho morning where it les
Macmi!lan'S Nagazin
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

Snow AvALANcHEs. --Snow ava1anches
occurred at Little Cottonwood, which are
described as the most fearful that have
ever been known in that region. A slide at
the Wellington mine came fom height
of 900 feet, carrying away everything
in its course, and burying the entire day
force of the Wellington workmen. After
much labor the men were dug out alive
with the exception of their foreman, Ii.
II. Murray, whose body was recovered.
Seven men we're caught in another
slide, but we're all rescued. Two men at
the Davenport mine were buried in their
cabin, hut escaped with some bruises.
Other slides are anticipated, as the snow
is at d>pth of six feet on the level.
Mr.. Murray, who was killed at the Well.
ineton mine, was from Rhode Island,
and aged 81. he was highly esteemed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

SHEEP. In some OF the United States,
according, to statistician Dodge's last
report, there has been an increase in
focks the past year In Vermont, pei
cent; Texas, 8; Arkansas, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Kansas, and Nebraska, 25
California aud Oregon, IL per cent.
There has also been some Increase in the
Territories. The following is the adj
vance in the average price of sheep, not
less than one year old, since February
last Vermont, S275a4 &c; New York,
So 37a4.32; Pennsylvania, $3.45a3. 70
Ohio, 50. 1913 81; Michigan, So. 4jo3.14
Illinois, $2.15d2 90; Iowa, $1.SSa2 Al
California, $2.S4a3.0S; Texas, $1.59a
l.73, ..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

HAVE A CARr.-It is, no doubt, an
achievement worthy of the ambition of
little girls to skip n jumping rope 400
successive times without stopping to
breathe, but they had better forego the
glory thereof than over-exert themselves.
A little girl of fourteen summers, living
at Paterson, N. j., accomplished that
brilliant feat, but she lies in her coffin, o
victim to her vaultipg ambition, and n
warning to all small lasses that, although
this is leap year, its privileges are to be
used with moderation by great and
small. an. 80 u.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25
4 ChMter on C0rpelS.

The preference in ingram carpets, says
a New York journal, is for gray grounds
of Brussels patterns with light blue Dor
der. American ingrains cost from 81. 25
to Sl.45 a yard, and are yard wide i'm.
ported in9rains are SLIGO. English
three-ply carpets, so closely woven that
the third ply will not wear of, are
excellent for service price 1922 per
yard for the best quality. American
three ply carpets are ST. 65 to S175.
Newest Brussels carpets have less OF
the orange huos that lately pevaded
them. For parlors there are cool-groy
shaded grounds, strewn with eglantine
heather bells, and clusters of the red
leaves of the maple. For dining-rooms,
halls and libraries there are black and
olive green grounds, with design and
coloriug initiating Turkey rugs. Best
Brussels, called body Brussels, costs
from 50 to $3.50 a yard. Tapestry
Brussels, repeating the designs of tapes
try carpets, IS from 81. % to SLIGO. IT
is not economy to buy low-priced Brus,
sells, as the colors are merely stamped on
the outer surface, and soon wear away,
leaving bare gray spots.
Rich Wilton carpets, so soft to the
tread, so durable, and OF SUCH exquisite
colors, are chosen by people of tastes
and means for libraries and their hand
some rooms. The newest importations
have quiet colored grounds, relieved by
bright medieval colors, blue and red to-
gether, with gilt lines like moulding
Price from SO to S3.75 4 yard.
Newest oil-cloths have patterns repre-
sentlDg tiles. Damask figures and mar
bled grounds are still in favor. The
best white straw mptting is 70 cents a
yard fancy bids are 50 cents, and com
mon buff 80 cents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

BEATEN AT TIA Missourian Lotbario,
being fascinated by bewitching domino
at masked ball, and finding his advan-
ces encouraged rather than repealed,
arranged an immediate elopement then
and there. But disgust is mild term
to apply to his sentiment on discovering
in the partner OF his fight his own wife
And they do say that that mans subse.
quent experience in the line of hair rem.
ovators and corrt-plasters would move
the heart OF Mrs. Stanton herself
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

GAMBLING. young man in Cincin-
natl last week lost S20,000, n valuable
diamond pin, and his watsh and chain at
the table of a gambling house. When
the "luck turned aud he began to win
back again, the "bank" refused to nc
cept his bets, and summarifv suspended.
And now the proprietor OF the establish.
.rnsnt has had to deposit his unlawful
gins a. bail in a police court Of that
citv.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

II is recorded OF a venison and turtle.
fed Alderman of London that, on being
importuned for aims by a starving wo-
man in the street, he exclaimed go
away, my good woman yon don't know
how you distress me. I'd give ten
pounds 10 have your appetite.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

PIG IRoN.-An improvement in the
manufacture of pig iron, recently adopt
ed at Hudson, N. Y, is said to have in.
creased the monthly production of the
furnaces by about Is per cent, reducing
the proportion of coal required from So
cwt to % cwt. for each ton of iron man
ufactured. This change is effected by n
kind of hood placed on the furnace and
holted fast to the tannel head plate, which
prevents the blast from passing ont
through the top of the furnace and COM
pelsit to find exit through side hues, nine
feet below the tunnel head. II results
that the coal. used in reducing the ore
does not become cemented together at
The top Of the furnace, rs hitherto. 81
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

JOIN W. AVERY, convicted 'oi the
murder Of Jacob Erbs, near Cresskll,
New Jersey, was sentenced to be hanged
on the 2Sth OF June next
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25
IRoN.-The following is believed to
have been as nearly a, can be ascertain.
ed, the total production of iron in 1871:

Total. .......................l 3,3l6000
Great Britain smells almost half the
Iron made in the world the United
States is not quite one-sixth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25

FORTUNE TELUISa--ITs CT NsEQUEvcEs.
The Greenville Miss TINS thus
briefly sums up fortunc-telIing case in
Mississippi: Henry Barlow having had
his fortune told, it was revealed TO him
that Louis Harris was to kill him.
Whereupon he undertook to, thwait des-
tiny, and announced that he would kill
Louis Harris then Louis Harris lay for
Henry Barlow and fetched him with O
load OF buck.shot. Louis having thus
established his justification, was released
by Justice Griffin.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-20

the best possible, certain things are necessary.
First, that the consuming population shall be In
close proximity 10 the lands which create their
supply; second, that its occupations shall be
stable and reliable, and give the pecuniary
means Of supplying all its wants; third, that Il
shall be intelligent and cultivated and have all
the varied wants TO be supplied, of communities
in an advanced state OF ciyilizati ion. Such
market is the best, because no community or
nation of farmers can be permanently prosper
Gus which is compelled 10 transport its products
long distances, or export them beyond its terri
tory to 6nd consumers, MS IL must pay the cost
of that transportation, and the fertliaiug clc-
mentS of the crops are lost forever TO the fields
cause the necessary agricultural investments 10
supply given demand are Of permanent ma
ture, require time for their development, Call-
not be easily changed and must have CORE.
spending market and sure return. Best, be-
cause that the higher are your customers in the
scale of improvement, the more numerous will
be their desires 10 be gratitied, and the greater
the profit on the articles of their consumption.
Now, have the farmers of this state the advau-
tage of such market? Are they not reaping
all its benefits2
Our population is one of the most dense on
given territory of any state on the western con-
tlnent, and much the largest proportion of il is
occupied in pursuits which make no food. All
this population must be fed, and it gives us the
the best markets in the country. So far as this
condition goes, how could we be better off,
Massachusetts, PlOughDldR.
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GBe 9ap spg :aa1orrstu. atoap Mrumng ap %, 1872.

And warm the Frenchman at Provenca suns,
Twas you who met my own Mireio once
AT your great Paris-me her tendery,
Where she had flown, impetuous, daring shy;
Ana last Garein, brave son OF a brave sire,
whose soul mounts upward on wind of fire.
Upbear me with your holy breath as now
climb for the fair fruit on that high bought
There is no poet with whom to compare Mis-
trial. for he is like no one else, although he often
reminds one of Homer in the vgor, simplicity
and minuteneSs of his narrative: and although
keen critics may find that he has used in one
passage fancy of Ben Jonsou's, and in another
simile to be found in Thomson's Seasons, but
If he ever read the latter poem he must be Il
man of extraordinary patience, and have ac-
complished what very few of this generation
have even undertaken.
Miss Preston has succeeded in retaining the
spirit and grace of the original, without too
great sacrifice of the letter. Her translation is
true but not literal rendering of the Proven
cal, and she gives, in preface, her reasons for
the form in which her translation is made
My attention was called yesterday to the
making and putting up of Italian awnings, and
learned that it had grown 10 be an important
business. Twenty-four years ago Mr.. Yale, Sincs
known as the father of mammoth tents and the
banner bannermaker of Massachusetts, put up
six awnings for Mr.. J. W. Page. They were the
first seen in Boston, and Mr. Yale got his idea
of them from pictures of Italian houses. Now
heputs up thousands every summer. They are all
made by hand; no machine work will stand the
wind and the weather; the stitching is all done
by men; almost all of them Americans, while
the easier work of binding the scollops is given
TO women. Flag-making is an employment for
which some women seem to have special gift ;
and the gay, graceful, fanciful Gags which flut-
ter by myriads from pleasure yachts, and ships
in holiday dress, attest the perfection to which
women have brought this work. There must be
something poetical and pleasant in the making
of sails and flags; they are so associated with
stories of courage and adventure, with cold
romantic legends of the sea, and of battle-felds
it seems as if they must stir dreams and fancies,
keep alive love of freedom, and encourage a
sort of restlessness, and desire for excitement
But sail-cloth is very hard and stiff, and hands
that work on it grow stiff too | suppose; and
flag seams are long; and work is monotonous;
and not till the sails are stretched and the flags
are at the mast head do poetry and romance
baptise them,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-20

that II was limited. II this word were used on
lv in its proper meaning, it would seldom be
nsed at ALL because there are few things of
which if is needful to remind any one that they
have Limits. The use of it in the loose way that
has become so common, arises in part from a
perrerse disposition to use a vague and mex
pressive term in place of one which is definite
and appropriate. Thus we find "party" and
"female," instead of ''person" and "woman."
We cannot call this an effort at fine writing,
for one of these words is not finer than the 10th
er; each is good in its place, and the fault is in
using one where the other would more exactly
convey the intended meaning.
Limited" however, may possibly be thought
by some writers more elegant than "small,"
and its choice may be due TO that opinion. The
use of it which we condemn is sanctioned no
doubt by the authority of writers of good, per-
haps of high repute, but it is fault neverthe-
less. That speech or writing is always most
vigorous and effective in which the ideas are
embodied in the simplest and most definite
words. Other faults of style may not impair its
Iigor, but the choice of vague and fine words
instead of precise and simple ones is sure TO do