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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-09
Naming Children.

1t belongs to parents to give names
to their children. The children them
selves, the most intererted parties,
have no voice in the matter. Were it
so, in many instances, doubtless, they
would cry out against the names i'm
posed upon them, as they ottentimes
do, too late, in after years. Names
without "rhyme Or reason" are often
given to children, which they are
ashamed of when they grow up. They
are named for some great grandfather,
or great grandmother, or for some
biblical character,-Shear Jashub, it
may be-all well enough in the old
Hebrew, but rather out of taste in
modern English.
Many names in; these days are taken
from novels, and are EXTREMITY flat and
silly. They would answer well for
doll, and perhaps for those that bear
them, were they always TO be babies;
but they soon outgrow them, and in
adult years they set hardly better upon
them than would their swaddling
clothes. In naming our children we
should remember that, if fspared, they
will soon become men and women
and we should give them manly and
womanly names-names that they will
not blush to hear pronounced in any
circle. Let our children have two
names, no more and no less and let
these be, like that sever verdant name
Mary" substantial and becoming
Springfield (Mass.), Union.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-09
WOODSTOCK, W., THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1873.

Little more than fourscore years
have elapsed since Sir John Sinclair
recorded in his Statistical Account Of
Scotland that the old belief prevalent
in the Highlands as to the existence o.
fairies was not then quite obliterated
There has been recently published in
Edinburgh a volume about fairies and
fairy lore, in which are several legends
done into rhyme. One of these, illus
trating fairy and ordinary life com
bined, contains a capital song, which
will be especially appreciated by those
of our readers who have Scotch blood
running in their veins:
Watt o the Hill cam doun the brae.
Trigly buskit frae tap to tae,
Ridin fu' Grouse on his dapple gray
Waite wis fdgin' fain;
San. ave." quo he, whate'er betide,
Some canty bit lass I'll max my bride,
For winter is comin'-my beds DER wide -
I'll lie nae mair my lane"
Waite gaed hoddlin' to the mill.
Heres routh," quo he, ''to WOO at viii,
Jenny an Meg an Bess an Lill,
Tibbie an Kate an Jane.
Lasses, I'm here wooer to WOO
VIII ane o ye come an be my doc &?
I've siller, an Ian, ar mony a COO
I'm tired O lyin' my lane
The lasses skirled loud "tee hee !"
But ilka ane cried, "Wull ye talk me ?"
Better an auld mans dawtie be,
WI walth o gear, than name.
"Wattie,' quo they, 'just steek yer cen,
Grip wha We like, she'll ne'er compleen
Better cutie han aoa,stin a speen-
You'se lie nae mair yer lane
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-09
THE TWO WIDOWS.
4 Pleasing Story, with u good Moral.

| - ~ ''sSi "bsAA a. GOSH I'ASi
Once on time, two poor old wild
ows lived in the same hamlet and
under the same roof. But though the
cottages joined and one roof covered
them, they had each separate dwell
ling; and although they were alike
in age and circumstances, yet in Other
respects they were very different. -
For one dame was covetous, though
she had little to save, and the Other
was liberal, though she had little to
give.
Now, on the rising ground opposite
to the widows cottages stood mon
astery, where few pious and Chart
able brethren spent their time in pray
er, labor and good works. And with
the aims of the monks, and the kind
ness of neighbors, and because their
wants were few, the old women dwelt
in tolerable comfort, and had daily
bread, and lay warm at night.
Now one evening, whelf the covet-
GUS old widow was having supper,
there came 4 knock at her door. Be
fore she opened it she hastily put
away the remains of her meal. "For,"
said she, sit is stormy night, and ten
to one some belated vagabond wants
shelter and when there are victuals
on the table every fool must be asked
to sup"
When however, she opened the door,
a monk, with his cowl pulled over his
head to shelter him from the storm,
stepped into the cottage. Much dis.
concerted at having kept one of the
brotherhood waiting, the widow loudly
apologized, and busted chair for her
reverend guest; but the monk stopped
her string of regrets, adding, IL fear I
cut short your evening meal, my
daughter"
"Now in the name ofillluck, how
came he to guess that'" thought the
widow, as with anxious civility she be-
gan to press the monk to take some
supper after his walk; for the good
woman always felt Hospitality inclined
toward any one who was likely to re-
turn her kindness seven fold.
The brother, however, refused to
sup; and as he seated himself the wild
ow looked sharply through her specta-
cles to see if she could gather from
charitable distention of the folds of his
frock, whether a loaf, a bottle of cor
dial, or y new winters cloak were most
likely to crown the visit. No undue
protuberance being visible about the
monks person, she turned her eyes to
his face, and found that her visitor
was one of the brotherhood whom
she had not seen before. And not
only was his face unfamiliar-it was
utterly unlike the kindly but rough
countenances of her charitable patrons.
Not that she had never seen boasted
the noble beauty, the chiseled and re-
fined features of the monk before her.
And she could not but notice that, al
though only the rushlight Illuminated
her room, and though the monks cowl
went far to shade Him even from that,
yet bright light always seemed to be
on his face, making his clear skin al
most transparent. Her curiosity must
have been greatly stirred had not her
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-09

About the tightest spot a man
kan git into IL WHARF he kant blame
emmy boldly but himself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-09

"PIcKNG CHERRIES DOWN THE
LANE" and "HAPPY HoURs,' are two
new songs by the renowned Milhard,
both containing all of the elements Of
popularity and both really excellent,
they can be had at any Music Store,
for the trihe of 40 cents, each, or will
be sent free of postage, ON receipt Of
price, by the publishers, Lee q Walk
er, 922 Chestnut st., Philadelphia.
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"A prudent man IL one who trusts
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when it's a bileing
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Lazy men are alwuss konseited
kritters.
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29
E:ucAL.

Completely c0rTObOl alive Of the above.
are the reports Of the experiments with
Eucalyptus by DIR. Lorrimer, of Berlin,
Prussia, and DR.. Keelel. Chief Physician
Of the Austrian Railway Co, published in
the Am. Ned Jour. July, 1872
1t will be found very ctticacious in 0bsti.
nate cases OF Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Hack.
ing Cough Chronic Sore throat, Leucor>
rhea, ETC., and in nausea during pregnan-
rV a.t4
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

DIR. F.COlenan's Double
ExtraeG of EueRlyP
tuls is q special prepare
iinn for the tIpalmentof
FEVa.R and AGUE
and is warranted to
enre every case treated
according TO directi0nA
without the injurious
results of the usual Qui.
ntnn ond a,conic,l ravr
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-29

edies for that disease. Also pure fluid ex.
tract of Eucalyptus, in one pound bottles,
for orphysicans' use Beware of limitations,
and take none but Coleman's. For sale
everywhere, and by Hodge Ca.ei SO.
druggists, Portland. Agents for oregon.
v5n39y
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Notice.

OREGON q CALIFORNIA RAILROAD
" Company, Land Department. Portland
Oregon, April 8, 1872. Notice Is hereby
given, that vigorous prosecution will be
instituted against any and every person
VINO trespasses upon any Railroad Land,
by cutting and reno wing timber therefrom
ny AND PAID FOR. w
AL vacant Land in odd numbered sec
tiOns, whether surveyed or unsuryeyed,
within distance OF thirty miles from the
line OF the road, belongs 70 the Company.
Fy1 ~ l. n, MO0REE,
ssvH g.s LAld Agent
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

\ Tennessee merchant on tine rear plat
form of 4 Milwaukee avenue car, pointing
to man trudging along the sidewalk with
valise, says Iaw, yaw, look at dot
man He vas mine clerk; und | gifts him
ten cents TO ride down town nit mine valise.
Dere he vas, yalkin. He shust got beer nit
dot five cents worth, and walks two mile.
Mine clerk vas sharp. don'd hep
\ man who says he hasn't attended church
for twenty years boasts that he can remem-
Der perfectly the preachers text on the last
occasion of visit to the sanctuary. And
this is the way he remembered it, when
asked what it was: - Ii is easier for ca
mel to enter a circus than for man to eat
a package of needles
The Sioux City Journal says a clergyman
turned himself upside down in the street,
and looked for all the world as if he knew a
word or two adapted to the situation.
An English Vicar was standing, on q
Monday morning, at his gate, when one OF
his parishioners arrived with a basketful OF
potatoes. I" What's this?' said the vicar
I" Please, SIR replied the man, it's some
of our best taturs-a very rare kind, sir.
My wife said you should have some Of them,
as she heard you say in your sermon the
common taturs (commentators) didn' t agree
with you.'
A Dubuque testator formally guve, de-
vised, and bequeathed his wearing apparel
to his wife, for the reason that she had been
accustomed to wear EN- during her married
life
A worthy Kentucky farmer being asked
if daughter, recently married, was still
living with him, replied % No, sir , When
one OF my gals swarms she must hunt her
own hive"
The local editor of Natchez paper fell
asleep while crossing the river in ferry
boat the other day, and when he awoke he
owed the company $3.50 at 10 cents a
trip.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

INILCENCE Oh TELEGRAPH WIRES IN THE WEST
DURING TIE RECENT sTORlI.

lNiLt ENcE oN TELEGRAPH WIRES IN THE WEST
DURING TIE RECENT sToRli.
c. II. Simmons, Electrician Of tt Western
Union Telegraph Company has fu rnished the
Chicago Inter Ocean the following account
Of the electrical phenomena which attended
the great storm of January 9TH and Sth
The recent storm which passed over the
West and Northwest was ACCOMPANIED by
some very peculiar electrical phenomena,
rarely seen East of the great prairies leading
to the Rocky Mountains This phenomenon
may be called an electrical Storm in contra
distinction to the auroral or magne tic storms
the former being confined to q comparatively
small space beyond which the st ate of the
electricity in the atmosphere remains un-
changed. while the latter manifes 5 itself over
whole continents simultaneously, while evoly-
ing light by the action of magnetic forces.
The area in which this electrical display was
confined was plainly marked, having Mime
sofa for its North boundary, Southern Iowa
for the South, Detroit for the East, ard Oma-
ha for the West limit. 1t was first noticed
on the telegraph wires in Central Iowa on
the afternoon Of January 9TH, at 2.25 P. NJ.
The lines leading West were rendered useless
Tor the transmission of messages, owing to an
lncessant discharge of electricity, increasing
IN intensity until it would leap from one
strap of the switch board to anot her, across
the Intervening space, and then in a luminous
stream to the ground plate of tn lightning
arrester. At times the whole briss work of
the switch board would appear as a mass Of
lame, Illuminating the Office with a binding
glare. The excellent arrange ment with
which every Office is provided for discharging
the lightning from the iron during the fire.
quent thunder-storms of the We stern plains
proved adequate for the discharge in this case,
although in intensity and volume much
greater than ever before witnessed. For sew
eral hours previous, and for Some time after
the cessation of these electric al disch, rges,
Southwest wind was blowing at spe ID of
thlrty-five miles per hour, a.companie by
light snow, with the thermometer at fiv de-
grees- AT 81 P. NJ. the electrical storu had
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23
Family Reading.

TThe followingl clever jeu fesPrif, by Orpheus C.
Kerr, has a bit Of quiet sarcasm when may.b use
fully suggestive to some parents 1t appeared In
the n. Y. Grdphic.l
,n American male parent. unto his babes said he;
Come nither, pretty little ones aud sit on either
knee.
read, and me:
In his atherly assurance, and fond, parental way,
lie wanted 10 discover what the innoeents would
About a Missionary book, they'd heard the other
day.
Full Of glee spake young AlOnzo, all legs and curly
You yead about the man they hung, and all the
And Mamma yead the funny part. Of how IT made
him swear
Joining quickly in, cried Minnie-all waist and
dmpled neck;
Il wasn't hall 20 funny, though, that about the
They cauei7 somebody forging cause he was SO
green. 1 'speck.'
~ But the think liked the bestest," Alonao piPed
o. Was how somebody yuned away, and won't come
And tooSt sa s5me5odys vile with him upon yai
yoad train.
d. Then rsu wasn't listening, Lonzo," comes swim
Kyc6 Pap1 read about the girl that tookt her only
And Wrapt baby up in it, and left it in the hall
30. / want hey" TITLED AlOnzo, dismayed to be
I'm .,1'r' 10 learn TO yead, myself and you can
have the Sua
And III yoad H,raii Personals, and never tel! you
one
Tb. American male parent. his hair arose on end
on either knee an inlan. form he did reverse and
bend.
And from their little mouths traightway made dis
mll L-M.. ASCEND.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

THosE Funny FELLowS-If there i any
man in the world who merits universal
execration that man l. the practical Joker
the man who deems il fun to play tricks
upon his acquaintance, by which their
property Is damaged or pain inflicted upon
their persons. How it has happened that
such performances have obtained recogni-
ton in any quarter. even As q semblance of
wit or humor, we are at loss to imagine.
We only know that they have There are
persons IN every community who have
achieved among their fellows considerable
reputation for Smartness simply by smash
Ing the new hats of their companions.
sticking pins into their bodies, and com
mlttlng other atrocities of the sort, which
ought to have consigned them to the peni-
tentiary. These are the fellows who never
imagine that the guns or pistols which they
aim nj people are loaded. and who thus
make murder an amusement. without
ncurring danger on their own part.
One of them, who lives in Worcester Mas,
has recently distinguished himself greatly
by placing n number of long carpet tackS,
points upward, in chair, and waiting
gleefully for somebody to sit down on them
Ie was gratifed by the spectacle of one
poor mans torture, and his anticipations of
fame a. a wit are greatly enhanced by the
fact that his victim Is now at deaths door
through inflammation Of the lymphatic
glands, and the presence Of several large
assesses. \ year or two in the state prison
or some other penal Institution would prob
ably modify his enthusiasm considerably
and prevent his admirers from emulating
his brilliancy. No milder punishment
would begin to equal his deserts. The
whole tribe Of practical jokers should be Sc
cluded from public observation, where they
might practice their damnable devices only
upon each other. Their mental status
ranges between that of fool and lunatic,
and it Is unsafe to let them run AT large
Troy Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

battle royal between eagles was wit
messed by the visitors to Central Park, New
YORK, the other day. The birds were con-
hned IN a large wire enclosure, in the midst
oi which Is pond, and, as they are usually
dpmplsh and awkward, they attract but
little attention, but on Wednesday a very
contentious spirit was manifest among them.
They seemed divided into two factions. Hos
tllItles commenced early in the day; but
after individual combats had taken place
without any other result than a great seat
tering OF feathers and the spilling of some
blood, 1t was apparently decided to settle
the matter by selecting champion from
each side to contest for victory. \ little
alter noon two eagles advanced from oppo-
site ends OF the cage toward the centre
One was comparatively small bird, with a
white head the other was splendid
specimen Ofthe large gray eagle They met
near the little pond, and, after glaring at
each other Tor few seconds, commenced
the battle. The movements of the combat
ants were not unlike the unfeathered bipeds,
who sometimes contest in the roped arena
tIee or seven minutes were consumed in
what, IN ring parlanee, would be styled
hghtIng for an opening" At length the
champions rushed in, and for moment
wings and flying of feathers. The - round, -
however, was completed without any Sc
rious damage to either of the contestants
After little more fencing the smallest of
the two-the birds being AZ this time at the
edge of the pOnd-by dexterous move
ment succeeded in fastening his talons in
the neck of his opponent and dragging him
into the water. The utmost efforts of the
gray eagle failed to throw off his adversary.
The excitement among the spectators at this
time was considerable. Somebody called
for keeper, and in few seconds one of
these officials arrived, and rushed into the
cage armed with large stick. The smaller
bird he beat on the head with all his force,
and even lifted both birds up out of the
water with his stick His efforts were not
attended with success. The small bird held
on with the tenacity of bulldog, and
never relinquished his hold until he had,
partly by keeping it under the water and
partly by tearing it with his talons, killed
the large eagle. After the battle the white
headed champion stalked with dignifed
steps to an adjacent perch, and, spreading
out his plumage to dry, glared fercely and
proudly round at his fellows, who signiied
their approval or otherwise by the most un-
earthly screams.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The base ball insanity has nearly subsided,
and the - professional" taint attached to
boxing and rowing is too strong to permit
either of them to become popular. Besides,
men in active business ninety in a
hundred of them at least-fnd their labors
quite severe enough, mental and physical,
without resorting to devices contrived for
pastime for children, invalid idlers. or jock
eys. And the odd man in the hundred will
probably have sense enough to keep his di-
gestiye apparatus in order, even though he
neither rides, boxes or fences.-Ch Chicago
poSf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The Springfield (Tenn.) Record hears of a
bill for - one cradle, Sl5," which was made
against Senator by Nashville furniture
house, and awkwardly sent to his wife. His
next letter from her contained this: - To
my certain knowledge we have had no use
for such an article for thirteen years in our
family and don't know that | seriously
object to the purchase if You have any use
for it,-and the only fault | can find is that
it is more costly than that you furnished to
rock my child in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The unreliability of circumstantial eyi-
dence has been recently strikingly shown
in the case of Dennehy, who was lately tried
and sentenced at Providence for killing
Favor. Much stress was laid on the fact
that the officers found on the person of the
prisoner a white-handled, two-bladed knife,
which was positively identified by several
witnesses as one belonging to the murdered
man, but which Dennehy stoutly asserted
was his own. Since the trial it has been
discovered that some of the employees of the
undertaken took the murdered mans knife
from his pocket and laid it away, where it
was forgotten until accidentally discovered.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

The Hartford Times tells of the recent
surprise Of Sunday school teacher She
had been explaining the story Of the cruei-
fxion to her class Of little boys, who seemed
to take great. interest in it. When she
thought they fully understood the subject,
one Of them suddenly burst out and said ;
" By golly, I'll bet you they wouldn't have
done it if Buffalo Bill d been there ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-23

AFRICAN WAR AGAINST GREAT BEI-AIS.
-Adyices from Cape Town, South Africa,
state that the king Of Ashantee, one of the
most extensive and powerful Kingdoms of
western Africa, has declared war against
Great Britain. An Ashantee army, IS 900
strong, has marched from Coomassia (their
capital) and is now threatening Elmina, a
fortified town on the Guinea coast. Much
alarm exists, and preparations are being
made Tor defence.