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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-30

Making . per cent for
the year ending August l, 1873 to be paid
to the Treasurer. at his office in Montpciier,
on or before the 18th day Of October, 1873.
Members will find in the hands of the Ag'ts
of the Company, schedule showing the
amount Of assessments due from each re-
spectively and they are particularly desired
TO see That their assessments are pad when
due Those who fail to thus pay ought not
to expect to be paid if their property is de-
stroycd by fire. a little attention to this on
the part ofthe members of the Company, at
the proper time, will save them expense and
trouble. Sec Section Sth. Act Of lncorpora-
ton, on your policy, which will be enforced
j. I. TIIURSTON. Treasurer.
Treasurcr's Office, Montpelier, Sept. |, '73.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-30

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-30
HENRY BARNES ESTATE.

HEN Ii DAN y II > Id a Il.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed
l. by the Probate Court of the District of
Hartford, Commissioners to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands Of all per-
sons against HENRY BARNES, late of Wood
stock, in said District, deceased, and the
claims of the deceased exhibited in set-otf to
the claims Of the creditors, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose of examn.
ing and allowing said claims at his late res
idencc, on the first Tuesday IN August and
the first Tuesday of November next, from one
O'Clock, p. NJ. until four o'clock p. NJ. on
each of said days, and that six months from
the 18th day OF June A. d. 1873, is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors TO
present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Woodstock this 2jth day Of June,
A. ID. 1873.
FRANEL7 Tnn B; SHAw' Commissioners.
ASHLEY WYMAN, Administrator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-30

Hall 2Sx 40 feet, sd story ;
Room 20 % feet, with small Room
10 IL feet connecting, in I'd story, for
rent at reasonable rates.
FRANK n. BILLINGS.
Oct. 10, 1873.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-10-30
TO RENT.

Woodstock, Vt Nov. 10, 1872.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
TERMS--s2.oO PER YEAR
SaaITEs.--VOL. "a, NO. IS.
Origin of Quotations.

There are many familiar phrases in
constant use which the majority OF
people suppose have their origin il
the Bible, and use them in that con
nection. The n Y. Observer cor.
reefs this error in the following man
ner. But, as the sentiments are fine,
we still love to use the. To prevent
Interpretations from the Scripture ii
gives them thus:
"God tempers the wind TO the
shorn lamb" From Storms "Senti.
mental Journey to Italy" Compare
Isaiah XVI 6.
In the midst of life we are in
death" From the Burial Service;
and this originally from hymn OF
Luther
Bread and wine which the lord
bath commanded to be received, ~
FROM Tue UugIIsu OaLeCnIsm
"Not to be wise above what is
written" Not in scripture.
"That the spirit would go from to
heart to heart, as oil from vessel to
vessel" Not in scripture.
"The mercitul man Is merciful to
his beast" The scriptural form is:
"A righteous man regardeth the life
of his beast PROV. xii: 10.
"a nation shall be born in a day !"
In Isaiah it reads: "Shall q nation
be born at once ?"
AS iron sharpeneth iron, 50 doth
man the countenance of his friend
Prov. XXI: IL.
That be who runs may read"
THAT be may run that readeth. -
Hab ii: 2
Owe no man anything, but love. I"
'Owe no man anything, but love one
another. Rom. Y: z.
Exalted TO heaven 10 point of
privilege" Not in scripture.
prone to sin as the sparks fly up.
ward" Born to trouble as the
sparks fly upward.'-Ro Rom. v: z.
Exalted to heaven in point OF
privilege. Not in the Bible.
Eve was not Adams helpmate
but merely help meet for him; nor
was AbsaIom's long hair the iHstru-
ment of his destruction. his head.
and not the hair upon it, having
caught in the boughs of tree, III
Samuel xviii: g.. A London wigma.
ker once had sign upon which wae
ainted Absalom suspended from the
branches of the oak by his hair, and
underneath the following coupIet:
eff Ahsaom hadn't worn his own hair,
He'd neer been found hanging there"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
Henry Ward Beecher's School Days
[From his Leotur e on Education.l

ltrem bis Lecture on Educationl
When | was eight or nine years
old & his is strictly confidentia)
laughter, was sent to school an
old painted village school house, that
| can smell yet. Laughter.
We had some benches made CT
slabs of logs with pegs put in at
each end, and brought the softness
to them. (Laughterl There we
sat. cannot remember that | ever
learned anything at the common
school in my day. 1t was always a
mystery to me how | learned to
read. | never remember any process
how | get the alphabet. | thought |
dreamed il out somehow. My BUSH
ness used to be divided between two
things-being whipped for roguery,
and sitting on the bench wishing 1t
was time for recess. laughter
One comfort | enjoyed 10 looking
out f the window, seeing the coun-
try round, and hearing the murmur-
ing of the birds. The autumn came
that year, and the vacation was
over. The mother said, Henry,
next week the school begins" Yes
ma, but don't want to CO." "Why
not; do you want to grow up like
Ounce ?" Eyes, ma" Then she
says, Don't you know if you do
you will have to be servant ell your
life ?" Yes, ma" "You would
like TO be servant all your life p
Yes, ma" Would you like to stay
at home and work as a servant ?"
"Yes, ma"
| was kept at home that winter,
and bad to do the work of servant,
clean up the house, set the table, and
all be petty details of work, All
these things | followed out faithful
~, and IN the winter | chopped the
wood and brought it IN, and it was
no small matter TO bring 10 wood for
one of those old Litchfield houses.
Laughter.
| enjoyed myself very much, but |
did not know that | was educating
myself My experience taught me
to rely unon myself,and | was never
placed in any situation where l
could not do the thing that was nec-
essary. 1 could shoe q horse, mead q
harness fix a broken y agon, or cut
off mans leg. believe, if necessa-
ry. [ Laughter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
Say Amen to that Brother.

In the south of New Jersey, some
years ago, there Travelled over some
of the hardest counties good, faith
full, Woodworking brother. named
James Moore, or Jimmy Moore, as
be was familiary called. He war
devoted to the itinerancy-a true.
loyal Methodist, plain, pointed and
sharp in all his preacbings and ex
hortations.
He bad been laboring a year on
one OF his circuits, and before leaving
for his new field he gave bis people,
who dearly loved him, his fare we'll
sermon.
At the close he said My dear
brethern, this is my last address to
you. am going trcm you, and you
may never hear the voice of James
Moore again"
"Amen I" came loudly from the
seat before him
He looked at the m an with little
surprise, but thinking it q mistake,
went on -
"My days on earth will soon b.
numbered. | am an old man, and
you may not only never hear the
voice of James Moore, but never see
his face again"
amen |" was shouted from the
same seat, more vigorously than be-
fore.
There was no mistaking the design
now The breaches looked at tn,
man, be knew him to be a hard
grinding man-stingy and mercilose
TO the poor.
He continued his address MAY
the Lord bless all those Of you who
have done your duty, who have hon.
ored him with your substance, who
have been kind to the poor and"
Pausing and looking the intruder
in the face, and pointing to him with
bis finger
May His curses rest on those
who cheated the Lord, aud groune
the poor under their heels. Say
amen to that, brother"
That shot told. He was not inter
rupted again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
Discovery of Survivors of the Aztecs.

A California paper describes the
discovery of three villages Of Yum In
dams, supposed to be the survivors
of the ancient Aztecs. They dWell
on the great trail from Fort Mohave
on the Colorado, to Albuquerque, OF
the RIO Grande, and are about day.
journey from the diamond field. They
number about 600, and are very
different from other tribet, being in
looks, bearing and pride of dress a
manifestly superior race. The wo
men are comely and modest in dress
their houses are clean, and then
cooking good Certain kinds of cloth
are made by them. These peopl,
have fields of corn, wheat and geget.
abes, focks of sheep and goats, and
they keep all The domestic animals
They are friendly to the whites, new.
er fight aggressively, but are stub.
born 10 defense. Their houses are OF
stone, three stories high and built IL
terrace form. They worship th,
Great Spirit, and believe he dwells
In the sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04

Loss OF A CONTINENT Plato sent
down to pOsterlty tradition Of his
day that great continent, which oc-
cupied the place now covered by the
Atlantic Ocean, suddenly sank down
out of sight, He also says it was an
Island called Atlantis On it were
kingdoms and organized govern
ments, wealth. arts and civilization,
instantly lost to human sight.
1t is now the opinion Of leading
geologists-those most advanced 10
science-that the American CONT
nents appeared when the Atlantic
watera rushed into the enormous cav
ity or depression now covered with
salt water The Rocky Mountains
were then the rough bottom of an
ocean which rose with marine plants
shells. and other products of an
aquatic origin, that are found abund-
antly strswn there, and, in fact, all
over North and South Am, RIGA.
Remnants of Atlantis, the submerg
ed continent, are believed bv rcien-
lists TO be recognized in the Adrion-
dacks, the White Mountains Of New
HAMPSHIRE, and a few other outcrop-
pings belonging TO the outer bounds
ries of he deluged and forever lost
country. There is no knowing that
astounding discoveries ia coming ag-
es may yet be made corroborative OF
| PlatO's narrative.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04

E%O d people complain that the
seasons are warmer, colder, or more
rainy than when they were young.
Their comments are ridiculed, be-
cause most people believe that no
very marked changes have or ever
will take place in section of coun-
try where stability in nature is II
settled fact-that is, 1t SHOWS in win.
ter, showers in April, and trees have
leaves in the spring. Atmospheric
alteration is certainly going on from
age TO age, more strongly evident in
some parts OF couAtry than others.
Here are illustrations: Two thous-
and years ago the climate was far
colder than row. The Loire and
Rhone, in ancient Gaul, used to
ire, 70 over annually Juvenal says
the riber froze over so firmly is his
day that the ice bad 10 be cut TO get
at the water. Fl race indicates the
presence Of ice and snow in the
streets of Rome, and Ovid asserts the
Black sea froze over every year. So
extreme was the cold at that far off
period in history, it stands chronicl
ed by the ancients that in Gaul, Ger
many, Panonia, Thrace, snow posi-
lively covered the ground so long as
to prevent the cultivation of olives,
grapes and other fruits, which are
raised there at the present time il
abundance. lee and snow to any
considerable amount would now be a
phenomenon in Italy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
Death Of Bulwer.

English literature has sustained a
loss IN the death of Edward Bulwer
Lytton, the noted novelist, damatist
and poet, who died at London on
Saturday, January 18Th, in the 9th
year OF his age. His lite was a bril-
liant record of literary social and DO.
lltical successes Wherever the Eng.
lish language extends, his polished
productions have been read with
pleasure and admiration. He was
born in May, 1905. His early edu-
cation was superintended by his
mother, who stimulated the inclna-
tons be betrayed for the pursuit of
literature. His first triumph was at
Cambridge, where be won a prize
medal with his poem on sculptory.
When only Ia years of age be pub
llshed an Oriental tale which be styl-
ed "lsmael." 10 his goth year be is
sued a volume of poems at Paris, en-
TITLED "Weeds and Wild Flowers"
which was shortly followed by his
singular novel falkland" and
"O'Neil; or, The Rebel" q poetic
tale, Pelham" however, was his
first marked success. While the
graceful license of this fascinating
story could not be wholly approved,
there was DO question of the genius
of it's author. Other volumes follow
ed in regular succession, the most cell
ebrated Of which are" Eugene Aram,"
"Rienzi"and "The Last days of Pom
pill" The drama "Richelieu" and
The Lady of Lyons" further indi~
Gates the versatility of his talents.
He was equally at home in historical
and political writings, and as ali ed
itOr 10 no wise diminished his reputa-
ton. He entered Parliament at the
age of 20, and was distinguished for
bis industry and LIBERAL ideas. His
pamphlets end speeches abounded
with evidences of thought and re-
search. At the coronation of Queen
Victoria he was created baronet.
While a member Of the English Cab
met be secured the abolition of the
Hudson Bay monopoly and called in
10 being the political organization of
British Columbia. In 1866 be was
raised to the peerage with title Bar
on Lytton of Knebworth. He was
generous to artists aud men of let>
ters, was an ornament to society,
and was a useful and jealous aborer
in all that concerned the welfare of
his country. His demise will be
learned with reg ct throughout the
world, since his productions have
been translated into so many Ian
| guages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
Seven Thousand Dollars.

There is bill in the State Senate
requiring the Secretary Of State to
purchase $500 copies of Spencer's
synoptical index of State laws. at a
cost OF 81 900. This synopsis is no
doubt valuable work and of great
convent nee to lawyers, cut we fail
TO see why the state should be taxed
to furnish private individuals with
additions to their libraries. The
purchase of a few copies for the use
OF the state officers might be well
enough, but beyond this we can con-
ceive of no valid reason for this
proposed expenditure. If il be
PASSED this year like proposition
will be made to the next Legislature,
because rev edition of the book
will have been prepared we pre-
sumo. containing synopsis Of the
laws of this session. 1t would thus
prove a mine of wealth to the own
er.
If we could see that the welfare OF
the people OF this state would DE pro.
NOTED 10 any material degree bv
this expenditure we should not say
any thing against it, but rather favor
II, for we think that, generally
speaking, the state can afford to pay
FIR what it absolutely needs. Bat
the state does not need 500 copies
of this book, and the money Which il
Is proposed to spend therefor could
be much moro properly spent in
buying school books or Webster's
dictionary. if 81 900 must be spent
tor books of some kind. IL would
be vastly better to spend this 81 600
or more if necessary, for a codif ,
cation OF the laws. La opposing
this bill we have no wish to damage
any ones private business, but, as
tax page we pretere not to assist
in buying books for other people
when the common veal does not
require it. Ii lawyers need these
books let them buy them and pay
for them out of their own private
funds and if any one wishes to
study the laws of the sta for any
purpose let him do the same. The
state has always enough for its funds
without bestowing any such gratui-
ty as this. 1t bad better be gwen
to the State University or some
other of the states educational en-
terprises.- Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
THE HOMES OF SOME FARMERS

THE HOMES OF SOME FARMERS. -
OF all the dreary pieces, says Col
Curtis deliver me from the farm
houses which many people call home
Bars for front gate, chickens wall
lowing before the door, pig-pens ell
bowling the houses in the rear ,scrag
gy trees, never cared for, or no trees
at all no cheering shrubs, no neat
ness, no trimness. And yet : lawn
and trees and neat walk and q
pleasant fence do notcost a great deal.
THY can be secured little by little,
at odd times,and the expense hardly
felt. And the time comes when IL is
best TO sell the farm, ESQ so invested
will often bring $500.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
20 Al the close Of his Recollecl

bA-At the close of his Recollect-
ions of a Busy Life" written four
years ago, Horace Greeley said :
my life has been busy and anxious
but not joyous. Whether it shall be
prolonged a few or more years, | am
gratified that il has endured so long
Looking calmly yet bumbly for that
close of my mortal career which can
not be far distant,I reverently thank
Gcd fol the blessings vouchsafed me
in the past and with an awe that is
not fear. and 3 consciousness of de-
merit which does not exclude hope,
await the opening before nay steps OF
The gates of the Eternal World"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
SENTIMENTS.
All death il a life heenn.

Eternity is an ever present NOW.
E.oquence is truth looking up to
Heaven.
One trembles for the republic
when he looks at its girls.
There are some faces hat seem as
il they had never seen light.
Count il an assurance of more vi
tai good than God denies you.
Power to get freedom becomes the
measure Of the power to use it.
We know there is no loss-no
death,-ohly transition to fuller life.
You cannot disorder anything /;
what seems like disorder is transact
lion.
Indigestion is charged by God
with enforcing morality on the stom.
ach.
1t needs danger to bring a man
wholly into life, just as pain does u
woman.
L. all the ills Of infancy, Nature
calls more for our patience than for
our remedies.
Iu u wordy combat between So
cial equals, the best dressed mao has
one pointin his favor.
None of the faculties of the soul
have ever been defined, because their
essence is infinite.
When God breaks our idols to
pieces, it is not for Us to put the
bis together again.
No day is well spent unless it
leaves the spender 10 the best posi-.
bic state for the following days.
The whole body is the tongue of
a man, and it is all the time uncon-
sciousIy talking of what man is.
Many a time the most effective
Gospel is that which comes out of a
basket rather than out Of mouth.
Deepest streams makes the lea st
murmur, whether they are those
that course among the hills or flow
from human hearts.
Love, it nothing else, incines the
soul to feel it's helplessness and be
prayeIful';-tO place its treasur es 10
Fathers hand.
The arms we sharpen for con-
flict to day may be used. perhaps a
century hence in contests we have
not as yet anticipated
The God way ofjudging, by which
one takes anothers case and judges
it from that others own standpoint,
is seldom practised.
| Commonly the greater part of life
is spent n loading up,-burying the
soul under great .reighlage,- get
ting knowledge, we call it,
If you could endow the smallest
insect with the sense of the beauli-
full and the infinite, it would see Goo,
and this vision would render it inn
mortal.
The lark, when at sunrise she ris-
es singing above our sight, shows
that it was not from lack of power
to climb that she made the humble
choice TO build her nest in the grass
God permits many things temror-
arily for mans education that are
but the marrIng of his universal plan,
hich is justified by the consequence
es Of the temporary wrong.
ln the awful mystery of human
life, 1t is consolation sometimes 10
believe that our misfortunes, perhaps
even our sins. are permitted TO be
instruments Of our education, for I'm
mortality.
A woman heart has its strength
in love, and, when love is TAX en-
away, alas tor her who is deprived OF
! it'll All that life, at it's worst, can do.
may be borne with it; without it
great God what deserts filled with
horrors stretched around. endless
every where, but in that distant, mar.
row point, where the gateway OF the
future life opens
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
"a. Newspapers now are pub

aaA- Newspapers now are public
inslltu ions their good names are
not only part of their capital, but
what is more important, part Of
their means of usefulness. They
would become powerIess as correct
ors of abuses if it were generally
supposed that they were merely
mercenary. or the organs simply Of
traders and spectators. They must
keep their escutcheons untarnisheC
to fight effectively the battles against
injustice. wrong, Knavery and sci
fishness, which has become tbeir
ar1uous but. glorious t SIX Neu
YORK EUeRing Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
reA The sharpest so IA

BE- The sharpest, so far this
month, is the Troy girl who makes
her unsuspecting father the daily
bearer of sweet missives to clerk
in his Office who who has deem for
hidden to visit his employers house
She pins the letter in the old mans
cloak, and when be reaches the of
nee and throws off the garment.
clerk gets it and responds by the
same carrier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
A Mueh-Married Woman.

There is q woman in Washington
who has buried fce husbands. Re-
Gently she married the sixth. Upon
the day of the wedding,a man called
at the house of the groom, asked for
that gentleman, and then proceeded
10 measure his body wi b tape line
The infatuated groom entertained An
ide that this might, perhaps be a
man sent around by his tailor. At
ter the ceremony in church, howev-
er, the husband was surprised TO OBJ
serve this same person standing 10
the veslibule and wlnking furinusly
at the bride as the party came out
TO the carriages. Just as they were
starting off the mysterious being put
his head into the carriage window,
and whispered TO the bride; Got
ready made one that'll just suit
him Beautiful & - beautiful T.
Wher the happy man demanded the
name of the intruder, the bride blush
ed, and said she bel eyed it was some
kind of an undertaken. Then the
man was not so happy. He was
hardly happy a. all, and q certain
gloom seemed to overcast the honey.
N DON. Perhaps tie undertaken was
too prompt But sill, we like TO see
8 man take an interest in his bust
ness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
RaHumbug' IA a corruption

E"Humbug" is a corruption OF
the Irish words uim bog. pronounced
oombug, signifying soft copper, OF
pewter. or brass, or worthless mon
ey, such as was made by James III
at the DHblin mint-twenty shilling.
of which was worth only two penc,
sterling. At first applied to worth
less corn, the words became the geo
eral title of any thing false or coun
terfeit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-04
BOIL II DOWN

Whatever YOU have to say, my friend,
Whether witty or grave, or gay,
Condense as much as you can,
And sa, in the readiest way;
And whether u write Of rural affairs,
Or particular things in town.
Just take word Of friendly advice
Boil it down.
For ifyou 60 splutte' ing over a mage,
when a couple Of lines would do.
Your butter is spread SO much you see.
That the bread looks plainly through;
So when you have q story to tell =
And would like little reuown,
To make sure Of youF wish my friend,
Boil 1t down
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse. just try
To utter your thoughts in the fewest words,
And let them be crisp and dry.
And when it is nni he'd. aud you suppose
II is done exactly brown,
just look it over again, and then
Boil it down.
For editors do not like TO print
An article IaEily long,
And the busy reader does not care
For a couple Of yards Of song;
SO gather your wits in the smallest space,
II you'd win an aut hor's crown,
And every time you write my friend.
Boil 1t down.