Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-02-20
All Sorts of Paragraphs.


In no place except New York
would we hear Of 'prominent citizens"
signing a petition for executive elem
ency in behalf of the 'gentlemanly
murderer Stokes,
Capt Lawrence MerIereau of
Union, N. WHO voted at every
Presidential election anG did all the
other wonderful things pertaining to
the life of a centenarian--died on the
25th ut., aged a little more than 100
years.
Senator York OF Kansas still says
that Pomeroy paid him 5000 on a
promise to vote for him He states
that ingalls, was not in the plot for ex-.
posing Pomeroy.
1t i; pretty clearly demonstrated
that Horace Greeley's opinions were
never bought, for, with the exception
Of the Tibune stock there is scarcely
q dollar Of available money or an acre
of productive real estate belonging to
the estate of the late H. G..
The Senatorial Bribery Commit
tee OF the Missouri L. gislature exoner-
ate everybody from charges Of bri-
berry except Gen. Doris, an unsuccess-
ful candidate.
Circumstances have given rise TO
suspicion that Charles King, VINO re.
Gently died very suddenly ia Albany,
N, y, was poisoned by his wife, who
has left that city. Chemists are ex-
amining the remains.
The Joint Finance Committee of
the Georgia Legislature, in consultation
with the Cove nor, have agreed to re
port in favor Of leyying 4 direct tax Of
Sl,2Oo,O)O upon the people.
The great Arizona diamond suit
of Lent vs. Arnold, Slack and others,
at EIizabethtown, Ky, has been dis
missed without prejudice, and mo-
ton entered to transfer the suit to the
United States Circuit Court. The
argument is to be heard on Saturday.
"A despatch from Concord, N. H.,
says an analysis Of the stomach Of
Josephine Drew, Of Fishervillc, has
proved that no poison WAS administer
ell to her as was suspected, but that
death resulted from natural causes.
Geo. Washington's clock was
sold again, in Philadelphia, the other
day. George hated to part with it.,
but the restaurant business not being
brisk, his saloon and contents were
sold at auction, to satisfy his ungreat-
ful creditors.
Miss Sarah w. Barton, an Amer
lean gil, is to be the prima donna of
opera in Warsaw next season.
A North Carolina negro, aged
lOS. died recsntly of overwork. lie
was member Of a fire company.
"A Government official near here
is interested in constructing railroad
in New York. Uncle Sam pays him
for time he devotes to his private in
terests elsewhere. He should give
him Leave to make tracks without
a salary.
II is not at all probable that any
measure looking towards a resumption
Of specie payments wi | BE- passed dur
ing the present session of Congress.
AT the time Louis Napoleon was
lying in state in England Colfax was
lying in state in America-and stately
lying it was, too.-Lou Cour. -Jour.
President Grant has appointed
DR.. Anthony Rupaner, of New York
city, as Commissioner on the part of
the United States to the Vienna En-
position.
President Grant promptly par
doned James Brown, the Pniladelph a
''reoeater," who voted about thirty
times at the October election. He had
been convicted and sentenced to eigh-
teen months in the penitentiary,-
Twelve or thirteen hundred other re-
peatcrs, who voted from five to TWEEN
~ times apiece, were not arrested.
The issue by Mr.. Boutwell, of $4,000,
0'O in new grcenbacks, Il short time
betor that October election, was to
move the crops They were moved.