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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
The Mother as a Barber.

You can always tell boy whose
mother cuts his hair. Not because the
edge of it looks as if it had been
chewed off by an absent minded horse,
but you tell it by the way he stops on
the street and wriggles his shoulders.
When fond mother has to cut her
boys hair, she is careful to guard
against any annoyance and muss by
laying sheet on the carpet. 1t has
never yet occurred to her to sit him
on bare floor, and put the sheet
around his neck. Then she draws the
front hair over his eyes, appears to be
surcharged with electric needles, and
that which is silently dropping down
under his shirt-band appears to be on
fire. She has unconsciously continued
to push his head forward until his nose
presses his breast, and is too busily en-
gagged to notice the snuf1ling sound
that is becoming alarmingly frequent.
In the meantime he is seized with an
irresistible desire to blow his nose, but
recollects that his handkerchief is in
the other room. Then a fly lights on
his nose, and does it so Unexpectedly
that he involuntalily lodges, and
catches the points Of the shears in his
left ear. AT this hecommences to cry
and wish he was q man. But his
mother doesn't notice him. She mere
ly Tits him on the other ear, to inspire
him with confidence, and goes on with
the work. When she is through she
holds his jacket collar from his neck,
and with her mouth blows the short
bits of hair from the top of his head
down his back. He calls her atten-
ton to this fact, but she looks for a
new place on his head and hits him
there, and asks him why he didn't use
his handkerchief. Then he takes his
awfully disfgured head to the mirror
and looks at it, and, young as he is.
shudders as he thinks of what the boys
on the street will say.-Danbwy
Ne,cs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
Spurgeon on Communion.

The English editor Of Mr.. Spur
geon's sermon on the text, "These arc
they who separate themselves" Jude
10, contains some outspoken words
against close communion, from which
we quote:
"There is not Christian beneath
the scope of Gods heaven from whom
| am separated. AT the Lords table
| always invite all Christians to come
and sit down and commune with us
If any man were to tell me that | am
separated from the Episcopalian, the
Presbyterian, or the Methodist | would
tell him he dld not know me, for
love them with a pure heart fervenlly,
and am not separated from them.
"7he pulse Of Christ is Comnsaua
ion; and woe to the Church that
seeks to cure the ills of Christ's Church
by stopping its pulse. think it sir
to refuse to commune with any one
who is a member of the Church of Oul
Lord Jesus Christ. | should think
myself grossly in fault, if at the foo,
of these stairs | should meet a truly
pconvelted child of God, who called
himself Il Primitive Methodist, or q
Wesleyan, or a Churchman, OF an In.
dependent, and should say, NO, sir
you do not agree with me on certain
points believe you are a child Of
God, but | will have nothing to dc
with you. I should then think the
text would bear very hard on me
These are they who separate them
selves, sensual, not having the spirit. -
This is good doctrine, and coming
from the greatest Baptist preacher OF
the age, will be hailed with delight
by thousands in that denomination
who long to be delivered from the
thraldom of close communion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

SALERArUs IN BREAD. Why will
housewives persist in using saleratus,
soda. cream of tartar, and such "de
leterious drugs" in the manufacture of
their bread? Much better bread can
be made without any of them. The
lightest and sweetest bread ever eaten
can be made with simple emptings
alone. Much of the i'll health of many
families we would name is caused by
eating hot soda or saleratus bread,
We once knew man who lost the
use of one of his hands by constantly
eating bread in which large quantity
of saleratus was used to sweeten the
''sourings" by which it was made to
rise.-POnland Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

EcCENTRlcIrY.-The following sin.
gular instance of eccentricity, illustra-
ting the close connection of this con-
dltion of the mind with insanity, is re
lated by Professor Hammond in his
work on diseases of the nervous sys-
TEN
A lady had since her childhood
shown singularity of conduct as re-
garded her table furniture, which she
would have of no other material than
copper. She carried this fancy so far
that even the knives were made of
copper. People laughed at her, and
tried to reason her out of her whim,
but in vain, In no other respect was
there any evidence Of mental aberra-
ton. She was intelligent, by no
means excitable, and in the enjoyment
of excellent health. An uncle had,
however, died insane. A trihing Cir
cumstance started in her new train
of thought, and excited emotions
which she could not control. She
read in the morning paper that Mr..
Kopperman had arrived at one of the
hotels, and she announced her deter
mination to call on him. Her friends
endeavored to dissuade her, but with
out avail. She went to the hotel and
was told that he had just left for Chi
cago. Without returning to her home
she bought n ticket for Chicago, and
actually started on the next train fol-
that city. The telegraph, however,
overlook her, and she was brought
back from Rochester raving of hel
love for man whom she had never
seen, and whose name alone had been
associated in her mind with her fancy
for table-furniture. She died of acute
mania within month.
The unpleasant odor produced by
perspiration is frequently the source o
vexation to persons who are subject tc
it. Nothing is simpler than to remove
this odor much more effectually thar
by the application Of such onguents
as are in use. 1t is only necessary tC
procure some of the compound spirits
of ammonia, and place about two ia
ble-spoonfulls in basin of water
Washing the face, hands and arms
with this leaves the skin as clean, swee
and fresh as one could wish. The wasl
is perfectly harmless and very cheap
1t is recommended on the authority o
an experienced physician.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

TO protect yourself from the bites
ofthe savage insects, as smoke drives
them out Of the camp, so the essence
of smoke will make an odor from
which they recoil with intense disgust
therefore, thank me for the follow
ing receipt: Take cup of tallow or
lard and mix it thoroughly with
kreosote, so that it will smell strongly
of that powerful scent; rub this un-
guent over your face, hands and neck
and every part of your skin which is
exposed, and the odor will drive off
the insects as completely as a smudge,
Some people will say that the remedy
is worse than the disease, but this is
an error Judgment. There is scarce
ly any summer complaint worse than
mosquitoes. s.-DR. PRIME, in Neao
York. Observer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
WOODSTOCK VT, THURSDAY, JULY a. 1878

wooden goods and of the generally use
full wares were imported from the low
countries. In order to furnish employ
ment Gin their own homes it will be
remembered) for the idle, statute was
passed ga Henry VIII, chap. 5,)
wherein after q long preamble it was
provided "That every person occupy
ing land for tilage, shall fer every six
ty acres which he hath under the
plough sow one quarter of an acre in
flax Or hemp" This character of laws,
called sumptuary, has not altogether
ceased, as witness our game and fish
laws, and the legislation in regard to
liquor selling.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
Our Sunset on the Hill.

The winds low voice was silent,
The whispering trees were still,
When last we watched the sunlight, low
Our sunset on the hill.
You said its glow was shedding
Its crimson on my cheek,
And that my hair was tangled in
It's last, great golden streak.
Then, in some sudden impulse,
You drew me to your heart,
As if twere heaven to hold me 80,
AS if 'twere death to part.
Low sank the sun, and lower
And dark began to creep;
1t stole the gold from out my hair,
The crimson from my cheek.
Yet there together standing,
With hand now clasped in hand.
We watched the 80 emn night descend
Der all the quiet land
called your eyes the starlight
Because the sun had flown
(How selfish to be wanting, dear,
A starlight all my own.)
And then, like happy children,
Still clasping hands We went,
With loves too slow, unwilling steps,
Adown the hills descent.
0, hfe's one golden evening
live to bless it STILL
When last We saw the sunset, love,
Our sunset on the hill
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

BoILING PeTAToEs. This is q for
mula: Let each mess be of equal size,
Let the water boil before putting the
potatoes in. When done, pour off
the water and scatter three or four
tablespoonful of salt, cover the pot
with a coarse cloth, and return 1t to
the fire for short time. Watery
potatoes are made mealy by this pro.
cess. How simple, is the process, yet
how few understand it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

The Danbury NeWs man mentions
this incident: "Around-shouldred and
inquisitive stranger kicked an ona
mental dog on a Nelson-street stoop to
see if 1t was solid or hollow. 1t was
not an ornamental dog, however, bu,
one that was there on business, and the
round-shouldered and inquisitive stran
ger is now quarantined with an aunt or
Delay street.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

The Providence Star thus refers
to the report of the Committee of the
Vermont Legislature appointed to
investigate charges against the mana
gers of the Vermont Central Railroad:
This report is remarkable for what
it does not disclose. 1t is evident
from the great care taken not to ex-
onerate the managers, and like good
care not to accuse them of fraud that
the committee themselves are in some
fear Of expressing their honest opinion
upon the matter. The fact that most
of the profitable contracts of the Yer
mont Central have been made with
directors of the road will not tend to
allay prevailing suspicious that all has
not been right in the management.
Until parties who act in a jduciary
capacity, railroad directors and others,
learn that they cannot, without an
implication against their good faith
and honesty, derive a benef, from
contracts made with their ceStui que
trust, the public will suspect dishones-
ty and openly charge it. Especially
will they do so when the corporation
which they manage becomes bankrupt
while individual directors grow rich
out of contracts with the road which
they pretend to manage
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
"A young lady in Nashville

"A young lady in Nashville is
changing her views somewhat relative
to the question of matrimony. They
say that when she "came OUT in
society she determined that she would
not marry man unless he was an
Episcopalian. Time passed on, and
she did not get married, and then
modified her views and concluded she
would marry no man who was not a
Christian. That young lady is still
unmarried, and says now that all she
is looking for is a man that don't drink
whisky.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

CURE FOR DYspEpsIA.-Regulate
your bowels by proper diet; keep
the pores of the skin open by a daily
morning hand bath. Avoid all con-
diments, stimulants, etc, and when
tree from constipation, you will be
comparatively well.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
"A careless barber, trimming Sher

"A careless barber, trimming Sheri-
dams ears, but him to great pain and
uneasiness. care you trimming my
left ear now 7" asked the wit. "No,
sir-not till I've done the right.
ooh only l thought by what I fell
that you were passing through to the
left ear without going round"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24
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& . G. | l. b e r II ,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in

PlOws, CultivatorS, Cottage and
Box Stoves, Cauldron Kettles,
SINKS, HOLLOW WARE, ROLL BAKERS,
Door Rollers, Door Roller Track, Corn
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Bars, Sup Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths end
Rimmcrs, Slide Yoke. Irons, Boot Jacks.
Registers, Door Scrapers, Empire Stove Black
Guards and Doors, Bedstead Castings, Gas
Castings, Birdsnest Tuyer Irons, Sleigh ana
Sled Shoes, chilled and common, Cart and
Wagon Boxes, Gr.mes's improved Smut Mills
Ilowe's Standard Scales, GIBBS Cylinder Plow
Shares, IIarrows. &c.
u Orders solicited.
Ilartland. Vt, May |, 1871. 1884
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ole is dead; but he pays just as
well as he ever did," was the reply the
Belfast Journal got to a dunning let
ter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-07-24

1t. is said that the world owes
every man a living, but a great many
men are too lazy to collect it.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25
Daring Robbery.

AS James Bailey, workman at
the shops of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroaa, was passing
near tho Baptist Church last nj gilt, bo
wa, assaulted by two men, one Of
whom struck him in the forehead
with club, iniictiug severe woprd
aud knocking him sensrl.ss. The
rohl crs thcu took from him his
pocket. book, containing about forty
dollars in money,a pair Of new loots,
his watch and other, articles Of less
value, which lie had Just puIcha~cd.
The wounded man went to tho drug
sore of DR.. Hcinitsh, where his
wounds were attended to. Besides
the wound in the forehead, he rccciv-
ed severe confusion Of the knuchlss
from the blow Of the club as ho threw
up his haGls - ward III the same.
MIR. Bailey says the robbers were
colorcd men, and that he saw ono Of
them standing near tho tree as he was
passing along. The hands were paid
off at the shops ye"tcrd:iy, and it is
Surmiscn that t:,c robbery was
committed by some parties knowing
this fact.-Col Union. Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25
Daring Attempt TO Wreck Passenger
TruiG.

Some aend in human shape, ycstcr-
day, placed crosstie across tho track
Of the Grccnville and Columbia Rail.
road, ut a pu."t tctwccn Pomaria and
Llopo Station, where tho cmbank
mcnt is Tcry high, which was discov-
cred by the yigilant cnrinecr of the
down passenger train (whoso name v o
regret has not been furnished us) in
time to save tho happening Of what
GOULD not have tcrmimattd otherwise
than terrible disasicr. What tho
object was that prompted.to this dia-
bolicai act canuot be imagined. Be.
sides the regular passengers we're tho
Masonic and some members. Of tho
other committees. that. had hsen in
attendance upon The funeral ccromo:
MOS of the late Minister Orr, at
Anderson. IL is IT, be hopad tho per-
son who laid tile ;pfos may be disoov.
cred and properly punished onion.
Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25

The Cottage by The Sea.

Tho Daily Crit C, a sp' lightly oven.
ing paper Of ashiugton: in its issue OF
last Saturday, contained the follow
ing inte' estiug item Of news:
a few days since there was ship
pei from Washington to Long Br. ncl
tho Summcr house Of President
Grant, threo Wagon loads OF chv.ce
flowers in pots, two rus ir sctt"oS,
aud forty hanging Jackets, which the
keen eye OF the practical observer will
,ni>s for same tiH,e :rom the Botanical
Garden. Long B'anch in the mean
time will present to the Wa hirgt,n.
ians The home attractinn of having The
Pres ident's garden cuchaining his cot.
tage around with the array O. floral
gems and rustic property hcrcinbcfore
&c; CT ibed.
Thj:! i, al very nice and doubtless
very home.likc and attrsc'iva for the
Pes dcnt and the few o.lce-huldiny
Wa>hiug.onians, who may accompany
him, or from ,timc to, tih:o visit the
executive mansion by the sca. Bat
what will the people who are taxed to
provide these ltkuries say The
Botanical Garden is no more the ,ri.
vate property Of the P,eti lent than
of the humblest citizen IL the coun.
try. He has no mpre right to ship
rare plants, choice fv~c.s, and
beautiful hanging baskets from this
conservatory than he has to take the
Goddess of Liberty from the dume
of the capitol and set i. up on his
private grounds at Long Branch tc
frightcn away trcspasGcrs., Nvt only
was tho Botanical Garden dcspoilcl,
hut large portion Of the furniture
which the Government provides fer
the White House was shipped to
Long Branch. Eight. wagon loads of
it, according to tho Herald, arrived
last Friday. They contained enough
apFal emily to ii:l IL couple. of s:ch
Swiss cottages az, Tic President
resides in, sDd comprised all varieties
of household furniture, flom tcte-a.
tetes and sociablcs to flower pots and
soap boxes.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25
Sherman aid the SavagcS.

General Sherman had a conversa,
ton with reporter last evening, and
is made to say, concerning General
Davis'a indictment Of Captain Jack
end preparations, for hanging him
and some Of lis associates "If the
statement is correct, there is no doubt
that General Davis must have exceed
ed his duty, and ho would have been
RESP onsible for his acts. lie should
be guided BY military rules and the
law. We all know they are murder
ors. The President hinself says they
are murdorers, and had Genera! DAVIS
'>ot them while they were being pur-
sued, I do not think he would have
exceeded his duty. Ho did not do
this, and could not afterwards. shoot
them in cold blood. General Davis's
report to General Scho6eld, General
Sherman said, MAY differ from that
published in TIC papers. Davis is too
experienced an officer to do anything
that would bring odium upon the
army or lay himself open to military
court martial for exceeding his duty
as an officer" The general thinks
there will be no difficulty about dis
posing of the ModocS under arrest.
Those found guilty Of murder will
be hanged O. shot, and if it be proved
there was au agreement for general
uprising among tho tribes, others will
receive some punishment as a warning
to the Indians. He remarked, how.
ever, that it was u pity tho guilty
Modocs wore not shot at first, then
all this commi:sic business and ex-
pcnae world haze bcon avoided. As
to tho killing already Of few rris.
oners. Sherman said those who com.
mittcd the doed arc low blackguards
and murdefers who had nothing what
ever to do with tho army.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25
An Appalling Suicide.

At an carly hour this morning, a
man and wife, rcsiling at Aims
worth .guarreled. Tho woman.
ongrred beyond endurance, put
on bonnet and shawl, stating as she
departed, "Good bye you will never
see the again" She then made hcr
way to the depot, sat camly down
Oil the steps of tho platform, and
awai'ed, apparently without ono
t'on, the arrival Of the morning ex-
prcss-a train that did not stop Mt
the depot. 1t camp thnnd oring along
at full speed, at the usual hour. Tho
woman aroGo as she saw the steaming
engine, firmly braccd herself. and when
the locomotive was but a short dis.
tancc from the depot sho hurled hor-
self upon the track, and was crushed
to an unrecogniz,ble mass.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25
Some Fun Over Ladies' GarlrrS,

The Richmond (Va Enquirer
says: Some New i.ns,and lads, Mrs
Daniels, wo believe ann,lcr Of the
D"niel IS come t. iul.;mcnt-ha5 id
vented ncw tangled apparatus for
Keeping tho laliv% stockings Up,
which is to surc,scdc The timc-hon,
orcd and kniehtly gart:r,.. It m2y
do we'll enough for tAose ltI;rj wia
lack sufficient rotrndity Of limb, but
cur Virginia wr.ncn are nj de.
"cicrt in any Of the ncccxSary
adlnncts that go 90 make uD the
perfect mould of the f,rm, ana
can keep their EaT;cr3 GU, ann
stockings up, without rcSo,t;ns to auy
new Inventions. What Will tho
Yankees ask us to su"rcnl>r ncv.
The garter is an old and cherished in-
stitntion, and, although the classic ir~
scn,ion with the buckle las hem ac.
ccpted by many city bellies. tho free
born and unconventional country
gi.ls still stick to twino and tape and
othor strings-somo even using rs Il
tic the primitive whiGp Of straw.
We will have none Of this Ecw la.hioa~
ed hip attachment gearing. We arc
true to our ancient ties. 1t il q t.;.
rect assault uron cur civilization -,
blow aimed NJ Our gartcrcd rights.
and We will resent it while We have y
leg to stand Oh. l.o!ica, 30 trrc to
your stockings. CnCnrl the lnru2r
of the garter, and inscrihc urcn il
that grand m"tto of the crAndvst
order of kniHhthpci ever cstAbii he'd
--"Hon' S"i Yni mu' y p,.:a."---anl
there is not man, y"urH or old, in
Virginia, but will ia!iy lound th> fng
and shed his last dror Of blood in ,.t.
fence Of the garter rights Of ""om IN,
and cry, "Down with the ! anhoo
hypOcricy.o
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25

A "Reminiscences,

The English still keep up many
old fashions Of the days when thare
we're few if any pnblio rooords. Kow
bridge, built in 1859, was only very
recently madS free Of toll, on which
day The Lcrd nl"yor proceeded in
state to tho bridge and unlocked tho
gate, which was then taken, of and
carried away, and all the boys present
Will rccollect when they arc cd men
that they saw the thing dorc. This
ceremony must have been ralbor
lHorc agreeable than that observed in
Russia, whcro the magistrates annual.
ly make n procession round Che
bounds Of the parish, and at every
coruer catch a boy, tie him to stake
and whip him. They say the hoy
remembers that stake as long az LIE
lives, if it is q century.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-25

N0riH Carolina News.

Hickory Tavern would be rcrfc ct.
y satisfied il she Gully had corn
/ docto:.
Nn T"oslny worninr in Morgan~
tn, Mr.. thas. +. MEX a sou was uni
,eA in marriage to MIS-: Maggie +.
Walton.
Mr. $. Worthcn, near Oh Fort,
HcNo"cli couney, owns five largo
Mica and vhe A.bestrs nihc, which
yicid lar, ely.
Edwards q 'l,rco hun4yal cases
have been G.cd ia IL" bnN-,u,tcy
court Of Greensboro District since
January 1T.
Monday ni-ht in Morganton, aomc
tE:cf broke inl0 tho room Of Col.
Folk, who was attending Court, and
stole his pants. 'iars3 The Colonel
ddn'; Practice iaw nrNt day to nuY
great extent.
The Raleigh Ncwa says: We urc
Gratiiicl TO icn,n Chat Capt Brain is
Succeeding with his ico enterprise.
Over Sh,l0) wAs subscribed by our
cltiHrr* yesterday, and it il rca.
'on"liy expected that in n short
umc thc mavLino Will be in op"ra..
Lion.
Hickory Tavern Press: Capt. loo
&. Mills, q Bur,r crun.y, has III his
possession two beautiful diamonds.