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THE GREAT TRIAL OF SEWING MACHINES.
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THE GRANDEST In THE WORLD.
The Judges, the wh0le World and the
Trial, Fifteen Years duration.
Practical Use the Test.
THE UNIVERSAL VERDICT.
g The Wheeler & wilson Sewing Mas
chine the Champion r'

These pnegualled Machines do all the differ
ent Kinds OF work required to be done in n
family, and make all the different kinds Of
Stitches, without the complications of Tho
other Machines ''-O
All persons will please examine the WHEE1rp
q WILSON SEWING MACHINES before purchas-
ing any other.
The WHEELER Il WILSON, as is well known.
has won, at nearly every trial in which II has
competed, the highest award of merit The
representatives of other machines ever conf
dent, nave entered the lists, time and again,
only 10 be defeated and finding it impossible
TO compete fairly, have endeavored to decrv
the value of Premiums. They are not slow
however, to boast ofthe few they have received
But in the grand trial, daily use throuebout
the world, where only true merit finds favor' fT%'
ana an superiority wins the race, the WHEELER &
" lLsoN SEWING MACHINE stands triumphantlv
the Champion by the verdict of the people.
These Machines are Adapted to
Every Variety of Sewing,
From the lightest muslins to the heaviest
cloths. They work equally well upon Sill
Linen, Woolen or Cotton goods, with Silk
~ Linen or Cotton thread Scanning, Quilting,
Gathering, Hemming, Telling, Cording, Tuck,
ing, Braiding Embroidering and making But
ton Holes with the greatest facility.
If it be inconyenient for the purchaser 10
visit the salesroOm, the order may be forward
GU 10 inc ONCE, ana IL VIII DO as faithfully
hlled as if the selection had been made per
sonally. - 'ei
Full instructions, recently compiled and
giving full information upon every point in
detail, accompany each Machine, and enable
the most inexperienced to operate without
difficulty.
Our interest in the successful working of the
Machines is not second TO that of the purcbas1
er, and we esteem it a privilege to aid, by cor
respohdence or otherwise, any person who may
require it.
Examine the stamp upon the cloth plate IL
should read Wheeler IL Wilson Mfg ca
A. b. Wilson, Pat"
Every Sewing Machine should be sold on its
own merits. Parties endeavoring to pulm of
other sewing machines under the great reputa-
tion of this machine will be dealt with accord
ing to Law. Buy no family sewing machine of
travelling agents, unless they can show you A
etteI signed, w. NJ. ST0DDARD, Agent for
the Pacific Coast for said achines
n. BAH who have purchased sewing ma
chimes upon the reputation of the WHEELER h
WILSON, and have found them to be of another
kind, will please apply at my office, 437 Mont
gomery street. w. M. .SrODDARD,
Agent for the Pacific Coast.
No. AZ, Montgomery ST., San Francisco.
The silent adjustable Tuck marker--one of
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CHIMES. W. NJ. STODDARD
jan20 Agent for tho Pacific Coast.
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Comet Lodge, No. 81, \. o. o. H.,
Holds its regular meetings, at ODD FELLOWS
HALL, Trinity Center, on Saturday evening
of each week. i. III. BLOSS, N. G.
S. HUBBELL, X. S. janI.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.

Hold their regular communications at Ma
SONIC HALL, Weaverville, on the last Saturday
of each month. Hour Of meeting, o'clock,
p. NJ. W. j. TINNlN, w. NJ.
NJ. L. GRIFFIN Secretary. janl.
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CoLoRADo's gold and silver crop this
year is estimated at $1,000, 600.
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PREMIUM FOR 1874.

Every subscriber to THE ALDINE who
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FLORE:: NCE.

ENOr those who prefer a Ma
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the operator, we now have one of
that description, quiet, easy-running
and having all he other peculiar ex-
ceIlencies Of the other style.
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LITERARY.

PROSPECTUS FOR 1874.
SEVENTH YEAR.
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BENJAMIN P. AVERY
THE TWELFTH VOLUME.

have been secured as editor of this Magazine,
ms engagement beginning with the number
for January, 1874, which will open
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HartIand Business Cards.
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Manufacturer of and Dealer in

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PlOws, Cultivators, Cottage and
Box Stoves, CauldrOn Kettles,
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Door Rollers, Door Roller Tack, Corn
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Bars, Sap Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths end
Rimmers, Slide Yoke Irons, Boot Jacks
Registers, Door Scrapers, Empire Stove Black
Castings, Birdsncst Tuyer Irons, Sleigh ana
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Howe's Standard Scales, Gibbs Cylinder Plow
Shares, IIarrows. &c.
" Orders solicited.
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WOODSTOCK, W.T., THURSDAY, AUG. %, 1878

with the peculiar word "chapel as
usually applied to printing offices, you
said, "you were not" On sitting
down to write this article and looking
over "memory's waste" if it serves me
rightly,-when the art of printing
was first introduced into England, it
was practised in chapel near West
minister Abbey, a circumstance which
has been perpetuated by the technical
application of the word chapel to every
printing office to this day; and when
the men meet together for the purpose
Of considering or framing rules and
regulations for the good order of the
printing office, they are said "to hold
a chapel Hence the term chapel
money" applied to any gratuity given
to the men for drink, and for which
they looked from anyone supplying
them with balls and wool. n
Woodstock, Aug. 14th, 1873.
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Letter from MarbIehead.
Marblehead, Mass, Aug. 20

NIarblehead, Mass, Aug. 20.
EDITOR AGE-
| intend to leave this place tomor-
row morning, Immediately after pray
ers, for Chester and | feel constrained
to give Marbehead my benediction
before leaving. O, Marblehead,
whence such misnomer? Why call
you Marblehead when you don't know
marble from brick? You have no
marble within your borders; no, you
haven't got a marble mantle-piece,
even, in town. Out upon yon, libeler
Of Geology: Marblehead, You are an
old trap setter; you lie in wait for
the strangers lucre; you are an eye
agony a stencil to a well bred nose,
reeking in fish odor and clubhouse
perfume, prodigal in puritanical curl
osities, economical in liberal ideas.
You are the climax of Massachusetts
notions and incongruties Your
streets, old Marblehead, are the result
Of plotting against Deity, and it seems
unjust that those Babel carpenters
should have been confounded while
you, insane architects, should be per
mitted to deface Gods earth, confuse
rrregularty itself, and yet speak un-
derstandingly among yourselves. Do
you not know that chain lightning
becomes cross eyed and thunder slut
ters when attempting to purify you of
your pestilcntial denominations, so ab-
so1utely bewildering is your make up?
Why do you set your churches on the
steeples? Why grieve the eye with
weather vanes of fish pattern? Why
toot your cussed fish horns from sun
rise till sun down? Marblehead,
there is just God. Good bye.
DEMING.
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Letter From BridgeWater.
Bridgewater, Vt, Aug, 9tb, 1877

Bridgewater, Vt, Aug, Stb, 1878.
A TRIBUTE TO TIE PAssERS-BY:
AS the golden rays of the morn
ing sun were rising the hills and val
leys, this morning, and my dear old
grandfather, Daniel Lake, nearly 80
years old, was sitting in his accustom-
ed place upon the piazza of the house,
quietly watching the changing scenes
around him and giving his child like
greetings to the passers-by, party Of
young Ladies and Gents, who were
evidently pleasure seekers came along
and as they approached the house, and
saw him, commenced singing (and
sweetly too) "Auld Lang Syne." Dear
old man: He raised his voice, and
sang with them until they had passed.
He then came into the house, and like
a pleased child told about it, was ask
ed if he knew the piece they were
singing. Yes, he could sing it as he
can many other songs at the sugges'
ton of others, but could give it lie
name. The incident so impressed
my feelings that l could not keep back
the tears and felt that it would be O
privilege to thank those young people
for that old song, given, as | know 1t
must have been from kind, sympathiz
ing hearts to the poor old man who
waits so patiently, among the turmoils
and cares of this life for the pale boat
man to bear him to the Better Land,
where with rejuvenated spirit and
abiding love he will meet our sainted
Grandmother, gone five years ago to
prepare the way, and watch for his
coming.
Accept our thanks, travellers
friends or foes, who cast friendly
glance, give an encouraging word OF
sing cheering song to the aged one
and may your last days be as peaceful
as his seem to be, and may you be
surrounded with loving friends who
will not, in your second childhood, for
get your generous deeds and goodly
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The growth and structure of the
human hair, is very plainly set forth
in a pamphlet, published by r. ?.
Hall e Co., Nashua, n. H., proprie-
tors of Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair
Remover, for gratuitous distribution.
The deservedly high reputation of
their preparation has wholly been gain
ed by its merits. Being free from oil
and alchol, it has healthy action on
the scalp, restoring gray hair to its
natural color without dyeing it, cures
itching of the scalp, removes and pre-
vents dandruff, and will thicken up
the thin locks. Such are the benefits
which are conferred upon the consum-
er. No one should neglect to give it
a trial. -Jo,unal G Statesman, W.
mington, Del.
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SOny---the Winds.

The South Winds sings of happy springs,
And summers fastening on their way;
The South Wind smells of cowslip bells,
And blossom-spangled meads of May:
But sweeter is her red red mouth
Than all the kisses of the South.
The West Wind breathes of russell heaths,
And yellow pride of woods grown old
The West Wind flies from autumn skies,
Aud sun-clouds overaid with gold:
But the golden locks l love the best
Outshine the glories of the West.
The North Wind sweeps from crystal deeps,
And Arctic halls of endless night
The North Wind blows DER drifted SHOWS,
And mountains robed in virgin white:
But purer far her maidens soul
Than all the SLOWS that shroud the Pole.
The East Wind shrills DER desert hills,
And dreary coasts of barren sand;
The East Wind means of sea-blanched bone
And ships that sink in sight of land:
But the cold, cold East may rave and moan,
For her soft warm heart is all my own.
Hd,pei's Bazar
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lives in the days of Aud Long Synt
is the prayer Of,
M. S. TOWNSEND.
The Kansas journals say it

The Kansas journals say it is
rumored in that State that the attor-
neys of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad have received posi-
tive instruction TO prosecute vigorous
ly the suits against citizens occupying
lands the entries of which were can
celled by order Of Secretary Delano,
last summer. The effect ofDelano's
action, unless the settlers obtain relief
through the courts, will be the evic
ton of hundreds Of settlers on the
Usage ceded lands from homesteads
which they had improved and occu-
pied for years, and for which they
held patents or deeds from the United
States, or else certificates emitting
them to patents. The object Of turn
ing these settlers out of the homes
they had improved and paid for was
to to give their lands to railroad cor
porations which have already received
from the United States as a gift pub
lie lands to an enormous amount.
Some of the best lawyers in Kansas
have pronounced the pretence under
which the railraad companies claim
these lands to be utterly worthless
but whether the settlers are right or
wrong makes little difference to the
avaricious Ring which dictates the
decisions of the General Land Office.
This Office is ruled by land grabbers,
and humble citizens have a poor
chance for justice there when their
possessions are coveted by wealthy
corporations.
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Quite Enough Married.

An incident of crossing the plains
in the early days was told by clever
lady at the breakfast table one morn
ing in Frisco. A Dutchman and his
wife had travelled west and arrived at
Salt Lake, where they halted for a
few weeks. The Mormons got around
the old Dutchman and coaxed him to
Join their ranks. After retiring one
night in their canvas-oovered wagon
bed, the good Dutchman broke the
matter to his better half, hinting to
her that the Mormons told him he had
better "stay, settle among dem, and
take some more wives" "How many
wives you thinks you vants?" asked
Katrina. The Dutchman thought
''fife more would make half dozen
already;" whereupon the wife got
down her bodice, and slipping from it,
what the Dutchman called the ''prest
board, vich vas made from Wisconsin
hickory und vas very tough" she laid
the hickory fierce and fast on the old
man, who shuffled out of the wagon
and fell in a ditch. The old man got
up, and his stomach it vas very cold,
but his back it vas very warm" His
wife cried cut, "How many wives you
links you wants now, ould fool % But
the Dutchman felt and expressed that
one was enough Calyor'ia Letter.
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"DoN'T APINr ME l HAINT GOT
TIME. The Post Master General has
received the following letter from a
person who was recently appointed
Postmaster (at q salary of $12 per
annum) Of a backwoods town in Iowa.
We give it verbatina ct Hteratim:
80 the gineral postmaster at Wash
ington City my Deare frend i hope
you will not appint me postmaster in
this here town hain't got no time to
tend to it suppose you got the paper
someof my trends sent up Reckomin-
den me but hain't got time to do the
thing up as it ort to be done. In fact
l don't no what is agoing to be done
our shoe maker would be very good
man only he was Grely square out
which yu know onfts him for the
position even there is our .storelleep-
er jim B-that wants the position
mighty bad but as sure as your a livin
man jim B-kant read good writing
and that's the trouble. You see them
that wants it don't no enuff to tend ii
and them their that does don't want to
take it jim B-was rased out in the
countrey and come to town last week
and don't no enuff to be postmaster
but do as you think best only don't
apint me i hain't got time. - Wash-
inQton Star.
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The Art of Printing.

EDITOR AGE-
In a somewhat desultory conversa-
ton with you a short time since, upon
the rapid improvements that had been
made in the various branches of art,
but especially that Of printing, | was
led to speak of the many, aud great
changes, which had taken place since
the first invention of letters, and the
rude methods Of combining them for
purpose Of giving to the world more
perfected state of that most valuable
of all arts to the human family, the
art Of printing. 1t must surely be re.
garded as an astonishing circum-
stance, that an art so admirably calcu-
lated to advance the true interests of
mankind, and yet so simple in its es-
sential characteristics, should have
been discovered at so late a period as
the middle of the fifteenth century.
1t is impossible to say when the germs
Of the art did not exist. "A man could
not walk along the sands of the sea.
shore without multiplying the i'm
presslons Of his footsteps. Seals and
signets are repeatedly mentioned in
the Old Testament, and were in COM
mon use among all the civilized ma
tions of antiquity. We find from his
tory that letters were first used in
Egypt by Syphoas 1891 years b. c.,
and that Memnon invented the Egyp-
tian alphabet 1922 years B. c. The
Assyrians printed inscriptions on the
clay which had been moulded for the
bricks employed for building, and the
Romans were accustomed to stamp
incriptions on pigs of lead and the
articles Of their manufacture. But to
come nearer to our own times we find
that the first essay in printing in
Europe was by means Of blocks, such
as were used by the Chinese, from a
very remote period, and it would seem
to require only to be known to ma
ton possessing an alphabet, in order
at once to suggest the art of printing
with separate pieces of metal capable
of unlimited combination. As vet,
however, the time had not arrived
when metal type was to supercede the
system Of blocks.
1t appears that about the year 400,
playing cards and manuals of popular
devotion, which had previously been
manufactured by hand, were now pro-
duced by block-printing. The era of
these block-prints and block books, as
they are called, was the first half of
fifteenth century ; and during the time
they were in common use, the idea
probably occurred to many ingenious
minds of cutting up one of these
blocks SO as to have separate letters
for new combinations of words and
sentences. Indeed, the separation of
the letters had already been done for
the eye in the common horn-book, an
A B G book, from which children
learned their letters. 1t is claimed by
the Dutch that this idea originated
with one ofther countymen, Lawrence
Caster, of Haerlem, who is said, about
the year 1880, to have printed by
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WHOLE NO. 1922
A SeasiCk Bride.

1t is grand thing to read in q po-
|pular journal that 'the newly married
pair embarked for a bridal tour in
Europe" But really it is not so
grand. We have bride on board
and If the engaged could see her we
doubt their retaining wish to do the
same. Don't know, however; any
thing fashionable will at least be en-
dured. We saw this delicate crea-
ture come on board, surrounded by
loving friends and fairly smothered in
flowers and tender leave-taking. She
belonged to the extensive family of
blondes, and her get mp was exceed
ingly beautiful. What a travelling
dress that was, what panier, what a
train while her little hat sat on the
dizzy pinnacle of blonde hair like a
birds nest swaying on a tree top.
Look at her now; to what favor has
she come so suddenly and think of
the process! Think, if you can, of a
loving husband, sick himself, trying
to hold the loved head of his bride
and bowl at the same time, while
pitching, tossing vessel tumbles him
over and spills the contents of that
bowl into the bosom of his beloved.
We happened to pass the state
room Of the pair makino their Eu-
ropean bridal tour. The door was
open for air. Sea sickness destorys
the proprieties. The most difident,
shrinking creature in the world will
defy the eyes of all Delaware when in
paroxyism Of that deathly sickness.
We have seen delicate young lady
in the arms of the first officer begging
to be thrown overheard between at
tacks, and clinging to the rough sail
or (good looking however0 regardless
Of appearance. We saw the young
husband. in his shirt and drawers, try
ing to hold the head of his beloved
over bowl. And, O heavens, such
a head! The lofty structure of blonde
hair had disappeared, and in its place
was a diminutive knot and little
skull hid under an arrangement that
resembled hair sofa in its close
smoothness. We did not want to
look but the motion of the vessel
was such that we had to cling to the
door And what spectacle, what a
tableau to be made up by the said
bridal party! The poor fellow, sick
himself was trying to hold head and
bowl in the same effort, and sometimes
he ducked the beloved countenance in
the bowl, and then he would, as the
vessel gave a sudden lurcE, support
himself by clinging to the head which
he had vowed to cherish and protect,
and the head shrieked dismally.
Then when the fair bride appeared
or deck, feeble and half sick, unfee]-
ing comments and criticisms would
provoke any true Christian gentlemen
to profane language. Doubtless the
announcement in the fashionable jour
mails of the bridal tour to Europe
compensates for all this. But we
have our fears, are inclined to believe
that the many unhappy marriages
terminating in elopements and divorces
may be traced to the disgust created
by the first three days at sea. Dom
Piatt.
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"A stone-cutter received the fol-
lowing epitaph from German, 10 be
cut upon the tombstone of his wife !:
"Mine wife Susan is dead; if she had
life till mex friday she'd bin dead shust
two weeks. As tree falls so must
it stan; all tings is impossible nit
God
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Spruce Beer.-Allow an ounce of
hops and tablespoonful of ginger to
gallon of water. When well boiled
strain it, and put in a pint of molas,
ses and half an ounce or less Of the
essence of spruce; when cold add a
teacup OF yeast; put it in clean,
tight cask-a jug will do-and let it
ferment for day or two, then bottle
it for use; you will find it quite good
after three days. The essense Of
spruce can be obtained at any drug
store.