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Barnard.

Barnard.
DR.. c. G. Ellis, has sold his place
and practice, to Dr. O. G. Turner, of
North Attleboro, Mass, tor $4,000
DR.. Turner comes well recommended.
We are sorry to lose DR.. Ellis, but
success go with him.
Measles are going the rounds
now.
We are glad the Universalist
Church is being repaired up, it need.
ed it bad enough, sure.
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Bethel.

Bethel.
There were q number of people
at Bethel on the "Fourth," and most
OF them were sorry they were there.
The horse trot was rather slim, Barn
ard colts won the purses offered
Harpin first. There were a few fire
engines there, and among them a
steamer which it is said threw water
so high and so far that it rained
nearly all the afternoon in Woodstock,
IS miles away.
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Civil RIGHTS in Mississini

Civil Rights in Mississippi: A
gentleman travelling in that State re-
Gently had the choice of sleeping with
two white men and a negro in the
same bed or taking the floor. He
chose the latter.
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READ THIS I!
Competition!

NO111 I)oC1C1e'1A
Prices Down Down !! DOWN
THERE being so many different grades of
L Marble used for Cemetery purposes, rang
ing prices from
S1,75 to $1,000 IL Cubic Foot,
that it is essential for any one to be POSTED
on the qualities in order to say
WHO SELLS CNEAPESJ.
Having been over two years in business Ia
Woodstock, and having earned a fair reputa-
ton for selingevery one an HONEST PIECE
OF WORK and GOOD STOCK, l propose to
sell all kinds Of Cemetery work, such as nice
or cheap MONUMENTS,
HEADSTONES, CURLING, &C.,
CHEAPER than any other man,
from either the BEST or Cheapest Stock,
(preering always to sell good Stock and
Work.
o. My Shop is in rear of Court House, IN
building owned by James II. Muldock.
FRANK. P. ARCHIBALD.
Woodstock, May Goth, 1874.
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IN NlEMOR[AM.

We miss the kind and frien dly face
OF Worthy Brother Yang I'm,
His seat at the Table is empty,
And his visible presence gone.
But we know that his circle of homo mes,
Still more deeply his loss deplore +;
And we feel to sympathize truly,
In their sorrow and trouble sore.
Oh may his influence still be felt
In this band of earnest Brothers
His genial heart, his rigorous nina,
Be pattern and guide for others.
May we strive to copy his moral ecorh,
And his love for all his kind,
His sterling truth and integrity,
And his synipathizing mind.
Mr.. Woodwards factory is at rest
for few days. The boiler is under
going repairs. The annual Summer
will take place abont the
asst of tits month.
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AuGUsr.-The August number of this
substantial Magazine of 100 pages is
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EhOHsiE'rct.

P0aHiret.
RELICS OF ANTIQUITY John G..
Keith, found a piece of silver the 9TH
er day while planting, about two inch
es long, half an inch wide at one end
running to a point with a fange On
one side; it was very rudely ornament
ed near it were parts Of very ancient
brittle, flint arrow. heads. Other
Indian relics have been found in this
neighborhood.
Mrs. p. II. Walker, has a hen
that has laid regularly all the spring.
Her eggs are very small and not a
yolk in one of them. The boys found
her nest the other day, with forty
good fresh eggs in it, not all her own
however. Old Grimes must give up
his hat.
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STATE OF VERMONT, At a Probate
DISTRICT OF HARTFORD SIS. Court held at
Woodstock, within and for said District on
the twenty-eight day of April A. D., 1874.
Present, Hon. JOHN PORTER, Judge.
Freeman Page's Estate, Sharon, intestate.
ELEZER BALDWIN, Administrator of
said estate proposes to render an account of his
administration and to present his account
against said estate for examination and al
lowance at a Probate Court to be held at
Woodstock, aforesaid, on the first Wednesday,
third day. Of June next. The Court therefore
orders that notice of the same be given to all
persons interested in said estate, by publish
ing certified copy of the record of this order,
three weeks successfully in the Spirit Of the
Age, newspaper printed at Woodstock, afore-
said, that they may appear before said Court,
and contest the allowance of said account, il
they see cause.
A true record.
HENRY S. DANA, Register.
A true copy of record.
HENRY s. DANA, Register
, 1874-08-30

months Of lake navigation left, and there ia on
hand in Chicago and Milwaukee nearly three
times a. much wheat as last year at
this time, being about si1 and q half
millions against two and 3 half millions.
Should the present decline continue some weeks,
and force large shipments upon the balance of
the season, gorge would follow, neceseitating
shipment By rail at high rates. It is perhaps
too early to speculate upon this, although the
indications are that wheat will rule low from the
lack Of foreign demand To tho farmer, how
ever, it will be more than an average
year Of prosperity, lnasmuch as the high
prices he is getting for corn aud
oats will more than onHet any deficit
On wheat. On the whole, there is steady aud
healthy increase in the general volume Of trade,
and the fact that people are still living econom-
cally, and buying only what they need, il by no
means discouraging sign. On the contrary, it
is sure indication t1at the recovery from the
September panic has begun, and, while this ro-
covery must bo allow, it will be steady and sure.
, 1874-08-30

The Trustees Of the University OF Chicago
have appealed in series Of revolutions,
which We published yesterday, to tho
people OF Chicago, to commemorate tho
Centennial Of the National Independence
by the creation OF a fund of $4,000 tn be
permanently invested for the assistance Of
worthy and needy students in the University.
They express the hope that such benevolent
and patriotic purpose will commend itself to the
judgment and lberality Of all. It is believed
TINT no more fitting and excellent object can be
accomplished in the way Of narionnl comme,n-
grafton than by this permanent endowment OF
the University BY 3 fund which will belong to
needy students. 70 whatever class, se1, or re-
hgion they may belong, and be used exclusively
to give higher education to those who may sock
It, and who have no other means Of obtaining it.
Ths University h Chicago institution, md
, 1874-08-30

such An endowment by the people OF this city
would be recognized By tho whole country as an
act OF patriotism and Of most benevolent and
which is not large one, will be held by Board
Of special Trustees Independent of the Trustees
Of the University. This Board cnn be composed
Of such men as Lyman Trumbull, Judge Drum
mond, ". +. Coolbaugh, and Others who wonld
protect it and see that it WAS applied to the epe
cial object Of the endowment We commend the
proposition, as an excellent and charitable one,
to the thoughtful aud liberal consideration OF
the citizens Of Chicago.
, 1874-08-30

The death Of Rear-Admira Fl, u.n,
"iaemao, Of the Royal Nsvv. At 81 1Aa &
unrayeled mystery worthy of n. osepa hal
ious romance-writer. Tba mn ra 11oss 'ngen-
the Saunders House, ST. ina 90 w;n: w;eted 1t
beEs. He died suddenly, and the a coraa, olaEa-
the papers in his possession. 4 usa,, ass ~. Kept
death, the Coroner received a ]atts. A'ef bis
Downing, Of Fairfax, Neb.. STATING 49,. aom ona
berB was none other ths, .natn-
Wlseman, and demanding his pana,, nlta
Coroner declined to deliver them 1he
two later. letters from +ha o.. -. :, Eeek or
, 1874-08-30

] the nature Of the remainder foroshadowed. Yet
| in the Judgment of the world Deecher has
| fallen. Slowly but surely the verdict OF the I'M
partial outside public will environ and smother
| the petty devices OF the Brooklyn Committee
end the assumed hilarity OF the accused preacher.
The '.power Of great darkness under which he
says be has desperately struggled for a few
years past will deepen Like tue final night that
closed or the blinded Ajax in his DYING con-
test with Hector.
After the excitement Of his yotaries in the i'm
mediate drama Of bis defense ehall have sub
cd,-After their combatiyeneas shall no
longer have anything to push against, Mr..
Beccher's decline and fall from public respect
will be manifest to all. Christian men and
women value their own se1f-respect even
moro highly than they esteem Beecher's
eloquence or wit It cannot long be fash-
ionable for pure women to attend the minis
trations Of any man whose fame is, whether
justly OF otherwise, so smrchod and c1ouded.
Few Will become martyrs through their faith in
him Tho subscriptions to his paper and books
WILL EumpIe. lilo atte1QA1ce al n1e cnuTEa WILL
fall of. The number of friends once proud to
know him who will now avoid him will Increase
II it is not his crime it is st least hs folly that
has ruined the Tilton household, and reduced
woman, once among the MOTT loved, to posi-
ton now the most pitiable. In either dilemma
he is unfit for further pastoral work. Beside
this catastronhe, his usefulness as preacher
fails His plain duty is to fulfill his promise and
"Step down and out" Tho advisers who lead |
him forward to more desperate battles in tho
courts Of law only reuder moro complete his !
ruiu.
, 1874-08-30
TIE INFLUENCE OF THE CLERGY,

The history OF the Church Of England during
the sixteenth centur; is substantially the history
Of England On the Continent, at the same
time and long after, chu1chmen pervadod every
sphere Of political activity. Cotton Matner and
his like we're the kings and lar-givers Of New
England. They laid down the law, sacred and
profaue. The two were synonymous- The
question whether divorces could be granted
Was decided by the suffrages Of tho ministers of
Nov England, and the question whether captive
Indians could be held in elAyery WAS decided in
tho affirmative by taxi in Deuteronomy.
When the avenues Of politics were gradually
closed to them, they exerted commanding in
fuence in matters Of morality and religion such
they do not WELD now. The decline in their
power has been by no meana an aeil to them.
the fields Of action they had usurpcd it has been
blessing. They have, houe7er, felt
this decline in matters peculiarly pertaining to
their sacred calling. The causes of the greater
respect paid them in the past are to be found in
four facts We must premise that our argument
applies only to this country.
FirsEMore reverence was paid to religion in
the olden time. It WAS in many placoa an e.
sentih condition Of of6ce-holding aud even Of
voting. In the Colonial Assemblies, the Bible
Was appealed to as The supreme law of human
action With frequency and familiarity that
would excite unbonnded wonderment in our State
Legislatures. When men came to America 1orre-
ngion's sake, they nAsural1y made the reltgion
tor which the5 hAa andszgoas saaA hAedshipa
, 1874-08-30
TAX-FI9HTING.

Mr. Derickson. in his speech before the Stat
| Board Of Equalization, hit the nail On the heat
when be said that the inequality OF taxation il
this State had made tax-hghtinC respectable.
| On general grounds, it would be supposed that
| man vino tried to ahirk the payment Of his due.
/ to the State county, o1 city would bo looked up
on with disgust By his fel1ow-citizens. Such nc
| ton is mean 4 man avails himself of all thu
! advantages offered b. municipal organizations
| and then tries TO make his neighbors pay his
share Of tho cost Of those advantages. All thi.
| is changed, however, when the taxes he refuses
to pay are unjust and unequal He then appears
rs the champion Of the right He is hailed
as benefactor, as q man who has
the neryo to resist wrong, no matter how
powerful tho authority that trics to infict it may
be. The news Of his victory in the courts is re-
ceived with general qualification. When such q
state OF things prevails, all tax-fghting becomes
respectable Injustice is 50 general that man
striving to cTade the payment Of his just dues
has but to assert that his property has been
grossly overta1ed to find ready belief. More
over, men who begin By resisting unjust taxes
are very apt to continue by fighting those that
arc just It is SO easy to say to one Of the
dozen lawyers who are celebrated as "ta1-
fighters" in this city: "Oppose this levy for
NO." Time is surely gained; there is no risk OF
reputation; and tho tar may perhaps, eyen
when it is wholly just, be overthrown. No
law levyiug q direct tax can be framed
in which legal ingenuity cannot pick somo
plausible flaw. The result is, that each
attempt to collect tho sinewB Of Govern
occupy the time Of the Judges to an extent
which seriously increases the proverbial delays
Of the law. Every decision against the legality
OF any particular tax-laE shakes popular conf
dence in all Of them. It strengthens tho feeling
that our whole system is unequal and therefore
unjust. Men azgne that they are justified in re-
sorting to any measures to defeat tax which in
all probability weighs more heavily upon them
than upon some OF their neighbors. They hand
in ingeniously falae returus, or they quietly ig-
their doors, secure in the knowledge that that
functionary'e rough guess at the amount Of their
property will probably fall good way below any
Bum they would honestly or eemi-honeatly re-
turn. II he puts the figures too high, thecou1ts
aEe open to them. These are no imaginary
evils. Everybody who has studied tho working
OF our taxation knows how real and how
grave they are No State Board OF Equalization
can remove them, il it strives to fulfill tha OBJ
tecta tor which 1t VAS nominally organized. It
IL impossbls tor any tax BY valuation to b.
Justly l8tied rad ee1lsc4ed Ether tudi1tduslA
, 1874-08-30
TIE FAIL TRADE.

Notwithstanding the present decline in wheat
and the setback it has given to business, there
is very generally a hopeful feeling among our
merchants, which is also strengthened by ad-
vices from New York that the fall trade will be
healthy and prosperous Since the panic Of
last year. the farmers have been getting high
prices for corn and wheat, nnu for ali their
other crops. Everything which they hara put
into the market has nude them C. re-
muneratire return At the came time. the
immediate influence Of the panic IVES to induce
tho practice of \ rigid economy. Tho result of
this is that the country people have plenty Of
money. but very small stocks Of goods Un-
doubtedly they will continue, AZ they ought to
practice economy but they must ill up their
stocks again, and will do it by buying what is
necessary. This will induce steady aud regular
denand,-in smaller way perhaps than usual,
but ont of this will como the advantage of
q cash business, or very short cred
its, equivalent to cash. Nearly Ill tho
lesding branches Of trade in the city
report favorably, and claim an increase in busi-
ness. Reports from New York show that, while
there is no probability Of large sales or OF any
general speculative business this fall, owing to
the caution OF buyers, yet, on the whole, trade is
satisfactory. Instead OF buying ahead and an-
ticipating another seasons business bY storing
away, they buy for the current demand and pay
cash. The New York Bulletin says: "Al
tllis is aggravating to the large distributors OF
goods, but afords no reason for jumping to
the conclusion that the aggregate bnsineas this
autumn ia no: to be good. Confidence is each
day strengthening. and, with tue good crops ne
are now assured Of, there is reason for hopeful
ness." The only cause for anxiety is tbs pref
ent decline in wheat and the possibility that 1t
NAY coutinna. Ws hara now hot tee sud half
, 1874-08-30

or else whole classes will pay more or less than
their just share Of the municipal expenses. The
way to stop tax-fehting is to stop that system
Of taxation. Under the indirect system, there
aro few temptations to perjury, because there
are few or no returns to be made. The ground
for appealing to the courts is nearly all cut
more on pound Of beefsteak in order to help
defrsy the licensc-fees Of his butcher cannot ap-
ply for an injunction to prevent the latter
charging the extra 2 OF mills.
The matter can be readily summed up. Taxes,
unless they are equal, and just, and inevitable,
will be resisted They can be made equal, and
just, and inevitable only by the adoption Of the
indirect system OF taxation.
, 1874-08-30

tho sako' of proving that this scisn..
readily brought within the Comprehensive .@..
scholars At our public schools. 4 ehi,d ,,4s '
had eone through such courss uon,a :. 'a
ter citizen, tsn times over, than bs .on,, ,'"
without the knowledge thus acquired ".
gard this matter as one Of very great iuno,t,.. ~
and Ne urge educators to give il thai.
aud thorough attention. 4u
, 1874-08-30
TIE NAN WHO KNOWS ALI ABOUT II

TIE NAN WHO KNOWS ALI ABOUT IT.
| The Beecher investigation has given severa
| hitherto unknown persons 3 notoriety that ha!
been meat and drink to them Prof. Rosaito
4 Raymond is the last to appear upon the scene
1t is strange that he has been quiet SO fur. for
us he modestly announced from the platform o.
Plymouth Church, he is "8ths only uan, by the
Church or in the United States, to-day, NOT a
member OF the Committee and not lawyer be.
fore the Committee, who happens to know all
about it," Other people have erasped fact
knows it all. He sarB Beecher is spotIeBs. So
that question Is settled. Persons throughout
the country who have been holding contrary
views will please change their minds 1t once.
Raymond has spoken, and he knows everything.
Siuce this is SO, it is a grievous disappointment
that he has told US SO little To be sure, he
made the vretchcd Moulton IN outcaat for the
rest Of his life By saying that he had
poisoned the minds Of all the parties
to this little dispute with his internal lies" It
Was natural TINT the Plymouth Church Chris
tians, having thus learned from the lips Of Ou1-
niscience that Moulton WAS guilty, should havo
aourished pistols and expressed their pious de-
sire to 'tlay him out" skill him" "s.1oot
him." etc It is sad to think that some
worldly-minded policemen should have res
cued him. Raymond did, however, let fall
one precious scrnp Of information, which en-
tire1y destroys all the arguments against Beech
er. Omniscience tells us that Mrs. Titon wrote
a letter in the fall of 1870 to her husband, aah~
ing him to remove the leud pictures he had hung
in his room, and to abandon the society OF evil
women. A ''fricnd" WAS with her when the
letter was sent and when the answer can,o
availed herself Of tho chance to read it. She
Says now that abe had previously been asked
to do 30. In It Tilton swore frightfully, and
told bis wife that he would hnro whatever
When Airs. Iilton revived, she said that "Dory"
had written her q terrible letter. and then sho
it, say1ng TINT no living being should
ever see it. Her conscientious friend concealed
the fact that she had read it. Sho aftsr-
wards told tho Committee and Raymond I'll
about it. OF course, this "fact" proves
Beecher's innocence conclnsiyely. However, it
is idle to cay anything against the great preacher,
now that Raymond, who knows all about it, hrs
pronounced him innocent. Tho true theory oI
the case is evidently this: Tilton aud Moulton,
while classmates st school, made up their minds
to ruin Beecher. Tilton afterwards married in
order to be able to accuse linn OF adultery with
Mrs. Tlton- Moulton got 10 per cent Of all the
blackmail. This accounts for the whole thing.
Beecher's playful letters about wishing be we're
dead. and his rero jest about hanging On tho
sharp and ragged edge Of despair, were made
uso of By them to accomplish their he1lish de-
sign. It is oyidont now why Halliday would
llavo refused to believe Bcecher guilty even
though an angel from Heaven had told hin, co.
Halliday had Omniscence ever by him in tho
person Of Raymond!
, 1874-08-30

a distinguished French political adventure,
has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment
Tor forgery Dr.. Mario Ernest Troncia dn
Me1san began political life in 1848 as sub-P1e-
feet Of Conpeigne, but Was shelved the following
year He took his medical degree, and then
married tho wealthy widow Of the successful
variety Inanager Of the day, lived fast, and SQUAD
deEed all ahe possessed. He made friends With
tho mammou OF unrightaous politicians, and
through h~ De Persigny obtained position
as Government blackmailer and bribef Of tbs
praas- He succeeded 50 we'll ia this dirtv busf-
Ness thst be Was promoted to the press depart-
ment OF the Corps Legis1stif, whose functions
arc unknown. When the 4th Of September
swept away tbs Empire, he was compelled to
triD1- He mnde himself invaluable to G4mbetts.
posted the young Dictator, drew up the procla-
nation Of the Republic in Pa1ia He seEYed
Theirs with andacious courage and e1callent
Judgment, and was rewarded With the Cross Of the
Legion Of Honor and position On Th,ers stat.
His c1editora, however, pushed him hxna Pol
tics IN Franco do not yield a. much "a sheJ do
in the United States, and du Meraaa wa driven
to an Amusement venture. He decided to gi7e
an International Exposition IN 1875, and bor-
rowed money all round It Was sunk rapidly in
tho gambling houses, and hs w&s reduced to tbs
necesaity, AZ be considered 1t, Of forging the
name Of IL Lefevre, Under-Sec1etsEy Of stata
for Finance, to note for q, ,000 francs. He was
detected, arrested, and convicted, and sentence
passed Oh him as stated Had be but had tho
advantages Of the ordinary carpot-bagge.. Whist
a mint OF money be conld h.ve made out ot the
Or had there but bean = Freed
man's Bank in Paris!
, 1874-08-30

Wau street was thrown into I state OF 0npA1
alleled confusion day or two sgo by p ~
sion which paradcd in front Of the Offices noa!o
BY woman carrying baby. The pfoos0s. -.
was m1de up 1 Eve young children arrsnSea .s ~
cort1ing to height, and bearlng eacn q p's~
The placa1d get forth that Utloy Douensts; >,
bankers and brokers, had robbed the 1anpns
5000 by failing, going into oannupe5 .as ~
turning over their property to their "n@
It appeared. afterwards, that the o,oIe..
hsd negotiated shout 100000 OF Rocnes's,
uater-bonds, and that the vomsns nuspe4.
had bought -, 800 Worth. Tne affair pfo'nK :.
failure. the frm vent int bankruptcy sou -
volyed tho bondholderB in general ruin u c"u.e
to Wa1lstreo* men tho sight Vas very fonn1,
recalling Incidents IN the business d1penenco u
MANY Of them 4r. Dougherty was = u'11e
moved, - was natural What added TO n7 ~
diruation waa the fact that he had g1asulsoo01'
given email sums 10 these pestllent cred1'o.
say, s2oo,-vishout keeping any ACCOUNT u -.
A{ter sucb generosity the demand tof moes s,. w.
Is nngrAteful md glutsonooa ~ Oliver 1.' -
1hers h nothing thu WAllstxset xo1af ss''s 4"
raaaA u lnxraAtadA
, 1874-08-30

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-Halstcd street. between NAd-
t.on .ad Aoufos KoRaEeucnt Of Robert AcWsde-
ssRip Van Wiukie."
, 1874-08-30

HOoLKY's THEATRE-RAndolph street, between
Cla1k and LxSalls. "Led Astrny."
, 1874-08-30

NYICKER,S THEATRE-Madison street, between
Dearborn and State. Engagement OF Edwin Aaasas'
+.Yhs Red Light: or, The Signal Of Danger"