Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-04-16
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paper and let "Brick" Pomeroy alone,
they would do better for their party.
--fluckleberry is the name of
Grants District-Attorney in Western
Arkansas, WHO'S charged with bribery.
Time he was picked.
New Mexico is neck and neck
with Colorado on the grand National
sweepstakes for the thirty.eighth
State.
MIR. Pancake held fifty tickets in
the Louisville lottery. As he didn't
draw a prize he has subsidized into
dough.
A Pennsylvania lady has a goose
forty years old. fit was well cooked
ed it would be appropriate for the
Centennial.
Dayton, Ohio, is still the scene of
the temperance war. The ladies are
still strong in spirit, though weaken
ing physically.
The North Adams Transcript
fears that the disease which has preyed
upon New York, Pennsylvania, Kan
sas and the States Of the South and
West, and laid them PROSTATE be-
meath the feet of the Camerons, Car
penters, Pomeroys and Kelloggs, will
come to Massachusetts if Tinker isn't
squclched.
A Chicago hotel, clerk is Sim"
$4,000 by the Louisville lottery
There are no less than fifty jour
nalists encamped at the foot Of Bald
Mountain awaiting developments.
Two Pennsylvania railroad con
ductors have been fined $500 each for
embezzlement.
The postal convention between
this country and Japan, which was
negotiated last August, has been rati-
fled by the japanese Government.
June 29th will probably be the
date of contest between Brown and
Coulter at Toronto, and match be-
tween Brown and Fulton is talked Of
The editor of the Harrisburg
Pa.) Patriot doesn't desire a place on
the Democratic State ticket. He
prefers to serve in the ranks. He
would make a good fighs in either
position.
Pinch has taken up his permanent
abode in New Orleans. At least he
proposes to stay there until recalled to
to take the Senatorial
oath.
The Pennsylvania Democratic
Legislature caucus has agreed to OPP
pose the Centennial Appropriation
bill and the bill for the increase of the
debt of Philadelphia until the Repub-
lican majority in the House agree to
pass fair appor'ionment bill for the
city. This action may endanger the
bill.
The Philadelphia Press says Kel-
ley stands upon his record in Con-
gress. A poor footstool.
The editor who calls Richardson
a CIPHER cannot claim he has never
said aught against him.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has declared a semi-annual dividend
of five per cent
The Hon. Joseph Hermes, Of
Kentucky, predicts the spectacular
drama of temperance crusaders dang
ling from the lamp posts as thick as
huckleberries in June.
According to the latest account
100, 100000 postal cards have been
issued and paid out. One-eigth of
the amount were taken in New York.
The editor of the New York Sun
is pleased to hear that President
Grant is diligent reader OF his paper.
He laments, however, that it doesn't
seem to have done him much good so
far.
Miss f1eenan, sister or the pugl-
list, died recently in Berlin. She en-
ioyed the distinction of being the
most corpulent woman in the world.
The people already have one
official "Humpty Dumpty." He is at
the head ofthe Treasury Department
1t is true that he seems in a fair way
to have as great a fall as his prototype,
hut spare us from any more, we pray. |
N. Y Foe. Post.
The Maryland peaches have been
nipped in the bud. But she is "some
peaches" vet