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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

The FEBRUARY number of WOODS
HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE is really a
marvel of what can be furnished for
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cheapest magazine which comes to
our table. Its articles have a chaste-
ness about them which is not always
found in periodical literature which
adapts it to fill place now too large
ly occupied by cheap publications
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

A portly gentleman crowded
himself into q horse Car next to a
young man, who said: 'Perhaps you
wouldn't crowd in here ifyou knew l
had just had the smallpox" "Oh.
that's nothing was the reply, ''tor
this is the first time | have been out
since | had it myself"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

-Whack went her broomstick on
the back Gas she suppposeD of a
neighbours old COW that had so great.
ly annoyed her by nocturnal depreda-
tons in the garden. 'I'll teach you
to ruin my pansies and eat my hello.
tropes, you old villain said she, as
she sprang behind the hollyhock bush
in the dark one evening and brought
her cudgel with terrific force upon the
new stove pipe hat of the minister,
who was just feeling for the gate
latch to make a friendly call. The
call was deferred. When he came
next morning with a forgiving smile
and fearful welt upon his counter
ance, to hunt for his gold spectacles,
the lady delivered an apology that
bore the marks of midnight prepare
ton and repeated private rehearsals.
The spectacles were found at length
in the fennel patch, two rods from
the eventful gate, but had to 90 to the
jewellers before they could be preach
ed in with propriety
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12
THE SUN.
WEEKLY, sENII-WEEKLY, & DAILY

THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known
to require any extended recommendation but
the reasons which have already given it fifty
thousand subscribers, and which will, we
hope, give it many thousands more, are brief
ly as follows -
It is frst-rate newspaper. All the news
of the day will be found in it, condensed
when unlmportant, at full length when of
moment. and always presented in clear,
ineligible, and interesting manner.
1t is 4 first rate family family paper, full of
entertaining and instructive reading of every
kind, but containing nothing that can offend
the most delicate and scrupulous taste.
1t is first rate story paper. The best tales
and Iomances Of current literature are care
fully selected and lcgibly printed in its pages
1t is Il first-rate agricultural paper. The
most fresh and instructive articles on agricul-
tural topics regularly appear in this depart
ment.
1t is an Independent political paper, be-
longing to no party and wearing no collar
1t fights for principle, and for the election of
the best men to Office. II especially devotes
its energies to the exposure of the great COR
ruptiOns that nov weaken and disgrace our
country, and threaten to undermine republic
can institutions altogether 1t has no fear Of
knaves, and asks no favorS from their sup
po.ters.
1t reports the fashions for the ladies and
the markets to' the men, especially the cattle
markets, to which it pays particular attention.
Finally, it is the cheapest paper published.
One dollar year will secure it for any sub
scriber. 1t is not necessary to get up Il club
in order to have THE WEEKLY SUN at this
rate. Any one who sends single dollar will
get the paper for year.
We have no travelling agents
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fify-six columns. Only si.O0 a year, No
discounty from THIS rate.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUN.-Some size
rs the Daily Sun. $500 year. a discount
of 20 per cent. to slabs of 10 or over.
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Reduce the Army.

What need has this country of an
army of thirty thousand men, requir.
ing annual expenditure of forty mil
lions? What reasonable or justifiable
purpose is subserved by so enormous
and costly an establishment? Against
what enemy is it necessary that we
should protect ourselves? Were is
the dangerous neighbor who by any
possibility, can assail us? What foreign
nation is likely toundertake the doubt
full experiment Of an attack? What
domestic occasion is there for the
services Of a numerous soldiery?
To ask these questions is to answer
them. There is no ncighbor to threat
en- us, there is no foreign power that
can possibly make Wal upon us; and il
by any strange emergency such a war
should be declared, thirty thousand
men would be Of no more practical
value as a nucleus for organizing q
great army than ten thousand men
would be. Besides, with our railroads,
we could raise and concentrate an army
anywhere before any foreign enemy
could get at us.
There is but one single end fol-
which any sane man can think OF
maintaining so many troops as we
now have under arms, and this is to
keep the Indians in order. The rea-
son disappears like mist the moment
it is examined.
Twenty-Five years ago we had q
population of only twenty millions OF
people. Our long frontier was then
really exposed to Indian depredations.
The Indians themselves were free to
communicate with each other and to
combine in threatening or attacking
exposed settlements; and then an army
OF ten thousand men was found ample
to protect the country. No more
were needed.
Now our population counts forty
millions of civilized people, while the
Indians are even less numerous thar
they were then Every settlement is
now able to defend itself, and they are
so scattered over the whole face of the
continent, and the Pacific railways
have so penetrated andl divided the
Indian country, that it is impossible
for the Indians to combine. We arc
Immensely stronger and they very
much weaker. And yet we now keer
an army of thirty thousand men tc
MAINTAIN order among these people
thus reduced and weakened, when ar
army of ten thousand men was founG
perfectly sufficient for the work TWEEN
tyfve years ago.
If there is wisdom iii Congress, il
will see the facts in this matter as
they are, and will at once freely APP.
ply the knife of retrenchment to this
overgrown and prepcsterous military
establishment. IF ten thousand men
formed an army large enough twenty
- hive years ago, that number will be
enough now; and with twenty mil
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

Tweed has outgrown his prison
uniform and is arrayed in nobby suit
of brown flannel. He eats lis break
fast and dinner at the warden's table,
and his supper is taken to him from
the warden's house.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

A Nevada paper says: "The
many friends of Bill Thompson will
regret to hear that he was hashed up
by a catamount to-day, on Nixon's
hill, while lying in wait to shoot a
Chinaman. This was always a world
Of disappointment"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

"A Dutchman was relating his
marvellous escape from drowning
when thirteen Of his companions were
lost by the upsetting ola boat, and
he alone saved "And how did you
escape their fate?' 81 It'd not 90 in
the pote," was the Dutchmans placid
reply.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

" TIE GREAT SOUTH,

the most important and expensive series of
Illustrated Papers ever undertaken by any
Magazine. will be continued through the year.
In the December Number we complete the pa
pers on Louisiana. The next in order will be
The Lone Star State; The Mountain Regions
of the South; The Iron Regions of Missouri.
&c. &c. These with the Essays and Editor
ial Discussions of Literature, Science and Art.
Sketches of Travel, occasional Poems and
Etchings, will make up Magazine of Chris
tian Literature designed to be
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

1t is stated that an excellent way
to purify rancid lard, is to try it over
in kettle with about one pound of
raw, sliced potatoes to every five or
six pounds of lard. The potatoes
seem in some way to absorb whatever
gives the lard an impure taste, and
leave it clean and sweet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12
b.
My Playmate.
BY JOHN q. WHITTIER.

The pines we're dark on Ramoth hill
Their song was soft and low;
The blossoms in the sweet May wind
Were falling like the snow.
The blossoms drifted at our feet,
The orchard birds sang clear;
The sweetest and the saddest day
1t seemed of all the years.
For. more to me than birdie or flowers,
My playmate left her home,
And took with her the laughing spring.
The music and the bloom.
She kissed the lips of kith and kin,
She laid her hand in mine:
What more could ask the bashful boy
Who fed her fathers kline
She left us in the bloom of May:
The constant years told DER
Their seasons with as sweet May morns,
But she came back no more.
walk, with noiseless feet, the round
Of uncventful years
Still DER and DER SOW the spring
And reap the autumn ears.
She lives where all the golden year
Her summer roses blow
The dusky children of the sun
Before her come and 60.
There haply with her jewelled hands
She smooths her silken gown
No more the homespun lap wherein
shook the walnuts down.
The wild grapes wait us by the brook,
The brown nuts on the hill,
And still the May-day flowers make sweet
The woods of Follymill
The lilies blossom in the pond,
The bird builds in the tree,
The dark pines sing on Ramoth hill
The slow song of the sea.
wonder if she thinks of them,
And how old time seems
If ever the pines of Ramoth wood
Are sounding in her dreams.
see her face, l hear her voice
Docs she remember mine ?
And what to her is now the boy
Who fed her fathers kline
What cares she that the orioles build
For other eyes than ours,--
That other hands with nuts are filed,
And other laps with flowers
o playmate in the golden time
Our messy seat is green,
Its fringing violets blossom yet,
The old trees DER it lean.
The winds SO sweet with birch and fern
A sweeterm emory blow;
And there in spring the veeries sing
The song of long ago.
And still the pines of Ramoth wood
Are moaning like the sea-
The moaning of the sea of change
Between myself and thee
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

of this jury convicts my client,
said Western lawyer, rolling up his
sleeves and displaying his ponderous
fists, 81 shall feel compelled to meet
each one and hammer justice into his
soul through his head Verdict of
not guilty.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-12

The Legislature of Georgia has
indefinitely postponed the proposition
to hold constitutional convention.
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DRYANT AND STRATYON
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B O S II O N, M A SIS.

OSllON'I,
TON, MASS.
Commercial
COURSE OF STUDY, PREPARATORY TO BUSINESS.
The studies embraced in the plan of the
School, and designed for those pupils who
have acquired a good knowledge of the Ele-
mentary English Branches are
Bookkeeping,
(BY SINGLE AND DOUBLE ENThY.)
Commercial Arithmetic,
(Desigacd for practical application IN hisiness)
Commercial Writing,
(wIrH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LEGIBILTry AND
RAPIDrTY
Commercial! Law,
(RELATING TO NEGOTIABLE PAPER CONTROLS.
PARTNERSHIPS, ETC.
all of which are especially necessary for and
adapted to Commercial purposes.
Those desiring to accomplish more than the
course included in the above studies may Sc
lect any or all of the following studies, viz -
READING, WRITING, SPELLING, GRAMMAR and
ARITHMETIC, and pursue them as associate
studies or separately.
Pupils received at any time when there are
vacancies. Parents desiring children educated
in useful and practical manner are invited to
examine into the merits of this School.
Catalogue post free. Communications should
be addressed !55i Washington street, at
which place interviews may be had from a..
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[1625yl.l H E. HIBBARD Principal,
N. b. This School will be removed after 4
few weeks to its new building now in process
of completion, corner Essex and Washington
previous to the fire.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20
RereuMe and Customs SUITE.

Tho Secretary of the Treasury
has sent to tho House ~ pondcrOus
document in answer to a resolution
asking for n statement of the entire
amount received by the United
States since March 1869 in the set
Element Of revenue and custom
suits. Tho percentage which goes
to tho Government from these settle.
mcnts is uniform throughout tho
country. The following are the
statements regarding the Boston
and CharlestOwn district, Mass.
The account runs from March,
1869, to date. Gross receipts, $685..
892; amount paid Judge Russell,
Collector of Port, $50,SlG; to OK
Gov. Harrison, Naval Officer, $50,
81; to Gen. Underwood, Surveyor
$5O,8l7; to all 'nformcrs, $152, 70S;
net proceeds remaining in Treasury
of United States, 1901, 240.
Tho summary of tho statement
for New York for tho same period is:
Gross proceeds, el,2lO,39l; from
duties, s2,227,74o; net amount
covered into tho U. 8. Treasury,
e3,753,512 amount paid to Collect
or, &4O7, 245 shares OF naval officers
e324,O58 /; share of surveyor, $780,.
2l3; amount paid infOrmers, @7l6,-
248; total amount distributed, o.,
1888, 764; net amount remaining in
Treasury for United States, Sl,9l4,.
746.
The details of amounts collected
from different persons are very
curious. ...
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20
Confectionery,

Porfnincry, Brushes, Combs, Wallets, Draw
ing Materials, and all articles commonly found
at q variety Store. All to DC sold as cheap Us
they can be o0tained elsewhere.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20

Tho United States is not tho only
place where the book trade has
suffered paralysis. Great numbers
OF printers arc idle in Germany, and
tho business Of bOOkmaking is al.
most at " stand still. Many prints
ers III Paris are also out of employ.
ment.
Spotted Tail, the Indian chief,
says he wants to live like the white
men, and needs oxen, plows, and
moving machines. He also wants
more stores at his reservation, so
TINT his people will not have to pay
sohigh for what they buy.
An inventory Of the property on
the Vermont Central, Vermont and
Canada and leased lines, handed
over by the former receivers to the
Central Vermont last July has been
prepared and filed in the Office of
the clerk of the court of chancery.
This schedule is complete to the
minutest details and fills three
blank books of 300, 500 and $50
pages respectively. 1t was made
in obedience to All order Of court,
under the supervision of Gyles
Merrill, former general Superinten.
dent, and +. g. White of the Har.
lem Extension road,
A correspondent of the Rutland
Herald handsomely presents the
nance Of +. Il. Douglass of Whiting
FIR governor.
The Quebec Parliament ut its
session which adjourned last week,
granted a subsidy of $500 a mile
to the Montreal, Chambly s. Sorrcl
Railroad, which includes tho Miss
isquoi junction road, and runs from
Montreal and Sorrel on the North,
to the Vermont limo near Franklin
Center or East Franklin, and which
is to run to Sheldon and connect
With the Portland s. Ogdensburg
road.
AFR1CA.-Thc Ashantees have at
last yielded before Sir Garnet VOL.
seley's forces and peace is assured.
The defeated king accepts Sir Gar.
nets terms for u cessation of hOstil.
tiles, aud agrees 10 pay an indem>
nifty Of @1,OOO,OOO. All the white
prisoners held by the Ashantees
have been released, and delivered to
the British forces. The latter had
advanced to within q days march
of Coomassie, the Ashantse capital,
when tho treaty of peace was agre'
ed upon.
One Illinois railroad killed TWEEN.
ty brakemen last year.
The Court of Inquiry in General
Towards case will probably con.
vene early in the month Of March.
Wolves are becoming hungry and
bold in the northern section of Me-,
and sad havoc is made among the
sheep,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20

THE Observation-Disclosures by
the Republic Publishing Company,
ut Washington, ID. q. Terms e2
per annum.
Tho Republic for February is the
strongest number which has yet ap.
peared, Its contents cover CONS
pletely the entire political field. 1t
delights in discussing the most diff
ficult problems of Craftsmanship,
and advocates a bold progressive
policy upon all public questions. 1t
realizes fully that with the Republi
can party rests the initiative and
all attempts to shirk the response
bility will result in disaster. Among
its leading articles are ''The Mission
of Real Craftsmanship" "Public
Opinion as cvinced by tho local
Press," "Capital, Labor & Wages"
''The Functions Of the Treasury
Department." aud the "Work Of
Congress-" which latter, as it is to
he continued from month to month,
will be q valuable and almost indis.
pensible record to the political think
er and writer. 1t is the only publ
cation of it's kind which is exclusive
~ devoted to tho dissemination OF
political information, and the solu>
ton of tho questions relating to
American Craftsmanship. Tho ap
pendix contains three very able
speeches by Senator's Chandler and
Logan, and Representatives Fl. s.
Bundy on "The Finances" and Il.
II. Cain on "Civil Rights"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1874-02-20

DoEs'sDRUMMING" PAY ?-There
is Just now a warm discussion, es'
pecially among dry goods jobbers,
relative to the value of "drummers,"
and looking toward breaking up the
drumming system altogether. Sew
eral Of our largest houses will send
no statesmen out this season. They
propose to make prices low. send
out occasional samples, and make
the buyer feel the real necessity of
coming himself to market, and cap
wasting the trade
The present condition of the in
terror trade shows too plainly the
evils of buying wholly from road
samples. Many who have been
wholly dependent on drummers for
goods are now asking for extensions
and in too many cases, have in
stock goods difficult to move. We
hear of Il Providence dry goods
dealer, who four years ago came
each fortnight to the Boston mark
ct, but since that time has bought
wholly by sample from drummers.
To-day he is a candidate for exten>
sions, aud credit for new stocks;
while a competitor, with no better
opportunities, has been coming here
once a month, hos anticipated his
February bills and is buying for
cash his Spring assortments.
Tho salesman drumming through
the country is often too apt to con.
side the customer and not his en-
plOyer. Anxiety to send home
good full orders often induces him
to neglect some important facts
that might curtail his patrons cred
it, because it would reduce the sum
total of sales, and might displease
his customer. Thus the customer
gets overloaded, and at settling day
falls back on the settling firm for
special favors.-Commcrcial Ball
tin.