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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-19
SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Thursday Feb. 10, 1874.
Senator Edmunds

A recent Washington Despatch,
thus notices our distinguished YER
mont Senate, whose name stands at
the head of this article in connection
with the case of Acknowledgement
Williams. The people of the Green
Mountain State ought to be proud (D
of Edmunds. The Grant-Republicans
undoubtedly are but not we guess
the honest portion of our people, re-
CARELESS Of party ties. The Despatch
says:
The Administration and the friends
of Attorney General Williams are get
ting very uneasy in view of the dis
closures relative to the latters letter
to the Senate judiciary Committee
and the Committees bundle of testi-
mony against Williams. The fact is
Williams holds his place by virtue of
partisanship and by sufferance of Sen
ator Edmunds. Senator Edmunds is
now sedulously hiding and concealing
from the public mass of ircontrover-
tible evidence against the Attorney
General, the publication of which
would be followed by resolution Of
impeachment within twenty four
hours. A member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee has been heard
to say that upon any one Of several
counts which the Committees invnsti-
CATION develoved Williams could not
fail to be impeached, Elk Senator
Mow Congressman Nosmith, of Ore.
gon, authorizes your correspondent to
say that if Senator Edmunds will give
to the House of Representatives the
testimony in his hands just as it was
taken by the Committee he will guar
antee the impeachment of the Attor-
ney-General.
The Senatorial tenn of Mr.. Edmunds
expires March Sd, 1875, consequently
it will devolve upon the Legislature to
be elected by the voters of our State
next September, to choose his success
sor. Edmunds certainly ought not
to be re elected he has been a mem
Der of the U. S. Senate since April
1866. The Republican party, have
long since ceased to regart the rule of
rotation" in office. The people of
Vermont ought to have change in
the politics Of our State officials and
also in those OF our present Congress
sional delegation, far as possible. But
this we can not reasonably expect SO
long as large majority OF the voters
Of the State, continue to be "led,"
like sheep to the slaughter, by the
Republican party, which is corrupt,
extravagant, lawless and in the inter
ests of Railroads and other monied
monopolies. Here is a question for
the people as we'll as for "Grangers'
to decide.
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The Hon. John S. lIager the
new Democratic Senator from Cali
fognis, who serves out the unexpired
term of ex-senator Casserly until
March 4, 1873, made his appearance
in the Senate, on Monday morning last
week, and after being sworn In took a
seat on the right Of the Chair and on
the Democratic side of the Chamber.
He is a rather large, fine looking gen
tleman with sparse beard, is nearly
bald, and is apparently on the sunny
side of fifty. Senator Hagar, will
undoubtedly make his ''mark' in that
body.
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The letter from Hon. Montgom.

The letter from Hon. Montgom-
cry Blair to Gen. Fitz. John Porter,
which is published, will do much to
clear away the haze of prejudice and
misconception by which that untor-
fortunate officer has been been UNI
Justly obscured during the decade that
has passed since the rebellion. Mr..
Blair feels, with great many Others
of the clear thinking men of the coun-
try, that it is high time that a great
wrong was repaired, and he presents
this opinion not with the bias or
Partially of a personal friend, but as a
central belief which he einforces with
fresh testimony, the recent opinions of
judges and statesmen, and a statement
of the principles which have guided
the most successful Generals in their
treatment of subordinates. he shows
that Gen. Porter was in fact used as a
scapegoat for others whose blunders
had caused the disaster for which he
was held responsible at a time when
the country seemed to demand some
sacrifices for every failure. But the
worst feature presented by the case is
the persistent refusal of President
Gran. to order a revision or encourage
any step that might vary the already
recorded verdict, even though the
most prominent and tairest men in
both parties have asked for reopen
ing. Lifted into prominence himself
by means of wonderful fortune, he
has not hesitated to show his contempt
for brother officers who, being denied
his opportunities, failed to achieve the
same success. But public opinion has
already reversed the verdict OF the
prejudiced court, organized to convict,
and the temporary injustice done Gen.
Porter has been transferred to the
account of the infamies of Stanton and
Holt. Grant must share the disgrace
with these notorious agents if he con-
tinues to stand in the way of justice
to brave man.
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STATE OF VERNON, At a Probate
HARTFORD DISTRICT S.. Court held at
Woodstock, within and for said District on
the second day of February A. D., 1874.
Present, Hon. John Porter, Judge.
Thomas Russell's Estate, Woodstock, Vt,
George r. Chapman, 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 Probate Court to be held at
Woodstock, aforesaid on the first Wednesday
Fourth day. of March next. The curt
therefore orders that notice Of the same be
given to all persons interested in said estate,
by publishing certified copy of the record Of
this order three weeks successfully in the
Spirit of the Age, newspaper printed at
Woodstock afo, esaid, that they may appear
before SAID Court and contest the allowance
Of said account, if they see cause.
a true record
HENRY S. DANA, Register.
A true copy of record,
HENRY S. DANA, Register.
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--Demorests Monthly Magazine
seems to improve with each ISSUE
The March number comes to our
table redolent with spring novelties,
spring music, spring literature, and
fashions. This Magazine richly de-
serves to he called a model. The
premiums offered are far in advance of
all others. Jerome Thompsons Old
Oaken Bucket, in size and beauty, is
worth several times the cost of the
yearly subscription, So. Address,
w. Jennings Demorest, S3S Broad
way, New York.
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The Glory of Expense.

Dig expenditures, Is tne motto printed
on his bunting. Shall stars and
stripes continue and there be an end
fixed to profusion? What are paltry
hundreds of thousands, since the esti.
mates have got permanently into
hundreds of millions? A continent
with printing-presses to snow paper
money over it and make smooth sled
ding for all is the territorial pattern
for the ideas of the Mulletts, who are
the pyramidical geniuses of these lat
ter days. The britannia Of Butler
heralds the coming of the whole
troop as they advance with boldness
on the Treasury fourishing his flash
ing blade and elevating his. voice he
shouts defiance and scorn to the pub
lie men who sit down prudently to
compare income with outgo and bids
them begone with their picayune no.
tons forever. Away with this paltry
spirit of economy, he cries. Let the
public expenditures compare with the
size ofthe country. Never retrench,
but spend in manner worthy Of the
land Of the setting sun. And up goes
his brilliant bunting in the sunlight,
symbol of a charitable education for
needy young workmen. and emblem
Of a profit in the manufacture with
which none are to be suffered to in
terfere, So, too, with the granite.
Bring the Mulletts to the front and
pile up the products OF the quarry to
the heavens, if but to assure the PEG.
pie that they have perfect right to
spend their own money as they will.
Nor shall the National armories be
overlooked as this spirit of lavish
generosity passes by. The call IS
heard for more breech-loaders with
the swinging breech, that the country
may be ready to repel insults even
before they are offered. The army
quartered in Washington will need to
be equipped with view to its safety
behind bulwarks of plush and pastry
and within wiae-cellar bombproofs
and the kitchen portculises. As for
the idle forces of labor, the Butler
|liberality shouts them on to the halls
where the Government holds its
court, ana bids them demand work
with pay, or, failing that, pay without
any work at all. And what shall re-
pay this spirit of generosity for the
noble tasks it proposes to perform for
the people ? How shall it be rewarded
for thus desiring to fly the American
flag, to arm the American soldier, to
pile American ganite to the sky, to
employ American labor, and 20 spend
American paper-money, when Others
arc n,o"sing among problems of re-
tlenchment and studying in soil
tary places the lost art Of reconciling
expenditures with revenues? Alas,
that the fairest fruit that swings on
the orchard bough harbors the hate
fu worm Human nature is still
vulnerable and unreliable when its
professions are the most profuse.
There is profit in bunting, there is
money in patent arms, there is more
tEan monumental glory in rising gran
lite, and there are votes in the ranks OF
labor out Of employment. Would
that this embodiment of patriotic and
paternal benevolence were altogether
patriotic and paernal, instead Of a
simple charge On the Treasury and a
personal advantage to the selfappoint.
ed agent. Boston Post.
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Friend, Stop that Cough !
Do not neglect common Cold even
for a day, itmay end in Consump-
ton and death.
REV. N. II. DOWNS ELIXIR

HAS CURED thousands both old and
III young, and it will care You it taken
freely and in season. C. Sold by all Drug
gists and Merchants. Price, 3 OF 50 cents (;
IL OF 81, 90 per bottle.
Forty years since, Elder Downs first manu-
featured his Elixir in Northern Vermont, and
its remarkable cures at cnce brought 1t promi'
nently before the eople of the United States
and Canada. While the sale has rapidly in,
creased every year, other medicines have
bee popular for few months Or years, but
their lack of intrinsic value has consigned
them to comparative oblivion. In justice to
DOWNS ELIXlR, be it said, that it is a
duty the people owe to themselves that they
conti..ue to use the article that has always
cured them of their Coughs and Colds,
rather than to take or try every new
medicine that is pulled up and may be WORTH
less. NJ H. Do,cns' Ehrir is ,carranted to
giue entire satisfaction, or The price paid ,riH be
refunded. CIergymen will find this IN
excellent remedy for Throat, Chest
and Lungs.
~ Ask for Pamphlet "Thriling Tale, "
Free at all Drug and Country Stores.
HENRY * JOHNSON, rroprietors,
Ions BURLINGTON. VT.
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Piles, Piles, Piles, Piles.

Outward applications are time and money
thrown away. The only permanent cure is
DIR. HARRIsoN's PEIsrALTIC LozENGEs. They
st rike at the cause. We could fill this paper
with cures. They are pleasant, never grippe,
nor, like all pills, do they require increase of
dose. For elderly persons, females and
children, and all others, they are exactly
suited to obviate Costiceness, the prolific
cause of i'll health. Trial box, 80 cts. Large
box, GO cts, and mailed free for this last
price.
DIR. HARRISON'S ICELAND BALSAM,
a splendid cure for COUGHS, HoRsENEss, and
all Throat and Lung complaints. For sale
by l.. S. HARRISON d Co, Proprietors,
No. | fremont Temple. Boston. aud all
Druggist l5w4 &c..
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ilarper's Magazine.
Notices of the Press.

The ever increasing circulation OF this ex-
celent monthly proves its continued adapta-
ton 10 popular desires and needs. Indeed,
when we think into how many homes it
penetrates every month, we must consider it
as one ef the educators as well as entertainers
of the public mind, for ITS vast POPULARITY has
been won by no appeal to stupid prejudices
or depraved taslcs,-Boston Globe.
The character which this Magazine poss-
esses for variety, enterprise, artistic wealth,
and literary culture that has kept pace with,
if it has not led the times, should cause its
conductors to regard it with justfable COM
placency. 1t also entities them to a great
claim upon the public gratitude. The Maya
zine has done good and not evil all the days
of its lifc.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
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TO CONS j MP TIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease. Consumption, by
q simple remedy is anxious to mike known
to his fellow sufferers the means OF cure. 70
all yho desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used gree of CHARGE, with the
directions for preparing and using the same,
which they will find sure Cure for Consump.
ton, sthma, Bronchitis, &c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address
Rev. Il. A. WILSON,
1874 Penn St., Willamsburgh, New York.
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ITEMS.

ton was robbed IN Arkansas the 9TH
err day. That's what ails the Senator
with his blood and Modocs, etc.
The report from New Mexico of
the trouble between Indians and Nor.
mons is incorrect. The report, no
doubt, grew out Of a difficulty, some
days ago, between miners and Navajo
Indians, in Grass Valley, Utah, in
which three Indians are reported kill
ed.
What is the different between the
masked robbers i'll Missouri and the
masked robbers in Washington? One
operates with a pistol and the other
with perjury.
An Ohio farmer gives a chrome
to every purchaser of load of his
fertilizer. The Cincinnati Commercial
thinks he ought to throw in Il Lloyd's
map to flavor it with.
Comptroller Green, the New
York Supervisors say, has men on pay
at five dollars an hour to examine
claims that are sometimes less in
amount than one hundred dollars.
Don't believe it. The Comptroller is
not so Green as that.
1t has been ascertained that New
York women make regular annual
trips to Europe and buy immense
quantities of laces, which they sew on
their garments as trimmings so that
the customs officers cannot seize them
These are sold to regular dealers in
New York, who buy them with avid
ity and pay the smugglers' handsome
profits. Don't believe it.
There have been 564,S77 hogs
slaughtered in Cincinnati this year,
against 592,Sll last season.
Chief Justice Mexican says he
can't protect soldiers in Utah from the
police, and they must protect them
selves
Coy. Woodson, of Missouri, has
offered a reward of $4,000 apiece fol
the capture Of the outlaws who rob.
bed the Iron Mountain Railroad train
at Gads Hill, a few days ago.
Since it has been discovered that
good whiskey can be manufactured
from sawdust, woodsawing has become
a fashionable amusement.
The Mayor of st. Louis ha:
vetoed an ordinance providing free
baked beans for the poor. Free soul
is enough.
If Congressman feared the laws
as much as they do reporters, the
country would be safe.
Davis, of Texas, is a politica
dead duck, and so is his organ, the
State Journal. which has suspended
publication.
The New York Sun notices tina
no Senator of the United States ha
ever been elected President.
Evans, the dctrauding Collector Of
Pennsylvania, is physical wreck ant
requires constant nursing.
Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania, is
said to be worth $25,000,000, and h
is contented to live in Mauch Chunk.
Eleven hundred men in Californi
own 10000, 900 acres of land within
the limits of that State.
Gen. Grant thinks it time for tn,
Republican party to ''unload some o
its monstrosities." If the waters Q
the Potomac were turned through tn
city of Washington to cleanse it OF it
political iniquities, it would so poisol
those waters, that from Long Bridg
to Hampton Roads no life could sur
vive them. A second edition o
Noah's Flood would hardly clea
Washington.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
II from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay,
and all the effects OF youthful indiscreton
will, for the sake Of suffering humanitG, send
free TO all who need it, the recipe and direc-
ton for making the SIMPLE remedy by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by
the advertisers experience can'do so by ad-
dressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN b. OGDEN, AZ Cedar St., New York.
31n,G
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A True Balsam.-Dr Wistars Bal
sam of Wild Cherry is truly balsam.
1t contains the balsamic principle of
the Wild Cherry, the balsamic pro-
perties of tar and of pine. Its in
gradients are all balsamic. Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, and
Consumption speedily disappear un-
der its balsamic influence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-19
CHAPPED HANDS and FACE,

Sore Lips, Dryncss of the Skin, &c.
Cured at once by HEGEMANS CAMPHOR
ICE WITH GLYCERINE. 1t keeps the hands
soft in all weather. See that you get NJ EdsE-
MANS Sold by all Druggists. Price, rs
cents sent bv mail for 80 cents. Manufac-
tured only by HEGEMAN Il CO.. Chemists
and Druggists. P. o. Box 1928, New York.
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A FORTUNE FOR SoMEBoDY.--L II.
Keith of livingstone, Mass, drew the
100000 prize in the Sd Gift Concert
of the Kentucky Public Library. In
the 4th, which takes place March 31st,
some one will got $25O,OOO who will
it be? What host of friends that
man will have on the I'd day of April!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-19

"A massachusetts paper speaks
encougaging'y Of the Legislature Of
that State, now in session, as follows:
The Legislature is jogging along at a
very moderate pace. Many Of the
members wish to see the grass mown
in the State House yard before the
session closes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-02-19

We have received the first No
of the Burlington Daily Sentinel,
published by A. N. Merchant, Esq
Success to this, the only Democratic
Daily in the State.
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Hon. 10. D. Hatch, is talked Of
as candidate for Mayor at the next
city election in Burlington. Mr..
Hatch was once resident of Windsor
and is capable and. honest
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SEED aud POTATOES by mail,
postpaid. LANE $ IMPROVED IMPERIAL
SUGAR BEET, The best to raise for stock
Yields. with good culture. from 25 to 80 tons
per acre. Seed--l on, l5c. II b., 4Oc, I;
b., Zoe. ! h., S:l,25 H., $50. POta-
tors-Eariy We; ilnnt-EdrlieSt Potato
Knoera h.. Joe lbs., $3.50. COm-
tom. Surprise, raised anD 3-i lbs. from
lb.,) b., 81 lbs, $3.50.
DAVID WooD. MOI sv.le. LamoilIe Co, Vt.
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The Patrons of Husbandry or
"National Graugers," at their recent
session, in st. Louis, Mo-, adopted a
long Platform" of principles which
are well enough. We shall have some
thing to say in regard to this 'order'
soon. Meanwhile we are content to
let them "set
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MARRIED..

in Woodstock, Feb 9th, by Rev. Moses
Kidder, Mr.. Isaac d. williamson, and George
A. Robinson, all of Woodstock.
Mr.. Chase, veteran Democrat. rs years of
age, from the Granite State. Plainfeld Plain,
was the bridesman. Success, Isaac may
sunshine decend on thy way, and "bad spirits"
keep from troubling Corrected ED.
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Harpel''s Bazaar.
Notices Of the Press

The Bdzar is edited with a contribution of
tact and talent that we seldom find in any
journal; and the journal itself is the organ of
the great world of INSTRUMENTATION Traveller,
The Bazaar commends itself to every men,
Der of the household-to the children by
drol and pretty pictures, to the young ladies
by its tashion-pates in endless variety, 10
the provident matron by its patterns for the
chldren's clothes, to patertamilas by its
tasteful designs for embroidered slippers and
luxurious dressing. gowns. But the reading
matter of the Bazar is uniformly of great en-
cellence. The paper has acquired a wide
popularity for the iireside enjoyment it AZ
fords.
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THE popular cry, which Congress
ought to hear and heed, is-"Reduce
the National expenditures and let the
taxes alone T.
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Wonderful Tone and Vigor are
given to the lungs and air passages
by useing Hale's Honey Of Horehound
and Tar in coughs, colds and bronchial
affections.
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NEW YORK DAY.BOOK.

A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY. Established 1852
1t supports White Sup, emacy, political and
social. Terms, g per year. 10 clubs, nine
copies for IS. Specimen copies free. Address
DAY-BOOK,iNew York City.
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-Mullett's mint. in San Francisco
is not yet completed, but it. already
exhibits evidences ofpyemature decay.