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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-03

QY LATIMER CLEARY.
- Auctioneers and Resl Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Pennsyysnis avenue and 18th 81.
Star Once Buildings.
EXECUTORS SALE OF HIGHLY VALUABLE
IMPROVED AND UHIMPROyED PROPERTY
WEsT, AND RusSiSa TaRoUGH 70 VER.
MONT AVENUE, AND BRING BETWEEN L
STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AyENUE.
- On MONDAY AFTERNOON, March the
9th, 1874, at o'elock, in front of the premises,
ing "a feet inches on l4th street, and running
through with an average width to Vermont avenue;
IN proved By q three-story Frame Dwelling, with
AL the modern improvements; together with the
brlck and Frame Buildings fronting Vermont
Immediately after, we shall sell the adj Joining
LOT, which has q front OF ~ feet inches on Iith
street, and running parallel to Lot g. with aver
age width TO Vermont avenue, containing 2 s36
square feet.
II is seldom that this class Of property is thrown
on the markst, and ts.x ing Into consideration the
locality, aid being In the midst Of ost elegant
residences certain y should command the att ntion
Of our CAPITALISTS parties wishing invest their
money where property Is rapidly increasing in
value, ana whore there 10 ne possible chance OF .
decline.
Terms: One-fourth cash; the residue IN four equal
pay ments at s, u, Is and ~ months. with Interest
at per cent. Per Annum, from day OF sale, AID
secured by cseas Of trust on ths property. All
oonyeyapcina at the cost OF plrensse ss:b ee-
sTt s when n sSueh u Oh 70 II tbs term. Of sale are
not com piled with within ten days from the Gay OF
sale, the Ixscuisrs reserve the right 90 resell tfe
ser or rhassrs b. sdvsrtisement I'm some noss-
JOHN 7; GIVEN,
Executorp OF John p Hilton, deceased
&c dsds (Repl LAfIMgR OLBARY, Aucts
a
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NEBOHAET's LINE OF STEAMSHIP
lV1 BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK.

Hereafter the nne Ste ams hips =. q. KNIGHT and
John GIBSON will make regular week SoEnk
trips between NEW YORK, ALEX &6&
ANDBlAl &AsHIH GT0N and&
GEORGETOWE,s a. follows:-Leaye NEW YORK,
from Pier 50 East river, every SATURDAY ct &
p. m; leave GEObGETOWN every FRIDAY At y
IN, and ALEXANDRIA the same day a. I2m.
70. LOT iuii Information apply g 3. I. A. DEEHAM,
Town, or at the corner Of 18th street and New York
avenue: j. W. THO1 PSOH, President.
rreiehs delivered by knoI's Express. Or
GERS left AZ General Once, sos Pennsylyania ave-
nae; or ~ the steamer wharf, will be promptly at.
tended 10. iell-tr
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AUCTION sALB
fO.MO o ".

- New Marble Building,
Nos. zee md S09 Pennsyivanis ave-, cor. Nh q.
R3snwoop PIANOS, rLneAsr wALHuT
B30kOAsls. wRiriEa DISKS. BsuHssESU s'
WHATHofs. siDSBoAsbs,h suFfEfs,.
ixTiNsI0N. Ash PfLLAR T4sLEsA.S 6boT COT:
TkAsSEs, IUGKlR spRfNGs, IoTskooSp-
- on wiDsHsDAY SosNISG. March
WYvYyt,iS4, commencing Of 10 O'Clock We will
wv sell on the 1rst floor OF our salesroons
~ Slv.vOO WObTH OF FURNITURR
fT cover sances and storage Of is1s
n we name In part, viz:
Sne octave Piano, (Knsbesl Stool and Oovar
~ sets OF elegant W alnut Furniture,
10 sets OF psfior Furniture, in Rep, Terre., and
% Marble Top sidsboards and Butt-...
marble Top Tables, Burea aus, Dressing Cases.
slnut ardrobes, b ook Gases, Writing Desks
htegeres, W hatnots, Extension Tables,
walnut and Oak Dining Chairs,
70 sets Cottage Chamber Suits,
Hair and Shuck Mattra asses,
Is sets Tucker Springs, &c, &C.
ALss,
A lot OF second hand Furniture, Car pets, &c, &c
We call special attention of Buyers 10 he above
1873 ~ ~ VI
Terms cash. VIM WALL & Co,
nhz Rep AuctiOneeIs.
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n A X RIEn

BOhTOH-kkHIs. On March Sd. by the Rev
q C.Msedor, JANIS II HOETOs aud ANNA
ID. INNS, both Of YiTginia.
New York papers please copy.I
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- Suctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
southwest corner OF PenDa avenue and llth street,
Star once Building.
SUPERIOR HOUSEHOLD FURNIrURr. FINE
BRI SSELs OABPETs, OILCLOTHs, SC, AT
"a On WEDNESDAY MORNING, March
W ath, 1874, commencing at d O CLOCK We .haIl
IN sell, At the residence of q lady decli,ipe
]" bonsek eeping, No. $50 lst street, between
ana streets northeast, near the q pItOl, the
following 81 celent Furniture:
Walnut Hsircloth Parior Snite---
Walnut Mirror back Etesere
alDui NJ. T. Table, Superior Window Shades
Painted Cottage suites
lair nj sttresses. Feather PillovS and Holsters
Elegant Brussels and Three ply Carpets
Superior English Olcloths.
Fine Brussels Stair CarpBts.
Walnut Extension DHinG Table
superior Walnut Cane. seat Dining Chairs.
sldtbcard, China and Glassware.
superior Silver plated Ware.
Kitchen Requisites, &c, a..
We invite the e1tion OF parties wishing hrst-
class Furniture 20 this sale, the house has on
oern furnish' d a short time. Terms cash.
House for rent
fet26-dis Repl LATIMER e CLEARLY, Aucs
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AUCTION SALES
fUf URR UAYR

FUTURE DAYS.
B. t Aseslea..l: "a SaIss ..l t:.... Brokers.
'''s ss.r ' 6%s: said inse'' ''d l'''
H9sa sssBs
ain Gsss si s. oss0 ssa
pobIie9 snss, Of the p:rt sscHrsd win cell q
ssih day q z s:ssns q
Z. m; the parts Of lots 6 and g. In Kel-
BEGINNING 10Th .trses feet south from mo ncIss
west corner Of Lot IS, thence east los feet tn. nee
south h street. ss es Is e 10Th street
improved np vith-s nne and convenient Brick Dwell,
Terms: One.third cash; the residue in two canal
payments At 81. and twelve months with interest Il
taken =, sloo deposit ct time of sale Oonveysncins
~ purehaserseos rprn wv
..lsd LArf h : G HGEskEsi TH1H .ss.:
.I.,. AT At. R,roUlsI 9rIE.,TTEEREsLEp PARTY.
day OF March, 1874, same hour and place.
hLs LArIMkkS 6 5GEEsss fTI 1ss,:
Rf GREEN WILLIAMS Auctioneers,
~ No. IOOi northwest corner 10th and d sts.
TRUsTsEs' SALE OLA VALUABLE BUILD
recorded in Liber rs toiio -. ot n.
Columbia and By direction Of the holder Of the note
Sn Of a ss Ts win M s il
day OF March, lai at o'clock m, all that piece
or parcel of ground in Washington city, District Of
Columbia, known and designated at the south Is
FEET 81 original Lot IA, OF square l5t, containing
s,5o5 feet 81 ground more OF less. Said lot has a
front Of IS feet on the west side OF Nth street. be-
tween and 8 SITS.
Terms Of sale. required by said deed, al so
with zen per cent. interest from August 27f. l13
ecsetber with the Of this sale 10 cash aud
the balance at and Il months, tor which the potes
OF the purchaser bearing interest from the iay of
sale, and secured By dsed of trust the rty
cold, shall be taken deposit of SlOO viii be re-.
quiTed Of the purchaser the time Of sale and All
convey anctng and revenue Stamps shall be at sbP
expense of the purchaser If the terms OF sale are
not implied with within seven days from the saIe
the Trustees the right to resell the pro pertv
at the risk and cost of the defsulting purchaser
p. DODGE.
PA. DARNEILLE,S Trustees
fel2S GREEN WILIIaMs A,c,s
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WAsHIHsToTs,k 6 E0RT0hK' BOSTON AND
The nne Iron Steamer LADY OF THE LAKE
having resumed her regular trips to R-
sorfolk, will leave her Ehsrf, foot Es445&z&
Of Sab street, every MONDAY andoEo<zn.n6D
THURSDAY, at .. m, touching ct principal River
Landings, connecting at orfolk with Steamships Of
the n. and u. line for Boston and Providence
Freight should be addressed " care Of Lady Of the
Lake, via Norfolk" Branch ticket ONCE at KuexI
Express Once, sos Pennsy lvania avenue.
n. B. FITZHUGH, Agent, 6th-street wharf.
DORSEY CLAGHTT, General Agent,
mlt-6 Plants Store, corner 18th st. and Pa. ave
NEW EXPRESS LINE VIA CANAL,
BETWEEN
PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA, VA, WASH.
lhGrOh AND GEORGET0WH, d. q.
SAILING DAYS.
si Iou fisr =, North Wharves, Phil IT,
URBLY ,E ~ ksDAf and SAT EsSz
n from 81 Water street, Georgetown, d. O., MON.
DAL ana fRIDAf ct 3 p. m
Ibis line connects st fhiladelphis with "Olydep
iron Line" OF steamers for Provideuce, Boston and
New England etatee. No wharfage In Bosfon bv
his I.nsi cYpSs Ja Agent fer B. q o.
=. A. REIp, AieSsndyi, tVh a
WALDO A. PEARCE, - Congren strses Bosson
~ fretghts delivered BY Knoxf RTpres1 or.
ders len Ct General Once, COS Ponnsy anfs ave-
nue, or at the steamer wharf VIII be promptly q.
tended 10. apa-tr
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RY DuNOANSON, BOWLING CO., Auct RS,
- Southeast corner 9Th and d streets northwest

CATALOGUE SALE OF MEDICAL BOOKS.
1rSh On WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
h4TUENEN1NGS, March and :, commencing al
NA O'Clock, We will sell, within our auction
rooms, the above me ntioDed Books, by catalogue,
Containing nany rare and valuable works.
MARI DUNCANSON, BOWLING x 90, Aucts
EOR SALE-On WEDNESDAY, March 4th, AZ
10 o'clock a. m, will be sold in front of A T. L..
heeses office, corner 9th street and Louisiana ave-
casb mara.ats
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by LATIMER d CLEARY,
ID Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Pennsy ly aDia avenue and 18th n
Star Once Buildins,

AND FRENOa BRONZE IL FAY CLOCKS
MIIh EIDE TOURNAMENT 81 RENOH BRONZE
INNA AND ksABM0 VASES, &c. AMI Oh
IN On WEDNESDAY, March 4th, at IL
ESNo CLOCK q. m, at ealesrooms W ill bs sold,
6ihx by order Of importers, Messrs. Witt Brothsrs
nste Vito Viii Sons OF Philadelphia, a collec'
tion OF Black Marble and Bronze Clocks, with side
ornaments to match. Elegant French Bronze Fig.
ures and Groups, finely carved BsrdigliO stone,
Etiuscan Vases Grecisn and Hete Vases. Fine
Amarmo stone TsZZAs and Medecis Vases, Agate
and Sienna Stone Mantle Ornaments of classical
designs, Just LANDED from France and Italy. The
COLT ctlon will be arranged for examination on
Tneso ay, March Sd, with catalogues.
Terms OF sale: Sixty days credit for approved
paper.
fet25-d IBep.l LATIMER CLEARY, Aucts.
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SPECIAL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
This Department is on the second floor, and 10
well stocked with q splendid line OF PLAIN and
FANCY SHIRTINGs. We prepared TO make
tospecial order the DOUBLE-YOKE SHIRT In
frsm three to ten days at the following prices:
sis FOR SIX SHIRTS.
SIS FOB SIX SHIRTS.
Sal FOB SIX SHIFTS.
In the two years. eS perience in the manufacture
Of the DOUBLE YOKE SHIRTS, and the success |,
attending 1t, has proven, beyond q doubt, that 1t
is the most comfortable and perfect fitting made
in any section of the world. The thousands of orig
inal and duplicate orders received for these Cele
brsted Shirts fully confirm the assertion and can
fully ssbstsntiate it. Give them atrial and be con
WINGED fer yourselves. We are the only owners and
authorized manufacturers of PALMER'S PAT
EMIT DOUBLE-Y0KE SACQUE SHIRT for the
District OF Columbia. All other persons attem ptins
to manufacture them are infriDgers, and the public
are cautioned against ordering or purchasing them
of any other parties,
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PIANOS. DO.

TUNING AND RENOvATING PIANOS con
Il tinqes TO receive special attention BY
-: ~; WILD, Practical Piano. maker,
OF kpsbe's, subsequently Of steinway's Pianos;
now u the hrm OF q. l.. WILD Bro, 420 18th
street, near northwest corner Pa, ave-. agents for
the VI sur passed sTIEFF Pianos ianl6-tr
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10y LAT1MER q CLEARY,
- Real Estate Brokers and Auctioneers,
southwest corner Pennsyl ans ave. and 18th street
Star once Building.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23
"A California farmer received b,

"A California farmer received by
mail, three years ago, about spoon
full of oats, which he planted, and the
next year he planted the produce of
it. This year he reaped the proceeds,
and has just harvested from an acre
and a half of land 200 bushels of oats.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23
WHOLE NO. 1890

hat. Next day she appears like
brigand The brim is fattened out
and her eyes CLEAN furiously from un-
derneath as if watching an opportuni-
ty to stand and deliver. You see her
again, and the rim is turned up be-
hind, while it is very flat in front, Civ
ing her an appearance of female So
lon Shingle trying to find customer
for that "bar'l of apple sass Again,
and it is pitched on the extreme back
of the head, reminding you of Toodles
in his cups, wnen he is assuring the
"sailor man. that when his father
heard of the sailor mans death che
went broken-hearted to his grave, and
died there" With all these advanta-
ges it is no wonder that the reigning
hat is popular. 1t is comfortable to
the head-so they say-and it is an
ornament or a disguise as required.
1t is demure, jaunty, meek, saucy,
bold, sly, obstinate, conciliating, ten,
der ~hateveryou please - everything
by turn and nothing long. 1t is the
hat of the period, cunning and deceit
tnl, but above all things desperately
wicked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23
WOODSTOCK, W., WEDNESDAY, DEC. %. 1874.

brought it at once to the street and
number specified.
Mr., Almayne opened his pocket,
book.
4 have promised liberal reward,
he said, taking out a fifty dollar bill.
will this be sufficient 2
Clara Willis threw back her veil.
we are very poor, sir, she said,
but not so poor as to take reward for
doing our duty. Thank you all the
same. Come, Ben.
Henry Almayne's cheek lad grown
very white as he saw the golden braids
and clear blue eyes Of his sweet first
love beneath the faded biased bonnet.
Clara ! he exclaimed. CLARA Will
lis . Is it possible that you do not
know me 2
She turned at his wild exclamation,
and gazed fxedly at him with a dawn
ing recognition.
Are you---c can it be that you are
Henry Almayne {? she faltered, only
half-certain of the correctness of her
conjecture
He took her hand tenderly and rev
erently in his. If she had been a
dutchcss the action could not have
been more full Of courtly respect.
Clara, do not go yet, he said plead
ingly. Let me unravel this strange
mystery Of our two lives. Oh, Clara !
if this Christmas day has brought me
the sunshine which never irradiated
my life, shall bless it to my dying
day!
The low sun famed redly in the
west before Mr.. Almaynes carriage
the very one which Ben so ignorautly
admired the night before-was sum
moned to carry Clara and her brother,
for the last time to their squallid home.
For ere the new year downed above
| the Wintrv hearth Clara was married
to the man who courted her under the
green willows that overhung the wood
EN- bridge ten years ago. 1t was a
very short engagement-and yet it
was very long one.
And little Ben. Morrow, basking in
the reflected sunshine Of his sisters
happiness, found out what it was tobe
rich.
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FEMININE HATs.-"You meet a re-
markably modest and timid,appearing
young lady to-day, and you notice
that her hat has meek and shrinking
identation IN the crown. 1t looks as
if it wanted to shun the wicked world
and hang itself up in nunnery. To-
morrow you meet the same lady, and
what change ! She appears as daring
as Jean of Arc and as independent as
the President of Woman's Congress.
And her whole appearance is thus al
tered by pinning up the front Of that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23

OUTwITTING A CONGREGATION -
Old DR.. Strong of Hartford was not
often outwitted by his people. On
one occasion he had invited young
minister to preach Tor him who proved
rather a dull speaker and whose ser.
mon was unusually long. The people
became wearied, and as Dr. Strong
lived near the bridge, about the time
for the commencement of the after
noon service he saw the people flock
ing across the river to the other
church. He readily understood that
they feared that they should hear the
same young man in the afternoon.
Gathering up his wits, which usually
came at his bidding, he said to the
young minister "My brother across
the river is very feeble, and | know he
will take it kindly to have you preach
to his people, and if you will do so l
will give you note to HIM, and will
be as much obliged to you as would
to have you preach for me, and | want
you to preach the same sermon you
preached to my people this morning.
The young minister, supposing this to
be- commentator of his sermon,
started off in good spirits, delivered
the note, and was invited to preach
most cordially, He saw before him
one-halt Of DR.. Strong's people, and
they had to listen one hour and halt
to the same dull humdrum sermon
that they heard in the morning. They
understood the joke, however, aud
said they would never undertake to
run away from DR.. Strong again
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23
A Cry rom the shore.

Come down, ye graybeard mariners,
Unto the wasting shore
The morning winds are up--the gods
Bid me to dream no more.
Come, tell me wither must sail,
What peril there may be.
Before take my life in hand
And venture out to sea
We may not tell thee where to sail,
Nor what the dangers are
Each sailor soundeth for himself,
Each hath Il separate star
Each sailor soundeth for himself,
And on the awful sea
What we have learned is ours alone;
We may no. telllt thee.
Come back. o ghostly mariners,
Ye who have gone before
dread the dark, impetuous tides;
dread the farther shore.
Tell me the secret of the waves;
Say what my fate shal! be-
Quick for the mighty winds are up,
And will not wait for me.
Hail and farewell, o, voyagcr!
Thyself must read the waves;
What we have learned of sun and storm
Lies with us in our graves:
What we have learned of sun and storm
Is ours alone to know.
The winds are blowing ont to sea,
Take up thy life and go!
i IIarpcr's Magazine for January.
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A CHRISTMAS STORY.
Clara Willis: or, the Diamond
Ring.

1t was the night before Christmas.
Mr.. Almayne did not observe the
little bIue-nosedb boy who crouched by
the brilliantly illuminated plate glass
window as he sprang out of his car
riage and went into the thronged
shop How should he ? But little
Ben Morrow's eyes, eager with the
sickly sight of extreme poverty, took
in every detail of the rich mans equip.
age, and his purple fingers clasped
each other tight as he looked
'Oh ! he thought, 'how nice it must
be to be rich-to have cushioned car
riages, and big red fires, and mince
pies every day. Oh l wish were
rich =
And Ben shrunk closer into his
corner as the wind t1uttered his thin,
worn clothing, and lifted the curls,
with freezing touch from the fore
head.
Nor did Mr.. Almayne observe him
when he re-entered his carriage, draw
ing on his expensive fur gloves, and
leaning among his velvet cushions,
with sigh scarcely less earnest than
little Ben's had been.
The child's idea of "a big, red fire
would have been quite realized if he
had seen the scarlet shine that illumi-
mated Mr. Almayne's luxurious draw
ing-rooms, that night, glowing softly
on guided tables, alabaster vases, and
walls of rose and gold while just
before the genial flame the widowel
sat- thoughtfully watching the flicker
ing spires of green amethyst light,
and very oney in his splendid solitude
i wonder what made me think o.
home just then 2 he murmured, idly
tapping his foot upon the velvet rug.
4 wonder what alchemy conjuret
up the old house under the walnut
tree, and the old bridge, where the
willow branches swept the waters-
the bridge, where little Clara used t.
sit and study her lessons, while
angled vainly for the fish that neve,
would brite. How lovely she was
that golden haired girl, with her blue
veined forehead, and dark, down-cas
eyes !! was very much in love will
Clara in those boy-and-girl days.
should like to know on what shore thu
waves of time have cast her barque.-
1t is not often a person one has knowl
in lang syne vanishes so entirely ant
utterly from ones horizon. Poo
Clara what glittering air palaces W.
built in the tuture-how solemnly w,
plighted our childish troth Ant
when ] came back with the fortune OF
whose golden colconades our fair,
castle of happiness upreared its pin
nacles, she was gone. And Mary wa
a good wife to me, true one bu
she was not Clara Willis.
AS the thought passed over hi
brain, he instinctively glanced dowl
at the finger upon which he wore hi
betrothal ring of his dead wife. The
ring was gone.
Lost--it can't be lost he murmur
ed to himself, trying to think whel
and where he las. observed it. 'Cal
it have dropped from my finger with
out my knowledge ? l must notify
the police at once, and have it ad
vertised. Poor Mary's ring I woul'
not lose it for twice its value, an,
that would be no mean sum-
1t was a narrow and murky littl
street, with here and there a din
lsn,n harino feehly thro' the whit
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23
why the Butter Didn't Come.


They have new hired girl over at
Keysers farm, just outside of New
castle, and on Tuesday before starting
to spend the day with a friend, Mrs.
keyser instructed the girl to white
wash the kitchen in her absence Up
on returning, Mrs. Keyser found the
job completed in very satisfactory
manner On Wednesdays Mrs. Key.
ser always churns, and last Wednes-
day when she was ready she vent
out, and finding that Mr.. Keyser had
already put the milk into the churn,
she began to turn the handle. This
was at eight o'clock in the morning,
and she turned until ten without any
signs of butter appearing. Then she
called in the hired man, and he turned
until dinnertlme, when he knocked off
with some very offensive language ad-
dressed to that butter which had not
yet come. After dinner the hired
girl took hold of the crank and turn
ed it energetically until two o'clock,
when she let 90 with the remark
which conveyed the impression that
she believed the chun to be haunted
Then Mr.. Keyser came out and said
he wanted to know what was the mat
ter with that churn anyhow. 1t was
good enough if people only knew
enough to work it Mr.. Keyser then
worked the crank until half past three,
when, as the butter had not come, he
surrendered again to the hired man
because he had an engagement in the
village. The man ground the ma
chine to an accompaniment of fright.
tul imprecations. Then the Keyser
children each took turn for half an
hour, then Mrs. Keyser tried her hand
and when she was exhausted, she
again enlisted the hired girl, who
said her prayers while she turned.
But the butter didn't come. When
Keyser came home and found the
churn still in action he blasted his eyes
and did some innocent swearing, and
then he seized the handle and said
he'd make the butter come If he kick
ed up an earthquake in doing it. Mr..
Keyscr effected about two hundred
revolutions of the crank a minute,
enough to have made an ordinary but
te,' come from the ends of the earth,
and when the perspiration began to
stream from him and still the butter
did not come, he uttered one wild
yell of rage and disappointment and
kicked the churn over the fence.
When Mrs, Keyser went to pick it up,
she put her nose down close to the
buttermilk and took sniff. Then
she understood how it was. The girl
had mixed the whitewash in the churn
and left it there. A good, honest and
intelligent servant who knows how to
churn, can find good situation at
Keyser's. There is vacancy.-Mar
Adeler.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23

An IRIsHMAN's REsPoNsE.-An
Irishman attending Quaker meeting,
hearing young Friend make the fol-
lowing announcement "Brethren and
sisters, | am going to marry 4 daugh,
ter of the Lord" "Och n ye are,
said Pat. "Faith an be jabbers, an
it'll be long time afore yell see your
father-in- law
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23

Who says angels must be all
young and splendid Will there not
be some comforting ones shabby and
tender, whose radiance does not daz-
zle nor bewilder whose faces are
worn, perhaps, while their stars shine
with gentle, tremulous light, more
soothing to our aching earth-bounC
hearts than the glorious radiance o
brighter spirits p Miss Thackeray.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-12-23

-"Time cuts down all, both great
and small" How about the provis-
ion and grocery bills ?