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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

RELIGION THAT A PARROT Could
SoARE.-A good story is told of a
parrot who had always liveG on board
of ship, who escaped at one of the
Southern ports and took refuge in a
church. Soon afterwards, when the
congregation assembled, and the min
lister began preaching to them in his
earnest fashion, saying there was no
virtue in them--that every one of
them would go to endless perditon
unless they speedily repented, Just
as he spoke the sentence, up spoke the
parrot from his hiding place:
"All hands below"
TO say that :" all hands were sartl.
ed would be mild way Of putting it.
The peculiar voice and unknown
source had much more effect on them
than the parsons voice ever had. lie
waited moment, and then, shade
or two paler, he repeated the warning.
"AlI hands below !" again rang out
from somewhere.
The preacher started from his pul
pit and looked anXlously around. in
qujrIng if anybody had spoken.
"AlI hands beIow.' was the only
reply, at which the entire panic, strick-
en- congregation got up, and a moment
atterward they all bo,ted for the doors,
the preacher trying his best to be the
first, and during the time the mischiev.
Gus bird kept up his yelling:
'All hands below !"
There was one old WON present
who vas lame, and could n It get out
SO fast as the rest, and in u short time
she was left entirely alon'. Just as
she was about to hobLle out the par
rot flew down, and, aligh ing on her
shoulder, yelled in her ear:
"All bands bclow!"
"No, n ., Mister Devil!' shrickcd
the old woman, "you cant mean me.
| don't belong here. | go to the other
church across the way
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15
Mr.. Green had prepared himself

Mr.. Green had prepared himself
for home dinner to his liking. He
SGT down in his dinning-room at peace
with all the world, and said /: "Now
Hannah, bring the cold mutton. No
hot meat for me this weather" Han.
nah hesitated for moment, and said,
"BdpI done give it away, sir" 'Give
it away! Give my dinner away? ?"
"Yes. sir. You said If any tramps
called l was to give them the cold
shoulder" Mr.. Green believes Provi-
dence has mysterious way of caring
for the poor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

Notice il hereby given that all Of
fcers, sailors, and soldiers, wounded,
rupturei, on injured in The late rebel
lion, however slightly, are entitled to
a pension. and thousands of pensioners
are entitled to an increased rate
Apply Immediately through
DIR. E. b. Jackson,
C17241 Late Surgeon, U. S. Navy.
No. New Chamber ST. New York.
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Senator Thurman's Speech.

1t should be enough to hear Senator
Thurman say of the base charges
brought by the Republicans of Ohio
against the Democrats, that the latter
proposed to divide the State schoo
fund for sectarian purposes, that ga
more untounded pretence, a more
false, hollow and hyptcritical assertion,
was never uttered by mortal man
Judge Thurman unqualifedly atlirms
that it has been the boast of the Dem
ocratic party from the beginning that
it has defended the rights Of con
sciennce for every man, that it has OPP
posed every scheme for an union Of
Church and State, and that it has
maintained the perfect equality in re-
spect to their rights Of every sect and
faith and denomination. This broad
statement is incontrovertible. 1t is as
lmpudent to imp ch the truth OF 1t as
il is to accuse the Democrats of being
paper money party. Jefferson, who
was the founder Of Democracy in this
country, was one of the first to adyo-
cate this equality and give it the sane,
ton or law. 1t was for this very thing
that he was denounced in the pu, pits
as an iphdel, who would remove the
foundations of all religion. From his
time this principle of equality has be-
come part and parcel Of our free Sys-
ten. Mr. Thurman reminds his TEL
low citizens that as none Of them can
escape the school tax, SO they are
bound by their State Constitution to
maintain a thorough and efficient com
mon school system, over which no
religious sect or Sects shall ever have
control.
If anything in the course Of The
Democrats Of Ohio favored the suppo-
silion that they We're disposed to relax
the strictness Of the Democratic prip
clp'e on this. question, he points to the
Constitution itself which makes any
tampering with the school fund impos-
sible. This ought to be refiltation snf-
ticient. If the Republicans affect to
feel insecure under the protection of
the supreme law of the State, what
additional guarantee of safety can they
pretend to have, if the people were to
allow them to elect a Legislature in
Ohio and pass laws forbidding what
the Constitution forbids already? The
bare statement of the case in this sim
pie and practical form makes further
discussion tuitltss, and shows too
plainly the reckless partisan motive
that would fling so dangerous and pas
sionate a cry into the chaos of political
voices, exciting to their depth all the
prejudices Of race and religion. Judge
Thurman pointedly illustrated the real
Republican thought for the common
schools by citing the words of Sena-
tor Howe, Of Wisconsin, uttered when
the mixed schools project was under,
going discussion in Congress. Mr..
Howe did not deny the peri)s to the
schools by the attempt to force such a
miscellaneous system upon all the States
alike, but he best expressed the reel
spirit OF the resolution by saying: II
do not know but the schools will fall
if we do not stay our course n
but let justice be done though the com
mon schools and the very heavens
fall" 1t is that sort OF justice" that
the Ohio Republicans would like to
have done nos; they say--let the
schools and the heavens fall. if we may
but carry this election. Boston Post
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A CHANGE OF PoIIcY DEMANDED. -
Thirty thousand people have been
thrown out Of employment at the va
rions manufacturing establishments in
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
Island during the past fortnight, half
the number being idle at Fall River,
Mass. And yet the Republican organs
try to make the people believe that the
policy and administration Of their par
ty is a wise one and conduces 20 the
bushes prosperity and happiness of
the people. Isn't it time for change
in this policy?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

MIR. John Lee Powell, of trum
bull, Fairfield County, Conn, has just
been sent to the State Prison for 'wen
ty years tor placing distractions upon
the track of the Housatonic Railroad
10y way Of revenglng himself upon the
conductor for the gross outrage of de-
handing and making him pay his fare,
Mr. John Lee Powell does not seem to
have been drank, and he had no other
apparent grievance, but on leaving
the train he proceeded with great de-.
liberation TO pile up numerous obsta-
Giles upon the track which would infal-
libby have wrecked the succeeding train
if it had been unwaned, destroying
many lives Of persons in no way inim-
ical to Mr.. John Lee Powell, and
quite unconscious of his grievances or
his existence. He was luckily seen at
his work and the testimony thereto be
ing sufficiently direct and explicit, Mr..
Powell was run into the Penitentiary
with the utmost velocity where fol the
ensuing score of years he will have an
opportunity of bordering the iniquity
Of his conduct. 1t is not an uncom-
mon thing for obstacles to be placed
on railway tracks by persons who con-
celve themselves to be aggrieved by
the road or some Gifts officers but 1t is
quite unusual to have the culprit ar
raigned and condemned with such Ger
tainty and celebrity. There is hardly
a darker or more infamous crime in
the calendar, and Mr.. John Lee Powell
is almost as hiieous monster as the
young demon Pomeroy, about the dis
position Of whom the Legislature and
Governor Of Massachusetts are just
now at logger-heads, and it is credita
ole to the administration Of Connecti-
cut justice that he got his dues SO
promptly and in the fullest measure
permitted by the law.
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1t occurred in Oshkosh. "Will
you do it ?" she said, twisting one
end Of the strap around her hand and
fetching him a ''stinger" across the
shoulders with the other. He squirm
ed and looked frantically at tire key
hole OF the door, as if he could crawl
through it. evil you do 1t ?" she
said, aiming two or three at the calves
of his legs, while he skipped around
like grert Northwestern grasshopper
with the jimjam "Will you do it?'
she repeated, concentrating her energy
for II terrific swoop, and dealing him
a binder over the eyebrows that made
the cold perspiration start out of every
pore in his body. 81 will T. he roared
in agony and they were married.
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the encouraging features Of the
Centennial Exposition have been in
creasng OF late quite rapidly, but that
should not make us shut our eyes to
the delinquency Of States and indivii
uals in coming up to the scratch. y
On the contrary our weak points
should be indicated while there is yet
time to strengthen them, and ou' es,
prclal weakness seems to be now that
we are neglecting the fundamental
purpose of the Exposition A, CORES,
pondent of the Ne~ Yorh Tribune
says the total number of applications
for space by American exhibitors does
not exceed $500 while BY this time 1t
should be at least twice that. At the
Paris Exposition Of 1867 there were
nearly 10000 French exhibitors. and
it would be a pity for a country that is
trumpeting its intentions and maging
such vast arrangements to celebrate
its greatness to fall below a foreign
standard in an essential particular.
Americans have seemed 100 Indifferent
to their opportunities on other occa-
sions, notably at Vienna, and the we'll
deserved criticism, which have been
made upon their laxness ought to i'm
press upon their minds the dcsirability
of prompt and efficient action in the
present. To slight their own exhibi
ton and leave it for foreign countries
to make respectable would be indeed
n sorry and humiliaiing piece Of bust
less. The day tor closing the books
cannot much longer be deferred, and
the exhibitors should not wait until
the last moment anyway. They should
prepare early and send nothing but
their best.
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-"Say, mister" sad a soiled look
ING boy on the wharf, ''do you ever
give piece o watermelon to poor
boy whose father n mothers dead, Ii
who goes to Sunday school, n has got
a sore heel % The man was deeply
touched, and gave him large slice.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15
DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE |!

1t is from such results and everyday proofs
like these that physicians are now prescribing
the DIAMOND RHEUMATIC CURE as an
ilfallible specific for removing the causes Of
the Gout, Chronic, Acute, or Muscular Rheu-
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and kidneys Tic Do!o,euX, Nervousness,
Flying Pains. Twisted Joints, Pain in the
Back and Loius, Weakness Of the kidneys,
Tired feeling Lansuid, Weary prosterat'on,
and nll Nervous aud Chronic Diseases.
Let any sufferer who reads this purchase
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structIons around the package, and it will not
take long to convince him that paying doe
tors fees is money thrown away-Linments
of all kinds are useless.
This medicine is for sale by all Druggists
throughout the United States and Canada. =
Hit happens that your Druggist has not got
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of the Wholesale Druggists in Boston, or to
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what DO \ Know p
JOHN W. CHADWICK.

SO ran the motto on a seal
His whose rare wit doth sprighther dan
Than any other that hath used
The laughter-loving speech of France.
Upon this heaven-kissing hill,
On this midsummer day of days,
The sad old question shoulders in
Among my thoughts of prayer and prais
What do | know Not much, alas
Of all the breadth and depth and height
That presses upon soul and sense
From day to day, from night to night
And yet know the light is sweet,
And pleasant It's to see the sun
What time he climbs the eastern hills,
And when his course is nearly done.
know the look of wind-blown grass,
The quiet rustic of the corn,
The lusty song the thresher sings
To usher in the glowing morn.
| know to what merry tune
Yon river ripples on it way,
And how, along its leafy brink,
The dropping branches softly sway
know the springs that trickle down
Through many rod of brush and fern,
Divinely cool, nor Zeas himself
Drank better drink from lIebe's urn.
| know what fine entertainments lurk
In clouds that trail their shadows dun,
DER hill and vale, or lie at ease
Along the west at set of sun.
know the night is calm and cool
And welcome when the day is spent
And, when it fills the sky with stars,
Fills all my soul with sweet content.
But in the worlds of thought and love
Yet more and better things know
Than this midsummer day of days,
For all its treasures, has to show.
know that many friends are kind,
That many hearts are fond and true
know-but hush ! | may not tell
The half l know, Montaigne, to you.
Wherefore, 0 skeptic, go and try
Your question in some other ear;
l know enough to keep my heart
Brim full of joy from year to year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

If Mrs. Mcfarland, of Carlo,
hadn't thrown pail of water over her
husband to arouse him from his morn.
ing nap she'd have been doing her
homework to-day instead of reposing
in the silent tomb.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

A single man may feel lonesome at
times but let him catch sight of a tel
low creature endeavoring to carry a
babylon each arm and persuade three
others to follow him without falling
into the ditch, while at the same
time he is bound to look after a wo.
man with seven bundles and the lone
some watcher'is quickly reconcied to
his lot.-FMt0n Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

A CHARAoTER.-"I don't wish to
say anything against the individual in
question" said very polite gentle
man shut you merely remark, in the
language Of the poet, that to him truth
is stranger than fiction
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

Ma. said a small boy, approaching
his mother, and exhibiting unmistaka-
bic symptoms Of a severe pain, do
green apples grow in heaven ?
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NOTICE..

fI'his is to certisiy that have given my son,
l. IIeman Dexter Barrows, his tine from
this date. aud shall pay no debts OF his con
tracing, or make any claim for his services
from this date.
DAVID BARROWS.
Pomfret, VT. July 18th, 1875.
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PYLE's DIETETIC SALERATus-Uni;
versally acknowledged the best in use.
Each pound bears the name Of JAMES
PYLE. None genuine without. 36y1
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ECONOMICAL New FoCD.-2j cents will
buy package of Sea Moss Farine, made
from pure Irish Moss which will make 80
kinds of dishes, snch AS cakes, pies, pud
dings, ETC., or l6 quarts of custards, jellles,
creams, Charlotte Russo, blanc mango, etc.
Sold by all Druggists and Grocers. Cyl
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White spots, or other marks on
furniture, may be removed with a
sponge saturated with alcohol, in
which little csmphor has been dis
solved.
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You can geta wife in some parts
Of Indiana for twenty-five cents but
remember it costs several hundred dol
lars to get a divorce.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-15

"A Virginia baby has a tondness
for ink, and it's plain that he'll never
make Philadelphia editor.
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To CONSU mp 4IV Is.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured of that dread disease. Consumption, by
a simple remedy. is anxious to MIKE known
to his fellow sufferers the means OF cure. 70
all who 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, Asthma, bronchitis, Re.
Parties wishing the prescription will Please
address
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The Great Value Of the
Diamond Rheumatic Cure.

Boston, April, 1870.
Prof ALPHoNso KILLER Dear Sir
Many thanks for the two bottles of "DIA-
MOND RHEUMATIC CURE" which you
so kindly sent me through Mr.. Marston.-
| used but one bottle, which relieved me of Il
severe attack, and better still, have not had
twinge since and am in hopes shall never
have another. rs the last attack was in July,
1874. Should it. however, return, still have
the other bottle left and shall try it, and en-
poet the same beneficial results. Gratefully
yours, H. Il. SHE w ELL.
The above testimony ought to convince the
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WHICH strikes the hardest-light-
ening Or poverty
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"A man who is always in a stew
generally goes to pot.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN STUD FARM.
WEST RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
The Trotting Stations
laAysEsI.T"F0NEiV HEONiEeCaE.
Don GIOVANNI.
AND
PORTLAND.

viii make the Season of 1875 at the above
farm.
zuiNaHsGETOEaAN N0YAEsCEG was
sired by Rysdyk,s Hambletonian dam by Roe's
Abdallah Chief. by Old Abdallah foaled April
Goth, 1864 Blood Bay l6 Hands.
Terms $50, to-wit $40 at time of service,
AID 800 when the Mare proves in foal.
DON GaOVAONl was sired By Hamp-
ton (son of Rysdyk's Hamblctonion), dam by
Volunteer (son of Rysdyk Hambletonian, and
the sire of Gloster Huntress, &c.) &. d. by
Old Abdallah; foaIed 1870; Bay; 10 ga
hands.
viii be limited to twenty-five Mares. Terms
$50, to wit. $40 at time of service. and $50
when the Marc proves in foal.
PORTLAND, sired by Clarion. dam by
William Tell, grandam by Ola Abdalah foal-
ed 1865; Black. Is 1-2 Hands.
Terms $40 to insure.
Mares pasturea at 81 per week, but acct.
dents nj owners risk,
n. B.-No business attended to on Sundays.
E33' For Circulars giving full particulars,
pedigrees, etc., please address
nOUATGN GsEsOS..
[27wl3l West Randolph, Vermont.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 8.-Capt. Queen
reports as follows: At 7:20 A. NJ the Saranac
entered Discovery Passage. The tide WAS
favorable and we proceeded on our way /; at
S:4S, while passing through Seymour Narrows
the ship was caught in whirlpool caused by
strong counter currents. She became un-
manageable and refused to obey the rudder
was carried On sunken rock, striking with
great force on the port side about abreast the
foremost, careening the ship and starting the
decks forward, hung for moment, then slip
ping of, headed for the shore of Vancouver
Island.
The ship filed rapidly. about the time the
head struck shore. The fires were out Both
bay anchors were let go and the hawser
fastened to a large tree. The vessel went
down at 1915, stern foremost, in 90 or 60
fathoms of water. The steam launch fioated
from the cradle and was saved, as were also
the documents and money
WASHINGTON, July 8.-The POST Office De-
partment has offered the three packet COM
panies plying between Vicksburg and New
Orleans $4,000 each for temporary mail service
between these cities. This is $2400 less
than last years contract.