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NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1874, WINTER ARRANGEMENT 1874
IN and after Dec. 7, 1874, Passenger Train
" will run as follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 1910
JAM and Accommodation Train at 1915
A.Mffor White River junction, connecting
it'll train for Well River, st. Johnsbury
warton, Newport, Willoughby and Magog
Bakes, Stanstead, Quebec, Bath, Lttleton,
Lancaster, and theWhite and Franconin.
Mountains. Also, withtrains for Mont
pelier, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, St.
Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal Ogdens-
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Concord at
1927 P. NM for White River junction & Bristol.
EVENING EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at $50 Y. M. for White River Junction, con-
meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling-
ton, st. Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal,
Ogdcnsburgh and the West.
*Or on arrival OF trains from Boston, Wor-
cestcr, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS
tMoRNING EMPRESS TRANleaves White
River junction for Concord at l.j0 A. NJ, or on
arrival of trains from Ogdcnsburgh and Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston on Sunday.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves White r.
junction for Concord at 600 A. NJ.
tBRIsToL TRAIN leaves Bristol for Concord
at $50 A. NJ. and Franklin at 0.O5 A. NJ.
+MAIL TRAIN leaves White River junction
for Concord at 1925 P. NJ, or on arrival of
trains over the Vermont Central, Passumpsc,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leaves White River
junction at 5.3j p. NJ, or on arrival of trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh, Brattlc.
boro, Keene, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &c..
connecting at Concord with train for Man
chester, Nashua, Lowell and Boston.
tThesc trains connect ut Concord with
trains for Manchester, Lawrence, Ports
mouth, Portland, Nashua, Worcester, New
Y ork, Lowell, and Boston.
GEO. L. TODD, supt.
Concord. N. H., Dec. It'll, 1874.
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and illustrious than one which occur
red on the Yellowstone. We had
camped about two o'clock in the after
noon in the river valley, and turned
the mules out to Craze near by. Back
from the river was an almost inacces-
sible bluff, 25O feet high, commanding
q view of the scenery for milesaround.
About two hours after pitching our
tents we happened to cast a glance at
the top of this bluff, and there, to the
establishment Of everybody, was a SOL
itary mule on its very highest point,
coolly and calmly taking survey of
the surrounding country. The pecul-
lar exaggeration which the atmosphere
in that latitude gives to objects seen
against the sky made him seem about
twelve feet high. There he stood in
calm and lofty serenity, manifesting
no emotion whatever except that of
perfect sells satisfaction. How the an
imal got up there nobody knew. What
he went for was still less evident.
There was good grass on the plain
the bluff was perfectly barren. The
mule had travelled twenty miles that
day, and could not be lacking exer-
else. Two conjectures offered them
selves to the superficial mind he had
gone up there on volunteer picket du-
ty, or else to take view of the scene
ry. But there was only one adequate
reason he climbed that hill because
he was a mule And so as a result of
this effort to fathom and analyzc the
mule we come back tothe very PROPOSE
ton with which we started, the sim
pie proposition of identity. The mule
is a mule. What more could be
said 3 $. j. Barrows in Atlantic
Monthly.
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When the stiffened body goes
down to the silent tomb, sad, silent.
lemorseless. feel there is no death
for the man. That clod which yond-
er dust shall cover is not my brother
The dust goes to its place, man to his
own. tits then I feel my lmmortali-
ty. l look through the grave into
heaven. | ask no miracle no proof
no reasoning for me. 1 ask no dust
risen to teach me Immortality. I am
conscious of eternal life Theodore
Parker.
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gas; anil freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickcncd, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroycd, or the glands atrophied and
dccaycd; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that n new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandrutf, which is often so I'M
clearly and offensive. Free from those
dcleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rous to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for q HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. c. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS.
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Correct Spelling.


1t has been we'll said the province
of the photographer is to tell lis what
is in language, not what ought to be
in it, Any one who will examine the
standard works of our language will
find that centre, theatre, traveller,
height, ace, are thus spelled In four
fitths of them, and not center, hcuter,
trare7er, hight, az Among these are
the following: All English publica-
tons, all our Bibles and prayer-books !;
nearly all our American classics, in
GLIDING the works of Bancroft, Pres
colt, Irving, Hawthorne, Bryant, Ey-
erett, Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier,
Holmes, etc. most of our works on
English and American literature, and
works OF ref erence, including Cham
bers' Cyclopedia of English Litera-
ture, the New American Cyclopelia,
Allibone's Dictionary Of Authors, Lip
pincott's Pronouncing Biographical
Dictionary, etc. Among periodicals
that spell in the good old way: Tile
North 1mericam Rcvier, Galary Ma
ton, N Y. HcralM, N. y Times, NJ
Y. Erening Post, the N. Y. World,
Philadelphia Ledger, and many others
representing, unquestionably, the
greater part Of the culture, scholar
ship, and influence of the periodical
press. If one believes that Horace,
that "use is the law Of language and
wishes to follow the best reputable
usage as to the form of English words,
his spelling will conform to that of
great body Of English and American
writers.-[ N. L, Journal of Educa-
ton.
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Sands Of the Desert in an
HOur-GIass.
by W. II. LONGFELLOW,

A handful of red sand from the hot cline
or Arab desert brought,
Within this glass becomes the spy of Time,
The minister of Thought,
How many weary centuries has it been
About these deserts blown
How many strange vicissitudes has seen,
How many histories known
Perhaps the camels of tho Ishmaelite
Trampled and passed it DER,
When into Egypt from the patriarch's sight
His favorite son they bore.
Perhaps the feet of Moses, burnt and bare
Crushed it beneath their tread
Or Pharaoh's flashing wheels into the air
Scattered it as they sped.
Or Mary, with the Christ of Nazareth
Held close in her caress,
Whose pilgrimage of hope and love and faith,
Illuminated the wilderness
Or anchorites beneath Engaddi's palms
Pacing the Dead Sea beach,
And singing slow their Armenian psalms,
In half articulate speech
Or caravans, that from Besseras gate
With westward steps depart
Or Mecca's pilgrims, confident of fate,
And resolute in heart !
These have pass'd oyerit, or may have pass'd,
Now in this crystal tower,
Imprisoned by some curious hand at last,
1t counts the passing hour.
And as gaze these narrow walls expand
Before my dreamy eye
Stretches the desert, with its shifting sand,
Its unimpeded sky.
And borne aloft Oh the sustaining blast,
This little golden thread
Dilates into column high and vast,
A form of fear and dread.
And onward and across the setting sun,
Across the boundless plain,
The column ana its broader shadows run,
Till thought pursues in vain.
The vision vanishes these walls again
Shut out tho lurid sun,
Shut out the hot immeasurable plain,
The half-hour's sand is run.
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In CRANBERRY.

STATE OF VERMONT! In CHANcERY,
WINDSOR COUNTY, IS. May Term, 1875.
Whereas, Henry Park. of Woodstock, in the
County of Windsor has filed in the Office Of
the Clerk of the Court of Chancery within
and for said County, his Petition, setting forth
in substance that on the fourth day of Octob-
er, A. D. 1878, William II. Morse, George
Hart, Mary A. Hart. all three of said Wood
stock, duly executed to said Park MortgaJ &c
Deed of certain land situated in Woodstock
and being the same premises conveyed to the
said George Hart by said Henry Park, by
Deed dated May 10, 1870 and recorded in the
Woodstock land records, in vol. "a, page 1872,
reference being had to said Deed for more
particular description of the promises.
Conditioned for the payment of a certain
promissory note dated Oct. 4th, 1873, for sixty
dollars, duly executed by said Morse and
George Hart unto Henry Park. and made
payable to him or his order, on demand with
interest annually, which is justly due and
owing, and has not not been paid according to
the effect of the same, and praying that the
equity of redemption of the said Morse, George
and Mary A. Hart in tho premises may be
foreclosed, agreeably to the act to diminish
the Expense of foreclosng mortgages in
Equity.
And, arhereds. it appears in said Petition,
tudl tllc sulu w MOls DO 10 lON Ill pultb
unknown without tho State, so that personal
service of the said Petition cannot be made
upon him, it is ordered that the substance of
the said Petition, together with this Order, be
published for three consecutive weeks in the
Spirit OfMe age, newspaper published in
said Woodstock, the last publication to be at
least twenty days before the Term of said
Court of Chancery next to BIO held at said
Woodstock, on the fourth Tuesday of May, A.
d. 1875, and that the Said Morse therein be
notified to appear at said last mentioned Term
and answer the same.
Therefore, you, William II. Morse, are
hereby notified to appear at the said last men
toned Term of said Court of Chancery, then
and there to make answer to the said Petition,
and farther, to stand to and abide such orders
and decree as the said Court shall mako in the
premises
Dated at Woodstock, in the County of Wind
sor, this 10th day of April, a. ID. 1875.
GEO. L. FRENCH, Clerk.
VIM. L. JOHNSON, Solicitor.
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Some OF the Eccentricities Ofthc
Mule.

Sometimes the wanderer takes it into
his head that he can sing. So long
as he keeps this idea to himself no,
body can complain. But mule who
has such a conceit is sure to publish it
One who mas never heard mule solo
can form no idea of the rare caco-
phony it involves. No musical gamut
can score it; no voice can initiate it.
1t is one of the grossest outrages on
the public peace ever devised. Hap
Ply for the nearer if the bray be con-
fined to one mule but when one two
or three hundred happen to meet to-
gether and some base prompter among
them says, '!Brethren, let Vi bray
the antiphonal response, which is new
err refused, is perfectly overwhelming.
remember one poor mule who lost
his life because he would persistently
exercise this gift in an Indian country,
and SO be.ray the command to the en-
envy. He was shot as traitor and
nuisance.
There is no other animal, according
& popular opinion, so commonplace in
his character as a mule. Yet there is
no other creature which has SO many
native piquancies. Even his virtues
are piquant, and his vices are still
more 50. 1t is sometimes difficult for
the observer to distinguish one from
the other yet in the mind of the mule
have no doubt they are clearly dis
eliminated.
OF all strange and unheard of situa-
tlons in which animals find themselves
those which the mule seeks out and
occupies are the most serious and the
most comical Unharness q six-mule
team, place the animals side by side
and fasten their heads together and
drive them down to water; there do
not live six animals of another species
that can twist themselves into such
strange knots, The Gordian knot
was nothing in comparison, 1t seems
impossible for them to keep their tails
all the same way. Before you get
back you will find that the outside
mules have got into the middle, and
that the heads of two or three are
just where their tails should be. At
the outset the relationship would be
numerically described..as follows:
l 2 3 4 5 6
Returning from water the arithmetic
would be
80 "a
The kicking and fighting in the dis
turbed Enumeration would terminate
seriously if the teamster did not with
his "black- snake" hold the balance of
power, aud whip the confusion into
unanimity. The fact is, mule has a
keen zest for giving surprises. His
capabillty and resource in this direc-
ton are remarkable. Perhaps Absa-
lom was never more surprised in his
life than when his. mule "went under
thick boughs of a great oak, and his
head caught hold of the oak, and he
was taken up between the heaven and
the earth and the mule that was I'M
der him went away" Whether this
instinct for surprises shows itself in
his head Or in his heels, the mule new
err fails to make an impression. Per-
haps morbid love of notoriety affects
him. AT all events he IS strongly am
bititious Of all his ventures and en-
terprises know of none more elevated
-
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NorICE ExTRA.-I have on hand a
few nicely finished Tablets, of first
quality Of American and Italian
Marble also, Headstones of all grades
and thickness which | wish to ex-
change for cash at some price. Secure
good bargains Bay The money 1
need .Ba FRANK p. ARCHIBALD.
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DoNT BE DISCOURAGED. rag
ged school teacher was telling a friend
i'll a street of Philadelphia that he was
afraid he would have to discontinue
the school, as he had seen no fruit
whatsoever of his labor. AT the mo-
ment a little ragged boy came up, and
asked him if he would come and see
his BROTHER who was very Ill. He
said he would come next day but
the boy said his brother was very ill
indeed, so he went with him down in
to one of the lowest streets in the city,
On entering the room, he was strucI
with the supreme misery of it. The
father and mother were both drunk,
and the sufferer lay on mere heap of
rags in corner. Going up to him,
the teacher said, "My poor boy, what
can l do for you? shall 1 get you a
doctor?" sob, no, Cap" said the boy.
"Shall / find you nurse, and have
you removed to a nice bed ?" "Oh no,
Cap, not that but tell me, tell me,
you say that Jesus died for every
body ?" eyes, l did," "And that he
will receive any one who comes to.
Him ?" eyes, indeed l did, dear
boy" "Well, Cap, know that He
has received me y and after shedding
few tears the boy dropped back on
the bundle of rags-dead.
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Charles Lamb, Essayisl, denounced
all spirituous liquors as "Wet Damnation."
Poor fellow he knew whereof he spake, by
sad experience, and il living, would apply the
same to Alcoholic Excitants, advertised as
Curealis. But there is one Tonic ard altera-
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A Flood Incident.

a touching incident Is related in
connection with the flood at German
town, near Port Jarvis, n. Y. A
poor widow on the morning of the
treshet had gone to Port Jarvis from
Germantown to order coffin for her
baby, who had died the night before.
She left her house and the corpse with
her daughter, aged five years. While
the bereaved mother was absent the
flood came rolling down the flats. A
man living near ran to the house and
endeavored to mdlce the little girl to
leave it. She refused to leave her
dead brother. The man picked her
up, and carried her weeping and
screening to a place Of safety. When
he released her she ran swiftly hack to
her mothers deserted house, re-enter-
ed it, and in an instant ran out with
the dead baby in her arms. The flood
was but a short distance away, and
rushing toward the ground the little
girl had to cross with her burden. She
reached safe position before the
wave Of ice rolled by, and looking
back to see her humble home crushed
to atoms in the mass of ice, she. start
ed in search of her mother. The lat
ter, when the alarm was sounded, hast
ened to return home, and met her lit
tie daughter carrying the lifeless baby
in the midst OF the crowd on the high
ground. The scene that follow ed is
Undesirable.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-05-12

Dat meal, long favorite article
of food in Ireland and Scotland, is
steadily growing in favor in this coun-
try. In starch and heterogeneous COM
pound, it is richer than wheat, barley
or corn, and as food it sits lightly
upon the stomach, and is very di-
pestible.
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-Horatio Seymour is reported as
saying that the Democratic nomina-
ton for President next year will not
go outside Of four persons: Samuel
j. Tilden, Sanford E. Church, Thomas
A. Hendricks, and Allen G. Thurman.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

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and all the effects of youthful indiscreton
will, for the sake of suffering humanitG, send
free 10 all who need it, the recipe and direc
tion for making the simple remedy by which
he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by
the advertisers experience can'do so by adj
dressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN b. OGDEN, AZ Cedar st., New York.
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FAILUREs.-Let us take care how
we speak of those who have fallen on
life's field. Help them up-not heap
scorn upon them. We did not see
the conflict; we do not know the
scars.
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EI; FOR SALE

THE Subscriber, wishing to leave town, Of
l. fers for sale his House, and Lot attached,
consisting of one Story Brick House, 2Sx24
feet, inside newly finished years ago-eellar
under the whole ALSO an l. 22x4O with Kitch-
on Dining-room, Pantry and Woodshed below,
ago. Barn 24x24, in good repair. Large
Garden attached in which there are several
bearing Apple-trees, Currants, Blackberries,
Raspberries, Grapes, &C., and one of the best
Vegetable Gardens in the village of Wood
stock, good Well of Water and 70 Dbl Brick
Cistern. Price low. Part Of the money can
remain on mortgage if desired.
ii. V. FRENCH.
Woodstock, AprilJ5, 1876
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Alta Cost OF IS Cts. a Part.
Parts |, ii and III are just published.
THE ART JOURNAL.

omplete in u monthly parts, ut 81 each
Reproducing the best full page illustra-
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