Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-09-08

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sheridan wanted 10, nut Mrs. y. Wouldn't |
let him.
The Philadelphia Ledger says Boston
has pauper who can solicit aims in ten
different languages" Yes, and he walks
Spanish besides.
The Delaware " Hudson { lal Com
pany has reduced its running he rs on the
canal from 20 to l2 hours. They have also
reduced the employees on the canal over one
half. Their docks are fast filing up and
there is no sale for cCal.
Only a few days since an Arizona Post
master caused to he published long and
indignant card wherein he resigned his
Office because the salary did not repay him
for the labor. And now the Government is
looking for that Postmaster whose cash ac-
count is SO, 700 short.
The Episcopalans of the Northwest are
about TO establish a Church paper at Chica-
60.
Doc Evans, murderer at Mount Yer
non, ILL.,, has been found guilty and senten-
ccd by the jury to imprisonment for thirty
four years.
Official returns from all the counties Of
Wisconsin make its total population 1885,
600.
The Whitehall Times says merchant
who does not advertise can no more sue
coed than can young lady without bus
tie.
The Woodbury. Patent Planning Machine
Company have compromised with the Ma
tional Defense Association for $4,000 for
licenses to 1000 mills, the association quash-
ing all litigation and acknowledging the So
lidity of the patent.
Admiral Tom Thumb, in London, is
six inches shorter than our General Tom
Thumb, is thirty-siX years old, weighs twcn-
ty-siX pounds. is a Holandcr and speaks five
languages.
The Count of Paris, in his third volume
of the 'iIistory of the Civil War; reviews
the case of General Fitz John Porter and un-
mistakably takes the Generals side,
MIR. Richard Trevellick, the Trades
Unionist, is canvassing Ohio for the Demo
cratic ticket.
My. Walter Shandley will edit 4 volume
of,-'ro N;co Unancy -,1uyittjn' s1.GGi.hiL ,r"th
Counterfeit $40 notes of the First Ma
tl0nal Bank of Philadelphia are in crcula-
ton.
A correspondent of the Halifax On. S.
Heyay0 states that shower of army-worms
fell on the deck Of schooner off the coast
during recent rain. storm.
-EX-Scnator Upton, Of Nebraska, is
about to stump Ohio for the Democracy.
Louis kOssuh is preparing his Life
Records for publication.
The Assistant United States Treasurer
at New York has been instructed By the
Secretary of the Treasury to sell $4,OOO,OOO
of gold coin in September.
Mr., Bates, Of Whiteshurg, Ky, is
twenty eight years Old, stand 6 feet IL,
and weighs 4!3 pounds. His wife is year
his junior, is of the same height, and weighs
4l3 pounds.
Samuel Walker, formerly clerk in the
Indian Bureau, has published card reflect
ing upon the administration of Secretary
DeanO
-llinncsotas wheat surplus over home
needs will this year be 24,00O,OOO bushels.
--"Lct no guilty man escape if it can be
avoided" If Grant really meant business,
why did be put that or in !: Dix did not
say, "ShOot him on the spot-if there is a
shotgun handy"
According to official reports 6,SJ9 per-
SONS were banished to Siberia between May
and October, last year, by the Russian Gov
ernmept.
}. II. Nicolay is writtinga life OF Abra-
ham Lincoln, to whom he was for some
years private secretary, and claims that he
will give more extended and authentic de-
tails Of the late Presidents life than have
heretofore been published.
Five hundred Seminole negroes, former
slaves of the Seminole Indians, are in Texas
in destitute condition, and the Government
has been asked to give them lands suitable
for cultivation Or to send them to Florida
where they can get work
Express companies have settled the
ha
national bank notes on basis of thirty
seven cents per thousand dollars.
-"Whcn you hear man talking about
what nobody else understands and he don't
understand himself, that's metaphysics, :"
said Scotchman. What vivid idea it
gives of Wendell Phillips lucubrations on
the currency question.
HAPPINESS OF THE MIND. No mans life
is free from struggles and notifications,
even the happieSt but every one may
build up his own happiness by seeking men
tai pleasure, and thus make himself indie
pendent of outward fortune.
The Catholic cure of St Jean Baptiste
village, Canada, has given notice that he
will refuse the sacrament to women of his
church who wear low-necked dresses or
pull-back skirts.
Mr.. Andrew johnson, son of the late
ex-President johnson, denies all knowledge
OF the reported insurance on his fathers
life, though he says he has not yet been
able to look over all of his fathers papers.
The estate of the ex-President is estimated
as between $15O,OOO and $4,000