Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-10-20
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his paper in mourning for the death Of
anybody whose mourners can pay $40.
Minister Boxer, at st. Petersburg
is still trying to persuade Russia to
take part in the Centennial Exhibition.
The question now is, "With a
purchased American diploma, and
Grants certificate Of good character,
to what extent might one consider
himself set up in business ?"
DR. Mary Walker has distinguish
ed herself by restoring a lf.drowned
woman, accidentally Knocked over
board from Il Sacramento steamer and
rescued in an unconscious state DR..
Mary was engaged two hours in the
restoration and was finally successful,
Reports from all parts of Ten
nessee show great decentralization
among the laborers and great danger
of a large portion Of the cotton crop
being lost for want ofhands to pick it.
The fortune Of Gen. G! mt is now
no less than a million d oils i, and is
still growing. In 1860 it was less
than 500 year. HIS ulosent wealth
might perhaps he used by moralists as
q text to illustrate the benefits of hon,
esty and economy.
When a Fiji Islander ma'ries,
the first thing he does upon beginning
to keep house is to cat his mother-in-
law. As conscrvator Of peace the
process perhaps is ettectual ; and it is
also valuable as a measure of economy
when marketing is dear.
"A Kansas Judge has decided that
man and wife can go to any place
of amusement on u ticket that says
"admit one" as by law they are con-
sidered zone" We may shortly ex-
pect to hear that the keepers of places
of amusement in Kansas have increas-
ed their prices one hundred per cent.
An assessment of $15 on q salary
of $500 has been levied on the Phila-
delphia letter-carriers for Republican
campaign expenses.
1t is reported at London that all
the British ships in japanese waters
have been ordered to China.
Charles w. Coombs of Missouri,
will be q candidate for the Democrat
ic nomination for the doorkeepership
of the next House of Representatives.
"A small island has within the
past twelve months formed in the
Delaware River, opposite Bordentown.
Vegetation has taken hold upon it and
it is lrequented by birds.
That the Republican party is
earnestly for reform this year, and it
has been every year since the war, is
demonstrated by the proposition to
tax its Office holders and to secure aid
from Washington to pay the expenses
Of the canvass. A higher evidence of
patriotism and virtue has not been
displayed by any party in this State
since it did the same thing before.
The decision Of Chief Justice
Waite in the case OF Mrs. Virginia l..
Minor, who appealed from the SUI
preme Court of Missouri to that of the
United States, on the question of te,
male suffrage, is interesting and i'm
portant. The claim upon which the
appeal rested was that the Fourteenth
Amendment of the Federal Constilu
ton conferred the right Of suffrage
upon women in the several States and
Territories. The decision OF the
Chief Justice upon this matter is in
the highest degree elaborate and fully
conclusive.
1t is estimated that six thousand
speeches were made in Ohio during
the canvass. Wind enough was cx
pended to drive the wind-mills OF Hol.
land for century.
Harvey G. Corning, railroad
engineer at st. Joseph, Mo-. has sold
his wife, Clara, to an insurance agent
and Sunday-school superintendent, G..
j. Baker, tor 5000. Rather than not
have deal the husband threw in a
lap-dog and Il large framed cabinet
photograph.
Elk president Johnson during his
life received twig from the willow
which lends over the grave Of Napol-
con Bonaparte on the St. Helena,
which he planted in the garden of his
late residence, and which has now
grown to stately tree. y twig from
this tree will be planted over the
grave of Mr. Johnson. on Johnson
Hill.
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