Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-02

In auuIJl0r % Ills OtIicf qua1lIlCaIlOnsI
Hon. Mr.. Mcdonald, the new Governor of
Ontario, has "three charming daughters"
"A New York man sued railroad COM
pany for the loss of four toes, and the COM
pany had to "foot" the bill-$3500.
Hugh F. McDemott, Esq, editor Of
the Jersey City Herald, is favorably spoken
of as q candidate for the Office of Clerk of
the National House of Representatives He
is gentleman of distinguished ability and
high character.
Red Cloud said he came to Washington
to learn the truth Queer place to visit for
such purpose.
Alexander II. Stephens and two other
gentlemen were turned out of a car reserved
especially for colored people on the Macon
and Western Division of the Central Rail
road, in Georgia, few days ago He re-
marked that it was the first time he had ev-
er been called on to vacate a car because he
was not as good as negro.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Montre-
al, in view of the approaching local cleo
tions, has issued circular, which was read
in the churches on Sunday. He lays down
the most stringent doctrines on the union OF
Church and State, and condemns those who
have not stood up for the rights of the
Catholics of New Brunswick to seperate
schools.
Gov. Allen, CT Ohio, is only SO, and
he's twice as smart as the dry bones who try
to make fun of his age.
The Kansas people have tested the quail.
tiles of grasshoppers as an article of food
and pronounce them, after being boiled in
water to clean them, and fried in butter, to
be quite palatable, and even good eating,
like small fish.
Mr.. Montgomery Blair's assertions that
Gen. Sherman is man of weak nerves,
timid, envious, etc., is rather astonishing.
But Logan, the Western roarer, and Hook
er, the profane, are preparing also for the
onset against Sherman. What will be the
result we cannot divine, yet think it will
not shake Sherman's nerves much, weak as
Mr.. Blair considers them.
An Englishman, hard up, has just sold
the contents of his wine cellar for $780,
147.
Only 1906 assertions from the United
States army in one year. How's this, I'm
Gle Samuel :?
Hon. George Vail, of Morristown, N.
j., died Sunday evening, aged Y. He was
twice in Congress, and afterwards was Con-
sui at Glasgow under Buchanan. He was
concerned with his father, his brother AL.
fred and Prof. Morse in perfecting the tele.
graph and maturing the first instrument.
A walking match, ten miles, took place
last evening at Concord, N. H., between
G. M. Mitchell, of Concord, and c. S.
Cushing, of Boston, which was won by
Mitchell. Time, 1 hour, 25 minutes and /
second.
Gen. Breckenridge leaves son who
bears the name of ''Owen County Breckin-
ridge" in honor of the county which Sc
cured the election of his father to Congress
in 1853, in the contest with Governor Let
cher.
"A New York clergymen shows that a
modest funeral can be had for $500.
That's cheap enough for getting rid of some
folks.
Gen. Putnam's famous ride down the
stepping. stones at Horseneck, Greenwich,
Conn, seems to some of the inhabitants Of
that locality to be worthy of centennial
celebration. Unfortunately, however, the
gentleman has turned up whose grandfather
built the road down which Gen. Putnam
walked his pony instead of, "dashing down
the steps" Thus areall time honored sto-
res demolished.
Anne Brewster says the Indian women
drink too much wine for the peace and hap
piness of their husbands.
The post norton examination of the
horses who died of the disease prevailing at
St. Louis shows that the disease is cerebro
spinal meningitis The malady is not
spreading much, and yields quite readily to
treatment.
Our Southern exchanges tell about a
Georgia woman who is farming in the most
successful way. She supports herself, her
niece, and a crippled brother. She made
twenty-five bales of cotton last year with
the help of two hired hands, and owes no
money. She came into town the other day
with two wagon loads of corn. She raised
five hundred pounds of nice bacon, of her
own curing, to sell, and yet there may be
found abel bodied young men who say that
farming doesn't pay.