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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-07-26
WHICH WAS GUILTY7

81 do think, John, you might let
me have little more money ?"
Victoria Hale was sitting ot the
breakfast table, pout upon her cher
ry lips, an ominous wrinkle between
her brows. She looked very pretty,
in her morning dress Of flute2 white
lawn, with breakfast cap OF Swiss
muslin and rose. coored ribbons that
were peculiarly becoming to her olive
skin, and large, vslvety black eyes.
Her husband, slowly slipping his cof-
fee at the other side of the table, was
quite as handsome and distinguished
looking in his way, John Hale was
chiet book keeper and cashier iii a
large firm in Wood street, and had
scarcely been married three months as
yet Already, however, the bloom
and charm of welded life had been
dissipated in some degree. He had
begun to discover that his divinity
was not all divine.
"More money, Victoria y he re-
peated, with scarcely perceptlble
knitting of the brows. care yol not
getting unreasonable Do | not keep
you literally supplied with all I have
to spare ?"
"But it's 80 mortifying to GO shop.
ping with Mrs. Hyde ard Mrs. Bon.
nington and have to stand by while
they are purchasing the sweetest
things at such bargains p
"Dont 60 shopping with them,
then, that's my advice"
"You would shut me up, then, from
all amusement and society ?"
"Nonsense, Victoria You know bet
ter than that ! Here is your prettily
furnished house, your garden, your
little conservatory, to amuse you y
"I'm tired of them ALL" said the
pretty bride. Gone cannot be con-
tented with the same thing forever
'Ify you wanted perpetual change,
continued whirl Of excitement, you
should have married a rich man.
"Dont be cross john" said Victo-
ria, coaxingy. "But you know all
our neighbors about here are tolerably
we'll off, and | don't want to be left be-
hind. shall be mortified to death if
can't have croquet party in July. "
81 have no especial objection to
that, said her husband. 81 suppose
it need not necessarily be expen sive 2
"Not very," said Victoria. 90
course, we must have a band, and the
sweets aud ices from the confection
er's.
"Wouldn't your piano, and little
homemade cake and ice cream, do 9"
"What nonsense, John Do yor
suppose | could ask our stylish neigh
bors to such two-penny sort OF affail
rs that 2
"They would know it was as good
as we could afford"
"And l need lace parasol terribly
And oh John, l had forgotten about
Mrs. Lacy's cream-colored ponies" "
u hope, for goodness sake, she
uont want you t. buy them y
"No, Of course not But she says
| may use them while she's at Scar
borough, Isn't it kind of her ?"
81 dare say its very kind" said
John Hale, ruefully; "but do YOU
chance to know how much a pair Of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-07-26

Dl NORMhN ihiLoh'
1t would be pleasant to be bird,
This sultry, torrid weather,
And with your feathered friends,
Fly wing and wing together:
In spiral circles sweeping up,
The breezy, shaded mountain side,
And there within the coolest spot,
Through all the heated hours abide.
surely think bird I'd be,
And have lots of play and fun,
If there was no hunters snare,
And no hunters trap and gun.
1t would be pleasant to be a fish,
This sultry, torrid weather,
And with all your scaly friends,
Take nice swim together.
Through the cool water to sweep along,
All 80 merrily side by side,
Now to the surface leaping up,
Now in the eddying pool to hide.
TO rest beneath some grassy bank.
Or within the Alders shade
OF think a fish I'd be,
II snare and hook we're ne'er displaye'
But since there's risk to fish and Bird
I'm still content to be man,
(From being either am deterred)
And will sweat it through the best cal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-07-26
PO II n r Y.
Written for the Age.
1t Would be Pleasant.

By NORMAN TAYLOR.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

Keep away from Settle IL you DON'T want
to be taxed TO death. His party Fixed the
debt represented ~ the special tax bonds.
Settle inaintainsthe validity Of those bonds.
II elected Governor hs will Try 40 shape
legilation 70 that the5 Mall 10 rcccgaixed,
and then theFtax which was once lcsied
will be levied again. Can the people bear
this burden? They cannot. But II Settle
and bis party get into power, yon viii have
IL to, do. viii yc. mill ye, And the
holders II those bonds are men who win
shave;no mercy upon yon. for the bonds
are held abroad, and their payment viii
DO enforced through the Federal Courts.
0ourtsthas hsva 40 sympaihiss with oar
people,. 49, ,,...s; 81, l,s,4.a
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

] Eote.for the amendments II ven. want
seconomy 10 the administration of this. State
,gorslnment. Eremsthrce ~ four hundred
Thousand dollars viii hs saved by reduc-
,tion in the .number n judges. BY the
smaller per diem. and Shorter sessions 81
the, Legislature and By other caases. \ n,
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

yoTE ron THE AMENDMENTS n you
would avoid The compulsory education. sod
that 10 mixed schools. vbish the LegisIs.
tore. BY force Of the existing Constitution
may impose upon you u any time.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

lack Chandler. The Chairman Of tho
National Republicsp t'ommi.iss. on being
petiOusd By the Rspublican leaders Of Ohio.
has sent them . characteristic Telegram
which reads: Ohio can ~ 70 hell. The
committee has nearly bsukrupied itselI
to save Hayes from the disgrace o. defeat
in bic swa State. Help yourselves; va
sre done blssding.''a s
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25
Court House to Let.

10y ORDHn ~ the Heard ~ Commissioner.
~ Il fslasn sgunty tl9 addition 81 spufbe,
anft 20 The COURT HOUSE ~ aid Cot,,.f, 4,
WV b. " " The tovs.t bidder NJ the Courl
hVhse " heNbDro, W tsid county, on The
= ssoyad Mo9dqg " Nuwemler nega.s
AZ 10 O'clock.
:, Tie w.rk y 70 bs ~ Brick. Pull speeItlea
uoht made known n the time ~ lpttiss.
w. n. WEBB, Clerk.
Sept. 2O,h. &c. G. pl.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

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usual expense, BY using our
PATENT SLATE PAINT,
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our rei color :. u-a.ly preferred. a. one sosi 10
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our Rrisha R<a n che a~ay vrsssaA~ slide Paint
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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-10-25

The Consultation Of The United sAiss,
declares that the right o. ibe people &
keep and bear srms shall NOT be infringsd,
Andiyet the miserable sarpet-haggcr who
dehles the Gubernatorial ehssr % Souih
Carolina. orders the disarm:ng n the whites,
immediately after the arrival Of 20.OQo
stand Of arms for The negroes. --CharlOil,
Democrat. ,-.-
10 And this will Be the case 10 North
Carolina aud wherever else Tic RspubliCsr
party msy prevail; aud this 10 the face d
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
Change of Color in Flowers.

The English horticultural journals are
discussing the cause of the change Of
pink hydrangeas to blue when trans.
planted from one soil to another. The
phenomenon came under our notice in
this country quarter of a century ago.
A hydrangea taken from Newburyport
to Lowell and repotted in the latter place
underwear. this change, and we have
since known of similar cases in other 10
calities. A correspondent Of The Garden
asserts land we have heard or read the
same explanation belore) that iron in the
soil causes the metamorphosis. He says
"Get some rusty nails and iron filings
steep them in water, and use the water
once or twice week while tho plants
are growing. | remember a bank in
South Wales on which we used to have
blue hydrangeas in perfection. 1t con
sisted chiefly of refuse from iron furna
ces, and if we removed the plants to
another part Of the grounds, instead oil
producing blue flowers, they gradual y
reverted to the usual pink form"
1t is certain tina, the addition of irou
to the toil augmeuts the brilliancy 0!
color in many flowers. Tho scales thrt
are hammered by the blacksmith frou
heated bars Of iron are excellent for thi.
purpose; or the iron turnings and filing.
of the machine shop may be used. Mixed
with the earth they soon dissolve, it
reappear in the moro vivid coloring O
the Towering plants that draw their nu
triment from the ferruginous soil.
Silica has similar influence. Sand OF
sandy loan, with tho addition of potasi
(which may be supplied by wood ashes
to render the silica soluble, will Otter
produce IL marked increase in tho beauty
of leaf and petal. Charcoal also bright
ems the colors OF certain flowers. 1t j,
well known for Instance, that SCOT q
small bits Of charcoal mixed with th,
soil in which cyclamens are potted vii
make the blossoms richer in hue. - Bos
ton Journal Of ChemiStry
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
The Extinct AUX.

Everything bearing on the date or
causes of the extinction Of the Great AUX
(Aica ampenn'S) possesses never.failing in
terest for ornithologists. On the Amer.
lean coast the bird formerly ranged as
far south, at least, as Massachusetts,
where its bones are now found in the
shell-heaps; and all the evidence points
to the conclusion that it fingered longest
alive on the Funk Islands, oil Newfound
land. Mr.. j. A. Allen contributes TO
The Naturalist some very interesting in.
formation respecting its determination in
that locality, acquired from Mr.. Michael
Carroll, Of Bonavista, who in early life
often visited the Funks and who wit
messed what he related. lie states that
forty-6ve or fifty years ago, the bird
were very numerous, but were shortly =
exterminatod, being killed for the sake OF
their feathers. The birds, being unable
to fly, were easily surrounded by the fish
ormen and driven ashore into stone
pounds, where they were captured and
killed, their feathers removed by INNER.
sion in boiling water, aud their bodies
used as fuel, One Of these same bod
les" would now casily fetch a couple oi
hundred d, liars Mr.. Carroll reports
having sesn no birds 'lor more thar
thirty years" This would make the date
of their probable extinction almost ex
actly the same as that assigned by ths
highest English authority prof. A
NewtOp) for their disappearance from of
the lcelandic coast, where they are be
lieved to have fingered longest on th,
other side Of the water.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
Pere Hyacinthe at Geneva.

Grace Greenwood writes to the New
York Times concerning Pere Hyacinthe's
position in Geneva, from which it appears
that ho breaches in low, close, upper
chamber, in dingy, obscure building
near the cathedral. The larger portion
of his audience is made up of tourists, in.
cluding many Americans. The service
is very simple, the Pere being assisted
by two young gentlemen in ordinary dress.
There is little chanting, a few genu.
flcxions, and the elevation Of the host,
which is followed by the reading of
prayers and singing, in which latter the
congregation join. The sermon is de.
ivered in a flowing white embroidered
robe, which is very becoming to the Ma.
polconic face and figure of the preacher.
OF his experiences iu Geneva it is said
"Wo we're told that year or two ago
Pere Hyacinthe had a large congrega.
tion Of disaffected Catholics and liberal
Protestants, but that he found that his
fame and power were being used to build
up sect which might be as intolerant
and arrogant as any other, and loving re.
ligious liberty and purity with a passion
of unselfish devotion, be broke with some
of his strongest adherents and made
new departure. He is not man to be
great zealot or small pope. Now his
little flock Of honest men and women is
to his mind. and he breaches to them as
grandy as ever he preached to crowds OF
devotees, and of the rich aud noble, from
the pulpit Of the Madeline or Notre
Dame. 1t must be confessed that he is
not much loved in Geneva by the relig.
ious (strictly speaking) portion of the
community Religious party lines are
drawn too straight to take him in on
either side. The Calvinsts distrust, the
Catholics hate him lie has been often
iu>ulfed by coarse bigots and ignorant
zesIois. Usually he takes 10 notice of
these insults but occasionally he turns
upon his tormentors and deals with them
in summary and salutary fashion. A
short timo before our visit to Geneva he
was one day accostcd in the street by
wagonful Of market women. who screamed
after him such opprobrious epithets as
'apostate,' traitor renegade. M. 10y.
son is gallant man. but ho thought this
was going little too far. He called q
few gendarmes-iortunately every fifth
man you meet in Geneva is gendarme
and had tho vocifcrous ladies arrested.
They were taken to the police court and
fined and rcprimanded for their exuber.
ant piety and uutempered ZEAL But
such things disturb him little"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
Deacon Marvin, of Lyme.

One Of the early settlers of Lyme was
Reynold Marvin. He was q rich land.
holder, militia captain, and a deacon oi
the church. He professed to bo governed
by divine communications. On one 90.
casion he announced that tho Lord had
directed him to distribute his COWS among
the poor A shftless fellow, who was
omitted in the distribution, finally went
to the deacon and said he too had re.
ceived a communication from the Lord,
who had sent him there for a COW.
"Of course, then, you must have a
cow" was the reply. "But what sort OF
COW did the Lord say / must give you
"A new milch or a farrow ?"
"a new milch COW, SIR"
Indeed Your communication could
not have been from the Lord, for | have
no new milch cow"
The bafiled beggar departed.
Another time the deacon opposed some
church measure which was carried in
spite of him. He promptly refused to
pay his church taxes, and was sued, aud
his saddle taken for the debt. He es.
teemed himself deeply wrouged, and rode
upon sheepssin wheeled vehicles had
as yet hardly appeared in the colonies)
forever aiterward. And riding upon his
shcepskin one day, be refined his horse up
to the cottage door Of pretty Betty Lee
1t was an old Dutch door, cut 10 two in
the middle. She came and leaned upon
the lower half, her blue eyes opened wide,
and her dainty hands holding fast to Il
plate which she was wiping.
Betty" said he, solemnly, "thc Lord
sent ME here to marry you."
Betiys eyes fell upon the doorstep,
ard so did the plate. The demurc maid
en-, however, rallied instantly.
"Tho Lords viii be done" she replied.
The deacon nudged his horse and trot
ted slowly away, and the maiden finished
washing her dishes. Betty's father was
not friendly to the deacon, and tried to
break the engagement He did not sue
coed, as appears from the pnJhshment
which, according to the custom of the
.iihcs' was posted upon the church door.
1t was the production of the prospective
bridegroom, and ran thus:
Reynod Marvin and Betty,Lee
Do intend to marry ;
And though her dad opposed be,
They can no longer tarry.'
They were married and lived in peace,
and in small stone house on the west
side of The Street" brought up a large
family Of children, Ind in due course Of
events were gathered to their fathers.
On a time-worn maidstone in the Lyme
cemetery may be seen the following in-
scription
This Deacon, aged sixty eight,
Is freed on Earth from sarving
May for crown no longer wait
Lyme's Captain Reynod Marvin"
Martha j. Lamb, in Harper's Maya
zine.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
The Advantage of 1t.

The day had been set and the young
man was happy. But his father failed
in business and he collected together all
the pink love letters, the lock of hair, the
faded violet, etc., and started for her
fathers mansion. He was high minded
and honorable, and he felt in duty bound
to release her from the engagement. Yet
he grew faint as he was ushered into the
parlor. Such love as his wouldn't stay
crushed.
George! dear George - sho ex
claimed, as she entered the parlor anG
seized his hand.
Arabella, l am here to do my duty
he said, as he rose up.
W-what's the matter 7" she asked.
II haven't you heard of-of my
fathers failure 2" he inquired, his hear
beating painfully.
Why yes, dear George, and wha'
of it2"
Aren't you-won't you-that is
I'm glad ofit-that's all !" she cried
You are ?"
"Of couse l am! was talking will
father, and he said if your father hat
failed for 100000 he'd made at leas
$50, 900 out of it, and Of course you'd ge
twice as much as you counted on DE
troi Free Press.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
Prohibition in Maine.

We condense from the Lewiston Jour.
nat tho following items, showing the great
value Of their prohibitory law;
The several county attorneys have fur.
nished facts in regard to the enforcement
Of the liquor law, of which the following
are abstracts:
Androscoggin county No open dram
shops In the county, and no secret tales
OF much consequence, outside of Lewiston
and Auburn:
Aroostook-The enforcement Of the
law has diminished the number of dram
shops, and driven the traffic into secret
places.
Cumberland - Indictments and ap.
pealed cases. 272 fines collected, s12,.
l4S-larger than ever before; rumsell-
ers imprisoned, Is. Besides these, there
have been very large number Of seizure
cases In the police court of Portland in
which $1,000 in fines have been collect.
ed no difficulty in securing convictions.
The only difficulty is in obtaining evil
dence.
Franklin--Law every way successful
Hancock-There arc few dram shops
outside Of Ellsworth in the county. Iu
Ellsworth the traffic has not been sup
pressed wholly, but in no place is liquor
sold opeuly. Law works well. Twenty
eight indictments the past year, against
none the previous year.
Knox - County Attorney Rice does
not believe in prohibitory law, but ad.
mits that in the rural towns of Knox
county no liquor is sold. In Rockland
and some seaboard towns respectable men
have left the traffic, but it has fallen into
the hands Of low groggeries.
Lincoln-Twenty-four indictments and
appealed cases in 1874, against ten in
1873 liquor traffic driven out of the
county, except in Damariscotta, Waldo.
boro and Wiscasset. In the first two
places the work of suppression is going
on well. Every rumseler in Wiscasset
was indicted at the October term, and
each paid fine ofS1OO. Fines collect.
ed, $1,000.
Penobscot-Great improvement during
the last six or eight months; number Of
prosecutions doubled,
Piscataquis - Eight indictments in
1874, against one in 1873. No Difficult.
ty in enforcing the law and suppressing
the dram shops.
Sagadahoc-Law successfully admins.
tered, and dram shops rare.
Somerset - Twenty.three indictments
and appealed cases and 1888 in 1874,
against eight indictments and $500 in
1873.
Washington - Twenty.three indict.
ments and appealed cases, eight rumsell.
ers imprisoned, and $500 in fines, against
eleven indictments in 1868. The result
has been most satisfactory and dram shops
are more nearly suppressed than ever be-
fore.
York-Number Of indictments during
the past year 100, in addition to largs
number of seizure cases fines collected
nearly Sll 900; nearly sufficient to pay
costs In Saco it is said there is not a
single place where liquor is sold; and in
Biddeford the sale is conducted only Sc.
cretly and inconsiderably.
Kennebec-At least one third moro
successful liquor prosecutions have been
had in Kennebec county during the last
eighteen months, than during any pre-
vious similar period. Local officers
have done more of the work.
Oxford-No dram shops SO far as
known to the public or the officers The
few persons WHIT. have attempted liquor
selling have been prosecuted.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-03-14
How Nettie was Sacrificed,
BY MRS. NJ. A. KIDDER.

Nettie Price lay sick of fever. Her
soft, velvety skin was parched and burn.
ing, and her little thin hand grasped the
bed.clothes tightly.
Nettie was a bright and beautiful
child (ihough the daughter Of washer.
womsn) aud very dear to her mothers
heart.
The fever will turn, think, tonight
at twelve o'clock" said good DR.. Brown,
as he went out. Everything depends on
her being kept quiet at that time-lifo
or death" Oh what quiet room. No
sound except the stifled sobs of the poor
mother and the low. quick breathing of
the delirious child. Even the clock had
been stopped, the little clock on the bare
mantel-piece.
81 do hope her father won't como in
drunk" whispered Mrs. Price to her anx.
ious heart; and then she watched the
sweet face, rocking herself to and fro,
until the clock in the steeple ofSt George
struck tyelUe! Thank God. hear the
doctors footsteps" sighed she, as she saw
change coming over the face Of her
child. and the light Of reason shining in
the blue eyes,
Slowly, slowly, the heavy footsteps as
cended the rickety stairs. This time the
ears of the mother were at fault; it was
not the doctor; and, as the step nea.ed
the door, Nettie sprapg up in bed, one
hand pressed to her burning head, and
the other grasping her mothers dress,
while her gaze was bent or the door.
Fathers coming in drunk, mother, and
he'll beat us oh he'll beat us A" cried
the excited child, remembering but too
we'll how many times no had done SO.
When the door opened and the stagger-
ing form Of her father reeled into the
room, poor Nettie screamed, and sank
back insensible
The die was cast
"She can never recover" said good DR..
Brown an hour afterward. This relapse
is fatal - Oh if her father could but
realize what he has done-sent his angel
child out Of the world, for she will never
be conscious again here. Perfect quiet
until her reason had been fully restored
would have been her salvation.