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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
correspondence.
a letter from Mrs. PaGlIeIOrd.

WARD, WHITE PINE Co., NAvADA, !
April 18th, 1877.
EDITOR OF THE AGE--
saw in your paper a petition for di-
vorce from my husband, Hosea Paddleford,
and will you kindly allow me through your
columns to inform my friends and &C
quaintances that shall defend myself
That the charges against me are utterly
false and without foundation, and / defy
him to produce a particle Of evidence
against me. He says left him without
sufficient cause or prOvOcation F.! Now
what is sufficient cause or prov ocation !?
We had six children, the Oldest Il son,
old enough to take care Of himself, the
rest were dependant on their parents for
support and if he did not provide for
them, and he did not, was it not my duty
to make an effort to do so And ! did,
and made 4 success Of it. But to do SO
had to leave my family and accept situa-
ton in the family Of the Hon. A. c. Cleve-
land, gentleman well known throughout
Eastern Nevada he and his wife showed
me the greatest kindness. l remained
there six months doing the cooking for
the family. I went there the last Of Sep
TENDER, 1875. My children remained
where left them until Janl Try, when l
had them moved near my brothers. Il
there a mother in Windsor County that
doubts the many heart aches / had while
my children had to live UP Ii those noun
tains, eight miles from neighbor and ten
miles from me? Is there q father in
Windsor County that would have left his
children with such 4 mother as he repre-
sents Inc to be ? Had he nomore respect
for himSeli-no more respect for his
children than to try to disgrace them p
He.very well knows that value my good
name aboye every thing else Ny cir
cumstances being made known to Mrs.
Yates (Mrs. Cleavland's sister, noble
hearted lady living in Ward, she went to
the miners and told them my circum-
stances and asked them to subscribe
money to buy me house, which they did,
and in May | moved to Ward, with my
children, where | have since lived, sup
porting my family by doing washing
employ Chinaman and make from twen-
ty-1lvc to thirty dollars a week, which
enables Inc to support my children COM
fortably and send them to school. am
respected and can furnish any amount Of
proof that l earn my living honestly
In June last received letter from Mr..
Paddleford asking me to apply for Il
divorce also, sending me q letter to
present to the Court, saying that when
would send him copy Of the divorce, he
would send me twenty dollars towards
paying for it, Magnanimous man 1t
costs from one hundred and twenty-five
to one hundred and fifty dollars to get a
divorce III this county. 1 have no money
to spend on divorces; yet, l do not OBJ
ject to his having one, if he will get it
honorably but he cannot have one on
any grounds that will cast cloud on my
character. If this could serve as warn
ing to girls contemplating marriage,
would feel amply repaid for the humilia-
ton felt on reading such a petition
In conclusion 1 will say If there are any
who have lived the miserable, unhappy
life that have lived let them 90 and do
likewise.
Mn. SLaL1IIA " = |
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

Hon. Ben Hill Of Georgia, hay
ing been bored almost to death by
his constituents Tor aid in obtaining
office, has written very proper letter
defining his views of public duty in
that regard, as he understands it.,
which is positively refreshing. He
says that there can be no civil service
reform unless congressional control of
executive appointments is broken up ;
that the Office of Senator is one of
public trust, not tor himself or against
his enemies, but for the public good (;
and that when the Senator becomes
the advocate for one applicant, he, by
that act, disqualifes himself both as a
judge and an adviser upon the merits
of all other applicants. He argues,
further, that we can never expect to
elevate the craftsmanship of the couu-
try, reform abuses and nationalize our
politics if the high position OF Senator
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

1T some persons can have their
way, the special session Of Congress
will not be Il short one. Several
things are on the programme. Ac-
cording to the memorandum furnish
ed by the department officers at Wash
ington, the sale of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard IS 10 be inquired into,
Robson oyerhauled, the army cut
down, and the American exhibit at
the French Exposition to be provided
for Those schemes suggest lengthy
debates and wonderful consumption
of time,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
Mrs. SOPHIA NJ. PADDLErORp.
NEW HAMPSHIRE NE VS.

The Northern Il. X. is to be re-
laid with steel rails shortly.
The Lebanon Free Press says :
1T is noteworthy fact that many OF
our citizens, who left their farms and
settled in the village during its pros,
perity, are now returning to their
farms" Since the advent Of ''hard
times" this has beeu noticeable in all
parts Of the country.
The Students at Dartmouth"
continue to excite the Ilanoyerians
with their pranks.
The Boston Cadet Band, former
ly Gilmore's, has been engaged for
commencement at Dartmouth.
About 10 o'clock, Tuesday, Israel
Herrick. Milford farmer, dropped
dead in the road while driving al OK
team to Wilton. Heart disease was
probably the cause.
Stephen Brown, prominent
Deerfeld physician who died last
week, bequeathed $1,000 to the Con.
gregational Church.
w. d. Hurlbut, well-to-do Han.
over farmer, committed suicide on
Monday of last week by cutting his
throat.
Tx. President Smith of Dartmouth
is now able to ride cut pleasant days.
"A three-year-old daughter of John
Holden OF Peterboro, was burned to
death, Saturday, her clothes taking
taking fire from a burning brush-heap.
"A man In Lyme won $40 on
wager by saving 81 cords of wood
three times in two between 6 a. m.
and twenty minutes past noon the
same day Hell a "ripper."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
Packard, like Chamberlain

Packard, like Chamberlain,
"yields to force to prevent civil strife. "
The position in which these two wor-
thies have been placed by their FEEDER
al backing is not one in which dignity
can be easily preserved. While claim
ing to be legally elected, they have
been trantically calling for troops to
save them from deposition at the
hands of the very people who they de-
clare elected them. After having
used the fraudulent machinery of their
Returning Boards to count IN Hayes
as we'll as themselves, they are told
that 1t worked very well in the mat
ter of the Presidency, but somehow
failed when applied to Governors.
Deceived, deserted and turned loose
to care for themselves, they are sorry
examples of the danger OF trusting
too long to political trickery for sue,
cess. And in their departure a new
era dawns for the South.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
TWeed's Confession.

More or less of dolbt will OF course
attach to the details of the confession
OF the "ex-Boss' until they are sub,
stanlated by other proof. But in its
general features it corroborates the
opinions formed upon the evidence
arranged in so mastery manner by
Mr. Tilden in his successful warfare
against the Ring. The chronicles Of
this Ring have already become histo-
ry. 1t was organized in 1869, when
A. Oqkey Hall was elected Mayor, and
operated through contractors doing
work for the city, whose bills were
lraudulentIy raisc1, the Ring dividing
the excess as Il condition OF approving
the claims. Under the protection Of
a Republican Legislature, which Gre
ated the Board OF Ring Managers,
$1O,000,00O of these bills were paid !;
and when it became necessary to get
another charter through in 1870, to
forestall the reforms proposed by the
Democrats, further purchase Of legis-
lators was undertaken. 1t is in refer
ence to this matter that Tweed's latest
revelation has Importance. He i'm.
pllcates, as briOe-taklrs, men Of all
parties, in and cut Of the Legislature,
one OF the most violent Republican
Journalists in New York, and, indeed,
seems to seek to prove himself a Sam
son in his destruction OF the phiis-
tines, Twccls Ring had little more
than q year in which to operate after
the purchase Of the Legislature in
1870. Then came the dcluge. This
confession is understood 10 be made
In consideration Of TWecd's release
from confinement. He aiso yields up
the remnants of his property TO. the
city. Whether it is not to, dearly
purchased, is question not to be at
once decided. On general principles,
nothing can compensate for abatement
of the demands Of justice. But if
Tweed furnishes the means OF cleans.
ing the New York Legislature Of cor
rupt men, the price may be consider
ed cheap enough.-Boston Post.
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VERMONT NEWS.

DR.. r. II. Green of Hoosick, n
Y, mentioned last week rs being in
trance, succumbcd to natures law a
last, and was buried on the 10Th inst
President maker, Joe Bradley i.
to spend the summer with our Demo
cratic friend Hon. w. II. II. Blng
ham at the Mount Mansfield House
Stowe.
The Committee who have the matter
Of locating the State Work House ir
hand, Lave not settled Oh any location
yet. I'oy have given Rutland the
cold shoulder and turned toward
Montpelier and St. Adams, and the
Iintand papers are mad at en-
for it.
-S58,o0O has been already pledged
for the building OF II new Congroga
tional Church at st. JolnSbury.
1T is reported that one man in
Wilmington made three thousand
pounds Ct maple sugar in one day. -
There is nothing iii Dean Swil's
Gulliycr so incredible as the above.
Ninety five dogs have been regis
tered for DanviIc.
A l.. llorey was recently lodged
in jail at st. Johnsbury for horse,
stealing at Bradford.
"A French Canadian boy, II years
old, while asleep in car on the Cen
trail Vermont Railroad the other night,
walked to the platform and jumped
Oft while the tram was running at full
speed. He was found entirely I'M
harmed.
The Montpelier Jo2DnM lprns
thai there is 10 be q change in the
proprletolship Of Bishops Hotel in
that village about the first Of May
Mr. Falcs and wife intending to lc-
move to Woodstock.
The Argus says that Barre boasts
OF a man who is so stingy that he will
carry all the tea to the barn and bring
only one tcaspoontul to the house
each day. the man has accumulated
fortune OF SIS 900.
"A portion Of the great meteor
which passed over Northern Vermont,
a few weeks ago, is reported found
near Jay, imbelded about four feet in
in the earth, 1t is said TO have the
appearance Of iron-ore, lava and soap
stone, and to weigh about two tons.
Michael Donahue of Montpelier
had an ankle bloken a few days ago
by being run over by heavy wagon.
Mrs. Samuel A. Bean of Sheffield
has a sample of maple sugar made by
her late husband in the Spling of1S27.
The shipment Of maple sugar
from Brattleboro express Office this
season amounts to 35 tons, of which
Boston and Worcester have hal the
lions share.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
If there is any civil-service reform

If there is any civil-service reform
in the appointment of Daniel Hall Of
New Hampshire to succeed Walter
Hartman Of New Hampshire as Ma
val Officer at Boston, it is not visible
in New England. They are both the
same sort of New Hampshire working
politicians, comrades and proteges Of
Rollins, Chandler 81 Co., and the de-
graded and degrading, the corrupt
and corrupting state of politics in that
State is evidence what that sort is
Hall has of late, indeed, been chairman
of the Republican State Committee,
and he owes his appointment to an
office that ought to be abolished sim
ply to his capacity and labors in car
rying elections. -Spnaafeld Repuai-
can,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

The Federal troops have with.
drawn from the politics Of South Car.
alma, and the whole fabric of the
Chamberlain government has toppled
over like house of cards. 1t is clear
that the structure was based on moth
ing but tor foreign support and here
after no one will listen to any argu-
ment in favor of party that after
controlling the State for nine years is
so weak that it is obliged to surrender
what it considers its civil rights the
moment military interference ceases.
Republlcanism in South Carolina had
neither vitality, virtue nor intelligence,
ard it is gone like yesterdays clouds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

Nothing, says the JoUmal, would
so delight the Northern Democratic
leaders as the failure Of the Presidents
Southern policy through the opposi-
ton of leading Republicans and a d.
VISION Of the party. The Presidents
Southern policy as indicated by words,
though slowly by acts, is just what
Democrats have always advocated-
non-interterence with State Govern.
ments by Federal authority. They
do not propose to abandon their
ground because the hest portion Of
the Republican party has come to oc-
cupy it. Nor have they given any
occasion for the remark that opposi-
ton to it occasions delight. On the
contrary, they have not failed con-
stantly and earnestly to deprecate the
radical movements toward renewal
OF sectional strife which has 80 long
been the bane and curse of the couu-
try. In the effort to encourage a Ma
tional spirit Democrats welcome new
recruits from whatever quarter they
come.-Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

What cage of uncean birds
some Of the Departments at Washing.
ton have become. Five or six hnnd
red Jerks are about to be discharged
from single Bureau who, confessed
", had no duties to perform, and
whose only worE has been 10 receipt
for their pay. II Sherman has felt
constrained to institute examinations,
and has come to the conclusion to
purge in any degree the departments
under his eye, what might have been
expected with Democrat in his
place ? But let the honest tax payers
of the country be thankful for even
small iavors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
WOODSTOCK PRICE cURREN!
Watertown Union Live Stock Market
April "a

PRICES. Beef Cattle-A few choice. -
a SO rs; ezra, SO 90 a 8 80 first quality
81 rs rs; second quality, 50 25 7 o.;
third quality, 81 IS a 90.
Working Orea-per pair, 800, 1925, $3.50,
Mich Co,rs and Cdlres-S25 90 As; extra.
$50 90 10 90; Farrow Cows, SlS 90 a 80 ;
IearliDgs, $40 90 20 90. Two Years Old.
$l5 a 80 90; Three Years Old, S25 a 40.
Fat Hogs-Live, Lie per ID; Dressed, -.
per ID.
SO 75tand 81 90 each Extra, s. 80 7 so, or
from 8 to 1-2c perlb. Lambs, 7 a Sc per h..
Veal Calves, 6 1-2c per Id.
Hides, Tallo,o and Skins--Brighton Hides,
- lac per ID. Tallow, - &c per b.
Country Hides. G Lac 1allow, s q s 1-2c
per lb. Pelts, 81 % | IS. Calf Skins, 10 q
lie per ID.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
THE CHEAT CAUSE
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

BONDED AT LAsT.-The Brattleboro
town meeting, Saturday, was a tri-
umph for the friends of the Whitehall
railroad, the town voting three hun
dred and ninety one to two hundred
and fifty-two to aid the road to the
amount offfty thousand dollars, which
will be paid in ten annual instalments
of five thousand dollars each, with the
interest. Let them remember that
this is only the beginning Of "grief."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
$De @ge.
Wednesday, April rs, 1877.

Hon. George P. Marsh, WHO has
been our minister to Italy since 1861,
has not resigned, as stated, nor has he
any idea of so doing. The probabii-
ties are that he will not be recalled.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

"A curious illustration of the free
dom with which New York police JUS
tees overstep the law was shown re-
Gently in the Tombs, where gang OF
disorderly Russian sailors were dis
missed by the judge, without fire, son
account Of our friendly relations with
the Russian Government - says the
judge. The Americans, Irish, ne.
groes, etc, in the dock TUNED up the
reds OF their eyes and wished they
were Russians.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
Governor Hampton's intention t(

--Governor Hampton's intention 10
be Governor seems to cause annoy
ance among the Republicans, and il
is reported that Hayes has been i'm.
portuned to interfere. But this farce
Of letting Chamberlain and bis officials
down easy has gone far enough aud
Low that they are out of place, the
kindeSt thing for every one in the suf
fering State is to hasten the establish
ment Of the real Government in full
and complete control and operation
No good can come Of delay, and it is
impossible to conceive of any motive,
other than q purpose to make mis-
chief, that can induce Chamberlain S
officials to prolong their fraudulent
and empty hold upon the name OF
ofice.-.Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
YOUR STATE

NUN |.
The third volume oft this work is now ready
| for subscribers and all those who are willing
| to become such.
The third volume contains the Index to
VOL H., the complete history of ORLEANS
COUNT, the complete history of RUT-
LAND COUNTY, with complete INDEX
of both Counties, and the whole makes l,2l5
large pages, of small type, and is sold by the
publishers and their appointed agents, at the
uniform prices Of
Five dollars vol. i'll paper covers.
Six dollars vol. in cloth binding.
Seven dollars II vol. in half turkey
binding.
The back volumes can be furnished. for the
present, at the same rates; but, as nearly half
of the first vol is not sterotyped, those Ner-
nonters who desire the entire work should
orders at once.
None should lose any time in ordering,
either volume, rs the second and third vol
umes will only he printed in small editions,
as they may be called Tor; and it takes some
time to print even 800 copies.
The publishers think it proper to say to
Vermonters everywhere that they have en-
pended a large sum of money III preparing
plates for this work, hcing encouraged to do
so by the reception given to it by the people
OF the State at its commencement. They
were not discouraged by the fact that the
second volume was not called for so largely
US the first because they knew that "the
times were out of Joint.
They have bestowed more labor on this
volume than on the second, and if encouraged
by liberal sales, the fourth volume shall be
better than either OF its predecessors.
Remember that this is your own work.
written by your own men and women, and
interesting to you and your children, above
all other works which have been published
during the last halt century.
Canvassers wanted for Rutland, Orange and
Orleans Counties.
Circulars containing authors names, SUBJ
iects, &C., sent on application to
THE CLAREMONT MANUF'G CO.
CLAREMoNT, n. II.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

We see a report that ths Seere-
tary of the Treasury proposes to dis
continue printing and issuing 81 and
50 greenbacks. The amount of eheae
outstanding is about S55,000,0o0, and
of national bank notes of the same
denominations about S5,O00,O0O. The
idea is to get more coin into circuIa.
ton, and the course has been the usual
one in countries working towards
honest money.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

soil and water wont mix" says
the New Hampshire Irrec2n,ilable or,
gan, arguing that the whites and
blacks Of the South cannot live to-
gether without troops to take care Of
them. Stirring your oil and water
with cold steel, or holding a bayonet
over the kettle, wont promote to the
mixing process.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
GENERAL NE VS..

Colonel s $. Taylor OF Cairo,
ILL.,. has carried in his vallse Tor many
years when travelling Il rope ladder
and thick pair Of gloves. At the
burning of the Southern Hotel at St.
Louis, where he was a guest, the lad
der and gloves saved bis life.
Secretary Sherman declares that
if Congress will leave him alone he
will bring abont specie payments by
the lst Of January, 1879. This would
seem to be a good opportunity for
Congress to keep its Lands of.
The new Virginia law creating a
State Agricultural Department re,
QulreS that u lar sample OF all ierti.
l.zers sold in the State shall be sub
mltted to The Commissioner for analy-
SIS and the sale Of worthless fertilizers
is prohibited.
Among the recent applicants fer
postoflices from the new AdmiulStra-
ton are a daughter of ex-senator John
}. Chittenden of Kentucky, author OF
the flmous .Chittenden compromise :;
also, y daughter of Alexander Camp
bell, founder OF the religious sect
known as the Complexities, or Dlsoi.
pies of Jesus Chris6.
One thing disposed Of: The re-
mainder of the Alabama claims award
have been covered into the Treasury
and future claimants will stand about
as much chance of getting any Of as
Daniel II. Chamberlain does of being
paid for playing Governor of South
Carolina.
Robert NJ. and Stephen A. Doug
las, Jr,, sons of the late Stephen "A.
Douglas, are now living in the west
ern part OF North Carolina. The
young Stephen is studying law with
Chief Justice Pearson OF that State.
The gross receipts from the tele.
graph service Of the British Govern,
ment have been $4,000, 900, and the
have been f5,000,O00.
The Glob" Hotel, near the Gen.
tennial grounds, Philadelphia, was
sold recently for S3475. The original
cost was over 100000.
MIR. Austin, the writer of the
American Centennial letters to the
London Times, has suddenly been
summoned to Europe by its editor,
and will be sent to write letters from
the seat of war in the East.
California in April condensed :
Business very dull stocks collapsed;
country beautiful in loveliest spring
dress crops nearly a failure Fried
lander busted-tried to be Providence
and couldn't, quite and a good many
men wanting Office.
Nov it is said that James Cor
don Bennett has purchased a large
residence in Paris, and proposes re.
abroad for several years.
--Iln lndicatlQnS multlnlI that MIR, |
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

is to be degraded to an agency for
office-seekers and general political job.
berry and that if he was to use his
public office to crafty private friend
ships, or to avenge private wrongs, or
to promote in any way private or po-
litical interests, he should feel that he
had become guilty OF a gross breach
of trust, for which the proper penalty
would be disqualification to hold any
public office whatever.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
The Machias (Maine) Republican

The Machias (Maine) Republican,
published in Mr.. Hale's district, says,
"We have Hon. Eugene liale's decla-
ration over his own signature, before
us, that State governments ought no
longer to be upheld by United States
troops. Senator James G. Blaine
and other "Bloody Shirt Shriekers'
will be after that young man. They
find their occupation now almost gone.