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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

A Troy man died recently while
saying his prayers, but the chances for
frequent fatalities of this kind are not
sufficiently numerous to create panic
in Central New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

"A man in Duchess county, N.
Y, recently married a woman at
whose first wedding he was grooms.
man fifty years ago. This is his third
venture and her second lie is 80
years old and she 69.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
PrOctOrsville.

PrOctOrsville.
Josiah ellison, Esq, says that
seventy-three years ago on the 9th Of
this month the snow tell oil day till
sun down, when it cleared leaving the
snow two feet deep on the ground |;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
South Woodstock,

The farm, farming tools, crops,
ETC., of the late Edwin r. Morgan of
this place, will be sold at auction by
administrators, D. f. Morgan and r,
I. Hopkins, Thursday, Nov. 9Th, at
10 o'clock A. M.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
Chester.

Chester.
Mr. Alfred RICHARDSON, Of West
on, owner of the cattle which fell
through the Grafton street bridge re.
Gently, failed to give the selectmen
notice for damages within the requir-
ed twenty days, not having heard Of
the amendment to the statute lessen
ing the time by ten days.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
Felchville

Felchville
1t appears that the late Paschal
Merrill left will, giving the use Of
his property to his wife, and after her
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
East Barnard.

EHSt DbTHbrus
-Elmina Boyden had a sewing
needle of medium size taken from her
breast recently, supposed to have been
swallowed some time since. She has
been great sufferer from some un-
know internal disorder for a long
time.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
ROyaltOp.

Royaltop.
Lyman Peck, before commit ted
to Jail, has confessed to breaking into
the Royalton Bank, duplicating Chas.
Blay as an accomplice. Sidney Peck,
the formers son, confessed to robbing
the house of John Wild of $10O.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

Ohio will make the oath of the
3S States which has Democratic
Governor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31
ORANGE COUNTY NE VS..

West Randolph.
The liquor agency at this place
was broken into recently and quite a
quantity of the ardent stolen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

"A young lady, on leaving a con-
cert recent, expressed her delight at
the excellent music, and said she was
particularly pleased with "that piece
from the "Tweltth Massachusetts, +"
meaning Mozart's "Twelth Mass
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

death the same to 60 to the Baptist
churh at Felchville.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

and he remembers that the snow did
not 60 off entirely till the next spring.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

They met-that is, she went to the store
And made him turn his department DER,
TIL he vanished behind his goods, and then
She pleasantly said she would call again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-31

w. II. IL. TIME TABLE.

The Poultry Show will take
place at the Town Hall, Dec. 18th
and 18th. 1t will he big thing.
The Woodstock Brass Band
(new), Dr. Cotton leader, give con-
cert and dance at Pomfret Center this
"wednesday evening.
f. N Billings has a big advertise
ment this week. Read it Lots of
goods-giving them away-almost.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES BUYING FARMS

The Omaha (Neb.) Bee, of the 18th
inst, says: "The employees Of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
have formed an association for the pur-
pose of buying so, 600 acres Of Nebraska
land from the Burlington and Missouri
River Land Company. The objects in
view are First, the obtaining Of good,
secure investment Of savings; second,
the securing Of lands at the present very
low prices third, to obtain by combina-
ton wholesale prices on the lands. The
association has made proposition to
the land department to buy $4,000 acres
Of land in different counties south Of
the Platte river, Nebraska, with an av-
erage appraised credit price Of $4 per
acre, the same to be turned over to the
association at the rate Of 81 80 per
acre, payable in monthly instailments
extending over two years. Under this
plan any Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy employe can buy, say 80 acres
OF land, appraised at 81 per acre, credit
price, for 81 so per acre, total $144,
which would probably be paid in month
ly installments Of Sc per month, eX-
tending over two years, without inter-
est. Thus a man can get farm for the
small payment Of 81 so per week for
two years.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
Is GERMANY FOR PEACE

In the September number Of The Nine.
teeltH Century Mr.. George Won Bunsen,
a distinguished member Of the German
parliament. says that Germany wants
peace, and that no campaign, however
successful, could add single desirable
acre Of land to her territory, north or
south, east or west. She cares little
about the Danube, because German
commerce uses that river but little. Ii
was only ''as last means to avert war. y
OF course. such q proceeding does not
bear frequent repetition: but its effect
SO far has been "peaee and the sub.
sidence OF understood Vaccinations. +"
AS for Russia, "as long as France
revels in her frightful dreams Of q
war of retaliation and spoliation Ger
many has no choice but to remain on
good terms with the government at st..
Petersburg and, at the same time, 1t is
| for Russitt's interest to reciprocate, be-
cause Russia will soon claim German
assistance in the opening OF the
Dardanelles to her own men ofwar, and
| i'm the lasting emancipation OF the
Slav." She will also soon claim Arme-
mia, and sit can be no obligation OF ours
to prevent her from defraying the i'm
| mense cost of this war by the perma-
nent conquest of an Asiatic province,
even though it may place the approaches
of one more sea within her easy grasp. y
II England objects, give her Egypt, and
she will be more than satisfied. Ii a
Russian occupation of the Dardanelles
and the Bosphorus shall close that
highway to the commerce OF all nations
except Russia, why Germany will be nc
more affected than any other country,
and q concerted action OF all European
| will hn in flInan nnnfnnrk RO.
hemia and Holland are not wanted, be.
cause German government is parlia-
mentary. and the present hostile
brigade" in Parliament is large enough
Why increase 1t and strife with it? In 6
word, whatever may be said to the con
trary, Germany really is exceedingly
desirous of keeping the peace.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
DOMESTIC NEWS.
THE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN TOUR.
The Presidential Party Still Paying
Visits. Making Sneeches Etc

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1s.-The presidential
party visited Jeffersonville. The President
said he was thankful for the reception, and
closed his remarks by saying he hoped all Sec
lions and all races may come together again
the fraternal harmony of the days of
ashington, Franklin and jefferson.
Mrs. Hayes and the entire party witnessed
che operation of casting plate glass.
At night the entire city of Louisville was
illuminated in honor of his Excellency. The
display in this respect was one of surprising
magnificence. 1t had been arranged that all
should attend the Exposition in the evening,
and there bid a final farewell to the people.
The route thereto, from s to IL o'clock, pre-
sented scene OF unusual beauty and splen--
dor Such sight is rarely to be witnessed
west Nothing like a just description of the
streets and houses as they appeared in their
decorative splendor tonight, is possible.
The Central colored school was next visited.
Trustee Z. III. Shirley made the address of
welcome, and Horace Morris, eolored man,
spoke In the same strain. Exercises in
music, vocal and Instrumental followed, and
also general readings by the children. In
speaking here the President said: ''Our visit
is so short that there will not be time for any
remarks. II / were to call up my friends you
would all be glad to see them; but can
ten you their speech; perhaps | had better
tell you an anecdote to illustrate that;
The anecdote was that of the man whose
economy of time caused him to do this; in
stead OF repeating a prayer each night, he
had good one printed and hung over his,
bed, and on retiring pointed to it and said
IhemS my sentiments. Mr.. EvartS and
the others would say the same
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
THE INDIAN FAMINE.

With what severity the famine in
India is pressing upon the natives it is
happily impossible for Americans to
imagine. A native Hindoo, who signs
himself "Dharwar," describes some Of
the scenes of suffering incident to the
calamity in letter to the Times of
India. He speaks in his letter OF people
eating the seeds of the bamboo and
tamarind and the leaves of various
forest trees baited with little salt and
eaten with coarse bread, three parts
of which are dust and chaff. In some
Of the towns, says the correspondent,
the poor people lick the patraralees,
the leaves from which others have eaten
their food; devour mango peels and the
rotten fruits cast into the gutter, and
dispute the garbage Of the city with its
dogs.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
THE OPPORTUNITY OFF TIE TURKS.
ICiueinnati Commercial |

LONDON, Sept Ito the Ottoman
cause every moment is now OF value.
No one but Osman Pasha himself con
tell how long he can hope to stand q
siege. AS much depends on the state
OF his magazines, ammunition and sup
plies, as on the skill Of his engineers or
steadiness OF his rifismen, out no be-
sieged army ever is relieved too soon.
Mehemet Ali and 5ueiman Pasha, IL
they would save to the capse the Islam
stronghold that has stood as stubbornly
as o lion In the path Of the invader,
should strain every nerve to hasten with
every bayonet and sabre thev can COM
mand to the banks Of the Vid. That
Mehemet Ali is beginning TO move
we have now some slight in
dicaiions. He has at least
13O, 900 men at command. II with
these he pushes forward boldly, he
should march from the LON to the vid
in ten days. driving before him the
800 900 men that the CzaTowitch has
stretched as ~ thin curtain along the
Jantra. AS his left wing sweeps through
Tirnova it would not only dislodge
Is, 900 men that are scattered along the
| roads toward the passes OF the Balkans.
but would cut the communication Of the
Eighth Russian corps, which, with
some subsidiary detachment, holds
Schipka Pass. Thus he would open
that road to Suleiman Pasha, who ap-
pears determined, with perverse obsti-
macy to decline TO cross the mountains
by any Of the many routes which are
undefended, for his reported movement
on Gabrova is now found to have been
merely a Reconnaissance.
Suleiman and Mehemet united would
bring into the plains 10000 men. Os-
man Pasha has in Plevna at least $4,000.
| The whole armies under the command
of the Czar in Bulgaria do not muster
opportunity for the Ottoman command
ers IL they can but grasp 1t, but the I'm
perial Guard will be at Plevna in fort
night. There is time, but none to spare.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20

Gov. Porter and Mayor Kercheval who wei
coined President Hayes in appropriate terms.
The President replied in short speech.
The President and party were escorted to
the residence Of Col. Cole, where they dined.
Gov. Wade Hampton. of South Carolina,
also delivered speech. which was received
with immense applause.
After partaking of the Inequalities toV'
Porter presented the President with mag
niticent bouquet, having card attached
bearing the following inscription: 'Ohios
greeting to Ohio's statesman, with the CON-
pliments of Mr. and Mrs j. d. Wheeler"
Gov. Wade Hampton was also presented
with bouquet, accompanied with the COM
pliments of Mr. and Mrs. J. ID. Wheeler, and a
card bearing the following inscription
"Ohio's greeting to South Carolina.
The following were the remarks Of Gov.
Porter:
The whole people now believe that you have
made the military subordinate to the civil atl-
thority that you will enforce an absolute and
unconditional civil service reform, and have
secured home rule for the South, and that you
will never give to party what was meant fol
mankind: that you do not pursue the devious
path of policy, that you are animated by the
same spirit that controlled President Polk
when he declared In his inaugural address
that the constitution itself, plainly written
us 1T is. the safeguard Of our federative com
pact. the offspring Of concession and com
promise, binding together in the bonds o
peace and union great and increasing family
Of free and independent States, will be the
chart by Which / shall be directed
The people of Tennessee are not unmindfu
| that you have called to your assistance in the
conduct of the affairs of the Federal govern
merlt one Of their most honored fellow-citi
zens, whose pure and stainless life is full
warrant Of his faithful administration Of the
postotIiee Department give expression tt
the hope that your visit to Tennessee vii
be an agreeable one personally, and its in
tluence assist in suspending the animosi
ties of factions and contribute towards th'
restoration of fellowship in all sections of th
country.
The President. who was greeted with lout
applause, responded:
ut is gratifying TO me to meet this larg'
assemblage. / am glad TO SEQ your flourish
ing city. Ii is not disagreeable to us to bt
relieved from our official duties for time
my friends, and we hope that something ma,
be done by our mingling with the peopl
10 help the cause of the Union, the cause o
the constitution, the cause of friendship.
thank you, Governor and friends, for thu
hearty welcome YOU have given u.s."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
THE nANKERs' EsUMrTION PLAN.


The members Of the executive council
of the Bankers Convention, Ia discuss
ing the work of the convention at the
Windsor Hotel on Friday evening, again
discussed the plan suggested by Mr..
George s. Zoe, president of the Ameri-
can Exchange National Bank, for assist
ing the government in the resumption
of specie payments. Mr.. Goes plan
contemplates the accumulation Of q
coin reserve with the banks. whore 1t
can be employed in loans and discounts,
instead of a withdrawal Of the coin into
the United States Treasury, where 1t
would be of no use until resumption
Is accomplished. The substitution of
transactions on gold basis for those
on currency basis will thus gradually
take place without doing violence to
any business interests or In any way
checking them. The plan had, before
it was explained to the convention, re-
ceived the assent Of officers OF banks
representing $50,000000 Of capital. At
the previous meeting Of bankers in this
city to present the plan to Congress q
committee was appointed, and on Fri
day evening the Executive Council ap.
pointed the following committee to con.
fer with the earlier committee for the
purpose of urging the matter upon the
SeCTetHEy OIL bu0 IIebSuIy WIlibLu W.
Deshler, Ohio; j. ID. Hayes, Detroit
Mr.. Tyler, Boston; Morton McMichael,
Philadelphia; Charles Parsons, st.
Louis, and George s. Coe, +. A. Palmer,
;. d. Vermilye. @. M. Fry, Charles Jen-
kins, 2. G. Calhoun and +. o. French
The plan can, it is said, be put into
operation without legislation, and the
committee will make an effort to secure
the practical testing Of 1t at once.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
TURKISH CIVILIZATION.
IN. Y. Tipes.1

Religious liberation, which. as regards
all sects but the Moslem, existed in
Turkey before it was even dreamed OF
in Christendom, has been extended to
Mohammedans, and a man may now in
Turkey accept any faith he chooses,
and be actually protected in 1t. Such
absolute toleration exists elsewhere
only in Grent Britain. the United States
and Germany, and one or two cf the
minor States Of Europe. Numerous pc
riodicals have been established in Con-
stantinople and Smyrna, and elsewhere,
and the censorship OF the press is less
oppressive than in France. Numerous
works have been printed, and scholars
| like Achmet Vefik Pasha would be cred
table to any people. Military and med
| ical colleges, and numerous universities
and educational institutions, supported
| by the government or by private enter
prise, have been founded, while the cir
culation of the Bible and religious
carried on throughout the Empire with
perfect freedom. The army and navy
are organized and armed entirely upon
| European models, with the exception Of
the irregular soldiery, and many OF the
officers and members OF the government
have been educated abroad. The slave
trade in women has been practically
abolished, and there Is q strong ten
dency to introduce reforms in the garb
and regulations Of the harem itself.
And, to crown all, legislative body has
been organized and Moslem and Chris
tian have been placed on an equality.
These and numerous other reforms have
all been accomplished within forty
years, and have naturally met with OPP
position from the conservatives, while
the brevity of the time that has since
elapsed does not allow us yet fully to
judge of the possible results. But it ie
only fair to the Turks to allow them
credit for the reforms they have at
tempted to accomplish, and for the fact
that II some Of these reforms had de.
pended upon the fanaticism Of the ma.
tive Christians little would have been
done In this direction.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
VIRGINIA LIQUOR REGISTERS.

The Richmond tVa.1 State says: 9Th The
liquor registering machines were placed
in most Of the liquor establishments in
Richmond on Wednesday, and Of course
excited great attention, giving rise to no
little discussion. The plan adopted by
the liquor sellers to lay the tax on the
consumer seems to be uniform as to
alcoholic compounds in every case that
came to our notice the price per drink
being raised from 10 cents to Is cents, or
25 cents for two drinks. This arrange
ment pays the % cents to the State and
leaves margin to the bar-room to pay
for a register clerk, If one shall be need
ed, in time Of crowd and hurry. AS to
beer and malt beverages generally, two
plans seem now to be tried, some lager
sellers increasing the price OF glass Of
beer to cents, and others, wiser and
more farseeing, reducing the size Of the
glass. 1t begins to be understood
already that the register is also a check
on dishonest bartenders, thus cutting
off margin of loss; also, that the in
former clause of the law protects the
honest dealer from the knavish; also,
that the credit system and all its vast
loss is abolished
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
STARVATION PREPARED TO WORK.
New York Times. !

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Sept. 14.-An i'm
mense mass meeting of all the colliery
employees in this city was held tonight
on Lovers Hill. A committee from
Scranton were present and addressed
the crowd. They stated that unless the
Schuylkill miners would assist their un-
fortunate brethren in Upper Luzerne,
they would starve, as they certainly
would not go to work until they received
an advance of 25 per cent. We will
not succumb, if we drop dead with
hunger" said one of the committee.
It was finally decided that the com nit
tee should station themselves at three
or four collieries to morrow afternoon,
and as each man received his month s
pay he should tear open his envelope
and give the committee as much as ne
could possibly spare. About 1925 900
will be paid out here tomorrow, and it
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
HOUSTON.
Galveston Damaged $4,000 by the
Stnrm.

Galveston Damaged s20O,000 by the
storm.
HousToN. Sept. 1g.-The cyclone struck the
Gulf coast Monday morning. The wind blew
fifty-tive miles an hour. 1t passed over the
Galveston lighthouse A torrent of rain ac-
companied the storm, and lasted until Mon
day evening, followed by heavy norther.
Most of the damage occurred west of Gal
weston. The railroad bridge over the bay was
badly damaged. All telegraphic communities
tion with Galveston Is gone, but will soon be
repaired.
The Age tomorrow will contain the follow
ing estimates of the losses: To government
works, Breakwater $4,000; Galveston,
Houston and Harrisburg Railroad, 100000;
Galveston and Santa Fe Railroad $4,000 :
presses, $1S, 500; uncompleted building. $25o0 I;
bath-houses, $500; schooners, S50,o0O: to pri-
vate buildings. other property, $4,000. Total
5000, ,010.4
Railroad communication with Galveston is
closed. There will be no business for at least
d week. A government sub-contractor was
drowned near Bolivar Point The shipping
in the hafbor escaped. About twenty small
schooners capsized. Two laborers of the
government at Bolivar channel were drowned.
and portion of the fleet destroyed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-20
WHAT MADE HOWARD MAD.
sherman suggests that He Give Way to
n Younger Of1cer.

WASHINGTON. Sent. 12.-It has leaked
out to-day through the War Department
that the dispatch from Gen. Sherman to
Gen. Howard. at Helena, was short and
spicy. It is impossible to obtain the
full telegram, but the purport 10
vouched for as follows: Push them to
the wall, and clean them out. IL you
can't do IL, turn the command over to
some younger officer" To was in an
swer to this that Gen. Howard made re-
ply about being misunderstood; that he
never tagged; that neither Sherman
nor Mcdowell could doubt his pluck
and energy, etc. The army men here
say that many things are excused in
telegraphic correspondence which would
not be permitted by letter for instance,
this curt rejoinder OF Howard to his SUI
perior officer would not have been
allowed under other circumstances.
During his hunt over the plains for a
place OF safety, Howard has several
times gone out Of his department. 30
long as he remains inside the lines he
can hold his official head on his shoul-
ders, for the signature Of the President
is required to the appointment OF de-
partment commander. Sherman cannot
remove one. In case, however, Howard
got outside the limits. Sherman could at
once appoint Gen. Crook or Gen. Terry
to lead the forces, and Howard would
have to step aside. After this warning
the dangerous Howard will keep his
map la his pocket.