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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

bite his lips, and the tears would come
into his eyes, but he never cried, nor
begged off, as the rest of us did. He
was as brave as he was mischievous.
Even when he had to sit on the Ounce
stool tor twenty minutes with his
mouth wide open and piece OF corn,
cob set firmly between his teeth, he
never cried. This was Miss Caroline's
worst punishment I think if she
herself had tried it once, to see how
much it hurt, she never would have
had the heart to inhict it on us, At
first, when she wedged in the piece OF
cob, you felt like laughing that any
body should think such thing as
that could be much of a punishment I;
but pretty soon your jaws began to
ache, and then the back Of your neck
ached, and then the pam reached u2
into the back of your head, and into
your ears, and it became real torture ;
there vas not a single hoy in school
that could bear it without the tears
streaming down his cheeks, except
Ned Spofford. Miss Caroline very
rarely did it to girls | think no one
but Sarah Kellogg and | ever had It.
We were the worst girls in school !;
we two and Ned Spofford were the
three black sheep in Miss Caroline's
little flock .-Fron "1he First Time,
by SAGE Holm, st. Nicholas for May.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

SpIr.-As the train stopped for ten
minutes, and that individual who goes
along tapping the wheels with his
hammer was passing rapidly by the
smoking car, one Of the windows was
hoisted and torrent Of tobacco spit
was elected which almost deluged
him. The machinist paused for a mo
ment, and wiplng some of the streams
from his person, said to the offender
"NIister, what part of the country
did YOU come from ?"
"Me p said the splitter, puckerlne
his lips for another expec'oratlon, 81
come from Kansas.
81 thought so" said the machinist,
'tor if you had lived in Massachusetts
or Connecticut they would have had a
water-whcel in your mouth long ago.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
A Country School.

When | was li,tle girl, I went to
a little school, which was kept by a
very little lady, in a very little house.
The little lady herself lived in another
little house, which was divided from
the little school.house only by a little
garden. | did not know then how
little the houses, aud the a'den, and
nv school-t teacher were. Miss Caro-
line seemed large and powerful to me !;
and as for her terule, it looked bigger
to me than the big trees of California
looked when l saw them few years
ago. But when went back, a grown
woman, to my old home, and walked
past Miss Caroline's cottage and the
little odd school-house, I hardly could
believe my eyes, everything was so
tiny and ! could have picked Miss
Caroline up under my arm.
The school-housc had been a shoe
maker's shop once, and some of the
shoe-maker's furniture had been lett
in it. There was the bench on which
he ueed to sit and work this bad a
little open box at ono end, where he
used to keep his tools; this bench
stood in the middle of the room, in
front of Miss Caroline's desk, and all
the classes sat on it to recite their les
sons. The end which had the open
box on it was called the "head" of the
class. Once I kept up eat the head,
in spelling, a whole week, and l grew
so used to having hold Of the edge o.
the box, and slipping my fingers back
and forth on it, that when lost my
place, and had a boy or girl on m,
left side, | had hard work not to keel
all the time taking hold of their arms
instead Of the box There used to b'
also a little drawer under the bench
at this end but Miss Caroline ha'
that taken off, after she found on
that it was there Ned Spotford hi'
the "spitballs' he used to fire up ant
down all the classes he reclted in. On
what bad boy Ned Spofford was
But how we all did like him Eve
Caroline herself, think, liked hin
better than any other scholar in all tn
school ard yet he gave her twice a
mnch trouble as all the other scholars pu
, together. But he was so good-natur
ed and affectionate that nobody coul
help loving him, in spite of his mis-
chief. He never resisted nor strue
gled when she had to punish him.
really think he got feruled AS often a
once week but he used to bold on
: his hand the minute she told him t
and look straight into her eyes viii
she struck him. Sometimes he woul
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
POET r Y
"AULD LANG SYNE."


When my work is finished for the day,
Or rather for the day and night,
And in my room the moonbeams stray
q love to muse in Luna's lighD,
fling my feet upon chair,
And there for contemplation ripe,
I turn my back on toll and care,
And light my pipe.
Then, as with drowsy, half f.closed eye.
puff the brown narcotic weed
Back to the past swiftly fly
On memory's velocipede.
My native village comes in view
'Tis now city famed for trade;
Alas, to think it thrived and grew
Without my aid
tread tho well-remembered grove
Where have sat for hours and hours,
And talked with Nell, my youthful love,
And wreathed her brow with wildwood
flowers.
l wished no greater bliss than that
To have her near was Joy enough.
Ho-hum-poor Nell she grew quite fat,
And took to snuff.
Again upon the rivers brink,
A freckled urchin, spare but spry,
With rod and line l cit and think
I'll get nibble by and by.
| uNl fba no,,pt .hO1an donna
Grows DINNER in the fading light,
And at last am driven home
TO get bite.
1 stand beside my grandma's knee,
While sho about her girlhood tells -
Her accents falter, and see
Big tears behind her spectacles.
She comes in visions when | sleep,
The same kind soul SO spry and chipper-
hear her laugh--I see her weep
Iteel her slipper.
4 saucy lad, tread again,
With shout and gibe, the village pave;
Grim dreacons and lean aldermen
Look on with countenances grave.
My capers strike these worthless dumb
They look upon me as iend;
They wag their heads, and sigh "He'll come
TO some bad eend."
And they were right. Could they but rise
And view me at my work to-day,
| ~ IL
And to each other grimly say
"He' $ writing for the press, ye see J.
And as they sadly turned to go,
Me,hinks they'd sigh, remorsefully,
II told ye so ~
PARMENAs MIX in Scribuer for May
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WHOLE NO. 1910
DeIiveranCe in Trouble.

The following beautiful story is
taken from DR.. Taylor's "Elijah the
Prophet :"
"About two years aRer the close OF
the thirty years war in Germany,
George Neumarck lived in poor
street in Hamburg, obtaining pre-
carious living by playing on violin
cello after while lie fell sick, and
was unable to 60 his usual rounds
As this was bis only means Of support,
he was soon reduced to great straits
and was compelled to part with his
instrument to Jew, who, with char
acteristic sharpness, lent him on it
sum much below its value for two
weeks, after which, if it we're not re-
deemed, it was to be forfeited. AS he
gave it up, he looked loving at it and
tearfully asked the Jew if he might
play one more tune upon it. You
don't know he said, how hard it is
to part with it. For ten years it has
been my companion; if I had nothing
else, / had it and it spoke to me and
sang back to me. OF all the sad
hearts that have left your door, there
has been none so sad as mine His
voice grew thick, pausing moment,
he seized the instrument and com
mcnced a tune so exquisitely soft, that
even the Jew listened in spite OF him
self. A few more strains, and he
sang to his own melody two stanzas
Of his own hymn
Life is weary, Saviour, take me-
Suddenly the key changed, a few bars
and the melody poured itself forth
anew, ard his face lighted up with a
smile as he sang:
"'Yet who knows the cross is precious
Then laying down the instrument,
he said, 'As Gcd will, I am still, and
rushed from the shop. Going out in.
to the darkness, he stumbled against a
stranger, who seemed to have been
listening at the door, and who said te
him, Gould you tell me where | could
obtain a copy of that song' would
willingly give a horin for it. MY
good friend said Neumarck, i will
give it to you without forin.' The
stranger was a valet to the Swedish
ambassador, and to him the poet told
the story OF his trials. He in his turn
told his master, who being in want OF
private secretary, engaged Neu-
marck at once, and so his troubles end
ed. But with his first money he ra.
deemed his instrument, and obtaining
it he called on his landlady and his
friends and neiyhbors, to hear him
play on it again. Soon his room was
filled, and he sang to his accompani-
ment his own sweet hymn, OF which
this is one stanza:
"'Leave God to order all thy ways,
And hore in Him whate'er betide,
Thoult find Him in the evil days
Thine all. sufficient strength and guide.
Who trusts in Gods unchanging love,
e Builds on rock that naught can move
! but what need | more 1t it
S were lawful tor me to bring out mar
: ratives which | have received i'll con,
T. fdence from some whom have visit
Y ed in their distress, ! could unfold
+ illustrations equally striking OF the
\ great truth that God careth for even
S His peoples temporal wants So let
e our parting for this evening be, Trust
] in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou
= dwell in the land, and verify thou shalt
] be ted. :"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25
One View of Mission Schools.

"If | show some earnestness in this
matter" said Tim Spencer. "yon must
forgive me, for you have told me to
speak, and have been so besought
and badgered that I must tell you just
how strongly I feel about it. ! heard
a good deal of good preaching in the
early part ofmy life. Ill am not a
good man, have myselfto blame tor
it. Of late years | haven't been able
to own a seat in any church, and l
have stayed at home. | have theory
that a church oughS to be the house
Of God, where men and women OF all
grades and all circumstances can meet
on an even footing None but the
Catholics have such church here, and
I'm not Catholic. SO | and my
children have no place to go to, and
we have our choice between heathen-
Ism and pauperism, and I haven't hes
itated to choose the former. A heath
en- may maintain his selfrespect a
confirmed and willing pauper, never.
Let a man, woman or child once get
the impression that they are to be
supported by people outside of their
tamily-let them be once willing and
greedy to grasp for bcnefactions that
will relieve them from want and work
and they are lost"
Il don't see what that has to do
with mission-schools,' interjected Miss
Coates.
"Ill tell you what it has to do with
them,' said Tim. "You bring my
children first iuto direct association
With paupers. More than half ofyour
schools are made up of the children OF
people who care nothing whatever for
the schools, except what they can get
out of them. The children are taught
at home to select for their teachers, as
far as possible, those who are rich and
generous. They even divide their
children among different schools III
order to secure their ends. They
send them to school to get them cloth
ed. and to open channels Of sympathy
and benevoIence toward themselves.
They take advantage Of your interest
to push their own selfish schemes.
They even assume the attitude Of
those who grant favor, and they ex-
pect to get some tangible return tol
it. They lend their children to you
for a consideration"
81 am afraid this is partly true,
Miss Coates responded.
"True ? I know it's tue" said
Tim, "and you teachers play directly
into their hands. You don't intend
to do it, but you do it !; and you &c
something worse than this. You
foster the spirit Of dependence. 1t il
a part of the business Of your church
to support d mission, and it is the pol
icy OF your church to keep 1t depend
en-. upon you. You do not even try
to develop your mission into a self
supporting church. You find you'
children mainly paupers, and you keel
them so, and once year you marcf
the who brood over to your big churcl
and show them-not as 4 part OF TIT
children of your church, but as a sep
arate and alien brood, with which tn
real children of the church have moth
ING in common. You do not altemp
to give them any practical idea o
their responsibilities in connection
with Christian work, and when the.
leave you they 60 without singl
. impulse to take care of themselves. =
DR.. j. G. Holland, IN "Nicholas Mn
! tum;' .ScriJner for May.
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advertising is a good thing, bu

Advertising is good thing, but
when a prominent grocer carried to a
funeral M umbrella on which was
painted conspicuously the business OF
his house, and held it over the preach
er's head while he read his prayers,
the bystauders thought he was run
uing the thing into the ground
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-04-25

The wife of sexton belonging to
one of the churches in very healthy
locality was last week interrupted III
the middle of q harransue upon the
hardness of the times by person who
desired to sell her couple of ducks.
"Ducks !" exclaimed she, show can |
buy ducks Or anything else ? We
have not buried a living soul these SIX
months"
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PimplcS S !

1 will mil (Free) the recipe for preparing
simple VEGzTABRE BALM that will remove
Tan. FRECKlES, PIMPLES, aud BLoTcH-
rs, leaving the stin soft, clear and beautiful
also instructions for producing luxuriant
growth of hair on laid head or smooth lace.
Address Ben. vandelf Il Co., Box 6l2l, No o
Wooster st., NY.
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A Bostonian being asked if he

"A BOStOhlal1 DeIIS dshcU IT Hc
wouldn't like to go to the South Afri-
can diamonds fields to hunt for prec
ious gems, answered, mo I've found
two carbuncles lately, both on the
back of my neck and l don't feel like
prospecting for any more"
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FRANK WILLIAMSON,
SLATE AND TIN R0nFER.

Stock furnished and all kinds Of work thor
oughly done at lowest cash prices. Loaky
roofs repaired. Address, !l76a.l
BOX S81,iWoOdstook, VT
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Poverty is nimble. and soon over
takes laziness.
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NOTICE EXTRA,

On the first week of each amonth commenc-
ing in November, tills up to the first of the
mouth whether small or large 'oill be present
ed for payment unless u previous arrangement
is made for a longer credit. -
O.. RICHMOND.
Woodstock, Sept. 4, 1876.
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your local paper
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28

Mr.. Nichol il the man yon represent
him TO be, we want him On the stump
in this canvass. Can we get him
Mr.. Baker did not know, out said
be would see him. The result was
that Mr.. Nicbol came to this city,
spoke here in the assembly chamber,
and consented to take an active part
in the convass. | mention these
particulars as evidence that no one
sent Mr.. Nichol into the State, and
that he, IN no manner suggested his
own employment. | will say further
that | have met no one who impress
sed me as being actuatcd by more
disirterested desire to know and ut
ter the truth Oh the subjects ne dis
cusses than Mr.. Nichol. He deman-
ded nothing for bis services, and |
think that although he is not man
OF property, he would have been will
ling to have given time and paid his
own expenses rather than to have
seen Wisconsin give majority for
the party OF soft money. His speech
es were lucid and convincing argu-
ments, accurate as to facts and sound
as to principles; the speeches Of a
man who has careful y studied the
best writer's on political economy
and finance rs well rs the history aud
the legislation Of this Government.
They were among the most potent
influences in the late canvass they
fell upon the luXuriant growths Of
Greenbackism, in many parts of the
State, like sharp frost upon the
sprouting buds of Spring; and if
they did not cure those already smit-
ten with disease, they gave a marked
check to the spread Of the Infection
Horace RuBLEE.
Chm Rep State Committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
The Vanderbilt Will Contest.

The contest over the will of Com
modore Vanderbilt was begun on
Monday before Surrogate Colvin in
New York. This will leaving the
bulk of his vast property to his eld-
est son William II. Vanderbilt was
admitted to probate last summer.
Most Of the contestants comprising
the other children of the dead cap
italst withdrew but one OF the daugh-
tiers, Mrs. LaBau still contests and
seeks TO have the probate set aside
so that shr may get her share OF es-
taste under the statute of distribution
instead Of the legacy of 100000 left
to her in the will, while the Younger
son, Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, has at
the same time suit pending against
the estate in the Supreme Court The
lady has for her counsel Scott Lord,
Jere Black, and the case bids fair to
develope into one Of the most sensa-
tional know in years. VIM. II. is &C
cused of exercising an undue in
huence over the old Commodore who
ii is clai med was in his second child
hood when the will was made. All
the family scandals will be carefully
rakcd up and made public. The com
modore's remark that "When | die
there will be he'll to pay seems
likely to prove true.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28

LOOK at the latest ruins in Chica-
go: The State Savings Bank. the
Fidelity Savings Bank the Beehive
Savings Bank; Cook County Savings
Bank; the Protection Life Insurance
Company, and now, added to all, the
Third National Bank. These are
even worse than fire ruins.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
A STRANGE STORY.

Thirty. three years ago a family
named Benton, consisting Of father,
mother son and daughter, resided
III one of the western States
near small town called Blank
The father was wealthy and lived in
style; and his daughter Mabel, n
child between two aud three years Of
age, was always elegantly dress
ed, aud George, the SOW, II boy Of
seven, was preparing to enter an
eastern school. One day little Mable
disappeared, and her parents never
heard Of her again, although they
spent thousands of dollars in search
ing for her, The heart broken moth
err soon died after the loss OF her
darling, and the father wandered
over this country and Europe, and
finally settled in New York, where
he died. George grew to manhood,
and the memory of his lost sister
was almost etsaced from his mind.
la his twenty seventh year, While Wis
iting a married friend, he fell in love
with the goverucss of his friends
children, a beautiful girl Of about
twcuty-three, after some months they
were married and lived happily five
or six years, boy and girl being
born to them during that time.
I By the death of an uncle in San
! Erott.i1.., ,,ntr.~, ,rnc laft ~ aAhGNl
erahle fortune, and the lawyer who
conveyed the intelligence to him also
stated that his sisters career had
been traced, \ tramp on his death
I bed in ST. Louis police station con
iessed that he and two companions
had stolen lutte Mable Benton for
her cloths a locllet which she wore,
and that she had continued with
them for several years, when her
bright, pretty face attracted the at
tentiou Of l>iud-heMte3 lady in
Ohio, who adopted and sent her to
school, where She remained until her
patrouess died. Mabel then became
teacher in large school in Cncin-
uati, but Us her health began to fai,
She applied fer a position rs govern
ess, and was now In the family Of Mr..
. NJ. or Mt least that was the last place
he had heard Of her being in.
"Wlat was the name OF the family
She was with l. asked George.
M --, was the answer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
TIE USE OF Money III ELECTIONS
ROOMS REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE,

during the recent canvass, by the
opposition, that the Republicans were
using large amounts Of money to IN
nueuce the voters the State, Among
other statements it was declared th"t
the National Bankers Association
aoue contributed $4,000. Similar
allegations are made since the elect
ion Thus the Milwaukee Nors says
the experience the people OF Wiscon-
sin have just gone through with "will
convince them more than ever, Of
the potency OF money III carrying on
successful campaign" ltsays that
up t. two weeks before election the
Republicans were disheartened and
panic stricken; that sudden change
followed which was due to 1.-THE stim.
illus of plenty OF honest money, con
trihuted by the moneyed men East
aud West; :" that while my predcces-
sor was supplied with money by the
whiskey ring, | have been furnished
by the National Banks and capita
lists; aud it goes on to charge that
the voters Of Milwaukee were bought
up with money.
The lesson which the Macs APP
pears to wish TO convey seems to he
that hereafter the Democratic party
must raise large sums and purchase
success.
AS | regard the use Of large sums
of money to carry elections, or the
use of any money except for strictly
legitimate purposes, such as printing
documents, postage, expenses ol
me, tings, de. as not only extreme
~ dtmorall2ing, hut wholly unnccos.
s9ry for the iulthtrnncc of any iuSt
cause, it seems to me oppoitune to
make frank Misunderstanding the
expenses Of this committee during
the recent canvass which has resul.
ted in such a signal success.
At the beginning of the canvass,
this committee appointed Mr., l.. $.
Hanks, cashier Of the state Bank Of
Madisou--uot n National Bank to
he its treasurer. Mr. Hanks is n
republican, Int is stiict V business
man. | had never heard of his med
ding with politics except to vote
Every dollar q! money contributed
so the campaign fund was paid in to
him, and all expenditures passed
through bis hands. He has the name
of every contributor, and he knows
the purposes for which all funds
were expended. not n dollar was
contributed from outside OF Wiscuu-
sin With n single exception, not a
dollar was contributed Ivy any person
connected with n National Bank
and that exception amounting to
only 500, was from gentleman who
was a prominent aud active republic
can long before lac had ANYTHING to
do with banks, aud whose connection
with n bank, is a very iucousidrable
feature oi bis business Not dot
lar has been spent of the campaign
fund hut for purposes that | should
he perfectly willing TO avow to any
democrat in the State. Further, the
whole amount expended will fall ,cR-
Siiru.V b,'oic s., GOO
So much for this charge of carry
ing Wisconsin 10y the potency of
mrueN,
No, the Republicans did not win
their victory with money. They
achieved it 10y daring to toe true to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
EstrNV COtc.

Straycd from the subscriber, residing in Mine
raj Point, n BLACK AND WHITE COW, of medium
size has II notch cut in the mdcrSidc of her
LEFT ear; has not missed the FAST summer, and
should be in good condition. \ suitable reward
viii bc paid for her recovery.
JAMES ARGALL.
Nov 2ith l077--isw4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-11-28
S,r0U Notice IUHcR Tp.

ny The subscriber, ON land owned by me on
Section town I, range 8 Iowa county about
Nov l>t n light-hay horse colt. supposed 10 be
one year old past small white star in the fore
hcAd--haS been about the place n month, Owner
may cal pay ChargeSand take him away.
45N-i JOSEPH BENNETT