Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-02-14
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GENERAL NE VS..

The educated Heas" that are
exhibited now in most Of the large
cities are not educated at all, accord
ING to 4 Boston investigator. Their
performances all consist of efforts to
escape.
Cincinnati h six oversecrs Of
the poor, and the temperance leaders
there vigorously oppose giving the
offices to sa.oon k epers, the argu,
ment being that 81 { liquor business
deadens sympathy for the poor
In Il large iron mandatory in
Western Pennsylvania all the heat
for smelling is made by gas, which is
brought in pipes from natural well
nineteen miles away.
-"Smoky Jcnes," known through
out the Black Hills as a vagabond,
has become suddenly wealthy by dis
covering and selling gold veins. lie
gained his nickname by long dIsuse
Of soap, and wealth makes no change
in his habits.
There never was but one Judas
Iscarot, aud yet some Of The Repub-
lican organs are calling them off by
the dozen in their own party.
The iron trade ofEngland, especi,
ally that branch Of it which is most
interested N the manufacture oil rails,
is in very low state, with the prob
ability OF its continuing so indefinitely
unless a means Of producing better
quality Of iron can be devised.
A Columbia, $. G., despatch says
that all the troops but two companies
which were sent TO South CarOlln;
prior to the election, have left, in
Guiding two batteries, for Boston, an(
one to Portland. The one company
still remain at the State House,
The Coroner Of Chicago, in al
annual report, says that of the titty-fv'
suicides in that city within year
only four were victims of love. III
alludcs to one of these rs Il man VIII,
"blew out what little brains be had OF
account of the fortunes to which h
was subjected by his motherln-law.
There are said to be 175 appli
cants for the first vacancy that ma,
occur in the police force Of Rich
mond, Va.
Papa Spinner is luxurating i
Florida. a letter Of his from Jacl;
sonville says "Plums and peache
are in blossom. Mrs. Moore has rip
Strawberries in the open ground Of he
garden
A New York baker killed hi
horse by ovcrdriving the other da
and paid $25 for the privilege.
The population Of California Ill
creased by immigration last year 50
600. The class Of immigrants mos
needed is farmers and stock raisers.
Mr.. b. +. Hubbard, Postmaste
at Stanstead, p. g., died on the ct
inst, aged IS. Mr.. Hubbard was
highly respected citizen, and has hel
the office Of Postmaster of Stanstca
for thirty years.
The Constitution OF Missouri fol
bids State officers accepting rairoa
passes under penalty Of removal
Gail Hamilton doesn't walt Il Mi
souria office
Andrew Jackson Davis, who no
lives in Orange, n. j., is at work o
new maps of "lhe sammerland," II
Spiritualists' heaven.
The Louisiana orange crop of la
year is estimated to have been $4,000
: 900 oranges, which would represel
, about 10000 trees, and worth abo'
t 100000 on the trees.
t The $500 grasshopper prize 0
S fered by the Minnesota Legislative
e has inspired genius who proposes
: destroy the insect by raising a net
1 balloons quarter Of a mile apart.
!, President Bartlett, the new Pres
e dent of Dartmouth, will assume h
e duties April 2, and the college W
I have a holiday on that OCCASION
: President Bartlett has Il sou who W
enter the next Freshman class.