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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-07-25
By VIM. d. McMASTER.
Treatment of Cabbages.

A New Jersey gardener considers
salt necessary to the development of
cabbage, especially in places far from
the coast He finds them more crisp,
of better flavor, and to keep better
when salt is used than without. He
uses it as follows "A few days after
setting out the plants, and when they
are damp, either after rain or when
dew is on, take a small dish of
fine salt, and walking among the rows,
sprinkle little pinch of salt on the
centre of each plant. When the
leaves begin to grow l repeat the salt
ing. and when the centre OF the leaves
begin to form the head | apply the
salt again, scattering it over the
leaves. After this l look them over
occasionally, and if I find plants that
do not head well or appear diseased, |
sprinkle the salt over freely. This
will save all such plants. A quart Of
salt is sufficient for 500 plants in a
season, although moro can be used
with safety. "-Fruit Recorder
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The L.atet Gov. Kent.

Some one having written to the
late Gov. Kent for some sketch OF his
life he replied as follows:
"Concerning my public career of
which you ask, l may perhaps say
that know of nothing in it OF partic.
ular interest to others. 1 have shared
the common fate, escaping perhaps
my fair proportion Of abuse and mis-
representation, and with one excep-
ton have received poor pay for much
vexation and labor. | would add u
word of advice to my younger breth-
rem Of the bar, to attend closely to
their profession and avoid public Off
ces unless the exigencics and dangers
OF the Republic demanded the sacri-
flee, if did not expect to be answered
as the daughter answered her mother,
who urged her to abstain from balls
and dancing, and being asked by the
daughter if she did not attend balls
when she wss young replied, yes,
but | have seen the folly of it. well,
mother responded the daughter, i
want to see the folly oft too n
However, can say that although the
above list Of offices look formidable
yet I have devoted most of my time
to my profession which l love and
honor
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EGGS as an Article of Diet.

There is no article of food more
wholesome and nutritious than that
supplied by eggs. There is no differ.
ence in their flavor and quality, owing
to the difference in the diet Of the
birds; yet there are no eggs of wing.
ed creatures which are unfit for nour-
ishing the human body. Their chem
ical composition is about the same, for
the white and yelk are almost invari-
bly, present these consist in the first
place of albumen and water. Eggs
require for digestion about as much
time as mutton-that is, from three
to four hours. They are most readi-
ly digested when boiled until the
white becomes partially consolidated.
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-"Toby Candor' writes from Cali
fornia that it is estimated that the to
tai number Of arrivals from the East
in San Francisco up 10 the first Of
June, for the past five months, is
nearly 81 900. There has been over
$1,000 departures, leaving net gain
OF nearly $4,000 persons. The major
ity Of arrivals are persons almost des
titute. They hope to find employ
ment, little dreaming that the whole
state is overrun with persons who
cannot find work. California is no
place for. people to come to now, who
have no means, and who depend upon
labor for their livelihood. II they
have capital sufficient to 60 into
farming, fruit raising, mining or some
other kind Of business, there are fav
orable openings still, fortunes are
not made in day, as many believe,
and the uncertainties Of success are
just the same as at the East. If you
are New Englander, better by far
remain at home.
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A Practical Advertiser.

jim Brown, worthy German, died
In Franklin recently, and his next
friend, also a worthy German, was
appointed administrator to settle up
the affairs of his estate. The admins
traitor called at printing office the other
day to have posters printed announc-
ing that the goods of the late Brown
would be sold at public auction.
81 want you to write up dose bills
in som kind of sthyle," SAID the adj
ministratcr, whose mind runs much
to business 81 want somdings dot
will addrass der public eye, and pring
der beople, from der koundry."
The printer asked for a suggestion
or two.
"Mrs. Brown and mineself hal
dalked it over" continued the business
man, und we want you to head dose
bills Something's this vay,"-and he
marked on the wall with his cane tc
show that he wanted big letters
"Hoor.raw /! hoorraw =! Jim Brown
is dead - Oil City Derrick.
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New Method Of Dyeing.

A new system of printing in dye
stutfs has been brought out, that offers
simple method Of decorating fabrics
cheaply and quickly, aud in a manner
that admits of great variety in the
pattern in single piece of CLOTH
The fabric to be decorated is first
dipped IN a solution of bchromate of
potash, which renders it sensitive to
light. While still wet it is spread
out in strong light, and figures cut
of metal or natural objects-leaves,
flowers, etc. ARE laid upon it in any
desired pattern. The actinic effect of
the light takes place whenever the
cloth is exposed and the bichromate
of potash renders the cloth more or less
waterproof: Where the cloth is
shaded by the patterns the salt re-
mains soluble, and after remaining
a short time in the light the patterns
are rem owed, and before the light has
time for further action the fabric IS
put in water and the soluble parts Of
the bchromate are washed out. On
soaking the fabric in logwood or other
dye-stufs the salts remaining in the
cloth act as a mordant and the fabric
takes the dye. The other portions
where the bichromate was not affected
and has been washed out, the dye is
rejected and the cloth retains its
original color. In this manner the
pattern is produced in color on a white
ground Gf the cloth is white), and the
pattern may be varied by arranging
the figures as desired when exposed
to the sun.--[World's Work in Mid
summer Holiday Scribner.
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Social Life.

Any great movement in social life
begins at home. 1t begins with faith
ers and mothers. The first and high
est duty is to make home cheerful and
attractive. Husband and wife must
do this for each other. Without this
their mutual affection will dry up. If
they have children, it is their duty to
make home sweet and precious to
them. Children with good homes
don't go to the bad. Girls who have
learned to trust their mother, in their
whole round of thought, seldom get
talked about. Boys who are made to
feel the strength Of a fathers and the
tenderness of a mothers love seldom
run wild. Their natural love OF fun
and mischief does not bind them over
to the Devils service. Pleasant,
cheerful, bright homes, then, are the
great demand. They may be poor,
but they still can be pleasant and at.
tractive and good. The heart and
spirit are more than furniture and dwell
lirg.
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Sr. NICHOLAS FOR AUGUST follows
close upon the superb issue for May,
that so fully heralded the Spring
1t is capital Midsummer Holiday
number-a feature in children's mag
azlnes, which st. Nicholas was the
first to bring out. Specially adapted to
the wants and lodgings that prevail in
summer weather, it is full to the brim
of retreshment and interest, and
sparkles like cool water from deep
well. Its array Of great and familiar
names speaks Of high quality as well
as Of variety and attractiYeness.-
Scribner & Co., Publishers, New
York. Terms $500 a year.
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Murder Will Out.

A few years ago august Flower
was discovered to be certain cure
for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint,
few thin Dyspeptics made known to
their friends how easily and quickly
they had been cured by its use. The
great merits of GREENS AUGUST Flow.
FIR became heralded through the
country by one sufferer to another, un.
till, without advertising, its sale has
become immense. Druggists in EV.
cry TOWN in the United States are
selling it. No person suffering with
Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, cos.
tiveness, palpltation of the Heart, H.
digestion, low spirits, etc, can take
three doses without relief. Go to
your Druggist, o. G. Kimball Wood
stock, VT, and get a bottle for Is
cents and try it. Sample bottles 10
cents.
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Brick Pomeroy is lecturing in
Texas. AT Sherman he remarked Of
the local paper, the Register, that he
cared nothing for its criticism, since
he could walk outside Of its circlla.
ton in half an hour" The Registey
playfnlly retorted: eve have no
doubt that Brick is swift of foot. He
had that reputation during the war,
especially while on the back track.
We doubt, however, whether, if he
should walk at 2.40 speed from now
through all the ages Of eternity, lie
could ever reach the plane Of decency
and responsibility" Mr.. Pomeroy is
thus placed at disadvantage. If he
says anything more he will have to
shoot, and he does not shoot, except
from his creditors.
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GEMS.
[dATHERED FOR THE AaE.l

The pleasur of doing good is thu
only one that does not wear out.
1T is the mind that makes us rict
and happy in what condition soever
we are, and money signifies no more
to it than it does to the gods.
Never plead guilty to poverty
So far as this world is concerned, you
might better admit that you are q
villain.
Life becomes Meless and insipid
when we have no longer either friends
or enemies.
Dignity is expensive, and without
other good qualities, is not particular
ly profitable.
GLORY is so enchanting that we
love whatever we associate with it,
even though it be death.
Death is the dropping of the
flower that the fruit may swell.
God puts the excess of hope in
one man in order that it may be a
medicine to the man who is desponG-
emit [Beecher.
People seldom improve when
they have no other model than them
selves to copy after.
The pleasures of this world are
deceitful they promise more than
they give. They trouble us in seek
ing them, they do not satisfy us when
possessing them, and they make us
despair in losing them.
Growing OLD.--We should no
more lament that we have grown old
than the husbandman, when the bloom
and fragrance Of spring have passed
away, should lament that summer or
autumn has come.
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A GREAT OFFER ! ! VIII VII

during these Hard Times dispose OF 100 Pi-
AMOS & ORGANS, new and secondhand
Of first-clas5 makers including WATERS
ut lower prices for cash or Ipstallments or to
let until paid for than ever before offered.
WATERS GRAND SQUARE and up.
81 ORGANS INCLUD-
ING THEIR NEW SOUVENIR and
BOUDOlR) are the BEST MADE. zoe
tavo Pianos $3.50. l3 do $3.50 not used
year. 80" Stop Organs $50. Stops S5S. 7
Stops SOS. Stops $75. 10 Stops $SS. ~
Stops 800 cash, not used: year, in perfect
order and warranted. LOCAL and
Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. liberal dis
count to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, etc.
Sheet music at half price. HORACE WAT
ERS & SONS, Mannfactrs. and Dealers, 40
East 18th St., Union Square, Ny.
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The MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY ScRlB-
NER.-In pursuance Of the custom in
PRODUCED last year by Scribners MontA-
~, the August number is issued as a
special Midsummer Holiday number.
Among the material put forth to vim.
dictate this title are illustrated papers
on the following subjects: "North
American Grouse" by Charles E.
Whitehead Canadian Sports" deal
ing chiefly with Lacrosse, Snow-shoe
ing and Toboganing, by DR.. Beers !;
"Babes in the Wood" an account of a
trip through the Maine forests to Can
ada in birch-bark canoe, made by
the family of the author, Mrs. Hoyt,
who is daughter of the late Chief
Justice Chase /; and fourth paper on
"a Railroad in the Clouds" by Major
]. E. Montgomery, describing the
highest railway in the world, which,
by the way, was built by American
enterprise. Of the noteworthy new
contributors, Berthold Auerbach has
story of German peasant life, emit
tied "Adam and Eve at the Agricultu-
raj Fair" with illustrations. Other
stories of a light character are given,
and poems adapted 10 the season.
The first installment Of Miss Trafton's
new serial. ellis Inheritance is given
in this number. DR.. Hollands "Nich-
o)as Minturn," it is announced, will
be completed in the October number.
The Editorial departments by Dr..
Holland are well filled, and of much
interest. 1t is capital number. Buy
it of your newsdealer, or send for 1t
to the publisher, Scribner & Co., New
York.
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YOUR STATE
Woodstock, VT,
April End, 1877. (

MIMI.
The third volume of this work is now ready
for subscribers and all those who are willing
to become such.
The third volume contains the Index tc
Vol. H., the complete history Of ORLEANS
COUNTY, the complete history of RUr-
LAND COUNTY, with complete INDEX
of both Counties, and the whole makes "a:
large pages, of small type, and is sold by the
publishers and their appointed agents. at the
uniform prices Of
Five dollars vol. in paper covers.
Six dollars vol. in cloth binding.
Seven dollars vol. in half turkey
binding.
The back volumes can be furnished, for the
present, at the same rates; but, as nearly hal
OF the first vol is not sterotyped, those Ver-
mcnters who desire the entire work should
orderat once.
None should lose any time in ordering,
either volume, as the second and third VOL
umes will only be printed in small editions,
as they may be called Tor; and it takes some
time to print even 500 copies.
The publishers think it proper to say to
Vermonters everywhere that they have ex-
pended large sum of money in preparing
plates for this work, being encouraged to do
so by the reception given to itby 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
as the first because they knew that "thc
times were out of joint
lhey nave bestowed 1..Dv, .i.i,
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.
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STRAWBERRY FERT1LIzER.-I fill a
half hogshead with rain water, and
put into it one.quarter pound ammonia
and one-quarter pound common nitre.
When the strawberry plants were
blossoming out l gave them a sphinx
ling of the solution at evening twice a
week. until the fruit was nearly full
size. The result was double the
amount of fruit on those where the
liquid was applied to what was OBJ
tanned from those right alongside up
oniwhich none of the liquid was appli-
ed.-Fruit Record.
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NO man should be allowed to
own an animal who does not show
toward it care and kindness. How
often do we see men, and even wo-
men, beat and abuse milk COWS for
the most trivial thing. As long as a
COW is made to stand in dread of her
owner,-trembling while being milk
ed, in fear of a sudden severe lash,-
jast so long will that COW fail to give
full satisfaction at the pail. How
much better also to have your animals
gentle, so that you can approach and
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"A poor young man once fell in
love with an heiress, and the passion
being returned it only wanted the
parents consent to make them happy.
At length, meeting the father, he ask
ed for the daughters hand, GLOW
much money can you command 2" 81
cannot command much" was the re-
ply. "What are your expectations 7"
"Well, to tell the truth, / expect 10
run away with your daughter, and
marry her if you don't give your con.
sent"
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Hard but Honest {!

| hAsvA " WV AhSaASnb
Opposition and Necessity induces me to
a still lower reduction in the price of few
EXTRA FINISHED
Tablets and GravestOnes,
which l have now on my hands. all finished
from NEW DESIGNS. Also, one
GRANITE MONUMENT
of entirely new and elegant pattern which
will not be quite
GIVEN AWAY
but must be sold soon, as haze no place 10
Keep them. having my family move in my build.
ing occupied last season as shop, owing to
hard times and high rents.
This Stock must be sold at less than cost
OF stock as need the money and room, for
the erection of n new shop.
Call early and get the best designs before
they are gone.
Having lad large experience in the
Marble Business as practical workman fol
u years pas, and having no other business
on my hands, am therefore ready to execute
Ill OF ders in prompt and unequaled man
ner, and at lower rates than any shop in New
England.
Look at my prices for the present season ::
will furnish Gravestone all lettered and
set in Granite Socke. for from S13 to $50
the stone, to be 3 inches thick, 20 inches
wide, usual height the price being according
to quality of stock and workmanship; other
sizes in same proportion.
REMEMBER my New Marble Works were
removed in 1876, to the head of High Street,
Woodstock, VT, where can now be found.
All information by mail promptly answer
ed. Hoping for share of your patronage
remain your humble servant,
FRANK. Z. ARCHIBALD.
Woodstock, VT,
April End, 1877.
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NO man Is afraid ola ghost in the
daytime. For twelve hours each day
we stoutly deny the possibility of such
a thing, and ridicule the idea as pre-
posterous But after dark we begin
to weaken, and at twelve, midnight,
if we happen to be alone, we are pref
ty sure that our former conclusions
were hasty, while our hair stands on
end if we hear any unusual noise. We
are philosophers in the light, but chill
dren in the ark.--Eachange.
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l. MANHOOD:
- How Lost, How Restored !

just published, new edition of Dr. Cui-
verwelI's Celebrated Essay on the
radical cure without lnedicine) of Sperma.
torrhGa or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and
Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Mar
riage, etc. also, Consumption, Epilepsy and
Fits, induced by selfindulgence Or sexual
extravaganza, &c.
T Price, in sealed envelope, only Gets.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarming
consequences OF self.abuse may be radically
cured without the dangerous use of internal
medicine or the application OF the knife ;
pointing out mode of cure at once simple
certain, and effectual, by means OF which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately,
and radically.
II This Lecture should be in the hands OF
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent. under SEAL in n plain envelope, 10
any address, on receipt of six cents, or two
postage stamps.
Address the Publisher.
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann St., New \ DIRK Post Office Box 1850
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AT the close Of the sittings in the
Illinois House of Representatives, the
clerk read the following 81 am le-
quested to announce that the Rev.
Doctor Mcfarland will deliver lee.
ture this evening in the hall on the
Education OF Idiots Members OF
the Legislature are invited TO attend"
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. Terms $500 a year.

The PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL for
August IS a first class monthly de-
voted to Science, Literature, and
general intelligence, especially to
Phrenoiogy, Ethnology, Physiology,
Pbysiognomy, Psychology, Health,
Education, and to all those progress
i've measures calculated to Reform,
Elevate and Improve Mankind. S. r,
Wells & Co., Publishers, 1877 Broad
way, N. Y. Price, SO a year.
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GEO. ?. ROWBLL & CO..
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1t is often of great benefit to be
damned by our fellow men. Many a
little rivulet expInds into lake by
being damned. Whitehall Times
Just so this is what makes a mighty
ocean of Eli Perkins. Rome Sentinel.
1t cleanses the dammer.
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1T was during severe thunder
shower that a Rome maiden of four
summers remarked, Mother, it yains
SO hard bod can't light His fire He's
burned up most a whole box of
matches already = Rome Sentinel.
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A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood, &c.. will
send rec pc that will cure you. FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discover.
ed by mi ssionary in South America. Send
a setf-addressed envelope to the REV. Josgpn
T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House, .Nc,o York
City. l7S4m6
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Sort SoAP.-Dissolve one pound
of potash in Two gallons of hot water /;
then add two pounds of clean melted
grease while stirring. Set aside, and
in few days you will have excellent
soap.
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handle them even in the fields, than
that they remain wild and ever ready
to run at your coming.-KentHcky
Live Stock Recorder.