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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03
THE RACES.
SECOND DAY.

The following races, which were
spirited and held the interest of the
great crowd to the close, were trotted
in the afternoon, beginning at .
o'clock.
Woodstock Park, September al Purse sl20,
80 class, 30 to first, $50 to second!Sls 10 lhiru
SI2 t." fourth
Wm Huggctt, f Canaan, y II, b IN May Day II
Wm u Foster, Woodstock, bk 6 Luther. 2e2
job II,Oson, cq,em"%n,t, n m Clara II ais sSs
John Agan, Ludlow. bk IN Wild LILY uiS
Time 249: ZAP; 2.B.
Same day and track. Purse $50 to horses that
never troted tor more than 80 80 to first, S9 TO
second, IS to third, - to ioutth
F. B. Merrill, Woodstock 6. &. Gray Harry,
H. A. Wood Barnard, (, Patrick Henry, 49,
a. \. Cowdry, C, IN. Kitty Conkling aaS
Tine 3.O5tt, 3.O6, BIB.
THIRD DAY.
The horses attracted the principal at
tention, and in the forenoon came a
stallion race of which the following is
the summary:
Purse SIS, open to all stations owned in the
second, /! TO third, 81 30 to fourth,
! NJ Furmau Woodstock, b s,John Robinson, ! | !
4 McCov, buckekin, Sir Henry Buckskin, 3Ss
Up Lewis, Bridgewatcr,b S, Tallyho Prince, 2Ss
Time. 2,59, 25G, 800.
The afternoon was devoted to two
races, the first of which particularly
was a close contest and very interesting.
The summary is as follows:
Purse 500, three minute class. $50 to first, $25
to second, . Is to third, SO to fourth.
Wm Nugget, b. m. May Day, S?9
! A. Mct'oy, buck. 5, Sir Henry Buckskin, dis
A f G,lson, llartland, bS 4. Wallace Nj. dis
Job lIobsOn, Z. m Clara II. o32
LOUIS Barron Woodstock, c m. Ruby, = !
| Time, , 2.5Jl., 24i 24fs 2i2t. 2N.
Purse sljo, 40 class, s75 to first, sS5 to second,
So to third, SD to fourth.
| & W r0lles, Ciaremont bs. &. Jeremiah,
/ NJ. X. Griffith, Tunbridgc, +. III. Josie Il. !22
| Time, , IS, 2,liia, $50.
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Ono Way to Get Rich.

Nothing is more easy than to grow
rich. 1t is only to trust nobody--to
befriend none-to get all you can, anu
save all you get-to stint yourself and
everybody belonging to you--to be
the friend of Lo man, and have no
man for your friend-to heap interest
upon interest, cent upon cent-to De
mean, miserable and desplsed tor
some twenty Or thirty ysars-and
riches will come as sure as disease
and disappointment. And when
pretty nearly enough of wealth is
collected, by a disregard OF all the
charities of the human heart, and at
the expense OF every enjoyment, death
comes to finish the work the body is
buried in hole, the heirs dance over
it, and the spirit goes where !
rNew York Commercial Advertiser.
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The French as Bread Eaters.

The French are great bread eaters,
writes Lucy Hooper, and it Is an
amusing sight to watch the baker ar
ranging, in high basket, the great
clubs or sticks in which the common
est kinds OF bread are baked. These
clubs are thick enough and hard
enough to serve for offensive or de-
fensive weapons on occasion, | should
think.
At the commoner and cheaper clas-
ses of French boarding houses the
palates of American boarders are often
painfully impressed by seeing the daily
bread in this guise stood up i'll cor
ner with the umbrella, while an un-
kempt waiter is engaged IN sweeping
out the dining room. Or else one
sees stout old women going along
With their stick of bread tucked light
ly and compactly under one arm
which in this hot weather is not al
together an appetizing sight. Gen
orally, however, the purchaser OF 4
single stick carries i. over his or her
shoulder, like cane or an umbrella.
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p m pie S p!

I will mail (Froe) the recipe for preparing
a simple VRG ETABEE BALM that will remove
TAN. FRECKLES, PIMrLES, and BLoTcn'
rs, leaving the skin soft, clear and beautiful !;
also instructions for producing luxuriant
growth of hair OIL. n bald head or smooth lace.
Address Ben. Vandelf 4 Co., Bo, 5l2l, MOO
Wooster st., NY
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WOODSTOCK, VT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1927


away at school.
Now the Deacon had one falling
he would sleep in church in drowsy
weather, as he called a hot spell! His
wife was obliged to exercise the ut
most diligence in order to keep him
halfawake, if no more, and her great
est anxiety on leaving home was on
this account.
1t happened that day there was a
strange minister, an old man with a
sermon that extended to the "6fth-
lies" At about the "thirdly," the
Deacon fell asleep. The pews direct
" in front and directly behind him
were empty. for the old preacher was
not a ravorite, so there was no one to
nudge the Deacon even when he snor-
ed.
Somewhere about 'tourthly," there
appeared on the window-sill, at the
end of the Deacon's pew, huge,
handsome gray cat. Pussy looked
around with an expression OF intelli-
gence that was praiseworthy in a Dea-
cons cat. Everybody knew him, and
the congregation smiled.
But pussy was not coutent with his
perch. In slow and cautious man
ner, after sidelong gaze at the speak
er, he crept down into the pew, smell
ed of the hymn book, and was lost to
further vision until he reappeared,
creeping softly up the Deacons arm
and finally seated himself With an
air of feline triumph squarely on hi:
shoulder, purring contentedly.
And still he did not wake.
The minister brought out his ''titth
ly," and pussy looked at him with
quiet blinks. There he sat in sight o
all the laughing boys, and there the
Deacon slept, his head thrown back
and his mouth open.
say the minister proceeded will
the "hfthly." Then he happened t'
look in the direction of the Deacon
pew He stopped. He seemet
struggling with some inward emotion
and having said, in strained voice
"Finally, my brethren" looked at III
cat and abruptly sat down. Oicours
he was hidden by the pulpit, and II
one saw him shake as he tried to re.
cover his gravity, for unfortunately
he had y too keen perception OF tn
ludlcrous. 1t was quite all ne c0ul
do to compose his countenance sutli
fclently to rise and say
"Bre,hren, the meeting is dlsmis:
ed" and then sans benediction, san
singing, the whole body rose an
went out, leaving the sexton to wax
I, the Deacon and drive away the cat
Marvellous to say, it was some tim
before the Deacon understood tn
= purport OF the broad grins that fc
weeks afterward met him on trlvl;
or serious occasions, and when he oil
learn OF it, his indignation was a
vented upor Teddy, who, he declare'
would never have made him laugl
= ing stock it he had "drownded him
2 he oughter' when he was a kitten.
-Youths Compani on.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03

-Itmatters to us IN life not so much
what part we play, as it does to play
our part well. In drama it is not so
much question who played the king
or the peasant as who played the part
best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03
The Deacon's Cat.

the Deacon's cat. The Deacon had
brought him up from kittenhood, and
used often to boast that Teddy knew
quite as much as some children.
The cat had a history, too. The
Deacon, once upon time, was seen
going down to the river, bag on his
shoulder with Il big stone in it, fol-
lowed fol some distance by two chub-
by children, crying Justify. Twice
did the Deacon put down the bag,
which moved in spite Of the stone,
and mewed piteously, to chase the
children home, but they still followed,
though at a greater distance, and still
cried, till the Deacon and the empty
bag came back-then they yelled.
On the following morning the Dea-
con heard his little ones talking to-
gether in SO soft and subdued a man
ner that he was tempted to listen.
"See it cuddle ! Oh, amt you
glad q
eyes, amt it petty! It's all gray.
Let's put it in box"
"Where'd you find it ?"
"Under the hay. | guess old catty
thought she'd hide it, don't you Pa.
pa ketched four, and there was five OF
en-. We won't tell him, cause he'll
drown it if we do
The Deacon laughed and sat down
to think. 1t would never do to let
the boys deceive him after that fash
ion; 50, seeing that Johnny ate only
half of his milk, and Dicky saved a
slice of his bread, he set his wits tc
work.
81 wonder if | found all them kit
tens. mother ?" he asked. The Dea
con bad never studied Lindley's gram
mar.
Johnny looked up in nervous ter
ror. His brown eyes dilated.
81 almost wish you had lett one,
said the good woman, who had re
ceiyed her lesson. "The children llk'
a pet, you know
Il should think they had more pet!
now than they could care for" wa
the response.
"No, we amt" in intelligent cho
rus.
IL didn't search the straw" contin-
ued the Deacon, with twitching lips
"but If | thought there was on
there
"No, there amt he's gone !" crie'
Johnny.
"Gone Why did you find annothe
kitten g. asked the Deacon, in assum
/, ed astonishment.
because if you did, you can keel
it," said the mother, seeing a scarce
denial visible in both faces.
"Ob, it's jes as nice and soft as
can bel" cried Johnny, SO happ
that be tr.mbled. May I 60 up an
get it It's almost smothered in
box.
"All right said the Deacon, a
o gravely as he could. you may kee
it, and | think you had better let ol
IS pussy have it for while, or it WI
u starye to death"
So the kitten was saved, and grey
ana thrived as the boys did, and at 81
years OF age, when Johnny was twelv
and Dickey was ten, there was not
To- handsomer gray cat in all Allentown
Even the Deacon was proud of it, an
=. used to show off its wonderful trick
and tell how Teddy was saved trol
an early death by "them two boys
10 his"
% One hot SUMMER Sabbath follow
:; ing a week of hard work at hayini
~ ~ the Deacon went TO church alone. II
4. a e.l,h .ipnr oil
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When Bripham's widow learne

When Brigham's widow learned
that Beeeher was coming to take the
place of the late lamented she httec
up her nineteen voices in thanksgiv-
ing and whispered, "Although other
hearts may ache because of this, the
bird has sang in my nineteen hearts
to. day, for he will be a better man IN
Briggs place -[Brokville Jefferson
ian.
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Aud now it turns out that Osman
Pasha is an old Jerseyman. This is your
State for great men and watermelons.--
GCamden Post
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03

The willow that bends to the tenn
pest often escapes better than the oak
which resists it, and 50 in great calam-
tiles it sometimes happens that light
and frivolous spirits recover soon.r
than those of loftier character
GW alter Scott.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03
BLARNEY.
How Daniel Webster brought the
Quaker Delegation Round.

Quaker Delegation Round.
The veteran politician and soldier,
General Shields, tells the following
story -
"While | was in the Senate [ saw
much of Webster both in and out Of
the Capitol. He met me one day and
said Shields, I find have got into
difficulty with eome of my constlt-
uents, some Quakers, who are dis.
satisfied with my advocacy ola certain
measure, and they have sent large
delegation down here from
Massachusetts to make protest l
have promised to meet them this even
ing. and | would like to have you
there.
"Wby, what can | do :?
your native blarney, Shields-it
may help me out OF the trouble
81 laughed at the idea of blarney
etfecting anything where Daniel Web.
ter's eleoquence could not convince,
and 1 made that objection but he
insisted and | promised to be on
haId. Evening came, and joined
Mr.. Webster at his rooms. Presently
the delegation arrived and were seat
ed q dozen or twenty Of the most
solemn men / have ever seen, all
rigidy cos,umed in Quaker dress
Without wasting any time the chair
man arose and addressed Mr.. Web
sler in set speech. He commented
severely on the course of the Senator
as to the measure in question, setting
forth the bad effects which it might
have on their sect, expressing great
sorrow and surprise that Mr. Webster
had been found supporting such 8
bill, and concluded with 4 vigorous
protest IN writing which bore many
signatures. Webster listened at
tentiyely, with unchanged counter
ance and when the spokesman ha(
resumed bis Seat he rose and replied
He spoke halfan hour, and before h'
concluded he grew as eloquent as h'
was often heard His defence wa
simply that he deemed the measure
one demanded by the interests OF th'
whole country, although it might no
be especially adapted to the wants ant
interests Of any sect, and after c'earl.
setting this forth he made such an az
peal to the delegation to rrmembe
that they were Americans Us well a
Quakers, that | was fairly electrified
The effect produced by his words OIL
the delegation was astonishing
When he began they were all seated
after he had spoken ten minutes on
after another rose to bis feet until tile
were all standing: then they com
menced to move toward him, am
they had soon surrounded him IN
body. Before he finished | saw tn
chairman take out his petition an
tear it to pieces, and when he ha
finished some of them we've sheddin
) tears, and all were grasping Webster
hands as fast as they could get them
Friend Webster cried the spoke:
man, thee is right and we are wrong
we owe thee an apology we will sa
no more about it ; thee knows tn
duty better than We The next Ga
I met Mr.. Webster, and with coul
tenance Of perfect gravity he said =
: Well, Shields, -- now didn't "
blarney those fellows nicely e.
- Philadelphia Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03

If half the lawyers should go to
digging potatoes, what an impetus IT
would give to agriculture.
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Retrv.
We Come and Go.

If you orI
To-day should die,
The birds would sing as sweet tomorrow
The vernal spring
Her flowers would bring
And few would think of us with sorrow.
Yes, ho is dead
Would then be said
The corn would floss, the grass yield hay,
The cattle low,
The summer 60,
And few would heed us pass away.
How soon we pass
How few alas
Remember those who turn to mould
Whose faces fade
With autumn shade,
Beneath the sodden church yard shade.
Yes, it is So
We come, we go
They hail our BIRTH they mourn our death :
day or more,
The winter DER
Another takes our place instead.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-10-03

= The Young man feels the keen
wind of autumn whistiug through his
striped suit, and he feels that the year
is passing with rapid steps into the
cavernous tomb of the ages. But he
smiles as he calls on the maiden OF his
choice, for he krows that the ice, cream
cart IS put up and the proprietor has
gone iuto other business tor the
winter
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Hartland Business Cards.
F. G l. B E Il Il
Manufacturer of and Dealer in

Manufacturer of and Dealer in
PlOws, CultivatOrs, Cottage and
Box Stoves, Cailldr0n Kettles,
SINKS, HOLLOW WARE,R0l.L BAKERS
Door Rollers, Door Roller Track, Corn
Shelters, Sugar Arch Mouths, Crates anr
Bars, Sap Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths Pnd
Rimmers, Slide Yoke Irons, Boot Jacks
Registers, Door Scrapers. Empire Stove b'ack'
Guards and Doors, Bcdstead Castings. Gas
Castings, Birdsnest Tuyer Irons, Sleigh ann
Sled Shoes, chilled and common, Cart and
Wagon Boxes, Gr.mes's improved Smut Mills,
Howe's Standard Scales, Gibbs Cylinder Plow
Shares, IIarrows, &c.
~ Orders solicited.
IIartland, VT, May |, 1871. l4o4
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-11-10
Northern Pacific Crop Items.

Many inaccurate statements have
been published from time to time
touching the product Of some of the
large farms beyond Fargo, on the
line of the Northern Pacific railroad.
We are now enabled to give the ex-
act result of the threshing on sever
al of these farms. On the Cass &
Cheney farm field of 2,215 acres,
produced 57,289 bushels of wheat,
being a trifie under 25 bushels per
acre. Another field on the same
farm, containing 1,lo0 acres, pro-
duced 22,l20 bushels, being trac-
ton over 20 bushels per acre. A
field of oats containing 27O acres
yielded 534 bushels per acre of
grain, weighing 3st pounds per
bushel.
On the Grandin farm, 1900 acres
of wheat produced 62,66o bushels,
or a little over an average of "a
bushels; a field Of 40 acres of oats
yielded an average of 500 bushels
per acre, weighing 38 pounds to the
bushel.
On the farm of Hon. james B.
Power, land commissioner of the
company, a field OF 40 acres
threshed out 1890 bushels of wheat.
being an average of 284 bushels
per acre. On ten acres of this field
the grain was very superior, and
being separately handled exhibited
yield of 424 bushels, showing the
splendid average of 42.4 bushels
per acre.
There are many other individual
examples of products ranging from
25 to 50 bushels of wheat and so to
80 of oats.
These are specimens of the ca
pacity of the SO called arid and al
kali lands which it was seriously
proposed few years ago to aban-
don to the Indians. The result
there, together with Minnesota's
100000 wheat product, is exhib-
iting this whole region in its true
light, as more than the Egypt of
America. a.--Pioneer- Press.
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A Few Words of Wisdom

For all who are seeking new
homes in the West. If you are go
ing to change your location, by all
means you should keep on about the
"same latitude" as where you for
merly lived, for in this way you
will escape the severe climatic
changes in the weather incident to
the extreme North or South, having
none of these things TO contend
with, yourself and family are healthy
and you become a producer at once,
consequently soon independent; on
the other hand should you listen to
the many glowing accounts of the
sunny South, or the mild climate of
the North, and thus be induced to
try your fortunes there, you Will
find the reality is not all your fancy
painted it. If you go South it
usually takes about two years to
get acclimated to the climate, du-
ring which time, not being able to
work, yourself and family are con-
sumers, besides being constantly
exposed to the malarial tevers
which abound there, and the expe-
rience of many is they return dis
couraged, leaving not a few loved
ones beneath the sod in the sunny
South. Therefore, in going W est
keep on about the same latitude
which will insure health and happi-
ness. There are most excellent
lands in Northern Missouri on the
line of the Ham ibal & ST. 10. K.
X, and in Kansas, Nebraska and
Colorado, '.just as cheap and good
as the sun ever shone upon," why
not accept certainty rather than
run the risk of losing all I? Through
day and sleeping cars are run from
Toledo, Ohio, via. the Wabash R'y
and Quincy to st. Jo., Atchison and
Kansas City, and from Chicago via.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy K.
r whereby all are furnished first
class accommodations.
Send for map and time table to
]. A. S. Reed, SO Clark street,
Chicago, G. w. Boardman, De-
catur, Hi, or t. Penfeld, G. P. and
L. A.. Hannibal. Mo.
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CONNEGTLONS .

At GREEN BAY with Chicago & North
western Railway for 0eonto, Menomihee,
Escanaba, Marquette LAnse.
Close connections are made except Sun
days, with night and morning trains, which
run daily to Appleton, Neenah and Menasha,
Oshkosh, Fon da Lac, Milwaukee and Chica-
go. Through Tickets sold at principal Sta
tons for Eastern Cities, via all routes from
Chicago. With Wis. Central r. r. for Mil.
waukee and points on line of that road also
during season of navigation with Union
Steamboat Company for Detroit, Cleveland,
Buffalo andNew York.
At NEW L0NDC \, with the best equipped
stage line III the Northwest, for Clinton
Vile, Embarrass and Shawano
At AMHERST in with Wisconsin Central
r. R., for Waupaca, Medina and Weyauweea
At PLOVER with Wisconsin Central
L. +. for Portage and Madison and with fast
Stage Line for Stevens Po Mt
AT GRAND RAPIDS with Wisconsin Val
ley Railroad for Tomah and Wausau.
At HATFIELD with fast Stage Line for
Neillsviiie
At NERRILLAN i'm with West wiscon-
sin +. r. for Black River Falls, Madison,
EauClaire, Menomonee, Hudson, Saltwater,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Breckenridge
at WIN0NA with Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway, for Wabasha, ReCwing,
Hastings, St. Paul and Minneapolis
With Wnona & St. Pet.r Railroad, &C. &
n W. for st. Charles, Rochester, 0watonna,
Aankato, New Ulm and st. Peter, and during
the season OF navigation, with keokuk North
ern Line, al" Packets for all Mississippi
River Points
At La CROSSE with Southern Minnesota
R. R. aud with Chicago, Dubuque and Mime
sofa Railroad.
D. KELLY, DAN ATWOOD sB. KENRICK.
Cenl Manager. Gen, Fr't snd PasA. ct. sup't
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voice to melody, and fills the eye
with sunshine, and checks the i'm
patient exclamation and harsh re-
buke; religion that is polite,
deferential to superiors, courteous
to interiors and considerate to
friends; religion that goes into
the family, and keeps the husband
from being cross when dinner is
late, and keeps the wife from fret
ting when the husband tracks the
newly washed floor with his muddy
boots, and makes him mindful
of the scraper and the door
mat; keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross and amuses
the children as we'll as instructs
them; cares for the servants besides
paying them promptly; projects the
honey moon into the harvest moon,
and makes the happy home like the
Eastern fig tree, bearing in its
bosom at once the beauty of the
blossom and the glory of tn. ripened
fruit. We want a religion that
shall interpose between the ruts
and the gullies, and the rocks of
the highway of life, and the sensit-
i've souls that are travelling over
them.
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letters, invoices, and business doc
umenis, put away in an orderly
manner, so that on occasion they
may be referred to.
Is always at the head of his bust
ness, we'll knowing that if he leaves
it, 1t will leave him.
Holds as a maxim "that he whose
credit is suspected is not one to be
trusted"
Is constantly examining his
books, and transmits all his accounts
current to his customers, both al
home and abroad.
Avoids, as much as possible, al
sorts of accommodation in money
matters, and law suits, whsrs there
is the least hazard.
He is economical in his expen
diture, always living within his IN
come.
Keeps bis memorandum book ir
his pocket, in which he notes every
particular relative to appointments
addresses. and petty cash m alters.
Is cautious how he becomes Sc
curity for any person, and is gener
Gus, when urged by motives Of hu
manity.
Let man act strictly to these
habits; when once begun, they viii
be easy to continue in. and success
will attend his efforts.
Take pleasure in your business
and it will become your recreation
Hope for the best, think for the
worst, and manfully bear whatever
happens.