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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07
The Great FOrepaugh Show.

The Great Forepaugh Show.
The great Adam Forepaugh show exhib-
its in this city Saturday, August 10th.
This mammoth concern stands unrivaled
among the big shows of the world for the
vastness and completeness of its
exhibitions. 1t is hard for the mind to
realize the extent and magnitude of the
Forepaugh concern. 1t is gigantic COM
bination requiring eight center pole tents,
to exhibit it and presents a cash capital
of two million dollars. Everything con-
nected with the Forepaugh show is of the
most beautiful, costly and colossal charac-
ter. The rarest and finest specimens Of
the brute creation ever seen together will be
exhibited. One of the great features of
the exhibition is the group of FIVE perform
ing elephants the wonderful feats of which
are alone worth the price of admission.
Mr.. Forepaugh is the only man who exhb
its a living hippopotamus the most wonder
full of the animal creation. The circus de-
partment has lever been excelled and com.
prises great array of talented equestrian
beauty and arenic celebrities being FIVE
times the largest, most prominent and best
circus in the world. A museum of rare
wonders is also connected with this enor.
nous exhibition. One great point to bear
in mind in connection with this show is
that every special feature advertised is ex-
hibited to its patrons. Remember it may
occur but once in your life time to see a
show of the extent, magnic ence and char
ter of the great Forepaugh combination
| with everything beautiful and grand and
| an array of talent TO be seen in no other
| show in America, therefore. bear in mind
the date of the exhibition in Watertown,
namely, Saturday, August %, 1878. See
the advertisement IN this paper and when
perusing remember that everything will be
exhibited as advertised.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07

nor SALE at the Wagon and Carriage
Il Paint Shop of w. E. Jones, FIRST St.
The Centennial tops are adjustable to any
lind of vehicle and make perfect sun
shade and storm protector at moderate
price. Clarke's Carriage umbrella can be
used on every kind OF vehicle with an open
seat, and is easily changed to any angle
They supply u want long felt. Come and
examine my large and complete stock of
these goods. Prices low.
w. E. JONES, LIST Street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07
Fancy Goods Department.

(Colored) Soc, 62ac., SHE, 81 90 up to
$l.75.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Correspondence.
Criticism on Rev. E, BallOu's Re
ply"

BRo, BAuoU-You assert that ]
say "spirilual'sm IL the truth ]
said no such thing-spirltuallsm was
not mentioned, or alluded 10, don't
know what The truth Is some things
appear more truthful, That IL what
We are all searching for Thia fact Is
evident from your controversy with
tho Adveuls OF to-day, and your past
controversial Ito with all Christian
trinitarians, You, aud your order
have ever been accused OF perpefing
tho Bible, Yes, aud the great major
ity of protested Christians today say
you are doing worse than denying Id
divine authority, You are distoaing
It's true and sacred meaning,
But the questions Brother, you
have not met NJ all, Words ut there
are many) without IDEAS carry not
conviction, Can the lniinlte-lhat
sees the beginning aud end, all tho
past. all the future IL ever present !
Can there be beginning or ending, to
Ipdnityi Things that have n begin
ming, are supposed TO have ia ending
Can this all'wise governing intelli-
gence have anything to "subdue,"
overthrow, opposing force whatever,
when we all acknowledge that lie is
the sole Creator Of all things, with wis
dom sufficient to carry out perfection
everywhere.
Your slur, that am ian enemy to
the Bible" comes with iIl'grace from
one that through II long life has been
alraigned and condemned by nineteen
out of every twenty bf all Christian
den Jmina!ions as distorting, peryert-
ing and weakedly changing the mean
ing of the so. called sacred Book,
must be brief, for your wordy mr.
ticles occupy too much space | fear, to
please the majority Of the subscribers
Of our generous AGE. The truth is
simple and easy OF explanation, and
needs not all of Webster's Unabridged
to make it clear. Yours Truly,
NArnL RANDALL.
Woodstock, Dec. 28th, 1877.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

The London correspondent Of the
NJ y World writes, that a very gloomy
feeling pervades the monetary circles
of that great metropolis, in view Of
the fact that the Bland silver bill is
likely to be past by Congress. over the
Presidents veto. The talk is; eve
paid gold for our bonds, why should
we be paid in silver? Because it is a
deprecated medium, and we should
be done out OF 10 per cent of our mon.
ey perhaps more. If you had sold
the bonds for silver, it would be fair
to pay us back in the same metal.
Your Government said we must have
coin, and, by coin, they meant gold,
and would have laughed in our faces if
we had offered them any other" The
writer concludes by saying: 'Let no
one imagine that, if the present alarm
grows into panic, it will be confined
to Government bonds, On the con,
tary, everything will 60 by the board,
for, if Government can break faith
with its creditors, what right has any
body to expect that private firms will
be more scrupulous?'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

married women, residents fthe town,
remained IN the gallery as spectators
during the entire trial, and, in fact
during the trial Of every divorce case,
displaying a hardness Of forehead aud
hrassness Of check which even the
most hardened of tho male sex might
have envled,"
Edith O'Gorman, the ESCAPED
Nun" lectured IN Rutland lately 10 u
small audience, According 10 q cor
respondent IN the Leader, Edith does
not always eondne herself to iaols,
The colony from Rutland who
have settled IN Texas arc all much
pleased with the soil aud surround
ings
DIR, \. L, Ginnell has been ap-
pointed Professor Of Physiology In tho
Medical Department Of the University
Of Vermont, in place Of DR., Marshall
Calkins ofsphngdeld, Mass, resigned
In The case OF Ira II, Melendy
against the town OF Bradford, an action
to recover damages sustained through
insu0Icicncy OF highway, the jury,
after an hours sbsence, returned u
verdict of s5G66,OG for the plaintiff
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

Starting with the theory Of Alessrs,
Bland and Butler, that 1t Is perfectly
honorable for the Government 10 take
92 cents worth Of silver which any
man may offer at the mint, stamp II
~ Il dollar, return IL 10 the man and
compel his creditors TO accept 1t as
worth 100 cents, there Is practically
no limit to the good gifts which an
omnipotent Government may confer
upon people suffering from the lack
OF cheap money, The nickel five cent
piece is coin having n certain intrin
sic value Of it, own, and receivable TO
a certain amount AS legal tender TO
be sure, twenty OF them are worth, rs
metal, only II l-2 cents but as TWEEN.
~ silver dollars a;e worth onl y SlS,-
40, the distinction is only one Of de-
gree. Now lvt Messrs. Bland and
Butler amend their bill so as to admit
the coinage Of nickel free OF charge,
aud the happy days which they pre-
diet under free anu cheap silver dol
lals will come much more quickly and
overwhelmingly. a pound Of nickel
costs only one dollar and half
much less than a pound Of silver-and
when cut up into five cent pieces it
makes n great deal more "money."
This is really the poor mans money (;
and it the silver bonanza men are TO
be allowed to buy dollars for 92 cents
those who can afford to speculate on.
" in nickel ought to be permitted to
get their dollars in that metal for II
l.2 cents apiece. The system is the
same.-BoStOn Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
BIRTHS.
In Hartland, Dec 2s, a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Stafford
MARRIED..

In Woodstock, Jan. by Rev. Moses Kid
der, Miss Hannah Gates to Mr.. Martin e.
Cowdry both OF Bridgewater.
III Woodstock, Jan. /, by Rev. Moses Kid
der, Miss Mary Washburn to Mr.. Willie b.
Switzer both OF Woodstock.
In Woodstock, Jan. !, by Rev. Moses Kid
der, Miss Frances A. Maxam to Mr.. Albert
+. Hart both Of Pomfrct.
In South Woodstock, Jan. /, by Rev. l.. W.
Hicks, Miss Della NJ. McCollum of Woodstock
and Mr. Frank l.. Hubbard Of Rochester.
In Hartland, Dec. 10. by Rev. Moses Kid
der, Mr.. Vim. A. Gorham Of Westminster,
VT, to Miss Lois A. Colby of Hartand.
In Hartland, Dec 25, by Rev. C. C. Thorn.
ton. Mr.. James W. Farnsworth and Miss En-
ma Lester, both Of Windsor.
In Hanover, N, H., Nov. 90 by Rev E. H.
Smith, Nellie Bartlett of Claremont, N H., to
VIM. A. King of North Pomfret, Vt.
In Pcrkinsville, Dec. 20, by Rev. VIM. H.
Rugg, Charles A. Grimshaw and Sarah
1Ialkard, all Of Perkinsvllle.
In Plymouth, Jan. /, by Alfred Sargent,
Esq, Marshal A. Dlmick to Mrs. Sarah Cove,
both of Plymouth.
Iu Plymouth, Jan. |, by Rev. L. W. Hicks,
Mr.. George A. Fisher of Woodstock. to iNlss
T. Emma Cook Of Plymouth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

The Vanderbilt will case certainly
grows no more sayory by stirring, and
Cornelius, Jr,, Is not dong himself
much good in the eyes of the public
by the peculiar autobiography no is
working up, Perhaps he does not
care much about his own reputation,
bnt If there is in his composition any
OF the shrewdness that attached TO the
famous original OF the name he bears
he ought to see that he is hurting his
cause by his course. Having virtually
confessed himself spendthritt as the
world defines one il will be harder
than ever to prove to the satisfaction
Of the public that the Commodore was
insane because he preferred to leave
his millions where they would be TAX
en- care OF rather than where they
would be squandered.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
The NezVS.
GENERAL NE VS.,

John Smith was born, baptised,
arrested, shot, buried, married aud sen
fenced to the penitentIary for life, all
In one week recently, IN Omaha,
They did not prevent his having his
tooth pulled, aud stopping his paper
on the following Monday, either
The st, Louis people are pleased
with the proposition to locate q United
States mint 10 that city, as they have
an idea that II would reduce the price
of mint juleps,
The heirs Of Colouel Henry Baker,
who ded In Philadelphia In 1901, have
put In claim for two hundred aud
fifteen million dollars worth OF prop.
erly, which 1t Is said he died possessed
Of, and which Is now held mlawiully
by strangers,
The losses by the failure OF Meter
& Co., the New York Bankers, are
about 100000, II Is understood that
all the stock and bonds rehypothecat'
cd by the Meters have been recover.
ed by the owners by the payment OF
the differences,
1t is charged that the bodies OF
the victims Of the Huron disaster were
plundered, On The 81 bodies recover
ed, about twelve OF whom were Of
iiccrs, not single lnnket was found
Watches and chains, money aud even
finger rings had been striped of by
those who first found the bodies M
they washed up
Mrs General Custer is living in
New York on the small pension she
receives from the Government aud her
salary rs secretary Of the Ladies Art
Association.
The Douglas (Mass,) Axo Com
pany will exhibit case Of tools at the
Paris Exposition.
"A New York dispatch says that
it is believed that Murphy, the alb
seconded Excise Commissioner, used
between $4,000 and 100000 Of the
money mtrusted to him. AS he was
under no bonds or oath regarding his
treasurship, he can only be tried, If
caught Tor breach of trust. lie was
formerly q fireman under Boss Tweed.
Boots Alexander, q murderer, es.
capped from a drunken mob near Muir
lreesboro, Tenn Then the linchers
waited until they were sober, which
required about six hours, recaptured
Alexander and hanged him.
"A Georgia paper asks the State
Legislature to pass law making 1t
an offence to give tobacco to minors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
NEW HAMPSHIRE,

How will the ballad Of little Bill
lee work IN the Granite State
-Eben Balcheldcr's daughter 20
years old, sci out TO commit suicide at
Sunapee Sunday night by drowning
in the Sugar river but her father
overlook aud seized her before she
could take leap,
Dudley Il. Chase Of Claremont
was last week elected Master of the
State Grange,
Some OF tho State Savings Banks
are reducing the rate Of interest to de-
posters 10 four per cent.
Robert S, Smiley has !e'ired from
the Claremont.Ea
Gen. Matt Head OF Hooksett has
been again reelected President Of the
State Agricultural Society, and Aaron
Young, Esq, Treasurer, Hon. Warren
Brown OF Hampton Falls aud Mr..
Moses D. Page Of Dover are among
the Vice-Prcsidents, and Col. Andrew
IL. Young Of Dover and G. Byron
Chandler Of Manchester are the Audi.
tors.
There is great excitement at La
COMA on account Of the liquor prose
cutions. All the apothecaries have
been arrested and bound over tor trial.
A man named Shaw, haillng from
Lowell, and employed by the Reform
Club as u spy, was examined to-day
on Il counter. charge Of selling liquor
at house of prostitution near Lake
Village, OF which be was frequcnter.
He was held in $4OS. w. l.. Melch-
er is his principal bondsman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

Buffers second brick, which he
threw, at the Banks Club dinner in
Boston, on Saturday evening last, will
hardly hurt any one. 1t is, in fact,
spongy in texture and utterly incapa-
BILE Of breaking in the softest head.
In the matter of Mr.. Hayes's title to
the presidency Bntler has added anoth-
or tothepolitical epigrams ofthe day by
declaring that he "has no respect for a
man who dlshonors his mothers mar.
riage certificate" but this is only a
turn of words. In relation to silver
imitation, he is on his defence, and has
nothing of Importance to say. At
first Ger. Butler was entertaining
now he becomes tedious. No one
cares to hear rehearsed his admiration
for the greenback because it saved the
country, was sealed with the blood OF
the citizen soldier, ect., ect. That is
clap.trap and evasion. If Butler con-
scientiously believes, as he says he
does, that silver initiation is to save the
the country, we can only regret the
eccentricity of his mind but this does
not 60 far to convince any man, be
he laborer or capitalist, that it is a
good thing or an honest thing to &C
cept and to give ninety-two cents
where tho contract calls for one
hundred.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Hon. W. E. Chambers Letter.

The sensation Of the day is the pub
LEGATION by Hon. w. Z. Chandler, the
New Hampshire member Of the Re
publican National Committee, Of IN
open letter to the Republicans of New
Hampshire, in which he makes num-
Der Of explicit and interesting state
ments concerning alleged bargains
made during the electoral count, and
their alleged tulfilment by the adop-
ton and pursuance Of the Presidents
Southern policy Mr.. Chandler is
the man who was sent by Zach.
Chandler TO Florida TO secure the vote
of that State for Hayes and is COM
petent witness. His complaint is that
sundry wicked and corrupt bargains
which he says he engineered in the in
terest OF the party and of great moral
ideas have not been carried out. 1t is
understood at Washington that Mr..
Chandler's letter has for its real object
the desire to serve notice upon Mr..
Hayes that he is to be read out of the
Republican party, and that his Undue
ton to the Presidential Office was &C
compllshed by fraud. Mr. Chandler
closes by saying that if the Republi-
can party snow disgraces its record
and endorses or fails to repudiate the
Hayes surrender, its voters will leave
it by thousands its days numbered,
it will die a deserved and unhonored
death" In this letter he declares that
Mr.. Hayes himself urged the bloody
shirt as the issue on which he wished
the campaign 80 be fought; that Sher-
man and Matthews directly, and
Hayes indirectly, gave assurances that
the Louisiana Returning Board would
be protected in its "extraordinory even
if iustitiable work; )" that, instead OF
carrying out this arrangement, a bar
gam was made during the Presidential
count by which if Hayes should be
President the ''lawiul Governments OF
Louisiana and South Carolina were to
be abandoned aud that the so.called
Southern policy of the President was
adopted as a fulflment of this bargain.
These charges are nothing new, but
they now for the first time come with
any weight, being vouched tor by a
member of the Republican National
Committee, one who was an active
worker in the iniquities of the Return
ing Boards, and who probably did
more OF the dirty work Of counting IN
Hayes than any of bis colleagues. MIR.
Chandler was inside the ring and
ought to know about the matters Of
which he speaks. Hen ce the several
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
Woodstock, Dec. 2Sth, 1877.
Is He'll and the Devil a Myth z

Friend McMaster IAN honest
God is The noblest work OF man, is
the opinion of Robert G. 1ngersoll.--
And l should judge from the opinions
expressed by many leading divines in
the Orthodox Church to-day, that q
"hun,ane God" is tar better adapted
to the higher types Of Christians and
teachings Of Jesus, than the God OF
jealousy, anger and wrath, with a
busy, weak and deceiving Devil, and a
never ending, burning He'll, to tor
ment his children with. Let the peo-
pie hear and judge.
NATH'L RANDALL.
Woodstock, Dec. 20, IT.
The following is from the N. y
Sun OF Dec. 81, 1877:
THE QUESTION OF HELL.
as He'll bugbear, aud is the devil
o scarecrow 1t is startling TO find
so many preachers now trying to lead
people TO believe that they are So
preachers who have always been con-
sidered sound IN their Professionalism
and solid in their orthodoxy. Few
people will pay much heed to Beech
er's hocus.pocus about hell last Sun
day, though some Of his rustic hearers
were doubtless amazed at the way he
fell foul of it. But we find that the
Rev. Dr. Burton. and the Rev. DR..
Blauvelt, and the Rev. Mr.. Merriam,
who were but lately among the pillars
of orthodoxy, have turned against the
ancient creed of damnation those
two great lights OF Congregational
theology, the Rev. DR.. Porter, Presi-
dent of Yale College, and the Rev.
Dr.. Hopkins, ex Presiden of Williams
College, have just given it TO be I'M
derstood that they do not consider
hell an essential feature Of their faith,
for they have just sustained the install
lation of the Rev. M. Munger, who
is heterodox on the subject the in
vestigations recently made by relig-
lous paper show that notions hereto
fore considered heretical respecting
eternal torment are tolerated among
the clergy Of the Congregational de-
while over in London,
that distinguished Episcopal divine,
Canon Farrar, has just preached
couple of extraordinary sermons in
Westminster Abbey, taking the
ground that even the words hell and
damnation should be stricken from
the Scriptures"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
EDR @qR.
Wednesday, January 2, 1873.
1879.

The year A, d, 1878 is upon us
and consequently we wish our pat
rons, readers and "the rest OF man
kind" q Happy New Year aud many
of them,
The year just passed has been a re-
markable one IN many respects, which
we will not stop now to partiealarlzo'
We only will say that the Democratic
party within the United States did
well last year, which argues well for
Its future triumph and success at an
early day, for which We are grateful
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02
NE W ENGLAND NE VS..
VERMONT.

VERMONT.
Fourteen tenement houses on one
street in Montpelier are vacant
old settlers recall just such q
mild winter 40 years ago, when nc
snow came until after the new year.
The Orphans Hcme at Bu'ling-
ton will probably receive $4,000 from
the estate of the late II. b. Howard
of Fairfax.
"A man in the eastern part OF the
State sold his wife for $50, but could
not collect but $40. Hard times.
"A horse was sold several times in
Mortified, the other day; once for
knife, another time for so cents, and
again for two pounds of sugar.
The State Merino Sheep. breeders
Association and the Board Of Agricul-
ture will hold joint meeting at Mid.
dlebury, January 9, loy1l.
A Woodford man went to his en-
ployer and asked reduction of2O per
cent, in his wages, on the ground that
he was receiving more than he earned.
Miss Alice Noyes, oldest daugh'
ter of Morillo Noyes, Esq, of Burling-
ton, who has been in poor health for
some time, died Sunday. Miss Noyes
was an estimable young lady, and we
sympathize with friend Noyes in his
great affliction.
Mrs. Susan D. Clark of Dummers-
ton took s1lose of corrosive sublimate
recently, and died after a week of
great suffering.
About all of Benningtons manu-
facturers are involved in suits to test
their rights to the water of the east
branch of the Walloomsac, which runs
through the village.
The time for holding the annual
reunion of the Connecticut valley Ma
sonic union at 81. Johnsbury has been
changed to January II.
"A just recognition Of faithfully
performed official duties, is the recent
nomination by the President and con-
firmation by the senate Of General
George P. Foster for another term as
United States Marshal for Vermont.
Besides being a genial and popular
gentleman, the General is as good a
a civil officer as he was military
North Star.
That's so.
Six divorces were granted at the
late term of the Washington county
court. The Montpelier Journal says
."This has been the most remarkable
term of the court for filthy divorce
cases since the law was passed allow.
ing oral testimony in the county court.
Outrageous as the testimony was, three
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

At n late meeting of the board OF
Directors of the Central Vt. II, r
the following changes in the manage
ment were made Gov. Smith re-
tains the presidency but resigns the
management 4; Geo. w, Bentley, late
Superintendent of the New London
Northern, becomes the general mana
ger; Lansing Mills manager Of
through traffic, and j. w. Hobart
general superintendent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

definite charges which he makes
against President Hayes must at least
receive consideration, The most i'm
portant Of these charges Is that which
alleges the existence, IN the hands Of
u, A Burke, Of a written agreement,
made by Sherman before Hayes was
counted in and for the purpose Of &c
curing that result, to the effect thai
Hayes, II lNauguraled IN President ;
would abandon Kellogg and Cham,
berlain This letter Of the Republican
manager will be read with unusual In
terest The confession which II
makes has been long delayed, but II
has internal evidence Of truth to u cer-
tain extent, together with partial i'm
probabilities Post,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

OF the new Democratic U. ). Sena'
tor, J, 4, Farley, just elected by the
Legislature of California the papers
say Mr.. Farley was the nominee
four years ago, when Booth, Ind, was
elected to the Senate, and received 81
votes, Gl being needed for an election
lie has been one of the staunchest
members OF the Democratic party in
California for the last twenty-five
years, and for seven or eight years its
acknowledged leader. BY profession
he is a lawyer He is slow to reach
conclusions, but, his mind once made
up, is firm and tenacious 1t was
through his adroit management that
the State was carried by the Demo-
Gratis in 1875. Mr.. Farley is very
popular with the rank and file OF the
party, though he has often had occa-
sion to quarrel with its leaders, and
will make a good Senator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-01-02

1t is stated that one object of Secre.
tary Shermans visit to New York is
to confer with the syndicate people
and other New York bankers, and if
possible devise means OF defeating the
Bland Silver bill in Congress, which
both Secretary Sherman and the syn.
dictate people say has stopped the sale
OF four per cent. bonds.