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THE BERLIN MISSION.
IT WAS OFREnEn 70 wuITELAw HE'D ]
DCCEMNER LAST,

DCCEAlIER LAST.
Epeciat Lfsputch 10 The Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. c., April 4.-Thcre Ia very
general reJoiclng apre tonight a,nong the many
Washington friends Of Whtto1nw Reid over thu
knowledge OF tle fact tint he was offered tho
Berlin Misaion. Ills journalistic friends arc
particularly delighted with this marked recogni-
t!on Ut Ills ability md national standing. At
the samo tlntc tho feeling IL general that he
Iluontlal position, for any diplomatic post.
TILE cOKNRsrOHDgSCE.
20 tho tfTffern 4isfoctated rrss1.
WASHINGTON, u. e., April 4.-Tho fact that
the 0urman Mission was offered to Whitclaw
Reid, editor Of tho Now York Tribune, last De-
ccsnbcr, seems to have bcon ono Of the bcst-kopt
otliral 6ccrcts which tic preseut AdmInistsA-
tlon has lad. 1t Is now tirst made known by
tile publication Ut The following correspondence
which has heretofore BEEN treated - con1dtu-
tul:
DEPARTMENT or HrATk, WARRINGTON, D. q. ,
Dec. ~. 18TH. .--Mr DEAN Mn. ttEIp-The Prcpi-
sS s' s.ss s:s Il A. ta a s
United States abroad.. to nttnch ,noro Importance
to public position and public services OF eminent
,nure rrlatlons any political pur4onAl interests
within tho party. howaosvcs prominent these may
he. ln acc9laa.lcs With this desire. am directed
bY tue President to nsk your acceptance OF
thu 1rsnan Mission, nude vacant by thetdeash ot
1iuyand 1'Rylor. It Rlvea tnp personally great
pleasure to cnnyoy to you shis wisl Of the TFesI.
lpht, and to express tna hops that you lnay Ind
it in &ccufd With your inclination aud to DO not In.
consistent with ottict obligations 10 undertake thu
public servtcc whlch the rFctldent asks Of you.
nm. my dcsr NE: lted, very truly, -,
WhttsJaw Held, Esg. VIZ, II. EyAnTs.
REPLY.
TuH Nav TonK TMnuxE. New YonK, Dec. 80,
1BIB.-Mr DEAN Mn. EyAWTa; / must tendcr to
you and be9 ron atHo to express to tho pfnsuani
my beat lhhl.kn for tho unexpected o1cr Of the
mission to the nerman Empire. Two consslera.
tlons senuot this high h0n0e peculiarly grateful.
You cal! tus To- = post laat held BY near frlaud,
! upi you TO It solaly on she hatterinY estimate
placed by yourself and the rrcadent upun ny
public service. haye alwaya thought The citizen
ought 70 atsenpt any task to which
| bis Government may summon him, but The
| work In which au now cugascd. which Il also q
public duty. aseIaa ~ g:ye Hfeatet M opnoEtuntsei
advancing lhoaa vlews and public policy which VI
aSsco In Thinking cs4rntal 10 III prospertty thar
any that could bo ui1rui ln tha now he!d you pro
roHc. N0thlng, therefore. nut song0 Ut duty in,
tiuces me 10 nak that you allow mo to dscltne ths
brilliant position yon Utss. an. mY dear Mi,
Ths lion. William ii. Evarts, Washington.
, 1879-04-05

poseo q1 bctolo - oc.oes' Ait"F
TINT larger ORDERS were feee'vea' among
them ons from the National BANK OF Com
merco OF Now York lot s4o.ooo'oo' nnd others
from several other New YORK banks, ranging
from $l.0oo,0oo to ea,oohooo or SA'Uo,NN. Tho
whole amount Of Bonds remaining OF those ad~
veftised were sold In two hours tnls Nternoot1'
and the calls rerc Issued Tor all tho o pcr cents
that remained outstanding.
After tho per eonsa that hafe occn ohefea
wera all sold to-tlaT,
wero received, particularly from New York
banks, which were not, Of course, accented nnd
some Of those were forwarded TO The Secretary
after he left the Department for the daJ. lie IL
In Doubt tonight whether thcse 1crr all bona
tids subsc1tpttons, Or whether those 'ho seat
them wero not already aware that no more 4
pei cents wero just now for sale, and
therefore made their oilcrs tor fatnes and
not for the purpose OF obtaln'nK$ tie
bonds. Tie sale OF 90, 000,000 Of per cent
bonds to-day makea the total amount Of consots
Of that class disposed Of since Mr. Sherman be-
cano Secretary Of tie Trcaaufy S55o,oO,uo'
Of these &75,00o, 900 vera sold during the nrst
year, $l25, ,000 000 In tie second year, anu &SV,"
OK, GOO since the frat Of January last.
TtsH ANNUAL SAVING or rNrxREsT
is about s11,o00,000. The Secretary Of the
,t.,s ns ~ Sn,. ~, W.. ~
u.''o"s opon "nsn Nv VII ouet .ne oo ~ ~ -
Of the per cents (about t2oo.oo,oo0 II,
M =. .",.,,,.s.. -" ."... W ~ 81 ~ ~ t.SsS
oI re1unulE9 Inc outstanding Io'4o oonuB'
ro,,rso a; trn or threc vrcks 1he terme viii
~ ..s,,,s ~ ~ f.so'st,. y. ~. s',s,hs..
not psouaoiy W. 10 iasotaulo 10 the pu5euAset
as those under which the I per cents Just closed
trOfa tH7H mt
The Secretary bus been dcsrous that Con-
oress should make tho ttmo during which tn-
tercat On bonds that arc called shall run
SHORTER THAN NINETY OATS,
now a1cd by law, md naked Congress to lcgas-
lata on this subject at its last scss!ou. The
House did attend to this, but In tho confusion
Of the last hours OF tho session It was lost
sight Of In the Senate. It Is proba-
bio that the Secretary will either
otlor the Remaining per ccnts at small pre-
MUM. or else cause the interest upon them to
begin at a Inter dato than that OF tic subscrtp-
tion. Ia either Of these ways the 9overnment
NAV savo part Of the double interest which 1t
now has to pay Tor ninety days.
CIRCULAR.
~ tas 1ptss<rn A'soetd,td l.resa
WAsu1Na1ox, D. c., Aprll 4.-The following
InEAsrnr - nnrAhTnhsf; Il orf1en q 7 Tm1 bxenE
scrpon, to te per c:ot consult avine boen ro
eeiyeS t" te ia fuli anonnt mt Of sha .2o Sonds the
i. 1871, inviting suoh sub1crlption, IL rescinicd.
The $40 refundlnu certificates will 10 aola AZ bete.
tofore nndcr Circulars or 1atea March II and ~.
THE per cent consola Will hereafter be sold for
Tue 1edempston OF lo.4o bends o. the act o. March
1oo4' nooh terms 70 & 10 pfesen.so
| w." ~" s's.' ors~r' $1,000 1ss'
THE LAsF OF THE FtshT"Hsr'ss'
Subscriptions today to tho per cent bonds
amount TO $5v, W., 7U.
| The Secretary Of the Treasury Ttll ISSUE call
| for tile balance OF the b.20s OF 'G7 to-day, and
| tn-morrnw tin cn1l will he Issued for all thc
, 1879-04-05
AMUSEN1l2NTS.
"OtbA4EsYsS 'EltE4A.K'keE.
AQ Il. ii. IIOOLET, gole Proprietor aud Mansgcr,


EMMA ABBOTT,
and
THE HESS GKAND OrEKA
COMPANY, RETURN FOL. ONE WEEK phLY1
coAaFSSGG!HTal FSGsTl xusF Tf!teGisHfYISo fMGsfI
Abbott, Aaudail, ca,tIo. sud Foakcs appearing
Tuesday Evcntug-CHIMEB or NORMASDY.
Montague, tho ScKulnt, EsAtla .Turnet anu pcskes
"Wednesday EyeunR-Fos Emma Abt'ott4 Denent, tho
new opcEA, the Ereat aMcc6sa rAgl. AND VIRGINIA.
Splendid now icailery now III preparation.
Thur.InJ EventnK-lL TltOvATuHE:
Montague. MFs. hceuln. Turner+ Ry1c. cto.
Friday Eyentng-FAUL AND VIRGINIA.
Grand Matinee Wcdnusdhy-DAlfs's ROSE OF CAS-.
TILE.
Ths Opcras for Saturday announced hereafter.
IY1ce1-Sl tD 81. 73c. and 50c Matuecs 7ac and dOo
, 1879-04-05
Fred Douglass Views Of the
Existing Southern Col
ored Exodus.
Ho Thinks tho Old SlnveOwners
Will Suffer by It Finan-
cialfy.
War Department Decision Adverse
to the Moline Water-Works
Company.
Calls Issued for tho Remainder OF tho
Clyc-Tucnty Bonds.


Uh;to1ou Raid {1tfarad tha Rer1in Mia.
-, ~. n.s..l.r -.
sloA Ill ueeeuAp01 Aas"
pr.A11 nr4pnAra
.- ~, c,,s -, rr1sr ~, vs, ,r,,u
PRESIDENT sunl,EYpags TIM coNrxpEnAcr.
,...,., n,.-.,.s ~ ra. 1xsn,r.
w,,n,scros - s' ~ e.. Ami 4, II. 4,LTi,crc va. nm.
r,,,ar rroat i,ov ~ ,ohotc IN lin Uonsc to,dar.
49,, ,,o,nrv .,n Win tho ncnuh,,cona. A. the
,,,sa,,.s, s,on con,,r,,o. I'm n,nuh,ic,na hpcomc
.nor, consc,ous ~ tbc choractcr of tho 1crla1a.
tton rronoacd hv tho ncmncrnts. an1 tho pen.
orol r1emocrnt,c nurno,c. The nomocrots, "a
,nc doba,o continues. nra 1eaa guarded In their
'n~nr.xa,ons Tho snt,tlrrn men nrn mich 1t.a
n1i,tc mi corc 1c.t for t1,e cfTect of thcfr er-
,rcastons tbon thc Northern Democtats. Thee
"s1s'mo a. sa. Nor.nas,, s.n,o,ont - va,i
1s ~. ,st rsa.an nronnhv 1n crn,tsr ,att.
s.,a, ~, ,hoJr s,,aoo,,aa yoOtsrIov for tbo frat
.an.o n thnro suss rn,,r1 nm hota cno,ob m
49, nar,aor..t, ~. - n,no,rco = W h ,ho
.sa -, a., T,o1aoa.sn,, -, aort,rr. a. ro,,rsa
re-. hod ,,o, ,,t.ro;1 NAV mir, tha Io,t vca.
st.o ~ w.. war mi rcconatructton 1eo,slatton
80, t,,,. ,.as, tnr-, fro,,, +no .t.,uto i,oo,.a
r. ,.I ,,.. .t,.sn,a,+ ,sas ,nn;1o .,,tI, oroo,or
a,,,,hasf. hv atrgIoto, ~ Mtv,,asn,i vim
I".a s"'p 49, ~ aohaso r. ,o,,. Wr ,rn,,d mi
1a"ro p ,nn root,aa ~ +hia War ,ec,.,attoo ,,non
TIC stetuto BOOKS W'!4 aceept uuIli tne pfop'
=. ',o @0 Ill, III ~. 80. d, III .f, -,
so. 'I"' IN 49, "s ",,1 ~, ~ sonso,, r,l, nv.
so. - s.a "s.s, .s u ~ 49,. su,,,o,.t ~,
hps, ), Th,a 4. ~, "a,,,sstor ~ Ill
.,,,t 49, po.'.h1ta,n. H ahs,ao '''''0''~''
''A' >1' A$'p1s r,,,, nars.r cv,ns
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, 1879-04-05

manuscript TINT lookea rs II II might haVo peen
CARRIED In has pocket through tho campaign Iln
wns opposed to e1ttaueuue legislation on m A|t
prupriatton btIt npw, Thc Democrats, he sntl,
lad done veil enough for fourteen years urlcr
crtat,rv laws. hoI i,c,d c,.ottona ,rttu,1t trou.
~ "'., .a"s, s H., an,,,h nm, n ,nolso
p'e, ''u no" cohtloaeu u,o so.e, ~. .,'.,. ~
such odo now about These laws WIS 70 s.ot ''o
door after tho horse was stolct. Tie object ccf-
ta,ply was. be eatu to coerrc the President and
nottinv clsc am, IN t,,at roanrck was unconstt.
..s"'4h S'.ss .sasa..a,, w." III. ..nnrL, ,l,n,.t
tnilohaa' Jones aaorcsseo Iis fela"'ae a.lnos.
entirely to the Democratic side. Ao aFfa1gned
them Tor not having attempted to repeal tile law
IN a nrcrfou. Conprc.s when thew md tic mower.
49,, rarnr.,i. .hnxsd ,hnt rs wot;l1 In rant.
nIu sc"c'nl.' eno"su t.'.. ~ !" "o''a " '"'
ling thorn In tie s'do oil thc Domoefats'
GEN. nAwIET,
Of Connecticut, made the speech Of the day. It
was close, logical, powerful, mid eloquent
spcccb, IN which bo closely defined the function
n Tia n.,nv IN air notionn, .ystcm. nnd ttnwc,1
~ ~. a''ns :" W. ....',., ~" ~ "".
INIT tle country WHICH haa aoe 'l'o poncf u
execute fts own laws within its own jurisdiction
wsA unworthy the name Of the great American
Rcnnbl,c. Ho showed IL al a fact OF American
, 1879-04-05
SOUTHERN RUsfoRs.

EVANSVILLE, 1ud., April 4.-Cousidornblo In
forest has toen felt here today over the rumorcd
purchase by the Louisville & Nashville Railway
OF the Tennessee Division Of the St. Louis II
Southeastern Railway. Rumors OF all kinds arc
a1oat. There Is no apprehension, however,
that a change, II made, will aIteck
tho business interests Of Evansvillc.
q. NJ. Si,epharl, Assistant General Superin-
tendent Of tic St. Louis u Southeastern Rail-
way, says that the telegram from Nashville pub
]ls1ied Ii the Cincinnati Commercial yesterday
stating that "nll frciEht-tratns on tho ronncssee
Division have been discontinued and 200 men
thrown out of employment IL false. Not 4
train has been taken oil tho Nashville Division,
nnd mot man has boeu discharged.
, 1879-04-05

conducting the campaign, but came to Washing.
ton on Tho frat nf every month 10 sen to the dis
barfcment nf members' salarios. Did not nc.
gect his official duties,
DUNCAN =. WAIKkR,
becfttnrY OF tho Democratic Conversational COM
ntttec In 1B1B testified that the Headquarters Of
the Committee for portion Of tho campaign
were In tfe room OF the nousu Committee on
Agriculture. Tho amount collected by tho
Commfttoc ras H,Ga5. The number OF 'docu-
inents aent out wns t,oal, ~, The doeu-
room Of tho House Committee on Post
Hoaas and Printing. Large nqmhers Of
under tlIe frank OF members OF Congress. but
nothing not privilege. Postage wAa paid on all
tht documents not frankablc. Witness read
abatement showing thnt the expenses Of tho
foldlng.toom for 1878 wore only 420,503, AZ
aRsinsi larger sulns ranging up to AZ high as
8lO9,o the last ten ycars.
HARRY CoDAuT,
Captain Of The Watch In the Treasury Depart
meat. tcstliled TINT lie had charge Of furnishing
fennsylfaD!a voters in that Department with
FREQ transportation 10 their homes, and tax re-
ce!pts where they had failed 10 pa1 their taxes,
both OF which were furnished by Russcl, acting
for The State Central Republican Committee.
, 1879-04-05


burns, tho Eluaco OF Join Brown, and The Enu-
cral ordinations mud recsitnina.ions.
Ny: Jones frexns) opposed the placing. OF
po,!tioal legtslatlo,l on M appropriation bly,
Mr.. Wright condemned! The reopcntbu OF tho |
dead Issue Of The War, and predicted defeat Qn
fb50) for tho party tint raised them.
Mn. rAwtE1 {ooNH.)
followed, dnnoNHcIn1 thu purpbbe OF the ma
loflty, which Would leave the Government to be
carried On by tbs voluntary service Of It's officers
to tho Treasury In 1870. II wns threatened BY
gentlemen OF that majority that II ihr President
should veto tue bil they would apply tho tIlumh-
screws to tho minority In order 10 obtain two-
printion should faii.' 10 il,at progran,,,o % to
minority would invariably voto nav to
the end Of tho chapter. It was not now
Il question Of the merit Ut the statntcs. but Of
getous, reprellcustblc, n,,d 10 be oppose.l. lie
asked the oter side of The House whether tie
pending Issue was o good one fur t1Lcin before
y; ,l.e people. Vas It a nco thing to no to the
ao ks nan.o f. snsy s" sy M shGH1 aq s Isps
peal Of thia Election law. Let tho ilouae Toto
Mnon 1t. Let the BenAtc vots upon 1t. Let the
President veto It Il he would, and lot Congress-
then try to pass It over the PrestdentB ycto,
,;t; pesty should take Tue Issue Oh lis shoulders.
rur IT ON ITS FLAG,
,,.a .A.,.Sa - g.. a., T.. 1901 N.Y..
afrnid to do tl,nti ii obedience 10 wl,at .n1ste.
rtolts plan. or conspiracy was 4 that Con-
tsesS r. .,to naa 70 20 ceen T., agIn In,,ts ~ *.
told that ii must vote for wlat WAS wrong,
Of that The Government would be starvodl
[Applausc on tho Republican ssde.] II tho Dc
.'nt au & a,,ta ~, ~ ,a tau @
said i,o {addresslu1 tho Durnocratic htdo If tlla
uouse}, that because We love this CHILD NO will
s.ana ", ana tne ase noment ~e wi VIII yioia
"' n Sou III ,.4 M xa sa ~
~ & S,ow a1 ~, ati ~ ~ .'tp - Wy ~.
you Eng" & "as n..n "e ~ VI" hu 10 tp1 @ ~ yoI knoM, ,,
t4nK uoa Ta1 tha ne hayS aGe .'e los or oa
applauso on tno nepuoi.san ~. slac1' al yes you
roc a "nV .4 sc E ~ tat s,nmt !S a III os an, DC
pn,a' m, ,is 'Io .vs ,hIr .osria, % 'odhes ihei
f{s !Ss " Wa, p:Ss:smsas s @ and 80 ln.f;!s!
~ '.n,. ,,,oss .nv u, vo,,r ,,r
lot t%o in, YeaLa toSss lev yua ;,n y.p
,%nt iii ni. .n ~ vit rrcns no,nra,nraa IL
yo., realy link raj iavo YOU tl.s ieast jtica In
LII, liz % 'i % w. ~, VI ,,at is un nr rtto ~
W., W., W ~ ~ opGn.ese W % ~ Mmas Susp'snss W
~ Hom;,itIa .'da1 w, ore ,o. ,rrpr,sIu,e
hut,ns Iaw ~ WV ~ ms "' fnrcc tn a..
ta'a Tue feactal power. out you come WIN
oNa sWsfftNo DEMAND
TINT the whole Of this legislation nuat be wipcd
out as Unconstitutional, and TINT the Federal
ploycl. II locks to us, gentlemen, M
II very determined attempt OH your nart
not to carry The country In d political
campaign In 1880, but to tako possession OF It,
as you hare taken possession of large portion
Of thu South. YOU have arowcd your desire to
untto with your fricnls Of the Greeuback per-
auneou. It looks hopuful tu you ttat YOU have
come into your heritage Mt the same time that
this "tag tag-u,nl oobtafl - Of all tlnansal ele-
nil frnnkncAs pnrtt vfJti nrn1n6k anrtla M yi,tr
, 1879-04-05

St. LOUIS April "A Kansas City dlspatch
says b. L. Hcuntng. General Superintendent Of
tho Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf anu
Lcavcnvorth, Lawrence & Galveston Ronds, rc-
signed today. It Is understood that 7. r.
Oakcs recently General Superintendent Of tho
Kansas Pacific, will be appointed to tho position
vacated by IIennlng. MAJ. ucnning has been
General Superintendent Of tho Fort Scott Road
since II was built, ten years ago.
, 1879-04-05
ITEAIR.

1rEMR.
NJ 1.,,..Ay .rr-ne- p,o.too,, a, ~. c,,..ro
~ ea'ne.p ~ ~ ,e'' ,se4usn'oA =, eno ene~e
q Northenatcfh hatlfoaa tompany, mas fssaeo
circular giving notice TINT tho Company has
been obliged to abandon TINT part Of its lilo be-
+uo.n 1,,,r,na nta Flint Afr,,.. beco,xe II. Inn.
,,',ss, foa,,i.a. -, rmn. sa ,'.,,ed ,r,ar -, .r,
tnlna' 4ae'i.I'cs u. F"o. ato na.'ocu WEI W 1ao
Chicago & Lake Huron Railroad.
The ernfrratfon from the Lanadfan nroyinces
=, ,;,a rro,,,soo n l., ,rt,., 1.rro d,,-frr
:" ''e"'.ooa P'o''''"es ~, ~ oe 4u.te ia.s aot.h
tue coming season. llo lF1t lnstnllmont thls
season oi aSg persons VIII aTr,vn lefe tlls morn
co5nc ron ~ frnrn Pafls' Kncartltnr. i,oni,on, Ill mi
An,,tha,nnton. Cnr. They viii 10 Wes. from
fhfs rity hT tiic Ch!coro Il Nnrthwcatnrn.
''s ~'s. y ~
inc General Managers anu General Froiehs
AGENTS Of the iowa nool lines nelq meetinN
{cstcrday at thg oilcc 81 t!ie chicago, Kock
lslAhtl q taet1c kasroad loF TUG purpose oL r.
arranging ING lowe freight taflu. ihere "efo.
Efcsent Autl k!adIe, Ffeslaehtt ana Juhlt Y.
snniosa, 1Ea1ilc AanaTef. Chlcago, hock Island
" rac1c; alnrvln llnEbttt. Gcncral Manager,
md u. z. Wicker. tcnesai Freight AGENT Cht-
cago d Northwestern; hnd Z. Y. Smith. Iraiiic
Manager, and +. t, Rlpoy, General frrtKht
AYons, ChlcnIo, Durl!nEton y Quincy. Alter
ndiscusslon TINT astcu a'l Day 1t was decided TO
make reduction Of about u per cent on tho
rates On lumber uhu 1--WE stocR'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-15

TATE OF VERMONT, At Probate
DIsrpIcr OF HARTFORD IS. Court held at
Woodstock, within and for said District, on
the third day Of January, A d., 1879.
Present Hon. John Porter, Judge.
Job Sanders Estate, Bethel testate.
Whereas, Moulton j. Gilman, Executor OF
the last will and testament Of the said testator,
has presented to said Court his petition in
writing, setting forth the amount Of debts due
from tho said deceased and the expenses OF
administration, the value Of tho personal
estate and the situation of tho real estate
and that the sale ola part OF said real estate
is necessary, to pay said debts and expenses,
and part cannot be sold without injury 10
those Interested in the remainder, and there
fore making application to said Court lor
license to sell the whole Of said real estate
and all other real estate OF said testator, II
any such there be within the State.
Thereupon the Court appoints tho first
Wednesday (fifth day. of February next,
as time and the Probate Office in
Woo dstock aforesaid, as u place OF hearing
and deciding on said application and orders
that notice OF said application be gwen TO all
persons int led in said estate, the reason
ior the same, and the time and place of hear.
ing, by publishing three weeks successiVely
in the Spirit Of the Age, newspaper. printed
ut Woodstock, in this State, which clrcuiateS
in the neighborhooi OF those interest, d (all
which publca tons shall be previous TO SAID
time of heering,) a copy Of the record OF TINS
order that they may appear before said Court
and be heard III the matter OF said applica-
ton, ifthey see cause.
A true record.
HENRY S. DANA. Register.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-15
West Hartford.

West Hartford.
Another severe snow'siorm on
Thursday last which makes about
enough to get about handy.
Rev. Mr.. Chamberlain Of Sharon
occupied the desk at the Church in
this place, Sunday, In exchange with
Rev, Mr., Newport.
1t is said that number Of relig
ious meetings have been held in tho
barroom at the hotel during the past
few sabbath evenings, a continuation
ofthe same IS reported A good idea
"A. Howard recently lost two fat
hogs.
Tho Stafford brothers of Barnard
have leased the Brooks saw.mill in
Sharon for q term of five years They
are to continue custom saving and
are also to have several run Of stone
for grinding corn. The mills being
near the Z. VT. II. II. offer unrivalled
advantages in the wholesale western
trade Of which they will enter largely
into. A side.track is soon to be built
to connect the mill and railroad.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-15
Tyson Furnace.

Tyson Furnace.
AT the meeting of the Ramona
Grange, No. 4, of Allen District, held
at Proctorsville, January 18th, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
year 1879: Master, L G Fullam; Lud
low Overseer, S N Wright, Grafton
Lecturer, J w Stickney, Tyson Fur
mace; Steward, Z X Slack, Plymouth
Assistant Steward II A Adams,
Rockingham Chaplain, Mrs G A
Scott, Tyson Furnace Treasurer, G
D Parker Proctorsville Secretary,
G A Greeley, Chester Gate Keeper
A A Edsion, Chester; Ceres, Mrs c
d Parker, Proctorsvllle; Flora, Mrs
A A Edison, Chester Stewardess,
Mrs II A Adams, Rockingham Bust
ness Agent, CD Parker, Proctors
vile.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-15

STATE OF VERMONT. At a Probate
DIaruicr OF HARTFORD m. Court held al
Woodstock within aud for said District on
tho eleventh day OF January, A.D' 1870
Present, Hon. John Porter. Judge
Annah Kpowiton's estate. Norwich, ietostate,
Bartlett Sargent, Administrator OF said estate,
proposes to render an account OF his admins,
irstion pnd TO prerent his account against said
estate for examination and allowance o. a
Probate Court, to DO hold at Woodstock sfore.
said on tho frat Wednesday (ifth day.
Of February nes'. The Court therefore
orders that notice Of tho same DO giyen
to all persons Interested IN said estate, by
publishing a copy OF tho record OF this order
three weeks succossively In tho Spirit Of no
Age, a newspaper printed at Woodstock aiorc.
and contest tho allowance OF said account, II
thoy SEQ cause.
"a true record.
HENRY S. DANA, Register
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-15
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sharon,
-On Tuesday evening Of last week
the young people OF this Vicinity and
adjoiaing towns, assembled At the res
idence Of A, u, burgess, to the num'
Der OF sixty, or thereabout, where
they were invited to sa'all hall In
tho upper part Of hls eommodlous
mansion, where q "tlp top" time was
enjoyed by all, The evening was
spent 10 playing harmless games, SO
cial chat. ele,, until the vicinity Of ten
o'clock, when Refreshments were
served The party fingered until the
wee sma hour OF one, when they 10
paired TO their homes, all feeling well
paid for coming
Moses Flanders met with q Sc
rlous accident while At work In the
woods one day last week by having q
large uee fall upon him, breaking one
Of his legs above the knee,
There has been no singing school
tho last two week on account Of the
teacher Mr. Perkins being detained
by sickness
Mr. A Mcdonald whom We spoke Of
u week or two ago as being danger
ously sick Is slowly recovering,
The donation visi. for Rev l. u
Steele last Thursday evening was
very well attended, although a very
stormy night, about $4,000 were clear
cd above all expenses
There seems to be good many
suffering from colds, aud lung diseases
At present.
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West Randolph.

West Randolph.
West Randolph must be a sadly
demoralized community, morally and
physically, judging from the burden
it bears. There are in the village,
S lawyers, I ministers, 8 dentists and
6 doctors, besides other evils too nu-
merous to mention.
Miss Haley, the reyivalist. has
closed several weeks OF successful la
Dor at the Christian church.
On account Of sickness, Mrs
Chase resigns her position in the grad
id school. She has long been sue.
cessful teacher. Miss Nettie Bass
takes her place.
The promised 'oold time CON-
ing" has reached rs.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor has been giving
series of sermons, Sunday evenings,
at St. Johns Church, upon the "Proph-
esies," which have beeu attractive and
interesting.
Only one smash up in the village
last Saturday. Osman Brockway was
the proprietor.
The man who didn't know there
was a stone curbiug around the yard
in front of the "Whi:e Church,
found it, IN attempting to turn the
corner. He hasn't as good assleigh
as he had, but he knows more.
Antoine Gilbert, an aged man
living near the residence of Samuel
Mann, dropped dead in his house early
last Thursday morning. Heart dis
ease the probable cause.
"A Dr.. Parkhurst from Chelsea
has taken up his abode at West Ran.
dolph. He is of the vegetable persua-
sion-order, Biped.
-Drs. Bailey & Kendrick have
taken an Office in the Bradish build
ing, over DR.. Blancbards dental Office.
The event of the season will be
the second annual ball, given by the
Masonic fraternity at Dubois & Gays
Hall, Friday eve Ct this week. The
Central Vermont Railroad carries for
fare Que way. The hall is one of the
finest ip the State, and has been elab-
orately decorated for the occasion.