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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

grandpa died, Tor words When were
spoken around his death bed were
rehearsed with aoeTins accuracy
Thea . few moments later she had
gone lack 70 the busiest period Of au
her active life, Tor she felt herself sur
rounded by oil her family OF little
children, Two Of them had died
while quite young, and she must have
recalled something Of this long past
sorrow, for 10 murmudng their names
she smiled aud sighed consolingly, "Ah
well, neyermorel" AMI We know she
meant the separation and sorrow
could DO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Again, with The sudden transition
OF dream, she had gone still further
back into tho past, ani 10 ! she waa q
girl again, for days long gone by, harm
less scenes OF amusement aud pleas
ure 10 which she had joyously parlie'
mated aud of which We had been told
were uppermoSt in her mind aud In
imagination were present, snd Oh
how lrnc to lie A shy, COY smile,
stole over the wrnkled yet lovely
face ~ she murmured tho usme Of
"Charlie Grayson," for no was her
lover again what other fancy could
have called up that hali'blis'lNl' half
bashful expression 10 graadma's dear,
beautiful counlcnance 7 but still Tar
ther lato the vnforgotten past, and
she was u child again, Could It bot
Yes she was telling her mother what
had happened IN school that day
We stood with bated breath and
OVERLOOKING eyes now, for tho sweet
voice was growing no low, NO bent to
catch each ialtcring sound. Was
she going back farther still 7 Yes back
to habyhood, for like a little child she
begged TO be "takcn up she was $50
tired = and back farther still, tor like
nursing child resting its hoad on its
mothers breast, grandma slowly turn
cd her face inward on the pillow with
a nesting movement, aud with n little
contented, grooming sound, the voice
ceased,-ioreyer And 50 back through
Oh the avenues Of the past, the Kind
Saviour had gently led the spirit OF
his trustful, yet somewhat fearing
child, until, like an infant dropping to
sleep upon the sheltcring bosom Of its
mother, it had slipped quietly out OF
the tenement of clay, intothc glorious
house of the many mansions OF its
Father.
Oh, could she have known how
sweetly and pleasantly the "disso'a!lon
so much dreaded, would be merged
in last beautiful dream She would
only have asked in triumph, as we did
now, ooh death! where is thy sting
Oh grave where is thy vic,ory' But
standing beside the peaceful sleeper
We thanked God that grandma'i
greatest dread had all melted and dis
solved in her last, murmured dream,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28
GRANDMA'S LAST DREAM.
=. BY FAITH IRVING.

Grandma Grayson was firm, true
Christian character, there could be no
doubt of it. All her long life had been
an emincntly useful one, devoted from
early childhood to the service OF the
Master she loved so faithfully. Yet
grandma, like many another staunch,
true Christian, had for many years, as
it would seem through some uncon-
queraJle physical weakness, been IN
bondage through fear ofdeath. mot
she would say, 'that ! fear to meet
my blessed Lord, or that ] am so 10th
TO leave this world of change and
many disappointments; but dlssolu'
ton seems so mysterious, The parting
of the soul and body is fraught with
30, much that Is yelled and vague
that not even my utmost endeavors to
trust all to the dear Saviour can en-
tirely dlspel my fears; but 1t is all
through lack of faith,' she would add
call through lack Of faith, and after all
though lie STAY me, yet will trust
in Him" All conversation on the
subject invariable ended with this en-
phatic declaration.
1t was not very often she alluded to
the topic, and We younger members
of the family, knowing her singular
dread of such matters, rarely discussed
then in her presence. But whenever
one of her old acquaintance passed
away from earth, the naturally cheer
full, bright old lady would be YER,
quiet and thoughtful for few days
and we knew that grandma was think
ing it all over again" as she sat will
her knitting dropped into her lap, ant
and the gentle eyes took on a certain
peeping, questioning look, not alto
pether untroubled. But a short tim
the old trustfulness would almost tri
umph, aud grandma would be hersel
again.
One day she fell i'll, only slightly SC
however, but as the next day toun'
her still ailing, we called the famil
physician, who to our great surprls
said that she seemed TO be sinking
way, merely from old age. Still W
all felt sure sue would rally in a da
Or two. But towards night of tn
third day, after having been very CON
Portable through the afternoon an
expressing herselfas "very gratef'
for all Gods mercies," she fell into
calm, quiet sleep.
Perfectly calm, wonderfully quiet
and yet she dreamed, and strangel
enough dreamed audibly, for in
;. childlike, murmnring sound, she di
y tiuctly voiced the scenes through whi'
= she was passing in what appeared h
almost conscious sIumber.
e. At first it was evident she had goI
back few years, to the time VIII
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

THE WRoNG BUNDLE.-A tenant
recently entered the office of T'ppe.
rary land agent, and throwing a roll
of notes on the table exclaimed;
"rhere's iv'ry penny 1 have in the
world. It's a half years riut, and ye
may take it or lave it-ay ye take it
III go to the workhouse; av We lave
it I'll 90 to America on it." The
agent opened the roll OF notes and
counted the money. "Why, my good
man, there ia more than halt years
rent here. There is over four years
rent in the bundle" "The devil there
is"-cried the tenant, putting his
hand in his pocket-"begor, gev
you the wrong bundle OF notes after
ALL"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

SunrwpSEss ASp ABILITY. Hop
Bit,crs so freely advertised in all the
papers, secular and religious, are hay
ing n largo sale, aud are supplan'lns
ali other medicines. There is no
DENYING the virtues of the Hop plant,
and the proprietors of these l'ltterS
have shown great shrewdness and
ability in compromising Bittcrs'
whose virtues ARE so palpable to every
ones observation. Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

ON the purity aud vitality Of the blood
depend the yigor aud health OF the whole
system, The heat OF summer reduces the
life OF the blood, and now scrofula and
other impurities work vigorously and ere
You think II, it's too late, some natal dis
eese has seated itself, "lake The remedy
and eradicate the disease" No other
article has such q concentration or RENE
dies that purify, yltalize and epIieh tho
blood as Hoods Sarsaparilln, sold by
druggists. &, | Hood & Co., Lowell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

Thousands Of soldiers and he'll are snllll,,
diseharss or death, IL applied ior bslore jan
usry 1, 1bsO, Wounded, accidental injury OF
disease ehllles 10 o Pension, lonnly aud
hack nav collected, Increase Of Pension So
cared This firm established - moo, ADJ
dress, enclosing stamp, EDsON Bhohp v,
i, Claim Attorneys, III u street. Washing
ian ID, q,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28
WICK
Illustrated Floral Guide,

A beautiful work of 100 Pages, one Col
ored Flower Plate, and 500 Illustrations,
with Descriptions of the best Flowers and
Vegetables, with price of seeds and now
to grow them. All for a FIVE CENT
STAMP. In English or German.
vIcK'S SEEDS are the best in the
world. FIVE CENTS for postage will buy
the FLORAL GUIDE telling how to get
them,
The Flower and vegetable Garden,
lis Pages, Six Colored Plates, and many
hundred Engravings For 90 cents ID
paper covers; sl.0O in elegant cloth' III
German or English.
vick's illustrated Magazine--32
Pages, a Colored Plate in every number
and many fine Engravings. Price sl:95 a
year Five Copies for $500. Specimen
Numbers sent for 10 cents; 8 trial copies
for % cents.
JAMES WICK, Rochester, MY
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

VTANTED-The Subscriber being com.
w potent and thorough Tailoress, wants all
those having Coats, Pants and Vests to make.
to bring them to her, where they will get
them cheaper and better made than at any
other place in Woodstock. House, 9th door
from Eagle Hotel, South Street.
MRS. MARY GORMLY ENNIS.
Woodstock, Nov. &c, 1879.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

A clergyman and one OF his elder
" parishiOners were walking on the
ice one day, when the old man slip
ped and fell. "Ah !" shouted the
clergyman, "tho wicked shall stand
on slippery places The old man
looked at the parson q moment and
said i: 81 see they do; bnt l can't"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28


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the Youngest children take II readily. In
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Bronchitis, Influenza, Clergyman's
Sore Throat, Asthma, Group, and ca.
tarrh, the effects Of AYERS CHERRY FEC
ToRAI. are magical, and multitudes are an
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timely and faithful Use. II should be Kept
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lection 1t affords in sudden attacks IN
Whooping cough and Consumption
there Is no other remedy so c'licacions,
soothing. and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some OF
the many mixtures, or s3rups, made OF cheap
and ineffective ingredients, now offered,
which, "a they contain no curative quaii'ies,
can afford only temporary relief, ana are
sure to deceive and disappoint the patient;
Diseases OF the throat and lungs demand
active and effective treatment; ana II IS uar,
gcrous experimenting with unknown anu
cheap medicines, from the great Liability that
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AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, and you may
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Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver e. Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists
Lowell, Mass.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

AN editor is "a man who carries a
pair OF scissors in his vest pocket,
lead pencil in his breast pocket, and
his wealth in somebody else's pocket.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

WAyrpp.-Sherman & Co., Marshall,
Mich, want any agent In this county AZ
once, ut u salary Of slOo per month ana
expenses paid, For full particulars nd
drcss M above.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

"TuE Best CoUGm MEDICINE IN the
World" The Oh Vegetable Pulmonary
Balsam. Cutler Bros. 4 Co... Boston,
Small reduced to 35c; Large, 81.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28

LIKE You Do.-There was an Incl
dent of trial, in Texas, that was en-
tirely too good to be lost to the pub
lie. When one of the female wit
nesses was asked by prosecuting
LAWYER, Of q well known convivial
turn of mind, if she believed in the
Bible, she replied emphatically that
she did,, "Do you believe, then, that
wives should be obedient 10 their hus'
bands" asked the lawyer. She snap
ped her eyes and responded; "Not
when their husbands come home
drunk, like you do You could have
heard paper of pins tall for ten min
utes afterward.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28
HOODS. sARsAPARILLA
PATIENTS.

F.A. Lehman, Solicitor of Americau and
Foreign Patents, Washington, ID. O. All
business connected with Patents, whether
before the Patent Office or the Courts
promptly attended to. No charge madeuns
less patent . secured Send fo' circular
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-04-28
the BEST REMEDY
Diseases Of tho Throat and Lungs,

In diseases Of tho pull
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aud reliable remedy ~
invaluable, AYERS
CiIERRy PICTORIAL Is
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othcrsocminentlym er.
It's the confidence Of
the public. II IL q sci.
cntiilc combination Of
the medicinal princi'
pies and curative vir.
tues OF the finest drugs,
chemically united, OF
such power rs to insure
the greatest possible
efficiency and uniform
ity OF results. ltstrikcs
nj tho foundation OF all
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09

and being struck by standing freight.
caE.- At the Golden Depot some OF the
party were intoxicated and fired their
revolvers indiseriminately. One col
ored man was, wounded i'll the leg.
A Washington dispatch says: 1t is.
generally understood that Garfield has
made complete surrender to the Grant
crowd. Consequently Sherman and.
BlaiDe's friends ara red-hot with rage.
Conkllng has made q bargain with Cam
eron, now traversing Ohio and Indiana,
and carrying an enormous "barl. "
A Worlds special says. Blaine, in.
an, interview to-day, said that he
thought Hancock's record as a soldier
was beyond criticism, and that Grant
would be very foolish to scrape up any
personal ill-feeling.
Charles f. Freeman, the Second. Adj
ventlst OF Pocassett, who murdered his,
child as a sacrifice, escaped from the
Danvers (Mass.) Insane Hospital, yes
terday.
Tha Indianapolis correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, who is Re-
publican, writes thus An honesf
vote will give the State to the Demo-
crats,b by plurality of about $4,000. "
General Hancock has sent telegram
to Grant, asking him to affirm or deny
the statements made in the Fowler in
terview.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Lizzie f., widow of the late W. G.
Ralston, has filed a, complaint in the
Superior Court Of San Francisco, against
Senator Sharon. The document covers
265 pages, and is. to the effect that
Ralston and Sharon were partners in
business; that, Sharon was, alse.one of
the executors of her husbands will. of
which complainant was the sole bene-
tieiary; that their partnership property
at the time of Ralston' death amount
ed in round Numbers to- the value, of
S30y090, 600; that Ralsson, just before
his death, gave Sharon trust deed of
improperly; that Sharon, has had the
custody of the partnership books. and
papers; that no inventory of her late
husbands estate has been filed by the
executors; that Sharon, by false. repre-
sentations, and other means. has de-
fraude4i her, in the settlement of Rails
ton S, estate, of large amounts. for which
she demands an accounting and such
restitution as may prove just.
The greatest Democratic demonstra-
ton ever seen i'll tha5 part of Ohio took
place in Cleveland night before last.
Monumental Park was gorgeously dec
Grated and illuminated. Stands were
erected in three places and meetings
organized for soldiers, Germans and
general citizens, but the crowd was so
great that overflow meetings were or
ganized. No very noted speakers were
present, Pulitzer of st. Louis being the
chief orator.
On an excursion train which returned
to Denver from Golden, Colorado, last
night, with the Boys in Blue, who had
been attending Republican meeting,
Jacob Goode had his neck broken by
sticking his lead out Of car window
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09
THE COUNTY CONVENTIONS.

Next Monday and Tuesdayth County
Conventions of the Democratic and Re-
publican parties, respectively, are to be
held here. Besides nominating full
tickets for county officers, it will be the
duty of these conventions to name four
candidates for the Legislature, One
Senator and three Assemblymen. Upon
four of the eight Legislative nominees
will devolve the duty of representing
this county in the Legislature, which
meets at Carson next Winter. Besides
the election of United. States Senator
TO succeed. William Sharon, of San
Francisco, the Legislature will have to.
consider matters of the greatest inn
sontanea to the State. 1t is not denied
that the machinery of the State Gov
araInenbs, as it now exists, is too cum
bersome and expensive for the fifty or
alxty Thousand inhabitants of Nevada,
pot one-half of whose names appear on
Tie, assessment rolls of the. seyeral
counties. 1t will therefore be the duty
Of those who are elected to the Legis
ls..re, from Humboldt, in connection
with members from other counties, to
devise means to reduce the expenses.
It is also self-evident fact that some.
method should be devised for equaliz,
ing taxes throughout the State. There
is no good. reason, why railroads, which
are continuous through several counties
should be assessed at a greater or less
rate in some Of. those counties. than, in
others, when theirvalueis the sanain all.
Neither is it just nor equitable, thatper-
sonal property, like cattle, for instance,
which rangein one county threa-quarters
of the year, should be. driven into
another county to be assessed, because
Of an arrangement with. the assessor
who agrees, in consideration of their
being driven into his jurisdiction, to
assess them at much less rate than
the assessor of the county in which
they rightfully helonge
In view of these facts and many others
which might be cited, it is hoped that
the Conventions will place in nomina-
tion men of intelligence, capahlity and
integrity. Men who know their duty
and are honest and fearless enough to
perform it.. 1t has been the custom of
late years to- make platforms to- catch
voters, and exact pledges from Legisla-
tive candidates, and afterwards, make
no distinction between those who en-
deavor to. carry out their pledges and
those who openly violate them. 1t is
time there was. a. new departure from
this principle, and that Conventions
made no pledges which the party does
not at least attempa to.enforce.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09
THE NESTOR OF DEMOCRACY.

Colonel BENZ. Brown6eld, of Monroe,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, now in
his l02d year, may Justly claim to be
the Nestor of Democracy. He recently
presided over Democratic meeting at
Monroe, and in the course of his speech
said: 81. never missed a Presidential
election. | voted twice for Jeferon,
twice for Madison, twice foH Monroe,
and three times for General Jackson.
I voted for Van Buren,, and. also FOR
Polk, Eass, Pierce, Buchanan, Douglas,
Mcclellan, Seymour, Greeley and
Tilden; and Z hope to live to vote for
General Hancock, and, as the result of
my long experience, would advise you
TO vote for him, too" Colonel Brown
field received his first lessons in De-
mocracy directly from the lips of
Thomas Jefferson; yet some of the
campaiguers who are now stumping
Nevada, and other States, would ques-
ton the old gentleman's loyalty to the
Union, because he intends to vote for a
Union General
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09

Mrs. Crawford was known at Belvi-
dere, ILL.,, as Big Kate, on account of
her great size and strength. She took
nine year-old girl out of, an orphan
asylum to work, and soon assused her
OF stealing seven cents. The child was
permitted to choose between confessing
and getting whipped. She had not
stolen the money, bat she said that she
had, in order to escape the punishment.
Then she was commanded to tell where
the cents were hidden, which of course
she could NOT. do. Big Kate whipped
her three times day for week, at
TIE end of which time the girl crawled
OF into the wooda and died
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09
AWKWARD DISCLOSURES.

1t is rank treason now to republish
what Republican papers said in 1873
about Garfield and other Christian
statesmen who accepted Credit Mobilier
stock from the late lamented Cakes
Ames, for their votes and influence as
Congressman. The party which these
papers claim to represent is progressive.
hence the men whom they denounced
as bribe takers seven years ago they
commend to-day as patriots worthy the
confidence and respect of their fellow
citizens. No new evidence has been
discovered to cause this change Of
opinion, but that seems to make no
difference to, the party of progress"
The San Francisco Exchange has been
looking through the files of tire Chroni-
Gle, Bulletin and Alta, all of which
journals ara now published by the same
persons who conducted them in 1873,
with the exception of Chas. de Young,
and tells what those papers said, as
follows. The Alta said:
"The lame birds are plenty, from the
Vice Presidency down through both
Houses of Congress. Colfax and Pat
terson, Dawes and Brooks, Garfield and
Kelley, and numbers of others, can never
make their official garments appear
clean to the public hereafter.
The Chronicle said: sit involves the
proudest names of the NATIONWIDE
President Schuyler Colfax, Wilson,
Boutwell,, the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Speaker Blaine, Dawes, Garfield,
Kelley, Brooks, Ames, Alley, and God
knows how many more. We thought
it then n campaign SANDER. 1t
turns. out worse than any body
thought it would. 1t is a. sad and
terrible fact, indicating that the legis-
lation of the country is drifting under
the influence of corporate and moneyed
monopolies. These men cannot be pun
ished; they are too strong, too power
full, too well intrenched in political
influence and have too much money"
The Bulletin of January 20, 1873, also
contained the following: 'In the Po-
land Committee, to-day, the examine
ton, of Cakes Ames was continued.
Poland called. the attention of the wit
ness to the entry book of the Sergeant
alarms to a check for 1929 given John
A. Logan by Ames. Poland asked
what the check was given for. Ans
wer-It was fashionable amount about
those days. Ames explained that Lo-
gan agreed to take ten shares of stock
that subsequent dividends, as in the
case of Kelley and Garfield, paid for it,
and left balance due to Logan of
1922
Why do Republican papers in the
year, of Grace, 1880, call it "mud
singing, to reproduce from their own
columns what, they said of Garfield s
connection. with the Credit Mobiher in
1878? Surely it cannot be treason to
publish at this day what the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, Bulletin and Alta said
of Mr.. Garfield in 1873, when the tes-
timony taken before the. Poland Com
mittse was before them :?
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09
NEW TO-DAY.


Two Sorrel Houses, one branded j g Id on
left shoulder and hip, and '63' on right Shout
der. One four, white feet, white in face and
branded + on LETT shoulder. Twenty dollars
will be paid for the delivery of the same at II.
c. Emmsn's store, or $40 for information that
will lead to their recovery.
NC. EMMONS.
Lovelock, October g. 1880. o9-tf
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-10-09

Conkling's recent speech ine New
York WAS eomposeEi of 10000 words,
siwhioh only eighty-foui Were devoted
tp,GsrtielGi.