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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-12-22
MRS. BRIGGS CLERK.

lie was a tall, thin, starved looking
boy, with u little jacket, the sleeves
Of which crept half way up hi
arms, and q hat that was nothing bu
q brim, aud when she saw him he
was eating crust out Of the gutter.
She was only n poor woman WHIT
kept little shop for candy and trim
mings, and worn enough itself, HEAVIER
knows ; but. said she, he looked lit
tic like what her Tom might be It hi
had grown up and been neglected,
and she couldn't stand it. She called
him.
Come here, sonny she said and
the boy came.
Before she could speak again, be
said:
Ididn't do it, I'll take my oath
on anything I didn't do it. I amt so
mean
Didn't do what z said the pleasant
old woman.
Break your winder,' said the boy,
uodding his head toward a shattered
pane.
why, l broke that myself with my
shutter last night said the old wo-
man. pm not strong enough to lift
EN-, that's the fact. I'm getting old.
If I'm round here when you shut
up, I'll do it for you,' said the boy
I'D just as rs soon. What was that
you wanted mo for9
4 want to know what you were
eating that dry crust out OF the gutter
for 2 was the reply.
Hungry said he. I've tried to
get a job all day. Pm going to sleep
in an area over there after it gets too
dark for policeman to see, and you
can't have a good nights sleep with
out some supper, if it is a little dirty
I'll give YOU same that's cleaner,
said the old woman. 't.
That will be begging said he
NO. said she, you can sweep the
store and the pavement, and put mp
the shutters for it.
Very WELL, said he. Thankee
then. III sweep up first Iii feel
better
Accordingly, she brought him a
broom and he did the work we'll. -
Afterward he ate his supper with
relish. That night he slept, not in
the area. but under the old woman's
counter.
He had told her his story. His
name was Dick he was twelve years
old, and his father, whom he had
never seen sober, was in prison for
life.
The antecedents were not elevating,
but the boy seemed good. The next
morning the old woman engaged a
clerk for her small establishment. The
terms were simple-his Giving and
bed under counter
When the uei sbbors heard OF 1t
they were shocked. A street boy,
whom no one knew. Did Mrs Briggs
really wish to be murdered in her bed!
But Mrs Briggs..felt quite safe. She
had 30 much time-now that she was
going to take in sewing. Dick at
tended to the shop altogether. He
kept it in fine order, and increased the
business by introducing candies and
chewing gum. Pennies came in as
they never came before, since he had
painted signs in red and blue ink to
the effect that the real old molasser
candy was to be got there, and that
this was the place tor peanuts.
And in the evening, after the shop
was shut up, she began to take him
into her confidence.
Her great dream was to buy herself
into home for the aged. 1t would
cost her one hundred dollars. She
was saving tor it. She had saved
three years, and had fifteen dollars Of
lit. But it cos. 10 much to live, with
tea twenty-five cents a quarter and
leaves so small, and she had been sick,
A. 80. sko doc<s,p ond Mrs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-12-22
How tho Maine Jumpers Perform,

Many strange things Are done By
those Jumpers. Que Of those whom !
esperlmented with came very mere cut
ting his throat the other day before
reached the lake, Ile was shaving
and tho door slammed suddenly be-.
hind hlnlI he jumped, and had the
razor been held In q different way, he
might have inflicted q severe wound,
Oae Of these Jumpers being surprised
by an order TO "strlke. while standing
before u window, struck his fiat
through aglass cutting 1t severely,
These Jumpers have been known to
strike their fists against red-hot
stove; they have been known to jump
into the drc, as we'll as into water !
indeed, no painfaness or peril Of posi-.
ton has any effect upon them; they
are rs powerlcss rs Mysteries, if not
more 10 the absolute victims oftho
orders that MO given lhom, or Of the
surprises that are played upon them
they must do as they alc told, though
II kills them or Others, can hnd no
evidence that the presence Of water or
Of fire will interfere. even In the
slightest degree, with tho motions
which they are compelled to make. AS
has been made apparent by the above
description. it is no. necessary that
the surprises should come from any
human being II is not necessary that
they should be ordered TO strike or
to jump f; any sound, from any source
that comes upon them with sufficient
severity and suddenness, for which
they are not lorwarned aud forearmcd,
may cause them to jump and to cry.
One of those on whom experiment.
ed told me that the falling OF tree
in the woods, when unexpected,
would have the same effect upon him.
He said that one time be was so
alarmed by the sudden crash of a tree
that hc not only jumped, but was
perfectly entrapced, so that he could
not move although tho tree did not
fall upon him. The explosion Of a
gun or pistol is almost sure to excite
these jumpers. The screech Of a
steam-whistle is especially obnoxious
TO them, few of them, so tar or / have
been able to learn, have been able to
it. On one OF the lake
steamers in which l returned from the
hotel, there was Jumper who, when
the screech was heard, jumped right
up, so that he nearly hit his head on
the upper deck. As we neared the
landing and came to place where he
knew the whistle would sound again,
he was warned to prepare himself,
and he did so with such success, that
on the first screech he jumped scarce.
y any; on the second, however, de-
spite his care, he raised his shoulders
perceptibly, but did not jump [Dr.
Geo. N. Beard. in Popular Science
Monthly for December.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-12-22

"There's good staying ont here this
season" said the old trontiersman as he
soalped bis fifteenth Ipdiau.--CCleve.
lane Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-12-22

kissing ia somewhat like sevsn.up.
II he bees and she thinks she can
make points in the game, sheswill give
him oue.-( Modern Argo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-12-22

DEFoRE TAKING. that follow, asAFTER TAKING.
o sequence of Self. Abuse /; as Loss OF Mem
ory, Universal Lassitude, Pam in the Back.
Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and
many other Diseases that lead to insanity OF
Consumption, and n Premature Grave. :,
pFull particulars in our pamphlet. which
we desire to send free by mail to every sne
Sists at 81 per package, or Elk packages for
IS, or will be sent free by mail on receipt oi
the money by addressing
THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.,
Merchants' Block, Detroit, Mich.
II Sold by Druggists evewhcre.
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4O,OOC Feet

OF SEASONED SPRUCE FLOOR
BOARDS for sale D. cheap. In.
uuire of F. B. Merrill, or Chas. 4.
Woodruff, Woodstock, Vt.
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Hartland Business Cards.
u. g IL u Il II I
Manufacturer Of and Dealer IN

Plows, CultiyatOrs, Cottage and
Box Stoves, Cauldron Kettles,
SINKS. HOLLOW WARE, ROLL BAKERS,
Door Rollers, Door Roller Tack, Corn,
Shelters, Sugar Arch Mouths, Crates and
Bars, Sap Pans. Arch Tops, Mouths End
ilmmers. Slide Yoke Irons. hoot Jacks,
Regisloss, Door serapers, Empire Stove Hack,
Guards and Doors, nedstead Castings, Gas
Castings, Birdsnest Tuyer Irons, Sleigh and
Sled Shoes. chilled and common, Cart and
Wagon Boxes, Gr.meS's approved Smut Mllls,
llowe's Standard Scales, Cribs cy Under Plow
Shares, Ilarrows, 80,
n-r Orders solicited.
Hartland, W.. May |. 1871. itSt
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BITTERS, . further SOP
u ply tust received and selling at
CHAPNkNR DRU0 eyOhS
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
STATE ITEMS.

Paymaster r. N. Fowler, L. s. A., has
died ut Fort Whipplc.
The aggregate census returns show the
population OF Massachusetts, to be 1851
Sl2, an increase Of 10 per cent. over the
figures of the last census.
Baseball At Cincinnati-BOstOn, . ;
Cincinnati, ). AT ChicagO-Chicas". ) ;
Providence, !. At Troy-Troy, :; Buil;.-
lc, ..
Thousands of pcrsoii.' arc in Denver to-
day attending the tiremcn's turnout in
which thirty companies participate.
The headless body found OH Long
Island is that of G. George, Il skilled
italian music teacher, about GO years Of
acc.
In Ncwbur:, Preston county, W. Va,
Mrs. Halbritter and Miss Halbritter were
walking on the railroad when the fast
line came along and struck both OF them,
killing Miss lIalbrittcr instantly and inflict-
ing injuries upon Mrs. lIalbrittcr from
which she died in q few hours.
In the Tennessee Democratic state con-
ven!ion permanent organization was eflcc-
ted by the selection of Col. J. ID. Tilman,
Il state credit Democrat, as permanent
chairman. He made spceci, declaring
in favor of sustaining the state and nation
al credit and denOuncing all forms CT
phases of Reputation, which was loudly
arplandcd.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
THE DEMOCRATIC CANVASS.
Words of G0Od Cheer from Some of
Doubtful States.

Words of GnOd Cheer from Some Of the
Doubtful States.
At the Democratic national executive
committee meeting in New York yestcr-
day, the best of good prospects were re-
ported from Maine, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Ohio and other doubtful states.
The. he.committcc resolved ut once to take
the most active and stringent measures to
prevent colonization Of negroes in Indiana.
Detectives will be employed to watch the
leaders in the business, and to keep track
of the cOlOnists, and other arrangements
will be ut once perfected to secure the ar
rest of all persons who may be found viO-
lating the election laws.
Up to the present time tic Democrats
have not shown much disposition to make
an aggressive fight in Ohio this fall. In
diana has chiefly engrOssed their attention,
and the determination exists among the
leaders to carry that state by al increased
majority over 1876. But late reports from
Ohio arc of such a hopeful character that
the question of giving the Democracy
there assistance from outside is being dis
cussed. Information recently received
from Gariicld's district proves that the
Republicans there who demanded his re.
tiremcnt in 1874 and in 1876 because of
his connection with Credit Mobilicr and
the Dc Golyer paving contract, will not
vote for him for president. Garfield's ma
jority fell from 10, 935 in 1872, to 2,52G in
1874, s: loss Of S,4O0. IIayes's majority
over Tilden in Ohio in 1876 was 1916.
The German vote of Cincinnati. it is re.
IOrte!, will be cast largely for Hancock,
and there is every reason to believe that
with good organization and determined
effort the state can be carried by the Demo.
Gratis.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

The following is i copy Of Il letter writ
ten to Henry kohlcr, Cross Roads, p. o.,
York county, by a prominent member of
the Republican party Of York. whose iden
tity is strongly suspected. The evident
purpose of the letter is to frighten MIR.
KOhler, who is y pens:Oner, into voting
for Garfield and Arthur, who arc political
ly obnoxious to him. The purpose will
fail however, rs Mr.. Kohlcr announces in
terms more expressive than eloquent, that
Twill vote for General Hancock. pension or
10 pension. Read the letter:
JUI.y 80, 1890.
Mr.. HENRY KOHLEE, SIR While stop
ping in York n few days | was informed
that you was cursing and running the
present government down and talking
very light Of it, and III way
that would take your pension from
you, and rs Twas informed about it, it is
my duty to look after it and If reports arc
true, to have your pension stopped. Now
l propose this in order to clear you. l
will not investigate the matter until after
the election and then will call Oh you
and il You can bring me 4 good
Republican who will on oath say you voted
for Garfield and Arthur. will clear you,
il not, will llavc to put the man on oath
who informed NE about you, and
they are willing to testify to what they told
me, and then you will lose your pension
Remember it is the Republican government
that is giving you your pension, and when
you curse the present government you are
not entitled to pension, and it will DC
stopped. Let mo hear from you by return
mail if you will accept my offer Or no,
Yours respectfully, II. MARE, Ycr!: Pa.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

a WOMAN who lives happily with her
husband and children would seem to be
clad i'm mail against seduction and yet
they have found one in San Francisco,
and she the daughter of Il distinguished
clergyman, who lad such surroundings
and yet lacked an embracing dentist to
make her happy. The husband, dis
covering the affair, after raging in
wardly for several weeks against the
dentist, while never for Il moment losing
his love for his wife, shot him in the
back one day when he found it was per-
fectly safe and after demonstrating to his
satisfaction that his victim was coward.
He seems to think that he did what was
right, and his reverend father-in-law says
he would have done the same. 1t may Ike
so but then the wife ought to have been
included in the slaughter. Apparently
she WAS quite US guilty rs anybOdy-if
not more so. 1t was Il remarkable state
Of mind which kept her husband in un-
diminished love for her without a mo-
ment's intermissiOn. 1t was his love
for her he declared, which led him to
shoot the other fellow. There is no ac-
counting for tastes.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
Losses by FIRE.

The destructive fire, caused by q burn,
ing vessel floating against pier ut Hun
tcr's Point, l.. l., extended over ten acres,
and cnveloped eight vessels in flames.
The II. G. church at Bathurst, N. g.,
was burned, the fire being caused by sparks
from an adjacent mill.
A block Of business houses and the ma
sonic temple at Galveston, Texas, burned
the loss being $1,000
A barn on tho farm of Lewis Rice, in
Palmer township, Northampton county,
to.retl,er with the entire contents, was de-
s.roycd by supposed incendiary fire. The
loss is estimated at over s2, 900. The barn
contained all this years crops.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
Well Met Old Friends.

James Downey, esq., Of the Lake City,
Col, Mni"g Register having gone "ovcr
the range to visi. Ouray, some 1l5 miles
away, thus describes a pleasant episode
OF his story there
While ut Ouray We met al old acIuaint.
ance from Lancaster, Pa, whom he hal
not seen for ten years. We noticed IA
miiar face whirlins around in the giddy
waltz, and wondered where We had seen it,
until his honor Judge McMOrris introduced
us to Nat. p. Slaymakcr. We knew Nat.
when he was one Of the most Industrious
students in the city Of the Old Guard, and
and arc pleased to learn from others that
hc is a popular and prosperous attorney in
SilvertOn. Episodes Of this personal nature
are bright spots in the life Of men and VIC
cherish them.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
MEMORABLE WORDS.
Lincoln's Opinion of Hancock.

Lincoln's Opinion of Hancock.
Some Of tile older generals hace said to
me that lie is rash, and I hacc said to them
that lace ,oatched General MancocE's con-
duct oery carefully, and Ihaoe found thai
rlen lie goes into action he ach,eues lis pur-
pose md comes out soitA smaller list Of cas-
ualties Man any Of them. If his life and
strength is spared Ibelieue that General Ham,
cock is destined to be one Of the most disting.
uished men Of the age."
And to show how much he thought OF
him Mr.. Lincoln declared that he always
opened his morning mail in fear and trem-
bling lest he would hear that Gen. Han
cock had been killed or wounded.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

DIR. FAHNEsTOCK need not anticipate
any trouble in demonstrating the utility
of his discovery of statuvOlence after he
shall have established its reality and
made the scientific world acquainted
with its nature. Ifpcople can put them.
selves into condition-or if anybody
else can put them into it and keep them
them therein which they can at will
remain insensible to physical pain or
WEAKNESS, the greatest discovery of any
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
- -NS -
SuSniciOuS.

DR.. Kerr, of Girard, is medical officer Of
the Knights Of Honor and United Work
men. Last week Hon. George =. Rea
died. He was member Of both societies.
His soil, Mr.. William Rea, alleges that 4
few hours before his death DR.. Kerr called
him aside and declared that he has passed
old man Rea as fit for membership in both
societies at time he was physically unfit !;
that unless William would give him one
hundred dollars he would avoid the tran
saction and balk the heirs from receiving
cent from the beneficiary associations.
The lodges have begun IN investigation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
Raisins Quail without /. Mother.

Henry Benbrook, dealer in game ut
Raritan, N. j., has recently succeeded in
accomplishing feat which has hitA Aerto
been regarded as almost impossible, e,nd
has been attempted by game societies. Nall
over the world. He has accomplished t\e
raising of young quail from the egg Wit
out the assistance Of the parent bird. IL
female died, the male Matched them 6ut
and Benbrook raised them, how he will
not tell.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
Buried Under a Fallen Building.

In Montreal while Napoleon Brousscau,
flour and feed merchant, was engaged in
storing away thirty tons of bran OF the
second floor Of his store, the building col
lapsed, burying thirteen persons. ZenOnt
Peas, aged eleven, was instantly killed,
and two others, Isidor Brosseau, aged
twelve, and J. Mongein, aged thirteen,
were seriously injured. The remainder
escaped with slight bruises.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

woman who clung to him during his evil
career, but she replied that she did not
want the body. Legal complication is like
ly to ensue Over.the possession Of the dia-
monds which were found concealed in 4
shaving brush handle and taken from him
at tho time Of his attempted escape from
the penitentiary in December last. The
arc supposed to be worth over $40, 900.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

est sections of tho habitable globe. Let
me say in conclusion, that genial eli
mate, plenty Of good living, . polite peo-
pie, who arc willing audere alteram par
tenn, and the very few friends General
Garfield has, are good reasons why some
of his apostles should come here and advo-
cato his cause. N.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
AWFUL,
Over Nine Hundred Pilgrims Perish.

Reuters telegram from Alden reports
that the steamer Jeddah, from Sinaporc,
foundered off GUARDIAN, Oh the Sth, with
nino hundred and fifty three pilgrims from
Jeddah. All Oh board perishcd except the
captain. his wife, the chief engineer and
sixteen natives, who were picked up and
brought to Alden by the steamer Scind;a.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
A NOT UNPLEASANT DISCORD.


Sure never yet two lovers lived,
Since first shOnc moon and sun,
Whose "souls knew but single thought,
Whose fond hearts beat as one"
AS nearly aS do kalph's and mine,
So many, many things
Delig lit us both. Our fav'rite fiOw'rs
Arc those that summer brings;
We read and love the self-same books:
One poet we adore;
One song above all other songs
We practice DER and DER.
And yet upon one subject We
Must always disagree;
Twill not yield the slightest iOt,
And justas firm Is he.
1t IS which Is the higher type
or beauty, dark or fair.
" The brown tor me" says Ralph, while
For /" blue and gold" declare.
And this discor,tant note We struck
The first week that we met,
And I've no doubt a score OF years
Will find it sounding yet.
'Tis strange; but then Ralph's very blonde
And l-well, I'm brunette.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

THE Tennessee Democracy declare for
an honest payment of the state debt; i'll
Virginia the only trouble arises from the
main body of the party preserving the
public credit despite the threatened ALI
ance of the readjusters with the Repub'
licans in Alabama it was the Republi
cans who made common cause with the
Grcenbackers. No worse state repudia.
tion has been seen than in the reliable
Republican state of Minnesota. And
vet Schurz has the audacious meanncss
to say that the Democracy are the friends
of reputation measures.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

OUR intelligent and trustworthy Ala
bama correspondent not only gives usan
admirable insight into the political con-
dition of his own state, but he makes Il
strong point for the truly national party
when he proves that it is the organization
which is running Hancock that can alone
claim to bc the party of the Union ard
to be above sectiOnaliSm.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11
Dust to Dust.

Ralph Rollins, the Chambcrsburg bank
robber and confidence man, was buried in
Potter's field, Philadelphia. kilograms had
been sent to Chicago to his first wife, the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

Tho Supposed BendeFs Dtschagred.
Tho supposed Benders had a preliminary
examination at Oswego, Kan, and were
discharged.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

The Harrisburg Democrats have nomi-
mated VIM. K. Alricks for the Legislature.
Lookout for thunder from the state capi.
tai in November.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-11

Over 1000 old English coins have been
found buried near Mahonoy City, Pa. They
were hidden by murderer years ago.