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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
A GO o D
FARM FOR SALE p!

pyxuQ Tho Harding Farm" 80 called,
Egh situated in Pomfret, five mi lot
INK from the village Of N Moods'o omd
school, now owned and occupied by the sub.
scriber, is offered for sale, Said farm contains
100 Acres of Land,
suitably divided into ullage. moving. pasture
and wood lots All but about two acres Of the
moving can be cut with machine. Last
crop Of hay will be sold with tho farm if de-
sired. Possession given any time. The
buildings are spacious and in good repair, and
neyer.falling water handy. This is rare
opportunity for any one wishing to purchase a
first. class farm for little money.
EDWIN FAY.
Pomfret, w., Sept. 10th, 1879.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
Hoods
SarsaparM

as 10 derive their greatest medicinal effects
with the least disturbance ~ Tho whole sys'
ten, ~ fact this preparation Is 30 well bal
aneed Ia is aell0n upon The allmenlaIY
canal. NE liver, tho Kidneys, tic stomach,
tho bowels and The circulation " lhe blood,
that II brings about healthy aellon Of tic
entire human organism, that can hardly 10
credited by those who have not seen liie &C.
markable results that have followed ~ hse,
II the Rarsaparllll does not prove SUFFICIENT
~ laxative, take o few doses u liOOB's Wa,
rIABLE Fills II Is we'll IN all eases VI
billOusness 10 take these pills ~ connection
With lhe, hafsapailllA I1t lle llht Ten lAys,
That dull, sleepy sick feeling can W Wholly
overcome by tic use 81 these Tclncdfs, WIZ
You give them q lilal and be yourself AGAIN.
An ex'aldermaR VI this city says Of Hoods
sarsapaHlla. "iI IL the strongest harsapa'
Illla eyer saw"
Each dollar bottle contains one hundred
(ayeragesl doses, Sold Ny al druggists,
Price one dollar, % slS foF I've dollars,
Hoods SalSapaTlla, prepared only we
I, HOOD & CO., ApolheealIrs, Lowell, Masa'
10 Use HOOPS TOoTH,FowpER,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
HARD RUBBER TRUSSES |!
Prices Reduced.

A'further supply of steeley's Hard Rubber
Truss at great reduction from former prices
Just received. Also q large additions to his
stock Of other make Trusses making the larg-
est stock and greatest variety of Trusses in the
State. Call and examine at the OLD DRuo
STORE. CHAS. CHAPMAN
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

Daily $40 per annum in advance.
will &c sent Oh trial 3 months for
$3.50, free OF postage.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
Two Patriarchal Apple Trees.
Boston Transcript. |

In Skowhegan, Me-, are two russet apple
trees. The Oldest was planted in 1862. The
tree is seven feet from the ground to the
branches five in number, all of which are
very large and average thirty-fve feet in
length, covering space of ground sixty
three feet in diameter. In those branches a
playhouse for children has been built for
half century or more. Anywhere from the
ground to the branches it measures 134 feet.
The tree is more than Al feet in diameter,
and it has been good bearer-from twenty
five to thirty-fve bushels Of apples having
been picked from it each year. But the frost
and rain have made seam in the branches,
and recently one Of them has broken, but the
other four are green and bring forth their
fruit in due season. The other tree is forty
eight years younger and sprout Of the old
tree. 1t stands thirty-two feet from the old
tree and bears the same kind of apples, three
feet in diameter and perfect in every way.
This farm was decided to the grandfather Of
Coburn Ireland in 1850, has passed from
father to son until 1876, and then passed
into the hands of Danial H. Gould, the pres
ent owner
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
Helena, Montana, Thursday, November 4, 1880.
The Educational Failure.
From the Era,1

Mr.. Richard Grant White continues his
reasoning against the present public school
system, and with the skill which usually
attends him in argument. 4 < It has
been long dawning on the minds of our
| thoughtful men that the American educa-
| tional system is not precisely what it is
claimed to be. Mr.. White shows how and
why this is, and we cannot add anything of
appreciable value in that direction But we
should like to say what we have thought for
good many years, and said at intervals
editorially and personally, that we attribute
most of the evils under which this people
suffer-political, social, moral and intellec-
tual-to the incompetence Of our educational
system. And this, first, because the system
inculcates only platitudes and truisms instead
Of principles and laws. And second, because
its tendency is leveling instead of elevating,
training minds to the suppression of individ-
uality and only to the advancement Of quail
tiles which are generic and not specific
memory, comparison, accumulation, instead
of analysis and causation-in fact, reasoning.
To this leveling tendency is to be attributed
the fact that we have actually no first men
or women in any walks Of life that our
greatest minds have done their work under
the influence of special education-the sys-
tenn which preceded our public school system
and which consisted in affording the student
the tools by means of which he was to gain
his education, and leaving the matter there
that our political public school system pro-
duces professional politicians instead of politi-
cal economists, law evaders and law breakers
instead of law makers, and copyists instead
of original thinkers. AS to all of this we
shall have more to say in the future, and
shall be quite ready with the proofs In the
meantime we are glad to see such innova-
tions as the Quincy (Mass.) new school sys-
TEN, the improvement in Boston and Phila-
delphia, and the wise iconoclasm by which |
Mr.. Richard Grant White is preparing the |
scene for manifest change in the scheme of
education and in the characters which are to |
and establish it. |
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
New Passenger Cars.

The new passenger cars to be placed On the
New York Central and Hudson River rail-
roads are different from those now ia use.
The seats are all finished in cane, none being
upholstered, and they are arranged like those
in the elevated railroad cars in New York,
with the center seats along the side of the
windows except in the center where there
are three wide ones, thus affording ample
space for mirrors which are placed inside.
together with the fact that there are only
narrow strips of wood between them makes
the sides of the cars appear to be nearly all
glass The cars are all supplied with the
automatic air brake OF the latest pattern.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
How a Husband was Lost.
From the Boston Post. |


When the late Lafayette S. Foster, Of Con-
necticut, was a young and rising lawyer, he
wooed and was engaged to q young lady
whose family enjoyed larger social promi-
nence than his own. The wedding day was
fixed and the couple were talking over the
prospective tour, as a part Of which young
Foster pI pIoposed that they should spend a
few days with bis parents, who resided in a
town some distance away. The lady rather
reluctantly consented but said: Il will 60
with you this time, but in future You must
not expect my visits to your parents to be
very frequent. You must remember that
our associations have been very different" !"
Surprised and shocked by this cold-blooded
depreciation of the father and mother whom
he loved and honored, the young man paced
the floor the sport of seething and conflicting
emotions. Finally, taking his hat he turned
to the lady and said: II am glad found
you out in time you may 60 to the devil"
The rebuke may not have been choice in
style, but it was earnest in spirit. Thence
forth their ways lay apart and she was not
the gamer.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
Warning Against Excessive Smoking
and Chewing.

Dr. f. r. Maxion, on Preventable Diseases, in The
Sanitarian for October, says:
Tobacco Paralysis may be general or local
generally, however, involving the lower
limbs, and, in fatal cases, according to my
observations, invariably extending to the
bladder and rectum, and terminating by a
suspension of the renal function the heart,
and other vital organs generally, also becom-
ing more or less involved; all Of which symp-
toms had been developed in case recently
saw in distant city, terminating fatally,
after lingering for six months, with paralysis
Of the legs, bladder, and finally, kidneys, as
appeared. l have had cases, however, in
which there was a general collapse OF the
nervous system, with partial paralysis Of the
heart muscles; one of which | visited in
Massachusetts,, which recovered, and another
from Michigan, attended with convulsions,
which terminated fatally, with insanity;
both young men or under middle age. In
those cases in which there is at first general
collapse Of the nervous system, the heart and
brain become poisoned by the accumulation
of nicotin before the legs become affected so
as to be noticed. Such cases, however, gen
orally occur from prOtracted accumulation
of the poison of tobacco in the system, or else
from the use of large quantity, or of un-
usual strength, in given time. The paraly
sis, in such sudden cases, if Of passive apo
plectic character, though, of course rendered
by death. The prevention of paraly
sis from tobacco consists, of course, in alb
staining from its use, in any form.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
LincOln's Mother.

The ground upon which we now stand is
historic Here rcpOse the remains of a mother
who gave birth to a son whose name will re-
main illustrious through all time. Out Of
what hard condition greatness may spring !!
This woman whose ashes repose here was
denied, by what seems now to us to have
been an adverse Providence, nearly all Of
what we should call the delights of life. She
never had the benefit Of education, of books,
OF travel, of pecuniary competence. She be-
lOnged to the class Of wretchedly poor She
lived in the midst Of log cabins on the from
tier. Not even the cheap picture adorned
its walls. Who would have thought that in
such cabin, under such conditions, hope
could have kindled in the breast Of any boy
high and divine ambition Who would have
thought that the head of great nation could
ever trace to such home as this, the coal
that lit up flame that fifty years afterward
shOne with an imperishable glory? What
kindled in this boys bosom the first light of
hope? Books. Wherever this boy could
borrow books he borrowed them. If he could
not associate with the great who were living,
he could live with the mighty dead. "IfI
have seen further than other men, said Sir
Isaac Newton, " it is because have stood on
the shoulders of giants" This boy stood
upon the shoulders of the illustrious dead,
and saw Fame's proud temple shine afar,
and its hospitable doors seemed to open be-
fore him. Lincoln sleeps immortal. But it
was denied to the mother who gave him
birth to see him rise to greatness, or even to
suspect that he could rise above the hard
conditions in which he was born. Heaven
compensates. Let us hope that while the
ashes of the mother repose here her spirit
looks down with blisstul ecstacy upon the
country to which her illustrious son rendered
services which history will keep fresh for
cVer-HOR Hilbert e. Porter
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
INDIAN MARKSMANSHIP.
Otto, the Son of Chief Joseph, Shooting
Nickels and Glass Balls while
BlindfOlded.
From the San Francisco CALL

Glass ball shooting and various other ex.
hibitions of skilful manipulations of parlo1
| rifles are at present attracting considerable
attention both in Europe and the United
States, and the telegraph reports almost
daily some wondrOus achievement so that
the sport has received fresh impetus on our
coast and has been attended with some really
good shooting, particularly in the case of
OttO son of Joseph, the Nez Perces chief.
A representative of the Call availed himself
of an invitation extended by Capt Mcdonald
to witness an exhibition of fancy shooting by
his ward, and was amply rewarded, as the
following will attest. 1t may be we'll to
state that the scene of operations was room
sparsely lighted and the general circumstan-
ces rather unfavorable for successful shooting
The incidentals for the shooting exhibition
consisted of q triangular wooden frame, at
the apex of which bill poster representing
the figure of a man had been pasted, piece
of glass about one inch square inserted for
an eye, and at the other corners of the tri-
angle set of brass knobs were inserted in
the frame. On either side, above and below,
slanting iron plates were fixed to cross bars,
and numbers of glass bells hung at various
distances from each other At the back of
the apparatus gong occupied a central
position. The first experiment consisted of
blindfolded shooting. A nickel fve-cent
piece was glued to the figure, and the young
sharpshooter, blindfolded, turned around in
various directions, and was finally placed in
a direct line with the object, with rifle, and
at distance of twenty-five feet. The first
shot sent the nickel flying around the room,
and on examination an indentation was found
on its very edge. The second test consisted
in placing small piece of tinted paper on
the glass used as an eye for the figure, and
then placing a large piece of cardboard in
front of it so that it was completely hidden
from view. The shooter was again blind
folded and the first shot shattered the glass,
the bullet having passed through the very
center of the tinted paper. There were var
iOus other tests, such as breaking three
swinging balls with one shot, and breaking
ball Immediately behind the attendant, the
ball, owing to previous contact with the brass
knobs or iron plates, taking circuitous
course
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
Singular Climatic Effects.

From the Denver (Col) Great Vest
It is singular fact that almost everybody
loses flesh on coming here from the East.
The average loss in weight sustained is about
One-eighth. For instance, in the course of
two or three months 2OO-pound man loses
25 pounds and becomes a 175-pOunder This
is due to the high altitude of Denver-a mile
above the sea-to the dry and light atmOs-
phere, to the scarcity Of vegetation and the
comparative abundance of oxygen, which
consumes the tissues and taxes the vital
functions to q greater extent than at lower
attitudes. Higher up it is much worse. At
Leadville-twO miles above the seattle
dimiuutiOn in weight does not generally fall
short of sixth or seventh, and it takes
place much more rapidly than here. In that
high altitude, too, lung diseases, such as
pneumonia, very frequently set in, and they
prove fatal in about 80 per cent. of the cases
attacked Very few dogs, except hounds,
can live in Leadville, and no cats survive
there. In Denver, however, we have both
cats and dogs, and they appear to experience
no difficulty in living and getting fat. Yet
it is a noticeable fact that animals and men
partly lose their strength after coming here.
In two or three months their muscular power
is not near so great as in the East, nor can
they endure so much hard work. Eight hours
of continuous labor does more to exhaust
man here than ten hours in Illinois or Wis
consin. Many hours of rest are requisite to
restore and rebuild the wasted energies.
Mental labor is even more exhausting than
physical. A healthy man may do manual
labor for eight or ten hours day, and ex-
perience no specially evil effects; but let
mental labor be pursued with the like ASST
duty, and the nervous system becomes weak
and irritable. These facts are more observed
in new comers than in those who have lived
a year or two at high attitudes. Persons and
animals thoroughly acclimated do not ex-
perience these drawbacks. Indeed these
could not look better anywhere than here
The great difficulty is in getting acclimated.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
4 State Fair Described.

When the gates of the State Fair were
thrown open to the public yesterday morn
ing, man who was built on the plumb line
principle and whose hat would have attracted
the curiosity of crowd a mile and half
away, was stopped because he had no ticket.
He INDUCED in some rather loud talk, and
was taken in hand by policeman and led to
one side
Let US now come to an understanding,
he said as he cooled off is this State
Fair?"
Yes, SIR
Is there circus attached ?"
No. sir"
e Is there a free lunch establishment in
full blast p
No, sir"
Will the President OF the U. S. be here
to-day ~
No. sir
l." Is the man OF prize packages on hand to-
day?'
NO, sir"
" Is there a chance for me to secure posi-
ton of special detective?"
There is not
This, then, is an ordinary State Fair,
composed of machinery, live stock, bed quilts,
ROSTERS windmills, yeast cakes new cheeses,
and the man who has his pocket picked ?"
Yes, about that"
Then, sir, beg your pardon for my rash
anu ungentlemanly conduct, and l bid you
good day. If had understood matters in
the first place should have spared the pub
hc this scene. Ta-ta, sir, and if we ever meet
youlkgnilaa' now me by my hat"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1880-11-04
"THE TREASURES OF KURIUM. -

4 solemn silence fills the rooms;
1t seems that ghosts are walking
so close beside us that we hush
Our breath to hear them talking.
We feel the waving of their hands;
They seem TO ask our pity
That their long quiet is disturbed
In the old Cyprian city.
When they were hidden from the sun,
What tears dropped on their faces,
What precious offerings were laid
Beside them in their places
Nothing too costly or too rare
TO give to friend or lover
Alas! how many tardy gift
The green old earth did cover!
What bracelets clasped the icy arms;
What wondrous gems were cleaning
Upon the fingers folded up
In sleep that had no dreaming!
Walls and vases, curious shapes
Fashioned by long endeavor,
ana secrets that we may not guess
Graved in the stone forever.
Were hidden in the silence there,
With sands Of ages drifted
Above them ere the cross of Christ
To sight of men was lifted.
Earth has been faithful to the trust
Committed to her keeping,
For still the sacred human dust ~"
Is in her bosom sleeping.
But what to her are gold and gems,
and this old glass that blazes,
As if it held, imprisoned here,
The sunsets of the ages?
These are but trinlSets, vanities;
Long, long has she concealed them;
But now unto our wondering eyes
And reverent touch she Yields them.
We take them tenderly, and think
OF men and women sleeping
In that old city, with the sea
Forever round them sweeping.
all hail ye elder-born of earth!
When Heavens own calm enfolds us,
With Heavens own time to tell it in,
Your story will be told US.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-27
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, March 96.-The House
Committee on Indian Affairs adopted a
resolution to-day, instructing the secre.
tary OF the Interior to report to the House
whether there has been any frauds or cor
rupt practices since July l, 1877, on the
part OF the inspectors and agents employed
or any other persons connected with the
Indian service at the agencies or else
where, the places where such otfenses
were committed and their nature, and
whether any one so offending has been
removed or punished.
Mr.. Davis bill to authorize the auditing
OF all unpaid accounts Of the Indian bureau
was agreed to.
EXODUS INVESTIGATION.
The Exodus Committee to-day examin-
ed ]. NJ. Brown, colored man from
Topeka, Kansas, and Superintendent Of
the Kansas Relief Association. Brown
stated that he had lived in Mississippi
from 1871 until the latter part OF 1875, and
that from 1871 until 1873 he was engaged
in teaching school. In 1878 he was elected
Sheriff OF Coahoma county, Miss. Regard.
ing the cause OF the exodus as stated by
the emigrants, he had conversed with and
as he believed from his own experience
and observations, 1t was due to the entire
absence OF security for the life, liberty or
property OF the colored people in the
South. The life OF the negro is at the
tender mercy OF the lowest white man in
the neighborhood where he may reside.
As regards their political right, he said:
It is impossible TO get fair vote. They
are allowed to vote in some localities, but
are cheated in the count. He corroborat-
ed the statements OF previous witnesses
regarding the efforts OF the whites to pre-
vent the negroes from leaving, and said
their practice was to threaten the lives Of
influential colored men so as to prevent
them and intimIdate others from going.
The condition OF affairs is such, the wit
ness said, that there is an entire lack OF
confidence by the whites in the blacks, and
vice versa.
He thought the exodus would continue TO
increase in the future unless the white
people Of the South change their present
attitude, and give the negro some Of the
protection and encouragement that is al
iorded them in Kansas and the Northern
States. The remedy, he said, lies entirely
in the hands Of the white democracy.
DIDN'T REFLECT on RANDALL.
Representative Blackburn authorizes
the statement that the published story
that he recently reflected on Speaker Ran
dali in an alleged controversy with Cotf.
roth, Is without the slightest foundation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-27

ST. PAUL, MIMI, March 26.-Last No
vember two men, Henry Railway and
Frank H. Tenhuber, were murdered in
the town OF wardo, Todd county. The
wife of Railway deserted him to live with
John Meid, and the house OF Meid had
been mysteriously burned. Meid and his
brother Michael were suspected of the
crime. John was arrested, and after
wards was taken from the jail and hung
by a mob. Michael escaped by being
hurried out Of the county. His trial has
been in progress at Long Prairie since
Tuesday. The evidence was complete,
though circumstantial. The defence un-
dertook to prove an alibi. The case was
given to the jury last night, and verdict
Of guilty was rendered with asentence OF
imprisonment for life.