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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
GENERAL NEWS.

There were one hundred and iifty
two suicides in Now York city last
year.
"A man has been offered $4,000
tor q lot 10 Minneapolis Minnesota,
that no purchased for sli'
Chicago dooloru can't spell dlPh'
lherla,
"A boston woman has had five
divorces, Some people seem born TO
have tun,
"A risky chap named Goodro, ea
years old, of Champlala, n, Y" led
to tho alter q blushiag bride OF 05
summers, last week, She was Wild
ow La Fountain,
la oao house At Upton, Mass''
last week, there were five children
born Ia q single day, one woman q w.
Ing birth to twins and another to TRIP
lets,
Last year the State OF North
Carolina produced 4o,oo0,oOo pounds
Of tobacco, or nearly Que pound tor
every man, woman aud child IN the
country.
baltimore mems hobby ID health
When one of them lies down Ia the
gutter tor u drunken sleep he takes
pains 10 have his head 10 The
north,
"A New York firm i doing O
good business In tho mandatory OF
artificial honey aud honcycomb' hrli'
fetal bees will come next.
"A farmer near Logsnspon, indi'
ana, lost forty sheep by dogs recently
in one night. It was too much tor
him, and he took his gun aud set out
Before no was satisfied no killed
tweaty.lhree dogs belonging to his
neighbos.
"A black walnut tree OF average
size, cut in Wisconsin, shipped to
England aud reduced to gun stocks is
worth from 81, 900 to 1900,
-Thcle are only three ladies living
whose husbands were Presidents OF
the United States, Mrs. Polk, Ms
Tyler and Mrs. Lincoln.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

1t is charged that a numbei Of
National Banks have combined to
create prejudice against the spsr
cent bonds in advance, aud that the
banks which have retired their circu-
lation, have done it chiefly tor its
effect on the stock market Some Of
the friends Of the banks are afraid
that they will overreaOh themselves,
and say that nothing could have been
done better calculated to arouse en-
nifty against the whole National Bank
system.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
DEATHS.

In Springfield, Feb. 10, Mamie Z :, young.
est child Of Mr. land Mrs. W D White, aged
year and months
In South Royslston. Mass, Feb. II, Mrs
Hannah p. Hale, aged Is years.
In Windsor, Feb. II, Mrs. Sarah G. Plumb,
aged 81 years.
In Windsor. ct the residence Of her 500,
Feb. Q. Mrs Sarah Giles. aged "a Iyesrs and
Ave months.
In East Bethel, Feb. 10, Mrs Cathariue
Honse. aged 81 years.
In Cavendish, Feb. 7, Christian Hoysr
MiIlsr. agod II years.
In East Betha. Feb. u, A. Z. Jones, aged
about 10.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
HAPPY CHILDREN.
tsew 80 Make Them 10, Keep Thens
~ Health aud They win Take
Care Ut che Hest,

The JOY Of every weliregulaled household
comes chiefly from the children, Thousands
Of ahectionaIe parents do not take Gaze Of
their children, Through ignorance more
Than ihroagh eulpable neglect they suffer
them TO fall sick and die, when knowledge
might have saved them 10 lave aud home
DIR David Kennedy offers hi' 'fayorile Rem
edy' as emphalieslly . medicine Tor The
ehildIen-genle in IL action, containing no
harmful Ingredients Whaiever, going straight
10 tho Hood, which, when impure, Is the
seat and source Of disease, fworIte iiem'
fdy' IL tho friend Of childhood and should 10
found IN every nursery IN tho land, Keep II
In your house for your children. sake, as
well as for yourow Try II and you will be
glad you saw this article, Make no mistakes.
The medicine ID 'Favorlte Remedy and the
propretor's name aud idress 1 DR. David
Kennedy, iiondout, N, Y, One dollar =
bottle. Parties living ala distance, Except
In surgical cases,) by sending y statement
OF their case can be treated at home,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
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MAHRIAGE Els.

In Woodstock, Feb. 18th, by Rev Moses
Kidder, Morris H. Blanchard OF Eridgewater
and Emma E. Ackley Of Woodstock.
In Woodstock Feb. goth by Rev. Moses
Kidder Nelson A. Gillett and Mahle l., Hud-
son both Of Bridgewater.
In Windsor. Feb 10, by Rev. J. NJ Hull.
Roswell H. Boyd Of Windsor and Flora NJ
Morrison Of Hartlsnd. .- ....
In Elizabeth. N. j., by Rev. DR.. Langford.
Adm H. Whitmore ,)tof Springfield, Vt, and
Miss Hattie l. Phelps Of Elizabeth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
Complicated Diseases.

A prominent gentleman in Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, writes us that he finds Kid
ney-Wort to be the best remedy he ever
knew for complication of diseases. 1t is
the specific action which it has on the
liver, kidneys and bowels, which gives 1t
such curative power, and 1t is the thous-
aads Of cures which 1t is performing
which gives 1t It's great celebrity, Liquid
Every conoentrated) or dry, both act
efficiently N. H. Journal and Courier.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

The most striking things In the
March ST. NICHOLAS (now our are
MrG Unpnants admirable paper ~
the touching story OF LADY Jane
Grey" 10 he followed In April by tho
companion article on "Alary, Queen
OF soots'') ! an illustrated account Of
two sturdy Icelandie boys and their
desperate "Encounter with Polar
Bear" There are many other rich
articles in this number. Scribner d
Co., Publishers, New York. Terms
80 u year. For sale here at Whites
Bookstore. Get the March No.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
A Boy Again.

Pain and sickness bring on old age with
fearful rapidly. They make an inces.
SAINT drain on tho vital forces, and the
weary steps aud faded checks Of age
often come when the enjoyment Of life
should be at Its highest. DR.. David Ken.
ncdy's "Favorlte Remedy" turns this
kind Of age into youth again. Headache,
pains In the limbs, trouble Of the liver
bowels or kidneys vanish before 1t, and
feeble mon and women become like rolick.
Ing school boys and girls once more.
One Dollar bottle, either at your drug
gist or from the Doctor at Roundout, N.
"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

EpIDEMTc,.-Just now coughs, colds,
ung and bronchial complaints see m to be
epidemic. IN these cases Of sudden colds
the best thing to do Is to get bottle OF
N. II. Downs Elixir, which invariably
gives speedy relief and ultimately effects a
complete cure In NIL cases where the
breathing organs are affected. Use 1t In
time and prevent serious lung difficulties.
Sold by all Druggists,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

The election Of Il democratic mayor
in Philadelphia opens a new chapter
in the history Of that city. j has
been the stronghold Of the Republi-
cans from time immemoiial. The mil.
lennium 10 surely coming.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
Guara .gaiu., Diseases,

II you nnd yourself getting bilious,
dead heavy, mouth foul, eyes yellow, Kid
heys disordefed, symptOms ~ piles tor
menting pOu, take NJ once few doses OF
Kidney,Wort II IL natures great assist /,
ant, Use II as al advance guard-dont
wait TO get down sick, Nee large adyeT-
ment,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Bernhard says American men shave
no poetry She ough. to edit paper
for awhile and she would soon find a
man without poetry more welcome
than the chap who comes in with an
armful. Phil. News
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
TO CONSUMPTIVES.

The advertisers. having been permanently
cured OF that dread disease. Consumption.
BY simple remedy, Il anxious 10 make
known TO his fellow sufferers tho means Of
cure. To all who desire II no will send q
copy Of the prescription used free Of charge)
with the directions for preparing and using
the same which they will fluid sure Cure for
Consumption. Asthma. Bronchitis. &c,
Parties wishing tho Prescription will
please address, Rev, u. A. Wilson, lst Penn
ST., williamsburg, NY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
Vick's illustrated Floral Guide

vick's illustrated Floral Guide
For 1881 is ali elegant Book of l2o Pages.
One Colored Flower Plate, and 600 Illus
trations, with Descretions Of the best
Flowers and Vegetables, and Directions
for GROWN. Only 10 cents. In Euglsh
or German. II you afterwards order
seeds deduct the 10 cents.
Vick's Seeds are the best in the world {.
The Floral Guide will tell you how to get
and grow them.
Vicke's Flower and Vegetable Garden,
l72 Pages, 6 Colored Plates, 500 Engrav-
ings. For so cents in paper covers; $l.00
in elegant CLOTH In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine
so Pages, a Colored Plate in every nnm.
Der and many finel Engravings. Price
$1.25 a year; Five Copies for $500.
Specimen Numbers sent for 10 cents 8
trial copies for % cents.
Address JAMES WICK, Rochester, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
BIRTIIS,

In Springfield, Feb. IL. q daughter 10 Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer B. Jacobs.
In Springfield, Feb. Is, . son tn Mr.. and
Mrs. FRANK ". Stiles,
In Springfield. Feb. Is, q son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Woodward.
lp stookbridge, Feb. 10, Q daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Gilman.
In Bethel, Feb. 1915 son to Mr.. and Mrs.
=. =. Wilson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
PIMPLES.

Iwlll mail (Pree) the recipe for y simple
Vegetable balm that will remove Tan. freek I.
los, flmples and blo,ehes. leaving tho skin
soft. clear and beauliiull also Instruct on 5
for producing u luSurlant growth OF hair
on u bald head or smooth face. Address
lnclosihg Dc. stamp. Don, Vandelf & Co., q
BeekmanSt st., N. Y,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
VERMONT.

| hutlanu expellueu w t"e ""PP"'N
Of the poor last year 81. 1925.
The court at Montpelier has denied
the petition allowing Ha, den, the
murderer new trial Oh the GROUND
Of insanity. lie Is TO be executed
next Friday.
Freight from the Central Vermont
Is now sent over the Northern road as
before the late "war.i
The home Of the Willistop murder
ers, Joseph Wood and Alma Smith,
has been sold by mortgage foreclosure.
Or ,hn "h;ldr"n the oldest Ia IN the
poor house, the second in the Orphans
home, the thru, an infant, with its
mother in Jail.
Dennis Donahue of Mortified, kill
ed bear, recently, that weighed 424
pounds. The carcass was sold TOR
$40, the skin for SIG, and Dennis will
get a bounty OF $l5,-quile a profit.
able days work.
The state.prison at Windsor is to
he extended so feet and new work
shops built for it with the $4,000 ap-
propriated by the last Legislature.
II. r. Smith OF Wesltield, attempt
ed suicide Wednesday by cutting his
throat, making a severe but not fatal
wound. He had been arrested on a
debt of $50, and although wealthy,
rather than pay that amount attempt
ed sclt.murder.
The disease OF the sheep, called
scab, has greatly increased in 1rasburg
during the winter; several tlocks are
afflicted and nearly ruined.
The cotton mills at Irish Corner,
near North Bennington, formally
known rs the Essex mills were burned
Friday morning. Cause unknown.
Loss $4,000 Insured for $4,000.
The Central Vermont line now runs
their day express train between Moi
treal and Boston, via White River
Junction and Concord, in ten and one.
half hours, including stops. As the
line is all steel rails, the distance which
is 1874 miles, can be made with safety
and ease at this speed, which is said to
be the fastest running Of . railway
train in New England fop the distance.
Governor Tarnham and the directors
of the state prison decided to cancel
the present contract with H, Fl. Miw-
Kinney & Co. of Boston for the oon'
Wet labor OF the prison, aud have
awarded the same 10 William u.
Bracket g. Go. Of Boston at crater
advantage to the state. The making
of shoes will be continued aud the new
contractors take charge 10 three
months, which notice Is neaessary ac'
cording to the old contract.
J. E. Wheelook, The well-known
Milton lawyer has become insane, lie
has lately become rather disposed to
melancholy, and having attended the
series of meetings conducted by Mrs.
Hammond, the excitement is thought
to have an effect upon his brain. 1t is
feared he will have 10 be taken to On
asylum.
There were "a deaths and 20 births
10 Bradford in 1880. Seventeen oil
those who died were over so years Of
age, and nine over rs years. Ths
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Mrs. Lydia Il. Pinkham, 283 Western
Aye, Lynn, Mass, is rapidly acquiring an
enviable reputation for the surprising
cures which daily result from the use OF
her Vegetable Compound in all female
diseases. Send for her pamphlet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Reports come from the great pas
lures OF the West that the cattle are
dying by the thousands from the cold
winter, and tears are entertained that
the thiokly populated pasture lands OF
Montana, Idaho and Oregon may be
strewn with carcasses by The time
spring opens. In.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
John 6. Haynes & Co.,
30 COURT STREET, BOSTON.

Musical Boxes in Great Variety,
Bass Band Instruments.
Violins.
American Guitars Warranted.
Imported Guitars.
Banjos from $500 upwards.
Violin, Vloloncello, Double Bass,
Banjo, Either and Harp Strings
and Trimmings.
Accordcons and Concertinas of all
descriptions. American and For.
eign Sheet Music, Music Books,
&c, &c, Wholesale and Retail.
This establishment is one of the branch
stores of OLIVER DITsoN & Co., and
possesses uuequalled advantages for the
importation Of instruments from the best
in Europe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Rochester.
DR.. Paddock opens high school
in Rochester, March 7. Mny success
attend his efforts, ~ he is prominently
fitted tor the work of Teaching.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Says the Boston correspondent Of
the Toleodo Blade, "There never was
a scolding woman yet, but slack un-
worthy manw as in fault, behind her.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

An investigating committee is a
body organized for tho purpose Of
either whitcwashing or running the
accused.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
NJ Il L ! N Err "
AND FANCY GOODS,

Among which may be found Beaver,
Plush, Felt, and Wool
HATS AND BONNETS.
Feathers in great variety. Velvets,
Pushes and Satins for Dress and
Bonnet Trimmings,
Corsets, Hair Goods, Worsteds,
Embroidery, Silks, &C., &c.
Lace Scarts, Ties, Fichus, and
Rufiings.
n@- Agents for the Domestic Pat
terms.
MRS. JOHNSON 4 TEwKsBURY.
No. !. Central st,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Nothing keeps man hssfknowl-
edge and wisdom like thinking he has
both, ...t..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

Tho word "hcll has hcen espunged
from the revised edition Of the New
Testament. Thcu Ingersoll is right.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
"A Nervous Debility, Premature Decay. and
oil tho Objects VI youthful indisOrotlon, viii
for the sake suffering OF humanity. send free
10 all who need II, the recipe and directions
for making tho simple remedy by which he
was cured. Sufferers wishing TO profit by
advertisers oxperinee by addressing in per-
feet confidence. John u. Ogden, "a Color
st. New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23

A GENTS WASTED,-Big Pay, Light
AWork. Steady Employment. Samples
Free. Address NJ. l.. Byn, 10 Nassau Street
Ny.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
OCTOBER 27, 1880.

Have returned from Market with
fine assortment of
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-07
[Lippincott's Magazine.l
n the House of Commons

The public are excluded from the House
while the Speaker is at prayers, but by one Of
those anomalies which give humorous flavor
to some forms of English legislation, the au-
thorities do not recognize the existence of the
Ladies' Gallery, and by this pleasantly the oc-
cupants of it are permitted to witness the
spiritual recreations of the Speaker. When it
is announced that he is in the chair, the Stran-
gers Gallery and the Speakers Gallery are
opened, and we may then enter. From neither
of these can good view be obtained, and the
visitor finds the interest of the proceedings and
his comfort increased if he has already made
himself familiar with .he building itself on
one of those occasions when it is open to the
public. When the florid beauties of St. Ste
phen's Hall and Octagon Hall and the sump-
tuous decorations of the House of Lords have
been seen, the House of Commons, like the
members of the lobby, is disappointing, and
the insuficiency of its size is at once appar-
ent. 1t is nearly square, and the walls and
ceiling are panelled with carved oak Of SOM
bre hue. The windows are bordered with
stained glass, in which the motto Dieu ct mon
droit is repeated sideways and lengthwise
There is also large plate of delicately-tinted
glass in the roof, through which the light falls
with grateful softness. At the farther end of
the hall from the entrance the Speaker sits in
a canopied oak chair and in front of him is
the clerks table, upon which rests the ponder
GUS mace, bearing the initials G. r. Chose of
Charles 1. or II) and q crown. The benches
upon which the members sit are placed four
deep along the sides of the hall from end to
end, and are upholstered in dark leather
Unlike the seats in the Senate or House of
Representatives, they have no desks or tables
attached to them; and if the occupants want
to write they must use their knees The
benches on the Speakers right hand are occu-
pied by the ministerial party, and those on the
left by the opposition They are divided
those on the right and left--by an aisle about
twelve feet wide, and are intersected midway
by transverse passage called the ''gapgway,"
the members who sit below this, whether they
are on the conservative side of the House or
the liberal, indicating that they do not give
unreserved allegiance to their party. At the
end opposite the Speaker is the bar of the
House. two pillars united by hollow brass
rod-and, excepting the clerks at the table,
only members are admitted within this limit
Even the sergeant-at.arms and the deputy
sergeant-at-arms are excluded and sit outside
the bar and if a letter or telegram arrives for a
member it is passed along from hand to hand
until it reaches him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-07
Ex-Secretary McCulloch on Our
Fiscal Policy.

Ex-Secretary McCulloeh discusses "Our Fu-
ture Fiscal Policy" in the June North Ameri-
can, beginning with recital of our past fiscal
policy since 1860. In that year, when the ma
tional debt was less than $50, 900, 600, bids for
loan of $5,0O0,0O0 were accepted at twelve per
cent. In February, 1861, $4,000, 900 of six per
cent twenty-year bonds were issued at ninety
per cent. In March, only $4,000, 900 out of a
loan of SS,0O0,000, (twenty years at six per
cent? were bid for at ninety-four or more. In
November, 1861, the government received
$45, ,795, ,498 upon loan of S50,000,0O0. This
was the third loan made to the government by
the banks of Boston, Philadelphia and New
York. For the first two they were to re-
ceive treasury notes at seven and three
tenthS per cent. interest The general sus-
pension of the banks in 1861 was not calami-
ty, since it resulted in the creation of the ma
tional banking system-"the most perfect and
beneficial system which has been devised"
The legal-tender act would have done no harm
if the provision that the legal-tender notes
might be converted into five twenty bonds at
tire will of the holder. had not been ''most un-
fortunately repealed" But for the repeal, the
legal-tender currency would have disappeared
at the close of the war. The credit of the
country is now, in McCulloch's judgment,such
as to secure the success of refunding at three per
cent, provided the national banks are relieved
of the tax on their circulation. Mr.. McCul-
loch is in favor of a reconciliation of silver by
international agreement, but not by the indie
pendent action of this country. He is clear
that our shipping trade ought to be revived,
and that the only means of reviving it is to
subsidize American lines. "The word sub
sidy' has been an exceedingly odious one when
applied to ships; but no such odium has at
tached to it when applied to railroads. The
interest on the amount advanced the govern
ment in bonds, now selling at thirty per cent.
premium, to the Union and Central Pacific
Railroad companies, Or ene-half of the inter-
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-07
[Blackwood's Magazine.l
Brevity Not Clearness.

1t is commonly supposed that brevity is the
essence of telegram, and that the shorter
message can be, the better; that if you have
thing to say in ten words, it is better to say it
in seven. If you have thing to say in seven,
it is better to say it in five. This appears to be
the creed of the general telegram sender No
doubt, if his sole object is to swell the revenues
of the State, his procedure is laudable but
there are other considerations to be taken into
account; and if he wishes his kilograms to be
rendered in such guise that they shall be under
stood pa" Qui de droit he will strive rather to
make the wording plain than laconc. Re-
dundancy, is of course, to be avoided, but too
great brevity is equally to be eschewed. La
comic writing it is to be borne in mind, tends
to obscurity; obscurity makes it impossible for
the telegraph operator to know whom he is
sending sense and when NONSENSE; and if he
has no guide as to what he is sending, the
chances are at least equal that he will go
astray. There is no doubt another motive
which weighs with some, and that is the desire
that the message should not be intelligible to
the officials through whose hands is will pass.
But it is short sighted policy to make the Word
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-07
The Free Port of Hamburg.

Hamburg is still free-trade city. The
attempt of the German chancellor to bring
it into agreement with the German CONNER
cial system has failed. But Bismarck has
gained something from the struggle. When
he began his efforts to conform the customs
dues OF Hamburg to those of other parts of
the Empire, that city governed an area of
about 158 square miles, and had under its
sway the district Of Geest, and the bailiwicks
of Bergedorf and Rzebuttel, containing con-
siderable towns like Barnbeck, Bergedoff,
Caxhaven, Hanm and Ullenhorst. To all
these the free port privileges extended.
By the terms of the compromise entered
into by the Empire and Hamburg all this
territory outside of the city proper becomes
subject to the general German customs laws.
The free port privilege is restricted to the
city proper. The consideration for this con-
cession is $10,OOO,00O. Hamburg retains its
government. and will be ruled as it has been
for over century by its Senate and it's
House of Burgesses, and will send three
members to the German Reichstag.
1t is entirely probable that the free port
privileges the city is now left in possession
OF will not be long permitted to it. Bis
marck is making two bites of his cherry. He
has taken from Hamburg nearly half her
possessions. She is that much the weaker
and that much the less able to resist the
next onslaught when it comes. She cannot
hope to long Withstand commercial policy
which has been adopted and is approved by
the other States of the German empire.
Her municipal regulations may not be inter-
terfered with; but she will not be long left
in possession of her exclusive commercial
privileges. She must fall into line with the
other ports of Germany