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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

STATE or VERMONT Al fIob,ls
DI.IRICI o. HlRIfOaD, %, Court held o.
Woodstock within sld Tor said District on
tbs tssnty-lhird day u March, A, d. 1884
Present, Hon, Joha Porter, Judge,
Enos y, Hsthsw.y's estate bhdgsws'sr
intsslste,
George u, Hmiih, Administrator Of said
estate, proposes 70 render an aeeonnl of
his administration and 70 present bis 40
count against said estate Tor examination
sld allowance at q Probate GouTt 10 DO held
N Woodstock aforesaid GA the hrsl Wsdnes,
day (thrd day Of May nest, The Court
therefore OrdsIs that notice Of the sane
DO giVen TO all persons interested 10 SAID
estate, BIZ publishing copy Of the record 81
this order three weeks suceessiyely 10 tho
spirit Of he Age, q newspaper printed ~
Woodstock Aforesaid, that they may, appear
before said Court and contest The allowance
Of said account, u they sec cause,
A true record,
HENRY u, DANA, Register,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26
G. M. P. ACADEMY,
South Woodstock, Vermont.

Students fitted for business, teaching,
and college. Spring term commences
March LIST 1882. Board, excluding room,
fuel, lights and washing, $500 per week
Good facilities for self boarding. w. Z.
Mack, A. b., and Mrs. N. p. Wood have
been engaged az teachers. For catalogue
or further information, address,
I. 8. COOK, A. B., Principal,
Woodstock, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26
LOW PRICES.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
REIJBEN DOUGLASS ESTATE.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Probate Court of the District OF Hart.
ford, Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons ae ainst Reuben Douglas: late of Wood
stock in said District deceased and the claims
of The deceased exhibited in set-cf, to
the claims Of the creditors hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose Of exam
ming and allowing said claims at the
dweIling-house Of Seth F. sterlin. in Wood
stock, on Saturday. the 18th day of April,
and on Saturday lie End Of September next,
from one o'clock z. NJ. until five o'clock p.
M, ON each of said days. and that six months
from the 18th day Of March A. ID. 1882, is the
time limited by said Court for eaid creditors
to presen. their claims 10 us for examination
and allowance.
dated at Woodstock, this 23rd day of
H.. DURHAM, I Commits
s. +. STERIIN, ! sioners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

BRIGHrs DISEASE, DIABETES. KIDNEY,
LIVER OR URINARY DIsEAsEs.-Have no
fear of any of these diseases If you use
Hop Bitters, as they will prevent and cure
the worst cases, even when you have been
made worse by some great puaed up pre-
tended cures.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

Plymouth.
"A large boarding house is now be-
ing erected at the gold mines, little
below where Buffalo brook enters
Reading Pond brook. A mill is also
being built for machinery for working
the ore from the mine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

So. ROyRIton.
MIR. Jesse Smith shipped car
load of 10 good horses from this sta
ton recently, for one of which he paid
1920.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

Inever knew any man in my life
who could not bear another's misfor-
tunes perfectly like a Christian Pope.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26
ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting Of the Windsor Coun-
ty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, will DO
held at its Office in Woodstock, at Q o'clock
after noon OF Wednesday, May "a, 1882.
r. 3. S0UTuGAfE, Secretary.
Woodstock, VT, April.24, 1882.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

The papers say the Rcv, H. Ger
ry, of West Randolph, walks Il miles
to his place of preaching aud back tho
same day, This Is not so. His place
of preaching is Bethel, and the dis
tance Is seven miles,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

TsuS, soIss AisT,

Now Is tho time for tho farmer to
feel his oats,
Il ermuda onions are In market, as
mild as new milk and as tender rs the
eye of sweet sixtcen-besides being
very expensive,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26
N E w
Spring and Summer Goods.
ALL THE
NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON

BOOTS 81 SHOES
Of the latest styles and best makes
of all grades, from
BURT'S CELEBRATED BOOTS
to Mems Heavy Brogans, Canvass
Boots, for men, boys, ladies, misses,
and children. A large line Of
SLIPPERS.
No. | Rubber Goods.
~ All to be sold at the lowest cash
prices. Purchasers are invited to call.
Repairing done on short notice.
C. j. TAFT,
Park Street, Woodstock.
April s1rd, 1882.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26
O. H. FREEMAN, Agent,

for repairing clothes wringers Of aIi1 kinds
Best quality Of Solid White Rubbe, Rolls iSr-
nished at re ssenable prices. and warrsf ted oy
Oh FREEMAN
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

A phosph ate that gives satisfactory re-
suits is one that farmers will buy. Prac-
tical proofs presented briefly by users
have more weight than long columns of
theory. The following is from Hastings
Damon, Chester Depot, VT:
"The Bowker's Hill and Drill Phosphate
I used was fine thing for me. I raised
sixty baskets (bushels) Of ears Of corn
where applied, and my crop on the land
used the same without was near a failure. !"
Barnard.
-Grasshoppers bave commenced
haying here.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

Our Rutland correspondent stated u
short time ago that $. Il. Pinsroc, of
Hartford, would deliver tho Decoration
Day address at Rutland, Such is not
the fact. II is his brother, Col. \. NJ.
Pingrec, who is to deliver 1t, and il
will be good one too, don't you for
get it. Col. s. i. Pingrcc delivers an
address at Bradford Oh the same day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-04-26

Henry Taft has taken the superin-
tendency Of Hon. Frederick Billings
farm, w. H. Seaver retiring. Henry
is the right man in the right plsce, and
Mr.. Billings will find it 80.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
SEVEN YEARS OLD.
A CoIored Man Who Is Older than the
Republic.

There is at present residing in Camden a
negro who has attained the remarkable age
of 127 years. His name is William Bassett
He was born in the State of Delaware, near
Smyrna, in 1855, where.his parents were
slaves, for many years being owned by the
Bayard family. During the war Of the rev.
olution Bassett, then young man of 21 or
%. was working for farmer by the name of
Wilson, some twenty miles from Dover,
where he had moved shortly before the war
commenced. While there he married and
became the father of a large family. Upon
the death of his wife Bassett married again
When the war broke out in 1912 he left his
home and became body servant of
Colonel Morris, of Jackson's army, whom he
accompanied to the front at New Orleans.
While South he suffered from an attack of
typhoid fever, consequent upon the change
of climate, and his life was despaired of.
After recovery he returned to the North, and
was forty years in Colonel Morris household.
He married his third wife upon his return
from the South. For the past eighteen years
he has been taken care of by his children
and grandchildren, spending his time be-
tween Camden and Moorestown, to and from
which places he has travelled ON foot many
times The last trip he made early in the
fall Of 1881, and as 4, walk for man of 1876
years the record cannot be excelled. OF late
he has been failing very much, for the past
two weeks being unable to take any nourish
ment.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
The MARQUIS of LOrne.

An exchange says: The Marquis is a jolly
ScOtchman and a great hunter, and he likes
joke too. A short time ago he got into a
train while returning from hunting trip
The illustrious sportsman had been roughing
it pretty severely, and us he sank into a
seat beside "a very aesthetic young lady
from Boston he looked as begrimed and
weather beaten a trapper as ever brought his
peltries into the settlement.
Don't you find it too utterly passionate
sympathy with natures most incarnate as
pirations among the sky topping mountains
and the dim aisles Of the horizon touching
ing forest, young man." said the disciple of
the willowy Wilde.
'Oh, yes! yes" said the apparent back
woodsman, land I am also frequently drawn
into an exaltation of rapt soulfulness and
beatific, incandescent, infinite, abstract con-
tiguity when my horse stumbles and have
to tack up to wind'ard of herd of buffalo
with some old boss bison prodding me abaft
the wheelhouse at every jump"
Indeed !" said the young aesthetic, much
surprised. II had. no idea the lower class
ever felt like that"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
Mexican Women.

! The amiability and good nature of Mexi
can females is proverbial. They are univer
sally good tempered, gracious and gaceful
and this charm of manner prevails in all
classes Advantages of education are few
and their accomplishments are limited to the
guitar and few Spanish songs, but their
voices are sweet and melodious, and their
laugh is low, musical and infectious. Simple
minded and affectionate in their natures, de-
voted where they love, and confding, but
fierce and vehement in their jealouses, mere
children in simplicity, and pleased with a
little attention, never awkward in society-a
Fifth avenue belle might envy their grace
and natural polish of manner, which is some
thing marvellous considering their want of
opportunities Even the children are gentle,
and never rude or boisterous. Their rever-
ence and respect for their parents is some
thing wonderful. When saying good night
to them they kneel and kiss their hands
The good nature and affection in domestic
life is charming There is scarcely an in
stance of family quarrels and chickering's
No Mexican ever abuses wife or children in
social life their amiability is most commend
able Every family has its poems, whom we
are told are little better than slaves. Such
is not the case; ON the contrary, they are
treated with the utmost kindness and fare as
we'll as the family, which, however, cannot
be called sumptuous, for all are mlserably
poor, comparatively speaking; still, any
family having the munifcent income OF SlOO
a wear keeps a servant or pe0n.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
APHILOSOPHICAL DISPUTATION
What the Hon. De Bar Had to Say to
the Lime Kin Club.
Detroit Free Press.

In voice as full of music as buzz saw
cutting through sidewalk spike the Hon
De Bar announced the subject ui his remarks
as above and continued:
Philosophers an writer's of all ages have
told us dat the hight of human ambishun
was to be happy. Pick up a uOOk or news
paper an you am confronted by de denounce-
ment dat one who am not happy might as
well be dead We am advised an talked to
an written to an urged to be happy, an it
am all nonsense an has eber bin so. In de tust
place, no one kin be perfeckly happy. When
you get possesshun of big watermellyOn
an sit down in an alley to devOur it all by
yerself yer mouf waters, an yer back sort O.
humps up an you fondly imagine that you
am happy. But you amt You haven't taken
over two bites befO' you remember dat de ole
woman wants % pOrus plaster an de chillen
want shoes an de rent will be due on Satur-
day, an a dozen odder fings cum to knock
yer happiness higher dan Gildery's corn
shelter. It's de same when you play poker
an win $40. You feel happy for de mint,
an you dance aroun' on one leg an chuckle
over yer smartness. Den comes the reaxshun.
You remember dat you owe about $50 an
dat the wood am out, de -four barl am emp
ty an de chilren have been cryin' for bacon.
In de second place, what's de use of bein'
happy? [Sobs from Elder Toots. Happiness
doan' increase de price of blackin' stoves.
You can't charge mo- for whitewashin.' Sen
sation behind the stove. You can't get any
mo- for beatin' carpet. [Groans of dispair.
Bein' happy doan' help our credit at de gro
GERS or butchers. fSighs. What dey want
is money AN not happiness. Show me hap
py man who has any mo- to eat an war dan
an unhappy one Distressing coughs from
all over the hail. 1t has bin said dat hap
piness am better dan riches. Doan' let em
fool you. Sensation. De happy man am
sent to Jail quite as often as the unhappy
one.
In de third place, happiness am not heal
thy. 1t runs into liver complaint, consump-
tion an palpitation of de hart. We are plac-
ed heah on airth to bet ON de losin hoss to
marry de wrong wOman-tO catch on to
heaps of bad weather. an on dead loads of
tribulation. Doan' 60 round lookin' fur Il
happy man. If you find one he'll be some
body so soft dat dey have to put him on ice.
Our greatest men am de mos unhappy ones.
Show NE man who has lost three wives by
yeller fever, six chin by the cholera three
or four houses by fire, an has himself bin
sent to jail on false testimony, an / will
show you noble Roman. Cheers. Thank
ing you for your parsimoneous imprecashins,
an predictin' dat de time am not fur distant
when de honor of bein' q member of de Lime
Kiln Club will be all de honor one man kin
lug aroun' in OF weather, l now deliberate
towards de opportunity of infringement, an
bid you good night
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
A Dwarf Killed by Cats.
London News.l

A Snowman named Joseph Lumeau has
been arrested at Lille on charge of causing
the death of a dwarf under very peculiar
circumstances. The dwarf, who was seven
teen years old and barely twenty-five inches
in height, had been sold to Lumeau by his
father to be exhibited in a booth His pur-
chaser conceived the idea of establishing a
miniature menagerie, with the dwarf as
tanner. He caused number of cats to be
painted SO as to look like tigers and giving
the dwarf whip, compelled Linn by kicks
and threats to goad the cats into furious
attack upon him. The consequence was that
the poor little fellow, who always had a
great aversion to cats, was literally torn to
pieces by the animals This took place at
the fair of Beahpre-sur-S last month,
since when the Snowman has disappeared.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
The Young and Old Lady in England.
New York Times


Perhaps the greatest contrast in English
society as compared with American, is that
in the former woman's importance grows
with yesrs, whereas in the latter it declines
At large English country house some diff
Guilty arose as to making room for all the
guests expected at dinner. Why let those
girls" indicating two pretty young ladies'"
take their dinner at luncheon time," said an
old peeress, 'and come down to the drawing
room in the evening. We don't want young
girls at dinner, we want good takers" This
old lady was a famous London dinner giver
and loved a feast of reason and flow of SOUL
Lady Salisbury, who stands at the head OF
the great society leaders in London to-day is
fifty-seven; Lady Derby about the same age
and many others conspicuous as agreeable
entertainers at the same period of life could
be cited. But here, even now, ladies of such
an age seem to deem themselves shelved 1t
is great pity, woman of fifty has knowl-
edge and experience which, if she be natur-
ally intelligent, can scarcely fail to make
her socially congenial to men of sense, ,wheth-
er they are young or old. 1t is often re-
marked by clever young fellows that their
pleasantest hours at London balls are spent
rather in talking to agreeable mothers than
in dancing with their daughters. Nothing
could. Improve society here more than de-
termination on the part of ladies of mature
age to keep well to the front and assert them
selves
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
a Dinner Party i'm BarthoIdy's Statue

Bartholdy, the sculptor of the collosal
statue of Liberty, the other day invited
twenty of his literary and artistic friends to
breakfast with him inside the thigh of the
statue, to which the head belongs, and which
as yet is only built up to the waist. The
little banquet was most successful in every
way; the guests walked in by the right foot
of the statue, and one of them laid himself
down most comfortably inside one of the
toes; ladders conveyed them all the way up
the calf and finally deposited them where
temporary platform had been constructed
and the festive board had been laid. They
hope, when the statue has been entirely put
together at some future day, to enjoy lively
dinner inside the head. Ha
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
Convicted One Hundred Times.
London Telegraph.

At the Worship Street Police Court on
Saturday, Lucy Brent, an unfortunate
about 80 years of age, was charged with be-
ing drunk and refusing to quit the George
and Guy public house when requested fur
ther, with wilfnlly breaking square of
plate-glass, value e5. The prisoner is well
known in the court, and the convictions re-
corded against her number nearly 100, dating
from 1868. When she first appeared before
the magistrate she was not Is years of age
and was exceedingly pretty. She was then
charged with drunkenness in the street, and
when she told her history, Mr.. Newman in
duced her to enter home. The prisoner,
however, soon left the home, and ever since
has refused to listen to any advice. She now
lives when not in prison, in the lowest dens
OF Spitalfelds, and on this occasion appeared
In the dock with a terrible confusion of one
eye and looking fifty years OF. age. She is a
woman of fair education, but whether re-
specially connected she would never tell.
She had never been convicted of felony. Mr..
Bushby said there was nothing for it but to
send her to prison, and ordered her to be
kept in jail for two months, with hard labor.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
The HindoO's Search for Truth,

\ c. Lyal in Cornhill Magazinel
All over the world wonder in lands that never
have trod
Are the people eternally seeking for the signs and
steps of a God"
Westward across the ocean, and northward ayont
the snow,
10 they all stand gazing ts ever. and what do the
wisest know
Here, in this mystical India the deities hover and
Like the wild bees heard in the treep-tops or the
gusts OF a gathering storm
In the air men hear their voices, their feet the
rocks are seen.
Vet we all say, Whence is the message, and what
may the wonders mcan:"
million shrines stand open, and ever the censer
swings,
~ they bow to mystic symbol, the figures OF
ancient kings;
And the rises ever and rises the endless cry
OF those who are heavy laden and of towards 10th
to die.
For the Destiny drives us together like deer in a
pass of hills,
Above is the sky, and around us the sound and the
shot that kills;
Pushed by power we not and struck by a
hand unknown,
We pray to the trees for a shelter and press our
lips to a stone
The trees wave a shadowy answer and the rock
frowns hollow and grim,
And the form and nod of the demon caught in
the twilight dim
And we look to the sunlight falling afa1 on the
mountain crest.
Is there never path runs upward to refuge there,
aud a rest
The path, an! who has shown it, and which is the
faithful guide?
The haven, ah! who has known it for steep is
the mountain side.
Forever the shot strikes surely and the vast
ed breath
OF the praying multitude rises, whose answer is
only death!
Chiefs who were slain on the war field, and women
who died III flames;
They gods these kings of the foretime, they
are spirits who guide our race
Ever watch and worship; they sit with marble
face.
And the myriad idols around me, and the legion of
muttering priests,
The revels and rites unhoy, the dark unspeakable
fcaSts;
What have they wrung from the silencee Hath
whisper come
of the sccret-Whence and whittier? Alas for the
gods dumb.
shall list to the words of the English, who come
from the uttcrmost sea"
The secret hath it been told you, and what is
your message to me?'
II is naught but the worldwide story, how the
earth and the heavens began.
How the gods are glad and angry, and IA deity /
once was man.
had thought "Perchance in the cities where the |
rulers of India dwell,
Whose orders flash from the far land, who grdle
the earth with SPELL
They have fathomed the depth float OH,
measured the unknown main."
Sadly they turn from the venture, and say that the
quest is vain.
l. life then dream and delusion, and where shall
the dreamer awake
Is the world seen like shadows water, and what I
if the mirror break
Shall it pass a camp that is struck tent that
is gathered and gone,
From the sands that were lamp-lit at eve, and at
morning are level and lone?
Is there naught in the heavens above, when-e the
hail and the rain are hurled,
But the wind that is swept around us, by the rush
of the rolling world?
The wind that shall scatter my ashes and bear me
to silence and sleep,
With the dirge and the sounds of lamenting and
voices of women who weep?
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
ABSINTHE.
Increase in the Consumption Of the
Most Dangerous of all IntOxlcants.

The consumption of absinthe. that health
destroying liquor appears to be on the in
crease, and is now, according to Mr.. Winter
Blyth, sold in large number of places in
Marylebone, for which parish he is the
public analyst and medical officer of health.
1t seems to him therefore, right and prop
er thing to chemically examine samples of
this liquid, which was done. Absinthe is a
yellowish-green liquor which contains, as q
peculiar ingredient, a poisonous oil having a
deleteriOus effect on the nervous system the
oil is called Worm-wood oil, and is produced
in nature by the Artemisia absinthyiuns.
Other tlavoring oils are always added, such
as peppermint, angelica, clover, cinnamon
and ainese seed. The color is produced by
the juice of nettles, spinache or parsley; or,
in other words, is due to the common green
"chiorophyll' found in all green plants.
Most samples of absinthe contain sugar
The average composition of absinthe is as
follows: Absolute alchol in 100 parts, 1000 :;
oil of wormwood, %; other essential oils,
2.42; sugar, 1.5O chlorophyll, traces; water,
1855 Alcohol causes drunken sleep; alcoh-
oil and absinthe combined produces convul-
siOns. The poor wretches given up to OBJ
sinthe drinking suffer from a peculiar train
OF nervous symptoms, the most prominent
OF which is epilepsy of a remarkably severe
character, terminating in softening of the
brain and death. The last moments of the
absinthe drinker are often most horrible. M.
Voisin records case in which q man was
picked up in the public streets in an epilptic
tit. He was known to be a large consumer
of absinthe. The commissions lasted until
death-four days and four nights During
the last five or six hours of lif the faster
the face became almost black
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1882-09-14
Proof of French Commercial Morality
Pail Mall GaZette.l

lTall Mill OaZeUe.
The good policy of casting ones net broad
ly upon the waters is conspicuously illus
trated in story which came yesterday from
Paris. 1t occurred to an enterprising chera-
| her d'industrie that those who succeeded in
the more regular walks of trade had two dis
tinguishing characteristics the abb
sence of any very strict code of honor,
coupled. with the presence of very tender
conscience. Accordingly, he turned out in
his 'Bottin" the addresses of several of the
most successful traders in Paris, and sent to
each of them an anonymous letter saying
that unless 100 francs was sent to such and
such and such an address at such and such
an office, she would disclose ALL" Remit
tances of 100 francs came pouring in; but
there appears to be one man in Paris either
so virtuous or so brazen that the threat to
disclose all had no terrors for him, and he
availed to save his less prudent or righteous
brethren. The plot was stopped by as sim
pie means sas those which started it; the
postofice in question was watched, and when
the man came to fetch his next batch of an
swers he was arrested by the police. He
will now have to mediate in prison on
the meanness of many of those who succeed
in life q -