Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-08
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family bible for u pint Of rum,
The feet Of Gainesville (Fla,)
merchant are thirty inches long, Some
boss liars down there,
Edwin Booth Is meeting with great
success IN Scotland,
Three hundred iiiopsaol dollars
worth Of land in West Texas was sold
at Now York Friday, to an English
company.
Rcy. Joe Cook says Cincinnati, Is ,ho
wickcdcst city in tho world.
lie that would have the perfection
of pleasure must be moderate in the
use Of i'll WhIchColo,
Beauty aud bashiuocss arc grlGn
united, rs ~ exchange; yet the pref
test maiden Is admired for her check
As adversely leads US 10 think prop
crly Of our state, it Is most beneficial
to us,-[Dr. Samuel johnson.
Fifty thousand immigrants came to
this coun.ry in September
Pullman's patent on sleeping ear
bcrths expired November ist
Sarony is said to have given Mrs.
Langtry $4,000 for the privilege of
photographing her. and Oscar wild
$1,000.
According to the Detroit Fro" Press
"a whale can store up enough wind to
last him two hours under water" which
is about us well rs Il Vermont Legis-
lator can do under liquor.
1t is rumored that as soon as Mr.,
Blaine moves into that rev house Mr..
Conkling will send young man into
the ncighborhood to learn to play on
the cornet. - Louisville Conrier-Jour'
1t is u noticeable fact that in race
between man and II govt the SYM
pathies of the public IRE always with
the goat.
Eight colored people were poisoned
on plantation near Shreveport,
La, by installing arsenic for baking
powder.
Miss Charlotte O'Brien, daughter OF
the late Smith O'Brien, the Irish
patriot, and who is devo.ing hsr lite to
endeavors to better the condition OF
emigrants en- voyage, is now visiting
in Montgomery, Ala. She will come
east via Philadelphia and Boston, and
sail some time next month for Ireland.
Judge Lochrane of Georgia has n
walking stick turned with a ducks
head on top. In the ducks bill is sap
phire that cost $3.50, and the eyes are
made with diamonds that cost 81 100
each.
A country visitor to the Philadelphia
bi-centennial ate twenty-five plates of
raw oysters and then thanked heaven
that William Penn was allowed to dis
cover so good city as Philadelphia.
1t is now announced that tho cost OF
converting the heather has been re-
duced to about S25 per head. And
when you come to know the heather,
you'll conclude that the sum named is
a heap more than they're worth.
DR.. Talmage says it takes a man
who is a Christian all the way
through to believe the story of Noah
and his ark. He doesn't say whether
he believes it or not, so we are left in
doubt as to the status of Talmake's
Christianity.
The two greatest curses to to a man
"A large quantity of ambition and a
small allowance of brains.
A cow in Bucks county, Pa, having
had one of her legs taken off by a rail-
road train was supplied with wooden
one. and now limps around quite COM
fortably upon it.
President Arthur's proclamation fix
ing Thursday, November 3Oth, as
Thanksgiving Day, may be found on
fourth page of this paper.
The pop of pistol disturbed the
congregation of a church at Glouchest-
er, Mass. Little JOHNNY Dow had
brought his fathers revolver as play
thing with which to while away the
long hours of worship.
They say that when George Francis
Train heard that Mrs. Scoville was in
love with him, he was so mortified
that he lost five pounds Of flesh.