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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29

Among the Northwestern tribes of In
dams innocence is as marked among the
girls as their color. Educated in the
faith that she was ordained to work, she
trains herself to hard labor, and at six
teen years of age is sturdy and strong,
brave against fatigue, and perfect
housewife. She may not possess New
England notions of cleanliness, but she
takes not little pride in her personal
appearance, anc in the arrangement of
her lodge. She displays some crude
ideas OF taste and a certain amount Of
neatness. Ii she marries white man
she makes him good wife as long as
she lives with him. Her home is her
sole comfort and his comfort her sole
ambition. She thinks OF him and for
him, and makes it her study to please
him and makes him respect and love
her. She recognizes in hi m one OF q
superior race, and By her dignity and
devotion endelrs helseli to him and
struggles to makenim happy. At the
agencies of the upper frontier thousands
Of men are employed, and it is not an
eNapBeTutlOu W obN tuit vie IudJOTibJ
of them have Indian wives and live
happily.
The aspiring bridegroom must be we'll
known in the tribe before he can hope
TO win wife; her people want to
thoroughly understand him, aud know
ii he can support not only her, but all
of her relatives in the event OF pinch.
He must be warm. hearted man, with
a temper warranted to keep in any
domestic climax, and he must have q
good lodge, and at least half dozen
horses. II he be, and have all these,
he can a.wooing go. Then, selecting
lady, he makes application to the mother
and at council the price is fixed upon.
II the girl is especially pretty the moth
er will demand gun, two horses, and o
lot of provisions, blankets, and cloth.
A gun is valued at $50, and he must
furnish the material to bring the amount
up to from 800 to $3.50. Then he tries
to beat tho dame down, and il he sue.
ceeds lie knows there is some reason for
letting the girl 90, ii not, he understands
he is making q good choice. The court
ship is left entirely to the MOTHER
Montreal Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
Durable Payements.

Beneath every square foot Of wood
paying in London there is q layer OF
concrete foundation five or six feet
thick. 1t is very much like the maead-
amized road, only that it is very deep
and very solid. 1t is made of fragments
of stone rolled down in cement aid
clay, and it makes magnificent bed
rock for the blocks of wood to rest
upon. The way they roll their macadam
streets there is instructive. Over the
various layers OF broken stone and
cement they run steam roller
which is quite as heavy as the biggest
railway engine in America. This goes
back and forth over the same ground
for DAYS together until it has mashed
the material down so that when it comes
to be dug up for fixing street'pipes the
only way to make any impression on 1t
is with a drill and sledge-hammer, such
as would be used in blasting granite
cliff. Making streets in London is
mighty unpleasant for the neighbors,
but when the work is done it doesn't
fizzle out in few days. One sees
macadamized roads as smooth as bill
lard table right in the heart of London,
wholly unaffected by the flow OF heavy
traffic. The streets are dirtier there than
they are anywhere else on cath. Ihey
have none of our street sweeping ma
chimes, and when they sprinkle a
street they simply flood it, so that there
is nothing but a creamy quality OF mud
ON the surface. To call London clean,
as the natives always do, is hideous
and mocking sarcasm. To say it is the
best t.paved city in the world is to tell
the pain, unyarnished truth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
WHOLE NO. 900 G.
Ab6nt "A Camel.

Tie lam6uled Cnl, DaAer, at one tine
United States ssRRt0r Ot C4lllOFl ~,
who feIl at Balls plnn, was one Of The
most eloquent speakers Of tho West
lhe presence Of aROlher comet makes
appropriate the republication Of his
alln6iGn 10 the comet Gf 1858, which
occurred in his Atlantic ealle org'
ton Of that year II came ron O
msichless tongue and an intensely
poetic kUnl =,
III tonight fellow eitIzens." he said,
"you will look uu, itom the glare oi
your illuminated city Into The aorlh'
western heavens. you aill perceive, low
down on tho edge Oi tho horizon, 4
bright stranger pmSWng ia Path across
tho shy. Amid the starry hosts that keep
their watch, II shines, attended by q
brighter pOnp aud followed by q
broader tFaiu, M living man has gazel
upun III spIeldof before, No walehlul
Y1tsgy ot ,uitUcF haa traced ita eourte
fur r6nr 3 i,u generations, IL Ia more
than 800 years slloe It's approach was
visible nom cur planet. When last u
came Il stsgt'ed an emperor on his
throne aui while the 6uperstiiion OF
tho aae tarql' him TO perceive In iia
presence lcrull and doom, his pride
6aw In itS flaming courAe and iiory train
tho announcement that hi own Hight
was about to DO txtugui ,ted. La
common with the lowo't OF his subjects,
he read 0mons OF destruction N tho
baleiul heavens, and prepared himst II
for fate which alike awaiIa tho miehti'
est aud tho meaneS,,
"Thanks to tho present condition OF
scientific knowledge, We read tho
heavens with Ear clearer perception
We SEQ in tho predicted return OF the
rushing, blazing comet through tho
ssy, Tho march OF u heavenly messenger
along its appointed way and around Us
predestinol orbit, For 800 years ho
has travelled amid tho regions OF inh'
nito space. Lone, wandering, but nos
lost ho has lett behind him oh'ning
suns, bll zing stars and cleaning con.
slellntions, now nearer tho eternal
throne, aud again on tho confines OF tho
universe, He returns With visage radi.
ant and benign; he returns with unim'
peded march, and unobstructed way
ho returns the majestic, swift, electric
telegraph OF the Almighty, bearing upon
bis flaming front the tidings that
throughout tho universe there II still
peace and order; that amid the i'm.
measurable dominions OF the Great
King, his rule 10 still perfect; that suns
and stars and systems still tread their
endless circle, and obey tho eternal
| louU
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
IJow Ghosts Look.

Ghost stories, which have suffered an
eclipse for some time, appear to be
undergoing revival. Here is one that
is entitled TO credencc, II any are, IL IS
usually only servants or ignorant par
sons who see ghosts, but in this case
the apparition was seen by two persons
simultaneously, both OF them possessed
Of more than common vigor OF mind.
President Tyler had sister who was
reckoned one Of the most gifted women
Of her day. She was the namesake ol
Patrick Henry and tho pet Of Jefferson
She lived with her father, Gov. Tyler,
at Greenway, in Charles City county,
Va. One night, while sleeping in the
bed with n cousin, young woman, o'
her own age, she awoke and saw her
mother, WHO had been dead for some
months, sitting in the window seat, 1t
was q bright night in summer, and
under the window was the bed OF a
Younger sister who was an infant at the
time of her mothers death. The ap.
partition leaned over tho child and gazed
intently on it. Miss Tyler remembered
to have heard that an apparition would
remain as the eyes were fixed on it,
She looked steadily at it without the
least alarm. Now comes the strangest
part of the story. The girl lying by
her side said quietly, Maria, there is
your mother" Then the form melted
away.
Some years afterward, after Gov. Ty,
ler's death, his daughter was at Green.
way again. She was then married, and
was visiting the first wife of her brother,
President Tyler. He was absent in
Washington being in the Senate. One
night one Of Mrs. Ty!er's children be-
came ill, and her sister in'law went to
the nursery to help take care OF it. She
suggested that she should get remedy
from her own room, and, taking candle
in hand, started for it. On her return,
as she passed the staircase, she saw her
father standing beiorel her. The same
idea flashed into her mind that she could
hold the apparition by her fixed gaze
She observed it carefully, and recog'
nhed certain suit OF brown cloth
which she had sometimes seen the gov
ernor wear, and she was self-possessed
enough to look for mole on his fore
head which was birth mark. Mrs.
TYLER after waiting some minutes called
to her to hasten, whereupon the figure
vonishpl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
PnrIslnn CostumeI.

As relief from tho puifs and paniers
which have made evening dresses ornate
beyond beauty, Worth now sends plain
skirts simply bordered, and completes
the costume with simple pelisse or
redingote. The close pelisse style is
seen in the most elegant costumes.
Velvet with alternate stripes OF Ottoman
silk, or velvet figured with half moons,
pears or lczenges, is us d with skirt
of Ottoman silk, or velvet bordered
deeply with band Of fur or feathers.
Two Shades OF rich dark color are
sometimes combined in one dress. A
dark garnet Ottoman silk striped with
ve.vot is cut in pelisse style, with Q
puffsd vest OF silk inserted in front and
tied across with ribbons of velvet. The
skirt of velvet is finished by deep
ruche OF velvet lined with Ottoman silk.
There are hanging buttons OF velvet
balls held in network Of silk. Pretty
short dresses in Pompadour style are of
rale blue satin, broeaded with rosebuds
and leaves in reseda green. The basque
is cut "a are at the neck with half long
sleeves. Tie skirts Of solid brocade,
and the toilet is trimmed with huge
ruches and frills OF white Oriental
lace. An elegant dress is OF Ottoman
silk in dark green with lozeuge velvet
figures. The underSkirt, Of plaia Otto
man silk, is dark green.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
FASHION NOTES.

Hmall mask wells Of dotted tuils Ais y
worn with velvet turbIns' Tue Wv
black, dark rsd OF dark gleen' mA'eA'Ae
the turban IN color -.
Ostrich leatlets are still used on large
hatf, as Tho bids end Ieasls s's go, ns'
enough Telisl iGr rimp ipg 70 'he vA's
wheels" which are still worh py a'H''
ladies' -.
lhe pretiiest new gloves arc gates.
color, they are nut yel 20 con- p'esVs5
aud eommOi ss tho various llh1s anu
shades OF mahogany o. lefis COVE V''''
which have been worn thls sa'u'hh'
All sleeves Of street costumes are now
padded little, 10 give q square eh'''
10 tho shoulders. -,
Entire suits IN Turkish styles, WIN
full Kniekefboekers, loug coat ana ieA
cap, arc worn ebFoad by little boys
A Iireion JACKET Of dark green, cleo cleo,
tric blue Or black CLOTH oillanehtea
with braid, IL stylishly worn by Young
ladies aud misses, with q hHift anu
drapey Of Scotch plaid IN fancy eo'o's
Of elan pgil, The klrl OF 'he es'he
dress ia XII Cd, and tho dnpery 10 @'
ranged in irregular fashion.
A Jersey peIisse oi dark riile green
Ottoman cOIh ID siy.ishly trimmed WIN
a.Wide baud Of brown otter fur on the
bottom, aud deep ouf and color oi the
same far. The garment II eSqnlhiteiy
fitted IN "tailor" yle, aud iinihhed by
frog ornaments on the mont ana hlis
pocket holes. finished at tho ends ny
erows'fee, Of sllk.
Some Of the prsttleat costumes on the
promenade arc a dark garnet cloth,
inished by box pleated shiFlf, iuil ara
perry and basque fitted around tho
hIps 10 smooth jersey fashion Win pos
tilion plcala vt ii > back, Cuiia AID q
collar OF lioelle OF hemp eolored lace ars
worn in tho house with these dresses
The prettiest fur sets eonsiSt OF the
talma cape and small mult This SCI
may 10 Of stylish ehlnchilla fur, black
beaver natural beaver, seal, OTTER OF
long black Russian hare, or black mon
key fnr
Military coats. Prince Albert coats.
continue TO bc popular, but ~ RELIEF
from these masculine wraps there art
number OF stylish little short mantles
and small loimans with Oriental sleeves,
which arc made Of tho material OF tho
dress and lined with gay red, old gold,
garnet or yariegated silk These wraps
arc 'frencby'and stylish, and especially
pretty after tho severity Of the tailor:
made" coats. Athick pinked ruchc, OF
the material OF the mautle, border OF
velvet, OF fur or OF feathers, trims them
Styllshly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
Eoni, l,Nll.

Tho English game of foot ball has, up
to within few years past, been played
under multiplicity of rules, the rival
schools of Rugby, Eton, and Harrow
having had special playing rules OF their
own, and these have differed not only
from the country clubs but from the
Oxford and Cambridge university rules
to considerable extent. OF late, how
ever, there has been in England gen.
eral adoption Of the English foot ball
association rules, these and the Rugby
union code now being the popular play.
ing rules Of the English clubs. In
America, Canada excepted, the code Of
rules adopted by all our college clubs is
that of the American intercollegiate as.
sociation, which is revised each spring
at the associations conventions.
The English association rules greatly
favor the kicking OF the ball in fact,
those rules are intended for literal foot
ball, and no player is allowed to handle
the ball while in the field OF play, either
by passing, throwing, or kicking, aud no
goal can be scored except by kick from
the field. In the Rugby code, on the
other hand, carrying, throwing, and run.
ming in with the ball are admissible, but
no goal can be scored except by means
Of kick, touch downs not counting in
the score. Moreover, the formation OF
o scrimmage under the Rugby rules
differs materially from that of the Amer
lean college rules. In the former, the
moment fielder puts down the ball,
both sides rush to obtain chance to
kick the ball out of the "scrimmage,
the sides, backing up the holder of the
ball, striving their best to push back
the attacking party, while the latter use
their toughest efforts to break in on the
players defending the unfortunate fielder
who holds the ball, the latter too fire.
quently being very bad "under dog in
the fight" In the American college
rules the formation OF q scrimmage is
essentially different, inasmuch as at the
moment ball is held down and scrim
mage follows, the two elevens slime up
on each side of tho ball, each man hay
ing an antagonist in front Of him. The
ball is then placed, and the process O.
"snapping" the ball ont from the scrim-
mage is begun, and it is followed up by
the strategic passing OF the ball with
view to successful "run in," or DASH
ing rush through the opposing ranks.
It will be readily seen that, in this
one respect of scrimmages, the Ameri
can game is decidedly superior to the
English Rugby game. Besides in the
American game not only do touch downs
count, but also touch downs for safety
the latter showing that side has beel
forced to assume the defensive. How
ever, the patrons Of foot ball in th'
metropolis will have an opportunity o
witnessing the difference between th'
rules when the Britannia club Of Mon
treal visits that city and plays will
the local British foot ball club, boil
playing under English rules.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
AbOut Heavy Men.

Theophile Gautier used to have q
theory that talent should be fat and
well-nurtured end illustrated it by some
most remarkable examples, which GER
tainly did corroborate his theory.
Balzoc had to be walked round by his
tailor when measured for coat. Ros-
SIM was hippopotamus in trousers and
had never seen his feet for six years,
and Saint Beuve was like fat monk.
Dumas ate three beefsteaks where Others
ate one. Gautier himself ate mountains
Of macaroni, and Sandeau used to dine
passionately. Only De Musset. Do
Vigny, Lamartine and Houssaye We're
awkward exceptions-lusus natur@. At
the present day, however, in Paris,
ieanness seems to have its votaries.
Halevy, the dramatist, Feuillet, Sardou
aud Coppee are good show against
Monselet, Ulbach, Sarcey and Meilhac.
The subject might be worth working out
nowadays, and the connection of fat and
Literature might be traced by some more
able pen in the Lancet, for it is a sub.
iect on which one fears to tread. We
only suggest for particular consideration
the case of the Claimant. Pal Mall Ga.
,aue
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
The iianana Peel's Song,

Like lar % tbs beaten gold
gleala Ia lhe mlnmeTs suni
am lillle, know, lat think ! can throw
a aan that will weigh ton,
spni out no challenges bald,
iblow me no yauuling horn,
Hut foolish ia 10 who teadeIh on mel
He'll wi.h no had ne'er been bprn'
Like the hnwer oi the field yeia man
Goelh ioHh at tho blesS ol day,
Hat when he shall lei ny gdp on lie heel
Like tho slubble he laieh awayl
For lin lin high up IN the alr,
With HE he,ls where hIs head ought 10 be
with downeonug crash he makeIh hls mNsl
And | know he'. clear gone upon ins'
Lam scornei by the map WHO buys mel
ala ilodesl and quIet and meekl
Though ny 'alout' ara low. yeI tho work that
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Has ofl made ,hs eRllsr doOr ereaA'
i'm hlood'Ied republican horn,
And nlhllst fearlea' bei
Though head wear crown, ibrlns Ia rsi''
down,
II I,Iel lls proud heol upon mo,
-ROberi J. Rurdeils
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
CiOii, DRESSES.

Velvet IL now used with cloth as we'll
an with silk. A jacket ofvelvet Is some.
limos added to cloth costume, and
thoro is touch OF velvet in the dapery,
aud on the lower skirt OF tho basque or
vest, cuff. and co lar, are the only place
whore the velvet apnar A dress in
dead leaf brown Amazon cloth has
velvet ilcket fitted In Jersey fashion,
smooth in tho hips. Tho Breton vest is
Of cloth embroidered with sou'ache
braid, and the skirt Is Of cloth finished
by fans oi pleating set around the edge
as deep as the knee aud about twelve
/ ches apart. The cloth drapery is held
ia full! heavy pleats at either side. There
il considerable eccentricity OF mode in
tho dnpery OF cloth suits. Eich artis-
tic dress.maker, while Gdhering to
general fashion in dgapiug, uses her
taste to cortriyc new modes in arrang-
ing the puiis and folds of the costume.
II is essential to give certain bouiiant
effect to all costumes. Sometimes
whalebones are ran in cases in the un.
derskirt 10 give an effect OF larger tour
nurc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29
A grant lecit;mis. banouet took place

A great legitimist banquet took place
recently at Roubions Corniche, under
the presidency of the Marquis de For
esta. The Comte do Chambord's por-
trait was surrounded by numerous flags
and Aeurs de lis. Many speeches were
made. In drinking the kings health q
violent harangue against the republic
was delivered. II was described as in.
famous and rotten. The speech was
greatly applauded, with shouts Of "a
bas la Republique + "vive lie Roi"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29

"NIother," asked boy in pursuit OF
knowledge, ''it says here that the play
is written chiefly in blank verse. What
is blank verse, mother ?" Intelligent
mother-"Blank verse, Charley? Never
heard of such thing. Have heard OF
blank books, though. Yes, that is what
it evidently means-the play is written
in blank books, suppose that the
author found them more convenient than
letter paper"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29

A Philadelphia butcher says he sells
almost all his tainted al d poor beef to o
beef tea manufacturer. This, perhaps,
throws light upon the vast supplies Of
extract Of beef, wine, and iron now to be
seen in drug stS res. People -wHo buy
such things should be wary as to the
brand, or their last state may be worse
than the first.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29

DR.. Haltenhoff, of the University Of
Geneva, says there 311,000 blind per-
sons in Europe, who cost about four
million pounds year, and seventy. five
per cent. of whom have become blind
through neglect and carelessness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-29

"You must feel lonely since your
husband went away" conselingly OBJ
served a neighbor to her lady friend.
mot at all. II is the first holiday ]
have had since was school girl"
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Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-10
State Correspondence.


Born, daughter to James Mack, of Mon
towese street.
John Latimer, the harness maker is seri-
ously ill.
The Branford base ball club will play the
Monitors of Ansonia at the latter place
Saturday.
Juvenile base ball playing is fourishing.
Tuesday the newsboys made the Coke nine
''take water' by score of A to 10.
The A. o. II. will hold picnic at Bran
ford Point on Tuesday, August 18th.
The band held ball in Gaylord's opera
house last night.
! There will be three days encampment OF
Mason Rogers Post, G. A. R., on August
| 23rd. oath, 25th, at the Branford Public
Park. A large pavilion tent will be erected
with wall tents in which ice cream, drinks
fruits, ETC., will be sold. On the 23rd there
| will be concert by the Columbian band at s
o'clock p. At the pavilion will be oper
for dancing. Three dances for 25 cents
| On the oath grand dinner will be served BY
| the Post to consist of a sheep bake and clan
roast with trimmings tickets rs cents. A
s o'clock the dancing will begin with hane
reel by three out-of town friends. The pro
ceeds are to go for establishing fund TO
the erection of soldiers monument here
On the 25th the Fifteenth regiment, G. V.
will hold its reunion here with dinner in tn
pavilion. Ambulances will be provided 70
disabled veterans.
| Aug 9, 1882
Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-10

Rev. Mr.. Markwick preached two very
interesting sermons in the Congregational
church last Sunday. The subject in the morn
ing was ''The entrance of thy word giveth
light The speaker showed the dependence
of all branches of art, science and valuable
literature upon the Bible in very clear and
interesting manner. In the evening the SER
mon was adapted more particularly to young
men. Miss Gaffney, of New Haven, sang a
solo in the morning which appreciated
by all.
Mrs. Ellsworth Scranton and Miss Lucy
Norton have each a night blooming cereus
which put forth two blossoms during the past
week They attract much attention from
people in their vicinity.
Invitations have been issued for mas
querade ball to be given at Goes Hall on
Saturday evening of the present week.
Mother earth sadly felt the need of the
showers which came on Tuesday evening.
1t rained for about two hours. Corn crops
will be saved probably by this rain, and the
clouds of dust which have been SO annoying
for several weeks will disappear for season.
On Tuesday afternoon a party went to
Lewis grove in Clinton, where one of the
horses took fright and capsized the wagon,
throwing one of the ladies out with such
violence that her arm was broken just above
the wrist