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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

How often we hear middle-aged people
say regarding that reliable old cough
remedy, N. II. Downs Elixir: "Why, my
mother gave 1t TO me when was child,
and I use 1t in my family; it always
eures.' Who ten game another medicine
with such record as this. DR.. Baxter's
Mandrake Bitters are another good medi.
cine; and Arnica and Oil Liniment is just
what 1t Is recommended to be.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

- Ireland is still In u state Of agi-
tation, and the policy of the British
government toward the sister kingdom
tends rather to disturb than to quiet the
people.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

Mormon women do not keep open
house on New Years day, and they
never look for any thing in their stock.
ings on Christmas. They have oil
they can do to be Mormons. De.
troit Free Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

The January number fThe Chill
DREN's MUSEUM (F. B. Goddard &
Co., publishers, New York; narratcs
the adventures of the Spoondrifters in
the Rocky Mountains, where they en-
counter hostile Indians, and contains
the usual miscellany and variety of
illustrations.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

d n Qa week in your own town. Out.
NOU fit free. No risk. Everything uew.
Capital not required. We will furnish you
every thing. Many are making fortunes
Ladies make as mpch as men, aud boys and
girls make great pay. Reader, II you want Q
business at which you Con make great paw
all the time you work. wrre for particulars
70 H, HALtSr & Co, Portland, Maine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

~ The Burlington Clipper asks !:
SIS it true that his excellency, Roswell
Farnham, put shoulder straps on his
sixteen-year old boy and marched him
to Yorktown as a member of his staff,
and all at the expense of the state!'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

Young, middle aged, or cd men, suffer-
lug from nervous debility and kindred
weaknesses, should send two stamps for
large treatise, giving successful treatment
Worlds plspcnsary Medical Association,
Buffalo, NY. .-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise, work too hard
without rest, doctor all the time, take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then
you viii! want to know.
HOW TO GET WELL.-Which Is an
swered In three words-Take Hop BltteTs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
Sir-I have advised many ladies' to try
your 'Favoeite Prescription and never
see 1t fail to do more than you advertise
Yours truly, Mrs, A. NJ. RANKIN,
III Bates ST., Indianapolis, Ind
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

~ There is some uncertainty in
New York as to whether John Kelley
has hired out to the Republicans or the
Republicans have hired out to John
Kelley. 1t doesn't matter very much.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

DIR. Bliss was very good nurse,
but his little bill Of $4,000 is trihe
steep. He had better knock off that
right hand cypher.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
BINpI4Sl

In Woodstock, Jan. 18th, daughter to
Mr.. aud Mrs. Lucian Harlow.
In Woodstock. Jan. 4th, daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene A. Thomas.
In Hartland, Jan. 8, O daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Bushey.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

10 The Dublin Freeman's Journal
regards the powers entrusted to the
newly appointed magistrates in Ireland
as material law slightly modified.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

Seven men were hanged Friday in
various parts of the country. This
may be pronounced as a slight move in
the right direction.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
DEATHS.

In Norwich, Jan, 1, " consumption,
George Downer, aged 81 years
Ia Royalton, Dec, ~, ofparalysIs, Mrs.,
Lewis \, Fish, aged 65 years,
Ia Dlnklrk, Wis, Dec 30, OF aslhmatIc
consumption, REM, Parker Page, formerly
OF froclorsylll', aged A. years,
In Bethel Glleid, Jan, /, Mra, Lucy
byam, aged about 80 years,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

"Solid comfort can be realized by
those suffering from all forms of Scrofu-
la, if they will take Hoods Sarsaparilla
and be cured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
Terrible Accident
Ne'essilaiina u snTshDi up r",..n
-.nyinH np,hpT AitrnPt, 80 I,AV
~ fair rNhsa ~ - ~ iarr hiif,
rAHEE ~ ne CAREFUL

Domestic accldeLls are commun u women.
and some VI them are very serious, Mr.
Warner, Ut South iiOndoul, Ulster "a y
\ some wesss ago attempted 10 take IRON
her child pair Of shears with which II was
playing, 4 slight struggle en'pr,l. ~ which
the polut o. the shears entered Mrs, Ware
eI's let eye, entirely destroying the sight
Her family physician DID what he c0ul,i, hut
Intensely painful inflammation arose, which
by sympathy, threatened he hes Of The other
eye, Total bllndne,s 10 u woman having tho
care Of household il al irrririryahle ealam,
n.y.. In this strait Mr., W applied u the
well'knOwn aud sGlllmi 81 geun, DR. David
Kennedy. Of Nondoui, y, who removed
tho lpIpred eye by u very sueceR,fdl opera
lion, settling aside all danger Of TN ther harm
10 the slsht Of the other eye, But owlnR ~
paIn and mental distress. her system needed
q tohlc and restorative medicine, 80 10 this
work tho Doctor prescribed Kennedy's fa-
yoriie Remedy, which sustained IL repula
ton and laid sure foundation OF health.
DIR. kcnnedy's "Favorito Kennedy" r..
moves all Impurities fiom the blood. Iegu'
lates The Liver aud III lneys, Cures CJn,li.
pal lou. aad all diseases and weaknesse, pc
culiar to Females, II IL for sale by all our
druggists ut CNE DOLLAR bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
WANTED.

The subscriber being competent and
thorough Tailoress. wints oil those having
Goats, Pants and Vests to be made to bring
them to her, and they will get them cheaper
and better mado than at any other place 10
Woodstock. House 9th door from Eagle
Hotel, on South street.
MRS MARY GORMLEY ENNISr
Woodstock, w.. October 81. 1881.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
P VIM. HALLS
r GE Ta Gs. bALSAM

Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumo-
MIA, Influenza, Bronchial Difficulties,
Bronchitis, Hoarsencss Asthma,
Group, Whoopins Cough and all
Diseases Of the breathing Organs
1t soothes and heals the Membrane
of the Lungs, inAamed and poisoned
by the disease, and prevents the
night-swcats and tightness across
the chest which accompany it,
CONSUMPTION is not an incurable
malady. 1t is only necessary to
have the right remedy, and HALLS
BALSAM is that remedy. DON'T
DESPAIR of RELIEF, for this be-
nign specific will cure you. even
though professional aid fails.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

If you are bilious, take DR.. Pierce's
PLEASANT Purgative Pellets the original
Little Liver Pills Ofall druggists.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11
important to Travc iIc,s

Important TO Travc Hens
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS are offered you
by the BURLINGTON ROUTE. 1t will pay
to read their advertisement to be found
elsewhere In this issue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

IN Westhersneld, at the residence OF
the brides uncle, Z, ID, I'LL, Esq, by
l., l., Keenan,, Don q, Hawkins and NJ,
Llzzle Cram, both " Reading,
In West Randolph, Jan, I, by Rey, v,
NJ, Hardy, Walter y, Weigwood aud
Miss Anne v, llerriek, all of West II,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-01-11

Iron, BRASS, Copper and Wooden Pumps;
Lead aud Iron Water Pipe Sheet Lined
Sinks ; Hollow Ware, and everything usual
~ kept ina
FIRST CLASS STOVE STORE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02
A Husbands Preparations.

The other morning when Detroiter
seated his wife in a car on the Michigan
Central to make the journey to Chicago
alone he took look around him and
said to her:
NOW, love, if you want the window
raised, here are dozen gentlemen who
will break their necks to accommodate
you"
"Yes, DEAR
"If you feel lonesome and want some
body to talk with about affairs in Egypt,
Noah's ark, or the ice period, don't hest
tate to call upon any OF these gentle
men,"
II understand"
"You won't know enough to leave the
car at noon and get your dinner, and
you had better ask some of them to ac-
company you. If they offer to pay for
your meal don't be squemish about it."
"Of course not"
You may want to read to pass away
time. If so, any of these gentlemen will
be only too happy to purchase you half a
bnshel of the latest books and maya
zines. Be careful to save 'em for me to
read when you get home"
I'm be certain, love-.
"And yon can say to them that we
have been married four years; we do not
live happily together; that am a do
nestle tyrant; you have strong thoughts
of procuring divorce; you feel that you
could love the right sort of a husband;
You like oranges and peanuts; you are
innocent and confiding; you have never
Travelled: you are afraid of getting lost
in Chicago, and you will be ever so much
obliged to any one who win get you a
hack, see to your trunk, and pay all tho
expense. Goodbye, love-"
Goodbye darl."
And wasn't it strange that not one
single man in that car even spoke to that
lady in ride of three hundred miles?-
Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02
A Clever Cheat.

{. Henry Keys, who left the Pioneer
Park, Oakland, Cal, recently played a
trick by which he realized 500 for forty
gallons of water. Wishing to sell out,
he s'doctored'' barrel so as to dispose
of it as full of pure whisky. He arranged
in the barrel piece of hose two feet
long. with one end Theoretically sealed.
He then filled the hose with quart OF
the finest whisky-old, oily and rich.
He then fastened the unsealed end to the
faucet on the inside. headed up the
barrel, and filled it with water. Ready
was he for purchaser for .'forty gallons
of rare old whisky" and Max Marcuse
proved a willing customer. Marcuse
sampled the liquor drawn from the hose,
pronounced it good, and bought the
borreI for. S65. After drawing few
drinks the supply in the hose gave out,
and an examination showed the decep-
ton. In the meantime Keys had left
the town, and he has not been heard
from. Two warrants await him--one
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, and the other for disposing of
fixtures in the Pioneer Park which are
said to belong to the estate of Michael
Reese. Max Marcuse is figuring how
much to charge profit and loss in his
ledger for the purchase of one barrel,
two feet of hose, one quart of whisky,
and forty gallons of water. San Fran
cisco Ata.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02

There seems to be disposition on the
part of our Half-breed contemporaries
to flee from the wrath to come, or in
more vulgar parlance to he'd ye, with
respect to the assessment question:
They are full OF virtuous protest against
the tone OF the circulars sent out by the
Republican Congressional Committee,
but the work still goes bravely on. As
a rule, the Half-breed organs are in
sympathy with the Half-breed leaders,
but we do not see how they can take
exception to the matchmaking document
that is sent with merciless impartiality
to laborers, errand boys, widows and
orphans in Government employ, and
still claim to be in harmony with some
of the most prominent men in their
faction. Fort Congressional Commit
tee is by no means of exclusive Stalwart
composition. my dear Hubbell'' was
Garfield man when Garfield was alive.
whatever he may be with Garfield
dead. Henderson has Blaine leanings,
at least, when Blaine is mending fences
instead OF building houses, and the
three Senators, Hale, Allison and AID
rich, would hardly consent to be held
W 80 REPRESENTING di0 otui"ule why
of the party. But the Secretary
signs the circular by order of the
Committee" q unanimous order SO
far as the circular shows, or 80 far
as we have any outside light to
go by. In short, we do not SEQ how
the Administration can be held primari-
ly responsible for this dirty business,
anyway. The victims are directly or
indirectly of Federal appointment. it is
true, and must look to the President or
his immediate subordinates for sacrifice
or protection; but the blackmailers are
Congressman. They belong to the
legislative branch in which the HALF
breeds claim that their Representatives
largely outnumbcr the Republicans of
the Stalwart stripe. It would hardly
seem fair should the Half-breed organs
succeed in making capital out of the
disgrace for which they are most largely
responsible. Moreover, in this sudden
assumption of virtue there is something
suspicious. If assessments are right in
principle it is no worse to levy them in
an ''off year" than it is in Presidential
campaign. 1t may show that the ex-
igencies of the party are greater than
usual, but not that its methods are any
worse-only put to a little harder
service. In short, we have natural
objections to seeing the Half-breed
scheme for eating the party
cake and keeping it, too, sue
ceed. The Half-breed organs know
as well as do the Stalwsrts
that they have enjoyed at least eight
years of power which they would not
have enjoyed except they had employed
this and other forms of moral compul-
sion, and in the excitement Of another
campaign they win use the same bridge
again. with ferveat prayer that it may
not be too rotten TO carry them over
RQston Pest
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02

serious manner that had always so pleased
him. cit is that / could not make
you happy husband. Do be reasonable
Mr.. Dorman, for you must be well aware
that am not at all the sort of person
whom you ought to marry. And beside"
she added, with quaint little laugh, 81
have profession now, and / must not
wed one who knows nothing of the in
stincts and requirements of my calling"
The handsome young fellow was
somewhat agitated by her speech which
he considered daring and significant.
"Surely. my. dear Anne" he faltered;
"you would not wish to become a pro-
fessional detective? nor would you in
Innate that you have an affection for
Louis D'Razelly who so unjustly accused
you, and who would willingly have
placed you in custodyp"
"My friend" she replied, sweetly, a
tear sparkling in each large eye, and a
lovely new color on each soft cheek
"we have just now had an understanding
Mr.. DRazelly and /. He regrets his
mistake; and he certainly is not so blam-
able when he would only have acted con-
scientiously."
"Yours is the logic of love, Annie
the young man answered, dryly. "And
who may understand the heart of wo-
man. You will be Louis wife one OF
these days.
His prediction was verified. And so it
happened that very happy and salts
factory marriage was effected by the
incident of Mrs. Dorman's missing jew.
els,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02
A Sad Case.

"What makes you look so solemn?''
whispered fashionable Austin lady to
another in church, just before the services
began.
"rve got good reasons to be mad,''
was the response.
"What is it?n
Idressed myself up in fhis new
snit lordered from New York, and went
to church to show it off,
"Well, what of it?n asked the other
party.
'.Our clock was a whole hour fast,
and / had to sit and sit in that empty
church without anybody to see my new
clothes, and they are so becoming to my
complexion. There was nobody TO see
them for whole hour. 1t made me SO
mad that
''The Lord is in His Holy Temple let
all the earth keep silence before Him.
was the opening remark of the preacher,
and the rest of the conversation was lost
to the reporter. -7exas S.tiiags.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

If your husband smokes, gentle
lady, treat him as you would smoking
lamp. Don't put him out, but let him
down casy.-Boston Transcript.
Cooked his own goose: mr.. D.,
il you'll get my coat done by Saturday
shall be forever indebted to YOU" s.If
that's your game it won't be done,"
said the tailor.
"A fashion journal says: "Juna
brides are the sweetest" Maybe so; but
ii is the general impression that those
who have the most sugar in their own
right are not sour, by any means. Chi
cGgo Herald.
The cause of the cyclone has been
ascertained. Out in the tornado-tossed
region there is band composed of young
ladies who are learning to play the cor
net.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Some of the seaside fans this year
are large enough to cover one side OF
girls face in case she bushes. Ar
engagements have been made to report a
blush by telegraph, if one occurs any
where.
For the primer: See the men. Ono
of them is struggling. The others hold
him fast. He Is bank robber. Why
do the men hold him so fast? They are
taking him to a detective. Louisville
oOA.ses 'o.''''.
-neports OF tne revival OF the national
game OF pase Daii are very encouraging.
rive deaths nave already resulted from
!, IL. IN tnls STATE TINS season. Inc more
iHe tnat Is thrown INTO the game the
tnsss I w.a ies'' '''ciciroli -'''''''
'o'''' 1Ae' .'.'
"A minister was traveiing along
country roau IN scotland one DAY
IN WINTER nding rather long:
lean morse ana nc nimseif dressed
IN ratner an oaa-iooking cap ana
large camies CLOAK; when a gentle
man came along, rding hne horse,
which scared at the preacher and his
morse. wen, SIR said the gentleman,
"ye wad scare tne vera deei, SIR. : That's
my business :ss.n s,, SIR; said the preacher
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02

when Tennyson first went to live
at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, it is said
that the aristocracy of that small island
would not call upon Mrs. Tennyson or
upon him. He was only poet. and a
dingy, bearded, forbidding-looking ami
NAL; and probably did not take sitting
at church. When the Queen came to
Osborne the first thing she did was to
call at the Tennysons, and go in and sit
half an hour. This flew over the island,
and immediately lit showed in his
house, of visiting cards, which, rumor
saith, he straightway and punctitiously
returned TO al the senders, Chicago
Tribune
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02
KISSING BABY.

o, loyclier than the rosebud
Is my precious babykin;
And the incest place for kissing him
The sweetest piace-is not his face,
IT'S underneath his chin.
But, ali! IL Is not every one
The pleasure that may win,
OF kissing my dear blby-
My pretty one, my darling one
Just underneath his chinl
For 1t would never do. you know,
That practice to begin,
OF letting everybody come
And have the bliss my babe to kiss
Right underneath his chin!
For who. i pray. would stay away
II kinder had been,
And given to all people leave
To take kiss so sweet as this
This underneath his chin?
What? so many little children
Wanting to comein
And kiss my precious treasure
Ny beauty bright. my hearts delight
Here underneath his chin?
Well. II you arc clean and wholesome,
And dressed neat as a pin,
With no speck of dirt upon you.
You may come near and kiss him here,
Right underneath his chin
Though. IL unkind and selfish
Or ill-tempered you have been,
o, then, / could not have you como
So close as this, and then to kiss
Dear baby under his chin,
Now comes papa with whistle and clap:
He thinks with all that din
That he will get-yes, take Just one
Two! threei 0, fie! Why those cost high
Those underneath his chin
Sure must Taught Papa declares
He is SO near akin,
That he owns half that kissing place
That sweetest place, that c,,ddiest place
Under my babys chini
-Nrs. Il. N. Didz, IN Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02

I'm digging q foundation for . new
store near the Richmond and Danville
depot, in Richmond, Va, recently, the
rails of narr9w-gauge road were dis
covered six or s,ven feet below the sur
face. It is supposed to have been used
in loading and unloading hogsheads of
tobacco, but no one remembers the ak
istepce e1 sqch road. IN q HcayHnS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-09-02

O, lovclier than the rosebud
Is my precious babykin,
And the incest place for kissing him
The sweetest place-is not his face,
IT'S underneath his chin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-10
Extraordinary Temperature In
Europe and America,

New York HeIald.I
The close Of 1881 was perhaps re-
markable for nothing moro than its
phenomenal weather both on this aud
the opposite side of the Atlantic. For
thirteen months previous to last
November tho immense majority OF
Atlantic cyclone centers which swept
over Northwestern Europe, says Ma
ture, passed south Of the northern
half of the British Islands, with the
inevitable result of unusually cold
weather to the north of these storm
tracks" But early in November last
an important change set in, and up to
December 5, the reports show that
the ocean depressions passed to the
northwest of the British Islands, with
the necessary result of a temperature
very greatly in excess of the average
for the period. Everywhere in the
United Kingdom the temperature was
a~bnormally high-from 3.5 to $50
above the mean, 60 above in London
and Edinburg. Comparison with old
meterologic records, running back to
the year l764, show that the last was
the warmest English November regis
tered in ll8 years. AS the excep-
tional thermometric result was due to
the peculiar distribution of mean bar
ometrio pressure, which is not usually
subject to sudden changes. Decem
bers' returns will probably show simi-
lar high temperatures, continuing to
the beginning Of the new year.
Were this eccentricity of the sea.
son confined TO Western Europe we
might look for its cause in some change
Of position of that great w~iuterarea OF
permanent low pressure known to ex-
iSt over Iceland, and we might sup
pose that its present center was
shifted further north than is usual.
The influence Of this low pressure is,
perhaps, controllingly felt in drawing
toward it the ocean storms which ad.
vance from America toward Europe,
and it is highly probable that it has
been recently much disturbed by the
extraordinary accumulation of ice
now filling the seas between Green
land and Spitzbergen. But the &C.
centric temperature has been as
conspicuous in the United States as in
Western Europe. Last Saturday the
Signal Service reported: For the frs
time this month the temperature il
generally below the mean" and, while
it was during December "at nearly The
mean in the Gulf States" it wal
above the mean in all the Northern
States and will probably average
20 to 25 degrees above the mean for
the month in Minnesota and Dakota.
The significance of such c high Their
mometric conditions can hardly b
realized, extending, as they do, into tn,