Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-14
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GLEANINGS.


red squirrels OF robbing birds nest
An ascent of Mont Blanc was made
recently by girl named Quenessen'
aged Is.
An English newspaper reminds us
that United States Treasury bonds to
the amount OF E24.00O,0 900 are held BY
three persons, the Duke of Sutherland,
Sir Thomas Brasscy. and the Baroness
Burdett-COutts.
Very few people appreciate tho
amount Of labor and thought which con-
Scientious editors give to their editorial
work, and. by tho way, very few peo-
Pile care. So we might rs well drop
the subject right here.
A young fellow who went up to the
roof of New York French fiat cx-
planned to servant who accosted him
that he was looking for leaks. Shortly
afterwards one OF the tenants discovered
that all the jewclry of his wife, who
was absent, had been stolen.
A great American institution is max
ING astonishing Roadway in Russia. 1t
Is "American drinks" They are sold
everywhere and everywhere in demand.
A Joke is often perpetrated at their cx-
pense. al feel that am getting,
Americanised," remarked tipsy Rus
sian.
At tho beginning of the Franco-Prus-
sian war wealthy farmer, expecting
some important disclosure. asked Won
Moltke what he thought of the outlook.
WELL" replied Moltke, "the wheat
looks very nice, indeed, but | am afraid
the potato crop is failure.
Sick-headache patients are recon-
mended three glasses of luke-warm wa
ter, to be swallowed in rapid success
ion, and to be followed Immediately by
a glass of hot mustard water. 1.-The ef-
feet is at times" adds the Troy Times,
.vary hansficial and quito "stenishipS
to the uninitiatcd. l."
There is farmer living less than ten
miles from Hoopeston, ILL.,, who has o
boy about fourteen years of age with q
weak spine. He has tied n straight
stick to the boys back, extending the
full length of the spine and above the
head. The boy is strapped straight to
the stick and works right along.
City Solicitor Hayman, of Reading,
Pa, has been mourning tho loss of q
gold watch worth $3.50 for the past two
years. 1t was stolen from him in q
crowd on the occasion of a great gath
ering. One night recently, as Mr..
Hayman entered his office he found the
tme-piece lying on the desk wrapped
in piece of old newspaper with this
address: Wayne Hayman's watch. "
1t is supposed that the thief was con-
science-slrcken or merely stole it to
make loan to bridge over temporary
financial difficulty.
A black and tan dog belonging to the
daughter of rich Chicago parents was
accidentally killed in New York last
week. The body was placed in satin
lined walnut coffin and sent to Chicago
for burial. For heavens sake don't
SAY anything about it, said the under
taker who had the job in hand to a
reporter "or we shall be swamped with
that sort OF business. 1t is growing oil
the time. ,,r 49, !n- ~ dog
funurni VS. ,,',:.' ~. = !'w wears ago,
but unW ~ e.. An..! $50 dozen OF
them yc"r.
Cigarette smoking ~ messenger boys
and others i; considered m immense
nuisance. now, by New York brokers.
They find their rooms tiled with the
most offensive otter, and the boys do
not heed sins hcaring words ''no
cigarette smoking here" etc. Managers
of messengers agencies are trying to
restrain the habit, but with slight sue
cess. One of them said 1--WE make
stringent rules concerning smoking,
and punish the boys ii they break them.
can pick out n cigarette smoking boy
at any time. The habit makes them
pallid, lazy and impudent."
a specimen of the "monkey-faced
OWL u rare-bird, was recently captured
by Captain Pitts, of Orlando, Fla, in
the Everglades. 1t is described as be-
ing somewhat smaller than the hooting
owl. The plumage has the soft, furry
texture of the owl family, hut q tinge
of orange enters into the color. The
head and face arc those of baboon,
the face being white, while the eyes are
much smaller than those of an owl OF
the same size, coal black, and some
what almond-shaped, opening and clos
ing with lids like those of an animal.
In fact they more nearly resemble the
eye of an otter than q bird.
The Ohio Farmer says: Farmers
should study grass more. Ascertain
what species grow naturally on the farm,
and study their character. Observe
which stands drouth best, which prefers
dry or wet soil, which stock like best
and which they thrive on best. There is
no doubt that we lose much every year
by neglecting to cultivate those grasses
naturally adapted to our soils. Over
200 species are cultivated in England,
while we confine ourselves to dozen al
most Timothy, red top, blue grass and
orchard grass and clover make the en-
tire list Of grasses cultivated on nine
farms out of ten. While these are
superior kinds, as general rule, there
arc soils and conditions where othol
grasses would be more profitable, and
in permanent pastures they would also
increase the amount and quality, and
prolong the grazing season."
Simon Ferguson, an illiterate negro
coal miner at the Campbell Creek
mines, West Virginia, told Mrs
Williams that she was possessed Of
devils and that he was the only man in
the country who could cast them out
As she had been "daunsy" for some
time she believed him. He then prescrib
ed pokeroot, smartweed, and ironwood
to which he added grasshoppers, angle
worms, grub-worms, flies, and other in
sects. This, being mixed, was PLACED
in quart bottle, set in hot water. anC
stepped for some time. The quantity
taken was wineglassful every foul
hours. She was to have a teaspoonfu
of tobacco snuff blown up her nose witt
pipe three times day; while her dte
was to be nothing but raw salt mackere
fresh from the brine and unwashed
She took several doses Of the mixture
which stirred the devils up to such al
extent that she had to send for another
doctor to settle them.
Emperor Alexander is undoing tn,
work OF his father as fast as possible
He has proclaimed the antiqusted prin
ciple that tho strength and dignity o
his empire rests upon his mobiles. HI
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